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The Ascendance of Bernie Sanders, and the Novelist Gish Jen
The New Yorker - 14 Feb 2020 23:00
On The New Yorker Radio Hour, Keith Ellison on Bernie Sanders as the Democratic front-runner, Joshua Rothman on an election simulation, and Gish Jen on "The Resisters."
Mark Hulbert: Republicans and Democrats, your political leanings color your investments
Market Watch - 14 Feb 2020 16:07
How to immunize your stock-market choices from political bias.
Mike Bloomberg once said taking too much money from the rich and giving it to the poor was a bigger problem than income inequality
Business Insider - 14 Feb 2020 17:19
Associated Press Bloomberg once said in 2018 that taking too much money from the rich was a bigger problem than income inequality. "I think income inequality is a very big problem. But the bigger problem is, you can take...
Jeff Bezos shatters California record with $165-million purchase of Geffen mansion
L.A. Times - 14 Feb 2020 02:12eMarketer expects over 50% of UK internet users to use a subscription OTT video service in 2020
Business Insider - 14 Feb 2020 17:07
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Delta to invest $1 billion to curb global air travel's climate impact
NBC News - 14 Feb 2020 17:22
Small steps such as single-engine taxiing and the use of lighter materials already cut around 1-2 percent of emissions each year.
5 bad money habits to give up sooner rather than later
Business Insider - 14 Feb 2020 16:50
AleksandarNakic/Getty Images Pinching pennies won't help you reach your financial goals — but breaking bad money habits will. Keeping your money in a checking account instead of a high-yield savings account, for exampl...
China is dominating the global caviar industry -- and prices are plummeting because it's flooding the market
Business Insider - 14 Feb 2020 20:46
China farms one-third of the world's caviar, making it the biggest producer of the luxury food in the world. Chinese caviar producers like Kaluga Queen are flooding the global market, making the food cheaper and more acc...
Microsoft's AI improves text summarization performance by paying closer attention to the beginning
Venture Beat - 14 Feb 2020 17:20
In a new preprint paper, Microsoft and University of Pittsburgh researchers detail an AI that summarizes text documents by attending to their intros.
The world’s most depressing data visualization? Your salary
Fast Company - 14 Feb 2020 09:00
When your salary is turned into a money-printing machine, well, it’s good if you’re a CEO and bad if you’re anything else. At first glance, I’m sure the site is broken. Printing Money, the result of two weeks of ...
AI Weekly: Machine learning could lead cybersecurity into uncharted territory
Venture Beat - 14 Feb 2020 23:22
Security firms are coming to rely on more AI, but we don't know how things will escalate once the perpetrators of cyberattacks start using machine learning.
Wall Street Week Ahead: Investors bet emerging markets will weather coronavirus impact
Reuters - 14 Feb 2020 22:44
Investors are edging back into emerging markets, even though worries about the coronavirus' impact on global economic growth have clouded prospects for the boom-and-bust asset class.
Warren Buffett's son is spending hundreds of millions of dollars to help Colombia break its cocaine habit
Business Insider - 14 Feb 2020 16:52
AP Photo/Ivan Valencia Colombia has struggled to crack down on the increasing cultivation of coca, the base ingredient in cocaine. Now Howard Buffett, son of multi-billionaire investor Warren Buffett, is seeking to help ...
Boris Johnson has cancelled his planned trip to the White House after Trump slammed the phone down on him in a moment of 'apoplectic' fury
Business Insider - 14 Feb 2020 14:50
Getty UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has cancelled his planned trip to meet Donald Trump next month after a furious row between the two men. Johnson had been due to visit Washington shortly after his election victory in...
How Fox And The Daytona 500 Move On Without Darrell Waltrip
Forbes - 14 Feb 2020 13:00
"I think we can more easily pick our spots to let the telecast breathe," said Mike Joy, the NASCAR play-by-play announcer for Fox. "I'd like to give viewers a bit more time to digest what is said before we change directi...
A Better Transportation Option Than A Tesla
Forbes - 14 Feb 2020 12:42
Is there a transportation option much better than a Tesla from a sustainability and automation point-of-view ? A somewhat humorous look at an interesting alternative.
Fed's Williams: 2019 Rate Cuts Positioned Economy for Growth
Wall Street Journal - 14 Feb 2020 02:32Subway, franchisees at odds over sandwich promotion
New York Post - 14 Feb 2020 01:05
Subway is clashing with its franchisees over the fast-food chain's plans for an aggressive "buy a footlong and get a footlong" sandwich promotion, The Post has learned. The upcoming deal -- which will be available nation...
What You Need To Know About Big Retirement Changes
Forbes - 14 Feb 2020 17:54
Retirement has changed, and more changes are coming. You need to adapt.
This inexpensive mattress topper softens my firm mattress and helps alleviate my neck and back pain
Business Insider - 14 Feb 2020 17:05
After testing the Linenspa 2-Inch Gel Infused Memory Foam Mattress Topper for a few months to soften up my firm mattress, it's helped alleviate my back and pain issues. It's surprisingly inexpensive at $39.99 for a Twin ...
Nvidia shares surge on signs of machine learning boom
Reuters - 14 Feb 2020 15:36
Shares of Nvidia Corp rose 6% on Friday after the chipmaker stunned analysts with strong quarterly results and joined rivals Intel Corp and Advanced Micro Devices Inc in predicting strong demand for chips used in the lat...
Trump said he's been spending his time after impeachment thinking about Nixon and looking at his White House portrait
Business Insider - 14 Feb 2020 13:08
Justin Sullivan/Getty Images, Charles Tasnadi, File/AP President Donald Trump said he has been spending a lot of his time after acquittal thinking about President Richard Nixon and looking at his portrait. "I think of Ni...