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• Brasil / Portuguese

  • Básica Língua A Portuguese Language Program that offers intensive one-on-one, private and semi-private immersion programs in Salvador for individuals, couples and small groups.
  • Bing Translator Preferred machine translator. Not perfect, but better than others for Portuguese / English
  • Bridge Language School Dedicated to providing innovative services in language, education, and travel. Free assessment test of language for English, Spanish, Portuguese
  • CELPS – Ministry of Education Brasil O Certificado de Proficiência em Língua Portuguesa para Estrangeiros (Celpe-Bras) é conferido aos estrangeiros com desempenho satisfatório em teste padronizado de português, desenvolvido pelo Ministério da Educação.
  • Corpus Portuguese Langauge / Corpus do português This website allows you to quickly and easily search more than 45 million words in almost 57,000 Portuguese texts. Este site permite que você rapidamente e facilmente buscar para mais do que 45 milhões de palavras em quase 57.000 textos do portugueses.
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  • Fast Forward Language Institute Teaching Portuguese as a second language in Maceio and Sao Paulo
  • Portuguese Dictionary Portuguese to English dictionary
  • Semantica Portuguese Learning Services Simply, the best. Learning through video of real-life situations. Trusted with my money, time and energy.

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  • Bloomberg News Bloomberg connects influential decision makers to a dynamic network of information, people and ideas. Our strength – quickly and accurately delivering data, news and analytics through innovative technology – is at the core of everything we do.
  • Bureau of Economic Analysis Data, and reports on US Economic Accounts
  • Bureau of Labor Statistics Data and reports of USA’s labor and consumer markets (all aspects of employment and prices)
  • ETF Database Committed to giving its audience, consisting of both active traders and buy-and-hold investors, information they believe is truthful and non-biased. Resources to make intelligent and informed decisions
  • International Monetary Fund An organization of 188 countries, working to foster global monetary cooperation, secure financial stability, facilitate international trade, promote high employment and sustainable economic growth, and reduce poverty around the world.
  • MSCI Indexes A leading provider of investment decision support tools to clients worldwide, ranging from large pension plans to boutique hedge funds. Offers a range of products and services – including indexes.
  • Report Foriegn Holdings of US Treasury Securities Major Foreign Holders of US Treasury Securities. Published (Dept of Treasury & Federal Reserve Board) monthly on or about the 17th of each month.
  • Reuters As they self describe themselves, the world’s leading source of intelligent information for businesses and professionals.
  • Russell Indexes Index provider to financial professionals, ETF providers, hedge funds, and others.
  • Security and Exchange Commission US Securities and Exchange Commission. The mission — to protect investors, maintain fair, orderly, and efficient markets, and facilitate capital formation. All required filings available
  • USA – Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve The central bank of the United States of America—The provider of its monetary and financial system.
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  • World Public Opinion Information and analysis about public opinion on international policy issues from around the world.

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  • American Fact Finder Find popular facts (population, income, etc.) and frequently requested data about communities in the United States.
  • Barnes and Noble Retailer of books and entertainment
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  • Harvard Health Publications Offered by the media and publishing division of the Harvard Medical School. Their goal is to bring people around the world the most current health information that is authoritative, trustworthy, and accessible.
  • Internal Revenue Service Tax Code, Regulations, and Official Guidance from the IRS
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  • Merriam Webster The preferred dictionary and thesaurus for the English Language. Membership Required
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  • PAC 12 Website of the Pacific 12 Conference
  • Perceptual Edge Stephen Few founded Perceptual Edge in 2003, and is a leader in the fields of business intelligence and information design, and data visualization for sensemaking and communication
  • Purdue University OWL On-line Writing Lab of Purdue University. Resources for writing and teaching writing, research, grammar and mechanics, style guides, English as a second language and more.
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  • Tax Foundation A leading tax policy research organization. Advocating principles for tax policy–Simplicity, Transparency, Neutrality, Stability, No Retroactivity, and Broad Base with Low Rates
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  • Julia Language A high-performance dynamic programming language for technical computing, with syntax that is familiar to users of other technical computing environments.
  • Julia Packages Searchable listing of all registered packages for the Julia programming language.
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  • R Statistical Language R is a language and environment for statistical computing and graphics, which provides a wide variety of statistical analysis, linear and nonlinear modeling tools, time-series analysis, and visualization tools. Among other things.
  • Sourceforge – Open Software An Open Source community resource dedicated to helping open source projects be as successful as possible. A premiere resource for open source software development and distribution.
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• NY Times – Business

  • The New Model Media Star Is Famous Only to You
  • As Passengers Disappeared, Airlines Filled Planes With Cargo
  • Bugatti Chiron: Perfection at a Stratospheric Price
  • Aston Martin's James Bond Car Comes to Life
  • 'Aggressive' Rats May Increase During Pandemic, C.D.C. Says
  • Plant-Based ‘Meats’ Catch On in the Pandemic
  • Virgin Orbit Pushes Back First Rocket Launch From Jumbo Jet

• Washington Post

  • As Trump removes federal watchdogs, some loyalists replacing them have ‘preposterous’ conflicts
  • As Trump removes federal watchdogs, some loyalists replacing them have ‘preposterous’ conflicts
  • Federal judge guts Florida law requiring felons to pay fines before they can vote
  • On weekend dedicated to war dead, Trump tweets insults, promotes baseless claims and plays golf
  • Some churches tentatively open as Memorial Day crowds descend on tourist hot spots
  • Florida family grieves as Trump spreads debunked conspiracy theory to attack MSNBC host
  • What we know about Tara Reade’s sexual assault allegation against Joe Biden

