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What’s “Bad For Business” and What’s Not
Conservatives have embraced the truism that businesses are hurt by government regulation. Ideologically, they argue, rules infringe on individual freedom, but they have also persuaded themselves that they are actually bad for the bottom line.
They are a drag on productivity, they claim, because they take so much time and so many resources to implement. Moreover, they inhibit creativity and discourage innovation. The U.S. Chamber of Commerce has said that small businesses “pay the price in higher costs, whether it is fuel or health care or whether it’s being able to find access to capital.” As a result, the argument goes, regulations end up being bad for consumers too.
So it was something of a surprise to see a survey, conducted by the McClatchy Newspapers, indicating that small business owners don’t actually think that way. (See, “Regulations, Taxes Aren’t Killing Small Business, Owners Say.”)
“None of the business owners complained about regulation in their particular industries, and most seemed to welcome it.” Moreover, like many of the rest of us, “Some pointed to the lack of regulation in mortgage lending as a principal cause of the financial crisis that brought about the Great Recession of 2007-09 and its grim aftermath.”
Also, like many of the rest of us, they see the unfair advantages that many large business gain from tax loopholes. Small businesses are not able to lobby as the large ones do or make contributions to the election campaigns of legislators in return for special favors.
According to the report, many small business owners actually thought governmental regulation is constructive. “An executive in the hospitality business notes: ‘The health and safety of our guests depend on regulations.’”
That isn’t to say they don’t face a lot of problems stemming from external requirements. As one put it, “You cannot go into business, any business — small business or large business — unless you can afford insurance.” Some complained in particular about workers’ compensation claims.
Another complained about the Internet. One said: “Everybody thinks the Internet is this great thing that is happening to the world, but it is really, I think, killing a lot of small business. People that we talk to that are no longer in business say the same thing exactly.”
In general, they are afraid of the shape of the economy: “I think the business climate is so shaky that I would not want to undergo any expansion or outlay capital,” said the owner off an automobile repair shop. He’s thinking about hiring one more mechanic.
For many of them, jobs are the key. People not only need jobs to be able to buy from the smaller firms, but they need to have confidence that their jobs are secure. And large businesses, better able to manage the risk, are not hiring.
One builder of homes in California said, “It starts with jobs. … There’s an awful lot of people sitting on the fence; they’re waiting for a sign.” If consumers are depressed or irrationally cautious, as Ben Bernanke suggested the other day, and not spending — along with businesses and banks – what kind of a sign would it take?


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GUADALUPE, Ariz. --Cars, trucks and boats seized by federal authorities are being auctioned off by the U.S. Marshal Service (USMS) this weekend.
Javier Soto gave us a look at some of the vehicles available, including a 2006 Mercedes-Benz R500, a 2007 Ford F-150 Super Crew V8 Harley Davidson Edition, a 2000 Four Winns Boat and a 2007 Weekend Warrior 5th Wheel Trailer.
This weekend's auction takes place at Apple Towing, 5720 E. Mineral Road, Guadalupe.
You can preview the vehicles today until 5 p.m. The auction begins Saturday at 9 a.m.
Photographs of all of the forfeited vehicles and watercraft available for auction, as well as pre-registration and payment requirements, are available online at www.usmarshals.gov and www.appletowing.com.
All vehicles are sold as is.
Proceeds from USMS auctions are used to further federal law enforcement initiatives.

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The Serbian Commission for Protection of Competition continues its RPM chasing spree. It has opened on 1 February 2023 yet another investigation into an alleged RPM practice, this time against Valliant, Serbian distributor of “Valliant” and “Protherm” heating equipment.
The Commission has based its suspicion of RPM on its observation that the retailers selling “Valliant” and “Protherm” equipment have posted identical retail prices on their websites which retail prices were identical to the retail prices advertised on Valliant’s own website. In the procedural order launching the investigation, the Commission emphasized that Valliant has put retail prices on its own website even though it is not active in retail of the relevant equipment. The authority apparently understood retail prices displayed on Valliant’s website as more than just a recommendation to retailers. It has not (yet) included any of the retailers into the investigation.
Last year, the Serbian Commission fined two wholesalers of electronic consumer goods, as well as several of their retailers, for RPM (Roaming Electronics and Comtrade cases). In those cases, the Commission detected that online prices of certain products sold by different retailers were identical or almost identical. It also established that the retailers’ websites facilitated the policing of compliance with recommended prices, which policing was pursued not only by the relevant wholesaler but also by other retailers selling the same product.
It remains to be seen what evidence of the alleged RPM practice, if any, the Commission gathered during the dawn raid it performed on Valliant premises and whether the alleged RPM was restricted to online sales. It is, however, clear that the Serbian competition authority will continue to supervise online sales channel. The retailers’ websites allow easy policing of compliance with recommended retail prices, but they are also an authority’s starting point for investigation of suspected RPM in the online retail space.


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- Amazon CEO Andy Jassy told Reuters the firm plans to hire 55,000 tech and corporate jobs worldwide.
- 40,000 of the jobs on offer are set to be located in the US, Jassy said.
- The company intends to ramp up hiring in its retail, cloud, advertising, and satellite businesses.
That's equal to more than a third of Google's headcount as of June 30, and close to all of Facebook's.
Of the more than 55,000 jobs Jassy announced, over 40,000 will be in the US, while others will be in countries such as India, Germany, and Japan.
Jassy, in his first press interview since he ascended to Amazon's top post in July, said the company needed more firepower to keep up with demand in retail, the cloud, and advertising, among other businesses. He said the company's new bet to launch satellites into orbit to widen broadband access, called Project Kuiper, would require a lot of new hires, too.
Jassy said he hopes now is a good time for recruiting as Amazon's annual job fair is scheduled to begin on September 15.
"There are so many jobs during the pandemic that have been displaced or have been altered, and there are so many people who are thinking about different and new jobs," said Jassy, who cited a US survey from PwC that 65% of workers wanted a new gig.
The new hires would represent a 20% increase in Amazon's tech and corporate staff, who currently number around 275,000 globally, the company said.
The positions Amazon is marketing include engineering, research science and robotics roles, postings that are largely new to the company rather than jobs others quit, it said.
Amazon brought on more than 500,000 people in 2020, largely in warehouse and delivery operations. That area has had significant turnover.
The company is investing heavily in building more warehouses and boosting pay to attract workers, in order to catch up to strong demand from shoppers seeking products delivered to their homes.
Jassy said Amazon has been "very competitive on the compensation side." He said, "We've led the way in the $15 minimum wage," and for some states on average that "really, the starting salary is $17 an hour."


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Bluxome Street Winery recently accommodated Every Mother Counts' first Bay Area fundraiser, which raised upwards of $160,000 on May 19th. 100% of proceeds go to furthering the organization's mission of making pregnancy and childbirth safer for each and every mother.
Emilia Wickstead presented a preview of her special eight-piece collection for MatchesFashion.com during a private luncheon at Cotogna. Gwyneth Paltrow, Britt Pattner, Whitney Skibell, Mary Gonsalves Kinney were among the guests.
Jaime King, Andrew Gn, and the Bay Area's best dressed came out to celebrate the opening of Christian Dior's first women's boutique in San Francisco.
Marni San Francisco recently opened at 77 Maiden lane with a chic cocktail party hosted by Alison Pincus, Sabrina Buell, W magazine and BAMPFA.
Celebrity stylist Mary Gonsalves Kinney attended the recent cocktail party Susan Atherton and Jessica Moment hosted at Barneys New York in San Francisco to raise funds for Raphael House, where she chatted with noted jewelry designer Brooke Garber Neidich of Sidney Garber.
As the first major gala of the year (it was at full capacity with 3,400 guests!), the San Francisco Ballet's Infinite Romance was a night not just of beautiful movement on stage, but of some striking fashion off stage. Here are some moments we particularly enjoyed from the gala.
San Francisco interior designer Claudia Juestel gives us an in-depth look at the 2014 San Francisco Fall Antiques Show, which had a gold rush theme this year.


