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Greenman, J W; Rainbird, R H; Turner, E C. Precambrian Research vol. 346, 105816, 2020 p. 1-17, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.precamres.2020.105816
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Elkins-Tanton, L T; Grasby, S E; Black, B A; Veselovskiy, R V; Ardakani, O H; Goodarzi, F. Geology vol. 48, no. 10, 2020 p. 986-991, https://doi.org/10.1130/G47365.1
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Sun, R; Shen, J; Grasby, S E; Zhang, J; Chen, J; Chuang, Y; Yin, R. Precambrian Research vol. 383, 106891, 2022 p. 1-9, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.precamres.2022.106891
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Wu, Y; Yin, R; Li, C; Chen, D; Grasby, S E; Li, T; Ji, S; Tian, H; Peng, P. Earth and Planetary Science Letters vol. 587, 117551, 2022 p. 1-10, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2022.117551
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Re-release; Larmagnat, S; Lavoie, D. Sedimentary basins of northern Canada: contributions to a 1000 Ma geological journey and insight on resource potential; by Lavoie, D (ed.); Dewing, K (ed.); Geological Survey of Canada, Bulletin 609, 2022 p. 185-213, https://doi.org/10.4095/326091
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Descartes Systems Group has acquired Sellercloud, a provider of omnichannel ecommerce solutions.

Post&Parcel Live is a seminar series from the experts at Post&Parcel. On 27 April 2017 we hosted "Solving the Inner City Challenge". In this keynote Vicky Keeble, Deliver London Programme Manager at the Cross River Partnership looks at balancing demand with environmental impact.

Amazon.com, Inc. has  announced financial results for its first quarter ended March 31, 2024.

At the recently held myDHLi Digital Summit 2024, DHL presented key improvements and innovations for its myDHLi customer portal along three dimensions: ease of use, resilience and sustainability.

ePost Global has announced the launch of Canada eDGE, a new service designed to streamline domestic and cross-border eCommerce within Canada.

The Nike Boston Volleyball Festival got underway in Boston, with Bermuda teams taking part. Paradise Hitters Under 12s finished the morning session 1 and 2. They fell 25-7, 25-6 to Smash and 25-11, 25-6 to GVC 12 Angie before defeating Mass Power 25-9, 25-12. The Paradise Hitters Under 14 team also finished the morning session […]

The Eastern Caribbean Volleyball Association [ECVA] Senior Beach Volleyball Tournament’s men’s and women’s competitions began at Cul de Sac Bay, St Lucia. In the men’s Group B match, the Bermuda team, consisting of Kyle Hamilton and Benjamin Barnett, overcame Mingo and Fredrick with a score of 2-1. Despite losing the initial game 21-16, Hamilton and […]

The Nike Boston Volleyball Festival continued in Boston with Bermuda teams taking part. The Paradise Hitters Under 14 team are now 3 & 3 overall, after going 2 & 1 on Day Two. They began the day defeating Seaway 25-9, 25-11, they would then fall 25-27, 25-18, 15-9 to Cal White, before picking up a […]

The Eastern Caribbean Volleyball Association [ECVA] Senior Beach Volleyball Tournament concluded at the Cul de Sac Bay, in St Lucia. In the Men’s Division St Lucia Team One of Sheldon Descartes and Joseph Clercent had to dig deep to ward off Bermuda’s Kyle Hamilton and Benjamin Barnett 21-8, 27-29, 15-9. Antigua and Barbuda’s Adrian Constant […]

Bermuda’s Paradise Hitters volleyball teams competed on the final day of the Nike Boston Volleyball Festival. A spokesperson said, “The last day of the tournament is playoff time for all teams.” Paradise Hitters U12 “The team had an 8:15 match this morning after a late evening of playing last night. They played a very strong […]

The second week of competition in the Nike Boston Volleyball Festival got underway with three Bermuda teams taking part. The Paradise Hitters Under 18 team ended day one with a record of 1 7 2, they would go down 25-19, 25-12 to Creole Big Apple in their opener, but they bounced back to defeat Mill […]

