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In a bid to expand beyond e-tail, Amazon is currently launching one harebrained physical retail experiment after the next. A bodega without checkouts. A bookstore without price tags. A drive-up grocery shop.
But, the New York Times notes, all of these initiatives share a unifying theme: they invariably kick off in Amazon’s hometown of Seattle. In other words, the city has become a real-life laboratory—a proving ground in which Jeff Bezos’s underlings can establish whether a new retail business model is lucrative or simply ludicrous.
Many of its most recent trials are too young to have yielded meaningful results. Amazon’s new Go grocery store, for instance, in the Ballard region of the city, doesn’t have anywhere for customers to pay. Instead, shoppers scan their phone, pick up food from the shelf, and walk straight out, paying later because the company, thanks to a combination of sensors and computer vision, knows just what they took.
Similarly, the company’s first brick-and-mortar bookstore was situated in a mall in Seattle. The store does away with price tags on products—instead, customers must carry a book to a bar-code-scanning station or use their phone’s camera to find out how much something costs (members of Amazon Prime get a discount). Currently, it doesn’t feel particularly exciting—more like an annex to a website than the future of buying books.
And the drive-up grocery store? Well, it’s yet to actually serve a customer. (Though the company’s rather odd Treasure Truck, a kind of vending machine on wheels, has sold all kinds of trinkets at fire-sale prices.)
The experiments are surely useful for Amazon, and performing them on its own doorstep makes it easier and cheaper for the company to keep tabs on how they’re going. The New York Times also argues that Seattle is perhaps a better place to test such initiatives than many other cities: its citizens are fond of technology, but not as aggressively so as, say, people living in San Francisco.
But the newspaper also points out that some residents complain about the company’s plans, fail to understand what the point of the experiments is, and even boycott the shopping experiences altogether. Not all that dissimilar, really, to the trials that Amazon has to face online.
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The growing challenges of the global pandemic is impacting the travel industry. Hundreds of Orlando tourism workers will lose their jobs in less than two months. Marriott plans to cut 600 employees from the Orlando World Center Marriott Hotel. The hotel chain sent a letter sent to the state of Florida discussing their change in employment plans.
The letter said that the COVID-19 pandemic’s impact on the hospitality industry has been “historic, swift and devastating.” The resort expects the challenges of the pandemic to continue into 2021. The travel industry is still actively working towards ensuring the health and safety of guests. But the financial effects are proving to be difficult even for them. Hotels and resorts are seeing less business activity than what was previously anticipated. The recovery process may be slow, but they hope to return to normal activity levels after the pandemic ends.
The company will also lay off an additional 150 employees from the Courtyard by Marriott Orlando Lake Buena Vista in the Marriott Village. This location is near the Walt Disney World Resort property. Many of the guests who stay there come for Orlando’s theme parks.
The layoffs will take effect by October 23, 2020. Sadly, it’s expected that the layoffs will be permanent.
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For the second day in a row, SoftBank has announced a billion-dollar investment out of its massive Vision Fund. The Japanese telecom giant has tapped the vehicle to lead a $1.1 billion financing for Roivant Sciences, which comes a day after the Vision Fund agreed to lead a $1 billion round for online sports retailer Fanatics.
The two fundings represent the vehicle’s wide-ranging investment thesis: The Vision Fund is characterized as a global tech vehicle, and its investments to date have been a mixed bag. Roivant is the second biotech company to benefit from the fund, following a $360 million investment in May in Guardant Health, the developer of a blood test meant to monitor cancer treatment. Roivant, meanwhile, develops and commercializes treatments through subsidiary biopharmaceutical companies, including one focused on women’s health and another focused on dermatology.


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In early November, the Professional Beauty Association and Barbicide announced that they are working together to create an industry response program that addresses the H1N1 influenza virus that has impacted the United States and countries across the globe.
"King Research, the markers of Barbicide is a strong supporter and member of the Professional Beauty Association, and it is critical that we support the salon/spa industry as it looks for tools and information on preventing the spread of the H1N1 virus," said Alan Murphy, president of King Research. "Our contagious disease experts and in-house researchers are key contributors to the tools and programs King Research has launched and we want to share that information with the beauty industry."
While the initial wave of the H1N1 this past spring was relatively moderate, President Obama recently declared a national emergency to deal with the "rapid increase in illness" from the H1N1 influenza virus. For small businesses, particularly salons and spas, employee absenteeism from the flu can be very disruptive to business operations. Federal and state authorities have been urging small businesses to be proactive in flu prevention and preparedness.
"We have seen an increased demand for H1N1 resources and information from salon/spa owners across the country," said Executive Director of PBA Steve Sleeper. "The Professional Beauty Association is committed to providing timely and relevant resources to the beauty industry and we are excited to be working with one of our valued members. Their expertise on salon/spa sanitation and disinfection in an invaluable resource as we develop resources and information for the beauty industry."
The H1N1 education and preparedness effort will kick off with the launch of a robust online tool kit that will feature information and resources geared specifically towards the salon/spa environment. In addition to the online toolkit, the effort will also include a webinar on salon/spa sanitation and disinfection best practices and several workshops during the International Salon & Spa Expo in Long Beach, California, January 30-February 1, 2010.
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Richardson-based Service King, in its first acquisition outside Texas, plans to buy a chain of body shops in Arizona, the company announced this morning.
Terms of the deal with Auto Body World Inc. were not disclosed. The transaction, which should be completed in July, will give Service King a total of 58 shops and annual revenue approaching $300 million.
“This will move us from sixth in the U.S. to the third largest collision-repair company,” said Service King CEO Cathy Bonner.
Auto Body World has eight collision-repair centers, most of them in the Phoenix area. Most of its owners plan to remain with the new company and manage the repair centers.
As consolidation continues to gain momentum in the collision-repair industry, Service King will pursue nine more acquisitions in Texas this year and is looking at shops in seven states outside Texas.
In addition, the founder and chairman of Service King, Eddie Lennox, told employees and investors last week that he intends to seek an investment partner to help finance other acquisitions nationally and in Texas.
The move may be a prelude to an initial public offering in a couple of years that would make Service King the first collision-repair group in the U.S. to go public.
“We hope to use this and other acquisitions as a platform to become a major consolidator in the U.S.,” Bonner said.
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Vacationing on the Grid
At home and abroad, resorts need to provide guests with fast and reliable Wi-Fi.
Today’s travelers want to stay connected as they crisscross the globe. “Owners tell us the number one convenience they want at resorts is Wi-Fi,” says Peter Roth, vice president of marketing, communications and industry relations at ARDA. “People want to be able to reach a client or boss if needed. They want to be able to research local excursions and shops from their unit.”
Fast, free and reliable access isn’t simple. Jeremy Rock, president of hospitality information services company RockIT Group, notes that there can be infrastructure challenges, especially at older properties, and an increasing number of devices can put additional strain on a wireless network. (According to 2016 findings from the Adobe Digital Index, the average U.S. consumer owns 7.2 Internet-connected devices and uses 3.1 of them on a daily basis.) Bandwidth has to be carefully managed, as streaming services such as Netflix can use one gigabyte per hour to stream video in standard definition. And providing dependable Wi-Fi requires regular work, as standards are continuously shifting.
