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ServiceNow posted subscription revenue growth of 31%, beat previous guidance, and raised full year guidance. ServiceNow also increased the number of customers paying over $1M per year by 25%. Not only is ServiceNow clearly executing to their land and expand strategy, but they are also having success pushing more products into the portfolios of net new customers as well. In Q2, the average deal size for net new customers grew over 50%. In this podcast, ServiceNow Practice Leader, Adam Mansfield, discusses where ServiceNow will focus to accomplish their goal of growing from a $5B company to a $15B company. This includes a sales pitch tied to selling a solution made up of pieces of each of their workflows (e.g., IT Workflows, Customer & Employee Workflows, and Creator Workflows) and a new purchasing vehicle, the Now Buying Program. He also shares how customers could potentially take advantage of some of these key insights in their upcoming ServiceNow negotiations and renewals. Host: Adam Mansfield: https://upperedge.com/who-we-are/our-team/people/adam-mansfield/ ServiceNow Commercial Advisory Services: https://upperedge.com/what-we-do/servicenow-advisory-practice/

Labour shortages across the country have led to fierce competition among employers looking for staff.Trade Me data shows there were more than 80,000 vacancies listed for the quarter ending June 30, 2021.Trade Me Jobs sales director Matt Tolich described it as a job hunter's market, with employers paying more to attract staff from their competitors."With application numbers down and more listings for job hunters to choose from, in Q2 we saw the largest annual percentage increase in average pay that we have seen in more than 10 years," Tolich said."When compared with the same quarter last year, the average pay increased by 3 per cent, to $64,939. The last time we saw an annual increase this large was in Q1, 2011.""It really is the perfect storm, and job seekers are well and truly in the driver's seat. It's a great time to be looking for a new role."The challenge, however, is convincing workers to leave their current roles to take on new positions.While nationwide job listings on Trade Me increased by 25 per cent in the second quarter of 2021 when compared to the same period in 2019, applications are failing to keep up with the demand."In Q2, we saw a 29 per cent drop in the number of applications for jobs when compared with the first quarter of the year," Tolich said."We're still seeing a massive candidate shortage in the market with the absence of migrant workers."The fact is, right now there are not enough people in New Zealand to fulfil demand in a large number of job categories and this is constraining the ability of Kiwi business to grow."Adding further pressure is the fact that Kiwis are sticking to their current roles, amid the continued global uncertainty."Kiwis appear to be sticking it out in their current roles until our borders are open, and the world begins to return to normal."We know that job security is highly important to employees at the moment. In a recent survey we conducted with 1,400 Kiwis, just 17 per cent said they were looking to move roles in the next 12 months. That's down from 27 per cent in 2020."The sectors most desperate for staff at the moment are hospitality and tourism, which saw a 56 per cent increase in listing between 2021 and 2019.This was followed by manufacturing and operations (52 per cent), construction & roading (46 per cent) sectors, transport and logistics (40 per cent), and trades and services (37 per cent).In terms of pay growth, the IT sector offers some of the best opportunities."As we have seen consistently over the previous year, IT roles are still paid the most," Tolich said, pointing out that IT architects earn the most of any role at $162,206 on average.He said the growth in IT salaries comes down to companies bolstering their tech approach to keep up with competitors and protect their businesses in a post-Covid world.Online job listings have surged as employers scramble to find workers. (Photo / Getty Images)"On top of this, closed borders are putting pressure on the sector by preventing new talent from entering the country to meet the sector's growing needs."Tolich said the biggest pay growth in wages in the second quarter when compared with the same period in 2019 was seen in the retail and tourism & hospitality sectors which both saw the average wage increase 12 per cent to $53,071 and $52,960 respectively.The minimum wage increased from $18.90 per hour to $20 per hour in April this year, off the back of an earlier increase from $17.70 at the end of 2019.The growth in wages based just on the minimum wage during the overall period accounts for a 12 per cent increase.The data also broke down the highest wages by region, with Wellington City coming out on top with an average salary of $76,102.This was followed by Auckland City's average pay of $74,282.With the borders set to remain closed for the foreseeable future, the pressure on the labour market will continue. The only question now is how many workers will switch allegiances in t...

