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Banks reissued 4M new cards following data breaches
Due to the recent data breaches at major retailers like Target and Neiman Marcus, community banks in the U.S. have spent more than $40 million so far to reissue four million affected credit and debit cards, according to the Independent Community Bankers of America.
“Community banks absorb the costs of data breaches upfront because their primary concern is to protect their customers,” said ICBA chairman Bill Loving. “However, in the long-term the lion’s share of costs associated with data breaches should ultimately be borne by the party that experiences the breach. This is critical to aligning incentives to maximize data security by all parties that store consumer data—making the payments system stronger over time, which is a win for everyone, especially consumers.”
ICBA recently announced participation in a joint cybersecurity partnership with other financial services and retailer trade organizations to protect consumers.
“ICBA will continue to advocate for community banks and their customers and will not rest until these key principles are addressed for the betterment of our payments system, community banks and, most importantly, consumers,” Loving said.
As I previously reported, credit unions report that the impact of the data breach at Target is so far estimated to cost them more than $30 million nationwide.
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Shares in Tesla and automotive rental firm Hertz whipsawed on Tuesday after the electrical automobile maker’s chief govt, Elon Musk, raised doubts a couple of large order that drove a inventory value rally and despatched its market worth previous $1tn.
The electrical carmaker’s market worth handed $1tn final week for the primary time thanks partially to information that Hertz had ordered 100,000 Tesla Mannequin 3 sedans to affect its fleet.
On Monday night, nonetheless, Musk instructed a Tesla fan account that “no contract has been signed but” and the deal “has zero impact on our economics” as a result of Tesla “has much more demand than manufacturing”.
Hertz, which was purchased out of chapter by personal fairness corporations Knighthead Capital and Certares earlier this yr, stated on Tuesday: “As we introduced final week, Hertz has made an preliminary order of 100,000 Tesla electrical autos and is investing in new EV charging infrastructure throughout the corporate’s world operations.
“Deliveries of the Teslas have already got began. We’re seeing very sturdy early demand for Teslas in our rental fleet, which displays market demand for Tesla autos.”
Shares in Tesla fell as a lot as 7 per cent from Monday’s file shut in pre-market buying and selling on Tuesday and have been down 4 per cent shortly after markets opened. They rapidly pulled again among the losses to commerce down 1.8 per cent. The inventory remains to be up greater than 1 / 4 because the Hertz deal was introduced final Monday.
Shares in Hertz, which commerce over-the-counter because it prepares to relist on the Nasdaq, dropped as a lot as 10 per cent earlier than swinging as much as a 7 per cent achieve.
If any of that is based mostly on Hertz, I’d like to emphasise that no contract has been signed but.
Tesla has much more demand than manufacturing, due to this fact we are going to solely promote vehicles to Hertz for a similar margin as to shoppers.
Hertz deal has zero impact on our economics.
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) November 2, 2021
Tesla didn’t instantly reply to a request for remark.
Musk has developed a repute for making market-moving statements online. He knocked 10 per cent off Tesla’s inventory final yr by tweeting that the “value is just too excessive”, and he was sued by the Securities and Trade Fee after claiming that there was “funding secured” for a buyout of Tesla in 2018.

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Got to have the latest mobile phone? Are you the kind that changes phones every 3 months? Well, be in the loop and find out the latest and newest mobile phones for the year 2011. Here are the handsets to watch out for.
LG Optimus 2x
Another mobile phone to watch out for is the LG Optimus 2x. This phone is, like the Atrix, is one of the first phones to have a 1GHz dual core processor. Aside from the dual core processor, the LG Optimus 2x boasts 1080p video recording, a first in any handset. Other notable features include an 8 megapixel camera, the latest Android 2.3 Gingerbread OS, and an HDMI port.
Sony Ericsson Play
There have been rumors in the past about a PSP phone, Sony has kept mum about it until pictures have leaked of a Sony Ericsson mobile phone with a slide out PSP controller. It's still not official because Sony Ericsson has not yet confirmed it but actual photos of the mobile phone has already been leaked and there are has numerous previews of the handset. There's no official specifications yet but come on, a PSP phone? You know you want one. (photo credit: Engadget)
Though there's hardly any peep of the iPhone 5 in the news, a new iPhone will be announced come June, that's keeping up with Apple's product refresh every year and for the past four years, new iPhones have turned up every year. There's not much news about specs except that the iPhone 5 will have a new design and a new A5 processor chip.
So that's it. Of course, there are loads of other mobile phones going to be released this year but these four are the most notable as they have the most advanced features. Other handsets have the usual features found on most mobile phones available today.


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Novozymes, a Danish company, is launching the ‘Livelong solution’ for the first time in Bangladesh, a market that is known for being one of the leading garment manufactures in the world.
The textile industry is one of the most polluting in the world and is under pressure to address critical environmental issues. Novozymes’ new enzyme technology that gives the livelong effect is expected to help fill the gap and make the textile industry more sustainable.
The Livelong solution saves substantial water, chemicals and energy by reducing textile waste. The new solution from Novozymes will extend the life of plant-based fabrics by 20 percent, making the garments look new, wash after wash.
Jens Kolind, vice-president of Novozymes, said, “All textile manufacturing and brands, even with eco-friendly fibers, have a hefty environmental impact. Brands should seriously consider the opportunity of offering consumers the sustainable choice of longer lasting garments. Because buying clothes that last longer is one of the best and easiest things that consumers can do to make an eco-friendly choice”.
Besides, viscose, modal and lyocell are made from fibers widely recognized as more sustainable than conventional cotton, which requires high levels of water and pesticides to produce.The newer plant-based fibers are generally more sustainable, but they have not been particularly durable.
Novozymes is a global biotechnology company headquartered in Bagsværd outside of Copenhagen, Denmark employing 6,485 people with operations in a number of countries around the world including China, India, Brazil, Argentina, United Kingdom, the United States, and Canada.


