HTC may post first operating loss in Q3, company warns

‘Higher cost structure, lack of economy of scale’ could lead to first loss in company’s history

HTC has today released finalized second-quarter financial results, and with it a warning that it may slip into an operating loss during the third quarter. Q2 revenue was reported at NT$70.7 billion ($2.37 billion), with gross margin of 23.2% and operating margin of 1.5%. Net profit was NT$1.25 billion ($40 million), while EPS was NT$1.50 ($0.05). The numbers show little change from HTC’s unaudited figures, released earlier in the month. The company met its own revenue targets, but profits fell by 83 percent year-on-year, and the monthly breakdown showed that revenues fell almost 24 percent from May to June.

Worse still, the company’s Q3 outlook predicts an operating margin of between 0 and -8 percent, suggesting HTC could make first ever loss in the next quarter. HTC blames “relatively higher cost structure, lack of economy of scale and certain provisions needed to facilitate the clearance of aging products in the channel” for its reduced margins. However it pointed out that the HTC One has so far performed strongly, “better than that of our hero products for the same period last year,” adding that its new flagship has helped improve its brand awareness.

HTC also says it plans to release more competitive products in the mid-range space — a likely reference to new devices including the recently-launched HTC One Mini — saying it hopes “to regain momentum and market share in these segments in Q4.”

And that sentiment is echoed in reference to the company’s financial performance. “Actions have been taken,” today’s news release states, “and we expect to see improvement in Q4.”

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Nuvilex's Medical Marijuana Segment Could Mirror Israel's Success

SOURCE: Goldman Small Cap Research, Inc.

BALTIMORE, MD--(Marketwired - Jul 31, 2013) - Goldman Small Cap Research, a stock market research firm focused on the small cap and microcap sectors, notes that considering the success of some of the programs in Israel in treating cancer patients with cannabis, Nuvilex Inc.'s (OTCQB: NVLX) subsidiary, Medical Marijuana Sciences, Inc. may elect to emulate some of that country's initiatives.

In Israel, the medical-marijuana industry has flourished. Today, medical marijuana is prescribed to 11,000 patients, up from 1,800 in 2009, according to the Israeli Health Ministry. It is used to treat an extensive list of illnesses including cancer, Parkinson's, Tourette syndrome, and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). Importantly, while some cancer patients do smoke medical marijuana, in most cases, the drug is delivered via pill, liquid, food and even vapor. These delivery method alternatives are a bit broader than what is typically found in the U.S.

Perhaps the reason for the forward-thinking of Israeli scientists is the long history of medical marijuana research in Israel, which according to a recent article in Tablet magazine, traces its roots to nearly 50 years ago.

Much like in the U.S., despite the presence of tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) inherent in cannabis that is responsible for the "high," Israeli researchers prefer to remove the THC and raise the concentration of the non-psychoactive cannabidiol, or CBD, which has documented anti-inflammatory and antioxidant properties. In fact, in the 1960's, Israel was a world leader in research on marijuana and its components conducted under the so-called grandfather of cannabis, professor Raphael Mechoulam of Hebrew University, who first isolated the THC component.

Going forward, as Americans continue to embrace the use of marijuana for its medicinal properties coupled with the elimination of THC from cannabis "extracts" and a concentration on the use of CBD as a therapeutic agent, Nuvilex's choice of developing CBD-based treatments for serious cancers becomes validated. Furthermore, a combination therapy for pancreatic cancer that combines a CBD-based treatment with its high profile live-cell encapsulation-based treatment for that disease may well be in Nuvilex's future.

Since the summertime is also a vacation period for the country's legislators, the medical marijuana space has been a bit quiet of late. However, once legislatures return to session, it is likely that this industry segment will enjoy accelerated opportunities.

To view Nuvilex reports and articles and to view our disclaimer, please visit
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About Goldman Small Cap Research: Led by former Piper Jaffray analyst and mutual fund manager Rob Goldman, Goldman Small Cap Research produces small cap and micro cap stock research reports, daily stock market blogs, and popular investment newsletters. For more information, visit www.goldmanresearch.com.

A Goldman Small Cap Research report is not intended as an offering, recommendation, or a solicitation of an offer to buy or sell the securities mentioned or discussed. Please read the report's full disclosures and analyst background on our website before investing. Neither Goldman Small Cap Research nor its parent is a registered investment adviser or broker-dealer with FINRA or any other agency. To download our research, view our disclosures, or for more information, visit www.goldmanresearch.com.

About Nuvilex, Inc. (OTCQB: NVLX): Nuvilex, Inc. has been a provider of all-natural products for many years, has expanded its company to increase its natural product based footprint through medical marijuana studies and is becoming an international biotechnology provider of live, therapeutically valuable, encapsulated cells and services for treatments, research and medicine. The Company's offerings will ultimately include cancer, diabetes and other clinical treatments using the company's natural product knowledge, product base, cell and gene therapy expertise, and live-cell encapsulation technology in addition to other new products currently under development. For more information, visit www.nuvilex.com.

