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Trade events are a great way to make connections in a new market. The pandemic has forced many of these events to go online – and every month we offer a guide to what’s happening in various sectors. Below is a list of events for April, 2021.
CPMA Fresh Week – The Canadian Produce Marketing Association’s show agenda includes product previews, consumer insights, and keynote speeches from speakers like Laurent Duvernay-Tardif (who holds a Doctorate of Medicine AND is a 2020 Superbowl champion). Runs April 12 to 16.
CHFA Connect – A “ground-breaking, virtual event that is going to bring us all together as a community to inspire creativity and foster collaboration.” Agenda includes appointment bookings, one-on-one videos and online chats, an exhibitor lounge and product showcase – all for the health food sector. Runs April 16 and 17.
IMATS – The International Make-up Artist Trade Show is the world’s largest celebration of make-up artistry and features thousands of artists, exhibitors, and enthusiasts who gather to discuss, display, and collect the best the industry has to offer. Runs April 16 to 18.
Collision Conference – “…one of the world’s biggest tech conferences,” as per Bloomberg. About 40,000 online participants are expected for this year’s event, running April 20 to 22.
Keys to a Blue Economy – Water Canada’s four-part series concludes this month with Innovating the Blue Economy – a deeper dive into questions such as barriers to adopting innovative technologies, the champions of water innovation, and projects that demonstrate the biggest impact. Runs April 21.
PM Springfest – a two-day online educational conference for the property management industry, with topics that include building envelope, legal and regulatory issues, sustainability, and innovation. Runs April 21 to 22.
DTL Quebec Forum – A must-see retail event designed specifically for Quebec retail leaders. The conference will explore the latest trends in the industry, marketing strategies, human resources challenges and more. Takes place April 29.


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A Pensarn jewellery firm has been closed with the loss of nine jobs.
The Kate Hamilton-Hunter Studio, which specialised in handmade jewellery from recycled materials, ceased trading on Tuesday, blaming cheap factory-produced imports.
The studio created products for over 480 boutiques, shops and galleries across the UK – its collections were made from old biscuit, sweet and toffee tins, and recycled silver and aluminium.
In a statement from the studio’s Facebook page, owner Kate Hamilton-Hunter said: ”We have all tried so hard, put so much energy and effort into creating jewellery with a difference and a real beating heart. But factory-made cheaper jewellery from the Far East is squeezing unique little businesses like ours out of the market, as customers want cheaper and cheaper gift products.”
She added: ”If there is one thing I would ask you to do as we close the doors here is to make conscious choices about where and how you spend your hard-earned cash, the more we make a conscious choice to shop local, to buy British handmade, the stronger our economy will be. If it’s a bargain, it’s probably made in China, please think before you buy.”
The jewellery firm had been set up at the Station Business Park twelve years ago – its website has already been taken offline.

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The Kashmir Chamber of Commerce and Industry today had a Virtual B2B Meeting with the Indian Business Group (IBG), Mumbai.
In a statement KCCI said that IBG represents more than 75000 members around the Country. Various members of different sectors like Handicraft, Industry, Carpet, Tourism, Health & Pharma from KCC&I and members of IBG attended the virtual Meeting.
“Sheikh Ashiq Ahmad President KCCI while welcoming the participants stated that this virtual meet had been initiated to deliberate for serious business tie-ups, joint ventures and business collaborations to promote various business sectors of Kashmir. Vikash Mittersain, Honoraray Consul of the Republic of Mali Founder and President, IBG while thanking Chamber for the meeting said that they will host the KCC&I delegation to Mumbai in 3rd week of March, 2021 for a meeting so that both the KCC&I and IBG work on some prospective business and KCC&I also host the IBG delegation to visit Kashmir for B2B meeting,” the statement reads.


