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Launched by Singapore food manufacturing group OTS Holdings Limited, ANEW is part of the company’s efforts to stay on top of global market trends.
“For the past 25 years, OTS has been using animal protein. We noticed an increasing focus on wellness and sustainability topics worldwide, and in 2019, we decided to diversify our products with plant protein. Apart from reducing reliance on animal sources, we also wanted to stretch our innovation limits to create shelf-stable plant-based products,” Ong Shiya, manager of brand and corporate marketing at OTS, told FoodNavigator-Asia.
One of ANEW’s biggest goals is to introduce innovative and tasty products that will ease consumers’ transition from an animal-based to a plant-based diet.
Luncheon meat, often considered to be lacking in nutrients or even unhealthy, was chosen as the brand’s flagship product to offer health-conscious consumers an alternative.
“ANEW’s plant-based, non-GMO substitute is made with wheat, soy protein, vegetable juice and Eucheuma seaweed. It is high in protein, free of trans fat, and has no added preservatives.
“Every 100g serving of the Classic flavour contains 16.8g of protein, 4.9g of dietary fibre, 9.8g of fat, and 176kcal. Among counterparts in the market, it has the lowest calorie and fat contents, and the highest protein and fibre levels — a boon for consumers who love luncheon meat but are concerned about its nutritional values,” said Ong.
The products were brought to market in June 2022, with the line-up consisting of three flavours, namely Classic, Black Pepper and BBQ.
Three types of ready-to-eat (RTE) plant-based sauces, Rendang Meat, Butter Chicken and Bolognese Minced Meat, were added to the portfolio in November.
Currently, the luncheon meat series are sold on ANEW’s website and selected FairPrice supermarkets in Singapore, as well as e-commerce platforms like Shopee, Qoo10, LazMall, RedMart and FairPrice Online.
Although the RTE sauces are only available online at the moment, plans to stock them at FairPrice stores are under way.
Differentiation and localisation
In an increasingly saturated space, ANEW has taken various approaches to stand out from the competition, including leveraging the company’s experience in this field.
“OTS has been producing regular luncheon meat [under the Golden Bridge and Kelly’s brands] for about 12 years. We dug into our existing capabilities, adapted the technology and processes, and switched from an animal-based protein to a plant-based one.
“We have an in-house R&D team that does all the formulation adjustments. In addition, we held numerous internal taste tests by comparing against animal-based luncheon meat and the vegetarian mock-meat version. We also sent prototypes to consumers for review before proceeding to mass production, so as to ensure that the taste is convincing enough to convert regular luncheon meat-eaters,” Ong explained.
Furthermore, the firm focused on developing products with a longer shelf life, and that require less resources for storage, shipping and export.
“The place where our luncheon meats sit in the supermarket is already differentiated — most plant-based products, such as nuggets and beef patties, are located in the frozen foods section, but we are easily found on the shelves.
“We studied the market and realised that the big brands tended to lean towards Western flavours, so we wanted to come up with localised flavours that resonate better with Singapore consumers. For instance, the Rendang sauce has a familiar spicy kick, the Butter Chicken is inspired by Indian cuisine, and the Bolognese is a family-friendly classic,” she added.
Last month, ANEW obtained vegan certification from The Vegan Society in the UK for its luncheon meat range.
“We are working to get the RTE sauces vegan-approved too. On the other hand, we find that the demand for halal plant-based products in Singapore is not as significant yet, so there are no concrete plans for halal certification for now.
“There are still a lot of conversations happening globally around food security and unstable animal supply sources. Therefore, we remain invested in continuously expanding our plant-based line. We will focus on developing more localised flavours and enhancing our existing products to stay relevant, and fit into consumers’ evolving diets and lifestyles,” Ong shared.
Beyond Singapore, ANEW hopes to enter the Indonesia and Australia markets within this year, although actual launch plans are dependent on approval from the respective regulatory bodies.
“We are also looking at Malaysia and the Philippines because we already have trade offices and distribution networks there for our other brands. However, this will be at a later stage as we are still studying these two markets to see how we can best roll out the products to suit the local consumers. We will not rule out localising flavours for specific markets, should there be sufficient demand for it,” said Ong.


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Tilt Five, the AR startup focused on making glasses suited for digital board gaming, is finally shipping glasses to its early crowdfunding backers and today announced a lineup of 16 titles that will be available at the system’s commercial launch next quarter. For CEO and co-founder Jeri Ellsworth, both are major milestones along a winding path that has traced the ups and downs of consumer VR and AR tech for years.
A decade ago, Ellsworth was at Valve Software working on technologies that ended up shaping the wave of consumer VR hardware that followed. Ellsworth was fired in 2013, but made a deal to acquire the rights to an AR solution she invented that later formed the basis of Tilt Five. But the first startup she co-founded to commercialize the idea folded, an experience that Ellsworth recently told Reality Check stemmed in part from losing focus on a simple goal: making an AR system that worked great for one particular setting.

