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B$Z: AIMExpo Reveals Details for First Ever Garage Party Celebrating the V-Twin Culture
The American International Motorcycle Expo (AIMExpo) announced today the details surrounding the first-ever Garage Party, an all-new interactive show element that incorporates live music, a custom bike building competition, an extensive display of past and present custom V-Twin motorcycles, a wide range of AIMExpo exhibitors, and an entertaining after party at the new Ace Cafe Orlando. AIMExpo returns to Orlando’s Orange County Convention Center (OCCC) on October 15-18, with the Garage Party getting underway with a special event on Friday evening at Ace Cafe Orlando. Industry veteran Bill Dodge of Bling Cycles will host the Garage Party, with former Hot Bike Girl Leticia Cline serving as the official Garage Party Ambassador.
"I am overwhelmed with all the support we have received for the Garage Party,” said Bob Kay, AIMExpo V-Twin Director. “Exhibitors, brands, dealers, media and iconic builders throughout the V-Twin industry have jumped at the chance to get involved. What the Garage Party represents, which is also a theme carried throughout AIMExpo, is a fresh and exciting way to celebrate our passion for motorcycles. It is sure to attract a lot of attention and we can’t wait to kick things off on Friday at the brand new Ace Cafe here in Orlando.”
The festivities kick off on Friday, October 16, with a meet-and-greet at Ace Cafe Orlando for competing builders in the AIMExpo Championship of the Americas. Open to fans and members of the industry, this gathering will feature some of the most talented custom builders from both North and South America and will serve as the formal start of this world-class qualifier event. The winner, who will be crowned on Sunday afternoon, will earn a coveted entry to the 2016 AMD World Championship of Custom Bike Building, held at the Intermot International Motorcycle Fair in Cologne, Germany. Four classes of motorcycles – Freestyle, Retro Custom, Street Custom and Performance Custom – will be on display throughout the weekend.
The Chopper Legends Showcase gets underway on Saturday morning where custom diggers and choppers from the 70's, 80's, 90's and today will be highlighted. Featured builders include Dave Perewitz, Charlie Hadayia, Sr., Jesse James, Freddie Arnold, Kyle Shorey, Paul Ponkow, Denny Berg and Pat Patterson.
On Saturday afternoon the host of the Garage Party, Bill Dodge of Bling Cycles, will lead a ride from his shop in Daytona Beach, Florida that will bring riders to the front doors of AIMExpo in Orlando. Live music will keep the Garage Party going on Saturday night, followed by the official AIMExpo after party taking place at the Ace Cafe Orlando.
In addition to the Championship of the Americas competition and Chopper Legends Showcase, the Garage Party area will feature a number of AIMExpo exhibitors that build retro café and bobber motorcycles, supply parts and engines, and serve as one of a kind motorcycle artisans. In addition to long-standing V-Twin brands such as S&S Cycles, Barnett Tool and Engineering, and James Gaskets, AIMExpo will also feature two new brands as Jason Paul Michaels, creator and co-founder of Dime City Cycles, debuts his new venture, Standard Motorcycle Co., and Kyle Shorey introduces Speed Foundry of Texas to the industry. Attendees will also have the opportunity to meet Garage Party Ambassador Leticia Cline, who will be in attendance.
Garage Party Schedule of
Day One: Friday, October 16th
- Championship of the Americas Builders Meet & Greet Pre-Party
Ace Cafe Orlando
7:00pm - 9:00pm
100 West Livingston Street
Orlando, FL 32801
Day Two: Saturday, October 17
- AIMExpo Indoor Exhibits 9:00am – 7:00pm
- AIMExpo Outdoors! 9:00am – 5:00pm
- AIMExpo Championship of the Americas Judgment Day 9:00am – 4:00pm
- Chopper Legends Showcase, Hosted by Pat Patterson of Led Sled Customs 9:00am – 8:30pm
- The Garage Party, Featuring Live Music, @ Orange County Convention Center 5:30pm – 8:30pm
- The After Party @ Ace Cafe Orlando 9:00pm – 2:00am
Day Three: Sunday, October 18
- AIMExpo Indoor Exhibits 10:00am – 5:00pm
- AIMExpo Outdoors! 10:00am – 4:00pm
- Chopper Legends Display 10:00am – 5:00pm
- AIMExpo Championship of the Americas Awards Ceremony 3:00pm - 4:00pm
More than 400 exhibitors have already committed to AIMExpo in 2015. Exhibitor presence builds each day, and companies looking to take advantage of the AIMExpo platform should contact an AIMExpo Account Manager toll free at 855-MCShows (855-627-4697).
Be sure to stay tuned to the AIMExpoUSA.com website and keep up to date on exciting news as it happens by visiting AIMExpo’s social media pages. “Like” the American International Motorcycle Expo on Facebook, and “Follow” on Twitter or Instagram: @AIMExpo.


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Export boost: Sellers turn eyes to the booming Eastern markets
The Government’s drive to boost exports appears to be paying off with figures showing that sales to the European Union rose by nearly eight per cent in July, while business with other countries rose 11 per cent.
Former eye surgeon Dr Julie Diem Le set up Zoobug, in Farringdon, central London, in 2006, after realising there was a gap in the market for children’s sunglasses.
Julie realised that many children were missing out on UV protection either because they were using toy sunglasses or because their sunglasses were a poor fit and were often not worn as a result.
Child's play: Julie Diem Le's shades
The sunglasses are sold in department stores, including Harrods and Selfridges, as well as in about 300 opticians throughout the country.
But about 65 per cent of sales – last year the firm sold 60,000 pairs – are exports, with high demand from the Middle East, Asia and South Korea.
Julie says: ‘Sales to Europe have fallen in recent years but these economies are booming and the people are very into luxury products. Demand is really high and South Korea even sells the glasses on its airline and in department stores.’
The business benefited from being awarded the licence to produce the official Olympics 2012 sunglasses collection for children in May last year.
Julie says: ‘Winning the Olympic licence has been great, it has catapulted us on to an international platform. Sales have increased but it is more about the recognition and being involved with such a great event.
‘It has also been good for the structure of the company, in terms of maintaining very high standards.’
Zoobug had a turnover of £1.5 million last year. To date the business is funded by Lloyds TSB, though Julie says it will look for private investment to take it to the next stage of growth.
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Despite the housing market heating up in recent months, it is still considerably cheaper to buy a house than it is to rent one in Jacksonville — and Florida as a whole.
In Jacksonville, it is 45 percent cheaper.
That’s according to Trulia Chief Economist Jed Kolko, who told Forbes.com that on average it’s about 35 percent cheaper to buy a house than it is to rent one in 100 of the largest metropolitan areas in the country. That said, some markets – San Jose, San Francisco and Honolulu, in particular – are nearing that crossover point, he said.
Here's how it breaks down for the other major Florida markets:
- Orlando — 41 percent cheaper to buy
- Tampa-St. Petersburg —48 percent cheaper to buy
- Miami — 36 percent cheaper to buy


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In an exciting development for the telecommunications industry, EE has officially opened the doors to its brand-new Experience store in Gateshead, marking the beginning of an ambitious rollout plan. This store is the first in a series, with the company planning to launch over ten Experience stores across the country within the next year.
This novel retail concept was first introduced during the opening of the White City Westfield London store, setting a new standard for telco retail spaces in the UK. EE’s latest venture aims to redefine the essence of retail in the telecommunications sector by prioritizing innovation, personalized customer experiences, and community engagement.
The newly inaugurated store in Gateshead is designed to showcase the importance of physical retail spaces in an era dominated by digital interactions. It features a variety of unique sections, such as immersive digital spas and dedicated gaming zones, underscoring EE’s belief in the irreplaceable value of in-store experiences for consumers.
Bridget Lea, EE’s Managing Director of Commercial, emphasized the company’s commitment to meeting the evolving needs of its customers. She highlighted that these Experience stores are part of EE’s broader strategy to become the most customer-centric brand in the UK. By allowing customers to explore and interact with the latest technological innovations firsthand, EE aims to enhance the overall customer experience significantly.
The launch of the Gateshead store follows EE’s major rebranding initiative in October of the previous year, which introduced ‘New EE’. This new era of connectivity brought forward innovative broadband and mobile plans, including the high-speed EE Full Fibre 1.6Gbps broadband, and the introduction of an ‘everything app’. This integrated platform aims to simplify customers’ interactions with EE by offering a comprehensive suite of services, from device purchases to subscription management, thereby reinforcing EE’s vision for the future of connected living.


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New Haven, CT: New Haven hosts food truck festival Saturday
The second annual New Haven Food Truck Festival runs from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Los Angeles, CA: Tight spaces in food trucks create health-safety challenges
It's a daily culinary performance that plays out across Los Angeles: Top food truck chefs whipping up gourmet meals in spaces no bigger than a restaurant's stockroom or walk-in freezer.
Boulder, CO: Boulder food truck park opening on Valmont in July
After more than two years of planning and going back and forth with city permitting officials, the entrepreneurs behind a planned food truck park at 28th Street and Valmont Park say they're finally going to open the first week in July.
Ft. Wayne, IN: Food Truck Inspections – Department of Health weighs in
It's that time of year when delicious food trucks are popping up all over, but how do you know if they're clean?
Marquette, MI: New regulations raise the freedoms for food trucks
By Molly Thekan | Upper MIchigan Source MARQUETTE, Mich. (WLUC) Food trucks in the Marquette area have been gearing up for summer. With the new...
Sioux, IA: Summertime “Food Truck Fridays” kick off for downtown Sioux City
Local food trucks will offer a variety of lunch choices for Sioux City residents
Mason, OH: Food truck festival rolls into Kings Island this weekend
"It's great for the food trucks because they get an opportunity to get in front of thousands of guests over the three days,"
Worcester, MA: Worcester food truck festival brings raw bar, brick oven, beer garden to...
More than 20 food trucks rolled into Worcester's Elm Park on Saturday bringing with them a raw bar, a brick oven for pizza and also a beer garden to hungry foodies.
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Roving Radish helps find "new markets" for farmers as it bridges farm-table gap.
Buffalo, NY: Cheesecake food truck offers unique menu to Buffalo residents
Schelter makes a variety of cheesecakes including his Raspberry Beret and Ninja Turtle flavors, the latter containing chocolate, caramel and crushed pecans.


