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Target: Doug Mcmillon, CEO of Walmart
Goal: Encourage Walmart to adopt a policy that allows transgender people to use the bathroom of their choice in stores.
A cisgendered woman with a short haircut was recently harassed in a Walmart bathroom because she was presumed to be transgender. Aimee Toms, who recently donated her hair to charity, was approached by a woman who yelled, “You are not supposed to be here! You need to leave!” and then called her “disgusting” before storming out of the restroom. This incident occurred in the midst of a heated national controversy over so-called “bathroom bills,” which require trans people to use the bathroom that corresponds to the sex they were assigned at birth.
Shortly after one of these bathroom bills passed in North Carolina, Target, a major competitor of Walmart, issued a statement saying trans employees and customers are always welcome to use their preferred bathroom or fitting room in their stores. Walmart has remained silent on the issue thus far, but this incident of harassment at a Walmart in Connecticut is an opportunity for the retailer to stand up for transgender rights.
Walmart should issue a formal apology to Toms and publicly affirm that transgender individuals are welcome to use their preferred bathrooms and fitting rooms in Walmart. Such action will make trans individuals feel more comfortable shopping at Walmart, and will send a message that transphobic legislation is not acceptable. Sign the petition below to encourage Walmart to support transgender rights.
Dear Mr. Mcmillon,
I want to encourage you to publicly affirm the rights of transgender individuals to use their preferred bathroom or fitting room in Walmart stores. Recently, a cisgendered woman who was mistaken for a trans man was harassed in a bathroom in a Walmart in Connecticut. An incident like this is not good for Walmart’s image or business.
As I am sure you are aware, Target, one of your major competitors, has already released a statement saying that trans customers are welcome to use their preferred bathroom or fitting room in their stores. Target says it has experienced no decline in sales since its statement, despite a massive boycott by transphobic people.
Transgender people should not have to experience anxiety and fear when they use the restroom. So-called “bathroom bills” that have been passing in states and cities make transgender people feel afraid, ostracized, and denigrated. Walmart has the opportunity to take a stand against these horrendous pieces of legislation. I urge you to send a message that Walmart will not tolerate harassment or any unequal treatment of transgender people.
[Your Name Here]
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Historic firm parts company with managing director
Somerset footwear firm Clarks has confirmed its managing director has stepped down from his role.
Joe Ulloa, who joined the business in 2017, was managing director for the historic firm for the UK, Ireland, the Middle East and Africa.
Chief executive Jonathan Ram will head up the UK team until a successor is appointed.
Ulloa originally came on board as retail and franchise director and became managing director in 2019.
He had previously worked at Halfords, Snow & Rock Group, L’Occitane, Blacks Leisure and Gap.
A spokesperson for the firm, which Is based in Street, said: “Clarks can confirm that after a successful period with the business, Joe Alloa has stepped down from his role as managing director for the UK, ROI & MEA and has left Clarks. CEO Jon Ram is leading the UK & Ireland team in the interim period as Clarks recruits Joe’s replacement.”
Last year the firm, which is almost 200 years old, reported a return to profit as stores reopened after Covid-19 restrictions were eased.
It also secured a £100m rescue deal from a Far East private equity firm in 202o after entering into a company voluntary agreement.
Ram, born and raised in Montreal, Canada, has extensive footwear and apparel leadership experience.
Clarks was founded in 1825, when brothers James and Cyrus Clark made a slipper from sheepskin off-cuts.
Clarks is now a global business operating retail, wholesale, franchise, and online channels in over 100 markets.

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Broads Authority agrees to trial paperless tolls system after printed plaques ink smudging problem
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Boats on the Broads may no longer need to display a toll plaque, after an authority agreed to trial a new paperless system.
The Broads Authority yesterday decided to temporarily switch from the traditional plaques to the new arrangement, following the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency's decision to ditch tax discs.
The move comes after a problem with recently-issued plaques, which saw ink run down the hulls of some boats.
But the authority's chief executive John Packman said it presented a chance to 'fundamentally review' the service.
The authority says the paperless system would save about £4,400 a year spent on printing the plaques.
Now, boat owners will renew their licence either online, by post or in person and receive a receipt as proof of payment and rangers will then use smartphones or laptops to check with a database whether a craft has a valid toll.
But without a visible licence, there are concerns checking may be time-consuming and difficult, while it may be easier for owners to avoid payment.
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A report says the main risk is 'with the £1.97m predicted as income from private boats', but that it is hoped 'peer pressure' will encourage boat owners to pay, while the new technology will prove efficient.
Mr Packman said: 'I think the risk is relatively small but we need to have our eyes open to it. Our toll payers need to know we will be out there checking.'
There are plans to introduce a facility allowing boat owners to report crafts that have not paid.
The scheme is in place for the coming season, with plans to review it later in the year. The Broads Authority has advised boat owners with a printed toll plaque not to attach it and are investigating the problem.
All vessels kept or used within the Broads Authority's navigation area require a toll.
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text: A former chief executive officer of Norwalk-based Priceline.com Inc. will announce today that he's bringing a Web-based grocery delivery business to his hometown of Greenwich. Richard Braddock's FreshDirect, a Long Island City, N.Y.-based online grocer, has expanded its delivery service to the affluent town of about 60,000 residents and doubled its presence in Westchester County, N.Y., to 21 communities. "FreshDirect has grown consistently since we launched in New York City eight years ago and we're excited to begin serving new neighborhoods in Connecticut and Westchester County," Braddock said in a statement. "Our core mission is to change our customers lives by giving them a superior online shopping experience and this is another significant milestone as we look to saturate the tri-state area and beyond." Braddock, Priceline.com Inc.'s chairman from July 1998 to April 2004, is scheduled to meet Greenwich First Selectman Peter Tesei at 12:30 p.m. today in the Office of the First Selectman to make an official announcement. FreshDirect employs more than 1,500 workers in a 300,000-square-foot facility to put together about 40,000 orders a week of fresh meats, produce, seafood and cheeses in assembly-line fashion. The company also has chefs preparing a selection of more than 600 whole meals or side dishes and a team of bakers creating a variety of baked goods. Privately held FreshDirect offers a "Buy Big" selection of bulk purchases and an online "Budget Tracker" to help families save money. The company recently launched an application to allow orders to be placed from customers' iPhones. Priceline.com, which allows consumers to name their own prices online for hotel rooms and airfares, in 2000 allowed consumers to do the same with groceries by offering Priceline.com WebHouse Club in a Greenwich-based start-up that ceased operations in 2001 when its investors declined further funding. FreshDirect should do well given the success of similar business models such as Stop&Shop's Peapod online grocery delivery service, said Darien resident Kevin Coupe, publisher of MorningNewsBeat.com, an online publication covering the retail and food industries. "It might be that Peapod has primed the marketplace," he said. "I'd suspect there's still some tightening in wallets, but you can't allow that to determine if you're going to expand." FreshDirect's success in the Greenwich area will depend on the quality of its products and service, said Craig Johnson, president of Customer Growth Partners, a New Canaan-based consumer and retail consulting firm. "If they are really providing superior merchandise, they should do well," he said. To make money in the backcountry of Greenwich, FreshDirect, which requires an order minimum of $50 according to its Web site, will have to fill large orders to be profitable, said Frank Dell, president of Dellmart & Co., a Stamford-based management consulting firm focusing on the food and consumer-products industry. "If you've got to drive 10 minutes between houses, then the orders have to be $200 to make any money," he said.


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The trade body which represents the global hologram industry has appointed its first representative from China as it looks to develop its presence in the country.
The International Hologram Manufacturers Association (IHMA), a not-for-profit organisation which represents and promotes the hologram industry worldwide, has elected Leo Jai of Hubei LHTC Anti-Counterfeit technology Corp Ltd as its China board member.
The move comes as Mike Messmer of US-based hologram producer NovaVision Inc is confirmed as the IHMA’s new chairman, joining the board alongside existing member Roman Kmonicek of optical security devices and holograms producer, Optaglio.
Process Color’s Rajan Thoma (Asia) and Everest’s Rajendra Surana (Deputy Asia) have also been confirmed as board members.
Europe will be covered by Tim Akerman, API Holographics (EU/EFTA) and Vesna Jancic, System Intelligence Products (E-Europe CIS/FSU), while Gloria Hazen, Hazen Paper Company, will represent North America and Manoj Kochar, Holoflex Ltd - the HoMAI representative - will cover the burgeoning India market.
The appointments will underpin the IHMA’s continuing mission to advance the understanding, use and development of holograms and holographic technology, particularly in the authentication of products and documents, decoration and illustration, displays and display systems, energy and environmental improvements.
Mike Messmer said he was honoured to become chairman and added: “The IHMA is committed more than ever to promote the interests of the hologram industry and to provide valuable support and guidance to its members.”
“We are seeing a significant amount of activity in the China market, so to have strategic representation there will be hugely beneficial as we look to bring on board new members from a territory that can be challenging to penetrate.
“Elsewhere, hologram innovation continues to flourish, and it’s encouraging to see new ideas being generated by both established players and companies new to the arena.”
Founded in 1983, the IHMA is a not-for-profit organisation made up of more than 90 of the world's leading hologram companies, including leading producers and converters of holograms for banknote security, anti-counterfeiting, brand protection, packaging, graphics and other commercial applications.
The IHMA promotes holography worldwide and offers guidance and industry best practices to its members. Member companies actively cooperate to maintain the highest professional, security and quality standards.