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Tokyo, August 7, 2020
Regarding the Resignation of the Chairman of the Board
Tokyo, August 7, 2020 – MITSUBISHI MOTORS CORPORATION (MMC) announced that Osamu Masuko resigned today as chairman of the board and representative executive officer, MMC due to his health reason. Takao Kato, member of the board and representative executive officer, chief executive officer (CEO), MMC, will temporarily cover the duties of the chairman. Masuko assumed a position as a special advisor.
Masuko was appointed to the president, MMC, in 2005. During his tenure as the president and CEO, Masuko led the company in various areas including the introduction of advanced eco conscious vehicles such as EV and PHEV, as well as the expansion of production and sales in the ASEAN region. Masuko is going to support MMC as a special advisor by fully leveraging his knowledge and experience.
Biography of Osamu Masuko
Date of birth:February 19, 1949
Education:March 1972 Graduated from Waseda University
Faculty of Political Science and Economics
August 2020 Special Advisor, MMC
June 2019 Chairman of the Board, Representative Executive Officer, MMC
November 2018 Chairman of the Board and CEO, MMC
June 2017 Member of the Board and CEO, MMC
December 2016 President and CEO, MMC
June 2016 Chairman of the Board, President and CEO, MMC
June 2014 Chairman of the Board and CEO, MMC
October 2007 President, MMC
January 2005 President, Chief Business Ethics Officer, MMC
June 2004 Managing Director, in charge of Overseas Operations Group Headquarters, MMC
April 2003 Senior Vice President, Division COO of Motor Vehicle Business Division, Mitsubishi Corporation
April 1972 Joined Mitsubishi Corporation
About MITSUBISHI MOTORS
MITSUBISHI MOTORS CORPORATION is a global automobile company based in Tokyo, Japan, which has a competitive edge in SUVs and pickup trucks, electric and plug-in hybrid vehicles. The company launched the i-MiEV –the first mass-produced electric vehicle in 2009, which was followed by the OUTLANDER PHEV in 2013 –a plug-in hybrid market leader in Japan and Europe. Mitsubishi Motors has 30,000 employees and a global footprint with production facilities in Japan, Thailand, China, Indonesia, the Philippines and Russia. Models, such as the PAJERO SPORT/MONTERO SPORT, TRITON/L200, OUTLANDER, ASX/OUTLANDER SPORT/RVR and XPANDER play a major role in achieving its growth. The global sales volume in fiscal year 2019 was 1,127,000 units, and the net sales of Mitsubishi Motors for fiscal year 2019 was 2.27 trillion yen. Mitsubishi Motors is listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.


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Matthew Vaughn is rumoured to be in talks with Lucasfilm to direct Star Wars: Episode VII .
The brand new installment in the space-opera saga is going to be the centre of some pretty intense rumour speculation right up until its May 2015 release, so take this with a handful of salt.
Collider reports that they’re hearing that Vaughn is in talks, and that the new SW was the reason behind the director’s decision to leave the X-Men franchise .
With a confident hand across a variety of genres, it’s easy to imagine Vaughn making an extremely capable candidate – particularly when you look at how he revamped X-Men with retro-swagger, after a duff threequel had stripped the franchise of its cool.
That said, we’re keeping this particular rumour at arm’s length until we hear an official announcement.
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The Nook Simple Touch combines simplicity in presentation and great features to make for a wonderful gift these holidays. The good news: it’s now $20 cheaper.
The holidays are a little more than a month away, and if you’re like everyone else, you probably still have no idea what to get for each and everyone on your list. Amazon just announced a good idea that could spare you from wading aimlessly through the mall: you can give them Kindle books.
Amazon announced the release of a Kindle app for the Android this week, finally granting you fandroids the ability to access and read Kindle books directly from your Google-blessed mobile devices.
Here’s the last Apple-tablet piece we’re (probably) going to run before the expected launch tomorrow: Evidently, Apple’s tablet (the iSlate?) will run on a modified version of the iPhone’s operating system. This bit of news comes from Terry McGraw, CEO of publisher McGraw-Hill during a CNBC interview.


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As a recent Wakefield survey pointed out, getting kids to eat healthfully can be a challenge.
The Wakefield survey on behalf of Pepperidge Farm found that Seventy-three percent of respondents said their child had gone an entire day without eating a single vegetable. Almost one third of parents said they believe their child is less likely to eat the recommended daily servings of fruit and vegetables than he or she is to become a movie star.
Adweek references the results in an article on the growing “Stealth Health” food trend. Stealth Health foods are those that disguise healthier foods as traditional favorites. Pepperidge Farm is the latest to leverage this trend with a vegetable-infused version of its classic Goldfish snacks. The new Goldfish Garden Cheddar crackers contain a third of a serving of vegetables. According to the article:
The crackers are available starting this month at supermarkets, grocery stores and mass merchandisers, with the suggested retail price of $2.19. Pepperidge Farm also sells whole grain Goldfish crackers.
Pepperidge Farm introduced the new crackers “in an effort to help moms provide wholesome, tasty snacks their kids will love . . . that moms can feel good about giving to their families, especially during the back-to-school season,” said Michael Simon, svp/general manager of the company’s snack division, in a statement.


