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The 5 emotions successful entrepreneurs never feel

https://www.lifehack.org/423132/5-emotions-that-successful-entrepreneurs-never-feel

Despite the fact that the tech IPO has been all but vaporized, there is some reason to think that it has not been completely snuffed out. Just this week, Renaissance Capital noted there were four tech IPOs in the second quarter, up from zippo in the first quarter. 

(Venture Beat)

Chinese supercomputer is the world’s fastest — and without using US chips

A chinese supercomputer built using domestic chip technology has been declared the world’s fastest. The news highlights China’s recent advances in the creation of such systems, as well the country’s waning reliance on US semiconductor technology. (The Verge)

Human traders strike back at the stock market robots – The Globe and Mail

Sales traders like Citigroup Inc.’s Samantha Huggins are in demand because they are proving more adept than computer programs at trading big chunks of stock, dubbed block trades. While finding a buyer or seller and completing a transaction by phone is more expensive up front, Ms. Huggins says her 18 years spent navigating the markets gives her an edge in avoiding the pitfalls of letting some…

Because view controllers in iOS carry many responsibilities and are closely related to the app (more…)

Weaker manufacturing in China and a cut in the eurozone’s growth forecast fueled concern about the global outlook. The latest data, combined with the Australian central bank’s decision to cut interest rates, “challenged expectations of growth recovery,” said Citigroup in a report.(USA Today)

BlackBerry Ltd. posted sales that fell short of analysts’ estimates on lackluster demand for a new handset, underscoring the urgency behind a shift away from devices to win more revenue from software.Total adjusted sales were $487 million in the fiscal fourth quarter, the Waterloo, Ontario-based company said in a statement. That compared with analysts’ average estimate of $561.8 million.…

The ES6 standard (aka the next major version of JavaScript) adds a huge amount of features to the language, among them arrows, classes, enhanced(…) (Medium) 

Forex – Weekly outlook: February 29

The dollar strengthened against the other major currencies on Friday after broadly upbeat U.S. economic reports fueled speculation that the Federal Reserve may raise interest rates again this year.The USD index, which measures the greenback’s strength against a trade-weighted basket of six major currencies, rose 0.71% to a three-week high of 98.13. The index ended the week with gains of 1.63%,…

AUD/USD is currently trading to the downside, sliding from off the 0.72 handle late last week on the GDP and has been unable to recover and trade below the hourly 10 sma at 0.7152. (FxStreet)

Early this year, the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia revealed that Saudi Arabia is considering an initial public offering for state-owned oil company Aramco. Chairman of Aramco Khalid al-Falih later clarified that the IPO would not include Saudi Arabia’s oil reserves, estimated at 268 billion barrels.(Business Insider)