Paralyzed Woman in Bionic Suit Runs Marathon
May 8, 2012
By Sam Laird | Mashable – It is tough to complete a marathon even if you aren’t paralyzed. But what if you had a bionic suit on your side
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It is tough to complete a marathon even if you aren’t paralyzed. But what if you had a bionic suit on your side? That changes everything, as a 32-year-old English woman just proved.
It may have taken 16 days, but Claire Lomas did finish the London Marathon this week. She became the first person in world history to accomplish complete a full marathon using a bionic suit.
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But the married mom won’t appear in the race’s official results or be able to receive a medal — because she didn’t complete the race on the same day it started, The Telegraph reports.
Lomas was paralyzed from the chest down after a horse riding accident in 2007, according to The Telegraph. Her quest to complete the marathon was part of an awareness and fundraising push that has so far generated more than $125,000 for research into paralysis treatment.
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So how exactly was a woman paralyzed from the chest down able to finish a 26.2-mile race? Enter the ReWalk (see photo), a bionic suit invented by Israeli entrepreneur Amit Goffer. The suit functions as an exoskeleton of sorts and allows paraplegics to stand, walk and even climb stairs.
Wearers strap the suit to their legs and waist, use crutches for balance and don a four-pound backpack battery that powers the ReWalk. Buttons on the suit’s wrist straps allow the wearer to indicate whether they plan to stand, walk or climb stairs. Then motion sensors and an in-suit computer system combine to detect movements and weight shifts.
The weight shift are used to indicate what the wearer is trying to do, and tiny motors in the exoskeleton-like device move the wearer’s lower limbs as needed. (The suit was demonstrated in action in a 2010 episode of Glee.)
It’s not quite that simple, however. While the ReWalk site doesn’t publish pricing information, a number of reports have a new suit topping $65,000. Check out the video below for a demonstration of how the ReWalk works.
What are some other amazing examples you’ve seen of technology opening up new possibilities for the disabled? Let us know in the comments.
This story originally published on Mashable here.
Japan Stock Futures Drop as French Socialist Wins Poll
May 6, 2012
Japanese and Australian stock futures fell amid growing concern over Europe’s debt crisis after Socialist Francois Hollande was elected president of France and Greek voters flocked to anti-bailout parties. American depositary receipts of Nissan Motor Co
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Japanese and Australian stock futures fell amid growing concern over Europe’s debt crisis after Socialist Francois Hollande was elected president of France and Greek voters flocked to anti-bailout parties.
American depositary receipts of Nissan Motor Co. (7201), a carmaker that gets almost 80 percent of its revenue overseas, sank 3.4 percent from the closing share price in Tokyo. Those of Canon Inc. (7751), a camera maker that depends on Europe for almost a third of its sales, lost 2.2 percent after the euro fell against the yen, cutting the exporter’s earnings outlook. ADRs of BHP Billiton Ltd. (BHP), the world’s No. 1 mining company, slid 1.7 percent after prices for oil and metals slipped.
Futures on Japan’s Nikkei 225 Stock Average expiring in June closed at 9,150 in Chicago on May 4, down from 9,220 in Singapore. Japanese markets were closed on May 3 and 4 for national holidays. They were bid in the pre-market at 9,140 in Osaka at 8:05 a.m. local time. Futures on Australia’s S&P/ASX 200 Index lost 1.2 percent today. New Zealand’s NZX 50 Index fell 0.2 percent in Wellington.
“There’s concern that the European debt problem may get serious. The euro is being sold in the currency market and that’s negative for Japanese stocks,” said Toshiyuki Kanayama, a market analyst at Tokyo-based Monex Inc. “In the U.S., the job recovery is getting sluggish, fueling concern that may have a bad impact on consumer spending and housing markets.”
