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On Wednesday (20), the well-known leak informer of Samsung Ice Universe suggested that the South Korean is, in fact, closing its Galaxy Note line. According to recent rumors, the company is integrating the main features of Note models in the Galaxy S line, prioritizing its foldable cell phone lines, such as the Galaxy Z Fold and Flip.
The informant’s Twitter post is brief and not at all subtle, composed of the words “Galaxy Note” and an image simulating the credits of a film saying “The End”, in English. Although succinct, the tweet gains relevance when considering the history of success of the Ice Universe rumors, especially when it comes to Samsung. In the comments, it is possible to check the immediate discontent of the fans of the line, with complaints that date from the Note 10 models and its Plus version.
Likewise, informant Mauri QHD recently stated that the Galaxy Note 21 line will not be launched, citing a “100% reliable” source in his Twitter post. Another indication that reinforces the rumor is the recent integration of the S Pen into the Galaxy S21 line, one of the main differences between the models. Samsung has yet to officially comment on the case.


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With Omicron on the rise and many people still wary of big festive parties, new data has shown that Christmas 2021 saw a sharp downturn in interest for traditional fizzy favourites champagne and Prosecco.
Online searches for ‘champagne’ fell by more than a quarter (27%) in the period 1-25 December 2021 compared to the previous year, while searches for ‘Prosecco’ dropped by 29%. Another Christmas party favourite, ‘eggnog’, saw searches fall by 19%.
In fact, searches for wines and beers more broadly fell by 23% during the run-up to Christmas this year.
A number of popular beer brands also saw online activity fall away in December compared to the same time in 2020: searches for ‘Budweiser’ dropped by a third (34%), ‘Stella Artois’ by a quarter (23%) and ‘Coors Light’ by almost half (45%).
The analysis was carried out by online search expert MediaVision, using its proprietary Digital Demand Tracker tool that analyses search data from AdWords and Google Trends. See https://www.wearemediavision.com/digital-demand-tracker
However, a few beers and wines bucked the trend and saw online activity rise in December. On the wine side, searches for ‘Pinot Gris’ were up 13% and ‘Viognier’ by 51%, while searches for Dutch beer brand ‘Amstel’ were up 15%.
Louis Venter, CEO at MediaVision, comments: “Eggnog, champagne and Prosecco have long been mainstays of the Christmas party, and parties have been thin on the ground this year thanks to the continuing risk of the pandemic.
“It’s too early to say that the data shows a shift in the UK’s drinking habits more broadly, but we also carried out research for all of 2021 that showed online searches for ‘gin’ were down 14% year on year, while searches for ‘gin & tonic’ decreased by 22%.”

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Portland-based 4-Tell Inc., a provider of personalized product recommendation software for ecommerce companies, on Wednesday said it closed a $1 million funding round led by a host of angel investors and prominent executives.
Individual investors in the round include Craig Froude, former CEO of WebMD; Steve Sliwa, former CEO of Bingen, Wash.-based unmanned aircraft manufacturer Insitu Inc.; Bruce Davis, CEO of Beaverton-based digital watermarking technology company Digimarc Corp. and Doug Fieldhouse, CEO of Portland-based electronic payments software company Vesta Corp.
Other investors include Portland-based conglomerate The Yoshida Group, the Gorge Angel Investor Network and the Portland Seed Fund.
4-Tell’s software provides product and content recommendations to consumers in an effort to increase sales for online retailers. Its customers include Columbia Sportswear, Icebreaker and Royal Yarns.
In a news release, 4-Tell CEO Ken Levy said the funding round will be used to “help expand our reach to more retailers, across all channels, including Web, social, mobile and e-mail.”
The new capital has already been used, in part, to add two more programmers as well as new marketing director Wendi Makuch, giving it a work force of seven.


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The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt was released in 2015, but it looks like fans will have to wait until the 10th anniversary for the sequel.
Fans have been clamouring for a sequel to the third Witcher game, Wild Hunt since it received rave reviews. Publisher CD Projekt Red announced the sequel in March 2022, which will use Unreal Engine 5. Previously, CDPR used REDengine for the Witcher games, but a release window for the fourth instalment was only recently given.
Adam Kicinski, President of CD Projekt Red, has announced that there will not just be a fourth Witcher game but a whole new trilogy.
The first game in the new trilogy will be codenamed Polaris, and Kicinski stated that the earliest release date will be 2025. The long wait is because CDPR is working on developing Unreal Engine 5 technology to work in the game series.
Kicinski feels that each new Witcher game should be expected in three years, which means that the fourth instalment is scheduled around the end of 2025, the fifth in 2028, and the sixth in 2031. However, these are rough estimates; for now, anything could change depending on the development of the game engine.
As for The Witcher 4’s release date, don’t expect it to be tied only to Epic Games’ launcher. CDPR CTO Pawel Zawodny said that while the two parties are working together, the game will not be part of an exclusive deal. In addition to more Witcher games, the publisher has announced that there will be a Cyberpunk 2077 sequel and a new intellectual property codenamed Hadar that will be made from scratch, but not many details were revealed.
Fans of The Witcher series can expect two more games in addition to the new trilogy.
CD Projekt Red has announced that studio The Molasses Flood will be making its own game focused more on a Witcher multiplayer, while an unnamed developer will be working on a Witcher game that is expected to be as long and substantial as the main entries in the series. This is welcome news for fans who thought Geralt’s adventures were over after CD Projekt Red announced in 2017 that he was unlikely to return.
All in all, the Witcher series has been around for 15 years and has sold more than 50 million copies across all releases. The main series has proved to be the most popular, although the six spin-offs, including Gwent, are popular in their own right.


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Pokémon – Black Version: Nintendo Answers Back on Black and White 2 Crit
When Nintendo announced that its game development arm will be releasing sequels to its Pokemon Black and Pokemon White titles, 3DS fans could not be blamed for being expectant and hopeful. Sadly, their hopes were dashed as quickly as the announcement was made since the sequels will only be available for the DS.
Of course, this launched quite a bit of criticism on the Internet. Nintendo has now officially responded regarding this issue. The company says they went the DS route because they wanted to give owners of that handheld platform “new experiences.” Say what? After a shaky start, the 3DS is now doing well enough and could definitely use new Pokemon titles to further firm up its position as the replacement for the DS. The DS only announcement must have come as a curve ball. More than a few fans were upset. First, the follow up game wasn’t Pokemon Gray but two sequels, now they have announced that it will only be for the DS. Talk about adding insult to injury. It wasn’t exactly easy for the 3DS early adopters last year when they could have used more title support from Nintendo. Given the Pokemon series’ brand power, it would have helped the 3DS. Things haven’t exactly been all wine and roses for Nintento in terms of corporate financial performance. This is the kind of news they need the least. Regardless, the official response says that people should remember that the 3DS is backwards compatible with DS titles.
Given the huge installed base of the DS in the US alone (51 million) and the fact that the 3DS is backwards compatible, Nintendo is “keen” on delivering new game experiences to this market. While that makes sense on a surface level, the truth of the matter is the 3DS is a successor system and the DS is dying.


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The week's good, bad and weird from Redmond
E3 aside, the team at Redmond were busy last week with a smattering of the good, the bad and the frankly odd.
Windows ups and downs
Microsoft also insisted that everything was fine and dandy in the Windows update world, which might come as a surprise to many users. Mark Kermode, film critic and contributor to the BBC's award-winning Wittertainment* radio show and podcast, was heard admonishing his laptop with: "No, I don't want you to update Windows. STOP IT! NO!" as the show tried to get under way. We feel your pain, Mark. We feel your pain.
Microsoft announced plans to tinker with the Office UI, with the infamous ribbon being snipped to size and AI elbowing its way into the party to save users hunting for functions. Almost lost in the noise around the UI changes was the announcement of a commercial preview of Office 2019 for Mac, due to ship alongside the Windows incarnation and including the dreaded focused inbox for Outlook users. Hidden away in the release notes were updates to command line tools, allowing admins to control deployment and management of Office 2019 in a Mac environment, showing Redmond is taking seriously the creeping advance of Apple's shiny toys into the corporate world.
The iOS incarnation of Office also received a version uptick last week. Hyperlinks can now be any colour a user desires and PowerPoint presentations need no longer suffer from poor alignment when put together on an iPad thanks to the inclusion of a digital ruler.
A spat on social media shed light on how Microsoft is coding its wares. It also made some suspect that the software giant might be making a giant leap from its C++ roots for its Office suite.
In response to some snark on the uses of scripting languages from J Daniel Garcia, an associate professor in computer architecture in Madrid, Microsoft's Sean Larkin snapped back with the following tweet:
(Ive never been able to say this yet)— Sean Thomas Larkin (@TheLarkInn) June 13, 2018
And Microsoft Teams
And all of @MSEdgeDev Debug Protocol (instead of C++)
So nothing to see here. Move along.
Secret Surfaces and Swiftkey hints
A public "leak" of codenames led to a considerable amount of speculation on the shape of Windows devices over the coming year. As well what may well be the expected budget Surface device, the leak also hinted at a major update to the Surface Pro line and also the near-mythical Andromeda device.
A cynic might suggest that at this point Microsoft is simply trolling Windows Phone holdouts, who still dream of a Windows 10-powered Surface Phone.
However, with Intel showing off its foldable dual-screen e-ink PC at Computex and Microsoft bringing its SwiftKey keyboard to Windows 10 in the latest preview build of the next release, something is clearly afoot.
The inclusion of SwiftKey, an intelligent mobile device keyboard that purports to learn from a user's writing style, is interesting and points to Windows 10 appearing on mobile devices again in the future. Microsoft acquired SwiftKey in 2016, just as it was becoming clear that Windows Phone was nearing the end of the road. ®
* Wittertainment: a weekly film review radio show and podcast from the BBC presented by Simon Mayo with bequiffed contributor, film critic Mark Kermode. Reports that Microsoft plan to create a specific version of its operating system for Kermode, featuring Windows Hello (to Jason Isaacs) are purely in the imagination of the writer.