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Are Main Street businesses being squeezed by a stealth inflation? Jim Blasingame talks with Bob McTeer about his concerns that small businesses are being squeezed by rising prices without having pricing power for their own products.
One of the father's of free trade was Frederic Bastiat. Bob McTeer joins Jim Blasingame to talk about the 21st century relevance of the 19th century free trade writings of French economist, Frederic Bastiat.
How far with the Fed go with QE2? Bob McTeer joins Jim Blasingame to discuss how far the Fed will go in balancing economic growth with preventing inflation, and why small businesses should care.
What will the 2011 economy look like? Bob McTeer joins Jim Blasingame to make some predictions about the 2011 economy, including consumer spending and saving, imports and exports, plus the elephant in the room: structural unemployment.
What election message was sent to Washington? Bob McTeer joins Jim Blasingame to talk about the message American voters sent to the political establishment of both parties on the size of government, deficits, taxes, etc.
What is QE2 and why does it matter? Bob McTeer joins Jim Blasingame to explain that QE2, a second round of quantitative easing by the Fed, is not only not new or a negative thing, but actually sound monetary policy that will benefit small businesses.
What does the future economy look like for small business? Bob McTeer joins Jim Blasingame to propose that the election results should produce less uncertainty in the future and therefore, a more robust economic recovery.
What will the Fed do, what can it do, to influence economic recovery? Bob McTeer joins Jim Blasingame to talk about what the Federal Reserve will do, and can do, with monetary tools to contribute to economic recovery.
What will it take to get jobs growth again? Bob McTeer joins Jim Blasingame to talk about the issue of increased productivity, technology and other influences that are creating a jobless recovery.
Will the new small business bill really help small businesses and the economy? Bob McTeer joins Jim Blasingame to discuss the key elements of the small business bill and whether it will actually benefit small businesses or the economy in general.


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A surge of clothing advertisements showcasing the Every Child Matters logo is upsetting many on Facebook.
Presumably sparked by the discovery of 215 children’s remains at the former Kamloops Indian Residential School in B.C. last month, a growing number of ads by online fashion companies are advertising clothing sporting the logo worn by models.
The ads appear to market the logo as fashion clothing with no mention of the meaning behind the phrase.
There does not appear to be any indication from the companies’ websites that profits from the sales of the clothing are donated to residential school survivors’ organizations.
“I have major problems with somebody profiting off of something like this,” says Andy Everson, a northwest coast artist from K’ómoks First Nation in B.C. who created a popular Every Child Matters logo which appears in many of the ads.
Everson says the logo is free to use for not-for-profit purposes like making T-shirts, patches and pins but he does not approve of companies using his design to cash in on the tragedy of residential schools.
“I think it really hurts. I don’t make any money off this personally. I did this with good intent and I expect that everybody that sells these shirts do it with good intent as well,” he says.
He notes the ads are glaringly insensitive of survivors’ experiences.
For instance, an ad for a dress on a clothing company called Keinee’s website is described as “a sexy print v neck.”
“To capitalize on such a devastating part of our history is unconscionable,” Everson says.
Maynard Johnny is a Coast Salish and Kwakwaka’wakw artist.
He’s angry the companies are profiting off of Indigenous artists’ work without asking for consent and has reported the ads to Facebook.
“These companies that do these types of things, I can’t believe they get away with it,” he says.
“The copyright laws in Canada I feel are too weak on people who steal, especially Indigenous art. It’s all over the world. I’m sure I have something of my work in Taiwan or India,” he says.
He thinks the companies should be held accountable for the ads.
“These companies ripping off artists and ripping off the initiative of the orange shirt should be fined and all profits should be given to some sort of Indigenous organization that will help heal,” he says.
The movement was sparked in 2013 from her experience at residential school when her favorite orange shirt was taken away.
She says the ads are upsetting but nothing new as the Orange Shirt society has been dealing with companies stealing their Every Child Matters logo for years.
“It is people from other countries like the U.K., Morocco and Japan and even in the U.S., they’re stealing designs,” she says.
Webstad says she’s seen the logo appear on everything from clothing to bathmats and shower curtains.
“It’s a free-for-all without any real thought or reason behind the orange shirt and the story behind it. It’s just to make money.”
Information regarding where the companies are based is scarce, though one company, Prideearthone, appears to be located in Texas.
APTN News reached out to several companies who posted ads on Facebook, but they did not respond by broadcast deadline.
Prideearthone responded afterward through Facebook message, stating “our company works towards the goals and raises awareness of ensuring that every child matters. Therefore, please rest assured that parts of the profits of selling the product will be donated for this fund.”
The company did not respond to follow up questions, such as what funds they were referring to or if they could explain the meaning behind Every Child Matters.
APTN also reached out to Digital Advertising Alliance of Canada (DAAC) which led to an investigation by Facebook Canada.
A spokesperson for Facebook Canada says the ads and the clothing companies’ Facebook pages have been removed for violating community standards on “inauthentic behaviour,” meaning they had engaged in conduct like falsely boosting their popularity by buying followers or using fake accounts.
“We want people to have a positive experience on Facebook, which is why we remove content that isn’t allowed on our platforms and give people tools to control what they see, including the ability to hide ads and advertisers,” the spokesperson said in an email statement.
Many of the original ads APTN found no longer appear on Facebook, though new, similar ads have popped up in recent days.
Webstad says trying to stop the ads is like playing whack-a-mole.
“When one shuts down they copy it and call it something else and away they go again.”
She says the society recently acquired a copyright and branding policy that will appear on its website in a few days. It will explain the society’s wishes and intentions regarding the marketing of its clothing.
She adds the society is also waiting for approval of a trademark for Every Child Matters.
“If we are successful receiving the trademark for Every Child Matters, we will then be able to draft and send out to these companies a cease and desist letter, but until then we really can’t do much, especially the ones in the other countries,” she says.
Meanwhile Everson and Johnny are advising people looking to buy Every Child Matters clothing to make sure profits go back to Indigenous organizations, such as the Orange Shirt Society, the Indian Residential School Survivors Society, Copper Legacy Indigenous Empowerment Society and Hope and Health.
“Be aware where you’re buying from and blatantly ask them if the profits are going to a non-profit society,” Everson says.
“It’s not enough to wear an orange shirt, you have to give back to those survivors and the work that’s being done for those survivors.”
The Indian Residential Schools Resolution Health Support Program has a hotline to help residential school survivors and their relatives suffering from trauma invoked by past abuse. The number is 1-866-925-4419.


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INDIANAPOLIS (Inside INdiana Business) – The Indiana Manufacturers Association has unveiled its 2021 Manufacturers Hall of Fame inductees and winners of the Excellence in Manufacturing Awards. The organization says the awardees are recognized for their substantial contributions to the state’s manufacturing industry.
âThese individuals and businesses and their employees are the lifeblood of Indiana’s economy,â said Brian Burton, CEO of IMA, in a press release. âThroughout the pandemic and today, manufacturers have led the way and continue to innovate through connection and innovation. The makers of Hoosier continually face challenges by finding new and inventive ways to be successful.
The 2021 Manufacturers Hall of Fame inductees include:
- Elliott Co. of Indianapolis
- IDI Composites International, Noblesville
- NIPSCO, Merrillville
- Peerless Machine & Tool Corp., Marion
- R & R Engineering Co. Inc., Summitville
The 2021 Manufacturing Excellence Award winners include:
- Community Impact Winner: Toyota Motor Manufacturing Indiana, Princeton
- Emerging Leader Winner: Justyna Rohrig of General Motors Corp., Bedford
- Excellence in Innovation Winners: Brampton Brick Inc., Farmersburg and Wabash National Corp., Lafayette
- Lifetime Achievement Winner: Paul Perkins, Amatrol, Jeffersonville
- Winners of Manufacturing Talent Champions: BWX Technologies, Mount Vernon and QuikCut Inc., Fort Wayne.


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Apple’s self-driving car fleet grows to 55 in California – TechCrunch
Apple now has 55 self-driving automobiles registered with the California Division of Motor Autos, in comparison with 27 earlier this yr and simply three final yr. Meaning Apple has the second largest fleet of self-driving automobiles in California, Mac Stories first identified.
Apple now has extra automobiles registered than Waymo, which has 51, in line with the California DMV. Common Motor’s Cruise, nonetheless, leads the pack with 104 automobiles. In complete, the DMV has supplied to 53 corporations permits for self-driving automobiles that embody security drivers, leading to a complete of 409 automobiles and 1,573 security drivers.
To be clear, the businesses listed above solely have permits to check self-driving automobiles with security drivers on board. As of now, the DMV has not issued any permits for full driverless testing. As a way to conduct driverless testing, corporations will need to have beforehand examined the automobiles in managed situations.
The automobiles should additionally, amongst many different issues, meet the definition of an SAE Stage four or 5 car. The DMV is at present reviewing two driverless testing allow purposes, a DMV spokesperson advised TechCrunch.
Supply hyperlink – https://techcrunch.com/2018/05/14/apples-self-driving-car-fleet-grows-to-55-in-california/


