Jobless claims:
- weekly
- remain at 50-year lows, but rose "modestly"
- 202,000 vs 196,000 expected
- 188,000 previous week -- lowest level since September, 1969
- continuing claims
- 1.307 million vs 1.340 million expected
Insulin: US House votes to cap price. About time. True travesty.
- Senator Joe Manchin clearly on wrong side on this one.
- opponents call it government price fixing.
- my suggestion: release one million doses daily from the insulin strategic reserve for the next six months.
Amazon: sticks with Jamie Dimon, JPMorgan after flirting with AMEX.
Open book test: Walgreen's beats earnings expectations; omicron-fueled demand for tests, boosters.
Putin's War: head fake. Those who thought Putin was withdrawing ... never mind.
- ruble: has recovered most of its losses
- following the ruble and ignoring the bigger picture
- having said that, Russia likely to "miss" it's April 4, 2022, debt payment
- I'm sticking with Zeihan.
Nord Stream 2:
- $11 billion to build;
- now unused and abandoned.
The "slap":
- Smith Will facing suspension, expulsion from the Academy;
- my hunch: a one-year suspension
- Chris Rock: ticket prices soaring; he's coming out looking pretty nifty
Augusta, next weekend:
- Tiger?
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