Several other research analysts have also weighed in on the company. Jefferies Group LLC set a $950.00 price target on Amazon.com and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Thursday, December 1st.
Day: March 11, 2017
House bill: Employees who decline genetic testing could face penalties
Employers could impose hefty penalties on employees who decline to participate in genetic testing as part of workplace wellness programs if a bill approved by a House committee this week becomes law. Employers, in general, don’t have that power under existing federal laws that protect genetic privacy and nondiscrimination.
Phone looses connection
Hi Often my Voip phone looses connection after 10 or 15 seconds into the conversation. I have a Fibre connection with Bigpipe and 2 Talk as my Telco.
KLA-Tencor Corp (KLAC) Given Outperform Rating at Credit Suisse Group AG
The brokerage currently has a $100.00 target price on the stock, up from their prior target price of $93.00. A number of other equities analysts have also commented on the stock.
New exhibition “June Schwarcz: Invention and Variation” opens at the Renwick Gallery
The inventive designs and technical innovations of pioneering enamelist June Schwarcz transformed 20th-century enameling and profoundly influenced a new generation of artists. Schwarcz created a remarkably varied body of work in a career spanning more than 60 years, continually breaking new ground through developing new processes and incorporating unorthodox influences into her work.
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Before venturing west to capture America’s frontier in paintings and photographs, 19th-century artists explored the eastern landscape, which served as a powerful source of mythmaking for a nation finding its identity in the nineteenth century. However, with the exception of images from the Civil War, photography of the East during the period has never before been the exclusive focus of an exhibition or catalog.
Seamless gene correction of I2-thalassemia mutations in…
I2-thalassemia, one of the most common genetic diseases worldwide, is caused by mutations in the human hemoglobin beta gene. Creation of human induced pluripotent stem cells from I2-thalassemia patients could offer an approach to cure this disease.
Practical Bayesian support vector regression for financial time…
To insert individual citation into a bibliography in a word-processor, select your preferred citation style below and drag-and-drop it into the document. Support vector regression has long been proven to be a successful tool to predict financial time series.
Love-hate relationship complicates feral-hog issue
Texas hunters have a love-hate relationship with the state’s 2.6 million feral hogs, complicating efforts to control the invasive swine that provide recreation and food for many hunters, who support an i industry built around hunting the hogs i that are responsible for significant economic and environmental damage. less Texas hunters have a love-hate relationship with the state’s 2.6 million feral hogs, complicating efforts to control the invasive swine that provide recreation and food for many hunters, who support an … more Feral hogs, as one veteran Texas wildlife scientist with decades of studying and battling to control the invasive swine describes them, are “four-legged fire ants.”
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Senator Bill Nelson visited the Weiss School in Palm Beach Gardens to make the announcement that NASA has selected to use a satellite they built. Students at the school have spent years designing, building, and testing small satellites with the hopes one would go into orbit.
Web creator Tim Berners-Lee speaks out on fake news
World wide web creator Tim Berners-Lee has spoken out about fake news, political advertising and the misuse of personal data. In an open letter to mark the web’s 28th anniversary , he outlined issues he says need to be solved for it to “fulfil its true potential as a tool which serves all of humanity.”
This week in science: rivers in Egypt
Donald Trump has won the presidency after narrowly carrying a few states to put him above 270 electoral votes. But… At his Senate confirmation hearing, Attorney General Jeff Sessions lied under oath that he had never had contact with the… Despite promising to release his tax returns in a televised debate with Hillary Clinton, Donald Trump continues to show that… Looking like a cross between a flying saucer and a ravioli, Saturn’s “shepard moon” Pan, barely 25 miles across, was caught in the blackness of space by NASA’s Cassini spacecraft.
Was Ernest Hemingway a spy?
From action on the battlefield to the running of the bulls, the works of famed author Ernest Hemingway take us on amazing adventures. But Hemingway’s own life was full of adventure too, including a little-known chapter when he was apparently a player in the world of international espionage.
In the thick of it: welcome to virtual-reality movies
FILMGOERS first had to get used to the talkies, then Technicolor, followed by computer-generated special effects and 3D in recent years. Now the latest technology to hit our screens is virtual reality, where the viewer is in the thick of the action alongside the actors.
Chinese police make 96 arrests in latest operation against personal data theft
Main suspects were highly educated technicians with access to vast amounts of private information include account passwords and ID numbers Chinese police have arrested 96 suspects over data theft, in a case that exposes the challenges facing the country from a rampant trade in citizen’s private information, the state broadcaster reported. In one of the biggest operations of its kind, police raided sites in 14 provinces including Anhui, Henan and Liaoning, as well as in Beijing, according to China Central Television.
