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Broadcom Introduces Industry’s First Switch With On-Chip Neural Network

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Thursday, November 30, 2023

The standard pipeline is one-packet/one-path, meaning that it looks at one packet as it takes a specific path through the chip’s ports and buffers.

Key Points: 
  • The standard pipeline is one-packet/one-path, meaning that it looks at one packet as it takes a specific path through the chip’s ports and buffers.
  • NetGNT, in contrast, is an ML inference engine and can be trained to look for different types of traffic patterns that span the entire chip.
  • NetGNT can recognize this pattern in real-time as it begins and invoke congestion-control techniques to avoid degraded network performance.
  • For more information on the Broadcom Trident 5-X12 Ethernet switch please click here .

AM Best Affirms Credit Ratings of Qatar Insurance Company Q.S.P.C. and Its Subsidiary

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Thursday, December 21, 2023

The group is geographically well-diversified, with insurance operations in the Middle East and multi-channel international platforms under the Antares Global brand, including a Bermuda-domiciled reinsurer (Antares Re), a Lloyd's platform (Syndicate 1274) and carriers in Europe. The business mix has been volatile in recent years, with a growing focus on motor insurance, which reached 56% of consolidated gross written premium (GWP) in 2021. However, QIC's announcement stating its intention to divest from its Gibraltar-based carriers -- which largely write U.K. motor -- has halted this growth and resulted in a decline of motor premium to 50% of 2022 consolidated GWP, a trend that AM Best expects to continue over the medium term.

Key Points: 
  • AM Best has affirmed the Financial Strength Rating of A- (Excellent) and the Long-Term Issuer Credit Ratings of “a-” (Excellent) of Qatar Insurance Company Q.S.P.C.
  • For additional information regarding the use and limitations of Credit Rating opinions, please view Guide to Best’s Credit Ratings .
  • For information on the proper use of Best’s Credit Ratings, Best’s Performance Assessments, Best’s Preliminary Credit Assessments and AM Best press releases, please view Guide to Proper Use of Best’s Ratings & Assessments .
  • AM Best is a global credit rating agency, news publisher and data analytics provider specialising in the insurance industry.

Rebrandly Names Buffer CPO and Former Bitly Executive Maria Thomas to Board of Directors

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Thursday, December 21, 2023

SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 21, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Rebrandly, the world's leading secure, branded link management platform, announced today that Buffer Chief Product Officer Maria Thomas has joined the company as a member of the board of directors (BOD).

Key Points: 
  • SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 21, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Rebrandly , the world's leading secure, branded link management platform, announced today that Buffer Chief Product Officer Maria Thomas has joined the company as a member of the board of directors (BOD).
  • Her expertise encompasses product engineering, design, and management, with a deep focus on user experience and technical innovation at scale.
  • Thomas is currently chief product officer at Buffer , a social media management software company for growing brands and connecting with customers.
  • The appointment of Thomas to Rebrandly's board of directors comes during a period of rapid innovation and growth for the company.

Equitable Enhances its Flagship Investment-Only Variable Annuity

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Wednesday, December 13, 2023

Equitable , a leading financial services organization and principal franchise of Equitable Holdings, Inc .

Key Points: 
  • Equitable , a leading financial services organization and principal franchise of Equitable Holdings, Inc .
  • (NYSE: EQH ), today announced enhancements to its Investment Edge® investment-only variable annuity that add new options designed to increase growth potential and provide additional flexibility to customize investment options.
  • This announcement continues Equitable’s strong track record of innovation in the annuity market.
  • Investment Edge now has more than 80 different structured options and more than 100 variable investment options offered by world class asset managers.

No More Heartburn: Third Wave Water Launches New Low Acid Coffee Solution

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Thursday, December 14, 2023

CEDARVILLE, Ohio, Dec. 14, 2023 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Third Wave Water is ending 2023 by helping low acid coffee drinkers finally have a choice when drinking their favorite morning beverage. According to the US Department of Health and Human Services approximately 20% of Americans struggle with acid reflux (also known as GER or GERD). Coffee is a typically considered a weak acid, but it can still cause issues for those that struggle with acid reflux.

Key Points: 
  • Third Wave Water has introduced a low-acid water packet, reducing coffee acidity by up to 300%, aiding those with acid reflux.
  • CEDARVILLE, Ohio, Dec. 14, 2023 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Third Wave Water is ending 2023 by helping low acid coffee drinkers finally have a choice when drinking their favorite morning beverage.
  • Taylor created the new Low Acid water profile to reduce acidity up to 300% per packet when added to one gallon of water.
  • In one controlled test comparison between distilled water and the new Low Acid water profile, the acidity was reduced by over 400%.

Densitas® Selects CancerIQ to Power Lifetime Risk, Patient Adherence as Part of its Industry Leading Mammography Quality AI Platform

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Sunday, November 26, 2023

"Our collaboration with CancerIQ reflects our commitment to furnishing care providers with best-in-class solutions for breast health," said Mo Abdolell, founder and CEO, Densitas.

Key Points: 
  • "Our collaboration with CancerIQ reflects our commitment to furnishing care providers with best-in-class solutions for breast health," said Mo Abdolell, founder and CEO, Densitas.
  • Densitas offers a robust AI-driven mammography quality assurance platform that comprises intelliMammo® and intelliMaven™.
  • This integrated platform provides mammography facilities and clinical care teams with a comprehensive and scalable solution that boosts operational efficiency, improves mammography quality, and increases clinical confidence.
  • Importantly, it ensures compliance with the FDA's Mammography Quality Standards Act (MQSA) EQUIP and the American College of Radiology's standards.

