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Toyota is recalling a total of 2.43 million hybrid vehicles around the world over a hybrid system issue which can lead to stalling.
Toyota Ireland has said that a total of 1,289 vehicles have been affected in Ireland.
In a statement, it said that the safety recall is on certain Toyota Prius, Prius+ and Auris hybrid vehicles.
The recall covers vehicles produced between October 2008 and November 2014.
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It affects about 1.25 million vehicles sold in Japan, 830,000 vehicles in North America, and 290,000 vehicles sold in Europe.
Vehicles sold in China, Africa, Oceania and other regions are also affected.
In a statement, Toyota said that in "rare situations", some vehicles could fail to switch to a "failsafe" driving mode in the event of a fault with the hybrid system, which can lead to a loss of power and result in stalling.
The car maker said that it was not aware of any crashes due to the issue in Japan.
Toyota Ireland also said that there are no reported incidents in Ireland.
The company says it will be contacting the affected customers directly by mail to arrange to have their cars checked and software updated by their local Toyota dealer free of charge.
The vehicles involved were also subject to recalls in February 2014 and July 2015 for other reasons.


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Earlier this year, Razer bought the smartphone company Nextbit, so it should perhaps not come as much of a surprise to see the gaming-focused company step into the smartphone market, but Razer wants to bring more than just another 'me too' Android phone. Today the company is launching the Razer Phone with a couple of industry firsts, which is impressive considering the competition in the smartphone space. One of the first questions we asked the Razer engineers is 'how can one design a phone specifically for gaming - what features would it have over and above other devices out there?'. This seems like an obvious question, however it was greeted with a good answer: Razer has designed the phone for prolonged use to maintain high...
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Cannabis cultivators and investors outside of California – such as in Colorado, Washington, and Oregon – are increasingly turning their attention to California’s new adult use market, as the overall California cannabis market is expected to reach $6.5 billion by 2020, according to ArcView Market Research.
Want to speak to a cannabis industry expert to learn why California is an attractive opportunity for outside state businesses to expand operations?
While non-California marijuana entrepreneurs can set up shop in the Golden State, local regulations, customs and other factors can present roadblocks. California-based cannabis real estate and property management company Canna-Hub says this is why it is receiving so much attention from out-of-state investors and sophisticated operators, especially from Colorado, Washington, and Oregon. Indeed, California’s multi-billion dollar industry is presenting great opportunities for out-of-towners with business leaders such as Canna-Hub paving the way for those outside the state to get involved.
Canna-Hub recently announced it is accepting lease commitments at its first-of-its-kind cannabis business community in City of Williams, California; and the Company has other strategic sites across California as well.
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Canna-Hub CEO and Founder Tim McGraw has been developing and managing real estate for almost 20 years and over the last five years has become a respected cannabis industry executive and expert. He has designed or built cannabis specific facilities in several states and abroad, and has overseen cultivation, manufacturing, distribution and security of the largest cannabis operation in Illinois.
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IDG News Service – The ability to come up with cohesive cloud offering has eluded Lenovo for years, but the company is taking steps to offer more services that it can wrap around its mobile devices and enterprise products.
Lenovo subsidiary Stoneware is planning to offer hosted application services that will build on existing secure cloud and virtual desktop services. Lenovo opened its first public cloud service just a year ago, building it around technology acquired from Stoneware in September 2012.
Stoneware’s current WebNetwork virtual desktop offering is more like a cloud desktop, with a browser-like interface providing access to remote applications, storage services and other Web application services. The tiled user interface provides access to applications like Microsoft Office and Adobe Photoshop, which are hosted in data centers and don’t need to be downloaded and installed locally on mobile devices and PCs. The cloud desktop also provides secure and server-defined access to Web-based software such as Salesforce applications.
The Stoneware unit’s offerings are aimed at the enterprise, and can be used on mobile devices and PCs across operating systems. The unit now plans to directly offer hosted applications for those who don’t have data centers or don’t want to make major investments in buying applications. Companies will be able to buy hosted applications as and when needed, and don’t need their own servers in a data center.
“It’s going to be a combination. At the enterprise level we assume they have a data center that we can’t offer. But as we go down into


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Upgrades to the infrastructure will help with routing, increase speed and protect against attacks.
RESTON, VA (PRWEB) October 14, 2014
DNS Made Easy, the world leader in IP Anycast DNS services, recently completed an infrastructure upgrade in its San Jose point of presence (POP).
The upgrades were finalized last week, and increased the company’s core routing and network infrastructure. The upgrade was necessary to support the company’s Layer 2 network that runs across DNS Made Easy’s worldwide network.
“This new upgrade will help grow our business and provide better services to our clients,” said Steven Job, president of DNS Made Easy, which has a 13-year leading up time, the best in the industry. “At DNS Made Easy we are continuously investing in our core network, and this upgrade part of that plan.”
The upgrades will also better handle the anticipated traffic levels during the next three years. It will also help secure online presence in the case of DDoS attacks.
The San Jose upgrades were also necessary to aid in the inauguration of DNS Made Easy’s launch of its newest Seattle PoP. Clients should expect increases in speed in the Northwestern United States, and increased safety and network redundancy due to the upgrades.
“DNS Made Easy is continuing to grow at record-breaking levels and we require a continual investment in the worlds strongest DNS network,” Job said. “This helps us to hit the goals we have going forward.”
The San Jose location will also support DNS Made Easy’s upcoming expansion in Tokyo, Japan, which is planned for January 2015.
This upgraded routing provides global load balancing, multiple levels of redundancy, decreased latency, and a true distributed response to denial of service (DoS) and DDoS attacks. The system also utilizes the best server location to respond to queries, which results in a faster response time.
“A network of this nature is fully redundant allowing traffic to travel the most efficient path to the destination,” Job said. “This multi-level redundancy architecture means less downtime and faster responses.”
About DNS Made Easy
DNS Made Easy is a subsidiary of Tiggee LLC, and is a world leader in providing global IP Anycast enterprise DNS services. DNS Made Easy implemented the industry’s first triple independent Anycast cloud architecture for maximum DNS speed and DNS redundancy. Originally launched in 2002, DNS Made Easy’s services have grown to manage hundreds of thousands of customer domains receiving more than 8.0 billion queries per day. Today, DNS Made Easy builds on a proud history of uptime and is the preferred DNS hosting choice for most major brands, especially companies that compare price and performance of enterprise IP Anycast alternatives.
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Amazon wants to be leading provider of medical products to hospitals and outpatient clinics around the country. The company is looking to expand its medical supply business to become a major supplier for hospitals and clinics. It looks like the company is taking efforts to enter the health-care industry.
Amazon Business has already taken meetings with executives from the U.S. hospitals at its Seattle headquarters and the conference at the end of January, according to a report. Amazon Business is hosting these meetings to discuss various opportunities with hospital executives and collect their opinions about the new entering.
The goal is to turn Amazon Business into an online store that will supply medical equipment to hospitals for their outpatient clinics, operating rooms and emergency rooms.
According to a report, Amazon is currently testing a program with a large Midwestern hospital system which is using the Amazon Business to order medical products for its 150 outpatient facilities.
Late last month, Amazon, Berkshire Hathaway, and JPMorgan Chase announced they were partnering to form an independent healthcare company. They unveiled that they are making efforts to address healthcare for their U.S. employees, and their goal is to reduce the costs and improve customer satisfaction. Now, Amazon wants to be a leading provider of medical products to hospitals and their targets look like a smart move.
