Alberta’s top civil servant expects smooth transition as NDP takes over

http://www.edmontonjournal.com/Alberta+civil+servant+expects+smooth+transition+takes+over/11052758/story.html#__federated=1

Bloomberg: Putin’s Next Takeover Target Is Oil Giant's $34 Billion Cash Pile

From Bloomberg, 11 May 2015 17:00:00

In Russia, even private companies serve at the pleasure of the president, particularly if they pump oil.

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Tesla Energy’s goal? Changing the “energy infrastructure of the world” | Ars Technica

http://arstechnica.com/science/2015/05/tesla-energys-goal-changing-the-energy-infrastructure-of-the-world/

Alan Sugar resigns from Labour party over 'shift to left' | UK news | The Guardian

http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2015/may/11/alan-sugar-resigns-from-labour-party-over-shift-to-left

Navy's Third Missile-Destroying Warship Arrives in Europe (Whom Will Russia Invade This Time?)

http://www.fool.com/investing/general/2015/05/10/navys-third-missile-destroying-warship-arrives-in.aspx

Chinese company builds 57-storey skyscraper in 19 days, in pictures - Telegraph

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/picturegalleries/worldnews/11485389/Chinese-company-builds-57-storey-skyscraper-in-19-days-in-pictures.html

Canadian Inventor Eden Full's Low-Tech Fix Solves Solar Power's Biggest Problem

http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2015/05/07/eden-full-sunsaluter_n_7173600.html

Canada's political landscape undergoes seismic shift with election in Alberta | World news | The Guardian

About time ....

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/may/06/canada-alberta-elects-leftwing-party-keystone-pipeline

Buy This House if You Want To Live Next Door To Warren Buffett : Home : Realty Today

http://www.realtytoday.com/articles/14360/20150506/buy-house-want-live-next-door-warren-buffet.htm

Top 5 Best SUVs at the Canadian International Auto Show - WHEELS.ca

http://www.wheels.ca/top-ten/top-5-best-suv-canadian-international-auto-show/?utm_source=taboola&utm_medium=referral

If I were Prime Minister: I'd shrink the gap between the highest and lowest paid - Comment - Voices - The Independent

My ambition would be to shrink the differentials between the higher paid and the lower paid so that by the end of my government's first term, it would be something more like 10 to 1 across the country. I'd look into the charity status of any institution in which the pay differentials exceeded that ratio (I would keep a keen eye on loopholes -giving bonuses, special contracts etc) and end their privileges. In relation to corporations and banks, I'd invite economists who are critics of austerity to advise me on how to reform them, such as Paul Krugman, Joseph Stiglitz, and Naomi Klein.

http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/comment/if-i-were-prime-minister-id-shrink-the-gap-between-the-highest-and-lowest-paid-10228616.html

The Worst Ex-Chairman Ever - NYTimes.com

When Alan Greenspan left the Fed, he had nearly divine status in the eyes of the financial press and, I'm sorry to say, quite a few economists. In retrospect, of course, his reputation has faltered badly; whether or not you blame Fed policy for the housing bubble (you shouldn't), Greenspan denied the bubble's existence and even its possibility as it was inflating, while actively blocking efforts to tighten financial regulation.

But it's his track record since leaving office that is truly remarkable. He has been an inflation and debt fear monger, helping to make his successor's already hard job a bit harder — and famously complained about ungrateful markets that keep failing to deliver the crises he predicts. After a brief moment of doubt about the wisdom of financial markets, he went right back to denouncing regulation while proclaiming that markets get it right "with notably rare exceptions".

Now I have in my inbox a notice that as the Fed holds its annual meeting in Jackson Hole, Greenspan will address a counter-conference organized by a group called the American Principles Project. The group combines social conservatism — it's anti-gay-marriage, anti-abortion rights, and pro-"religious liberty" — with goldbug economic doctrine.

http://krugman.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/05/06/the-worst-ex-chairman-ever/

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Paul Krugman: Look beyond common myths surrounding poverty in America - Local Opinion - Postbulletin.com Rochester, MN News

Yet, I do worry the centrality of race and racism to this particular story may convey the false impression that debilitating poverty and alienation from society are uniquely black experiences. In fact, much, though by no means all, of the horror one sees in Baltimore and many other places is really about class, about the devastating effects of extreme and rising inequality.

http://www.postbulletin.com/opinion/paul-krugman-look-beyond-common-myths-surrounding-poverty-in-america/article_8de27815-c9dc-5fbf-956f-d949b8195a18.html?mode=jqm

"What we call learning is only a process of recollection." PLATO

In 50-49 vote, US Senate says climate change not caused by humans — Politics — Bangor Daily News — BDN Maine

Proof that American democracy is dysfunctional ...

http://bangordailynews.com/2015/01/22/politics/senate-not-ready-to-tie-climate-change-to-mankind/


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2016 candidate Sanders, majority of Dems favor socialism

http://www.onenewsnow.com/politics-govt/2015/05/03/2016-candidate-sanders-majority-of-dems-favor-socialism#.VUahUnD3arU


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Swiss probe thousands of unclaimed accounts opened before 1955 | Reuters

Interesting .... Arthur

http://uk.reuters.com/article/2015/05/03/uk-swiss-banks-accounts-idUKKBN0NO0BS20150503


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KUNA : Lower oil prices may have positive impact on GCC countries - report - Economics - 03/05/2015

http://www.kuna.net.kw/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=2439343&language=en


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Greece might have just lost its trump card - Business Insider

http://www.businessinsider.com/r-absence-of-contagion-changes-whole-greek-game-2015-4


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Here comes Tesla's 'missing piece' battery announcement - Business Insider

The home battery, called the "Powerwall," is intended to store solar energy and enable customers to bank grid electricity from nonpeak periods and use it during peak times, saving money. It looks "like a beautiful piece of sculpture," Musk said. You can order it now, it's wall-mounted, and it comes in different colors.

Read more:  http://www.businessinsider.com/here-comes-teslas-missing-piece-battery-announcement-2015-4#ixzz3YuH8OtS4

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This Map Shows How All the Future Marvel Movies Are Connected | TIME

Marvelous!

Whether you love or hate Avengers: Age of Ultron, there are plenty more Marvel superheroes to come. Disney and Marvel are releasing 19 movies and TV shows between now and 2019, and they are all interconnected. All these titles are building up to Avengers: Infinity Wars, Parts I and II, out in 2018 and 2019. These films will focus on the villain Thanos, who will try to gather six powerful gems called Infinity Stones to create an Infinity Gauntlet with the power to destroy the universe.

http://time.com/3841234/avengers-age-of-ultron-marvel-movies-next/?xid=newsletter-brief

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