Let’s connect the dots between these two comments from longtime correspondents: the first is on the model of collecting and selling data (Big Data), and the second on trade: GFB: “If I had a lot of money, would I want to do: A) –invest in the exploration forbidding areas of the globe for oil reserves with […]
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Connecting the Dots of Big Data, Soaring Corporate Profits and Trade Wars
Billions of pieces of plastic on coral reefs send disease soaring, research reveals
Scientists examined 125,000 corals across the Asia-Pacific region, home to half the world’s reefs, and found 89% of those fouled by plastic were suffering disease. On plastic-free reefs, only 4% of the corals were diseased. The work is highly significant because it is the first to examine the impact of plastic on […]
Why Death Rates Of White Non-Hispanic Americans Are Soaring
Next Story In September 2015, researchers announced that death rates have been rising dramatically since 1999 among middle-aged white Americans with a high school degree or less. This dramatic assertion contradicted decades of increasing longevity among all Americans. A Health Affairs study found this to be especially true for white, female high school drop-outs whose life expectancy […]
German, Italian Intelligence: Terror Attacks Planned This Summer at European Resorts
German and Italian intelligence agencies have uncovered evidence indicating that terrorists are planning attacks this summer at resorts in France, Italy, and Spain. The information was first received by Italian intelligence, who passed it along to their German counterpart, the German Federal Intelligence Service (BND), notes a report in the April 19 issue […]