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"Young people have developed a taste for stocks."@awealthofcs pic.twitter.com/LIaQcRMGA6 — Daily Chartbook (@dailychartbook) June 9, 2026 "Too many red flags" – BofA pic.twitter.com/n9JAf5ab8T — Patrick Saner (@patrick_saner) June 9, 2026 US EQUITIES SEE ETF INFLOWS OFFSET FUTURES SELLING JPMorgan says US equity futures saw $21B in net selling last week, with most pressure on Friday …
By improving kidney function, can “AIM” double cats’ lifespan? Nearly 10 million cats are kept in Japan, and many of them die of kidney disease. Since discovering 20 years ago the “AIM” protein which is found in the blood, Professor Miyazaki has been devoted to the research of this particular protein. Over the course of …
via notayesmanseconomics Over the past few days the media seems to have been catching up with a theme we have been running for some time.The Chinese export push. We can start with this at the weekend from the BBC economics editor Faisal Islam. As a Chinese made car hits number 1 in UK, and so …
CITIZENSHIP: The UK ended birthright citizenship in 1983. Australia did so in 1986. India did in 1987. Ireland followed in 2005. New Zealand followed in 2006. Many European democracies have long required a parental tie. Canada and the United States have stood almost alone among developed nations in preserving unconditional jus soli. It is no …
Authored by Charles Hugh-Smith via oftwominds, If we borrow all of tomorrow’s prosperity to spend today, there won’t be any future prosperity, there will only be penury. The developed nations share many of the same sources of stagnation: 1. Demographically, their cohort of retirees drawing government benefits is expanding with no end in sight while …
Godfather of AI’ predicts it will take over the world | LBC Jan 30, 2025 #Andrewmarr #geoffreyhinton #LBC Nobel Prize winner Geoffrey Hinton, the physicist known for his pioneering work in the field, told LBC’s Andrew Marr that artificial intelligences had developed consciousness – and could one day take over the world. Mr Hinton, who …
After a decade of relentless research, a team of Chinese scientists has achieved a remarkable feat: producing steel without coal and at a speed 3,600 times faster than traditional methods. This innovation, first reported by the South China Morning Post, could reshape the global steel industry while dramatically reducing its environmental footprint. After a decade …
Government spending is now half of the economy in most of the developed world…. pic.twitter.com/PoEfWCuf7X — The Long View (@HayekAndKeynes) January 15, 2025 Fiat currency isn’t just a tool for inflation – it’s a weapon for endless wars. Without it, governments couldn’t fund trillion-dollar conflicts without your consent. — GoldSilver HQ (@GoldSilverHQ) January 15, 2025 …
Since US yields started rising after the Fed meeting in Sept, global bond yields are higher, while the dollar and gold are surging, reflecting an increasingly global debt contagion. While many in the US are laser focused on the US yield rise in recent weeks, what is notable is how it looks to be flowing …
Institutions like the IMF keep wading into countries' debt problems by getting them into more debt. There are hardly any countries that went from "developing" to "developed" status over the past five decades. The global monetary system is structured to keep countries dependent. pic.twitter.com/kcmMV825NL — Lyn Alden (@LynAldenContact) June 15, 2024 Oof. pic.twitter.com/kpbc9BKHQJ — Lyn …
Today it costs more to buy a Big Mac in developed countries than most emerging markets or less developed economies. The last time we observed a similar phenomenon was in the early 2000s when emerging markets’ investments significantly outperformed developed markets. One of the main reasons for this is that the performance of less developed …
Scientists have made “significant” strides in the field of reading people’s minds. Researchers from California were able to decode the thoughts of participants into words with 79 per cent accuracy. The device has been developed by Caltech’s T&C Chen Brain-Machine Interface Centre and will help patients with speech and non-verbal disorders. These ‘speech decoders’ act …
A coal-fired power plant in China's Dai city. China now emits more CO2 each year than the entire developed world combined—completely cancelling out all the sacrifices you are being forced to make in the farcical pursuit of Net Zero.pic.twitter.com/AbPB0TIprw — Wide Awake Media (@wideawake_media) April 25, 2024 Report: China emissions exceed all developed nations combined …
Researchers at the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) have developed a high-power hybrid sodium-ion battery that can be charged in seconds. Sodium is considered nearly 1000 times more abundant than lithium. Therefore, sodium-ion electrochemical energy storage devices are more appealing than traditional lithium-ion electrochemical energy storage. Led by Professor Jeung Ku Kang …
Worms living near Chernboyl appear to be immune to radiation Results give scientists clues to how DNA repair can vary between individuals From black frogs to a new species of dog, radiation exposure has forced many animals living near Chernobyl to mutate. But a new study shows that not all animals in the exclusion zone …
(Worthy News) – Chinese Scientists have claimed a breakthrough in creating a High-Power Microwave (HPM) weapon, marking a quantum leap in directed-energy warfare for use in urban warfare combat scenarios, the South China Morning Post (SCMP) reported. China asserts that it has developed the world’s first high-power microwave (HPM) weapon, publicly reported to utilize Stirling …
via naturalnews Pharmaceutical giant Bayer has been ordered to pay $2.25 billion to a man who developed cancer due to the Roundup weed killer, one of the products of its subsidiary Monsanto. Jurors in the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas found that the weed killer is to blame for 49-year-old landscaper John McKivison developing non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma (NHL). Individuals affected …
Putin’s forces will soon have new camouflage gear that can completely hide them from heat-detecting lenses, Russian contractors say. While thermal ‘invisibility cloaks’ are nothing new, a murky company calling itself HiderX claims to have cracked a major flaw which allowed them to be spotted by keen-eyed operatives. Soldiers have a range of options to …
Japan's 10-year yield just surged to its highest level in almost a decade. Developed economies are currently facing a chronic debt crisis, with deeply entrenched inflationary pressures propelled by escalating deglobalization, reckless fiscal spending, worsening inequality, and… pic.twitter.com/Vr1lxbjdyf — Otavio (Tavi) Costa (@TaviCosta) September 11, 2023
Newly Developed Humanoid Robot Warns About AI Creating "Oppressive Society" https://t.co/Eivu2VDpRk — zerohedge (@zerohedge) June 5, 2023 During the 2023 International Conference on Robotics and Automation held in London from May 29 to June 2, UK-based company Engineered Arts introduced a humanoid robot, Ameca, that can interact like a person with realistic facial movements. Unlike …