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The World Baseball Classic is over, and in baseball, as in everything else, the United States remains the world leader in having a bad time. The international tournament provided a fertile field for winking nationalisms, and we sunk to the occasion with aplomb. Venezuela won it all with the dancingContinue Reading

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Markets are on a four week losing streak and getting very close to a correction, which would be a ten percent drop from recent highs. The war with Iran is driving oil and gas prices up – the economic turmoil also sending mortgage rates, which had been declining recently, higher.Continue Reading

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Indian textile workers are returning home after days without cooking gas, as an LPG crisis linked to the Iran war., NewsFeed Workers in India’s textile hub Surat are returning home after days without cooking gas, as an LPG crisis linked to Iran war disruptions halts supplies. Industries face shutdowns, whileContinue Reading