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NEW YORK — Forever 21’s largest store, a 90,000-square-foot unit at 1540 Broadway in Times Square, will feature apparel for men, women and children as well as more extensive shoe, lingerie and accessories departments, a larger selection of fashion basics and new product categories. The unit, opening in 2010 and being referred to as a “department” store, will have significant signage including the iconic neon sign of the Virgin Megastore, whose space it will occupy.
While the California-based retailer is known as a chain for juniors, the new flagship also will launch apparel for older consumers. “Our data shows that 20 percent of our customers are under 18, about 45 percent are 18 to 24, and 35 percent are over 24 years of age,” Larry Meyer, senior vice president of Forever 21, said. “We’re getting more older customers, given that we’re fashion-oriented and offer great values. People want to get more out of their money. We have customers 35 and older. We will develop things for those consumers. Over time, we will expand to offer them more and more.”
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The Dulles, Va.-based company also filed nine new lawsuits in five states in a move it hopes will discourage advertisers from distributing fraudulent or pornographic commercials to AOL's customers.
One of the new defendants, for example, advertised a miracle cancer cure -- which turns out to be apricot seeds. "This is a ... victory for AOL and moreover for its members, as far as our ability to protect them from junk e-mail," said company spokesman Rich D'Amato. "The new cases represent an expansion of our strategy of taking it to the spammers."
AOL said one of the concluded cases set a legal precedent in the use of computer-fraud laws, which the company believes will strengthen its hand in future cases.
America Online, the world's largest online service, also has planet-sized problems with spammers, who see the company's 14-million-plus members as a captive advertising audience for anything from porn sites to herbal remedies to bait shops.
Three previous lawsuits have resulted in court orders preventing the spammers from e-mailing AOL users, but the cases seem to have done little to prevent spammers from taking advantage of one of the world's cheapest forms of advertising.
Each of the victories, against LCGM Inc. of Madison Heights, Mich., Prime Data Systems of Bowling Green, Ky., and IMS of Knoxville, Tenn., resulted in punitive damages being awarded to AOL, and in court orders preventing the defendants from sending e-mails to AOL users.
In the LCGM case, the court also ruled that the spammer, by cheating AOL's spam filtering systems, had committed fraud. AOL says this is the first case in which state and federal computer-fraud laws have been applied to a spammer.
"These legal victories underscore the court's recognition that junk e-mail damages both our members and AOL,'' said Randall Boe, AOL's Associate General Counsel, in a statement.
In Virginia courts, AOL filed suit against Power Promo and Forrest Dayton of Marietta, Ga. for spamming and for distributing spamming software; and against computer hardware dealer GreatDeals.net of Reston, Va., for spamming.
In California courts, AOL sued "Virtual Girlfriend'' Spammer, in Sunland and Tujunga, Calif., for fraud; Michael Persaud, et. al., of San Diego, for spamming and for fraudulently using the AOL.com trademark; and against USA Home Employment in Studio City, Calif., for advertising a get-rich-quick scheme.
In Iowa, the company sued National Health Care Discounts, Inc. of Sioux City, Iowa, for misleading advertisements.
In Florida, AOL sued Orange County, Fla.'s Global Marketing Solutions, Inc. for fraudulent advertising and fraudulently circumventing spam filters; and First Class Advertising of Valusia and Orange County, Fla., for spamming and circumventing spam filters.
And in New York, the service filed suit against The Christian Brothers in Brooklyn, N.Y., for fraudulently advertising apricot seeds as a cancer cure.
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TK Tech News leaked out the Samsung Galaxy S5 Prime earlier this year. He got his hands on the device prior to release and uploaded a hands on video of the device to youtube. Today he has grabbed another big leak. According to his information the upcoming Motorola XT1100 will be the Nexus X! The leaked document shows the device will be rocking a Snapdragon 805 quad core chip clocked at 2.7GHZ, a 5.3" display with 2K resolution, and a 13.1 MP camera with OIS. The Android version shows Lemon Meringue Pie Android 5.0. The device along with the new version of Android is set to launch on September 17th. What are your thoughts? Is this your next device.


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MovinCool has unveiled its new Cooling Channel on the Today’s Facility Manager website.
Ever since developing the original spot air conditioner in 1982, MovinCool has been redefining the industry by continuing to introduce innovative, cost-effective cooling solutions for a variety of applications.
MovinCool was established to develop portable spot air conditioning systems for its parent company, DENSO Corporation. As a leading automotive component supplier to many of the world’s major automotive manufacturers—including Chrysler, Ford, GM, Honda and Toyota—DENSO employs 120,000 people in 35 countries throughout the world.
The first MovinCool portable spot air conditioners were so effective in keeping DENSO factory employees cool that the company quickly decided to make them available commercially. Filling a critical need for spot cooling, MovinCool units were soon being put to use in a wide array of demanding environments.
Today, as manufacturing, telecom, computer and office-equipment demands evolve at record speed, MovinCool spot air conditioners are keeping pace, delivering cooling solutions that are more efficient, more reliable and more cost-effective than ever before.
Visit the Today’s Facility Manager Cooling Channel to learn more about portable and ceiling-mount spot air conditioners. (To view the Central park zoo video, visit the Cooling Channel’s Videos page.)


