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Georgia Tech Aiding in the National Response to Supply Chain Disruptions
Apr 07, 2022 — Atlanta, GA
The SecureAmerica Institute (SAI) and the Advanced Robotics for Manufacturing (ARM) Institute are partnering with Georgia Tech to investigate how robotics and automation in manufacturing can enhance the resiliency, flexibility, and competitiveness of U.S. industrial base supply chains, thanks to a $5 million grant award from the U.S. Department of Commerce’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST).
The project plans to create the Robotics and Automation Decision Framework for Agility and Resilience (RADAR). This framework will allow small and medium-sized manufacturers (SMMs) to systemically evaluate the cost-to-benefit ratio of integrating robotics and automation for aiding the response to supply chain disruptions due to public health crises like COVID-19 and additional economic threats.
“The RADAR end-to-end supply chain framework encompasses macro-scale and micro-scale modeling, along with physical demonstration, by bringing together interdisciplinary capabilities of elite partners from SAI and ARM — including the Texas Manufacturing Assistance Center, Georgia Institute of Technology, General Electric, Deloitte, and Morgan State University — to serve the requirements set by NIST,” said Eleftherios Lakovou, Ph.D., SAI’s manufacturing supply chain director and principal investigator on the project.
He sees the award as an exciting and potent validation of the unique footprint SAI has established and a way for the institute to provide innovative solutions to national priorities.
“The project is particularly valuable because it empowers SMMs, who form the backbone of the nation’s industrial base,” Lakovou continued. “Small manufacturers often lack the scale and human capital needed to increase their use of automation and robotics to position themselves favorably in the sophisticated, next-generation, cost-competitive, agile and resilient supply chains of America’s future.”
“We are delighted to work with the team at the SecureAmerica Institute on this important project,” said Arnie Kravitz, chief innovation officer at the ARM Institute. “Our work will help smaller manufacturers make better decisions in the face of the current and future pandemics.”
The Georgia Tech team will contribute to this initiative by providing already developed and validated supply chain simulation software and extending it to stress test supply chains so that small manufacturers can be better informed of what risks their supply chains might face, how these risks can be mitigated, and what role robotics and automation can play as a source of supply chain productivity and risk mitigation.
RADAR’s funding is provided by the American Rescue Act and is part of a larger $54 million initiative by NIST to award high-impact projects for pandemic response research and development across eight manufacturing institutes in the Manufacturing USA network.


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Inuvo Inc (NYSEAMERICAN:INUV) shares traded up 13.5% during mid-day trading on Friday . The company traded as high as $0.43 and last traded at $0.42. 447,758 shares changed hands during trading, an increase of 92% from the average session volume of 233,564 shares. The stock had previously closed at $0.37.
Inuvo (NYSEAMERICAN:INUV) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, May 15th. The technology company reported ($0.08) earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter. The firm had revenue of $15.47 million during the quarter.
An institutional investor recently bought a new position in Inuvo stock. Bank of New York Mellon Corp purchased a new stake in shares of Inuvo Inc (NYSEAMERICAN:INUV) in the fourth quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the SEC. The firm purchased 39,042 shares of the technology company’s stock, valued at approximately $42,000. Bank of New York Mellon Corp owned about 0.12% of Inuvo at the end of the most recent quarter.
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The new chief executive and majority shareholder of Viscount Linley's furniture business has reacted angrily to claims that the Queen's nephew is being eased out.
Jamie Edmiston, of the luxury yacht-broking family, bought a 60 per cent stake in Linley last year, buying shares from the viscount and Russian billionaire Sergei Pugachev, known as the "cashier to the Kremlin".
Lord Linley's sale triggered speculation that he was leaving the business, but Mr Edmiston told The Independent on Sunday this was far from the truth.
"Total nonsense. We've been working extremely closely together. I've invested heavily and together we're creating an opportunity to develop this business for the next 25 years. I truly believe we can create a British Hermes."
Mr Pugachev lent the company £400,000 but authorities in Moscow are now demanding the money back after his Mezhprombank collapsed. Accounts for David Linley & Co show that the loan remains outstanding, although it has been transferred to a "third party". Mr Edmiston said the company would repay it according to the original terms, by 2014. Mr Pugachev no longer has a stake in the firm.
Mr Edmiston, 36, has invested about £4m in Linley. Sales for the year rose 20 per cent to £7m but it posted a £272,000 loss – down from a £20,000 profit the previous year. Mr Edmiston succeeded Olivier Cardon as chief executive last summer.
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The company said its net advertising revenue for its family of channels dropped 4%, compared to an 8% drop in the first half. ITV had already guided towards a 4% fall for the quarter in July but analysts had expected a 3.5% dip.
Vodafone sees a return to ad revenue growth in the fourth quarter but a 5% decrease for the full year.
In the nine months to 30 September, total external revenue edged down 1% to £2.13bn from £2.15bn, as a 7% decline net ad revenue offset 8% growth in non-advertising revenue.
ITV’s online and pay business revenue slipped 4% while the ITV Studios division achieved a 9% increase in revenue.
"ITV's performance in the first nine months of 2017 is very much as we anticipated,” said chairman Peter Bazalgette.
“We've seen improving trends in all our key revenue lines in the quarter and we're on track to deliver on the commitments we set out at the start of the year.”
Brexit weighs on business confidence
He said ITV is seeing a return to TV advertising from some fast-moving consumer goods companies and grocers but business confidence remains weighed down by worries about the implications of Brexit.
ITV Studios is expected to report "good organic revenue growth with profit broadly in line with last year” for the year while online and pay will “deliver good revenue growth”.
“We will enter 2018 in good shape with a strong operating performance underpinned by a robust balance sheet, and we look forward to the arrival of our new chief executive, Carolyn McCall, early in the New Year,” Bazalgette said.
Shares fell 2.60% to 150p in afternoon trading.
Rivals Netflix and Amazon add pressure on ITV
“Despite the steady rise of the Studios business, ITV remains highly dependent on selling its advertising space," said George Salmon, equity analyst at Hargreaves Lansdown.
"Ad spending tends to rise and fall with the economic tide, and with concerns over Brexit and the UK economy high up on the agenda in many boardrooms, we’re in a bit of a lull at the moment."
He added: "In normal circumstances this wouldn’t be a great issue, however one has to wonder whether changes to how and when we watch content mean ITV will no longer be top dog when confidence comes back. "ITV’s own interactive services are growing, but bigger rivals like Netflix and Amazon are putting the pressure on in a big way.”


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Following in the bricks of the recent Lego Mini Cooper comes this ultra realistic looking Lego Ferrari F40 which will go on-sale around the world in August.
Michael Caruso’s Number 23 NISMO Nissan Altima V8 Supercar will run at this weekend’s Castrol Townsville 400 in GT Academy colours.
The Cars and Coffee movement is taking off around the world and here in Australia it’s alive and very strong. Here’s our lowdown on what it’s all about.
The quirky looking Jeep Cherokee will keep its ‘radical’ look when it’s refreshed in 2016, according to Jeep brand boss Mike Manley.
Volvo has built on the launch momentum of its all-new XC90 by rolling out its Excellence Child Seat Concept which attempts to reimagine how children might travel in cars in the future.
First revealed to the world on July 4, 1957, the 2016 Fiat 500 has been revealed on this “red-letter” day exactly 50 years later.
UK newspaper, The Telegraph, is reporting that Hyundai will drop the i30 from 2017 and replace it with a small compact SUV, likely the Creta.
Subaru Australia has confirmed today that it will sell the 2016 Subaru Levorg sports tourer in Australia, with deliveries expected mid-2016.
The 2016 Toyota LandCruiser 200 has been spied again, this time in the metal, ahead of an expected reveal later in July.
Honda have reduced CR-V pricing on selected models. We’ll leave Honda Australia Managing Director Stephen Collins to explain: “The upgraded Honda CR-V was released back in December with a number of specification, technology, styling and variant upgrades across both the two-wheel and four-wheel drive petrol models”. and: “Today we are


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All-New Apple Mac Studio Carries "Made in Malaysia" Stamp
Just over a week after the new Apple desktop computers were revealed, various tech news portals have been showing off their unboxing and hands-on content. Interestingly, a tweet from Bloomberg Tech Editor – Mark Gurman – revealed that the pint-sized powerhouse Mac Studio sported a “Made in Malaysia” stamp on its underside.
Gurman shared an image from popular Tech YouTuber Marques Brownlee with the following words: “Made in Malaysia”. He knows this is a big deal on this side of the world as Malaysia is famous within the electronics manufacturing sector.
Among the biggest accolades include being part of the global manufacturing and supply chain for Western Digital; producing some of the latest AMD Ryzen processors; and being the primary fabricator for a few Intel Core CPUs. The latter includes the Core 2 Duo, next-gen Pentium and Celeron processors, Compute Stick and Next Unit of Computing, the Ivy and Sandy Bridge series, Haswell and Broadwell families and the Extreme Edition counterparts from those generations.
Over the Malaysia-Singapore Causeway, there are just as many global brands producing their straight-to-store electrical goods and critical internals. Among them are MediaTek, Seagate and Dyson. This shows that Southeast Asia is still the go-to for critical components and high-end production outputs.
In the case of Apple, Malaysia is not a new manufacturing location. An earlier news report about the non-impact the electronics industry faces from the Ukraine-Russia conflict confirmed that Cupertino does have local partners in Malaysia who are producing silicon chips for current and next-gen iPhones. Additionally, Lowyat.net reported in December 2021 that some batches of the next-gen Mac mini, which comes equipped with the new M1 silicon chip, also carried the “Made in Malaysia” stamp.
Would that mean servicing for these “Made in Malaysia” devices can happen in this region? No one knows for sure as only Apple Authorized Dealers here have the proper knowledge as to where all Apple devices go for repairs or where the parts would come from.
Even so, there is no doubt that Apple had invested in Malaysia for some time. It is odd, however, that there have been no plans to include its Southeast Asian manufacturing base in the line-up for the Mac Studio's first launch wave.
Various Apple first impressions confirm indirectly that the all-new Mac Studio is made in Malaysia
This confirms the electronics manufacturing hub is a growth pipeline for Apple
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All the news from the annual Google I/O event, including the latest on Android.
Microsoft's own-brand Windows 8 tablet will also be on sale in France, China and New Zealand in the next few weeks.
Microsoft trims between $100 and $200 off its second-gen Surface Pro 2 tablets ahead of availability of its Surface Pro 3.
Now that Microsoft has announced a successor to the Surface Pro 2, it's time to see how the new tablet stacks up against its older sibling.
Phone will debut in gray, gold, and silver and will offer different camera tech than the dual lenses on the M8's back, according to the alleged photo.
Version 2.2 is only a couple weeks old, so it's good to see Pebble keeping the updates coming.
The Grand 2 isn't quite up there with the likes of the Galaxy S5, but it's still a good-looking, powerful mobile, and could be substantially cheaper
Three has announced it'll offer the original Galaxy Gear half price, and even cheaper if you buy a new Samsung device.
A new leaked press image reportedly shows the HTC One successor with a gold chassis and three camera lenses.
The Surface 2 is proving itself to be fairly adept in a lot of regular work scenarios.