In order to accommodate upgrades and offset service costs, some properties have turned to a tiered model, offering basic Wi-Fi for free and charging for premium services. Alternatively, fees can be folded into existing payments. “Another option we’ve seen that works well for timeshare is to capture the necessary revenue in resort fees then provide complimentary service,” Rock says. “One more possibility is to bring in revenue by charging for broadband in meeting spaces.”
Many American carriers are set up to offload cellular data onto wireless networks, and travelers can incur substantial roaming fees when they’re unable to do so—making Wi-Fi access all the more important. Guests at AMResorts’ global properties can download the company’s Unlimited Connectivity app, which allows them to make international calls and plan outings through a wirelesses network, cutting down on roaming costs. International wireless systems are structured very differently than in the U.S., often resulting in more-expensive costs for bandwidth. As a result, a property might try to manage expectations or, if particularly remote, offer guests mobile wireless hot spots. As Rock puts it, “People get creative.”
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JAKARTA : Indonesia’s point out food stuff procurement company, Bulog, stated on Tuesday it is waiting for polices to permit it to distribute bulk cooking oil, as authorities request to ensure the offer and affordability of the house vital at regional markets.
The Southeast Asian country, the entire world top rated palm oil producer, has because April 28 halted exports of crude palm oil and refined goods in a bid to handle soaring neighborhood selling prices of cooking oil.
Officers have stated Bulog will be designated to support distribute subsidised cooking oil in get to intervene when charges are substantial, but as of Tuesday the agency’s head mentioned it experienced not nonetheless been formally assigned the job.
“There have to be laws in area so there is not any misstep,” Bulog main govt Budi Waseso informed a virtual broadcast briefing.
A regulation was also necessary to assure clarity on how expenses would be lined since Bulog was very likely to have to offer cooking oil, derived from palm oil in Indonesia, at below marketplace value.
Retail selling prices of cooking oil have soared thanks to surging world-wide selling prices of edible oils and keep on being stubbornly substantial. This is in spite of a string of authorities actions aimed at managing supply, prompting President Joko Widodo to impose an export ban on the greatly utilized vegetable oil.
Main economics minister Airlangga Hartarto has mentioned the ban, which has rattled world-wide edible oil marketplaces, will stay in spot right up until the price tag of bulk cooking oil falls to 14,000 rupiah ($.9619) per litre, equivalent to 15,500 rupiah per kg, across the region.
As of Monday, info from a price monitoring web-site confirmed bulk cooking oil was offering on regular at 17,700 rupiah per kg.
Cooking oil was amongst the leading aspects driving Indonesia’s April inflation, with the shopper price tag index climbing 3.47 per cent, the largest rise due to the fact December 2017.
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AIR Scanner was launched on Independence Day and the AI (Artificial Intelligence) based Reading Assistant & Document Scanner app can scan documents and also read to users who have difficulty in reading English
Two students from IIT-Bombay have launched an indigenous document-scanning app, following the Centre's decision to ban 59 Chinese mobile apps.
AIR Scanner, a free-of-cost mobile application, has been developed Rohit Kumar Chaudhary and Kavin Agrawal, two final-year B.Tech students in the Department of Civil Engineering, IIT Bombay.
Their inspiration comes from Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s clarion call for an Aatma Nirbhar Bharat.
AIR Scanner was launched on Independence Day and the AI (Artificial Intelligence) based Reading Assistant & Document Scanner app can scan documents and also read to users who have difficulty in reading English.
"Initially, we had been working on developing an app to make the reading experience easy for people who find it difficult to read English," said Rohit.
"It was then that the Indian government banned many Chinese apps including mobile scanner apps," he added.
"After the ban on Chinese app – CamScanner, we surveyed and found that people are facing issues in scanning and organising documents through their mobile phones," he added.
"It was then we decided to add scanning features too to our existing AIR App," he added.
So, what makes this app special are its exclusive safety features?
The document you scan using your mobile camera will be saved in PDF format and will be stored in the device only.
"AIR Scanner app does not collect any information about the user and all the documents are stored in the phone’s local storage," adds Rohit.
"We are not using any cloud storage to store the documents of the users. The app guarantees complete user security," he further said.
The app is free of cost and at the same time completely secure.
"Many scanner apps require users to sign-in to their apps. Once you sign-in to the application, they automatically back-up all your documents and your personal information into their cloud," he further said.
"This is where the security issue arises. AIR Scanner app doesn’t even require you to sign-in," he added.
With this app, every user can enjoy all the document scanner features such as scanning, organizing and sharing documents without worrying about its security.
An added advantage of this app is its Artificial Intelligence feature that reads out the scanned pages and also provides the meaning of the selected word to the user in 40 different languages.
“The motivation behind this innovation is to help people in education," Rohit further said.
"As of now, it is available in English language only, but we are planning to make it available in multiple languages which will make it easy for anyone to read any language," he added.
"Soon we are planning to convert this project into a Start-Up," he further said.
" As of now, there are 1500 downloads from the Play Store. Currently, it is available for Android users only but soon it will be released for iOS users too”, he said.
The application can be downloaded from https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.hind.airscanner.
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The convenience store where the victim went to buy the newly released deck of cards.
Recently in Hiroshima, Japan; A 25-year-old man has been accused by police of attacking a 22-year-old college student who walked out of a 7-Eleven store with a box of newly purchased Pokémon cards. Immediately after the robbery attack occurred, the police force was present at the scene to collect evidence and many mainstream national media such as Nippon TV, FNN or TBS reported on the incident.
According to posted information, the attack occurred at 3:30 a.m. early on September 24, after the victim left a local 7-Eleven store and was holding a box containing 150 cards. Pokémon Fusion Arts card just launched at midnight, worth 4,950 yen (about 45 USD). Police said the victim was repeatedly punched in the face while walking on the street, quite far from the convenience store. The suspect then fled by car and was identified as Kumai Alex McFaddin (25 years old), a construction worker in Ochiai-Minami, Asahoku-Ku, Hiroshima City.
At the investigation agency, he said he drove from place to place to buy the newly released deck of cards but could not, so when he encountered the victim, he became greedy. This is not the first time a card collector has been attacked, a similar incident happened in August 2020 when Pokémon Go Gym was released.
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ASRock Unveils The Radeon VII Phantom Gaming 7mm Vega 20 Graphics Card
It was at CES 2019 the CEO of AMD, Lisa Su revealed the very first consumer graphics card, the Radeon VII that’s built on the company's new 7mm process. As of today, we are getting a close look at the very first third-party card based entirely on the new GPU whose primary target is the gamers, that graphics card in focus is the ASRock.
The new ASRock Radeon VII Phantom gaming card is a reference design, the only real change in comparison to the AMD-branded card are the ASRock/Phantom Gaming stickers on the very center of the triple fans.
Radeon VII gaming card will have a two 8-pin PCIe power connection, one HDMI port, and three DisplayPort connections. Regarding specs, the VII Phantom will feature 16GB of HBM2 memory ( in theory that equates to a 4,096-bit bus, 1TB/s), a base clock of 1.45GHz and boost clock of 1.8GHz. The GPU alone will have 60 compute units and 3,840 stream processing.
At the unveiling, AMD stated that the Radeon VII would offer a 25 percent boost in performance versus the current Radeon Vega 64 which have the same power levels. The company would later post their benchmarks of several games that showed a 29 percent boost in performance, advantage Radeon VII.
