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Kings Plaza Shopping Center
A violent confrontation between a teenager and security guards at the Kings Plaza Shopping Center in Brooklyn was caught on video, and community activists were outraged.
Nearly two months after a mob of teenagers stormed the Kings Plaza Shopping Center the mall saw more chaos.
Tough new restrictions were issued at the Kings Plaza shopping center in Brooklyn this week, after mayhem broke out earlier this week.
According to police, the flash mob involving as many as 300 teenagers, mostly 15 and 16 years old, began a short time before the Mill Basin mall closed at 9 p.m. on Thursday.


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The threat posed by distracted driving can be a major danger for New York motorists. The ubiquitous presence of smartphones has meant that texting while driving, emailing and using other apps are constant distractions. In fact, a number of experts on safety have cautioned that the apparent ongoing increase in fatal car accidents in recent years is linked to the growing popularity of smartphones. Of course, however, smartphones aren’t the only cause of driving distractions; even the car’s own built-in navigation and entertainment systems can divert a driver’s eyes.
There is a widespread recognition of the practical dangers caused by driving while texting. However, surveys show that large numbers of drivers continue to engage in – and admit to – these practices. In a survey by Consumer Reports, over half of the licensed drivers who are also smartphone owners said that they sometimes browse the web, text or send email while behind the wheel. Sometimes, obstacles can help to prevent this behavior. For example, smartphone manufacturers include driving mode options that block incoming notifications and send automatic replies to text messages that arrive.
Physical actions can also help to avoid the temptation of distracted driving. Placing the phone out of reach and pairing the phone with Bluetooth can help to stop drivers from picking up their devices at a red light.
However, despite these suggestions, distracted driving is a threat to the safety of everyone on the road. Car crashes resulting from such behavior can cause catastrophic harm to occupants of other vehicles. Injured victims might want to have the help of an attorney when attempting to seek appropriate compensation.

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Next-gen iPads squeezing air freight shipments from China
Rumors have been going around for the past two weeks noting that the next generation iPads are on their way to the U.S. from Chinese plants under strict security. Now Mac Rumors is reporting that shipping representatives for other firms are finding that they can't ship their products, as air freight companies are apparently overwhelmed with boxes of iPads.
Shipping rates have increased by 20 percent in one week, with Apple apparently gobbling up as much air freight capacity as possible at premium rates. One supposed iPad 3 part number has allegedly made it to the U.S., while another Apple SKU -- MC744LL/A -- for an unknown product (new Apple TV?) is also making the rounds.
Another Apple blog, AppleInsider, concurred with the information from Mac Rumors, noting that air cargo rates with DHL have also jumped due to capacity constraints that are presumably being caused by Apple.
With shipments in high gear already, there's mounting evidence that the new iPad may be available very soon after the announcement on Wednesday. Apple fans had to wait two weeks after the announcement of the iPad 2 to receive the first devices; perhaps the wait won't be as long this time.
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Fiat Chrysler Auto Mobiles announced the Jeep Compass release date and specification. The company through an official press release revealed the price of Jeep Compass 14.95 Lakhs (ex-showroom).
Fiat also announced their future plans including petrol variant and automatic transmission models. It’s priced was also revealed before the official release into the Indian market because of Jeep Compass has got more customer response of pre-booking orders. Customer who are planning to buy other vehicles like Hyundai Creta and Maruthi Breeza and few models of Mahindra will certainly get an attention to Fiat Jeep Compass.
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This is not only my opinion, Fiat Jeep Compass have already more customer response because look-wise very good not only in India company already sold their Jeep Compass SUV model in USA and Australia and UK and Dubai and Europe.
Fiat Compass India Release Date:
Fiat has official confirmed that customer who have book Fiat Jeep Compass earlier, the delivery of vehicles will commence from 6th August 2017.
The company also said in press release they planning to Build Dealer network up to 60 official dealers in India. They currently manufactures Jeep Compass Vehicles in Pune plant(be part of Made in India).


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From the organisers of Australian Energy Week, the fourth annual NEM Future Forum, being held from 30 October – 1 November at the Grace Hotel in Sydney, will dive deep into this issue and examine how the NEM will evolve.
The NEM Future Forum will address the key challenges being faced by all stakeholders in the NEM:
- Analyse how ongoing policy uncertainty is harming the industry and determine the steps needed to create a more functional market and better climate for future investment
- Gain insights into the potential impact of distributed generation on traditional utilities
- Explore the latest developments in battery storage technologies and the opportunities and threats this could create for current market participants
- Understand how new technologies and smart meters will change retail and consumer relationships
- Discover how to encourage cost reflective consumer behaviour through better regulation and economic incentives to benefit all market participants
Over 3 days, the Forum will bring together industry experts to examine the key trends and technologies driving change and the interplay between them.
The NEM Future Forum 2017 is an unparalleled opportunity to hear first hand from utilities at the forefront of technological advancement and the policy makers shaping the regulatory landscape.


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In spite of the beautiful weather in Switzerland, this August saw fewer tourists than last year’s. The overnight stays decreased by 3.6 percent to 4.1 million. Especially the mountain regions struggle with the lack of guests and the overall pricing pressure.
After the strong July, the Swiss hospitality industry had to face losses in August. Fewer domestic and international tourists stayed in local hotels, as shown by the provisional numbers that were issued by the Federal Statistics Office (BFS).
The union Hotelleriesuisse was surprised by the extent of the decrease in August. The spokesman of the association Beat Waldmeier specifically mentioned that the weather was better than in previous August. This is an important factor, since weather plays a large role in domestic tourism.
Nevertheless, domestic overnight stays decreased by 1.5 percent to 1.7 million. One of the reasons was that the summer already reached a very hot peak in July. Because of this, most domestic tourists preponed their vacations and visited the mountains earlier than usually.
Fewer European Guests
However, the number of domestic tourists was not the only one which decreased – the number of overnight stays booked by international tourists decreased by 5.0 percent to 2.4 million. Once more, there were more guests from Asia, America, Oceania and Africa, but they were not able to balance out the lack of European guests.
Contrary to the previous year, European guests made up 15.2 percent of all revenue. Since the Francs’ decoupling from the Euro, European tourists tend to avoid vacations in Switzerland; because, from their perspective, the destination got more expensive. This led to fewer visitors from very strong markets such as Germany, the Netherlands, Russia and Italy.
Steep Losses in Mountain Regions
Subsequently, eleven out of fourteen tourism regions had to face losses. Only Zurich and the region around Geneva (Waadtland) were able to record an increase in overnight stays. The region Luzern/Vierwaldstättersee made stable numbers.
The largest victims of this drop regarding the hospitality industry were the regions Graubünden, Tessin and Wallis with decreases between 5.7 and 13 percent. Since the beginning of the year, these three regions recorded 100,000 to 200,000 fewer overnight stays compared to previous year – while Zurich was able to count 173,077 additional bookings.
Unlike larger cities, traditional holiday regions cannot benefit from the stable business tourism. Instead, they largely depend on European guests, which tend to be more price sensitive than Asian guests, for example.
Less Revenue per Room
An even stronger factor for the recorded losses were the decreasing revenues per bookings. According to Hotelleriesuisse spokesman Waldmeier, most hotel owners struggle with the existing pricing pressure, leading to lower revenue per room.
The Swiss hospitality industry also saw several hotels in the mountain regions closed for the summer. Despite the lower number of open hotels, the load factor still decreased. In Bündnerland for example, only 42 out of 100 beds were booked, as compared to previous year’s 45. The Swiss average is at 52 out of 100 beds.
The structural readjustment in Switzerland’s tourism industry continues. On the one hand, the current trend points to larger establishments, said Waldmeier. On the other hand, tourism is moving from the mountains to the cities. Traditional mountainside hotels close while new establishments open in cities.


