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Beware The Great Bifurcation

Authored by Mark Jeftovic via Guerilla-Capitalism.com, This is part 4 of the Jackpot Chronicles: Four Post-Coronavirus Scenarios. Read the series here, or sign up for Guerrilla Capitalism here. “In the future there will only be one occupation: managing one’s wealth. And the majority of the population will be unemployed.” – Me. The…

bubmagMay 19, 2020

Nancy Pelosi

Pelosi warns against “morbidly obese” Trump taking hydroxychloroquine

Washington — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi warned Monday that President Trump should not be taking hydroxychloroquine, an antimalarial drug the president has touted as a treatment for COVID-19, given his age and because he is "morbidly obese.""As far as the president is concerned, he's our president and I would rather…

bubmagMay 19, 2020

Self-driving Vehicles

Tesla Will Boost Its Full Self-Driving Software Price to $8,000 in July

As the electric-car maker's driver-assist software package moves closer to being truly full self-driving, the company is raising its price. Elon Musk has said the vehicles Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA) is selling today could become appreciating assets over time. We're starting to see a preview of what the CEO means by that. The…

bubmagMay 19, 2020

Soundcloud

Park Hye Jin Previews New EP With Propulsive Single ‘Like This’

Park Hye Jin’s 2018 debut EP, If U Want It, knit together sleek, understated house and brusque hip-hop to great effect. She sang and rapped in both English and her native Korean, throwing out jabbing, chanted phrases in blasé monotone over stubby keyboard loops and no-frills drum programming. Songs like…

bubmagMay 19, 2020

Machine Learning

2021 Genesis G80 Starts At $47,700 – Undercuts Mercedes E-Class By Over $6,000

Genesis has announced the 2021 G80 will be priced from $47,700 when it goes on sale in the United States this summer. Costing $5,150 more than its predecessor, the 2021 G80 has a bold new design that is sportier and far more upscale than before. In terms of the entry-level…

bubmagMay 19, 2020

NOAA

Hurricanes really are getting stronger, just like climate models predicted

Home News NASA astronaut Christina Koch shared this view of Hurricane Dorian from the International Space Station on Sept. 2, 2019. (Image: © Astro_Christina/Twitter) Hurricanes are getting stronger as the world gets warmer, according to a new analysis.Studying how hurricanes have changed over time is difficult. The tools scientists use…

bubmagMay 19, 2020

Xi Jinping

Reopening states aren’t seeing an economic boom

Hello, everyone! Welcome to the next edition of Insider Today. Please sign up here. What's going on this Tuesday….Withdrawing from WHO would be a colossal mistake. It's not crazy for Trump to take hydroxychloroquine. Anti-mask zealots are abusing disability laws. The economy's barely doing better in reopened states. White House…

bubmagMay 19, 2020

Alibaba

They’re famous for their investments. But Warren Buffett and Masa Son keep striking out

New York (CNN Business)SoftBank is often described as the Berkshire Hathaway of tech. That was once a flattering comparison. But the investing track records for the Japanese firm run by Masayoshi Son and Berkshire's Warren Buffett have soured lately.SoftBank (SFTBF) has been hit hard by the huge drop in the…

bubmagMay 19, 2020

Robert Mugabe

‘Tortured Zimbabwe abductees’ may face prosecution

Opposition MP Joana Mamombe is one of the three women who allege they were tortured by state agentsZimbabwe's justice minister has threatened to prosecute three female opposition members who allege they were arrested and then abducted from police custody and sexually assaulted.They say they were beaten and forced to drink…

bubmagMay 19, 2020

Green Deal

Press release -19: MEPs urge quick action to prevent “huge recession”

In an EP webinar on the EU’s long-term budget and response to the crisis, MEPs urged that the recovery fund must be set up as soon as possible to prevent a major recession. In Tuesday’s EP webinar for journalists on the EU long-term budget and Europe’s economic recovery plan, MEPs…

bubmagMay 19, 2020

Pelosi warns against “morbidly obese” Trump taking hydroxychloroquine

Tesla Will Boost Its Full Self-Driving Software Price to $8,000 in July

Park Hye Jin Previews New EP With Propulsive Single ‘Like This’

2021 Genesis G80 Starts At $47,700 – Undercuts Mercedes E-Class By Over $6,000

Hurricanes really are getting stronger, just like climate models predicted

Reopening states aren’t seeing an economic boom

They’re famous for their investments. But Warren Buffett and Masa Son keep striking out

‘Tortured Zimbabwe abductees’ may face prosecution

Press release -19: MEPs urge quick action to prevent “huge recession”

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