“Our goal is to be something new,” said, Chris Holt, leader of Global Healthcare at Amazon Business. “We’ve been actively building out new capabilities and features,” Holt added.


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If you recently bought a brand-new, facelifted VW Atlas, pay attention to this latest recall.
Some engines installed in revamped 2024 Volkswagen Atlas and Atlas Cross Sport models could have a potentially devastating defect, according to the automaker’s recall campaign. VW told the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) that contaminants on engine rod bearings could damage the oiling circuit. Over time, particles in the system could lead to wear and damage inside the engine and, eventually, a catastrophic failure.
The recall impacts 1,323 Atlas SUVs and 695 Atlas Cross Sports built between June 16 and July 25 of this year. VW expects only about 2% of those 2,018 vehicles will have a problem. However, considering the engines can completely fail, resulting in less of oil containment and even a fire, this is a issue worth addressing quickly.
Volkswagen says it first noticed the problem on July 3. Excessive engine noise is a hallmark symptom of connecting rod bearing issues, and someone at the Chattanooga, Tennessee manufacturing plant noted the problem. The company also received at least one field report of a knocking noise from an Atlas’ engine. On July 28, it learned of a car at a dealership having the same problem, and that car actually caught fire.
To date, 12 claims related to the issue were filed with VW as of August 4. The automaker is developing a way to work out which cars have defective engines and will replace them at no cost to the owner. Impacted Atlas owners will be notified on October 10.
In the meantime, VW’s engine plant in Silao, Mexico is also investigating the problem.


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Calcium and Vitamin D Supplements do not Reduce Your Risk of Bone Fracture
You must have heard how important vitamin D and calcium is for our bones bur if you’ve been popping these supplements religiously, hoping to get bones made out of steel, we’re about to shock you with results from a latest study. It showed that people who took vitamin D and calcium every day were no more likely to prevent a hip injury than those who didn’t take the supplements.
Do people who take calcium and vitamin D supplements have stronger bones?
Researchers set out on a mission to see how the bone structure of those who take calcium supplements differs from others who don’t and they investigated 33 different studies involving more than 50,000 people of the age 50 years or above. The participants, who lived on their own in the community instead of nursing homes, were divided into three groups for the purpose of the research.
Group A was given a combination of vitamin D and calcium supplements, group B was given dummy pills to check for placebo effects whereas group C was given no treatment at all. The trials then focused on finding an association between taking supplements and bone strength. What the researchers found was that calcium and vitamin D pills did not reduce the risk of broken hips, spinal fractures or any other injuries that involved bones.
Flaws within the research
The trials then tweaked the amount of calcium and vitamin D in participants of group A but the results were still the same. No matter how much or how often they took the supplement, the researchers were unable to establish a link between the pills and the risk of fracture. The results were also consistent between the two genders.
However, the trial had a major shortcoming which could have had affected the results tremendously: it did not measure the calcium or vitamin D levels in the participants before starting the treatment, a detail that was crucial to determine the results. Researchers also argued that the quality of experiments conducted in the trials was not up to par which could have led to erroneous results.
Furthermore, the trials failed to include participants with extremely severe deficiencies in vitamin D and calcium simply because these patients are often too sick to partake in the experiments. An endocrinologist at Mayo clinic in Minnesota, Dr. Kurt Kennel, said that it would have been interesting to see how the experiment affected the bone density of those who were deficient in either calcium, vitamin D or both.
Do we really need supplements?
A few doctors are urging patients to stop using expensive vitamin supplements which offer no real health benefits. Dr. Jia-Guo Zhao from China’s Tianjin Hospital says that older adults who dwell in communities should not be taking supplements. Instead their focus should be on improving physical health by exercising every day, getting plenty of vitamin D from natural sunlight and enjoying a balanced diet with plenty of fresh fruits and vegetables.
Both calcium and vitamin D are crucial for healthy and strong bones but too much emphasis is being put on supplements than a healthy diet. According to the National Institute of Health, adults require 600 IU of vitamin D every day which can easily be fulfilled by spending a few minutes in the sunlight.
People who take vitamin D in supplements along with natural sunlight tend to go over their daily recommended limit of 1,000 IU which often leads to side effects including fractures, cancer risks and kidney stones. This research taught a very important lesson about the role of supplements in reducing osteoporosis, a condition that occurs with old age and results in a loss of bone density. People often think that this naturally-occurring phenomenon can be halted with the help of extra supplements which simply add to the problem due to their dangerous side effects. Doctors say that it is important to improve your diet and lifestyle before jumping to the conclusion that you need supplements.
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As famous as New Orleans cuisine is, it’s incredibly disheartening to know that much of the city is adversely affected by food desserts.
The national average is one grocery store for every 8,500 people, whereas Nola has only one for every 14,000 people SmartCitiesDive pointed out in a report. 20% of households in the state of Louisiana live under the poverty line and have little access to proper transportation.
A pillar of Black financial empowerment recognizes this and has recently announced a major move toward making healthy food options more readily available for underserved communities.
Hope Credit Union (HOPE), The City of New Orleans and Louisiana Agricultural Finance Authority (LAFA) partnered with Canseco Properties, owner of Lousiana-based grocery chain to finance an expansion deal that will broaden access to high-quality, affordable groceries in a newly constructed store according to a news release shared with ESSENCE. A new Elysian Fields-based will serve over 21,300 residents, three out of four of whom are Black, and create 15 new jobs according to the statement.
HOPE led partial financing for the project totaling $2,000,000.
“The City of New Orleans is a proud investor in Canseco Properties through our Fresh Food Retailer Initiative (FFRI),” said Mayor LaToya Cantrell in the news release. “Since its inception, FFRI has invested over $13 million to bring fresh food access to underserved communities. Sinesio Canesco provided the Gentilly community with its first full service grocery store following the devastating impacts of Hurricane Katrina. I applaud Mr. Canesco’s strong commitment and great contribution to our city and look forward to Canseco’s continuing its impact throughout our communities by expanding our people’s access to fresh, affordable, healthy food. We are grateful to Hope Credit Union and Mr. Canseco for supporting and understanding the need of this critical resource for our people.”
“The communities we serve are vulnerable to food droughts and unhealthy food options. We are happy to open another store that provides the high-quality shopping experience our customers deserve,” says Sinesio Canseco, Owner of Canseco Properties. “Since our founding, we have aimed to create a friendly neighborhood market with products for the needs of each community. Our collaboration with HOPE, the City of New Orleans and LAFA is making that more possible each day.”


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Mastercard has made a £233m offer for struggling payments minnow Earthport in a bid that scuppers rival Visa's move for the business.
Shares in Earthport soared 29pc to 35.9p on Friday after it emerged that Mastercard had trumped Visa's £200m offer.
Visa had hired Wall Street banking giant Goldman Sachs to advise it on its move and announced its bid last month.
Earthport is now urging shareholders to instead vote in favour of a takeover by Mastercard, which at 33p a share is 342pc higher than Earthport’s closing price of 7.45p before Visa's deal was announced.
Major shareholders Miton, Lombard and Hank Uberoi, which together own over 13pc of the company, have already said they support the...
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Mastercard Inc (NYSE: MA) stock is up 286% in five years. In the last week, prior to yesterday, the share price is up 3.6%.
And, shares of Mastercard have increased +51.6% year to date, outperforming the Financial Transaction Services industry’s rally of +44.2%.
