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Researchers Think Broccoli Slows Arthritis
Broccoli has been known as a green vegetable that is very good for health. It is rich in dozens of nutrients. The truth is, it stores the most nutritional value of any vegetable. Therefore, if you are interested in broccoli, try to get on well with it. According to recently research of The University of East Anglia team, a compound found in broccoli could be key to preventing or slowing the progress of the most common form of arthritis.
Results from the laboratory study show that sulforaphane slows down the destruction of cartilage in joints associated with osteoarthritis. The researchers no prescription online pharmacy found that mice fed a diet rich in the compound had significantly less cartilage damage and osteoarthritis than those that were not.
Sulforaphane is released when eating cruciferous vegetables such as brussels sprouts and cabbage, but particularly broccoli, the researchers said. Previous research has suggested that sulforaphane has anti-cancer and anti-inflammatory properties, but this is the first major study into its effects on joint health, they added.
The researchers discovered that sulforaphane blocks the enzymes that cause joint destruction by stopping a key molecule known to cause inflammation.
Researchers said that they can’t imagine it would repair or reverse arthritis however it might be a way to prevent it. Beside exercise and keeping to a healthy weight to improve symptoms and reduce the chances of the disease progressing, a good diet will also very important.
More reasearchs about the effects of broccoli on arthritis is ongoing. There will be many things to know but there is one sure thing that eating broccoli everyday is good for your health.


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Zinga Financial Services has completed a hard-to-place case for an Almost Primer with Pepper Money, helping a self-employed customer with minor adverse to purchase a new home.
The broker was working with a couple, one of whom was self-employed and wanted to borrow 85% LTV to purchase a property in London. However, the self-employed applicant had a small financial blip due to missed payment over four years ago following a change of address, so their circumstances weren’t straightforward. In addition, the recruitment business owned by the self-employed applicant had been severely impacted by Covid and while the last year’s profit was good, the previous year had shown a loss. As a result, the application had been rejected by high street lenders.
However, Pepper Money is a specialist lender that is both able to lend to self-employed customers based on their latest year’s accounts and consider adverse credit. Pepper was able to offer the customer a 2-year fixed-rate mortgage at the LTV they required.
Manooch Suree, from Zinga Financial Services, says: “Our customer was self-employed and the business had suffered during Covid. A historic financial mishap also made the case more difficult to place, but Pepper Money was able to base affordability on the most recent year’s accounts and accept customers with less than perfect credit history. They took a logical, customer-centric approach and worked at speed to get the deal done. The underwriter on the case was very helpful and always called us following an email to explain the requirements and why they were being asked.”
Ryan Brailsford, Director of Business Development at Pepper Money, says: “Covid impacted many businesses and, with some lenders, a drop in income over the last three years can make it difficult to get a mortgage. But at Pepper Money, we can base affordability on the latest year’s accounts for self-employed customers and, with our considered approach to adverse credit, we were able to help these Almost Primers into their new home. We worked in collaboration with Manooch and the team at Zinga Financial Services to make sure an offer was issued quickly, and the case completed smoothly. When it comes to customers who don’t fit high street criteria, Pepper Money should be a broker’s first call.”


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Ducit.ai: Open Banking to Democratize Banking Data
"When it comes to developing artificial intelligence products the deployment is where most platforms fall short and with H2O we've got the mojo implementation that essentially simplifies that to the point of being a java object that you incorporate to your platform. That's fantastic!"
Rafa Garcia-NavarroCo-Founder, CEO, and Chief Data Scientist
Overview of the Challenge
Open banking is a new legislation in the UK that essentially forced the banks in the UK to open up the data platforms to third parties for two different things - for account aggregation, and to offer new products and services and for payments. We're creating a platform integrates the process for full financial services industry for the purposes of credit risk, fraud detection and payments directly from bank accounts, which has never been possible before.


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The recall by two pharmacists of some batches of drugs used to treat gastric ulcers caused concern among users this week. According to Medley and Aché, the risk of possible contamination with a potentially carcinogenic substance was verified.
Also according to the manufacturers, the remedies, based on ranitidine hydrochloride, may contain N-nitrosodimethylamine (NDMA), a molecule in the group of nitrosamines.
Experts assess that recall is the right measure to prevent lawsuits and reduces damage to the image of companies.
The National Health Surveillance Agency (Anvisa) warns that, in the long term, these substances may increase the risk of cancer. In the evaluation of experts, companies are right to adopt the preventive measure, quickly and objectively.
Marília Gusso, partner at WZ Advogados, explains that the drug recall procedure follows the same rule as any other product, involving, among other measures, publicizing the discovery of a potential harmful to the consumer, collecting the product and meeting the consumers who may have suffered losses as a result of the defect – or possible defect – found.
“It is worth calling attention, however, to the willingness of pharmacists to promptly comply with the guidelines of health authorities, even though, in this specific case, it was found that the risk of developing cancer due to contamination with nitrosanima is relatively low” .
The lawyer also points out that currently there is a great concern to contain reputational losses. According to Marília, with the Consumer Protection Code, it is clear that the supplier / manufacturer is liable for damages arising from defects in the product.
“Avoiding damage to the health of consumers, even though the effective impact of contamination on human beings can be discussed, is the priority, and so it must be treated by the industry”, she concludes.
Wilson Sales Belchior, partner at Rocha, Marinho e Sales Advogados and Federal Adviser at OAB, praises the pharmaceutical sector’s commitment to Brazilian consumers by “adopting a precautionary measure, at no cost to patients, through the preventive collection of medicines”.
“It is important to note that the action, of a precautionary and preventive character, results from studies with nitrosamines, which are found in some foods and drinking water supplies, with no potential for damage when ingested at very low levels. In fact, Anvisa Resolution No. 283/2019 regulates the investigation and control of these substances. In this way, the concern of pharmaceutical companies is demonstrated in meeting high standards of transparency, responsibility and legal and regulatory compliance ”, evaluates Belchior.
As of today, the Consumer Protection Code (CDC) celebrates its 30th anniversary, undoubtedly expressing an important contribution to the country's legal system regarding a normative and...


