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[{"id": "0", "text": "H ave you ever felt that sudden, intense dread that you \u2019re about to die?", "orgs": []}, {"id": "1", "text": "That in less than seven minutes, the knot of fear and anxiety unspooling at speed will swallow you whole, rendering your life blank and your existence meaningless?", "orgs": []}, {"id": "2", "text": "And all because you failed to prepare!", "orgs": []}, {"id": "3", "text": "You idiot!", "orgs": []}, {"id": "4", "text": "And now you \u2019re on a train carriage in a clammy panic desperately searching for hope.", "orgs": []}, {"id": "5", "text": "Also known as \u201c a plug point \u201d.", "orgs": []}, {"id": "6", "text": "Also known as the one thing keeping you connected and alive, contactable at all times for an urgent call about the missold PPI you \u2019ve never bought.", "orgs": []}, {"id": "7", "text": "Dead - battery anxiety is a thing.", "orgs": []}, {"id": "8", "text": "Last week a man named Robin Lee was told he would be arrested, presumably for crimes against electricity, if he refused to unplug his i Phone from a socket on the London Overground.", "orgs": ["London Overground"]}, {"id": "9", "text": "He did n\u2019t, and he was \u2013 only to be \u201c de- arrested \u201d later while self - righteously claiming \u201c the whole thing was ridiculous \u201d, unlike his normalised need to be \u201c on \u201d at all times.", "orgs": []}, {"id": "10", "text": "A woman on the Hong Kong public - transport system dealt with her dead phone by crying and screaming for help", "orgs": []}, {"id": "11", "text": "The week before, 19 - year - old Nick Silvestri jumped on a Broadway stage and tried to jam his phone in a prop outlet because it was on 5 % and \u201c Girls were calling all day.", "orgs": []}, {"id": "12", "text": "What would you do? \u201d.", "orgs": []}, {"id": "13", "text": "What would you do?", "orgs": []}, {"id": "14", "text": "A 2012 study shows that 77 % of his peers in the US are nomophobes \u2013 a real - life condition recognised as a fear of having no mobile battery or coverage ; one suffered by a reported 66 % of the British population.", "orgs": []}, {"id": "15", "text": "The best ( or worst, depending on how dependent you are on your mobile ) remains an as - yet unnamed woman filmed on public transport in Hong Kong, dealing with her dead phone by screaming and crying for help.", "orgs": []}, {"id": "16", "text": "She \u2019s hysterically inconsolable.", "orgs": []}, {"id": "17", "text": "Her phone remains dead, her dignity buried.", "orgs": []}, {"id": "18", "text": "I do n\u2019t want to say we \u2019ve all been there, but to a greater or lesser degree, we have.", "orgs": []}, {"id": "19", "text": "I get it.", "orgs": []}, {"id": "20", "text": "Your phone battery hovers in the red zone and your brain hits auto - twitch, scanning the immediate vicinity for power.", "orgs": []}, {"id": "21", "text": "It \u2019s a universal problem.", "orgs": []}, {"id": "22", "text": "It \u2019s also really easily fixable through self - imposed exposure therapy.", "orgs": []}, {"id": "23", "text": "Take it from an expert : I \u2019ve reached Buddha levels of zen.", "orgs": []}, {"id": "24", "text": "Not because of any luddite tendencies, but because the longest relationship I \u2019ve had with a pristine i Phone is 4 months ; I \u2019ve been using and losing them since 2007.", "orgs": []}, {"id": "25", "text": "Keeping a tally of phones loved and lost stalled around i Phone number 13, two summers ago.", "orgs": []}, {"id": "26", "text": "It gets easier to let go of phone - battery anxiety when you \u2019re not that anxious about having a phone in the first place.", "orgs": []}, {"id": "27", "text": "Here \u2019s some tips to help you cope :", "orgs": []}, {"id": "28", "text": "Go cold turkey", "orgs": []}, {"id": "29", "text": "The first rule of phone freedom is to have liberated yourself from your device at least twice in your life.", "orgs": []}, {"id": "30", "text": "The first to experience it, the second to be experienced at it.", "orgs": []}, {"id": "31", "text": "The number of times you lose it, break it, have it stolen, or drop it in the toilet bowl after that depends on how keen you are to master not caring about being connected to the modern world.", "orgs": []}, {"id": "32", "text": "Experience the real trauma", "orgs": []}, {"id": "33", "text": "The real faff is n\u2019t in being phoneless, it \u2019s in the interminable admin involved in getting re-connected \u2013 registering the police report ; the call to your mobile network to block your phone ; the plea to your insurance company to file your claim ; the slog to the DHL depot to pick up your new phone because the courier could n\u2019t be bothered to ring your doorbell.", "orgs": ["DHL"]}, {"id": "34", "text": "Agony, but also an excellent lesson in perspective : no power is a temporary drag, but phone admin will destroy your soul.", "orgs": []}, {"id": "35", "text": "Pretend not to care", "orgs": []}, {"id": "36", "text": "The third rule is to establish a laissez - faire \u201c attitude \u201d towards your phone as an essential part of your being.", "orgs": []}, {"id": "37", "text": "Friends of yours who have n\u2019t met one another before will use your haplessness as an easy thing to bond over.", "orgs": []}, {"id": "38", "text": "Jokes will be made about phones needing to be made out of velcro or sold to you like mittens on string.", "orgs": []}, {"id": "39", "text": "You \u2019ll hear the same ones over and over : weather it.", "orgs": []}, {"id": "40", "text": "Have multiple backup plans ( none of which is \u201c buy a portable charger \u201d )", "orgs": []}, {"id": "41", "text": "Sure, your battery is dead, but this is why you also carry a tablet, for that key moment when you \u2019re out and can pull an i Pad from your giant bag at 10.37 pm in a restaurant to check exactly why 50 Cent has gone bankrupt.", "orgs": []}, {"id": "42", "text": "What, your tablet is cracked and / or it needs charging?", "orgs": []}, {"id": "43", "text": "No problem, you keep five essential numbers on you at all times, and are always with someone who wo n\u2019t mind you using their phone.", "orgs": []}, {"id": "44", "text": "Wait : no one trusts you to ever go near their expensive mobile and you \u2019ve run out of friends?", "orgs": []}, {"id": "45", "text": "Do n\u2019t worry about it, it \u2019s really easy to keep talking to this barman until he says you can i Message your flatmate to say you \u2019re going to be late and you do n\u2019t have your keys, please do n\u2019t move house.", "orgs": []}, {"id": "46", "text": "Clearly I \u2019m an idiot.", "orgs": []}, {"id": "47", "text": "But then, I figure, so are you.", "orgs": []}, {"id": "48", "text": "Being forced to live in the moment is different to evangelically boring on about it ; but if there \u2019s one thing worse than someone you ca n\u2019t get hold of, it \u2019s the person unable to \u201c go dark \u201d without bleating \u201c do you know where I can charge my phone? \u201d to every other person.", "orgs": []}, {"id": "49", "text": "But remember : no major moment in history will go undocumented because you were n\u2019t recording it.", "orgs": []}, {"id": "50", "text": "The two hours when your phone died were probably not the ones when Prince decided to cold - call you.", "orgs": []}, {"id": "51", "text": "The biggest lesson learnt when you recharge to find no missed calls?", "orgs": []}, {"id": "52", "text": "You \u2019re not as important as you think you are \u2013 and if you are, you \u2019ll never be that unreachable in the first place.", "orgs": []}, {"id": "53", "text": "Imagine Google, Facebook and the country's up - and - coming startups nestled on the glittering foreshore of Sydney Harbour.", "orgs": ["Google", "Facebook"]}, {"id": "54", "text": "That's the NSW government's vision for Australia's first tech district - a ` Silicon Harbour ' hub that's home to the country's booming startup and tech scene.", "orgs": ["NSW government"]}, {"id": "55", "text": "\" ( It could be ) a place where global giants of tech and innovation work with startup entrepreneurs, business incubators and accelerators, \" Premier Mike Baird said before releasing a blueprint for the site.", "orgs": []}, {"id": "56", "text": "However wires are crossed on how exactly Mr Baird would transform the old industrial Bays Precinct in Sydney's inner - west - spanning Glebe Island, White Bay and Rozelle - into a thriving tech capital.", "orgs": []}, {"id": "57", "text": "While the local tech industry has broadly welcomed the government's initiative, others including the NSW Labor opposition are concerned about the site's lack of public transport and existing tech businesses.", "orgs": ["NSW Labor"]}, {"id": "58", "text": "The founders of Australian software giant Atlassian had fiercely lobbied the state government to revitalise the existing Australian Technology Park at nearby Redfern.", "orgs": ["Atlassian", "Australian Technology Park"]}, {"id": "59", "text": "The country's most successful startup said it was disappointing the government had favoured the White Bay site over the Redfern centre, which was close to universities and public transport.", "orgs": []}, {"id": "60", "text": "\" While harbour foreshore views are undoubtedly attractive, they also command a premium price, \" Atlassian said in a statement.", "orgs": ["Atlassian"]}, {"id": "61", "text": "\" And with no nearby mass transit solution, it means the proposal falls way beyond the reach of the majority of our start - up community, incubators and universities who form a critical part of the technology ecosystem. \"", "orgs": []}, {"id": "62", "text": "Startup leaders are also concerned about the time it would take for the area to be redeveloped from an abandoned coal - fired power station.", "orgs": []}, {"id": "63", "text": "\" With the government's proposal, the tech community would become displaced until well beyond 2020, a millennium in technology years, \" Atlassian said.", "orgs": ["Atlassian"]}, {"id": "64", "text": "However