Spencer Platt/Getty Images News CSX Corporation (NASDAQ:CSX) is about to report earnings, so I thought it’d be worthwhile to determine whether or not it makes sense to buy prior to earnings yet again. I did this previously, and it worked out very well, so I thought I’d see if I could have a repeat performance. I’m going to try to forecast the upcoming earnings by looking at the traffic figures to date, the elevated cost of rail transportation, and reviewing those against the performance in 2021. I’m going to take this forecast and then try to determine whether or not the share price is compelling. We’re all pressed for time. I’m sure you’ve got to get back to trying to crack frictionless travel or cold fusion or similar. I’ve been working on a particular Sudoku… Source link

Tether, the largest stablecoin by market cap, claims to have completely purged commercial paper from the reserve assets backing its USDT token, although it still won’t submit to an audit that might prove that claim. On October 13th, Tether issued a blog post in which the integrity-challenged firm claimed that as of October 12th it had “eliminated commercial paper from its reserves, replacing these investments with U.S. Treasury Bills (T-Bills).” Tether further claimed that “direct exposure” to T-bills “now makes up the majority of Tether’s reserves.” Commercial paper consists of unsecured promissory notes issued by large corporations seeking to plug short-term financial holes. These IOUs aren’t backed by anything other than the faith that the corporation in question… Source link

The Hackers Brief from Cyber Wyoming is sponsored by First Federal Bank & Trust. Be aware of the latest scams in Sheridan, Wyoming and the rest of the nation.   Norton impersonation A Big Horn citizen reported a fake invoice for Norton’s antivirus software from Kevin Lif at a Gmail address with the subject line of “Thank you for doing order with us!” Remember that Norton’s software retails for around $40-$60 and isn’t $399.99 and real invoices wouldn’t be coming from a Gmail address.   Second Norton impersonation A Sheridan citizen reported a fake receipt claiming she had upgraded NotrPro+ from trial to premium. The email came from Quickbooks but… Source link

The Hackers Brief from Cyber Wyoming is sponsored by First Federal Bank & Trust. Be aware of the latest scams in Sheridan, Wyoming and the rest of the nation.   Norton impersonation A Big Horn citizen reported a fake invoice for Norton’s antivirus software from Kevin Lif at a Gmail address with the subject line of “Thank you for doing order with us!” Remember that Norton’s software retails for around $40-$60 and isn’t $399.99 and real invoices wouldn’t be coming from a Gmail address.   Second Norton impersonation A Sheridan citizen reported a fake receipt claiming she had upgraded NotrPro+ from trial to premium. The email came from Quickbooks but… Source link

The United States has some of the cleanest air in the world, at least when it comes to actual dangerous smog, PM10 – particulate matter 10 microns in size. It is a clear killer, at one point leading to the deaths of over 10,000 in London during a weather anomaly that caused it to stay low. By the 1990s, PM10 had been drastically reduced in developed countries and air activists began to ‘define pollution down.’ If they want air quality maps to be red or orange they knew the solution was to target smaller particles, so they settled on PM2.5. At 25 percent the size of the known killer, there is four times as much of it. Virtually no place could always be green, so over 40 states in America with better quality than the remote forests of Siberia could still have clueless meteorologists… Source link

The United States has some of the cleanest air in the world, at least when it comes to actual dangerous smog, PM10 – particulate matter 10 microns in size. It is a clear killer, at one point leading to the deaths of over 10,000 in London during a weather anomaly that caused it to stay low. By the 1990s, PM10 had been drastically reduced in developed countries and air activists began to ‘define pollution down.’ If they want air quality maps to be red or orange they knew the solution was to target smaller particles, so they settled on PM2.5. At 25 percent the size of the known killer, there is four times as much of it. Virtually no place could always be green, so over 40 states in America with better quality than the remote forests of Siberia could still have clueless meteorologists… Source link

If anyone could give life advice on keeping it together, running a business, and raising two children amidst a little bit of drama, it would be Elizabeth Chambers. The 40-year-old founder of BIRD Bakery and on-air host and judge recently chatted with us to share how she stays centered and the beauty treatments she’s loving in her new home of the Cayman Islands. What is the number-one best piece of beauty advice you’ve ever received? Growing up, I had two very different types of grandmothers. My mother’s mother was very much a trailblazing, no-nonsense culinary entrepreneur. She was an extraordinarily talented self-taught baker, chef and business person, and she inspired me to create BIRD Bakery. My dad’s mother was more into beauty and fashion and spoke extensively with me at… Source link

Amin Salehi-Khojin. The University Scholars Program honors faculty members for superior research and teaching, along with great promise for future achievements. The award provides $15,000 a year for three years. Amin Salehi-KhojinAssociate Professor of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering Years at UIC: 10 What are your research interests? Designing new energy storage, conversion and transfer systems for CO2 conversion to liquid fuel, high energy density batteries, heat management in electronics and high entropy materials for extreme conditions. How did you become interested in these topics?  The main motivation to work in the field of energy is to find new sources of clean energy for the future, which is one of world’s most daunting challenges now. In my lab, we realized that… Source link

Amin Salehi-Khojin. The University Scholars Program honors faculty members for superior research and teaching, along with great promise for future achievements. The award provides $15,000 a year for three years. Amin Salehi-KhojinAssociate Professor of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering Years at UIC: 10 What are your research interests? Designing new energy storage, conversion and transfer systems for CO2 conversion to liquid fuel, high energy density batteries, heat management in electronics and high entropy materials for extreme conditions. How did you become interested in these topics?  The main motivation to work in the field of energy is to find new sources of clean energy for the future which is one of world’s most daunting challenges now. In my lab, we realized that… Source link

Dateline Moscow, Kyiv, and Brussels: Preparing for sabotage and cyber war. Ukraine at D+230: Escalation, but unlikely to be sustainable. (CyberWire) Russian missile strikes are widely condemned internationally, but domestically Russian deadenders cry for even harsher measures. NATO warns that sabotage could trigger Article 5, and the US warns that the Russian cyber threat is far from over. Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 231 (Al Jazeera) As the Russia-Ukraine war enters its 231st day, we take a look at the main developments. Russia Resumes Strikes After Mass Bombardment of Ukraine (Wall Street Journal) Russia launched another round of strikes across Ukraine, many of which Kyiv said it intercepted, as the death toll rose from the previous day’s barrage, one of Moscow’s… Source link