Interesting Reads for Monday, 16 January 2016: Big Ben Secrets, Trump™ in Russia, Primate Straws and More . . . .

How Does Big Ben Keep Accurate Time?   (youtube)

Primate tool-use: Chimpanzees make drinking sticks     (BBC)

California begins to emerge from its five-year drought      (PBS)

Common crop chemical leaves bees susceptible to deadly viruses   (Eureklert)

20 dividend stocks with yields up to 7.5% - and these companies are set for sales and earnings gains

(Marketwatch) 

America's 10 Most Favorite Liquors    
(24/7 Wall Street)

China threatens to "take off the gloves" if Trump continues to push them on Taiwan 
(TIME)  

For Trump™, 3 decades of chasing deals in Russia     (New York Times)

Motley Fool Poster Suggests "Trump: Kremlin Employee of the Month"     

(Motley Fool)

Scottish humour! A Scottish newspaper's TV listing of President-elect Donald Trump's inauguration has caught people's attention both in the UK and the US    (BBC)

Tom Tomorrow Cartoon: The Unbelievable Baby-Man    (Daily Kos)

Willie Nelson's new Trump™-inspired song is titled "Delete and Fast Forward"    

(Rolling Stone)    

Berlin unloads on Trump™    (The Guardian)

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)

Apple Closes Below Its 200-DMA for First Time in 551 Days

Alan Greenspan: Default by Greece is almost certain

Gary Shilling: Housing Prices Will Fall Another 20%

A $9 an hour cook in a resort explains how he saves money buying dividend paying stocks

Stocks with the highest yielding dividends as of June 16, 2011

Brown Vetoes California Budget With Pledge to Seek $9 Billion in Taxes

Greek default could trigger chain reaction

Weekend Edition: Feb. 26-28, 2010