Slightly more than one-third of U.S. citizens would share their iris scans with the federal government, if it meant they could get personalized services, such as quicker processing of passports and taxes, a new survey found. Sourced through Scoop.it from: opensourcesinfo.org

Federal Reserve governor Lael Brainard thinks the reasons for going slow on further interest-rate increases are powerful. Sourced through Scoop.it from: http://www.wsj.com

What’s happening this week in states breaking into the medical and recreational scene: Alaska’s lieutenant governor signed off on recreational regulations, Hawaii legislators are trying to restrict home cultivation for patients,… Sourced through Scoop.it from: http://www.flickr.com

Despite holding one third of the world’s mineral reserves and generating two thirds of the world’s diamond production, the mining sector in Africa has tradit… Sourced through Scoop.it from: http://www.youtube.com

Bribery and corruption are topics attracting a raft of new legislation, such as the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA), UK Bribery Act, and OECD guidelines… Sourced through Scoop.it from: http://www.youtube.com

U.S. equities recovered from deep intraday losses Wednesday after the Iranian press reported an agreement between Venezuela, Russia, Iran and three other oil producing countries. Sourced through Scoop.it from: http://www.msn.com

Economic growth in the European Union will be slightly weaker than previously forecast, the European Commission said, warning that the slowdown in China and other emerging markets, as well as failure to deal with the refugee and migration crisis,… Sourced…

The Federal Reserve offered up a report detailing strides made by the faster payments task forces. Sourced through Scoop.it from: http://www.pymnts.com

Regular readers of the print edition of The Boston Globe had something of a trying start to 2016, when their Sunday papers abruptly stopped coming. Actually, Sourced through Scoop.it from: http://www.pymnts.com

Researchers at MIT and Texas Instruments have developed a new type of radio frequency identification (RFID) chip that is virtually impossible to hack. Sourced through Scoop.it from: phys.org