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Start of a Global Currency Crisis?

MishTalk

The Indonesian rupiah has basically crashed, the South African Rand and the Brazilian real have fallen to their weakest levels since the 2008/9 crisis sell-off, and even the Canadian and Australian dollar look a bit frayed around the edges these days. Turkish Lira vs. US Dollar Since mid-2008 the Lira collapsed from 1.03

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Spain Suffers from Hundreds of Earthquakes Caused by Offshore Drilling; Largest Quake is Magnitude 4.2; Citizens Complain of Cracks and Tremors Whipping Their Homes

MishTalk

Jose Manuel Soria, the Minister of Industry, Energy and Tourism said that it appears that there is a direct relationship between the injection of gas into the underground Castor warehouse and earthquakes. The energy minister says "It appears that there is a relationship between gas injection and earthquakes". Via Mish-modified translation.

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The Mainstreaming of Augmented Reality: A Brief History

Harvard Business

But it also has implications for areas outside of entertainment, such as marketing, fashion, tourism, and retail, where commercial AR apps have already been increasing in numbers and popularity. The first commercial AR application appeared in 2008. These early systems superimposed virtual information on the physical environment (e.g.,

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3 Reasons to Invest in A Leadership Development Program

Organizational Talent Consulting

2017) Reducing employee turnover intention through servant leadership in the restaurant context: A mediation study of affective organizational commitment International Journal of Hospitality & Tourism Administration 19(2),125-141. References. Avolio, B. & Hannah, S. Developmental readiness: Accelerating leader development.