Author Archives: Quantum Tom

That’s not good. Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen received medical attention on Thursday after coughing, pausing and struggling to finish a speech in which she said the U.S. central bank was on track to raise interest rates this year for the first time in nearly a decade. This is up there with that time PresidentContinue reading “Fed’s Yellen gets medical attention after struggling with speech”

Looks like Groupon is circling the drain. Again. Told you so. Twice. They’ve been running on empty since 2011. NBC Portland reports Groupon cutting 1,100 jobs, shutting down operations in 7 countries

“I’m not sure this administration would recognize provocation if it were slapped in the face.” – Sen. Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska), in reference to China’s recent provocative cruise through the Bering Sea. “I agree that the South China Sea is no more China’s than the Gulf of Mexico is Mexico’s” – Adm. Harry Harris, Jr., commander of U.S.Continue reading “On China and its maritime ambitions”

This just made me weak. Found on r/funny  

That’s kind of heavy, when you think about it. Syria’s civil war has prompted the first withdrawal of seeds from a “doomsday” vault built in an Arctic mountainside to safeguard global food supplies, officials said on Monday. Source: Syrian war spurs first withdrawal from doomsday Arctic seed vault | Reuters