From Korean Madness to March Madness: Your Weekly Briefing

This week was very dense in international news rather than just domestic, government media coverage.  Find out which country was forced to impeach a historic President, why March Madness has turned into March Sadness, how bad Nor'easter Stella turned out, and why Janet Yellen feels confident in the world economy.

South Korea: Are troubling Presidents contagious?
Last Friday, the Korean Constitutional Court voted unanimously to impeach their first female President Park Geun-hye.  The vote came after months of protesting, which initially began in October 2016, started by a small South Korean University.  Although, government officials were finally pushed overboard after tens of thousands of South Korean protestors occupied downtown Seoul holding candles and flags, calling for her impeachment, following a major political scandal in her administration.  Copy cats.

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March Madness: The science of bracketology
On Sunday night, the NCAAM Selection Committee released the 2017 March Madness Bracket sending basketball fans into a frenzy.  Following Super Bowl LI, sports fans have suffered for a month, awaiting another major sporting event.  To no one's surprise, Gonzaga, Villanova, Kansas, and North Carolina all snatched #1 seeds, while Syracuse and Pitt were snubbed from the tournament altogether.  Unfortunately, many Americans are upset because President Trump is not continuing President Obama's tradition of filling out a bracket on live television.  On the upside, there are rumors Kellyanne Conway will be filling out an alternative brack-et.

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Nor'easter Stella: Let the spring break jokes begin
Into the early hours of the morning on Tuesday, Nor'easter Stella hit fifteen states with several inches of snow.  This blizzard came as a shock to most East Coast families, not expecting a major snow storm in the middle of March.  Naturally, President Trump met with Washington D.C. Mayor Bowser and Metro General Manager Paul Widefeld about incoming storm preparations.  Not only did eight states proclaim a state of emergency, but schools up and down the coast canceled schools as early as Monday evening.  While most states received over six inches of snow, the city of Damascus, Pennsylvania received a whopping 30 inches.  Surprisingly, even Penn State University cancelled classes, despite being one of the most reluctant universities to delay classes due to inclement weather.  I think we know who to thank.

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Rate Hikes: Janet Yellen announces coming changes
Following the DOW hitting 20,000 for the first time ever, a couple weeks ago, Fed Chair Janet Yellen finally announced that Americans should expect rate hikes in the coming weeks.  Since the New York Stock Exchange is performing so well, more companies have the disposable income to invest in expenditures.  With consumer confidence also rising, companies feel comfortable with taking out loans to invest in future assets.  In turn, there needs to be money for companies to borrow, which is why Janet Yellen is increasing rates.  Due to higher return on investments, the average American would make more profit for depositing their money into the bank.  Although, according to inside sources, as soon as New Jersey Governor Chris Christie heard the word hike, he said, "I'm out."

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