fault line

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“The deeper fault line here is not trade flows. It is capital,” wrote Stephen Innes, managing partner at SPI Asset Management, in a Sunday note.

From MarketWatch

“The deeper fault line here is not trade flows. It is capital,” wrote Stephen Innes, managing partner at SPI Asset Management, in a Sunday note.

From MarketWatch

Thanks to their location close to tectonic plate fault lines, South Pacific islands are surrounded by potentially enormous mineral deposits.

From The Wall Street Journal

"This is significant because it means the ground shaking near the fault line might be more intense than our current hazard models predict for these types of faults."

From Science Daily

A clarion call for diplomacy and cooperation, it reminded me that it is not only in humanity’s interest to avoid ultimate conflict but our moral duty to bridge the fault lines between our civilizations.

From The Wall Street Journal