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Chinese e-bikes to face EU dumping probe
🔊 Podcast: EU e-bike dumping probe could worsen trade tensions between Europe and China
Listen in as MLex's Managing Editor in Brussels James Panichi is joined by Chief Correspondent in Trade Poppy Carnell for a lively discussion covering the ...
2 October 2017. By Poppy Carnell.
Chinese e-bike producers such as Fuji-Ta, Geoby and Tiajin Goldenwheel are expected to face a dumping probe by the second half of October, MLex has learned.
This investigation, which is likely to be followed by an antisubsidy complaint, could be one of the EU's biggest trade-defense cases, worth up to around 400 million euros ($470 million).
The European Bicycle Manufacturers Association filed its dumping complaint in early September, and is expected to lodge a request for an antisubsidy probe in time for the European Commission to open the inquiry by the end of the year. Both cases include pedal-assisted electric city bikes and electric mountain bikes with lithium batteries.
The probe will also affect companies such as Taiwan's Giant, which makes bikes in China and exports them to Europe.
Last year, Chinese companies exported an estimated 800,000 e-bikes to Europe, 40 percent more than the year before. They sell them in the EU for about half of the price of European manufacturers' bikes.
EU sales of e-bikes, which is around two million units a year, is projected to increase to five million annually over the next five years. European bikemakers fear most of the growing market will be taken by cheaper Chinese models.
A lot of money is at stake, with the value of the case pitched at up to 400 million euros. This figure is taken from projected sales this year, with the current average import price to distributors at around 456 euros.
The Electric Bike Worldwide Report predicts that the e-bike industry is poised to grow from 200 million worldwide today to two billion by 2050, meaning the potential value linked to the case is much more.
Europe's larger e-bike producers include KMT, Haibike and Lapierre. More than 800 small and medium-sized companies produce bikes and their components.
EU producers have invested heavily in the growing sector — 1 billion euros was invested by EU producers in the last year — to push innovation in green technology. But with the increase in Chinese market share, which producers say has gone from around 20 percent to 30 percent between 2014 and early 2016, it's becoming harder for EU producers to remain at the cutting edge due to the loss in custom.
EU market share has gone down from 74 percent in 2014 to 61.9 percent in 2016.
The European bike industry, for both normal and electronic bikes, accounts for 90,000 jobs in Europe.
The bike association also claims leaving the market without measures against China would have a knock-on effect on other companies. Bosch, for example, is one of the main suppliers of motors to Europe's e-bikes. If the European bike makers will suffer, so will they, the group says.
On top of the dumping, European manufacturers say, Chinese rivals are benefiting from state aid. This includes, for example, forms of cheap loans and grants, subsidies linked to high technology development, training in professional skills linked to the industry and other schemes. They also receive patent protection for free, which is a big cost for European companies, the industry says.
EU bikemakers hope the commission will open an antisubsidy probe, which lasts 13 months, to run in parallel with the dumping probe, which lasts up to 15 months.
The European Bicycle Manufacturers Association will also be asking the commission to impose registration on Chinese imports from the start of the probe, which allows investigators the option to retroactively impose tariffs from the point of registration.
E-bikes are produced in 22 out of the EU's 28 member states. Germany is by far the largest producer in the bloc, followed by the Netherlands, Hungary, France and Austria.


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Fortnite: Battle Royale’s cultural hold isn’t loosening up. Epic Games has amassed 200 million registered players for the popular battle royale game, according to Bloomberg.
It’s a 60 percent jump in registered users since June, when developer Epic Games announced it had reached the 125 million mark for Fortnite. In January, Epic said the game had 40 million players—a number that sounds paltry compared to the new figure. Registered users, however, don’t equate to active users; Epic said in early November it had reached 8.3 million concurrent players around the world.
Related: Fortnite Winter Royale is the next phase of Fortnite’s competitive season
Fortnite’s success can be attributed to a number of different factors. Despite being an early access game, the 100-player battle royale title is a cultural phenomenon worldwide, and it just keeps expanding. A boost in numbers—both registered and concurrent players—is likely thanks to the game’s recent release in South Korea and continued expansion to new platforms. The game is available everywhere players are: in PC bangs in Korea, on smartphones, on console, on PC. And better yet, it’s free to play on all devices.
Epic is injecting a lot of money into the game, both on the casual and competitive fronts. Fortnite’s competitive scene has a $100 million prize pool for the 2018 to 2019 season, spread across a series of different skirmish-style events. Fortnite’s Winter Royale is ongoing, offering up a $1 million prize to the top players. Qualifiers have just finished, and finals tournaments for the European and North American regions will begin soon.

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With so many things going on in this crazy world, it’s easy to lose track of the holidays. Luckily, Consumerist reader Mike recently received an e-mail from Office Depot reminding him that September is indeed National HP Toner Month, that time when families gather together by a bonfire to roast marshmallows, sip cider and swap tales of past National HP Toner Months.
And of course, each town as its National HP Toner Month parade, in which the Toner Princess and her escorts ride down the High Street on floats pulled by Chevy trucks left over from National Truck Month.
Some believe that the growing popularity of National HP Toner Month is what has led to big box retailers putting out their Christmas items during the summer months. After all, once a young child’s mind turns to thoughts of toner, it’s hard to get them into the Yuletide spirit again.


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Decision trees within a molecular memristor
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An electronic device that exhibits some of the flexibility of neural circuits in the brain has been demonstrated.
The technology underpinning today’s computers — logic gates based on transistors — was developed more than 70 years ago. While computers have become more powerful by packing more transistors into them, they don’t come close to rivalling the adaptability and performance of our brains, which are based on neural circuits.
Now, a team that included four researchers at the National University of Singapore has fabricated a device that mimics brain circuits in that it can store information.
Known as a memristor (short for memory resistor), the device contains an iron-containing molecule that has five electrical states and that can remember its previous states.
The team demonstrated the ability of their memristor to realize a decision tree, so-called because it employs a tree-like model to determine outcomes based on inputs.
- Nature 597, 51–56 (2021). doi: 10.1038/s41586-021-03748-0


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Policymakers Must Act to Make All Platforms Safe for Democracy
Washington, D.C. — The American Economic Liberties Project released the following statement in response to reports that President Trump plans to order China’s ByteDance Ltd. to divest its ownership of TikTok.
“There are legitimate national security concerns about the ability of TikTok to manipulate Americans through the misuse of algorithms and targeted data,” said Sarah Miller, Executive Director of the American Economic Liberties Project. “These concerns, however, are not limited to TikTok, which, while particularly dangerous because of its ownership by a corporation headquartered in an illiberal Chinese state, bears striking similarities in its operations to Facebook and Google. Both of these social media giants were exposed this week by the House Antitrust Subcommittee as having dangerous business models, organized as monopolistic manipulation machines who sell highly invasive access to the American public to bad actors.”
“Foreign electoral interference can and has occurred on Facebook despite its ownership by Americans, because the business model itself is dangerous,” added Miller. “We encourage policymakers to not only address the danger of TikTok, but to take the next logical step to make all platforms safe for democracy. It is time to remove Section 230 protections from social communications platforms that sell online behavioral advertising based on personalized data, or to simply bar such advertising altogether.”
Economic Liberties’ recent report on Facebook and Google’s toxic business model, “Ending Our Click-Bait Culture,” is available here.
Learn more about Economic Liberties here.
Economic Liberties works to ensure America’s system of commerce is structured to advance, rather than undermine, economic liberty, fair commerce, and a secure, inclusive democracy. AELP believes true economic liberty means entrepreneurs and businesses large and small succeed on the merits of their ideas and hard work; commerce empowers consumers, workers, farmers, and engineers instead of subjecting them to discrimination and abuse from financiers and monopolists; foreign trade arrangements support domestic security and democracy; and wealth is broadly distributed to support equitable political power.


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Tesla’s ‘Giga Press’ Is Almost Operational. The Stock Is Jumping.
A new Tesla giga press—a diecasting machine that promises to upend automotive manufacturing—is almost ready to go.
The German automotive news outlet Automobilwoche reported Monday that Tesla’s new manufacturing facility in that country will start production in December.
Tesla’s German plant is home to another giga press that will manufacture…


