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Rich Bannatyne’s "Nothing but Sports" in Traverse City, MI is celebrating it’s 10th anniversary. Between the Detroit Tigers and one special Sidney Crosby card pulled by a customer, 2006 was a pretty good year.
Traverse City isn’t big, but it is a tourist destination thanks to it’s location on the shore of Lake Michigan. The city hosts the Detroit Red Wings training camp each fall and the city is also home to a sports card and memorabilia shop that tries to be as diverse as possible to stay alive.
The formula has worked for Nothing But Sports. Among the stacks of wax boxes and new cards are autographs of Hank Aaron, Mickey Mantle, Ted Williams and Joe DiMaggio.
Red Wings fans find items autographed by Alex Delvecchio, Steve Yzerman and Mr. Hockey himself, Gordie Howe.
"Hockey is my biggest seller, since we’re Hockey Town North,” says the man in charge.


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Are reshoring and nearshoring of manufacturing imminent and inevitable?
The coronavirus pandemic has once again brought to the fore the “manufacturing reshoring and nearshoring” debate. This time around, the conversation has focused on medical supplies, such as personal protective equipment, that ran low during the peak of the first viral wave to hit the United States and several European countries in March. Export restrictions freshly implemented by China, and severely curtailed cargo capacity in both passenger and commercial flights because of travel restrictions, created a shortage of masks, gowns, gloves and other supplies required by medical practitioners. Though domestic production eventually ramped up, it fell short of requirements, and federal programs akin to wartime efforts were launched to source critical supplies. The Strategic National Stockpile failed to meet the needs of several states, which eventually had to resort to sourcing supplies from private vendors in limited quantities at egregious prices. All of this focused the attention

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It appears like Xolo is appearing to splash the Indian market with a slew of launches to stack up more devices in its portfolio that could in turn offer a chance to boost its market share. Well, the vendor announced two smartphones this week including the Xolo Q710s and the selfie focused Opus 3. Now, it seems to be ready with yet another device that remains unknown.
In a pilot attempt, Xolo has announced that it will be launching a new smartphone via the micro blogging network Twitter. The event is termed OMEGA event and the firm will be unveiling, briefing and also answer the questions that the journalists ask via Twitter.
Notably, Xolo has also started sending media invites for the launch event on Twitter slated to happen on December 5. The invite clearly stated that the event will be hosted by Xolo’s Co-Founder and Director, Vishal Sehgal and Business Head, Sunil Raina.
Usually, movie trailers launches and first looks of movies will take place on Twitter. Also, the tech honchos and political dignitaries take on the platform to provide their opinions or responses on controversial happenings. And, it would be the first attempt taken by an Indian smartphone maker to launch a device on the micro blogging website, marking Xolo has a pioneer.
As mentioned above, the OMEGA event will be hosted on December 5 between 12:00 PM and 1:00 PM and those users who have registered will only be let to take part in it. Xolo has used the #TouchOmega hashtag to keep the buzz days before the event.
While we do not have any details regarding the smartphone that will be announced on Twitter, it is believed that it will be named OMEGA as the name is teased in the invite. Anyways, we will get to know more information on the same in the coming day and we will have to wait for it.


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As the summer holiday kick off and the sun shines Selfridges launches CHRISTMAS grotto
With 145 days to go and the sun shining, astonished shoppers gearing up for their summer holidays were met with extraordinary scenes at Selfridges yesterday where Christmas decorations went on sale - five months early.
The move will outrage millions of people who feel the festive season already comes far too early - let alone at the height of summer before many have even taken their holidays.
But the shop is not alone in choosing to kick off its 'seasonal' sale in August - on Saturday Harrods will follow suit, filling its shelves with tinsel and Christmas crackers.
'Tis the season? Selfridges unveiled its Christmas range yesterday. Sisters Mary Fedarb, 5 (right) and Eileen, 11, of Wormley, Herts, were drawn by the decorations
Those on a last-minute trip to grab some
sun-cream yesterday were shocked to
find Santa's grotto on arrival at the Oxford Street store, with children dressed in their summer clothes encouraged to visit Father Christmas.
Decorations on sale included fake pre-lit trees costing up to £1,500, Union Jack baubles and Christmas stockings.
Selfridges has defended the move which is designed to cash in on the tourist market and cater for businesses ordering decorations for seasonal events.
Selfidges employee Lynda Monks, wearing a light summer t-shirt, decorates a tree - 145 days ahead of Christmas
Festive season? As some shoppers prepared for summer holidays, others put Christmas hats on. To ensure customers entered into the Christmas spirit, Selfridges transformed its lower ground-floor into Santa's grotto
The store's Christmas buyer Geraldine James said some items had already sold out.
'I'm sure it's very early for some people to be thinking about Christmas, but we are just responding to public demand,' she said.
Festive rush? A decoration in the Christmas shop at Selfridges yesterday. The store has already sold out of some items
'We launched the Christmas collection last year on August 8 and we sold more than 1,000 baubles in the first week. Sales were up 40 per cent on the previous year which shows some customers want to shop for Christmas at this time of year.
'We get people buying decorations for their own shops and corporate events, and we've had several brides getting married in the winter who want to buy decorations for their reception.
'Everyone focuses on their own home and says, "I wouldn't dream of buying decorations now" but for visitors to this country I think it would be hard to resist taking something home that reminds them of London, like one of our Union Jack baubles.'
And she said the shop had priced their range so people could spend as much or as little as they wanted.
'We've got about 90,000 items that are selling for under £6, so it's not all about spending lots of money.
'We also have luxury items. We're going to be selling a £500 life-sized donkey, which is very realistic and we think would be perfect for Nativity plays.
'I can see a time when we offer our Christmas collection throughout the year.'
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The Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders has written to business secretary Lord Mandelson urging government to extend the successful scrappage incentive scheme which has helped boost consumer spending and secure UK jobs in the motor industry.
After 15 months of consecutive decline in the new car market, the scrappage incentive scheme has reignited demand, resulting in year-on-year growth in July and August and a dramatic cut in the rate of decline in vehicle production.
“Consumer confidence is still weak and recovery remains extremely fragile,” said SMMT chief executive Paul Everitt. “Avoiding a relapse in demand is critical to the UK economy and an extension to the scrappage incentive scheme, which has already proven its credentials as a cost-effective support mechanism, will ensure a more stable outlook for vehicle demand.”
SMMT is calling on government to extend the Scrappage Incentive Scheme through to the original close date of the end of February 2010, to counter the likely negative impacts of a return to the higher rate of VAT and the introduction of the first year VED rates.
Scrappage scheme – The facts.
Over 100,000 new vehicles have been registered under the scrappage scheme with an order bank of a further 100,000 suggesting the scheme will run out of funding in late October/early November.
One fifth of the cars registered were either built in the UK or have an engine produced here.
The scrappage scheme is largely self-funding with the 15% VAT paid on a car bought for £7,650 covering the £1,000 government contribution.
SMMT estimates that 70% of the cars bought under the scrappage scheme represent additional sales which would not otherwise have happened in 2009.
The average CO2 emissions of a car bought under the scheme are 131.8g/km, 13.5% lower than the pre-scrappage market average of 152.3g/km.
The average car scrapped under the scheme is 12.6 years old with estimated CO2 emissions of 181.9g/km – 27.6% higher than its replacement.
76% of cars bought under the scrappage scheme were classified in the Mini or Supermini segments.
85% of a vehicle’s lifetime CO2 emissions come through use meaning the scheme is likely to save some 2.7m tonnes of CO2.
Pre-1999 vehicles will have a Euro 2 engine as standard compared to Euro 4 in new vehicles. These engines deliver more than a 50% improvement for harmful emissions.
Compared to ten year old vehicles, new cars now have higher EuroNCAP ratings, more safety technology as standard and improved security features.
SMMT now forecasts the new car market to end 2009 at 1.85m units, above pre-scrappage forecasts but well below the 2.47m pre-recession five year average.


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Today's mobile workforce is putting precious business secrets at risk, with lost or stolen laptop computers costing companies dearly, according to the Ponemon Institute.
A Ponemon study backed by chip giant Intel found that losing a laptop costs a firm on average 49,246 US dollars after accounting for data loss, intellectual property, replacement, lost work time and legal expenses.
"An increasingly mobile workforce is putting corporations' sensitive and confidential information at great risk," researchers said in the study, which was released this week.
"It is the Information Age and employees are carrying more information on their laptops than ever before."
So-called "power-users" of corporate data are losing laptop computers in taxis, rental cars, hotels, airports, pubs, and conference centers, according to the research.
Ponemon's findings indicate that while senior executives are higher on the corporate ladder, the cost to companies of their lost laptops is typically less than half that of mobile computers lost by managers or directors.
The average cost of a lost laptop for a senior executive was pegged at just shy of 28,500 US dollars while misplaced machines of managers or directors cost firms on average about 61,000 US dollars, Ponemon determined.
Finding out quickly about missing laptops enables companies to "significantly" mitigate the cost of the loss, according to the study.
When companies learned a laptop was gone on the day it disappeared, the average loss was 8,950 US dollars.
Not learning of the loss for a week raised the cost more than tenfold to nearly 116,000 US dollars.
Lost laptops that had copies of files stored in backup systems proved to cost firms on average approximately 70,000 US dollars while missing machines without backup cost companies 39,250 US dollars.
"One plausible reason for this is that the backup makes it easier to confirm the loss of sensitive or confidential data," Ponemon researchers wrote. "In other words, it could be the ignorance-is-bliss hypothesis."
The cost of losing a laptop was typically reduced by 20,000 US dollars if data stored in it was encrypted.
The Institute bills its Cost of a Lost Laptop study as a first in estimating the full cost of lost or stolen laptop computers.
Ponemon researchers analyzed 138 cases in which organisations in the United States experienced laptop loss or theft in the past 12 months.