AirBar adds a few more touchscreen tricks to the MacBook Air
We saw a prototype of the AirBar,an odd but useful device that sits below your MacBook Air’s screen and turn it into a touchscreen, back at CES . But here at SXSW 2017, the company is back with a new model that’s almost ready for production.
Bus plan forces van owners to reroute future
Standing at the van ticket booth at Mor Chit 2 bus terminal waiting for his van’s 14 seats to be filled up, Anun Phutsong is still serving passengers from Bangkok to Ayutthaya despite the government’s ambitious plan to replace all inter-provincial vans with minibuses by this year’s end. Walking away from what he has been doing for the past eight years is not easy.
Police surrounded a home in Henrico’s East End on Friday morning.
It took nine hours, but a standoff in Henrico’s East End finally came to an end Friday afternoon with two people being rushed to the hospital with life-threatening injuries. Police and SWAT units surrounded a Collins Road home after a gunman forced his way inside around 3:00 a.m. It happened not far from Ratcliffe Elementary School.
Japanese Innovation to Play Prominent Role at SXSW Interactive 2017
Japan Factory will bring innovative technology to SXSW 2017 from March 1214, notably including humanoid robots, artificial intelligence, a hologram concert and more. Formed by a collaboration of dedicated leaders in technology, Japan Factory will showcase the latest technology from Japan and a dose of Japanese culture with celebrity speakers, panel sessions, interactive exhibitions, and live entertainment, centered on the theme, ?Hello Synchronicity.”
Saturday Night Attitude Early Dancing to A Couple of Classic Songwriters
Our early show features music spanning the late 60s through the 80s, courtesy of two greats who had birthdays yesterday! We begin the show with the music of Ritchie Cordell , songwriter, singer and record producer who wrote and produced some of the biggest hits of the 60s! Our early show features some classics! Though not well known for his solo work, I figured I’d take you from the beginning to the apex of his career. We’ll begin with Ritchie performing a song given to him early in both their careers by Jerry Landis, aka Paul Simon.
Turning Ordinary Into Extraordinary: Local Kaleidoscope Maker Is a Glass Act
Al Gross is scoping out his next colorful project. Kaleidoscope literally is from the Greek, meaning observation of beautiful forms.
Donatos founder invests in Ohio company’s 3-D pizza printer
The founder of Donatos Pizza is investing in the development of a 3-D printer that can build pizzas with dough, sauce and cheese. The Columbus Dispatch reports Columbus startup BeeHex has raised $1 million to fund the development of a commercial prototype of its Chef 3D machine.
Pass Christian St. Patrick’s Day Parade
Check out the sights and sounds from Pass Christian’s St. Patrick’s Day Parade on Saturday, March 11, 2017. Video footage of wild pigs romping on the salt marsh at the Jacobs Entertainment site in Diamondhead became part of the record during the Mississippi Gaming Commission’s hearing on casino site approval.
Is Daylight Saving Time really needed? If so, why not year-round?
Why do we mess with the circadian rhythm in our bodies by moving clocks back an hour in fall and an hour forward in spring? Do we really need to do this to ourselves? Unless you’re reading this in Arizona, Hawaii, American Samoa, Guam, Puerto Rico or the Virgin Islands, yep, it’s that time again. Time to continue a tradition started in the modern era by Germany in World War I to conserve fuel.
e.l.f. Beauty’s (ELF) “Outperform” Rating Reaffirmed at Cowen and Company
‘s stock had its “outperform” rating reissued by Cowen and Company in a research report issued on Saturday. They currently have a $34.00 target price on the stock, up from their previous target price of $32.00.
Apollo astronaut: ‘You go to heaven when you are born’
On February 27, tech entrepreneur Elon Musk announced that two unnamed people are paying his rocket company, SpaceX, to send them on an auto-piloted trip around the moon in 2018. Later The Washington Post revealed that Amazon.com founder Jeff Bezos and his own rocket company, Blue Origin, had circulated a 2020 moon colonization plan around Capitol Hill.
What’s happened at SXSW, and what’s to come
What’s happened at SXSW, and what’s to come Expect potential political fireworks and pop-up protests. Check out this story on USATODAY.com: http://usat.ly/2mdQNE8 Thousands have flooded into Austin, Texas to experience the 31st Annual South by Southwest Convention and Festivals.
U.K.’s May Battles Party Rebels for Power to Trigger Brexit
U.K. Prime Minister Theresa May is preparing to trigger Brexit but must first pacify rebels within her own governing party. With a vote set for Monday on a bill granting May the authority to open divorce talks with the European Union, some Conservative lawmakers are pushing for Parliament to have a say on what happens if negotiations break down without an agreement.