According to those close to the company, they stated that the Radeon VII is comparable to NVIDIA's GeForce RTX 2080, minus dedicated hardware for real-time ray-tracing. That statement alone may have caused the CEO of NVIDIA, Jensen Huang to throw the proverbial shade at AMD. Without going in depth to what he said, let's say he isn't impressed with what AMD has to offer in comparison to their flagship RTX 2080. Still and all, from my perspective, the Radeon VII seems like it should perform well despite not having any specialize standout features.
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Swedish battery company Northvolt announced today that it will build a new €4 Billion battery Gigafactory in Northern Germany in the city of Heide. The plant, known as “Northvolt Drei,” will be the company’s third production facility of at least 60 gigawatts of annual capacity and its first outside of Sweden.
Northvolt CEO Peter Carlsson said the area offered everything a battery company would want: support from local authorities and plenty of talent to pick from. “In Heide, we really found a spot where we could combine all our requirements: attracting talent and feeling the support for our aspiration of building the world’s greenest batteries,” Carlsson said. “With the energy mix in Schleswig-Holstein, with the offshore wind coming in, but also with the linkage to Denmark and Norway in the energy feed, we saw that this is probably the best spot for us in Germany to build this set-up.”
In December, Northvolt became the first European company to design, develop, and build a lithium-ion battery cell entirely in Europe. The cell was prismatic and not cylindrical as many EV enthusiasts are familiar with, like in Tesla’s vehicles. Prismatic cells consist of large sheets of anodes, cathodes, and separators sandwiched, rolled up, and pressed to fit into a metallic or hard-plastic housing in cubic form, according to AllAboutCircuits.
Germany is Europe’s leading EV battery production location with 485 gigawatt hours of capacity in both existing and planned facilities, Northvolt said in a statement citing Handelsblatt. With big-name EV players like Tesla committing to a massive Gigafactory facility near Berlin, which is set to launch in just one week, other battery makers have flocked to the region. CATL, SVOLT, and PSA Group have all announced projects in the region. Tesla also plans to build its 4680 cells in Germany in the coming years.
German authorities, including the country’s Trade and Invest group, voiced their support for Northvolt’s new facility.
“We welcome Northvolt’s decision to come to Heide, which gives the company not only proximity to Europe’s largest automotive market but also access to Germany’s highly skilled workforce as well,” Germany Trade & Invest (GTAI) CEO Robert Hermann said. “Northvolt is a great addition to the growing battery production landscape here in the heart of Europe.”
Heide is located near Hamburg, a large metropolitan area that has several technical colleges and universities known for its expertise in engineering. Additionally, Hamburg had the reputation of a city but also has a rural feel, as plenty of surround towns offer considerable landmass, which is suitable for manufacturing projects. Northvolt said Heide offered “the space required to establish a battery plant of sufficient size to leverage the economies of scale in production.”
“Germany Trade & Invest has been working together closely with Northvolt since late 2019 to find a site for the company’s German production facility, and we encouraged them to investigate sites in the north of the country as well as other regions because of the availability of renewable energy on Germany’s coasts,” GTAI automotive expert Stefan di Bitonto said. “Northvolt’s planned gigafactory in Heide is a further indication that the automotive industry in Germany is expanding beyond its traditional strongholds, as mobility is rethought during Germany’s transition to clean energy.”
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Amd announces threadripper 3990x release date
AMD is starting 2020 in exactly the same way as 2019; with a bang. Dr. Lisa Su took the stage at the 2020 International Consumer Electronics Show at the Mandalay Bay Convention Center in Las Vegas, showing off her latest 4000 series mobile processors, new Threadripper 3990x, two new GPUs, etc. . One of the most anticipated products that Dr.
Lisa Su talked about is her new Ryzen Threadripper 3990X. News of the new chip was first announced and speculated in November, but the news about the release date is still in the dark.
Dr. Su discussed the high-power specifications of the new Threadripper before announcing the release date on February 7, 2020, and amazed the audience. I know, it's exciting.
When Threadripper first leaked in November last year, we believed that the chip would provide 64 cores, 288 MB of cache, and was designed for 280 watts of power consumption, all of which are still correct.
However, more details subsequently appeared, indicating that the chip will be listed with 128 threads, 2.9GHz base clock and 4.3GHz boost clock, and will be on the shelves for up to $3,990. The
is the latest in AMD’s latest series of impressive processors and will replace its 32-core AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3970X and 24-core AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3960X, both of which were launched in September 2019.
has been released Presenting a preliminary benchmark with a 30% improvement in performance compared to the Intel Xeon 8280; yes, we are referring to the $20,000 Intel chip. So this is a 30-pound chip, which is $16,000 cheaper. Yes, we are also impressed.
Combining the world's first 64-core design and attractive price tag with high clock frequency, you will find that Dr. Su Lisha's descriptive parting words "game changer" are no less than the truth.
With it, all the latest CES 2020 updates for AMD Threadripper 3990X. Because of these first releases, AMD
is expected to continue its exciting track record in 2020, and we can’t wait to see how it compares with 2019.
All that's left to do now is to wait for February to test this long-awaited processor. It will be difficult.


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Boys and girls, mark Friday and Saturday if you want to get your hands on the Girls "30th Anniversary" Air Jordan 1 Retro High OG and Jordan Dub Zero "Laser."
For those who were charmed by Marvin the Martian in their childhood, March 7 will be a chance to rekindle that wonder, as an Air Jordan 7 colorway inspired by the cartoon character will hit the sneaker market.
One of the safer colorways to cop, the Air Jordan 4 Retro "Tech Grey," also going by the name "Oreo," will begin reselling on Feb. 21, under the remastering movement of the Air Jordan brand.
Popular Air Jordan 8 option "Aqua" is reportedly slated for release late this year, projected to excite fans globally eight years since its last release in 2007.
Fans eagerly waiting for Nike and the Jordan Brand to fulfill their promise of more faithful Air Jordan replications are getting even more excited as the sneakers' release dates inch closer.
Some people just couldn't wait and figured out a way to introduce to the cyber world the remastered version of the Air Jordan 10 "Double Nickel," way, way ahead of its scheduled release in March.
The Air Jordan 13 Retro is treating collectors to another colorway this coming Saturday.
Three models' new colorways will be out for sneaker collectors to possibly drain their Yuletide bonuses on.
After the Thanksgiving holiday comes another day of celebration for online shoppers, especially for sports enthusiasts and fans of NBA legend Michael Jordan.
In keeping with the "black" on Black Friday, Nike will have a predominantly black colorway on its roster of releases for Nov. 28.
Air Jordan nostalgia ends finally as Nike brings you the real thing again. This time, however, prepare to keep that cash from burning a hole in your pocket.
Nike's Air Jordan 1 Retro High OG is heading back to the stands this Saturday with the classic Black/White colorway.
Chris Paul of the Los Angeles Clippers will not have complaints about his footwear during the NBA Season as he and the Jordan Brand unveiled on Wednesday the newest edition of his CP3--Jordan CP3.VIII.
Jordan Brand recently unveiled their latest signature sneaker, the Air Jordan XX9, which will be released in two colorways in September.
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NVIDIA’s CEO says FreeSync monitors do not work
In a pretty curious interview with NVIDIA’s CEO, Jensen Huang, told PCWorld a few nasty things about AMD. Including how the AMD Radeon VII was underwhelming and also how FreeSync did not work. The former would probably ring quite true with most enthusiasts, but the latter? Now that just reeks of bull crap.
