Tag: Mcig

  • Trump doubts success in rebalancing U.S.-China trade as talks get underway

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    Trump, speaking to reporters at the White House, said China had “ripped off” the United States for too long and that he told Chinese President Xi Jinping that “we just can’t do that anymore.” But he praised the efforts of U.S. and Chinese officials to try to rebalance the relationship through trade talks. “Will that […]

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  • Electronics Giant Foxconn Leads $7 Million Series A in Blockchain Identity Startup

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    Digital identity startup Cambridge Blockchain has closed as $7 million Series A round of financing led by Taiwanese manufacturing giant Foxconn’s investment arm. Announced Tuesday, the $7 million financing round also included previous investors Partech and Digital Currency Group, who injected new capital and converted the startup’s outstanding debt in exchange for equity. Partech general partner […]

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  • DR Congo Ebola outbreak spreads to Mbandaka city

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    The Ebola outbreak in DR Congo has spread from the countryside into a city, prompting fears that the disease will be increasingly hard to control. Health Minister Oly Ilunga Kalenga confirmed a case in Mbandaka, a city of a million about 130km (80 miles) from where the first cases were confirmed. The city is a […]

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  • Lifestyle changes may increase chances of pregnancy

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    Following a study linking infertility to dietary habits, gynaecologist Mark Formosa tells Simonne Pace that work still needs to be done on lifestyle education to guide women wishing to have children. A study published in the journal Human Reproduction has suggested that women who eat less fruit and more fast food take longer to get pregnant and are less […]

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  • L.A.’s 20 Hottest Restaurants Right Now (May 2018)

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    THR ranks the town’s buzziest dining spots — from Majordomo to 189 by Dominique Ansel — for the month of May. Though few things are more fickle than the entertainment business, the foodie-focused dining scene that serves it surely fits the bill. Restaurants debut every week, yet their moment in the spotlight often is brutish […]

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  • Summer’s on sale at luxurious Caribbean resorts

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    More often adored for cold weather lures rather than hot weather tours, a summer vacation in the Caribbean is easier on the wallet and a great way to audition an island before spending the big bucks for a winter vacation. There’s no shortage of beach chairs, the best seats in the house are waiting at top-notch […]

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  • Galaxy S9 Offers Fastest Mobile Internet Speeds Ever: Ookla

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    The Samsung Galaxy S9 and Galaxy S9 Plus are the fastest phones ever in terms of supported Internet speeds, according to a new research conducted by wireless analytics company Ookla. The firm’s latest speed test indicates that Samsung’s Android flagships outperform all of their rivals by up to 42-percent in the context of downloading and […]

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  • Evidence for stars forming just 250 million years after Big Bang

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    An international team of astronomers used ALMA to observe a distant galaxy called MACS1149-JD1. They detected a very faint glow emitted by ionised oxygen in the galaxy. As this infrared light travelled across space, the expansion of the Universe stretched it to wavelengths more than ten times longer by the time it reached Earth and […]

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  • 4 Marketing Strategies That Can Increase the Effectiveness of Your Email Opt-in Forms

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    Creating and displaying opt-in forms might not deliver instant results. If your results are less than what you expect, consider increasing your marketing efforts to drive more traffic to your forms (if low traffic is the problem) or changing your offer (if conversion is the problem). In addition, try some of the following tactics to […]

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  • Here’s what drives the price of oil

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    If you’re not an oil analyst, the oil market may seem like a lot to keep up with. Most investors follow either West Texas Intermediate or Brent crude prices. Oil prices are influenced by three major factors: supply, demand and geopolitics President Donald Trump recently made headlines for pulling out of the Iran nuclear deal. Speculation about what would […]

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