Mark Zuckerberg l'a dit !

Le réseau de socialisation en ligne Facebook a franchi la barre du milliard d’utilisateurs actifs, a annoncé ce matin son PDG Mark Zuckerberg. «Ce matin, il y a plus d’un milliard de gens utilisant Facebook activement chaque mois», a-t-il indiqué dans un communiqué publié sur le site internet du groupe.

«Aider un milliard de gens à être en contact est incroyable, cela rend humble et c’est de loin la chose dont je suis le plus fier dans ma vie», a-t-il commenté. Facebook précise que sur ce total, 600 millions de membres accèdent au site depuis un appareil mobile.

Les cinq pays où les connexions au site sont les plus nombreuses actuellement sont le Brésil, l’Inde, l’Indonésie, le Mexique et les Etats-Unis, et l'âge médian des nouveaux membres du réseau est de 22 ans, a encore indiqué le groupe.

.....«merci d’avoir donné, à moi et à ma petite équipe, l’honneur de vous servir», a encore indiqué Mark Zuckerberg dans son message, se disant «engagé à travailler chaque jour pour rendre Facebook meilleur pour vous, en espérant qu’un jour nous pourrons mettre en contact le reste du monde également».

Navigon

Map Apps to Bypass the Rivalry of Google and Apple.

Avec désastre du dernier GPS map d'Apple et le Google map App qui ne sera plus disponible sur l'iPhone , les gens recherchent une solution solide pour l'Amérique et l'Europe.

Apple’s new system may offer free turn-by-turn instructions, and Google’s Android maps app is pretty powerful. But neither is as good as a dedicated mapping and navigation app.

For a high-end navigation solution, my family relies on Navigon’s app after a lot of experimentation. It’s $40 for United States maps on iOS and Android . The app is a lot like the experience you would get from a high-end dedicated GPS unit.

Once you’ve downloaded your area’s maps data from the company’s servers, it works offline and offers the usual navigation routing and text-to-speech turn-by-turn instructions. It also advises on lane choice on the freeway and even shows you a representation of street signs. The app alerts you to speed limits and speed camera positions; there’s also an extensive list of “points of interest” like pharmacies, hotels, gas stations and so on. This means that you can navigate to a city you don’t know and find services that you’ll need while you’re staying there without needing mobile data.

The Navigon app has recently been improved for pedestrian navigation, so it can help you across parts of a city that cars can’t reach. It also uses this mode as part of its Last Mile system that helps you navigate back to where you parked your car. There is also a Public Transport mode, which helps you use alternative forms of transportation, though this and a couple of other extras are in-app purchases.

L'américain Garmin, numéro un mondial du GPS autonome, a annoncé en juin 2011 le rachat de son concurrent européen Navigon grâce auquel il compte concurrencer TomTom.

cartes

Credit card customers are more responsible than they've been in over a decade.

Delinquencies on credit cards issued by banks dropped to the lowest level since 2001 during the second quarter, according to a report from the American Bankers Association released Thursday.

Only 2.93% of all bank card accounts were considered delinquent, meaning they were 30 days or more overdue. That's down from 3.08% in the first quarter and significantly lower than the 15-year average of 3.91%.

"Consumers are saving more and borrowing less as they work to pay down debt at a faster rate," said James Chessen, a chief economist at the American Bankers Association. "Economic uncertainty has made consumers hesitant to take on new debt, and building a stronger financial base has become a priority."

Un de mes sujets du 28 septembre dernier

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TAIWAN NEWS

TAIPEI—Apple Inc.'s Asian component suppliers have started mass production of a new tablet computer smaller than the current iPad, people with knowledge of the situation said, as the Silicon Valley company tries to stay competitive against rivals such as Google Inc. and Amazon.com Inc. that are offering smaller, less-expensive alternatives to the iPad.

Two of the people said the smaller tablet will have a 7.85-inch liquid-crystal display with a lower resolution compared with the latest iPad model that came out in March.

CLIQUEZ POUR AGRANDIR

Selon les sources d'un blog spécialisé, la commande d'Apple en fibre de carbone indiquerait que la production de nouvel iPad MINI aurait commencé.