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Apple dominance 'under threat from Nokia and Palm'
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One of the latest phones from Nokia could provide a serious challenge to the iPhone 3G, it has been advised.
A spokesman for Stuff.tv, an online resource for news and reviews on the newest gadgets and handsets, said the Finnish company's upcoming N97 was just one device that would take on Apple this year.
Joe Minihane, online multimedia editor at the publication, said touchscreen mobiles including the Palm Pre could also be a big hit with those looking to get the latest technology.
"The Palm Pre has already set the bar really high and the new iPhone is obviously going to match that [ ] but I think any new Nokia touchscreen phone will happily go up against those as well," he explained.
Nokia's N97 was unveiled last year and described by its maker as more of a portable computer than a standard handset. For those recycling mobile phones, it is expected the model will be available soon.
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(Bloomberg) -- Ascendis Health Ltd. entered agreements to buy separate pharmaceutical and sports-nutrition companies for a total of as much as 505 million euros ($566 million), and will pay for the purchases through debt facilities and a potential share sale.
It will pay 260 million euros to 335 million euros for Cyprus-based pharmaceutical company Remedica Holdings Ltd. and about 170 million euros for Scitec International Sarl, Johannesburg-based Ascendis said in a statement Tuesday.
The transactions enable Ascendis to “significantly grow its European footprint,” which currently comprises Farmalider SA, a Spanish business it bought in August. The purchases “will create a natural rand hedge,” with about half of the company’s sales to come from foreign operations after the transactions are concluded, it said.
South African companies earning revenue outside the country benefit from weakness in the rand, which has depreciated 27 percent against the dollar since the start of 2015, the most among major currencies tracked by Bloomberg.
Remedica develops and produces generic pharmaceuticals and has more than 300 products in its range. Ascendis will fund the purchase with a 90 million-euro debt facility from HSBC Bank Plc and Absa Bank Ltd., 10 million euros of Ascendis shares and either a 1.2 billion-rand rights offer or vendor consideration placement. HSBC and Absa have agreed to underwrite the share sale.
Ascendis will obtain a further 80 million-euro debt facility from HSBC and Absa for the Scitec purchase, and will pay the balance with proceeds from the share sale or vendor consideration placement.
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Anaheim, CA - The start of a new baseball season is exciting for players and fans alike. But each year in Anaheim, California, Head Groundskeeper Barney Lopas takes it a step further with new equipment to welcome the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim back to the playing field.
The Angels are long-time Covermaster customers, said regional representative Thomas Bell, and products like mound tarps and batting practice turf protectors help to dress up the field at Angel Stadium of Anaheim in time for the season’s first pitch. BP Zone Infield Turf Protectors, spot covers, On Deck Circles and BP Zone Batting Cages are among the items that arrive new to the stadium each year.
Durable custom-printed mound covers sport the Angels’ team logo and on deck circles — one with the MLB logo and the other with the Angels’ logo —put team branding in the spotlight during both games and practice days. Colorful, eye-catching graphics stand up to wear and tear thanks to strong, scuff-resistant materials and state-of-the-art digital printing. The new two piece cage collar is a proven way to protect the turf around the batting cage area.
The stadium has relied on many Covermaster products over the years. Though Lopas likes a fresh look each season, some products have stood the test of time and are still in use — like their full baseball field tarp ordered in 2010.


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More Realistic Virtual Reality Can Reduce Motion Sickness
(Inside Science TV) -- We have HD, 3-D and we even have virtual reality. The virtual reality we have today is pretty amazing … but now researchers are working to make it even better with a new and improved version.
Put on a headset and you will be transported into a whole new world.
"People usually consider virtual reality for gaming and for movies, but I believe it's an entirely new medium. It's not like going from a television to a bigger television. It's more like going from radio to television," said Gordon Wetzstein, an electrical engineer at Stanford University in California.
"Virtual reality is a technology that allows you to immerse yourself completely in a computer-generated environment," he said.
Virtual reality began with the invention of the stereoscope? Add HD video, digital displays and computer graphics and you have the basics of today's virtual reality. But in just a few years it could be replaced entirely with a light field stereoscope. This new device better imitates how your eyes see.
"What it actually allows you to do is focus anywhere in the screen like you do in the real world," said Wetzstein.
Current virtual reality headsets can cause some people to get headaches or nausea.
"It's very similar to motion sickness," he explained.
The next generation of virtual reality headsets, developed at Stanford University, may eliminate motion sickness for some users. The new virtual reality lets your eyes focus on multiple images. Creating a more natural depth of field builds a type of hologram for each eye, which gives you a more natural experience.
"We work with 50 different images right now. So instead of working with one image per eye, we actually show 25 images per eye into the same pupil," Wetzstein said.
For things like a lengthy robotic surgery – the new headset could help reduce eye strain on doctors during a procedure.
From surgery and entertainment to therapy and hands-on training.
"We can immerse a person or child in an environment and really show them how things work in a hands on manner that transports the person into this environment. It allows us to get a better sense of stuff and how stuff works," he said.


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Charlotte looks to Nets for rebranding
Editor's note: This story has been revised from the print edition.
The Charlotte Bobcats plan to use the Brooklyn Nets as the primary model for rebranding themselves as the Charlotte Hornets.
Bobcats owner Michael Jordan last week officially announced the team would return to its old Hornets name starting with the 2014-15 season. The change must be approved by the NBA Board of Governors before it can take effect. A vote is set for July 18, Bobcats officials said.
|Team owner Michael Jordan and CMO Pete Guelli discuss bringing the Hornets name back to Charlotte.
“What they’ve done is a best practice for the league,” Guelli said.
The Nets’ rebranding process took about two years to complete and was a project tied to their move to Barclays Center, the team’s new arena in Brooklyn, said Fred Mangione, Nets executive vice president and chief marketing officer.
The Nets worked with the NBA’s merchandise division as well as with Adidas, the league’s official retail apparel provider. The Nets made a few trips to Adidas headquarters in Portland as they “dug in hard” to find the right fit, Mangione said.
Entertainer and clothier Jay-Z, who was a Nets minority owner, also had input in developing the new brand. The result was a black-and-white color scheme with a capital B as the primary mark that has become a lifestyle brand in Brooklyn, Mangione said.
“Our goal was to come up with a logo that was simple and classic that would stand the test of time,” he said. “Some people thought it was too simple, but we’re fourth in the league in merchandise sales. We wanted to come up with something cool that all ages would want to wear.”
During their research, the Nets considered a red-white-and-blue mark tied to their old ABA days with Julius Erving. They also looked at black and gold, colors symbolizing the borough of Brooklyn, but the scheme looked too much like the Pittsburgh Steelers, Mangione said. They settled on black as a primary color after finding out a nontraditional black jersey for Chicago Bulls star Derrick Rose outsold a regular home jersey for Miami Heat star LeBron James, he said.
The Nets did not use a fan vote or focus groups to help develop their new brand for fear word would leak out before they were officially ready to disclose the marks, Mangione said.
“We kept it internal,” he said. “The first thing we had to do was go to EA Sports with our brand for their video games. They had our stuff before anybody. We were praying it wouldn’t get out as we shipped it across the country. The league was shocked it wasn’t leaked.”
In addition, the Nets used social media channels to slowly unveil their new brand over time instead of announcing it at a special event. It was a strategic move to reach a wider audience, including their younger fan base, a demographic tuned to their smartphones, Mangione said.
In Charlotte, the Bobcats unveiled a tease of the Hornets’ rebrand at last week’s news conference with a “Back the Buzz” slogan in purple and Carolina blue printed on free T-shirts, a slight departure from the old Hornets’ teal.
Over the next 18 months, the Bobcats must rebrand everything from their website to concourse banners at Time Warner Cable Arena. All told, it’s a $4 million expense, Guelli said.
From a merchandising standpoint, NBA teams want as much runway as possible in rebranding to sell the team’s old-look inventory, league officials said. Remaining items are discounted and sold through closeout channels. Any leftover inventory is typically donated to charity.
“We’ll start a liquidation process once this [name change] happens and then start focusing on the new brand,” Guelli said.