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Illinois-based generic drugmaker Akorn Inc., has been acquired Fresenius Kabi, giving to the company a stronger foothold in the U.S., market.
The Europe’s biggest publicly traded health-care provider with this acquisition will have access to a network of retail pharmacies and outpatient clinics as well as the hospitals. Furthermore Akorn will complement Fresenius’s Kabi medicines unit, which specializes in intravenous drugs. Including debt, the Akorn deal has an enterprise value of $4.75 billion.
Fresenius has also gained Merck KGaA’s portfolio of biosimilars: it agreed to pay Merck 170 million euros ($184.7 million), plus licensing fees and as much as 500 million euros in milestones.
Stephan Sturm, CEO of Fresenius, is making a long-term bet on biosimilars and these two deals are going towards that direction: “Akorn brings us additional U.S. market access to small- and mid-sized clinics and retail pharmacies,” he said. “And that access will be important for our biosimilars.”
Bad Homburg-based group last year spent more than $6 billion on the Spanish hospital group IDC Salud Holding SLU, known as Quironsalud. It was the company’s largest acquisition.
The pay back on the biosimilars business might take long, nethertheless Fresenius will invest probably as much as 1.4 billion euros in patient trials and other development costs in the business, even if the unit it is expected to breaks even in 2022.
Merck KGaA is working on copies of complex biologic drugs for cancer and inflammatory diseases and had a treatment in late-stage tests for chronic plaque psoriasis that’s similar to AbbVie Inc.’s Humira, one of the world’s best-selling medicines.
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Walgreens lifted restrictions on online purchases of pain and fever medicine for children Monday morning after weeks of high demand boosted supplies, spokeswoman Zoe Clay told CNN. .
Walgreens had restrictions only on medicines purchased online. There were no restrictions on medicines purchased in stores.
“So right now, there are no purchase limits, either in stores or online,” Clay said.
The change comes after demand for children’s pain relievers and fever medicines was so high that some stores, such as CVS and Rite Aid, limited their purchases.A brutal respiratory virus season has boosted sales of drugs to treat pain and fever in children 65% higher than the previous year’s norm.
Last month, the Consumer Health Care Products Association, which represents manufacturers of over-the-counter drugs, said manufacturers were working 24/7 to supply more drugs to stores, but when supply will catch up with demand. There was no timeline for
since then, Influenza and RSV activity peaked In the United States, according to data from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Covid-19 cases are still rising.
Still, flu and other respiratory virus activity remains “high” or “very high” in about half of the states, according to CDC data updated Friday, with the US circulating at high levels. We continue to fight against multiple respiratory viruses.


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Beijing time on May 15th morning news, the founder of the U.S. social networking site Quora confirmed that the company completed a $400 million valuation of $50 million B round of financing.
rumors about the financing of Quora last month has spread, but the founder of the company for the first time confirmed the news. Earlier rumors that this round of financing will be led by the KPCB investment, but eventually led has become Facebook director Peter · Purcell (Peter Thiel). In addition, Matrix Josh · (Josh Hannah); Hana and Jonathan of Northbridge · harig (Jonathan Heiliger) also participated in the investment.
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) Angelo (Adam D) also from $20 million to participate in the current round of financing $. Purcell personally participate in the investment, does not mean that he worked in Founders Fund. DAngelo on the capital Purcell said: "he brings a lot of value for Facebook, but also a great help to us in the past. He understands this kind of company."
Wikihow co-founder Hannah will also bring more value to Quora, he has an in-depth understanding of the question and answer field through investment in WikiHow and eHow. Hannah said that the decline of traditional Q & a site because it is too much to meet the search engine, and Quora’s long-term vision is to create a high quality platform, so that it is different from competitors.
DAngelo said he will use the latest financing to expand the size of the company, focusing on long-term development, and the formation of excellent team.
according to market research firm AppData data, Quora through Facebook Connect universal login service to attract 20 thousand day active users, monthly active users of up to 180 thousand people. Although Quora has never announced the number of specific users, but the industry believes that the proportion of Facebook Connect in which a small. DAngelo said: Quora is growing every week, with the expansion of the scale, there will be more and more people use our platform to share their stories." (Yu


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The Government of India has canceled the licenses of 18 pharma companies on charges of manufacturing spurious drugs. According to official sources, the Drugs Controller General of India has taken this decision after inspecting 76 pharmaceutical companies in 20 states.
Official sources have been quoted as saying that the country is running a special action campaign against pharma companies to instigate the manufacture of spurious drugs. It is being told that DCGI has also issued show cause notices to 26 pharma companies. This campaign is going on for the last 15 days.
Among the 70 companies against which the drive is being carried out, there are 70 companies in Himachal Pradesh, 45 in Uttarakhand and 23 in Madhya Pradesh. All these companies were accused of manufacturing spurious drugs. In the past, a notice was also sent to Amazon and Flipkart in the matter of medicines by the Drug Controller General of India. Both were accused of violating the Drugs and Cosmetics Act 1940. Such notices were sent to 20 companies including Amazon and Flipkart.
There were reports of death of children in Gambia and Uzbekistan after drinking cough syrup.
Let us tell you that in the last few months there were reports of death of children in Gambia and Uzbekistan after drinking cough syrup made by Indian companies. After this episode, Indian pharmaceutical companies had come under the scanner. The latest action being taken by the government against the pharmaceutical companies is being linked to the same. The government has indicated that there will be no laxity in the matter of manufacturing medicines. In this episode, drug companies and their functioning are being constantly inspected. Meanwhile, many state governments including UP have also taken action against many pharmaceutical companies.


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Can it be? PPC companies like Overture and Google will be stepping out the the auction style pricing models and offer flat rate pay per click prices? A ClickZ article named Yahoo!'s Overture Looks At Simpler Models to Court Advertisers says it is a possibility for Overture.
Overture is considering offering advertisers a flat-rate pricing model to make paid search simpler for small- and medium-sized businesses, according to Ted Meisel, president of Overture and SVP at Yahoo!


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The American telecommunications company Verizon has confirmed that it is buying Yahoo for USD 4.83 billion, reports the Associated Press.
The web activity of Yahoo will, according to Lowell McAdam, the chairman and CEO of Verizon, be integrated into the recently acquired AOL, which will result in “creating a leading global media company and will contribute to increasing our profit in the sector of digital advertising”, as reported by AFP.
The transaction, as AFP reports, should be realized in the first quarter of 2017.
Numerous media have previously reported that Yahoo's core assets will be sold to the American telecommunications company Verizon for USD 4.8 billion, and The New York Times wrote that the agreement will not encompass Yahoo's share in the Chinese online giant Alibaba and in Yahoo Japan.
The agreement is an indicator of the fall of Yahoo, whose market value amounted to over USD 100 billion before the dot.com crash of 2000, whereas in 2008, it received an offer by Microsoft for the takeover worth USD 44 billion.
Yahoo had 12,500 employees at the end of 2014, whereas in mid-2015, there were 11,000 employees in the company. At the time, according to Business Insider, the most valuable companies in the IT market were Apple (USD 763 billion), Google (USD 373 billion), Alibaba (USD 233 billion), Facebook (USD 226 billion) and Amazon (USD 199 billion).
Due to increased competition in the form of Google and Facebook, Yahoo failed to expand its web activities and to significantly increase its ad revenue. This is why Yahoo shares have lost around a third of their value in the past twelve months.


