Cate Long
@cate_long
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I lead a research service for Puerto Rico bondholders. Former contributor to Reuters.
Tulsa, Oklahoma
Joined July 2008
Open-access flight radar platforms have shown US fighter jets repeatedly flying inside Venezuela’s Flight Information Region and close to its territory. Also the US Navy has deployed 6 EA-18G Growler jets to Puerto Rico (Electronic attack (EA) is jamming radars, detecting signals
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President Trump said he was ordering a "complete blockade" of sanctioned oil tankers going into and out of Venezuela, ratcheting up pressure on Caracas amid a US military buildup in the region and the threat of land strikes
bloomberg.com
President Donald Trump said he was ordering a “TOTAL AND COMPLETE BLOCKADE OF ALL SANCTIONED OIL TANKERS” going into and leaving Venezuela, ratcheting up pressure on Caracas amid a US military...
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Unlock Asia's green growth opportunities and drive decarbonisation strategies from SG.
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Puerto Rico's electric grid operator Quanta/Luma has filed an adversary case (25-00061) in the Prepa bankruptcy to move the PR govt's case attempting to cancel their contract to the T3 bankruptcy court from local PR courts #muniland. $PWR asserts the T3 court has "related to"
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We've come a very long way from the tariff hysteria earlier in the year from certain economists/pundits/talkingheads.
.@SecScottBessent: "We had the longest government shutdown in history... we're still going to finish the year probably 3.5% GDP growth, which is incredible — WITH a shrinking budget deficit. We have very good momentum coming into next year."
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The Trump administration is turning the Titantic ~ ~Federal employment is now at lowest level in over a decade ~Real wages are on track to rise by 4.2% — far outpacing inflation ~100% of the job growth under has come in the private sector & among native-born Americans
JOBS REPORT: The strength of the Trump Economy is in the private sector... where it should be. FACT: Since September, the private sector has gained 121,000 jobs — while the federal government has shed 168,000 jobs. FACT: Since August, the private sector has added 225,000 jobs.
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.@SpeakerPelosi and Senator @RonWyden are the poster children for a much larger problem; as I have said before, Congressional stock trading must end. As an example from the below @RCPolitics article, during Senator Wyden’s chairmanship of the Senate Finance Committee in 2024 his
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Coming to the House floor this week are two Republican-led bills that will make energy more affordable and our electric grid more reliable for Americans. Proud to speak in support of my Reliable Power Act before @RulesReps today.
The Reliable Power Act and the Power Plant Reliability Act will help strengthen America's grid—lowering energy prices and ensuring reliable access to electricity for all Americans. Watch as @RepBalderson speaks before @RulesReps on these bills ⬇️
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Deloitte’s CTO on a stunning AI transformation stat: companies are spending 93% on tech and only 7% on people https://t.co/cZZcfHVVrn Meanwhile @McKinsey's revenue has flatlined. Hopefully AI will replace them
fortune.com
Bill Briggs recognizes an old inertia inside the boardroom: “I felt it in my travels, but I hadn’t been able to quantify it.”
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US backs $7.4 billion critical minerals smelter to counter China. Korea Zinc to build processing plant in Tennessee with govt investment. The plant will produce antimony, germanium & gallium (used in semiconductors) & non-ferrous metals such zinc, lead & copper & precious metals
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Powerwall delivers backup you can count on. Stay powered even when storms hit.
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Another Lina Khan special: iRobot - maker of Roomba vacuums - just filed for bankruptcy. Its leading competitors? Two Chinese Roomba copycats that are now busy mapping your house. In 2024, Khan’s FTC asked the EU to block the $AMZN acquisition of iRobot because she knew the
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Technically the shortest day of the year in the northern hemisphere is the winter solstice on December 21 but the ☀️sun☀️ is already getting brighter.... (Schlumbergera ~~ Christmas cactus)
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Let's be realistic here. Russia has the military capacity to flatten Ukraine while UA has minimal capacity to launch retaliatory strikes. Meanwhile the Europeans wont send troops to fight, have supplied minimal arms and don't want Ukraine to make a peace deal. Also UA is broke.
🚀💥 Les "Dagues" ont été utilisés pour la première fois à Odessa : l'arme hypersonique russe a frappé l'infrastructure portuaire ukrainienne ❗️ Selon les chaînes militaires, les chasseurs MiG-31K ont aujourd'hui lancé pour la première fois des frappes avec des missiles
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Puerto Rico governor @Jenniffer defends the legal strategy of the lawsuit to push LUMA out of managing Prepa's grid and says she has two potential American replacements who will better understand how to utilize fed funds to update the utility #muniland
Jenniffer González defiende la estrategia legal de la demanda contra LUMA y dice tener dos potenciales sustitutos
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Venture Global hits back at Shell's fraud claims in LNG arbitration battle. VG playing fast and loose with the supermajors was never going to end well.
reuters.com
Venture Global submitted its response late on Tuesday to a legal challenge from Shell over the oil major's defeat in an arbitration case concerning liquefied natural gas cargoes, rejecting allegati...
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Dismissed and reinstated OBoard member Arthur Gonzalez says it's very hard to predict how the USDOJ appeal of President Trump's dismissal of the 6 OB members will effect the Prepa bankruptcy #muniland. Arthur Gonzalez says they will focus, through their attorneys, on responding
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Obamacare is a bust. Premiums rose 221%. Do Democrats introduce ACA reforms? Or try another approach? No. As usual: Dems want to throw good money after bad. Oh, and they want to gift $26 billion in taxpayer money to insurance companies. You can't make this up. @nypost 👇
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Puerto Rico governor reports from NYC during the OBoard's 49th public meeting #muniland + Added 1200 mw of power generation +Luma $PWR held accountable (abusive and unjust contract) +1st truly balanced budget since 2016 +Protected SNAP benefits during shutdown +17 manufacturing
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Title 3 court (judges Swain & Dein together) issue a discovery schedule for the Prepa administrative expense claim which takes litigation on motions to compel into Feb. Perhaps this will give the 1st Circuit time to hear President Trump's appeal on OB member dismissals #muniland
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