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The slew of leaks and rumours surrounding Google's October 6th launch event seems to be never ending. We know that the Google Pixel 7 range of phones will be unveiled along with the Google Pixel Watch and some Google Nest products.
Now, reputable leaker, Yogesh Brar, has tweeted a list of devices he expects to see at next week's launch. Brar has already revealed the Google Pixel 7 leaked specs as well as those for the Google Pixel 7 Pro.
He lists seven devices that he expects to see: the Pixel 7, Pixel 7 Pro and Pixel Watch that we are already aware of, a Nest Wi-Fi Pro and a Nest Doorbell, plus previews of the Pixel Fold and Pixel Tablet.
Google Pixel Fold: what do we know?
All of the best foldable phones have Google to thank for their OS. And since Google have invested time into creating Android 12L specifically for foldable devices, you can understand why they would want to get involved.
Google reportedly struck a deal with Samsung to manufacture a folding display as far back as February 2021. Even Google's own coding appears to show a foldable phone is imminent, as leaked portions of camera code seem to be written for a mystery foldable device. I'd expect to see the in-bezel front facing camera replace a camera notch, as was patented by Google.
Rumours have gone back and forth over a late 2022 release, and, while that would be unexpected this late in the day, it's not impossible. Far more likely, however, is a teaser for a 2023 release.
Google Pixel Tablet: what do we know?
Unlike the Pixel Fold, the Pixel Tablet did make an appearance at Google I/O. We don't know a great deal about it yet, but it's expected to come in standard and Pro variants.
Rumours suggest a 10.95-inch display could be in the works too, with a Tensor G1 chipset 4GB of RAM and options for 128GB or 256GB of storage.
Like the Pixel Fold, I'd be surprised to see this released before the end of the year, but we could see a full teaser for a 2023 release, particularly as Google go all-in on rivalling Apple's ecosystem.
Google Nest Wi-Fi Pro and Nest Doorbell: what do we know?
Quite what could change for these devices is unclear, though. Personally, I'd expect a Pro model of their Wi-Fi routers to offer ethernet connectivity and compatibility with Wi-Fi 6.
As for the Nest Doorbell, expect to see a new version of the wired model. 9to5Google shared some details extracted from a Google Home update which hint at the design. The key upgrade here, aside from being more visually aligned with the battery-powered model, is support for 24/7 continuous video history recording, via the Nest Aware subscription.


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Oregon’s once-booming auto import business, already limping along at half speed after two years of recession, has crashed into another speed bump with the Toyota recall debacle.
The Port of Portland is the largest auto importer on the West Coast, but volume has plummeted from 463,557 vehicles in 2006 to 240,683 in 2009.
According to port studies, each car that is brought into the U.S. through Portland generates a regional economic impact of $318. By that measure, the economic benefits of auto imports to the region have fallen by an annual $70.8 million from their recent peak. And that was before Toyota got caught up in controversy and saw sales slip to 10-year lows amid safety problems and massive recalls.
Toyota is one of three major auto importers using Portland as a gateway into the U.S. market, along with Honda and Hyundai, and it is a key tenant at the port’s sprawling 280-acre Terminal Four complex near the St. Johns Bridge in North Portland. The union longshoremen and Teamsters who unload auto vessels there rely on a steady flow of cars for their income, as do the employees of Toyota Logistics Services, who add accessories such as navigation, music and security systems to the vehicles before shipping them to market via rail or truck. The port is somewhat sheltered from the drop-off because it receives guaranteed minimum payments regardless of volume.
Port spokesman Josh Thomas says it’s too early to identify a drop in Toyota imports specifically related to the recalls and the associated bad press. “We wouldn’t want to speculate on that,” he says, adding that Toyota has been a “model tenant” that earned LEED gold certification for green building practices and invested in riverbank restoration to improve salmon habitat.
The general manager for Toyota Logistics Services did not respond to requests for comment. Neither did the head of the local chapter of the International Longshore Workers Union. But with sales slipping and safety concerns spreading, it would be hard to make the case that Toyota’s troubles won’t cost Oregon both business and jobs.
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Named after the 2010 experiment by Thomas Ryan, "Robin Sages" are fake social media profiles designed to encourage linking and divulging valuable information.
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Faced with the aftermath of the “great recession,” increasing concern about the environment and dwindling family wage jobs, we have some very important choices to make about our future.
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11th India-US Trade Policy Forum Meeting held in Washington D.C
The 11th India-United States Trade Policy Forum (TPF) Meeting was held in Washington D.C, capital city of US. It was chaired jointly by Union Minister for Commerce and Industry Suresh Prabhu and US Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer.
Both sides held discussions on issues related to bilateral trade, areas of mutual cooperation, market access in agriculture, non-agricultural goods and services and Intellectual Property Rights (IPR).
Concerns raised by US: Market access issues, import regulations relating to poultry, ground handling operations, export of pork to India and price controls on medical devices.
Concerns raised by India: Easing of procedure for export of Indian pomegranates and mangoes and market access for table grapes from India. Problems faced by Indian services companies in obtaining H-1B and L-1 visas. It requested US to ease movement of skilled professionals as Indian IT companies contribute significantly to American economy. Issue of tantalisation i.e. mismatch between US visa and US social security regimes was also raised. In this case, Indian professionals making social security contributions, but they do not receive their due benefits upon their return to India
Greater opportunities for US exports to India: National IPR Policy 2016 lays down roadmap for future development in field of IPRs. It is considered as major step towards strengthening IPR ecosystem in India, including improvements in procedures, timelines and resolution of disputes. Draft Pharmaceutical Policy addresses many of US concerns. India desires to address concerns of providing affordable healthcare to its citizens and balancing it with the need to introduce high end technology. US manufacturers of medical devices have been encouraged to establish manufacturing facilities in India.
India already has started to import crude oil and new Liquefied Natural Gas exports are expected to commence early next year. Indian aviation companies have placed orders for over 300 aircrafts valued at several billions of dollars.
Bilateral trade between India and US has increased to US $64.51 billion in 2016-17, from US $62.11 billion in previous fiscal. However, foreign direct investment (FDI) from US into India dipped to US $2.37 billion in 2016-17 from US $4.19 billion in 2015-16.


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Dec 07, 2017
Amazon Prime Video now available on Apple TV in around 100 countriesThe news came a day after Alphabet Inc’s Google said it would block its YouTube video streaming application from two of Amazon's devices.
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Google to block YouTube from Amazon's Echo Show and Fire TVAmazon and Google, which is owned by Alphabet Inc, square off in many areas, from cloud computing and online search, to selling voice-controlled gadgets.
Nov 15, 2017
Amazon denies report claiming that it is working on a free ad-supported version of Prime VideoThe free version of the Amazon Prime video was also reported to bring children's programs and lifestyle shows.
Oct 27, 2017
Amazon Prime membership will now cost you more; to be priced at Rs 999 starting 31 OctoberAmazon launched its annual subscription-based Amazon Prime service back in July 2016 at an 'introductory' price of Rs 499 for its Indian users.
Oct 17, 2017
Netflix shares hit record high after increase in global subscribers in the latest quarterNetflix added more subscribers than expected in the third quarter as viewers craved its highly regarded original content.
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Netflix adds more subscribers in Q3 than expected by Wall Street forecasts; shares touch record highFor the third quarter, Netflix added 5.3 million subscribers in all its markets, compared with Wall Street’s target of 4.5 million, according to FactSet.
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Editor’s note: It seems the sky’s the limit for technological innovation. Mothers and would-be mothers can now breathe a sigh of relief when it comes to the problem of feeding their newborns while they’re busy at work. A smart bottle device can do the job safely and reliably, and provide data updating parents on their infants’ consumption status.
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Imagine you’re going to feed your newborn baby and, after a “bip”, the consumption, frequency and temperature get automatically recorded and graphed, allowing you to monitor the infant’s consumption status when you’re working. Isn’t that nice?
The job can now be done by Feedibaby — a smart bottle device invented by Juliana Ko and her team comprising three graduates of the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. It can keep track of, recall and analyze a baby’s feeding and growth information by measuring the weight difference of the bottle before and after feeding. The data, with a 15-day local storage, can be sent to an app on a smartphone via bluetooth and updated to clouds.
Ko, who is a cofounder and one of the inventors of Feedibaby, started designing the device two years ago. It consists of two parts, a dock and an adapter. The dock operates like a mini electronic scale, which can sense different kinds of physical data, such as weight and temperature. Different from other smart bottle devices available in the market, Feedibaby gets patent for the adapter, which can fit almost any type of feeding bottle into the dock. It means users don’t have to buy a special type of bottle from the company making the smart device.
I myself intend to continue working after becoming a mother in future, and this gave me the inspiration to come up with the device and start the business
Juliana Ko, cofounder of Feedibaby
“Hong Kong parents are very demanding concerning the safety and reliability of a feeding bottle’s material. They may be reluctant to buy feeding bottles from small startup companies. Besides, some infants prefer certain kinds of feeders. It’s hard to force a new one on them. To compete with other makers of smart bottle devices, our invention is flexible in use with regard to almost all feeding bottles. Parents can still stick to their original bottles while using our product,” Ko tells China Daily.
As most parents are usually busy at work, with little time to take care of their babies, and traditional Chinese grandparents tend to feed babies in excess, infants are prone to obesity and nutrient excess problems.
According to the World Health Organization (WHO), the number of overweight children under the age of five globally is estimated to exceed 42 million by 2015, with nearly half of them in Asia.
“I had talked to some mothers before working on this product. I found quite a lot of them are worried about their babies’ status while they are at work. I myself intend to continue working after becoming a mother in future, and this gave me the inspiration to come up with the device and start the business,” says Ko.
Feedibaby is equipped with scientific data from the WHO and big data, providing the most updated healthy benchmarks for parents to monitor their babies’ health status.
According to Ko, their main funds for setting up the enterprise came from cash prize awards, and they launched a crowdfunding exercise in mid May. Customers can now get the product after placing their orders online.
“One of our users during the trial period said Feedibaby is portable and easy to operate. The only thing you need to do is pushing the button, and all the data are ready for you. It’s also convenient to carry it when traveling.”
Ko says her team, however, is facing challenges in promoting the brand. “Feedibaby is the world’s first smart dock to keep track of diet consumption, while Hong Kong parents are usually more conservative about new products.”
And, as maternity leave in Hong Kong and on the Chinese mainland is relatively short, she’s upbeat about future sales. “A proper diet record of babies shared among all family members is not only essential for a baby’s health, but a harmonic relationship within the family.”
Ko is looking beyond Hong Kong to boost the product, may be even putting up a dog and pony show. She’s seeking cooperation with baby brands in Europe and the United States, and sees the Chinese mainland as a huge potential market in view of the relaxation of China’s one-child policy, and Chinese parents’ unshakable love for their children. Talks with mainland distributors are on the cards.
As a female entrepreneur, Ko points out she devotes a lot of attention to certain details in business that may tend to be overlooked by her male counterparts.
“There’re many opportunities that are easier for female entrepreneurs to obtain, such as in the field of feminine and baby products. So, it’s important they stay passionate and patient and support each other. We can and we should strive for a better future together.”


