"No wonder the ruling elites love how easily we're distracted and divided against ourselves: it's so easy to dominate a distracted, divided, blinded-by-propaganda and negative emotions populace."
"Thanks to the record-long federal government shutdown, the bankrupt island is extending aid to the 4,500 federal employees in Puerto Rico whose paychecks have stopped coming."
"Investors in the kinds of corporate debt that Janet Yellen recently warned about have never been more exposed, Moody's Investors Service says."
"This could well be the year that 'fallen angels,' or former investment-grade debt that gets downgraded to speculative, shapes up as one of the more compelling stories."
"The ECB president finally caved on Thursday by saying the risks to growth 'have moved to the downside.' That’s a significant change from six weeks ago, when he described the risks as 'broadly balanced”
"The ECB appointed three administrators, including Carige’s former chief executive and chairman, giving them three months to reduce the €3bn stock of bad loans and arrange a merger."
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"With 201 billion euros ($228 billion) in bond redemptions this year, Rome is keen to find investors outside the eurozone."
"We would like to make a deal but it has to be a deal that will work for both parties," he said. "We're miles and miles from getting a resolution."
"A renewed interest in gold is being driven by a confluence of factors that include the current political stand-off in Washington and the longest government shut down in U.S. history."
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“Bitcoin has been trading for five years, gold has been trading for 3,000 years. I’m gonna take gold.”
"Places that were pivotal to U.S. President Donald Trump’s election, will be under the most pressure again as advances in artificial intelligence reshape the workplace."
"Shares sank just before the regular session began, with about 167,500 changing hands at just $10.99, compared with Wednesday’s close of $66.47."
"Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro is under unprecedented pressure after the U.S. and other nations recognized opposition leader Juan Guaido as the country’s rightful head of state and protests against the ruling regime expanded."
"Boeing, in a statement sent to CNBC, warned of bigger impacts on its business and the aviation sector if the shutdown drags on."
"The U.K. parliament can’t agree on how to leave the European Union, but many finance firms have already decided how much money to move out of the City of London."
"Members of France’s Yellow Vests protest movement are preparing a run for European parliament as the ‘Citizen’s Initiative Rally."
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