Patrick
@Patrick
423 posts
Joined on 26 Mar 2018
Patrick upvoted the following post almost 3 years ago:
Minnie @Minnie - almost 3 years ago
Meta shares plummet 20% after posting rare profit decline
New York (CNN Business) Facebook rattled investors on Wednesday by posting a rare profit decline, driven by the company's heavy spending on its vision for a so-called metaverse while simultaneously confronting advertising challenges on its existing services.The company, f...continued
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Joe @Joe - almost 3 years ago
How to Tell If Your Vinyl Collection Is Actually Worth Cash
No matter how hard they tried, the killjoys and technophiles of the world simply could not kill off vinyl records. Every time a new audio technology hit the market, predictions of the Death of Vinyl would follow—and when Compact Discs arrived 40 years ago, it seemed like ...continued
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Alexander @Alexander - almost 3 years ago
Business Updates: Exxon Mobil Reports $8.9 Billion Profit as Oil Prices Soar
Esther George, the president and chief executive of the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City.Credit...Daniel Brenner/BloombergFederal Reserve officials are preparing to pull back their economic help as inflation remains stubbornly high and the labor market swiftly heals, a...continued
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Priscilla @Priscilla - almost 3 years ago
Sovecon ups its forecast for Russia's 2021/22 wheat exports - Reuters
MOSCOW, Jan 31 (Reuters) - Sovecon, one of the leading agriculture consultancies in Moscow, on Monday raised its forecast for Russia's wheat exports by 200,000 tonnes to 34.3 million tonnes in the current 2021/22 marketing season which ends on June 30.Russia is the world'...continued
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Patrick @Patrick - almost 3 years ago
How I booked a trip to see the northern lights with points and miles
Seeing the northern lights is a bucket list item for many people — and given the touristy nature of such an expedition, most of the locations ranked among the “best places to see the northern lights” have become expensive. That’s for people who are paying cas…
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Samira Tasnim @stasnim17 - almost 3 years ago
7 Reasons Why You Should Eat A Healthy Breakfast
While consistently studies are being delivered that go against existing dietary guidance, one piece of shrewdness stays steady: Having a healthy meal after awakening may be the absolute most significant food choice of your day. While specific eating regimens might advocat...continued
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sungtaek @sungtaek - almost 3 years ago
Two methods for making Starbucks keto drinks.
Today, we will share how to make keto drinks at Starbucks.I eat it in two ways.One is spread espresso.The other is to add whipped cream rather than syrup.Will we discover individually?Making margarine espresso at Starbucks!Starbucks is an extraordinary spot to make spread...continued
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Izaiah @Izaiah - almost 3 years ago
5 digital tools that save me thousands of dollars a year as a small-business owner
Jen Glantz is an entrepreneur and the founder of Bridesmaid for Hire. She says she regularly uses digital tools to keep her business organized and running smoothly. Glantz uses Rebump to schedule follow-up emails and FloDesk for e...continued
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Abbie @Abbie - almost 3 years ago
Easing supply bottlenecks give German business 'glimmer of hope' - Reuters
Christmas shoppers wear masks and fill Cologne's main shopping street Hohe Strasse (High Street) during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic in Cologne, Germany, December 12, 2020. REUTERS/Wolfgang Rattay/File PhotoBERLIN, Jan 25 (Reuters) - German business morale ...continued
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Maureen @Maureen - almost 3 years ago
Julius Baer to sell Wergen wealth management business - Reuters
ZURICH, Jan 3 (Reuters) - Julius Baer (BAER.S) has agreed to sell Wergen & Partner Wealth Management to its management, the Swiss private bank said on Monday.Julius Baer, which acquired Zurich-based Wergen in February 2017, said the company has always been profitable ...continued
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Cynthia @Cynthia - almost 3 years ago
EXCLUSIVE TikTok owner ByteDance's revenue growth slowed to 70% in 2021 - sources
TikTok owner ByteDance saw its revenue grow 70% year on year to about $58 billion in 2021, slower growth than a year earlier as China tightens its regulation of big tech companies.According to two people familiar with the matter the numbers were revealed to a small gro...continued
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Teagan @Teagan - almost 3 years ago
Hitting the Books: What autonomous vehicles mean for tomorrow's workforce
In the face of daily pandemic-induced upheavals, the notion of "business as usual" can often seem a quaint and distant notion to today's workforce. But even before we all got stuck in never-ending Zoom meetings, the logistics and transportation sectors (like much of Ameri...continued
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Joe @Joe - almost 3 years ago
Iraq schedules crude shipments for March loading amid strong demand-oil official - Reuters
