Jon Corzine Considers Launching Hedge Fund
• wsj.comPlan would mark return to finance for embattled former MF Global CEO
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A new shopper's high for 420:
• kansascity.comMarijuana-themed products are smoking hot
Elon Musk had an $11 billion deal in place to sell Tesla to Google in 2013
• Business InsiderElon Musk almost sold Tesla to Google in 2013, according to Ashlee Vance, author of a new book on Musk.
The Other 4/20: Peeking Through The Smoke Of America's Pot Industry
• http://www.zerohedge.com, by Tyler DurdenOn Sunday, we suggested that the increase in traveling escorts combined with a concurrent drop in spending on alcohol and gambling bodes poorly for consumer spending in the US.
Legal Marijuana's $40 Billion Future
• Wired.comHey you, yes you, Smokey Joe over there with your dime bag or your "medical" marijuana card.
Protecting the Vicious, Punishing the Virtuous: ..
• freedominourtime.blogspot.comJosh Tewalt has a drug problem that led to several arrests. Like many others afflicted with that weakness, Tewalt eventually wound up in prison.
Copyrights & Patents Have Become A Religion; All Data Will Be Ignored
• https://www.techdirt.com, by Tim CushingIf you've read Techdirt for any length of time, you'll have noticed that intellectual property laws have been decoupled from logic for several years now.
Ben Bernanke – The Courage to Cash In
• davidstockmanscontracorner.comBen "I Didn't See It Coming" Bernanke Hired by Big Hedge Fund
Everything we know about adulterous dating website Ashley Madison ...
• Business InsiderThe dating website for adulterous affairs is planning to float in London. Here are all the dirty details
Video: Walmart 'Plumbing' Issue Related To DHS Underground Tunnel Network: ...
• shtfplan.comThere's been much speculation about the recent closures of Walmart stores around the country.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr on Vaccines...
• By Prof. James F. TracyIn this address given on the California Capitol steps in Sacramento Robert Kennedy Jr. provides an inspired and detailed analysis of the extent to which the powerful pharmaceutical cartel has effectively captured the nation's scientific, regulatory
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Alibaba inks deal with Shanghai GM to finance car purchases
• ReutersAlibaba Group Holding Ltd deepened its push into the automotive business on Friday, saying it had struck a partnership with Shanghai General Motors (GM) to offer online sales and financing for GM cars.
EU looks at compulsory breathalyser fittings for all cars
• yahoo.comThe European Commission is looking at making it compulsory for all cars to have common fittings for safety technologies such as breathalysers, but the car industry is resisting a standardised socket which it says would be too costly.
Congress Introduces Fast Track Legislation to Help Enact Anti-Consumer Trade Bills
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E-cig use soared, cigarette use fell among U.S. youth in 2014: CDC
• ReutersElectronic cigarette use among U.S. middle and high school students tripled in 2014 while cigarette use fell to record lows, according to provocative new data that is likely to intensify debate over whether e-cigarettes are a boon or bane to public h
'Uber For Weed' Startup Eaze Raises $10 Million In Funding Led By DCM Ventures
• techcrunch.comThere's an Uber for everything nowadays, so why not an Uber for weed?
Is In-Flight Refueling Coming to Commercial Airlines? (Op-Ed)
• space.comThere's real pressure on the aviation industry to introduce faster, cheaper and greener aircraft, while maintaining the high safety standards demanded of airlines worldwide.
The world's biggest mining companies are getting hammered
• http://www.businessinsider.com, afpSome of the world's biggest iron ore miners were on Tuesday placed on "credit watch negative" by Standard and Poor's (S&P), as the price of the commodity continues to plunge amid a supply glut and soft Chinese demand.
The Exodus Begins: Oil ETFs See Biggest Outflows In 15 Months
• http://www.zerohedge.com, by Tyler DurdenJust as we warned previously (here, here, and here), the knife-catching, contango-crushed, BTFDers that piled over $6bn into Oil ETFs have severely underperformed this year.
Airbnb Offering Rentals In Cuba
• http://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.comAirbnb is taking advantage of the renewed relationship between the U.S. and Cuba by offering vacation rentals there.
Forget Musk's Mars: Billionaires Branson, Allen Seek Earth Orbit
• http://www.bloomberg.com, Julie JohnssonAs Elon Musk dreams of missions to Mars, fellow billionaires Paul Allen and Richard Branson focus on breakthrough spaceflight closer to home: cheap cargo trips to Earth orbit.
Alan Turing's notebook sells for $1.025 million
• gizmag.comA remarkable scientific document went under the hammer today at Bonhams in New York. The rare handwritten manuscript by Alan Turing in which he made notes on symbolic logic and mathematics during the Second World War for sold for US$1,025,000.
Amazon to begin testing new delivery drones in the US
• http://www.gizmag.com, By Nick LavarsLast month it emerged that the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) had granted Amazon permission to begin testing a delivery drone prototype for its Prime Air service, a venture that aims to transport packages to Amazon customers in under 30 minute
Monsanto Profits Fall Another 15% In April
• naturalsociety.comMonsanto continues decline in GMO seeds
JPMorgan Chase CEO: Economic Crisis Inevitable
• Prison Planet"There will be another crisis, and its impact will be felt by the financial markets," he wrote
GE CEO Says Now Is A "Perfect Time To Be A Seller"
• zerohedge.comIf you thought you had market impact problems, then you have never tried to sell $273 billion of loans.
Gearing up for robot wars
• http://www.washingtontimes.com, By Bill GertzDeputy Defense Secretary Robert Work on Wednesday outlined the Pentagon's plans for an advanced war-fighting strategy involving robot weapons and remote-controlled warfare.
Virtual reality is everywhere right now -- find out more at IGNITION
• http://www.businessinsider.com, Valerie ReimerFacebook spent $2 billion to acquire a virtual-reality company.
GE is spinning out most of its $500 billion GE Capital business...
• Michael B Kelley and Jay YarowGeneral Electric on Friday morning announced a radical plan to slim itself.
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