Show #1131.   If you get any value from this podcast please consider supporting my work on Patreon. Plus all Patreon supporters get their own unique ad-free podcast feed.   Good morning, good afternoon and good evening wherever you are in the world, welcome to EV News Daily for Friday 2nd July. It's  Martyn Lee here and I go through every EV story so you don't have to.   Thank you to MYEV.com for helping make this show, they've built the first marketplace specifically for Electric Vehicles. It's a totally free marketplace that simplifies the buying and selling process, and help you learn about EVs along the way too.   TESLA Q2 2021 VEHICLE PRODUCTION AND DELIVERY NUMBERS   - Tesla delivered 201,250 vehicles in the second quarter of 2021, the company reported.   - During the quarter, Tesla produced 206,421 vehicles total, including 204,081 of its Model 3 and Y   - It produced 2,340 Model S and X vehicles, the company said.   - The second-quarter numbers broke the previous record set in Q1, when Tesla delivered 184,800 and produced 180,338 cars, even as production of its Model S and X vehicles fell to zero during that quarter.   Original Source : https://www.cnbc.com/2021/07/02/tesla-tsla-q2-2021-vehicle-production-and-delivery-numbers.html   TESLA DELIVERED OVER 200,000 CARS IN THE SECOND QUARTER OF 2021   - Tesla does not break out deliveries by region, so we don't know how many vehicles the company is sending to customers in China. Tesla has been hit by a slate of bad news in the country, most recently announcing the recall of more than 285,000 vehicles —most of which were made locally— over a safety risk with the vehicles' cruise control. Like the rest of the auto industry, Tesla has also struggled with the parts shortage, including a dearth of semiconductors. In May, Musk tweeted that prices were increasing as a result of “supply chain price-pressure industry-wide [sic].”    The second quarter also saw the departure of several high-level Tesla executives, including former long-time acting general counsel Al Prescott in April, and both deputy general counsel Lynn Miller and former president of automotive and heavy trucking Jerome Guillen in June.   Original Source : https://www.theverge.com/2021/7/2/22560608/tesla-q2-2021-deliveries-elon-musk   ELON MUSK CONFIRMS TESLA CYBERTRUCK WILL HAVE 4-WHEEL STEERING   - Elon Musk has confirmed that the Tesla Cybertruck will be equipped 4-wheel directional steering resulting in a feature similar to the Hummer EV's ‘Crab mode'.   Original Source : https://electrek.co/2021/07/03/tesla-cybertruck-4-wheel-steering-hummer-ev-crab-mode/   TESLA GIGAFACTORY BERLIN'S DETRACTORS GO TO A HIGHER COURT   - Despite being rejected by the administrative court of Frankfurt (Oder), environmental associations Naturschutzbund (Nabu) and the Green League announced on Wednesday that they are not giving up their battle against American electric car maker Tesla and its Gigafactory Berlin facility.   - Nabu and the Green League appealed against the provisional permit over alleged safety concerns, but they were unsuccessful. With this in mind, the two groups have decided to escalate their efforts by taking their grievances against Tesla to the Higher Administrative Court (OVG).   Original Source : https://www.teslarati.com/tesla-gigafactory-berlin-detractors-escalate-court/   VOLKSWAGEN ELECTRIC CARS SHOWCASED AT THE PETERSEN   - Looks like the future is going to be all-electric, and the Petersen Automotive Museum is celebrating it with their exhibit, “Building an Electric Future: The Technology of Today for the Vehicles of Tomorrow.”   - The museum has a 1901 Detroit Electric car that it exhibits to remind people how long EVs have been a thing.   - a lot of the exhibit features VW EVs, from the e-Golf to the ID.R that obliterated the record at Pikes Peak just a few years ago. There's even a VW ID. Buzz microbus concept, the original yellow one, on hand. The latest addition is the ID.4 crossover, which rides on Volkswagen's all-electric MEB architecture. And it's not just any ID.4; it's the off-road concept that recently completed the NORRA Mexican 1000 off-road race.   