the federal Assistant Minister for Innovation Wyatt Roy dismissed quibbles about location, and said the launch of a Sydney tech district would inspire other states to create their own hotspots.", "orgs": []}, {"id": "65", "text": "\" I think it's very important that we do this wherever possible, and if you look globally you don't just see a single hub of innovation you see several of them like in the US and Israel, \" he told AAP.", "orgs": ["AAP"]}, {"id": "66", "text": "Mr Roy said the site would need cornerstone tenants like Google Australia or the CSIRO to anchor the hub and attract local and international businesses.", "orgs": ["Google Australia", "CSIRO"]}, {"id": "67", "text": "Founder of startup incubator BlueChilli, Sebastien Eckersley - Maslin, shared Atlassian's concerns about steep rents.", "orgs": ["BlueChilli", "Atlassian"]}, {"id": "68", "text": "\" Putting a lot of money into a development centre will only benefit startups if the rent is subsidised in some way, \" he said.", "orgs": []}, {"id": "69", "text": "He added that governments should encourage large multinational companies like Google to set up research and development centres to attract industry players.", "orgs": ["Google"]}, {"id": "70", "text": "@ YahooNZBusiness on Twitter, become a fan on Facebook Sydney to get tech city on the harbour AAP \" ( It could be ) a place where global giants of tech and innovation work with startup entrepreneurs, business incubators \u2026", "orgs": ["YahooNZBusiness", "Twitter", "Facebook"]}, {"id": "71", "text": "Is General Motors Headed for a Crash in China?", "orgs": ["General Motors"]}, {"id": "72", "text": "Sales are slowing in the world's largest auto market.", "orgs": []}, {"id": "73", "text": "What does that mean for America's largest automaker?", "orgs": []}, {"id": "74", "text": "John Rosevear TMFMarlowe Jul 20, 2015 at 7:07PM GM doesn't sell the new Buick Envision SUV in the U.S. -- at least not yet.", "orgs": ["TMFMarlowe", "GM"]}, {"id": "75", "text": "But it's racking up big sales numbers in China, where SUVs are helping GM gain ground in a very tough market.", "orgs": ["GM"]}, {"id": "76", "text": "Image source : General Motors.", "orgs": ["General Motors"]}, {"id": "77", "text": "Is the Chinese auto boom headed for a bust?", "orgs": []}, {"id": "78", "text": "Mighty Volkswagen Group ( NASDAQ Other : VLKAY ) reported that its sales in China fell almost 4 % in the first six months of 2015.", "orgs": ["Volkswagen Group", "NASDAQ", "VLKAY"]}, {"id": "79", "text": "Will General Motors ( NYSE : GM ) be next?", "orgs": ["General Motors", "NYSE", "GM"]}, {"id": "80", "text": "The new - car market in China has become the world's largest.", "orgs": []}, {"id": "81", "text": "But in recent months, slowing economic growth, new limits on car ownership in certain cities, and volatility in China's stock markets have kept buyers away from dealers.", "orgs": []}, {"id": "82", "text": "VW and GM are the two biggest players in China's auto market.", "orgs": ["VW", "GM"]}, {"id": "83", "text": "Nowadays, GM sells more vehicles in China than it does anywhere else, even in the U.S.", "orgs": ["GM"]}, {"id": "84", "text": "Is VW's sales decline a warning for GM shareholders?", "orgs": ["VW", "GM"]}, {"id": "85", "text": "GM's SUVs are keeping it going in China, for now All of the automakers doing business in China have felt the impact of the slowdown to some degree.", "orgs": ["GM"]}, {"id": "86", "text": "But so far, at least, GM is faring better than Volkswagen and some of its other rivals.", "orgs": ["GM", "Volkswagen"]}, {"id": "87", "text": "GM said it had \" record \" sales in China during the first half of 2015, with total sales up 4.4 % from a very good result last year.", "orgs": ["GM"]}, {"id": "88", "text": "But GM may have something going for it that VW doesn't : SUVs.", "orgs": ["GM", "VW"]}, {"id": "89", "text": "It might be surprising to learn that General Motors -- of all companies -- was late to respond to the booming demand for SUVs in China.", "orgs": ["General Motors"]}, {"id": "90", "text": "Chinese buyers started turning toward SUVs a few years ago, and GM's Chinese dealers had very little to offer them at the time.", "orgs": ["GM"]}, {"id": "91", "text": "But that has changed recently, in a big way.", "orgs": []}, {"id": "92", "text": "GM said that retail sales of its SUV models rose almost 83 % in the first half of the year, led by the Buick Envision -- a model that isn't ( yet, at least ) sold in the United States.", "orgs": ["GM"]}, {"id": "93", "text": "The Envision is a midsize crossover SUV that slots between the two Buick SUVs that are familiar to Americans : the small Encore and the big Enclave.", "orgs": []}, {"id": "94", "text": "Both of those are also sold in China, and demand for the three Buick crossovers as a group more than doubled in the first half of 2015, with almost 100,000 sold.", "orgs": []}, {"id": "95", "text": "But will that be enough to keep GM's growth going if the Chinese market continues to sag?", "orgs": ["GM"]}, {"id": "96", "text": "The slowdown is hitting all of the key players in China", "orgs": []}, {"id": "97", "text": "If not, GM will certainly have a lot of company.", "orgs": ["GM"]}, {"id": "98", "text": "Ford ( NYSE : F ) has posted huge growth in China over the last few years, but it managed just a tiny 0.1 % gain in the first half of the year.", "orgs": ["Ford", "NYSE", "F"]}, {"id": "99", "text": "Toyota, Honda, and Nissan all did somewhat better, but all were hurt by anti-Japanese sentiment that was more prevalent in China a year ago that made the year - over - year comparison look especially favorable.", "orgs": ["Toyota", "Honda", "Nissan"]}, {"id": "100", "text": "The real story is that the Japanese brands have recovered in China, but for them, for Ford, and for the others, recent growth has been sluggish, and further growth may be scarce.", "orgs": ["Ford"]}, {"id": "101", "text": "GM, Ford, and Volkswagen all cut prices on key models in China earlier this year in a bid to keep sales going -- and to fend off increasingly strong competition from China's domestic automakers, particularly in small SUVs.", "orgs": ["GM", "Ford", "Volkswagen"]}, {"id": "102", "text": "All of these factors will continue to put pressure on China - market earnings at each of these automakers.", "orgs": []}, {"id": "103", "text": "Is it time for GM and Ford investors to worry?", "orgs": ["GM", "Ford"]}, {"id": "104", "text": "So is it time for investors in GM ( or these other automakers ) to worry?", "orgs": ["GM"]}, {"id": "105", "text": "The quick answer is \" not necessarily. \"", "orgs": []}, {"id": "106", "text": "The auto business is cyclical ; this happens.", "orgs": []}, {"id": "107", "text": "Automaking profits get squeezed during economic downturns, as sales fall and automakers feel pressure to discount prices.", "orgs": []}, {"id": "108", "text": "But China is still a massive market, and so far -- with the exception of VW, which is facing challenges around the world, not just in China -- we've only seen stalled growth, not significant declines.", "orgs": ["VW"]}, {"id": "109", "text": "And the impact on bottom lines, at least at GM and Ford, shouldn't be too significant in the near term.", "orgs": ["GM", "Ford"]}, {"id": "110", "text": "Both sell lots of vehicles in China, but the profits generated in North America still dwarf income from China in both cases.", "orgs": []}, {"id": "111", "text": "A significant slowdown in the U.S. would be cause for concern.", "orgs": []}, {"id": "112", "text": "It will happen.", "orgs": []}, {"id": "113", "text": "But until it does, both GM and Ford should continue to post solid profits, even if growth in China is scarce for a while.", "orgs": ["GM", "Ford"]}, {"id": "114", "text": "This $ 19 trillion industry could destroy the Internet One bleeding - edge technology is about to put the World Wide Web to bed.", "orgs": []}, {"id": "115", "text": "And if you act quickly, you could be among the savvy investors who enjoy the profits from this stunning change.", "orgs": []}, {"id": "116", "text": "Experts are calling it the single largest business opportunity in the history of capitalism...", "orgs": []}, {"id": "117", "text": "The Economist is calling it \" transformative \"...", "orgs": ["Economist"]}, {"id": "118", "text": "But you 'll probably just call it \" how I made my millions. \"", "orgs": []}, {"id": "119", "text": "Don't be too late to the party -- click here for one stock to own when the Web goes dark.", "orgs": []}, {"id": "120", "text": "John Rosevear owns shares of Ford and General Motors.", "orgs": ["Ford", "General Motors"]}, {"id": "121", "text": "The Motley Fool recommends Ford and General Motors.", "orgs": ["Motley Fool", "Ford", "General Motors"]}, {"id": "122", "text": "Try any of our Foolish newsletter services free for 30 days.", "orgs": []}, {"id": "123", "text": "We Fools may not all hold the same opinions, but we all believe that considering a diverse range of insights makes us better investors.", "orgs": ["Fools"]}, {"id": "124", "text": "The Motley Fool has a disclosure policy.", "orgs": ["Motley Fool"]}, {"id": "125", "text": "Compare Brokers John Rosevear Fool Contributor John Rosevear is the senior auto specialist for Fool.com.", "orgs": ["Fool.com"]}, {"id": "126", "text": "John has been writing about the auto business and investing for over 20 years, and for The Motley Fool since 2007.", "orgs": ["Motley Fool"]}, {"id": "127", "text": "Follow @jrosevear Article Info Jul 20, 2015 at 7:07 PM", "orgs": []}, {"id": "128", "text": "Industrials", "orgs": []}, {"id": "129", "text": "Terms Quotes are real - 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fuji, who has scored his first win this year, to provide overseas guests and Japanese visitors tastes of Japan \u2019s national sport.", "orgs": ["KPH"]}, {"id": "150", "text": "The Sumo exhibition will also provide easy explanations along with the photographs for overseas visitors to gain a better understanding of the sport.", "orgs": []}, {"id": "151", "text": "In addition, other photos include those