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Todd Howard has it all under control.
MachineGames, the studio behind the Wolfenstein reboot series, announced today that it is working on an "original" Indiana Jones game.
Bethesda's Creation engine is receiving a long-overdue upgrade prior to the release of The Elder Scrolls VI and Starfield
The Elder Scrolls 6, in theory, could only be releasing on Xbox and PC, which Todd Howard even acknowledges is hard to believe after the wide-release of Skyrim.
The Elder Scrolls 6 and Starfield are Being Developed on New Version of Bethesda’s Game Engine, Says Todd Howard
The Elder Scrolls 6 and Starfield are each being developed within an updated version of Bethesda's long-used engine.
After being announced for the Switch last year, Bethesda has surprise-released The Elder Scrolls: Blades for free.
The Elder Scrolls VI and Starfield will not be at Bethesda's E3 2019 showcase, confirms company Director Todd Howard during the anniversary stream.
Newly-surfaced Amazon placeholders may be hinting at upcoming Bethesda announcements, with an current-gen PC, PS4, and Xbox One game.
The original composer of The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim is not working on The Elder Scrolls VI, at least not yet.
The Elder Scrolls 6 is Not in Development; Bethesda Game Studios Has Two Big Mutliplaform Releases First
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Reno-based International Game Technology and London-based Cyberview Technology have entered into preliminary discussions that could lead to IGT’s acquisition of Cyberview.
Both sides agreed to a period of time to negotiate a potential acquisition. Under the terms being discussed, shareholders, option holders and warrant holders of Cyberview would receive aggregate consideration of up to US$70 million for all of the outstanding equity securities of Cyberview.
Discussions are in the early stages and terms of any agreement between the two companies that is currently being negotiated have the potential to be significantly different should a final deal be signed. Cyberview shareholders would still have to approve any deal as well.
Both companies have said the discussions do not mean there is any definitive deal on the table and no assurances that a deal will be reached. Neither company said it would comment on the negotiations further.
PUSH FOR U.S. INTERNET GAMING REGULATION GAINS MOMENTUMIn early March, Congressman Jim McDermott, D-Wash, introduced the Internet Gaming Regulation and Tax Enforcement Act of 2008 in an attempt to create further movement toward the legalization and regulation of Internet gaming within the United States.
Online wagering has been banned in the States since Congress’ 2006 passage of the Unlawful Internet Gaming Enforcement Act. Opponents of the ban argue the United States is missing out on golden opportunities to regulate and reap valuable rewards in the form of taxation that could put millions of dollars into federal and/or state coffers. Already an estimated $12 billion to $15 billion industry, one report by Merrill Lynch indicated that online wagering could become a $528 billion industry annually by as soon as 2015. According to a recent release from the Safe and Secure Gambling Initiative, a coalition that is fighting the current ban, potential tax revenues from regulated Internet gambling could be between $8.7 billion and $42.8 billion over 10 years.
“To be clear, these are not mostly new taxes - the bulk of the revenues generated would come from taxes required under existing law,” said Representative McDermott in a letter circulated last year to all members of Congress. “This is simply a framework to collect taxes on existing activity that is currently unregulated, unsupervised and underground.”
McDermott’s bill would serve as a companion bill to the Internet Gambling Regulation and Enforcement Act (H.R. 2046), legislation introduced by Rep. Barney Frank, D-Mass., that would regulate Internet gambling in the United States. Under the Frank legislation, each Internet gambling operator would be licensed by the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) and be required to ensure that the individual placing the bet or wager is physically located in a jurisdiction that permits a particular form of Internet gambling.
The legislation would also reinforce the rights of states to control what, if any, level of Internet gambling is permissible within their borders, including the ability to apply additional taxes, and to ensure that appropriate consumer protections and limitations were in place. McDermott’s legislation includes an enhanced reporting mechanism under which licensed gambling operators are required to provide each customer an annual statement of winnings and losses.
It also establishes a 2 percent licensing fee that is paid by the operator, not the individual gambler. The licensing fee is designed to equalize the costs of operation in providing gambling services online, as opposed to brick-and-mortar casinos providing gambling services in person, and would only be applied to online operators.
GCA DISCONTINUES ARRIVA CARDLas Vegas-based Global Cash Access announced it was discontinuing its Arriva Card as part of its strategy of focusing on its core electronic payments business. The Arriva Card was the first consumer credit card geared specifically for the gaming patron, and offered better cash access and credit lines for gambling patrons than many traditional credit card companies. The card had been offered by GCA’s wholly-owned subsidiary, Arriva Card Inc.
GCA executives said the company is currently studying a range of strategic options for the Arriva Card Inc. portfolio of receivables and cardholder accounts.
“We remain committed to developing innovative products and services for our gaming industry customers, but we believe that the right business decision is to discontinue our Arriva Card product,” said GCA President and Chief Executive Officer Scott H. Betts. “Even though we believe that we have effective credit quality safeguards in place, it is our view that, in this environment, no consumer credit product will be immune to losses. We are convinced that this decision is in the best interest of our shareholders and casino partners.”
Betts said that GCA plans to make the discontinuance seamless for its casino customers and Arriva cardholders, adding that “we learned valuable information from the offering of the Arriva Card and intend to apply those insights, and the same innovative energy, to our continued product development pursuits.”


