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Climate Change

California Today: The Raisin Industry? Not Such a Dry Subject

What did that mean? When he was pushed, the whole story came out. It involves menacing notes, death threats and the potential burning of Sun-Maids raisins. You can read all about it here. On the invitation of one of my sources, the private detective Rocky Pi…

bubmagMay 3, 2019

Little Red Riding Hood

Pic of the Week: Big Bad Wolf Edition

Page from “Red Riding Hood,” Lydia L.A. Very, 1863. Cover, right. Photos by Shawn Miller. Frankly, we’ve always wondered about how quick on the uptake Little Red Riding Hood actually was. Not to put too fine a point on it, but if you can’t tell the differenc…

bubmagMay 3, 2019

SpaceX

SpaceX delays launch to freshly repaired space station – Business Standard

SpaceX delayed a supply run Friday to the International Space Station, back to full power and accepting deliveries after quick repairs. A Falcon rocket was poised to blast off before dawn Friday, with a Dragon cargo capsule. But an electrical problem cropped…

bubmagMay 3, 2019

Animal Protection

Why South Korea Is Seeing a Boom in Mobile Animal Cremation Services

According to the latest poll conducted by South Koreas Animal and Plant Quarantine Agency last year, 55.7 percent of respondents hope to use animal cremation facilities when their pets die. Based on the result, the agency projected that about 7,054 pets will …

bubmagMay 3, 2019

Silk Road

‘Vogue’ China Editor-in-Chief Angelica Cheung on Defining ‘Chinese Style’

"Made in China is no longer a dirty word," said Taiwanese-Canadian designer Jason Wu, while accepting the Leadership Award at the annual China Fashion Gala on Wednesday night. "It stands for prestige, craftsmanship, beauty, integrity and those aren't things t…

bubmagMay 3, 2019

Times Square

Richard Turley covers Manhattan with “an exploded magazine”

Getting anything noticed in New York City is a tricky business at the best of times, with the citys residents mostly rushed off their feet and weary of the general advertising onslaught. But if theres one thing that will grab their attention, its a digitally …

bubmagMay 3, 2019

NASDAQ

Capital.com powers Currency.com’s ‘world first’ in tokenising government bonds

With the SEC recently releasing its long-awaited guidance on Crypto token issuers, it’s becoming clear that the crypto world is edging closer to the traditional financial world. New players are joining the sector who hail from traditional finance and trading …

bubmagMay 3, 2019

Fortnite

Do you play Fortnite on your Android phone?

Fortnite took the world by storm last year, and even a few months into 2019, it's still dominating the gaming industry no matter where you look. Epic's decision to make the game available on virtually every platform has really helped contribute to its succes…

bubmagMay 3, 2019

Brexit Negotiator

Barnier says now for UK to make choice on Brexit

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Union’s Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier said on Friday that it was up to Britain now to choose its course on its planned withdrawal from the bloc and that the EU was united and ready for an orderly departure. “EU-27 stand …

bubmagMay 3, 2019

Blockchain

JP Morgan and Microsoft join forces for enterprise blockchain push – Fintech Futures

JP Morgan and Microsoft have formed a strategic partnership to promote the adoption of enterprise blockchain, reports Jane Connolly. Developed by JP Morgan, Quorum an enterprise-variant of the Ethereum blockchain will be the first distributed ledger platfo…

bubmagMay 3, 2019

California Today: The Raisin Industry? Not Such a Dry Subject

Pic of the Week: Big Bad Wolf Edition

SpaceX delays launch to freshly repaired space station – Business Standard

Why South Korea Is Seeing a Boom in Mobile Animal Cremation Services

‘Vogue’ China Editor-in-Chief Angelica Cheung on Defining ‘Chinese Style’

Richard Turley covers Manhattan with “an exploded magazine”

Capital.com powers Currency.com’s ‘world first’ in tokenising government bonds

Do you play Fortnite on your Android phone?

Barnier says now for UK to make choice on Brexit

JP Morgan and Microsoft join forces for enterprise blockchain push – Fintech Futures

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