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News broke this morning – and probably broke the smart phones of many employees as well – that Harlequin Publishing is being sold by parent company Torstar to NewsCorp, owner of HarperCollins.
I can't even come up with a gif that expresses my WTF at that one! I don't think anyone saw that coming, eh?
I generally don't get excited about mergers and acquisitions and figure the merging and intermingling of publishing is a thing they do – much like my theory that there are really only six total people in publishing, the rest is done with mirrors, and everyone is required to switch places when someone rings a bell.
Torstar Corporation today announced it has entered into an agreement to sell all of the shares of Harlequin Enterprises Limited to News Corp. It will be run as a division of HarperCollins Publishers, a subsidiary of News Corp.
The purchase price is $455 million Canadian payable in cash at closing. Torstar intends to apply a portion of the net proceeds to debt reduction. The company will retain the remainder of the proceeds pending a thorough review of its future cash requirements and potential investment opportunities….
“Harlequin has been an important part of Torstar over the past 39 years and we are very proud of the global success it has achieved,” said David Holland, President and Chief Executive Officer of Torstar Corporation. “While making the decision to sell has been difficult, we are confident that this transaction represents excellent value for Torstar shareholders and it also further strengthens the financial position of Torstar. This sets the stage for the next chapter in the Harlequin story. HarperCollins is a very well-respected publisher with a tremendous track record of success and will be a good home for Harlequin. The sale will benefit Harlequin in the years ahead by providing the company, its terrific management team and its employees with exciting opportunities to continue to grow.”
“Harlequin has built one of the largest and most widely recognized consumer brands in publishing with a highly focused publishing program for women,” said Brian Murray, President and CEO of HarperCollins. “We are thrilled to welcome Harlequin's management and staff in Toronto and around the world to the HarperCollins family. The Harlequin name and rich heritage will be preserved independently, with the aim to leverage capabilities to bring the book-reading public more choices. Harlequin's business has grown internationally, and will give HarperCollins an immediate foothold in 11 new countries from which we can expand into dozens of foreign languages for authors who choose to work with us globally.”
HarperCollins has indicated that Harlequin will remain headquartered in Toronto, as will the offices of HarperCollins Canada.
“We are excited to be joining HarperCollins Publishers,” said Craig Swinwood, Publisher and CEO of Harlequin. “This transaction will allow Harlequin to continue to operate as a distinct and successful brand within a larger publishing company. We're excited to be able to take full advantage of HarperCollins' robust resources, scale and capabilities to expand the reach of our books and grow our business.”
Ok, first, Craig Swinwood didn't use the word “thrilled,” which is a requirement in any and all press releases from romance publishing. If the word “thrilled” isn't used, it doesn't seem real!
I can't say whether this is “good” or “bad” – right now, I'm stuck on “WTF!” But of course, there are people involved who have spreadsheets that we don't have. And also, this is a truly personal feeling, I would not have predicted Harlequin pairing up with Rupert Murdoch, he of Fox News, phone hacking, and whatall. Harlequin + Cosmo I understood. Harlequin + Rupert Murdoch? That's unexpected.
ETA: Kate Rados has visually illustrated a great deal of the WTF:
As Jane Litte said on Twitter (and I'm sorry I can't link to the tweet itself – the new Twitter layout is confounding me) this could be like Random House + Penguin: big news but nothing majorly OMG disruptive (aside from those whose jobs were made redundant, which is usually a fallout of mergers between like companies, and which sucks entirely for those involved).
But there are also significant corporate culture and publishing policy differences as well. As @Tuphlos and others pointed out:
Harlequin e-books have been available to libraries, fair pricing, NO LOAN RESTRICTIONS.
— Robin Bradford (@Tuphlos) May 2, 2014
Harlequin and HarperCollins have very different approaches to readership, as well. Also interesting: mergers like this, especially across national borders and involving two sets of corporate law take a long ass time, so this has been in the works for awhile – and most everyone seems as surprised as I am. Wow.
As I said on Twitter, I feel like I'm watching a good friend get engaged to a really, really shitty guy. Harlequin + Rupert Murdoch is not the pairing I would have ever predicted. But who knows? This could turn out to be excellent. I do think it's telling that the reaction I've seen immediately following “WTF” is, as Jane called it, “dismay.”
I'm still searching for an adequate gif. I don't think there is one.
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Annoyed users have forced an application to stop mining crypto-coins on Apple's Mac computers.
Calendar 2 was available via the official Mac App store and gave extra features to anyone who let the mining code run.
But users voiced complaints about the software as bugs in it made their machines run slowly.
There had also been surprise that Apple had allowed the feature to be offered.
The US tech giant has not commented.
Calendar 2's creator has now disabled the code, citing complaints and worries about the "ethics" of mining. He later acknowledged that Apple had forced the app's temporary removal from its store on the basis that it was putting unnecessary strain on computers' batteries and processors.
According to the developer Qbix's site, more than 757,000 people use its time-management program - although that figure includes earlier versions of the software that did not include the mining component.
Calendar 2 is marketed as a more feature-laden alternative to Apple's own built-in calendar software.
Last week the app was updated to include code that generated coins for the Monero crypto-currency.
The updated app also presented users with options on how they wanted to pay for Calendar 2, and they could decide to block the mining code.
Users who opted to let the code run got some of the features in Calendar 2 that were previously only available to people who paid $18 (£12.90) for the full version.
As values of crypto-currencies have risen, many illegitimate coin miners have surreptitiously been placed on popular websites and some apps and other programs.
Relatively few software-makers have opted to include the code openly in their applications.
Crypto-currencies work by harnessing lots of computers to verify transactions and produce or "mine" new coins.
The updated version of Calendar 2 started to generate complaints by people who said the option to opt out did not work and that the mining code sucked up so much of their computer's processing power that other applications slowed down.
In an email exchange with tech news site Ars Technica, Qbix's founder Gregory Magarshak said bugs in code which it got from a third-party were behind the problems.
He added that the bugs "caused many issues for our users" with a lot of them calling for it to be removed.
Soon after, Qbix issued a statement saying it would remove the mining code in the next update.
It said this decision came about because of the time it would take the partner who produced the mining code to fix the bugs, because of the damage using it was doing to Qbix's reputation and more general worries about the impact of the power-hungry coin-mining world.


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2.3 Million Small Businesses Nationwide Owned by Aging Boomers Preparing To Retire Puts 1 in 6 Employees’ Jobs at Risk, Based on a Project Equity Study
Transitioning to employee ownership is an effective solution to retain jobs.
“…employee ownership is one of the best ways to keep thriving businesses locally rooted into the next generation,” said Mark Quinn, District Director, U.S. Small Business Administration.
Project Equity, a national nonprofit focused on economic resiliency, today released new data illustrating from New York state to California—and encompassing all 50 states—where businesses owned by baby boomers are likely to close or transfer hands in the next decade, and the industries most impacted. With 24.7 million employees currently employed by small business, the data is stark evidence that as small business owners retire in coming years, we can expect to lose many jobs and significant business tax revenue, and that many industries will be adversely affected. Conversely, this data also presents a positive indicator of the tremendous opportunity for business owners to transition their small businesses into employee-owned companies.
“What we know about small businesses is that very few (less than 15%) will be passed on to family members, others will be sold to a local buyer, still others to someone outside the local community,” said Alison Lingane, co-founder, Project Equity. “But many of them will just quietly close down and go away. Nationally, one-third of business owners over age fifty reports having a hard time finding a buyer. Those that are bought out by a larger company or out-of-area buyer will further concentrate ownership and wealth. We have the opportunity to keep these businesses locally owned and rooted for the long term by transitioning some of them to broad-based employee ownership.”
Project Equity compiled this data to educate the workforce and small business communities about the numbers of businesses at risk of closure or consolidation. “This data reveals how local businesses nationwide could be affected; it’s clear that not only will employees be impacted, but industries will as well,” Lingane said. “If we really want to ‘Make America Great Again,’ we have a tangible—and hugely impactful—solution in front of us for not only sustaining these businesses, but further improving the quality of their jobs through employee ownership.
The data presentation aims to make the business ownership changeover tactile, showing 2.3M privately-held businesses with employees—44.7% of the total—spread across the entire country and segmented by industry and by state. The data presentation also shows 24.7 million employees—an estimated one in six jobs nationwide, $5.1 trillion in total sales and $949 billion in payroll of these companies, to help paint the picture of the true impact of potential business closure or consolidation. The data are drawn from the most recent U.S. Census Survey of Business Owners (2012).
“Since today most family-owned businesses don’t have somebody in the next generation who wants to take over, employee ownership is one of the best ways to keep thriving businesses locally rooted into the next generation,” said Mark Quinn, District Director, U.S. Small Business Administration.


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American families throw away $165 billion worth of food every year. But now, thanks to a new app, they can share it with their neighbors.
Olio was launched at the end of 2015 by Tessa Cook, a farmer's daughter from England, and Saasha Celestial-One, a daughter of hippies from Iowa.
It connects local communities, businesses and food stores.
Users upload a photo and description of the food they no longer want or need, and a time and pickup location for others to come collect it.
For many users, it's about getting to know their community, says Cook. For others it's an opportunity to waste as little as possible.
It's also a useful tool for cafes and bakeries, which can upload unsold food at the end of the day.
It's providing an important social service too. For some families, it's become a vital source of food.
"We have people who email us to say thank you because their families would have not have eaten that night had it not been for Olio," Cook says.
The app has been downloaded more than 180,000 times. It's most popular in Sweden and the United States, where Olio has just appointed its first "ambassador" to recruit volunteers and promote the app.
Olio has also worked with British supermarkets Sainsbury's (JSAIY) and Morrison's (MRWSY) on initiatives to reduce food waste. But the founders have much bigger dreams.
"Our ambitious goal is that hundreds of millions of people of all over the world are using Olio to share our most precious resources, rather than chuck them in the bin," says Cook.


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King Kutter, Inc. Celebrates 45th Anniversary
King Kutter, Inc., a manufacturer known for quality farm equipment, is celebrating their 45th year as a family-owned business. Its product line includes an array of 3-point implements, such as rotary kutters and gear drive tillers, ATV/UTV equipment, as well as skid steer attachments. Each piece of equipment manufactured this year will feature a commemorative 45th Anniversary decal.
Company Vice President Candice Luts remarked: “King Kutter, Inc. has been a part of my family for many years. My grandfather, Jim Fraley, bought this company in 1978. My father, Phillip Fraley, served as President and CEO for over 35 years. It’s amazing to look at where it started and make plans for the future. It’s our honor to carry on the tradition of American manufacturing to another generation.”
“45 years is an incredible milestone for any company,” says Randar Luts, President and CEO. “It is especially rewarding to be celebrating as the future of the farm equipment business looks bright. To all of our employees, customers, friends and family. I want to thank you for your continued commitment to King Kutter, Inc.”
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After more than a year of delays, the Australian government will finally implement its notorious prescription-only vaping scheme on Oct. 1. After that date, those caught illegally importing nicotine without a doctor’s prescription will face fines of up to $222,000.
Meanwhile, cigarettes—which kill about 21,000 Australians a year—will remain available in all the places they’re available now, and treated as a normal consumer product.
The new rules will force Australia’s estimated 600,000 vapers to either jump through the hoops of finding a doctor willing to prescribe nicotine vaping products, or risk severe punishment for doing what they’ve always done. (The law in Australia already requires a prescription to import nicotine, but it’s almost completely ignored.)
The primary difference between importing vaping products now and after Oct. 1 will be more severe enforcement of the nicotine import ban that already exists.
Jim McDonald – Vaping360.com – 2021-09-27.


