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Chinese Economy

Global Markets Edge Lower Amid Worries Over Saudi Arabia and China

Global stocks were mainly lower on Monday after strikes in Saudi Arabia led to a jump in oil prices and new data cast further doubt over the health of the Chinese economy. European stocks lost ground, with the DAX index in Germany down 0.7 percent, while Asi…

bubmagSeptember 16, 2019

Plastic Pollution

American Express and Parley for the Oceans Announce First-Ever Card Made Primarily with Reclaimed Plastic from Parley and Launch a Global Campaign to #BackOurOceans

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Today, American Express (NYSE: AXP) is proud to announce an expanded commitment to combat marine plastic pollution through several company-wide programs, including: Unveiling the first-ever Card made primarily with reclai…

bubmagSeptember 16, 2019

Water Scarcity

The Blood-Dimmed Tide

This dystopian vision of a new era of climate-driven geopolitical conflict and ideological regression has been lurching into the foreground of global politics for at least the past generation. No one in power today can credibly say they werent warned. They ca…

bubmagSeptember 16, 2019

Exoskeleton

Shedinja Is Just A Dead Corpse That Steals Souls

Every Pokemon is interesting and worth talking about. I dont play a ton of Pokemon, but I do enjoy the universe and I love learning more about the creatures in it. So, Heres Another Pokemon! Its Shedinja! Thanks for the suggestion GlydeBane! Shedinja Detail…

bubmagSeptember 16, 2019

Barack Obama

Joe Biden says white people ‘can never fully understand’ racism during visit to black church

Former Vice President and 2020 candidate Joe Biden visited a black church in Birmingham, Alabama, on Sunday and told the congregation that white people "can never fully understand" institutional racism in the United States. He had been visiting the 16th St…

bubmagSeptember 16, 2019

Moravec‘s Paradox

A former Google engineer warned that robot weapons could cause accidental mass killings

A former Google engineer who worked on the company's infamous military drone project has sounded a warning against the building of killer robots. Laura Nolan had been working at Google four years when she was recruited to its collaboration with the US Depa…

bubmagSeptember 16, 2019

NASDAQ

Stocks are plunging as traders pile into havens after a drone strike slashed Saudi oil output

European equities and US futures plunged on Monday after a drone attack on a Saudi Arabian oil facility slashed global output by nearly 6%. Brent crude spiked as much as 20% — its biggest intraday move on record, according to Bloomberg— spurring traders to dr…

bubmagSeptember 16, 2019

NASDAQ

Stocks are plunging as traders pile into havens after a drone strike slashed Saudi oil output

Associated Press European equities and US futures plunged on Monday after a drone attack on a Saudi Arabian oil facility slashed global output by nearly 6%.Traders dropped stocks in favor of gold and other haven assets after Brent crude spik…

bubmagSeptember 16, 2019

Drones

Microsoft’s trickiest product might be its most important

Video game controllers are the pinnacle of ergonomic hardware. Every button, trigger, and analog sensor has been painstakingly shaped, positioned, and thought out. $100 million was spent designing the Xbox One alone; the device works so well for most people t…

bubmagSeptember 16, 2019

Protectionism

FA Center: Trade wars and tariffs aren’t the biggest culprit if stocks stumble from here

Does a trade war threaten to plunge stocks into a bear market? Conventional wisdom thinks so. Consider that a tweet from President Donald Trump about tariffs can send the market spinning or soaring. In fact, of course, the matter is far more complex than wha…

bubmagSeptember 16, 2019

Global Markets Edge Lower Amid Worries Over Saudi Arabia and China

American Express and Parley for the Oceans Announce First-Ever Card Made Primarily with Reclaimed Plastic from Parley and Launch a Global Campaign to #BackOurOceans

The Blood-Dimmed Tide

Shedinja Is Just A Dead Corpse That Steals Souls

Joe Biden says white people ‘can never fully understand’ racism during visit to black church

A former Google engineer warned that robot weapons could cause accidental mass killings

Stocks are plunging as traders pile into havens after a drone strike slashed Saudi oil output

Stocks are plunging as traders pile into havens after a drone strike slashed Saudi oil output

Microsoft’s trickiest product might be its most important

FA Center: Trade wars and tariffs aren’t the biggest culprit if stocks stumble from here

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