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Conference Details : 2020 IIER 788th International Conference on Natural Science and Environment ICNSE will be held in Marrkech, Morocco during 12th - 13th January, 2020 as the Conference of ICNSE-2020. ICNSE 2020 is sponsored by International Institute of Engineers and Researchers IIER. It aims to be one of the leading international conferences for presenting novel and fundamental advances in the fields of Natural Science and Environment. It also serves to foster communication among researchers and practitioners working in a wide variety of scientific areas with a common interest in improving Natural Science and Environment related techniques.

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Best PS4 Controller Alternatives for Gamers with Smaller Hands

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The DualShock 4 for the PS4 is a great controller for most people. However, there are people who find the controller awkward to hold, particularly younger gamers and adults with smaller hands. Fortunately, there are a number of smaller PS4 controller alternatives on the market meant for those with smaller hands that will help alleviate the strain during marathon gaming sessions.

1. HORI PS4 Mini

The Hori Mini PS4 controller is not marketed toward your average gamer. Instead, this controller is aimed squarely at children. For these gamers, Sony’s DualShock 4 controller is simply too big to hold comfortably. The biggest problem stems from the amount of travel necessary to go from analog stick to face buttons. This lack of precision is often the difference between success and failure and can be the source of frustration.

The Hori Mini PS4 controller seeks to eliminate these problems. As a result, the Hori Mini is 40 percent smaller than the DualShock 4, making it the perfect alternative for those with smaller hands. That being said, you’ll have to put up with a few compromises. First, the Hori Mini is a wired controller. In addition, it omits the vibration motor and the headphone jack.

You’ll also say goodbye to the light bar and gyroscope. Unfortunately, this means that the Hori Mini cannot be used with some games, most notably PSVR titles. Furthermore, the Hori Mini does not have a touchpad. However, there is a button on the controller that allows the analog stick to function as the touchpad when pressed. The Hori Mini controller is an excellent option for those who don’t mind a drastically-redesigned DualShock 4 alternative.

2. @Play Compact

The Compact controller from @Play features a more traditional design compared to the Hori Mini. True to its name, the controller features a much more compact profile. The @Play Compact re-organizes the face buttons, D-Pad and touch pad into a much tighter configuration. As a result, the @Play Compact controller has a significantly smaller build. Like the Hori Mini, the @Play is a wired controller. That being said, the cord is approximately ten feet long, which should be plenty for most gamers’ setups.

Ps4 Controller Compact @play

The @Play Compact sets itself apart from the likes of the Hori Mini thanks to the fact that it retains some of the key features of the DualShock 4. It maintains vibration feedback and also includes a headphone jack. This is useful for players who want to chat with other players during multiplayer games. However, like the Hori Mini, the @Play compact ditches the motion sensors and light bar, meaning you won’t be able to play some titles in the PS4 library.

That being said, the @Play Compact is a great alternative for gamers looking for a smaller controller that doesn’t stray too far from the DualShock 4. Curiously, at the time of this writing, the @Play Compact PS4 controller seems to only be available in certain regions. Your best bet is to grab the @Play Compact from an eBay retailer.

3. Nacon Wired Compact

If you’re after a controller that doesn’t try to reinvent the wheel, the Nacon Wired Compact controller is worth a look. The Nacon Wired Compact controller adopts a chunkier body style, with shorter handles and a smaller overall profile. Furthermore, the face buttons, touch pad and D-Pad are all larger compared to the DualShock 4. In addition, the analog sticks are placed closer together. Overall, this makes it much easier for gamers with smaller hands to reach the buttons they need when they need them.

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Unfortunately, like all the controllers on this list, the Nacon Wired Compact controller asks you to make some sacrifices. As the name suggests, the Nacon Wired Compact controller is not wireless. This means you’ll be tethered to your PS4 console with a 10-foot (3 meter) detachable USB-C cable. The controller also ditches the DualShock 4’s built-in speaker and light bar, meaning you won’t be able to play VR games that rely on the light bar for tracking.

Finally, the SIXAXIS motion controls have been omitted as well. However, the Nacon Compact retains vibration feedback and a headphone jack. Overall, the Nacon Wired Compact is not only a great option for those looking for a more compact PS4 controller but also for folks who want something that works on their PC as well.

4. Hori Wireless Controller Light

Unfortunately, all of the compact PS4 controllers on this list are wired. This probably has to do with the fact that many compact controllers are also marketed as cheaper alternatives to the DualShock 4. Luckily, Hori has recognized that many gamers don’t like cords and have developed a wireless version of their well-received Hori Mini controller.

The Hori Wireless Controller Light features the same form factor as its wired counterpart, just with Bluetooth connectivity. Like the Hori Mini, the Hori Wireless Controller Light does not include vibration, motion sensors, a headphone jack or the built-in speaker. There is a light bar; however, it only serves to indicate the controller’s charging status, meaning you won’t be playing any PSVR titles with this controller.

Ps4 Controller Compact Hori Wireless

The Hori Wireless Controller Light is a fantastic option for those who can’t imagine using a wired controller in 2020. That being said, there is one major downside: it is not available outside of Japan. At the time of this writing, it is unclear as to whether Hori plans on releasing the Wireless Controller Light in other regions. However, you can import the controller through Amazon Japan and other Asian retailers.

If none of these smaller PS4 controller alternatives fit the bill, be sure to check out the five best third-party PS4 controllers for more options. Do you use a compact PS4 controller? Are there other compact PS4 controllers that we missed? Let us know in the comments.


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How to Set Up Spotify Connect on the Raspberry Pi

Spotify Connect Client Raspberry Pi

Spotify has a huge collection of music and gives users plenty of options for streaming their favorite tracks: you can enjoy Spotify via your web browser or by installing the dedicated smartphone or desktop application. However, these methods don’t always deliver the highest sound quality. Spotify Connect aims to solve this problem by making it possible to play all your favorite tunes via any compatible wireless product, including standalone speakers and soundbars.

In this tutorial you’ll learn how to set up your Raspberry Pi as a portable and inexpensive Spotify Connect device.

What you’ll need

To complete this tutorial, you’ll need:

You can flash Raspbian to your Raspberry Pi, using Etcher.
  • Power cable that’s compatible with your Raspberry Pi
  • External keyboard and a way to attach it to your Raspberry Pi
  • HDMI or micro HDMI cable, depending on your model of Raspberry Pi
  • External monitor
  • Ethernet cable or connect over Wi-Fi
  • RCA-to-headphone cable so you can attach your Raspberry Pi to an audio device such as a speaker or stereo, or a USB audio card for higher-quality audio
  • Subscription to Spotify Premium

Raspbian: Are you running the latest version?

To start, Raspberry Pi should be up and running with the latest version of Raspbian. Boot up your Raspberry Pi and open a Terminal window. Type the following commands:

If Raspbian installs any updates, then you’ll need to reboot your Raspberry Pi by clicking the little Raspberry Pi icon in the upper-left corner, then selecting “Shutdown -> Reboot.”

Install the Spotify Client

This tutorial uses Raspotify, a Spotify Connect client specifically designed for Raspberry Pi.

