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UPDATE 2-China official says US could pursue weak dollar policy | Reuters
China should guard against risks from “excessive” holdings of U.S. assets as Washington could pursue a policy to weaken the dollar, a senior currency regulator said in comments published on a website that briefly pushed the dollar lower.
However, the comments by Guan Tao of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange were quickly removed from the website at his request.
The Secret Lives of Outdoor Cats Revealed | Life’s Little Mysteries.com
Where does your kitty go when you let her out? What do stray cats do all day? Do alley cats hang out with each other?
Electric Charging Points on Vending Machines | CoolBusinessIdeas.com
In Japan we are used to seeing a vending machine on every corner. Using this availability a consortium of ten Japanese companies announced that they would team together to install 10,000 plus electric chargers at vending machine sites by the end of the year.
‘Tornado dog’ crawls on broken legs to family | abc7.com
Mason, a terrier mix, was picked up and swept away by a tornado. His family searched but could not find him.
Then Monday, two and a half weeks later, they came back home to sift through the debris and found Mason waiting for them on the porch.
$1M Coin Collection Scattered Along I-95 | WESH Orlando
A Boca Raton couple was heading north to a coin show in Jacksonville when the back passenger-side tire blew out in Volusia County. The SUV rolled, flipping as many as five times, police said.
The rare collection went flying out of the car, spilling across the median.
Bitcoin miners busted? Police confuse bitcoin power usage for pot farm – Computerworld Blogs
Bitcoin, one of the world’s newest currencies, is an open source, peer-to-peer currency that does not exist in physical form. It’s owned and traded by means of an anonymous P2P network, without any third-party intermediary like a payment processor, without any government issuing or tracking the virtual currency. While there is a limit of only 21 million bitcoins to be generated by the year 2140, bitcoin is “free” to generate and is created by “bitcoin miners.”
The implication is that a completely untraceable underground economy will emerge using bitcoin.
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Weekly Economic Update | LADEC
THIS WEEK’S HEADLINES:
- April State/Local Area Employment Reports
- U.S. Building Permits
- U.S. Housing Starts
- Mortgage Foreclosures
- Events of Interest
- May 26, 2011: The 4th U.S. Azerbaijan ICT Business Forum
- June 7, 2011: Japan’s Positive Impact on the Southern California Economy
- July 20, 2011: Mid-year Economic Forecast
The future of mobile: 5 trends that matter most | USFST.com
Several noteworthy developments have impacted the mobile ecosystem over the last few years, such as the growth in advertising and applications. Let’s look at the top mobile trends that will continue to shape the industry.
Paying for College and Grad School: How to Avoid Spending $100,000 (or more) on a Credential You Don’t Really Need
“You can’t put a price on a good education”… or can you?
If you ask your parents or mentors how to become successful, their answer will most likely include four interrelated invisible scripts:
“Get the best education you can.”
“Colleges provide the best education.”
“The best colleges are expensive.”
“More college is better.”
Like so many of the invisible scripts we grow up with, three of these assumptions aren’t necessarily true.
