I came across the following animation on global land and sea temperature changes since 1900: How land and ocean temperatures have changed around the world. Data from https://t.co/6x2Yq61wzU pic.twitter.com/WEcoizoYnd — John Kennedy (@micefearboggis) September 28, 2017 Via Twitter
Copper prices have soared so far this year. After years of poor performance copper prices started goin gup late last year and have continued that upward trend this year. Prices shot up to $7,000 a metric ton this year. The following chart shows the solid growth in copper prices: Click to enlarge Source: Chart …
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A research report recently published by Credit Suisse(CS) showed that family-owned companies outperformed their non-family owned peers. CS defined a family-owned firm as (1) direct shareholding by founders or descendants of at least 20%; (2) voting rights held by founders or descendants of at least 20%. The Top 50 family-owned firms globally based on market cap, …
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The cost of college tuition in the US contiues to increase each year. In fact, college tuition has been increasing at a higher rate than even healthcare and is double that of overall consumer prices. The causes for the relentless rise of college tution are many including cheap and easy loans from Uncle Sam, requirement …
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BASF SE(BASFY), the world’s largest chemical maker has announced a stock split of its ADR shares. The German company implemented a 2: 1 stock split on the ADR back in 2008. This year the split ratio is 4:1. The depository BNY Mellon published the following details on this split: The Bank of New York Mellon, …
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