Raspotify requires the curl and apt-transport-https packages, so open a Terminal and make sure these packages are installed on your Raspberry Pi:

Next, add the Raspotify repository and associated GPG key. The GPG key is particularly important, as it’ll allow the Apt package manager to verify any files it retrieves from the Raspotify repository. In the Terminal, run the following two commands:

The Raspotify repository has been successfully added, but currently the package manager doesn’t know about this repository. To keep the package manager in the loop, run the following Terminal command:

You can now install raspotify:

Raspotify will launch automatically, so you’re ready to start streaming music to your Raspberry Pi!

Enjoy Spotify on your Raspberry Pi

You can now send music to your Raspberry Pi from the Spotify desktop or mobile app. In this section of the tutorial, Spotify for Android is being used, so the steps may differ slightly if you’re using an alternative platform.

1. Launch the Spotify app.

2. Select the song you want to play.

3. Tap the “Devices available” section toward the bottom of the screen.

All of the available devices will be displayed towards the bottom of the screen.

4. In the bottom-left corner, select the little “Devices” icon.

Click the "Devices" icon in the bottom-left corner.

5. Find your Raspberry Pi and give it a tap.

You can now use your Raspberry Pi device as a Spotify Connect client.

Your Raspberry Pi should now be playing your chosen song!

Configuring Spotify Connect

To improve the user experience, you can make several changes to the Raspotify software.

You can edit Raspotify’s settings by running the following Terminal command:

This launches a configuration file in the Nano text editor.

You can edit the Raspotify settings, in its config file

You can make various changes to this file including:

Give your Raspberry Pi a unique name

By default, your Raspberry Pi will have the name “raspotify (raspberry pi).” If you have multiple Raspberry Pis on your network, then you may want to give each device a distinctive name – for example, “Raspberry Pi Kitchen” or “Spotify Connect Client.”

To rename your Raspberry Pi, find the following line:

And make your desired changes – for example, this tutorial uses:

Don’t forget to remove the # symbol!

Save your changes using the Ctrl + X keyboard shortcut, then press the y and Enter keys on your keyboard.

Every time you make a change to the configuration file, you’ll need to restart your Raspotify service by entering the following command into the Terminal:

Check the Spotify application on your smartphone or tablet, and you should notice that your Raspberry Pi now has a brand new name.

You can give your Raspberry Pi a unique name.

Boost the audio quality

Bitrate refers to the amount of data that’s processed over a certain amount of time. The higher the bitrate, the better the audio quality, while lower bitrates will consume less data which can be useful if you’re playing Spotify on your smartphone.

The standard bitrate for Spotify Connect is 160 kbps, but audiophiles can unlock high-quality audio by increasing this value to 320. Alternatively, you may want to experiment with Spotify’s “low-quality” bitrate of 96 to see whether you really can tell the difference.

Regardless of whether you’re opting for low-quality (96), medium-quality (160) or high-quality (320), you can control Spotify’s bitrate setting by editing the following line:

Save your changes using Ctrl + X, Y and then Enter. Finally, you’ll need to restart the Raspotify service:

Ultimately, the sound quality depends on the audio device you attach to your Raspberry Pi. Don’t forget to make use of these Spotify tips to enhance your listening experience.


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Bukit Jawa, Lenggong | Tourism Malaysia
Bukit Jawa is an open site where evidence of Palaeolithic culture was found. This site is situated at latitude 5˚ 07.72’ north and longitude 100˚ 59.55’ east, with a height of 104 meters above sea level. It was discovered by Universiti Sains Malaysia, and research was carried out in 1996.

A mapping of the environment around Kota Tampan was carried out, hence the discovery of a possible site at Bukit Jawa. From the findings, sediments at the river bed were more than 72 meters above sea level, and may have been used by a pre-historic community.

Bukit Jawa’s site unearthed evidence that layers of sediments at Sungai Perak were used by the Paleleothic community as a base for tool making, circa 100,000 – 200, 000 years ago. They used hammers, and other tools which were evident from the thousands of stone shards found at the site.

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Lenggong is located on Route 76 which links Kuala Kangsar with Baling. To reach it from the North-South Expressway (E1), exit the highway at the Kuala Kangsar Interchange (Exit 143). From there take Route 76 in the direction of Baling. The archaeological sites in Lenggong includes Bukit Jawa, Kota Tampan, Gua Gunung Runtuh and Gua Harimau.

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WHO CARES WINS - Boardrooms are abuzz with talk of corporate social responsibility. Yet attempting to establish a working definition of CSR is like nailing jelly to the ceiling. Get it right, though, and everyone could win - you, the company, society and the planet. Stephen Cook reports.

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Boardrooms are abuzz with talk of corporate social responsibility. Yet attempting to establish a working definition of CSR is like nailing jelly to the ceiling. Get it right, though, and everyone could win - you, the company, society and the planet. Stephen Cook reports.

Everyone cares these days. You can hardly walk through the door of a major company in the western world without tripping over stacks of glossy reports telling you how they care for the environment, their community, their stakeholders. They're all publishing their CO2 emission targets, pledging themselves to international human rights and encouraging staff to go and bathe in baked beans for charity.

As we enter the new year, Corporate Social Responsibility is the phrase resounding around boardrooms and peppering the speeches of business leaders from Seattle to Sydney. CSR is the fresh acronym to cover what we used to call sustainability, diversity or good old-fashioned philanthropy. Everyone wants a piece. But remembering Bhopal, Enron and the sweatshops of the Far East, aren't we entitled to be a little bit sceptical?

Look at Enron's last CSR report. Sprinkled with images of sunlit foliage and smiling ethnic faces, it dwells on how the fraudulent energy giant conserved trees in Bolivia and told the security men at its Indian subsidiary to stop beating people up. Former chairman and CEO Kenneth Lay waxes lyrical about his firm's 'innovative practices'. For students of irony, the whole thing is a delight.

So as the CSR juggernaut gathers pace, is it really the big idea that will restore public faith in business and save the planet? Or is it a piece of nifty footwork and smart PR designed to spike the guns of the anti-globalisation campaigners, put the pressure groups off their stroke and persuade governments to go easy on regulation?

The question is put to Clive Mather, country chairman for Shell in the UK. To many, this is still the company that spectacularly mishandled the disposal of its Brent Spar oil rig in the mid 1990s and courted 10 kinds of pollution and human rights scandals in Nigeria. Since then, it has worked hard, with some success, to clean up and do the right thing wherever possible.

'This is for real,' says Mather. 'We can't escape it and there's no doubt about it. We are all going to have to apply ourselves to sustainable development if we're to succeed in ensuring the planet is as good a place in the future as in the last millennium. The demands of population and quality of life are going to stretch us all. No-one who thinks about it believes we can go on as we are.'

So he, and a whole cohort of leading businessmen, have moved a million miles from the strictures of Adam Smith and his followers, who continue to maintain that the business of business is business alone, and it is the elected government's job to regulate and decide what is good for society.

It's a disconcerting, looking-glass world when a lifelong oilman starts talking renewables and sounding like Greenpeace.

