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China price cuts boosting buying sentiment, survey says

China price cuts boosting buying sentiment, survey says

Despite buyer protests in China over recent Tesla (TSLA) price cuts on the mainland, it seems the move overall has been a huge hit for the EV maker. Earlier this month Tesla cut prices in China, with the Chinese-made Model 3 falling by 13.5% to $33,515, and the Model Y dropping 10% to $37,899. Wedbush Securities conducted a survey of over 500 prospective EV buyers in China to gauge their reaction to Tesla’s price cuts. The results proved to be quite positive for Tesla’s prospects in the… Source link

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Bojan Bogdanovic providing value to young Pistons and potentially boosting his own status in the trade market

Bojan Bogdanovic providing value to young Pistons and potentially boosting his own status in the trade market

Bojan Bogdanovic looks like Bojan Bogdanovic. His hair may be a touch thinner, Pistons blue now drapes his 6-foot-8 frame, but the eight-year veteran is doing what he always does. A flamethrower from deep, liable to launch from 30 feet. Even without an ankle-breaking handle, the savvy scorer can always create in a pinch, bumping and grinding his way to the rim or shifting into one-legged midrange fallaways. Few around the league, though, expected to find the Croatian in this environment, as… Source link

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‘Why can’t we get it through our thick skulls?’ America boosting oil and gas production is ‘not against’ climate change

‘Why can’t we get it through our thick skulls?’ America boosting oil and gas production is ‘not against’ climate change

JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon, pictured in November 2021, has spoken out on the bank’s need to harness big sets of data and artificial intelligence across units like asset management.REUTERS/Brian Snyder/File Photo JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon spoke to wealthy clients on a call Tuesday, Yahoo Finance reported. The call touched on various topics, including climate change and the odds of a recession. He said US natural gas production does not conflict with the reduction of greenhouse gas… Source link

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Companies From Google to Pepsi Are Boosting Capital Spending

Companies From Google to Pepsi Are Boosting Capital Spending

The biggest U.S. companies keep stepping up their spending on capital projects, an encouraging signal to investors in an uncertain economic climate. Companies from Google parent Alphabet Inc. to General Motors Co. to PepsiCo Inc. are among those that have increased spending on big-ticket items, such as real estate, equipment or technology, to fuel growth. The investments are generally intended to expand the companies’ fast-growing operations or even optimize their inventory in the midst of… Source link

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Boosting Interoperability Between Google and Microsoft in Higher Education

Boosting Interoperability Between Google and Microsoft in Higher Education

Why Offering Access to Google and Microsoft Services Matters Colleges and universities, whether they’re serving tens of thousands of students or just a few hundred, can no longer afford to operate as one-platform institutions. It needs to be a split existence. Early in my career, I worked at the University of Texas Health Services, where we had a huge contract with Microsoft. However, we discovered we needed a collaborative solution for our team. That’s where Google came in, and its… Source link

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This stock market boosting scheme has come roaring back

This stock market boosting scheme has come roaring back

The data is in, and it says stock buybacks are back in a big way as companies seek out ways to keep their stock prices at elevated levels.  First quarter stock repurchases clocked in at $178.1 billion among S&P 500 companies, up 36.5% from the fourth quarter of 2020, according to new data out Tuesday from S&P Global. Buybacks were up 100.9% from the second quarter 2020 pandemic low of $88.7 billion.  Stock buybacks have the effect of lowering the number of shares outstanding for companies…. Source link

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‘Disability keeps getting left out’: A Google exec on boosting representation of people with disabilities — and bringing them into the C-suite

‘Disability keeps getting left out’: A Google exec on boosting representation of people with disabilities — and bringing them into the C-suite

The Value Gap is a MarketWatch Q&A series with business leaders, academics, policymakers and activists on how to reduce racial and social inequalities. At the dawn of the dot-com boom, Silicon Valley was an ideal place for KR Liu to grow up and immerse herself in the latest gadgets. Liu, who was diagnosed with severe hearing loss at age 2, became skilled at disguising her disability by lip reading and relying on technology to communicate.  “Email and instant messaging was wonderful… Source link

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Google is boosting AR performance on Android phones with dual cameras

Google is boosting AR performance on Android phones with dual cameras

Google is updating its augmented reality SDK so that phones with dual cameras can capture better depth information. As noted by Android Police, the most recent update to the Google Play Services for AR app, which is how Google distributes ARCore features, now notes “Dual camera stereo depth on supported devices” in its changelog. For now, it appears that the support will be limited to Google’s own Pixel 4 and Pixel 4 XL, which were both released in 2019. The list of compatible… Source link

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