L. Burke Files
@FEEInc
Mostly I deal with due diligence, fraud, corruption, money laundering, financial investigations, write a teach the Business Street Smarts class at Hayek Global.
#HikVision order shuttered in #Canada. The order was given after learning that the cameras and the security systems can/could be accessed by the CCP. The HikVision problem echoes a past issue with Axis cameras. bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/…
A great read from #Unicus Intro - Since 2020, U.S. consumers have added over $1 trillion in credit card and auto loan balances, while inflation has eroded repayment capacity. In Q1 2025, credit card delinquencies surged past 12%, auto loan delinquencies hit a 15‑year high at…
#HayekGlobalCollege has just published the 2nd issue of the Hayek Business Review. Come and take a look at real business knowledge, gained and shared from the trenches of business, not from pure academia. hayekcollege.com/hbr-editions/v…
The pain of #communism and central planning. This is from a place, #Cuba, where one can grow almost anything. It is always painful to see the evil of Engels and Marx. uk.news.yahoo.com/please-somethi…
Every once in a while, I'll glance at the #NYT - some articles can be interesting, some are so Dumb A$$, I am compelled to mock the articles. The no-serious meme stocks. #Meme stocks are today's fad stocks. Yesterday, the fad stocks were AI, blockchain, internet footprint, and…
#VoiceRecognition fraud has been happening to people and companies, including those who later became our clients, for over 8 years. To prepare for this, we developed easy-to-use alternative means of communication and verification. fortune.com/2025/07/24/sam… .
Buy that junior mining stock. Buy the shittiest deposits you can find, the lowest grade, highest capex, run by guys who never saw gold outside a pawn shop. Buy a basket of them. Buy the ones with the most debt, the most leverage to the commodity price. Buy risk. Buy DRC, South…
#Pneumonic plague case in Northern Arizona, also known as the #BlackDeath. The world panics, but we in AZ continue on. There are many very wild areas of AZ, CO, UT, and NM that have plague bacteria as well as #Hantavirus - a hemorrhagic fever, all tied to rodents. So next…
“China’s share of new shipbuilding contracts dropped from 72% to 52% in the last six months, largely driven by mounting concerns over upcoming US Trade Representative (USTR) port fees targeting Chinese ships and shipbuilders.” Splash
A wee bit of research The housing makers in many palaces have frozen up. People cannot get what they paid for their home, and so they remove it from the market. The canary is the increasing defaults on consumer lending. Restarting student loan payments - 40% missed their…
Zohran Mamdani is a Very Special kind of communist... My latest at the NY Post. nypost.com/2025/07/07/opi…
I have been reading about socialist politicians instituting price controls. It always fails (Ask Nixon), but here is an even better example from Brazil, where their attempt to cap the price of beef has been a notable failure. lawliberty.org/the-high-cost-…
Lottery Winner Has Dizzying Criminal Record A “persistent felony offender” nabbed $167.3 million jackpot. One wonders how the story will end. thesmokinggun.com/documents/crim…
The Big Beautiful Bill impact was expertly and thoroughly covered in this impact analysis by #Unicus. It is a must-read for anyone in finance, natural resources, and the media. No hype here, it is that good. contrarianunicus.substack.com/p/signal-iii-t…
#StandardChartered Bank is facing a $2.7B chaim from the liquidators. The claim in summary is that the bank enabled more than 100 internal transfers between 2009 and 2013 that allegedly helped #1MDB obscure the movement of stolen funds, resulting in over US$2.7 billion in…
A quick shout out to the Accident Publicist. Another great insight on branding and marketing. (I am just a fan). substack.com/home/post/p-16…
Well, so much for #sanctions. The same is happening with prohibited chips. Either the #DOC, #SEC, and #Customs get busy, or sanctions are a joke, with the failures being shot back at everyone. airdatanews.com/russia-reporte…
#MorningMidas Carrying 3000 Vehicles Sinks In Pacific 20 Days After A Fire Broke Onboard. I gave it a week, it made it 3 weeks. Lithium batteries in EVs or hybrids can burn at 2,000 °C. The ignition point for Aluminum is 600°C. Steel begins to melt between 1,370°C to 1,500°C. It…
#Japan has a $7B Restructuring Plan for #Shipbuilding. The #US should take note! maritime-executive.com/article/japan-…