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Rise of AI Tools in the Workplace
The adoption of generative artificial intelligence tools among employees is on the rise, with a recent study revealing that a significant number of workers are leveraging these technologies while harboring reservations about openly acknowledging their usage.
The 2024 Work Trend Index Annual Report, jointly released by Microsoft and LinkedIn, highlights a nearly twofold increase in the utilization of GenAI tools like ChatGPT by knowledge workers worldwide over the past six months, with 75% admitting to incorporating
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Consumer Protectors warn against illegal storage of imported sheep
Consumer protection associations have warned of practices before Eid al-Adha that may contribute to a shortage in the supply of sheep heads in Moroccan markets, and are mainly linked to import operations encouraged by the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries, Rural Development, Water and Forests.
Consumer protection associations fear the possibility of some importers resorting to storing a group of sheep that were imported from abroad, without displaying them in the markets, with the aim of benefiting from them after the Eid al-Adha period, or providing them at high prices a few days before this occasion.
The same bodies confirm that “hoarding operations were monitored last year, and there is currently fear of their recurrence, which may contribute to reducing supply in exchange for high demand, and increase prices that currently remain inappropriate given the purchasing power of the citizen.”
The same sources called on the guardian ministry to approve a book of regulations obligating importers to direct all imported sheep to the markets, with “continuous monitor
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Big changes in Bank Pekao. The president was dismissed
#Big #Bank #Pekao #president #dismissed
The supervisory board of Bank Pekao dismissed six members of the management board, including Leszek Skiba from the position of president – according to the bank’s announcement. As reported, the council appointed Robert Sochacki to temporarily perform the duties of vice-president and entrusted him with managing the work of the management board.
Leszek Skiba /Albert Zawada /PAP
“The Management Board of Bank Polska Kasa Dobrze Spółka Akcyjna (…) informs that on May 8, 2024, the bank’s supervisory board adopted resolutions to dismiss at the end of the day from the bank’s management board: Mr. Leszek Skiba, Mr. Jarosław Fuchs, Mr. Jerzy Kwiecińs
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Coins still legal
| Coins are still in effect. |
Aivo Andrianarivelo, governor of the Central Bank, says 10, 20 and 50 ariary coins can still be used in daily economic transactions.
Why don’t people use coins anymore? They are rarely used in daily transactions, and yet! They are still legal tender throughout the national territory.
At Analakely City Hall, this question which torments consumers was addressed during a conference-debate on the experiences of a private industry manufacturing coins and banknotes in the United Arab Emirates.
The Central Bank still issues coins. Moreover, its governor, Aivo Andrianarivelo, wanted to recall it. “Coin
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Bitcoin: buy or sell, what’s the next step?
- After the recent drop to $56.8k, Bitcoin appeared to have a short-term bearish bias.
- There have been signs of accumulation and demand, but the period of consolidation may not end soon.
bitcoin [BTC] rose 4.6% last week. The Bitcoin ETF inflows chart also suggests that the bulls are gaining strength.
The Grayscale Bitcoin ETF GBTC, known for its constant capital outflows, there is a change beginning of May.
This does not mean that its short-term bias has changed to bullish. The technical structure remained bearish. It’s worth looking at on-chain metrics to understand where prices might go next.
Resolve long-term and short-term perspectives
In a post on CryptoQuant Insights, analyst Cryptocurrency season He noted that the recent correction has caused Bitcoin’s supply to diminish its gains.
A set of bands was used to highlight
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TIDLOR Reports Strong 1st Quarter Results in 2024, Exceeding Expectations
#TIDLOR #Tanhun – Ngern Tid Lor Public Company Limited or TIDLOR announces operating results for the 1st quarter of 2024 with a net profit of 1,104.074 million baht, earnings per share of 0.39 baht, an increase of 16% compared to the 1st quarter of 2023 with a net profit of 955.12 million baht, earnings per share 0.38 baht
Kasikorn Securities: 1Q24 operating results are better than expected.
Kasikorn Securities said TIDLOR reported 1Q2024 profit 10% higher than our estimate and 6% higher than the market estimate due toCapital costs and operating expenses (Opex) were lower than expected. 1Q/2024 profit improved significantly QoQ, mainly due to lower credit costs from lower bad debt write-offs. of 1,628 branches in 1Q/2023, resulting in 1Q/2024 profit accounting for 25% of our 2024 profit estimate of 4.47 billion baht (+18% YoY)
NPL increased slightly The non-performing debt ratio (NPL ratio) increased in 1Q/2024 to 1.6% from 1.4% in 4Q/2023, consistent with our estimate of the view that the quality of the loan portfolio remains at a good level and within the target range of 1.4-1.8%.
