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Crown Castle leases its towers and other infrastructure sites to several wireless carriers (Verizon, AT&T, et al) at the same time, meaning they share. |
It's like several corporations renting space in the same office building. |
And it means that no matter what happens with 5G standards, equipment, transmission frequencies, and the like, Crown Castle stands to gain. |
Moreover, industry analysts note that the nation's existing cell towers won't be able to host all the gear needed to make the migration to 5G. |
And that's good news for Crown Castle as well as it develops and leases more tower and rooftop sites. |
Crown Castle doesn't break down its total number of rooftops. But it has said it has installed some 15,000 cell "nodes" in such locations. And the company also has invested heavily in making sure it can offer high-speed mobile bandwidth. |
To date, it has laid down at least 16,000 miles of fiber-optic cable needed to keep up with the growing demand for more cell connections and high-bandwidth applications like mobile video. |
With Crown Castle, we also get stability and a nice dividend. The company recently completed its transition into a real estate investment trust (REIT). |
A REIT must pay out 90% of its taxable income to its shareholders, which are known as "unit holders." Crown Castle has a forward dividend of 4.1%, or 80% more than the S&P 500. |
That yield doesn't take into account the fact that Crown Castle also offers superior returns. Over the past two years, the stock has gained 13.3%, or 53% more than the S&P 500. |
You can expect those kind of returns to keep rolling in. |
That makes this an investment with excellent profits and cash flow right now – and that will gain from the rollout of cutting-edge wireless tech in the future. |
This isn't a get-rich-ultrafast tech stock, but your profits will still come pretty quick. |
A measure of the relative use of capital, compared to other factors such as labor, in a production process. Often measured by the ratio of capital to labor, or by the share of capital in factor payments. |
capital intensity. InvestorGuide.com. WebFinance, Inc. http://www.investorguide.com/definition/capital-intensity.html (access:April 18, 2019). |
Given the amount of nonsense to which we are subjected daily, we are fortunate to have in English so many words for it: prattle, drivel, claptrap, poppycock, hogwash, and so many more. You are welcome to add to your repertoire argle-bargle (pronounced AR-gul BAR-gul). So what if it has been mainly British? It's there f... |
Originally meaning a squabble, argument, or bandying of words--it rises from a Scottish variant of argue--its meaning has broadened to include meaningless talk or writing, nonsense. There's a variant, argy-bargy. |
Example: From Thomas Carlyle: "I have for a long time given up the argle-bargle of metaphysics." |
A Georgetown institution will soon be history. |
A replica mule-drawn boat that’s ferried tourists along the C&O Canal will be destroyed. The National Park Service, which maintains the boat, claims it doesn’t have the money to keep the attraction afloat. |
More than 200 Georgetown residents and other Washingtonians have fought to save the boat. They signed a petition, encouraging the Park Service to reconsider its decision. In the end, however, their effort failed. |
The boat’s been in poor condition in recent years. Park Service workers have even had to bail out water it takes on as it sits in the canal. |
There is good news, though, for water lovers who’d love to take a cruise up and down the C&O Canal. The Park Service will launch several better-powered boats to take passengers down one of the canal’s functioning locks. Those boats should be in service next month. |
Best first issues in magazine history: New York Review of Books? New Yorker? Something else? |
Fifty years ago today, the New York Review of Books published its first issue. There was a printing strike in New York at the time, and The New York Times temporarily ceased publication. Barbara Epstein and Robert Silvers founded the review with the idea that publishers would be eager to advertise their new books somew... |
A few years ago, in an obituary for Barbara Epstein published in the New Yorker, David Remnick said that it was “surely the best first issue of any magazine ever.” Was he right? |
The 19th century saw the birth of many magazines that are still highly regarded today: Harper’s (1850), The Atlantic Monthly (1857), and The Nation (1865) among them. But these do not generally appear in full flower right away. Chapters 1-4 of Lettice Arnold by Anne Marsh-Caldwell take up rather a lot of the first Harp... |
Of course, one might wonder if the names of Hardwick and Kazin and Styron will, 100 years now, resonate as little as those of Marsh-Caldwell and, say, Douglas William Jerrold, whose surprisingly length obituary kicks off the very first Atlantic. And for that reason, 20th-century comparisons feel more apples-to-apples. ... |
