Monthly Archives: May, 2016

Hedge Funds Fail

This week it was reported that Tudor Investment Corp., one of America’s most expensive hedge funds, will be cutting its very high fees from...

Worthy Reads: China Loses Resolve to Revamp Yuan

China Loses Resolve to Revamp Yuan (WSJ) Save the Planet by Drinking Beer, Wastewater Beer (Bloomberg) The Ideal Bet: Firms That Don’t Invest (WSJ) What’s next for...

Joseph’s Garage Featured in Babson Magazine

You will love this story about the Joseph brothers featured in Babson Magazine Spring 2016. They run a third-generation business in Norwell, MA started...

The Monday Melee: Student Loans Soar

Graduates Face Tidal Wave of Debt As another crop of students graduates from colleges and universities across America, they face uneven job prospects and the...

Worthy Reads: U.S. Corporate Debt Stirs Concern

Valeant Investor Sequoia Fund to Limit Stakes in a Single Stock (WSJ) Why there could be a Laffer curve — for the fed funds rate...

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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...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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...

META’s Undersea Cable Navigates Around Global Conflicts

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

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

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

Breakthrough Material Enables Ultra-Fast Battery Charging

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