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Telefónica Brasil CEO Amos Genish isn’t the telecommunications industry’s fortune-teller; he’s its future-builder. Since the late 1990s, when he co-founded a company called Global Village Telecom to bring telephony to South America’s remotest regions using cutting-edge satellite technology, Genish has been asking what more might be possible in the telecom industry — and building the answers. When Spain’s Telefónica acquired GVT in 2015 and appointed Genish chief executive of the combined entity, whose 100 million customers made it the leader among Brazil’s telecoms, Genish’s vision of the industry’s future grew even grander. At the helm of Telefónica Brasil, he developed a strategy and made investments to hasten, rather than resist, the inevitable shift in demand from voice to data services. Investors and analysts were so taken with Genish’s quick strategic shifts and obvious success with Telefónica Brasil that they ranked him Latin America’s top CEO among his Technology, Media, and Telecommunications counterparts in Institutional Investor’s 2016 Latin-America Executive Team.
Now, satisfied that the goal he laid out for himself back in the founding days of GVT has been met, Genish has announced that he will be stepping down as Telefónica Brasil’s CEO at the end of 2016. Eduardo Navarro de Carvalho, currently Telefónica’s chief commercial digital officer, will take over as CEO of Telefónica Brasil, of which he is already chairman.
“When I co-founded GVT in the late 1990s, my aspiration was to leverage state-of-the-art network technologies, relevant innovation, and a fact-based and results-oriented culture to build the best telecom operator in Brazil,” Genish says. Having overseen the successful consolidation of GVT into Telefónica Brasil, he considers that goal met.
Genish hopes other telecom players have been paying attention to his company’s recent strategic road map. The industry is, after all, in need of transformation. Globally, it has faced an increasingly formidable set of challenges over the past five years, in the form of pressure from regulators to keep rates low, while revenue from voice services has declined without sufficient compensation from data services, which require more up-front infrastructure investment. And competition is tightening, with new rivals forming out of companies that previously didn’t pose a threat. One example is over-the-top (OTT) content providers: outfits like Hulu, Netflix, and WhatsApp, which offer films, TV, and text messaging via the Internet without requiring users to subscribe to cable, satellite, or mobile network packages. London-based research firm Ovum predicts that bet-ween 2012 and 2018 traditional telecom providers will lose $386 billion in revenue to OTT applications.
Genish believes telecoms will have to overhaul their business models — and he believes Telefónica Brasil can lead the way, even while situated in a country that is two years’ deep into a recession. The key: investing heavily in the 4G and fiber infrastructure necessary to building up data business lines and capabilities. In 2015 and 2016, Genish increased capital expenditures while his competitors made cuts. By the second quarter of 2016, Telefónica Brasil (which operates under the Vivo brand) earned more than half of its revenue — 56 percent — from data and nonvoice services for the first time. Genish predicts that by 2018 the company’s nonvoice revenue will constitute 80 percent of the total.
It’s likely that Genish’s predictions for Telefónica Brasil will hold even after he leaves his current post. In a sign of leadership’s desire to maintain the strategy he put in place, Genish will chair a new strategy committee and remain a member of Telefónica Brasil’s board of directors.
Senior Contributing Writer Katie Gilbert recently spoke with Genish about where the transformation he foresees for the telecom industry is likely to lead Telefónica Brasil — and just how soon he predicts the company will stop charging for voice services altogether.
Institutional Investor: What are the biggest challenges facing Telefónica Brasil and other telecom companies?
Genish: Telecoms worldwide have been having substantial difficulties in their business models. Revenues are in decline or stable at best, while ebitda margins for most of them are declining and capex is growing fast.
The main issues on the top line come from the fact that there’s exponential growth in data traffic. From 2015 to 2020 we expect five times higher growth in traffic, while voice usage is going down at a rate of 20 percent per year. So clearly there’s much less voice traffic — something that generated a substantial margin in the past. Very light investment was required to provide voice services. What is growing at an exponential rate is data service, which requires huge investments in 4G and fiber.
It’s a difficult challenge, which is why I think transformation in the telecom sector is required. I think all telecoms really have to rethink how to build sustainable business models and increase total returns for shareholders.
What are some of the things that have to change within Telefónica Brasil?
One of them is that we need to have more of a data-driven strategy from the revenue side. That means we should really start to rely less on voice revenues and understand that they’re becoming irrelevant quicker than we ever imagined. We need to do a better job of monetizing data. That’s requiring us to invest more in fiber and 4G than in legacy networks like 2G and 3G. It might impact customers at certain points, but we need to be focused on the future and how value will be generated.
Will it be a particular challenge to enforce this transformation in your business from within a country in recession?
When this crisis started, I always said, “I continue to be optimistic about Brazil.” I saw the 2002 crisis here. Those cycles will exist. And sometimes they seem really radical and hard.
The fundamentals of Brazil are strong — with a young population, natural resources, and hardworking people. It’s a very sophisticated country today compared to 20 years ago. There are a lot of educated people with MBAs from outside of Brazil. I knew that in a period of time the market would recover.
We were convinced enough to continue investing. We increased our capex in 2015 and 2016 while our competitors made cuts. One of the reasons for that was I always thought it wouldn’t be a long contraction — maybe just two, three or four years. In the infrastructure businesses you need to be ready. If you act only when the market is really open, it might be too late for the game.
Do you anticipate that an economic turnaround for Brazil is near-term?
We’ve still not seen a major turnaround in the numbers. Inflation is still high, interest is still high, unemployment is still high. But it’s not about the numbers as much as about the sentiment. I think in the past three to four months sentiment has been positive on the investor side and on the consumer side.
I think we’ll have a new golden age in Brazil for the next few years. Investors are putting money in the stock market big-time. Private equity — we see a lot of inflow of dollars in Brazil like we’ve not seen for a long time. The financial sectors are an interesting barometer for what people think.
Can you talk about your strategy to target higher-income customers?
We are not going to focus on low-end products in a tough economy. Seventy percent of mobile revenues come from postpaid [customers], which is really the higher-income group. We don’t ignore the other 30 percent, but we are not getting into fights on pricing in the prepaid market. We are not giving more for less, and that strategy is working well for us.
Within prepaid and postpaid there are more value segments. From a national price we went to regional pricing, and from regional we went to city-level pricing. All the pricing for postpaid is going to pricing segmentation based on customer profile. If you call for a discount or disconnection, or ask for a better rate because of financial difficulties, we can adjust, using big data. We’ve been able to help many customers to get through the difficult time.
What does your increased focus on data mean for new business activities?
We need to generate revenue from other digital services. Content is important to us. I think telecoms have a huge competitive advantage they cannot forget: The data pipe belongs to us. That’s a huge advantage.
Second, we have transactional relationships with our clients. We know them. We send them a bill every month. Clearly, this has to be leveraged. You have to leverage this by selling content and other services to those clients. I think what we found is that we can segment our clients better than anyone else. Today we have 80 apps providing entertainment services like music and educational services; we have all kinds of apps in our Vivo store. We are generating half a billion dollars already, and it’s growing by double digits every year. That’s only the beginning.
Now we should think about the next steps and really think about how to sell Vivo content, in the style of Netflix, to our users. We are launching a new concept with a series that was designed for mobile-only, by exclusive agreements we have with Canal+ Group in Europe. We will launch with 25 series, with the concept of ten by ten — ten series, each episode ten minutes, designed for mobile. Every week we will launch a new series. We think it’s the way to go.
What other new business opportunities are you pursuing?
The other one is big data. Facebook and Google for years made it a sophisticated tool for making money by selling advertising to companies. We are just now, in the last year, understanding big data. We have a 360-degree view on our customers — more than any OTT. We have information on our customers from geo-location to what they like to see and what they don’t, to their income and credit and so on. We can at least use that information for optimization and investment in our networks.
Now that we have big data as a tool, I feel like we’ve been flying blind for years. This is big — it’s going to bring efficiency, more segmentation of our portfolio offerings to customers, and so on. On the other end, clearly it’s an opportunity to have big data as a business tool. We are really starting to use big data for advertising. We are selling advertising today to customers. We’ve already had a few deals close: Unilever was the first one, but many others came after. Studies show that our advertising is seven times more effective than some OTT advertising. Clearly, it might not be the direction forever, but I think it’s showing that telecoms can use their big data for advertising.
We’ve seen Verizon buy AOL and Yahoo! — I think that is the way we’re going. If you think about that from the telecoms’ perspective, it’s really understanding the power of what we have to offer: owning the pipe and having a professional relationship; more data monetization; selling digital services as an app; then video on top of that; then advertising on top of that. That really can transform the revenues and make sure that we are leveraging our heavy investment into capex.
Will new privacy problems come to the fore as you move into this area?
One of the things that telecoms can offer that OTTs are not offering is safeguard operators. We all know OTTs have gone through difficult times with issues of privacy and security with regulators. We have an opportunity to let customers feel comfortable with the operators. We are building a platform where they will be able to see their own private information and have more control of their data than ever. I think that’s where telecoms can play a major role — in enabling more privacy and more security for users in what they do with the operators but, more importantly, what they do with other OTTs in general.
Does all of this mean Telefónica Brasil will soon stop charging for voice services?
We don’t see voice as a relevant service anymore. Clearly, many customers don’t want to pay for voice; they would like to get it free. We are very much focusing on charging for connectivity. Connectivity is just pipe. Voice is just one part of the pipe, of that charge for connectivity.
Today we still do charge per minute, but in a year or two it will be an obsolete idea. We should really get out of that as quickly as possible. Bundling will be key. Anyone who is charging for voice in two to three years will really have trouble with their clients.
It will not be a simple transformation, but we need to get there. It’s the evolution into the gigabit economy —and minutes have nothing to do with the gigabit economy. •


