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KORE Group Holdings, Inc. ( NYSE:KORE – Get Free Report ) was the target of a large decrease in short interest in December. As of December 15th, there was short interest totalling 17,700 shares, a decrease of 21.3% from the November 30th total of 22,500 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 35,600 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 0.5 days. Currently, 0.4% of the shares of the company are sold short. Analyst Ratings Changes Separately, TD Cowen lifted their target price on shares of KORE Group from $2.00 to $2.50 and gave the company a “hold” rating in a report on Wednesday, November 20th. Get Our Latest Analysis on KORE Hedge Funds Weigh In On KORE Group KORE Group Trading Up 28.4 % Shares of KORE Group stock opened at $2.44 on Friday. KORE Group has a fifty-two week low of $1.10 and a fifty-two week high of $6.45. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 13.25, a quick ratio of 1.18 and a current ratio of 1.30. The company has a market cap of $41.50 million, a P/E ratio of -0.35 and a beta of 2.33. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average of $1.77 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $2.15. KORE Group Company Profile ( Get Free Report ) KORE Group Holdings, Inc provides Internet of Things (IoT) services and solutions worldwide. It offers connectivity and location-based services, device solutions, and managed and professional services that are used in the development and support of IoT technology for the business market. The company’s products include IoT connectivity-as-a-service; connectivity enablement-as-a-service; device management services; and security location based services. Featured Articles Receive News & Ratings for KORE Group Daily - Enter your email address below to receive a concise daily summary of the latest news and analysts' ratings for KORE Group and related companies with MarketBeat.com's FREE daily email newsletter .The rapid growth of the printed circuit board (PCB) industry in Thailand has convinced the Board of Investment (BoI) a "big wave" of foreign PCB manufacturers are investing here. Foreign companies and areas, especially those from China, Taiwan, Japan and Hong Kong, form the majority of investors in this field, which supplies products to other key industries, ranging from electric vehicles (EVs) to medical devices. The PCB industry has great potential to drive the economy, if promoted by the BoI. The board believes PCB business expansion in Thailand will not lose steam, strengthening the country's position as the largest PCB manufacturer in Southeast Asia and fifth-largest in the world.  What are PCBs? PCBs are crucial electronics components that can drive advancements in other targeted industries such as EVs, smart electronics and appliances, computers, medical devices, telecom equipment, automated systems and robotics. One type of PCBs is flexible PCBs, known as FPCBs, which are used in products with complex designs and those with space and weight limitations. FPCBs are components of smart contact lenses and EV batteries. The BoI granted investment incentives to Mektec Manufacturing Corporation (Thailand), a subsidiary of NOK Corporation, Japan's largest PCB manufacturer by sales volume. NOK specialises in making FPCBs. The company plans to increase its production with a budget of 920 billion baht to serve growing demand in the EV industry, said Somchai Asawarungsaengkul, managing director of Mektec Manufacturing Corporation (Thailand). Authorities also approved an investment project submitted by Well Tek Electronics, a subsidiary of China's Welgao Electronics. Well Tek is the first new PCB investor to open a factory at Rojana Industrial Park in Ayutthaya, utilising an investment budget of 2.5 billion baht, according to the BoI. The company produces high-density interconnect multilayer PCBs, characterised by the high density of electrical interconnections between layers. Multilayer PCBs are needed for complex electronic devices, including data servers and power supply used in EVs, as well as data centres and artificial intelligence-based (AI) devices. PCB manufacturing can support the development of the EV industry, which is expected to keep growing next year, said Narit Therdsteerasukdi, secretary-general of the BoI. Under the country's "30@30" policy, Thailand expects EVs to represent at least 30% of total auto production by 2030, with 725,000 zero-emission cars, 675,000 electric motorcycles and 34,000 electric buses and trucks.  Why is PCB manufacturing growing rapidly? The growth of digital technology and electronics markets as well as the impact of geopolitical conflicts are factors lifting the PCB industry in Thailand. Foreign investors seeking to avoid the impact of geopolitical conflicts and trade wars are searching for new production bases for their products, including PCBs, with Thailand an investment destination. "Thailand can take advantage of these conflicts to draw more new investors," said Mr Narit. Mr Somchai attributed the expansion of PCB manufacturing in Thailand to the growth of 5G wireless technology, electronics devices linked with Internet of Things technology and AI robots. Electronics production played an important role in driving investment during the first nine months this year. The value of investment project proposals for this period soared by 42% year-on-year to 723 billion baht, the highest level since 2015, according to the BoI. The uptick in value was apparent for electronic products and data centres, noted the board. The adjusted investment value totalled 509 billion baht in the corresponding period last year. Singapore was the top source of foreign direct investment with applications worth 181 billion baht, more than double the 79.7 billion the previous year, mostly attributed to large investments in electrical and electronics products as well as data centres by units of Chinese and US firms. China ranked second with investment of 114 billion baht, up 18% from 96.5 billion a year earlier, followed by applications from companies from Hong Kong (68.2 billion baht), Taiwan (44.6 billion baht) and Japan (35.5 billion baht). Thailand is a safe and resilient place that is good for their businesses, said Mr Narit.  What are the trends for 2025? PCB production, along with other modern industries such as data centres and cloud services, will continue to grow next year, helping the BoI meet its investment target by 2027, he said. The BoI set a target to achieve 3.3 trillion baht in investment value under its five-year strategy, which was announced in 2022. Under the strategy, from 2023 to 2027 the BoI will support investments in high technology, green and smart industries as well as businesses driven by creativity and innovation, all of which are expected to form a new economy and increase competitiveness. As of September this year, investment promotion under the strategy led to new investment worth 1.5 trillion baht, making up almost half of the 3.3-trillion-baht target. New investment over the past 21 months mostly came from business expansion in PCBs, smart electronics, EVs, data centres and cloud services, said Mr Narit. In the PCB industry alone, as of September 2024 investors had submitted 95 projects worth 162 billion baht to the BoI for investment incentive packages. Thailand's PCB industry has grown exponentially over the past year, he said, adding this expansion will continue to gain momentum.