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Here are seven developing trends to watch.
1. Man and machine working side by side
Other companies have seen an increase in client engagements through chatbots that handle easy-to-solve support tickets.
Gartner reported that “71% of IT decision-makers believe that artificial intelligence and automation can improve customer service during the Covid-19 pandemic.”Since the outbreak of Coronavirus, there was also an increase in combining customer relationship management (CRM) software with AI-powered sales automation algorithms. The automation can handle initial phases of “warming up” a lead by delivering personalised and targeted content, then following up, qualifying and handing the lead over to a human representative when the time is right.
AI’s support for remote work is only going to increase in the future. Some employees are going to upskill themselves in how to work alongside algorithms and automations in order to achieve the best results for an organisation.
There are processes the algorithm will do better than a human and there are times when the “human touch” will be needed. Companies are going to have to invest time and resources to understand these differences out and make best use of both man and machine.
READ MORE: 4 ways AI can help fight Covid-19
2. Algorithms that think and write like humans
This natural language processing algorithm is causing a stir because the use cases for it are immense.
In short, this wholly autonomous system can generate a quick tweet or a coherent social media post from just a single word, create basic code from simple text commands, or simplify complex text in academic course material or a legal contract into English that is easy to understand. In the last example, you could also enter simple text and GPT-3 will generate a legal contract.
While the results are not yet perfect, it is incredible to think all of this is being done using the same algorithm.
READ MORE: AI and start ups taking on the fight against fake news
An Amazon Alexa voice assistant activated on a Fitbit Sense health tracking smart watch.
3. Artificial intelligence accelerating new drugs and vaccines
Ther publication discusses how AI models could be used in precision medicine, accelerating Covid-19 drug repurposing, and reducing time frames of drug discovery from 10 or more years and costs from billions of dollars.
4. Master’s degrees in AI become a reality
We have seen business schools start to offer MBA programmes with a focus on artificial intelligence and in 2019, the Mohamed bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence was launched in Dubai as the world’s first AI university, offering Masters Degrees in Computer Vision and PhD programmes.
5. Rapid advancements in Edge AI
Edge devices currently make use of artificial intelligence algorithms to function. Your smartphone’s voice assistant is a good example. Its AI algorithms are mostly run in the cloud and this presents some challenges. The device has to perform a task quickly, but the dependence on sending data to the cloud, crunching it, then bringing back the result to the smartphone introduces latency and bandwidth issues.
Edge AI aims to solve this by running the AI algorithms on local hardware, thereby reducing costs for communication and bandwidth and increasing security and privacy, not to mention overall responsiveness. When data is processed directly on devices in real- time, we will no doubt unlock new opportunities for the Internet of Things (IoT).
Samsung Electric President and CEO of Consumer Electronics Division H.S. Kim displays Ballie, an AI-enabled companion robot, at the Consumer Technology Association (CES) 2020 conference.
6. AI for the good of Earth
WildTrack, a nonprofit organisation, is making use AI-powered drones to track wildlife in the Kruger National Park. Initially, the conservationists and researchers used a traditional tracking method of affixing radio collars but discovered that these collars were affecting female black rhinos’ reproduction.
When they studied how a Zimbabwean tribe used animal’s footprints to glean information such as weight, sex, and species without directly interacting or interfering with the animals, the founders of WildTrack created a Footprint Identification Technique (FIT). The technique makes use of AI algorithms to identify individual animals with 95% accuracy without getting too close to them.
Other scientists are using machine learning algorithms to monitor acoustic data in oceans and track endangered species such as the Beluga Whales.
Microsoft has invested millions of dollars in support of AI algorithms aimed at preserving our planet – such as tracking surface water quantity and quality, using satellite imagery and weather forecasts to provide precision recommendations for farmers (which resulted in 30% higher groundnut yields per hectare in India), air quality sensors in cities that assist governments come up with ways to better understand and improve air quality.
7. Hyper-personalisation – the right fit, finally
With hyper-personalisation, the online analytical tool knows your exact dimensions and can recommend whether what you are admiring will not frustrate you when you receive it. While it may sound intrusive, it is a powerfully intuitive use case of hyper-personalisation.
E-commerce and other brands will be able to tailor every interaction with a customer to suit that one customer’s preferences and behavioural data. AI algorithms running on online stores will understand the exact colour shirts you prefer and can recommend right-fit suits that match the shirts.
Marketing departments will stop sending you emails about products AI algorithms have understood that you are never going to ever interact with. Instead, they will deliver emails in a language and tone you prefer, at the time when you usually check your emails so as not to disturb you during your busy times.
In 2020, Kognitiv research put hyper-personalisation as the top trend for financial services.
The truth is that each customer wants to have a personalised experience. Platforms like Netflix are indirectly creating customers who want organisations to know intuitively who they are and what products are a good fit for them and them only.
This is creating new opportunities for AI algorithms in different industries, even financial services. At your current life stage, income level, and responsibilities, you want products that match your aspirations and needs.
Trends of the future
Just imagine having a digital “twin” that can attend school on your behalf while you learn from the comfort of your home? Avatars to run scenario testing without any human being exposed to harm? Brain-to-computer interfaces? Or even self-replicating and improving AI algorithms that mankind can send out to conduct pioneering exploration in the universe or the vast still-unexplored depths of our oceans?
The possibilities are endless.
About the author
Data Scientist, Investec Private Bank
I am a Data Scientist within the Analytics Consulting Team in Investec Private Bank where my team focuses on building the machine learning and artificial intelligence capability in the bank, coming up with use cases and implementing them. I founded an edutech startup when I was doing my undergraduate studies and it currently has just over 17,000 students registered, mostly from South Africa.


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NCR Corporation (NYSE: NCR) today announced it has won a competitive bid to extend its e-commerce partnership with Old National Bank, a $7.8 billion financial services organization headquartered in Indiana.
The partnership enables Old National Bank to leverage NCR's Web Hosting Services and APTRA Online Banking solution. This provides the bank with a secure and scalable platform to deliver convenient online banking services to their customer base, which they expected to double over the next year alone.
APTRA Online Banking enables Old National Bank's customers to access their accounts online and perform financial transactions such as paying bills, checking balances and receiving notifications. Over the past 11 years, this scalable software solution has supported Old National Bank's sustained customer growth, from 20,000 in 1999 to more than 144,000 today. That total is expected to double in the next 12 months.
NCR guarantees Old National Bank 99.9 percent system availability. In addition, NCR has a dedicated disaster recovery environment for Old National Bank that ensures system service restoration within 24 hours of a crisis.
"As a financial institution it is critical that we deliver reliable, secure and customizable solutions to our customers. NCR proved to be the company that could meet those needs and uphold our customer service standards," said Jim Weeast, Chief Information Officer, Old National Bank. "NCR's APTRA Online Banking provides us with a customizable solution that can handle our dynamic and fast-growing online customer base."
APTRA Online Banking provides a roadmap to enable banks to introduce NCR APTRA Mobile Banking and meet consumer demand to manage their finances when and where they want by delivering converged services across multiple banking channels. This includes, for example, using NCR APTRA eMarketing multichannel offer management software to deliver targeted, personalized promotions to consumers across multiple branch, call centre, mobile, online and ATM banking channels. It provides the insight to track and adapt to consumers' presence in these channels and their communication preferences.
"NCR's partnership with Old National Bank demonstrates our capability to deliver enterprise software solutions that deliver a merged channel experience for the end user, including the online banking channel," said Michael O'Laughlin, vice president and general manager, NCR Financial Services. "We look forward to working with Old National Bank to integrate successful banking solutions that will help their business grow and continue offering outstanding customer service."


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For some bars, it’s a sliver of silver lining, on ice.
When New York’s restaurant and bar industry more or less completely closed up on March 16 in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak, Gov. Andrew Cuomo relaxed state liquor regulations to allow to-go cocktails for the first time.
New York’s PDT, Attaboy and Dante were among the first venues to jump on the new to-go cocktail rules, seeing it as a way to eke out some revenue following the virus-related closures that have shaken the hospitality industry to its core.
“I feel like we’re at war,” Dante principal Linden Pride says. “As soon as [Gov. Cuomo made that announcement,] it lifted our spirits enormously because it was bad news after bad news. It allows people to say, let’s get a Dante Negroni and a bowl of pasta. It definitely allowed us to reconnect to our community.”
Dante, like many venues, was running a lean operation this week, forced to lay off its 45-person staff and switch to to-go and delivery options only, following a government mandate. A shortened menu featured items already stocked in the kitchen and bar, so that the restaurant wouldn’t have to spend any extra money. “If we can sell $700 to $1000 of goods a day, that allows us to continue to pay health insurance and distribute work to our neediest employees,” Pride says. “The cocktails allow us to do that.”
At PDT and Attaboy, a similar scrappy attitude emerged. For a few days, you could pick up hand-labeled, bottled Old Fashioneds at PDT, then walk over to Attaboy to get their classic Penicillins, served in half-quart containers, with block ice and ginger garnishes served on the side in plastic baggies. Customers could order online or place requests via social media and pay by Venmo. (Over the week, PDT and Attaboy also engaged in a silly crosstown rivalry that played out in Instagram Stories.)
By Friday, however, when the governor ordered all of New York’s non-essential businesses to close, PDT and Attaboy both decided to close up shop.
“It just felt like it’s the end of the basketball game, and it’s the final, and you’re down by 20 points,” PDT’s Jeff Bell said on Friday as he bottled the bar’s last drinks. “While the government allowed it, it was great for people. It was good for morale, but at some point, we have to pack it up.”
For now, Dante, Holiday Cocktail Lounge, Middle Branch, 7B Horseshoe Bar and Brooklyn’s Fort Defiance, among a few others, have chosen to remain open. Cobble Hill’s Leyenda announced over the weekend that it too was opening a to-go cocktail window, manned by co-owner Ivy Mix herself.
It’s not just New York bars who are getting inventive; batched to-go drinks and even pre-batched craft mixers are popping at Scout (London), Lono Hollywood (Los Angeles) and The Fox Bar (Nashville). (Due to the quickly evolving landscape, it’s worth checking your favorite bar’s social media for their latest status updates on closings and delivery options.)
“I think you're going to see people try all sorts of things,” Fort Defiance owner St. John Frizell said earlier this week. “Everyone is just trying frantically to think of new ways to generate revenue.”
Will the to-go cocktail save the industry during its darkest time since 9/11? Hardly, but once bars get back on their feet, perhaps officials might be persuaded to let these new regulations remain on the books. “Let’s hope they keep these laws relaxed when we come back so they can give us ways to generate revenue,” Jeff Bell says. “If we could do cocktails to-go as well as being open, we could add a few extra thousand dollars a night on busy nights.”
For the current moment, it’s touch-and-go at bars in New York and across the country.
Earlier in the week, Nicole Hudson had opened a New Orleans-style to-go window at her family’s East Village venue, 7B Horseshoe Bar, where she doled out beer, cocktails and bags of chips. She anticipated closing by 8 p.m. most nights. Two days later, New Yorkers were greeted with a bright, spring weekend, so 7B’s social media announced it planned to stay open all night long, perhaps even until 4 a.m.
“If the window is open and the neon is lit, you can place an order,” the bar said on Instagram. “Be safe everyone!”


