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Orangutan

Secrets of orangutan language revealed

"Climb on me", "climb on you" and "resume play" are among the requests wild orangutans make to each other, researchers say. In the first in-depth study of gestures among wild orangutans, University of Exeter scientists identified 11 vocal signals and 21 phys…

bubmagDecember 9, 2019

Little Italy

Emmy Squared’s Popular Detroit-Style Pies Land on the UES Tuesday

Emmy Squared Plus, Intersect has a Mrs. Maisel -branded Hanukkah planned — and more intel Emmy Squared opens Tuesday on the Upper East Side The Upper East Side is the latest recipient of Emmy Squared ’s Detroit-style pies with a big following…

bubmagDecember 9, 2019

Barack Obama

Elizabeth Warren’s New Ad Reminds Voters Of Her Alliance With Obama

Former Vice President Joe Biden isn’t the only Democratic presidential candidate who can put former President Barack Obama in his ads. One of Sen. Elizabeth Warren’s newest ads in Iowa features footage of Obama announcing that she would help lead the creatio…

bubmagDecember 9, 2019

Barack Obama

Top US officials knew the Afghanistan war was unwinnable and ‘lied’ — costing $1 trillion and 2,351 American lives

US officials have been lying to the American people about US failures in Afghanistan, where the US military has been fighting its longest armed conflict in US history, a collection of confidential documents obtained by the Washington Post revealed. Over the …

bubmagDecember 9, 2019

Holocaust

Paul Volcker, Former Federal Reserve Chairman, Dies At 92

Paul Volcker, the former Federal Reserve chairman who in the early 1980s raised interest rates to historic highs and triggered a recession as the price of quashing double-digit inflation, died, according to his office. He was 92. Volcker took charge of the …

bubmagDecember 9, 2019

Venezuela

Iran’s Budget Is Mostly Bluff

(Bloomberg Opinion) -- Theres a sprinkling of wishful thinking in all budget announcements. Governments always want to foster a sense of hope among their citizens, never more so than during hard times. But the budget unveiled over the weekend by Iranian Presi…

bubmagDecember 9, 2019

Silk Road

Commentary: China Seeks Additional Ties/Influence In Europe

As FreightWaves has been reporting, China has continued its slow incursion into foreign markets through logistics infrastructure. The Chinese have financed and produced upgrades of railways, highways, ports and pipelines all over the world as part of an inter…

bubmagDecember 9, 2019

Trade War

Stocks are mostly lower on Wall Street with trade in focus

NEW YORK (AP) U.S. stocks are mostly lower in afternoon trading Monday as investors waited for the latest updates about trade negotiations and the economy. Wall Street is particularly focused on developments in the trade war ahead of a new round of tariffs o…

bubmagDecember 9, 2019

Barack Obama

Former Federal Reserve Chairman Paul Volcker Dies at 92

Former Federal Reserve Chairman Paul Volcker has died at age 92. Volcker headed the central bank from 1979 to 1987. When he took over, the economy was suffering from runaway inflation. Volcker pushed interest rates to historic highs to tame it, triggering a r…

bubmagDecember 9, 2019

Bubble

Ubuntu 20.04 LTS Survey Launched — You Can Help Shape Ubuntu’s Future

Ubuntu turned 15 this year and is still going strong but what next for the leading desktop Linux distribution? Well, to find out Canonical has launched a brand new user survey. The responses collected through the survey will be used to ‘inform’ decisions on…

bubmagDecember 9, 2019

Secrets of orangutan language revealed

Emmy Squared’s Popular Detroit-Style Pies Land on the UES Tuesday

Elizabeth Warren’s New Ad Reminds Voters Of Her Alliance With Obama

Top US officials knew the Afghanistan war was unwinnable and ‘lied’ — costing $1 trillion and 2,351 American lives

Paul Volcker, Former Federal Reserve Chairman, Dies At 92

Iran’s Budget Is Mostly Bluff

Commentary: China Seeks Additional Ties/Influence In Europe

Stocks are mostly lower on Wall Street with trade in focus

Former Federal Reserve Chairman Paul Volcker Dies at 92

Ubuntu 20.04 LTS Survey Launched — You Can Help Shape Ubuntu’s Future

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