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Kaffee hat im Einzelhandel eine wichtige Rolle. Allein in diesem Jahr beträgt der Umsatz mit Röst- und Instantkaffee etwa 4,6 Milliarden Euro. Laut Prognose dürfte dieser Betrag im Jahr 2020 die Fünf-Milliarden-Marke überschreiten. Davon werden über 99 Prozent im stationären Handel verkauft. In Deutschland verbraucht jeder Einwohner im Schnitt etwa 5,5 Kilogramm Kaffee.

Die Bewerberin für den CDU-Vorsitz, Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer, hat sich für eine Verlängerung der Wahlperiode im Bund auf fünf Jahre ausgesprochen. Die derzeit geltenden vier Jahre seien zu kurz, sagte die CDU-Generalsekretärin der „Frankfurter Allgemeinen Zeitung“ laut Vorabbericht. Die Zahl der Amtszeiten des Bundeskanzlers wolle sie aber nicht im Grundgesetz begrenzen. Darüber sollten vielmehr die Parteien im Zuge der Aufstellung ihrer Kanzlerkandidaten entscheiden.

Im Kampf gegen die globale Erwärmung sind Erneuerbare Energien ein wichtiger Faktor. Durch ihre Nachhaltigkeit schonen sie die Umwelt und bieten eine Alternative zu ressourcenintensiver Stromerzeugung. Deshalb investieren sowohl große Unternehmen als auch private Haushalte in Technologien wie Solarsysteme. Solarenergie ist vor allem im Sommer reichlich verfügbar. Ein Problem ist jedoch die kostenaufwändige und schwierige Speicherung des Stroms.

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The smartphone is an essential part of our everyday lives.

But as with all technology, things change. So the question becomes: What will be the next smartphone?See the rest of the story at Business Insider

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• Apple's Q4 was bolstered by rising iPhone prices
• Mobile subscription app engagement jumped 32% in 2018
• Credit Karma is acquiring a fellow fintech startup for UK expansion

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• Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau issued a formal apology on Wednesday for the country's refusal to take in a ship carrying more than 900 Jewish refugees in 1939. 
• The ship left Germany in 1939 fleeing Nazi persecution. 
• After it was rejected entrance into Canada and other countries, the ship was forced to go back to Germany where an estimated 250 of its passengers died in Nazi death camps. 
• The apology comes as Trudeau... Читать дальше...

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Fintech broke onto the scene as a disruptive force following the 2008 crisis, but the industry's influence on the broader financial services system is changing. 

The fintech industry no longer stands clearly apart from financial services proper, and is increasingly growing embedded in mainstream finance. Читать дальше...

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Startups with robo-advisor products are failing to live up to their initial promise.

As solutions proliferate and consumer adoption remains slower than expected, many firms are re-examining and updating their strategies to survive.  See the rest of the story at Business Insider

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• Space X circulated pricing on a proposed $750 million term loan that will put cash on the company’s balance sheet. 
• Bank of America Merrill Lynch is leading. Commitments are due November 16.
• Elon Musk founded Space X, which currently employs more than 6,000 people, in 2002 to advance space technology and exploration. 

NEW YORK (LPC) - Elon Musk’s rocket and spacecraft company SpaceX on Wednesday circulated pricing on a... Читать дальше...

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• Democratic Sen. Mark Warner of Virginia asked the Department of Defense to create legislation to fix hazards reported at homes on military bases across the US. 
• Warner's request comes a week after a Reuters report found that several military homes built by private companies experienced rodents, mold, and leaks. 
• Warner joins California Senators Kamala Harris and Dianne Feinstein who called on the Department of Defense on Monday to investigate housing conditions at Camp Pendleton... Читать дальше...

• Smart speakers comprise one of the fastest-growing device segments in the consumer technology market today.
• This growth has been driven by rapid hardware iteration in the market since Amazon’s introduction of the Echo smart speaker and the Alexa voice assistant in 2014.
• Despite their growing popularity, nearly half of respondents to Business Insider Intelligence’s Smart Speaker Survey still don't own a device — which presents a long runway for adoption.

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