BlackRock Inc., the world’s largest asset manager, is cutting expenses on six smart beta exchange-traded funds as competition heats up to win investors in a growing market. BlackRock is lowering fees for the ETFs by as much as 20 basis points, according to Securities and Exchange Commission filings.
Day: December 19, 2016
Mistry Steps Down From Tata Companies Amid Fight With Scion
Ousted Tata Sons Ltd. Chairman Cyrus Mistry resigned as director of group companies on the eve of shareholder meetings to remove him and pledged to take the fight with the scion of the $100 billion conglomerate to a “larger platform.” Mistry stepped down as a director in Tata Steel Ltd., Tata Chemicals Ltd., Tata Global Beverages Ltd. and Indian Hotels Co., and as chairman of Tata Motors Ltd., the five companies said in stock exchange filings.
Disappearing 1,500% IPO Gain Causes Concern on Hong Kong Bourse
Hong Kong’s Growth Enterprise Market has seen a string of the world’s best stock debuts this year. It’s also been home to some of the biggest plunges, wiping out gains and raising questions about how the exchange operates.
Cyber Insurance Now Critical as Data Breaches Wreak Havoc
While 2016 may have been one of the worst years in history for network security, there is at least one silver lining for According to the Insurance Information Institute, more than 60 different insurance companies are now offering standalone cyber insurance policies, with an estimated U.S. market of more than $3.25 billion in gross written premiums this year. That figure is the direct result of two related trends.
SIMCom Wireless Solutions Selects Sequans for Suite of LTE for IoT Modules
December 19, 2016 – LTE for IoT chipmaker Sequans Communications S.A. announced that SIMCom Wireless, global leading machine-to-machine wireless modules and solutions supplier, has adopted Sequans’ LTE chip technology for a suite of M2M and IoT modules. SIMCom will use Sequans’ LTE Cat 1 Platform, Calliope, and its newest LTE Cat M1/NB1 platform, Monarch, for a suite of module solutions.
Pan-STARRS Releases Largest Digital Sky Survey to the World
The Pan-STARRS project at the University of Hawai’i Institute for Astronomy is publicly releasing the world’s largest digital sky survey today from the Space Telescope Science Institute in Baltimore, Md. The Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics is among the partners who contributed to the Pan-STARRS1 Surveys.
Rating, ranking and recommending: Three R’s for the internet age
This holiday season, when we Google for the most trending gifts, compare different items on Amazon or take a break to watch a holiday movie on Netflix, we are making use of what might be called “the three R’s” of the Internet Age: rating, ranking and recommending. Much like the traditional “three R’s” of education “reading, ‘riting and ‘rithmetic” no modern education is complete without understanding how websites’ algorithms combine, process and synthesize information before presenting it to us.
European Stocks Little Changed in Thin Trading as Banks Decline
European stocks were little changed, after two straight weeks of gains, as investors kicked off the last full week of trading of the year. The Stoxx Europe 600 Index fell 0.1 percent at the close.
Up, Up And Away: For $75K, This (Beautiful) Balloon Will Take You Into Space
By 2018, World View may be offering mere mortals the chance to get a life-changing view of the Earth from space. Not many people have had this privilege.
Printers as a Security Threat
In today’s digital age, everybody knows just how important security is. We look at PCs and smartphones-and the valuable data they hold-and immediately understand how rich a target those devices are to cyber criminals.
Telecom Cloud Billing Market Worth 8.22 Billion USD by 2021
According to a new market research report ” Telecom Cloud Billing Market by Type of Billing , Cloud Platform, Deployment, End User, Service, Rate of Charging Mode, and Region – Global Forecast to 2021″ , published by MarketsandMarkets, the market size is estimated to grow from Browse 75 market data Tables and 59 Figures spread through 160 P ages and in-depth TOC on ” Telecom Cloud Billing Market ” Lower operational & administration costs, advancement & increase in adoption of cloud-based technologies, increasing mobile penetration and high subscriber growth, need for real-time billing, and increased demand for bundled services are some of the driving forces in the Telecom Cloud Billing Market.
Install and run WordPress on a local desktop
WordPress is a fabulous website builder, and it’s very easy to learn the basics. Just sign up for a free blog at WordPress.com and start to play.
Cozmo Robot Pre-order Available on Amazon
As reported , the incredible Cozmo has sold out. Amazon has still sold some in the past days on Amazon.com , but only a few.