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E-book reader demand boom near
Sales of e-book readers are going to skyrocket - but not for a few years yet. So says market watcher ABI Research, and it's conclusion is largely backed by fellow analyst Gartner.
According to ABI, the e-book reader biz won't boom until 2013 when, it reckons, shipments will increase by almost 100 per cent on the previous year, jumping to 30m units.
Gartner has its eye on the more immediate future, forecasting that shipments will hit 6.6m this year, up from 3.6m in 2009. Shipments will jump 68.3 per cent in 2011 to 11.1m devices.
That's not so very far behind the 15m units ABI is tacitly saying will ship in 2012, before leaping to that headline figure of 30m the year after.
Both companies are united in the view that it will be sudden international interest in e-books that will propel growth two or three years down the line. At the moment, most sales take place in the US, but Western Europe is getting keen now, with the ball rolling in Asia and China very shortly.
Of course, it might all go to pot if e-book reader makers don't keep device prices on their current downward trajectory. Media tablets like the Apple iPad and Samsung Galaxy Tab are e-book readers in their own right, as are all the new ones coming in the new year.
The big question is, to what extent can firms like Amazon and Sony - the key e-book reader sellers - keep sufficient price differential with the incoming tablet horde that book buffs continue to see the benefit of a dedicated device over one that lets you surf the internet, email, watch movies as well as read books.
The colour screens coming to e-book readers over the next year or so will help, but they will also narrow the price gap between readers and tablets.
History shows that consumers do not favour separate devices over jack-of-all-trade gadgets. Look at how quickly feature phones and smartphones killed off the combination of PDA and basic voice handset. ®
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Petersburg doesn’t get tens of thousands of visitors each tourist season like some other Southeast towns. Only smaller cruise ships can reach Petersburg through nearby shallow waterways.
At this time of year, last year, there were 112 crew ship calls scheduled for Petersburg for the upcoming visitors’ season and this year it’s up to 130.
While a few of the bigger ships aren’t scheduled there are still more passengers overall.
Dave Berg is the cofounder of the local travel agency, Viking Travel in Petersburg. They plan vacations for tourists visiting Alaska and work with cruise companies. He says there are “some things that are happening that haven’t happened before.”
Berg says one of the biggest differences this coming season will be a ship that will be “turning” its passengers in Petersburg. In other words, the passengers will start and end their cruises here. A ship from the company Uncruise named The Safari Quest will be picking up and dropping off passengers in Petersburg every Friday for 12 weeks. Passengers will arrive in town on Thursday, stay overnight, and start their cruise on Friday. Berg says a week later, they’ll return to town, sometimes staying overnight before flying out.
“So what that means to the community is that not only will we have passengers staying in local hotels but we will also benefit by having them rent space in the harbor for a container with supplies that they have that they need on a week to week basis,” Berg said. “We’ll be seeing an increase number of shipments that arrive into Petersburg on Alaska Marine Lines or other carriers. And we’re likely to see more purchases in local stores.”
Uncruise’s Safari Quest carries 20 passengers on each voyage. Berg says if Uncruise has a successful experience turning passengers in Petersburg than they could consider turning other vessels here in the future.
He says other vessels from Uncruise will also stop in Petersburg in the spring and fall when they are coming and going from the region.
More passengers will also be coming to Petersburg from Lindblad Expeditions, which operates the National Geographic boats. It brings three larger ships to Petersburg each season. The ship, The National Geographic Quest, with 100 passengers on board, will be visiting more than in the past, from the first week in May through the first week in September. The two other boats are The Sea Lion and The Sea Bird.
Another regular visiting cruise company, American Cruise Lines, will bring in more passengers than usual this season because they’ll be using a larger ship. They’re bringing in The American Constellation which carries 175 passengers instead of the ship that they’ve used in the past, The American Spirit, which carries 100.
Alaska Dream Cruises will also be bringing several ships to town as usual. Berg says they will be on varying schedules spread throughout the week.
The first cruise ship is scheduled to visit April 16. That’s earlier than normal, says Berg.
“April is the new May,” said Berg. “As you know, the days are getting quite long by then. And sure we might have a little snow in piles around town, the days are certainly nicer in April and May and June than in late August and through September. So, we may see our season changing.”
Besides helping the cruise lines with logistics, Berg’s business also gives local tours for tourists who want them. He says Viking Travel is hiring local people to help.
“Guides for dock walks and also historical guides for people when they’re walking around in town,” Berg said. “Generally, about an hour with a group of ten or 15 people,” Berg said. “American Constellation has requested six guides in the morning, three guides on the docks and three in town and also six in the afternoon.”
Berg says to contact Viking Travel if you are interested in working as a guide this summer.
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The new Samsung flagship phone is the Galaxy S3. It was always going to be a fantastic phone and Samsung have delivered on their promises. The phone has amazing battery life, the screen is truly superb, it runs on a quad core processor and the media management is the best available. Is there anything bad to say about the device? Well, if you don’t like the Samsung design, you’re not going to like this one either. Also, the S Voice is not perfectly optimized, but we’re sure an update will quickly sort that one out.
Why the Galaxy Is So Amazing
The S3 isn’t new anymore. In fact, some people think that the S4 will soon be available (although that’s not confirmed yet). However, what we do know is that the S3 has now been updated to Jelly Bean 4.1, which means it is even better than before. Besides the fact that it is even quicker than before and there are lots of additional goodies in there too.
Changes to the Interface
There are a number of changes to the interface, but the biggest one is the new TouchWiz and we all absolutely love it. We already loved the phone, which is exactly what Samsung had banked on, but now we live it even more. In fact, in November of last year alone, they sold over 30 million of the devices. OK, that means we are not original in owning an S3, but that’s what the skins are for right?
One of the most amazing things is that the price of this phone is actually very affordable. Sure, you will have to pay a bomb if you want it SIM free, but if you want it on a contract, it is no more expensive than any other phone and it is certainly a lot cheaper than other top-end phones. After all, there are only two real top end phones on the market today, which are the Samsung Galaxy and the iPhone. The iPhone is certainly more expensive and most people still find it too restrictive because it doesn’t sync or integrate well with other devices.
Should You Buy It?
The big question is whether or not you should buy this phone. The reality is that there is really nothing bad about this device, unless you start nit picking. Sure it has a big screen and it looks almost like a tablet, but that’s what a Samsung looks like. There is nothing wrong with that design, it is just about personal preference. If you didn’t like the look of the original Samsung Galaxy, you’re not going to like any upgrades on the flagship. Our personal opinion is that the lost lawsuit against Apple brought them nothing but benefits. Sure, it was an expensive piece of publicity, but it was well worth it. After all, who wouldn’t want to be seen with a new Galaxy nowadays, even more so than an iPhone? You will have to decide for yourself.
Author Bio: Laura Ginn had always used an iPhone but became intrigued by the new Samsung devices. As her contract was ready for upgrade, she took a leap of faith and went for the Samsung Galaxy S3. She is so happy she made that decision!


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Why Condé Nast had the wrong idea about Gourmet all along
The news that the November issue of Gourmet magazine would be the last in the storied publication's history hit a certain segment of the populace with a wallop. The loss seemed incomprehensible. To them, Condé Nast's squandering of 68 years of equity seemed, not to put too fine a point on it, incredibly shortsighted.
"The people who made that decision don't seem to know anything about magazines," says Michael Wilson, editor in chief of La Cucina Italiana, the American counterpart to an 80-year-old Italian title. "It's a shame." As editor of a magazine built on the brand equity of a prestigious name and a catalog of decades of recipes, Wilson knows whereof he speaks (Cucina's ad revenue is up 20 percent this year). "There are a million things they could have done to save Gourmet," he says.
Jonathan Gold, a cult-hero food writer who now writes a column for LA Weekly and was the first food critic to win a Pulitzer, served for years as New York restaurant critic for Gourmet. Upon hearing the news of its demise, he posted on Twitter: "Unbelievably sad about Gourmet - a heaviness to the day, as after the death of a friend."
"Being a food writer thrust into the world of Gourmet felt very much like it had when I was a young music writer who suddenly found himself writing for Rolling Stone," he tells MEDIA. "Other food magazines and food sections may have done certain things in a cleverer or flashier way, but Gourmet was the rock."
Ironically, a few days after Condé Nast announced Gourmet's closure in October, the MPA released data indicating the food category was showing signs of life, well in advance of other categories. Overall, magazine ad pages dropped 26.6 percent in the third quarter of 2009 compared with 2008, but the food category stood out as the only vertical to show improvement, with a gain in ad pages of 3.9 percent over the third quarter last year. And while it's still down 10.8 percent for the year through September, the lift, in time for fat holiday issues, is promising. Though, sadly, too late for Gourmet.
And while Gourmet was down in ad pages 44.4 percent this year compared to last, it might have been beginning its long climb out of the hole - falling 39.7 percent in the fourth quarter, compared with 46.1 percent in the third. While those are hardly the type of figures that make the efficiency experts at McKinsey hang up their blazers and roll up their shirt sleeves, it at least shows that the magazine might have survived had measures besides closure been taken.
But, as far as McKinsey was concerned, this had to be a horse race between LA-based Bon Appétit and Gourmet. And besides the fact that Bon Appétit's slide was less steep than Gourmet's, so was its price tag. One longtime editor marveled at the expenditures Gourmet ran up producing each issue. The costs could have been reigned in says the editor and the million-reader audience honed, to create a smaller, leaner, but no less special Gourmet.
But when it comes down to it, many assume that Gourmet's actual value to Condé went far beyond its circulation base. "There are rock n' roll bands whose music you enjoy, and there are bands whose logo you are tempted to tattoo onto your skin," says Jonathan Gold. "The people who loved Gourmet were passionate about Gourmet. It represented something real and important in the culture: cuisines to master, goods to taste, a world to see. When Gourmet, for example, ran a recipe calling for chicken stock, it ran a little sub-recipe in the back of the magazine, even though we knew that most of the readers would probably reach for a can opener instead. Bon Ap just calls for the can."
In the end, McKinsey and the powers that be at Condé may have just been can opener sort of guys.
John Gerzema, chief insights officer at Young & Rubicam, suggests that Gourmet had strong value to Condé Nast in terms of its category leadership and consumer affinity. His research shows, "Gourmet was considered the highest in quality, prestige, intelligence, and trendiness. It was also considered the most upscale, commanding the strongest pricing power. Compared to Bon Appétit and Food & Wine, Gourmet was 36 percent more differentiated and 52 percent more esteemed."
It might be that the bureaucratic infrastructure of Condé Nast forced it, once the decision was made to retain McKinsey, to act on any recommendation the firm made. Rather than try to fix the problems of a fledgling flagship, the far easier task, when faced with two similar magazines during a recession, was to cut the one that was way more expensive and had lower readership and a higher ad rate that depended on luxury ad spending.
Condé Nast had a passion brand on its hands. A very large passion brand (though not as big as they thought), but a passion brand nonetheless. Condé kept inflating the circulation, such that the magazine's core readership and core value to advertisers became diluted. Instead of deeply discounting subscriptions in the hopes of gaining extra advertising, it's possible Condé could have tapped a passionate readership who likely would have paid much more for it, if given the choice.
Gourmet editor-in-chief Ruth Reichl told the Los Angeles Times the day after the closure news hit the wires that she had no idea it was coming. A few months earlier, though, she pondered the seeming contradiction of growing circulation and shrinking ad pages. "It's ironic because our circulation has never been higher. And yet advertising dollars are a challenge," she told KPCC-FM. Food publishing is a niche category, and while the Martha Stewarts of the world can reach mass audiences, not every print product can, or should even try. Condé squandered Gourmet's value as an editorial product and as a vehicle for ads.
Research conducted by Insight Express on behalf of MEDIA also found that there is something of a halo effect - many readers value a title even if they are not regular readers or subscribers. In the survey, National Geographic turned out to be the title that the most people said they would miss. Of those who said they would have a reaction to NatGeo closing, 27 percent who were not readers of the title said they'd miss it if it were gone.
Gourmet will live on in cookbooks (ironically its most recent was released this fall) and with its recipes online at Epicurious. And while online food coverage has exploded in recent years, it is as different from high-quality magazines as grabbing a taco from a truck is from dining at Le Bernadin. "I like print. It is uniquely well-suited to food, which is a purely physical medium," says Gold. "I don't see an online model supporting something like Gourmet's superb and expensive test kitchen, which polished recipes to a shine. Online food coverage has its place too - it is now possible, for example, to find formulas for Bangalore-style curries from publications based in Bangalore."


