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recall that one of the times we asked Tether for detail on its reserves it said, on record, that was its "secret sauce".
If it really does have a big chunk in bitcoin then.... lmao, rofl
#FAFO
If it really does have a big chunk in bitcoin then.... lmao, rofl
#FAFO
November 26, 2025 at 4:41 PM
recall that one of the times we asked Tether for detail on its reserves it said, on record, that was its "secret sauce".
If it really does have a big chunk in bitcoin then.... lmao, rofl
#FAFO
If it really does have a big chunk in bitcoin then.... lmao, rofl
#FAFO
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The chief of one of the world’s largest asset managers labeled President Donald Trump’s immigration policy “anti-growth,” as the US administration pushes ahead with an unprecedented crackdown, spurring chaos among skilled foreign workers
State Street CEO Labels Trump Immigration Policy ‘Anti-Growth’
The chief of one of the world’s largest asset managers labeled President Donald Trump’s immigration policy “anti-growth,” as the US administration pushes ahead with an unprecedented crackdown, spurring chaos among skilled foreign workers.
bloom.bg
November 4, 2025 at 5:30 AM
The chief of one of the world’s largest asset managers labeled President Donald Trump’s immigration policy “anti-growth,” as the US administration pushes ahead with an unprecedented crackdown, spurring chaos among skilled foreign workers
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In the battle between FX traders and Scott Bessent over the Argentine peso, FX traders are winning:
*ARGENTINE PESO EXTENDS LOSSES TO 0.9%, HITS FRESH RECORD LOW
*ARGENTINE PESO EXTENDS LOSSES TO 0.9%, HITS FRESH RECORD LOW
October 21, 2025 at 2:58 PM
In the battle between FX traders and Scott Bessent over the Argentine peso, FX traders are winning:
*ARGENTINE PESO EXTENDS LOSSES TO 0.9%, HITS FRESH RECORD LOW
*ARGENTINE PESO EXTENDS LOSSES TO 0.9%, HITS FRESH RECORD LOW
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A Must Read: Nory Doesn’t Go to School Here Anymore www.nytimes.com/2025/10/17/u...
Nory Doesn’t Go to School Here Anymore
www.nytimes.com
October 22, 2025 at 5:10 AM
A Must Read: Nory Doesn’t Go to School Here Anymore www.nytimes.com/2025/10/17/u...
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Hong Kong’s bankers and traders hunkered down at home or booked hotels near the office as Super Typhoon Ragasa descended on the Asian financial hub.
Hong Kong Bankers Pack Luxury Hotels Near Offices for Typhoon Trading
Hong Kong’s bankers and traders hunkered down at home or booked hotels near the office as Super Typhoon Ragasa descended on the Asian financial hub.
bloom.bg
September 24, 2025 at 1:02 AM
Hong Kong’s bankers and traders hunkered down at home or booked hotels near the office as Super Typhoon Ragasa descended on the Asian financial hub.
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EXCLUSIVE/BOMBSHELL: @bloomberg.com has obtained **18K** previously unreported emails from Jeffery Epstein's personal Yahoo account. The emails are disturbing & revelatory & reveal new details about Ghilaine Maxwell's role
FREE to read
www.bloomberg.com/features/202...
FREE to read
www.bloomberg.com/features/202...
![“Question,” Epstein wrote to Maxwell on May 23, 2008. “Which one do you prefer,,, lewd and lscivious conduct ,, or procuring minors for prostituion.”
At the time, he and his star-studded team of defense lawyers were closing in on a generous plea deal with federal and state officials in Florida, and Epstein was trying to negotiate the state charges to which he’d plead guilty. Maxwell’s response was matter-of-fact:
From: gmax <gmax[REDACTED]>
To: J. Epstein <jeeproject@yahoo.com>
Date: Fri, May 23 2008 3:22 PM
Subject: Re:
I suppose Lewd and lecivious conduct..I would prefer lewd and lescivious conduct w/a prositute if possible](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:eeitvtxcbjt3vmljqfmwzahz/bafkreidw4qmdfvf3j7jmvtgppacjdnk4ffdvzipnd4sgxqx7kpkwirqmaq@jpeg)
September 11, 2025 at 11:27 AM
EXCLUSIVE/BOMBSHELL: @bloomberg.com has obtained **18K** previously unreported emails from Jeffery Epstein's personal Yahoo account. The emails are disturbing & revelatory & reveal new details about Ghilaine Maxwell's role
FREE to read
www.bloomberg.com/features/202...
