Minister of Trade, Industry and Energy Kim Jung-kwan: "Possibility of tariff increase suspension increases if special law passes" - Hankyoreh

Sales of Existing Single-Family Homes Sink Deeper into Mud, Supply Jumps to 10-Year High, Condo Supply at 14-Year High

Mortgage rates at 6.69% are not high. Inflation is high.

A Tale Of 2 Deserts: Utah, California, & The Race To Power America's Next 50 Years

A Tale Of 2 Deserts: Utah, California, & The Race To Power America's Next 50 Years Authored by Lance Christensen via The Epoch Times, In July, as America turned 250, a reactor the size of a minivan went critical in the red-rock desert of Emery County, Utah. The company that built it, Valar Atomics, isn’t a Utah company at all. It’s based in El Segundo, California, in the shadow of the aerospace giants that once made Southern California the undisputed capital of American engineering. But when President Donald Trump challenged American industry to bring a new nuclear reactor to life by Independence Day, Valar didn’t build its test site in California. It built it in Utah. That single fact says more about where these two states are headed than any think tank report could. I have deep roots in my birthplace of Utah and a considered love for California, the state I have chosen to call home. So, without picking a winner, we need to ask which state will actually do the work of building the next 50 years of American abundance, and why one of them keeps getting in its own way.

Solid 3Y Auction Stops Through Ahead Of Tomorrow's CPI Report

Solid 3Y Auction Stops Through Ahead Of Tomorrow's CPI Report Ahead of tomorrow's CPI report (which will come in tame thanks to continued housing disinflation), moments ago the US Treasury sold its first refunding auction, which came in very strong, stopping through the When Issued, and with above par metrics. Pricing at a high yield of 4.291%, up from 4.179% in July and the highest since Feb 2025, the auction stopped through the When Issued 4.296% by 0.5bps, the 2nd consecutive through auction. The bid to cover rose to 2.712, up from 2.600 and the highest since November; it was obviously well above the six-auction average of 2.606. The internals were also solid, with Indirects awarded 64.24%, down slightly from 67.50% last month but in line with the recent average of 3.729%. And with Directs awarded 24.0%, well above the average of 21.7%, Dealers were left holding just 11.7%, one of the lowest Dealers this year. 

Buy Low, Sell High: Intel Boosts its Massive Sale of Shares

Rewritten: Intel increases share sales

"Niceness As Whiteness": Professors Denounce Politeness As Privilege

"Niceness As Whiteness": Professors Denounce Politeness As Privilege Authored by Jonathan Turley, We have previously discussed how many professors seem to compete in finding new forms of racism in every facet of society and education. Astrophysics, math, runoffs, science, statistics, and meritocracy have all been denounced as racist. In this academic cottage industry, professors secure publications and speaking opportunities by identifying racism in the expressions, images, or entire fields. Even time itself has been declared racist.

US Firing on Ships Attempting to Break Iran Blockade, Regional Maritime Attacks Continue