Tuesday, April 06, 2021


Notes today: 

  • The people of Greenland have voted to oust a government that was planning to welcome foreign companies eager to tap the island’s rare-earth metals.
  • New York approves online sports betting.
  • McConnell warns corporate America to stay out of politics but adds that he is not talking about political contributions. 

  • Coronavirus latest: California targets full reopening of economy by mid-June. 

  • The International Monetary Fund raised its 2021 growth forecast from 5.5% to 6%, a rate unseen since the 1970s. 

  • German Finance Minister Olaf Scholz welcomed a pledge by U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen to work on a global corporate minimum tax rate, adding that a deal among more than 140 countries could be possible by summer.
  • Alexei Navalny jokes TB would be a relief as he is moved to sick ward.

  • Meanwhile, Ruble not doing so hot. Moving trains with 240 mm mortars and tanks etc. to either Crimea or Donbass may not help much either. 

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