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GOLD FALLS TO A SEVEN-WEEK LOW AS THE DOLLAR GAINS

Gold prices have stabilized after falling to their lowest level in seven weeks on Tuesday, as stocks and the dollar rose in Asian trade thanks to strong economic data and rising US Treasury yields.


Spot gold fell 0.1 percent to $ 1269.71 an ounce by 7:13 GMT after touching earlier its lowest level since mid-August at $ 1267.76 an ounce.

In US December delivery contracts, gold fell 0.3 percent to $ 12722.60.

Today, the greenback rallied against the yen, climbing to its highest level since mid-August against a basket of major currencies and continued gains in the previous session thanks to rising US Treasury yields and strong industrial production data.

Among other precious metals, silver fell 0.1 percent to $ 16.53 an ounce after retreating earlier to its lowest level since Aug. 9 touched on yesterday.

Platinum and palladium rose 0.2 percent each and platinum scored $ 912.40 an ounce and palladium at $ 911.50. Last week, the price of precious metals was first measured in 16 years.

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Experts predict the flow of investments to Egypt in 2018 !

The Reuters news agency reported that economists predicted the improvement of foreign direct investment flowing to Egypt in 2018, especially in the second half of the year after the completion of the presidential elections.

The presidential election is expected to take place in April 2018. Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, who was elected in 2014, has yet to announce his intention to remain in office, but is widely likely to try to win a second and final term. The President of the State shall have a maximum of four years.

Foreign investments in Egypt reached $ 7.9 billion in the fiscal year 2016-2017, which ended June 30, compared to $ 6.8 billion in 2015-2016.

"Oil and gas investments do not pass through the Ministry of Investment but at a higher political level," said Numan Khalid, an economist at CII Capital.

Khalid attributed most of the foreign investments in the oil sector during the past years to "the absence of any expectations of exchange rates in Egypt a year ago, interest rates on loans or even the tax system and energy prices," noting that 2018 is the most obvious year of 2016 and 2017 because of stability Relative to the exchange rate of the Egyptian pound against foreign currencies.

Egypt is attracting foreign direct investment in the oil and gas sector through bidding on international oil companies. The Egyptian president's meetings with the heads of international companies have accelerated and attracted many of these investments to the country.

"The inflow of foreign investment in Egypt during the second half of this year, especially in the last quarter, is expected to reach between $ 8 billion and $ 9 billion," said Radwa Al Suweifi, head of research at Pharos Holding. General.

"We will see the activation of the new investment law during this year, which will lead to the emergence of sectors attractive to invest in Egypt more than the energy sector starting in 2019, especially the industrial sector," said Alia Mamdouh, senior economist at Beltone Investment Bank.

"We expect energy investments to account for about 80% of this year's projected investment of $ 10.5 billion, and the investor needs only confidence, clarity of vision and a lack of bureaucracy in the procedures."

The Egyptian government has implemented an economic reform program since 2016, including VAT, liberalization of the exchange rate, reduction of subsidies for electricity and petroleum products in order to revive the economy, return it to growth, and reduce imports of non-essential goods. The program included a new investment law and reforms in the income tax law and a bankruptcy law.

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All you need to know about the problem of slowing iPhone phones !

Apple officially apologized for slowing down the iPhone's old phones and promised affected users to change old batteries to another new for a discounted price of $ 29 instead of $ 79, beginning in January 2018.

The company says that the operating system is slowing down old phones to address the problems of aging lithium-ion batteries. When the battery is outdated, it can not maintain the charging properly and can automatically close the phone if placed under extreme pressure, so the operating system prevents it from By slowing the phone's performance.

You can consider this a swap, as your phone will not be as smooth and fast as you used to, but it will not automatically close due to the battery.

The company's admission of many angry comments on the Internet from its audience and raised many questions, many users believe that the company has been doing so for a long time to force them to buy modern phones from the company's phones, and many users also criticized Apple's lack of transparency regarding batteries.

What happens to iPhone batteries when you get older?
Batteries can not maintain their full capacity as they age, and may suffer from greater problems if they become low or cold. Your battery will not charge more than 80 percent after 500 chargers, meaning that the charging time is also low.

If your phone battery is old or operating in cold temperatures, the phone may be shut down as suddenly as it did with the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6S last year. The processors were looking for higher speeds but the batteries could not handle this power. You were closing the phone instead.

