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• This is what Talend's CEO told investors to get them to love his IPO (TLND)

  29-07-2016 19:36 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  There's a whole crop of high-growth Silicon Valley startups itching to become public companies and trying to read the tea leaves to gauge how well received their still unprofitable companies will be.
  If investors don't love what they see, the companies will have a weak IPO, won't raise enough capital and will disappoint employees with an anemic share price and low valuation.
  On Friday, big data company Talend was one of a handful of tech companies to brave the IPO markets, with a modest off
  
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• One of Deutsche Bank's big hires of 2015 just left

  29-07-2016 19:19 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Deutsche Bank's head of US rates sales, Bryan North-Clauss, has left the firm, according to two people familiar with the matter.
  North-Clauss joined the firm last September from Morgan Stanley.
  He was based in New York and originally reported to Chris Yoshida, who was global head of rates sale before also leaving the firm in March.
  Deutsche Bank's rates-trading business, which had targeted ambitious revenue growth in 2016, suffered from a tough start to the year. The business focuses o
  
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• Oil rig count rises for 5th straight week (USO, WTI, OIL)

  29-07-2016 18:38 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  The US oil rig count rose by three to 374 this week, according to driller Baker Hughes. 
  The count rose last week by 14. It has moved higher since mid-May, as rising oil prices preceding that period encouraged producers to bring rigs online. 
  Gas rigs fell by two, taking the total count up one to 463.
  Friday's data come right after crude oil returned to a bear market — a 20% drop from recent highs — amid renewed concerns about the high level of US inventories.&nbs
  
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• Here comes the Baker Hughes rig count ... (USO, WTI, OIL)

  29-07-2016 18:38 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Baker Hughes will publish its weekly counts of US oil and gas rigs just after 1 p.m. ET. 
  The oil rig count rose for a fourth straight period last week, by 14 to 371. The count has moved higher since mid-May, as rising oil prices preceding that period encouraged producers to bring rigs online. 
  Friday's data come right after crude oil returned to a bear market — a 20% drop from recent highs — amid renewed concerns about the high level of US inventories. 
  The gas-r
  
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• Digital Gurus: Digital Web Analyst | London Attraction

  29-07-2016 18:37
  
  £30000 - £35000 Per Annum:Digital Gurus:
  Digital Web Analyst | London Attraction | London | £37k + package My client is a very cool attraction that is well-known not only within the Lond...
  London
  
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• Wall Street finally let Google out of the doghouse (GOOG, GOOGL)

  29-07-2016 18:26 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Google is out of the doghouse. 
  After whiffing in the first quarter, parent company Alphabet delivered rock-solid Q2 earnings on Thursday, ballooning the stock nearly 5% and getting Wall Street back on the bandwagon.
  The company's core advertising business grew nicely, as did its fledgling enterprise play. 
  If adjusted for foreign exchange rates, its year-over-year revenue growth saw its highest rate in five years, as did its US growth (both 25%).
  "How many oth
  
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• Red Sofa London: Senior Product UI Designer

  29-07-2016 18:25
  
  £20000 - £80000 per annum:Red Sofa London:
  Lead / Senior UI Designers This stand out agency are on the up and looking to employ 10 stand out UI Designers. In this role you will work on future product development on a Digital UI/ visual capacity, often for both digital and physical products.
  London
  
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• Tech deals have hit a speed bump this year, but that's set to change

  29-07-2016 18:18 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Tech dealmaking has hit a speed bump. 
  Mergers and acquisitions in the sector reached about $83 billion in value in the second quarter of this year, down 3% from a year earlier, according to a report by PricewaterhouseCoopers' Matthew Stumpf. 
  While overall deals volume in the sector dropped 19% from a year earlier, Stumpf is expecting a pickup in the near future. Here is PwC (emphasis ours):
  "Continued transformation, consolidation, and investment in emerging techn
  
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• Big data tech company Talend sees its stock soar over 50% for its IPO (TLND)

