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- DaCaiTouDaCaiTou
  ·2021-04-30
  Social front affecting the economic front...
  Japan's March factory output rebounds as car production jumps
  TOKYO: Japan's industrial output posted a surprise increase in March, as a jump in car production helped keep an economic recovery from last year's deep coronavirus slump on track. The output rise will likely ease worries about the impact the health crisis is having on the manufacturing sector in ...
  Japan's March factory output rebounds as car production jumps
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- DaCaiTouDaCaiTou
  ·2021-04-29
  Suffering from The impact of the sanctions beforehand...
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- DaCaiTouDaCaiTou
  ·2021-04-29
  They should consider lowering the price of their EarPods. Other brands are cheaper and probably having almost same features.
  Apple Slashes AirPods Production As Sales Fizzle
  Sources in the supply chain told Nikkei Asia that Apple had slashed AirPods production by 25% to 30%
  Apple Slashes AirPods Production As Sales Fizzle
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- DaCaiTouDaCaiTou
  ·2021-04-29
  Never really trusted Bitcoin crypto currency... seems like a currency made up of rainclouds. It’s there when you see it but disappears after the rain..
  Goldman bullish on commodities, sees gold holding off bitcoin as safe haven
  In a recent note put out by Goldman Sachs, they believe the commodities space will gain continued su
  Goldman bullish on commodities, sees gold holding off bitcoin as safe haven
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- DaCaiTouDaCaiTou
  ·2021-04-29
  Rising steadily by the day
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- DaCaiTouDaCaiTou
  ·2021-04-29
  Technology has proved again that it has made it easier to fight against Covid!
  Uber app in U.S. to enable users to book vaccines and rental cars
  Uber Technologies Inc said on Wednesday it was launching new features in its app to allow U.S. custo
  Uber app in U.S. to enable users to book vaccines and rental cars
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- DaCaiTouDaCaiTou
  ·2021-04-28
  Pretty steady
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showed manufacturers surveyed by the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) expected output to rise another 8.4 per cent in April, followed by a 4.3 per cent decrease in May.Factory output had dropped in February as weakening production across sectors such as cars and electrical machinery outweighed better demand for tech-making equipment that has been a major output driver.Japan's economy is expected to take a hit from a third state of emergency for Tokyo, Osaka and two other prefectures called by the government last week in response to a resurgence of COVID-19 infections.The measures, which are scheduled to last until May 11, are expected to especially hurt the services sector as households are seen cutting down on travel, leisure and dining out activities, likely signalling a domestic demand slowdown.DIVERGENCEJapan's factory activity expanded in April at the fastest pace since early 2018, a separate private sector survey showed on Friday, underlining the tailwind 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core consumer price index, which excludes fresh food, dropped 0.2 per cent in April due to the mobile phone fee cuts, making the central bank's 2 per cent inflation target increasingly out of reach.","news_type":1},"isVote":1,"tweetType":1,"viewCount":203,"authorTweetTopStatus":1,"verified":2,"comments":[],"imageCount":0,"langContent":"EN","totalScore":0},{"id":100760740,"gmtCreate":1619651467380,"gmtModify":1704727265524,"author":{"id":"3582508333426802","authorId":"3582508333426802","name":"DaCaiTou","avatar":"https://static.tigerbbs.com/b130812eae6164fd3e7b33235d2c9e6e","crmLevel":2,"crmLevelSwitch":0,"followedFlag":false,"idStr":"3582508333426802","authorIdStr":"3582508333426802"},"themes":[],"htmlText":"Suffering from&nbsp;The impact of&nbsp;the sanctions beforehand...&nbsp;","listText":"Suffering from&nbsp;The impact of&nbsp;the sanctions beforehand...