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Taco Bell Recalls 2.3 Million Pounds of Beef
The decision comes amid concerns related to metal shavings
Taco Bell removed and discarded 2.3 million pounds of seasoned beef from eateries in 21 states after a customer found a metal shaving in a menu item, the fast-food chain said Tuesday.
Federal regulators were alerted to the problem on Saturday, after three consumers complained about metal pieces in Taco Bell beef, the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) said in a release Monday.
Produced by Kenosha Beef in Columbus, Ohio, between September 20 and October 4, the beef being recalled involves seasoned beef taco and burrito filling shipped to Taco Bells nationwide. The product was sent to distribution centers in Ohio, Michigan, New Jersey, New York and Virginia, and then to Taco Bell restaurants in 21 states across the eastern Midwest, northern Southeast and Northeast regions, Taco Bell said.
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In order to make smartphones more user-friendly and target the Tier-II and Tier-III cities and towns in India, Intex has launched a new app called Matrabhasha. The app which is currently only compatible with the Intex Aqua Marvel and the Intex Aqua 3.2, lets people use the smartphones in their mother tongue.
When enabled from within the keyboard settings, Matrabhasha lets you do just about anything on your phone in your desired language. Phonebook, SMS and Internet can all be accessed in one of the 17 languages supported by the app. The virtual keyboard also makes it possible to do a Google search, use social media websites like Facebook, Twitter or Blog in your mother tongue.
The languages currently supported in Matrabhasha include Hindi, Urdu, Tamil, Bengali, Assamese, Punjabi, Gujarati, Sanskrit, Maithili, Marathi, Bodo, Santhali, Manipuri, Sindhi, Dogri, Konkani, Nepali, Kannada, Malayalam, Oriya and Telugu.


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I think this campaign is a brilliant way for people to get on a path to a healthier life! Just another way our community helps me understand that we are making an effort to end the obesity epidemic in our country.
My run last night was incredible! I felt unstoppable and that I could accomplish anything! Definitely up there with some of my best running so far! Woohoo! Now that I'm in week 2 of training, I'm starting to feel more confident and ready to crush my goal! Also, I've been reading my most favorite runner blogs and they have me TOTALLY motivated! The full and half marathon recaps are pushing me to my finish line and that gets me excited like nothing else! Thank you fellow bloggers...I may not "know" you, but your stories are inspiring me every day!
...and now for more on Smoothie King and their campaign and new Lean1 smoothie:
SMOOTHIE KING LAUNCHES FALL FIT CAMPAIGN AND SWEEPSTAKES
Company Encourages Fans to Take an Oath to Stay Fit with new Lean1 Smoothies, Partnership with journey gym and a Trip to Super Bowl XLVI
NEW ORLEANS, La October 12, 2011 Smoothie King, the 1973 creator of the nutritional smoothie, announced today the kick off of its Fall Fit campaign and sweepstakes, a three-month promotion centered around encouraging healthy habits. The campaign, which hopes to motivate fans to make better food choices and get a taste for Fall fitness will provide tools to help aid in living a healthier lifestyle and incentives and rewards for those who commit to doing so.
Starting today and running through December 18, Smoothie King will distribute an ŒOath of Oh Yes You Can¹ via its Facebook Fanpage inspiring fans to make a pledge to stay fit and entering them to win the ultimate prize‹two tickets to Super Bowl XLVI plus $1000 for travel.
Additionally, in a partnership with journey gym‹the only complete, lightweight, compact and durable universal gym‹Smoothie King will support fans on their fitness journey through video content, motivational quotes, health tips and additional journey gym product giveaways. Ten lucky participants will garner both the journey gym, known as the ³laptop of fitness², as well as a 2 year membership to the Health Is A Journey virtual gym, where they will be able to interact with journey gym¹s Star Trainers, including trainer Kim Lyon¹s from TV¹s The Biggest Loser, track their health and fitness progress and get access to premium content.
Providing guests with an affordable way to eat healthier and lose weight during their Fall Fit pledge, Smoothie King will offer special deals on its new Lean1 Smoothies throughout the campaign, kicking off at just $1.99 during the first week. Delivering 20-30 grams of premium protein that boosts energy levels at all times of the day, Smoothie King¹s Lean1 Smoothie helps burn body fat up to 68% faster, tone and define lean muscle, speed recovery from workouts and achieve and maintain a healthy, fit body. Lean1 Smoothies are available in 3 flavors Vanilla, Chocolate and Strawberry and are 100% lactose free, contain Omega-3 fatty acids, 14 fruits and vegetable extracts, 3 grams of fiber, specialized herbal extracts that effectively suppress appetite and heart healthy phytosterols in every serving, making them a perfect meal replacement at under 300 calories.
³Fall is a time when a lot of people lose their motivation to stay healthy‹with football season and holidays and the back to school routine,² said Steve Kuhnau, Founder and CEO of Smoothie King. ³The Fall Fit Campaign allows us to reach our guests on a personal level‹finding ways to encourage them to get and stay fit and offering special deals and incentives that will keep them inspired along the way. Providing them with nutritious smoothies is our first priority, rewarding them for their commitment to stay fit with tickets to the biggest game of the year is definitely a nice bonus.²
³We understand that lack of time and funds is a reason that a lot of people make unhealthy food choices or don¹t exercise,² said Cindy Kuhnau, co-founder and senior executive vice president of Smoothie King. ³At Smoothie King, it is our mission to relentlessly influence people to live a healthy lifestyle. Offering our Lean1 Smoothie for just $1.99 is a way to help our fans achieve their fitness goals in a convenient, accessible way.²
Smoothie King is the exclusive outlet for Lean1 Smoothies and Lean1 weight loss protein powder is available for purchase at select Smoothie King stores. For more information, please visit www.smoothieking.com, become a fan on Facebook to take the Oath to Oh Yes You Can at www.facebook.com/SmoothieKing or follow us on Twitter at @SmoothieKing.


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After years of facing flak, Hindustan Unilever on Thursday announced that it was dropping "Fair" from its flagship fairness cream "Fair & Lovely".
The Indian branch of the top consumer giant said it would drop the word 'Fair' from the product and added that a fresh name for the cream was awaiting regulatory clearances.
The move, however, is being slammed for being rather symbolic than effective in reducing colorism and bias against darker skin tones in India.
Unilever's announcement follows that of Johnson & Johnson which previously said it would stop the sale of skin lightening products altogether
While the name change drew cheers from social media, the move to drop the word "fair" from the product while continuing the sell the skin-lightening cream appears to be rather counter-intuitive, much like the topical effectiveness of the skin lightening product itself which for years attempted to mask racism and colourism in the name of beauty and skincare.
Changing the name of the skincare product but selling it nevertheless under a different marketing strategy will only mask the problem of colourism instead of solving it.
Some on Twitter felt the same with one Twitter user pointing out that the change in name would only ease the conscience of the users while allowing them to continue to make profits off of people's insecurities. Yet others pointed out that for a company that created the notion of dark equals ugly, getting away with just a name change was not nearly enough.
A company that has spent years hawking a cream that bleaches women's skin says it will take the words "fairness" "whitening" and "lightening" from its products. But it will still sell skin bleaching cream to women in South Asia & the Middle East, where dark skin is stigmatized https://t.co/LLHtA06NjX — Diaa Hadid ضياء حديد (@diaahadid) June 25, 2020
This product is an abomination. Stop trying to put lipstick on a pig. Just. Get. Rid. Of. It. — amanda hodge (@hodgeamanda) June 25, 2020
Cool, but not enough. You gotta pay tf up. You’ve profited off convincing people that their dark skin is ugly https://t.co/xXbB2eLaKQ — அறிவு🏁 (@vozhi) June 25, 2020
Now people will not feel any guilt in using it. — AkuL Shukla🇮🇳 (@shuklaakul) June 25, 2020
No more "Fair & Lovely"... sort of... https://t.co/YXZSuk59CU — Secunder Kermani (@SecKermani) June 25, 2020
Couldn’t agree with you more @nanditadas These products promote negative stereotypes against people with darker skin. Societal obsession for fair skin should be attributed to such negative campaigns #BlackLivesMatter #FairandLovely pic.twitter.com/0GtxvXPPT8— AMITABH THAKUR (@AMITABHTHAKUR21) June 26, 2020
DROP EVERY WORD OUT OF YOUR PRODUCT AS IT DOES NOT DESERVE TO EXIST.Fair and lovely should be sued for every racist add they have ever made.#FairandLovely pic.twitter.com/2BM5vDnuQt— Supriya Thakur (@SupriyaThakur18) June 25, 2020
Dropping word 'Fair' from #FairandLovely so that racial discrimination controversy couldn't affect their business. While still continuing to sell skin fairness products. Hindustan Unilever Limited be like : pic.twitter.com/cXr199nKQd— Aishwarya Jaiswal (@Aishwarya_32) June 25, 2020
Others suggested that the problem was not with the sellers but with buyers and a society that perpetuated colourism and fair skin as marker of beauty and even success, be it through films or advertising or even song lyrics that glorify fair skin as the epitome of beauty.
The un-'fairness' of it all. If it's still a 'fairness' cream, doesn't matter what you're calling it. Also, renaming or removing some words, won't erase the deep-rooted biases that have been perpetuated for generations because of such products #FairandLovely https://t.co/SbNCT7lati— Arunoday Mukharji (@ArunodayM) June 25, 2020
No bro, it's the same as tobacco products, the question should be " why people are buying", and you will get the answer. They won't sell a product if there is nobody to buy. It's us. — RISHABH TYAGI 👑 (@Pro_trader01) June 25, 2020
Unilever's 'Fair & Lovely' brand carries significant weight in the market in South Asia and continuing to sell the product in a country where dark skin is culturally stigmatized beats its own point. HUL's move to rename and rebrand an old evil in wake of the Black Lives Matter protests that sent brands scrambling to clean up their racist pasts feels nothing but selling the same old colurism in a new bottle. Instead of undoing years of stigma and discrimination, rebranding fair as bright further masks an issue that continue to plague millions of persons of colour across the world.
While the likes of actor and anti-colourism activists such Nandita Das have hailed the change in language as an important first step forward, a change in name can only be treated as the beginning of a conversation and not the end to the larger issue of India's colourism and racism which is deeply rooted in its casteist cultural past.