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The Cuban press has set its crosshairs on resellers as if it were a story, as if only now they seem to realize that there is a black market dealing in every corner of the country with everything that can be sold there.
In the report of the national television news they have even hinted that even some employees of state stores are buddies with the hoarders. They discover that thanks to the complicity of the shopkeepers the black market caters largely.
They swim on the surface, touch the effects without daring to penetrate the causes of a problem that has dragged on for decades due to a chronic shortage of products ranging from screws to mopping cloths.
During the early years of the revolution shortages could be attributed to the United States embargo, but today Cuba has trade relations worldwide and can purchase the products people need in other markets.
It doesn’t even seem there is a financial problem because the products are there and disappear intermittently. The shaving cream can completely disappear for a couple of months and overnight reappear in all stores.
These fluctuations are what allow a group of street-wise people to hoard and resell after a little these products over priced. It is the lack of foresight and planning when importing what causes these bumps that facilitate the activity of hoarders.
No doubt that Cuba has a planned economy; the problem is whether it is well planned. Indeed, for decades, there is a chaos in the internal trade that has never been ordered even minimally.
On these days, a colleague from the foreign press noted that in the same time when the toilet paper disappeared from shops, a Havana supermarket was offering cans of pickled partridge nobody buys.
Who decides to buy these luxury canned items in a time when the store shelves are almost empty? That story is too much of a reminiscent of that of a staff member who imported to Cuba a machine for clearing snow.
Market and consumer
The internal trade system doesn’t require a “model updating” but a radical change, a new model. They must start with the importing companies, bureaucratic entities that ignore the interests of consumers and buy without rhyme or reason.
Many employees receive commissions from suppliers so they do not prioritize national interests but those of their own pocket. They were paid by those corrupt foreign businessmen recently tried and sentenced to jail.
To plan they should start by doing market research, know the needs of consumers and making purchasing decisions from there. It is about purchasing products that people need and in amounts commensurate with demand.
Planning means be able to organize imports cycles so that there is a fluid supply, without black holes like that abound in the domestic trade of Cuba on any item you think of, from milk to wood.
Sometimes that chaos has high costs for the economy as when buses are stopped because they didn’t buy the parts on time, wood for boxes to harvest crops gets scarce or a sugar mill is stopped for lack of foresight.
Even in the sale of school uniforms, at state-subsidized prices, unrest is created by the lack of sizes. One problem that the shopkeepers are always ready to solve by charging the child’s parents an extra bit of money.
The entire distribution system is rotten, importers charge commissions, shopkeepers sell out of the way, butchers steal the chicken, grocery store clerks add stones to beans, green market sellers alter the weights and bakers steal flour and oil.
And amid all that chaos is the Cuban consumer, who does not even have an Office where to claim their rights when they buy rotten meat mince, a pair of old shoes or a refrigerator dripping water.
Certainly speculation is a despicable activity but is not the cause of the black market. You may start a new campaign against hoarders but you will not be more successful than previous until an efficient trading system is created.


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The 33,000 square foot flagship commercial building at the heart of Leicester’s rapidly developing Great Central Square is to host the launch event of the prestigious Leicester Business Festival later this month.
Construction work on the five-storey No.1 Great Central Square has completed eight weeks ahead of schedule. Main contractor Morgan Sindall Construction has worked closely with the developer behind the landmark scheme, Charles Street Buildings, and the festival organisers, to facilitate the high-profile launch event.
Now in its fifth year, the annual, two-week festival attracts more than 7,000 visitors to the city. A programme of 115 events aimed at the business community and potential investors, will cover everything from digital readiness and export strategies, to real estate investment opportunities.
Back by the Department for International Trade, the festival is the largest of its type in the East Midlands. It is seen as an unrivalled opportunity to publicise Leicester’s growing reputation as a business destination to an international audience.
Richard Frape, operations director at Morgan Sindall Construction, said: “Leicester needs well-designed contemporary office space. It’s key to securing the investment and jobs that go hand-in-hand with the kind of high-calibre businesses a flagship development like this will undoubtedly attract.
“The festival is a great advert for our city. There’s no better shop window to display its credentials as a business destination to an international audience.
“Construction work has been progressing well at Great Central Square and we are incredibly pleased that we could accelerate the programme to facilitate this launch event.”
Scott Charlish, head of East Midlands financial planning at Brewin Dolphin and the chair of the LBF Steering Group said: “The launch is the flagship event of the Business Festival. Each year we purposely select a unique or iconic venue of significance to the area. As a new, exciting and distinctive speculative development in the heart of the city, Great Central Square embodies this ambition. It symbolises Leicester’s thriving commercial property industry and growing economy – essentially mirroring the aspirations of the Business Festival.”
Joseph Murphy, Director, at Charles Street Buildings, added: “For a mixed-use regeneration scheme to thrive and deliver longstanding benefits to the wider city, bringing in the right commercial occupiers is key. They can provide the sustained footfall which surrounding retail and leisure operators depend on.
“Leicester has been in need of this kind of high-specification office space for some time. We’re pleased to be able to release it to the market ahead of schedule and delighted to support the festival, which is so important to the city’s business community.”
Occupier interest in the striking Grade A office building is already healthy and expected to intensify as the wider £50 million mixed-use development nears completion.
- For more information about this news release please contact Jonathan Daly or Helena Young at Influential on 0161 935 8474 or email [email protected]


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WhatsApp was phasing out compatibility with older phones in a technology upgrade. For iPhone users, WhatsApp will stop working on any iPhone 3GS and will also stop being supported on any device running iOS 6.
“While these mobile devices have been an important part of our story, they do not offer the kind of capabilities we need to expand our app’s features in the future,” the report said, quoting a spokesperson from WhatsApp.
The company has also said that several older services would be discontinued in 2017.
The service will also stop on any first, second, third or fourth generation iPad that has not been updated. Users need to update to iOS 9.3 to use the service.
Phones or tablets running on Android 2.1 or 2.2 operating system will not be supported after year end.
WhatsApp will stop working on Windows 7 running devices and if you are still using Windows 7, you need to update the device as soon as possible in order to use the service.
However, WhatsApp is extending support for BlackBerry OS, BlackBerry 10, Nokia S40 and Nokia Symbian S60 until June 30, 2017.


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Following Virgin Mobile’s announcement last week that it would drop its $80 unlimited plan down to $50 per month, all the major prepaid carriers now offer plans at this price point. Boost Mobile was the first to make its move at the beginning of the year, and at the time, Neil Lindsay, Boost’s vice president of marketing, maintained that it wasn’t looking to start a price war – but with increasing pressure on the wireless industry, that appears to be exactly what happened.
“When any large carrier puts an easy-to-understand and aggressively priced unlimited plan into the market, they risk putting the entire sector in a permanent â€˜critical state,’” wrote Bernstein Research senior analyst Craig Moffett in a research note. “Thereafter, any shock to the fragile equilibrium – be it from a supply chain disruption, weak handset selection, or simply bad advertising – leaves but one lever to pull. Unlimited plans take a big step in the direction of commoditization and risk making price the sole axis of competition.”
While the price is the same, each plan takes its own view of unlimited. Virgin’s only includes voice compared to Boost’s unlimited plan that includes Web access, SMS and telecom tax. Meanwhile, T-Mobile is only trialing its $50 plan with existing, long-term customers; although Moffett pointed it out it can’t keep up this strategy for long. Still, any way you look at it, the prepaid space, including growing carriers MetroPCS and Leap Wireless, has clearly seen the biggest uptick in competition and aggressive promotion in the past year.
In a press release last week, Boost took stabs at Virgin Mobile, which ironically shares Sprint’s network to wholesale minutes. Boost pointed out that Virgin’s plan can actually cost consumers closer to $72 per month when text messaging, Web and telecom taxes are factored in. The competition may be hurting each of these players, forcing Virgin to drop its prices in the first place, but it has been good for their parent company.
Moffett poised the question, when $50 is the new $100 (the unlimited plan price resulting from last year’s price war), doesn’t anyone gain? As the first-mover, Sprint may be the only carrier that stands to benefit right now. The third-largest carrier should have faster prepaid subscriber growth in the first quarter, according to Moffett, but the growth could ultimately hurt Sprint’s already struggling postpaid business. Moffett predicted Sprint will gain 300,000 prepaid subs in the first quarter, adjusted from his earlier forecast of a loss of 275,000 subs. At the same time, using its resources on prepaid will result in a loss of 1.2 million postpaid subs, he said, adjusting his original prediction of a 900,000 sub loss. Sprint, which been working to improve its image with a new marketing campaign, will gain 300,000 direct subs overall this year – an improvement, but not likely enough to spur a turnaround.
“Shrinking more slowly will not reverse the de-leveraging of Sprint’s fixed cost infrastructure,” Moffett said. “Nothing less than actual subscriber gains will satisfy, and we are still cautious…We believe expectations remain too high for wireless overall, and remain cautious with regard to the big telcos as well.”