Mastercard managed to grow its earnings per share at 19% a year. This EPS growth is lower than the 31% average annual increase in the share price. This suggests that market participants hold the company in higher regard, these days. That's not necessarily surprising considering the five-year track record of earnings growth.
Numerous acquisitions made over the past many years have fueled its inorganic growth. The company's solid market position, ongoing expansion, investment in technology and opportunities from the shift toward electronic payments, paves path for long term growth. Its solid capital position enables investment in business.
Mastercard last released its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, July 30th.
The credit services provider reported $1.89 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.82 by $0.07. Mastercard had a net margin of 42.71% and a return on equity of 135.02%.
The firm had revenue of $4.11 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $4.08 billion. During the same period last year, the firm earned $1.66 earnings per share. The business’s quarterly revenue was up 12.2% compared to the same quarter last year. On average, analysts expect that Mastercard will post 7.61 EPS for the current year.
Mastercard is scheduled to announce its next earnings results on Tuesday, October 29th.
Wall Street analysts predict that Mastercard will post earnings per share (EPS) of $2.01 for the current quarter, according to Zacks. Twelve analysts have issued estimates for Mastercard’s earnings. The lowest EPS estimate is $1.94 and the highest is $2.06. Mastercard reported earnings of $1.78 per share in the same quarter last year, which would indicate a positive year over year growth rate of 12.9%.
Analysts think the company's revenues are gaining from higher switched transactions, increase in cross-border volume and gross dollar volume.
Mastercard has built a strong ecosystem with a wide payment processing network across the world along with sturdy brand value and consistent investment in technology to stay ahead of the changing markets.
Mastercard’s fixed cost of establishing processing networks has helped to reap operating leverage, which has aided its margins.
The company has complemented its core growth with numerous small and big acquisitions. These buyouts have been accretive to its revenues and have allowed it to grow faster in scale and size to compete with other players in the industry.
Mastercard has been able to maintain its superior operating performance over the years with revenue CAGR of 13% from 2013-2018, which was up further 15% in the first half of 2019. The top-line growth was fueled by an increase in switched transactions (the number of times a Mastercard account is used to facilitate a purchase), gross dollar volume and the total dollar amount of all transactions across Mastercard's network.
The company’s Service business provides solid revenue diversification, beyond its core payment processing business. This business offers services like fraud detection, reward program management, consulting, and data analytics to merchants and financial institutions.
Recent acquisitions made by the company also reinforce investors’ confidence. The buyout of Transactis, a bill payment platform will streamline bill presentment and payments. It also acquired Transfast, which allows Mastercard to disperse payments across bank accounts, mobile wallets and cards, all through a single API.
“We are driving growth in our core products with key wins around the globe, and our recent acquisitions, such as Transfast, and new partnerships, like P27 in the Nordics, will help us address our customers’ evolving payments needs, particularly in the areas of real-time account-to-account and cross-border payments,” CEO Ajay Banga stated.
The cashless payments company stands to benefit from the shift towards digitized money. In July, MA announced that it’s partnering with Evolve Bank & Trust to create a frictionless payment system where employers can pay gig workers with an interest-free loan for service in almost real-time.
The company is currently trading at a forward 12-month price-to-earnings ratio of 33.5 compared with the industry’s P/E of 27.26. It commands a premium valuation because of its solid performance and a promising business model. For the current year, Mastercard expects earnings to grow by 17.3% compared with the industry’s growth of 9.4%.
Also, disciplined capital management by way of share buybacks and divided payments is commendable.
Mastercard had its target price increased by equities researchers at Citigroup from $288.00 to $317.00 in a research note issued on Monday. The brokerage currently has a “buy” rating on the credit services provider’s stock. Citigroup‘s price objective would suggest a potential upside of 8.79% from the company’s previous close.
Goldman Sachs’ James Schneider believes MasterCard is on track to see even more growth on top of the 50+% year-to-date gain it has already achieved. Despite the fact that its $284 billion market cap falls below Visa’s (V) $401 billion, Schneider argues that MA has a lot going for it.
As a result, the five-star analyst reiterated his Buy rating on September 3.
The rest of the Street is on the same page. With 15 Buy ratings vs 1 Hold received in the last three months, the consensus among analysts is that MA is a ‘Strong Buy’. Its $310 average price target suggests 11% upside potential.
Several other equities analysts have recently commented on the company…..
Mastercard Director Richard K. Davis acquired 1,735 shares of Mastercard stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, August 12th. The stock was bought at an average price of $270.09 per share, for a total transaction of $468,606.15. Following the completion of the acquisition, the director now owns 6,031 shares in the company, valued at approximately $1,628,912.79.
Mastercard Director Lance Darrell Gordon Uggla bought 1,500 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, August 1st. The shares were acquired at an average cost of $275.71 per share, with a total value of $413,565.00. Following the completion of the purchase, the director now owns 3,691 shares in the company, valued at approximately $1,017,645.61.
Mastercard’s fifty day moving average is $276.96 and its 200 day moving average is $255.88. Mastercard has a 12-month low of $171.89 and a 12-month high of $293.69. The company has a quick ratio of 1.49, a current ratio of 1.49 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.55. The stock has a market cap of $277.76 billion, a P/E ratio of 41.59, a P/E/G ratio of 2.23 and a beta of 1.08.
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Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT), the tech titan, has seen its shares gain +29.4% in the past year, outperforming the S&P 500’s’ gain of +2.4% during the same period. Microsoft is benefiting from growing user base of its different applications like Office 365 commercial, Dynamics, Outlook mobile and Teams. As well, Azure’s expanding customer base is a key catalyst.
Since 2011, the stock has soared 425% and now commands a premium valuation of 26 times forward earnings estimates. CEO Satya Nadella, who took over in 2014, has turned Microsoft into a great growth stock again by steering the company toward the massive opportunity of cloud computing services. Despite the rapid rise in the shares, the stock is still a buy because revenue and earnings grew at double-digit rates in fiscal 2019 (which ended in June), and there's still a tremendous opportunity for Microsoft to benefit from the rapid of adoption of cloud services.
In the fourth quarter, revenue from the commercial cloud business surged 39% year over year and reached $38 billion for the year, which is 30% of total revenue. Microsoft signed several multimillion-dollar cloud agreements, particularly with respect to its fast-growing Azure enterprise cloud service. Revenue from Azure increased 64% year over year in the fourth quarter, which is a slight deceleration from previous quarters but still a terrific growth rate.
Microsoft is expected to report its next quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, October 23rd.
Equities analysts expect Microsoft to post earnings per share of $1.24 for the current fiscal quarter. Eleven analysts have provided estimates for Microsoft’s earnings, with the highest EPS estimate coming in at $1.32 and the lowest estimate coming in at $1.19. Microsoft posted earnings of $1.14 per share during the same quarter last year, which would indicate a positive year-over-year growth rate of 8.8%.
The cloud is benefiting the company on the consumer side, too, with growth in subscriptions for Office 365. Additionally, Microsoft is making a significant investment in Project xCloud -- a video game streaming service, where cloud gaming is expected to revolutionize how gamers play over the next decade. There are many other ways Microsoft is leveraging its capabilities in the cloud to drive growth, including Internet of Things.
Microsoft's network effect advantage with its Windows services, combined with its growing clout in cloud services, puts the company in a very powerful competitive position. Investments in high-growth areas, such as cloud, artificial intelligence, GitHub, business applications, LinkedIn, and other areas will cause higher operating expenses in the short term, but management still expects to deliver double-digit operating income growth in fiscal 2020.
