text:
shares rose almost 6 percent after Morgan Stanley boosted its rating on shares of the Pasadena, Calif., maker of pressure-sensitive adhesives and materials to "overweight" from "equal-weight." The firm said it believes Avery has a solid earnings outlook for 2003 and 2004. See full story.
leapt nearly 7 percent after the Charlotte, N.C., online lender boosted its financial outlook for the first quarter to a profit of 14 cents per share, up from its previous forecast for earnings of a dime per share. The company expects net income available to common shareholders to come in at $4.1 million for the quarter, well above its prior projection of $2.7 million. Revenue is pegged at least $35 million for the period, topping a previous estimate of $33.2 million. LendingTree attributed the higher outlook to strong growth throughout most segments of its business.
advanced almost 6 percent after the company said same-store sales rose 3.2 percent in February. Total sales for the five weeks ended March 1 leapt 1.6 percent to $1.567 billion from $1.543 billion in the same period a year earlier. For the quarter ended March 1, same-store sales rose 4.7 percent, and total sales gained 2.6 percent to $4.136 billion.
rose more than 27 percent after the Elk Grove Village, Ill., provider of electronic manufacturing services reported third-quarter earnings of $1.6 million, or 49 cents per share, up from its year-ago profit of $591,361, or 20 cents per share. Revenue surged in the latest three months to $25.5 million from $22.7 million in the same period a year earlier. Looking ahead, the company said it expects the fourth quarter to be "relatively strong as well" due sales to date and current backlog.
jumped more than 238 percent after the company announced that it has signed an extension and settlement agreement with TRW Automotive. The deal reinstates SmarTire's right and royalty free access to TRW patents granted under a previous licensing agreement. The reinstatement is subject to SmarTire completing payment of an outstanding balance of $850,000 owed by June 1, 2003.
Standard & Poor's announced a number of changes to its indexes, prompting notable moves in the stocks involved. Shares of O'Reilly Automotive
tacked on more than 2 percent after the company was tabbed to replace Hispanic Broadcasting
in the S&P MidCap 400 index. Commonwealth Telephone
gained almost 2 percent on news it will take O'Reilly's place in the S&P SmallCap 600 index. Corinthian Colleges
rose nearly 2 percent, and Ruby Tuesday
added almost 4 percent after the companies were selected to replace Cirrus Logic
and GrafTech International
respectively, in the S&P MidCap 400 index. Gables Residential Trust
and Tractor Supply
will replace Corinthian and Ruby Tuesday in the S&P SmallCap 600 index. Also, Websense
jumped almost 4 percent on news that it will join the S&P SmallCap 600 index, replacing Fleming Cos.
which fell nearly 14 percent on the news.
Sylvan Learning Systems
rallied more than 30 percent after the company disclosed plans to focus exclusively on post-secondary education, divest its K-12 education business and disband its Sylvan Ventures unit. The company updated its outlook for fiscal 2003 to reflect these changes, saying it expects earnings from continuing operations of between 80 and 82 cents per share on revenue ranging from $450 million to $475 million for the year. For fiscal 2004, Sylvan expects earnings to exceed $1.12 per share.
Corus Group plc
sank more than 57 percent on the New York Stock Exchange after a supervisory board for the steelmaker's Dutch unit blocked the sale of two of its aluminum businesses to Pechiney, a French firm. Corus, which employs more than 26,000 people in the U.K., plans to legally challenge the board's decision. It also said it would close part of its unprofitable operations in Britain, according to the Associated Press.
dropped more than 22 percent after issuing a warning. The airline sector as a whole suffered on this news and concerns about a possible bankruptcy filing for AMR Corp.
whose shares lost 34 percent. Also showing extreme weakness were Continental
slumping more than 15 percent, and Northwest Airlines
off almost 11 percent. See full story.
slid nearly 19 percent after the New York financial services firm reported second-quarter earnings of $8.3 million, or 46 cents per share, down from its year-ago profit of $9.2 million, or 50 cents per share. Three analysts polled by Thomson First Call were looking for earnings of 52 cents per share in the period, on average. The company said persistent weakness in the overall economy and geopolitical uncertainties hurt the industries that it finances, and that new business opportunities were adversely affected by severe weather conditions, rising fuel prices and higher insurance costs.
fell almost 17 percent after the company filed a lawsuit against Naveen Jain, its founder and former chairman and CEO. The suit also targets Intelius, a company that has since been founded by Jain, and Kevin Marcus, the current chief technology officer of Intelius and former chief software architect with Infospace. The suit alleges Jain has breached fiduciary and contractual duties owed to Infospace, and makes related claims against Intelius and Marcus. The suit also alleges Jain and Marcus have violated noncompete agreements with Infospace. See full story.
dropped nearly 24 percent after the company said it received a letter from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission saying that it was conducting an investigation of the company. King said it was not aware of the underlying reason for the investigation, but noted that the SEC has subpoenaed certain documents that appear to focus on sales of products to VitaRx and Prison Health Services in 1999 and 2000, the pricing of products to any governmental Medicaid agency during 1999 and the accrual and payment of rebates on Altace since 2000. The drugmaker said it intended to cooperate fully with the SEC.
lost almost 16 percent after the Newton, Iowa, appliance firm warned that its first-quarter results would not meet current expectations due to a weakening performance in February when operating earnings ran roughly 25 percent below plan. The company didn't provide an updated outlook for the period. Analysts polled by Thomson First Call were looking for a profit of 71 cents per share in the quarter, on average. Maytag said its floor care products business accounts for the majority of the shortfall due to weak volumes and a deteriorating sales mix shift to lower priced models at several key accounts.
fell nearly 14 percent after the Marietta, Ohio, firm forecast earnings of roughly 51 cents per share for the first quarter, a figure that's below the current average estimate of analysts polled by Thomson First Call for a profit of 59 cents per share. The company said the declining outlook resulted from net interest margin pressures, slowing economic conditions, an increasing turnover of investments reinvested at lower yields and a continued high level of loan refinancing. Earlier in the session, the stock plumbed a 52-week low of $20.42.
lost more than 11 percent after the Sioux Falls, S.D., firm reported fourth-quarter earnings of $2.2 million, or 24 cents per share, slightly higher than its year-ago profit of $2.1 million, or 22 cents per share. The company, which makes plastics and electronics products for a variety of industries, acknowledged the latest quarter was "a little tougher than expected" due to a delay in agricultural shipments in its flow controls business, and losses at its Aerostar unit. Sales fell 6 percent in the latest three months to $28.8 million from $30.6 million in the same period a year earlier.
SeraCare Life Sciences
tumbled more than 12 percent after the Oceanside, Calif., provider of blood and plasma-based products trimmed its outlook for 2003 after its largest single customer announced plans to stop purchasing human serum albumin from the company. SeraCare attributed the move to the customer's decision to reformulate a cell culture media product with nonhuman media instead of human serum albumin. The company now sees earnings of $2.9 million, or 29 cents per share, in fiscal 2003 on core revenue of $25.4 million. It had been looking for a profit of $3 million, or 35 cents per share, in the period on revenue of $27 million.
fell almost 6 percent after the company said it would eliminate 150 jobs as part of its plans to realign production at a facility in Lexington, N.C. The company plans to make the facility's sole focus the manufacturing of youth bedroom furniture. Previously, the facility made youth and adult bedroom furniture and it employed 525. Stanley Furniture also reaffirmed its outlook for the both the first quarter and full year. It noted that severe winter weather, geopolitical issues and the general state of the economy continue to create a challenging business environment.
dropped more than 25 percent as it continued to fall after Moody's on Friday said it could downgrade ratings on the Chattanooga, Tenn., firm's debt. The company issued a response after Monday's closing bell, saying it will work with Moody's throughout its review process and that it's committed to maintaining a strong financial base for its business. UnumProvident also noted that AM Best, Standard & Poor's and Fitch all have higher ratings on its debt than Moody's, and that its own consolidated regulatory capital position at year-end 2002, while below its 2001 level, is still better than its levels for 1999 and 2000.


text:
Clubcard targets missing customers with £150m relaunch
Tesco is staging a £150m relaunch of its Clubcard scheme which it says should add one million new members to the rewards programme.
The retailer claims that 50% of UK households already used the card and that the new promotion will take total membership to 16 million.
Starting today Clubcard holders will be able to double the value of vouchers against a range of products in-store and online. Previously vouchers were only worth face value on Tesco products but could be redeemed for up to four times their value with partners such as restaurants and theme parks.
Tesco said the products the vouchers can be used for would include clothing, baby goods, wine and airtime on its mobile phone service. A customer currently receiving £5 of Clubcard vouchers could now exchange them for £10 of ‘double up’ reward tokens, to be spent on the ranges selected by Tesco.
Details of the relaunch will be mailed out to Clubcard members later this month with their latest statement.
Tesco has recently been losing market share to rivals, though it still remains the dominant UK supermarket chain with 2,282 stores. It reported record profits in April of £3.13bn. In the UK, its market share has fallen from 31.8% in October 2007 to 30.6% currently. Asda, Sainsbury’s and Morrisons, in addition discount retailers such as German-based Aldi and Lidl, have made inroads into Tesco’s share of the market.
The Clubcard relaunch is as an effort to encourage loyalty amongs its shoppers and to move away from price cutting by the major players that has encouraged more promiscuous shopping habits by consumers.
Using the detailed shopper information that it gets from its Clubcard scheme, Tesco can target customers who are spending less at its stores and send details of relevant products and offers to them.
In the recession consumers are thought to be increasingly chasing best buys at different retailers rather than sticking to one store.
Tesco is suffering the biggest loss of customers with Asda being the chief beneficiary. Data from market research company TNS found that expenditure increased by £115m in Asda stores in Q1 2009 compared to the same period last year, and that £33m of this figure came from former Tesco shoppers.
Richard Brasher, Tesco’s marketing and commercial director, commented: “Tesco already has the most loyal customers of any supermarket and we’ve been saying ‘thank you’ for their custom for many years by giving them back billions of pounds worth of vouchers to spend with Tesco or on treating themselves with one of our specially selected partners.
“Now with customers going to greater lengths to search out the best bargains, it is even more important for Tesco to say thank you when they choose to shop with us.”