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North American stocks were close to recovering fully from Tuesday's selloff, posting impressive gains after two reports suggested that the steep level of deterioration in the U.S. economy may be showing early signs of bottoming out.
On Wednesday at midday, the Dow Jones industrial average was up 155 points, or 2 per cent, to 7815. The broader S&P 500 was up 15 points, or 1.9 per cent, to 821 - within 2 points of returning to its close on Monday, after dipping nearly 17 points on Tuesday.
Earlier in the day, the U.S. Commerce Department reported that durable goods orders rose in February, a surprise given that most economists had estimated that orders for big-ticket items would fall. As well, new home sales in the United States rose 4.7 per cent in February, reducing unsold inventory slightly.
All 10 subindexes in the S&P 500 were higher, but financials led the way with a 4.7 per cent gain. Industrials rose 2.7 per cent, consumer discretionary stocks rose 2.6 per cent and consumer staples rose 1.7 per cent.
In Canada, the S&P/TSX composite index was up 68 points, or 0.8 per cent, to 8917. There, the action was more mixed. Materials led, with a 1.8 per cent gain due to a rise by gold producers and Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan Inc. Gold rose about $7 (U.S.) an ounce, to $930.50.
Financials rose 1.3 per cent and energy stocks rose 0.1 per cent. Among the laggards, information technology stocks fell 2.4 per cent and utilities fell 1 per cent.


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The endearing English soccer broadcasters Men in Blazers recently started using the term BILF to describe one particularly handsome Spanish coach, because he’s bald and… yeah, you can figure out the back half of that acronym. If you’re proudly bald and want to maintain your own BILF status, you may have recently caught wind that McDonald’s fries could be a one-way ticket to Hairland. And we’re sorry to tell you, but it’s more complicated than that.
According to researchers at Japan’s Yokohama National University, there is a pretty interesting chemical, at least as far as hair loss goes, in McDonald’s French fries. That much is true.
Basically, Professor Junji Fukuda and his team have been working to find a way to reverse hair loss, which requires the large-scale reproduction of hair follicle germs (HPGs), which Fukuda defines as “the reproductive source of hair follicles.” In a paper published in the journal Biomechanics, the team wrote about their recent success in preparing 5,000 HPGs, transplanting them onto the scalp and back of a mouse, and discovering that black hair soon grew at a level that will make it embarrassing for the mouse to visit a public pool. The key, Fukuda said, was the choice of substrate that was used to transfer the HPGs to the mouse and, for this experiment, he used oxygen-permeable dimethylpolysiloxane. (“It worked very well,” he beamed).
If you spend your free time reading the fine print on McDonald’s website, dimethylpolysiloxane will sound familiar. It’s a type of silicone that is used in caulks, adhesive, breast implants—and , yes, in the fast food chain’s rather delicious fries. “Our fried menu items are cooked in a vegetable oil blend with citric acid added as a processing aid and dimethylpolysiloxane to reduce oil splatter when cooking,” the company writes on its website. And, although it’s easy to pick on McDonald’s, it’s not the only fast food joint adding dimethylpolysiloxane to its food.
Dimethylpolysiloxane (DMPS) is also used as an “anti-foam agent” in Chick-fil-A chicken sandwiches; in the fountain version of your favorite soda; in Wendy’s fries; in the oil that Five Guys and Jack in the Box fry their food in; in KFC’s mashed potatoes; in Whataburger’s namesake burger, egg sandwiches, and taquitos; and in Hardee’s chicken sandwiches, tenders and crispy curls—and this is by no means an exhaustive list.
Fukuda was pleased with DMPS’ performance as a substrate material, allowing his team to successfully transfer the HPGs to the mouse—and some hair loss bloggers are hopeful that he’s right about its potential in humans as well. “This simple method is very robust and promising,” he said. “We hope that this technique will improve human hair regenerative therapy to treat hair loss such as androgenic alopecia.”
But we’ll all have to stay tuned to see if DMPS will be used in further research into hair regeneration and, depending on your BILF status, you may or may not be delighted. Regardless of your BILF status, you’ll be thinking about a mouse’s artificially hairy back the next time you order those fries. You’re welcome.


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The 2020 Volvo S90 T8 eAWD R-Design was named by AAA as the “Best Overall Vehicle,” “Best Large Vehicle,” and “Best Over $50,000” in the first edition of the newly released AAA Car Guide, which serves as a consumer resource for the latest in-vehicle technology.
June 29, 2020
Elgin Sweeper's hybrid Broom Bear uses a high-capacity battery that can be recharged while driving or when plugged into an electrical outlet.
December 3, 2019
Hyundai plans to expand its lineup of electrified models to 13 in the next three years. By 2022, Hyundai will offer six sedans and seven crossovers with electric, hybrid, or plug-in hybrid powertrains, the Korean automaker announced.
November 7, 2019
Toyota has significantly updated its 2020 Prius Prime plug-in hybrid, which now claims a total range of 640 miles.
August 9, 2019
The 2020 Chrysler Pacifica has been re-engineered on a new platform that will deliver better handling, as well as reduced noise, vibration, and harshness, Fiat Chrysler Automobiles has announced.
June 28, 2019
The 2019 Range Rover Sport PHEV offers fleet executives with a short commute an environmentally conscious vehicle that offers a luxurious and comfortable ride.
June 28, 2019
Land Rover's 2019 Range Rover HSE P400e arrives as a plug-in hybrid variant of Range Rover's flagship SUV.
June 24, 2019
Volvo will offer a plug-in hybrid version of its XC60 crossover and V60 wagon, which means its entire 60-Series lineup will now offer some form of electrification, according to the company.
April 3, 2019
Volvo Cars will offer a plug-in hybrid electric version of every model, and will introduce several mild hybrids with gasoline or diesel engines in the next few months, the company has announced.
February 22, 2019
XL will be unveiling a plug-in hybrid electric version of the popular Ford F-250 pickup truck at The Work Truck Show 2019. The company has added two new members to its executive team.
February 7, 2019
Subaru's 2019 Crosstrek Hybrid will debut ahead of the LA Auto Show as the automaker's first plug-in vehicle that comes as the fruit of Subaru's partnership with Toyota.
November 26, 2018
XL customers have collectively surpassed 75 million total miles driven with vehicles powered by XL’s hybrid electric (HEV) and plug-in hybrid electric (PHEV) systems.
October 4, 2018
Fiat Chrysler Automobiles has awarded the contract for a key component of its plug-in hybrid Jeep Wrangler that's expected to arrive in 2020 as one of more than 30 FCA nameplates with electrified power by 2022, FCA has announced.
August 17, 2018
Land Rover's 2019 Range Rover will retail for at least $89,960, including a $995 delivery fee, and the new plug-in hybrid variant will cost $1,100 more than the comparable gasoline-powered model, the company has announced.
August 7, 2018
Hyundai has reduced the price of its base 2018 Sonata Plug-In Hybrid by $1,350 to $34,135, including a $885 delivery fee, and increased the model's all-electric and overall driving range while upgrading the interior of the midsize sedan, the automaker has announced.
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The Southeast Michigan Purchasing Managers Index increased to 56.3 in December, showing a faster economic growth rate than the prior month. Index values above 50 represent an expanding economy.
The local PMI expanded for the 11th straight month in December, indicating that the economy in southeastern Michigan is growing stronger and sustaining growth.
According to the monthly survey of purchasing managers compiled by the Wayne State University School of Business Administration and the southeast Michigan chapter of the Institute for Supply Management, the improvement is driven by a number of factors.
“New orders and employment both expanded sharply in December, coming in at 60.3,” said Timothy Butler, associate professor of global supply chain management at Wayne State’s business school, who analyzed the survey results. “More than one-third of the purchasing managers who responded to the survey reported that their organizations increased hiring in December over November.”
Butler added: “Production continued to grow for the 11th straight month, though it slowed slightly in December. A decrease in finished goods inventories and increasing commodity prices also point to increasing demand and economic activity.”
When asked about the stability of the local business environment over the next six months, more than 38 percent of purchasing managers said that they expected more stability, a sharp contrast to November when only 14 percent expected a more stable environment. Less than 8 percent of survey respondents thought the economy would be less stable.
Corresponding global and regional indexes also showed improvement in December. The national manufacturing Purchasing Managers Index value was 57 and indicated growth in the national economy for the 20th consecutive month. The Eurozone manufacturing Purchasing Managers Index expanded to 57.1 and the Chicago PMI expanded to 61.8, which was the 15th consecutive month of expansion in those regions.


