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- This time the startup boom is no bubble http://technology.guardian.co.uk/weekly/story/0,,2028336,00.html 3 comments
- It's Boom Time in Griftopia https://www.esquire.com/news-politics/politics/a21288439/ivanka-trump-kushner-millions-bolton/ 23 comments politics
- The Obama Baby Boom? (Say That 3 times fast) http://www.momswhothink.com/baby-names/the-obama-baby-boom.html 3 comments politics
- Air travel is the safest mode of transport in Covid times. India can boom here https://theprint.in/opinion/air-travel-is-the-safest-mode-of-transport-in-covid-times-india-can-boom-here/419334/?amp#aoh=15893388944892&referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com&amp_tf=from%20%251%24s 5 comments india
- Boom times: Lobbyists riding high in the Trump era http://thehill.com/business-a-lobbying/lobbying-revenue/356496-boom-times-lobbyists-riding-high-in-trump-era 6 comments politics
- New York Times says subscriptions are booming after Trump's election http://www.cnbc.com/2016/11/17/new-york-times-says-subscriptions-are-booming-after-trumps-election.html?__source=twitter 456 comments politics
- Where does the Legion of Boom era rank among all the all-time great defenses? https://www.reddit.com/r/nfl/comments/8vdzvs/where_does_the_legion_of_boom_era_rank_among_all/ 148 comments nfl
- Defying predictions, ObamaCare insurers see boom times ahead http://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/394066-defying-predictions-obamacare-insurers-see-boom-times-ahead 3 comments politics
- Ultrafast Camera Captures 'Sonic Booms' of Light for First Time http://www.livescience.com/57572-ultrafast-camera-captures-sonic-booms-of-light.html 5 comments science
- Internet companies are booming again. Does that mean it is time to buy or to sell? http://www.economist.com/node/18680048 22 comments business
- Start-up investors are warning of dark days ahead as boom times are ‘unambiguously over’ https://www.cnbc.com/2022/05/28/start-up-investors-issue-warnings-as-boom-times-unambiguously-over.html 5 comments venturecapital
- New York Times front page yesterday read "Officials worry as crypto boom invades banking". As they should be https://iranpress.com/content/47155/world-newspapers-officials-worry-crypto-boom-invades-banking 16 comments cryptocurrency
- During Market Boom, Monero Cryptojacking Fell for First Time Since 2018 https://www.coindesk.com/palo-alto-networks-unit-42-monero-cryptojacking-research 8 comments cryptocurrency
- Exclusive: 'Migrant president' Biden stirs Mexican angst over boom time for gangs https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-immigration-mexico-exclusive-iduskbn2b21d8 123 comments moderatepolitics
- Maine baby boom: Nine nurses are pregnant at one hospital at same time https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2019/03/25/maine-baby-boom-nine-nurses-pregnant-same-time/3272821002/ 43 comments nottheonion
- 39-Year Old Father-of-3 Sells Everything for Bitcoin, Waits for Boom Time. https://www.cryptocoinsnews.com/man-sells-everything-for-bitcoin-believes-it-will-make-him-rich/amp/ 13 comments worldnews
- Tampon subscription startups boom as women seek to ease their 'time of the month' pain http://www.theverge.com/2013/3/4/4035188/tampon-subscription-service-launches 43 comments technology
- Can the fragile Texas power grid handle a cryptomining boom? Record-breaking heat across Texas has pushed its fragile power grid to the brink, stirring opposition to energy-guzzling crypto miners who’ve flocked there. “It is completely inessential and consuming physical resources, time and money." https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/crypto/can-fragile-texas-power-grid-handle-cryptomining-gold-rush-rcna15726 110 comments energy
- In Siberia, a crypto (BTC) boom made of ingenuity, defiance and DIY | The Financial Times (long, but fascinating read). https://on.ft.com/3JgbTMg 4 comments bitcoin
- Terra’s LUNA Token Hits New All-Time High Amid Booming DeFi Activity: Decentralized financial payments network Terra has overtaken Binance Smart Chain as the second-largest DeFi protocol in terms of TVL. https://decrypt.co/88944/terras-luna-token-hits-new-all-time-high-amid-booming-defi-activity?&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=feed&utm_source=coinbase 13 comments cryptocurrency
- Manchin’s Favorite Clean-Energy Plan Could Be Obsolete Before It Starts. A bet on `blue hydrogen’ could leave Appalachia with another set of stranded assets in boom-bust plagued shale country. By the time this infrastructure-heavy vision gets built, it may already be obsolete. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-11-10/manchin-s-favorite-clean-energy-plan-could-soon-be-obsolete 6 comments energy
- United Airlines to purchase 15 ultrafast planes from startup Boom Supersonic; planes are expected to cut flight times in half but are not projected to be commercially viable until 2029 https://www.cnbc.com/2021/06/03/united-will-buy-15-ultrafast-airplanes-from-start-up-boom-supersonic.html 9 comments business
- 'Migrant president' stirs Mexican angst over boom time for gangs - Mexico’s government is worried the new U.S. administration’s asylum policies are stoking illegal immigration and creating business for organized crime, according to officials and internal assessments seen by Reuters https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-immigration-mexico-exclusive/exclusive-migrant-president-biden-stirs-mexican-angst-over-boom-time-for-gangs-iduskbn2b21d8 8 comments worldnews