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The company said it wanted to work with operators to lower deployment cost, while using single fibre internet point to connect areas spanning hundreds of kilometers.
Vodafone seals deal to buy YOU Broadband, seeks FIPB nod
On January 16, ET had reported that the two companies were in talks as part of Vodafone's global effort to increase its cabled or fixed line network.
World's first wireless flexible smartphone developed
ReFlex combines multitouch with bend input & allows users to experience physical tactile feedback when interacting with apps through bend gestures.
Devialet Phantom wireless speaker: Promises power & preciseness
The speaker is wireless, incredibly powerful, compact and plays bass very low.
TRAI's proposed price of 4G airwaves unrealistic, says GSMA
“An unrealistically high reserve price resulted in a valuable portion of 700MHz spectrum remaining “unsold and unused in Australia,” added Giusti.
4G airwaves in 700 Mhz band too expensive: Bharti Airtel
Bharti Airtel, India’s No 1 telecom carrier, decried the starting price of 4G airwaves in the coveted 700 Mhz band recommended by the telecom regulator.
Speed up airwave pricing process: Sunil Mittal
"We need to accelerate this program (finding the reserve price of airwaves) and get a good estimate and put the spectrum in the auction," he said.
Sennheiser Momentum On-ear wireless headphones: Lasts for over 20 hours on a single charge
The Momentum is the premium range of headphones from Sennheiser.
Trai urges cos to boost transparency in broadband services
The telecom regulator has urged broadband service providers to make detailed disclosures of their tariff plans, including data download speeds, to boost transparency.
DoT accepts BSNL's offer to surrender its broadband wireless airwaves
After BSNL the broadband wireless airwaves, the government may go in for a fresh round of auctions to sell this spectrum.
Wireless, dissolvable sensors to soon monitor brain
Thedevice dissolves over time so you do not have something in the body for a long-time period, increasing the risk of infection or chronic inflammation.


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Companies at CES this year are killing it with hot new tech and HTC hasn’t disappointed either, with the OEM set to release three new smartphones soon. Previously, the codenames of these devices had leaked out along with the alleged name of one of the devices.
We had learned that the three devices are said to be the HTC One X10, the HTC Ocean Note and the HTC U Play, the later of which goes by the codename Alpine. These three smartphones are expected to be unveiled at HTC’s “For You” conference at CES.
The underdog of the three, the HTC One X10 is rumored to feature the Mediatek P10 SoC inside, while the HTC Ocean Note will be taking the spotlight as the phablet flagship. The Alpine or HTC U Play, rumored to feature a 5.2-inch display, could be another high end device considering that the device may remove the headphone jack.
The HTC One X10 is expected to be seeing a release by Q1 this year. The other two devices may also release in the coming months or so. We’ll have more details regarding this once CES is down, so stay tuned.


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The different brands of smartphone maker Xiaomi to build a world-class Chinese people know. However, the company announced on Wednesday the launch of a smart TV. According to a report N D TV. Beijing media conference, MIT TV 3S TV has been exposed to the model. It has two models. Is one of the other 43-inch and 65-inch flat panel carved 4 F-HD panels .
Four S-3 also carved emaa TV display. This model costs around 1,390 dollars. It is available to buy now in China. However, there are future plans to market to other countries. The F-43-inch HD model has kept the price of about 278 dollars. Xiaomi MI-3, S-Curve Sports TV display resolution 65-inch model made by Samsung Four. MS has been linked to more than 6 928 at the TV processor, two GB of ram and 8GB internal storage. Because of the thickness of only 5.9 mm thin TV panels. Dolby and DTS audio dual decoding, However, it has been connected. 6. The individual pieces of the perfect sound system have been used for the word.
The 43-inch model, and is very thin. This includes ultra-thin metal body and frame 10.9 MM. Full-HD (1920 x 1080) at the TV screen in the MS cases and 6 908 processor. It also has 1 GB ram, 8 GB of internal storage and a dual-D audio coding with Dolby D ATS. Both models run on Android operating system M. IUI. Although the smartphone maker Xiaomi, the company had expressed interest in the creation of the TV for a long time. Now the trend continues, he built another TV company. Another TV market last year, the company brought the Android operating system, which was the model of MIT TV. 55-inch monitor for $ 800 at the beginning of this month, in addition to the 4 to 70-inch widescreen display TV market brings another VT Xiaomi. As well as TV Box TV Xiaomi released.


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The US Department of Justice is currently running what it calls “the biggest antitrust lawsuit in history”, targeting the auto parts industry. Most of the targeted companies so far are Japanese part makers from Nagoya. Some of the most famous names in the industry (Yazaki, Denso,…) have already had to pay massive fines, and have seen some of their managers incarcerated in America for sentences running up to 2 years, the longest ever given to a foreigner in an antitrust case in the US. And it is not over. Soon, the EU antitrust body will announce new fines. The Japan Fair Trade Commission itself has also issued its biggest fine in history on Yazaki. Yet this issue is barely covered by the Japanese press, and even by the American press. Surprisingly, the supposed victims of these cartels (Toyota, Honda, Nissan…), who had to pay their supplies at inflated prices, have been astoundingly silent.
This reflects the unpreparedness of Japanese companies in a globalized regulatory environment and also a culture of connivance (or cooperation) rather than competition. It is a fascinating story that affects business and also has cultural and social aspects.
Japan correspondent, Le Figaro and La Tribune
Regis Arnaud arrived in 1995 in Japan. He worked for 16 months at the French embassy, then joined the Ota Patents law firm. He later became a reporter at Agence France Presse and Bloomberg. In 2002, he became the Japan correspondent for Le Figaro and La Tribune, as well as editor of France Japon Eco, the magazine of the French chamber of commerce in Japan. His work appears regularly in other media, most notably Newsweek Japan and the Oriental Economist. He is also a film producer, most recently CUT, a 2011 feature film directed by Amir Naderi which opened the same year at the Venice Film Festival.