&nbsp;","text":"Suffering from The impact of the sanctions 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Other brands are cheaper and probably having almost same features.","listText":"They should consider lowering the price of their&nbsp;EarPods. Other brands are cheaper and probably having almost same features.","text":"They should consider lowering the price of their EarPods. Other brands are cheaper and probably having almost same features.","images":[],"top":1,"highlighted":1,"essential":1,"paper":1,"likeSize":0,"commentSize":0,"repostSize":0,"link":"https://ttm.financial/post/100788881","repostId":"1153663764","repostType":4,"repost":{"id":"1153663764","pubTimestamp":1619614448,"share":"https://ttm.financial/m/news/1153663764?lang=&edition=fundamental","pubTime":"2021-04-28 20:54","market":"us","language":"en","title":"Apple Slashes AirPods Production As Sales Fizzle","url":"https://stock-news.laohu8.com/highlight/detail?id=1153663764","media":"ZeroHedge","summary":"Sources in the supply chain told Nikkei Asia that Apple had slashed AirPods production by 25% to 30%","content":"<p>Sources in the supply chain told&nbsp;Nikkei Asia&nbsp;that Apple had slashed AirPods production by 25% to 30% this year as competition dents sales of the tech giant's fastest-growing product line.</p>\n<p>Apple originally planned to make 110 million AirPods this year but has slashed production to between 75 and 85 million units. The downward revision indicates that demand is weakening after several years of double-digit growth.</p>\n<p><i>\"The most significant order reduction is for the second quarter toward the start of the third quarter,\" said one of the sources. \"The levels of inventory [in warehouses] and in-store stocks of AirPods are currently high ... and demand is not as strong as expected.\"</i></p>\n<p>The retail price of AirPods Pro on Amazon is $197, a 20% discount compared with its original price of $249.</p>\n<p></p>\n<p>Nikkei Asia did not break down any differences across AirPods, AirPods Pro, or AirPods Max - though judging by price discounts on Amazon, the price reduction of&nbsp;AirPods and&nbsp;AirPods Pro are likely due to slumping sales and rising inventory that forced Apple to cut production.</p>\n<p><i>\"The levels of inventory [in warehouses] and in-store stocks of AirPods are currently high... and demand is not as strong as expected,\" another source told the publication. \"The most significant order reduction is for the second quarter toward the start of the third quarter.\"</i></p>\n<p>The Airpod craze, which started in late 2016, appears to be fizzling.</p>\n<p><i>\"It is not possible to grow 30%, 40%, 50% by shipments every year for a long time. ... At some point the growth will slow down and normalize,\" said an executive-level source. \"The time of high growth for AirPods might be past.\"</i></p>\n<p>According to wireless headphone data from Counterpoint, intense competition is quickly eroding Apple's market share, from 60% in 2018 and 47% in 2019 to 31% last year.</p>\n<p>Counterpoint said the 2021 outlook for wireless headphones sales is expected to dramatically slow down from last year's 80% surge due mostly to demand-pull forwarded by the virus pandemic forcing people to work at home and upgrade electronic devices.</p>\n<p>The AirPods boom appears to be faltering in&nbsp;2021 as CEO Tim Cook gears up to jolt consumers with the debut of AirPods 3 sometime in the third quarter. If there's no significant redesign or new feature - then perhaps consumers will be less reluctant to upgrade to the newest model.</p>","collect":0,"html":"<!DOCTYPE html>\n<html>\n<head>\n<meta http-equiv=\"Content-Type\" content=\"text/html; charset=utf-8\" />\n<meta name=\"viewport\" content=\"width=device-width,initial-scale=1.0,minimum-scale=1.0,maximum-scale=1.0,user-scalable=no\"/>\n<meta name=\"format-detection\" content=\"telephone=no,email=no,address=no\" />\n<title>Apple Slashes AirPods Production As Sales Fizzle </title>\n<style type=\"text/css\">\na,abbr,acronym,address,applet,article,aside,audio,b,big,blockquote,body,canvas,caption,center,cite,code,dd,del,details,dfn,div,dl,dt,\nem,embed,fieldset,figcaption,figure,footer,form,h1,h2,h3,h4,h5,h6,header,hgroup,html,i,iframe,img,ins,kbd,label,legend,li,mark,menu,nav,\nobject,ol,output,p,pre,q,ruby,s,samp,section,small,span,strike,strong,sub,summary,sup,table,tbody,td,tfoot,th,thead,time,tr,tt,u,ul,var,video{ font:inherit;margin:0;padding:0;vertical-align:baseline;border:0 }\nbody{ font-size:16px; line-height:1.5; color:#999; background:transparent; }\n.wrapper{ overflow:hidden;word-break:break-all;padding:10px; }\nh1,h2{ font-weight:normal; line-height:1.35; margin-bottom:.6em; }\nh3,h4,h5,h6{ line-height:1.35; margin-bottom:1em; }\nh1{ font-size:24px; }\nh2{ font-size:20px; }\nh3{ font-size:18px; }\nh4{ font-size:16px; }\nh5{ font-size:14px; }\nh6{ font-size:12px; }\np,ul,ol,blockquote,dl,table{ margin:1.2em 0; }\nul,ol{ margin-left:2em; }\nul{ list-style:disc; }\nol{ list-style:decimal; }\nli,li p{ margin:10px 0;}\nimg{ max-width:100%;display:block;margin:0 auto 1em; }\nblockquote{ color:#B5B2B1; border-left:3px solid #aaa; padding:1em; }\nstrong,b{font-weight:bold;}\nem,i{font-style:italic;}\ntable{ width:100%;border-collapse:collapse;border-spacing:1px;margin:1em 0;font-size:.9em; }\nth,td{ padding:5px;text-align:left;border:1px solid #aaa; }\nth{ font-weight:bold;background:#5d5d5d; }\n.symbol-link{font-weight:bold;}\n/* header{ border-bottom:1px solid #494756; } */\n.title{ margin:0 0 8px;line-height:1.3;color:#ddd; }\n.meta {color:#5e5c6d;font-size:13px;margin:0 0 .5em; }\na{text-decoration:none; color:#2a4b87;}\n.meta .head { display: inline-block; overflow: hidden}\n.head .h-thumb { width: 30px; height: 30px; margin: 0; padding: 0; border-radius: 50%; float: left;}\n.head .h-content { margin: 0; padding: 0 0 0 9px; float: left;}\n.head .h-name {font-size: 13px; color: #eee; margin: 0;}\n.head .h-time {font-size: 11px; color: #7E829C; margin: 0;line-height: 11px;}\n.small {font-size: 12.5px; display: inline-block; transform: scale(0.9); -webkit-transform: scale(0.9); transform-origin: left; -webkit-transform-origin: left;}\n.smaller {font-size: 12.5px; display: inline-block; transform: scale(0.8); -webkit-transform: scale(0.8); transform-origin: left; -webkit-transform-origin: left;}\n.bt-text {font-size: 12px;margin: 1.5em 0 0 0}\n.bt-text p {margin: 0}\n</style>\n</head>\n<body>\n<div class=\"wrapper\">\n<header>\n<h2 class=\"title\">\nApple Slashes AirPods Production As Sales Fizzle \n</h2>\n\n<h4 class=\"meta\">\n\n\n2021-04-28 20:54 GMT+8&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href=https://www.zerohedge.com/technology/apple-slashes-airpods-production-sales-fizzle><strong>ZeroHedge</strong></a>\n\n\n</h4>\n\n</header>\n<article>\n<div>\n<p>Sources in the supply chain told Nikkei Asia that Apple had slashed AirPods production by 25% to 30% this year as competition dents sales of the tech giant's fastest-growing product line.\nApple ...</p>\n\n<a href=\"https://www.zerohedge.com/technology/apple-slashes-airpods-production-sales-fizzle\">Web Link</a>\n\n</div>\n\n\n</article>\n</div>\n</body>\n</html>\n","type":0,"thumbnail":"","relate_stocks":{"AAPL":"苹果"},"source_url":"https://www.zerohedge.com/technology/apple-slashes-airpods-production-sales-fizzle","is_english":true,"share_image_url":"https://static.laohu8.com/e9f99090a1c2ed51c021029395664489","article_id":"1153663764","content_text":"Sources in the supply chain told Nikkei Asia that Apple had slashed AirPods production by 25% to 30% this year as competition dents sales of the tech giant's fastest-growing product line.\nApple originally planned to make 110 million AirPods this year but has slashed production to between 75 and 85 million units. The downward revision indicates that demand is weakening after several years of double-digit growth.\n\"The most significant order reduction is for the second quarter toward the start of the third quarter,\" said one of the sources. \"The levels of inventory [in warehouses] and in-store stocks of AirPods are currently high ... and demand is not as strong as expected.\"\nThe retail price of AirPods Pro on Amazon is $197, a 20% discount compared with its original price of $249.\n\nNikkei Asia did not break down any differences across AirPods, AirPods Pro, or AirPods Max - though judging by price discounts on Amazon, the price reduction of AirPods and AirPods Pro are likely due to slumping sales and rising inventory that forced Apple to cut production.