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Thursday, July 11, 2013
What WD-40 Can Tell You About the World ... - Yahoo! Finance
Forget Alcoa (AA) if you haven't already. Brian Sozzi of Belus Capital Advisors says WD-40 Company (WDFC) - the company that makes the market leading industrial machinery lubricant- is where investors should go if they're looking for a good "tell" for the global economy. It's also an extremely well-run operation making them a more reliable indicator of demand and industrial activity.
Related: Is Alcoa Really the Earnings Season Bellwether?
Based off what we've seen today from WD-40 the world isn't in such horrible shape. For its fiscal third-quarter WDFC reported net earnings of 66-cents on revenues of $93.1 million. The Street was expecting 56-cents on revenue of $89.5 million. For the full year WD40 expects to earn $2.40 to $2.48 versus estimates of $2.39. Shares of WDFC are nearly 30% higher for 2013 so far.
All of which is good news for shareholders but what Sozzi really likes about the company is that their balanced exposure to world markets and wide array of applications for its core product means WD-40 has its finger on the pulse of almost any line of business.
For the quarter just ended the company got 51% of its revenues from the Americas, 35% via Europe and the rest from China.
"This is on-demand stuff," explains Sozzi in the attached video. If you're machines are sitting idle you don't need more lubricants. On the other hand if you're getting new orders "you're going to have to go out and buy your WD-40 to make sure you're machines operate."
For the record WD-40 management is seeing mediocre growth in the U.S., mild weakness in China and some signs of life in Europe. Just because it's a great "tell" doesn't mean WD-40 always says something radically different than conventional wisdom.
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Thomas Tull Moves Legendary Deal to NBCUniversal
By Sharon Waxman
LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - NBCUniversal has closed its deal to partner with Thomas Tull's Legendary Pictures, sealing a pact-in-the-making first reported by TheWrap last month, according to an individual with knowledge of the deal.
Tull had been meeting with rival studios in the past weeks following months of tension with executives at Warner Bros. The move ends a highly lucrative, eight-year partnership with Warner Bros. and leaves the major studio without one of its leading financial and production partners.
The news was confirmed at an awkward time, as Tull was on the red carpet at the premiere of "Pacific Rim," a film Legendary produced and that Warner Bros. was distributing as part of their partnership.
NBCU CEO Steve Burke had been deeply involved in the negotiations to bring Tull to Universal, according to multiple individuals. Tull was seeking a partner who could leverage multiple media assets - not just a movie studio, but a theme park and a television and cable network. NBCU has all of those assets.
Lionsgate and Fox were the other lead studios in the running when TheWrap reported that NBCU was likely to close the deal last month. The deal was completed on Tuesday and expected to be announced first thing on Wednesday.
Legendary and Warner Bros.' eight-year partnership has been a Hollywood success story that has included major films such as the "Hangover" series and the blockbuster Batman franchise -- the crown jewel of their partnership. But the relationship soured largely over tension between Tull and then-studio-chief Jeff Robinov, a story that TheWrap broke in February of this year.
Ironically, Robinov has since exited the studio, but the damage had already been done. Tull felt slighted by the way he was treated on the lot, a situation that the new Warner Bros. CEO Kevin Tsujihara had tried to repair, unsuccessfully.
On June 23, TheWrap reported that Universal was in lead position to take Tull's money and fanboy expertise.
Tull is expected not merely to cofinance movies with Universal, but to use the studio to distribute his fully-financed movies. In addition, Tull has recently launched a television business, and hired the former Warner Bros. television chief Bruce Rosenblum to run it. He will be able to funnel his television content through the NBC network and its huge cable properties, including USA and SyFy.
