Archive for the 'Economy' Category
PayPal’s Links to Palantir, a Metasearch Technology Used by Intelligence, Law Enforcement and Military Organizations
November 27th, 2011And guess where they’re located? That’s right: Facebook’s former building. I couldn’t make it up if I tried. Via: Bloomberg: An organization like the CIA or FBI can have thousands of different databases, each with its own quirks: financial records, DNA samples, sound samples, video clips, maps, floor plans, human intelligence reports from all over […]
China to Cancel College Majors That Don’t Pay
November 27th, 2011Via: Wall Street Journal: Much like the U.S., China is aiming to address a problematic demographic that has recently emerged: a generation of jobless graduates. China’s solution to that problem, however, has some in the country scratching their heads. China’s Ministry of Education announced this week plans to phase out majors producing unemployable graduates, according […]
Reviewing DoD Interest in Cold Fusion
November 27th, 2011Via: Cold Fusion Now: The majority of cold fusion research has been done by self-funded independent scientists. Yet several federal entities and independent companies have found the results of experiments convincing enough to provide some small-scale funding to a select few labs. Department of Defense agencies that have provided funding, confirmed results, or positively-reviewed cold […]
Australia: Immunize Children or Lose Benefits, Parents Told
November 26th, 2011Via: ABC: Parents who do not have their children fully immunised will be stripped of family tax benefits under a scheme announced by the Federal Government. The Government says 11 per cent of five-year-olds are not immunised and has announced a shake-up of the system which will take effect from July 1 next year. Under […]
Climategate 2.0 Emails
November 26th, 2011WattsUpWithThat Climategate 2 FOIA 2011 Searchable Database
So Far, Rabobank Is OK
November 26th, 2011We keep a substantial portion of our savings with Rabobank. Since Rabobank is a Dutch bank, I’ve been closely monitoring the financial chaos in Europe. As of now, Rabobank indicates that it has prepared for the, “Highly unlikely scenario that we’re now living in,” and won’t need to raise any additional capital until 2013. In […]
ITALIAN DEBT FUNDING COSTS SOAR
November 25th, 2011Via: Reuters: Italy paid a record 6.5 percent to borrow money over six months on Friday and its longer-term funding costs soared far above levels seen as sustainable for public finances, raising the pressure on Rome’s new emergency government. The auction yield on the six-month paper almost doubled compared to a month earlier, capping a […]
Google Quits Plans to Make Cheap Renewable Energy
November 24th, 2011Via: Reuters: Google Inc has abandoned an ambitious project to make renewable energy cheaper than coal, the latest target of Chief Executive Larry Page’s moves to focus the Internet giant on fewer efforts. Google said on Tuesday that it was pulling the plug on seven projects, including Renewable Energy Cheaper than Coal as well as […]
GERMAN BOND AUCTION FAILS
November 23rd, 2011Via: Reuters: A “disastrous” sale of German benchmark bonds sparked fears on Wednesday the debt crisis was beginning to threaten even Berlin, with the Bundesbank forced to dig deep into its pockets to ensure the auction did not fail. In one of the least successful debt sales by Europe’s powerhouse economy since the launch of […]
Malls Track Shoppers with Cell Phone Surveillance Systems
November 23rd, 2011Via: CNN: Attention holiday shoppers: your cell phone may be tracked this year. Starting on Black Friday and running through New Year’s Day, two U.S. malls — Promenade Temecula in southern California and Short Pump Town Center in Richmond, Va. — will track guests’ movements by monitoring the signals from their cell phones. While the […]
