Over 11 Bitcoin Paid Out to Bloggers’ Club 500 Members, Join and Get Paid to Write About Blockchain Technologies – Latest OBITS Initiative
Bitcoin Press Release: Over 11 Bitcoin worth of digital currency has been paid out to writers over the last month who have contributed to OBITS’ Bloggers’ Club 500; the latest OpenLedger, OBITS and BTSR initiative. For a limited time, the…
‘Economic Hitman’ Reveals How Corporations Seize Control Of Nations And Bleed Them Dry (VIDEO)
Is this really how the global economy works? Imagine a global economy run by ruthless corporate chieftains who seduce developing nations into taking on massive amounts of debt, use that debt to hire their companies for huge infrastructure projects, and…
More bad loans on the books of China’s banks, but Finance Minister undisturbed
Minister of Finance Lou Jiwei gives a press conference at the press center of the two sessions, March 7, 2016, Beijing. [Feng Yongbin/chinadaily.com.cn] The number of bad bank loans is increasing, but China has the ability to resolve the issue,…
EDITORIAL: Politicians use crises for personal gain
Rahm Emanual, the mayor of Chicago, put down the folk wisdom that every successful politician tries to follow: “Never allow a good crisis to go to waste when it’s an opportunity to do things that you didn’t think were possible.”…
How The Koch Brothers Are Secretly Manipulating The 2016 Election (VIDEO)
There will not be a clash of dangerous, right-wing billionaires this year. Some may have reasonably expected David and Charles Koch to confront Donald Trump in the Republican primaries. The Koch brothers typically fuel stuffy, fiscally conservative candidates who rely…
Scientists Develop World’s First Scalable Quantum Computer
A team of scientists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and the University of Innsbruck in Austria announced Friday that they had built the world’s first scalable quantum computer, paving the path for the creation of a device with…
Are We Coming to the End of ‘American Exceptionalism’?
This article first appeared on the London School of Economics site. According to the Republican presidential frontrunner Donald Trump, “We’re not a strong country anymore.” It is a little unclear what Trump means by this, but it seems to be…
China adopts new strategy to refuel growth
Chinese Premier Li Keqiang delivers a government work report during the opening meeting of the fourth session of the 12th National People’s Congress at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, capital of China, March 5, 2016. [Photo/Xinhua] BEIJING…
Whether Big Banks Can Go Bye-Bye With Blockchain
Karen Shaw Petrou’s memorandum to Federal Financial Analytics clients on whether big banks can go bye-bye with blockchain. TO: Federal Financial Analytics Clients FROM: Karen Shaw Petrou DATE: March 4, 2016 Whether Big Banks Can Go Bye-Bye With Blockchain In…
The best state pension plan is only 42% funded
The best state pension plan is only 42% funded On My Radar: Stick With the Drill – Stay Wary, Alert and Very, Very Nimble by Chairman & CEO CMG Capital Management Group, Inc. March 4, 2016 was in Florida this…