THIS WEEK AT NASA VIDEO: Concept to Reality – Our Journey To Transforming Aviation
ABOVE VIDEO: On Friday, NASA Administrator Charlie Bolden gave the keynote address at the Aviation 2016 conference in Washington. Also, Juno's Mission to Jupiter, Cygnus Departs ISS, New Commander Aboard the Space Station, and Engaging Women ...>> view originalThese Chinese-Backed Electric Carmakers Are Speeding After Tesla
Tesla got a jump-start in the race to popularize the electric car, but the industry leader has some new competition fueled by capital from overseas.We already knew about Germany's BMW and Mercedes electric ambitions, but Chinese-funded startups could be speeding onto the market as soon as 2018, according to reports. One challenger, the California-based company Atieva, has announced plans to release an electric luxury sedan within two years. A former Tesla engineer is now a chief executive at th..>> view originalCalifornia's jobless rate dips to 5.2 percent, 9 year low
Posted: Jun. 17, 2016 8:00 am Updated: Jun. 17, 2016 4:59 pm SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California's unemployment rate dropped to its lowest point in nine years as it continued a steady decline last month, the Employment Development Department reported Friday. The jobless rate fell to 5.2 percent in May, down a tenth of a percentage point from April. The rate was last this low in May 2007, before the Great Recession. "There are less and less unemployed individuals in California and fortunately m..>> view originalThose big changes at Costco: What you need to know
Those big changes at Costco: What you need to know Eli Blumenthal, USA TODAY , KVUE 4:05 PM. CDT June 18, 2016 A Costco Wholesale warehouse location in Woodbridge, Virginia, January 5, 2016. (Credit: SAUL LOEB/AFP/Getty Images) (Photo: SAUL LOEB, This content is subject to copyright.) Big changes are coming to Costco next week.Starting Monday, wholesale-store giant Costco is switching credit card providers to Citi Visa, ending its 16-year relationship with American ..>> view originalDriven by Campaign Populism, Democrats Unite on Expanding Social Security
But the politics have shifted. Mr. Obama summarized the new Democratic consensus in a speech in Elkhart, Ind., on June 1.“It’s time we finally made Social Security more generous, and increased its benefits so that today’s retirees and future generations get the dignified retirement that they’ve earned,” Mr. Obama said. “And we could start paying for it by asking the wealthiest Americans to contribute a little bit more.”Democrats appear likely to include those proposals in their platform. “Senat..>> view originalAnti-oil protesters arrested for blocking trains in Washington state
Police arrested 21 protesters on Saturday for blocking BNSF Railway Co. [BNISF.UL] freight trains in Vancouver, Washington, on a line that transports oil and coal in the Northwest, protesters and a railroad spokesman said.The Fossil Fuel Resistance Network, conducting its first protest, blocked the tracks for about three hours before police handcuffed and detained 21 people who refused to leave.Hoisting signs reading "I Stand Against Oil Trains" and "Ban the Bomb Trains," about 100 demonstrato..>> view originalWho Will Replace Rajan? India Searches for Central Bank Chief
With Indian central bank Governor Raghuram Rajan heading back to academia after his term ends in September, the search for his replacement has begun.Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said on Saturday that a successor would be announced shortly. India’s central bank chiefs are appointed by the prime minister in consultation with the finance minister.Below are potential candidates to succeed Rajan as governor in the world’s fastest growing major economy, according to Ambit Capital Pvt. and media repo..>> view originalLGBT Gun Rights Group Sees Membership Spike After Orlando Shooting
The Pink Pistols, a national gun club for gays and lesbians, wants their community to take up arms in self defense in the wake of a deadly shooting massacre at a gay nightclub in Orlando. Spokesperson Gwendolyn Patton, who argues that the LGBT community needs to exercise their Second Amendment rights in order to defend themselves, says the group saw membership soar from about 1,500 members before the Orlando shooting on Sunday to 3,500 on Monday. The spike in interest comes after at least ..>> view originalUPDATE 1-Iran says has finalised the deal to buy 100 Boeing airliners
DUBAI Iran has reached a deal to buy 100 planes from U.S. planemaker Boeing, and the two sides are awaiting approval by U.S. Treasury authorities, the head of Iran's Civil Aviation Organisation said in remarks published by state media on Sunday.So far, Boeing has only been granted permission to present its products to Iranair and a handful of other airlines as it tries to catch up with Europe's Airbus, which won a provisional deal earlier this year for 118 jets worth $27 billion.Reuters report..>> view originalTracing the global market thread that could be unraveled by Brexit
LONDON If Britons vote to take their country out of the European Union on June 23, no corner of the global financial market complex will emerge unscathed.The invisible thread that links assets as diverse as gold, bank stocks, the Japanese yen and government bonds would be yanked sharply by Brexit, an event the Bank of England said on Thursday risks "adverse spill-overs to the global economy".With global interest rates and bond yields the lowest on record, central banks running low on crisis-fi..>> view original
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