If your primary criterion for greatness in a magazine is the introduction of a new sensibility, then there are a handful of more recent challengers. The first Ms. (1971) has an essay on sisterhood by co-founder Gloria Steinem, a caustic take on typical male desires by Judy Syfer, and a reflective essay by Vivian Gornic... |
Still, the New York Review arguably announced the arrival of a particular sensibility, too: that of the engaged, literary, post-war progressive intellectual, who was concerned with civil rights and feminism as well as fiction and poetry and theater. Its verse is the equal of what George Plimpton brought to the world in... |
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AHMEDABAD: Zydus Hospitals on Tuesday acquired the Columbia Asia Hospital Private Limited’s hospital facility in Ahmedabad. Led by the pharma veteran Pankaj Patel, Zydus Hospitals will convert the newly acquired property into an exclusive and world-class cancer care centre. Although the deal size was not disclosed, mar... |
The 99-bed hospital of Columbia Asia is spread across 1 lakh square feet area and was instituted in August 2014. The property at Hebatpur in Thaltej area is in close vicinity of Zydus Hospitals’ 550-bed super specialty hospital — one of the largest in western India — near Sola Bridge on SG Highway. |
With ready infrastructure, the acquisition will enable Zydus Hospitals in setting up an international standard cancer care centre with the latest technology and infrastructure just adjacent to its hospital in the city. |
“As a group, we have always believed in offering the very best in terms of technology, innovation, quality and patient-centric services. We believe that, with this new addition in our fold, we will be able to expand our operations rapidly and offer comprehensive cancer care to the people of Gujarat,” said Pankaj Patel,... |
According to Zydus Hospitals, the centre will be a state-of-the-art one with advanced technology for diagnostics and treatment in a multi-departmental, integrated approach. The focus will be on the use of latest guidelines and protocols along with the appropriate use of technology for affordable and ethical cancer care... |
“The management has decided to exit from operations and hand over the unit to Zydus Hospitals on October 30. This decision comes after much deliberation at the highest level, taking in the best interest of all relevant parties,” Columbia Asia Hospital said in a statement. |
“We have made detailed plans to relocate as many of our Ahmedabad colleagues into the hospitals we operate in other geography, and for those who have chosen to stay in Ahmedabad to be duly compensated,” the hospital chain further added. |
China launched the satellites from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center this morning. |
China today launched two satellites for Pakistan that, among other things, are meant to keep an eye on India. One of them -- the PRSS-1 -- is a remote sensing satellite built by China. The other -- PakTES-1A - is Pakistan's indigenously developed scientific experiment satellite. The two were launched this morning on Ch... |
The remote-sensing PRSS-1 satellite can carry out day and night monitoring, and it has viewing capacity even in clouded conditions. |
The satellite would be used for land and resources surveying, monitoring of natural disasters, agriculture research, urban construction and to provide remote sensing information for China's "Belt and Road" mega-project. Scientists said it would also help Pakistan keep watch on India. |
The PRSS-1 is the first optical remote sensing satellite China sold to Pakistan. |
The launch of the satellites marks yet another instance of Pakistan's space cooperation with China, its Number One ally. In August 2011, China had launched PAKSAT-1R, a communication satellite. Pakistan, which already had five satellites in space, lacks heavy duty launchers and satellite fabrication facilities. |
Scientists said it would also help Pakistan keep watch on India. |
India is way ahead of Pakistan in space technology, with 43 operational satellites in space. India also has the radar imaging satellites with all-weather surveillance capability. India used images gathered from its satellites for the surgical strikes it carried out in 2016. |
Three years ago, Pakistan opted out of India's project for a "South Asia Satellite". Prime Minister Narendra Modi's "gift" to SAARC countries was an extension of his "Sab Ka Saath Sab Ka Vikas" ideology to India's neighbourhood, where China is extending its influence. |
The remote-sensing PRSS-1 satellite can carry out day and night monitoring. |
After a planning meet for the satellite in June 2015, Islamabad opted out, suggesting it had its "own space programme". |
The Rs. 235-crore communication satellite -- launched in May last year -- caters to Nepal, Bhutan, Maldives, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Afghanistan. |
The PRSS-1 is the first optical remote sensing satellite China sold to Pakistan. It is the 17th satellite developed by the China Academy of Space Technology for an overseas buyer. |