taken of the Japanese women \u2019s soccer team at the FIFA Women \u2019s World Cup Canada 2015, the 2015 Australian Open Tennis Tournament, and other key sporting events.", "orgs": []}, {"id": "152", "text": "This photo exhibition is also held with the 2020 Tokyo Olympic and Paralympics Games and the subsequent growing interest in sports in mind.", "orgs": []}, {"id": "153", "text": "At the same time, this exhibition also commemorates the hard work of the athletes and the efforts of cameramen to catch special glimpses of athletes performing their sports.", "orgs": []}, {"id": "154", "text": "This year marks the second consecutive year that this exhibition will be held.", "orgs": []}, {"id": "155", "text": "The photographs will be displayed in the lobby and other public areas of our hotel to convey the joy and hard work of the athletes, and to gain support and understanding for them in various sporting events and to celebrate the fall season, Japan \u2019s \u201c season for sports. \u201d", "orgs": []}, {"id": "156", "text": "About the Keio Plaza Hotel Keio Plaza Hotel ( KPH ), located in Shinjuku at the very heart of the nation \u2019s capital Tokyo, is one of Japan \u2019s leading international hotels.", "orgs": ["Keio Plaza Hotel", "Keio Plaza Hotel", "KPH"]}, {"id": "157", "text": "Our hotel boasts of over 20 restaurants and bars, and we host a wide range of local and international guests who visit us for our open and welcoming facilities, top notched services, and warm hospitality.", "orgs": []}, {"id": "158", "text": "For more information about our facilities and services, please visit our website at http://www.keioplaza.com or our Facebook.", "orgs": ["Facebook"]}, {"id": "159", "text": "LONDON, Sept 8 ( IFR ) - 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UK Markets close in 1 hr 52 mins 3 Stocks To Get Your Pulse Racing!", "orgs": []}, {"id": "261", "text": "Blinkx Plc, Boohoo.", "orgs": ["Blinkx Plc", "Boohoo"]}, {"id": "262", "text": "Com PLC And Clinigen Group PLC By Peter Stephens | Fool.co.uk \u2013 28 minutes ago 647.00 +12.0000", "orgs": ["Com PLC", "Clinigen Group PLC", "Fool.co.uk"]}, {"id": "263", "text": "One of the great things about investing is turning your hard - earned cash into an even greater amount.", "orgs": []}, {"id": "264", "text": "Certainly, the journey between those two places is not always a smooth one and, in the intervening period, the value of your investments can rise and fall significantly.", "orgs": []}, {"id": "265", "text": "However, for long term investors, what matters is that the total return is relatively high.", "orgs": []}, {"id": "266", "text": "Clearly, such a prospect is likely to get any investor's pulse racing, with stocks that offer the potential for high levels of growth and capital gains being among the most sought after.", "orgs": []}, {"id": "267", "text": "And, on that front, there are a number of great options for investors to choose from at the present time.", "orgs": []}, {"id": "268", "text": "For example, online fashion retailer, Boohoo.", "orgs": ["Boohoo"]}, {"id": "269", "text": "Com ( LSE : BOO ), is set to benefit from an improving UK and global economy as it seeks to develop customer loyalty.", "orgs": ["LSE", "BOO"]}, {"id": "270", "text": "Of course, this takes time to acquire and, with there being such vast competition among retailers that are focused on the lucrative teen and twentysomething marketplace, Boohoo.", "orgs": ["Boohoo"]}, {"id": "271", "text": "Com is set to be a relatively volatile stock to own.", "orgs": ["Com"]}, {"id": "272", "text": "However, looking ahead to its earnings growth potential, it could prove to be a hugely exciting investment.", "orgs": []}, {"id": "273", "text": "That's because it is forecast to increase its bottom line by 43 % in the current year, followed by growth of 25 % next year.", "orgs": []}, {"id": "274", "text": "If met, that would be a stunning rate of growth and would easily surpass the vast majority of Boohoo.", "orgs": ["Boohoo"]}, {"id": "275", "text": "Com's listed peers.", "orgs": ["Com"]}, {"id": "276", "text": "In fact, it would mean that the company's bottom line would rise by 79 % over the next two years and, despite this, it trades on a price to earnings growth ( PEG ) ratio of just 0.8.", "orgs": []}, {"id": "277", "text": "This indicates that it has a sufficiently wide margin of safety to post significant share price gains moving forward.", "orgs": []}, {"id": "278", "text": "Likewise, pharmaceutical company, Clinigen ( LSE : CLIN ), also has an exciting medium term outlook.", "orgs": ["Clinigen", "LSE", "CLIN"]}, {"id": "279", "text": "Although its earnings are set to rise by just 1 % this year, its bottom line is expected to soar by as much as 29 % next year, which could act as a positive catalyst for its share price.", "orgs": []}, {"id": "280", "text": "Certainly, much of this growth has already been priced in, with Clinigen's share price having risen by 23 % since the turn of the year.", "orgs": ["Clinigen"]}, {"id": "281", "text": "However, with its shares having a price to earnings ( P/E ) ratio of 26.1, its PEG ratio of 0.7 offers significant upside.", "orgs": []}, {"id": "282", "text": "Of course, there are a number of turnaround stocks that also offer future growth prospects and excitement for their investors.", "orgs": []}, {"id": "283", "text": "One such stock is online advertising specialist, Blinkx ( LSE : BLNX ).", "orgs": ["Blinkx", "LSE", "BLNX"]}, {"id": "284", "text": "It is in the midst of a major restructuring, rebranding and acquisition spree as its management team goes all out to try and reverse the disappointing performance that has turned a healthy and rising black bottom line into a red one.", "orgs": []}, {"id": "285", "text": "Looking ahead, Blinkx is set to post a pretax loss in the current year as well as next year.", "orgs": ["Blinkx"]}, {"id": "286", "text": "However, the scale of the loss is due to fall from \u00a3 16.5 m last year to just \u00a3 0.65 m next year.", "orgs": []}, {"id": "287", "text": "And, with a sound strategy and improving outlook, investor sentiment could pick up and push Blinkx's share price significantly higher.", "orgs": ["Blinkx"]}, {"id": "288", "text": "Of course, there are a number of other exciting stocks that could be worth buying right now and, with that in mind, the analysts at The Motley Fool have written a free and without obligation guide called 1 Top Small - 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at - the - table solutions at restaurants.", "orgs": ["CapX", "Ziosk"]}, {"id": "324", "text": "We are honored to have their confidence, commitment and support as we grow and look forward to a valuable partnership, \u201d stated Jack Baum.", "orgs": []}, {"id": "325", "text": "Most Popular", "orgs": []}, {"id": "326", "text": "THE economics of Iron Road \u2019s $ US4.57 billion Central Eyre Iron Project on the Eyre Peninsula have improved with a new optimisation study indicating it can produce iron ore for $ US37.72 per tonne.", "orgs": ["Iron Road"]}, {"id": "327", "text": "The new study has reduced the production cost from $ US44.33 per tonne and increased the project \u2019s expected annual production from 21.5 million tonnes per year to 24 million.", "orgs": []}, {"id": "328", "text": "The project \u2019s break - even price was estimated at $ US40 per tonne, compared with the current iron ore price of $ US55.70.", "orgs": []}, {"id": "329", "text": "The company said the confidence underpinning its assumptions for the mine and port project had also improved.", "orgs": []}, {"id": "330", "text": "Iron Road last month signed non-binding agreements with an investment consortium made up of five large Chinese steel companies to start due diligence on the project.", "orgs": ["Iron Road"]}, {"id": "331", "text": "The CEIP would involve a mine near Wudinna, a 148 km rail line from the mine to Cape Hardy, and a bulk commodities port.", "orgs": []}, {"id": "332", "text": "The company \u2019s managing director Andrew Stocks said yesterday the results of the latest optimisation study were positive.", "orgs": []}, {"id": "333", "text": "\u201c The optimisation work has achieved its aim of reducing delivery risk and operating costs estimates through detailed planning and improved flexibility, especially in the new mine design, \u2019\u2019 he said.", "orgs": []}, {"id": "334", "text": "\u201c Significantly, our mine optimisation work has delivered superior outcomes to the earlier definitive feasibility study by addressing in detail both the mine plan and full suite of associated plant required over the life of the operation.", "orgs": []}, {"id": "335", "text": "\u201c We have continued to finetune the process plant layout and modularisation strategy and we are now updating our reserve estimate accordingly.", "orgs": []}, {"id": "336", "text": "\u201c Importantly, the rail and port facilities will have sufficient capacity for an expansion of operations as well as third party use and is particularly well placed to service grain producers. \u201d", "orgs": []}, {"id": "337", "text": "The company said that while the market for iron ore was soft, there was a growing market for high quality ore due to more stringent environmental controls coming into force in China.", "orgs": []}, {"id": "338", "text": "\u201c The impact of China \u2019s revised environmental protection laws, which came into effect in January 2015, is expected to accelerate China \u2019s preference towards the future use of higher quality, low impurity iron ore feedstocks, such as that from the CEIP, \u2019\u2019 the company said.", "orgs": []}, {"id": "339", "text": "\u201c Chinese steel mills are facing significant environmental protection pressures and in response are adopting a range of measures to deal with this challenge, including the use of higher quality iron ore feedstocks. \u2019\u2019", "orgs": []}, {"id": "340", "text": "Iron Road said its cost profile was \u201c highly competitive \u201d and discussions with potential funders and customers was ongoing.", "orgs": ["Iron Road"]}, {"id": "341", "text": "\u201c