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Ark Invest CEO and co-founder Cathie Wood said that she is sticking with her prediction that bitcoin will hit $500,000 in the next 20 years. According to an interview with Bloomberg on May 10, Wood reaffirmed her belief that the cryptocurrency will hit the half-a-million-dollar mark in 2038. She said: “I don’t know if I would say [bitcoin’s rise past $5,000] is a bubble. I’d say this is a very rapid run-up and I’m just going to sit back and watch.” She added: “This is a capitulation phase. Once you’re past that, you start looking at the fundamentals
When asked about his opinion of the current cryptocurrency price trend, Ark Invest CEO and co-founder, Cathie Wood, has stated that the current bearish market is just a “capitulation phase” that signals a price bottom for Bitcoin (BTC) and the rest of the markets.
Ark Invest CEO and Co-Founder, Cathie Wood, recently reaffirmed her $500,000 price prediction for bitcoin by 2022. During an interview with CNBC, Wood claimed that bitcoin is currently in a “capitulation phase” that indicates that the bottom is near for the cryptocurrency market.. Read more about bitcoin price prediction 2025 and let us know what you think.Ark Investment Management (Ark Invest) CEO Katie Wood is still predicting a bitcoin price of $500,000. According to her, all indicators point to a capitulation phase, which is a good time to buy any asset.
Ark sees bitcoin reach $500K
Katie Wood, CEO of Ark Invest, shared her views on the current state of the bitcoin market and her prediction on how high the price of the cryptocurrency will rise in an interview with Bloomberg on Wednesday. Wood had previously predicted that the price of bitcoin would reach $500,000. With the current turmoil in the market and the sell-off of several cryptocurrencies, she was asked if she stands by her prediction. Referring to the work of his company’s cryptanalyst, Wood replied: We will. I want it, he said: Yes, our convictions are just as high. She continued: The only thing that has changed here is that the environmental issues with bitcoin in particular have made people like Elon Musk take a step back and say: Wow, let me make sure I understand. Tesla, Musk’s electric car company, recently announced that it will no longer accept Bitcoin payments due to environmental concerns. However, Musk confirmed that Tesla has not sold its bitcoins. When the price of bitcoin collapsed this week, Musk posted on Twitter an emoji with a diamond hand, suggesting that Tesla would not sell its bitcoins. Wood talked about how some people, like Musk, are concerned about the environment, explaining: We think this too will change, because first of all, the percentage of bitcoins mined from renewables and hydropower is already quite high. I think China has a renewable energy share of more than 50%. She also cited a paper written by Ark Invest in partnership with Square Inc. that claims bitcoin is the key to a future abundance of clean energy. Ark also argued this week that bitcoin mining can be positive for the environment. When asked how far the price of bitcoin could fall from its current level, Wood said: You never know how deep the market is when things get very emotional. She added that many traders see bitcoin falling below its 200-day moving average of $40,000. So when that happened, the traders left. Some people stop and run away. However, the CEO of Ark Invest said: I think we’re in the surrender stage. She said all indicators point to us being in a capitulation phase, which is a very good time to buy any asset. The transfer phase is the purchase. It’s for sale. Wood acknowledged that some traders might continue to sell their cryptocurrencies, but stressed: All of our indicators say that this is now a surrender. Do you agree with Katie Wood on bitcoin? Let us know your comments in the section below. Photo credit: Shutterstock, Pixabay, Wiki Commons Denial: This article is for information only. It is not a direct offer or invitation to buy or sell, nor is it a recommendation or endorsement of any goods, services or companies. Bitcoin.com does not provide investment, tax, legal, or accounting advice. Neither the company nor the author shall be liable, directly or indirectly, for any damage or loss caused or alleged to be caused by or in connection with the use of or reliance on any content, goods or services referred to in this article.Investors remain optimistic about the future of the world’s most popular cryptocurrency. Some think the price will eventually reach $1 million, while others project $5,000. And while the latter figure seems more realistic, there are a few who remain committed to the $500,000 number.. Read more about bitcoin price usd and let us know what you think.
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Speaking exclusively to “Computing” (http://macte.ch/yom19), Kaspersky Chief Technical Officer Nikolai Grebennikov said his firm had recently begun the process of analyzing the Mac OS platform at Apple’s request. However, that’s apparently not the case.
“Mac OS is really vulnerable, and Apple recently invited us to improve its security,” he said. “We’ve begun an analysis of its vulnerabilities, and the malware targeting it.”
Grebennikov told “Computing” that, in his personal view, Apple does not take security seriously enough.
“Our first investigations show Apple doesn’t pay enough attention to security,” he said. “For example, Oracle closed a vulnerability in Java, which was a target for a major botnet several months ago.”
However, “The Mac Observer” (http://www.macobserver.com) reported Monday afternoon that Kaspersky issued a statement saying that comments claiming that Apple had asked the firm for security help were taken out of context. “It would appear, however, that Kaspersky overstated the situation, and that Nikolay Grebennikov, the company’s Chief Technology Officer, misspoke, and that the clarification is really a correction,” the article says.

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Publicis Groupe is rolling out its mobile marketing agency Phonevalley in Asia and opening offices in Shanghai, Singapore and Mumbai.
The Asian offices will be managed by Devashish Sarkar, regional director, Asia/Pacific based in Singapore, who has worked in China, India, Indonesia and Singapore. Asia/Pacific is a "critical region for innovation in the mobile field," he said.
"Marketers are used to operating SMS campaigns and they now target the most influential parts of the population through search and display campaigns."
Asia has over 1.3 billion mobile subscribers, including 616 million in China alone. About 84.5 million Chinese, or 30% of the country's internet users, use their mobile phones to connect to the internet, according to China's Telecom Research Institute, part of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology.
In the first eight months of this year, 68.7 million new cell phones were registered in the mainland. China has 275 million internet users, about 85% of whom use broadband.
India, meanwhile, has generated 100 million new mobile subscribers over the last 12 months, for a of about 290 million.
In China, Phonevalley has already started working with Puma. The German sportswear brand created a mobile platform during the Shanghai Formula 1 Grand Prix this month to increase its brand awareness in China and promote its connection with the F1 race.
Puma is the official licensee of replica and fan merchandise as well as the supplier of apparel, footwear and accessories for the Formula 1 team Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro.
The campaign included a mobile internet site, in-game advertising, mobile coupons and banners, a search function and a store locator -- all centered around an "F Wan" slogan. (Wan means "play" in Mandarin).
Since Puma is a latecomer to China's sportswear market, which is dominated by two foreign brands, Nike and Adidas, and two strong local players, Li Ning and Anta, the mobile site was designed to introduce Chinese to the Puma brand and culture. Media planning was handled by Zenith Media, while McCann Erickson's Can Create division oversaw creative for the campaign.
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- Singing sewer team cover Jingle Bells to encourage customers to ‘Bin it – don’t block it’, not put turkey fat and wet wipes into drains
- Christmas-tradition song recorded in the capital’s historic Fleet sewer near Kings Cross
- Thames Water engineers were called out to tackle around 1,000 sewer blockages – which cost company £1m every month to clear – last Christmas
- Eight times every hour a Thames Water customer suffers a blockage caused by items being flushed away or put the down which shouldn’t be
Thames Water’s festive fatberg fighting campaign has a fresh hum about it this year. Its singing sewer team have reworked Jingle Bells to encourage customers across London and the Thames Valley to ‘Bin it – don’t block it’ instead of putting turkey fat and wet wipes into the drains.
The ‘hit’ single was recorded in the capital’s historic Fleet sewer near Kings Cross, and sends a serious message as well as wishing all 15 million of the company’s customers a happy Christmas.
Sewer manager Will Randall, who plays a starring role in the video, said: “Lots of people will be cooking a roast dinner over the holidays and the leftover fat can cause real problems if it goes down the sink and into our drains.
“No one wants sewage backing up through their loo or kitchen sink at any time of year, let alone at Christmas. It’s important everyone does their bit to avoid blockages. We want the air to be filled with the sound of jingle bells not the smell of sewage so as we say at the end of the video, please ‘Bin it – don’t block it!’”
To prevent a blocked sewer, Thames Water’s advice is to leave cooking fat to cool and then pour it into a container with a lid, like a jam jar or empty margarine tub, before putting into the bin. Alternatively, some councils will recycle fat and oil.
The company also insist wipes are a major issue as they don’t break down in sewers like toilet paper – as they’re made from plastic. Following recent campaigning by UK water companies and the Marine Conservation Society, many manufacturers and wipes retailers agreed to review how products currently marketed as “flushable” are labelled.
