Rare earth elements are key components in our electrified world, used in everything from electric motors to flat-screen televisions. But acquiring them is a messy business.
Category: 8 November 2022
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SELF-ASSEMBLING BACTERIA CAN MAKE A BETTER DRUG FACTORY
Various strains of genetically engineered bacteria have been used as industrial workhorses for years. It’s a straightforward idea: you engineer a bacterium’s genome so that when it eats specific things, it exudes or excretes the exact product you want.
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IS THE FEDERAL RESERVE MERELY INCOMPETENT OR IS THERE A DARK AGENDA?
I have never known the Federal Reserve to make a good decision. Indeed, disastrous decisions are the Fed’s hallmark. There are many such disasters. Among them the Great Depression, the decade long consequence of the Federal Reserve Board’s failure to prevent the shrinkage of the U.S. money supply.
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WILL YOU SURVIVE THE ‘TRIPLEDEMIC’?
According to mainstream media, hospitalizations for respiratory infections are on the rise and “experts” warn of a potential “tripledemic” this winter, as COVID, seasonal influenza and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) are all in circulation.
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BLOCKCHAIN BATTLES
Innovation requires a certain amount of freedom and incentive. Perhaps that’s why China has to engage in such massive IP theft around the world.
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NFT ROYALTIES GET WIND IN SAILS ON OPENSEA
Some people—mostly creators—like the fact that NFTs can be created with royalty features built into the NFT.
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MORE THAN A THIRD OF SMALL BUSINESSES STRUGGLE TO PAY THEIR RENT
In October, 37 percent of U.S. small businesses were unable to pay all of their rent on time, according to an October survey of 4,789 businesses by Alignable, a small-business network with seven million members.
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ECONOMIC UPDATE – MARKET OVERVIEW
Today is Election Day in America, the country that John Pilger, who wrote “SILENCING THE LAMBS,” said overthrew or attempted to overthrow 50 governments that were mostly democracies, in his lifetime.
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SPOTLIGHT: INFLATION
The world is moving toward a hyperinflation catastrophe that could spark the worst financial crisis since World War II, the Elliott Management Fund warned in a letter to clients last week obtained by the Financial Times.
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COP27: 30 YEARS OF DUBIOUS CLIMATE “SUCCESS”
It doesn’t matter that the “examples” have no basis in fact. It doesn’t make a difference that the past predictions continue to fall flat.