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CalAmp Corp. (NASDAQ: CAMP) announced solid fiscal second-quarter 2018 results on Thursday after the market closed, punctuated by continued strong growth of telematics product sales, the company’s largest-ever software-as-a-service (SaaS) contract, and a number of expanded relationships with significant customers. Even so, CalAmp’s results were largely in line with expectations, and shares of the machine-to-machine communications specialist are little changed in after-hours trading as of this writing.

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USD/JPY and yen crosses are creeping a little higher
– Month and quarter end USD demand by Japanese buyers cited
Earlier from Japan today:

Chinese regulators recently blocked Facebook‘s (NASDAQ: FB) WhatsApp amid a sweeping crackdown on social media and mobile messaging platforms. The Chinese government started censoring WhatsApp’s photo, video, and voice note sharing capabilities back in July, but it has now expanded that effort to block all text messages.

Speaking to The Verge, Symbolic Software applied cryptographer Nadim Kobeissi stated that the Chinese government likely upgraded its firewall to detect and block the NoiseSocket protocol that WhatsApp uses to send texts.

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Over the past year, Wal-Mart (NYSE: WMT) has been stocking up on online retail outlets. It closed its acquisition of Jet.com about a year ago, and it’s since bought four other small online retailers. Wal-Mart’s efforts have resulted in huge online sales growth, but its acquisition strategy may be somewhat flawed.

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Two years ago, when UBS looked at the world’s most expensive housing markets, it found that London and Hong Kong were the only two areas exposed to bubble risk.

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