Coffee may prevent Alzheimer’s
The growing evidence that caffeine consumption may help treat or prevent Alzheimer’s disease has received an extra boost from two new studies. Barrista, make that a triple expresso!
Politics in the Zeros
"A republic, if you can keep it." Vegas, taxes.
Politics in the Zeros
"A republic, if you can keep it." Vegas, taxes.
Month July 2009
Salt is stretchable. Who knew
What’s more, these newly discovered stretchable qualities of salt may lead to, among other things, more efficient desalination.
NYSE halts transparency, apparently to protect Goldman
Zero Hedge The NYSE has taken action to make sure that nobody will henceforth be able to keep track of the complete dominance that Goldman Sachs exerts over the New York Stock Exchange. This basically ends our weekly Program Trading…
Florida bank regulators gave Allen Stanford unusual powers
Miami Herald Over objections by the state’s chief banking lawyer — including concerns that Stanford was laundering money — regulators granted sweeping powers never given to a private company. The new company was also allowed to sell hundreds of millions…
Colombia tops Happy Planet Index?
Derek Wall Nine of the ten top countries in the New Economics Foundations “Happy Planet Index”, a measure of both environmental impact and prosperity, are in Latin America. However I am not quite convinced by the figures. Colombia comes in…