High quality CEIP concentrate is well positioned to actively displace other ores as market evolution continues, which has clear positive implications for the funding and development of CEIP.", "orgs": []}, {"id": "342", "text": "\u201c A positive final investment decision and financial close is targeted for the end of 2016. \u2019\u2019 Iron Road shares were 1c higher at 16 c.", "orgs": ["Iron Road"]}, {"id": "343", "text": "4 October 2015 23:50 CET", "orgs": []}, {"id": "344", "text": "Establish dev\u2019t bank for SMEs - 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scale businesses are said to be standards compliant and therefore reap the benefits of standards for their operations.", "orgs": []}, {"id": "360", "text": "However, the challenge has been with the small and medium scale enterprises ( SMEs ), many of whom do not adhere to standards and are mostly not registered which makes it difficult to track them.", "orgs": []}, {"id": "361", "text": "As calls for support to SMEs are increasing, an advice has been given to SMEs managers not to compromise on quality standards.", "orgs": []}, {"id": "362", "text": "The Ghana Standards Authority ( GSA ) has blamed the inability of SMEs to produce goods to international quality benchmarks to their failure to abide by standards.", "orgs": ["Ghana Standards Authority", "GSA"]}, {"id": "363", "text": "The Head of Public Relations Department at the GSA, Mr Kofi Amponsah - Bediako has said using standards in business operations offers a set of powerful business and marketing propositions for organisations of all sizes.", "orgs": ["Public Relations Department", "GSA"]}, {"id": "364", "text": "Their application enhances performance and risk management, while making operations more efficient and sustainable.", "orgs": []}, {"id": "365", "text": "\u201c Businesses that make use of standards are likely to ensure quality of their products such that they would be acceptable everywhere.", "orgs": []}, {"id": "366", "text": "It will be easy for them to break into larger markets whether local or international, \u201d he said.", "orgs": []}, {"id": "367", "text": "Mr Amponsah - 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they are suggesting many reforms across the economy are ' not being ruled out ' - this is much the same, \" Mr Fadaghi said.", "orgs": []}, {"id": "545", "text": "\" It is also rational for the new minister to be open to the idea of increasing the FTTP footprint, given the growing demand for broadband that can handle concurrently applications in the home.", "orgs": []}, {"id": "546", "text": "The question is whether this renewed interest in FTTP will come to areas slated for FTTN or HFC, and if it's a direct response to some telcos deploying their own Fibre to the basement technology in built up areas. \"", "orgs": []}, {"id": "547", "text": "One Reason GM Stock is Retreating By Amanda Schiavo |", "orgs": ["GM"]}, {"id": "548", "text": "07/08/15 - 03:05 PM", "orgs": []}, {"id": "549", "text": "EDT Reprint NEW YORK ( The Street ) -- Shares of General Motors ( GM - Get Report ) are down by 5.69 % to $ 30.99 in mid-day trading on Wednesday.", "orgs": ["The Street", "General Motors", "GM"]}, {"id": "550", "text": "One factor contributing to the decline is the auto maker's latest vehicle recall.", "orgs": []}, {"id": "551", "text": "GM is recalling close to 51,000 subcompact cars in North America due to an issue in which the radio locks up disabling some warning functions, the Associated Press reports.", "orgs": ["GM", "Associated Press"]}, {"id": "552", "text": "The recall affects the 2014 and 2015 model year Chevrolet Sparks and the 2015 Chevrolet Sonics.", "orgs": ["Chevrolet", "Chevrolet"]}, {"id": "553", "text": "Additionally, GM is recalling about 196,000 older Hummer models worldwide as the vehicles ' heating and air conditioning blower motor speed can overheat if operated for a longer period of time, the AP said.", "orgs": ["GM", "AP"]}, {"id": "554", "text": "The overheating blower can melt nearby plastic and possibly result in a fire.", "orgs": []}, {"id": "555", "text": "GM is aware of three minor burns due to this issue, but no crashes, the AP added.", "orgs": ["GM", "AP"]}, {"id": "556", "text": "GM is traded on the New York Stock Exchange.", "orgs": ["GM", "New York Stock Exchange"]}, {"id": "557", "text": "Trading on the stock exchange floor was halted earlier today due to a technical issue.", "orgs": []}, {"id": "558", "text": "Trading is expected to resume after 3 pm EST.", "orgs": []}, {"id": "559", "text": "NYSE stocks have been trading on other platforms.", "orgs": ["NYSE"]}, {"id": "560", "text": "Separately, The Street Ratings team rates GENERAL MOTORS CO as a Buy with a ratings score of B. 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high, it would suggest that job growth is not being limited by employers ' desire to hire but by the lack of employees with the proper skills, which is an entirely different problem from the Fed is trying to fight with their policies.", "orgs": ["Fed"]}, {"id": "704", "text": "With affordability issues heating up, as noted above, we will be watching the CoreLogic home prices indexes with a more careful eye.", "orgs": ["CoreLogic"]}, {"id": "705", "text": "These reports have showed stronger price growth than either the FHFA or the Case - Shiller data, as noted earlier.", "orgs": ["FHFA", "Case - Shiller"]}, {"id": "706", "text": "It will be very interesting to see how these data sets converge over the next month.", "orgs": []}, {"id": "707", "text": "It is still a little surprising to us that a country the size of Greece, which what one commentator mentioned was about the economic size of Alabama, was moving world markets this much.", "orgs": []}, {"id": "708", "text": "It does, however, say mountains about Europe's ability to cope with problems and that there are potentially serious problems with the structure of the eurozone.", "orgs": ["eurozone"]}, {"id": "709", "text": "The short - term drama should settle down soon, but the longer - term structure of the European Union, with disparate countries with different growth rates tied to one rigid currency, could prove to be a real problem.", "orgs": ["European Union"]}, {"id": "710", "text": "This week Morningstar Investment Management senior economist Francisco Torralba and corporate bond strategist Dave Sekera offered their take on the crisis and Sunday's referendum.", "orgs": ["Morningstar Investment Management"]}, {"id": "711", "text": "For an interesting editorial on the longer - term context, we also think this editorial by Brett Arends of MarketWatch is worth a read.", "orgs": ["MarketWatch"]}, {"id": "712", "text": "There was a lot of economic news for the week, but none of the reports were really game - changers.", "orgs": []}, {"id": "713", "text": "Most of the reports showed a U.S. economy that continued to trudge along with no real acceleration or deceleration in growth.", "orgs": []}, {"id": "714", "text": "Everything continues to point to 2.0 % - 2.5 % growth.", "orgs": []}, {"id": "715", "text": "Another reason for the big yawn for this week's economic data is most economists were very close to the mark on a lot of indicators, which almost never happens.", "orgs": []}, {"id": "716", "text": "Auto sales hit 17.2 million units, exactly as analyst forecasts ( which were down month to month and up year to year ).", "orgs": []}, {"id": "717", "text": "Auto industry growth, while nice to have, wasn't nearly as strong as it was at the beginning of this recovery.", "orgs": []}, {"id": "718", "text": "Employment growth for June also matched the consensus forecast with 223,000 jobs added.", "orgs": []}, {"id": "719", "text": "Some previous months of employment data were also restated lower.", "orgs": []}, {"id": "720", "text": "All of this brings employment growth and GDP growth into closer alignment.", "orgs": []}, {"id": "721", "text": "We knew the relative growth rates ( high employment growth, lower GDP growth ) didn't make any sense at the beginning of the year.", "orgs": []}, {"id": "722", "text": "We expected a big blowout event to bring the numbers back in line.", "orgs": []}, {"id": "723", "text": "Instead, we got a slow, irregular drift back down combined with some minor revisions to the employment data.", "orgs": []}, {"id": "724", "text": "Monthly job growth will need to accelerate sharply in the back half of the year if there is to be any hope of adding as many jobs in 2015 as we did in 2014.", "orgs": []}, {"id": "725", "text": "Job growth would need to accelerate to something like 280,000 jobs per month, on average to get to the 2.9 million or so jobs added in 2014.", "orgs": []}, {"id": "726", "text": "At the moment, that looks like a bit of a stretch.", "orgs": []}, {"id": "727", "text": "In other news, purchasing manager reports continued to support our thesis that the manufacturing sector is near a bottom.", "orgs": []}, {"id": "728", "text": "Additionally, the existing - home industry continued to pick up steam as indicated by yet another strong pending home sales report.", "orgs": []}, {"id": "729", "text": "Job Growth Rates Return to Earth Headline job growth of 223,000 total jobs added was near consensus and our forecast but was viewed as a disappointment to many who had hoped for a much better number.", "orgs": []}, {"id": "730", "text": "The bulls had hung their hats on strong job openings, low initial unemployment claims, and the employment metrics of various manufacturing reports.", "orgs": []}, {"id": "731", "text": "The bears cited a slowing and low rate of GDP growth compared with unusually strong employment growth, especially at the end of 2014, as a reason for their pessimism.", "orgs": []}, {"id": "732", "text": "As it turns out, the final number came in between the two extremes.", "orgs": []}, {"id": "733", "text": "At 223,000 the June number came in below the 12 - month average of 244,000 jobs added but above the six - month average of 208,000 jobs added.", "orgs": []}, {"id": "734", "text": "The 429,000 jobs added last November and the 329,000 jobs added