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Commentary: The 'Beijing Consensus' Bursts One of Africa's Last Remaining Bubbles 08/30/2018 08:00pm • The African states that have failed to fulfill expectations are many and dispiriting. Zimbabwe -- where last month's contested elections have produced renewed political repression after 30 years of rule by Robert Mugabe -- is but the most recent example. The bloom came off the South African rose a How to Trade Bitcoin When the Price Rises 08/29/2018 08:00pm • Bitcoin's roller-coaster ride is headed up once again -- the cryptocurrency is on an upward swing once more, reaching the $7,000 mark this week. While recent history suggests that bitcoin -- the world's largest digital currency by market capitalization -- won't likely hold this level long, the ups a Pa. report on clergy sexual abuse is critical of Cardinal Wuerl 08/14/2018 06:35pm • WASHINGTON — A report released Tuesday from a Pennsylvania grand jury finds that more than a thousand children were allegedly abused by Catholic priests, and it's critical of how Washington's archbishop handled abusers. Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro detailed the alleged abuse 7 of the Best Cryptocurrencies to Buy 08/09/2018 08:00pm • The best digital currencies to buy now.Even though the bubble finally burst in early 2018, cryptocurrencies aren't going away. And there's still a lot of money to be made by finding the best cryptocurrencies to buy today. Former Google (Nasdaq: GOOG, GOOGL) chairman and CEO Eric Schmidt has publicly The 10 Most Valuable Cryptocurrencies in the World 08/07/2018 08:00pm • These are 2018's top cryptocurrencies by market cap.What are some of the biggest cryptocurrencies in the world, besides bitcoin? A few short years ago, no one would've imagined that the 10 most valuable cryptocurrencies in the world would enjoy a combined market value larger than Procter & Gambl Does a Country's Military Spending Improve Quality of Life? 08/01/2018 08:00pm • A country's high expenditures on its military doesn't ensure a perceived high quality of life. Only Germany is among the top 10 military spenders by total dollar amount that also ranks among the top 10 countries seen to offer a high quality of life, according to a comparison of data from the 2018 Be How to Benefit From the Blockchain Job Boom 07/24/2018 08:00pm • Conjuring images of dusty file cabinets, data storage doesn't sound like an exciting career opportunity. But emerging technology that transparently tracks transactions has amassed big money and created intriguing job prospects. Called blockchain, it records information in decentralized ledgers that How to Avoid Investment Tax Shock 07/22/2018 08:00pm • Tax time is a day of reckoning for investors, when Uncle Sam demands his slice of interest, dividends and capital gains. In most cases the calculations are straightforward. But some types of assets throw curve balls -- tax bills that defy logic. In some cases, offbeat tax issues are the price for w Why Investors Are Increasingly Opting for Bitcoin Futures 07/15/2018 08:00pm • The volume in trading bitcoin futures has been steadily rising since both the CME Group and Cboe Global Markets launched their futures contracts in December and as prices in physical trades of the digital asset stabilized. Volume at the CME rose exponentially to 6,739 contracts on July 5 for the Ju How Working Out Can Help You Invest 07/15/2018 08:00pm • Working out is good for your health, but it can also be good for your portfolio if you want to invest in the fitness industry. Warren Buffett's famed advice to invest in what you know has alternately inspired and haunted do-it-yourself investors for decades. Like most words of wisdom, it's been bot 13 Health Superstitions to Reconsider 07/12/2018 08:00pm • Medical myths, folk remedies and prevention misconceptionsIt was actually bacteria, not "bad air," behind the plague and Black Death. If your child developed seizures, you'd turn to a neurologist, but others might seek out a shaman. And although male circumcision has long been a mainstream medical p 7 Tips for Couples That Invest 07/11/2018 08:00pm • Though Eric Bowlin invests full-time, getting his start in real estate but since in silver, stocks and more, he and his wife still have different ideas of how to invest in a way that's best for the family. "My wife is far more conservative than I am when it comes to investing. The way I like to desc How to Invest While in College: 4 Easy Steps 07/04/2018 08:00pm • It no longer takes money to make money. Thanks to the rise of investing apps like Stash and Acorns and low-cost robo advisors like Betterment and Wealthsimple, you can start investing with pocket change. Just $5 a day invested over 35 years at a 6 percent return could become more than $200,000. Inv A Fourth of July Debate: Which English Is Better -- American or British? 07/02/2018 08:00pm • LONDON -- Harriet Clarke says that during the first of two years she spent in the U.S. , she became inured with the near-daily routine of people telling the then-University of Nottingham student that they loved her accent. But even Clarke, 25, was a bit stunned when a woman in an elevator in Daytona 6 Things You Don't Know About Trading Bitcoin 07/01/2018 08:00pm • Retail investors who want to dip their toes into cryptocurrencies to diversify their portfolios are facing an extremely volatile market -- virtual currencies have lost $350 billion in value year-to-date due to orders from regulators and hacking. The cryptocurrency market, which consists of bitcoin