by David Brooks | Apr 7, 2016 | Blog
Quartz reports: Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Citi, Credit Suisse, J.P. Morgan, and the Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC) successfully traded credit default swaps on the blockchain, according to an announcement today. The blockchain swap demonstrates...
by David Brooks | Apr 6, 2016 | Blog
The New York Times reports (story is here) that Circle, a Boston-based startup, has gotten a big breakthrough in Britain: Financial Conduct Authority, Britain’s top financial regulator, has granted an electronic money license to Circle, a company based in Boston that...
by David Brooks | Apr 6, 2016 | Blog
Concord is doing work on Main Street, so they’ve set up detours, which include freestanding lights like the one shown above, powered in part by solar panels. This made me wonder: Do panels generate electricity from this artificial light, or are they tuned only...
by David Brooks | Apr 6, 2016 | Blog
There are no wild mountain lions living in New Hampshire. Yes, you’re heard that they’re lurking in our woods, and maybe you’ve got a hunter friend who has a hunter friend who swears he’s seen one. But we’ve been looking for years, and...
by David Brooks | Apr 6, 2016 | Blog
Another full house at last night’s Science Cafe Concord, with at least 60 people crowding in The Draft Sports Bar to discuss self-driving cars. As moderator, walking around handing a microphone to people in the audience asking questions, I can’t take...
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