NVIDIA did test 400 monitors, and only 12 monitors passed their “requirements”. We would understand if the guy says most FreeSync monitors can’t actually pass muster. There are some really affordable 75 Hz TN panels with FreeSync support. Those definitely do not offer much advantage over a standard 60 Hz monitor. However the fact that he said:
(FreeSync) was never proven to work. The truth is most of the FreeSync monitors do not work. They do not even work with AMD’s graphics cards.
is definitely a blatant lie. He also lambasted the just launched AMD Radeon VII. Jensen Huang not only called the latest Vega-based graphics card underwhelming, but he also compared it against the GeForce RTX 2080 from the green camp:
The performance is lousy and there’s nothing new. [There’s] no ray tracing, no AI. It’s 7nm with HBM memory that barely keeps up with a 2080. And if we turn on DLSS we’ll crush it. And if we turn on ray tracing we’ll crush it.
It is probably true that the GeForce RTX 2080 is a better card. The GeForce RTX 2080 does offer more new features, and it might just run cooler and consume less power while at that. But to diss a competitor like this is somewhat uncharacteristic of a CEO leading one of the biggest tech companies out there. It truly makes one wonder what is Jensen Huang up to.
He also commented on the fact they have more AIB partners for the GeForce RTX 2080, while Lisa Su didn’t mention any for the Radeon VII. The Radeon VII is still a month from launch, and such a comment does seem quite inappropriate after NVIDIA tried to launch the ridiculous GeForce Partner Program.
What do you think Jensen Huang is getting at? Is he just trying to stir up something? In any case, the Radeon VII might stand to be a better deal than the GeForce RTX 2080. You are getting more VRAM, more free games and more fans.
Pokdepinion: Well, the Radeon VII must be something pretty awesome to get NVIDIA’s CEO so salty…


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Stocks jumped on Monday as optimism grew that European leaders would come up with a new plan to resolve the region's debt crisis and following a strong start to the U.S. holiday shopping season.
All 10 S&P sectors were up sharply, but energy and consumer discretionaries were among those with the biggest gains.
Retail stocks rose after upbeat reports on the start of the holiday shopping season over the weekend. Shares of Macy's
Weak consumer spending has been a worry for investors, and the holiday period would likely confirm whether there's been any improvement in that area.
On the European front, efforts heated up to ease Europe's sovereign debt crisis, which contributed to the benchmark S&P index's recent seven-day string of losses.
Germany and France pushed to acquire powers to reject national budgets in the euro zone that breach European Union rules ahead of an EU summit on December 9.
Also, an Italian newspaper report suggested the International Monetary Fund was preparing a rescue plan for Italy, but the IMF denied the report.
The rumors ... have emboldened risk-takers to cover shorts. Unfortunately, these rallies are short-lived until real dollars or euros are injected into the financial systems, said Chad Morganlander, portfolio manager at Stifel, Nicolaus & Co in Florham Park, New Jersey.
The Dow Jones industrial average <.DJI> was up 284.50 points, or 2.53 percent, at 11,516.28. The Standard & Poor's 500 Index <.SPX> was up 32.63 points, or 2.82 percent, at 1,191.30. The Nasdaq Composite Index <.IXIC> was up 81.61 points, or 3.34 percent, at 2,523.12.
Morganlander said the day's gains could be just a quick rise after recent losses. Wall Street just had its worst week in two months.
The S&P retail index <.RLX> advanced 3.2 percent while Best Buy Co Inc
(Reporting by Caroline Valetkevitch; additional reporting by Ryan Vlastelica; Editing by Kenneth Barry)


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Myers Industries, Inc. (NYSE:MYE) saw a significant growth in short interest in the month of December. As of December 31st, there was short interest totalling 519,200 shares, a growth of 8.7% from the December 15th total of 477,500 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 146,400 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 3.5 days. Approximately 1.5% of the shares of the company are sold short.
MYE stock traded up $0.23 during mid-day trading on Thursday, hitting $16.84. The stock had a trading volume of 123,632 shares, compared to its average volume of 134,893. The company has a current ratio of 2.10, a quick ratio of 1.61 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.50. Myers Industries has a 52 week low of $14.84 and a 52 week high of $19.55. The firm has a market capitalization of $587.86 million, a P/E ratio of 22.16 and a beta of 1.56. The firm has a fifty day simple moving average of $16.72 and a 200 day simple moving average of $16.88.
Myers Industries (NYSE:MYE) last released its earnings results on Tuesday, November 5th. The industrial products company reported $0.15 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.14 by $0.01. Myers Industries had a net margin of 3.90% and a return on equity of 17.53%. The firm had revenue of $125.48 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $134.90 million. During the same period last year, the firm earned $0.15 EPS. The business’s quarterly revenue was down 7.2% compared to the same quarter last year. As a group, equities analysts expect that Myers Industries will post 0.77 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.
A number of equities analysts recently commented on the stock. ValuEngine raised shares of Myers Industries from a “sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Tuesday, October 29th. Zacks Investment Research raised shares of Myers Industries from a “sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Wednesday.
In other Myers Industries news, Director Ronald M. Defeo purchased 10,000 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, November 15th. The shares were acquired at an average cost of $16.25 per share, with a total value of $162,500.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the director now owns 11,570 shares in the company, valued at $188,012.50. The purchase was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through this hyperlink. 0.84% of the stock is owned by corporate insiders.
A number of hedge funds have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the business. Nuveen Asset Management LLC acquired a new stake in shares of Myers Industries in the 2nd quarter valued at approximately $2,607,000. Morgan Stanley boosted its position in Myers Industries by 85.1% during the 2nd quarter. Morgan Stanley now owns 238,602 shares of the industrial products company’s stock worth $4,599,000 after buying an additional 109,730 shares during the period. BlackRock Inc. boosted its position in Myers Industries by 1.9% during the 2nd quarter. BlackRock Inc. now owns 5,270,150 shares of the industrial products company’s stock worth $101,556,000 after buying an additional 98,876 shares during the period. Vanguard Group Inc. boosted its position in Myers Industries by 3.0% during the 2nd quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 2,380,273 shares of the industrial products company’s stock worth $45,868,000 after buying an additional 70,133 shares during the period. Finally, Bank of America Corp DE boosted its position in Myers Industries by 222.9% during the 2nd quarter. Bank of America Corp DE now owns 83,299 shares of the industrial products company’s stock worth $1,606,000 after buying an additional 57,500 shares during the period. 87.17% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.
Myers Industries Company Profile
Myers Industries, Inc manufactures and sells polymer products for industrial, agricultural, automotive, commercial, and consumer markets worldwide. The company's Material Handling segment provides plastic reusable material handling containers, pallets, small parts bins, bulk shipping containers, storage and organization products, and rotationally-molded plastic tanks for water, fuel, and waste handling applications; welded steel service carts, platform trucks, mobile work centers, racks, and cabinets; plastic trim and interior parts used in the production of seat components, consoles, and other applications in the recreational vehicle, marine, and industrial markets; and plastic fuel containers, portable marine fuel tanks and water containers, ammunition containers, and storage totes under the Buckhorn, Akro-Mils, Jamco Products, Ameri-Kart, and Scepter brands.