Source: http://news.yahoo.com/thomas-tull-moves-legendary-deal-nbcuniversal-003523970.html
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Sunday, July 7, 2013
Harmony Ultimate and Smart Hub review: Logitech outdoes itself with new remotes
Until now, Logitech's Harmony line has been the name in programmable remotes. Now the company's back with three follow-up products, and they differ enough from earlier models to warrant an explanation. Instead of using a programmable IR remote, the Harmony Ultimate, Harmony Smart Control and Harmony Ultimate Hub each offload the IR-emitting duties to a networked device, allowing smartphones and tablets to act as remotes too. Additionally, the Hub uses Bluetooth to control your game console. Ranging in price from $99 to $349, the lineup covers almost every budget, with the Hub sold as a standalone accessory for smartphones and tablets. Meanwhile, the Smart Control includes a simple remote, and the high-end Ultimate Hub swaps a basic remote for the Harmony Touch. How exactly might these enhance your home theater enjoyment? Read on to find out.
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Friday, June 28, 2013
Google reportedly working on Android-powered watch, game console and next-gen Nexus Q
Self-branded hardware could showcase features of the latest version of Android made for more than just phones
Google is concurrently working on three new self-branded Android devices to expand its reach into new market segments, if current rumors are to be believed. According to sources of The Wall Street Journal, Google is currently developing an Android-powered watch, home gaming console and also a successor to the failed Nexus Q media streamer. At least one of the products, WSJ sources report, will be launched to consumers by the end of this year.
The purported Google smart watch will (as expected) pair to a user's phone over Bluetooth, much like Google Glass currently does, but details beyond this are murky. They certainly aren't the only ones looking at watches though -- Samsung has expressed interest in making a smart watch-style device previously, and Sony has even released products to consumers in the category.
As for the expected refresh to the Nexus Q, reports are that the new version will be much less expensive (remember the original Nexus Q had a sticker price of $299), and as was the case with the first iteration be a portal for Google to sell more content such as music and movies through Google Play. No surprises there, but it helps calm some worries that nearly all functionality in the current Nexus Q has been lost through app updates.
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Ancient Elephants Grazed Before They Had Teeth for It
Ancient elephants switched from eating primarily leaves and shrubs to feeding on grass several million years before their teeth were fully adapted for grazing, according to a new study.
The findings indicate that as the ancestors to modern elephants evolved, anatomical changes significantly lagged behind habitat and behavioral adaptations, said Adrian Lister, a paleontologist at the Natural History Museum in London, England.
"It only makes sense that behavior is a powerful driver of evolution, and that by taking the behavioral step to eat grass, it imposes the selection pressure for the right kind of teeth," Lister told LiveScience. "The idea has been around for around 100 years, but there have been few demonstrated examples. This is the first example from the fossil record."
About 10 million years ago, during a time period known as the Miocene epoch, the east African climate became dryer and cooler, prompting the gradual spread of grasslands over areas that were once heavily forested. [In Photos: Mammals Through Time]
"What we find with a lot of mammal groups is that some species switched their diets," Lister said. "During this time, the earliest true elephants went from what we describe as 'browsers,' which eat mostly leaves from trees and shrubs, to what we call 'grazers,' which mostly eat grass."
Lister used data that looked for specific chemical signatures in the fossilized teeth of ancient elephants in east Africa. As animals' teeth grow and form, chemical traces of food and water become locked into the enamel, which enable paleontologists to determine the diets of extinct animals.
By studying these fossilized teeth, Lister noticed that the change in feeding behavior occurred about 7 million years ago, which is about 3 million years before corresponding anatomical changes ? evident in the structure and shape of the teeth ? can be found in the fossil record.
Since grass is tougher to eat than leafy greens, grazing animals tend to have higher-crowned teeth with more enamel ridges, Lister said. This is because grazers tend to pick up more grit from the soil, which can wear teeth down
"We don't see this change in crown height until about 4 million years ago, so there's a lag of several million years," Lister said. "Even with the wrong teeth for it, by starting to eat grass as food, these animals were imposing a lot of selective pressure. But, it required the behavioral change first."
While Lister is still unsure why the gap between the behavioral and anatomical changes is so great, he hopes future studies will be able to unearth more clues.
"The reason for the lag is not completely and satisfactorily explained," Lister said. "What I was hoping to do with this paper is show the kind of data that we can put together to answer these types of questions. We can see whether behaviors drive the evolutionary process, which, in my opinion, has been sidelined in evolutionary biology. Now, because we have the means to look at it directly in the fossil record, we can try looking for it."
