Mining companies are looking to the ocean floor to extract rare earths and metals that are in huge demand but short supply. How will it work, and what are the risks?
The past month was a flashpoint in the future of deep-sea exploitation – a future inexorably linked to the transition to a decarbonized economy. Deep-sea exploitation is governed by the International Seabed Authority (the ISA), an intergovernmental organization established by the United Nations Co... Read more
A sprinkling of tiny beads recovered off the coast of Papua New Guinea might have come from a rock with a rather interesting history, having crossed light years of space from its origin around a star that’s not our Sun.
Britain-based Barclays (BARC.L) increased its bonus pool by 46% to 1.1 billion pounds ($1.5 billion), up from 749 million pounds a year earlier, while HSBC (HSBA.L) topped up its bonus pool by $900 million in the first half. Though the UK has nothing on the corrupt types in the US. Check this out from like 7 years ago. Not sure why there isn’t a list already somewhere(?)… https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/dec/02/forbes-list-fat-cats-have-more-money-than-all-regular-cat-owners-in-america
Forbes list ‘fat cats’ have more money than all regular cat owners in America
“The remuneration committees which decide pay packages are made up almost entirely of other directors. This creates a self-serving system in which one group of directors pays another exorbitant salaries, and these then act as the ‘competitive benchmark’ for the next round. In other words, it is the power of directors as a group to set their own salaries that determines their level and growth.”
This would be handy if the people on the list were also listed by the company they worked for. It should include everyone who earns more in a day than the rest of us do in a year. I don’t care how clever their business idea was, another person isn’t worth 365.25 of me. Read this from the BBC.
‘Fat cat Thursday’ as top bosses’ pay overtakes UK workers’
These exist online already, not long until they become a normal thing to see in the high-street, I hope. Well done Greggs for making the vegan sausage roll a popular alternative. Got to start somewhere.
The Chancellor Rishi Sunak has been the undoubted star of the Government during the coronavirus crisis. Even though he was only appointed to his post just weeks before the outbreak, he has shown coolness, authority and imagination under pressure. One opinion poll yesterday gave him a public approval... Read more
I found this on http://www.toptenz.net/to-10-useless-college-classes-degrees.php and found it quite amusing, these do not reflect my own views at all but I
Interesting idea – you can actually rent a vending machine for as little as 10 bucks per week, so if you charge a dollar a week for each slot you could double your money – and make further profits if you charge a percentage of each sale, Folk could even put their car keys in it and sell that. Who knows where this idea could lead.
What is the rental price of a typical vending machine? | Companeo.co.uk
Mining the oceans might provide the much needed minerals and resources, but it is likely to lead to devastating environmental consequences.
Sea and ocean mining might be come a reality in a few years, especially with the help of robots.
Mining the ocean will be very challenging, especially when determining territorial claims in the deep sea.
The sea and ocean floors are rich with very rare minerals that could shape the future of the world.
Britain-based Barclays (BARC.L) increased its bonus pool by 46% to 1.1 billion pounds ($1.5 billion), up from 749 million pounds a year earlier, while HSBC (HSBA.L) topped up its bonus pool by $900 million in the first half. Though the UK has nothing on the corrupt types in the US. Check this out from like 7 years ago. Not sure why there isn’t a list already somewhere(?)… https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/dec/02/forbes-list-fat-cats-have-more-money-than-all-regular-cat-owners-in-america
“The remuneration committees which decide pay packages are made up almost entirely of other directors. This creates a self-serving system in which one group of directors pays another exorbitant salaries, and these then act as the ‘competitive benchmark’ for the next round. In other words, it is the power of directors as a group to set their own salaries that determines their level and growth.”
Theresa May had a handy list of them all for herself. Not sure how she planned to use the list though. Not to have them investigated I guess?
This would be handy if the people on the list were also listed by the company they worked for. It should include everyone who earns more in a day than the rest of us do in a year. I don’t care how clever their business idea was, another person isn’t worth 365.25 of me. Read this from the BBC.
,,, and debt.
wars, recessions, high taxation…. all on the horizon still
Slow, slow, quick, quick, slow. Business Heat Death Ensues
Coming for the meat-heads to a town near you. Great idea for sure.
These exist online already, not long until they become a normal thing to see in the high-street, I hope. Well done Greggs for making the vegan sausage roll a popular alternative. Got to start somewhere.
Just read about this, its thing and its working in Camden London.
surf studies – in the uk, i ask you…
Tony Blair’s target of half our citizens should go to uni is to blame for some of this mess.
NO WAY! “David Beckham studies – Staffordshire University, UK”
20 Fun Fact – The world’s first vending machine was invented in Ancient Egypt in 215 BCE. It reportedly sold holy water in the Temple in Alexandria.
Interesting idea – you can actually rent a vending machine for as little as 10 bucks per week, so if you charge a dollar a week for each slot you could double your money – and make further profits if you charge a percentage of each sale, Folk could even put their car keys in it and sell that. Who knows where this idea could lead.