Yannis Palaiologos

Every firm of every size on Wall St. should have done this morning what JPM did yesterday. Instead, it's been mostly crickets and, in some cases, cowardice.

Trump Says US to Hike India’s Tariffs Over Russian Oil Buys President Donald Trump said he would be “substantially raising” the tariff on Indian exports to the US over New Delhi’s purchases of Russian oil, ramping up his threat to target a major trading partner.

President Donald Trump said he would be “substantially raising” the tariff on Indian exports to the US over New Delhi’s purchases of Russian oil

Tourism boom sparks backlash in historic heart of Athens.

This year, 10 million people are expected to visit Athens, an increase of two million from 2024. Locals complain that the surge is sending housing prices soaring and destroying their neighbourhoods
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Opinion | Why Trump’s Meddling in the Bureau of Labor Statistics Matters Most children learn at some point that flipping the board doesn’t make them the winner.

In firing the Bureau of Labor Statistics chief, Trump risks breaking something bigger than the reliability of our data, writes the Nobel-winning economist George Akerlof. “If we can’t believe the numbers, how do we believe anything?”

An aerial view of what the Gaza City area looked like this week. Taken from a Jordanian military aircraft, by our colleague Heidi Levine.

Και στα δικά μας - ίσως σε καμιά χιλιετία.

Azerbaijan to send 1.2 billion bcm of gas to Syria through Turkey annually, says SOCAR Azerbaijan will export 1.2 billion cubic metres of gas to Syria each year from the Shah Deniz gas field in the Azeri Caspian Sea led by BP , Elshad Nasirov, vice president of Azeri state energy company SOCAR told Reuters on Saturday.

Azerbaijan to send 1.2 billion bcm of gas to Syria through Turkey annually, says SOCAR reut.rs/4fl09JB

Trump fires labor statistics boss hours after the release of weak jobs report The president implied that the BLS commissioner, longtime federal employee Erika McEntarfer, manipulated the data "for political purposes."

“The politicization of economic data and potential interference with it by political appointees is something that's typically seen in non-democratic countries like Russia, Venezuela or China.” www.nbcnews.com/business/eco...

Trump says he will fire labor statistics chief after weak jobs report Trump is turning his ire about poor jobs numbers on the number-crunchers.

No one should believe a single economic statistic produced by the US government under Trump after this. www.axios.com/2025/08/01/t...

When asked if she supports DOGE taking away jobs from thousands of Virginians, my opponent refuses to answer.

Let me be clear: protecting Virginia's workforce is more than a "real issue" — to me, it's the job of the Governor of Virginia.

The FBI Redacted Trump’s Name in the Epstein Files The bureau’s FOIA team tasked with conducting a final review of the records blacked out the names before higher-ups said last month that releasing the documents ‘would not be appropriate or warranted....

Breaking Bloomberg:

The FBI redacted Trump's name in the Epstein files.

"An FBI [Freedom of Information Act] team redacted Trump's name—and the names of other prominent public figures—from the documents, according to three people familiar with the matter."
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Employers Pulled Back on Hiring, Adding 73,000 Jobs

The US economy added only 73,000 jobs last month, less than half the average of last year as the labor market weakens. Estimates of job growth in past two months were also revised downward. Manufacturing jobs fell for the third straight month. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/01/u...

E.U. Did Not Retain Texts Sought by Journalists on Covid Vaccine Deal

E.U. Did Not Retain Texts Sought by Journalists on Covid Vaccine Deal www.nytimes.com/2025/08/01/w...

Statement by Prime Minister Carney on Canada-U.S. trade.

My statement on Canada-U.S. trade:

Trump tariffs live: new rates on 92 countries released; Canada PM ‘disappointed’ at 35% levy Donald Trump orders 10% tariffs on goods imported from all countries bar those from 92 nations subject to higher levies; Mark Carney says Canada will ‘diversify’ its export markets

Trump tariffs live: new rates on 92 countries released; Canada PM ‘disappointed’ at 35% levy www.theguardian.com/us-news/live...

My latest @nytopinion.nytimes.com attempts to answer, "The Tariffs Kicked In. The Sky Didn’t Fall. Were the Economists Wrong?"

In brief: the economy actually has slowed & inflation has picked up, as you would expect. Plus Trump called off some tariffs and lags.

www.nytimes.com/2025/07/31/o...

So many Nobels, so little time.