Detailed results of the study were published online today (June 26) in the journal Nature.
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Anchor is like Facebook for the workplace, launches today on iOS and the web (video)
We don't usually cover business software around these parts, but Anchor, a social networking app launching today on iOS, goes out of its way to look like a regular app. The brain child of a former GM of Flickr and ex-VP at AOL, it's sort of like Facebook, in that it allows coworkers to join groups, post status updates, upload photos (complete with filters) and like each other's activity. (In lieu of a thumbs up, you give someone a rock-on sign.) It also has built-in chat and contact cards, so in theory you could use it as a one-stop shop for communicating with coworkers instead of cobbling together various other apps.
You could even compare it to Yammer, the social network eventually bought by Microsoft, except Anchor's co-founders say the app is more about coworkers bonding with each other, than necessarily being productive. (Imagine that!) Again, it's available today for iOS (and the web too), with free lifetime membership if you get it before September 25th. It's also coming soon to Android and Google Glass, we're told. With no commitment you should give it a try -- the UI is extremely slick -- though we have to wonder if it's really that big a faux pas to friend your coworkers on Facebook. After all, who's afraid of the occasional like from Tim Stevens?
Source: iOS app, web version
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Experts: Deen's TODAY apology 'failed,' 'bizarre'
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On Wednesday, Paula Deen appeared on TODAY with Matt Lauer to address the scandal over revelations that she had used racial slurs in the past. Her apology and explanation for her behavior was lengthy, but opinions are split over how effective her 13-minute mea culpa really was.
"She appeared very genuine," said Lily Golightly, owner and publicist with New York-based Golightly Media. "Her YouTube videos were kind of strange, and this interview should have cleared things up."
Unfortunately for Deen, the interview may have had the opposite effect.
David E. Johnson, CEO of Strategic Vision, a public relations and branding agency, calls her appearance a "non-apology" of Nixonian proportions. "(Former President Richard Nixon) never apologized by saying he was guilty or wrong about Watergate; she was the same way," he said.
And Golightly admits, "Toward the end it was kind of bizarre."
"From a PR aspect, what people wanted to know is -- could there be any more fallout, any more shoes to drop," he says. But Deen's categorically saying she'd never used the N-word other than what has already been discussed was a terrible move. "From a PR standpoint, that's a horrendous scandal. Now if anyone ever comes out with anything, ever caught her on a cell phone making a racial slur, she's done."
Other low points, according to Johnson:
- Referring to her work in the African-American/minority community: "That was odd because the one thing we have not heard from outside of her family is a rush of colleagues, ex-employees or African-American community members coming to her defense about all she's done in the community."
- Getting personal by naming Food Network (which canceled her show) and QVC (which has not yet disassociated with her): "The Food Network reference came almost as a veiled threat, wink-wink to her fans, daring them to boycott... With QVC she was almost daring them to take some action, as if she was calling them out."
- Her gestures and manner of speech seemed stilted and practiced: "It was almost mechanical, especially when she reached over and touched Matt's leg."
- Her poor, poor me stance: "She appeared angry at everyone who's been talking or questioning her, and it was almost like she felt she was a victim. The public and corporations wanted her to sincerely, humbly apologize and assume responsibility. Instead she went into a long thing about young African-Americans using the N-word."
- Saying, "I is what I is": The pidgin colloquialism rang instantly with racial connotations, something Deen seemed tone deaf about. "My wife was saying that's what she's going to remember from this interview most."
The fate of Deen's star power and her cooking empire remains to be seen; the apology (or lack thereof) could mean the difference between Paula Deen rising again or not. A successful mea culpa may put famous faces back into the public eye, though rarely without tarnish. Think of Bill Clinton, Tiger Woods, Alec Baldwin -- they've all been involved with scandals of varying degree and complexities, yet they all have returned to a place where they're accepted if not celebrated.
Deen seems to have done enough, according to some fans, who Tweeted post-interview with their support:
For other fans, reaction was a little more mixed.
So what can Deen do next? Golightly says she still has a few more steps to take.
