What Are The Biggest Regulatory Issues Facing The Tech Industry Today?
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* Stocks or companies mentioned: GOOG, BIP, SoftBank, CrowdStrike, AMZN, BYND, UBER, PEP, V, and NFLX
What Are The Biggest Regulatory Issues Facing The Tech Industry Today?
GOOG (Alphabet Inc.) | Forbes
What are the key regulatory issues facing the tech industry today? Here’s what you need to know about the recent and upcoming tech regulations that are sure to shape Silicon Valley, the tech industry as a whole, and society at large:The data privacy crackdown continues apace. Thanks to high-profile data breaches and scandals—looking at you, Facebook—growing numbers of consumers are aware that their personal data is being collected and exploited. In the wake of these regulations, all tech companies should really be taking a hard look at how protected (or not) their customers are. President Trump’s new executive order “Maintaining American Leadership in Artificial Intelligence” calls for a coordinated approach to AI regulation.
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Brookfield Infrastructure Partners Makes a Big Bet to Broaden Its Rail Business
BIP (Brookfield Infrastructure Partners LP Limited Partnership Units) | Yahoo Finance
Brookfield Infrastructure Partners (NYSE: BIP) has been doing lots of wheeling and dealing over the past year. The acquisition will broaden Brookfield Infrastructure's rail operations while adding another growth engine to its portfolio. Brookfield Infrastructure is well suited to work with the company to continue to improve the business, given our significant experience owning and operating rail, ports and other large scale, transportation infrastructure businesses. That global rail portfolio fits well within Brookfield Infrastructure. The addition of Genesee & Wyoming will enhance its Australian business while boosting its rail presence to four continents, including a giving it a sizable operation in North America.
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SoftBank team registers to lobby
SFTBF (SoftBank Group Corp) | Politico
SOFTBANK TEAM REGISTER TO LOBBY: SoftBank has added more than a dozen people to its in-house government relations team since last year, when the Japanese conglomerate hired Ziad Ojakli away from Ford, where he had been the company’s top lobbyist. Now four of them have registered to lobby for SoftBank for the first time. (SoftBank holds a controlling stake in Sprint, along with stakes in other American companies such as Slack, Uber and WeWork.) SoftBank retains only one outside lobbying firm in Washington, the Carmen Group. An informal arrangement was established: Biden wouldn’t ask Hunter about his lobbying clients, and Hunter wouldn’t tell his father about them.
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CrowdStrike IPO: Price At 2x Addressable Market
CrowdStrike Holdings Inc | Seeking Alpha
The addressable market will also be taken into consideration as endpoint security has demand limitations. Traditionally, endpoint security consists of security software centrally managed on a server or gateway and software on the client devices. Assuming CrowdStrike claims the entire endpoint security market, the current valuation impedes investor returns. The market cap for CrowdStrike is at $14 billion, at time of writing - or 200% of the current addressable market and over 100% of the addressable market for 2022. This is paramount to valuing the company (is CrowdStrike endpoint security or should it be placed under various categories) as the growth for endpoint security is too lean to have this high of a valuation.
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The Future of Fulfillment in an Order-Anywhere World
AMZN (Amazon.com Inc.) | Forbes
In the B2B world, this translates to same-hour fulfillment. This process, when combined with a multi-channel order intake (and reverse) strategy, is highly error-prone due to said labor constraints as well as poor product data. Another challenge created by this new dynamic fulfillment world is that orders come in very fast, in small sizes, and from anywhere. Ultimately, manufacturers have three options to implement a high-performance data integration infrastructure to execute orders in real time. Find, hire, and handsomely pay a battalion of developers to hand-code this integration environment based on open source.
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Beyond Meat: Competition Intensifies
BYND (Beyond Meat, Inc.) | Seeking Alpha
Before the Butcher is bought by large private food company, intends on becoming a big player in the alternative meat market. As I presented in some detail in my original Beyond Meat (BYND) article, I believe that the company's recent share price spike will be short lived, as the market begins to appreciate the depth and breadth of the competition BYND faces. The price for the product, which will be called Big Vegan, is unknown. It was a small startup founded by an ex-BYND employee until it was bought by by the Hamann Brothers (owners of the Jensen Meat Company) earlier this month. The brand secured a distribution deal with the grocery chain to carry two of its vegan products: Meat Free Mince (a ground beef alternative) and Meat Free Burgers (made with pea, soy, and rice protein).