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Just days when its initial rollout, the WhatsApp Business app has currently debuted in Asian country. The standalone app offers an easy tool for little businesses to allow them to communicate with their shoppers and customers in a simple methodThe new app, for little businesses, arrived 1st in a very few markets, as well as state, Italy, Mexico, the UK, and the US, on Friday. curiously, the app was at first tested in Asian country and Brazil prior its public unleash.
The WhatsApp Business app is currently on the market without charge transfer via Google Play in Asian country. it’s compatible with devices running automaton four.0.3 and on top of. A version with similar options is additionally expected to be on the market for iOS devices within the returning future.
Targeted at little businesses, the WhatsApp Business app permits corporations to attach with their customers and be a vicinity of the electronic communication platform that has over one.3 billion users worldwide. not like the initial WhatsApp app, the business-centric giving permits businesses to make their own profiles with data like business description, email, or store addresses, and web site.
It conjointly provides good electronic communication tools to let businesses use fast replies and provides quick answers to commonly asked queries. The app conjointly has choices to send greetings messages to new customers and set away messages once the businesses area unit busy.
Further, there area unit metrics like the quantity of messages browse and WhatsApp net support to let corporations send and receive messages directly through a desktop.
Beside delivering the options to change company communication for little businesses, WhatsApp include plans to mark some businesses as Confirmed Accounts over time. Citing a study conducted by Morning Consult, quite eighty % of little businesses in Asian country and Brazil contemplate WhatsApp helps them communicate with customers and grow their business. As several as eighty four % of SMBs (Small and Medium Businesses), significantly from Asian country, suppose that WhatsApp helps them communicate with customers, whereas eighty % of Indian SMBs believe that WhatsApp helps them grow their business, as per the info provided by the corporate last week.
In terms of some major similarities with the initial WhatsApp, the WhatsApp Business app permits businesses to line privacy for his or her profile photograph, concerning data, and standing also as lets them block any of their contacts and change browse receipts. The app conjointly features a live location feature that helps corporations share their live location with their shoppers and customers. It in addition permits businesses to create voice and video calls. Notably, the app offers end-to-end cryptography for all the messages and calls it circulates to limit any third-party access.
We’ve reached out WhatsApp for a lot of clarity concerning the rollout and can update this area consequently.
As per the official knowledge provided in Gregorian calendar month last year, WhatsApp has over two hundred million monthly active users in Asian country.
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Like most children of the 90s, my first endeavour into the world of video games was afforded to me by way of a small handheld device and a collection of pocket sized monsters. Yes, I am of course referring to the widespread outbreak of Pokémania which left only the most neglected children without some form of a Game Boy in their grubby little hands and a copy of either Pokémon Red or Blue forever nestled inside the game slot. Since this pop-culture flash point, Nintendo have been the undisputed leader in the handheld market and have enjoyed successive triumphs up to and including the DS. Now, however, it would appear that the need for dedicated gaming handhelds is narrowing and with it Nintendo’s success.
Nintendo’s most recent portable device, the 3DS, released in 2011, was met with apathetic sales and criticism over its hefty price tag. This prompted Nintendo to lower the price sooner than they would have liked and forced them to sell the system at a loss – something which Nintendo famously avoids. These measures seemingly worked up until now, but a lack of upcoming titles seems to be causing the early sales stagnation to repeat itself.
Similarly to Nintendo, Sony suffered just as much, if not more, in terms of sales. While Sony have always been the underdog in the handheld market since the release of the PSP, the new instalment in their series of portable hardware, the PlayStation Vita, has had exceptionally low sales, with sales struggling to keep up with even the lowest expectations and a games library yet to acquire a true hit.
The catalyst which has caused this dip in interest is undoubtedly the advent of iOS and Android devices. Between them there are hundreds of millions of smartphones which populate the market place. Where before somebody would find themselves purchasing one of Nintendo’s or Sony’s handhelds to fulfil their portable needs, now they are being usurped in favour of the cheaper, more convenient alternative. Supplementary to this, the lure of a much wider install base is causing a mini brain drain, whereby small developers are eschewing Nintendo and Sony in favour of Android and Apple devices – furthering still the popularity of the smartphone and quashing the need for a dedicated handheld
The greatest irony of this whole evolution of handheld gaming is that Nintendo is finding itself on the other end of the phenomenon. Angry Birds is the modern equivalent of Pokémon and it is permeating pop-culture in almost the exact same way as Pokémon did in the 90s. Where with Pokémon toy manufacturers found themselves quickly losing their audience to a product they couldn’t quite understand, Nintendo now finds itself facing a product it can’t effectively compete with.
Nintendo will find itself slowly languishing in the portable world until it is too worthless to salvage itself. If Nintendo want to benefit from this transformation, they must abandon their hubris and develop a presence on the App Store or Google Play Store. With the calibre of intellectual properties of which they possess, they cannot help but succeed.
The portable gaming that we all grew up with is coming to a close. Hopefully the new mobile generation will be just as enjoyable.


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Jul. 28, 2020
HAX Tokyo Batch2 Opening Event
“HAX Tokyo”, an accelerator program (＊1) operated by Sumitomo Corporation jointly with SOSV (＊2) and SCSK (＊3) , held an online opening event on July 10 to announce the Batch2 participants of the program. At the event, five startups selected for the program were introduced, and they shared their enthusiasm to grow their businesses.
- Accelerator program: A program which provides startups that have innovative technologies and business models with know-how on how to create business and develop products, with the aim of accelerating their growth.
- SOSV: A US-based venture capital investor which operates HAX
- SCSK: A global IT service company of Sumitomo Corporation Group
The following five startups with unique characteristics were selected for the program.
- LexxPluss: Studies and sells automatic transfer robots used in warehouses that are highly customizable and low-priced
- Con-Tact: Studies sensors that give robots a human-like sense of touch and enable ambidexterity for industrial robots
- Zenco: Develops a robot arm system that can be controlled remotely
- CuboRex: Studies and sells add-on crawlers that can travel on rough terrain/roads such as farmland
- ORLIB: A venture originated from the University of Tokyo which develops new light-weight/high-capacity batteries
HAX is a global accelerator program with a proven track record, supporting startups that specialize in hardware such as robotics and IoT. The program consists of three stages, and startups selected as participants complete each stage through trial and error to grow their businesses. In Stage 1, also known as “HAX Shenzhen,” participants develop prototypes and prepare for manufacturing in Shenzhen, China. Stage 2 is called “HAX San Francisco.” In this stage, participants work on fund-raising and marketing in San Francisco, U.S.A. HAX Tokyo, which hosted this online event, is the “Stage 0” of the program. The objective of Stage 0 is for seed-level startups to establish their business ideas and core technology. Through these activities organized by HAX, we, Sumitomo Corporation, encourage Japanese startups to expand their business globally and support their growth.
Last year’s opening event for Batch1 was held at an innovation lab called “MIRAI LAB PALETTE” in Otemachi, Tokyo; however, we decided to hold this year’s event online in light of the COVID-19 pandemic. For the next three months, all stages of the program will be held online in preparation for Demo Day (achievement reporting session) scheduled for the end of September.
During the opening event, under the main theme of “How large companies should engage with startups,” we invited notable figures who support startups, including former Professor Jun Murai and Professor Hiroya Tanaka who taught/teaches at Keio University, as well as Dr. Tomy Kamada, CEO of TomyK, Ltd., who gave words of encouragement to HAX Tokyo and the five selected startups.
