Oct 28

Drupal 8 Beginner, Lesson 1: Introduction to the Course

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Welcome! This is the introduction to the Absolute Beginner’s Guide to Drupal 8. Even if you’ve never set up a website before, we’ll take you step-by-step through the entire process of building a Drupal site.

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Drupal is an amazing tool for creating websites and applications. With the release of version 8, Drupal is only getting better.

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Oct 27

আন্তর্জাতিক ফাইনান্স সংবাদ। Global Finance/Stock Market News: 5 things to start your day

Global Finance/Stock Market News: 5 things to start your day

GOP tax plan remains on track, Amazon shakes the health-care industry, and third-quarter GDP data due.

Tax plan

Yesterday’s successful adoption of budget resolution by the House means the path to passing a tax-reform bill remains open, if still difficult.

Related: what is actually in the plan before its release on Nov. 1. out of the Senate by Thanksgiving.

U.S. stocks rallied yesterday on renewed hopes for successful tax reform.

Next target

Amazon.com Inc. shares rose as much as 8.5 percent beating analyst estimates.

Amazon is getting into health-care industry Related: triggered a steep selloff, reportedly in talks

GDP

hurricane damage to third-quarter U.S. GDP may be less than originally expected, with the median estimate for a 2.6 percent annualized expansion in the period.

Markets rise

Overnight, the MSCI Asia Pacific Index climbed 0.3 percent

Japan’s Topix index added 1.0 percent

In Europe, the Stoxx 600 Index was 0.5 percent higher at 5:55 a.m. (ECB)

S&P 500 futures were 0.3 percent higher

the 10-year Treasury yield was at 2.452 percent

and gold was lower.

Big oil

Yesterday was tech, today it’s big oil’s turn to dominate earnings.

Total SA posted the highest earnings : Oil and Gas Company

Exxon Mobil Corp. and Chevron Corp. are due to announce results

a barrel of West Texas Intermediate for December delivery was at $52.56 by 5:55 a.m.

Here’s what you should read today

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Oct 27

And here’s what you need to know in global technology news

And here’s what you need to know in global technology news

Amazon Web Services drove profits. It generated $1.17 billion in operating income on $4.58 billion in revenue.

Microsoft’s Azure, the No. 2 player in the market, is showing stellar growth.

Google Cloud is doing but is talking it up quite a bit.
And here’s what you need to know in global technology news
America’s corporate regulator fined Zenefits as part of a settlement. Startup founders be warned: If they can come after Zenefits, they can come after you.
Not all earnings went well yesterday. Baidu sank after missing revenue expectations.
Did you stay up to buy an iPhone last night? Apple was counting on you.
Snapchat has a lot of problems, but fake news is not one of them.

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Oct 26

Technology and Market News as Developing

Technology and Market News as Developing

Chinese Firm Buys CN Tower Builder Aecon for $930 Million

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-10-26/aecon-engineering-firm-sold-to-china-s-cccc-for-930-million

Alphabet Now Trading at Over $1,000 a Share, All-Time High

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-10-26/alphabet-third-quarter-earnings-beat-estimates

The Race for a Major Tax Overhaul Is On. Here’s One Big Obstacle

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-10-26/house-opens-race-to-major-tax-overhaul-with-caution-flags-flying

Venture Capital Funding for Canadian Tech Hits 8-Quarter High

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-10-25/ai-helps-drive-canada-venture-capital-funding-to-8-quarter-high

Instead of Cutting Corporate Taxes, Solve Actual Problems

https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2017-10-26/instead-of-cutting-corporate-taxes-solve-actual-problems

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Oct 26

Global Finance/Stock Market News Today : 5 things to start your day

Finance/Stock Market News Today : 5 things to start your day

ECB day

The European Central Bank is expected to announce today how it intends to bring to an end its large-scale asset purchases. "reduced purchases to 40 billion euros ($47 billion)"

The euro is having a quiet morning

House vote

USA tax-reform budget vote later today.

Should the vote pass, the Committee could release the long-awaited tax bill as early as Nov. 1.

Gary Cohn is no longer in the running to lead the Federal Reserve,

Donald Trump thinks Janet Yellen is “terrific.”

Oil production cut

Saudi Arabian Crown Prince wants to extend oil production cut.

A barrel of West Texas Intermediate for December delivery was trading unchanged at $52.18

Markets waiting

The MSCI Asia Pacific Index slipped less than 0.1 percent overnight

while Japan’s Topix index added 0.1 percent

In Europe, the Stoxx 600 Index was unchanged at 5:35 a.m.

investors await the ECB decision

Investors keeping an eye on developments in Catalonia.

S&P 500 futures were less than 0.1 percent lower,

the 10-year Treasury yield was at 2.424 percent

gold was unchanged.

Earnings

Deutsche Bank AG and Barclays Plc released disappointing third-quarter results

Here’s what you should read today

And finally, here’s what Joe’s interested in this morning

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It’s going to be a big day for tech earnings

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Oct 26

Technology News for Today

Technology News for Today
By Shira.