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Walgreens will sell CBD creams, patches and sprays in nearly 1,500 stores in select states, the company told CNBC on Wednesday. The drugstore chain will sell the cannabis-based products in Oregon, Colorado, New Mexico, Kentucky, Tennessee, Vermont, South Carolina, Illinois and Indiana. Walgreens declined to specify which brands it might carry.
“This product offering is in line with the efforts to provide a wider range of accessible health insurance and wellbeing products and services to best meet the requirements and preferences in our customers,” Walgreens spokesman Brian Faith said within an email to CNBC.
Rival drugstore chain CVS introduced CBD-containing topicals, including creams and salves, to stores in eight states earlier in March. As the non-psychoactive cannabis compound becomes one of many hottest ingredients in consumer products, retailers are carefully evaluating the current market.
People are increasingly interested in learning CBD, which promises to help everything from anxiety to pain even though there is scant evidence backing up these claims. And while CBD based on hemp is currently legal due to the farm bill Congress passed late last year, the FDA says companies still can’t add CBD to food or sell it off as being a health supplement.
The regulatory uncertainty has left some large companies on the sidelines right now. Selling CBD-infused beauty and skin-care products brings far less risk, rendering it an evident starting point for retailers.
What is CBD? CBD is the acronym for “Cannabidiol” that is a chemical found inside the Cannabis sativa plant.
Where does CBD result from? CBD is primarily produced from hemp, a variety of the cannabis plant that has little or no THC (under .3%).
Is hemp the same as marijuana? No. Hemp and marijuana are both plants inside the cannabis species, but they are different varieties. Hemp contains little or no THC, the substance in marijuana that creates a “high.”
Is CBD safe to use? CBD is believed to be safe. However, patients should first check making use of their health care provider or pharmacist and get if CBD goods are right to them.
Does Walgreens sell CBD products? Walgreens offers certain products containing CBD in nearly 1,500 Walgreens stores in select states (Alabama, Arkansas, Colorado, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Maryland, Michigan, Missouri, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, South Carolina, Tennessee, Vermont, Wisconsin, and Washington). The CBD-related items we carry are topical creams, patches and sprays. The product offering is within line with the efforts to provide a wider range of accessible health and well-being services and products to best meet the needs and preferences of our own customers.
The retail chain announced Thursday it can begin offering certain products containing CBD, cannabidiol, in nearly 1,500 Walgreens stores in Oregon, Colorado, New Mexico, Kentucky, Tennessee, Vermont, South Carolina, Illinois and Indiana.
The CBD-related items offered in Walgreens stores will be topical creams, patches and sprays. The merchandise is going to be “non-THC containing,” based on the company.
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Listing Village: New real estate marketing company offers unique services
October 16-22, 2017
By Jay Edwards
After a lot of hours and effort the past three years, the team at Listing Village launched their real estate marketing solutions company in June. It is, they believe, a unique platform that will help agents market their business and bring in qualified leads.
The company focuses on three things – A website, a map and social media. They coordinate the three to bring agents their tagline – real estate marketing simplified.
“Real estate agents have been evolving and continue to become even more independent contractors,” says Jason Palecek, director of business development. “Our mission is to help brand the individual real estate agent by providing them their own access to a map that shows all the listings of new homes and open houses. It is constantly updated throughout the day, syncing every ten minutes with CARMLS, which allows us to have the most accurate prices and current listings and sales on the market.”
When a Realtor comes on board with Listing Village, they put together the website, designing it with the agent’s brand identity and giving them the ability to use the interactive map.
“We have designed a marketing social media platform,” says Matthew Young, president and CEO. “The way it works is we take an agent’s listing, placing it on FB, Twitter, Instagram and LinkedIn. From there we pair down the demographics to find the most likely buyers for that specific listing.”
Young has developed an algorithm to identify who those buyers are. His tech background and website development expertise landed him work in the real estate community where he picked up on what agents were looking for.
“I was building different platforms for Realtors and was hearing things they did not like about Zillow or Realtor.com.” he says. “Or, they would have a website and the map was terrible, so no one used it. So we spent a lot of time building our map. We wanted something the end-user could be comfortable with. The end-user in this case is the client, because ultimately, that’s who we are serving.”
“Zillow is restricted on the listings they can post. Once an agent signs with us they have every single listing in the MLS now available through their website. So we get consumers to use the Realtor’s map, which gets them on the website. It really is a better tool than anything out there.”
The second challenge Young and his team faced, was now that this powerful tool was available, how did they get people to come use it.
When you look at the ads on Facebook now, you likely notice that you are being hit with ads based on what you’ve liked or commented on previously. Facebook constantly searches through what people are saying and what they are looking at. Listing Village uses their own technology in conjunction with Facebook and other social media platforms to qualify people who have the best potential to be buyers, by weeding out the window shoppers. So that when a Realtor gets a lead, it is a real lead. “It is much different than paying 200 dollars for an ad on Facebook that shows everyone a home, because not everyone is looking for a home, in fact most are not,” says Schell Gower, the company’s marketing consultant.
“This is giving you a very targeted way to attract people who are qualified buyers,” said Jacob Feuers, the company’s chief operations officer.
“Another good feature,” Young says, “is the Arkansas Homebuyer Alerts. The way it works is, we bring them in when they look at an initial ad, and then track them and follow up with them on what they are actually interested in. As people go to the website and click on a home, we send back to FB what they are actually looking at. Say someone is looking at three to four hundred thousand in Hillcrest. We will send them back any listings an agent has, which fits those parameters. We know what they want, and that’s what we find and send back to them. We aren’t spending money and time, getting what are likely the wrong home ads to prospective buyers. That is really the goal.”
“And for new agents, who may not have any listings yet, it can still be effective. They pick ten homes out of the MLS and put them on their site, so those qualified leads will get to them just as if someone was searching listings they actually had.”
To learn more about the company and see real agent testimonies, visit their website at www.listingvillage.com
The Listing Village team at their offices on the 32nd floor of the Simmons Tower in downtown Little Rock. Left to right are Jacob Feuers, Matthew Young, Jason Palecek and Jacob Fry. (Photo by Jay Edwards)


