Hike Minimum Wage Hurts the Workers Most Impacted by the Pandemic
06/02/2021 5:50 AMAnd despite what you're told, the research is clear it's also a very ineffective way to help the poor. But I know, it sounds good and that's what most of us seem to really care...
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The latest cyber attack victim is the world’s largest meat supplier
06/01/2021 12:36 PMThe world’s biggest meat supplier has become the latest casualty of a cybersecurity attack, posing a fresh threat to global food security already rattled by the Covid-19 pandemic. JBS SA shut its North American and Australian computer networks after an organized...
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Are “Sell Signals” Useless In “Mania” Markets?
06/01/2021 7:43 AMA recent Bloomberg article made the case that since 2009 “sell signals” are useless during “mania” markets. To wit: “If you bailed because of Bollinger Bands, ran away from relative strength or took direction from the directional market indicator in 2021, you paid...
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Finland Breaks Ground On World’s First Deep Geologic Nuclear Waste Repository
06/01/2021 6:49 AMFinland is moving forward with a revolutionary solution for how to dispose of high-level nuclear waste and spent fuel from atomic reactors. Among the greatest challenges of the nuclear era remains what to do with all the high-level nuclear waste produced by our...
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The huge shake-up at oil giant ExxonMobil
06/01/2021 6:30 AMExxonMobil just lost a huge boardroom battle. At a shareholder meeting last week, 2 green-friendly directors -- who will push for a lower carbon future -- were voted onto the energy giant’s board of directors. According to The Economist, it is “extremely rare” for a...
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Here’s a shocker – the Central Banks are borrowing from Germany’s WW II Playbook
06/01/2021 6:22 AMIt's true. Just look up WW II's Operation Bernhard or watch the 2007 Academy Awarding winning film The...
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Digital Advertising Comes of Age
05/31/2021 2:07 PMDigital advertising generated an estimated US$273.29 billion in media advertising spending in 2018 and is expected to grow to $393 billion in 2021. Google, Facebook, Amazon, and other large internet companies have capitalized on the value of their highly-trafficked...
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Will China Be an Election Issue
05/31/2021 6:08 AMSome describe Canada's approach in the face of Chinese aggression as steady - others say timid, while others still describe it as surrender. No matter the adjective, China should be a major election...
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Goofy Award – May 29th
05/30/2021 9:42 AM"Follow the science" was misleading from the get go as political narratives took hold of pandemic coverage but you won't hear mea culpas for this latest...
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Shocking Stat – May 29th
05/30/2021 9:34 AMYou want to know why Canada didn't have a enough gloves, masks etc. when the pandemic hit? Sit down before you hear the...
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