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HyperBitcoinization: How Currency Crises Are Driving Nations To Crypto (#GotBitcoin?)
Venezuela, Turkey, Iran and Zimbabwe: these countries are all facing ongoing economic crises. They’re suffering from high levels of inflation, and as a result the people living within them are increasingly turning to crypto as a store of value and a means of exchange. Their recent troubles have heightened the…
Sen. Elizabeth Warren Unveils Anticorruption Legislation (#GotBitcoin?)
Proposal serves as a vehicle to place the first-term senator at the forefront of the Democratic Party’s resistance to President Trump. Sen. Elizabeth Warren Unveils Anticorruption Legislation Sen. Elizabeth Warren, in the latest move positioning herself for a 2020 presidential campaign, on Tuesday proposed sweeping new ethics restrictions for federal officials.…
To Counter China, U.S. Looks to Invest Billions More Overseas
White House hopes to expand Overseas Private Investment Corp., a little-known agency it wanted to eliminate a year ago. To Counter China, U.S. Looks to Invest Billions More Overseas The U.S. is finalizing plans to double funding for big infrastructure projects around the world, seeking to counter China’s growing influence. Related:…
Animal Legal Defense Fund (Animal Rights vs And Animal Welfare)
"All of Our Clients Are Innocent!" The Animal Legal Defense Fund (ALDF) is an American non-profit law organization that aims to protect the rights and advance the interests of animals through the legal system. It was founded in 1979, by attorneys active in shaping the emerging field of animal law.…
Medical Tourism AKA The Globalization Of Healthcare
Medical tourism refers to people traveling to a country other than their own to obtain medical treatment. Medical Tourism AKA The Globalization Of Healthcare In the past this usually referred to those who traveled from less-developed countries to major medical centers in highly developed countries for treatment unavailable at home.…
Naked And A Little Afraid: Testing The Body-Scanning Mirror
Naked Labs’ body scanner does a great job creating a 3-D model of your nearly naked body, but just how far are you willing to let technology go? Despite being alone in my bathroom, I undress at YMCA-locker-room speeds. Down to just my bra and underwear, I tap the “scan”…
Retail Technology Provider Narvar Targeting The Costly Returns Process
Investment will back development of e-commerce software as retailers look to improve consumer online experience. Retail Technology Provider Narvar Targeting The Costly Returns Process Retail technology provider Narvar has raised $30 million in new funding to back what the company says will be aggressive expansion of a business that supports e-commerce…
Four Things That I Like About The Current State of Bitcoin (#GotBitcoin?)
(1.) Bitcoin Dominance Rate Hits 50% For First Time in 2018 Bitcoin (BTC) now makes up 50 percent of the entire cryptocurrency market capitalization. Four Things That I Like About The Current State of Bitcoin Shortly past 03:00 UTC on August 11, CoinMarketCap's bitcoin dominance rate – an indicator that tracks…
U.S. Companies Sit On A Mountain of Debt (#GotBitcoin?)
Total Debt For US Corporations Tops $6 Trillion The riskiest borrowers are more leveraged than they were even during the financial crisis, according to S&P's analysis, which looked at 2017 year-end balance sheets for non-financial corporations. U.S. Companies Sit On A Mountain of Debt On first glance, total debt has risen…
Lenders Shunned Risky Personal Loans. Now They’re Competing For Them (#GotBitcoin)
Lenders are stepping up offers of consumer loans with few strings attached, often to individuals with poor credit histories they all but ignored in the years after the financial crisis. Lenders Shunned Risky Personal Loans. Now They’re Competing For Them The offers promise a way to help pay down other debts…
PG&E Identified As Utility That Lost Control of Confidential Information
As a result of 2016 failure, 30,000 records about PG&E’s cyber assets were exposed on the internet. PG&E Identified As Utility That Lost Control of Confidential Information San Francisco-based PG&E Corp. was identified Friday as the large utility that authorities had fined in May for losing control of a database with…
Trump, “They’re Flipping Like Professional Gymnasts”
Allen Weisselberg, Longtime Trump Organization CFO, Testified and Was Granted Immunity in Cohen Probe. Trump, “They’re Flipping Like Professional Gymnasts” Accountant is third longtime confidant of Mr. Trump known to have provided information in hush-money investigation that has implicated the president. President Trump’s financial gatekeeper was granted immunity by federal authorities…