This point was seized upon by pressure groups and non-governmental organisations at the 'greenwash awards', their spoof of the Oscars at the Earth Summit in Johannesburg last summer. 'Oil companies are presenting themselves as solar companies, and companies that promote giant agribusiness and oppose consumer information are claiming to be the solution to world hunger,' said Craig Bennett of Friends of the Earth.

Slick PR is certainly a big part of the burgeoning phenomenon, and specialist consultancies like Article 13 and ERM have noticed a sudden rush of competitors in one of the few areas where companies are willing to spend money right now. The PR industry, worried that CSR talk is taken with a large pinch of salt, is pondering how to make it ring true.

It would, however, be a mistake to take the cynical view that there's nothing going on but greenwash and PR. There are many out there 'putting something back'. A small example is the community work done by lawyers at City solicitors Allen & Overy, one of whom is seen in our main picture mentoring teenagers in Hackney School. And even the Enron report contains hard figures about the corporation's CO2 emissions and an upfront account of an oil spill that shed 29,000 barrels of crude into a Brazilian river. The attempt may be patchy and in some cases not entirely sincere, but many companies - especially the big and influential ones - are genuinely trying to bring the idea of CSR to life.

We know this because they've concluded - along reassuringly Adam Smith lines - that their self-interest is involved. There may actually be more profit and competitive advantage for a company in behaving responsibly than in cutting corners. The environmental and human rights scandals of the past three decades have created consumers - and, just as importantly, employees - who prefer companies that are doing the right thing.

Recent Mori surveys indicate that 51% of people in the UK had recently chosen a product or service on social responsibility grounds, and that 74% thought industry did not pay enough attention to the communities where they operate. Other surveys show that 20% of people would be prepared to boycott a product on social grounds, and that there's been a 40% surge in UK purchases of 'fair trade' products giving a better deal to third world farmers.

'Issues that many managers think are soft for business, such as environment, diversity, human rights and community, are now hard for business,' says David Grayson, a director of the charity Business in the Community (BIC), a big proponent of CSR that has just launched a new Corporate Responsibility Index with the support of the chancellor, Gordon Brown. 'They are hard to ignore, hard to manage, and very hard for businesses that get them wrong. Conversely, managed well, these issues can be a source of competitive advantage.'

Further pressure to improve CSR performance is coming from shareholders - and not just from ethically motivated private investors who have always avoided oil, tobacco and armaments. We now have the FTSE4Good list on the London Stock Exchange and the Dow Jones Sustainability Index in New York; some large fund managers in London are building CSR league tables and assessing the lending record of banks.

'They're driven less by moral purpose than by risk,' says Jenny Rayner of Abbey Consulting, which advises companies on CSR. 'They don't want banks lending money to environmentally doubtful projects, for example, which might bring huge clean-up costs and reputational damage.

'Another reason why CSR is no longer an optional extra is a change to the Pensions Act in July 2000, which now requires trustees of occupational pension funds to state the extent to which they take social, environmental and ethical issues into account when making investment decisions. It's forced them to sit up and take notice. So we've moved beyond the days when all you needed was corporate philanthropy and handouts of money to the community. If businesses don't take account of much wider responsibilities to society, they're unlikely to be sustainable in the long term. And the best companies are not just protecting their backside but exploring new opportunities.'

So what should companies do to get into shape? The problem is that there is not much agreement on definition of areas to be covered and targets to be met, so they have to work it out for themselves according to their own circumstances and the activities of their competitors. They can observe companies thought to be doing it well, such as BP, Ford and Scottish Power (see box), but essentially it is a free-for-all.

However, an increasing number of companies round the world are using a blueprint from the Global Reporting Initiative or GRI (www.globalreporting.org), which was set up five years ago by the Coalition for Environmentally Responsible Economies in partnership with the United Nations Environment Programme.

The GRI has more than 100 pages of advice and would like CSR reporting to be 'as routine, rigorous, credible and verifiable as financial reporting'.

There are also guidelines from BIC, which divides the subject into four quadrants. The first is the workplace - are you treating your employees well, respecting human rights and employing minorities? Then there's the marketplace - are you responding to your customers' needs and concerns?

Then, the environment - are you going for renewables, monitoring your emissions, setting targets to reduce them, and talking to the pressure groups? And finally, there is the community - are you communicating, helping, and giving something back?

The GRI says 2,000 companies around the world now report, but the information is 'generally inconsistent, incomplete and uncertified'. This is one reason why the Corporate Responsibility Coalition, composed of UK NGOs and trade unions, was recently able to persuade more than 230 MPs of all parties to back a Ten-Minute Rule Bill designed to make it mandatory for companies with an annual turnover of more than pounds 5 million to produce social and environmental reports.

The Bill, a muscle-flexing exercise designed to influence the new Companies Bill expected before the next general election, proposed to require directors to minimise their companies' impact on society and the environment and set up a standards board to monitor CSR reports.

Another proposal contained in the Bill was to make it mandatory to consult stakeholders, and publish figures and targets on emissions and social performance.

'The requirement would cover only 2.6% of UK companies, but would account for 87% of business turnover,' says the coalition's Brian Shaad. 'We believe voluntarism has failed because there's no proper framework, companies only report what they want to report, and it's mostly greenwash and PR. Apart from anything else, the Bill would level the playing field for companies.'

Nearly three years ago, the prime minister challenged Britain's top 350 companies to produce CSR reports by the end of 2001, and only 79 managed it. Even so, the Government has stuck rigorously to a policy of voluntarism and exhortation, as has the European Community. 'The voluntary nature of CSR is its strength,' insists Stephen Timms, the CSR minister at the Department of Trade and Industry. 'Regulation would put a dead hand on innovation, creativity and imagination.'

Government and more progressive elements of industry are thus allied in a strategy of voluntary progress that continues to disturb right-wing commentators, who think companies that pursue social goals could be neglecting shareholder interests and usurping elected governments. One of the most cogent statements of their case came from Milton Friedman in 1962: 'If businessmen do have a social responsibility other than making maximum profits for stockholders, how are they to know what it is? Can self-selected private individuals decide what the social 'interest' is?'

Whether the progressive, anti-regulatory alliance of government and big business has public opinion on its side is a moot point: one survey by the PR firm Edelman last year showed that some 50% of opinion formers in Europe trust environmental campaigners more than governments. Other research has indicated that three-quarters of opinion formers think legislation is necessary to make companies act in a socially responsible way.

There is clearly a lot to play for in the CSR game, not least the possibility of reversing the decline in public trust of big business, which many think has been going on for 30 or 40 years. But, as in politics, the entire project is at the mercy of events - an Enron-type scandal in the UK, another blunder by a big oil company, and the green and virtuous credentials that progressive companies are nurturing could disappear in a puff of smoke.

1776: The 'Intellectual Ancestor of Modern Economics' and champion of the anti-CSR Lobby, Adam Smith lays forth his 'Invisible Hand' theory: Self-interest is the way forward - stick to running your business and the world will take care of itself.

1848: Yorkshire wool baron and pioneer of caring capitalism Titus Salt escapes Bradford - then our poorest and most polluted town - to build a new mill just outside. Over 20 years he creates Saltaire, a model community for his staff, where every home has running water.