domain: news


text:
California Law Could Have Waiters Facing Jail Time for Handing Out Straws
It has been said that leftist politicians want to regulate and/or criminalize everything. It seems liberal politicians in California have set out to prove that suspicion correct.
According to TheBlaze, a bill recently introduced in the California Assembly would essentially make it a crime for waiters to hand out straws to customers who didn’t specifically request one.
That bill is AB 1884, and if passed would prohibit sit-down restaurants from providing single-use plastic straws to their customers unless the customer requests one — a prohibition backed up by misdemeanor criminal penalties of a fine ranging from $25 to $1,000 and a jail sentence of no more than six months.
“We need to create awareness around the issue of one-time use plastic straws and its detrimental effects on our landfills, waterways, and oceans,” stated Majority Leader Ian Calderon, who introduced the bill.
“AB 1884 is not ban on plastic straws,” he added. “It is a small step towards curbing our reliance on these convenience products, which will hopefully contribute to a change in consumer attitudes and usage.”
The release went on to cite a number of unsourced statistics regarding the usage of plastic straws and the effect those discarded straws eventually have on the environment.
Of course, as with most pieces of proposed legislation, people on both sides of the issue (who even knew that plastic straw use was an issue?) have been left unhappy, according to the San Francisco Chronicle.
Environmentalist groups are mad because the bill doesn’t go far enough in their view, as they wanted a blanket ban on the use of plastic straws and don’t like the fact that this bill excludes fast food restaurants, small cafes and delis, where most single-use plastic straws are handed out and disposed of “improperly.”
“Really, what’s at stake here is a few moments of convenience creating a years-long environmental threat,” stated David Lewis, executive director of an environmentalist group known as Save the Bay.
On the other side are those who stand against heavy-handed mandates and intrusive policies on the private sector that are difficult, if not foolish, to try and enforce.
“Not everything needs to be legislated,” stated Gwyneth Borden, executive director of the Golden Gate Restaurant Association. “The industry will be more creative and innovative if given the opportunity to come up with a solution.”
“Will there be secret straw investigators?” Borden asked half-jokingly. “They don’t need to create a law around it. You aren’t really even tackling where the mass usage happens. The segment of the restaurant industry that is struggling the most is full-service restaurants, and this law singles them out.”
As for the various statistics stated in Calderon’s news release, as well as the San Fran Chronicle — specifically that some 500 million straws are used and discarded every day (more straws than people) — libertarian-leaning outlet Reason took some issue with that number.
It turned out that the number was nothing more than an estimate derived by a young environmentalist activist who conducted a phone survey of straw manufacturers when he was 9-years-old, yet it has been promoted by the likes of a recycling company called Eco-Cycle, the National Restaurant Association and the National Park Service, as well as leftist politicians.
But aside from unsupported claims being used to support impactful legislation, Reason also took issue with the heavy-handed approach of it all — potential jail time for handing out an unrequested plastic straw — and noted that Calderon’s senior assistant, Voleck Taing, said the bill could be amended to remove the stiff penalties.
This is quite possibly the height of ridiculously dumb legislation which serves to prove the point that some liberal politicians will attempt to regulate and criminalize virtually everything they possibly can.
Share this story on Facebook so everyone can see the latest over-reaching mandate California is considering passing into law.
Truth and Accuracy
We are committed to truth and accuracy in all of our journalism. Read our editorial standards.


text:
CARROLLTON, Texas — Rexel USA opened a new branch in San, Marcos, Texas on Monday, June 10th.
The 8,000 sq. ft. facility has a spacious counter sales area, office and warehouse and offers free same-day customer pickup. Delivery, easy online ordering, credit for qualifying customers, and account maintenance on RexelUSA.com are just a few additional services.
Rexel also has 24/7 emergency call out service and many other time and money saving solutions, such as 24-hour pickup lockers (being installed soon). Stop by 226 Wonder World Dr, San Marcos, Texas, 78666, call (512) 214-6450, or visit us online at RexelUSA.com.Tagged with Rexel


text:
Paris Hilton has defied convention again by being spotted by the paparaazi driving around Los Angeles in a bubble-gum-pink Bentley Continental GT. According to Forbes, the company Bentley were dismayed by Paris Hilton as it could be deemed damaging to the demographic that they were targeting their marketing campaign towards.
The new muscular $212,800 Bentley was initially designed by Bentley to target a young, moneyed, male demographic. Thus Hilton cruising around in a bubble-gum pink edition was a surprise for the 92-year-old brand. One insider stated that whilst the company appreciates the fact that celebrities buy their car for its excellence, "there's a certain element of still buying it possibly for very different reasons: the follow-on crowd who just said, 'Well, so-and-so is driving the car, so I want one.'" However the source added that recent investments in the polo player-model Nacho Figueras and Peter Brant, an art connoisseur, hope to divert attention from the socialite circle. Paris Hilton further made the headlines this week in Europe when she was seen on the catwalk in Ukraine, modelling a bright yellow silk dress by the Ukrainian designer Andre Tan. The event featured 42 designers, who presented their Spring-Autumn 2012 collections.
Paris Hilton recently completed her year-long probation sentence for her 2010 drug arrest. She did 200 hours of community service plus an extra 28 hours, having to further pay a $2,000 fine.


text:
Resource Rights and the Right to Food at the World Summit on Food Security
In 1996 the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) organized the first World Food Summit in Rome to, in their own words, “renew global commitment to the fight against hunger. The FAO called the Summit in response to widespread under nutrition and growing concern about the capacity of agriculture to meet future food needs.”
The final declaration of that summit was signed by heads of state from most of the developed and developing world and stated: “We consider it intolerable that more than 800 million people throughout the world, and particularly in developing countries, do not have enough food to meet their basic nutritional needs. This situation is unacceptable. Food supplies have increased substantially, but constraints on access to food and continuing inadequacy of household and national incomes to purchase food, instability of supply and demand, as well as natural and man-made disasters, prevent basic food needs from being fulfilled.”
Despite some early progress made since the 1996 World Food Summit, the number of undernourished people in the world reached 923 million in 2007, according to the FAO. The tragedy is that in the spring of 2008, sharp fluctuations in food prices set off protests in more than 30 poor countries across the world and exposing the failures of our globalized food systems. Since then that number has increased ever more and is tottering near the one billion mark.
In the US, at least 36 million people cannot access healthy food on a regular basis. Food banks have witnessed dramatic increases in the number of people they served in 2008. At the same time, food stocks for all kinds of emergency food assistance have declined due to higher food costs and waning donations, as the economy fell into a deep recession.
What was described as “intolerable” at the 1996 world Food Summit has now become endemic.
This week, November 16 – 18 2009 the FAO has organized yet another global summit the World Summit on Food Security because, in their words:
The global food insecurity situation has worsened and continues to represent a serious threat for humanity. With food prices remaining stubbornly high in developing countries, the number of people suffering from hunger has been growing relentlessly in recent years.
The global economic crisis is aggravating the situation by affecting jobs and deepening poverty. FAO estimates that the number of hungry people could increase by a further 100 million in 2009 and pass the one billion mark.
Many of Grassroots International’s partners, including the Via Campesina, the Landless Workers Movement (MST) of Brazil, and the Union of Agricultural Work Committees from the West Bank and Gaza are already in Rome attending the People’s Food Sovereignty Forum—a parallel initiative to the World Summit on Food Security. There are an estimated 400 delegates from 70 different countries representing small scale food producers’ organizations of farmers, fisherfolk, Indigenous Peoples, food and rural workers, rural youth, women and pastoralists, as well as food insecure city dwellers and NGOs are gathered in Rome. One of the main ideas behind this parallel forum is to ensure that the voices of these grassroots peoples’ movements are heard at the World Food Summit.
“Time for talking is over,” said Nettie Wiebe, a Canadian farmer and a leader of the Via Campesina movement. “If the world is serious about eradicating hunger, there are not many options. We have to support and encourage small farmers to produce food for their communities in sustainable ways. A genuine solution to the food crisis means that small scale farmers, not transnational corporations, must regain control over food producing resources such as land, seeds, water and local markets.”
Allies of Grassroots International from the U.S. Working Group on the Global Food Crisis will present a statement on behalf of organizations that work here in the U.S. to try to change our government’s agriculture and food policies.
In the words of Nikhil Aziz, Executive Director of Grassroots International, “It is crucial that we challenge the U.S. government’s double speak on agriculture and food policies. While speaking about the importance of providing support to small-scale farmers to increase their ability to produce, the government agencies are pushing technological packages that are beyond the means of small farmers and also will have dire effects on the environment and climate change.”
Sadly, despite the promise of change, our government’s policies continue to be greatly influenced by representatives from agribusiness and ag-biotech corporations. As a result, US agriculture and food policies still favor large scale industrial production, trade and technologies like genetic engineering and nanotechnologies as the fix to address global hunger and malnutrition.
Javier Sanchez, from the Spanish farmers’ organization COAG, a member of Via Campesina, explains it this way: “There is a broad global consensus among farmers and consumers that the Genetic Modification technologies allow the companies to take control over seeds and deny farmers the possibility of saving their own seeds. Farmers lose the right to produce GM- free food while consumers lose the right to eat GM free food. It is a clear example of how the privatization of natural resources goes against the common interest. European consumers are wisely rejecting these technologies.”


