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Authored by Simon White, Bloomberg macro strategist,Money data out of China for September just released showed no major change in trend. The stock market rally will only be sustained if economic activity improves, which will be signaled by rising money growth.Money data showed that M2 grew 6.8% on the year (versus 6.4% expected) and M1 contracted by 7.4%, slightly worse than the 7.2% expected.Loading… Read the full article here

Florida’s Lake Placid Solar Power Plant suffered severe damage, leaving thousands without electricity. In a devastating blow to the Democrat’s Green New Deal agenda, the solar panel farm at Lake Placid, Florida, was ripped apart by Hurricane Milton, exposing the inherent vulnerabilities of relying on so-called “green energy.” The 380-acre Lake Placid Solar Power Plant, was meant to symbolize the future of energy, but after Hurricane Milton’s landfall, it now stands as a symbol of the failures of environmental utopianism. The 45-megawatt (MW) plant consists of approximately 180,000 tracking solar panels. This solar facility, touted for its ability to power…

Close-up of American actor Michael Keaton (in costume as the titular character) in the film ‘Batman’ … [+] (directed by Tim Burton), 1989. (Photo by Murray Close/Moviepix/Getty Images)Getty Images For years, DC fans have wondered why director Tim Burton never returned to make a third Batman film with Michael Keaton in the titular role. The answer, according to The Hollywood Reporter’s 2017 oral history of Batman Returns, is simple: The studio wanted a more family-friendly creative behind the camera, and Burton’s sophomore outing in Gotham City was decidedly too dark. While Keaton’s iconic iteration of Bruce Wayne would get one…

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) released audio Monday of a conversation between a representative of the Israeli military and a civilian in Gaza who reported that Hamas is beating residents who try to evacuate northern Gaza. The IDF is conducting intense operations in northern Gaza as it attempts to root out remaining Hamas terrorists. Though the terror organization has been shattered, it still fires sporadically at Israel, and still holds 101 hostages. In a statement, the IDF said: Following intelligence indications that the Hamas terrorist organization was attempting to regroup and rebuild its forces in the area of Jabaliya in…

Americans preparing to have fun on Halloween may be spooked by the price of chocolate this year.This season, retailers are offering more non-chocolate candies as chocolate prices have risen over 40 percent since 2020, NewsNation reported on Sunday. Although candy manufacturers are grappling with rising cocoa prices, Americans are expected to shell out $3.5 billion on sweet treats for the haunted holiday. “Yet, while chocolate remains the highest-priced treat with some bags of Halloween candy retailing for as much as almost $20 at stores like Target, non-chocolate offerings are also costing more as well,” the outlet said. According to Good…

A Las Vegas man was arrested on Saturday at a checkpoint near former President Donald Trump’s Coachella, California, rally after being found with multiple guns, according to law enforcement officials. In a press release on Sunday, the Riverside County Sheriff’s Office revealed that Vem Miller, 49, “was found to be illegally in possession of a shotgun, a loaded handgun, and a high-capacity magazine.” WATCH — Long Lines of Supporters for Trump in Deep-Blue California Ahead of Coachella Rally: Vaiva Pechulis Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco told the Press-Telegram that “Miller presented fake VIP and press passes at the checkpoint.” “We probably stopped another…

Germany plans to recruit skilled workers from India on a large scale in an attempt to close its skills gap, Labour Minister Hubertus Heil said on the sidelines of a cricket match with Indians in Berlin on Monday.Indians’ path to Germany is to be eased with more than 30 measures to reduce bureaucratic obstacles to issuing Indians with visas.Heil’s strategy outlines how skills bottlenecks are holding back growth and progress in Germany. The effects of an ageing society will be exacerbated without immigration, it says.”In India, the situation is the opposite,” it says. “There, highly educated age groups from high-birth…

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Sensing an opportunity in swing-state Wisconsin, Republicans are pouring money into the bid to unseat incumbent Democratic Sen. Tammy Baldwin in that state’s closely watched Senate race.Democrats also have dialed up their efforts in the contest, which remains crucial to their hopes of maintaining their Senate majority. They maintain an overall spending advantage and insist that the contest was always going to tighten as Election Day nears.A loss in Wisconsin to GOP nominee Eric Hovde would make preserving Democrats’ majority extremely difficult in a national landscape in which Republicans have far fewer seats to defend this…

Note: This post contains mentions of sexual assault and abuse.Sometimes, you just know when a relationship has reached the end of its string. Recently, I asked the divorcees of the BuzzFeed Community to share the “final straw” moment that made them realize they wanted a divorce, and some of these are incredibly shocking. Here are some of the stories that might just get your blood boiling:1.”I was 32 weeks pregnant and suffering from appendicitis. He just looked at me and said, ‘I’m sure you’ll be fine. Gotta get to work.'” Justin Paget / Getty Images2.”When I realized I was angry…

Hezbollah has taken responsibility for the attack, claiming it struck a military camp with a swarm of UAVs The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) has confirmed at least four fatalities and seven “severely injured” among its personnel in a Hezbollah UAV attack on an army base in Binyamina on Sunday. Israeli media outlets previously reported more than 60 injuries in the area, but refrained from revealing the target of the attack.The armed group announced an attack on a Golani Brigade training camp in Binyamina with a “swarm of drones” earlier on Sunday. The area is located to the south of Haifa,…