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Backing the right growth stocks can greatly speed up your journey to reaching financial independence. Consider that a $10,000 investment in Amazon made 10 years ago would now be worth roughly $187,000, while that same principal investment in Netflix stock would be worth roughly $593,000 based on today's prices.
Recent market volatility has pushed valuations for some potentially explosive growth stocks lower, and now could be an opportune time to add promising companies to your portfolio. Read on to see why a panel of Motley Fool contributors identified The Walt Disney Company (DIS 1.27%), Booking Holdings (BKNG 1.48%), and PubMatic (PUBM 0.82%) as stocks primed to deliver strong performance in 2022 and beyond.
When Disney faces short-term challenges, it's usually a great time to buy
Daniel Foelber (Walt Disney): Disney's transition from a value and income stock to a growth stock hasn't gone as smoothly as it probably hoped. In fiscal year 2020, the company reported its first unprofitable year in more than 40 years as studio entertainment and park earnings tanked. Ongoing limitations due to the COVID-19 pandemic, not to mention new virus strains like delta and now omicron, have taken a toll on the company's ability to get its business back to the roaring trajectory it was on pre-pandemic.
As bad as things look today, it's hard to imagine a future where Disney doesn't grow. Investors initially cheered the advent of Disney+ as a bright spot in an otherwise bleak outlook. It was even enough to help Disney stock outperform the S&P 500 in 2020. But now, all the attention is on the Disney+ subscriber growth rate, which has come in below Wall Street expectations.
When talking about an international icon like Disney, it could be best to focus less on its short-term financials and turn your attention instead to the business overall. To me, the simple question is whether Disney's parks and movie businesses will top its 2019 record performance sometime within the next three to five years. If the answer is yes, then Disney's non-Disney+ business deserves to be worth what Disney was valued at in 2019, which was roughly between $110 a share and $150 a share.
Next, add in the value of Disney+, which currently has more than half the subscribers of Netflix, and the potential starts to become clearer. Disney reported Disney+ subscribers of 118.1 million at the end of fiscal year 2021 but expects paid subscribers to be between 230 million and 260 million by fiscal year 2024 (more than Netflix has now). That same year, it expects Disney+ to be profitable. In this vein, it isn't hard to imagine a world where Disney stock doubles from where it is today in three to five years. For that reason, Disney is my top stock to buy for 2022.
Omicron will eventually pass as well
James Brumley (Booking Holdings): Just when it looked like the world was easing back toward pre-pandemic norms, WHAM! The omicron variant of COVID-19 surfaces and rattles the world. Travel stocks suffered their steepest single-day sell-off since March of last year back on Nov. 26, and haven't exactly come roaring back in the meantime. New travel restrictions aimed at curbing the spread of the new coronavirus variant haven't helped.
I think, however, investors are pricing in more worry than is merited.
While the current COVID vaccines weren't explicitly designed to treat omicron infections, they are proving effective against it. New pill-based treatments are likely to become available soon as well. Then there's the arguably bigger matter: Pandemic-fatigued consumers don't exactly care as much about the risk of becoming ill as they did a year ago. The evidence? This year's Thanksgiving travel this year was back to about 95% of levels seen in 2019 -- before the pandemic even got going -- according to AAA, while the Transportation Security Industry says domestic air travel hit nearly 80% of levels seen around 2019's Thanksgiving holiday.
Simply put, leisure travel was on the mend before omicron, and I've got a feeling it's going to recover faster and better than many people expect.
There are a bunch of ways to play this quick recovery, but a beaten-down Booking Holdings is my pick of the litter, so to speak. It's got a hand in nearly every aspect of the travel business, and helps all the industry's service providers be more competitive in an increasingly competitive environment.
This fast-growing digital ads specialist looks cheap
Keith Noonan (PubMatic): Digital advertising has already changed the world and helped lay the foundation for much of the modern internet, but the industry is still primed for huge growth over the long term. PubMatic provides a machine-learning powered platform that helps ad buyers and publishers get the most for their money, and I think its stock stands out as one of the best all-around buys for growth-focused investors right now.
Not only does PubMatic have some promising long-term growth tailwinds at its back, the company is also already profitable and growing at a rate that makes the stock look quite cheap at current valuation levels. The digital ads specialist grew its revenue 54% year over year in the third quarter to hit $58.1 million, and net income surged roughly 118% compared to the prior-year period to reach $13.5 million. The company's net dollar-based retention rate for the period came in at 157%, which means customers already using the platform increased their spending 57% compared to the prior-year period.
PubMatic stock posted some strong gains following the company's much better-than-expected third-quarter earnings, but it's given up some of that pricing progress amid sell-offs that have roiled growth dependent tech stocks. The company now has a market capitalization of roughly $1.8 billion and is valued at approximately 41 times this year's expected earnings and 7.8 times expected sales.
PubMatic is now down roughly 55.5% from the high that it hit earlier this year, and I think there's a very good chance that investors who back the stock for the long haul will go on to enjoy stellar returns.


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Publishers zero in on charging for online news
Even if charging for online or mobile content is not publicly discussed at the annual meeting of the Newspaper Association of America, participants have confirmed that significant private talks on the subject are taking place among several of the chief executives convened at the Manchester Grand Hyatt Hotel.
The under-the-radar discussions include a sit-down among several CEOs – held quite separately from the convention under the guidance of a lawyer to ensure the talks don’t stray into inappropriate territory – that would be similar to a confab where many of the same leaders discussed the industry’s challenges in January, 2007. Despite the deterioration of the newspaper business in the intervening time, no similar session has been held since then.
In addition to discussing whether and how to charge for the expensively produced content that today is available for free at most newspaper websites, publishers familiar with the agenda for the private session said other topics were:
:: How to recover some of the classified advertising business that has been usurped by Craig’s List and others.
:: Whether to demand payment from aggregators who now freely link to content from their sites.
:: How newspapers might get a greater share of the $10.8 billion in search revenues that represented 46% of all U.S. online advertising revenues in 2008.
Publishers are focusing on charging for at least some of their now-free interactive content because they are desperate for new revenues to replace some of the $11.6 billion in ad sales that have vanished since 2005.
Advertising sales, which produce the vast majority of industry revenues, plunged 16.7% in 2008 to $37.8 billion. That is a 23% drop from the record $49.4 billion in sales achieved by the industry as recently as 2005. The deterioration this year appears to be continuing, if not accelerating, in the scariest economic environment since the 1930s.
Publishers also seem to be recognizing, albeit perhaps belatedly, that further cost-cutting in their newsrooms will degrade the thing that differentiates them the most from all other web competitors: Authoritative and original local content.
At the same time, drastically slumping banner ad rates – they fell by some 50% in the last year – have made it clear that there is no point in generating traffic by giving away free content if you are filling a substantial portion of your online inventory with ads netting as little as $1 per thousand views.
Although publishers may not rush home from San Diego to declare that they are going to start charging for online content, there are few among them who already have not ordered intensive internal studies of the business models and implications associated with implementing a pay strategy.
After comparing notes in San Diego, the executives may come to recognize that the number of publishers willing to charge for at least a portion of their online content is approaching sufficient critical mass that they may be able to pull it off.