Original Source : https://www.autoweek.com/news/a36908899/volkswagen-electric-cars-petersen-automotive-museum/   US: FORD MUSTANG MACH-E SALES ABOVE 6,000 IN Q2 2021   - "With just 11 days to turn, Mustang Mach-E is essentially selling as soon as it arrives at dealers. Mach-E sales totaled 2,465, with 12,975 Mustang Mach-Es sold through the first half of the year. Customers are telling Ford their primary reasons for purchase is the technology, design and performance that Mach-E provides."   - Production of the Ford Mustang Mach-E for the global markets continues to increase and in June reached a new monthly high of 6,963. So far this year, Ford produced 34,779 Mach-E, while cumulatively it's over 41,000. We guess that the majority were sent to Europe.   Original Source : https://insideevs.com/news/517872/us-ford-plugin-sales-june2021/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=RSS-all-articles   PORSCHE CALLS FOR SUPPLIERS TO SWITCH TO GREEN ENERGY   - Porsche is making further efforts to reduce CO₂ emissions in its supply chain: the sports car manufacturer is calling for its around 1,300 series suppliers to use exclusively renewable energy in the manufacture of Porsche components as of July 2021. It applies to any contracts awarded for providing production material for new vehicle projects.    Suppliers who are unwilling to switch to certified green energy will no longer be considered for contracts with Porsche in the long term.   Original Source : https://www.greencarcongress.com/2021/07/20210702-porsche.html   VOLVO IS BUILDING A 225 MILLION GIGABYTE DATA CENTER   - Swedish automaker Volvo Cars held a Tech Day on Wednesday where company executives shared a roadmap of the company's future plans, including a switch to all-electric and software-based vehicles by 2030.A big part of Volvo's future plans include having ten of thousands of software-powered connected cars on the road in the next decade traveling millions of kilometers and continuously sharing data with the automaker.   - The crowd-sourced data collected from Volvo vehicles will include continuous inputs from vehicle sensors that monitor the environment, including high-resolution lidar data used for autonomous driving. Allowing customers to share vehicle data will help Volvo continuously make software improvements to its cars, including the advanced safety systems, including autonomous driving systems.   - To process the massive amount of real-time traffic data collected from Volvo vehicles, Volvo Cars and Zenseact are investing in a massive AI-powered data factory within the next few years. The data center can store over 200 Pebibytes (225 million gigabytes) of data.   Original Source : https://www.futurecar.com/4717/Volvo-is-Building-a-225-Million-Gigabyte-Data-Center-to-Collect-&-Process-Real-Time-Vehicle-Data-to-Improve-Safety   ABB DELIVERS 2,000 WALL BOX CHARGERS TO AUSTRIAN POST   - The industrial group ABB, together with EWW Anlagentechnik, has equipped the Austrian Post with around 2,000 AC wall boxes, which are to be installed at more than 100 locations.   - The Austrian Post is reportedly aiming for zero-emission last-mile delivery by 2030 and plans to install over 2,400 AC and DC charging points at more than 130 locations to electrify its fleets.   - The wallboxes are ABB's Terra AC wall charging station, as also offered to private customers.   Original Source : https://www.electrive.com/2021/07/02/abb-delivers-2000-wall-box-chargers-to-austrian-post/   GERMANY TO HAVE 1 MILLION ELECTRIC CARS ON THE ROAD IN JULY   - Germany will in July have 1 million electric cars on the road, hitting its target six months late, Economy Minister Peter Altmaier told Tagesspiegel daily on Friday, saying subsidy programmes had boosted demand.   - "More bonuses have been taken up in the first half of 2021 than in the whole of last year," he added, saying they amounted to 1.25 billion euros. Subsidies were increased during the coronavirus pandemic.   Original Source : https://finance.yahoo.com/news/germany-1-million-electric-cars-231626048.html   EV OWNERS TOLD TO SEND IN ODOMETER READINGS FOR ROAD TAX   - Electric vehicle owners with cars registered in Victoria have been instructed by the state's road authority to send in a photo of their odometer readings from July 1 to comply with the new electric vehicle road tax that takes effect from the start of the new financial year. And they are not happy. EV owners in Victoria will be slugged a tax of 2.5 cents per kilometre from July 1, meaning an annual bill of $375 for cars that travel around 15,000kms a year, but around $750 a year for electric cars that travel double that.   - Any driver that fails to deliver the photo of the odomoter reading by July 1 won't be able to duck the charges, because they will be billed according to the car's “average daily use” once that is established   - Victoria has sought to offset the political fallout over the new EV tax by offering a rebate of $3,000 for new EVs purchased, at least for the first 4,000 new EVs, at which point the scale of the rebate will be reviewed. NSW, on the other hand, has announced a $3,000 rebate for 25,000 vehicles, waived stamp duty for all EVs, and will delay any EV road tax until at least 2027.   Original Source : https://thedriven.io/2021/06/30/victoria-ev-owners-told-to-send-in-odometer-readings-for-electric-vehicle-road-tax/   SPIED: LARGER AUDI E-TRON SUV FOR CHINESE MARKET SEEN TESTING   Original Source : https://www.quattrodaily.com/spied-larger-audi-e-tron-suv-for-chinese-market-seen-testing/   WATCH THE GMC HUMMER EV LAUNCH IN ‘WTF' MODE   Original Source : https://www.thedrive.com/news/41388/watch-the-gmc-hummer-ev-launch-in-wtf-mode   QUESTION OF THE WEEK WITH EMOBILITYNORWAY.COM   If you could only afford one, would you rather - Solar Panels or battery storage? On one hand, energy generation. But then again, being able to store electricity when it's cheap and use it later to charge your EV.    Email me your thoughts and I'll read them out on Sunday – hello@evnewsdaily.com   It would mean a lot if you could take 2mins to leave a quick review on whichever platform you download the podcast.   And  if you have an Amazon Echo, download our Alexa Skill, search for EV News Daily and add it as a flash briefing.   Come and say hi on Facebook, LinkedIn or Twitter just search EV News Daily, have a wonderful day, I'll catch you tomorrow and remember…there's no such thing as a self-charging hybrid.   PREMIUM PARTNERS PHIL ROBERTS / ELECTRIC FUTURE BRAD CROSBY PORSCHE OF THE VILLAGE CINCINNATI AUDI CINCINNATI EAST VOLVO CARS CINCINNATI EAST NATIONALCARCHARGING.COM and ALOHACHARGE.COM DEREK REILLY FROM THE EV REVIEW IRELAND YOUTUBE CHANNEL RICHARD AT RSEV.CO.UK – FOR BUYING AND SELLING EVS IN THE UK EMOBILITYNORWAY.COM/

In Q2, we brought on 75 new hires at Five9. These people say they're excited to be here, and they look forward to participating in our unique Five9 culture. We know we're not perfect, but we're always improving. In May of this year, we did an engagement survey while COVID was bearing down on us, and we were all working from home. It was a tough time. For most tech companies in our space, 50% engagement would be good. At Five9, 92% of our employees said they were engaged.  On this episode of That’s Genius!, we sat down with Tricia Yankovich, SVP, HR at Five9, to talk about Five9's culture and why our employees engage. We covered such topics as: How new applicants find out about Five9 Top line results from our employee engagement survey What we can expect next from an employee welfare perspective Listen to this and all our other That’s Genius! episodes with Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or our website.