1904: Sweet manufacturer Joseph Rowntree builds Rowntree Village in York. Houses centre around a community hall. In 1906 he sets up a pension fund; in 1916, a profit-sharing scheme; and in 1918, staff holidays - a revolutionary concept at the time.

1911: David Lloyd George, then Chancellor in Asquith's Liberal Government, lays the foundations for state involvement in CSR with his National Insurance Act. It requires firms to make contributions to unemployment and sickness insurance for all staff.

1952: An anticyclone settles over London on 4 December, causing the five-day great London smog, which claims 4,000 lives. The Government sets up the Beaver Committee the following year to tackle the issue of industrial smoke. In 1956, the first clean air act is passed.

1967: A huge spill from BP Oil tanker Torrey Canyon off Cornwall is perhaps the first ever media-led eco-disaster. In 1980, the Exxon Valdez spill off Alaska prompts the US to phase out single-hulled tankers. Last year's Prestige spill off Spain leads the EU to consider similar new laws.

1969: Ralph Nader founds the Center for Responsive Law in the US to expose corporate abuses and a lack of enforced regulation. Previously, his indictment of the car industry's poor safety standards, 'Unsafe at any speed', led to the 1966 Motor Vehicle Safety Act.

1971: Greenpeace is founded in Canada as a response to US nuclear tests. It excels in headline-grabbing direct action for environmental causes. After its flagship, Rainbow Warrior, is sunk in Auckland in 1985, France admits that its secret agents were responsible.

1976: Anita Roddick opens the first Body Shop branch in Brighton. The company pledges itself 'To the pursuit of social and environmental change'. Workers are vetted to ensure they live up to this philosophy, and staff at HQ spend a day a month working with disadvantaged children.

1977: Nestle feels the chill wind of protest when a global boycott is launched in the US by INFACT (Infant Formula Action Coalition). In 1980, a similar campaign begins in the UK, slamming the 'Unethical marketing of breastmilk substitutes'. The campaign continues today.

1982: Sir Alastair Pilkington sets up Business In The Community to forge links between business, trade unions, government, local authorities and communities. In 1986, BIC launches the Per Cent Club, made up of firms that invest at least 1% of pre-tax profits in the community.

1984: An explosion at a Union Carbide plant in Bhopal, India, kills 8,000 people in the world's worst industrial accident. In 1986 the case for compensation is moved from the US to India. India settles out of court for just dollars 470m, half of which is still in government coffers.

1992: CSR dominates the UN Conference on Environment and Development - aka 'The Earth Summit' - in Rio de Janeiro. More than 100 presidents and prime ministers produce Agenda 21, a blueprint for reversing environmental damage and tackling world poverty.

1993: Transparency International, an anti-corruption group, is formed in Berlin. Chaired by ex-World Bank Official Peter Eigen, TI tackles corruption in developing states and the g7. Its 2002 Corruption Index shows a fall in the honesty ratings of the UK and US.

1995: Greenpeace calls for a boycott of Shell over its plans to sink its oil-storage platform Brent Spar. Shell's sales in Germany plummet, and it backs down. However, fears that the new method of disposal could be even less eco-friendly damage Greenpeace's credibility.

1997: CSR grows up as the Global Report Initiative is launched at the UN in New York. This intends to put sustainability reporting on a par with financial reporting and has established itself as an industry standard used by many corporations as their sustainability benchmark.

1999: The Dow Jones Sustainability Index is launched in the US. The index is restricted to companies committed to green technologies and good corporate governance. In July 2001, the FTSE launches its own UK sustainability index, the FTSE4GOOD.

2000 MARCH: Britain is the first state in Europe to have a minister for CSR when Kim Howells is appointed. A year later he publishes the first ever government report on CSR, pledging its commitment to CSR and exhorting good practice. The present CSR minister is Stephen Timms.

2000: OCTOBER Controversial BBC documentary, 'Gap & Nike: No Sweat', reveals that clothing for Nike and Gap is being made in Cambodian sweatshops. Details of forced overtime and low wages spark a worldwide campaign against Nike that remains active today.

2001 MARCH: George W Bush withdraws US support for the Kyoto environmental agreement, breaking election promises to impose limits on CO2. By mid 2002, the EU and Japan have ratified Kyoto but the US - which accounts for 36% of all CO2 emissions - continues to opt out.

2002 JANUARY: Former Greenpeace boss Lord Melchett astounds his ex-colleagues by taking a job at PR firm Burson-Marsteller. BM's clients over the years have included gm food giant Monsanto, The Indonesian Government, BP and Union Carbide after Bhopal.

2002: Judging by the amount of government and media attention it generates, CSR has arrived. In April, MEPs reject mandatory company reporting on CSR, but in July a DTI White Paper recommends that directors of 'Economically significant' companies take into account the broader impact of their business activities on society. A month later, The 'Rio + 10' Earth Summit at the Sandton Convention Centre in Johannesburg (above) makes headlines as many key political figures fail to attend - notably George W Bush - and protesters claim it has been hijacked by big business. By November, a private members' bill on CSR falls off the Commons agenda. But the year ends on a high, with the Copenhagen Centre's campaign report on European CSR Excellence 2002-03, the first ever overview of CSR activities in Europe. Britain emerges at the head of the field, ranking joint first with the Netherlands. The report goes on to conclude that more and more businesses are establishing CSR initiatives and that socially responsible business is here to stay.

One curious aspect of CSR is that many companies considered to be leaders in the field are ones that, by their very nature, damage the environment and pollute the planet - BP, Shell, Ford, and the electricity generator Scottish Power.

A top-level commitment to CSR, backed by a sustainability report that includes hard facts as well as trumpet-blowing, played a large in winning the Business in the Community Company of the Year award last year (2002) for Scottish Power, which operates in the UK and the US.

It is a 30-page production that describes strategy, goals, 'stakeholder engagement' and 'environmental governance'. It also has figures for water use; emissions data for sulphur, nitrogen and carbon gases; cross-references to the Global Reporting Initiative guidelines; and a certificate from URS Verification Ltd.

'The golden rule is that even if we haven't achieved what we set out to achieve, we're open and transparent about it,' says Dominic Fry, corporate communications director. 'You get added credibility for owning up. Next year, we'll have a full-blown social and environmental report that will include all the things we do with the community.'

High on the list of sober and responsible US corporations comes United Parcel Service, which runs the world's 11th-largest airline and shunts nearly 14 million packages around the world every day. But its first CSR report won't come until later this year. 'Our company was founded on trust and it continues that way,' says Mike Esken, the chairman and chief executive officer. 'The staff have good pay and stock options, the directors pay themselves modestly and we've always been concerned about the environment.

'We been experimenting since the 1940s in using electricity and natural gas to power our vans, and we installed new, quieter engines on all our aircraft rather than going for the cheaper option of fitting 'hush kits'.

Our envelopes have an extra flap so you can use them twice.' But even if you're doing well, you need to be seen to be doing well, and so far UPS hasn't published figures or targets for CO2 emissions. When its CSR report does appear, it will focus on the workforce (benefits, diversity, human rights); the environment (alternative fuels, reducing emissions); philanthropy (it has always done a good deal of this); and relations with its stakeholders (customers, communities and suppliers).

