Archive / august - 2018
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Facebook dismantles fake accounts that had thousands interested in a rallyFake users on social media are as common as spam and at least as dangerous as the Internet Research Agency’s (IRA) Russian-bought political ads —...Apple's iPhone X keeps selling as Q3 services revenue soarsPeople just kept scooping up Apple's iPhone X. The company said Tuesday it sold 41.3 million iPhones in its fiscal third quarter. That performance isn't bad...Will New P2P Rules Hit SME Funding?Entrepreneurs and small businesses considering raising money from the peer-to-peer finance sector take note: new regulation may soon make picking up funding in this way...10 things you need to know before the opening bellThe Fed meets. The Federal Open Market Committee is expected to hold its key interest rate in a range between 1.75% and 2% at the...Billionaire Backed Bitcoin Bank Galaxy Digital Now Trading on Toronto Stock ExchangeComing off fresh first quarter losses undeterred, giant cryptocurrency merchant bank, Galaxy Digital, began trading on the Toronto Stock Exchange August, 1, 2018. It is...Former hedge fund manager Novogratz's crypto bank drops in stock market debutCryptocurrency-focused merchant bank Galaxy Digital started trading on a Canadian stock exchange on Wednesday despite cooling investor interest and falling prices this year.The stock opened...PM wants more Danish investmentExpressing deep satisfaction over the existing relation between Bangladesh and Denmark in different areas Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today sought more Danish investment.The prime minister...
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Only 23% of millennials prefer investing to cash—here’s why they’re skeptical of the stock marketMillennials are hesitant to invest in the stock market, according to a new survey from Bankrate: Only 23 percent of those aged 18 to 37...
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SME GROWTH RISES TO 7.2 PCT IN 2017Small and medium enterprises (SMEs) posted a growth of 7.2 per cent to RM435.1 billion in 2017 (2016: 5.2 per cent), across all major economic...Apple breaches $1 trillion stock market valuationSAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Apple Inc (AAPL.O) on Thursday became the first $1 trillion publicly listed U.S. company, crowning a decade-long rise fueled by its...Everything in Slovakia was tailored for the kidnappersPetra Isabel Schlagenhauf is a German attorney who represented the kidnapped Trinh Xuan Thanh before the Vietnamese secret services abducted him and took him to...Malicious Android apps infected with Windows keyloggers pulled from Google PlaySecurity researchers from Palo Alto Networks said this week that the majority of the infected apps were released to Google Play between October 2017 and...The tiny Microsoft Surface Go is available now, and it’s an overachieverThe Surface Go, Microsoft’s latest 2-in-1, is now shipping. I’ve spent the last couple of days with it, and I have come away more impressed...The Future Of The Stock Market And The Future Of The FAANGsThe FAANGs constitute about one-eighth of the S&P 500 Index and can exert a major influence on what happens to the overall index, so their...The Stock Market Is At A CrossroadsThe stock market is coming to the end of the second quarter earnings season, and for many companies, the impact of corporate tax reform bolstered...China dethroned by Japan as world's second-biggest stock market Read more at: //economictimes.indiatimes.com/articleshow/65252941.cms?utm_source=contentofinterest&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=cppstChina just lost its ranking as the world’s number two stock market. After a Thursday slump, Chinese equities were worth $6.09 trillion, according to data compiled...Trade war costs China its stock market rankingThe trade war between the U.S. and China has had one major effect – losses in Chinese equities have taken their cumulative value down to...China loses status as world's second-largest stock market amid trade war with USChinese shares ceded their ranking as the second-largest stock market in the world to Japan, the Financial Times reported on Friday.Chinese stocks were worth a...
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Apple's Cook calls $1 trillion value 'milestone,' says result of corporate valuesIn a memo to employees seen by Reuters, Cook was typically humble in acknowledging Apple's achievement, noting the high-water mark is a "significant milestone" of...