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China’s trade surplus with the United States ballooned to a record $34.1 billion in September, despite a raft of US tariffs, official data showed Friday, adding fuel to the fire of a worsening trade war.
Relations between the world’s two largest economies have soured sharply this year, with US President Donald Trump vowing on Thursday to inflict economic pain on China if it does not blink.
China’s exports to the US rose to $46.7 billion while imports slumped to $12.6 billion, according to China’s customs administration.
The world’s top two economies imposed new tariffs on a massive amount of each other’s goods mid-September, with the US targeting $200 billion in Chinese imports and Beijing firing back at $60 billion worth of US goods.
“China-US trade friction has caused trouble and pounded our foreign trade development,” customs spokesman Li Kuiwen told reporters Friday.


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Sandy Alexander Inc. is the first U.S. customer to purchase and install EFI’s new high-volume, 5-meter EFI VUTEk 5r LED roll-to-roll printer. The Clifton, N.J.-based integrated multi-channel communication solutions provider chose the superwide-format printer to add greater production capacity and redundancy in its growing wide-format division.
Roland DGA announced that its Roland VersaWorks Dual RIP and print management software is now available free of charge to customers of several additional existing printer models. Roland’s VersaWorks Dual RIP builds upon the intuitive, easy-to-use capabilities of Roland VersaWorks to provide high quality printing, while adding enhanced processing and editing functions.
Roland DGA's Born-to-Wrap workshops for 2017 have been announced. The classes, which take place at various locations throughout the country, are led by the vehicle wrap pros from Louisville, Ky.-based Digital EFX Wraps. Designed for wrap novices as well as established vehicle wrap business owners and technicians, Roland’s Born-to-Wrap workshops are perfect for those looking to take their skills and operations to the next level.
Roland DGA Corporation announced the addition of the VersaUV LEF-200 to its lineup of benchtop UV flatbed inkjet printers. Roland’s LEF-200 benchtop UV flatbed printer makes it simple to print rich color graphics directly onto a vast array of personalized consumer products and promotional items, including smartphone cases, pens, awards, giftware, plates and more.
Roland DGA Corporation has been named by The Orange County Register as one of Orange County’s “Top Workplaces.” This marks the seventh time that Orange County’s largest newspaper has recognized Roland DGA as a top workplace within the region. “Its a great honor to, once again, receive this kind of recognition, especially knowing that it comes from our employees,” said Andrew Oransky, president of Roland DGA.
In this latest PI Xchange, Jean Paul Nataf, CEO of City of Industry, Calif.-based Boss Litho, speaks candidly about how he's built a $20 million sheetfed offset printing business from scratch in five years, his philosophy of buying only new equipment (in excess of $12 million), as well as his views on extending credit to clients and the current state of the market. The Frenchman also describes how an American woman stole his heart many years ago, which ultimately led Nataf to immigrate to the U.S.


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Shaun McAllister appointed by Pricepoint
Shaun McAllister has joined software company MP Logic to head up the sales and marketing of Pricepoint, its new remote selling tool for installers.
Shaun, who has previously held senior roles at Anglian, Everest and the GGF, understands the challenges facing installers, especially in the aftermath of the Covid-19 outbreak, and the obstacles it has put in the way of their traditional way of doing business.
“[Pricepoint’s] potential is huge and will help the installer market significantly,” he said. “Even better is that it is available right now, tried, tested and fully operational. For those wanting the latest tools to help them adapt quickly to the new world of working, Pricepoint is perfect.”


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After a few months of legal tussle, it’s now official that Warner Bros. will be the new distributor for Witcher II on Xbox 360. The game has been released on PC back in May which originally is published by Namco Bandai. Shortly after the release on PC, the developer announced that an Xbox version of the game is in progress which was expected to be released later this year.
Due to legal disputes with Namco Bandai, the game has been pushed back to 2012 giving CD Projekt RED more time for final polishing and tweaking. According to Adam Kiciński, President of CD Projekt RED”
We have added significant enhancements to the Xbox 360 version of ‘The Witcher 2,’ going far beyond simply editing the code to run on a new platform. Thanks to one of the world’s newest game engines, the RED Engine, it will be one of the best-looking games ever released on Xbox 360
From the current info we have on the game, it won’t be the exact replica of the PC version. There are some minor changes in the gameplay which actually are expected to make the game more console friendly. We will have to wait and see when the game is released on Xbox 360 next year.


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PARIS, January 31, 2013 /PRNewswire/ --
Eutelsat Communications (Euronext Paris: ETL) today announced a new range of Tooway™ packages delivering the fastest satellite-based consumer broadband speeds in Europe, unlimited data download usage day and night and more competitive pricing. Designed to offer high speed broadband to everyone today, these next generation Tooway™ services will satisfy even the most demanding Internet users - further closing the digital divide for consumers.
The new packages will ensure that whatever their location, digitally deprived homes and home-workers in the EU can instantly access the benefits of high speed broadband, including for applications such as film downloads, heavy file uploads and video chat that are now standard user expectations. Up to 30 million homes in the footprint of the KA-SAT satellite, that delivers Tooway™, are still waiting for quality broadband connectivity.
The new packages, called Tooway™ S, M, L and XL, will initially be available through service providers in France, Spain, Italy, Germany and the UK from February, and will offer across the board download speeds of up to 20 Mbps and upload speeds of up to 6 Mbps (excepting entry level service), making it the fastest consumer satellite broadband service in Europe. The packages will be rolled-out to other European countries in the coming months. The service operates with a small (77cm) easy-to-install satellite dish and modem and is delivered by KA-SAT, Europe's most powerful satellite.
To address growing demand for increased data allowances for video and multimedia services, Eutelsat is also introducing a true unlimited data service, called Tooway™ Absolute, for the first 20,000 customers across Europe. Customers subscribing to the L and XL service will also be entitled to uncapped data usage overnight, allowing video and large files to be downloaded without impacting daytime data allowances. Eutelsat is also introducing for service providers a recommended monthly rental fee for the dish and modem to simplify access to Tooway™.
Jean-François Fenech, General Manager of Eutelsat's Broadband Business Unit, said: "These new Tooway™ packages are another huge step forward in making universal high speed broadband an immediate reality for Europe. The fastest speeds and most generous data packages at the best competitive rates can be delivered in a matter of days, regardless of location. The outlook for consumers in Europe's most digitally deprived areas just got much brighter."
Eutelsat's portfolio of Tooway™ services provides consumers and home-office workers with an always-on Internet service, which is triple-play ready with full compatibility for Direct to Home (DTH) television services and Voice over IP solutions.
Eutelsat's KA-SAT, with a total capacity of 90 Gbps, is transforming the market for satellite- delivered broadband services. The satellite forms the cornerstone of a state-of-the-art communications infrastructure which includes a sophisticated on-ground network of eight main gateways across Europe that are connected to the Internet by a fibre backbone ring.
For more information on Tooway™ and European resellers visit: http://www.tooway.com
About Eutelsat Communications (http://www.eutelsat.com)
Eutelsat Communications is the holding company of Eutelsat S.A. With capacity commercialised on 30 satellites delivering reach of Europe, the Middle East, Africa, Asia, significant parts of the Americas and the Asia-Pacific, Eutelsat Communications (Euronext Paris: ETL, ISIN code: FR0010221234) is one of the world's leading satellite operators. As of 30 September 2012 Eutelsat's satellites were broadcasting more than 4,400 television channels to over 200 million cable and satellite homes in Europe, the Middle East and Africa. The Group's satellites also provide a wide range of services for TV contribution, corporate networks and fixed and mobile broadband markets. Headquartered in Paris, Eutelsat and its subsidiaries employ over 750 commercial, technical and operational professionals from 30 countries.
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An executive vice president of chip maker Advanced Micro Devices Inc., sold 19,597 shares of common stock, according to a Securities and Exchange Commission filing.
In a Form 4 filed with the SEC Friday, Henri P. Richard reported he sold the shares Friday for $14.32 apiece.
Insiders file Form 4s with the SEC to report transactions in their companies' shares. Open market purchases and sales must be reported within two business days of the transaction.
Advanced Micro Devices (nyse: AMD - news - people ) is based in Sunnyvale, Calif.