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Reports of an update that pushed devices from the build 1703 to 1709 began pouring in as users who were justifiably upset began taking to Twitter and forums
The highly anticipated racing game, Forza Horizon 4, is now available to download on Xbox One consoles ahead of its launch on October 2nd. Anyone who has pre-ordered Forza Horizon 4 should be able to now download the title from the My Games & Apps section of the Xbox One dashboard though,
Four video games; Maldita Castilla EX Cursed Castile, Saints Row: Gat Out of Hell, The Bug Butcher, and Tower of Guns, will be leaving Xbox Game Pass at the end of this month.
The official Windows 10 Twitter app has updated today with the new (for the PWA version) ability to add and remove other users to lists directly from their profile. This update also adds some better ways to help manage lists that users have already created and fixes several bugs.
The Sea of Thieves’ third major update, Forsaken Shores, has had its launch postponed after a significant memory bug was found during testing. “Our priority is to ensure we deliver a stable, polished and bug-free experience that all our players can enjoy,” the game’s executive producer, Joe Neate,
Microsoft has released the builds 17134.286 and 16299.666 for users running the Windows 10 April 2018 Update and the older Fall Creators Update.
Recently a number of users on Reddit have been noticing that package tracking via Cortana has stopped working, or at least for some users. Some report that it continues to work, some say it has stopped and then started again, and some are even getting an unsettling message in the Cortana Notebook:
From a Math Solver, text transcription on iOS, or a Bing Education Carousel, here's what was new in September for Bing.
The very first episode of the monthly “Inside Xbox” webcast premiered without a hitch as Team Xbox talked about everything Xbox. Inside Xbox delved into Sea of Thieves, PUBG, Far Cry 5, and more in the inaugural episode. Just in case you missed it,
Microsoft appears to be testing a new Edge Extensions tab in the Microsoft Store that will make them easier to find for Edge users
Sea of Thieves is set to launch on March 20th, but Microsoft is giving gamers the chance of winning some gold of their own.
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Wells Fargo & Co downgraded shares of Brady (NYSE:BRC) from an equal weight rating to an underweight rating in a research report sent to investors on Tuesday, BenzingaRatingsTable reports. They currently have $50.00 price target on the industrial products company’s stock.
Several other analysts also recently commented on the stock. Zacks Investment Research downgraded shares of Brady from a buy rating to a hold rating in a report on Tuesday, January 7th. Northcoast Research downgraded shares of Brady from a buy rating to a neutral rating in a report on Thursday, October 31st. Two investment analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating and three have issued a hold rating to the company’s stock. The company has an average rating of Hold and a consensus price target of $54.33.
NYSE:BRC traded down $0.28 during trading hours on Tuesday, hitting $57.56. 137,623 shares of the company were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 158,133. The stock has a market capitalization of $3.09 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 23.40, a PEG ratio of 2.85 and a beta of 0.91. Brady has a 52-week low of $43.19 and a 52-week high of $59.11. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.05, a current ratio of 2.32 and a quick ratio of 1.85. The company’s 50 day moving average price is $57.33 and its 200-day moving average price is $53.59.
The firm also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, January 31st. Stockholders of record on Friday, January 10th will be issued a $0.218 dividend. This represents a $0.87 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.51%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, January 9th. Brady’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently 35.37%.
In other news, CEO J Michael Nauman sold 3,250 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Monday, October 21st. The shares were sold at an average price of $56.00, for a total value of $182,000.00. Following the sale, the chief executive officer now directly owns 109,534 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $6,133,904. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through this hyperlink. Also, VP Bentley Curran sold 13,996 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Thursday, January 2nd. The shares were sold at an average price of $57.31, for a total transaction of $802,110.76. Following the completion of the sale, the vice president now directly owns 23,204 shares in the company, valued at $1,329,821.24. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders sold a total of 42,187 shares of company stock worth $2,421,400 over the last ninety days. Insiders own 15.60% of the company’s stock.
Several institutional investors and hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of BRC. Nuveen Asset Management LLC acquired a new position in shares of Brady in the 2nd quarter valued at $14,010,000. Man Group plc lifted its stake in shares of Brady by 81.2% in the 3rd quarter. Man Group plc now owns 466,181 shares of the industrial products company’s stock valued at $24,731,000 after purchasing an additional 208,929 shares during the period. Morgan Stanley lifted its stake in shares of Brady by 68.2% in the 2nd quarter. Morgan Stanley now owns 251,018 shares of the industrial products company’s stock valued at $12,380,000 after purchasing an additional 101,753 shares during the period. Vaughan Nelson Investment Management L.P. lifted its stake in shares of Brady by 6.0% in the 3rd quarter. Vaughan Nelson Investment Management L.P. now owns 1,360,315 shares of the industrial products company’s stock valued at $72,165,000 after purchasing an additional 77,565 shares during the period. Finally, Vanguard Group Inc. lifted its stake in shares of Brady by 1.4% in the 2nd quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 5,375,200 shares of the industrial products company’s stock valued at $265,104,000 after purchasing an additional 75,598 shares during the period. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 79.47% of the company’s stock.
Brady Company Profile
Brady Corporation manufactures and supplies identification solutions (IDS) and workplace safety (WPS) products to identify and protect premises, products, and people in the United States and internationally. The IDS segment offers safety signs, pipe markers, labeling systems, spill control products, and lockout/tagout devices for facility identification and protection; materials and printing systems for product identification, brand protection labeling, work in process labeling, and finished product identification; and hand-held printers, wire markers, sleeves, and tags for wire identification, as well as software and services for safety compliance auditing, procedure writing, and training.
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3 Stocks Picked by Cathie Wood to Keep Riding The Bull During Inflation
Dec 03, 2021
Cathie Wood, a star stock picker and the CEO of investing firm ARK Invest, believes the stock market is in a bull run that will continue to make investors happy – as long as the United States avoids a recession.
Despite what investors like Michael Burry have predicted, Wood recently said that the market is "probably going to be OK", stating that value stocks, cyclical stocks, and defensive stocks have all continued to rise despite what COVID-19 and a disrupted economy have thrown at it.
"Inflation will unravel quite rapidly," she predicted.
ARK Innovation, Wood's most well-known ETF, is up about 160 percent over the previous three years, despite recent instability. Let's take a look at three firms in which the fund has big holdings and which might profit from a protracted bull market.
Wood believes that Shopify, a Canadian e-commerce company, will be able to challenge Amazon, the industry's largest player, in the coming years. According to Wood, Shopify's upside remains appealing due to its distinct offering and first-mover advantage.
"We're trying to figure out how Amazon will deal with people seeing something on Instagram or elsewhere on Facebook, Twitter, or Snap and buying it right there," Wood told BNN Bloomberg recently. "That is a Shopify-enabled commerce potential, and we believe it will be huge." Shopify has already established itself as a major player. The company made over $1.1 billion in revenue in the third quarter and now has a market capitalization of over $180 billion.
The company's stock has increased by roughly 30% this year, which is wonderful news for ARKK shareholders. Shopify is held by the fund in a total of 506,000 shares.
Disruption is one of Cathie Wood's favorite things to do. Square is positioned to be a major disruptor in the financial business.
Square began as a digital payment platform and remains one of the industry's leaders, but the company's expanded product portfolio — the ever-evolving Cash App, recent offerings to make crypto investing easier, and the recently acquired Afterpay — should allow it to play a larger role in an increasingly cashless global economy.
Square's third-quarter gross earnings totaled $1.13 billion, up 43 percent year over year. However, the stock price of the corporation has been all over the place this year. It is now down roughly 11% for the year.
Square still occupies a sizable portion of the ARKK portfolio, accounting for around 3.1 million shares or 3.6 percent of the total.
If you're ready to risk your money on the stock market, it makes sense to invest in a business that has gambling at its core.
Sports betting is exploding, especially online. According to Zion Market Research, the sector produced $131 billion in sales in 2020 and is expected to reach about $180 billion by 2028.
DraftKings, as one of the most well-known fantasy sports and online betting sites in the industry, will be at the forefront of that expansion.
In the third quarter, it expanded its operations into three more states, bringing in $213 million in sales, up 60% from the same period previous year.
Wood is still enthralled by what she sees. In November, she added 400,000 shares of DraftKings to two additional ARK ETFs, bringing her total holdings in the business to over 12.3 million.
Growth stocks, to be true, may be quite volatile. And not everyone is comfortable with having assets that fluctuate dramatically week to week.
If you want to invest in something that isn't affected by the ups and downs of the stock market or the cryptocurrency market, you should look at undervalued assets.


