Queens Jewish Link
Connecting the Queens Jewish Community Back in July, USA Today wrote that “Squatting is not a particularly difficult problem to solve. It...
With so many people focused on the spiking COVID-19 cases, mounting economic problems, the upcoming Presidential campaign, and other national and international stories, a recent ruling by the Supreme Court did not get the attention it deserved. But it will - and may even become one of the most important decisions in years.
A tiny Israeli company has developed a product that can create clean green electricity, do so inexpensively, and that can be used by any country that has a coastline. Will this technology improve the lives of billions of people? Will it revolutionize business? Even under the most optimistic circumstances this will not happen overnight. But early indications are that the technology works, and a growing number of countries around the world are taking a close look.
Do pennies still make sense? Many economists, business people and ordinary folk believe they don’t. Pennies, they say, are essentially worthless, a nuisance to use, and costly to produce. Has the time come to say goodbye to the penny?
You can fool some of the people some of the time and that’s enough to make a decent living
- W.C. Fields
What looks like a great idea on paper at first doesn’t always look as good on closer inspection. A restaurant that just opened in China is an example of this.
Over the millennia, people have lived and died for it, married and betrayed for it. They’ve even killed for it. Yet now, when so many are suffering through financial hardships, a growing number of people refuse to touch it. Is cash about to give way to digital money? Are we entering an era where cash is becoming obsolete? A growing number of respected people are answering “yes” to both of these questions.
