Record Antarctic Ice Extent Throws Cold Water On Global Warming Scare … Antarctic polar ice extent has set another new record, defying alarmist global warming claims. Surpassing the greatest month-of-April ice extent in recorded history, the new record throws cold water on alarmist claims that the Antarctic ice cap has crossed a melting point of no return. – ForbesDominant Social Theme...Read More
The intimacy of crowds … Crowds aren't really crazed – they are made of highly co-operative individuals driven to shared interests and goals … The 19th-century French criminologist Gabriel Tarde likened even the most civilised of crowds to 'a monstrous worm whose sensibility is diffuse and who still acts with disordered movements according to the dictates of its head'...Read More
Marijuana Legalization In U.S. States Making Waves At The U.N. … With Washington State and Colorado opening the door to legal recreational marijuana use, a United Nations report has been published which takes issue with this drift towards legalization. The International Narcotics Control Board (INCB), an arm of the U.N. charged with overseeing cooperation with international drug treaties, ex...Read More
The intimacy of crowds … Crowds aren't really crazed – they are made of highly co-operative individuals driven to shared interests and goals … The 19th-century French criminologist Gabriel Tarde likened even the most civilised of crowds to 'a monstrous worm whose sensibility is diffuse and who still acts with disordered movements according to the dictates of its head'...Read More
Marijuana Legalization In U.S. States Making Waves At The U.N. … With Washington State and Colorado opening the door to legal recreational marijuana use, a United Nations report has been published which takes issue with this drift towards legalization. The International Narcotics Control Board (INCB), an arm of the U.N. charged with overseeing cooperation with international drug treaties, ex...Read More
Story developed using data from Mining Intelligence. Learn more and schedule a demo.Later stage projects are located in regions that are on average less jurisdictionally safe, according to a study of Mining Intelligence data and the Fraser Institute's Investment Attractiveness Index. Mining Intelligence tracks several thousand properties throughout the world at various stages of development. Th...Read More
Climate Change to Hit Sovereign Creditworthiness … Global warming will harm sovereign creditworthiness around the world this century, with poorer nations the worst hit, Standard & Poor's Ratings Services said. Climate change is one of two "global mega-trends" alongside aging populations that dominate global economic risks, the agency said today in a report. – Bloombe...Read More
Another big-name TV doc — Dr. Oz — backs medical marijuana … Dr. Mehmet Oz, a cardiac surgeon and host of The Dr. Oz Show, says medical marijuana is a good idea … though widespread recreational use is still a bad idea. He's just the latest high-profile doctor to announce his change of heart. The TV-doc announced his about-face on the Larry King Show: "I grew up lik...Read More
Climate Change to Hit Sovereign Creditworthiness … Global warming will harm sovereign creditworthiness around the world this century, with poorer nations the worst hit, Standard & Poor's Ratings Services said. Climate change is one of two "global mega-trends" alongside aging populations that dominate global economic risks, the agency said today in a report. – Bloombe...Read More
Another big-name TV doc — Dr. Oz — backs medical marijuana … Dr. Mehmet Oz, a cardiac surgeon and host of The Dr. Oz Show, says medical marijuana is a good idea … though widespread recreational use is still a bad idea. He's just the latest high-profile doctor to announce his change of heart. The TV-doc announced his about-face on the Larry King Show: "I grew up lik...Read More
Bank of England in no rush to raise interest rates Bank Governor Mark Carney says there is enough spare capacity in the economy for interest rates to stay low, but adds that the time for rate rises is edging closer … Interest rates will remain on hold this year, the Bank of England has signalled, but households must be prepared for a gradual increase in borrowing costs amid a backdrop of &qu...Read More
Jill Abramson forced out as New York Times executive editor … Jill Abramson said: 'I've loved my run at the Times.' … The most august newspaper in the US, the New York Times, was left reeling on Wednesday after its executive editor, Jill Abramson, was fired and replaced by her deputy less than three years into one of the most exalted jobs in journalism. In a move that caugh...Read More
Bank of England in no rush to raise interest rates Bank Governor Mark Carney says there is enough spare capacity in the economy for interest rates to stay low, but adds that the time for rate rises is edging closer … Interest rates will remain on hold this year, the Bank of England has signalled, but households must be prepared for a gradual increase in borrowing costs amid a backdrop of &qu...Read More
Jill Abramson forced out as New York Times executive editor … Jill Abramson said: 'I've loved my run at the Times.' … The most august newspaper in the US, the New York Times, was left reeling on Wednesday after its executive editor, Jill Abramson, was fired and replaced by her deputy less than three years into one of the most exalted jobs in journalism. In a move that caugh...Read More
With a big turnaround in the mining sector, mineral producers could regain much of what's been lost since the highs of 2011In the business of determining if the glass is half full, or half empty, mining companies often make good case studies.That's because the difference isn't always clear-cut. There are, after all, many parts to the equation.For starters, precious metals prices over the past few...Read More
The EU Doesn't Like Its Google Search Results … Google Inc., the search-engine colossus, scans some 60 trillion Web pages to index information for the hundreds of millions of queries it receives each day. Now, according to the European Union's highest court, users there have the right to ask Google to forget much of this data – specifically, any bits about them that they would...Read More
Rubio Has Blunt Words on Climate Change, Hillary Clinton … Florida Sen. Marco Rubio told ABC's "This Week" that he believed he was ready to be president and would take an all-or-nothing approach to running if he does decide to go ahead, while also sounding skeptical notes on climate change and Hillary Clinton's tenure as secretary of state — two likely hot issues in 2...Read More
The EU Doesn't Like Its Google Search Results … Google Inc., the search-engine colossus, scans some 60 trillion Web pages to index information for the hundreds of millions of queries it receives each day. Now, according to the European Union's highest court, users there have the right to ask Google to forget much of this data – specifically, any bits about them that they would...Read More
Rubio Has Blunt Words on Climate Change, Hillary Clinton … Florida Sen. Marco Rubio told ABC's "This Week" that he believed he was ready to be president and would take an all-or-nothing approach to running if he does decide to go ahead, while also sounding skeptical notes on climate change and Hillary Clinton's tenure as secretary of state — two likely hot issues in 2...Read More
Fighting for the future of conservativism … Establishment Republicans have been delighted by the victory of Thom Tillis, their favored candidate in last week's North Carolina primary. After expensive advertising campaigns by establishment bagmen like the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and Karl Rove's American Crossroads, mainstream conservatives believe they have a candidate who can beat D...Read More