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"If you have one of those flags, you might want to hang onto it because you won't be able to find one made in the U.S.," Van de Putte said. |
For some time now, especially in the last couple of years, perhaps the most important conversation in the financial world have been centered around safety and elimination of fraudulent activities like credit card scam and identity theft, mostly in the banking sector. Already banks in Nigeria have been ramping up effort... |
The IT company, headquartered in Atlanta, United States of America, USA, is evidently one of the few companies on the speed track of IT growth and expansion. Fingerprint Data Solution’s invention, an Automated Finger Payment Machine, AFPM, which is a payment device with fingerprint scanner in ATM machines that stores d... |
The company’s winning invention has won Fingerprint Data Solutions a wide network of partnership with some of Nigeria’s financial institutions. The experts at Fingerprint Data Solutions are not resting on their oars as they are currently busy working on how to develop a software that will offer a more seamless transact... |
According to available information, myneighbourskitchen app will also function as an avenue to create additional income for both food lovers and cooks. It is also an empowerment platform where cooks can showcase their recipes and earn at the same time. And that’s not all, the app is not only exclusive to trained chefs ... |
Using a professional to close a real estate contract may help avoid future problems. |
1 Do Sellers Have Costs With a Cash Offer? |
A real estate contract is complicated. Unless you’re a licensed real estate agent, an attorney or well-versed in the language of contracts, it’s a good idea to have a professional on your side when title changes hands, even if it’s an all-cash deal. Some states require a real estate attorney to handle the paperwork inv... |
Do you know how to do a title search, and confront the problems one may turn up? That’s the job of title companies and they are well-versed in examining title records and clearing them of clouds that may delay the closing of your property. Closing, or settlement attorneys, do the same thing, working toward a successful... |
An all-cash deal has many of the same contingencies as a mortgage-bound contract. Be sure you enter into the agreement with a state-approved purchase contract and that you read all the terms and conditions. Note the time frame of all contingencies and guide the process. |
Home inspections, ordered and paid for by either the buyer or seller depending on the locality, must be performed and the results may lead to a further negotiation of price. Agree with the buyer who pays for further inspections, like septic tank, pests, and determine the limits for repair, if any are required. |
Each state includes a packet of disclosures that must accompany the closing of a real estate transaction. Investigate what your state requires and verify all documents are signed and turned over to the buyer. Failing to include all paperwork can result in a lawsuit after the closing. |
All taxes must be computed before closing. Pro-ration of amounts is calculated and added to the closing statement of both seller and buyer. Calculate all state, county and city taxes. There is also a recording fee charged. Know what that is and how to record the sale once it’s completed. |
Are you aware of the laws in your state regarding the payment of closing costs? Research your responsibility and that of the buyer before issuing a final statement to the buyer. Include pro-ration on any home warranty that exists, homeowner association dues and hazard insurance. The buyer must receive a final Housing a... |
Real Simple: Do You Need a Lawyer to Buy or Sell a Home? |
Seal, Jann. "Does a Home Seller Need an Attorney for a Cash Deal?" Home Guides | SF Gate, http://homeguides.sfgate.com/home-seller-need-attorney-cash-deal-46339.html. Accessed 24 April 2019. |
How Do I Use Cash to Buy a House? |
What Is a Back Up Real Estate Contract? |
McGuire: I just want to say one word to you ... just one word. |
Braddock: Yes, sir, I am. |
Today, I want to take all of the network managers aside and say one word to them - are you listening? - biometrics. Fingerprint, retina, voice and face - these are the network access tools of the not-so-distant future. While these are hardly new technologies, up until now each vendor has gone its own way. Authenticatio... |
Although work on Biometrics has been going on for 10 years, none of the major operating system or PC vendors had come out with a product simply because there was no standardisation. But recently we've seen Novell award a prize for best Novell Directory Services application to Mission Data Systems for that company's Sen... |
Fingerprint reading is just the start, however. In talking to Hal Jennings of Biometric Access Corp. (www.biometricaccess.com) and Joe Burke at Miros (www.miros.com), both emphasised that facial recognition was the future for biometric access and authentication. |
And then there's voice. A number of companies (including IBM) are shipping voice recognition software. It's not too hard to imagine that, sometime soon, we'll see background authentication of voice for each command spoken to the computer. Even Star Trek didn't have that. |
