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Some lives were changed recently: Gold Treasure Found Inside A British Piano (Mercury News) — British officials say they’ve been unable to trace the rightful
Some lives were changed recently: Gold Treasure Found Inside A British Piano (Mercury News) — British officials say they’ve been unable to trace the rightful
For most people, the doctor visit hasn’t changed in decades. Same physical waiting rooms, same paper forms to fill out, same slow, expensive tests and
The rise of French far-right presidential candidate Marine Le Pen has made a lot of people nervous since, among many other things, she’s in favor
The frustration out there is palpable. Skim the comments sections of popular financial sites like Zero Hedge or Seeking Alpha and you’ll see gloom-and-doomy articles
Last year the California Public Employees’ Retirement System, otherwise known as Calpers, cut the expected return on the funds it invests for plan beneficiaries from
US growth, such as it is, has lately been driven by a handful of hot sectors. Car sales have set records, high-end real estate is
For a while there it looked like the US and its main trading partners had finally achieved escape velocity. Growth was up, inflation was poking
“White privilege” is such a commonly accepted pillar of American society that it’s become material for comics. As Chris Rock tells his audience in the
After the recent deluge of videos showing police abusing and sometimes flat-out murdering more-or-less innocent citizens, the willingness of a growing number of cities to
Readers of a certain age will remember when state universities were a bit spartan but extremely cheap. Middle class families could send their kids to
Inflation is back, thanks to the past few years’ exuberant borrowing and currency creation. Meanwhile, populist politicians are gaining traction in Europe, threatening both the
One of the traditional signs of market tops is individual investors finally succumbing to the lure of apparently easy money and pouring their savings into
In the past 48 hours, two stories broke that illustrate how dominant technology has become in the age-old war between freedom and control: Malware Lets
When the history of these times is written, former Fed Chair Alan Greenspan will be one of the major villains, but also one of the
In 1980, the US government – along with pretty much all of its peers – began borrowing at an accelerating rate. Note on the following
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