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Back in July we first revealed something troubling: leadership breadth was collapsing not just across the Nasdaq...
... but the broader market as well:
As the WSJ had calculated, out of a total of 500 stocks, just Amazon, Google, Apple, Facebook, Gilead and Walt Disney accounted for more than all of the $199 billion in market-capitalization gains in the S&P 500. In fact, as of July, just these six firms were responsible for more than half of the $664 billion in value added to the Nasdaq Composite Index as of July.
A new study by Harvard and University College London has found that Brits have healthier teeth than Americans due to Britain having less fluoride in the drinking water. With a fluoridation rate of of 74%, Americans find it hard to escape the dangers of fluoride. Britain’s water supply, on the other hand, only has 10% of its supply fluoridated. Naturalblaze.com reports: “Contrary to popular belief, our study showed that the oral health of U.S. citizens is not better than the English, with Americans having significantly more missing teeth,” said the study’s lead author, Dr.
Poppy Harlow left viewers in the dark when her morning broadcast on CNN suddenly went off the air as viewers heard her gasp for air. The six-month pregnant CNN anchor, left viewers fearing for her well-being after she passed out live on air. The 33-year-old journalist is expecting a baby girl and appears to be fine following the incident. The Daily Express reports: The 33-year-old was discussing the results of a poll on US attitudes to the war on terror when she fainted.
A German TV report about an alleged Russian soldier who went to war in the south-east of Ukraine has been exposed as a fake news story. The story was reported by German TV channel ZDF and featured a Russian “volunteer” who called himself Igor. The volunteer was actually a resident of Kaliningrad and had been paid as an actor to feature in the news report. Pravdareport.com reports: The main character of the report is named Igor, although his real name is Yuri Labyskin. He said that all of his remarks in the documentary had been rehearsed and scripted.