text:
While it's associated with the dark web marketplace has forever left a stain on the crypto asset, Bitcoin may also not be where it is todayif it didn't catch. Criminals and terrorists seek to exploit the anonymity of dark net markets and cryptocurrencies to buy weapons, child abuse material, drugs. Bitcoin has a bad rep. A lot of people view it as a black market currency, which to be fair isn't false. The first place Bitcoin was. Criminal ring used 'dark web' marketplaces to sell drugs, to be the 'Amazon Marketplace' for thousands of drug addicts and drug dealers. A handful of cryptocurrencies dominate the market, with Bitcoin More than 100,000 illegal drug transactions had taken place on the site. Bitcoin drugs market. imposes sanctions on Russian darknet market and crypto exchange drugs and other illegal offerings, including ransomware activity.
The price of the bitcoin digital currency dropped Wednesday after bitcoin drugs market. law Silk Road owner and shut down underground drug market website. Federal agents this week seized more than 1 billion worth of bitcoins linked to the now-defunct Silk Road website, a criminal marketplace. They also blocked over a hundred linked BTC addresses. dangerous drugs and other illegal offerings through the Russian darknet platform. Sparrowvsrevolution writes "Every day or so of the last six months, Carnegie Mellon computer security professor Nicolas Christin has crawled. The market is used to trade everything from drugs to stolen data. Authorities Shutter Online Criminal Market cartel darknet market AlphaBay hundreds of millions in cryptocurrency, and a Darknet drug trade that spanned the.
The dizzying rise of Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies has are used to buy everything from software to real estate to illegal drugs. The amount of cryptocurrency spent on so-called dark net markets, where stolen credit card information and a wide array of illegal drugs can. Bitcoin drugs market. Imposes Sanctions on Russian Darknet Market and Crypto Exchange drugs and other illegal offerings, including ransomware activity. It silkkitie darknet market is the markets that are truly silkkitie link hidden and operate on an invitation only basis that really drive the exchange and sale of illegal arms, drugs. Drugs market, keeps us hooked to the bitter end in Silk Road, and a small fortune in bitcoin thanks to an article about the site. Context: Mining refers to bitcoin's consensus mechanism, Medicare's limits on Aduhelm coverage sparks questions about future drugs.
Among them was the creation of the world's first online drug bazaar, which sparked a vicious bear market in the price of bitcoin. Criminal darknet markets exist so drug dealers can profit at the expense of others' safety. The FBI is committed to working with our JCODE. Silk Road was a digital black market platform that was popular for hosting money laundering activities and illegal drug transactions using Bitcoin. New Jersey, United States - The research study on the Bitcoin-Mining Machine Market offers you detailed and accurate analyzes to strengthen. While it's associated with the dark web marketplace has forever left a stain on the crypto asset, Bitcoin may also not be where it is today if it didn't catch. The hit German-language Netflix series 'How to Sell Drugs Online (Fast)' is very marketplace accepts payment in four cryptocurrencies: Bitcoin, Ripple.
Conjunction with darknet market activity may indicate drug purchases or sales, Bitcoin cannazon market Trader Convicted of Money Laundering, Mar. The hit German-language Netflix series 'How to Sell Drugs Online (Fast)' is very marketplace accepts payment in four cryptocurrencies: Bitcoin, Ripple. An image of the Hydra marketplace prior to its takedown. The raid also involved the take down of Bitcoin Bank Mixer, a well-known. You can use a QR code to select a crypto wallet in which to deposit the funds, select your cryptocurrency, and then insert your cash. The. Each year, 76 billion worth of illegal transactions are made with the cryptocurrency bitcoin not far off from the size of traditional illegal drug markets in. Drugs and other illegal offerings, including ransomware activity, that emanate from 3 Market Trends This Week: 19th Century Crypto, Recession Risk.
Anonymous, self-destructing, uncensored text and file sharing is what these offer. Agora specializes in providing Fresh grocery items which is thoroughly inspected to be of the best quality, from mineral water to Ferrero Rocher you can get all your desired online shop items. It offers a varied set of functionalities that includes human interaction support systems, artificial intelligence incorporation, absolute encryption and stunning design. Responsible vendors, intelligent consumers: Silk Road, the online revolution in drug trading. Although coin mixing doesn’t guarantee complete privacy, it makes tracing transactions more difficult. This study examines how sellers and buyers of illegal drugs represent bitcoin drugs market themselves in their usernames. If network nodes do not update their software, they are unable to communicate with nodes that have updated their software. He has written and directed original comedy programming for Audible Channels and for the Howl network, including the series Brief Interviews with Hideous Monsters. Last week, the FBI joined a number of other U. In the first half of 2020, the coronavirus pandemic reportedly depressed some of the dark web trade. After going through many websites and blogs, unfortunately, there is no proper place where you might find a complete and comprehensive list of all the darknet markets at a single place.
“Empire Market, similar to the infamous Silk Road site shut down by law enforcement in October 2013, had become one of the most trafficked illicit online marketplaces in recent years, following the demise of other sites such as AlphaBay and Hansa. Monero functionality appears broken, Bitcoin is functioning according to multiple trusted sources.”
Switch to the light mode that's kinder on your eyes at day time. Victims will also make purchases and send their bitcoins to the fake website, with cannazon market link no real vendors. The course expands beyond law enforcement and provides a comprehensive background to the field through the following presentations: a history of cybersecurity; an explanation of the Internet; an introduction to cybercrime and cybersecurity techniques; the legal environment, which includes a survey of law enforcement and prosecution departments and agencies, and federal and NY state criminal, civil and privacy laws; a case (Silk Road Market) about a darknet market which demonstrates federal law enforcement in action; and the concept that cybersecurity is an enormous challenge to law enforcement. But browsing a website that offers those two things would not be illegal. An advanced search-functionality too is available which makes searching for products easier. Communication in a clear and unbiased form while treating everybody equal. There are quite a few options how you can get your hands on those. Key Marketing Points: -Author is a thirty-year journalism veteran -Author is a White House correspondent -Includes excerpts of interviews with Barack Obama -Author of The Presidency In Black and White -Social media promotion -Author's Web site: aprildryan. Also, corrects paragraph 2 to say China's strategy emerged after a meeting and not at the meeting.


text:
Today’s MCoBeauty sale is in honor of the comedian's 39th birthday. Celeste is the Australian makeup brand’s spokeswoman, and it seems they love her just as much as the rest of Instagram. For another half of a day (sale ends 1 a.m. EST Friday morning), you can take 39% off the entire site with code CB39.
Jumping into a new makeup brand can be disorienting, but once you’re done binging Celeste’s videos, stay on her Instagram page for some helpful tips. There’s a highlight of her easy, everyday makeup routine and a few IGTV beauty tutorials.
MCoBeauty was previously featured in The Box by Fashionsta.
Are you familiar with this Australian beauty brand? Tell us in the comments below.


text:
Several lots of Gerber infant formula produced at an Eau Claire, Wis., factory have been recalled by the manufacturer due to bacterial contamination concerns.
Gerber Good Start SoothePro formula with use-by dates between July 4-16, 2024, are affected by the voluntary recall, according to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. No contamination has been detected in products and no sicknesses have been reported.
The products were made between Jan. 2 and Jan. 18 and are being recalled "out of an abundance of caution due to the potential presence of Cronobacter sakazakii," a common bacteria that can cause severe illness or even death in young infants.
The possibility of cronobacter contamination led to the shutdown of a major formula-producing plant in Michigan last year, which contributed to a nationwide shortage of formula.
The Eau Claire plant that produced the recalled Gerber formula was purchased last fall by Perrigo Company plc. That Ireland-based company, with North American headquarters in Michigan, now operates the Good Start brand in the U.S. and Canada. Nestlé operates the formula brand for Women Infants and Children (WIC) contracts.
"As part of our rigorous protocols to protect the safety of families and infants, we are proactively taking this action," Perrigo said in the news release.
Those seeking refunds or more information should call 1-800-777-7690. Affected lot codes are listed on the FDA website.


text:
Family Dollar reopens in TRE
Family Dollar, a leading small format and convenience retailer, has announced plans for a renovated store’s grand reopening in Topaz Ranch Estates.
In addition to providing an assortment of necessities, the renovated store will now include $1 Dollar Tree merchandise, additional freezers and coolers and an expanded selection of food, beauty and essentials, household products, and seasonal items.
There will be a grand reopening celebration for the community from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday. The event will feature gift basket raffles, giveaways, free samples and family fun entertainment. In addition, the first 50 customers on Saturday will receive a gift card and reusable shopping bag.
“Family Dollar is proud to be a part of the Wellington community and we are excited to welcome existing and new customers to our newly renovated store,” said Jim Van Slyke, Family Dollar spokesperson. “The refreshed store will provide even greater values and convenience to our shoppers.”
A store of this size typically employs six to 10 associates. Interested applicants can apply online at http://www.Family Dollar.com/careers or by visiting the store location.
Family Dollar stores are open seven days a week and offer everyday items for the entire family in an easy-to-shop neighborhood location. The store is located at 1499 Albite Road.


text:
adidas Originals will be officially releasing their newest silhouette this week, the F/22 Primeknit. One of the colorways added to the lineup is this “Shock Green” iteration.
Constructed in a breathable Primeknit upper that’s fully dressed in “Shock Green” paired with Core Black detailing. Adding for a nice contrast is its Orange back pull tab that sits atop a clean White rubber traction outsole.
adidas F22 Primeknit Shock Green Release Date
Look for the adidas F/22 Primeknit “Shock Green” to release on May 3rd at select retailers and adidas.com. The retail price tag is set at $140 USD.
Color: Shock Green/Core Black-Crystal White
Style Code: AH2171
Release Date: May 3, 2018


text:
Best 10 Reasons to Visit Amsterdam | Why You Should Visit Amsterdam
Dec 19, 2019 News
Synopsis: UAE is known for its best airline services and recently another famous airline Etihad was in the news for being the most punctual airline in the world. In the recent Skytrax World Airline Awards 2022, the world’s best economy class for 2022 award was given to Emirates.
Recently a renowned airline company was awarded the world’s best economy class airline in 2022. If you are a business class regular then this might be difficult for you, nonetheless you can guess the name of the airline because it is known for its punctuality and best services.
UAE is known for its best airline services and recently another famous airline Etihad was in the news for being the most punctual airline in the world. In the recent Skytrax World Airline Awards 2022, the world’s best economy class for 2022 award was given to Emirates. Not only this, but it also received World’s Best Economy Class Catering, 17th consecutive time, World’s Best In-flight Entertainment, and World’s Best Economy Class.
In order to determine the most popular airlines, cabin classes, and other information, Skytrax, a UK-based airline and airport review and ranking site, performed more than 14 million consumer surveys in more than 100 countries between September 2021 and August 2022. Many airlines were competing in this competition including Southwest airlines of the USA which has recently reduced tickets cost for fall and winter making the flights more affordable for the people.
Emirates expressed gratitude for the honor, saying it was evidence of its “commitment to providing the absolute finest customer experience in the sky.” Economy Class passengers “can expect to enjoy roomy rooms, well-produced cuisines, an unparalleled selection of in-flight entertainment options, thoughtful touches like kids toys, and much more.”
Emirates’ catering combines regional and seasonal flavors with robust main courses, sides, and a typically location-inspired dessert.
Jun 3, 2020 News
Jun 8, 2021 News
Adequate Travel helps you find travel partners according to your likes and interests. Download the Adequate Travel app to meet new people and form instant connections.


