tradingeconomics.com

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Trading economics – Imports and exports per country.

goodjobsfirst.org

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Tracking Subsidies, Promoting Accountability in Economic Development.

Also features a corporate violation tracker https://www.goodjobsfirst.org/violation-tracker

crowdjustice.com

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Get funding, take legal action.
Public and private crowdfunding for legal issues big and small.

numbeo.com

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Cost of living, Quality of life and travel for around the world.

Quality of Life Index 2015 Mid Year

22 July 2015 @ 6:20 am

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Cost of Living Index 2014 Mid Year

1 July 2014 @ 8:04 am

Numbeo Cost of Living Index 2014 Mid Year (July 1st, 2014) Numbeo, the world's largest database of user contributed data about living conditions in cities and countries worldwide, released mid year 2014 rankings. The most expensive cities in the world, in mid 2014 are Zurich (CPI index 159.51), Stavanger (156.71) and Geneva (150.43). Indian cities Thiruvananthapuram (22.25), Coimbatore (24.57) and Indore (25.90) are the least expensive cities in the world. In Europe, cities in Switzerland and Norway dominate the list of most expensive cities, while the least expensive cities in Europe are Bitola (index 37.88), followed by Chisinau (38.40) and Dnipropetrovsk (40.53). Cities in Europe, out of all

The Most Expensive Cities in 2014 by Numbeo's Cost of Living International Rankings

28 January 2014 @ 11:33 am

The biggest free cost of living database, Numbeo, collected more than 1.1 million data from more than 130000 contributors since 2009. The result of Numbeo's survey, shows, that in the beginning of 2014, the most expensive cities (excluding rent) are Zurich (index 157.47), Trondheim (152.89) and Geneva (162.34). The least expensive are Thiruvananthapuram (21.17), Tiruchirapalli (23.23) and Indore (23.94) in India. Numbeo is currently tracking the prices of 48 goods and services. In Numbeo's survey, New York is used as the base city for the index and scores 100 points, all cities are compared against New York and currency movements are measured against US Dollar and EURO. Lucerne in Switzerland scores 150.75 points and is nearly three times as costly as Consanta in Romania with an index score of 50.32. In Europe, many cities in Switzerland and Norway are among the most expensive on the list, followed by Paris (120.68). In

New Numbeo release brings support for mobile phones!

7 October 2013 @ 11:56 am

New www.numbeo.com release brings support for mobile phones. Let me know if you encounter any problem. New mobile version of the website is supposed to load automatically when you access the website from the mobile phone.

BudgetDirect Provides Interesting User Experience over Numbeo Data

2 October 2013 @ 7:11 am

BudgetDirect do provide interesting user experience using Numbeo data in their cost of living tool . I'm interested to hear what do you like and what do you dislike in their tool, especially regarding look&feel.

Numbeo, the world’s largest database of user contributed data about cities and countries worldwide, has chosen Iceland as the least polluted country in 2013

27 February 2013 @ 12:28 pm

Top 10 the least polluted countries, according to Numbeo are: - Iceland (pollution index 9.85) - Estonia (16.38) - Finland (18.53) - Sweden (18.79) - Australia (20.89) - New Zealand (21.80) - Switzerland (22.97) - Norway (23.35) - Lithuania (25.17) - Canada (26.52) The full list is available at: http://www.numbeo.com/pollution/rankings_by_country.jsp

Top 10 Safest Countries in the World in 2013

27 February 2013 @ 12:28 pm

Japan is the safest country in the world in 2013, according to Numbeo, the world’s largest database of user contributed data about cities and countries worldwide. Top 10 safest countries, according to Numbeo are: - Japan (safety index 86.89) - Taiwan (83.74) - Hong Kong (83.43) - South Korea (82.60) - United Arab Emirates (81.99) - Malta (81.46) - Luxembourg (81.25) - Georgia (80.43) - Bahrain (80.21) - Singapore (80.02) - Iceland (77.68) The full list is available at: http://www.numbeo.com/crime/rankings_by_country.jsp

