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Ryan L. Perry, of Giarmarco, Mullins & Horton, P.C., Named to the 2017 Best Lawyers in America

Oct 13, 2016 10:00 am UTC| Business

TROY, Mich., Oct. 13, 2016 -- Ryan L. Perry has been named as a 2017 Best Lawyer in America in the area of Commercial Litigation. Mr. Perry is a shareholder in the Firm. His area of specialization is commercial...

Digital Signage Market To Reach $29,939.6 Million By 2024: Grand View Research, Inc.

Oct 13, 2016 09:30 am UTC| Business

San Francisco, Oct. 13, 2016 -- The global digital signage market is projected to reach USD 29,939.6 million by 2024, according to a new study by Grand View Research, Inc. Growing demand from end-use industries such as...

Global Automotive Rear Cross Traffic Alert System Market 2016-2020: Urgency in Improving Rear Visibilities - NHTSA Makes Backup Cameras Mandatory by 2018

Oct 13, 2016 08:53 am UTC| Business

Dublin, Oct. 13, 2016 -- Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Global Automotive Rear Cross Traffic Alert System Market 2016-2020" report to their offering. The...

Global Runtime Application Self-Protection Security Market 2016-2020: Increased Number of DDoS Attacks - Key Vendors are Cigital, HP, Veracode & WhiteHat Security

Oct 13, 2016 08:36 am UTC| Business

Dublin, Oct. 13, 2016 -- Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Global Runtime Application Self-Protection Security Market 2016-2020" report to their offering. The...

TowerJazz Schedules Third Quarter 2016 Financial Results and Conference Call

Oct 13, 2016 08:30 am UTC| Business

MIGDAL HAEMEK, Israel, Oct. 13, 2016 -- TowerJazz (NASDAQ:TSEM) (TASE:TSEM), the global specialty foundry leader, will issue its third quarter 2016 earnings release on Tuesday, November 15, 2016. The Company will hold a...

Global Endoscopy Devices Market will reach USD 41,813.42 million in 2021: By Product, Application, Trends and Companies

Oct 13, 2016 07:47 am UTC| Business

Sarasota, FL, Oct. 13, 2016 -- Zion Research has published a new report titled “Endoscopy Devices Market (Endoscopes, Visualization Systems and Operative Devices) for Gastrointestinal Surgeries, Urology/Gynecology...

Seventh Acquisition for Frutarom in 2016

Oct 13, 2016 07:32 am UTC| Business

FRUTAROM ACQUIRES NARDI AROMAS OF BRAZIL, SPECIALIZING IN NATURAL FLAVORS AND HERBAL EXTRACTSFOR THE BEVERAGE INDUSTRYSALES FOR NARDI AROMAS IN THE 12 MONTHS ENDING INAUGUST 2016 TOTALED APPROX. BRL 4.9 M (USD...

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Economy

What should you do if you can’t pay your rent or mortgage?

The cost of living crisis is making it difficult for many people to pay their bills, including housing costs. Private sector rents have increased by an average 9% over the year to February 2024, and rising interest rates...

Reducing energy demand and improving efficiency will help prevent the next gas crisis

Gas prices have relaxed, Europe has come out of the winter with record gas storage levels and a surfeit of liquefied natural gas is set to reach the shores of Europe over the coming years. Many commentators are hopeful...

Minimum wage for South African farm workers: study shows 2013 hike helped reduce poverty even though compliance was poor

Minimum wage policies are typically aimed at reducing poverty. Yet there is little direct evidence of this effect, especially in developing countries. And none for South Africa. In a recent paper, we consider the...

Gas is good until 2050 and beyond, under Albanese gas strategy

The Albanese government is talking up the crucial role of gas as a transition fuel through to 2050 and beyond. In a gas strategy to be released on Thursday, the government envisages the fuels uses would change over...

South Africa’s plan to move away from coal: 8 steps to make it succeed

The South African governments Just Energy Transition Implementation Plan was launched in November 2023. It is a roadmap guiding the country away from reliance on coal-fired power towards renewable energy alternatives by...