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Social Media Day Panama at the City of Knowledge
Inside an interactive environment, favorable for the occasion, and with a magnificent attendance, Social Media Day Panama 2011 was held at the Convention Center inside the City of Knowledge.
The event, which celebrated technological progress in social networks, offered an interactive platform to all the participants that were part of the interesting conferences throughout the day. Very creative dialogue was generated about the rising wave of people, and companies, that are focusing on the social media phenomenon and the importance of knowing if the message that is aimed to be transmitted, through a social network, is reaching its desired destiny with its proposed goal.
Social Media Day clarified that transparency in social networks is fundamental; the perfect company no longer exist. Businesses that are looking to have a respectable digital presence inside the market must know that the truly importance of it is to be influential. It doesn’t matter how many followers a person, brand or business has, but the impact that the information has on the people. And this exchange of information constitutes the basis of all social networks.
In the social network world there is a possibility of interacting with many people; individuals that perhaps don’t know an entity exists until it decides to release its opinions and be at the mercy of a world that is listening more every day. The era of big companies speaking and people listening is over; now the people have a voice and its through social medias where it will be heard.


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Costco has announced that it will begin accepting food stamps at its warehouse clubs nationwide. This is a surprising move for the wholesale corporation given that, until very recently, the company doubted that consumers would actually opt to use them in the stores.
But when a food stamp test program at the New York locations saw a strong reponse from shoppers, Costco decided to begin accepting food stamps nationwide. By Thanksgiving, at least half of the Costco locations should be accepting food stamps.
Do you shop at Costco? What do you think about it accepting food stamps?


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When music fans encounter a song online, in many cases they can’t simply play it where they find it.
Rights management issues, which have plagued the industry since the launch of Apple’s iTunes and Napster Inc., make digital music distribution complicated. And consumers demonstrate a wide variety of habits and preferences when it comes to playing and sharing music online.
To solve problems around fragmentation–for both recording artists and fans alike–Bop.fm, raised $2 million in Series A funding, says co-founder and CEO Shehzad Daredia.
“We build a home for every song on the Internet, and let you easily share it with anyone, no matter what music service they subscribe to or prefer,” the CEO said.
Charles River Ventures led the investment in Bop.fm, joined by SV Angel, Y Combinator, FundersClub, and individual angel investors from a variety of tech and music companies.
So far, Bop.fm users can access tunes that are included on Beats Music, Spotify, Rdio, Soundcloud, YouTube and Deezer (which isn’t available in the U.S. yet) via the company’s “new player for the streaming age,” the CEO said.
The technology can detect if a user is a paying subscriber to one of these services, and route them to either the service they have subscribed to, or to the service that pays an artist most favorably for each “spin” online.
The CEO said the reason it is legal for Bop.fm to distribute music in this manner is that the company doesn’t copy and host any of this content, but rather accesses it with explicit permission from streaming media services that have the rights to do so already.
Bop.fm employs a mix of public APIs (or application programming interfaces), and enterprise APIs to deliver the tunes in this manner.
Additionally, Mr. Daredia said, Bop.fm doesn’t strip ads out of the streaming music it helps to distribute online. “We want to make sure the musicians who need to get paid, and the companies that promote their work make money the same way they would [otherwise].”
A range of artists–including Keith Urban, Imagine Dragons, Wiz Khalifa, O.A.R. and myriad others–are using Bop.fm to distribute their music to fans via social media and online.
Others have put together official playlists using Bop.fm to distribute their own tracks, and tracks by friends or favorites. Verified artists with playlists and tour data on Bop.fm include Snoop Dogg, Alison Krauss & Union Station, Ben Harper, Valerie June, Paul McCartney, Paul Simon and Tiesto.
The company, which is incorporated as Bop FM Inc., boasts that more than 50 million songs have played via its platform to-date.
Drew Patterson, an angel investor in Bop.fm and CEO of Room 77 said the company is making content-sharing “seamless” in music the way that companies like Twitter and Bitly Inc. did for news in an earlier wave of social media.
Another angel investor in Bop.fm, Tom Ryan (CEO of Pluto.TV and former CEO of Threadless) said the startup is the “Switzerland” of the streaming music industry, today. “No major…streaming service can provide what they do in terms of interoperability. It’s not just the technology they created. But you can’t be Switzerland when you are Germany, England or France,” he said.
Investors and executives declined to disclose terms of the deal including a valuation. However, the CEO said the company plans to use its funding on hiring and to help artists and their management teams generate value from social-sharing of their music online and via mobile.
Bop.fm provides music playback on sites including RapGenius, ArtistDirect and a number of music and entertainment blogs today. It plans to strike more media partnerships to extend its reach to music fans, Mr. Daredia said.


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China Minsheng Investment Group (CMIG) has sold its 50 percent stake in a mixed-use project in Shanghai’s South Bund area to Greenland Group for RMB 12 billion ($1.77 billion), disposing of the high-profile site at an apparent loss as it… Read More>>
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THQ is in the news again, even though the studio is dead and gone. What’s left of the company’s corpse is rising up to sue the UFC and EA over the UFC video game license. THQ previously held the license before going under, with EA picking it up shortly before the collapse. However, according to THQ, the license was picked up fraudulently.
You see, new court documents have arisen that show that EA was, at one point, interested in picking up THQ. Doing so would have allowed the studio to stay in business, which of course would be great for everyone. Unfortunately, the deal never went down, and, as we all know, THQ is now defunct, but supposedly EA used information from these dealings to undermine THQ’s position with Suffa, the parent company to the UFC. This lead to EA purchasing the rights to the UFC and Zuffa paying $10 million dollars to terminate its contract with THQ early, which sounds like it’s a good thing, but in the grand scheme, an ongoing and successful IP is likely worth much more than that.
Specifically, when trying to make a deal with EA, THQ disclosed its financial situation. EA then disclosed that financial situation to Zuffa. This made Zuffa threaten to break its contract with THQ out of fear that they could not financially support a new UFC title. According to THQ, this allowed EA to simply pick and choose the parts of THQ they wanted, rather than to shoulder the company’s entire debt.
THQ is currently seeking the nullification of the transfer of property, or at least the value of it, as well as damages to the tune of ten million dollars. In addition, they want the court to disallow Zuffa’s bankruptcy claims against THQ, which amount to nearly two million dollars.
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“My administration is committed to enhancing and expanding community gardens for families in the District, and we are proud to partner with Whole Foods in this initiative," said Mayor Adrian M. Fenty. “This partnership marks a great investment in the health of our communities.”
Whole Foods donated $25,000 to DPR to install community gardens at 56 recreation centers across the District of Columbia. The donation will be put towards, tools, plants, soil, and mulch. The donation will also help DPR install bee hives in every ward. The new community gardens are open to all community members with a focus on youth and senior adult participation.
“It’s exciting to have a project that not only beautifies the city but also promotes health, nutrition, and community involvement,” said Interim Director Hartsock. “With the support of Whole Foods Market, DPR can promote environmental education and green living.”
“We are very excited to be part of this initiative with DC Parks and Recreation,” said Whole Foods Market Regional President, Ken Meyer. “Whole Foods Market has made a commitment to help establish gardens in the communities in which we do business. This is a great opportunity to educate children, families and DC residents about where our food comes from and the importance of fresh, local ingredients. Everyone can take part in these gardens, nurture them, learn from them and share. We tell this story in our stores, now it’s time to bring it out into our neighborhoods and put that commitment into practice.”
Whole Foods Market is encouraging area stores and employees to participate in all aspects of the program such as constructing and tending to gardens, providing scraps for composting, hosting workshops in afterschool programs, and hosting cooking demonstrations. Additionally, at the announcement, Whole Foods Market provided a food tasting of dishes with produce that will be grown in many of the gardens.
The majority of gardens will be installed by Americorps NCCC team members. Recreation staff along with youth and seniors within each community are encouraged to maintain the gardens throughout the year. This program is being supported in part by organizations including the University of the District of Columbia, Greater DC Cares, Student Conservation Corps (SCA), Neighborhood Farm Initiative (NFI) / America the Beautiful Foundation (ATB), Rooting DC, and City Year.
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Mayor Fenty and DC Parks & Recreation Director Dr. Ximena Hartsock were at the Sherwood Recreation Center Monday to announce that Whole Foods was parterning with DPR to establish new community gardens across the Distrct.
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We have been hearing some chatter recently dealing with security issues and HTC. And well, needless to say, HTC had promised that they would be looking into the issue and reacting appropriately to their findings. Needless to say, HTC has indeed looked into the issue and have not only issued an official public statement, but they are also promising an over-the-air update to get those issues corrected. That being said, those sporting an affected HTC device should not freak out and panic that their data is at risk, this seems to be more of a potential issue. In short, HTC has stated that while the “HTC software itself does no harm to customers’ data, there is a vulnerability that could potentially be exploited by a malicious third-party application.” Expanding a bit more on that, here is the full statement from HTC;
HTC Public Statement
HTC takes claims related to the security of our products very seriously. In our ongoing investigation into this recent claim, we have concluded that while this HTC software itself does no harm to customers’ data, there is a vulnerability that could potentially be exploited by a malicious third-party application. A third party malware app exploiting this or any other vulnerability would potentially be acting in violation of civil and criminal laws. So far, we have not learned of any customers being affected in this way and would like to prevent it by making sure all customers are aware of this potential vulnerability.
HTC is working very diligently to quickly release a security update that will resolve the issue on affected devices. Following a short testing period by our carrier partners, the patch will be sent over-the-air to customers, who will be notified to download and install it. We urge all users to install the update promptly. During this time, as always, we strongly urge customers to use caution when downloading, using, installing and updating applications from untrusted sources.