The news that BAT has produced a CSR report is often greeted with a loud guffaw, as if Genghis Khan had announced the appointment of a PR consultant. How can a company with a lethal product be socially responsible? The anti-smoking group ASH calls the whole idea laughable. BAT's social responsibility committee, chaired by former the chancellor and BAT deputy chairman Ken Clarke, is trawling for answers. BAT's CSR report last summer defined targets for reducing energy use, water consumption, CO2 emissions and waste production. And the firm committed itself to enlightened employment practices.

But only 34 out of 167 stakeholders invited to consult with BAT agreed to do so, and their main concerns were about BAT's enticement of children to smoke, and its ruthless marketing - it was caught on TV handing out packets of Benson & Hedges to teenage volleyball players in Gambia. BAT helped produce the International Tobacco Products Marketing Standards, intended to bring worldwide marketing in line with UK restrictions. But will it fund anti-smoking campaigns among the young? Er, not our job, it said. So it's hard to escape the incompatibility between its business interests and people's health.

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Silva shot to ‘fame’ playing Kelly on Emmerdale, but is probably best known for her recent appearance on reality show Hell’s Kitchen, where celebrities were trained as chefs by Marco Pierre White. After leaving the show – which she didn’t even win, incidentally – she apparently became hot property. A source (probably her PR person) told the Daily Mail: ‘Adele is in huge demand and thanks to Hell's Kitchen the world really is her oyster’. Just to prove the point, she’s since won a lucrative lingerie modelling deal and been signed up as a roving reporter on GMTV.

Now she’s turning her talents to the wine trade. Not that she knows anything about it, you understand. The advertising campaign will feature her travelling around vineyards learning about the wine-making process, eventually producing her own vintage – which will end up as a Stowells limited edition at Asda. The winemaker is arguing that this ‘ground breaking project’ will dispel the uptight image of the world of wine.

In case you’re starting to wonder whether you’ve actually clicked through to, we do have a serious point here. Celebrity-based marketing is clearly an effective tool for business. But is this not endorsement gone mad? Surely most right-minded people would rather buy wine made by professional vintners, who actually know how to do it, rather than C-list celebrities who’ve spent the last six weeks on a vineyard tour? We might be more likely to buy clothes from Marks & Spencer because we like Twiggy – but that doesn’t mean we want her sent to a factory in China to make them.

Before we know it, we’ll have PJ O’Rourke designing aeroplanes for BA, Peter Kay serving up homebrew for John Smiths, and Justin Timberlake flipping burgers in McDonalds. It’s a recipe for disaster.

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Done right, community engagement builds trust – even when consensus is out of reach. It brings fresh thinking, new voices, and creates a more informed and involved public. Decisions made with the public are better decisions, and better accepted.

But the reality of crafting and running an engagement process can be overwhelming. It takes a methodical, data-driven strategy, ease with all kinds of stakeholder groups, and a knack for making it easy and fun to get people involved.

MAPC brings award-winning community engagement to your project. We seek people out and draw them in, even from groups that tend to be hard to reach and engage. That means new ideas, new participants, and plans with wider support. We work to make data, tradeoffs, and the entire planning process inclusive, clear, and accessible to all. With our regional lens and deep connections with diverse networks and partners your projects are sure to be a success.

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To discuss how your project can benefit from our community engagement expertise, contact Assistant Director of Strategic Initiatives Emily Torres-Cullinane at or 617-933-0735.

Sometimes you need an extra pair of hands. We can support you to assist in getting you through projects that need more community engagement at the peak times

  • Community engagement strategy for your project
  • In-language focus groups
  • Meeting design and facilitation
  • Coordination of interpretation and translation
  • Interactive activities for your public participation projects
  • Connecting with hard to reach populations

Trainings / Workshops

  • 5 Elements of Successful Community Engagement
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  • Meeting Design and Facilitation
  • Data Supported Stakeholder Analysis
  • Messaging for Engagement
  • Cultural Competency

Product Development

  • Communications materials, messaging, and social media
  • Engaging, interactive websites

  • Polling keypads, tabletop projectors
  • Interpretation equipment
  • Event photo booth and other engagement activities/games

“I gained invaluable community development skills…[One way] I’ll apply it to my work is through better utilizing the purposes for community engagement to better determine what I’m trying to get out of a project”

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“No matter what I end up doing, I know I will be working with people in some form, and a group of people is a community, so these skills are invaluable in any group based work. “

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“This helped me see where our work is in the scheme of things, since we haven’t had a physical plan, and it helped me know how to organize what we’re doing into a plan that we can follow and track.”

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Institute on Leadership in Equity and Development (ILEAD)

The Institute on Leadership in Equity and Development (ILEAD) is a training to learn how to identify and solve sustainable and equitable development issues in communities, especially those in under-served communities. Through this training, ILEAD will equip individuals and communities them with the tools they need to become powerful advocates within their community.

MAPC, Action for Regional Equity, and the Mel King Institute at the Massachusetts Association of Community Development Corporations will partner to develop and deliver the training curriculum.

MAPC, Action! and MACDC will use their networks of member community-based organizations to recruit partner host organizations to reach out to their respective members and hold the trainings. While the program will start with only a few sites, it will grow as the curriculum and outreach modes are refined and a track record of success is established.

The training curriculum will include interactive activities and work-shopping in three areas:

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This project supports MetroFuture’s Sustainable Growth Patterns, Housing Choices, Healthy Communities, and Transportation Choices goals for the region.

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July 26, 2017. Boston, MA.
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In 2017, MAPC hired Carolyn Lewenberg as our first artist-in-residence. The goal of the MAPC Artist-in-Residence Program is to bring arts, culture, and creativity into the agency’s multidisciplinary planning work with cities, towns, and other organizations. By tapping the talents and perspectives of a visiting artist, the residency aims to infuse arts, culture, and creativity into project scoping and implementation while enriching and expanding the creative practice of the visiting artist.

In early November, Carolyn’s 18-month residency came to end. Below, she reflects on her residency and outlines the projects she worked on here at MAPC.

I’m in the last week of my residency and doing a lot of reflection on where I’m at now versus where I was when I started, 18 months ago, and how this experience has shaped my practice as a public artist. Prior to my work at MAPC, my bread and butter was working as an educator and youth worker while making studio art and public art projects on the side, attempting as often as I could to integrate this into my work with young people. Having the last 18 months to work solely on public art projects has been an enormous privilege and I’m excited to leap out of the nest of MAPC into freelancing with some fresh new skills and approaches. It’s exciting and honestly a bit overwhelming.

Over the last 18 months I’ve gotten to work with 10 different planners at the agency in a variety of departments: Land Use, Public Health, Environment, Government Affairs, and Strategic Initiatives. I was also involved in project development conversations with Municipal Collaboration, Transportation, Clean Energy, and Data Services. The following is a list of the projects I completed during my tenure and the awesome teams I worked with:

Artist-in-Residence Carolyn Lewenberg writes "Albion Arts Launch" in chalk on the sidewalk
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It was an honor to work on these dynamic projects with such highly motivated, passionate, and gifted individuals as the first Artist-in-Residence at MAPC. Many of these projects grew out of the conversations I had in the first couple months of my residency, when I met with directors from all the dynamic practice areas at MAPC about how they imagined arts and culture could be woven into their work. I was inspired by the depth and breadth of their focus areas, and the opportunity to not just to imagine possibilities together, but to put the ideas in action was very exciting.