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AgriTech startup Pure Harvest look to raise $10m to expand internationally
When you go to the fruits and vegetable aisle of your local supermarket, you will most likely see all the different countries where the fruits are sourced from. They come from all over the world — from Europe to Asia and from Australia to Africa.
Pure Harvest Smart Farms, an Abu Dhabi-based startup that has recently received a $1.5 million grant by the Mohammed Bin Rashid Innovation Fund (MBRIF), aims to be part of the solution to the region’s growing food security, water conservation, and sustainability challenges by growing the food locally. The startup developed the greenhouse in partnership with Certhon Greenhouse Solutions, a Dutch designer and builder of modern greenhouses.
Recently, Pure Harvest announced the first successful harvest of their first crops, and is already looking to raise over $10 million in order to expand into the rest of the UAE, as well as internationally. Learn more about this agritech startup and its expansion plans here.


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A California payday loan provider is refunding about $800,000 to consumers to keep allegations therefore it steered customers into high-interest lending options and involved in many other unlawful practices, condition officials claimed Tuesday.
California Check Cashing Stores furthermore consented to spend $105,000 in costs and also other rates inside a authorization purchase because of the condition’s division of company Oversight, that is cracking directly down on payday and also other high-cost client economic loans that professionals allege are generally predatory. The company will never acknowledge pity in the authorization purchase.
5:50 PM, Jan. 22, 2019 a past type of this informative article claimed the Ca division of business Oversight unveiled Ca Check Cashing Stores to its permission purchase on Monday. The declaration was in fact made on Tuesday.
The unit, which oversees monetary businesses and products, has received comparable tasks against four other businesses since belated 2017 as a component of an effort to enforce hawaii’s limitations on interest rates for payday as well as other small-dollar loans.
In Tuesday’s action, online payday ND the settlement requires alleged violations regarding administration of payday improvements, which are capped at $300, and so the steering of customers into client lending products higher than $2,500 to prevent cost caps.
California legislation limits interest on monetary loans most of the method to $2,499 at between 20% and 30%, but there is nonetheless however no limit for lending options of $2,500 and larger.
Steering consumers into higher-cost lending options to circumvent interest this is certainly statutory limitations is abusive, said Jan Lynn Owen, commissioner for the unit of company Oversight.
Consumers deserve safety and make use of of funding areas that are reasonable, clear and abide by the legislation, she reported.
The experience comes when the recently create primary of this customer Financial cover Bureau is evidently considering loosening fresh rules which are federal lending that is payday had been suggested through the entire Obama duration but never have nonetheless gone into effect.
The suggested national instructions would provide a floor coverings of fundamental defenses for customers nationwide, but states might be absolve resulting in them to harder, including enacting interest rate restrictions, that the nationwide client bureau is forbidden from doing.
Richard Cordray, the relative head that is previous of bureau which proposed the maxims in 2017, claimed the move by Ca regulators is just one more exemplory case of why the business enterprise has got to be closely managed.
The administration tasks they’ve been bringing television show that many individuals are really disregarding exactly what certain needs are supposed to be, stated Cordray, appointed by then-President Obama when the bureau’s very very first supervisor.
California Check Cashing Stores features about 118 areas statewide and it’s also possessed by separately held Community Selection Financial Inc. of Ohio.
We disagreed along with the conclusions with this but we made a decision to the settlement so we can rise above this and find back again to providing our customers in Ca, stated Patrick Crowley, a spokesman for Community Selection Financial.
In addition to check-cashing services, the California shops offer pay day loans, automobile name lending products and debit that is prepaid, utilizing the company touting on its web site it can assist people Get money Fast, In-Store or on line.
State examiners stated they unearthed that, from 2012 to 2017, California Check Cashing Stores overcharged customers interest and costs by steering each of them into lending options of $2,500 or higher to be able to stop the attention rate caps.
The settlement also resolves allegations that the business made false and inaccurate statements with its advertising by saying in leaflets so that it made lending options as high as $5,000 but had the absolute the least $2,501.


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At the MWC 2017, HMD Global announced the launch of Nokia 5. We have been hearing rumors surrounding the smartphone in various circles. The latest news is that two new variants of Nokia 5 dubbed wit model number TA-1027 and TA-1053 have successfully passed through the US FCC.
The Nokia 5 model bearing TA-1027 has been tagged with the FCC ID 2AJOTTA-1027. However, the handset with model number TA-1053 has been dubbed with the FCC code 2AJOTTA-1053. We can spot the European Union CE certification. It reveals the fact that the phone has been designed by HMD Global Oy.
Previously, a Nokia 5 smartphone with model number TA-1024 appeared on Geekbench with a decent single and multi scores. With the surfacing of two other models of Nokia 5, we can expect more leaks surrounding the handsets in the upcoming days.
Even though both the handsets are Nokia 5, the model numbers are different. We infer that the Finland-based company is planning to release Nokia 5 with different model numbers for various regions. There could be variations in the SIM category.
On the specifications front, the Nokia 5 features a 5.2-inch IPS HD 2.5D sculpted Corning Gorilla Glass display, Snapdragon 430 processor, Adreno 505 graphics, 2GB RAM, 16GB expandable storage, a 13MP rear camera coupled with 8MP front-facing snapper. A 3000mAh battery completes the package.
Designed with a single block of 6000 series aluminum, the Nokia 5 features a pillowed body that merges with Corning Gorilla Glass. The phone will be available in Matte Black, Silver, Tempered Blue and Copper color variants. You can buy the phone starting middle of 2017 at a retail price of EUR 189.
As of writing this, we don’t have any information about when Nokia 5 will launch. However, we expect the handset to launch globally around August 2017 since the phone has already cleared the US FCC.
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Well. I know what brand(s) my next vehicle won't be.
The Obama administration asked Rick Wagoner, the chairman and CEO of General Motors, to step down and he agreed, a White House official said.
On Monday, President Barack Obama is to unveil his plans for the auto industry, including a response to a request for additional funds by GM and Chrysler. The plan is based on recommendations from the Presidential Task Force on the Auto Industry, headed by the Treasury Department.
The White House confirmed Wagoner was leaving at the government's behest after The Associated Press reported his immediate departure, without giving a reason.
Do the last 69 days give anyone from the other political disposition a clue as to why the prospect of this man as president--Barack Obama--made those of us on the right cringe? Probably very few.
But no worries. We'll all be clued in soon enough.
UPDATE: Let them die (ignore the headline).
UPDATE: Take over.
WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama asserted unprecedented government control over the auto industry Monday, bluntly rejecting turnaround plans by General Motors Corp. and Chrysler LLC, demanding fresh concessions for long-term federal aid and raising the possibility of quick bankruptcy for either ailing auto giant.
Obama took the extraordinary step of announcing the government will back new car warranties issued by both GM and Chrysler, an attempt to reassure consumers their U.S.-made purchases will be protected even if the companies don't survive.


