Smart investors know the stock market is a long term game, and trying to seek out companies that can double your money in just a few years time is a fool’s errand. Anything can happen in the short run to upset the best laid plans, but over the longer term, the cream will rise to the top and the best companies will shine.
Month: February 2017
PayPal’s One Touch Is Driving Mobile Growth
Among other information, the release stated, “We’ve seen double digit growth in mobile payment volume for Thanksgiving, Black Friday and during the first eight hours of Cyber Monday.” An increase in shopping from mobile devices was a theme again when PayPal recently reported earnings..
N+1 Singer Increases Accesso Technology Group PLC (ACSO) Price Target to GBX 1,683
The brokerage presently has a “hold” rating on the stock. N+1 Singer’s price target would suggest a potential upside of 5.19% from the company’s previous close.
Vibrant Tate show traces of David Hockney’s artistic journey
It’s not often an artist finds himself occupying 12 rooms of London’s leading museum of British art and the front page of populist tabloid The Sun. But David Hockney is unique.
This black hole is taking a decade to devour a star — and ita s still chewing away
NASA Goddard astronomer Erin Kara discusses the discovery of X-ray echoes from Swift J1644+57, a black hole that shattered a passing star. X-rays produced by flares near this million-solar-mass black hole bounced off the nascent accretion disk and revealed its structure.
Raytheon to provide Navy with satellite processer under $50M contract
Navy PEO C4I provides the fleet with effective and affordable naval information warfare capabilities necessary for warfighters to accomplish their missions, according to the Navy’s website. The Environmental Satellite Receiver Processor is for engineering, production, procurement, in-service engineering agent, and support services, the Defense Department said in a release.
The New Caribbean Patent Convention And Caricom Stasis
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New Lenovo Mobile Workstations At SOLIDWORKS World 2017
As SOLIDWORKS World 2017 opens, Lenovo is announcing three new mobile workstations laptops with the ThinkPad P51s, ThinkPad P51, and ThinkPad P71. All three have common traits such as 4K UHD display, NVIDIA Quadro graphics processor, and Intel processors.
DevOps for Small Organizations | @DevOpsSummit #Agile #DevOps
Ed was demoralized. He had just heard a speaker who would change his life. He knew he needed to change, and he knew what the end goal was.
You can now make smart gadgets and IoT devices that use Bluetooth 5
In a few months, Bluetooth 5 will finally arrive in smartphones and tablets. But you can already test the technology on developer boards being shipped by hardware makers.
Visa Inc. Delivers 25% Revenue Growth
Net operating revenue surged 25% year over year to $4.5 billion, as the payments giant completed its second full quarter with the recently acquired Visa Europe operations included in its results. Service revenue, which is recognized based on payment volume in the prior quarter, rose 17% to$1.9 billion, as payments volume jumped 44% to $1.9 trillion on a constant dollar basis.
Latest Report on Top 10 SDx and Networking Technologies by MarketsandMarkets
According to a new market research report ” Top 10 SDx and Networking Technologies ” , published by MarketsandMarkets, the market is expected to grow at a significant rate between 2015 and 2020/2016 and 2021. Browse 62 market data Tables and 84 Figures spread through 231 P ages and in-depth TOC on ” Top 10 SDx and Networking Technologies ” The growth of this market is propelled by the advent of Internet of Things & proliferation of massive amount of data through connected devices, increasing focus on competitive insights, need for increased business agility & scalability, and growing volume & variety of business data across industry verticals.
Shift4 Announces Unified Commerce Payments for Microsoft Dynamics 365 for Operations
Shift4 partnered with Microsoft value-added distributor Retail Realm to develop a complete integration with Microsoft Dynamics 365 for Operations. The resulting Unified Commerce Payments extension provides retailers the flexibility to implement a secure, integrated payment solution across their entire enterprise – from storefronts to e-commerce, call center, fulfillment and more.
OpenVAS – Vulnerability Assessment install on Kali Linux
This tutorial documents the process of installing OpenVAS 8.0 on Kali Linux rolling. OpenVAS is open source vulnerability assessment application that automates the process of performing network security audits and vulnerability assessments.
Ancient Annular: Dating Joshua’s Eclipse
Astronomy turns up in fascinating junctures in history. Besides just the romantic angle, we can actually pin down contextual events in ancient history if we can tie them in with a spectacle witnessed in the heavens.
