Monday, April 23, 2012

China Times: HTC wants to develop its own processors for low-end phones

China Times: HTC wants to develop its own processors for low-end phones

Encroaching into the semiconductor business might not seem the most obvious move for a phone manufacturer that's trying to unify its efforts. Nevertheless, China Times reports that HTC has signed a "memorandum of cooperation" with ST-Ericsson to co-develop a new dedicated chip for low-end handsets coming out next year. Since ST-Ericsson is a fabless chip designer, HTC won't risk getting silicon between its fingernails. Instead, if this agreement is what it seems, the Taiwanese manufacturer may simply want more direct control over its supply chains and to reduce its current reliance on ready-made designs from Qualcomm or NVIDIA. After all, it can't be easy for HTC's new CFO, looking on while others gobble up those margins.

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Thriving Amid An Explosion of UDID Alternatives

udid-explosionThe mobile app industry is in a state of confusion in the wake of Apple?s recent measures to wean developers from the UDID (Unique Device Identifier), a function broadly used for determining the effectiveness of mobile advertising. In the short term, it seems that notions of an imminent Apple ban on use of UDIDs are premature. However, most in the market have concluded that they need to move toward new methods of marketing attribution for iOS device based advertising. The key for entrepreneurs and mobile app brands is moving to alternatives that will best allow their businesses to thrive. Here are the alternatives and here's how pick which ones you should use:

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Sunday, April 22, 2012

The Instagram of the 18th Century [Past Perfect]

The Claude glass was an early pocket lens, sans camera, that 18th century men and women would hold aloft to regard the scene over their shoulder. More »


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If Financing is Marriage, is M&A Death?

cypress hillNot a week goes by where I don?t get an email that goes like this: ?I wanted to reconnect, as I've recently left [the company that bought my startup]. ?Long story, but suffice it to say their executives and I did not share the same vision for the future.? Let?s face it, although there have been some smashing successes, more often than not, Mergers & Acquisitions fail.? If you didn?t know any better, you?d think that selling your company amounted to a kiss of death, when it ought to be closer to a rebirth and the start of something? better.? Indeed, while raising money from investors feels like marriage, M&A sure feels like death.

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Conspiracy Theory: Search for The Cure

Conspiracy Theory: Search for The Cure

OPEN ALL GIRLS FUndraisers everywhere are raising money for a cure. Why isn't there one? These teenage spys are deterimened to find out.

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Saturday, April 21, 2012

Interviews: 5 Things You Should Avoid Saying in a Job Interview ...

By Paul Cook

Preparation is an extremely important part of an interview. You will have to put your best face forward because you will only have a short time amount to make an impression on which you will be judged for the job position. Therefore, it is extremely crucial that you prepare well for the interview and make the best possible impression to be seriously considered for the job. In this regards, there are certain things that you should avoid saying or asking at all cost because they will completely jeopardize your interview. Therefore, you should avoid saying the following things in a job interview or you may very well bid the job goodbye:

I do not know about the business of your company

Saying this will mean that you have come to the interview unprepared and hence, are not serious about the job. Therefore, you should always research about the company and have an idea about their business. This will not only enable you to impress your interviewer but will also increase your chances as you will be able to communicate how your skills will contribute to the business.

I do not have any weaknesses

As important as it is to make the most favorable impression, refrain from telling your interviewer that you do not have any weaknesses. The reason for this is that it roughly translates as this: ?I am narrow-minded? or ?I?m being dishonest to you?. The employer expects you to be honest and have an answer prepared for this question. You should articulate your answer in a tactful manner because the weakness that you will communicate with them should not compromise your chances for the job.

I hated my last job/ boss

This is an absolute no-no. No matter how much you hated your last job or how much of a nightmare your last boss was; never cite that as the reason for you leaving your last job. You should not speak any ill of your last company and should handle this question in a tactful manner. If you do not do this, two things will go against you. Firstly, you are implying that you have poor people skills and secondly, your employer would be put off thinking that you will be doing the same against them when you will leave them.

No questions, thanks

At the end of the interview, your interviewer will ask you if you have any questions. Make sure that you have questions prepared because if you do not have any questions to ask, this will only mean that you are not interested in the company.

How much will you pay?

