Stories I Found Of Interest (weekly)

• Daily Report: Google's Results Disappoint as Ads Are Less Profitable - NYTimes.com - NYTimes.com

  • Alexander the Great is said to have wept because he ran out of kingdoms to conquer. Google is eager to avoid such a miserable fate
  • Google is unleashing its vast cash hoard on robotics, artificial intelligence, smart thermostats and, just this week, high-altitude drone satellites.

• 86M Full-Time Private-Sector Workers Sustain 148M Benefit Takers | CNS News

  • Buried deep on the website of the U.S. Census Bureau is a number every American citizen, and especially those entrusted with public office, should know. It is 86,429,000.
  • The Census Bureau also estimates the size of the benefit-receiving population.
  • The 147,802,000 non-veteran benefit takers outnumbered the 86,429,000 full-time private sector workers 1.7 to 1

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