Is this the first time that the company has modified the operating system to extend battery life?
Not the first time, Apple has long focused on power management to let you use the device for as long as possible.

The company introduced the "low power mode" with iOS 9 in 2015 to extend the battery life, when the battery level is 20 percent, then become 10 percent you will receive a notice you can run the "low power mode" mode with a quick click, Screen brightness, minimize system motion effects, and limit applications running in the background. When your phone reaches a higher charging level, this mode is automatically closed.

Apple also introduced energy conservation features on Mac computers, including but not limited to the Mac OS X Mavericks operating system in 2013, while the user opens many applications but does not use them to reduce the processing resources used in these programs As long as the user does not use them.

How does the phone slow down feature work?
Apple said that from the beginning of iOS 10.2.1, Apple introduced better power management methods to deal with older batteries. The operating system slows down the phone to prevent its self-closing in cold temperatures, low charging capacity or with very old batteries.

To help manage your energy consumption, your phone's processor will not complete a heavy task immediately, but instead will organize the effort on several attempts. What you will actually see on your phone is some slow motion. The applications will run slowly and the phone will not respond quickly to your orders.

When does the feature start working?
The feature works only in the case of old batteries in iPhone phones, or in case of low battery charge, the feature also slows down your phone in low temperature conditions.

Which phones have this feature?
Phones that have been updated iOS 10.2.1 last year are iPhone 6, 6 Plus, 6S, 6S Plus, SE. This feature was also brought with iOS 11.2 on the iPhone 7, 7 Plus, and will be brought in the future for the rest Company equipment.

Does this feature also affect iPad and Mac?
This feature does not target those devices because they contain larger batteries.

How do I replace my phone battery?
Apple has long faced many criticisms of the difficulty of replacing batteries for the iPhone, where many of the old Android phones came with a removable cover that allows users to replace their batteries easily.

But if you have a phone for your iPhone, the company designed the phone from the base without a removable rear side, so you could put a larger battery in a smaller size.

The company promised affected users to change the old battery of their phones to another new for a discounted price of $ 29 from January 2018 instead of $ 79, where Apple considers this part of her apologies for what she did.

What happens if you put a new battery into your old phone?
If you replace your phone battery with a new one, the phone will automatically turn off, and you'll have a new phone.

What if you purchased a new iPhone 6S phone? Will it begin to slow down immediately?
No, the feature will work only if your phone battery is outdated or the phone is used at very low temperatures.

Why do I feel my phone slow when I upgrade my operating system to a newer version?
Whenever Apple introduces new versions of iOS, many old iPhone users complain about their slow hardware, but not because of this feature, but that may be because storage is full or Wi-Fi may slow down. Phone and some other possibilities.

Is Apple doing this to force me to buy a new phone?
The company completely denies this. The feature you have provided is exactly the opposite. It wants to give your phone as long as possible, but the company did not explain that it might be all it needs.

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aitnews

The price of Bitcoin rises again !

New York, United States (CNN) - The price of the digital currency "Bitcoin" over the weekend after it was supported by the largest operators of financial exchange.

As the giant financial exchange company "CME Group" launched the expected exchange of digital currency, on Sunday evening, a week after the implementation of its rival, "Cboe Global Markets" the same step.

The acceptance of prestigious financial centers in the interest of "Bitcoin" certainly, especially the popularity of investors and between government officials and businessmen, with continued warnings from experts to invest in the under the fear of an economic bubble.

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The price of the "Bitcoin" record rates, on Sunday, before presenting investors' expectations of  20,000$ before retreating, Monday, to about  19$ thousand dollars, and investors expected that the currency in January 2018 about  19$ thousand and $ 500, which is Less than previously expected at  20,000$ and  650$.

 The currency of the "Bitcoin" in the market, to achieve profits based on investors' expectations of prices in the future, whether the price of digital currency or decline, and this method is known to invest usually in the prices of agricultural products or oil.

What is the future of the virtual currency and invest in it?

The crazy year of the digital currency, which is obtained through complex algorithm equations, may be well known to many, as it has risen by 1700 since January 2017. Part of this growth comes from expectations of increasing demand for it by Investors.

The New York market is expected to open futures contracts for Bitcoin at an unspecified time in 2018.
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A $ 450 million painting on its way to the Louvre Museum Abu Dhabi !

