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How China's import cuts importing 8.5 million barrels a day down from 12.5 million and it's large oil reserve will keep oil prices low

07/15/2026

Not covered in the media for Hormuz is the combined response of US, China, India, Japan and the European Union to find alternatives to Hormuz making it less or not relevant to oil prices and oil supplies

07/10/2026

The Constructive Aspects of the situation in July 2026 from the Hormuz Crisis not covered in the Media

06/27/2026

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WTO Sees Sharp Slowdown in Global Trade, Pointing to Possible Recession, Lower Inflation

  
WSJ - 10.05.2022 Original article ›
Paul Hannon
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Global trade flows should slow from 9% increase in 2021 to 3.5% in 2022 as the economies of EU, US and China slowdown, according to the World Trade Organization (WTO). This should also ease supply chain bottlenecks and inflationary price increases as demand declines across the EU, US, China and other countries.

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Crimea Bridge Explosion Disrupts Supply Route for Russian Forces

  
WSJ - 10.08.2022 Original article ›
Yaroslav Trofimov In Kyiv, Ukraine, , Ann M. Simmons In Moscow
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The Kerch bridge that connects Crimea to the Russian mainland is the main supply route to Crimea. Two of four lanes were damaged on the bridge by a major explosion. This disrupts traffic and supply of food and fuel to Russian occupied Crimea. Mr. Putin opened this bridge in 2018 after new construction.

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Russia-Ukraine updates: Germany pledges €200 million in new aid — report | DW | 04.09.2022

  
DW.COM - 09.04.2022 Original article ›
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Germany will provide Ukraine with $200 million for aid to internally displaced people. About 7 million people in Ukraine are internally displaced inside Ukraine. Most of the refugees are women, elderly and children. The internally displaced are in addition to the millions of people who are refugees in Poland and other countries.

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Lagarde Signals End to ECB’s Negative Interest Rates Experiment

  
WSJ - 05.23.2022 Original article ›
Tom Fairless
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The European Central Bank headed by Christine Lagarde is ending its 8 year experiment with negative interest rates. It will increase rates from negative to zero as a first step. The US Fed and central banks around the world are increasing rates with inflation and supply chain disruptions leading to higher prices.

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California Dairy Farmers Struggle to Stay in the ‘Got Milk’ State

  
WSJ - 12.05.2021 Original article ›
Jesse Newman / Photographs By Maggie Shannon For The Wall Street Journal
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Dairy farmers struggle against a historic drought in the San Joaquin Valley in California, that is driving up cost of water and cow feed. This north coastal region produces 90% of the milk in California. Dairy is California's biggest farm industry, bringing $20 billion to California's economy.

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Japan Explains How It Made an Upside-Down Moon Landing

  
NYTimes.com - 01.25.2024 Original article ›
Kenneth Chang, Hisako Ueno
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The moon landing was planned as sideways because of the uneven terrain, it landed upside down with its solar panels in a improper direction so that the energy needed for further activities is lacking. It is still considered an achievement because of the difficulty of the terrain in that part of the moon.

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An English City Gave Soccer to the World. Now It Wants Credit.

  
NYTimes.com - 02.16.2024 Original article ›
Rory Smith
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The city of Sheffield, a major city in the days of Britain's industrial revolution in the 19th  and early 20th century is where the game of soccer started. An effort to revive the city. NYT tells the story of soccer in a bygone era and its role in Sheffield.

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Breakthrough in nuclear fusion could mean ‘near-limitless energy’

  
The Guardian - 12.12.2022 Original article ›
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A nuclear fusion experiment at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in California where researchers have managed to release more energy than is used to heat the fuel with lasers. Nuclear fusion involves smashing together light elements such as hydrogen to form heavier elements releasing a burst of energy in the process. 

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Banks Are Risky. Silicon Valley Bank’s Risk Officer Was AWOL.

  
WSJ - 03.23.2023 Original article ›
Ben Cohen
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Before Silicon Valley Bank failed it was missing a Risk Manager for 8 months. This is incomprehensible considering that the San Francisco Fed had flagged risks at the bank in 2022. It is still not known why the bank had no Risk Manager and how risk management was conducted at the bank.

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1947 - Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru's Constituent Assembly Speech | Tryst with Destiny (English)

  
YouTube - 09.18.2023 Original article ›
Prasar Bharati
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Prasar Bharati takes the DoorDarshan archives to give this excellent rendering of the Nehru speech announcing India's freedom "at the stroke of the midnight hour when the world sleeps India awakes to life and freedom."  "A moment comes which comes but rarely in history..." 

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How a Four-Day Workweek Actually Works, From the Companies Pulling It Off

  
WSJ - 09.26.2023 Original article ›
Vanessa Fuhrmans
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Fewer meetings, busier days, fewer emails, and work that sometimes spills over into Fridays are ways in which companies are doing a 32 hour week. WSJ looks at companies doing a 32 hour week. The UAW has asked for a 32 hour week for workers at automobile companies Ford, GM and Stellantis.

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India thrash Pakistan by seven wickets: Cricket World Cup 2023 – as it happened

  
The Guardian - 10.14.2023 Original article ›
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After a promising start the Pakistan batting order collapses with 8 wickets lost for 36 runs over 78 balls. Player of the match is bowler Jasprit Bumrah with Rohit Sharma a close second for a fast paced 86 runs. It gives India a 7 wicket win with many overs to spare.

