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The 12 most important research and central bank articles of the past week.

The Finance & Tech Week In Review – 12/17/16

Posted on December 18, 2016 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.

US investors took a 10-question investor literacy quiz answered only 4.4 questions right. l FINRAFoundation bit.ly/2h5fujI

The top origin nations and destinations for immigrants coming to the U.S. l stlouisfed bit.ly/2hxwVN2

What is behavioural science, and how is it going to change your life? l wef wef.ch/2hoBhCG
Where will our energy come from in 2030, and how green will it be? l wef wef.ch/2geP7qp
Educators, join us Jan. 12 for Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen’s first town hall for teachers l stlouisfed bit.ly/2gOZ9SA
The element hadn’t been found on Mars yet, and it could mean a lot for its habitability l ScienceNews goo.gl/BMMBcr
3D printed models help mend broken hearts l nwtls newatl.as/2gQTgUU
4 historic security events of 2016 and what they teach us [Infographic] l CIOonline ow.ly/y3pg307b40S
Scientists won’t stop discovering stuff, no matter what l newscientist bit.ly/2hq4ArM

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The Fed & Tech Week In Review – 12/10/16

Posted on December 11, 2016 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.

These 10 conflicts have forced 65 million people to flee their homes l @wef wef.ch/2gh22YU

Job openings in the U.S. declined in October by 97,000 to 5.53 million l @stlouisfed bit.ly/2hjnxcu

These are the things that successful crowdfunding projects do l @wef wef.ch/2gbUEyB

FC investment commitments in South Asia totaled $2B in FY16 l @WorldBank wrld.bg/kbuY306y7WL

This engineer had a life threatening heart condition. So he fixed it himself l @wef wef.ch/2hbARmN

Drones are helping us to better understand the status, and life, of trees. l @nwtls goo.gl/zxrS2K

Cities, central in the fight against #climatechange l@renewablecities buff.ly/2g6MTJv

Healthy and creative meals don’t have to be complicated. The simpler the menu, the less money & stress! l @MyPlate ow.ly/7Gr6306RAdi
A ‘New Deal’ For Energy l @cleantechnica ow.ly/RGZ43070eV9
Lazy coders are training artificial intelligences to be sexist l @newscientist newscienti.st/2hc3xJl

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The Fed & Tech Week In Review – 12/3/16

Posted on December 4, 2016 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.

Study, work, retire. Time to scrap the old pattern of working life l @wef wef.ch/2gHgdLg

1/4 of global energy-related GHG emissions come from transport. l @WorldBankwrld.bg/zmDr3003A2O

Alexander, Who Use To Be Rich Last Sunday teaches about opportunity cost and spending l@council4econed bit.ly/270jvuK

Natural disasters hamper growth and make it harder for the poor to escape poverty. Solutions? l @WorldBankAfrica wrld.bg/kodn306sJsd

We can recycle everything we use, including cigarette butts and toothbrushes. So why don’t we? l @wef wef.ch/2fMHkAt

Physics may be a small but crucial fraction of our reality l @newscientist newscienti.st/2g4nuDC

Eleven cities that are showing the way on fighting climate change l @renewablecities buff.ly/2gfWuOY

ESA approves 2020 ExoMars rover despite crash earlier this year l @newscientist newscienti.st/2gS77c1

Nikola Motor Company Unveiling — Details On “Zero Emissions” Semi Truck l @cleantechnica ow.ly/Hmqn306MkGe

Hubble uses galactic lens to study universe’s first stars l @sciencemagazine ow.ly/UCdA306Mll6

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The Fed & Tech Week In Review – 11/26/16

Posted on November 27, 2016 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.

Why you might not be as old as you think you are wef.ch/2g2fpOl #ageing

What role do governments play in creating #jobs?  wrld.bg/rvWU306t3PG

Is there a link between rises in oil prices and rises in food prices? bit.ly/2f7UADA

How do you remove five trillion pieces of plastic waste from the Pacific Ocean? wef.ch/2f4jij8

This map shows how undersea cables move internet traffic around the world wef.ch/2gDMCCq

Buckingham Palace Might Go Solar In £369 Million Refit ow.ly/ShW1306vCB5

Africa’s tallest tree measuring 81m found on Mount Kilimanjaro bit.ly/2fW6Ar3

Deepest water found 1000km down, a third of way to Earth’s core bit.ly/2fW8APZ

U.S. sets plan to build two exascale supercomputers ow.ly/7Z8V306vDAU

How @google overtook @Apple in education  ow.ly/3EmO306vDXy

 

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HBCU Money™ Dozen 12/14 – 12/18

Posted on December 20, 2015 by | Leave a comment

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Did you miss HBCU Money™ Dozen via Twitter? No worry. We are now putting them on the site for you to visit at your leisure. We have made some changes here at HBCU Money™ Dozen. We are now solely focused on research and central bank articles from the previous week.

Research

5 ways 2015 changed enterprise software forever l CIOonline http://trib.al/Xxtp3aA

Apple and IBM partnership yields 100 iOS enterprise apps l CIOonline http://trib.al/1pFDyUg

Why social media needs to have a code of ethics for clinical research l CIOonline http://ow.ly/W6qEo

Migraine changes your world. It’s time for a new approach to treatment l New Scientist http://ow.ly/W6qIY

Where in the world have we achieved 100% renewable power? l Renewable Cities http://ow.ly/W5rhU

What made #CITES shark protections so successful? l Pew Environment http://pew.org/1Nu5T37

Federal Reserve, Central Banks, & Financial Departments

What being #bilingual can do for your #brain l WEF http://wef.ch/1O8aaEm

What are vertical farms, and can they really feed the world? l WEF http://wef.ch/1Pay3hZ

#Remittances, often the 1st financial service #migrants use. What’s the cost? l World Bank http://wrld.bg/W5a9H

A history of U.S. debt limits l NBER http://bit.ly/1OAWWQY

Why friends shouldn’t go into business together l WEF http://ow.ly/W6rnO

Price Equalization Does Not Imply Free Trade l St. Louis Fed http://bit.ly/1Zg1UKB

hank you as always for joining us on Saturday for HBCU Money™ Dozen. The 12 most important research and finance articles of the week.

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