Levy: The Real Cost of COVID-19
08/12/2021 6:56 AMDo anti vaxxers truly understand how their right to choose effects the recovery of the economy in the long...
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Schacter’s Eye on Energy – Aug. 11th
08/11/2021 1:14 PMEach week Josef Schachter will give you his insights into global events, price forecasts and the fundamentals of the energy sector. Josef offers a twice monthly Black Gold (SER) newsletter covering the general energy market and 30 energy, energy service and pipeline &...
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Is Robinhood The Next Meme Stock To Explode?
08/11/2021 8:04 AMRobinhood, the “democratizing” zero-fee trading app that helped create the retail trading frenzy that led to the wild ride with Gamestop and AMC Entertainment stocks, is now it’s own wild ride. It’s a self-fulfilling prophecy. Robinhood launched its IPO on July 29th...
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Hackers start to return some of the $600 million they stole in one of the biggest crypto heists
08/11/2021 7:36 AMHackers have started returning some of the $600 million they stole in what’s likely to be one of the biggest cryptocurrency thefts ever. The cybercriminals exploited a vulnerability in Poly Network, a platform that looks to connect different blockchains so that they...
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Levy: Let’s Talk Wealth Tax
08/11/2021 6:52 AMWith a federal election looming the topic of a one time wealth tax is once again being tossed around but will it make a dent in the nearly 1 trillion dollars of debt that the government has...
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Giving Up Oil Is Impossible: Alberta Premier
08/10/2021 11:44 AMGiving up oil and other fossil fuels is "patently unrealistic", Alberta Premier Jason Kenney said in comments on the IPCC climate report released yesterday, which warned that humankind's window for addressing climate change was closing fast. The report attributed—with...
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Levy: Why So Long for Clean Drinking Water for First Nations
08/10/2021 6:55 AMIn 2015 Trudeau promised to lift all First Nations drinking water advisories by March 2021, that didn't happen but a $8 billion settlement did. Why did it take so long and cost so much for this basic...
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China Tech Wipeout Continues After Beijing Cracks Down On Online Videogames
08/09/2021 8:10 AMChina's bubbling tech sector has been hit with a massive regulatory storm ever since Alibaba Group Holdings (NYSE:BABA) founder Jack Ma criticized his country's government last year for what he called excessive regulations. Beijing hit back by cancelling the...
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Gold price tumbles to yearly low, trades under $1,700 following Friday’s massive sell-off
08/09/2021 7:57 AMGold futures dropped sharply on Sunday evening at the start of the Asian trading session. Gold October futures dropped to low of $1,677 before recovering. As of 8:20 p.m. ET, gold is off 2.19% to $1,722. Silver October futures lost 3.5% to $23.74. Platinum was also...
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The Ultimate Economic Flash Quiz
08/09/2021 6:35 AMA 10 second quiz that reveals just about all you need to know to understand economic policy. So play along and you'll instantly be more sophisticated than our political...
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