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Art by Carolyn Lewenberg displayed in the MAPC lobby

The Arts and Culture Team

During this same period of getting to know MAPC, Arts and Culture Manager Jenn Erickson, Senior Arts and Culture Planner Annis Sengupta, and I explored our values and our reasons for coming into this work and began to develop a foundation of team values that would drive our work together. The intentionality in the space that Jenn created for these conversations was grounding and instructive of future conversations we would have with different communities that would drive the different projects forward.

Jenn provided guidance throughout my entire residency to help me learn the culture at MAPC and how to be effective in working within this context, encouraging me to be reflective about my work, to pursue projects that would be meaningful, and to develop skills to scope out projects. Jenn’s in-depth understanding of MAPC allowed me to leverage momentum of existing projects with other departments, build on relationships with different municipalities, and find allies within the agency who have passion for art and creativity.

Annis is a team player and collaborative leader, who demonstrated patience and brilliant insights into the complexities of arts and culture planning work. Annis’ willingness to bounce around ideas with me was major in shaping the direction of projects. Her ability to translate our work into presentations, graphic materials and written reports was amazing.

At MAPC, all time is accounted for. The chart below shows how my time shook out.

While accounting for time spent in a creative process was a huge challenge, having this information helped me process my experience and capture some important takeaways. These include:

  • Project development and planning time has taken about 13 percent percent of my time. This is really hard to account for and be compensated for as a freelancer.
  • Staff meetings accounted for nine percent of my time. This time can also be overlooked in project development, but being intentional at the outset that a collaborative spirit will drive the work is key.
  • We gave a lot of presentations and workshops! I was encouraged to carve out time for reflection. This reflective practice was a key part of presentations and workshops.

Prior to this experience I hadn’t really considered how different it would be to have an artistic practice based out of a government planning agency as opposed to a studio environment, as studio space was not a resource that MAPC offered. Instead of my studio-based practice of playing with materials, exploring a site, having conversations with people who have personal connections with a place and allowing an inclusive process to emerge, at MAPC the experimentation and play happened through collaborative conversations with planners whose perspectives were supported by research and data.

A wood wall has colorful wooden decorations and a box that says "Look Inside! Sign the guest book and take or leave info about community events"

From there I would connect with community, once the general vision for the project was articulated. Driven by a creative problem solving framework, the artistic process was highly structured and articulated in advance of community engagement. I struggled to navigate this structure in a way that would allow for flexibility once community engagement began and I learned what community members and resources would support the work and offer new directions that made sense for the process, product, and site.

What's Next?

As I reflect, I also think about people outside MAPC I had the privilege to work with: the teens in Everett with neon orange shirts applying polyurethane to the waterdrop sculpture, people sharing their collages at creative placemaking workshops, and guests from Providence talking about public health at the discussion series. I’ve met so many community members, leaders and youth who shape our region. It’s been a rich residency and I am grateful for the experience.

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GMC Yukon celebrates 25 years of iconic power, luxury and performance

GMC’s Yukon, the full-size SUV, marks its silver anniversary this year, 25 years after it first rolled off the production line. The model line provides the capability, refinement, safety, performance, and connectivity discerning Middle East customers expect.

GMC Yukon has long been a feature on the region’s roads, distinguishing itself with bold exterior styling, a precision-crafted interior and more standard features designed to broaden the appeal of one of the industry’s most popular family of full-size SUVs. Yukon’s distinctive Denali models provide an exclusive collection of design, performance and upscale interior amenities.

Commenting on GMC Yukon, Sajed Sbeih, Head of Brand for GMC Middle East said: “For GMC, Yukon has played a key role in the Middle East, cementing our reputation for producing SUVs that make a powerful impression. With bold design and refined features, Yukon has an unmistakable presence on the roads.”

The first generation was launched in 1992 with a two-door body style, debuting four doors in 1995 and available with either two- or four-wheel drive. Unveiled in 2000, the second generation saw increased horsepower, torque and an updated body shape amongst other additions. The current model is largely based on its 2015 form, with Yukon holding fast to its traditional SUV values: uncompromising capability, power and size.

New features have also been introduced on the original 2018 Yukon, Yukon XL, Yukon Denali and Yukon XL Denali models, including tire fill alert as part of the tire pressure monitor and a new exterior color: Satin Steel Metallic. For the Denali trim, a new dimensional grille is introduced and a new 10-speed automatic transmission.

Designed and built by General Motors, the new 10-speed transmission features smaller steps between gears, compared to the previous eight-speed automatic, keeping the engine within the sweet spot of the rpm band to make the most of its horsepower and torque to optimize performance and efficiency.

The 2018 Yukon lineup includes a variety of features for greater functionality and refined details. Enhancing cargo capability and convenience, the model line has fold-flat second and third-row seats, with an available power folding feature. Other highlights include a power rear liftgate with multiple programmable height settings. For SLT and Denali trims, a hands-free liftgate operation comes as standard.

For the tech-focused Yukon driver, an eight-inch diagonal customizable driver display with three available user themes and head-up display is available in Denali models. Thinking of both drivers and passengers, updated inputs on the rear seat entertainment system provide a video voiceover feature benefitting visually and hearing impaired passengers.

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Where can I find a Nissan dealer near me in Portland, Saco ME, Somersworth, Stratham and Portsmouth NH? At Marc Motors Nissan in Sanford, Maine

If you're looking for a new Nissan dealer in Maine, be sure to visit us at Marc Motors Nissan. We proudly serve the Portland, Saco ME, Stratham and Portsmouth NH Somersworth areas in New Hampshire with inventory and services. Find a wide selection of vehicles and a top notch service center, along with a friendly and helpful staff; we think this makes our dealership a great option for Maine drivers. Find directions from Portland here.

Our dealership is conveniently located at 1744 Main St, Sanford, ME we're just a quick drive away from your town. If you're coming from Saco, you can reach us in just about 30 minutes by taking ME-111 W. From Portland, you'll find us in about 45 minutes if you take I-95 S and ME-111 W. And our Somersworth, NH customers can find us in about 25 minute by taking Route 9 E and ME-4 N. We think our dealership is well worth the trip.

We have a wide selection of new Nissan vehicles available for you to choose from. You'll find a variety of sedans, SUVs and trucks including models like the Altima, Rogue, Titan and many more. We also have a selection of affordable used cars available as well. Whatever you might be looking for in your next car, we will help you find your perfect model.

When you find the vehicle that's right for you, stop by our finance center and our auto financing team will help with all your Nissan lease and auto loan needs. Then when you're out on the road in your new car, you can always come back and visit our service center for all your maintenance, repair and auto parts needs.

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How will Cisco Systems' stock buyback program work?

Cisco Systems declared that its Board of Directors has authorized a stock buyback program on Wednesday, February 13th 2019, which allows the company to repurchase $15,000,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization allows the company to purchase up to 6.5% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock repurchase programs are often an indication that the company's management believes its shares are undervalued.