Numbeo: Quality of Life Index by City 2013

27 February 2013 @ 12:27 pm

ZURICH is the city with the best quality of life in 2013, according to an annual report by Numbeo, the world's largest database of user contributed data about cities and countries worldwide. For its quality of life index 2013 it gathered data from more than 76000 people around the world. The cities which are ranked highest in quality of life are: - Zurich, Switzerland (score 233.72) - Canberra, Australia (219.15) - Adelaide, Australia (214.61) - Berlin, Germany (213.50) - Munich, Germany (210.24) - Edmonton, Canada (208.74) - Calgary, Canada (202.72) - Hamburg, Germany (201.55) - Austin, TX, United States (199.52) - Dubai, United Arab Emirates (195.49) Full rankings are available at: http://www.numbeo.com/quality-of-life/rankings.jsp About Numbeo: Numbeo is the worl

Property Prices Indexes 2013

4 February 2013 @ 11:19 am

Numbeo did publish it's property price indexes for 2013. Property Price Index by city is available at: http://www.numbeo.com/property-investment/rankings.jsp Property Price Index by country is available at : http://www.numbeo.com/property-investment/rankings_by_country.jsp

Cost of Living Index for 2013 - Norway, Switzerland and Australia are most expensive

4 February 2013 @ 11:16 am

Based on 48 goods and services, Numbeo's survey for 2013 is made using a data cut on 4th of February 2013. This year data cut contains 367958 entries from 33448 individual contributors worldwide. The data on city level are showing Norwegian cities Stavanger, Trondheim, Oslo and Bergen on top of the list of most expensive cities. Several cities in Switzerland are also among the most expensive in the world: Zurich, Geneva, Basel, Lausanne and Bern. Among the 25 most expensive cities in the world, our list includes also eight Australian cities: Perth, Sydney, Canberra, Hobart, Darwin, Brisbane, Melbourne and Adelaide. Only a few cities which are not in Norway, Switzerland and Australia made their way into the top 25 most expensive list: Luanda in Angola, Stockholm in Sweden, Arhus and Copenhagen in Denmark, Paris in France, Luxembourg and on 25th place Tokyo in Japan. List with details on city level is available at:

zerohedge.com

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International finance and business news.

Col. MacGregor: Trump & The Storm Of The Century

21 November 2024 @ 12:40 am

Col. MacGregor: Trump & The Storm Of The Century Authored by Col. Douglas Macgregor (ret.) The fear in many nations’ capitals is that President Donald Trump’s return to Washington might make Israel feel more confident in attacking Iran. According to Mike Evans, founder of the Friends of Zion Museum in Jerusalem, "There is no world leader Trump respects more than Netanyahu." The evangelical leader also confides that President Trump would support an Israeli attack before his inauguration on the assumption that the 

Fiat Everything: When Decree Replaced Reality

21 November 2024 @ 12:15 am

Fiat Everything: When Decree Replaced Reality Authored by Josh Stylman via The Brownstone Institute, We live in a world where every essential human need—money, food, health, education, and even information—is controlled and manipulated by artificial systems. This matrix of artifice began with central bankers creating fiat currency: declaring something’s value, enforcing its use, and creating dependency. This template manufactured scarcity where none naturally exists, ensuring reliance on their systems. We see this pattern everywhere: money created from nothing yet always in short supply, abundant food made artificially scarce, natural hea

Archegos Capital Founder Bill Hwang Sentenced To 18 Years In Prison

20 November 2024 @ 11:50 pm

Archegos Capital Founder Bill Hwang Sentenced To 18 Years In Prison Archegos Capital founder Bill Hwang was sentenced to 18 years in prison for fraud and market manipulation linked to the 2021 collapse of his $36 billion family office today. The sentence, handed down by US District Judge Alvin Hellerstein in New York, was less than the 21 years prosecutors requested. Hwang's lawyers had argued for no prison time, according to Bloomberg. The judge said during sentencing: “The amount of losses that were caused by your conduct are larger than any amount of losses I’ve deal with as a judge.”