Will added: “Often people just don’t realise the consequences of putting things other than human waste and toilet paper down their toilets and drains. The sewers are not an abyss for household rubbish.
“Cleaning pots and pans with washing up liquid does not break down fat, oil and grease for good. When it hits the cold sewers, it clings to wet wipes and hardens into these gruesome fatbergs which cause blockages in the pipes.”
Last year Thames Water’s waste engineers were called out around 600 times on Christmas Day and Boxing Day and responded to more than 1,000 call-outs the following week. This year up to 400 crews will be on standby during the festive period ready to clear blockages from the firm’s 68,000 miles of sewers.
The ‘Jingle Smells’ video sees some of Thames Water’s sewermen team up with colleagues from other parts of the business including finance and drinking water networks. The video is available to watch on YouTube here, Twitter and Facebook by searching for Thames Water, and explains that [to the tune of Jingle Bells] “putting your fat down the drain, can ruin Christmas day”.
Previous singing sewermen videos from Thames Water have included ‘Sewermen Style’, a take on the novelty tune Gangnam Style in 2012, and ‘The Twelve Blockages of Christmas’ in 2014.


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Bharat NCAP, India’s new car safety assessment program, Bharat NCAP is a voluntary initiative launched by the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways, Government of India. It aims to provide consumers with an objective and independent evaluation of the crash safety performance of passenger cars sold in India. Bharat NCAP is based on the Global NCAP, which has played a key role in spreading awareness about car safety in India.
Bharat NCAP will start its crash tests on December 15, 2021. More than 30 cars from brands like Tata, Hyundai and Maruti Suzuki are already lined up to be crash-tested by the organization. The cars will be assessed based on three primary protocols: adult occupant protection (AOP), child occupant protection (COP) and safety assist technologies (SAT). The cars will be rated from zero to five stars, based on their performance in the crash tests.
Some of the cars that will be tested in the first phase include Tata Harrier and Safari facelifts, which have already received 5-star rating in Global NCAP crash tests. Hyundai has submitted three models, including the Tucson SUV, which will be among the first vehicles to undergo testing. Maruti Suzuki and Mahindra have also applied with three and four models respectively.
Bharat NCAP is not to be confused with India’s mandatory crash test norms that focus exclusively on a car’s structural safety. Bharat NCAP is an additional measure to help consumers make informed choices and encourage carmakers to improve their safety standards. With an increasing number of users choosing cars with high safety ratings, Bharat NCAP will act as a catalyst to transform the car safety scenario in India.
If you are interested in knowing more about Bharat NCAP and its crash test results, you can visit their official website or follow them on social media. You can also share your thoughts and opinions about car safety in India in the comments section below. Stay tuned for more updates on Bharat NCAP and other car-related topics. Thank you for reading!


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Wowza Media Systems, provider of Simply Powerful Streaming software, announced it has expanded its cloud deployment offerings to include Microsoft Azure Certified machine images, enabling customers of both companies to easily scale their streaming solutions. By being Microsoft Azure Certified, Wowza is now able to provide multiple pre-tested options for deploying Wowza Streaming Engine server software on Microsoft Azure.
“By achieving Microsoft Azure Certified status, Wowza is pre-tested and certified to work with Azure giving joint customers the confidence to deploy powerful streaming solutions,” said Vibhor Kapoor, Director of Product Marketing, Microsoft Azure. “With Wowza as an Azure Certified partner, customers can leverage the same enterprise-grade platform that powers Skype, Office 365, Bing and Xbox. Azure offers a 99.95% availability SLA, 24x7 tech support and round-the-clock service health monitoring to allow customers to leverage Wowza functionality to stream live or on-demand through the Microsoft cloud.”
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Steve Sisolak on Drugs
Marijuana industry to be critical part of economy
One of those sectors is the rapidly growing marijuana industry. That's why I'm announcing that I will sign an Executive Order creating Nevada's first-ever Cannabis Compliance Board, which will ensure this critical
part of our state's future economy is positioned to become a gold standard for the nation. We will manage and grow this new industry strictly and fairly and in a way the State can be proud of.
Source: 2019 State of the State address to the Nevada legislature
, Jan 16, 2019
Fight federal intrusion into state marijuana industry
Q: Should marijuana be decriminalized at federal level?
Adam Laxalt (R): "An issue for our federal representatives to address." The only Attorney General in a state with legalization not to ask feds to ease related banking prohibitions.
Steve Sisolak (D): Would fight federal intrusion into state marijuana industry. Also, erase misdemeanor marijuana convictions and enforce current state rules to make NV "the gold standard in the cannabis industry."
Source: 2018 CampusElect.org Issue Guide on Nevada Governor race
, Oct 9, 2018
Nevada should set gold standard for legal pot
A weed control board could oversee regulations and the fines and fees associated with breaking them within the county. Sisolak agreed with the idea of a board to help with disciplinary issues. Has dissatisfaction with what he sees as "slaps on
the wrist" for businesses skirting the law or trying to push the boundaries of what is permissible in terms of events and promotion. "We are the gold standard for gaming, and I want to be the gold standard in the cannabis industry," he said.
Source: Las Vegas Sun on 2018 Nevada Gubernatorial race
, Jul 19, 2017
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Go Daddy, the Web’s top platform for small businesses, has acquired M.dot Inc., the leading mobile app for small business website creation and management. The addition of M.dot to Go Daddy’s extensive product offerings gives Go Daddy’s 11 million customers an easy way to create and manage compelling mobile websites right from their smartphones.
“We’re pleased to welcome M.dot to our growing Go Daddy family,” said Go Daddy CEO Blake Irving, who made the formal announcement at today’s ribbon-cutting ceremony for the new Go Daddy office located in Sunnyvale, Calif.
“M.dot’s global vision of a mobile future for small businesses fits beautifully with what our customers need right now,” Irving said. “Go Daddy wants to help businesses connect with their customers wherever they are in the world, and that means providing killer mobile technology. It also means helping our customers manage their business from anywhere, anytime with the simplicity of their smartphone or tablet. With M.dot, small businesses can compete on a big-time level without spending big-time money. We’re completely stoked to have M.dot on board.”
Over the last three years, mobile Internet traffic has grown more than 10 times from one percent to 13 percent of total Web usage1. In that same time period, smartphone and tablet shipments surpassed PCs. Go Daddy customers are using their smartphones to manage their online presence more and more every day as a means to find and acquire customers. The M.dot acquisition provides Go Daddy’s customers with an innovative platform to capitalize on these trends.
M.dot was founded by Dominik Balogh and Pavel Serbajlo in June 2012. They have the backing of leading Silicon Valley investors including Floodgate, SV Angel and Archimedes Labs, and have been featured by Apple in the iTunes App Store on multiple occasions. The company will operate from Go Daddy’s Silicon Valley office, which is a major new center of engineering and product design for the company. Over the next year, Go Daddy plans to double its current Sunnyvale-based staff, from 40 to 80.
“We’ve been impressed with Dominik and Pavel throughout this process,” said Go Daddy President of Products and Technology Jason Rosenthal. “These guys understand, like no others we’ve seen, how mobile is top-of-mind for small businesses right now. They’ve solved some very important usability and technology problems around mobile site creation and management, which make them unique. Dominik and Pavel embody the kind of creativity and entrepreneurial drive we value at Go Daddy and most importantly, they’ve built the foundation for an extraordinary product our customers will love.”
M.dot co-founder Dominik Balogh pointed out the shared values of the two companies. “Go Daddy is exactly the kind of technology company we wanted to join because they cater to and understand the small business customer,” Balogh said. “We’ve always believed small business is essential for a healthy economy, and Go Daddy has extensive experience as the industry’s leading platform for small enterprises. Joining Go Daddy means our mobile software will now be accessible through much larger distribution channels and will help even more small businesses achieve greater success. It also gives us the benefit of integrating with Go Daddy’s immense customer support foundation, which I believe is a significant competitive advantage in this segment.”
“Go Daddy was built from scratch and is now a multi-billion dollar company – their industry expertise and achievements are inspiring,” said M.dot co-founder Pavel Serbajlo. “We're looking forward to taking mobile software for small businesses to the next level with Go Daddy. We share the same vision for mobile. We’re passionate about small businesses, start-ups and entrepreneurs … we all want to build software products that enable our customers to succeed online.”
The M.dot app offers mobile website creation based on pre-loaded templates with easy-to-use custom features, such as store location, driving directions, tap-to-call, galleries, business hours and price lists, all in a user-interface designed for mobile device screens. It also includes a blog feature, which allows users to write and insert photos and video with rich text capabilities. It integrates with Facebook, Twitter, Flickr, YouTube and Dropbox.
