Good morning. Very cool interactive map into the origin of interbreeding of humans. Could help to rewrite history as we know it!
http://admixturemap.paintmychromosomes.com/

Disappointing growth numbers = more policy action by the Bank of Japan. Maybe we should remember this one…

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2014-02-17/nikkei-soars-over-400-points-boj-redirects-attention-qe-loans

Cool overview: all is well in the eurozone… #sure…

http://www.bondvigilantes.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/2014-02-blog.png

I have shown this one before: BUT IT HAS BEEN UPDATED! 😉

http://www.businessinsider.com/world-economy-share-since-1000-2014-2

On the declining trustworthiness of statistics on copper inventories…

http://ftalphaville.ft.com/2014/02/17/1773822/dont-blame-squids-blame-china/

Interesting overview of some, uhm… answers on basic knowledge on the earth and life. Like did humans evolve from animals?

http://www.theatlantic.com/education/archive/2014/02/what-americans-dont-know-about-science/283864/

Someone is really positive about Ray Dalio here. I am afraid I am missing the punch line, but maybe it is of interest to you

http://news.morningstar.com/articlenet/article.aspx?id=634569

The ALBA TOP, the UNASUL and the CIC. Now why haven’t I heard of any of them…?

http://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2014/02/the-most-important-alliance-youve-never-heard-of/283877/

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