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(NEW YORK) -- Nike is rolling out a new sustainability program to cut down on environmental waste from retail manufacturing. The Nike Refurbished program gives shoppers the opportunity to give new life to previously purchased shoes. Eligible products include shoes that are in perfect or... Read More.
(LOS ANGELES) -- Add Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson to the list of celebrities who are boycotting events following the police shooting of Jacob Blake in Kenosha, Wisconsin on Sunday. Johnson was to debut his new sneaker collaboration with UnderArmor today, but posted to social media that he was... Read More.
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Heinz History Center celebrates all things ‘Hometown-Homegrown’
Foodie fun at this year’s Hometown-Homegrown celebration Oct. 19 should include plenty of Heinz ketchup and Heinz pickles on the side.
The Senator John Heinz History Center is mashing its annual food festival with its current “Heinztoberfest” celebration that marks the 150th anniversary of the H.J. Heinz Co., which grew from its own “hometown homegrown” roots in Pittsburgh in 1869.
“Throughout the day, we’ll have Heinz giveaways like the new limited-edition gold pickle pins and Heinz tomato seeds, along with a Heinz Test Kitchen where kids can don their own chef hats and invent their own culinary creations,” said Brady Smith, director of marketing and communications for the Heinz History Center in the city’s Strip District.
Among the speakers will be History Center Curator Emily Ruby discussing her new book, “57 Servings from the Heinz Table,” and Rachel Russell, Kraft Heinz’s senior food scientist, talking about her company’s new products and recipes.
Smith said the event, in its eighth year, has grown to be a day-long experience for visitors — especially for families — with activities on every floor of the museum.
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Several new exhibitors will be among more than 40 vendors at the History Center event held in partnership with GoodTaste! Pittsburgh.
“It’ll be fantastic to have one of our new Strip District neighbors — Cinderlands (craft brewery and scratch kitchen) — join us this year,” Smith said. “We’re also extremely excited to welcome Chef Kate Romaine from Black Radish — truly one of Pittsburgh’s top culinary experts — for a special cooking demonstration.”
Mike Smalis, president of Mezes Foods and owner of the former Greek Gourmet in Squirrel Hill, also will be introducing his chick pea (hummus-based) ice cream, a frozen confection in four flavors — chocolate, Mexican hot chocolate, orange chocolate and mint chocolate chip — that he creates for wholesale distribution at Republic Foods Enterprise Center, based in Fayette County.
“It’s a pretty resilient product containing no dairy, no egg, soy or nut that is a low-calorie snack, less than 400 calories,” Smalis said.
Amber Atkins, owner of The Cakery in Ross, will have samples of her chocolate and white almond cakes, lady locks, apple crisp and banana bread.
Sol Pepper Co.
Eric Corbin of Sol Pepper Co. rents kitchen space at La Dorita Kitchen in Sharpsburg, where he creates his naturally fermented, Caribbean-based hot sauce. He’ll have samples at the show and says his sauce “is pretty spicy, but it’s good.” Mezclado Pepper Sauce is produced and bottled at the La Dorita Kitchen located in Sharpsburg.
Cathy Burnheimer, owner of Popped Envy in Sarver, will have an assortment of her gourmet popcorn — a snack that is gluten-, peanut-, tree nut- and egg-free. Popped Envy offers 55 popcorn flavors, including vegan and kosher options, and is launching a line of fudge that is free of the same allergens.
“Some of the flavors you can expect to enjoy are Dill Pickle, Salted Chocolate Caramel and our favorite, Chicago Style, which is our famous caramel wrapped in a layer of cheddar,” she said.
Cherry Valley Organics
Based in Burgettstown, Washington County, Cherry Valley Organics sells certified organic vegetables and herbs. Spokeswoman Jodi Danyo said Hometown Homegrown visitors will find examples of their USDA certified organic herbal teas, in addition to organic herbal bath and body product line that includes herbal lip balms, salves, soaps and fragrances.
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The $599 80GB PS3 pack, which includes a copy of MotorStorm, was announced at E3 in July. At the conference, Sony also announced that it would slash the price of its 60GB model by $100 to $499 in North America. The price cut has helped increase sales of the 60GB unit by 113 percent when compared to average sales four weeks prior to the July 9 price drop, Sony said today. On July 23, two weeks after the price cut announcement, Sony said the price cut had bumped sales of the 60GB model by 135 percent.
Sony said it will continue to sell the 60GB model at its current price until inventory runs out, which "is predicted to be this fall based on current consumer demand," according to a company statement.
In the statement, Sony positioned the 80GB model as being aimed at online gamers and the "entertainment enthusiast." The extra 20GB of storage space will allow gamers to "download more games and other entertainment content from the PlayStation Network online store, Sony said.
"The new model will provide ample storage space to meet the appetites of those who wish to download content today, and for many more years to come," said Peter Dille, senior vice president of marketing with Sony Computer Entertainment of America "With the expanded disk capacity and dynamic system upgrades, we have effectively created a system that is 'future-proof', providing consumers an exceptional entertainment value that will stand the test of time."
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On December 3, 2019, the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network, and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency issued joint guidance to financial institutions providing or seeking to provide financial services to hemp-related businesses. The joint guidance clarifies FinCEN’s position that banks serving hemp-related businesses need not file suspicious activity reports (“SARs”) based solely on their customers’ otherwise legal hemp-related business. However, the guidance emphasizes that banks remain obligated to file SARs if indicia of suspicious activity warrants. The guidance also warns banks serving the hemp industry that regulators continue to expect absolute compliance with the requirements of the Farm Bill of 2018 (the legislation which de-scheduled hemp) and its implementing regulations, as well as banks’ ever-present BSA/AML, currency transaction report, customer identification, and other customer due diligence obligations. Finally, the guidance makes clear that it applies only to financial institutions serving hemp-related businesses and not in any way to those servicing cannabis-related businesses. Careful not to send any mixed message, the guidance reiterates that cannabis remains a Schedule I drug under the Controlled Substances Act, illegal under Federal law and that banks providing services to cannabis-related businesses are to continue following the guidance provided to them under previous FinCEN guidance on BSA Expectations Regarding Marijuana-Related Business.
The joint guidance should serve as a welcome clarification for financial institutions serving or considering whether or not to serve the now legal hemp industry. And while not mentioned by name in the joint guidance, perhaps the greatest implication of the joint guidance will be seen by financial institutions providing financial services to businesses involved in the now massive CBD market – and not just those businesses centered around CBD, but also those selling CBD as an ancillary part of their business. Banking these businesses, businesses whose operations did not focus on the sale of CBD but which sold CBD merely as another part of its overall product mix (sometimes just a small part), has provided financial institutions with some of the greatest compliance vagueries under existing law. However, with the newly issued joint guidance, banks servicing customers able to establish their compliance with legalized hemp regulations, including the production and sale of hemp-derived CBD, should be able to rely on that guidance to remain themselves compliant with what can only be described as a particularly complex Federal scheme of banking regulation in this industry.
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Jakarta Deputy Governor Sandiaga Uno inaugurated on Saturday the capital's first “smart market” in Pondok Pinang, South Jakarta.
The Pondok Indah Market has a digital edge over its traditional counterparts by accepting non-cash payments, including through QR codes.
“Nowadays, digitalization can be used in almost all aspects of business, from production to management and marketing,” Sandiaga said as quoted by kompas.com.
Equipped with free WiFi and a virtual reality game booth, the smart market was established as part of a cooperation with city-owned market operator PD Pasar Jaya, the OK OCE entrepreneurship program and state-owned telecommunications company Telkom.
Sandiaga said he would like to see other markets and OK OCE entrepreneurs adopt similar digital payment systems.
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The Eko network currently consists of more than 180 partners and one lakh merchants across more than 150 cities
Swiggy’s financing program will offer partner restaurants collateral-free loans without initial deposits at an interest rate
In an industry first, one of the country’s largest marketplaces, Paisabazaar, has enlisted four players like CASHe, Paysense, EarlySalary and HomeCredit on to its platform for customers who come to the website looking for credit.
Indifi had inked partnership with IIFL in May 2016, and since then over 100 loans have already been sanctioned to customers across different segments like travel and hotels.
The other companies that have joined as members are SME lending players Indifi Technologies, Rubique, KapitalTech, personal loan enablers Finomena, IndiaLends and ZestMoney, and invoice discounting platform KredX.
Indifi had previously raised an undisclosed sum from Accel Partners and Elevar Equity. The lending platform is among the rare startups that have received venture financing prior to their formal launch.
The spike in demand for working capital loans by business owners has in turn made the past few months the busiest time of the year for alternative lending startups
Small and Micro retailers face a huge challenge in terms of meeting working capital reqauirement to scale up their businesses and service more clients.
The lenders say B2B segment could become the strongest segment by 2017
Bike ride-hailing app Baxi has raised Rs 10 crore in funding from a number of high-profile investors, making this one of the largest seed rounds raised by an Indian startup.
Alok Mittal is launching his new venture Indifi Technologies, a technology startup that will enable the country’s micro and small enterprises to gain greater access.


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Port Washington, N.Y. – Holiday spending levels will remain largely unchanged from last year, according to a new consumer survey by The NPD Group.
The poll shows that more than two-thirds of consumers, or 67 percent, plan to spend about the same on holiday shopping as they did last year.
However, that figure is up 5 percent from last year, while 15 percent fewer people said they will spend less this Christmas.
Only 10 percent plan to spend more, up from 9 percent last year.
As for retail venue, CE specialty stores were cited by 17 percent of respondents as a planned destination — tied with outlet stores and warehouse clubs, and flat from last year. Discount chains continue to dominate the field, with fully 50 percent of planned visits.
Shoppers are also starting their holiday shopping sooner this year. Sixteen percent had already begun when the survey was conducted in early September, compared with 17 percent last year, and 21 percent plan to start before Thanksgiving, compared with 19 percent in 2011.
According to NPD’s chief industry analyst Marshal Cohen, “While consumer confidence seems to be up, retailers will still face some challenges,” including the distraction of a presidential election. “They will need to develop creative ways to lure shoppers into the stores.”
Cohen also expects shoppers to make more practical purchases rather than splurge on luxury treats, and warns that drug stores and supermarkets are becoming the latest competition for traditional retailers as channel lines increasingly blur. “Now that consumers are less attracted to sale prices and more attracted to selection as well as convenience, stocking the right items will be essential to drive foot traffic,” he observed.
“Consumers tell us they want to shop more,” he added, “but without the ‘it’ item and lack of pent-up demand, this could be the Christmas of Contradictions.”
The NPD poll, “Holiday Survey of Consumer Purchase Intentions,” is based on 3,618 completed consumer surveys.
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COSCO Shipping Ports (CSP), the world’s leading ports operator, has entered into a subscription agreement with Navis for its N4 terminal operating system (TOS).
CSP’s new TOS system will support its operations across 269 berths at 38 ports worldwide, of which 179 are for containers, with a combined annual handling capacity of approximately 103 million TEU.
The number of its subsidiaries also increased from nine in 2016, to 15 in 2018.
Hong Kong-based CSP recorded a 15% year-over-year increase for its monthly container volumes in January 2018, reaching a total TEU of more than 7.8 million for the month.
Zhang Wei, Vice Chairman and Managing Director of COSCO Shipping Ports, said: “2017 marked a successful year for our globalization and increasing control in port companies.
“While we continue to expand our world-class portfolio of assets, we are committed to providing quality and efficiency services to customers at home and abroad.
“At CSP, we understand well that continuous improvement of the operating efficiency and sustainable development of the ports and terminals will further enhance our competitiveness.
“We are happy to work with Navis, with its unmatched experience in TOS and collaborative solutions and with N4 serving as the brain and localized source of information for the day-to-day operation of our terminal business, we are better equipped to meet the needs of today’s carriers and large container ships coming to call.”
Learn more about digital container shipping by reading a Port Technology technical paper by Navis which focuses on intelligent supply chains
Benoit de la Tour, President of Navis, commented: “We are continuing on our path towards large, strategic agreements with some of the biggest global terminal operators and shipping lines in the world and this partnership with COSCO Shipping Ports is an opportunity for Navis to deliver its leading innovation and global optimization services to an expanding network of terminals.
“The transformation from smaller, competing point solution vendors to Navis demonstrates CSP’s commitment to driving improved optimization and performance for a broad set of ocean trade entities.”


