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Life Expectancy, Infant Mortality Vary Wildly by Race in America

Posted by ColinFCodeChef on Tuesday July 14, 2020 @08:28PM
from the bloomberg.com dept.

https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2020-07-13/life-expectancy-infant-mortality-vary-wildly-by-race-in-america

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Facebook's Civil Rights Audit – Final Report [pdf]

Posted by ColinFCodeChef on Thursday July 09, 2020 @12:16PM
from the about.fb.com dept.

https://about.fb.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Civil-Rights-Audit-Final-Report.pdf

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Microbes Write History: Plagues Leave Societies Permanently Altered

Posted by ColinFCodeChef on Monday June 29, 2020 @07:53AM
from the theatlantic.com dept.

https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2020/06/pandemics-plagues-history/610558/

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Just a few Stocks are responsible for most of the stock market’s recovery

Posted by ColinFCodeChef on Monday June 08, 2020 @11:16AM
from the wsj.com dept.

https://www.wsj.com/articles/this-bull-market-isnt-as-big-as-you-think-11591365601

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United States vs. Forty Barrels and Twenty Kegs of Coca-Cola

Posted by ColinFCodeChef on Friday June 05, 2020 @05:59PM
from the en.wikipedia.org dept.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_v._Forty_Barrels_%26_Twenty_Kegs_of_Coca-Cola

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Sundown Town

Posted by ColinFCodeChef on Tuesday June 02, 2020 @10:44AM
from the en.wikipedia.org dept.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sundown_town

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US will double coronavirus testing capacity over next several weeks

Posted by ColinFCodeChef on Sunday April 26, 2020 @07:42PM
from the thehill.com dept.

https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/494693-fauci-says-us-needs-to-double-testing-capacity-to-safely-reopen

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12-month Percentage Change, Consumer Price Index

Posted by ColinFCodeChef on Thursday October 11, 2018 @12:14PM
from the bls.gov dept.

https://www.bls.gov/charts/consumer-price-index/consumer-price-index-by-category.htm#

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Elon Musk Charged with Securities Fraud for Misleading Tweets

Posted by ColinFCodeChef on Thursday September 27, 2018 @06:03PM
from the sec.gov dept.

https://www.sec.gov/news/press-release/2018-219

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The Big, Dangerous Bubble in Corporate Debt

Posted by ColinFCodeChef on Thursday August 16, 2018 @12:57PM
from the nytimes.com dept.

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/09/opinion/corporate-debt-bubble-next-recession.html

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SEC Bars Perpetrator of Initial Coin Offering Fraud

Posted by ColinFCodeChef on Wednesday August 15, 2018 @09:47AM
from the sec.gov dept.

https://www.sec.gov/news/press-release/2018-152

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SEC Charges Cloud Communications Company Executives with Misleading Revenue

Posted by ColinFCodeChef on Wednesday August 08, 2018 @03:06PM
from the sec.gov dept.

https://www.sec.gov/news/press-release/2018-150

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SEC Emergency Freeze of $27M in Stock of Cryptocurrency Company Longfin

Posted by ColinFCodeChef on Friday April 06, 2018 @01:46PM
from the sec.gov dept.

https://www.sec.gov/news/press-release/2018-61

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Moody's downgrades Tesla's corporate family rating to B3. Outlook is negative

Posted by ColinFCodeChef on Thursday March 29, 2018 @12:55PM
from the moodys.com dept.

https://www.moodys.com/research/Moodys-downgrades-Teslas-corporate-family-rating-to-B3-senior-notes--PR_381481

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Re:Mark Zuckerberg apologizes in full-page newspaper ads on Sunday March 25, 2018 @06:51PM (#16675115)

This seems a pretty accurate guess. Many of the major advertisers (Proctor & Gamble, Johnson & Johnson, Unilever) have already pulled back on spending with the platform as an ineffective use of advertising budget [0].

[0] https://www.wsj.com/articles/p-g-cuts-more-than-100-million-...

SEC Announces Its Largest-Ever Whistleblower Awards

Posted by ColinFCodeChef on Monday March 19, 2018 @01:08PM
from the sec.gov dept.

https://www.sec.gov/news/press-release/2018-44

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Equifax CIO Put ‘2 and 2 Together’ Then Sold Stock, SEC Says

Posted by ColinFCodeChef on Wednesday March 14, 2018 @04:47PM
from the bloomberg.com dept.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-03-14/sec-says-former-equifax-executive-engaged-in-insider-trading

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Haruki Murakami: The Running Novelist (2008)

Posted by ColinFCodeChef on Saturday March 10, 2018 @11:33PM
from the newyorker.com dept.

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2008/06/09/the-running-novelist

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Turn Prisons into Colleges

Posted by ColinFCodeChef on Friday March 09, 2018 @09:11AM
from the mobile.nytimes.com dept.

https://mobile.nytimes.com/2018/03/06/opinion/prisons-colleges-education.html

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I hear you, but your home is still a lousy investment

Posted by ColinFCodeChef on Wednesday March 07, 2018 @11:07PM
from the usatoday.com dept.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/columnist/2018/03/04/hear-you-but-your-home-still-lousy-investment/388540002/

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How to ask questions that drive change at work

Posted by ColinFCodeChef on Tuesday March 06, 2018 @10:16PM
from the hackernoon.com dept.

https://hackernoon.com/how-to-ask-questions-that-drive-change-at-work-81d9422ffa9c

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American companies are suppressing wages for many workers

Posted by ColinFCodeChef on Monday March 05, 2018 @08:19AM
from the mobile.nytimes.com dept.

https://mobile.nytimes.com/2018/02/28/opinion/corporate-america-suppressing-wages.html

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Making a Difference

Posted by ColinFCodeChef on Saturday March 03, 2018 @11:37AM
from the humbledollar.com dept.

http://www.humbledollar.com/2018/03/making-a-difference/

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Yes, Bacon Really Is Killing Us

Posted by ColinFCodeChef on Thursday March 01, 2018 @11:55PM
from the theguardian.com dept.

https://www.theguardian.com/news/2018/mar/01/bacon-cancer-processed-meats-nitrates-nitrites-sausages

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Re:Technology Change Not the Culprit in Wages Falling Behind US Produc... on Wednesday February 21, 2018 @11:09PM (#16435084)

That's completely backwards. Dividends are the only distribution to shareholders. Stock buybacks look great for Executives trying to inflate share price and earn bonuses tied to Earnings Per Share (EPS).

Re:Study Finds No Correlation Between Unpaid Internships and Job Prosp... on Saturday February 17, 2018 @03:27PM (#16402528)

The title is misleading - No Correlation Between Unpaid Internships and Job Prospects Of Liberal Arts Graduates

Re:Show HN: Enlight – Learn to code by building projects on Sunday December 10, 2017 @04:09PM (#15893514)

The gap between a professional and hobbyist is nowhere near as wide as one might think. Great idea, keep at it.