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What’s the overall story in the gun trade right now? Perhaps one of recovery – consumers having a bit more disposable income as they recover from recession, showing taste in slightly higher-priced guns and accessories once again. As one of the biggest gun brands of all, Browning is at the forefront of that growth – driving it as well as reaping its benefits. So what next for such a bellwether brand? The company’s European press event, on a private estate in Sologne, France, showed that Browning doesn’t want to rest on its laurels. It wants to set the agenda for both product development and marketing, while showing appreciation to those hunters and shooters who put all their spare time and money in the sport.
First off, it turned the standard press-event format on its head. It was more about practical experience than anything else. Each product presentation was prefixed with, “I’ll keep this as short as possible so we can get on with actually shooting the guns… ” – and that wasn’t an empty promise either. At one point during a test on a running-boar range, Browning’s press manager Adrien Koutny emerged holding as many boxes of rifle cartridges as he could carry. “I’ve found a few thousand rounds,” he said, “and I’ve been told we can’t take them home. So you’d better get using them up.”
OK, it might have been a staged event, but the semi-auto BAR rifle certainly helped make quick work of the rounds, and in any case, the journos weren’t exactly complaining. “We shot quite a lot – that was the purpose of the trip,” explained product manager, Lionel Neuville. “It’s better to get people to try the guns than to give a long speech about them. We wanted people to give the guns a tough time, to really learn how they handle and how they shoot.” With extended trigger time, the assembled journalists could forget about the context of a press event and actually get to know the guns and optics. And on that note…
Kite takes off
For the first time ever, the biggest thing on the Browning block is not a shotgun or a rifle. Instead, it’s the Kite optics brand, which Browning now works in close association with. Kite is a previously existing company. It’s been going in some form since 1955, though it only started producing observation gear in 1992 and made its first scope in 2015. But this is far more than just a distribution deal Browning has signed. It’ll have a significant say in product development and marketing plans. Best of all, it will be using its considerable might to keep prices reasonable and ensure after-market service is speedy and cost-effective.
“This is a brand that’s going to be built on service,” said Ghislain de Liederkerke, Browning’s programme manager in charge of optics. “We’re endeavouring to repair any scope or pair of binos and have it back with the user with two to three weeks – at a maximum cost of 100 euros.
“What’s more, the scopes themselves are excellent value, offering top-notch optical quality at a mid-range price. Kite is a ‘no nonsense’ brand. We refrain from adding extra bells, whistles and accessories that would drive the price up without improving core performance.” Kite’s flagship scope, the KSP HD2, is set to retail around £1,100, with specifications including 1-6×24, 1.6-10×42, 2-12×50 and 2.5-15×56.
So why work with this brand instead of just setting up Browning Optics? “We don’t have experts optics on board already,” Ghislain said. “We’ve been making rifles and shotguns for years – that’s where our expertise lies. Meanwhile, the guys at Kite had the optics knowledge but no experience in hunting.
“So we can help each other – we can bring both our experience together to create products that fit the needs of the hunter.”
And the guns?
As for Browning itself, the big success story has been the semi-custom B15 model, part of the newly rebranded John M Browning collection. That’s a success Britain has played a central part in, as Lionel explained: “We’ve been amazed by the uptake of the B15. We still have guns on back order from last year.
“Britain was the biggest country of all in terms of orders. We had people buying them over the phone without even seeing the guns!” That’s something Browning clearly wants to capitalise on – a 20-bore B15 is due at the end of June.
Meanwhile, the rifle side sees the addition of new X Bolt models this year, including a chassis model and Macmillan-stocked version. Several of the attendees quoted the Macmillan X Bolt as their favourite gun of the entire showcase, particularly praising its stability and controlled recoil – though the rifle tested was a feisty .300 Win Mag, it returned to the point of aim almost immediately on a shot with very little perceivable ‘flip’.
Winchester is the final part of the puzzle: a huge brand name in its own right. It’s owned by Olin as opposed to Browning, but once again Browning have more than just a distribution deal in place. They control all the product management for Winchester rifles and shotguns.
It’s a budget brand, in contrast to the mid-range shotguns making up the core of the Browning stable, but Browning’s clearly itching to bring a lot more innovation to this price point. The newest addition to the brand – the SX4 semi-auto – can by all accounts compete with guns far higher up the price ladder when it comes to reliability and speed of cycling. On hand to demonstrate this was Raniero Testa, Winchester’s resident trick shooter, who left us in no doubt as to its capabilities by demolishing up to nine hand-thrown clays in one salvo from his own SX4, then repeating the trick blindfolded. Well, if you can’t show off at an international press gathering, when can you…


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80 Billion View Larva (Aniverse) Lists on Binance NFT
Seoul, Korea — Being aired in 196 countries/Netflix, Larva has just reached 80 billion views. And Aniverse has listed its exclusive NFTs on Binance recently.
Aniverse will exclusively list 20 Larva NFTs on Binance NFT, the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange. Aniverse, which drew attention in Korea as well as from around the world by launching its own NFT Market Place and selling out the limited edition of NFT to mark the 10th anniversary of Larva on August 31, is now listed on Binance NFT, the world’s largest exchange, to accomplish the inspiring deed of entering the global market.
Limited edition NFT to commemorate the 10th anniversary of Larva has been sold out, making headlines at home and abroad, and this time expanding the Aniverse global NFT market by listing on Binance NFT, the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange.
Larva, the main character of the “Larva 3D Figure NFT Artwork”, to be launched on the Binance NFT market, is the most famous animation character of Aniverse NFT and has 9.45 million subscribers and 80 billion views in global media on YouTube alone. Based on Larva’s global reputation with 95% of its subscribers being fans outside Korea, the listing on Binance NFT will provide global expansion and a long-term profit structure for Aniverse NFT. Aniverse publishes 20 types of NFT artwork of Larva 3D figures exclusively in Binance NFT and supports transactions through fixed pricing and auctions.
Through this listing on Binance NFT, Aniverse will continue to supply various NFT characters desired by huge Larva animation fans around the world, expand the global cash cow area, secure NFT initiatives in the global character market with Binance, and expand the ecosystem of Aniverse.
Compared to the cryptocurrency market, where prices fluctuate widely, the NFT market has shown an unbreakable momentum with more than $2 billion in transactions, thus being listed on Binance will truly make Aniverse a large-scale NFT around the world and is expected to provide a sustainable and stable growth strategy.
Aniverse has various animation IPs such as Larva and Dinocore and has about 13 million YouTube subscribers. The total global views are about 80 billion, and it has a social media promotion scale of 600 million people. Aniverse IP animation is being aired on multifarious channels in 196 countries, including Netflix.
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By : Kate Conger, Adam Satariano and Michael J. de la Merced
OAKLAND, California: Just Eat Takeaway
, a European food delivery service, said on Wednesday that it had agreed to buy Grubhub
for $7.3 billion, a deal that would give it a foothold in the United States.
In the all-stock deal, Just Eat Takeaway said it would value Grubhub at $75.15 per share, a 27% premium to Grubhub’s closing price of $59.05. Grubhub’s founder and chief executive, Matt Maloney, will join Just Eat Takeaway’s board and oversee its business in North America, the companies said.
“I am excited that we can create the world’s largest food delivery business outside China,” Jitse Groen, chief executive of Just Eat Takeaway, said in a statement. Maloney said the companies would place “extra value on volume at independent restaurants, driving profitable growth.”Uber
had been in talks to buy Grubhub, but those discussions foundered over price and regulatory concerns, said people with knowledge of the discussions, who were not authorized to speak publicly. If Uber had bought Grubhub and combined it with Uber Eats
, the result would have been the largest food delivery service in the United States, with about a 55% market share. That had attracted antitrust scrutiny.
An Uber spokesperson said the company would continue looking for deals in the food delivery business, but would not engage in “any deal, at any price, with any player.”
Food delivery has become more popular during the coronavirus pandemic. People have turned more toward services such as Grubhub, DoorDash
and Uber Eats as restaurants shut down in-room dining during the early phases of the outbreak. Restaurants are slowly beginning to reopen.
Even so, profits in the food delivery business have been elusive. Uber Eats, DoorDash and Grubhub have all spent millions of dollars on marketing and incentives to lure customers away from the others. Grubhub, which had been profitable, began losing money as it spent more to fight off rivals.
“Competition and pricing pressure will be fierce going forward,” said Daniel Ives, managing director of equity research at Wedbush Securities. He estimated that Grubhub had a 24% share of the U.S. market.
The competition has led to deal making. In 2018 and 2019, there were 25 mergers and acquisitions in food delivery, valued at a combined $20.12 billion, according to Linklaters, a global law firm.
Food delivery services in the United States also face regulatory headwinds. In California, Uber and DoorDash are challenging a law that requires them to reclassify their independent contractors as full-time employees. And in several cities, lawmakers are considering caps on the fees that delivery services charge, which restaurant owners have said are exorbitant.
Just Eat Takeaway was created this year through the $7.8 billion combination of two of the earliest participants in Europe’s food-delivery market, Just Eat and Takeaway.com. It has been fighting competition in Europe from Uber Eats and Deliveroo, a London-based company whose investors include Amazon.
Groen, a Dutch entrepreneur, founded Takeaway.com in 2000 when he was a student frustrated with the challenge of ordering pizza online. He took Takeaway.com public in 2016, and he now has a net worth of more than $1.5 billion, according to Forbes.
In addition to the deals for Grubhub and Just Eat, Groen bought the German portion of Delivery Hero’s business for about $1 billion in 2018.
Just Eat and Takeaway.com traditionally focused on providing software to restaurants so they could coordinate their own deliveries, a more profitable business model than supplying drivers to make the deliveries. But the combined company is building out its own fleet of drivers. This year, Just East announced a partnership to deliver food for McDonald’s
in Britain and Ireland.
Sen. Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota, the leading Democrat on a subcommittee on antitrust, said Wednesday that Uber had been right to back away from buying Grubhub.
“During this pandemic, when millions are out of work and many small businesses are struggling to stay afloat, our country does not need another merger that could squelch competition,” she said in a statement.


