BBC News – Japan GDP figures show sharp slowing of economic growth
Economic growth in Japan weakened significantly in the last financial quarter, official figures show.
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BBC News – Scottish jobs market ‘goes into reverse’
Keep watching the global news for indicators of the economy. Since all of the world’s economies are tied together, you can get advanced notice by keeping an eye on what’s happening around the world.
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BBC News – Scottish jobs market ‘goes into reverse’
The slow recovery in Scotland’s jobs market has gone into reverse, according to a survey of recruitment companies.
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BBC News – Russia ban on grain export begins
A common recurring theme on the Preparedness Podcast is the availability of food. With the pending economic crisis and the food shortages that are coming, I hope you’re stocking up now while food is plentiful and cheap!
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BBC News – Russia ban on grain export begins
Russia has imposed a ban on grain exports until the end of the year, after a severe drought and a spate of wildfires devastated crops.
Russia is one of the world’s biggest producers of wheat, barley and rye, and the ban is likely to see bread prices rise in places like the Middle East.
The measures are designed to keep domestic food prices under control.
But agriculture ministry data has revealed that this year’s crop is unlikely to meet even domestic demand.
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BBC News – Call to improve password security
Hopefully, no one reading this blog is foolish enough to use simple passwords. Even so, if you have a habit of using one password for every website and/or your passwords are simple, you should really rethink your digital security. Personally, I use 1Password to keep track of all my website passwords, and I use its built-in password generator to create random passwords. Since it keeps track of them for me, I don’t have to worry about remembering them (it will fill it in automatically for you – yeah, it sounds insecure, but it isn’t). Sites more prone to hacking (like Facebook) get passwords of maximum length and complexity.
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BBC News – Call to improve password security
Researchers say the growing number of processors on graphics cards will soon make it trivial for them to crack short passwords.
A password of seven characters or less will soon be “hopelessly inadequate” they claim.
The researchers suggest passwords should be at least 12 characters long to be safe.
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Arizona real estate: Phoenix home prices down
Arizona real estate: Phoenix home prices down
Home prices in metro Phoenix are falling again, and new data about upcoming sales suggest that they are likely to keep falling over the next few months, bringing concerns of a housing-market “double dip” closer to reality.
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