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April 12th, 2014 | by Tanya Sitton
What's new in food news? Great things and foolish things! Veganism boosts sexytime, organics go mainstream, and states take action against agricultural abuse of antibiotics. Meanwhile the GMO labeling battle rages, the biotech industry throws well-funded hissyfits, and U.S. trade suffers because we can't get our GMO problem under control. Read on, for the week's best and worst news in food!
November 30th, 2013 | by Mary Gerush
The Mediterranean diet isn't a "diet" in the traditional sense of the word. It's a delicious, healthy way of eating. A lifestyle choice. Want to learn more
October 28th, 2013 | by Jennifer Kaplan
Is there a relationship between ADHD, food and behavior? Are there foods to eat, and foods to avoid? Research suggests there are. I [&hellip
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How many 'eating plans' have you been on, in your lifetime? According to the CDC, 70% of adult Americans are overweight or obese -- and that number is not decreasing, regardless of the fact that the fad diet industry is booming. If you're working towards healthy-body-weight goals, it's important to consider just why quick fix diets don't work. And more importantly, it's important to explore the basic rules of what does work! For a lastingly healthy lifestyle and an end to destructive fad diets, read on
May 9th, 2013 | by Jennifer Kaplan
While researching the milk industry’s attempt to use artificial sweeteners in milk without labeling, I can across some interesting data. [&hellip
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An email, this time from LuckyBolt a breakfast and lunch delivery service in San Francisco, alerted me to new research [&hellip
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New study reveals how you can lose weight, reduce bad cholesterol, have more energy, and feel great -- without giving up fast food, junk food, or a sedentary lifestyle. Read on, to find out how!
March 3rd, 2013 | by Matthew Lovitt
It's a question many of us have pondered, when trying to develop the healthy lifestyle habits that are invaluable in the quest for health and wellness. Answering the breakfast question may have just become more difficult with the release of PepsiCo's Mountain Dew KickStart, aimed at further divorcing our best intentions from the behaviors that truly support health
January 24th, 2013 | by Matthew Lovitt
When are food marketing techniques considered predatory and recognized for their intent to mislead their target audience
January 16th, 2013 | by Matthew Lovitt
In a statement released last Friday, January 11th, Flower Foods of Thomasville, Georgia was announced as the “stalking horse bidder” for a variety of Hostess assets including the adolescent dietary staple Wonder Bread
January 7th, 2013 | by Matthew Lovitt
Could eating more avocados make you healthier? A new study on avocado nutrition looked at that very question
December 20th, 2012 | by Matthew Lovitt
By now, we are all well aware that the state of our children’s health is in rapid decline. With nearly 30% of children identified as either overweight or obese and the alarming rate with which children are developing type II, adult-onset, diabetes, everyone is attempting to assert blame for the epidemic that has a firm grip on the health of our youth.


text: Financial Software and Systems, or FSS, said it is partnering with India Post Payments Bank to promote financial inclusion among underserved and unbanked segments. As part of the collaboration, the payments bank will use FSS’ Aadhaar Enabled Payment System (AePS) to deliver interoperable and affordable doorstep banking services to customers across India. FSS’ AePS solution combines the low-cost structure of a branchless business model, digital distribution, and micro-targeting that lowers acquisition costs and improves reach. This strategic partnership offers significant opportunities to bring millions of unbanked customers into the financial mainstream. The bank today has the ability to serve all customer segments, including nearly 410 million Jan Dhan account holders, giving a fresh impetus to the inclusion of customers facing accessibility challenges in the traditional banking ecosystem. Krishnan Srinivasan, Global Chief Revenue Officer, FSS, said FSS’ AePS solution combined with IPPB’s expansive last mile distribution reach will empower citizens of the country with a range of digital payment products and advance India’s vision towards less-cash economy. J. Venkatramu, MD and CEO of India Post Payments Bank, said having launched AePS services, the bank has become the single largest platform in the country for providing interoperable banking services to customers of any bank and the strategic partnership with FSS provides it with an opportunity to expand the portfolio of financial services and improve customer experience whilst maintaining operational efficiency, thus building a digitally inclusive society.


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ST. LOUIS, MO (KTVI)- If you head downtown for Friday's Cardinals game you may see something odd outside of Busch Stadium: an entire hotel room! John Malkus from the Marriott St. Louis Grand explains how the stunt all benefits a good cause.
The Marriott St. Louis Grand's guest room is popping up at the corner of 8th & Clark Avenue Friday. The pop up hotel room's appearance is a stunt to welcome the new Marriott St. Louis Grand Hotel while providing locals and visitors alike the opportunity to rally in support of Children's Miracle Network.
According to Malkus, Marriott invites everyone to take a photo in the "room" and post it to social media using the hashtag, #HelloMarriottSTL. For every photo posted to Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram with the hashtag, the Marriott St. Louis Grand will donate $1 to the Children's Miracle Network. By posting, you'll also get a chance to win an exclusive Marriott Hotels bed and bedding set, a weekend stay at Marriott St. Louis Grand Hotel, or a $100 Zenia Bar & Grille gift card.


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United Technologies joins 3M and Dupont with an optimistic outlook for the U.S. economy, saying it expects profit to rise about 13 percent next year. And the fall in consumer prices in November was the first decline in six months. Lower gasoline prices pushed prices overall lower, while inflation is just below a 2 percent pace for the year.
Prof. Larry Navarre (Business) presents "Supply Chain Management: The Beer Game" during the Provost's Distinguished Faculty Speaker Series. Prof. Navarre touches on the important functions of fulfilling a customer request including product development, marketing, operations, distribution, finance, and customer service.
Americans are buying new vehicles at the fastest pace since January 2008. But they're also looking to spend less time at the pump. And as CBS News' John Blackstone reports, automakers are finally getting the message and turned this year's LA Auto Show bolder - and greener- than ever before.
A company in Washington state is developing wireless technology that delivers electricity via laser beams. The scientists and engineers who run the company, Lasermotive, are using the lasers to power aerial drones but say their technology could also replace conventional power lines to deliver electricity to homes.
Volvo Car Corporation is ramping up production of the new Volvo V60 Plug-in Hybrid ahead of first customer deliveries in early 2013. After the initial batch of 1,000 model year 2013 cars, production will increase to 4,000-6,000 cars from model year 2014.
The brand new Vanquish comes with some good news and some bad news: Though the 2014 Aston Martin Vanquish will run you $280,000, its speed, handling, and refinement make it totally worth it, says CNN Money senior writer Peter Valdes-Dapena.
GE CEO and Obama administration jobs czar Jeffrey Immelt spoke with CBS News' Charlie Rose and says one thing that never goes away in the United States is an incredible set of entrepreneurs. Given that, he stresses that manufacturing will continue to come back to a certain extent and the American workforce can make the new technology of today right here in the U.S.
The Lincoln brand is 90 years old and had its sales peak two decades ago. Now, Ford is re-launching its Lincoln brand, hoping to erase memories of old Town Cars, with new energy-efficient tech-savvy luxury models and a nod to its more prestigious past.
Can China grow an Apple? Upstart Chinese smartphone maker Xiaomi, the country's biggest smartphone sensation, is trying. The company is currently on track to post $2 billion in sales, and is borrowing some tricks from Apple's playbook. But can it remain nimble in the big leagues?
Fred Smith says fiscal cliff talks should focus on the corporate tax policies first. Smith says that it's not small businesses that are creating jobs in the U.S., but rather it's capital investments in equipment and software done by big business.
Germany's apprentice program is called a "dual system" — split into 60 percent workplace training and 40 percent classroom-based education — and is widely regarded as a model of business investment in social mobility and in Germany's skilled workforce of the future.
Jason Fried has a radical theory of working: that the office isn't a good place to do it. In his talk, he lays out the main problems (call them the M&Ms) and offers three suggestions to make work work. For more information visit www.ted.com.
2012 may become known as the year of 3D printing, when this three-decade-old technology became accessible and even commonplace. Lisa Harouni, co-founder of Digital Forming, gives a useful primer on this fascinating way of making things - including intricate objects once impossible to create.
Just a glimpse of the 1,500 engineers working are enough to give you an idea of the size and scale of the super jumbo A380. Each part requires precision and patience - 4,000 rivets alone are used to attach the wings to the body. CNN's Ayesha Durgahee looks at how Airbus assembles and tests the largest passenger jet in the world.
It looks as if the Batmobile used in the 1960s TV series will be sold at auction in January at the annual Barrett-Jackson auction in Arizona. Unlike most TV show cars, the Batmobile is a singular creation - famed car creationer George Barris got the assignment to create the car in 1966 with a tight deadline of 15 days and $15,000.
Austin, Texas, is a growing hub for technology startups, and these companies' leaders see a bright future. Mobile software, cloud computing, 3D printing and greentech businesses are just some of the areas that these CEOs feel will continue to move forward in the coming year.
CNBC's Phil LeBeau talks with Matthias Muller, Porsche AG president & CEO reveals what makes the 2013 Porsche Cayman so special. Muller says the brand new car features new interior and exterior designs, while still including key elements of the traditional "Porsche DNA."
Germany will soon get an equal stake with France in EADS as part of EADS's shareholder reshuffle. Reuters' Axel Threlfall asks Airbus CEO Fabrice Bregier if that means fresh tension between Berlin and Paris over Europe’s flagship planemaker.
If you saw any of the highlights of Black Friday sales, you probably witnessed a lot of people buying flatscreen TVs - and that is great news for Corning, which owns the Gorilla Glass unit making glass for LCD screens. While the glass manufacturer has been struggling this year, Corning said that LCD shipments should be better than forecasts.
CNBC's Phil LeBeau speaks to Volkswagen of America president & CEO Jonathan Browning, about the Beetle Convertible coming out mid-December. Unveiled this week at the Los Angeles Auto Show, the new 2013 Beetle represents fun and freedom in the marketplace, says Browning, and there is still a demand for a convertible car.