FREE to read
www.bloomberg.com/features/202...
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Nothing we saw from Trump and Putin in Alaska should reassure Ukraine or Europe. (via Bloomberg Opinion)
Trump and Putin’s Alaska Theatrics Imperil Ukraine — and Europe
Two versions of the US president could have attended the tete-a-tete. Unfortunately, the wrong one did.
bloom.bg
August 16, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Nothing we saw from Trump and Putin in Alaska should reassure Ukraine or Europe. (via Bloomberg Opinion)
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Grossly irresponsible of the Times to have this ludicrous credulous spin as the top story the morning after a president who rules by fiat proclaims a totally specious emergency to militarize the capital - an editorial insult to our intelligence and our democracy.
August 12, 2025 at 11:38 AM
Grossly irresponsible of the Times to have this ludicrous credulous spin as the top story the morning after a president who rules by fiat proclaims a totally specious emergency to militarize the capital - an editorial insult to our intelligence and our democracy.
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The Israeli military has killed nearly 200 Palestinian journalists since October 2023.
Israel has killed nearly 200 Palestinian journalists in Gaza
The latest killings were targeted attacks on reporters covering the war in Gaza, according to the news network that employed them.
www.motherjones.com
August 12, 2025 at 1:00 PM
The Israeli military has killed nearly 200 Palestinian journalists since October 2023.
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If you’re unaware of the excellent ghost signs of Hong Kong project on Instagram, get onto this - journalist Billy Potts and photojournalist Ben Marans documenting the vanishing industrial and social history of the fragrant harbour
www.scmp.com/postmag/cult...
www.scmp.com/postmag/cult...
Ghost signs bring bygone Hong Kong back from the dead
The city’s fading past has become a passion project for a designer and photographer duo keen to share their otherworldly sightings.
www.scmp.com
August 11, 2025 at 6:12 AM
If you’re unaware of the excellent ghost signs of Hong Kong project on Instagram, get onto this - journalist Billy Potts and photojournalist Ben Marans documenting the vanishing industrial and social history of the fragrant harbour
www.scmp.com/postmag/cult...
www.scmp.com/postmag/cult...
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Well, I’m gonna insist that you listen to this.
Definition of terms:
“these people” = Latino migrants
“Inner city people” = Black people
“We tried to get them [inner city people] to do it” = slavery & sharecropping
Definition of terms:
“these people” = Latino migrants
“Inner city people” = Black people
“We tried to get them [inner city people] to do it” = slavery & sharecropping
Trump on undocumented farm workers: "People that live in the inner city are not doing that work. They've tried, we've tried, everybody tried. They don't do it. These people do it naturally. Naturally ... they don't get a bad back, because if they get a bad back, they die."
August 5, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Well, I’m gonna insist that you listen to this.
Definition of terms:
“these people” = Latino migrants
“Inner city people” = Black people
“We tried to get them [inner city people] to do it” = slavery & sharecropping
Definition of terms:
“these people” = Latino migrants
“Inner city people” = Black people
“We tried to get them [inner city people] to do it” = slavery & sharecropping
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Morgan Stanley has become the first American company to tap China’s panda bond market, with a $279 million offering
Morgan Stanley Issues First Panda Bond by a US Company
Morgan Stanley has become the first American company to tap China’s panda bond market, with a 2 billion yuan ($279 million) offering.
bloom.bg
July 25, 2025 at 7:30 AM
Morgan Stanley has become the first American company to tap China’s panda bond market, with a $279 million offering
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From Breakingviews - Breakingviews - A bad bank for Hong Kong is far from unthinkable reut.rs/3TLWdrz
Breakingviews - A bad bank for Hong Kong is far from unthinkable
Regulators dismissed reports that lenders mulled creating a structure to take on their problem debt. But asset sales by weaker developers will up the strain on smaller banks, and an extended slump could put a third of the city's $180 bln of commercial real estate loans at risk.
reut.rs
July 21, 2025 at 6:10 AM
From Breakingviews - Breakingviews - A bad bank for Hong Kong is far from unthinkable reut.rs/3TLWdrz
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These back to back posts make you feel like you’re reading Solzhenitsyn rather than BlueSky
July 19, 2025 at 4:56 PM
These back to back posts make you feel like you’re reading Solzhenitsyn rather than BlueSky
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Singapore is the most expensive city in the world for spending on luxury goods for the third year running, while London edged out Hong Kong to take the second spot.