Never ask about your salary or make any negotiations until a job offer is made to you.? In the round of interviews, your employees are evaluating whether you are the right person for the job. Once they have determined this, then they will put their offer forward. This is the appropriate time to discuss and negotiate money.

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Japan's Cosmo Oil renews Iran oil imports deal: sources

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Diablo 3 beta throws open doors, this weekend only

Diablo 3, the much-anticipated fantasy game, is scheduled for launch in North America on May 15. In the meantime, you can get your hands on the?Diablo 3?beta version.

Diablo 3: One of the most eagerly-anticipated games in recent memory, and also one of the most frequently delayed. Horizons readers will remember that back in September of last year,?Blizzard announced that Diablo 3, originally slated to arrive in 2011, would be held until early 2012 ? enough time for the developer to polish up the gameplay.?

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"[T]his week we pulled together people from all of the teams involved with the game to decide whether we felt it would be ready before the end of December, and we grudgingly came to the conclusion that it would not," a Blizzard exec wrote at the time. "Ultimately, we feel that to deliver an awesome Diablo sequel that lives up to our expectations and yours as well, we should take a little more time and add further polish to a few different elements of the game."

Since then, Blizzard has finalized a May 15 North America launch date for Diablo 3.?

This week comes news that Blizzard will stage an open beta event for Diablo 3, a kind of "stress test" for the forthcoming fantasy title. VentureBeat?reports?that the beta test will extend from Friday afternoon to 1 p.m. EST on Monday. Anyone with a valid?Battle.net account is invited to play (excepting folks in the?Korea, Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Macau markets, who are getting a separate beta event, on April 23).

You can get started here.?

Diablo 3, like Diablo 2 and the original Diablo, will take place in the the murky, shadowy world of Sanctuary. Among the playable character classes are the newly-introduced "monks" ? "priest-warriors who follow the divine injunctions of their Patriarchs, the rulers of Ivgorod," according to Blizzard. Sounds like some good, geeky fun to us.?

For more tech news, follow us on?Twitter @venturenaut. And don?t forget to sign up for the weekly?BizTech newsletter.

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Wednesday, April 18, 2012

Sibling Relationships | Long Distance Sibling Relationships | Sibling ...

You know that expression ?It?s the thought that counts?? Well this act of love is going to get your creative juices flowing and will definitely require a good amount of thought. Today you are going to write a short, fun poem for your sib. There are lots of types of poems you could go for, but for now we are going to go for Limericks and Acrostic poems.

Objective: To write a cute, thoughtful poem about your sibling to bring smiles and laughs.

What To Do:

First you need to decide on the type of poem you want to write. We are suggesting either Limerick or Acrostic.

So, for example, this is the limerick I wrote for my baby brother who is moving off to college next semester:

You once were so cute and so small
I remember the way you would crawl
You grew up so fast
And your life is a blast
And now I am so short and you?re tall

Need some help writing a limerick? This is a great limerick resource.

Or you could go with the Acrostic, which may take a little less time. Here is one I wrote for my sister, Terah.

Totally amazing at sports
Energetic
Really stinkin? beautiful
Absolutely?incredible?in every way
Happy all the time

Once you come up with your poem, send it to your sib. You could ?email it, text it or write it in a cute card and stick it in the mail. However you send it, it is sure to bring a smile!

For the ?Over-Achiever?- After you have written you poem, write, or print the poem and include a picture of you and you sibling, frame it and send it in the mail to your sib

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Tuesday, April 17, 2012

SSRS Reports and Your Business Productivity

SSRS stands for SQL Server Reporting Services which is a service provided by Microsoft and is widely used by businesses all over the world. It has been one of the key components for growing many small businesses into large ones since this service started. SSRS Reports are known to increase the work flow for business which makes a business more productive resulting in growth and success. Utilizing this reporting service along with automation BI programming takes much of the hassle out of repetitive tasks.

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Instapundit ? Blog Archive ? FASTER, PLEASE: New treatment for ...

FASTER, PLEASE: New treatment for prostate cancer gives ?perfect results? for nine in ten men: research. If this ultrasound-based approach works out, it may not only improve cure rates but also drastically cut costs. I think we?ll see a fair amount of new medical technology along those lines over the next decade or two.