M.dot is available in the iTunes App Store at: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/m.dot/id565017826?ls=1&mt=8
Financial terms of the M.dot acquisition have not been disclosed.
In late 2011, Go Daddy received an investment from KKR, Silver Lake and Technology Crossover Ventures designed to build upon Go Daddy’s commitment to providing high quality products and services to its customers.
Since then, the company has also embarked on international growth, including expansion into India. Go Daddy also has facilities in Arizona, California, Colorado, Iowa, Toronto, Amsterdam and Singapore.
To apply to join the Go Daddy team, please visit www.GoDaddy.com/Jobs.
Read why our customers recommend Go Daddy.
About Go Daddy
Go Daddy is the world's largest domain name provider, Web hosting provider and new SSL certificate provider, focused on helping small businesses grow larger. Go Daddy provides dozens of cloud-based services and is the largest worldwide mass-market hosting provider by annual revenue, according to 451 Research (Mass-Market Hosting Report-Fall 2012), and is the #1 provider of net-new SSL certificates for 2012, according to the Netcraft, LTD Secure Server Survey. To learn more about the company, visit www.GoDaddy.com/PR.
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Record-breaking new spec construction, rising rents and continued pressure on building material pricing and availability headlined the Design, Construction & Leasing panel discussion at the 19th Annual Supply Chain, Distribution & Logistics Summit sponsored last month by REjournals/Chicago Industrial Properties in Oak Brook, Illinois.
Panel experts reveled at reports of sustained tenant demand for space, predicted (without concern) that vacancy rates may rise a point or two next year, and expressed frustration over difficulty in procuring concrete, steel and power switchgear. The panel shared insight on new decarbonization mandates, the rise in “tenant amenities” within industrial parks (jogging paths and EV charging stations) and greater demand for office space, dock positions and trailer parking.
The good news for tenants is that they will have more options next year for new space in many submarkets than they had this year,” said MK Asset Managing Director John Coleman, who moderated the panel. “Because our market is the nexus for product movement coast to coast, we are well-positioned here even if the economy is wobbly.”
According to statistics provided by JLL Research, more than 30 million square feet of new construction warehouse and distribution space will be delivered this year. JLL reports that in 2023, nearly 40 million square feet of spec space is expected to come on line—a record for the Chicago market.
“Market velocity right now is high, and we expect it to continue well into next year,” said JLL Managing Director Keith Stauber. “That means we’ll need a significant volume of leasing to keep up with supply. The market absorbed more than thirty-five million square feet in 2021, and we think it can do it again.”
Even if leasing next year falls a bit short, the market can carry more vacancy and still be considered healthy, said Josh Hearne, Principal with Cawley Chicago. “We’ve been on a very good run the past several years with vacancy rates in the four to six percent range, which at the time was considered historically low,” Hearne said. “Vacancy now is right around three percent, so even if it increased a percent or two next year, we will still be in an enviable place.”
One threat to the market is rapidly rising material costs and availability, explained Peak Construction Vice President David Michael. “Cement is a tough commodity to come by right now,” he said. “We weathered a labor strike in the spring, but with the high volume of new construction going on right now, plus the amount of road work underway, fabricators are on short allocations. If you’re not already in the queue, it could be more than a year before you see concrete delivered to your site.”
Similarly, there is a backlog of orders for power transformers and switchgear, said Bill Hasse, President of Hasse Construction. “Certain parts made overseas for some of our most basic power components are just not available, and that’s holding everything up,” he said. “On the positive side, pricing on roofing material and some steel items have stabilized or dropped a bit recently.” One exclusion is dock packages. “Put them in now, because the lead time is only getting longer.”
With energy prices high, a push for renewable sources has reached the industrial building sector. As part of its push for “decarbonization,” Chicago now requires all new construction warehouses to be built with reinforced steel and roofs that can hold the weight of solar panels, said Paul Heitman, Director of Heitman Architects, Inc. “Though not yet a requirement, the trend will continue into the suburbs because that’s the direction our industry is heading.”
Heitman also said that employee amenities once reserved for office tenants are finding their way into industrial developments. Walking paths, outdoor public spaces and EV charging stations are a material part of master-planned developments. Panelists referenced a new business park in Glenview being developed by Dermody Properties that includes such design elements.
“Industrial tenants want these amenities because they are competing for employees just like office tenants,” Cawley’s Josh Hearne added. Collaborative work spaces with higher-end furniture inside the building are also part of the new amenities package for industrial. “We’re seeing tenants build a little more office space to accommodate these new amenities,” Stauber added.
Hearne and Stauber both predicted that tenants will require more dock positions and more trailer parking next year. “The standard now is one dock for every ten thousand square feet of warehouse,” Hearne said. “That could grow to seven and a half or eight in the next few years.”
“Manufacturing operations that previously took place oversees are moving back or closer to the U.S.,” he said, “where users can take advantage of efficiencies afforded by newly built Class-A facilities that allow goods to be produced closer to end users, reducing transit costs while lowering the risk of furutre supply chain disruption.”
Accordingly, CRG’s focus is on infill sites and one-million-square-foot “big-box” logistics centers, like its branded facilities collectively known as The Cubes, located about 20 miles SW of Chicago. The project is especially attractive to users who are looking for modern logistics facilities to keep pace with the boom of e-commerce and today’s supply chain needs, and McKee said developments of this kind will remain viable and in high demand for the forseeable future.
CRG currently has 17 active projects of this kind, which are anticipated to deliver over 12 million square feet of Class-A space.


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Zain KSA has signed an agreement with its global partner Huawei to expand and develop its cloud and digital services infrastructure. The announcement was made on the sidelines of the global future technologies event LEAP 2022. Zain KSA participated in line with its strategy to support the efforts and initiatives of the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology (MCIT), overseeing and organizing the landmark event.
Being a key player in the Saudi telecom market, the cooperation with Huawei comes as part of Zain KSA’s efforts to strengthen its leadership as one of the largest 5G providers in the Kingdom and invest in industry digitization.
In this regard, Zain KSA’s CTO Eng. Abdulrahman bin Hamad AlMufadda, stated: “Our journey in driving forward digital transformation in the Kingdom has been enabled by pairing investments in innovative technology with pioneering digital products and services. Today, Zain KSA plays a pivotal role in empowering a digital society and in pursuing the transition towards a digital economy, supporting the strategy of MCIT towards accelerating nationwide digital transformation. We will continue to focus on digital infrastructure investments, backed by our partnerships with global tech leaders, including Huawei, to achieve our objectives in promoting economic growth and sustainable development, in line with Saudi Vision 2030.”


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Growing Internet usage will boost global Internet advertising revenue to $81.1bn (£41.9bn) by 2011, according to new research from Piper Jaffray & Co.
The figure is more optimistic than a report by PricewaterhouseCoopers last year, which predicted that internet ad revenue would reach $51.6bn in 2010, based on an annual growth rate of 18.1%. Piper Jaffray's report predicts growth of 21%.
Other aspects of the report include:
• The user revolution
Piper Jaffray believes that the advertising world is going through a revolution. As passive consumers become more informed about purchase decisions, and take control of the consumption of content, this will cause a significant rise in the prominence of the internet as a ‘major content consumption and marketing medium’.
With the popularity of social media sites, the internet has become a principal medium for community, communication, and entertainment, hence the term. Piper Jaffray predicts that this will partially replace other forms of media, from magazines to television.
• The internet is mainstream
The internet is now a mainstream media outlet and rivals traditional media for reach and advertising revenue. By 2011, the report predicts that the internet will be second only to television.
• Search will dominate
Searching is the second most popular activity on the web, behind email. The report identifies five key trends in search:
1. Search engines are replacing portals
2. Search is becoming a branding tool
3. Google’s dominance is increasing;
4. Local search remains a looming opportunity
5. New search technologies are likely to expand the field.
• Ad networks
Due to internet fragmentation, online ad networks are experiencing increased demand. The report predicts that affiliate marketing will remain a vital marketing channel for advertisers due to its high ROI proposition.
For the global ad figure of $81.1bn, the report bases its predictions on growth of internet use worldwide, and that the adoption of online advertising is occurring at a faster rate worldwide than in the US.
In the UK, for instance, the internet accounts for around 10% of total ad expenditure, and this is expected to reach 20% in the next three years.
Piper Jaffray says the explosion of niche content online will also drive online spending by smaller advertisers on ad networks.
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PT Hero Supermarket Tbk (HERO) has closed 26 stores and cut off employment of 532 employees. This step is done because the company is doing efficiency. Losses in the food business also affect the performance of this retail store.