BBC’s Planet Earth II comes to Snapchat
BBC’s Planet Earth II comes to Snapchat New version of popular TV show shown in brief online form Check out this story on USATODAY.com: http://usat.ly/2kF8Dm1 LOS ANGELES – The Snapchat app is adding a version of the BBC’s popular Planet Earth series to its growing collection of TV shows, which also includes offshoots of ABC’s ” The Bachelor” and the political show ” Good Luck America .” Planet Earth II has already aired in the United Kingdom, and will debut on TV here on February 18. Snapchatters will find “Planet” in the Discover portion of Snapchat, where videos play.
Universal Basic Income Explained – How a fringe idea could redefine the welfare state
It’s the theory that connects everyone from civil rights leaders to American founding fathers, from left-wing politicians to titans of industry, a dream conceived in left-wing Academia, and possibly realised in Fife. Universal Basic Income , the idea that everyone should be given a set amount of money each month, might seem like a money haemorrhaging fantasy, but it is gaining more traction in mainstream politics.
David Hockney exhibition ‘will change way people view the artist’
The biggest ever retrospective of the work of David Hockney will change the way people see the output of one of Britain’s greatest living artists, according to its curator. The exhibition at the Tate Britain will feature more than 250 pieces of artwork to celebrate his achievement in painting, drawing, photography and video.
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (AMD) Receives “Buy” Rating from Loop Capital
‘s stock had its “buy” rating reaffirmed by investment analysts at Loop Capital in a note issued to investors on Monday. They presently have a $12.00 target price on the semiconductor manufacturer’s stock.
3 High-Yield Dividend Stocks to Avoid This Winter
Dividend stocks are the foundation upon which great retirement portfolios are often built. Inclusive of dividend reinvestment, investors have enjoyed an average return of approximately 7% per year by staying invested in high-quality, dividend-paying stocks over the long run.
Tim Cook Meets Fashion Designer and VizEat Co-Founders on France Tour This Week
Apple CEO Tim Cook is touring France this week and has shared some of his experiences along the trip on Twitter . After making an unexpected visit at the new Apple Store in the port city of Marseille on Sunday, Cook met with Shot on iPhone photographer Jean Claude Luong.
Algorithms crunch calls to health insurer for signs of disease
Did your voice give it away? US start-up Canary Speech is developing deep-learning algorithms to detect if people have neurological conditions like Parkinson’s or Alzheimer’s disease just by listening to the sound of their voice. And it’s found a controversial source of audio data to train its algorithms on: phone calls to a health insurer.
Configurable Microprocessor for Life Essential Devices
As new use cases emerge in the personal electronics market, the processors that run them must evolve to meet the changing requirements. In 1990, the productivity era drove growth in personal computers and laptops.
Japan’s fishing line experiment in space fails to make a catch
After a trash-laden Japanese cargo spacecraft undocked from the International Space Station in late January it still had one task to perform before it burned up in the atmosphere-test an innovative space debris removal technology. The HTV-6 spacecraft left the station on January 27 after delivering 5 tons of food, water, experiments, and more.
Nvidia to power industry supercomputers with new Quadro products
Nvidia has introduced a range of new Quadro products for its Pascal architecture. The products are to transform desktop workstations into supercomputers with capabilities designed for professional workflows.
LibreOffice Updates to 5.3 and Has Lots of New Features
LibreOffice is free, open source suite of documents that just underwent a major upgrade. If you’ve ever considered letting go of your Microsoft Office tools, I think you’ll find this interesting.
Silicon Valley Hedge Fund Takes On Wall Street With AI Trader
Babak Hodjat believes humans are too emotional for the stock market. So he’s started one of the first hedge funds run completely by artificial intelligence.
Special report: Automation puts jobs in peril
The patter of automated machinery fills the air inside wire-basket manufacturer Marlin Steel’s bustling factory in a rugged industrial section of this city. Maxi Cifarelli, 25, of Baltimore, peers through safety goggles at a flat screen, her left knee bent and heel resting on her chair.