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Bowling Green, Ky. – May 2, 2016 –As destinations across the country prepare for the upcoming tourist season and recognize National Tourism Week May 1-7, the Bowling Green Area CVB is celebrating the launch of its new website and also offering a hospitality training program.
The newly redesigned and recently launched website is more user-friendly and features travel planning tools, social media widgets, themed Bowling Green itineraries focusing on the seven generations of the Corvette and more.
“We’re excited about new opportunities to better engage with people with this new website,” Vicki Fitch, CVB Executive Director, said. “Whether it’s searching for something to do, looking for a community resource, or getting to know the Bowling Green area, this new website is full of great tools.”
Starting later this week, called V.E.T.T.E. (Very Enthusiastic Travel and Tourism Expert), the CVB’s one-hour training session is available throughout the peak tourism season, beginning Thursday, May 5.
The free program is offered with a focus on all frontline staff members of hotels, restaurants, attractions, gas stations, retail shops and any other area businesses that may assist travelers. The curriculum includes ways to keep visitors in town longer and boost the local economy with more spending.
“We encourage participants to visit all local attractions to get the full Bowling Green experience and provide more resources to answer community questions,” Telia Butler, CVB Public Relations Manager said. “Locals are the city’s best ambassadors.”
The first session will be held at the Bob Kirby Branch of the Warren County Public Library on Iron Skillet Ct. at 3 p.m. on May 5. Remaining dates and sessions are to be determined.
As an incentive to complete the program, participants receive a V.E.T.T.E. ‘passport’ granting free admission to local attractions. Space is limited and RSVPs are required by Wednesday, May 4.
Find out more about the CVB and subscribe to the “What’s Happenin’” e-news to keep up with Bowling Green area events at the new www.visitbgky.com. For inquiries or registration information for the V.E.T.T.E. program, please call the CVB at 270-782-0800 or email firstname.lastname@example.org.
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What can Japanese businesses learn from the unprecedented crisis engulfing Toyota, Japan’s flagship automaker?
It’s a question that was raised over spring break as the Japan Business Association and the Jerome A. Chazen Institute of International Business launched the 21st annual Japan Study Tour. Forty students, one faculty member and a Chazen representative spent nine days in Kyoto, Hakone and Tokyo. The tour, which was impeccably organized, included site visits to Nomura Holdings, Sony, the Mori Building, Gekkeikan’s sake-brewing facility and, of course, Toyota.
The revered automaker is probably the most powerful symbol of Japan’s rise to manufacturing excellence over the half-century since World War II, and a symbol of Japan’s self-confidence on the world stage in the 1980s. With the perceived safety and reliability of its vehicles providing a key competitive advantage, Toyota has grown in stature over the last two decades, recently eclipsing General Motors to claim the title of the world’s number one automaker.
Then came the recall. Over the past six months, Toyota’s reputation has been severely tarnished by a worldwide vehicle safety recall in which more than eight million vehicles, including the cutting-edge Prius sedan, have now been called back. The carmaker’s recent troubles are also damaging the excellent standing of other Japanese businesses according to some analysts, which comes at a time when the nation is set to be overtaken by China as the world’s second-largest economy. The crisis at Toyota is raising questions about the viability of Japan’s economy, beset by deflation, and its major corporations. With this in mind, our trip to Toyota City — a municipality that revolves around the automaker and houses its corporate headquarters, main research facilities and manufacturing plants — was perhaps the most anticipated company visit of the 2010 tour.
Japan’s auto industry can still make a comeback, panelists said.
We toured the corporate museum, a welding facility and an assembly plant, but, not surprisingly, had no meetings with top Toyota executives. However, Toyota’s troubles and their broader implications for Japanese companies was the topic of a lively debate when Columbia Business School’s Alumni Club of Japan hosted us at the Josui Kaikan building in the center of Tokyo.
In a discussion moderated by Japan expert and Michigan’s Ross School of Business Professor Schon Beechler (also a former Columbia Business School professor), alumni and current students talked about the competitive outlook for Japanese businesses and what the future may hold for Asia’s most developed economy. Beechler critiqued the recent Newsweek article “Toyota and the End of Japan” (March 5, 2010) as being too pessimistic. Rather than facing a precipitous decline, she said, Japan is instead at “an exciting inflection point.”
For other panelists — Japanese nationals educated at American business schools — Toyota’s problems are key to understanding Japan’s zeitgeist and are symptomatic of a nation withdrawing from the world. A case in point: While Sony and Nissan both have non-Japanese CEOs, signifying their global outlook, Toyota remains a “homespun” company with its Japanese president, Akio Toyoda, grandson of company founder Kiichiro Toyoda. A company like Toyota needs a leader with a more global mindset, the panelists said.
When it comes to the competiveness of another of Japan’s core industries — electronics — Japanese manufacturers are slipping behind major new rivals like Korea’s Samsung. Panelists agreed that Japanese companies now need to imbue their corporate cultures with a “sense of urgency.” Korea, India and China are nearby nations that are growing quickly and represent a significant threat, they said. The discussion ended on a hopeful note, however. Despite its current troubles, Japan has a lot to offer. The automotive and electronics sectors can come back, the panelists said, and Japan has expertise in healthcare, robotics and tourism that can make it very competitive in the modern global economy. The future of Japan lies in closer integration and cooperation with its neighbors, such as Korea and China.
“There’s a pressure on this country to open up, but there’s also a deep pride in the Japanese culture,” Beechler said. “This is the issue that will determine the future of business in Japan; it will determine whether the nation succeeds or fails.”
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The market size of fully wireless headphones will grow by a third in 2021
Counterpoint Technology Market Research has made a forecast for the global market for fully wireless submersible headphones (TWS): sales of such devices will continue to increase this year.
Last year, an estimated 233 million TWS earbuds were shipped globally. Growth with 2019 was an impressive 78%. Neither the pandemic nor the difficult economic situation prevented the rapid development of the market.
Apple became the largest supplier of fully wireless headphones last year with 31% of the industry. However, as noted, the share of the “apple” empire is gradually decreasing under pressure from competitors.
In second place with 9% was the Chinese Xiaomi, and the “bronze” went to the South Korean giant Samsung, whose share was about 7%.
This year, analysts believe, the market volume in piece terms will increase by a third – 33%. As a result, shipments of TWS products will reach 310 million units.
Apple’s share is expected to decline to 27%. At the same time, Xiaomi and Samsung will keep the results at 9% and 7%, respectively.


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Boxes of Wegovy made by Novo Nordisk are seen at a pharmacy in London, Britain March 8, 2024.
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Good afternoon! Drugmakers spent big on advertisements for weight loss and diabetes treatments last year as they wrestled for dominance in the booming market for those drugs.
Companies spent more than $1 billion on ads for weight loss and diabetes medicines in 2023, up 51% from the prior year, according to new data from advertising analytics firm MediaRadar. That’s nearly 15% of drugmakers’ $7.6 billion in ad spending for prescription drugs last year.
Diabetes treatments accounted for nearly $790 million in ad spending in 2023, while weight loss drugs made up almost $264 million.
So, why is this data important? Such a surge in spending demonstrates the rush by companies to capture new customers after months of hype around Novo Nordisk‘s diabetes drug Ozempic and weight loss counterpart Wegovy. Those drugs have soared in demand despite their roughly $1,000 price tags and limited insurance coverage.
Wegovy and Ozempic “have been at the forefront of advertising, endorsements from public figures and consistent media exposure, which contributes to the overall expenditure and has necessitated increased advertising investments to capture and expand market share,” MediaRadar CEO Todd Krizelman told CNBC.
And initial data for this year suggests that ad spending for weight loss and diabetes drugs isn’t slowing.
Drugmakers spent nearly $120 million on ads for those treatments through the first two months of 2024, according to MediaRadar. That is a slight decrease from the same period a year ago due to factors such as “prescription changes,” but it still accounts for 10% of overall prescription ad spending in January and February.
“We expect ad spending in the diabetes and weight loss category to remain strong or even increase as brands strive to capitalize on the growing market and demand,” Krizelman said.
Now, let’s dig a little bit more into the data.
MediaRadar compiled ad spending from national TV broadcasts, print publications, newspapers and websites, podcasts and social media platforms from Jan. 1, 2022 to Feb. 29, 2024.
The firm identified six weight loss and diabetes drugs that drove ad spending last year:
- Ozempic from Novo Nordisk — an injection for Type 2 diabetes
- Wegovy from Novo Nordisk — an injection for obesity
- Rybelsus from Novo Nordisk — a pill for Type 2 diabetes
- Mounjaro from Eli Lilly — an injection for Type 2 diabetes
- Jardiance from Boehringer Ingelheim — a pill for Type 2 diabetes
- Farxiga from AstraZeneca — a pill for Type 2 diabetes
Wegovy accounted for $263 million in ad spending in 2023, which can’t be compared year over year since the drug was approved in 2022, according to MediaRadar. Novo Nordisk in May also paused some key promotion for Wegovy, specifically local and national TV advertising.
Ozempic made up $208 million in ad spending last year, up just 4% from the previous year.
Mounjaro accounted for $139 million in ad spending, a whopping 16 times more than in 2022.
Here’s the ad-spend ranking for those six drugs:
- Wegovy: $263 million
- Ozempic: $208 million
- Rybelsus: $199 million
- Jardiance: $148 million
- Mounjaro: $139 million
- Farxiga: $68 million
National TV is overwhelmingly the top format for weight loss and diabetes drug advertising so far in 2024, MediaRadar said. The firm did not provide detailed data on ad formats for last year.
Drugmakers invested 88% or more of their ad spending for Ozempic, Wegovy, Mounjaro, Jardiance and Farxiga in television in the first two months of this year.
Rybelsus was the exception. Novo Nordisk spent 63% of its ad spending for Rybelsus on online video despite scaling back investment in the format compared to 2023, MediaRadar said.
Krizelman said the shift toward spending on TV ads is due to its “broader reach and ability to target” patients more likely to be affected by diabetes and obesity. TV commercials also have a “higher impact in terms of trust and credibility compared to online channels,” he added.
This year, I plan to monitor what spending on Eli Lilly’s new obesity treatment Zepbound will look like. That drug won approval in the U.S. in November, and some analysts say it could eventually become the top-selling drug of all time.
Stay tuned for more of our coverage on the drug and similar treatments later this year.
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FDA approves first AI diagnostic tool for sepsis
Signage is seen outside the U.S. Food and Drug Administration headquarters in White Oak, Maryland, Aug. 29, 2020.
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It’s a big day for the health tech startup Prenosis.
The 10-year-old Chicago-based company announced Wednesday that its artificial intelligence-powered diagnostic tool for sepsis has been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. It’s the first time the agency has ever authorized this type of solution.
Sepsis occurs when the body has an extreme response to an infection. It is notoriously challenging to diagnose, and often deadly. Around 1.7 million adults in the U.S. develop sepsis each year, and 1 in 3 patients who die in a hospital developed sepsis during that hospitalization, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Prenosis’ tool, called Sepsis ImmunoScore, uses 22 different parameters to help clinicians assess a patient’s risk of sepsis, according to a release. While doctors and nurses are often responsible for monitoring these factors individually, Sepsis ImmunoScore uses AI to evaluate all of them at once.
The tool spits out an overall risk score, as well as four categories that reflect a patient’s risk of deterioration, the release said. Sepsis ImmunoScore is integrated within the electronic health record, and clinicians can see exactly which parameters were used to calculate the risk score.
In 2022, the FDA updated its guidance for companies and gave a number of examples of device software functions that it intends to oversee. The agency said software that “analyzes patient-specific medical information to detect a life-threatening condition, such as stroke or sepsis” falls under this category.
Prenosis told CNBC that while it could have gone directly to market with its solution, as other companies like the health-care software vendor Epic Systems have done, it did not want to try and sell Sepsis ImmunoScore without FDA authorization. The company said the approval process took around 18 months.
Prenosis will now conduct additional studies and begin to sell the product to hospitals across the U.S. Eventually, the company hopes its technology will appear in hospitals across the globe.
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Dusit has become the first Thai hotel group to enable guests to pay for rooms via the popular Chinese social media service, WeChat.
The company has started to accept WeChat Pay, the payment arm of the mobile instant messaging app, which allows customers to settle their account directly via their smartphone upon check-out. Once they receive their bill, guests will be able to scan a QR code and instantly have the money deducted from their WeChat Pay account.
The service will initially be available at Dusit’s hotels in China and owned properties in Thailand, before being gradually expanded to other hotels and countries.
“In China’s top-tier cities, approximately 90% of stores now accept WeChat Pay as a payment method and the platform’s reach is starting to expand globally,” said Lim Boon Kwee, Dusit’s chief operating officer. “Chinese tourists are high value market and increasingly significant to our business, so it’s important we do all we can to cater to their needs.
“By implementing WeChat Pay, our Chinese guests will now be able to benefit from favourable exchange rates and occasional exclusive promotions, so we are confident it will be a huge success,” he added.
According to data from the Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT), 8.75 million Chinese tourists visited Thailand in 2016, accounting for 27% of the total inbound market.