ΗΠΑ – Ε.Ε.: Τα απόνερα μίας συνθηκολόγησης Η εμπορική συμφωνία της περασμένης Κυριακής συνιστά επιβράβευση των δασμολογικών νταηλικιών του Τραμπ. Ισως όμως η Ε.Ε., σε αυτή την οικονομικά και γεωπολιτικά ευαίσθητη συγκυρία, να μην μπορούσε να π...

Νέο Pax Trumpiana - για το deal με την Ε.Ε., τις νέες δασμολογικές περιπέτειες του Τραμπ (αχ, Ινδία!), τη στροφή της κοινής γνώμης στις ΗΠΑ κατά του Ισράηλ κ.α.:
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Ukrainian parliament approves restoring independence of anti-corruption agencies Ukraine's parliament voted on Thursday to restore the independence of two key anti-corruption agencies, moving to defuse the country's biggest political crisis since Russia's invasion.

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Και καταλήγει ο Βενιζέλος: «Κοινός παρονομαστής φαίνεται να είναι η κρίση εσωτερικής εμπιστοσύνης και αυτοπεποίθησης παρά τα επιφαινόμενα. Μια τέτοια κρίση καθίσταται όμως σχεδόν αυτόματα κρίση νομιμοποίησης».
Η πλήρης ανάρτηση εδώ: www.facebook.com/permalink.ph...

«Αν η μετακίνηση από το "μοντέλο Τριαντόπουλου / Καραμανλή" στο χθεσινό μοντέλο, σημαίνει ότι τώρα δεν υπάρχει πλέον ούτε η στοιχειώδης άνεση να δηλώνεται εμπιστοσύνη στον "φυσικό δικαστή" του Ειδικού Δικαστηρίου, τότε τα πράγματα μπορεί να έχουν βάθος μη ορατό ακόμη δια γυμνού οφθαλμού».
- ΕΒ

«Αν όλο αυτό είναι επίδειξη απόλυτης αδιαφορίας για το συνταγματικό πλαίσιο λειτουργίας της Βουλής, η κατάσταση είναι θεσμικά ολισθηρή. Αν [...] είναι αποτέλεσμα πολιτικού φόβου για τη συνοχή της πλειοψηφίας, το υφέρπον πρόβλημα δεν αντιμετωπίζεται με τέτοιες μεθοδεύσεις υψηλού πολιτικού κόστους».

Καταπέλτης ο Ευάγγελος Βενιζέλος για όσα συνέβησαν χθες στη Βουλή. Προσάπτει στην ηγεσία της ΝΔ «την κραυγαλέα παραβίαση του Συντάγματος & του Κανονισμού της Βουλής» και «τον πολλαπλό ευτελισμό των θεσμών» & διερωτάται «ποιος λόγος υπήρχε να συντελεστεί αυτός ο ακραίος διασυρμός του Κοινοβουλίου».

Μπορούν αιολικά στη Μάνη να τροφοδοτήσουν το δίκτυο στη Στερεά Ελλάδα; Ένα νέο μεγάλο έργο προκαλεί έντονες τοπικές αντιδράσεις σε μία περιοχή αφιερωμένη στον ήπιο τουρισμό - και αναδεικνύει τα αδιέξοδα του εθνικού ενεργειακού σχεδιασμού.

A monstrous crime.

Powell: "GDP rose at 1.2 percent pace in the first half of this year, down from 2.5 percent last year. Although the increase in the second quarter was stronger at 3 percent, focusing on the first half of the year helps smooth through the volatility in the quarterly figures."

More “winning”.

Now That They’re Free, Venezuelan Men Want the World to Know What They Endured in CECOT Venezuelan men deported by the Trump administration say they endured months of physical and mental abuse inside a Salvadoran prison. Though happy to be home, they say the fact that they were released ...

NEW: Now That They’re Free: Venezuelan Men Sent to CECOT on What They Endured and Reuniting With Their Families, by @propublica.org and partners

This drone footage shows the tsunami-hit town of Severo-Kurilsk on Russia's northern Kuril islands

Russian state television has aired footage of a tsunami wave sweeping through a coastal town in the far east of the country, carrying buildings and debris into the sea.
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Trump elaborates on spa workers he accused Epstein of poaching "Once he did that, that was the end of him," Trump said.

Trump elaborates on Mar-a-Lago spa workers he accused Epstein of poaching, including Virginia Giuffre, who died by suicide this year: "He stole her"