  29-07-2016 18:09 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  In one of the thinnest tech IPO seasons in recent history, big data startup Talend made its debut on the public markets on Friday and so far investors are loving it.
  Talend opened trading at $27.66 after pricing its IPO's 5,250,000 shares at $18 on Thursday, raising $94.5 million, a 53% pop. It priced a dollar above its planned range of $15 - $17 per share.
  The stock, which is trading on the Nasdaq under the symbol "TLND," is still currently trading above $25 a
  
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• John Lewis channels Dragons’ Den with new startup initiative

  29-07-2016 17:50
  
  John Lewis is creating its own Dragons’ Den new business lineup in order to compete with Amazon, ASOS, Aldi and Lidl.
  The British retailer is partnering with TrueStart, a startup accelerator and investment fund to create ‘The Eureka initiative’, which will allow startups within TrueStart’s portfolio to partner with John Lewis.
  The collaboration will provide John Lewis with “a different way of thinking” and the group sees the move as an incentive to bring the b
  
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• Good news for the biggest takeover in years (BUD, SAB)

  29-07-2016 17:37 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  It's back on.
  The beer giant SABMiller's board of directors on Friday unanimously recommended an increased takeover offer from the rival Anheuser-Busch InBev.
  AB InBev, the maker of Budweiser, earlier this week raised its takeover offer to £45 ($60) a share from £44 ($58), which it had initially agreed to back in October.
  The new offer values SABMiller, the maker of Miller, at roughly $125 billion, up from about $109 billion in October, based on exchange rates at the time.
  Numerous a
  
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• Oil just made a huge move, and nobody noticed

  29-07-2016 17:32 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  The markets have been preoccupied with a flurry of political headlines over the past few months such as the Brexit and the US presidential election.
  But in the background of all this, there has been a stealth slump in crude-oil prices.
  Both front-month West Texas Intermediate crude and Brent crude prices have fallen by over 20% since their respective early-June peaks of $51.23 a barrel and $52.51 a barrel.
  A drop of over 20% is considered to be a bear market.
  A few months ago, analysts attribute
  
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• The stock market's ridiculously boring streak won't last

  29-07-2016 17:04 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  The stock market has been boring recently. 
  Very, very boring. 
  Historically boring. 
  Unprecedentedly boring. 
  But Julian Emanuel, a strategist at UBS, doesn't think this is going to last. 
  In a note to clients published Friday, Emanuel writes that while the VIX — which measures stock market volatility and is commonly known as the "fear index" — has collapsed to new lows in recent weeks, this reading, "insufficiently discounts uncertainty in the for
  
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• How Warburtons is using ‘innovation and fame’ to drive the brand

  29-07-2016 16:42
  
  Bakery brand Warburtons loves tradition. It is a family business, still run today by cousins Jonathan, Brett and Ross Warburton. The brand has used its family identity in advertising on and off throughout its history, using taglines such as ‘We care more because our name’s on it’ and recently ‘From our family to yours’.
  “All our advertising at the moment also features our chairman Jonathan [Warburton], which helps us move away from being a faceless corporation
  
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• Brand Recruitment: Senior Business Development Marketing Executive

  29-07-2016 16:38
  
  £38000 per annum:Brand Recruitment:
  Senior Business Development Marketing Executive, Cambridge -
  An international service provider with an office in Cambridge is looking
  Cambridge
  
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• Tomorrow Recruitment: Copywriter

  29-07-2016 16:37
  
  £30000 - £40000 per annum:Tomorrow Recruitment:
  A leading design and creative agency who specialise in publishing, and are backed by one of the leading names in editorial publishing design, are looking for a Writer to join their editorial team.
  West End
  
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• 'The best-positioned mega-cap tech company': What Wall Street is saying after Amazon's earnings (AMZN)

  29-07-2016 16:29 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  It's hard to find many analysts who are bearish on Amazon right now. 
  The company reported a third straight quarter of record profit on Thursday, and a 31% jump in revenue year-over-year, to $29.6 billion. 
  Amazon Web Services, the cloud-computing platform, continued to be its fastest-growing and most profitable business, growing revenue by 58%, to $2.88 billion. 
  Traders barely moved Amazon's stock after the earnings release. But many of the analysts who cover the
  