in December continue to stick out like a pair of sore thumbs.", "orgs": []}, {"id": "735", "text": "Those really high numbers severely complicate analysis of a lot of the data.", "orgs": []}, {"id": "736", "text": "It made the end of 2014 look boom - like and has been followed by months of payback.", "orgs": []}, {"id": "737", "text": "Also, it is not entirely clear if the great numbers for those two months were due to faulty seasonal adjustment factors or if there just happened to be a perfect storm of good news events during those two months.", "orgs": []}, {"id": "738", "text": "The good news is that with this report GDP growth and employment growth have resumed their more normal relationship.", "orgs": []}, {"id": "739", "text": "We had suspected that either a couple of really horrific months or a restatement would have brought these two points back together.", "orgs": []}, {"id": "740", "text": "Instead, we have witnessed a slow, almost indiscernible, inching downward trend with good months and bad months.", "orgs": []}, {"id": "741", "text": "As of the second quarter, year - over - year nonfarm payroll growth is averaging around 2.1 % and GDP growth over the same period is running around 2.5 %.", "orgs": []}, {"id": "742", "text": "Not Much Hourly Wage Growth or Hours Worked Growth Month to Month", "orgs": []}, {"id": "743", "text": "With no hourly wage growth month to month and a modest slowing in the single - month year - over - year wage growth rate, a lot of economists were disappointed with the June data.", "orgs": []}, {"id": "744", "text": "We think the average measure has grown a bit confusing as it muddles together many industries and is strongly affected by mix issues and undue influence of some industries.", "orgs": []}, {"id": "745", "text": "The number is also prone to lumpiness with good months often followed by a series of months with no change.", "orgs": []}, {"id": "746", "text": "Being economists, we would all love to see five months of 0.2 % monthly growth than one month of 1 % growth and four months of no growth.", "orgs": []}, {"id": "747", "text": "Both ways get us to the same end, but it creates a lot of panic when we hit the slow spots.", "orgs": []}, {"id": "748", "text": "Also unusual in the year - over - year data are a lot of industries that are doing quite well and some that are not.", "orgs": []}, {"id": "749", "text": "Surprisingly, there appears to be some convergence going on here, with some of the higher - paying sectors -- manufacturing in particular -- and mining ( includes oil extraction ) doing poorly and low - paying sectors such as leisure and hospitality doing better.", "orgs": []}, {"id": "750", "text": "Overall Total Year - Over - Year Wage Growth Is Slowing Slightly Rolling together employment growth, hours worked growth, and the growth in the hourly wage rate, things still look pretty good but not stunning.", "orgs": []}, {"id": "751", "text": "Private sector employment growth is at its 12 - month average and the hourly wage growth rate is just one tick above the average.", "orgs": []}, {"id": "752", "text": "Meanwhile, hours worked growth has seemingly come to an end, as it often does at this part of a recovery.", "orgs": []}, {"id": "753", "text": "Employers are opting for more employees and not working their current ones more hours.", "orgs": []}, {"id": "754", "text": "Putting it all altogether, total wage growth has been slowing since February and is down to 4.7 % from a high of 5.4 % and its 12 - month average of 4.9 %.", "orgs": []}, {"id": "755", "text": "Inflation - Adjusted Data Trending Lower, Collapse", "orgs": []}, {"id": "756", "text": "Is on the Way Low year - over - year inflation rates, almost entirely due to low gasoline prices, have meant those dollars theoretically grow much faster.", "orgs": []}, {"id": "757", "text": "And the table below shows just that.", "orgs": []}, {"id": "758", "text": "Consumers have spent some of the extra inflation - related cash, but certainly not all of it, as savings rates have been increasing.", "orgs": []}, {"id": "759", "text": "That is probably a really good thing as employers have been doling out 2 % raises on average, no matter what the gyrations are in the inflation rate.", "orgs": []}, {"id": "760", "text": "Both employers and employees have been acting rationally, responding only to what they believe are changes in long - term inflation rates and not temporary blips in commodity prices.", "orgs": []}, {"id": "761", "text": "While total wages are up around 5 % year over year during the past six months, consumption growth has been stuck at around 3 %.", "orgs": []}, {"id": "762", "text": "That's a very good thing because without a total collapse in gasoline prices in the near term, year - over - year inflation could begin to approach 2 % by December.", "orgs": []}, {"id": "763", "text": "If hourly wage growth doesn't accelerate ( which could be given our labor shortage thesis ), there won't be any wage income growth per individual and total wages will only increase to the extent of the percentage growth of the number of people employed.", "orgs": []}, {"id": "764", "text": "Because consumers have been cautious about spending their income gains, the impact on the economy might not be large.", "orgs": []}, {"id": "765", "text": "Still, those forecasting a sharply accelerating economy and reaching some type of escape velocity are likely to be disappointed yet again.", "orgs": []}, {"id": "766", "text": "Employment Sector Data Shows", "orgs": []}, {"id": "767", "text": "It May Be Hard to Accelerate Job Growth", "orgs": []}, {"id": "768", "text": "Unfortunately, the number of job sectors that are doing really well are quite limited and some of the poorer - performing sectors don't have a lot of hope for doing much better.", "orgs": []}, {"id": "769", "text": "Too, some of the better performing sectors have slowed up, especially those related to manufacturing.", "orgs": []}, {"id": "770", "text": "The table below shows particularly good and bad performers over the past 12 months and their job additions in June alone.", "orgs": []}, {"id": "771", "text": "Construction, a great performer year over year, had a rough June and we are hoping for some help from the sector, especially the residential market, by the end of the year.", "orgs": []}, {"id": "772", "text": "Business and professional, a high - 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Adila power line to the national electricity grid.", "orgs": ["Sudanese Electricity Transmission Company", "Shanghai Electric Group Company"]}, {"id": "793", "text": "Sudanese newspapers reported on Thursday that the power line between Babanusa in West Kordofan to Adila in East Darfur will be constructed by Shanghai Electric at a cost of $ 50 million.", "orgs": ["Shanghai Electric"]}, {"id": "794", "text": "The Jedda branch of the Saudi Arabian Islamic Development Bank will fund the project, which is to be completed within 24 months.", "orgs": ["Saudi Arabian Islamic Development Bank"]}, {"id": "795", "text": "Related Topics Sudan : Darfur Governors to Restore Rule of Law, Social Fabric", "orgs": []}, {"id": "796", "text": "The signing of an agreement with the Chinese company to extend the line from Adila, through Ed Daein, to Nyala in South Darfur is expected to take place early next year.", "orgs": []}, {"id": "797", "text": "Beijing, Arabic funds, and private donors will finance the project, the newspapers stated.", "orgs": []}, {"id": "798", "text": "Early last week, the Sudanese cabinet proposed to raise the electricity tariff by 100 percent.", "orgs": []}, {"id": "799", "text": "In a meeting of the parliamentarian Energy Committee with the Minister of Water Resources, Irrigation and Electricity, Mutaz Mousa, on Monday, the Minister said that the current electricity tariff does not cover the production costs.", "orgs": ["parliamentarian Energy Committee"]}, {"id": "800", "text": "He proposed to \" set up a dialogue \" between the concerned state agencies and the citizens to find a solution for the low - 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west and cut their fees to secure dwindling work.", "orgs": []}, {"id": "814", "text": "McPhail, 50, is angry and perplexed by politicians clamouring to sign a free trade deal with China that allows the importation of Chinese workers.", "orgs": []}, {"id": "815", "text": "Bill Shorten pictured with the ALP's candidate for Canning, Matt Keogh.", "orgs": ["ALP"]}, {"id": "816", "text": "Philip Gostelow \" Tony Abbott wants to bring people in to work but there's not enough work for those of us here, \" McPhail says.", "orgs": []}, {"id": "817", "text": "\" Abbott might be earning a lot and having a good life, they [ politicians ] might have rental properties and the like.", "orgs": []}, {"id": "818", "text": "But me, I'm borrowing from my [ home ] loan to pay for the things I need for the business. \"", "orgs": []}, {"id": "819", "text": "McPhail says it's not just him.", "orgs": []}, {"id": "820", "text": "Abbott is on the nose with his friends and customers.", "orgs": []}, {"id": "821", "text": "\" No one wants to vote for him, \" McPhail says.", "orgs": []}, {"id": "822", "text": "Related Prime Minister Tony Abbott and the Liberal Party's Canning candidate Andrew Hastie in Perth last month.", "orgs": ["Liberal Party"]}, {"id": "823", "text": "Thomas Davidson", "orgs": []}, {"id": "824", "text": "It is his deep concern for the economy that McPhail will carry with him to the ballot box in a fortnight to elect a new member for Canning.", "orgs": []}, {"id": "825", "text": "Two years ago he voted for Liberal MP Don Randall, who died in July triggering the byelection.", "orgs": []}, {"id": "826", "text": "\" I voted for Don, \" McPhail says.", "orgs": []}, {"id": "827", "text": "\" He was in the area and had the policy that if you talk we listen.", "orgs": []}, {"id": "828", "text": "I know people and they've gone to him and he listened. \"", "orgs": []}, {"id": "829", "text": "But a lot has changed since 2013 and the candidates for the two major political parties lack Randall's