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Certificate of entitlement (COE) premiums rose in all categories at the latest tender Wednesday, fuelled in part by impending changes to the system announced last week.
Premiums for cars up to 1,600cc increased by 8.3 per cent to $83,751, while premiums for cars above 1,600cc surged by 11.9 per cent to $86,239.
The COE premium for the open category, which can be used for any vehicle but ends up mainly for cars, jumped by 8.8 per cent to $87,001.
The premium for commercial vehicles continued to rise by 2.7 per cent to a new record high of $76,001. The motorcycle premium also went up by 2.6 per cent to $1,703.
Last week, the Government had announced a new criterion for cars in Category A. From next February, only cars with a brake horsepower (bhp) of 130 or less will remain in Cat A. This is on top of the existing criterion that caps engine capacity for Cat A cars to 1,600cc. The announcement prompted many potential car buyers to visit car showrooms last weekend.
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Amazon is growing the reach of its homegrown shipping capabilities, positioning itself to compete with UPS and FedEx.
Apple has built a retail template other stores can borrow from: neat minimal stores with personalized service and experiences.
Office supplies companies are using physical locations as service hubs to grow revenue and loyalty from business customers.
As prescription revenue is under pressure, Walgreens looks to CPG retail, grocery and private-label brands to fuel growth.
Reebok has launched an experience-based loyalty program to personalize customer relationships and acquire customer feedback.
Dollar Shave Club CEO Michael Dubin talks to Digiday about his plans to keep the brand’s momentum.
Beer company Molson Coors is investing in e-commerce to learn more about its customer base.
1-800-Flowers has used a vast physical footprint to underpin its e-commerce business.
Amazon Pay wants to use a tie-up with payments company Worldpay to grow its reach among brands.
Wayfair is launching a permanent retail store to help drive traffic to its e-commerce platform.
Square is building an e-commerce ecosystem with its recent acquisitions.
Starbucks is looking to customer insights and startups to help evolve its store strategy.
Amazon is growing the reach of exclusive wellness brand Choice through a tie-up with digital health maintenance startup One Drop.
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“Echo” is a bid to spotlight the rich cultural heritage of Indian classical music. Indian classical instrumental music is Sharp Anchor popular in India and around the globe. In the final 24 months, India’s classical music consumption grew by 500 % on the platform.
“Licensing terms enforced by Microsoft, Oracle and different legacy on premises software suppliers distort competition within the cloud.” “You can now routinely silence incoming calls from unknown contacts onWhatsApp for much more privateness and control,” he wrote. Piyush Goyal, Union Minister for Commerce and Industry, Textiles and Consumer Affairs, mentioned on Tuesday that the manufacturing of Apple iPhones in India is predicted to increase to 25 per cent. Currently, seven per cent of iPhones are assembled in India, which is expected to grow additional. Sam Altman, the CEO of OpenAI, has been calling for stricter regulation of artificial intelligence for months, however the creator of ChatGPT has been lobbying the European Union to scale back rules.
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The battle is on for the UK to save its Semiconductor industry, with these things now in huge demand around the globe and heaps of seeking to enter the lucrative market. The model’s progressive method to smartphone design allowed for the discharge of the limited edition SPARK 10 Magic Skin Edition smartphone, which allows customers to claim their individuality. The Federal Trade Commission has been accused of unfair enterprise practices in the cloud by know-how commerce groups. The Federal Trade Commission has been accused of unfair business practices within the cloud by know-how trade teams as properly as by Microsoft. According to reports, Apple is making an attempt to get intellectual property rights for apples in Switzerland. Fruit Union Suisse will lose its brand if the US tech big succeeds in its attempt, based on a report.
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The bug had an influence on several users. By their nature, forward trying statements involve risks and uncertainties as a result of they relate to occasions and depend upon circumstances which will or might not happen in the future. The 13 inch MacBook Air with the M2 chip and the 14 and sixteen inch MacBook Pros based on the M2 Pro and M2 Max shall be coated by the self service device repair program. Thomson Reuters, the world’s largest multimedia news supplier, reaches billions of people every single day. Business, financial, national and international news is delivered to professionals via desktop terminals, in addition to the world’s media organizations, industry events and on to customers.
A number of firms, together with its associates, are racing against it. They are following in the footsteps of their US counterparts, who are exploring generative synthetic intelligence, which may create authentic content material from poetry to art. The marketing world’s largest challenges include reaching Gen Z clients, coping with a unstable financial system, and testing generative synthetic intelligence. Under the “system settings” in Realme units, there is a feature known as Enhanced Intelligent Services that is stated to be collecting consumer data. The automobile monitoring effort has lowered transportation time and curbed losses within the gross calorific worth, leading to improved operational efficiency and vitality safety.
British firms have excelled in areas similar to research and design, which is why a new investment plan has been created. In this manner, the federal government investment is lower than it will have been for a large manufacturing plant, as the machines used for the manufacturing process would require a much larger funding. The Hospitality Industry Technology Exposition and Conference is an occasion with a singular combination of prime notch education and the hottest applied sciences from all over the world. In May, gross sales at Apple’s largest Taiwanese suppliers fell for the fourth straight month, as continued rising dwelling costs are forcing consumers in many regions to chop non important spending. For a long time, Google has been attempting to get prospects to buy more Chromebooks and costlier models with powerful hardware. It’s possible that the new gadgets shall be called the Chromebook X brand.
Carl Pei, the corporate’s founder, has proven off a model new cable design for the upcoming Phone (2) on the internet. Pei posted an image of the transparent cable with no caption and wrote “caption this” in a Gif. The technology iron is scorching in areas similar to operations, manufacturing and provide chain management through robotic course of automation (RPA) to streamline and automate enterprise and industrial processes. In the financial yr that ended in June, it produced half of India’s aluminium, at 2.29 million tonnes, and is ramping up manufacturing in cities similar to Jharsuguda and Korba. There was a bug within the Privacy Dashboard that triggered the messaging app to access the device’s microphone, and now it has been fixed. The consumer stated that his gadget’s Privacy Dashboard confirmed that he was having his microphone accessed regularly.
There are reviews that the upcoming iPhone SE’s hardware has gone by way of lots of adjustments. The tentative launch date for the iPhone SE four has been pushed back from 2023 to 2024, however it might be released in 2025. The Honor ninety phones went on sale in China at the finish of May and can go on sale in different areas of the world on July 6.
The variety of 5G cellular subscriptions in India will reach 10 million by the tip of the 12 months. According to the study, this figure will improve to round 700 million by the top of the year, accounting for over half of all mobile subscriptions in the nation. The firm spent more on R&D final yr than it did within the previous year. The firm is enhancing tech for distributed databases, laptop infrastructure and privacy computing.
The watchdog opened an investigation into whether restrictions on combining the platform with third party map companies have been hurting competitors. The Indian mobile market has immense potential due to the fast adoption of 5G expertise in accordance with the findings of the report. The report predicts a compound annual growth fee (CAGR) of 5% for the number of smartphone subscriptions in India over the subsequent ten years. The affordability and accessibility of phones to a broader section of the inhabitants is reflected in the growth. “Anything that is audiovisual or linked to new applied sciences or to media might be potentially impacted by a visual representation of an apple.”
The pictures present a skinny display screen, a three method quantity button and a again covered in both leather-based or synthetic leather. The device may be produced from metal or glass. There are two entrance facing cameras on the device, one on the prime of the outer display and the other within the upper left corner of the inner display.


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The Chrysler Corporation, the third-largest American car maker, said today that it would offer cut-rate financing on some cars and trucks to spur sales, beginning Wednesday and continuing indefinitely.
Customers have a choice of cash rebates of $300 to $1,000, depending on the model, or low annual percentage rate financing. The loan rates start at 3.7 percent for 24 months.
The move follows announcements last week by the General Motors Corporation and the American Motors Corporation of special customer incentives.
G.M., the nation's largest auto maker, said it would offer below-market financing rates as low as 3.9 percent or cash rebates of up to $1,200.
American Motors said it would offer zero percent financing on some 1986 and 1987 Renault cars and its own Jeeps.
It also offered 3.9 percent financing on other models.
The auto makers' use of incentives has tailed off from last year's frenzied activity. Chrysler, for example, offered financing rates of as low as 2.4 percent in 1986.Continue reading the main story
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It’s been more than a week since construction crews began erecting parklets along San Benito Street in Hollister, shutting down the once busy road.
But the city’s main strip in the downtown area along with 17 local businesses are set to reopen this weekend after being equipped with custom made pods for outdoor retail and dining.
Several local construction crews and employees for the City of Hollister are still hard at work trying to finish up the parklets by the end of the week and have the road open for the first time since it closed for construction on Oct. 26.
Kathina Szeto, owner of San Benito Bene on San Benito street, has benefited from the recent construction as more foot traffic has stepped inside to investigate what’s inside the shop.
She mentioned that she’s always had support from some of Hollister’s longtime residents, especially those who remember what it was like to have a bustling downtown. But she believes the new transformation on the main strip can bring back that hometown feeling once again, allowing the younger generation to experience it for themselves.
“They can have a sense of a close-knit community,” Szeto said.
The new parklet project also gives Hollister a sense of identity and it gives the city, as Szeto put it, a new “face.” She mentioned that there’s plenty of versatility within the businesses but maybe some people didn’t see it in the past, especially because San Benito Street was basically considered a highway.
“It’s great that the city was able to bring parklets into our historical downtown,” she said. “The consensus was to have a hometown atmosphere versus another highway, which will be missed as a thoroughfare. But the benefits of having a community space that actually generates income for our infrastructure is immense.”
The revitalization of downtown Hollister is part of a plan to bring in more businesses, according to Hollister Mayor Ignacio Velazquez. He anticipates big changes within the next two to three years and mentioned that they still need pushing along the idea.
“It’s getting really good,” he said. “If we really want retail and a thriving downtown we need to put an investment in there.”
The Hollister City Council unanimously approved a parklet program on Oct. 19 that assisted businesses during the Covid-19 pandemic and transformed most of the main strip into a one-way traffic flow.
The city authorized $80,000 to come from the Coronavirus Aid Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act funds, while San Benito County committed another $150,000 from its own CARES Act funds. The total cost of the program will not exceed $230,000, according to City Manager Brett Miller.
The parklet program provided funding to support local businesses in weatherizing their outdoor dining or retail space, offering safe outdoor options as they navigate through the Covid-19 pandemic, according to San Benito County officials.
City officials used a portion of the CARES Act funding to support a downtown beautification program that would support and highlight the parklets. Part of the plan for San Benito Street included resealing the street, restriping it and transitioning the parking spaces to reverse parking.
The city added a new southbound bike lane along with a lower speed limit and more stop signs. Plus, they’re transitioning old light bulbs to energy efficient LED bulbs.
Jojo Guerrero, owner of JG Builders in Hollister, brought his crew to knock out a group of six parklets including one for San Benito Bene.
Guerrero, who is a diabled veteran, mentioned that a portion of the proceeds will be used toward items for homemade care packages they put together for soldiers.
“It’s near and dear to our hearts and that’s what we like to do,” he said. “My business partner has two sons that are also veterans, so we give back where we can.”
Guerrero’s crew is also working on a parklet for Mad Pursuit Brewing Company on San Benito Street, which is still under construction itself.
To celebrate the town’s recent parklet program, both the San Benito County Chamber of Commerce & Visitor’s Center and the Hollister Downtown Association will host a red ribbon cutting ceremony on Nov. 14 at the intersection of Fifth and San Benito streets from 11am to noon.
That means the clock is ticking for the JB Builders crew, but Guerrero is more than confident they’ll get the job done. His goal in all this is just to see the businesses flourish.
“Downtown businesses go in and out like crazy,” he said. “If this could help sustain business in our small community that would be awesome. If more businesses come in there would be more foot traffic, I think this is a good move on [Hollister’s] part.”