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Following quality win, No. 19 Mississippi St. faces Bethune-CookmanLONDON: Is China a friend or foe to Europe? For some European countries, China is one of the largest trade partners and investors. There could be a positive, symbiotic connection, but sometimes Beijing appears to undermine those relationships. In the UK, details emerged in mid-December of an alleged Chinese spy who had developed close relations with, among others, Prince Andrew . The case of Yang Tengbo , also known as Chris Yang, highlights the challenges that countries looking to build closer ties to China face. Concerns over espionage, unfair trading practices and cyberattacks all appear to be the price of access to China’s substantial market and investment opportunities. The question countries such as the UK face is whether the costs are worth the benefits. WHO IS YANG TENGBO? Yang Tengbo is a 50-year-old Chinese businessman who has been a key figure in Sino-UK industrial relations for years. He serves as the executive chairman of the UK-Chinese Business Association and was a member of the 48 Group Club, another Sino-UK business association. He first arrived in the UK in 2002 and by 2013 had gained indefinite leave to remain. Through his various firms, which aim to provide advice to facilitate interactions between Chinese and UK entities, and his association positions he developed a range of close relations with high-level political figures in the UK. His relationship with Prince Andrew was so close as to be invited to the royal’s 60th birthday party and warrant the Duke of York’s senior advisor, Dominic Hampshire, to tell Yang that "outside of his closest internal confidants, you sit at the top of a tree that many, many people would like to be on". Through this connection, Yang joined visits to St James’ Palace and Windsor Castle, and has been photographed alongside David Cameron, Theresa May and her husband in Downing Street. Yang’s level of access alarmed UK security forces. In 2021, he was stopped at the border and his digital devices were taken. The data from those devices led UK security services to believe that Yang was linked to the United Front Work Department, a Chinese government agency that utilises overseas Chinese citizens to gain influence and spy on individuals and organisations overseas. In 2023, Yang’s residency rights were cancelled and he was banned from the UK. AWKWARD TIMING While there are significant questions over Yang’s level of influence and any nefarious activity, it is far from the only incident of espionage or malign operations by China against the UK. In May, the UK accused Chinese hackers of accessing 270,000 payroll records of the UK armed forces. In January 2022, MI5 issued a security alert about an alleged Chinese agent, Christine Ching Kui Lee , who was alleged to be attempting to gain influence with UK parliamentarians on behalf of the Chinese government. These influence and espionage operations are not confined to the UK. Countries throughout Europe, North America and Asia have all attributed similar operations to some form of Chinese official backing. But the Yang case comes at a particularly awkward time for the UK’s new Labour government. Under Prime Minister Keir Starmer, the government is eager to foster growth at all costs, deepening trade relations with as many countries as possible, including the United States, European Union members, India and China. The latest revelations about Chinese influence operations at the top of UK society is therefore embarrassing for the government as it attempts to smooth over its often bumpy relationship with Beijing. The difficulties London faces in its relations with Beijing were highlighted by Starmer’s response to a question about Yang. Rather than openly criticise Beijing, Starmer chose instead to suggest that it was “better to engage” with China and that he was “pleased with the engagement and the progress that we’ve made”. FRIEND OR FOE? The problem for many countries, especially those in Europe struggling with tepid economic growth and facing the prospect of a hostile trade relationship with the US under Donald Trump, is that China is too big a market to ignore. However, the price of doing business with China is often to downplay the influence operations, espionage, dumping and other malign activities that Beijing seems reluctant to dispense with. From China’s perspective, the goal of such operations is to learn more about and gain more influence over countries in the West that are seen as competitors or rivals. London is a particularly good target, not only as a major economy and global power, but a close ally to the United States, major contributor to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and significant defence power in its own right. The UK now must decide whether to paper over these unsightly activities by China for the sake of economic ties, or to make its position known to China. A key moment will be whether the government allows a new Chinese embassy to be built on the site of the former Royal Mint, the maker of UK coins, in east London, despite objections from local authorities. If approved, it would be China’s largest embassy in Europe and more than a third larger than the US’ own new embassy in south London. The number of diplomatic staff would give a huge boost to potential Chinese influence and espionage operations in the UK. It remains to be seen if that is a price the Starmer government is willing to pay. Christian Le Miere is a foreign policy adviser and the founder and CEO of Arcipel, a strategic advisory firm based in London.
