High-fructose corn syrup (HFCS), a common sweetener, is produced from cornstarch and contains a higher proportion of fructose than table sugar.
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WELCOME TO 2025: WHERE YOUR FREEDOMS GO TO DIE
Wondering what to expect from the government in 2025? So far, it looks like it will be more of the same ill-advised, costly, greedy, taxpayer-funded, dunderheaded power grabs, saber-rattling, graft, corruption, and make-works programming that leaves us no better off than where we started.
CRYPTO TECH MAY NEVER FIT THE TRADITIONAL MAINSTREAM—AND THAT’S A GOOD THING
A recent Atlantic piece painted a “boom and gloom” picture of how Trump administration “deregulation” of the crypto sector would fuel the next financial crisis.
ECONOMIC UPDATE — MARKET OVERVIEW
Inflation is all the economic “news.” It’s deflation in China, they say inflation in Europe is OK and in the U.S., today’s headline article on CNBC is, Stocks give up earlier gains as traders await more inflation data.
WORLD LIQUIDITY CRISIS? (WE ARE IN ONE)
In finance, liquidity generally refers to the ease of which any asset can be converted into cash.
THE FUTURE WORLD: MORE ALIEN, OR HUMAN?
Every so often, it’s a good thing for anyone to assess how they’re doing—in life, work, and even play.
SPOTLIGHT: BIGS GETTING BIGGER
Members of the Nordstrom family, with help from Mexican conglomerate El Puerto de Liverpool, are buying all outstanding shares of the department store chain for about $6.25 billion in cash and taking the 123-year-old retailer private.
SPOTLIGHT: CHINA’S ECONOMIC PLAN
Beijing will issue three trillion yuan—about $411 billion—in treasury bonds this year, with the proceeds directed to spark consumer spending, speed technological innovation, and recapitalize government-owned banks, Reuters reported.
CANADIAN BUSINESS BANKRUPTCIES SET THIRD-QUARTER RECORD
In last year’s third quarter, 1,312 Canadian businesses went bust, the most in any year’s third quarter, the Financial Post reported.