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According to the Globalisation Institute, the practice of bundling an operating system with a PC furthers an anti-competitive market by allowing Microsoft to make its software the de-facto operating system on nearly all PCs.
"Microsoft's dominant position is not in the public interest," wrote Globalisation Institute president Alex Singleton.
"It limits the market and has slowed technical development to the prejudice of consumers."
Singleton claims that Microsoft is able to win over consumers by default, pre-installing its software on so many PCs that users are never properly made aware of the alternatives.
Customers may very well have chosen these alternatives instead of Windows if given the chance, according to Singleton.
To remedy the situation, Singleton proposes that all PCs be sold free of a pre-installed operating system.
This will allow rival operating systems, such as Linux, to openly compete with Microsoft on a much more level playing field.
The proposal would only apply to traditional Microsoft-compatible PCs, and not to Apple hardware, which the group dismissed as a high-performance "niche" market.
"We do not think that the Mac, despite claims of its superiority, provides a meaningful competitive threat to Microsoft," wrote Singleton.
Spokespersons for Microsoft did not immediately return a request for comment on the report.
The proposal was submitted just one week after the European Court of First Insistance issued a €497m fine against the company.
The court also declared that Microsoft had not been properly opening its technology to third party vendors and had continued to leverage its market share unfairly.
EU think-tank floats OS bundling ban
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Next has become the first store to sign up to a new £100 million retail development in Aberdeen.
The news comes as the high street retailer, which has three stores in Aberdeen, looks to increase its footprint in the city.
Drum Property Group has submitted plans to expand the Prime Four Business Park in Kingwells with a new 320,000sqft shopping precinct.
The City of Aberdeen Council is considering a planning permission in principle application for the development, which is expected to create 500 new jobs.
A spokesperson for Next said: “Next is currently looking to increase its footprint in Aberdeen, and the site at Prime Four would really complement our existing in-town outlets, providing the brand with a strong ‘bricks and mortar’ presence in the North East.
“The Prime Four location is extremely well connected, and will be easily accessible for customers from all over the region. Combining these city centre and edge-of-town Next stores with our dynamic on-line presence provides Next with a fantastic platform for the future.”
Another major high street retailer will confirm its involvement in the development in the coming weeks.
Graeme Bone, group managing director of Drum Property Group, said: “We are very excited about the potential the retail park could bring to the city and wider area. As well as jobs, new services and retailer brands, a development of this size will have a significant positive economic impact on the area at a very challenging time for the North East economy.
“The calibre of development proposed will ensure Aberdeen maintains and enhances its status as the principal shopping location in the North East. We look forward to working with the City Council in developing our plans for the expansion of Prime Four and making this substantial investment a reality.”


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From tech CEOs to big time beauty names, these are the business women to look up to this year
Thankfully there's some good news - for the 20th year running Fortune has released their 2017 list, ranking the 50 most powerful businesswomen - and just looking at the list is getting us empowered.
From the CEOs of Pepsi and Facebook to the COO of Facebook and the President of Hershey, these influential women cover all spectrums, with Reese Witherspoon just falling short of a mention, ranking 51st for the launch of her Emmy award winning production company, Pacific Standard, and her lifestyle brand, Draper James.
These 50 women prove that when it comes to business, women are right there at the forefront, so if you're feeling disempowered, give this a read...
1. Mary Barra Chairman and CEO, General Motors 2. Indra Nooyi Chairman and CEO, PepsiCo 3. Marillyn Hewson Chairman, President and CEO, Lockheed Martin 4. Abigail Johnson Chairman and CEO, Fidelity Investments 5. Sheryl Sandberg COO, Facebook
6. Ginni Rometty Chairman, President and CEO, IBM 7. Meg Whitman CEO, Hewlett Packard Enterprise 8. Safra Catz Co-CEO, Oracle 9. Phebe Novakovic Chairman and CEO, General Dynamics 10. Ruth Porat SVP and CFO, Alphabet
11. Lynn Good Chairman, President and CEO, Duke Energy 12. Helena Foulkes President, CVS/Pharmacy 13. Angela Ahrendts SVP, Retail, Apple 14. Susan Wojcicki CEO, YouTube 15. Tricia Griffith President and CEO, Progressive
16. Cathy Engelbert CEO, Deloitte 17. Pam Nicholson President and CEO, Enterprise Holdings 18. Ann Marie Campbell EVP, U.S. Stores, Home Depot 19. Geisha Williams CEO and President, PG&E Corporation 20. Debra Reed Chairman, President and CEO, Sempra Energy
21. Karen Lynch President, Aetna 22. Sandra Peterson Group Worldwide Chair, Johnson & Johnson 23. Heather Bresch CEO, Mylan 24. Marianne Lake CFO, JPMorgan Chase 25. Margaret Keane President and CEO, Synchrony Financial
26. Amy Hood EVP and CFO, Microsoft 27. Mary Callahan Erdoes CEO, JPM Asset Management, JPMorgan Chase 28. Judith McKenna EVP and COO, Walmart 29. Barbara Rentler CEO, Ross Stores 30. Leanne Caret President and CEO of Defense, Space & Security, Boeing
31. Denise Morrison President and CEO, Campbell Soup 32. Vicki Hollub President and CEO, Occidental Petroleum 33. Shari Ballard Senior EVP and President of Multichannel Retail, Best Buy 34. Debra Crew President and CEO, Reynolds American, British American Tobacco 35. Kathleen Murphy President, Personal Investing, Fidelity Investments
36. Lynne Doughtie Chairman and CEO, KPMG U.S. 37. Mary Mack Senior EVP and Head of Community Banking, Wells Fargo 38. Julie Sweet CEO, North America, Accenture 39. Carolyn Tastad Group President, North America, Procter & Gamble 40. Bridget Van Kralingen SVP, Industry Platforms, IBM
41. Crystal Hanlon President, Northern Division, Home Depot 42. Shira Goodman CEO, Staples 43. Jennifer Taubert Company Group Chairman, Johnson & Johnson 44. Anna Manning President and CEO, Reinsurance Group of America
45. Michele Buck President and CEO, Hershey 46. Deanna Mulligan President and CEO, Guardian Life Insurance 47. Bonnie Hammer Chairman, NBCUniversal Cable Entertainment Group, Comcast 48. Mary Dillon CEO, Ulta Beauty 49. Margo Georgiadis CEO, Mattel 50. Anne Finucane Vice Chairman, Bank of America
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Finance Minister Siv Jensen and Norway’s biggest employers’ organization, NHO, are warming up to innovative new aspects of the “sharing economy” like lodging service Airbnb and transport service Uber. Instead of trying to fight their arrival in Norway, the authorities now seem more keen to integrate them into the mainstream economy.
“We need to embrace the innovation that these companies bring,” Håkon Haugli, director of NHO’s Abelia organization for knowledge and technology firms, told newspaper Dagsavisen on Tuesday. After months of internal quarreling within NHO (Næringslivets Hovedorgansasjon), the forces most in favour of a free market seem to have won over those keen on more strict regulation.
The move comes just as NHO is gearing up for its large annual conference in Oslo on Thursday, which this year is entitled “Remix” and devoted to “the new working life.” It will stress the importance of digital innovation, and urge NHO member companies to embrace the opportunities it presents as a modern-day industrial revolution.
The innovation reflected in the online methods now used to connect passengers with drivers via the controversial transport service Uber, for example, or travelers with accommodation in private homes via Airbnb can’t be ignored, claims Haugli. He admits the “sharing economy” in which they operate presents difficult challenges, though, not least among NHO’s and Abelia’s own members.
Conventional taxi owners and operators, for example, feel threatened and angry that Uber, for example, hasn’t been subject to the same regulations that long have applied to them. Those running hotels, taxis and a long list of other businesses often insist they don’t necessarily fear competion from the “peer-to-peer sharing” of goods and services (from house-cleaning to borrowing privately owned equipment). They just want the proverbial level playing field.
Haugli and, not least, Norway’s finance minister agree that’s important. Instead of seeing the Oslo police crack down on Uber drivers, though, Haugli suggested to Dagsavisen that firms in the sharing economy that have arrived in Norway must be regulated in a “sensible” manner to ensure they pay taxes, have insurance and abide by Norwegian labour law. That’s in everyone’s interests, he said, also the companies engaged in what’s often called “collaborative consumption.” In what’s viewed as a sign that it’s keen to be accepted, Uber has joined NHO’s Abelia.
New priority for the finance ministry
Newspaper Dagens Næringsliv (DN) reported over the weekend that Finance Minister Siv Jensen now intends to pay a lot more attention to the sharing economy. “We can no longer close our eyes” to the burgeoning sharing economy, Jensen told DN. On Tuesday she told Dagsavisen that “we must meet it in a positive and offensive manner,” not defensive.
“We must prevent these companies from becoming part of the underground economy,” Jensen told Dagsavisen. “I’ll do what I can so that they will become part of the Norwegian economy that contributes to society.” She intends to invite representatives from companies within the sharing economy for a meeting, and she also wants to hear from Norwegians who have used services like Uber and Airbnb. Among them are the public operators of Norway’s own national but city-owned ski jump at Holmenkollen, which recently allowed Airbnb to use its observation tower as a unique place to spend the night as part of an international promotion.
Jensen’s approach is also aimed at addressing concerns from labour organizations. Gerd Kristiansen, leader of Norway’s largest trade union federation LO, has warned that goods and services offered in the sharing economy can threaten the entire Norwegian social welfare state if they’re not regulated. Her counterpart at NHO, Kristin Skogen Lund, admitted late last year that there was internal disagreement over companies like Uber and Airbnb within her own organization. Many of her employer-members at NHO agree with Kristiansen of LO: “We’re not seeing the usual fronts here, where the left side means one thing and the right side means something else,” Lund told DN just before Christmas.
Up for debate
The issue is likely to be debated at NHO’s conference, with both Lund, Haugli and Jensen facing challenges from, for example, Norway’s national taxi federation. Its leader, Øystein Trevland, launched another attack on Uber, and the authorities’ failure to regulate it, in newspaper Aftenposten on Tuesday. Trevland claimed Uber wasn’t simply part of the sharing economy but instead was little more than an “organized pirate taxi operation.” He claims taxi service in Norway has a social responsibility and that’s why it’s still regulated (and pricey), so that taxis are available all over the country at all times. Uber threatens the regulatory framework, he claims, and should be required to abide by the same regulations as other taxis until that framework is removed.
Kristin Krohn Devold, head of NHO’s division catering to the travel and tourism industry, appears caught firmly in the middle of the debate over Airbnb. While her NHO colleagues are warming up to enterprises like Airbnb and the innovation they represent, Devold’s hotel-owner members are frosty at best. She recently challenged, on her members’ behalf, new business ventures in Norway that in turn rent out and manage rooms on behalf of residential property owners to paying Airbnb guests, claiming they were illegal. She also told DN in December that she’s worried about tax evasion. Her division, NHO Reiseliv, wants to regulate Airbnb and commercial ventures that work with it.
That won’t be easy, as Airbnb continues to connect rapidly growing numbers of overnight guests with hosts in 34,000 cities and 190 countries worldwide. More than 8,000 of the host residences are in Norway, up 118 percent in the past year. And advocates of the sharing economy and its various ventures argue that it can create new needed jobs in Norway, at a time when unemployment is rising. Ventures like Inkeys in Oslo, which takes care of the practical aspects of renting out and cleaning room on behalf of local homeowners, are a prime example and its founder, Magnus Kristiansen, thinks labour leaders like Kristiansen should support them. “It’s important to create new businesses tied to other businesses and services like we’ve done,” he told DN last fall. Another example is Lotel in Bergen, which rents out students’ apartments to tourists in the summertime.
Seeking a balance
Businesses like this represent both innovation and huge challenges to the conventional economy that’s based on taxes and regulation. In Norway, homeowners are not liable to pay tax on income earned from renting out less than half of their homes, while hotels face an increase in the tax they must charge overnight guests, from 8 to 10 percent as of January 1, plus income tax on room revenues.
Tor Andreassen, a professor at business school NHH in Bergen, notes that this poses a major dilemma, not least for those who don’t want to penalize innovation. “We have to stop up and start thinking in totally new ways,” Andreassen recently told Bergens Tidende, the newspaper serving Norway’s West Coast city that attracts large numbers of tourists. Airbnb was offering as many as 1,000 rooms in Bergen last fall, equal to around 20 percent of the city’s total accommodation capacity.
“The main challenge here is not to hinder new technology and innovation, but to try to benefit from it (through new business creation) and to find ways to regulate it,” NHO President Tore Ulstein told DN this week, on the eve of its annual conference. “The challenge is to find the balance.”