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Jeff Bezos, CEO and founder of Amazon, introduced the new Amazon Kindle Fire HD in Santa Monica, Calif., Thursday, Sept. 6, 2012. Amazon.com Inc. is updating the Kindle with a brighter screen more readable with less glare in daylight and indoors in a bid to stoke consumer demand as Google Inc. and Microsoft Corp.
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SOFTWARE COBBLER Microsoft has announced that it has completed the Release to Manufacturing (RTM) build of its Office 2013 productivity software suite, saying that the full version will go on sale in the first quarter of next year.
Microsoft Office corporate VP Kirk Koenigsbauer said in an Office News blog post on Thursday that the release is "the most ambitious release of Office we've ever done" since it "spans the full family of Office applications, servers and cloud solutions".
Koenigsbauer continued, "[The release] means the coding and testing phase of the project is complete and we are now focused on releasing the new Office via multiple distribution channels to our consumer and business customers.
"[It] has a fresh, touch friendly design that works beautifully on Windows 8 and unlocks modern scenarios in social, reading, note-taking, meetings and communications."
There will also be a number of additional programmes to provide business customers with early access so they can begin testing, piloting and adopting Office 2013 within their organisations. These will include providing new capabilities to Office 365 Enterprise customers in the next service update, starting in November, along with the ability for developers to download the final version via their TechNet or MSDN subscriptions by mid-November.
Volume Licensing customers with Software Assurance contracts will also be able to download the Office 2013 applications as well as other Office products including Sharepoint 2013, Lync 2013 and Exchange 2013 through the Volume Licensing Service Centre by mid-November. These products will be available on the Volume Licensing price list on 1 December.
Koenigsbauer said customers buying Office 2010 from local retailers will receive the new Office 2013 software for free from 19 October. Customers will also see a preview version of the new Office 2013 on Windows RT devices, beginning with the Windows 8 launch on 26 October. µ
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BIO-Europe 2018: Panels and Partnering
At this year’s BIO-Europe in Copenhagen, BIOCOM was there as a matter of course: At our booth, event visitors could pick up their free copies of |transkript and European Biotechnology.
In addition to attending many exciting meetings, we also participated this year in the panels. BIOCOM moderated the panel “Using new business models to forge stronger partnerships in today’s biopharmaceutical industry”. Of course, we covered BIOEurope, which broke visitor records this year, on our online portals transkript.de and european-biotechnology.com.


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Key trends propelling global electronic toll collection into 2027
Rapid urbanization, coupled with the rising adoption of smart transportation systems, will give the global electronic toll collection (ETC) market a commendable boost over 2021-2027.
Additionally, increasing introduction of favourable government initiatives and heightened product consumption, to address problems related to road maintenance worldwide, will also support the demand for ETC systems.
Every day, more and more number of people are gaining awareness about the benefits of electronic toll collection, including its capability to reduce the chances of accidents by aiding traffic mobility as well as its ability to improve environmental impact.
For example, the Japanese government, in November 2020, announced the replacement of manual toll collection facilities with ETC systems due to the COVID-19 outbreak among tool collectors. This system helps in-vehicle devices pay tolls automatically and enhances operational efficiency, thereby elevating customer experiences and providing flexibility in transitioning to a new interoperability standard.
As per Global Market Insights, Inc. estimates, the global electronic toll collection market (ETC) market size is expected to exceed $10 billion by 2027.
Following are some of the key trends that would be playing a major role in fostering ETC market expansion by 2027:
1. Increasing smart city initiatives
Electronic toll collection systems have been gaining widespread adoption across developed and developing nations. Recently, Pikepass of Oklahoma Turnpike Authority has become the first electronic toll collection system in the United States. The system can electronically debit the accounts of the registered car owners without the need to stop, resulting in low congestion near toll plazas.
There has been an burgeoning need for infrastructural improvements in developing countries like India. The conventional toll collection systems create issues such as long queues, which is especially problematic in densely-populated countries like India and China. With an aim to overcome these challenges, the several developing like India have been focusing on implementing automated toll collection systems using GPS.
The case for intelligent traffic management solutions has further been made by the increasing mobility challenges in urban areas. Consequently, to improve the safety and performance of the traffic infrastructure, governments have been turning to technology.
In fact, the challenges posed by traffic congestion, inadequate parking spaces, and poor road safety are projected to result in a plethora of product innovation activities. Which in turn would impel the overall electronic toll collection market expansion over the forecast spell.
2. Rising focus on ensuring smooth operation of smart city infrastructure
In terms of segmentation by technology, the video analytics segment is likely to hold a considerable share over the forthcoming years. This is attributable to the rising need for security of the ETC systems. The integration of this technology into the system enables efficient detection of vehicles that enter or exit the toll plaza. The segmental growth will further be bolstered by the technology’s capability to play a key role in automatically ensuring traffic flow on highways, decreasing workforce requirements, and analyzing the video.
Meanwhile, with regards to type, the global electronic toll collection system market from the violation enforcement system (VES) segment will gain remarkable traction. This would be owing to the rapid adoption of VES in electronic tolling systems to identify and monitor toll evasion by commuters. Additionally, violation enforcement cameras also deliver the added capability to detect fault within the ETC systems, making it a crucial aspect of the complete infrastructure.
3. High emphasis on reducing carbon footprint in Europe
On the regional front, the Europe electronic toll collection (ETC) market is set to depict a commendable growth rate in the foreseeable future. This can be credited to the strong government focus on reducing carbon footprint and leveraging digital technologies.
The regional market trends will further be fostered by the shifting preference from manual toll collection to digital toll systems. This is because the latter help alleviate traffic congestion, reduce air pollution, and improve public health. The in fact, it is speculated that the use of the ETC system is likely to save fuel consumption by approximately 4.1 million liters and lower emissions by over 730.89 tons in the region.
Major electronic toll collection (ETC) industry participants include TransCore, Thales Group, FEIG ELECTRONIC GmbH, Jenoptik AG, Tecsidel, S.A., Cubic Corporation, EFKON GmbH, and Kapsch TrafficCom, among others.
These companies are incorporating varied strategies such as new product launches and business expansion to sustain their market share. For instance, in April 2021, Star Systems International launched a new windshield & headlamp tolling transponder, Zenith, which is expected to gain adoption in electronic toll collection and other applications.


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Soil Association reveals that lockdown sparked a sales surge for organic certified products
New data shows that sales of organic food in supermarkets have seen the biggest jump since December 2016, with year-on-year growth hitting more than six per cent. Beef, eggs, jams, and sparkling wine...
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Latest economic strategy set out by the world's largest emitter allows for growth of both coal and renewables
Study shows net zero transition to affect over six million jobs, as criticism grows of Budget's 'climate failure'
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Colorado voted to legalize Marijuana use, sale and marketing
If you’re in Colorado, you might be celebrating today. Months after Coloradans voted to legalize the use, sale, and marketing of marijuana, the final bill was sent to their House on Thursday. The 57 page bill is partnered with a bill implementing taxation policy.
House Bill 1317, sponsored by Rep. Dan Pabon (D-Denver), takes recommendations from the Colorado Amendment 64 Task Force and formulates it into law, while House Bill 1318, sponsored by Rep. Jonathan Singer (D-Denver), establishes the tax structure for legal marijuana sales.
Authorities are expecting some 80,000 people gathering in Denver to join in the celebration, filling the air with the plant’s pungent aroma.
The proposed legislation would allow out-of-state residents to purchase one-fourth of an ounce of marijuana “during a single transaction.” It also would allow existing medical marijuana businesses to apply for retail licenses on October 1, three months ahead of other would-be retailers.
In addition to eliminating a proposed one-year monopoly in the retail market for existing medical marijuana providers, the bill also would allow retail shops to sell their home-grown product “or purchase it from a retail marijuana cultivation facility.”
The original plan called for retailers to grow at least 70% of their product, but legislators decided to eliminate the requirement last week.
A 15% excise tax will be added to the sale of recreational marijuana, in addition to the state’s 2.9% sales tax, and any local taxes. Sales are expected to add significant revenue to the state’s treasury.
The first 40 million dollars in excise tax is designated for the public school capital construction assistance fund.
So, there you go. A summer vacation in Denver sounds like fun. And, I’m sorry, but I can’t resist, here’s your chance to get a Rocky Mountain “High”.
Columnist-The Guardian Express


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May 15, 2023
The Boston Business Journal recently published an article featuring Garrett Johnson, Assistant Professor of Marketing, discussing the restrictions and uncertainty of digital advertising.
Behavioral ads have been a central part of the digital economy, enabling advertisers to reach carefully selected audiences based on factors such as demographics, location, and browsing history. Data privacy regulations are now limiting companies’ ability to track users as concerns grow around consumer privacy.
Johnson states, “Many browsers and device manufacturers are taking a stand against personalized advertisers, blocking cookies and other forms of tracking. There are a lot of regulations in place or being contemplated.”
In recent years, consumers have been able to opt out of data tracking more and more. A website offers you that option when you see a pop-up about cookies, which are small files that remember your preferences and track your online behavior. These pop-ups are the result of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), a European Union law that went into effect in 2018 and sets rules for how personal data can be collected, processed, and stored. In the pop-ups, users can consent or opt out of sharing their data. Johnson isn’t sure where the controversies over tracking and data privacy will land, but he believes the technology in this space is promising.