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Talk about reality distortion.
Breathless headlines today are calling Apple's announcement that it sold more than 5 million iPhone 5's this past weekend a letdown � even though that's a million more phones than the debut weekend sales of the iPhone 4S. The "disappointing" number is being blamed for today's selloff of Apple (AAPL) stock that sent share prices down a little more than 1 percent.
The context for these recriminations is the apparent orgy of high expectations in which analysts projected possible sales anywhere between 6 million and 10 million phones.
Sterne Agee analyst Shaw Wu called out some of his colleagues in a note to investors today:
Those same analysts are qualifying those expectations today, saying the 5 million figure doesn't include pre-ordered phones not yet delivered and pointing out that Apple can't sell more phones if there aren't any more on the shelves left to sell.
The massive expectations for a device that only incrementally improves on its predecessor speaks to the well-established culture of magical thinking that have transformed Apple's smartphones into talismans. The iPhone 5 wasn't only supposed to wildly outsell all previous versions; it was supposed to save the economy.
But since we are an impatient culture, we don't give our charms much time to work their magic. Not that Apple shouldn't be concerned if it continues to put its anti-Google crusade ahead of customers. But if investors really are selling off what has truly been a gold-plated stock for the past three years because the company sold "only" a billion dollars in phones in one weekend, their expectations seem to have entered the realm of the fantastic. Or perhaps the reality is something much more mundane: After the world's most valuable company breaks $700 for the first time and the hype curve around its latest release has peaked, maybe it's time for a little profit-taking, a little economizing, and then waiting for the cycle to start all over again.


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Sorry, party photographers, you’ve been replaced—by a robot. Microsoft’s new EDDIE (short for Expandable Development Discs for Innovation and Experimentation) can now roam a crowded room, focus on people’s faces and snap photos with a fancy DSLR camera.
Okay, so right now it’s more of an advanced, camera-equipped Roomba than anything else, but it’s still pretty cool. Here is how it works: EDDIE roams around autonomously, using infrared sensors to make sure it doesn’t bump into anything. In the video, Microsoft developer Greg Shirakyan claims that future versions will also utilize sonar to avoid glass and other clear materials.
(PHOTOS: Cinema’s Most Memorable Robots)
EDDIE is outfitted with a Microsoft Kinect, which uses its skeletal tracking system to judge when somebody is in the frame; once it finds someone, it takes a photo with the attached camera and then uploads it to Flickr.
Let this baby roam around your next party and you’ll have plenty of snapshots waiting for you online, no effort required. What’s especially fun about EDDIE is that, while clever, it’s not beyond an amateur programmer’s ability to create something similar. Microsoft’s robotics team used the recently released Robotics Developer Studio 4, which is free to download.
Microsoft also announced that it would help push the Kinect beyond the Xbox platform by releasing a software development kit for commercial projects in early 2012, meaning that the many tinkerers who were already hacking the Kinect or using the non-commercial SDK will soon be able to turn a dollar..
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U.S. researchers predict an 18 percent tax on soft drinks and pizza would lower U.S. adult calorie consumption enough to reduce their average weight by 5 pounds annually, Reuters reports. Writing in the journal Archives of Internal Medicine, the researchers say using taxes could be an effective weapon in fighting obesity.
“While such policies will not solve the obesity epidemic in its entirety and may face considerable opposition from food manufacturers and sellers, they could prove an important strategy to address over-consumption, help reduce energy intake and potentially aid in weight loss and reduced rates of diabetes among U.S. adults,” the team wrote. Kiyah Duffey of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill led the group.
The group predicts that by taxing pizza and soft drinks 18 percent, daily calories would be lowered by 56 per person, which would result in a weight loss of 5 pounds per person annually.
“Our findings suggest that national, state or local policies to alter the price of less healthful foods and beverages may be one possible mechanism for steering U.S. adults toward a more healthful diet,” Duffey and colleagues wrote.
With two-thirds of Americans classified as overweight or obese, lawmakers are considering taxes as one way to help lower that number. For example, California and Philadelphia are looking at bills to tax soda in an effort to lower consumption.
See the NACS nutrition policy issue page for more on what’s happening in Washington regarding foodservice and menu-labeling issues.
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SK Signet celebrated the grand opening of its EV charger manufacturing facility in Plano, joined by Plano Mayor John Muns as well as Adriana Cruz, Texas Executive Director, Economic Development and Tourism, and other officials from the State of Texas. This facility will expand U.S.-based manufacturing and R&D for cutting-edge electric vehicle charging equipment to support the growth of America’s EV infrastructure. The project was originally announced in November 2022 by SK Signet and the City of Plano.
The ribbon cutting marked the opening of SK Signet’s first manufacturing facility in the United States. At full capacity, the facility will be able to produce more than 10,000 ultra-fast chargers per year and is expected to create up to 183 jobs by 2026.
“SK Signet is thrilled to be opening this facility in Texas,” said SK Signet CEO Jung Ho Shin. “The opening of the SK Signet factory means new jobs for Texas and more chargers for American EV owners. We couldn’t have accomplished this without the close partnership of the State of Texas and the City of Plano.”
“We are proud that SK Signet has chosen Plano, Texas, for this significant investment,” Governor Greg Abbott said in a press statement. “The company’s new state-of the-art facility will not only create new manufacturing jobs for hardworking Texans, but will advance critical EV infrastructure for our state and the nation. Thanks to innovative leaders like SK Signet, Texas is leading the way on future technology which will power the Texas of tomorrow.”
The event included a factory tour, and Mayor Muns and Seung-June (SJ) Oh, President of SK Signet America, led a demonstration of SK Signet’s new V2 charger, which will be made at the Plano facility later this year. The V2 product, which was unveiled at CES 2023, provides a maximum power output of 400 kW and can charge an EV up to 80% in 15 minutes – 3 minutes faster than existing chargers. The demonstration showcased the simultaneous charging of two EVs, reaching the impressive top output of 400 kW.
The grand opening was attended by more than 180 guests, including business partners, government officials and members of the local community, underscoring the broad interest in building out the infrastructure to support EVs. SK Signet welcomed representatives from key customers, such as EVgo, Electrify America, Applegreen Electric, Electric Era, Revel and TeraWatt Infrastructure.
SK Signet will make a range of ultra-fast chargers at the Plano facility – from standalone dispensers to power cabinets that support multiple dispensers – for use by U.S.-based public charging operators, along with commercial companies with EV fleets and traditional gas stations or convenience stores that are expanding their offerings. SK Signet will also manufacture its 350 kW ultra-fast charger, which can fully charge EV batteries from 20% to 80% in just 18 minutes.
These chargers, which supply EV users with faster and more versatile charging solutions, support the buildout of a national EV charging network and are aligned with the goals of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) and National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure (NEVI) program. SK Signet’s investment in Texas reinforces the leadership role that the U.S. has taken in the EV transition, and the importance of training American workers to succeed in the highly skilled jobs that have been created as a result.
“We are very excited for the grand opening of SK Signet in the City of Plano,” said Mayor Muns, in remarks at the event. “Their investment in our community represents a significant milestone that holds immense promise for our community and beyond. The company’s innovative technology and EV charging capabilities are remarkable, and we are thrilled to be home to their first manufacturing facility in the United States.”