worn Canning shoe leather.", "orgs": []}, {"id": "830", "text": "Former SAS captain Andrew Hastie, 32, is contesting the seat for the Liberal Party while Matt Keogh, 33, a dispute resolution lawyer is flying the Labor flag.", "orgs": ["SAS", "Liberal Party"]}, {"id": "831", "text": "The ACTU has been running hard - hitting television commercials warning Australian jobs are at risk if Abbott signs the FTA with China and the timing couldn't be better for Keogh.", "orgs": ["ACTU"]}, {"id": "832", "text": "They are amplifying simmering concerns among swathes of Canning's tradies and about 10,000 fly - in, fly - out workers.", "orgs": []}, {"id": "833", "text": "Australian Bureau of Statistics Census figures show in Armadale, the construction industry is the second biggest employment group after retail.", "orgs": ["Australian Bureau of Statistics"]}, {"id": "834", "text": "Manufacturing comes in third.", "orgs": []}, {"id": "835", "text": "Opposition Leader Bill Shorten has played up the risk to jobs from the China FTA even though his stance appears at odds with several Labor leaders including Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews and South Australian Premier Jay Weatherill, who back the deal.", "orgs": []}, {"id": "836", "text": "Even former Labor prime minister Bob Hawke has backed the agreement and warned Labor that \" talk of opposing it is just absolutely against Australia's best interests \".", "orgs": []}, {"id": "837", "text": "Yet, Labor insiders know fear about the China FTA is white - hot in the electorate.", "orgs": []}, {"id": "838", "text": "The long leash that Shorten is giving to the unions appears to be a calculated use of anxiety about Chinese workers to maximise Labor's chance in an electorate filled with blue - collar technicians.", "orgs": []}, {"id": "839", "text": "Before Shorten took questions from the assembled media at a press conference about crime in Canning on Thursday, he made this observation.", "orgs": []}, {"id": "840", "text": "\" I have to say, though, from the railway station to the bus stop to walking through the mall in Armadale, without a doubt the biggest issue is unemployment and jobs, \" Shorten said.", "orgs": []}, {"id": "841", "text": "\" I've had people come up to me and express their concerns with the China free - trade agreement.", "orgs": []}, {"id": "842", "text": "They can't understand why Mr Abbott hasn't chosen to stand up more strongly for Australian jobs.", "orgs": []}, {"id": "843", "text": "\" There's recognition that with the mining boom slowing that unemployment's a real challenge in Western Australia.", "orgs": []}, {"id": "844", "text": "So the real issue here... is the jobs of the future, jobs for people in Canning and jobs for Western Australians.", "orgs": []}, {"id": "845", "text": "But it seems that Mr Abbott and his Liberals are just focused on saving Mr Abbott's job.", "orgs": []}, {"id": "846", "text": "Happy to take any questions. \"", "orgs": []}, {"id": "847", "text": "McPhail is unsure who he will vote for.", "orgs": []}, {"id": "848", "text": "But he concurs with Shortens ' assessment and says everyone he knows is worried about job security.", "orgs": []}, {"id": "849", "text": "\" They want to be able to pay their mortgage.", "orgs": []}, {"id": "850", "text": "It's so uncertain now, \" McPhail says.", "orgs": []}, {"id": "851", "text": "Canning is a vast electorate stretching 6178 square kilometres.", "orgs": []}, {"id": "852", "text": "It captures working class Armadale, which accounts for about 40 per cent of voters, as well as Mandurah, a seaside hamlet popular with retirees.", "orgs": []}, {"id": "853", "text": "Further south lies Pinjarra, home of Alcoa's aluminium refinery, while to the east lies the Boddington gold mine.", "orgs": ["Alcoa"]}, {"id": "854", "text": "But there are also sheep, beef and fruit and vegetable farmers.", "orgs": []}, {"id": "855", "text": "Chris Birmingham owns Caraholly Orchard, which grows apples, nectarines, cherries and peaches.", "orgs": ["Caraholly Orchard"]}, {"id": "856", "text": "He also produces beef.", "orgs": []}, {"id": "857", "text": "He says Shorten's opposition to the China FTA is \" political games \".", "orgs": []}, {"id": "858", "text": "\" We know Bill pretty well, \" Birmingham says.", "orgs": []}, {"id": "859", "text": "\" He thinks he can pick up votes but it's not about the truth. \"", "orgs": []}, {"id": "860", "text": "Birmingham says Shorten's tactics are more about pleasing the Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy union.", "orgs": []}, {"id": "861", "text": "On Friday, former Labor energy minister Martin Ferguson hit out at the CFMEU for scaremongering over the China FTA.", "orgs": ["CFMEU"]}, {"id": "862", "text": "\" It's almost as if the CFMEU \u2026 wants to hold the rest of the nation \u2026 to ransom for their short - term political gain, \" he said.", "orgs": ["CFMEU"]}, {"id": "863", "text": "He also suggested the deal had racist overtones.", "orgs": []}, {"id": "864", "text": "Birmingham has met Hastie and describes him as \" exceptional \".", "orgs": []}, {"id": "865", "text": "He has previously voted for Randall.", "orgs": []}, {"id": "866", "text": "Yet even the conservative farmer finds it difficult to support Abbott.", "orgs": []}, {"id": "867", "text": "\" He's a pain in the backside, \" Birmingham says.", "orgs": []}, {"id": "868", "text": "\" I say that as a conservative.", "orgs": []}, {"id": "869", "text": "There's plenty of better people than him. \"", "orgs": []}, {"id": "870", "text": "Randall held the seat with an 11.8 per cent margin, of which about 4 per cent to 5 per cent is thought to be Randall's personal margin.", "orgs": []}, {"id": "871", "text": "\" It really is a non-Labor electorate in its present structure, \" says political analyst professor David Black.", "orgs": []}, {"id": "872", "text": "The electorate loved Randall.", "orgs": []}, {"id": "873", "text": "He was a grassroots local who, despite the vastness of his electorate, seemed to pop up everywhere.", "orgs": []}, {"id": "874", "text": "He fought hard for local issues and took on Canberra when he needed to.", "orgs": []}, {"id": "875", "text": "He was active behind the scenes in moves earlier this year to dump Abbott from the leadership.", "orgs": []}, {"id": "876", "text": "Yet polling suggests a big swing is on the cards.", "orgs": []}, {"id": "877", "text": "A recent poll of 768 Canning residents commissioned by influential union United Voice showed the Coalition's primary support dropping seven points since the 2013 election to 44.4 per cent.", "orgs": ["United Voice", "Coalition"]}, {"id": "878", "text": "Labor rose 3.6 points to 30.2 per cent.", "orgs": []}, {"id": "879", "text": "But there is speculation Labor isn't working as hard, or spending as much as it should, to win the seat.", "orgs": []}, {"id": "880", "text": "The accusation, denied by Shorten and Labor insiders, is that Labor wants to rattle the Liberal Party but not by so much that it causes a change of leadership.", "orgs": ["Liberal Party"]}, {"id": "881", "text": "\" The last thing they want is a federal leadership change, \" Black says.", "orgs": []}, {"id": "882", "text": "\" The standard view is that given Labor has a good candidate but not investing [ in the campaign ] suggest that they're not going to win but will put up a good show.", "orgs": []}, {"id": "883", "text": "They want to shake things but they don't want to change the [ Liberal ] leadership. \"", "orgs": []}, {"id": "884", "text": "If Abbott were to be dumped Labor knows it would have a hard job winning the next election if the people's favourite, Malcolm Turnbull, took over.", "orgs": []}, {"id": "885", "text": "Black suggests", "orgs": []}, {"id": "886", "text": "Abbott would survive even if there were a significant swing of 7 per cent because the party would attribute a large chunk of this to the loss of Randall's personal margin.", "orgs": []}, {"id": "887", "text": "\" Labor is in this election, \" Shorten confidently told reporters on Thursday.", "orgs": []}, {"id": "888", "text": "\" Judge us by the calibre of our ideas, not on how much money we spend on billboards.", "orgs": []}, {"id": "889", "text": "We think this byelection is tremendously important.", "orgs": []}, {"id": "890", "text": "The fact that the Liberals are somehow trying to say that their opponents are running dead is too arrogant for words. \"", "orgs": []}, {"id": "891", "text": "Abbott has appeared on the campaign trail twice.", "orgs": []}, {"id": "892", "text": "Shorten has appeared three times.", "orgs": []}, {"id": "893", "text": "Hastie has batted away talk the byelection is a referendum on the Prime Minister's job.", "orgs": []}, {"id": "894", "text": "\" I'm very busy on the ground, I don't have time to take counsel from the east - coat Twitterati, \" he recently told reporters.", "orgs": []}, {"id": "895", "text": "\" The people of Canning are concerned about jobs, the problems of ice and infrastructure, so I'm focused on the ground here. \"", "orgs": []}, {"id": "896", "text": "In a recent speech he took aim at his Labor rival Keogh, who Labor has talked up for being born in the area, educated in local schools but until recently was living in the trendy, inner city suburb Mount Lawley.", "orgs": []}, {"id": "897", "text": "\" My opponent across the road has a sign up that says ' Born in Canning ', \" Hastie said.", "orgs": []}, {"id": "898", "text": "\" Now I don't take a born to rule attitude at all when it comes to this campaign.", "orgs": []}, {"id": "899", "text": "While he may have been born here in the electorate he chose to move out while I have chosen to move in. \"", "orgs": []}, {"id": "900", "text": "Keogh's campaign has targeted Abbott, warning the government has left Canning \" in the lurch \" and was making cuts that would hurt schools and hospitals.", "orgs": []}, {"id": "901", "text": "But he has also made commitments based on Shorten securing office in 2017, such as spending $ 170 million on road infrastructure.", "orgs": []}, {"id": "902", "text": "Hastie's campaign is