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Honda Cars Philippines, Inc. launches its first diesel model – the all-new CR-V.
10 individuals cited for their efforts in preserving the environment.
Honda Cars Philippines, Inc. invited AutoDeal to take this trio for a test drive.
The 2017 Countryman earned a Top Safety Pick rating by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety.
Asia Pacific sales of the Ford Ranger (January to June 2017) went up by more than 21%.
The new Mazda2 Sedan is on full assault to contend the local subcompact sedan segment.
New Leaf will be the 1st vehicle in Nissan’s global lineup featuring ProPILOT Park tech.
The 2017 BMW 5 Series is available in 3 variants, equipped with diesel engines.
Nissan BladeGlider joins this year’s Goodwood Festival of Speed to highlight electric power.
Mitsubishi delivers eco-friendly cars during the opening day of the 1st ASEAN Electric and Hybrid Vehicles Summit.
Aston Martin RapidE will enter production in 2019.
Hyundai Asia Resources, Inc. registered 14,163 units from January to May 2017.
67 competitors took part in the Time Attack and Grid races at the Batangas Racing Circuit.
The summit will discuss technology, innovation, policy, among others in connection to electric and hybrid vehicles.
The all-new Mazda CX-5 is among the top 10 best family vehicles according to Edmunds.com and Parents Magazine.
Honda Cars Philippines, Inc. introduced a limited edition Civic variant.
Nissan Philippines invited us for a road trip in the Queen City of the South with the Urvan Premium van.
The Senate approved on final reading the bill extending the validity of driver’s licenses from 3 to 5 years.
Nissan PH opens 2 dealerships in Cebu featuring the brand’s global visual identity dubbed as Nissan Retail Environment Design Initiative 2.1.
In all aspects of life, safety should come first.
Republic Act No. 10913 or the ‘Anti-Distracted Driving Act’ prohibits motorists to use mobile phones when behind the wheel.
The 2017 Kia Rio is all set to take on its rivals in the local automotive market with its new exterior styling and updated interior layout.
Can the 6th generation Hyundai Elantra help bring back the compact sedan’s popularity in the PH market?
Volkswagen PH aims to double its sales output in 2016 with the help of the Jetta and the Golf GTS.
Aston Martin Vanquish S joins the DB 11, expanding the brand’s local model lineup.
It seems that the Toyota Corolla Altis has found the fountain of youth.
We analyzed the options for buying a brand new or used car with a budget of P500K.
The Electric Vehicle Association of the Philippines (EVAP) ready to modernize old jeepneys.
Located along Maharlika Highway, Toyota Nueva Ecija is said to be the biggest car dealership in the province.
Mitsubishi Motors Philippines Corp. registered its new monthly sales record last March 2017 with 6,822 units sold.
Say hello to the Ascent concept, a vehicle that marks Subaru’s return into the SUV segment.
The 2017 Wigo (a.k.a. Agya in other markets) features a more aggressive design and a new 1.2L engine.
Mitsubishi Motors Philippines Corp. brings tougher looking ASX. It has 2 variants, the GLS and the top-of-the-line GSR.
Making its debut at the 2017 Manila International Auto Show is Volkswagen’s fighter in the local passenger van segment – the Crafter.
Featuring a larger body and a new exterior design, the Tiguan is set to take on its competition.
Subaru is bringing the all-new Subaru Impreza at the 2017 Manila International Auto Show.
Say hello to the Creta, a vehicle that’s set to go up against the likes of Ford EcoSport, Nissan Juke, and Mazda CX-3.
The new bikes are pitted to suit different lifestyle as Honda Philippines, Inc. intends to live up its motto: “your bike, your life, and your style.”
KTM Philippines, a motorcycle brand that lives by the slogan “ready to race,” highlighted the 200 Duke road bike at the 11th Inside Racing Bike Fest.
Portions of Mindanao Ave., Commonwealth Ave., and Congressional Ave. are bound for road reblocking this weekend.
As compared to its predecessor, the all-new CX-5 features a sharper and more aggressive exterior that intends to embody a new breed of luxury.
While having a great suspension setup could deliver a better ride comfort, there’s this one area that introduces the concept luxury to every car – cabin acoustics.
Driving Chevrolet PH's challenger in the midsize SUV segment.
Leaked images of the Civic Type R production version have surfaced the web ahead of its global reveal at the Geneva Motor Show.
Fuel Autotek Philippines is offering a wide range of tire brands such as MOMO from Italy and Deestone from Thailand.
Driving Suzuki’s challenger in the small car arena.
After revealing the 5th generation Accent, Hyundai still seems to be on full assault as they released the design sketches of the refreshed Sonata.
There’s a new Porsche in town and it’s called the Panamera Turbo – a vehicle that can put out 550 hp and can go from 0 to 100 km/h in 3.8 seconds.
Carlos Ghosn is stepping down as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Nissan Motor Co. after being the brand’s big boss since June 2001.
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The soon-to-rise dealership is a joint venture between HARI and the Areza Group, a long-time business partner of the company.


