The Weekly Bull Report

Welcome to the 11th edition of The Weekly Bull Report.

Here’s a short list of content we found interesting and informative over the past 7 days…

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💡 Interesting Articles & News:

POLITICS

• Spain’s main conservative party believes the government should utilize blockchain to operate the country’s public administration more efficiently.
• President Donald Trump has jolted the NATO summit in Brussels by turning a spotlight on Germany’s ties to Russia and openly questioning the value of the military alliance that has defined American foreign policy for decades
• German court authorises extradition of Catalan fugitive ex-leader Carles Puigdemont on the charge of misuse of public funds.

ECONOMICS

• Sea level rises are not some distant threat; for many Americans they are very real. Florida is about to be wiped off the map.
• Personal loans surge to a record high.
• Households earning US$ 117,000 a year now qualify as “low income” in three California counties, according to new federal data.

SOCIETY

• Multimillion-dollar lawsuits, a haze of booze and hash, a marriage gone very wrong and a lifestyle he can’t afford – Inside the trials of Johnny Depp.
• Tim Berners-Lee, the man who created the World Wide Web, has some regrets…
• How 20-year-old built a US$900 million fortune in less than 3 years

TECHNOLOGY

• A Chinese Artificial Intelligence system beats human doctors in neuroimaging recognition contest, guessing 87% of diagnoses. So does Babylon, who claims its chatbot gets better marks than GPs at medical exams.
• Inside the effort to 3D-print lungs and breathe life into them with stem cells. The company United wants to end transplant shortages.

MEDICINE & SCIENCE

• Medical cannabis prescriptions could be made in UK within weeks. An expert panel already accepting doctors’ applications for licences.
• Cambridge University nanotech researchers are exploring the commercial potential of an intelligent loo which captures massive levels of key data.
• Faulty studies mean everything you know about nutrition is wrong. When reading scientific articles, we must pay attention to detail and watch for conflicts of interests.
• What the Sun is made of and when it will die. Scientists have discovered the standard solar model really does have opacity wrong.
• Scientists discover the world’s oldest colour: Bright pink. Pigments found in 1.1bn-year-old rocks shed light on ‘major puzzle’ about early life.
• The ‘Big Bang’ of Alzheimer’s: Scientists identify the genesis of the disease and focus efforts on deadly shape-shifting tau protein.

CULTURE

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• An ancient clay slab believed to date from 3rd century AD discovered near ancient city of Olympia may be earliest extract of epic Homer poem Odyssey.

SPORTS

• After a month of fantastic football, we have a FIFA World Cup 2018 winner.
• All the 2018 Wimbledon results.
• Superstar Cristiano Ronaldo has signed for Juventus from Real Madrid in a deal worth €112M

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💬 Quotes That Inspire Us:

• “Those who make the worst use of their time are the first to complain of its brevity.” – Jean de la Bruyère
• “There is only one boss; the customer. And he can fire everybody in the company from the chairman on down, simply by spending his money somewhere else.”
  – Sam Walton, Founder of Walmart

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👓 A Must Watch & Listen:

• A five-minute video to watch: Metacognition & Self-Confidence – The Big Picture.
• A podcast to listen: Alive Time vs. Dead Time – Conversation with Robert Greene.

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📚 Books We Are Reading:

• Big Mistakes – by Michael Batnick

Powerful points in short chapters without any fluff or filler. A book that should be in every investor’s hand.

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🐦 Eye-Catching Tweet:

• @sixfootcandy: Stops eating carbs and loses 25 pounds in 3 months. Starts eating carbs and gains 25 pounds in 3 days.

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Our very best wishes for a very fruitful upcoming week! 🍀

Thank you,

The IBR Team: David, Jeff and Dr. Anna

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