Monthly Archives: May, 2019
How Hard will Tariffs Hit Walmart?
Comparable sales were strong for Walmart in the first quarter, up 3.4%. Can that momentum be sustained with higher tariffs on China? Bloomberg's Matthew...
Yay, Yay Claude Monet
Yesterday Claude Monet’s famed 1890 painting, “Haystacks”, sold for $110 million—a record for the impressionist— “to an unidentified woman who had to raise her...
Will Trump’s China Tariffs Hurt Ordinary Americans?
Without a doubt say the free-trade zealots, but free trade with China has always been an oxymoron. Free trade is a net benefit only...
China’s Relentless Auto Sales Slowdown
For ten straight months auto sales have fallen in China. April saw another sharp decline of 14.6% compared to the year before. Trefor Moss...
New Secret Weapon is Like Dropping Anvils on Terrorists Heads
This is a variant of the Hellfire missile called the R9X. The secret missile has no warhead and is used by the U.S. to...