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Stephanie Phair, the managing director of Outnet.com, recently visited from London to host a luncheon previewing Oscar de la Renta’s new limited edition collection designed exclusively for The Outnet.
Tina Sharkey, Sukhinder Singh Cassidy – Sharon Coplan Hurowitz, Sabrina Buell, Stephanie Phair
Guests had the opportunity to preview the collection, and pre-order before anyone else. Among those who attended were Sukhinder Singh Cassidy, Sabrina Buell, Dorka Keehn, Sobia Shaikh, Carolyn Chang and Lauren Goodman, among others. We were especially delighted to see Sharon Coplan Hurowitz — the New York art consultant was the only reason we watched Bravo’s “Gallery Girls”!
The 24-item collection is comprised of pieces such as full-skirted dresses, pencil skirts, lace blouses, and high-waisted trousers — all made from the same fabrics, patterns, and factories as the main Oscar de la Renta collection. Prices range from $325 to $1,295.
Ruzwana Bashir, Lauren Goodman, Tina Sharkey, Sukhinder Singh Cassidy – Dorka Keehn
Elizabeth Tuke, Taylor Sterling – Sabrina Buell
Stephanie Phair, Lauren Goodman – Melissa Grimm
Sobia Shaikh, Kimberly Miller – Carolyn Chang, Stephanie Phair
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CMA says that all of society will lose out ‘if the market power of these firms goes unchecked’
The Competition and Markets Authority has called for a new regulatory framework to monitor the operations of Google and Facebook, after finding that the two tech giants currently account for 80% of UK spending on digital advertising.
The CMA has urged government to introduce a new Digital Markets Unit with the power to “enforce a code of conduct” on Google and Facebook – and any other companies that have “a position of market power”.
The code should seek to ensure that the technology firms “do not engage in exploitative or exclusionary practices, or practices likely to reduce trust and transparency”.
If the guidelines are breached, the unit should be able to impose fines, the CMA said.
Government should also enable a regulatory body to “order Google to open up its click and query data to rival search engines… [and] order Facebook to increase its interoperability with competing social media platforms”.
Restrictions should also be placed on Google using its dominance to ensure it is the default search engine on devices and browsers.
Facebook, meanwhile, should be instructed to allow users to choose whether or not to receive personalised adverts.
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Proportion of spending that goes to either Google or Facebook
Amount of annual revenue generated by the two companies for each household in the UK
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All platforms under the scope of the new regulatory environment should be compelled to adopt so-called fairness-by-design principles – the purpose of which will be “to ensure that they are making it as easy as possible for users to make meaningful choices”.
The government’s overall goal, according to the CMA, should be to use regulation to encourage competition. As such, a new digital markets unit should be able to “order the separation of platforms, where necessary, to ensure healthy competition”.
The regulator’s recommendations come on the back of a year-long investigation that found a worrying level of dominance enjoyed by Google and Facebook.
Between them, the two firms accounted for 80% of the £14bn that was spent in the UK last year on digital advertising. This equates to about £400 in advertising revenue generated by the companies for every household in the country.
The search advertising market, of which Google holds share of more than 90%, was worth £7.3bn in 2019. More than half of the £5.5bn display advertising market was held by Facebook.
Since 2011, Google has more than doubled the amount of revenue generated per search, while Facebook has grown its revenue per user from less than £5 to in excess of £50.
CMA noted that the services provided by the two companies are enjoyed and valued by individual and small business users, and that the firms’ earlier growth had been fuelled “by offering better services than the main platforms in the market at the time”.
But now “the CMA is concerned that they have developed such unassailable market positions that rivals can no longer compete on equal terms”.
This inequality manifests in their large user bases and “unmatchable access to user data”.
The companies’ increasing financial might, meanwhile, has allowed them to bolster their standing through acquisitions of smaller rivals, the regulator said.
Money and ubiquity also permit them to exert more influence over users behaviour.
“Both use default settings to nudge people into using their services and giving up their data,” the CMA said. “For example, Google paid around £1.2bn in 2019 to be the default search provider on mobile devices and browsers in the UK, while Facebook requires people to accept personalised advertising as a condition for using their service.”
“If the market power of these firms goes unchecked, people and businesses will lose out”
Andrea Coscelli, CMA chief executive
The CMA has joined forces with fellow regulators the ICO and Ofcom to create a government-backed Digital Markets Taskforce. The group will work over the coming months on how best a new regulatory regime could be designed. It will provide further advice to government by the end of this year.
CMA chief executive Andrea Coscelli said: “Through our examination of this market, we have discovered how major online platforms like Google and Facebook operate and how they use digital advertising to fuel their business models. What we have found is concerning – if the market power of these firms goes unchecked, people and businesses will lose out. People will carry on handing over more of their personal data than necessary, a lack of competition could mean higher prices for goods and services bought online and we could all miss out on the benefits of the next innovative digital platform.”
He added: “Our clear recommendation to government is that a new pro-competitive regulatory regime be established to address the concerns we have identified and regulate a sector which is central to all our lives.”


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Jeff Bezos is on a new level.
In 2017, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos surpassed Bill Gates to become the richest person in the world. The business icon’s latest net worth was revealed this week, and he’s well surpassed the Microsoft mogul again, according to Forbes.
Click to see how Bezos’ ideas changed the way you live, and how he made an absolute fortune in the process.
Jeff Bezos: Net Worth — $144 Billion
Bezos’ net worth was $90.6 billion when the markets opened on October 27, 2017 compared with Bill Gates’ $90.1 billion net worth at the time, according to Forbes. An impressive 59 percent rise in the company’s stock price of Amazon over the past 12 months pushed Bezos to new heights, however.
As of the publishing of this article, his net worth is $143.9 billion, according to Forbes. No, that’s not a typo. That number puts Bezos in the No. 1 spot on the Bloomberg Billionaires Index — and close to $50 billion ahead of No. 2 billionaire Bill Gates.
Noted to be America’s only centi-billionaire (someone with a net worth over $100 billion), Bezos’ bank account has truly reached eye-opening levels.
Bezos, Zuckerberg, Buffett: Which Billionaire Gives the Least Away?
Jeff Bezos: Entrepreneur
Started in July 1995, Amazon offers a slew of products and services to customers around the globe, which helped it become the fastest company ever to reach $100 billion in annual sales — a feat achieved in 2015.
Amazon issued an IPO in May 1997, but the man behind the online retail giant still retains 17 percent ownership in the company. Amazon is Bezos’ main focus, but the consumer-friendly company is not his only business venture.
In 2013, Bezos became one of the largest players in the news industry after he purchased The Washington Post for $250 million. The billionaire entrepreneur also founded the rocket company Blue Origin, which is developing reusable rockets to shuttle passengers to and from space.
In March 2017, Bezos purchased Dubai-based online retailer Souq.com. The final purchase price was not revealed. However, Dubai’s state-backed Emaar Malls PJSC announced it made an $800-million bid for Souq.com just before Amazon closed its deal, according to an AP report.
Jeff Bezos: Real Estate Ventures
In 2016, Bezos spent $23 million to purchase the 27,000-square-foot former Textile Museum in Kalorama, a swanky Washington, D.C., neighborhood. The property consists of two historic mansions that are on the National Register of Historic Places. Despite the major investment, the primary Bezos family residence will remain in Seattle.
Located in the suburb of Medina, Wash., the main Bezos residence is a 29,000-square-foot compound not far from Amazon’s headquarters. Originally a 13,000-square-foot home, Bezos’ 5.35-acre waterfront property underwent a $28 million renovation to transform it into a sprawling oasis, according to Forbes.
Take Notes: 10 Ways the Richest Billionaires Stay Rich
Jeff Bezos: Toys
Immediately after becoming rich, Bezos didn’t head straight to the car dealership. Despite owning roughly $10 billion in Amazon stock in 1999, Bezos was reported by CNBC to still be driving a Honda Accord. That said, Bezos isn’t always a rich person that lives like an average joe.
Along with his impressive real estate portfolio, Bezos has amassed a fleet of private jets — including a Gulfstream and a Dassault Falcon-900EX — for his personal travel needs. His limited liability company, Poplar Glen, paid $5.5 million for a hangar at Seattle’s Boeing Field to store his jets in 2015.
Check out what strategies Jeff Bezos used to become this rich.
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Rachel Holly Farrow contributed to the reporting for this article.