Here's Why Asian Americans Shifted Right

20 November 2024 @ 11:25 pm

Here's Why Asian Americans Shifted Right Authored by Neetu Arnold via RealClearPolitics, The 2024 election season featured an unprecedented number of Asian Americans, from Vivek Ramaswamy’s rise in the Republican primary to soon-to-be second lady Usha Vance, to the Democratic candidate herself, Kamala Harris. Just a few years ago, this would have been a cause for celebration on the political left: Asian Americans have reliably voted for Democrats for decades. But the election results revealed that racial and ethnic minorities are not as loyal to the Democratic Party as previously believed. Much like

"Solar Powerhouse" China Is Leading Asia's Green Energy Movement

20 November 2024 @ 11:00 pm

"Solar Powerhouse" China Is Leading Asia's Green Energy Movement If you're trying to implement green energy solutions in Asia, chances are you're going to need to rely on China one way or another.  Southeast Asia’s demand for renewable energy is rising, driven by tech manufacturing and data center growth, according to Nikkei. Solarvest, the region's leading renewable energy provider, plans to capitalize on this boom by increasing imports from China, ac

Indian Billionaire Gautam Adani Indicted For 'Massive Fraud' And 'Multi-Billion Dollar' Bribery Scheme

20 November 2024 @ 10:40 pm

Indian Billionaire Gautam Adani Indicted For 'Massive Fraud' And 'Multi-Billion Dollar' Bribery Scheme Indian billionaire Gautam Adani has been indicted in New York for 'massive fraud' and a 'multi-billion dollar' bribery scheme, according to multiple reports Wednesday afternoon.  According to NBC, Gautam Adani and others are accused of paying over $250 million in bribes to Indian officials to secure solar energy contracts expected to yield $2 billion in profits over 20 years. Prosecutors allege Adani personally met with officials as part of the scheme. Adani, his nephew Sagar Adani, and Vneet Ja

Rare Israeli Attack On Syria's Palmyra Launched From US-Controlled Airspace

20 November 2024 @ 10:20 pm

Rare Israeli Attack On Syria's Palmyra Launched From US-Controlled Airspace Huge Israeli airstrikes rocked the outskirts of the central Syrian city of Palmyra on Wednesday, with regional reports saying the attacks were launched by Israeli jets utilizing US-controlled airspace over Al-Tanf military base in eastern Syria.  "Israeli warplanes launched a number of missiles from the airspace of the [US] base in the Al-Tanf area on the Syrian–Iraqi–Jordanian border, in the far southeastern countryside of Homs, targeting the vicinity of the city of Palmyra," Sputnik’s correspondent reported.

Waste Of The Day: Nuclear Commission Flies First Class

20 November 2024 @ 10:00 pm

Waste Of The Day: Nuclear Commission Flies First Class Authored by Jeremy Portnoy via RealClearInvestigations, Topline: A recent inspector general audit of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s travel expenses found a slew of waste and potential fraud, including nearly $50,000 in unallowed first-class flights between 2020 and 2023.

Nvidia Drops After Revenue Forecast Disappoints Exuberant Expectations

20 November 2024 @ 9:39 pm

Nvidia Drops After Revenue Forecast Disappoints Exuberant Expectations Earlier today we wrote an extensive preview of what to expect from Nvidia's Q3 earnings (here), but for those who missed it here is the summary: sky high expectations, which only go higher in 2025 and beyond when the full rollout of Blackwell is expected to hit the P&L, with everyone already long (Goldman desk positioning is 9 out of 10) and anything less than perfection would be punished by the market. The bull/bear case summarized by Goldman was as follows: Bulls playing for a ‘break-out’ trade on an expected beat/raise (wit