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The one factor that saw Microsoft become the biggest computer software company was the rise of the personal computer, similarly the decline of the PC has seen Microsoft stagnate.
One of the companies that benefited from the forces that pushed Microsoft into stagnation was Google and now it appears they could be suffering the same fate.
Yesterday Google released their quarterly results which showed the rate of growth in online advertising is slowing, which is a worry for the company as internet marketing accounts for 90% of the firm’s income.
Like Microsoft, Google has to diversify. Whether it’s the internet of things, smartphones, apps, driverless cars or something else remains to be seen but the pressure is building. Should the shift to mobile or other advertising mediums accelerate, Google could be looking at a declining market and the same problems as Microsoft.


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The Heartbleed bug has potentially exposed the personal and professional info of millions of people, but users of Apple’s tablets should be relieved to learn that this security flaw isn’t incorporated into the iOS. Not all Android users can be as sanguine, however.
Most of the news about this flaw in OpenSSL has centered on the fact that it means websites weren’t as secure as they were thought to be, but some devices, including routers and other networking equipment made by Cisco, have the bug written into their programming.
Apple says its products are not one of these. “Apple takes security very seriously. iOS and OS X never incorporated the vulnerable software and key Web-based services were not affected,” an Apple spokesperson told Re/code.
However, Google has admitted that devices running Android 4.1.1 do have the Heartbleed bug. While Google has created a patch, users can not instal this directly — they have to wait for the maker of their tablet or phone to create a version for their own products.
Android 4.1.1 is not the latest version of this operating system, and those running newer versions do not have the bug, according to Google.
Those wishing to learn if their Android device is affected can install a free app called Heartbleed Detector.
A Nearly Universal Problem
This doesn’t mean those who have an iPad, Windows tablet, or a device not running Android 4.1.1 can can forget about the bug… not at all. Even though their mobile devices aren’t directly affected, so many websites were that virtually anyone who has used the Internet on any computer in the past two years almost certainly has had some type of information put at risk.
Security experts are asking the public to change the passwords they use for all the websites that hold their personal information, from their bank to all their favorite online stores.
In addition, BlackBerry says that the BBM messaging app for Android and iOS has the Heartbleed bug, and the company is currently working on a fix.