running under the tagline \" Andrew is an experienced leader.", "orgs": []}, {"id": "903", "text": "Not another politician. \"", "orgs": []}, {"id": "904", "text": "It picks up on a growing frustration from voters that both sides of politics are too consumed by playing politics at the expense of growing the economy.", "orgs": []}, {"id": "905", "text": "\" It's like what Bart Simpson says.", "orgs": []}, {"id": "906", "text": "You're damned if you do, damned if you don't, \" McPhail says.", "orgs": []}, {"id": "907", "text": "\" We are sick of the slagging.", "orgs": []}, {"id": "908", "text": "It's a circus.", "orgs": []}, {"id": "909", "text": "Unemployment is up.", "orgs": []}, {"id": "910", "text": "They need to get on with the job. \"", "orgs": []}, {"id": "911", "text": "Harper Lee : Interest in Go Set a Watchman is rivalling that of the last Harry Potter novel.", "orgs": []}, {"id": "912", "text": "Getty Images by Jocelyn McClurg Jean Louise Finch - better known to millions of To Kill a Mockingbird fans as Scout - is all grown up and on a train from New York City, headed home to Maycomb, as Go Set a Watchman opens.", "orgs": ["Getty Images"]}, {"id": "913", "text": "( Now we understand the train illustration on the book's jacket. )", "orgs": []}, {"id": "914", "text": "Readers can get a taste of the highly anticipated book by Harper Lee by reading the first chapter.", "orgs": []}, {"id": "915", "text": "The chapter has been posted online by The Wall Street Journal, the UK's The Guardian and the Sydney Morning Herald ; the papers bought first - serial rights from publisher HarperCollins.", "orgs": ["Wall Street Journal", "Guardian", "Sydney Morning Herald", "HarperCollins"]}, {"id": "916", "text": "Watchman, written in the 1950s and long thought lost, was recently rediscovered and is only now being published, as a sequel of sorts to Mockingbird.", "orgs": []}, {"id": "917", "text": "In the opening chapter, it's Jean Louise's \" fifth annual trip home \" from New York, where she now lives, to visit her father, Atticus Finch, the heroic figure of To Kill a Mockingbird.", "orgs": []}, {"id": "918", "text": "Jean Louise is her 20s and as she gets off the train, expecting to see her father, she's instead grabbed in a bear hug by Henry \" Hank \" Clinton, \" her lifelong friend. \"", "orgs": []}, {"id": "919", "text": "( He's a new character not seen in Mockingbird. )", "orgs": []}, {"id": "920", "text": "Jean Louise is barely in his car ( complete with automatic transmission and power steering ) when he asks her to marry him.", "orgs": []}, {"id": "921", "text": "She's not sure ; \" she's almost in love with him, \" but not quite.", "orgs": []}, {"id": "922", "text": "She appears to be the same old Scout, independent - minded, with a sharp tongue.", "orgs": []}, {"id": "923", "text": "\" For the present she would pursue the stony path of spinsterhood. \"", "orgs": []}, {"id": "924", "text": "We also learn that Hank, 30, is a veteran of World War II ( the novel is set in the 1950s ) and that he went to law school and works with her lawyer - father, who is 72 and suffering from rheumatoid arthritis.", "orgs": []}, {"id": "925", "text": "We also learn in the first chapter ( spoiler alert ) that Scout's brother Jem, a major character in Mockingbird, \" dropped dead in his tracks one day. \"", "orgs": []}, {"id": "926", "text": "That's when Atticus decided that Jem's friend Henry would instead become his \" legman. \"", "orgs": []}, {"id": "927", "text": "Henry \" regarded ( Atticus ) as a father, \" but he \" did not regard Jean Louise as his sister. \"", "orgs": []}, {"id": "928", "text": "Scout Finch is all grown up, indeed.", "orgs": []}, {"id": "929", "text": "The entire book will be available on July 14, when Go Set a Watchman goes on sale with a planned first hardcover printing of 2 million copies ( it will be published as an e-book as well ).", "orgs": []}, {"id": "930", "text": "( c)2015 USA Today", "orgs": ["USA Today"]}, {"id": "931", "text": "Audi, BMW and Daimler Near Deal to Buy Nokia Mapping Service", "orgs": ["Audi", "BMW", "Daimler", "Nokia"]}, {"id": "932", "text": "Car makers see potential for location - based services to become new revenue stream ENLARGE The Nokia Here digital mapping service drew a bid of $ 2.7 billion.", "orgs": ["Nokia"]}, {"id": "933", "text": "Photo : Bloomberg News By 29 COMMENTS BERLIN \u2014 A group of German auto makers agreed to pay slightly more than \u20ac 2.5 billion ( $ 2.7 billion ) for Nokia \u2019s digital mapping service, prevailing over Silicon Valley bidders in a battle for a key enabling technology for self - driving cars.", "orgs": ["Bloomberg News", "Nokia"]}, {"id": "934", "text": "German luxury car makers Audi, a unit of Volkswagen AG VLKAY 0.06 %, Mercedes - Benz parent Daimler AG DDAIY 0.85 %, and BMW AG BMW - 0.49 % have agreed in principle to purchase the telecommunications group \u2019s digital mapping service Nokia Here, according to a person familiar with the situation.", "orgs": ["Audi", "Volkswagen AG", "VLKAY", "Mercedes - Benz", "Daimler AG", "DDAIY", "BMW AG", "BMW", "Nokia"]}, {"id": "935", "text": "If a deal is struck, which is n\u2019t yet certain, the German auto makers plan to invite other automotive companies such as Fiat Chrysler Automobiles FCAU 0.39 % NV, Renault SA, RNO 0.53 % PSA Peugot Citro\u00ebn, Ford Motor Co. F - 0.41 %, Toyota Motor Corp. TM - 0.72 % and General Motors Co. GM - 0.36 % to invest in Nokia", "orgs": ["Fiat Chrysler Automobiles", "FCAU", "NV", "Renault SA", "RNO", "PSA Peugot Citro\u00ebn", "Ford Motor Co.", "F", "Toyota Motor Corp.", "TM", "General Motors Co.", "GM", "Nokia"]}, {"id": "936", "text": "Here, two people familiar with the situation said.", "orgs": []}, {"id": "937", "text": "\u201c The goal has always been to run the service as an open platform for everyone, \u201d one person said.", "orgs": []}, {"id": "938", "text": "\u201c The final signing could take place in the next few days. \u201d", "orgs": []}, {"id": "939", "text": "Nokia", "orgs": ["Nokia"]}, {"id": "940", "text": "Here generated more than half its \u20ac970 million in 2014 sales from the auto industry, and the rest from location - based services.", "orgs": []}, {"id": "941", "text": "The deal price might be less than Nokia hoped to achieve.", "orgs": ["Nokia"]}, {"id": "942", "text": "Nokia built the business out of Navteq, a mapping service that it bought in 2008 for $ 8.1 billion.", "orgs": ["Nokia", "Navteq"]}, {"id": "943", "text": "Related Hackers Show How Flaw Lets Them Control a Car Nokia declined to comment.", "orgs": ["Nokia"]}, {"id": "944", "text": "Audi, Daimler and BMW also declined to comment.", "orgs": ["Audi", "Daimler", "BMW"]}, {"id": "945", "text": "The German car makers entered the bidding after Nokia announced in April that it was considering a sale in the wake of its acquisition of Alcatel - Lucent ALU 0.84 % and its plan to focus on its telecom - equipment business.", "orgs": ["Nokia", "Alcatel - Lucent", "ALU"]}, {"id": "946", "text": "The car makers feared that Nokia Here \u2019s technology \u2014 the most advanced digital map of the world \u2019s major road networks \u2014 could fall into the hands of Google Inc., GOOG - 0.11 % Uber Technologies Inc. or Apple Inc. 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BIDU 1.40 % But the Uber - led consortium fell apart and Uber dropped out of the bidding last month.", "orgs": ["Uber", "Baidu Inc.", "BIDU", "Uber", "Uber"]}, {"id": "954", "text": "Uber bought digital navigation technology and hired employees from Microsoft Corp.", "orgs": ["Uber", "Microsoft Corp."]}, {"id": "955", "text": "MSFT 0.77 % in a bid to lessen its dependence on Google and Apple, whose mapping technologies help power Uber \u2019s ride - sharing app.", "orgs": ["MSFT", "Google", "Apple", "Uber"]}, {"id": "956", "text": "That left a group of private - equity investors and the German car companies as the remaining bidders.", "orgs": []}, {"id": "957", "text": "By early July, Nokia was holding exclusive talks with the German car makers.", "orgs": ["Nokia"]}, {"id": "958", "text": "Talks have been bogged down in details, from how much Nokia Here is actually worth to patents on intellectual property.", "orgs": ["Nokia"]}, {"id": "959", "text": "But people familiar with the situation say the two sides are close to finishing a deal.", "orgs": []}, {"id": "960", "text": "The battle over Nokia", "orgs": ["Nokia"]}, {"id": "961", "text": "Here has put a spotlight on an obscure part of the technology industry that will play a significant role in the future development of cars, trucks and other forms of transportation.", "orgs": []}, {"id": "962", "text": "Today, many people use Google Maps or another navigation service to get to their destination.", "orgs": ["Google"]}, {"id": "963", "text": "But once cars become even partially self - driving, the car \u2019s computer will need infallible information about the road ahead and traffic around the car in real - time.", "orgs": []}, {"id": "964", "text": "That is why the digital mapping business has taken on such importance.", "orgs": []}, {"id": "965", "text": "\u201c We are not just building a map, \u201d said Floris van de Klashorst, in charge of Nokia Here \u2019s connected driving business, during a recent interview.", "orgs": ["Nokia"]}, {"id": "966", "text": "\u201c We are creating a 3D high - definition digital representation of the world in real - time. \u201d", "orgs": []}, {"id": "967", "text": "Digital mapping services have shifted from an old model of providing a static map that is stored on the car \u2019s navigation system to a dynamic system that provides drivers with information about traffic and road conditions in real time.", "orgs": []}, {"id": "968", "text": "Nokia", "orgs": ["Nokia"]}, {"id": "969", "text": "Here and its rivals are developing collaborative systems that would allow each car to upload data to a cloud - based computer network as it cruises down the road.", "orgs": []}, {"id": "970", "text": "This information is then available in real time for users of their