Coronavirus
– California COVID-19 Cases Top 500,000 As Global Total Nears 18 Million: Live Update
– Houston Mayor Orders $250 Fines For People Who Refuse To Wear Masks
Business/Economics
– ByteDance, Microsoft Break Off TikTok Deal Talks
– U.S. dollar net shorts soar to highest in nine years: CFTC, Reuters
– US Printed More Money in One Month Than in Two Centuries
– More Than 60% Of Global Debt Now Yields Less Than 1%
– Morgan Stanley: Brace For A Spike In Inflation As Congress Is Now In The Money Supply Driver’s Seat
– BP Slashes Dividend For First Time In Decade On Dismal Energy Demand Outlook
– The Endless Melt Up: Gold And Silver Soar, Global Stocks Turn Green For 2020; Apple $2 Trillion Any Second
– Another 1.2 million Americans filed for first-time unemployment benefits last week
– US economy added 1.8 million jobs in July but still down nearly 13 million jobs during the pandemic
Gold/Precious metals
– A Record Amount Of Physical Gold Was Just Delivered On COMEX, Here’s Why
– Gold surges past $2,000 an ounce for the first time
Government/Politics
– Democrats Urging Biden Not To Debate Trump
– Trump Renomination Closed To The Public And Press
– Trump Signs Executive Order Banning TikTok, WeChat
– White House Moves To De-List Chinese Companies From American Stock Exchanges
– White House rejects Democrats’ offer for $2 trillion stimulus price tag
Global
– Severe flooding displaces millions in China and Bangladesh as the monsoon wreaks havoc
– At least 50 killed, hundreds hurt in massive blast in Beirut
– WATCH huge mushroom-like cloud cover Beirut’s docks area after ‘fireworks depot’ explodes
– Massive warehouse explosion rocks Beirut, causing thousands of injuries and widespread damage
– European Funds Post Stunning $835 Billion In Trading Losses For First Half Of 2020
– “He Abandoned The Deadly Cargo”: Meet The Mysterious Businessman At Center Of The Beirut Blast Saga
– Up To 300,000 Left Homeless In Beirut After Blast Collapsed Walls Miles Away
Crime
– NYPD: Shootings and murders rose dramatically in July
Money/Currency
– America’s Coin Shortage Is Getting Worse
Weather
– Millions Without Power, Isaias Unleashes Twisters Across East Coast