Ishikawa, a member of the Innovation & Investment Department in Sumitomo Corporation who is involved in the operation of HAX Tokyo, shared his/her views, saying “HAX Tokyo was able to launch Batch2 of the program amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Given the current situation, all stages of the program will be conducted online. While this is the first time for us to do it online, we hope to leverage the merits of hosting the program online and make it into a program in which startups can participate proactively. We believe HAX Tokyo can create a business model that will bring out a new world view that transcends existing industrial concepts. We are planning to host various events that will lead to open innovation, where not only the business units of our company will be able to participate, but other large companies as well. If you encounter issues such as, “we are facing challenges in our existing businesses” or “we want to start a new business but haven’t found any opportunities,” please feel free to contact us at firstname.lastname@example.org.”
HAX Tokyo shares their activities and various information on how to enable startups to succeed on its website, Facebook, Twitter and official note.
Startups with world-changing ideas and technologies may emerge from HAX Tokyo in the not-so-distant future. Please keep your eye on HAX Tokyo.


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Washington: The Chinese Ministry of Commerce says China would fight unilateral US protectionism "at any cost" in response to Donald Trump's announcement that he had instructed trade officials to consider $US100 billion ($130 billion) in additional tariffs.
China was prepared to adopt “comprehensive countermeasures”, the ministry said on Friday.
The US President said in a statement on Thursday the further tariffs were being considered "in light of China's unfair retaliation" against earlier US trade actions that included $US50 billion of tariffs on Chinese goods.
The salvo that sent US stock futures tumbling on concern the world's two largest economies were hurtling toward a full-blown trade war.
The move threatens to unravel efforts by top US and Chinese trade officials to lower the heat and reach an agreement that could stave off an escalating conflict.
"In light of China's unfair retaliation, I have instructed the USTR to consider whether $US100 billion of additional tariffs would be appropriate under section 301 and, if so, to identify the products upon which to impose such tariffs," Trump said in a statement issued by the White House.
A White House official later said the figure Trump used in the statement referred to the value of the imports that would be covered by the additional tariffs, not the total amount of tax that would be charged on the products.
Xinhua, China's state news agency, said on Friday that Beijing vowed to defend its interests "against new US actions."
China said on Wednesday it would levy a 25 per cent tariff on about $US50 billion of US imports including soybeans, automobiles, chemicals and aircraft. That was in response to the release by the US of a list of proposed tariffs a day earlier, covering $US50 billion in Chinese products.
US Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer quickly followed up on Trump's new declaration on Thursday evening, with a statement of his own stressing that none of the tariffs would take immediate effect. The administration hasn't said when any of the proposed tariffs would go into force.
He said that any additional tariffs first would be subject to a 60-day public comment period, as would the penalties announced earlier in the week.
"No tariffs will go into effect until the respective process is complete," Lighthizer said.
Trump chief economic adviser Larry Kudlow and other administration officials have spent the past two days trying to tamp down fears of a trade war.
"I think we're going to come to agreements," Kudlow said on Wednesday on Fox News. "I believe that the Chinese will back down and will play ball."
Yet Trump signaled a harder line in a speech earlier on Thursday, saying it is time to stop China from "taking advantage" of America.
"You have to go after the people who aren't treating you right," Trump said in West Virginia. "We're going to have a fantastic relationship long term with China but we have to get this straightened out, we have to have some balance."
Kudlow, his newly installed economic adviser, has spent days trying to calm investors who are concerned the spat will spark a trade war, saying on Thursday the administration was involved in "delicate negotiations" that might forestall the need for tariffs. He said the US could still hammer out a deal with Beijing, in part by persuading other major economies to call out the Asian nation for unfair trading practices.
Bloomberg's Chief Asia Economist Tom Orlik wrote in a note that Trump's order "raises the possibility of an alarming escalation in the trade conflict between the world's two biggest economies."
"It's difficult to tell the difference between a rhetorical flourish from a president known for bombastic remarks and a meaningful shift in policy," Orlik added.
David Loevinger, a former senior Treasury official who is now managing director of emerging markets at TCW Group Inc., said the move casts doubt on the direction of U.S. policy
"It's just not clear what the connection is right now between what the president says and what will actually become policy," Loevinger said. "Markets increasingly have to discount White House statements on trade issues."
China countered Trump's plan to slap tariffs on 1333 of the country's products - such as semiconductors and lithium batteries - by announcing duties on a variety of agriculture products, including soybeans, the second-most-valuable US crop.
The US shipped $US14.6 billion of soybeans to China, its biggest buyer, in the last marketing year - more than a third of the entire crop. Agriculture is one of the few sectors of the American economy that runs a trade surplus.
That would hit US farmers hard at a time they are already dealing with depressed crop prices and stagnant values for their land.
Trump said in his statement that he's directing Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue to use his authority to put a plan in place to protect agricultural interests.
Concern about a potential trade war already had been rippling through farm states, which are a crucial part of Trump's political base and a powerful voting bloc. Trump won eight of the 10 states that are the biggest producers of soybeans.
Farm state Republicans, including Iowa Senators Joni Ernst and Chuck Grassley, and agriculture groups had urged Trump to reconsider his actions on trade.
"There is a real danger that increased tariffs on US exports will harm Iowa producers and undermine the rural economy," Ernst said in a statement on Wednesday.
Perdue said at an event Wednesday in Ohio that Trump had assured him that the administration would "take care of our American farmers," possibly foreshadowing Thursday's announcement.
"He said, 'Sonny, you can assure your farmers out there that we're not going to allow them to be the casualties if this trade dispute escalates," Perdue told reporters, according to a copy of his remarks distributed by the Agriculture Department.


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A report compiled by researchers from Tel Aviv University, The University of Tulsa, and the University of New Mexico has found nearly 5,000 advertisements for cryptocurrency pump and dump signals on social platforms Discord and Telegram posted during the first half of 2018.
Nearly 5,000 Ads For Crypto Pumps Posted to Discord and Telegram in First Half of 2018
A report examining the prevalence of advertisements for cryptocurrency pump signals across Discord and Telegram has found the phenomenon to be “widespread and often quite profitable.”
The authors collected five-minute interval price data for “nearly 2,000 coins across 220 cryptocurrency trading exchanges from Coinmarketcap” from mid-Jan. 2018 to early July 2018. “Pump data” was then obtained through “collecting messages posted to hundreds of dedicated Discord and Telegram channels using their APIs and manually labeling messages that signaled pumps,” and “consistently mapped to the trading data.”
In total, the researchers found 1,051 pump signals advertised on Discord and 3,767 ads on Telegram pertaining to more than 200 different cryptocurrencies.
The report asserts that the “proliferation of cryptocurrencies” and “changes in technology” have aided those who wish to conduct pumps, with a large number of the roughly 2,000 cryptocurrencies currently trading being “illiquid” and “characterized by very low trading volumes on most days, with occasional volume and price spikes.”
Twice as Many Low-Cap Pumps Promoted on Telegram Than Discord
The report describes the volume and market capitalization ranking of a coin as “the most important factor in determining the profitability of the pump,” adding that “pumping obscure coins (with low volume) is much more profitable than pumping the dominant coins in the ecosystem.”