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WELCH, WV (LOOTPRESS) – Next weekend will be full of BBQ and ATV riding in the historic coal town of Welch as the 2023 WV KCBS State BBQ Championship and ATV festival kick off on June 9.
The 3rd annual WV Coalfields Cookoff – the West Virginia State BBQ & ATV Festival, this KCBS State Championship Cookoff, hosted by the City of Welch, promises great food, bands, a beer garden, ATV activities and vendors.
BBQ Cook Teams will compete for almost $13,000 in prize money and the WV State BBQ Championship title thanks to a generous grant from Smithfield Foods.
Event organizers say attendees can sink their teeth into some of the best BBQ from vendors throughout the region or participate in some taste testing from competitors. For grownups, the Beer Garden will be the perfect pairing to a juicy bite of brisket.
Bring your ATV and enjoy the Hatfield-McCoy Trail or sit back in your favorite lawn chair and enjoy the mountain air, laced with the delicious smell of a hot smoker and the music of Appalachia’s favorite musicians.
The WV Coalfields Cookoff offers more than just great food and good music. Regional artisans will also sell handmade crafts and local businesses will sell ATV accessories.
The festival will begin on Friday, June 9, and last until Saturday, June 10.
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LEGO has unveiled the life-size model of Ezra Miller’s Flash from Justice League, that will be out on display at this year’s San Diego Comic Con show floor. The statue took over 60 hours of design work.
The first day of San Diego Comic Con will start on Thursday, July 20th and will continue until Sunday, July 23rd.
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With the broad capital backing cryptocurrency firms are enjoying, the FalconX valuation is a testament of the growing number of unicorns in the global cryptocurrency ecosystem.
San Mateo, California-based digital currency trading platform, FalconX has increased its valuation following a new funding round in which it raised $210 million. The capital raise was led by Altimeter Capital, Sapphire Ventures, B Capital Group and Tiger Global Management, while other investors including Amex Ventures, an arm of American Express Company (NYSE: AXP), as well as Mirae Asset also participated.
FalconX has charted a very ambitious growth path for itself in the past five months, increasing its valuation to $3.75 billion as confirmed by Chief Executive Officer Raghu Yarlagadda in an interview per a Bloomberg report. The FalconX boss also confirmed that the company’s monthly transaction volume is now in excess of $10 billion.
As an emerging unicorn in digital currency trading offerings, FalconX has inched a new service in which it provides its clients with a reliable pricing detail for various cryptocurrencies. This feature according to Yarlagadda is boosted by the exchange’s “connectivity with over 100 venues, including cryptocurrency exchanges like Coinbase and FTX, proprietary trading firms and OTC desks.”
“As institutional investors continue entering the cryptocurrency market, FalconX has significantly scaled its business and product lines to meet their needs,” Scott Shleifer, a partner at Tiger Global Management, said in an emailed statement. “We’re excited to double down on the leading one-stop-shop for institutional trading, credit and clearing,” he said, referencing Tiger’s backing of FalconX earlier this year at a $675 million valuation.
The unique business positioning of FalconX has influenced its positive disposition to investors who helped raise about $50 million back in March this year. FalconX says it will use the new capital injection to build its technical infrastructure, finance global expansion in new markets including Asia and in launching products inspired by customer requests.
Some of these request include delayed settlement product, which allows institutions to settle in 20 business days. As pointed out by Yarlagadda, FalconX does not take on exposure to market movements by over-collateralizing loans and reserving the right to liquidate positions. In all, the array of new products billed to be floated will contribute to the unique position occupied by the firm.
FalconX Valuation: Increasing the Number of Crypto Unicorns
With the broad capital backing cryptocurrency firms are enjoying, the FalconX valuation is a testament of the growing number of unicorns in the global cryptocurrency ecosystem. Per earlier Coinspeaker report, Luxembourg-based trading firm, Blocktrade pulled $25.8 million from investors while Indoniesian outfit, Pintu secured $35 million in like manner.
The growing financial injection showcases the willingness of mainstream companies to take an early position in the growing world of cryptocurrencies and the firms providing services in the space. The success of Coinbase Global Inc (NASDAQ: COIN) when it went public in April remains a yardstick for both investors and the startups alike.
Benjamin Godfrey is a blockchain enthusiast and journalists who relish writing about the real life applications of blockchain technology and innovations to drive general acceptance and worldwide integration of the emerging technology. His desires to educate people about cryptocurrencies inspires his contributions to renowned blockchain based media and sites. Benjamin Godfrey is a lover of sports and agriculture.


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DataXu said it raised $27 million in a round of financing led by Thomvest Ventures and joined by existing investors Atlas Venture, Flybridge Capital Partners and Menlo Ventures. Thomvest Managing Director Stefan Clulow joins DataXu’s board.
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Spindle Labs Inc., a developer of search technology, has raised $2.3 million in venture funding, and recently released the company’s app in iTunes. The company is backed by Polaris Ventures, Greylock Partners, Lerer Ventures, SV Angel, Atlas Ventures, Broad Beach Ventures, Project 11, Ray Ozzie and Raman Narayanan. Spindle Labs is based in Boston.
Lilliputian Systems, Inc. said it closed on $40 million of a planned $60 million equity round that was led by RUSNANO and joined by existing investors Intel Corporation, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Altira Group, Stata Venture Partners, Atlas Venture, and Fairhaven Capital. The company makes portable fuel cell re-charger for consumer electronics.
Life sciences & biotech investors will want to heed the advice guest poster SRS “Achieving the Exit” Q&A subject Michael Gilman offers.
Mohr Davidow Ventures, Atlas Ventures and Physic Ventures have backed Waltham, Mass.-based On-Q-ity with $5 million in fresh capital. On-Q-ity is a life science company focused on circulating tumor cell capture and characterization for clinical researchers and physicians. They company’s technology is designed to enhance decision-making across multiple cancer types, it says. -cn PRESS RELEASE [...]
Abine, a provider of online privacy solutions for consumers looking to regain control over their personal information, has appointed Kristina Kennedy as vice president of marketing and Brian Michon as vice president of engineering. Abine is backed by Atlas Ventures and General Catalyst Partners. Earlier last year, it closed a series A round, raising $5.2 [...]
Unbounce said it raised $850,000 from a syndicate led by Real Ventures of Montreal. The group includes Founder Co-Op of Seattle, Atlas Ventures of Boston, Social Leverage, 500Startups and Point Nine Capital. Also participating are angels Boris Wertz, Mike Edwards, Rapleaf CEO Auren Hoffman and Articulate CEO Adam Schwartz. BLOG POST Unbounce Raises $850k to [...]
DisplayLink, a provider of networked display technology for multi-monitor and USB-connected computing, has closed on $8 million in new capital. Though the company did not name its most recent investors, the company has previously inked venture funding from Atlas Venture, Balderton Capital, DAG Ventures, DFJ Esprit and WTI. The Palo Alto, Calif.-based company has raised a total of $68 million.
(Reuters) – Mobile, biotech and e-commerce all have one thing in common: they are among the next wave of startups that have caught the eye of venture capital.
In the past year, social media companies such as Facebook, Zynga, Groupon and LinkedIn have stolen the limelight as the fastest growing space for venture funds.
Still, they make up just one area, and even a minority percentage, of investment for a number of venture capital funds.
“Social media companies are leading the charge, capturing people’s fantasy,” Axel Bichara, a partner at Atlas Venture, told a panel at the Reuters Global Technology Summit Venture Capital in New York on Wednesday. “If you look at venture capital companies as a whole, it’s a really broad and deep


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Martin Greenfield, a celebrity tailor and Holocaust survivor, has died at the age of 95.
Greenfield has tailored suits for more than 70 years with clients including six presidents, and celebrities like Leonard DiCaprio and Joaquin Phoenix, and other famous people who have traveled to Brooklyn, New York for his "word-class formal wear."
According to the Martin Greenfield Clothiers website, Greenfield is also known for following 108 steps, including hand stitching and steam pressing, to design his high-quality outfits.
Citing the New York Jewish Week, FOX News noted that Greenfield learned to sew while he was a prisoner in Auschwitz. Greenfield ripped a Nazi soldier's shirt, and another prisoner taught him how to sew it. Greenfield then wore the shirt after repairing it.
In 1947, Greenfield immigrated to the U.S. as an orphaned Holocaust survivor and secured his first job as a floor boy at GGG Clothing factory.
While working at the factory for 30 years, he went to night school, got his U.S. citizenship, and later became a production manager, per the clothing website.
After his company decided to shut down the factory, Greenfield bought it in 1977 and created his own business, Martin Greenfield Clothiers and created clothing for businessmen, grooms, presidents and celebrities.
Greenfield later retired and let his two sons, Jay and Todd, run the business.
"Martin Greenfield always considered the needs of the employees, the neighborhood, the vendors, and customers in his decision-making. These are values he instilled into his sons Jay and Tod who worked alongside him for over 35 years," the company’s website reads.
FOX News contributed to this report. This story was reported from Washington, D.C.