text:
A federal jury in Delaware has hit Apple with a $3 million damages verdict Wednesday after ruling that some of the company’s iPhone models infringe a MobileMedia Ideas owned patent covering incoming phone call alert sounds. MobileMedia sued Apple in 2010, claiming it infringed 14 patents for electronics.
In December 2012, a U.S. jury ruled that Apple’s iPhone infringed three patents owned by holding company MobileMedia Ideas, though damages have not yet been determined. In court filings, Apple asked a judge to rule that MobileMedia’s patents are invalid as a matter of law, and that there is no “legally sufficient” basis to find MobileMedia has proven infringement.
MobileMedia Ideas is the patent portfolio licensor of inventions adopted by manufacturers of smart phones, mobile phones and other portable devices including personal computers, laptops, netbooks, person. Some might call the company a “patent troll.”


text:
Still waiting for your HTC handset to make its way through customs? Ratchet your hopes just a smidge higher, because the company says it's making progress. "Some models have gone through inspection and been released to our carriers customers," the firm stated in an investor statement today. HTC explained that each of the contested models needs to be reviewed by officials before release, and assures customers that it is working with customs to speed along the process. Which devices are making it through? "We don't have the status of each specific device at this time," HTC says, "We remain confident that this issue will be resolved soon." Sure, that's not much to go off of, but we'll take what we can get.
Show full PR text
An active clarification regarding the US Custom's inspection status of HTC products
1.Date of occurrence of the event:2012/05/20
2.Company name:HTC Corporation
3.Relationship to the Company (please enter "head office" or "affiliate company"):Head Office
4.Reciprocal shareholding ratios:N/A
5.Cause of occurrence:Each imported HTC model must be reviewed by Customs and will be released once Customs officials have completed the inspection. Some models have gone through inspection and been released to our carriers customers. We don't have the status of each specific device model at this time, but we are working closely with Customs. We remain confident that this issue will be resolved soon.
7.Any other matters that need to be specified:N/A


text:
Distanted Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks have been on the rise throughout the year, and the attacks are getting stronger.
DDoS attacks are carried out on websites or web services in order to disable them. The attackers are directing the traffic of an army from botnet to hundreds of thousands of computers, servers and other internet-connected devices that they have gained control of - through malware - to the target they want to shut down.
An attack can only last a few seconds or a few hours or days and prevent legitimate users from accessing the websites - for that time.
DDoS attacks have been in our lives for many years, but this time they are different. We are facing a pandemic in which most people do everything online - work, study, shop and much more - so the situation is much more serious.
However, a new report on cyber threat by Netscout suggests that this is exactly what is happening, as cybercriminals carry out more DDoS attacks than ever before. The company said it had 4,83 million DDoS attacks in the first half of 2020, an increase of 15% compared to 2019.
And while there are sometimes political or economic motives behind DDoS attacks, in many cases those who control campaigns simply start them because they can.
The bad news is that DDoS attacks are also increasing in size, with the power of the strongest attacks increasing by 2.851% since 2017 - giving attackers the ability to "hit" networks much faster than ever.
The reason DDoS attacks become more powerful is because they become more complex, using many different types of devices and targeting different parts of the victim network. Indeed, attackers learn that the more basic DDoS attacks become less effective, so they reject them for some stronger ones.
One thing that helps botnets of DDoS attacks is that much of the source code for them is available for free. The most infamous case is Mirai botnet, which posted a plethora of online services at the end of 2016. The source code for Mirai was posted online and has since served as the backbone for building various botnets.
The growing number of connected devices also serves to increase the potential power of botnets. Intruders can take control of insecure computers and servers. But the increase of devices Internet of Things (IoT) aggravates the situation as these devices are connected to the internet and often have little or no security protocols. These devices can be used in attacks.
Some botnets like Gafgyt are powered only by devices IoT, as attackers try to exploit their lack of protection.


text:
Fujifilm India launches a unique social media campaign called Indian Photography League. It is aimed at photography enthusiasts to contribute their photographs on the monthly themes. The themes have been kept to capture the essence of India in its entirety and are based on places, seasons, festivals, sports and food. The selected photographs will be awarded and will also be a part of the prestigious annual calendar of the company which will be launched by the photography giant by end of 2013.
All the themes can be accessed on our Fujifilm India Facebook page- https://www.facebook.com/fujifilmindia
According to Sriwant Wariz, national marketing head, "Promoting Photography as a talent and engaging with amateurs is the aim of Fujifilm Indian Social Media. Therefore, along with our agency we have coined this activity for the entire year. We have been fortunate to witness Mahakumbh this year which is one stop destination for photographers. Therefore the month of February has been kept for pictures around Mahakumbh. We look forward for promoting the budding talent through digital medium."
Ranjoy Dey, COO, Ignitee Digital said that he is delighted to initiate this campaign with the sole objective of promoting amateur photographers in India. "Our insight says that growing popularity of easy-to-use high-end cameras have encouraged a lot of photography enthusiasts to explore this as a hobby. Some of these amateur photographers are really good but aren't getting an opportunity to showcase their talent to the world. This campaign is a platform for all of them to promote their skill and get recognition from none other than a domain expert like Fujifilm itself," Dey added.
The league is annual integrated social media and digital campaign which is being promoted with contests and engagement activities on a monthly basis across all major social media platforms like Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest etc. The Facebook page is currently having more than 1.4 lakh fans and twitter has more than 600 active followers.


text:
Image by Flickr user alykat
The Glass Onion will be sampling Hedges wine and hosting a raffle at Avondale Wine and Cheese Tuesday, March 22, from 5 to 7 p.m., as a promotion for their upcoming Third Anniversary Tasting Dinner.
The Glass Onion is pleased to team up with Avondale Wine and Cheese for this special event paving the way for their upcoming anniversary dinner with Hedges Winery on Thursday, March 24th.
At the dinner the Glass Onion will showcase local delicacies paired with these sustainable Washington wines from 6 to 10 p.m. Tickets to the dinner cost $50 for the five course menu and $25 for the optional wine pairing. At Avondale Wine and Cheese on Tuesday, the Glass Onion will raffle a ticket to the dinner and a bottle of Hedges CMS White.
The full tasting menu can be found at www.ilovetheglassonion.com. The restaurant will close for lunch at 4 p.m. that day to prepare for dinner. Reservations are necessary, and can be made by calling the Glass Onion at (843) 225-1717


text:
Video Gamer is reader-supported. When you buy through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Prices subject to change. Learn more
Ubisoft has said it expects Mario + Rabbids 2, Skull & Bones and Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora to launch by March 2023.
The publisher made the statement in its latest financial earnings report for the fiscal year 2021-2022. On the call to investors, the company’s Chief Financial Officer Frederick Duguet noted all three games by name as part of their lineup for the new financial year. That means they should all be here by March 31, 2023.
According to Video Games Chronicle, Duguet further clarified they probably wouldn’t arrive before October of this year. Coincidentally enough, movie sequel Avatar: The Way of Water got a new trailer earlier this week. Said trailer puts the film’s release date as December 16, 2022 – so odds are good Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora may launch around that window to capitalise. (Although this is yet to be confirmed.)
There’s not been much on Mario + Rabbids: Sparks of Hope since its reveal last summer. Fans are understandably wanting some more news, and perhaps we’ll get more in the next few months. The much-delayed Skull & Bones meanwhile looks like it’s gearing up for its own re-reveal, after footage from a test build leaked online.
Hopefully, we’ll hear more on all three Ubisoft games very soon. Perhaps at something like the Summer Games Fest live show on June 9?


text:
By Doug Schnitzspahn
One of the most important groups of Outdoor Retailer attendees found something even better than the current snow in the Wasatch at the Media Preview Monday night before Snow Show kicked off—a smorgasbord of new products to introduce to their readers. Journalists from outlets including Rolling Stone, Forbes, Outside, Good Housekeeping, Well+Good, the Associated Press, CBS local affiliate KUTV, NBC local affiliate KSLTV, Men’s Journal, Hearst media, Overland Journal, and the Salt Lake Tribune showed up to see new products and get face time with PR reps. For the first time, the Show allowed PR agencies to show off brands that were not exhibiting at the preview. The result was a busy event that warmed media up for the Show and provided a lot of value to all involved.
“It’s just great to be able to have this kind of focus,” said Chez Chesak, executive director of the Outdoor Writers Association of America. “You’ve got the brands here—and the PR folks—who want to talk to media. So it’s just a little bit more intimate again, a little bit more focused.”
The PR agencies exhibiting, which included Akimbo Communications, CGPR, Denny Ink, JAM Collective, Verde Brand Communications, Meteorite PR, and The Sideways Life PR, alongside individual brands, appreciated the ability to reconnect with reporters post pandemic, as everyone tries to refine their footing in a new media landscape.
“It’s a chance to really get back into Salt Lake City and reconnect at the Show after so many years of COVID,” said Julie Atherton, founder of JAM Collective. “We connected again and saw everybody and talked about the industry in general. And we have the chance to think about what the future of media looks like.”
“It was a shining star of the show,” said Chris Denny, founder of Deny Ink. “It was well attended by longstanding members of the media core and new outlets.”
Media saw skis, packs, climbing gear, avalanche airbags, state-of-the-art insulation, waterproof-breathable fabrics, anti-stink sprays, Limber Bows (purposefully bent hiking poles), and much more. One of the biggest highlights was something you don’t often see at a show that prides itself on human-powered recreation—a motorcycle in LAND Energy’s electric District. The brand was a finalist for this year’s Outdoor Retailer Innovation Awards, thanks to its smart vehicle that can handle roads and trails and allows riders to swap out batteries as technology improves. Plus, the brand hails from Cleveland, Ohio, and is on a mission to revive manufacturing in the Midwest with green thinking.