The second week of competition in the Nike Boston Volleyball Festival continued with three Bermuda teams taking part. On day two, the Paradise Hitters Under 18 team won all three matches to move to 4 & 2. They defeated the Gators Green 25-10, 25-17, they then defeated Mass Premier 25-19, 25-19, before closing out with […]

Competition in the Nike Boston Volleyball Festival continued with playoff matches closing out the event. Paradise Hitters U18 A spokesperson said, “The team played their final match versus Fusion Power. This was a very tight match with long rallies. Unfortunately, the team lost the match 1-2 games [20-25, 25-22, 9-15]. Even though they didn’t win […]

The Bermuda Volleyball Association hosted its 31st Annual Corporate Volleyball tournament at Bernard’s Park. This was a 6-a-side coed tournament, each team needed to have at least 3 females, with a max of 10 players total. Because this was a recreational tournament, teams were limited to 2 national team players. Conyers were crowned the champions, […]

The Women’s and Men’s National Volleyball Teams are gearing up for the US Open Volleyball Championships in Columbus, Ohio, on May 23rd. A spokesperson said, “The Women’s and Men’s National Volleyball Teams are travelling to Columbus, Ohio to compete in the US Open Volleyball Championships on Thursday, May 23rd. The championships are being held in […]

The women’s and men’s national volleyball Teams continued competing in the US Open Volleyball Championships in Columbus, Ohio. The women fell in all three matches in the gold/silver rounds. The Bermuda women were defeated 25-10, 25-16, to the Buffa-hoes, they would then fall 25-9, 25-18 to the Elite Titans, and the final defeat came at […]

Bermuda’s beach volleyball teams will be participating at the NORCECA Beach Volleyball Tour in  Nicaragua this weekend. A spokesperson said, “The Bermuda Volleyball Association [BVA] is proud to announce its participation in the fifth leg of the NORCECA Beach Volleyball Tour in Managua, Nicaragua this coming weekend, June 14-16, 2024. The NORCECA Beach Volleyball Tour […]

The 2024 NORCECA Beach Volleyball Tour is underway in Nicaragua, with Bermuda players in action. Megan Hands and Kayley Hamilton went 1 & 2 in Women’s Pool A action, while Braedon Cooke and Connor Somerville went 0 & 3 on the opening day in men’s pool C. Hands and Hamilton took on Katherine Quesada and Eugenia Ramírez […]

The 2024 NORCECA Beach Volleyball Tour continued in Nicaragua with Bermuda’s teams in action. Bermuda pair, Megan Hands and Kayley Hamilton lost their classification match to Kianny Araya and Aliza Aguilar from Costa Rica, and Braedon Cooke and Connor Somerville also lost their classification match to Jesario Ebanks and Stephen Watson from the Cayman Islands. Related […]

The 2024 NORCECA beach volleyball tour in Nicaragua came to an end. Megan Hands and Kayley Hamilton finished in 12th place in the women’s division after falling 21-8, 21-10 to Martiza Zuniga and Danna Aguilar from Guatemala, while Braedon Cooke and Connor Somerville finished 15th in the men’s division. Related Stories Results: Spike Fest Volleyball Tournament […]

The Bermuda Volleyball Association announced its participation in the 2024 Eastern Caribbean Volleyball Association [ECVA] U21 Beach Volleyball Championships, scheduled to take place from August 30 to September 1 in St. Kitts & Nevis. A spokesperson said, “This prestigious event will bring together 13 teams from 11 countries, all competing for a coveted spot in the […]

Teams from eleven islands — including Bermuda — began competing in the 2024 Eastern Caribbean Volleyball Association [ECVA] Under 21 Beach Volleyball Championships in St. Kitts & Nevis. Bermuda’s under 21 women’s team of Isabella Sousa and Hailey Trott ended day one with two wins in pool A. Sousa and Trott defeated Natalia Drayton and […]

Bermuda under-21 women’s team of Isabella Sousa and Hailey Trott won the bronze medal at the Eastern Caribbean Volleyball Association [ECVA] Under-21 Beach Volleyball Championships in St Kitts and Nevis at the weekend. Sousa and Trott lost 2-1 in the semi-finals to Kurtice Jules and Marie-Therese St Clair, of St Lucia, before being awarded victory […]

