In addition to shocking the tech world (in a positive way) with the wholly unexpected announcement of not one, but two Surface Book 2 variants, Microsoft yesterday delivered on a promise
from early last month, officially launching both the Windows 10 Fall Creators Update and the first batch of immersive Windows Mixed Reality headsets.
Not exact matches
When you're
early in a startup, a founder or one of the first few people to join, you will at times realize that new information
from customers or a smart mentor shows that what you were working on for the
last weeks or
months is the wrong thing to do.
Talk of rate hikes are in the air Wednesday after minutes
from the Bank of England's
last meeting showed two out of nine board members voted for a rate hike as
early as this
month, the first time in three years that policymakers have done so.
Zuckerberg, in Facebook posts
last month, disclosed a series of steps he said the company would take to prevent governments
from manipulating it and said he had
earlier been wrong to dismiss the possibility of Facebook being used in such a way.
As for Jobs, reports of Zuckerberg's relationship with him resurfaced
last year, in the wake of news that Zuckerberg,
early in the Facebook era, had gained insights and wisdom
from a
month - long trip to India.
The aggressive sell - off
from over $ 19,000 late
last year to just above $ 7,000
earlier this
month was most likely the crypto bubble burst that we'd all been waiting for, clearing out all those late to the party.
He gave a speech in Paris
last December in connection with the UN Climate Summit in which he laid out a plan to accelerate humanity's departure
from the the fossil - fuel era, and he has revisited that speech's specifics when he unveiled the Tesla Model 3
earlier this year and revealed Tesla's Solar Roof
last month.
The question came up again
early last month after the golf writer James Dodson told WBUR that Trump's son Eric bragged in 2014 that the Trump family had secured access to $ 100 million
from Russian lenders to fund their golf courses.
Last week, embattled Prime Minister Najib Razak announced a cabinet shuffle, including sacking Deputy Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin after he called on Najib to explain the controversy surrounding a Wall Street Journal (WSJ) report
earlier this
month that nearly $ 700 million
from quasi-sovereign wealth fund One Malaysia Development Bhd. (1MDB) was deposited into the prime minister's personal bank accounts.
Users of digital currency bitcoin more than doubled in the Philippines in the first half of
last year
from a year
earlier, Espenilla said, while bitcoin transactions purportedly passing through registered companies in the country range
from $ 2 million to $ 3 million per
month based on available estimates.
While policy doves like Rosengren currently hold sway over Chairman Ben Bernanke and the majority of Fed policymakers, minutes
from last month's policy meeting suggest the quantitative easing program could draw to a close by year end,
earlier than some economists had expected.
Chuck Hagel, who served as defense secretary
from February 2013 to
last February, told the Atlantic Council
earlier this
month that backing down on the red line «hurt the credibility of the president of the United States.»
According to the BLS, the average hourly wage for non-management private - sector workers
last month was $ 20.67, unchanged
from August and 2.3 % above the average wage a year
earlier.
New yuan loans probably dropped 14 percent
last month from a year
earlier, according to the median projection in a Bloomberg News survey of 37 analysts ahead of data due by Jan. 15.
As noted in these pages
last month, he's already shown that he's cut
from a different cloth by not uttering the usual soothing words during the
early February correction (unlike his European equivalent who quickly promised to whip up more fake money to bolster stock prices).
Average hourly wages were $ 26.12
last month, a meagre 1.1 per cent increase
from year
earlier and the weakest gain since the late 1990s.
In Europe, while the rise in yields was a little slower to occur, it has picked up pace in the
last three
months as signs of economic recovery in Europe have strengthened, and the net rise in yields
from the
early 1999 lows is now about 140 points.
Apple said its net income in the
last three
months of 2010 rose 78 percent
from a year
earlier to a record $ 6 billion, or $ 6.43 a share,
from $ 3.4 billion, or $ 3.67 a share, a year
earlier.
The currency fell to about 300 naira to the dollar in Nigeria's black market, down
from about 240
early last month.
The Bureau of Labor Statistics reported
earlier this
month that food - at - home prices fell 0.1 % in November, the seventh straight
month they've declined, and over the past 12
months, they're down 2.2 %
from the same time
last year with meats, poultry, fish, and eggs posting the biggest drops and now sitting 6 % below the year - ago figure.
Russia supplied 5.052 million tons, or 1.32 million barrels per day (bpd)
last month, up 17.8 percent
from a year
earlier, according to Reuters, quoting the Chinese General Administration of Customs.
The less - volatile core CPI index was up 1.9 %
from one year ago and increased at a 2.5 % annual rate over the
last three
months, which is more in line with the Fed's preference than the headline figures, suggesting deflation hasn't gripped the U.S. economy as it did Japan's
earlier this decade.
Slack, the collaboration software start - up,
last month took in $ 160 million; just six
months earlier, it had received $ 120 million
from investors.