systems.", "orgs": []}, {"id": "971", "text": "\u201c That \u2019s why we need more car companies involved, \u201d said Mr. van de Klashorst.", "orgs": []}, {"id": "972", "text": "\u201c The more cars providing information the better the map. \u201d Write to William Boston at william.boston@wsj.com", "orgs": []}, {"id": "973", "text": "1283", "orgs": []}, {"id": "974", "text": "LIMA", "orgs": []}, {"id": "975", "text": "Oct 9 Global finance leaders believe China will weather its slowing growth and manage a successful transition from an export to a consumer economy despite a huge buildup of internal debt in the world's second largest economy.", "orgs": []}, {"id": "976", "text": "The International Monetary Fund believes the Chinese economy will grow 6.8 percent this year and 6.3 percent in 2016, slower than recent levels but still enough to keep driving global economic growth when other positives have largely disappeared.", "orgs": ["International Monetary Fund"]}, {"id": "977", "text": "France's Finance Minister Michel Sapin is among the optimists, along with Britain's George Osborne and IMF chief Christine Lagarde.", "orgs": ["IMF"]}, {"id": "978", "text": "China's Deputy Central Bank Governor Yi Gang was keen to reassure his peers at this week's IMF meetings in Lima, saying a recent devaluation was a one - off and that China's economy was stable.", "orgs": ["Central Bank", "IMF"]}, {"id": "979", "text": "\" We are satisfied by the measures currently being implemented by the Chinese government to limit the risk of contagion caused by the economic downturn in the short run, \" Sapin said at the IMF meeting in Lima on Friday.", "orgs": ["IMF"]}, {"id": "980", "text": "Yet cracks are already appearing in China, an economy whose red - hot growth of almost 10 percent a year for 30 years fuelled a commodity super - cycle that in 2008 pushed oil prices as high as $ 145 a barrel, and inflated demand for iron ore and edible oils, as well as industrial goods from advanced economies like Germany.", "orgs": []}, {"id": "981", "text": "It is not just China that is a risk - although it is by far the biggest one to the relatively rosy IMF forecasts of global economic growth of 3.1 percent this year and 3.6 percent in 2016.", "orgs": ["IMF"]}, {"id": "982", "text": "In Germany exports to China, Brazil and Russia account for 3.4 percent of gross domestic product, according to investment bank Barclays, a risk for Europe's largest economy.", "orgs": ["Barclays"]}, {"id": "983", "text": "China alone acccounts for 10 percent of Germany's auto exports.", "orgs": []}, {"id": "984", "text": "A sharp drop in German exports in August, which fell at their fastest pace since the 2009 financial crisis, is likely to be related to the fall in trade in Asia, Barclays said.", "orgs": ["Barclays"]}, {"id": "985", "text": "Industrial production and factory orders also declined.", "orgs": []}, {"id": "986", "text": "\" Because of China's weight in global production and trade, and because of the high commodity intensity of its production and demand, China's recession is the one that matters most for the global economy, \" Willem Buiter, Citi's chief economist has warned.", "orgs": ["Citi"]}, {"id": "987", "text": "LEVERAGE WITH CHINESE CHARACTERISTICS", "orgs": []}, {"id": "988", "text": "One of the few reports at the IMF's meetings in Peru to sound the alarm over China was a report on lending.", "orgs": ["IMF"]}, {"id": "989", "text": "The IMF Global Financial Stability report said that overborrowing by Chinese companies was equivalent to a quarter of gross domestic product.", "orgs": ["IMF"]}, {"id": "990", "text": "While China's August stock market crash and sudden devaluation rattled global markets, it may have just been a foretaste of things to come if China does not address its huge debt problems.", "orgs": []}, {"id": "991", "text": "\" Direct financial spillovers include a possibly adverse impact on the asset quality of at least $ 800 billion of cross - border bank exposures, \" the Fund report said.", "orgs": []}, {"id": "992", "text": "It calculates that if a tightly wound credit cycle in emerging economies, including China, unwinds with rising corporate default rates, aggregate global output could be as much as 2.4 percent lower by 2017 relative to the IMF's baseline forecast.", "orgs": ["IMF"]}, {"id": "993", "text": "\" China still has policy buffers to absorb financial shocks, including a relatively strong public sector balance sheet, but overreliance on these buffers could exacerbate existing vulnerabilities, \" the Fund said.", "orgs": []}, {"id": "994", "text": "( Reporting by David Chance ; Editing by Chizu Nomiyama )", "orgs": []}, {"id": "995", "text": "South Africa : Putco Confirms Buses Attacked in Mamelodi", "orgs": ["Putco"]}, {"id": "996", "text": "The briefing followed a hostile morning in the township, where at least two buses belonging to Autopax were pelted with stones and a person shot at a Putco bus.", "orgs": ["Autopax", "Putco"]}, {"id": "997", "text": "Four people were injured in the shooting, but no one has been arrested.", "orgs": []}, {"id": "998", "text": "Makhura condemned the attack and said such behavior would not be tolerated.", "orgs": []}, {"id": "999", "text": "Police would be in the area until stability had returned.", "orgs": []}, {"id": "1000", "text": "\" We are in conversation with law enforcement agencies to bring Operation Fiela to the area.", "orgs": []}, {"id": "1001", "text": "If the police require the assistance of the SA National Defence Force, they know which direction to follow and it will be provided. \"", "orgs": ["SA National Defence Force"]}, {"id": "1002", "text": "Transport MEC", "orgs": []}, {"id": "1003", "text": "Ismail Vadi said the problems in Mamelodi were as a result of the taxi owners not understanding the process of applying for operating permits.", "orgs": []}, {"id": "1004", "text": "He said because the route was already in operation, a new service could be appointed without the need to gazette or put to tender.", "orgs": []}, {"id": "1005", "text": "Putco cancelled its contract in Gauteng for eight routes, citing financial loss.", "orgs": ["Putco"]}, {"id": "1006", "text": "Mamelodi was one of the routes.", "orgs": []}, {"id": "1007", "text": "Autopax was appointed to fill the void, much to the dismay of taxi owners in the area, who questioned how Autopax was able to get permits while they have to wait a long time.", "orgs": ["Autopax", "Autopax"]}, {"id": "1008", "text": "\" A permit is not guaranteed.", "orgs": []}, {"id": "1009", "text": "You apply for a permit and it can either be approved or declined, based on many factors.", "orgs": []}, {"id": "1010", "text": "The municipalities also decide if they have capacity or if they need new taxis and if they say no then the permits are not issued, \" Vadi said.", "orgs": []}, {"id": "1011", "text": "There has been an increase in taxi violence in the province with Mamelodi recording the highest number of incidents.", "orgs": []}, {"id": "1012", "text": "\" We have made taxi violence a priority in the province.", "orgs": []}, {"id": "1013", "text": "We have to address the issue, \" he said.", "orgs": []}, {"id": "1014", "text": "Community Safety MEC", "orgs": []}, {"id": "1015", "text": "Sizakele Molabane - Nkosi said in recent months, a group of four men from KwaZulu - Natal, were allegedly paid to \" take out \" taxi bosses in the area.", "orgs": []}, {"id": "1016", "text": "She said two were arrested while two managed to flee.", "orgs": []}, {"id": "1017", "text": "\" We also recovered a lot of arms when we arrested them. \"", "orgs": []}, {"id": "1018", "text": "Source : News24", "orgs": ["News24"]}, {"id": "1019", "text": "Yerba Buena Wealth Advisors, LLC, the exclusive provider of The Donor Motivation Program\u00ae for Northern California, will present \u201c The 7 Most Influential Planned Giving Trends \u2026 And How Concerned Non-profits Can Take Action Now \u201d for the third time this year.", "orgs": ["Yerba Buena Wealth Advisors, LLC"]}, {"id": "1020", "text": "This private presentation is scheduled for September 29th and September 30th, in Millbrae and San Rafael, respectively.", "orgs": []}, {"id": "1021", "text": "The research that will be presented uncovers the latest insights on the challenges non-profits face as they continue to fund raise in today \u2019s environment, as well as key donor concerns, and how to respond appropriately.", "orgs": []}, {"id": "1022", "text": "The presentation has been presented to over 40 non-profit organizations in the bay area this year and has been described as providing \u201c current and valuable information about planned giving \u201d by the founder of a community non-profit organization.", "orgs": []}, {"id": "1023", "text": "Many attendees describe their biggest concern is how to build a successful and cost effective planned giving program.", "orgs": []}, {"id": "1024", "text": "The presentations given in February, April, and June were sold out and had Executive Director, Planned Giving Officers and Development Directors with local and regional representation in attendance.", "orgs": []}, {"id": "1025", "text": "The 7 Most Influential Planned Giving Trends \u2026 And How Concerned Non-profits Can Take Action", "orgs": []}, {"id": "1026", "text": "Now is an \u201c excellent compilation of prior giving statistics presented in an organized fashion.", "orgs": []}, {"id": "1027", "text": "It leads me to believe our biggest successes are in developing a planned giving program \u201d said Treasurer of Bay Area Health Care Foundation.", "orgs": ["Bay Area Health Care Foundation"]}, {"id": "1028", "text": "\u201c The response we are receiving from the introduction of The Donor Motivation Program\u00ae into the San Francisco Bay Area has been phenomenal, \u201d says Bruce Frankel, Managing Partner of Yerba Buena Wealth Advisors, the provider of the Donor Motivation Program\u00ae in the Bay Area.", "orgs": ["Yerba Buena Wealth Advisors"]}, {"id": "1029", "text": "\u201c This is a proven and successful research - 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