Michael Phoch
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J.P. Morgan (NYSE: JPM) announced it completed a live, blockchain-based intraday repo transaction. The transaction was successfully conducted between J.P. Morgan’s broker dealer and banking entity, using an in-house developed blockchain application which supported instantaneous settlement and maturity of the transaction in hours, as opposed to days.
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According to the Amex Trendex, a trend report from American Express, consumers surveyed in the U.S. are prioritizing safety this holiday season -- from the types of gifts they hope to receive to the way they plan to celebrate. Gift Cards and Clothing Top Holiday Lists This Year; Consumers Start Planning for 2021 Purchases
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Google Cloud TPUs significantly improve the training speed of Samsung's voice-powered digital assistant to deliver an improved user experience across multiple languages. Google Cloud's custom-designed machine learning accelerators, Cloud Tensor Processing Units (Cloud TPUs), have enabled Samsung to enhance Bixby's artificial intelligence (AI) model voice-recognition training speed by 18x.
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The FINANCIAL -- 65 per cent of Europe are being more thoughtful this Christmas, One in five have become ‘philanthrogifters’ to help give back, 59 per cent are shopping locally to help rebuild communities, One in five have purchased gifts that support a charity.
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FedEx Express, a subsidiary of FedEx Corp. and the world’s largest express transportation company, announced today that operations are in motion to transport its first shipments of COVID-19 vaccines.
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With six Arab states having established relations with Israel, a new Middle East is taking shape. But the diplomatic progress, facilitated by the Trump administration’s compensation to those states, has its limits.
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Supply chains will need to be rethought for a post-pandemic world, with more emphasis on diversification, domestic production, and stockpiling.
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The European Commission has approved, under EU State aid rules, two French measures in favour of Corsair, an airline active in passenger and cargo transport mainly to French overseas territories.
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Today, the Commission has welcomed the political agreement reached between the European Parliament and EU Member States on the new Erasmus+ Programme (2021‑2027). Trilogue negotiations have now concluded, pending the final approval of the legal texts by the European Parliament and the Council.
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