PRETTY pissed off right now.

Recent action saw the major averages drop to fresh session lows amid comments from the Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski, who said Russia is poised to pressure or invade Ukraine. However, it is worth noting that the comments did not introduce anything new and Russian troop movements along the border with Ukraine have been watched for months.

The news has given a boost to the CBOE Volatility Index (VIX 16.38, +1.26) as participants increase their demand for volatility protection in the face of uncertainty.

Outside of weighing on equities, the comments have helped Treasuries return to their flat lines, but the 10-yr note has yet to climb above its flat line. The benchmark yield is currently unchanged at 2.48%.

A Muslim woman who was repeatedly spat at while walking to work in Bristol is urging others to stand up to hate crime.

Project manager Hasina Khan, 36, said on Monday a man ran up to her "ranting about the Middle East".

Police said they take hate crime "very seriously" and want to speak to a man captured on CCTV at the time of the attack in Cabot Circus.

A man charged with simple larceny appeared before Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts on Monday.
Calvin Francis, of Lot 73 Princes Street, Lodge, Georgetown, pleaded not guilty to the charge which states that on Monday,  he stole one pig valued $65,000 from Dean Bacchus.
Prosecutor Michael Grant said on the day in question, the virtual complainant had gone to the pig’s pen to feed it, when she noticed the pig was missing.
The defendant, who was given a chance to explain what happened, said on the day he was accused of stealing the pig, he was walking along the road and saw the pig lying there after a hit-and-run accident. He then took the pig to the market to sell to a friend and someone saw him and accused him of stealing the animal, this person then contacted Bacchus. Eyewitnesses say Francis was seen leaving Bacchus’s yard with the pig. A report was made, and the defendant was subsequently arrested.
The defendant was convicted of a similar offence and served 18 months, for this reason bail was refused by the chief magistrate.

ROMULUS, Michigan (AP) — A 78-year-old Florida woman tried to fly on an international trip to the Philippines from Detroit Metropolitan Airport with almost $41,000 in cash hidden inside her girdle, bra and carry-on bag, federal authorities said.

A complaint filed Friday in U.S. District Court in Detroit said the Clearwater woman was trying to board a flight April 2 to the Philippines with her daughter. She initially said she had $200 in cash but submitted a form declaring she had $1,200, prompting questions.

During a search, Customs and Border Protection officers found $8,000 in wallets in her carry-on bag, $4,000 sewn into a cloth pouch and nearly $1,000 in envelopes, according to the complaint. She then told them she had $3,000 in her blouse and $2,000 sewn into the strap of her bra.

Officers continued to search and said they found about $21,000 in her girdle. The woman told authorities that she had recently sold her home for $120,000, wired some money to the Philippines and had planned to carry a portion of the money with her.

"She stated that she did not wire the proceeds to the Philippines this time because she thought it was safer to carry the money," according to the complaint.

Federal law requires travelers to declare if they are carrying more than $10,000. The woman hasn't been charged, but the government in the forfeiture complaint said it wants to keep the money. The Detroit News reported details of the request Friday.

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