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Next Land Rover Defender Jumping Ship for U.S.
Believe it or not, we haven’t seen a Land Rover Defender on U.S. shores for nearly 15 years. And, while everyone continues to improperly use their Range Rover’s and Range Rover Evoque’s, it looks like we will finally get back to some true off-roading pleasure from the Brits. Sitting down with The Car Connection, design director Gerry McGovern, confirmed “There will be a new Defender, and it will be as tough as nails.” He also confirmed that it will be aimed at the North American market, including the U.S. We likey. With new owner Tata Motors on hand, the group is planning for the new Defender to be just one of many new products dispersed throughout new and emerging markets, and to be a crucial part of their multi-billion dollar makeover that began early with the Evoque and Range Rover Sport. While there’s no official details yet, we have our fingers crossed that it will bear a similar resemblance to the stunning DC100 concept (pictured here) previewed late last year. (PHOTOS: See more of the Land Rover Defender here)


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Like mentioned in an earlier article titled ‘Aagadu tickets selling like hot cakes!’, the demand for Aagadu tickets is seeing no end. With the movie already in theaters today and appreciation pouring in for Mahesh’s performance in the movie, the frenetic fans are going great distances to watch the movie on the big screen.
Latest update is that Aagadu tickets have been put up for sale on Quikr by some canny individuals who are trying to cash in on the demand and make a quick buck for themselves. If movie fanaticism has a definition, this would definitely serve as one of its examples.
For the uninitiated, Quikr is one of India’s largest online and mobile classifieds portals.
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Canon is not known for pushing firmware updates very often, and when it does, usually they are fixes, rather than feature upgrades. That also seems to be the case for a rumored Canon 7D Mark II firmware that could drop as soon as next week.
According to a new report over on Canon Rumors, a user on their forums (in other words, MAJOR salt needed here), reports that they were told by a Canon service rep that AF issues he was having with his 7D2 will likely be resolved in a firmware update that could be coming as soon as next week.
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Putting aside the fact that this user could just be plain blowing smoke, or a simple misunderstanding of the service rep from Canon, this is some interesting news. It seems to indicate that there is an issue with 7D2 AF widespread enough that Canon needs to address it with a firmware update. Secondly, it would also leave the door open for Canon to possibly upgrade/update the AF algorithms and improve what was already a great AF system in the 7D2.
If you own a 7D Mark II be on the lookout, there may be a firmware heading your way in the next couple of weeks.


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Sounds like the typical Apple strategy
According to Macrumors and OSXDaily, a new Macbook Pro has been in the works and will be released on June 11th at the World Wide Developers Conference (WWDC). From the current rumors circulating the internet, it seems like the new MBP is going to follow all the typical Apple trends. It's going to be "thinner and lighter" and will probably feature the retina display that has now become a part of the iPad, iPhone, and iPod Touch.
However, if the retina display is to come to the new MBP, there is some doubt surrounding what the cost of the new laptops will be. Retina displays are certainly not cheap.
According to Richard Shim, DisplaySearch Senior Analyst via Macrumors.com,
a Retina 15.4-inch display at 2880x1800 resolution for a density of 220 pixels per inch (ppi) currently costs approximately $160, a $92 increase over Apple's estimated cost of $68 for the current display in the 15-inch MacBook Pro. In the smaller 13-inch MacBook Pro, a Retina display at 2560x1600 costs $134, a $65 premium over the display used in the current model.
As for graphics, Apple is going to rely on Nvidia for the graphics chipsets for the new Macbooks, as opposed to the AMD graphics cards they have been using in previous generations.
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Longtime Zappos CEO to Retire; Replacement Named
Following Tony Hsieh’s decision to step down as CEO of Zappos after 21 years, Kedar Deshpande has taken the reins at the Amazon-owned company. Importantly, Deshpande — who joined Zappos in 2011 — understands the unique corporate culture and company values that Zappos is well known for. He will lead Zappos as the retailer continues to expand beyond its footwear roots and competes in a digital space that's more competitive than ever before. Like many employees at Zappos, Deshpande has steadily risen through the ranks during his nine years at the company.
Total Retail's Take: Hsieh has been at the helm of one of the most innovative and successful retail companies over the last two decades. He built Zappos on a platform of service, and one that just happened to sell shoes. He won't be easily replaced, especially at a time when sound leadership is perhaps more critical than ever. That tall task will fall to Deshpande, who has held eight different roles at Zappos, rising to the COO role about a year ago. It's expected that Zappos, under the direction of Deshpande, will continue to expand its reach into categories beyond shoes.


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Beijing, Sep 24 (Calcutta Tube) The potato, once planted as a life-saving food during famines, is now bringing wealth and prosperity to many people in China.
Chen Chunlan, a potato farmer in Dingxi in Gansu province, now lives a satisfying life in her newly-built, well-furnished home.
[ReviewAZON asin=”0813192420″ display=”inlinepost”]She credits her potato fields for her improved standard of living – the fields provide her with an annual income of 70,000 yuan ($10,400).
Chen, however, clearly recalls the hard times not long ago, when local farmers often had to worry about their next meal.
‘We used to grow wheat, but the meagre harvest could barely feed us, let alone allow us to save some money,’ Chen was quoted as saying by China Daily.
In 2001, extreme poverty forced Chen to flee Dingxi to try and earn a living in another place.
Dingxi, with its cold and arid climate and hence low agricultural yield, has been listed as one of China’s poorest regions. In 1995, a severe drought hit Dingxi, and almost everything in the fields withered.
But to the surprise of the local people, the potatoes survived the catastrophe.
‘Potatoes are amazingly drought-resistant and can acclimatise well to Dingxi’s agricultural conditions,’ said Wang Yihang, the provincial potato expert.
In 1996, the Dingxi government launched the ‘Potato Project’ to popularise the cultivation of potatoes to guarantee basic food supply.
Dingxi now grows more potatoes than any other city in China, boasting over 200,000 hectares of potato fields, or one third of the city’s cultivable land.
Thanks to the tuber, the city no longer has a food supply problem.
‘Potatoes are transported to markets all over China on special trains, while others are processed in local plants,’ said Yang Zixing, party secretary of Dingxi city, referring to the city’s 20 large factories that turn the ‘not suited for sale’ potatoes into starch or potato chips.
The processing factories are the source of 25 percent of the local farmers’ income.
Dingxi’s success story suggests a bright future for potato cultivation in China, as the tuber rapidly expands into China’s western regions.
‘Most of the increased potato cultivation is in China’s poor western regions – the provinces of Gansu, Shaanxi and Qinghai and the Ningxia Hui autonomous region,’ an official said.
The potato has proven to be more suitable than rice and wheat for cultivation on western China’s arid, barren lands, playing a major role in relieving starvation in these regions.
And although in China, potatoes are traditionally not a staple food as they are in many other parts of the world, it is nevertheless an integral part of Chinese cuisine.
Potato-based snacks are also becoming popular in China, especially after western fast food giants like McDonald’s and KFC began selling french fries.


