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.

World's Largest Group Of Genocide Scholars Finds Israel Guilty

3 September 2025 @ 12:50 am

World's Largest Group Of Genocide Scholars Finds Israel Guilty The world's largest group of genocide scholars has overwhelmingly approved a resolution asserting that Israel's actions in Gaza meet the legal definition of genocide. "The government of Israel has engaged in systematic and widespread crimes against humanity, war crimes and genocide, including indiscriminate and deliberate attacks against the civilians and civilian infrastructure," said the International Association of Genocide Scholars (IAGS), joining a growing list of institutions and governments who've reached the same conclusion. 

Ukraine Urges China To Pressure Putin As War Overshadows SCO Summit

3 September 2025 @ 12:25 am

Ukraine Urges China To Pressure Putin As War Overshadows SCO Summit Authored by RFE/RL staff via OilPrice.com, Ukraine called on China to take a more active role in pressuring Russia toward peace as Putin arrived in Beijing after the SCO summit. Kyiv criticized the summit’s Tianjin Declaration for omitting any reference to the war in Ukraine. European leaders plan to meet in Paris to discuss security guarantees for Ukraine, while Trump’s proposed trilateral peace summit remains uncertain. Ukraine urged China to pressure Vladimir Putin to move toward

Netanyahu Mulls Annexation In West Bank As Retribution For Europe's Growing Anti-Israel Stance

3 September 2025 @ 12:00 am

Netanyahu Mulls Annexation In West Bank As Retribution For Europe's Growing Anti-Israel Stance Belgium this week became the latest European country to announce it will recognize a state of Palestine at the upcoming UN General Assembly meeting in New York later this month. Norway, Ireland and Spain have recently done so, while France, Britain, and also Canada have lately declared their intent to formally do so at the summit. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is apparently mulling major 'payback' on an international stage, as several Israeli media reports say he will gather top ministers for a discussion on the implications of international recognition of a Palestinian state on Thursday. He is reportedly mulling extending Israeli sovereignty over at lea

Schools Make Kids Crazy

2 September 2025 @ 11:40 pm

Schools Make Kids Crazy Authored by James Bovard via The Brownstone Institute, Almost one-third of government schools nationwide are now surveilling the mental health of students. Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker recently signed a bill to bring “universal mental health screening” to two million Illinois students as part of his Children’s Behavioral Health Transformation Initiative. But this rescue effort will ravage many students and is a warning shot to parents across the nation. Manhattan Institute fellow Ab

Woke Rats Jump Ship As Trump Puts CDC Under A Microscope

2 September 2025 @ 11:20 pm

Woke Rats Jump Ship As Trump Puts CDC Under A Microscope The covid pandemic was an exceptional example of the abuse of government power and the classic error of putting blind faith in scientific institutions that are vulnerable to political and corporate manipulation.  To put it simply, the hysteria over covid was entirely fabricated and the CDC played a primary role in perpetuating the fear.   The CDC knew as early as October of 2020 that the median Infection Fatality Rate (IFR) of covid was a tiny 0.23% (meaning 99.8% of the population was not under threat).  The death rate was far below the 3% initially predicted by the World Health Organization.  The data also didn't take into account th

The SCO Finally Condemned The Pahalgam Terrorist Attack

2 September 2025 @ 11:00 pm

The SCO Finally Condemned The Pahalgam Terrorist Attack Authored by Andrew Korybko via Substack, The recent Sino-Indo rapprochement, which was inadvertently brought about by the US, accounts for why this year’s Chinese host agreed to include this in the Tianjin Declaration unlike how it was conspicuously omitted from late June’s SCO Defense Ministers’ draft statement.

Korea's Momentum Traders Sour On Tesla, Turn To Crypto

2 September 2025 @ 10:40 pm

Korea's Momentum Traders Sour On Tesla, Turn To Crypto It has long been one of Wall Street's unspoken rules that whoever controls Korea's mob of momentum-chasing fanatics, controls price manipulation discovery. And in Korea (that would be South for those who are unsure, North Korean brokerages are... rather nonexistent yet), allegiances are rapidly shifting. 

US Strike On Drug-Boat That Departed Venezuela Leaves 11 Dead, Video Released

2 September 2025 @ 10:31 pm

US Strike On Drug-Boat That Departed Venezuela Leaves 11 Dead, Video Released Update(1831ET): More details of the military action against an allegedly drug-laden boat which departed Venezuela have been revealed by President Trump in a Truth Social post: "Earlier this morning, on my Orders, U.S. Military Forces conducted a kinetic strike against positively identified Tren de Aragua Narcoterrorists in the SOUTHCOM area of responsibility," Trump said. "The strike occurred while the terrorists were at sea in International waters transporting illegal narcotics, heading to the United States. The st

Kennedy Derangement Syndrome Running Rampant

2 September 2025 @ 10:20 pm

Kennedy Derangement Syndrome Running Rampant Authored by John Klar via AmericanThinker.com, Sufferers of Kennedy Derangement Syndrome (KDS) pathologically reject beneficial policy prescriptions if they are recommended by Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Mr. Kennedy challenged toxic dyes in children’s food. He seeks to improve soil health, conduct more thorough studies of pesticides (and novel drugs), restrict pharmaceutical advertising, restore the integrity of captured regulatory agencies, enhance the quality of school lunches, and undertake a host of other initiatives to improve Americans’ health.