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The U.S. Meat Export Federation is clearing the air after an accidental reprint of an old news article caused some confusion regarding the beef agreement between the U.S. and South Korea. USMEF says no changes have been made to the agreement. The speculation that the agreement had changed was because an article originally printed in the spring of 2008 in Ag Weekly was reprinted by a variety of news outlets.
USMEF reports sales of U.S. beef to Korea continue to rebound. For the first three months of 2010total beef exports are up 24% in value and 11% in volume versus 2009. During the month of March alone export value topped $28.5 million. That's a 112% increase over March of last year. Volume hit 13.3 million pounds - a 58% jump.


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HMD Global Launched New Nokia 110 Feature Phone
HMD Global owned Nokia, the Finnish upstart company, holds a unique position in the Indian market. This is because, while the other smartphone companies focus solely on the smartphones and try to ship the latest technology, the approach of HMD Global towards Indian market is a little different as it also ships the features phones for the Indian users. Nokia has been credited in the past for making some of the most iconic feature phones like the Nokia 8110 or the Banana phone. The legacy of these feature phones continues as HMD keeps on launching new feature phones for the users. Now, recently, Nokia launched Nokia 6.2 and the Nokia 7.2, which came with Android One and were smartphones. However, in a new update, HMD Global has made yet another feature phone launch with the introduction of the Nokia 110. So, without further ado let's jump right in and see what the Nokia 110 packs and how much does it retail for?Nokia 110 Features and Highlights
It's worth noting that the first time that we got to see the look of the Nokia 110 was in Berlin when the device was announced alongside the other smartphones like the Nokia 7.2, Nokia 6.2, Nokia 2720 and the Nokia 800 Tough. Now while the Nokia 6.2 and the Nokia 7.2 have already made their way to the India markets, the other two phones are awaiting their launch in the country. As for the Nokia 110, the phone has entered India with its launch. The Nokia 110 comes with a focus on entertainment as it comes with an MP3 player, FM radio and more such options. Not only this, but the device also gets other features like the classic Snake game, which would keep the users engaged and entertained.Nokia 110 Specifications
During the launch of the new feature phone, Nokia 110, Juho Sarvikas, Chief Product Officer, HMD Global remarked, "Nokia 110 brings our fans a fun handset that packs in music, games, and the everyday essentials you expect from a Nokia feature phone in a modern, durable design. With its long-lasting battery, Nokia 110 is always ready-to-go when you are, ensuring you are kept entertained at an accessible price."
As for the specifications of this device, Nokia has revealed that the Nokia 110 comes with a 1.77-inch QVGA display and the body of the phone is clad in plastic. Like we mentioned above, Nokia has claimed that this phone would be great in the hands of people, who would like to consume entertainment apps on the go for an affordable price tag. The Nokia 110 comes with MP3 player and to store songs and other media, and the users will get a 32GB storage support via memory card. It also comes with a built-in FM radio and popular games like Snake. When it comes to camera and the other features of this feature phone, the Nokia 110 features a qVGA camera on the rear side and an LED torchlight. Under the plastic casing, the Nokia 110 packs an 800mAh battery that would be able to provide 18.5 days standby time, whereas it would be able to offer music playback time of up to 27 hours.Nokia 110 Pricing and Availability
As for the pricing of this feature phone, Nokia has announced a recommended best buy price of Rs 1,599 for the Nokia 110 and it would be available in various colour options which include Ocean Blue, Black and Pink. The phone would be available starting October 18, 2019, across top retail outlets in India and also on the official online Nokia store.
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Claudio Orciani, owner of the Italian Orciani brand of leather goods, is now transferring the corporate artistic management to his daughter, Federica. The confirmation for this generation exchange has come from PambiancoNews during the last edition of Milan’s Fashion Week, on the occasion of the presentation of the Spring/Summer 2016 collection.
Mr. Orciani has declared to have dedicated 36 years of his life to the development and growth of the company, by paying particular attention to the latest trends in fashion. His daughter Federica, who is also an incredibly creative person, has gained her father’s expertise during the years, having initially participated to the company activity through the creation of some capsules.
A snap-fit belt without buckle – much appreciated by worldwide travellers as it is patented with absolutely light metal parts that are not detected at security controls at the airport – represents one of the key factors for Orciani brand’s success into the market. We are talking about the “Nobuckle” belt. A true market success which has marked the company’s growth in the course of the years, offering remarkably high turnovers: in 2014, the turnover was of 8.2 million Euro, while in 2015 it totalled 8.5 million.
Claudio Orciani has commented: “Some air companies have expressed their interest for our “Nobuckle” belts to be used on board: this would represent a great business opportunity not only in terms of economic results, but also for expanding the brand image abroad”.


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BERLIN, Dec 9 (Reuters) - Audi increased sales of luxury cars 11 percent in November to 146,250 vehicles, its best-ever result for that month, bolstered by double-digit growth in the United States and China.
Deliveries in the January-to-November period were up 10 percent to 1.59 million autos, already beating last year's record 1.58 million in sales, Ingolstadt-based Audi said on Tuesday.
German rival Mercedes-Benz posted a 13 percent gain in November sales to a record 150,742 cars, extending the year-to-date increase to 12 percent or 1.49 million. (Reporting by Andreas Cremer; Editing by Jonathan Gould)


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Are short-term leases here to stay?
Gaining leverage due to elevated vacancy rates amid the pandemic, retailers are asking for and increasingly receiving short-term leases. The change carries short-term benefits and long-term risks for merchants.
Shorter terms provide greater flexibility to exit a lease quicker should the accelerated shift to online selling lead to dismal traffic. Longer term, a landlord may hike the rent or kick out a tenant at an outperforming location just as many consumers are discovering the business.
Many retailers had already been pushing for shorter leases in recent years given the disruption caused by online selling.
For landlords, accepting shorter terms fills vacancies at a challenging time and may help with negotiations to recoup deferred rent from 2020, according to CNBC. On the other hand, shorter-terms means scrambling to continually find renters in the years ahead.
Simon Property Group is signing more three-year leases, David Simon, CEO, said on the mall operator’s fourth-quarter investor call. “We’re OK with that, because I’d rather negotiate two or three years from now” rather than have empty spaces.
“I think actually that could be in our best interest, too, because … we don’t quite have the ability to point to sales as a way to increase rent. It’s actually a two-way street, and it’s working out fine with a vast majority of our retailers,” Mr. Simon said.
At Tanger Factory Outlets, management has recently extended a number of pop-up and short-term leases.
“We will see a lot more local and [temporary] leasing probably in the first half of the year,” CEO Stephen Yalof said on Tanger’s fourth-quarter call. “But we’re very proactive with our long-term leasing to replace that tenancy and grow our permanent leasing base.”
The greater flexibility could lead to an increase in pop-ups and concept stores on short-term leases, Luisa Janisch, associate director, research at CBRE, recently told Vogue Business.
Michael Phillips, president of real estate investment firm Jamestown, told The Wall Street Journal last year that he expects to see more short-term leases and revenue sharing arrangements as stores gradually reopen. He said, “The days of being the landlord as an overlord to collect rent are over.”
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Microsoft Loses Internet Ground, Or Not?
As Microsoft continues its struggle for relevance in Internet services, the latest numbers seem to tell a confusing story. Depending on the headline you read, Microsoft is either treading water or losing ground to Google. A closer look at two takes on the Microsoft search share show that it's a half-full/half-empty situation with a worrisome long-term trend.
Three Mistakes HP Made, And One It Didn't
Randy Mott admits he and his team didn't plan well enough for acquisitions or for success, but he wasn't about to extend the deadline for the IT transformation program.
Apple Allows Some MacBook Videos To Play On External Displays
Apple released a QuickTime update that allows standard-definition iTunes movies to play over new MacBooks' DisplayPort to older displays, according to reports on Apple blogs. However, high-def movies are still blocked, which is unfair to owners of MacBooks and other systems by other vendors that use the same technology.
Microsoft Helps Whiny Kids Get Their Xbox 360
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Sony Ericsson Adds Facebook, Windows Live To Xperia Smartphone
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The JN Foundation has announced the launch of a new organisation, Social Enterprise Jamaica, which will facilitate the growth of the social enterprise sector in the country.
Parris Lyew-Ayee, chairman of the JN Foundation, made the announcement about the new enterprise at the close-out ceremony of the Social Enterprise Boost Initiative (SEBI), a project of the JN Foundation and the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), at the Terra Nova All Suite Hotel in Kingston, on Wednesday, December 12.
“With the ending of SEBI, along with the introduction of increased funding opportunities, financial instruments, and business services; as well as, the ever growing demand for social enterprises, there is a new gap in the market, and new windows are opening,” he pointed out.
“Therefore, today, we at the JN Foundation are pleased to announce that there will be a new social enterprise supporting the sector to be known as, Social Enterprise Jamaica, SEJA. This enterprise will be an independent multi-sectorial social one, which will seek to create an environment to facilitate the growth of the social enterprise sector in Jamaica,” he explained.
Mr Lyew-Ayee said that SEJA will be a member-owned enterprise, designed to be economically sustainable without relying on government, corporate or philanthropic assistance for its survival.
The JN Foundation Chairman further disclosed that consultations have already started with key stakeholders about SEJA. He said the enterprise will offer services such as: serving as a knowledge hub; establishment of the Buy Social Trade Mark; and, a social enterprise innovation hub.
He further explained that the innovation hub will be a state-of-the art facility, providing a space to host: events, training sessions, meetings, and co-working and incubation.
“Social Enterprise Jamaica will focus on further developing the social enterprise ecosystem in Jamaica; and seek to innovate and incubate, to create scalable impactful businesses in the society,” he explained.
Entities which are interested in becoming a member of Social Enterprise of Jamaica are invited to get in touch with the Foundation via email at: email@example.com; or, by telephone, at: 876 926-1344, Ext. 5158
Several social enterprises have welcomed the announcement of SEJA.
Randy McClaren, managing director of Bresheh, said he hoped that SEJA will play an advocacy role for social enterprises. “I hope that it will take on as many social enterprises, as possible, to assist to pave the way for us as a sector, to really expand and impact many persons, the planet; and, obviously, profitability,” he said.
Tishauna Mullings, founder of Nexx Stepp Educational Services, said she would like see SEJA position social enterprises linked to social capital; and to GDP, to make an impact in our country, so that everyone can appreciate what social enterprise means.
Turning to the successes achieved by SEBI during the past six years, Opal Whyte, project manager of SEBI, stated that, the project proved that social enterprises can be viable businesses. Through the project, they were able to generate more than J$186 million in revenues and employed 500 persons, on a part time and full time basis.
“The social enterprises introduced innovative products to the market; and some experienced phenomenal growth during a relatively short period. The impact of SEBI also reached more than 100 additional social organisations, whose members participated in the open network activities,” she affirmed.
Dionne Rose| Communication Officer | JN Group Corporate Communications