Microsoft’s gaming segment is performing well, primarily driven by a combination of Xbox Live, Game Pass subscriptions and Mixer, which are driving user engagement.
Further, acquisitions like PlayFab and GitHub expand Microsoft’s total addressable market (TAM) and penetration. Additionally, expanding partner base is notable.
Also, with Azure growing fast and becoming a greater driver of Microsoft's profits, fiscal 2020 looks poised to be a great year for the software giant.
Analysts expect revenue and earnings to grow by 11% and 10%, respectively, in the next year. Regardless of what happens with the trade war or other economic issues in the short term, Microsoft has enough growth opportunities to power your returns over the next decade and beyond.
According to Gartner, the market research firm, the worldwide public cloud services market is forecasted to hit $214.3 billion this year, 17.5% higher than the $182.4 billion seen last year. Cloud system infrastructure services, is expected to enjoy growth of 27.5% in 2019, reaching $38.9 billion.
That bodes well for Microsoft. While Amazon is still the leading cloud service provider with 31.5% market share in cloud infrastructure services, Microsoft is seeing the fastest growth in that segment of the market, growing 63.6% during the second quarter. Overall, total cloud revenue for its fiscal fourth quarter ended June 30 was $33.7 billion, up 12% on a year-over-year basis.
Microsoft's strong showing in the cloud market hasn't been lost on investors and Wall Street, which have been sending the stock higher over the past few years. When Microsoft reported its fiscal fourth-quarter results the stock surged in after-hours trading.
Some Wall Street analysts are betting Microsoft will eventually surpass Amazon, to become the leader.
Microsoft stock could hit $160 within 12 months -- at least according to Wedbush Securities analyst Daniel Ives. The analyst reaffirmed his $160 price target and an outperform rating for the stock, representing 15% upside. This would notably come on top of a 25% gain for the tech stock over the last twelve months.
Ives' bullishness for the stock focuses on the potential of the company's cloud computing business.
Ives wrote: "We are bullish on MSFT over the next year given our thesis that Azure's cloud momentum is still in its early days of playing out within the company's massive installed base." Ives also estimated that corporate technology workloads in the cloud will increase from 32% today to 55% in 2020, benefiting Microsoft.
Also, Microsoft‘s stock had its “buy” rating reaffirmed by investment analysts at KeyCorp in a research report issued on Thursday, August 29th. They currently have a $155.00 target price on the software giant’s stock. KeyCorp’s price objective would indicate a potential upside of 11.43% from the company’s current price.
The analysts wrote, “We view some of these broader government modernization plans and cloud initiatives as another growth vector for Microsoft’s commercial cloud segment ($38B run-rate growing 43% y/ y) and reiterate our Overweight rating on MSFT.”
As well, Microsoft has been assigned a $155.00 price target by equities researchers at Credit Suisse Group in a research report issued to clients and investors on Monday, August 26th. The brokerage currently has a “buy” rating on the software giant’s stock. Credit Suisse Group’s price target suggests a potential upside of 13.94% from the stock’s previous close.
Microsoft has a market cap of $1,069.34 billion, a PE ratio of 28.95, a PEG ratio of 2.44 and a beta of 1.22. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.71, a current ratio of 2.53 and a quick ratio of 2.50. Microsoft Co. has a one year low of $93.96 and a one year high of $141.68. The firm has a 50-day moving average of $137.36 and a 200-day moving average of $128.25.


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Heggy's chocolate store temporarily closes during their busiest time of year
CANTON – Supply issues have forced Ben Heggy's Candy Co. to temporarily close its downtown location right before the holidays — its traditionally busy season.
Handwritten signs posted along the near century-old storefront's windows alert chocolate, candy and nut consumers that the store was closed several days this week.
"Sorry for the inconvenience," the sign notes.
"We couldn't buy chocolate and are trying to get replenished," Richard Wollenberg, part-owner of the Heggy's factory, said Wednesday.
Wollenberg, 85, has worked at the factory since 1954. He is part-owner with Nancy Heggy, daughter of the company's founder, Ben Heggy.
According to Wollenberg, the company that previously supplied Heggy's chocolate was bought out and orders were tangled up.
"We've been trying to get replenished since the middle of October," Wollenberg said.
Heggy's cut ties with the chocolate company now owned by Cargill and is bringing in products from another company, which Wollenberg declined to disclose.
COVID-19 has also affected supplies.
"There was a time when we couldn't get nuts, boxes or chocolate," Wollenberg said.
Heggy's downtown store closed until further notice
Heggy's made the decision to shutter Saturday, and tried to reopen Monday but closed after the business was hit hard by customers looking for holiday goodies.
"We had to close. Our chocolate-coated pecans and peanuts go just as quickly as we put them out," Wollenberg said.
There was a steady flow of traffic Tuesday at the shop's parking lot. Customers got out of their vehicles, walked up to the front door only to turn around empty-handed.
Wollenberg said he made the mistake of sitting in the parking lot watching.
"I got swarmed outside," he said. "People wanted to know what was going on. They were looking to buy stuff for the holidays, and I just told them happened."
One woman walked several blocks Tuesday afternoon looking for holiday chocolates and tried to open the shop's main door.
"I don't recall there ever being a time they were closed when they should be open. ... I hope everything is OK," she said as she turned around and walked away.
In all, Wollenberg believes Heggy's has closed a total of three times, including this week.
Ben Heggy himself closed the factory in 1954 and the factory closed again about 35 years ago due to machinery breakdowns, Wollenberg recalled.
The factory now has everything it needs to replenish its inventory but needs time to put it all together and make the treats.
Wollenberg said he hopes the shop reopens fully stocked on Friday, but customers should call ahead first.
The same went for other Heggy's retailers in the area who were patiently waiting to see new inventory.
Heggy's Nut Shop on Tuscarawas Street W is independently owned but receives its supply from the downtown Heggy's location. As of Wednesday, they also were running low on candy, a worker told The Canton Repository.
Don't order online, come to the shop!
Heggy's website is no longer accepting online orders. Orders that were previously submitted will be filled, but they aren't accepting any new submissions until further notice.
Wollenberg said if people want chocolates, candy or nuts for the holidays, they need to visit and buy in person.
"Call the store before coming down to see if we are open and to make sure we have what you are looking for," he said.
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The organisers of FlightSimExpo have announced the 2024 event will take place on June 21-23, 2024 at Tropicana in Las Vegas.
The location was selected following a community-wide survey in which Las Vegas averaged 3.7 out of 5, the highest score. The second-highest location was San Diego with 3.2 out of 5.
Evan Reiter, Flight Simulation Association co-founder, said: “We are excited to bring FlightSimExpo back to Las Vegas,” “The space at Tropicana is perfect for our event, while the destination offers a great backdrop for families, resort-seekers, and those who love gaming and entertainment.”
FlightSimExpo 2024 will kick off on Friday, June 21 with a series of product announcements and reveals from community developers. Over the weekend, in-person attendees will have access to a 40,000-square-foot exhibit hall featuring the latest in home flight simulation technology. Developer roundtables and educational seminars will take place throughout the weekend. As in previous years, simmers will be able to watch portions of FlightSimExpo from anywhere with the event’s Online-Only registration.
The 2024 venue is centrally located on the Las Vegas Strip and features an award-winning pool, spa, fitness centre and more. Attendees will have access to a special average room rate of just $188/night over a three-night stay, including all taxes and resort fees. When booked as part of FlightSimExpo’s special room block, the stay includes free self-parking, WiFi for up to five devices, unlimited fitness centre access, and more.