Why it's a good bet the RBA's Melbourne Cup Day interest rate hike will be the last

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Tuesday, November 7, 2023

At its meeting last week, the US Federal Reserve kept its official interest rate on hold.

Key Points: 
  • At its meeting last week, the US Federal Reserve kept its official interest rate on hold.
  • Reserve Bank Governor Michele Bullock’s statement accompanying Tuesday’s hike in Australia’s cash rate makes it look as if we’re about to join that club.
  • It makes it look as if this hike from 4.1% to 4.35% – a 12-year high – will be the last.

The RBA has taken our insurance

  • The statement makes it look as if it wanted to take out insurance.
  • While the bank still expects inflation to continue to fall, it says progress now looks “slower than earlier expected”.
  • It isn’t that it thinks inflation won’t keep coming down; it’s that it wants to be sure it is.

Australian hikes hit harder than in the US

  • The US, the UK, the EU, Canada and New Zealand all have higher official rates than Australia.
  • Here’s why: almost all US home borrowers are on fixed rates, meaning their required mortgage payments don’t increase.
  • And US fixed rates are nothing like Australian fixed rates.
  • The typical term in the US is 30 years, rather than the two to three years common in Australia.
  • This means that, as long as borrowers in the US don’t refinance or move homes, their payments are fixed for the entire term of their loans.
  • After a year of less-high Australian rates, Australian consumers are buying 1.7% less.

‘Painful squeeze’

  • She also noted others were benefiting from rising housing prices, substantial savings buffers and higher interest income.
  • Bank calculations suggest one in 20 variable-rate borrowers are now going backwards – paying more for essential expenses and housing than they earn.

A frugal Christmas, before possible rate drops in 2024

  • It is also looking like prices scarcely increased at all last month.
  • The Melbourne Institute inflation gauge, which comes out ahead of the Bureau of Statistics gauge and broadly tracks it, fell 0.1% in October.
  • It’s pointing to a frugal Christmas in which retailers are going to have to discount if they want to move goods, taking further pressure off inflation.
  • Read more:
    Petrol is holding up inflation – the 7 graphs that show what's happening to prices and what it will mean for interest rates


Peter Martin is Economics Editor of The Conversation.

Osmolality Analysis in Bioprocessing: From Theory to Practice, Upcoming Webinar Hosted by Xtalks

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Monday, November 6, 2023

TORONTO, Nov. 6, 2023 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Discover an informative webinar exploring the impact of osmolality in bioprocessing and in correlation with immunoglobulin G (IgG) production. Osmolality is described as the measurement of the contribution of all the dissolved solutes to the osmotic pressure of a solution. In biopharma, osmolality is usually used as a critical quality control (QC) check for cell culture media, buffers and formulated drug products. It is also used as a critical process parameter during upstream cell culture and downstream filtration.

Key Points: 
  • Attendees will learn about using osmolality analysis in Chinese hamster ovary (CHO) cell health studies.
  • The featured speakers will discuss current uses and future potential for osmolality analysis at the upstream and downstream stages of bioprocessing.
  • TORONTO, Nov. 6, 2023 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Discover an informative webinar exploring the impact of osmolality in bioprocessing and in correlation with immunoglobulin G (IgG) production.
  • Join this webinar to gain insights into osmolality in correlation with IgG production in a media development project.

First Trust Expands Target Outcome® Lineup with Launch of BUFZ, a Laddered Portfolio of Moderate Buffer ETFs

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Thursday, October 26, 2023

BUFZ is designed to provide equity investors with an ongoing risk management strategy by investing substantially all of its assets in a portfolio of FT Cboe Vest U.S. Equity Moderate Buffer ETFs (“Underlying ETFs” or “Target Outcome® Buffer ETFs”).

Key Points: 
  • BUFZ is designed to provide equity investors with an ongoing risk management strategy by investing substantially all of its assets in a portfolio of FT Cboe Vest U.S. Equity Moderate Buffer ETFs (“Underlying ETFs” or “Target Outcome® Buffer ETFs”).
  • The buffer is only provided by the Underlying ETFs and the fund itself does not provide any stated buffer against losses.
  • The Underlying ETFs held by the fund each have a Target Outcome Period that resets annually at different rolling intervals, creating a diversified or “laddered” Target Outcome strategy.
  • The relevant Underlying ETF’s cap is reset at prevailing market conditions at the onset of each new Target Outcome Period.

Program launched to accelerate conservation of areas around Canada’s National Parks  

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Wednesday, October 25, 2023

The Nature Conservancy of Canada (NCC) and Parks Canada (PC) launched the Landscape Resiliency Program, a $30-million effort to support resilient landscapes by conserving up to 30,000 hectares near national parks, connecting habitats and creating protected buffers around the parks.

Key Points: 
  • The Nature Conservancy of Canada (NCC) and Parks Canada (PC) launched the Landscape Resiliency Program, a $30-million effort to support resilient landscapes by conserving up to 30,000 hectares near national parks, connecting habitats and creating protected buffers around the parks.
  • The protected areas will be located near national parks, including:
    NOTE: Additional National Park sites may be added.
  • By protecting lands near national parks, this partnership will expand and connect protected and conserved areas for many of Canada’s most emblematic species.
  • Backed by its more than 60-year track record of finding tailored conservation solutions across the country, NCC will deploy innovative technology to identify priority areas for conservation around national parks.