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Inaugural Australian Fashion Laureate announced.
Just days after presenting his highly-acclaimed spring/summer 2008 collection in Paris, Akira Isogawa has another reason to smile. The Sydney-based designer has been awarded with the inaugural Australian Fashion Laureate, the Australian industry's newest and most revered fashion honour.
The nominated finalists included designers Akira Igogawa, Collette Dinnigan, Carla Zampatti, Jayson Brunsdon and the head of East Sydney TAFE's Fashion Design Studio, Nicholas Huxley.
IMG's Simon Lock announced the prestigious accolade at an exclusive ceremony at Government House in Sydney last night.
A joint initiative between IMG Asia Pacific and the NSW Government, the annual fashion award is designed to honour outstanding creative or intellectual achievement in the Australian fashion industry.
Still in Paris, Akira was unable to personally accept his diamond-encrusted bronze statuette – designed exclusively by esteemed jeweller Jan Logan. Instead, his past teacher, mentor and fellow finalist, Nicholas Huxley, collected the Fashion Laureate on his behalf.
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Southside Spartanburg residents, tenants anxious for new grocery store
It’s been just shy of three months since the Southside Save-a-Lot closed, and judging by the response from residents at Monday evening’s grocery store town hall at C.C. Woodson Community Center, the community is anxious for good news regarding a replacement. While not mentioned at the meeting, the remaining tenants of South Church Plaza are too.
“I work right next door to Save-a-Lot. I haven’t seen one person walk in this barbershop and say anything about how we feel about Save-a-Lot closing,” Leonard Mack, a barber at Q Cuts Barber Shop, said. “I’ve seen people come in here and campaign for District whatever, whatever.”
While the barbershop is firmly established in the neighborhood, they’ve still noticed a difference in their traffic since the grocery store closed. Many regular customers still come by, Mack said, but he doesn’t see as many walk-ins as he did when the Save-a-Lot was open.
“As of right now, things are slowing up a little bit,” Mack said. “A lot of our customers, some of the normal people that we would get, they would probably not come over here. (With the Save-a-Lot), it would be an all-in-one shop kind of thing. They’d come and get their groceries and then after that, they’d come get their hair cut.”
Mack said it was still discouraging to look out the window and see the once-bustling parking lot nearly empty.
“Since that store’s been gone, it’s been miserable around here,” said Lenny, a regular at the barbershop. He said he found out the Save-a-Lot was closed when he came over to pick up something on the way to his home, about five minutes from the plaza.
“I come over here, and it says ’store closed’,” he said. “‘Store Closed’ — I couldn’t believe it.”
As things are now, Mack said it could be difficult for unknown businesses to become established in the plaza.
“Whatever shows up over there, it has to be something that’s profitable, something that can really help the community,” Mack said.
Traveling for food
Mack said that he was a regular shopper at the Save-a-Lot and since it’s closed, he has largely relied on fast food and other restaurants for his meals.
“I shopped there a lot,” Mack said. “(To get) groceries now, we have to travel. We have to travel to little restaurants, fast food restaurants, it’s not anything really, really healthy. With Save-a-Lot, we could go over there and prepare our meals.”
For others, the closing of the grocery store is also a problem. Trudy Williams said she used to stop in the Save-a-Lot occasionally to buy a couple of items when picking her daughter up from work. Lenny said he used to visit the Save-a-Lot several times a week, and now has to drive to the east side Walmart to buy his groceries.
“There’s a lot of older people live on this side, and they need that grocery store back up,” he said. “That store was helpful for this community. And when that store went out, now you’ve got a lot of people who walked to the store over here, and now, they’ve got to go all the way across town.”
He said his neighbors also traveled to the east side or the Ingles off Union Street.
“Not only the store is missed, the bank next door is missed also,” he said.
However, he and Mack and Williams noted that the lack of a grocery store was a much bigger problem for others in the community, particularly the older residents living in the houses and apartments surrounding the plaza.
“It’s tough for me and I have a vehicle; a lot of people they don’t have transportation, especially older people,” Mack said. “It’s really tough for them to get their groceries.”
“(For the ones who) walk all the time, it would be difficult for them,” Williams said.
Looking for solutions
Lenny and Mack had not heard about the grocery town hall organized by Rep. Rosalyn Henderson-Myers Monday, but Lenny said he would have attended if he had heard of it before it happened. He said he intended to call Brenda Lee Pryce and Henderson-Myers and see what their thoughts are.
Lenny said those leading the search needed to find a chain store, like a Piggly Wiggly or Krogers, to open up in the space.
“I’m sure they can find a chain store to come in here because these people are hurting over here on this side of town,” he said.
While it had definitely caused problems, Mack said he thought the closing of the grocery store and the federal credit union, which had flanked the barbershop on either side, had also created an opportunity.
“It’s an opportunity for someone to come and open up something. It doesn’t necessarily have to be a bank, it can be like a check-cashing store, a place for people to come pay their cell phone bills,” Mack said. “The grocery store, it can be an opportunity for the community to get together. Being that we’re in South Carolina, we could open up a farmer’s market or something like that. Some nice, fresh food in there from farmers in the local area, just a place for them to come. It could be a lot of things.”


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CUYAHOGA COUNTY, Ohio — The 124th Cuyahoga County Fair was been canceled because you know why, but you still have a chance to chow down on some of your favorite fair food.
This upcoming Saturday and Sunday, the fair will be hosting a food drive-thru.
“It will be a drive-thru venture highlighting favorite midway foods with many concessionaires that have been a part of the Cuyahoga County Fair for many years. The only differences are admission is free and you don’t have to get out of your car,” Fair Board Concession Director Diane Barton said.
Attendees can enter the fairgrounds at the Bagley Road Main Entrance where they will be given a menu and map of the concessions that are available and will be directed to those vendors they choose; and then will exit through Gate 3 onto Eastland Road.
The event will take place August 15 and 16 from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m.


