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Foreign-Born Workers Make Up Highest Percentage of U.S. Employment Since 1996 (#GotBitcoin?)
Increasing share of foreign-born workers reflect steady flow of immigrants, slower growth of native born, experts say. Foreign-Born Workers Make Up Highest Percentage of U.S. Employment Since 1996 (#GotBitcoin?) The share of U.S. workers born outside the country hit its highest level in decades in 2018, boosted by steady immigration…
Google To Refund Advertisers After Suit Over Fraud Scheme (#GotBitcoin?)
Legal claims spotlight tech giant’s dominance in online advertising, both as a buyer and seller. Google To Refund Advertisers After Suit Over Fraud Scheme (#GotBitcoin?) Alphabet Inc.’s Google has agreed to refund advertisers for ads purchased through its ad marketplaces that ran on websites with fraudulent traffic, following a lawsuit…
Short Sellers Bet On Opioid Fallout Sinking Drug Companies’ Stocks (#GotBitcoin?)
Hedge funds target drugmakers in expectation of financial pressures from potential settlements. Short Sellers Bet On Opioid Fallout Sinking Drug Companies’ Stocks (#GotBitcoin?) At an investor lunch in late March, the chief executive of drugmaker Mallinckrodt PLC, one of the largest generic oxycodone producers in the U.S., said he expected…
Tether Ordered To Freeze Transfers To Bitfinex By New York Supreme Court, Bitcoin Flash Crashes
A New York judge ordered crypto exchange Bitfinex and its affiliated stablecoin issuer Tether to turn over documentation about a loan and a line of credit Tether provided to Bitfinex. Tether Ordered To Freeze Transfers To Bitfinex by New York Supreme Court [embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Oyhw5jCp4o&list=PLU1KxUVqGmaOdoMQvYvDqujH-iP50-es8[/embed] Tether Ordered To Freeze Judge Joel Cohen,…
Housing In San Francisco Is So Expensive Some People Live On Boats (#GotBitcoin)
Move onto water is latest sign of affordable-housing crisis. Homelessness has become such a big problem in the San Francisco area that waters outside the city are increasingly crowded with people living on makeshift boats. Housing In San Francisco Is So Expensive Some People Live On Boats (#GotBitcoin) [embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2aZZaq6edr4&list=PLU1KxUVqGmaM39a3ZOiOs11481HPGI0x6[/embed] Housing…
Facebook Bans Israeli Firm Over Fake Political Activity
Social-media giant removes inauthentic accounts, content linked to Tel Aviv-based firm Archimedes Group. Facebook Bans Israeli Firm Over Fake Political Activity Facebook Bans Israeli Firm Facebook Inc. said it removed hundreds of fake accounts, pages and groups linked to a commercial entity based in Israel, a rare move against a…
U.S. Poised To Let Phone Companies Block Robocalls
FCC wants to give telecom carriers more leeway to manage unwanted calls. U.S. Poised To Let Phone Companies Block Robocalls Responding to widespread consumer complaints, the Federal Communications Commission says it will take steps to give phone companies permission to block unwanted robocalls. Americans get billions of unwanted phone calls…
Anti-Abortion Congressman Asked Mistress To Get One
An anti-abortion congressman asked a woman with whom he was having an extramarital affair to get an abortion when he thought she might be pregnant, a newspaper reported Tuesday. Anti-Abortion Congressman Asked Mistress To Get One The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette said it obtained text messages between Republican U.S. Rep. Tim Murphy of…
Facebook’s WhatsApp Hacked And 1.5 Billion Users Affected
WhatsApp was hacked, and attackers installed sophisticated spyware on an unknown number of people's smartphones. Facebook's WhatsApp Hacked And 1.5 Billion Users Affected Whatsapp Was Hacked, And Attackers Installed Spyware On An Unknown Number Of People's Smartphones. Bad Actors Installed The Surveillance Technology By Calling The Target Through Whatsapp, According…
Trump’s Tariffs Is Killing The Middle-Class Market
Who Pays the Trump Tariffs? We Do, These Americans Say. Customers of one inflatable-boat company bear most of its tariffs—which turns out to be typical. Trump's Tariffs Is Killing The Middle-Class Market Escalating tariffs between the U.S. and China have fueled an acrimonious debate over who’s paying. President Trump says…
Bitcoin Surges Above $8,000 As Stocks Falter
The price of bitcoin has rocketed in recent days, even as major financial markets have faltered amid escalating trade tensions. Bitcoin Surges Above $8,000 As Stocks Falter Winter is over for the cryptocurrency market. At least that is the conviction among proponents of digital currencies. The price of bitcoin has…
Jerrie Cobb Passed Astronaut Tests But NASA Kept Her Out of Space
In 1960, Jerrie Cobb was rapidly becoming a celebrity. Already a veteran pilot at age 29, she aced a battery of tests given to women eager to join the men already jostling for trips to space. Jerrie Cobb Passed Astronaut Tests But NASA Kept Her Out of Space Oklahoma-born pilot,…