Wednesday, 15 April 2015

1 Way the Apple Inc. iPad Air 2 Crushes the Microsoft Corporation Surface 3 (INTC)

Quite a convincing read ....

Arthur

http://www.fool.com/investing/general/2015/04/15/1-way-the-apple-inc-ipad-air-2-crushes-the-microso.aspx

Seattle CEO sets $70K minimum wage as US 'pay gap' widens (+video) - CSMonitor.com

http://www.csmonitor.com/Business/2015/0414/Seattle-CEO-sets-70K-minimum-wage-as-US-pay-gap-widens-video?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_term=Daily&utm_campaign=20150415_Newsletter%3ADaily_Sailthru&cmpid=ema%3Anws%3ADaily%2520Newsletter%2520%2804-15-2015%29

Scientists warn that world must begin preparing for explosive global catastrophe | Daily Mail Online

The world is woefully unprepared for a massive volcanic eruption that could kill millions of people and destroy much of modern society, a leading group of scientists have warned.

In a new report on the risks posed by natural disasters, experts at the European Science Foundation concluded that large volcanic eruptions posed the greatest risk human survival.

They calculated that there is between a five to 10 per cent probability of an explosive eruption large enough to cause huge numbers of deaths, alter the climate and poison the atmosphere occurring by the end of the century.



Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-3039652/Will-volcanic-eruption-destroy-humanity-Scientists-warn-world-begin-preparing-explosive-global-catastrophe.html



Thursday, 2 April 2015

Toronto Housing Market May Not Join in Soft Landing - Canada Real Time - WSJ

http://blogs.wsj.com/canadarealtime/2015/04/02/toronto-housing-market-may-not-join-in-soft-landing/

Cold Weather And Low Oil Prices Conspire Against Canadian Economy

http://oilprice.com/Latest-Energy-News/World-News/Cold-Weather-And-Low-Oil-Prices-Conspire-Against-Canadian-Economy.html

TransCanada Corp.’s Energy East scraps plans for a Quebec port: report | Montreal Gazette

The Parti Québécois opposition welcomed news that TransCanada Corp. will not build an oil port in Quebec as part of its cross-country Energy East pipeline project.

The company originally planned to pump Western Canadian oil, at a rate of up to 1.1 million barrels per day, through to terminals in Cacouna and Saint John's, N.B.. The choice of Cacouna, the site of a beluga nursery, was met with a public outcry in Quebec.

TransCanada reportedly considered other locations—Lévis, Bécancour and Baie-des-Sables, near Matane—before ruling out a Quebec port, according to a La Presse exclusive citing unnamed sources.

"It's a beautiful victory for the preservation and sustainability of the belugas we have in the St. Lawrence River," the PQ's natural resources critic, Bernard Drainville, said in a news conference on Wednesday

http://montrealgazette.com/news/local-news/transcanada-corp-s-energy-east-pipeline-will-bypass-quebec-report



Tuesday, 31 March 2015

If this is what an anti-war presidency looks like to you, you're detached from reality | Trevor Timm | Comment is free | The Guardian

Like a finger trap, the harder one pulls to get out, the tighter the grip and the more savage the pain ...

All roads seem to lead to greater and greater violence, which is bad, bad, bad news ....

http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/mar/30/obama-anti-war-presidency-detached-from-reality

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