Gold Outlook Report 2023

A general strike has shut down most activity in the occupied West Bank on Wednesday, in response to a new Israeli law which allows for executions of Palestinian prisoners who are convicted of killing Israelis.  The strike, announced a day prior by the Fatah movement, has resulted in shops, banks, schools, universities, and numerous other […]

California Dominates America's AI/Data-Center Jobs The AI boom isn’t just about chatbots and software. It’s also creating thousands of jobs tied to the physical infrastructure that powers large-scale computing. As companies race to build data centers and expand AI capacity, employment tied to AI infrastructure has climbed to 482,716 jobs nationwide, according to 2025 data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). This map, via Visual Capitalist's Jeff Desjardins, ranks all 50 states by AI and data center employment, highlighting where this fast-growing segment of the tech economy has taken root—and which...

Major Advertising Agencies Settle Media Censorship Lawsuit With FTC Authored by Jacki Thrapp via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and eight states secured a settlement on April 15 that will prevent three major advertising agencies from engaging in unlawful media censorship. An American flag flies at the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) headquarters in Washington on Nov. 24, 2024. Benoit Tessier/File Photo/Reuters The defendants Dentsu US, Inc., GroupM Worldwide LLC (doing business as WPP Media), and Publicis, Inc. will no longer enter into deals that require them to restrict...