LONDON (Reuters) - The British real estate market has been held hostage by investors from China and Hong Kong who have pumped billions of dollars in recent years to buy real estate in London, who are threatened with a new tax on capital gains on their property, according to a new plan the British government plans to implement in the future.
Hong Kong investors have been showing growing interest in the British property market in recent months after voting for exit from the European Union, despite a decline in prices and market concerns, Economist said in a report seen by Al Arabiya.net. British real estate.
Hong Kong-based GLL is receiving a growing demand from local Hong Kong investors for real estate in Britain, the magazine said, citing current demand exceeding purchases in 2015.
Investment property owned by China and Hong Kong accounts for 49 percent of overseas investment in London's real estate market during the first nine months of 2017, while real estate sales for both Chinese and Hong Kong are 14 percent in 2015, according to Economist.
According to GLL Properties, only 38% of new commercial real estate investors were British during the period.
According to the magazine, the well-known Chinese investor Lee Kum Kee bought the Talke and Lucky Tower on 38th Street in Finchorsch in July, paying 1.3 billion pounds, or 1.7 billion dollars.
Hong Kong's open appetite for property purchases in Britain was caused by a depreciation of the pound, which fell 19 percent against the dollar-linked Hong Kong dollar following the vote to leave the European Union.
It is noteworthy that most Britons voted in the referendum in June last year in favor of exit from the European Union, while only 48% voted for the survival of the British Union, which raised a lot of concerns about the economy, including the real estate sector which Has been reviving for years.

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alarabiya

Digital currency Bitcoin turns small investors into billionaires !

The currency of Bitcoin rose to $ 2,500 on Wednesday.
Bloomberg said that the currency of Bitcoin has become twice the price of a ounce of gold as investors flocked to this virtual currency at a price of $ 2,450, a safe haven of economic and political uncertainty in the world, while analysts warn of a bubble in the prices of Bitcoin soon.
LONDON (Reuters) - Virtual currency rose to $ 2,500 on Wednesday, an increase of 150, and on Thursday it announced that it would adopt its own currency to compete with Facebook, according to CNBC.

 A $ 30 buyer from Bitcoin in 2009 could have a $ 1 million value for the currency.
After peaking at $ 994 in February, it is over $ 2,500 to make people buy the currency for a few million dollars from millionaires, backed by rising demand from Japanese and Chinese investors.
Japan alone accounted for nearly 55% of turnover, up 40% last week.
Bitcoin's prices have risen in Hong Kong, while the global currency gap has fallen, with PeteFinx being traded at PeteFinx easily into dollars.
Analysts said the difference in the price of the digital currency between Chinese and US stock exchanges fell to 5% from 20% in just one week.

As well as being tradable on the stock exchanges such as stocks and bonds, KFH has become a means of payment for some retail companies and a means of transferring money without the need for a third party. A number of experts in the field of electronic currencies expected that the currency will continue to rise in the coming period, driven by the expansion of a number of countries in accepting the deal and the ease of transfers through them without the presence of a third party. In 2008, the electronic currency of Bitcoin, a hypothetical currency handled through the virtual world, emerged.

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Investors are betting on European earnings !

Profits continued to be the main drivers of European equities, and Kering shares of luxury goods jumped after Gucci's sales rebounded, with little change on the index as investors awaited the ECB meeting.

The Stoxx 600 European index was little changed, while the leading index of the euro area rose 0.2 percent.

France's CAC 40 gained 0.2 percent, boosted by strong gains from Cairng.

The euro zone's banking sector index rose 0.5 percent to add to gains from the previous session as investors awaited the ECB meeting on Thursday to see the next stimulus for financial sector stocks that benefit from a high interest rate environment.

Pulpoint, the maker of pens and cores, fell 10.6 percent to a four-year low after nine-month sales figures were lower than expected. The stock suffered heavy losses after cutting sales forecasts at the end of September. Finnish industrial shares fell 5.5 percent after the results fell below expectations.

Kering led luxury stocks up after the company announced a rise in sales again with better-than-expected performance from the Gucci brand, pushing the stock up 6.2 percent at the opening. Shares in LFMH rose 0.6 percent. Retail and consumer goods performed better than the market and rose 0.4 to 0.7 percent.

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Yahoo Confirms $ 3 Billion Users' Account for Piracy in 2013 !

 The Internet group Yahoo said on Tuesday that the cyber attack in August 2013, the accounts of all users and the number of about 3 billion accounts. The group had previously announced that the process of piracy has lasted one billion accounts, but recent investigations confirmed the high number.

