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7 Yrs to create Dodd-Frank, doubt repeal anytime soon. Bank rally will reverse but we'll be back to client pillaging

Bloomberg reports: Dodd-Frank’s Tentacles Go Deep. They Won’t Be Cut Fast or Easily. It took seven years to put these regulations in place. Is it rational to think they can be removed in less than 4? If not, then the financial's rally may be a tad bit premature and overdone.

 

Trump Blocked From Addressing UK Parliament For "Racism And Sexism"

Trump Blocked From Addressing UK Parliament For "Racism And Sexism"

In a striking announcement by John Bercow, the speaker of the British House of Commons, Donald Trump is to be barred from giving a historic address in Westminster Hall, the British Parliament's grandest and most prestigious hall.

Bercow announced he would not give the US President permission to speak in the 11th Century Westminster Hall when he makes a state visit. John Bercow slammed Trump for "racism and sexism", his undermining of judges and his migrant ban. Bercow's intervention is unusual because Speakers are expected to remain above Parliament's partisan fray.

Netanyahu Urges Theresa May To Take Tougher Stance Against Iran

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu wants his British counterpart to back his call for a tougher international stance against Iran. Before meeting with the British Prime Minister at Downing Street Netanyahu said that Iran’s aggression cannot go unanswered He has urged Theresa May to pledge her support for renewed sanctions against Iran after the country recently test-fired a ballistic missile ‘Iran seeks to annihilate Israel, it seeks to conquer the Middle East, it threatens Europe, it threatens the West, it threatens the world.

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