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(Bloomberg) — For nearly a decade, Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. and Tencent Holdings Ltd. they embodied China’s economic miracle, maintaining a breakneck growth rate and approaching trillion-dollar valuations with explosive forays into every corner of the Internet.
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That spectacular run could officially end on Thursday, when the e-commerce powerhouse founded by Jack Ma is expected to post its first-ever drop in quarterly revenue — one of the few major Chinese internet companies ever to do so. Billionaire Pony Ma’s Tencent, the social media powerhouse, could follow suit days later.
The milestones are a reminder to investors that, after a government crackdown that wiped more than $1 trillion off their combined market value in 2021, Alibaba and its longtime arch-rival are shadows of their former selves. Like the rest of the country, they are struggling not only with an uncertain regime, but also with Covid Zero and a consumer crisis that is testing the stability of the world’s No. 2 economy.
“It should come as no surprise that the second quarter of 2022 will be one of the worst quarters since the pandemic for China’s earnings given the lockdown, and technology is no exception,” said Bloomberg Intelligence analyst Marvin Chen. “Tech has also faced additional regulatory headwinds on the growth outlook, which is a more structural and longer-term trend.”
The speed and ferocity with which Beijing clamped down on online commerce, car-sharing, food delivery and gaming have irrevocably reset growth expectations for the industry last year. But Alibaba has been hit harder than many of its peers.
There was the tax evasion investigation into famous livestreamer Viya, who once single-handedly moved $1.2 billion worth of goods during Alibaba’s Nov. 11 online bonanza. The country’s technology watchdog then suspended ties with the cloud firm over a late disclosure of a major software vulnerability, spooking potential customers.
In June, “Lipstick King” Li Jiaqi became the second major figure to disappear from Alibaba’s Taobao after apparently offending censors. And just last month, cybersecurity experts linked Alicloud to China’s biggest cybersecurity breach — a leak of files on a billion residents from the Shanghai police database.
All this happened as China narrowly escaped an economic contraction in the second quarter, when rolling Covid lockdowns reduced spending on everything from online content to clothing and electronics.
Once candidates to join companies such as Apple Inc. and Amazon.com Inc. in a select club of companies with trillion-dollar valuations, China’s biggest internet companies are now struggling to keep up with even the most overburdened utilities. Analysts from Susquehanna to Deutsche Bank tried to cut their targets as Hangzhou-based Alibaba continued to fall to new lows.
“It was when investors bought shares of Alibaba and Tencent hoping that their dominant positions in e-commerce, social networks and gaming would create synergies with their newer businesses and huge groups of holding companies,” said Ke Yan, an analyst based in Singapore. with DZT Research. “But that’s a long-lost cause after the government’s crackdown.”
Alibaba reports earnings on Thursday. Its revenue is forecast to fall 1.2 percent to 203.4 billion yuan ($30.1 billion) for the quarter ended in June.
Tencent’s prospects aren’t much better. Although regulators resumed approving new games in April after a months-long hiatus aimed at curbing addiction, the country’s top developer has yet to win a nod for a title this year. That’s one reason analysts are predicting Tencent’s revenue to fall 1.7% in the April to June period.
Read more: Tencent, Alibaba look like Utilities after $1 trillion
Market sentiment toward Chinese tech stocks has moved wildly in recent weeks, reflecting a persistent struggle to counter a deluge of negative signals on expectations that Beijing will finally ease its crackdown.
Alibaba rose as much as 6.5 percent on July 26 after announcing its decision to file for a primary listing in Hong Kong that paves the way for millions of mainland investors to buy the stock directly. It gave up those gains within days as investors weighed the implications of Ant’s co-founder gaining control. As things get complicated, Alibaba has become the latest to join a growing list of Chinese companies facing delisting from U.S. exchanges over Beijing’s refusal to allow U.S. officials to review the work of their auditors.
The rest of China’s tech universe isn’t doing so well either. Search leader Baidu Inc. is also expected to report a 5.6 percent revenue decline in the June quarter. JD.com Inc., food delivery giant Meituan and streaming service Kuaishou Technology are projected to expand at their slowest pace in years.
Chinese tech executives have repeatedly warned investors to prepare for a new reality of subdued growth, but the negative forecasts paint a gloomier picture than many had feared. As Covid lockdowns paralyze business in cities from Shanghai to Shenyang, China’s once reliable economic engine has lost steam.
Retail sales rose 3.1% in June, up from 12% a year earlier. For Alibaba, that translated into expectations that revenue from its China Commerce division would grow just 1 percent — its worst quarter on record.
Even Alibaba’s cloud division is flagging. Its revenue is forecast to rise 14.3% in the April to June period, but that’s the second lowest figure in about six years.
“The worst should be behind us as the economy picks up and lockdowns ease, but it could be a bumpy recovery depending on the Covid situation,” Chen said. “For technology, top-line sales growth may accelerate from here, but earnings may be more volatile depending on cost-cutting measures and investments made over the past year.”
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This article was published by Reuters on 29 October 2019 and carried by Business Times and other news channels.
Dr Tang Siew Mun is Head, ASEAN Studies Centre at ISEAS – Yusof Ishak Institute.
To read the articles,
1. Business Times, 30 October 2019 – US-China tensions give new impetus to giant Asia trade pact
2. DW News, 29 October 2019 – 中美贸易战加速RCEP谈判 东盟峰会期间或有重大进展


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Apple is working on a 4.8-inch phablet - here's the lowdown on the most absurd iPhone rumor we've heard this month
iPhone and iPad rumors have been flooding in since the start of the new year. Most of what we've seen and heard so far sounds pretty obvious, but this latest bit just looks outright ridiculous.
Ready for it? It's a 4.8-inch iPhone. Yep, that's right, we're supposed to believe that Apple is prepping a "phablet" (that's the newfangled term for phone meets tablet, in case you missed it) to compete with the likes of Samsung's Galaxy Note devices.
The China Times reported Monday that the new iPhone will launch this year with the purported iPhone 5S, along with that cheaper iPhone we've been hearing so much about.
Here's maybe the weirdest part of the post though; the rumored handset is being referred to as the "iPhone Math." Who the heck comes up with this stuff? Does that seriously sound like something Apple has in the works? No, it really doesn't.
It would be almost as pointless as releasing a new iPad just five months after releasing a new iPad. Then again, Apple could always wait until later in the year to show off its latest slabs -- expected launch times for the new iPad (iPad 5?) and iPad mini 2 are currently inconsistent.
This is just the latest rumor in Apple's lineup of leaks, including one that the next iPhone will be cheaper, another that it will either be called the iPhone 5S or iPhone 6.
As usual, we're just gonna have to wait to see what the iPhone maker reveals for 2013 when it's good and ready.


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Honda Motorcycles & Scooters India is celebrating Diwali as it crosses the 28 million sales mark. In the recent months, Honda 2 Wheelers attributes its success to the Livo, CB Shine SP and the Hornet 160R. Another model which has done really well for Honda is the Navi. Since it was launched, the sales of the Navi have crossed the 50,000 mark in barely 6 months. Speaking about trust, Honda 2 Wheeler says that the first 1 million sales came in 44 months of operation while the last 4 million sales have come in just 9 months.
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Talking about the landmark achievement, Mr. Keita Muramatsu, President & CEO, Honda Motorcycle & Scooter India said, “India is the fastest growing economy in the world and one of the most important markets for Honda. With this vision of growth, today we have achieved a new milestone for our business in India. The journey to the 28 million milestone has been phenomenal. We are deeply humbled by the faith and trust that our customers have reposed in brand Honda. We thank our valued customers, business partners, associates, and all our colleagues at Honda for this remarkable feat.”
As far as market share is concerned, Honda now owns 26 per cent of the Indian Two-Wheeler industry at the end of the first half of FY 2016-17. It was also the highest volume gainer in the industry with over 5, 02,726 units sold, which is a massive 43 per cent of new two-wheelers sold. The company grew at an impressive 24 per cent as compared to the industry growth of 13 per cent.
One of the major reasons is the fact that Honda is operating at full capacity at all of its four manufacturing plants in India. The combined output of all the four plants is a whopping 5.8 million units per annum. The company has close to 4,800 sales outlets across the country and it is planning to add another 500 outlets before March 2017. There will be special emphasis on semi-urban and rural areas as well.