With 63% Of Voters Demanding Her Recall, Soros-Backed Bay Area District Attorney Concedes

20 November 2024 @ 9:20 pm

With 63% Of Voters Demanding Her Recall, Soros-Backed Bay Area District Attorney Concedes Authored by Kimberley Hayek via The Epoch Times, Alameda County District Attorney Pamela Price conceded her recall election on Monday, nearly a week after Bay Area voters expressed their frustration with crime and homelessness by voting out multiple progressive leaders.

ft.com

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The latest speculation economic and corporate political news from around the world, pay-walled for the rich and privileged.

Indian billionaire Adani charged in US over alleged $250mn bribe scheme

21 November 2024 @ 12:39 am

Prosecutors accuse the tycoon and others of lying to investors and offering millions in bribes to land lucrative contracts

UK ministers resist car industry pressure to ease fines on EV sales targets

21 November 2024 @ 12:01 am

Amid pressure on manufacturers, electric vehicle sector holds two-hour meeting with cabinet ministers on mandate

UK cuts fines for boilermakers in climbdown on heat pump sales

21 November 2024 @ 12:01 am

Shift comes after intense lobbying from industry over incoming penalties tied to net zero targets

US House panel keeps Gaetz sex allegation report under wraps

20 November 2024 @ 11:15 pm

Democrats demand release of files on Donald Trump’s pick to be country’s attorney-general

FirstFT: Gautam Adani indicted in the US

20 November 2024 @ 10:26 pm

Also in today’s newsletter, Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai denies foreign collusion, and Ukraine fires British Storm Shadow missiles into Russia

New Zealand’s post-Ardern populist pivot angers Maori community

20 November 2024 @ 9:00 pm

Conservative Luxon government has rolled back many of former PM’s progressive policies

MicroStrategy takes fundraising to $7bn for push into bitcoin

20 November 2024 @ 7:00 pm

Software maker turned crypto investor increases size of convertible bond offering to $2.6bn

US set to seek Google divestitures in search monopoly case

20 November 2024 @ 6:53 pm

Department of Justice also likely to ask for curbs on use of the service’s results in training AI models in broad remedy

duedil.com

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UK companies house, business insights. Now pay walled so not as useful as it has been.

kickstarter.com

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the world’s largest funding platform for creative projects.

venturebeat.com

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Venture capital technology news

Anthropic’s Computer Use mode shows strengths and limitations in new study

20 November 2024 @ 11:23 pm

Claude can perform impressively complex tasks, but it will also make stupid mistakes from time to time.

Snowflake beats Databricks to integrating Claude 3.5 directly

20 November 2024 @ 9:10 pm

The company has partnered with Anthropic to bring Claude 3.5 family of models to Cortex AI, the fully-managed service for gen AI development

DeepSeek’s first reasoning model R1-Lite-Preview turns heads, beating OpenAI o1 performance

20 November 2024 @ 7:19 pm

The company’s published results highlight its ability to handle a wide range of tasks, from complex mathematics to logic-based scenarios.

StreamElements focuses on creator monetization in new product roadmap

20 November 2024 @ 6:23 pm

StreamElements debuted its roadmap of upcoming products and features, which are focused on creator monetization and maximizing revenue.

Pivoting in politics, tech, antitrust and economic growth | Gary Shapiro interview

20 November 2024 @ 3:30 pm

Gary Shapiro, the CEO of the CTA, is blunt when he articulates his views of politics, tech, antitrust law and economic growth.

aiOla unveils open source AI audio transcription model that obscures sensitive info in realtime

20 November 2024 @ 2:06 pm

For applications that do not require masking, the model can be configured to simply tag sensitive entities, providing options.

