(Jul 11, 2023)
In April, Saudi Arabia made a commitment to provide financial assistance and subsequently awaited the arrival of the aid package from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) before depositing it into the State Bank of Pakistan.
This much-needed support will help bolster the central bank‘s dwindling foreign exchange reserves, which had declined to a level barely sufficient to cover a month‘s worth of regulated imports.
(2 Jul 2023)
Israel will buy its third fleet of F-35 stealth fighter jets in a deal worth $3bn that will be financed through US military aid, according to the Israeli military.
Israel’s Ministry of Defence approved the purchase on Sunday, with the additional 25 aircraft manufactured by Lockheed Martin to bring the number of F-35 jets in Israel’s air force to 75.
He said he had instructed his aides to give the Netanyahus “whatever they want” and was assured by the prime minister that there was nothing illegal going on.
The indictment accuses Netanyahu of using his influential perch to assist Milchan to secure a U.S. visa extension by drawing on his diplomatic contacts, among them former Secretary of State John Kerry. Prosecutors also accuse Netanyahu of working to push legislation that would have granted Milchan millions in tax breaks.
Mr. Milchan, 78, who produced blockbusters like “Pretty Woman,” “Mr. & Mrs. Smith” and “Bohemian Rhapsody,” also worked for years for Israeli intelligence as a weapons procurer. His colorful life and relationship with Mr. Netanyahu has helped turned the Case 1000 trial into a showcase of the nexus of money, power and influence in Israel.
Warum das Grundrechte und Pressefreiheit gefährdet:
Damit wird auch Eilantrag der Veranstalter gegenstandslos.
Heißt: Die Solidar-Versammlung für #LinaE heute in #Leipzig bleibt endgültig untersagt
(at)D_Herrmann
Replying to @HassoSuliak
Gibt es eine Begründung zum Nichtannahme-Beschluss des (at)BVerfG zu #TagX?
(Muss es ja nicht zwingend!)
@HassoSuliak
Nein, von einer Begründung wurde abgesehen, s. Antwort an (at)lto_de
Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), a fierce critic of big banks, emphasized that the FDIC bailout of First Republic once again puts taxpayer money on the line. That’s after $25 billion was used from the Treasury’s Exchange Stabilization Fund to backstop a loan for the rescue of depositors at Silicon Valley Bank in March.
(May 1, 2023)
The government’s takeover and sale of First Republic comes roughly eight weeks after the government took control of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank, whose failures sent a shock wave through the industry and raised fears that other regional banks were at risk of similar runs on deposits.
(April 29, 2023)
Separately, the Wall Street Journal reported on Friday that JPMorgan and PNC are vying to buy First Republic following its seizure by the government, which could come as soon as this weekend.
If the San Francisco-based lender falls into receivership, it would be the third U.S. bank to collapse since March. First Republic said this week its deposits had slumped by more than $100 billion in the first quarter.
(Mar 8, 2023)
In January, its earnings report revealed that it lost a billion dollars in one quarter after its customers withdrew $8.1 billion. Then, on March 1st, it filed a document saying its financials were even worse than the quarterly report had shown.
(January 19, 2023)
The FHLB system was created under Herbert Hoover in 1932 with the primary goal of making homeownership more affordable for the average American. (…)
While FHLBs are privately capitalized, they enjoy a special statutory lien priority which can place them ahead of other parties, including the FDIC, in bankruptcy proceedings. Thus, if Silvergate were to join the spate of major crypto industry entities that filed bankruptcy recently, it could leave the FDIC holding the (empty) bag, responsible for paying out deposit insurance on Silvergate’s FDIC insured accounts while the FHLB is first in line for any assets remaining.
(April 4, 2023)
The insider sales went largely unnoticed because Signature Bank, unlike most other S&P 500 companies, filed documents with the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation instead of the Securities and Exchange Commission. (…)
The bank collapsed and was taken over by federal regulators last month, in the wake of Silicon Valley Bank’s collapse.