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With thousands of World of Warcraft fans gearing up for BlizzCon in Anaheim this weekend, scammers have been licking their chops at the prospect of a surge in Warcraft mania to feed their online traps.
SiteJabber, a consumer-protection site funded by the National Science Foundation, on Monday posted an infographic capturing the scope of questionable activity involving the popular online game, which is played by about 11.5 million people worldwide.
Though Blizzard Entertainment, the Irvine company that develops World of Warcraft, bans the sale of virtual items for its games through third parties, players desperate to advance in the game pay hundreds of millions of dollars for such goods, according to SiteJabber. Among the virtual items that have been listed for sale on various online auction sites: “leggings of dubious charms” for $69.99. Check out an excerpt from SiteJabber’s chart to the right for a list of other items.
Many receive the items they paid for, but some don’t. Worse, their accounts can get hijacked and sold to another unsuspecting buyer.
The graphic lists some common scams. Our favorite: The fake beta invite. Warcraft players are fanatic about the game, and nothing gets them more revved up than being able to lay their hands on new content.
The crooks know this. They send out fake invitations for players to “test” a beta version of an upcoming game that hasn’t yet been released to the public, a so-called beta invite. Once players give up their account name and password, it’s game over. The account is immediately hijacked and drained of valuables or sold off wholesale.
Another scam involves selling software programs that purport to help players “level up” their game characters faster, making them more powerful, without having to play hundreds of hours to get there. The victim buys the program, for $30 or so, and installs it, and then the program starts to relay account and password information, not just for the game but for just about everything the user accesses on the infected computer.
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It was a heck of a year for HTC, their financial results weren’t stellar except for the injection of $1.1 billion from Google in September. 2018 will be a more introspective year according to a report, with less devices launched.
The report is via supply chain watchers Digitimes, who have said that HTC is going ‘to focus its R&D and marketing efforts on a limited number of smartphones for release in 2018’.
According to the report there will be a mid-tier variant of the HTC U11+ launched in January, as well as a new flagship U12 model with a 4K display and a dual-lens rear camera to be announced in 2018. A ‘leak’ from China last night about upcoming phones with the Snapdragon 845 SoC included, also mentioned the upcoming HTC U12, with a speculated May announce/launch date expected.
HTC is the sentimental favourite for many mobile fans, with the company a driver of many different mobile innovations over the years, including launching the first Android phone in 2008. HTC is planning on launching their Android One running U11 Life in Australia in the near future, so we’ll have to wait and see what else makes it here in the new year.


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Dow stocks at 52 week highs include American Express (AXP), Boeing (BA), Caterpillar (CAT), Chevron (CVX), Dupont (DD), Goldman Sachs (GS), IBM (IBM), JPMorgan (JPM) and Microsoft (MSFT).There are no Dow stock 52 week lows.
Premarket today, the Dow was indicated to open up +26 points.
Thursday the Dow was up +65.19 (+0.33%) at 19,614.81.
Year-to-date the Dow is up +12.57%.
There were 15 Dow stocks up Thursday.
The Dow stock winners Thursday were led by Goldman Sachs (GS) +2.50% and Disney (DIS) +2.14%.
The Dow stock losers Thursday were led by United Technologies (UTX) -1.14% and Caterpillar (CAT) -1.09%.
Jobless claims declined by 10,000 to 258,000 in the week ended Dec. 3. The median forecast called for 255,000. Continuing claims decreased to a three-week low. No states or U.S. territories estimated jobless claims last week.
European stocks are higher and Asian markets ended mostly higher.
The national average price of gasoline is up one-tenth of a cent at $2.198 per gallon.
Nike (NKE) reports earnings on 12/20/16 after the market close.
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Caterpillar (CAT) is up +41.66% year-to-date.
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1000 ET Preliminary-Dec University of Michigan U.S. consumer sentiment index expected +0.7 to 94.5, Nov +6.6 to 93.8.
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The website of the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) has listed one of the upcoming Oppo phones and it is being speculated that it is the Reno 8 Pro.
- Oppo Reno 8 Pro has been listed on the website of the BIS.
- The Reno 8 Pro is expected to come with a MediaTek processor.
- Oppo will launch the Reno 8 series in China at an event today.
Oppo is holding an event in China today to launch the Reno 8 series, but it may not take much time to bring the brand-new series to India. If this new leak is any indication, Oppo is already preparing to launch the Reno 8 series in India. The website of the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) has listed one of the upcoming Oppo phones and it is being speculated that it is the Reno 8 Pro.
Tipster Mukul Sharma has tweeted a screenshot of what looks like listings of upcoming phones on the BIS website. One of the listings mentions CPH2357, which is likely the model number of the upcoming Reno 8 Pro. That means Oppo is possibly done with the process of listing — at least one of — its upcoming phones in India and that is a hint at an imminent launch of the phone, if not the entire Reno 8 series.
Sadly, the BIS listing does not offer any details about the Oppo phone, so for now, we are going to have to rely on the rumours around the Reno 8 Pro. But first, let us talk about what Oppo has confirmed ahead of the launch today. It has said there will be three phones in the Reno 8 series — Reno 8, Reno 8 Pro 5G, and Reno 8 Pro+ 5G. There is seemingly no Reno 8 SE this time. Now let us talk about the rumours and all they have to say about the Reno 8 series.ADVERTISEMENT
Oppo Reno 8 series specifications
Rumours are rife that the Reno 8 — the vanilla model — will come with a 6.55-inch FullHD display with a 120Hz refresh rate. This will probably be an OLED panel, which means vibrant colours and inky blacks. But it also means there could be an in-display fingerprint sensor on the Reno 8. This phone is expected to be powered by a MediaTek Dimensity 1300 processor and pack a 50-megapixel triple camera setup on the back.
The higher model, Reno 8 Pro, is likely to come with a Snapdragon 7 Gen 1 processor that Qualcomm launched at an event in China recently. This phone is also expected to come with an OLED panel but better cameras and a fast-charging battery. Then comes the top-end model, the Reno 8 Pro+, which is said to come with a MediaTek Dimensity 8100-MAX processor and other premium specifications, such as 50-megapixel triple cameras with better sensors and an 80W fast-charging battery.Live TV— ENDS —ALSO READ | Realme put microphones on its new smart 4K TVs and made them a lot smarterALSO READ | Google Pixel 7 tipped to feature smaller display than Pixel 6ALSO READ | Realme C31 quick review: Big display, good design are appealing


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When it comes to food movements, the word “local” is a rarity in Okinawa. That's because restaurants in Japan's southernmost prefecture have been doing the local thing long before it was trending - or even just trendy.
World-renowned for promoting health and longevity, traditional Okinawan cuisine uses primarily local ingredients. What's more, it's easy to find.
According to Kaori Yoshida, editor of Japanese-language website Calend-okinawa.com, the last five years have been particularly exciting on the Okinawa food scene.
“We started the website in 2009 not just to share our favorite places to eat, but to encourage people to grow and spread their ideas,” she says.
Since then, Yoshida says, a stream of new shop owners and chefs have arrived and infused passion, creativity and personal interpretations of island living into an already vibrant eating culture.


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Moxi Digital reportedly facing trouble, cash low for server rollout
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Moxi Digital, the high-profile Palo Alto start-up that recently unveiled a "home media server" to rave reviews, is burning through cash at a robust rate and is seeking a white knight, according to sources familiar with the company's plans.
Moxi was formerly known as Rearden Steel.
AOL Time Warner is said to be among those considering buying the company, sources said. Moxi earlier approached EchoStar, the parent company of Dish Networks, but was turned down.
Moxi, led by 41-year-old WebTV co-founder Steve Perlman, obtained $67 million in venture funding from high-caliber venture firms. Moxi's product, the Media Center, received solid reviews at the January Consumer Electronics Show. The MC is a $400 box that could show up in homes by the end of the year. It controls multiple forms of digital entertainment and information in the home, functioning as a cable or satellite receiver, digital video recorder, music jukebox and computer networking hub.
However, Moxi has run into hurdles as it tries to distribute its product — and there's doubt about whether it has enough cash to go it alone.
Kevin Fong, a venture capitalist with Mayfield Fund and a board member at Moxi, would not comment on the company's thinking. However, he hinted at the quagmire Moxi faces: "The space has so many players it needs to be friendly with," Fong said. "The question is: 'How can it work with them all, when many of those players hate each other?'"
Among the fierce competitors that are potential customers of Moxi: satellite TV providers EchoStar and DirecTV, and cable titans Comcast/AT&T and AOL Time Warner, along with a number of smaller cable operators.
EchoStar representative Marc Lumpkin said his company — an investor in Moxi — would like to license parts of Moxi's software, and that a purchase of Moxi by EchoStar competitor, AOL Time Warner, wouldn't necessarily rule out that option. AOL Time Warner would not comment. AOL Time Warner perceives Moxi as possibly the perfect product to unify the consumers of AOL and Time Warner products, the sources said.
Moxi also has competition. Sony, the consumer electronics heavyweight, and Microsoft, the PC software giant, are also developing variations of the home media server.
EchoStar Communications, parent of the Dish Network satellite TV service, says it still plans to test Moxi this summer and could start offering it to its 6 million subscribers late this year or early in 2003.


