Musings from the CU Suite

Dec 23, 2016

A little weekend reading...

Compiled by Anthony Demangone,  Powered by NAFCU.

Good day from chilly, yet beautiful Wellesley, Massachusetts. Grab a cup of java, and enjoy this weekend's reading pile. And Happy Holidays from all of us at NAFCU!

Now...on to the reading pile.

  • GDP revised up. Yay! (Calculated Risk) Personal income keeps inching up. Yay! (Calculated Risk) Weekly unemployment claims up to 275k. Hmmm. (Calculated Risk)
  • The Internet of People. (NAFCU Services Blog)
  • The older I get, the more I tend to agree. No one knows anything. (Godin)
  • The robots that make Christmas possible. (Fast Company)
  • The tragic downfall of consumer financial protection. (The National Review)
  • Louis Harris, father of modern-day polling, dies at 95. (NYT)
  • Love this - innovation, meet hospital gown. (BI)
  • What to do with a holiday bonus, or any other amount of unexpected money.  Brilliant chart. (BI)
  • Do we really want driverless cars? (NYT)
  • Solar energy just became less expensive than wind energy. (Bloomberg)
  • Can Uber save public transportation in small towns? (The Verge)
  • Fascinating - inside Quebec's great Maple Syrup heist. (Vanity Fair)
  • Henry Heimlich passes away at 96. (NRP)
  • Official Santa NORAD tracking site. (NORAD Santa)
  • And finally, and most importantly, just why do we kiss under mistletoe anyway? (Mental Floss)

  

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