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C&A to promote internet business with IBM Smarter Commerce
IBM announced it will build a powerful, new multi-channel, eCommerce engine for C&A. In the future, C&A wants to make even better use of the upward trend in online apparel sales with double digit growth rates during the last years.
A newly designed Webshop, based on state-of-the-art technology to meet the latest requirements, and a new order management system—all based on IBM software—are being developed with IBM software, consulting and services. The new platform will be operated by IBM until 2017 and then handed over to C&A.
C&A operates in 20 European countries, with more than 37,500 employees working in over 1,500 fashion stores. Back in September 2008 the textiles company set up its first online shop in its home market Germany, followed in 2011 by online shops in Austria, France, and Poland.
In view of the growing importance of online business, which according to the market research company GfK grew by 18.4 percent in Germany last year alone, and of its own online business expansion plans, C&A decided to collaborate with IBM. It opted for IBM because of its integrated, one-stop shop approach to setting up and running a new platform for Smarter Commerce.
Organizations and their Chief Marketing Officers (CMOs) today are struggling to meet the demands of rapidly shifting buying patterns as customers increasingly turn to online, social, and mobile channels to gather information, make purchases, and receive services. This new digital marketplace requires companies to be highly responsive to their customers' behaviors in order to both compete and grow.
IBM's Smarter Commerce initiative features software and services that help companies transform their business processes to more quickly respond to shifting customer demands in today's digitally transformed marketplace. The initiative is driven by organizations that are increasingly looking for ways to bring new levels of automation to marketing, sales and fulfillment to secure greater customer loyalty.
“With the new eCommerce platform C&A will be able to shape its online business the way it wants and to extend it across borders at any time,” said Bernhard Orth, partner in IBM's business consulting organization Global Business Services. “IBM is taking over the operation of the platform and ensuring a swift and reliable implementation of our client's entrepreneurial decisions.”
The new platform is based on IBM software: IBM WebSphere Commerce and IBM Sterling Order Management, which manages order processes intelligently across different distributed systems. IBM Global Business Services and IBM Business Partner NovoMind AG will jointly implement the new eCommerce platform in the weeks ahead. Furthermore, IBM will maintain the applications and host the infrastructure for the next five years.
This new, end-to-end, integrated solution will also lay the groundwork for a cross channel approach aimed at improved dovetailing of C&A's physical stores and its digital Webshop. “The concept and technical opportunities provided by the new platform will make us faster, more agile and more efficient,” said Andreas G. Seitz, Spokesperson of the European Executive Board at C&A. “That will take us a decisive step closer to achieving our objective of implementing a modern multichannel strategy with end-to-end processes in physical and digital commerce.”


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Ann Arbor, Michigan, August 30, 2021 — Lumin Digital, an innovative PSCU company that creates digital banking solutions, and Larky, a market-leading provider of consumer engagement technology, announce a partnership to help financial institutions proactively engage with their account holders.
Account holders now expect their financial institution to be able to address all their needs without ever physically going into a branch. Larky and Lumin Digital are partnering to help the industry embrace this evolution. The technology companies create complementary solutions that are well suited for the digital transition underway.
The digital banking platform created by Lumin enables account holders to easily address their banking needs online through mobile banking and personalized UX interfaces. The Larky nudge® platform proactively prompts account holders to use the powerful tools available through the Lumin platform for maximum benefit.
"We're pleased to partner with Larky to help credit unions proactively connect with their members," says Cortez Adams with Lumin Digital who handles Product Management and Strategic Partnerships. "The Larky platform is a powerful tool that helps power one-to-one communications with credit union members."
Bundling the Lumin and Larky solutions enables a powerful experience for account holders where they can be notified and guided to take action on products and services that help their financial wellness. The combined toolset helps financial institutions create and maintain lasting relationships with their account holders.
"We're thrilled to work with Lumin Digital to bring the next era of banking to community financial institutions," says Larky CEO Gregg Hammerman. "Consumers expect their financial institution to proactively help guide them to products and services that fit each person's unique needs. Partnering with Lumin will bring this technology to a diverse audience of users across the country."
This partnership is expected to help guide financial institutions through the digital transition and assist them in growing modern, connected audiences.
About Lumin Digital
Lumin Digital, a PSCU company headquartered in San Ramon, California, delivers digital banking solutions to financial institutions across the United States. Founded by financial technology experts, Lumin Digital is working to redefine digital banking with its proprietary user engagement platform, providing banks and credit unions with a solution that allows them to adjust to their users’ needs quickly and safely. With Lumin Digital’s user data and predictive analytics, organizations can implement custom experiences for users, creating a truly personalized journey that helps consumers thrive while building a connected relationship. For more information, visit LuminDigital.com.
Larky builds platforms that maximize engagement through tailored communications. Larky helps community financial institutions connect with their account holders with meaningful and actionable push notifications that are delivered at the right place and right time. For more information, visit Larky.com.


