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The Finance & Tech Week In Review – 1/28/17

Posted on January 29, 2017 by | Leave a comment

 

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Every Saturday the HBCU Money staff picks ten articles they were intrigued by and think you will enjoy for some weekend reading impacting finance and tech.

Black market medical record prices drop to under $10, criminals switch to ransomware / CSOonline ow.ly/Ke6T308r22i

Housing lets the iPhone 7 explore the seven seas / New Atlas newatl.as/2kCvvyX

Quail chicks learn their mother’s song in the egg / New Scientist bit.ly/2kbFKgs

Humans have created 30 trillion metric tons of stuff, from buildings to farms to ABBA albums / Science News ow.ly/g0vm308qYjy

Ikea’s refugee shelter declared best design of 2016 / New Scientist newatl.as/2jYB37Q

In #Madagascar, mobile phones allowed researchers to track increasing food insecurity in real time / World Bank wrld.bg/uftj308lLIC

Most People Are Financially Illiterate. Your Employees Don’t Need to Be / Inc. ow.ly/qG4r308qY5Q

3 Things to Know About Financial Planners. Prepare for your future. / FINRA bit.ly/2jeAtFF

Everyone wants economic growth. Starting young is key / WEF wef.ch/2kAoAub

This is how much you would have to contribute to pay off your country’s debt / WEF wef.ch/2j47Ho3

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The Finance & Tech Week In Review – 1/21/17

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Every Saturday the HBCU Money staff picks ten articles they were intrigued by and think you will enjoy for some weekend reading impacting finance and tech.

Public investment in K-12 schools has declined dramatically in a number of states over the last decade. / CBPP ow.ly/aasE308d4WH

Industry reacts: Is HUD’s FHA mortgage insurance premium suspension good or bad? / Housing Wirebit.ly/2k9DByz

The rise of American ingenuity: innovation and inventors of the golden age / NBER bit.ly/2j2Gjse

92% of us are breathing unsafe air. This map shows just how bad the problem is / WEF wef.ch/2iRWlli

Best of Davos: ASEAN is 50, and it’s come a long way. Here’s why you should care / WEF wef.ch/2jcFwCq

Robot reporter gets first article published in China / Computerworld ow.ly/jkDC308aMOF

“Sweden sets 100% renewable energy production target” / Renewable Cities buff.ly/2iKKrNk
Slip a robotic sleeve over a weak heart, and it keeps on pumping / Science News ow.ly/nm6H308aMHX
China reminds Trump that supercomputing is a race / Computerworld ow.ly/kLuI308aMDJ
A-to-Z Review Finds California’s Clean Cars Program Is Working / Clean Technica ow.ly/lknI308aMya

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The Finance & Tech Week In Review – 1/14/17

Posted on January 16, 2017 by | Leave a comment

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Every Saturday the HBCU Money staff picks ten articles they were intrigued by and think you will enjoy for some weekend reading impacting finance and tech.

  • How will we power the planet without wrecking the climate? / Nova PBS to.pbs.org/2jNIxx1
  • Small businesses are prime targets for cyberattacks: SIEM-as-a-service can help / CIO Online ow.ly/13Te307ZH8Z
  • Mini fire extinguishers inside lithium batteries may stop blazes / New Scientist bit.ly/2im4hjc
  • Harvester ants farm by planting seeds to eat once they germinate / New Scientist bit.ly/2im9Y0M
  • Here’s how much Tesla will require EV owners to pay to charge up / CIO Online ow.ly/qsm1307ZGKf

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The Finance & Tech Week In Review – 1/7/17

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Every Saturday the HBCU Money staff picks ten articles they were intrigued by and think you will enjoy for some weekend reading impacting finance and tech.

Mozambique’s poverty reduction was only half as fast as what Sub-Saharan Africa achieved. / @WBPubs wrld.bg/fGUH307nxky

Is economics education failing? / @wef wef.ch/2hXUMa2

These are the values shared by the most innovative companies / @wef wef.ch/2i5cXKr

Climate change and growth risks / @nberpubs bit.ly/2iZxJZh

Faster and cheaper than Concorde, meet the next-generation supersonic passenger jet / @wef wef.ch/2jbYf0R

Your walk could be a password that connects devices on your body / @newscientist ow.ly/6XK2307MkQn

Dell’s new laptop leaves the power cord in the past / @nwtls ow.ly/vaj8307MkGZ

This robot can beat you at chess, then serve you coffee / @CIOonline ow.ly/Xhph307Mkwc

Scar-free wound healing could be on its way / @nwtls ow.ly/iNLh307Mks7

Baltimore Bike Share Arrives With 40% Electric Fleet / @cleantechnica  ow.ly/GCKt307Mkjs

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The Finance & Tech Week In Review – 12/31/16

Posted on January 2, 2017 by | Leave a comment

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Every Saturday the HBCU Money staff picks ten articles they were intrigued by and think you will enjoy for some weekend reading impacting finance and tech.

Out of this world igloo beckons early settlers on Mars / New Atlas 

What are the current maintenance issues facing today’s U.S. National Park system? Get the facts / Pew Environment 

Proxima b is at least 1.3 times as massive as Earth — but that is just a minimum estimate. / Science News http://ow.ly/JZbi307BrfA

Stop buying organic food if you really want to save the planet / New Scientist 

5 easy ways to fight mobile app fatigue / CIOonline http://ow.ly/ZLxH307BrrG

8 digital skills we must teach our children / WEF 

Negative labor trends that pre-date the Great Recession / St. Louis Fed 

Average fixed-rate mortgage rates rise for ninth straight week, first such streak since 2005 / St. Louis Fed 

Giving money to the poor? Here’s what they really spend it on / WEF

Wives now contribute around 30 percent of household income, up from 2 percent in 1970 / St. Louis Fed  

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