The TSX Venture Exchange is not your father's stock exchange. Elvis Picardo, vice president of research and portfolio manager at Global Securities Corp. in Vancouver, notes that instead of being dominated by junior Canadian stocks, the Venture Composite Index now reflects a much more diversified cast.Just in case you haven't yet noticed, the S&P/TSX Venture Composite index has been changing.And it...Read More
Genetically modified organisms hold a lot of promise for creating hardier crops and faster growing fish, but even supporters are concerned about invasive organisms running wild. If a faster, better, stronger strain of bacteria escaped the lab, how would we stop it? Now, scientists have come up with a new solution: self-destructing DNA.The system would use cutting-edge gene-editing tools to erase D...Read More
Genetically modified organisms hold a lot of promise for creating hardier crops and faster growing fish, but even supporters are concerned about invasive organisms running wild. If a faster, better, stronger strain of bacteria escaped the lab, how would we stop it? Now, scientists have come up with a new solution: self-destructing DNA.The system would use cutting-edge gene-editing tools to erase D...Read More
Six months after abandoning its humanitarian but underperforming slogan, "America's Navy. A global force for good," the U.S. Navy is making an $84 million bet on a new, presumably more muscular advertising agency.The Pentagon recently announced that Young and Rubicam, a slick Manhattan marketing firm, has won the Navy's advertising contract for its recruitment effort for one year...Read More
Six months after abandoning its humanitarian but underperforming slogan, "America's Navy. A global force for good," the U.S. Navy is making an $84 million bet on a new, presumably more muscular advertising agency.The Pentagon recently announced that Young and Rubicam, a slick Manhattan marketing firm, has won the Navy's advertising contract for its recruitment effort for one year...Read More
When it comes to transparency, this year's Bilderberg summit fails in every way imaginable. Three prime ministers, two foreign ministers, one president, no press conference. No public oversight. Just a bunch of senior policymakers locked away for three days with some incredibly powerful corporate lobbyists, discussing subjects intimately related to public policy. Subjects such as "globali...Read More
When it comes to transparency, this year's Bilderberg summit fails in every way imaginable. Three prime ministers, two foreign ministers, one president, no press conference. No public oversight. Just a bunch of senior policymakers locked away for three days with some incredibly powerful corporate lobbyists, discussing subjects intimately related to public policy. Subjects such as "globali...Read More
Russia and China have cracked the top-secret cache of files stolen by the fugitive US whistleblower Edward Snowden, forcing MI6 to pull agents out of live operations in hostile countries, according to senior officials in Downing Street, the Home Office and the security services.Western intelligence agencies say they have been forced into the rescue operations after Moscow gained access to more tha...Read More
Russia and China have cracked the top-secret cache of files stolen by the fugitive US whistleblower Edward Snowden, forcing MI6 to pull agents out of live operations in hostile countries, according to senior officials in Downing Street, the Home Office and the security services.Western intelligence agencies say they have been forced into the rescue operations after Moscow gained access to more tha...Read More
Mark your calendar: The most talked-about talent competition since Major Bowes Original Amateur Hour will be broadcast Aug. 6 on Fox News, from the new entertainment capital of the world, Cleveland. Ten Republican presidential contenders — those ranked highest in the five most recent national polls prior to the event — out of a possible field of 19, at last count, will share the stage....Read More
Mark your calendar: The most talked-about talent competition since Major Bowes Original Amateur Hour will be broadcast Aug. 6 on Fox News, from the new entertainment capital of the world, Cleveland. Ten Republican presidential contenders — those ranked highest in the five most recent national polls prior to the event — out of a possible field of 19, at last count, will share the stage....Read More
"Don't make me f**king run around here with thirty pounds of g*d-d***ed gear on in the sun because you want to screw around out here." – McKinney (TX) police officer Eric Casebolt to unidentified teens at pool party, June 5, 2015 (transcript) News coverage of the McKinney police incident faded quickly once the out-of-control Cpl. Casebolt resigned. Most commentary has been on t...Read More
"Don't make me f**king run around here with thirty pounds of g*d-d***ed gear on in the sun because you want to screw around out here." – McKinney (TX) police officer Eric Casebolt to unidentified teens at pool party, June 5, 2015 (transcript) News coverage of the McKinney police incident faded quickly once the out-of-control Cpl. Casebolt resigned. Most commentary has been on t...Read More
A review of the Federal Reserve's response to recent leaks about its bond-buying plans raises new questions about the central bank's efforts to police interactions with investors who can profit handsomely from inside information.In January 2011, the Fed adopted new rules for dealing with breaches, after a private research firm published an account of the central bank's deliberations. U...Read More
A review of the Federal Reserve's response to recent leaks about its bond-buying plans raises new questions about the central bank's efforts to police interactions with investors who can profit handsomely from inside information.In January 2011, the Fed adopted new rules for dealing with breaches, after a private research firm published an account of the central bank's deliberations. U...Read More
Washington's failure in recent years to keep careful watch over what goods are made where — especially when it comes to such vital items as electronics and drugs — means the United States now depends far more on China than vice versa. Back in the 1990s, advocates of liberalizing U.S. trade with China said economic interdependence would inevitably lead to peaceful coexistence. But o...Read More
Washington's failure in recent years to keep careful watch over what goods are made where — especially when it comes to such vital items as electronics and drugs — means the United States now depends far more on China than vice versa. Back in the 1990s, advocates of liberalizing U.S. trade with China said economic interdependence would inevitably lead to peaceful coexistence. But o...Read More
In the 14 years since 9/11, you can count about six real terrorist attacks in the United States. These include the Boston Marathon bombings in 2013, as well as failed attacks, such as the time when a man named Faisal Shahzad tried to deliver a car bomb to Times Square. In those same 14 years, the Bureau, however, has bragged about how it's foiled dozens of terrorism plots. In all, the FBI has...Read More
In the 14 years since 9/11, you can count about six real terrorist attacks in the United States. These include the Boston Marathon bombings in 2013, as well as failed attacks, such as the time when a man named Faisal Shahzad tried to deliver a car bomb to Times Square. In those same 14 years, the Bureau, however, has bragged about how it's foiled dozens of terrorism plots. In all, the FBI has...Read More