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The store — which opened in mid-July — offers sales and rentals of instruments, as well as lessons, all of which cater to musicians of all ages.
“My business is really bringing New Canaan something that it really needs,” Phil Williams, a 12-year resident of New Canaan and owner, said.
The store fills the void left when Merit Music Center (which was located at the corner of East Avenue and Cherry Street) closed down some years back.
Williams, who is a guitarist as well as a vocalist “on the side,” plays in a band called The Scavengers, which performs locally. His professional career, however, has been as a television producer, but he said he is “now taking a break to do something completely different,” with New Canaan Music.
“I am combining my business skills with my passion,” he said. “This [the store] is something I am really enthusiastic about.”
Indeed, while speaking with the Advertiser recently, Williams was all smiles and energy while giving a tour of his store, its inventory of all things music and lesson rooms.
What’s in store
The center currently features three lesson rooms as well as a jamming room. Lessons will begin Monday, Aug. 26, to coincide with the start of school in town. The store will also be the go-to place for all New Canaan public schools’ orchestra and band instrument rentals, because Norwalk Music — which was located on New Canaan Avenue in Norwalk, and was the recommended place by the schools for rentals for years — recently closed.
“The fact that we will be the rental location for all instruments needed by music students is a boon for both parents and the store,” Williams said. “We’re right here in town. You don’t have to drive to Fairfield or somewhere else to rent or for repairs.”
The music teachers at the center are mostly local, Williams said, and many had taught at Norwalk Music.
“We’re trying to get the best of the best,” he said.
There is a full line of Fender guitars and accessories offered for sale, as well as other electric and acoustic guitars, drums and percussion — including electronic drum sets, Conga drums and bongos — keyboards, plus ukuleles, which Williams said have been really popular with customers.
“Almost every day someone buys one,” he said. “It’s a fun, very approachable instrument and makes such a happy sound. We have a great ukulele teacher here, too.”
Williams is visibly proud of a Flying Vee guitar on display that he and his son made from a tree that had fallen in their yard after the big wind storm in March of 2010.
“It took a lot of work to make something like this from a rough piece of wood,” he said of the guitar that was finally finished in 2011. A playable instrument, it is his regular guitar to use when he plays with The Scavengers.
All in all, Williams likes his new lifestyle a lot and said being a business owner so far has been a positive experience.
“It is exciting being part of the creative, artistic fabric of New Canaan,” he said.
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Android 13 & One UI 5 released for
Galaxy S21 FE and Galaxy S20 series in Canada
The Korean giant is now giving the Android 13-based One UI 5.0 stable update in Canada forGalaxy S21 FE, Galaxy S20, Galaxy S20 Plus, and Galaxy S20 Ultra.
Software version for S20 series
Galaxy S20 Plus
Galaxy S20 Ultra
Users who are using Galaxy S21 FE device can identify the latest update by the firmware version G990WVLU4DVK5
Galaxy S21 FE was released in 2021 and came with Android 11. It is currently catching its second major update as One UI 5.0
One UI 5
With the latest One UI 5.0 update, get a whole new look in terms of its UI design. The latest One UI update also enhances the system-level apps, including the camera, gallery, photo and video editor, and more
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Moreover, the latest Android 13-based One UI 5.0 update includes several system enhancements that improve the performance and productivity of the device. So users can operate their devices more conveniently.
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GRANDVILLE, MI — A Utah couple fined $3,500 and credit-dinged after posting a negative review about a retailer online has won a lawsuit against the company, which uses a Grandville re-mailing service as it primary address.
John Palmer and Jennifer Kulas of Layton, Utah, won a default judgment in Utah federal district court against Kleargear.com on March 11.
Kleargear, which attracted negative attention over the debacle, never responded to the lawsuit, according to court documents.
Washington, D.C.-based Public Citizen, a nonprofit consumer advocacy group, filed the complaint Dec. 18, 2013, on behalf of the couple. The couple sought to invalidate the fine and get damages for alleged defamation, intentional interference with economic relations and intentional infliction of emotional distress.
What, if any, damages were awarded, was not disclosed.
Kleargear allegedly violated the federal Fair Credit Reporting Act by failing to correct misinformation sent to credit reporting agencies. On Feb. 18, the couple settled with and voluntarily dismissed debt collector Fidelity Information Corp. from the case.
According to court documents, the lawsuit was sent to the website’s two Grandville addresses, a mail forwarding service on Sanford Avenue SW and a local Post Office box. It also was mailed to a company address in San Antonio, Texas.
Two of the mailings were returned as undeliverable and the third, sent to the Sanford Avenue address, was returned as “refused” Jan. 10.
The company did not respond in court or to emails.
Kleargear incurred the wrath of the Internet last year when the couple went public after fighting the negative effects of posting a bad review of the company on RipoffReport.com back in 2009.
They accused Kleargear of extortion after the company cited a non-disparagement clause in its online terms of service as justification for fining them $3,500 in May 2012 and then reporting the fine as unpaid to credit reporting agencies.
According to the suit, the non-disparagement clause cited by Kleargear as justification for the fine was added three years after the original transaction.


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New report suggests two-thirds of SMEs ‘preparing growth plans’
A new report published by Hitachi Capital has revealed that 67% of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are looking to prepare ‘growth plans’ in the coming three months.
According to the report, 50% of businesses require ‘extra manpower’, with IT and legal services firms being the keenest to recruit.
Meanwhile, a further 36% of SMEs are looking to ‘invest in new equipment’, with farming and agricultural firms reportedly the ‘most likely’ to purchase new tools. An additional 36% of businesses are seeking to expand into international markets, Hitachi Capital found.
However, with Brexit on the horizon, many small businesses are looking to ensure their finances are in good shape. 37% of business owners are considering cutting costs, and 20% are seeking to improve cashflow, the report suggested.
Commenting on the findings, Gavin Wraith-Carter, Managing Director at Hitachi Capital Business Finance, said: ‘What is so encouraging from our new study is that the small business community is not sitting back and waiting for a Brexit outcome to be known. They have told us they have concerns, but they are acting on them.
‘The businesses that predict the most significant growth are those that are investing in their businesses – bringing people in, looking at new markets and looking at the equipment they need to power growth.’
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Salmonella Outbreaks Spur Nationwide Egg Recall
August 30, 2010
Eggs are the culprit behind a U.S. salmonella outbreak that caused hundreds of illnesses each week in June and July. A nationwide egg recall now involves more than a dozen major brands that got eggs from Wright County Egg.
The CDC and state investigators found clusters of salmonella food poisoning among people who ate eggs at the same restaurants.
Those restaurants got eggs that came from Wright County Egg. Investigations continue in Arizona, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Maryland, North Carolina, Nevada, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, and Texas.
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“The brand names included in the recall are Lucerne, Albertson, Mountain Dairy, Ralph's, Boomsma's, Sunshine, Hillandale, Trafficanda, Farm Fresh, Shoreland, Lund, Dutch Farms, and Kemps. Recalled eggs are in six, dozen, and 18-egg cartons.”


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On its 14th birthday, a reflection on Linden Lab’s groundbreaking Second Life, and how their next project Sansar hopes to go even further.
In May 2006, Bloomberg’s Businessweek ran a cover story detailing the business empire of real estate millionaire Anshe Chung. What caught the world’s attention, however, is that Anshe Chung wasn’t a real person—she was an online avatar—and the properties she sold were computer-generated images rendered in the virtual world Second Life. It was the first time someone had generated such staggering real-world wealth by selling digital stuff in a virtual space.
Following the article’s publication, Second Life’s popularity exploded. The platform represented all that our future lives inside virtual worlds could be.
Users were able import virtual items, buy and sell virtual goods, design and personalize avatars, and hang out in nightclubs, shopping centers, and art galleries—each created by Second Life’s residents themselves. Major companies like IBM and American Apparel opened offices and stores, and Reuters even stationed a bureau chief to cover the virtual happenings there.
By October of 2006 the site welcomed its millionth citizen, and then millions more joined in 2007. But by 2008, the shine began to wear off, and user growth stopped.
A decade later, a common narrative is that Second Life, the “once massively hyped virtual world,” failed. That assessment, however, presumes that to be successful, it needed to take over the online world.
While Second Life never reached a level of mainstream adoption in the way a platform like Facebook has, it’s worth noting how groundbreaking it was—and still is today.
The in-world economy of Second Life, the one that supposedly ‘failed’ to take off, still outranks some small countries in gross domestic product.
“Last year  the GDP of Second Life was half a billion dollars,” Ebbe Altberg, Linden Lab’s CEO, casually tells me while at their offices in San Francisco several weeks ago.
By that figure, the in-world economy of Second Life, the one that supposedly “failed” to take off, still outranks some small countries in gross domestic product. And for many users, operating a business there is still incredibly profitable.
“Users took home a collective income of $60 million last year,” Peter Gray, a senior spokesperson for Linden Lab, later tells me by phone. “Being a virtual landlord continues to be among the most financially successful businesses in Second Life. People are making money renting land, selling avatar fashion accessories, giving musical performances, providing services like hosting events, and for quite a few people, this is their primary source of income.”
Today, users are still logging in from almost every country on planet Earth, and clearly a vibrant world still hums there. There are approximately 800,000 monthly active users—only slightly down from a one-time peak of 1.1 million in 2007. That Second Life has maintained such a stable core of engaged users, despite never finding a way to continue their growth beyond 2008, remains one of the mysteries in the Second Life story.
A story which continues to add some fascinating anecdotes.
In one instance, researchers at Texas A&M designed a virtual chemistry lab and found that the virtual students there outperformed the real world students in certain tasks while also maintaining higher retention rates. In another, a user developed a series of stress-reducing environments so that Parkinson’s patients could virtually ice skate, dance, swim, and do other activities that might be difficult in the real world. And one user based in Amsterdam even re-created an entire historical replica of Berlin from the 1920s where daily happy hours and other social events still take place.
Even as Second Life remains active, Linden Lab is gearing up to release their next project—a social VR platform called Sansar—and they believe it could go beyond what Second Life was able to achieve and deliver on the promise of widespread use of virtual worlds.
Beyond Second Life: Sansar Is Ready to Take Off
Several weeks ago, I headed to the Linden Lab offices in San Francisco to get a demo and hear about the ways Sansar is taking a new approach.
When I arrived, Altberg brought me to a room with an Oculus Rift and Sansar fired up on a computer. The first virtual space we entered was a breezy outdoor basketball court in a sunny beach location. The visuals were crisp, and off to the side, music was coming from a boom box. There were also some virtual basketballs lying on the court, and I was pleased to find that I could bounce and throw them using my touch controllers.
When Altberg headed down the hall to settle into his own Rift, a pudgy devil mascot with his voice coming from it suddenly spawned next to me. The first thing I noticed was that his character’s lips moved in the way I’d expect them to if he were speaking in real life. Sansar uses a facial animation technology that syncs an avatar’s lip movement with the user’s actual speech in real time, something I had not seen in other social VR platforms and which added realism.
We spent a few minutes tossing the basketballs and wandering the space. Within moments, I felt immersed in the experience, like I was actually hanging out with someone at a basketball court.
“This whole thing was created by one of my team—a guy who’s not a 3D modeler or programmer,” Altberg tells me. I later learned that Sansar’s VP of Product, Bjorn Laurin, created the entire space with his six-year-old son in a single afternoon simply by dropping assets from the Sansar store into the scene.
And this—at the core—is the focus of Sansar: making it as easy as possible for anyone who wants to design, build, publish, share, and experience a virtual world.
“Sansar democratizes building social VR experiences, something that involves complex engineering, so it’s no longer limited to just professional developers. Much like creating a website was something that only engineering organizations could do many years ago—and now there are solutions like WordPress—that’s an analogy we sometimes use for Sansar. You can think of it like a ‘Wordpress for social VR’,” Altberg says.
And much like Second Life, where everything is made by the users themselves, Sansar will be a collection of worlds built by the people who use it. Developers will be able to upload and sell virtual items—things like palm trees, furniture, performance stages, whatever—that others can purchase and use in their space.
For Linden Lab, one major strategic update from Second Life is the business model they’ve selected.
“Second Life’s business model was primarily based on renting virtual land for people to build on, which for us, equates to renting them server space,” Altberg says.
Second Life users pay roughly $300 per month for a plot of land, and that’s a high cost for someone just trying to tinker about. Sansar, by contrast, plans to drop the hosting fees and make up for those costs by taking a cut of the transactions that occur between users.
Another change means that Sansar worlds will be discoverable with a regular internet search. “Second Life was and is a closed world,” Altberg said. “In order to discover an experience there, you needed to be a user logged into Second Life. With Sansar, our publishers will able to link to their experiences from other sites.”
And perhaps the biggest change coming to Sansar is the sheer scale available to developers.
A full region of land in Second Life is 256 meters by 256 meters, but in Sansar, every scene can be as large as four kilometers by four kilometers. “You can also interconnect those spaces together to develop scenes on a massive scale,” Altberg adds.
Society May Finally Be Ready for Virtual Living
So Sansar is preparing for release into a world in which technology has developed exponentially for fourteen years—a world where consumer VR headsets have finally arrived. And perhaps the primary reason Linden Lab might succeed in building a mainstream virtual world is that society in the real world may finally be ready. Cultural norms may have caught up to the idea of virtual life.
“When Second Life began, so many of the conceptual elements of virtual worlds were so foreign to people,” Gray says.
Fourteen years ago, the idea that people might digitally interact with other people they didn’t know in real life was entirely unfamiliar. Yet in the past decade, social media platforms like Facebook and Twitter have reshaped human behavior.
Behaviors that were once exotic have become entirely ordinary. Society has become native to virtual living.
“These are massive cultural changes that are still very recent,” Gray says. “User-created content was still in its infancy back when we started. It’s true that YouTube was getting off the ground around the same time we were, but it was certainly not at the volume that you have today. When Second Life started, Apple hadn’t even launched their app store, and so the idea that people might pay real money for digital items that they would never physically hold in their hands was still a crazy idea to many people.”
Now, behaviors that were once exotic have become entirely ordinary. Things like online shopping, paying for “apps,” and hanging out with friends online are unremarkable features of the modern age. Society has become native to virtual living.
Though Second Life achieved considerable success, it was born in an era that was never quite ready for it. Now, Linden Lab is preparing to release Sansar into a world that’s been forever reshaped by the effects of the social media age.
It could be that society is finally ready for life inside the virtual worlds of our own creation.
Sansar will be available to the public in beta this summer.
Image Credit: Linden Lab / Sansar