It’s been quiet week on the Post No Bills front, but I’ve just found a great reason to jump back into the fray. The excellent African-music blog Worldservice has posted some astonishing YouTube videos of vintage performances by Congolese rumba giant Franco and his group OK Jazz. These come as a nice complement to the s... |
My playlist for the day is after the jump. |
Wet your whistle, fill your belly and draw a bead on Arizona's rich history at Cartwright's Sonoran Ranch House in Cave Creek. |
The restaurant has launched the True West Moments dinner series, hosted by artist Bob Boze Bell, executive editor of True West magazine and Arizona historian. The dinners every-other Wednesday begin with a cocktail hour, followed by a banquet-style dinner and then an informal history talk by Bell. |
"These dinners are the perfect fit for Arizona history," said Eric Flatt, Cartwright's owner. "The Cartwrights have a long history in Arizona, especially in Phoenix and Cave Creek. There are so many great Arizona historic stories to tell, and I could think of no one better than Bob Boze Bell to tell them." |
Bell first chose the topics to discuss each evening, and Flatt and head chef Montez Crane crafted menus based on the topics. For example, when Flatt did research on Billy the Kid, he discovered that the outlaw stole butter from a town, so one evening a course will feature Cut Throat Trout with Stolen Butter Sauce. Lege... |
Among Bell's favorite topics is the history of Tombstone, "the town too tough to die," in southeastern Arizona. |
"I'll talk about how sophisticated it was, which defies the movies," Bell said. "People tend to think people in Tombstone just had cookouts and ate beans all the time, but in reality there were wine bars, coffee shops and ice-cream parlors all over the place." |
The dinners are booked through December, with topics including the Brave Women of the Wild West and Geronimo. There will be guest speakers and experts at some dinners to provide further insight. |
"I love talking about Billy the Kid, the Earps, Doc Holliday, the Arizona Rangers and the crooked politics of Arizona," Bell said. "For a historian and a humorist, I like to say that Arizona has a very proud history that doesn't count the last 500 years." |
Bell encourages the discussion to be interactive and lively. |
"It's a dinner party, not a lecture," he said. "People can interrupt me. If I'm talking about a cattle drive, I want them to ask me how long it was." |
The sessions, which began in July, were meant to be a profit generator during the slow summer months, but Flatt is getting reservations through November. |
"I asked Bob how long he wanted to do these dinners, and he said he has about five years worth of stories, so we'll keep going as long as we can," he said. "The whole idea is to keep Arizona history alive, and we want people to come and learn and keep it a community-based event." |
The dinners seat as many as 56. Reservations are highly recommended. |
What: Bob Boze Bell, executive editor of True West magazine and Arizona history enthusiast, hosts history-inspired dinners at Cartwright's Sonoran Ranch House. |
When: Cocktails at 5 p.m., dinner at 6, history discussion at 7. Wednesday, Aug. 24, and then every-other Wednesday through December. |
Where: Cartwright's Sonoran Ranch House, 6710 E. Cave Creek Road, Cave Creek. |
Dell Computer Corp. will offer its notebook customers the choice of wireless LAN (WLAN) or wireless wide area network (WWAN) technology under an agreement signed Tuesday with AT&T Wireless Services Inc. to let Dell customers connect to cellular data networks through an expansion card. |
Notebook customers will be able to purchase a tri-band Sierra AirCard 750 Wireless cellular modem from Sierra Wireless Inc. alongside a Dell notebook for US$299.99, and participate in several different AT&T Wireless plans. Customers that sign up for higher-cost rate plans before Sept. 30 will receive rebates on the Sie... |
Dell provides a number of notebooks that can connect to WLANs on various 802.11 standards. But the deal with AT&T Wireless is the company’s first with a WWAN provider in the U.S., Macon said. AT&T Wireless has a Global System for Mobile Communications/General Packet Radio Services (GSM/GPRS) network. |
European notebook users have been able to purchase a Dell TrueMobile 5000 GSM/GPRS card for the last 10 months, in agreements with Vodafone Group PLC and mm02 PLC, Macon said. |
The two wireless technologies are seen as complementary, rather than competitive technologies by the cellular carriers and the Wi-Fi Alliance. WLAN connections are faster and more stable when inside a room or building, but have a limited range, whereas a data connection on a cellular network can be maintained while dri... |
For its Axim handhelds, Dell has plans to offer a Compact Flash card based on another major cellular standard, Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA), Macon said. The Round Rock, Texas, company is also investigating the prospect of offering a CDMA card for its notebooks, he said. |