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Fed Holds Rates Steady and Pledges to Proceed Carefully

  
NYTimes.com - 11.01.2023 Original article ›
Jeanna Smialek
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The US central bank, the Fed, holds interest rates steady at 5.25% to 5.5%, while holding out the possibility of increasing rates in the future. Overall price increases have declined to 3.4% since September 2023, from 7% earlier, allowing the Fed more room to pause increase in interest rates to fight inflation.

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Ukraine War Slips Toward Violent Stalemate

  
WSJ - 11.12.2023 Original article ›
James Marson, Daniel Michaels
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Ukraine's effort to cut into Russian lines and divide them in two by reaching for the Sea of Azov has stalled. Russian offensives in the north and east are also stalled. Russia has set itself in a war economy and mobilized 400,000 soldiers giving it an advantage in numbers. 

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Rosalynn Carter: An Adviser in Her Own Right (Published 1978)

  
NYTimes.com - 11.20.2023 Original article ›
Martin Tolchin Special To The New York Times
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Rosalynn Carter attended Cabinet meetings and took notes. She said "If I did'nt, there is no way I could discuss things with Jimmy in an intelligent way." In some ways she was more active and advised on decisions made by the president than Eleanor Roosevelt with Franklin Roosevelt FDR.

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Coronavirus leads to record drop in German GDP | DW | 30.07.2020

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DW.COM - 07.30.2020 Original article ›
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Germany's second quarter GDP drops by 10.1%. For the year 2020 a 2.8% drop in GDP is expected. The jobless rate held steady at 6.4% unchanged from June. About 6.7 million people are enrolled in a German state funded furlough scheme in May up from 6.1 million in April.

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 Ex-Pioneer CEO Says FTC Used Him as ‘Scapegoat’ in Exxon Deal

  
WSJ - 05.28.2024 Original article ›
Collin Eaton
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Exxon added a provision not to add CEO of Pioneer Sheffield to its board, for FTC permission in closing a deal by Exxon to buy Pioneer for $60 billion in stock. This was after the FTC raised questions about the Pioneer CEO on collusion with OPEC to raise oil prices.

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This 23-Floor Manhattan Office Building Just Sold at a 97.5% Discount

  
NYTimes.com - 08.01.2024 Original article ›
Matthew Haag
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A sign of how high rise office building prices fell in 2024 in big cities in the US is the price of 135 West 50th Street 23 floor office building in New York City that sold for $332 million in 2006 and now sells for $8.2 million in an unusual online auction.

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Exclusive | Biden to Close ‘Dilley’ Detention Center, Shift Resources Amid Border Crackdown

  
WSJ - 06.10.2024 Original article ›
Michelle Hackman
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Closing the Dilley Dtention Center in Texas in June 2024 will free up $2 billion for use to free up an additional detention beds in other places. As Biden closes the border with Mexico he will need additional detention space so that migrants can be returned to Mexico or their home country.

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Adani Group Saga Is Credibility Test for India’s Markets, Institutions

  
WSJ - 01.30.2023 Original article ›
Megha Mandavia
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Hindenburg Research is a short seller who launched an attack on the Adani Group of infrastructure companies in India. Adani Group companies lost about 18.5% of their stock value after the attack. Hindenburg Research is based in New York City and was founded by Nathan Andersen in 2017. It has 5 employees.

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Democratic delegates on Biden’s exit – and Harris’s rise: ‘We’re awestruck’

  
The Guardian - 07.26.2024 Original article ›
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A democratic delegate from California says she is "awestruck"  by how quickly people rallied behind Harris. Another from Pittsburgh says there is energy behind the change, as we are going to go back to an election conversation that will debate ideas and what is the vision of the United States.

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Israel Assures U.S. It Will Not Strike Iran’s Oil and Nuclear Facilities, Officials Say

  
WSJ - 10.15.2024 Original article ›
Nancy A. Youssef, Alexander Ward
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Israel informed the US 6 hours before military target strikes on Iran. This followed 180 ballistic missiles launched by Iran against Israel. This report says Israel has followed president Biden's advice not to strike oil targets. Biden said if I were the Israelis I would not strike oil targets. 

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Tim Walz: Governor, Vice-Presidential Candidate, Local Music Fan

  
NYTimes.com - 08.09.2024 Original article ›
Marc Tracy
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Tim Walz shown as a local music fan in this report by Marc Tracy. A fan of Bob Dylan and the Prince. Did you know Bob Dylan was from Duluth Minnesota? And of Bruce Springsteen - specifically "Nebraska- Reason to Believe" a favorite of Nebraska's own Tim Walz. 

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In Michigan, Trade Policies and the Water Crisis Loom Large for Voters

  
NYTimes.com - 10.19.2024 Original article ›
Mitch Smith, Kassie Bracken, Noah Throop, Mark Boyer, Brittany Greeson
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A look in 2024 at Flint, Michigan and Genesee County, Michigan, once the home of General Motors and the auto industry. The Water Crisis hit hard following the closing of GM plants, Genesee County has still to recover and a lot needs to happen to rebuild this part of the industrial midwest.

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Did Shohei Ohtani Just Have the Greatest Game of All Time?

  
WSJ - 09.20.2024 Original article ›
Jared Diamond, Lindsey Adler
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In a massive show reminding one of Babe Ruth LA Dodgers Shohei Ohtani comes up with 3 home runs, 10 RBI's and 2 steals. LA Dodgers beat Miami Marlins 20-4 on a night to remember September 19, 2024 as he makes is way into the 50/50 club.

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