NASA shocked by amazing discovery at the moon
A new NASA radar technique has just found something astonishing circling the moon many miles away: a long-lost lunar probe launched by India that went missing eight years ago. Chandrayaan-1 is a very small spacecraft that is jut five feet on each size, half the size of a small car, and scientists were able to locate it with a remarkable new method using radar.
China developing lasers to compete with US in ‘light wars’
The night I was snatched from my bedroom window aged 8: Kidnap victim reveals how she was abducted, raped and left to die with her throat cut – before her scribbles helped police solve the case ‘Moments ago I was fired’: High profile New York attorney Preet Bharara is SACKED by Trump administration after refusing to step down in Sessions’ surprise cull of 46 Obama-appointed prosecutors Plot to hit German shopping center with multiple suicide bombers is foiled after police are tipped off about ‘imminent attack’ Trump praises Secret Service for capturing ‘troubled person’ who broke into White House grounds by scaling a fence at midnight Downed bridge splits Big Sur IN HALF: Hundreds are left stranded by storm damage – with supplies being helicoptered in and families forced to live apart Man pleads guilty to attempted murder after stabbing hero US Airman who had stopped a terror attack just … (more)
Sharon Stone shares very rare photo with all three sons
The night I was snatched from my bedroom window aged 8: Kidnap victim reveals how she was abducted, raped and left to die with her throat cut – before her scribbles helped police solve the case Illusionist Criss Angel, 49, is rushed to hospital after upside-down straightjacket trick in Las Vegas show goes horribly wrong High profile New York attorney Preet Bahara REFUSES to hand in his resignation after 46 are told to step down by Attorney General Jeff Sessions Plot to hit German shopping center with multiple suicide bombers is foiled after police are tipped off about ‘imminent attack’ Trump praises Secret Service for capturing ‘troubled person’ who broke into White House grounds by scaling a fence at midnight Downed bridge splits Big Sur IN HALF: Hundreds are left stranded by storm damage – with supplies being helicoptered in and families forced to live apart Man pleads guilty to … (more)
eBay is doubling down on its advertising business, just like Amazon
For years, eBay’s advertising business was something of an afterthought compared to its core commerce operation – so much so that eBay had another company selling ads on its behalf. Company executives say that is all changing.
Chowbotics is a company that wants a robot named Sally to make your salad
Robots are playing an ever-larger part in the food industry, and Chowbotics wants its salad-making robot Sally to make a huge splash. First they came for our burgers, and now, they’re coming for our salads, too.
POWERLESS Season 1 Episode 5 Review: Cold Season
This week’s episode of POWERLESS is all about self-confidence. Though this is definitely an overrun topic in television today, with most shows having a typical “You can do anything!” themed episode somewhere in their season, POWERLESS uses this opportunity to crack jokes about the typical extremes of a low self confidence.
5 Ways Businesses Can Reach ‘Generation Z’
Millennials, that is, those born between the early 1980s and mid-1990s, are a major topic of review among business leaders. In contrast to the narrative of the “me-generation” that came before them, milllennials are typically seen as innovative, reflective individuals withe plenty to offer the workforce.
On the downlow: the comic trio storming your TV
Jarrod Holt keeps a pile of rejection letters on his desk. “That pile never stops growing.
Why sales of Ivanka Trump products surged in February
Ivanka Trump might not be having much luck with her childcare proposal, but the fashion line she founded in 2007 had a good month. Ivanka Trump, daughter of President Trump, speaks with Michelle DeLaune from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children during a meeting on domestic and international human trafficking last month.
Movie Guide: This weekend’s top cinema picks
Heading to the cinema this weekend? Here’s a round up of the best of what’s on show movie-wise around the country. Starring: Tom Hiddleston, Brie Larson, Samuel L. Jackson, John Goodman, Toby Kebbell, John C.Reilly, Corey Hawkins, Jason Mitchell, Jing Tian Do we really need another Kong movie is probably the question you’re asking yourself right now, but for a big-screen reboot, Jordan Vogt Roberts has managed to do the impossible make it seem fresh and relevant to today.
Legendary game developer Tim Schafer tells us why he’s excited for…
Legendary game developer Tim Schafer tells us why he’s excited for more ‘Psychonauts’ games, virtual reality, and the new Nintendo Switch “Psychonauts” is easily my favorite video game of all-time. So I was incredibly excited to talk to Tim Schafer, the 49-year-old founder of San Francisco-based Double Fine Productions and the creative mind behind this incredible game.
Planet Payment Inc (PLPM) Stock Rating Upgraded by Zacks Investment Research
The firm currently has a $4.25 price objective on the stock. Zacks Investment Research’s price target points to a potential upside of 14.56% from the stock’s previous close.