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AT&T acquired The Chernin Group’s controlling interest in Otter Media as it continues to add content assets to its distribution and data business.
A digital media and advertising company, Otter Media is comprised of brands including Ellation, Crunchyroll, VRV and Fullscreen. It also has stake in Gunpowder & Sky and Reese Witherspoon’s Hello Sunshine.
Otter Media will become a part of AT&T’s WarnerMedia unit. Otter Media CEO Tony Goncalves will report to WarnerMedia CEO John Stankey.
Analysts value the deal at about $1 billion, according to the New York Times.
“Working with Tony, we look to harness Otter’s expertise in feeding the passion of online audiences to augment our portfolio of digital assets and help us further engage, connect and entertain consumers around the globe,” said Stankey.
In the four years since Otter Media was founded, the company has acquired digital assets and has generated an audience of 93 million unique monthly consumers and expect to deliver more than 75 billion video views this year.
“From the outset, [AT&T CEO] Randall Stephenson and John Stankey championed the Otter strategy and vision, and AT&T has been an ideal partner in building the business — smart, creative and supportive,” said Chernin Group CEO Peter Chernin, a former Fox executive. “With AT&T’s direct-to-consumer relationships, vast data and varied content, I believe they can accelerate Otter’s growth. The combination with WarnerMedia will create a new-era media company, serving customers with every type of content delivered through every possible distribution channel.”
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MCDONALD’S TO GIVE SPECIAL DEALS TO VACCINATED CONSUMERS
Fast food chain Mcdonald’s said that its restaurants in north and east India will offer special deals and offers to people who are vaccinated. Consumer companies across the globe are trying to incentivise shoppers who are vaccinated, giving marketeers an opportunity to build promotions around the same.
The offers will be available on the fast food chain’s app and won’t be applicable to orders placed through aggregators such as Swiggy and Zomato. “Customers can avail the offer by uploading their vaccination certificate on our mobile app under the ‘Got Vaccinated’ tab, along with basic details. After this, they will receive a unique code via SMS that can be redeemed through Getmcdonalds.com and opt for contactless delivery or contactless take away/in-store,” the company said in a statement.