"She needs to do something good now," she explains. "You have to outweigh the bad with good. She needs to come out on the other side and start inspiring social change. As an international businesswoman, she has the power to do that."
But in Johnson's perception, it's over. "There are some people who will still go crazy over Paula Deen, but the brand as we knew it is gone forever," he said. "She can't resurrect it -- and it's all due to the failed apology. Watching her on TODAY, she clearly doesn't understand the changes that have gone on in civil society. The apology has done her in."
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Monday, June 24, 2013
Unexpected discovery of the ways cells move could boost understanding of complex diseases
June 23, 2013 ? A new discovery about how cells move inside the body may provide scientists with crucial information about disease mechanisms such as the spread of cancer or the constriction of airways caused by asthma. Led by researchers at Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) and the Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia (IBEC), investigators found that epithelial cells -- the type that form a barrier between the inside and the outside of the body, such as skin cells -- move in a group, propelled by forces both from within and from nearby cells -- to fill any unfilled spaces they encounter.
The study appears June 23, 2013 in an advance online edition of Nature Materials.
"We were trying to understand the basic relationship between collective cellular motions and collective cellular forces, as might occur during cancer cell invasion, for example. But in doing so we stumbled onto a phenomenon that was totally unexpected," said senior author Jeffrey Fredberg, professor of bioengineering and physiology in the HSPH Department of Environmental Health and co-senior investigator of HSPH's Molecular and Integrative Cellular Dynamics lab.
Biologists, engineers, and physicists from HSPH and IBEC worked together to shed light on collective cellular motion because it plays a key role in functions such as wound healing, organ development, and tumor growth. Using a technique called monolayer stress microscopy -- which they invented themselves -- they measured the forces affecting a single layer of moving epithelial cells. They examined the cells' velocity and direction as well as traction -- how some cells either pull or push themselves and thus force collective movement.
As they expected, the researchers found that when an obstacle was placed in the path of an advancing cell layer -- in this case, a gel that provided no traction -- the cells moved around it, tightly hugging the sides of the gel as they passed. However, the researchers also found something surprising -- that the cells, in addition to moving forward, continued to pull themselves collectively back toward the gel, as if yearning to fill the unfilled space. The researchers dubbed this movement "kenotaxis," from the Greek words "keno" (vacuum) and "taxis" (arrangement), because it seemed the cells were attempting to fill a vacuum.
This new finding could help researchers better understand cell behavior -- and evaluate potential drugs to influence that behavior -- in a variety of complex diseases, such as cancer, asthma, cardiovascular disease, developmental abnormalities, and glaucoma. The finding could also help with tissue engineering and regenerative medicine, both of which rely on cell migration.
In carcinomas, for instance -- which represent 90% of all cancers and involve epithelial cells -- the new information on cell movement could improve understanding of how cancer cells migrate through the body. Asthma research could also get a boost, because scientists think migration of damaged epithelial cells in the lungs are involved in the airway narrowing caused by the disease.
"Kenotaxis is a property of the cellular collective, not the individual cell," said Jae Hun Kim, the study's first author. "It was amazing to us that the cellular collective can organize to pull itself systematically in one direction while moving systematically in an altogether different direction."
