Coronavirus
Useless COVID-19 Drug Was Allegedly Also Useless As An HIV Drug, But Very Useful As A Talking Point
It sure was an (alleged) shot in the arm for two executives’ stock holdings.
Fed Really Having Trouble With This Whole Transparency Thing
If giving Citi clients a head’s up on central bank thinking is wrong, St. Louis Fed President James Bullard doesn’t want to be right. And isn’t.
Fox Business Contributor Tries To Make Point About Inflation, Invents Next Great Eating Challenge
Steven DePolo from Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA, CC BY 2.0
Is A Fraud A Fraud If It’s A Pandemic Relief Fraud Too Small To Draw A Fraud Probe?
There really was $10,000 in free money to be had by those with few scruples and enough sense to keep it modest.
Is The Stock Market Slump A Buying Opportunity?
The first six months of 2022 were the worst first half of a year for the stock market since 1970. But there are some signs of hope.
Maybe Hong Kong Doesn’t Want To Be A Global Financial Center Anymore
On top of its strict COVID quarantine rules, the city is planning a block-trading crackdown.
Here’s One Way To Get People Back Into Empty Offices
Sleep where people once worked.
Ex-Citadel COVID Scammer’s Lockdown Extended By Four Years
And relocated to bucolic, barbed-wired surroundings.
Tesla Shareholders Can’t Legally Force Elon Musk To Shut Up
Even if it would be for his own good, his Twitter habit hasn’t yet reached “poisoning the jury pool” levels.
FDA Warning Letters Are Pearls Of Wisdom
Warning letters are a valuable tool for any CBD company because they reveal the types of statements that make the FDA tick and can help them adjust their marketing practices to reduce the risk of enforcement actions.
Elon Musk Changes Mind About Building Own Social Media Platform, Will Just Buy His Favorite One Instead
Brace yourself for Tesla-witter.
Vaccine Mandate Dissent Spits Hot Fire For 53 Pages
In some jurisdictions, the beatdown the dissent delivers here is cruel and unusual punishment.
Viking Still Desperately Ill With COVID, Still Convinced It’s Almost Over
Andreas Halvorsen is convinced this year is the one travel goes berserker. You know, just like he was last year.
There’s Got To Be At Least A Little Part Of Bill Ackman That Hopes The Pandemic Will Never End
It just provides so many opportunities to turn a few million dollars into more than a billion.
Omicron Can’t Stop Omaha’s Biggest Party This Year
Unless, you know, it can. But for now, book those flights and hotels to one of the Midwest’s, uh, cities.
Firing Watch ’22: Jamie Dimon Is Itching To Make An Example Of You Anti-Vaxxers
Stand in the way of his forcing people back to the office, get canned.
Outgoing Fed Vice Chair Really Making His Patron Proud
What would Donald Trump have done with a tip-off from Jay Powell? Probably “rebalance” his portfolio just like Richard Clarida did.
Layoffs Watch: Credit Suisse Prime Brokers
Turns out you don’t need them if you’re not offering prime brokerage services anymore.
Ray Dalio Manages Best Return In Years, New Scheme To Pretend He’s Not In Charge Again All In Same Month
For his part, David Shaw just kicked back and enjoyed the fruits of a successful transition in style.
Goldman Acknowledges Extremely Virulent Disease Spreading Across The Globe, Is Pretty Sure It’ll All Be Over In Two Weeks
Which is when you will be back at your desks, goddamnit, epidemiology notwithstanding.
No One Knows What The Hell Is Going On
Davos? No. Holiday parties? Maybe. Vaccine mandates? It’s up to Neil Gorsuch.
New Unfortunate COVID Vaccine Side Effect: Having To Go To The Office
Congrats, holdouts! You get to work from home for the foreseeable future.
Noted Epidemiologist James Gorman Acknowledges Slight Scientific Error
Seems we weren’t going to have this COVID stuff licked by Labor Day.