Kia ora,Welcome to Thursday's Economy Watch where we follow the economic events and trends that affect New Zealand.I'm David Chaston and this is the International edition from Interest.co.nz.Today we lead with news the bounce-back in jobs growth is now very uncertain.The US reports its non-farm payrolls report this weekend and analysts are expecting July jobs to have bounced back by +1.6 mln. That would mean that since March, 9 mln people have been re-employed of the 21.5 mln who lost their jobs in the period. The precursor ADP Employment Report was out today and analysts expected it to show the July bounceback at 1.5 mln. In the end however it was only a paltry +167,000 and a worrying portent for the non-farm payrolls release.August kicks off the withdrawal of the special US$600 pandemic boost for joblessness and 870,000 workers will progressively lose that in this month. As many as 20 mln more will lose it next month. It's an income withdrawal that the US economy will notice.The widely-watched ISM services PMI did provide a sentiment boost however, bouncing back with a second strong monthly expansion in July, one that was better than expected. But perhaps it is a jobless recovery? Certainly the employment subcategory suggests that with a further contraction within this result. Businesses are taking the new orders but don't believe the situation will last so aren't hiring.In Canada, the Vancouver housing market is taking off again. July sales were +22% higher than in the same month a year ago. June sales were up almost +10% on the same basis. An influx of people from Hong Kong might be driving the resurgence. The same new impetus doesn't seem to be happening in Toronto.China is moving faster to wean itself off its reliance on the US dollar as trade tensions mount. It is waiving transaction fees between the yuan and 12 currencies for three years in its onshore foreign exchange markets in an attempt to get traders to skip using the greenback. This mirrors what it is doing in tech.Indonesia’s economy suffered its sharpest downturn since the 1998 Asian financial crisis. In Q2-2020 their economy contracted by more than -5% in its first contraction since then. Millions are out of work there and social pressure can build quickly in the world's fourth largest country, one with a population more than ten times as large as its southern neighbour, Australia.In Australia, new car sales were almost -12% lower in July than the same month a year ago and year to date are running -19% behind. SUVs there claimed 50% of car sales.The RBA has signalled it will be buying $500 mln in April 2023 bonds after the three-year bond rate held above the central bank's 0.25% target. It';s all part of official moves to keep interest rates low.Another day, another new rise for iron ore prices which are now at a year-on-year high.On Wall Street today, the S&P500 is up +0.5% so far in afternoon trade. Overnight, European markets rose a similar amount. Yesterday, Shanghai ended up less than +0.2%, Hong Kong was up +0.6% and Tokyo was down -0.3%. The ASX200 fell -0.6% as bank share took a beating. The NZX50 Capital Index was down a marginal -0.1%.In Australia, there have now been 19,444 COVID-19 cases reported, another +715 overnight, and still very much concentrated in Victoria. There were +12 more in Sydney. Their death count is up to 247 (+15). Their recovery rate is now just over 56%. There are now 8262 active cases in Australia (+555) and almost all are community transfer.The latest global compilation of COVID-19 data is here. The global tally is 18,609,000 and that is up +250,000 since this time yesterday. Global deaths reported now exceed 702,000 (+6,000).A quarter of all reported cases globally are in the US, which is up +50,000 from this time yesterday to 4,938,000. US deaths are now just over 160,800 and a death rate of 486/mln (+4/mln). And the net number of people actively infected in the US rose overnight to 2,273,000.The UST 10yr yield is up +3 bps today to now just on 0.54% and off its record low. The gold price is higher yet again today, up +US$21 to US$2039/oz and a new record high. At one point it reached US$2056/oz overnight trading. The silver price is up proportionately more, up +3.8% overnight and that too was up +4.7% at one point earlier.Oil prices are stable today. They are now just on US$42/bbl in the US and the international price is now just on US$45/bbl.But the Kiwi dollar has firmer marginally against the US currency and now at 66.4 USc. Against the Australian dollar we are -½c lower at 92.4 AUc. Against the euro we are down at 56.1 euro cents. That means our TWI-5 is now a little softer at 69.3.The bitcoin price is up +4.1% today at US$11,674.You can find links to the articles mentioned today in our show notes.And get more news affecting the economy in New Zealand from interest.co.nz.Kia ora. I'm David Chaston. We will do this again, tomorrow. 

