Pelley Alleges CBS Told Him to ‘Inject Falsehoods’ in Minneapolis ICE Report, Calls for Weiss’s Removal

Scott Pelley accused CBS News editor-in-chief Bari Weiss of ordering him to falsify a report on federal immigration enforcement in Minneapolis — and said CBS management lied about a physical altercation to justify his firing — in an emotional New York Times interview published Sunday, his first since CBS cut him loose on June 2. […]
‘I’ve Had Enough’: Trump Walks Out of NBC Interview After Welker Challenges His Election Claims

President Donald Trump walked off the set of NBC’s Meet the Press Sunday after host Kristen Welker challenged him to produce evidence for his claims of election fraud in California — calling her “crooked or stupid,” saying “I’ve had enough,” removing his microphone, and leaving. NBC taped the interview on Friday at Custer Farms in […]
Private Markets Face Liquidity Reckoning as Withdrawal Restrictions Spread to Private Equity

Three of the world’s largest alternative asset managers gated flagship funds this week in a cascading series of withdrawal restrictions that began in private credit and spread into private equity, marking a new phase in a liquidity crunch building since the start of the year. On June 2, Cliffwater LLC capped redemptions from its $31 […]
Ontario Teachers’ 2019 SpaceX Bet Poised to Return $11.6 Billion as Historic IPO Nears

Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan stands to collect up to US$11.6 billion on the $220-million US investment it made in SpaceX seven years ago, as the rocket and satellite company prepares for what would be the largest initial public offering in history. SpaceX set a fixed IPO price of $135 per share on June 3, targeting […]
Federal Lawsuit Seeks to Stop White House UFC Event, Calls It a ‘Corrupt’ Handout to Trump Allies

A federal lawsuit filed over the weekend asks a court to block the UFC fight card scheduled for the White House South Lawn on June 14, arguing the event violates federal law and amounts to a corrupt transfer of public property to a private company with direct financial ties to President Donald Trump. The Public […]
South Korea Halts KOSPI Trading After 8% Crash as Semiconductor Stocks Collapse
South Korea’s benchmark equity index plunged more than 8% at the open on Monday, triggering an emergency trading halt as a hotter-than-expected US jobs report and AI bubble fears hammered semiconductor stocks for the second time in a week. The Korea Exchange activated a Level 1 circuit breaker at 9:03 AM KST, suspending trading for […]
UPDATED: Philippines Hit by 7.8-Magnitude Quake, Tsunami Waves Flagged as Possible

An 8.1-magnitude earthquake struck the Philippines on June 8 at 19:37 EST, immediately raising the prospect of tsunami waves for coastal populations in the region. The quake struck near Mindanao, at a depth of an estimated 10 kilometres. That magnitude was reported by the Helmholtz Centre for Geosciences, however the US Geological Service has pegged […]
The Gold Trade Is Shifting From Margins to Growth | Geordie Mark – Blue Jay Gold

FULL DISCLOSURE: Canacom Group is long the equity of Blue Jay Gold. In this conversation with Geordie Mark, CEO of Blue Jay Gold (TSXV: JAY), we discuss why he still sees the broader gold thesis as intact, how producers are shifting from margin expansion toward production growth, and why that could become a major tailwind […]
Gulf Producers Push Fourth Straight Quota Increase They Cannot Yet Deliver

OPEC+ members voted June 7 to raise output targets by 188,000 barrels per day starting in July, their fourth consecutive monthly increase, into a market most of them still cannot physically reach. The Strait of Hormuz has been effectively blockaded by Iranian forces since early March, following U.S. and Israeli strikes on Iran that began […]
CopAur Minerals – This PEA Has A Mine Life of What?!

CopAur Minerals’ (TSXV: CPAU) latest PEA for the Kinsley Mountain project is not your typical gold study. On the surface, the base case economics look underwhelming. But once you dig deeper, the strategy becomes much clearer: build a small, simple oxide heap leach operation first, generate cash flow, and use that platform to unlock the […]