Monthly Archives: January, 2015

The Happiest Countries in the World

There's something about the Scandinavian countries. Despite brutal cold and scarce sunshine, the countries at Europe's northern periphery consistently perform at the top of the world's happiness rankings. In fact Denmark and Norway were ranked the first and second happiest countries by the World Happiness Report (a U.N. publication). Sweden came in at fifth happiest, followed shortly by Finland at seventh and Iceland at ninth.

Global Currency Wars

The currency wars that the world's major economic powers are engaged in are not being fought with the same tactics as previous currency wars. There are no tariffs or duties being slapped on foreign produced goods, and you will hear no official policy of currency devaluation from government officials. But don't let that fool you.

The Monday Melee: Tuesday Edition

Are You Dropping Cable This Year? What We’re Reading: Tax Reform Should Go Right Down Main Street (The Wall Street Journal) What happens if the ECB pulls...

Obama’s Motives for Raising the Capital Gains Tax

All you need to know about Obama’s motives for wanting to raise the capital gains tax in a one minute video. This is from...

IMF: Outlook Not So Good

While the U.S. has been enjoying some economic success of late, much of the world is looking gloomier. The IMF made a big cut...

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U.S. Approves Deepwater Oil Port

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Grok-3: Elon Musk’s AI Challenger to OpenAI’s GPT-4

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Seawater Desalination Breakthrough Could Save Billions

Derek Smith at the University of Michigan News reports...

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