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☆ It's probably not a bold raccoon getting into your trash. Video from a new study suggests calm raccoons are better problem-solvers.
  + stars: | 2022-09-22 | by ( Paola Rosa-Aquino | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +3 min
The results could help inform how wildlife managers deal with urban raccoons. The furry omnivores had initial misgivings about the cubicle, researchers wrote. Scientists believe the ability to solve problems in novel situations, using reason and thinking, is particularly important for urban wildlife, Stanton said in a press release. Of those observed, 17 realized that the reward button had been changed. That "suggests a potential relationship between emotional reactivity and cognitive ability in raccoons," Stanton said.
☆ Manchin bemoans the 'strange bedfellows' of Bernie Sanders and the Senate GOP teaming up to oppose his plan to streamline construction of fossil fuel projects
  + stars: | 2022-09-20 | by ( Joseph Zeballos-Roig | Bryan Metzger | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +3 min
Manchin bemoaned the bipartisan opposition that's brewing against his energy bill. "What I'm hearing is that this is like revenge politics," Manchin said Tuesday. Democratic leaders want to overhaul the permitting process for fossil fuel and clean energy projects. "I've been around a long time in state politics and federal politics," Manchin said at a Tuesday press conference. That Democrat-only bill poured $433 billion into clean energy tax credits, healthcare subsidies and imposed a minimum tax on profitable corporations.
☆ Analysis: In Latin America, democracies shaken ahead of key elections
  + stars: | 2022-09-20 | by ( David Alire Garcia | ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +7 min
Latin America's political arena has intensified with fallout from the pandemic, war in Ukraine, spiraling inflation plus fears of global recession. Those hardships have all hit voters' wallets in one of the world's most unequal regions, driving deeper political wedges ahead of key elections and in some countries threatening democracy itself. In long-dysfunctional Peru, leftist President Pedro Castillo, who took office just over a year ago, is battling a corruption probe amid plummeting approval ratings. read moreYet Bukele remains very popular, with an approval rating of 85% according to an August CID Gallup poll. "El Salvador is a dictatorship, a populist, beloved dictatorship, but it's a dictatorship," said Guatemalan-American novelist Francisco Goldman.
☆ Biden White House just put out a framework on regulating crypto — here’s what’s in it
  + stars: | 2022-09-16 | by ( Mackenzie Sigalos | ) www.cnbc.com   time to read: +8 min
U.S. President Joe Biden walks from Marine One to the White House following a trip from Michigan, in Washington, U.S., September 14, 2022. Here are some of the key takeaways from the White House's new crypto framework. Fighting illicit financeOne section of the White House's new framework on crypto regulation focuses on eliminating illegal activity in the industry — and the measures proposed appear to have real teeth. Crime is rife in the digital asset sector. Then there's the hypothetical digital dollar that would be the Federal Reserve's take on a CBDC.
☆ Warren Buffett rips Wall Street for turning the stock market into ‘a gambling parlor'
  + stars: | 2022-04-30 | by ( Hugh Son | ) www.cnbc.com   time to read: +1 min
Berkshire Hathaway CEO Warren Buffett lambasted Wall Street for encouraging speculative behavior in the stock market, effectively turning it into a "gambling parlor." Buffett, 91, spoke at length during his annual shareholder meeting Saturday about one of his favorite targets for criticism: investment banks and brokerages. "Wall Street makes money, one way or another, catching the crumbs that fall off the table of capitalism," Buffett said. Still, the situation can result in market dislocations that give Berkshire Hathaway an opportunity, he said. "That's why markets do crazy things, and occasionally Berkshire gets a chance to do something," Buffett said.
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