In this Sept. 3, 2014 file photo, people wait in line to sign up for unemployment in Atlantic City, N.J. The proportion of men in their prime working years who have a job has been steadily declining _ and holding back the United States’ growth potential.
Day: January 8, 2017
LG Electronics to decide on building new plant in US by H1
LG Electronics’ newly-appointed CEO Jo Seong-jin said Sunday that the South Korean electronics maker will finalize its decision on setting up its first home appliance manufacturing plant in the US within the first half of this year. “We’ve been considering the possibility of building a new plant in the US for a long time,” Jo said during a press conference at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas.
‘Smart stores’ boast robots, interactive shelving
This photo provided by SoftBank Robotics America demonstrates a shopping experience with SoftBank Robotics’ humanoid robot called Pepper, waving at right.
Oil Bulls Hall, Andurand Ride OPEC Cut to Double-Digit Gain
Andy Hall’s Astenbeck Capital Management LLC fund surged 8.1 percent in December, according to an investor letter. Pierre Andurand’s Andurand Capital posted a 6.8 percent gain, said a person familiar with the performance who asked not to be identified because the information isn’t public.
London Breaks Annual Air Pollution Limits Five Days Into 2017
London broke the annual limit for air pollution just five days into 2017, according to data from the capital’s main monitoring system. A site on Brixton Road in south London surpassed hourly limits for nitrogen dioxide concentrations 24 times so far this year, breaking the European Union’s annual permitted limit of 18 breaches, according to provisional data on King’s College London’s Air Quality Network website.
Brent Oil Closes at 18-Month High After Positive U.S. Jobs Data
Brent oil rose to the highest close in almost 18 months after U.S. government data showed strong job and wage gains while Kuwait and Saudi Arabia signaled they are curbing output. Futures climbed a third day after Labor Department data showed that the world’s biggest crude-consuming country added 156,000 jobs in December, while wages rose the most since 2009.
iQ: smartparent
IQ: SMARTPARENT equips parents and caregivers with the knowledge and tools they need to successfully guide their children in the use of digital media and technology. The three-part series addresses children’s media consumption – from helping them discern between fiction and reality to safeguarding their online identities.
Apple’s iPhone marks 10th anniversary
The iPhone, the device that redefined the mobile phone and has helped make Apple the most valuable company in the world, marks its 10th anniversary on Monday. It was on January 9, 2007, that late Apple founder and chief executive Steve Jobs went on stage at the company’s Macworld event to announce the tech giant was to reveal “an iPod, a phone and an internet communicator” – but rather than three separate products being revealed, one of the first truly smart phones was unveiled.
Phones at CES 2017 a warmup for what’s to come
A soon-to-be released new BlackBerry smartphone, name and price yet to be revealed, is shown off behind closed doors at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas on January 4, 2017. CES may be lean on phones this year, but the 17 we saw pointed out some trends that will help define handsets through 2017, especially as we head into next month’s Mobile World Congress , the phone world’s best and biggest show.
4 Reasons to Choose Walmart Over Amazon
The internet changed the world. Nowhere is this more evident than in the retail industry, where Amazon.com seems to be unstoppable.
NAD M50.2 Digital Music Player
NAD’s new music server and network player features WiFi and ethernet networking, 2 USB inputs, Bluetooth AptX along with a CD slot on the front for either ripping or simply playing a disc. Inside are two 2TB hard drives–one for storing music and the other for automatic backup in case the first one fails.
ACER Predator 21 X Curved Screen Notebook Arriving this Quarter
ACER Predator 21 X a curved screen notebook showcased back in September. However, at this year’s Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Nevada, ACER announced that the unit has started shipping and will be available very as soon as this month in North America and February in China.
ACER Launches New Aspire V Nitro and VX Notebooks
Global electronics brand ACER just announced new performance oriented devices. The Aspire V Nitro and the Aspire VX notebooks are at the forefront of these devices.
Lenovo Comes out with Ultrathin and UltraSlim Thinkpad X1 Carbon
At this year’s Consumer Electronics Show world renown brand Lenovo Dazzles with some great new devices. One of them is the ultra thin and ultra slim Thinkpad X1 Carbon .
The ethics of ‘Snowflake babies’: Is adoption the answer to unused frozen embryos?
They’re sometimes called “Snowflake” babies – children who were once frozen as embryos in a thin cane of liquid nitrogen. They were created when their biological parents used in vitro fertilization in their quest to conceive a child, and these embryos were the leftovers, the ones that didn’t get used.
Bureau of Land Management begins busy season of horse roundups in Utah
The Salt Lake Tribune) Wild horses from Utah’s Swasey herd are rounded up by Cattoor Livestock Roundup Co in the West Desert near the Swasey Mountains Thursday February 14, 2013. Under the Bureau of Land Management operation 50 miles west of Delta, helicopter wranglers will gather 262 horses.
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Admission is free on Saturdays, Sundays, Tuesdays and Thursday through the month of February. Admission to Hamill Family Play Zoo is also free.
Next-generation mirror analyzes faces and prints out customized makeup sheets
Panasonic Corp. is developing a “magic” mirror for 2020 that will use nanotechnology for high-definition TVs to offer advice on how to become more beautiful. The aim of the Snow Beauty Mirror is “to let people become what they want to be,” said Panasonic’s Sachiko Kawaguchi, who is in charge of the product’s development.