September quarter earnings and global cues will be the top factors guiding the markets today. Industry leader Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) yesterday reported weaker than expected numbers in the September quarter, indicating that double-digit growth may elude the Mumbai-based IT services company in FY20. This is despite record deal closures in several quarters. In Q2, TCS posted a net profit of Rs 8,042 crore, a 1.8 per cent rise over the corresponding period of the previous financial year while net profit declined by 1 per cent in sequential terms. About eight companies, including Infosys, are scheduled to release their September quarter earnings. Analaysts expect Infosys to further upgrade its revenue guidance for the current financial year when it reports its September quarter results later today. They said the Bengaluru-headquartered IT company remains on a firm footing given the recent deal momentum, strong positioning in clients and favourable arithmetic. You can read the full preview on what to expect from the results on our website. That apart, investors will also track industrial production data for the month of August slated to be released today after market hours. Globally, the hope that the US-China trade talks would yield at least a partial deal might boost investors' risk appetite. Top US and Chinese negotiators met on Thursday for the first time since late July to try to find a way out of a 15-month trade war.  Besides, stock-specific developments, oil price movement, the value of rupee against the dollar and foreign fund flow will steer the market. On Thursday, the S&P BSE Sensex corrected by 298 points or 0.8 per cent to close at 37,880 levels, while the broader Nifty50 index settled at 11,235-mark,down 79 points or 0.7 per cent. The rupee ended flat at 71.06 per US dollar. On the global front, Asian shares were up in early trade on Friday. MSCI’s broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan rose 0.5 per cent. Australian shares climbed 0.8 per cent, while Japan's Nikkei stock index gained 0.9 per cent. U.S. stocks rose during the overnight trade on Thursday on US-China trade deal optimism. The Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 0.57 per cent, the S&P 500 rose 0.64 per cent, and the Nasdaq Composite added 0.6 per cent. Early trend on SGX Nifty is also indicating a flat to positive start to the day for domestic indices. In the commodities market, Oil prices rose on Thursday. Global benchmark Brent crude futures settled up 78 cents at $59.10 a barrel.  Top headlines for the day -- >> IRCTC may not boost IPO market amid turmoil in financial sector. According to the industry experts, a pick-up in the activity could be seen only in the first half of the coming year.   >> India pursues China-led trade deal despite domestic opposition. Domestic producers' concerns that repercussions might flood Indian market with cheap Chinese imports. >> Revenue crunch prompts govt to consider GST rate hike on products that fall in the slab of 0 and 5% >> Ranbaxy ex-promoters Malvinder, Shivinder Singh arrested in Rs 740-cr fraud case >> Gem and jewellery export dips almost 8 per cent to Rs 1.3 trillion in first half. Experts says, the industry failed to gain from the US-China trade war. 

Nigeria’s total foreign trade (value of exports and imports) hits N8.60 trillion in the second quarter (Q2) of 2019, up from 8.24 trillion recorded in the previous quarter. According to the latest foreign trade report released by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), this means Nigeria’s total trade rose by 4.4% within the quarter. According to the NBS report, In Q2,2019, the value of Nigeria’s total trade stood at N8.60 trillion comprising 46.6% imports (N4 trillion) and 53.4% exports (N4.59 trillion). The value of total trade in Q2, 2019 was higher by 4.4% when compared to Q1 2019, but 24.2% higher when compared with Q2, 2018. The trade balance remained favourable at N588.8 billion. Combined with the Q1 2019 performance, the trade balance declined by 63.14% when compared to the same period in 2018, while the value of total trade was 15.43% higher at half-year 2019 than the corresponding period of 2018. The NBS noted that the performance was largely as a result of stronger growth in the value of imports far outpacing growth in the value of exports which rose only marginally. Also, the value of total exports has remained relatively stable since 2018, but the value of imports has maintained its steady rise, hence the decline in trade balance since mid-2018.--- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/newscast-africa/support --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/newscast-africa/support Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

T-Mobile And Sprint Win Antitrust Approval For Their Merger. What Did The Parties Do To Obtain The Nod From The DOJ?  CannTrust CEO Fired And Chairman Resigns As Scandal At The Cannabis Firm Deepens. What Happens Now? U.S. Economy Grows At 2.1% In Q2, Beating Expectations. Is The Fed Still Going To Cut Rates? ECB Signals Upcoming Rate Cut And Potential Relaunch Of Monetary Stimulus. Why Is More Stimulus Necessary?  Regulator Opens Review Into Big Tech Firms’ Market Power. Why Is The Regulator Concerned?