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Hundreds of cars lined up at the Moncton Coliseum in December 2009 creating a zig-zagging line around the parking lot to deliver food boxes to Moncton families for Moncton Headstart. Volunteer delivery drivers waited in their cars to reach the entrance of the Moncton Colliseum where firemen were directing traffic, while Harrison Trimble students and other volunteers loaded the cars and sent them on their way! The process was extremely well organized and executed!
Thank you to all the volunteers, to Moncton Headstart, and the delivery drivers for supporting such a wonderful program that directly impacts our local community! I'm sure that they made Christmas a special time for many families.
One of the many lines of cars waiting to deliver boxes.
Jan with Harrison Trimble student discussing the positive impact the program has for families of Greater Moncton.


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With each passing week, it becomes clearer that the NFT market peak has passed. Or not?
It is true. Google searches for the term “NFTs” dropped by almost a third since mid-January. And daily volume on OpenSea has dropped more than 65% since February 1, according to data from DuneAnalytics.
Don’t dismiss NFTs as just another crypto fad just yet. Even as the buzz gets agitated, the number of successful NFT projects is quietly increasing, according to a report released today by Nansen a blockchain analytics platform, and shared with The Defiant.
The proportion of minted and profitable NFT projects recently hit an all-time high, according to a chart provided in the Nansen Minters Report. This indicates that a market known for foam and blows, may be growing.
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“I think we’re seeing more successful projects,” Paul Harwood, product manager at Nansen, told The Defiant. “We are seeing the market mature and the really innovative projects really taking off and maybe the cash earnings are not doing so well.”
This contrasts with January 2021, when “dead” projects (defined as having less than 10 sales in the last 30 days) accounted for nearly half of the NFT market. Now, these anemic projects represent only a fifth of NFTs minted.
The average price of the NFT coin has also fluctuated between 0.07 ETH and 1 ETH since July 2021, after seeing large spikes earlier that year. Nansen’s report suggests that bullets are getting more competitive, forcing project leaders to lower prices.
Harwood notes that the increasing proportion of projects achieving sums higher than the price of the coin is happening amid the insane growth of NFT miners. According to Nansen’s report, there were only 500 people minting NFTs at the start of 2021 and there are now a staggering 1.2 million in February.
The idea that the NFT craze is a repeat of the initial coin offering (ICO) era of 2017 has become quite frayed. However, in both periods, the best of the bunch demonstrated true staying power and wealth creation. After all, ETH was an ICO, raising $16 million in 2014, according to icodrops.com , before becoming the $300 billion smart contract network it is today. Now Bored Ape Yacht Club is forging ahead – its floor price has shot up 587% since August to 103 ETH and recently launched your own token.
There are other examples of successful ICO projects emerging from the 2017 craze – Cosmos, now a big player among smart contract platforms, it raised $17.3 million in 2017 and its ATOM token now has a market cap of $8.1 billion. ChainLink , Decentral and , Tezos and others also held ICOs in 2017 and each project is worth over $3 billion as of March 23.
NFTs may be following the same pattern. While not all NFTs fall into the same category — for every funny monkey, there are many NFTs with more prosaic utility, Javier Cerdán González, a research engineer at Nansen, told The Defiant. He said he found Solana’s NFTs to be particularly oriented towards public services.
With the hype cycle for NFTs may be waning, the market appears to be maturing into a new phase. This is the result of the Nansen report. While worldwide searches for NFTs may continue to fail, let’s not forget that the term “ICO” has trended towards zero since peaking in late 2017. While many have disappeared, some have thrived. The same can be said of NFTs.


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Tesla Hall Withdrawal 2,791 Model 3 and Model Y vehicles are concerned that their front suspension may loosen the side link fasteners, potentially shifting wheel alignment and increasing the risk of accidents. Damaged vehicles are the 2019, 2020 and 2021 versions of the Model 3 and the 2020 and 2021 versions of the Model Y.
There is Tesla Notification The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration withdraws and plans to send a notification letter to affected owners on December 24th. The company will tighten or replace the free fasteners. The number for this withdrawal is SB-21-31-003.
It’s a long way from the first recall of Tesla’s book, and in the great planning of things, it’s a small one. Tesla has only issued a handful of withdrawals this year, including one In February Which has affected 135,000 vehicles in the United States and another In June 6,000 US vehicles affected. German regulators have issued an additional withdrawal of 12,300 Model XVs In February This year, cited trim-adhesive concerns. The problem seemed to be similar to the one that led to the recall of more than 9,000 vehicles in the United States At November 2020.
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What’s old is new again is the idea behind Google’s new interactive homage to advertising.
In celebration of digital advertising’s 18th birthday, Google is working with Avis, Alka Seltzer, Coca Cola and Volvo to bring the madmen who worked on these brands’ campaigns in the sixties and seventies out of retirement. The creatives will be challenged to use today’s technology to give new life to their earlier work, which was considered innovative and groundbreaking for the times. The creatives involved in the project are Amil Gargano, Paula Green, Harvey Gabor, Howie Cohen and Bob Pasqualina.
As Google explains in the blog post about the project, the purpose of Project Re:Brief is “to link advertising’s digital future to its storied past.” Perhaps Google is trying to capitalize on the popularity of AMC’s “Madmen” and its revival of a glossy, romanticized version of early advertising culture in today’s pop culture. Whatever Google has in mind, it’s a fun look back at a cool era.
For those in attendance at SXSW, Google will be showing demos of the campaigns at the Discovery House at the Google Village.
Watch the project introduction video and previews of the Coca-Cola and Volvo ads re-imagined below.
Original Art Director: Harvey Gabor
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Puerto Vallarta Sizzled in 2015
Travel Weekly -By Meagan Drillinger
Puerto Vallarta is hardly new to Mexico’s tourism scene, but a smashing 2015 featuring an explosion of new hotels — with more slated for the next few years — all but ensures that Puerto Vallarta will remain a hot spot in 2016 and likely beyond.
Puerto Vallarta sits on the Pacific coast of Mexico on the Bay of Banderas, one of the largest in the world. It is famous for its cruise port and marina, its hotel zone and a mile-long Malecon that skirts the beach and is lined with bars and restaurants. But the destination is also renowned as one where tourists can feel safe and comfortable while still getting a feel for real Mexico. Jungle-covered mountains tumble down to meet city, sand and sea. The downtown district of Puerto Vallarta is veined with cobblestone streets, a historical cathedral that overlooks the sea and boutiques and restaurants. Zip along the coastline in either direction to discover pocketed sleepy beach towns with little beach palapas serving ceviche and cold beer. The destination was ranked second in the Top 10 destinations in Mexico in the TripAdvisor Travelers Choice poll for 2015.
In 2014, there was a total of 11,718 rooms available in Puerto Vallarta, with nearly 4.3 million room nights booked in the same year. Passenger arrivals totaled 1.5 million, which was a 17.6% growth when compared with 2013. Last year was just as successful, as the Puerto Vallarta Tourism Board touted a 90% occupancy rate for December. From Dec. 19 to Jan. 6, the destination anticipates a 20% increase from last year, and all hotels in the marina and hotel zones reported 100% occupancy from the holiday season. For the year, 2015 looks like it will be the destination’s best since 2008, as it recorded an average occupancy rate of 65% from January through November. There was close to 1.8 million international visitors during the same period, a 19% increase from 2014. Miguel Andres Hernandez, director of the Puerto Vallarta Office of Conventions and Visitors said that visitors have generated almost $30 million to the destination’s hotels and more than $30 million going to local businesses. This is a whopping 350% increase from 2014.
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Jack’s Flight Club is the United Kingdom’s largest cheap flights newsletter club and is currently servicing over 750,000 members in the UK & Ireland. Although barely a year old, Jack’s Flight Club has already helped their British travellers save an estimated £10 million pounds on airfare.
Jack, a life-time cheap flight hacker and go-to holiday advisor for his friends, officially sent out the first Jack’s Flight Club cheap flight newsletter in September 2016. Since then the freemium newsletter club has undergone rapid organic growth and has quickly become the go-to source for British travellers.
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Apple is certainly a newsworthy company. In the past few weeks, Apple released the iPad mini, the patent war between Apple and Samsung has escalated and iPhone 5S and even iPhone 6 rumors have begun circulating the Internet (only three months since the launch of the iPhone 5). Not all Apple news is positive, however. The infographic below is particularly timely given the recent tumble in Apple shares. “Peak or Plateau: What’s Next for Apple?” is certainly a good title for this infographic as the data points look at the success from Apple in recent years and considers the falling stock as the tech giant looks ahead to the future. Whether the future for Apple is gloomy or sunny, you can be certain Apple will continue making big news.
Remarkably, Apple is able to remain in the limelight incessantly while still holding out on social media. Indeed, Mashable recently had a nice write-up on four huge brands still not on social media. There Apple was, the largest company in the world, at the bottom of the list. It seems silly. For the amount of traditional advertising the company does for each new product launch, it seems like a natural next step would be to layer social media on top of that and create online communities to further push its messaging throughout the Web. Maybe social media is finally in Apple’s future?
From the looks of this infographic, Apple might need to shake things up a bit to be sure it doesn’t ‘plateau.’ As you can see Apple has gained some huge ground in the past five years. For one, the iPhone alone now has higher sales than every product Microsoft has to offer. With a $500 billion value, the company is either going to continue thriving or simply flat line. This infographic even says its fan base is leveling out. But the underlying question? Is Apple’s financial skyrocket peaking or is it merely preparing for the next big launch? Check out the infographic from onlinebusinessdegree.org below and draw your own conclusion:


