First Quarter 2019 Commentary By Dan Hickey - When the Pilgrims sailed to the new world it was a group effort. Those seeking religious freedom were not enough to fund the voyage, even after joining with an equal number seeking other freedoms. The Mayflower required funding by British investors whose contract claimed half of the production of the new colony for seven years.
I try to savor the moments every morning and pause to acknowledge all the blessings life has offered. My family my health, my friends and good fortune.
Create a positive image in your mind to boost positivity. Always believe that you can succeed. Give yourself the benefit of the doubt by believing that you will be accomplishing your goals.
It was an event a year ago that presaged the biggest story of 2017’s fourth quarter. In October 2016, Australia’s Brighann Cotton sold 88 bales of cotton from their Texas affiliate to a client in China. It wasn’t carried out in a routine way by obtaining letters of credit from the relevant
banks in each country. That process has become prohibitively complex for all but the largest corporations who have their financing denied more often than not. Recently established international banking regulations require the banks issuing those letters to carry more of the risk
If solar and wind power offer free abundant energy, why are we not harvesting nature's best products?
Is special interest ruining our access to affordable energy? Do you agree that solar cells are too cheap? Contact the USITC and tell them what you think as well as making your demands known. https://www.usitc.gov/
Global scientific researchers are suggesting that manure may save the world from destruction, along with other crap humans routinely generate and throw away.
The message is loud and clear. Humans have long been producing a shit load of excrement and we have mistakenly been thinking that this crap is useless.
Feces power alone will not solve the world's energy challenges. But it looks like our European neighbors have woken up and smelled the aroma, realizing there no point letting all that crap go to waste.
The health of our planet may well depend on it.
“Look up here, I’m in Heaven!” is the opening line of David Bowie’s off Broadway production, Lazarus, which premiered earlier this month two days before the artist’s death. Known for innovating the world of music, Bowie revisited the theater as a creative way to say goodbye as he lost his battle with cancer. Many of the retrospectives on his unique life include his innovation in the financial world too.
An ambitious International Maritime Organization project to establish a global network of Maritime Technology Cooperation Centers (MTCCs) in developing countries is to go ahead thanks to a €10 million funding contribution from the European Commission (EC).
The holidays require thought, meditation and preparation. This in the season of peace, and definitely not war.
Whether you’re the one who is hosting, invited, or plan to be guesting. In any case, you’ll be thinking about cooking, traveling, safety and avoidable pastimes, or free for all with friends and family.
Joy to the world and peace on earth where? Seriously, are you kidding? Neighbors, colleagues and nations shooting, arguing, fighting, while terrorism is frightening, and the whole world is at war. When will this end? Wont it stop, not even for Christmas?
A major radiation release in the area would be catastrophic to the entire NYC Tri-state region.
This is why public safety officials recently conducted preparedness exercises at the Indian Point Energy Center. During their exercises, people near the site saw simulated attack scenarios that were intended to be as realistic as possible.
The recently completed third quarter reminded us that financial markets entail risk even as the
Federal Reserve continues to pursue its extraordinary monetary policies adopted during the
financial crisis seven years ago. The third 10% stock market correction since the bull market
emerged in 2009 came after a record stretch of time without one. However, the volatility was
minor compared to the Black Monday crash of October 19, 1987 which convinced President
Reagan to establish the President’s Working Group on Financial Markets. Comprised of the