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An eight member delegation led by Director General, Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region Bureau of Investment Promotion, visited Jafza recently to explore opportunities for strong bilateral commercial ties with the Free Zone.
The delegation was received by …Read full article » United Arab Emirates: Monday, January 14 - 2013 @ 15:35
A 13-member delegation from Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region of the People’s Republic of China, visited Jebel Ali Free Zone (Jafza) last week to seek Jafza’s support in facilitating e-Commerce between Ningxia and the Middle East …Read full article » : Wednesday, April 30 - 2014 @ 13:04
A high level 18-member Indian delegation led by HE T. P. Seetharam, the newly appointed Indian Ambassador to the UAE, visited Jebel Ali Free Zone (Jafza). The delegation comprised top executives of leading Indian companies …Read full article » : Tuesday, March 18 - 2014 @ 14:09
His Excellency, Tang Weibing, the new Chinese Consul General in Dubai, visited Jafza and discussed ways to further enhance trade ties with the Free Zone.
He was received by Ibrahim Mohamed al Janahi, the Deputy CEO …Read full article » : Sunday, March 16 - 2014 @ 16:10
“The new facility is set to be fully operational by the end of 2009,” says Eng. Khalid Al Khatib, CEO of NAFFCO commenting on the company’s expansion.
Established in 1991 in Jafza, NAFFCO’s current 274,000 square …Read full article » United Arab Emirates: Saturday, October 03 - 2009 @ 12:56
Most of the visitors sought information on Jafza facilities for establishing their regional distribution hub or their regional headquarters to serve the Middle East markets.
Jafza Permanent Stand at the Dubai World Trade Centre is part …Read full article » United Arab Emirates: Sunday, February 10 - 2013 @ 13:20
The agreement was signed by HE Mohammed Ahmed Bin Abdul Aziz Al Shehhi, Undersecretary of the Ministry of Economy, and Mrs. Salma Ali Saif Saeed Bin Hareb, CEO of Economic Zones World.
The Memorandum of …Read full article » United Arab Emirates: Sunday, September 30 - 2012 @ 15:46
The GCC’s logistics market is estimated to reach $27bn in 2012 with the UAE in lead having revenue of $9bn.
The market growth leaves huge opportunities for the logistics sector in Jebel Ali Free Zone (Jafza) …Read full article » United Arab Emirates: Wednesday, November 28 - 2012 @ 15:08
According to a recent Frost & Sullivan report, the surge in medical tourism and the growing demand for high quality health and medical facilities is expected to create a demand for more than 90,000 hospital …Read full article » : Monday, February 03 - 2014 @ 10:50
Almost every car maker has reported sales growth in double digits, ranging between 20 and 40% in the region right from Bentley, BMW, Mercedes-Benz, Jaguar, Range Rover, Audi, and Lincoln to Volvo, Toyota, Honda, Mazda, …Read full article » United Arab Emirates: Tuesday, September 17 - 2013 @ 00:00


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Aspen Group Inc (ASPU) Gets a Buy Rating from Roth Capital
Roth Capital analyst Darren Aftahi maintained a Buy rating on Aspen Group Inc (ASPU) yesterday and set a price target of $9.50. The company’s shares closed on Friday at $4.67.
According to TipRanks.com, Aftahi is a 5-star analyst with an average return of 15.7% and a 51.6% success rate. Aftahi covers the Technology sector, focusing on stocks such as Digital Turbine Inc, The Meet Group Inc, and Mitek Systems Inc.
The word on The Street in general, suggests a Moderate Buy analyst consensus rating for Aspen Group Inc with a $9.50 average price target.
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Based on Aspen Group Inc’s latest earnings release for the quarter ending April 30, the company reported a quarterly GAAP net loss of $1.61 million. In comparison, last year the company had a GAAP net loss of $3.66 million.
Based on the recent corporate insider activity of 45 insiders, corporate insider sentiment is positive on the stock. This means that over the past quarter there has been an increase of insiders buying their shares of ASPU in relation to earlier this year.
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According to the article, that's the planNow that you've brought it up, I don't think the iM has been advertised all that much besides the video from Eddie Huang. They'll probably have to advertise through more conventional means like TV commercials.
I'm actually surprised. I don't watch TV. It seems to me that digital ads on YouTube would be a better bet. I suppose TV still gets the most amount of impressions.As a course correction, Scion will rely more on TV ads than it has in the past. This is partly to broaden the brand's reach and partly as a concession to dealers who have been waiting out the drought of new Scion models.


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TRAVEL planning marketplace Tripfuser has successfully completed a $4.5 million funding round, with the Royal Automobile Club of Victoria (RACV) leading the investment which will help the Australian technology company take its operations to the next level.
The capital raising has also seen former iSelect and Compare the Market CEO Matt McCann locked in as Chief Executive Officer of Tripfuser. McCann welcomed RACV’s strategic investment, saying it was “the strongest endorsement for the Tripfuser tailored-travel marketplace and provides a platform for a long-term partnership”.
McCann said the disruption created by COVID-19 would create significant opportunities for travel players to deliver new experiences and meet shifting traveller expectations. “Being able to tailor travel experiences using a global network of local experts will be a key capability in a post-COVID-19 world,” he said, adding that Tripfuser was positioned to deliver the unique, safe and authentic travel experiences that travellers and travel agents will require to deliver as demand returns.


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IPG Photonics Corp. has launched LightWELD, a new handheld laser welding system. The LightWELD product line enables fabricators to benefit from the greater flexibility, precision and ease of use enabled by laser-based solutions over traditional welding products, according to IPG Photonics.
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Felsomat USA will host Innovation Day on June 10 at its U.S. headquarters in Schaumburg.
Beginning around six years ago, one machine tool builder after another added laser cutting and even welding to their products’ already impressive repertoires.
April is National Welding Month and exciting things are happening within the industry. In this podcast, Chris Mahar, Associate Editor of Manufacturing Engineering magazine, talks with Monica Pfarr, Executive Director of the American Welding Society Foundation about what’s happening in the industry and what AWS is doing to celebrate. From the industry as a whole to the current market temperature and the workforce, this podcast is a welding one-stop-shop.
Producing metal products is one of the most energy intensive industries. Improving both energy and production efficiency, as well as ensuring product quality is at the top of any manufacturers to do list. Engineers should consider using fixed thermal imaging cameras to optimize their manufacturing process.
As I walked through the DMG Mori factory in Davis, Calif., during the company’s Manufacturing Days event in October, there was something noticeably different about it compared to other factories I’ve visited: it was brightly lit and quiet.
Dedicated in-house labs create and optimize laser welding processes for electric motors and batteries.
Grede said it has acquired some assets of Renaissance Manufacturing Group (RMG) Waukesha, LLC.
There’s more to machining than machine tools and cutters. Shops also need an assortment of machine components to keep their CNC lathes and machining centers humming.
As more original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) and job shops “warm up” to the idea of laser welding, many have turned their attention to four specific technologies.