A general consensus among analysts reveals that 2013 will be a particularly trying year for livestock producers, with higher feed prices expected to pressure producer returns. Already U.S. farmers are rushing to reduce their herds in an attempt to offset the imminent losses from sky-high feed costs. And as the industry continues to consolidate, the effects of the country’s worst drought since the 1950′s will quickly work their way onto supermarket shelves as livestock producers hike up their prices.

Makin’ The Bacon

Recently, the chief executive officer of Smithfield Food, Inc warned the masses: “If you got sticker shock on pork, you’ll have a heart attack when you look at beef.” And although everyone is preparing to empty their pockets at the grocery store next year, there is, of course, an opportunity to make a profit on Wall Street. Investors should keep a close eye on these ETFs in 2013, as the imminent increase in livestock prices may provide some lucrative returns:

• DJ-UBS Livestock Total Return Sub-Index ETN (COW): This fund is composed of two livestock contracts: lean hogs and live cattle. COW currently has over $55 million in total assets and has an average daily trading volume of 40,469, making it the largest and most liquid ETP in its category.
• E-TRACS UBS Bloomberg CMCI Livestock ETN (UBC): This ETN tracks an index that is designed to measure the collateralized returns from a basket of futures contracts representing the livestock sector. Contracts are diversified across two constant maturities of three months and six months.
• Pure Beta Livestock ETN (LSTK): Unlike other products on this list, this fund applies a unique roll methodology to its livestock exposure, which is designed to reduce the impact of contango or backwardation on returns.
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Because these three ETNs are futures-based products, investors should keep a close eye on their positions. Currently, lean hog futures contracts are contagoed up until June of 2013. Live cattle futures are sitting in contango through April of 2013, and a spike in price is also seen in October of 2013. Feeder cattle is also exhibiting contango through August of 2013, as far as contracts are currently offered 

What Is Contango?

GOL

La compagnie brésilienne à bas prix GOL a commandé 60 avions mono-couloirs Boeing 737 Max pour un montant évalué à 6 milliards de dollars au prix catalogue, a annoncé lundi le constructeur aéronautique américain dans un communiqué.

Cette commande est "la plus grosse jamais passée en 12 années d'existence de GOL et la plus large commande d'avions passée par une seule compagnie dans l'histoire de l'aviation sud-américaine", précise Boeing dans son communiqué.

"Boeing a fait équipe avec GOL depuis leur naissance il y a tout juste 12 ans. Nous les avons regardés passer de petite start-up à un poids lourd de l'aviation et nous sommes fiers" qu'ils soient le "premier client sud-américain pour le 737 MAX", a commenté Ray Conner, directeur général de la branche d'aviation civile de Boeing.

GOL propose environ 810 vols quotidiens vers 63 destinations au Brésil et 12 en Amérique du sud et aux Caraïbes.

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Quand  BA.nyse va repasser sa MA 200 ...ça va être un buy! for long...

Pourquoi? C'est le modèle parfait !

"natural" food

http://www.naturalgrocers.com/
NGVC
http://www.annies.com/
BNNY

Les 2 derniers IPO de bouffe 'naturel' ont connu du succès....à surveiller Amira la reine du 'basmati'

http://www.amirafoods.com/
Amira Nature Foods, a processor, distributor and marketer of packaged Indian Basmati rice, filed on Wednesday with the SEC to raise up to $100 million in an initial public offering. The company originally filed confidentially with the SEC on June 18, 2012. The Dubai, United Arab Emirates-based company, sells its packaged Indian speciality rices in over 40 countries, including India (34% of 2011 sales), Kuwait (26%) and UAE (11%).
ANFI.

http://www.retailroadshow.com/sys/launch.asp?k=4125275215

Stanley dit que ça va faire "crouche"

Stanley Crouch, who is Chief Investment Officer of Aegis Capital, came on CNBC today and he is calling for pullback in the stock market and in risk assets. Not just a small correction. Crouch is calling for a 15% to 25% market correction in the coming weeks. To add insult to injury, he doesn’t see a central bank put and he thinks that the Fed will stand idly by.

Crouch’s position is that if the peak in the S&P 500 was truly in on September 14, then the effects of QE3 lasted about 22 hours. He is calling for more downside based upon historic moves.