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Miguel Ortega has released a cool mod for Halo 4 that lets you experience it in third-person mode.
https://www.youtube.com/wat... not bad. the game still has good animations even in 3rd person. mod also works with the game's builtin fov slider.
Back to the roots since Halo was originally a third person shooter, not just the vehicle segments
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Robinhood Markets LLC, the popular trading app for stock, options, gold and cryptocurrencies, will reveal its initial public offering filings as soon as next week, people familiar with the matter told Bloomberg Tuesday.
- The timing and details could change even though the millennial-friendly investing platform’s plans are at an “advanced” stage, said the publication.
- Robinhood has been criticized by regulators who have said the site encourages the game-like nature of trading, particularly among inexperienced retail traders.
- Robinhood did not immediately respond to CoinDesk queries.
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Attorney General Peter F. Neronha announced that the Office has filed a lawsuit against a Rhode Island car dealership for deceptive sales and advertising practices, in violation of the state’s consumer protection law.
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In a complaint filed in Rhode Island Superior Court on January 25, 2024, the Attorney General alleges that King Philip Motors, based in Bristol, R.I., and its two managers, Neil and Tammy DeAlmeida, engaged in the sale and advertising of unsafe motor vehicles, including a years-long practice of failing to obtain a state safety inspection and window sticker before offering vehicles for sale.
The practice of selling vehicles without an inspection is specifically identified as a violation of the Deceptive Trade Practices Act (DTPA).
As alleged in the complaint, a consumer filed a complaint with the Office of the Attorney General regarding his experience with Defendants. According to the consumer, he purchased a GMC Acadia from Defendants and immediately began to have issues.
The next day, when the consumer’s 16-year-old child was driving home from school, the vehicle died at a traffic light. Instead of taking responsibility, Mr. DeAlmeida allegedly blamed the consumer for these issues and eventually became verbally abusive.
After the Division of Motor Vehicles began an investigation and third-party diagnosed the vehicle with a failing engine, Defendants agreed to buy it back from the consumer.
As alleged in the complaint, instead of making those needed repairs and with full knowledge the vehicle had a defective motor, Defendants turned around and sold the vehicle to another unsuspecting consumer without disclosing the issue and prior to the vehicle passing a state safety inspection.
The DMV eventually ordered King Philip Motors to buy back the vehicle.
As further alleged, another local consumer bought a vehicle at King Philip Motors but his check-engine light came on during his ride home.
The consumer attempted to have King Philip Motors fix the issues nine times, but the Defendants refused to attempt any more repairs or to pay for another repair facility to “chase ghosts.”
According to this consumer, Mr. DeAlmeida became physically threatening and told him that neither a private attorney nor the Division of Motor Vehicles Dealers’ License and Hearing Board “could do a thing about it.”
The Office of the Attorney General is seeking a court order to bar King Philip Motors from unfair and deceptive sales and advertising, as well as to obtain civil penalties for each violation. ■


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Thursday, January 8, 2009
NYCC Announces Panel Lineup
Happy New Year everyone! Now that it's 2009, let the Secret Identities hype commence.
The fine folks at New York Comic Con have just announced the majority of their panels at this year's con. And guess who got invited to the party.
For those of you planning to attend NYCC, make sure you're there on Saturday, February 7 at 1:30PM, and make sure you stop by Room 1A18 to check out a panel called ASIAN AMERICANS & SUPER HEROES: SECRET IDENTITIES featuring the fine editors and contributors to the groundbreaking anthology.
And if you stick around through the weekend, Secret Identities Editor-in-Chief Jeff Yang will be moderating a panel called THE MULTICULTURAL MASK on Sunday, February 8 at 11:15AM in Room 1A17. This panel will bring together creators who stand out as pioneers of the new inclusiveness in comics to talk about what works, what doesn't, and why it matters -- from both a cultural and economic perspective.