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China to Export More Rare-Earth Minerals
China has increased its 2012 rare-earth export quota for the first time since 2005, amid growing international pressure on Beijing to loosen its hold on the minerals. The WSJ's Ken Brown explains.
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What you need to know
- The PS3, PSP, and PlayStation Vita are three older, retired Sony consoles, but you could still buy games for them on digital storefronts.
- A report surfaced earlier this month that the game stores for those consoles would be shut down this year.
- Sony confirmed it's closing these stores on July 2 (for PSP and PS3) and August 27 (for PS Vita)
Well it's official: Sony is closing the PlayStation Stores on PS3, PSP, and PS Vita. We heard reports that it was happening, and Sony has now confirmed that the rumors were true. It's officially shutting down the stores on those three consoles, meaning that, after this summer, you'll no longer be able to buy or download new games from those consoles.
The confirmation comes from the PlayStation support site. The notice board has an entry on the store closures that reads: "We are closing PlayStation™Store on PlayStation®3 consoles on 2nd July 2021 and on PlayStation®Vita devices on 27th August 2021. Additionally, the remaining purchase functionality for PSP™ (PlayStation®Portable) will also retire on 2nd July 2021." Users will still be able to download games and media they already own on those consoles, but won't be able to purchase anything new.
The first sign that the Stores were being shuttered, other than the report earlier this month, came when ResetEra users discovered this weekend they couldn't access an old web workaround that let them access an older version of the Store on the web. Sony rolled out a new store last year that removed all of these games from the roster, as well as the wishlist feature.
But still, there are several games available on these consoles that you can't get anywhere else. For example, not only are there several excellent Vita games, but the Vita is also the only official way to play several PS1 classics digitally. Sony still has yet to provide a way for gamers to really access or play its older titles, and simply offering remakes for a handful of titles isn't enough. An optimistic view is that Sony will eventually offer these older titles to play via some revamped version of its PlayStation Now service, but we've yet to hear any hint of that from Sony itself.
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A new Walmart Supercenter opened Friday morning in Newport News. Approximately 200 shoppers lined up in the early morning light for the 7:30 a.m. opening. The 150,000-square-foot store brings 340 new jobs to the area and an estimated $1 million each year in tax revenue to the city of Newport News.
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Plastic waste imports to India go up: report
Thanks to a legal loophole, the influx of PET bottles quadrupled from 2017 to 2018. This despite the ban on the import of plastic waste into India, Pandit Deendayal Upadhyay Smriti Manch (PDUSM), a Delhi-based environmentalist organisation, has said.
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According to the organisation, Indian firms are importing plastic scraps from China, Italy, Japan and Malawi for recycling and the imports of PET bottle scrap and flakes has increased from 12,000 tonnes in FY16-17 to 48,000 tonnes in FY17-18 growing at 290%. India has already imported 25,000 MT in the first three months of FY 18-19.
Government and industry estimates suggest that India consumes about 13 million tonnes of plastic and recycles only about 4 million tonnes.
A lack of an efficient waste segregation system and inadequate collection is the root cause, according to experts, for much of the plastic not making its way to recycling centres.
To incentivise domestic plastic recycling units, the government had banned the import of plastic waste, particularly PET bottles in 2015. In 2016, an amendment allowed such imports as long as they were carried out by agencies situated in Special Economic Zones. It’s this loophole that’s been exploited.
Last December, an expert committee of the environment ministry, last December, had recommended that firms who had applied for permission could import PET flakes/bottles up to 50% of their production capacity. Polyethylene Terephthalate bottles are a category of plastic of which nearly 90% of the domestic supply is already recycled.
However, this reprieve has not gone down well with environmentalist groups.
In 2021, seven Indian companies applied to import 93,000 tonnes of plastic bottles waste from countries such as America, Canada, Germany, citing a shortage of plastic waste in India.
However, according to PDUSM, more than 465 crore discarded PET bottles of mineral water, cold drink, juices consumed in these countries could be imported into our country (1 bottle equals to 20 gms).
A campaign by the PDUSM against the import of plastic waste had played a role in the centre’s decision to impose a ban in 2019.
According to the organisaiton, there is no shortage of PET waste in India. As per the industry data, more than 14 lakh tonnes of PET plastic are consumed annually in India, and even with a global highest 80% recycling rate, approximately 2.8 lakh tonnes of plastic bottles waste never gets collected. While the whole world is banning such imports to strengthen local plastic waste management, India would have been the first country to re-allow the import of plastic waste.
Saahas Zero Waste, a waste management company, wrote on twitter: “This is terrible news. The environment ministry should be pushing for source segregation and collection systems which will enable recyclers to receive raw materials. Instead, they opt for the easy way out and support imports of plastic waste.”
According to estimates, the country generates over India, according to government statistics, 15,342 tonnes of plastic waste is generated every day. Out of this, 6,000 tonnes of waste remain uncollected and littered.


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iPhone app delivers geo-targeted and personalized news
We’re constantly looking for innovative ways to improve the Springwise experience, and so we’re now introducing BeeLine Reader, a new technology that helps you read more quickly and efficiently. To learn more about BeeLine Reader, an award-winning startup funded by Intel Capital, see BeeLineReader.com.
Several years back we saw two separate efforts to deliver hyperlocal news in printed form – first The Printed Blog, then a similar effort from The New York Times – and recently we came across something similar in digital form. Now taking advantage of today's mobile geo-targeting capabilities, SPUN delivers city-specific news and information via an iPhone app. Created by the Brooklyn-based makers of Broadcastr, another location-based app, SPUN is “the easiest way to keep your finger on the pulse of your city. It’s a constantly updated urban guide, insider tip sheet, and local news on steroids,” its makers explain.…
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By Việt Dũng
|Vegetables being loaded into a bus belonging to Bảo Yến Construction Services Tourism Co., Ltd. in HCM City last week. Five such buses are being used to distribute vegetables around the city. – VNA/VNS Photo
HCM CITY – Unable to transport passengers due to the COVID-19 pandemic, some bus operators in HCM City have now begun to use their vehicles for selling vegetables and other essential goods.
Bảo Yến Construction Services Tourism Co’s five buses now travel around the city selling vegetables and other items, helping increase supply amid the closure of scores of traditional markets.
Vũ Duy Anh, deputy director of the company’s southern region, said he had difficulties shopping and once had to visit two supermarkets and wait in line for an hour to buy just a small quantity of vegetables. It was then he thought of using his company’s buses to supply vegetables, and it was approved by the Departments of Transportation and Industry and Trade.
He told Vnews television channel: “This initiative accomplishes two goals: First, it supplies fresh produce to local households. Secondly, it provides work for our unemployed staff amid the pandemic.”
The Department of Industry and Trade helps the company link up with farm produce suppliers, and the latter sells them at fixed prices.
|A bus en route to a selling location. The staff strictly follow COVID-19 regulations including wearing protective suits. – VNA/VNS Photo
The company arranges its bus schedules based on demand in various places, and they can be found on the public transportation app BusMap.
An official from the Department of Industry and Trade told Việt Nam News there are a total of 10 trips daily.
“There are five trips in the morning and five in the afternoon. We are looking into increasing the number of buses and trips since demand for them is rising.”
To ensure everyone’s safety, the bus staff scrupulously follow COVID prevention measures such as wearing protective suits and ensuring that shoppers maintain the prescribed distance from each other.
|Shoppers wait in line to buy from one of the buses, which together make 10 trips a day. – VNA/VNS Photo
Only one can enter a bus at a time, and the staff quickly help them pick out and pack vegetables.
Lý Phú Quí, a bus coordinator for the company, finds himself doing jobs he has no experience in, but said he is still eager to do them.
“This is completely different compared to my usual work. I did not have any experience in selling goods or how to stock up like a trader. It is really challenging, but being able to make a contribution to society makes me happy.”
Thái Tín Hòa, a bus driver who had to stop working for around two months due to the pandemic, was also very happy to be able to transport and supply fresh vegetables to consumers.
|A shopper buys vegetables inside a bus. Only one person can enter at a time. – VNA/VNS Photo
HCM City is the COVID epicentre of the country with more than 74,000 cases since the fourth outbreak began in late April. Social distancing began on May 31, and more and more stringent preventive measures have been implemented as the number of cases keeps rising.
Many traditional markets have been closed due to the pandemic, affecting the supply of vegetables, and people often find themselves waiting in long lines or even unable to buy vegetables.
HCM City has taken numerous measures to increase the supply of vegetables and reduce the burden on supermarkets, such as partially reopening traditional markets, setting up transshipment stations at wholesale markets and even using high-speed passenger boats to quickly transport essential goods.
Creative solutions such as using public buses as mobile sales points are also helping more and more people cope with the pandemic. – VNS


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What the heck is going on with bitcoin?
Bitcoin Has Fallen… Again!!
Just yesterday, we reported that the currency was again above the $10,000 line, but now, it seems the currency is incurring a major drop and has fallen into the mid-$9,000 range overnight. At the time of writing, the world’s number one cryptocurrency by market cap has dropped by more than $600.
And yet, there are analysts that still stand by the currency and say it’s experiencing its greatest trends in some time. Tone Vays, for example, is a YouTube host of crypto-related material and videos. In a recent interview, he says the rally we’ve been seeing up to this point in 2020 is far more sustainable than the “slight jump” we witnessed last year.
He attributes this to various elements, including more interest from retail merchants. Bitcoin and its altcoin cousins, while not mainstream forms of payment just yet, are working hard to earn a place alongside credit cards, cash and other means of paying for goods and services, and merchants are slowly becoming more open minded to their properties.
In addition, he says that this year’s spikes are occurring at a steadier pace than those of 2019, which means they’re likely to last longer and be less susceptible to rapid swings. He states:
I do see a little bit more retail interest helping to drive this current run up. This run is moving a little bit slower. It’s a little bit more orderly than the last one.
One of the reasons – according to Vays – why the run of last year failed miserably is because when bitcoin began to show the slightest hint of promise, many traders and enthusiasts sold their altcoin holdings as a way of purchasing bitcoin. In the long run, however, this was simply a case of moving money around that already existed in the space, rather than new money entering.
With the lack of new investors, Vays says the price jump wasn’t likely to survive due to lagging liquidity. He comments:
This rotation out of altcoins was basically the money that was already in the crypto space. If ten percent or 15 percent of Ethereum is exiting into bitcoin, that will significantly raise the price of bitcoin.
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And like many of his associates, Vays is touting the halving, which he says is likely to push bitcoin beyond any limits that may have been instilled before. He explains:
This time around, we are much closer to the halving, so there is hype in the crypto space because the bitcoin production is about to become half in about two-and-a-half months or so.
So maybe, just maybe this $600 drop is something of a fluke – a slight calming of the storm before things get really “hairy” this coming May.


