Saudi National Arrested for Spying at OpenAI, Planting $14 Mic Behind TV
Abdulrahman Alfozan, an OpenAI employee and a citizen of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has been arrested for attempting to bug a meeting room.
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Record Tanker Rates Leave Heavy Crude Stranded in the Americas | naked capitalism
Nosebleed high tanker rates, thanks to Iran attacks on vessels, are producing oil supply chain breakage on the other side of the planet.
Has the AI Boom Impacted the U.S. Current Account?
A look at why the AI boom hasn’t substantially affected the trade balance despite the climb in imports of semiconductors, servers, and computing equipment.
Links 10/14/2026 | naked capitalism
Our stealthy daily links, including Democrats unite on Ukraine, military election hack, DOGE records, and the sinking of the SS United States.
Iran War: Aramco Burns, Oil Execs Avoid Saudi Confab, MbS in the Bunker
Ansar Allah trade tit-for-tat strikes with the Saudis as Muhammad bin Salman shuttles "between heavily guarded palaces."
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‘Extending Russia’: Successes, Failures, and What Comes Next? | naked capitalism
US ‘allies’ to continue to pay the price as hopes are pinned on a post-Putin crisis in Moscow.
Why Fall Yard Care Could Start With Doing Less – But Not Nothing | naked capitalism
How to justify to yourself and your neighbors not getting rid of most of the leaves in your yard: because soil health.
Links 10/13/2026 | naked capitalism
Our deady daily links: Powdering moles, Omar criminal raid, MBS survival doubts, China debt, India stomps cockroaches, pro-Lula ralllies, Danube dry-out, Russia diesel sales row, developing nation debt worries, Trump v....
Unrest Across Europe Is the Result of the Collapse of the Social Contract | naked capitalism
European governments cannot uphold the social contract as systemic shifts have stripped monetary control and constrained fiscal policy
Canadian PM (and Former Central Banker) Mark Carney Is Pressuring UK to Abandon Plans to Nationalise Water | naked capitalism
Carney is doing what he has always done: defend the interests of the international rentier class.
China's Deposit Insurance Fund is strikingly underfunded
China's Deposit Insurance Fund (DIF), a key pillar of the country's financial safety net, has a remarkably small financial buffer relative to the deposits it protects.
Policy Briefs 26-16: Estimating Industrial Policy Subsidies in China
The differing findings of the OECD and IMF studies highlight the challenges of accurately measuring Chinese industrial subsidies, making the estimates unreliable for shaping trade policy. Policymakers should avoid using...