Corporate Affairs of the GM Hero Supermarket, Tony Mampuk explained that in the consolidation in the third quarter of 2018 there was a net profit.
“However, in the third quarter of 2018, it was also stated that the food business sales fell 6 percent and resulted in operating losses of Rp 163 billion,” Tony said in his statement on Sunday (1/13/2019).
He said that this loss was worse than the same period the previous year of Rp. 79 billion. Tony explained that as many as 532 employees who were laid off were employees of food business.
Based on the financial statement issued by the company in the third quarter of 2018, HERO’s profit was recorded at Rp. 86.18 billion, an increase compared to the same period before Rp. 70.4 billion. (kil / fdl)


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Verizon has decided to allow its customers to completely opt-out of its controversial 'supercookie' tracking program, which monitored customers' habits on their smartphones and tablets. Like, for real this time.
When Wired published a story revealing Verizon's tracking methods, people (like me) understandably complained that it was an affront to privacy, especially since the supercookies allowed third-parties like mobile ad company Turn to shadow Verizon customers' mobile habits. Using a "unique tracking identifier" that attached code to web traffic, the supercookie provided an efficient way to follow Verizon customers around online. AT&T had a similar program but shut it down after complaints; Verizon ignored the outcry and only offered a half-assed and mostly useless partial opt-out that still allowed tracking.
Well, now it's finally providing a complete opt-out, finally allowing people to disable the supercookie fully. But Verizon doesn't deserve a crumb of congratulations for dismantling the tracking device.
When people initially complained, a Verizon spokesperson told Wired that Verizon was unable to turn the tracking off completely. Sounds like Verizon came up with a some newfangled removal process to defang its rogue technology in a remarkably short period of time.
It's good for users that Verizon is listening to consumer advocacy groups, but this should've been opt-in from the beginning. Verizon's reluctant back-pedal still barely meets a minimum of privacy standards. [New York Times]


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However, some analysts believe that the stock could reach $300 per share within the next few years. However, we believe that NVIDIA is still a good long-term investment. The company remains the leader in GPU sales, and its products are used in several exciting growth markets such as artificial intelligence and autonomous vehicles. While there are risks to investing in NVIDIA, we believe the potential rewards outweigh them.
Analysts were looking for $1.23 per share in earnings on revenue of $7.42 billion, but outstanding growth in three of its biggest businesses helped it beat expectations. The picture looks gloomy for Nvidia and other such high-growth tech stocks. For Nvidia, the requirement of a license for sale in China and Russia acted as the last nail in the coffin. The theory of Nvidia being overvalued got the support of dismal quarter results and guidance. All these negative factors led to a decline of about 60% in Nvidia shares in 2022. Nvidia is one of the prominent growth stocks trading at high valuation metrics, and that somewhat explains the sell-off in Nvidia in 2022.
- If the global economy does enter a period of slower growth, this could have a negative impact on NVIDIA’s business and stock price.
- The 4-1 split was announced on Tuesday, July 20th 2021.
- However, management expects COVID-19 pandemic to negatively impact near-term revenues.
- Price at the end 501, change for January 4.38%.
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- NVIDIA stock price predictions for October 2024.
- However, NVIDIA is facing increasing competition from AMD, and its stock price may be due for a correction soon.
- It has good cash flow, solid fundamentals, and has the support of 23 out of 26 institutional firms as a “Strong Buy”.
- Top institutional investors include IMC Chicago LLC (0.00%), Schwab Charitable Fund (0.15%), Ninety One UK Ltd (0.07%), DnB Asset Management AS (0.06%), SG Americas Securities LLC (0.00%) and WCM Investment Management LLC (0.03%).
It released its last major update, CUDA 12.0, in December of 2022, which includes extensive support for its latest chips. Nvidia’s fundamentals and stock outperformance are directly related to its dominance in AI chips and corporate demand for AI chips. Market consensus expects NVIDIA Corporation to grow its annual EPS by a high-teens percentage level for the next two years, which is satisfactory. But this does not justify the stock’s forward P/E and EV/EBITDA multiples that are above 50 times. Going into 2022, a valuation de-rating is probable assuming NVDA misses consensus earnings forecasts, especially if the gaming segment’s growth slows further. In contrast, the recent quarterly performance of the company’s gaming segment was much more modest, as revenue for NVDA’s gaming segment only increased by +5% QoQ to $3,221 million in Q3 FY 2022.
The gaming and data center businesses will power Nvidia higher
A review of TipRanks’ compilation of the ratings of 26 analysts shows a consensus that the stock has the potential to hit $353.26 – $400.00 in the next year. Twenty-three 4 stages of building high-performing team analysts have Nvidia as a Strong Buy because of the bullish Nvidia stock forecasts. In addition, the company’s hardware is nothing to sneeze at, either.
Looking forward, analysts expect NVIDIA’s growth to continue as it benefits from strong demand for its GPUs in new markets like artificial intelligence and autonomous vehicles. Are you looking for an NVIDIA stock forecast? Let’s explore the analyst consensus on NVIDIA Corporation (NVDA).
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It was also lower than its revenue guidance of $8.10bn for the quarter. The US Government granted the permit for export and reexport for the company’s development of H100 integrated circuit on 1 September, but the news did little to lift the stock up. NVDA stock price closed 7.67% lower at $139.37 on 1 September following the announcement. But the tech stock started to give up its gains entering 2022. At the time of writing on 2 September, NVDA stock price has fallen 59.7% from the all-time high of $346.47 achieved intraday in November 2021.
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With the NVDA price on the downtrend, the overall momentum surrounding the asset is negative. NVIDIA updated its third quarter 2024 earnings guidance on Wednesday, August, 23rd. The company provided EPS guidance of for the period. The company issued revenue guidance of $15.68 billion-$16.32 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $12.61 billion. Founders Jensen Huang and Chris Malachowsky are still in leadership positions. Mr. Huang has served as the company’s CEO, president, and board member since the company’s founding.
In October 2022, the stock of one of the major chip manufacturers bottomed out at $108 and had a bullish reversal. The company has a solid balance sheet, with $16.02 billion in cash and short-term investments and $9.70 billion in long-term debt. Nvidia has a high capacity to stay afloat during tough times. Last but not least, doji candlestick pattern the company’s free cash flow (“FCF”) has jumped significantly since this time last year. The chart below shows that quarterly FCF jumped from around $0 last year to $6.06 billion in the June quarter this year. Nvidia’s closing price on October 9, 2023, almost one year later, was $452.73, up 319% from its 2022 low.
There is no indication that NVIDIA will split its stock in 2022. The company has not announced any plans to do so, and its stock price has been relatively stable over the past year. It has good cash flow, solid fundamentals, and has the support of 23 out of 26 institutional firms as a “Strong Buy”. Whether or not it is an excellent stock to buy at the current price is another matter entirely.
The next big break came in 1996 with the launch of Microsoft DirectX Drivers which changed how Windows interfaced with games. The next year, in 1997, the company will release the world’s first 128-bit 3-D processor. It quickly gains acceptance gaming OEMs and more than 1 million units are shipped the first four months. Later, in 199, the company will invet the GPU and change the world of computing forever. The GPU will not only enhance the graphics capabilities of the PC but lead to accelerated-computing and AI as well. Despite those solid numbers, shares have dropped by roughly 20% year-to-date, with most of those declines taking place from mid-July to today.
NVIDIA went public in 1999, raising $328 million. The stock price has since risen sharply, making NVIDIA one of the largest tech companies by market capitalization. Das went on to say, “It’s not about the chips, it’s about the whole [technology] stack.” Nvidia puts just as much time into software as its hardware and builds xm forex broker review to the needs of its primary customer, the developer. Today, Nvidia has a strong developer community of at least four million, providing a networking effect moat for CUDA and its GPU hardware that is difficult to breach. The company doesn’t just rest on its laurels either. It constantly updates CUDA with new features.
The GPUs are also used in the entertainment industry, in media, manufacturing design, engineering, and construction. Some investors approach investing in NVIDIA today with caution because it is far from an unknown hidden gem. If NVIDIA does as bulls on the stock expect, it could outperform the chip industry for quite some time.
The overall outlook surrounding the asset is now bearish. Investors can accumulate shares in anticipation of the rally and collect dividend payments while they wait. A recent pullback makes shares more enticing.


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Royal Caribbean International marked the official start of construction by cutting the first piece of steel for its new Quantum Ultra ship, ‘Odyssey of the Seas’, on 1st of February at Werft shipyard in Papenburg, Germany. The ship is expected to sail fall 2020 from the US.