European Stocks Decline With Banks Ahead of Draghi Testimony
European stocks fell on Monday, with banking shares surrendering early gains, as concern increased about the region’s political risks and as investors await European Central Bank President Mario Draghi’s testimony at the European Parliament. The Stoxx Europe 600 Index was down 0.6 percent as of 1:56 p.m. in London, after erasing an earlier gain of 0.2 percent.
Investor Ideas Adds to #AI Artificial Intelligence Websites on the…
February 6, 2017 Investorideas.com, a global news source and investor resource covering actively traded sectors announces it has expanded distribution for the Investor Ideas Newswire with the recent addition of AI Investor Ideas http://www.aiinvestorideas.com , featuring news on artificial intelligence, robotics and technology. Investor Ideas was one of the founding members and beta testers for the Grid https://thegrid.io/ AI web developer.
Search goes on for bone marrow match for Alastair
ANDREW and Judy Kim are still searching the globe for a donor for their two-year-old son after he was diagnosed with a rare genetic condition. Mr and Mrs Kim launched an appeal for help in September but the search is still on for a matching donor and their son still needs hospital treatment.
R/GA Announces the Ten Companies Selected for Its IoT Venture Studio UK Program
R/GA Ventures is pleased to announce the ten companies that will participate in its first ever UK-based venture program, the R/GA IoT Venture Studio UK. The companies include a diverse mix of the next generation of entrepreneurs and startups that are using Internet of Things technology to transform everything from food waste to board games.
Quotient Clinical expands into USA through acquisition of SeaView…
Quotient Clinical , the early phase drug development services provider, today announces that it has acquired SeaView Research , expanding its operations into the USA. The acquisition combines Quotient and SeaView’s complementary customer portfolios, and strengthens the early phase clinical experience of the combined business, enabling the company to deliver a broader set of services.
UTStarcom Announces Appointment of Crowe Horwath LLP as its New Independent Auditor
UTStarcom , a global telecommunications infrastructure provider, today announced that it appointed Crowe Horwath LLP as its new independent auditor to complete the fiscal year 2016 audit. On January 19, 2017, UTStarcom announced that it ceased its relationship with its previous independent auditor, GHP Horwath, P.C. .
Emails leaked by hackers reveal David Beckham’s anger at knighthood snub
Hackers behind the leak of emails in which David Beckham complains about being snubbed for a knighthood reportedly demanded one million euro from the sports agency representing him. Beckham was not the explicit target of the hack, a source told the Daily Mirror, but was “caught in the crossfire”.
Automation, robots could replace 250,000 public sector workers in the next 15 years
The report, which addresses the creation of a public services workforce organised around the needs of its users, advocates the reduction of staff in favour of automation and digital technology. Citing analysis by Oxford academics Frey and Osbourne, in which the academics said that admin roles have a 96% chance of being automated by current technology, the report applied their calculations to current public sector numbers.
Singapore Said to Plan Slew of Incentives to Lure Aramco Listing
Singapore is considering a range of measures to lure a listing from energy giant Saudi Arabian Oil Co., according to people familiar with the matter, as global exchanges compete for a slice of what could be the world’s largest-ever initial public offering. The island nation is studying proposals including inviting one of its state investment companies to become a cornerstone investor in Aramco’s IPO, as well as potential Singapore cooperation with the Saudi government on future investments, the people said.
Cultural Replicant Fade #nlpoli
The people of Gambo held their first mummers’ parade the December before last. The Gander Beacon, the weekly newspaper that covers events in Gambo, featured some pictures of the parade and a write-up on it.
UK Firms Lack Board-Level Digital Skills to Deal with Cyber Attacks: Deloitte
Only 5 percent of large U.K. companies say their boards include directors with expertise in information technology or cyber security, even though the vast majority identify hacking and other digital threats as serious risks, a report showed. In the event of a cyber attack, more than half of companies in the FTSE 100 stock index cited contingency, crisis management, or disaster-recovery plans in their annual reports, according to the survey, published Monday by consulting firm Deloitte LLP.
Internet Association upping its presence in New York
The Internet Association, a national trade group representing such companies doing battle in the state as Airbnb, Uber and Lyft, has hired John Olsen as its first New York executive director and is opening a new office near the Capitol in Albany. Internet Association President and CEO Michael Beckerman said the expansion into Albany represents a a signficant addition to the group’s 50-state government affairs program.