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.

Biden And The Media's 'Anti-Disinformation' Campaign

27 July 2024 @ 3:10 am

Biden And The Media's 'Anti-Disinformation' Campaign Authored by Andrew Lowenthal via The Brownstone Institute, "The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.” - George Orwell, 1984 For years the media, “fact-checkers,” and “anti-disinformation” initiatives told the public there was nothing wrong with Joe Biden. A few weeks ago, in the space of five minutes, they flipped. Rapid-onset dementia had struck the President and it was time for change.

Does Disney's Dramatic Decline Reflect Growing Public Opposition To Woke Activism?

27 July 2024 @ 2:45 am

Does Disney's Dramatic Decline Reflect Growing Public Opposition To Woke Activism? The participation of major corporations in the molding of cancel culture should not be overlooked.  While many people assumed that companies were "bending the knee" to progressive activists, the opposite was actually true.  Woke movements are a minority within western populations and have no boycott power.  There's never been any reason for businesses to be afraid of them. In fact, without the support of companies like Blackrock, Vanguard, Google, Facebook, Twitter and many others the cancel mob would have little to no power.  The situation seems to be changing, or the damage seems to be minimized.  One corporate entity reflects this shift more than any other, and that's Di

"A Crisis Of Extremes": Behind The Homeless Surge In California's High Desert

27 July 2024 @ 2:20 am

"A Crisis Of Extremes": Behind The Homeless Surge In California's High Desert Authored by Beige Luciano-Adams via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), In the scrubby Mojave desert north of Los Angeles, a sprawling encampment of decrepit RVs sits just off a dirt road separating the city of Lancaster from Los Angeles County’s unincorporated expanse.

Gab Founder Says Trump Shooter Thomas Crooks 'May Have Had Account' - Was Pro-Biden

27 July 2024 @ 1:55 am

Gab Founder Says Trump Shooter Thomas Crooks 'May Have Had Account' - Was Pro-Biden Thomas Crooks, the 20-year-old resident of Bethel Park, PA who allegedly tried to assassinate Donald Trump may have had an account on social media alternative website Gab.  He apparently used the platform to spread messages in support of President Joe Biden, indicating a progressive political leaning.  Gab CEO Andrew Torba says he has received “an emergency disclosure request from a law enforcement agency” pertaining to a specific account linked to Thomas Crooks.

FBI Director Debunks Biden's Claim That J6 'Gallows' Were Designed To Hang Mike Pence

27 July 2024 @ 1:30 am

FBI Director Debunks Biden's Claim That J6 'Gallows' Were Designed To Hang Mike Pence Authored by Ken Silva via Headline USA, President Joe Biden said in a recent speech that the infamous gallows built on Capitol Hill on Jan. 6, 2021, were “erected to hang Vice President Mike Pence.”

Trump Tells Netanyahu A 'Third World War' Is Likely If He Loses In November

27 July 2024 @ 1:05 am

Trump Tells Netanyahu A 'Third World War' Is Likely If He Loses In November Former President Trump met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at his Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida on Friday, just after the Israeli leader met with President Biden and VP Harris. Trump claimed in the context of the meeting that a major war in the Middle East - and even possibly a "third world war" - will break out if he doesn't win the election. He's long been running as the candidate who will deescalate global hotspots that Washington is too deeply embedded in.

The FDA's Disastrous War Against Sleep

27 July 2024 @ 12:40 am

The FDA's Disastrous War Against Sleep Authored by 'A Midwestern Doctor', Story at-a-glance The power of sleep — Proper sleep is essential for our health, and disruptions can lead to severe issues like heart attacks, psychiatric illnesses, car accidents, fatigue, diabetes, cognitive impairment, and dementia A widespread epidemic — Poor sleep affects many due to a lack of understanding about its importance and the use of sedative sleeping pills that hinder healthy sleep. For instance, medical training often deprives students of sleep, despite its critical role in learning Th

Former Aide To NY Governor Hochul's House Raided By FBI

27 July 2024 @ 12:15 am

Former Aide To NY Governor Hochul's House Raided By FBI A home of a former aide to New York Gov. Kathy Hochul was raided by the FBI earlier this week, according to NBC.  The Manhasset house was owned by Linda Sun, who served as the deputy chief of staff to the governor, the report says.  The FBI commented earlier this week stating it had carried out “court-authorized law enforcement activity”, but refusing to provide further details.  NBC

On Kamala's "Inspiring" Backstory & The Big Lie About "Unity"

26 July 2024 @ 11:50 pm

On Kamala's "Inspiring" Backstory & The Big Lie About "Unity" Authored by James Hickman via SchiffSovereign.com, The year was 1994. Former NFL superstar OJ Simpson has just fled from police in the infamous low speed chase in his white Ford Bronco. Pulp Fiction was playing in the cinemas. And 29 year old Kamala Harris began dating one of the most powerful politicians in the State of California— Willie Brown. Brown had been in politics for decades at that point and has risen to become the Speaker of California State Assembly, then Mayor of San Francisco.