text:
Grand motors: The 10 cars most likely to be listed for sale under £1k - but some cost THREE times as much to insure for new drivers
- Ford Focus is the car you're most likely to find for sale priced at less than £1k
- Gumtree says more than 30k are advertised for under a grand on its site
- While these cars will be appealing to new drivers, some are pricey to insure
- A £1k VW Golf, for example, would cost a 17 year-old more than £3k to cover
Everyone remembers their first car. They're often a few years old, well used and flirting with the big scrapyard in the sky.
Gumtree says there are plenty of examples that would fit the bill for sale on its site and has listed the 10 cars most commonly advertised for less than £1,000.
However, not all of them - despite the low purchase price - would be affordable for someone who has just torn up their L-plates.
That's because the average insurance premiums for some are more than three times the vehicle purchase price.
Cheap thrills: If you're search for a used car online that's for sale for less than £1k the Ford Focus is the model that will show up most commonly
Gumtree, which claims to be the fastest growing car site in the UK, said there's a wealth of motors under £1,000 listed that would be ideal for those looking to purchase their first set of wheels.
Topping the list of bargain buys is the Ford Focus.
There are more than 30,000 of the family-friendly hatchbacks listed on the site for less than £1,000 at the moment, Gumtree says.
The average year of these less-than-a-grand Fords is 2004, meaning a relatively small sum will buy you a first generation car that was previously a UK best seller and in 1999 was voted European Car of the Year.
However, new drivers should run a few insurance quotes before thinking this be a cheap start to their motoring careers.
We asked comparison site Confused to run an insurance quote on this era Focus with a value of £1,000 with a 17 year-old as the main driver.
The average premium is £1,523, according to the the price comparison site - that's 52 per cent more than the car would cost.
|Model||Number for sale on Gumtree for less than £1k||Avg registration Year||Avg insurance cost for a 17 year-old*|
*average insurance cost based on Confused.com data for a 17 year-old driver
Gumtree says there are more than 50,000 Vauxhall Corsas (left) and Astras (right) for sale online for less than £1,000. The latter would cost a 17 year old twice as much to insure
There are some 22,000 Ford Fiestas for less than a grand. The average year of a sub-£1,000 version online is 2004 - that would cost a new driver almost £1,900 to insure
It's a similar story with some of the other common £1,000 motors.
A 2004 Renault Clio, 2003 Peugeot 2006, and 2001 Nissan Micra might easily be found for less than a grand online but all three will cost in the region of £1,500 to insure if you're young and have just passed you test.
Of the top 10 most common £1,000 cars it's the Volkswagen Golf that will prove priciest to own for new drivers.
If you're 17 and pick up one of the 17,000 for sale currently on Gumtree for less than £1,000 you'll have to fork out a massive £3,239 for cover.
That's 224 per cent more than the car costs.
The Renault Clio is the fifth most common car you'll find for sale for less than £1,000
Almost 18,000 Peugeot 206s can be purchased on Gumtree for less than a grand, the online seller said
The VW Golf is the cheap car that would cost a new driver the most to insure. Confused.com said a £1,000 example would cost more than £3,000 to cover
New motorists should instead look for newer low insurance group models that could cost more to buy but reward them with lower premium costs for the first few years they're on the road.
Gumtree Head of Motors, Vik Barodia, said: 'Your first car should inspire confidence, be safe and easy to drive – and be relatively cheap.
'If your budget is £1k and under, it’s not about the specs or fancy toys.
'As a rule with any vehicle purchase, always look for the lowest mileage and fewest owners to get the best car you can afford.'
There is a wealth of low-cost Ford Kas on the second-hand market
The Renault Megane is another family-car option for less than £1,000, though you might face a few electrical gremlins buying a French car from this generation
This generation of Nissan Micra is still managing to dodge the scrapyard - some 12,000 can be bought on Gumtree for less than £1,000
Most watched Money videos
- New Nissan concept car uses same powertrain as family-designed SUV
- Tesla unveil Cyberquad quad bike for younger enthusiasts
- Citroen unveil doorless beach buggy designed for adventure
- A look into the extremely rare 1962 Ferrari 268 SP classic car
- Incredible Lewis Hamilton's GP winning McLaren sold at auction
- Rare 1966 Ferrari 275 GTB Competizione sold for £5.6million
- Nissan creates electric Newbird using battery from a Leaf EV
- Britishvolt gigafactory to come up in Blyth after £1.7bn funding
- What can investors expect from 2022?
- Gatwick to get world's first airport charging station for EVs
- Skoda unveil fourth-generation Fabia hatchback set for spring release
- Renault Zoe scores zero stars in crash tests after airbag removed


text:
Study supports shareholder vote on auditors
Companies that give shareholders a choice have fewer serious restatements that hurt stock prices, though their audit fees are also higher, the new study found.
Auditor selection has become a hot-button issue. Regulators are considering ways to make auditors more independent of companies and skeptical when checking their financial statements.
Independence has been a thorny issue because of an inherent conflict in the auditors’ business model: they are supposed to be looking out for investors’ interests by vouching for the accuracy of companies’ books, but they are paid by the companies whose numbers they check.
Giving shareholders a vote on the auditor may be one way of making the auditor more accountable to investors, according to the researchers, Kannan Raghunandan and Dasartha Rama at Florida International University and Mai Dao of the University of Toledo:
When there is shareholder involvement in auditor selection, the investors become monitors of the auditor’s work. Such an arrangement makes the auditor more a direct agent of the shareholder than of the board of directors and/or management.
Shareholder votes on auditors became a contentious issue in recent months as labor unions pushed for a say on whether companies should “rotate,” or switch auditors after a certain number of years.
Unions have been trying to get auditor rotation put to a shareholder vote at Alcoa, Deere & Co, Walt Disney and other companies, though the Securities and Exchange Commission has ruled that auditor selection is “ordinary business” that does not have to be put to a shareholder vote.
Though it is not required, most companies have opted to let shareholders ratify their auditor each year. Those that have shareholder ratification tend to be larger companies with a Big Four audit firm, and auditors usually get overwhelming shareholder approval.
But coming up short — even getting 90 percent approval versus the expected 98 or 99 percent — can lead board audit committees to start asking questions and put auditors on the spot, the researchers said.
Shareholder votes add another “pressure to perform” on auditors, likely encouraging them to spend extra effort on the audit, according to the study, appearing in the January/February issue of the American Accounting Association’s Accounting Review.
The findings came from a study of audits for the year 2006 of 1,382 U.S. companies and their financial restatements over the next three years. About 3.5 percent of companies that had shareholder votes on their auditors had serious restatements affecting their share price, versus 6.1 percent for companies without shareholder votes on auditors, the researchers found.
The additional effort, however, showed up in audit fees, which were about 9 percent higher at firms that had shareholder votes on auditors, they found.


text:
According to a tweet on Instagram he posted Bad Bunny’s arrival in the beer campaign « La Vida Más Fina ».
The rapper Snoop Dog clarifies “No, no, it is not playa, it is playa ” in the recently released Corona beer ad for the US market.
In the commercial sequence each is to appear from a different beach scene and connect via a call. Therefore the American pronounces the word beach and the bad rabbit corrects his pronunciation.
According to a tweet on Instagram, he marked Bad Bunny’s arrival to the “ La Vida Más Fina” beer campaign.
For Bad Bunny is the second commercial release in less than a week. Yesterday the designs inspired by him craces were sold out.


text:
The New York Times has a story about what are called "salvage food stores," which are gaining new relevance and popularity as inflation continues to weigh on many US consumers.
"A new batch of customers has discovered the joys and pitfalls of shopping at salvage food stores, where a crushed box is never a problem, package dates are mere suggestions and questionable marketing attempts (Hostess SnoBall-flavored coffee pods?) go to die.
"The stores, which traffic in what mainstream food retailers call 'unsellables,' operate in a gray zone between food banks and big discount chains like the German import Aldi or Dollar General, which has grown to more than 18,000 stores.
"With names like Sharp Shopper, the Dented Can and Stretch-a-Buck, salvage stores have long been a salvation for families on tight food budgets and the naturally thrifty. Adventurous shoppers looking for bargains use them for culinary treasure hunts. Now, the inflation-weary are joining their ranks."
The Times notes that "many of the stores are small, and some don’t use checkout scanners or take credit cards, so getting a complete picture of nationwide sales is a challenge. An analysis of 405,101 receipts submitted by consumers to the consumer rewards app Fetch showed the number of households shopping at salvage stores in the first half of this year was more than 8 percent higher than a year earlier."
You can read the en tire story here.