• Review Journal

  • Memorial Day tradition carries on in Las Vegas amid pandemic
  • Hey Las Vegas motorists, don’t drive impaired as businesses reopen
  • Zion National Park fills up early Sunday on Memorial Day weekend
  • National parks hope visitors comply with virus measures
  • Alligator rumored to have been Hitler’s dies in Moscow
  • New Zealand leader carries on with TV interview during quake
  • Memorial Day even more poignant as veterans die from virus
  • White House imposes coronavirus travel ban on Brazil
  • Memorial Day weekend draws crowds and triggers warnings
  • Hong Kong police fire tear gas, water cannon at protesters

• BBC World News

  • Coronavirus in South Africa: President Ramaphosa says outbreak will get worse
  • Western Australia storm: Ex-cyclone brings widespread damage to coast
  • Tiger Woods & Peyton Manning beat Tom Brady & Phil Mickelson in $20m charity match
  • New Zealand's PM stayed calm during an earthquake on live TV
  • Hong Kong security law 'needed to tackle terrorism'
  • Coronavirus: Chile's president says healthcare system 'very close to the limit'
  • Coronavirus in Sudan exposes new leaders

• NPR News

  • Federal Judge Rules Florida Law Restricting Voting Rights For Felons Unconstitutional
  • White House Restricts Travel From Brazil, Where Coronavirus Cases Near 350,000
  • Cuomo Says New York Is Now 'Decidedly In The Reopening Phase'
  • In Los Angeles, Relief And Caution As Locals Return To Venice Beach
  • Hong Kong Police Fire Tear Gas As Thousands Protest Planned Security Law
  • Scenes Of Isolation Amid Pandemic In The Vermont Countryside
  • Tracking The Pandemic: How Quickly Is The Coronavirus Spreading State By State?
  • Coronavirus World Map: Tracking The Spread Of The Outbreak

• Roll Call

  • USDA, FDA advise businesses in need of protective equipment
  • Photos of the week ending May 22, 2020
  • Doggy doo, rucksacks and Starbucks: Congressional Hits and Misses
  • Rep. Tim Ryan’s plan for TikTok domination
  • Coronavirus Special Report: What’s next for the Paycheck Protection Program?
  • Transportation Department says House letter on watchdog demotion contains ‘numerous errors’
  • ‘I was drugged and raped’ at Marine Corps ball, Virginia candidate says in new TV ad

• The Hill – Top News

  • Trump retweets personal attacks on Clinton, Pelosi, Abrams
  • Biden swipes at Trump: 'Presidency is about a lot more than tweeting from your golf cart'
  • GOP sues California over Newsom's vote-by-mail order
  • University of Michigan president says no football in fall if students aren't on campus
  • Trump imposes travel restrictions on Brazil
  • Second Missouri hairstylist may have exposed 56 clients to COVID-19: officials
  • Crowds flock to Missouri's Lake of the Ozarks over Memorial Day weekend

• Stanford Social Innovation Review

  • Solving the Mystery of Board Engagement and Fundraising (Blog)
  • How Funders Can Support Individual Well-Being (Blog)
  • Cultivating Change Amidst Collapse (Blog)
  • How Private Sector Leadership Can Fight the Biodiversity Crisis
  • A Medical School for Changemaking (Blog)
  • Leading a Global Team Through Crisis Means Focusing on Local Details (Blog)
  • How Investors Can Integrate Social Impact With Financial Performance to Improve Both (Blog)
  • Organizational Culture as a Tool for Change
  • Lifelong Reading for a Billion People
  • The Rise of the Corporate Social Investor

• Real Clear Sports

• Curio Blog Feed

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  • Working away
  • Hello 2020!
  • Curio subscriptions at the Mac App Store
  • Catalina, Curio, and Curiota
  • Introducing Curio 13
  • 2018: a review
  • Curiota 3
  • Curio 12.1 and 12.2
  • Announcing Curio 12

• Julia Bloggers

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• The New Republic

  • The Blue Wave That Saved the Vote
  • The Two Lives of Norma McCorvey
  • What If Mass Unemployment Is Here to Stay?
  • I Lost My Job Cleaning Houses and Don’t Know Where I Go From Here
  • Female Scientists Are Bearing the Brunt of Quarantine Child-Rearing
  • Jonathan Schell’s Warning From the Brink
  • Why the Pandemic Is Driving Conservative Intellectuals Mad
  • The Provocations of Kent Monkman
  • The Unmattering of Black Lives
  • Blow Up the Restaurant Industry and Start Over

• Economia & Negócios

  • Cade deve julgar nesta semana acordo com a Petrobrás no mercado de Gás
  • Há expectativa de que o relatório da Previdência seja votado até quinta-feira, diz Maia
  • Petrobrás terá que vender ações das empresas de transporte e distribuição de gás
  • Bancos estrangeiros mudam previsão para a Selic e passam a ver até três cortes de juros este ano
  • Nomeações das agências devem garantir equilíbrio de interesses
  • União vai ajudar Estados que contribuírem para redução do preço do gás
  • Projeção para alta do PIB recua e passa de 0,93% para 0,87%
  • Entenda o que é o Ibovespa e como o índice é calculado
  • Lucro da Caixa sobe 23% no primeiro trimestre e chega a R$ 3,9 bilhões
  • Coluna Teaser: Veja campanha que ajudou Burger King a ser anunciante mais criativo em Cannes

• OECD

  • OECD: Costa Rica invited to join as 38th member
  • Covid-19: Can nursing thrive in the age of the coronavirus? What young people think
  • Economy: Unprecedented collapse in leading indicators for most major economies
  • Health: Covid-19 crisis underscores need to address trade in fake pharmaceuticals
  • Covid-19: Tax and fiscal policy should continue critical role of supporting households and businesses