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www.bloomberg.com Bloomberg BNA — Companies are starting to consider the value of natural resources in making business decisions, a practice that will become increasingly important as those resources become further constrained, corporate representatives...

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spectrum http://fora.tv/2013/05/01/Temple_Grandin_The_Autistic_Brain fora.tv In The Autistic Brain: Thinking Across the Spectrum, the best-selling author and inventor Temple Grandin of the "hug machine" (a device to calm autist

roarmag.org Drawing inspiration from the Recovered Factories Movement in Argentina, the Vio.Me factory in Greece has begun production under worker self-management.

www.thenation.com In the last half-century of American politics, conservatism has hardened around the defense of economic privilege and rule. Whether it’s the libertarianism of the GOP or the neoliberalism of the Democrats, that defense has enabled an...

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“We base our costumes on the price of the Nikkei average of the day. For example, when the index falls below 10,000 points, we go on stage with really long skirts,” Mori explained. The higher stocks rise, the shorter their dresses get. With the Nikkei...

www.huffingtonpost.com You have no idea just how bonkers high-frequency trading is making the stock market until you actually see it in action. A terrifying new video by the research firm Nanex offers just such an opportunity: It shows one half-second...

www.youtube.com Most of the material for this video was adapted from Kevin Ryan's landmark article on who had "Demolition access to the WTC Towers": video credit ~ http://ww...

www.boilingfrogspost.com Conflicting Moves Create the Intended ‘Smoke & Mirrors’ Just a cursory review of the latest developments in Syria is enough to make anyone dizzy. Well, not everyone- not those who pay attention...