Europe

In late December, we explained why of all Trump economic proposals , the "border tax adjustment", while most controversial, could have the biggest impact on US assets.

Update: Unsurprisingly, Renault has denied the charges, and claims it has had no official notification of the investigation...

Renault hasn’t been officially notified about the French diesel probe, a spokesman said by phone.

 

Renault isn’t using software to cheat on emissions, the spokesman said

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While the mainstream media intrigues with a fallacious and treacherous story about President-elect Donald Trump, thousands of US tanks, armoured vehicles and troops continue to pour into Europe by the hour. The story put together by a security company belonging to a British ex-MI6 operative portrays Trump as a sexually deviant blackmailed Russian double agent. A disturbing report from the Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) of the Russian Federation warns of a plot by the U.S.

European shares rose as Fiat rebounded on hopes concerns about parallel to Volkswagen are overblown, Asian stocks were little as Chinese shares fell to the lowest level of 2017 after poor export data, and U.S. equity-index futures rose ahead of a deluge of bank earnings. The dollar is headed for a weekly loss and gold trades at the highest price in almost two months.

Submitted by Finian Cunningham via The Strategic Culture Foundation,

Eight straight years of warmongering come to an end as US President Barack Obama bows out with his «farewell to the nation» speech this week, as fawning American media dubbed his valediction.

In reality, Obama’s outgoing address should have been billed as a «farewell to arms» made by arguably one of the most belligerent presidents to ever have occupied the White House.