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NEW DELHI: Swedish telecom gear maker Ericsson
's India revenue for the fiscal fourth quarter fell 4% on year, due to decline in mobile broadband sales declined mainly driven by delayed spectrum auctions which delayed operator investments.
Revenue for the fourth quarter was SEK
3 billion, down from SEK 3.17 billion a year ago, and from SEK 2.59 billion in the first quarter of this year. The full year India revenue went down 20% in 2016 at SEK 10.7 billion.
“Following the completed spectrum auctions in October, the pace of 4G
deployments increased with a positive impact on mobile broadband sales in the quarter,” the company said on quarterly performance.
Ericsson India’s network business posted revenue of SEK 1.9 billion, up 11% on yearly basis. Global Services business however posted 23% yearly decline at 1 billion, while Support Solutions business declined 2% 5o SEK 131 million in the fourth quarter.
“Professional Services sales remained stable with operators’ higher focus on network quality and cost optimization,” the gear vendor said.
India was the third largest contributor towards Ericsson’s overall revenue and stood at 5% in the fourth quarter of 2016, up from 4% share in 2015.


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SEMA IN THE MEDIA
Key Business Opportunities
By Juan Torres
According to recent research by SEMA, 49% of all late-model pickups are modified with specialty-equipment parts. The finding was detailed in the “2022 SEMA Pickup Accessorization Report,” which provides a comprehensive review of how the pickup accessorization landscape is evolving.
Additional findings from the report include:
- Pickup owners spent $16 billion on specialty-equipment parts in 2021.
- Of the 29 million late-model (’10 and newer) pickups on the road, nearly half of them are modified.
- 62% of late-model pickup accessorizers buy off-road-focused parts for their truck, and 84% of accessorizers plan to make additional modifications in the near future.
Download the “2022 SEMA Pickup Accessorization Report” at www.sema.org/research. The following are some of the publications that reported on the research.
Jobber Nation, a Canadian publication for automotive aftermarket wholesale and distribution professionals, pointed out that the report covers how the pickup segment has evolved, including sales forecasts and types of accessory parts pickup owners buy and how they buy them. It also encouraged its readers to attend SEMA’s webinar related to the report.
“For many Americans, owning a fullsize pickup is a lifestyle choice,” wrote editor Kathy McCarron in her in-depth article on the report’s findings. She informed readers that off-road and oversize tires topped the list of product categories purchased in 2021, followed by suspension products and maintenance oils/additives.”
“Customization has become a key reason why consumers like owning pickups, and aftermarket sales show it to be true,” read the opinion piece by Tire Business editors, who also stated that this might be a good time for tire dealers to reset and educate their sales team so they can establish longtime business relationships.”
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Multiples and indies report strong sales in run-up to Christmas, but remain cautious about 2012.
Retailers said consumers pushing the boat out at the last minute before Christmas led to positive festive trading, but have warned of a tough climate on the high street in the coming months.
Christmas Day fell on a Sunday, leading to an extra full day’s trading compared with last year, and an increase in online sales is thought to have contributed to what some retailers described as a “record Christmas”.
This week, high street bellwether John Lewis described Christmas as “outstanding”, with fashion sales up 10.3% in the five weeks to December 31.
Aurora Fashions, parent company of the Oasis, Coast and Warehouse chains, also said it enjoyed strong trade in the five-week pre-Christmas period, reporting a 13% increase in like-for-like sales and a 9.2% rise in gross profits.
Jane McNally, chief executive of Irisa Group, which owns womenswear chains including Alexon, Kaliko, Eastex, Minuet Petite and Ann Harvey, agreed that trade in the week before Christmas was very strong.
“It definitely helped that Christmas Day fell on a Sunday,” she said. “It meant we got another day’s trading when people were buying last minute.”
Indies also reported a good performance over Christmas.
Michael Weedon, deputy chief executive of the British Independent Retailers Association (Bira), said indies had a long wait for shoppers to descend but in the end the shoppers had arrived. “A lot of people left it very late,” he said. “I’m not convinced they were waiting for Sales, but because they had taken the second half of the week off and planned to do it all then.”
Janine O’Keefe, owner of womenswear indie O’Keefe in Esher, Surrey, said: “We’ve had the most amazing time. We’ve hardly got any stock left at all. I am really glad I didn’t go on Sale early as our loyal customers were still buying at full price right up to Christmas.”
Online sales also performed well for retailers over the period. At John Lewis, managing director Andy Street said: “The strength of our online operation was very much in evidence.”
Mike Shearwood, chief executive of Aurora Fashions, said: “While the environment continued to be challenging with store footfall down on last year, Aurora saw a significant increase in online sales.”
Simon Poole, managing director of young fashion brand Luke, said in December, online sales were up about 20% year on year.
However, retailers agreed that the week between Christmas and New Year was not quite as successful, and all remain extremely cautious about the outlook for the year ahead.
“We still had a good week,” said Bartle. “But it wasn’t quite as good as the week before. I think New Year’s Day falling on a Sunday didn’t help because it made people more inclined to stay at home.”
McNally said: “People pushed the boat out at the very last minute, but I think everyone is going to see quite a tough start to the New Year.
“I think we will see a lot more promotions and discounting, and we could see trade going back to November levels.”
“I want to remain cautiously optimistic about this year,” said Bartle. “But I think the high street will see some more casualties before too long.”
Ilyas Patel, managing director of northwest indie mini-chain Duffer Menswear, said he expected January and February to be difficult as people cut back after Christmas.
Xmas sales unwrapped
- Next’s sales rose 3.1% between August 1 and December 24. Next Directory sales surged 16.9%, as store sales dropped 2.7%
- John Lewis’s fashion sales rose 10.3% in the five weeks to December 31. Total sales for the period were £596m
- A record £1.3m was spent in Selfridges’ first hour of trading on Boxing Day
- The number of high street bargain hunters on Boxing Day was 21% higher than last year, according to Experian
- M-commerce sales accounted for 15.93% of online Boxing Day sales – a 275% increase on 2010
- The number of shoppers on New Year’s Day fell 25.3% on last year, according to provisional figures from Experian Footfall