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Taiwan’s Foxconn opts out from the joint force from India’s conglomerate Vedanta with a 'mutual agreement'. However, Ashwini Vaishnav, India’s Union Minister has confirmed both firms are completely committed to India’s Make in India movement and its semiconductor mission.
Foxconn, the leading global electronics maker, and Vedanta, an Indian conglomerate jointly announced to manufacture semiconductors as a partnered venture on February 2022, in India. The partnership moved further in September when both firms signed a pact for setting up a plant with an investment of $19.5 billion in Gujarat’s Dholera. The contract had to be operational next year in 2024.
All of a sudden, on Monday, Foxconn made the announcement of pulling out of this joint venture.
The firm made it clear that it’s “working to remove the Foxconn name from what now is a fully-owned entity of Vedanta”.
Hon Hai Tech group said, “Foxconn has no connection to the entity and efforts to keep its original name will cause confusion for future stakeholders.”
So, what happened?
On Monday, Foxconn declared, “In order to explore more diverse development opportunities, according to a mutual agreement, Foxconn has determined it will not move forward on the joint venture with Vedanta.”
As per the statement, for more than a year, Vedanta and Foxconn have put in great effort to make the semiconductor scheme into reality. It claimed that the experience of working together was fruitful that both companies can strongly be going forward.
It said, “Foxconn is confident about the direction of India’s semiconductor development. We will continue to strongly support the government’s ‘Make In India’ ambitions and establish a diversity of local partnerships that meet the needs of stakeholders.”
The development comes right after a few months when Rajeev Chandrasekhar Deputy IT minister informed Reuters that JV was “struggling” in the tie-up with one of its technology partners, as reported by Firstpost. It also added that SEBI, in June, fined Vedanta for breaking the rules by publishing the PR and made it clear about its partnership with Foxconn for semiconductors business in India.
As per the report in media, Indian government raised questions on its application of an incentive scheme over chip production, which made Foxconn opt out from the joint venture alongside Vedanta, said the daily mail. New Delhi also asked various questions about cost estimates provided by them to avail incentives from the government, it added.
The deadlock talks of the involvement of European chipmaker STMicroelectronics as their tech partner was also there, previously reported by Reuters. Indian government wanted visible involvement as a tech partner, which STMicro was not keen on.
Ashwini Vaishnav, Union minister told News18 that “both the companies are fully committed to India’s semiconductor mission and make in India”.
While Rajeev Chandrasekhar took to Twitter to convey that “Foxconn to withdraw from its JV wth Vedanta has no impact on India's #Semiconductor Fab goals. None.”
“Both Foxconn n Vedanta have significant investments in India and are valued investors who are creating jobs n growth.” Also, “While their JV VFSL had originally submitted a proposal for 28nm fab, they could not source appropriate Tech partner for that proposal.”
“Its not for govt to get into why or how two private companies choose to partner or choose not to, but in simple terms it means both companies can & will now pursue their strategies in India independently, and wth appropriate technology partners in Semicon n Electronics.” he further added.
Vedanta has confirmed that it will stand on its move and is fully committed to its semiconductor project, and for that, it had “lined up other partners to set up India’s first foundry”.
“We will continue to grow our Semiconductor team, and we have the license for production-grade technology for 40nm [chips] from a prominent Integrated Device Manufacturer (IDM),” said the company.
“India remains pivotal in repositioning global semiconductor supply chains.”
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NZ dollar gains vs. AUD as Australian retail sales fall 30 May 2012
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The New Zealand dollar gained against its trans-Tasman counterpart after figures showed Australian retail sales shrank last month, sapping investors' appetite for the so-called Aussie. The kiwi is headed for a 7 percent monthly decline against the greenback.
The kiwi climbed to 77.60 Australian cents at 5pm from 77.44 cents at 8am and 77.29 cents yesterday. It was little changed at 76.03 US cents from 76.10 cents yesterday.
Australian retail sales shrank 0.2 percent in April, falling short of the 0.2 percent growth forecast by economists, government figures showed. Australia has been contending with a two-speed economy over the past year, as its resources sector charges away while its service sector and household demand remain subdued.
"The markets seemed to react to the headline (retail sales) figure, and that helped the kiwi/Aussie cross rate a little," said Chris Tennent-Brown, FX economist at Commonwealth Bank of Australia in Sydney, referring to the currencies colloquially. "The kiwi should get up to 80 Australian cents in the course of the year" barring any meltdown in Europe, he said.
New Zealand's currency is poised for a 7 percent monthly decline against the greenback after Europe's deteriorating financial stability weighs on investors' confidence. Traders have been eschewing risk-sensitive assets since Greece's election failed to deliver any clear winner and Spain's banking system looks likely to need a major recapitalisation.
"The kiwi fell about 10 US cents in the end and I think when you get that sort of move, unless you have GFC (global financial crisis) style news flowing for months on end, inevitably you'll get some consolidation," Tennent-Brown said. "If we start to see things pick up, then the kiwi and Aussie should be able to rise."
Investors will be watching for any new headlines about Spain's banking system and the likelihood of it needing a regional bail-out, ahead of Friday's Chinese manufacturing figures and US employment numbers on the same day.
The trade weighted index increased to 69.48 from 69.36 yesterday, and is poised for a 4.5 percent monthly decline.
The New Zealand dollar increased to 48.68 British pence from 48.55 pence yesterday and was little changed at 60.41 yen from 60.47 yen.
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Few financial institutions have adopted one of the technologies that is key to helping them improve the service to their customers, says a new report from Meridien Research.
The technology, referential linkage, allows the association of customer and household records. While banks, brokerages and insurers have systems in place to capture customer information over different channels and product divisions, achieving a broader view of customers across the enterprise is key to improving customer service. Referential linking solutions allow them to establish unique, persistent keys that can be used to identify customer records throughout the organization; and therefore allows integration of customer databases. Meridien forecasts that financial institutions will spend some US$28m on referential linking solutions this year, rising to over US$41m by 2006.
Customer focus is fundamental
According to Dennis Behrman, analyst at Meridien, "Spending on referential linking solutions is miniscule compared to that of other strategic CRM investments, and looks like it will remain so in the near term. Financial institutions must realise that customer focus, including having a complete view of a customer's relationship with the institution, is fundamental to retaining and expanding relationships with consumers."
The report, Referential Linking Solutions: A Game of Connect the Bits, examines the referential data linking technology and marketplace, several vendor solutions, and the benefits to be expected from their use. More details can be obtained from Meridien.