U.S. Employment
Futures on the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index (SPX) fell 1.1 percent today. The index sank 1.6 percent in New York on May 4 after a report showed payrolls climbed 115,000 in April, the smallest gain in six months and below economists’ estimates for a 160,000 advance. The jobless rate unexpectedly fell to a three-year low of 8.1 percent as people left the labor force. Concern about Europe’s debt crisis also pushed stocks lower as services and manufacturing output in the euro region shrank.
The euro fell to its lowest level against the yen in almost three months low as Socialist Hollande was elected president and Greek voters flocked to anti-bailout parties, stoking concern austerity efforts in Europe may be derailed.
The euro weakened to as low as 103.24 yen today in Tokyo, compared with 106.20 yen at the close of stock trading on May 2. The dollar also depreciated to 79.67 yen from 80.37 yen, cutting the value of some overseas income at Japanese companies when repatriated.
Crude Below $100
Oil fell below $100 a barrel for the first time since February. Crude oil for June delivery sank 4 percent to $98.49 a barrel in New York on May 4, the lowest settlement since Feb. 7.
The London Metal Exchange Index of prices for six industrial metals including copper and aluminum fell 0.4 percent on May 4. The Thomson Reuters/Jefferies CRB Index of raw materials slipped 1.4 percent.
The MSCI Asia Pacific Index (MXAP) gained 9 percent this year through May 4, compared with an 8.9 percent advance by the S&P 500 and a 3.5 percent increase by the Stoxx Europe 600 Index. Stocks in the Asian benchmark are valued at 1.3 times book value, compared with 2.2 times for the S&P 500 and 1.4 times for the Stoxx 600, according to data compiled by Bloomberg. A number below 1 means companies can be bought for less than value of their assets.
To contact the reporters on this story: Norie Kuboyama in Tokyo at nkuboyama@bloomberg.net; Satoshi Kawano in Tokyo at skawano1@bloomberg.net
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Fans can watch every Olympic event live online
May 2, 2012
By RACHEL COHEN | Associated Press – NEW YORK (AP) — Usain Bolt could be defending his Olympic 200-meter title on a Thursday afternoon in the United States. Fans will be able to watch the race live online for the first time during this summer’s London Games, but what they’ll see is very different from the tape-delayed, prime-time package that will still air a few hours later
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NEW YORK (AP) — Usain Bolt could be defending his Olympic 200-meter title on a Thursday afternoon in the United States.
Fans will be able to watch the race live online for the first time during this summer’s London Games, but what they’ll see is very different from the tape-delayed, prime-time package that will still air a few hours later.
NBC executives decided to shift from their longtime philosophy and make every event available as it happens, convinced that the plan will build interest in the Olympics and not siphon off viewership from the traditional nightly broadcasts. That means the Internet streams will be fairly minimalistic, a move aimed at tempting fans to re-watch the competition in a more stylized presentation on the network that evening.
“You’ll be able to live the moment,” said Rick Cordella, the vice president and general manager for NBC Sports Digital.
The online coverage will use the world feed instead of NBC camera angles. That’s what viewers in many smaller countries see on their local networks, so the production is high quality, if less specialized than Americans are used to for the Olympics. There will be basic graphics and, for some popular sports, announcers from the Olympic Broadcasting Services.
Cordella said he didn’t know yet which commentators would call high-profile events like track, swimming and gymnastics for the OBS.
And if Bolt wins in another world record, fans will have to wait until prime time to see a post-race interview.
“It’s not infringing upon prime time,” Cordella said.
NBCOlympics.com streamed many smaller sports live during the 2008 Beijing Olympics for a total of 2,200 hours, but the big-ticket events were held back. This year, more than 3,500 hours will be shown on the website. For the top sports, replays will not be available online until after the event airs in prime time.
The service will include extra feeds for certain sports — fans can watch each apparatus in its entirety during gymnastics and up to five courts for tennis.
Most of the Internet streams will be available only to viewers who subscribe to cable or satellite services. They will need to “authenticate,” log in to prove they are customers. The “TV Everywhere” model has become popular with many networks as a way to allow viewers to watch programs on multiple devices while encouraging them to stick with cable and satellite providers. Cordella said he believed viewers were becoming more familiar with the process.
