The Chinese Government’s Direct Debt Could Rise To 40% of #GDP by 2018, 45% Within A Decade
TweetChina’s newly reclaimed role as the “Middle Kingdom,” showcased at a recent gathering of world leaders in Beijing to celebrate China’s “New Silk Road,” should have vanquished any lingering doubts about China’s commitment to weaving its markets and manufacturers more closely into the global economy. “We need to seek win-win results ...
Digital #Fintech Economy Seen Presenting New Opportunity for US-ASEAN Engagement
TweetCountries that make up the Association of Southeast Asian Nations will be a wellspring of opportunity for the United States because of growth in the region’s digital economy and its young population, researchers say. Those combined forces will “create a much more dynamic [economy] … over the coming decades,” said Satu ...
Tech Juggernauts Gather at the White House to Modernize Government $QQQ $AAPL`
TweetA slew of high tech heavyweights, some of whom have criticized President Donald Trump’s policies, huddled at the White House Monday as the administration kicked off its “technology week.” The chief executive officers of companies ranging from Amazon (the world’s largest internet company by revenue) to cloud computing giant VMware, held ...
The US military says it has shot down an armed, Iran-made drone near a garrison in Syria’s southeast
TweetThe US military says it has shot down an armed, Iran-made drone that had been bearing down on its forces near a garrison in Syria’s southeast. In the latest sign of increasingly frequent confrontation with Damascus and its allies, Tuesday’s incident closely followed Sunday’s US downing of a piloted Syrian army ...
Fixing the toxic sleazy corporate culture like Uber’s requires more than just a new CEO
TweetBy Katina Sawyer, Assistant Professor of Psychology, Villanova University and Christian Thoroughgood, Assistant Professor of Psychology and Human Resource Development, Villanova University. A toxic corporate culture may begin at the top, but it doesn’t end there. AP Photo/Eric Risberg In times of organizational crisis, some companies are able to right the ...
SO, Massive Russian collusion, BUT not by President Trump
TweetPresident Donald Trump (Photo: Twitter) Is it just me, or is everyone missing the biggest, most mind-boggling part of the never-ending “Trump-Russia collusion” drama? I’m talking about something more troubling than ex-FBI chief James Comey being one of the biggest leakers, or his refusing for months to inform Americans that Donald ...
Naturally, Drones Are Being Used To Fly Drugs and Porn Into Jail(s)
TweetInmates increasingly use drones to smuggle anything from cell phones to weapons into jails across the country, according to Department of Justice (DOJ) documents released in mid-June. The documents, obtained through the Freedom of Information Act, reveal more than a dozen attempts to transport mobile phones, drugs, and porn into federal ...
Legendary Radio Billionaire Rush Limbaugh: U.S. facing a ‘major divide’ it can’t escape
TweetU.S. flag waves during lightning strikes (Photo: Twitter) It’s damning proof that the U.S. is now suffering a “major divide” that may be insurmountable, says talk-radio star Rush Limbaugh: A gunman brainwashed by leftist politicians and the mainstream media carried a hit list of six Republicans in his pocket before he ...
Read This Ridiculous ‘Consensus’ On Global Warming
TweetA scientific consensus has emerged among top mainstream climate scientists that “skeptics” or “lukewarmers” were not long ago derided for suggesting – there was a nearly two-decade long “hiatus” in global warming that climate models failed to accurately predict or replicate. A new paper, led by climate scientist Benjamin Santer, adds ...
OH $SNAP, Snapchat’s Stock Price Off a Cliff $FB
TweetSnap Inc. shares took a dive Tuesday following news from Carolyn Everson, Facebook’s global head of sales, that Instagram stories had officially reached 250 million daily active users, CNBC reported. Facebook purchased Instagram in 2012 ...