Shipyard De Hoop published a video depicting the launch of Celebrity Cruises’ new expedition cruise vessel ‘Celebrity Flora’. The ship was launched in Lobith-Tolkamer, the Netherlands and is set to make its first sailing on May 26, 2019. ‘Celebrity Flora’ will go to Rotterdam in a few weeks, in order to undergo the final works, which include the construction on the upper deck.
Royal Caribbean Cruises has reportedly banned for life a 27-year-old man and his friends from travelling on its cruise ships, after he was shown jumping overboard from the 9th deck of ‘Symphony of the Seas’, the world’s largest cruise ship to date.
The video, published by Muster Station, depicts the world’s five largest cruise ships to operate in 2019. Royal Caribbean’s ‘Symphony of the Seas’ is currently claiming the title of the world’s largest cruise ship, with a capacity of 6, 780 passengers and long as 3,9 Statues of Liberty.
In early December, Celebrity Cruises held a naming ceremony for its newest ship ‘Celebrity Edge’. Celebrity Edge is the company’s first new ship in six years and first new ship series in more than a decade. The ship is known for promoting women in multiple roles onboard, as well as for the way the company’s CEO, Lisa Lutoff-Perlo, is working to boost women leadership in shipping industry.
The world’s largest cruise ship, Symphony of the Seas, was officially named at the new Terminal A in Miami, on November 15. Symphony of the Seas will sail in the Caribbean, while it will also visit the Bahamas. The ship measures 362 m in length and she will be able to accommodate 5,518 passengers
The video depicts Royal Caribbean’s Symphony of the Seas cruise ship arriving at Terminal A in Miami. Symphony of the Seas is the 25th vessel belonging in Royal Caribbean’s fleet. The ship’s naming ceremony will be held on 15th of November 2018 during a celebration hosted by the vessel’s first ever Godfamily.
Celebrity Edge, the first ship to be completely designed in 3D has already started its Translantic voyage this month. The vessel marks a turning point on ship design, as from the first sketches, every step was done in 3D. Celebrity Cruise officially took delivery of Celebrity Edge from the Chantiers de l’Atlantique shipyard in Saint-Nazaire, France in November 2018.
Royal Caribbean published a video, depicting ‘Spectrum of the Seas’ having its azipods installed at the Meyer Werft shipyard in Papenburg, Germany. Each Azipod is 200 tons and takes 1.5 days to install. The azipods can provide ‘Spectrum of the Seas’ with 41 megawatts of propulsion power.
World’s first LNG cruise ship, AIDAnova, has been successfully transferred to Eemshaven, Netherlands. The 180,000 tonne ship was transferred along the river Ems.
On October 8, AIDA Cruises’ newest ship AIDAnova departed the Meyer shipyard in Papenburg, Germany. In Eemshaven, AIDnova will undergo the final sea trials.
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New Ad Spotlights Famous Buffalo Bills’ Mafia & Renowned Game Day Rituals
Members of the famous Buffalo Bills' Mafia and their renowned game day traditions are featured in a new commercial.
For the Buffalo Bills’ most loyal fans, supporting their team is more than a hobby, it’s a way of life.
Pepsi teamed up with some of Bills Mafia's tried and true fans for a new ad, (that you can watch above) shinging a spotlight on the ones who haven’t missed a home game, who prep for gameday days in advance, and have their own rituals and superstitions to support their team, win or lose.
There's Brother Bill, the game day alter ego of a local barber who rallies Bills Mafia with his pregame ritual spreading cheer by dropping off cases of Pepsi around town for his fellow fans.
Ken “Pinto Ron” Johnson
Ken “Pinto Ron” Johnson is a software engineer better known for cooking food on the roof of his car and getting doused in condiments on game day.
"The Chefs”, aka Derrick ‘Norm’ Norman and Richard ‘Poo’ Peterson
Dereck and Richard are an iconic duo known to tailgaters for serving up more than 200 pounds of barbeque food at home tailgate parties.
Leslie “The Godparent” Wille
Leslie is the co-founder of the Bills Mafia fanbase and treasurer of the Bills Mafia Babes, banding fans together for charitable causes.
“Pepsi is no stranger to highlighting the game’s most unapologetic football fans, of which Bills Mafia has some of most recognizable,” said Fred Ghamyan, Sr. Manager of Marketing, PepsiCo Beverages North America, North Division. “That’s why we wanted to put Buffalo fans front and center for this campaign and spotlight their energy, passion, and love for the game while providing access to free Pepsi Zero Sugar to celebrate.”
To celebrate the 716 Buffalo area code and bring Brother Bill's ritual to life, Pepsi will give away 7,160 free “Good Luck Pepsi” Zero Sugars to help spread the game-day luck.
Text “BILLS” to 81234 for a free “Good Luck Pepsi” Zero Sugar before they run out.
This isn’t the first time Pepsi has shown up for the Bills’ biggest fans. Last year, a friendly football rivalry between neighbors landed both in a commercial.
Michael Mansfield painted his entire house because his neighbor, Eric Jensen was flying the wrong flag in Bills Country - a New York Jets flag.


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Recently, Forbes reported that British Airways was slapped with a £183M fine for a data breach, and the hotel chain, Marriott, got stung for £99M after failing to protect the personal data of 339 million guests.
The aforementioned CCPA (California Consumer Privacy Act) in trend #26 above will be the most restrictive state privacy law passed in the U.S. when it comes into effect in 2020. Despite opposition from big players in Silicon Valley like Facebook, the world’s fifth-largest economy is pushing forward with its new consumer privacy act.
It’s clear that the people (but not the companies) of the world are getting serious about privacy, and marketers – who rely on those people – have no choice but to play by the new rules or miss out. One of the new rules is that marketers and brands will have to “‘earn’ the contact information of their targets” rather than engage in mass marketing. As Forbes points out:
“In the United States, marketers have become so lax in their targeting practices that every one of us has to take several minutes a day to delete from our inbox – both professional and personal – the dozens of emails that are not relevant and clearly not welcome.”
People want to know they can trust brands, and that their personal data is safe. Instead of being complacent, digital marketing teams should get strategic to reinforce their commitment to privacy so they can earn the trust of potential customers.
Some of the ways brands can earn consumers’ trust is by:
- Researching and understanding our audience(s)
- Developing a relevant message to get an audience to engage
- Finding the right channel to engage with that specific audience
- Developing an “intimate” relationship through thoughtful engagement


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Bourbon is a booming business. The Kentucky Bourbon Trail has seen a bump in tourists.
FOX's Garrett Tenney reports from Louisville, KY
Demand for bourbon is at an all-time high. And the thirst for bourbon is spilling over into tourism. The Kentucky Bourbon Trail saw more than half a million visitors last year alone. That's meant a boom for local businesses as well. Restaurants, hotels and tour companies are busier than they've ever been and many are now expanding to meet the increased demand.
In Louisville, Kentucky, Garrett Tenney, FOX News Radio.
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Dan DiDio is out at DC Comics. He served as Co-Publisher of the company since 2010 alongside Jim Lee. Before this he was VP Executive Editor for six years and before that, VP Editorial. Lee is expected to take the lead as Publisher.
DiDio was one of the main contributors to the relaunch of DC Comics in 2011 with The New 52. Sales were initially great until both sales and fan buzz dissipated. This led to the company relaunching again in 2016 with Rebirth. His departure comes shortly before yet another relaunch 5G which was teased at New York Comic Con.
As a writer at DC, DiDio wrote books include The Phantom Stranger, Sideways, and Metal Men.
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Experimenting with video, producing local content and shoring up holes in mobile presence were hot digital initiatives for brokerages in 2012, and some firms who took those steps last year are looking to refine them in 2013.
Decision makers at three large brokerages — The Corcoran Group in New York City, Alain Pinel Realtors in the San Francisco Bay Area, and Nothnagle Realtors in Rochester, N.Y. — agreed to share with Inman News readers what they’re focused on in 2013.
A smaller brokerage — Do Good Real Estate in Wilmington, N.C. — also provided insight into how much can be accomplished even with more limited resources.
"2012 at Corcoran was all about expanding and strengthening our digital ecosystem," said Matthew Shadbolt, director of interactive product and marketing at Corcoran. The new year, he said, will be about smoothing out the user experience between all of the firm’s established digital products — social media, video, apps, website — and creating a more personal, local, adaptive service.
Alain Pinel has a similar goal for 2013 — a focus on customer experience, said Alain Pinel executive vice president Rainy Hake.
By expanding its video offerings, improving its mobile presence and adapting its agent training protocol in the new year, Nothnagle Realtors hopes to stay at the cutting-edge of technology and marketing techniques, said Armand D’Alfonso, president and CEO of Nothnagle Realtors.
