Musings from the CU Suite

Compliled by Anthony Demangone

So, Briggs is a police officer. Kate, you may be shocked to hear, is Elsa, from Frozen. We're gearing up for a fun night In Arlington.  For those of you heading out tonight, be safe. 

Now, on to the best of this week's reading pile. 

• GDP comes in at 3.5%. Pretty solid. (Calculated Risk)
• Fascinating. A piece of Amelia Earhart's plane has been identified. (Discovery News)
• Apple's CEO Says Apple Pay is a success. (AP) Rite-Aid and CVS disables Apple Pay as a rival merchant payment plan is set up. (NYT) Shocker, the reason they are doing that is to put profits ahead of consumers. (NAFCU Today) And guess what? The merchant payment system has already been hacked. (The Hill)
• Everything you think you know may be wrong. (Quartz)
• Uh-oh. Gmail's days may be numbered. (CW)
• Photo of the week: Through the woods. (National Geographic)
• The marijuana industry could be bigger than the NFL by 2020. (Washington Post) Meanwhile, credit unions are being pressured to close marijuana accounts. (CU Times)
• Home ownership numbers are at lowest levels since 1983. Here's why. (Zero Hedge)
• Someone found a 1959 essay on creativity by Isaac Asimov. (MIT Tech Review)
• Execution. (The Big Picture)