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Apple Job Listing For iOS Keyboard and Text Engineer Hints at Support for Additional Languages

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Pirates outlast Cardinals 2-1 in 11 innings

Pittsburgh Pirates' Pedro Alvarez (24) drives in a run with a double off St. Louis Cardinals starting pitcher Lance Lynn during the first inning of a baseball game in Pittsburgh Tuesday, July 30, 2013. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)

Pittsburgh Pirates' Pedro Alvarez (24) drives in a run with a double off St. Louis Cardinals starting pitcher Lance Lynn during the first inning of a baseball game in Pittsburgh Tuesday, July 30, 2013. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)

Pittsburgh Pirates' Andrew McCutchen scores on a double by Pedro Alvarez off St. Louis Cardinals starting pitcher Lance Lynn during the first inning of a baseball game in Pittsburgh on Tuesday, July 30, 2013. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)

Pittsburgh Pirates starting pitcher A.J. Burnett delivers during the third inning of a baseball game against the St. Louis Cardinals in Pittsburgh, Tuesday, July 30, 2013. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)

St. Louis Cardinals starting pitcher Lance Lynn delivers during the third inning of a baseball game against the Pittsburgh Pirates in Pittsburgh, Tuesday, July 30, 2013. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)

St. Louis Cardinals' Matt Holliday (7) drives in a run with a ground out off Pittsburgh Pirates starting pitcher A.J. Burnett during the third inning of a baseball game in Pittsburgh on Tuesday, July 30, 2013. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)

PITTSBURGH (AP) ? Pittsburgh Pirates manager Clint Hurdle firmly believes the city can become a baseball town once again.

At the rate his team is going, it might be by the end of the week.

Alex Presley hit a game-ending single with two outs in the 11th inning, lifting the Pirates to a 2-1 win over the St. Louis Cardinals in the opener of a doubleheader on Tuesday.

Presley hit a sharp bouncer that deflected off the glove of pitcher Kevin Siegrist (0-1) and away from shortstop Pete Kozma, who was moving toward second base. Kozma could not recover and the ball rolled into the outfield, allowing Russell Martin to sprint all the way home from second base.

With the win, the Pirates moved into first-place in the NL Central, at least for a few hours.

"It's a battle, it's fun," said Pittsburgh starter A.J. Burnett. "Let's roll from here. Let's keep going."

The win gave Pittsburgh its second victory in less than 24 hours over the Cardinals, who have lost a season-high five straight. Burnett pitched seven emotionally charged innings, giving up one run on three hits, striking out nine and walking three. Though he has just one victory since May 3, Burnett's performance set the tone and the bullpen followed his lead.

Vin Mazzaro (6-2) picked up the victory after retiring three of the four batters he faced in the 11th.

The Cardinals lead the NL in runs and batting average, but have scored just five runs in their last 47 innings and went 1 for 10 with runners in scoring position in the opener.

"We had some hard-hit balls with runners in scoring position," manager Mike Matheny said. "It just didn't work out."

St. Louis' best chance came in the 10th when they put runners on the corners with one out. Matt Holliday ripped a grounder that Pittsburgh shortstop Clint Barmes backhanded and turned into Holliday's NL-leading 24th double play of the season.

Lance Lynn was dominant in six innings for the Cardinals, but was long gone by the time Presley came through against Siegrist.

"He was right on, everything he was doing today," Matheny said of Lynn. "If we keep him doing it the rest of the season we're going to win a lot of games."

The Pirates survived by doing what they've done for most of the first four months of the season, riding another stellar effort from baseball's top pitching staff and getting just enough hitting to win.

Presley's slapper capped a 3-hour, 52-minute marathon that had all the makings of playoff baseball. A packed PNC Park ? on a Tuesday afternoon no less ? buzzed as Burnett and Lynn matched each other for the better part of two hours.

Burnett received a bit of help with two on and one out in the first when center fielder Andrew McCutchen made a diving grab of a sinking liner by Carlos Beltran. The Gold Glover then hopped to his feet and alertly doubled up Holliday.

Jay struck out swinging leading off the sixth but moved all the way to second when the ball slipped away from Martin, the Pirates' catcher, and rolled toward the backstop. Martin strolled to pick up the ball, thinking it was foul, allowing Jay to reach second base.

Martin, Burnett and Hurdle began an animated discussion with home plate umpire Eric Cooper that spilled over into Holliday's at-bat. At one point Cooper came out from behind the plate and walked toward Burnett, pointing at the pitcher and yelling.