Social media has proliferated since Beijing, and NBC is counting on buzz from viewers who watch events live to attract others to the prime-time broadcasts.
“If Bolt sets a record and prances over the finish line,” Cordella said, “you want to see that.”
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NBC is controlled by Comcast Corp.
Hong Kong stock market plans yuan futures contract
April 20, 2012
By KELVIN CHAN | Associated Press – HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong ‘ s stock exchange operator says it’s launching a futures contract denominated in yuan, the latest step in promoting the Asian financial center as an offshore trading hub for China ‘s currency . Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Ltd
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HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong‘s stock exchange operator says it’s launching a futures contract denominated in yuan, the latest step in promoting the Asian financial center as an offshore trading hub for China‘s currency.
Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Ltd. said late Thursday that it plans to launch the contract in the third quarter. It’s aimed at giving investors a way to hedge their exposure to the yuan, which is also known as the renminbi. The plan still needs regulatory approval.
Each $100,000 contract will require physical delivery of U.S. dollars by the seller and payment in yuan by the buyer.
Beijing has been gradually loosening controls on the yuan as it tries to promote greater international use of the currency. Hong Kong, which is a special administrative region of China with its own currency, has played a growing role in offshore yuan trading.
The amount of renminbi held in Hong Kong bank accounts has swollen in the past year, totaling 566 billion yuan ($90 billion) by February.
There’s also a big market for trading of yuan nondeliverable forward contracts, used to bet on movements in the currency. Those trades are settled in dollars and carried out in the interbank market, in which banks trade directly with each other
The new contract could help the stock exchange play a role in that trading business. It’s part of a broader push to expand beyond equities and equity derivatives and into fixed income, currencies and commodities for future growth, the exchange said.
“It also reflects our desire to support Hong Kong’s further development as an offshore renminbi center,” Chief Executive Charles Li said.
The announcement comes days after HSBC Bank Plc announced the launch of a 2 billion renminbi bond in London, the first outside of mainland China and its territories. British and Hong Kong leaders said earlier this year they would take steps to develop London into an international trading center for China’s currency.
Hong Kong stock market plans yuan futures contract
April 20, 2012
By KELVIN CHAN | Associated Press – HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong ‘ s stock exchange operator says it’s launching a futures contract denominated in yuan, the latest step in promoting the Asian financial center as an offshore trading hub for China ‘s currency . Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Ltd. said late Thursday that it plans to launch the contract in the third quarter.
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By KELVIN CHAN | Associated Press –
HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong‘s stock exchange operator says it’s launching a futures contract denominated in yuan, the latest step in promoting the Asian financial center as an offshore trading hub for China‘s currency.
Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Ltd. said late Thursday that it plans to launch the contract in the third quarter. It’s aimed at giving investors a way to hedge their exposure to the yuan, which is also known as the renminbi. The plan still needs regulatory approval.
Each $100,000 contract will require physical delivery of U.S. dollars by the seller and payment in yuan by the buyer.
Beijing has been gradually loosening controls on the yuan as it tries to promote greater international use of the currency. Hong Kong, which is a special administrative region of China with its own currency, has played a growing role in offshore yuan trading.
The amount of renminbi held in Hong Kong bank accounts has swollen in the past year, totaling 566 billion yuan ($90 billion) by February.
There’s also a big market for trading of yuan nondeliverable forward contracts, used to bet on movements in the currency. Those trades are settled in dollars and carried out in the interbank market, in which banks trade directly with each other
The new contract could help the stock exchange play a role in that trading business. It’s part of a broader push to expand beyond equities and equity derivatives and into fixed income, currencies and commodities for future growth, the exchange said.
“It also reflects our desire to support Hong Kong’s further development as an offshore renminbi center,” Chief Executive Charles Li said.
