TOKYO (AP) â Asian shares were mixed Tuesday, cheered by the imminent passage of the U.S. stimulus package, although that optimism was tempered by worries about inflation and the coronavirus pandemic.
Japan s benchmark Nikkei 225 added 0.2% to 28,800.81 in morning trading. South Korea s Kospi slipped 1.2% to 2,960.17. Australia s S&P/ASX 200 added 0.3% to 6,760.10. Hong Kong s Hang Seng gained 1.3% to 28,918.99, while the Shanghai Composite slipped 0.6% to 3,402.61.
Jingyi Pan, senior market strategist with IG in Singapore, said Asian markets were weighing âthe impact of a global recovery alongside the prospect of an accelerating climb in U.S. bond yields.â
Yoshimasa Maruyama, chief market economist for SMBC Nikko Securities, said the global economic rebound is stronger than some had previously expected, and that recognition is becoming more widespread in March than in February.
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HD-PLC Alliance Develops Its Global Activities in High-speed Power Line Communications and High-speed Wired Communications
March 8, 2021 GMT
FUKUOKA, Japan (BUSINESS WIRE) Mar 8, 2021
Last year, HD-PLC Alliance 1, Fukuoka, Japan (Alliance) launched the “Global Strategy Preparatory Office”, a new ad-hoc working group, to support the advancement of IoT migration which is leading to a dramatic growth of the needs for high-speed PLC in various systems such as smart-meter, factory-automation (FA), building-automation (BA), solar power generation, smart-streetlight, smarter-city, smarter-home, etc.
The Alliance announces today several initiatives as part of the development of its global activities.
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Domo Tactical Communications (DTC) Launches New Miniature SDR Transceiver
March 8, 2021 GMT
HERNDON, Va., March 8, 2021 /PRNewswire/ The wireless communications specialist, has launched a miniature Software Defined Radio transceiver, designed specifically for size and weight critical unmanned vehicle applications and is particularly suitable for small drone platforms.
The extremely small, very low power SOL8SDR-M BluCore module, provides access to a wide range of IP Mesh and unidirectional COFDM waveforms, including DTC’s latest MeshUltra MANET (mobile Ad Hoc Networking) waveform. DTC’s MeshUltra can operate with 80+ nodes on the same frequency sharing the network data throughput. Radios can be set up rapidly as a deployable mobile ad-hoc IP network providing low-latency secure and encrypted communications.
GREENSBURG, Pa. (AP) — Cora Jean Black doesn’t question why her once-white sheers are stained a “grizzly gray” that take up to six washes to restore their natural color.
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HGGC Sells Automotive Service Technology Leader Dealer-FX to Snap-on
March 8, 2021 GMT
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PALO ALTO, Calif., March 8, 2021 /PRNewswire/ HGGC, a leading middle-market private equity firm, today announced it has sold Dealer-FX (or “The Company”), a market-leading provider of customer experience and process automation software for automotive retailers and OEMs, to Snap-on Incorporated, an S&P 500 company and global innovator, manufacturer and marketer of tools, equipment, diagnostics and information solutions for professionals in automotive repair and other critical industries.
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Since its investment in 2015, HGGC has partnered with Dealer-FX Founder and Chairman Gary Kalk to build the category-defining, SaaS-enabled service lane technology platform endorsed by leading OEMs including Stellantis/FCA, Nissan, Infiniti, Toyota, Lexus, Hyundai, Kia, Mitsubishi a