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VANCOUVER: China, Japan and South Korea have set ambitious targets to put millions of hydrogen-powered vehicles on their roads by the end of the next decade at a cost of billions of dollars.
But to date, hydrogen fuel cell vehicles (FCVs) have been upstaged by electric vehicles, which are fast becoming a mainstream option due to the success of Tesla Inc’s luxury cars as well as sales and production quotas set by China.
Critics argue FCVs may never amount to more than a niche technology. But proponents counter hydrogen is the cleanest energy source for autos available, and that with time and more refueling infrastructure, it will gain acceptance.
China, the world’s biggest auto market with 28 million vehicles sold annually, is aiming for more than 1 million FCVs in service by 2030. That compares with just 1,500 or so now, most of which are buses.
Japan, a market of more than 5 million vehicles annually, wants to have 800,000 FCVs sold by that time from around 3,400 currently.
South Korea, which has a car market just one third the size of Japan, has set a target of 850,000 vehicles on the road by 2030. So far, fewer than 3,000 have been sold.
Hydrogen’s proponents point to how clean it is as an energy source — water and heat are the only byproducts — and how it can be made from a number of sources, including methane, coal, water, even garbage. Resource-poor Japan sees hydrogen as a way to greater energy security.
They also argue that driving ranges and refueling times for FCVs are comparable to gasoline cars, whereas EVs require hours to recharge and provide only a few hundred kilometers of range.
Many backers in China and Japan see FCVs as complementing EVs rather than replacing them. In general, hydrogen is seen as the more efficient choice for heavier vehicles that drive longer distances, hence the current emphasis on city buses.
Only a handful of automakers have made fuel cell passenger cars commercially available.
Toyota Motor Corp. launched the Mirai sedan at the end of 2014, but has sold fewer than 10,000 globally. Hyundai Motor has offered the Nexo crossover since March last year and has sold just under 2,900 worldwide. It had sales of around 900 for its previous FCV model, the Tucson.
Honda’s Clarity Fuel Cell is available for lease, while Daimler AG’s GLC F-CELL has been delivered to a handful of corporate and public sector clients. Buses are seeing more demand. Both Toyota and Hyundai have begun selling fuel cell components to bus makers, particularly in China.
Several Chinese manufacturers have developed their own buses, notably state-owned SAIC Motor, the nation’s biggest automaker, and Geely Auto Group, which also owns the Volvo Cars and Lotus brands.


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Starbucks (NASDAQ:SBUX) has been selling coffee since 1971, and remains the most recognized coffee brand in the world. It added over 400 stores last quarter, bringing its total store count to over 20,000.
The one thing to get excited about is that the coffee company has a continued passion for innovation. This has helped boost its share in international markets and build it a loyal customer base. However, over the last six months, Starbucks is flat, compared to an S&P 500 that's up nearly 15%.
Despite the recent pullback due to mixed fiscal first quarter results, I remain optimistic for 2014. It actually raised earning expectations for the upcoming year, with growth in revenues being driven by new store openings, in China and Asian/Pacific markets.
The Starbucks addiction isn't just to caffeine
There are not many companies who can brag about customer loyalty, but Starbucks can definitely say that their customers are not just addicted to coffee, but rather to Starbucks, the brand. A third of all of Starbucks' transactions was completed by My Starbucks Rewards loyalty members and over a tenth was completed via mobile phone last quarter.
And Dollars loaded on its loyalty cards increased 24% to 1.4 billion last quarter, suggesting that millions of customers will be visiting Starbucks stores in the future quarters. It also processed more than 40 million new Starbucks activation cards last quarter.
Innovation is alive and well at this coffee company
Starbucks remains ahead of its competitors when it comes to embracing the shift in consumer behavior and shopping habits. Starbucks' strong digital and mobile capabilities bring customers with higher disposable incomes, who are willing to pay higher prices. This in turn results in higher profit margins for the company. Last quarter we saw rising profits, driven by strong margin growth in all segments.
Starbucks is also improving existing products and introducing new products to attract new customers and keep loyal customers coming back. Even with a number of new products, such as flavored Starbucks K-Cups, innovative line of VIA Latte, and Teavana teas, the two that stand out are Evolution and La Boulange.
Starbucks has been able to fully capitalize on the Evolution Fresh Juice brand since its acquisition in 2011. In addition to being available in approximately 8,000 U.S. Starbucks stores, Evolution Fresh juices are available at Whole Foods locations nationwide. Starbucks has also joined with dairy products maker, Danone, to create evolution Fresh-branded yogurt.
La Boulange has been another successful acquisition for Starbucks. The bakery has enhanced Starbucks' core food offering driving increased purchases and thereby growing both traffic and ticket growth at its stores. Following the success of La Boulange high-end bakery products, the company is testing La Boulange lunch items, scheduled to be launched next fall.
Still room to grow internationally
In addition to keeping its loyal customers hooked on the brand, Starbucks is hard at work when it comes to getting more people internationally to accept the brand and joy its loyal following. Asia is a huge opportunity for the company. Even with relatively low per-capita consumption, the rapidly rising middle class brings with it rising income levels, which will increase the demand for convenience beverages.
Starbucks believes that China and the Asia-Pacific region, which has grown revenues 33% since 2010, will see a much more meaningful business growth over the next five years. In hopes of creating a strong loyal following in Asia, the company has launched the Starbucks card in China back in January.
Meanwhile, Starbucks is also trying to revive its business in Europe by pursuing increased higher-margin licensing opportunities, shutting down unprofitable stores, cutting general and administrative expenses and implementing robust brand building initiatives. We can already see the results in stronger margins and comps for the European market, pointing to the real potential for that geographic segment.
Starbucks is still a long-term buy, with coffee price concerns overblown
There is notable concern over the rising cost of coffee. However, with coffee costs at only approximately 9% of Starbucks' operating costs, there has to be a significant increase in coffee prices to meaningfully impact profits.
And with a loyal customer base, commitment to innovation and continued growth in international markets, Starbucks is poised to offer investors market beating returns on a multi-year basis. Starbucks is trading at 22.5x forward earnings, but is no stranger to trading at 30x earnings, which is closer to its long-term average. Even assuming earnings come in on the low end of expectations, at $3.10 a share for fiscal 2015, and its earnings multiple expands to 30x, the 18-month price target is right at $93.
Disclosure: I have no positions in any stocks mentioned, and no plans to initiate any positions within the next 72 hours. I wrote this article myself, and it expresses my own opinions. I am not receiving compensation for it (other than from Seeking Alpha). I have no business relationship with any company whose stock is mentioned in this article.


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Lost revenue and deferred rates payments during the coronavirus pandemic have resulted in Wangaratta Council cutting $2.8 million from its planned spending in the 2019-20 financial year.
The proposed cuts, and some other spending, will be put before councillors for approval at Tuesday's meeting.
Like most other councils, Wangaratta offered ratepayers the chance to defer some of their payments if they were going through hardship.
Documents released on Friday revealed that many people took up this offer and $1,124,000 of rates due to be paid to the council have been deferred until June 30.
Some revenue has been lost completely. Wangaratta usually charges $1 per hour for parking in its central business district, but that is free until June 30, resulting in a loss of $106,000.
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The Wangaratta Performing Arts and Convention Centre also lost $24,000 in revenue from shows, and the council will spend $203,094 for an external company to maintain the facility while it is closed.
"This is based on latest estimates and the government restrictions in place to combat the spread of COVID-19 as at April 30, 2020," the report stated.
"The coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic has significant immediate and ongoing impact on council, staff and our community."
The COVID-19 pandemic has significant and ongoing impact on council, staff and our community.Wangaratta Council
The amount of capital works in the municipality will drop by $2.804 million to $40.449 million to mitigate the losses.
The savings include $455,000 in kerb and channel works delayed until the next financial year and $154,000 in pedestrian improvement in the central business district cancelled.
But the council has instead decided to spend money on Wangaratta Indoor Sports and Aquatic Centre during the shutdown, to take advantage of the facilities being closed.
The council will take over running WISAC from the YMCA in October, so with the gym closed during coronavirus restrictions, work on rebranding, refurbishing the cafe and information technology upgrades will start early.
The budget for this has been increased from $106,550 to $215,930.
The council also had to upgrade its own information technology system to ensure staff could work from home, at a cost of $325,000.
Tourism events have been postponed or cancelled during the pandemic, so while Wangaratta Council will still award annual tourism grants, organisers will not receive money immediately.
Grants include $5000 for the King Valley's La Dolce Vita Festival and $3,750 for the Transmotto 8 Hour dirt bike event.
It is proposed that half the funding be paid closer to the event and half after it has taken place.