The announcement comes days after HSBC Bank Plc announced the launch of a 2 billion renminbi bond in London, the first outside of mainland China and its territories. British and Hong Kong leaders said earlier this year they would take steps to develop London into an international trading center for China’s currency.
Gold closes flat after recovering on Wall Street rally
April 17, 2012
By Frank Tang and Jan Harvey NEW YORK/LONDON (Reuters) – Gold ended nearly flat on Tuesday after a Wall Street rally lifted the metal off lows hit earlier in the session, halting a two-day bullion drop brought about by euro-zone debt jitters. Bullion, which has tended recently to follow equities, rose nearly $20 from its morning low after a slew of encouraging U.S. corporate results led by Goldman Sachs Group Inc’s (GS.N) fuelled a 200-point jump in the Dow
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By Frank Tang and Jan Harvey
NEW YORK/LONDON (Reuters) – Gold ended nearly flat on Tuesday after a Wall Street rally lifted the metal off lows hit earlier in the session, halting a two-day bullion drop brought about by euro-zone debt jitters.
Bullion, which has tended recently to follow equities, rose nearly $20 from its morning low after a slew of encouraging U.S. corporate results led by Goldman Sachs Group Inc’s (GS.N) fuelled a 200-point jump in the Dow.
The metal lost 2 percent in the prior two sessions as markets broadly weakened on worries that Spain, one of the euro zone’s largest economies, might soon struggle to repay its debt.
Renewed European debt fears, however, could boost gold’s safe-haven appeal and break the positive link between the metal and riskier assets, analysts said.
“We expect that if European credit conditions continue to deteriorate, gold (along with the dollar) could start to better reflect the growing tensions by moving higher,” said Edward Meir, metals analyst at INTL FCStone.
Spot gold was off 0.1 percent at $1,650.75 an ounce by 2:37 p.m. EST (1837 GMT), recovering from the early low at $1,634.44.
U.S. gold futures for June delivery settled up $1.40 at $1,651.10 an ounce. Trading volume was weak for a second day at about 30 percent below its 30-day average, preliminary Reuters data showed.
“Gold has been unable to make a new interim high since the autumn of last year, with each new high being progressively lower than the previous one,” investor and analyst Dennis Gartman said in a note.
Gold looks technically vulnerable. Its price is well below the 50-day moving average, which had defined the metal’s bull run since early 2010, and a break below $1,625 an ounce could spark a sell-off, he said.
While concerns about chaotic defaults among peripheral euro zone economies supported gold as a safe haven last year, a brighter U.S. economic outlook and diminished hopes of further U.S. monetary easing have recently pressured the metal.
PHYSICAL DEMAND LAGGING
Physical gold demand has softened a touch this year from last year’s levels. American Eagle gold coin sales from the U.S. Mint fell 30 percent in the first quarter, and demand in India, historically the world’s biggest gold consumer, has been light.
India’s central bank cut interest rates on Tuesday for the first time in three years by an unexpectedly sharp 50 basis points. If this stimulates economic growth, it is likely to prompt more gold buying.
Among other precious metals, silver was up 0.8 percent at $31.69 an ounce, spot platinum climbed 0.8 percent at $1,581.49 an ounce and spot palladium rose 1.6 percent to $658.72 an ounce.
(Additional reporting by Amanda Cooper in London; Editing by Dale Hudson and Alden Bentley)
Why is Chipotle a hot stock?
March 27, 2012
This has been the year of Chipotle Mexican Grill (CMG). The stock is an absolute superstar, hitting 37 new record highs so far, according to CNBC.
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This has been the year of Chipotle Mexican Grill (CMG). The stock is an absolute superstar, hitting 37 new record highs so far, according to CNBC.
Chipotle shares traded at $421.37 Tuesday, and are up nearly 26% this year. Over the last 12 months, the stock has gained 65%.
Truly amazing. Chipotle’s run has obviously been the subject of much chatter among investors. Why is this stock so high, and how much further can it go?