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Taipei, Taiwan – Taiwanese PC maker Asustek Computer wants to increase its global smartphone unit sales by 50 percent in 2015, in part be expanding its Android-phone presence in the U.S., Europe and China, CEO Jerry Shen said in an investors conference call.
The company has dabbled in the U.S. smartphone market in the past, having teamed with Garmin about five years ago on short-lived combination smartphone/portable navigation devices (PNDs). In 2014, Asustek brought its PadFone X to the U.S. exclusively through AT&T. The 5-inch Full-HD smartphone docks with a 9-inch Full-HD tablet, enabling users to switch screen sizes as needed for different tasks.
The company also offers tablets in the U.S. and launched a smart watch in the U.S. at the end of 2014.
Shen said the company plans an April event in the U.S. to announce a new product.
The company shipped 8.5 million smartphones globally in 2014 and wants to double that number in 2015, in part by also stepping up sales in such markets as India, Russia, Brazil, and Southeast Asia.
In 2014, 65 percent of company sales came from PCs, with 17 percent from tablets and phones. Another 16 percent came from PC components such as monitors.
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Canadian executives have such enthusiasm for e-business that neither a disappointing rate of investment returns, nor a dodgy economy has tempered their zeal, a new survey has found.
The report, released by Toronto consulting firm Accenture, found more than three-quarters of the 300 officials surveyed are “actively pursuing” an e-business strategy. This represents an increase of 15 per cent over the results of a similar Accenture study performed in 1999.
Rather than just talking about e-business, said Jerry Garcia a Toronto-based partner with Accenture, these numbers indicate businesses have made a real commitment of money and resources to e-commerce projects.
However, the study also found organizations are realizing only an 18.4 per cent return on their e-business investments – significantly lower that the average projected return of 42 per cent.
“The biggest issue is that there is over-optimism at times, as there has been in the past with the Web,” Garcia said. “Not that anybody does it with the intention to deceive – they get caught up in the very ambitious, and perhaps overly ambitious plans on expected returns.”
With over two-thirds of the businesses that employ a customer relationship management (CRM) plan characterizing this strategy as “important”, Garcia said, CRM is finally starting to get the respect it deserves. It is even possible that, in a roundabout way, grassroots customer complaints are reaching the ears of executives, he added.
“With the slowing economy, companies are even more interested in doing anything that helps them increase revenue – even by one or two percentage points. They can do that by better customer retention, through better customer management, or cross selling and up selling to existing customers. [CRM strategies] become a very attractive proposition now to executives who are looking for even a small improvement in revenue.”
The survey, which targeted senior-level corporate executives, also cited application integration as a major roadblock on the information and e-business superhighway. This interest in circuits, wires and platforms is a positive sign to Garcia. As well, he said there are many more front-office personnel involved in making IT decisions than ever before.
“What we’re seeing is a lot more executives from the marketing groups, sales groups, and customer service, really getting behind e-business and the CRM initiatives – which is exactly right. It’s what you want to do to get real integration with the business. But it does also mean sometimes that you need a better and stronger linkage with the IS/IT professionals.”
Despite the current economic hiccups, and the discrepancy between the projected and actual flow of e-commerce dollars, Garcia said Canadian executives are finding their footing in the wired world.
“People are realizing that the only way to generate strategic value from all the technology is to tightly integrate it with the business processes and all the business group … you can see that the trends are positive.”
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Nor-Shipping is getting ready to open its digital doors to the industry, with the new Ocean Now initiative launching next week. The 2-day, hybrid activity programme is free to all, with content designed to deliver value, insights, analysis, and even a little light entertainment to everyone with a commercial interest in the ocean space. Ocean Now will also build excitement for Nor-Shipping 2022 – the first “winter” Nor-Shipping, taking place 10-13 January in Oslo and Lillestrøm, Norway.
“Originally, 1 June was set as the date of Nor-Shipping 2021, but, of course, the pandemic put paid to those plans,” comments Per Martin Tanggaard, Nor-Shipping Director. “So, we wanted to create something to help fill the gap left by the lack of physical gatherings, providing an event where the industry can tap into the latest developments, access opportunity, and continue collaborating. Ocean Now is the result.”
Commencing on 1 June, the programme is anchored by two headline activities – the Today Show by Nor-Shipping, a unique industry ‘TV style’ talk show on day one, and Nor-Shipping Hydrogen Blue Talks – Fuelling the Future, a new, global conference (both physical and online) taking place on 2 June. In between, a range of specially curated content showcases breakthrough projects, innovations and partnerships, while there’s also coverage of a high level UNGC debate in Oslo on shipping’s green transition, local networking events, and much more.
Partner events will see DNV, DNB, Skuld, KONGSBERG and Jotun, among others, deliver digital content focusing on taking positive business #ACTION (the theme of Nor-Shipping 2022) within the ocean space. For a full list of activity, visit www.nor-shipping.com/ocean-now.
“From the outset we realised it was pointless to try and offer a digital version of Nor-Shipping itself,” explains Tanggaard. “What makes it so special is that, for one week only, key decision makers from around the world gather, connect and build opportunity together, face-to-face. The whole spectrum of shipping and the ocean industries are represented, making it a true hub for the community, and an unmissable date in the diary. That experience can’t be recreated on a screen. So, we decided we’d do something completely different.”
He continues: “We also recognise that, with the proliferation of ‘home office’ throughout the industry, there’s a degree of screen fatigue. That’s why we’ve focused on tailoring something that really is unique, as illustrated by the inclusion of the ocean space’s first, dedicated business talk show. Ocean Now aims to offer something for everyone, and we see it as a key stepping stone on the path to our long-awaited reunion at Nor-Shipping 2022. That will, without a doubt, act both as a celebration and a launchpad for a new era of industry activity.”
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The Today Show by Nor-Shipping features a range of high-profile guests (including DNB CEO Kjerstin Braathen, DNV CEO Remi Eriksen and Jarand Rystad, CEO Rystad Energy) as well as live music from a special Nor-Shipping band, featuring Ståle Hansen, the CEO of Skuld and Viggo Bondi, Executive Director at the Norwegian Shipowners’ Association (and former member of a-ha), amongst others.
Nor-Shipping Hydrogen Blue Talks – Fuelling the Future, is a day-long paid for event taking place both online and at Nor-Shipping’s Nova Studios in Lillestrøm, Norway. Participants include leading national and global renewable energy and maritime stakeholders, such as Tina Bru, Norway’s Minister of Petroleum and Energy, Bjørn Simonsen, CEO Saga Pure, Steinar Madsen, CEO Topeka, and many more.


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Avalara Partners with Retail Realm to Automate Sales Tax Management for Microsoft Dynamics AX Retail Customers
Avalara, Inc., a leading provider of tax compliance automation for businesses of all sizes, today announced a new partnership with Retail Realm, a multinational retail-centric software developer and distributor.
This partnership will enable customers of Microsoft Dynamics AX for Retail to benefit from Avalara, whose solution automatically calculates sales tax in the real-time “magic moment” of ecommerce.
Avalara’s sales tax management offering will add a new component to RR mAX Essentials, an integrated solution that enhances and extends the out-of-the-box retail functionality of Dynamics AX. Additionally, customers can add Avalara’s tax return preparation, filing and remittance services.
Avalara will showcase its new solution in the Exhibit Hall at the annual ‘Retail Realm Partner & User Conference’ August 21 – August 23 at the Four Seasons hotel in Las Vegas.
Microsoft Invites Peppermint to Enterprise Cloud Alliance
Cloud solution provider Peppermint Technology has become a member of Microsoft’s Enterprise Cloud Alliance, bringing together enterprise and cloud solutions in strategic engagements with Microsoft.
Membership in the Alliance, which is by invitation, gives Peppermint, a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner, direct access to the Microsoft Cloud and Enterprise team. The alliance is part of Peppermint’s ongoing strategy to help its customers quickly respond to the constantly changing business needs in the legal market, according to company officials.
As part of the alliance, gives Peppermint early insight into Microsoft’s future plans and developments for its cloud and Microsoft Dynamics products, according to Peppermint CTO Mike Walker.
“We launched our second-generation Peppermint Cloud earlier this year. We’ve migrated 25 of our law firm customers, and are taking more live over the next few months,” Walker said in a statement. “We are investing further and enhancing our relationship with Microsoft, and participation in the Enterprise Cloud Alliance will help us ensure our customers get even more value from the Peppermint Cloud using Microsoft Dynamics and Microsoft Azure.
Luxury Travel Retailer Selects Microsoft Dynamics AX for Retail
Hitachi Solutions Philippines will implement Microsoft Dynamics AX to automate and streamline Duty Free Philippines Corp.’s business processes, and deliver greater efficiency and productivity.
Duty Free Philippines is the country’s top luxury travel retailer with a government mandate to operate a tax-free and duty-free merchandising system. With plans to maintain its strategic advantage in a highly competitive and rapidly evolving retail industry, Duty Free Philippines needed to implement a fully-integrated enterprise retail solution to maintain its edge and be on par with changing industry trends, according to company officials.
Dynamics AX will enable Duty Free Philippines to streamline, standardize and improve business processes across the organization, as well as provide an opportunity to facilitate a better change management process, officials said. By adopting global best practices and industry standards, Duty Free Philippines can expect to continue to improve business processes with a global, scalable ERP solution.
Everards Upgrades to Latest Version of Dynamics NAV
Everards, a Leicestershire, UK-based brewer and pub operator, is upgrading to the latest version of Microsoft Dynamics NAV with the UK-based The NAV People, to enable future growth.
Dynamics NAV has reduced the number of manual tasks undertaken across the organization and automated the purchase order approvals process within the company’s property management department, according to officials of the companies.
Everards had been using Dynamics NAV since 2006 and wanted to add features to its existing platform and extend the capabilities of the application. The company upgraded to the nAblement Suite, a set of applications created by The NAV People and certified by Microsoft, which has provided Everards with a modern, robust, and flexible platform that can grow and change with the business, officials said.
“Everards are a prime example of a company benefitting from the modular approach of Dynamics NAV and building on it to meet their exact business requirements,” said Ian Humphries, managing & product director at The NAV People, in a statement. “The solution is extremely flexible providing assurance that it will be able to support the business well into the future.”
SK Global Software Now Available in Microsoft AppSource
Dynamics AX global banking and treasury solutions ISV, SK Global Software, has announced that its Treasury Automation Suite for Dynamics AX is available in Microsoft’s new AppSource, automating banking and treasury processes for Microsoft Dynamics AX customers.
The new Microsoft AppSource Marketplace is an online market for buying and selling software-as-a-service applications and datasets.
SK Global Software’s marketplace solution helps treasury and accounting departments with such things as bank communications in the areas of cash management, vendor and customer payments, FX settlements, risk management, according to company officials.
“We are extremely excited to be providing our full banking and treasury automation suite on Microsoft’s new cloud platform,” said Tim Kahne, SK Global Software CTO, in a statement. “Over the years our customers have enjoyed the benefits of greater efficiency and security and now it’s available to an even wider audience on this ubiquitous platform”