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E-commerce has become more popular over the last decade. However, it was during the covid-19 pandemic where we witnessed a huge increase in online sales.
Mainly this was due to government-imposed restrictions and consumer anxiety over the potential health risk associated with in-store shopping. When governments started to relax their restrictions, customers began to slowly return to in-store shopping, creating the possibility that the volume of online shopping would decrease once stores reopened.
This did not happen, making online shopping even more popular than before the pandemic because of their experience during the lockdown.
It must be said that “global efforts to contain the pandemic has changed the consumers’ daily habits, consumption patterns, and ways of thinking, resulting in a boost to the “home economy” and a further improvement in online shopping and services that were already gaining traction worldwide (Deloitte, 2020).
Other reasons for the success of online shopping are that customers are no longer restricted by fixed stores and physical locations.
They have access to a wide range of goods from all over the world via e-commerce websites. E-commerce offers clients convenience by enabling them to buy from the comfort of their own home, whereas traditional shopping frequently requires traveling great distances for certain things.
In comparison to traditional stores, e-commerce companies’ pricing structures give customers additional chances to save money. E-commerce allows buyers to frequently purchase goods at reduced costs, which traditional retail stores frequently do not.
Here in Turkey,Hakan Çevikoğlu, the president of the Association of E-Commerce Operators (ETİD), stated that the online sales volume is expected to reach a whopping 400 billion Turkish Liras this month. Partly due to discounts for a wide range of products, including consumer electronics, and clothing, throughout the month. These campaigns will take place will continue until the end of December.
He also stated that “the local e-commerce industry will reach around 1.3 trillion liras this year”.


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Citigroup Inc. is weighing a deal to buy Deutsche Bank AG’s Mexican bank, Bloomberg Law reported on Tuesday, citing people familiar with the matter.
Citi plans to set up a new local unit in the country, and the agreement will help it avoid the lengthy approval process for a new license, according to the report. (Https://bit.ly/3lGT9f4)
Negotiations are at an early stage and may result in no agreement, the report added. Any sale would require regulatory approval and Deutsche Bank would keep the brokerage back in the country earlier this year, Bloomberg Law reported.
“Citi has been operating in Mexico for more than a century and the country will remain one of Citi’s top institutional markets outside the United States,” a bank spokesman said.
“As we have said, we want to continue our locally licensed banking business in Mexico through our Institutional Client Group (ICG) and our private banking franchise,” the spokesman added.
The ICG unit serves corporations, financial institutions and governments, while the private banking segment caters to wealthy individuals and families.
Deutsche Bank declined to comment
Citi said earlier this year that it would exit its Citibanamex consumer banking business in Mexico, ending its 20-year retail presence in the country that was the last of its overseas consumer business. (Reporting by Niket Nishant in Bangalore; Editing by Anil D’Silva and Maju Samuel)


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According to a SEC filing dated Friday, April 9, Hardcore Computer has secured $500k in unattributed funding. Back it the fall of 2008, it was reported that the Rochester, Minnesota-based startup had raised “several million” dollars, which historical SEC documents [1 2] appear to corroborate.
Hardcore Computer custom-designs and manufactures top-tier, high-performance computer systems that use a variety of patented Hardcore Computer technologies, including liquid-submersion cooling. By mitigating heat and building systems from the ground up, Hardcore Computer is able to push computer technology to its limits. In addition to high performance computer systems, Hardcore Computer’s liquid-submersion technology is suitable for cooling a number of computing platforms, including servers, console gaming machines and laptops.


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Electronics giant Philips has joined forces with IT giant IBM to jointly research and develop customer systems for radio frequency identification (RFID) and smart card applications that could be rolled out across global retail and manufacturing organisations.
The two firms will combine their industry expertise to address the growing need for advanced high security smart cards and RFID technology in day-to-day business processes, operations and consumer lifestyles.
Technologies such as RFID are finding widespread early adoption in a variety of places, ranging from inventory control in the US Army to collaborations between the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and Wal-Mart, to enhance inventory management and the shopping experience of the consumer. Agricultural uses of RFID have also been mooted, with farmers using RFID chips to keep an eye on cattle movements and milk shipments.
However, the advent of RFID in the retail world has also brought with it a raft of consumer concerns over privacy, an obstacle the technology industry will have to work hard to overcome.
Both Philips and IBM intend to roll out RFID solutions for supply chain management, retail and asset management, as well as smart card solutions for finance, e-government, transportation and event ticketing.
As part of the alliance, IBM is building an RFID system to be used by Philips’ semiconductor division’s manufacturing arm in Hong Kong. The system is aimed at improving business processes within the manufacturing and distribution supply chain as well as inventory management and customer satisfaction. The project, which started in November, will be fully live during the course of this year.
Through the RFID alliance, Philips hopes to eventually roll out end-to-end large-scale global projects for its retail and manufacturing customers.
“Our relationship with IBM will mean stronger time-to-market, improved customer confidence levels and the opportunity to leverage each others’ brands and expertise,” said Scott McGregor, president and chief executive officer, Philips Semiconductors. “It is Philips’ mission to continue bringing greater benefits to both companies and today’s ‘Connected Consumers’ – enabling them better access to information, entertainment and services. To this end, the RFID system in East Asia being built by IBM is a good illustration of Philips adopting the very technology it is driving into the marketplace.”
The vice president of IBM Global Service’s wireless e-business division, Terry Hopkins added: “We are committed in helping companies boost levels of advanced product tracking and inventory control, as well as developing an end-to-end assessment of the specific costs and benefits in adopting RFID and smart card technology within their business processes.”
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ChatGPT is helping scammers create phishing emails that don't sound phony, and Amazon sells plenty of items that are scams. Scammers are using AI-generated voices to scam elderly people, and the EU wants messaging apps - including Apple's iMessage - to be interoperable.
- Apple adds banana-yellow color to iPhone 14 and iPhone 14 Plus lineup
- The Complete Guide to Apple Watch Bands
- GarageBand for Mac Updated With Important Security Fixes
- EU's Digital Markets Act will require Apple to open iMessage
- They thought loved ones were calling for help. It was an AI scam
- Darktrace warns of rise in AI-enhanced scams since ChatGPT release
- Amazon... more like SCAMazon


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The software update hitting Android Wear devices around the world has yet to make it to the Moto 360. Motorola does have a reason for that. An owner of the smartwatch concerned with the software update’s status asked the company what was going on. The company responded on Twitter by saying that “performance is not quite there yet.” However, Motorola is actively working with Google to ensure the update arrives soon without any bugs.
@davidcstevens_ Performance is not quite there yet. We’re working with Google to ensure the software works great on #Moto360. Thanks.
— Motorola Mobility (@Motorola) June 3, 2015
Another job well done by Motorola for being so transparent.
Source: Motorola (Twitter)
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This is American news and the Americans always do things twice as big as in the rest of the world. It seems that shanty towns are now common in big US cities. The Greater Depression is coming with a vengeance. There is only one protection and that is physical gold. Not paper gold. For the last 3000 years gold has been the store of value of last resort. Who am I to argue? 1 + 1 = 2.
Financial Fears Grow. More consumers are just a paycheck or two away from ruin.
The results of a bevy of surveys found a growing number of consumers are only a couple paychecks away from a household collapse even as many scramble to shore up savings. Rainy-day funds appear to be a distant memory as households burn cash to cover food and energy bills as well as mortgage and car payments.
Twenty-nine percent of those making $100,000 or more a year said they would have trouble paying the bills after more than a month of unemployment.


