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March 10, 2020 Is Lanner Electronics Inc.’s (GTSM:6245) 19% ROCE Any Good?
By: Loknath DasToday we’ll look at Lanner Electronics Inc. (GTSM:6245) and reflect on its potential as an investment. Specifically, we’re going to calculate its Return On Capital Employed (ROCE), in the hopes of getting some insight into the business. Firstly, we’ll go over how we calculate ROCE. Then we’ll compare its ROCE to similar companies. Last but […]
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ELECTRONICS February 10, 2020 Such Is Life: How Centum Electronics (NSE:CENTUM) Shareholders Saw Their Shares Drop 52%
By: Loknath DasWe think intelligent long term investing is the way to go. But along the way some stocks are going to perform badly. For example the Centum Electronics Limited (NSE:CENTUM) share price dropped 52% over five years. That’s not a lot of fun for true believers. Contrary to the longer term story, the last month has been good […]
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ELECTRONICS January 19, 2020 Is It Smart To Buy Pulz Electronics Limited (NSE:PULZ) Before It Goes Ex-Dividend?
By: Loknath DasSome investors rely on dividends for growing their wealth, and if you’re one of those dividend sleuths, you might be intrigued to know that Pulz Electronics Limited (NSE:PULZ) is about to go ex-dividend in just 3 days. Ex-dividend means that investors that purchase the stock on or after the 23rd of January will not receive this dividend, […]
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Uncategorized January 12, 2020 How AI is Transforming the Entertainment Industry
By: Loknath DasNowadays, the entertainment industry is changing drastically because of the advent of artificial intelligence. AI technology has already penetrated our daily lives. And today AI technology companies not only offer outstanding solutions for the professional environment but are also actively altering the entertainment industry. We are all now on the edge of the technological revolution […]
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ELECTRONICS December 22, 2019 Here’s Why We Think Haier Electronics Group (HKG:1169) Is Well Worth Watching
By: Loknath DasIt’s only natural that many investors, especially those who are new to the game, prefer to buy shares in ‘sexy’ stocks with a good story, even if those businesses lose money. But as Warren Buffett has mused, ‘If you’ve been playing poker for half an hour and you still don’t know who the patsy is, […]
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ELECTRONICS August 20, 2019 This Genius ‘Heat Shield’ For Electronics Is Just 10 Atoms Thick And Uses Graphene
By: Loknath DasResearchers have developed an electronics heat shield just 10 atoms thick, a shield that has the potential to make our gadgets both safer to use and more compact in the future. Heat and electronics don’t mix well, which is why you might find your laptop shutting down in protest if you use it in the […]
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COMPUTERS May 26, 2019 RFID Is as Important as Computers
By: Loknath DasMay 26, 2019— The radio frequency identification industry has not done a good job of communicating how important RFID technology is to the future of business. The reason, I believe, is that RFID can do many things, both large and small, and so companies focus on selling products and applications for specific industries. The press and technology analysts haven’t grasped the […]
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ELECTRONICS May 18, 2019 Donald Trump is short-circuiting the electronics industry
By: Loknath DasFor more than a year now, President Donald Trump has been playing chicken with China, instituting increasingly expensive tariffs to add pressure for a trade deal that never seems to materialize. So far, those tariffs have kept clear of consumer goods like smartphones or televisions, with the most damaging taxes restricted to intermediary products like […]
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CLOTHING April 1, 2019 If Rental Is the Future of Clothing, This Woman-Led Company Will Power How We All Dress
By: Loknath DasIt’s 2019, and Christine Hunsicker finally admits that her company, Gwynnie Bee, was a massive experiment. The company, which was founded in 2011 as a plus-size clothing subscription rental service, and has now shipped more than five million boxes of clothing sized 0-32, was Hunsicker’s way of testing her more ambitious business hypothesis: Could you build a technology and warehouse engine […]
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COMPUTERS February 25, 2019 Why Quantum Computing’s Time Is Now
By: Loknath DasDEPOSITPHOTOS ENHANCED BY COGWORLD Most technologists have some basic understanding of quantum computing. Quantum bits are represented by qubits, and information isn’t simply a zero or one, it can be both at the same time, representing much more information. A quantum effect known as entanglement linking two particles allows instantaneous communication. Ultimately, quantum computing promises to be a disruptive technology […]
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COMPUTERS February 8, 2019 Behind every great cloud is a whole bunch of expensive computers
By: Loknath DasAs we saw in tech company earnings over the last couple of weeks, tech giants are making a lot of money on cloud computing. Amazon, Google and Microsoft rent out computer storage and computing power to smaller companies for lots of profit, and they spend a lot of money on it themselves, too. “Cloud” is […]
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COMPUTERS February 5, 2019 Is this a wind-up? Planet Computing calls time on ZX Spectrum reboot firm
By: Loknath DasRetro Computers Ltd, which absorbed £513,000 of backers’ money to produce ZX Spectrum-themed game consoles it then failed to deliver, has been wound up – by Planet Computing, makers of the Gemini PDA. RCL, whose fortunes have been chronicled on El Reg, was wound up on 1 February 2019 by Private Planet Ltd, which trades as […]