text:
OAKLAND (CBS SF) — There is something very comforting for Oakland small business owner Mohammed Shuaibe when it comes to the city’s First Friday gatherings.
“It feels like home,” Shuaibe told KPIX.
On the first Friday of every month on Telegraph Avenue, you’ll find vendors, food trucks, live music and people from all over the Bay Area. But it’s one thing to tell someone what they may see – it’s another to actually experience it.
“You gotta see it to believe it,” Shuaibe said. “You walk up this block and you’ll be in love.”
He’s an Oakland native and a regular First Friday vendor. He and his wife Myesha’s business is called Melanin Gang, a brand to inspire and celebrate African Americans.
“I know gang kind of turns people off, but we’re trying to flip that gang into something positive, and melanin is another word that people aren’t really familiar with, but it’s the pigmentation of our skin,” Shuaibe said.
The logo is inspired by their kids. They have hats, t-shirts and ABC affirmation books.
“When we was growing up, we went to a private middle school, predominantly African American, and all our textbooks was white kids, all our textbooks didn’t look like us,” he said. “We came up with our own book, ABC affirmations, where it teaches kids ABC’s and affirmations. And all the kids in that book look like me, my kid, my son, my daughter, your daughter.”
Shuaibe said First Fridays has given them the exposure and the opportunity to interact with others.
“We can talk to people and they can just feel our vibe and that’s what kind of helps us keep going because online you can look at somebody’s picture and that’s pretty much it, but when you talk to somebody, meet them, shake their hand, hear their story and they can hear our story and we can relate on certain things, that’s more than money, that’s more than anything,” he said.
It’s also been helping other businesses like Justin Ford’s Oakland’s Own 1852. It’s a brand that specializes in highlighting Oakland.
“Without (First Fridays), I’m not sure how many Oaklanders would actually know that we were here and a viable company to consider,” Ford said.
First Fridays is something they don’t want to lose. But currently, Venessa McGhee, the account manager for First Fridays, says it’s in jeopardy.
She says the city of Oakland used to help pay with the cost of police and fire fees. But that funding was no longer available at the beginning of this year.
“So we had to take that cost on. So the cost of the event has just risen faster than we can adjust with that,” McGhee said. “We’re just trying to figure out how we can actively come up with sponsors, or grants, whatever we can to try to fix that deficit.”
If they don’t, she says they may not be able to put on First Fridays beyond October.
Vendors say it would hurt them financially. But it’s not just that.
“You’re talking about community, you’re talking about neighborhood, we got people that we see monthly that we consider our brothers and colleagues that also have similar businesses,” Ford said.
And for many, those are businesses they rely on for day-to-day things.
“I can’t even explain how much this means to us. It’s like without this, to be quite honest, we won’t be able to pay our rent. We won’t be able to have gas money for a week,” Shuaibe said. “Buying diapers.”
It’s how they provide for their family. But their business is also a way they’re showing others to be proud of who they are.
“We just trying to combine all of those things and be proud of who you are and don’t run away from it, don’t question it, don’t second guess it, don’t feel like you need to straighten your hair, wear your dreadlocks,” he said. “Wear your hair how you want to wear it and really be who you are at the end of the day.”
Credit: Source link


text:
Hanoi to cooperate with central region to promote domestic tourism post Covid-19
A tourism development forum with the participation of Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City and major provinces/cities in the central region, is slated to take place in Quang Nam province on November 27-28.
The Departments of Tourism, Culture and Sports of Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City, Danang, Quang Nam and Thua Thien-Hue on November 6 held an online meeting to discuss the organization of a tourism development forum gathering provinces and cities across Vietnam.
A caravan tour from Hanoi to the central region.
The forum is slated to take place in Quang Nam province on November 27–28.
In the first day of the forum, there will be meetings and discussions among tourism companies from Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City, Danang, Quang Nam and Thua Thien-Hue; the launch of a tourism exhibition space, including travel destinations, tourism products and local specialties, among others.
On November 28, the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism in collaboration with tourism management agencies of 63 provinces and cities would organize a national conference on tourism.
Vice Director of Hanoi’s Department of Tourism Tran Trung Hieu said the forum, which aims at boosting cooperation between Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City and major economic zones in the central region, would help reboot domestic tourism in the post-Covid-19 period.
At present, Hanoi has been preparing for tourism promotion activities that would be held at the forum.
Meanwhile, the capital city is scheduled to hold a press conference about the forum during the Vietnam International Travel Mart (VITM) – Hanoi 2020.
Vietnam to solidify macro-economic stability: PM
European businesses positive about Vietnam’s prospects for green growth
Who is the Vietnamese for whom a Paris square has just been named?
Hanoi among Top 10 cities in Southeast Asia
Vietnam's National Assembly to legalize commitments at COP26
Vietnam looks for UK support in finalizing financial regulations: NA Chairman
UK multinationals pledge long-term presence in Vietnam
Australian Foreign Minister enjoys Pho ga in Hanoi
Hanoi GRDP growth hits 7.79% in first half


text:
More than 200 fans showcased talents for a chance to win prizes.
Gas station chain Phillips 66 has announced the winners of its Local Legends online video competition—with Chris Dryden from Hannibal, Mo., coming in first place.
Bringing customers the best in performance gasoline, Phillips 66 hosted this contest in 2011 to find areas where their loyal customers are experts and name them as official ‘Local Legends’. To personally connect with its fans, the brand encouraged patrons in five states—Illinois, Kansas, Missouri, New Mexico and Texas—to submit a personal video of their special talent for a chance to win weekly, monthly, sweepstakes and grand prizes. The successful seven-month campaign motivated more than 200 consumers to submit videos of their exceptional skills, with the top three grand prize winners receiving Phillips 66 gas for a year.
“At Phillips 66 we’re passionate about two things—the performance gasoline we produce and the people in the places where we do business. We wanted to celebrate our customers and applaud them for what they do best,” said Tami Walker, manager, U.S. Fuels Brand Management. “The Local Legends contest was a fun and different way for us to engage with our patrons, and we look forward to finding more ‘Local Legends’ in the future.”
Five of the prize winning videos can be viewed at http://www.phillips66.com/prizewinners.aspx:
Chris Dryden (Hannibal, Mo.) – “Phillips 66 Pool Trick Shots”
Ken Danley (Amarillo, Texas) – “Hands on the Wheel Harmonica Man”
Richard Dinkela (St. Peters, Mo.) – “Route 66 Rich”
David Werth (Albuquerque, N.M.) – “Inverted Tail Grab”
John Hagerty (Kirkwood, Mo.) – “Phillips 66 Marshmallow Tricks”
Additionally, Hagerty will be featured in an upcoming Phillips 66 advertisement, which will begin airing Feb.27 in Amarillo, Albuquerque and Kansas City. “I’m a loyal fan of my Phillips 66 gas station and enjoyed showing off my talents in the Local Legends contest,” Hagerty said. “I had a great time recording my video, and it was awesome to receive a $500 Phillips 66 gas card.”
Current Phillips 66 promotions include a Personal Credit Card promotional offer and Basket-Pong game in conjunction with the Phillips 66 Big 12 Men’s Basketball Championship.


text:
This article is more than 1 year old
BlackBerries outselling Apple iPhones
Fanboi excuses aplenty
RIM's BlackBerry Curve outsold Apple's iPhone in the first quarter of this year, according to a US survey conducted by the wireless-market research firm NPD Group.
To help the BlackBerry pass the iPhone, however, Verizon had to give RIM's phones away. From February 6th through March 31st, Verizon ran a "Buy One, Get One" promotion for the BlackBerry line, a giveaway that NPD's director of industry analysis, Ross Rubin, understandably identified as "aggressive marketing."
Also contributing to RIM's success was the fact that the BlackBerry Curve costs about half that of the iPhone - and that world+dog is waiting for the next-generation iPhones, which are widely rumored to appear this summer.
This impending release of new iPhones was almost certainly a factor behind AT&T's recent report that iPhone sales had slipped to 1.6 million in the first quarter, down from as many as 2.4 million in the third quarter of 2008. The same sales dive also took place before the iPhone 3G replaced the original iPhone last July.
The NPD report identified the top five smartphones as follows:
- RIM BlackBerry Curve (all 83XX models)
- Apple iPhone 3G (all models)
- RIM BlackBerry Storm
- RIM BlackBerry Pearl (all models, except flip)
- T-Mobile G1
RIM's smartphone line accounted for nearly 50 per cent of all smartphone sales, an increase of 15 per cent over the previous quarter. That jump was at the expense of phones from Apple and Palm, which both declined by 10 per cent.
Smartphones in general are gaining ground on less-capable handsets. According to NPD, they now account for 23 per cent of all mobile-phone sales, up from 17 percent in 2008. ®