A general view of the gas field in Basra , Iraq, August 26, 2017. Picture taken August 26, 2017. REUTERS/Essam Al-SudaniBAGHDAD, Jan 23 (Reuters) - Iraq has already scheduled some oil shipments for loading in March due to projections of strong demand, Ali Nizar, deputy he...continued
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Bart @Bart - almost 3 years ago
That Walmart VR shopping video is old news — but so is the metaverse
There’s a video doing the rounds on Twitter today that supposedly shows “how Walmart envisions Shopping in the #Metaverse.” In it, a virtual avatar browses shelves of virtual groceries, picking and tossing items into a shopping cart with all the grace of stop motion skele...continued
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Akash Pal @Akash01 - almost 3 years ago
Get Paid To Use Facebook, Twitter, And YouTube
If you know how to Tweet, like a Facebook post, or submit a video to YouTube (it’s simple, and we’ll show you how), today’s open job might be the easiest money you’ve ever made.Job Description: Earn money by assisting businesses in posting material to their social media s...continued
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Priscilla @Priscilla - almost 3 years ago
Gaming Giant Unity Wants to Digitally Clone the World
+++lead-in-textIn video games, non-playable characters can be somewhat clueless. An NPC might wander across a city block and face-plant into a streetlamp, and then maybe vanish the next block over. NPCs leap into player-characters’ punches or commit to kicking a wall 400 ...continued
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Pablo @Pablo - almost 3 years ago
UAE's ADNOC activates business continuity plans after refinery incident - Reuters
A general view of ADNOC headquarters in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates May 29, 2019. REUTERS/Christopher PikeCAIRO, Jan 17 (Reuters) - UAE oil firm ADNOC has activated business continuity plans to ensure reliable, uninterrupted supply of products to local and internation...continued
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Bobby @Bobby - almost 3 years ago
Samsung unveils Exynos 2200 with Xclipse GPU, based on AMD RDNA2 architecture
Samsung today unveiled the Exynos 2200, its latest flagship chipset that will power Galaxy S22 smartphones in certain regions. The new platform is based on 4nm EUV process technology and comes with a custom GPU called Xclipse.It is based on the AMD RDNA2 architecture a...continued
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Patrick @Patrick - almost 3 years ago
Special Report: Amazon partnered with China propaganda arm to win Beijing's favor, document shows...
LONDON, Dec 17 (Reuters) - Amazon.com Inc was marketing a collection of President Xi Jinping's speeches and writings on its Chinese website about two years ago, when Beijing delivered an edict, according to two people familiar with the incident. The American e-commerce gi...continued
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Alexzander @Alexzander - almost 3 years ago
Where are all the workers? Four reasons behind the labor shortage
Where are all the workers? Here are four reasons behind the labor shortageSource: CNNPowered by NewsAPI.org
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Leda @Leda - almost 3 years ago
Column: High prices, South America and China steering U.S. soy exports -Braun - Reuters
FORT COLLINS, Colo., Jan 6 (Reuters) - With harvest well in the past, demand and particularly exports are now in focus for U.S. soybeans and corn in the current marketing year. Exports are on an OK but not great pace so far, though the forward sales are of top concern for...continued
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Patrick @Patrick - almost 3 years ago
Special Report: Amazon partnered with China propaganda arm to win Beijing's favor, document shows...
Amazon.com Inc was marketing a collection of President Xi Jinping's speeches and writings on its Chinese website about two years ago, when Beijing delivered an edict, according to two people familiar with the incident. The American e-commerce giant must stop …
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Bobby @Bobby - almost 3 years ago
First LGBT+ cryptocurrency bets on 'changing the world' - Reuters
MADRID, Dec 31 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - It might sound like a marketing gimmick, but the founders of the first LGBT+ cryptocurrency said they want to harness the community's economic power with the aim of "changing the world".The maricoin, a play on words taken from...continued
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Pablo @Pablo - almost 3 years ago
Nvidia’s AI-powered scaling makes old games look better without a huge performance hit
Nvidia’s latest game-ready driver includes a tool that could let you improve the image quality of games that your graphics card can easily run, alongside optimizations for the new God of War PC port. The tech is called Deep Learning Dynamic Super Resolution, or DLDSR, and...continued
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Rose @Rose - almost 3 years ago
Factbox: GSK's consumer health business - Reuters
The GlaxoSmithKline building is pictured in Hounslow, west London, Britain, June 18, 2013. REUTERS/Luke MacGregorJan 15 (Reuters) - Consumer goods giant Unilever (ULVR.L) has approached GlaxoSmithKline (GSK.L)about buying the pharmaceutical group's consumer goods arm, aft...continued
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