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Indiana State Fair Underway
Governor and First Lady kick off festivities serving milkshakes at dairy bar
(WIBC.com photo: Eric Berman)
The Indiana State Fair is open for business.
The Year of the Dairy Cow kicked off with Governor and Mrs. Daniels, Lieutenant Governor Becky Skillman, and the State Fair queen donning aprons to serve up free milkshakes outside the fair's dairy bar.
Indiana Dairy Association general manager Deb Osza says the fair's a chance to remind Hoosiers where their milk and milk products come from.
The fair runs two-and-a-half weeks, closing August 19.


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An earmark from eight North Carolina Congressmen would fund two textile research consortiums.
The funds would go to the National Textile Center, a consortium of eight universities including N.C. State University which develops new materials and promotes textile research and education, and a Cary-based industry consortium, the Textile/Clothing Technology Corp.
Meantime, Rep. Bob Etheridge requested $13 million just for the National Textile Center, and Rep. Howard Coble sought $13 million for the National Textile Center and $3.5 million for the Textile/Clothing Technology Corp.
All stressed the economic benefits of the research.
"The research conducted through these two programs plays a major role in helping to enhance the competitiveness of an industry that is a primary supplier of employment to women and minority workers, with many of these jobs located in depressed areas," Butterfield wrote in his request.
Price also noted the benefit to women and minorities.
"These two research consortiums are critical components of the US textile industry’s ongoing effort to remain globally competitive," he wrote. "Their groundbreaking textile research helps offset job losses in the U.S. textile sector, which is a primarily supplier of employment to women and minority individuals, and prolong the vitality of the U.S. textile manufacturing base."
Correction: An earlier version of this post misstated Coble's earmarks and left out Kissell's earmark.


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SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- While the federal government appears to be on the verge of extending a financial lifeline to General Motors Corp., a cash infusion is looking more and more like a short-term fix to a long-term problem, analysts said Thursday.
“'If we've learned anything in 2008, it's that financial conditions are sometimes worse than we first thought.'”
J.P. Morgan analyst Himanshu Patel cut his rating on GM's
"But we doubt the federal package currently discussed, reliant primarily on a liquidity injection to bridge to 2010, is likely to succeed -- the best approach for taxpayers may be to make sure the Detroit 3 do not come back for more, which we think is likely, particularly for GM, by year-end 2009, under the current plan," he said.
Patel explained that a package should include near-term liquidity relief coupled with a comprehensive "re-cut" of GM's operations and financial cost burdens -- measures he said that only the current economic crisis offers the ability to address.
He added that the government could also stimulate new car sales across the country by taking measures such as allowing a tax deduction for auto loan interest.
And there's no doubt that sales need a kick start. GM posted a massive 45% drop in October U.S. sales earlier this month, leading a barrage of brutal results that added up to the industry's worst monthly tally in 25 years. See full story.
Later that week, the situation in Detroit took on a heightened sense of urgency as GM and Ford Motor Co.
S&P automotive equity analyst Efraim Levy said bankruptcy is one road GM does not want to go down because it would potentially put the company out of business.
"Consumers would flee to competitors, mostly foreign brands, rather than make purchases from a company they fear might not be able to financially support its products," he said. "After all, we are not talking about a $200 airplane ticket."
Or, as Gimme Credit fixed income analyst Shelly Lombard put it: "Bankruptcy could turn into a roach motel - they go in but they don't come out."
Government aid is really the only solution to GM's woes, according to S&P's Levy, but even with a minimum of $25 billion needed for 2009, a real turnaround won't come easily.
In a best-case scenario, the government frees up cash for GM and the others, they make it through 2009 and the economy improves in 2010, allowing for pent-up demand to drive profitable sales, he explained. Cost savings from health-care cuts would also kick in at that point, providing a boost to the bottom line.
"Unfortunately, there are a lot of assumptions that need to be met for the scenario to lead to a successful conclusion," Levy said. "If we've learned anything in 2008, it's that financial conditions are sometimes worse than we first thought."
GM shares, which are hovering near 65-year lows, lost 4.2% to close at $2.95, missing out on a big rally in the broader market. Ford reversed course to finish up 3.3% at $1.90.


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- Classrooms across the world shared their stories and images on Twitter:
- — Melissa Butler (@AngelinaShy)Thu, Oct 11 2012 16:20:21Skyping live with J.K. Rowling....what an amazing opportunity for our young writers and readers! [pic]: http://4sq.com/TjiFjB B
- There were 1,500+ tweets sent using #hpreads -- and thousands more without the hashtag. Here's just a small sampling of the excitement and feedback!
- — The Owl (@PottermoreNews7)Thu, Oct 11 2012 17:17:59
- — Katie Noah Gibson (@katiengibson)Thu, Oct 11 2012 16:53:06Made me weep. JK Rowling said she hopes HP readers will know "there's always somewhere you can go that you love and be safe." #hpreads
- — Morgan Cohen (@morganameridius)Thu, Oct 11 2012 16:53:34Feeling stupidly emotional after watching the J.K. Rowling webcast, Harry Potter has been a huge part of my life for so long <3 #hpreads
Live from Edinburgh: A Virtual Author Visit with J.K. Rowling!
On October 11, 2012, Scholastic hosted a live webcast, streamed directly into classrooms around the world, with Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling. She discussed books and reading, the teachers who've inspired her, how her characters came to be, and Pottermore, the online Harry Potter destination.


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| Jan 9, 2014
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A new study found that 16 major food companies have removed 78 daily calories per person from their products following a 2010 pledge by the firms to slash calorie counts.
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, a Princeton, N.J.-based health philanthropy...
| Dec 23, 2013
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Santa artwork mailed as holiday greetings, embroidered fabrics that look more pincushion than Christmas card, and countless other historic missives had been tucked away in cabinets at downtown Baltimore's Enoch Pratt Free Library for longer than anyone...
| Dec 11, 2013
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The chief marketing officer of Walmart, the giant retailer that has sponsored a handful of splashy family-friendly productions on NBC, will now lead a group of blue-chip advertisers devoted to the genre.
Stephen Quinn, CMO of the Bentonville, Arkansas,...
| Dec 10, 2013
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What's so wrong with palm oil, from the palm trees that bear fruit, not coconuts?
Well, if you listen to environmentalists and animal-rights advocates along with nutrition and health experts, they'll tell you it's something close to poison.
| Nov 19, 2013
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Soup is good food. But it might not be a good investment.
Campbell Soup Co. shares plunged Tuesday after the company cautioned that its annual profit will be less than it previously forecast.
The company said its quarterly profit fell 30% amid...
| Sep 13, 2013
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The Rainforest Action Network, an organization that campaigns for the world's rain forests, is on a mission to rid your snack food of what it calls "conflict palm oil." And it's naming some of America's most popular snack food companies, including Pepsi,...
| Sep 4, 2013
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Talk about corporate synergy: Campbell Soup Co. announced Wednesday it will start selling soup pods beginning next year that can be heated on Keurig brand coffee brewers.
The K-cups, as the pods are known, will have a broth inside that can be brewed...
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The 38-year-old suspect accused in Saturday's deadly hit-and-run on the Venice boardwalk had a history of arrests in Colorado and Florida, including an April 2008 reckless driving arrest involving alcohol in Panama City Beach, Fla.
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What do Hannah Arendt, Sandra Bullock, Mary McCarthy and Melissa McCarthy have in common?
More than you might imagine.
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Cynthia C. "Cyndy" Scott, a senior vice president at Tower Federal Credit Union in Laurel who was active in Democratic political campaigns, died June 13 of unknown causes at Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center. The Canton resident was 66.