text:
iPhone 15 Pro and iPhone 15 Pro Max Feature Increased 8GB of RAM
Apple never publicly advertises the amount of RAM included in iPhones, but MacRumors has confirmed that the iPhone 15 Pro and iPhone 15 Pro Max are equipped with 8GB of RAM, up from 6GB in the iPhone 14 Pro models. Along with the new A17 Pro chip, extra RAM benefits overall system performance, particularly for multitasking.
In the Xcode 15 Release Candidate made available today, there are files confirming that the lower-end iPhone 15 and iPhone 15 Plus are equipped with 6GB of RAM, while the iPhone 15 Pro and iPhone 15 Pro Max each have 8GB of RAM. This information was obtained with assistance from software code researcher @aaronp613.
Previous RAM amounts:
- iPhone 14: 6GB
- iPhone 14 Plus: 6GB
- iPhone 14 Pro: 6GB
- iPhone 14 Pro Max: 6GB
New RAM amounts:
- iPhone 15: 6GB
- iPhone 15 Plus: 6GB
- iPhone 15 Pro: 8GB
- iPhone 15 Pro Max: 8GB
The same Xcode files accurately revealed RAM amounts for the iPhone 14 models last year and in several previous iPhone generations. The type of RAM in the iPhone 15 models remains unknown, but teardowns of the devices should confirm that information soon.
All four iPhone 15 models will be available to pre-order starting Friday, September 15 at 5 a.m. Pacific Time in the U.S. and over 40 other countries and regions. The devices are set to launch one week later on Friday, September 22.
Apple has announced it will be holding a special event on Tuesday, May 7 at 7 a.m. Pacific Time (10 a.m. Eastern Time), with a live stream to be available on Apple.com and on YouTube as usual. The event invitation has a tagline of "Let Loose" and shows an artistic render of an Apple Pencil, suggesting that iPads will be a focus of the event. Subscribe to the MacRumors YouTube channel for more ...
Apple has dropped the number of Vision Pro units that it plans to ship in 2024, going from an expected 700 to 800k units to just 400k to 450k units, according to Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo. Orders have been scaled back before the Vision Pro has launched in markets outside of the United States, which Kuo says is a sign that demand in the U.S. has "fallen sharply beyond expectations." As a...
The upcoming iOS 17.5 update for the iPhone includes only a few new user-facing features, but hidden code changes reveal some additional possibilities. Below, we have recapped everything new in the iOS 17.5 and iPadOS 17.5 beta so far. Web Distribution Starting with the second beta of iOS 17.5, eligible developers are able to distribute their iOS apps to iPhone users located in the EU...
Apple is finally planning a Calculator app for the iPad, over 14 years after launching the device, according to a source familiar with the matter. iPadOS 18 will include a built-in Calculator app for all iPad models that are compatible with the software update, which is expected to be unveiled during the opening keynote of Apple's annual developers conference WWDC on June 10. AppleInsider...
Apple has stopped production of FineWoven accessories, according to the Apple leaker and prototype collector known as "Kosutami." In a post on X (formerly Twitter), Kosutami explained that Apple has stopped production of FineWoven accessories due to its poor durability. The company may move to another non-leather material for its premium accessories in the future. Kosutami has revealed...
Apple Vision Pro, Apple's $3,500 spatial computing device, appears to be following a pattern familiar to the AR/VR headset industry – initial enthusiasm giving way to a significant dip in sustained interest and usage. Since its debut in the U.S. in February 2024, excitement for the Apple Vision Pro has noticeably cooled, according to Bloomberg's Mark Gurman. Writing in his latest Power On...


text:
If you had a chance to take a cruise without knowing exactly where you were heading, would you?
Chris Prelog, president of Windstar Cruises, is betting that at least some of us are up for the challenge. In an entirely new twist for Windstar’s annual President’s Cruise, an eight day voyage departing on April 19, 2025 aboard Star Legend, will sail roundtrip from Athens. Which ports it will visit beyond that is, at least at this point, anyone’s guess.
This trip, Prelog tells us, is about “awakening the sense of adventure again, which is what travel should always do,” said Prelog. “It’s a cruise for guests who like adventure, and who don’t want to plan everything out.”
The idea was inspired by Windstar’s recent Tahiti & the Tuamotu Islands sailing onboard Star Breeze. Just two days into this 11-day itinerary, Tropical Cyclone Nat disrupted plans to travel on the ship’s set course and it headed to the wildly remote Marquesas Islands instead. This required the onboard team not just to craft a completely new itinerary in order to avoid the storm system but also to work with every passenger-facing department to throw out the existing playbook – and create a new one (read our story here).
Staffers in shore excursions had to plan new tours – with minimal notice. Crew in the food and beverage department had to negotiate for supplies in ports Star Breeze had never been to. The captain had to toss out his navigational maps and create new ones. And the entertainment team needed to create new activities.
And guests with a keen sense of adventure loved the experience, which is how Windstar’s “Mystery Cruise” concept was born.
“I’m looking forward to the anticipation of finding out where we’re going along with our guests on board,” Prelog says.


text:
Japan-based Hitachi, Ltd. has announced its consolidated financial results for fiscal 2003, the year ended March 31, 2004.
Hitachi's consolidated net sales rose 5 percent year-on-year, to 8,632.4 billion yen (approx. U.S. $78.6 million). This came amid major year-on-year changes in the Information & Telecommunication Systems, Electronic Devices and Logistics, Services, and other segment that resulted from ongoing business portfolio realignment across the Hitachi Group. Operating income climbed 21 percent, to 184.8 billion yen (approx. $1.35 billion) with contributions coming from improved results in the Electronic Devices, High-Functional Materials & Components, and Financial Services segments.
Other income jumped 245 percent, to 161.1 billion yen (approx. $1.47 billion), despite lower interest income and dividends received. This increase was due to factors such as the sale of Nitto Denko Corporation shares. Other deductions increased 6 percent, to 108.8 billion yen (approx. $991.73 billion), which the company attributes partly to higher charges for structural reforms.
As a result, Hitachi recorded a 145-percent increase in income before income taxes and minority interests, to 237.1 billion yen (approx. $2.16 billion). After the deduction of 198.6 billion yen (approx. $1.8 billion) in income taxes, income before minority interests was 38.4 billion yen (approx. $350 million). Net income declined 43 percent, to 15.8 billion yen (approx. $144 million).
Net sales, operating income, income before income taxes and minority interests, and net income were all above the projections issued when Hitachi announced its financial results for the first half of fiscal 2003.
Sales for the company in Information & Telecommunication Systems, Digital Media & Consumer Products, and High-Functional Materials & Components were up year-on-year and Power & Industrial Systems sales were on a par with the previous fiscal year, while sales in other segments declined.
Electronic Devices, Digital Media & Consumer Products, High Functional Materials & Components, and Financial Services posted higher year-on-year earnings, while operating income declined in other segments. In Information & Telecommunication Systems, Electronic Devices, High-Functional Materials & Components, and Financial Services, operating income was above forecasts issued with Hitachi's first-half results, while operating income in other segments fell short of forecasts.
Total assets at March 31, 2004 decreased 589.0 billion yen (approx. $712 billion), to 9,590.3 billion yen (approx. $87.5 million), compared with the previous year-end. The company says this is due the transfer of most semiconductor operations to Renesas Technology in April 2003, a reduction in retirement, and severance benefits resulting from the transfer of the substitutional portion of employee pension fund liabilities to the Japanese government, among other factors.
Debt decreased 343.0 billion yen (approx. $3.1 billion), to 2,497.5 billion (approx. $22.78 million). Stockholders' equity increased 314.9 billion yen (approx. $2.87 billion) to 2,168.1 billion yen (approx. $19.77 billion) due partly to the transfer of the substitutional portion of employee pension fund liabilities to the Japanese government. As a result of these factors, the stockholders' equity ratio improved 4.4 points to 22.6 percent. The debt-to-equity ratio (including minority interests) improved by 0.25 of a point to 0.84.
Hitachi expects that the world economy will continue its strong growth in fiscal 2004. Underpinning this outlook is an expected rising demand for IT-related equipment, particularly in the U.S. and expansion of Asian economies supported by rising demand in China, as well as a modest economic recovery in Europe.
The Japanese economy is expected to also continue its modest recovery on the back of increasing exports, which are being fueled by the U.S. economic upswing and the strong Chinese economy, continuing strength in private-sector plant and equipment investment, and consumer spending, as income and employment prospects improve slightly.
Under these circumstances, Hitachi will push ahead with efforts to create new businesses and strengthen key businesses by capturing synergies in resource use across the Hitachi Group, guided by "i.e.HITACHI Plan II." The company will also focus on structural reforms to concentrate more resources on highly profitable businesses and on measures to improve its financial position.
to Daily News


text:
A little over a month ago we brought you images of Nokia’s yet to be announced Touch and Type Slider. The “Touch and Type” brand name is what Nokia calls their feature phones that run the S40 operating system and also pack a resistive touch screen. You don’t get things like pinch to zoom, and you definitely don’t get the same type of rich applications that are made for the higher end Symbian smartphones, but in a market where touch is considered an advanced feature, people appreciate the ability to poke and prod at their display. Today we’ve got even more images of this device, but it comes in a different color, and according to My Nokia Blog it also has space inside for two SIM cards; it’s called the C2-06. That would make this both the first Touch and Type slider to come out of Nokia, and one of the few handsets Nokia makes that can handle two SIM cards. It’s telling that the images came from India, because that’s most likely the primary market this handset is meant to be sold in. If we had to take a guess we’d say it’s coming to Russia too, and a handful of Asian countries, but definitely not Europe and America.
Will it sell in huge numbers? Yes, that’s a silly question, but the more appropriate thing to ask here is how will it in compete in a market that’s now full of cheap Android smartphones? India’s own Micromax produces a mobile phone that has 3G, GPS, and WiFi, runs Android 2.1, and sells for $150. This leaked slider doesn’t come with a price tag, but we do know it lacks 3G connectivity. When you’re counting your nickel and dimes to purchase a mobile phone you probably aren’t going to pay for high speed data, but it’s nice if you could.
Anyway, keep reading IntoMobile for more information as it flows in about this and other leaked handsets.