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American lottery and gaming machines innovator Scientific Games Corporation has announced the signing of an arrangement which will see it upgrade the land-based keno offering of Australian operator Tabcorp Holdings Limited. Root influx: The Las [...]
Close to $400 million was generated by expanded gambling in Pennsylvania, within the first year since legislation permitted changes. In late 2017, the country passed a gambling expansion bill with online casino gaming, sportsbooks and satellite casinos [...]
Resorts World Las Vegas owner sells $1 billion bond to finance its construction; property on track for late 2020 opening Two subsidiaries of Malaysian casino and hospitality giant Genting Bhd priced on Tuesday $1 billion senior notes to fund the [...]
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Today: Payments giant Visa and security company FireEye strike novel partnership to develop security offering they will market to retailers and card issuers.
The Lead: FireEye pairs with Visa for new security offering
Security companies continue to seek new methods to fight data breaches at retailers, banks and other companies that have giant storehouses of consumer payments data, and a new one arrived Wednesday: Working directly with the payments provider instead.
FireEye announced a partnership with Visa on Wednesday, with the two Silicon Valley companies agreeing to combine the troves of information they receive on attempted attacks for a new offering aimed at merchants as well as the banks that issue Visa cards.
“By combining Visa”s unparalleled view into global payments and FireEye”s industry-leading cyber security expertise, we intend to bring faster, actionable intelligence directly to players across the payments system,” Visa CEO Charlie Scharf said in Wednesday”s announcement.
The Web-based service will be sold by Visa personnel as part of its fraud risk solutions, a FireEye spokesman said Wednesday. It is meant to detect threats when they arrive on company networks, providing a wealth of data to FireEye and Visa, and immediately launch a response.
“One of the key benefits for Visa is being able to reduce that time from discovery to remediation,” FireEye executive Rich Stegina said in a video distributed to mark the announcement. “The ability to reduce the time of a threat and recognize where those threat vectors are coming from is key.”
Foster City-based Visa is easily the leader in payments worldwide: In 2013, Visa debit cards were used in more than 38 percent of card transactions worldwide, while Visa credit cards accounted for 22.1 percent, according to The Nilson Report. Milpitas-based FireEye is in a race to become the face of the next-generation security offerings from Silicon Valley, challenging Palo Alto Networks and Fortinet as well as stalwarts like Cisco and Symantec.
FBR Capital Markets analyst Daniel Ives said Wednesday from FireEye”s analyst day that the deal with Visa could put FireEye in the lead and show Visa is serious about fighting cybercrime, deeming it “a major partnership.”
“This speaks to a wake up call for stalwarts like Visa to take cyber security initiatives to the next level,” Ives said in an email exchange. “It”s also a validation for FireEye to get this deal.”
FireEye stock hit a 52-week high Wednesday and closed with a 1.5 percent gain at $47.69, then jumped again in late trading after the deal was announced, topping $48.50. Visa fell 0.1 percent to $68.95 on the day.
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Kaz and Randy are joined by Tom Wark (of Wark Communications and Fermentation: The Daily Wine Blog) to discuss the news of the day. They start with a call from Nick Frey of the Sonoma County Winegrape Commission to chat about the recent news of a “light infestation” of Light Brown Apple Moth in the Sonoma area.
The conversation goes hither and yon after that, including Wine 2.0, Tim Elliot’s social media seminars and what Kaz will (or won’t) do about joining the online wine community. And Tom hints at a major wine blogger event coming later this year to Sonoma County!
Listen and learn, friends, it’s Wine Biz Radio!


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Dallas, Texas 05/27/2014 (FINANCIALSTRENDS) – General Motors Company (NYSE:GM)’s customers are now suing the company for as much as US$10B (RM32.1 billion) over the losses in value of recalled cars would now face meager payments if they are told to claim the money from the predecessor, based on the financial-data that has been filed in court. So-called old General Motors had only US$1.1B as of 31 March to pay the existing claims of US$32 billion that it reported yesterday in United States Bankruptcy Court at Manhattan. The company which GM had split from in 2009 has then been liquidating its assets to pay creditors, including the accident victims.
To date, they have received some new General Motors Company (NYSE:GM) stock & warrants at the estimated rate of 30 cents for every dollar claimed, as per the court records. The company after recalling 2.59M cars that had faulty ignition switches is now fighting at least 79 different lawsuits over its economic losses. While accepting the responsibility for injuries, the company has asked the bankruptcy judge to rule that it is not responsible for any price declines in the cars that were made by old GM.
The Bankruptcy Issue
Judge Robert Gerber of the US Bankruptcy court who had handled the automaker’s restructuring & sale of the shares to the US, had ruled in 2009 that this new General Motors would be free from the claims for damages & other liabilities. Even as recently as 2012, he had told a group of the company’s carmaker’s to take all their warranty demands that bankrupt company, where they actually belonged. The car owners say that Gerber’s ruling does not apply to them, as General Motors Company (NYSE:GM) had deceived him about the exact extent of its ignition-switch liabilities. The customer group that had sued the automaker at Gerber’s court said that the GM knew of these switch defects by 2004 & did not fix them, despite the fact that the estimated cost was only US$12 a car.


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Broadcom will acquire VMware, the transaction value may reach tens of billions of dollars?
According to Bloomberg and other media reports, semiconductor giant Broadcom is negotiating acquisitions with virtual software giant VMware. If the acquisition of VMware is successful, Broadcom's business in the software field is expected to further diversify.
Bloomberg quoted people familiar with the matter as saying that Broadcom is in advanced talks to acquire VMware, and there is no guarantee that the merger will be reached; Reuters also learned from sources that talks between Broadcom and VMware are ongoing, but the transaction is not "imminent" , and the specific terms of the acquisition agreement are not yet clear. Representatives for VMware and Broadcom declined to comment.
In the context of the increase in corporate demand driven by the wave of digitalization and the surge in personal semiconductor demand driven by the epidemic of working from home, the chip industry has ushered in a "big carnival" in recent years, and the sales of chip manufacturers such as Broadcom have been booming. Wall Street has heard that Broadcom's fourth-quarter revenue exceeded expectations by 15%, and its profit and first-quarter revenue guidance were both higher than expected.
However, in the context of the high industry boom, Broadcom CEO Hock Tan warned that the boom era of the semiconductor industry was "unsustainable": "If someone tells you that the good times will continue, don't believe it, because in fact such Good days never come."
Therefore, for Chen Fuyang, who has been committed to leading Broadcom to try to diversify its business, the software industry has always been the focus of his attention. In 2018, Chen Fuyang led Broadcom to acquire software company CA Technologies for US$18.9 billion; in 2019, Chen Fuyang acquired Symantec's enterprise security business for US$10.7 billion. In March of this year, Chen Fuyang mentioned on the conference call that Broadcom has the ability to make "large-scale" acquisitions. It is worth mentioning that in 2018, Chen Fuyang, who has the reputation of "King of Semiconductor M&A", almost led Broadcom to "eat Qualcomm in one bite" in 2018.
Founded in 1998, Broadcom’s “new prey,” VMware, is a California-based enterprise software company dedicated to capitalizing on the next wave of innovation and addressing the greatest challenges facing customers through disruptive technologies such as edge computing, artificial intelligence, and machine learning. serious challenge. It is worth mentioning that the famous virtual machine comes from VMware. If the acquisition of VMware is successful, Broadcom's business in the software field will undoubtedly further diversify.
As of the close of U.S. stocks last Friday, VMware’s market value was close to $40.3 billion, down nearly half from its peak in 2019 and nearly 20% lower than at the beginning of the year. The British "Financial Times" commented that if Broadcom wants to successfully eat VMware, the price to be paid will certainly exceed 43 billion US dollars, and may even exceed 50 billion US dollars.
It is worth mentioning that VMware is also the old owner of Intel's current CEO Pat Kissinger. In addition, the company's current chairman, Dell founder Michael Dell, owns 36% of the company's outstanding shares, which were worth about $15 billion as of Friday's close.
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Shipping Container Shortage and the Problems in Maritime Logistics
The COVID-19 pandemic brought about a number of disruptions to daily livelihoods of people, multiple industries and the global economy. The problems from 2020 continue to have their impact in 2021 as well, the existing shipping container shortage being one of them. Logistics and shipping work hand in hand and affect the prices of goods and services across the globe. When disruptions emerge in these industries, the consequences are faced by the world.
What is the shipping container shortage?
The problem at hand is fairly simple to understand but extremely complex to solve. There are emerging problems with supply chain management caused by an imbalance in the global demand and supply in the global maritime trade, specifically in terms of shipping container shortage and transportation. This has seeped into the overall flow of goods and created problems with the supply chain management industry by impacting the manufacturing output.
The problems emerged towards the first quarter of 2020 with the shutting down of the transportation industry due to the COVID-19 pandemic. They were severely limited and could operate at a minimal capacity. Countries across the world started to recover from the pandemic at different rates, and it was observed that East Asian countries like Singapore managed to bounce back from the impact of the pandemic faster than western continents like Europe and North America.
This situation meant that the East Asian economy opened up at a faster rate as compared to the west, which created an imbalance in the flow of goods. Since the West was still coping with the losses of the pandemic, they had severely limited transportation demands, which led to an excessive number of shipping containers being stored in Europe and North America. On the other hand, Asian countries faced a shipping container shortage to meet the demands created for their shipments.
The increase in demand of oil and raw materials for the industrial organizations added to this issue in logistics and shipping. The need for logistics and shipping continued to grow and with it, so did the shipping container shortage. Transportation and shipping costs increased drastically, with an increase in number of delays, and in some cases even resulted in cancellations.
How does this affect the organizations in Singapore?
These problems with supply chain management have created a bottleneck for people in Singapore where organizations cannot supply their manufactured goods to those who need them. The disruptions are most likely to continue into 2021, and the shipping container shortage is likely to carry on till the end of the year. Logistics and shipping problems also lead to other problems with processing and congestion, and they also have an impact on the quality of the shipping and delivery.
When shipping containers are used immediately after emptying without proper inspections, it can impact the container integrity. Defects in the containers can go without inspection and result in product damages. The delays, negative impact on the quality and inconsistent deliveries caused due to the shipping container shortage have left many organizations in Singapore vulnerable to losses, and organizations will have to look for creative ways in which they can combat these problems with supply chain management.
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The state government of Punjab has introduced a ‘Home Delivery System’ for fruits and vegetables, ARY News reported. Going into more detail, the channel explained how the government of Punjab, in collaboration with a private company, has introduced the home delivery mechanism to ensure convenience to the residents of Multan. These now no longer need to venture out for fruits and vegetables.
A formal launching ceremony of the home delivery system was held in the circuit house area of the city. The chief guests at the event, Chairman Non-Ministerial Standing Committee on Government Assurances, Aamir Dogar, Parliamentary Secretary, Nadeem Qureshi, and deputy commissioner, Multan expressed happiness on the occasion and hoped that the idea is met with success.
Mian Aamir Dogar on the occasion said that the Home Delivery System was a revolutionary step taken by the government of Punjab that will ease shopping woes for the people of Multan.
Earlier on January 4, Punjab Chief Minister Usman Buzdar has said on Saturday that the present government is working on the people-friendly agenda. In his statement issued here from Lahore, today, Usman Buzdar said government working to uplift the living standard of its citizens and bring prosperity in their lives.