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Disney-owned channels have gone dark on Dish Network’s satellite television and Sling TV services after Disney and Dish failed to reach a carriage renewal deal last Friday. In addition to Disney channels, the dispute also affects access to ABC local stations in eight markets.
What channels are affected by the blackout?
Disney networks that are no longer available on Dish and Sling TV are ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU, ESPNews, ESPN Deportes, Disney Channel, Disney Jr., Disney XD, Freeform, FX, FXX, FXM, National Geographic, Nat Geo Wild, Nat Geo Mundo, ACC Network, SEC Network, Longhorn Network, and Baby TV.
ABC-owned local channels that have been removed from Dish and Sling TV include Chicago (WLS), Fresno, Calif. (KFSN), Houston (KTRK), Los Angeles (KABC), New York (WABC), Philadelphia (WPVI), Raleigh, N.C. (WTVD), and San Francisco (KGO).
Disney vs Dish and Sling TV
As mentioned above, the blackout started after Disney and Dish were unable to reach an agreement over a carriage contract extension. The two companies’ previous contract expired at midnight PT on September 30th.
In a press release on October 1st, Dish, which owns Sling TV, said Disney declined its offer for a contract extension, walked away from the negotiation table, and refused to keep its programming accessible for millions of Dish and Sling customers across the United States. Dish added that the removal of Disney channels from its services will have a huge impact on rural consumers who largely depend on satellite television as their primary means of entertainment.
According to Dish, as reported by Variety, Disney had asked for a $1 billion increase in fees and is demanding that ESPN and ESPN2 be included in Dish TV packages that currently exclude sports channels. Additionally, while Dish TV allows subscribers to remove local channels to reduce their monthly bills, the pay-TV provider said Disney now “wants to take this away by forcing most Dish customers in their ABC markets to pay for local channels.”
“Disney has exploited its market position to increase fees without regard for the public viewing experience,” said Brian Neylon, executive vice president and group president, Dish TV. “Clearly, Disney insists on prioritizing greed above American viewers, especially sports fans and families with children who watch their content.”
Dish went on to claim that Disney is more interested in becoming a monopolistic power than providing its programming to viewers under fair terms, and plans to spend billions on its direct-to-consumer streaming services such as Disney+ and ESPN+, which are not available for Dish and Sling TV customers.
For its part, Disney said Dish didn’t accept its fair, market-based offer for continuing to carry the networks.
“After months of negotiating in good faith, Dish has declined to reach a fair, market-based agreement with us for continued distribution of our networks,” Disney Media and Entertainment Distribution said in a statement. “The rates and terms we are seeking reflect the marketplace and have been the foundation for numerous successful deals with pay-TV providers of all types and sizes across the country.”
Is this the end of Disney and Dish’s partnership?
Despite the blackout, both companies are still committed to reaching a fair resolution.
“We will continue to negotiate to provide the best value for our customers. We want to provide customers with fair rates, reliable service, and the freedom of choice to pay for the channels they watch most,” said Gary Schanman, executive vice president and group president at Sling TV. “Disney is an important long-term partner for us, and we hope they will be reasonable in their demands so we can reach a fair agreement and bring our customers’ channels back as quickly as possible.”
Disney, on the other hand, said, “We’re committed to reaching a fair resolution, and we urge Dish to work with us in order to minimize the disruption to their customers.”
Because of Dish’s aggressive negotiating tactics with content companies, this isn’t the first time a number of channels have been removed from its services. In fact, the Disney networks’ removal from Dish and Sling TV comes just four days after Dish reached a carriage-renewal agreement for Sony Pictures’ Game Show Network following a three-week blackout.
Meanwhile, Disney and Google’s YouTube TV had a standoff in carriage negotiations back in December 2021, which resulted in a two-day blackout on the internet TV service.


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The brand new suite tracks the efficiency of the world’s first, second and fifth largest cryptocurrencies
FTSE Russell has made inroads into the cryptocurrency business with the launch of its new bitcoin, ethereum and cardano benchmarks.
The FTSE Digital Property index collection is comprised of the FTSE Bitcoin index, FTSE Ethereum index and FTSE Cardano index, which have been created to reply to investor demand for brand new options to precisely monitor the efficiency of digital belongings, the agency mentioned.
Launched in partnership with Digital Asset Analysis (DAR), FTSE Russell added the brand new suite will permit contributors to extra seamlessly combine value details about the world’s first, second and fifth largest cryptos into conventional portfolio evaluation.
The agency additionally mentioned mechanisms have been put in place to find out alternate and asset stage eligibility, which it mentioned is essential for dependable value and index knowledge.
Beforehand, FTSE Russell and DAR partnered on a collection of reside, ticking indicative digital asset indices as a proof of idea in 2018.
Kristen Mierzwa, managing direct, ETP technique and enterprise improvement at FTSE Russell, mentioned: “FTSE Russell’s new digital asset indexes will present clients with a complete, prime quality, knowledge supply for his or her funding evaluation and product improvement wants.”
One other member of the ‘large 4’ index suppliers, S&P Dow Jones Indices (SPDJI), expanded its range of digital assets indices in July, with benchmarks providing publicity to completely different baskets of cryptocurrencies, together with baskets incorporating dimension issue variables.