The Internet group Yahoo said Tuesday in a statement that the electronic attack in 2013, which is the largest of its kind in history, the accounts of all users and the number of about three billion accounts and not a billion accounts only as previously announced.

Yahoo, which was recently bought by US communications giant Verizon, said Yahoo was sending e-mails to the rest of the affected user accounts.

The real size of the cyber attack was made possible by investigations by independent experts after Verizon acquired Yahoo, which became known as Out, the statement said.

The group reassured that hackers did not steal passwords, bank statements or information related to payment methods adopted by account holders who had penetrated.

"The company continues to cooperate closely with the security forces ... and will take all necessary measures" to safeguard the security of users.

On December 14, 2016, Yahoo announced that it had been hit by a massive piracy operation in August 2013 involving a billion accounts.

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france24

European stocks are moving in a tight range !

European stocks moved in the tight range in early trading yesterday, despite record highs in Asia and the US market. Financial stocks topped losers, while JustEat topped the list of gainers after the company's merger with Hungry House received initial approval.

The STOXX 600 index of European shares rose 0.01 percent in early trade, with the continent's shares generally lacking a clear direction. Spain's Apex and France's CAC 40 fell 0.1 percent, while Germany's DAX and Britain's Financial Times 100 rose slightly.

The shares were the best performer on the European index, up 6.4 percent, leading to a record high after British competition authorities gave preliminary approval for the acquisition of Hungarian House. In Germany, Lufthansa was the top gainer on the leading domestic index, up 2.7 percent after the company confirmed it would sign an agreement to buy stakes in the bankrupt R Berlin.

Japan's Nikkei stock index has hit its highest level in more than two decades, supported by record high US equities, and media speculation that the ruling party is heading for a victory this month. The index rose 0.4 percent to end at 20,954.72 points, after rising to 20,994.40 points, the highest level since December 1996. The broader TOPIX rose 0.2 percent to 1,700.13 points, after touching 1703.67 points, the highest level since July. ). Kobe Steel rose 0.5 percent, after falling more than 35 percent this week after the company was involved in a fraud scandal.

A senior Japanese trade official confirmed yesterday that the Ministry of Commerce is seriously dealing with data fraud for its impact on confidence in the manufacturing sector in Japan. Kobe Steel's chief executive said the company's fraudulent range might well exceed Japan's borders.

Toshiba Corp. rose 3.8 percent after the Tokyo Stock Exchange confirmed it had lifted the troubled electronics company from a private watch list after improved internal controls. The move reduced the possibility of the company's share being written off, but did not completely rule out it.

The oil and coal index fell 1.3 percent, while the mining index fell 1.1 percent. The index rose by 0.25 percent to 1,555.17 points.

US stock indexes rose yesterday to close at record highs, with Wall Street showing little reaction after the release of the minutes of the latest meeting of the Monetary Policy Industry Committee of the Federal Reserve. The Dow Jones industrial average <.DJI> was up 42.21 points, or 0.18 percent, at 22,872.89. The Standard & Poor's 500 Index <.SPX> was up 4.60 points, or 0.18 percent, at 2,555.24. The Nasdaq Composite was up 16.30 points, or 0.25 percent, at 6603.55.

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World Cup 2018 Messi leads Argentina to the finals and Panama qualify for the first time in its history !

Lionel Messi led Argentina to the 2018 World Cup with a 3-1 win over Ecuador in the last round of South American qualifying. For their part, Panama qualified for the finals for the first time in their history.

Argentina qualified for the 2018 World Cup finals thanks to a hat-trick from Lionel Messi in Ecuador 3-1 at Quito on Wednesday morning in the last round of South American qualifying.

Uruguay and Colombia also secured their qualification after the first win over Bolivia 4-2, the second tied with their hosts Peru 1-1 and the latter will play the supplement. Brazil, who had previously secured a 3-0 victory over Chile, overcame their rivalry.

The United States failed to reach the World Cup finals with a 2-1 win over Trinidad and Tobago in the final round of qualifying for CONCACAF (North and Central America and the Caribbean), while Panama qualified for the first time in their history by beating Costa Rica 2-1.

The United States was in a good position before the start of the match because it was in third place and progress on Panama, who finished fourth with two points, but the latter succeeded in winning the home win over Costa Rica in the last minute with two goals in the 90 and 90 + 2 to reverse the failure and resolve the qualification card At the expense of the United States in particular.