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A Beijing judge has overturned a ruling that Appleis iPhone 6 violated a patent possessed by nearby company Shenzhen Baili, the South China Morning Post has documented.
The Beijing Intellectual Property Office led last Might that the technology giant broken style patents of the local device with its iPhone 6 and IPhone-6 Plus, so that as an outcome was requested to cease promoting the smartphone in Beijing.
However, it’s noted the Intellectual Property Courtroom in Beijing on Friday ruled in preference of the iPhone machine, quashing your decision of the bureau by expressing Apple has not infringed the look patent.
The Californian giant was charged of burning the outside layout of Shenzhen Bailiis 100C smartphone, which is characterized by way of a circular side and rounded sides, just like the IPhone-6 assortment.
Because kicking off court cases against Apple in December 2014, Shenzhen Baili has since collapsed, with South China Morning Article observing the area electronics producer was hit by public critique of its “poor quality” items.
Shenzhen Baili was additionally backed by Asian net giant Baidu.
The ruling passed to Apple this past year from the Intellectual Property Office adopted a dispute between the technology giant and China’s Xintong Tiandi Engineering — which offers leather goods such as handbags and mobile phone situations — that saw the iPhone producer eliminate the rights to the “iPhone” hallmark.
Apple submitted its “iPhone” brand in the sounding “computer hardware and application” in China in April 2002, however the program did not gain endorsement till November 2013. Xintong Tiandi Technology placed on enroll its trademark “IPHONE” inside the group of “leather goods” in China in September 2007.
Your decision means Xintong Tiandi Engineering is able to proceed marketing leather goods labelled with all the “IPHONE” manufacturer.
Apple increased its cost for that iPhone 7 when it continued sales in China this past year, which was due mainly to the decline of the Chinese currency through the previous 12 months, Apple described.
At that time, it had been described that some Chinese consumers contemplate Apple to become copying Asian smartphones and that attributes including double cameras and devices without headset jacks were all firstly seen on Chinese smartphones.
In a bet to dig further into China among enhanced competitiveness from your likes of Huawei and ZTE, Apple announced programs in July to open an additional research and advancement centre in China’s technology manufacturing-mecca Shenzhen.
The Shenzhen center would be the minute for that computer giant, with Apple boss Tim Cook saying in May strategies to start their first China R&N heart in Beijing.
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The Jaipur Watch Company has recently launched India’s first line of 3D printed watches. The prestigious company is India’s only bespoke watch producer but now they’ve metal printed one from stainless steel. JWC chose 3D printing because it was the only way to achieve the design they were looking for.
The watch utilizes a Japanese Miyota mechanical movement 9015. The case’s outer dimension is 40 mm and a thickness of 8mm with handcrafted leather straps. The lugs of the watch are 20mm in size. There are also sapphire crystals adorning the watches, giving the whole line a premium look.
Gaurav Mehta, founder and CEO of theJaipur Watch Company said in an interview with Guardian 20:
“Our brand is renowned for its creativity, and this time we wanted to create a unique concept of which the Indian watch market was completely unaware. We chose to 3D print the watch because it was the only way to achieve the result we wanted. In the 1990s, 3D printing techniques were considered suitable only for the production of functional or aesthetic prototypes. Today, the precision, repeatability and material range have increased to the point that 3D printing is considered as an industrial production technology.”
Advantages of 3D Printed Watches
“Speed and control are the main benefits of incorporating this technology into the R&D process,” said Mehta. “But for us, the main advantage of using 3D printing for our watches is simply freedom. Not only does this manufacturing method offer a lot of freedom during the creative process, but also during the production. It can be used for rapid prototyping, hence it is also an adequate solution for production. It offers opportunities to create new shapes. Impressive designs can be created just in one part of the watch. There is also a possibility to redo the model and reprint a new version while prototyping, which impossible with manufacturing methods such as injection moulding, which has been in use for long.”
The company started off by making watches incorporating Pre-British Era coins into their designs. The Jaipur Watch Company also finds the method suitable to their existing style, where they monogram and engrave their work for customers. This customisation comes in handy and fits with the 3D printing of watches. They’ve made the watches available for purchase on their website, so it may not be unheard of to add customisability there as well.
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A new report claims that OnePlus is working on a foldable smartphone, codenamed “Project Ice.” The phone is expected to have a 7.8-inch internal display and a 6.3-inch external display. It will also be powered by the Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 processor and have a 4800mAh battery.
The report comes from GizChina, which cites a leakster known as “OnLeaks.” OnLeaks has a good track record when it comes to leaking accurate information about upcoming smartphones.
According to the report, the OnePlus Fold will have an LTPO AMOLED panel for its internal display. This means that the display will be able to dynamically adjust its refresh rate, which will help to save battery life. The external display will also be an AMOLED panel, but it is not clear if it will be an LTPO panel.
The OnePlus Fold is expected to be powered by the Snapdragon 8 Gen 1+ processor, which is a slightly upgraded version of the Snapdragon 8 Gen 1. The phone will also have 16GB of RAM and 256GB of storage.
The OnePlus Fold is expected to be released in the second half of 2023. The phone is likely to be priced in the high-end segment, but it is still too early to say for sure.
Here are some additional details about the OnePlus Fold:
- Main camera: 48MP Sony IMX890 sensor, f/1.8 aperture, OIS
- Ultrawide camera: 48MP sensor, f/2.2 aperture, 120° field of view
- Telephoto camera: 64MP sensor, f/2.4 aperture, 3.1x optical zoom
- Cover panel selfie camera: 32MP sensor, f/2.4 aperture
- Inner screen selfie camera: 20MP sensor, f/2.4 aperture
- Operating System: The phone will run Android 13 out of the box.
- Battery Capacity: The phone will have a 4800mAh battery with 67W fast charging support.
The OnePlus Fold is shaping up to be a very promising device. It has a large and powerful internal display, a capable triple-camera system, and a long-lasting battery. If OnePlus can price the phone competitively, it could be a very successful product.
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The theft of the usernames, passwords, phone numbers and physical addresses of around 145 million
users back in May remains one of the biggest data breaches in U.S. history. But what were the others? Over the past 10 years, there have been over 300 data breaches involving the theft of 100,000 or more records (that have been disclosed publicly).
made headlines in November 2013 when over 100 million records, including credit card details, were compromised. That wasn't the only bad news for the giant retail corporation - profit slumped by 50 percent as a result. The worst data breach in U.S. history happened when
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Soccer legend Pele arrived in Miami early last week for the “Hublot Loves Football” American Kickoff at Romero Britto’s Wynwood studio. There, Pele And Britto unveiled the custom-made Hublot watch cases that will hold the brand’s Limited Edition FIFA World Cup Watches. Later, Pele joined Hublot CEO Ricardo Guadalupe and Britto for a Dom Perignon-soaked celebration at Baoli where DJ Irie spun for a crowd that also included retired slugger Sammy Sosa.
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Concepcion Industrial Corporation, the country’s leading provider of consumer lifestyle and building industrial solutions, reported a 58 percent drop in unaudited net income last year despite higher revenues.
In a disclosure to the Philippine Stock Exchange, the firm said net income fell to P196 million last year from P471 million in 2020. The 2020 profit it 50 percent lower than earnings posted in 2019.
Unaudited full year 2021 net sales improved 14 percent to P12.2 billion in 2021. Including Midea, CIC’s overall sales grew by 17 percent.
The firm said “2021 saw a high volatility in commodity prices, supply chain disruptions and foreign exchange weakness that resulted in margin erosion in many of its core products.”
On a positive note, CIC said the market showed a recovery, with the firm’s sales improving overall despite the lockdowns in the second and third quarters of 2021.
“This impact of cost and lockdowns is expected to ease as the global economy opens up and the recovery from COVID continues,” CIC said.
CIC’s fourth quarter results showed net sales of P3.2 billion, a decline of 1.7 p ercent over same period prior year while net income was at P79 million.
Fourth quarter performance was impacted by softer demand from the VisMin region due to the onslaught of Typhoon Odette, higher commodity prices and weakening peso, partially offset by selling price adjustments.
“Our focus throughout 2021 was to keep the fundamentals strong, as we weather the full impact of the Covid crisis,” said CIC Chairman and CEO Raul Joseph A. Concepcion.
He noted that, “Now that signs of the recovery have started to materialize, we are confident that our strategic investments in our brands and our platforms will enable us to capture the opportunities that present themselves.”
The CIC Board of Directors declared a cash dividend of P1.00 per outstanding share of common stock of the Company payable on April 12, 2022 to holders of record as of March 17, 2022.


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- Amazon Great Indian Festival sale will start on September 23rd.
- Prime members will get early access to the sale.
- Amazon is offering kickstarter deals on smartphones, electronics and other categories.
E-commerce giant Amazon has announced the Great Indian Festival sale ahead of the upcoming festive season. The sale is slated to bring heavy discounts and deals to various product categories, including smartphones, electronics, wearables, fashion, smart home devices and more. Now, Amazon has revealed when the Great Indian Festival sale would kick off through its mobile app. The sale will go live on September 23rd but it hasn’t mentioned how long it would last. There will also be bank offers in addition to discounts/deals.
Ahead of the Amazon Great Indian Festival sale, the e-commerce giant is offering kickstarter deals for customers ahead of the sale. It should be noted the kickstarter deals will have the same price/deal as the Great Indian Festival.
Amazon Great Indian Festival sale date
Amazon will host the Great Indian Festival Sale in India from September 23rd but Prime subscribers will get early access to the sale, which is set to bring deals/discounts on various product categories. Additionally, customers can also avail of a 10 percent instant discount of up to Rs 1750 using an SBI Credit/Debit card.
Ahead of the actual sale, Amazon has Kickstarter deals for customers and the products will be available at the same price as the Great Indian Festival sale. These deals will last until September 25th and some of the offers include discounts on smartphones such as Realme Narzo 50i, iQOO 9 5G, OPPO A54, Tecno POP 5 LTE and more.
The iQOO 9 5G can be purchased at Rs 39,990 during the same and there is additional Rs 1,250 off using an SBI card. Similarly, the iQOO Z6 Pro can be purchased for Rs 23,999 during the sale and there’s a card discount of up to Rs 1,750.
Amazon is offering a Rs 500 discount on the Redmi Note 11 4G. The handset is currently available at Rs 13,499. The Redmi 10 Prime 2022 is available for Rs 10,999. We expect the e-commerce platform to reveal more deals in the next few days.