Bill Clinton Hospitalized with Fever: Non-Emergency SituationThe price of bitcoin soared past the long-awaited $100,000 benchmark for the first time ever late Wednesday evening. By Thursday afternoon, the flagship cryptocurrency pulled back from the milestone. It was recently higher by 0.28% at $99,140.00, according to Coin Metrics, trading at the lows of Thursday’s trading following some profit taking by investors. On Wednesday night, it rose as high as $103,844.05. The move came after President-elect Donald Trump announced plans to nominate Paul Atkins as chair of the Securities and Exchange Commission. The appointment could fulfill Trump’s most important campaign promise to the crypto industry: to replace Gary Gensler, who has become something of a villain in crypto for the agency’s regulation-by-enforcement approach to the industry under his leadership. Trump congratulated bitcoiners in a Truth Social post Thursday morning, saying “you’re welcome” for his part in helping send bitcoin to $100,000 and that “together, we will make America great again.” It’s a day of celebration for longtime bitcoin investors, who have held on for dear life, or “HODL’d” through several of the cryptocurrency’s boom-and-bust cycles, during which government and financial institutions remained dismissive — and even hostile — toward the asset class. That’s largely because of the cryptocurrency’s anti-establishment roots. The original idea for bitcoin was proposed at the height of the 2008 financial crisis: a “peer-to-peer version of electronic cash would allow online payments to be sent directly from one party to another without going through a financial institution,” its founder, Satoshi Nakamoto, wrote in the Bitcoin Whitepaper . In recent years, however, the industry has demonstrated the value of bitcoin to much of the institutional investing world. BlackRock , Fidelity, Invesco and others launched the first spot bitcoin ETFs at the beginning of this year — bitcoin’s “IPO” moment — and the growing demand for them by institutions has helped drive the price higher. In November, Rick Wurster, the incoming CEO of Charles Schwab , said the firm is preparing to enter spot crypto trading , pending regulatory changes expected in the next Trump administration. On Wednesday, Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said bitcoin is “just like gold, only it’s virtual, it’s digital,” speaking at the DealBook conference . He further clarified that “people are not using it as a form of payment, or as a store of value” and that “it’s not a competitor for the dollar, it’s really a competitor for gold.” “We’re witnessing a paradigm shift. After four years of political purgatory, bitcoin and the entire digital asset ecosystem are on the brink of entering the financial mainstream,” Mike Novogratz, CEO of Galaxy Digital, told CNBC. Bitcoin had been widely expected to reach the landmark $100,000 level since the U.S. presidential election. However, excited investors sent bitcoin closer to this mark much sooner than initially anticipated; it rose as high as $99,849.99 on Nov. 22. There is much hope that Trump will deliver on several pro-crypto initiatives in the year ahead — including the establishment of a national strategic bitcoin reserve or stockpile, no taxes on crypto transactions and opening up the crypto public equity markets with more IPOs. “Over the long term, I’m bullish,” Novogratz added. “It won’t be a straight line up, and investors should always consider taking gains off the table. But, with a pro-crypto administration about to take charge in the U.S., it’ll be hard for the rest of the world not to take notice.” Bitcoin is now up more than 133% in 2024 and 42% since the election.
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