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Johnny Depp's Security Allegedly Manhandles Disabled Woman

Johnny Depp has millions of female admirers, but there's one California woman who isn't exactly his biggest fan right now. An unnamed woman (who has a disability) has filed a lawsuit against Depp after his security detail allegedly manhandled and humiliated her in an effort to forcibly remove her from her VIP-section seat near him at an Iggy and the Stooges concert.

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Best Buy closing 50 big boxes in 2012, fewer locations for you to buy your Apple gear

Best Buy will be closing 50 of their big box stores in 2012, 8 previously announced and 42 more just made official. Most of them will be shut down by mid-May, a last few by July. The release talks about employees, and how they'll try to find them positions within the organization, but it doesn't speak clearly about a strategy moving forward.


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Pippa Middleton At The Center Of Paris Gun Scandal?

Pippa Middleton is making headlines today and it is not for her killer bum. Oh no this time she finds herself smack dab in the middle of a gun scandal, but is any of it really her fault or is it a case of simply not choosing the best people to hang out with?   Over the weekend Pippa was in Paris and a photo of her riding around in a convertible with the driver aiming what appears to be a gun has surfaced thanks to The Sun. This did not go over well with the cops in Paris because of all the recent gun massacres in France. According to The Sun the driver pointed the gun at the paparazzi that was following the foursome in the car. Although it has not been confirmed that the weapon was in fact a real gun that may not matter to law enforcement in Paris, apparently simply waving any firearm in public is a crime. That being said The Sun is reporting that a witness has already filed a formal complaint with the police in France. This could mean a couple of different things for the younger sister of the Duchess of Cambridge. [...]

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Monday, April 16, 2012

Exclusive: Tupac Coachella Hologram Creator Tells How He Resurrected Rapper

'It was [Dr.] Dre's vision to bring this back to life,' says Nick Smith president of the company that created the Tupac hologram at Coachella.
By Gil Kaufman


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The Coachella festival is a place where minds routinely get blown, usually due to an awesome set or a killer reunion from one of your favorite bands. But on Sunday night it was thanks to the ghostly re-appearance of West Coast rap legend Tupac Shakur. He materialized on stage alongside his old friend Snoop Dogg during a crowd-pleasing set by the Doggfather and Dr. Dre, which also featured appearances from Eminem, 50 Cent, Wiz Khalifa and Warren G.

The resurrection of 'Pac, who was murdered in 1996, would have been a face-melting surprise had word about the stunt not leaked out just a few days before the set. But the 100,000 or so fans who were on hand still couldn't believe it when Tupac materialized on stage to rip off "2 of Amerikaz Most Wanted."

"What up, Coachella?" the shirtless, pants sagging MC asked the crowd before bouncing into the classic single "Hail Mary."

"We worked with Dr. Dre on this and it was Dre's vision to bring this back to life," said Nick Smith, president of AV Concepts, the San Diego company that projected and staged the hologram. "It was his idea from the very beginning and we worked with him and his camp to utilize the technology to make it come to life."

According to a spokesperson for Dre, the lifelike image of Shakur was created by Hollywood effects house Digital Domain, the Oscar-winning CG factory that made CG images of Brad Pitt in "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button," Jeff Bridges in "TRON: Legacy," Kevin Bacon in "X-Men: First Class" and Rooney Mara in "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo." The virutal 'Pac was the vision of Dre, who worked with his longtime partner Philip Atwell of Geronimo Productions and Dylan Brown of The Yard.

Smith said he wasn't allowed to talk about the creative aspects of the production — including how the hologram was able to seemingly perform the set in synch with Snoop and whether all the vocals were 'Pac's — but he did say that his company has the ability to recreate long-dead figures and visually recreate them in the studio. "You can take their likenesses and voice and ... take people that haven't done concerts before or perform music they haven't sung and digitally recreate it," he said.

The hologram was the latest visual magic pulled off by AV, which is also behind the 2006 Grammys performance featuring Madonna and the holographic members of the Gorillaz, as well as holograms used in concert by Celine Dion and the Black Eyed Peas.

The Tupac hologram was several months in the planning and took nearly four months to create in a studio and though Smith was not able to reveal the exact price tag for the illusion, he said a comparable one could cost anywhere from $100,000 to more than $400,000 to pull off. "I can't say how much that event cost, but I can say it's affordable in the sense that if we had to bring entertainers around world and create concerts across the country, we could put [artists] in every venue in the country," he said.

