By Dr. Kent Moors, Global Energy Strategist, Money Morning As recently as 18 months ago, terrorist attacks like Nov. 13 in Paris would have caused an immediate (and sizeable) spike in oil prices. That’s because, as we can all remember, violent actions on the international stage have increased the uncertainty factor… Read More
Australia using drones to target killer sharks
Australia is trying a new technology to stop shark attacks on swimmers along its beaches… drones. A series of drones in New South Wales will watch the coastline for signs of big sharks in shallow water, then alert authorities when any are seen. The New South Wales government is also… Read More
Boo! NASA says enormous alien space station probably “just comets”
The Internet was abuzz a few weeks ago with speculation that astronomers may have discovered an “alien megastructure” in a nearby solar system. Not so fast, NASA is now saying. While some scientists speculated that the strange dimming of star KIC 8462852 could be caused by alien satellites, it’s much… Read More
Sweeping new rules coming to the stock market
Regulators are proposing new procedures to monitor high-speed trading more closely in response to wild market swings brought on by a series of technical breakdowns. More than 70 percent of all trading today is automated, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission said Tuesday as it voted unanimously in favor of new… Read More
Traffic grows more deadly
After the biggest travel day of the year, there’s sad news from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. After declining for most of the past decade, traffic deaths spiked 8 percent in the first half of this year, prompting a call from the nation’s highway safety chief to find ways… Read More
The next big step in space exploration is…
The next big step in space exploration isn’t as flashy enough to be in the next Star Wars. But it’s vitally important to affordable, and therefore repeatable, space trips. A private space company announced Tuesday that it had landed a rocket upright and gently enough to be used again, an… Read More
Self-driving cars are coming… soon!
Self-driving cars may be coming to our roads sooner than first thought. Federal transportation officials have announced rethinking their position on self-driving cars with an eye toward getting the emerging technology into the public’s hands. Just two years previous, the U.S. Department of Transportation struck a cautious tone. Its official… Read More
Heroic Paris emergency crews saved hundreds
If it weren’t for the fast, capable response of emergency crews, the November 13th Paris attacks could have been even worse. When extremists began their bloody attack, it triggered the activation of an emergency response plan to treat the injured — and while 302 people were rushed to hospitals, only… Read More
10 pictures that will make you feel proud to be an American
Happy Thanksgiving! Check out the 10 photos from this year that have us at The Horn News thankful — and proud — we’re Americans.
The Clinton / Wall St connection Hillary DOESN’T want you talking about…
Hillary Rodham Clinton wants voters to know she is no friend of Wall Street. But Wall Street has frequently been a friend to her. In the 18 months prior to announcing her second campaign for president, the front-runner for the Democratic nomination addressed private equity investors in California and New… Read More