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Wyckoff Chamber of Commerce is once again sponsoring a special visit to the
township from the North Pole.
This Friday, Santa and Mrs. Claus will be riding through Wyckoff in an annual trip that includes eight stops, giveaways, and a tree lighting ceremony.
The Chamber recently announced the trip, which will include stops at the following locations Friday:
- 4 p.m. - Cedar Hill Plaza
- 5:15 p.m. - Wyckoff Shopping Center
- 5:45 p.m. - Main Street*
- 6 p.m. - Mayflower Shopping Center
- 6:45 p.m. - Wyckoff Square Shopping Center*
- 7 p.m. - Rock Ledge Plaza*
- 7:15 p.m. - Boulder Run Shopping Center
- 7:45 p.m. - Wyckoff Town Hall - Tree Lighting
- (*Santa will not be getting off at these stops)
All residents are invited to attend.


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Reports indicate that Sim 2, a manufacturer of high end home theater projectors is set to launch its own HD disc which it claims is better than Blu-ray. Interesting stuff, but obviously market experts are sceptical about its arrival and performance.
Sim2, manufacturer of high-end home theater projectors is set to launch a new HD disc which it claims is "Better than Blu", a reference to the industry-backed Blu-ray Disc.
The announcement was originally made at the CEDIA event last week where the manufacturer said the launch would occur in January in conjunction with Entertainment Experience. Entertainment Experience currently makes high-end home theater systems which are basically top of the line HP PCs with Entertainment Experience software that the company says offers picture quality better than 1080p Blu-ray discs.
The new system will be bundled with Sim2 projection TVs but there has been no word on price yet.
EE has said that it will be offering movies in the format, and from major studios, for $40 USD and on double-sided dual-layer DVDs with a capacity of just over 16GB.


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The Philippine Association of Meat Processors Inc. (PAMPI) has committed not to increase the prices of Christmas hams this year and instead absorb the higher cost of production, according to Secretary Ramon Lopez of the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI).
Lopez said in a text message to reporters PAMPI members especially major brands CDO, Virginia Foods and Century will heed the call of DTI not to have any price increase due to pandemic and financial difficulties of Filipinos.
Lopez said the members will so they would make their products more affordable this Christmas.
The DTI is yet to make a decision on the request if manufacturers of Noche Buena products were seeking up to 3 percent price increase to cover the cost of rising raw materials.
Other Noche Buena products being monitored by DTI iclude cheese including queso de bola pastas (spaghetti and salad and elbow macaroni), spaghetti and tomato sauces and cream, fruit cocktail, sandwich spread and mayonnaise.
Meanwhile, Lopez said as of October, the DTI has not noted any price increases in basic commodities, except for pork.
Prices of rice, chicken and some vegetables remain steady, the DTI said. – Irma Isip