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The Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that textbooks and other goods made and sold abroad can be re-sold online and in discount stores without violating U.S. copyright law. The outcome was a huge relief to eBay, Costco and other businesses that trade in products made outside the U.S.
Supreme Court justices on Monday weighed copyright protections for publishers, creative artists and manufacturers in a global marketplace in a case that has attracted the interest of Costco, eBay and Google. The outcome has important implications for consumers and multibillion dollar annual sales online and in discount stores.
The 12-year-old daughter of Sen. Marco Rubio, Florida Republican, is out of the hospital and at home recovering from a head injury suffered in a golf cart accident.
All eyes will be on Justice Elena Kagan on Monday, when the Supreme Court considers a copyright case that some fear could prevent people from reselling goods that they own such as iPhones, DVDs or, as in this case, books that have been purchased abroad.


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ContainerPort Group (CPG®), a top ten nation-wide drayage provider in the United States, is pleased to announce several key appointments, marking an expansion of its commercial team that will support the company’s strategic growth across every port and every rail.
To better serve its customers, CPG has aggressive strategic plans in place to accelerate its available capacity solutions by building a nationwide network, giving customers the ability to work with one carrier for all their capacity needs. In fact, the company currently operates more than 1,500 trucks and has a widening presence due to its recently announced acquisition of Pacific Cascade Transportation in the Pacific Northwest. The expanded commercial and sales teams will be a significant component of the business and essential to achieving CPG’s goal of being the national drayage provider of choice for today’s biggest and best brands.
"We are coming off a huge year for CPG and want to continue the momentum towards having a presence at every rail and port across the country by appointing exceptional individuals to work with our customers," said Joey Palmer, CPG’s President. "These new additions to our commercial teams demonstrate our deep commitment to our customers and will help us align on becoming a one-stop-shop for all of their drayage needs."
CPG’s new appointments include:
• Josh Cushman, Vice President of Sales – National Commercial Team
Previously serving in a commercial capacity for CPG's Truckload division from 2019 to 2020, Mr. Cushman will oversee the company's national commercial sales operations and will lead CPG’s effort in strategic account development. Previously, he was Vice President of Enterprise Sales at Dart, focused on truckload brokerage.
• Calvin Easley, Director of Sales – Gulf Region
For the last five years, Mr. Easley has overseen handling regional drayage sales with a focus on the Dallas and Houston regions. He previously held the position of Director of Sales at Dunavant Enterprises and has a degree in supply chain management from Texas A&M.
• Marty Musialowski , Vice President of Sales – Southeast Region
With more than 30 years of experience in international logistics and a solid foundation in both sales and operations, Mr. Musialowski provides a wealth of sales knowledge from his prior employment in sales management positions with Horizon Lines, Old Dominion Freight Lines, and DCLI.
"At CPG, we are relentlessly focused on driving success for our customers," said Mike Williams, CPG's Executive Vice President of Commercial & Logistics. "These team expansions will help maximize opportunity and growth across the company's expanding footprint, which now includes the West Coast and Pacific Northwest. Having experienced executives on board like Josh, Marty, and Calvin is critical to meeting customer needs and driving strategic growth."


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A new book from the Washington Post’s Greg Miller paints a compelling picture of how Google’s online advertising platform, AdWords, is leading the way for online publishers.
Miller’s book is titled How to Get Online Publishing Back on Track: The Google Way.
It’s a critical look at the rise of online publishers, their growing pains and how they are competing against established players in an increasingly fragmented marketplace.
Miller, who has been writing about online advertising for years, told Business Insider that he wanted to write the book so that readers would understand the “buzz” around AdWords and the changing ways publishers use it.
Miller has written extensively about how the Internet has made online advertising less accessible to consumers and publishers.
He wrote the book with co-author Sarah Lichtman, a former digital marketing strategist for a major media company.
Lichtmann has written about online ad sales, the rise and fall of digital distribution platforms like Google and Facebook, and the challenges facing publishers and content creators.
Lichmann told Business Insider that she and Miller had been friends for several years.
“Greg’s writing is always a pleasure to read,” she said.
“He’s really smart and his work is well researched.”
AdWords for Publishers AdWords is the Google ad network, which allows publishers to advertise on Google and other websites.
The system lets publishers sell products to their audience without the need for an intermediary.
The ad platform is used by publishers for advertising on Google, Facebook and other sites, as well as by businesses and other online platforms.
The online advertising market is expected to grow to $4.3 trillion by 2020, up from $2.9 trillion in 2015, according to research firm eMarketer.
Advertisers spend $3.6 billion a day on online ads, up 15% from a year ago.
Google has built a network of more than 6,000 AdWords advertisers in more than 140 countries, with over 2.5 million active accounts.
AdWords has been used to drive the growth of Amazon and other large online retailers, which account for more than half of the overall online ad market.
AdWeek reported in May that AdWords accounts for more of Google’s revenue than it does Amazon, eBay and Amazon.com.
That was the first time Google’s AdWords platform had been valued as a company.
According to AdWeek, Adwords has grown by more than 30% in the last year.
Google’s share of the online advertising industry has grown from 14% in 2014 to 29% in 2020.
The growth in AdWords’ role in driving online publishers’ growth has led to questions about how well the platform has succeeded.
Google said in October that it was adding over 10 million online advertisers to its network in 2017.
According a September report by The Information, Google’s role in digital advertising was about 20% of the total market.
However, the report didn’t mention AdWords.
“The success of AdWords in the U.S. is primarily driven by its ability to drive a huge number of online advertisers in one place,” wrote David Smith, an analyst with eMarker, in a research note.
“We are very much focused on how to use AdWords more efficiently, including on mobile devices.”
But it’s not all about AdWords For Publishers.
The book paints a dark picture of publishers, and how their growth has been driven by the dominance of Google and AdWords — a situation that has changed the way publishers operate and what they charge.
Miller describes the AdWords system as “a virtual advertising platform that allows publishers and advertisers to advertise directly to consumers without an intermediary, like publishers and publishers have to charge for their content on other platforms.”
Advertiser tracking Advertising is the way that publishers sell to consumers.
Publishers need to get their ads to consumers to make money, and Advertisering is the process of finding those consumers, tracking their behavior and providing advertisers with the information they need to deliver targeted ads.
AdChoices is a tool used by the publisher to track their readership.
It collects and stores all the information publishers give advertisers, including how many people have viewed their ad, how often people have clicked on their ad and how many times people have searched for an ad.
Ad Choices helps publishers monetize the information it collects about their audience.
AdChoice is a service that allows advertisers to opt-out of tracking.
In 2018, AdChoice raised $2 billion, which is more than double what it raised in 2016.
Google says it has more than 1,400 AdChoice advertisers, more than the likes of Amazon, Facebook, eBay, Amazon.co.uk, and Apple.
The company says that AdChoice provides “a comprehensive set of tools to make it easier for publishers to target and deliver high quality, relevant advertising to their consumers.”
The book highlights the challenges that publishers face when they try to make AdChoice work.