\n\"The levels of inventory [in warehouses] and in-store stocks of AirPods are currently high... and demand is not as strong as expected,\" another source told the publication. \"The most significant order reduction is for the second quarter toward the start of the third quarter.\"\nThe Airpod craze, which started in late 2016, appears to be fizzling.\n\"It is not possible to grow 30%, 40%, 50% by shipments every year for a long time. ... At some point the growth will slow down and normalize,\" said an executive-level source. \"The time of high growth for AirPods might be past.\"\nAccording to wireless headphone data from Counterpoint, intense competition is quickly eroding Apple's market share, from 60% in 2018 and 47% in 2019 to 31% last year.\nCounterpoint said the 2021 outlook for wireless headphones sales is expected to dramatically slow down from last year's 80% surge due mostly to demand-pull forwarded by the virus pandemic forcing people to work at home and upgrade electronic devices.\nThe AirPods boom appears to be faltering in 2021 as CEO Tim Cook gears up to jolt consumers with the debut of AirPods 3 sometime in the third quarter. If there's no significant redesign or new feature - then perhaps consumers will be less reluctant to upgrade to the newest model.","news_type":1},"isVote":1,"tweetType":1,"viewCount":487,"authorTweetTopStatus":1,"verified":2,"comments":[],"imageCount":0,"langContent":"EN","totalScore":0},{"id":100714826,"gmtCreate":1619650899165,"gmtModify":1704727247954,"author":{"id":"3582508333426802","authorId":"3582508333426802","name":"DaCaiTou","avatar":"https://static.tigerbbs.com/b130812eae6164fd3e7b33235d2c9e6e","crmLevel":2,"crmLevelSwitch":0,"followedFlag":false,"idStr":"3582508333426802","authorIdStr":"3582508333426802"},"themes":[],"htmlText":"Never really trusted Bitcoin crypto currency... seems like a currency made up of rainclouds. It’s there when&nbsp;you see it but disappears after the rain..","listText":"Never really trusted Bitcoin crypto currency... seems like a currency made up of rainclouds. 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Goldman has forecasted the price of copper to reach $11,000 per tonne, setting a 12-month target.</p><p>Copper has surged of late, approaching $10,000 per tonne on the London Metal Exchange. Furthermore, copper has not seen these current levels in over ten years. The last time prices were this high was back in 2011.</p><p>A few of copper ETFs and ETNs to analyze are:(NYSEARCA:COPX),(JJCTF), and(NYSEARCA:JJC), and(NYSEARCA:CPER).</p><p>Goldman Sachs also sees gold reaching levels of $2,000 over the course of the next six months. Gold which has seen a selloff since August of 2020, has witnessed a recent rise in April. Since March 31st of this year, gold has risen nearly&nbsp;+5.5%&nbsp;from $1,678 to $1,768.</p><p>During the same time as gold's recent rise, bitcoin (BTC-USD) has slid. Since March 31st, bitcoin has sold off nearly&nbsp;-6.00%. Goldman believes it's still too premature for bitcoin to compete with gold for demand as a safe haven investment.</p><p>In the recent note, the bank said: \"While bitcoin benefits from greater liquidity, it suffers from lack of real use and weak environmental, social, governance ESG scoring, due to its high energy consumption,\"</p><p>(NYSEARCA:GLD),(NYSEARCA:GDX),(NYSEARCA:IAU), and(NYSEARCA:SGOL)are some gold-related exchange traded funds that can be useful for market participants to examine.</p><p>VanEck CEO, Jan van Eck, shares a similar view with Goldman Sachs as he stated in a recent interview, \"I think that commodity companies are disciplined to not supply too much into the market, so I think higher prices are here to stay across the commodity spectrum.