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The incoming CEO of the retail unit of Amazon wrote that the organization is ‘prepared to maximize our practices, information technology and communication capabilities and expertise’ in vaccinating the people.
Amazon.com Inc. is promising to help the Biden administration speed up the delivery, even to its own staffs, of Covid-19 vaccines.
Dave Clark, the new chief executive officer of the retail unit of Amazon, gave his congratulations to President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris in a letter dated Wednesday.
He repeated a request made last month by Amazon to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to ask that frontline staff obtain vaccines at the “earliest appropriate time” among the company’s more than 800,000 U.S. employees.
The company’s warehouses, cloud storage data centers and Whole Foods Retail stores have remained open through the pandemic, even though most of the white-collar corporate staff of Amazon at its Seattle headquarters and other offices toil from home.
Clark said Amazon has a contract to manage vaccines at its facilities through an occupational health provider.
“We are prepared to move quickly once vaccines are available,” he wrote.
Earlier on Wednesday, Reuters reported on the letter.
“Additionally, we are prepared to leverage our operations, information technology and communications capabilities and expertise to assist your administration’s vaccination efforts,” Clark went on.
“Our scale allows us to make a meaningful impact immediately” in the fight against the disease, he wrote.
Jay Carney, a former Biden staffer who now oversees Amazon’s policy and marketing departments, said in an interview with Bloomberg Television earlier this month that the organization had provided assistance to officials working on the presidential transition.
“We’ve offered suggestions, our experiences, and we’re open to any ideas the administration might have, the incoming administration might have, in how we can help,” he said.
Amazon is under pressure over its increasing power from regulators and Congress, and it is not clear if the Biden administration will step up the scrutiny.
America’s second-largest private-sector employer has made drastic changes to its spreading logistics network to accommodate social distancing after the epidemic started spreading across the U.S.
Still, Amazon said last year that in the first six months of the pandemic, about 20,000 of its workers had tested positive for the virus. The response of Amazon to the crisis has been criticized as inadequate by some staff, lawmakers and labour officials.
Source: Al Jazeera
Penang Govt Wants Local Authority Staff Classified As Frontliners
GEORGE TOWN, March 2 — The Penang government has urged the federal government to recognise local government staff as frontliners under the National COVID-19 Immunisation Programme.
State Housing, Local Government, and Town and Country Planning Committee chairman Jagdeep Singh Deo said these workers have always been on the ground to check on premises to ensure the standard operating procedures (SOPs) are strictly followed since the first nationwide Movement Control Order (MCO) was implemented on March 18 last year.
He said both the Penang Island City Council (MBPP) and Seberang Perai City Council (MBSP) were also involved in conducting joint public health and security operations with the Royal Malaysia Police and Ministry of Health (MOH).
“In this regard, I will be raising this issue at the 77th Local Government National Assembly meeting this afternoon which will be chaired by Senior Minister (Works) Datuk Seri Fadillah Yusof, and hope to get an explanation of this matter,” he said in a press conference after conducting SOP checks at Chowrasta Market here today.
Jagdeep was commenting on the guidelines for the definition of frontliners in the National COVID-19 immunisation programme issued yesterday by the Special Committee for Ensuring Access to COVID-19 Vaccine Supply (JKJAV).
According to him, the guidelines classify frontliners under two categories, with Category One for those involved directly in providing medical treatment to patients and Category Two for individuals from healthcare, defence, security and essential services sectors.
He said representatives of the local government office were not under Category Two of the guidelines.
“We hope the JKJAV would also refine this issue and include local authorities throughout the country in the list of frontliners under Category Two of the guidelines,” he added.
RM1.2 Million Successfully Raised In One Day For Premature Malaysian Baby Born In Singapore
Even though the situation nowadays may seem like it is a very hard world to live in, but people have to still got faith and hope because there are still many kind-hearted people out there who are willing to help anyone. This is what happened towards a family when great people all around the world have raised a total of RM1.2 million for a particular Malaysian premature baby born in Singapore. Surprisingly, the amount was achieved one day after the urgent fundraiser was announced.
The Penang-based organization that is the One Hope Charity & Welfare said in a statement, “Both her parents and the public from all over the world have given the infant who was born at just 24 weeks the faith to fight for her life”. The specific charity has achieved its goal within 29 hours of announcing the donation campaign on its website.
The statement mentioned that the donation did not only received from donors in Malaysia, but contributions also came from Singapore, Brunei, Taiwan, the United States, and many other countries, giving blessings to the baby. The premature baby was born in Singapore at the age of 24 weeks old after her parents who worked there did not manage to return to Malaysia in time before the baby got delivered.
The parents have actually planned to deliver the child back in Sungai Petani, Kedah when the baby was at least 32 weeks pregnant. Unfortunately, the plan did not go well because, on the 22nd of February, the mother went through preterm labor at only 24 weeks after a few days of experiencing abdominal pain. She was then rushed to a hospital in Singapore where her daughter was delivered in an emergency.
The premature baby weighed only 670g and was the size of an adult hand when delivered. Even though the body of the baby appeared to be fully developed, they said many of her internal organs such as her lungs and also her brain were not functioning well. She was admitted to the hospital’s neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) immediately to be placed in an incubator and be given breathing aid.
They said, “Her skin was nearly transparent so that her bloodstream can be seen with the naked eye. Not only must she be taken great care of, she has to be constantly monitored even for the most minute changes”. The doctors then advised the parents that the baby has to stay in an incubator until she reaches an appropriate gestational age and that may take another 160 days. Because of that, the new parents seek the help of ‘One Hope Charity’ when they found out the medical fee was estimated to be RM1.25 million for the whole duration.
So far, the baby’s growth and development, fortunately, have been positive. The charity announced, “Her body weight has gradually increased, and the baby can be safely incubated until her growth development is stable”. They also added, “If her condition is stable, the hospital can arrange for her transfer back to a hospital in Malaysia for observation”.
Sources: One Hope Charity & Welfare.
Differences Between ‘Expiry Date’, ‘Use Before’ And ‘Best Before’ On Food Labels
Every food product ever made in this world that involves food either dry or even wet must have specific labels that state the duration of the food is suitable for use. But if anyone ever notices, there are actually 3 different types of terms that are often used by food manufacturers. The 3 types are the ‘Expire Date’, ‘Use Before / Use By’ and also the ‘Best Before’.
It is very important for everyone to understand the different types of dates and also advice on different food packaging that are made. The differences for these 3 terms are:
1) ‘Expiry Date’
‘Expiry Date’ refers to the expiration date of the food which is also means it is the deadline for the food product to be used. If it is beyond the shown date, the food product can no longer be used by anyone. This label is commonly used in liquid food products as well as formula milk. Expiration dates tell the consumers the last day a product is safe to consume.
2) ‘Use Before/Use By’
The term ‘use before/use by’ means that the product made can only be eaten until the specified date. If it is beyond that date, food is at risk of spoilage and is no longer safe to use. Products with this label can be eaten or frozen until the date stated only. Among them are frozen products such as meat, fish, and salads. This date on food is actually about the safety of consumption for a human beings. This is the most important date to remember. For the ‘use before/use by’ date to be a valid guide, the storage instructions must be carefully followed.
3) ‘Best Before’
The term ‘best before’ is about the quality of the foods. This ‘best before’ product only refers to the best quality of the product. Meaning, foods that exceed the ‘best before’ date are still safe to eat. Foods that use this label are usually dry foods, canned foods, and frozen foods. The ‘best before’ date guarantees certain properties of the product to be effective up to this point. Once the date has passed, it may just lose its freshness, taste, aroma, or nutrients. But it does not necessarily mean that the food is no longer safe to eat.
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Realme X7 Max is the company’s latest 5G smartphone for the Indian market. The smartphone launched with Android-11 based Realme UI 2.0 skin. Realme is now sending the first software update to Realme X7 Max with May 2021 security patch and a couple of fixes and optimizations.
The first software update for Realme X7 Max 5G rolling out with firmware version RMX3031_11_A.15 . In addition to May 2021 security patch, the update fixes Screen flicker issue, Photo greenish issue, green screen issue of the camera preview, and fixes the lagging issue while taking photos with rear camera in the bright environment in 64M Mode. Realme has added optimizations to touch experience, power consumption, network compatibility, and system performance in the first build for X7 Max 5G.
The first OTA update for Realme X7 Max 5G has already started rolling out and should reach all the units in the coming days. To manually check for the latest update, head to Settings >> Software updates.
Realme X7 Max 5G update changelog:
- Update Android May 2021 security patch.
- Optimized touching experience.
- Optimized the power consumption in some scenarios.
- Optimized the system performance and improved system stability.
- Fixed the screen flicker in some scenarios.
- Optimized network compatibility and improved Internet experience.
- Fixed the photo greenish issue in some situations.
- Fixed the probabilistic green screen issue of the camera preview interface in some scenarios.
- Fixed the lagging issue of taking photos in the bright environment in 64M Mode using the rear camera.


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If--or more likely when--Google (Nasdaq: GOOG) casts off its Motorola Mobility hardware unit, someone will get the leading provider of IPTV set-top boxes, according to the latest statistics from Multimedia Research Group's (MRG) recently issued "IPTV Market Leader Report."
The report listed Google/Motorola as the leader in the set-top box category and in North America. Other vendors reaching the top level are Alcatel-Lucent (NYSE: ALU) (Access); Harmonic (video headend); Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) (VOD and middleware); and Verimatrix (CP/DRM).
Huawei, while not a leader in any specific category, is credited as "gaining traction in Middle East/Africa" where "most of the changes taking place in leadership for the IPTV market are happening," an MRG news release said.
The report tracks more than 60 vendors and 900 IPTV service providers to examine trends within an IPTV space that is "continuing its rapid growth worldwide" with "some of the more exciting opportunities only just beginning in the Middle East/Africa and Latin American/Caribbean regions," said Jose Alvear, senior research analyst at MRG.
"While the growth in the number of new IPTV service providers has been slowing down because telcos around the world have already deployed IPTV services for a number of years, there are still plenty of new opportunities available to vendors in emerging markets," Alvear concluded.
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Advanced Micro Devices lost less than 1% market share to rival Intel Corp. in the second quarter of the year, according to Mercury Research. The decline was conditioned by higher than expected sales of microprocessors for Xbox console from Microsoft Corp., the research firm believes.
In the Q2 2005 Intel commanded 82.3% shipments of x86 processors, AMD supplied of 16.2% such chips, whereas the rest 1.5% of microprocessors were shipped by Transmeta Corp. and VIA Technologies. By contrast, in the first quarter of the year AMD’s market share was 16.9%, Intel’s share was 81.7%, according to Mercury Research.
The research firm believes that moderate drop in AMD’s market share is conditioned by higher sales of Intel’s processors for Microsoft Xbox, which manufacturing will be ceased shortly. Intel confirmed during the most-recent conference call that it had shipped its Celeron processors for Xbox in quantities higher than usually explaining its fallen gross-margins. However, Intel also noted growing sales of value mobile processors as well as “price pressure” on the Intel Xeon processors.
Share of Advanced Micro Devices in the x86 server processor market grew 51% in the Q2 2005, from 7.4% to 11.2%, according to Mercury’s figures released in late July. This is the first time AMD manages to surpass the 10% barrier in the server market, where the most expensive and lucrative processors are sold.
Earlier in July AMD reported record microprocessor sales and said that the increase in AMD Opteron shipments was conditioned by strong demand for dual-core microprocessors as well as overall acceptance of the AMD64 platform by enterprise customers. Strong dual-core AMD Opteron processor sales contributed to an 89% revenue increase in the company’s server products from the prior quarter.
While being down sequentially, AMD’s market share is up annually: in Q2 2004 AMD’s market share was 15.1%, whereas Intel commanded 82.9% of x86 central processing units (CPUs) shipments.


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PRIVATE equity firm Warburg Pincus has completed the acquisition of specialist clothing business Survitec for a sum in the region of £280m, as previewed in last Friday’s ECHO Business.
Belfast-based Survitec makes a range of survival products from inflatable tents for use in disaster areas, to clothing for the military, marine and aerospace markets produced at its Birkenhead business and registered office Shark Group, which employs about 160 staff.
Warburg Pincus has bought a majority stake in the firm from Montagu Private Equity.
Survitec’s management has retained a minority stake and will continue to lead the business. Steve Coates, Warburg Pincus managing director, said: “The management team at Survitec is highly regarded and experienced and we are delighted to be able to support the next stage of the company’s growth and development.”
Survitec bosses say it will be business as usual in the wake of the acquisition, including at the Birkenhead arm. Chief executive Doug Baxter said: “We are extremely pleased to partner with Warburg Pincus and look forward to Survitec’s continued expansion and success under their ownership.”
With the backing of its new shareholders Survitec will pursue its global expansion strategy and strengthen its position in the marine, defence and aerospace safety markets.
It also intends to extend its penetration in each of its market sectors through organic growth and add-on acquisitions.
The deal is expected to be completed later this month subject to regulatory review and customary conditions.
Last year Shark Group, in Beaufort Road, recruited 20 staff linked to expansion plans.