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Japanese consumers soon will be tossing out tofu in favor of frozen yogurt if Laguna Hills entrepreneur Heidi Miller has her way.
And the 32-year-old, one-time world champion body builder's growing company stands to reap a considerable financial benefit from those changing tastes, officials of Heidi's Frogen Yozurt said Monday.
Under a franchise agreement with two Japanese partners, Heidi's--which currently sells frozen yogurt from 69 stores in the United States--will open as many as 350 stores in Tokyo and other Japanese cities over the next three years, company officials said.
Nissin Sugar Manufacturing in Tokyo and a second Tokyo company, which officials at Heidi's declined to identify, have signed a master franchising agreement that will make Heidi's only the second frozen yogurt seller in Japan--where the product is a popular but acquired taste.
The Tokyo companies have given Heidi's an initial deposit, and will pay a substantial development fee when final contracts are signed, according to Edwin Benson, Heidi's vice president of finance. Once stores open, Heidi's will receive ongoing royalties based on gross store revenues. Benson would not disclose financial terms of the deal.
In 1986, however, Heidi's collected $692,815 in fees from franchisees and booked an additional $3.5 million in revenue from the sale of yogurt and other supplies to about 50 franchise shops.
The 5-year-old company, which has yet to make a profit, went public in February.
In addition to the eight stores it owns and 61 shops that it has franchised, Heidi's has sold 96 franchises for domestic stores that have yet to open. The Japanese deal is by far the company's largest.
And the Japanese "want yogurt," said Jagdish Sheth, a professor marketing at the University of Southern California. "They don't like the taste of it. But they acquire it," he said.
Sheth said he believes that Japan is a healthy market for frozen yogurt because many Japanese consumers are striving to modernize their life styles, because the country's population is aging and seeking a healthier diet as it does so, and because the Japanese government has encouraged consumers to learn the food habits of the rest of the world.
Japan's craving for American frozen dairy products was ignited with the entry of Baskin-Robbins and Haagen-Dazs stores. "You see them all over, and they're very busy," said J. Mark Ramseyer, a UCLA law professor and frequent traveler to Japan.
Blend May Be Modified
Heidi's may have to modify its California-blend yogurt to appeal to slightly varying tastes of the Japanese consumer, but the change will be minimal "and we'll have to OK any changes they want to make," said Benson. He said company officials haven't decided whether to prepare the product at the company's current supply plants in California or to go to Japan for production.
The company's customer base, in Japan as in the United States, is one seeking healthful foods that are low in fat and calories, so Heidi's won't be competing with Baskin-Robbins in Japan.
Its competition will be J. Higbee's, a Rancho Cordova company that opened its first Japanese store in March and currently has 13 outlets there. "It's like starting your company all over," said Gary Nelson, president of J. Higbee's. But the effort has been worth it, he said, and several of his chain's top-producing stores are in Japan.
"It's not like going into Texas," Ramseyer said. "You must make sure you've teamed with a company that will work for you. And it takes a huge investment. Real estate is very expensive in Japan."
Frank Hickingbotham, president of TCBY, a 700-store frozen yogurt chain in Little Rock, Ark., said his company has investigated expansion into Japan, "but we have to move very slowly."
Hickingbotham said expanding in the familiar U.S. frozen-novelty market--valued at $1.6 billion annually--is easier than traveling thousands of miles.
HEIDI'S FROGEN YOZURT INC. AT A GLANCE
The 5-year-old company was started with a single shop in Irvine by Heidi Miller, former body-builder and athletic equipment sales representative. The company's name, a deliberate spoonerism, was selected to make it stand out from other frozen yogurt suppliers. Now headquartered in Laguna Hills after going public in February, Heidi's has 103 employees.
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Following the release of iOS 15.4 to developers earlier today, we’ve been finding out that the update comes with several new features. One of them is a welcome change to iCloud Keychain, which now lets users store notes to their passwords.
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In the years ahead, passwords, as we know them, will become a thing of the past. However, that change won’t happen overnight and will take a concerted effort from lots of different parties, including the major tech giants. At WWDC, Apple announced how it’s moving toward a more secure and easy-to-use passwordless authentication powered by WebAuthn and Face ID/Touch ID with the preview of passkeys in iCloud Keychain.
icloud keychain Stories August 21, 2018
I’ve long been waiting for Apple to incorporate its incredible iCloud Keychain features for third-parties on iOS. At last, with iOS 12 that prayer has finally been answered. I’ve been fortunate enough to get a first-look with 1Password’s implementation, and it works exactly as I’d hope.
More details after the break…
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Update: As of 6.30am PT, Apple had updated its status page as showing all services back to normal. The company said that 40% of users had been affected.
Apple’s system status page is showing a substantial issue with iCloud services, the problems affecting eleven different services and persisting for four hours and counting at the time of writing.
While Apple lists the services as “may be slow for some users,” many users are reporting that the services are either completely unavailable or time-out when attempting to login … expand full story
icloud keychain Stories September 23, 2014
iOS 8.0.1 will reportedly bring fixes for phone & keyboard bugs, Safari video, & more
Apple’s next iOS 8 update following the public release of the operating system earlier this month will reportedly bring various fixes for phone and keyboard related bugs, problems with video in Safari and more. MacRumors claims to have details on the upcoming iOS 8.0.1 release from a source. In addition to fixing bugs with the phone, keyboard, and Safari, the fix will reportedly also include a fix for AirDrop support with Passbook and a problem with installing VPN profiles.
Here’s the full list of changes according to the report:
– Phone: Addresses bugs with call forwarding and freezing when accessing visual voicemail – Keyboard: Fixes an issue with keypad not appearing to enter iCloud Keychain verification codes – Safari: Fixes a problem with videos occasionally not playing – Sharing: Fixes AirDrop support for Passbook passes – VPN: Addresses an issue with installing VPN profiles
Apple released iOS 8 to the public earlier this month on September 17th two days ahead of its new iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus models going on sale in initial launch countries. Adoption of the new operating system is lagging behind last year’s iOS 7 release, while Apple for the first time used its own CDN to deliver the update this year. A release date for the next iOS 8 update has not yet been confirmed, but Apple has said they are working on a fix for the HealthKit bug that delayed the feature expected later this month.
icloud keychain Stories January 20, 2014
The worst password of all is no longer ‘password’ according to hacked accounts chart
You might have thought that it would be hard to come up with a worse password than ‘password,’ but according to a chart compiled by SplashData from hacked accounts, it has been edged out by ‘123456’.
The far more secure ‘12345678’ (33 percent more secure!) retains its position as number three, while a new entry in sixth place goes as far as ‘123456789’. Sadly, ‘letmein’, a password I always felt deserving of classic status, dropped seven places to achieve a mediocre ranking of 14.
Apple introduced iCloud Keychain as part of Mavericks and iOS 7.0.3, and if you’re not already using it, you can read our how-to guide. If you’re using older versions of OS X or iOS, we also ran a how-to guide on using a password manager to have unique, secure passwords for each website.
icloud keychain Stories November 15, 2013
Chrome for iOS getting automated form-filling, synced to your desktop browser
Google’s Chrome Blog has announced that Chrome for iOS will be getting autofill functionality shortly, enabling automated completion of web forms. If you already use Chrome on a desktop machine, the iOS app will sync data between the two.
For iPhone and iPad users, Chrome for iOS will soon include Autofill to help you quickly fill out forms on-the-go just as you can on desktop and Android. When you sign into Chrome on your iPhone and iPad, you can quickly complete online forms using your synced Autofill info from other devices you’ve signed into.
Google says that it is “starting to roll out” the feature from today, but the version of the app on iTunes hasn’t been updated at the time of writing.
icloud keychain Stories October 26, 2013
iCloud Keychain is a brand-new cloud service in OS X Mavericks and iOS 7.0.3 and launched with the new operating systems on October 22nd. iCloud Keychain stores your usernames, passwords, Wi-Fi networks, and credit card information so that you can easily fill in forms or logins whenever you need. This will sync across Safari and with third party apps that support iCloud Keychain. Your information is securely protected using 256-bit AES encryption, preventing unauthorized use of your information. iCloud Keychain also includes a powerful password generator, which will create unique passwords for your online accounts so that you no longer have to come up with secure or hard-to-guess passwords.
This article will teach you how to setup and use iCloud Keychain for iOS and OS X.
icloud keychain Stories October 25, 2013
Apple lists countries where new iCloud Keychain feature is available
Apple has updated its support website with a new list of countries in which iCloud Keychain is supported. iCloud Keychain was announced at WWDC 2013 earlier this year, and the feature allows users to create complex passwords and sync them via iCloud to their supported devices. The feature also allows users to store their credit card information in order to make payment processing online a faster process. The feature launched earlier this week with OS X Mavericks and iOS 7.0.3. We will be publishing a thorough how-to guide for setting up and utilizing iCloud Keychain in the coming days. The full list of currently supported countries is available below:
icloud keychain Stories October 22, 2013
Apple has released a major iOS bug fix update called iOS 7.0.3, bringing iCloud Keychain, improved password management in Safari, the delay of the Slide to Unlock text on the Lock screen for Touch ID devices, iMessage fixes, and fixes for sensor calibration issues.
Today Apple released version 10.9 of Mac OS X, codenamed “Mavericks.” The new OS includes several new features and enhancements over the previous version, “Mountain Lion.” The update is available for free for all compatible Macs from the App Store
Below you’ll find a closer look at some of the new features in 10.9.
Update: OS X Mavericks is available now as a free download on the Mac App Store.
Apple has done something it hasn’t done before with a major release of OS X, announcing today during its iPad event that it will release OS X Mavericks, the latest version of its desktop OS, later today for free to all users.
Mavericks is available starting today for iMac and MacBook Pros from 2007 or later, 2008 MacBook Air, MacBook, and Mac Pro or later, and the 2009 Mac mini or later.
Apple first showed off Mavericks back in June at its WWDC developer conference and has since seeded several betas as well as Golden Master release followed by silent update to the GM release that could likely be the version Apple ships later this month. Despite not receiving a radical visual overhaul like iOS 7, OS X Mavericks includes over 200 new features and many big new user facing features like iBooks, improved multiple display support, iCloud Keychain, new Finder features, Maps, quick reply and lock screen notifications, auto-updating apps, and a number of under the hood enhancements to improve battery life and performance. (Full press release below) expand full story


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How Venues are Using Tech to Solve Staff Shortages
This article is brought to you by Mr Yum, we hope you find this information relevant & useful.
Australia’s hospitality industry is undergoing a staff shortage crisis.
The continuing closure of international borders, an exodus of overseas workers and experienced staff leaving the industry during the past 15 months has left Australia’s world-renowned hospitality industry with thousands of vacant positions for chefs, wait staff, kitchen hands and venue managers.
Australian Venue Company is one company turning this current crisis into opportunities for young Australians to get their start in the industry. AVC has turned to innovative new technology for solutions to help it successfully weather the staffing storm.
Australian Venue Company CEO Paul Waterson says the company has been able to employ staff with little or no experience due to the group-wide implementation of Mr Yum, the world’s most powerful mobile ordering and payment system.
With Mr Yum, patrons scan a QR code at their table to order and pay for meals and drinks, which can be delivered by new staff. Experienced staff are then free to focus on making cocktails, pouring beers and providing a superior customer experience.
Unlike other QR code ordering systems, Mr Yum is completely web based, meaning there’s no app for a venue’s customers to download. It makes for a seamless, superior customer experience.
“Mr Yum’s been great for us,” Waterson says. “Employees can hit the ground running from their first shift, they can start to get used to the pace of working in a pub, and how it works and they can operate from day one. And then in time they can learn more about the venue and become more integrated.”
The company has taken on at least 200 staff new to hospitality across its venues this year. This is in addition to more than 300 apprenticeships starting since January, with the company currently adding 30 new apprentices a month – a rate 10 times higher than the company’s average.
Mr Yum CEO and Co-founder Kim Teo says QR code mobile ordering is a key development for the hospitality industry, one that delivers a superior customer experience. Removing the more transactional service interactions and replacing them with memorable ones creates an impressive bond between customer and venue.
“We believe people remember the banter, the jokes, the how was your day? All the conversations that don’t necessarily revolve around what would you like to have, here is the payment terminal,” she says.
“It’s about time shifting, about how staff spend their time. It’s not about spending less face time with customers, it’s about spending it in a more meaningful way.”
Waterson says implementing Mr Yum across its venues has allowed the company to segment its workforce, enabling experienced bartenders and floor staff to focus on providing superior customer service while beginners run food and drinks and clear tables.
He says it’s a misconception young people don’t want to work in the industry.
“We’ve shown with 200 of what we call Bamboo (untrained/novice) staff coming in, people are really keen to spend time in our industry, to see whether they want to make a career of it, and Mr Yum makes it less intimidating for them.”
He adds: “What we’re finding, people forgive a beer that’s a tiny bit too frothy, or someone can only carry two plates to the table, not three, if they’ve got a welcoming smile and a friendly attitude.”
He says another misconception is that mobile ordering and payment systems are impersonal.
“I find it’s the contrary. It frees up staff to have more verbal interactions with the patrons, to go back and do the second and third table check, to answer any questions about the menu while the customers are perusing it on their phone.
“In my mind, you don’t use Mr Yum to reduce labour costs, you use it to enhance patron experience and add value.”
Having previously worked in retail, Demi Van Der Host, 25, started as a food and beverage runner at The Duke of Wellington hotel in Melbourne’s CBD in March.
“Every job I applied for wanted people with experience, and I never heard back from anybody. When I saw the opportunity to apply for Bamboo, I took it. It’s an easy way to get your foot in the door, and it was great they provided the training I needed. They were very fast at getting me the job as soon as I finished the training, and management at The Duke have been really helpful with the transition. Overall, the whole experience has been wonderful.”
Waterson says there’s never been a better time to consider a hospitality career.
“The hairy-chest alpha male attitudes of the kitchen have gone, which is a positive, it’s great. People are starting to discover you can have your lifestyle and creative flair and you can have the best of both worlds. People can have a lifestyle, can have a family and flexibility,” he says.
“It’s probably the first time in a generation you might be able to say that for hospitality.”
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Earlier this week, the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO) sent a letter to Members of Congress stating that “any completed Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) must include rules against currency manipulation – enforceable, when necessary, through recourse to trade sanctions.” The letter was prompted by the Chinese central bank’s recent decision to devalue its currency.
The AFL-CIO’s letter flatly states that foreign currency manipulation costs American jobs and that TPP countries Japan, Singapore and Malaysia “all have a history of egregious currency manipulation.” The letter goes on to suggest that China’s devaluation could lead these countries to “follow suit.”
As National Taxpayers Union (NTU) has pointed out numerous times, attempting to penalize alleged currency manipulation is misguided economics. If a trading partner of the United States devalues its currency to encourage imports, it lowers the costs of goods for American consumers. This benefits lower-income Americans and businesses using imported materials. Likewise, devaluing currency makes goods imported from other countries more expensive, thus harming its domestic consumers. As the New York Times reported earlier this week, “By devaluing the currency, [the Chinese authorities], who have been pushing a big expansion of global investments, are eroding some of the country’s buying power overseas.”
China’s currency has appreciated considerably over the last 10 years. As Derek Scissors, an economist at the American Enterprise Institute, has written, “When China intentionally weakened its currency in 1994 – currency manipulation – the US job markets improved for five straight years. When China strengthened its currency starting in 2005 – what the critics want – our job market first didn’t change, then got much worse. The reason is obvious: China doesn’t matter to our job market. It’s so unimportant that the last two times China changed currency policy, the jobs result was the opposite of what currency critics expected.”
While the details of TPP are not yet public, one thing is certain: Congress should ignore the AFL-CIO’s warnings about the alleged problems of currency manipulation.


