How do you do, future taxpayers?
For those worried about the ability of U.S. state and local governments to cover promised pension checks, the Census Bureau announced a milestone that should […]
Monat: Mai 2018
Is there anything else we should know about Deutsche Bank?
Deutsche Bank wrongly transferred 21 billion euros to the Australian Investment Bank Macquarie in 2014. This is the latest such error to come to light. […]
War is coming to Sweden. Maybe not tomorrow, maybe never, but it’s coming
Sweden will send out instructions to its 4.8 Million citizens next week on how to cope with an outbreak of war. The 20-page brochure titled […]
We gotta mark the Spratlys group
Goods worth more than $5 trillion are shipped through the South China Sea every year. Under the seabed huge natural resources are expected. These key […]
I said I want honey
The United Nations declared 20 May to become World Bee Day. Bees and other pollinators are vital to the global food chain. In fact, the […]
Earth, it’s me, Frank. Now, who did this to you?
No country has been known to violate the Montreal Protocol in its 30 years of existence. Now scientists are hunting for the mysterious source of […]
It don’t matter if you win by an ounce or a pound
Brazil will surpass the United States as the largest producer of soybeans this year, taking over the top ranking for the first time in history. […]
Shareholder democracy is a powerful instrument
Sturm Ruger shareholders approved a proposal from a coalition of religious women and health care networks that Ruger had for weeks urged investors to reject. […]
Duplex seems like a person but it’s just a voice in a computer
Google-Chef Sundar Pichai zeigte am Dienstag auf seiner Keynote zur Google-I/O-Konferenz dem staunenden Publikum wie leistungsfähig Googles künstliche Intelligenz ist. Obwohl Pichai vor der Audioaufzeichnung […]
Spam bacon sausage and Emailspam
Am 3. Mai 1978 um 12:33 Uhr verschickte Gary Thuerk für seinen Arbeitgeber eine elektronische Nachricht, die in die Internetgeschichte eingehen sollte. Wenige Sekunden später […]