\"</p>","collect":0,"html":"<!DOCTYPE html>\n<html>\n<head>\n<meta http-equiv=\"Content-Type\" content=\"text/html; charset=utf-8\" />\n<meta name=\"viewport\" content=\"width=device-width,initial-scale=1.0,minimum-scale=1.0,maximum-scale=1.0,user-scalable=no\"/>\n<meta name=\"format-detection\" content=\"telephone=no,email=no,address=no\" />\n<title>Goldman bullish on commodities, sees gold holding off bitcoin as safe haven</title>\n<style type=\"text/css\">\na,abbr,acronym,address,applet,article,aside,audio,b,big,blockquote,body,canvas,caption,center,cite,code,dd,del,details,dfn,div,dl,dt,\nem,embed,fieldset,figcaption,figure,footer,form,h1,h2,h3,h4,h5,h6,header,hgroup,html,i,iframe,img,ins,kbd,label,legend,li,mark,menu,nav,\nobject,ol,output,p,pre,q,ruby,s,samp,section,small,span,strike,strong,sub,summary,sup,table,tbody,td,tfoot,th,thead,time,tr,tt,u,ul,var,video{ font:inherit;margin:0;padding:0;vertical-align:baseline;border:0 }\nbody{ font-size:16px; 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}\n.meta {color:#5e5c6d;font-size:13px;margin:0 0 .5em; }\na{text-decoration:none; color:#2a4b87;}\n.meta .head { display: inline-block; overflow: hidden}\n.head .h-thumb { width: 30px; height: 30px; margin: 0; padding: 0; border-radius: 50%; float: left;}\n.head .h-content { margin: 0; padding: 0 0 0 9px; float: left;}\n.head .h-name {font-size: 13px; color: #eee; margin: 0;}\n.head .h-time {font-size: 11px; color: #7E829C; margin: 0;line-height: 11px;}\n.small {font-size: 12.5px; display: inline-block; transform: scale(0.9); -webkit-transform: scale(0.9); transform-origin: left; -webkit-transform-origin: left;}\n.smaller {font-size: 12.5px; display: inline-block; transform: scale(0.8); -webkit-transform: scale(0.8); transform-origin: left; -webkit-transform-origin: left;}\n.bt-text {font-size: 12px;margin: 1.5em 0 0 0}\n.bt-text p {margin: 0}\n</style>\n</head>\n<body>\n<div class=\"wrapper\">\n<header>\n<h2 class=\"title\">\nGoldman bullish on commodities, sees gold holding off bitcoin as safe haven\n</h2>\n\n<h4 class=\"meta\">\n\n\n2021-04-28 23:13 GMT+8&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href=https://seekingalpha.com/news/3686894-goldman-sachs-is-bullish-on-commodities><strong>seekingalpha</strong></a>\n\n\n</h4>\n\n</header>\n<article>\n<div>\n<p>In a recent note put out by Goldman Sachs, they believe the commodities space will gain continued support over thenext six months on positive forecasted demand.The investment bank has mentioned that ...</p>\n\n<a href=\"https://seekingalpha.com/news/3686894-goldman-sachs-is-bullish-on-commodities\">Web Link</a>\n\n</div>\n\n\n</article>\n</div>\n</body>\n</html>\n","type":0,"thumbnail":"","relate_stocks":{},"source_url":"https://seekingalpha.com/news/3686894-goldman-sachs-is-bullish-on-commodities","is_english":true,"share_image_url":"https://static.laohu8.com/e9f99090a1c2ed51c021029395664489","article_id":"1194446574","content_text":"In a recent note put out by Goldman Sachs, they believe the commodities space will gain continued support over thenext six months on positive forecasted demand.The investment bank has mentioned that they see commodities rallying another 13.5%, with oil reaching $80/bbl, copper rising to $11,000 per tonne and gold holding off bitcoin as a safe haven investment.Per Reuters, Goldman Sachs stated: \"We expect the biggest jump in oil demand ever, a 5.2 million barrels per day rise over the next six months,\" relating to the buildup in traveling demand and increasing vaccine rollouts throughout Europe.For investors that share a similar sentiment and are interested in the energy markets see a handful of exchange traded funds:(NYSEARCA:USO),(NYSEARCA:XLE),(NYSEARCA:UCO),(NYSEARCA:XOP),(NYSEARCA:VDE),(NYSEARCA:GUSH),(NYSEARCA:OIH),(NYSEARCA:ERX),(NYSE:BGR),(NYSEARCA:BNO).Aside from oil, Goldman Sachs has also upgraded their outlook on copper. Goldman has forecasted the price of copper to reach $11,000 per tonne, setting a 12-month target.Copper has surged of late, approaching $10,000 per tonne on the London Metal Exchange. Furthermore, copper has not seen these current levels in over ten years. The last time prices were this high was back in 2011.A few of copper ETFs and ETNs to analyze are:(NYSEARCA:COPX),(JJCTF), and(NYSEARCA:JJC), and(NYSEARCA:CPER).Goldman Sachs also sees gold reaching levels of $2,000 over the course of the next six months. Gold which has seen a selloff since August of 2020, has witnessed a recent rise in April. Since March 31st of this year, gold has risen nearly +5.5% from $1,678 to $1,768.During the same time as gold's recent rise, bitcoin (BTC-USD) has slid. Since March 31st, bitcoin has sold off nearly -6.00%. Goldman