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☆ Biden's Saudi-Israel normalization plans appear distant as Israel pounds Gaza in offensive
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-12 | by ( Natasha Turak | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +7 min

A "big victim" of the escalating Israel-Hamas war "is efforts at Saudi and Israel normalization," Fred Kempe, CEO of the Atlantic Council, told CNBC. Iran's mission to the United Nations has denied Tehran's involvement in the militant group's attack on Israel on Saturaday. "More timely for Tehran is that it is looking to slow down Israeli Saudi normalization and through the attack, it might have achieved that," Vakil said. With the Hamas attack on Israel, "it's very clear that Saudi Arabia will take a more gradual approach to normalization," she said. And Iran is consistently messaging to its Gulf neighbors that any attack on Iran from Israel will lead to a domino attack on the Gulf.

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☆ Opinion: Government shutdown means Congress gets paid while most federal workers don’t
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-29 | by ( Cristian Arroyo-Santiago | Opinion Rob Rosenthal | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

The great majority of our almost 4 million federal employees would be furloughed without pay. But strikingly, one group of federal employees would not stop receiving their paychecks: members of Congress. Article I, Section 6 of the Constitution requires that members of Congress be paid while in office. What would it mean if those members of Congress who forced a shutdown of the government faced the same economic consequences as the average AFGE employee? The division between making the plan and living the plan is not inevitable or universal.

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☆ 10 Things in Tech: Airbnb's Montana smackdown, Microsoft whining, Salesforce worrying, and Reddit rage
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-26 | by ( Alistair Barr | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

I'm Insider's global tech editor Alistair Barr, and I've been missing people a lot lately. Airbnb Montana smackdown: Life in the town of Bozeman is harder thanks to short-term rentals. That sparked a boom in Airbnb and Vrbo properties in the town, causing rents and property prices to surge. They are concerned about retaining talented colleagues, their future at Salesforce, and how leadership decisions adhere to the company's core values. Submit your nomination for Insider's 5th annual list recognizing first-time and newly named top marketers at consumer brands.

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☆ 'Black Swan' author Nassim Taleb warned about the stock market's brewing AI bubble in a new interview. Here are the 8 best quotes.
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-23 | by ( Matthew Fox | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

"Black Swan" author Nassim Taleb is once again warning investors about potential risks in the stock market. Taleb warned about a bubble brewing in AI stocks and the lingering impact of high interest rates. From calling crypto a "tumor" to warnings about a brewing bubble in artificial intelligence stocks, Taleb had a lot to say about markets. It did exactly the opposite of its mission as an inflation hedge because it collapsed... it's not an inflation hedge... it's not good for real money laundering because it's very traceable. AI bubble"Because you don't know which one is the one that's going to win.

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☆ Watch CNBC's full interview with 'The Black Swan' author Nassim Nicholas Taleb
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-22 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailWatch CNBC's full interview with 'The Black Swan' author Nassim Nicholas TalebNassim Nicholas Taleb, Universa Investments scientific advisor and author of ‘The Black Swan’, joins 'Squawk Box' to discuss the markets and economy, why a bubble is looming, the state of cryptocurrency, and more.

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☆ 'The Black Swan' author Nassim Nicholas Taleb on crypto: A cult coupled with a financial instrument
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-22 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via Email'The Black Swan' author Nassim Nicholas Taleb on crypto: A cult coupled with a financial instrumentNassim Nicholas Taleb, Universa Investments scientific advisor and author of ‘The Black Swan’, joins 'Squawk Box' to discuss the markets and economy, why a bubble is looming, the state of cryptocurrency, and more.

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☆ 'The Black Swan' author Nassim Nicholas Taleb on looming crisis: The risk is in front of us
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-22 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via Email'The Black Swan' author Nassim Nicholas Taleb on looming crisis: The risk is in front of usNassim Nicholas Taleb, Universa Investments scientific advisor and author of ‘The Black Swan’, joins 'Squawk Box' to discuss the markets and economy, why a bubble is looming, the state of cryptocurrency, and more.

Persons: Swan, Nassim Nicholas Taleb, ‘ Locations: cryptocurrency

☆ 'Chaos Kings': How Wall Street traders made billions on catastrophes
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-15 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via Email'Chaos Kings': How Wall Street traders made billions on catastrophesScott Patterson, ‘Chaos King’ author, and 'Black Swan' author Nassim Nicholas Taleb break down how Wall Street traders made billions by making big bets around major catastrophes.