Singapore, London Are Costliest Cities for Luxury Spending
Singapore is the most expensive city in the world for spending on luxury goods for the third year running, while London edged out Hong Kong to take the second spot.
bloom.bg
July 14, 2025 at 3:17 AM
Singapore is the most expensive city in the world for spending on luxury goods for the third year running, while London edged out Hong Kong to take the second spot.
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"Though there's nothing glacial about it, Trump is ushering in America’s ICE age. He's catapulted it into America’s best-funded law enforcement agency, increasingly beyond accountability.That makes it Trump’s private army — his security state within the state." My column www.ft.com/content/b6a5...
Trump’s ominous ICE security state
The nation of immigrants’ shift to mass deportation is among the most shocking turns in US history
www.ft.com
July 7, 2025 at 12:06 PM
"Though there's nothing glacial about it, Trump is ushering in America’s ICE age. He's catapulted it into America’s best-funded law enforcement agency, increasingly beyond accountability.That makes it Trump’s private army — his security state within the state." My column www.ft.com/content/b6a5...
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[𝐍𝐄𝐖 @asiancha.bsky.social 𝐑𝐄𝐕𝐈𝐄𝐖] Jason Lee maps Andrew Barker’s 𝑆𝑜𝑐𝑖𝑎𝑙 𝑅𝑜𝑜𝑚, published this week, as an assemblage of sonnet-form, global precarity, & lyrical introspection. Barker emerges as an émigré voice shaped by, and shaping, HK’s Anglophone poetry community.
chajournal.blog/2025/06/19/s...
chajournal.blog/2025/06/19/s...
June 19, 2025 at 10:05 AM
[𝐍𝐄𝐖 @asiancha.bsky.social 𝐑𝐄𝐕𝐈𝐄𝐖] Jason Lee maps Andrew Barker’s 𝑆𝑜𝑐𝑖𝑎𝑙 𝑅𝑜𝑜𝑚, published this week, as an assemblage of sonnet-form, global precarity, & lyrical introspection. Barker emerges as an émigré voice shaped by, and shaping, HK’s Anglophone poetry community.
chajournal.blog/2025/06/19/s...
chajournal.blog/2025/06/19/s...
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Here's something I post from time to time. My answer to a reader who asked me: what could journalists do NOW to break with some of their more corrosive habits.
June 12, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Here's something I post from time to time. My answer to a reader who asked me: what could journalists do NOW to break with some of their more corrosive habits.
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Weeks before the official start of the Northern Hemisphere’s summer, signs are emerging that the coming months will be blistering in North America, Europe & Asia, threatening to tax grids & wilt crops. With @weathersullivan.bsky.social and @joewertz.bsky.social.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Highways Baking at 158F Signal a Red-Hot Summer From China to the US
Extreme heat in the coming months threatens to tax power grids, wilt crops and inflict billions of dollars in economic losses.
www.bloomberg.com
June 2, 2025 at 2:07 AM
Weeks before the official start of the Northern Hemisphere’s summer, signs are emerging that the coming months will be blistering in North America, Europe & Asia, threatening to tax grids & wilt crops. With @weathersullivan.bsky.social and @joewertz.bsky.social.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Citi revokes firing of a trader in Japan as part of a wrongful dismissal settlement
Citi Reverses Course on Firing of Japan Trader Five Years On
Citigroup Inc. revoked the firing of a senior trader in Japan as part of a wrongful dismissal settlement following years of wrangling over problematic trading practices in the bank’s Asia unit.
bloom.bg
May 29, 2025 at 3:05 AM
Citi revokes firing of a trader in Japan as part of a wrongful dismissal settlement