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A discouraging start for the widely-reviewed Xoom
Discouraging news for Motorola Mobility. The company’s Xoom tablet–the first comparable competitor to Apple’s iPad–continues to struggle with weak demand. So much so that the “disappointing” sales that analysts warned of back in March may end up being worse than feared.
Global Equities analyst Trip Chowdry estimates that Motorola Mobility has manufactured between 500,000 and 800,000 Xooms, but has sold only 5 to 15 percent of them.


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StubHub says that major female artists were the driving force behind record-breaking concert sales worldwide over the summer.
The marketplace said top female acts, led by Taylor Swift and Beyoncé, accounted for 57% of StubHub’s total summer concert sales globally. It added that the average ticket price for top female artists right now is $660, compared to $245 for top male artists.
StubHub also revealed details of its Concert Culture + Consumer survey, conducted by YouGov, which indicates that consumers as a whole are prioritising live events, especially Gen Z. More than half of Gen Z (60%) said they would skip a major life event, such as the birth of a family member or planned vacation, to see their favourite artist perform live in the front row.
The data also highlighted the growing link between live events and travel. Some 24% of Gen Z and Millennials plan to see a live event or concert when going on vacation. This trend was evident in Taylor’s Swift’s Eras tour, with 50% of StubHub buyers for her international dates coming from the US.
“We’ve never seen a summer like this in our history and we can, without a doubt, contribute this to Taylor Swift and Beyoncé. We are seeing the top female artists commanding higher ticket prices,” said Adam Budelli, spokesperson for StubHub.
“People are rediscovering the value of experiencing a show as a community with other fans – our survey found that 26% of people said their first concert was a better memory than their first kiss or first job.”
Further data compiled from the survey includes that 78% of respondents prefer to put their phone down when their favourite song plays at a concert and live in the experience, rather than record it to be able to watch later.


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Hyundai Unveils Walking Car Concept
CES 2019 is underway in Las Vegas and that means tech companies and auto manufacturers alike get to be as outlandish as they like with bold concept claims. And the award for ‘Most Bonkers Concept’ this year undoubtedly goes to Hyundai who have revealed a concept for a vehicle with robotic legs. Yes, a walking car.
Hyundai’s Elevate concept is an electric car with robotic legs that can be extended to drive and be used for walking. The idea is designed to help emergency workers and first responders travel across harsh terrain in the event of a natural disaster.
The Elevate is designed around a module electric vehicle chassis with interchangeable bodies that can be swapped depending on the situation and environment. Four robotic legs extend from the body, giving the vehicle the option of driving, walking or climbing in any direction across different landscapes.
It’s a bold concept on paper but Hyundai claim most of the tech behind it is sound. The design relies on Hyundai’s latest electric actuator technology, which grants the vehicle’s robotic leg architecture six degrees of freedom at the vertical hip, horizontal hip, knee, ankle, steering and wheel.
With its wheels fully extended, the Elevate can cross landscapes easier than most capable off-roaders, while the two walking modes – ‘reptilian’, where the legs are positioned outwards either side of the body, and ‘mammalian’, where the legs point out in front and behind the body – mean it can deliver aid much quicker than traditional methods.
Hyundai say the legs on the Elevate can be folded up and stowed away when in a normal driving mode and can reach highway speeds like an ordinary car. Obviously it’s just a concept and it’ll almost certainly never be made, but Transformer cars are always going to capture our attention!
In other CES 2019 news, LG have finally unveiled the production ready R9 TV, otherwise known as the world’s first rollable 4K OLED TV.


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Google tried to make up for lost time at its annual developer conference this week by announcing a massive Android overhaul and new features to help users work from home, shop, and do more to protect their data. personal.
After canceling Google I / O last year due to the pandemic, the company launched a virtual version of the event on Tuesday. Google staff members wore masks and stretched out to watch the opening speech on the lawn of its Mountain View, Calif. Campus – a big contrast to previous years when it gathered thousands of attendees in a arena.
Here are some of the biggest announcements to date from the multi-day event.
Android 12 review
Google has unveiled a new look for Android 12, the latest version of its mobile operating system. It features bigger buttons, a large clock on the home screen that changes size depending on the number of notifications that appear, and muted pastel colors.
Android 12 goes a lot into customization: users will be able to change the color scheme, and when a wallpaper is selected, the system will determine which colors are dominant and complementary by adding nuances to volume controls, widgets and other tools to complete the look.
Google says Android 12 will allow devices to be more responsive with better battery life, as the new software will put less strain on processors. Google also rolled out a slew of productivity updates, including an option to hold down the power button to call up Google Assistant to make a phone call or request an article read aloud.
More attention to privacy
With rival Apple doubling down on its privacy features, Google used Tuesday’s event to promote its own efforts.
The new software gives users more transparency about the personal data accessible by various applications and the means to control it. A new privacy dashboard provides an overview of permission settings and allows users to revoke those permissions from the dashboard. And a new indicator tool will automatically light up when an app accesses your microphone or camera.
The company is also adding a feature that uses Google Assistant to notify users when their passwords have been compromised and help them change them. Meanwhile, a new tool called Folder locked In Google Photos, users can add photos to a password-protected space and they won’t show up when users scroll through photos or other apps on a phone. (In a demo, Google showed someone who was keeping a photo of their children’s new puppy a secret.) The feature will first roll out on Google Pixel smartphones and other Android devices throughout the year. ‘year.
Meet our telecommuting needs
Perhaps to nod to the new normal of telecommuting, Google has unveiled new productivity tools to make working from home more seamless. Most notable is Smart Canvas, which allows services like Google Docs and Sheets to be more flexible and connected using @ -mentions, checklists, pageless formats, and emoji reactions.
The future of wearables and AR
Google resurrects WearOS, its wearable platform for smartwatches, with help from Samsung and the Tizen software platform.
In late 2019, Google announced plans to acquire wearable fitness tracker company Fitbit for $ 2.1 billion, but we haven’t heard much from the category since. Now, the company is showing its vision for the future of wearable devices, with deep Fitbit integration for workout and motion tracking.
The company is also bringing more augmented reality tools to phones. With AR View via Google Maps, users can fly over restaurants, landmarks, and get directions indoors, starting later this year. Users can also take a photo of a math problem to find out the result. Likewise, taking a photo of an item you see in the real world, such as a patio furniture set in a restaurant, will identify the brand and price so you can purchase it yourself.
The smart assistant gets smarter
Google teased a new natural language processing platform called LaMDA that helps artificial intelligence be more conversational. In a demo, Google showed what a conversation with inanimate objects would look like for educational purposes, like the planet Pluto or a paper airplane. This effort shows how Google continues to devote more resources to growing the intelligence and versatility of its smart assistant.
Avoid painful memories
Finally, Google will make it easier to choose what content people want to look back on, allowing users to prevent photos of certain people or times that may be painful or unwanted from showing in Memories in Google Photos – a sore point. For years. various platforms.