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Lawmakers Air Concerns In CardSystemsCase
WASHINGTON - (07/20/05) -- Top executives of Visa, MasterCard,American Express and Discover Financial Services will square offThursday with the head of CardSystems Solutions before a keycongressional committee investigating the massive theft of creditcard data from CardSystems. The hearing before the House FinancialServices Consumer Credit Subcommittee comes just three days afterVisa announced it will stop allowing CardSystems to handletransactions over its system because the third-party processor hasyet to implement proper security for the millions of cardtransactions it processes for the card companies. Thursday'shearing is the third in a series in an effort by lawmakers toaddress the growing incidents of online theft of credit card data,used by thieves all over the world to access accounts at banks andcredit unions. "Consumers everywhere deserve to know for certainthat their credit card accounts are safe and secure as they areprocessed," said Rep. Sue Kelly, R-N.Y., chairman of thesubcommittee. "This hearing will help us learn more about thetroubling breach by CardSystems as we develop ways to make surethis is an anomaly that will never be repeated." Dozens of creditunions around the country have moved to replace cards they believehave been compromised in the theft of data on some 40 millionaccounts from CardSystems.


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ZEN-NOH Group networked by ZEN-NOH or National Federation of Agricultural Cooperative Associations and its affiliates is striving to expand export markets of “Wagyu” Japanese beef particularly in Asian and European regions.
ZEN-NOH has set a goal to achieve Japanese beef exports of 500 tons in 2020, which is to increase by 1.8 times during the 2016-2020 five-year period.
Sales of Japanese beef have been growing in the international market. The exports to the United States have exceeded its country-specific low-tariff quota on Japanese beef of 200 tons.
U.S. imports above the low-tariff quota are charged the full tariff of 26.4 percent, which possibly makes it difficult for Japanese exporters, including ZEN-NOH, to maintain strong export growth in Japanese beef exports to the U.S. market in past years.
The ZEN-NOH Group is now targeting other promising markets in European and Asian regions where demands for Wagyu beef are expected to further grow.
A higher increase in consumers’ demand for Japanese beef is forecasted in European countries not only because the Japanese food boom has been spreading through the region, but also consumers are increasingly prefer safety and security-oriented options there.
Last November, ZEN-NOH and Norinchukin Bank (Central Cooperative Bank for Agriculture and Forestry) acquired a UK food distributor.
ZEN-NOH plans to build a direct marketing system of Japanese beef in European countries after investigating consumer demand there through the UK distributor.
In the Asian region, consumers in emerging countries such as Thailand, the Philippines and Vietnam are expected to grow their demands for Wagyu beef.


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For Immediate Release: Saturday, Oct. 6, 2012
Media Contacts: Leah Fried, Warehouse Workers for Justice, 773-550-3022
Mark Meinster, Warehouse Workers for Justice, 773-405-3022
In an historic victory, striking warehouse workers at a Walmart facility in Elwood, Illinois won their principle demand for an end to illegal retaliation against workers protesting poor conditions. They will return to work Saturday with full pay for the time they were on strike.
Once back at work, they continue the fight for safe working conditions, fair pay for all hours worked and an end to discrimination.
Join a telephonic press conference at 11 a.m., Tuesday, Oct. 9 to hear from the victorious workers. Please RSVP to firstname.lastname@example.org for call-in information.
During the 21-day strike, workers received a tremendous outpouring of support. On Oct. 1 strikers and their supporters shut down Walmart’s largest distribution center in North America, while clergy, community and labor leaders blocked the road leading out of the warehouse to support workers on strike at the Walmart warehouse in Elwood, near Joliet, Illinois.
The strike and rally in Illinois and a similar strike to protest retaliation in Walmart’s contracted warehouses in Southern California brought Walmart’s distribution system into the public eye to protest unfair labor practices and other abuses in the nation’s largest distribution centers.
On Oct. 5, Walmart received a letter from more than 100,000 supporters demanding Walmart take responsibility for what is happening in warehouses in Illinois and Southern California.
Striking Roadlink worker Ted Ledwa said: “With this victory, we forced the company to respect our rights. We showed that when workers are united we can stand up to the biggest corporations in the world and win.”
Warehouse workers labor under extreme temperatures, lifting thousands of boxes that can weigh up to 250lbs each. Workplace injuries are common; workers rarely earn a living wage or have any benefits.
Warehouse Workers for Justice is an Illinois worker center dedicated to fighting for quality jobs in the distribution industry that can sustain families and communities. The strikers are members of the Warehouse Worker Organizing Committee.


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Jesse Angle, Chris Kantola, and Paul Harrison were jobless and homeless for much of the past year, but thanks in part to Bitcoin -- the world's most popular digital currency -- they never went without food.
Between April and September, while living on the streets of Pensacola, Florida, they used their laptops and smartphones to collect a total of about four or five bitcoins. Some of it arrived through donations. Some of it came from rather unsophisticated online services that dole out tiny fractions of the digital currency if you spend some time looking at videos and ads. And over the course of the summer, this free money bought them a pretty steady supply of pizza and chicken tenders.
>'The $600 we spent would now be worth $6,000. I wish we had gone hungry'
Today, after finding a house they can rent with a little help from the government, the trio is off the streets, and life is even better than it was before -- except that a bitcoin is now worth over $1,000. "The $600 we spent would now be worth $6,000," says Angle. "I wish we had gone hungry."
His buddy Kantola feels much the same way. "We're definitely kicking ourselves. We spent $5,000 or $6,000 on food!" he says. "Back in 2009, you could have bought four bitcoins for a dollar. If I could go back [and buy some then], I wouldn't be here right now. I'd probably be in a mansion."
This is the conundrum that now hangs over the burgeoning Bitcoin economy. The digital currency is beginning to streamline the way we pay for things, transfer money, and make donations, but because its value is rising so steadily, spending it can seem like a bad idea.
Back in September, on days when local charities weren't serving free food, Angle would pull out his smartphone and open up Gyft, an Android app that let him convert his bitcoin reserves into gift cards for places like Papa John’s pizza. Nowadays, he and his buddies ration groceries they get from local food banks and other charities, while their bitcoins remain in their digital wallets -- unspent. They've become Bitcoin speculators.
For some, this is Bitcoin's greatest flaw. Because its value keeps trending up, the argument goes, people are just gonna hoard the stuff, and it will never fulfill its promise as something that can remake the world of money. How things will ultimately play out is still open to debate -- economists say the argument doesn't hold water -- but it has certainly affected these three guys in Pensacola.
The Ups and Downs
In recent months, Angle has helped others set up bitcoin wallets, and he believes the value of the currency will continue its steep upward trajectory. The trouble is that the bitcoins aren't streaming into his wallet as quickly as they were before. Right now, he and his friends are sitting on the equivalent of about $25.
They're still using Bitcoin Tapper, a mobile app that doles out a tiny fraction of a bitcoin if you spent hours tapping on a digital icon over and over again. But they say the rewards have decreased on the site where they watched videos for bitcoins. They're trying to make up for this with Free Bitcoin, a service where you type in a simple captcha for a chance to win a sliver of a bitcoin. But the big problem is that donations have dried up. "We haven't gotten any donations since the rise in the value of bitcoin," Angle says. Other people, it seems, are holding onto their bitcoins in much the same way he is.
>Other people, it seems, are holding onto their bitcoins in much the same way he is
Angle and his friends aren't the only ones seeing a drop in donations. Bitcoin100 -- an organization started with the sole purpose of encouraging charities to accept bitcoins -- received as many as 16 bitcoins a day in January and February, when the value of the digital currency was hovering between $10 and $20, according to the public bitcoin ledger. But after that, daily donations dropped to six bitcoins, and in October -- when Bitcoin's steep rise in value started -- the donations pretty much flatlined.
But Bitcoin100's Dmitry Murashchik believes that doesn't necessarily mean people are hoarding their bitcoins. As the value of digital currency appreciated, he says, his organization had more money than it could quickly hand out to charities. People could see that in its public ledger, he argues, so they stopped donating.


