In 2007, Nassim Nicholas Taleb wrote an influential book called The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable. Taleb argued that Black Swan events (e.g., 9/11 or the development of Google) share three criteria: they are extremely rare, extremely impactful, and—in spite of being outliers—explainable and even predictable after the fact. Both Donald Trump’s … Read more
Former Taiwanese leader Tsai Ing-wen will leave on a trip to the Czech Republic and two other European countries this week as part of an eight-day visit to reinforce the island’s ties with Europe, despite likely objections from Beijing. Tsai will depart on Saturday for her first overseas trip since leaving office. The visit was … Read more
Meta executive and former U.K. Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg recently said Britain had “wasted a huge amount of time.” | Nhac Nguyen/AFP via Getty Images But California’s experience had other lessons for Britain, too. In vetoing the bill, Newsom took aim at its narrow focus on frontier systems, arguing that it ignored the context … Read more
Investors are increasingly tracking congressional trades as popular Congress members continue to retain high stock market returns amid prolonged economic volatility. California representative and former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is also known for making highly profitable trades that helped her stock portfolio return over 700% since 2014. While Nancy Pelosi’s husband, Paul, carries out the … Read more
U.S. Rep. Yadira Caraveo lambasted her Republican opponent Tuesday, saying Gabe Evans had not adequately renounced recently publicized social media posts by his now-former political director that were antisemitic and promoted political violence. “He has not said whether he disagrees with her offensive posts or spoken out against antisemitism,” Caraveo, a Democrat, said during a … Read more
Conservative comedian Alex Strenger was escorted away after he asked Democratic Congresswoman Nancy Pelosi which stock to buy as she signed copies of her new book, “The Art of Power,” at the Texas Tribune Festival in Austin on September 8. Strenger posed as a Democrat, wearing a face mask and a Bernie Sanders baseball cap, … Read more
Taiwanese companies are continuing to do business with mainland China and appear to be less concerned about a possible war compared with two years ago, a new survey has found. Instead companies are adopting a variety of strategies to hedge risks, according to the report by the Centre for Strategic and International Studies, a Washington-based … Read more
A Taiwanese political activist has been sentenced to nine years in prison in mainland China on charges of “separatism”, a cross-strait first prompting an official travel warning from Taipei. Yang Chih-yuan, 34, was formally arrested in April last year, eight months after being detained in the eastern mainland city of Wenzhou. According to the Taiwan … Read more
According to former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s July 30 periodic transaction report, her husband, Paul Pelosi, bought 10,000 shares of Nvidia valued between $1 million and $5 million and sold 5,000 shares of Microsoft. The move comes after Pelosi recently bought 10,000 shares of Nvidia on June 26, according to a July 2 financial disclosure. … Read more
The campaign to replace Joe Biden on the Democratic ticket appeared to gain major momentum this week, as high-ranking Democrats publicly called on the president to drop out and others made their feelings known through not-so-back channels. Yet according to the campaign, Biden is absolutely staying in the race—and those trying to push him out … Read more