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Family Dollar, the national discount retailer based in Charlotte, N.C., will open its Eminence store Mar. 6, a corporate spokesperson said last week.
The 9,100 square-foot-store, located at 63 Depot Ave., will create about five part-time associate jobs and two full-time management positions, he said.
The store is now hiring.
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The cannabis lobby is flexing its muscle in Washington and seeking aid for small businesses in the next coronavirus relief package.
The marijuana industry has already found help at the state level. Twenty states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico are allowing medical cannabis dispensaries to remain open during the pandemic, and eight states allow both licensed recreational and medical cannabis dispensaries to operate. Cannabis groups are pushing for more states to allow legal marijuana markets to remain open and are seeking funds in state aid packages.
But the push for help from Washington, where the federal government still classifies marijuana as a controlled substance, has so far failed to make headway.
The Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act, a $2.2 trillion stimulus package passed by Congress in March, prohibits businesses engaged in cannabis-related activity from receiving any small business loans.
Cannabis groups say that is unfair and are pushing to change that in the next aid package.
“Cannabis businesses are dealing with the exact same thing that other businesses are dealing with in terms of employee protection, maintaining payroll ... all on top of the onerous financial burdens that cannabis businesses already face,” said Morgan Fox, National Cannabis Industry Association media relations director.
Cannabis lobbying groups wrote a letter to governors last week to urge them to provide loans at the state level and to push their congressional delegations to include them in the next federal relief package.
Fox said the association has heard that Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and Rep. Ed Perlmutter (D-Colo.) are working out language to allow cannabis companies to receive small-business loans. Pelosi’s office did not respond to The Hill’s request for comment, but Perlmutter said he is hopeful it will happen.
“I plan to keep pushing to ensure the cannabis industry has the ability to be eligible for SBA [Small Business Administration] relief funds during this COVID-19 crisis. I have spoken to House leadership about this matter and I’m hopeful in one of the next two packages we can get this done,” Perlmutter told The Hill.
The National Association of Cannabis Businesses (NACB) is also working toward relief for pot shops.
“We’re very favorable towards utilizing stimulus funds or recovery funds and opening those to cannabis businesses. I know that’s problematic because of the status of cannabis, but there are people who think there are ways they can get it done, and I think Pelosi’s looking at that,” Mark Gorman, NACB chief operating officer, told The Hill.
The industry groups have also turned to K Street for help. Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck has been working on behalf of the Cannabis Trade Federation to lobby Congress to find ways to help cannabis companies access aid in the CARES Act.
“There is a very robust conversation happening in the House right now about how to help these companies going forward,” Brownstein’s Melissa Kuipers Blake said.
The GOP-controlled Senate will be a harder sell. In 2019, marijuana business advocates had high hopes for passing legislation that would allow financial institutions to finally do business with cannabis businesses that were legal in the states. The House passed legislation in September that would allow banks to finally work with cannabis businesses, but the bill failed to move in the Senate.
As pot businesses deal with the coronavirus pandemic, the industry hopes to draw attention to the divide between the federal government and states on the issue.
The industry has seen sales spike at points during the pandemic. Pot consumption hit a record high as weekly sales growth peaked at 64 percent for the week of March 16, the sharpest rate increase since the start of 2019. But the marijuana lobby says that despite those numbers, small cannabis businesses still need loans to stay open.
“There’s a misconception that the fact that cannabis businesses have been able to stay open has created some kind of bonanza. Average sales have dropped aside from some brief spikes that occurred several weeks ago, based on consumer concern that they wouldn’t have legal access,” Fox said.
“I think there’s a difference between being able to stay open and being able to survive the pandemic,” Blake said, likening marijuana businesses to the restaurant industry. “You’ve seen restaurants able to stay open for delivery, but the revenue is not there to truly keep them afloat.”
The industry, though, faces opposition from the anti-marijuana lobby, which called it “laughable” that pot businesses are seeking relief.
“They definitely have a lot of hubris to say they need money at a time when they’re seeing record sales. It’s laughable that they’re asking for it,” Kevin Sabet, president of Smart Approaches to Marijuana (SAM), said. “I think it’s just a pattern for them pushing boundaries ... as they can.”
Sabet said he is hopeful Congress will continue to deny aid to marijuana shops in future relief packages.
“I think you may have the same old pro-marijuana members who were pro-marijuana before this crisis. … I wouldn’t be surprised if they’re going to propose something, but I don’t think it’s going to actually go through,” he said.
Jonathan Caulkins, a professor at Carnegie Mellon University’s Heinz College, though, pointed to the lobbying muscle behind marijuana.
“[Cannabis shops are] still doing things that are illegal under federal law even though they are state-licensed. I find that absurd. Does that mean their lobbyists won’t win? They might win. They’ve got a lot of lobbying power in Washington, D.C.,” he told The Hill.
The marijuana lobby currently is ramping up pressure on Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker (R), who closed recreational marijuana dispensaries in the state, despite marijuana being legal there.
“It’s a fundamentally difficult balancing act that states around the country are grappling with and trying to do their best to help health and jobs,” Caulkins said.
Nevada closed storefronts but allows marijuana deliveries, and Maine just announced its first licenses for marijuana shops.
The NACB wrote to Baker last week, saying that state-legal shops should be open just like liquor stores in Massachusetts. They warned of the danger that marijuana consumers will patronize unlicensed sources, posing health risks and taking tax dollars from the state.
“There’s no reason if liquor stores are open that cannabis stores shouldn’t be open, too,” Gorman said.
SAM, though, said allowing marijuana shops to stay open threatens public health when health officials are cautioning against standing in lines or inhaling smoke.
“This is a case of influence really buying a public policy, and the public policy they bought right now is allowing them to stay open during this time of crisis,” Sabet said.
For the industry, the coronavirus outbreak has provided an opportunity to revive the debate on legalization.
The NACB says legalization will provide a boost to states as economies begin to reopen.
“There is a great opportunity to think outside the box when you’re coming out of a deep recession, especially in the case of ... Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York and Connecticut. They should be moving quickly toward cannabis legalization. There’s a lot of tax revenue in that, and I think they’d be missing a huge opportunity,” Gorman said.
Gorman noted that Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf (R) closed liquor stores, which are a crucial source of tax dollars, in the state during the pandemic.
“You can’t do what you’ve done for years, which is when they need money, they raise the markup on distilled spirits. You have to look at other things, and cannabis legislation provides steps to it and the ability to tax the product is a no-brainer,” he said.


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E-commerce major Amazon will soon bring a major update to Kindle devices. The company has teased a new software update for Kindle, Kindle Paperwhite and Kindle Oasis.
What new features will the update bring?
Amazon has revealed that the upcoming update will bring an easier and more intuitive way to navigate on Kindle devices. With the update, users will be able to perform functions like adjust the device’s brightness, turn on Airplane Mode, and get to All Settings with a simple swipe down from the top of the screen.
It will also add new bottom navigation to Kindle devices. Using it, Kindle owners will be able to easily switch between Home and Library, or current book.
Which all devices will be eligible for this update?
As revealed by Amazon, Kindle (8th Gen and above), Kindle Paperwhite (7th Gen and above) and Kindle Oasis devices will be eligible for the update. It will be rolling out over the coming weeks.
Another update coming later this year
In addition to the update coming over the next week, Amazon has also announced that it will bring another software update to Kindle devices later this year. The update will introduce an improved Home and Library experience to the devices.
Users will see a new filter and be able to sort menus in the Library setting. It will introduce a new collections view, and an interactive scroll bar to Kindle e-readers. Further, users will be able to access up to 20 of their recently read books with a left swipe on Home.
Amazon has added new features to Kindle devices over the years. Recently, it added features like faster downloads and the ability to set the cover page of the book as a screensaver for without-ads devices.
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CARS24, India’s leading e-commerce platform for pre-owned vehicles has collaborated with Bajaj Finance Ltd., to lift the veil from used car financing and facilitate a quick, frictionless and streamlined shopping experience.
This move follows a Series G funding round announced in December 2021 that raised $400M for the used cars e-commerce player – CARS24. While the consumer demand for pre-owned vehicles is skyrocketing, the consumer financing penetration in the Indian used cars industry stands at only ~15%. Realizing the key role financing plays when investing in a car, CARS24 and Bajaj Finance Ltd., are enabling consumers by improving their financial flexibility and providing greater accessibility of owning a car.
Ruchit Agarwal, Co-founder & CFO, CARS24 said, “CARS24 is poised to rewrite the industry rules. We are on a mission to fulfill the dream of more Indians to own a car by focusing on delivering a fully seamless financing solution to our consumers. In this process, we are sure our partnership with Bajaj Finance Ltd. will prove to be a perfect product market fit. CARS24, along with BFL, is putting the consumer first when it comes to financing used car purchases- all combined with ease of use, highest quality customer experience and transferring control back to the consumer.”
Commenting on this strategic partnership, Anup Saha, Dy. CEO Bajaj Finance Ltd., said, “Providing easy and accessible finance solution is at the core of Bajaj Finance. This synergic partnership promotes the idea of finance for used cars to a larger audience. We believe, there is huge potential in the used car segment and the right financial solutions will only help customers make the right decision in exploring this option. Customers can now expect a completely seamless buying experience, coupled with quick approvals, minimal documentation and other value added services & offers.”
CARS24 Financial Services Pvt Ltd, a wholly owned subsidiary of CARS24 Services Private Limited, offers car lending to used car buyers making lending simpler, safer, faster, and more accessible. This mutually beneficial partnership will lead to increased penetration in the used cars industry and enable consumers to further enjoy CARS24’s hassle free customer experience with financial solutions of Bajaj Finance Ltd.