“Save the dates, start thinking of plans, but please don’t lock travel in yet,” says FSA’s Phil Coyle. “As always, we are working to secure airfare and car rental discounts along with awesome add-on activities on Thursday, Friday, and Monday for our attendees. You’ll want to have the full picture before you start booking.”
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CHICAGO Auto parts manufacturer ZYNP International Corp. plans to expand its operations and add a new research and development center in Romulus, Mich.
The project will generate up to $9.5 million in new private investment and 51 new jobs, according to the Michigan Economic Development Corporation, which approved incentives for the project.
"ZYNP International is a world leader in automotive products, and this expansion and new R&D center in Romulus will further strengthen its Michigan presence," Gov. Rick Snyder said in a statement.
ZYNP International manufactures steel-intensive cylinder liners for gasoline and diesel engines and provides end-to-end supply chain management for Tier II auto suppliers, including manufacturing/operations, logistics, procurement/sourcing and warehousing.


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Books have been predicting the collapse of China for decades but it’s the Chinese supply chain that is now supposed to be on the brink of disaster, after being torpedoed by the trade war and quarantined by the coronavirus.
Some of that view is shaped by a changing outlook on globalisation, especially that China’s grip on much of the world’s manufacturing could be set to loosen. Commentators are also on the lookout for the early beneficiaries of Chinese misfortune, with Bangladesh’s garment trade making headlines as one of the winners from the supply chain sclerosis. The theory is that the world’s clothing brands are looking for alternatives and that Bangladesh is well placed to pick up new business.
Yet there’s a strong argument that it’s not a zero-sum game in the apparel trade. Changes in commercial priorities should see both China and Bangladesh benefiting from the shifts in the landscape as well.
The strains in the supply chain started in the slipstream of Beijing’s tariff row with Washington, with new duties imposed on a range of textiles and clothing from China. Some of the tariffs were dropped or reduced as a result of the ‘phase one’ deal in January but the experience was chastening for the biggest buyers of apparel, persuading brands like Under Armour, Uniqlo, Calvin Klein and Tommy Hilfiger to review their sourcing options.
Since then the coronavirus has wreaked a new round of havoc, suffocating the supply lines and forcing the same firms into a further evaluation of whether they are too reliant on China.
In fact the Chinese had been surrendering some of their stitching and sewing – mostly in ready made garments like T-shirts, trousers and sweaters – to nations like Bangladesh long before Trump’s tariffs and the chaos of Covid-19.
Yet they were still the dominant force in the clothing trade in 2018, selling almost a third of the world’s apparel exports. Bangladesh was in second place with 6.4%.
However, any talk of the epidemic as an unrivalled opportunity for Bangladeshi firms to grab a bigger share overlooks their reliance on Chinese suppliers for many of their shipments of yarn and fabric. Bangladesh’s factories buy a high proportion of their equipment from the Chinese as well – another reason why it runs a major trade deficit with China (imports worth $13.6 billion in the most recent fiscal year, versus exports of just $831 million).
The throttling effect of the virus on Bangladesh’s largest export sector was immediately apparent, with imports of Chinese raw materials falling a fifth in tonnage terms over the first six weeks of this year.
“We are losing the orders as well as the supply of raw materials. We can’t even take orders from the buyers – much less bargain with them,” Mashiul Azam Sajal, vice-president of Bangladesh’s Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association, warned media last week.
One of the ways to dial down the dependence is vertical integration, including the construction of more mills that make fabric and yarn. The supply crunch will have underlined the point, although consolidation in the garment sector would help in creating larger, better capitalised Bangladeshi manufacturers.
Once that happens at scale more closures of Chinese clothing and textile businesses seem inevitable. Yet it’s a sacrifice that China’s policymakers seem prepared to accept as part of the bid to upgrade their manufacturing sector at large. Less sophisticated parts of the garment trade are seen as ready for retirement and ripe for replacement by newer businesses.
This suits the Bangladeshis, of course, who have set targets of $50 billion in readymade garment exports by the end of 2021 (between January and November last year it was $30.1 billion).
Industry bosses there bristle at allegations of sweatshop labour, arguing that their factories rely on skilled workforces which their newest competitors (primarily in Africa) can’t replicate. That’s not to say that cheap labour cost isn’t an attraction for investors (including more than 500 Chinese firms) the country’s leading business association said this week. Bangladesh is the world’s eighth most populated country with 165 million people, which feeds through into a minimum wage for garment workers of about $95 a month, about half of Vietnam’s and a third of China’s.
Investors are being wooed from a series of special zones where firms are allowed to import raw materials and machinery at minimal tax rates, with similar concessions for the exports of the finished goods.
The strategy looks pretty similar to the export processing zones in Guangdong that kick-started China’s economic miracle in the 1980s: start out with an export-driven model in industries like clothing and light goods, then broaden into more value-adding sectors.
There are already signs of success in handset assembly, where Samsung opened a plant two years ago, joining local manufacturers like Walton and Symphony. Chinese brands Transsion, Vivo and Oppo have built production capacity as well. Two-thirds of locally purchased phones were put together in Bangladesh last year and a jubilant business press is predicting that the entirety of domestic demand is going to be met by local plants by the end of this year, when some factories will start exporting handsets.
There are cluster benefits on show as well, the media says, as factories gear up to make associated goods like phone batteries, protective cases and chargers.
In the meantime some of the biggest challenges for Bangladesh’s firms are the bottlenecks in transport and logistics. Getting materials and goods shipped to and from the factories takes a lot longer than in rival markets. Intermittent power failures are another expense, eating into the savings from lower wages.
The Chinese are on hand for support here as well, often through infrastructure investment under the Belt and Road Initiative. At least $45.9 billion of work was contracted by the end of 2018, with $22.6 billion completed by that time, Bangladesh’s Ministry of Commerce says. The list of projects is a long one, including new capacity at Chittagong’s port, a $3.7 billion road and railway crossing of the Padma River and the construction of power plants in places like Chittagong and Payra.
Indeed, investment at this level has made Bangladesh the biggest recipient of Belt and Road finance after Pakistan, alarming those who warn against so-called ‘debt-trap diplomacy’ (see WiC423). Borrowers in other countries such as Malaysia have cried foul on the terms of some of the earlier loans, but Bangladeshi officials reject the claim, saying that relatively modest interest rates and longer payback periods make the debt manageable, especially as the economy is growing strongly.
Yet the government in Dhaka has been careful not to get too dependent on China’s backing. It turned down a proposal for a deepwater port in Sonadia in favour of an alternative project built with the Japanese just a few miles away, for instance. It has also courted India adeptly, preferring to cooperate with a range of partners rather than becoming reliant on any single one.
Looking ahead (and well beyond the garment trade) the Chinese will have an eye on Bangladesh as a much bigger market for their goods. That’s part of the quid pro quo for Belt and Road loans – boosting the economies of the recipient nations should bring subsequent benefits for Chinese exporters.
Bangladesh has a few advantages of its own in this regard, including millions of women coming into the paid workforce for the first time, which is bringing down births (more than six children per woman in 1980 to barely two today) and improving saving and spending rates.
Chinese brands will be watching closely, counting on Bangladesh’s consumption story to pick up pace. There’s a glimpse of that in how the phone brands have been setting up factories but the prize is bigger: only a fifth of Bangladeshis have fridges, for instance, while ownership rates of other white goods are even lower.