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In an opinion today, Judge Furman dismissed a putative class action against a retailer, Bonobos, whose customer data (names, addresses, emails, and the like) was stolen and posted online. Judge Furman found that the plaintiff, Bradley Cooper, did not allege a level of impending harm or risk that was sufficient to establish standing to sue. Judge Furman contrasted the facts at issue with those in other cases where more sensitive information was stolen (like Social Security numbers), giving rise to high risk of identity theft.
Cooper had sought to establish standing based on his alleged risk of “credential stuffing,” which is described in the opinion as a “technique in which [hackers] enter credentials gained from a hack into third-party websites, hoping that they will match an existing account because the consumer has reused the same password elsewhere,” but Judge Furman was not persuaded:
[C]onspicuously, Cooper does not allege that any of his accounts, or the accounts of other Bonobos consumers for that matter, were compromised in this manner. Nor does he allege that, in August 2020 when the Bonobos hack occurred, he even used the password that he had used for Bonobos in June 2013 [when he provided his data] on other websites.
Judge Furman likewise found that the exposure of Cooper’s contact information was not enough to establish standing, either:
[C]ontact information is generally publicly available and, thus, “does not pose the same risk of future identity theft or fraud to plaintiffs if exposed.” Indeed, as Bonobos notes, Cooper’s own contact information, including his email address and phone number, is publicly available on his employer’s website.


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A major software update for Philips' Hue app brings an enhanced user experience to the multi-colored connected LED lighting system, granting owners location-based control of bulb settings, support for the "If This Then That" Internet automation service, and recurring "calendarized" scheduling.
Tuesday, May 14, 2013
Monday, May 13, 2013
After just over a month of sputtering sales, and a subsequent price drop to $0.99, AT&T will reportedly discontinue the HTC First, otherwise known as the "HTC Facebook Phone."
A handful of recently discovered job listings suggest a possible next-generation iWork software suite may soon see release, with the latest postings asking for specialists in quality assurance, one of the final steps in software building.
Popular login asset manager 1Password received a healthy update on Monday, bringing a number of new features to its built in "1Browser" Web browser, new sharing options and an advanced search tool.
The Attorney General for the state of New York has asked Apple and other tech leaders to do more to stop smartphone thieves and, further, aid in the elimination of a growing black market for the stolen devices.
As its promotion of the iPhone 5 comes to an end, U.S. wireless provider T-Mobile has raised the price of Apple's flagship handset to $149; and a pair of hackers claim to have found a way to increase the handset's data transmission speeds by using the carrier's latest over-the-air update.
The team behind a popular iOS camera app has put together a retrospective showing the dramatic improvement in image quality from Apple's first iPhone on through the iPhone 5.
Apple products like the iPhone and iPad may soon be subject to a new "culture tax," as France ponders levying such a fee on technology giants in order to help preserve its cultural products.
Amazon on Monday celebrated the launch of its new Amazon Coins by giving “tens of millions of dollars” of the virtual currency to Kindle Fire users as part of its latest bit to attract customers to its own Kindle platform, and away from incumbents like Apple's iOS and Google's Android.
South Korean tech giant Samsung says it has developed a wireless transmission standard hundreds of times faster than today's 4G LTE, one that could see users downloading entire movies in seconds.
As part of an interview with Charlie Rose that aired on CBS's "60 Minutes" on Sunday, a visibly shaken and humble Bill Gates detailed his final visit with Steve Jobs, in which the two discussed everything from family life to empowering the future of eduction through technology.
Saturday, May 11, 2013
Weekend discounts on Apple's personal computer family continue this month, as Apple works with partners like big-box retailer Best Buy to push sales of Macs in the face of weak global demand, and a bearish outlook for the consumer PC business in general.
Amazon on Friday released its Cloud Drive Photos app, and corresponding 5 gigabytes worth of free cloud storage, in what is essentially a competitor to Apple's own iCloud-based Photo Stream service.
Friday, May 10, 2013
The U.S. Department of Defense said on Friday that it plans to allow Apple's iOS devices onto the Pentagon's secure network early next week, opening the door for lucrative military contracts currently dominated by BlackBerry.
Apple recently introduced its two-step identification verification system to at least 13 new countries as part of a worldwide rollout, with Apple ID account holders in those nations now granted access to the heightened security feature first deployed in March.
ExclusiveBig changes coming to AppleCare this fall: warranty subscriptions, in-store iOS device repairs, more [u]
In a town hall session held on Thursday, Apple informed tech staff that major changes to the AppleCare and AppleCare+ service programs will be enacted starting this fall, with a broadening of current policies likely to cut costs and make the service more attractive to consumers.
The United States Patent and Trademark Office has issued a decision tentatively rejecting certain aspects of a patent Apple holds on displaying translucent images, a development that could potentially impact Apple's ongoing legal struggles with chief rival Samsung.
Reaching for any way to regain share lost to Apple and other competitors, Nokia on Friday revealed a new version of its flagship Lumia handset, redesigned and exclusive to Verizon, capping off a week in which it also looked to tackle the low end of the smartphone market with $99 phones.
Apple is inundated with so many requests from law enforcement agencies to decrypt seized iPhones that officials must endure a waiting list before their case is handled.
- T-Mobile to tout '$0 Down' iPhone 5 trade-in deal for Mother's Day
- Microsoft wants iTunes for Windows 8; Apple not interested
- ESPN interested in subsidizing mobile data plans to ensure users can stream video
- Facebook reportedly in talks to buy social mapping service Waze
- Google's Android on 59.5% of all 'smart mobile devices' shipped in Q1, Apple at 19.3%
- Piper Jaffray: Concern of drooping sub-30% Apple margins is 'overblown'
- Apple wins 'iBooks' trademark case leveled by New York book publisher
- Judge orders Google to hand over search documents in Samsung patent case
- New Nexus 7 to be highlight of Google I/O as 'iPad mini 2' faces delay, analyst says
- Apple pushes App Store promotion as 50 billionth download mark approaches
- iRadio stalled again as Apple, Sony can't agree to royalty terms
- Amazon reportedly developing smartphone with glasses-free 'holographic' 3D display
- Teardown finds Samsung Galaxy S4 more costly to build than Apple's iPhone 5
- Apple grabs No. 5 spot in growing Chinese smartphone market
- Aio Wireless launches prepaid iPhone 5 plans starting at $55 per month
- Apple Maps 3D Flyover support comes to Paris
- US Sen. McCain working on 'a la carte' cable TV bill
- Pegatron CEO refutes report about waning demand for Apple's iPad mini
- Purported next-gen iPhone motherboard part may reveal tweaked camera design
- Apple's Lightning connector detailed in extensive new patent filings
- First look: Pixelmator 2.2 Blueberry goes live in the Mac App Store
- Rumors of low-cost iPhone rekindled as Pegatron said to hire additional 40K workers
- Drawing app Paper gets pinch-to-zoom, 'Made With Paper' art gallery, new Ink Engine in update
- Pulse newsreader updated with LinkedIn integration, one-tap read later support
- Sony hopes to counter smartphone games with free PlayStation Vita developer tools
- Apple's product photographer discusses inspiration, tradecraft and gear
- Apple supplier Pegatron says revenues hit by waning demand for iPad mini
- Traffic from Apple's unannounced iOS 7 spikes ahead of WWDC
- Today is last chance to get in on Apple's spring dividend
- UniKey-powered Kevo aims to make Apple's iPhone the ultimate secure wireless house key
- Heavy rains in Manhattan breach Apple's flagship Fifth Ave store
- Google looks to spark iOS browser war with OpenInChrome function
- Apple takes fight to Google, wants Android source code in Samsung lawsuit
- Samsung's cash pile triples in one year, now worth $28.5B after debt
- Apple rewards finance chief with $69M pay in 2012, highest of any CFO
- Morgan Stanley: Apple on track to build multiple new iPhone models in June-July
- T-Mobile reports 500K iPhone sales in less than one month
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Moonbirds co-founder loses over $1M worth of NFTs in phishing scam
Kevin Rose, a co-founder of Moonbirds, said Wednesday afternoon that his Ethereum wallet had been hacked and valuable items worth more than $1 million had been stolen.
Approximately 25 Chromie Squiggles from the Art Blocks project and a valuable Autoglyphs NFT from the original CryptoPunks creator, Larva Labs, were among the 40 NFTs stolen from his krovault.eth wallet.
He confirmed the hack on Twitter, saying, “Stay tuned for details.” He also warned his followers to avoid purchasing Squiggles for the moment. About two hours later, he tweeted again to express his gratitude for the outpouring of support.
After the attack, Rose moved some of his most valuable NFTs from the krovault.eth wallet. These include works of XCOPY and CryptoPunks.
OpenSea has since flagged the stolen assets, rendering them unmarketable on the site. However, according to decrypt.co, this in no way prevents the NFTs from being traded or sold on another marketplace.
Per the Etherscan link, the 40 assets that were extracted are one Autoglyph, 25 Chromie Squiggles, one QQL Mint Pass, one Admit One pass from gmoney, one Cool Cat NFT, one The Currency NFT by Damian Hirst, one Quantum Key and a few OnChainMonkeys.
The hacker snatched at least a million dollar worth of NFTs, based on the current floor price or the cheapest listed NFT from the most notable collections. However, some of the stolen NFTs may have a value much higher than the floor price.
For instance, the current floor price of a single Chromie Squiggle is 13.3 ETH or equivalent to about $20,715. Right now, on OpenSea, an Autoglyph would cost 315 ETH or roughly $491,000 in today’s currency exchange rates.
How the hack happened
A thread published by PROOF VP of Engineering Arran “divergencearran” Schlosberg said that a phishing attack duped Rose into signing a malicious signature, which the hacker then used to “transfer a large number of high-value tokens.”
He explained that the scheme was a classic example of social engineering because it had tricked Rose into feeling safe when he wasn’t. Schlosberg added that “the technical aspect of the hack was limited” to creating signatures acceptable by the OpenSea marketplace contract.
After the team found out what had happened, they tried to use Revoke Cash to prevent further theft. However, the hacker had already transferred many tokens from Rose’s wallet.
Schlosberg further clarified that PROOF’s assets were unaffected and that Rose and their team “are considering all avenues, including legal.” This meant they had communicated with OpenSea’s anti-fraud team and the team at Ledger, a manufacturer of hardware wallets.
A crypto analyst, “0xfoobar,” commented on the “technical aspect of the hack.” They said Rose had authorized a contract on the OpenSea marketplace to move all his NFTs,
They recommended that everyone transfer their assets out of the vault and into a dedicated “selling” wallet before listing on NFT marketplaces to avoid a similar hack.
Another on-chain expert going by the pseudonym “0xQuit” suggested OpenSea users “run away” from any website that pressures them to sign something unfamiliar.
According to a transaction map posted to Twitter by on-chain analyst ZachXBT, the stolen assets were sent to FixedFloat, a cryptocurrency exchange on the Bitcoin layer 2 Lightning Network. After that, the hacker converted the money into Bitcoin $BTC and put it into a Bitcoin mixer.
Crypto community’s reactions
Commenting on Twitter, Degentraland said it was the “saddest” thing they had seen in the crypto world to date before adding, “if anyone can come back from such a devastating exploit, it’s him.”
Meanwhile, Bankless co-founder Ryan Sean Adams was fuming at how easily Rose had been exploited. Adams tweeted that the best way to reduce the pervasiveness of scams like these is for front-end engineers to up their game and improve their user experience (UX).
Rose was the most recent victim of a series of high-profile hacks against prominent members of the Web3 community.
RTFKT COO Nikhil Gopalani and NFT collector CryptoNovo had both earlier fallen victim to scammers, losing NFTs worth hundreds of thousands of dollars.