The median price increase for coins ranked within the top 75 by market cap was 3.5 percent on Discord, and 4.8 percent on Telegram. For projects ranked from 76 to 200, the median price increase was 5.2 percent on Discord and 6.5 percent on Telegram. Coins ranked from 201 to 500 saw median gains of 5.3 percent on Discord and 8.1 percent on Telegram. Cryptocurrencies ranked below 500 produced median gains of 23.2 percent on Discord and 18.7 percent on Telegram.
Of the coins ranked in the top 75 by market cap, 52 saw pumps promoted on Discord and 56 on Telegram. Among projects ranked 76 to 200, 58 were pumped on Discord and 62 on Telegram. Of the cryptocurrencies ranked 201 to 500, 75 pumps were advertised on Discord and 84 on Telegram. Lastly, 80 coins ranked below 500 were pumped using Discord, while pumps for 176 lower-capitalized projects were promoted on Telegram.
The report notes that “January-July 2018 was a period in which cryptocurrency prices and trading volume were falling significantly,” emphasizing the success of the examined pumps despite the relatively moderate gains when contrasted with the 2017 bull market.
Do you think that we will see regulators seek to crack down on pump and dumps? Share your thoughts in the comments section below!
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Cryptocurrency exchange Cryptomkt has partnered with Chilean payment platform Flow to allow customers to pay with three cryptocurrencies at over 5,000 stores. The announcement follows two Chilean courts ruling that banks must reopen the accounts of crypto exchanges they previously closed.
5,000+ Stores Accept Cryptocurrencies
Cryptocurrency exchange Cryptomkt announced this week that over 5,000 stores now accept three cryptocurrencies.
Chilean payment platform Flow has integrated the exchange’s payment solution, Cryptocompra, into its system. Customers shopping at merchants using Flow can now choose to pay with cryptocurrencies during the checkout process.
Flow claims to currently provide service to over 5,000 stores with over 180,000 monthly transactions and over 20,000 customers.
Available now for businesses in Chile, Argentina, Brazil and Europe, Cryptocompra “allows merchants to accept payments in bitcoin, ethereum and stellar cryptocurrencies quickly and easily,” Cryptomkt detailed, emphasizing:
Chileans today can access various products and services in more than 5,000 stores affiliated to Flow.cl using bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies through Cryptocompra.com … Client pays in cryptocurrencies, trade receives pesos, reales or euros.
On its website, Flow lists a fee of 0.90% for next-business-day payment with cryptocurrencies. By comparison, paying with credit cards using Webpay Plus or Onepay costs 4.99% to receive payment the next business day.
“You do not need to have contracts with the means of payment, Flow does it for you,” the company wrote. “Each time someone pays you, we will notify you of the payment made: We will indicate the detail of the payment made and the date on which we will transfer your money.”
Battle Between Banks and Crypto Exchanges
Crypto exchanges in Chile have been battling with banks over the closure of their bank accounts. In April, Chile’s Court for the Defense of Free Competition (TDLC – Tribunal de Defensa de la Libre Competencia) ordered three banks to reopen the accounts of crypto exchanges, including Cryptomkt. In May, Banco Estado complied and reopened the account of the exchange.
Earlier this month, the Fourth Chamber of the Court of Appeals of Santiago ruled in favor of cryptocurrency exchange Orionx against Banco Estado for closing its account.
What do you think of Flow integrating crypto payment option? Let us know in the comments section below.
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Tesla Inc. reached its milestone of building 5,000 Model 3 vehicles in the final week of the quarter and in the process became “a real car company,” Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk said.
“We did it!!” Musk proclaimed in an email to employees obtained by Bloomberg News on Sunday. “We either found…
According to a recent study, 5,000 Indian software developers currently have the skill sets to work on cryptocurrency and blockchain projects. 10,000 more developers can be easily trained but an additional 30,000 would require extensive training.
5,000 Developers Qualified
A recent study by HR company Belong shows that, out of an estimated two million software developers in India, about 0.25% of them have the skills to work on cryptocurrency and blockchain projects, the Times of India reported this week. The study was conducted on two million software developers over the last year. The company found that only 5,000 of them have the necessary combination of skills such as “data science, algorithms and cryptography” to be qualified to work with cryptocurrencies or blockchains.
Belong co-founder Rishabh Kaul asserted that “India does have the potential to train another 10,000 developers” with prior experience in the fintech industry so that they are equipped with the proper skill sets to work on cryptocurrency projects. However, he noted that another 30,000 software developers who have worked “in back-end tech roles” still “require extensive training and upskilling” before they have the proper skill sets to work as blockchain experts on crypto projects.
However, companies are facing challenges in finding qualified developers, Belong’s study revealed. Kaul explained that the demand for developers with the right skill sets needed for projects related to cryptocurrency and blockchain technology is expected to grow further, adding that:
Developers must essentially have skills in data science, algorithms and cryptography to work on such platforms.
The number of companies looking to enter the cryptocurrency space is increasing. Burning Glass Technologies wrote in October last year that “because of its connection with ‘cryptocurrencies,’ blockchain is associated with finance, and major banks like Liberty Mutual, Capital One, and Bank of America have posted openings.”
Earlier this month, freelance employment website Upwork released its Q1 2018 skills index. “The Upwork Skills Index ranks the site’s 20 fastest-growing skills in a quarterly series that sheds light on new and emerging skills as an indication of hot freelance job market trends,” the company described. Blockchain tops the top 20 fastest-growing skills in the time period, the company detailed, adding:
Its growth exceeded 2,000% for three quarters in a row on Upwork.com, and in Q1 it experienced more than 6,000% year-over-year growth, making it the fastest-growing skill out of more than 5,000 skills on the site.
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Southwest Airlines Co. is providing $ 5,000 checks and $ 1,000 travel vouchers to passengers who were on a flight this week when an engine broke apart, killing a woman on board.
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Green bitcoin mining, using renewable energy to produce the cryptocurrency, is in vague across the world. And while generating hydroelectric power from dams have been more widely reported recently, solar power is gaining ground, as exemplified by 500 IPO entering the space.
SPI Energy Co., Ltd. (Nasdaq: SPI) today announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary, SPI Solar Inc. has signed an agreement with 500 IPO Fund for 5,000-unit contracts of Bitcoin miner hosting services. Officially based at Santa Clara, California, 500 IPO Fund is defined as a venture capital ecosystem, which consists of top venture capital firms, wealthy Chinese investors and “powerful government resources.” Besides the slogan of connecting China with Silicon Valley, its mission is “to promote projects which help solve major social issues and create well-being for the whole world.” As such it is easy to understand the appeal of green bitcoin mining for its brand.
SPI is a provider of renewable energy solutions and cryptocurrency miner hosting service for businesses, governments, utilities and investors. It focuses on the development, financing, installation, operation and sale of utility-scale and residential photo-voltaic projects in China, Japan, Europe and North America. The Nasdaq-listed company has its operating headquarters in Hong Kong and maintains global operations in Asia, Europe, North America and Australia.
Renewable Bitcoin Mining
Industrial-scale bitcoin miners using renewable energy is nothing new, but mainstream media alarmists largely haven’t caught on yet as it disrupts their narrative. In fact, the most common locations for new operations recently are usually in regions offering plenty of affordable hydro-power such as Quebec, Canada. And solar energy has been used by miners for years. This makes financial sense for both sides, as vast renewable energy production is usually more viable in remote areas and bitcoin mining requires no proximity to population centers in contrast to most businesses.
