Trump’s pledge to raise the global baseline tariff rate from 10% to 15% is reverberating across markets, with investors now weighing whether a recent rally in overseas equities can hold.
In a post on TruthSocial, Trump said he would immediately increase the worldwide tariff rate to 15% following a Supreme Court decision related to trade authority. He also signaled that additional, “legally permissible” tariffs could be introduced in the coming months, reinforcing a more aggressive trade…
None of us have to be millennials anymore.
If you were born between LOTR (animated version, 1978) and LOTR The Fellowship (2001), you are the Hobbit Generation: Promised wealth and adventure - but only receiving war and ruin.
(Original source: https://www.instagram.com/reel/DUO2zZlCLdG/ …
Venice, which develops identity security software, emerges from stealth after raising a $25M Series A led by IVP, following an $8M seed round (Meir Orbach/CTech)
https://www.calcalistech.com/ctechnews/article/sk5qcux00we
Why do I have the feeling that the word "nihilism" was difficult to avoid in this quote:
“I think Silicon Valley is immersed in a titanic battle between the hippie value system of the Steve Jobs generation and the Ayn Randian libertarian values of the Peter Thiel generation.”
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Ik vraag me trouwens af of een overheid er bij buitenlandse bestedingen ook rekening mee houdt dat hetzelfde bedrag hier of daar besteden netto eem groot verschil maakt.
Van binnenlandse bestedingen komt een flink deel weer terug in belastingen en premies die werkgever en werknemers betalen.
Voor buitenlandse bestedingen geldt een kleine tot grote mate van: 'weg=weg'.
#DigitaleSoevereiniteit #DigiD
Sources: AI legal software startup Legora is in talks to raise $400M at a $5B valuation, after raising $150M in October 2025 at a $1.8B valuation (Forbes)
https://www.forbes.com/sites/iainmartin/2026/02/17/legal-…