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Retired Green Beret Warns The World Is Short-Fused On Multiple Flash-Points

Retired Green Beret Warns The World Is Short-Fused On Multiple Flash-Points

Authored by Jeremiah Johnson (nom de plume of a retired Green Beret of the United States Army Special Forces) via SHTFplan.com,

It has been reported that the USS Nimitz will join the USS Ronald Reagan and the USS Carl Vinson for a total of three U.S. carriers and their groups deployed to respond to or initiate actions against North Korea.  There is a small excerpt from an article entitled 3rd US Naval Strike Force Deployed to Deter North Korea that bears mention:

UK Soccer Players Abandon Pound, Demand Payment In Euros

UK Soccer Players Abandon Pound, Demand Payment In Euros

Leading English Premier League football (soccer) stars are demanding to be paid in euros because of the weak value of the Pound, according to Manchester United, the wealthiest club in world football.

As The FT reports, speaking at the KPMG Football Benchmark event in London on Wednesday. Cliff Baty, the English Premier League side’s chief financial officer said that last summer’s Brexit vote, which led to a sharp drop in the pound against the euro, had complicated the transfers of big-name players.

"Don't Panic" Banco Popular Tells Employees After Stock Crashes Most On Record

"Don't Panic" Banco Popular Tells Employees After Stock Crashes Most On Record

It is increasingly likely that Italy (which has been busy bailing out various insolvent banks while pretending it isn't) won't be the first nation to try out Europe's new BRRD "bail-in" insolvency directive. Instead, that honor may go to Spain where the sixth-largest bank, Banco Popular plunged the most in 28 years amid investor concerns that the bad debt-laden bank may have to liquidate as neither a buyer nor a new capital raise appear likely.

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