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Uber will now show you where to rent bikes and scooters
UBER (Uber Technologies Inc) | CNN
Uber wants to be the transportation company for everyone, no matter how passengers get where they're going. Uber — as alternatives to Uber's core ridehailing business, serves as a reminder of Uber's desire to become a one-stop shop for transportation. Uber wants to be the business of choice whether a person takes a car, bike, scooter, train, helicopter or bus. One in five Uber trips is under a mile and nearly half are under three miles, according to the company. Uber said last year that new e-bike riders take fewer car trips , especially during rush hour -- a change it welcomed.
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Pepsi will start selling canned water — but is more environmentally friendly than plastic water bottles?
PEP (PepsiCo Inc.) | Market Watch
Over half (55%) of aluminum soda and beer cans are recycled in the U.S., according to data from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, compared with only 31.2% of plastic beverage containers made of polyethylene terephthalate and 39.5% of glass containers.
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What Do Distributed Ledger Technologies Offer To Visa And Mastercard?
V (Visa Inc.) | Forbes
While distributed ledger technologies (DLTs) can potentially disrupt several existing industries, cryptocurrencies remained largely out of favor with investors due to the regulatory crackdown against them globally. In this article, we analyze the benefits of distributed ledger technologies for Visa and Mastercard in strengthening their international payment processing capabilities. What is Distributed Ledger Technology? In transferring value/money utilizing distributed ledger technology, the transactions get validated by independent parties (nodes) on the network. This is due to overall growth in cross-border transactions driven by increasing international trade, travel, and remittances over the last decade.
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Disney For Investors, Netflix For Speculators
NFLX (Netflix Inc.) | Seeking Alpha
And the story we have been focused on is just how big an impact Disney+ (DIS) will have on Netflix (NFLX). Even if Disney is playing catch-up to Netflix, investors are nevertheless substantially better off investing with Disney rather than Netflix. Moreover, Disney's Q2 2019 earnings call was decidedly tight-lipped when it came to offering up any further insights surrounding its Disney+ platform. In anticipation of launching its DTC platform, Disney has shuffled around its segments slightly. Finally, one aspect is clear, with Disney, investors are only willing to pay roughly the same as they have been willing to pay historically.
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* Stocks or companies mentioned: GOOG, BIP, SoftBank, CrowdStrike, AMZN, BYND, UBER, PEP, V, and NFLX
What Are The Biggest Regulatory Issues Facing The Tech Industry Today?
GOOG (Alphabet Inc.) | Forbes
What are the key regulatory issues facing the tech industry today? Here’s what you need to know about the recent and upcoming tech regulations that are sure to shape Silicon Valley, the tech industry as a whole, and society at large:The data privacy crackdown continues apace. Thanks to high-profile data breaches and scandals—looking at you, Facebook—growing numbers of consumers are aware that their personal data is being collected and exploited. In the wake of these regulations, all tech companies should really be taking a hard look at how protected (or not) their customers are. President Trump’s new executive order “Maintaining American Leadership in Artificial Intelligence” calls for a coordinated approach to AI regulation.
Read More
Brookfield Infrastructure Partners Makes a Big Bet to Broaden Its Rail Business
BIP (Brookfield Infrastructure Partners LP Limited Partnership Units) | Yahoo Finance
Brookfield Infrastructure Partners (NYSE: BIP) has been doing lots of wheeling and dealing over the past year. The acquisition will broaden Brookfield Infrastructure's rail operations while adding another growth engine to its portfolio. Brookfield Infrastructure is well suited to work with the company to continue to improve the business, given our significant experience owning and operating rail, ports and other large scale, transportation infrastructure businesses. That global rail portfolio fits well within Brookfield Infrastructure. The addition of Genesee & Wyoming will enhance its Australian business while boosting its rail presence to four continents, including a giving it a sizable operation in North America.
Read More
SoftBank team registers to lobby
SFTBF (SoftBank Group Corp) | Politico
SOFTBANK TEAM REGISTER TO LOBBY: SoftBank has added more than a dozen people to its in-house government relations team since last year, when the Japanese conglomerate hired Ziad Ojakli away from Ford, where he had been the company’s top lobbyist. Now four of them have registered to lobby for SoftBank for the first time. (SoftBank holds a controlling stake in Sprint, along with stakes in other American companies such as Slack, Uber and WeWork.) SoftBank retains only one outside lobbying firm in Washington, the Carmen Group. An informal arrangement was established: Biden wouldn’t ask Hunter about his lobbying clients, and Hunter wouldn’t tell his father about them.
