Off-Duty Pilot Enters Southwest Cockpit To Help After Pilot Suffers Medical Emergency

Off-Duty Pilot Enters Southwest Cockpit To Help After Pilot Suffers Medical Emergency

An off-duty pilot on a Southwest Airlines flight from Las Vegas to Columbus, Ohio entered the cockpit to help after one of the on-duty pilots suffered a medical emergency mid-flight.

“The captain became incapacitated while enroute. He’s

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“Significant” Amount Of Toxic Waste From Ohio Train Derailment Heads To Baltimore

“Significant” Amount Of Toxic Waste From Ohio Train Derailment Heads To Baltimore

The decision to transport a “significant” amount of toxic wastewater from the East Palestine, Ohio train derailment by rail to a wastewater treatment plant located east of Baltimore City, and eventually discharge it into the local water system,

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Central Banks Decided To Continue Their Fight Against Inflation Despite The Banking Crisis

Central Banks Decided To Continue Their Fight Against Inflation Despite The Banking Crisis

By Phillip Marey, Senior US strategist at Rabobank

Another week of banking turmoil did not halt the fight against inflation for the central banks that were scheduled to make monetary policy decisions this week. However, the Fed

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US Manufacturing & Services PMIs Come In Hot As Inflation Re-Surges

US Manufacturing & Services PMIs Come In Hot As Inflation Re-Surges

S&P Global’s PMI data surprised to the upside in preliminary February data with both Manufacturing and Services coming in hotter than expected.

Flash US Services Business Activity Index at 53.8 (February: 50.6). 11-month high.

Flash US Manufacturing Output Index

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Yellen Convenes Emergency Financial Stability Meeting On Friday As Banking Crisis Explodes

Yellen Convenes Emergency Financial Stability Meeting On Friday As Banking Crisis Explodes

“Capital markets stop panicking when officials start panicking”Michael Hartnett

Here comes the panic.

Bloomberg just reported that Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen – who was singlehandedly responsible for stoking and restarting the bank crisis on Wednesday which

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Muscle Car Uncertainty: Chevy Kills Camaro In 2024

Muscle Car Uncertainty: Chevy Kills Camaro In 2024

Chevrolet announced Wednesday, “the sixth generation Chevrolet Camaro will retire at the conclusion of the model year 2024,” indicating the last of these iconic muscle cars will leave the production line at the Lansing Grand River Assembly Plant in Michigan in January. 

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US Rejects Chinese Claim It Drove Away Destroyer Over “Illegal” Incursion

US Rejects Chinese Claim It Drove Away Destroyer Over “Illegal” Incursion

Early in the day Thursday China’s military said it monitored and then drove away a US warship which had “illegally” entered China-claimed waters of the South China Sea.

The Southern Theatre Command of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA)

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Fed Gets Its Wish: Real-Time Card Data Shows Consumer Spending Craters After Start Of Bank Crisis

Fed Gets Its Wish: Real-Time Card Data Shows Consumer Spending Craters After Start Of Bank Crisis

Regular readers are aware that over the years we have become big fans of real-time card (both credit and debit) spending data as tracked by one of the largest US banks, Bank of America,

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Swiss Defend $17BN AT1 Bond Wipeout In Credit Suisse Deal As Furious Creditors Including David Tepper Vow To Sue Switzerland

Swiss Defend $17BN AT1 Bond Wipeout In Credit Suisse Deal As Furious Creditors Including David Tepper Vow To Sue Switzerland

Amid the justifiably shocked outcry from Credit Suisse junior debtors, who saw their entire AT1 debt tranche wiped out before the equity was fully impaired, violating every conventional liquidation waterfall,

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FDIC Unexpectedly Delays Bid Deadline For Silicon Valley Private Bank

FDIC Unexpectedly Delays Bid Deadline For Silicon Valley Private Bank

Over the past weekend, it was determined that the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) would break up Silicon Valley Bank into two separate auctions. But now, the auction for SVB’s wealth-management unit has been delayed. 

FDIC was set to receive

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Republicans Introduce Bills To Prevent Biden Administration From Banning Gas Stoves

Republicans Introduce Bills To Prevent Biden Administration From Banning Gas Stoves

Authored by Savannah Hulsey Pointer via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours),

Two House Energy and Commerce Committee Republicans announced on March 20 they are introducing legislation to prevent the Biden administration from banning gas stoves.

A gas stove in

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Watch Live: TikTok CEO Testifies Before Congress; China Opposes Forced Sale

Watch Live: TikTok CEO Testifies Before Congress; China Opposes Forced Sale

As TikTok mulls a demand from the Biden administration that the video-app divest itself from Beijing-based parent ByteDance (a move strongly opposed by the Chinese Ministry of Commerce), CEO Shou Chew is preparing to testify before Congress for the

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