October, 2017

After reports the iPhone 7 was outselling the iPhone 8 sent Apple’s stock lower on Wednesday, more troubling news about the company’s complication-plagued supply chain for the iPhone X, its special tenth anniversary model, emerged this morning courtesy of Nikkei, which is reporting the company has halved its planned shipments for the number of iPhone X’s it will sell by year’s end to 20 million.

Initial shipments of Apple’s highly anticipated iPhone X are expected

Amazon is a world dominator and has slowly transformed into a multi-industry overlord since its 1994 inception as a

used book marketplace. CEO Jeff Bezos wields his influence in many areas, and entire US states compete for his company’s

next warehouse location by offering tax credit deals. Even established industry giants fearfully anticipate his next acquisition.

Recently, the company took control of Whole Foods, and the entire retail grocery market suffered prolonged stock value declines.

Amazon is truly a force

Authored by Mac Slavo via SHTFplan.com,

Boris Johnson, the British secretary of state for foreign affairs, has said the option of military action against North Korea “must theoretically remain on the table” in discussions about the country’s nuclear crisis. Johnson refuses to rule out a preemptive strike.

According to The Independent UK, while speaking at Chatham House, the Foreign Secretary said it was “the duty” of United States President Donald Trump to keep the possibility

All the hard work is done, but the nerves are starting to kick in. That’s all normal, writes personal trainer David Last.

MANILA (Reuters) – A Philippine government panel on Tuesday recommended lifting the ban on open pit mining, a policy implemented

The former head of Jamaica’s Anti-Doping Commission has criticised the World Anti-Doping Agency for their slow reaction to investigating doping in China.

The Philadelphia Eagles improved to 6-1 this season..

Microsoft is dropping its lawsuit against the US Justice Department over ‘sneak and peak’ tactics that prevented tech companies from informing customers when investigators sought

The vote in the independence referendum for an Iraqi Kurdistan of 25 September 2017 was a sham – for the vote was rigged. This fact is now boomeranging back to those who initiated it: the Barzani family and the Taliban family. During the referendum campaign, the Kurdish regional government of Iraq declared that 80 countries in the world — including the United States and France — were in support of establishing a new State. This

The former X Factor star has said she is having a “genuinely wonderful experience” on Strictly.

Via GEFIRA,

Gianandrea Galiani interviewed by Daniel Moscardi

Gianandrea Gaiani is the director of the highly respected online magazine analisidifesa.it and an expert on immigration. He is a regular contributor to a number of Italian newspapers and appears frequently on numerous TV channels as an on immigration and security topics. He’s also the author (together with Giancarlo Blangiardo and Giuseppe Valditara) of the recent book (in Italian) Immigrazione, tutto quello che dovremmo sapere (Immigration. All you need

Ireland’s future workforce will be on the back foot if efforts are not made quickly to correct the anomaly whereby there is a lack of

Scott Baldwin has revealed he came within millimetres of suffering career-ending injuries after being bitten on the hand by a lion he tried to pet

Leinster have enjoyed a perfect start to their European campaign, but defensively they have been exposed by Montpellier and Glasgow.

Silicon Valley internet giant Cisco has agreed to pay $1.9bn to acquire business telecoms player BroadSoft.

The move expands Cisco’s presence in the software and

“My family need me around more. As much as I love rugby, I love them more,” said the veteran lock.

Authored by John Pilger via Counterpunch.org,

On 16 October, the Australian Broadcasting Corporation aired an interview with Hillary Clinton: one of many to promote her score-settling book about why she was not elected President of the United States.

Wading through the Clinton book, What Happened, is an unpleasant experience, like a stomach upset. Smears and tears. Threats and enemies. “They” (voters) were brainwashed and herded against her by the odious Donald Trump in cahoots with sinister Slavs

Don’t assume the euro will rally when the ECB makes its expected “hawkish” announcement of QE taper plans, according to Bloomberg FX commentator Vassilis Karamanis. In fact, there’s an argument for the opposite occurring. Karamanis explains why the most anticipated move in the markets on Thursday may again be a fade.

Euro Bears May Get Their Chance When Draghi Speaks: Macro View

Policy makers have done a very

The phrase “Socialism with Chinese characteristics in a new era” is hardly catchy, but wields immense power. Xi Jinping became the first incumbent leader since Mao to have his name and thought added to the Party’ guiding principles, symbolising a major elevation in his power.

Bloomberg reports “China’s ruling Communist Party approved a revised charter that enshrined President Xi Jinping’s name under its guiding principles, elevating him to a status that eluded his two immediate

Since the end of July, the US President has created the impression that he’s a blusterer, endangering world peace with his ill-considered declarations. In this article, Thierry Meyssan demonstrates that behind these sweeping interventions, Donald Trump has stuck to his foreign policy without making a song and dance of it. This is quite an achievement as almost every member of Congress opposes him. According to Meyssan, what you have here is what is known today

The ice skating show is back, but can you work out who will be gliding across the ice?