The call, however, seemed only to fire up Burnett. The fiery ace struck out Holliday, got Beltran to fly out to left and knocked down a grounder by Mike Adams before emphatically firing to first to beat the lumbering Adams to the bag to get out of the inning.

The histrionics were even louder in the seventh when Burnett struck out pinch-hitter Allen Craig with the 113th and final pitch of his day. Burnett let loose an elaborate fist-pump before making his way to the dugout following arguably his sharpest outing of the season.

Lynn was just as spectacular. He needed to be on a day when he didn't receive the kind of backing that allowed him to enter the game with 12 victories, the second-highest total in the National League.

Pittsburgh scratched across a run in the first when Alvarez doubled home McCutchen, but the Pirates didn't get a runner to third over Lynn's final five innings. He allowed one run on three hits, striking out seven and walking just two.

NOTES: Cardinals CF Jon Jay's team record for consecutive errorless games ended at 245 when he misplayed a single by Pittsburgh's Starling Marte in the fifth inning that allowed Marte to advance to second. Jay's previous error came on Aug. 24, 2011 ... St. Louis sent struggling reliever Marc Rzepczynski to Cleveland on Tuesday in exchange for minor league infielder Juan Herrera. Rzepczynski had a 7.84 ERA in 10 1-3 innings this season with the Cardinals ... Pirates 2009 first-round pick Tony Sanchez will get his first big-league start at catcher in the nightcap.

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New Cancer drug cures 96 % of men

Ten-year survival rates have surged almost 30 per cent in the last 40 years, said Cancer Research UK.

More than 96pc of treated men are still alive after 10 years, compared with fewer than 70pc in the 1970s.

Although there is a chance of recurrence after 10 years, they are considered effectively cured. Each year around 2,300 new cases are diagnosed in the UK. It strikes at a relatively young age, being most common in men aged 15 to 49.

Dr Harpal Kumar, chief executive of Cancer Research UK, said: ?A clear success story has been the drug cisplatin, which our scientists helped to develop.

?This is helping almost all men with the cancer to beat the disease and is a shining example of what we can achieve.

?The word ?cure? is almost a reality with 96pc of men helped. But it?s important to recognise the 4pc who don?t survive. Only research can bring forward the day when we?re able to beat all types of cancer.?

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Publicis says to make major corporate announcement

PARIS (Reuters) - French advertising group Publicis said it plans to make a "major corporate announcement" on Sunday, after a media report on Friday said it was in merger talks with larger rival Omnicom.

A media briefing will be held at 8.00 a.m. ET on Sunday at Publicis headquarters in Paris, the company said in an email on Saturday.

Bloomberg reported late on Friday that Publicis and Omnicom were in late-stage merger talks to create what would be the world's largest advertising group.

Publicis spokeswoman Peggy Nahmany was not reachable for comment.

(Reporting by James Regan; Editing by Leila Abboud)

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Number of Catfish Inspectors Drives a Debate on Spending

[unable to retrieve full-text content]The inspection of catfish is at the heart of a dispute as the House and Senate prepare to work out their differences on a new five-year farm bill.

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News in Brief: Cassini photo puts Earth in perspective

Probe captures planet from 1.4 billion kilometers away

By Andrew Grant

Web edition: July 25, 2013

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It?s more of a bright blue blotch than a pale blue dot, but Earth still looks awfully insignificant in this July 19 photograph. It was taken by NASA?s Cassini probe, which is more than 1.4 billion kilometers away in orbit around Saturn.

Earth is just right of center in the photo, while the moon is barely visible as a protrusion off Earth?s right side. Saturn dominates the upper left of the image and the planet?s rings are brightly illuminated.

Twenty-three years ago, unbeknownst to all but a handful of Earthlings, the NASA probe Voyager 1 took the famous Pale Blue Dot portrait of Earth, showing it as a tiny speck in the vastness of space. This time, there was advance warning. Carolyn Porco, who was on the Voyager team and now leads Cassini?s imaging efforts, announced the new photo shoot in June. ?

The Cassini probe has been exploring Saturn and its moons since 2004. The new image is one tile of a 33-tile mosaic that will include Saturn and its entire ring system. The full portrait is expected in several weeks.

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Home Equity Loans with Less Than Perfect Credit Available ?

Home ? > ? Home Equity ? > ? Home Equity Loans with Less Than Perfect Credit Available ? By admin on July 24, 2013

Having bad credit puts you in an unenviable place financially. It is no fun at all. Being eligible for a home equity loan with bad credit can be problematic but it is not entirely impossible, if you research loan options properly.

A home equity loan (HEL) is a kind of loan whereby the borrower uses the equity they have in their home as collateral to finance another type of loan or a major expense. The longer you have owned your home for the more equity you will have. Think of it as a lien against the borrower?s home.

In most cases only those with good credit will qualify for this type of loan. But it does not mean that these loans are not within reach of those with poor or bad credit if you provide documentation. It not like providing unsecured loans information.