Producing exciting agent videos, developing quality local information and taking the leap to a cloud-based transaction management system are key goals in 2013 at Do Good Real Estate, said Ryan Crecelius, the firm’s founder and owner.
Building a local, responsive brand
"Midtown Manhattan is a very different place in the morning than in the evening," said Matthew Shadbolt, director of interactive product and marketing at Corcoran.
Shadbolt said Corcoran — a 2,200-agent brokerage based in New York City, with additional operations in the Hamptons and South Florida — wants to adapt its customer service and its social media-sourced info to the nuances of a neighborhood like Midtown Manhattan in 2013.
After launching a new website with a location-focused, agent-forward platform and character, the Realogy Holdings Corp.-owned firm is looking to go a step further this year.
"Contextual, location-aware information, delivered in a timely and relevant way, is something we’d love do a better job of," Shadbolt said.
After doubling its digital presence in 2012 with big investments into its website, mobile apps, video production, social media and advertising — and its first-ever TV ad, this year Corcoran is "going to focus on the spaces between all of these products and how customers can move seamlessly among all of these experiences," Shadbolt said.
Technology should help people use their time more efficiently. By applying the notion of the "quantified self" — which typically involves tracking aspects of an individual’s daily life and activities — Corcoran hopes to help employees identify activities that generate the best return for the time spent on them, he said.
As Corcoran’s digital footprint increases, Shadbolt said he’s encouraging Corcoran to shift its perspective of its online community. "It’s important for us to stop calling or thinking about Corcoran’s digital audience ‘consumers, followers, fans or viewers,’ " he said. "If you’re serious about building business online, these people are your customers."
Video for all listings
Having updated its website in 2012, San Francisco Bay Area luxury real estate firm Alain Pinel Realtors — ranked by Real Trends as the fifth-largest brokerage in the U.S. with 2011 deals totaling $7.51 billion — is also looking to refine its digital presence.
This year, Alain Pinel plans to improve customer experience by simplifying the firm’s presence across mobile platforms. The firm will also sharpen the visual features on its website by requiring high-definition photo and video for all listings, and creating dozens of professionally-shot, neighborhood-focused videos, said Alain Pinel executive vice president Rainy Hake.
"Visual marketing is one of the best ways to communicate the attributes of a home and create an emotional connection with possible homebuyers," Hake said of the impetus behind the firm’s decision to roll out its high-definition image platform this year.
Alain Pinel has mobile apps – like a comparative market analysis tool for iPad — for all major devices, Hake said. But the firm is focusing this year on coordinating them into "one responsive interactive unit," to simplify the firm’s multi-platform presence.
Along with an enhanced visual presence, Alain Pinel will be launching several online magazines with interactive video and content like market statistics and lifestyle information, laced with hyper-local community content. The online magazines, like the local videos, are an effort by the firm to produce more local content.
"We are looking to make our online content more robust and interactive," Hake said.
After experimenting with augmented reality for a couple of years, 2013 could be the year Alain Pinel begins to incorporate the technology into some of its print materials, allowing users to turn a printed page into an interactive document with their smartphone camera and screen, Hake said.
Hake noted that the firm dropped quick response ("QR") codes — which allowed users to scan a small pixelated box with their smartphone cameras to access specific online data — from its marketing materials in 2012. Augmented reality, on the other hand, may succeed in leaving its gimmicky reputation behind and entering the mainstream.
Agent videos, enhanced mobile and old-school training
Rochester, N.Y.-based Nothnagle Realtors — a 625-agent firm ranked by Real Trends as the 37th-largest brokerage in 2011 with 8,070 transaction sides — is also looking to beef up its video and mobile presence in 2013.
The brokerage began exploring video marketing in 2012 with agent profiles, said Nothnagle Realtors President and CEO Armand D’Alfonso. This year, he said, the firm will expand video to property spotlight pieces, which will "not only showcase the properties but also allow each agent’s unique personality to shine through as each video includes narration and commentary from the agent."
In addition to video, the firm wants to enhance its mobile offerings to ensure that agents respond quickly to customer needs, and consumers have access to more, immediate information.
"Consumers want immediate response and access to information and data wherever they are and we can continue to provide that through an enhanced mobile platform," D’Alfonso said.
Nothnagle Realtors will augment its agent training in 2013 with a dose of low-tech, by increasing hands-on, live seminars. D’Alfonso said the firm has found that agents, despite having access to online, on-demand training tools, still value and want the classroom experience.
The brokerage as music label
A smaller firm, Do Good Real Estate, based in Wilmington, N.C., is looking to solidify its business model and add agents, do more video and launch a marketing campaign and a new website in 2013.
"In a sense, we see our brokerage as a music label," said Ryan Crecelius, who founded Do Good in 2010 and has generated some buzz by donating 20 percent of all sales commissions to local charities. The firm wants to produce a video (like the one below, that Crecelius commissioned for himself) for every agent that comes on board, Crecelius said.
Video profile of Ryan Crecelius.
"When we sign a new ‘act’ we want to make sure we create buzz and give our agents a proper launch," he said.
The firm will launch a new website this year focused heavily on local content including in-depth area guides and neighborhood details. Crecelius said website will embody the brokerage’s 2013 marketing campaign slogan: "LOCAL. HONEST. ALWAYS."
Do Good already uses paperless solutions like DocuSign, Dropbox and Evernote. This year, it’s also planning to transition to a cloud-based transaction management system like Cartavi, Reesio or dotloop, Crecelius said.
"It would be great to have everything in one place so that we can access all of our agents’ transactions to be able to offer support, keep things efficient and deliver a consistent customer experience," Crecelius said.
Where its branding is concerned, Crecelius said Do Good is focused on being unique in the new year.
"We want our customers and our agents to feel that they are engaged with a brand that is different."
Ryan Crecelius will be a speaker on the panel "Pushing the Envelope: Beta-Brokers" at Real Estate Connect New York City, Jan. 16 – 18, at the Grand Hyatt New York.


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Long viewed as the go-to retailer for cheap, mass market products, Walmart has been steadily carrying more products from emerging brands that focus on organic and natural products.
The strategy goes back to the early 2000s, when the company began carrying organic produce and groceries to appeal to higher-income shoppers. But since then, the organic movement has grown beyond groceries. Now, in recent years, Walmart has started carrying more emerging brands, in more categories, that make organic, sustainable or clean ingredients a selling point.
For example, Walmart has become a popular retail partner of eco-friendly and organic DTC brands, in categories such as feminine care and sexual health. Other categories ripe for refreshing with natural and sustainable products include baby care, household cleaning, and home and garden — all of which Walmart has been modernizing with the help of emerging brands.
Growing its assortment of organic and clean products helps Walmart appeal to demographics like millennial parents and Gen Z, who are increasingly prioritizing buying products sustainably-produced with clean formulas — even if comfort and value are still the biggest selling points. In a Mintel survey earlier this year of 1,451 adults who had bought children’s clothing the past 18 months said that sustainable fabrics was one of their most sought-after features.
For example, in order to court young parents, earlier this year DTC babywear brand Monica + Andy launched an exclusive line for Walmart called M+A. Sustainable diaper startup Pura also made its Walmart debut, joining other natural kids products by brands like Hello Bello and Ready. Set. Food!
Guy Fennell, co-founder and CEO of Pura, told Modern Retail that as a new brand in the U.S., Walmart was interested in being the first retailer to carry Pura products to cater to young parents that care about sustainability. Pura is U.K. based, and has been in talks with Walmart since shortly after launching in 2020. In June, Pura launched in 1,000 Walmart stores and on the retailer’s website, selling its sustainably-made diapers and baby wipes.
“There is a real shift happening in the eco and sustainability space, with Gen Z and millennials really caring about the planet,” Fennell said. Moreover, Pura also already had indirect experience with Walmart — selling at U.K. supermarket chain Asda, previously owned by Walmart. Fennell said it also helped that the company tried and proved the concept already in the U.K., where sustainability standards are currently stricter for products produced there compared to stateside.
Pura products are without fragrance, lotion, latex, parabens, phthalates or chlorine bleaching. Fennell added that Walmart was also drawn to Pura’s EU EcoLabel accreditation; The products are made in a carbon-neutral U.K. factory from biodegradable plant-based material. The diapers are also packaged in paper, Fennell explained, a first for Walmart in this category. “We’re also a B-Corp, that was really really important to Walmart as well,” he said.
Pura products are also set at an affordable price point, which Fennell said was intentional for big-box distribution. Pura wipes start at $2.89 while the diapers start at $9.97 for the smallest size. “When going up against the leading brands, we’re right on the money,” Fennell said, noting that this is an important factor for converting the Walmart customer.