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DC Comics topped the sales charts for the second month in a row in August, capturing nine of the top ten books for the month. While sales for the Green Lantern books took a notable drop from their debut sales numbers, both titles sold in solid numbers.
Hal Jordan and the Green Lantern Corps #2 dropped from the eleventh position last month with 108,708 issues sold to the twenty-eighth spot with a total of 77,972 copies sold and was the highest placed Green Lantern issue for August. Here’s how all four issues stacked up:
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Henkel Sets Sustainability Packaging GoalsSeptember 10, 2018
Henkel AG & Co. KGaA, parent company of Dial Professional, has announced a company-wide goal to switch to 100 percent recyclable, reusable, or compostable packaging by 2025.
Henkel also announced the company will to commit to 35 percent recycled plastic for its European division by the same deadline. The company has outlined a strategic framework calling for sustainable packaging materials and smarter packaging design to aid in achieving its goals, Environmental Leader reports.
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CHINA'S LOPSIDED TRADE WITH NIGERIA -THE SMOKE SCREEN IS LIFTED
When we did a write up on Nigeria -China Trade on 6th September, 2018 which China Commercial Consular, Mr Honliang Gao said in Lagos was $7.2 billion for the first 6 months of January to June, 2018, we asked some pertinent questions about how much of the $7.2 billion trade volume was in favour of Nigeria and how much was against it. https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=1392135497584908&id=440791022719365
We also queried what was "sustainable" and what was "mutually beneficiary relationship" between Nigeria and China since China was exporting fake, adulterated goods and cheating in all its trade and business relationship with Nigeria that gives China Trade surpluses against Nigeria.
The above not withstanding, in that write up, we called on the Federal Bureau of Statistics to publish the actual Trade figures between Nigeria and China to enable us know who these Chinese are. We did caution that Mr Gao should not hoodwink us with his dissembled speech of "sustainable" trade relationship.
But it is amazing that the figure Mr Honliang Gao gave us, as the total trade volume between Nigeria and China for 6 months – January to June 2018, is no where near the total trade volume which the Economic and Commercial Consular in China Embassy in Nigeria, Mr Zhaor Lin Xiang gave at a press briefing as standing at about $85 billion as at July, 2018. He said the above figure is made up as follows:
China's export to Nigeria is worth $75 billion for the period under review.
Nigeria's export to China is worth $9.6 (or about $10 billion) for the same period.
These figures give approximate total trade volume of about $85 billion.
In other words, we should ignore Mr Gao's total trade figure of $7.2 billion because his head of department has released the actual Trade figures for both ways.
We have therefore seen the following trade malpractices:
1. The glaring cheating in China's trade with Nigeria and that there is nothing "sustainable" in the trade between Nigeria and China.
2. We have also seen that there is no "mutually beneficiary relationship " in trade between the two countries. It is only cheating, cheating, cheating by China on Nigeria.
3. We have noticed that there is a whopping difference of $75 billion ($85 billion minus $10 billion = $75 billion) which makes Nigeria's trade deficit abysmally below China's export to Nigeria.
4. We have realized why Mr Xiang was elated, as reported by the press, when he held a press briefing on the outcome of the Forum on China – Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) Beijing Summit recently. Without manipulating trade mechanisms to achieve trade imbalances with many countries of the world how can China feed its teeming population of over 2 billion and sustain its economy?
5. We have seen that it was this type of figure of trade deficit against US (of $335 billion deficit with China) that compelled THE US PRESIDENT DONALD J TRUMP TO IMPOSE TARIFFS ON $50 BILLION OF CHINESE GOODS.
The Embassy of China in Nigeria, it was reported, "frowned at the insinuation that China was on a mission to colonize Africa". Why must not Nigerians be bitter about the trade imbalance between Nigeria and China (which is against the economic and social interest of our country, Nigeria).
The fraudulent transfer of $75 billion in trade surplus to China from Nigeria, is it not "CHINA ON A MISSION TO COLONIZE (NIGERIA AND) AFRICA?".Or it is what I may call "CHINA'S ECONOMIC NEO-COLONIALISM OF NIGERIA period.
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Eco-friendly equipment that eliminates up to 100% of bacteria and viruses and 99.99% of Covid-19 now available in Brazil
For over a year, the huge DownTown Condominium office and retail centre has served as the Brazil pilot site of R-Water's eco-friendly device, widely used in the US to clean and disinfect surfaces in facilities such as hospitals, restaurants, sporting facilities and more - and which, in certain applications, is applied via drones.
The DownTown Condominium has confirmed that it is impressed with R-Water's device for both its performance and decreased cleaning costs.
The device produces both TK60, a powerful disinfectant and FC+, an exceptional multi-surface cleaner. These products are harmless to humans and domestic animals and TK60 has the power to eliminate 99.99% of Covid-19, 30x faster than many products available in the market.
TK60 has been tested by two prominent institutes in Brazil, Falcão Bauer and UNICAMP and both have certified TK60's effectiveness. The onsite production of TK60 and FC+ eliminates single-use plastic containers, shipping, and reliance on the supply chain that made finding disinfectants almost impossible for many countries during the height of the pandemic.
R-Water's Latin American distributor has waited for more than one year for ANVISA to approve R-Water's device so that TK60 and FC+ can be made available to the Brazilian market.
R-Water's device provides many advantages to users, such as cost savings, employee safety, environmental sustainability, and reduction of infectious diseases, including Covid. Condomínio DownTown, an office and retail centre in Barra da Tijuca, in the West Zone of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, is using R-Water equipment to clean and disinfect the more than 27,000sq.m of public space which receives approximately 35,000 people a day.
Based in Texas, R-Water is committed to reducing the spread of preventable infectious diseases, unnecessary human and environmental exposure to toxic chemicals, and plastic waste.
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The next year’s Hyundai Kona should spawn a fully-electric variant, says the automaker.
The latest crossover from Hyundai will be officially presented on June 12.
This teaser shot proves that the Kona will sport headlamps and grille.
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Caterpillar Excavator Gets Electrical to Go Green
Electric cars are everywhere - not a day goes by without a new announcement of some sorts regarding the future of electric mobility. But don’t think electric is just for cars. Check out this electric excavator.
Netherlands based company Pon equipment has converted a standard Caterpillar excavator to battery power, and it could mean a silent construction site future. Initially, the conversion was just going to be a one-off but the project has kickstarted a new breed of zero-emission construction equipment.
The green excavator, called Z-Line, for zero-emission by its creators is made from a Caterpillar 323F. The colossal diesel engine was replaced with a massive 300-kilowatt-hour battery pack. The battery is more than three times heavier than the original engine, but it can provide enough power for five to seven hours of operation.
Norway will test green machinery first
A full recharge takes around two hours. Pon completed the conversion with assistance from Caterpillar over 11 months. Norweigan construction company Veidekke brought the first iteration and according to Tek.no have already placed an order for eight more.
Pon reportedly wants to develop a conversion kit making it easier and more efficient to turn diesel machinery into green equipment. Norway is the perfect testing ground for this revolutionary equipment. The Scandinavian country has embraced electric technology.
The electric Nissan Leaf was the countries best selling car last year, and battery-powered cars made up a third of all new car sales. The government has made it easy for potential car buyers to go electric with handsome rebates and incentives. The ambitious country wants to end sales of fossil-fuel dependent vehicles by 2025.
Construction industry motivated to clean up
While many companies have invested heavily in electric trucks that will transform logistics, construction is a relatively untapped area. The construction industry is a massive polluter, Pon notes that construction equipment alone currently accounts for 30 percent of emissions in Norway's capital, Oslo.
In the UK, the construction industry makes up almost half of the country's total carbon emissions. Other construction equipment could also be suitable for conversion to electric.
As battery technology improves it will be easier and easier to apply to power-hungry applications like heavy machinery.
Ford makes construction sites quieter
Ford has already announced it intends to make its iconic F-150 truck electric. The F-150 has been the most popular truck in the United States for the last 40 years and a staple at construction sites across the country.
The planned electric F-150 won’t just save money on fuel, maintenance, and emissions.
Ford says they also plan to design the truck so it can be used as a portable generator for construction sites. "With the F-150 electric, you don't have to have an expensive generator on site now," he said.
"You can just plug your tools into your truck, and that electric powertrain will run all the tools on the job site. Customers will pay for that because now they don't have to buy an expensive $10,000 generator."
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Apple sued Samsung claiming that the Korean electronics giant had infringed upon its so-called community design, which businesses in Europe are allowed to register to prevent other companies from copying the outward designs of products. Apple registered such a design back in 2004 and it showcases more of a rudimentary design of the iPad.
Cupertino earlier tried to get the Galaxy Tab 10.1 banned in Netherlands but failed on two occasions in the lower court. This prompted Apple to appeal the case with the Supreme Court which “dismissed the appeal” today.
Court ruled that Apple’s design right has a limited character as such design elements were already being used by other device manufacturers. Even through the design rights held by Apple are valid, the protection it offers is limited due to previously known and available designs which are similar.
According to the court the design of Samsung’s Galaxy Tab 10.1 differs from that of Apple’s designs and the differences are quite obvious in the hands of an informed user. Samsung has welcomed this ruling stating that “No company should have a monopoly on general designs,” reports PC World.