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Although there are only 10 days left to be introduced, news about the iPhone 11 series continues to come. According to recent claims, the iPhone 11 series features.
We’ve talked about it for months, and Apple’s iPhone family will join the family of new devices to be announced a little time left. The news about the new iPhone 11 series, which will be announced on September 10, 2019, is never ending.
In a recently published article in China, the iPhone 11 series featured a visual display of what features they would have. Before you start reading the news, it is worth remembering. The full features of the iPhone 11 series have not been officially announced before. Therefore, the accuracy of the features you will see in the visual is not certain.
iPHONE 11 FEATURES
This new device will be the successor of the iPhone XR. Apple iPhone 2019 model entry level device will be sold in the United States for $ 749 iPhone 11 model is said to be available. It is also said to have the same screen as the iPhone XR and will feature an A13 chip and 4 GB of RAM. The front camera will be 12 MP and the Face ID sensors will be set to unlock from a wide angle. So you will be able to open the device on the table without having to take it.
Other features include a 3.110 mAh battery. The battery of the iPhone XR was 2942 mAh. The device will not feature 3D Touch. Apple will not support Pencil. The back panel features a 12 MP dual camera system. The device will be available in 64GB, 256GB and 512GB. Wireless charging support will also be available.
iPHONE 11 PRO FEATURES
This will be the successor to the iPhone XS. The device will have the same OLED display as the XS model. The iPhone 11 will include the A13 chipset, the new Face ID, 12 MP front camera and wireless charging support. However, it will not include 3D Touch. What distinguishes the device from the iPhone 11 is its support for Apple Pencil with 6 GB RAM and 12 MP triple rear camera system.
The battery of the iPhone 11 Pro looks good compared to the battery of the XS. The device is expected to have a 3.190 mAh battery. It is claimed that it will go on sale at US $ 999.
iPHONE 11 PRO MAX PRODUCT DETAILS
Our latest device is of course the continuation of the iPhone XS Max. The device will carry the display of the iPhone XS Max. Like other iPhone 11 models, this device will not support 3D Touch. Like the other iPhone 11 models, it will have the A13 chipset, 12 MP front camera and wireless charging support.
128 GB, 256 GB and 512 GB storage options will be available. It will be sold in the USA with a price tag of $ 1,099. The iPhone XS was released last year with the same price tag.
The iPhone 11 will come with an 18-Watt power adapter and Lighting cable. USB-C port connection. However, 5G support will come to iPhone devices by 2020.
So what do you think about the iPhone 11 series. You can share your thoughts with us in the comments section.


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Beloved sweets Percy Pigs will be 100% vegetarian friendly going forward, Marks and Spencer has revealed.
The announcement comes after the supermarket chain held a secret vote this week with the sweets' most devoted fans to ask whether the original products, which were made with gelatine, should come back or if they should remain vegetarian.
The vote came after M&S decided to remove gelatine from the classic pack at the start of May, after slowly removing the ingredient from other Percy Pig related products over a few years - which led to a media and social media debate on whether this was the right decision.
The brand then announced they'd put it to a secret deciding vote which took place last night (Thursday 16 May).
Those taking part in the vote comprised of employees and fans of the sweets who were selected after 6,000 applied via social media. The result was 60% in favour of keeping the sweets animal product-free.
The pig-shaped sweets have inspired somewhat of a cult following ever since they launched in 1992. M&S Food now sell more than 300 million Percy Pigs each year which they say equates to approximately 10 sweets per second.


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Colombia Economic Outlook
February 17, 2015Colombia’s economy is expected to have grown at the fastest pace in three years in 2014. Nevertheless, economic growth did moderate throughout 2014 after starting the year on a very high note. More recent data suggest that growth momentum continued to cool down at the outset of 2015, reflecting the adverse impact of the weakening crude price on the oil-driven-economy. Exports and industrial production both contracted in November and consumer confidence moderated in January. In the political arena, President Juan Manuel Santos announced that his administration and the FARC guerillas will initiate formal negotiations for a bilateral ceasefire aimed at putting an end to five decades of conflict. The government and the FARC have been in peace talks for over two years and have reached an agreement on three of the items in the five-point agenda so far.
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February 17, 2015The low global oil price continues to weaken Colombia’s growth prospects. LatinFocus Consensus Forecast panelists project the economy to grow 3.6% in 2015, which is down 0.3 percentage points from last month’s projection. For 2016, the panel also projects economic growth of 3.6%.
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February 18, 2015
In December, industrial production (excluding coffee threshing) rose 2.1% over the same month of the previous year, which contrasted the 1.0% contraction tallied in November and marked the largest gain in nine months.
February 13, 2015
The Fedesarrollo consumer sentiment index dropped from 22.4 points in December to 17.9 points in January.
February 6, 2015
In January, consumer prices rose 0.64% over the previous month, which came in above the 0.27% price increase registered in December and exceeded market analysts’ expectations of a 0.53% rise.
January 30, 2015
The Central Bank (BanRep) left its reference interest rate unchanged at 4.50% at its 30 January monetary policy meeting.
January 19, 2015
The Fedesarrollo consumer sentiment index dropped from 24.7 points in November to 22.4 points in December.


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Verizon will begin testing sponsored data soon2015-12-11 03:11 by Daniela
Verzion is expected to soon start testing sponsored data. This means that customers will be able to view certain content without it counting against their monthly data allowance, since the content would be sponsored by a third party.
A possible sponsored content may be a video ad for example. The carrier will stream those videos without it eating user's data, effectively allowing an advertising company to sponsor the data for its video.
"The capabilities we've built allow us to break down any byte that is carried across our network and have all or a portion of that sponsored," said Marni Walden, executive VP for Verizon. Walden also said, that Verizon will roll out the program "in a larger commercial way" during the first quarter of 2016.
Sponsored data, which is the equivalent of toll-free calls for Internet access, is already implemented by AT&T. T-Mobile also offers both video streaming (Binge On) and audio streaming (Music Freedom) from certain content partners without data charges, although those services aren't sponsored.
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RainDance Technologies, Inc., a Lexington, Massachusetts-based digital biology company, today closed a $20m Series E financing.
Backers included all existing investors Mohr Davidow Ventures, Quaker BioVentures, Alloy Ventures, Acadia Woods Partners, and Sectoral Asset Management, as well as new strategic equity investor Myriad Genetics, Inc. (Nasdaq: MYGN).
The company intends to use the capital to expand globally the adoption of its products and grow its commercial operations and manufacturing capacity, including relocation of the headquarters to a new facility in mid-2013.
Led by Roopom Banerjee, President and CEO, RainDance Technologies is a life sciences company that develops solutions enabling accurate early detection of disease and predisposition risk. It currently provides the ThunderStorm system for targeted next-generation sequencing, and the recently launched RainDrop™ digital PCR system for ultra-sensitive multiplexed quantitative detection of circulating nucleic acids.
The company supports customers through international sales and service operations as well as a global network of distributors and commercial service providers.