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Yesterday, the Taiwanese HTC launched the U19e mid-ranger and gave us a reason to think this will be the last phone coming our way from this manufacturer. But seems our assumptions have not been right. Today, mobilanyheter published some renderings, claiming they belong to a new smartphone dubbed as the HTC ZERO.
In fact, we haven’t heard anything about the HTC ZERO. So the only things we know about it come from these pictures. They show the phone will be using a punch-hole screen design. But unlike many devices with such a display, the camera is placed in the middle of the upper area. The borders are quite narrowed. And surprisingly, the handset is using a USB Type-C interface.
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Looking at the back of the phone, we can see the HTC ZERO sports a dual-camera. The lenses are placed vertically and located in the upper part of the phone, while the HTC logo is located a bit lower. In addition, the phone has four colors of black, red, blue, and white.
At the moment, there is no configuration information for this phone. But judging from the current situation of HTC, there is no reason to think the HTC ZERO will come with high-end specs.
p.s. Do you remember the Meizu Zero? It was a concept phone designed by Meizu. Its selling point has been going to be the button-less design. But the handset couldn’t reach the crowdfunding goal, and this project was closed. We don’t know whether HTC is superstitious or not, but maybe it’s better to change the name?


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It should be crisp.
What you need to know
- Age of Wonders: Planetfall is an upcoming strategy game from Triumph Studios.
- The team is known for the Overlord franchise.
- The game runs at 4K resolution on Xbox One X according to the Microsoft Store.
- You can preorder it for $50 on Amazon.
Many months ago, Paradox Interactive — the publisher behind games like Cities: Skylines and Surviving Mars — announced Age of Wonders: Planetfall. Age of Wonders: Planetfall is a new strategy game from Triumph Studios, the team behind critically-acclaimed experiences like Overlord.


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Putting water to work
MARSHALL – Lockwood Motors recently expanded its auto business, offering a variety of car wash and detail packages to the public at its new facility – The Shine Center – on Sunrise Lane.
Owner Chet Lockwood began looking into the process of designing the best possible facility about three years ago.
“That’s when I started looking into it,” he said. “I wanted to get a great cleaning product because we have a really great detailing crew who take a lot of pride in what they do. So I thought we could offer the fastest and best product around.”
After construction in June, a soft opening in the middle of October, The Shine Center opened for business on Nov. 1.
“It’s going great,” Lockwood said. “We’ve gotten really good feedback so far. Customers are saying they like getting a nice, clean, dry product.”
The building itself was specifically designed to recycle rain water and used oil.
“It’s angled at such a way that the rain water can be collected in a storage tank and used in a high pressure rinse,” Lockwood said. “We tried to go as green as possible.”
New technology also allows oil to be burned to heat the shop and the car wash, including the floors.
“It’s not new technology, but it’s new to the car wash industry,” Lockwood said. “They finally perfected it so the oil burns clean, without a lot of pollutants.”
Everything has been simplified for the customer, from the touch-screen capabilities to the safety feature of the conveyor, so people don’t ever have to get out of their vehicle or worry about getting dents or scratches.
“We wanted to make it easy for the customers,” said Sue Moua, who manages The Shine Center. “We’re there to assist people, whether it’s elderly people or someone who wants us to drive it through for them.
“It’s also set up so that if someone is stuck at the door afterwards, the whole system will shut off so no one will collide. Chet was way ahead of the game on safety. For a manager, that saves me a lot of headaches. It’s really nice.”
Three different car wash packages range from basic shine ($8), which includes a light touch wash, spot free rinse and flash dry, to ultimate shine ($12), which includes light tough wash, underbody rinse, hot wax and shine, shield protectant, clear coat sealer, tire shine, spot free rinse and flash dry. There are also unlimited wash options.
“After paying, a customer pulls onto the conveyor,” Lockwood said. “There’s an attendant there who will spray each car down before it goes through the car wash. We call it prepping the vehicle.”
During the prep time, attendants pressure-wash the vehicle with warm water.
“It’s just hot enough to melt snow and ice,” Sue Moua said. “There’s also soap in there to help knock off the layers of bugs and dirt. It usually takes less than 90 seconds to prep the vehicle. We want to provide good quality, but be quick, too.”
The way it is set up now, the facility can wash up to 80 cars per hour. For Lockwood, that was a plus.
“I hate waiting in line,” he said. “People shouldn’t have to wait in line with this. We have a 90-foot conveyor and can fit multiple cars on it. Three or four vehicles can be washed at one time. It takes about two minutes to wash one vehicle.”
The key is keeping people satisfied and coming back, Moua said. While it’s good for business, it’s also good for the customer’s vehicle.
“When they get our wax and sealant, ice and other debris fall off just like butter,” he said. “You can tell who has been through our car wash and who hasn’t.”
Along with the prep, the car wash is set up to effectively clean vehicles with various sprayers, degreasers, brushes, spinners, rinsers and blowers.
“The big spinner looks like something from Dr. Seuss,” detail crewman Jeremy Moua said. “One goes back and forth and another one goes side to side. It makes washing fast.”
If a vehicle is excessively dirty or if a customer wants extra detailing done, that can be arranged as well. Along with the car wash, the facility includes five stalls, where crewmen can spend more attention to detailing work.
“We do a lot of detailing,” Jeremy Moua said. “We make vehicles look new.”
During hunting season, a lot of muddy trucks came in to the car wash, Moua said.
“We’ve had quite a lot of people coming in,” he said. “It’s nice to have this business.”
Express detail for a car is $29.95 and includes an ultimate shine wash, quick vacuum, inside window wash and quick inside dusting.
Express truck detail is $35.95. Customers should expect a 35-minute wait. The Shiner Detail for cars is $179.95 ($199.95 for trucks) and includes an ultimate shine wash, detail vacuum, interior and upholstery cleaning, interior shampoo, inside window wash, clean floor mats, engine and door jams, rims cleaned, which takes a day. Both packages include a free basic shine follow-up wash.
“We have express detail to full detail, like shampooing, buffing, waxing and scratch detail,” Lockwood said. “We also have thing like Paint sealants, tar and sap removal, pet hair removal, odor elimination and break-light repair.”
Despite the below freezing temperatures outside recently, the system hasn’t shut down, Lockwood said, nor does he expect it to.
“It doesn’t shut down at a certain temperature,” he said. “At least it hasn’t quit yet and it’s been awful cold.”
In the future, The Shine Center will most likely work with organizations on fundraising events.
“We’ll help with fundraising groups like the Boys Scouts,” Sue Moua said. “We’ll be doing a lot of that stuff.”
At any given time, Lockwood Motors has 250 or more cars that need attention. Detail crewmen are now able to work on those vehicles between customers.
“If we’re not working on lot vehicles or trade-ins, then we’re working on cars for customers,” Sue Moua said. “We’re here to help.”
Lockwood said he appreciates having hard-working employees.
“We’re pretty fortunate,” he said. “And I believe that if we take care of them, they’ll take care of our customers.”
Current hours of business are: 7 a.m.-7 p.m. Monday through Friday, 7 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday and 8 a.m.-3 p.m. on Sunday.