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STYLE Corner was looking forward to interviewing Zimbabwean fashion icon Farai Simoyi, who was set to headline the Zimbabwe Fashion Week at the beginning of September but has decided to postpone her trip to next year.
Simoyi, the senior designer for the Nicki Minaj Collection, is one of the few Zimbabweans raising the country’s flag high on the global fashion stage.
Style Corner did catch up with Simoyi online and she spoke about her career and gave advice to young Zimbabweans with dreams of going global. Not many people had heard about the designer before she reached the pinnacle of Nicki Minaj’s fashion empire, despite having launched her brand in Harare three years ago.
With the help of various stakeholders in the fashion and media industry arranged by women’s lifestyle magazine, Jewel, she had a successful launch and fashion forum.
Her journey began with the decision to study fashion design and though she faced resistance from her parents who did not think it was a good career choice, she pursued her dream.
They later accepted that it was her passion, one which she was determined to turn into a career and so they got on board to support her. On the academic front, Simoyi attained a Bachelor of Science degree at West Virginia University as well as a degree in Textiles, Apparel and Merchandising with an on Design at Nuova Academia di Belle Arti in Milan, Italy.
Simoyi’s enthusiasm has paid off and her 15 years studying and practicing fashion is paying dividends, with her own label, “Farai”, growing into a global brand.
In 2012, she got international recognition after winning the Designer of the Year Award at the African Diaspora Awards.
Her career has been known more recently for being head designer for a celebrity clothing line but her career includes many other designer brands. She has worked for Beyonce Knowles’ clothing line “House of Dereon” as well as her rapper husband and business mogul Jay-Z’s “Rocawear”.
Other designer labels she designed for include “Threads for Thought”, “Private Label for Macy’s”, “Luxirie”, “Ten 25 Denim”, “L.E.I.”, ‘Rachel Roy”, “Robert Rodriguez”, “Nine West”, “Vintage America Blues” and “Anne Klein”.
Surprisingly she is not star struck and intimidated by designing for international celebrity brands, instead she focuses on the tasks at hand.
“I’m never intimidated working with celebrity brands because I know I was hired to do a job based on my experiences and qualifications. It is more of an exciting challenge, I have to understand and tap into the celebrities’ style while managing to create clothes for retail,” said Simoyi.
Despite the tough conditions on the global fashion industry, Simoyi who proudly identifies herself as Zimbabwean, has managed to land top designer posts while at the same time leaving a mark on the scene.
Her work ethic got Style Corner wondering what other young Zimbabweans can learn about how to get employment opportunities in the fashion world.
From her experience she believes that in building industry contacts and recommendations from peers and colleagues, one can land many high profile positions like she did.
“Over the years I have built a personal Rolodex of fashion industry contacts as well as social contacts within the industry. I landed the Nicki Minaj Collection (NMC) position through a social contact who was working on another celebrity designer label.
“She told me that the NMC team was looking for a senior designer and they loved my portfolio.”
Simoyi said another way of gaining visibility and landing jobs is to have an updated comprehensive LinkedIn profile, staying connected to former employers, colleagues and peers from school and being involved in a charitable organisation.
“Philanthropy is a great way to meet people professionally and socially as you are all congregating for one common thing, to help others and that also brings people together.”
The designing guru has been involved in various charity initiatives in her career.
The latest charity project that she was involved in was: “I Am Because You Are” (IABYA), which aims at being a support system for women entrepreneurs globally and one she plans on bringing to Zimbabwe next year.
The project provides tools and resources for women-owned companies and provide mentoring and networking opportunities through other successful women entrepreneurs who we refer to as “influencers”. In terms of her contributions regarding the Zimbabwe fashion industry, Simoyi stays positive and sees the potential.
“The fashion industry in Zimbabwe will rise to great heights if we all come together and work as one team.” Simoyi emphasised.
“A fashion industry is about creating a district that has manufacturers, sample makers, production houses to assist designers in developing their lines, reliable shipping to export clothes, textiles, and retail stores with policies to stock local before importing.”
The designer is working towards the sustainable development of the African fashion industry and plans to have 90 percent of the merchandise manufactured in Africa by 2016.
“I want to create products that are sustainable, ethical, and benefit the people who make them.”
Her label has already started working with a clothing factory in Ghana and they are currently looking towards South Africa with plans for all production to happen in Zimbabwe.


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Ford recalls 650,000 vehicles in North America over seat belts
Ford on Friday announced the recall of nearly 650,000 cars in North America over defective seat belts that can fail in a crash.
The automaker said two accidents and two injuries have been blamed on the defect, which involves overheating of the cables in the pre-tensioning system of the seat belts, which can prevent them from functioning correctly in an accident.
Of the total recalled, 602,000 were sold in the United States (US), 35,600 in Canada and 8,600 in Mexico.
ALSO READ: Ford to buy San Francisco's shuttle service in mobility push
The recall covers the 2013-2016 Ford Fusion and the 2013-2015 Lincoln MKZ, produced at plants in Flat Rock, Michigan and Hermosillo, Mexico.
Some Ford Mondeos also have been recalled but they are not in North America.
In the United States (US), vehicle manufacturers are legally obliged to publicly announce recall operations to correct defects found on their vehicles.
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Tesla backtracks from recalling some workers to California plant this week
Tesla Inc. has called off having at least some workers return to its lone U.S. vehicle-assembly plant this week and reverted to a plan to bring them back the day after a local stay-home order is scheduled to expire.
A paint department supervisor told employees Sunday in an email seen by Bloomberg News that there’s no need to come in this week to Tesla’s factory in Fremont, California. The company had told some workers in the paint and stamping operations to return April 29, days before San Francisco Bay area health orders are slated to end.
It’s unclear whether select workers in other parts of the plant are still being asked to report back this week. Tesla representatives didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment.
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Tesla has about 20,000 employees in the Bay area. Roughly half work at the Fremont factory, while others are spread between the headquarters in Palo Alto, various offices and showrooms throughout the region and several facilities in Lathrop. Before agreeing to halt production last month, the company made arrangements to maintain basic operations with about 2,500 staff.
The area’s stay-home orders were announced March 16, the earliest in the U.S., and have been widely credited with helping to limit the growth in coronavirus cases. A spokeswoman for the health department in Alameda County, where Tesla’s factory is located, said last week that the agency expected to have an update soon on how long its shelter-in-place order will last. For now, it’s slated to end May 3.
The order “appears to be working but we don’t want to risk restoring all daily activities too soon," Neetu Balram, the spokeswoman, said in an email.


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Paula Deen Loses Five-Book Deal Despite Support from Fans
Paula Deen’s horrible month just got worse.
On Friday, Ballantine Books announced it would not publish her latest cookbook that was slated to be released in October. The book already hit No. 1 one on the Amazon bestseller list Thursday, months before its release, after furious fans rallied to the defense of the embattled celebrity cook.
Deen, 66, has watched her lucrative endorsement deals slip away this month after she admitted to using a racial slur in the past.
“After careful consideration, Ballantine Books has made the difficult decision to cancel the publication of Paula Deen’s New Testament: 250 Favorite Recipes, All Lightened Up, the publisher, a division of Random House, said in statement to PEOPLE.
The company also announced it is canceling a five-book deal it signed with Deen last year. The New York Times reported the contract was said to involve millions of dollars and the decision came after companies including Sears, J.C. Penney, Walmart, Target and Kmart announced they would stop selling her products, including cookbooks.
When Walmart, Target and J. C. Penney all announced they are discontinuing their Paula Deen business, including books, it is awfully tough to stay the course of a publication. It was a business decision,” The Times quotes a source.
Deen’s fall from grace began earlier this month when a transcript of a May deposition was released and showed that she admitted to using the N-word multiple times in her past. The admission created a firestorm and although Deen issued multiple video apologies, she has watched her lucrative business deals fall like dominos, starting with her 11-year relationship with The Food Network.
Despite her recent woes, Deen has also seen her most ardent fans rally around the food star. Supporters have expressed outrage about her firing on The Food Network’s Facebook page, tickets sales for the annual Paula Deen cruise are so brisk a second voyage has been added, and a “We Support Paula Deen” Facebook page has already attracted more than half a million likes.
“I am here today because I want the world to know who I am,” she told Matt Lauer Wednesday. Pressed to answer if she felt she had been treated fairly by the businesses with which she is associated, Deen said, “Would I have fired me? No. Knowing me? No.”


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MOBILE PHOTO SHARING SERVICE
Obsessed with Snapchat? The photo-sharing mobile service plans to launch an Android smartphone
The device might also inlcude a lock screen that allows users to easily swipe for notifications & updates.
Google to close location-centric photo sharing service Panoramio
Google is also encouraging Panoramio users to join its Local Guides programm...
In Iran, sharing photos on mobile apps can mean jail
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Soon, you can share multi-photo album on Instagram
Instagram is testing a new feature, now in beta stage, that lets users share multiple photos as a gallery.
OnlineTyari acquihires photo-sharing application Plix
Currently available in English, Hindi and Marathi, OnlineTyari records 4 lakh unique users per day. It aims to make content available in all the top Indian languages by mid-2017.
MTNL mulls mobile services with BSNL on revenue sharing basis
MTNL is working on a plan to operate its mobile services business in Delhi and Mumbai in partnership with BSNL on a revenue sharing basis.
Mobile services snapped in Kashmir
"Mobile telephony services have been snapped in the entire Valley. Only postpaid connections of BSNL are working, a police official said.
Trai directs Videocon Telecom to continue mobile services operations in Punjab
Videocon Telecom, among India’s smallest operators, had informed its three million subscribers in January that it will close down its operations from February 15.
30 cabs seized for operating ride sharing services
Earlier on Monday, the department set a three-day deadline for cab aggregators to withdraw ‘UberPOOL’ and ‘OlaShare’, claiming that these ride-sharing services were violating the contract carriage permit.
Uber says it believes in the legality of its shared services
According to the department cab aggregators' like Uber and Ola have contract carriage permits under which they are allowed for point-to-point pick-ups and drops. They don't have stage carriage permit to pickup and drop along a particular route.
Uber starts bike-sharing service in Hyderabad
The launch of the product was announced at an event held at T-Hub here last month in the presence of Travis Kalanick, Founder and CEO, and K T Rama Rao.
Hewlett-Packard says to sell photo sharing service Snapfish
Hewlett-Packard Co said it would sell its web-based photo sharing service Snapfish to digital imaging company District Photo.
Xiaomi may integrate OS with mobile technology services startups
The Chinese technology company had made its first investment in India, leading a $25-million funding round into Hungama Digital Media Entertainment in April last year.
Now, Facebook's photo-sharing app Moments expands to web
Access the new feature by either pulling up one of their existing albums. The new option will give them a URL that they can send over email.
Bosch eyeing increased share in beyond mobility biz
The segments that comprise "beyond mobility" are - mining, energy, transportation, agriculture, hospitality, security and construction, among others.