Yesterday (23 October) The Guardian reported that a new system being trialled by Facebook in selected countries saw nearly every non-promoted post shifted over to

“Everyone is thrilled,” the family said.

Tyrone native Cathal Corey is the new manager of the Sligo football team.

NEW DELHI (Reuters) – India has frozen requests to commercially release a locally developed genetically modified mustard, an environment ministry

Photo: on 8 February 2016, President Sheikh Hassan Rohani decorated the Canadian-Iranian Abdolrasoul Dorri Esfahani for his role during the 5+1 negotiations. Today he quashes his punishment for spying: 5 years in prison. At the end of 2016, 12 personalities have been arrested in Iran for spying during international negotiations on the nuclear sector. They have just been tried and sentenced to 5 to 10 years in prison. However no one has confessed to the

Just as our earliest ancestors looked considerably different to us today, the world’s oldest trees were equally as alien to what we see around us.

SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korea will resume the suspended construction of two new nuclear reactors from midnight, its energy ministry

There could further disruption ahead at the nations schools in the coming months after the The Association of Secondary Teachers in Ireland (ASTI) rejected the

Peamount United captain Amber Barrett on making her Ireland international debut and the sacrifice of stepping away from the Donegal inter-county panel over the summer.

Gardai in Co Tipperary have confirmed that a four year old girl has been killed following a tragic accident in Knockbrack over the weekend.

WHAT THE PAPERS SAY

There is a potent thread winding its way through generations of human culture. From Ancient Egyptian rituals to Kurzweil’s Singularity, many paths have sprung up leading to the same elusive destination: immortality.

Today, as Visual Capitalist’s Nick Routely notes, the concept is as popular as it’s ever been, and technological advances are giving people hope that immortality, or at very least radical life extension, may be within reach. Is modern technology advanced enough to give people

European shares are modestly lower as investors monitor tense events in Spain and as focus turns to Thursday’s ECB meeting; US equity futures have rebounded from yesterday’s sharp but shallow selloff and are in the green amid rising odds of U.S. tax reform and the imminent unveiling of the next Fed chair while Asian shares rise and Japan extends its winning streak to a record 16 days. The euro edged higher after data showed Europe’s

MANILA (Reuters) – A Philippine government panel on Tuesday recommended lifting the ban on open pit mining and the environment

Caroline Wozniacki claims that Maria Sharapova’s agent Max Eisenbud is “scared” to see her following his “journeyman” player earlier this season.

She got her big break when she won a spot in Girls Aloud.

More evidence revealing the ridiculousness of the centrist position on immigration – namely that refugees can be seamlessly integrated into European society without a spike in crime or terror – has emerged courtesy of the German newspaper Welt Am Sonntag which revealed Sunday that the number of terrorism-related cases investigated by German authorities has quadrupled over the past year.

Prosecutors have opened more than 900 cases so far this year, compared with just 240 throughout

Each international captain and manager is given a say along with one member of the media.

Emergency services nationwide have been given a helping hand when it cones to saving lives as Google have created a new software that picks up

If you want to work in data science, it’s always good to follow those who are already working in the sector.

There are countless

Thierry Meyssan’s book, Sous nos yeux, (Right before our eyes) has just been published in Russian by AST publishers. The title of the Russian edition is “Crimes of the Deep State. From 9/11 to Donald Trump” (Преступления глубинного государства. От 11 сентября до Дональда Трампа) The Russian edition supplements the French original.

Donal Óg Cusack’s time with the Clare hurlers is expected to end today, according to reports.

‘It could have been the end of me’, said the reality star.

Want to set up a company to trade cryptocurrencies in the City of London. Forget about it.

Lloyd Blankfein tweeted about spending more time in Frankfurt, now London is shunning the fastest growing sector in finance. From the FT

British banks are shunning companies that handle cryptocurrencies, forcing many to open accounts in Gibraltar, Poland and Bulgaria and prompting some to question the UK’s ambitions to be a global hub for the fast-growing

By George Friedman of Mauldin Economics

A delegation of executives from major German corporations recently met with Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Such delegations are not unusual. Sometimes it is routine, sometimes a courtesy. But occasionally, it has significance. In the case of Russia-Germany relations, such meetings are always potentially significant.

Germany’s Unsteady Relations

Two relationships are critical to Germany.

One is with the European Union, the other is with the United States. Neither relationship

Ex-Ireland midfielder Keith Andrew believes Ireland will come through next month’s World Cup play-off with Denmark.

SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australia’s Bureau of Meteorology (BOM) said on Tuesday climate indicators were near the levels associated with a

Over the past several months, investment banks all across Europe have scrambled to put a price tag on their equity research after years of giving it way as a ‘freebie’ in return for trading commissions.

Of course, for wall street’s titans of finance, you know, the same guys who will look you straight in the eyes and tell you that they know with relative certainty the precise value of the synthetic CDO squared they’re