Autor: Consultoria de Investimentos
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BNDES oferece capital de giro para empresas
A Diretoria do Banco Nacional de Desenvolvimento Econômico e Social (BNDES) aprovou a alteração das Políticas Operacionais que norteiam os financiamentos da instituição. A principal novidade é a inclusão da Taxa de Longo Prazo (TLP) como referencial dos financiamentos. Há, ainda, outros ajustes importantes, entre eles mudanças na participação máxima do Banco nos projetos com…
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CES 2018: A STORY OF INNOVATION
Credit: Chris Ratcliffe/Bloomberg What’s really new at CES 2018? This year, CES will be a gathering of professionals from almost every industry. Together they will architect the technological evolution of human interaction and communication. CES has transcended its “consumer electronics show” initialism, and now it tells a story of innovation unlike any we’ve seen before.…
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Q&A: L’Oréal’s Head of Innovation Labs on What’s Working and Not Working With Wearables
L’Oréal thinks the big future of wearables is getting smaller. Specifically, wearables will be the size of one of your fingernails. Literally. Two years ago, L’Oréal launched a heart-shaped patch called My UV Patch with La Roche-Posay sunscreen that sticks to skin and uses Bluetooth technology to push data about a person’s exposure to UV…
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Kodak lança criptomoeda e ações sobem mais de 100%
As acções da Kodak subiram quase 120% depois de a empresa mostrar um aparelho para gerar bitcoins na CES (o KashMiner), e anunciar a sua própria moeda virtual, a KodakCoin. Faz parte da KodakOne, uma iniciativa que utiliza a tecnologia de blockchain para ajudar os fotógrafos a proteger o direito às suas imagens. A blockchain…
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The cryptocurrency bubble is strangling innovation
Sure, fine, maybe it’s a bubble. OK it’s definitely a bubble, but that’s a good thing, a bubble brings attention and investment in infrastructure, which breeds real innovation. Right? Look at the dot-com boom. A lot of people lost a whole lot of paper money, but it brought us a cheap worldwide fiber backbone…
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Apple’s biggest innovation isn’t gadgets. It’s dodging taxes
Most people probably think of Apple as a tech company, but equally important to its existence is its creative power to avoid taxation. Indeed, Apple may more aptly be described as a tax-dodging enterprise posing as a tech company. That’s because Apple’s business, soup to nuts, is the protection of their capital. It is their…
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Citibank is managing innovation
Vanessa Colella, Chief Innovation Officer, Citi Global Finance: How is innovation managed within Citi globally? Vanessa Colella: Under innovation, we run various components. First, we run venture-capital equity investments globally, in fintech, Big Data, machine learning, cybersecurity and ecommerce, for example. These are tools that will shape the industry long term in the next decade,…
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Energy sector must harness the power of innovation
A consumer using a smart meter application SCOTLAND has long enjoyed a reputation as a nation of innovators. From world-changing medical discoveries such as penicillin and beta-blockers to the development of one of the most innovative and resource efficient approaches to water management, not to mention the culinary revolutions of chicken tikka masala and the…
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PIPE FAPESP abre chamada para primeiro ciclo de análise de 2018
A FAPESP lança chamada de propostas para o 1º Ciclo de Análise de 2018 do Programa FAPESP Pesquisa Inovativa em Pequenas Empresas (PIPE). Estão reservados até R$ 15 milhões para atendimento às propostas selecionadas. O prazo final para submissão de projetos pelo SAGe termina no dia 29 de janeiro de 2018. As propostas de financiamento…