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Inflation causing pet owners to surrender pets to local shelters
Some pet owners struggling as inflation soars have had to surrender their animals to shelters.
Shelter managers told News 12 it's becoming so common that they're often running out of space.
"Any of our smaller dogs people call us every day wanting to surrender their animal,” said Julie Skellenger, manager of Kiya Koda Humane Society.
Pet owners have also come in search of help with food and vet costs.
Animal rescue experts say pet owners struggle when the economy turns. Shelters are also having a tough time keeping up with costs themselves.
Those able to help or donate to a local shelter can find resources here.


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The V10, as it is known, will be part of the latest NeoPDP range of televisions.
These are able to use the 600 Hz refresh rate to almost completely eliminate blurring, something that affects the quality of the images.
The new TV comes complete with the free to view satellite tuner from Freesat, capable of receiving HD broadcasts to further enhance the viewing experience.
There is also a SD Card installed, which allows the consumer to view photos and video straight from the camera.
Currently the price tag for the Panasonic V10 with Freesat is around £749.


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There might actually be a bit of a silver lining to General Motors' ignition switch recall of 2.6 million cars. In the end, it may mean safer vehicles on the road from every automaker. The debacle has shined a light on how little the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration actually understands about airbags and their deployment. The regulator is now working to change that, and it's investigating how to make the devices even safer.
In its Congressional testimony, NHTSA said that it believed the General Motors recalled vehicles had 60 seconds of power for the airbags after their ignition switches were turned off, according to The Detroit News. The automaker has denied this – its own research has found that the bags will only work for about 150 milliseconds after the ignition has been moved from the run position.
This discrepancy between GM and NHTSA investigations may lead to major improvements in how airbags work. The regulator has begun surveying automakers and airbag suppliers to learn more about how ignition position affects activation, according to the report.
At the moment, these airbag activation parameters remain unregulated. While the pyrotechnic devices legally have to be in cars, automakers tune their deployment differently, depending on their own internal standards. NHTSA's analysis could eventually lead to new regulations determining whether these safety devices should continue to work for a period of time after a vehicle is shut off.


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Square Enix President Yosuke Matsuda is taking gaming in a new direction.
Matsuda leads one of Japan’s biggest video game companies. And back in January, he sent a letter to the public.
Surprisingly, the letter wasn’t about the company’s popular franchises.
Instead, Matsuda focused on blockchain and NFTs.
In the letter, he highlighted “token economies.” He also referred to 2021 as “NFTs: Year One.”
Matsuda added: “I look for [NFTs] to become as familiar as dealings in physical goods.”
And recently, he said he wants to “provide incentives” for players to create content for his company’s games.
He noted that NFTs could be the way to do just that.
To me, this means one thing. NFTs are going to transform the $200 billion gaming industry.
And that creates a massive investment opportunity…
Gaming on the Blockchain
Microtransactions in games are nothing new.
That’s when companies sell virtual items for a small cost.
These sales can add up fast.
Research and Markets estimates gamers spent over $34 billion on them last year.
But NFTs are better than microtransactions in two ways:
- Players can buy and sell virtual items on the blockchain.
- The creator makes money via royalties every time an NFT is resold.
That’s why companies like Square Enix are in a rush to figure out how to put their games on the blockchain.
In fact, a report by DappRadar shows that blockchain-based games are 2,000% more popular than they were a year ago.
Games now make up over half of all the activity on the blockchain.
This incredible growth is largely due to play-to-earn games. (My colleague Andrew Prince wrote about those on Wednesday.)
These games reward players with tokens or NFTs.
The players can then choose to trade those rewards for cryptos or dollars.
Of course, these games are made by smaller companies and aren’t perfect.
You may have heard about the hackers that stole $650 million in Ethereum from the game Axie Infinity.
But investors poured $2.5 billion into this space just in the past three months.
So these games will have more resources and better security going forward.
A New Step in Gaming’s Evolution
The gaming industry is headed for massive growth this decade.
GlobalData estimates the market will grow to $475 billion by 2030.
That’s over double its current size of $200 billion.
And as you can see in the chart below, mobile games make up more than half of that revenue.
But due to NFTs, I think this estimate is too conservative.
That’s because NFTs are a whole new step in gaming’s evolution.
Masayoshi Kikuchi, a producer at Japanese game developer Sega, recently said something similar.
He suggested that gaming “will expand to involve new areas such as cloud gaming and NFTs.”
Sega registered a trademark for its NFTs in January. And it could feature them in its upcoming “Super Games.”
Bigger Than Bitcoin
You can add exposure to gaming stocks with the Global X Video Games & Esports ETF (Nasdaq: HERO).
Its holdings include Square Enix and other innovative gaming companies.
But another possible investment is the “Next Gen Coin.”
This crypto is the key to NFTs and blockchain gaming.
That’s one reason why Ian King believes it will be 20 times bigger than bitcoin.
And the good news is: You still have time to buy the Next Gen Coin before it explodes higher.
You can learn all about it by watching Ian’s new presentation.
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Inozyme Pharma Inc. (Nasdaq: INZY) engages in developing therapeutics for rare diseases. The stock is up 17% after SEC disclosures indicated that several executives of the company and a board member recently bought over a million shares of the company.
Insteel Industries Inc. (NYSE: IIIN) manufactures and markets steel wire reinforcing products for concrete construction applications. The stock rose 12% after the company managed to beat second-quarter estimates thanks to strong demand for its reinforcing products and price increases to combat inflation.
United Airlines Holdings Inc. (Nasdaq: UAL), the airline operator, is up 11% this morning. The stock is up despite missing first-quarter earnings because the company forecasted a return to profitability in the second quarter thanks to the rebound in travel.
Valmont Industries Inc. (NYSE: VMI) produces and sells fabricated metal products internationally. It is up 8% after the company beat managed to beat both earnings and revenue estimates for the first quarter and raised its full-year guidance.
Green Plains Inc. (Nasdaq: GPRE) produces, markets and distributes ethanol for various uses. It is up 8% after the company achieved a breakthrough in its fermentation and production process allowing it to further scale its ability to supply a strategic ingredient to the fast-growing renewable diesel market.
Mesa Air Group Inc. (Nasdaq: MESA) provides regional air carrier services under capacity purchase agreements with American Airlines and the United Airlines. It is up 7% today thanks to the optimistic outlook for travel from both United and American Airlines.
Nuvve Holding Corp. (Nasdaq: NVVE) develops and commercializes vehicle-to-grid (V2G) technology and offers electric charging solutions. The stock rose 7% after the company was selected as a collaboration partner with U.S. Department of Energy to accelerate the availability of V2G technology.
Nucor Corp. (NYSE: NUE) manufactures and sells steel and steel products. The stock is up 7% after it managed to exceed first-quarter earnings expectations thanks to the rise in steel prices during the quarter.
Akzo Nobel N.V. (OTC: AKZOY) engages in the production and sale of paints and coatings worldwide. It is up 7% after the company reported better-than-expected results for the first quarter and said that it expects lower raw material costs in the second half of the year.
Steel Dynamics Inc. (Nasdaq: STLD) is a steel producer and metal recycler. The stock is up 6% after the company posted strong first-quarter results and said it expects the trend to continue thanks to strong demand and high prices amid inflation and supply disruptions related to the Ukraine-Russia war.


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ERA Manning & Associates rebrands as Prudential KC Realty
ERA Manning & Associates announced Tuesday that it would join Prudential KC Realty, and that the Lenexa firm would immediately be rebranded under the Prudential name.
Prudential, a unit of Berkshire Hathaway affiliate HomeServices of America Inc., made its second acquisition this year. Gaslight Realtors joined the HomeServices family of companies in January. HomeServices acquired the Prudential brand in October.
ERA closed more than 440 deals in 2012, amounting to $99 million in sales volume. Its annual sales volume tops $4 million per sales associate, of which the company has 32. ERA ranks No. 17 on the Kansas City Business Journal's list of top residential real estate firms.
“The Prudential brand is one of the most recognized and most respected brands in the real estate industry,” Jim Manning, former ERA broker and owner, said in a release. “The impending transaction to Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices is something we are equally excited to extend to our client base.”
HomeServices Chairman and CEO Ron Peltier said the acquisition provides an opportunity for the company to expand its brand and make similar acquisitions.
Terms of the deal were not disclosed.
HomeServices also owns Leawood-based Reece & Nichols Realtors Inc., which ranks No. 1 on the Kansas City Business Journal's list of top residential real estate firms.
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Apple has just received a patent for "flexible electronic devices" that can bend, twist and deform without damaging the device, suggesting that Cupertino is interested in making a new iPhone that can fold pretty much like a wallet.
Patent No. 8,929,085, which was first discovered by Apple Insider, in no way suggests that Apple has already created a prototype for a bending iPhone, but it does indicate that the iPhone maker has actually considered making such a device. Apple already owns several patents related to individual bendable components but has not, until now, been able to integrate the various parts into a model for the entire device.
The patent suggests that Apple is thinking of developing flexible housing, display and internal components for its bendable device. Instead of the milled aluminum that is currently used in the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus, Apple will go for softer, more pliable materials such as soft plastics, thin glass, fiber composites, thin metal and even fabric and silicone, which can flex repeatedly without being damaged.
"Flexible electronic devices may be more resistant to damage during impact events such as drops because the flexible device may bend or deform while absorbing the impact," stated Apple in its patent. "Deformation of this type may increase the duration of an impact thereby reducing the impulse received by other components of the flexible device."
Apple is also mulling over developing a flexible battery, which may use lithium-ion or lithium polymer technologies, a flexible circuit board and stable internal components that can resist damage done by flexing, allowing the user to transform the device into another form aside from the usual candybar shape we see in most smartphones today.
If Apple actually thinks of working on such a device, since Apple is known to have filed thousands of patents but works on very few of them, the patent could allow Apple to create larger devices that can be folded for storage and can use force-based input to trigger certain actions. For instance, actions such as squeezing the phone could cause a certain app to open.
"User interface components may be configured to detect deformations of all or part of the electronic device," Apple said. "Deformations detected by user interface components may be interpreted by processing software associated with the device as user inputs to the device."
Apple is not the first smartphone maker to think of creating a bendable device. Samsung has the Galaxy Round and LG has the G Flex.
At the ongoing International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, LG has introduced the second-generation G Flex 2, which can bend at the push of a single button. However, no truly flexible phones, such as the device modeled in Apple's patent, have yet been made.