Today's launch is the 279th mission for the Long March rocket series. Long March-2C rockets are mainly used to send satellites into low Earth or Sun-synchronous orbits. It is also the first international commercial launch for a Long March-2C rocket in nearly two decades after it carried Motorola's Iridium satellites in... |
Negotiations on the looming "fiscal cliff" will dominate talk in Washington this month, with both the White House and congressional Republicans having made early offers. |
Failure to find a compromise on urgent spending and tax issues that charts a safe path down from the cliff could result in another recession, economic studies have forecast. |
* Bush ordinary income tax cuts. On December 31, low individual income tax rates enacted in 2001 under former President George W. Bush, a Republican, are set to expire. President Barack Obama, a Democrat, and Republicans extended them at the end of 2010 for two years. |
If Congress does nothing, the income tax will change to five brackets of 15, 28, 31, 36 and 39.6 percent from the present six brackets of 10, 15, 25, 28, 33 and 35 percent. |
Obama wants to extend the Bush rates, except for annual incomes that rises above $200,000 per individual, or $250,000 per family. For income above that $200,000/$250,000 threshold, he backs a return to the higher, pre-2001 tax rates. |
Republicans insist that the Bush tax cuts be extended at all income levels. |
Some have suggested capping itemized deductions instead of raising rates. Both Obama and failed Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney earlier floated proposals along these lines. |
* Bush investment income tax cuts. Bush and Congress in 2003 cut taxes on capital gains and dividends, most of which go to high-income taxpayers. These cuts are set to expire at year-end. |
If no action is taken, the long-term capital gains tax rate will rise to 20 percent from 15 percent for the top four tax brackets. At the bottom, they will rise to 10 percent from zero. |
Obama wants to let the capital gains tax rise to 20 percent from 15 percent for income above the $200,000/$250,000 level. Taxes on gains below that would still top out at 15 percent. |
Without action from Congress, the dividend tax rate will rise to the ordinary income tax rates for each tax bracket, or as high as 39.6 percent for top earners. Dividends on qualified, long-term investments are now taxed at 15 percent for the top four brackets and zero at the bottom. |
Obama would keep the 15 percent qualified dividend rate cap for most people, but let it rise on income above the $200,000/$250,000 threshold, to the 36 percent or 39.6 percent rates. |
* Obama healthcare tax. Regardless of what happens with the fiscal cliff, investment income above $200,000/$250,000 will be subject to a new 3.8 percent tax under Obama's healthcare law. |
* Alternative minimum tax. The AMT - which ensures rich people pay some tax - expired at the end of 2011. That has not had an impact yet because 2012 tax returns have not been filed. The tax is not indexed for inflation. So it is routinely "patched" to prevent tens of millions of upper-middle-class taxpayers from havin... |
* Tax extenders. Dozens of individual and business tax breaks expired at the end of 2011, including the research and development credit. There is wide support for extending them again, but businesses will be watching for any faltering. |
* Payroll tax. A cut in the payroll tax was extended earlier this year, in an effort to boost the economy. The current 4.2 percent rate paid by about 160 million workers, down from the previous 6.2 percent rate, expires on December 31. Some Democrats, including Obama, back extending the tax cut. The powerful AARP senio... |
* Estate tax. The estate tax, which applies to assets passed onto heirs, currently stands at 35 percent, after an exemption level of $5 million. With no action, the tax will rise to 55 percent, after excluding the first $1 million of value. |
Obama wants to raise the tax to 45 percent, with a $3.5 million exemption, but some high-profile Democrats have come out in support of keeping the current tax and exemption levels. |
* Automatic spending cuts. In a deal last year to raise the U.S. debt ceiling, Obama and Congress agreed to $1.2 trillion in across-the-board spending cuts if lawmakers failed to reach a deficit-cutting deal by January 2. They failed. Now lawmakers fear the cuts, known as a "sequester," could harm the economy. Obama ha... |
* Unemployment benefits. Millions of people have been exhausting their government jobless benefits during the economic downturn. Congress has extended the benefits several times. Another deadline comes at year-end. Many Republicans want the extensions to stop, saying they discourage job-hunting. Obama has proposed exte... |
* "Doc fix." Because of an outdated formula in the law, government payments to doctors who treat patients on Medicare, the U.S. health program for the elderly and disabled, are routinely underestimated. If Congress doesn't fix the situation by the end of the year, these doctors face a double-digit cut to their payments... |
Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner has said the United States will likely hit its $16.4 trillion borrowing limit by year-end, but the Treasury has tools to push the deadline into early 2013. Analysts expect these measures could last until mid-February. The White House wants the debt ceiling raised as part of a year-end de... |
Asmara — Eritrean community in Israel contributed over 221 thousand Dollars to augment martyrs' trust fund as well as in support of the National Association of Eritrean War Disabled Veterans (NAEWDV). |
According to report from the Ministry of Labor and Social Welfare, the 201 thousand Dollars was contributed in support the families of martyrs, and the remaining USD 19,650 in support of the National Association Eritrean War Disabled Veterans. |
Expressing satisfaction for supporting families of martyrs and war disabled veterans, the nationals expressed readiness to strengthen their organizational capacity and sustainably continue their support. |
Speaking at the event, the Charge d'Affairs at the Eritrean Embassy in Israel, Mr. Solomon Kinfe commended the nationals for their contribution in support of martyrs families and the war disabled veterans and called on for strengthening organizational capacity and enhanced contribution. |
What’s more, the social-media giant doesn’t seem to understand just how serious a threat it poses to the political process. |
To recap: After interviewing several former so-called “news curators,” responsible for Facebook’s trending news section, Gizmodo says that the social-media platform decided to ignore some stories about conservative topics that had actually generated a lot of discussion among users. |
One curator kept a list: Omitted stories, he said, included CPAC, Mitt Romney, Ron Paul and, in a weirdly ironic twist, bias by the Internal Revenue Service against conservative groups. Some curators reportedly considered conservative media outlets insufficiently credible, including their news only after more left-lean... |
Such allegations are especially disturbing given Facebook’s outsized role in news distribution. With 1.65 billion active monthly users as of May 1, its audience is enormous. A recent Pew study, looking at news consumption on smartphones, discovered that Facebook sends more readers to news sites than any other social-me... |
Facebook also has exceptional potential to influence the politics of millennials, a group that just surpassed baby boomers as America’s biggest generation. Sixty-one percent of adults under 34 consume political news from Facebook, according to Pew. |
Narrowing their exposure to diverse opinions and perspectives changes the way they view the world — all the more outrageous given the suppression of free speech on college campuses. |
Then again, Gizmodo’s Facebook revelations are only the latest in a series of ethically questionable choices by the social-media giant. |
Some of these experiments are intensely personal; for instance, Facebook discovered that users exposed to more positive content adopted a sunnier tone, too. |
But some have huge public implications, as Radiolab noted. After examining the data for 61 million American users, Facebook concluded that by simply adding an “I’m voting” button, it could boost ballot-box turnout by 2 percent. Imagine how that could affect a close race, should Facebook executives selectively apply thi... |
Politicians have responded with fury to the allegations about Facebook’s discrimination against conservative news reports and media. Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus tweeted about how “Facebook must answer for conservative censorship,” while the Senate Commerce Committee furiously inked a letter de... |
As always, the answer is more free speech and more free thought. |
And, as it happens, the Gizmodo Facebook story ran just as Americans were already grappling with whether corporate media has played an outsize role in the outcome of the 2016 presidential election. In the past year, Donald Trump garnered more free media time than Kim Kardashian. So public frustration with media manipul... |
Facebook responded to the Gizmodo allegations with a denial full of ambiguous language, primed for critical thinkers to further question and probe. Consumers and journalists are in the perfect place to apply pressure. |
If Facebook doesn’t budge, we can always take to Twitter. |
Jillian Kay Melchior writes for Heat Street and is a fellow with the Steamboat Institute and Independent Women’s Forum. |
Make It a Policy to Get the Correct Insurance : Too much or too little coverage could be an expensive mistake in case of loss. |
ROBERT J. BRUSS Bruss is a San Francisco-area lawyer, author and real estate broker. |
How much would it cost to rebuild your home if it burned to the ground? Is this the amount of insurance you carry on your home? If not, why not? |
The right amount of insurance. Smart homeowners insure their homes for the full cost of replacing their home, excluding the land and foundation value. But foolish homeowners either underinsure or overinsure. |
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