Trump To Deploy National Guard To Chicago, Baltimore; Maryland Gov. Caught "Half-Naked" On Clooney's Yacht

2 September 2025 @ 10:00 pm

Trump To Deploy National Guard To Chicago, Baltimore; Maryland Gov. Caught "Half-Naked" On Clooney's Yacht President Trump announced Tuesday afternoon that he will deploy federal law enforcement to crime-ridden, far-left-controlled Chicago and Baltimore to combat violent crime. These progressive utopias of the Democratic Party have imploded into violent crime and chaos after years of failed social justice policies like "defund the police."  During a press conference in the Oval Office, a reporter asked the president about sending National Guard troops to Chicago. The president responded: "We're going in," but added, "I didn't say when."

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

US strikes ‘drug vessel’ in Caribbean as Washington raises pressure on Venezuela

2 September 2025 @ 9:02 pm

Nicolás Maduro accuses Trump administration of seeking regime change amid naval build-up and escalating rhetoric

US stocks fall as global bond sell-off deepens

2 September 2025 @ 8:50 pm

Tech shares extend recent declines as rising debt piles in many major economies concern investors

Google avoids break-up in US monopoly case

2 September 2025 @ 8:46 pm

Judge says DoJ ‘over-reached’ in trying to force sale of Chrome browser after winning landmark antitrust case

US group’s acquisition of top UK wealth managers heralds new consolidation push

2 September 2025 @ 7:54 pm

Miami-based Corient’s takeover of British rivals Stanhope Capital and Stonehage Fleming reflects sector-wide drive

Air Lease to be sold for $7.4bn to investors including Apollo

2 September 2025 @ 7:36 pm

Sumitomo-led deal will create one of the largest aircraft lessors in the world

UK in advanced talks to build warships for Denmark and Sweden

2 September 2025 @ 6:04 pm

Discussions come as London deepens alliances with Scandinavia in face of Russian threat in the Arctic

Russia’s reckless jamming of GPS systems

2 September 2025 @ 5:59 pm

Interference affecting EU commission president’s plane is no isolated incident

AI start-up Anthropic valued at $170bn in expanded funding round

2 September 2025 @ 5:59 pm

Claude chatbot maker raises $13bn as investors pile in to artificial intelligence groups

Kraft Heinz break-up won’t bring home the bacon

2 September 2025 @ 5:53 pm

Bigger returns from the split could come from finding a buyer for either of the businesses

US curbs TSMC’s tool shipments to China

2 September 2025 @ 5:13 pm

Sending American chipmaking tools to Nanjing plant will now require US licences

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.

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Venture capital technology news

Software commands 40% of cybersecurity budgets as gen AI attacks execute in milliseconds

30 August 2025 @ 1:06 am

Software spending now makes up 40% of cybersecurity budgets, with investment expected to grow as CISOs prioritize real-time AI defenses.

How Sakana AI’s new evolutionary algorithm builds powerful AI models without expensive retraining

30 August 2025 @ 12:14 am

M2N2 is a model merging technique that creates powerful multi-skilled agents without the high cost and data needs of retraining.

How Intuit killed the chatbot crutch – and built an agentic AI playbook you can copy

29 August 2025 @ 6:22 pm

This is the inside story of Intuit's transformation journey with AI — including a grueling nine-month pivot to "burn the boats" and reinvent how the 40-year-old finance giant builds its products.

In crowded voice AI market, OpenAI bets on instruction-following and expressive speech to win enterprise adoption

28 August 2025 @ 11:26 pm

OpenAI's new speech model, gpt-realtime, hopes that its more naturalistic voices would make enterprises use more AI generated voices in applications.

Nous Research drops Hermes 4 AI models that outperform ChatGPT without content restrictions

28 August 2025 @ 9:46 pm

Nous Research launches Hermes 4 open-source AI models that outperform ChatGPT on math benchmarks with uncensored responses and hybrid reasoning capabilities.

Nvidia’s $46.7B Q2 proves the platform, but its next fight is ASIC economics on inference

28 August 2025 @ 9:09 pm

Behind Nvidia's strong quarterlyu results are ASICs gaining ground in key Nvidia segments, challenging their growth in the quarters to come.

Forget data labeling: Tencent’s R-Zero shows how LLMs can train themselves

28 August 2025 @ 9:07 pm

By using two co-evolving AI models, the R-Zero framework generates its own learning curriculum, moving beyond the need for labeled datasets.

Enterprise data infrastructure proves resilient as Snowflake’s 32% growth defies tech slowdown fears

28 August 2025 @ 7:55 pm

While broader technology spending shows signs of cooling, data platform investments accelerate as enterprises prioritize AI-ready infrastructure.

OpenAI–Anthropic cross-tests expose jailbreak and misuse risks — what enterprises must add to GPT-5 evaluations

28 August 2025 @ 3:50 pm

OpenAI and Anthropic tested each other's AI models and found that even though reasoning models align better to safety, there are still risks.

Salesforce builds ‘flight simulator’ for AI agents as 95% of enterprise pilots fail to reach production

27 August 2025 @ 1:00 pm

Salesforce launches CRMArena-Pro, a simulated enterprise AI testing platform, to address the 95% failure rate of AI pilots and improve agent reliability, performance, and security in real-world business deployments.

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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 ›