He said that the S&P 500 will need to hold support at about 1,330 otherwise then maybe the lows of October 2011 will be seen again. After we took a look back at that time, it is important to realize that the lows dipped actually down as low as just under 1,075 during that month.
With the S&P 500 Index around 1,437 today that first key support level, that first support would represent prices of about 7.5% lower than today. If you go to Crouch’s extreme case where the market goes back and retests the lows from last October then the losses from today’s price would come closer to 25%.

ELD.to EGO.nyse / Exploration Update

 Eldorado Gold Corporation , is pleased to provide an update on selected exploration results received since our previous News Release 12-17 on June 27, 2012. These results include assays from drilling in Turkey, Greece, Romania and China and include a new style of mineralization at the Piavitsa project in Greece and a new high grade intercept from below the previously mined Qinglongtan pit at the Tanjianshan mine in China.

les détails sur ...

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/eldorado-exploration-220500533.html

La MA200 semble vouloir s'aplatir et la MA50 arrive.

GPRN

Groupon  announced today it has acquired Savored (http://www.savored.com), a leading provider of reservations at the best restaurants across the United States. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.

More than 1,000 restaurants nationwide have used Savored’s unique platform for yield management. After booking a reservation on Savored.com and visiting the restaurant, diners enjoy up to a 40% discount applied automatically to their bill. Merchants enjoy incremental revenue for tables that would otherwise be empty, and consumers are incentivized by the ‘built-in’ discount and roster of high-end eateries to explore.

“Savored’s platform nicely complements Groupon’s efforts in yield management, an area we’ve pioneered with Groupon Now!,” said Dan Roarty, VP of Groupon Now. “We look forward to working together to achieve a common goal - making dining out even more fun and affordable for consumers while helping restaurateurs manage inventory and grow their businesses.”

Halloween

Get out the pumpkins and the ghosts, stock up the candy bowl, and find a costume, it's almost Halloween.

With a record 170 million people planning to celebrate Halloween this year, the holiday continues to be embraced by many as a time to let loose and have a good time. That also means for retailers, there is some money to be made. 

he results of a survey conducted by BIGinsight on behalf of the retail industry's trade group, the National Retail Federation. A pick-up in spending would also bode well for the sluggish U.S. economy.

According to the survey, seven in 10 Americans - some 71.5 percent - will celebrate this year, up from 68.6 percent last year, and the most in the survey's ten-year history.

The average person will fork out about $79.82 on decorations, costumes, and candy, up from $72.31 last year.

Warren Buffett reports 17% stake in Media General

Media General, Inc. provides news, information, and entertainment across broadcast television, digital media, and mobile platforms serving consumers and advertisers primarily in the southeastern United States. Its broadcast operations include 18 network-affiliated television stations and their associated digital and mobile media services. The company’s network affiliations include eight NBC stations, eight CBS, one ABC, and one CW. It also operates a broadcast television station, known as WFLA-TV, in Tampa, Florida. Media General, Inc. was founded in 1850 and is headquartered in Richmond, Virginia.

MEG.nyse

For many companies selling five million units of a new product the first weekend would be a blowout that could rally stock shares to new highs.

But not for Apple.

The stock hit a record high Friday on expectations it would sell 8 to 10 million new iPhone 5 devices over the weekend. 

Apple Inc announced this morning that the company sold more than 5 million iPhone 5 units over the three days since the product was released. The phone was available to customers in the U.S. and eight other countries on its first weekend and will be available in 22 more countries by the end of this week. The iPhone 5 will be sold in more than 100 countries by the end of the year.

Apple also reported that 100 million iPhone owners who did not buy a new iPhone 5 have already upgraded to the new iOS 6 mobile operating system.

The huge first weekend sales figure eclipses the 4 million iPhone 4S sales following the product’s announcement last year. An estimate from an analyst at Piper Jaffray for 10 million iPhone 5 sales by the end of September certainly looks to be within reach.

TRLA

Trulia Inc., the first initial public offering in over a month, is making quite a debut after opening higher by 30% on the New York Stock Exchange this morning. Shares of the online real estate listing company opened at $22.10 after pricing at $17 a piece last night; above the targeted range of $14 - $16. In IPO filings the company reported a loss of $7.6 million on revenue of $29 million in the first half of the year.