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Stop & Shop has quickly filled the void created by the demise of one of America’s greatest and oldest supermarket chains.
A&P, the parent company to Pathmark, currently liquidating its assets due to bankruptcy, has shuttered its last three remaining Bronx stores.
Stop & Shop, a 400-plus chain supermarket powerhouse, will be re-opening the locations in Co-op City, Crotona Park East and Morris Park/Westchester Square.
The fourth Bronx Pathmark, located in Soundview, has already been converted to a Western Beef store.
At 1720 Eastchester Road at Waters Place, where a ribbon cutting ceremony was held on Friday, October 23, crews worked around the clock for a week to completely revamp the store, confirmed Jeremy Warneke, Community Board 11 district manager.
“The community is really excited,” said Jay Cohn, Stop & Shop spokesman. “They are saying thank goodness that Stop & Shop is here because they were concerned that they might not have a supermarket.”
The new location in the chain will feature Western Union services, a pharmacy, and a healthy food line called Nature’s Promise.
In addition to this location, new Stop & Shop stores will be opening in the Bay Plaza Shopping Center at 2136 Bartow Avenue and 961 East 174th Street at the New Horizons Shopping Center, which has already re-opened.
On the first day that the Eastchester Road location was open, customer Bob Cook of the Westchester Square community said that there was not a great deal of concern in the local community when news broke that Pathmark was being closed because Stop & Shop was coming to the location.
The store is located in the Castle Center mall.
Cook said that the location looked beautiful on its first day.
Two of his neighbors worked at the Pathmark Castle Center for years, and have continued on at the new Stop & Shop.
“We always had (a supermarket) in the area, and Stop & Shop is a good company,” said Cook. “I am glad to see they kept some of the old employees – that’s important.”
Shopper and Morris Park resident Ben Bonilla who was a patron of Pathmark for over 30 years, said he was glad that Stop & Shop would be coming to the shopping center because of its convenient parking.
“You really don’t want to see change, but I know of Stop & Shop, and they have an excellent record,” he said.
“I am happy that they are interesting in helping the community get better products,” he added.
Councilman James Vacca said that he was glad that Stop & Shop chose to set up shop in his district, and said that he admired an existing location in Co-op City that predates the company’s acquisition of the Pathmark in that community.
At the previous Pathmark location, he noted that there had been some complaints of panhandling and security issues.
“Pathmark was really in decline for a number of years,” said Vacca, adding “People in my community deserve better.”
It appears as if the new owners are giving back to the community.
At the opening in Morris Park, Stop & Shop donated $2,000 to the Bronxchester Little League.
At the previous opening in Crotona Park East on Friday, October 16, a donation was made to the St. Edmund’s Food Pantry.


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Based in the Russia Today press center, the link promoted by the Moscow Department of Investment and Industrial Policy and the Russian Ministry of Industry and Trade cleared the way for exchanges between businesses in both regions.
In the plenary session, Tatiana Mashkova, general director of the National Committee for Economic Cooperation with Latin American Countries, acknowledged that bilateral exports are far below their capacities.
‘The levels of these exchanges hurt me,’ said Dmitri Razumovsky, deputy director of the Institute of Latin America of the Russian Academy of Sciences, who also said that Russia should give up ‘conservative’ stance to promote trade with Latin America.
Ms. Mashkova stressed that both regions must transcend previous stages of a traditional trade marked by the shipment of meat, fruits, vegetables, seafood, rum, wine and cocoa from Latin America, while Russia supplies machinery and industrial equipment.
She also said that there have recently been advances in acquiring high-level Russian technologies and products in Latin America, but assured that Latin America can take on Russia´s cutting-edge productions.
In this regard, Sergio Contreras, executive vice president of the Mexican Business Council for Foreign Trade, said that his country’s trade with Russia closed at $13 billion this year.
He stated that Mexico is deeply interested in establishing synergies to foster business in terms of renewable energy, industry, among other all-important sectors.
Argentine Ambassador in Moscow Eduardo Zuain highlighted Russia´s role in fighting Covid-19 in his country, one of the first to register and produce Sputnik V vaccine.
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Teen use of Twitter has grown significantly, a new report into social media networks shows, while Facebook is losing market share to its quick-messaging rival.
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Well, it’s now “officially” BBQ season! Our family had our first BBQ on Memorial Day, and it was fantastic! If you also had or attended a BBQ this past weekend, I hope you enjoyed some tasty treats.
Unless you’re a vegan or vegetarian, meat is surely going to be on your BBQ menu. During the summer months, sales of certain BBQ-able (yes, I think I just made the word up!) meats go up.
In fact, beef, franks and dinner sausage marked above-average sales from Memorial Day through the week of the Fourth of July in 2015, according to the Nielsen Company. Still while hot dogs are an easy go-to choice for grilling, ground beef, pork and chicken were the most popular by total dollars sold for Memorial Day 2015.
When you go shopping for meat, you’ll be sure to see more items promoting protein, since many consumers may not be aware of just how much protein is in some meat. For example, in a recent NCP survey less than 40% of consumers realized that pork and chicken each contain more than 20 grams of protein for just three ounces of meat.
Now for those of you who are not into eating meat, don’t forget you can also grill vegetables and even certain fruits.
So whether you BBQ meat and/or vegetables and fruits, make sure to light up your grill and get cooking!


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Changes in accounting practices forced changes in the way that many computer companies paid their employees. Stock options, a favourite method of compensating workers in addition to their salaries, had not been included on income statements, and the omission tended to boost reported corporate profits. In early 2004, however, the Financial Accounting Standards Board voted to include options in income statements, arguing that their inclusion provided investors with a more accurate picture of a company’s financial condition. The ruling set off a firestorm of protest by technology firms. A bill seeking to overturn the FASB ruling was introduced in the U.S. Congress, but as of the end of 2004 the fate of the bill was unclear.
Google’s initial public offering on August 19 was viewed as a major Wall Street event, and it raised $1.66 billion for the company and some of its shareholders. Google executives and bankers, fearing the offering might not be as successful as they had originally hoped, lowered the initial stock price to $85 a share from a planned range of $108–$135. The stock was well received by the market, however, and by year’s end it had more than doubled its initial offering price. The stock offering also made news because of the unusual way it was handled. Shares were sold in a public auction intended to put the average investor on an equal footing with the professionals of the financial industry.
Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), Inc., expanded its operations in China with plans for a $100-million investment in testing and manufacturing facilities. China had gained favour with American technology companies because it offered relatively low costs for labour and electricity, two of the major expenses in manufacturing.
Intel Corp., facing stiff competition from AMD, introduced a microprocessor for large corporation servers and for high-end desktop workstations. It could process 64 bits of data at once and was backward compatible with the existing 32-bit computing standard. AMD had made a similar move a year earlier.
At Computer Associates International, Inc., the world’s fourth largest software firm, former executives disclosed in guilty pleas that there had been a conspiracy to backdate company contracts, which thus enabled the firm to match Wall Street profit predictions. A company restatement of 2000 and 2001 financial results reflected improper booking of $2.2 billion in revenue. Former executives also pleaded guilty to having conspired to lie to prosecutors and to the company’s own lawyers about their business practices. In a settlement with government investigators, Computer Associates agreed to pay $225 million in restitution to shareholders who had incurred financial losses because of the fraudulent practices.
IBM Corp. partially settled a class-action lawsuit over its pension plan by agreeing to pay $320 million to current and former employees. If the courts were to find that a new IBM pension plan was illegally discriminatory, IBM’s liability under the settlement was limited to an additional $1.4 billion.
German firm Infineon Technologies AG pleaded guilty in the U.S. to having fixed prices of memory chips for three years and agreed to pay a $160 million fine. U.S. prosecutors said Infineon was one of several companies in a worldwide cartel that cooperated in fixing prices for dynamic random access memory chips (DRAMs).
Microsoft, which generated $1 billion a month in extra cash and already had large amounts of cash on hand, had been under pressure to share its wealth with stockholders. In July it announced a one-time dividend of $3 a share, or $32 billion, which was a substantial portion of the more than $50 billion in cash reserves that the company had at the time. The move was seen by some observers as an acknowledgment that Microsoft shares had become a blue-chip stock, bought for dependability as an investment, rather than a hot stock, bought for an anticipated sharp increase in price. Microsoft also settled most of the consumer class-action suits that were still pending against it. The civil suits, which revolved around Microsoft’s alleged use of monopoly power to set prices for consumer software, had continued long after the U.S. settled its antitrust suit with the company. The largest settlement was $1.1 billion in a California suit. Separately, a federal appeals court upheld the 2002 settlement of the U.S. government’s antitrust case against Microsoft. In another matter Microsoft agreed to pay Sun Microsystems $1.95 billion to settle a lawsuit brought by Sun over antitrust and patent claims.


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The 3nd Annual Meyer Hatchery
Customer Appreciation Day
Attendance at last year’s Customer Appreciation Day exceeded our expectations as customers flocked to Polk, Ohio from all across the Midwest. This year, Meyer Hatchery is celebrating our 35th year anniversary and we have big plans in store! Mark your calendars for the 3rd annual Meyer Hatchery Customer Appreciation Day, Saturday, June 20th.
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Share your business and products with fellow homestead enthusiasts at this year’s Homestead Fest! Submit your application below. Applications are due by April 1st, 2020 and will be reviewed after the submission deadline has closed. Selected participants will be notified via email if you have been chosen to participate in this years Customer Appreciation and Homestead Fest.
Something For Everyone!
Take advantage of the once a year behind-the-scenes look at our incubating process, hatches, shipping department and more!
Complimentary popcorn and snow cones will be served throughout the event!
Hands-on demonstrations, crafts, a bounce house and obstacle course with climbing wall to suit kids of all ages!
Homestead Fest Vendors
Sharing businesses and products with homestead enthusiasis far and wide.
Three amazing food trucks to keep you fueled for the long day of activities!
Ohio National Judges Q&A
Hear all the tips and tricks from the source!
Including chick and merchandise packages onsite, as well as giveaways hosted online!
Lisa Steele, Fresh Eggs Daily
Lisa Steele, Founder of Fresh Eggs Daily, will be making a guest appearance at our 3nd Annual Customer Appreciation Event June 20th! Spend the day with Lisa and hundreds of other chicken enthusiasts as we celebrate YOU, our favorite customer!
For 2020 CAD News!
A special thanks to Karen Meyer and all the staff at Meyer Hatchery!!!! It was wonderful and we learned a lot. Hopefully this will be a yearly thing!
Scott K., Ohio – Customer Appreciation Day 2018 Attendee