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Elsa Zatarain couldn’t believe it when she scanned a $20 Scratchers ticket she bought at a Torrance Doughnut shop and it showed she had won $2 million. So much so, she scanned it several times just to make sure.
The 49-year-old administrative assistant from Bellflower discovered the dream was true: She had won the top prize on the California Lottery’s Grand Crossword Scratchers game.
Zatarain said she first scanned her ticket using a Lottery Check-a- Ticket machine. She suspected she had possibly won something big but she couldn’t imagine how much, so she went to her back-up plan.
“I grabbed my phone, I scanned (the ticket) and it said $2 million,” Zatarain said. “I went straight home … all shaking. I didn’t tell anyone until I got home.”
She continued scanning and rescanning the ticket using the California Lottery Mobile App’s Check-a-Ticket feature. Time after time she continued to get the same response.
“I couldn’t sleep. I was even waking up to scan,” she said.
Zatarain finally visited one of the Lottery’s nine District Offices to get confirmation that what she was seeing was true.
“It’s life-changing for us … for my family,” she said. “I can’t explain this. It’s a good feeling.”
Zatarain bought her lucky Scratchers at Royal Donuts in Torrance. The retailer will receive a $10,000 bonus from the Lottery for selling that winning ticket.
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HP New Zealand has launched a new suite of gaming PCs — the OMEN X Desktop, OMEN 15 and 17 Laptop — designed, it says, specifically for those who demand the ultimate, immersive gaming experience. It has also introduced a range of accessories from SteelSeries.
The new products extend HP’s unified gaming portfolio, announced in May, and are claimed to maximise gaming performance per dollar, and to be “overbuilt and over-engineered … to deliver bold innovation for gaming customers.”
The OMEN X has dual NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 and up to dual AMD RadeonR9 Fury X graphics processors. The OMEN 15 and 17 Laptops include the latest NVIDIA GeForce GTX graphics.
According to HPE, “The sixth generation Intel Core i5/i7 processor with overclocking capability paired with a VR-ready GPU will enable flawless Virtual Reality (VR) and immersive 4K experiences for even the most demanding AAA games.”
HP also claims “revolutionary thermal management [that] includes a tri-chamber design to separate components and optimise thermals with dedicated cooling in each chamber.”
The OMEN X Desktop also includes support for up to three 120mm liquid cooling radiators with top mounted exhaust vents and a stand that lifts the case off the ground to help pull cool air in, allowing for maximum ventilation.
HP is collaborating with SteelSeries to introduce a line of accessories These include: headset, mouse, keyboard and mousepad.
The OMEN X Desktop is expected to be available in New Zealand in November starting from $5999. The OMEN 15 and 17 Laptops are available now from Noel Leeming, Harvey Norman and JB Hi-Fi starting from $1999.


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Leading caller identification app Truecaller on Wednesday said its Live Caller ID is now available for premium subscribers on iPhones globally, including in India, for the first time.
Google Phone app is rolling out a new feature that will announce the name and number of any incoming calls, in a bid to help users screen unwanted calls.
Android device with Google Phone app on, you will now be able to hear who is calling when the phone rings, reports to 9to5Google.
Currently, the Pixel phone owners in the US have received the automatic Call Screen feature, and other countries will get the new tool soon. Apple iOS devices already have the caller ID feature enabled.
You can set whether you want the app to announce caller ID every time the phone rings, or when an earphone on.
To enable the new feature, open Google Phone, go to Settings and then Caller ID announcement.
The “Announce caller ID” is disabled by default but you can choose between “Always,” “Only when using a headset,” or “Never.”
Caller ID announcements are a great accessibility feature, allowing people with visual impairments to more easily know who is calling them.


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Hewlett-Packard To Lay Off 27000 Employees; 2Q Profit Down 31%
By Steve Johnson firstname.lastname@example.org ' Saying it needed to reduce expenses to reinvigorate its struggling business, Hewlett-Packard (HPQ) on Wednesday said it will cut its workforce by 27000 employees, while reporting a drop in sales and profit
Among the companies with shares actively trading after hours are Hewlett-Packard Co. (HPQ), Pandora Media Inc. (P) and NetApp Inc. (NTAP). Hewlett-Packard unveiled plans to lay off 27000 employees as the technology giant also reported its fiscal
Implied volatility in Hewlett Packard (HPQ) options is elevated after DELL's earnings disappointment and heading into H-P's earnings, due out after the closing bell. The stock is down 82 cents to $20.95 in brisk trading of 37
This week is going to be an earnings bonanza for investors who care about makers of personal computers. While Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) is all of the rage, we have Dell Inc. (NASDAQ: DELL) reporting earnings after the
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Business daily – EU increases growth forecast for 2021, says eurozone economy will expand by 5%
The EU predicts that inflation in the bloc will peak at 2.6 percent this year, with levels easing further in 2022 and 2023. Meanwhile in the US, the cost of living is rising faster than it has in 31 years. And British luxury brand Burberry says its revenues returned to pre-pandemic levels during the first half of its financial year.
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From Spanx Power Panties shorts, to Reebok CrossFit compression tops, Lululemon running tights for guys and modern-made corsets, there exists a huge industry for clothes that squish, squeeze and sculpt. For many, shimmying into shapewear makes it worth while for the figure-enhancing powers of Spandex, an attitude shared by Katy Perry, Kim Kardashian and Heidi Klum, who have given 塑身衣 to make them look nice on the red carpet. Others wear compression clothing to run faster, lift heavier weights or reduce soreness after intense exercise.
But, doctors warn, there are actually real health risks to wearing extra-tight clothing for prolonged periods. As opposed to stuffing your body into suffocating clothes, some experts advise, it could be better to keep with more proven types of body-shaping behavior. Plenty of people take the clothing way, however; research firms estimate that shapewear is actually a $680-million annual market.
“Everyone wants a shortcut which will be more effortless,” says Orly Avitzur, a neurologist in Tarrytown, N.Y., and medical advisor to Consumer Reports. “But that doesn’t assist us when it comes to all the main advantages of exercise and a really nutritious diet.”
Neurologists have long known about a condition called meralgia paresthetica, which causes painful burning and tingling from the thighs should there be a lot of pressure on nerves that run through the groin. The disorder is most frequent in women that are pregnant and people who gain weight quickly, his or her pants suddenly become too tight. But every month or two, Avitzur says, she sees a patient experiencing nerve pain as a result of shapewear.
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Some patients defy stereotypes, including a 15-year-old girl who stumbled on her office after going to a gastroenterologist for stomach pain.
It proved that the girl’s entire soccer team have been wearing colorful compression shorts under their uniforms in school, a fashion trend that was common among high school graduation teams in the area. “I wouldn’t have normally asked her if she wore tight compression clothing because she had been a young athlete,” she says. “It wasn’t until I had been almost leaving the room, and i also said, ‘In my mother’s generation, we saw this in females who wore girdles.'”
Putting pressure about the abdomen squeezes body organs, which can push acid from your stomach in the esophagus. That’s why excess weight can lead to gastroesophageal reflux disease, and tight undergarments can perform the exact same thing, says Jay Kuemmerle, a gastroenterologist at Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond. “It’s really just plumbing,” he says. “For somebody who has reflux disease or maybe at risk of reflux, wearing tight garments may exacerbate those symptoms.” Tight clothes may also worsen the discomforts of irritable bowel syndrome and urinary incontinence, he says. When it comes to Jessica Alba-endorsed “corset diet,” Kuemmerle doesn’t recommend shapewear to lose weight.
Wiggling your limbs into shaping garments takes effort, in fact it is equally difficult – and maybe not so sexy – to peel them off. Many women don’t bother, avoiding the toilet provided that they’re wearing their Spanx. But holding your bladder can cause urinary tract infections, Avitzur says. Sweating in tight clothing dexrpky29 also cause candida albicans and skin irritation. Those with diabetes tend to be at particular risk of developing skin infections from snug clothes. Googling suggests other potential health dangers including varicose veins, thrombus, weak core muscles and back problems, though, as outlined by some researchers, those risks are overblown. Doctors often prescribe compression stockings to further improve blood circulation and reduce the potential risk of clots after surgical treatment or for those who have circulation problems. “I’m not seeking to claim that everyone wearing restrictive garments will have problems,” Kuemmerle says, adding that a majority of problems vanish entirely quickly if the clothing pressure is off. “But adopting a wholesome lifestyle may obviate the need to feel like you will need to wear these items.”
Elite runners like Paula Radcliffe and Meb Keflezighi have helped popularize knee-high compression socks, which may have become trendy among amateur athletes too, as well as other tight workout clothing.
The theory is the fact that squeezing muscles might improve circulation, eliminate waste products and increase power by reducing the amount of force muscles need to produce.
Evidence, however, is mixed, says Philip Skiba, director of sports medicine at Advocate Medical Group in Chicago. Research is also still new, as scientists have already been conducting rigorous studies on compression gear for under a decade. And the majority of studies include just a dozen or two athletes, making it impossible to generalize results for everyone. Due to the research to date, Skiba says, there is not any convincing data that compression garments lower degrees of lactic acid in the blood, reduce muscle damage or inflammation, or make people run, ski or kayak faster.
Compression garments may, however, offer some assistance with recovery after hard exercise.
In the 2014 study of 24 runners, athletes who wore compression socks after completing 男性塑身衣 reported less soreness 24 hours later. For sprinters, studies suggest that wearing compression socks for several days following a workout could help them go several seconds faster during their next several-mile-future.
Whether benefits like these are physiological or psychological remains to become determined. Placebo rituals are normal – and commonly effective – among athletes who believe a lucky shirt or ritual breakfast can help them. There’s no harm in wearing compression garments in short periods of time should they supply you with a perceived boost, Skiba says. But there’s no guarantee they’ll help.
“My colleagues in elite sports are generally unimpressed,” he says. “There may be definitely nothing We have read during the last five-years that might cause me to say, ‘Oh my God, everyone needs to make use of these.'”


