Monthly Archives: May, 2016

Worthy Reads: Oil Prices Poised to Hit Sweet Spot

Oil Prices Poised to Hit Sweet Spot (WSJ) This 116-year-old woman dispensed fantastic advice about life and money (MarketWatch) Once Bullish, Miners Turn Bearish on Metals...

Meet the One Person Every Business in the World Needs

Happy Memorial Day Weekend. Time for remembrance. Time for summer. Time to get to work. When I was a kid I had three different jobs:...

Worthy Reads: LendingClub Fund Falters

LendingClub Fund Falters (WSJ) Venezuela sells gold reserves as economy worsens (FT) India’s Modi Defends Efforts to Jolt Economy (WSJ) Saudi Oil Policy Is Set in Stone...

Jimmy Buffett’s: A Pirate Looks at 40

Make sure you have a chance to appreciate where you’re going and where you’ve been. Jimmy Buffett put on a pop-up show Monday in Austin,...

Worthy Reads: Corporate America Chases the Mythical Millennial

Panama Canal Fever Sweeps Globe Again as New Era in Trade Nears (Bloomberg) Breakthrough Greek deal unlocks $11.5 billion in fresh bailout loans (MarketWatch) Oil at...

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The Mysterious ALS Cluster in the French Alps: Is It Linked to Toxic Mushrooms?

Terence Monmaney of Popular Science reports that in Montchavin,...

When a Dollar is Gone, There is No Redo

One minute you’re climbing up Odell’s Gully in hurricane...

Revitalizing U.S. Mineral Production

President Donald Trump signed the executive order Immediate Measures...

Gold Price Surge Triggers Jewelry Sell-Off

Gold prices have soared more than 15% in 2025,...

Retirement: Do You Have a Guy to Help You Prepare?

Are you prepared for what you don’t know? “The...

Venezuela’s Oil Trade Disrupted by Trump’s Tariff Order

On March 14, 2025, President Trump issued an executive...

META’s Undersea Cable Navigates Around Global Conflicts

Margo Anderson of IEEE Spectrum reports that Meta's new...

Breakthrough Material Enables Ultra-Fast Battery Charging

Prabhat Ranjan Mishra of Interesting Engineering reports that scientists...

Massive Copper Shipments Head to U.S. Amid Tariff Probe

Mercuria estimates 500,000 tons of copper are heading to...

Trump Aims to Cut China Off from U.S. Tech

The U.S. Commerce Department has added over 70 Chinese...