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One of Norwood Young America’s favorite restaurants will finally be reopening its doors on October 1. After a long summer of waiting to see what the future held, Northside Grill is ready and excited to see their customers once again. They had a few reasons for the delay, but they can’t wait to see some smiling faces once again.
Like many restaurants this year, Northside shut down in March, though it wasn’t just COVID-19 that caused the doors to shut. CindyAnn Lambright, head chef and co-owner, was recovering from an earlier hospital visit, and without a real idea of the situation going forward, Northside closed down and waited.
“Everybody here had been working very hard, and we really didn’t want to go forward without our head chef,” said Sandi Harms, co-owner of Northside Grill. “It was just a good time to take a break, though we didn’t anticipate it would last this long.”
Once Lambright fully recovered, it was a waiting game. When it became clear that restaurants would be limited for the foreseeable future, Harms and Lambright made the decision to wait it out. Thanks to the community’s support and the general success of the restaurant in its time, this wasn’t too risky a move. There were a few reasons behind staying closed, even with takeout and outdoor seating being eventually allowed.
According to Lambright, most of the sales in Northside are food, with about 20 percent of the total being bar sales. While this makes it sound like takeout would be ideal, this also led to a few problems. Since Northside was known for its quality food, keeping that quality was paramount to customer satisfaction. Unfortunately, due to the closure of meat packing plants around the country, food prices went up. Just to keep up, meals would have to be more expensive in order to keep that quality, which would increase costs with the uncertainty that customers would be interested.
All in all, with these concerns in mind, Northside decided that it would be wiser in the long run to prepare for the future, with the hope that regulations would eventually ease up and costs would return to normal. These decisions weren’t made in a vacuum, either. Harms and Lambright communicated with other restaurant owners and vendors to gauge how they were holding up, which helped them influence their decision.
Without customers in the space, it was ideal to get some renovations started. Any construction work and paint work could be done without interruption of the workers and without disturbing the experience of customers. There’s a new coat of paint, the deck in the back has been refinished, there’s new shelves and counters at the bar, and the cabinets around the restaurant have been redone.
“Typically summer is the slowest time of the year, so we figured if were closed at any point for this, summer was it,” said Lambright.
While Northside will be reopen, there will be a few changes. Due to costs continuing to be increased, items will have a slightly higher price tag than before, though only to mitigate those costs, according to Lambright. To help keep costs lower, the menu has been streamlined, with some favorites returning as occasional specials.
As for takeout, there are a few ideas floating around. The big one right now is a “family-style” takeout, as Lambright dubbed it. Takeout would be ordered ahead of time via phone, and would be picked up in disposable tins, allowing families to reheat the meal upon returning home.
Takeout will be Monday thru Friday from 11am-2pm, with dine-in beginning at 3pm thru 10pm. Saturdays Northside will be open for takeout and dine in from 11am-11pm. Sundays will be closed for the time being.
“We’re excited to be back, we’ve got a lot of community support,” said Lambright.
Reservations will be an option for customers, and the plan is to play it by ear, according to Harms. If they turn out to be busy, they may have to be required. Otherwise, reservations at the door are just fine, or ahead of time to get a guaranteed spot is always an option. So whether you’re just getting takeout for lunch on October 1 or sitting down for dinner, Northside Grill is glad to be back, and can’t wait to see their community.


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On August 19th 2021, Microsoft announced big changes to their commercial pricing for Microsoft 365. It is the “first substantive pricing update” Office 365 was launched a decade ago, and is being introduced to reflect the development and subsequent “increased value” the product now delivers to customers.
From March 2022, the way commercial organisations pay for Microsoft 365 will change.
Customers will have to decide whether to pay a variable price or paying a fixed price upfront in full. Microsoft 365 customers who don’t pay upfront in full for their licences will be subject to price rises which could be up to 30% over the term of their agreement.
In addition, Microsoft have announced that an organisation’s user numbers cannot be altered after an agreement is signed.
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Japanese card issuer Rakuten Card has established Taiwan Rakuten Card, its first venture outside Japan, to issue credit cards aiming at the Taiwanese market.
The new card company, which has started accepting applications, will offer a credit card with no annual fee allowing cardholders to earn Rakuten Super Points equivalent to 1% for each purchase with an opportunity to earn additional 1%, when used on Rakuten Ichiba Taiwan shopping mall.
The company will allow cardholders to redeem Rakuten Super Points for shopping on Rakuten Ichiba Taiwan evaluating 1 point equal to 1TWD.
Rakuten Card will celebrate the launch with a campaign presenting cardholders with 300 Rakuten Super Points for their first use of their Taiwan Rakuten Card along with additional campaigns aimed at cardholders travelling from Taiwan to Japan and spending through Taiwan Rakuten Travel for reservations.
Taiwan Rakuten Card president Eiji Ishii said in a press conference: "Eyeing the strong market potential in Taiwan, we hope that the total number of credit cards issued will hit the one million mark in the next few years."


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Zimbabwe ready for Twenty20
Zimbabwe senior cricket team captain Prosper Utseya says his troops need to believe that they can beat Bangladesh in the Tigers' own backyard if they are to be successful in their tour of the sub-continent.
The national team is expected to leave for Bangladesh tonight via Kenya and Dubai for the four-week tour of Bangladesh.
"We are trying to win the matches and we can't rely on history that they have been dominating us in Bangladesh and we have been winning when we host them.
"The last time they hosted us we took a 2-0 lead and had a chance to win but they came from behind to steal the lead from us wining the series 3-2.
"But that is what we are trying to avoid again this time
"We have been working hard on the tour and everyone has been putting a lot of effort in the preparations and I believe we are all in the right state of mind for the tour," said Utseya.
The right arm spinner said his side's strength lies more in batting and in fielding than in bowling.
"Our strength lies in the batsmen because we have a good order and we can bat well down to number 10 and having all that in mind we have done all the work and what's left is for us to deliver.
"I also believe that if we work with targets then we will be a successful side because at least we will be aiming to get somewhere and that is always good," said Utseya.
Zimbabwe will play a Twenty20 match on the 28th of this month in south-western city of Kulhna, which will also be the venue for the first ODI. The second and third ODIs will be in Bogra on December 3 and 5, with the final two matches in the capital, Dhaka, on December 8 and 9.
Coach Kevin Curran said he has set between 230 to 250 runs as a good target.
"Between 230 and 250 would be good enough runs for our side," said Curran yesterday.
The former Zimbabwe batsman said he was more worried about variety in the Bangladesh attack.
"It is more difficult to tour the sub-continent because we have to adjust to the climate and the environment.
"But since we have a week to acclimatise and adapt to the environment and the conditions in Bangladesh, I believe by the time we play we will be ready for the games."
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One of the biggest game changers in restaurant sales over the past several years has come with the increase of third-party delivery services. Everywhere you look, restaurants are partnering with vendors such as DoorDash, GrubHub and UberEats to offer their customers fast and convenient delivery of their food orders.
These services can help level the playing field for a lot of smaller mom-and-pop restaurants who don’t have the labor and resources to offer delivery that many of their larger competitors possess. Franchises that did not previously offer food delivery have gotten into the act as well, not wanting to fall behind in the game. In 2018, restaurant delivery company acquisitions grew 37.5 percent from the previous year, according to The Food Institute. In a market with fierce competition that has seen customer preference trend toward take-home and delivery orders, being able to offer that service is a tremendous advantage.
Although these third-party delivery services have a lot of benefits, they don’t come without some drawbacks. While the delivery sales do increase, the customer counts at those restaurants may drop off as a result. There are also delivery fees associated with these partnerships. In each case, it is the cost of doing business in this new market, and a restaurant’s overall revenues often increase as a result.
However, by using a third-party delivery service, restaurants are losing access to important customer information. The restaurants no longer have data such as the customers’ contact information and spending habits. That is extremely valuable information for a restaurant to be able to market to and engage with their customers. A large restaurant franchise such as Domino’s, which has its own delivery service, retains its customers’ contact information and can send coupons and other promotional materials directly to them.
When a restaurant partners with a third-party delivery service, it also risks losing quality control over its product. That is very important, especially in the food-service industry. Not having control over quality can make it a risk of losing customers.
If a customer’s food order is late or subpar, it ultimately reflects poorly on the restaurant. The objective of the delivery service is to take the food from one place to the other. It is not to deliver a great, quality product. If the food doesn’t get there fast enough or it isn’t hot enough or it gets misplaced in the box, that is not their primary concern. Their top concern is to get it from Point A to Point B.
Some restaurant franchises are taking back control of the delivery service by creating their own apps and methods of bringing warm, freshly made food directly to their customers. They are creating greater customer engagement and satisfaction without losing vital consumer data to third party services.
While not every restaurant can do this and using third-party delivery services does come with some downside, I believe these companies are here to stay. Anytime a restaurant can offer an additional service, that is beneficial to the customer. Food delivery has proven to be an increasingly valuable service and one that can substantially increase a restaurant’s revenue and customer count.