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Amazon to Use Drones for Deliveries
The same technology employed by the Pentagon and CIA to deliver bombs to targets in the Middle East will soon be used to...
As Bitcoin Prices Increase, So Do Concerns
With their nearly vertical rise in price, the digital currency Bitcoins are coming under increased scrutiny by skeptics and naysayers. ...
Read moreThe Bitcoin Continues to Gain Credibility From Merchants and the Fed
The Bitcoin is no passing fancy but is gaining credibility daily as a better alternative to central banks' fiat currencies. ...
Read moreAtlanta Mayor’s Spat With Street Vendors Goes National
If Atlanta's Mayor Kasim Reed had just followed the law and the court's ruling, his recent spat with street vendors would never have...
Read moreKickstarter Marks Another Milestone
Kickstarter provides a platform that matches entrepreneurs with capital. The results are borderline miraculous. ...
Read moreLower Gas Prices Coming?
An October 25 article for CNBC predicted that gas prices, down significantly from where they were in April, would continue to slide by...
Read morePuerto Rico’s Bond Prices Are Falling Sharply, Foreshadowing U.S. Problems
The economic problems facing Puerto Rico are the same problems facing the United States, and they are caused by the same things. ...
Read moreTreasury Refuses to Sell Its Gold Even in the Event of Default
Even in the event of a pending default, the Treasury will not be selling any of its gold reserves to pay the government’s...
Read moreAmerica’s Re-shoring of Jobs Is Accelerating
The latest report from Boston Consulting Group provides encouraging evidence that millions of American jobs off-shored will soon be returning. ...
Read moreUnited States to Become the World’s Primary Energy Producer in Four Years
The direct and indirect impacts of the United States becoming the world's primary energy producer in the next fours years are just coming...
Read moreChinese State-Owned Company Purchases Smithfield Foods
Smithfield Foods, the largest pork producer in the world, based in Smithfield, Virginia, has been purchased by Communist Chinese state-owned enterprise Shuanghui Group. ...
Read moreJackson Hole Conclave: Central Bankers Plan Global Theft, Massive Pain
Investing legend Jim Rogers: “They’re going to take our bank accounts and retirement accounts.” ...
Read moreFederal Court Rules That the Bitcoin Is Money
The federal court ruling that bitcoins are money is just one more step toward full and wide acceptance of the digital currency as...
Read moreDeclines in Trust, Revenues Force Sales and Spinoffs of Newspapers
Back-to-back sales of prominent newspapers this week continues a trend at least a decade old as their readers increasingly get their news from...
Read moreJobs Reports: U.S. Turning Into a Part-time Worker Economy
The gradual conversion of the American economy into one of part-time workers continues apace. The latest report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics...
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