The life-size Tupac was amazingly realistic, down to the late rapper's signature tattoos, Timberland boots, jewelry and movements, all of which were also recreated under the direction of Dre and his team.

The hologram, of course, already has a Twitter page and more than 3,300 followers at press time.

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Singer Marilyn Manson is reportedly engaged, after proposing to his girlfriend of only five weeks. The 43-year-old star proposed to actress and filmmaker Seraphim Ward, [...]

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The Nikon D4 ($5,999.95 list, body only) represents the dream camera of many a professional photographer. It?s a huge beast that can rattle off shots at an impressive 10 frames per second, focus with speed and accuracy, and do just about anything else you need it to. On the sidelines of an NFL game? Pop on a telephoto lens and plug a cable into the Ethernet port?your photos will go straight to the wire service. Covering a wedding in available light? Reach for the 35mm f/1.4 lens and shoot at just about any ISO you can imagine?the resulting images will be printable. This is not to say that the D4 is the perfect photographic tool for every occasion?no camera is. Landscape photographers may opt for a D-SLR with an ultra-high-resolution sensor, like the 36-megapixel Nikon D800 ($2,995.95), and working pros with an investment in Canon glass are probably more interested in the EOS-1D X ($6,799) or 5D Mark III ($3,499). As it stands, the D4 is a worthy follow up to the company's D3s, easily earning our Editors' Choice award for full frame D-SLRs.

Design and Features
Far from a small camera, the D4's full-frame sensor necessitates a large, heavy optical viewfinder?one that is stunning when compared with even the finders in the best APS-C cameras. And, because the image sensor is the same size as a 35mm film frame, there is no "crop factor" when talking about lenses?your 28mm wide angle is still a wide angle, not a standard angle lens as it is on a camera with a smaller image sensor like the Nikon D5100 ($899.99, 4.5 stars).?An integrated vertical grip houses the camera's huge battery and includes dual control wheels and a shutter release to help improve ergonomics when shooting in portrait orientation. The D4 measures 6.2 by 6.3 by 3.6 inches (HWD) and weighs a whopping 2.6 pounds, and that's without a lens. The D800, which features a full frame sensor but lacks a vertical grip, is quite a bit smaller. That camera measures 4.8 by 4.7 by 3.2 inches (HWD) and weighs just under 2 pounds.

Listing all of the physical controls that are packed into the D4's body would require quite a bit of space, but rest assured that if you need to adjust a setting while shooting, chances are that it's at your fingertips. The camera's fixed rear LCD is 3.2 inches and packs 920k dots. It isn't the highest resolution display you can find?the rear LCD on the Canon EOS-1D X matches the Nikon's in size but betters it in resolution with 1.04 million dots. The D4 also has two monochrome information displays?one on top and one on the rear. The top LCD displays much of the information that is visible at the bottom of the viewfinder, including the current shooting mode, shutter speed, and aperture. The rear monochrome display shows the ISO and memory card status?it's located directly above the ISO button, so you can get some visual feedback as you adjust it when the camera is not raised to your eye.

You'll have access to the full library of Nikon lenses, including those designed for the smaller APS-C DX sensor format. When you use one of those lenses with the camera, the area that the lens cannot cover is dimmed in the viewfinder and the resulting photo is only 6.8 megapixels in resolution. The camera can even work with very old manual focus Nikon AI lenses?it can store the focal length and aperture information for up to nine non-CPU lenses. When shooting with older lenses you'll be limited to the Aperture Priority and Manual shooting modes. Every Nikon lens produced after 1988 has a built-in CPU, but lenses produced between 1977 and 1988 do not. Lenses produced before 1977 shouldn't be mounted to the D4 without modification, as they can damage the camera.

Nikon refers to the D4 as a multimedia camera?its video capability is almost as impressive as its still features. It can record 1080p footage at 30, 25, and 24 frames per second, and supports 720p capture at 60, 50, 30, and 25 frames per second. The camera uses the QuickTime format with H.264 B-Frame compression when recording to a memory card and supports uncompressed video output via its mini HDMI port, so you can connect it to an Aja Ki Pro ($3,995) or similar field recorder so you can capture the video in the format of your choice.

