New Zealand's Deputy Prime Minister Winston Peters to visit the United States this week

New Zealand Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Winston Peters will travel to New York and Washington DC later this week will hold meetings with members of the Trump Administration including Secretary of State Marco Rubio, other US political contacts, and senior representatives of the United Nations From the media release: “The United States is […]

Fed’s Daly said growing uncertainty among businesses could slow demand in the US economy

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Oil producers starting to hold back capital – “the opposite of what the president wants”

A few items via Reuters over the weekend ahead of Ceraweek, where energy industry leaders meet in Houston. Josh Young, chief investment officer at Bison Interests.: “The costs are way higher and that affects the profitability, “You’re starting to see producers hold back their capital. It’s the opposite of what the president wants.” Dan Pickering, […]

Plane Crashes in Pennsylvania, Aftermath Caught on Video

Pennsylvania Plane Crash Smoking Wreckage in Middle of City Street, On Video Published March 9, 2025 2:00 PM PDT A small plane has crashed in the middle of a city street in Pennsylvania … and, several videos taken at the scene show the fiery wreckage. The videos — taken in Manheim Township in Lancaster County […]

Weekend: China's housing minister said government to promote purchase of existing housing

China’s housing minister, Ni Hong, spoke on Sunday said that the country’s property market is showing signs of improvement growing confidence among buyers market continued its positive trajectory in January and February, stabilizing after previous declines the government plans to encourage the purchase of existing homes and accelerate urban village redevelopment government will accelerate lending […]

Back-To-Back ICC Titles: Is Rohit Sharma’s India On Road To Greatness?

Captain Rohit Sharma led India’s four-wicket triumph over New Zealand in the Champions Trophy 2025 final. The win rounded off India’s dominant campaign at the Dubai International Stadium, giving Rohit’s team the ‘invincibles’ tag, having not lost a single game throughout the tournament. For Rohit, it wasn’t just a triumph, but a moment […]

Economic calendar in Asia, and a reminder – US moved onto daylight saving over the weekend

You’ll note a couple of points highlighted on the screenshot below: Chinese inflation data was published over the weekend: China inflation data: February CPI comes in at -0.7% y/y (expected -0.5%) As I’ve already said on this: China once again into consumer price deflation. The poor data has a double meaning for financial markets. Its […]

Meryl Streep and Martin Short Arrive in Same Car to ‘SNL’ Filming

Meryl Streep & Martin Short Just Another Friend Date … Arrive to ‘SNL’ Together Published March 9, 2025 1:04 PM PDT Play video content TMZ.com Meryl Streep and Martin Short swear they aren’t dating … but, they’re certainly spending a lot of late nights together — pulling up to “Saturday Night Live” in the same […]

“Not Sure I Can Say This On Air…”: KL Rahul’s Honest Statement After Nervy Win In Champions Trophy Final

India on Sunday registered a nervy four-wicket win over New Zealand in the final of Champions Trophy 2025 to clinch a record third title. Chasing 252, India got off to a flying start, thanks to Rohit Sharma’s 76, but stuggled in the middle and that saw the game going down to the wire. […]

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