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Acupuncture: Alternative Treatment for Depression
Counselling is a known alternative treatment for depression. However, it has now been revealed that acupuncture is able to provide the same level of relief to depression patients.
A research has been carried out by a group of researchers from the University of York in Britain. After carrying out the study, study researchers have unveiled that one in three patients were no longer suffering in the agony of depression.
All the credit for the same goes to acupuncture. "For people who have depression, who have tried various medical options, who are still not getting the benefit they want, they should try acupuncture or counselling as options", said Hugh MacPherson, study's lead author.
An experiment was carried out by them in which 755 people were enrolled having moderate or severe depression. The total number was divided into three groups.
The first group had 302 participants and was asked to take acupuncture sessions. The second group having 302 participants was asked to take weekly counselling sessions and the last group having 151 participants was asked to receive traditional care. The study, published in PLOS Medicine, has found that their condition improved when people took acupuncture and counselling sessions.
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Telenor and TeliaSonera won additional frequencies in the 1800 MHz band in Norway following the completion of an auction that raised almost NOK878 million (€95 million/$103 million).
According to a statement by the Norwegian Post and Telecommunications Authority (Nkom), Telenor won 2 x 10 MHz for just over NOK585 million, while TeliaSonera Norge won 2 x 5 MHz for almost NOK293 million. Ice Communication Norge -- which was previously known as Telco Data -- also took part in the auction but failed to pick up any frequencies.
Nkom noted that 2 x 15 MHz was up for sale in the auction, which commenced on Nov. 25 and ended after seven days and 83 bidding rounds. The frequencies are the unsold lots from the multi-band auction in December 2013.
The auction of the three available blocks in the 1800 MHz band was originally scheduled for January 2015, but Nkom delayed the process period until the acquisition of Tele2 Norway by TeliaSonera had been approved.
The Norwegian Competition Authority (NCA) eventually approved that deal in February this year. Since then, Ice has relaunched Network Norway under the ice.net brand and has also started to sell mobile communications services to residential customers as well as business users.
TeliaSonera also recently said that the merger of its Norwegian operations with Tele2 Norway could be judged a success, with almost 300,000 former Tele2 customers electing to become subscribers of its NetCom brand in six months. The Tele2 brand was officially removed from the market on Nov. 20 -- ahead of the original plan to shut down the brand at the end of the year.
Tele2 decided to sell its Norwegian unit after it failed to get its hands on any new spectrum resources during the 4G auction in 2013. At the time, TeliaSonera, Telenor and Telco Data all won blocks in the 800 MHz, 900 MHz and 1800 MHz frequency bands. Tele2 was forced to the conclusion that it would be unable to compete effectively in the data-driven Norwegian market.
In a separate report, Reuters said this week that TeliaSonera had submitted a proposal to Latvian authorities on combining LMT and Lattelecom. The Swedish-based operator owns 60.3 per cent in Latvian mobile operator LMT and 49 per cent in fixed operator Lattelecom.
TeliaSonera hails success of 'ambitious' Norwegian merger
Norway kicks off 1800 MHz spectrum auction
TeliaSonera gets green light for Tele2 Norway buy
TeliaSonera Q3 performance welcomed by Jefferies analysts
TeliaSonera sees Tele2 Norway's Ice deal as regulatory smoother


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The value of trade between China and the Portuguese-speaking countries grew marginally by 1.17% year-on-year from January to June 2019 to $70.14 billion (566.9 billion patacas), according to official Chinese figures released by Forum Macau.
Chinese exports to the eight Portuguese-speaking countries in the first six months of the year totaled $19.70 billion (a year-on-year drop of 6.13%) and imports totaled $50.43 billion (+4.34%), leading to a trade deficit for China of $30.72 billion.
Trade with Brazil increased by 0.33% in the first half to $51.96 billion, with China buying goods worth $36.31 billion (+4.99%) from Brazilian companies and selling products worth $15.64 billion (-9.03%).
Trade with Angola totaled $13.64 billion (+1.90%) in the period under review, with Chinese exports of $935 million (-10.26%) and imports of $12.70 billion (+2.93%).
Portugal comes next by value with a trade with China of $3.27 million (+15.66%), of which $2.15 billion (+22.66%) were Chinese exports and $1.11 billion. (+4.20) were Portuguese exports.
Trade with Mozambique amounted to $1.15 million (-5.05%) from January to June, with Chinese companies exporting $864 million (-2.81%) and importing goods worth $285 million (-11.24%).
Trade with the other Portuguese-speaking countries – Cabo Verde, Guinea-Bissau, São Tomé and Príncipe and Timor-Leste – reached $110 million in the first half of the year. MDT/Macauhub


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In case you missed it, there was a giant crowd of people in their underwear downtown on Friday. It's not like we don't experience this often -- between No Pants Day on BART, Lovefest, Folsom Street Fair, Pride, and so on, we see a lot of our citizens in their skivvies (and less).
This time, however, the underdressed weren't out celebrating their bodies and the city's high-tolerance nudity laws, they were trying to get clothed by Spanish design company Desigual. The store's location on Powell Street and Ellis is a fairly recent addition to the shopping strip, and to publicize its arrival, the company invited San Franciscans to line up outside the store in their underwear. The incentive? The first 100 in line would receive a free outfit. With exhibitionism very near and dear to our hearts, we were excited to see the turnout.


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Canada removes ghost gear from the sea. Lost, abandoned and discarded fishing gear, or ‘ghost gear,’ is one of the largest causes of marine pollution today. In response to this growing issue, the Government of ...
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Huawei’s upcoming July 29 event will bring the most awaited Huawei P50 lineup and the post-launch preparations are at their peak. According to the latest info, the Huawei P50 prototypes are ready at offline stores.
However, this time may be due to the component shortage, there are very less prototype available at the stores, even some of them just carry a single prototype. So, if you want to take a closer look at Huawei P50 then you have to rush to take a look.
Further, Huawei will also unveil several other gadgets at the upcoming flagship product launch conference. These products include Sound X smart speaker, new Smart Screen, Huawei Band 6, Children’s Watch, and more.
Most of these products will come with the latest HarmonyOS software for more enhanced users experience. And if you already have Huawei products then it will be even easier for you to control them using the new Super Device functionality.
Also, it was been reported that the new P50 phones will bring a new version of HarmonyOS 2.0. The already feature-packed OS will get more added tweaks. Further, we also expect Huawei to announce HM OS global plan.
More on Huawei P50 phones
Huawei’s latest flagship series will have three models including P50, P50 Pro, and P50 Pro Plus. All of these smartphones will be coming pre-packed with HarmonyOS 2.0 out of the box.
Due to the US ban on Huawei, it wasn’t able to use the component made by overseas manufacturers. To overcome this situation, the company switched to domestic components for the P50 phones.
The Huawei P50 phones are also said to feature an enhanced zooming camera, which the company has also teased in its initial teasers. A leak has also hinted that the company may include a 20x optical zoom along with a 200x digital zooming capacity.
All this information is mostly based on the leaks that have emerged in the last couple of days, while the company will clear them off after the launch. Meanwhile, you can also take a look at those two official teasers of Huawei P50.


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On March 16th, Baidu’s “Wenxin yiyán” was officially launched. As a strategic partner of Baidu, Voyah Automobile has officially become the first batch of experience officers of Baidu’s “Wenxin yiyán”. Voyah will integrate Apollo, an intelligent driving system, with “Wenxin yiyán” to create a large-scale model of artificial intelligence interaction based on smart car scenarios, and thus open up a new experience of cars in the era of artificial intelligence.
In 2022, Voyah Automobile signed a strategic cooperation agreement with Baidu, and began cooperation in the fields of intelligent driving, intelligent cockpit, intelligent driving simulation cloud, vehicle safety, and intelligent maps. As a global explorer of intelligent vehicle technology, Apollo has become a global open platform for autonomous driving based on autonomous driving technology, AI capabilities, and Internet genes since its development of autonomous driving technology in 2013. Voyah will integrate Baidu’s technology in intelligent driving and smart cabin to develop jointly and adapt around the entire life cycle of intelligent electric vehicles, and thus create a smart driving assistance, intelligent man-machine interaction, intelligent network connectivity and other smart cabins.
Since its brand release in 2020, Voyah has followed the strategic layout of “three years, three categories, one car per year” and launched three new energy vehicle products: Voyah FREE, Voyah Dreamer, and Voyah Zhiuguang. The average transaction price of a single car exceeded 382,000 yuan. In 2023, Voyah will also lay out sub-markets in the SUV, MPV, and sedan fields and launch a mid-size SUV. At the same time, Voyah will accelerate the construction of marketing and service networks. It is expected that by 2023, Voyah sales and service stores will increase to 398, covering 120 cities around the world.
As the first batch of car companies to access “Wenxin yiyán,” Voyah will use AI technology to make the conversational language model technology land in the domestic intelligent car cockpit scene. In the future, Voyah will continue to uphold the open and cooperative attitude with Baidu, complement each other’s advantages, share resources, and jointly invest in the development of intelligent electric vehicle products.
This article is a translation by ChatGPT of a Chinese report from 42HOW. If you have any questions about it, please email email@example.com.