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Welcome to episode 128, this week I want to revisit the subject of advertising. Firstly some interesting stuff I saw this week; A company called We are Flint interviewed just over 2000 UK adults to determine the level of social media usage. The results for LinkedIn make interesting reading; LinkedIn Advertising This still seems to be a thorny issue for LinkedIn with another set of less than inspiring results announced recently. In Q2 marketing revenue was $181, just 19% of their income and over 60% of this came from sponsored updates. You may recall we covered advertising in episodes 85. 92 and 94 when listener Peter Gold experimented with LinkedIn ads. The conclusion wasn't very positive! So I was intrigued when I came across someone who describes himself as a ‘LinkedIn ads evangelist’! AJ kindly gave up some of his time to chat with me this week about LinkedIn ads. How they work and who should and who shouldn’t be using them. It’s a fascinating insight and finally puts to bed the question once and for all. Summary If your typical customer has a high lifetime value (tens of thousands plus) then LinkedIn ads can be very powerful (if done correctly). So it seems that, as usual LinkedIn are solely targeting large enterprises. Does having an email address in your headline still penalise you in search results? This questions relates to a blog post I wrote in 2014; LinkedIn Search is Changing The answer is yes, nothing appears to have changed since that post. I have just checked this on 5 different searches and on every occasion the person who either has an email address or a telephone number in their headline or name fields comes either last or last page in a search result - even though they were active (key factor in the search algorithm) and 1st tier connections

In Q2 of 2014, Atwood Oceanics Inc., announced that the Company earned net income of $73.3 million or $1.13 per diluted share, on revenues of $273.1 million for the quarter ended March 31, 2014 compared to net income of $83.4 million or $1.28 per diluted share on revenues of $284.7 million for the quarter ended December 31, 2013 and compared to net income of $85.5 million or $1.28 per diluted share, on revenues of $253.2 million for the quarter ended March 31, 2013. For the six months ended March 31, 2014, the Company earned net income of $156.7 million or $2.41 per diluted share, on revenues of compared to net income of $158.4 million or $2.39 per diluted share, on revenues of $498.3 million for the six months ended March 31, 2013. Rob Saltiel, President and CEO, commented, "Our second quarter financial results were affected negatively by start-up issues with the Atwood Advantage that resulted in 22 zero-rate days in March. The remainder of our rig fleet performed well in the quarter, partially offsetting this lost revenue."   Investor Relations Contact Mark L. Mey Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer Atwood Oceanics Inc Phone: 281-749-7800 E-mail: investor@atwd.com   More Information Find more about our 2nd Quarter Earnings here Find more about Atwood Oceanics here More about our Social Media strategy here  

In Q2, NLMK Groups steelmaking capacity utilisation rates continued to improve. Crude steel production amounted to 3.842 million t (+5.7% q-o-q), of which 93.6% was produced domestically. The production of finished steel increased to 4 million t (+7% q-o-q). Total sales remained largely in line with the previous quarters level at 3.8 million t (-1.6% q-o-q). High seasonal demand from the domestic construction segment partially offset the softening in consumer activity in the export markets. Sales of long products and metalware increased substantially (by over 20% q-o-q). Q2 domestic sales accounted for 37% of total steel product sales (+3 p.p. q-o-q). The share of finished steel in total sales increased 3 p.p. q-o-q to 74%. Sales of slabs to the Groups EU and US operations increased to 0.753 million t (+5.5%). OUTLOOK In Q3, NLMKs crude steel production is expected to remain stable despite the price softening in the steel market that started in the second half of Q2. We expect Q2 consolidated financial results to be stronger than Q1 results. Sales revenue is expected to be around $3.2 billion, and EBITDA margin may reach around 18%.