China’s top tech stock index has returned 29 percent this year through 18 August, more than twice the NASDAQ’s 12.4 percent.
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EUROPEANS PILE UP SAVINGS, SLOWING GDP GROWTH
In this year’s first quarter, Europeans’ gross savings ratio – the amount of disposable income not spent on goods and services – was 14.3 percent, rising above the average of 12.5 percent during the five years before the COVID War, the European Union’s statistics office reported.
U.S., CANADA TRADE TALKS COLLAPSE, BOTH SIDES IMPOSE TARIFFS
Trade negotiations between the U.S. and Canada ended abruptly on 21 August, with both sides saying the other had sprung last-minute changes that were unacceptable.
GOING OUT OF BUSINESS TRENDS
America’s economic decline continues to spread from Main Street to major corporations.
WHEN THE ECONOMY FALLS, JOBS GO WITH IT
Companies continue slashing jobs as economic pressures intensify and business conditions weaken.
GAZA/LEBANON DEATH TOLL
Israel killed about 73,431 Palestinians and injured another 174,437 since the genocidal war started in October 2023.
LIGHT-POWERED “MICRODRONES” HUNT AND CAPTURE BACTERIA
At Germany’s University of Würzburg, researchers have built robots 50 times smaller than the width of a human hair that navigate through liquid, grab bacteria, transport them, and deposit them in a specified location.
HUMAN HOOKWORM BECOMES A LIVE-IN DRUG FACTORY
Hookworms are parasites about a half-inch long that settle in a person’s small intestine.
ECONOMIC UPDATE
Chief Seattle said that “All things are connected like the blood which unites one family.”









