Cool new business idea from Japan: smart masks that do the communicating for you when you can’t. — Read on www.yahoo.com/entertainment/japanese-startup-creates-connected-face-094546599.html
Three clothing makers built their own particle-testing lab to design a better homemade surgical mask. Source: Homemade mask: Using hydro knit shop towel filters better, designers find – Business Insider
Even with a robust government response to the novel coronavirus, many people will be in peril. And the United States is anything but prepared. Source: The U.S. Isn’t Ready for What’s About to Happen – The Atlantic
Could the 30-year treasury yield drop back below 2% be another strong indicator that something isn’t quite right with the U.S. economy? Source: U.S. 30-Year Yield Drops Below 2% for First Time Since October
BEIJING (AP) — China’s leader on Saturday called the accelerating spread of a new virus a grave situation. It is not yet known how contagious or deadly it is. — Read on apnews.com/b2810cebad305f66112a0c68be0f8c9a
The world’s advanced economies are trying to keep their balance on an unstable platform of high consumption, asset prices and household debt as we enter the 2020s. Any significant shock or increase in volatility could trigger “doom loops” that compromise the economic and financial systems. — Read on finance.yahoo.com/news/economic-doom-loops-harder-avoid-000035999.html
(Bloomberg Opinion) — A hallmark of the U.S. economy’s record expansion has been steady growth in employment. Judging from the jobless rate, in fact, the labor market is the best it’s been in half a century. But what is missing in the focus on the numbers is a severe and troubling deterioration in the — Read on finance.yahoo.com/news/jobs-market-isnt-healthy-seems-120052383.html
SPRINGDALE — Community organizations and individuals have pledged thousands of dollars to help send a Tyson School of Innovation robotics team overseas to an international competition next month. — Read on www.arkansasonline.com/news/2019/sep/30/springdale-robotics-team-prepares-for-c/
Breaking News Amazon employees’ planned walkout as part of today’s Global Climate Strike seems to have already gotten results. — Read on www.inc.com/jessica-stillman/amazon-climate-change-announcement.html
We haven’t seen anything like this since the Great Depression of the 1930s. — Read on www.zerohedge.com/news/2019-08-13/average-us-farm-13-million-debt-and-now-worst-farming-crisis-modern-history-upon-us