The Bermuda Volleyball Association announced its participation in two NORCECA Beach Volleyball Tour stops in Punta Cana, with teams competing in senior and U23 events in October 2024. A spokesperson said, “As the international beach volleyball 2024 calendar continues, the Bermuda Volleyball Association [BVA] is proud to announce its participation in two of the upcoming […]

Bermuda pair Benjamin Barnett and Sean Tucker returned to action on the fifth stop of the NORCECA beach volleyball tour 2024 on the sand courts set up at Los Corales Beach in Punta Cana, Dominican Republic. Playing in the classification 9/12 match, Barnett and Tucker won 2 – 0 over Joel Issac Theodore and Stephen […]

Bermuda pair Benjamin Barnett and Sean Tucker concluded competing on the fifth stop of the NORCECA Beach Volleyball Tour 2024 on the sand courts set up at Los Corales Beach in Punta Cana, Dominican Republic. Playing in the 9th place match, Barnett and Tucker lost 2 – 0 to Yoel Alejandro Guardado Rivas and Christopher […]

The under 23 teams from Bermuda as concluded competing in the 2024 NORCECA beach volleyball tour in Punta Cana, Dominican Republic. The Bermuda men’s team of Alexander Southern and Braedon Cooke, finished 16th, and the women’s pairing of Kaylee Trott and Hailey Trott, finished 10th. Southern and Cooke were defeated 2 – 0 by Luiyi […]

[Updated] The Bermuda national women’s volleyball team – who won four of their five matches to advance to the finals– is matching up against St Lucia this evening [Oct 21] in the ECVA Women’s Volleyball Championships gold medal match, and you can tune in and watch live below. Update: The Bermuda women’s national team won the […]

The Bermuda men’s national volleyball team were back in action competing in the 2024 ECVA senior men’s championships. Bermuda took on St. Eustatius and picked up a 3 – 0 victory to move to 1 & 1. Bermuda won the first set 25-11, before winning the second set 25-18, and then they closed it out […]

The continental bowling league continued at the Warwick Lanes, with the Cubs defeating the Sunset 18.5 – 8.5, the Odd Balls defeated the Astronauts 24 – 3, and the Nifty Rollers defeated The Invaders 24 – 3. High Scratch Games Women Marilou Minors 179 Lee Ann Landy 177 Debbie Ball 174 Men Jermaine DeSilva 268 […]

The sixth week of continental bowling league action at the Warwick Lanes saw the Nifty Rollers defeat the Sunset 25 – 2, the Under Dawgs defeat New Hope 24 – 3, while the league leaders Spicenix defeated The Invaders 23 – 4, and the Odd Balls defeated the Cubs 19 – 8. High Scratch Games […]

Nitrogen and potassium are fundamental nutrients for plant growth, but imbalances frequently disrupt agricultural systems. In apple orchards, low potassium can severely limit carbon and nitrogen metabolism, impairing photosynthesis and yield. Potassium availability is often reduced by environmental factors such as soil leaching, while nitrogen is frequently over-applied due to its affordability and yield-enhancing effects. Given these challenges, optimizing nitrogen and potassium levels in apple trees warrants further research to counter the negative impact of nutrient imbalances on plant health and productivity.

A new study highlights how some marine life could face extinction over the next century, if human-induced global warming worsens.

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Donald Trump’s policies risk making the US dollar a source of global instability Expert comment LToremark 13 November 2024

Although Trump favours a weaker exchange rate, his policies are likely to have the opposite effect. The risk is that the US dollar could become too strong, which is bad news for the global economy.

President-elect Donald Trump has a dollar problem. In recent months he has shown a clear preference for a weaker exchange rate to support the competitiveness of US exports and help reduce the US trade deficit. And yet, as the market has sensed since the US election, the much more likely outcome is that his policies end up strengthening the greenback. The risk is that the US dollar – which is expensive already – becomes more obviously overvalued, and this could increase the risk of global financial instability. 