There are two schools of thought. First is that Chipotle is just too expensive and simply can’t maintain this growth. The other is that Chipotle’s numbers are just headed up, and the stock has room to grow as well. I’ll go over both lines of thinking in more detail below.
This stock is expensive
No one disputes that Chipotle is pricey. But is it worth that valuation? No, says Will Ashworth at InvestorPlace. One reason is because Chipotle is getting some tough new competition soon from Qdoba Mexican Grill, owned by Jack in the Box (JACK).
And Jack in the Box has big plans for Qdoba. It wants to increase the number of Qdoba restaurants to 2,000 from about 597 now, Ashworth reports. Chipotle is on a similar kick, planning to add at least 155 stores this year to the 1,230 already open.
It’s getting harder for both companies to find prime real estate for the new locations, Ashworth writes.
Then there’s new competition from Taco Bell, owned by Yum Brands (YUM). Taco Bell isn’t about to give up any ground in the Mexican fast-food business, and is testing a new Cantina Bell menu with premium ingredients and higher-quality offerings.
Chipotle’s price-to-earnings ratio is a fairly ridiculous 62.8. The industry averages 25.8, according to The Motley Fool.
But look at the potential
But others think the stock has plenty of room. Chipotle’s same-store sales growth was 11.2% in 2011, 9.4% in 2010 and 2.2% in 2009, the Motley Fool reports.
And you can’t talk about Chipotle’s growth without mentioning ShopHouse, the Asian-themed restaurant the company has opened in Washington D.C. ShopHouse has been wildly popular with little to no advertising.
The success had opened up the possibility that Chipotle could very well strike gold a second time. The company isn’t saying much about whether it will expand ShopHouse, but investors are certainly pricing the idea into Chipotle shares.
Chipotle has no debt and about $400 million in cash, according to Seeking Alpha. And Chipotle is in that best-of-both worlds position because it can compete directly with fast food, but also stand up against more upscale restaurants, such as Panera Bread (PNRA).
Finally, Chipotle is gunning for international expansion, recently opening new locations in London and planning one for Paris.
So what do you think, readers? Is this a stock to avoid or a stock that is just starting to hit the bigtime?
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Egypt's 2012 stock boom worries some fund managers
March 27, 2012
By Ross Kerber | Reuters – BOSTON (Reuters) – Egypt ‘s stock market has jumped 37 percent so far in 2012, the largest gain of any country, but top U.S. fund managers focused on the region remain wary of further political turmoil and currency weakness in the most populous Arab nation
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BOSTON (Reuters) – Egypt‘s stock market has jumped 37 percent so far in 2012, the largest gain of any country, but top U.S. fund managers focused on the region remain wary of further political turmoil and currency weakness in the most populous Arab nation.
The country’s main stock index lost nearly half its value last year as massive public protests drove longtime president Hosni Mubarak from power in February 2011 and military leaders assumed control. This year’s stock market bounce came as investors snapped up shares of companies like Orascom Construction Industries SAE and telecom carrier Egyptian Co for Mobile Services SAE.
But in recent interviews, several fund managers who most closely follow the nation said significant risks from Egypt’s political and economic situation remained. Egypt’s fragmented political parties are struggling to reach consensus on a new constitution and tensions are rising with a president election just two months away.
A major risk is the country’s currency, the Egyptian pound, which several fund managers said could fall in value despite heavy government spending to prop it up.
“Yes, we’re bottom-up investors and we want to buy the stocks; but the economic politics are so uncertain you could lose half your money just on the currency,” said Oliver Bell, portfolio manager for T. Rowe Price Group Inc‘s Africa & Middle East Fund.
Bell, who oversees about $300 million in the fund, has mostly kept it out of Egypt since joining T. Rowe in October of last year. His fund is up 11.97 percent so far this year.
Famed emerging markets investor Mark Mobius slightly trimmed his Egyptian holdings in the fourth quarter of 2011 in his Templeton Frontier Markets Fund. The fund is up 14.05 percent this year.
Mobius said while he is optimistic about Egypt’s long-term outlook, further political struggles could hurt stock prices in the interim.