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• One of the most expensive movies of the summer is going to be a box-office trainwreck

  29-07-2016 16:24 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  It's looking more and more like Hollywood will want to forget the 2016 summer movie season. Ticket sales are down about 10% from last summer as a slew of blockbusters ("Alice Through the Looking Glass," "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows," "The BFG," to name a few) have underperformed.
  And it looks like the end of the summer isn't going to be any better.
  Early projections suggest that Paramount's "Ben-Hur" will open with between $14 million and $15 million at the domestic box
  
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• Brand Recruitment: Brand Strategist

  29-07-2016 16:04
  
  £35000 per annum:Brand Recruitment:
  Brand Strategist, Saffron Walden -
  An agency based just outside Saffron Walden are looking for a Brand Strategist to join their team to
  Saffron Walden
  
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• Chicago PMI falls less than expected

  29-07-2016 15:45 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  The Chicago purchasing manager's index for July slipped to 55.8 in July. 
  Economists had forecast that the business barometer fell to 54 from 56.8 during the month, according to Bloomberg. It remained above 50, the border between expansion and contraction. 
  After a surge in June, new orders and production fell a bit in July. 
  "On the upside, it was the first time since January 2015 that all five barometer components were above 50," said Lorena Castellanos, a se
  
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• Consumer confidence rose less than expected

  29-07-2016 15:44 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Consumer confidence rose less than expected.
  The University of Michigan's final consumer sentiment index for July came in at 90.0.
  Economists were expecting the final index to rise slightly to 90.2 in July, according to the Bloomberg consensus.
  Brexit was mentioned by a record number of households with incomes in the top third (23%). This was over twice as frequently as among households with incomes in the bottom two-thirds (11%).
  Still, "given the prompt rebound in stock prices as well as the t
  
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• Wall Street on Google: Buy, buy, buy (Alphabet)

  29-07-2016 15:27 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  After Google's parent company Alphabet beat Wall Street's expectations for its second quarter earnings yesterday, the stock shot up 5% in after hours trading, and has since leveled off. 
  Revenue was up 21% year over year and EPS exceeded estimates — $8.42 vs. the expected $8.03. The tech giant also upped its headcount to 66,575, which is a big leap from last year when the company totaled 57,148. All around, Alphabet had an exceptionally healthy Q2. 
  
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• Ignore the headlines — US consumers are loving life right now

  29-07-2016 15:17 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  The first estimate on second-quarter GDP was a big disappointment.
  The economy grew at just a 1.2% annualized rate for the three months ended June 30, less than the 2.5% expected by economists.
  But underneath the bad headline is the real story of what's going on in the economy right now, and the story is pretty simple: consumers are winning.
  Personal consumption rose 4.2% in the second quarter of the year, the best reading since the fourth quarter of 2014 and near the best level we've seen since
  
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• You've been thinking about plastics all wrong

  29-07-2016 15:03 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Plastics are an indispensable part of our lives today, and recent advances in material science have delivered truly amazing products from dissolving heart stents to lifesaving air bags to smart packaging that both protects our food and warns us when it’s about to be “past its prime.”
  But over time, and with plastic being used in a growing number of products, some people have come to believe that these modern materials have greater environmental impacts than the materials they a
  
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• The Japanese yen went through the roof, and the dollar is plunging

  29-07-2016 14:50 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  The Japanese yen went through the roof on Friday after the Bank of Japan stunned the markets.
  The currency was up by 2.3% at 102.91 per dollar as of 8:47 a.m. ET.
  After all the speculation and hype, the BOJ ended up announcing only a small tweak to policy earlier Friday.
  The bank said it would increase the size of exchange-traded funds it buys to an annual pace 6 trillion yen, up from its previous pace of 3.3 trillion yen. It left its purchases of Japanese government bonds static at an annual ra
  
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• US economy grows less than expected in Q2

