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How Bitcoin Can Prevent Fraud And Chargebacks (#GotBitcoin?)
Online fraud is a growing phenomenon that is not only getting more sophisticated and advanced, but also much more costly as well. In 2012 alone fraud cost merchants more than $3.5 billion dollars, with a 0.9% average cost of total online revenue. For individuals $525 million dollars was reported as being lost…
Private-Jet Cryptocurrency Gets Pass From SEC (#GotBitcoin?)
A private-jet company won the ability to sell a digital token that doesn’t require oversight by financial regulators. The hitch: The token won’t operate like others, diminishing its allure to fans of cryptocurrencies. Private-Jet Cryptocurrency Gets Pass From SEC (#GotBitcoin?) Restrictions on use of TurnKey Jet’s ‘digital tokens’ limit their…
Major Caregiver Referral Site Removes Thousands of Bogus And Unverified Listings Prior To Investigation (#GotBitcoin?)
WSJ investigation had found that hundreds of day-care centers listed on its website as state licensed didn’t appear to be. Major Caregiver Referral Site Removes Thousands of Bogus And Unverified Listings Prior To Investigation (#GotBitcoin?) The online child-care marketplace Care.com CRCM 2.01% scrubbed its site of tens of thousands of…
Affordable Housing Crisis Spreads Throughout World (#GotBitcoin)
Demand For Affordable Housing Has Spurred Architecture And Construction Firms To Develop New Techniques, Such As These Y:Cube Modular Units In The U.K. Affordable Housing Crisis Spreads Throughout World (#GotBitcoin) Shortages persist despite millions of dollars invested and hundreds of thousands of units built. Affordable Housing Crisis Spreads Throughout World…
Fed To Cut Interest Rates, Resume Bond-Buying To Stimulate Growth (#GotBitcoin?)
President Trump on Friday repeated his call for the Federal Reserve to cut interest rates and said it should restart buying assets to stimulate growth. Fed To Cut Interest Rates, Resume Bond-Buying To Stimulate Growth (#GotBitcoin?) ‘In terms of quantitative tightening, it should absolutely now be quantitative easing.’ “In terms…
Wells Fargo Paid Colleges To Aggressively Market Products To Students Pushing Them Into Debt (#Gotbitcoin?)
April, dubbed National Financial Literacy Month, is traditionally when the personal finance and banking industries celebrate the benefits of knowing how to manage your money. Wells Fargo Paid Colleges To Aggressively Market Products To Students Pushing Them Into Debt (#Gotbitcoin?) A new report delves into the world of deals between…
Hemp Clothing Is Happening, and No, It Won’t Get You High (#GotBitcoin?)
Once sullied by its associations with seedy drug culture, the irreproachable hemp plant is gaining ground in summer fabrics that rival wrinkly linen. Hemp Clothing Is Happening, and No, It Won’t Get You High (#GotBitcoin?) More Than Just A Weed Hemp Jacket, $129, Patagonia.Com; Glanshirt Shirt, $355, Slowear.Com; Hemp Pants,…
States Sue Trump Administration Over Rollback of School-Lunch Nutrition Standards (#GotBitcoin?)
As USDA seeks to ease Obama-era rules on whole-grain foods and sodium content, Democratic attorneys general challenge on administrative grounds. States Sue Trump Administration Over Rollback of School-Lunch Nutrition Standards (#GotBitcoin?) Six states and the District of Columbia sued the Trump administration in federal court on Wednesday for attempting to…
There Is Now Scientific Proof Your Cat Is Ignoring You (#GotBitcoin?)
La-Z-Bonz New study finds felines can distinguish their names, even if they don’t come when called; twitching ears. There Is Now Scientific Proof Your Cat Is Ignoring You (#GotBitcoin?) Researchers spent months getting to the bottom of an eternal question: Is my cat ignoring me? You Talking To Me? The…
How To Shop For Travel Insurance? (#GotBitcoin)
There are more reasons than ever to get coverage before a big trip—and at least as many reasons to shop extra carefully to avoid the wrong choice. How To Shop For Travel Insurance? (#GotBitcoin) Recent events have sparked interest in travel insurance. And they’ve also fired up scrutiny of the…
Anticipating A Recession, Trump Points Fingers At Fed Chairman Powell (#GotBitcoin?)
President Trump is blaming the Federal Reserve for holding back the economy and stock market despite the central bank’s recent decision to do two things he wanted—halt rate increases and stop shrinking its asset portfolio. Anticipating A Recession, Trump Points Fingers At Fed Chairman Powell (#GotBitcoin?) The president blasted the…
The Global Consciousness Project
When human consciousness becomes coherent and synchronized, the behavior of random systems may change. The Global Consciousness Project Quantum event based random number generators (RNGs) produce completely unpredictable sequences of zeroes and ones. But when a great event synchronizes the feelings of millions of people, our network of RNGs becomes…