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Local dermatology office seeks solutions to rising prescription prices
September 3, 2017
Dermatologist Sandra Eivins has seen how the rising cost of prescription drugs has impacted her patients and understands how it can impact the business she has been building in Steamboat Springs since the Dermatology Center of Steamboat opened its doors in 1999.
"Dermatology has been hit very hard with escalating prescription prices in the last 10 years," Eivins said. "In the last 20 years, I have watched a $10 generic prescription in 1996 escalate to a $450 prescription, which is unaffordable to many patients. One of the common cancer creams I use is now $3,000 a tube. I am always looking for ways to have patients get affordable prescriptions …"
That goal is one of the reasons the local clinic has partnered with an FDA approved facility; it hopes to personalize the medications the clinic prescribes to make getting those prescriptions more convenient and affordable.
"A lot of dermatologists have reached out to a company like ours, where the medication is prepared in an FDA facility; it's customized, and it's generally less expensive than the patient's co-payments,” said Barret Malkin, of Prescribers Choice. "So, it liberates both the doctor and the patient from the broken insurance model, essentially, where they are able to get rid of that compliance epidemic."
Malkin said his company helps thousands of dermatologists across the country get their patients the medications they need and, in most cases, provides a more affordable path than the more traditional system. He said 30 to 50 percent of patient who go to a dermatologist are not able to get the prescriptions they need to treat conditions such as acne, dermatitis, eczema, rosacea and psoriasis.
"Yes, we have a complete dermatology portfolio with hundreds of different medications," Malkin said. "This particular clinic doesn't offer hundreds of them, but they do offer what is in the the doctor's repertoire, or, should we say, tool box. They have the medications they use most frequently on a day-to-day or weekly basis. They have a good variety and can satisfy most of their patients’ needs, wth the exception of a few outliers.
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Malkin said prescription prices are a factor in most fields of medicine, but added higher prices are more noticeable in fields such as dermatology, because insurance companies often view such treatments as lifestyle choices rather than life-impacting necessities. Malkin said that assumption isn't always accurate.
"Especially, in dermatology, most drugs are not being covered these days, even HIV and cancer medications," he said. "It might be the only thing that Republicans and Democrats can agree on these days: Drug prices are too high."
Eivins understands this all too well, so she has tried many methods in an attempt to make treatment more affordable for her patients.
"We used mail-in pharmacies, drug cards, whatever it took to prescribe the appropriate medications," she said. “However, it was getting increasingly difficult. When I heard about this company, I immediately contacted them. They provide over 700 prescriptions for dermatology at prices that are less than most people’s copay. I have been pleased with the efficacy and the cosmetic formulations. Most are in hyaluronic acid vehicles, which is lovely for our high mountain climate."
Eivins said the response from patients has been encouraging.
"So far, the response has been excellent for patients. Medicare patients are especially thrilled to be able to get their prescriptions affordably. Although we can’t offer everything, many of the common dermatology prescriptions are available. The company is also formulating new compounds based on dermatologists’ input and needs."


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Inflation Clouds Stellar Sales Total as Consumers Go Shopping
Pair of drivers back positive retail momentum. Store-based retail sales, which exclude automotive and gas purchases, as well as those made online or at bars and restaurants, ascended to a record mark in August. Much of this gain, however, was likely driven by rising prices, as inflation has sustained levels above 7 percent so far this year. Nevertheless, even after adjusting for inflation, core retail sales are up nearly 19 percent from the pre-pandemic tally, aided by a record national job count and easing gas prices, which are freeing up households’ wallets for in-store purchasing. An ongoing shift in consumer behavior, one with an emphasis on physical locations, is providing additional support, with foot traffic at most store types near or above 2019 levels. Store-based sales momentum has the potential to remain positive as the holidays approach and consumers seek out deals earlier than in prior years.
Return-to-class a boon for brick and mortar. Apparel, general merchandise and sporting goods retailers all benefited from back-to-school season, with each store-based segment posting record sales volume in August. Estimates placed household spending for the school return at a rough average of $860 for an elementary or high school student, a 24 percent increase over 2019. Meanwhile, household back-to-college spending was expected to be approximately $1,200, up 23 percent from 2019. College town retailers that operate within these segments may notch another record sales tally in September, as classes commence at many colleges nationwide during the latter half of the month.
Restaurant patronage a steady share of core sales. Dining establishments and bars are also benefiting from widespread job growth and consumers’ desire for social interaction. The segment’s share of core retail sales held in the 17 percent range — a pre-pandemic level — for a seventh straight month in August. This consistency indicates individuals and families are dining out and socializing much like before, despite higher prices, behavior that has positive implications for retail demand moving forward. Retailers Undeterred by Nearing Hurdles
Emerging headwinds to affect consumers’ decisions. CPI rose more than expected in August, up 8.3 percent on an annual basis, with inflation outpacing hourly wage growth. Additionally, the U.S. personal savings rate fell to 5.1 percent in June, 360 basis points below the recording at the start of 2022. Concurrently, credit card balances were up 13 percent year-over-year at the end of the second quarter, the largest rise in more than 20 years. Together, these factors will require more households to further scrutinize their spending, which will likely impact a range of retailers.
Growth initiatives reflect confidence. Despite potential headwinds, record store-based spending is fueling retailer growth. The number of store openings more than doubled closures in the first seven months of 2022, led by off-price retail, discount store, home décor and supermarket expansions. The volume of retail space underway as of September, the equivalent of 0.5 percent of existing stock, suggests growing retailers will target existing space moving forward, a bonus for an already tight sector.


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The Queensland Ambulance Service is using GPS tracking to allow members of the public to view the whereabouts of the state's ambulance fleet.
The Queensland police will be using the CSIRO's Zebedee scanner to map crime scenes in 3D.
The layout of a medieval city underground at the site of Old Sarum has been revealed through the use of non-invasive digital mapping technologies.
As Aussie telcos continue rolling out low-band spectrum coverage, Vodafone has announced the switch-on of its 850MHz 4G+ network across parts of NSW, QLD and WA.
Vodafone names its LTE-A network 4G+ and switches on in Melbourne, while Optus gets early access licence approval to begin rollout on its 700MHz service.
Can Google's high-orbit, high-tech balloons provide Internet access to remote areas? The company will conduct its latest Project Loon test above Australia.
iiNet customers will soon be able to get their hands on Apple's newest handsets, with the ISP offering the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus on 24-month plans bundled with home broadband.
The state will miss the date to pass its own legislation about R18+ games, but it won't stop them from going on sale anyway.
With a "multi-technology approach" now the official delivery method for the country's broadband network, NBN Co has announced the first regions to get FTTN.
Instagram has announced that ads from "carefully selected brands" will start appearing for Australian users, confirming that advertising would be targeted using information shared with Facebook.


