Samsung Bets on Building Smart Homes

For years, Samsung has pitched customers internet-connected TVs, refrigerators, and other devices. Now the South Korean ______ (1) wants to make the home itself. Inside an airy, lavish model house in Seoul, Samsung’s______(2), Bixby, can show visitors what’s in the fridge while Amazon’s Alexa controls the lighting and a speaker ________ (3) by Naver recommends music and TV shows. Meanwhile, Samsung software creates a unified______ (4). The company’s first real-world test bed will be an apartment redevelopment project in Busan, South Korea. Owners of the 2,600 units will be able to start moving in by August 2022.

The limited number of seats are still _____ (5) for medical professionals and other individuals interested in attending the August 18 convention on “Medicine and Patient Safety” at the Camden Hotel. Patient safety is one of the most controversial issues in the world of medicine today so the convention is expected to attract plenty of media coverage. The event _____ (6) by Dr. Howard Burns, a professor of internal medicine at the Camden University.

Symposiums for the afternoon session include a discussion of the benefits and dangers of prescription medication and the _____ (7) of a publication containing several articles on the pharmaceutical industry, drug safety and new technology for surgical treatments.

Tickets may be purchased online at www.conventions.org/patient_safety on a ______ (8) basis.

Dear Amanda Brooks

My name is Sophie Tuner – Mr. Jones’ secretary. Because he is out of the office for the next two weeks, I am acknowledging ______ (9) of your letter dated March 20, 2009. It will be brought to his attention immediately_______ (10) his return. If I may be of any assistance _______ (11) Mr. Jones’ absence, please do not hesitate to call. _____ (12)

Best regards,

S. Tuner.

Fed Stands Pat

Jerome Powell showed no _____ (1) giving up the Fed’s patient stance on interest rates, despite conflicting currents in the economy. As Fed _____ (2) wrapped up their two-day meeting, they voted unanimously to keep borrowing costs unchanged, a day after Donald Trump’s demand that they cut them ¬¬¬____ (3) a percentage point to fuel growth. Still, traders have expected the next move to be a downward one in light of subdued inflation, which the Fed indicated might pick up. Stocks in Asia are set to _____ (4) pressure Thursday as U.S. equities fell after the Federal Reserve pushed back on market expectations that its next move would be a rate cut.