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SMEDA discusses SME sector issuesSmall and Medium Enterprises Development Authority (Smeda) Provincial Chief Mukesh Kumar held a meeting to discuss the issues faced by the SMEs and new entrepreneurs...Elon Musk Makes $82 Billion Gambit to Silence Tesla CriticsThe wild tweet hit Wall Street at precisely 12:48 p.m. Tuesday -- and things just keep getting wilder.Seemingly out of the blue, Elon Musk proclaimed...Even the Galaxy Note 9’s marketing materials are leaking nowWe’re just two days away from the Samsung Unpacked event where the company is expected to release the Galaxy Note 9, and the leaks just...Apple tells lawmakers iPhones are not listening in on consumers(Reuters) - Apple Inc told U.S. lawmakers on Tuesday that its iPhones do not listen to users without their consent and do not allow third-party...Stocks close higher as earnings news trumps trade-war fear; Tesla soars 11% on Musk’s going-private tweetU.S. stocks closed higher Tuesday as investors continued to brush aside anxiety over the trade war between the U.S. and China and instead focus on...Four reasons why the stock market has ignored the noise and is nearing another recordFrom tweets to tech to trade wars, investors have had multiple reasons to bail out of stocks this year. Instead, the S&P 500 is just...
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I TRIED MAGIC LEAP AND SAW A FLAWED GLIMPSE OF MIXED REALITY’S AMAZING POTENTIALhen you write about augmented reality headsets, you’re supposed to start by describing something impossible — like a pastel dinosaur stomping its feet in a...
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Galaxy Note 9 Last-Minute Rumors: Release Date, Specs and MoreWe're about to find out just how Samsung follows up on the Galaxy Note 8. Samsung today (Aug. 9) is set to pull back the...They joined tens of thousands outside government headquarters in scorching temperaturesTens of thousands of protesters rallied against the ruling Social Democrat (PSD) government on Friday in cities across Romania and the capital Bucharest where riot...Traxo to release SME solutionTravel data aggregation and itinerary intelligence specialist Traxo has announced that it will debut a new solution designed to help SMEs monitor and manage their...Blog: Bistro owner rediscovered his love for Slovakia abroadI started working as a dishwasher in Scotland and slowly moved my way upI worked for a very intimate, family business on the Island of...How Elon Musk's Twitter Blocking Could Land Him In SEC TroubleElon Musk’s tweet Tuesday announcing that he was “considering taking Tesla private” may have been illegal—but not for the reasons many people think.Using Twitter to...Samsung unveils its latest smartwatch — the Galaxy WatchSamsung is back with a new smartwatch and fresh branding. The company announced its Galaxy Watch at its annual Galaxy Note phone event today. It...The stock-market rally deserves Wall Street’s respect, says Raymond James market analystBend the knee. Kiss the ring. Whatever you do, pay the U.S. equity benchmarks their due. At least that’s the CliffsNotes version of a Thursday...10 things you need to know before the opening bell (DBX, TSLA, BAC)Here is what you need to know.The Turkish lira continues its plunge. It hit an all-time low against the dollar on Friday after the European...Traders are expecting a big stock market move soon: 'There are a lot of bets across the table'Will there be a summer swoon, or a rocket rally? Markets are wound tight, despite a typical seasonal slowdown.It's the second week of August. There's...
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Women at top of their game in SME industryCAPE TOWN - The Western Cape has seen an increase in women-owned products and brands, as well as higher turnover and increased growth than in...Industry news in briefAs the summer season continues, our latest industry round-up features the news that Thomas Cook insurance customers can now access mobile consultations with a UK-based...Top 3 things to see in Špania DolinaŠpania Dolina is a small village near Banská Bystrica, popular among tourists for its romantic and historic atmosphere. It was one of the mining towns...Ctg Women SME Expo starts Oct 15The month-long 12th International Women SME Expo Bangladesh would start from October 15 at the port city’s Polo ground.Chittagong Women Chamber of Commerce and Industry...If we do not resist evil, we go along with itIn recent weeks and months, Trump administration officials have faced increased hostility from the American public. Most notably, the owner of a Virginia restaurant refused...Plane crashes after 'unauthorized take-off' from SeaTac airport, officials sayA Horizon Air passenger plane crashed on an island in Puget Sound Friday night, not long after a suspect conducted an "unauthorized take-off" from Seattle-Tacoma...What to know about Samsung's new Note 9Samsung is sticking to its tested formula for the Note 9, its newest high-end smartphone. The company unveiled the latest addition to its Galaxy smartphone...Victory II Makes Maiden Call in TorontoLast week, PortsToronto welcomed the M/V Victory II into the Port of Toronto, marking the ship’s first visit to Toronto and inaugural voyage on the...What Happened in the Stock Market TodayThe Trade Desk nails it againThe Trade Desk wowed investors with impressive second-quarter revenue and profit growth, sending shares soaring 37.1%. The supplier of programmatic...Asian shares down on trade anxiety; lira, rouble hit by economic worriesAsian stock markets fell on Friday amid heightened global trade tensions, while currency markets were whipsawed by a searing selloff in Russia's rouble after the...
