A couple of weeks ago we expressed some level of 'amazement' at just how sophisticated, efficient and pervasive the 'Russian hacking' community had become after CNN reported that they had managed to hack into a Qatari News Agency and post a 'fake' news story all in an apparent attempt to drive a wedge between the U.S., Qatar and some of it's Gulf Arab neighbors.
Authored by Alastair Crooke via The Automatic Earth blog,
Update: The suspect in Brussels train station blast shouted "Allahu Akbar," according to a witness quoted by AFP.
#UPDATE Suspect in Brussels train station blast shouted "Allahu Akbar," according to a witness
— AFP news agency (@AFP) June 20, 2017
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Another day, another (attempted) terrorist attack, this time in Brussles where moments ago gun shots and an explosion were reported at the Central Station, which was promptly evacuated.
One year ago, when Deutsche Bank was sliding on concerns about its bad loan book, Germany's Bremer Landesbank which at the time had €29 billion in assets, saw its bonds plunge overnight when concerns emerged about an imminent failure by the German lender.
Authored by Arthur Berman via OilPrice.com,
The lead editorial in Friday’s Wall Street Journal was pure energy nonsense.
“Lessons of the Energy Export Boom” proclaimed that the United States is becoming the oil and gas superpower of the world. This despite the uncomfortable fact that it is also the world’s biggest importer of crude oil.