Mr. Trump’s trade policies are beginning to chill Chinese investment . . . Those actions, combined with tighter restrictions by the Chinese government on money flowing outward, are stemming Chinese investment in the United States. It plummeted more than 90 percent between the first half of 2017 and the first half of 2018 . . .
NYT
An entrepreneur in Detroit
had used Chinese funds to exploit
a splendid design
to have brakes align --
till nixed by that White House Dacoit.
With the rise of money-transfer apps such as PayPal Holdings Inc.’s Venmo, it’s never been easier for people to send money to their friends. It’s also never been easier to accidentally send money to a total stranger. Getting the money back is often far more difficult: Many digital payments are irreversible.
WSJ
I don't trust the internet, chum,
to send or recieve any sum.
Although it is brash,
I ask only cash --
my wallet's the best rule of thumb.
Listening to a man in power talk about how much he loves the women in his life is a moving thing that is actually pretty useless.
Washington Post
Although I love women, I too
have sometimes the opposite view.
They're pushy and vain
and often cause pain --
aren't all of us sometimes cuckoo?
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