Monday, December 1, 2014

@16:30, 11/28/14

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N.Y. / Region

For New Tappan Zee, Questions Persist Over How High the Tolls Will Climb

The discount afforded by one of the New York City area’s great travel bargains — crossing the Hudson River on the Tappan Zee Bridge — is likely to shrink, but no one can say by how much.
Bridges and Tunnels; Tolls; Series; Infrastructure (Public Works) 

http://www.bloomberg.com/markets/rates-bonds/       No not here.
Here: http://www.thruway.ny.gov/about/financial/bond/sales/recent.html
The rate of return is far below 4%.
The article is a bond sales brochure.

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Business Day

E.U. Parliament Passes Measure to Break Up Google in Symbolic Vote

While the vote poses no immediate threat to the company, it symbolizes the growing resentment in Europe toward the American technology titan.
Antitrust Laws and Competition Issues; Computers and the Internet; Privacy

Null action.

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Opinion

Gay Men Should Be Allowed to Give Blood

The backward ban is out of step with medical research.
Blood; Homosexuality and Bisexuality; Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome; Editorials; Blood Donation; Tests (Medical)

After a period to seroconvert and a test for blood born diseases they are lower risk than others

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Opinion

In Peru, a Fight Over Land Rights


Peru was an empire conquered by an imperial power.
Everything belonged to the King.
When the King became the oligarchy everything became the oligarchs property though they may not have known it at the time.
All Peru still belongs to the powers in government.
One or more of the powers is socialist. 

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Your Money

Retirees Turn to Virtual Villages for Mutual Support

The villages allow older people to stay at home by providing services and social connections.
Retirement; Elderly

A good idea.  The practicalities are local.

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The Upshot

Oil Prices Are Plunging. Here’s Who Wins and Who Loses.

OPEC’s decision not to cut back production helps drivers and airline passengers, and will have ripple effects throughout the world economy.
Oil (Petroleum) and Gasoline; United States Economy; Economic Conditions and Trends; Wind Power; Solar Energy; Alternative and Renewable Energy; Commodities; Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Neil Irwin should leave the central banks out of his thought.

http://krugman.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/12/01/oil-prices-and-deflationary-bias/

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World

U.S.-Led Raid Frees 8 Qaeda Hostages From a Yemeni Cave

The freed captives were six Yemeni citizens, a Saudi and an Ethiopian, who were unharmed, Yemeni officials said in a statement.
Kidnapping and Hostages; Rescues; Terrorism; United States Defense and Military Forces

A rescue attempt that won a third prize.

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N.Y. / Region

Anger Upstate Over Power Plan for New York City

Hudson Valley residents worry that proposals to add high-voltage electric transmission lines will cause disruptions including spoiled views and loss of homes and property.
Electric Light and Power; Eminent Domain

The law and the rights of way were there before the sprawl.

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Opinion

Detroit’s Pension Benefits

The executive director of the National Conference on Public Employee Retirement Systems says pensions should not be seen as a threat to the city.
Pensions and Retirement Plans; Bankruptcies; Government Employees

Detroit is still bankrupt.

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World

Jerusalem, the Holy City of Separation


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  Arts

At Auctions, Russian Oligarchs Start to Hedge Their Bets

At recent sales in London, auction houses struggled to sell top Russian works of art. Some dealers said that the sluggish sales were a reflection of what's going on in Russia.
Art; Culture (Arts); Auctions; Ruble (Currency); Economic Conditions and Trends; Embargoes and Sanctions; Collectors and Collections

Russia is feeling the German deflation.


The European Outlier

"I’m doing some work on matters European, which should see the light of day shortly, and for future reference I want to post a simple chart. It makes the same point already made by Francesco Saraceno and Simon Wren-Lewis, but in a more stripped-down and possibly clearer (?) way.
The point is a simple but important one: at this point any European imbalances associated with the surge in capital flows to the periphery after the formation of the euro have been worked off via extremely painful and costly disinflation. If we look at the whole period from 1999 to the present, most of Europe has had cost growth and inflation just about consistent with the ECB’s long-standing just-under-2 percent inflation target. There’s just one big outlier:
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Credit OECD and IMF
At this point the European imbalance problem is a German problem, caused by Germany’s persistent failure to have wage and price increases in line with what the euro requires. This German undervaluation is in turn exporting deflation to the rest of Europe. By contrast, France, Spain, and even Italy have been playing by the rules."

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Science

Panel Rejects Sternest F.D.A. Warning for Steroid Shots

Recommending the toughest federal alert would have signaled to doctors that the risks of use outweighed any potential therapeutic benefit for patients.
Steroids; Neck; Back (Human Body Part); Pain-Relieving Drugs; Labeling and Labels; Pain

Error.

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What If We’re Wrong About Depression?

Some researchers say we need new ways of thinking about depression entirely — and that one day, therapy could start with a blood test.
Depression (Mental); Mental Health and Disorders; Psychiatry and Psychiatrists; Research; Therapy and Rehabilitation

Find out.

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World

Sierra Leone to Eclipse Liberia in Ebola Cases

The World Health Organization reported more than 600 new cases of Ebola in the week that ended Sunday, more than half of them in Sierra Leone.
Ebola Virus

The number of deaths is not changing.

http://www.cdc.gov/vhf/ebola/outbreaks/2014-west-africa/case-counts.html

CountryTotal CasesLaboratory-Confirmed CasesTotal Deaths
Guinea213418501260
Liberia716827273016
Sierra Leone659954411398
Total15901100185674

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Arts

Ohio Exhibitions Highlight Ferdinand Brader

Three exhibitions in Canton, Ohio, spotlight the work of Ferdinand A. Brader, a 19th-century artist known for his pencil drawings of farms in Pennsylvania and Ohio.
Art; Antiques; Collectors and Collections; Telephones and Telecommunications

Any possible farm will not have the labor these require.   

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Opinion

Get Real, Boris Johnson!

London’s mayor, an American citizen, goes mano a mano with the Internal Revenue Service. He should give up and pay up.
Taxation; Tax Evasion

Boris Johnson has no need to get real.

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World

A Nuclear Deal for U.S. and Iran Slips Away Again

Negotiations carried on in secret for months, but despite a thaw between the governments’ top envoys, the end result is only another extension.
Nuclear Weapons; Nuclear Energy; United States International Relations

The desired deal is out of reach.
It is not destroyed.

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U.S.

Minnesota: 2 Accused of Trying to Aid Terror Group

Two Minnesota men have been charged with conspiracy to provide material support to the Islamic State group.
Terrorism

Attempting  funding.

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Business Day

Shops on Wheels, but the Goods Aren’t Sold From the Trunk

Mobile businesses are increasing in cities across the United States, as entrepreneurs embrace the lower overhead and freedom to change locations.
Food Trucks and Vendors; Shopping and Retail; Small Business; Start-ups; Regulation and Deregulation of Industry

I do not want to do retail sales.
I might employ a sales clerk to run a peddling operation.

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World

Stuck Russian Plane Gets a Push, Possibly Symbolic, From Passengers

Dozens of passengers in Igarka, 100 miles north of the Arctic Circle, climbed out on Wednesday ostensibly to help push the aircraft onto the runway.
Airlines and Airplanes; Video Recordings, Downloads and Streaming

Good story.  Better as fiction.


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