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Commerce department raises the price of solar panels for consumers

The Commerce Department ordered 31% duties on China’s top solar companies, siding with the U.S. companies that argued their Chinese competitors were dumping panels on the U.S. market at less than fair value. The decision was preliminary, and a final judgement is expected in October.

The Facebook is the most important IPO to EVER hit the StockMarkets – But not for the reasons you think

(Source: hipsterlibertarian)

Texas boy suspended from school after shaving head to resemble face of Spurs’ Matt Bonner.

Suspended?! Doesn’t that seem a bit harsh?

Via Daily News

Brooklyn Nets Trade Thoughts: Should they trade for Dwight Howard if they acquire Anthony Davis?

It’s May 30th, and the Brooklyn Nets have just won the draft lottery, securing the rights to this year’s draft prize, Kentucky’s whirling pterodactyl Anthony Davis. Amidst celebration, Billy King’s telephone rings. On the other side is Otis Smith, Orlando Magic general manager. He gives you one finite offer: Brook Lopez in a sign-and-trade, and the #1 overall pick, for Dwight Howard. What do you do?

Garden update: onions are up, potatoes are up, beets are in, tomatoes are in, cucumbers are in, peppers are in.

Still to go: sweet potatoes and winter squash.

mattlehrer:

N.Y.C. Has Fastest-Growing Tech Industry in U.S., Study Finds - NYTimes.com

I had no idea we had a Times photographer in the office yesterday. And I have no idea what my hand gesture means.

collaborativefund:

Of the seven leading technology regions in the US, New York was the only one to see an increase in VC deals between 2007 and 2011

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simplynorule:

“Giraffes in the Sunset” (by my4otos)

"We are ready to accept almost any explanation of the present crisis of our civilization except one: that the present state of the world may be the result of genuine error on our own part and that the pursuit of some of our most cherished ideals has apparently produced results utterly different from those which we expected."

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Friedrich A. Hayek

It applied during the Great Depression and it still applies today

(via runkle2040)