Hewlett-Packard Co. (HP) already sells the Sierra AirCard 750 for notebooks through its Web site in partnership with T-Mobile USA Inc. HP offers the card for US$359, with up to US$60 in rebates depending on the customer’s eligibility, according to HP’s site. |
Fabrice Muamba's heart stopped beating on its own for 78 minutes and "in effect, he was dead in that time," Bolton's team doctor said Wednesday. |
The 23-year-old Bolton midfielder collapsed during an FA Cup match against Tottenham on Saturday after suffering from cardiac arrest. He was taken to London Chest Hospital where he's improving and talking to doctors after needing 15 shocks from a defibrillator. |
Medics tried unsuccessfully to revive Muamba for 48 minutes on Saturday before he arrived at the hospital, Bolton team doctor Jonathan Tobin said. |
It took another 30 minutes, after 15 shocks from a defibrillator, before the player's heart started beating again on its own. |
"They were working on him without his heart having a muscular beat," Tobin said. "In effect, he was dead in that time ... throughout the whole resuscitation period you are worrying." |
On Monday, the former England under-21 international started breathing independently and speaking. He probably survived because of the emergency care, which kept blood and oxygen supplied to his vital organs. |
Shaka Smart said he will stay at Virginia Commonwealth. |
Illinois had offered its coaching job to Smart, according to multiple reports. |
In a statement released by VCU, the 34-year-old Smart said: "I'm looking forward to building on the successes of our program and university." |
Smart, along with Kansas State's Frank Martin, will serve as a guest analyst for NCAA Tournament coverage this week on CBS and Turner Sports. |
-- Abe Lodwick scored 23 points and had 12 rebounds as Washington State (18-16) defeated Oregon State (21-15) 72-55 at Corvallis, Ore., to advance to the semifinals of the College Basketball Invitational. ... The Cougars will face Pittsburgh (20-16) in next week's best-of-three championship round. The Panthers beat But... |
-- Michigan sophomore Evan Smotrycz, sophomore Colton Christian and freshman Carlton Brundidge are transferring. |
-- A Las Vegas hospital spokeswoman says doctors kept former UNLV and Fresno State basketball coach Jerry Tarkanian overnight for observation after a mild heart attack. |
Jurisprudence: Louise Neathway, the woman accused of shaking down Yankees general manager Brian Cashman for $6,000, has been indicted in Manhattan, but charges haven't been disclosed. The indictment also encompasses a 2010 harassment case against Neathway. That case had been on track to be dismissed until she was rearr... |
Tennis: Former Australian Open finalist Fernando Gonzalez, playing the final match of his career, came up just short against Nicolas Mahut 7-5, 4-6, 7-6 (3) at the Sony Ericsson Open in Key Biscayne, Fla. |
Obituaries: Mel Parnell, a left-handed pitcher who spent his entire 10-year career with the Red Sox and faced some of the best hitters of the 1940s and early 1950s, has died. He was 89. Mr. Parnell, a New Orleans native, died Tuesday after a battle with cancer, said his son, Dr. Mel Parnell Jr. |
-- Ron Erhardt, the offensive architect of the Giants' two Super Bowl titles under Bill Parcells, has died. He was 80. |
I can't decide if Burger King's new Whopperito -- a combination of ground beef and queso sauce wrapped in a tortilla -- is the greatest idea since sliced hamburger buns or an unholy matrimony of two dishes that were never meant to be together. |
But give Burger King credit. Its wacky food fusion gimmicks generate a lot of attention -- as well as sales and profits. |
Restaurant Brands, the parent company of Burger King -- as well as coffee and doughnut chain Tim Hortons -- is bucking the recent downtrend for fast food restaurant companies. |
Shares of Restaurant Brands -- QSR (QSR) -- are flame broiling. Or, shall I say, en fuego? |
They are up more than 25% this year and are trading near an all-time high. The company reported sales and earnings for the second quarter that topped Wall Street's forecasts. |
And it looks like Restaurant Brands will continue to do well for the rest of the year. Analysts are predicting sales growth of 5% for the next two quarters and earnings increases of more than 20%. To quote Mel Brooks, "It's good to be the King!" |
So Burger King's goofy food stunts -- this is also the company that has given birth to Mac n' Cheetos, Chicken Fries, an Angry Whopper with a crimson bun, a Halloween Whopper with a black bun and the King Fusion Twix sundae -- are paying off. |
Burger King's success comes at a time when other fast food restaurants are starting to warn of slowing growth, as consumers are taking advantage of cheaper grocery food prices and eating in more. |
Wendy's (WEN) and Shake Shack (SHAK) recently disappointed investors with their latest sales and earnings. McDonald's (MCD) great McComeback is showing signs of losing steam. |
And Chipotle (CMG) continues to struggle -- although that may have to do more with last year's E. coli scare than a sluggish economy. |
Chipotle is getting into the burger game too though. It will launch a new restaurant -- Tasty Made -- in Ohio. Maybe Chipotle should steal a page from Burger King and put carnitas burgers on the menu? |
