Wednesday, October 24, 2018

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  Niskanen Center



  • To assert that Nordhaus’ findings justify no or tepid action on climate change is an incomplete and simply misinformed picture of an economist who has laid the foundation, as well...

  • How TV and Service Projects Impact What Americans Believe About Inequality

    11 hours ago
  • American inequality is high and rising, but much of the public still believes the American Dream is alive and well for anyone who works hard. Those views are hard to change, but new research...

  • Applications Open for Spring 2019 Niskanen Center Internships

    a day ago

    • Apply today! The post Applications Open for Spring 2019 Niskanen Center Internships appeared first on Niskanen Center.

    Competitive Enterprise Institute



  • The Trump administration has proposed to freeze Obama-era fuel economy standards at 2020 levels to save lives and money. Opponents want to bring the proposed Safe Affordable Fuel-Efficient...

  • CEI Files Brief with Supreme Court Arguing Ninth Circuit's EasySaver Decision Underscores Need for Proposed Cy Pres Standard

    a day ago
  • Today the Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI) filed a supplemental brief with the Supreme Court, arguing the Ninth Circuit’s decision in the EasySaver case earlier this month...

  • Trump Exceeds One-In, Two-Out Goals on Cutting Regulations, But it May be Getting Tougher

    a day ago

    • The Trump administration has released the Fall 2018 edition of the twice-yearly Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions. Around since the early 80s...

      Opinion | The Guardian



  • The government’s plans to investigate past crimes committed by its troops may serve no useful purposeThe truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth. These are mighty words...

  • Britain has sold its soul to the House of Saud. Shame on us | Owen Jones

    8 hours ago
  • Outrage over the murder of Jamal Kashoggi will not last. Our complicity with this murderous dictatorship is a scandalThere is, finally, some scrutiny of Britain’s sordid relationship...

  • There’s a solution to May’s backstop problem, but it requires compromise | Jonathan Lis

    11 hours ago

    • The prime minister’s only available choice is a full, permanent single market and customs union – for the whole UKThe most extraordinary feature of the Brexit negotiations is...

      CTVNews.ca - Top Stories - Public RSS



  • A sudden wave of pipe bombs targeting Hillary Clinton, former U.S. president Barack Obama, other prominent Democrats and CNN was thwarted without physical harm, but an anxiety-filled...

  • TSX has worst trading day since September 2015 as U.S. markets fall hard

    a day ago
  • North American markets fell hard as Canada's main stock index again posted its worst day in more than three years.

  • Major banks raise prime rates after Bank of Canada interest rate decision

    8 hours ago

    • The cost of loans linked to the big bank prime rates are headed higher in the wake of the Bank of Canada's decision to raise its key interest rate target by a quarter of a percentage point...

      Tallbloke's Talkshop



  • Originally posted on STOP THESE THINGS: The spinning wheel was meant to signify Indian independence, too. ? It never takes them long to work out that wind power is the greatest economic...

  • Met Office fakes the Foehn effect

    15 hours ago
  • Descending air in the atmosphere rises in temperature as it is adiabatically compressed in the pressure gradient created by gravity acting on atmospheric mass. This has been known...

  • Faraday Grid trial could “redefine the electricity grid”

    a day ago

    • The sales pitch is that this technology “has the potential to double the amount of renewable generation a grid can carry.” But the chronic intermittency of renewables remains...

    Catallaxy Files




  • More good news !

    2 hours ago
  • The Michael Oakeshott notebooks are available in paperback. Sorry for the late call! You didn’t want to know? Well it wasn’t me who put the Michael Oakeshott Association on the...

  • Heads up on Reefscare

    3 hours ago

    • The Rite-On! team up north have been consulting with Peter Ridd to generate a new Reefscare campaign to add their voices to the call for sanity on environmental issues and the power...

    Zee News :Zee News - Blog



  • "I didn't know any better," or, "I was afraid I'd lose my job," are not quite the alibis that serve the MeToo movement well.

  • In Sabarimala case review, Supreme Court must hear out Hindu scholars

    14 hours ago
  • The top court should keep in mind equally the right to private esoterica and gender equality in the public sphere.

  • War within CBI should not have been allowed to spill in public so soon

    14 hours ago

    • Internal processes should have been allowed to flow before high-level action was taken.

    Zee News :Technology News



  • To help users get used to changes, Facebook said it would roll out Messenger 4 in phases.

  • OnePlus 7, one of world’s first 5G phones to be launched next year: Report

    21 hours ago
  • OnePlus co-founder Carl Pei has dropped the hints about the company's upcoming phone,

  • Amazon Great Indian Festival Wave 2 to start at midnight tonight: Top smartphone deals

    2 days ago

    • Get top offers from Xiaomi, Apple, Samsung, OnePlus, Realme, Vivo, Motorola, Honor, Huawei, 10.or and more.