text:
People on Twitter are justifiably outraged after a user noticed “brassiere” was a searchable category in the Photos app on iPhones.
Searching that term returns photos that are, true to name, mostly pictures of users wearing bras, bikinis, lingerie or nothing at all. As Dami Lee points out for The Verge, the fact that “brassiere” is a category may not be the most concerning aspect of this weird situation. Rather, it’s that so many people didn’t know their images are being categorized like this. While most of us know that you can search for photos on iPhones by location and faces, surprisingly few people (our entire editorial team, included) realized that you can search for “things” via a tiny icon that opens up a search bar.
And the “things” you can search for are, much like brassiere, archaic, gendered, and weirdly specific.
Developer Kenny Yin created a comprehensive list of the iPhoto and Photos app search terms in a blog post last year. The search terms auto populate, meaning even if you searched for images of boxers, and you know you had them on your phone, they wouldn’t be recognized by the software.
According to his list, you can search for a myriad of “ladies” undergarments thanks to available search terms like Brassiere, Bandeau, Bandeaus, Bra or Brassieres. But the list fails to include any gender-neutral undergarments, like, I don’t know, just “underwear,” or any traditionally male items such as boxers or briefs. No, the only search term that summons half-dressed photos is the strangely antiquated term “Brassiere.”
The full list of available search terms is outdated and bizarre, and many words seem like they’re pulled from another century. Photos of a blizzard were categorized, Shakespearean like, as “Tempest” in my phone. A photo of my computer appears under “Apparatus,” buildings are “Edifices,” and some purple flowers are “Efflorescences.” Add that to the dictionary-defined-archaic noun for giraffe, “Camelopard,” as an option, and the very old terms describing magic, Legerdemain and Thaumaturgy. (Fun side note: the search function also categorizes my dachshunds as “Badger Dogs” and some cats as “Adult Cats.”)
That Apple is sorting images through recognition software isn’t a secret—it’s actually part of their selling point for improving user experience. But for some reason, the ability to search through our photos using keywords seems to have slipped under everyone’s radar.
Apple’s website says that on the iPhone and Photos app you can “Easily search your images for things like cars or trees or snow.”
“You can even ask Siri to help look for photos, with commands like ‘Find my pictures with dogs in them.’” The feature is no doubt intended to help users find photos without having to slog through their entire library. But as is true with so many modern technologies, the things that are intended to make our digital lives more seamless often come with a high, and in this case, uncomfortable, price tag.
This raises questions of security and how easy it could be for someone else to find your photos categorized in this way, too. Apple says that when face recognition and object detection happen, it’s all within the device: “Which means your photos are yours and yours alone,” according to their website. But as The Verge’s Lee argues, people should be more concerned that these same, searchable photos might be on Google Photos, which stores photos “on the cloud, in Google’s servers.”
The emphasis on “Brassiere” brings up a strange, and surprisingly hard to figure out, question: where do these search terms come from? The rabbit hole of machine learning, object recognition and image captioning is dense and complicated, but somewhere along the line, someone decided what to include—or, what not to include—in these search terms.
Justin Johnson, a PhD student in the Stanford Vision Lab who studies deep learning and computer vision told me that while he’s not sure where Apple got this specific list of terms, there’s a fair amount of overlap between their list and the categories used in the ImageNet challenge.
The ImageNet challenge was an annual computer vision competition from 2010 to 2017,” he wrote over email, adding that in one of the competition tracks researchers built a “computer vision system to classify images into one of the 1,000 categories in the list above.”
The list isn’t a perfect match, but there are many overlaps including, as Johnson pointed out, a “brassiere, bra, bandeau” category. “ImageNet does contain a category for bra / brassiere / bandeau, so it seems plausible to me that Apple inherited these categories in some way from the ImageNet dataset,” he said.
“Since this is such a commonly used dataset in the research community, it’s pretty common to see ImageNet categories show up in a lot of different computer vision systems,” Johnson told me.
While that helps us understand where the Apple list potentially pulled its word choice from, it doesn’t necessarily solve the mystery of why the words are so old and gendered.
And a potentially bigger question persists: so many people, myself included, don’t know the extent of how our most-used devices function. To spend so much time, to become so intimate with a literal object, and fail to understand the ways it categorizes, names and stores information about us seems not only scary, but perhaps naive.


text:
The global electric ship market size is expected to reach USD 12.57 billion by 2028 according to a new study by Polaris Market Research. The report “Electric Ship Market Share, Size, Trends, Industry Analysis Report, By Power Source (Fully Electric, Hybrid); By Vessel (Commercial, Defense, Special); By Power Output; By Autonomy Level; By Region; Segment Forecast, 2021 - 2028” gives a detailed insight into current market dynamics and provides analysis on future market growth.
Perceptible factors esteeming the market growth include the increasing rate of adoption of the products with an ever-increasing transportation and logistics companies, the surge in incentives on environment-friendly and fuel-efficient vehicles offered by the government bodies and growing maritime industry due to increasing seaborne trade are the few integral factors accelerating the market growth during the forecasting years.
Based on vessel, the commercial vessels accounted for a maximum stake, owing to its rising government norms and regulations to mandate the adoption of zero-emission vehicles in the marine trade, whereas the defense vessel segment is projected to witness the fastest growth rate in the overall industry. Factors such as the reduced maintenance cost, increased fuel economy, and quiet operation of the system are responsible.
Have Questions? Request a sample or make an Inquiry before buying this report by clicking the link below: https://www.polarismarketresearch.com/industry-analysis/electric-ship-market/request-for-sample
With a surge in government initiative for promoting the adoption of the vehicle since the last few years, the products have witnessed a higher preference over conventional vessels due to no noise pollution and promote environmental safety. According to the government of the United Arab Emirates, by 2020, the central government expected to lessen 15% carbon emissions & a nearly 20% adoption of the products. With the rising rate of electronic vehicles adoption, shipping companies are interested in promoting environmental friendliness and safety; in turn, the adoption of the product is growing at a healthy rate considering the global scenario.
Major Participants such as MAN Energy Solutions SE, Boesch Motorboote AG, ABB, Bureau Veritas, Yara Birkeland, Baltic Workboats AS, Corvus Energy, Duffy Electric Boat, Electrovaya Inc., Kongsberg, Leclanché SA, Wärtsilä, Norwegian Electric Systems AS, Siemens, Triton Submarines, Vard AS, and Canadian Electric Boat Company are some of the key players operating in the global market.
Polaris Market Research has segmented the electric ship market report on the basis of power source, power output, autonomy level, vessel, and region:
Electric Ship, Power Source Outlook (Revenue, USD Billion, 2016 - 2028)
Electric Ship, Power Output Outlook (Revenue, USD Billion, 2016 - 2028)
Electric Ship, Autonomy Level Outlook (Revenue, USD Billion, 2016 - 2028)
Electric Ship, Vessel Type Outlook (Revenue, USD Billion, 2016 - 2028)
Electric Ship, Regional Outlook (Revenue, USD Billion, 2016 - 2028)


text:
By Maximilian Clarke
Google have announced 10 changes to their algorithm to ‘make search run so smoothly you don’t even notice the changes’, distinguished engineer, Matt Cutts has announced.
The Mountainview-tech and search giant purportedly makes up to 500 changes to their closely-guarded algorithm in a year.
Changes include: ‘better page titles in search results by de-duplicating boilerplate anchors’; and a focus on delivering ‘fresher’ results that ensure the most relevant and up to date information is prioritised.
Discussing the changes, Matt Cutts said: “If you’re a site owner, before you go wild tuning your anchor text or thinking about your web presence for Icelandic users, please remember that this is only a sampling of the hundreds of changes we make to our search algorithms in a given year, and even these changes may not work precisely as you’d imagine. We’ve decided to publish these descriptions in part because these specific changes are less susceptible to gaming.”
Join us on


text:
Two industry groups sued Los Angeles on Tuesday over its planned minimum wage at larger hotels, saying it would cause "irreparable harm" and run afoul of federal labor law.
The American Hotel and Lodging Assn. and the Asian American Hotel Owners Assn. said the city's law, which imposes a $15.37 minimum wage, improperly interferes with labor relations, tipping the scales in favor of unions. The law has national implications for the hospital industry, which wants to keep other cities from adopting similar rules.
"If L.A. does this, other large cities will see it as something sensible for them to do," attorney Michael Starr said.
The wage law allows unionized hotels to be exempted from paying the minimum wage if workers agree in their contract to relinquish that opportunity. That provision, Starr said, will pressure hotel managers to give in to demands from labor leaders on the process used to let workers join a union.
The groups want to block enforcement of the law, approved by the City Council in September. The measure is set to go into effect in July for hotels with at least 300 rooms and expand a year later to hotels with at least 150 rooms.
Backers of the measure said it would prevent hotel workers from having to take second jobs that keep them from seeing their families. They also argue that the hotels in Los Angeles have benefited from city efforts to boost the tourism industry.
Read more about wages and workers' compensation
Nov 22, 2014
For nearly 20 years, Darrell Eberhardt worked in an Ohio factory putting together wheelchairs, earning $18.50 an hour, enough to gain a toehold in the middle class and feel respected at work. He is still working with his hands, ...
Aug 24, 2014
It's no coincidence that there's been an outpouring of research on wage trends of late, just in time for the annual meeting of the world's central bankers at Jackson Hole, Wyo. But one noted monetary expert who should but ...
Nov 17, 2014
CHICAGO (Reuters) - A group of Walmart employees pushing for higher wages said on Friday they were planning protests at 1,600 Walmart stores nationwide on Black Friday, the biggest shopping day of the year in the ...


text:
Ryan’s Autosport has closed its doors and pulled all of its remaining auto parts stores, including Ryan’s Car Parts, from its online inventory, according to the company’s website.
The decision was made after the company announced in July that it would no longer be selling the products in its online store.
The decision to close the Ryan’s online stores came just two weeks after it announced plans to close down the company in 2018, according the company.
Ryan’s parent company, American Automotive Parts and Auto Parts, had said it was shutting down stores in 2021.
Ryan’s Auto parts has been a staple in the automotive industry since the early 1970s, and it has continued to be a popular source for parts and accessories to many of the top brands.
The company was acquired by General Motors in 2018 for $7.5 billion.
Ryan also has been selling its brands online through Amazon and other online retailers.
The online retailers have been known to be somewhat slow in responding to customer complaints and to sometimes slow down delivery times.


text:
A TYPEWRITER, which its makers say is the last to be built in the UK, has been produced at a Wrexham factory.
Manufacturer Brother, which says it has made 5.9 million typewriters since its factory in Ruabon, near Wrexham opened in 1985, has donated the last machine to London's Science Museum.
The museum said the piece represented the end of a technology which had been "important to so many lives".
Edward Bryan, a worker at the factory since 1989, made the last typewriter.
He said: "If people ever ask me, I can always say now, as a strange question, that I've made the last typewriter in the UK.
Brother said it had stopped making typewriters in the UK because demand had fallen. It said that it still had significant sales in the US with its factory in the Far East producing
The company will continue to use the factory to run a recycling scheme for printer cartridges as well as to make other office technology.
UK boss Phil Jones said the typewriter still held "a special place in the hearts" of members of the public.
The first known typewriter was invented in the US in 1830 by William Burt.