Future Trends and Competitive Landscape of Surgical Trocars Market by 2016 – 2024
Access to abdomen in laparoscopy remained one of the foremost challenge pertaining to the insertion of surgical instrument through the small incision. Currently, laparoscopy and robotic assisted surgeries have become important in urological applications.
Replacing missing gut bacteria could help treat children with rare autoimmune disease
Defects in the body’s regulatory T cells cause inflammation and autoimmune disease by altering the type of bacteria living in the gut, researchers from The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston have discovered. The study, “Resetting microbiota by Lactobacillus reuteri inhibits T reg deficiency-induced autoimmunity via adenosine A2A receptors,” which will be published online December 19 in The Journal of Experimental Medicine, suggests that replacing the missing gut bacteria, or restoring a key metabolite called inosine, could help treat children with a rare and often fatal autoimmune disease called IPEX syndrome.
The National Cyber Security Alliance Recommends ‘Five Digital To Dos’ For 2017
When rolls around, many of us think about getting fit, saving more money and promising to take time to enjoy life. As the world becomes more and more connected i 1 2 and our digital and offline lives become indistinguishable i 1 2 we should also commit to take action to stay safer and more secure online and protect our personal data.
SimpliProtected Delivers a Dedicated and Filtered Wi-Fi Network for Kids
The family friendly wireless router is “worry-free Wi-Fi for the home.” The home becomes an online safe zone for the kids.
Tufin Extends Check Point R80 Security Management Across a Multi-Vendor Network
With Tufin, Check Point users who are currently deploying or plan to deploy R80 Security Management can extend the benefits of consolidated security across physical networks, private and public cloud platforms. “By supporting R80 Security Management, we are taking our relationship with Check Point a step further, offering joint customers a powerful yet seamless way of managing security policies across a multi-vendor network,” said Ofer Or, vice president of products, Tufin.
Cuban to Trump: The U.S. Needs to Invest in Robotics to ‘Win’
The ‘Shark Tank’ investor writes in a blog post that the government should spend $100 billion to create and build robots. Mark Cuban, who did not support President-elect Donald Trump during the campaign, has struck a more hopeful tone since the results came in.
Intelligent Virtual Assistant (IVA) Market Report 2017-2027
Forecasts By Technology By Application By End User Analysis of Leading Companies Developing Artificial intelligence , Predictive Analytics & Natural Language Understanding Intelligent Virtual Assistants – Our new study reveals trends and predicted revenues What is the growth trajectory for the Intelligent Virtual Assistant market? Visiongain values the global Intelligent Virtual Assistant market at in 2017. If you are involved in IVA’s you must read this brand new report.
New University Research Center to Test Boundaries of Smart Transportation in New York City and Beyond
The consortium proposal, led by Kaan Ozbay , a professor in the NYU Tandon Department of Civil and Urban Engineering, won the prestigious UTC designation from among 212 applications to the Fixing America’s Surface Transportation Act competition. The new research and education center will receive a five-year, to use their home cities as living laboratories in which to study challenging transportation problems and field-test novel solutions in close collaboration with transportation users, government agencies, policy makers, private companies, and entrepreneurs.
Careem closes first tranche in $500 million funding round led by Rakuten and Saudi Telecom Company
Careem, the leading ride-hailing service in the Middle East and North Africa, announced today a first close in its $500 million funding round. The investment of $350 million is co-led by Rakuten, Inc., a global leader in internet services and innovation headquartered in Japan, and Saudi Telecom Company , the largest telecom operator in the Middle East.
Glasgow English teacher takes technology trail to business success
As people start thinking about making career moves in 2017 we hear from a teacher who discovered she had unrecognised entrepreneurial talents. We developed the first fully digital SQA course for non-native speakers of English that can be accessed on smartphones, tablets and laptops.
Tape-Head Robot Listens to the Floor
We were just starting to wonder exactly what we’re going to do with our old collection of cassette tapes, and then along comes art robotics to the rescue! Russian tech artist [::vtol::] came up with another unique device to make us smile . This time, it’s a small remote-controlled, two-wheeled robot.
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Top 6 Software that Can Increase Your Productivity
Productivity software are designed to help you work smarter by preventing you from wasting time that you could have spend on important matters. The right productivity software can increase the efficiency of you performing your job so that you can achieve more.
The IoT Future of Building Automation
Future automation will be a full embrace of IoT. Systems will be smarter, self-learning, edgy, innovative, and sophisticated.