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Ghanaians to board flight with Ghana Card without visa – Bawumia
Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, Ghana’s Vice President has announced that Ghanaians will soon use the Ghana Card to board flights without visas.
He said from the first quarter of 2022, the Ghana Card will be globally recognised as an e-passport.
He announced that the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) has duly accepted the usage of the cards as e-passport from the second quarter of 2022.
Speaking at a public lecture themed “Transforming an economy through digitalisation: The Ghana story,” held at the Ashesi University campus on Tuesday, November 2, 2021, the Vice President indicated that the Ghana Card was officially received as the 79th member of ICAO on Wednesday, October 13, 2021.
“This means that by the end of the first quarter next year, the Ghana Card will be recognised globally as an e-passport,” he stressed, adding: “When this happens, holders of the Ghana Card will be allowed to board any flight to Ghana.”
“Therefore, the good news to diasporan Ghanaians is that when the Ghana Immigration Service is linked to the NIA architecture, diasporan Ghanaians who hold the Ghana Card should not have to obtain visas to travel to Ghana.
“We expect this to be operational by the end of the first quarter of next year.
“Ghana is one of the few countries in the world where the national ID card is also an e-passport.”
So far, over 15 million Ghanaians have been enrolled on the Ghana Card with a target of the government to cover most of the population by the end of 2022.
The Ghana Card has become the only document for the ongoing nationwide SIM card registration exercise, which will end in March 2022.
“The issuance of the Ghana Card has provided Ghana with a database that will be the anchor for all transactions in the future, providing unique identity to all individuals.”
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With almost half of all e-cigarette sales in the UK coming from high street vape stores, it’s clear that the country has one of the most well-developed over-the-counter markets in the world – around 2000 stores in total, according to an ECigIntelligence report.
The highest concentration of vape stores in the UK can be found in the northwest of England, with the majority of stores being part of a chain.
The number of vape stores in the UK grew in all regions from 2016 to 2017, except for Wales and Northern Ireland, which saw no growth. By contrast, the number of stores in London doubled over the same period.
The majority of vape stores in the UK belong to chains, which vary considerably in size. There are, however, a significant number of independent stores as well.
Rather than showing an even spread across the country, each of the three biggest vape store chains in the UK dominates in a different geographical area.


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3:18 p.m. Dec. 7, 2016
- By Jonathan Cheng
South Korea’s president likely to be impeached in Friday vote Scandal expected to take down Park Geun-hye South Korean President Park Geun-hye is widely expected to be impeached by lawmakers on Friday amid the country’s biggest political scandal in a generation, raising the prospect of early elections in Asia’s fourth-largest economy.
2:33 a.m. Dec. 7, 2016
- By Eva Dou
Apple supplier Foxconn plans expansion in U.S. Size and scope of any investment hasn’t been determinedFoxconn Technology Group, which manufactures Apple Inc.’s iPhone and other products, said it is in talks to expand in the U.S. The statement comes amid President-elect Donald Trump’s push for a return of manufacturing to the U.S.
11:19 a.m. Dec. 3, 2016
- By Jaime Tardy
Become a millionaire by busting these 5 myths There are many ways to reach the goalMany people believe that they’ll never become millionaires. The truth is: Hitting the $1 million mark is more attainable today than ever — and more important.
7:01 a.m. Nov. 30, 2016
- By Catey Hill
What not to buy at Target and WalmartYou may want to rethink what you buy at these discount superstores.
3:32 a.m. Nov. 27, 2016
- By Daniel Goldstein
Can’t afford to buy a home in San Francisco? Move here How to own your own home in the Bay Area for under $500,000How to own your own home in the Bay Area for under $500,000.
11:36 a.m. Nov. 9, 2016
- By John D. Stoll
GM plans 2,000 layoffs in Ohio, Michigan in early 2017 Production cuts also planned as car sales slumpGeneral Motors Co. will cut production shifts and lay off 2,000 workers at car assembly plants in Ohio and Michigan during the first quarter amid falling demand for passenger cars
9:13 a.m. Nov. 8, 2016
- By Shawn Langlois
Curt Schilling: Oh, come on, my tweet about lynching journalists was ‘100% sarcasm’Former Red Sox great Curt Schilling got a real kick out of a T-shirt at a recent Trump rally that advocated the lynching of journalists, and he doesn’t quite seem to understand why others don’t align with his brand of humor.
9:34 a.m. Nov. 5, 2016
- By Alessandra Malito
Why slowing new-car sales mean it’s a buyer’s market Need a new car? Now’s the time to buyNeed a new car? Now’s the time to buy.
8:25 p.m. Nov. 2, 2016
- By Mike Murphy
What else happened in 1908, the last time the Cubs won the World Series?Here’s a look at what else was going on, way back in 1908:
4:44 a.m. Oct. 25, 2016
GM earnings more than double on strong truck salesGeneral Motors Co. doubled net income and notched record revenue in the third quarter amid strong truck sales in the U.S., but Brexit fallout threatens to derail the auto maker's drive to post its first annual profit in European operations since 1998.
8:03 a.m. Oct. 24, 2016
- By Satyajit Das
Workers will simply try to survive, rather than prosper, as tech takes over the economy An assumption was that new jobs in new industries would take up displaced workers — but that hasn’t happenedAn assumption was that new jobs in new industries would take up displaced workers — but that hasn’t happened, says Satyajit Das.
5:18 a.m. Oct. 24, 2016
GM earnings due Tuesday: Here's what to expectGeneral Motors Co. reports third-quarter earnings before the market opens Tuesday. Here's what you need to know: FORECAST: The Detroit auto maker is expected to post earnings of $1.45 a share, compared with $1.50 during the same period a year earlier, according to analysts surveyed by FactSet. Revenue is expected to edge up to $39.29 billion from $38.84 billion a year earlier.
2:10 a.m. Oct. 24, 2016
- By Caitlin Huston
Tom Hayden, anti-war activist, dies at age 76Tom Hayden, an anti-war activist and member of the Chicago Seven Trial, died Sunday at age 76 after a long illness, according to The Associated Press. Hayden helped organize anti-war protests in Chicago in 1968 and later took his political cause to serve as part of the California Assembly and Senate for close to two decades. Hayden was previously married to actress Jane Fonda.
3:41 a.m. Oct. 18, 2016
- By Victor Reklaitis
Why Goldman’s ‘Apple Prime’ idea is a tasty proposal for shareholders Critical information before the U.S. market’s openStocks look on track to erase a bit of this month’s drop, but the bigger fireworks are coming from individual names. Netflix is soaring premarket, and today’s call gives a thumbs up to Goldman’s call for Apple to launch an Amazon Prime-like service.
2:19 p.m. Oct. 13, 2016
- By Farnaz Fassihi
Portugal’s António Guterres appointed new U.N. secretary-general New leader pledges to fight extremismThe U.N. General Assembly on Thursday officially appointed António Guterres of Portugal as its next secretary-general as he pledged to combat terrorism and extremism while also fighting “xenophobia” and populism.
5:27 a.m. Oct. 13, 2016
- By Jason Notte
Raiders stadium debacle is a Vegas casino heist Las Vegas’ legislature is about to hand $750 million in tax dollars to a casino operator and, potentially, an NFL franchise owner Las Vegas’ legislature is about to hand $750 million in tax dollars to a casino operator and, potentially, an NFL franchise owner.
8:40 p.m. Oct. 10, 2016
Fiat Chrysler, Canadian union reach tentative dealThe union representing nearly 10,000 workers at Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV's factories in Canada said late Monday night it had struck a tentative labor deal with the Italian-U.S. car maker. The deal secures more than $400 million in new investments for factory upgrades and matches wage gains granted by General Motors Co.
10:19 a.m. Oct. 7, 2016
New Jersey lawmakers vote to raise gas taxNew Jersey lawmakers voted Friday to raise the state's gas tax, the first increase since 1988. Under legislation approved by the state Senate, then the Assembly, the gas tax will rise by 23 cents -- to 37.5 cents a gallon. The increase will likely take effect by Nov. 1. Under an agreement between Republican Gov,.
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El-Erian: U.K. hasn’t let nationalism derail economy; could Trump do the same? Calm reaction of the U.K. economy to Brexit so far hides difficulty of shifting policy to face inwardsOther nationalist politicians, including Donald Trump and Marine Le Pen, should take note of how the U.K. government has managed to calm an economy that many thought would crash after the Brexit vote, Mohamed El-Erian writes.
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Hyundai workers strike; first time in 12 yearsSEOUL-- Hyundai Motor Co. plants in South Korea were crippled by the first complete strike by unionized workers in more than a decade on Monday, threatening to worsen the auto maker's profit slide. Assembly lines at all of the company's three domestic plants halted early in the day, crippling production of thousands of vehicles at the largest auto maker in South Korea.
4:29 p.m. Sept. 25, 2016
GM auto workers in Canada OK new contractThe union representing Canadian auto workers won approval for a new four-year contract with General Motors Co., securing future investment for Canada's weakening auto sector and eventually giving GM more capacity for its profitable pickup trucks.
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- By Silvia Ascarelli
Why U.S. companies pay headhunters $15,000 to fill manufacturing jobs In Indiana, where almost 30% of the economy is tied to manufacturing, companies from Caterpillar to Subaru are finding it difficult to fill factory jobsIn Indiana, where almost 30% of the economy is tied to manufacturing, companies from Caterpillar to Subaru are finding it difficult to fill factory jobs, writes Silvia Ascarelli.
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- By Valentina Pop
British leader tries to soothe Brexit fears in U.N. speech May stresses need for global cooperation British Prime Minister Theresa May seeks to reassure leaders at the UN about her country’s global outlook after its vote to leave the European Union, amid concerns that U.K.-based banks and companies would lose access to the EU market.
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Mayors of New York, Paris and London co-author pledge to support immigrantsBill de Blasio, Anne Hidalgo and Sadiq Kahn pen a piece for the New York Times calling for world leaders to “take decisive action to provide relief and safe haven to refugees fleeing conflict and migrants fleeing economic hardship.”
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- By Felicia Schwartz
Syria cease-fire in trouble as international support group meets Viability of cease-fire deal in question after airstrike on aid convoy, U.S. saysA group of international powers with interests in Syria, including the U.S., Saudi Arabia, Iran and Russia, will meet Tuesday after an agreement the U.S. had framed as the “last chance” for a united Syria appeared to be shredding on Monday.
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- By Jamie Schram
Bomb suspect Rahami in custody after New Jersey police shootoutAhmad Khan Rahami was arrested after firing at the cop in Linden, WNBC reported.
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- By Pervaiz Shall
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4:29 a.m. Sept. 17, 2016
- By Tim Mullaney
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9:03 p.m. Sept. 14, 2016
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5:28 p.m. Sept. 13, 2016
- By Miriam Jordan
Obama plans to allow 30% more refugees into U.S. next year Total of 110,000 to be admitted in fiscal 2017The Obama administration plans to raise the number of refugees admitted to the U.S. to 110,000 in the 2017 fiscal year starting Oct. 1, from 85,000 this fiscal year, according to an annual refugee report to Congress obtained by The Wall Street Journal on Tuesday.
9:25 a.m. Sept. 9, 2016
- By Jennifer Booton
Apple hits iPhone 7 supply issues on first day of preorders Shipment delays for new phones ‘most likely the result of supply chain aberrations,’ analyst saysApple Inc. seems to be facing supply issues with its new iPhones on the first day of preorders, with shipment estimates for the iPhone 7 Plus hitting October and versions of the jet black iPhone not expected to reach buyers’ hands until November.
6:12 a.m. Sept. 3, 2016
- By Maria LaMagna
The real reason we don’t have taco trucks on every corner It’s not about immigrationIt’s not about immigration
5:45 a.m. Aug. 29, 2016
- By Robert Powell
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1:03 p.m. Aug. 25, 2016
- By Anne Tergesen
California may soon offer state-run retirement plan Program aimed at 6.8 Californians without employer-run retirement planMillions of California residents who don’t have access to a retirement-savings program at work could soon be able to join a state-run program.
12:59 a.m. Aug. 22, 2016
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GM’s Opel unit to pare back German workers’ hours Weaker pound could result in $400 million hit in second half GMs Opel unit is trimming back the hours of German factory workers in a move aimed at blunting the impact of Brexit and breaking even in Europe for the first time in nearly two decades.
1:03 a.m. Aug. 19, 2016
- By Jack Walsworth
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11:29 a.m. Aug. 16, 2016
- By Jillian Berman
Amid for-profit college crackdown, feds give for-profit schools access to fundsThe Department of Education will allow eight programs that are partnerships between for-profit entities and traditional universities to access federal financial aid funds.
9:11 a.m. Aug. 16, 2016
- By Richard N. Haass
International ‘community’ fails to do anything meaningful to solve refugee crisis Meetings at the U.N. will be full of well-meaning but ineffective talkThe refugee issue provides yet another glaring example of the gap between what needs to be done to meet a global challenge and what the world is prepared to do, writes Richard N. Haass.
12:22 p.m. Aug. 14, 2016
Auto boom pushes up labor costs in MexicoCIUDAD JUÁREZ, Mexico -- When car companies began flocking to this border town more than two decades ago, the big lure was labor, which was plentiful and inexpensive. Today, with an auto-production boom in high gear, those advantages are being chipped away. Toyota Motor Corp., BMW AG, Ford Motor Co. and several other auto makers have committed to spend a combined $15.8 billion to build new assembly plants or expand existing factories.
7:41 a.m. Aug. 8, 2016
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California governor gears up for fight over climate effort Democrat Jerry Brown wants to preserve state’s cap-and-trade programDemocratic Gov. Jerry Brown launches political-action committee to preserve California’s cap-and-trade program—setting up a potential battle over the state’s environmental policy.


