« L’Occident n’existe pas. Il n’est d’ailleurs qu’une création sémantique des États-Unis pour surévaluer la communauté d’intérêts transatlantique, justifier leur leadership en Europe et assimiler toute dissonance, au mieux à une compromission douteuse, au pire à une trahison. »
— « “L’Occident” n’est qu’une création des États-Unis pour justifier leur leadership en Europe », Raphaël Chauvancy, Marianne, 30 juin 2022
« L’Occident n’existe pas. Il n’est d’ailleurs qu’une création sémantique des États-Unis pour surévaluer la communauté d’intérêts transatlantique, justifier leur leadership en Europe et assimiler toute dissonance, au mieux à une compromission douteuse, au pire à une trahison. »
— « “L’Occident” n’est qu’une création des États-Unis pour justifier leur leadership en Europe », Raphaël Chauvancy, Marianne, 30 juin 2022
The Russian invasion of Ukraine has been a driving force in markets for the past few weeks. The picture was mixed overseas. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng Index fell 1.6%, under pressure from U.S. regulatory scrutiny on New York-listed Chinese companies. Stocks were more buoyant in Europe, where Frankfurt’s DAX surged 1.4%. That hurt tech stocks. For the past few weeks, the 10-year yield has traded between 1.72% and 2%, as traders moved into the bond for safety when Russia headlines were ugly—and out of it when headlines improved. Now, the yield is touching its pandemic-era high. If the yield breaks above that level, that could signal that it’s on a sustainable path higher. Higher long-dated bond yields make future profits less valuable—and many tech companies are valued on the basis of profits forecast for many years in the future. Oh no. There’s a certain degree of myth-making around what exactly went on, so take everything that follows lightly. Telegram was originally launched as a side project by the Durov brothers, with Nikolai handling the coding and Pavel as CEO, while both were at VK. "He has kind of an old-school cyber-libertarian world view where technology is there to set you free," Maréchal said.
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