    Zee News :Zee News - Health



  • Lack of education leads patients to hallucinate post surgery consuming opioids to heal pain; results poorer quality of life and dependence following back surgery...

  • How does exercise affect our cognitive performance?

    10 days ago
  • The University of Munich discovered that our brain performs best while our bodies are active and less in sedentary.

  • Abnormal vision can affect brain functions: Study

    10 days ago

    • A recent research examines that how the brain processes visual information in patients with various types of lazy eye.

    Zee News :Sci-Tech



  • The elusive underwater creature looks like a bulbous, red creature with head.

  • Four giant planets around young star discovered

    8 days ago
  • Scientists have identified a young star with four Jupiter and Saturn-sized planets orbiting it, the first time that so many massive worlds have been detected in such a system. The...

  • Russia suspends manned space program after Soyuz rocket makes emergency landing

    14 days ago

    • Russia has suspended its manned space program on Thursday until the investigation is pending into the rocket failure, ANI reported.

    Zee News :South asia



  • An Etihad Airways flight travelling from Abu Dhabi to Jakarta was diverted to Mumbai on Wednesday morning after a woman passenger gave birth onboard.

  • Chinese President Xi Jinping opens world's longest sea-crossing bridge

    2 days ago
  • 55-kilometre bridge links Hong Kong's Lantau island to Zhuhai and the gambling enclave of Macau.

  • 22 miners trapped in China coal mine accident

    4 days ago

    • In August, 13 miners were killed in a mine explosion in southern China.

    Zee News :World



  • The suspicious object was found on Wednesday morning

  • Afghanistan says Kandahar attack planned in Pak, Islamabad refutes allegation

    10 hours ago
  • Kandahar's police commander General Abdul Raziq was killed in an attack which, according to Ghani, was a conspiracy hatched in Pakistan.

  • Pakistan to seek IMF bailout despite $6 billion Saudi rescue

    18 hours ago

    • Prime Minister Imran Khan said this week Pakistan was seeking help from "friendly nations".

    Zee News :India National



  • The Supreme Court said Wednesday that embattled realtor Amrapali Group of companies has played a "big fraud" by diverting money collected from home buyers to other firms and the "big...

  • Congress to hold protests outside CBI offices, ask PM Modi to `apologise`

    in 10 hours
  • Top Congress sources said the party will ask the PM to apologise to the nation for "illegal and unconstitutional" sending on leave of the CBI director...

  • CBI registers case against 7 HAL officials over corruption charges

    in 9 hours

    • The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Wednesday registered a case against seven officials of Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) over corruption charges...

      Channel NewsAsia World News



  • A genocide is still underway against Myanmar's Rohingya Muslims, a UN fact-finding team said Wednesday as it presented a report at the Security Council calling for the matter to be...

  • How a Chinese fridge factory prevailed over General Electric, once the world’s best firm

    34 minutes ago
  • Haier was a small company in the 1980s when GE was raking in the money. Then a young manager took charge and made it China’s version of the American appliance giant. Inside the Storm...

  • Commentary: Beware the culture warriors of social media

    4 hours ago

    • Voices on social media are becoming more inappropriate and more extreme, warns one observer.

      Channel NewsAsia Asia Pacific News



  • DATIAN, China: A Chinese entrepreneur is reviving old ways of wok-making and hopes to tap into growing demand for niche, handmade goods from China's young, affluent consumers. Tian...

  • Najib expected to face 6 more charges for criminal breach of trust; to be jointly charged alongside former Treasury head

    19 minutes ago
  • KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia's former prime minister Najib Razak is expected to be charged on Thursday (Oct 25) with six counts of criminal breach of trust involving RM6.6 billion...

  • Japan, China seek warmer ties against backdrop of US trade friction

    39 minutes ago

    • TOKYO: Japan's prime minister travels to Beijing on Thursday for his first formal bilateral summit with Chinese leaders in seven years as the Asian rivals seek to build on a thaw in...

      Channel NewsAsia Front Page News



  • Shares of Cathay Pacific Airways Ltd were set to fall 2.5 percent on Thursday after the airline said data of about 9.4 million passengers of Cathay and its unit, Hong Kong Dragon Airlines...

  • Hammer and tongs: China entrepreneur leads handmade wok revival

    41 minutes ago
  • DATIAN, China: A Chinese entrepreneur is reviving old ways of wok-making and hopes to tap into growing demand for niche, handmade goods from China's young, affluent consumers. Tian...

  • Najib expected to face 6 more charges for criminal breach of trust; to be jointly charged alongside former Treasury head

    19 minutes ago

    • KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia's former prime minister Najib Razak is expected to be charged on Thursday (Oct 25) with six counts of criminal breach of trust involving RM6.6 billion...
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