So Burger King really seems to be tapping into something with its mad scientist culinary concoctions. Even Warren Buffett is a fan. |
QSR is run by Buffett's favorite private equity firm -- and frequent investing partner -- 3G Capital. Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway (BRKB), which has a big stake in Kraft Heinz (KHC) along with 3G, owns a 3.6% position in QSR. |
The only two institutions with a bigger stake in QSR? Bill Ackman's Pershing Square Capital Management and the Canadian arm of mutual fund colossus Fidelity. |
So here's hoping that junk food lover Buffett -- who's also a big fan of Cherry Coke, See's Candies and Dairy Queen Dilly Bars -- scarfs down a Whopperito or two with his pal Charlie Munger at next year's Berkshire shareholder meeting in Omaha. |
In Salon, Maia Szalavitz reports that the U.S. drug czar’s office has cooked up a new scare campaign, telling everyone that pot causes schizophrenia. See ads like this one. Of course, despite the fact that marijuana use has increased at a fairly, um, healthy clip since the 1930s, the percentage of schizophrenics in the... |
Official preview for the Chromium-based Edge browser. |
Back in December, Microsoft announced the intention to adopt the Chromium open source project in the development of Microsoft Edge on the desktop to create better web compatibility for our customers, and less fragmentation of the web for all web developers. Now they're ready to show you what they've been working on, an... |
It will be a night that no one will ever forget and as Paris awoke to the reality that more than 120 people are dead following coordinated terrorist attacks, it was largely through a social media lens that the horror unfolded, but also through which the humanity and resilience of Parisians was witnessed. |
Even hours after the attacks, the enormity of what happened last night in France is difficult to fathom. France’s borders are closed for the first time in decades, the whole country is under curfew and the world is waking up to the difficult news that 120 people – including almost 100 hostages attending a rock concert ... |
Just as how the awful events of 11 September 2001 had been burned into our minds forever through the glare of a TV screen, for many the tragedy of the attacks in Paris on 13 November 2015 unfolded through social media feeds as well as TV. |
In what is the worst violence to have hit Paris since World War II many initially learned through Twitter that during a friendly football match between France and Germany there were two suicide attacks and a bombing near the Stade de France stadium as well as shootings at restaurants and a massacre during a concert at ... |
Harrowing reports of shootings and hostages being systematically massacred soon followed as the world watched on in disbelief. Innocent revellers attending a concert by heavy metal band Eagles of Death Metal became hostages. |
As details of what happened were officially confirmed, ordinary Parisians created a hashtag #PorteOuverte offering shelter to people who now found themselves on the streets in a city in lockdown. Parisian taxi drivers also began offering free transport to get people home safely. |
For its part, social media site Facebook acted swiftly to provide a safety check service for users in and around Paris to notify friends and let them know they were safe and well. The tool also lets you know which of the people you’re connected to may be in Paris right now. |
According to standard physics textbooks, quantum mechanics is the theory of the microscopic world. It describes particles, atoms and molecules but gives way to ordinary classical physics on the macroscopic scales of pears, people and planets. Somewhere between molecules and pears lies a boundary where the strangeness o... |
In a surprise move, Comcast Corp.’s Chicago system is moving the highly rated Sci Fi Channel from its basic service to its digital-basic tier beginning next week. |
The 1.7 million-subscriber system will move Sci Fi -- which has been on a ratings roll with the success of such series as Battlestar Galactica and Stargate Atlantis -- to its digital-basic tier, which is in front of about one-half of the system’s subscribers. |
Comcast Chicago vice president of communications Patricia Andrews-Keenan said Sci Fi was already on a digital tier in a number of areas within the Chicago DMA, so the move will make the tier uniform throughout the whole system. |
The MSO will replace Sci Fi on its analog tier with Comcast-owned The Golf Channel. |
Sci Fi representatives would not comment on the matter. |
OTTAWA - Former prime minister Stephen Harper is reportedly planning a trip to the White House next week, bucking convention by not informing the Canadian government of his visit. |
CTV says emails they have obtained show U.S. officials are expecting Harper to visit Washington on July 2, one day after Canada's retaliatory tariffs on imports of a wide range of U.S. goods and as well as steel and aluminum are set to come into effect. |
The broadcaster reports Harper is planning to meet with U.S. National Security Adviser John Bolton, who was the U.S. ambassador to the UN when Harper was prime minister. |
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