“The trend towards political liberalization will have a positive impact on equity markets and markets in general,” he said via e-mail. “Of course, in the interim there will be turmoil and uncertainty, but at the end the impact will be positive on markets,” Mobius said.
Another manager of a fund with interests in the region, Adam Kutas of Fidelity Investment’s Emerging Europe, Middle East, Africa Fund, said he is currently avoiding Egyptian stocks completely. Noting that Egypt imports much of its food, Kutas said inflation is one of his major concerns.
“The value isn’t there,” Kutas said, citing the recent run-up. “You’re not being compensated for all the risks.” The Fidelity fund has gained 16.22 percent so far this year.
FRONTIER TRAVELS
With investors willing to take on risks and with go-anywhere mandates, frontier fund managers like Mobius, Kutas and Bell have wide latitude to judge global events and trends and spend much of their time traveling. Kutas spoke by telephone from Krakow, Poland, where he had gone to check on several mid-sized companies; Bell spoke from his base in London, just before getting on a flight to South Africa, where he has moved much of his portfolio.
Egypt has drawn much interest because of its fast-growing population, now about 80 million, and large domestic economy. The country’s gross domestic product of $515 billion last year was second only to that of oil-rich Saudi Arabia among Arab countries.
Egypt’s 37 percent stock market gain through March 26 was the best of any country’s individual equity market according to index provider MSCI Inc. Next best was tiny Kazakhstan, with a 32 percent gain, followed by Vietnam, which rose 29 percent, and Hungary, which gained 28 percent.
Instead of jumping on Egyptian equities, T. Rowe’s Bell said in the Mideast, he prefers to own shares of banks and other companies in Saudi Arabia. He had owned shares in Orascom traded on the Cairo exchange, but has since moved to own them via the London exchange, in case a future Egyptian government puts currency controls in place as a crisis measure.
“You have political paralysis. It should be ended by the end of June, but meanwhile the economic clock is running down,” Bell said.
Mobius’s Templeton Frontier Markets Fund owned about 1.79 million global depository receipts, or GDRs, of Orascom Telecom Holding SAE at the end of December, down from 1.95 million at the end of September, according to the fund’s securities filings. Other top holdings were unchanged, including stakes in Egyptian International Pharmaceutical Industries Co and Alexandria Mineral Oils Co.
While he trimmed his stake in Orascom, Mobius added to a position in Aramex PJSC, a freight & logistics company in the United Arab Emirates, in the fourth quarter.
The fund had 6.2 percent of its assets invested in Egypt at the end of December, down slightly from 6.3 percent invested in the country three months earlier. Mobius declined to discuss specific holdings.
PENDING LOANS
Not all frontier managers are as worried about Egypt, however. Larry Seruma, whose New York-based Nile Capital Management focuses on African companies, has about 10 percent of his Nile Pan Africa Fund invested in Egyptian stocks, up from about 5 percent six months ago.
Seruma took some profits in Orascom Construction after the shares’ recent run-up but still has faith in the company’s prospects. “I think the big story is that things were beaten down tremendously; it was just irrational,” he said.
Still, Seruma said he too has worries about the value of the Egyptian pound and the country’s declining foreign reserves. Much is at stake in the outcome of elections, which could determine whether Egypt will receive international financial backing, Seruma said.
“The new government will have to negotiate a loan with the IMF (the International Monetary Fund) or the World Bank, and the new loan will come with some tough terms. If you have a new government that is not friendly to the West, you are not going to get that loan,” he said.
Spots in line for new iPad launch go up for auction on eBay
March 15, 2012
By Tecca | Today in Tech – For a not-so-small fee, you can buy your way to the front of the line If you haven’t pre-ordered your new 4G iPad yet, the only way you’re going to be able to grab one for the Friday, March 16 launch is by going to the store yourself.