believes it's still too premature for bitcoin to compete with gold for demand as a safe haven investment.In the recent note, the bank said: \"While bitcoin benefits from greater liquidity, it suffers from lack of real use and weak environmental, social, governance ESG scoring, due to its high energy consumption,\"(NYSEARCA:GLD),(NYSEARCA:GDX),(NYSEARCA:IAU), and(NYSEARCA:SGOL)are some gold-related exchange traded funds that can be useful for market participants to examine.VanEck CEO, Jan van Eck, shares a similar view with Goldman Sachs as he stated in a recent interview, \"I think that commodity companies are disciplined to not supply too much into the market, so I think higher prices are here to stay across the commodity spectrum.\"","news_type":1},"isVote":1,"tweetType":1,"viewCount":340,"authorTweetTopStatus":1,"verified":2,"comments":[],"imageCount":0,"langContent":"EN","totalScore":0},{"id":100716959,"gmtCreate":1619650696071,"gmtModify":1704727243411,"author":{"id":"3582508333426802","authorId":"3582508333426802","name":"DaCaiTou","avatar":"https://static.tigerbbs.com/b130812eae6164fd3e7b33235d2c9e6e","crmLevel":2,"crmLevelSwitch":0,"followedFlag":false,"idStr":"3582508333426802","authorIdStr":"3582508333426802"},"themes":[],"htmlText":"Rising steadily by the day","listText":"Rising steadily by the day","text":"Rising steadily by the day","images":[],"top":1,"highlighted":1,"essential":1,"paper":1,"likeSize":3,"commentSize":2,"repostSize":0,"link":"https://ttm.financial/post/100716959","repostId":"1132578048","repostType":4,"isVote":1,"tweetType":1,"viewCount":226,"authorTweetTopStatus":1,"verified":2,"comments":[],"imageCount":0,"langContent":"EN","totalScore":0},{"id":100713746,"gmtCreate":1619650568885,"gmtModify":1704727240309,"author":{"id":"3582508333426802","authorId":"3582508333426802","name":"DaCaiTou","avatar":"https://static.tigerbbs.com/b130812eae6164fd3e7b33235d2c9e6e","crmLevel":2,"crmLevelSwitch":0,"followedFlag":false,"idStr":"3582508333426802","authorIdStr":"3582508333426802"},"themes":[],"htmlText":"Technology has proved again that it has&nbsp;made it easier to fight against Covid!","listText":"Technology has proved again that it has&nbsp;made it easier to fight against Covid!","text":"Technology has proved again that it has made it easier to fight against Covid!","images":[],"top":1,"highlighted":1,"essential":1,"paper":1,"likeSize":0,"commentSize":0,"repostSize":0,"link":"https://ttm.financial/post/100713746","repostId":"1196474090","repostType":4,"repost":{"id":"1196474090","weMediaInfo":{"introduction":"Reuters.com brings you the latest news from around the world, covering breaking news in markets, business, politics, entertainment and technology","home_visible":1,"media_name":"Reuters","id":"1036604489","head_image":"https://static.tigerbbs.com/443ce19704621c837795676028cec868"},"pubTimestamp":1619623392,"share":"https://ttm.financial/m/news/1196474090?lang=&edition=fundamental","pubTime":"2021-04-28 23:23","market":"us","language":"en","title":"Uber app in U.S. to enable users to book vaccines and rental cars","url":"https://stock-news.laohu8.com/highlight/detail?id=1196474090","media":"Reuters","summary":"Uber Technologies Inc said on Wednesday it was launching new features in its app to allow U.S. custo","content":"<p>Uber Technologies Inc said on Wednesday it was launching new features in its app to allow U.S. customers to book COVID-19 vaccine appointments and reserve rental cars.</p>\n<p>Customers would be able reserve an appointment at a Walgreens pharmacy to receive a vaccine and book an Uber ride to travel there, the firm said in a product presentation.</p>\n<p>The feature, which expands an Uber and Walgreens partnership announced in February, reflects the wider availability of COVID-19 inoculations in the United States, where every state has opened up vaccines to all adults.</p>\n<p>For Uber, more vaccinations mean a quicker return to pre-pandemic travel and higher revenues, which tumbled during the pandemic. 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March was the best month since the pandemic's full force was felt.</p>\n<p>The company also announced partnerships with Avis Budget Group Inc, Hertz and other vehicle rental agencies.