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RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE CAMPAIGN ASSESSMENT, MARCH 19, 2023

UBS To Buy CS For $3 Billion As AT1 Bonds Get Wiped Out In Record Bail-In; Swiss Govt Grants CHF9BN Guarantee; SNB Offers $100 Billion Liquidity Backstop

China flexes muscles over Internet subsea cables across South China Sea

Get ready for Manhattan DA’s made-for-TV Trump prosecution: high on ratings, but short on the law However there is also this: Trump Lawyer: About That Tuesday “Arrest” Date, Nevermind

Countdown To New York’s Rendezvous With Energy Impossibility

FOMC Preview: Uncertainty, Likely 25bp Hike, Maybe Pause

Drivers and passengers were stuck in their cars for hours in the cold, many of which were injured, while first responders tried to make sense of the mess. There was debris from crashed cars littering the road, which needed to be cleared before first responders could even get to injured drivers. Then getting cars off the road took even longer. After waiting in the cold, many drivers decided to leave their cars and walk out of the pileup but the conditions were so slippery, it was dangerous to even walk away.

Oops. How the FDIC Guaranteed the Deposits of SVB Financial Group

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RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE CAMPAIGN ASSESSMENT, MARCH 18, 2023

Armored Personnel Carriers Make A Charge In Bakhmut

Pakistan: Former PM Imran Khan’s home stormed by police

Trump: I’m Going To Be Arrested Tuesday By Manhattan District Attorney

A perfect storm of food-stamp cuts and low tax refunds is looming — and discount chains like Dollar General and Big Lots could feel the pain

Tick-borne disease babesiosis on the rise in Northeast states

Yes, it’s real: Joe Biden’s Department of Energy just moved to ban nearly all gas stoves

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RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE CAMPAIGN ASSESSMENT, MARCH 17, 2023

Arrest Warrant For Putin Issued Over War Crimes Allegations

This is a sign that American style “deep divisions” are spreading around the world. A farmers’ party has stunned Dutch politics, and is set to be the biggest party in the upper house of parliament after provincial elections.

French President Emmanuel Macron is trying to push through a pension reform without a parliamentary vote. That has triggered a political crisis

Strike grips Sri Lanka as unions protest IMF bailout Related: Sri Lanka’s Energy Crisis Is Weighing On its Economy

Berlin Seeks to Recruit Skilled Labor from Africa

For nearly 2 months, a short seller was warning on Twitter that Silicon Valley Bank was about to blow up. ‘It was sitting there in plain sight.’

Big Banks Agree To Historic $30 Billion Unsecured Deposit Injection In First Republic Bank. Related: What’s Going on with First Republic Bank?

Multiple Banks Curb Trading With Credit Suisse As Deposit Run Continues Despite SNB Rescue

When did New York start building slowly?

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RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE CAMPAIGN ASSESSMENT, MARCH 15, 2023

Criticism of disaster response rises as floods hit Turkey’s quake-ravaged southeast

Treasury Yields Collapse After First Republic Downgrade To ‘Junk’

Credit Suisse To Borrow $54BN From SNB To “Pre-emptively Strengthen Liquidity”

Governor Hochul Files Appeal in Quarantine Camp Lawsuit

Another atmospheric river pounds California, 27K to evacuate

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RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE CAMPAIGN ASSESSMENT, MARCH 14, 2023

Poland Could Give Ukraine MiG-29s “Within Four To Six Weeks”

Pakistani Taliban Using US Weapons to Attack Armed Forces: Report

Best disclaimer ever. Banking in very uncertain times Related: ‘Rapid Deterioration’: Major Rating Service Downgrades U.S. Banking System

How Biden’s New Washing Machine Regulations Could Ruin Laundry Day

In FBI Case, the First Amendment Takes Another Bizarre Hit

Why Are the Chickens So Sick?