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We knew that Activision Blizzard have been cutting costs and trying to find ways to prevent the slide the company's been on since October and splitting ways with Bungie seems to be one of them, where the latter retains rights to Destiny.
Writing in their blog, Bungie said the gaming industry was a wildly different place in 2010 when they signed up with Activision. "We had a vision for Destiny that we believed in, but to launch a game of that magnitude, we needed the support of an established publishing partner", the company added.
Creating Destiny was "something special" and Activision played a huge role in it, helping Bungie deliver more than 50 million copies of Destiny games and expansions. Bungie speak of tens of millions of guardians that joined up in the meantime, which hopefully stay along for the ride.
Bungie thanked Activision for their partnership in a "successful eight-year run", reminding players that they're ready for self-publishing, while their former publisher is free to focus on other IPs they own.
According to the statement, Bungie's transition has already begun, albeit in the early stages, but both parties are interested in making it as quick and painless as possible.
Having said that, much has been said of Activision's role in Destiny and perhaps even more in Destiny 2, although we've got to cut them some slack. After all, it wasn't them who built the game - they just distributed it.
Granted, Activision didn't have to dictate Destiny 2's exact pricing, release schedules and microtransactions to affect them, which they probably have. The company's reluctance to try and make Bungie and Destiny 2 profitable, however, says quite a bit.
Activision Blizzard have been cutting costs for a while, most likely prompted by their stock performance. Coincidentally or not, the events following the saw the beginning of a huge stock slide, a streak that continued recently as the company lost two CFOs in .
"We know self-publishing won’t be easy; there’s still much for us to learn as we grow as an independent, global studio, but we see unbounded opportunities and potential in Destiny. We know that new adventures await us all on new worlds filled with mystery, adventure, and hope", Bungie concluded.
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Everyone needs food, the researchers point out, so the potential market for 3D printing it is a huge one. Safety concerns have to be taken into consideration, of course, and there are challenges in 3D printing food into self-supporting structures that maintain their shape. The researchers pose three questions in the paper:
- What additive manufacturing technologies are currently applied for the 3D printing of food?
- What materials are being used to 3D print food?
- What companies are active in the process of 3D printing food and how do they compete?
Several different methods are used to 3D print food. Selective sintering, according to the researchers, “can generate multiple layers of a food
matrix with each layer containing different food material components.” Selective hot air sintering and melting (SHASAM) use a beam of hot air to selectively fuse together sugar powder.
“Selective sintering offers the freedom to quickly build complex food items in a short time without post curing,” the researchers state. “This technology however, is complicated as there are many variables involved.”
Liquid binding or binder jetting is another method of 3D food printing. 3D Systems‘ ChefJet 3D printer is an example of this technology, which is faster and cheaper (in terms of materials) than other methods, but also suffers from rough surface finish and high machine cost.Hot-melt extrusion is used for liquids or pastes. In this method, the material is heated slightly above its melting point, extruded, and solidifies immediately after extrusion, sticking to the previous layers. Soft-materials extrusion has also been used at room temperature for foods like dough, meat paste and processed cheese.
“Food printing based on material extrusion generally feature a compact size, and low maintenance cost,” the researchers state. “But, there are also some imperfections that need further improvement, such as the seam line between layers, a long fabrication time, and delamination caused by temperature fluctuation.”
Inkjet printing or material jetting can also be used to create digital images as decorations or surface fill. The researchers also mention the bioprinting of meat to produce food without slaughtering animals, but so far this has been highly expensive.
Materials used in 3D food printing include sugar, chocolate, cheese, cereals, fruits, cookie dough and ground meat. In terms of companies offering food 3D printers, the study points to 14 of them, each offering a highly specialized type of printer. These companies are listed in the table to the right.
“3D food printing is becoming an important technology for food production and with important implications such as the ability for customized food design and personalized nutrition,” the researchers conclude. “However, its current impact is still limited as it is viewed as complimentary to traditional food manufacturing. There are also only limited varieties of food items that can be printed through 3D printers. Consumer preferences in taste, quality and culture factors might also play an important role.”
Authors of the paper include Harm-Jan Steenhuis, Xin Fang and Tolga Ulusemre.
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The App Scans Smartphones and Tablets for Vulnerabilities Harmful to Data, Financials and Privacy
Woburn, MA – August 15, 2014 -Kaspersky Lab has today released the free mobile application, Kaspersky Fake ID Scanner, to safeguard consumers against various Android vulnerabilities. The app scans smartphones and tablets for vulnerabilities that put valuable data, privacy and even financials at risk.
There has been no shortage of Android vulnerabilities in the last several months. One of the most notable new vulnerabilities is Fake ID, which was found by experts at Bluebox Labs. The vulnerability enables attackers to disguise any applications, including malicious, as legitimate programs developed by well-known vendors. This vulnerability like the Master Key vulnerability, which enables cybercriminals to access any Android device with administrator privileges and launch software without the owner’s knowledge, are high risks to consumers.
Although, as a rule, Google quickly closes such vulnerabilities, millions of Android users remain at risk, since it often takes device manufacturers a long time to update firmware. Malware can use such vulnerabilities to make its way onto smartphones and tablets, often disguised as popular applications, in order to steal personal data stored on the devices, hijack user accounts on social networks, steal online banking credentials, etc.
In order to prevent such vulnerabilities from being exploited, Kaspersky Lab developed Kaspersky Fake ID Scanner. The tool enables Android device owners to scan their devices for vulnerabilities and safely determine that no applications that can exploit those vulnerabilities are installed on their devices. If any threats are detected, the Fake ID Scanner prompts the user to install a free version of Kaspersky Internet Security for Android to remove the vulnerability. This award-winning product will protect the device against malicious code regardless of the vulnerabilities exploited by the malware.
The application is compatible with Android 2.3 and later versions, and is available in Google Play.
About Kaspersky Lab
Kaspersky Lab is the world’s largest privately held vendor of endpoint protection solutions. The company is ranked among the world’s top four vendors of security solutions for endpoint users*. Throughout its more than 16-year history Kaspersky Lab has remained an innovator in IT security and provides effective digital security solutions for large enterprises, SMBs and consumers. Kaspersky Lab, with its holding company registered in the United Kingdom, currently operates in almost 200 countries and territories across the globe, providing protection for over 300 million users worldwide. Learn more at www.kaspersky.com.
* The company was rated fourth in the IDC rating Worldwide Endpoint Security Revenue by Vendor, 2012. The rating was published in the IDC report "Worldwide Endpoint Security 2013–2017 Forecast and 2012 Vendor Shares (IDC #242618, August 2013). The report ranked software vendors according to earnings from sales of endpoint security solutions in 2012.
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HTC, LG, Samsung and Sony are all gearing for the software release of Android 4.4 KitKat. Some devices are getting it firsthand after the Nexus line and if you own any of these brands, know which among the list are qualified to get the next-generation Android OS.
HTC Confirms Android 4.4 KitKat
HTC America President Jason Mackenzie confirms official Android 4.4 KitKat firmware for HTC One smartphone and expected to be out within 15 to 90 days depending on which variant. HTC Google Play Edition gets it firsthand within 15 days followed by Developer Edition in 30 days and lastly by the original variant in 90 days. However, HTC didn't confirm details yet about changes of Sense UI 5.5 running Android 4.4.
In addition, HTC One Max and One Mini owners may expect official firmware update as well with plans currently in works which will be announced soon.
The LG G2 is expected to get Android 4.4 KitKat which will make it a direct resemblance to Nexus 5. Other devices made by LG such as Nexus 4, second-generation Optimus L7/L5/L3 and Optimus G/G Pro are all eligible to get the new firmware. Owners of the mentioned devices should wait till LG finishes development of the software.
Samsung Galaxy Line
No mystery that Galaxy S4 and Galaxy Note 3 are all getting Android 4.4 KitKat which probably be out by the end of 2013 or early 2014. Samsung Galaxy S5 is also rumoured to run the latest Android version due in 2014 which could signal Android 4.4 among other Galaxy smartphones.
Samsung Galaxy S3 and Note 2 are scheduled with Android 4.3 Jelly Bean this holiday and may possibly get Android 4.4 sometime next year as both devices support 512 MB of RAM for the new OS.
Sony already announced Android 4.3 Jelly Bean among Xperia Z family and other selected Xperia phone such as SP due by the end of 2013. Latest Xperia smartphones are equipped with at least 1 GB of RAM which can run Android 4.4 KitKat.
Sony Mobile will use Android 4.4 KitKat to boost their sales with their Xperia Z line and may use Xperia Z1 Honami as its first bearer. No details yet have been found how Xperia UI will look like once combined with Android 4.4.
As of now, Android 4.4 KitKat is exclusive with Nexus 5 but will be pushed eventually among other Nexuses such as Nexus 4, Nexus 7 1 and 2, Nexus 10 and upcoming Nexus 10 2013. Galaxy Nexus is still in discussion if eligible to get one but custom ROM developers can always make a workaround for it.


