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Incredible Story told on this morning's CNBC.
Wingman.
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The changing nature of shipping has made piracy easier, not harder, say people in the industry, and that makes fixing the problem all the more challenging.
Automation has reduced crew headcounts, making it harder to maintain a vigilant watch on board. A 500,000-ton oil tanker that would have had 35 crew members years ago may have only 15 men today. Some vessels actually put dummies on deck to make it look like crew members are standing watch.
Automation has reduced crew headcounts, making it harder to maintain a vigilant watch on board. A 500,000-ton oil tanker that would have had 35 crew members years ago may have only 15 men today. Some vessels actually put dummies on deck to make it look like crew members are standing watch.
From: http://www.cnbc.com
And there's also the multinational nature of shipping, which is greater today than it's ever been. It's often difficult to decide which nation, exactly, should take the lead on investigating an attack in international waters when the ship is owned by a company in one country, flagged under a second country, captained by someone from yet another country, crewed by men from a fourth country, on its way from a fifth country to deliver cargo to a sixth country for a corporate client in a seventh country. In the jargon of corporate management, it can be difficult to get someone to "take ownership."
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This Week's Big BUZZ will be,
Alibaba's IPO
Alibaba's IPO
The Chinese e-commerce company launched the IPO last week and had enough investor demand to cover the entire deal within two days, people familiar with the process said last week.
Alibaba could set a new record for the world's biggest IPO if underwriters exercise
an option to sell additional shares to meet demand, pushing it as high as $24.3 billion and overtaking Agricultural Bank of China Ltd's $22.1 billion listing in 2010.
Link: http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/09/15/alibaba-group-ipo-idUSL3N0RG2AD20140915
TinyURL: http://tinyurl.com/k56dpc9
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Look at the Little Guy called LIVA
The center piece of ECS' presentation was their LIVA Mini PC kit. The LIVA kit fits in the palm of your hand when assembled with several configurations available to fit your computing needs. It is designed around an all-in-one PC with an integrated Intel Bay-Trail-M processor, 2GB of DDR3L memory, 32GB / 64GB eMMC SSD, several USB 2.0/3.0 ports, video ports, and a Gigabit NIC, as well as 802.11n-based Wi-Fi and Bluetooth support. Not to mention its 15 watt power requirements under full load.
Did I mention its fan-less as well?
Link: http://www.pcper.com/reviews/Motherboards/ECS-2014-Press-Event-LIVE-LIVA-LEAD-L337/LIVA-Mini-PC-kit
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