Source: http://feeds.sciencedaily.com/~r/sciencedaily/~3/z8YbWatzDnE/130623145100.htm
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Tuesday, April 23, 2013
CA Acquires Layer 7 Technologies To Connect Cloud, Mobile And Internet Of Things As API Market Starts To Consolidate
CA Technologies announced this morning that it has acquired API management company Layer 7. It is the second major acquisition of an API management company in the past week, signaling a consolidation of a market that larger companies see as?vital?for closing the gap between on-premise and online infrastructure and apps. Last week, Intel acquired Mashery for $180 million. The?acquisition?price for Layer 7 was not?disclosed?but the Mashery price serves as ?a good guide for what CA was ready to pay. CA also?announced?it is buying?Nolio, a company that provides ?continuous application delivery. In a press release, ?CA said its solution combined with Layer 7 will help organizations to better manage and secure APIs and better deliver applications in the?cloud across mobile and web environments. CA said the?acquisition?will help: Securely enable strategic?cloud, mobile and ?Internet of Things? initiatives through API security and management Accelerate service delivery and increase profitability by externalizing and monetizing existing application assets that are securely offered via APIs Expand the network of API developers by offering a convenient API development platform that provides all the tools necessary to discover, publish and test APIs Govern API activity in order to enforce SLAs, improve operational performance and monetize big data transactions Secure the externalized API business through authentication, authorization, auditing and threat protection. Layer 7 is considered one of the leaders in the API management space. It competes with Mashery and providers such as Apigee, which remains an?independent?company. The space also encompasses back-end-as-a-service (BaaS) providers such as Kinvey, Parse and Stackmob. APIs have long been a staple for app developers. With the advent of REST-based APIs, the web and mobile app space boomed, providing the means to ?integrate multiple services in one application. With today’s enterprise, the need is to integrate online and on-premise architectures. It becomes important to build a layer around applications that can be connected with APIs ?to pull out relevant information that feeds into other systems. That strategy seems to be a part of what makes Layer 7 appealing to CA. The acquisition appears complenentary to the Nolio purchase, which “reinforces the enterprise evolution of DevOps ? the confluence of application development and deployment via IT operations?, said 451 Research Senior Analyst Jay Lyman. He goes on to explain ?how more enterprise and service-provider customers are implementing automation, continuous deployment and DevOps more broadly.” That puts CA in a spot to provide a next generation of ITSource: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/rL3QZ9Xxirg/
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Monday, April 22, 2013
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Friday, April 19, 2013
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Thursday, April 18, 2013
10 Things to Know for Thursday
Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about Thursday:
1. INVESTIGATORS SEEK A SUSPECT
Department-store surveillance video captured a man dropping off a bag at the site of the Boston Marathon bombings.
2. HOW THE BATTLEFIELD IS HELPING BOMB VICTIMS
The wars in Iraq and Afghanistan have led to medical advances that are now being used to treat amputees in Boston.
3. MAN IN MISSISSIPPI ARRESTED IN RICIN CASE
He's accused of mailing letters with suspected poison to Obama and other leaders.
4. GUN CONTROL DIES IN THE SENATE
The Republican-led body rejects tighter background checks and other measures despite pleas from families of Newtown victims.
5. WOMAN IMPLICATES HUSBAND IN TEXAS SLAYINGS
She alleges that the ex-judge fatally shot the local DA and two others he apparently blamed for the loss of his job.
6. WHAT PEOPLE AREN'T BUYING IN EUROPE
Car sales have declined for 18 months in a row amid worries about the economy and soaring unemployment.
7. DEMOCRAT VOICES WARNING ON HEALTH CARE
The head of the Senate Finance Committee says he fears the rollout of Obama's overhaul will be a "train wreck."
8. ASSAD GIVES RARE TV INTERVIEW
He accuses the West of backing al-Qaida in Syria's civil war ? but offers no evidence.
9. WHO'S FLEEING PUERTO RICO
Many doctors and nurses in search of better pay are moving to the U.S. mainland.
10. FROM A GALAXY FAR, FAR AWAY TO A THEATER NEAR YOU
Disney says it plans to release a "Star Wars" film each summer starting in 2015.
Source: http://news.yahoo.com/10-things-know-thursday-104756375.html
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Wednesday, April 17, 2013
LG to 'Share the Genius' May 1 in NYC
A mic on a stage, eh? Not sure what LG's got up its sleeves for May 1 in New York City, but it wouldn't surprise us in the least to see the excellent LG Optimus G Pro make an appearance in its U.S. form, especially with recent rumblings of it hitting AT&T shortly thereafter. (Check out our mini review of the Korean version if you've yet to do so.) "Share the Genius" likely is a nod to the software features on the phone, which LG is more than happy to tell you it had before its Korean neighbor. And "Capture the Spotlight in True Brilliance" fits perfectly with the Optimus G Pro's excellent 5.5-inch 1080p IPS display.
So, yeah. Set your calendars, folks.
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