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TubeMogul to Report First Quarter 2016 Financial Results and Host Quarterly Conference Call on Monday, May 9, 2016

Apr 18, 2016 12:00 pm UTC| Business

EMERYVILLE, Calif., April 18, 2016 -- TubeMogul, Inc. (NASDAQ:TUBE), a leading software platform for brand advertising, today announced it will report its first quarter 2016 financial results for the period ended March...

M&I Electric’s IntelliSafe™ Arc-Resistant Switchgear Wins EC&M Magazine Product of the Year Award

Apr 18, 2016 12:00 pm UTC| Business

Second generation IntelliSafeTM Arc-Resistant Switchgear Incorporates Patent Pending Safety Features, 100 Percent PIP Specification Compliance, and Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) Capabilities HOUSTON, April 18,...

Maxim Group LLC Expands Equity Research With the Appointment of a Consumer Analyst

Apr 18, 2016 12:00 pm UTC| Business

NEW YORK, April 18, 2016 -- Maxim Group LLC, a leading full service investment banking, securities and wealth management firm today announced the expansion of its Equity Research Department with the appointment of Tom...

SHAREHOLDER ALERT: Pomerantz Law Firm Reminds Shareholders with Losses on their Investment in Santander Consumer USA Holdings Inc. of Class Action Lawsuit and Upcoming Deadline – SC

Apr 18, 2016 12:00 pm UTC| Business

NEW YORK, April 18, 2016 -- Pomerantz LLP announces that a class action lawsuit has been filed against Santander Consumer USA Holdings Inc. (“Santander” or the “Company”) (NYSE:SC) and certain of its officers. The class...

SHAREHOLDER ALERT: Pomerantz Law Firm Reminds Shareholders with Losses on their Investment in TerraForm Power Inc. of Class Action Lawsuit and Upcoming Deadline – TERP

Apr 18, 2016 12:00 pm UTC| Business

NEW YORK, April 18, 2016 -- Pomerantz LLP announces that a class action lawsuit has been filed against TerraForm Power Inc. (“TerraForm” or the “Company”) (NASDAQ:TERP) and certain of its officers. The class action,...

SHAREHOLDER ALERT: Pomerantz Law Firm Reminds Shareholders with Losses on their Investment in Amaya, Inc. of Class Action Lawsuit and Upcoming Deadline – AYA

Apr 18, 2016 12:00 pm UTC| Business

NEW YORK, April 18, 2016 -- Pomerantz LLP announces that a class action lawsuit has been filed against Amaya, Inc. (“Amaya” or the “Company”) (NASDAQ:AYA) and certain of its officers. The class action, filed in United...

Silver Lake and AltaOne Capital to acquire a 37.6% stake in Cegid Group from Groupama and ICMI

Apr 18, 2016 11:57 am UTC| Business

Silver Lake - AltaOne Consortium will launch a tender offer for the remaining shares Paris, France, April 18, 2016 -- Silver Lake, the global leader in technology investing, and AltaOne Capital LLP, acting in consortium...

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Economy

The US is one of the least trade-oriented countries in the world – despite laying the groundwork for today’s globalized system

Given the spate of news about international trade lately, Americans might be surprised to learn that the U.S. isnt very dependent on it. Indeed, looking at trade as a percentage of gross domestic product a metric...

Beyond the spin, beyond the handouts, here’s how to get a handle on what’s really happening on budget night

Three weeks from now, some of us will be presented with a mountain of budget papers, and just about all of us will get to hear about them on radio, TV or news websites on budget night. The quickest way to find out what...

Johannesburg in a time of darkness: Ivan Vladislavić’s new memoir reminds us of the city’s fragility

Ivan Vladislavić is Johannesburgs literary linkman. He tells us, in the first pages of his new book, The Near North, that before cities were lit, first by gaslight and later electricity, people of means paid torchbearers...

Economist Chris Richardson on an ‘ugly’ inflation result and the coming budget

With Jim Chalmerss third budget on May 14, Australians will be looking for some more cost-of-living relief beyond the tax cuts although they have been warned extra measures will be modest. As this weeks consumer price...

Inflation is slowly falling, while student debt is climbing: 6 graphs that explain today’s CPI

Australias inflation rate has fallen for the fifth successive quarter, and its now less than half of what it was back in late 2022. The annual rate peaked at 7.8% in the December quarter of 2022 and is now just 3.6%, in...

Politics

US Urges China, Russia to Reject AI Control in Nuclear Arms, Align with Global Norms

Paul Dean, a senior U.S. arms control official, emphasized the critical need for China and Russia to join the U.S. in declaring that humans will always decide on the deployment of nuclear weapons, not artificial...

South Africa’s youth are a generation lost under democracy – study

South African president Cyril Ramaphosa recently painted a rosy picture in which the countrys youth democracys children had enormous opportunities for advancement, all thanks to successive post-apartheid governments led...

Sadiq Khan on track for third term as London mayor – but nearly half of Londoners dissatisfied with performance

Polls have consistently shown that the incumbent mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, appears to be on track to win a third term in office at the upcoming mayoral elections on May 2. One poll we commissioned as part of our...

Biden administration tells employers to stop shackling workers with ‘noncompete agreements’

Most American workers are hired at will: Employers owe their employees nothing in the relationship except earned wages, and employees are at liberty to quit at their option. As the rule is generally stated, either party...

Labour can afford to be far more ambitious with its economic policies – voters are on board

To say that the Labour party is flying high in the polls is something of an understatement. But despite its consistent lead against the Tories, the opposition finds itself in a rather odd position: on the cusp of power but...

Science

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...

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...

The rising flood of space junk is a risk to us on Earth – and governments are on the hook

A piece of space junk recently crashed through the roof and floor of a mans home in Florida. Nasa later confirmed that the object had come from unwanted hardware released from the international space station. The 700g,...

Peter Higgs was one of the greats of particle physics. He transformed what we know about the building blocks of the universe

Peter Higgs, who gave his name to the subatomic particle known as the Higgs boson, has died aged 94. He was always a modest man, especially when considering that he was one of the greats of particle physics the area of...

Technology

SHIB, BONK, WIF's Sudden Price Jumps; What's Behind Them?

Recent surges in the cryptocurrency market have caught the attention of traders, particularly with tokens like Shiba Inu (SHIB), Bonk (BONK), and Dogwifhat (WIF) experiencing notable price hikes. Analysts attribute this...

Snowden Issues Final Bitcoin Warning, Takes Aim at Elon Musk and Puppy-Killing Politician

Edward Snowden, the famed whistleblower and advocate for privacy, sent shockwaves across social media platforms with his latest flurry of posts. Targeting Bitcoin developers, tech mogul Elon Musk, and South Dakota Governor...

Samsung Chief Lee Jae-yong Wraps Up Europe Visit, Includes Vatican and Zeiss

Samsung Electronics Chairman Lee Jae-yong returned to Seoul this Friday after a crucial ten-day European trip, where he met with Pope Francis and explored potential business collaborations. The Korea Herald reported...

Bitcoin Thrives: Whales Accumulate Over 47K BTC Amidst Price Rally

Bitcoin experiences a transformative moment as large-scale investors, known as whales, acquire over 47,000 BTC, valued at $2.9 billion, amidst a price retreat. This strategic move marks a pivotal shift in sentiment,...

Kraken Pro Boosts Shiba Inu with New Margin Trading Option

Kraken Pros announcement of Shiba Inus (SHIB) inclusion in its margin trading pairs signifies a significant milestone for the meme-inspired cryptocurrency. This move underscores SHIBs growing prominence within the crypto...