"There are now too many young tech companies that have raised too much money, often at unjustifiably high valuations. Not all investors in private companies will make a profit from the bloated pool of startups. There will be (unicorn) blood. "
And here’s what you need to know in global technology news:
Amazon confirmed Wednesday it will sell internet-connected locks and video cameras for dropping off packages.

Trump approveded an executive order to speed the approval of package deliveries by drones.
"Apple seems poised for a splashy foray into original web video programming. But no one in Hollywood knows what Apple is up to"
RIP Microsoft Kinect. the company stopped manufacturing the device.
Mark Zuckerberg: involve the Zuckerberg family foundation.

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Oct 25

আজকের আন্তর্জাতিক ফাইনান্স সংবাদ । Global Financia l Market News Today

Summary:

Good news in Europe, Republicans push back against Trump, and the bond market’s moment of truth.

European data

Third-quarter GDP growth for the U.K. came in at a slightly faster-than-expected 0.4 percent

Related: boost to the pound

In Germany, business confidence is high. Related: record high in October.

The euro remained little changed. ECB gathering.

Dis-unity

President Donald Trump is facing increasing criticism from his own side Related: “dangerous to democracy.”

Related: criticism could not come at a worse time for Trump

Bond warning

DoubleLine Capital’s Jeffery Gundlach tweeted that the “moment of truth” has come for the U.S. bond bull market.

There is a chance that the bears’ time may finally have come.

Markets flat

Ovenight, the MSCI Asia Pacific Index slipped 0.1 percent, dragged lower by Japanese shares. Related: 16-day rally.

In Europe, the Stoxx 600 Index was 0.1 percent higher at 5:45 a.m.

S&P 500 futures slipped 0.1 percent,

the 10-year Treasury yield was at 2.454 percent

gold was lower.

Coming up…

"none of the economists in a Bloomberg survey expect a change in rates, any hints of another hike in December should add to the Canadian dollar’s strong performance this year. "

Here’s what you should read today

And finally, here’s what Joe’s interested in this morning

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Shares of big advertising companies fell yesterday after Interpublic warned about Q4 results,

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Oct 25

And here’s what you need to know in global technology news:

And here’s what you need to know in global technology news:
Sony is making a big bet on a technology that Apple and other big tech companies want. The Japanese company is developing sensors that can detect people and objects by calculating how long it takes for light to reflect off surfaces.
Twitter is responding to the uproar over the misuse of its platform by Russia-linked groups looking to influence last year’s U.S. presidential election. The company is adding a new "transparency center," showing how much political campaigns spend on its ads.
Hulu poached a top Fox executive as its new CEO. Randy Freer replaces Mike Hopkins, another Fox alum who is leaving to become chairman of Sony Pictures.
Amazon, Facebook and Google are pushing regulators for a free rein developing AI. One of their lobbying firms published a paper urging a hands-off approach.
Tech’s attack on brick and mortar retail expands. My colleague Spencer Soper reported Amazon is bulking up video reviews to lock buyers in. WeWork bought an iconic store from Hudson’s Bay in New York.

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Oct 24

5 things to start your day : Bloomberg Market News

From: Bloomberg Market

Congress gets ambitious over tax plan, it’s PMI day, and HSBC trader convicted of fraud.

Tax bill due

USA: ambitious schedule for releasing tax legislation over the next few weeks. "changes to 401(k) accounts remain on the table".

Trump announcing his nominee for chair of the Federal Reserve.

PMI day

A composite Purchasing Managers’ Index for the euro area slipped to 55.9 in October. Related: taper asset purchases.

Fraud

Currency trader Mark Johnson was convicted of nine out of 10 fraud and conspiracy counts by a jury in New York yesterday. $10 billion in penalties.

Markets mixed

Overnight, the MSCI Asia Pacific Index climbed 0.1 percent,

Japan’s Nikkei 225 Stock Average extended its record winning streak to a 16th day.

In Europe, the Stoxx 600 Index was 0.1 percent lower at 5:45 a.m.

S&P 500 futures were unchanged after the index ended yesterday’s session lower,

the 10-year Treasury yield was at 2.395 percent, and gold retreated.

Party party over

President Xi Jingping to move to the party’s constitution, putting him alongside Mao Zedong and Deng Xiaoping.

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Oct 23

Technology News to Read Today

"Any day now, Google is expected to achieve quantum supremacy—the use of a quantum computer to solve a problem that even the most advanced supercomputer can’t unravel.That milestone, which Google has said it will reach by year-end"

"There’s plenty of momentum. Earlier this month, Intel researchers unveiled a superconducting chip for quantum computers."

"Investors are getting excited. In June, Blue Yard Capital, a venture capital firm based in Berlin, held a conference on quantum computing"
JPMorgan is tapping an AI startup to help its traders predict moves in the market.
Even Puerto Rico is wooing Amazon as the e-commerce giant looks for the home of its second headquarters.
Singapore is experiencing a surge in venture capital fundraising.
$300,000 to $500,000: That’s how much the biggest tech companies are paying their A.I. specialists.

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