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Car sharing programs in Hyde Park
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Transit home. Transit Task Force home. Parking. Walkable Community/Complete Streets. Transit links.
[Another kind of service is pickup livery, such as Quadrangle- Gershon Meyer, 5443 S. Ridgewood Ct.. 773 41808228, firstname.lastname@example.org. And Hyde Park Livery]
Sign up for Chicago Card Plus I-Go Card and get a big discount. to Feb 29 2012.
Updated websites: http://www.igocars.org (Disregard any other url.) http://www.zipcar.com.
Chicago is gearing
up to install battery car recharge stations. CMAP says:
A Positive Charge. This week, the City of Chicago announced it will use ARRA funds to install more than 280 charging stations for electric cars throughout the city and suburbs in 2011. Some of the stations will be used for car sharing programs like I-GO, which plans to offer a discount on electric vehicles in its fleet. The public charging stations will allow increased use of electric vehicles, which, as the Tribune points out, are a good choice for an urban environment like metropolitan Chicago, where average trips are under 40 miles -- well within the 100-mile range for most electric car batteries.
The U of C now
gives free memberships in I-GO and Zipcar (*which has now joined in the car
sahring market in Chicago and Hyde Park) to employees. The cars are in Lexington,
Kimbark (by the Lab School/GSB), and Pierce lots.
On campus there are at least 14 Zipcars in addition to those of I-GO and others. A limited number are available to those univerity-affilited who are aged 18 - 21. Share car was expanded even further by the U of C.
announced Nov. 15, 2010: "Courtesy of I-GO, our nonprofit car-sharing program,
I had a chance to drive the all-electric Mitsubishi i-Miev last month. I-GO
plans to add 30 all-electrics to its current fleet of 250 fuel-efficient cars.
I-GO, an affiliate of the Center for Neighborhood Technology, is focused on
reducing the number of cars on city streets and cutting down pollution. The
car was a treat to drive, but it's unbelievably quiet. I worry that, without
adding a bell or a whistle, an unsuspecting pedestrian could be in trouble.
The biggest problem with the electric car is the need for car-charging stations.
Home chargers are impracticable. Some gasoline stations are looking into the
opportunity to install them, and the City of Chicago has asked companies to
bid to provide them. The bid includes 36 car-chargers for I-GO."
I-Go Carsharing was adopted locally and incubated by Center for Neighborhood Technology through a federal transportation grant, with a growing list of partners, including CTA, Metra and the Chicago Area Transportation Study. In the last two years, it has grown to nearly 50 cars and 1700 members and is poised to reach breakeven sustainability with 80 cars in 2005. It is nonprofit. While the most saturated areas are on the North Side, especially along the Red Line from Harrison to Rogers Park, it has five ? car park locations in Hyde Park with potential to grow--especially since a sticker can now be placed on ones CTA transit card making a car-bus-train trip seamless. Besides, its a boon to transit use and getting cars (and emissions-congestion) off the roads. It started in Europe, where there are now 200,000 members and jumped the pond 6 years ago--available in 12 regions around the country.
I-GO received in spring 2006 a federal QMAC grant to add 60 cars further into the city and at least one suburb (Evanston) and increase density in currently-served areas. New technology will be added for tracking and availability.
Feigon, CEO 7733 269-4928m 663 2687-4800 x 227. email@example.com,
www.igocars.org. 2125 W. North Avenue, Chicago, IL 60647.
Also, esp. for businesses, Sales and Marketing Manager Richard Kosmacher, 773 269-4011. firstname.lastname@example.org.
From I-Go literature:
Save Money, Simplify Your Life. Reserve a car by the hour when YOU need it, pick it up right in YOUR Neighborhood.
What is I-GO? Pay-per-hour sharing service that gives you the convenience and flexibility of owning a car without the cost and hassles. Members have 24-hour access to I-GO cars located in their communities, in reserved parking spaces. Cars can be reserved by phone or on-line at www. igocars.org for a minimum of 30 minutes.
Why use I-GO?
Other advantages- note for businesses!:
Advantages over rental
Results in Chicago so far
How do I become a member? Apply online, over the phone or by mail.
Who is eligible to become a member? Applicants must be between 21-75 years old, have a valid driver's license and have been driving at least 5 years, a good driving record and a valid credit or debit card.
What does it cost
to join? It
costs a total of $25 to join and there is a $25 annual renewal fee.
Application (one time) $25, Membership (one time) $50, Annual Renewal fee $25.
What does it cost
to use? Standard Plan $6 an hour and $.50 a mile.
Usage fees- per hour 7 am-11 pm $6, night free; per mile $.50.
Is there a plan that offers free miles? The Standard Plus Plan costs $9.20 an hour and includes 20 free miles. There are three prepaid monthly plans: the GO 10 ($85 a month has 10 hours and 100 miles), the GO 15 ($135 a month wit 15 hours and 150 miles) and the GO 25 ($225 a month with 25 hours and 250 miles.) Also 50 and 100 plans esp. for business. Now, an all-day rate plan $60 with 200 free miles for special vehicles. Also discounts available.
When is I-GO for me? If you
Reserving: 866 446-7372 or www.igocars.org. From minutes to weeks in advance, using a car near you or any car in the fleet.
Cars: Late model Honda Civic Sedans, Hybrids, Elements.
Locations on request-
47 late 2005. 6 in downtown/Streeterville, 4 in Edgewater/Andersonville, 1 Evanston,
4 Hyde Park, 4 Lakeview/Roscoe, 3 Lincoln Park, 3 Lincoln Square, 1 Logan Square
Blue Line, 3 Near North, 3 Printers Row and near, 2 Rogers Park, 2 Uptown, 3
West Loop, 3 Wicker Park.
Coming: Albany Park, Austin, Bronzeville, Chinatown, Oak Park, Pilsen, River NOrth, South Shore, UIC/ ... more all the time.
Hyde Park Herald July 12, 2006
Too many cars on the street? Not enough places to park? Car sharing can help. The idea is that you don't have to buy a car in order to have one when you need to keep a doctor's appointment or do the weekly grocery shopping. Car sharing services, first developed in Europe, keep people from buying the first car or adding a second to the family fleet.
I-GO, launched by the Center for Neighborhood Technology, is a not-for-profit car-sharing program that's been operating in many Chicago communities since 2002. We have four different I-GO stations in Hyde Park-Kenwood and one in South Shore. It costs $75 to join, with a $25 annual membership fee. The charge is a flat $6 plus 50 cents mile, which includes gas, insurance and 24-hour roadside assistance. Members reserve cars over the web or the telephone. An electronic key card is remotely programmed so the member can let himself or herself into the car--and start the engine.
The estimate is that every shared car keeps more than 10 privately-owned cars off the street. Nationally more than 40 percent of car sharers report they sold a car or decided against buying one when car share came their way. Car sharing saves big bucks. Consider the cost of a car, even used. And remember to add in maintenance, fuel and insurance.
Dar share works because it's convenient, because it's reasonably priced and because it's available for short-term use. Although our Chicago experience is based in the not-for-profit sector, capitalists are interested as well. Several national companies are making money as the car-share model becomes increasingly popular.
In other cities, however, car sharing operations don't have to pay state rental car taxes. Not so in Illinois, where state taxes threaten the viability of I-GO and present an obstacle to car sharing companies otherwise interested in breaking into the Chicago market. Zipcar, for example, is growing by leaps and bounds in Toronto, Boston and San Francisco. But not in Chicago. Efforts to restructure the state rental car tax, exempting membership operations whose goal is reducing private car ownership, came up short in Springfield this session.
But I've been working with the state Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity to find another way to encourage car sharing in our state. We won approval for a pilot grant program, designed to offset the cost of the tax, that we hope will stabilize I-GO and encourage companies like Zipcar to put Chicago on their map.
I hope our incentives work. We can use a few more parking spaces and a little more room on the roadways. Perhaps most important, we can use fewer greenhouse emissions and fewer particulates in the atmosphere--in short, we can all use cleaner air.
Hyde Park Herald, Nov. 23 2005. By Erin Meyer
I-Go plans to double its existing fleet of three cars in Hyde Park in 2006. But continued development of the car-share program, like Hyde Park development on the whole, depends on finding and reserving an adequate number of parking spaces.
I-Go representative Sharon Feigon appealed to members of the 53rd Street Tax Increment Finance Council at the Nov. 16 parking committee meeting to help them market the I-Go cars.
"If you live in an area tha is really congested and it's a big hassle to park, car-sharing just makes sense," said Feigon, who is I-Go's chief executive officer. "The demand exists in Hyde Park. we just need help making sure the community knows the program is available."
Committee members, grappling with what many local business owners and residents recognize as a serious parking shortage in the neighborhood, were openly receptive to I-Go's advances.
"One of those cars can replace as many as 10 privately owned vehicles. And having fewer cars on the road means less congestion," said urban planner Irene Sherr, who works as a consultant for the parking committee. "The problem is people don't know about the program."
The car-share program serves people who need a car occasionally but do not want the added expense of buying, maintaining and insuring a car. Monica Fabre, a 32-year-old who lives on South Dorchester, has been an I-Go member since May. "I had a car and the engine blew so I tried the program and it has worked for me," she said. Fabre was happy to hear that I-Go planned to increase the size of their fleet. "It seems like more people are using he cars. Having more would make spontaneous drives more possible," Fabre said.
Licensed drivers with relatively clean records can rent I-Go cars fro $6 and hour plus 50 cents per mile after paying a $75 membership fee. The program started in 2002 as a pilot program in Hyde Park and Edgewater with four cars. In the last year and a half I-Go cars have increased in Chicago from 10 to 47, feigon said. Members now have access to cars along the Red Line, all the way from Harrison to Howard streets with a car ready for reservation every half mile.
It is the money saving that sells people on car-sharing Feigon said. I-Go members spend less than a third of the estimated $6,700 car owner spend on average each year for automobile upkeep, insurance, parking and gas. Students, young professionals and retired people comprise most of the 1,00 current I-go car-share members.
"We are really interested in expanding on the South Side. We are working with IIT (Illinois Institute of Technology)," Feigon said."We are going to to Bronzeville and South Shore in 2006."
Sherr suggested reserving a spot somewhere near the intersection of 53rd [51st?] and Lake Park Avenue because it is near public transportation and enjoys a lot of foot traffic. "If we had the parking spaces tomorrow we could have the cars available immediately," Feigon said.
Sherr and I-Go also planned to meet Monday with Pete Richter, managing director of Regents Park Apartments, 5020 S. Lake Shore Dr., to talk about reserving a parking space in the building for tenants.
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British government is in talks with China Railway Construction Corporation company (CRCC, 中国铁建) about putting its HS2 project back on track, reported British newspaper Financial Times. HS2, the UK’s over budget and long delayed high-speed rail line, which will speed from London to the Midlands and the north of England, this month received the go-ahead for the first phase of construction.
All sides speculate whether other Chinese companies are likely to land on the U.S. Commerce Department trade blacklist, in the wake of China’s telecom giant Huawei. « Are the Chinese companies ready for this? », asks columnist Liu Qiudi (刘裘蒂) in the Chinese edition of the Financial Times.
The online magazine Business of Fashion launches a competition among a selection of young Chinese fashion designers with high potential. It is unprecedented in a fashion industry that has always had a complex relationship with China.