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Hot Off The Press – Eggs every day are totally okay!President's Blog
Hi, my name is Margaret Hudson, my family owns and operates Burnbrae Farms and has been farming since 1891. I am passionate about nutrition and health and of course eggs! I am excited to share some of my learnings from almost 30 years of working in our family’s egg business and a lifetime of being around our farm. If you have enjoyed receiving this information and would like to receive more posts, please sign up in the link at the bottom of the page for our company newsletter.
My breakfast almost always includes eggs, so I was pleased to read about two new studies published in May that further support my daily decision. Remember a few years ago when eggs were much maligned in the popular press, and were wrongfully associated with high cholesterol, heart disease and diabetes? The tides have turned, and this new research further supports what we’ve said all along: Eggs every day are totally okay!
Cholesterol is a fat-like substance that’s naturally made by the liver. Our bodies use it to make hormones and vitamin D, so it’s completely essential. Only a small portion of cholesterol in the body comes from dietary cholesterol found in foods, such as meat, poultry, shellfish, eggs and milk products. These foods have little effect on blood cholesterol levels in most people.
So cutting out eggs is not going to lower your blood cholesterol levels or protect you against heart disease.
Health professionals generally agree that for heart health and balanced cholesterol levels, it’s best to pay attention to the quality of your overall diet rather than focusing on any one food or nutrient. Since 2007, research studies have overwhelmingly shown that healthy adults can enjoy an egg a day without increasing their risk of high cholesterol, heart disease or stroke. Two newly published research papers provide even further evidence.
First, a study from the University of Sydney’s Boden Institute of Obesity, Nutrition, Exercise and Eating Disorders was published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition . Researchers looked at the effects of the consuming eggs as part of a weight loss plan for people with pre-diabetes or type 2 diabetes. Researchers wanted to see if eating a lot of eggs would negatively affect their cholesterol or blood sugar levels. Study participants were instructed on a healthy diet with specific calorie levels, the types and amount of food to eat, and the right amount of “healthy fats.”
There were two diet protocols in the study:
- High-eggs diets (12 eggs per week)
- Low-egg diets (less than two eggs per week)
The researchers checked in periodically to assess participants’ weight, blood sugar, cholesterol levels and other markers. After 12 months, those who consumed a high-egg diet had no adverse changes in any of the tests (blood sugar, cholesterol, etc.) and both groups had the same amount of weight loss.
Dr. Nicholas Fuller, one of the researchers, commented that "despite differing advice around safe levels of egg consumption for people with pre-diabetes and type 2 diabetes, our research indicates people do not need to hold back from eating eggs if they are part of a healthy diet. While eggs themselves are high in dietary cholesterol – and people with type 2 diabetes tend to have higher levels of the 'bad' low density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol – this study supports existing research that shows consumption of eggs has little effect on the levels of cholesterol in the blood of the people eating them."
In another study published in April 2018, eating an egg a day was shown to lower the risk of heart disease. The observational study, published in the journal Heart , looked at the association between eggs and different types of heart disease, including cardiovascular disease (CVD), ischaemic heart disease (IHD), major coronary events (MCE) and strokes. Note that as an observational study, it shows patterns, not cause and effect.
The researchers collected data on food intake from over 400,000 adults in China, and participants were specifically asked about their egg consumption. Results showed that those who reported eating an egg daily had a lower risk of CVD, IHD and stroke. CVD includes heart failure, abnormal heart beat, heart attacks and valve problems.
Based on the results, study researcher Yu Guo said “eating eggs in moderation is associated with a lower incidence of cardiovascular diseases and stroke. Even more, the new research is by far the most powerful project to detect such an effect.”
Wonderful news for egg lovers like me. Now the only question that remains is hard boiled or scrambled?
President, Burnbrae Farms
5 Reasons to Pack Eggs on your Camping Trip
We’re looking forward to spending time camping in Canada’s great outdoors. Here are 5 reasons why you should take eggs on your camping trip this summer.
Rising Food Prices and The Role Eggs Can Play
If you’ve been grocery shopping lately, you’ve likely noticed a steep increase in prices all around the store. Due to a combination of factors from the pandemic, including issues with food production, transportation, packaging and supply chain, your average grocery bill has likely grown. The dilemma facing many of us is how to ensure that meals remain accessible, affordable and enjoyable amid rising food prices. One solution is to enjoy eggs more often as part of breakfast, lunch, dinner and snacks. As a source of protein with more than 16 essential vitamins and minerals, eggs are a cost effective way to add nutrition and enjoyment to the plate.


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CEDAR RAPIDS - Late last year, multiple developers announced plans for several acres of vacant land at the southwest corner of Highway 100 and Edgewood Road NE that could come with a price tag as high as $55 million.
River Ridge, the 14.8-acre development by Ahmann Companies, is set to be the site of a new dealership for Randy Kuehl Honda and a Hilton Garden Inn, among other potential developments.
Randy Kuehl Honda announced plans in February 2019 to relocate from its current location on Center Point Road NE to a new dealership near Highway 100.
What's happened since?
Construction on the 35,110-square-foot dealership is set to be complete soon, with the opening expected this summer, said Chad Pelley, business development manager at Ahmann Companies.
The Hilton Garden Inn, sitting on 3.36 acres, will have 102 rooms and 190 parking spots along with the 25,050-square-foot facility. It is expected to open this fall, Pelley said.
In addition, Ahmann Companies broke ground on Buffalo Ridge, a residential development on an 8-acre parcel of land within River Ridge that costs between $16 million and $20 million.
The first of 100 market-rate townhouses will wrap up construction by the end of June and should see the first tenants moving in shortly after, Pelley said.
Despite the economic effects of the novel coronavirus, Pelley said Ahmann Companies expects the demand for market-rate housing in the northeast part of Cedar Rapids to remain strong.
The question remains, however, what will be done with 4.44 acres of vacant land within River Ridge.
Ahmann Companies previously had proposed three mixed-use buildings, with retail and office space on the first floor and dozens of residential units on the second and third floors. However, when the 3.36 acres nearby were sold for the construction of the Hilton Garden Inn, the developers had to adjust their plans.
'Now the market tells us what it wants, but the world is scary right now,” Pelley said.
Pelley said there's been interest in the vacant lot since Iowa has begun to reopen businesses following coronavirus-related shutdowns, but developers still are waiting to understand what the market might demand in a post-pandemic world.
What does office and retail space look like after the pandemic? Will people be downsizing their homes, or upsizing because they're working from home? These questions, among others, are what developers will be turning over as they come up with a game plan in the near future, Pelley said.
But Ahmann Companies is hopeful. Construction at the developer's 56-acre Edgewood Town Centre, a roughly $50 million commercial-retail hub that sits directly north of River Ridge, has continued in the past few months despite the pandemic.
'Things are still happening,” Pelley said. 'We keep on keeping on.”
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Hence, Google is set to reboot the Android One program by launching new devices according to a report on Financial Times. Some will have better specs and slightly higher price while others will be as cheap as $50 or a little under ₱2,500!
|MyPhone Uno – one of the first Android One smartphones in the Philippines.|
First generation of Android One devices were priced at $100 or ₱4,500 but their specs were not on par with other bang for the buck smartphones that has flooded the Philippine and Indian markets.
Their main selling point are having Android Lollipop as the OS, promise of guaranteed software updates and high quality materials. However, those were not enough for the specs-hungry consumers.
Android One’s managing director, Rajan Anandan, admitted that the project faced a few hiccups.
Hence, Google’s new strategy is to launch two varieties of Android One – midrange and entry level. The first one includes the upcoming Cherry Mobile One 4G and Lava Pixel V1 while devices on the latter category should be announced soon.
Some are still pessimistic though. After all, Google doesn’t have a stellar record in terms of hardware products. Nevertheless, a successful Android One program will mostly benefit first time Android phone users.
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The U.S. Postal Service must make fundamental changes to its business model to return to profitability and continue its mission of providing quality service to every address in the nation. Proposed changes include operational, compensation and benefits changes to reduce Postal Service annual expenses by $20 billion by 2015.
The Postal Service has hired Evercore Partners to review and advise the Postal Service on the ongoing restructuring of its business model. Evercore Partners has assisted other large, complex organizations experiencing financial challenges, including auto and other transportation companies.
Evercore Partners is a leading publicly-traded independent investment banking advisory firm that is recognized as an industry leader in advising clients on financial restructurings and other strategic transactions.
The Postal Service receives no tax dollars for operating expenses and relies on the sale of postage, products and services to fund its operations.
We’re everywhere so you can be anywhere: www.uspseverywhere.com
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A self-supporting government enterprise, the U.S. Postal Service is the only delivery service that reaches every address in the nation, 150 million residences, businesses and Post Office Boxes. The Postal Service receives no tax dollars for operating expenses, and relies on the sale of postage, products and services to fund its operations. With 32,000 retail locations and the most frequently visited website in the federal government, usps.com, the Postal Service has annual revenue of more than $67 billion and delivers nearly 40 percent of the world’s mail. If it were a private sector company, the U.S. Postal Service would rank 29th in the 2010 Fortune 500. Black Enterprise and Hispanic Business magazines ranked the Postal Service as a leader in workforce diversity. The Postal Service has been named the Most Trusted Government Agency six consecutive years and the sixth Most Trusted Business in the nation by the Ponemon Institute.


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The Vice Chairman of the Health Committee of Parliament Dr. Ayew Afriyie has said the drone deal between the government of Ghana and Ghana Drone Delivery Project will employ some 200 Ghanaian students.
“They are going to employ 200 Ghanaian students. They are also going to do it in other African countries and many Ghanaians will be taken there as expatriates,” he told Francis Abban on the Morning Starr Thursday.
Dr. Afriyie, who is also a medical doctor, denied claims by the Minority that the deal will cost Ghana about GHC27 million and not the GHC12 million government is quoting.
“I’m not sure they can be able to justify that amount they are talking about, I don’t know how they came by that figure”.
The drone delivery network, which will be run by the Ghana Health Service and the Ministry of Health, will give Ghana one of the most advanced health care supply chains on the planet.
The drones will operate 24 hours a day from 4 distribution centers across the country. The first distribution center will be located near Suhum. The sites for the remaining 3 will be finalized by GHS subsequently, but are expected to cover much of the country.
The distribution centers will stock 148 lifesaving and essential medical supplies including emergency blood and oxytocin to save women’s lives in childbirth postpartum haemorrhage which is the leading cause of maternal death, emergency medicines for surgeries, severe infections, antivenins and anti-rabies, diabetic emergencies, extremely high blood pressure emergencies.
When one of the of the 2,500 health facilities covered by the new service stocks out of a product, it will order an emergency delivery by a drone that will arrive in 30-40 minutes.
The drones will not replace the existing supply chain. They will specialize in handling emergency stock out situations. Ghana’s emergency medical drone delivery service will save tens of millions of Cedis by eliminating the need for expensive emergency trips to pick up the product, and by avoiding wasteful overstocking of product at health facilities.
This revolutionary healthcare service will help save lives, decrease waste in the system and increase healthcare access for more than 14 million people nationwide.
The drones and delivery service are built and operated by Zipline, a California-based automated logistics company, which helped launched the world’s first national drone delivery service in Rwanda in October of 2016.
The medical drone delivery service has been so successful at decreasing waste, increasing access and saving lives that the government of Rwanda recently asked Zipline to quadruple the size of its operation there.
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Forbes Georgia has revived the data of the Russian business register related to the company OOO “Гео органикс”. According to the documentation, the company was registered in June 2017 and Tate Mamatsashvili, the son of businessman Ucha Mamatsashvili, owned 25% of it.
According to the register, the purchase deal was concluded on September 6, 2021, and Tate Mamatsashvili sold his share to the director of the company, Giorgi Kapanadze. Currently, Kapanadze owns 75% of the company’s shares.
What does the company OOO “Гео органикс” do?
According to the register, the company holds licenses to trade in pharmaceutical products and food supplements.
According to the Russian accounting information, in 2021 the revenue of OOO “Гео органикс” was 366,992,000 rubles, which is currently $6.3 million dollars.
The company had a net profit of 19,427,000 rubles, which at the exchange rate of 2021 was $272,000. The company’s assets amount to 430,612,000 rubles, or $6 million dollars.
“Гео органикс” is related to the Georgian company of the same name, Geo Organics, which owns a pharmaceutical enterprise producing food supplements. The company was founded in 2017 and it is part of businessman Ucha Mamatsashvili’s investment fund “Middle Seas Capital”.
90% shares of the company operating in Georgia is owned by “Geo Organics Limited”, a company registered in Great Britain.
According to the “Geo Organics” website itself, its products are mainly intended for export. According to the website, its products are sold at Russian pharmacy chains, including at ‘A5”; ‘36.6’; ‘Горздрав’ and others.
As for “Geo Organics Limited”, a company registered in Great Britain, it was founded on December 19, 2018. Currently, businessman Ucha Mamatsashvili owns a 30.5% share in it, Ketevan Kharaidze owns 30.5%, Giorgi Kapanadze owns 16.7%, and Zurab Tsereteli-Makharadze owns 22.3%.Leave a comment


