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Can Google Predict Stock Market Events?

While the movie, Terminator 2, evoked the horrifying reality of a world run by self aware robots that were bent on exterminating humanity, according to recent data that was published in Scientific Reports, search engines and their complex algorithms are now capable of predicting stock market crashes, and with a …

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Does a Free Healthcare System Actually Work?

The NHS (National Health Service) in the UK has often been lauded as a shining beacon of healthcare to the world. However, the practices and attitudes in the NHS are a stark warning for citizens of countries who are being asked to part with their hard earned money to fund …

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Feds: Recent Economic Growth Mostly Attributed to Recovering Housing Market

The Federal Reserve released a report this week stating that U.S. economic expansion remained “moderate.” The Feds attribute most of the recent economic gains to the recovering housing market. “Most districts noted increases in manufacturing activity since the previous report,” the central bank said in its Beige Book business survey, …

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Obama to Congress on ‘14 Budget: Cut Social Security Benefits, Tax the Wealthy

Over this past week, President Barack Obama sent his 2014 budget package to Congress. The package entails a $3.8 trillion blueprint for spending that Obama Camp says is designed to create the “ultimate bargain.” The goal of the spending package is to reduce runaway spending deficits by raising taxes on …

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Doomsday Clock is Ticking: North Korea Preparing for Missile Test

According to numerous government entities, the propensity for a missile launch by North Korea is considered to be “considerably high.” Over the past few weeks of intensity, the reclusive and belligerent nation has redacted the 1950s Truce Armistice, has closed its cross border production plants, has severed all forms of …

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Real Life ‘Star Wars’: U.S. Navy Set to Unveil Warships with Laser Weapons in ‘14

Today’s new story seemingly comes right off the pages of a science fiction novel. In a recent report that was issued by the U.S. Navy, in association with the Department of Defense (DOD), warships mounted with powerful laser cannons are set to be deployed in waters around the globe to …

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Economic Outlook Marred by Meager Job Gains

Over the past nine months, employers have been regaining some steam. But that has hit a bit a standstill as new reports surface showing that hiring was its weakest in the past nine months (over this past month). According to the Labor Department, payroll only expanded 88,000 for the past …

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Could the Next-Gen iPhones Have Been Previously Designed by Steve Jobs?

Everyone knows that there is the iPhone 5, and the forthcoming iPhone 5s, as per Apple’s two model production line standards for this popular smartphone series. However, what is little known is that Steve Jobs actually designed the iPhone 4 and 5 models, and their features and functionalities, long before …

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U.N. Arms Trade Treaty Angers Some U.S. Senators

The U.N. Arms Trade Treaty was passed this week by a landslide vote of 154 to 3 with 23 abstentions. Republican senators were the first to dole out their discontent with this tenacious and aggressive new treaty, with some crying that it was a “non-starter.” Many senators have now pooled …

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Newest Rounds of Talks Aim to Prevent Iran from Becoming a Nuclear Armed Regime

Over the past few years, nothing has seemed to get in the way of Iran pursuing nuclear technology. While the country fervently asserts its right to nuclear power, and clearly states that its position in pursuing atomic technology is not to build a bomb but to provide power to its …

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U.S., South Korea Forge Military Counter Plan for North Korea

The reclusive nation of North Korea has further distanced itself from the world in recent months. Its pursuit of nuclear technology, in violation of the opposing international community, it’s direct threats of attack against the South and of a nuclear attack against the United States, and it’s most recent declaration …

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17-Year-Old Entrepreneur Sells Popular News App to Yahoo for Millions

Up until now, not many people had ever heard of Nick D’Aloisio, a 17-year-old school-aged teenager from the U.K. But now, he’s seemingly all over the news radar, and for ample good reason, too. Over the past week, Aloisio completed a deal that nobody ever saw coming. He sold his …

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