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Musk’s fight with short sellers advanced by first lawsuit over Tesla’s going-private teaseAt least one hurting Tesla shareholder has filed a lawsuit against the electric-car maker and Elon Musk in the wake of the CEO’s stock-roiling remarks...IT industry comes together in WashingtonAs it does each year, the IT industry gathered for the annual CompTIA ChannelCon conference from July 31 through Aug. 2. This year’s event was...Del Rio: 'Create Quality Demand that Outstrips Supply Growth'A deployment shuffle for 2019 for Norwegian Cruise Line will help drive earnings performance, according to NCLH President and CEO Frank del Rio.The news start...‘Ecuador seeks SME cooperation with Korea’Ecuadorian Minister of Industries and Productivity Eva Garcia Fabre visited Korea last week to strengthen bilateral commercial ties and introduce investment opportunities in Ecuador. She came...The $1 trillion SMESmall &Medium Enterprise in Nigerian is defined as any business concern with less than N100m turnover per annum and has less than 300 employees. The...FBI seeks motive after U.S. airline worker steals plane, crashes itA Horizon Air ground service agent got into a Bombardier Q400 turboprop aircraft on Friday night in a maintenance area at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport and...‘Fallout 76’ Turns Griefers Into Wanted Murderers and ‘Interesting Content’Since its debut at E3 2018 in June, “Fallout 76” has mystified some fans of Bethesda Game Studios’ post-apocalyptic role-playing series. It’s not a purely...Alaska Seafood Industry Braces for China Tariff PainAlaska fishermen are used to coping with fickle weather and wild ocean waves. Now they face a new challenge: the United States' trade war with...Stock Market Report: BroncosIs it me, or does the off-season seem to get longer every year? Sure, we’ve got free agency, then the draft, but it sure felt...Doom Eternal ushers in idTech 7, bloody new powersFriday's QuakeCon keynote included a 15-minute Doom Eternal gameplay premiere, showing off the idTech7 engine in action for the first time. As predicted after its...Bangladesh Bank quests for transparent officialsBangladesh Bank is highly worried about the lack of transparency among officials holding important posts in the commercial banks. According to the perceptions of Bangladesh Bank...
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Genting Announces Partnership with Okinawa Agricultural Cooperative AssociationGenting Cruise Lines has become the exclusive cruise partner of Okinawa Agricultural Cooperatives Association (JA Okinawa) and Leospo Incorporated (Leospo Inc.) with the three parties...Cannabis industry grows as source of campaign fundsIf you’re running for public office in New Mexico and need to raise money, there are traditional sources of campaign funds from the business world....Euro, emerging market currencies fall on Turkey's economic woesTurkey's lira clawed back some losses on Monday from a record low 7.24 lira per dollar TRYTOM=D3 after the country's central bank said it would...Android Pie update: which phones are getting it and whenHTC isn’t bowing out of the mobile business anytime soon. We believe Google’s acquisition will do something good for the brand. A number of changes...Vimeo just decided to remove content from InfoWars conspiracy theorist Alex JonesVimeo has removed Alex Jones' InfoWars from its platform for violating the company's Terms of Service standards, a Vimeo spokesperson told Business Insider on Sunday.The...Auto industry caught in the trade war crosshairsCustoms agents in Shanghai have refused to release a shipment of American-made Mercedes-Benz SUVs because of what they have described as a "safety risk."Ostensibly, the...Plunge in Lira, Turkey’s Currency, Fuels Fears of Financial ContagionTurkey’s currency fell to another record low on Monday, hitting stocks in Europe and Asia and raising fears that the country is on the verge...Goldman lays out a scenario that could see the stock market surgeGoldman Sachs predicts the markets will not move much into year-end, but some of the firm's clients are saying the S&P 500 could rally sharply...Market Week Ahead: 10 factors that will keep traders busy next weekBulls continued to dominate Dalal Street for the third consecutive week as the Nifty and Sensex hit fresh intraday record highs of 11,495.20 and 38,076.23,...
