Lehet, hogy ez a kis verbális csetepaté sem segít: az iráni haditengerészet vezetője azt mondja, hogy a hormuzi szorost lezárni könnyebb, mint "meginni egy pohár vizet" ... mire az 5. flotta (bázis. Bahrein) szóvivője közli, hogy rendben, de vigyázzanak, hogy nehogy a nagyi fogsora a torkukon akadjon ... és közben tényleg nincsenek nagyon messze egymástól és az iráni gyakorlat már egy jó pár napja tart ... ki tudja ...
US Navy Says Any Disruption To Straits Of Hormuz "Will Not Be Tolerated"
Just out from Reuters:
• U.S. FIFTH FLEET SAYS ANY DISRUPTION OF NAVIGATION IN HORMUZ STRAIT "WILL NOT BE TOLERATED"
Compare this statement with what an Iranian navy chief said earlier:
Closing off the Gulf to oil tankers will be "easier than drinking a glass of water" for Iran if the Islamic state deems it necessary, state television reported on Wednesday, ratcheting up fears over the world's most important oil chokepoint.
"Closing the Strait of Hormuz for Iran's armed forces is really easy ... or as Iranians say it will be easier than drinking a glass of water," Iran's navy chief Habibollah Sayyari told Iran's English language Press TV.
"But right now, we don't need to shut it as we have the Sea of Oman under control and we can control the transit," said Sayyari, who is leading 10 days of exercises in the Strait.
It appears that just like in the case of the ECB, where all the powers involved need a crash of some sort to proceed with "next steps" so the same mentality has now gripped the US Fifth Fleet.
And more on the original story:
The U.S. Fifth Fleet said on Wednesday it will not allow any disruption of traffic in the Strait of Hormuz, after Iran threatened to stop ships moving through the strategic oil route.
"The free flow of goods and services through the Strait of Hormuz is vital to regional and global prosperity," a spokesperson for the Bahrain-based fleet said in a written response to queries from Reuters about the possibility of Iran trying to close the waterway.
"Anyone who threatens to disrupt freedom of navigation in an
international strait is clearly outside the community of nations; any
disruption will not be tolerated."
Asked whether it was taking specific measures in response to the threat to close the Strait, the fleet said it "maintains a robust presence in the region to deter or counter destabilizing activities", without providing further detail.
Ránéztem TA alapon, egy hosszú emelkedő periódus utáni profit takingnek találtam. De igazad van, a Sears-t én is olvastam, csak nem tulajdonítottam neki jelentőséget.
Az S&P tele van kis- és nagykereskedelmi cégek részvényeivel, az ünnepi "roham" minden propaganda ellenére elmaradt és a Sears, ami egy igazi amcsi márkanév több. mint száz boltot bezár ... talán ez mégsem olyan jó ómen ...
CNBC Reports In the Wake of Poor Sales, Sears to Close Stores
Sears Holdings plans to close between 100 and 120 Sears and Kmart stores after poor sales during the holidays, the most crucial time of year for retailers.
In an internal memo Tuesday to employees, CEO and President Lou D'Ambrosio said that the retailer had not "generated the results we were seeking during the holiday."The closings are the latest and most visible in a long series of moves to try to fix a retailer that has struggled with falling sales and shabby stores.
Sears Holdings Corp. said it has yet to determine which stores will close but said it will post on the list online when it's compiled. Sears would not discuss how many, if any, jobs would be cut.
The news sent shares of Sears [SHLD 36.50 -9.35 (-20.39%) ] to their lowest point in more than three years, and it was posting the biggest percentage decline in the S&P 500 Index.
As does Bloomberg: Sears Plunges on Plans to Close as Many as 120 Stores
Sears Holdings Corp., the retailer controlled by hedge-fund manager Edward Lampert, tumbled the most in... Sears fell (SHLD) 18 percent to $37.65 at 9: 42 a.m. in New York,...
OTP részvényesek ide!