Expect 2Q/2024 profits to grow QoQ and YoY. Kasikorn Securities expects TIDLOR to maintain its QoQ and YoY earnings growth momentum, supported by loan growth from branch expansion. Maintain the Net Interest Income (NIM) and expect a slight reduction in credit costs due to better management of the NPL.
Valuation and Recommendation
Kasikorn Securities maintains a “Buy” recommendation with a target price of 25.75 baht. I think that the current value of the stock is not expensive. This is because the stock is trading at a PBV of 2.0x, which is about 1SD below its historical PBV average.
Bualuang Securities: Profits better than expected Operating costs and provisions were lower than expected.
TIDLOR reports 1Q24 net profit, 6% higher than expected for Bualuang Securities and the market of 4.4 billion baht.
Important points from the implementation results
YoY and QoQ earnings growth driven by loan growth and non-interest income. 1Q24 loans grew 21% YoY and 3% QoQ, while non-interest income in the quarter was 935 million baht, up 20% YoY (supported by brokerage income from insurance sales) but down 9% QoQ (Based on seasonal factors) TIDLOR’s 1Q24 NIM was 15.46%, up 1bps YoY (higher
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TIDLOR Reports Strong 1st Quarter Results in 2024, Exceeding Expectations
Overseas transfer and listing must be filed with the China Securities Regulatory Commission
Title: China Securities Regulatory Commission Cracks Down on Violations of Overseas Listing Regulations
Securities Times reporter Cheng Dan
Recently, a domestic company listed on an overseas OTC market has come under scrutiny for submitting an application to an overseas regulatory agency for transfer to an overseas stock exchange for listing without completing the necessary procedures. The China Securities Regulatory Commission has stated that this behavior violates the “Tri
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Overseas transfer and listing must be filed with the China Securities Regulatory Commission
Handover of cash and check for medical assistance of diploma engineer with cancer
– 2024-05-08 21:32:15
Another humanitarian work was completed as part of the continuous welfare activities of Faridpur Polytechnic Institute Alumni Association.
One of the vice presidents of the association’s central executive committee, Engineer Md. Under the chairmanship of Sakhawat Hossain Shamim, IDEB Central Executive Committee President AKMA Hamid was the chief guest, IDEB Central Executive Committee General Secretary Md.
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Freedom from the dictates of the American payment systems “Visa” and “Mastercard”
– 2024-05-08 22:27:02
/ world today news/ In July, the European Central Bank (ECB) officially announced the European Payments Initiative (EPI). Behind-the-scenes talks on this matter have been going on since last year, but then the project was called differently: “Pan-European Payment Systems Initiative (PEPSI)”. About 20 European banks participated in the preparation, mostly French plus the German “Deutsche Bank”
The ERI project aims to create a pan-European retail payment system to break free from the dictates of the American payment systems Visa and Mastercard, which became monopolies in the last century.
According to Retail Banking Research, 2.2 billion Visa cards and 1.9 billion Mastercard cards were in circulation last year. Plus, the smaller American systems Diners Club (107 million cards) and American Express (70 million cards). It’s hard to compete with them. It is true that the Chinese corporation “Union Pay” entered the arena and issued more than five billion cards (this exceeds the total number of bank cards of American origin), but “Union Pay” cards mainly serve China and neighboring Asian countries. And the American cards “Visa” and “Mastercard” have long since become global and almost completely conquer the European market of retail payments. In 2016, their share in the total number of bank cards circulating on the European market was 86%, last year – 90%. Many European cards failed to compete with Visa and Mastercard and died; most European cards have such a systemic drawback as limited validity in the country where the card was created.
Europeans were not very worried about the dependence of the “cards” on the USA until Donald Trump came to the White House, worsening relations not only with Russia, China, Iran, Venezuela, but also with Europe. There have already been many cases of Washington blacklisting European companies that have violated US sanctions against Russia, Venezuela and Iran. It got to the point where Trump began threatening to impose sanctions on Spain, which he suspected o
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100 young people from Chillán join the new McDonald’s restaurant – La Discusión
2024-05-08 23:07:43
In less than six months, the construction of the new McDonald’s in Chillán was completed, marking the long-awaited return of the fast food chain to the capital of the Ñuble Region.
“We return to the city with a new world-class restaurant, which incorporates more than 20 environmentally friendly measures. As a company we are very happy to be part of the Chillán community again. This time, offering more than 100 jobs to train and integrate young people looking for growth opportunities into the world of work for the first time,” highlighted Carlos González, genera
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100 young people from Chillán join the new McDonald’s restaurant – La Discusión 2024-05-08 23:07:43