The dollar has been on a rollercoaster ride in the past few decades. From 2002 until 2011, for example, the dollar weakened by around 30 per cent in inflation-adjusted, trade-weighted terms, according to BIS data. Yet in the years since 2011, the dollar has strengthened and is now at a more appreciated level than at any time since 1985.

What shapes this rollercoaster, broadly speaking, is the global balance of economic vitality: when the US economy gains momentum relative to the rest of the world, the dollar tends to strengthen; and vice versa. 

After China joined the WTO in 2001, the balance of economic vitality shifted decisively away from the US, in favour of China and other emerging economies. This was the decade of the commodity boom: the longest, biggest peacetime increase in commodity prices in nearly 200 years during which a sustained surge in China’s economy supported GDP growth across the developing world. The dollar weakened as a result.

But after 2011, a combination of factors – including the eurozone crisis and its aftermath, together with the sagging of the Chinese economy – tipped the balance of economic vitality back in favour of the US. The dollar strengthened once again.

And since both the European and Chinese economies remain very fragile, the balance of economic vitality seems likely to keep favouring the US dollar.

Two more considerations also point to a stronger US dollar under a second Trump administration.

The first is the exchange rate implications of Donald Trump’s proposed tariffs on imports. When the US imposes tariffs on a trading partner, the foreign exchange market tends to sell that trading partner’s currency, forcing it to weaken to offset the dollar-price increase induced by the tariff. This helps explain why the Chinese renminbi depreciated by some 10 per cent in 2018 after Trump began imposing trade restrictions on China in January of that year. 

More widespread tariffs on a whole range of US trading partners should therefore strengthen the dollar more broadly.

A stronger dollar should also result from the macroeconomic framework Trump seems likely to deliver. He will certainly want to extend his 2017 tax cuts beyond 2025 when they are currently due to expire, so a more sustained loosening of US fiscal policy seems likely. Since boosting the US economy will create inflationary pressure, the market will expect interest rates to end up higher than they might otherwise be. The resulting combination of looser fiscal and tighter monetary policy tends to be a stronger currency.

The dollar probably has a fair amount of room to keep going up, since it is not obviously overvalued just yet. The US current account deficit – the broadest measure of a country’s trade deficit, and a rough but useful measure of financial vulnerability – was a little over 3 per cent of GDP last year. 

This is around half the level it reached in 2006, just before the 2008 global financial crisis, meaning the risks arising from an overvalued dollar may be for the latter part of Trump’s second presidency.

A strengthening dollar is also not great news for the rest of the world economy. A strong dollar tends to depress global trade growth, restrict developing countries’ access to international capital markets, and make it more difficult for countries whose currencies will be weakening to keep inflation under control.

If and when the dollar becomes unsustainably expensive, a further problem will present itself: how to deal with an overvalued currency without risking a lot of financial dislocation.

This problem last occurred in early 1985, when the dollar was universally reckoned to be dangerously dear. At that time the US was able to call on trading partners who depended on the US security umbrella – the UK, Germany, France and Japan – to negotiate the ‘Plaza Accord’, which coordinated a series of interventions in the foreign exchange market that allowed the dollar to decline in a measured way.  

It is virtually unimaginable that something similar could be negotiated today, not least because Chinese policymakers believe that the post-Plaza strengthening of the yen in the late 1980s led to an economic disaster for Japan. Beijing will not play ball.

Without much scope for a negotiated decline in the dollar, more chaotic alternatives seem likely. 

One is that the market decides suddenly that it no longer has an appetite for expensive dollar-denominated assets, and this might lead to a messy adjustment in the foreign exchange market. 

All 30 Major League teams will wear special "MLB 150" patches on their uniforms for the entire 2019 season in honor of the 150th anniversary of the 1869 Cincinnati Red Stockings, the first openly all-salaried professional baseball team.

The baseball field is Rockies third baseman Nolan Arenado's refuge from contract talks. But Tuesday's breaking news -- Manny Machado's 10-year, $300 million contract with the Padres -- made its way onto the field.