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Investment management company Invesco Distributors released the Investor Letter for the Invesco Growth and Income Fund for the second quarter of 2024. A copy of the letter can be downloaded here. AI-related stocks continued to rise during the quarter, propelling many stock indexes to all-time highs, while other non-AI-related market segments fell. The fund underperformed its Russell 1000 Value Index (USD) benchmark during the second quarter. The fund's relative performance decline was due to stock selection in the industrial and healthcare sectors. Relative performance was added by stock selection in communication services and financials. Additionally, you can check out the…
Follow(AI generated) (Credit: @mpminds)An AI-generated tear-jerking video of a cat has garnered millions of views and a loyal following, blurring the line between spam and art. Is it an algorithm or what the internet wants?There are many famous internet cats, but perhaps none have made as many people cry as Chubby. Depictions of Chubby vary, but he's always plump, red-haired, and AI-generated. Chubby is almost always caught up in very sad or strange situations, and he has baffled, outraged, and won the hearts of millions. Content creators on TikTok and YouTube Shorts tell the story of Chubby and his family…
Acemoglu expects productivity gains from generative AI to be relatively modest, because developers at big tech companies have focused on using AI to replace humans through automation and “online monetization” in search and social media. To have a bigger impact on productivity, he argues, AI needs to be useful to a broader segment of the workforce and relevant to more parts of the economy. The key is that AI needs to be used to create new types of jobs, not just replace workers. Acemoglu argues that generative AI can be used to augment workers' capabilities, for example, by providing real-time…
More and more Americans are racking up credit card debt to make ends meet, but Bank of America CEO Brian Moynihan says there's another reason they're doing it: For many, it's lifestyle maintenance. “It's hard to cut back on expenses and it's hard to reevaluate your needs and wants,” says Bill Dendy, a Texas-based CPA and certified financial planner, “and many people have had to just go ahead and turn to savings or credit cards.”Unfortunately, while prices have soared under the Biden-Harris Administration, wages have not kept up. It's basic math. “Across the board, people are seeing prices go up…
CU's first Kazakhstan convenience store opens in Almaty Until earlier this year, Kazakhstan, a Central Asian country 27 times the size of South Korea, had no modern convenience stores.The country only had big marts and supermarkets where people would stop by every now and then to buy groceries and daily necessities in bulk.BGF Retail, operator of South Korea's largest convenience store CU, opened Kazakhstan's first convenience store in the country's largest city, Almaty, in March, responding to the growing desire of Kazakhstan people to buy daily necessities closer to home at any time.”Despite the rapid growth in demand for daily…
Salli Richardson: SVG Europe's Outstanding Contribution to European Sports Broadcasting for overseeing the BBC's Wimbledon coverage Salli Richardson, executive producer of Wimbledon and the Boat Race for BBC Sport and lead director for the Paris 2024 Olympics, will receive the Outstanding Contribution to European Sports Broadcasting award at SVG Europe's Sports Production Summit in September. The award, which recognizes an individual who has changed the nature of sports content production and distribution within Europe, will be presented at the Sports Production Summit, taking place at De Hallen Studios in Amsterdam on Thursday 12th September. Previous recipients include Olympic Broadcasting Service…
Africa, with its negligible carbon emissions, is a victim of climate change but cannot stop it. In fact, to lift the continent's inhabitants out of poverty, African economies need to experience significant growth, fuelled by international aid that encourages both domestic and foreign companies to invest and create jobs in Africa. Africa, with its negligible carbon emissions, is a victim of climate change but cannot stop it. In fact, to lift the continent's inhabitants out of poverty, African economies must grow substantially, fueled by international aid that encourages both domestic and foreign companies to invest and create jobs in Africa.…
In this interview, Filippo Bonifacio, CEO of Advanced Microwave Engineering (AME), explains how the innovative AMESPHERE system, which uses Local Positioning System (LPS) technology, overcomes port safety challenges by increasing accuracy and reliability. Why is the port environment considered so dangerous? Port environments are extremely hazardous for two main reasons: firstly, the objects handled, such as containers, are often very bulky, and secondly, the use of large handling equipment, such as reach stackers and straddle carriers. These factors combine to limit visibility and greatly increase the risk of collisions between vehicles and pedestrians, and between vehicles themselves. What technologies are…
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Dr. Ray O'Connor summarises a very interesting paper on the role of lifestyle and social factors in treating and preventing some chronic diseases and deaths. Diabetes remission through dietRandomized controlled trials have shown that total dietary replacement (TDR) can lead to remission of type 2 diabetes. In 2019, the UK National Health Service (NHS) committed to establishing a TDR-based intervention program delivered at scale in real-world settings. Subsequently, the NHS Pathway to Type 2 Diabetes Remission (T2DR) program was developed, a 12-month behavioral intervention supporting weight loss, including an initial 3-month TDR period. People aged 18–65 years in England who…