What does this say about changes in the supply chain and the trading relationship between China and Bangladesh? In areas like ready made garments Chinese firms are going to cede more share to rivals in Bangladesh as time progresses. But that won’t extinguish each and every chance of specialisation and profit in the apparel sector, especially higher up the value chain.
Changes in the relationship will also bring a new focus to how the two trade together over the longer term, helped by the investments in transport and power, which will buoy Bangladesh’s economy and open new doors for cross-border commerce. And in that kind of context supply chains are more likely to be spreading than splintering.
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Condé Nast International today announced the launch of Vogue Business Talent, a curated recruitment platform for professionals seeking opportunities with the world’s leading fashion brands. The new platform, launching with selected opportunities in London, New York, Paris, Milan and Hong Kong forms part of Vogue Business, the online B2B publication launched in January 2019.
The platform enables companies to showcase their career opportunities, tell brand stories that resonate
with prospective employees, and manage responses to their advertised roles, addressing issues of both quality and volume.
“Condé Nast International has long united the world’s leading fashion brands with exceptional talent” says Wolfgang Blau, president of Condé Nast International, “from identifying emerging designers, to training the next generation of professionals at the Condé Nast Colleges in London and Madrid. Our new Vogue Business Talent platform will tap into Condé Nast International’s unrivalled network on all continents to support the fashion industry in finding the right talent.”
Candidates can create a professional profile on voguebusiness.com/talent to explore a selection of curated roles and be discovered by the world’s leading fashion brands. Registered users can network and learn from Vogue Business Talent brand partners and the platform’s community of professionals via live events and meetups.
Vogue Business Talent is headquartered at Condé Nast International in London and led by Alistair Williams, a marketing and employer branding expert and former director at Guardian Jobs.
“We aim to unite the best international talent with the most exciting companies,” says Alistair Williams. “Our platform builds on the quality journalism of Vogue Business and creates a valued resource for our partner brands to communicate their culture, values and employer proposition to reach that elusive, high-quality talent. For talent, there’s the opportunity to discover roles, be discovered by exclusive companies and be part of the wider community with associated events and benefits.”
The Talent platform is the second project from the Condé Nast International Business Development team, following Vogue Business. It reflects the growing global online recruitment market – projected to reach US$34.5bn by the end of 2023, according to Orbis Research.
Developed over six months, Vogue Business Talent’s beta offering was tested with 10 selected brands, including Matchesfashion.com, Harrods, Louis Vuitton and Pink Shirtmaker, and attracted over 8,000 international professionals.
“Vogue Business Talent was developed using audience research and feedback from both fashion professionals and brands. This allowed us to get to know our audience intimately and build something they value, while staying true to the Vogue DNA of discovering and celebrating talent,” says Ciara Byrne, director of business development at Condé Nast International.
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"We expect the deferred purchases to get converted into actual sales, mainly after the initial two quarters of the new year, owing to pick up in industrial activity and increase in infrastructure spending," it added.
This year witnessed broad-based slowdown in auto sales owing to sustained deceleration in economic activity and consequent weakness in consumer and business sentiment.
Growth in domestic automobile sales slackened to 1.2 per cent in 2013 (January-November), compared to growth of 6.2 per cent during 2012 and 14 per cent in 2011.
The research firm expects the consumer sentiment to improve in rural areas, which would act as a positive trigger for certain segments and companies within the auto industry.
However, it said increasing competition is likely to keep margins under pressure.
It expects the light commercial vehicles, guided by small commercial vehicles, to witness strong growth in 2014 owing to replacement demand and improving demand from smaller cities.
For the passenger car vehicles, it anticipates a decline in diesel cars, due to the higher pricing of such cars.
"With the differential between petrol and diesel prices getting narrower, the coming year would witness the share of diesel cars to gradually decline. The higher prices of diesel vehicles will also act as a negative trigger," it said.
The report said the export environment is likely to be challenging with India signing non-tariff barriers and preferential duty agreements with certain countries.
"Exports are likely to further lose some steam in light of the non-tariff barriers and preferential duty agreements inked by EU with certain African and Latin American countries.
"The latest move would act as a deterrent for auto companies, who had begun to make strong inroads into these economies. Export environment for automobiles is expected to remain challenging in 2014," it added.


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In the mid-2000s, Disney launched a mobile service in the US; that didn’t pan-out too well, but times have changed. Is 2016 the time for Google Fi to make an impact in the European market, or perhaps Amazon to launch a direct rival service?
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After the first iPhone in 2007 and the rise of 3G mobile connectivity, video calling was supposedly the next big thing in telecoms. Yet, aside from the occasional FaceTime, most people don’t use video calling on their smartphones, and especially not spontaneously – such activity is reserved for planned Skype calls via a computer or tablet (and even then on Wi-Fi, not using a cellular connection).
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This is “thanks to the valuable inputs provided by our partner Mitsui, which has over two decades of experience in the TV shopping business,” Agarwal said, adding that it wants to strengthen its leadership position in the local market, which is growing rapidly.
Mitsui, which runs shopping channel QVC Japan, acquired a 25 percent equity stake in the Indian company in 2015 to tap opportunities in TV shopping outside Japan.
“We have introduced the TV shopping model in India that we have adopted in Japan,” senior Mitsui & Co. India Pvt. Ltd. official Toru Suzuki said in New Delhi.
“After our investments made last year in Naaptol, it became No. 1 in terms of sales revenue.”
According to Naaptol’s CEO, the 8-year-old company generated 530 million rupees (almost $8 million) in revenue in fiscal 2015 ended last March, up from 160 million rupees ($2.3 million) two years before. It now aims to turn profitable next year by taking advantage of rising transaction values and by bringing more efficiency to its operations.
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The firm has yet to disclose what caused some Note 7 phones to catch fire on their own.
The newspaper said the world’s top smartphone maker would start production in March and planned to start selling them in April. Galaxy S7 phones went on sale in March last year.
A Samsung spokesman said the company did not comment on speculation.
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Google Phone app is currently available for download on Google Play Store, but still many devices are not able to find it on their Play Store. XDA Developers insist that Samsung And OnePlus Device users are not able to search the Google Phone app on the Play Store. Although, Asus ZenFone 6 Users whose devices are running ZenUI Claim That means he is able to use the Google Phone app on his smartphone.
Also Google Phone App Oppo Find X2 Pro And LG V60 Also working in device. The XDA developers also checked the code for the Google Phone app, in which they found that the new app requires the diailer library present in the phone. Which is not present in Samsung and OnePlus devices, so this could be the main reason why Google Phone app is not able to be searched on the Play Store of these devices.
If you want to use the Google Phone app and want to know whether your phone is eligible for it or not, then for this you can check your Android.dialer” target=”_blank” rel=”nofollow”>play store Go to and search for this app. At this time, we don’t know whether Google has introduced this app for all phones or it has accidentally popped up on the Play Store.


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Equifax CEO Richard Smith will be stepping down from his position as chairman of the board and chief executive officer, the company announced Thursday.
The change comes three weeks after the credit monitoring company revealed a data breach affecting up to 143 million U.S. residents. Data on names, Social Security numbers, birth dates, addresses and, in some instances, driver’s license numbers were stolen from the company’s databases.
“Serving as CEO of Equifax has been an honor, and I’m indebted to the 10,000 Equifax employees who have dedicated their lives to making this a better company,” Smith said in a release. “The cybersecurity incident has affected millions of consumers, and I have been completely dedicated to making this right. At this critical juncture, I believe it is in the best interests of the company to have new leadership to move the company forward.”