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InvenTrust Properties Corp., a publicly registered non-traded real estate investment trust, has appointed Stuart Aitken to the board of directors. Aitken is a technology and marketing executive who currently serves as group vice president of The Kroger Co. and chief executive officer of 84.51°, a wholly owned data analytics subsidiary of The Kroger Co.
“Stuart brings with him an extensive background in technology, marketing and executive operating experience for large organizations,” said Thomas McGuinness, president and chief executive officer of InvenTrust. “We are excited by the years of relevant industry experience in retail and consumer data analytics that Stuart will bring to the InvenTrust board.”
Aitken has served as CEO of dunnhumbyUSA, a predecessor organization to 84.51°. Prior to that, he served as executive vice president and chief marketing officer for arts-and-crafts retailer Michael’s Stores. Previously, he led marketing strategies, loyalty marketing, data analytics, innovation and category management at Safeway Inc. for nearly a decade.
Aitken received a bachelor’s degree and master’s degree in information management from Queen Margaret University and University of Strathclyde, respectively.
InvenTrust Properties, formerly known as Inland American Real Estate Trust, focuses on acquiring open-air retail centers in growth markets. The offering was declared effective in August 2005 and closed in April 2009 after raising $8.4 billion, according to Summit Investment Research. The company became a self-managed REIT in 2014 and oversees a $3.9 billion portfolio of 71 retail properties, as of the fourth quarter of 2017, according to Summit Investment Research.


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Entersekt software optimised for Huawei Mobile Services
Integration ensures owners of new Huawei devices remain protected from digital banking fraud.
Entersekt and Huawei today announced Entersekt’s successful technical integration with Huawei Mobile Services (HMS). HMS is an alternative to Google Mobile Services, a collection of applications and application programming interfaces that are typically pre-installed on Android phones and tablets.
Entersekt fast-tracked work on its mobile software development kit (SDK) to facilitate push messaging and ensure that consumers could continue to bank and transact securely after upgrading to newly manufactured Huawei mobile devices.
The fintech provider holds an 80% share of the South African digital banking authentication market and counts major overseas banks as customers too. The updated SDK is now ready for release to app developers across the globe.
“Our engineers report that the integration effort ran very smoothly, with proactive support and collaboration from Huawei,” said Dewald Nolte, chief commercial officer at Entersekt, on collaborating with Huawei on the project. “As a global fintech company that pioneered phone-as-a-token, out-of-band push authentication, and the de facto market standard in South Africa, we are a hundred and ten percent committed to keeping end-users of digital payments and financial services safe. Our work with Huawei is testament to this.”
“We are thrilled to have Entersekt as an HMS partner,” said Likun Zhao, vice-president at Huawei Consumer Business Group Southern Africa. “This partnership benefits South African consumers significantly, as it means that existing apps from Absa, Nedbank and Old Mutual can be optimised for new Huawei devices, and we will also be able to add Capitec Bank to the suite of banking apps Huawei AppGallery currently offers.”
Huawei AppGallery is available in 170 countries, has 400 million monthly active users, and features apps from 1.3 million developers around the world.
Entersekt is an innovator of mobile-first fintech solutions. Financial services providers and other enterprises rely on its patented mobile identitysystem to provide both security and the best in convenient new digital experiences to their customers, irrespective of the service channel. Whether pursuing compliance through strong authentication and state-of-the-art app security or looking to meet consumer demand for on-the-go information sharing and payment capabilities, Entersekt’s clients always enjoy a competitive advantage. For more information on Entersekt, visit www.entersekt.com.
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Huawei’s products and services are available in more than 170 countries and are used by a third of the world’s population. Fourteen R&D centers have been set up in the United States, Germany, Sweden, Russia, India, and China. Huawei Consumer BG is one of Huawei’s three business units and covers smartphones, PC and tablets, wearables and cloud services, etc. Huawei’s global network is built on over 32 years of expertise in the telecom industry and is dedicated to delivering the latest technological advances to consumers around the world. For more information, visit: https://consumer.huawei.com/za/about-us


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Seeking to revive U.S. steel and aluminum industries that he says have been "ravaged" by low-price imports, President Trump has approved tough tariffs on shipments of those products from all countries except—at least for now—Canada and Mexico.
Steel industry officials praised the 25% tariffs on steel and 10% on aluminum that were approved March 8. But construction industry officials and heavy-equipment makers warned that the import fees will drive up costs of products used in projects they build or equipment they manufacture.
Stephen E. Sandherr, Associated General Contractors of America's CEO, said in a statement, "These new tariffs will cause significant harm to the nation's construction industry, put tens of thousands of high-paying construction jobs at risk, undermine the president's proposed infrastructure initiative and potentially dampen demand for new construction projects for years to come."
Dennis Slater, Association of Equipment Manufacturers president, said the industry "is profoundly disappointed" by Trump's tariff decision. Slater noted that steel accounts for about 10% of heavy-equipment makers' direct costs and said steel prices have already gone up because of expectations that the tariffs would be coming.
He added, "These Trump tariffs will put U.S. equipment manufacturers at a competitive disadvantage, risk undoing the strides our economy has made due to tax reform and ultimately pose a threat to American workers' jobs."
Goal: Protecting Workers, Companies
Trump made clear he wants to safeguard an industry that has lost ground. He said, "The American steel and aluminum industry has been ravaged by aggressive foreign trade practices. It's really an assault on our country."
He said the administration wants to have steel imports, "but we want it to be fair." Trump added, "And we want our workers to be protected. And we want, frankly, our companies to be protected."
Trump had said earlier that the tariffs would apply to all countries, but the final version exempts steel and aluminum from Canada and Mexico, at least temporarily. The decision hinges on whether or not the two countries and the U.S. can reach agreement on a revised North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), the president said.
Trump said that "due to the unique nature of our relationship" with Canada and Mexico, he would hold off on tariffs "to see whether or not we're able to make the deal on NAFTA. … If we don't make the deal on NAFTA, and if we terminate NAFTA … we'll start all over again."
He added, "But I have a feeling we're going to make a deal on NAFTA. And if we do, there won't be any tariffs on Canada and there won't be any tariffs on Mexico."
The directives also provide a way for other countries to avoid the tariffs. Trump said that "America will remain open to modifying or removing the tariffs for individual nations as long as we can agree on a way to ensure that their products no longer threaten our security."
U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer will be in charge of such negotiations regarding an "alternative" to the tariffs, the president said.
GOP Lawmakers Oppose New Tariffs
Leading congressional Republicans criticized Trump's actions, contending that they would boost steel and aluminum costs to manufacturers and prompt retaliatory penalties on U.S. shipments to tariff-targeted countries.
House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) said in a statement, "I disagree with this action and fear its unintended consequences." Ryan welcomed the exemptions for some countries, but added, "We will continue to urge the administration to narrow this policy so that it is focused only on those countries and practices that violate trade law."
Sen. Jeff Flake (R-Ariz.) also slammed the tariff decision and said he would draft proposed legislation to "nullify" the action.
A senior administration official, briefing reporters before Trump signed the tariff orders, dismissed predictions that they would lead to higher costs. He said, "There will be no significant price effects or inflationary effects or jobs effects downstream from the steel and aluminum industries. This is simply fake news."
He characterized the tariffs as "modest, targeted and balanced." He said the new levies would raise the cost of a six-pack of soda or beer by only 1.5¢ to 2¢ and the price of a $330-million Boeing 777 aircraft by $25,000, or less than 0.001%.
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A Long Island KFC devotee who ditched his Wall Street job in a quest to unravel the food court’s best-kept secret believes he’s finally figured out Colonel Sanders’ 11 herbs and spices.
And now he’s gotten a major book house to publish the recipe.
Ron Douglas spent years experimenting with different techniques in an attempt to reproduce KFC’s Original Recipe.
At one point, he said, he grew so desperate that he tried to bribe a cook at the chain.
“[He] wouldn’t tell me,” Douglas said with a laugh.
But while trying to nail down KFC’s ingredients, he discovered that there were lots of people online trying to duplicate other recipes from some of the nation’s most popular food purveyors, such as Applebee’s, The Cheesecake Factory and Denny’s.
So Douglas, who lives in Glen Cove, decided to start a Web site devoted to copycat recipes. He relied on his discriminating taste buds and a growing community of amateur foodies.
It was such a hit that he ditched his job as a finance manager at JP Morgan in 2007 to manage the Web site full-time. He also began hiring part-time chefs to work out dozens of replicate recipes from popular restaurant chains.
With his online following growing, Douglas self-published a book of do-it-yourself chain eats, which sold 50,000 copies at $19.99 a pop. His success eventually impressed a cookbook editor at Simon & Schuster. The publishing house released his book “America’s Most Wanted Recipes” — featuring the KFC recipe — last week.
Cracking the KFC mystery was always a high priority for Douglas, a married father of two who loves to cook.
“It became like a science project for us,” he said.
The one published in his new cookbook is his sixth attempt at the top-secret recipe.
“Nobody knows what those 11 herbs and spices are. But if you taste my chicken, you would find the flavor very similar to KFC,” said Douglas.
A Post reporter who tasted his recipe described Douglas’ fried chicken as “the best KFC I ever had” and said the crispy skin was an exact match with the fast-food joint.
Douglas doesn’t hesitate when asked what’s the best part of his new career.
“It’s great watching my kids grow up,” he said.


