Interesting Reads for Wednesday, 11 January 2017: Blue Eyes,

Blue-eyed humans have a single, common ancestor  (Science Daily)

China: Slideshow of Photovoltaic Generation Project Floating Above Fishery Waters and Now in Operation      (Xinhuanet) 

Graphene OLED produced in European labs means cellphone screens which will not break and which are only one atom thick
(Phys Org)

Investors could be blindsided by a cluster of Fed rate hikes this year     (Marketwatch)

Ex-High Schol Football Player Leaves Behind A Journal Of Suffering From CTE Before Taking His Life      (GQ)

Two Orlando Police Officers Die Trying To Bring Murder Suspect to Justice, One Shot, One In Wreck of Police Motorcycle in Pursuit

(Huffpost)

The extraordinary size of Amazon in one chart     (The Big Picture)

Next Apple iPhone iteration to be made from forged stainless steel instead of milled aluminum
(Forbes) 

Two wide-moat dividend paying stocks to consider on dips   (Dividend Growth Investor)

1930s-Like Demographic Headwinds Are Restraining the US Economy    (Bloomberg)

Bitcoin plunges as Chinese authorities increase scrutiny      (Marketwatch) 

Bitcoin could soar if the Winklevoss ETF is approved      (Marketwatch)

The path to $10,000 Bitcoin    (Of Two Minds)

Intel Chiefs reportedly told Donald Trump last week in a classified meeting that the Russians have something on him (Business Insider)


Trump needs a win/win deal. Putin is a win/lose guy     (Bloomberg)

Interesting Weekend Reads for Friday through Sunday, Dec. 30, 2016 - Jan. 1, 2017 . . . Happy New Year Edition

Note: We will be adding linked articles and stories as this New Year's weekend progresses. Check back daily...

Video: Watch Tesla’s Autopilot use black magic to avoid a wreck  (must see clip)   (Red Orbit)

Hunting for the Origins of the Universe in Chile's desert (great video)    (Bloomberg)

U.S. evicts Russians for spying, imposes sanctions after election hacks      (Reuters)

Leaving the Grid: How Utilities Can Manage Grid Defection in the Age of Solar    (Renewable Energy World) 


The Venezuelan Cafe Con Leche Index      (Bloomberg) 

Interesting Reads for Wednesday, 28 Dec 2016: Cheap Solar, Cheap Wind, Marijuana & More

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2016 was the year solar panels finally became cheaper than fossil fuels. Just wait for 2017.

(Quartz)       

(Related must read: Renewable Infrastructure Investment Handbook    

(World Economic Forum)

Stat Oil bails on tar sands, invests in Wind Power     (Clean Technica)   Related: Stat Oil wins out over 13 other companies for New York offshore lease of 79,350 acres for wind power farm     (CNBC)


50 Tips on how to slow the Electric Car Revolution in case, for some perverted reason, you don't want humans to drive cleaner, more enjoyable, more exciting and safer electric cars   (Clean Technica)

Review of the new Lucid Air $160,000 electric car     (Yahoo) 

7 Bad health and science ideas that should die with 2016     (Vox) 

With the highest opioid deaths in the USA, drug companies flooded West Virginia with more than 780,000,000 pain pills over 6 years (2007-2012)      (NPR)     
Related: Former Delegate (and Pharmacist) Don Perdue (D) from Wayne County: "Distributors have fed their greed on human frailties and to criminal effect. There is no excuse and there should be no forgiveness."       
(Natural Society)       

The ten largest marijuana companies  
(24/7 Wall St.)

A battle over "Made In America" products is Looming and Republicans are in the middle of it: Round 1 of  "Trump vs. Paul Ryan"
 (Naked Capitalism) 

Links to Macro-Economic News - Tuesday 8 Oct 13

Stock Market Closes At Lowest Level In A Month

Researchers come closer to nuclear fusion ‘ignition’

New Solana Solar Power Plant In Arizona To Provide Power To 70,000 Homes 24/7 . . . Here's How They Will Do It

Are American railroads on the cusp of switching over from diesel to LNG locomotives?

Alcatel-Lucent to cut 10,000 jobs

Gallup Poll: Consumer Spending Doing "The Tighten Up"

A1A News back up and running

Slide show of Greek protest turning into riots, yesterday, September 26, 2012

Chris Hedges: How Do You Take Your Poison?

IMF: Global Financial System As Risky As Before The Credit Crisis

Credit Suisse banker arrested for role in Credit Crisis of 2008

Richard Heinberg: Don't Worry, There's Plenty of Oil

Germany Becomes First Country In The World To Surpass 30 GWp From Solar Power

Charles Hugh Smith: Why QE May Not Boost Stocks After All

New Marketing Pardigm For Cars: Buy A Tesla (Nasdaq: TSLA) Electric Car, Get Free Fuel From The Sun, Forever!

Business/Economic/Housing/Layoff News for October 13, 2010

America's New Super Laser ($3.5 Billion) Passes First Test And Brings Us One Step Closer To Fusion

New Milestone Passed In 2010: 10 Gigawatts of Solar Panels Installed

First Solar Announces 380 Megawatt Increase in Orders for 2011

Dr. Doom, Marc Faber: Buy Stocks As The World Is Heading For Major Inflection Point

China's Foreign Exchange Reserves Rises to $2.65 Trillion by End of September 2010

San Diego Pension Abuse Worse Than Bell, California

Lawyer: Finance industry hired hair stylists, Walmart workers to approve foreclosures

Is Apple Waiting On 4G?

Business/Economic/Housing/Layoff News for August 27, 2010

Bernanke's helicopter could move to new altitude

Asian Stocks Decline on U.S. Growth Concern, Advancing Yen

Another Toyota Recall Affecting 1 Million Corolla and Matrix Brand Cars

1,000-Megawatt Plant in Calif. Marks New Milestone in Solar Expansion

India to add 100 Mw solar power capacity

UPDATE 2-Toshiba plans solar power push in Europe, U.S.

Solar, wind expected to become world's main sources of energy: scientist
US Wind Turbine Projects Run Into Resistance From The US Military . . . Here's Why

Breakthrough! Scientists create a synthetic surface for growing stem cells

China's Biggest Wireless Telecom Might Begin Selling Apple iPads In September

Silver and Gold ETFs: Protecting Yourself From a Sell-Off

The Great Delveraging Lie

Mass Delusion American Style

Dow closes below 10,000

S&P 500 down over 13% since April's high; surpisingly, short interest has stayed relatively flat

Dallas-Fort Worth commercial foreclosure filings are up 51% in 2010

11 Million U.S. Properties with Negative Equity in Q2

Chart of the Day: Housing Prices Since WWII

Current trends suggest that the housing market is collapsing. Again. Will it take the economy further down with it?

Mish: Burning Down the House; New Home Sales Consensus 330K, Actual 276K, a Record Low; Nationwide, Zero New Homes Sold Above 750K

The Renting Alternative Will Undermine The Housing Market For Years

Mish: Weekly Unemployment Claims Drop to 473,000, Last Week Revised Up to 504,000; 4-Week Average Rises to 486,750

Scarcity of jobs puts more at risk of foreclosure

Newark submits plan to eliminate nearly 1,000 city jobs

Children's Hospitals plans to cut up to 250 jobs

USA Today to give pink slips to 130 employees

Raytheon cuts 82 NASA workers