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‘Smell tech’ firms sniff out bad breath, alcohol, air pollution

A burgeoning class of consumer electronics devices at CES 2016 features sensors that can analyze your breath for odors and sniff the air around you for pollutants. Let’s call this new group of gadgets “smell tech” for lack of a better term. Portable Breathalyzers One of the pioneers in the field is BACtrack, which has been selling portable breathalyzers for measuring blood alcohol content (BAC) for 12 years. The company’s current device is the $99

SPY, BYLD: Big ETF Outflows

Looking at units outstanding versus one week prior within the universe of ETFs covered at ETF Channel, the biggest outflow was seen in the SPDR S&P 500 ETF ( SPY ), where 24,850,000 units were destroyed, or a 2.8%

Ultimate Sales Team May Target Ultimate Sweet Spot

Ultimate Software Group (ULTI) might be planning “to carve out a new sales team targeting companies with 1,500 to 2,500 employees, a sweet spot of the market that the company previously addressed via a catchall enterprise team that sold all the way up to the largest of companies,” William Blair analyst Justin Furby said in a research note Friday. “The planned expansion, which has not been confirmed by management, would follow the company’s