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The Standards News Portal is updated on a daily basis to bring you the most important news about standards – how they are created, how they affect you – and who’s doing what to whom. The Standards News Portal was launched in February 2002 and currently contains 8358 categorized, searchable articles, perhaps the largest archive of its type in existence.
Union Pacific Railroad Receives 20th Responsible Care Certification
United Electric Controls is offering free beta trials to gain additional feedback on customer experience and product performance prior to the official product roll-out in early 2017. United Electric Controls announces the availability of beta versions of its Vanguard WirelessHART gas detector.
RCC Plans $500M Hydrocarbon Resin Plant In Saudi Arabia
United Electric Controls is offering free beta trials to gain additional feedback on customer experience and product performance prior to the official product roll-out in early 2017. United Electric Controls announces the availability of beta versions of its Vanguard WirelessHART gas detector.
Factories Turning Waste Into Art in Vietnam
In most places, metal scraps and plastic cases end up on the factory room floor, bound for recycling or disposal. But a new project is showing Vietnamese how to transform these manufacturing supplies into works of art.
MMM: Nigerians are not greedy, merely desperate
By Owei Lakemfa THE Mavrodi, Melnikova, Mavrodi international scam known in Nigeria as the Mavrodi Mondial Moneybox, has from all intents and purposes, collapsed in Nigeria. It took along, the savings and hopes of about three million Nigerians.
Hands-on toys that teach are really hot
To continue reading up to 10 premium articles, you must register , or sign up and take advantage of this exclusive offer: Fisher-Price’s Think & Learn Code-a-Pillar introduces basic coding concepts by letting preschoolers assemble segments that tell the caterpillar to do different things. Toys that teach aren’t a new thing, but a growing number are calling for kids to build with blocks, circuits or everyday items before reaching for a tablet screen.
Kellyanne Conway questions Obama’s motives on response to Russia hack
Kellyanne Conway, a top adviser to Donald Trump, questioned Sunday President Obama’s motives for choosing to respond against Russia over cyber attacks into Democratic party systems. Asked on CBS’ “Face the Nation” whether the president-elect approved of Mr. Obama’s call to take action against Russia because of the Kremlin-directed hacked, Conway said Mr. Trump “respects” the decision.
Practice rocket warhead found at Hillcrest home
A practice rocket warhead found in the yard of a Hillcrest home Sunday may have been unearthed by weekend rain, a fire official said. A resident at the home on Dove Street near West Pennsylvania Avenue called 911 after stumbling on the rusty ordnance about 3 p.m., San Diego Fire-Rescue Department Capt.
India Earns a ‘B’ in Overall Cybersecurity Confidence, Ahead of US and Canada
MUMBAI, India / COLUMBIA, Md., – December 19, 2016 – According to the 2017 Global Cybersecurity Assurance Report Card released by Tenable Network SecurityA , Inc., a global leader transforming security technology for the business needs of tomorrow, India earned the highest overall global score in cybersecurity confidence, with 84 percent . India debuted in the annual survey this year, beating out last year’s leader in overall score, the United States, which fell two points to second place with 78 percent .
Running containers, reducing complexity, and more OpenStack news
Jason is passionate about using technology to make the world more open, from software development to bringing sunlight to local governments. He is particularly interested in data visualization/analysis, DIY/maker culture, simulations/modeling, geospatial technologies, and cloud computing, especially OpenStack.
Prostate Cancer Therapeutics Industry Analysis And Forecasts to 2020
The prostate cancer drugs market is expected to nearly double by 2020, due to the introduction of new, more expensive drugs. PUNE, INDIA, December 19, 2016 / EINPresswire.com / — Global Prostate Cancer Therapeutics Market Global Prostate Cancer Therapeutics Industry Overview The prostate cancer drugs market is expected to nearly double by 2020, due to the introduction of new, more expensive drugs.
Black Chyna Has A “Hacker” Or Is That Rob Kardashian?
Just today, it seems like Blac Chyna has a hacker, somebody threatening to release all her biz in the streets. Its not like we don’t already know what it is, but somebody is about to put the Rogue Kardashian on full blast! As you know, she ran off with Rob and her kid and went and got her bangs cut.
pypicontents added to PyPI
PyPIContents is an application that generates a Module Index from the Python Package Index and also from various versions of the Python Standard Library. PyPIContents is an application that generates a Module Index from the Python Package Index and also from various versions of the Python Standard Library.