Monthly Archives: October, 2016

Could Innovative New Tech Stem the Retail Return Tsunami?

In 2015 Americans returned $260.5 billion worth of retail merchandise. That's an astonishing 8% of total sales. Much of that returned inventory can't simply be placed...

Worthy Reads: Venezuelans gather for mass march against Maduro

Slowdown in State, Local Investment Dents U.S. Economy (WSJ) ‘High pressure economy’ may punish both stocks and bonds in 2017 (MarketWatch) Google puts the brakes on Fiber and...

Portfolio Strategy: Will the Bubble Get bigger?

Janet Yellen gave a speech earlier this month where she suggested that the Fed should run a “high-pressure” economy in an effort to fix...

Is Your Valuable Credit Card Information at Risk Right Now?

October is Cyber Security awareness month , and I've been writing (read here, here, and here) that you must protect yourself from hackers and scammers....

Germany Massively Wasting Its Potential to Grow

The Wall Street Journal shows that German businesses have piled up $500 billion in cash and deposits leading to underinvestment in German industry. FRANKFURT—German companies...

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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,...

UK’s Last Blast Furnace Could Close by June

British Steel, owned by Chinese company Jingye, has announced...

World’s Largest Copper Producer Shifts Copper Sales to U.S.

Fabian Cambero of Reuters reports that Codelco, the world's...

Survive and Thrive March 2025: “I Don’t Understand Bonds,” Says Everybody

Dear Survivor, “I don’t understand bonds,” says everybody. Which is...

UK’s Electricity Prices Surge to the Highest Globally

A recent House of Commons Committee of Public Accounts'...

The Power of a Compound Interest Table

Compound interest was described as the greatest mathematical discovery...

New Nuclear Batteries: A Future Without Charging?

American Chemical Society (ACS) reports that researchers led by...

Natural Gas Consumption Soars in Pennsylvania’s Power Sector

Since 2013, natural gas has become Pennsylvania’s primary fuel...

Revitalizing U.S. Mineral Production

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

Trump’s ‘Liberation Day’: New Tariffs Set to Reshape U.S. Trade

As U.S. President Donald Trump prepares to unveil his...