22 Year Old Arrested For Allegedly Stealing Seattle Fire Truck

26 July 2024 @ 11:25 pm

22 Year Old Arrested For Allegedly Stealing Seattle Fire Truck A 22-year-old man was arrested this week after allegedly stealing a Seattle Fire Department truck, according to KOMO.  On Wednesday morning, the man rode a scooter to the truck, entered it, activated the lights and sirens, and attempted to drive away around 3:30 a.m. on the 9200 block of Second Avenue Southwest. The suspect couldn't deactivate the parking brake and only managed to drive around the corner before exiting the vehicle, the rep

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.

Paris 2024 kicks off under clouds

27 July 2024 @ 8:00 am

Three big stories set the countdown tone

Kamala Harris campaign looks for ‘reset’ with crypto companies

27 July 2024 @ 7:00 am

Vice-president’s team aims to improve relations after industry criticism of the Biden administration

US reveals security concerns around TikTok and ByteDance

27 July 2024 @ 6:14 am

Department of Justice alleges sensitive American user data was stored in China

Why Vance-ism won’t be the future

27 July 2024 @ 4:00 am

Trump’s genius, which is to be rightwing but not pious, is lost on his election running mate 

Paris’s green revolution is still a work in progress

27 July 2024 @ 4:00 am

Swapping the car for the tree has not been a universally popular strategy

Entrepreneurs, are you paying enough into your pension?

27 July 2024 @ 4:00 am

Four in 10 self-employed people are not on track for even a minimum standard of retirement lifestyle

In charts: Labour’s economic inheritance

27 July 2024 @ 4:00 am

Rachel Reeves is preparing to unveil the result of an audit of UK public spending, paving the way for tax rises

Access to cash is the tip of a digital iceberg

27 July 2024 @ 4:00 am

Things are getting back to normal after the CrowdStrike debacle. But for millions of UK adults, the online outage continues

My dry cleaning disaster

27 July 2024 @ 4:00 am

. . . and what it taught me about how to care for vintage clothes

Sunshine-chasing Britons race to book last-minute summer holidays

27 July 2024 @ 4:00 am

Travellers look to keep costs down with all-inclusive deals to cheaper destinations

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

Silicon Valley shaken as open-source AI models Llama 3.1 and Mistral Large 2 match industry leaders

27 July 2024 @ 1:18 am

Meta's Llama 3.1 and Mistral Large 2 open-source AI models challenge industry leaders, reshaping the AI landscape and democratizing access to cutting-edge technology.

Epic Games pulls out of ‘rent collector’ distribution and will restore Fortnite to iOS in Europe

26 July 2024 @ 8:15 pm

Epic unveiled its new game strategy for mobile game stores in a move that was driven by new regulation in Europe and ongoing platform wars.

How Salesforce’s MINT-1T dataset could disrupt the AI industry

26 July 2024 @ 7:55 pm

Salesforce's MINT-1T, a trillion-token dataset, revolutionizes AI research by democratizing access and raising crucial ethical questions about the future of machine learning.

Maingear launches new 17-inch ML-17 gaming laptop

26 July 2024 @ 5:01 pm

Maingear has launched a new version of its ML-17 laptop designed to offer performance, portability and a massive screen for gamers.

How skill matters in Call of Duty multiplayer matchmaking | The DeanBeat

26 July 2024 @ 5:00 pm

Activision has been taking deep dives into its matchmaking process for Call of Duty multiplayer.

DeepMind makes big jump toward interpreting LLMs with sparse autoencoders

26 July 2024 @ 3:04 pm

A new research by Google DeepMind shows how sparse autoencoders (SAEs) with special JumpReLU activation can help interpret LLMs.

How Microsoft is turning AI skeptics into AI power users

26 July 2024 @ 1:50 pm

75% of knowledge workers are already using AI at work, and that usage has doubled in the past six months.

Team FOLON launches ‘DLC-sized’ Fallout London mod

25 July 2024 @ 10:43 pm

After 5 years, the ambitious Fallout London mod has launched. The "DLC-sized" mod for Fallout 4 rivals the base game's size.

Microsoft unveils serverless fine-tuning for its Phi-3 small language model

25 July 2024 @ 10:31 pm

While it's a clear win for developers looking to stay in the Microsoft ecosystem, it's also a notable competitor to Microsoft's own ally.

AI training costs are growing exponentially —  IBM says quantum computing could be a solution

25 July 2024 @ 9:06 pm

Experts from IBM, AWS and HP Labs tackle the big question of gen AI: soaring training costs, at VB Transform 2024.

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 ›