Though they're not turning a profit yet, user growth and the number of visitors and subscribers remain promising and today's over 40% rise underscores that sentiment. Not only is this an upbeat sign for the IPO market, it could mark improved confidence in the real estate market.

"I think a lot of it is Bernanke pushing out rates all the way to 2015," says Jon Najarian, co-founder of trade monster.com

http://www.trulia.com/

GM+FORD+VOLKS vont profiter du " japan boycott"

 Japanese firms have been targeted by protesters, with car makers Toyota Motor Corp and Honda Motor Co halting some operations after attacks on their outlets, although Nissan Motor Co said it would resume work on Wednesday after a two-day halt.

Other Japanese companies - from Mazda Motor Corp and Mitsubishi Motors Corp also shut plants and stores in China, sending Japanese share prices falling and prompting a warning from credit rating agency Fitch that the situation could hurt some auto and tech firms' creditworthiness.

La banque centrale des Etats-Unis (Fed), n'a absolument aucune idée de ce qu'il convient de faire pour sortir l'économie américaine de la noirceur  a déclaré hier un de ses dirigeants, Richard Fisher.

"La vérité, cependant, est que personne au sein du Comité de politique monétaire de la Fed (FOMC) ni de la banque centrale ne sait réellement ce qui entrave l'économie", a déclaré M. Fisher dans un discours à New York, selon le texte de son allocution distribué à la presse. "Personne ne sait ce qui marchera pour remettre l'économie sur la bonne voie", a ajouté M. Fisher, président de l'antenne de la Fed à Dallas."

Chine - Japon / ça brasse !

"The archipelago consists of five islands and three reefs"

La journée de mardi a débuté dans une atmosphère électrique entre la Chine et le Japon : c'est en effet aujourd'hui que les Chinois commémorent, comme tous les ans, l'incident dit de « Mukden ». Le 18 septembre 1931, l'armée japonaise avait en effet fomenté un faux attentat contre ses propres installations, qu'elle avait immédiatement saisi comme prétexte pour envahir la Mandchourie. Ce matin, les manifestations anti-Japon continuaient sur le territoire chinois, en particulier à Pékin où des centaines de personnes se sont rassemblées pour scander des slogans hostiles à la troisième puissance économique mondiale et lancer des projectiles sur l'ambassade du Japon. Cette dernière a d'ailleurs suspendu son service de distribution de visas. La circulation était très fortement perturbée dans ce quartier de la capitale.

Par mesure de protection, de nombreuses sociétés japonaises ont opté pour la fermeture aujourd'hui, y compris les distributeurs « seven eleven » ou Uniqlo. Les Bourses des deux pays accusaient le coup, notamment Shanghai où l'on s'inquiétait des informations du « Hong Kong economic journal » selon lesquelles Pékin travaillerait actuellement à des mesures de rétorsion économique à l'encontre de l'archipel.

Québec power

Rona : une perte sur papier de 7M$ pour la Caisse de dépôt

La participation de la Caisse dans Rona représente 15% de l'actionnariat, avec plus de 18,2 millions d'actions. La Caisse est le principal actionnaire du spécialiste de la rénovation.

Les ' Blackberries' c'est des bons petits fruits

Message de Marissa Mayer la grande 'Boss ' de Yahoo à ses employés ce matin.

We have a very exciting update to share with you today – we are announcing  Yahoo! Smart Phones, Smart Fun!  As of today, Yahoo is moving off of blackberries as our corporate phones and on to smartphones in 22 countries.  A few weeks ago, we said that we would look into smartphone penetration rates globally and take those rates into account when deciding on corporate phones. Ideally, we’d like our employees to have devices similar to our users, so we can think and work as the majority of our users do.

Moving forward, we’ll offer you a choice of devices as well as provide monthly plans for the data and phone. 

The smartphone choices that we are including in the program are:

* Apple iPhone 5
* Android:
    – Samsung Galaxy S3
    – HTC One X
    – HTC EVO 4G LTE
* Windows Phone 8:
    – Nokia Lumia 920

We’re getting started right away and taking orders starting now.