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See original article: ECB Squeezes Greece on Collateral; Humorous Lies of the Day; Capital Controls Likely Soon
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Japan Times reports Robots Leave Behind Chinese Factory Workers According to the International Federation of Robotics, an association of academic and business robotics organizations, China bought approximately 56,000 of the 227,000 industrial robots purchased worldwide in 2014 — a 54 percent increase on 2013. And in all likelihood, China is just getting started
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Expect applications to Stanford university to soar with this announcement: Tuition free for Families Earning Less than $125,000 Per Year .
Economists Fail to Predict Weather Once Again: Chicago PMI Disappoints Chicago PMI Disappoints Economists expected a rebound in the Chicago PMI index this month following its collapse last month. Alas, once again the weather was much worse in Chicago than economists thought. The Bloomberg Consensus was for a rebound from last month’s dismal print of 45.8 back into positive territory of 50.2 "Companies sampled in the Chicago PMI report continue to report a lull in activity, at a sub-50 March index of 46.3 following 45.8 in February.