The D4 can autofocus when recording video, although you'll have to trigger the function manually?it doesn't offer automatic continuous autofocus like our Editors' Choice APS-C SLR, the Sony Alpha 77 ($1,999.99, 4.5 stars). Depending on which lens you use, the sound of the focus motor can be audible, and the camera can hunt back and forth for a second before locking focus. The D4 does support a standard mic input and also includes a headphone jack so you can monitor audio while recording. The full frame sensor makes it possible to achieve a very shallow depth of field, which can give your video a true cinematic look. The D4 also has a unique video recording mode that isn't available on other cameras?it can grab 1080p footage from the exact center of its image sensor. This results in a 2.7x crop factor, which is a boon for videographers who are in need of extreme telephoto reach.

Pros who have invested heavily in CompactFlash memory have taken notice that the D4 only has one CF slot. As the first camera to support the new XQD card format, Nikon opted to release a camera that supports two different memory card formats. Our tests show that XQD delivers its promised performance, but anyone with thousands of dollars worth of CF cards is sure to look at a new format with some trepidation. The silver lining in all of this is that CF cards will still work with the D4, so you can hold off on investing heavily into the XQD format until it's clear whether or not it will take hold.

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Trayvon Martin case reveals confusion over how Stand Your Ground works

In the wake of the Trayvon Martin tragedy, as well as the rampage last week in Oklahoma, some critics are now wondering whether Stand Your Ground has created a legal no man?s land.

Stand Your Ground laws were sold in US legislatures primarily as a victims? rights measure, to limit what many saw as prosecutors second-guessing situations where someone had a split second to make a life-or-death decision to defend themselves with force.

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But in the wake of the Trayvon Martin tragedy in Sanford, Fla., as well as the racially charged rampage last week in Tulsa, Okla., some critics are now wondering whether the gutting of prosecutorial discretion in many self-defense cases has created a legal no man?s land.

George Zimmerman has claimed self-defense in the fatal shooting of Trayvon, an unarmed teen. Although reports Wednesday indicated that Mr. Zimmerman would be charged, the initial decision by police to not arrest him spurred protests and threats. On Monday, for example, an empty police car was riddled with bullets near the scene of the Feb. 26 shooting.

In the Oklahoma case, part of the motivation for the rampage may have been a police judgment about self-defense in an earlier incident. Oklahoma has had a Stand Your Ground law since 2006. In the shootings last Friday, two white gunmen wounded five random black people, killing three.

The way that Stand Your Ground laws have operated in these cases ? particularly the Florida one ? has offended many people?s sense of justice. In their eyes, it even signals the changing of a basic social compact, as they wonder whether the government has the tools to properly administer street justice.

At the least, the cases have revealed confusion among both the police and the public over how Stand Your Ground is supposed to work.

?The waters get muddied because a lot of this legislation changes the burden of proof and standard of review,? says Steven Jansen, a spokesman for the Association of Prosecuting Attorneys in Washington, which has opposed tenets of the Stand Your Ground laws. ?Before, you would have an objective standard: What would a prudent person have done in a similar situation? And now, it?s more of a subjective test: You have to get inside the mind of the person that has used deadly force.?

Pushed by pro-gun-rights groups like the National Rifle Association (NRA) and the American Legislative Exchange Council, Stand Your Ground laws seem simple on their face. Under such laws, legally carrying citizens have no legal obligation to retreat from a dangerous situation, and they need not fear prosecution if they reasonably meet force with equal or deadlier force to protect themselves or someone else in public.

In the mid-2000s, the US public was ready to listen to that logic, according to a study of the laws by the National District Attorneys Association. Events including 9/11 and hurricane Katrina had shaken Americans? sense of security, and many felt that the justice system could not adequately protect crime victims.

But as the Trayvon Martin case has taken twists and turns, it?s become clear to many legal experts that the Stand Your Ground concept has many inherent ambiguities, undermining faith in the justice system in the process.

At a legislative task force last week on Stand Your Ground called by Florida state Sen. Chris Smith (D), it was ?clear that there was lots of confusion around the statute,? even among seasoned police officers and prosecutors, says Jo?lle Anne Moreno, a former federal prosecutor and now a law professor at Florida International University in Miami who is part of the task force.

