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Q&A with Jonathan Cho continued Investment in any industry increases when prices in it soar. Investment in the mining industry, for example, typically reaches its highest mark at the top of each bull market, and into the first part of the bear markets that follow. That said, the reasons for investment in this case vary...

When 72-year-old, family-controlled Fidelity, known for its disciplined and traditional management of retirement plans and mutual funds announced it was spending billions of dollars to ensure its competitive stance in a Blockchain world, it was apparent that the ledger technology that brought the world Bitcoin would have a future well beyond its digital currency roots....

In 2017, we identified Blockchain Democracy as a Top Trend for 2018, forecasting that this technology, exploding across a range of different fields, would ultimately prove a secure, accurate system for digital voting, erasing the longstanding belief that online voting isn’t secure. Indeed, Blockchain, the technology behind cryptocurrencies, is being embraced by the biggest banks...

In essence, a Blockchain is a ledger of accounts. Every transaction, the sale of a house, or a manufacturer delivering a shipment of tires to a distributor is recorded as a “block.” Each new block is added to the “chain” that serves as a permanent record of transactions pertaining to an item. Each block, or...

When iconic Sears filed for bankruptcy in October, it ended another chapter in the slow, drawn out demise of once iconic American brands now fading from the retail landscape, along with the shopping malls they once proudly anchored. Richard Sears and Alvah Roebuck founded the company in 1893 to sell watches by mail. As recently...

A growing number of young adults are foregoing sex and, in many cases, intimate relationships entirely. An August 2018 survey discovered that 64 percent of Japan’s 18-to-34-year-olds are virgins and the same proportion has never had a romantic relationship. Another study that month reported that 30 percent of Japanese men under age 30 have never...

Major depression may be diagnosed with a simple blood test, perhaps treated with a common nutritional supplement, according to research conducted by a team of bioscientists from five US research centers and one in Sweden. New research has revealed a correlation between serious depression and a lack of a biochemical called acetyl-L-carnitine or ALC. It...

Most employees don’t need to work five days a week to do their jobs, according to a survey just published jointly by the Workforce Institute at Kronos and Future Workplace, prominent HR think tanks. In the survey, 45 percent of the people who responded said that they can get their daily work done in less...

Kalashnikov, a name synonymous with the AK-47 machine gun, is branching out. The Russian firm makes everything from clothes to umbrellas, including “Little Igor”, a 13-foot-tall manned military robot. Now, it’s adding an electric car to its vast product line. Dubbed the CV-1, the car can travel 350 km, or a little more than 200...

Studies have linked aerobic exercise to a “young” brain, one that resists degeneration as we age, even slowing the progression of Alzheimer’s Disease and other forms of dementia. Now, research by a consortium of scientists from ten US medical institutions have found that upping the brain’s supply of certain neurochemicals may produce the same result...