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In a sign that things are slowly returning to normal, two Carnival Cruise Lines ships dock at the port of Galveston, Texas, on Sunday.
The docks have been shut down for over a year after the entire cruise industry came to a halt.
The Carnival Breeze and Carnival Vista arrived around noon with port officials inviting the public to celebrate their return.
Carnival Breeze and Carnival Vista arrived at the port of Texas on Sunday
Cruise ships dock in Galveston harbor for the first time in a year
Both ships have a special message decked out in lights
Carnival hopes to spur the CDC into action and ease restrictions so cruising can begin
Members of the public were invited to attend, while those in attendance stood behind a barrier
‘We are SO excited that our ships are finally back home. We have been granted permission to allow the community to access the dock between cruise terminals 1 and 2 for this special event, ”said a Facebook post from the Port of Galveston.
The ships were last in port in April 2020, until the pandemic brought cruises to a halt.
Suspension of cruises from Galveston has resulted in massive losses to the Texas economy and to families relying on this industry. Based on annual statistics with historical economic impact, losses are estimated at $ 1.2 billion in direct spending, 23,000 jobs and $ 1.6 billion in statewide wages, ” wrote Rodger Rees, CEO of Port of Galveston. earlier this month.
The ships are the first to stay in Texas’s only cruise terminal since late April 2020
Liners are still not allowed to pick up passengers on cruises that are still restricted by federal health ordinances preventing sailing during the coronavirus pandemic
Rees explained how the port’s cruise terminal has been upgraded to meet CDC guidelines by “investing $ 100,000 in improvements designed to reduce the spread of the virus.”
Both the Breeze and Vista are now undergoing maintenance while waiting in port for further guidance from the CDC.
“Their intention is to stay here, crew and do some work on the ships,” said Rees KTRK. “So they’ll be here when it’s time to go cruising, and we hope it goes soon.”
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis announced earlier this month (above) at the Port of Miami that he was filing a lawsuit demanding that cruise ships be allowed to resume immediately.
In April, Rees joined Florida Governor Ron DeSantis in an open letter to the CDC to allow July cruising.
“This multi-billion dollar industry is the ONLY industry banned by the federal government from operating even if other sectors of travel, tourism and hospitality have opened or continue to operate during the pandemic,” the letter read.
On Wednesday, the CDC said cruise ships could resume from mid-summer if they can prove that 98 percent of their crew and 95 percent of their passengers have been fully vaccinated against COVID-19.
The agency announced new requirements to get the cruise industry back on track by mid-July, a week after Alaska joined the Florida lawsuit requiring ships to resume sailing immediately.
Royal Caribbean’s cruise ship Navigator of the Sea docked in Port Miami. The CDC has said cruise ships can resume from mid-summer if they can prove that 98 percent of their crew and 95 percent of their passengers have been fully vaccinated against COVID-19.
Cruise lines were asked to submit their plans “ as soon as possible to keep the timeline of passenger travel in mid-July. ”
Test and quarantine regulations will also be updated before the industry starts over.
The cruise industry is one of Florida’s largest tourism industries, with 8 million passengers traveling from Florida in 2019, before the pandemic hit.
The Cruise Lines International Association estimates an estimated 150,000 jobs are created in the state, including dependent jobs at hotels, restaurants, and airlines, generating nearly $ 8 billion in wages, according to Cruise Lines International Association estimates.
When the industry came to a halt, the state’s economy was badly hit, with the first six months of the pandemic costing an estimated $ 3.2 billion in economic activity, according to the Federal Maritime Commission.
The CDC stopped sailing last March when outbreaks broke out on ships. Pictured this month a Norwegian Gem cruise ship docked in the Port of Miami in Miami Beach
Cruise ships quickly became hotbeds for the virus when it first began to devastate the world last spring, and several ships were rejected by ports refusing to disembark sick patients.
The cruise industry and the CDC came under fire for their slow response amid the pandemic as ships continued to sail out to sea, even after a series of outbreaks on board and repeated warnings that the large numbers of people in enclosed spaces have made them breeding grounds for the virus.
Fears for cruise ship passengers and crew first rose in February when hundreds tested positive for the Diamond Princess after Japanese authorities imposed a lockdown in Yokohama and ordered the ship to stay offshore for two weeks.
More than 700 people tested positive and 14 died after boarding the ship.
Passengers were locked in their cabins during the lockdown, but several countries eventually lost patience with Japan and brought their citizens home.
Fears for cruise ship passengers and crew first rose in February when hundreds tested positive on the Diamond Princess (above) after Japanese authorities imposed a lockdown in Yokohama and ordered the ship to stay two weeks offshore
A passenger waves as she walks with others on the deck of the Diamond Princess cruise ship in February. More than 700 people tested positive and 14 died after boarding the ship
Despite the warning signs, on March 7, 2020, it was still business as usual with companies reporting additional cleanup measures being taken and then Vice President Mike Pence told Americans it was “ safe for healthy Americans to travel. ”
The next day – about a month after the Diamond Princess outbreak – the CDC issued guidelines that Americans do not travel on cruise ships.
Several ships still left after this time, and four days later the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a pandemic.
On March 13, 2020, more than 50 cruise lines finally announced that they were suspending operations to and from US ports for 30 days, and the CDC issued an exit order in US waters the next day.
Ports subsequently refused ships permission to dock, leaving passengers and crew stranded during outbreaks.
In August, the US Coast Guard said it was still monitoring 36 cruise ships berthed in US ports with 24,300 crew on board and 42 cruise ships in transit in US waters with 36,500 crew on board. ABC news.


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TikTok shows a glimpse of what in-video search is going to look like in the future.
Add cola, add chicken, and it's a recipe for success.
These are the ten most popular smartphone brands and models in China right now.
"Please feed me too."
Why Peppa is breaking the Chinese internet.
It's the Chinese new year of Peppa Pig.
Alipay, oh, Alipay, wherefore art thou Hanbao now?
China's ubiquitous inserted ad marketing is alienating viewers from their favorite TV drama characters.
Bulgari's wordplay is multidimensional, but did it consider Jewish people?
From oldskool scams to WeChat scams - people are still falling for this every single day.
When marketing & capitalism meet communist symbols: "We might as well put billboards on Tiananmen."
Noteworthy facts about the latest iPhone release in the PRC.
Innocent child's play or raising little princesses?
Since Apple handed over their iCould operations in China to the Chinese Guizhou-Cloud Big Data company, iPhone users are bombarded with trash ads in iMessage.
The ten most popular Chinese smartphone brands buzzing on social media.
China's bubble tea (aka pearl milk tea) market is booming: these are the top 10 popular milk tea shops in the PRC.
Weibo and online celebrities are punished by Internet regulators for spreading 'vulgar content', but netizens bear the brunt.
With pink flowers and dreamlike imageries, these prevalent advertisements promise Chinese women a fast and 'glamorous' abortion.
A viral commercial titled 'The World is No Bigger than a Tomato Omelette' is making Chinese students tear up.
Just before the biggest online shopping events of the year, these are the most popular smartphone brands in China 2017 - a top 10 list compiled...