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Bitauto Burns Through Cash as Bears Bet Big Against TurnaroundBy
Short interest in ‘Craiglist of China’ touches all-time high
Backers include Chinese tech companies Baidu, Tencent, JD.com
Bitauto Holdings Ltd., the Chinese car-listing website whose rally two years ago lured hedge funds including Tiger Management LLC, is attracting a different kind of investor these days: bears.
Bets that the U.S.-traded stock will decline climbed to a record high last week, according to short interest data compiled by Bloomberg and Markit Ltd. No matter that the shares have already lost about half their market value in the past year as China’s economic slowdown crimps the Beijing-based company’s sales.
Bitauto’s free cash flow turned negative in 2015 as it boosted spending to better compete with its main rival, Autohome Inc. Revenue growth is projected to drop to 35 percent in 2016 from 63 percent last year, according to the average estimate of 10 analysts surveyed by Bloomberg. At the same time, China’s economy, which expanded at the weakest pace in 25 years in 2015, is projected to slow even further this year, damping the broader outlook for consumer spending.
“People are not too excited about what Bitauto has been able to achieve,” Brad Gastwirth, the chief executive officer of ABR Investment Strategy, who has been covering Chinese stocks for about 10 years and likes travel companies including Ctrip.com International Ltd, said by phone from Florida. “Concern is growing that the rate of economic growth is slower than we think, which adds another layer of skepticism.”
Sometimes called the “Craigslist of China” for its similarity to the U.S.-based listings site, Bitauto got its start as a platform to connect auto buyers and sellers. Purchasers use it to find information on promotions, read reviews and leave feedback. Dealers can list their advertisement and create online showrooms after paying a subscription fee.
Lately, Bitauto has focused on expanding its “online to offline” services. Toward that end, managers said in the first-quarter earnings conference call that they had increased the total number of employees by 65 percent in 12 months to 5,692, which was primarily in customer support service teams “as the company expands its offline service infrastructure to enhance the automobile buying experience.”
Tiger Global, which in September 2014 held a 14.9 percent stake in Beijing-based Bitauto reduced its holding to zero within a year. The stock rallied 120 percent that year, following a 338 percent surge in 2013. Bitauto’s press service did not respond to phone calls and an e-mail seeking a comment on the increase in short interest.
Bitauto does have its supporters. Baidu Inc., Tencent Holdings Ltd. and JD.com Inc., some of China’s largest technology companies, have each pledged to invest $50 million. Together, they’ll own almost 34 percent, according to a statement last month.
“To some extent, this is a seal of approval,” Derek Yan, a research analyst at KraneShares, which oversees four China-focused exchange-traded funds, said by phone from New York. “When you have some really big firms supporting the company, investors view this as a sign that a period of an online to offline transition will be successful.”
On a scale from 1 to 5, Bitauto has a consensus recommendation of 4.1, above the 3.8 average of 10 similar companies worldwide. The shares sell for 17 times projected earnings, the third-cheapest among global peers.
China’s GDP will probably grow 6.5 percent in 2016, according to the average estimate of 51 economists surveyed by Bloomberg. This compares with a 8.3 percent average rate of growth from 2010 to 2015.
For Bitauto, which together with its rival Autohome Inc. dominate China’s online auto sales industry, this could mean a blow to the rate of sales growth. The stock has lost about two thirds of its market value since peaking at $96.14 a share in August 2014. Bitauto rose 1.2 percent to $27.27 on Friday.
The stock’s slide widened even after Bitauto was named among 14 U.S.-traded Chinese stocks that MSCI Inc. added to is benchmark indexes, opening up a broader pool of investors to buy stakes.
“The automobile category has a high exposure to the economy, and a slowdown in the rate of expansion adds to a negative sentiment,” Henry Guo, a a New York-based analyst at M Science, said by phone. “Investors may see a long-term potential in the company, but they don’t have high hopes in the short term.”
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Amazon is currently offering some hugely generous discounts — some of the biggest we’ve seen anywhere so far — on the 2020 iPad Pro. You can save up to $199.01 on many models, but only if you act fast.
The first iPad Pro with an M-series processor is apparently going to be as fast as many had hoped. Benchmark tests for the upcoming tablet show that it’s almost as speedy as the Macs released in late 2020. And faster than any Intel-based MacBook ever.
The 2021 model is more than 50% faster than the iPad Pro Apple introduced in 2020.
A pair of concept artists want Apple to bring dramatic improvements in iPadOS 15. They separately created videos with specific suggestions on how iPad could become a more useful computer with the operating system update expected this autumn.
Both agree that the iPad should gain better support for external screens — though they came up with different ways to implement the feature.
iPhone 12 Pro and 12 Pro Max, thanks to their built-in LiDAR Scanners, have a handy feature that lets you quickly (and surprisingly accurately) measure someone’s height — without the need for third-party apps.
Order the 12.9-inch version of the 2021 iPad Pro today and it won‘t arrive before late June. And maybe not until July. Apple started taking pre-orders for the first M1-powered tablet on Friday, and anyone who didn’t move quickly could wait almost 10 weeks for the device.
The delay is apparently caused by the new mini-LED screen.
iPad shipments increased a whopping 75% during the first quarter of the year over same period of 2020, according a market analysis firm. It’s the result of people needing computers to work and learn from home as the pandemic drags on.
Other tablet makers saw strong Q1 2021 growth as well, but iPad continues to dominate the market.


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Remember a couple of years when Bitcoin was constantly in the news? Wall Street and individual opportunists could not stop raving on about the new encrypted currency and how some people are banking on it, making a fortune.
Bitcoin was supposed to be the next big thing, something that was expected to change the whole banking industry.
Did it? Well, not really!
But it did create vast opportunities for those who jumped on for the ride. Even huge large corporations invested in Bitcoin pouring money into something that seemed like an unstoppable bullet train.
The Cannabis industry at the time also tried to jump in on the action. Dispensaries that were dealing with ongoing banking problems or annoying payment providers, that were closing their doors to cannabis-money, gave Bitcoin’s payment options a chance.
What is Bitcoin?
Bitcoin is a form of digital currency, created and held electronically. No one controls it. Bitcoins aren’t printed, like dollars or euros – they’re produced by people and can be used to buy things electronically.
Did Bitcoin Become Mainstream?
While Bitcoin didn’t become mainstream, those who spotted the opportunity to invest in the coin, made quite a lot of money. You could even say a small fortune.
As you can see on the following chart, Bitcoin is now trading at an all-time high. Sure it had it’s ups and downs over the years, constantly being opposed by governments and of course the banking system. But despite ongoing pressure, it has still presented a solid return for those who bought low.
Does the Cannabis Industry Have the Same Potential?
That is a tough question to answer, and we are sure that if you ask 10 different people, you’ll probably get 10 different answers. But over here, at WayofLeaf, we think that the fun has just started.
On the one hand, there’s the Trump administration that has recently expressed concerns about the industry and is hinting towards further restrictions. On the other hand, millions of Dollars are pouring into the industry to capitalize on the green rush. Companies like Tuatara Capital, Seventh Point, Poseidon Asset Management, and Privateer Holdings have dived headfirst into the industry.
According to the fact book, forty-seven percent of active investors in the cannabis space plan on sinking $10 million or more into private cannabis companies in the next year. The fact book also added that while most of the money in the industry is still coming from family offices and people’s personal bank accounts, 18% of entrepreneurs who have started cannabis companies in the past year have landed funding from venture-capital and private-equity investors.
Similar to experienced investors, even new investors who decide to get into this industry need to understand that there’s a balance of risk and reward. In addition, it is important to understand what you are getting into before you rush out there and buy cannabis stocks. Don’t just assume that because marijuana is a hot topic, all marijuana stocks will perform well. Marijuana is still classed as a schedule 1 drug, which is creating many barriers for companies within the industry.
But with total sales expected to exceed $22 billion by the year 2020, it looks now as if it’s going to be unstoppable. This is certainly an exciting time to get involved in the cannabis space.
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