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17 Feb 2025

Germany will hold a snap national election on February 23 following the collapse of Chancellor Olaf Scholz's three-way coalition.

Currently, the CDU/CSU leads in Reuters polling aggregate by 8 points over the AfD. The far-right AfD has gained 4.6 points since June 2024. The SPD, the current leaders in the national parliament, have lost 12.1 points since the last federal election, and are currently in third place. Germany has two centrist, “big-tent” parties: Scholz's centre-left Social Democrats (SPD) and the opposition conservatives, an alliance of the Christian Democrats (CDU) and their Bavarian sister party, the Christian Social Union (CSU). Both have lost support in recent years, with smaller parties such as the Greens and far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) gaining ground. The SPD, conservatives, Greens and AfD are all fielding candidates for chancellor. Also running are the pro-market Free Democrats (FDP), the far-left Linke and the leftist Sahra Wagenknecht Alliance (BSW), who are all at risk of missing the 5% threshold to make it into parliament, according to opinion polls. Source: Reuters

14 Feb 2025

Discipline

Source: Seek Wiser

14 Feb 2025

EGGS-ORBITANT! PRICES CRACK NEW RECORDS AS BIRD FLU STRIKES

A dozen eggs now costs $4.95 - up a shell-shocking 238% since 2021. U.S. farms forced to eliminate 34M hens in recent months as bird flu decimates supply chains. USDA Report: "The timing and scope of HPAI outbreaks has created an imbalance in the nation's supply of table shell eggs" While Americans aren't exactly walking on eggshells about cheese (1%) and bananas (4%), other staples like coffee (53%) and beef (40%) continue to burn holes in wallets. Source: Statista

12 Feb 2025

"The more you learn, the more you'll earn." — Warren Buffett

Source: Value Theory @ValueInvestorAc

12 Feb 2025

I asked ChatGPT the potential savings if the Department of Government Efficiency (D.O.G.E.) was implemented across the European Union.

Here's the answer: MORE THAN A TRILLION EURO PER YEAR (Fyi, the EU budget deficit is around 500 billion euros).

12 Feb 2025

7 things you should never tell people

Source: Seek Wiser

11 Feb 2025

RIP to Penny?

President Donald Trump has directed the US Treasury to stop minting new pennies citing the rising costs,. In 2024 every penny which represents 1 cent costed 3.69 cents to make. source : evan

10 Feb 2025

Linkedin Has Become a $16bln Biz

Last week, Microsoft revealed that the site is seeing record engagement, with comments on the platform up 37% year over year. Moreover, millions of people have now signed up for LinkedIn Premium; the company revealed that it’s earned more than $2 billion in revenue from its AI-laden premium service in the last 12 months. Indeed, LinkedIn more broadly contributes healthily to Microsoft’s bottom line — the division delivered $16 billion in revenue in 2024, more than The New York Times, Zoom, and Docusign put together. source : chartr

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