Indeed, Walmart is investing heavily in modernizing its baby and kids offerings.
On the grocery side, organic kids food maker Ready. Set. Food! recently launched an exclusive peanut butter strawberry organic baby oatmeal with Walmart. The collaboration came about a year after the startup launched its bottle mix-ins at the retailer in March 2022.
Daniel Zakowski, co-founder and CEO of Ready. Set. Food!, said that as a brand, “we understand Walmart’s commitment to offering unique and exclusive products to cater to its diverse customer base.” The brand’s original oatmeal and stage 1 & 2 mix-ins have been certified by the Clean Label Project. “All of our products are organic, unsweetened, and have no added sugar whenever possible,” Zakowski added.
With the new collaboration, Zakowski said the startup wanted to introduce a better-for-you product that was new to the baby oatmeal category and caters to Walmart’s diverse customer base. He declined to disclose specific sales figures, but said that, thus far, “the sales performance has exceeded our initial expectations, and the positive customer feedback has been overwhelming.”
But it’s not just personal care and groceries that are getting the clean ingredients makeover.
Walmart is increasingly focusing on sustainability in the home and garden department, bringing in organic products to its stores from startups like Safely and Grove Collaborative. Meanwhile, startups like Arber, Sunday and Back to the Roots recently entered Walmart’s garden center.
Organic gardening company Back to the Roots, founded in 2009, started selling at Walmart in 2019 and expanded to over 10,000 locations this past spring. The brand is known for its regenerative plant grow kits, aimed at new gardeners. More recently, the company added products like raised garden beds, soil, and organic fruit, vegetable and flower seeds.
Nikhil Arora, co-founder and co-CEO of Back to the Roots, said Walmart was interested in the company’s vision of creating organic and regenerative gardening products. “Walmart is looking for brands that first and foremost deliver incredible value to customers — that means a great price and great quality,” Arora explained. “And they need vendors that can deliver that value at scale — Walmart is the largest physical retailer in the world for a reason.”
Arora also pointed to Walmart’s vendor-focused sustainability initiatives, such as Project Gigaton, which was announced in 2017. The project outlines the retailer’s emissions goals, protecting pollinators and natural spaces, as well as reducing the use of virgin plastic.
Bryan Gildenberg, founder of Confluencer Commerce, said that over the past few years Walmart has had a clear mission “to become more organic and more ‘ESG-centric,’” referring to sustainability standards set by environmental, social, and corporate governance.
“The second piece is carrying more organic and natural products from newer brands that appeal to younger shoppers – including the next generation of moms,” Gildenberg said. “These two goals tend to overlap.”
In the baby and kids category, for example, Gildenberg said Walmart has been actively reinventing this department for the past few years with the help of emerging companies. One example is Kristen Bell and Dax Shepard’s baby products brand Hello Bello, which launched exclusively at Walmart in 2019. “A lot of categories are going through the organic and sustainability transformations,” Gildenberg said.
Pura’s Fennell said that launching at Walmart is a big feat, requiring major investments in production, trans-Atlantic logistics and marketing. However, this was done to set a foundation for the brand’s expansion into other retailers in 2024. “As a brand, you have to tick off a lot of boxes to appeal to Walmart and its customers,” Fennell said.


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It was just a week before Christmas when millions of credit and debit accounts may have been compromised in what is now commonly called a high tech data breach. If it happened at one of the nations leading retail chains it can happen at any time anywhere people use credit and debit cards. All too frequently we have heard about individuals whose identity was stolen. A very sad commentary for today and especially right before Christmas. One of the fastest growing businesses today is identity theft protection and home security systems. But even with instituting all of these protections accounts still are compromised. For millions high anxiety and bewilderment have already replaced the anticipation and joy of the Christmas season. It is as though with all this fairly new technology has come at a price. We have put in place devises that sure make buying and selling transactions that much more easier and faster but inadvertently we also have failed to anticipate the dangers that go along with all this new technology. Like in chess, when one is supposed to figure out the opponents next move based on your move and his past counter moves society today has put out all this technology out without the safe guards in place that anticipate data being stolen for illegal gains. The U.S. is the juiciest target for hackers hunting credit card information. And experts say incidents like the recent data theft at Target's stores will get worse before they get better.
One of the biggest reasons why our credit and debit cards are such an easy target is that they still rely of the magnetic strip on the back. But, it is that magnetic strip which stores and the credit card industry that actually is the source for all the identity thefts that are still occurring. They have failed to up grade the existing technology. Essentially, what the United States is still doing is using 20th century credit cards where the hackers have already figured ways using 21st century technology to steal ones information and identity. Remember 8 track and cassette tapes well that is the technology we are still using in our credit and debit card industry today.
The United States is the last industrialized country that has yet to put in place 21st century technology and upgrade banking and individuals financial transactions using credit and debit cards. This, to guard against the enormous numbers of individuals whose identity has been stolen. In most other countries especially in Europe and Japan their credit cards use digital micro chips that hold account information. It is that chip that generates a unique code every time it is used. This makes the cards much more difficult for hackers to replicate. They have now become so difficult to decipher that it is most impossible to steal ones information.
Of all the countries the US is the number one location for credit card counterfeiting. Although, it is still unclear how many of the 40 million people who used credit cards at Target remain unaffected and what information the hackers already have there are still protective measures that companies like Target can put in place. But, why haven't they already done so? Companies haven't yet improved and enhanced security for the sole reason they don't want to spend the money to do so. Security system upgrades are expensive even though credit an debit card fraud reached another record breaking year at over $12 billion. This still wasn't justification for companies to foot the bill. So what has happened is that millions of people have had their lives turned upside down just because stores and companies feel there is really no need to spend that kind of money for such a small percentage of their gross earnings in transactions to have in place safeguards that would minimize customers identity from getting in the wrong hands.
Another sobering problem that hinders many companies from up grading is the retailers, banks, and credit card issuers. They continue to point fingers at each other and everyone wants someone else to pay for those upgrades. Card companies want stores to pay for the upgrades and stores want the credit card issuers to use more sophisticated technology on the back of their credit cars. Finally, Banks want to preserve their profits that they get from credit card users using the older processing systems.
To put this all in perspective we have to understand how credit cards function. When one uses a credit or debit card today it really is the same way they have been used for decades. The magnetic strip on the back of the card contains the cardholder's name, account number, card's expiration date and one of two security codes. When the card is used an electronic conversation take place between the store's bank and the customers bank. The store's bank pays the store right away when the customer swipes his or hers card and the customers bank approves the transaction if there are sufficient funds in the customers account and pays the stores bank. If there is insufficient funds to cover the cost of the merchandise the transaction fails. All of these transactions only takes less than 2 seconds.
What makes this so tempting for hackers is that they have been known to snag information as it passes through the network of pilfered databases where the card users information is stored. In the case of Targets customers many may have already had their information compromised because the magnetic strip on each card in the United States is so easy to duplicate thieves can simply reproduce them and issued fraudulent cars that look and act like the real thing.
Once these hackers and thieves capture ones card information they in turn check the type of account, balances, and credit limit all obtainable when they swipe that card. Now they have the information where they are able to sell replicas on the internet. Take a simple card with a low balance and limited customer information probably goes for $3. On the other hand a no-limit "black" card with the security number printed on the back can fetch as much as $1,000 or more.
What makes Europe and other countries succeed in limiting the frequency of credit card fraud is that even though hackers and thieves can nab and sell card data that already have digital chips is the fact that they cannot create fraudulent copies of the cards. Here in the United States we are pretty well set to implement digital chips in almost all credit and debit cards by 2015. It is the retailers that continue to worry that card companies won't institute more protective measures like in Europe where they already use PIN numbers that replace the outdated signature methods that are so easy to duplicate.
What it all boils down to is profits and who care if one's identity was compromised. Retailers continue to say that banks want to keep garnishing huge profits every quarter when a signature is all that is needed because there are fewer signature processing networks and less price competition. When money and profits are in play higher profits outweigh the cost of fraud. Meanwhile, too many individuals whose lives have been changed just because of their identity was stolen.
To put an end and eliminate so much theft will require retailers to up grade using very strong firewall's around those internet checkout systems that have been recently implemented to guard against being hacked. To further safeguard not only themselves but the customer as well they have to install encryption technology which scrambles data to make it unrecognizable for anyone who accesses it unlawfully. But, in the end the cost to put in place will ultimately come back on to the customer. Like everything else people will only pay more for the things that they buy. Will it be worth the price for renewed safeguards to secure ones identity when they use a credit or debit card? Using the technology developed to secure 21st century financial transactions the piece of mind alone for all those millions of credit card users it will be money well spent.