  29-07-2016 14:30 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  The US economy grew by 1.2% in the second quarter, weaker than expected, according to an advance estimate released Friday.
  Economists had forecast an improvement in growth from the first quarter to an annualized pace of 2.5%, according to Bloomberg.
  The big drag on growth was weak business spending, and its impact was bigger than recorded in the first quarter. The decline in company inventories shaved 1.2 percentage points from second-quarter gross domestic product.
  Private fixed investment fell
  
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• Labor costs rise as expected in Q2

  29-07-2016 14:30 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  The employment cost index rose 0.6% in the second quarter, in-line with expectations. 
  Expectations were for the report to show employment costs — which are a more comprehensive measure of compensation than the average hourly earnings number reported in the monthly jobs report — rose 0.6% in the second quarter. 
  Over the prior year the ECI was up 2.3%, better than the 2.2% increase seen in the first quarter of the year. 
  In the second quarter wages and salaries &m
  
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• 10 things you need to know today (spy, spx, qqq, dia, goog, amzn, msft)

  29-07-2016 12:58 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Here is what you need to know.
  The Bank of Japan stunned. Japan's central bank shocked many by announcing only a small tweak to policy. The BOJ said it would increase the amount of exchange-traded funds it buys to an annual pace 6 trillion yen, up from its previous pace of 3.3 trillion yen. The Japanese yen is stronger by 1.7% at 103.45 per dollar.Euro-area GDP slowed. The preliminary flash estimate showed that gross-domestic-product growth in the euro area slowed to 0.3% in the second quarter,
  
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• Harley-Davidson and The Cheesecake Factory reveal how bad the oil crash really is (HOG, CAKE, OIL, WTI, VDE)

  29-07-2016 11:45 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  A growing number of companies are revealing the impact of the oil crash on their businesses in the metro areas that drill the most.
  The oil downturn was first felt by energy giants, whose sales and profits dropped, prompting mass layoffs and other cost-cutting steps.
  This second-quarter earnings season, the impact of the crash on other industries is becoming more apparent.
  Harley-Davidson, the maker of big, loud motorcycles, reported a 5.2% decline in US sales during the second quarter, citing w
  
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• Red Sofa London: Print Project Manager

  29-07-2016 11:35
  
  £25000 - £32000 per annum + Benefits:Red Sofa London:
  Print Project Manager needed for large and well known production house which works across TV, digital and print campaigns
  London
  
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• Red Sofa London: Midweight Interior Designer

  29-07-2016 11:14
  
  £30000 - £35000 per annum:Red Sofa London:
  Are you an Interior Designer looking to work on a diverse range of retail and hospitality projects?
  City of London
  
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• Red Sofa London: Midweight Hospitality Designer

  29-07-2016 10:41
  
  £28000 - £34000 per annum:Red Sofa London:
  Are you a Midweight Hospitality Designer who can use Vectorworks, Indesign, Photoshop and looking for your next big role?
  City of London
  
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• UK confidence falls to 26-year low

  29-07-2016 02:00
  
  LONDON: Consumer confidence in the UK plunged 11 points to -12 in July, the sharpest monthly fall since March 1990, according to the latest Consumer Confidence Index from GfK.The research firm has been measuring British consumer confidence since...
  
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• Tumblr will run ads on all blogs

  29-07-2016 02:00
  
  NEW YORK: Advertisers will now be able to include Tumblr's network of bloggers in their campaigns after the popular social media platform announced that it will allow its bloggers to take some of the proceeds from the revenues generated. ...
  
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• Taobao app is a hit with shoppers

  29-07-2016 02:00
  
  HANGZHOU/HONG KONG: Among its many business interests, Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba is keen to make the most of Mobile Taobao, its popular shopping app, which is proving a hit with social consumers.The app, which links users to Alibaba's...
  