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Antitrust experts are raising alarm bells as entertainment giant Disney aims to control over 80 percent of nationally broadcast sporting events through joint venture with Fox and Warner. The CEO of competing platform Fubo says that Disney “has consistently engaged in anticompetitive practices that aim to monopolize the market, stifle any form of competition, create higher pricing for subscribers and cheat consumers from deserved choice.”
Disney is poised to take over sports streaming by starting a joint venture with Fox and Warner to create a monopolistic streaming platform. The joint venture would bring together many popular sports viewing options — Disney owns ESPN and ABC, Fox owns Fox Sports, and Warner has TNT. According to Disney’s CFO Hugh Johnson, this venture will control “over 80 percent of the national games that are currently broadcast.” If antitrust authorities do not block this venture, Disney will use the platform to further push their political agenda on sports fans.
Breitbart has extensively reported on the left-wing propaganda Disney and ESPN have promoted to their viewers. In September 2023, ESPN+ launched a show hosted and co-produced by critical race theorist Ibram H. Kendi called “Skin in the Game” which “delves into and challenges racism in the sports world, and will reveal how pervasive racism is in sports, while challenging the thoughts and systems of various governing bodies,” as the company put in its press release.
In another instance, ESPN Analyst Jalen Rose launched a campaign to cancel “Mt. Rushmore” saying “lets stop using the term Mt. Rushmore” because “it’s offensive.” Disney has also displayed a track record of discrimination against white men, conservatives, Jews and Christians. One example of this is former Mandolorian Star Gina Carano who was fired for her conservative tweets. As her lawyer noted, “Disney bullied Ms. Carano, trying to force her to conform to their views about cultural and political issues.” America First Legal is suing Disney for discriminating against “white American men, Christians, and Jews simply because of their race, sex, religion, and citizenship” after Disney’s discriminatory DEI policies were leaked.
In addition to its well known attempts to undermine Florida’s parental rights laws, Disney repeatedly promotes sexualized content to children. It released a Marvel series Ironheart, which its star said was targeted to “Little Trans Kids and Trans Teens.” It has an “LGBTQIA+” “Pride Collection,” with a children’s clothing line, whose profits go to far left groups.
ESPN is already the largest sports broadcaster in the country. When Disney bought Fox in 2017, the Trump Justice Department made it divest all of Fox’s regional sports networks to prevent it from becoming a sports broadcast monopoly — Disney had already agreed not to buy the national Fox Sports Network knowing that would also be blocked.
If not blocked, the Fox-Disney-Warner joint venture will allow it to circumvent the Trump administration’s antitrust conditions. This has already occurred with Hulu – which streams a mix of content from network and cable shows along with original content.
Like the proposed sports joint venture, Disney first joined Hulu through a consortium of big media companies such as NBC Universal, Fox, and WarnerMedia. Then in 2019 when the Fox merger was approved, Disney acquired Fox’s stake and effectively controlled Hulu. In 2023 it bought out the remaining partners for $8.6 billion and now has 100 percent ownership. Disney has used its dominance at Hulu to produce shows like a 1619 Project docu-series hosted by Nikole Hannah Jones which argues America is irredeemably racist and advocates for reparations.
According to reports, the Disney Joint Venture is expected to receive antitrust scrutiny from the Justice Department to determine if it would be a monopoly. Biden’s head of the Antitrust Division, Jonathan Kanter, has received praise from many Republicans for his strong stance against Big Tech, but he represented the News Media Alliance, which includes many Fox, Warner, and Disney companies.
A competing sports platform, Fubo, has filed an antitrust suit against Disney, Warner, and Fox. Fubo CEO David Gandler claims the companies “consistently engaged in anticompetitive practices that aim to monopolize the market, stifle any form of competition, create higher pricing for subscribers and cheat consumers from deserved choice.”
Lucas Nolan is a reporter for Breitbart News covering issues of free speech and online censorship.


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PS4 owners were dealt a pretty heavy blow when Konami decided to scrap Hideo Kojima’s Silent Hills. The demo, P.T, was well received by horror fans and really set the stage for what could have been one of the finest poop-inducers of all time. Alas, it wasn’t to be…
It’s not all bad though as we may yet see a game in the same vein thanks to the independent efforts behind Allison Road. The game is currently being produced for the PC platform, but there’s a good chance that it’ll sneak onto the Xbox One and PS4 at some point in the future.
During a recent interview the game’s creator hinted towards the possibility of Allison Road on home consoles. When asked if there were any plans to release the horror game on Sony’s PS4 and Microsoft’s Xbox One the developer stated that he’s “talking to PlayStation and [email protected]” and that while he can’t confirm anything right now the talks are “ongoing.”
With both platform holders desperate to add every indie game under the sun to their games catalogues, we reckon it’s just a matter of throwing enough cash in the developer’s direction.
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And how you can survive the changes according to Rich Dad Poor Dad author Robert Kiyosaki
Everyone’s talking about COVID-19; you can’t escape it. The hot topic now is how COVID-19 will change the future of our jobs as well as our economy. It’s definitely caused some havoc and experts are predicting a recession is on the way.
Like in this video featuring Robert Kiyosaki, famed author of Rich Dad Poor Dad. Interviewed by Brian Rose (founder, host and CEO of London Real), Kiyosaki talks about COVID-19 being the biggest change of our history. But instead of being fearful of what may or may not be, Kiyosaki says that we should instead embrace the changes that COVID-19 will bring.
Here are some highlights from the interview:
COVID-19 will mark the end of the Industrial Age and the beginning of the Information Age
So Kiyosaki made an empire out of his one book – Rich Dad Poor Dad – and many more to follow after that too. But it is not just book sales that Kiyosaki is thriving on; he’s selling royalty to this book to be published in 50 countries as well as the franchise for people to use his book and his brand for workshops and seminars. Which means Kiyosaki is living like it’s 3000 while the rest of us are still stuck in 2020 when it comes to reaping in a passive income. What he’s done is essentially predicted the shift into Information Age even before it happens and now that it’s upon us, Kiyosaki is already milking it.
So what is Information Age? Where you make a living out of selling information? In COVID-19’s case, Kiyosaki says it’s all about selling your expertise in a method that can be shared many, many times over using the internet. With everyone forced inside their homes not being able to go to work physically, Kiyosaki says that those who embrace this new “business” model where you’re using the internet as your marketplace will be the ones to thrive.
What kind of business model?
Kiyosaki sells his books and whatever information that is associated with it via online courses, seminars, more ebooks – whatever he can digitise. That’s the keyword in this video – digitise. Even the interviewer Brian Rose is churning out millions using the internet to sell his products (again, books, seminars, coaching) – and he actually left a job in banking to do this because he believes so much in the Information Age.
In fact, Rose offers tips for people like personal trainers or anyone with any sort of skills to digitise their expertise and market it online, which works for COVID-19 seeing how everyone’s at home. Essentially, content is gold and if you know how to market your content, you’re good to go even if there is a recession as that’s the Information Age that Kiyosaki is talking about in the video.
Embrace the future
Sure, it may be uncertain what that might be but if you let your fear take over, you will lose out on the opportunities that will come your way post-COVID-19. What Kiyosaki wants you to do? Think out of the box and understand how to use these changes to your best advantage. Who knows, what may start as a side hustle could end up being your Kiyosaki moment!
Digitise, digitise, digitise
You know who’s making the most money in light of COVID-19? Online businesses like Lazada and tech companies like Grab and Food Panda. And you know what – they are likely to continue being the businesses that will survive the recession. Which is why Kiyosaki wants you to think of the internet and information, and how you can monetise from both.
There’s opportunities everywhere
Ok so there might be a recession or not. Your job may be secured or not. But in the video, Kiyosaki is all about seeing the opportunity even in the dimmest of situations. Essentially, it’s about staying positive and resilient – we can all get over this!
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08 Apr Malaysia Business Events Industry Report 2020
The COVID-19 outbreak has crippled global economies and Malaysia’s business events (BE) industry has not been spared either. As Malaysia braced for the second wave of the outbreak in early March, the Malaysian government quickly decided to put the entire nation on a Movement Control Order (MCO), limiting business operations and banning travel.
MACEOS ran a survey among business events professionals in Malaysia to assess the business impact in the business events industry and to quantify the losses resulting from the COVID-19 outbreak.
Through this exercise, we also wanted to find out business events professionals’ thoughts and challenges experienced during this period, how they were coping and what their plans were moving forward.
The survey revealed that within a short period of time, many of the business events’ industry players were hit hard and quickly by the outbreak. This affected the overall performance of the business events industry as a whole.
Despite tremendous pressure, many businesses were quick to adapt their operations for the short term. Still, events professionals felt they would require further assistance to ensure business continuity should the outbreak cease to be resolved. Overall, events professionals foresee long-term repercussions that could bring business and the entire industry to a halt if mitigation and intervention efforts are not in place.
Among the main findings from our survey covering financial impact, workforce solutions, impact to operations and revenue are:
- A total of 713 business events cancellations were reported in this survey, equivalent to a total loss of income amounting to RM178 million.
- Meanwhile, a total of 537 business events were reported to be postponed, with financial losses to be estimated at RM176 million.
- A majority of 29% of respondents surveyed shared that they experienced a revenue decline of between 91-100%. Meanwhile, a whopping 78% shared that their revenues had dropped by more than 50% as a result of the pandemic.
- Only 12% felt that they could sustain the business for more than six months should the outbreak prolong.
- Though a majority of the respondents were still employing staff at full pay, 35% anticipate a decision to reduce the number of employees working.
- Almost 70% stated that they needed some form of deferment on payments to survive during this crisis.
Based on our forecast in February this year, we estimate that total loss on industry revenue due to COVID-19 amounted to RM1.5 billion. The loss amount is expected to further increase with more event cancellations and postponements are going to unfold in the coming days. For an industry that provides direct and indirect jobs for more than 10,000 people along the entire supply chain of business events, it is only a matter of time before the reality of this situation leads to massive layoffs and unemployment.