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You’d be forgiven to think that all Motorola Moto One devices are based on Android One. Sure, the first Moto One device was an Android One, but things have since been mixed up.
Out of all Motorola One devices, only the Moto One, Moto One Vision, Moto One Power and Moto One Action are part of Google’s Android One program. The Moto X4 (Google Fi) and Moto G Pro are also Android One.
This, in case you didn’t know, is the reason the said Moto Android One devices bagged their updates to Android 10 months ago yet the Moto One Macro, on the other hand, is only joining the party now.
For the uninitiated, the Moto One Macro, despite rocking the “One” moniker, is not part of Android One. And so are the Moto One 5G, Moto One Fusion+, Moto One Hyper, and Moto One Zoom.
Instead, these devices run on Motorola’s in-house software, which, by all means, is one of the closest to stock Android you can get out there, especially now that OxygenOS took a different direction.
The Moto One Macro Android 10 update comes after over a year of waiting, but it is finally here, albeit with a catch.
To all the moto one macro users out there, Android 10 soak test is available in India now. If you have signed in for MFN and got the invitation email a month ago, there are chances that you should also have got the update. Stable will be soon out in a month
In typical Motorola fashion, the Moto One Macro update to Android 10 is still limited to soak testers. Unless you are part of the company’s MFN program, the wait could take several weeks.
The incoming update tags along software version QMD30.39, which not only brings Android 10 OS, but also the latest November 2020 security patch.
As noted, it has taken Motorola more than a year to bring Android 10 to the Moto One Macro. For a device that is only receiving its first major OS update, the future of software updates looks bleak.
It is also unclear whether this device will get a second OS update to Android 11, but at this rate, it looks unlikely. Even if the device is eligible, the wait for the update could take months.
Still, this won’t stop us from keeping an eye on the official Motorola Android 11 update plans and let you know what’s happening.
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Early visitor numbers to mainland China’s first Disneyland in Shanghai have been disappointing, according to experts, proving even the “happiest place on earth” isn’t immune to the whims of the tourism industry.
While not providing specific numbers, the company’s chairman and CEO Bob Iger insisted in August the US$5.5 billion park has been “well received by the Chinese consumer”, bringing in over a million visitors since its gates swung open with great fanfare in mid-June.
He Jianmin, director of the tourism management department at Shanghai University of Finance and Economics, estimates around 20,000 people are visiting daily.
But commentators say those healthy-sounding numbers – the equivalent of over 7.3 million annually – fall well short of expectations, and are blaming the less-than sparkling start on high prices and rumours of long queuing times.
Previous estimates had suggested around double that through the turnstiles.
Barclays Bank projected the “authentically Disney and distinctly Chinese” park would attract 12 million visitors in its first year, while Nomura said it would reach 15 million.
State-owned Shanghai Shendi Group, the park’s majority stakeholder, had predicted 10 to 12 million visitors in the first 12 months.
Fewer visitors will certainly leave its annual revenues well short of the targeted US$3.7 billion expected by Liu Zhaohui, co-founder of Beijing-based travel company TripVivid.
An earlier report from Ctrip, the country’s largest online travel agency, had suggested annual spending at the site could reach 33 billion yuan ($4.95bn) based on its June to September bookings, and boldly trumpeted that Shanghai Disneyland “opened a new era of high-end holiday tourism in China”.
Last year that industry was worth US$610 billion at home and abroad, which the government is hoping to double by 2020 on rising spending by the middle classes.
Disney claims 330 million “income qualified” people live within three hours of the park, but Ken Wong, Asia equity portfolio specialist at Eastspring Investments, points to Shanghai Disneyland’s high ticket prices – 499 yuan for peak season or 370 yuan during the off-season – as the primary reason for many staying away.
“[These prices] are making it difficult to attract more visitors,” he told the South China Morning Post. “Disneyland might need to readjust them.”
Although prices are not high compared to other its parks – they are US$95 adult in Los Angeles and US$64 in Hong Kong – monthly per capita disposable income in China is less than 2,000 yuan a month, while Ctrip estimates per capita spending for a Shanghai Disneyland trip is 2,219 yuan including travel and hotel stay.
Visitor stories so far, widely aired on social media, have also focussed on the 3-4 hour wait for some rides, or attractions shut down early, due to maintenance or overcrowding.
Despite making the experience as Chinese as possible – including Mickey Mouse-shaped braised pig knuckle, Peking Duck pizza, and a Chinese zodiac-inspired garden of Disney characters – Shaun Rein, managing director of China Market Research Group said Disney made a “big mistake” in not better handling long queues, which generated negative word of mouth and have forced consumers to adopt a “wait-and-see attitude”.
“There’s still pretty good demand, but people [appear to] want to wait six months, 12 months, and even longer until the issues are ironed out,” he said.
A BNP Paribas report agrees that the negative press on long waits may be why foreigners, too, are have been hesitant to visit “for the time being”.
But this early performance of arguably China’s most high-profile tourist opening to-date could also prove an ominous reflection of just how hard the industry has reacted to a slowdown in income growth and weakened consumer confidence.
“Consumers are really double-checking, and triple-checking where they visit. They really want to get the best value,” said Rein.
He says outbound travel and tourism is 16 times the value compared with a decade ago, but Chinese buyers are now trending away from expensive places such as Europe, and towards “exotic and cheap” places in Southeast Asia, and domestic wilderness locations such as Yunan, Guilin, Qinghai, and Gansu.
“Domestic tourism is still hot, but Shanghai is not,” he said.
Wong underlines that to successfully attract more money to be spent at home, “services must be affordable and consumers must feel that there is value for their money”.
Caught in the Disney crossfire, meanwhile, are local retail industries which had anticipated wider consumption of at least 20 billion yuan, according to analysts from CITIC Securities.
Retail and hotel spending had been expected to be the biggest gainers from the opening, but Wong does not expect a huge knock-on effect in the country’s overall service industry in China.
“The slowdown ... is more of an isolated case,” he said. “That doesn't translate into any expected slowdown in China’s services sector.”
Shanghai-native Zhao Xiaotian was one of the early visitors to the new Disneyland. She said the park’s facilities were good, but huge crowds limited the number of rides she was able to go on.
“It took several hours to queue up for some rides, which affected the overall experience,” she told the Post. “So it doesn’t feel as if I got my money’s worth from the 500 yuan entrance fee.”
Rein said Chinese tourism will continue to grow, but people are changing where they want to go, so companies “need to be very agile in what they offer.”
“But Disney will bounce [back], Disney is fine,” he said.


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If you’ve got a 4K Samsung intelligent TV with entrance to a Samsung app store, we can now tide Steam games to your TV to play directly on a large shade with a new Steam Link app that’s now out in beta, around Engadget.
Just like a Steam Link set tip box, a Steam Link app allows for users to tide games from their Steam libraries to play on a Samsung intelligent TV, presumption they have a clever adequate network tie to lift it off. According to PC Gamer, a app works with a Steam Controller and a connected Xbox 360 controller for now, with some-more controller options pronounced to be in a works.
Currently, a app supports 1080p fortitude during 60fps, with 4K support entrance soon. The final recover of a Steam Link app for Samsung’s intelligent TVs is approaching after this year.


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We finally get a peek of the CLS Shooting Brake, and it looks a lot like the concept.
Let's get this out of the way right at the beginning, calling a five-door car a "shooting brake", rather than a wagon is not only a bold move, but also a blatant marketing ploy. The Germans have become obsessed with selling family vehicles which they hope people won't notice are family vehicles (see the BMW 5-Series GT), but we still figured it out. Mercedes-Benz hasn't exactly kept it a secret that they intended to build this car, but this is still the first real look we've gotten.
As it turns out, it seems to look almost exactly the same as the concept, which debuted at the 2010 Beijing Auto Show. This is good news, as it is one of the most striking wagons (that's right, I said it) we've seen since the CTS-V Wagon. We think it looks so good that Mercedes could probably just drop the act and call it a wagon, but that doesn't seem likely.


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After months of regulatory delays, San Jose’s brand new casino opened its doors to card players on Wednesday.
Grey’s Anatomy star, Eric Dane helped celebrate the grand opening of a new “Kiehl’s Since 1851” store located at 971 Fillmore Street…
San Francisco International Airport’s Terminal 2 is set to open to the public this weekend, eleven years after closing for renovations.
The University of California at San Francisco’s Parnassus campus is now officially the home to a new state of the art stem cell research building.
The 50,000 square foot Whole Foods store at Blossom Hill and Almaden Expressway is expected to give the city a much needed economic boost.