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There is opportunity in adversity. And after an incredible 2020, courier companies learnt they need four things to not just survive, but thrive:
1. Service diversity
2. Membership of a UK wide group (for national opportunities)
3. Bulk buying rates to compete
4. The latest technology to compete
In 2021, a business needs backup. Brexit has been challenging, retail is transforming and the opportunities for eFulfillment are off the chart. Add this to new national and government contracts, and anyone with an eye on the future of their business wants to be a part of an organisation that can help them access all of the above.
Here’s a review of diamond’s February launches, exploring their personal reasons for joining.
1 – Cardiff: add new services and eCommerce to a thriving existing business
Cardiff operator Elite Couriers joined diamond in order to increase its eCommerce client base and serve customers in South Wales.
Company director Leon Haughton comes from a logistics family, with his father operating successful firms such as Midnite Express and Regency Freight Logistics. Leon decided to branch out in 2018 and launched Elite Couriers.
2021 is set to be a new beginning – a first in fact – for all of us, in one way or another. Leon and his business will be taking their next steps with its new partner diamondlogistics.
A diamond partnership is designed to improve existing operations, bring new technologies and secure great input rates with major carriers. And above all else, it’s about being part of a bold, ambitious national network.
With diamond’s support, new courier partners are set to scale-up their business and increase turnover with great buying rates with all the major carriers, and harness the benefits of its powerful despatchlab technology.
With repeat customers centrally administered by diamondlogistics, Network Partners just need to focus on sales, operations and the all-important growth.
diamond will help its new partners launch, manage and operate a successful business, providing training, technology and its own homepage.
2 – Wigan: Family business knows diversification is key for survival
diamond welcomes Scorpion Couriers – which has joined the diamondlogistics network to grow its eCommerce client base, and to serve customers in the Greater Manchester area.
At present, the local business, operated by father and son team Darren and Ryan Cuncliffe, specialises in SameDay delivery of medical products. In January 2020, the team moved into a 5,000 sq ft warehouse and office complex. In 2021 the family operation is set to extend and expand further as a diamondlogistics Network Partner.
3 – Mid Wales: Adding innovation and eCommerce to an established, family business.
Newtown Powys family business – 2nd Generation Logistics, a subsidiary of Station Couriers – has joined the diamondlogistics network, for eFulfillment opportunities, and to serve customers in the mid-Wales area.
The local business, operated by a parent and daughter team, has grown from a taxi service – Station Taxis – to a successful carrier business, which acquired its own 40,000 sq ft service centre in 2016. Now, having outgrown that facility, the operation is set to extend and expand as a diamond Network Partner.
Elite Couriers, Scorpion Couriers and 2nd Generation Logistics are set to have an exciting year of business expansion, knowing they have the best of both worlds. They retain their own independence, yet add the services, technology, carrier rates and opportunity to not just survive, but thrive.
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Danish Investment Firm Behind Apogee/3D Realms Acquisition
Interceptor Studios co-owners SDN Invest have confirmed its purchase of Apogee Software LTD and 3D Realms.
Spurned on by a Tweet from CEO Frederik Schreiber, many gamers were mistakenly led to believe yesterday that Interceptor Studios, the developer behind the recent Rise of the Triad remake, had purchased classic game makers 3D Realms and Apogee. The deal was eventually debunked by Apogee LLC which said via its own Tweet that the Interceptor itself hadn't acquired anything. That being the case, a recent release has revealed that the original story did contained a portion of the truth.
While it's true that Interceptor itself didn't purchase Apogee Software, it's been confirmed that the studio's co-owners at SDN Invest have, in fact, acquired Apogee Software (not to be confused with publisher Apogee LLC) and 3D Realms. In turn, SDN has named Apogee's Mike Nielsen as CEO at 3D Realms. The new partnership, he hopes, will be beneficial for both parties. "Duke Nukem, Wolfenstein 3D, Rise of the Triad, Raptor, Shadow Warrior and Prey. There are only a handful of independent studios with a better track record of original game," he said. Yet even with this stellar track record, we hope we can take the company to new heights."
While this acquisition is potentially exciting on a number of levels, it will be interesting to just what affect it has on the involved companies. For instance, Gearbox is still in the middle of suing Interceptor and 3D Realms for copyright infringement based on a recently revealed Duke Nume action RPG. Whether or not this acquisition will lead to any changes in that case is something time will have to tell.
OMG so much confusion.
First there was an Apogee company that wasn't the Apogee company that makes Professional Audio Equipment but Video Games,then there was a third Apogee entity that was related to the Apogee that is related with video games but isn't the other Apogee,and it also has a second name which is 3D Realms,then the Apogee which is 3D Realms sold their license of Duke Nukem to Gearbox but the other Apogee that is related to Video Games kept parts of the Duke Nukem license to sell the old Duke Nukem games,then another video game development studio which is Interceptor started making a remake of a Duke Nukem game that was aloud by Apogee/3D Realms but was stopped by Gearbox,and then they made a re-make of an Apogee game which was Rise of the Triad,but shortly after they said they were working at a new Duke Nukem game again,but Gearbox stopped them once again because its Gearbox that has the rights to make new Duke Nukem games,so Gearbox filed a lawsuit against both Interceptor and one of the 3 Apogees,but then some of the people who own Interceptor and not Interceptor itself bought parts of one of the three Apogees.


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LinkedIn official Android app now available in Android Market
LinkedIn has launched its official Android app version 1.0 in Android Market. The app which was launched last year in beta, brings this professional network finally to the Market.
There is no word on how many downloads the beta received, but we expect the number was surely high.
LinkedIn Android app will provide site users connectivity to their network on the go.
- Updates from your network
- Detail on your connections


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Elizabeth Holmes, the former CEO of Theranos, wants to block information on her previous income and “luxurious” spending from being revealed in court, CNBC has reported.
What Happened: Holmes’ defense attorneys filed a motion to exclude reports showing her earnings and spending, because they might turn the jury against the defendant.
“The jury should not be subjected to arguments regarding Ms. Holmes’ alleged purchase of luxury travel, ‘fine wine,’ or ‘food delivery to her home,’” CNBC quoted the defense team saying in their motion.
“Many CEOs live in luxurious housing, buy expensive (vehicles) and clothing, travel luxuriously and associate with famous people — as the government claims Ms. Holmes did."
Holmes had a private jet and several assistants for “running her errands,” according to CNBC.
Why It Matters: Holmes is facing dozens of felony fraud charges and up to 20 years in prison.
She and her partner Ramesh Balwan, a former president and chief operating officer at Theranos, told investors, board members and the general public that the company's products in development would be able to diagnose any disease, including cancer and diabetes, from just one drop of blood.
The trial is scheduled to begin on March 9, 2021, in San Jose.


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With more consumers shopping online from the comfort of their own homes, some resale platforms have seen a surge in sales and users in recent months.
Poshmark, a peer-to-peer shopping platform, is one of many platforms to see an uptick in listings during the pandemic. The fast-growing company started trading today pricing its IPO at $42 a share and giving the company an initial valuation of more than $3 billion.
Selling items on Poshmark can be beneficial for those looking to generate a supplementary income, especially as unemployment soars and furloughs across industries persist. But sellers like Meg Kribs have managed to find success turning their reselling side hustles into full-time careers.
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Kribs joined Poshmark in 2012 and has been selling on the platform since. But when the 40-year-old mother of four was furloughed from her job at an Arizona gym in March, she saw an opportunity to go all-in on her resale business.
“It was a very lucrative hobby over the years,” Kribs told Insider about her Poshmark store, @fanzy_pantz, in a recent interview.
A former personal trainer, Kribs had spent 20 years in the fitness industry before transitioning entirely to Poshmark. When she and her colleagues at her gym were furloughed in March, Kribs decided to try running her Poshmark business as if it were her full-time job for three full weeks, devoting eight hours a day to the business.
After three weeks of success, she let her gym job know she would not be returning.
“I took the leap at that point. I had nothing to lose,” she said, explaining how she quickly realized the potential for success in her Poshmark job.
From side hustle to full-time job
Kribs’ “closet,” or Poshmark’s term for an online store, mostly specializes in denim.
The category has done well for her, despite an overall dip in jeans sales during the pandemic. According to Kribs, while fewer people might be buying denim, her ability to attract that small percentage of jeans-wearers to shop exclusively at her store drives her business.
When the pandemic began, Kribs was sitting on a back pile of inventory from a couple of months prior, which she said turned out to be a “pile of gold” in terms of sales potential. When she does need to get new inventory, Kribs shops at local consignment shops near her home in Phoenix, Arizona.
To go from side hustle to full-time, Kribs said a shift in mindset was essential.
Poshmark was no longer just a lucrative hobby; it was now Kribs’ main source of income. As such, Kribs made an effort to stick to a regular work schedule and stay focused on growing her business every day. Poshmark offers sales and inventory reports to its sellers and helps break down what items sell better than …read more
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The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has relaxed the norms for the two-factor authentication for online payment up to Rs 2,000, in a move aimed to simplify and encourage online transactions. The new norm will help customers to complete card-not-present (CNP) transactions under the specified limit without entering the additional factor of authentication (AFA) or the one-time password (OTP), according to the notification.
The move will also help the cab aggregators, online marketplace or any other online transactions for that matter. “The relaxation for AFA under such solutions shall be applicable for card not present transactions for a maximum value of Rs 2,000 per transaction across all merchant categories. Banks and card networks are free to facilitate their customers to set lower per transaction limits,” RBI said in a statement.
Till now, for making an online payment, users needed to enter the card details on the gateway and then they enter OTP to authenticate the purchase which is sent to customer mobile phone. The new model is an opt-in service, meaning that the users will have specific to the bank if they are willing to opt for it.
The banks and card networks cannot automatically activate this service , as a matter of fact, they have to take the consent of their users before going ahead. Customers on their part who opt in for this facility will have to go through a one-time registration in which they have to enter the card details and AFA by the issuing bank. Thereafter, the registered customers will not be required to re-enter the card details for every transaction at merchant locations that offer this solution and thereby save time and effort.


