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China A-shares make their debut in MSCI indices
A-shares will have an aggregate weight of just 0.39 per cent in the MSCI Emerging Market index, for example. However, as Jason Hollands of Tilney Bestinvest notes: 'This is certainly a milestone in the greater integration of Chinese companies into worldwide capital markets, [albeit] incremental in nature and progress'. [Full Article...]
U.S. may open door to more temporary immigrant workers, Trump aide says
When contacted by CNBC for comment on the controversy, the White House argued that it was OK for Trump to push the job numbers since "he didn't put the numbers out". Spicer later apologized and said while he understood the objective of the rule, his tweet didn't impact markets because the data had already been released. [Full Article...]
Porsche gets crunched in valet parking mishap | Bradford
Emergency workers cut the driver out from the Porsche as a crowd watched. A third auto was also damaged after it was pushed into some nearby bollards. As for how it went down in the eyes of witness Jonathan Bouzaid , he mentions in his Instagram feed that the valet "hit the auto in front from a parked position, he then must have panicked and hit the accelerator causing the Porsche to go f... [Full Article...]
Google reportedly pitched the Pentagon a "Google-earth-like" AI surveillance tool
Google would not choose to pursue Maven today because the backlash has been awful for the company, Greene said, adding that the decision was made at a time when Google was more aggressively pursuing military work. Strong backlash against the company's involvement in the project reportedly led to the company's decision not to continue to pursue the project. Critics of these protests point o... [Full Article...]
'Handsome One' Pedro Sanchez Is New Spanish PM
To prevent a power vacuum after a no-confidence motion, Spanish law makes the motion's author - in this case, Sanchez - the country's new leader as soon as the king swears him in. The Socialists only have 84 seats - just under a quarter of the total. Sanchez, Spain's 46-year-old opposition leader, had instigated the no-confidence motion last week after a court revealed details of a vast system o... [Full Article...]
Ticketfly Hacker Claims To Have Stolen User Information
Founded in 2008, Ticketfly has grown to become one of the most successful ticketing services that isn't owned by LiveNation. More ominously, the message also promised to "publish database backstage", which Billboard reported is where Ticketfly stores client information for the thousands of venues, promoters, and festivals that work with the service, as well as, potentially, consumer credit... [Full Article...]
Google draws up guidelines for its military AI following employee fury
Google will not seek to extend its contract next year with the US Department of Defense for artificial intelligence used to analyse drone video, squashing a controversial alliance that had raised alarms over the technological build-up between Silicon Valley and the military. [Full Article...]
Southwest flight makes emergency landing because passenger was allegedly smoking pot
In the beginning the woman thought that the pornographic content appeared mistakenly but then realized that the man was actually doing all this on goal, as he soon began to masturbate. Southwest Airlines also released a statement saying it would investigate the situation, but did not state whether a representative from the company had contacted the woman. [Full Article...]