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F1 Pharma at the CPhl 2015 Exhibition
Between 13-15 of October 2015, representatives of F1 Pharma participated in the CPhl Worldwide Exhibition in Madrid.
The CPhl Worldwide Exhibition is the largest exhibition of the pharmaceutical industry in the world, and a leading networking event. The cyclical event is attended each year by several thousand of exhibitioners and tens of thousands of participants. F1 Pharma representatives took part in this exhibition for the fourth time.
'The CPhl Exhibition is a must-go event event for us. Our participation, as usual, has given us new contacts, but what is equally important, we have cemented our position among the participating business partners,' says Mr Mirosław Strózik, the Chairman of Board of F1 Pharma Sp. z o.o.
The next edition of the Cphl Worldwide Exhibition will take place between 4-6 October 2016 in Barcelona.
Detailed information on the event can be found at: www.cphi.com/europe/home/


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A city-based professor and director of technical studies at Amplify Mindware Academy for Development of Education & Research (AMADER), Anil Gupte has created a software platform that can be used for entertainment, movies, games or any kind of information content that needs to be distributed and monetised.
Gupte’s L3 technology has already won the best innovation award in the category of New Consumer Centric Innovations at the Wipro-Wharton Global Innovation Challenge 2011, held recently at University of Pennsylvania in Wharton, US.
Gupte was working on the technology for the last 5 years.
“The technology has already been awarded five patents for cross-platform video distribution, its algorithm and security features. It is now in data stage and I will launch it very soon,” said Gupte.
A graduate from IIT-Kharagpur, Gupte has been involved in Internet-based content delivery for the last ten years.
His primary experience has been in computer aided design, computer networking, along with LAN and WAN deployment, management and applications.
He has also spent several years of his career managing the development and delivery of software applications.
After living in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, US, for 23 years, Gupte moved to Pune in 2007 and joined AMADER in 2008.
“My passion has always been teaching and I continue to teach management technology and web technology at the academy,” he said.
Talking about the salient features of his L3 technology, Gupte said, “It allows distribution of any kind of content without the fear of replication or piracy. One can download the software, encrypt their product and hand it out to anyone safely.
“L3 not only protects the content from piracy, but also allows content owners to charge a price for their content, linking its access to a commercial gateway.”
He added that if users don’t want to pay, they have the option to watch it for free, but with ads, so advertisers or sponsors pay instead.
Gupte said the L3 software can be used to embed advertisements or endorsements in a content. It also provides a movie or any video content free or at a subsidised rate to the interested users.
“AMADER has already integrated the L3 platform into its eLearning initiatives, allowing easy and secure distribution of learning content, to the students,” said Gupte.
With a belief that his L3 technology will address problems like piracy, cost of distribution, monetisation difficulties and global reach, Gupte said that his video protection technology will open up new market segments for independent films, semi-professional and amateur video makers.