</p>\n<p>From Wednesday, U.S. customers can book rental cars through the Uber app, with Uber offering up to 10% of the rental cost as a credit to the user to spend on other Uber services.</p>\n<p>In May, users in Washington DC can have their rental car delivered to and collected from their home, after paying a fee to Uber, which will rollout the service nationwide this year.</p>\n<p>Uber's smaller rival Lyft Inc already offers car rentals in partnership with Sixt SE.</p>\n<p>Uber also said it would expand an option to reserve rides in advance to more U.S. and European cities and allow customers to book and collect food delivery orders during a ride-hail trip.</p>","collect":0,"html":"<!DOCTYPE html>\n<html>\n<head>\n<meta http-equiv=\"Content-Type\" content=\"text/html; charset=utf-8\" />\n<meta name=\"viewport\" content=\"width=device-width,initial-scale=1.0,minimum-scale=1.0,maximum-scale=1.0,user-scalable=no\"/>\n<meta name=\"format-detection\" content=\"telephone=no,email=no,address=no\" />\n<title>Uber app in U.S. to enable users to book vaccines and rental cars</title>\n<style type=\"text/css\">\na,abbr,acronym,address,applet,article,aside,audio,b,big,blockquote,body,canvas,caption,center,cite,code,dd,del,details,dfn,div,dl,dt,\nem,embed,fieldset,figcaption,figure,footer,form,h1,h2,h3,h4,h5,h6,header,hgroup,html,i,iframe,img,ins,kbd,label,legend,li,mark,menu,nav,\nobject,ol,output,p,pre,q,ruby,s,samp,section,small,span,strike,strong,sub,summary,sup,table,tbody,td,tfoot,th,thead,time,tr,tt,u,ul,var,video{ font:inherit;margin:0;padding:0;vertical-align:baseline;border:0 }\nbody{ font-size:16px; line-height:1.5; color:#999; background:transparent; }\n.wrapper{ overflow:hidden;word-break:break-all;padding:10px; }\nh1,h2{ font-weight:normal; line-height:1.35; margin-bottom:.6em; }\nh3,h4,h5,h6{ line-height:1.35; margin-bottom:1em; }\nh1{ font-size:24px; }\nh2{ font-size:20px; }\nh3{ font-size:18px; }\nh4{ font-size:16px; }\nh5{ font-size:14px; }\nh6{ font-size:12px; }\np,ul,ol,blockquote,dl,table{ margin:1.2em 0; }\nul,ol{ margin-left:2em; }\nul{ list-style:disc; }\nol{ list-style:decimal; }\nli,li p{ margin:10px 0;}\nimg{ max-width:100%;display:block;margin:0 auto 1em; }\nblockquote{ color:#B5B2B1; border-left:3px solid #aaa; padding:1em; }\nstrong,b{font-weight:bold;}\nem,i{font-style:italic;}\ntable{ width:100%;border-collapse:collapse;border-spacing:1px;margin:1em 0;font-size:.9em; }\nth,td{ padding:5px;text-align:left;border:1px solid #aaa; }\nth{ font-weight:bold;background:#5d5d5d; }\n.symbol-link{font-weight:bold;}\n/* header{ border-bottom:1px solid #494756; } */\n.title{ margin:0 0 8px;line-height:1.3;color:#ddd; }\n.meta {color:#5e5c6d;font-size:13px;margin:0 0 .5em; }\na{text-decoration:none; color:#2a4b87;}\n.meta .head { display: inline-block; overflow: hidden}\n.head .h-thumb { width: 30px; height: 30px; margin: 0; padding: 0; border-radius: 50%; float: left;}\n.head .h-content { margin: 0; padding: 0 0 0 9px; float: left;}\n.head .h-name {font-size: 13px; color: #eee; margin: 0;}\n.head .h-time {font-size: 11px; color: #7E829C; margin: 0;line-height: 11px;}\n.small {font-size: 12.5px; display: inline-block; transform: scale(0.9); -webkit-transform: scale(0.9); transform-origin: left; -webkit-transform-origin: left;}\n.smaller {font-size: 12.5px; display: inline-block; transform: scale(0.8); -webkit-transform: scale(0.8); transform-origin: left; -webkit-transform-origin: left;}\n.bt-text {font-size: 12px;margin: 1.5em 0 0 0}\n.bt-text p {margin: 0}\n</style>\n</head>\n<body>\n<div class=\"wrapper\">\n<header>\n<h2 class=\"title\">\nUber app in U.S. to enable users to book vaccines and rental cars\n</h2>\n\n<h4 class=\"meta\">\n\n\n<a class=\"head\" href=\"https://laohu8.com/wemedia/1036604489\">\n\n\n<div class=\"h-thumb\" style=\"background-image:url(https://static.tigerbbs.com/443ce19704621c837795676028cec868);background-size:cover;\"></div>\n\n<div class=\"h-content\">\n<p class=\"h-name\">Reuters </p>\n<p class=\"h-time\">2021-04-28 23:23</p>\n</div>\n\n</a>\n\n\n</h4>\n\n</header>\n<article>\n<p>Uber Technologies Inc said on Wednesday it was launching new features in its app to allow U.S. customers to book COVID-19 vaccine appointments and reserve rental cars.