?The fact is, we haven?t had this law for that long, and we?re still working with it, still trying to figure it out,? she says.

In fact, of the nearly 100 Stand Your Ground defenses in Florida since 2005, the majority were successful ? suggesting to police that the benefit of the doubt should primarily go to the person claiming self-defense.

"If police expect and anticipate there might be a Stand Your Ground defense, they're specifically instructed to act with much more deference," says Professor Moreno.

Stand Your Ground legislation also seems to have played a role in the Oklahoma rampage. That became more apparent on Monday, when one of the two suspects, Jake England, admitted that he was in a depressed and vengeful mood in part because of the circumstances of his father?s death in 2010.

Carl England, the alleged shooter?s father, was fatally shot by a black man who had threatened his daughter and tried to kick in the door of her home. That man, Pernell Jefferson, was charged with robbery and weapons offenses, but not with homicide ? after police determined he acted in self-defense after being hit with a stick by Mr. England.

?Today is two years that my dad has been gone, shot by a [expletive n-word],? Jake England recently wrote on a social networking website.

In 2009, Florida prosecutors used Stand Your Ground to decide that a homeowner who shot (but did not kill) an unarmed neighbor, Billy Kuch, in his front yard would not be prosecuted, since the homeowner had felt ?threatened.?

"I have no problem with people owning guns to protect themselves," Bill Kuch, Billy' s father, told The Washington Post. "But somehow, we've reached the point where the shooter's word is the law. The victim doesn't even get his day in court. I don't think most Americans realize it, but that's where we are." http://www.oregonlive.com/newsflash/index.ssf/story/stand-your-ground-laws-coincide-with-jump/a3790f550b3adad2fbf3730fe6976180

For their part, supporters of Stand Your Ground and other gun laws say many of the reactions to the Trayvon Martin shooting smack of political opportunism.

Officials should not be ?stampeded by emotionalism,? Marion Hammer, an NRA lobbyist who helped write Florida?s law, told The Palm Beach Post. ?This law is not about one incident. There is absolutely nothing wrong with the law.?

Others are more skeptical.

The problem is, ?you lose faith in the legitimacy of the justice process if you feel cases are unresolved or resolved in a way that suggests a sort of unfair or biased result,? says Moreno, the former federal prosecutor. ?At a very sort of basic level, [these laws] change how we view the sanctity of human life. If we?re allowed to shoot somebody for reaching into your car to grab a purse, does it mean that we don?t value human life the way we thought we did??

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Friday, April 13, 2012

Growth Stocks Investing Strategies | Get Money Rich - Investing ...

Investment strategy shall also have other qualities in addition to strong earnings growth. These features are helpful to identify stocks that will continue with their upward growth trend in times to come.

These features primarily define the growth momentum of stocks.

The first filter searches for those shares whose price has had a positive increase in the last four weeks, the higher the price increase. The stocks whose prices have grown steadily is the past are to be considered for further evaluation.

The second filter is concerns with the identification of relative strength of each shares. The relative strength indicates the progress of a good title with respect to some benchmark ? usually an index or market sector ? in a given period of time. A positive relative strength indicates that the share or the industry itself had better performance index for the period under consideration, while a negative relative strength means that it has had a worse performance in the same period.

The relative strength of the filters in this case give two parameters ? the company compared to the reference company and the sector compared to the index. The first is spread over the previous 26 weeks, weeks in which the performance of the title should be better than the index. The 26-week period makes them develop patterns for both the industry the company is taken into account. A shorter period tends to produce false results while a longer period could signal a trend that may already be finished. The 26 weeks are therefore a solid starting point.

The last parameter related to the relative strength compares the perspectives of the company and how it went compared to the index. Investors shall rather buy a title in a strong field with a weak earnings growth rather than a stock with strong earnings growth but in a weak sector. This is because the strength or weakness in a sector as a whole may leave an impact on a company?s long term performance.

Our world of share market investment

Growth investors focuses most of its energies on low or mid-cap shares. Historically, small-cap shares have better results than large-cap companies, having a trade-off of risk and higher volatility. By focusing on smaller companies with strong earnings growth rates hopes to identify the giants of tomorrow?s market.

There are different definitions of the categories of market capitalization, but in general can be defined as small and medium capitalization companies are those from 50 million to $ 3 billion market capitalization.

