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AI-Powered Slides Generation and Chat for Financial Reports

This project revolves around the development of a software application tailored for finance professionals. The software aims to streamline the conversion of a company’s 10-K financial report into a PowerPoint presentation using automation and AI. The presentation is enhanced with visually engaging charts, succinct summaries, and a chat feature for efficient information retrieval.

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CoviDetect: Automatic COVID-19 Testing Solution

We plan to construct an unmanned COVID-19 testing solution. Our main customers are organizations such as governments, schools, companies who want to provide affordable, easy and reliable testing services to associated people such as local citizens, students and employees. Upon agreement, we install our machines on customers’ sites. Our machine is capable of three testing methods: PCR Swab, PCR Saliva and Antigen Swab. Sample collection is completely automatic, and no people are required on site. Antigen samples can be analyzed directly inside the machine with results available in a short period of time. PCR samples will be collected by our employees and transported to our labs for further experiments. Test results will be reported to the customer organization, and we consider our process done. We also provide software interfaces, so that we can exchange data with the customer organization, such as user authentication info and test results.

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Alibaba Group Financial Analysis

A 20-page financial analysis of Alibaba Group Holding Limited including financial ratios, sales growth, bonds, stock evaluation and portfolio analysis. A general investment suggestion is provided in the end.

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M1 Pro & Intel MacBook Pro Cost Comparison for Video Editors

This paper will compare the economic factors behind choosing between an Intel x86 MacBook Pro and an Apple M1 Pro (ARM) MacBook Pro through the perspective of a full-time video editor, a user-base known for demanding performance from their PCs.

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Cryptocurrencies: Dope or Nope?

On Sept. 24, 2021, Chinese authorities officially announced a final and full-scale crackdown on cryptocurrency trading and mining businesses within its border. Almost immediately, one of the most popular crypto trading platforms in China, Huobi, announced that they would stop new registrations and gradually retire existing accounts by Dec. 31. The global crypto market fell […]

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Comment on Russia’s interest rate cut on lower-than-expected inflation

The Russian central bank lowered its key interest rate by 0.25 percentage points to 9.75 percent on Friday, citing lower inflation and economic recovery. “The Board of Directors notes that the inflation slowdown overshoots the forecast. Inflation expectations continue to decline and economic activity recovers,” the bank said in a statement. The Russian central bank […]

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Stricter Smoking Ban from March in Shanghai

SMOKING will be banned in all indoor public venues and workplaces in Shanghai from March next year. The ban will cover hotels, restaurants, offices, airports, railway stations and entertainment venues after a new smoking regulation was approved by the Shanghai People’s Congress Standing Committee yesterday. Under the new regulation, hotels cannot have rooms designated for […]

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Emissions Trading: Good or Bad

Emissions trading is a government-mandated, market-based approach to controlling pollution by providing economic incentives for achieving reductions in the emissions of pollutants. A governmental allocates a limited number of permits to discharge specific quantities of a specific pollutant per time period. Polluters are required to hold permits in amount equal to their emissions. Polluters that […]