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Herkimer store owner: "I heard shots"
A Herkimer store owner just steps from where a shooting took place Wednesday morning said he heard shots coming from Gaffey's Fast Lube next door.
"It got my attention," said Greg Beasley, 70, owner of Beasley Electronics in Herkimer. "I can throw a rock and hit the building over there, so those gun shots, I was very attentive and on guard."
Beasley said he did not know the suspected shooter, Kurt Myers, 64, of Mohawk. Four people were killed and two injured in the shooting, which took place at two locations in the area -- the lube shop and a barber shop about a mile away.
"It's amazing they haven't caught them because we got half the police force of New York state right in our little village," he continued.
He said shootings "almost never" happen in the village, "so it's got the whole place up in arms."
"As a matter of fact, my cell phone isn't working very well," he said. "The network is overloaded."
Beasley said he plans to keep the store open today but doesn't expect to have any customers.
"I've got a very large police presence here at the crime scene, but there’s no point, because the road is blocked off," he said. "It's all taped off, and there are like 12 police cars here."
Other store owners in the area said they were instructed not to give comments to the media.


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For fans of flight simulators, there’s a new game that’s been added to the genre. Eponymously dubbed Take Off The Flight Simulator, this game not only encompasses flight simulation, but it also allows players to dabble with managing their own airline.
There are plenty of different types of sim/management games out there in the mobile gaming world. However indie developers Brutal Studios, who you may know from their previous games like Dawn of the Sniper, have hit up Kickstarter to get a little additional funding for their unique upcoming management game called Gentlemen’s Club Manager.
MMA Manager is a new management sim game heading to Android soon. Developed by Bit by Bit Games, this game takes a little inspiration from another Android management game called Motorsport Manager, which has done quite well for itself actually. In fact the developer of Motorsport Manager gave Bit by Bit Games a little advice when making their game. This is a good thing.
G5 Entertainment is continuing their push to put their weight behind the Kindle Fire by bringing another game for it to the Amazon App Store. This time it’s their Sim City-style game called Virtual City which is a rather good game if you enjoy sim/management type of games.
It was only about a week ago that G5 Entertainment announced that they would start optimizing their games for the Kindle Fire and have already released three of them: Mahjongg Artifacts, The Mystery of the Crystal Portal and Success Story. Now G5 Entertainment has released one more title for the Kindle Fire with a second on slated for December 1st.
Since the release of the Kindle Fire, and even a bit before it, some game developers have been announcing that they will be bringing their titles, at least some of them, to the Kindle Fire. Some companies include Gameloft, Glu and now G5 Entertainment has announced that their games will be available for it as well.
Fans of management games from developers like Kairosft have yet another title to get addicted to which has just been released through by Mobage, and developed by Nimlebit, called Tiny Tower. In this game you will be building a tower and as you build it you will be managing the businesses inside of it as well.


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MediaTek has introduced the new Dimensity 7200 Ultra chipset in China, which comes in addition to the Dimensity 7200 SoC introduced earlier this year. The chipset is based on TSMC’s 4nm process and supports up to 200MP cameras, among other things. Have a look at the details below.
MediaTek Dimensity 7200 Ultra: Details
The Dimensity 7200 Ultra comes with an octa-core setup, including 2 Arm Cortex-A715 cores with a clock speed of up to 2.8GHz and 6 Cortex-A510 cores. This is similar to the structure of the Dimensity 7200 chipset.
The chipset also supports the Arm Mali-G610 GPU. This is accompanied by the AI APU 650, which is meant to ensure a smooth performance while keeping low power consumption. For the photography bit, there’s the 14-bit HDR-ISP, Imagiq 765, up to 200MP cameras, and 4K video recording at 30 fps. The Dimensity 7200 Ultra also comes with up to a 144Hz display, a 5G modem, and much more.
More details are yet to be out but we have some confirmation on the first smartphone that will be powered by the Dimensity 7200 Ultra. Xiaomi has revealed that the upcoming Redmi Note 13 Pro+ will get it.
It is also revealed that the phone will support a 200MP main camera with an ISOCELL sensor. This will come along with Xiaomi’s self-developed algorithm for improved image clarity and better zooming power. You can also expect a 120Hz display, up to 120W fast charging support, and more. Xiaomi is expected to launch the Redmi Note 13 Pro and the Redmi Note 13 as well.
However, there’s no word on the launch date yet. Xiaomi’s Weibo post hints at a launch this month but we are yet to get the exact date. We will keep you posted on this, so, stay tuned.


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The move is the first major tariff decision Trump has made unilaterally in office. It could prove to be a significant blow for the nation's $2 billion solar industry, which gets around 80 percent of its solar panel products from imports.
The regime announced Monday imposes a 30 percent tariff on imported modules and cells in the first year, and the rate scales down from there -- to 25 percent in the second year, 20 percent in the third year, and 15 percent in the fourth year.
In each year, he first 2.5 GW of imported solar cells will be exempted from the tariff.
"The president's action makes clear again that the Trump administration will always defend American workers, farmers, ranchers and businesses," said Robert Lighthizer, the United States trade representative.
The United States has previously imposed a series of restrictions on cheap solar products from China, but Lighthizer said Chinese companies have responded by simply moving production to other countries and continuing to flood the market.
The tariffs were requested by Suniva, a Georgia-based subsidiary of a Chinese company, which declared bankruptcy last April, and SolarWorld USA, , the U.S. subsidiary of a German company.
Both companies say they've been decimated by a surge in cheap imports and sought tariffs of 50 percent on imported panels last year.
The four members of the U.S. International Trade Commission – two Republicans and two Democrats – unanimously ruled in October that imported panels are hurting American manufacturers, although they differed on exactly how the U.S. should respond.
In a statement, the Solar Energy Industries Association, the national trade association for the solar industry in the U.S., said the decision will likely cause the loss " of roughly 23,000 American jobs this year, including many in manufacturing, and it will result in the delay or cancellation of billions of dollars in solar investments."
“While tariffs in this case will not create adequate cell or module manufacturing to meet U.S. demand, or keep foreign-owned Suniva and SolarWorld afloat, they will create a crisis in a part of our economy that has been thriving, which will ultimately cost tens of thousands of hard-working, blue-collar Americans their jobs,” said Abigail Ross Hopper, SEIA’s President and CEO.
The impact of the decision will be far-reaching across all sectors of the solar economy, SEIA members said.
“It boggles my mind that this president - any president, really - would voluntarily choose to damage one of the fastest-growing segments of our economy,” said Tony Clifford, chief development officer, Standard Solar. “This decision is misguided and denies the reality that bankrupt foreign companies will be the beneficiaries of an American taxpayer bailout.”
Bill Vietas, president of RBI Solar in Cincinnati, said "there’s no doubt this decision will hurt U.S. manufacturing, not help it.”
“The U.S. solar manufacturing sector has been growing as our industry has surged over the past five years. Government tariffs will increase the cost of solar and depress demand, which will reduce the orders we’re getting and cost manufacturing workers their jobs,” Vietas said.
The dispute of solar panels is likely to eventually be settled by the Switzerland-based World Trade Organization, where China and other countries are nearly certain to challenge the tariffs as a violation of international law.