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Plans to reduce food import bill by $300m
Agriculture Minister, Roger Clarke, says the administration is seeking to reduce Jamaica’s food import bill by at least US$300 million, in the first instance, through measures to be pursued beginning this year.
Delivering the keynote address at Saturday's (August 4) opening of the 60th Denbigh Agricultural, Industrial and Food Show, Mr. Clarke hinted at a review of waivers granted for food imports, as one of the measures that would be explored.
Jamaica’s food import bill in 2011 was approximately US$1 billion.
According to Mr. Clarke it is not sustainable noting the country does not have the money to bring in that amount of food, so we must produce some of it here.


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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, the Democratic Party’s rising socialist star, describes herself as “a girl from the Bronx” to project a working-class image. However, this claim is only half true – to borrow a phrase from the left-wing website PolitiFact. “Well, you know, the president is from Queens, and with all due respect — half of my district is from Queens — I don’t think he knows how to deal with a girl from the Bronx,” Ocasio-Cortez said this week on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert.She similarly told the Washington Post: “I wasn’t born to a wealthy or powerful family — mother from Puerto Rico, dad from the South Bronx. I was born in a place where your Zip code determines your destiny.” The congressional candidate, who pulled off an upset win against high-ranking establishment Rep. Joe Crowley (D-NY), was indeed born in New York City’s Bronx borough. She currently lives there, too. So what’s … [Read more...] about Fact Check: ‘Girl from the Bronx’ Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Grew Up in One of Richest U.S. Counties
A raging inferno engulfed several businesses in the Bronx early Tuesday, sending a black plume of smoke into the air as ferocious flames licked the gear of hundreds of firefighters working to put them out. The FDNY says the four-alarm fire broke out around 5:30 a.m. at 316 E. 194th Street, near Marion Avenue, in Fordham. About 250 firefighters and EMTs responded, authorities said. At least one of the multiple stores that caught fire was totally destroyed by the blaze, which still was not under control three hours after it broke out. The FDNY told News 4 at the scene that nobody was inside any of the burning stores. No injuries have been reported, but authorities urge anyone who lives in the area to close their windows because of the smoke. New York Isn't Nation's Worst City for Renters (It's Close) Pexels/CC Chopper 4 over the scene and showed the inferno chewing through a row of business. The thick smoke and blinding flames were so large it appeared to be taking over … [Read more...] about Inferno Engulfs Row of Stores in the Bronx, Sends Plume of Smoke Over NYC
Everyone has their passion right? For some, their passion is sports, for others, crafts or maybe food, for many, music, for us, it is gadgets. Pick a subject.For Ruth Papazian, who lives in the Bronx, one of the five boroughs of New York City, it is Whole Foods. For those that do not know, Whole Foods is a large chain of all natural supermarkets. It is a relatively well respected company with a loyal following of customers who favor organic foods.Whole Foods has almost 30 stores in the New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut tri-state area. Seven are in Manhattan alone, but none in the Bronx. Ruth has been taking her Google Glass up and down Morris Park Avenue in the Bronx and taking pictures of what she hopes would be good locations for the supermarket chain to set up shop.What does Glass have to do with setting up a supermarket in the Bronx? What development value does it have that Ruth was able to get her hands on a set of Glasswear? Well she won them with a tweet that said, … [Read more...] about Woman uses Google Glass in an effort to lure Whole Foods to the Bronx in New York
posted on 13 Nov 2013, 01:08 0 1. mattkl (Posts: 241; Member since: 01 Feb 2010) Someone send her a Hangout invite and show her how to wear them please. posted on 13 Nov 2013, 01:20 3 2. elitewolverine (Posts: 5192; Member since: 28 Oct 2013) Interesting, however I find myself wondering why she couldn't use any other device to take pictures.... posted on 13 Nov 2013, 09:52 0 3. suneeboy (Posts: 201; Member since: 02 Oct 2012) The Whole Foods in Brooklyn is being built with a greenhouse on the roof. They are going to grow the produce that they sell in the store in it. Lower prices, fresher produce. Can't wait! NYC FTW! posted on 13 Nov 2013, 16:06 0 4. toiletcleaner (Posts: 224; Member since: 10 Oct 2012) Twin City and Compare are the ones she need to go … [Read more...] about Comments for : Woman uses Google Glass in an effort to lure Whole Foods to the Bronx in New York
By Rex Santus2015-01-01 17:15:30 UTC New Year's is the partiest holiday of them all, and ringing in the next calendar year naturally comes with a super late bed time. Jawbone, which manufactures fitness trackers that track sleeping patterns, released 2013 data charting users' average sleep times during last year's festivities. The results are based on "hundreds of thousands" of fitness-tracker wearers from all over the world. See also: Mark Zuckerberg's 2015 resolutions, as suggested by Facebook users Above is a map that shows what countries party the hardest — or at least stay up the latest — between Dec. 31 and Jan. 1. Of course, this information is only based on Jawbone's monitoring, so the study is limited in scope. Russia has the latest bed time of all countries accounted for in the data. Moscow has an average bed time of 3:43 a.m., while St. Petersburg comes in at 3:35 a.m. Russia's New Year's holiday is sometimes called a "super holiday," as some Christmas … [Read more...] about Which city partied the latest on New Year’s?


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Xbox Germany Accidentally Tweets Out A Video For PS4 Exclusive Final Fantasy VII Remake
According to a tweet which has been since deleted, Final Fantasy VII could be releasing for the Xbox One. This tweet was posted by the Xbox Germany handle and has been taken down.
The tweet said that Final Fantasy VII will be releasing for the Xbox One on the 3rd of March 2020, this coincides with the release date of the PS4.
Xbox Germany communications and social lead Maxi Graff said apologizing, “We did an internal mistake in the Social Team. We took the video off immediately. Sorry, no announcement on our side,”.
It actually happened yes. In that video were multiple FF games and the remake happened to be in there by mistake from the editorial team where we didn´t check the exclusitivity on the specific one. We make sure this doesn´t happen again.
— Maxi Gräff ?? (@GMaxee) July 10, 2019
According to her, the game is certainly not going to be released on Xbox as it is being developed as a PS4 exclusive but the video being posted with complete edit brings some doutbs over it.
As of right now, there aren’t any official announcements regarding Final Fantasy VII for anything other than the PS4 but this might bring up a discussion and rumors since the release of this tweet.
As for now, Final Fantasy VII is being remade exclusively for the PS4 and it will bring a new generation to the Final Fantasy series which has been one of the best game series to have come out with Final Fantasy VII being the best of the series.