- 'Migrant president' stirs Mexican angst over boom time for gangs - Mexico’s government is worried the new U.S. administration’s asylum policies are stoking illegal immigration and creating business for organized crime, according to officials and internal assessments seen by Reuters https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-immigration-mexico-exclusive/exclusive-migrant-president-biden-stirs-mexican-angst-over-boom-time-for-gangs-iduskbn2b21d8 3 comments worldnews
- 'Migrant president' stirs Mexican angst over boom time for gangs - Mexico’s government is worried the new U.S. administration’s asylum policies are stoking illegal immigration and creating business for organized crime, according to officials and internal assessments seen by Reuters https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-immigration-mexico-exclusive/exclusive-migrant-president-biden-stirs-mexican-angst-over-boom-time-for-gangs-iduskbn2b21d8 8 comments worldnews
- Germany Aims To Become World’s Hydrogen Hotspot. "The Netherlands are also planning for an H2-based economy...Hydrogen has gone through several boom-and-bust cycles. It seems, however, that this time is different due to a combination of factors." https://oilprice.com/Alternative-Energy/Renewable-Energy/Germany-Aims-To-Become-Worlds-Hydrogen-Hotspot.html 6 comments energy
- [Duane Brown] “Hard to block when your helmet is almost knocked off from your facemask being pushed. I know you can’t relate. This isn’t what you do. @ me next time Geraldo. #GoHawks“ Analytics twitter gets boomed https://mobile.twitter.com/duanebrown76/status/1201727453355360256 90 comments nfl
- The best NFL defenses of all time by adjusted yards per play, adjusted for era (Legion of Boom is 5th; Purple People Eaters 3rd; Steel Curtain 2nd) https://www.reddit.com/r/nfl/comments/2y50y9/the_best_nfl_defenses_of_all_time_by_adjusted/ 4 comments nfl
- "Chinese middle class will reach 550 million in three years — more than one-and-a-half times the entire U.S. population today." Every American corporation wants in on this boom https://www.cnbc.com/2019/09/30/chinas-giant-middle-class-is-still-growing-and-companies-want-in.html 99 comments economy
- Great Pacific Garbage Patch: giant plastic trap put to sea again - Floating boom is designed to trap 1.8 trillion items of plastic without harming marine life – but broke apart last time https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/jun/23/great-pacific-garbage-patch-floating-plastic-trap-deployed-again 3 comments technology
- Is a Mach 3 sonic boom louder than a Mach 1.5 sonic boom? Would travelling super sonic for longer periods of time increase the loudness or intensity of the boom? https://www.reddit.com/r/askscience/comments/acwuuk/is_a_mach_3_sonic_boom_louder_than_a_mach_15/ 21 comments askscience
- Household debt in UK 'worse than at any time on record': British households spent around £900 more on average than they received in income during 2017, pushing their finances into deficit for the first time since the credit boom of the 1980s. https://www.theguardian.com/money/2018/jul/26/household-debt-in-uk-worse-than-at-any-time-on-record 3 comments worldnews
- Keith Olbermann Was Once Cable News’s Liberal Standard-Bearer. Now He’s Missing Its Boom Times. https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/08/magazine/keith-olbermann-was-once-cable-newss-liberal-standard-bearer-now-hes-missing-its-boom-times.html?_r=1 13 comments politics
- The Obama Boom. "Mr. Obama, in particular, has been attacked at every stage of his presidency for policies that his critics allege are “job-killing” — the former House speaker, John Boehner, once used the phrase seven times in less than 14 minutes." http://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/11/opinion/the-obama-boom.html 161 comments politics
- New Report Shows Australia Is Missing Out On Global Renewable Energy Boom. “Australia is lagging behind the world’s major economies when it comes to renewable energy generation” ...despite the fact that Australia has “enough renewable energy resources to power the country 500 times over.” http://cleantechnica.com/2015/03/24/new-report-shows-australia-missing-global-renewable-energy-boom/ 14 comments worldnews
- Spanish Unemployment Passes 5 Million - It surpasses 5 million for 1st time as the economy continues to contract. Spain, once the motor of job creation in the eurozone, is in double dip recession, having never recovered from collapse 2008 of property boom. http://www.news.com.au/business/breaking-news/spanish-registered-unemployment-passes-5m/story-e6frfkur-1226590369977 3 comments worldnews
- Today's income tax rates are strikingly low relative to the rates of the past century, especially for rich people. For most of the century, including some boom times, top-bracket income tax rates were much higher than they are today. (From 12 July 2011; with pictures! http://www.businessinsider.com/history-of-tax-rates?op=1 4 comments politics
- Bradford's cousin marriage boom leads to three times the national rate among children for disabilities including deafness and blindness http://news.bbc.co.uk/today/hi/today/newsid_9714000/9714582.stm 9 comments worldnews
- Tee Time In Benton Harbor --- Poorest city in Michigan. Makes Detroit look like a boom town. Per capita income $10,000, 60% of population on welfare. So how come it's staking its future on a Jack Nicklaus golf course and a luxury property development? http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/18/magazine/benton-harbor.html?_r=2&pagewanted=all 38 comments business
- The USA is under the auspice of people that profit from higher oil prices and war, so for them this is a boom time and the decline of the dollar is not their concern. The rest of us are not making billions off the war or increased petroleum prices. http://www.populistamerica.com/the_wolf_at_our_doorsteps 20 comments reddit.com