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Thinking of starting a new TV network? Better have lots of resources, possibly a proven advertising website track record and a couple of billion dollars hanging around.
Various reports have suggested a conservative-minded news organization could launch a new TV Network. The likely candidates could be Sinclair Broadcast Group, a Trump-backed effort, or even Breitbart News.
Sinclair has said publicly it isn’t interested, preferring to keep producing and growing its local TV station newscasts. A couple of weeks ago, Trump TV Network -- a virtual video PR site on YouTube -- was of note, for a day or so.
Now that Trump chief strategist Steve Bannon is back with Breitbart News, the thinking is that it will look to expand. Does that include building a TV network?
Some reports say its current track record -- when it comes to advertising -- will not lend itself to such an endeavor. One recent report says some 2,600 advertisers have left the Breitbart site due to controversial content.
Still, these are new times. Starting a TV-video network doesn’t necessary mean a TV-video network needs to be ad-supported. Former Fox News host Glenn Beck started TheBlaze in 2011 as a paid subscription/ad-supported TV hybrid site before moving on to some traditional pay TV providers.
To make a big splash, many believe getting into the ranks of a CNN, Fox News Channel or MSNBC is key. Recently, AT&T had been rumored, upon completion of its deal for Time Warner, to sell off CNN. But AT&T CEO Randall Stephenson has said there is little consideration for selling off the prized asset.
Analysts say CNN would come with a hefty $10 billion price tag. Not sure whether Robert Mercer, a billionaire hedge fund manager, and the Mercer family -- a big Breitbart News backer -- is even considering this course.
Plus, a recent quick observation of Breitbart's home page showed scant advertising -- a small right-side LowerMyBills.com ad, and in the key header position on the site, an ad for the Gaijin Entertainment video game “War Thunder.”
Does this sound familiar? One of the first things Bannon tweeted out upon his leaving the Trump Administration: #War.
Yes, a predictable role for any publishing executive chairman: Playing up to the sponsors. Well, that’s a start.


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Twin Star Home, manufacturer of electric fireplaces and home furnishings, will unveil a new retro collection and three mini collections at the High Point Market.
Las Vegas Market has announced that it will host the DesignEDGE design industry summit on Sunday, July 29, 2018 at 10 a.m. at the Las Vegas Market July 29 – Aug. 2. This marks Las Vegas Market’s second year as the DesignEDGE keynote sponsor and the first year as host of the event.
York Wallcoverings one of the oldest and largest wallcovering manufacturers has named Brian Golden as CEO. He will be responsible for driving continued growth and for charting York’s strategic direction as it approaches its 125-year anniversary in 2020.
Dallas Market Center and ART, the creative home furnishings network, has announced that nominations are officially open for the 30th Annual ARTS Awards.
Interior designer Dorothy Willetts will be at the High Point Spring Market this week where she will speak about “Art Inspired Design” on Monday, April 16, 2:30-3:30 p.m.
Upholstery resource Fairfield is collaborating with Lily Koi Upholstery Textiles to introduce an exclusive line at the High Point Market later this week.
Fine baby furnishing manufacturer, Bivona & Company, has expanded upon the ED Ellen DeGeneres line with four new collections, which will be showcased at the High Point Spring Market later this week.


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Telcordia continues to expand its presence in the Asia-Pacific region by participating in the Research and Development (R&D) Center Program, which was recently launched by the Innovation and Technology Commission (ITC) of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government.
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Amazon’s net sales were $16.07 billion in the first quarter of 2013 an increase of 22 percent, compared with $13.18 billion in first quarter of 2012, the company said today.
During the quarter, Amazon acquired social reading platform Goodreads; made the Kindle Fire HD 8.9” available in more countries; and made Amazon MP3s available to iPhone users. They also grew the Kindle Owners’ Lending Library, which lets Amazon Prime customers borrow eBooks for free, to 300,000 books. The company also focused on expanding its TV and film licensing agreements and on creating original programming.
“Amazon Studios is working on a new way to greenlight TV shows. The pilots are out in the open where everyone can have a say,” stated Jeff Bezos, Amazon’s CEO. “I have my personal picks and so do members of the Amazon Studios team, but the exciting thing about our approach is that our opinions don’t matter. Our customers will determine what goes into full-season production. We hope Amazon Originals can become yet another way for us to create value for Prime members.”