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European Consumer Day
The 17th edition of the European Consumer Day will be held on 16 March 2015 and will focus on new trends in consumption.
The era of mindless consumption is over. The economic crisis is boosting the trend of people owning less, watching their spending and keeping an eye on value for money when considering their needs, on the understanding that accumulating possessions is not going to guarantee their wellbeing.
Can responsible consumption become a reality or is it only a mirage? Is the society ready for the sharing economy? What challenges do the new trends bring?
Join us in the discussion of the year and share your view. ON-LINE REGISTRATION
For any question please contact the secretariat of the INT Section: ConsumerDay2015@eesc.europa.eu
More information here
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Huawei Honor 6 (aka Huawei Mulan) to go official on June 26
Some days ago, a phone codenamed Huawei Mulan made an appearance on this website.
Today, Huawei posted a teaser of an upcoming event scheduled to hold on the 26th of this month and according to reports, the Mulan will debut at the event as the Huawei Honor 6.
The Huawei Honor 6 is said to be a packing a 5-inch Full HD screen, a 1.3GHz-running octa-core Hisilicon Kirin 920 home-brewed processor and 3GB of RAM.
The phone will be sailing Android 4.4.2 KitKat OS from the box and 16GB of expandable internal storage is also there.
Camera-wise, the Honor 6 will have a 13MP rear camera and a 5MP front-facing camera.
The phone scored a massive victory against top current Android flagships at AnTuTu where we first got to know about it for the first time.
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Two men try on a super-size shirt at the ongoing summer market in the Wukesong area of Beijing. The one-month event will end on Sunday. Wang Lingling / for China Daily
Sinopec to spend $3b on refining complex
China Petroleum & Chemical Corp, or Sinopec, will spend 19.3 billion yuan ($3 billion) to build a refining and petrochemical complex in Lianyungang, Jiangsu province, China Petrochemical Corp, the parent company, said in its online newsletter. Construction of the project will start by 2015, the report said.
Luxury spending slowdown drags on Hong Kong
The mainland's slowdown dragged Hong Kong's retail sales growth to the weakest pace since 2009 as shoppers visiting from the mainland cut back on purchases of luxury goods such as jewelry and watches.
Sales increased 8.8 percent in May from a year earlier to HK$36 billion ($4.6 billion), the government said on Tuesday. That was the smallest gain since September 2009, excluding seasonal distortions each January and February.
The deceleration of Asia's biggest economy is rippling through Hong Kong, which had record retail sales gains as recently as last year.
Ministry of Railways sells 10-year bonds
The Ministry of Railways sold 10-year bonds priced to yield 4.45 percent, it said in a statement on the website of Chinabond, the nation's bond clearinghouse.
The coupon compares with 4.3 percent it paid to sell securities of that tenor in June, and with 4.99 percent in an offering in November, according to data compiled by Bloomberg.
The ministry will use the funds for 33 railway projects, it said in its prospectus.
China's railway spending may exceed a planned 516 billion yuan ($81 billion) this year, China Securities Journal reported earlier this year, without citing anyone.
Everbright 'lining up investors' for share sale
China Everbright Bank Co, which scrapped a Hong Kong stock offering last year, is lining up investors to buy as much as half of a $1.8 billion share sale that may take place as soon as this month, two people with knowledge of the matter said.
The so-called cornerstone investors may buy about $900 million of the shares sold in Hong Kong, said the people, who asked not to be identified because the information is private. Not all of the investors have signed binding agreements yet, according to another person with knowledge of the offering.
Everbright, which is already traded in Shanghai, plans to sell about 4 billion new shares, the people said.
Services expand at slowest pace since August
China's services industries expanded in June at the slowest pace in 10 months as growth in new business weakened, a private survey showed.
The purchasing managers' index released on Wednesday by HSBC Holdings Plc and Markit Economics fell to 52.3 in June from a 19-month high of 54.7 in May, the companies said on Wednesday. That's the largest decline since August.
Lafite slide crimps wine sales by 25%
Wine sales at the world's five biggest auction houses fell by a quarter to about $160 million in the first six months of this year as lower prices for top growers combined with investor caution sparked by the economic slump.
A decline in prices for top vintages of Chateau Lafite- Rothschild since the start of this year contributed to the drop as demand from Chinese investors focused more on Burgundy.
Lafite extended a slide which started in mid-2011, taking prices for top vintages such as 2000 and 2005 down more than 25 percent from their peak.
Goldwind connects to Australian grid
Goldwind Science and Technology Co Ltd, China's largest wind turbine maker, said it has received approval to connect turbines in the Gullen Range project to the Australia grid, according to a company statement.
Gullen Range, with 182 megawatts of capacity, is Goldwind's largest overseas project.
Central Huijin buys more banks' shares in Q2
Central Huijin Investment Ltd, an arm of the sovereign wealth fund China Investment Corp, continued its purchases of large banks' shares in the second quarter of the year, according to a statement released on Tuesday.
The large shareholder in China's major State-owned banks bought 7 million shares in Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Ltd and 762,600 shares of Bank of China Ltd.
The purchase was the smallest seen since the fourth quarter of last year, when it announced a new round of banking stock purchases.
In the first three months of 2012, Central Huijin bought more than 50 million shares in ICBC, nearly 84 million shares in BOC, 23 million shares in China Construction Bank Corp and 29 million shares in Agricultural Bank of China Ltd, according to data collected by the National Business Daily.
Wuhan steel mill denies withdrawal from Brazil
Wuhan Iron and Steel Corp said it continues to conduct a feasibility study on a proposal to build a plant in Brazil despite obstacles to the project.
That statement came in response to a previous report saying China's third-largest steel maker had dropped its plans for Brazil over issues concerning shipping and coking coal.
The plant was scheduled to start operation this year.
Restaurant raises $64.49m in HK initial public offering
Xiao Nan Guo Restaurant Holdings Ltd raised HK$500 million ($64.49 million) in a Hong Kong public offering on Wednesday as part of a new round of public listings by the Chinese restaurant industry.
The Shanghai restaurant chain's IPO was oversubscribed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange.
Xiao Nan Guo, which planned to get listed late last year, saw its previous offering shelved as a result of a sluggish stock market. The company decided to postpone its listing after consulting sponsors in the sale.
Another Chinese restaurant, South Beauty, is also reported to be seeking an IPO on the Hong Kong stock market this month. The company has been seeking the opportunity to list to expand its business at home and abroad in recent years.
Pacific Securities plans to set up joint venture in Laos
Pacific Securities Co Ltd said on Wednesday that its board of directors has agreed to set up a joint-venture securities company in Laos.
Pacific Securities said it will cooperate with local financial institutions to invest up to 35 million yuan ($5.51 million) in the joint venture using newly created organizations and direct equity participation.
The new company will be registered in the capital city of Laos, Vientiane, and have a scope of business that includes securities transactions allowed by local laws.
The draft plan still needs to be approved by Chinese regulators.
Chinalco extends bid for Mongolian coal miner
Aluminum Corporation of China, known as Chinalco, extended its bid for the Mongolia-based coal producer South Gobi Resources Co amid uncertainty over local policies, Chinalco said in a statement on Wednesday.
Chinalco, the country's largest alumina producer, is offering to pay C$8.48 ($8.35) a share for South Gobi Resources and agreed to extend that bid for 30 days, according to the statement.
Chinalco signed an agreement with the Canadian international mining company Ivanhoe Mines Ltd, the largest shareholder in the Mongolian coal producer, which has the capacity to produce 4.57 million metric tons of raw coal a year.
According to the agreement, Chinalco will buy the entire shareholding of Ivanhoe Mines for about $1 billion to acquire a majority stake in South Gobi Resources.
Agencies - China Daily
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For the most part Big Data has been tied to the banking, retail and tech-heavy industries, as more businesses look to this analytical and risk management tool to increase profits and efficiency. But even companies not interested in finding the most competitive pricing, are benefiting from Big Data, including InternMatch.
InternMatch is exactly what it sounds like—a startup that connects college students and recent graduates to internships. But unlike LinkedIn, Indeed or other job search sites, the company uses Big Data to find what applicant's' interests and skills are to connect them to companies that are hiring. Not only does this help students find the best jobs for their talent, but it helps companies narrow down their applicant pool by determining exactly what they're looking for—including finding employees who will fit the "company culture," an article in TechCrunch said.
Though the company has been around for five years, it recently gained $4 million from investors, bringing its worth to $6 million, and allowing it to improve the technology that determines what internship is best for each student or job hunter.
"We have knowledge of what kinds of students are applying where and we're investing now in using that information and that data to delegate students to where they should be, places that they haven't heard of," co-founder Nathan Parcells told the news source.
The idea of using Big Data to improve efficiency for all areas of a business may soon grow among employers and applicants, and potentially into other social realms.


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For its part, Apple spokeswoman Natalie Kerris says "the conclusion that iTunes sales are slowing is simply incorrect."
Apple does not provide any financial details related to its online music store, but says 1.5 billion songs have been sold in the store.
Kerris added that iTunes sales are 6% of all music sold in the U.S., making it the fourth largest music retailer.
Forrester also found that iTunes shoppers tend to make "small 'impulse' buys," with the median transaction hitting $2.97. One-third of total transactions hit $1.08 or less, and 75% of purchases cost $9.99 or less."Apple's iTunes proves that 99-cents micropayments for digital music can lead to substantial revenue; buyers spent an average of $35 at iTunes over the past year," Bernoff wrote. "With half of all transactions costing $3 or less, though, transaction fees threaten to make iTunes unprofitable." Using data from Apple press releases and public statements by Steve Jobs, Forrester analyzed total global sales and found that "Apple has been steadily selling just 20 iTunes tracks for each iPod sold, suggesting that even at 99 cents, most customers still aren't sold on the value of digital music." In an interview, Bernoff said that even though song sales are down, it's the number of songs purchased per iPod that should have the music industry, not Apple, concerned.


text: Thinking of what AT&T’s service might look like on an HD display? AT&T social media rep Daniel takes on a quick one minute tour of the new handset, showcasing its 329 pixels-per-inch, 4G LTE connectivity, and picture-taking prowess. LG has been able to push out some impressive hardware in recent months but the company is still waiting for their day in the Android sun. Is the Nitro HD (Optimus LTE) a step in the right direction? The new handset will be available December 4th.