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The All Ordinaries Index (ASX: XAO) fell today, but some All Ords shares bucked the trend.
The All Ords Index slipped 1.45% to close at 7240.40 points. In comparison, the S&P/ASX 200 Index (ASX: XJO) shed 1.42%.
Let’s take a look at three All Ordinaries shares that defied the broader index today.
Megaport Ltd (ASX: MP1)
The Megaport share price climbed 2% today to end the day at $6.12. Megaport shares outperformed the technology sector, with the S&P/ASX All Technology Index (ASX: XTX) down 1.25%.
Megaport could be benefiting from positive broker outlook. Goldman Sachs recently placed a $13.10 price target on the company’s shares. This is more than double the current share price.
Citi also recently retained its buy rating but slashed its price target by 26% to $12.30 — still a potential upside of more than 100%.
This ASX All Ordinaries share has a global presence with more than 700 data centres. Goldman predicts the company will grow rapidly in future years as cloud and multi-cloud adoption increases.
Lovisa Holdings Ltd (ASX: LOV)
Lovisa Holdings shares leapt 3.54% in today’s trade to close at $14.03. Lovisa is an Australian jewellery retailer which now has a presence in 15 countries globally.
Lovisa shares are recovering after sliding on Tuesday afternoon after the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) lifted rates by 0.5%. Despite plunging by 30% year to date, investors appear to be optimistic the ASX All Ordinaries share can make a recovery.
Morgans has recently placed an add rating and $24 price target on the company’s shares. This is a massive 71% upside on the current share price.
Analysts are optimistic about the company’s global growth plans, as my Foolish colleague James reported. Morgans said: “LOV may just prove to be one of the biggest success stories in Australian retail.”
5E Advanced Materials Inc (ASX: 5EA)
The 5E Advanced Materials share price jumped 4.5% today — the biggest gain of any ASX All Ordinaries share –to finish the day at $3.48. The minerals exploration and production company’s shares jumped 7% in earlier trade before retreating. In contrast, the S&P/ASX 200 Materials Index (ASX: XMJ) slid 2.23% today.
5E Advanced Materials has not released any news to the market today. However, on Tuesday it revealed it has signed a non-binding letter of intent for the supply of boron with Corning Incorporated (NYSE: GLW). The company will work with Corning to develop and supply boron for Corning’s products.
Commenting on the deal, CEO Henri Tausch said: “Today’s announcement marks another key milestone for the company as we have now secured an LOI with one of the largest technical glass manufacturers in the world.”
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Morrisons has a recipe for success
Hard-up customers cooking at home have helped supermarket chain Morrisons post a better-than-expected 8.2 per cent hike in sales.
But the results were marred by confirmation that the retailer will scrap its final-salary pension scheme.
Grocer Morrisons is the latest in a string of companies to conserve cash by moving staff to more frugal schemes.
The shares gained 3 per cent - or 61/2p - to 254p on news Morrisons had attracted half a million new customers to its stores each week over the past three months.
A sales spike at Morrisons has been attributed to more people opting to cook at home.
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Mike Tattersall, an analyst at Cazenove said: 'This is clearly a creditable performance and the company continued to make improvements to its IT and distribution.'
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NovaMedica, a joint venture of Domain Associates and RusnanoMedInvest, will complement the pharmaceutical cluster in Kaluga region. A projected plant will be specializing in the manufacturing of therapeutics and medicines for kids. The plant’s capacity is 200 Mio tablets and 5 Mio ampules a year.
NovaMedica will be the third company present in the pharmaceutical cluster of the Kaluga region. It will be capable to manufacturing of 200 Mio tablets and 5 Mio ampules a year. According to the partners’ plan, $380 Mio will be jointly invested in the development, manufacturing and localization of pharmaceutical products and medical devices.
Domain Associates — U.S. venture capital firm specializing in medical projects. RusnanoMedInvest (RMI) — RUSNANO subsidiary specializing in implementation of life sciences projects. Partners have signed an agreement on the establishment of a new pharmaceutical company in March 2012.
"Novamedica’s plant will be constructed under a joint agreement signed between OJSC “RUSNANO” and Domain Associates, a U.S. venture capital fund. Two projects are implemented as part of this partnership: RusnanoMedInvest and NovaMedica. First — investment and development, and NovaMedica — creation of a pharmaceutical company, because it is not only the plant but it is to encompass logistics, research, registration of drugs, i.e. the whole block."
Elena Pochesneva, PR Director, Team Drive
The leadership of a new company is counting on the development of drugs on the therapeutic market: gastroenterology, cardiology, CNS diseases, children’s and women’s health and ophthalmology. Drugs to be manufactured are considered to target sales via drugstore networks and covering the hospital market segment. Children’s therapeutics is a poorly covered market segment; therefore it is also considered an area of interest.
"This is a new pharmaceutical company. Its objective is a global market scouting, completion of developments and commercialization of innovative medical products in Russia, those in high demand but currently not present on the market. In addition to investment options in the U.S. venture market currently being investigated by RusnanoMedInvest, as part of the search for drugs to be incorporated in NovaMedica portfolio, we have already analyzed about 250 new drugs for possibilities addressing an unmet need, in-licensing, IP and commercialization in the Russian market. Eight memorandums of understanding have been signed and we are planning to make the Russian market happy about new and effective drugs addressing an unmet need here within the next two years."
Vladimir Gurdus, CEO, D-Pharma, a managing company of RusnanoMedInvest and NovaMedica, at the conference hosted by the Institute of Adam Smith
New manufacturing is projected to be certified not only meeting all international standards but also FDA approved GMP standards — this will provide facilities on localizing the production of drugs in Russia to American pharmaceutical companies.
At present, NovaMedica’s leadership and Kaluga region have signed a Memorandum of understanding; negotiations are in progress. A Cooperation Agreement is anticipated to be signed any time soon.
Kaluga region have exercised best efforts to centralize NovaMedica’s manufacturing plant.
”It was important to us to engage this investor to develop a pharmaceutical cluster and the region in general. Meetings have been conducted with the leadership, presentations have been made demonstrating the Kaluga region’s potential; all advantages and disadvantages have been discussed; we made our best efforts in justifying the highlights of investment in the region. We have discussed tax preferences acting in the Kaluga region; we also explained that we provide building land plots and that there is a positive experience shared by other investors in regard to the localization of production in the Kaluga region."
Lubov’ Almazova, Head of Department for the support of investment projects of the Ministry of Economic Development of the Kaluga region, SmartNews
New manufacturing plant is projected to be localized at the site of Grabtsevo industrial park neighboring with Novo Nordisk (Danish producer of insulin) and Berlin-Chemie (German manufacturer of pharmaceutical products).
“The region will only benefit from the localization of NovaMedica’s manufacturing plant. It includes not just working spaces, given are high-tech working spaces. It will expand our pharmaceutical cluster qualitatively and enable take the region to the market of pharmaceuticals and to upgrade the status of the region. The fact that the plant is highly technological and safe will result in further development of the region."
Irina Novikova, Deputy CEO, Agency of innovative development of the Center of the cluster development of the Kaluga region, SmartNews
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BARCELONA, Spain--Google and Facebook executives said that they are willing to work together to expand access to the Internet and basic web services, despite their contrasting visions for doing so.
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A top Google executive said the company is seeing interest from Chinese Android application developers, and is working on ways it can reintroduce its services into the country.
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Apple has announced it will share its quarterly earnings information for the second fiscal quarter of 2018 on May 1. The numbers will give us insight into sales for the first calendar quarter of this year.
The report will be released just ahead of a scheduled conference call on Tuesday, May 1 at 5 PM Eastern/2 PM Pacific. Apple CEO Tim Cook and CFO Luca Maestri. The two are expected to share details about the Cupertino firm’s Q2 2018 performance and will also answer questions from investment analysts.
The iPhone maker posted record breaking revenue numbers in the previous quarter with $88.3 billion in revenue. However, iPhone sales were down 1.2% year-over-year. It is believed the higher price of the company’s flagship iPhone X handset contributed to the sales slowdown.
However, the company’s CEO, Tim Cook during the Q1 phone call said the iPhone X was the company’s bestselling handset every week since it first began shipping in November 2017.
Apple is forecasting fiscal Q2 2018 revenue to fall somewhere between $60 billion and $62 billion, with gross margin between 38% and 38.5%.
The earnings call will be live streamed on the Apple website, starting at Tuesday, May 1 at 5 PM Eastern/2 PM Pacific. The company says the stream is best experienced on an iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch using Safari on iOS 10 or later; a Mac using Safari on macOS Sierra 10.12 or later; or a PC using Windows 10 and Microsoft Edge. Streaming to Apple TV via AirPlay requires an Apple TV (2nd generation or later) with the latest Apple TV software or tvOS. Other platforms may also be able to access the stream using recent versions of Chrome or Firefox (MSE, H.264, and AAC required).
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Dog-walker designs clever leash to protect against theft
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A Dereham dog-walker concerned about pet thefts has created an innovative leash to keep pooches safe.
“I have been very concerned with the recent rise in dog thefts, so this inspired me to design a lead that could give back some confidence to owners when walking their dogs,” said Jessica Graves, who runs a dog-walking business - Ginger Paws.
The leash, which Ms Graves created earlier this year, features auto-twist lock carabiners, which attach to the dog’s harness or collar, and is then secured at the other end around the owner's waist.
It also includes a detachable BioThane handle which can be attached lower down the lead for closer proximity walking.
Ms Graves said the rope’s thickness meant somebody approaching with scissors would have trouble detaching the dog in a hurry, and the nature of the carabiner mechanisms could buy a dog-owner valuable seconds of reaction time in the event of an attempted theft.


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Research shows how social media influencers can make their work pay
By our African Marketing Confederation News Team | 2024
Reality is that most influencers are doing it for free, or settling for gifts-in-kind or promises of future exposure.
Social media influencers who want financial remuneration for their content must focus on three key areas to lift themselves out of the ‘gifts-in-kind’ trap and to protect their pursuit of meaningful work, new research from the University of Bath in the UK shows.
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“There are around 50-million influencers worldwide and it is increasingly seen as a desirable career for people who want to pursue meaningful work and also get paid for what they love doing,” says Dr Sarah Glozer of the university’s School of Management.
“But the stark reality is most are doing it for free, or settling for gifts-in-kind or promises of future exposure. The big challenge is making it viable.”
The study, co-authored by Dr Hannah Trittin-Ulbrich from Leuphana University in Germany, notes that this is also complicated by some influencers struggling to reconcile the pursuit of pay with work that may have started as a hobby or a personal passion, and failing to understand how to value their contribution commercially.
Dr Glozer says the study identified three key elements that enabled influencers to move away from producing commercial content for free: authenticity; relationality (building connections and networks); and quantification. The latter is effective use of data and metrics to assess impact and make the case to big brands and companies.
“The key is to combine all three elements. Our research suggests commercial success won’t follow if only one or two of these conditions are met,” she explains.
Importance of authentic content
“Authenticity was highly prized. We found this emerging profession to be strongly characterised by a widespread commitment to creating ‘authentic’ high-quality content. Influencing provided personal fulfilment, enriching their lives and, in some cases, safeguarding their mental health.
“This also is attractive to companies engaging with influencers, who put a high value on who the influencers are and the content they produce.”
Authenticity also had a strong bearing on the second factor for success: relationality.
Says Glozer: “Influencers were vividly aware of their roles as ‘hybrid salespeople’ and the need to build connections with their followers to enrich the market worth of their work and to keep those engagement rates high. But it’s a tricky balancing act; their followers are wary of them becoming too commercial and losing their authenticity.”
She adds that their research showed authenticity and human connection mattered deeply to many influencers, who talked passionately about the friendships they had built with their followers, connections that made the influencers more commercially viable but also enhanced the meaning of their work.
Thirdly, successful influencing demands quantification. Glozer notes that most influencers consistently, even obsessively, measure social media metrics facilitated by platform algorithms such as ‘follower counts’.
“There is, however, a dark side to this quantification. The Holy Grail of influencing is passing the 10,000-follower mark, when influencers can use the ‘swipe up’ feature on Instagram to add links directly to their stories. This can lead many to feel that they can’t demand payment for their work before that point,” Glozer states.
The findings are published in the academic journal Human Relations.
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Issue 1 2024 of Strategic Marketing for Africa, the magazine for deep-thinking industry professionals, provides in-depth insights.
Company worked with Interbrand to evolve its brand identity and build a more consistent design experience.
Two professionals complete the groundbreaking and rigorous process to achieve Certificate of Chartered Marketer (Africa) Status.
New campaign unveiled this month aims to convey the brand’s ‘unique connection with speed’ ahead of Olympics and Euro 2024.
NH Collection concludes agreement with local partner to open hotel property in Sandton in July. Other openings in Africa will follow.
Trust in government to innovate is below 50%, while a third of Kenyans don’t trust the media. Business fares better, at 70% trust.
Telecommunications competitor Vodacom is second, but closing the gap, helped by Vodafone association. Standard Bank ranks third.
Brands that recognise indigenous African beauty practices, and utilise natural ingredients and techniques, have an advantage.
The once-simple world of “Google it” is morphing into something far more complex, but potentially rewarding, for Africa’s marketers.


