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Cyber-Security Alert!: FEMA Leaked Data Of 2.3 Million Disaster Survivors (#GotBitcoin?)

CyberSecurity Newsflash!: (Youtube) AFTER BEING DISPLACED by a natural disaster, survivors have a lot of pressing concerns. They may be dealing with health impacts, displacement, loss of property, and even grieving the deaths of loved ones. Through all of this, though, one worry that is probably not in their minds is the…

The Faithful Are Considering Abandoning The Church (#GotBitcoin)

Thirty-seven percent said they were questioning this year whether to remain part of the church, up from 22% in 2002. The Faithful Are Considering Abandoning The Church (#GotBitcoin) More than a third of U.S. Catholics say the sexual abuse crisis rocking the Catholic Church has made them consider leaving the…

Budget Deficit Grows While Stocks And Bond Yields Fall, Negative Interest Rates Spread!

Global stocks and bond yields slid Friday as weak manufacturing data deepened investors’ anxiety about the health of the world economy. Budget Deficit Grows While Stocks And Bond Yields Fall, Negative Interest Rates Spread!   Yield on 10-year U.S. Treasury note slid to fresh low for the year. Major stock…

Dream Vacations: The New Age of Sleeper Trains (#GotBitcoin?)

Good news for train romantics: The once-endangered sleeper is back on track. Here’s where—and why—you should ride the midnight express. Dream Vacations: The New Age of Sleeper Trains (#GotBitcoin?) [caption id="attachment_9213" align="aligncenter" width="415"] Artist Daniel Sean Murphy Constructed This Night Train And Its Mountainous Setting Entirely Out Of Paper.[/caption]  …

Is Elite College Worth It? Maybe Not (#GotBitcoin?)

Wealthy parents who spend heavily to get their kids into top schools aren’t giving them as big an advantage as commonly thought, research shows. Is Elite College Worth It? Maybe Not (#GotBitcoin?) We’re told ad nauseam that college is the key to success. Is it any wonder that some parents…

Jumbo Mortgages Are Slowing Down, Testing Banks’ Postcrisis Playbook (#GotBitcoin?)

High-end home buyers are turning cautious, a blow to banks that refocused their mortgage businesses around wealthy borrowers in the years after the financial crisis. Jumbo Mortgages Are Slowing Down, Testing Banks’ Postcrisis Playbook (#GotBitcoin?) Loans too big for Fannie and Freddie dropped 12% last year by dollar volume Originations…

Facebook Says Millions of Users’ Passwords Were Improperly Stored in Internal Systems (#GotBitcoin?)

Report shows files containing passwords were accessible to as many as 20,000 Facebook employees. Facebook Says Millions of Users’ Passwords Were Improperly Stored in Internal Systems Facebook Inc. FB +0.35% stored hundreds of millions of user passwords in a format that was accessible to its employees, in yet another privacy…

Central Banks See Negative Interest Rates (#GotBitcoin)

Abrupt changes in the policies of the world’s largest central banks have rippled through smaller economies, leaving them with the prospect of low and even negative interest rates for years to come despite having mostly healthy economies. Central Banks See Negative Interest Rates (#GotBitcoin?)     Policy U-Turns From The…

Lithuanian Man Pleads Guilty In $100 Million Fraud Against Google, Facebook (#GotBitcoin?)

Evaldas Rimasauskas In District Court In Vilnius, Lithuania, In May 2017 A Lithuanian man pleaded guilty to his role in a complex wire fraud scheme that resulted in the theft of over $100 million from Alphabet Inc.’s Google and Facebook Inc., prosecutors said Wednesday. Lithuanian Man Pleads Guilty In $100…

Square Is Hiring New Crypto Engineers — And It Wants to Pay Them in Bitcoin (#GotBitcoin?)

Payments startup Square plans to hire a number of engineers and a designer to work on its crypto initiatives, according to tweets from CEO Jack Dorsey. Square Is Hiring New Crypto Engineers — And It Wants to Pay Them in Bitcoin Dorsey, who also founded and runs Twitter, announced Wednesday…

Manufacturer of AR-15 Can Be Sued Over Sandy Hook Massacre, Court Rules (#GotBitcoin?)

Connecticut Supreme Court allowed victims’ suit to move forward over its marketing of the gun. A top manufacturer and distributor of AR-15-style rifles can be sued for advertising and marketing practices that a lawsuit claims has made the gun the weapon of choice for mass shooters, the Connecticut Supreme Court…

Trump Silent On Mass Detentions, As China Razes Muslim Communities To Build A Loyal City (#GotBitcoin?)

In this old Silk Road city in western China, a state security campaign involving the detention of vast numbers of people has moved to its next stage: demolishing their neighborhoods and purging their culture. Trump Silent On Mass Detentions, As China Razes Muslim Communities To Build A Loyal City  Authorities…