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We at DHA Suffa University firmly believe that students can learn more by interacting with experts in their field. For this purpose, many educational visits are organized at DHA Suffa University to make students more aware of the current practices being followed in the industry. The Management Sciences Department arranged a visit to Herbion Pakistan to provide students with a hands-on learning experience in Supply Chain Management. Students visited Herbion premises on 8th June 2022 where they were given a warm welcome by the management followed by a very interactive session by the Head of Supply Chain and Head of Human Resources.
The Head of the Supply Chain department explained the concept of an extended supply chain and all the different elements involved in it. He also told students about the importance of planning in the supply chain and the problems faced by the company during COVID 19 and how Herbion countered them. Lastly, he guided students in the different areas where they can pursue their careers in Supply Chain Department. It was an interactive session with the supply chain head and students questioned him on different concepts and cleared their queries.
The lecture of Head of Human Resources was followed by the lecture of Head of Supply Chain. She informed students about the Human Resources practices at Herbion and encouraged them to apply for internships as those students who complete their internships with a good recommendation from their immediate supervisors stand a good chance of getting a job at Herbion. The Head of Human Resources also showed a corporate movie enlightening students about the company and the community support program that they are doing at Herbion.
Lastly, the students were taken for a visit to the raw material packaging store to get an idea of how raw materials are managed at the store. The students thoroughly enjoyed the visit and were thankful to Herbion management for providing them with a very good learning experience.


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Frozenbyte, the makers of Trine 2, informed the site XBLA Fans at GDC that the game will be getting six new stages plus other content in downloadable content to arrive this winter.
The package will also include a new story and new character skills. Frozenbyte’s Mikael Haveri said fans should expect plenty of puzzles. Additionally, Haveri said the studio’s next project would not be a sequel, and that they’re looking at building another $US15 game to be distributed over Xbox Live, PlayStation Network and Steam.
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ARMO/HRIA Booth #23395
When the SEMA Show opens on Tuesday morning, November 4, two of the three vehicles representing HRIA in the HRIA/ARMO booth will be covered and remain covered until 11 am. At 11 am those vehicles will be “unveiled” for the first time to the public. In fact, it might even be the first time the owners get to see them! We can’t tell you who the builders are, or what type of vehicles will be undercover, you’ll have to be sure to see them yourself beginning at 11 am on Tuesday, Day One, of the SEMA Show.
HRIA and the Automotive Restoration Market Organization (ARMO) have historically shared one large booth space allowing cross collaboration between the two councils. The booth is commonly referred to as “Central Park” because it is always buzzing and is a convenient space in which to meet other industry and council members. A vehicle representing an ARMO builder will also be unveiled with the HRIA vehicles.


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AU: Schoolboy hacks Public Transport Victoria website
Adam Carey reports:
Personal information about public transport users in Victoria has been exposed to potential identity theft because government authority Public Transport Victoria failed to secure its website.
The security flaw in the PTV website was discovered by schoolboy Joshua Rogers, 16, who used a simple hacking technique to unearth a database containing the personal records of customers of the former Metlink online store.
The database includes full names, addresses, home and mobile phone numbers, email addresses, dates of birth, seniors card ID numbers, and nine-digit extracts of credit card numbers.
Read more on The Age.


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U.S. Automobile Dealers Struggle to Hire Employees While Business Booms
The U.S. economy is showing signs of returning to pre-pandemic levels, and the auto business is booming.
Like many industries, U.S. automotive retail is struggling to find enough employees for dealerships to be fully staffed, much less meet their 2021 growth goals.
In the 2021 Cox Automotive Dealership Staffing Study published recently, 72% of franchised auto dealers surveyed say that finding and hiring the right employees is currently a challenge.
A majority of dealership leaders – approximately 65% – report that they plan to increase the total number of employees in the dealership this year, while ~34% said they plan to maintain their staffing level.
Expanding the number of service technicians is the highest priority for dealership leaders, with 60% planning to increase the number of service technicians this year, followed by new-vehicle sales associates (54%) and used-vehicle sales associates (48%).
Dealers’ desire to grow their operations comes at a time when business is strong.
According to the Q2 Cox Automotive Dealer Sentiment Index, sentiment related to the current market reached a record high in Q2 for both franchised and independent dealers, and the profit index set a record high as well.
The 3-month market outlook index reading is an increase from last quarter and, importantly, equal to Q1 2020, the final pre-COVID-19 reading.
Job Seekers May Have Skills Dealers Desire, And Not Know It
When asking potential job seekers why they would not want to work at a dealership, 32% indicate they did not have the necessary skills.
However, the 2021 Dealership Staffing Study finds that Heavy Digital Dealers, those dealers that significantly invest in digital retailing tools, say the right employee doesn’t need automotive experience. Instead, they are looking for the following characteristics:
Willing to go above and beyond their specific job responsibilities
Good communicators across all communication channels (verbal, written, video, etc.)
Can easily adapt to a quickly changing work environment
Tech-savvy and comfortable with learning new technology
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Volvo made a bold announcement on Wednesday.
The car company says that all cars from 2019 on will have an electric or hybrid engine.
According to Volvo’s president and chief executive, Håkan Samuelsson, this move is all about the customer.
“People increasingly demand electrified cars and we want to respond to our customers’ current and future needs,” he said. “You can now pick and choose whichever electrified Volvo you wish.”
Volvo will introduce a portfolio of electrified cars across its model range, including fully electric cars, plug-in hybrids and mild hybrids.
The company will also launch five fully electric cars between 2019 and 2021, three of which will be Volvo models and two of which will be high performance electrified cars from Polestar.
More details on these models will be announced at a later date.
Volvo is looking to reduce carbon emission of both its products as well as its operations.
They aim to have climate neutral manufacturing operations by 2025.
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Back office blunder costs Sky investors
It was red faces all round at BSkyB after the satellite giant admitted to mistakenly short changing thousands of its shareholders.
Switched off: Sky made administrative errors
Following an administrative blunder, investors received a smaller dividend than they were entitled to last year.
Instead of issuing an interim dividend of 7.125p per share, as planned, payouts were 0.025p light.
Sky will now have to fork out £450,000 to make up the difference.
The big winner will be media baron Rupert Murdoch. His News Corp empire, which owns around 40% stake of Sky, can expect to receive £180,000.
The blunder came to light after a complaint from a shareholder, who discovered that they had been underpaid a month ago.
Sky plans to write to 20,000 investors to apologise for the error.
Back-office gremlins also left John Lewis in a contrite mood yesterday.
Middle England's favourite department store chain admitted that 16,000 of its store card holders had been charged twice for some purchases because of a computer fault.
Director James Furse said the fault has been corrected and shoppers would be reimbursed.
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10/03/2013, 12:10 pm
On the heels of Apple's iTunes Radio release, Google plans to launch a native iOS application for its Google Play Music All Access service on the App Store, according to a new report.
10/03/2013, 02:10 am
While some U.S. tech media reports have portrayed Samsung's benchmark fraud as a minor embarrassment related to numbers "nobody cares about," faking benchmarks is a big business in Asia, particularly among White Box Tablets, a market segment the U.S. tech media does consider relevant when talking about Apple's iPad market share of "shipments."
10/02/2013, 02:10 pm
Cheating test scores and misrepresenting device capabilities are rampant at Samsung, but are also being used by virtually every other Android licensee apart from Google itself, research shows.
10/02/2013, 06:10 am
German iCloud users were sent their first email push notifications in over a year and a half on Tuesday, as Apple was finally allowed to reactivate the feature after winning a stay on a 2012 injunction leveled by Google's Motorola.
09/30/2013, 04:09 pm
09/30/2013, 04:09 am
Apple has taken the top spot ahead of fellow tech giant Google and former number one Coca-Cola as the most valuable brand in the world, according to Interbrand's annual "Best Global Brands" report for 2013.
09/19/2013, 03:09 pm
Google has made its Quickoffice suite free on iOS for users with Google accounts, and Disney has released an iPad companion app for its Disney Infinity console game.
09/19/2013, 11:09 am
Google on Thursday released its Wallet transaction service for Apple's iPhone, giving users the ability to transfer money and store loyalty cards on their smartphone.
09/17/2013, 08:09 am
Apple's shift to 64-bit mobile devices in iOS 7 came as a surprise, but the company's information outlined for developers indicates that the shift to 64-bit mobile apps will bring significant benefits in the short term, something Google's Android appears challenged to replicate even in the long term.
App roundup: GTA V gets companion app, Twitter redesign coming, Google Play Books nabs single sign-on
09/16/2013, 05:09 pm
Grand Theft Auto-loving iPhone owners can get an early taste of San Andreas thanks to a new companion app, while Twitter is said to be redesigning its own first-party title, and Google is improving functionality in Google Play Books for iOS.
09/13/2013, 03:09 pm
Adobe has updated its Photoshop Express app for iOS, giving it new filters and increased capabilities, and Google has tweaked Chrome for iOS to give it better search functionality.
09/09/2013, 08:09 am
Samsung and Sony have already thrown their hats into the wearable tech ring, and Apple is expected to do so in the next year, but now word emerges that silicon giant Intel is also plotting a move into wearable devices and has made a couple of recent hires that indicate it is considering the wrist as prime real estate.
09/07/2013, 02:09 pm
The formerly universal consensus that widely licensed software (like Windows) would always win out over integrated hardware products (like the Macintosh) has finally reached a definitive end, years after being proved wrong.
09/06/2013, 08:09 am
Apple's iOS has widened its lead over Google's Android in terms of mobile Web traffic share in the U.S., reaching 65 percent of the market, according to new data.
09/05/2013, 01:09 pm
Activision has revealed a new Call of Duty game built for iOS devices, a new app Ping has reimagined certain aspects of email on mobile devices, and the Google Drive app has gotten a redesign bringing it in line with its other iOS apps.
09/03/2013, 10:09 pm
A German appeals court on Monday stayed the enforcement of an injunction Google's Motorola won against Apple's iCloud push email in the country, meaning services will likely resume in the near future.
09/03/2013, 03:09 pm
Google's Android operating system has now passed one billion total device activations, the company announced on Tuesday, and the milestone comes as the search giant is gearing up to release the next version of its popular mobile operating system, which will be named after a familiar chocolate treat.
09/01/2013, 04:09 pm
Just days before its planned unveiling, images of a prototype smart watch from Samsung have emerged online, showing the South Korean tech giant's newest entry for a wearable technology segment where Apple, Google, and Microsoft are also expected to compete within the coming year.
08/30/2013, 05:08 pm
Last year, Google acquired Los Altos, Calif.-based WIMM Labs, all but assuring that the search giant is preparing to make a big move into wearable technology beyond what it has already revealed.
08/29/2013, 09:08 am
One of the most high-profile members of Google's Android team has left the company for a handset maker in China, just over six months after Andy Rubin, former head of Android development, took on a new position.