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For a not-so-small fee, you can buy your way to the front of the line
If you haven’t pre-ordered your new 4G iPad yet, the only way you’re going to be able to grab one for the Friday, March 16 launch is by going to the store yourself. Historically, that means waits of multiple hours, whether it’s for the Apple Store to open or for employees to help set up new customers. If you’re loaded in the cash department, though, you can just go buy your way to the front of the line.
See, a number of entrepreneurial souls are already in line for the new device. But they’re not there for themselves — they’re merely there to sell their place in line to the highest bidder. One person in London is currently selling their number four spot in line for a current high bid of £76 — about $120. A number of people are selling their positions in line on Craigslist, as well. Few are advertising prices, instead seeking for interested parties to make an offer.
If you’re planning on getting your own iPad tomorrow at an Apple Store, set that alarm early. Or really, don’t even bother going to bed — head straight for the store now. According to the eBay listing, there are already 300 people in line for the London release. (Or, of course, you could just get your iPad somewhere else.)
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This article was written by Fox Van Allen and originally appeared on Tecca
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Wall Street Journal Debuts 'News Hub GMT' — First Live Show From Europe
March 13, 2012
LONDON, March 13, 2012 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — The Wall Street Journal announced today the debut of its first live show to originate outside the U.S — News Hub GMT — airing live each weekday at 12 noon GMT/07:00 EST on WSJ.com and WSJ Live, in a move which significantly expands the Journal’s live programming across the globe. Hosted by Dow Jones columnist Nick Hastings in London, News Hub GMT airs as a 20-minute show, bringing the Journal’s global audience an authoritative take on the day’s leading business, financial and general news stories, including the latest breaking news and developments. As part of the growing stable of live video from the Journal, the show will tap the resources of bureaus in Europe — including Frankfurt, Berlin, Paris, Brussels, Moscow and Athens — as well as the global network of more than 2,000 journalists across Dow Jones, including the Journal, Dow Jones Newswires and MarketWatch.
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LONDON, March 13, 2012 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — The Wall Street Journal announced today the debut of its first live show to originate outside the U.S — News Hub GMT — airing live each weekday at 12 noon GMT/07:00 EST on WSJ.com and WSJ Live, in a move which significantly expands the Journal’s live programming across the globe.
Hosted by Dow Jones columnist Nick Hastings in London, News Hub GMT airs as a 20-minute show, bringing the Journal’s global audience an authoritative take on the day’s leading business, financial and general news stories, including the latest breaking news and developments.
As part of the growing stable of live video from the Journal, the show will tap the resources of bureaus in Europe — including Frankfurt, Berlin, Paris, Brussels, Moscow and Athens — as well as the global network of more than 2,000 journalists across Dow Jones, including the Journal, Dow Jones Newswires and MarketWatch.
“News Hub GMT showcases the expertise of our team of reporters around Europe and allows our readers to engage with them on a new platform,” said Tracy Corrigan, editor-in-chief, Europe, The Wall Street Journal. “The show brings an added dimension to our news reporting and analysis during the European business day.”
Wall Street Journal video features more than four hours of live programming each business day, with multiple shows, news updates, reporting from the field, exclusive interviews and special events coverage as well as an extensive archive of on-demand video. News Hub GMT joins current live shows, including Digits, Lunch Break, Mean Street, Markets Hub, Opinion Journal, Off Duty and News Hub AM/PM from New York. Show segments are available on-demand following the live airing.
The WSJ Live app is currently available for free via iPhone, iPad, Apple TV, YouTube and Hulu, as well as Boxee, Roku, Google TV, Etisalat, Panasonic’s VIERA Connect(TM) -enabled HDTVs, Samsung 2011 Smart TVs, Sony Internet TV, VIZIO Internet Apps(R) HDTVs, and the Yahoo!(R) Connected TV platform.
The Wall Street Journal logo is available at http://www.globenewswire.com/newsroom/prs/?pkgid=2641
Notes to Editors
News Hub GMT will air at 1200 GMT/0800 EDT until March 26 when UK clocks move to BST.