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Splitting Tesla, Transitioning Shares, Updating The Board — #TeslaPrivate PossibilitiesToday’s blog post from Tesla CEO & Chairman Elon Musk confirmed my WAG about the cost of going private. It is somewhere between $0 and...Oceania Announces 'Re-Inspiration' of R-Class ShipsOceania Cruises has announced its Oceania NEXT initiative, described as array of dramatic enhancements designed to elevate the guest experience.The program includes a $100 million...10 things you need to know before the opening bell"The Central Bank will closely monitor the market depth and price formations and take all necessary measures to maintain financial stability, if deemed necessary," the...
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Turkish Lira rebounds to help global shares regain footingWorld share markets regained their footing on Aug. 14 as the threat from the collapse of the Turkish lira ebbed and reassuring German data offset...Samsung is making its own smart speakerSamsung's wading into the smart speaker market with an entirely new product called the Galaxy Home.The speaker has a large, rounded body and sits on...No, you don’t want a first-gen 5G smartphone5G smartphones are still months away, but the carriers are already shouting about their fresh new handsets. Sprint joined the 5G hype club today, announcing...How to Use Amazon Echo as Your Home Security SystemIf you’re renting, you may not be able to install a traditional wired security system—and if you live in a small space, you probably won’t...Fastest Growing Cruise Market is the MedThe Mediterranean accounted for nearly 20 percent of the global cruise capacity in 2013. What followed was a cliff of sorts, with the region shrinking...Turkey currency crisis: What it means for stock market and 401(k)sJust as the bull market for stocks is set to become the longest in history, U.S. investors are confronted with another crisis from a far...Washington Big tech's takeover of the stock market is ‘greatly exaggerated,’ Oppenheimer says"The report of my death is greatly exaggerated," Mark Twain wrote to a newspaper when it was inaccurately reported he'd died, before his actual death...BEPZA export sees record growth in last fiscalExport of eight export processing zones of Bangladesh Export Processing Zones Authority (BEPZA) have seen all-time record high export of 19.66 per cent growth in...BEPZA export up by 19.66pc, hits record highBangladesh Export Processing Zones Authority (BEPZA)’s eight EPZ zones have achieved a record high growth rate in export by 19.66pc during the current fiscal year...
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Australian teen sparks FBI action after hacking Apple: mediaAn Australian teenager has pleaded guilty to hacking into the main computer network of technology giant Apple Inc , downloading big internal files and accessing...Panasonic Will Survive Its Tesla CodependencyIf you’ve been tied to the hype around Tesla Inc., it can feel difficult to untether. But Panasonic Corp., one of the carmaker’s longest-standing associates...Wärtsilä Equipped Canadian Ferry: Minimal Environmental ImpactThe Armand-Imbeau II has been delivered to Société des traversiers du Québec (STQ). The ship was built at Chantier Davie Canada shipyard and will run...Trump thinks his tariffs are saving the US steel industryPresident Donald Trump believes his divisive metals tariffs will save the American steel industry — despite any pain the duties have caused so far.In an...The Day The Stock Market Music DiedThe U.S. stock bull market is alive and wellWhile a breakout by the S&P 500 Index above its January peak remains elusive, it seems only...Stock market surges after China trade talk news, Walmart salesThe Dow notched its biggest point gain since April on Thursday as investors welcomed strong sales from retail giant Walmart and news that the U.S....
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Banks no longer using SBCI's SME loan schemeThe country's main banks have stopped using a State fund set up to channel low cost finance to SMEs, because lenders can access cheap money...Slovaks receive the European “science Oscar”Slovakia has acquired the European version of a “scientific Oscar”, when the European Research Council (ERC) approved and endorsed finance for a project by Ján...Netflix is testing video promos that play in between episodesNetflix’s latest test feature is a video promo that plays in between episodes of a series you’re watching. The test is only appearing for select...White House counsel reported to be cooperating extensively with Mueller probePresident Donald Trump on Saturday claimed that his administration has been "transparent" in special counsel Robert Mueller’s probe into Russian interference in the election and...YouTube’s most famous camera guy did the iPhone X vs Galaxy Note 9 shootout we’ve been waiting forCasey Neistat is a YouTube vlogger in a class of his own. His daily life-in-New York videos are insanely popular, in no small part because...Behind the wheel of a Tesla Model 3: It’s a giant iPhone — for better and worseI joined a buddy recently to fawn as he received his long-delayed Tesla Model 3. When we first climbed in, the radio was blaring —...Trump backed 'space force' after months of lobbying by officials with ties to aerospace industryWhen President Trump spoke to Marines at Air Station Miramar in San Diego on March 13, he threw out an idea that he suggested had...Vik Seeing More and Longer Cruise CallsLocated at the heart of the Sognefjord, Vik will see 13 calls and just over 7,000 cruise guests this season, which goes from early May...Dow logs highest close since February on optimism over trade talksU.S. stocks rallied for a second session Friday, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average closing at its highest since February as optimism that the U.S....Opinion: Three ‘tiebreakers’ that will determine if stock market bulls or bears are rightI recently wrote: “This S&P 500 chart shows the market is at a critical juncture.” Since then, I have received emails and phone calls from...