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DOJA Cannabis Ltd., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Hiku Brands Co. Ltd. (CSE: HIKU) (OTC: DJACF), recently posted a blog update detailing the history of Cannabis in British Columbia. Dating all the way back to the 1600s, hemp has proven to be a valuable crop in the Canadian Province. Per the article, hemp was grown in parts of Canada since the 1600s as a cash crop, providing the British Navy with material for rope and sails. Years later, doctors praised extracts of the plant for positive effects in treating medical conditions. However, Canada prohibited cannabis in the 1920s, along with other substances such as opiates and cocaine. Almost a century later, the plant has again been accepted by the Canadian government, with the impending legalization of recreational use expected to go into effect later this year. As a company that is federally licensed to cultivate and sell cannabis pursuant to the Access to Cannabis for Medical Purposes Regulations (“ACMPR”), DOJA is set to profit handsomely from the approaching legalization.
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Hiku is focused on building a portfolio of engaging cannabis brands, unsurpassed retail experiences and handcrafted cannabis production. With a national retail footprint led by Tokyo Smoke, craft cannabis production through DOJA’s ACMPR licensed grow, and Van der Pop’s female-focused educational platforms, Hiku houses an industry-leading portfolio that aims to set the bar for cannabis brands in Canada. Hiku’s wholly-owned subsidiary, DOJA Cannabis Ltd., is federally licensed to cultivate and sell cannabis pursuant to the ACMPR, owning two production facilities in the heart of British Columbia’s Okanagan Valley. Hiku’s subsidiary, Tokyo Smoke, has been conditionally awarded one of four master retail licenses in Manitoba. Hiku also operates a network of retail stores selling coffee, clothing and curated accessories, across British Columbia, Alberta and Ontario. For more information, visit the company’s website at www.Hiku.com.
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California-based eyewear maker Oakley will utilize Jet Fusion 3D printer from HP to prototype for several product lines. Oakley is a subsidiary of an Italian corporate Luxottica.
Many industries are using 3D printing on different stages. The industries vary from shoewear to automotive to aerospace to medical to dentistry to clothing. They are all leveraging 3D printing.
The eyewear maker intends to make functional pieces for its equipment, eyewear, and sports. The idea is to systematize on Jet Fusion 3D printer from HP for its development procedure. In 2018, Oakley began utilizing HP’s 3D printing for speedy prototyping.
Currently, it is utilizing HP’s machines. This includes the HP JET Fusion 580 platform to practice a 2D sketch and create a model. The making procedure may be duplicated in the development for additional experimenting.
Talking about the extended partnership with HP, the Head of Design at Oakley, Nicolas Garfias said “World-class athletes around the globe depend on Oakley to compete at the highest level. With HP’s breakthrough 3D printing technology, we will not only accelerate our design to production timeline, but we will also reconceptualize the way our products are made, pushing the boundaries of sports performance to new heights.”
Oakley is among the top sports performance and product design brands in the world. The company has cultural inventors, creators, idealists, and scientists. They are all obsessed with utilizing innovation and design to make products and encounters that stimulate greatness.
The eyewear maker has been ubiquitous in the sports sector for more than forty years. Currently, it is at the lead of how performance technologies and products are produced and developed.
Oakley began integrating the additive manufacturing technology into its design procedure from 1992. It is among the pioneer adopters of this technology. They first changed their development procedure and the form of their sunglasses.
Oakley knows the value of additive manufacturing and has been leveraging HP’s MJF technology since 2018. They want to use it for prototyping across multi-product lines. This includes helmets, sunglasses and more.
HP aims to change sports performance through working together with Oakley. 3D Printing Product Management at HP Inc. Jeff Fawcett said, “Oakley has the highest of design standards, and our innovative 3D printing technology helps them deliver on that experience for millions of athletes around the world. Together, we are transforming the sports performance community and changing the way the world designs and manufactures consumer products.”


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Next Great AppMay 24, 2012, 18:00 conference
On May 24th Sberbank held the Next Great App conference, dedicated to the future of cellular applications, at Digital October. The conference was conducted in a talk-show format with the participation of the creators of the most popular applications.
The appearance of smartphones and the iPhone and the development of social networks and services have caused explosive growth of a new area of program development – cellular applications. The most popular games; image, video, and audio-processing programs; instructional programs; and navigation and communications services are downloaded by several million users within a week after release.
Today, the biggest mergers and the most eye-catching startups are taking place in this area, and the greatest rates of increase in the cost of business are related to the sphere of applications. According to the predictions of analysts, this is only the beginning. It is the beginning because the new technologies are simple, easy to use, and are opening up infinite possibilities.
• What sort of possibilities are these?
• How can they affect our lives?
• What will be the next application to make waves?
In order to take a look at the future, specialists assembled at the conference and shared their views on the newest trends and developments in the area of cellular applications. The event program featured the world’s most popular developments and a prognosis of the future of cellular technologies.
The special guest of the conference was Gerd Leonhard, a specialist in the area of digital technologies, communications, and media. A consultant for the companies Sony BMG, BBC, Orange, The Financial Times, YouTube, Nokia, The Guardian, Google, Telkom Indonesia, Siemens, RTL, ITV, France Telecom, Deutsche Telekom, Omnicom, and others. The author of the books ‘The Future of Music’, ‘The End of Control’, ‘Music 2.0’, and ‘Friction Is Fiction’. An expert in questions of Web 2.0, social networks, cultural changes taking place under the influence of new technologies, and strategies for developing digital content and business models of the future. The Wall Street Journal has named Leonhard one of the world’s leading media futurologists.


