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2 days agoCurrent Event robmonk
There’s a wild theory that the price of Bitcoin is being propped up—and the academic who proved manipulation in 2017 suspects it may be happening ...
Back in 2017, John Griffin, a professor of finance at the University of Texas McCombs School of Business, noticed something strange. Griffin follows a totally different beat from typical business school finance profs who explore, say, how business cycles influence commodity prices or Fed policy sways the term structure of interest rates.
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7 days agoCurrent Event robmonk
ARK Invest Maintains Prediction That Bitcoin Prices Will hit $1M by 2030
Despite a severe downturn, public blockchains continue to foster multiple revolutions and one of them is bitcoin (BTC), says ARK Invest in its 2023 Big Ideas research report. Bitcoin, in the eyes of ARK, is still predicted to close the decade at $1 million because its fundamentals are sound – despite a turbulent 2022.
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7 days agoCurrent Event robmonk
Missing radioactive capsule found in Australia
Emergency services had "literally found the needle in the haystack", authorities said.
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8 days agoAnalysis robmonk
More than half your body is not human
Human cells make up only 43% of the body's total cell count, while the rest are microscopic colonists.
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2 weeks agoExpression robmonk
How a British actress pulled off an Oscars shock
Andrea Riseborough's surprise nod is one of several which left awards pundits astounded.
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2 weeks agoCurrent Event robmonk
Facebook approves ads calling for children’s deaths in Brazil, test finds
YouTube had no problem passing the same test.
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2 weeks agoCurrent Event robmonk
Davos 2023: Greta Thunberg to meet IEA chief Birol
Greta Thunberg is set to meet International Energy Agency (IEA) executive director Fatih Birol in Davos on Thursday, organisers of a fringe round-table event at the World Economic Forum's (WEF) annual meeting told Reuters.
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3 weeks agoExpression robmonk
One of America's most hated companies hired a security robot. It didn't go well
Robot security guards may be cheaper than the human version. But there are still, it appears, problems.
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3 weeks agoCurrent Event robmonk
Robbie Knievel, Daredevil Son Of Evel Knievel Dead At 60
Robbie Knievel, the daredevil and son of stuntman Evel Knievel, has died.
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3 weeks agoCurrent Event robmonk
‘A great day for the country’: Uganda declares an end to Ebola outbreak
Control measures including lockdowns have halted the spread of the virus after less than four months
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1 month agoExpression robmonk
What’s Driving TV’s Un-Renewal Wave
Tax write-offs and a hangover from the streaming era's Wild West days are behind the scrapping of renewed or completed works.
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1 month agoCurrent Event robmonk
Grubhub to pay $3.5M settlement for deceptive practices, hidden fees
Grubhub will pay a $3.5M settlement for a lawsuit from March for alleged violations of Washington D.C.'s Consumer Protection and Procedures Act.
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1 month agoCurrent Event robmonk
Cambodia casino fire: At least 19 dead in blaze on Thai border
Dozens more are injured at a hotel-casino in the town of Poipet near the border with Thailand.
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1 month agoCurrent Event robmonk
US Space Force practices 'space combat tactics' to win a European conflict
The service's training for a European conflict comes while a real conflict unfolds in Eastern Europe.
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1 month agoCurrent Event robmonk
Conservationists hail US plan to ban shark fin trade
Biden poised to sign measure into law as US faces criticism at Cop15 biodiversity conference over failing to sign 30-year-old pact to protect nature