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MIRI: There is a need to review some of the so-called international tourism based events in the State because the contents of such events were deemed not ready for the world market, according to Minister of Urban Development & Tourism, Datuk Michael Manyin ak Jawong.
He said the organizer of such event should make sure the products have the right quality before using the international tagline to sell to foreign tourists.
The minister was giving the remarks during an interview recently.
He cited the Baram International Regatta (BIR) 2008 as an event “not ready yet to cater for the international market”.
“Although BIR has great tourism potential for the world market, the event at this moment is not ready yet for the foreign market because of the lack of supporting facilities such as accommodation, proper roads, air services as well as proper eating outlets,” he explained.
Manyin said he had already discussed with the Assistant Minister of Water Supply Sylvester Entri and Telang Usan Assemblyman Lihan Jok and told them that BIR was not ready to be included in the tourism calendar of events.
He added that the supporting facilities should be in place first or otherwise, it would be difficult for his ministry to sell the product to foreign markets.
“At this moment, the regatta cannot be included in the tourism calendar of events. They (foreigners) would be disappointed,” he remarked.
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FleetPride Inc. has increased the number of parts offered on its e-commerce platform, FleetPride.com. FleetPride has more than 1 million parts in its portfolio and expects to have every part available for sale online within the next two years.
“Today, we are following through on our commitment announced in October to grow our digital offering. This milestone achievement of 400,000 parts aligns with our growth strategy and gives us the opportunity to reach more customers through our online platform, which is key to our mission,” said Darren Taylor, senior vice president of marketing and digital at FleetPride.
FleetPride.com offers real-time parts inventory and availability, an online chat function supported by live industry experts, account history and invoice tracking, the “MyFleet” feature for accounts with multiple trucks, direct shipping and more, the company noted in a press release


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South Africa’s Net1 UEPS Technologies, provider of payment solutions and transaction processing services, in a press release, announced the establishment of a new subsidiary called ZAZOO Limited in the UK, to oversee the global expansion of its mobile payment and value-added business services.
The new establishment will focus on worldwide growth opportunities, especially in the UK, Europe, USA, India and other developed and emerging markets. It also aims to coordinate all the research and development (R&D) including operations and marketing activities related with the company’s mobile businesses.
“Mobile presents one of the greatest untapped opportunities in the payments industry and we believe our mobile technologies and intellectual property are poised to capture these opportunities. With a dedicated brand, a focused management team and a strong sales pipeline, we are highly optimistic about driving the next leg of growth for Net1,” said Dr Serge Belamant, Chairman and CEO of Net1.
“ZAZOO is well-positioned to become an exciting global technology company at the forefront of payment solutions, with a range of innovative products,” said Philip Belamant, Managing Director of ZAZOO. “We intend to take Net1’s patented technology solutions to new markets and new clients, with London serving as a convenient hub from which we will coordinate all our global efforts, unlock the value of our products and solutions and build a technology company for the future. We chose the name ZAZOO and our new corporate logo because it’s catchy and memorable and evokes a sense of energy that reflects the spirit and passion of our business culture,” he added.
ZAZOO is an aggregation of technology companies and provider of payment solutions/transaction processing services; their diverse product is consolidated into five primary business lines: Mobile banking, MNO Solutions, Third Party Payments, Cryptography and Chip.
Net1 provides alternative payment structures that leverage on its Universal Electronic Payment System (UEPS) to enhance biometrically secure, real-time electronic transaction processing to populations of developing economies in the world in an offline or online environment.


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Computer industry insiders speaking yesterday at the fifth annual Internet & Electronic Commerce Conference & Exposition (iEC) were in violent agreement: the Net changes everything.
Though companies won't have to entirely scrap current supply and distributing mechanisms, melding these traditional ways of doing business with the Internet will also pose challenges, according to panellists here at the show.
Echoing a main point in the keynote given by Ray Lane, Oracle president and chief operating officer, speakers at a panel on "The Future of E-Business" agreed that the Internet will cause companies everywhere to rethink the way they do business.
"Are you willing to say, 'I don't care how we used to do it, how can we do it now?' " said J. Brad Sharp, executive vice president and chief operating officer of software maker Sterling Commerce.
One big mistake that many companies make when moving to the Web is to simply put a Web front end on the way they currently do business, according to Tomas Frederick, director of advanced technology at business consultant Arthur Andersen LLP. Frederick calls this approach an "inside-out" view of business.
"The Internet demands you take an 'outside-in' view of your business . . . because it forces you to understand how interaction [with the customer] defines your brand," he said.
Offering some helpful hints to companies that are just now going online, the panellists stressed that company executives really have to understand the online experience from the users' point of view -- and look at their own Web sites that way.
"It's important that executives from your companies buy a book from amazon.com . . . or buy some flowers from PC Flowers," said Dave Duffield, president, chief executive officer and chairman of enterprise resource planning software maker PeopleSoft.
"It all has to do with understanding the new paradigm," he said.
Companies that really understand the experience of going online for most users -- who do not have high-bandwidth access to the Internet -- will be a step ahead of their competition, added Gary Eichhorn, president and chief executive officer of Open Market, which sells Internet commerce software.
"You have to design your Web site for your customer instead of your T1 line," Eichhorn said. "Eighty per cent of the Web sites out there just suck . . . you have to make your way through 10 different buyer screens and then on the ninth screen if you make a mistake you have to start all over again."
Despite the changes that the Net will bring about, however, several panellists agreed some old ways of doing business will be carried forward into the future.
"A lot of companies are going to learn how to combine the physical with the electronic," said Arthur Andersen's Frederick. As an example, Frederick said: "You can order your book online, but go to a store to pick it up."
Large items, such as refrigerators, which need to get fixed now and then, will require bricks-and-mortar stores for support, though people may still want to do research to compare different types of refrigerators before they actually pick a store to buy one from, said Open Market's Eichhorn.
The IT industry is filled with examples of companies that have and have not successfully combined the electronic and physical worlds, panellists said. Compaq was held up as an example of a company that so far has not been able to bridge the differences and tensions created by, on the one hand, its ability to offer customers purchasing online, and on the other hand, its traditional resellers.
PeopleSoft's Duffield held up IBM as a company that has been able to meld the electronic and physical worlds.
"IBM has various product lines and we don't hear about battles between various salespeople," Duffield noted.


