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Too Little Too late
In One of the more unsavvy political moves we’ve ever seen, Democratic presidential hopeful Michael Bloomberg’s company, Bloomberg LP sent a memo sent to employees on Tuesday afternoon, ahead of Bloomberg’s second debate appearance, describing its “zero tolerance” policy for harassment, while announcing a new mandatory program to prevent harassment. […]
U.S. retail sales expected to top $3.9 trillion in 2020 despite ‘wild cards’: NRF
Economic Indicators7 hours ago (Feb 26, 2020 01:28PM ET) (C) Reuters. FILE PHOTO: People shop at Macy’s Herald Square during early opening for the Black Friday sales in Manhattan, New York City (Reuters) – U.S. retail sales are expected to rise between 3.5% and 4.1% to more than $3.9 trillion […]
The Next Generation of Batteries Could Be Built by Viruses
Belcher’s process matches DNA sequences with elements on the periodic table to create a sped-up form of unnatural selection. Coding the DNA one way might cause a virus to latch on to iron phosphate, but, if the code is tweaked, the virus might prefer cobalt oxide. The technique could be […]
The Phil Flynn Energy Report: February 26, 2020
Oil prices failed to come back as coronavirus fear will not go away. A stark warning from the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) that it’s a matter when, not if the virus will spread caused more panic in the trade. Talk that the U.S. had the virus contained did little […]
Oil At 13 Month Low, More Downside To Come?
Oil At 13 Month Low, More Downside To Come? Aggressive selling continues in oil as fears deepen that the rapid spread of coronavirus will lead to a global pandemic and potentially to a global recession. US Crude oil is trending lower for its fourth straight session with few signs that […]
This Clever Robotic Finger Feels With Light
“Extracting information out of those 1,000 signals in an analytical way–it’s very, very hard to do,” says Ciocarlie, who developed the system. “I would venture to say that it’s impossible without modern machine learning.” Courtesy of Columbia University Machine learning comes into play when they’re calibrating the system. They can […]
Chinese Hospitals Deploy AI to Help Diagnose Covid-19
Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University in Wuhan, China, is at the heart of the outbreak of Covid-19, the disease caused by the new coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 that has shut down cities in China, South Korea, Iran, and Italy. That’s forced the hospital to become a testbed for how quickly a modern […]
German economy nears stagnation in first quarter with coronavirus outbreak
Economic Indicators2 hours ago (Feb 26, 2020 04:56AM ET) BERLIN (Reuters) – Germany’s economy is nearing stagnation in the first quarter due to the coronavirus outbreak, the DIW economic institute said on Wednesday, adding that German industry would be particularly hit if the virus continued to spread worldwide. DIW said […]
Crude Oil Feb. 26 Update
Crude Oil: This support area looks really weak but we will take it a day at a time. Original Post Crude Oil Feb. 26 Update Disclaimer: All opinions expressed in this blog are solely for information or educational purposes. The blog material does not constitute investment or trading advice. The […]