A home equity loan may actually be one of the few types of loans than will cost you less when your credit is less than perfect. This kind of loan is secured because it is tied into your home?s value.

What this translates to is the fact that interest rates are lower than they are on credit cards and other types of loans, such as auto loans or personal loans. The fact that it is a secured loan also means that the lender takes less of a risk on a borrower. That makes home equity loans with bad credit easier to be approved for.

Before you do another thing, you need to figure out the value of your home. In other words, how much equity do you have in it. The housing market in the area you live in can influence the value of your residence.

However in most cases the value of a house goes up with the passage of time as opposed to down. To find out a house?s worth you need to have it appraised.

This will have to be done if you wish to apply for a home equity loan, regardless of whether you have good credit or not. This is the equation for home equity.

It is the value of a residence minus the remainder left on the mortgage, including any debts or liens that are against the house. The loan you would qualify for with your home equity used as collateral would then be considered a secured loan.

If you wish to qualify for?home equity loans?with bad credit then it is imperative that you make regular payments on all of your bills and any debts you have. This establishes you as a responsible individual in terms of how you handle your money.

It will also help your credit score to start to rise instead of fall. It is also important that you have a steady enough income coming in that you can show the lender that you have enough money to pay the home equity loan payments as well as all of your current debts

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Hasbro suffers as action figures lose sheen in iPad era

By Dhanya Skariachan

(Reuters) - A shift by young boys from action figures to iPads and other mobile devices has hurt Hasbro Inc , which posted lower-than-expected quarterly earnings on Monday.

The second-largest U.S. toymaker, home to G.I. Joe, Nerf and Mr. Potato Head, said revenue in its boys' toy business fell 35 percent to $253.7 million in the second quarter, overshadowing growth in the girls, games, and preschool units. Hasbro's boy segment has posted sales declines in five consecutive quarters.

Hasbro was the third toymaker to fall short of Wall Street expectations in the second quarter. Unlike the second quarter of 2012, Hasbro had fewer movie franchises supporting its toys modeled on Marvel characters such as Spider-Man and the Avengers this year.

Hasbro's traditional action figures and other toys are competing for boys' attention with electronics, iPads and mobile devices, MKM Partners analyst Eric Handler said.

"Girls still have a very much of a nurturing element and still play with dolls. Boys are gravitating toward electronics at an earlier age now," Handler said.

Last week, larger rival Mattel Inc posted a much weaker-than-expected profit on sluggish Barbie doll sales, and smaller toymaker Jakks Pacific Inc slashed its full-year forecast, saying several retailers in the United States and Europe had cut orders for its key products.

Analysts, including Handler and Needham's Sean McGowan, said investors should not to read too much into the second quarter as it is a seasonally weak period for toymakers. Both analysts like Mattel shares over Hasbro going into the 2013 second half.

(For a graphic comparing Mattel and Hasbro, click on http://link.reuters.com/byt79t)

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Hasbro's second-quarter net profit fell to $36.5 million, or 28 cents a share, from $43.4 million, or 33 cents a share, a year earlier.

Excluding a pension charge, it earned 29 cents a share, missing analysts' average estimate of 34 cents, according to Thomson Reuters I/B/E/S.

Hasbro shares were up 1.8 percent to $46.21 in morning trading on the Nasdaq. At least two analysts tied the rise to investors covering short positions. At the end of June, about 15 percent of Hasbro's outstanding shares were held in short positions, according to data from Nasdaq. Average short interest is about 3 percent.

The company, which counts retailers Wal-Mart Stores Inc , Target Corp and Toys R Us Inc among its customers, said second-quarter sales fell 6 percent to $766.3 million. Analysts expected $794.7 million.

Hasbro said it had expanded its partnership with Walt Disney Co , getting the rights to make toys and games for Marvel characters such as Spider-Man, the Avengers and Iron Man through 2020. Hasbro's rights for the Star Wars franchise, which Disney bought recently, also runs through 2020.

(Reporting by Dhanya Skariachan; Editing by Alden Bentley, Jeffrey Benkoe and John Wallace)

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Sub-saharan water: Not just fossil water

[unable to retrieve full-text content]The Sahara conceals large quantities of water stored at depth and inherited from ancient times. A recent study has just shown that this groundwater is not entirely fossil, but resupplied every year. Using a method based on data obtained by satellite, scientists estimated the variations in the volume of water lying under the northern Sahara desert: the current rate of recharge is on average 1.4 km3 per year, for the period 2003-2010. This represents 40% of withdrawals, mainly for irrigation to support the oasis economy. The inputs therefore do not compensate for the withdrawals, but their existence means that these transboundary aquifers, the main water resource of semi-arid regions in Algeria and Tunisia, could be managed sustainably.

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