Read More
CrowdStrike IPO: Price At 2x Addressable Market
CrowdStrike Holdings Inc | Seeking Alpha
The addressable market will also be taken into consideration as endpoint security has demand limitations. Traditionally, endpoint security consists of security software centrally managed on a server or gateway and software on the client devices. Assuming CrowdStrike claims the entire endpoint security market, the current valuation impedes investor returns. The market cap for CrowdStrike is at $14 billion, at time of writing - or 200% of the current addressable market and over 100% of the addressable market for 2022. This is paramount to valuing the company (is CrowdStrike endpoint security or should it be placed under various categories) as the growth for endpoint security is too lean to have this high of a valuation.
Read More
The Future of Fulfillment in an Order-Anywhere World
AMZN (Amazon.com Inc.) | Forbes
In the B2B world, this translates to same-hour fulfillment. This process, when combined with a multi-channel order intake (and reverse) strategy, is highly error-prone due to said labor constraints as well as poor product data. Another challenge created by this new dynamic fulfillment world is that orders come in very fast, in small sizes, and from anywhere. Ultimately, manufacturers have three options to implement a high-performance data integration infrastructure to execute orders in real time. Find, hire, and handsomely pay a battalion of developers to hand-code this integration environment based on open source.
Read More
Beyond Meat: Competition Intensifies
BYND (Beyond Meat, Inc.) | Seeking Alpha
Before the Butcher is bought by large private food company, intends on becoming a big player in the alternative meat market. As I presented in some detail in my original Beyond Meat (BYND) article, I believe that the company's recent share price spike will be short lived, as the market begins to appreciate the depth and breadth of the competition BYND faces. The price for the product, which will be called Big Vegan, is unknown. It was a small startup founded by an ex-BYND employee until it was bought by by the Hamann Brothers (owners of the Jensen Meat Company) earlier this month. The brand secured a distribution deal with the grocery chain to carry two of its vegan products: Meat Free Mince (a ground beef alternative) and Meat Free Burgers (made with pea, soy, and rice protein).
Read More
Uber will now show you where to rent bikes and scooters
UBER (Uber Technologies Inc) | CNN
Uber wants to be the transportation company for everyone, no matter how passengers get where they're going. Uber — as alternatives to Uber's core ridehailing business, serves as a reminder of Uber's desire to become a one-stop shop for transportation. Uber wants to be the business of choice whether a person takes a car, bike, scooter, train, helicopter or bus. One in five Uber trips is under a mile and nearly half are under three miles, according to the company. Uber said last year that new e-bike riders take fewer car trips , especially during rush hour -- a change it welcomed.
Read More
Pepsi will start selling canned water — but is more environmentally friendly than plastic water bottles?
PEP (PepsiCo Inc.) | Market Watch
Over half (55%) of aluminum soda and beer cans are recycled in the U.S., according to data from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, compared with only 31.2% of plastic beverage containers made of polyethylene terephthalate and 39.5% of glass containers.
Read More
What Do Distributed Ledger Technologies Offer To Visa And Mastercard?
V (Visa Inc.) | Forbes
While distributed ledger technologies (DLTs) can potentially disrupt several existing industries, cryptocurrencies remained largely out of favor with investors due to the regulatory crackdown against them globally. In this article, we analyze the benefits of distributed ledger technologies for Visa and Mastercard in strengthening their international payment processing capabilities. What is Distributed Ledger Technology? In transferring value/money utilizing distributed ledger technology, the transactions get validated by independent parties (nodes) on the network. This is due to overall growth in cross-border transactions driven by increasing international trade, travel, and remittances over the last decade.
Read More
Disney For Investors, Netflix For Speculators
NFLX (Netflix Inc.) | Seeking Alpha
And the story we have been focused on is just how big an impact Disney+ (DIS) will have on Netflix (NFLX). Even if Disney is playing catch-up to Netflix, investors are nevertheless substantially better off investing with Disney rather than Netflix. Moreover, Disney's Q2 2019 earnings call was decidedly tight-lipped when it came to offering up any further insights surrounding its Disney+ platform. In anticipation of launching its DTC platform, Disney has shuffled around its segments slightly. Finally, one aspect is clear, with Disney, investors are only willing to pay roughly the same as they have been willing to pay historically.
Read More
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