The opportunity was available to the United States despite the loss to go to the supplement, but Honduras turned their back to Mexico twice as well and came out a 3-2 winner to play the international against Australia fifth Asia.

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france24

October 2 The most sad day in the history of Twitter !

A tool to measure the morale of users of social networking platforms that the second of October, was the most sad days in the history of Twitter.

The device, known as the Hedonometer - measuring the happiness of millions of Twitter users based on their tweets - showed that the average level of happiness was only 5.77 on Monday when a Las Vegas attack killed 59 people and injured more than 500, the bloodiest in modern American history, while US Country Music Concert.

The previous "Happiness Meter" was the lowest level of 5.84 recorded on the day of the mass shooting in Orlando, Florida, which killed at least 49 people and wounded more than 50 last year.

The tool pointed out that the third most sad days on Twitter was the ninth of November 2016, the day after the announcement of the victory of Donald Trump, led by the United States with an average happiness of 5.87.

The happiest days on Twitter were Christmas Day 2008, with the average happiness rising to 6.36 and the tool measuring the morale on Twitter since 2008.

According to Al-Arabiya.net, the tool is the brainometer of Peter Odds and Chris Danforth, a mathematician and computer expert at the University of Vermont Advanced Computer Center. The tool combines sentences that begin with "I feel" and measure the level of happiness in the text that follows. 9.

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Google is launching its new generation of smartphones with unprecedented specifications for selfie capture !

Google has revealed the second generation of its smartphone Pixell, unprecedented specifications and features in the hope of competing with major companies dominating the smartphone market.
At San Francisco, the company launched the Piccell 2 and the Pixel 2XL, and can take Sylvie photos using Portrait Mode, via front and rear cameras with a single lens.
The profile mode requires focusing on the person without showing the background details and providing space for the person's details, so most other phones can automatically blur the background images for a while, but usually rely on dual-lens rear cameras to create realistic effects.
Google, the global technology giant and producer of the Android operating system for smart phones, said its new innovation in phones meant it could provide more space for the battery as well as front speakers.

New features
An important change in the new boot is the removal of a conventional slot for the installation of a headset.
Instead of using a 3.5 mm slot for the headset, users will need either to use a wireless headset - Google sells a pair called Piccell buds - or a headset with a socket that looks like a charging link.
A spokesman for Google defended the new idea for the headset, explaining that Pixel's engineers believe the USB slot has become a global standard for handset manufacturing so it should be used instead of the traditional headphone vents.
About 2.8 million original Pixel phones have been shipped for sale outside the United States since they were launched a year ago, and Edec Research says it represents only 0.5 percent of the broader smartphone market.
Sales were partly limited by the company's inability to provide enough hardware to meet demand, but Google confirmed it was producing Pixel 2 and Bexel 2XL in larger numbers.

Operating Systems
Google is working on its phones to provide the latest version of the Android system for consumers. Piccell phones ensure users have access to the latest versions of their operating systems, at least three years, before other users of other phones.
However, Google has unveiled many unique features, including the capture of a single-lens PorterMod by adopting a two-pixel sensor, which means that the new camera will capture the image and focus on the person, rather than The need for a lens picks up and another focuses on the person.
An additional feature is that the front camera can also capture PortraitMod images with the same precision and with one lens. There is also an operating system to create a deeper image map that can be used to add special effects, such as enhanced reality characters.
Phone users can also call the Google Assistant, an artificial intelligence system, by pressing both sides of the phone.
The new organic light-emitting diode features the Shazam-like feature, which can capture the sound of any song and display its name and details.

Shazam Lake's feature relies on a massive database of tens of thousands of tracks that have been pre-loaded on the phone and do not require Internet access to save the battery.
One of Google's new phones can automatically translate conversation between someone who speaks English and someone else who does not speak, but wears a Pixel Buds headset and speaks in his native language.
Google introduced the new phone in Britain at a price more expensive than the previous version, and the price of the phone screen 12.7 cm about 629 pounds, while the price of the phone screen 15.2 cm 799 pounds.
Google plans to compete hard in the smartphone market, but one expert wondered if it could really pose a serious challenge to other competitors, especially Samsung, Apple and Huawei.
"Launching a device in a region like Western Europe requires support for more than 50 operators and 70 retailers," said Francisco Geronimo of the Edec Foundation.
"Google will have to create a huge network of sales and marketing to be able to compete with Samsung and Huawei."

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