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MoneyWeek’s editor in chief Merryn Somerset Webb talks to Bill Bonner about economic cycles and the ‘cashless society’. Click here to find out how it could affect you: http://pro1.moneyweek.com/434014/ Interview recorded March 2015 Click here to subscribe to MoneyWeek videos: http://tinyurl.com/zg57szy

MoneyWeek’s editor in chief Merryn Somerset Webb talks to Bill Bonner about economic cycles and the ‘cashless society’. Click here to find out how it could affect you: http://pro1.moneyweek.com/434014/ Interview recorded March 2015 Click here to subscribe to MoneyWeek videos: http://tinyurl.com/zg57szy

About a half of young Swiss people don’t like their bodies, according to a recent study. (SRF/swissinfo.ch) Around 400 teenagers aged 13-17 participated in the survey, conducted by Health Promotion Switzerland (HPS), which is funded by the health insurance system. The study is part of a long-term project addressing the problem of unrealistic body image, which the authors blame on teenagers’ over exposure to unrealistic images and unhealthy body ideals, particularly through social media....

Consider the sport of betting on the sport of horse racing. It’s actually similar to the analysis of the gold and silver markets. How’s that? The Gold Cup Horses First, there is the manic-depressive crowd. Sometimes (as we are told—we don’t hang out at race tracks) the bettors sometimes get overly excited about a horse with slim chances to win, or get totally unexcited about a strong horse. The track responds by lowering or raising the payout for winning, respectively. The more betting...

The stock market works very differently than the natural world. When an animal is spooked, its first reaction is to freeze. Naturalists say that freezing helps animals escape the attention of predators, which hunt by sensing movement. Try that trick in the stock market – freezing when you should be taking action – and you’ll either be knocked silly by the bears or left behind by the bulls. Instincts are counter-productive We do not believe in the “rely on your gut” principle, propagated on...

Consider the sport of betting on the sport of horse racing. It’s actually similar to the analysis of the gold and silver markets. How’s that? First, there is the manic-depressive crowd. Sometimes (as we are told—we don’t hang out at race tracks) the bettors sometimes get overly excited about a horse with slim chances to win, or get totally unexcited about a strong horse. The track responds by lowering or raising the payout for winning, respectively. The more betting on a horse, the lower...

Ospreys have not been seen in Switzerland for 100 years and a bird association wants to reintroduce them - with the help of prisoners.(SRF/swissinfo.ch) --- swissinfo.ch is the international branch of the Swiss Broadcasting Corporation (SBC). Its role is to report on Switzerland and to provide a Swiss perspective on international events. For more articles, interviews and videos visit swissinfo.ch or subscribe to our YouTube channel: Website: http://www.swissinfo.ch Channel:...

Switzerland is among the leaders in glass, PET and aluminium recycling. But when it comes to ordinary plastic it is struggling to find a national solution. The Swiss are leaders in recycling glass, aluminium, batteries and PET. With ordinary plastic bottles though still only a fraction gets recycled. Unlike PET – or Polyethylene terephthalate packaging – there are far too few ordinary plastic collection points. PET bottles have been collected and recycled all over the country for the past...

Millions of women in Africa and Asia cannot get a caesarean section. One of the many complications they suffer from during childbirth is obstetric fistulas. A Geneva doctor is improving their lives by undoing the damage. For the past 20 years, Geneva doctor Charles-Henry Rochat has been treating women in the north of Benin who suffer from the complications of a difficult birth. They have obstetric – also known as vaginal – fistulas. These women should have had a caesarean, but because they...

Organ donation not only saves lives, it makes economic sense. That’s the latest argument from the organisation promoting organ donation in Switzerland, where 1,400 people are on the organ waiting list. For some people an organ donation is their only hope for survival. But compared with other European countries, the Swiss don’t do well. Switzerland has a donor rate of 14.2 donors per million inhabitants. Among neighbouring countries, only Germany has lower rates. Two years ago the Swiss...