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California has a huge budget surplus, more than all but a few states have budgets. Sophia Ballag, California politics reporter for the San Francisco Chronicle discusses why spending all that money may not be so easy. Plus, The War of Words between Valadomir Zelensky and Henry Kissinger. And it’s an Antwentig.
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Heading into Memorial Day weekend, investors got some sunshine as the Dow, S&P 500, and Nasdaq all rose for the first time in over a month. (0:30) Emily Flippen and Maria Gallagher discuss: - Why they're watching inflation and increased talk of a recession - Costco posting stronger results than Walmart and Target - Baidu and Alibaba rising in China - Ulta Beauty's record sales in Q1 - Snowflake trading below its IPO price - Farfetch fighting on the front line of so many tough macro trends - The latest from Workday, Nvidia, and Williams-Sonoma
(19:00) Asit Sharma talks with Georgetown University business professor and author Christine Porath about how Traeger's CEO changed the company's culture and other takeaways from her book, Mastering Community.
(31:00) Maria and Emily respond to a listener's question about beach reads for investors with four recommendations (Money, The Fish that Ate The Whale, Red Notice, and The Coffeehouse Investor), discuss Unilever's new drone delivery ice cream business, and shares two stocks on their radar: 1Stdibs.com and Doximity.
Stocks discussed: COST, BIDU, BABA, ULTA, SNOW, WDAY, NVDA, WSM, FTCH, COOK, UL, DIBS, DOCS
Host: Chris Hill Guests: Emily Flippen, Maria Gallagher, Asit Sharma, Christine Porath Producer: Ricky Mulvey Engineer: Dan Boyd
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If you go outside with a spade and start digging, the chances are you won't find any gold. You might get lucky or just happen to live in a place where people have been finding gold for centuries. But for the most part, there'll be none. But why is that? Why do metals and minerals show up in some places and not others?
It's a question that's been bothering CrowdScience listener Martijn in the Netherlands, who has noticed the physical effects of mining in various different places while on his travels. It’s also a really important question for the future – specific elements are crucial to modern technology and renewable energy, and we need to find them somewhere.
Marnie Chesterton heads off on a hunt for answers, starting in a Scottish river where gold can sometimes be found. But why is it there, and how did it get there? Marnie goes on a journey through the inner workings of Earth's geology and the upheaval that happens beneath our feet to produce a deposit that’s worth mining.
On the way she discovers shimmering pools of lithium amongst the arid beauty of the Atacama Desert, meets researchers who are blasting rocks with lasers and melting them with a flame that’s hotter than the surface of the sun, and heads to the bottom of the ocean to encounter strange potato-sized lumps containing every single element on Earth.
And maybe, just maybe, she’ll also find gold.
Contributors: Leon Kirk, gold panning expert Holly Elliott, University of Derby Jamie Wilkinson, Natural History Museum, London Corrado Tore, SQM, Chile Yannick Buret, Natural History Museum, London Andrea Koschinsky, Jacobs University, Bremen
Presented by Marnie Chesterton Report by Jane Chambers Produced by Ben Motley for the BBC World Service
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The mood sours even further in Cryptoland.
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On today’s episode, NLW analyzes community sentiment as bitcoin and ether have their most protracted, continuous downturns of all time and while consumer sentiment in traditional markets hits all-time lows.
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“The Breakdown” is written, produced by and features Nathaniel Whittemore aka NLW, with editing by Rob Mitchell, research by Scott Hill and additional production support by Eleanor Pahl. Jared Schwartz is our executive producer and our theme music is “Countdown” by Neon Beach. The music you heard today behind our sponsors is “Catnip” by Famous Cats and “I Don't Know How To Explain It” by Aaron Sprinkle. Image credit: Aitor Diago/Getty Images and NLW’s Goblin 8720, modified by CoinDesk. Join the discussion at discord.gg/VrKRrfKCz8.
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The most valuable crypto stories for Friday, May 27, 2022.
"The Hash" team discusses the expected launch of the new Terra blockchain, Tether's expansion into Polygon network and the Web 3 ambition of publisher Conde Nast.
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This episode has been edited by Michele Musso. Our Executive Producer is Jared Schwartz. Our theme song is “Neon Beach.”
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