04-11-2016, 10:43 PM
To the extent that robots become a less expensive input than labor in the production process, multinationals will be encouraged to "onshore" output to move it closer to their customer bases. This would mark an unwind of the long-standing trade formula, which had the growth of global supply chains at its heart, and it is a net negative for global trade that would have far-reaching consequences. There are nascent signs that this process may be in the works, as emerging market nations in Asia have seen export volumes nose-dive despite continued growth among their major trading partners
How Technology Could Unwind a Decade-Long Trend in Global Trade - Bloomberg Business
Despite the plunge in stocks since the start of the year and worries over the economic outlook, the strength of dividends has raised the spirits of some investors as they struggle to deliver returns in a low yield world. Dividend payouts last year globally rose 9.9 per cent on an underlying basis — excluding one-off special dividends and the impact of currency movements — and are expected to rise again in 2016 although at slower pace of 3.3 per cent, according to data compiled by Henderson Global Investors.
Global dividend payouts jump almost 10% in 2015 - FT.com
On the outskirts of this sleepy commuter town just south of London, plans are underway to build the fastest cellphone network in the world. The work is being done at the University of Surrey, where a leafy campus is dotted with rundown brutalist-style buildings. Here, researchers and some of the world’s biggest tech companies, including Samsung and Fujitsu, are collaborating to offer mobile Internet speeds more than 100 times faster than anything now available. Their work on so-called fifth-generation, or 5G, wireless technology is set to be completed in early 2018 and would, for example, let students download entire movies to smartphones or tablets in less than five seconds, compared with as much as eight minutes with current fourth-generation, or 4G, technology.
5G Is a New Frontier for Mobile Carriers and Tech Companies - The New York Times
Timing the market is hard. But John Stoltzfus at Oppenheimer may have found a reliable way to (sort of) time the market. "Over the course of the last two years we have noticed the tendency for the S&P 500 to rally from selloffs when the market's trailing 12-month [price-to-earnings (P/E)] multiple falls to a level of around 16.5x," Stoltzfus wrote in a note to clients. Six times since 2014 the market has sold off until the its multiple hit this level and each time this marked a near- or short-term bottom for stocks. And to Stoltzfus, this isn't just a coincidence.
Best signal to buy stocks - Business Insider
At the upcoming Geneva Motor Show, Toyota plans to highlight its technology leadership in fuel cell drives: At the event, a concept car will showcase a concept car that definitively outlines the potential of this technology for car design. Plus, the vehicle is loaded with lots of electronic refinements.
Toyota takes pole position in fuel cell cars - Electronics Eetimes