Growth Investors prefer investing in domestic companies and foreign companies that are not traded on U.S. stock exchanges.

How trading volumes helps you to buy good shares

It may present a difficulty when trying to invest in small capitalization companies that may not have the cash, which means they have low daily trading volume. This may not be a major concern for an investor ?drawers? but those who invest in a fast-paced needs of sufficient volumes and float (number of shares freely Lestrade) to appear, and more importantly, to sell shares easily.

Once again it?s subjective rules. A key factor is how many shares will be bought and sold during a trading day, the more shares bought and sold, the more you have to ask the exchange markets. Buy 1000 shares of a company that usually trades 10000 shares per day will be more difficult than buying 100 shares of the same company.

Conclusions

The momentum strategy for the selection of shares used by us here identifies companies that have sustained growth in earnings, together with earnings reports that exceed analysts? estimates and price movement. The approach looks for the ?Goal? which will provide above average returns. The solution is to have a system that allows you to exit the market with only a small loss, while allowing winners to run until it runs out of momentum.

By implementing a strategy built on discipline and a careful examination of a company, its industry and market, you can easily take advantage of the momentum. However, remember that the selection is just the first step. There are qualitative factors that cannot be picked from a list generated by a computer. Further analysis is essential for a winning investment that pays returns year after year.

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Video: Gartman on Nat Gas & Canadian Dollar

Dennis Gartman, The Gartman Letter, weighs in on what investors need to watch in the natural gas space. He also says the trend shows signs the Canadian dollar will rally versus the euro. With the Fast Money traders.

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Wednesday, April 11, 2012

Kelly Rowland Is Giddy To Go Down Under With Chris Brown

K.Ro teases an 'incredible' tour at this weekend's Australian Supafest, as event critics take aim at headliner Breezy.
By Rebecca Thomas, with reporting by FLX


Kelly Rowland
Photo: MTV News

The last time we caught up with Kelly Rowland on the road, she was basking in the success of her mega-single "Motivation" and opening up for her boy Chris Brown on his headlining F.A.M.E. Tour. Now, she's prepping for another jaunt, this time to Australia, with Breezy. But the run is already sparking controversy.

Just days before Supafest kicks off in Oz on Saturday, MTV News caught up with the onetime Destiny's Child princess on the Atlanta set of Trey Songz's "Heart Attack" video. And if she was aware that organizers were catching heat for adding Breezy to the lineup, it didn't show. We found Rowland nothing short of giddy.

"It's gonna be incredible," Rowland said excitedly, ticking off the names of her road-mates. Indeed, after last fall's successful F.A.M.E. jaunt in the Sates, Kelly seemed psyched at the prospect of linking up again with Brown. Back on their Nassau Coliseum stop in New York, she talked about him in the sweetest light, revealing that she'd bought the "Deuces" singer a pair of J's that he insisted on wearing onstage the same night.

But before Breezy has even touched tarmac, event organizers have been defending their choice of Breezy, who was convicted in 2009 of assaulting then-girlfriend Rihanna, as headliner.

"At the moment, he's having No.1 records around the world, people are feeling it's appropriate because he's in demand," Supafest co-producer John Denison told Australia's Courier Mail on Tuesday (April 10), adding that he felt Brown had earned and deserved forgiveness.

Kelly, meanwhile, is just focused on performing for her fans overseas. But she also told us she's eager for them to hear what she's been cooking up in the booth. Following the chart success of her Lil Wayne-backed single "Motivation," K.Ro is not only readying her next solo album — she's documenting the process.

"I'm in the studio," she said before breaking out into conspiratorial giggles. "Man, it's been so much fun. I do wish that some of my fans could be in there for that ... [so] I have taped a lot of moments for my fans."

She went on to add that the follow-up to her third solo LP, Here I am, will have a theme: "I made sure that I locked in on a concept and everyone that's come in to work on this album, we've all built around it. It's just building up so beautifully. I'm so proud! So I can't wait till all of my fans hear it."

Rick Ross, Diddy, Lupe Fiasco, T-Pain and more join Rowland and Brown at Supafest dates in cities including Brisbane and Sydney.

What do you think of Kelly hitting the road with Chris? Tell us in the comments!

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