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Crossfield Publishing is well on its way to producing 2 new books. It looks like 2018 will be a busy year, especially with a possible sequel to The Granby Liar, by Maurice Crossfield.
Look for a Montreal signing even to happen with Maurice in April, 2018, on the West Island. Details will be posted as news becomes available. For now, read the very good review of the Granby Liar, to be found on the books page.
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With just one week left until Christmas, shoppers are hurrying to choose their final presents – and retailers are vying for the much-needed year-end custom.
For many of the UK’s small businesses, the cost of living crisis has hit profits. For those whose mission is sustainability, the knock-on effect has been dramatic.
The independent sustainable products retail sector enjoyed rapid growth during the early months of the Covid-19 pandemic lockdowns, with entrepreneurs launching start-ups from home and a boom in online shopping.
However, the economic weather has changed dramatically since last Christmas, with many shoppers prioritizing cheaper gifts rather than sustainable ones. Add in the disruption to supply chains and increased cost of doing business caused by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine – and in some cases Brexit – and the result is hundreds of independent businesses closing this year, while many more are struggling to stay afloat.
Fay Watts, director of The Dispensary, in Salford, is preparing for her last few days of trading before she reluctantly closes her doors for good. At her high street store, she offered a refill service for household products, and for a while, business was booming.
“We opened in 2019 and business was good throughout the pandemic,” she says. “But the last six months have been extremely difficult and I have not been able to pay myself a wage for a year.”
Watts adds that her mental health has suffered as the business struggled and debts mounted. “I never really understood the ‘death of the high street’ before I had a brick and mortar store. But it’s incredibly difficult to change consumer habits and tough to compete with the convenience offered by supermarkets.”
Zero Waste Path, which started life in an Edinburgh flat in 2018, has been forced to close its EU operation, and the future of its UK business hangs in the balance. Its co-founder, Giulio Corsi, says the sustainability sector boomed for a couple of years but in 2022 “demand has dropped dramatically”, resulting in a 40% loss in sales compared with 2021. “Add to that a rent increase, energy bills at an all-time high, and the escalating cost of ingredients… it’s just not tenable any more.”
Anni Kriesche, founder of London-based company Funky Soap, says 2022 has been the toughest year since her company began trading a decade ago, with Russia’s invasion of Ukraine having a major impact. “As soon as the war started, a lot of our ingredients doubled in price, seemingly overnight,” Kriesche says.
Many suppliers folded and by July she was struggling to pay her staff and discussed liquidating the business with her accountant – “a really low point”. However, a re-structuring has provided a much-needed boost and helped her to seize the opportunity to try new approaches.
Kriesche says: “We have started to look at every ingredient and work out how we can buy it in bulk and cheaper. We have also focused a lot more on gifts and personalisation. We’ve come this far and we’re not giving up.”
Manchester-based sisters Trina and Charlie Gill run Life Before Plastic, an online shop for sustainable products made by independent zero-waste retailers. The idea came from a trip to Nepal in 2018 and for three years the business grew steadily.
However, as the cost of living crisis has taken hold, the number of suppliers has dwindled dramatically, Gills says. They cite several, including Naked Necessities, The Kind Store and The Beeswax Wrap Co, that have folded in 2022, with further closures coming almost daily.
In the past half year 20 of their 100 suppliers have gone under. November turnover was down more than 50% year-on-year.
“For us, it means less choice and fewer makers to support,” says Trina. “We’re in the gifting season now, and you can really see the drop-off.”
The cost of sales has also risen with the sisters having to incentivise customers with discounts or free gifts. This is the pressure that comes from big companies who can afford to have sales. For us, ultimately, it is coming out of our pocket.”
Trina explains that although zero-waste products usually last longer than cheaper alternatives, the higher price tag makes them prohibitively expensive for those living paycheck to paycheck.
Brexit has also had a knock-on effect. “It became prohibitively expensive to sell to Europe because customers had to pay postage as well as customs and VAT,” says Charlie. “We made the decision to stop shipping internationally, which cost us 20% of our customer base pretty much overnight.”
Colette Webb, founding owner of another online sustainable products retailer, Vera-Bee, has also experienced a “definite downturn” in recent months, saying revenues are down by about 30-35% year-on-year.
Webb’s business was founded in 2019 in her studio in West Sussex, stockinghandmade, plastic-free items made by other small UK businesses. As the enterprise prospered, she rented a larger commercial unit, but has now moved back to her studio to save money. Attracting new business is very hard at the moment. Vera-Bee is my only source of income so I have had to tighten my belt.”
However, Webb remains quietly optimistic. “Loyal customers that we’ve had for two to three years are staying; they understand what we’re doing.”
Dean Harries, co-founder of sustainable shaving products brand Shoreline, says the seasonal boost in retail sales from Christmas shopping has started a month later this year, “towards the end of November.”
Harries says: “People visibly had less money to spend after that first energy bill landed on the doormat … a lot of people have had to deprioritise sustainability.”
He plans to adapt to the harsher economic realities by moving Shoreline away from wholesale and towards retail, at a time when bulk orders and repeat customers are hard won.
Shelley Brown, founder of The Good Life, which has two stores in Stockport, also says trade has “drastically dropped” this year and her focus has shifted to “just surviving”.
Brown says many of her regulars are having to go back to supermarket shopping. She has adapted by selling online but admits it has been “extremely challenging and stressful”.
Trina and Charlie Gill are also adapting in order to survive the year ahead, offering corporate gifting and training for firms who want to improve their ESG (environmental, social, and corporate governance) credentials.
Trina says: “The cost of living crisis has been the nail in the coffin for lots of small businesses who are often not doing it for profit, but because they care. If they aren’t leading the way, who is it? It’s not politicians.”
As Watts locks up her shop door for the last time, she sums up the mood: “Money is tight at the moment, but we have to ask ourselves what we value and where we want to spend our money. Investing in local, sustainable businesses is investing in a future we surely all want.”