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Some DiGiorno, California Pizza Kitchen pizzas recalled
Nestle is recalling four varieties of DiGiorno and California Pizza Kitchen pizzas after some consumers found small fragments of plastic in them.
The voluntary recall includes California Pizza Kitchen Crispy thin crust white pizza, California Pizza Kitchen limited edition grilled chicken with cabernet sauce, DiGiorno crispy flatbread pizza Tuscan style chicken and DiGiorno pizzeria! Bianca/white pizza, according to the Food and Drug Administration.
Nestle believes the plastic is tied to a certain bunch of spinach it received from a supplier.
According to the FDA, the affected pizzas were produced in February and March.
Consumers should look for the following production codes:
-- CPK Crispy Thin Crust White: 3062525951, 3062525952 and 3063525951
-- CPK Limited Edition Grilled Chicken with Cabernet Sauce: 3059525952
-- DiGiorno Crispy Flatbread Pizza Tuscan Style Chicken: 3057525922 and 3058525921
-- DiGiorno pizzeria! Bianca/White Pizza: 3068525951
The production code is in a blue or pink box on one of the side panels of the pizza box. It's the second line of the printed code and is the first ten digits of the number.
Consumers can call Nestle customer service at (800) 456-4394 or email firstname.lastname@example.org for further instructions.
Nestle has pledged to provide a coupon for a replacement.
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Jefferies Group LLC Trims Diageo plc (DGE) Target Price to GBX 2,900
Diageo plc (LON:DGE) had its price objective reduced by Jefferies Group LLC from GBX 3,000 ($40.34) to GBX 2,900 ($39.00) in a research note published on Thursday, Marketbeat reports. They currently have a buy rating on the stock.
Several other equities research analysts also recently issued reports on the stock. Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (The) lowered their price objective on shares of Diageo plc from GBX 2,400 ($32.28) to GBX 2,385 ($32.07) and set a neutral rating for the company in a research report on Thursday, September 21st. Shore Capital reissued a buy rating on shares of Diageo plc in a research report on Wednesday, September 20th. J P Morgan Chase & Co restated an overweight rating and set a GBX 2,800 ($37.65) target price on shares of Diageo plc in a report on Wednesday, September 20th. Liberum Capital restated a sell rating and set a GBX 2,000 ($26.90) target price on shares of Diageo plc in a report on Wednesday, September 20th. Finally, Berenberg Bank cut shares of Diageo plc to a hold rating and set a GBX 2,550 ($34.29) target price for the company. in a report on Wednesday, September 13th. One analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, eight have issued a hold rating and fourteen have assigned a buy rating to the stock. The stock has an average rating of Buy and an average target price of GBX 2,555.82 ($34.37).
Shares of Diageo plc (LON:DGE) opened at 2453.00 on Thursday. Diageo plc has a 1-year low of GBX 1,946.00 and a 1-year high of GBX 2,616.00. The firm’s market cap is GBX 61.66 billion. The company has a 50 day moving average of GBX 2,538.31 and a 200 day moving average of GBX 2,359.93.
The business also recently announced a dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, October 5th. Stockholders of record on Thursday, August 10th will be paid a dividend of GBX 38.50 ($0.52) per share. This represents a dividend yield of 1.6%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, August 10th. This is a boost from Diageo plc’s previous dividend of $23.70.
In other Diageo plc news, insider Javier Ferran purchased 65,000 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, August 14th. The shares were acquired at an average cost of GBX 2,503 ($33.66) per share, with a total value of £1,626,950 ($2,187,937.06). Also, insider Alan Stewart purchased 4,076 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, July 28th. The shares were acquired at an average cost of GBX 2,465 ($33.15) per share, for a total transaction of £100,473.40 ($135,117.54). In the last 90 days, insiders have bought 69,099 shares of company stock valued at $172,798,894.
About Diageo plc
Diageo PLC is an alcoholic beverage company. The Company operates in various categories, including spirits and beer. Its geographic segments include North America; Europe, Russia and Turkey; Africa; Latin America and Caribbean, and Asia Pacific. Its principal products includes Scotch whisky, Gin, Vodka, Rum, Beer, Irish Cream Liqueur, Wine, Raki, Tequila, Canadian Whisky, American Whiskey, Progressive Adult Beverages, Cachaca, Brandy and Ready to Drink.
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Sears circling the drain? No, says Wall St. – USA TODAY – · Sales at Sears and Kmart stores open at least a year, a key metric in the retail industry, tumbled 11.5% for the period, the company said Thursday.
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Existing-home sales fell 4.9 percent in March to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 5.21 million, according to the latest data from the National Association of Realtors (NAR). After a small.
Sales of existing single-family homes, condominiums and townhouses fell to a seasonally. But now, many are questioning how soon the rebound will occur, and July’s results add to those fears. Sales.
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Existing-home sales rebound in October even as inventory crunch worsens By. existing-home sales ran at a 5.48. "One can’t say that it was a rebound from the hurricane-stricken areas as.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. sales of existing homes likely rose to their highest level in 10 months in July, according to a Reuters poll, as buyers rushed to take advantage of a tax credit for.
Existing-home sales fell 4.9 percent in March to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 5.21 million, according to the latest data from the National Association of Realtors (NAR). After a small rebound in February, the total is down 5.4 percent year-over-year. In a small bit of positive news, total housing inventory rose to 1.68 million units, up from 1.63 million existing.
When it rains, it pours. Another disastrous month for the auto market has gone by without much signs of any turnaround. Auto sales in April fell for the 10th month in a row since last July, according to data released by China Association of Automobile Manufacturers (CAAM).
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Home sales continued to decelerate in April, according to the National Association of Realtors. However, the organization anticipates that pent-up demand will help buoy sales in the following months..
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The National Association of Realtors said on Thursday existing. and house prices. Sales are still down 15 percent from a peak of 5.38 million units hit in July. Compared to April last year, sales.
More Americans confident they can get mortgages A million bucks! What a dream. Once you have the cash you can promptly fly to Macau, bet it on black and turn it into $2 million! Or, you can lose it all and spend the rest of your remaining years wondering what were you thinking. Getting to at least one million dollars in net worth is a nice.
July existing home sales fell 0.7 percent from June and 1.5 percent from a year ago, to 5.34 million sales (SAAR) – the lowest level since February 2016, according to the National Association of Realtors.
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WILMINGTON, NC (WSFX) – Talking on the phone while driving can be dangerous, especially without a hands-free device. But now, there's a product that promises to make your cell phone conversation as safe as listening to the radio.
The Jupiter Jack has been advertised in several commercials on TV. All you have to do is plug in your phone, turn on your radio and then you have hands-free chatting. The Jupiter Jack transmits sound thru the speakers in your car, so instead of hearing music you hear the person on the other end.
But does it work?
WSFX asked reporter Lindsay Curtin to test out the product since she's sent on many assignments every day. She made two phone calls, but said she had trouble hearing both times.
"Well, the Jupiter Jack is a lot of fun and exciting and stuff, however it's kind of hard to make out," said Curtin.
Then, WSFX anchor Michelle Li took the Jupiter Jack for a ride, hoping to have better luck. She called assignment editor Justin West in the newsroom, who said he could hear Li pretty well.
"Every now and then, it seemed like our connection dropped, but overall it seemed to do what it's supposed to," said Li.
Our product testing yielded mixed results, so while it may not be the right device for an important business call, at around $5 you might be getting what you pay for.
A pair of the Jupiter Jacks are sold on TV for $20, but you can probably find it at a local store for $5 in the "as seen on TV aisle."


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IT News Thread, HP to restrict server repairs in Other News; HP clampdown on 'unauthorised' server fixing to start in January
23rd December 2013, 08:01 PM #1
HP to restrict server repairs
23rd December 2013, 08:04 PM #2
If HP are going to do that, then we'll just buy future servers from Dell instead.
23rd December 2013, 08:07 PM #3
23rd December 2013, 08:31 PM #4
No HP servers so no problem for us.
23rd December 2013, 08:43 PM #5
I've currently got a number of quotes in front me for a Server and SAN system, HP and Dell - this may have made the decision for me.
23rd December 2013, 08:49 PM #6
I hate HP, wish we had forced our supplier to go DELL
We probably have A couple of hundred £K of HP Servers and storage.. Not getting changed any time soon so I hope our new 3rd party warranty company are on the Nice and not Naughty list..
23rd December 2013, 08:58 PM #7
I think I'll download the latest SPP ISO and keep it somewhere safe before it disappears.
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