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Summit's investment in Singapore jolts business arenaForbes magazine has recently unveiled a list of the richest magnates in Singapore. Summit Group's Chairman Aziz Khan has been named on this list exposed...
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Mexico, US NAFTA talks to resumeUS and Mexican trade negotiators are close to squaring away bilateral differences on the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) and will resume talks on...
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Caspian seaport Aktau trying to benefit from BRIWith the outlines of its six idle cranes obscured by thick fog and pouring rain, Kazakhstan's Caspian seaport Aktau seems an unlikely stop on China's...
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Stock Market News For Aug 27, 2018Markets closed sharply higher on Friday with the S&P 500 and Nasdaq closing at highs after Fed Chairman Jerome Powell affirmed central bank’s current pace...SME Steel Named California Specialty Contractor of the YearENR’s editors have selected SME Steel as the 2018 California Specialty Contractor of the Year.Founded in 1992, the firm is helping provide the bones of...New 2018 iPhones, iPad Pros, Macs and more: Everything Apple is expected to announce soonSeptember approaches and we are preparing for Apple season.If Apple follows its usual schedule, the company is gearing up for a big event during the...Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Review – It’s Almost Too GoodWhat can’t this phone do?Back when the original Gears of War launched for the Xbox 360 in 2006, reviews of the game quickly became a...Embattled news industry finds allies in ivory towerFrom “fake news” to the loss of readers and advertisers, the list of challenges facing the media sector is long and daunting. Enter the new...Stock Market Setting Up For A Bigger Pullback - Part IOur researchers at Technical Traders Ltd. have identified a potential in the markets that many people may have overlooked or are not prepared for. The...
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Asian shares rise after record highs on Wall StreetHANGHAI (Reuters) - Asian shares rose early on Monday, taking support from Wall Street's gains on Friday after U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell said...
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Tesla debuts - then pulls - portable Qi wireless charger with ho-hum specsIn a rare piece of recent news about Tesla Motors that didn't center on the increasingly erratic behavior of founder/CEO Elon Musk or his quixotic,...Defence Ministry to protect insignia of Armed ForcesThe Defence Ministry will take steps to protect the identification symbols of the Slovak Armed Forces, Defence Minister Peter Gajdoš announced on August 28 in...Bangladesh Bank OKs Dhaka Stock Exchange's proposal to receive money from Chinese partnerThe central bank of Bangladesh has approved the Dhaka Stock Exchange's proposal to receive about 10 billion taka from a Chinese consortium that bought its...Bangladesh Bank OKs Dhaka Stock Exchange's proposal to receive money from Chinese partnerThe central bank of Bangladesh has approved the Dhaka Stock Exchange's proposal to receive about 10 billion taka from a Chinese consortium that bought its...You don't need four times as many pixels as 4K. But maybe you want them anyway.Ready or not, the first 8K TV widely available to the public will go on sale this fall.The Q900 will be Samsung's best QLED TV...China Is Second Largest Source Market for Expedition CruisesThe future of adventure travel may end up being found in China, which has become the second largest source market for expedition cruise guests.HHTravel is...
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Princess Inspires Malaysian Agents with Cooking ChallengePrincess Cruises held a cooking challenge for travel agents in Malaysia as part of its ongoing relationship-building program with the local travel industry community, according...Bangladesh postponed manpower export to LebanonBangladesh Ambas-sador to Lebanon Abdul Motaleb Sarker told that they have not "stopped" exporting manpower to Lebanon but rather "postponed" it, reports Arab News. Bangladesh...