Saturday, 14 March 2020

Global news - 14 March, 2020

## Global Ponzi meltdown/House of Cards/global cooling/deflationary collapse ##
Nikkei plunges as much as 10% as market panic deepens; REITs pounded
Fed to pump in more than $1 trillion in dramatic ramping up of market intervention amid coronavirus meltdown
Six million low-income earners to receive $750 cash under Coalition's coronavirus stimulus
First Enron of 2020: Muddy Waters’ Short-Target NMC Health Just “Discovered” $2.7 Billion Undisclosed Debt
Oops, the rot runs even deeper than Muddy Waters could have imagined.


## Airline death spiral ##
A Year After The Second MAX Crashed Boeing Is Faced With Ruin
The stop of air travel due to the Coronavirus pandemic will cause many airlines to go bankrupt. Many more Boeing and Airbus orders will get canceled. Global air travel and orders for new airplanes will take several years to crawl back to the pre-pandemic level.

## Fault lines/flashpoints/powder kegs/military/war drums ##
Germany plans to send a warship to the Indian Ocean
Iraq's military condemned the airstrikes, saying they were in breach of the country's sovereignty.
Almost no shale well drilled today makes any money.

## Environment/health ##
Nuclear War Could Devastate US, Even if No One Shoots Back
Washington could only safely use a fraction of its arsenal without killing Americans with an unintended adverse series of cascading environmental effects.
Fatal Fungal Disease Linked to Millions of Bat Deaths Confirmed in Texas
• Coronavirus
Scientists figure out how new coronavirus breaks into human cells
We've noted time and time again how a lack of competition in the US broadband market means consumers pay some of the highest prices in the developed world for broadband that usually ranks somewhere in the middle of the pack.

## Japan ##

## US ##
FDA worried about blood shortage as donation drives are canceled amid coronavirus concerns
Trump shakes several guests' hands at coronavirus press conference, despite repeated advice not to
There is only one choice in this election. The consolidation of oligarchic power under Donald Trump or the consolidation of oligarchic power under Joe Biden.
• Coronavirus

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