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The 2020 Audi Q7 earned “Good” marks in all the IIHS tests, and its standard automatic emergency braking with pedestrian detection was called “Superior.”
For 2021 the Q7 adds more standard safety features, including active lane control, blind-spot monitors with rear cross-traffic alert, automatic high beams, and a driver-attention monitor that can slow the Q7 to a stop and turn on hazards if the driver becomes unresponsive. Optional safety features include a surround-view camera system, adaptive cruise control, traffic sign recognition, and traffic jam assist that provides brief periods of hands-free driving in slow traffic up to 40 mph.


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Famed automotive designer Gordon Murray has announced he's launching a new vehicle manufacturing company that will focus on taking innovative car designs into limited-run production. Gordon Murray Automotive says its first car will be a flagship model launched under a new brand that it says will go against the trend toward more complicated, heavier-weight vehicles.
Murray is the South African-born automotive engineer and designer of the McLaren F1 who more recently was working on the T.27, a tiny electric city three-seater. The new company is positioned as part of a corporate organization and a sister company to Gordon Murray Design.
"The new manufacturing business significantly expands the capabilities of our group of companies," Murray said. "With our first new car, we will demonstrate a return to the design and engineering principles that have made the McLaren F1 such an icon."
Murray said its cars will be built on a new version of its highly efficient iStream manufacturing process, which derives heavily from Formula One construction and materials technologies to make low-weight vehicles that require less energy and less factory space to produce. It describes the process thusly:
"An iStream chassis is essentially a hybrid structure consisting of a metallic frame (iFrame) and composite sandwich panels (iPanels). The basic concept is to use the iFrame to form a basic skeleton to locate all the local attachment points such as powertrain, steering, suspension and occupant seats etc. The iFrame alone does not meet the performance demands of a modern car, so we then stabilise the iFrame by bonding the highly rigid (iPanels) onto the metallic members so they then act as very stiff shear panels."
The process was used on the TVR sports car, which Murray's firm said was as much as 300 kilograms (660 pounds) lighter than others in its class:
Murray designed F1 cars that won more than 50 grands prix. Like Lotus, he is obsessed with weight reduction, and has recently worked on small-car projects like the Yamaha Sports Ride Concept. Autocar says Murray aims to keep the cost of his new vehicles low through use of the iStream process, and has said his ideal supercar would weigh less than 2,000 pounds. Whether that's the flagship he speaks of remains to be seen.
We'll find out more next month when Murray will mark his 50 years in automotive engineering and design, the 25th year since the McLaren F1 went into production and other significant milestones with an exhibition featuring major race and road cars from his career, including several models that have never or rarely been displayed before.


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The California Hispanic Chambers of Commerce (CHCC) this week announced its annual convention in Oakland from August 14-16.
More than 3,000 small-business advocates, corporate representatives and entrepreneurs will attend the convention. This year's theme is "CHCC 35(th) Anniversary: A Legacy of Latino Leadership: Building America's Business Future."
The Hispanic business community is the fastest-growing segment in California, with eager entrepreneurs looking to grow their businesses, increase their bottom lines and create jobs, said CHCC chairman Ernie Gutierrez.
His company, Allied Industries, ranked No. 127 on the 2012 HispanicBusiness 500 directory, with 2011 revenues of $43.5 million. The company has 300 employees.
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"California is still a wonderful place to live and do business," Gutierrez continued. "The CHCC is helping all small businesses thrive and build a better economic future. Our convention will undoubtedly demonstrate this fact and is a must-attend event."
Along with the CHCC convention's workshops, entrepreneurs will be able to participate in a business matchmaking event that Gutierrez describes as speed dating for business people.
"Connecting our Latino businesses with decision makers from corporate America and government entities is a key component of our convention. However, connecting our businesses with each other is equally important," he said. "At the end of the day, it is about turning contacts into contracts."
Gutierrez began his post in June 2012. Under his leadership, the CHCC has had a record number of females serving on its board of directors.
Also of note, the CHCC was recently awarded a $600,000 grant to help educate Latino business owners in California about the Affordable Care Act. The chamber also is working on a study with the University of California, Berkeley's Haas School of Business on the status of Hispanic businesses in California. The findings will be unveiled at the convention in August.
"The CHCC is the premier Latino business organization in the state of California, and this would not be possible without our strong board of directors, top notch staff and wonderful local chamber members," Gutierrez said. "I am sincerely grateful for all of them and honored to serve as chairman of the board."
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Network operators are beginning to think about how to gain money from a recently grown interest in mobile porn among U.S. mobile users. All over the world adult content is becoming more popular as content providers find a market for everything from titillating mobile games to hardcore videos. PhoneErotica.com is a leading adult WAP site in the U.S. market which has more than 12 million visitors every month.
However the U.S. market turned to be tough to penetrate for content providers. Carriers don't allow third parties to bill through their monthly statements for the naughty stuff and are unwilling to place on deck anything more indecent than a Maxim photo shoot. Mobile porn must use consumers' credit cards but there are still doubts that there is a potential market for wireless porn. Google Inc.'s mobile-search revealed that wireless users were twice more likely to search for porn on their phones than any other type of content.
PhoneBox Entertainment began charging American users $18 per month for access. "It seems the price itself is not much of an issue for people who want to pay, it's the technology and the interface. They're not used to paying on the phone with a credit card," Prieur said.
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There have been reports circulating with claims that OnePlus 3 is running out of supply when it comes to AMOLED display panels.
This came in after some people who had reportedly ordered OnePlus 3 handsets were told the phone will take 3-4 weeks to ship as the company had run out of AMOLED display screens. Well, according to the company’s co-founder Carl Pei, there won’t be any changes to the design materials used on the original OnePlus 3 and the handsets that are still in production.
The tech mogul took to an online forum with a teasing message indicating that AMOLED is much better than LCD panels. The “AMOLED>LCD” post was later on followed by a Twitter post that was aimed at shading more light on the circulating rumors. Pei was clear that the company will be sticking with the Optic AMOLED panels for its foreseeable future.
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The Internal Revenue Service issued its final ruling Wednesday for the medical device tax that is set to go into effect Jan. 1.
That means manufacturers and importers will be required to pay a tax on sales for medical device equipment “intended for humans,” excluding over-the-counter items such as eyeglasses, contacts and hearing aids. Manufacturers and importers of these devices will owe their first bill to the federal government by April 30, 2013, for the months of January, February and March.
The 2.3 percent tax hike is part of the 2010 Affordable Care Act (ACA), and many within the medical device industry were hoping to repeal the tax, claiming that it would cause job losses.
“This final rule does nothing to prevent the loss of jobs and innovation that has already occurred as a result of the medical device tax, and will unfortunately continue if we do not repeal this bad policy,” Mark Leahey, President and CEO of the Medical Device Manufacturers Association, said in a statement.
In September, Steve Hanley, chief executive of MediBeacon, a company that develops devices to monitor kidney function, said the tax would cause his company to reevaluate how it prices products. Ron Borgschulte, owner of St. Louis-based Partners in Medicine, imports medical devices from overseas and says this tax will cause him to shift the cost onto customers.
Hospital administrators also expressed concerns that the tax could affect their budgets if medical device companies decided to raise prices at a time when reimbursement to hospitals has decreased from both private payers and the government.
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Turnover for the quarter rose by 33.1% YoY to RM230.04 million due to higher sales of its residential and commercial properties. As at June 30, 2018, the group’s unbilled sales grew 28.6% YoY to RM1.2 billion.
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Perhaps you know by now that Apple planned to release three models of iPhone later this year. However, it seems that the cheapest of the three might be in trouble and we hope you didn’t place too many hopes on it.
The analysts at GBH Insights released a note for investors earlier this week. This note revealed Apple’s probably need of delaying its 6.1-inch LCD-screened iPhone. They didn’t say what the exact release date would be, although they did warn that this delay could last from two to four months.
The 6.5-inch model
This is the largest of the upcoming devices and it stuck with a name from the rumor mill, the iPhone X Plus. This is a tradition for Apple, ever since the iPhone 6 came out. Since then, after Apple launches a new flagship smartphone, it is soon followed by a ‘Plus’ version.
The 6.1-inch model
This is the budget smartphone and is dubbed the iPhone 9. Originally it was called iPhone SE 2, in honor of the previous SE budget version.
The 5.8-inch model
This is the successor of the iPhone X and it has a variety of names: iPhone XI, X2, 11 or XS. Neither of them stuck, although X2 has been used a bit more. We apparently have to wait and see the truth.
The news that the LCD model will be delayed isn’t that surprising, as we have heard some voices speaking about this for a few months. There are some reports according to which the cheapest model will hit the stores in November, allowing almost two months for the higher-end products to properly sell.
GBH Insights believes that this year might be a big one for Apple, thinking that Apple might sell over 380 million iPhones in the next 18 months.
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