What guidance has Cisco Systems issued on next quarter's earnings?

Cisco Systems issued an update on its fourth quarter 2020 After-Hours earnings guidance on Wednesday, May, 13th. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of 0.72-0.74 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus earnings per share estimate of $0.71. The company issued revenue guidance of $11.884-12.287 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $12.07 billion.

What price target have analysts set for CSCO?

27 equities research analysts have issued twelve-month price objectives for Cisco Systems' shares. Their forecasts range from $41.00 to $62.00. On average, they expect Cisco Systems' share price to reach $50.13 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 11.7% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for Cisco Systems.

What are Wall Street analysts saying about Cisco Systems stock?

Here are some recent quotes from research analysts about Cisco Systems stock:
  • 1. According to Zacks Investment Research, "Cisco is benefiting from solid security business. Strong contribution from Infrastructure Platforms and applications is a positive. Moreover, order strength and improving traction of the subscription-based business model are tailwinds. Further, strengthening collaboration portfolio, which includes Webex Teams, bodes well. Additionally, acquisitions of Voicea and CloudCherry hold promise. Cisco’s latest Silicon One strategy to enhance its network hardware business is expected to boost reveune base. However, weakness in service provider business in China remains a concern. Further, stiff competition from Arista and Juniper in switching and routing verticals is likely to create pricing pressure and impact profitability. Also, increasing investments on product enhancements are likely to limit margin expansion at least in the near-term." (1/15/2020)
  • 2. Robert W. Baird analysts commented, "We appreciate Cisco’s desire to reinforce its position as the leader in enterprise networking as customers demand higher throughput solutions." (7/10/2019)

Has Cisco Systems been receiving favorable news coverage?

News articles about CSCO stock have trended somewhat positive this week, InfoTrie reports. The research firm scores the sentiment of media coverage by reviewing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Cisco Systems earned a news sentiment score of 1.5 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned media stories about the network equipment provider a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent media coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the next few days. View the latest news aboutCisco Systems.

Who are some of Cisco Systems' key competitors?

What other stocks do shareholders of Cisco Systems own?

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Cisco Systems investors own include Intel (INTC), AT&T (T), NVIDIA (NVDA), Walt Disney (DIS), Pfizer (PFE), Verizon Communications (VZ), Johnson & Johnson (JNJ), Alibaba Group (BABA), Micron Technology (MU) and Bank of America (BAC).

Who are Cisco Systems' key executives?

Cisco Systems' management team includes the following people:
  • Mr. Charles H. Robbins, Chairman & CEO (Age 53)
  • Ms. Kelly A. Kramer, Exec. VP & CFO (Age 51)
  • Ms. Geraldine T. Elliott, Exec. VP and Chief Sales & Marketing Officer (Age 62)
  • Mr. David Goeckeler, Exec. VP and GM of Networking & Security Bus. (Age 57)
  • Ms. Amy L. Chang, Sr. VP of Collaboration Technology Group (Age 42)

What is Cisco Systems' stock symbol?

Cisco Systems trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "CSCO."

Who are Cisco Systems' major shareholders?

Cisco Systems' stock is owned by a number of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include BlackRock Inc. (7.62%), State Street Corp (4.38%), Wellington Management Group LLP (2.23%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (1.95%), Geode Capital Management LLC (1.47%) and Morgan Stanley (0.84%). Company insiders that own Cisco Systems stock include Charles Robbins, David Goeckeler, Irving Tan, Kelly A Kramer, M Michele Burns, Maria Martinez, Mark D Chandler, Prat Bhatt, Roderick C Mcgeary, Steven M West and Wesley G Bush. View institutional ownership trends for Cisco Systems.

Which institutional investors are selling Cisco Systems stock?

CSCO stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Fisher Asset Management LLC, Primecap Management Co. CA, Two Sigma Advisers LP, Morgan Stanley, Altshuler Shaham Ltd, AQR Capital Management LLC, Nuveen Asset Management LLC, and Clearbridge Investments LLC. Company insiders that have sold Cisco Systems company stock in the last year include Charles Robbins, David Goeckeler, Irving Tan, Kelly A Kramer, Maria Martinez, Mark D Chandler, Prat Bhatt, and Steven M West. View insider buying and selling activity for Cisco Systems.

Which institutional investors are buying Cisco Systems stock?

CSCO stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Wellington Management Group LLP, Public Investment Fund, APG Asset Management N.V., Advisor Group Holdings Inc., BlackRock Inc., Capital International Investors, Flossbach Von Storch AG, and Swiss National Bank. View insider buying and selling activity for Cisco Systems.

How do I buy shares of Cisco Systems?

Shares of CSCO can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.

What is Cisco Systems' stock price today?

One share of CSCO stock can currently be purchased for approximately $44.90.

How big of a company is Cisco Systems?

Cisco Systems has a market capitalization of $189.58 billion and generates $51.90 billion in revenue each year. The network equipment provider earns $11.62 billion in net income (profit) each year or $2.85 on an earnings per share basis. Cisco Systems employs 75,900 workers across the globe.

What is Cisco Systems' official website?

The official website for Cisco Systems is www.cisco.com.

How can I contact Cisco Systems?

Cisco Systems' mailing address is 170 WEST TASMAN DRIVE, SAN JOSE CA, 95134. The network equipment provider can be reached via phone at 408-526-4000 or via email at [email protected]

This page was last updated on 5/25/2020 by MarketBeat.com Staff

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NYSE:EWEdwards Lifesciences Stock Price, Forecast & News

+0.31 (+0.14 %)
(As of 05/22/2020 04:00 PM ET)
Today's Range
Now: $218.81
50-Day Range
MA: $212.94
52-Week Range
Now: $218.81
Volume730,865 shs
Average Volume998,909 shs
Market Capitalization$45.20 billion
P/E Ratio41.84
Dividend YieldN/A
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation provides products and technologies for structural heart disease and critical care monitoring in the United States and internationally. It offers transcatheter heart valve therapy products comprising transcatheter aortic valve replacement, and transcatheter mitral and tricuspid therapies for the nonsurgical replacement of heart valves. The company also provides surgical heart valve therapy products, such as pericardial valves for aortic and mitral surgical valve replacement; aortic heart valves; annuloplasty rings; and cardiac cannula devices, as well as various procedure-enabling platforms to advance minimally invasive surgery. In addition, it offers critical care products, such as hemodynamic monitoring systems to measure a patient's heart function in surgical and intensive care settings; pulmonary artery catheters; Oximetry Central Venous catheters, as well as clinical monitoring platforms that display a patient's physiological status; Acumen Hypotension Prediction Index, an advanced algorithm that indicates the likelihood of a patient developing hypotension; and disposable pressure monitoring devices and closed blood sampling systems to protect patients and clinicians from infection. The company distributes its products through direct sales force and independent distributors. Edwards Lifesciences Corporation was founded in 1999 and is headquartered in Irvine, California.
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Beat the Market (BTM) Rank

Analyst Opinion: 3.3Community Rank: 2.9Dividend Strength: 0.0Insider Behavior: 1.0Valuation: 1.3 5 -4 -3 -2 -1 -

Overall Beat the Market Rank

1.69 out of 5 stars

Industry, Sector and Symbol

Industry Surgical appliances & supplies
Sub-IndustryHealth Care Equipment

Sales & Book Value

Annual Sales$4.35 billion
Cash Flow$6.10 per share
Book Value$19.89 per share

Net Income$1.05 billion

Market Cap$45.20 billion
Next Earnings Date7/28/2020 (Estimated)

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Edwards Lifesciences (NYSE:EW) Frequently Asked Questions

How has Edwards Lifesciences' stock been impacted by COVID-19 (Coronavirus)?

