—- GoodNewsAboutOurAgeingPopulation // ZeroHedge A week doesn’t go by without hearing about the problems which will be created by the world’s rapidly ageing population. Much of the focus is on how fewer people will mean lower future economic growth. The likes of Harry Dent have popularised the idea but it’s also been given intellectual heft by thousands of demographic consultants. There’s no doubt that the … Seguir leyendo Good News About Our Ageing Population

—- EuropeStunned, Angry As Switzerland Votes ToCurbImmigration // ZeroHedge Thiswasn’tsupposedtohappen. At a time when the European Union, reeling from the ongoing near collapse of the Eurozone, has been preaching its key benefits – the removal of borders and the free transit of labor – moments ago Switzerland, with a tiny majority of 50.4% of voters, voted in favor of new immigration curbs which requires the … Seguir leyendo Europe Stunned, Angry As Switzerland Votes To Curb Immigration

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—- Kyodo: ‘Massive’ amountofFukushima data wrong? “Figures can’t be trusted” — NHK: Strontium-90 byoceanat 160,000 times limit — Tepco: Actual levels “exceededtheupperlimitofmeasurement… We are verysorry” —- Shared via myfeedlyreader Seguir leyendo Kyodo: ‘Massive’ amount of Fukushima data wrong? «Figures can’t be trusted» — NHK: Strontium-90 by ocean at 160,000 times limit — Tepco: Actual levels «exceeded the upper limit of measurement… We are very sorry»

—- SpainExportsItsConstructionModel, WithPredictablyDireConsequences // TestosteronePit By Don Quijones: When a consortium, led by the Spanish company Sacyr, bid to expand the Panama Canal for $2 billion under budget, it was an offer Panama couldn’t refuse. What the government didn’t know at the time was how Spanish construction firms operate. —- Shared via myfeedlyreader Seguir leyendo Spain Exports Its Construction Model, With Predictably Dire Consequences

—- PresidentialPalaceIn Bosnia SetOnFire As RiotsBreakOutProtesting 40% Unemployment // ZeroHedge Another day, another European nation is hit by violent riots as protests over the economy and corruption spilled over violently into the street, this time Bosnia where more than 150 people were wounded on Friday in the worst civil unrest in the country since the 1992-95 war. The reason: anger over the dire state of … Seguir leyendo Presidential Palace In Bosnia Set On Fire As Riots Break Out Protesting 40% Unemployment

—- GermancourtparkstankonECBlawn, killsOMTbondrescue // AmbroseEvans–Pritchard – Financeandbusinesscomments Doubtful whether ECB’s back-stop scheme for bonds can be implemented if Europe’s debt crisis blows up again —- Shared via myfeedlyreader Seguir leyendo German court parks tank on ECB lawn, kills OMT bond rescue