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Intel Wins First Round in Patent Fight That Threatens Chips
Intel Corp. (INTC) won the first round of a patent-infringement case that some lawmakers said may threaten jobs at the company’s U.S. manufacturing plants.
The world’s largest semiconductor maker didn’t infringe the patents of closely held X2Y Attenuators LLC, U.S. International Trade Commission Judge David Shaw said in a notice posted on the agency’s website. The next step is a possible review of the judge’s findings by the full commission, which has the power to block imports of products if they infringe U.S. patents.
Lawmakers from both U.S. political parties have taken interest in the outcome, saying a loss for Intel could harm U.S. jobs. That’s drawn the case into a broader dispute over whether patent owners that don’t make products should be able to use the ITC’s import-ban power as a cudgel in fights over licensing fees.
After workers in the U.S. do initial manufacturing work, Intel uses plants in other countries for final assembly, leaving its chips and the products that use them vulnerable to an ITC import ban. Hewlett-Packard Co. (HPQ) and Apple Inc. (AAPL), which use Intel chips, are also named in the ITC complaint.
The X2Y patents cover ways to overcome electromagnetic interference that can damage electronics. The company, which develops methods for improving the performance of circuits, licenses its inventions to Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s biggest maker of computer-memory chips.
Shaw said that Intel didn’t infringe the three patents, and that two of them are invalid. The judge’s full determination will come after both sides have a chance to redact confidential business information.
“X2Y remains confident that the Commission will protect true innovation regardless of the size of the innovator and will continue to vigorously enforce its intellectual property against these infringers,” X2Y said in an e-mailed statement distributed by an outside spokeswoman, Anne Standley.
Civil suits that X2Y filed in federal court in its hometown of Erie, Pennsylvania, are on hold pending the outcome of the ITC case. The commission has set a target date of April 15 to complete the investigation.
“We are gratified with this result and will continue to defend ourselves in the case pending in U.S. district court,” Chuck Mulloy, a spokesman for Santa Clara, California-based Intel, said in an e-mailed statement.
Intel has facilities in Arizona, California, Oregon, Massachusetts and New Mexico. Congressional delegations from all those states have written to the ITC. X2Y’s complaint centers on Intel’s activities at test and assembly plants in Costa Rica, Malaysia, the Philippines and China.
“X2Y approached Intel over a decade ago and explained how X2Y’s technology would improve Intel’s products if Intel wished to take a license,” the company said in a statement on its website. “Intel did not take a license, but appears to have adopted X2Y’s technology anyway.”
The ITC, whose job is to protect U.S. markets from unfair competition, has tightened its standards, requiring patent owners to have “significant licensing activities,” weeding out complaints from some with no real business operations. Shaw found that X2Y had met the threshold requirement of having a domestic industry worthy of protection.
The case is In the Matter of Microprocessors, Components Thereof, and Products Containing Same, 337-781, U.S. International Trade Commission (Washington).
To contact the reporter on this story: Susan Decker in Washington at firstname.lastname@example.org
To contact the editor responsible for this story: Bernard Kohn at email@example.com


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Residents of Datong, Datong are set to experience a significant improvement in their internet connectivity thanks to the launch of Starlink. The satellite internet service, which is owned by SpaceX, is set to revolutionize the way people in the area access the internet.
Starlink’s impact on internet connectivity in Datong, Datong cannot be overstated. The service is set to provide high-speed internet to areas that have traditionally been underserved by traditional internet service providers. This means that residents in rural areas of Datong, Datong will no longer have to contend with slow internet speeds or unreliable connections.
The launch of Starlink in Datong, Datong is part of a broader effort by SpaceX to provide internet connectivity to underserved areas around the world. The company has already launched thousands of satellites into orbit, with plans to launch thousands more in the coming years.
One of the key advantages of Starlink is its ability to provide internet connectivity to areas that are difficult to reach with traditional infrastructure. This is particularly important in rural areas, where laying fiber optic cables or building cell towers can be prohibitively expensive.
Starlink’s impact on internet connectivity in Datong, Datong is already being felt by residents in the area. Many have reported significant improvements in their internet speeds and reliability since switching to the service. This has had a positive impact on everything from remote work to online education.
Another advantage of Starlink is its low latency, which is the time it takes for data to travel from a user’s device to the internet and back. This is particularly important for activities that require real-time communication, such as video conferencing or online gaming.
While Starlink is still a relatively new service, it has already garnered a significant amount of interest from people around the world. The service is currently available in select areas of the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom, with plans to expand to other countries in the coming years.
One potential downside of Starlink is its cost. The service currently requires users to purchase a satellite dish and pay a monthly subscription fee. While the cost is competitive with traditional internet service providers in some areas, it may be prohibitively expensive for some residents in Datong, Datong.
Despite this, Starlink’s impact on internet connectivity in Datong, Datong is likely to be significant. The service has the potential to transform the way people in the area access the internet, opening up new opportunities for remote work, online education, and more.
In conclusion, the launch of Starlink in Datong, Datong is set to have a significant impact on internet connectivity in the area. The service’s ability to provide high-speed internet to underserved areas is likely to have a positive impact on everything from remote work to online education. While the cost of the service may be a barrier for some residents, the benefits of Starlink are clear. As the service continues to expand, it has the potential to transform the way people around the world access the internet.


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“Champagne for my real friends, real pain for my sham friends.” Anonymous (incorrectly attributed to Francis Bacon and Tom Waits). Naim Audio has dressed up its popular one-box Mu-so player in a limited edition (2,000 […]
dCS, maker of some of the most engaging digital products I’ve heard, announced the birth of Bartók, an Upsampling Network DAC and the entry point in the dCS lineup when sorted by price (ascending). Bartók […]
This news just hit my desk: “Tampa, Florida—August 2018—The Florida Audio Expo is excited to announce its inaugural show. This show will be held on Friday February 8th through Sunday February 10th, 2019 at the […]
When I read this news, released on July 6, I said “wow” out loud. Wow because Google’s Chromecast devices have infiltrated more homes than carpenter ants (that may be an exaggeration).