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HEARTS broke across the globe yesterday when Alessandra Ambrosio announced that the 2017 Shanghai runway would be her last show for Victoria's Secret.
One of the most adored angels is hanging up her wings at the age of 36.
The Brazilian model has decided to focus on her successful swimwear line Ale by Alessandra and is also hoping to expand on her acting career - the model is currently featuring in Daddy's Home 2.
She'll also be taking some time to spend at home with her two children Anja, 9, and Noah, 5.
The supermodel will be missed by her legions of fans.
And as she takes a bow on her last ever VS walk, we take a look at some of the most epic looks from her 17-year-long career with the lingerie giant...
MUM-BELIEVABLE Busy mum dresses son for school while he's sleeping & VACUUMS dirt off socks
FAT CHANCE There's NO excuse for sending your kids to school with cold McDonald's
KNOT OKAY Bride wears £775 TRAINERS with wedding dress & people fume it looks ‘atrocious’
SOAP AND SAVINGS Boots launch Soap and Glory BIG GIFT packed with full size products
COUNTDOWN TO CHRISTMAS Black Friday Advent Calendar Sales 2019
PRIDE & GROOM Husband has wedding ring moulded to look like wife’s vagina & shows it off
We've got the full scoop on last night's show with Victoria’s Secret legends and newbies wowing on the runway alongside performances from Harry Styles and Miguel.
We previously revealed Bella Hadid posing backstage at the show.
And reported all you need to know about the 2017 Fantasy Bra.
Victoria’s Secret Angels Adriana Lima and Alessandra Ambrosio reveal the 2014 Dream Angels Fantasy Bra


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Kyodo Industry Brief (Jan. 30)
(Japan Economic Newswire Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) TOKYO, Jan. 30 -- (Kyodo) _ ---------- Nisshin Seifun Group to produce dried pasta in Turkey TOKYO - Tokyo-based food maker Nisshin Seifun Group Inc. said Wednesday it will set up a joint venture with a leading Turkish pasta maker and other parties in April to produce dried pasta in Turkey from 2015 ---------- Sony agrees to buy semiconductor plant from Renesas TOKYO - Sony Corp. signed an agreement Wednesday to purchase a plant in northern Japan from major semiconductor maker Renesas Electronic Corp. for 7.51 billion yen on March 31, the two companies said.
---------- Megasolar plant opened at Kansai int'l airport OSAKA - New Kansai International Airport Co. held a ceremony Thursday to open one of Asia's largest megasolar power plants at the airport near Osaka before it starts operation Saturday.
---------- ANA starts soliciting 200 early retirements TOKYO - All Nippon Airways Co. started accepting applications for an early retirement program to cut 200 jobs as rising fuel costs largely due to yen's depreciation have been hurting its earnings, a company source said Thursday.
---------- Nintendo to use home video game consoles for health care industry TOKYO - Nintendo Co. will make use of its home video game consoles for the health care industry, its president said Thursday, in a new business strategy to spur sales of its consoles for purposes other than entertainment.
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Tron (TRX) has been making major crypto headlines lately as its founder, Justin Sun, has been making big moves with his project. Within the last few weeks, the altcoin has soared in price and became a big hit as the new Tron dogs game emerged within China.
However, the project has just been hit with plagiarism accusations as many cryptocurrency enthusiasts noticed similarities between the coin’s white paper and other peer-to-peer documentations. Tron’s project aims at giving the creators power to manage their own content, instead of having to go through publisher’s like Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) or ...
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In recent years, Mecum Auctions have bought some interesting lots to Monterey Car Week. This year is no different. This year they are headlining their event with a one of twenty Lamborghini Centenario LP770-4.
As far as we know it is the first time that a Centenario has been auctioned publically. The listing confirms that the car is a US market example. It has just 49 miles on the odometer and is finished in Nero Aldebaran with red contrasts and carbon black carbon fibre contrasting panels.
The Centernario was designed and built for Ferrucio Lamborghini’s centenary celebrations. Released at the Geneva Motor Show 2016, Lamborghini had already sold the entire production run of 20 coupes and 20 roadsters.
It is the most powerful Lamborghini to date with a naturally aspirated V12 engine pushing 770 hp. Performance is similarly impressive with 0 to 100 km/h in 2.8 seconds, 0 to 300 km/h in 23.5 km/h in 23.5 seconds and a top speed in excess of 350 km/h.
Mecum’s other auction lots are just as incredible. They include a Lamborghini Reventon, a Bugatti Veyron Sang Noir, a Ferrari F12tdf, a Bugatti Veyron Grand Sport, two LaFerrari’s and a Porsche 550A Spider. The competition this year is fierce, with RM Sotheby’s having announced cars like a Ferrari 250 GTO, Mercedes-Benz AMG CLK GTR, an Aston Martin DP215 Prototype and various other exotic machinery!


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Galesi Group moving corporate headquarters to Mohawk Harbor
The Galesi Group will move its headquarters from the Rotterdam Corporate Park to Mohawk Harbor, its $150 million residential, office and retail development on the Mohawk River in Schenectady. The move will bring more than 50 employees to Two Harbor Center, a mixed-use building at the site off Erie Boulevard.
Galesi developed Mohawk Harbor and owns Rotterdam Corporate Park. The developer, founded in 1969, has 11 million square feet of real estate.
Rotterdam Corporate Park, meanwhile, is adding a 100,000-square-foot, $5 million warehouse.
Mohawk Harbor is part of a $480 million development on a brownfield site that includes the Rivers Casino & Resort and two hotels.


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Continuing their tradition of
exploiting celebrating nostalgia to boost comics sales, Marvel has revealed the Dave Cockrum Hidden Gem variant cover for Uncanny X-Men #1, using what appears to be a 1980 house ad by the legendary artist.
Whether modern coloring techniques are an improvement over the original, we'll leave to you to decide.
But either way, it's still better than using a Jim Lee trading card.
A press release provides further details but doesn't explain where Banshee came from.
This November, UNCANNY X-MEN returns with a new ongoing series, bringing together nearly every mutant left on earth in a story that threatens to destroy them. It's an epic tale of mystery and tragic disappearance, with an adventure so earth-shattering, it could very well be the X-Men's FINAL mission!
In celebration of the much-anticipated launch of UNCANNY X-MEN #1, Marvel is excited to reveal a new Hidden Gem variant cover from legendary artist Dave Cockrum!
Don't miss UNCANNY X-MEN #1, coming this November to local comic shops – X-MEN DISASSEMBLED will have fans talking for years to come!
Uncanny X-Men relaunches in November.
UNCANNY X-MEN #1 (SEP180791)
Written by KELLY THOMPSON, ED BRISSON and MATTHEW ROSENBERG
Art by MAHMUD ASRAR, MARK BAGLEY and MIRKO COLAK
Cover by LEINIL FRANCIS YU
UNCANNY X-MEN COCKRUM VAR (SEP180797)
On Sale 11/14/18