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The COVID-19 pandemic has dramatically altered household finances, just like it has changed so many other aspects of family life in 2020.
Financially, 2020 was a tale of two halves – some families have been very hard hit with layoff and business closures.
But many families who have not suffered layoffs during the pandemic have been able to save money.
In part, it’s due to it being nearly impossible to spend money on holidays, kids activities, tickets to concerts or sporting events, or expensive meals at fancy restaurants.
Regardless of the financial hit your family has suffered in 2020, we have some tips to improve your finances in 2021.


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First oil prices skyrocket, now water. The Examiner reports that water prices are spiking all over the U.S.
Alarmingly, prices could well double and even triple because of the nation’s crumbling drinking water system. And fixing the system could cost as much as a trillion dollars over the next 25 years. This is a cost that consumers will have to fit the bill for.
The bottom line is that families can expect to pay as much as $900 more for a family of three in the coming years to simply keep pace with current water consumption.
Ad these costs to spike food and fuel prices and the modern family’s budget is severely damaged.
However, provision is always available if you look to the right place.


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Car clubs are everywhere lately. The latest place?
Evansville, Indiana. The LuxShare Auto Club
is a new club which will use
a points system, selling shares which will cost $7,250 to $9,000 per year. The club is located at the Buxton
Motorsports Plaza. Their first purchase was the new Porsche Cayman S and they have their eye on adding a Ferrari, a
Rolls Royce and a Bentley to the stable. There will even be a pickup truck for weekend chores. They are looking to have
only around 50 members with one vehicle for every three or four people.
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Survey: 52% Of Workers Will Shop Online While On The Job This Holiday Season; 44% Admit Productivity Takes A Hit
Phoenix, San Diego and Austin have the largest numbers of workers who said online shopping hinders productivity
The internet makes it easy to shop around the clock, and many workers will be shopping on the clock for the upcoming holidays. New research from staffing firm Robert Half Technology shows 52% of employees will be “workshopping” — that is, shopping online from the office or while using a corporate device. Of those respondents, 44% admitted that surfing for deals hinders their on-the-job productivity.
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In a separate survey, 77% of technology leaders said their firm allows “workshopping,” but more than half (52%) prefer employees abstain from the activity. Security risks (59%) and loss of productivity (34%) were cited as the top “workshopping” concerns among tech managers.
“The weeks leading into the holiday season can be particularly hectic for employees, so it’s no wonder many are multitasking,” said Ryan Sutton, a district president of Robert Half Technology. “Team leaders concerned with productivity and technology managers responsible for organizational security should review their company policies with staff before issues arise.”
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- Among the 28 U.S. cities in the survey, Miami, Los Angeles and Phoenix have the most employees who plan to “workshop” this holiday season; professionals in Phoenix, San Diego and Austin are most likely to feel their shopping will hamper productivity.
- More men (58%) than women (48%) and 62% of working parents versus 39% of respondents without children said they will shop online from work.
- Employees ages 25-40 (65%) are most likely to “workshop.”
- Male professionals (54%) and employees ages 18 to 24 (63%) are more likely to report productivity decreases due to “workshopping.”
- Half of all “workshoppers” said they’ll spend between 30 and 60 minutes per week shopping on the job during the holiday season, and 20% will partake in the activity for more than an hour each week.
- Cyber Monday is the most popular “workshopping” day among employees (43%), followed by Amazon Prime Day (38%). Thirty-seven percent of workers admitted they like to shop any day of the week.
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Breef raises a $3.5M funding round led by Greycroft
At a Glance
Breef, dubbed “the world’s first online marketplace,” has been awarded $3.5M in a round spearheaded by Greycroft. Breef makes it easier for companies and agencies to work together. Breef will connect brands with a small number of agencies that match their requirements.
Breef, a developer of ‘the world’s first online marketplace,’ has raised $3.5 million in a funding round led by Greycroft. Other participants include Rackhouse Ventures, The House Fund, John and Helen McBain, Lance Armstrong, and 640 Oxford Ventures. Breef facilitates the transaction between brands and agencies.
Since its founding in 2019 by husband-and-wife co-founders George Raptis and Emily Bibb, the New York and Colorado-based firm has raised a total of $4.5 million in investment. Emily has worked in digital marketing and brand development at businesses such as PopSugar, VSCO, and S’well, while George was a founding member of the finance firm Credible.com.
Both said they had trouble locating services, which they claimed included asking for references and then making a slew of phone calls. There were other instances when their businesses were in desperate need of skill but didn’t require a full-time employee to meet a goal or project milestone.
While outsourcing is not a new concept, Breef’s difference is its capacity to manage complicated projects: a typical individual freelancing job costs less than $1,000 and takes a week or less to complete. Instead, George said, the firm focuses on team-based projects that cost an average of $25,000 and last around six months.
At the core, we are taking the agency online. We are building a platform to streamline a complicated process for outsourcing high-value work and allow users to find, pay for, and work with agencies in days rather than months.Emily Bibb
Brands can create their own brief to express what they want, and Breef will link them with a short selection of agencies that meet their needs. Instead of a one- or two-month search, the firm may now do so in only five days. After experiencing demand — millions of dollars in projects being produced on the platform each month — and some tailwinds from the move to remote work, Emily and George decided to seek venture financing. Many businesses that had previously relied on in-house teams or large agencies have switched to dispersed or smaller groups.
George was introduced to Kevin Novak, the founder of Rackhouse Ventures, through the Australian IT scene. He just created his first fund, which focuses on data-driven companies.
When they were talking to me about what they wanted to do, I got intrigued. I like finding marketplaces where the idea is well understood by the people involved. Looking at the matching problem, Emily and George have found a unique way to find ad agencies that hasn’t existed before.Kevin Novak, the founder of Rackhouse Ventures


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Hard-up businesses across Nuneaton and Bedworth desperate to survive the pandemic can now get their hands on cash to make vital improvements.
Nuneaton and Bedworth Borough Council has launched a £700,000 rescue package to help businesses recover from the covid crisis.
As part of this, the council has launched a Shop Front Improvement Grant scheme.
Around £100,000 has been set aside and the maximum of £1,500 will be available to businesses to update the external appearance of their premises, to create an improved look of the town centres.
It is available to existing freehold or leasehold owners of independent businesses, including those of vacant units and tenants of premises which provide commercial or community services.
Businesses located within the town centres and other local shopping areas can benefit from this scheme.
It can be used to pay for or the external renovation and improvement of ground and upper floors, and for hospitality businesses improvements to the outside space.
Councillor Kris Wilson, council leader, said: “This is a great scheme to help local businesses improve their shop fronts or outside space. Business owners or tenants, I urge you to get in touch to see if you are eligible.
"This is yet another example of this new Conservative administration helping businesses through the Covid recovery.”
Grants are subject to appropriate lease and licence checks as well as other terms and conditions.
Details can be found on the website on how to make an application.
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Netflix is testing a new “Shuffle Play” feature that could help you find something to watch if you’re feeling overwhelmed with all your streaming options, TechCrunch has confirmed. Based on photos users had posted online, the button is located right on the profile screen. You can simply click and hope it would play something you’d like if, say, you’re tired of spending more time choosing what to watch than actually watching something. Or, in case you’re feeling bold enough to wade through random Netflix content to find a hidden gem.
According to the publication, Netflix will take titles you’ve watched before and those you’ve saved to your list into account for the new feature. It could also randomly play an episode from a series you’re currently watching. The company also said that the idea is to help viewers “quickly and easily find content that’s tailored to their tastes.”
— Turner Levison (@TurnerLevison) August 18, 2020
Netflix started testing the feature last month, but only in TV apps for select members around the world. While it’s the only shuffle feature currently being trialed, Netflix had tested similar features in the past. Last year, it experimented with a “Random Episode” button that plays an episode from a series you’re watching. And just last month, the streaming giant put an experimental “Play Something” option in its TV app’s sidebar navigation menu. Netflix told TechCrunch that they’re all variants of the “shuffle mode” concept, which it may eventually roll out to all its subscribers.