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• Sky Betting & Gaming: Senior Creative

  29-07-2016 02:00
  
  Competitive:Sky Betting & Gaming:
  We're striving to be the best digital business in the UK and we're well on our way...
  Leeds, West Yorkshire
  
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• Quality ads beat ad blockers

  29-07-2016 02:00
  
  SYDNEY: Digital publisher Quartz is achieving CPMs "in the high double digits" by simply rethinking its approach to display ads, the company has revealed.The New York-based, digitally-native publisher, which is on track for more than US$30m...
  
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• Mondelez seeks content monetisation

  29-07-2016 02:00
  
  NEW YORK/CANNES: Mondelez International, the snacks manufacturer, is pursuing a media monetisation strategy which aims to create marketing content that consumers will actually "pay to watch".Dana Anderson, SVP/CMO of Mondelez International – the...
  
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• Jobbio: Producer - Integrated Digital Focused

  29-07-2016 02:00
  Negotiable:Jobbio:
  We are looking for a process driven, high energy, integrated (with digital slant) Producer...
  London (Central), London (Greater)
  
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• Ferrari Healy: Commercial Manager - Content Marketing

  29-07-2016 02:00
  
  To £40,000 + 45% bonus:Ferrari Healy:
  This is a really interesting role that will suit a creatively minded commercial individual. My client is a leading global news media owner.
  London (Central), London (Greater)
  
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• Facebook nears peak ad load

  29-07-2016 02:00
  
  MENLO PARK, CA: Facebook, the social network, anticipates that ad loads on its platform will be nearing a peak level by the middle of next year, but remains optimistic about fuelling revenue growth in other ways.The firm's ad revenue rose by 63%...
  
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• f1 Recruitment: Senior Account Executive

  29-07-2016 02:00
  
  £25,000 + benefits (negotiable):f1 Recruitment:
  Senior Account Executive - Health, Well-being, Consumer PR Start up agency vibe Clients: Nutrition brands, fitness and well-being brands, apparel a...
  London (Central), London (Greater)
  
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• EMR | Specialist Marketing Recruitment: Strategic Marketing Insights Manager - FTSE 100

  29-07-2016 02:00
  
  Negotiable:EMR | Specialist Marketing Recruitment:
  A Strategic Marketing Insights Manager project with a global Oil and Gas organisation.
  Reading, Berkshire
  
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• EMR | Specialist Marketing Recruitment: Business Development Assistant

  29-07-2016 02:00
  
  £24000 - £27000 per annum:EMR | Specialist Marketing Recruitment:
  An exciting opportunity has arisen for an Business Development Assistant to join a leading law firm in central London.
  London
  
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• Cannes study: Big budgets deliver

  29-07-2016 02:00
  
  LONDON: Although digital media continued to feature strongly in the campaign mix at last month's Cannes Creative Effectiveness Lions, there was a notable emphasis this year on campaigns that delivered profit for their brands.Warc's
  
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• Better Placed Recruitment: Category Marketing Manager

  29-07-2016 02:00
  
  Negotiable:Better Placed Recruitment:
  An opportunity has arisen for a 'full mix' marketing professional with expertise in brand and product management to join the team as a Category Marketing Manager.
  Merseyside, Liverpool
  
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• Consumers stop spending big after Brexit

  29-07-2016 01:01
  British consumers’ propensity to make major purchases fell 11 points in July to -2 as purse strings continue to tighten post-Brexit. And the major purchase index is now 13 points lower than July 2015, according to GfK’s latest consumer confidence index.
  The core consumer confidence index fell 11 points in July from -1 to -12 marking the sharpest monthly decline since March 1990. This decline marks a further 3 point drop from the -9 recorded by GfK’s Brexit Special Index ea
  
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• Consumer confidence sees biggest drop in 26 years

  29-07-2016 01:01
  British consumers’ propensity to make major purchases fell 11 points in July to -2 as purse strings continue to tighten post-Brexit. And the major purchase index is now 13 points lower than July 2015, according to GfK’s latest consumer confidence index.
  The core consumer confidence index fell 11 points in July from -1 to -12 marking the sharpest monthly decline since March 1990. This decline marks a further 3 point drop from the -9 recorded by GfK’s Brexit Special Index ea
  
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