Federal Reserve Governor Jerome Powell said the U.S. central bank needs to step up monitoring of financial excesses following an extended period of record-low interest rates, citing commercial real estate as one area of concern. “With inflation under control, overheating has shown up in the form of financial excess,” Powell ... Read More »
It turns out that Prince wasn’t just an incredible musician, but also a prolific real estate investor—and maybe a closet gold bug. The enigmatic singer had acquired $25.4 million worth of real estate and other personal property at the time of his death last year, according to a file released ... Read More »
10nanometer (10nm) is the new buzzword when it comes to smartphone processor technology. The technology has been adopted by processor manufacturers such as Qualcomm, Intel, TSMC and Samsung and is expected to power many flagship devices in 2017 such as iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy S8 and Note 8. So, what ... Read More »
This is the third in a series that will briefly examine various plans designed to repeal and replace Obamacare. My first post examined the Patient CARE Act and the second reviewed 2017 Project’s Alternative To Obamacare. Today I will focus on AEI’s Improving Health And Health Care Plan, developed by a group of scholars affiliated with the ... Read More »
The government’s decision to withdraw notes of Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 was intended to attack the black economy. A natural corollary to this was a likely hit to the real sector, which, for long, has been considered a refuge for unaccounted money. The trends so far suggest some immediate ... Read More »
Taeg Nishimoto uses burning wood to make a charred texture, a traditional technique developed in Japan and other parts of the world. Depending on the kind of wood and the length of exposure to the burning process, it brings unique jet black texture on the wood surface which is only ... Read More »
Ingredients 2 pounds beets, peeled and trimmed 3 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil 2 plump cloves garlic, minced 1/2-1 teaspoon chopped fresh rosemary 1/2-1 teaspoon fresh thyme leaves (or 1/2 tsp. dried) 1 pound stemmed beet greens or spinach, washed thoroughly twice and coarsely chopped (8 tightly packed cups) Salt and ... Read More »
America spends more on healthcare per capita than any other country in world. In 2015, the US devoted 17% of the gross domestic product, more than $3 trillion, to health expenditures. 17% of the GDP is approximately twice the average health cost of the OECD countries. Unfortunately this unsurpassed spending ... Read More »
Working in the field of big data and AI means that I see the leading edge advances that come with it. It also means routinely getting freaked out when you think too closely about the possibilities and implications of those advances and where they might be taking us. Here are ... Read More »
At a recent roundtable on the future of employment in India, each participant was asked to bring an object that represented their outlook on the subject. To everyone’s amazement, a renowned JNU economist brought a knife. He explained that if India continues to witness its historical pattern of employment, our ... Read More »
The following excerpt is from the staff of Entrepreneur Media’s book Finance Your Business. Buy it now from Amazon | Barnes & Noble | iTunes Venture capital may be the hot, sexy funding route that helps a few businesses and grabs a lot of headlines every year. But it turns out another type of funding works ... Read More »
Widening access to education had been an important achievement of the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement (SPLM) government since it took power in South Sudan in 2005, following a peace deal with the Sudanese government in Khartoum. In 2003-4, only 400,000 children, about a quarter of the school age population, were ... Read More »
