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Drones Help New Industries Take Flight

Tom Spencer

For example, drones mounted with cameras can be used to collect detailed real-time information about crop quality, irrigation systems, and livestock. In August 2017, after Hurricane Harvey hit Houston, authorities used drones to assess damage and look for people trapped in their homes or vehicles ( Fortune, 2017 ). Image: Vogel.

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Post-Foreclosure Hell: Garnished Wages, Seized Assets, Deficiency Judgments

MishTalk

Many thousands of Americans who lost their homes in the housing bust, but have since begun to rebuild their finances, are suddenly facing a new foreclosure nightmare: debt collectors are chasing them down for the money they still owe by freezing their bank accounts, garnishing their wages and seizing their assets.

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Descent of the Global Monetary System

Tom Spencer

By taking America off the gold standard, the US dollar became a fiat currency, deriving its value not from a claim on gold but from the stability and creditworthiness of the US government, the tax collecting power of the Internal Revenue Service, and the restraint of the Federal Reserve in limiting the supply of dollars. (It per barrel.

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Putin Threatens Currency Speculators; Six Ways to Know a Currency is in Deep Trouble

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Crackdown on "currency speculators" Accusations of foreign interference Measures to stop capital flight Repatriation amnesty in hopes money will return home Currency action itself Currency controls Ruble Analysis Let''s check those six measures starting with today''s report Putin Threatens Crackdown on Currency Speculators.

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How to scale shared success through collaboration and trust

Kates Kesler

For instance, a marketing person may want to create a network that includes the finance manager who can release funding for a campaign, the web developer who can program the campaign pages and the product specialist who can explain the features and benefits of the solution. At the peak of the crisis, 64% of people were working from home.

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Mish's Global Economic Trend Analysis: Economic Recovery in.

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Get Involved The State of the Unions Finances: A Citizens Guide. Home Builders. Tax Collections, Retail Sales Prove Otherwise. in revenue means that economic activity or the collection capacity of the tax has diminished. Trend Analysis. Advertisers. Sitka Pacific. Recent Posts. Featured Links. Recommended Books.

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Emerging Market Contagion Spreads; Argentina, Venezuela, Turkey Roundup; 50% Tax on Internet Purchases

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Turkey’s central bank refrained from raising benchmark rates this week, fueling concern that it will be difficult to finance current-account deficits. Anyone buying items through international websites will now need to sign a declaration and produce it at a customs office, where the packages have to be collected.