What happened to the Ebola crisis?

Answer:  It still exists, but not in the U. S.,                                     so the media and public quickly lose interest.

Excellent Q & A from the NYTimes


This link gives us a detailed look at many aspects of the Ebola crisis.

It's TECH Tuesday and MORE Robots

Is there a Robot in your future?

as your servant?

or your coworker?

or your employer?

Will Robots increase unemployment?

or make life so good we won't care?

In Japan wages are high, population growth is low, and productive robots would be a real asset.

Check out this friendly sales person in the story.  Can robots sell machines?

How low will oil and gas go?

Return of $2 Gas Seen for Some in U.S. as OPEC Stands Pat

Gas prices in the future.

$60 oil or lower?

Grand Jury: No Indictment in Michael Brown Shooting.

Reports on Ferguson, Mo events from various sources

Des Moines Register Report

Omaha World Herald Report

St. Louis Post Dispatch

Washington Post

CNN.com

FOXNEWS.com

President Obama's Statement

On Tech Tuesday THE ROBOTS ARE BACK

When we think of robots, we tend to think in terms of use by the consumers, in the home and other places. However business is also hard at work developing robots for business and industrial purposes. Check out these two examples.

Meet your favorite robot at Lowes

Amazon has thousands of robots. Click to view the video.

How Will the Markets Perform in 2015 (part 1)

One of the features of stock market related stories as we approach the end of the year is predictions for the next year.

We will feature several of these as we discuss the Business Cycle during the rest of the year.

This prediction is by an analyst at Goldman Sachs, one of the largest and most prestigious       financial firms on Wall Street.

Market Prediction for the S & P 500 for 2015

This analyst believes growth in 2015 will be approximately 5%, and future years will also bring modest growth.







Is a Dow 20,000 in our immediate future?

But this prediction is for a DJIA of over 20,000, which would need a  more, aggressive growth pattern of over 10% for 2015.   Will either prediction be accurate?

Would would need to happen for these predictions to come true?

It's FABULOUS FRIDAY: Take a look at the 2nd most visited site in Mexico

                 Chichen Itza

El Castillo dominates the center of the Chichen Itza archaeological site.