FBI Launches Probe Into "Criminal Violations" By Mt.Gox
It does not appear that things are getting any better for the virtual currency exchange named after "Magic: The Gathering." · **FBI SAID TO BE PROBING POSSIBLE CRIMINAL VIOLATIONS BY MT. GOX* · **U.S....
View ArticleEP Minerals, LLC Announces Price Increases on Clay and Diatomaceous Earth...
RENO, Nev.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--EP Minerals, LLC, a global leader in industrial minerals, announced today that it is implementing a minimum 10% price increase on all clay and diatomaceous earth (DE)...
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Bozell: CPAC Has a Lot to Answer for over 'Nauseating' Atheist Invite
The dust has yet to settle over the disagreement with the aborted decision by the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) to extend an invitation to an atheist group to participate in this...
View ArticleFrom Primetime to Facetime: How the Evolution of TV and Video Has Changed Our...
Only three years after Steve Jobs released his first iPhone model, the Facetime-boasting iPhone 4 was introduced, and suddenly, everyone became a video producer, director or actor any time they simply...
View ArticleThese 22 Lost Classics Of Motown Deserve To Be Rediscovered
When it comes to songs about first love, true love and heartbreak, we go back, again and again, to a record label that took its heart and soul from Detroit: Motown. The home of Stevie Wonder, the...
View ArticleZircon crystal confirmed by scientists to be 4.4 BILLION years old
Scientists have discovered a piece of the Earth’s crust that dates back roughly 4.4 billion years — only a shade younger than the planet’s known origin. Reported by NY Daily News 9 minutes ago.
View ArticleActually, that asteroid did not nearly hit Earth
The Internet lit up with reports last week that a big rock was on a path to nearly strike the Earth on Monday night, Feb. 17. This was not true. But it made for a grabby headline. As in: Reported by...
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What Went Wrong at Mt. Gox and What's Next for Bitcoin
Filed under: Currency, Global Economy, Internet, Internet Fraud *AFP/Getty Images/Yoshikazu Tsuno* By Joshua Brustein *How Did Mt. Gox Lose Hundreds of Millions of Dollars' Worth of Bitcoins?* Two...
View ArticleCNBC's Joe Kernen: Climate Change Is 'Like Witchcraft'
We know the media doesn't like to talk about climate change much, but this latest case of global warming denial has taken things to a new level. CNBC's Joe Kernen said Thursday morning that climate...
View ArticleLearning From McDonald's
Imagine a version of It's a Wonderful Life, only the main character is not George Bailey (James Stewart) a bank executive with financial problems but McDonald's. Imagine the guardian angel Clarence...
View ArticleThere’s a secret Wall Street society, and this Cincinnati investment pro is a...
Imagine a group of top-level Wall Street executives carousing at one of New York’s nicest hotel ballrooms as part of a secret group called Kappa Beta Phi. Until a week ago, almost no one knew this...
View ArticleDr Daud Shah Saba: "The Afghan economy is a man's economy"
Dr Daud Shah Saba was the Governor of Herat from 2010 to 2013. He resigned in July 2013, citing rampant corruption and the failure of the central government to bring about promised reforms. He holds a...
View ArticleDot Earth Blog: Global Warming Basics from the U.S. and British Science...
More basics from the leading science academies on what we know and don’t know about greenhouse gases and global warming. Reported by NYTimes.com 4 hours ago.
View ArticleAmbassador Locke reflects on time in China as he heads for the exit
BEIJING -- As the United States' first Chinese American ambassador to China, Gary Locke made an impression on many ordinary people here with his down-to-earth ways – carrying his own backpack, paying...
View ArticleSpider-Man And Stars To Join Earth Hour Event In Singapore
SINGAPORE and LOS ANGELES, Feb. 27, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- WWF Singapore and Earth Hour Global today announced the director, producers, and cast of the highly anticipated upcoming motion picture The...
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Greenpeace Founder: No Scientific Proof for Global Warming
Greenpeace co-founder Patrick Moore told a Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, “There is no scientific proof that human emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2) are the dominant cause of the minor...
View ArticleConcise Analysis of the International and Chinese Rare Earth Permanent Magnet...
DUBLIN, Feb. 27, 2014 /PRNewswire/ --Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/5dggzd/global_and) has announced the addition of the "Concise Analysis of the International and...
View ArticleInnovation Earth: A Rooftop Farm, Coming Soon to Your Supermarket
We Americans, living in the land of fast-food drive-throughs and cardboard tomatoes for some time now, are starting to gain an appreciation for high-quality food. The number of farmers markets in the...
View ArticleThe Unscientific Consensus
Growing up in the 80s and 90s in Chevy Chase, Maryland, an inside-the-Beltway suburb, I only learned one thing about fossil fuels: they were causing global warming. That is, the CO2 my parents' SUV was...
View ArticleThe 2014 Academy Awards (Sort Of)
Warning: This parody contains frank language and images of Shia LaBeouf. Parental guidance is suggested. (INT. DOLBY THEATRE - Angle on Shia LaBeouf wearing diapers and shouting, "Baby's no longer in...
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