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Along with the fourth beta of iOS 10.2, Apple has made a new macOS Sierra 10.12.2 beta available for developers. The build number is 16C53a and the update contains minor bug fixes and stability improvements. There are also new emojis that were first spotted in iOS 10.2.
According to the latest report from the the Wall Street Journal, Apple may release an iPhone with a curved OLED screen next year. The company has asked its suppliers to submit prototypes of their displays for testing. The screens have higher resolution than those used by Samsung.
It is Sunday today, which means that we should discuss the most interesting stories of the last couple of days. Let’s not waste time and start about the posts worth your attention right now.
A new drone video has recently appeared on the Internet showing the progress on Apple’s new Campus 2. As you can see below, the main ring and other buildings are nearly completed. Constructions workers are finalizing most structures and starting to build outdoor cafes and the fountain inside of the main ring. Moreover, the landscaping work has already begun.
A growing number of new MacBook Pro users are complaining about random GPU lags and glitches occurring while using their laptops. In most cases, the issues appear when running resource-intensive apps like Adobe Media Encoder, Adobe Premiere, Photos and some others. It is currently unknown, whether the problem is connected with faulty GPU chips or other hardware issues. Moreover, it is difficult to tell how many MacBook Pro laptops are affected.
Below you can take a look at the video shared by one MacBook Pro user working in Adobe Media Encoder.
Apple is planning to equip the next-generation iPhone with a 3D camera. According to the latest report from people familiar with the matter, the company has teamed with LG Innotek to develop a new sensor. By the way, this is the same company that supplies Apple with dual cameras for the iPhone 7 Plus.
According to the latest report from DigiTimes, Apple will release a new 10.5-inch iPad next year. The production of the device is set to start in December.
Apple has given up the idea of producing its own 5K Thunderbolt display. During the MacBook Pro media event in October, the company announced its partnership with LG and revealed the new LG Ultrafine 5K Display compatible with the laptops. Below you can take a look at the first short review of the 27-inch IPS external display for photographers, designers and other professional MacBook users.
The video was posted to YouTube by a well-known blogger Marques Brownlee. As it turns out, the display has a sleek design, nice build quality, and can power up the MacBook Pro when it is connected.
What do you think about LG Ultrafine 5K Display? Leave your comments down below.
Two new serious bugs have been recently found in iOS 10.1.1. According to the growing number of complaints on the Apple Support Communities forum, many iPhones with the latest version of the firmware on board jump from 30% to 1% charge in a few seconds and then turn themselves off. After the handsets are plugged in, they turn on and show 30% charge again.
Apple has never created a true transformer similar to the Surface Book. That is why ConceptsiPhone has created a new concept of a device with a large screen, metal frame and large full-size keyboard. Below you can take a look at the video showing this device.
The transformer called the Apple Book is supposed to work on macOS rather than iOS. It has a very strange design and frankly speaking I don’t think Apple will even make something similar to this transformer.
Here’s how the creators describe their concept:
New incredible 3D concept video that shows the 'Apple Book', new iDevice / Mac that combining iPad with MacBook!
What do you think about the transformer? Do you like it?
According to the latest report shared by a reliable KGI Securities analyst Ming-Chi Kuo, the next-generation iPhone will feature a glass back panel to support wireless charging. The expert believes that all 2017 iPhones will get glass back panels and that Pegatron will supply Apple with wireless chargers for these new handsets. Another reason for Apple to completely change the look of the iPhone 8 is Jonathan Ive’s desire to create a phone that looks like a sheet of glass.
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has recently published Apple’s patent application describing a foldable iPhone with flexible display.
The body of the handset will be foldable and may use different types of hinges. To make the smartphone display flexible enough, it would be placed in a way that would allow it to bend when the housing moves.
A well-known iOS developer Adam Bell has managed to run Doom on the OLED Touch Bar of the new MacBook Pro. It’s currently unknown how the developer managed to get the make the old game working not even on the computer itself. Still, this is quite impressive.
Bell also notes that the Touch Bar itself is a useful feature.
Doom runs on pretty much everything… but can it run on the new MacBook Pro Touch Bar?
Side note, as ridiculous (ly amazing) as Doom is running on the Touch Bar is… the HUD is equally great
Apple unveiled the 13-inch and 15-inch MacBook Pro at the media event on October 27th. Currently, the company is shipping the devices to first lucky owners.
Below you can take a look at the video showing Doom running on the Touch Bar of the MacBook Pro.
Phil Schiller has once again confirmed that using 32GB of RAM would affect the battery life of new MacBook Pro units. According to Apple executive, using more memory would require a different design of the logic board and physically smaller battery. Apart from that, since the 32GB DDR module requires much more power than the current LPDDR memory, there’s no way to install it without reducing the battery life and performance of the laptop.
Apple’s main rival, Samsung, is planning to release a Jet Black version of the Galaxy S7 as soon as early next month. The report comes from The Korea Herald and looks quite legitimate.


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MOUNT LAUREL, N.J. (AP) - Aerospace and high-tech manufacturer Honeywell International Inc. reported a 22 percent increase in first-quarter profits Wednesday, citing strong performances across its divisions.
For the three months ended March 31, Honeywell had profits of $359 million or 42 cents per share, up from $295 million or 34 cents per share for the same period in 2004.
The earnings per share exceeded by 2 cents the projection of 17 analysts surveyed by Thomson Financial. The company also raised its revenue expectations for the year, but left its profit projections unchanged.
Honeywell shares fell $1.07, or 2.9 percent, to close at $35.43 in Wednesday trading on the New York Stock Exchange. The stock has traded in a 52-week range of $31.85 to $39.50.
Brian K. Langenberg, who follows Honeywell for Langenberg & Co., attributed the stock decline to a rough day for industrial firms rather than bad news from Honeywell.
But Mary Anne Sudol, an analyst with Caris & Company said she believed investors may have downgraded the stock because Honeywell refused to raise profit forecasts for the year.
Quarterly sales were $6.45 billion, up 4.4 percent from $6.18 billion a year ago.
The company reported increased sales in its aerospace, automation and control and transportation units. The biggest gains came in the aerospace division, where sales were $2.5 billion - up 8.7 percent from the $2.3 billion in sales in the first quarter last year. The company said it sold more plane parts to both the commercial and defense sectors.
Increased commercial flights around the world and the United States' continued military action in Iraq and Afghanistan is driving the sales of plane parts, company officials told analysts during a morning conference call.
David J. Anderson, the company's chief financial officer, said in an interview that airlines have been ordering more new planes this year, and that Honeywell should benefit by selling parts for them.
Only the specialty materials division had lower sales than in the first quarter of 2004 - but profits were higher in that unit as well. The company said revenue in that area fell because it sold its polyester business.
Honeywell also announced that on March 31, it completed its purchase of Novar PLC, a British industrial holding company.
Anderson said Honeywell intends to keep Novar's building-security and fire-alarm business but sell its check-printing and aluminum businesses within the next year.
The company has $4 billion in cash and is looking to buy more businesses soon, he said.
Anderson said the company was raising its revenue expectations for the year to 7 to 9 percent. Previously, the company had said sales would increase only by 3 to 5 percent.
But the company's profit projections for the year were unchanged, remaining $1.95 to $2.05 per share for the year. Anderson said he expects profits to be at the higher end of that range.


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Bangladesh continues to be far behind the milk consumption when compared to global consumption, posing serious health risk creating huge nutrition crisis. Experts have underscored the necessity for undertaking holistic measures to improve the milk production to create a healthy nation.
The global per capita milk consumption is 108 liters per year while it is merely 9.97 litre in Bangladesh.
According to latest Household Income and Expenditure Survey (HIES) data, the per capita per day milk consumption was 33.7 ml this year 2010 and 32.4 ml in 2005. The HIES data is indicating that the per capita milk consumption is slowly but surely declining in Bangladesh. Even, the milk consumption rate in Bangladesh is far behind the neighboring countries. The per capita milk consumption rate of India is 68.7 liters, accompanied by 41 liters for Nepal, 79 liters Maldives and 159 liters in Pakistan. In this backdrop, Finland is maintaining highest milk consumption at around 430.76 liters, while it is 234.49 liters for Australia, 232.20 for United Kingdom, 209.30 liters for USA, 163.57 liters for Russia, 137.25 liters for New Zealand, 132.66 litters for United Arab Emirates and 55.75 litters for South Africa.
Meanwhile, there is contradiction between government data and private sector data on milk production in Bangladesh. According to Department of Livestock (DLS), Bangladesh produces 9.4 million a great deal of milk against the requirement of 15.04 million tons. However, International Farm Comparison Network (IFCN) data disclosed that total milk production in Bangladesh stands at 8.08 million tons. According to DLS and IFCN data Bangladesh is competent to meet only 63 percent or 54 percent of the neighborhood demand respectively.
A senior official of Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS) said that Bangladesh imports 0.11 million a great deal of milk from the overseas country to meet the neighborhood demand. The per capita milk consumption decreased substantially in Bangladesh since 2005, he said adding that the per capita each day intake of milk is nearly nine fold less than what the World Health Organization (WHO) recommends.
WHO recommends, a person ought to drink 250 ml or 250 grams of milk each day, to find the required amount of calcium, and protein.
Speaking with Daily Industry, Bangladesh Dairy Farmers Association president Imran Hossain said, some 0.3 million dairy farms in the united states plus some 10.2 million persons rely upon farming. Bangladesh needs additional six million a great deal of milk to meet the local demand. Achieving self-sufficiency will be quite challenging for Bangladesh unless we have a holistic method of increase milk production, he lamented.
Around 350,000 dairy farmers across Bangladesh are struggling to survive concentrating COVID-19 pandemic. He urged the federal government for disbursing stimulus loan package for the farmers to improve the milk production in the country. “Dairy farms in the country are in a bad shape, so, the federal government should provide the cash incentive immediately to boost the production level from the prevailing trend”, he added.
Imports of powdered milk and milk products add considerable costs and it’s estimated that the country imports a lot more than 100,000 a great deal of powdered milk and milk products, spending a lot more than US$237 million, he added.
So far, some three companies have plants to manufacture powdered milk nonetheless they tend to import the item from abroad for more profit, he mentioned.
He urged the livestock minister and the secretary to take initiatives for processing the powdered milk in the country which would help meeting the neighborhood demand as well concerning saving foreign currency, According to physicians, milk is a wonderful way to obtain calcium and phosphorous required for healthy growth of bones and teeth, and an important ingredient in growth and proper functioning of your body.
Despite a lot more than tripling production from FY08 to FY18, Bangladesh still faces a considerable deficiency available in the market, industry insiders s