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Samsung will release its first Exynos mobile SoC developed with help from AMD in 2022, which is a pretty big deal given the dwindling reputation of Exynos in recent years. The AMD collaboration is expected to bring significant performance gains, though, according to an alleged new leak, the Exynos 2200 might not make as big of a leap as industry watchers initially thought.
Next to the Exynos 2100 SoC, the upcoming Exynos 2200 solution will reportedly deliver a mere 5% improvement in CPU performance and a 17% GPU performance increase (via @AhmedQwaider888).
Compared to the 30% CPU and 40% GPU gains bolstered by the Exynos 2100 over the Exynos 990 at launch, the upcoming Exynos 2200 looks rather disappointing. But, there’s a bit more to this, so let’s reserve our judgement and explore further.
AI improvements and AMD support(?)
Aside from CPU and GPU performance, the same leak claims that the Exynos 2200 SoC features an NPU (Nural Processing Unit) that delivers a massive 117% performance boost in artificial intelligence (AI).
Better AI processing can make virtual assistants like Bixby faster, but more than that, a better NPU can boost AI-assisted mobile photography.
In addition, AMD is a prestigious brand in the PC world, and everyone is hoping that it will bring about better support for 3D apps in the mobile space. Optimization is key, and better support could mean more to the general public than a higher year-on-year on-paper score.
Then again, there’s no telling how all of this will pan out and whether or not AMD’s involvement will help Samsung’s chipset division. AMD doesn’t have experience in the mobile scene, so there’s a risk attached to this partnership. And there’s also a possibility that the first AMD-powered Exynos chipset will be merely competent. We might have to wait for the 2nd or 3rd generations to see the real fruits of this collaboration.
Let’s also keep in mind that these alleged CPU/GPU/NPU gains may not be accurate, so take them with a pinch of salt. We’ll find out more soon enough. The Galaxy S22 flagship series will feature the Exynos 2200 SoC at Samsung Galaxy Unpacked in February 2022.
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Cooking is the Navajo Taco Guy’s true passion
There is a taco stand in town that’s bringing new dishes and flavors to Craig from all over.
Hank Robertson, known around town and on Facebook as “the Navajo Taco Guy,” has set up shop with his taco stand after years of being inspired by food and traveling.
The taco stand is set up outside Loadout Liquors from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Tuesday through Friday and for dinner from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. on the weekends.
Roberston sells homemade fresh Navajo tacos topped with green chile, red chile or grilled steak. The red and green chile are made from scratch out of a commercial kitchen, and everything else is prepared out in the open at the stand, including the fry bread.
“I have been cooking pretty much my whole life,” Robertson said. “I learned how to make my Navajo tacos from a 93-year-old woman on the reservation. She showed me the tricks of the trade.”
Right now, the menu is simple. Robertson is only selling Navajo tacos and gyros, and once supplies are sold out for the day, he packs up shop. The business will be expanding to a food truck later this week.
Once the food truck is up and running, Robertson plans to host some special days during the month with a variety of plates. Twice a month, there will be barbecue, and once a month, there will be a seafood boil.
The seafood boils will feature Caribbean fish tacos and shrimp tacos, which Robertson learned how to cook during his travels to South Lake Tahoe and Puerto Rico. Robertson goes to Puerto Rico every year, and he tries to pick up a little bit of culture wherever he goes.
“I watch people wherever I go to try and learn how they cook things,” Robertson said.
In the next year or so, Robertson plans on going from the food stand to a brick and mortar operation. He said the food truck model will allow him to build up his business and a following the way he wants.
The Navajo taco stand will also be doing events and catering. Robertson offers catering-to-order for groups wanting a customized menu with different plate sizes or price points.
Being able to bring some new food options from different places is a passion for Robertson, who was a traveling Kirby vacuum salesman for 16 years before pursuing other ventures. He worked on a Navajo reservation for about a year and a half, which is where he first learned how to make his signature style of tacos.
“I love meeting people and talking to people,” he said.
Robertson got out of vacuum sales because it was too much travel and too hard on his family. He now has a great family life and he gets to do something he loves.
“I talk about food 18 hours a day,” Robertson said. “The other hours a day, I am probably sleeping and dreaming about food.”
Robertson is excited for the possibilities this will open up for him, including having his daughters who are 7, 14 and 18, help out on some of the weekends.
“If anyone has any suggestions, I am up for creative criticism,” Robertson said. “If there is anything that people want to see here in Craig, let me know and I can try to bring it here.”
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//The following is a Press Release provided by Playstation Australia//
Sony Interactive Entertainment is thrilled to reveal “Live from PS5”.
Since the launch of PlayStation 5 just over two years ago, players have been introduced to incredible games like God of War Ragnarök, Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart, Gran Turismo 7, Horizon Forbidden West and Returnal, which showcase the boundless creativity of the PlayStation development community and the extraordinary experiences they’ve been able to build on the platform.
Today, PlayStation Australia celebrates the PS5 community and invites more players to join in “Live from PS5”. The best games can transport us into amazing worlds filled with adventure, riveting action, and memorable moments. With PS5 features like high-fidelity 4K visuals, haptic feedback, adaptive triggers, 3D audio and lightning-fast loading, developers are creating game worlds that feel more immersive than ever. This new spot hints at the breadth of extraordinary experiences taking place in the PS5 universe through the style of a live news channel.
Watch the epic video here. See if you can spot all the game references.
Keep an eye on PlayStation AU’s social channels and this webpage for some fun celebrations of fan-favourite PS5 games over the coming weeks. Players might even see content from popular creators on social media, breaking news from within PS5 game worlds.
New PS5 games, accessories and platform features coming in 2023
Sony Interactive Entertainment is humbled by the support for PS5 from the community and is passionate about growing the best lineup of PlayStation games ever delivered. Last week, players stepped into the world of Athia in Square Enix’s spellbinding new PS5 exclusive, Forspoken. With more anticipated games coming this year like Assassin’s Creed Mirage, Final Fantasy XVI, Hogwarts Legacy, Marvel’s Spider-Man 2, Resident Evil 4: Remake and Street Fighter 6, as well as upcoming expansions like Destiny 2: Lightfall and Horizon Forbidden West: Burning Shores, 2023 is shaping up to be an amazing year for PS5 players.
Beyond new games, Sony Interactive Entertainment is delighted to continue expanding the PS5 console experience with all-new accessories like the recently-released DualSense Edge wireless controller. Wednesday 22, February marks the exciting launch of a new VR gaming generation with the launch of PlayStation VR2, featuring more than 30 games in the launch window such as Horizon Call of the Mountain, Gran Turismo 7 and Resident Evil Village.
To find out more about Live from PS5 head to the PlayStation Blog.


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2-24-2014 Google Demo Day: GreenLancer Best Business Finalist
Come and support GreenLancer.com this Wednesday (February 26) in the final round of the Google Demo Day Pitch Competition! It is once again at the Grand Circus in Detroit. Remember to invite your friends, family and supporters with the link https://googledemodaycompetition.eventbrite.com! Seating will be first come, first serve and only those with an Eventbrite ticket will be allowed in (no walk-ins). Each business will give a presentation and will then be judged on:
- Business model
- Market – size and ability to compete
Two other Bizdom businesses will also be competing (Backstitch and FoodJunky)! Bizdom is a non-profit startup accelerator that GreenLancer graduated from. Winners will be announced at the end of the night! The winner of this round will get to go to Google-hosted Demo Day in Silicon Valley this April.
Google Demo Day is an exciting and unique opportunity for the winning company. It is the first such event hosted by Google. Startups that participate in the Google Demo Day will have the chance to:
- Pitch their companies to and receive product feedback from a panel of investor judges, including Steve Case.
- Interact and learn from Google product experts in small group sessions during their visit.
- Spend time with other startups from similar sized markets across North America.
- Load up on Google schwag, and enjoy the Bay Area.
It was only a few months ago that Google set up the seven tech hubs. According to Google:
Google partners with a network of seven tech hubs in North America (initially in U.S. and Canada) to deepen our community ties in locations including Minneapolis, Chicago, Waterloo, Nashville, Durham, Denver and Detroit. These partners are technology leaders in their community and a natural home for Google communities like Google Developer Groups and Google Business Groups. Tech hubs provide a venue for developers and the wider tech community to engage directly with companies and training partners like Google. They host a range of events, workshops, and provide co-working space for entrepreneurs. Google enables tech hubs by providing them with technical content, business tools, and infrastructure upgrades, so that they can support increasing demand from developers and startups.
This is an important opportunity for any startup business, so go to Google Demo Day and show GreenLancer that you support them!


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Some overseas Apple online stores run out of launch day inventory for the new iPad2
With the exception of the AT&T LTE version of The new iPad, which already shows delivery past this weekend, U.S. online stores are still offering launch day shipping of the device. While online stores have had a run on inventory, brick and mortar Apple Stores, even in Canada, France and Germany, should have a large number of tablets on hand.
The introduction of The new iPad brought a surge of traffic to Apple's online store and parts of its website which made it impossible to access them. This will be the Cupertino based firm's largest launch to date with some estimating that as many as 9.8 million iPads will be bought on launch day.
While some overseas online shoppers will face a few days delay in receiving their order, it doesn't sound like iPad customers will be facing the major shortage that some had predicted earlier.


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From: Tempo InteractiveTEMPO Interactive, Purwakarta:Purwakarta regency government is optimistic about achieving its Rp100 trillion investment target. Last year, investments were only Rp50 trillion, while up to mid-July this year investments reached Rp60 trillion.
Regent Dedi Mulyadi said investments had reached Rp45-50 trillion from the development of three major factories; PT Indorama Synthetics, PT South Pacific Viscose and PT Indo-Bharat Rayon. The rest came from scores of new factories in the garment, automotive and cattle farming sectors.
New companies and the development of big factories is also expected to create jobs in the region. “I’m estimating 30,000 new workers will be hired,” Dedi told Tempo yesterday.
Purwakarta’s Indonesian Businessmen Association secretary, Darius Kridanu Purwana, said the increasing rate of investment was due to positive business trends. “The permit process is easy and legal certainty is also secured,” he said.