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☆ When Markets Melt Down, These Traders Cash In
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-02 | by ( Scott Patterson | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

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☆ Israel-Gaza violence: Islamic Jihad targets Jerusalem for the first time in current conflict as it fires barrage of rockets at Israel
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-12 | by ( Elliott Gotkine Ibrahim Dahman Abeer Salman Richard Allen Greene Alex Stambaugh Sana Noor Haq | Elliott Gotkine | Ibrahim Dahman | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

The al Quds Brigades of Islamic Jihad said in a statement shortly after the rocket fire: “The launching towards Jerusalem is a message, and everyone should understand its purpose. Talks to bring about a ceasefire between Israel and Islamic Jihad in Gaza are “on ice right now,” a diplomatic source familiar with the negotiations told CNN Friday. One command center was used by senior Islamic Jihad operative Muhammad Abu Al Ata for “the planning and command of terrorist activity against Israel,” the IDF said. The Israel Defense Forces said that IDF fighter jets also struck four military posts belonging to Islamic Jihad. ‘Shield and Arrow’The IDF began unleashing waves of airstrikes on Tuesday on what it says are Islamic Jihad operatives and infrastructure along the strip.

☆ Debt crisis is a scary white swan for US economy
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-25 | by ( Ben Winck | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +8 min

If Democrats and Republicans can’t agree to lift the government’s borrowing limit, the country could suffer an unprecedented and catastrophic default on its debt. The standoff over the debt ceiling is a white swan, or an entirely predictable, very frequent event that has the potential to be as catastrophic as its darker sibling. That is why, in all past scuffles over government borrowing, Congress ended up raising or suspending the debt ceiling. Uncertainty over the timing of the agreement led to the most volatile week for financial markets since the 2008 financial crisis. Failure to lift the debt ceiling soon can spark a vicious cycle of market anxiety, rising borrowing costs and bank stress.

☆ Peace, love, and Hitler: How Lex Fridman's podcast became a safe space for the anti-woke tech elite
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-03 | by ( Julia Black | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +26 min

Seemingly overnight, episodes of Fridman's podcast began racking up millions of views. YouTube/Lex FridmanIn his podcast, Fridman asks world-renowned scientists, historians, artists, and engineers a series of wide-eyed questions ("Who is God? But recently, "The Lex Fridman Podcast" has become a haven for a growing — and powerful — sector looking to dismantle years of "wokeness" and cancel culture. Twitter"The Lex Fridman Podcast" offered a rare opportunity to listen to four-hour conversations with luminaries of tech and science. Bhaskar Sunkara, the founder and publisher of the socialist magazine Jacobin who appeared on Fridman's podcast in December, praised Fridman's interviewing style.

☆ Iran's behaviour will be under microscope in coming months, say Saudi columnists
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-12 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

RIYADH, March 12 (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia will watch Iran's behaviour during the two-month window agreed upon to restore relations, Saudi columnists said on Sunday, reflecting continued wariness in the longtime rivalry between the region's Sunni Muslim and Shi'ite powers. Gulf states have grown increasingly disillusioned with key ally and security guarantor the United States, including over global powers' 2015 nuclear pact with Iran which they deemed flawed for not tackling Iran's missile programme and proxies. "It is natural to have diplomatic ties even if at a low level because Iran's expansionist approach has created many touch points with Saudi Arabia....(But) we have to keep our eyes open," wrote Saudi columnist Tariq al-Homayed. The United States has voiced reservations about deepening ties between Gulf states and its economic rival China, whose president attended a Gulf summit in Riyadh last year at a time of severe strains in the strategic U.S.-Saudi relationship. Riyadh and Abu Dhabi have repeatedly said they are looking to diversify their strategic partners while pressing Washington for concrete commitments to regional security.

☆ Black Swan Manager Preps for Financial ‘Mega-Tinderbox-Timebomb’
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-31 | by ( Spencer Jakab | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

No risk, no reward. While Mark Spitznagel wouldn’t disagree, a letter from the star hedge-fund manager seen by The Wall Street Journal has some striking insights on both fronts. A protégé of “Black Swan” author Nassim Nicholas Taleb noted on the occasion of his fund’s 15-year anniversary that using it to hedge a standard stock portfolio would have enhanced long-run returns through its bets on extremely bearish events.

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