Politics

Donald Trump Allegedly Offers Oil Execs a Deal to Scrap EV Incentives for $1B Donation

Former President Donald Trump reportedly proposed a $1 billion deal to oil executives, offering to end electric vehicle (EV) subsidies in return for campaign funding, according to The Washington Post. This move underscores...

US Supreme Court upended decades of precedent in 2022 by allowing voters to vote with gerrymandered maps instead of fixing the congressional districts first

For the 2022 midterm elections, the U.S. Supreme Court allowed Alabama to use congressional districts that violated the law and diluted the voting power of Black citizens. A 5-4 vote by the Supreme Court in February...

Germany lowers voting age to 16 for the European elections

Ahead of the European parliament elections in June, Germany has lowered the age limit on participation to 16. This makes it the largest of just a handful of states in the EU to allow people under the age of 18 to vote....

South Africa will be president of the G20 in 2025: two much-needed reforms it should drive

South Africa will play an important international role in 2025 as president of the G20. The G20 is a group of 19 countries as well as the African Union and the European Union. Between them they represent 85% of global...

What early 2024 polls are revealing about voters of color and the GOP

By the end of winter 2024, the return of Donald Trump to the top of the GOP presidential ticket has revealed a surprising trend in the former presidents base of support: his increasing popularity among Black and Latino...

Science

Why are algorithms called algorithms? A brief history of the Persian polymath you’ve likely never heard of

Algorithms have become integral to our lives. From social media apps to Netflix, algorithms learn your preferences and prioritise the content you are shown. Google Maps and artificial intelligence are nothing without...

IceCube researchers detect a rare type of energetic neutrino sent from powerful astronomical objects

About a trillion tiny particles called neutrinos pass through you every second. Created during the Big Bang, these relic neutrinos exist throughout the entire universe, but they cant harm you. In fact, only one of them is...

The Mars Sample Return mission has a shaky future, and NASA is calling on private companies for backup

A critical NASA mission in the search for life beyond Earth, Mars Sample Return, is in trouble. Its budget has ballooned from US$5 billion to over $11 billion, and the sample return date may slip from the end of this...

Dark matter: our new experiment aims to turn the ghostly substance into actual light

A ghost is haunting our universe. This has been known in astronomy and cosmology for decades. Observations suggest that about 85% of all the matter in the universe is mysterious and invisible. These two qualities are...

A Nasa rover has reached a promising place to search for fossilised life on Mars

While we go about our daily lives on Earth, a nuclear-powered robot the size of a small car is trundling around Mars looking for fossils. Unlike its predecessor Curiosity, Nasas Perseverance rover is explicitly intended to...

Technology

Ex-OpenAI Exec Criticizes Sam Altman's Focus on 'Shiny Products' Over AI Safety Concerns

Former OpenAI executive Jan Leike resigns, criticizing the companys prioritization of shiny products over AI safety, calling out Sam Altmans leadership. Safety vs. Product Focus Leike, the leader of an artificial...

Binance Enhances SHIB, USTC, AGIX Trading and Liquidity for Better Market Dynamics

Binance has announced efforts to enhance liquidity and trading for Shiba Inu (SHIB), USTC, and SingularityNET (AGIX), including tick size adjustments aimed at improving market dynamics and trading experience. Binances...

OpenAI Disbands Team Tackling AI Risks Amid Leadership Changes and GPT-4o Launch

OpenAI has dismantled its Superalignment team, initially formed to address AI risks, following the resignations of key leaders Ilya Sutskever and Jan Leike. OpenAI Disbands Superalignment Team Days After Leaders Resign,...

$73M Crypto Scam: Two Foreign Nationals Arrested for 'Pig Butchering'

The Justice Department prosecuted two Chinese nationals on Friday in a cryptocurrency scam that laundered at least $73 million from deceived victims. Defendants Allegedly Used Shell Corporations to Launder Funds Through...

Tether's $1B USDT Mint Boosts Bitcoin, Eyes on $70K Milestone

Bitcoin has switched its former resistance into support, as Tethers market capitalization continues to rise swiftly in 2024. Tether, the worlds largest stablecoin, has issued another $1 billion, raising its market...