Edwards Lifesciences' stock was trading at $197.37 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 (Coronavirus) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, EW shares have increased by 10.9% and is now trading at $218.81. View which stocks have been most impacted by Coronavirus.

Do Wall Street analysts recommend investors buy shares of Edwards Lifesciences?

23 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Edwards Lifesciences in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 7 hold ratings and 15 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View analyst ratings for Edwards Lifesciences.

When is Edwards Lifesciences' next earnings date?

Edwards Lifesciences is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, July 28th 2020. View our earnings forecast for Edwards Lifesciences.

How were Edwards Lifesciences' earnings last quarter?

Edwards Lifesciences Corp (NYSE:EW) posted its earnings results on Thursday, April, 23rd. The medical research company reported $1.51 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the Zacks' consensus estimate of $1.29 by $0.22. The medical research company had revenue of $1.13 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $1.03 billion. Edwards Lifesciences had a return on equity of 31.83% and a net margin of 24.71%. Edwards Lifesciences's revenue was up 13.7% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business posted $1.32 earnings per share. View Edwards Lifesciences' earnings history.

When did Edwards Lifesciences' stock split? How did Edwards Lifesciences' stock split work?

Edwards Lifesciences's stock split on the morning of Monday, December 14th 2015. The 2-1 split was announced on Thursday, November 19th 2015. The newly created shares were payable to shareholders after the closing bell on Friday, December 11th 2015. An investor that had 100 shares of Edwards Lifesciences stock prior to the split would have 200 shares after the split.

What guidance has Edwards Lifesciences issued on next quarter's earnings?

Edwards Lifesciences issued an update on its FY20 earnings guidance on Thursday, April, 23rd. The company provided EPS guidance of $4.75-5.25 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus EPS estimate of $4.46. The company issued revenue guidance of $4.00-4.50 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $4.08 billion.

What price target have analysts set for EW?

23 brokers have issued 12 month target prices for Edwards Lifesciences' stock. Their forecasts range from $155.00 to $300.00. On average, they expect Edwards Lifesciences' share price to reach $248.27 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 13.5% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for Edwards Lifesciences.

Has Edwards Lifesciences been receiving favorable news coverage?

News headlines about EW stock have trended somewhat positive recently, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. InfoTrie identifies negative and positive news coverage by analyzing more than six thousand blog and news sources. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Edwards Lifesciences earned a media sentiment score of 1.5 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news headlines about the medical research company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent news coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the company's share price in the immediate future. View the latest news aboutEdwards Lifesciences.

Are investors shorting Edwards Lifesciences?

Edwards Lifesciences saw a decline in short interest in April. As of April 30th, there was short interest totaling 2,480,000 shares, a decline of 18.7% from the April 15th total of 3,050,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 1,820,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 1.4 days. Approximately 1.2% of the shares of the stock are sold short. View Edwards Lifesciences' Current Options Chain.

Who are some of Edwards Lifesciences' key competitors?

What other stocks do shareholders of Edwards Lifesciences own?

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Edwards Lifesciences investors own include NVIDIA (NVDA), Alibaba Group (BABA), salesforce.com (CRM), Walt Disney (DIS), Home Depot (HD), Visa (V), Adobe (ADBE), Mastercard (MA), QUALCOMM (QCOM) and CVS Health (CVS).

Who are Edwards Lifesciences' key executives?

Edwards Lifesciences' management team includes the following people:
  • Mr. Michael A. Mussallem, Chairman & CEO (Age 66)
  • Mr. Scott B. Ullem, Corp. VP & CFO (Age 52)
  • Mr. Donald E. Bobo Jr., Corp. VP of Strategy & Corp. Devel. (Age 57)
  • Mr. Robert W. A. Sellers, Principal Accounting Officer, VP & Corp. Controller
  • Dr. Todd J. Brinton, Corp. VP of Advanced Technology & Chief Scientific Officer

What is Edwards Lifesciences' stock symbol?

Edwards Lifesciences trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "EW."

Who are Edwards Lifesciences' major shareholders?

Edwards Lifesciences' stock is owned by many different retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include BlackRock Inc. (9.03%), State Street Corp (4.36%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (3.17%), Wellington Management Group LLP (3.10%), Capital International Investors (2.50%) and Sands Capital Management LLC (2.14%). Company insiders that own Edwards Lifesciences stock include Catherine M Szyman, Donald E Bobo Jr, Donald E Bobo, Jr, Huimin Wang, Jean-Luc M Lemercier, Larry L Wood, Michael A Mussallem, Robert WA Sellers, Schack Wesley W Von, Scott B Ullem and William J Phd Link. View institutional ownership trends for Edwards Lifesciences.

Which institutional investors are selling Edwards Lifesciences stock?

EW stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Jennison Associates LLC, Sands Capital Management LLC, Nuveen Asset Management LLC, Capital Research Global Investors, APG Asset Management N.V., Disciplined Growth Investors Inc. MN, Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA, and Two Sigma Investments LP. Company insiders that have sold Edwards Lifesciences company stock in the last year include Catherine M Szyman, Donald E Bobo Jr, Huimin Wang, Jean-Luc M Lemercier, Larry L Wood, Michael A Mussallem, Robert WA Sellers, Schack Wesley W Von, Scott B Ullem, and William J Phd Link. View insider buying and selling activity for Edwards Lifesciences.

Which institutional investors are buying Edwards Lifesciences stock?

EW stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Wellington Management Group LLP, Fisher Asset Management LLC, Alliancebernstein L.P., Capital International Investors, Carmignac Gestion, BlackRock Inc., Bank of New York Mellon Corp, and MERIAN GLOBAL INVESTORS UK Ltd. View insider buying and selling activity for Edwards Lifesciences.

How do I buy shares of Edwards Lifesciences?

Shares of EW can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.

What is Edwards Lifesciences' stock price today?

One share of EW stock can currently be purchased for approximately $218.81.

How big of a company is Edwards Lifesciences?

Edwards Lifesciences has a market capitalization of $45.20 billion and generates $4.35 billion in revenue each year. The medical research company earns $1.05 billion in net income (profit) each year or $5.57 on an earnings per share basis. Edwards Lifesciences employs 13,900 workers across the globe.

What is Edwards Lifesciences' official website?

The official website for Edwards Lifesciences is www.edwards.com.

How can I contact Edwards Lifesciences?

Edwards Lifesciences' mailing address is ONE EDWARDS WAY, IRVINE CA, 92614. The medical research company can be reached via phone at 949-250-2500 or via email at [email protected]

This page was last updated on 5/25/2020 by MarketBeat.com Staff

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