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PLDT Inc., through PLDT Enterprise and its Wireless arm Smart Communications. Inc., is in an advanced stage of discussion with long-time partner Nokia to provide next generation Internet of Things (IoT) services for its customers. Together, Smart and Nokia intend to build the “Smart IoT Platform” – the first of its kind for enterprises in the Philippines. This platform aims to help businesses easily deploy IoT services and solutions to manage their connected devices for growth opportunities in the future.
With its newfound capability, PLDT Enterprise intends to scale its current LTE based IoT offerings. This platform will also enable their customers, to explore and deploy 5G based IoT solutions, on Smart’s 5G network — which is on a fully automated, software-defined network, launched earlier this year. Such transformation poised PLDT to be capable of delivering next generation digital services like Machine Learning (ML) and Artificial Intelligence (AI) in addition to IoT solutions, at a faster and more cost-effective rate. Now, with the platform being available for 5G IoT use cases, customers can opt for different combinations of ultra-low latency, high security, and enhanced throughput based services—fortifying the group’s commitment to provide critical public services, real-time industrial monitoring and control, as well as remote healthcare.
Given this, the group aims for the public sector, as well as the transport & logistics, manufacturing, utilities, and retail industries to be among principal beneficiaries of the platform. These IoT solutions will be fully ready by 2021 but PLDT is already in discussions with enterprise clients that intend to utilize IoT technology for their operations.
The platform is set to be powered by Nokia’s Worldwide IoT Network Grid (WING). This simplifies the expansion of current LTE based IoT to 5G based IoT solutions, providing mission critical services. The 5G ultra-low latency services are enabled by separating and extending the user plane functions (UPF) to the far network edge or enterprise premises. Such capability, of Multi-Access Edge Computing (MEC) technology, provides the support for real time, compute-intensive IoT services, such as AR/VR based maintenance.
Further, the PLDT Group’s roll-out of 5G SA (Standalone) will enable their customers to leverage WING’s cloud native architecture—effectively laying the groundwork for network slicing and providing them with more comprehensive 5G based IoT use cases.
PLDT Enterprise and Nokia executives will introduce the Smart IoT Platform in time for the PLDT group’s upcoming Philippine Digital Convention (PH Digicon) 2020 on October 28-30, the first all-virtual event featuring key technology industry leaders with more than 10,000 expected global attendees.
PH Digicon 2020 will introduce the latest industry 5.0 solutions to delegates and customers. The Industry 5.0 Breakout Session will cover enterprises’ need for a seamless, automated and zero-touch client experience. It will also tackle the co-existence of man and machine, and how this collaboration affects the ever-evolving digital world.
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Cosmetics, meat and cheese were among the loot of a woman who was jailed for shoplifting.
Holly Pennington, 27, of St Leonards, admitted to stealing hundreds of pounds worth of good from shops across East Sussex. This included stealing sweets, cheese and toiletries from the Esso garage in Kings Drive, Eastbourne, on August 6 last year.
Pennington was jailed for 15 weeks for the string of offences which took place between February 17 and September 2 last year.
When the 27-year-old appeared at Brighton Magistrates’ Court on January 22 she pleaded guilty to six counts of theft, one count of failing to answer bail and one count of committing offences while the subject of a conditional discharge.
As well as the Eastbourne offence, Pennington stole £30.28 of cosmetics from Andersen’s Pharmacy in Old London Road, Hastings, £76.94 of meat from Marks and Spencer in Hastings and £148.22 of cosmetics from Andersen’s Pharmacy in Hastings. She also admitted stealing £250 of meat from Asda in St Leonards, and £373.82 of groceries from Morrisons in Hastings.
In some cases Pennington simply tried to walk out of the store with items without paying for them.
Detective Constable Mark Waughman said, “Pennington is a serial offender who already had more than 30 convictions for theft before she committed the latest offences. The sentence shows that the courts will not let offenders off lightly even when the thefts are not of items worth huge amounts. Thefts from businesses are not victimless crimes. They put the jobs of Sussex people at risk and we will not tolerate them.”


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Sandwich, a massive fast food chain, is apparently looking at a possible sale that might fetch more than $10 billion.
According to people familiar with the matter, the privately held sandwich producer is still in the early phases of the process and has hired advisers to help with a potential sale.
According to the article, Subway could yet opt against selling the business.
Subway issued a statement saying, “As a privately held company, we don’t comment on ownership structure and business intentions. “We are committed to advancing the brand through our transformational path in order to support our franchisees’ success and profitability.”
The sale discussions started at a difficult time for Subway, which last year announced a new menu in an effort to boost declining sales. In order to increase store traffic, the Connecticut-based firm has mainly relied on its celebrity endorsement deals with people like NFL legend Tom Brady, Yankee great Derek Jeter, and NBA phenom Stephen Curry.
With 21,147 US store locations as of the end of 2021, Subway ranks as the largest restaurant chain, albeit its advantage has dwindled recently. The company operates at about 37,000 sites worldwide.
The corporation shut down 1,043 more stores in the US than it established in 2021, The Post reported in April of last year. According to sources, CEO of Subway John Chidsey retaliated against franchisees by mandating that they operate for 13 hours per day, seven days a week.
Data from research firm Technomic was cited by The Journal as showing a 13% increase in US shops’ revenue to $9.4 billion in that year. When compared to the same period last year, Subway’s same-store sales in the third quarter increased by 8.4%, the company reported in October.
Some detractors have disputed Subway’s claims of increasing sales, contending the figures are higher because of price inflation.
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Rival bidders circle Debenhams
DEBENHAMS' City update on Tuesday will raise the curtain on a controversial £1.5bn bid battle for the department stores group.
Royal Bank of Scotland is believed to be ready to back an offer from venture capital group Permira by paying £300m for the freeholds of 16 properties.
Permira is expected to offer 425p a share. Venture capitalists CVC and Texas Pacific are preparing a rival bid.
A buyout will raise again the issue of excessive boardroom pay. Debenhams boss Belinda Earl stands to make £3m by cashing in shares and options if a deal goes ahead. Yet the justification for a bid is that the company will be worth more owned by Permira than as a publicly-traded company run by current management.
Leading City institutions are thought to be unhappy about the payouts. Debenhams declined to comment. Permira's bid proposal materialised in May, just weeks after Earl said the company had not received any approaches.
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As expected, there’s also a 1.4GHz quad-core processor, Android 4.4, 16GB internal memory (expandable up to 64) and 1.5GB of RAM, which match what we’ve seen in years past. The display is a 4.5-inch Super AMOLED panel, which is powered by a 2,100mAh battery, with the cameras enjoying in 8- and 2.1-megapixel resolutions. The company has confirmed that the S5 is now available from its experience stores and with CellC already running ads on special packages. Though, Samsung will be offering the device in Charcoal Black, Shimmery White, Electric Blue and Copper Gold at a recommended R6699.
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Published November 23, 2022 at 1:02 pm
Mississauga shoppers can again park for free in Port Credit and Clarkson this holiday season.
City of Mississauga councillors gave the green light at today’s (Nov. 23) meeting of general committee to a staff plan to once again waive on-street parking charges in specific areas of south Mississauga from Nov. 30 through Jan. 15, 2023
The aim, as in past years when pay-and-display parking charges were similarly waived, is to help shops, restaurants and other businesses continue to recover from the devastating financial impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, officials say.
Port Credit and Clarkson BIAs once again asked the City to waive the parking charges in an effort to give area businesses a better chance of competing with shopping malls across the city where customer parking is free.
“The Christmas shopping season is important to the success of the Port Credit and Clarkson Business Improvement Areas, especially this year,” reads a report to general committee from Mississauga’s commissioner of transportation and works Geoff Wright. “The retail members of these BIAs must compete with shopping malls and plazas that do not charge for parking.”
The report continues, noting that a parking fee holiday “…would allow customers of the respective BIAs to park in those areas at no cost. Both BIAs’ board of directors feel that this initiative will be well received by the community and will assist their member businesses during the holiday season.”
During discussion at general committee, Ward 4 Councillor John Kovac asked if abuse of the parking fee holiday was a widespread problem in past years.
He noted several incidences in which either business owners or local residents used the free parking spaces for convenience rather than shopping.
Ward 1 Councillor Stephen Dasko, in whose ward the parking fees are being waived, noted there has been such abuse of the program in the past, but added it has not been significant.
“It’s literally a few shopkeepers who have parked out front for a period of time,” said Dasko.
The councillor added that he addressed the matter with the local BIA and the message was delivered to business owners that “you’re not here to abuse the system; it’s for your customers and potential customers. And they’ve been compliant.”
In terms of the purpose of the program, Dasko said “it’s proven to be a significant shot in the arm financially for local shopkeepers.
“This is huge for them.”
Wright noted that some business owners have in the past couple of years used the free parking for personal convenience, “…but then with education, they’ve complied.”
The on-street parking fees will be waived during the holiday season in areas both within and outside Port Credit BIA borders, and within the Clarkson BIA borders.
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The 2020 Office Depot (Office Max) Black Friday ad was recently published online and features a variety of electronics and office products on sale. The two (2) page ad features deals on computers, software, printers, desk chairs, office supplies and so much more. Shop online starting at 12AM EST on Thanksgiving Day (11/26). The sale will run through Saturday (11/28). As with most retailers, the items you see featured in this ad may sell-out quickly.
For those that need some home office supplies or electronics, the Office Depot (Office Max) Black Friday sale might be worth checking out this year.