Author: Deep

The LeEco Le Pro3 has started receiving a new update. Arriving as firmware version EUI 5.8.020S and weighing in at around 345MB, the update brings along Android security fixes for the month of December. Several other changes are included as well. For example, the GMS package has been updated for better stability and security and Bluetooth discovery time has been reduced to 20sec in order to save resources. In addition, there are also changes related to launcher, messaging, camera, app permissions, and more. source”cnbc”

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Check out which companies are making headlines after the bell on Thursday: Cintas shares fell in extended trade after the company reported earnings per share that missed analyst projections. The company posted earnings of $1.13 per share on $1.30 billion in revenue. Analysts had expected Cintas to report earnings of $1.15 per share on $1.29 billion in revenue, according to Thomson Reuters consensus estimates. CEO Scott Farmer said in a statement, “This is our 13(th) consecutive quarter of year-over-year gross margin improvement. This, along with our industry leading organic sales growth, is a reflection of the significant opportunities that exist…

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There are still plenty of dividend-yielding stocks for investors, even in a rising interest rate environment. Investors do have to pick carefully though, as not every high-yield sector makes sense right now, Josh Duitz of Alpine Funds said on CNBC’s “Closing Bell” on Thursday. “It depends on the sector. Certainly in consumer staples — where you have stocks trading at 20 [price-to-earnings ratios] with low growth — and utilities, I certainly would lighten up in those sectors,” Duitz said. He explained that his firm tends to prefer companies who have dividends that are supported by growing earnings and free cash…

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Matt Clinch | CNBC The headquarters of Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena SpA, the oldest surviving bank in the world and Italy’s third-largest bank. The Italian government approved a decree on Friday to bail out Monte dei Paschi di Siena after the world’s oldest bank failed to win investor backing for a desperately needed capital increase. Looking to end a protracted banking crisis that has gummed up the economy, Prime Minister Paolo Gentiloni said his Cabinet had authorized a 20 billion-euro ($20.9 billion) fund to help lenders in distress – first and foremost Monte dei Paschi. Within minutes of…

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Manman Dejeto | AFP | Getty Images Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte gestures during a speech. Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte lashed out at the country’s central bank on Thursday, telling its governor “I will give you a whack” and threatening criminal charges against the country’s anti-money laundering body for supporting graft. Duterte vented his fury during a speech announcing next year’s 3.35 trillion pesos ($67 billion) state budget and accused the Anti-Money Laundering Council (AMLC) of failing to support his war on drugs by tracking the flow of drug money. The maverick former mayor was in the middle of an unusually…

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According to a recent circular issued on Thursday, aspirants would have to qualify Principal Eligibility (PET) conducted by CBSE for principal position in private schools affiliated to the board. CBSE RELATED STORIES Bihar School Examination Board shows signs of successful clean-up in the system post scam Vice-chancellors across North India enter discussion for greater autonomy in universities Bajrang Dal, Congress workers behind recent teachers’ protest: Alleges Manish Sisodia Multitude of teachers protest for salary hike at AAP mega show: Delhi This 16-year-old schoolgirl’s letter to PM Narendra Modi, gets a reply The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has restrained…

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In one of its recommendations, the IIT fraternity suggested that the prevailing merit-cum-scholarship scheme should be improvised so that every eligible student can obtain the scholarship. IIT RELATED STORIES Bihar School Examination Board shows signs of successful clean-up in the system post scam Vice-chancellors across North India enter discussion for greater autonomy in universities Bajrang Dal, Congress workers behind recent teachers’ protest: Alleges Manish Sisodia Multitude of teachers protest for salary hike at AAP mega show: Delhi This 16-year-old schoolgirl’s letter to PM Narendra Modi, gets a reply The country’s premier institutes, IITs, in its attempt to do away with…

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Online verification of mark-sheets has made the evaluation process immune from cheating since the system was equipped only for verification of certificates. BSES RELATED STORIES Bajrang Dal, Congress workers behind recent teachers’ protest: Alleges Manish Sisodia Multitude of teachers protest for salary hike at AAP mega show: Delhi This 16-year-old schoolgirl’s letter to PM Narendra Modi, gets a reply Major push in tribal’s education: Odisha Delhi Lt Governor Najeeb Jung resigns, wants to get back into academics After being critically severed by the topper scam, the Bihar School Examination Board has for the first time shows considerable signs of successful…

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Here’s a short poem I just wrote about Valve boss Gabe Newell. Tell me what you think: “His eyes, how they twinkled; his dimples, how merry! His cheeks were like roses, his nose like a cherry. His droll little mouth was drawn up like a bow, and the beard on his chin was big and lustrous and contained thousands of video games.” It’s a work in progress. The point is that, as expected, the 2016 Steam Winter Sale launched this morning and with it come a whole bunch of holiday deals. And for once, it wasn’t Paypal who leaked the…

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Nokia has filed new patent infringement lawsuits against Apple on Thursday, a day after it weighed in on a licensing dispute with the company by filing claims in Germany and the U.S. On Wednesday, the Finland-based mobile network vendor filed lawsuits in three German courts and two lawsuits in a Texas court, leveling infringement claims against Apple on the widely used H.264 video codec and other technologies. Those suits cover 32 of Nokia’s patents. Nokia’s first round of lawsuits came after Apple filed a lawsuit Tuesday accusing Nokia of working with patent assertion firms Acacia Research and Conversant Intellectual Property Management…

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