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Amazon revealed a breach of customer data last week, but it wasn’t a data breach of the usual variety. Rather than falling prey to a cyberattack or having hackers exploit unsecured code, customer email addresses were leaked by an employee to an online reseller in exchange for money.
What you need to know: 1.) A crime was committed, and 2.) It still counts as a data compromise.
While this is Amazon’s first public dismissal of an employee for the theft of customer data, it’s unlikely to be an isolated incident. The e-commerce giant has been investigating suspected leaks from its databases since mid-September amid allegations that resellers were paying to get an advantage over competitors.
The Wall Street Journal reported incidents of employees accepting bribes to share sales data (including customer email addresses), remove negative reviews, as well as green-lighting banned seller accounts, particularly in China.
The value of customer email addresses to resellers is considerable. Resellers don’t typically have access to customer contact information. Getting access allows them to contact customers who have left negative reviews, and ask them to change them or remove them entirely in exchange for discounts on future purchases.
Customer reviews are thought to be a key data point in Amazon’s search algorithms; online feedback from customers is a factor in how prominently a seller’s products appear in searches. Competition for high-ranking results is a matter of survival for resellers since the top three results in searches account for 64% of sales, and 70% of Amazon customers don’t bother scrolling past the first page of results. As the number of resellers increases, so too does the motivation to game the site’s algorithm.
Algorithms used by online services such as Amazon have become increasingly sophisticated in their ability to accumulate and predict user behavior. While most of the process of serving search results to the consumer is machine-made, user feedback and the administration of it are processes that require a human touch, and as such present a potential Achilles heel to the way promotions work on the site.
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The check mule of the upcoming Hyundai i20 is supplied with barely thinner camouflage
The South Korean carmaker Hyundai is at present readying the i20 for its launch within the nation. The brand new-generation i20 would be the subsequent large launch from Hyundai after the Tucson facelift. Although the global-spec model had already made its debut, we should look forward to the hatchback that’s anticipated to be launched in India by the tip of this 12 months. The check mule of the i20 draped in heavy camouflage has been noticed on a number of situations up to now, doing the rounds in India. Now, a brand new set of spy photos of the automobile have popped up with diminished camouflage.
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The check mule was captured testing in Hyderabad carrying barely thinner camouflage. Nonetheless, it does not look something close to to the ultimate manufacturing mannequin. We all know that the new-gen Hyundai i20 will include host design updates and have updates. It is going to get a closely up to date upfront carrying an even bigger cascading grille together with new LED headlamps and LED foglamps. Within the earlier spy pictures, we have now already seen the check mules that includes new 17-inch dual-tone alloy wheels, new ORVMs with built-in flip indicators, a pointy fin antenna, and LED taillamps.
The upcoming i20 will probably be a related automobile providing from Hyundai, and this was solely confirmed to us by Tarun Garg, Director – Gross sales and Advertising and marketing, Hyundai Motor India when he joined us for a session on our Freewheeling With SVP phase. The third-generation automobile will function Hyundai’s BlueLink related automobile know-how. The automobile may also get an all-new cabin outfitted with two 10.25-inch touchscreen infotainment items with Apple CarPlay and Android Auto connectivity and a digital cluster. It is going to additionally get Hyundai’s SmartSense security package deal.
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Mechanically, the brand new Hyundai i20 will include an possibility of petrol and diesel engines. The petrol engine will probably be a 1.2-litre naturally aspirated unit that additionally powers the brand new Grand i10 Nios. The corporate is predicted to switch the 1.Four-litre diesel unit with a BS6-compliant 1.5-litre unit, which powers the Kia Seltos. A brand new 1.Zero-litre turbo-petrol engine can also be anticipated to be supplied with the brand new i20. Transmission selections will embody each handbook and computerized items.
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When I was growing up, Lunar New Year was like a second Christmas. You had a huge family gathering over a grand feast the night before, and the following morning, instead of presents, I used to get something even better – lai see – or red packets, (hong bao in China) which is gift money given to the young and unmarried by those are married or older.
After days of playing with cousins and my parents allowing me to eat loads of sweets from the chuen hup or candy box, I used to like arranging all my red envelopes into a pile and count the money I had accumulated. I must have been a greedy little girl as I thought only of myself and decided which toys I wanted to buy and how much I would set aside for later use – perhaps toys that would be released later in the year.
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All that is about to become a relic of a bygone era.
A cashless society
Mobile payment transactions from January to October in 2017 hit a record 81 trillion yuan (US$12.8 trillion) as China moves speedily towards a cashless society.
“My colleagues in Shenzhen tell me they do not even own a wallet any more,” says Ben Sin, a journalist who covers tech matters in China. “Even buying a 4 yuan street snack off a cart in an alley, the grandma selling it will have a QR code for payments.”
Online hong bao was launched on WeChat Pay in 2014, and, according to a December 2017 study by Yuan et al of Cornell University, more than 14.2 billion red packets were given online on WeChat by Lunar New Year’s Eve in 2017.
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Hong Kong has been slower to follow this trend with the use of banknotes falling because of Octopus and credit card systems; but this number spikes at Lunar New Year with the tradition to gift only new notes. The Hong Kong Monetary Authority estimates that it would need 532 tonnes of cotton to produce 400 million banknotes, which would require 666 cubic metres of storage.
The argument does not stop there. In an interview with Harbour Times in February 2018, Man Yip, assistant project manager of Greener Action – which organises the recycling of red packets – said Hongkongers use around 320 million red packets a year. Most of these are single use, and the amount of resources used to produce these are mind-boggling.
Think of the children
Gifting actual red packets isn’t all bad. Rohith Murthy, managing director of Singsaver.com.sg, told Channel News Asia that it is a good chance to teach children about money.
“My daughter is very excited about receiving hong bao because she knows that there’s money in the red packets and she can buy lots of things with it,” he explains. “But rather than rush to the mall, we sit down together and talk about the importance of saving money.”
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He believes that it is easier to explain to younger children by using physical cash with its numbers and coloured notes.
Commercial companies have used the printing of lai see envelopes as a marketing ploy to promote their service, product or brand. This has led to some creative and aesthetically pleasing packets, so that the mere sight of an envelope can cause feelings of exhilaration.
Online hong bao brings something new. In the study by Yuan et al. WeChat Pay offers a “group red packet” function, which “In contrast to traditional red packets exchanged among family members and friends, is a feature that allows individuals to send red packets to a group of people by randomly splitting a red packet among a limited, user-determined number of people on a first-come, first-served basis.” This allows the act of lai see giving to evolve into some kind of online game, where those in the group grab as many electronic packets as possible, similar to the spirit of Hungry Hungry Hippos.
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Still a while away
The Cornell University study reported that “[Around] 65 per cent people in China use WeChat, users who are active in red packets are biased toward young and middle-aged people.” But what about those who are either too young or old to use, or cannot afford a smartphone? When asked whether a simple device is all that is needed to include smaller children and infants, who are major recipients of money gifts, Sin replied, “Smartphone penetration is already high even among children [in China]. So if something even cheaper than that arrives, it will only increase the percentage of children using e-payment, too.”
While we wait for WeChat or Alipay to create a device like the Octopus watch before we see toddlers receiving lai see from their elders, it seems that for adult settings, such as work or social groups, the engagement of electronic red packets will be directly related to how cashless the city has become and it seems like it’s almost there in China. Hong Kong’s attachment to the Octopus payment system and credits cards have staved off this transition, but there is no doubt that e-payments are still the future.
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The girl counting her money while dressed in her new Lunar New Year clothes will be a mere memory, and soon kids will be using their baby smartphones to get candies and toys on Taobao. We should cherish these traditions and be ready to explain what red packets mean to our grandchildren, which is not much different from having to explain that the save icon on Microsoft Word is something called a floppy disk.
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In May, the World Health Organization (World Health Organization) issued an alarming report that widely used sugar-free sweeteners such as aspartame.
The WHO has reported that they are probably ineffective for weight loss and that long-term consumption may increase the risk of diabetes, cardiovascular disease and mortality in adults. A few months later, the WHO declared aspartame, the main ingredient in Diet Coke, a "probable carcinogen," but then quickly issued a third report that seemed to contradict its earlier findings. The third report said we can continue to consume the product at levels that were determined to be safe decades ago, before new scientific research raised health concerns.
This contradiction comes from corruption of the review process by consultants connected to a Coca-Cola group;, the public health advocacy group said in a recent publication US Right-To-Know.
It revealed eight WHO panellists involved in assessing safe levels of aspartame consumption are consultants to the soft drink industry or have previously worked with a Coke scientific group, the International Life Sciences Institute (Ilsi).
Their involvement in bodies that create or approve guidelines represents "an obvious conflict of interest," said Gary Ruskin, executive director of Right-To-Know USA.
"Because of this conflict of interest, the conclusions [on daily intake] for aspartame are not reliable and the public should not rely on them."
Ilsi describes itself as a non-profit organization that conducts "science for the public good," but was founded in 1978 by a Coca-Cola executive who worked at the company until 2021, according to Right-To-Know's USA. Other Coca-Cola executives have worked for the group, and their detailed tax returns show millions in donations from Coca-Cola and other drinks industry players. Coke ended its official membership of the group in 2021.
Με τα χρόνια, οι εκfaceι της Ilsi προσπάθησαν να διαμορφώσουν την πολιτική για τα τρόφιμα παγκοσμίως και ο Ruskin, ο οποίος έχει γράψει πολλές επιστημονικές εργασίες για την ομάδα, χαρακτήρισε τη διαμάχη για την ασπαρτάμη ως “αριστούργημα στο πώς ο Ilsi μπαίνει σε αυτές τις ρυθμιστικές διαδικασίες”.


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Web based gamers younger than 18 may be permitted to play for an hour on Fridays, ends of the week and occasions, China’s computer game controller has said.
The National Press and Publication Administration told state-run news organization Xinhua that game-playing would be just permitted between 8pm to 9pm.
It likewise educated gaming organizations to forestall kids playing outside these occasions.
Recently a state news source marked web based games “profound opium”.
Reviews of web based gaming organizations will likewise increment, to make sure that as far as possible are being upheld the controller said.
Prior rules had restricted kids’ web based game-playing to an hour and a half each day, ascending to three hours on vacations.
The move mirrors a long running worry about the effect of unreasonable gaming on the youthful.
A month before the most recent limitations, an article distributed by the state-run Economic Information Daily guaranteed numerous teens had gotten dependent on internet gaming and it was adversely affecting them.
The article incited huge falls in the worth of offers in a portion of China’s greatest web based gaming firms.
In July, Chinese gaming monster Tencent declared it was carrying out facial acknowledgment to stop youngsters playing somewhere in the range of 22:00 and 08:00.
The move followed fears that youngsters were utilizing grown-up ID’s to go around rules.


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Materials from the recent 2013 ICN Cartel Workshop, hosted by the South African Competition Commission, are now available online.
The International Competition Network was founded on October 25, 2001. From an initial 15 members, the ICN has grown to include over 125 competition agency members! Happy 12th anniversary to the ICN!
The Competition Commission of Singapore recently released the 6th edition of its e-newsletter, Competitive Edge, including a recap of the winners from CCS’s innovative animation contest.
Follow information about the upcoming third BRICS International Competition Conference to be held in New Delhi, November 20-22, at the conference website.


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Beijing Tomorrow Zhiguang Technology Co., Ltd. has successfully developed a special cigarette printing anti-counterfeiting ink series, which includes dozens of varieties such as infrared security ink, infrared discriminator ink, and anti-counterfeiting cable.
The company has been engaged in the development of anti-counterfeiting technology for more than ten years. It has unique advantages in researching national bill anti-counterfeiting technology and anti-counterfeiting materials. Its anti-counterfeiting ink has been used by the General Administration of Customs, the State General Administration of Posts, the General Logistics Department of the People's Liberation Army, and public security. Ministry of State, State Administration of Medicine, National Tobacco Monopoly Bureau and other departments used the ticket.


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New tobacco prices will come into force on October 22, with a very small increase for some references, according to a ministerial decision published on Sunday in the official magazine. These changes have little effect on the average price of a 20-pack parcel, stable at 7.90 euros.
The average prices of other packages are also stable, says the Ministry of Action and Public Accounts, as well as that of Health in a joint communique.
In fact, the increases are only a few cents and only few very few references. "Prices of 20 cigarettes are still between € 7.60 and € 9.30, and almost half of the packets of 20 cigarettes still have a price of € 8 or more."
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With regard to standard tobacco packaging, he adds that the prices of 30 gram jokes remain between 9.60 euros and 11.10 euros and 70 percent always a price equal to or greater than 10,40 euro
In detail, the changes are indeed scarce. Thus, the package of 20 Marlboro Red (Philip Morris group), which costs from 7.30 euros from March 1, will retain this award, as the Gauloises package blinds. The Lucky Strike Classic Blue will rise by 10 cents to 7.70 euros, while the Camel (without filter) packages will remain stable at 7.90 euros. Finally, the red wine fields of 20 units are also retained at 7.90 euros, as well as the blue Winfields.
In France, it is the tobacco industry which proposes selling prices, but the state may encourage increasing by taxing, representing more than 80% of the price. This is the sixth tobacco price review since the Macron government's arrival in May 2017 after four years of stability. In order to reduce tobacco consumption, the government has planned a series of consecutive increases to reach a price of 10 euros per pack of 20 cigarettes by November 2020.
Tobacco, responsible for cancer and cardiovascular diseases, kills around 75 000 French people every year.