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The quality of the customer experience in most industries is directly correlated with a company’s market share and earnings. While research shows that the airline industry follows a similar metric for customer experience success, many airlines have been unable to cultivate the organizational prioritization and subsequent capital investment necessary to execute a comprehensive customer experience program.
Historically, industry profit margins have been so thin that non-core initiatives became very challenging to implement. Industry influences such as deregulation and increasing global competition have pressured airlines to shift their product to a progressively unbundled, a la carte offering. Instead, strategic focus has been placed on operational efficiency, fuel burn, load factor, staff reduction and other cost-cutting measures that have slowly deteriorated the investment in the customer.
“The average airline spends about 2 percent of its revenues on technology, compared to about 30 percent each on fuel and staffing,” industry analyst Henry Harteveldt told The Economist Intelligence Unit in a recently published special report. “Even increasing investment in technology to around 5 percent of revenues could have enormous benefits.”
According to one study, the airline industry ranks in the bottom 4 percent in customer satisfaction. The top industries in customer satisfaction include e-retailers, automobile manufacturers and smartphone manufactures. The industries that customers are least satisfied with are mortgage lenders, Internet service providers and… airlines. The trouble is, many airline leaders and decision makers are disconnected from their customer’s expectations.
81 percent of airline executives believe that customer satisfaction with the air travel experience has somewhat or significantly increased. However, 66 percent of customers believe it has stayed the same or decreased. (Figure 1)
Airlines do not have full control over certain negative experiences such as airport operations and service disruptions. They can, however, move a step beyond the basic customer service and customer interaction tactics into a next-generation model of a data-driven customer experience that focuses on personalizing an airline’s offerings to a specific individual.
The ability to offer a data-driven customer experience is the single most lucrative opportunity in the industry today. Research has proven that intelligent personalization throughout the traveler’s journey creates significant revenue, reduces costs, and creates sticky, long-term loyalty with customers. As such, airlines that strive for innovation and investment in the customer experience will soon be leading the market.
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Meta has filed a federal lawsuit against scammers who allegedly misrepresented Facebook, Messenger, WhatsApp, and Instagram in order to conduct a phishing scam. According to the company, the defendants have created over 39,000 websites in an attempt to replicate Meta’s services, deceiving users and collecting their login information since 2019.
People were asked to enter their usernames and passwords on these websites, which Defendants collected.
Phishing poses a serious threat to millions of Internet users. These attacks entice victims to visit a website that appears to be run by a reputable entity, such as a bank, a merchant, or another service.
The website, on the other hand, is a deception, a forgery, and the site’s forgery is intended to persuade a victim to enter sensitive information, such as a password or email address.
The defendants used a relay service, Ngrok, to send internet traffic to the totally fake login pages they created, all while trying to conceal their identity and location, according to Meta’s blog post. Those who clicked the phishing link were taken to a login page that looked like it came from Facebook, Instagram, Messenger, or WhatsApp. When the user attempted to log in, the defendants would collect the usernames and passwords of their victims.
Instagram introduced a tool in 2019 to help combat phishing attacks, which allows you to verify that the emails you receive are indeed from Instagram. Meta’s brands aren’t the only well-known companies that have fallen victim to these scams.
“We proactively block and report instances of abuse to the hosting and security community, domain name registrars, privacy/proxy services, and others,” Meta’s director of platform enforcement and litigation Jessica Romero wrote in the company’s blog post. “And Meta blocks and shares phishing URLs so that other platforms can detect them.”


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H.B. Fuller Reveals $1.6B Acquisition for Royal Adhesives and Sealants
H.B. Fuller Company announced Monday its intent to acquire Royal Adhesives and Sealants in a $1.575 billion deal that, if approved, would make the combined company one of the world’s largest makers of specialty adhesives.
With Royal’s business, Vadnais Heights-based H.B. Fuller expects to improve its top line performance by $650 million, upping its total annual revenue to about $3 billion.
Based on figures gathered by trade publication ASI, the impact of the deal could make H.B. Fuller one of the 10 largest adhesives and sealants companies in the world by revenue. (The largest is Maplewood-based 3M.)
Royal, headquartered in northern Indiana, has 19 manufacturing factories in five countries and employs approximately 1,500 people globally. Chief among what H.B. Fuller looks to gain from Royal’s portfolio is its specialties making adhesives and sealants used for roofing and in the aerospace industry.
“Royal’s complementary offerings will expand our presence in North America, Europe and China, and add new technology and capabilities,” H.B. Fuller CEO Jim Owens said in a statement. “Upon closing the transaction, H.B. Fuller will be … focused on profitable growth in attractive engineering, durable assembly, and construction adhesives markets.”
H.B. Fuller’s business has shifted considerably since the start of the decade. In 2010, nearly half of its revenue came from sealants and adhesives used in the hygiene market and for packaging, while a third came from engineering and construction products. By 2020, it expects the engineering and construction side of its portfolio to make up nearly 60 percent of its revenue—or more than $1.8 billion of an estimated $3.2 billion—as its hygiene and packaging output shrinks to less than one-third of its overall business.
“This accretive acquisition accelerates realization of our 2020 strategic objective to focus and grow in engineering adhesives and other highly specified market segments,” Owens said, “while exceeding our targeted cash flow, [earnings per share] and EBITDA margin targets.”
Keeping with its financial goals, Owens noted the company had identified $35 million in cost savings and $15 million in growth savings that it expects to realize over the next three years.
The all-cash transaction is expected to close as early as next month.
Shares of H.B. Fuller rose 5 percent on Tuesday upon news of the acquisition.


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OnePlus this week followed Samsung’s lead by rolling out Android 12 to its latest flagships, the OnePlus 9 and OnePlus 9 Pro. Android 12 comes in tandem with the company’s Oxygen OS 12, the latest version of its own operating system, which brings OnePlus’ extras to Google’s update.
OxygenOS 12 brings in the usual Android 12 updates, as well as a lot of OnePlus-exclusive changes. There’s no Material You here, but there is a visual overhaul here that’s aimed at enhancing the readability of the operating system. It also makes OnePlus phones feel a lot more like Oppo’s phones, a consequence of the merger that occurred earlier in the year.
Some of the features being highlighted as new — including OnePlus Scout and Work-Life Balance (an iOS 15 focus mode-like feature) — were already available on the company’s Indian models. Other features build upon some that already existed, including a more customizable Always On Display, while the Notes and Gallery apps also have seen improvements. OnePlus has a more detailed changelog for those interested.
When will you get it?
The update is rolling out to OnePlus 9 and 9 Pro owners in North America and India now. European owners can expect an update shortly.
What models will get it?
OnePlus also shared that its older models would be getting an update to OxygenOS 12 in the first half of 2022. These include the OnePlus 9R, OnePlus 8T, OnePlus 8 Pro, OnePlus 8, OnePlus 7T Pro, OnePlus 7T, OnePlus 7 Pro, OnePlus 7, OnePlus Nord 2, OnePlus Nord CE, and the original OnePlus Nord.
OxygenOS 12 has proven controversial among Android enthusiasts, with some critiquing the move away from the Pixel-like
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Twenty-eight percent of Hispanics say they will purchase a large-screen television or HDTV within the next 12 months, compared to 23 percent of non-Hispanics, according to the results of a recent survey by Vertis Communications.
The findings, part of Vertis Communications’ Customer Focus OPINIONES study, also show that 23 percent of Hispanics say TV advertising is the medium that most influences their buying decisions. That compares to 20 percent who identified advertising inserts and circulars as the most influential and 13 percent who said Internet marketing was the most influential.
The study also found:
- Twenty-two percent of Hispanics are likely to buy a new laptop or notebook computer compared to 18 percent of non-Hispanic respondents.
- Hispanics will purchase more digital cameras in 2008; 21 percent will do so versus 18 percent of non-Hispanics.
- Twenty-one percent of Hispanics will purchase a video gaming system, compared to 12 percent of non-Hispanics.
- Hispanics are more likely to purchase an MP3 player; 19 percent said they plan to buy one compared to 12 percent of non-Hispanics.
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