German minister upbeat on Iran trade vehicle before Rouhani talks
All the formal requirements for a European payment system for barter-based trade with Iran designed to circumvent U.S. sanctions are now in place and it should be operational soon, German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas said in Tehran on Monday.

SEE https://plawiuk.blogspot.com/search?q=IRAN

Britain must stop financing fossil fuel projects abroad by 2021 as it undermines the nation’s efforts to combat climate change - lawmakers https://reut.rs/2QXSO7M

Britain must end financial help for fossil fuel projects abroad...

Air New Zealand drops ban on staff tattoos amid discrimination concerns
Air New Zealand said on Monday it was ending a longstanding ban on staff having visible tattoos after facing criticism that the policy discriminated against Māori employees.

REUTERS.COM

CHINA'S ULTIMATE TRADE WEAPON
China's rare earths exports fall in May; shipments usually volatile

Rare earth exports by China, the world's dominant producer, fell 16% in May from a month earlier amid an increased focus on the raw materials due to the Sino-U.S. trade war, although the drop was in line with usual trading

REUTERS.COM

SATANISM IN THE AIRE
'Hadestown,' Cranston win big at Tonys, 'Ferryman' best play

"Hadestown," a folk opera about a young couple's dark trek to the underworld, topped Broadway's Tony awards on Sunday winning eight honors, including the top prize best musical.

REUTERS.COM

Exclusive: Some big tech firms cut employees' access to Huawei, muddying 5G rollout

Some of the world's biggest tech companies have told their employees to stop talking about technology and technical standards with counterparts at Huawei Technologies Co Ltd in response to the recent U.S. blacklisting of the Chinese tech firm, according to people familiar with the matter.

EXCLUSIVE: Chipmakers Intel Corp and Qualcomm Inc, mobile research firm InterDigital Wireless Inc and South Korean carrier LG Uplus have restricted employees from informal conversations with Huawei, the world’s largest telecommunications equipment maker, the sources said. https://reut.rs/2R0r822

REUTERS.COM

Indonesian officials warned on Monday against the prospect of further eruptions from an active volcano on the island of Sumatra after it emitted a huge column of ash, causing panic among residents.

Indonesia warns of further eruptions after volcano spews ash

Drugmaker Insys Therapeutics Inc filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on Monday, about a week after agreeing to pay $225 million to settle a U.S. probe into bribes it paid to doctors for prescribing a powerful opioid medication.

REUTERS.COM

Opioid drugmaker Insys Therapeutics files for bankruptcy

Age matters more than sexual orientation to U.S. presidential...
In a sign that a presidential hopeful’s sexual orientation has diminished as a concern for voters, Americans are more likely to say they would reject a candidate older than 70 than a candidate who is gay, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll. https://reut.rs/2R03IKe

Tesla’s rankings at two high-profile job websites have declined, suggesting that job dissatisfaction at the electric car company is intensifying amid layoffs, strategy shifts and executive turnover. https://reut.rs/2I7o9Sz

Employees sour on Tesla amid cost-cutting, layoffs

Nazarbayev's handpicked successor Tokayev elected Kazakh president

Kazakhstan's interim president Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, chosen successor of veteran ruler Nursultan Nazarbayev who retains sweeping powers, has won a snap presidential election which observers say was tarnished by violations of basic freedoms.

Exclusive: American banker and Putin ally dealt in access and...

EXCLUSIVE: Newly uncovered emails show how American banker Robert Foresman, who was named in the Mueller report, guided a close friend of Putin around Washington foreign policy circles during the Bush and Obama administrations https://reut.rs/2R3YEEv

A senior American banker once secretly awarded a shareholding in powerful Moscow...

SINCE he started working in the White House...

Jared Kushner-owned company raked in $90 million from secret foreign sources: report
A real estate company partially owned by Jared Kushner has received $90 million from anonymous foreign sources since he started working in the White House. Most of the money flowed into Cadre, a company Kushner still holds a reported $50 million stake in, through a vehicle run by Goldman Sachs in th...

THE TWO DUMBEST MEN ON TV JOE KERNEN LOOKS STUNNED, HE IS 


WATCH: Trump gives a rambling and nonsensical response to CNBC question about big tech companies
President Donald Trump on Monday delivered a long and rambling response during an interview on CNBC when asked about whether America’s big tech companies need to be broken up. After a CNBC host asked the president whether he thought major American tech firms were too large and needed to be reduced...

Joe Kernen Profile - CNBC - CNBC.com

https://www.cnbc.com/joe-kernen/

Joe Kernen is co-anchor of "Squawk Box," CNBC's signature morning program. Becky Quick is co-anchor of "Squawk Box" and also anchor of the nationally syndicated "On the Money." Andrew Ross Sorkin is a co-anchor of "Squawk Box," a financial columnist for "The New York Times" and the editor-at-large of NYT's DealBook.

Joe Kernen - Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Kernen

Joseph Richard "Joe" Kernen (born January 6, 1956) is a CNBC news anchor. He is currently co-host of CNBC's Squawk Box. His nickname is "The Kahuna". Kernen came to CNBC in the 1991 merger with Financial News Network, having joined FNN after a 10-year career as a stockbroker.

Joe Kernen is such a tool / Berkshire Hathaway - TMF

https://boards.fool.com/joe-kernen-is-such-a-tool-32996999.aspx?sort=whole

Feb 26, 2018 - 26 posts - ‎15 authors

Back in the original Squawk Box days, Kernen was often {& correctly} rebuked ... I've never actually seen the guy on TV, so this is all new to me.

Campaign To Get Joe Kernen Off "Squawk Box" - Mutual Fund Observer

https://mutualfundobserver.com/discuss/.../campaign-to-get-joe-kernen-off-squawk-b...

Apr 9, 2014 - Campaign To Get Joe Kernen Off "Squawk Box" .... respect for Sorkin - I did really like the book (Too Big To Fail), but he's not a good fit for TV.

​CNBC's Joe Kernen claims Sen. Elizabeth Warren wants billionaires ...

https://www.mediamatters.org/video/2019/02/01/cnbcs-joe-kernen.../222736

Feb 1, 2019 - ​From the February 1 edition of CNBC's Squawk Box:​ ... JOE KERNAN (CO-HOST): [Crosstalk] You want to see a warped view? Let me ...

'Morning Joe' analyst tears into 'jackass' on 'Squawk Box' | Page Six

https://pagesix.com/2016/10/.../morning-joe-analyst-tears-into-jackass-on-squawk-box...

Oct 1, 2016 - The “Morning Joe” analyst and President Obama's former “car czar” called CNBC's “Squawk Box” host Joe Kernen — known for his rants ...