The Orange County Independent News from Orange County California

Global economic activity is falling much faster than many experts believed. We have not seen global economic activity fall off this rapidly since the great recession of 2008.  Manufacturing activity is imploding all over the planet, global trade is slowing down at a pace that is extremely alarming, and the …

Good news for the global economy is increasingly difficult to find. Most indicators point to big trouble ahead, and likely soon. One particularly important and telling sign is shipping container rates… Container Shipping Rates from China to US, Europe Collapse by Wolf Richter

Scott Hempy was riding in the car with his wife a few months back when realized he was running low on gas. He joked that it would be great if there was a way to refuel while he was driving, the same way Air Force jets do during long flights… …