When the Oso, Wash., landslide engulfed a neighbourhood along the North York of the Stillaguamish River last year, its size and ferocity were stunning even to geologists. But a new analysis from the University of Washington makes it clear that […]
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Author: Tom
Is the F-35 Really an Air Force Disaster? [ANALYSIS]
In response to F’d: How the U.S. and Its Allies Got Stuck with the World’s Worst New Warplane by David Axe I don’t know what to say – there are so many misconceptions. The F-35 was never meant to be a dogfighter […]
Bank of England Suddenly Hoarding Large Amount of Gold
What has the Bank of England done with 1,300 tonnes of gold? Quote: While perusing the BofE’s new website application, which allows you to take a virtual tour of the Kingdom’s gold vaults, Macleod learned that in June the bank […]
Metals, Grains, Foods – Are Indices Telling The Truth
Economists and the public always want a simple answer in their favour – which normally means ignoring the question and hiding more than is revealed. The consumer price index is a nice accurate number which normally has highly qualified economists […]
The Fallacy Of Monopoly Of Raw Materials
To start somewhere the story of nitrogen fertilizer has several points worth noting. In brief: Before the First World War, Fritz Haber invented the Haber process for fixing nitrogen to oxygen, and making it chemically accessible to plants. In the […]
Mærsk Joins With CMA, CGM And MSC To Form P3-Network
Mærsk joins up with CMA CGM and MSC Mediterranean Shipping Company. JyllandsPosten has: EPN.DK Mærsk Cooperation To Be Called P3-Network Quote: The cooperation between Danish Maersk, French CMA CGM and Swiss MSC Mediterranean Shipping Company will be called the P3-network according […]
Has China Collapsed? A Look at FX, Copper, Iron, and Steel
Has China collapsed? Well let us look at the evidence: Evidence For China The exchange rates of different currencies give some clues about China. The graph has been scaled that bottom is half of the top – only relative variations […]
German Sovereign Bonds Lock Stepped
Neue Zürcher Zeitung reports: Deutschland bonds kurz vor emission Quote: The Union and a number of the States will address the capital market together for the first time after the parliamentary summer break – starting in Juli. This is reported […]
If Financial History is Any Guide the Future of Switzerland Looks Dim
Switzerland…. Neue Zürcher Zeitung has: Quote: Switzerland: History shows that financial institutions can survive a prosecution in the USA – but often not for long. In the debate on the ”Lex USA” the Swiss parliament faces uncomfortable compromises in solving the […]
LIBOR Probably Moving out of the UK, But Where to is Missing the Point
LIBOR inspection to move to Paris. The Guardian has: Quote: EU regulators published guidelines on Thursday to stop banks rigging Libor and other market benchmarks as an interim measure before a more far-reaching EU law comes in. The draft law, […]