Back in February we reported that Japan’s Kumamoto-Energy, a local power producer and supplier from Kumamoto City, has revealed that it began using solar power for mining cryptocurrencies. The company said that it aims to more effectively use its surplus electricity by mining cryptocurrencies with the excess output of its solar power generation plants.
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Just recently in an interview with Québec’s local publication, Le Journal, the CEO of the public utility company Hydro-Québec wants to attract cryptocurrency miners to the region to help bolster economic prosperity.
Hydro-Québec Needs a Solution to Avoid Energy Tariffs
Hydro-Québec is a large state-owned enterprise headquartered in Montreal that helps manage and supply electricity for Québec and other cities. The company isn’t doing so well the CEO Éric Martel reveals, and if things don’t change Québecers will face an “explosion” of electricity tariffs. Martel believes his company has the resources to stop the taxes as the firm’s 36,912 megawatts stemming from 63 hydroelectric power stations may be attractive to large data centers.
Bitcoin Miners Can Purchase Over 5000MW of Excess Power from Québec
Martel reveals Hydro-Québec will try to get energy-consuming businesses like giant website operations and server companies to utilize Québec’s resources. Hydro-Québec already supplies 450 MWh to various server centers. Martel is also looking to attract bitcoin miners to the region as Hydro-Québec hopes to distribute 6 TWh to those in need of an excess supply of cheaper energy. The CEO estimates cryptocurrency miners could use 5000MW of that energy.
When chatting with the Le Journal, Martel explains that he believes cryptocurrency miners and data stations appreciate the cold winters in Québec stating;
I tell them in the winter, you just have to open the garage door and windows to cool things down.
Chinese Miners Look to Canada
Hydroelectric power stations are becoming popular within the digital currency mining space as this type of energy producing technology is used by miners in various countries. However, the low-cost power in Winnipeg, Québec, and Canada, in general, is starting to attract bitcoin miners. Just recently one of the largest Chinese mining pools BTC.top announced it was building a mining farm in the country.
“We chose Canada because of the relatively cheap electricity cost and the stability of the country and policies,” the BTC.top founder, Jiang Zhuoer explains in a recent interview.
This past November news.Bitcoin.com reported on a bitcoin entrepreneur, Mr. Bertrand, telling the local media that Canada was attracting cryptocurrency miners because of the abundance of hydropower in the province. Mr. Bertrand also uses the region to mine bitcoin as he owns 50 ASICs in a warehouse that he estimates far less expensive than the U.S. and other areas.
Further, Hydro-Québec’s vice president, Eric Filion, has revealed on the broadcast Radio Canada that bitcoin miners from Asia have already been in touch with them. “These are really big players who contact us,” Filion notes on the radio show. It seems that’s just what the company wants to help cure its economic situation, offering bitcoin miners cheap hydropower before Québec residents see higher energy taxes.
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The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MADR) has certified so far 386 traditional products and rejected 193 files, whilst other 42 have been recognized as products obtained after established recipes, Viorel Morarescu, Director General in MADR, has told Agerpres.
“We have approved 386 traditional products, have rejected 193 and are analyzing other 69 files. The registration process is continuing, as long as there is interest on the part of the producers, and we will promote these products to increase consumers’ confidence in quality products. All these certified products have been verified by the Ministry of Agriculture, the Ministry of Health, the ANSVSA and the ANPC in terms of quality and traceability and there were no problems. We will conduct two or three verifications per year because the ministry has assumed responsibility, and put its signature and logo, and when an authority guarantees for a product this means that the product is safe and of quality,” said Morarescu.
He pointed out that the producers who have certified their products obtained traditionally have seen a 25 per cent surge in sales, as consumers have identified their products much easier.
“There is interest also in certifying the food products obtained after established recipes. There are already 42 such certified products that can be purchased in major store chains in Romania. We have 6 bakery products, 29 meat ones and seven dairy ones.
However, consumers must be educated and informed because many of them do not know what these established products are,” said the Ministry of Agriculture’s official.
After altering and toughening the certification rules, the number of Romanian traditional products has decreased by over ten times, from 4,500 to almost 400 at present. At end-2013, Romania was probably the EU country with the highest number of certified products nationally.
Under the conditions in the new legislation, the traditional product firstly must be made in Romania, must not be obtained industrially or contain food additives, and processing manner of the products must have a traditional characteristic, after a recipe handed down from generation to generation.


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EB Games has told MCV that it believes a national classification system like the rest of the entertainment industry is best for Australia.
After the Australian state and territory Attorneys-General reached an ‘in principle agreement’ last month to introduce an R18+ classification, problems began to arise concerning the ability for individual states and territories to implement the rating in different ways. Some states are already indicating that they intended to deviate from the course by either abolishing the MA15+ category or altering the guidelines for both.
Debra McGrath, EB Games national brand and marketing manager, told MCV: "A national classification system, as it exists in other entertainment industries, is the best solution for the implementation of R18+. We look forward to making the necessary changes required to properly implement the R18+ classification on a national level."
The likelihood of an ubiquitous national shceme, however, is quite low, and the logistical issue surrounding a state-by-state implementation will have to be met by all local retailers.
McGrath continues: "EB Games will follow whatever guidelines are necessary to successfully introduce R18+ and will make any changes required around logistics and distribution to support the process."
"This is a massive step forward for the Australian Gaming Industry and the greater Australian consumer. EB Games are proud to have helped our customers have their say."
EB Games helped the process, with over 46’000 submissions being made during the campaign for an R18+ rating.
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Traders Redouble Dovish Bets Even as Case for Fed Cut Dwindles
(Bloomberg) -- A brighter economic outlook has infused rates and currency markets in the past few weeks, but for some that’s only presented an opportunity to prepare for the worst.
Bets on a drop in short-term rates are picking up, possibly reinvigorated by speculation that the Federal Reserve is contemplating a preemptive rate cut to coax inflation closer to the central bank’s goal. Traders are focusing on eurodollar options contracts for late 2019 and 2020, and Wednesday also brought a wave of buying of five-year Treasury futures.
“There is still this underlying sense of eternal pessimism in the market,” said Thomas Simons, senior money markets economist at Jefferies LLC. “Any time there’s even a sniff of a recession sign, it’s latched onto as the base-case scenario.”
Expectations for policy easing may seem incongruous given indications of a rebound in the world’s largest economies. In the U.S., the latest jobs report confirmed one of the strongest labor markets in 50 years. Manufacturing and retail sales have improved in both the U.S. and China, where fiscal and monetary stimulus are taking effect. That may stir a recovery in Europe, where a disappointing German confidence survey Wednesday provided another excuse for haven buying.
The missing link is inflation. The Wall Street Journal reported this week that the Fed may be considering a “fine-tuning” rate cut to help meet its 2 percent inflation target. The Fed’s favored measure is languishing at just 1.4 percent.
The latest dovish market positioning may owe less to a conviction that cuts are coming, than the cheapness of taking out insurance, Simons said.
“I’m sure that between now and December something else is going to happen that will switch the general consciousness to think that the economy is taking a turn for the worse again, and those bets are going to look better then,” he said.
Wednesday’s rate-market trades helped restore some of the more-aggressive pricing for a cut that was in place throughout the first quarter. That positioning persisted after the March meeting -- when the median projection of policy makers fell from two hikes this year to none -- but had eased up on more-positive April data releases. As of Wednesday, rate markets are pricing almost a full quarter-point cut by the end of this year.
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