Dubai Debt: Global Economic Recovery Still in Danger – TIME

Posted by Matt in November 30th, 2009 | no comment

Published in Dubai, Economy, Boom, Danger Time, Dominique Strauss Kahn, Economic Recovery, Excess Capacity, Global Economy, Global Issue, International Monetary Fund, Late November, Managing Director, New Menu, No Doubt, Policy Challenges, Recession, Slew, Stimulus, surprises, Uncertainty, Unemployment, Unresolved Problems

The worst of the crisis is almost certainly behind us, but that doesn’t mean the crisis is over. Lying ahead are a slew of unresolved problems, policy challenges and, no doubt, further surprises. Unemployment remains a serious global issue, and may yet get worse; excess capacity left over from the boom years haunts the recovery; [...]

CIA and Pentagon Deploy RFID “Death Chips.” Coming Soon to a Product Near You!

Posted by Matt in July 11th, 2009 | no comment

Published in Military Tech, Beacons, Bob Woodward, Chips, Cia, Deploy, Deployment, Drone, Fabric, iraq, Open Literature, Pakistan, Pentagon, Reflectors, Rfid, Rfid Tags, Secret Terror, Secret Weapon, Slew, Strikes, tags, tracking, Urban Myth, Woven Fabric

It is hardly surprising then, that the Pentagon and the CIA have spent “hundreds of millions of dollars researching, developing, and purchasing a slew of ‘Tagging tracking and locating’ (TTL) gear,” Wired reports.
Long regarded as an urban myth, the military’s deployment of juiced-up RFID technology along the AfPak border in the form of “tiny homing [...]

How to get a bank account in Brazil

Posted by Matt in April 5th, 2009 | no comment

Published in Brazil, Bank Account, Brazil, Brazilian Consulate, bureaucracy, Business Visa, Foreigners, Journalist Visa, National Registry, Relationships, Rio De Janeiro, Slew, Tourists, Visas, Website Address, Work Visa

Foreigners in need of a bank account? Just follow these 70-plus steps.
Part A: Get a Valid Work Visa
– You’ll need a Foreigners National Registry card to get an account, and you can’t get that without a business or work visa of some sort. So begin by printing out requirements for the appropriate one (let’s say, [...]

The Fat Tail: The Power of Political Knowledge for Strategic Investing

Posted by Matt in March 25th, 2009 | no comment

Published in Economy, Financial, Geopolitical, Alfred Hitchcock, Anticipation, Bell Curve, Black Swans, Conquest, Donald Rumsfeld, Eurasia Group, Financial Crisis, Gems, Geopolitical, Global Financial Crisis, Global Politics, Good Job, Ian Bremmer, Nassim Nicholas Taleb, Political Futures, Political Knowledge, Political Risk Analysis, Private Army, Russian Government, Slew, Staid World, Strategic Investing, Subtitle, Swans

The Fat Tail (Political Futures Mar 09)

The Rise of Global Political Risk

Please join Ian Bremmer as he discusses his book The Fat Tail: The Power of Political Knowledge Through Strategic Investing.
A helpful look at how global politics can affect investing
By Edward Durney (San Francisco)
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I’ve read many books on investing. But none [...]