War Robots: Frontiers launches console playtest to ready for early 2025 launch

20 November 2024 @ 2:00 pm

My.Games announced its multiplayer mech shooter War Robots: Frontiers is hosting a console playtest for the first time on PlayStation and Xbox platforms. It also showed off its gameplay in a new trailer. This event will mark the first time players can step into the cockpit on consoles during a playtest running from November 20 […]

Quicksave announces QSApp to make WebGL more accessible through no-code editors

20 November 2024 @ 7:00 am

Quicksave Interactive wants to make the web interactive with WebGL technology by launching QSApp, a tool to make the web more accessible.

The graph database arms race: How Microsoft and rivals are revolutionizing cybersecurity

20 November 2024 @ 1:09 am

The fast-rising pace of attacks is driving a graph database arms race across leading cybersecurity providers.

Orchestrator agents: Integration, human interaction, and enterprise knowledge at the core

19 November 2024 @ 11:13 pm

Bringing in more AI agents to workflows means having a strong orchestrator agent to manage it all for enterprises.

maxkeiser.com

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unadulterated financial news from Max Keiser

The Covid-19 Dominoes Fall: The World Is Insolvent

16 March 2020 @ 4:40 pm

To understand why the financial dominoes toppled by the Covid-19 pandemic lead to global insolvency, let’s start with a household example. The point of this exercise is to distinguish between the market value of assets and net worth, which is what’s left after debts are…Read more ›

Goodbye to All That: The Demise of Globalization and Imperial Pretensions

13 March 2020 @ 9:57 pm

Globalization and Imperial Pretensions have been decaying for years; now the tide has turned definitively against them. The Covid-19 pandemic didn’t cause the demise of globalization and Imperial Pretensions; it merely pushed the rickety structures over the edge. It’s human nature to reckon…Read more ›

[KR1513] Keiser Report | Thinking Exponentially

13 March 2020 @ 12:30 am

In this final episode of Keiser Report from Los Angeles, Max and Stacy discuss the exponential growth in debt and dollars that preceded the pandemic sweeping through some of the world’s major economies. They discuss the oil and stock market…Read more ›

And Then Came the Lawsuits: Pandemic in a Litigious Society

12 March 2020 @ 6:38 pm

Never mind prevention or vaccines; the big question is “who can we sue after this blows over to rake in millions of dollars?” Yes, this is pathetic, tragic, perverse and evil, but that’s reality in a hyper-litigious society like the U.S.…Read more ›

What the Fed Can Do: Print and Buy, Buy, Buy

10 March 2020 @ 5:39 pm

Much has been written about what the Federal Reserve cannot do: it can’t stop the Covid-19 pandemic or reverse the economic damage unleashed by the pandemic. But let’s not overlook what the Fed can do: create U.S. dollars out of thin…Read more ›

The Gathering Storm: Could Covid-19 Overwhelm Us in the Months Ahead?

10 March 2020 @ 5:37 pm

The present disconnect between the science of Covid-19 and the status quo’s complacency is truly crazy-making, as we face a binary situation: either the science is correct and all the complacent are wrong, or the science is false and all the…Read more ›

[KR1511] Keiser Report | Painting Pandemic with Alex Schaefer

7 March 2020 @ 2:04 pm

In this episode of Keiser Report from Los Angeles, Max and Stacy discuss deglobalization as supply shocks hit the world in the midst of a pandemic… even if the WHO won’t call it that. They talk about an opinion piece…Read more ›

Did Covid-19 Just Pop All the Global Financial Bubbles?

5 March 2020 @ 4:39 pm

Even though the first-order effects of the Covid-19 pandemic are still impossible to predict, it’s already possible to ask: did the pandemic pop all the global financial bubbles? The reason we can ask this question is the entire bull mania of…Read more ›

The Limits of Force: A Bayonet in the Back Will Not Restore China’s Economy

5 March 2020 @ 4:35 pm

The Chinese authorities threatening to punish workers who refuse to return to work are getting a lesson in the limits of force in an unprecedented national trauma: a bayonet in the back will not restore the legitimacy and confidence that have…Read more ›