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Inspur Information (000977): The biggest beneficiary of the rebound in industry demand is the world’s first sail
A number of leading indicators indicate that demand has shown a warming trend, and the inflection point at the bottom of the industry cycle is now expected. The global server 重庆耍耍网 industry in 2019Q4-2020Q1 is expected to begin to pick up: upstream chip cycles reflect 2-3 quarters of leading servers, and 19Q1 and 19Q3 Aspeed and Intel have both picked up.Cloud computing market: In the third quarter of 2019, the capital expenditure growth rate of major overseas CSP vendors rebounded to 13.
2%, the domestic Ali has improved significantly from the previous month, Tencent exceeded expectations, the demand of other Internet vendors has gradually increased, and the trend for 20 years is clear; the operator market: 2019 is a small year for server purchases, 5G commercial growth, and 2020 is likely to usher in a big year, China Mobile and China Unicom’s procurement expectations are clear; and China Mobile’s 100 billion public cloud investment plan is expanded. It is expected that the operator market will bring 都市夜网 more increments to the industry starting in 20 years.
We believe that the industry will realize the industry trend of independent innovation and foreign cooperation. X86 and ARM servers have sufficient growth opportunities. They are optimistic about the development of the domestic server market in the past 20 years. Inspur information leaders continue to expand and are expected to become the biggest beneficiaries of the industry’s recovery.: 1) Cloud computing: The domestic first-tier public cloud vendors have seen a significant rise in capital expansion in the third quarter. It is expected that in 20 years, Ali and Tencent’s purchases are expected to usher in another increase; in 1919, JD.com, headlines and other Internet vendors have also noticeably increased demand;It is estimated that the revenue of Internet vendors will increase by 30% in 20 years; 2) Operators: Inspur shared about 21% in the past, second only to Huawei; after China Mobile entered the public cloud, it is conservatively expected that the operator’s market share will increase to 25% +, and it is expected to be 20 yearsThe operator’s market revenue increased by 40% +; 3) The overall domestic continuous improvement, 19Q3 has reached the historically optimal level (global share) 9.
0%), and the company’s scale effect is emerging: human efficiency and operating efficiency continue to improve; 4) Since the production of upstream materials, the company gradually began to produce upstream raw materials in 19 years, we expect to increase the company’s net interest rate in the long run.
5-1%; 5) Shandong Province fully promotes the construction of digital Shandong, using information technology as the core driving force for the development of new kinetic energy, and Inspur, as a leading enterprise in the information industry in Shandong Province, will fully benefit;As a result of the changes, as the industry leader, the company will also quickly achieve docking and continue to maintain the position of the leader.
Profit forecast: It is estimated that from 2019 to 2021, the company’s operating income will be 540/722/912 trillion, and its net profit will be 8.
9 trillion, corresponding to 0 EPS.
55 yuan; 40 times PE in 2020, target market value of 54.8 billion, corresponding to a target price of 42.
40 yuan, given a “buy” rating.
Risk warning: CSP manufacturers’ capital expenditures are recovering less than expected, and they are overly optimistic about the expansion and adjustment of competitive layout.


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Apple recently released iOS 16 beta 8 to developers yesterday and also released a new public beta of iOS 16 for public beta testers.
Earlier today, we saw a video of the new iOS 16 beta 8 software in action and now we have another video, this one from Brandon Butch and that gives us another look at the software.
As we can see from the video, there are a bunch of new features and updates coming to the iPhone with the iOS 16 software update.
This will include a new lock screen, which will be customizable and will benefit from a host of new widgets being launched as well.
iPhone 14 Pro and Pro Max will have an always on screen and we expect exclusive features for these screens on the lock screen.
Apple is also launching a new Lock Down mode designed to help you secure your device in the event of a security issue. There will also be a wide range of updates to existing Apple apps such as Maps, Mail, FaceTime, Safari, and more.
iOS 16 beta 8 software is now available for developers to download, you can learn more details about this on Apple developer website.
We’re expecting iOS 16 release next month, Apple will hold its iPhone 14 press event on September 7th, and we should get details at that event when iOS 16 comes out.
Source and image credit: Brandon Butch
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General Mills (GIS) has set its sights on Tyson Foods’ (TSN) pet food unit as it looks to strengthen its Pet portfolio. The global food company has tabled a $1.2 billion takeover bid from which it also stands to benefit from a $225 million tax subsidy. The transaction is expected to close in the first quarter of Fiscal 2022.
The investment comes amid strong demand for pet food as more people resort to having pets amid the pandemic. According to CEO Jeff Harmening, the acquisition will add an attractive business to a fast-growing pet platform. The deal will also position the company as a leader in pet food and reshape its portfolio for growth. The acquisition is expected to complement the company’s existing businesses.
Harmening stated, “Today’s announcement reinforces our commitment to using all capital allocation levers – including investment in the business, dividend growth, strategic acquisitions, and share repurchases – to drive top-tier shareholder returns over the long term.”
The acquisition is expected to be accretive to earnings upon completion. Furthermore, the company has confirmed it is acquiring a manufacturing facility in independence Iowa.
The unit that General Mills is acquiring generated more than $240 million in net sales for the fiscal year ended April 3, 2021. (See General Mills stock analysis on TipRanks).
Deutsche Bank analyst Steve Powers has reiterated a Buy rating on the stock. The analyst has raised his price target to $65 from $61, implying 2.52% upside potential to current levels.
Consensus among analysts on Wall Street is a Moderate Buy based on 3 Buys and 2 Holds. The average analyst price target of $66.60 implies 5.05% upside potential to current levels.
GIS scores a 6 out of 10 on the TipRanks’ Smart Score rating implying its performance is likely to align with market expectations.


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7-Eleven Is Welcoming Hot Honey Boneless Wings for Summer & You Can Get 16 for $5
The convenience store giant is currently has online and in-store wing promotions.
Fast food chains have long embraced the hot honey trend. Earlier this year, Wendy's introduced a chicken sandwich drenched in the sweet, chili-infused condiment, while Shake Shack launched an entire menu of hot honey-smothered bites in 2021. Now, 7-Eleven is getting in on the phenomenon.
The convenience store giant has unveiled Hot Honey Boneless Wings. The all-white-meat chicken is smothered in a sweet honey chili glaze, roasted garlic, and chili pepper.
"At 7-Eleven, we always look for ways to delight our customers with fun menu items. As summer heats up, we look forward to providing delicious food options that pair perfectly with the warm weather," 7-Eleven Senior Director of Fresh Food Robin Murphy said in a press release. "These Hot Honey Boneless Wings are reminiscent of outdoor grilling in the summer, and the contrast of sweet and spicy is an ongoing food trend that will satisfy any craving."
Though we don't need any incentive to try the new wings, 7-Eleven is giving us one anyway. The chain is celebrating the launch with an almost too-good-to-be-true deal. You can grab 16 boneless wings, including the Hot Honey iteration, in stores for just $5. The promotion is available at 7-Eleven and Stripes locations.
7Rewards loyalty members can purchase eight boneless wings for $2.99 when ordering via the app. The online exclusive is available for Speedway, 7-Eleven, and Stripes.
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HUNTINGTON, W.Va. (AP) — Service Wire Co. has committed $1 million for a business center at Marshall University, the school’s foundation announced.
Service Wire will provide funding and wire and cable products for the Brad D. Smith Center for Business and Innovation at Marshall. The Transformative Sales and Service Excellence Center will be renamed in honor of the company.
“Service Wire has a long-standing history partnering with Marshall University, and we are pleased to continue this legacy,” said Louis Weisberg, president and CEO of Service Wire.
Service Wire is a family-owned wire and cable manufacturer with locations including West Virginia, Texas and Arizona, according to a news release Wednesday from the foundation.
The new facility is to be built on a site that previously held an apartment complex. It’s expected to open in January 2024, the release said.
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