Early in tomorrow's U.S. session, traders will get their first look at the March Consumer Price Index (CPI) figures
from the U.S., followed by the release of the minutes
from last month's Federal Reserve meeting that afternoon.
With the selection of a new CEO, who has earned
early plaudits
from investors, some of the risk SoftBank assumed
last month is no more.
Prices rose
from a year
earlier in 69 of 70 cities tracked by the government
last month, it showed.
The French teenager, who joined the Red Devils
from Ligue 1 giants AS Monaco on transfer deadline day
earlier this
month, enjoyed a dream debut against bitter rivals Liverpool
last Saturday as he netted within 20 minutes after coming on a substitute against Old Trafford as he weaved past a number of challenges and found the back of the net with a composed finish.
The Wanderers knocked back an offer
from Russian Premier League side Torpedo Moscow
last month, the same club Brisbane Roar wingback Ivan Franjic joined in
earlier in the year.
On top of that, Murray has moved
from +350 to +250 over the
last month due to his gold medal at the Olympics and Djokovic's
early exit there.
The teenager, who joined the Red Devils
from Ligue 1 giants AS Monaco
earlier this
month for an initial fee of # 36million, announced himself to the Old Trafford faithful in spectacular fashion
last weekend as he netted 20 minutes into his debut against Liverpool after coming on a second half substitute.
Instead, Ohio has faded dramatically, and Buffalo, after absorbing some tough
early blows
from Ohio State and Baylor, has cruised through most of the
last two
months of the season.
On the
last day of the long (234 days) New York season the 5 - year - old Damelo II (a son of Sculptor and grandson of Tenerani) won the two - mile Display Handicap, giving Argentina the distinction of having produced the winner of the longest handicap run anywhere in the U.S.. Two
months earlier a nine - race Aqueduct card included 23 foreign - breds, 13 of them
from Argentina.
Villas - Boas took over at the Petrovsky Stadium
last month having been sacked
from his White Hart Lane post
earlier in the season.
Sadiq El Fitouri joined
from Salford City
earlier in the season, and Andrew Lewis of Southport had a trial just
last month.
Earlier this
month Chelsea Football Club donated our match fee
from Community Shield to the Grenfell Tower fire support fund, and at
last week's Community Day we welcomed a number of those directly affected to Cobham where they watched training and met the first team squad.
The first day of pre-season featured new boy Sead Kolasinac, who got his first run out in Arsenal colours after completing a free transfer
from Schalke
earlier last month.
But Sakho came back
from injury
early and scored at Bristol City
last month.
Newcastle United striker Joselu has got fond of the club's supporters following his # 5m move
from Stoke City
earlier last month.
The match saw Olivier Giroud and Alvaro Morata paired
from the start for the first time and they caught the eye by dovetailing beautifully, a surprise to anyone who saw the disjointed
last 10 minutes of the 3 - 1 defeat to Spurs
earlier this
month.
Politico ran a story
earlier this week, similar in subject matter to my post on Civil Eats
last month, evaluating whether the gains of the Healthy, Hunger - Free Kids Act are likely to be rolled back due to mounting pressure
from the School Nutrition Association and other factions.
I don't travel often, and when I do, I usually have three kids in tow who demand quite a bit of my attention, so traveling solo to and
from QuiltCon
early last month was quite a treat.
From the instant the two lines turn pink to the birth experience to the
early months of babe - in - arms to lugging around a tired toddler on that
last leg of the first zoo trip - being a mom just hurts sometimes.
The poll, Quinnipiac notes, is consistent with the 46 - 46 tie
from an
earlier survey released
last month.
Early findings of the research so far (taken
from a Fabian - YouGov opinion poll conducted
last month and discussion groups held in London, Bristol, Sheffield and Glasgow over the
last five
months) provide some clues.
Ending what has been a tumultuous six -
month long negotiation process,
last week the Greek Parliament approved the first package of austerity measures required by Greece's creditors as part of the «Greekment» reached in the
early morning hours of 13 July 2015 in order to initiate talks on a Third Fiscal Adjustment Programme (or «Memorandum») and avoid Greece's expulsion
from the Eurozone.
Schneiderman's office
last year issued a subpoena for user data
from AirBnB
earlier this
month, relying on a 2010 law that makes it illegal to rent out apartments.
Last but not least,
earlier this
month Michelle Brown was suspended for a week
from the Senedd for using racist language against Chuka Umunna.
Last month, a new message purporting to come
from the spokesman of Islamic State called on followers to launch attacks on the West during the Islamic holy
month of Ramadan, which begins in
early June.
His remarks follow a speech
earlier this week
from education secretary Michael Gove which stated that an «educational underclass» was partly responsible for
last month's riots.
Little has changed on this question
from when Marist
last asked about Gillibrand's approval rating
earlier this
month.