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Brits jealous after seeing American KFC featuring pot pie and 'crispier chicken'
KFC has apologised after a promotional message was sent to customers in Germany to “treat yourself” on Kristallnacht with cheesy chicken.
Kristallnacht or the Night of Broken Glass refers to a number of Nazi attacks on November 9-10 1938 against Jewish people in Germany and Austria that caused more than 90 deaths, thousands of arrests along with the destruction of Jewish businesses and synagogues.
The anti-Semitic pogrom is seen by many as the beginning of the Holocaust.
In a notification alert to its mobile app users, the message reportedly read: "It's memorial day for Kristallnacht! Treat yourself with more tender cheese on your crispy chicken. Now at KFCheese!"
An hour after the insensitive promotion, another message was sent out to apologise and blamed the original message as "a fault in our system," The Guardianreported.
The company then added: "We are very sorry, we will check our internal processes immediately so that this doesn’t happen again. Please excuse the error.”
Screenshots of the notification began to circulate, people shared their outrage at KFC for this alert being sent to customers.
Daniel Sugarman, Director of Public Affairs at the Board of Deputies of British Jews called the first message from the fast food chain "worst marketing blunder" and "absolutely hideous."
\u201cIn a successful attempt to outdo Brewdog in the \u201cWorst Marketing Blunder of the month\u201d stakes, KFC Germany reportedly sent out a push notification offering customers special chicken deals for Kristallnacht, before sending out another message apologising. Absolutely hideous.\u201d
KFC Germany has since described how the notification was "obviously unplanned, insensitive and unacceptable message," and told Newsweekthe blunder occurred due to the app's "automated push notification” being “linked to calendars that include national observances."
"We understand and respect the gravity and history of this day, and remain committed to equity, inclusion and belonging for all," it concluded.
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new Delhi. Domestic electronics brand Micromax on Friday unveiled a new smartphone sub brand ‘In’. The company has said that it will soon introduce a new range of products under the new sub-brand. In a statement, the company said, Micromax plans to invest Rs 500 crore in order to re-enter the smartphone segment and give a tough fight to Chinese companies like Xiaomi. Its goal is to produce products for the new age consumers of the country.
The Ministry of Electronics and IT last week approved several non-Chinese companies, including Micromax, to manufacture mobile phones in the country under the government’s Production-Linked Incentive (PLI) scheme. Micromax has manufacturing facilities at two locations Bhiwadi and Hyderabad. The brand has the capacity to produce more than 2 million phones per month.
The Micromax brand is also working on strengthening its already established retail and distribution network. Currently, the company has a retail presence in the form of more than 10,000 shops and more than 1,000 service centers. Micromax co-founder Rahul Sharma said that the demand for smartphones manufactured by Indian companies is very high and their demand has increased after the India-China tension.
Sharma said that with the new brand we want to comeback with a complete strategy. Our products will be equipped with new features. We will invest 500 crore rupees over the next 12 to 18 months to enhance R&D, marketing and manufacturing.
Micromax was once the market leader, but Chinese companies such as Xiaomi, Oppo and Vivo captured the market with their aggressive price smartphones and large marketing expenses. However, the market share of Chinese smartphone brands declined to 72 percent in the June 2020 quarter from 81 percent in the previous quarter due to supply constraints and anti-China sentiment due to Kovid-19.
Sharma said that our goal is to re-establish India on the global smartphone map with India-made mobile phones. He said that we will launch smartphones in the range of 7000 to 20000 rupees and will also enter the premium segment.


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There are many video streaming services hoping to be the next big player in the future of TV. Peter Kafka, a reporter at Recode Media and host of the Recode Media podcast by Vox, thinks Netflix has remained ahead of the curve and will retain the top spot for as long as streaming services keep positioning themselves as the answer to Netflix.
“If everyone is positioning themselves as the Netflix killer or a response to Netflix, even if it’s not a 100% true, that means Netflix is winning,” said Kafka on this week’s episode of the Digiday podcast. “Netflix has figured how to generate a lot of content and figure out how to make that content appealing to its subscribers and then to convince Wall Street to allow them to borrow an unlimited amount of money to fund that content.”
On our latest episode, Kafka discusses whether Disney can prove to be a true Netflix challenger, why Google and Facebook do not want to go into video programming and more. Edited highlights below.
Disney can compete.
“Disney has most dramatically overhauled its strategy to take on what Netflix has accomplished. The challenge for Disney is they’re starting at zero, when they launch the service on Nov. 12 this year. The will spend a lot to build up the service, the marketing capacity and the tech capacity. Then they have to convince a Netflix subscriber or someone else to pay them $7. That’s an easy ask for most people so they can get tens of millions of subscribers quite easily.”
The duopoly doesn’t want to play.
“Google and Facebook, fundamentally, want to see themselves as distributors, as platforms, as neutral purveyors of things that other people make. YouTube has repeatedly gone in and out of spending money on content. Even when they’re spending a lot of money, it’s still small by regular content company standards. I get that they don’t want to make their own movies and TV shows. My question is why don’t they take their YouTube TV product, which is basically a cable bundle, subsidize that and make it $20 or $15? They’ll burn billions of dollars in the process but there’d be a real reason to do it. They’d be distributing TV to millions of people. They’d have a business case for it, which is advertising, which they’re really good at. The fact that they’re not doing that is super telling.”
TV networks are no longer interested in acquiring digital media companies.
“[Digital media companies] said they know how to reach the millennial video viewer, know how to work with platforms. In Vice’s case, they said they can get millennials to pay for TV to watch Viceland. Every part of that pitch has gone away. No one cares whether you can unlock Facebook, no one wants to be part of your advertising-based business, you have proven that you’re not any better at reaching millennials than anyone else. They’re also going to TV networks and asking if they can make shows together. TV networks make these shows professionally. NBC, Fox and others are now saying these are no longer assets [they] want to acquire.”
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If there was ever a time to demonstrate the strength of a community, that time would be now.
We’ve seen a tremendous effort from businesses supporting local and wider initiatives, recognising the importance of their role in the community. Their resilience and ability to quickly transform in the face of uncertainty has contributed to building stronger bonds to Wimbledon Town Centre.
We know there are many heroes and we’ve highlighted just a few examples of Wimbledon-based businesses doing incredible work to make a difference in our community and beyond.
Repurposing Facilities to Combat Covid-19
With a global shortage of hand sanitiser, Coty, one of the largest global beauty companies, repurposed their factories in the UK, USA and Monaco to produce hand sanitising gel, distributing products free of charge to medical and emergency staff. Donations are expected to reach tens of thousands each week.
Firecracker Works, an event production company, adapted their facilities to manufacture PPE for the NHS, Healthcare and Frontline workers, with a target of producing 30,000 face visors.
Leading food packaging manufacturer, RAP, turned over its production line to manufacture disposable face shields, with an ambitious goal of delivering between seven and ten million a week.
Supporting the NHS and Other Organisations
Domestic & General partnered with Salute the NHS, a group of leading businesses including Tesco, Yodel, Absolute Taste, Leeways and British Army, Team Rubicon UK, to serve 1 million nutritious meals to key frontline NHS workers over the next three months.
Icon Solutions, a payment and enterprise solutions provider in the finance sector, generously contributed to Wimbledon Guild’s Covid-19 fund to enable them to continue to support the most vulnerable people in our community.
The Alexandra Pub alone has made over 4,000 meals for the NHS, whilst Lush donated bath bombs to NHS staff working on the frontline, Elys supplied Easter Eggs to NHS workers and textiles to Ricards Lodge to be made into kit washing bags whilst Wilko donated toiletries and cleaning products to the Dons Local Action Group.
Feeding the Community
There’s been an overwhelming response to help feed the community. From donations to the Wimbledon Foodbank to feeding frontline healthcare workers and residents in need, we’ve seen stellar collaborations between businesses and organisations like the Dons Local Action Group, The Old Rutlishians’ and The Old Wimbledonians’ Associations, The Little Community That Could (created by Centre Court) and the Wimbledon Guild.
Although culture may be on hold, Polka Theatre and the New Wimbledon Theatre have a presence through community outreach, and establishments like The Antoinette Hotel, The Old Frizzle, Wibbas Down, Wahaca and Leon have each contributed through various initiatives, such as providing food for meals at Merton’s Winter Night Shelter, Wimbledon Foodbank and Merton Covid Mutual Aid and other organisations.
A big thank you to the Town Centre’s supermarkets, Morrisons, Tesco, Little Waitrose, Marks & Spencer and Sainsbury’s who have all made significant contributions and the countless cafes, restaurants and food shops who have provided discounts or priority shopping hours to NHS staff and vulnerable people.
All of these efforts signify hope and community spirit and a testament that together we will weather the storm and come out stronger on the other side.


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Bitcoin is behaving a lot like how the Nasdaq did during the dot-com bubble nearly 20 years ago, but the timeline is unfolding much faster, according to research published by Morgan Stanley on Monday.
The Nasdaq in 2000 and modern-day bitcoin both rallied 250 to 280 percent in their most "exuberant" periods ahead of bear markets, Morgan Stanley said in a note to clients.
"Just that the bitcoin rally was around 15 times the speed," Sheena Shah, strategist at Morgan Stanley said.
These price moves and similar behavior in trading volume could be signs that Nasdaq history is repeating itself, according to Shah.
Bear markets for the digital currency are not new. Since it was created in 2009, bitcoin has seen four of them, with price drops between 28 percent and 92 percent, Shah said. Bitcoin's value has fallen roughly 70 percent from its peak near $20,000 in December to a low in February below $7,000, according to data from CoinDesk.
On average, bitcoin prices have lost 45 percent to 50 percent of their value in each bearish wave, which Shah said is similar to Nasdaq's behavior 18 years ago.
"The Nasdaq's bear market from 2000 had five price declines, averaging a surprisingly similar amount of 44 percent," Shah said.
Trading volume could be another red flag. Since December, bitcoin trade volumes have jumped nearly 300 percent, Shah said. But each rally ahead of the bear markets saw volumes fall.
"The follow-up rally for both bitcoin and the Nasdaq always saw falling trading volumes," Shah said. "Rising trade volumes are thus not an indication of more investor activity but instead a rush to get out."
Morgan Stanley pointed out changes in bitcoin trading that are not correlated to Nasdaq trends but could be "an interesting development."
There have historically been three major currencies used to buy bitcoin: The U.S. dollar, Chinese yuan and Japanese yen. During the most recent bear market, a new digital currency called tether ate up a bigger share of bitcoin trading.
Tether is a digital token that creators say is backed with one U.S. dollar for every unit, meaning its market price is $1, and it could theoretically be more stable than most digital coins with huge price swings.
"The coin USDT is not a major funding unit but its increasing use is an interesting development," Shah wrote. "Over the coming years, we think that market focus could turn increasingly towards cross trades between cryptocurrencies/tokens, which would transact via distributed ledgers only and not via the banking system."
Bloomberg reported in January that the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission sent subpoenas to Tether, the company that issues the virtual currency. The company has come under scrutiny, as some are skeptical it actually has $2.2 billion on reserve.