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Catalent acquires Accucaps to expand softgel development and manufacturing capabilities and capacity.
Catalent, Inc., a global provider of advanced delivery technologies and development solutions for drugs, biologics and consumer health products, announced that it has agreed to acquire Accucaps Industries Limited, the Canada-based developer and manufacturer of Over-the-Counter (OTC), high potency and conventional pharmaceutical softgels. Financial details of the transaction have not been disclosed.
The acquisition, which is subject to Canadian governmental approval, will substantially complement Catalent’s global OTC and prescription pharmaceutical softgel capabilities and capacity with the addition of a portfolio of products supplied to pharmaceutical companies in North America, and two state-of-the-art facilities offering integrated softgel development, manufacturing and packaging, strengthening Catalent’s ability to offer customers turnkey solutions.
Commenting on the acquisition, Dr. Aris Gennadios, Catalent’s president of softgel technologies, said, “Significant investments already made by Accucaps align well with Catalent’s own strategic goals, to offer our customers access to more products, capacity, and integrated solutions for differentiated products and better treatments.”
Upon completion of the acquisition, Accucaps’ over 500 employees, at its two facilities in Windsor and Strathroy, Ontario, will join Catalent’s global network of 11 Softgel Technologies facilities. The Accucaps facilities house sizeable blistering, bottling and other packaging capabilities, as well as high-potency prescription softgel development and manufacturing expertise that are complementary to Catalent’s.
Catalent, Inc., provides advanced delivery technologies and development solutions for drugs, biologics and consumer health products. The company employs more than 9,500 people, including over 1,400 scientists, at more than 30 facilities across five continents, and in fiscal 2016 generated $1.85 billion in annual revenue. Catalent is headquartered in Somerset, NJ. www.catalent.com.
(Source: Business Wire)


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The Super Bowl is right around the corner, and some of the biggest names on YouTube are celebrating in style. Here are some of the Super Bowl/football/advertising/greasy food videos that have popped up in the past week.
As we wrote about previously, The Gregory Brothers have teamed up with Jimmy Fallon to release a Superfan Supercut, where NFL fans don their favorite jerseys and holler about their teams in perfectly-pitched autotune.
The NOC is obviously busy this time of year; the YouTube Original Channel’s Super Bowl content includes a rap battle, a recap of every Super Bowl from the fans’ points of view, and a rundown of the best Super Bowl prop bets.
The Super Bowl is known for its sloppy foods, and who better to prepare some greasy football eats than Hannah Hart, who spent the time leading up to the big game getting drunk on 49ers themed cocktails and making pigs-in-blankets.
Of course, Hart is just the appetizer for the YouTube main course. Epic Meal Time has followed up the Sloppy Roethlisberger and Big Dirty Manningwich with its third straight Super Bowl bonanza: a large, bacon-filled , vaguely Mexican monstrosity known as the Flacco Taco.
YouTube’s AdBlitz is up and running, with plenty of pregame activities. Once again, I’d like to encourage everyone to wait until AFTER the game to watch Super Bowl ads on YouTube, but if you absolutely cannot wait, plenty of spots have already been posted.
There are many more gridiron-themed videos floating around, but hopefully you won’t spend too much time staring at the computer today. After all, it’s Super Bowl Sunday! You should be staring at a TV screen instead.


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Will "support an increase in the cigarette tax" if it is proposed and passes the Legislature
Among the five bills that passed Oregon's three-day special session of the Legislature in October 2013 was House Bill 3601. One of its provisions included a 13-cents-per-pack boost in cigarette taxes.
The bill was among a legislative package dubbed "The Grand Bargain."
In addition to costing smokers a bit more per pack, the bill raised $244 million in the current two-year budget from adjustments to Oregon's senior medical deduction, instituted a higher tax rate for "C corporations" and removed the $183 "personal exemption" for high-earning taxpayers. The bill also cut rates for partnerships, limited liability companies, "S corporations," and some export businesses.
Kitzhaber signed the bill Oct. 8, 2013 and it went into effect Jan. 1, 2014. We rate this a Promise Kept.
Email from Rachel Wray, spokeswoman, Oregon Gov. John Kitzhaber, Aug. 22, 2014.


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|March 3, 2014 10:30 AM EST||
Boost Mobile, a leader in the no-contract wireless industry with its exclusive Monthly Unlimited with Shrinking Payments no-contract service, has established its position as the leader in customer satisfaction by once again receiving the highest honor from J.D. Power, most recently in the 2014 U.S. Wireless Purchase Experience Non-Contract StudySM, Volume 1.
Boost received its third consecutive highest ranking for Non-Contract Providers and seventh J.D. Power award overall since 2011. The Wireless Purchase Experience Study evaluates the wireless purchase experience of customers using any of three contact channels: phone calls with sales representatives; visits to a retail wireless store; and transactions on the Web.
Overall customer satisfaction for non-contract branded carriers is based on six factors (in order of importance): store sales representative; website; phone sales representative; store facility; offerings and promotions; and cost of service. Boost Mobile is the highest ranked non-contract carrier with an overall Purchase Experience Satisfaction index score of 798, significantly higher than the non-contract average of 780.
“Boost is honored to be recognized by our customers in the J.D. Power study for the third consecutive period,” said Dow Draper, president of Sprint’s Prepaid brands, which include Boost Mobile. “We are committed to our customers and serve them to the best of our ability by providing a robust device portfolio with nationwide no-contract unlimited service plans that reward customers with payments that shrink over time.”
Boost Mobile has also ranked highest in the following J.D. Power studies: Non-Contract Wireless Purchase Experience Study (2013 Volume 2), Non-Contract Wireless Purchase Experience Study (2013 Volume 1), Non-Contract Wireless Purchase Experience Study (2012 Volume 1), Customer Care Performance and Purchase Experience (2011 Volume 2) among non-contract customers, and Non-Contract Customer Satisfaction (2011).
Boost Mobile was also recognized today as a J.D. Power 2014 Customer Champion – one of 50 companies across many industries to earn this distinction. To qualify for inclusion on this elite list, companies must excel within their own industry and also among the nine industries included in the Customer Champions analysis by J.D. Power. To determine the J.D. Power 2014 Customer Champions, J.D. Power examined five factors: People, Presentation, Process, Product and Price.
For the 2014 Customer Champions, J.D. Power evaluated more than 600 brands. The 2014 Champions were identified based on customer feedback, opinions and perceptions gathered primarily from J.D. Power’s syndicated research in 2013. This group of 50 represents the highest-performing U.S. companies that deliver service excellence—both within their respective industry and across nine industries measured.
Boost Mobile introduced a number of purchase experience improvements in the second half of 2013, including:
- Four new devices, including the iPhone 5s and iPhone 5c.
- Boost Mobile Wallet powered by Wipit, offering Quick Check service, which allows users to turn their checks into instant cash funds, available in their Boost Mobile Wallet Plus accounts.
- Extensive in-store promotions designed to reduce the out-of-pocket expense for new customers looking to make the switch to Boost. Just last month, Boost launched an introductory $35 monthly offer for new LTE activations through March 311.
Boost Mobile rewards its customers for simply making on-time payments. Unique from the competition, for every six on-time payments, the cost of Boost Mobile’s Monthly Unlimited plans shrink by $5, up to $15 per month in total. Payments do not need to be consecutive to qualify for the next saving milestone.
About Boost Mobile
Boost Mobile offers wireless phones and services with no long-term contracts. Boost Mobile redefines value for wireless consumers with its Monthly Unlimited with Shrinking Payments no-contract service, where the longer you stay the less you pay with on-time payments for unlimited talk, text and data. Boost Mobile offers services on the Nationwide Sprint Network, reaching more than 278 million people, with no long-distance fees. Boost Mobile offers a selection of quality handsets from Samsung, HTC, Kyocera, LG, Motorola and BlackBerry, ranging from entry-level to premium Android™ smartphone devices available nationwide at nearly 20,000 major retail stores, including Best Buy, RadioShack, Target, Walgreens and Walmart, Sprint retail stores, independent wireless dealer locations, and on HSN, a leading TV home shopping network. Re-Boost® Cards are available at approximately 100,000 locations throughout the United States. Experience Boost Mobile on the Web at Facebook and Twitter; and purchase products at www.boostmobile.com.
About J.D. Power
J.D. Power is a global marketing information services company providing performance improvement, social media and customer satisfaction insights and solutions. The company's quality and satisfaction measurements are based on responses from millions of consumers annually. Headquartered in Westlake Village, Calif., J.D. Power has offices in North America, Europe and Asia Pacific. For more information on car reviews and ratings, car insurance, health insurance, cell phone ratings, and more, please visit JDPower.com. J.D. Power is a business unit of McGraw-Hill Financial.
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