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On Monday, Namco announced that it will release Smash Court Pro Tournament for the Sony PlayStation 2. The title was first introduced as an arcade game during the 281375139th Amusement Machine Show last September. In this latest installment in the company's tennis franchise, the series shifts to a more realistic look as opposed to the comical visuals of previous games. Players can choose from eight different professional players in the game, including Pete Sampras, Yevgeny Kafelnikov, Andre Agassi, Patrick Rafter, Martina Hingis, Lindsay Davenport, Monica Seles, and Anna Kournikova. The game will include an arcade mode, and several other modes will be announced at a later date, including singles and doubles matches for up to four players.
Smash Court Pro Tournament for the PlayStation 2 is slated for a Japanese release on February 7, 2002. No announcement has been made concerning a release in North America and Europe.
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Tesco in-house lawyers take to shop floor
2nd October 2014
Multinational supermarket chain Tesco has announced that its team of in-house lawyers, including its general counsel Adrian Morris, are to take to the shop floor in the coming months in a new campaign aimed at implementing more helping hands in the run up to Christmas.
The campaign, being dubbed ‘Feet on the Floor’ has seen staff that hold top in-house legal jobs at the superstore and those in head office positions being among the 4,000 staff who were told that they must work one day a fortnight in stores during the Christmas period. The news comes after multinational firm Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer was drafted in to begin an investigation into the supermarket’s overestimation of first-half profits, as detailed in this article.
The campaign is the brainchild of chief executive Dave Lewis and is an acceleration of the store’s annual ‘helping hands’ effort, in which head office staff commit to shop floor tasks in the final week before Christmas to lighten pressure on Tesco workers. It is hoped that it will help staff better understand their customers.
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Dad helps five-year-old son soup up his plastic toy car with 66hp motor
For a driver’s first car it doesn’t get much better -open-top, fire red and boasting a powerful engine.
Indeed, five-year-old Evan is sure to be the envy of all his preschooler friends with this set of wheels, which he helped souped up himself.
Of course, the car is Lightning McQueen from Disney’s Cars and is now specially modified with a 500 watt .66 horsepower electric motor.
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Petrol head: Five-year-old Evan and his dad transformed his Lighting McQueen plastic toy car into a road-worthy set of wheels with a 500 watt .66 horsepower electric motor
Mechanic in the making: Sean, left, shows his son the art of tuning
Evan’s father, Sean, who works for a California motorsports company, uploaded a YouTube video showing how he and his young son transformed the plastic toy car into a serious set of wheels.
As he explains in his YouTube post, the Lightning McQueen Powerwheel was Evan’s Christmas present back in 2009 when he was two-years-old.
However, after three years of heavy use wearing through the tyres the father-son duo decided it was time to make some improvements.
Working side by side, Sean and Evan added modifications to Lightning McQueen every few weeks.
Hard at work: The father and son duo added modifications to the toy car every few weeks, Sean wrote
Speed-junkie: With his car all souped up, Evan speeds around a race-track leaving a dust cloud in his wake
‘Now, Evan’s Lightning McQueen Powerwheel is equipped with an aluminum back half chassis, dual sealed gel batteries with an output of 24 volts, a 500 watt .66 horsepower electric motor, disk brake, throttle modulated variable speed control with reverse and sparco battery cut off switch,’ Sean explains beneath the video.
And footage of the five-year-old behind the wheel show that he could be a NASCAR star in years to come. Or a seriously handy mechanic, of course.
Whizzing round a dusty racetrack, Evan’s hard work tuning has clearly paid off as he grins at the camera.
How it all began: Evan was given the Lightning McQueen Powerwheel as a Christmas present in 2009
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Successfully Launches Acxiom Audience Operating System
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – November 6, 2013 Acxiom® (Nasdaq: ACXM), an enterprise data, analytics and software-as-a-service company, today announced financial results for its second quarter ended September 30, 2013.
Revenue was $276 million, down slightly compared to $277 million for the prior-year period. Income from operations decreased to $20 million in the current quarter, compared to $30 million in the prior year. Excluding unusual items, operating income for the quarter decreased 7 percent to $28 million as compared to $30 million in the prior year. Marketing and Data Services revenue increased 1 percent to $201 million in the quarter, compared to $199 million; IT Infrastructure Management revenue decreased 5 percent to $67 million in the current quarter compared to $70 million. Earnings per diluted share attributable to Acxiom stockholders were $0.13 in the current quarter compared to $0.21 in the prior-year quarter. Excluding unusual items, diluted earnings per share of $0.20 decreased slightly as compared to $0.21.


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Over the last five years, Panattoni has regularly developed tailor-made cross-dock centres for the DHL group – a global leader in the logistics industry. The developer has delivered two projects in Wielkopolska including 105,00 sqm in Żerniki, where the company’s Supply Chain division conducts operations for an e-commerce clothing giant. Panattoni also handed over two BTS centres in the Warsaw region to DHL Parcel with a combined area of 17,000 sqm in Pruszków and Radzymin.
This tome the developer has completed another centre, this time 20 km from Poznań in Kostrzyn as a BTO project for DHL Parcel to own. At the end of December 2022, the company acquired a cross-dock facility with an area of around 9,000 sqm. With a sufficiently large number of gates and a sorter machine, the investment effectively serves as a parcel-handling centre. The company also has a two-storey office at its disposal with an area of almost 1,000 sqm as part of the development.
“A build-to-own facility is always a huge expression of trust, which when it comes to working with the DHL Group, we have built up on the basis of many BTS developments all throughout Poland. This is also another centre developed by us for the company in Wielkopolska, which demonstrates the huge potential of the region for businesses with international reach – potential that comes from such factors as its proximity to the A2 motorway, which joins Poznań with Berlin, the main logistics hub of Central Europe,” says Marek Dobrzycki, the Managing Director at Panattoni and he adds: “The story of our work together with DHL is also the story of rising standards in sustainable development because each of our projects has been more advanced than the last with its green and energy-saving solutions. It has been a superb feeling to make my contribution to the Go Green concept being implemented by DHL in its pursuit of zero emissions.”
“The facility developed for DHL by Panattoni is of major importance to our operations. Just the hall itself has an area of 8,000 sqm. The centre has been equipped with the first cross-belt system in Poland, which allows for the sorting of up to 7,500 parcels an hour without error. It’s worth pointing out that our operating unit in Kostrzyn near Poznań is one of the most modern and efficient facilities of its kind in Europe. We continue to develop our expertise and we invest in increasingly innovative solutions. As a result, we significantly improve our efficiency and we respond to the needs of our customers whom we place first,” points out Arkadiusz Stasiak, the Vice-President of Operations at DHL Parcel Polska.
As part of the development near Poznań, DHL Parcel will benefit from solar panel installations, electric vehicle charging stations and daylight sensors for outdoor lighting. Cycling facilities can also be found on the centre site and Panattoni has taken care to plant trees and bushes to improve the ecosystem as well as flower meadows that do not require frequent mowing. The developer has also placed shelters for invertebrates, insects and birds.
The BTO development was erected in Kostrzyn – 20 km from the centre of Poznań and 30 km from Poznań Airport in Ławica. The DHL centre is 3.5 km from the Kostrzyn junction on the A2 motorway where it connects with the S5 expressway, which runs onto cities such as Wrocław and Bydgoszcz.


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What is the brand State Grid? This Chinese utility is one of the largest in the world, serving 1.1 billion people. Its overseas operations include the Philippines, Brazil, Portugal, Australia, and Italy. It also has operations in Latin America, where it recently acquired the Chilean companies Chilquinta and CGE. It is a part of China’s drive towards a clean energy economy by promoting the use of electric energy as a substitute for coal.
The brand State Grid is admired in China because of its corporate social responsibility. Its tagline, “A balance between consideration and authority,” aligns with the national brand projected by the government. Moreover, three smaller Chinese brands made it into the Brand Finance Utilities 50 league table this year. GD Power Development, Datang Power, and CGN are all part of the power company, with a combined market value of US$1.4 billion.
This aggressive smart grid initiative in China poses challenges to the United States. But at the same time, it also poses tremendous opportunities for U.S. companies across the value chain. In some cases, these investments will go to U.S. products, while others may go towards paying licensing fees. But one thing is clear: China’s government is unlikely to support the one-grid-to-rule-all strategy of State Grid.


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WILMINGTON, NC (WWAY) — It’s a big employer in the Cape Fear region, but this weekend some workers could hit the picket lines and impact how things move through the State Port of Wilmington. It would be the first longshoremen work stoppage since 1977.
Each day tons of imported and exported goods come in and out of the port.
“Agricultural products, steel products, paper products, forged products, as well as containers that contain a variety of different commodities and goods,” NC Ports Authority Deputy Executive Director Jeff Miles said.
Since the introduction of automated cargo in the late 1960s the International Longshoremen’s Association has been paid a fee based on container tonage. Over the next 25 years the United States Maritime Alliance, which represents the shipping industry, wants to eliminate that fee. It’s a proposal that has longshoremen ready to jump ship and hit the picket lines.
“It was intended to be an offset to the lost wages the longshoremen experienced when they transitioned from break-bulk to containerized cargo,” Miles said. “Those rates have been escalating over the years, and the disagreement right now is about the rate of escalation and whether or not they might be subject to capping in terms of total expense.”
If the two sides cannot come to an agreement by the Sunday deadline, about 250 longshoremen could walk out of the Port of Wilmington.
“The short-term effect would be minimal, and it will only affect the container operation, which is about one third of what we do here at the port in terms of overall volume,” Miles said. “The long term effects would be that cargo that comes in from Asia that goes into the consumer market might be constrained in its availability.”
We tried contacting both the International Longshoremen’s Association and United States Maritime Alliance for this story, but both declined comment.
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Seven months after Gov. George Ryan finalized a legislation made to protect folks from the economic perils posed by pay day loans, the cash advance industry has obstructed the use of laws that enforce brand brand new restrictions on lending methods.But a spokesman for Ryan and customer advocates said Monday their battle just isn’t over for tightened rules on payday lenders despite a move the other day by a General Assembly committee that, for the present time, has killed your time and effort.
“The governor definitely nevertheless supports the proposed lending that is payday and it is disappointed that the committee do not accept them,” Ryan spokesman Dennis Culloton stated.
What the law states calls regarding the Department of banking institutions to set up destination payday financing guidelines so it deems necessary “for the security of customers.” Acting with Ryan’s help, the agency summer that is last guidelines that customer advocates stated would control the worst abuses associated with the industry. Continue Reading