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Drinks Lead Big Second Quarter for PepsiCo
“A lot of the things we did through the pandemic are paying dividends now that mobility has increased and consumers are getting out more."
5 Questions for Jack Hartung, CFO, Chipotle
“It was kind of too late to pivot if you hadn’t already made the right investments,” Hartung says of adapting to the pandemic.
Noodles & Company CFO Discusses Longer-Term Outlook
The fast food chain's finance chief says the company has a lot of opportunity on the top line.
Will Restaurants Recover in 2021?
"Restaurants were hit harder than any other industry during the pandemic, and still have the longest climb back to pre-coronavirus employment levels."
Cheesecake Factory Fined Over COVID Disclosures
In the first enforcement action of its kind, the SEC says the company falsely claimed its restaurants were "operating sustainably" during the pandemic.
Sysco Shares Rise Despite $618 Million Loss
The coronavirus has slammed Sysco's restaurant customers but its fourth-quarter loss came in lower than analysts had expected.
Denny’s Off-Premise Sales Soften COVID Impact
With dine-in sales shut down, the company has waived delivery fees, provided curbside pickup and launched shareable family meal packs.
How One Restaurateur is Weathering the Coronavirus Shutdown
“With sliver-like margins and not enough resources to sustain a prolonged closure, the future looks grim.”
Virus Expected to Slam Retail, Restaurant Sales
S&P expects "very significant disruptions and sales deterioration" through the second quarter due to store closings and economic contraction.
Bar Louie Files Chapter 11 to Pursue Asset Sale
The company has also closed 38 locations as it struggles with declining mall traffic and a shift away from casual dining.
Red Robin Rebuffs Activist’s $519M Buyout Offer
The struggling restaurant chain said its strategic plan is a better option for long-term shareholder value than Vintage Capital's offer.


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If money from that tax return is burning a hole in your pocket, get hot deals on Apple products, HDTVs, computers and more during Best Buy's Tax Time Tech Sale.
The three-day sale offers up to $200 off on MacBooks, $80 on iPads, save $150 on Dell and Asus laptop computers and get hundreds off HDTVs from Sharp, Samsung and other brands.
There are also big savings on streaming devices, headphones, home-theater, among other hot tech products.
Click here for the deals. The sale ends March 10.


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Society's idea of beauty can be unfortunately limited. To many, flowing hair, clear skin, and model-like proportions are all that fit the bill. But the 95 percent of women who don't fall into that category can often feel like their looks aren't valued. Totally false! The Raw Beauty Project wants to spread the word that gorgeousness comes in many forms, and the results are amazing.
The team behind the inspiring initiative is highlighting 20 women with disabilities to prove that while they may not fit within the narrow, socially-sanctioned beauty standard, they're undeniably stunning. The exhibit features portraits of the women along with their biographies—many of which feature triumphs over cancer or comebacks after terrible car accidents. There's no doubt that their beauty is infused with a confidence that comes from battling hardships, winning out, and working to embrace themselves for who they are.
Wendy Crawford started the project with five other women in 2006. A budding model at the age of 19, Crawford became a paraplegic after a drunk driver smashed into her car. "I began to see how beauty was perceived in the eyes of the world, and women with disabilities were not considered beautiful," she said. After sharing her story with others and joining organizations that catered to those with disabilities, she was moved to start Raw Beauty Project to show that women with disabilities shouldn't be excluded from the public eye. Rather, they should be celebrated. After taking a look at the photos, it's impossible to disagree.
Raw Beauty Project recently partnered with Crawford's online magazine for women in wheelchairs, mobileWOMEN.org, and the Christopher and Dana Reeve Foundation to make a splash at ACA Galleries in New York City. The $45,000 they've raised for the Reeve Foundation is outstanding. The beauty trail they're blazing? Even better.
- Improving Your Self-Esteem Is as Easy as 1,2,3
- This Rugby Team Makes Strength Look Beautiful
- JCPenney Gets Real When It Comes to Body Image
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If we look at the reports from 2020 in terms of consoles, it would seem that the past 12 months have passed under the flag of Xbox Series X/S and PlayStation 5. Of course, the huge publicity does not have to translate into sales results, especially if the product debuts at the end of the year and the manufacturers offer significantly limited supply to be available on the market. In this situation, it is hardly surprising that the title of the most popular console falls not to a 9th but to an 8th-gen platform. We are talking about Nintendo Switch, which, according to numerous reports, did not give its rivals any chances in 2020.
The phenomenal sales of Nintendo's latest console are unlikely to surprise anyone. Last year's financial reports of the company clearly proved Switch's popularity, as did the information provided by the analysts. However, reports from the UK show how incredible the success of the device truly is. Christopher Dring from Gamesindustry.biz claims on Twitter that Switch's sales in the British Isles in 2020 will match those of Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Xbox Series X/S and PlayStation 5 together.
Being better than one or even two of these platforms could be explained by the peculiar cannibalism of Sony and Microsoft's devices (a large number of players may have resigned from buying PS4 and XONE in the context of the upcoming release of 9th-gen consoles). However, matching not two, but all four of them is a great achievement, especially since the British market is not known as particularly profitable for Nintendo. At least traditionally, because a glance at Amazon.co.uk's bestseller list shows that Switch games were very successful in 2020.
If the data from the UK is not enough, there are similar reports from America. In Canada, Switch has remained the most frequently purchased console for the last 25 months, and by early December 790,000 units had been sold in the country (via Nintendo Prezly). For comparison: throughout 2019, 162,000 Switch consoles were bought by Canadian buyers alone, while in November Nintendo sold 148,000 units. In the USA, Switch remains the leader among home consoles for more than two years (i.e. 24 months; via Gamesindustry.biz), breaking the result of the hitherto record-breaking Xbox 360 a long time ago. The success in Japan, in which Nintendo Switch achieved domination already a year ago, is hardly worth mentioning, although it should be mentioned that only in the last week of December 278,000 units were sold.
Such phenomenal sales of Switch compared to its competitors could be explained in many ways, be it the aforementioned debut of 9th-gens of Sony and Microsoft, problems with the their availability, or the highly rated exclusive titles (especially Animal Crossing: New Horizon, which after its debut in March quickly overtook almost all other games on Switch). Anyway, the above reports show that 2020 has been an outstanding year for Nintendo. However, we are still waiting for the company's new financial report, which should be released by the end of the month.


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Up-and-coming Swiss auto company GreenGT recently unveiled plans for a fully-electric vehicle that is heralded to be the most powerful and cutting-edge electric race car ever built. Designed with the famous Le Mans race in mind, their Twenty-4 vehicle is currently undergoing development and will boast two 100-kw electric engines that provide 350-400 horsepower and a top speed of 171 mph.
The 24 hour Le Mans race may be one of the best known races in the world, although it’s definitely not one of the most environmentally friendly. We’re excited to see GreenGT upping the ante by developing a svelte green supercar to compete in the 2011 race.
The car was designed by five students from the CCi du Valenciennois school. It will feature a fiberglass body on a carbon-fiber monocoque chassis. The vehicle’s twin 100-kw electric motors will provide around 350 to 400hp of power that will push the vehicle from 0-60mph in around 4 seconds. GreenGT’s head engineer Christophe Schwartz has stated that “The GreenGT Twenty-4 design study could become our 2011 Le Mans Prototype electric racer or it could even become an electric road going supercar. There is a possibility to do both!”
Will it be enough to win the famous Le Mans race? It’s too early to tell, since it’s not just the vehicle that matters – it truly is about the drivers. Will it be one smoking-hot electric racer? Absolutely.
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Transcript: "Veggies on Game Day is like punting on 4th and 1. It's a cop out and, secretly, people kind of hate you for it. Introducing Taco Bell's variety 12 pack with six crunchy tacos and six Doritos Locos tacos. A Game Day tradition, since right now."
After a Twitter campaign aimed at getting the ad pulled was organized by the Center for Science and Public Interest, Taco bell pulled the ad. “We didn’t want anyone to misinterpret the intent of the ad,” Rob Poetsch, a spokesman for the chain, said.


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The new Mulberry collection spring-summer 2014, presented as part of London Fashion Week, was the last for the creative director of the brand Emma Hill (EmmHill) - after spending six years at the head of the brand, the designer decided to leave her post in June this year due to disagreements with guidance. It is worth admitting that the farewell to Mulberry turned out to be very successful for Hill: combining the aesthetics of the sixties with the traditional motives of British style in her latest collection, Hill managed to create a stylish and light-weight wardrobe for summer.
The sixties combined with country is an interesting decision, and most importantly, fully in line with the latest moods on the international catwalk: at New York Fashion Week, the appeal to the sixties style became one of the key trends of the season. But not even the ensembles from the Mulberry spring-summer 2014 collection deserve special attention, but the accessories - thanks to which, in fact, the British brand has gained immense fame outside the foggy Albion. Austere and elegant square clutches, casual and business bags in a soft palette of pastel colors - this is certainly what will make the presented collection especially successful from a purely commercial point of view. And the atmosphere on the podium was diluted by the appearance of … an English bulldog in a jumpsuit with a floral print, which kept the fashion models company.