</p>\n<p>Customers would be able reserve an appointment at a Walgreens pharmacy to receive a vaccine and book an Uber ride to travel there, the firm said in a product presentation.</p>\n<p>The feature, which expands an Uber and Walgreens partnership announced in February, reflects the wider availability of COVID-19 inoculations in the United States, where every state has opened up vaccines to all adults.</p>\n<p>For Uber, more vaccinations mean a quicker return to pre-pandemic travel and higher revenues, which tumbled during the pandemic. The number of journeys has already increased. March was the best month since the pandemic's full force was felt.</p>\n<p>The company also announced partnerships with Avis Budget Group Inc, Hertz and other vehicle rental agencies.</p>\n<p>From Wednesday, U.S. customers can book rental cars through the Uber app, with Uber offering up to 10% of the rental cost as a credit to the user to spend on other Uber services.</p>\n<p>In May, users in Washington DC can have their rental car delivered to and collected from their home, after paying a fee to Uber, which will rollout the service nationwide this year.</p>\n<p>Uber's smaller rival Lyft Inc already offers car rentals in partnership with Sixt SE.</p>\n<p>Uber also said it would expand an option to reserve rides in advance to more U.S. and European cities and allow customers to book and collect food delivery orders during a ride-hail trip.</p>\n\n</article>\n</div>\n</body>\n</html>\n","type":0,"thumbnail":"","relate_stocks":{"UBER":"优步"},"is_english":true,"share_image_url":"https://static.laohu8.com/e9f99090a1c2ed51c021029395664489","article_id":"1196474090","content_text":"Uber Technologies Inc said on Wednesday it was launching new features in its app to allow U.S. customers to book COVID-19 vaccine appointments and reserve rental cars.\nCustomers would be able reserve an appointment at a Walgreens pharmacy to receive a vaccine and book an Uber ride to travel there, the firm said in a product presentation.\nThe feature, which expands an Uber and Walgreens partnership announced in February, reflects the wider availability of COVID-19 inoculations in the United States, where every state has opened up vaccines to all adults.\nFor Uber, more vaccinations mean a quicker return to pre-pandemic travel and higher revenues, which tumbled during the pandemic. The number of journeys has already increased. March was the best month since the pandemic's full force was felt.\nThe company also announced partnerships with Avis Budget Group Inc, Hertz and other vehicle rental agencies.\nFrom Wednesday, U.S. customers can book rental cars through the Uber app, with Uber offering up to 10% of the rental cost as a credit to the user to spend on other Uber services.\nIn May, users in Washington DC can have their rental car delivered to and collected from their home, after paying a fee to Uber, which will rollout the service nationwide this year.\nUber's smaller rival Lyft Inc already offers car rentals in partnership with Sixt SE.\nUber also said it would expand an option to reserve rides in advance to more U.S. and European cities and allow customers to book and collect food delivery orders during a ride-hail trip.","news_type":1},"isVote":1,"tweetType":1,"viewCount":264,"authorTweetTopStatus":1,"verified":2,"comments":[],"imageCount":0,"langContent":"EN","totalScore":0},{"id":100519139,"gmtCreate":1619620716821,"gmtModify":1704726977336,"author":{"id":"3582508333426802","authorId":"3582508333426802","name":"DaCaiTou","avatar":"https://static.tigerbbs.com/b130812eae6164fd3e7b33235d2c9e6e","crmLevel":2,"crmLevelSwitch":0,"followedFlag":false,"idStr":"3582508333426802","authorIdStr":"3582508333426802"},"themes":[],"htmlText":"Pretty steady","listText":"Pretty steady","text":"Pretty steady","images":[{"img":"https://static.tigerbbs.com/ca732d29ffabb36b7cc6d233a672c740","width":"1125","height":"2572"}],"top":1,"highlighted":1,"essential":1,"paper":1,"likeSize":0,"commentSize":0,"repostSize":0,"link":"https://ttm.financial/post/100519139","isVote":1,"tweetType":1,"viewCount":383,"authorTweetTopStatus":1,"verified":2,"comments":[],"imageCount":1,"langContent":"EN","totalScore":0}],"defaultTab":"posts","isTTM":true}