Hedge Fund Analyst Query: Is $3 per MMBTU of natural gas the new normal? $UNG
Tweet Your boss runs into your office and slaps this report onto your desk: Don’t Sub-$3 Is Natural-Gas_Dont-Bet-Against-Innovation_Sub-3-Is-the-New-Norma After reading the report and using your knowledge of how capital cycles work, what would you say to your boss about using the information in that report for investing? IF you wanted to make ...
Jerusalem court: Palestine tortured dozens of suspected collaborators with Israel
Tweet In landmark ruling, judge says Ramallah must pay damages for the harm caused to 51 plaintiffs between 1990 and 2003 By Times of Israel staff A Palestinian prisoner holds the bars of a jail cell, illustrative (Channel 2 news) The Palestinian Authority systematically tortured dozens of suspected collaborators with Israel between ...
Israel tech firms raise $1.26 billion in the second quarter of 2017
Tweet A report by IVC-Zag S&W says funds raised constitute the second-highest quarterly amount of the past five years By Shoshanna Solomon Money image via Shutterstock Israeli high-tech firms raised $1.26 billion in the second quarter of the year, the second-highest quarterly amount in the past five years, IVC Research Center and ...
Despite Lawsuits Over Drug Prices, Insurance Giant $UNH Brags on Revenue Growth
Tweet As congressional lawmakers feuded over the fate of the nation’s health care system, insurance giant UnitedHealth Group reported stellar second-quarter earnings, which included more than $15.8 billion in revenue for a business segment at the roots of multiple class-action lawsuits against the company — and one that many blame for skyrocketing ...
CEOs at Major US Firms Earn 271 Times as Much as Employees, MUST STOP $SBUX
Tweet A study by the Economic Policy Institute says the chief executive officers of America’s largest firms were paid an average of $15.6 million each in 2016. In a report published Thursday, authors Lawrence Mischel and Jessica Schieder say that amount is 271 times as much as a “typical” worker’s earnings at ...
The TOP 5 Global Self-Driving Programs: Baidu, Yandex And Didi Chuxing $BIDU $MSFT
Tweet Autonomous driving is catching on globally even though some major work on the technology is still being done in the U.S. The latest company to join the global self-driving race is Microsoft, which has teamed up with its Chinese rival Baidu to spur the global adoption of self-driving. “Today’s vehicles already ...
A Korean Beautify Company’s Snail Slime Skin Care Products Are All The Rage
Tweet United States retailers started marketing Korean beauty products containing snail slime to the mainstream beauty industry, reported Bloomberg Wednesday. Korean beauty retailers reported earlier this year they would be expanding their products to United States companies such as Target, CVS and Ulta. Over the years, Korean beauty products received a reputation ...
In Effort to Save $2 billion, Embattled Wells Fargo to shut down 450 branches nationwide $WFC
Tweet WASHINGTON, July 19, 2017 – Wells Fargo has launched an initiative to cut expenses by $2 billion by the end of 2019. This goal will be accomplished in part by eliminating 450 local branches across the country. Wells Fargo currently operates the largest branch network in the United States. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sy3SaNFfs7g Earlier ...
This Plant-like robot can grow 250x its length, manipulate objects, form complex shapes
Tweet A new soft robot designed by researchers from the University of California, Santa Barbara can ‘grow’ like a plant – only much faster. Image credits Elliot W. Hawkes et al., 2017. A team from Stanford Uni and the University of California, led by Elliot Hawkes of UoC’s Department of Mechanical Engineering ...
Famed Surrealist, Salvador Dali’s body exhumed for paternity test (video)
Tweet The body of surrealist artist Salvador Dali is being exhumed from the Dalí Theatre-Museum in Figueres, north-eastern Spain. Samples will be taken from his body for a paternity test after a woman claiming to be his daughter won her case in court last month. I’m in the town where Salvador Dalí ...