Current Equifax board member Mark Feidler will serve as non-executive chairman. Paulino do Rego Barros Jr., who most recently served as president of Equifax’s Asia Pacific division, has been appointed as interim CEO.
The company has had a tumultuous three weeks since first announcing the breach. Earlier this month, Equifax’s chief information officer and chief security officer retired in the incident’s wake.
Since the breach came to public light, multiple class action suits have been filed against the company.
Additionally, the breach has drawn the ire of multiple branches of the federal government. Lawmakers have called on Smith to testify in front of Congress. The Federal Trade Commission is also investigating.
The company has said hackers targeted an old version of the Apache Struts framework in order to steal the data.


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FRASERS Hospitality yesterday launched Modena – a new line of service residences which cater to a budget-conscious and highly mobile group of business travellers.
Room rates at Modena will be around 20 per cent lower than those at properties under the existing Fraser brands. Some 1,000 apartments across five Modena properties will come on-stream in the next three years.
The launch is timely ‘because companies are really looking at cost-cutting measures’ and Modena will be ‘a lot more palatable’ for them, said Frasers Hospitality CEO Choe Peng Sum, who was in Tianjin, China yesterday to launch the brand. He heads the hospitality arm of Frasers Centrepoint, which is part of local conglomerate Fraser and Neave.
Apartments at Modena will be smaller than those under the Fraser brands. But Modena properties will have various facilities catering to ‘road warriors’ on the go, such as lobbies supplied with food and groceries, and 24-hour play rooms with gymnasiums and electronic game machines.
The first Modena property, with 272 units, will open its doors in Tianjin towards the end of this year or early next year. The second will be in Shanghai and another two will be in Suzhou. Frasers Hospitality will run them through management contracts.
The fifth Modena property – and also the flagship – will be ready in Singapore’s Changi Business Park in Q1 2012. Frasers Hospitality will own and manage the 300-unit Modena Singapore, which is under construction at a cost of $124 million.
Guests could come from the business park, Singapore Expo and the fourth university which is under development at Changi.
Modena Singapore will be part of a 4.7 ha integrated business and lifestyle development – a $500 million joint venture between Frasers Centrepoint and Ascendas.
The economic downturn has not curbed Frasers Hospitality’s ambitions for Modena. Negotiations are underway to expand the brand in Asia and Europe, and countries that it is interested in include India, France, the UK and Qatar.
Frasers Hospitality has also set itself a target of managing around 8,000 service apartments by 2010 and perhaps 10,000 apartments by 2012.
‘In this economic downturn, we have a very contrarian view – we see this as an opportunity for step-up,’ said Mr Choe. Modena for instance, may appeal to companies tightening their budgets, he explained.
Nonetheless, the picture for the service residences industry is not all rosy. In China and Singapore for instance, the economic downturn has pushed rates at Frasers Hospitality’s apartments down by 15-20 per cent. Occupancy rates have remained relatively stable, in the 80-90 per cent range.
Frasers Hospitality has also shelved plans to set up a real estate investment trust for ‘a few years’ until the ‘market is a lot more conducive’, Mr Choe said. For similar reasons, it has postponed plans to set up private equity funds to invest in service residences.
Source : Business Times – 17 Jul 2009


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One of the biggest buzz of this year is about to come true. Come June 2014 and you did be able to see yet another Internet giant joining the arenaread more...
Six Things Perfect Smartphones in 2014 Should Have
Another fascinating year is already behind us. The year 2013 gave us significant improvements in terms of mobile technology. Many of us have excitedly talked about upcoming Android smartphone to be announced and released in 2014. This will be a more competitive period for device manufacturers and they need to deliver highly capable models. Here are things manufacturers should consider when designing a perfect smartphone for consumers in 2014.
- Excellent battery life: Battery life finally received more focus in 2013 and it was all started in 2012 when Motorola released the Droid RAZR Maxx with its 3300mAh cell. This year, battery life should be a focus of attention for all smartphone manufacturers. With the Android 4.4 KitKat, Google has made its mobile platform more efficient and newer mobile chips use less power than ever. Samsung’s latest AMOLED display technology is reasonably efficient and batteries with larger capacity are being tossed in smartphones.
The Samsung Galaxy S4has a removable 2600mAh battery and everyone else already follows suit and by the end of 2013, multiple models already have batteries with 3000mAh of capacity or more.Google Ads:
If the Droid RAZR Maxx could include a 3300mAh battery more than a year ago, then smartphones in 2014 could offer the same. Battery technology is still lagging behind and smartphone makers should begin to offer devices with insanely impressive battery life. What good is a smartphone with spacious HD display and a gazillion of new features if it won’t last very long? Users should be able to enjoy watching a movie or playing 3D games without fear of quickly running out of juice.
- Better photography solutions: The battle will be getting tougher and tighter in the mobile photography arena. Everyone is already fighting hard to grab the “best smartphone camera” title. Nokia’s high-end Lumia snartphones have 41Mp PureView technology.
HTC decided to take a different approach with its UltraPixel camera, which only has 4Mp sensor. Samsung doesn’t have fancy name for its camera; but it will soon deliver 16Mp camera with newer Galaxy devices. Everyone claims that it has the finest photography solution, but consumers should be able to read comparisons between these cameras from independent, neutral sources. Another thing that manufacturers should improve is low-light performance of their cameras.
- Better software updates: Android community is diverse, unlike the rigidly controlled Apple’s iOS environment. Experts say that the fragmentation is an issue for Google’s operating system. But in a way, this also what makes Android wonderful. There are so many different flavors of Android. Each manufacturer and carrier offer something unique; such as preloaded apps. Users tend to appreciate more when they get new Android version more quickly, instead of a new update bloated with additional software.
In its original form, the KitKat is already an improved form of Android OS, which could run better on low specs devices.
- More accessories: The Apple iPhone is surely enticing, because users could also purchase thousands of cases, accessories and supporting devices. This is not something that accessories manufacturers can easily implement on Android ecosystem. As an alternative, smartphone manufacturers should also develop and sell accessories that enhance the usability of their smartphones. Samsung has started with solid integration between the Galaxy Note 3 phablet and Gear smartwatch.
New technology such as Bluetooth Low Energy (LE) allows power-efficient connection with a wide range of devices, such as fitness and health tracking wristbands.
- 4G LTE connectivity on entry-level models: In 2013, 4G LTE data connectivity is typically available on high-end and upper mid-tier smartphone models. This year, the technology should be mature enough for more widespread adoption in the entry-level segment. Qualcomm’s RF360 is a universal LTE model that allows smartphones to connect with multiple 4G networks provided by different carriers.
- Lower pricing: With the Samsung Galaxy S4 and Apple iPhone were typically priced above $600; Google launched the Nexus 5 for just $349. It came with 5-inch 1080p display, fast Qualcomm Snapdragon quad-core processor, 2GB of RAM, 8Mp rear-facing camera with IS and Android 4.4 KitKat. It was an excellent offering from the company and still one of the best smartphones money can by on early months of 2014. The Motorola Moto G is also a good example of smartphone with marvelous value. For just $179, users could get Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 quad-core processor, 4.5-inch 720p display, 1GB of RAM and 5Mp rear-facing camera.
Perfect smartphones in 2014 don’t have to be expensive and the most important thing is to ensure good value that users could get. Of course, we could also talk about huge 2K display, fast octa-core processor, aluminum chassis and removable, high-capacity battery. But in the end, each consumer could have different opinions about models that are perfect for them. Smartphones will continue to get faster and bigger, but some users still want smaller models with reasonable pricing.


