Archive for the 'Economy' Category
Shell Buys Sonnen, Tesla’s Competitor in the Home Battery Business
February 16th, 2019Via: Ars Technica: On Friday, oil major Royal Dutch Shell and German energy storage company Sonnen announced that Shell would acquire Sonnen for an undisclosed amount. Sonnen has been one of the top competitors with Tesla’s Powerwall in the US home battery market. The company built its base in Germany, attaching batteries for self-consumption to […]
Dr Stephanie Seneff Presents Roundup, MMR and Autism A Toxic Connection
February 16th, 2019Via: Donald Hutton:
Survey: 53 Percent of Californians Want to Leave the State
February 15th, 2019Via: San Francisco Chronicle: Dreaming of greener (read: cheaper) pastures? You’re not alone. According to a new survey by Edelman Intelligence, 53 percent of Californians are considering moving out of state due to the high cost of living. Millennials are even more likely to flee the Golden State — 63 percent of them said they […]
Morgan Stanley: An Electric Pickup from Tesla or Rivian Is a ‘Serious Problem’ for Detroit
February 14th, 2019Via: CNBC: The auto industry’s electric vehicle revolution has only just begun, Morgan Stanley told investors in a note on Thursday, and the highly profitable pickup truck market is next. “An electric pickup truck successfully launched by a new player (i.e. Rivian or Tesla) could be a serious problem for the Detroit based [traditional automakers],” […]
Retail Sales Drop the Most Since September 2009
February 14th, 2019Via: Reuters: U.S. retail sales recorded their biggest drop in more than nine years in December as receipts fell across the board, suggesting a sharp slowdown in economic activity at the end of 2018. The Commerce Department said on Thursday retail sales tumbled 1.2 percent, the largest decline since September 2009 when the economy was […]
Amazon, GM in Talks to Invest in Electric Pickup Truck Maker Rivian
February 12th, 2019Via: Reuters: Amazon.com Inc and General Motors Co are in talks to invest in Rivian Automotive LLC in a deal that would value the U.S. electric pickup truck manufacturer at between $1 billion and $2 billion, people familiar with the matter said on Tuesday.
U.S. Special Operations Manual: IMF, World Bank Part of “Unconventional” Weapons Arsenal
February 7th, 2019Via: Mint Press: WASHINGTON – In a leaked military manual on “unconventional warfare” recently highlighted by WikiLeaks, the U.S. Army states that major global financial institutions — such as the World Bank, International Monetary Fund (IMF), and the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) — are used as unconventional, financial “weapons in times of […]
Attempts to Dance Around the Kafkaesque Nightmare in California
February 3rd, 2019This is very difficult to watch. I only made it about a third of the way through this. “There’s no law against having a garden hose in your backyard… yet. We’re waiting for them to catch on.” Anyway, one more for your herniating California-Is-Hell file folder. Via: Exploring Alternatives: Related: L.A. Coliving: PodShare
Here’s the Medical Cannabis Super Bowl Ad CBS Refused to Run
February 3rd, 2019Via: Green Entrepreneur: It was all over the news on Tuesday: CBS rejected a public service announcement highlighting the benefits of medical cannabis, which was intended to be aired during the 2019 Super Bowl. Long story short, what happened was Acreage Holdings, one of the largest U.S. based cannabis companies, which counts former House Speaker […]
Germany Drops F-35 from Fighter Tender
February 2nd, 2019Via: Reuters: Germany will pick either the Eurofighter or Boeing’s F/A-18 fighter jet to replace its Tornado warplanes, knocking Lockheed Martin’s F-35 stealth fighter out of a tender worth billions of euros, Defence Ministry sources said on Thursday.