(Mar 10, 2023)
Silicon Valley’s failure came with incredible speed, with some industry analysts on Friday suggesting it was a good company and still likely a wise investment. Silicon Valley executives were looking to raise capital early Friday or find additional investors in the company. But trading in its shares had been halted before the opening bell due to extreme volatility.
Shortly before noon eastern time, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation announced it was shuttering the bank. Notably, the FDIC did not wait until the close of business to seize the bank, as is typical in an orderly wind down of a financial institution.
The biennial International Defence Exhibition (IDEX) in the UAE capital Abu Dhabi is the largest defense conference in the Middle East, with the participation of over 1,300 exhibitors from 65 countries.
But what makes it stand out from other major arms fairs is its participants. Invitees include military officials and manufacturers from countries that aren’t friendly with each other. Delegates from China and the United States, Russia and Ukraine, India and Pakistan, and Israel and Arab states are present at the same event.
Eight Russian arms manufacturing firms were exhibiting at the fair, including Kalashnikov Group and Rosoboronexport. In a statement to CNN, IDEX said it was “proud that this year’s edition is the largest in the event’s 30-year history.”
(13.02.2019)
On a summer evening about a decade ago, an unusual group entered the spacious Israeli beach house home of Israeli Hollywood producer Arnon Milchan. His guest at his home in Beit Yanai, to which he had made a special trip from his home in Los Angeles especially for the meeting, was Meir Dagan, the director at the time of Israel’s Mossad espionage agency.
Also in attendance was a Russian oligarch close to President Vladimir Putin and the oligarch’s young daughter. They were joined by several others as well.
(…)
While he was head of the Mossad, Dagan viewed the development of close ties with Russia, with Putin and with his close circle of associates as a strategic goal, and he accompanied the Israeli prime ministers under whom he served — Ariel Sharon, Ehud Olmert and Netanyahu — in their meetings with the president of Russia.
Am 03.05.20 wurde in Frankreich eine Studie veröffentlicht, die Covid-19 in Abwasserproben vom Dezember 2019 aus Paris nachgewiesen hatten. (Quelle: Deslandes et al., “SARS-CoV-2 was already spreading in France in late December 2019”). Am 18.06.20 wurden Ergebnisse aus Mailand, Turin und Bologna veröffentlicht, die zu dem gleichen Ergebnis (schon im Dezember 2019) kamen. (Quelle: ISS, “CS N°39/2020 – Studio ISS su acque di scarico, a Milano e Torino Sars-Cov-2 presente già a dicembre”). Am 26.06.20 berichtete die Universität von Barcelona, dass sogar schon im März 2019 Spuren von Covid-19 gefunden wurden. (University of Barcelona, Spain. [G. Echevarria-Miró, E. Anfruns-Estrada, S. Guix, R.M. Pintó, A. Bosch], Sentinel surveillance of SARS-CoV-2 in wastewater anticipates the occurrence of COVID-19 cases.)
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Bereits 1867 schrieb Karl Marx im „Kapital“: „Das Kapital hat einen Horror vor Abwesenheit von Profit oder sehr kleinem Profit, wie die Natur vor der Leere. Mit entsprechendem Profit wird Kapital kühn. Zehn Prozent sicher, und man kann es überall anwenden; 20 Prozent, es wird lebhaft; 50 Prozent, positiv waghalsig; für 100 Prozent stampft es alle menschlichen Gesetze unter seinen Fuß; 300 Prozent, und es existiert kein Verbrechen, das es nicht riskiert, selbst auf Gefahr des Galgens.“ (Karl Marx, Das Kapital, Bd. 1, zitiert nach: Institut für Marxismus-Leninismus beim ZK der SED, Marx-Engels-Werke Bd. 23, Berlin/DDR 1962, S. 788)
Einmal Mitfühlen mit Frau Schlesinger. Zumal sie mit Gerhard Spörl als Ehegespons gesegnet ist, der beim Spiegel gut verdient hat, auch wenn er nicht gerade als Edelfeder aufgefallen ist. Dessen Rente reicht gewiss nicht an Schlesingers 303 000 Euro p.a. heran, also bitte, da muss schon mal ein kleiner Beratervertrag aushelfen.