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Here we are at the midpoint of 2006 already. The first half stock market doesn't look pretty! The Dow is up a modest 4%. Two months ago, the Dow was up twice that level but took a tumble in May falling sharply in June and beginning to bounce back in July. The NASDAQ has really taken a hit in these first 6 months, having dropped 2%.
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$2.7 billion. Imagine what will happen with Pfizer's Lipitor with last year's sales of $13 billion (granted this is worldwide and Pfizer's patent expiration in different parts of the world varies).
More recently, during the last 3 years, Big Pharma has experimented with a different formula called "authorized generics". Under this scenario, in advance of patent expiration, Big Pharma has ......Full article >>>
, and the completion of the Boston Scientific/Abbott Lab's acquisition of Guidant (with Abbott acquiring an equity chunk of Boston Scientific in the process). Of note, in the last week was the disposal by Pfizer of its consumer products business to J&J for over $7 billion. This includes products like Listerine and other products Pfizer had obtained in the Warner-Lambert acquisition along with Pfiz......Full article >>>
|7. Merck (MRK)||$36.43||$31.99||+14%||$ 79.5|
|8. Abbott Labs (ABT)||$43.61||$46.50||<4%>||$ 66.6|
|9. Eli Lilly (LLY)||$55.27||$56.77||<3%>||$ 62.5|
|10. Wyeth (WYE)||$44.4......|
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han the NASDAQ and AMEX Biotech indices. Not a pretty first half!
Big biotech stock performance 2006
|Biotech Company/Ticker||Stock Price June 30, 2006||Stock Price Jan.2, 2006||%Change||Market Cap(S B)|
|NASDAQ Biotech Index||742.87||795.32......|
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period and shut for 1-2 years. The current IPO window has lingered open since the 4th quarter of 2004; however it has not been a strong market, with low initial pricings and valuations. Nevertheless, it continues to remain open! We will look at this further in weeks to come!
One issue that both Big Pharma and biotech companies face: increasing resistance to high pricing on new ......
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Kentucky is ready for round two.
The state recently launched a letter campaign to notify sellers they need to begin collecting and remitting its 6 percent sales tax Oct. 1. Kentucky’s economic nexus law mirrors the South Dakota statute at the center of the recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling in South Dakota v. Wayfair.
The next step involves getting the Kentucky Legislature to consider a bill that would make marketplace facilitators like Amazon.com Inc, eBay Inc., and Etsy Inc. report on remote vendors that need to remit sales taxes to the state, Kentucky Department of Revenue Commissioner Daniel Bork told Bloomberg Tax Aug. 30.
Kentucky also is reworking contracts with the seven “certified service providers” (CSPs) that assist with the Streamlined Sales and Use Tax Agreement (SSUTA), a program under which sellers collect tax voluntarily and remit it to the 24 state participants, which cover filing costs and other fees. Those CSPs earn between 2 percent and 8 percent of the amounts of sales tax they remit for retailers in the multistate agreement.
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Would a Porsche still be a Porsche if it weren't as exclusive? That's the question which industry pundits are asking – and customers may soon as well – as the German automaker emerges from the fringe in pursuit of larger volumes.
Lamborghini's pushing to ring up 3,000 sales per year, about 500 more than they currently move. Were they to drop a new Miura, revived LM002, or some other new model, they'd likely reach that target without any problem. Lambo Capo Rupert Stadler isn't in favor of spending the considerable development dollars it would take to bri
There have been periodic rumors of a United States assembly plant for Volvo cars since at least the early 1980s. There was a North American construction arm of the Swedish carmaker, situated in Nova Scotia, but that plant has been shuttered for several years now. Volvo CEO Fredrik Arp has told Automotive News that an American plant would take an unacceptably long time to pay for itself, according to the automaker's studies. A weak dollar doesn't help the economic argument for a plant i
The latest news in the regime change at Volkswagen is that incoming group chief Prof. Martin Winterkorn is planning some big changes in management structure across the entire corporate spectrum.


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A global pandemic, record job losses and massive budget shortfalls all contributed to what California Gov. Gavin Newsom called “no normal year” in his May budget revision – and cannabis tax revenues are just one of the victims of the serious “rainy day.”
Whether in good times or bad, tax revenues are a good indicator of consumer trends in the legal market – and cannabis business operators will be keeping an eye on how the industry reacts to recession.
For example, the state said in budget projections that while products such as alcohol and tobacco are recession-resistant, marijuana businesses will be more negatively impacted by the pandemic because of:
- A lack of access to banking services.
- A younger, more recession-prone customer.
- Continued competition from the illicit market.


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Video Games Live is holding a free concert in San Diego on July 20. If you don’t have a ticket, don’t worry, because livestreaming service Twitch announced today that it will broadcast the entire show on its website.
Amazon Video Games and Ubisoft are sponsoring the performance, which will bring together the composers of memorable video game music to perform in front of an audience at the San Diego Civic Center. That includes pieces from Final Fantasy, Street Fighter II, Dota 2, and many more. Before the show, Twitch will also broadcast interviews from the venue.
Video Games Live is a touring concert series that brings live game music to cities around the world. This is the first time that the Video Games Live is streaming one of its concerts over the Internet.
To watch the stream, just head to Twitch.tv/Twitch starting at around 4 p.m. Pacific on July 20.
“Out of the hundreds of shows we’ve done around the world for the past ten years, this one is turning out to be one of our biggest ever thanks to the Amazon Video Games Store and the worldwide reach that Twitch brings,” Video Games Live creator Tommy Tallarico said in statement. “Knowing this, we are pulling out all the stops to ensure the best show for the millions of people who will be watching.”
Here is the full Video Games Live schedule (all times are Pacific):
- 6 p.m.: Gerard Marino, composer God of War
- 6:10 p.m.: Tim Larkin, composer Dota 2
- 6:20 p.m.: Austin Wintory, Grammy-nominated composer of Journey
- 6:30 p.m.: Emmanuel Fratianni, video game/film/TV composer & principle conductor of Video Games Live
- 6:40 p.m.: Jillian Aversa: vocalist (Halo, God of War, Civilization, Soul Calibur)
- 6:50 p.m.: Clint Bajakian & Peter McConnell, original LucasArts composers
- 7 p.m.: Eimear Noone, conductor of Diablo III and Zelda: Symphony of the Goddesses
- 7:10 p.m.: Russell Brower, audio director, composer – Blizzard Entertainment
- 7:20 p.m.: Brian Tyler: Film composer & composer of Assassin’s Creed IV Black Flag
- 7:30 p.m.: Marty O’Donnell & Mike Salvatori, Halo & Destiny
- 7:40 p.m.: David Hayter, voice of the original Solid Snake from Metal Gear Solid 1 – 4
- 7:50 p.m.: Costume Contest
- 8 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.: Video Games Live – Act I
- 9 p.m. – 9:15 p.m.: Tommy Tallarico, video game composer
- 9:20 p.m. – 10:30 pm.: Video Games Live – Act II
“The Video Games Live concert series is known for sell out shows since they have incredible access to top composers as well as exclusive footage from a lot of anticipated games,” said Twitch CEO Emmett Shear. “Because of the event’s popularity, it’s great to be able to offer a live broadcast alternative on Twitch to those unable to get tickets or make the trek to San Diego.”