Since coming to power in early 2025, Republican majorities in Congress have shifted resources away from the nation’s social insurance programs, most notably to offset the cost of H.R. 1, the most regressive budget bill in decades. These actions threaten the health care coverage of 11 million people on Medicaid and 4.5 million people receiving […]
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Futures Rebound As Bitcoin Halts Plunge After Monday’s dismal start to December, US equity futures are higher (if only for the time being), although lacking conviction with few major catalysts on deck today. As of 8:15am, S&P 500 futures are up 0.3% and Nasdaq 100 contracts add 0.4%. Pre-market, Mag 7 are mostly higher led by META
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COMMENT: You mentioned that the EU would impose capital controls at the WEC. I was in the banking industry in Sweden. The capital controls that were imposed in 1939 were not lifted until 1989. Not everyone appreciates your depth of knowledge. SW REPLY: You are absolutely correct. Sweden introduced wartime exchange controls in 1939. Maintained
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Costco Sues For Refunds Before Supreme Court Rules On Tariff Legality Authored by Rob Sabo via The Epoch Times, Retail giant Costco Wholesale Corporation filed a lawsuit against the U.S. government on Nov. 28 in an effort to lay the groundwork for refunds of tariffs collected since President Donald Trump enacted global tariff policies under
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The RA BASE system in situ, connected to solar power. A new technology solution to tackle problems like algal blooms combines data science, environmental science, AI and IoT to monitor and predict water-quality issues, and to trigger interventions intelligently rather than running interventions 24/7 Leeds innovation consultancy Parallax has teamed up with aquatic technology business
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Image credit: Gordon Joly, CC BY-SA 2.0 license. A new project at the University of Aberdeen is exploring how to turn potato waste into high value compounds that can be used for cosmetics, pharmaceutical and nutraceutical products. The Scottish seed potato industry, worth £24.2 million, generates over 51,000 tonnes of potato shaws annually. As part
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Copper Hits Record High; Goldman Warns A “Circular Melt-Up” Is Now Driving Global Market Copper futures on the London Metal Exchange broke out of the post-Thanksgiving trading range and into record-high territory on a massive tariff-driven scramble for supply. Copper jumped nearly 1% on the LME to $11,294.50/ton, while Comex futures surged 1.6%, blowing out
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A data acquisition device housed in the motor control cabinet collates information about the assets and equipment. Southern Water has partnered with specialist technology company Samotics to deploy its SAM4 smart condition monitoring system at sites across southern England. The artificial intelligence (AI) powered technology uses electrical signature analysis (ESA) to help predict when equipment
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MongoDB, Inc. (NASDAQ: MDB), which provides a general-purpose database platform, reported a 19% increase in revenues for the third quarter of fiscal 2026, reflecting strong customer growth. Total revenue increased 19% year-over-year to $628.3 million in the third quarter of fiscal 2026Subscription revenue climbed to $609.1 million in Q3, and services revenue rose 12% from
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The US Manufacturing Sector Wins While Net Zero Destroys Industry Elsewhere Authored by Daniel Lacalle, The US manufacturing sector clearly outperforms all its G7 peers, especially Germany, France, and the UK. The main reason is that the United States never implemented the aggressive net zero emissions policy that has destroyed the industry by giving the reins of
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