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The Bank of Mongolia has issued digital currency license to Mobifinance, the finance arm of Mobicom. The company would be unveiling their digital currency called ‘Candy.’ Reportedly, the businesses in Mongolia would be permitted to use Candy for payment from the 1st of October. The Mobicom CEO believes that the digital currencies would restructure the financial services.
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MANHATTAN BEACH, CA — Bluestone Lane, the New York City-born, Australian-inspired premium coffee roaster, will open in Manhattan Beach this week, the company told Patch.
The newest café and lifestyle brand is opening at 321 Manhattan Beach Blvd. on Thursday.
The beach-inspired brand will be a few blocks from the water and open for dine-in brunch, lunch and even to-go meals.
"Enjoy our Aussie classics like an Avo Smash, a Breakfast Bowl, or a Flat White and then make your way down to the beach or enjoy the many shops and attractions Manhattan Beach Boulevard has to offer," the company said on its website.
"Stop in for a leisurely meal or order ahead on the Bluestone Lane app and your favorites will be waiting for you when you arrive," according to the company.
Bluestone Lane has more than 55 locations across the U.S. and continues to grow. It's focused on coffee, fresh and healthy food and a great local experience.


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PALO ALTO, Calif., May 7, 2018—SVG Partners announced today that Wilbur-Ellis Company has become the latest corporate partner to join its THRIVE Venture & Innovation Platform. The partnership between SVG Partners and Wilbur-Ellis Company, a leader in precision agriculture technology and the marketing and distribution of plant protection, seed and nutritional products, is focused on accelerating and scaling emerging agriculture technology.
“THRIVE has been very successful in building a platform that attracts and catalyses emerging agriculture technology from around the globe,” said Wilbur-Ellis’ Corporate Vice President of Business Development Mike Wilbur. “Our objective is to invest in and infuse our distribution and agronomy capabilities into these companies, making them available to our customers looking to bring new technology into their daily operations.”
As one of the world’s premier leaders in agriculture marketing and supply distribution, Wilbur-Ellis is well-positioned to deliver new solutions at its agribusiness retail locations. “Using our presence – in over 160 branches, with 700 agronomists touching around 300 crops in the U.S. alone – we can quickly prove new, targeted technologies in order to maximize the efficiency and profit of our customers,” said Wilbur. “We are interested in fostering and accelerating this technology through our extensive testing and research facilities, as well as through our marketing and distribution capabilities.”
The SVG-THRIVE Venture & Innovation Platform aims to create an interface between promising startups and corporate partners like Wilbur-Ellis to test new products in the field, across the supply chain and determine which technologies deliver a return on investment. “We are pleased to welcome Wilbur-Ellis to the THRIVE Venture & Innovation Platform,” said SVG Partners CEO and THRIVE founder John Hartnett. “Wilbur-Ellis has long been a leader in agriculture products and distribution and we look forward to leveraging their deep domain expertise and extensive reach to help new technologies get to market faster.”
About the Wilbur-Ellis Companies
Founded in 1921, the Wilbur-Ellis companies are leading international marketers and distributors of agricultural products, animal feed and specialty chemicals and ingredients. By developing strong relationships, making strategic market investments and capitalizing on new opportunities, the Wilbur-Ellis companies have continued to grow the business with sales now over $3 billion. Wilbur-Ellis Agribusiness generates more than $2 billion in sales revenue annually and has over 160 branch locations throughout the U.S. www.wilburellis.com
About SVG Partners-THRIVE Venture & Innovation Platform
The THRIVE Venture & Innovation Platform works with leading corporations, startups, universities, and growers to solve the biggest challenges facing the food and agriculture industries. THRIVE hosts a highly selective program for seed and growth stage AgTech and FoodTech startups, providing investment, top-tier mentorship, trials, and go to market support and in addition provides advisory and corporate open innovation services to the largest agriculture and technology companies. THRIVE was launched in 2014 by Silicon Valley Global Partners (SVG Partners), a venture, innovation and advisory firm based in Silicon Valley, CA. www.svgpartners.com www.thriveagtech.com


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The Beer Store has cracked open its own suds study as it fires back at a University of Waterloo economics professor.
The latest case-in-pint salvo pours ale all over a recent study by Anindya Sen, whose work showed a 24 pack of bottles cost $9 more in Ontario than in Quebec and was filling the pockets of The Beer Store's foreign masters with an extra $700 million a year.
A Beer Store-commissioned study says Sen botched his bottle prices.
"We found that the prices used in the study were incorrect," said Tom Sweeting, one of the authors of Earnscliffe Strategy Group report commissioned by The Beer Store.
The new report says deposits and taxes were not figured into the Quebec prices used in Sen's study, which are not included in advertising as they are in Ontario.
Also, it claims Sen's study, funded by the Ontario Convenience Stores Association, didn't take into account much higher commodity taxes in Ontario.
After those adjustments, Sweeting says the price difference between provinces disappears like cold beer on a hot day. Sen's $700-million is really $0, the new study claims.
"The end result is, an apples-to-apples comparison has the prices identical, for all intents and purposes, in both jurisdictions," Sweeting added.
The Beer Store, a privately run venture owned by Labatt Brewing, Molson Coors Canada and Sleeman Breweries, sees vindication in the new study as convenience stores argue for the right to sell beer in Ontario as they do in Quebec.
"The difference in prices are more the result of tax-load differences than they are of the retail system," Beer Store spokesperson Jeff Newton said.
So The Beer Store asserts Sen was comparing apples to oranges, or stubbies to tall boys in this case, in asserting that an extra $700-million was headed from Ontario wallets into the coffers of big brewers Anheuser-Busch InBev of Belgium, Molson Coors Brewing Co. of the U.S. and Sapporo in Japan. Anheuser-Busch owns Labatt and Sapporo owns Sleeman.
"We just want to make sure people are dealing with accurate information," Newton said. "We're happy to have the discussion. But we think it's important to have the debate looking at facts."
Sen is currently analyzing the Earnscliffe study and preparing a rebuttal. But he stands by the conclusion of his original study — that The Beer Store earns large profits.
"This is unchanged and independent of the concerns raised by the study commissioned by The Beer Store," Sen said in an email to The Record.
Sen also promises a new study is coming, a study that he has not accepted any funding from any organization to help prepare.
"If he's interested in chatting about that, we'd be open to do that," Newton said.
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Estonia's biggest banks, SEB and Swedbank, have announced plans to raise fees for cash-related services next year in an effort to steer consumers even more toward electronic banking, thereby cutting costs.
Among other changes next February, SEB will drop the fee-free withdrawal limit at ATMs from 2,000 to 1,000 euros. Another difference will be establishing a 0.3 percent fee, with a minimum charge of 2 euros, for cash deposits at bank locations.
SEB hopes that the higher fees will motivate customers to switch to card payments, decreasing cash circulation and its burden on banks.
SEB executive Eerika Vaikmäe-Koit said Estonians have welcomed electronic banking, but that the transition from cash to card has stalled in recent years.
"The share of cash payments is still half of all transactions and changing this has lately become a struggle," said Vaikmäe-Koit.
Cash accounts for every fifth payment in the Nordic countries, as opposed to every other payment in Estonia, she said. Card payments are also cheaper in Estonia than in the Nordic countries, she added.


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Co-written by Hikaru Utada and Skrillex.
Back in September it was announced that the opening theme to upcoming action role-playing game Kingdom Hearts III would be a collaboration between the series’ singer-songwriter Hikaru Utada and electronic music DJ-producer Skrillex.
“Face My Fears” has been co-produced with Poo Bear and ahead of its release on 18th January, 2019, pre-orders for the single are available now from outlets such as iTunes/Apple Music.
The song is played during the game’s opening sequence and Utada has shared the English and Japanese versions on her YouTube channel.
Developed and published by Square Enix, Kingdom Hearts III will be released on 29th January for PlayStation 4 and Xbox One.


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Union officials have been told Cadbury is to go ahead with the closure of its chocolate factory at Keynsham near Bristol with the loss of 500 jobs.
The factory will finally close in 2010 with production moving to Poland
The news follows more than four hours of talks between unions and management at a hotel in Warwick on Monday.
Unite union spokesman Steve Preddy said it was bitterly disappointed at the news and would continue to fight the decision for its members.
On Monday Cadbury confirmed its decision to go ahead with the closure.
In a statement the company said: "Cadbury can confirm that it has considered the union's alternative proposal for Somerdale (Keynsham) but has told them that, unfortunately, it would not sufficiently reduce costs to a level at which we were able to compete effectively with other UK confectionery manufacturers.
"Cadbury is therefore informing employees at its Somerdale factory in Keynsham it will proceed with the phased closure of the site as part of the restructuring of its UK manufacturing base."
Steve Preddy added: "The union put forward a business plan to help save the factory but the management said it was unable to accept this and moves to wind-down the Keynsham factory by 2010 would go ahead.
"Our members our angry and disappointed by the news. Moving the production line to Poland holds enormous risks."
Last October Cadbury bosses announced the Keynsham plant was to close in 2010. Workers have staged a series of marches in protest at the decision.
Monday's meeting marked the end of a 90-day consultation period between management and unions over the plan.


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