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Authored by 'Shinobi' via BitcoinMagazine.com, The fourth Bitcoin halving is almost upon us, and this one has the potential for some very interesting surprises. This…
As noted earlier, with all eyes on Tesla when the company reports Q4 earnings and updates its shareholders on numerous new developments as the stock continues…
Toyota's chairman and former CEO, Akio Toyoda, is at it again: providing the public with a dose of reality that electric vehicles will never dominate…
After nearly two years of delays, Turkey's parliament finally agreed to ratify Sweden's NATO membership bid on Tuesday, clearing the biggest remaining hurdle to expanding…
Earlier today, we lamented the latest implosion in Chinese markets, which we discussed in "China Stocks Crash Through 'Snowball Derivatives' Trigger Levels Overnight", in which…
The topic of China's ownership of US farmlands is starting to boil over. Six months after we reported that a "Bipartisan Bill Aims To Block…
Uranium production in Cigar Lake, Canada is the highest-grade in the world. Since 2014, the site has mined 105 million pounds of the radioactive metal,…
Via SchiffGold.com, In the realm of institutional asset management, the copper/gold ratio (blue line) has served as a key indicator for some, providing insights into…
Via SchiffGold.com, The first half of 2023 was a record-breaking moment for central bank gold buying, led by none other than China and Russia. Organizations…
The solar industry in California is facing significant headwinds following the implementation of a new policy in April, which reduced incentives that had encouraged homeowners…
Red Sea diversions mean container lines need more ships to carry the same amount of cargo. The security situation — which is even more precarious…
New year, same strategy to move metal. Tesla is reportedly slashing prices across Europe, following similar moves the company made in China and also continuing…
The Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) has asked ten million customers to reduce power consumption for Wednesday morning as record heating demand is forecasted amid a…
We live in an information-abundant digital world, where data is the new currency, and data centers are the vaults that protect and power it. The…
By The Cradle Europe is divided over the US-UK bombing of Yemen, one of the world's poorest countries, as Italy, Spain, and France have refused…
The US and British bombing campaigns of Iran-backed Houthis in Yemen marks a significant intensification of the Middle East crisis. This development comes as the…
The US and British bombing campaigns of Iran-backed Houthis in Yemen marks a significant intensification of the Middle East crisis. This development comes as the…
Most countries have, for many decades, kept a record of their own critical minerals list. For example, the U.S., drew up a list of “war…
"ESG" has gone from the buzzword that every investment advisor, company and government official had to be familiar with and append to every single piece of business…
Current lithium extraction and refinement methods are outdated, often harmful to the environment, and ultimately inefficient. So much so that by 2030, lithium demand will…