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Mobile TV is already growing across Africa. Now the EU has removed an obstacle to growth in Europe.
There’s been some great news for the mobile TV industry and consumers who’d like more access to TV on the go. The European Union has rejected an initial proposal by the EU Commission to impose additional taxes on certain high end mobile phones.
The history to this is that on December 10th last year a proposal was submitted to reclassify some phones as “multi-functional devices,” which would have triggered additional taxes on phones with GPS and TV receivers. The potential impact of such a move is obvious: an increase in handset prices for consumers and a tougher year for the industry at large.
Stefan Schneiders, who looks after Business Development for Mobile TV here was particularly pleased with the news. He said to us that “for a successful Mobile TV offering we don’t only need the frequencies and licenses to be granted, but also a range of competitive, commercial devices that consumers can use to access high quality Mobile TV. I’m really pleased to see that one of the potential obstacles for Mobile TV has been eliminated by the EU.”
We are the number one vendor for Mobile TV Broadcast / DVB-H. Currently, commercial Mobile TV Broadcast services based on DVB-H and OMA BCAST standards are available in Austria, Finland, Ghana, India, Italy, Kenya, Namibia, Nigeria, Malaysia, Netherlands & Switzerland.
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American Honda Motor Co. said Friday that May sales in the U.S. rose 47.6 percent from the same month a year earlier, led by strong jumps in sales of its Accord and Civic sedans. The company reported combined Honda and Acura brand numbers for the first time.
BY THE NUMBERS: Honda (including Acura) sold 133,997 vehicles last month compared with 90,773 in May 2011. Sales of Honda cars and trucks rose 46 percent to 119,411, while Acura sales rose 62.1 percent to 14,586.
TOP SELLERS: The company sold 33,490 Civics, up 82.6 percent from a year earlier. It also sold 29,737 Accords, up by 74.7 percent. Sales of its CR-V small SUV rose 54.4 percent to 25,186.
NOT SO HOT MODELS: Sales of the Fit economy car fell 34.5 percent to 3,879. Its hybrid CR-Z continued to suffer, with sales dropping 81 percent to 296, from 1,557 a year ago.


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TDS® launches 300Mbps for business, residential customers in Fort Carson, Colo.
Faster internet speeds create online opportunities for residents, businesses
TDS Telecom (TDS®) residential and business customers can now work faster online with the launch of 300 megabits per second of internet speeds in Fort Carson, Colo.
The new Ultra 300 and Business 300 internet services provide residential and business customers download speeds of up to 300 megabits per second and upload speeds of up to 10 megabits per second.
“This speed is leaps and bounds above the national average,” said Shane West, vice president of Marketing and Product Development for TDS. “We’ve invested heavily in Fort Carson, which has paved the way for groundbreaking launches like this one.”
Ultra 300 and Business 300 customers can download up to three times faster than with the previous highest speed offering from TDS. In 2016, the average worldwide internet speed was 6.3 megabits per second and in the United States, the average internet speed was 15.3 Mbps.
The new speeds provide faster website load and faster speeds to better support multiple devices, West added.
Business customers can learn more at HelloTDS.com/biz300 or by calling 1-844-672-9190. Residential customers can learn more at http://hellotds.com/colorado or by calling 1-855-696-8368.


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Apple Watch owners are going to love the Apple watch.
Apple said that the wearable will hit stores in the first quarter of 2019, making it the most popular gadget on the market.
The company said it will sell 5.5 million units of the wearable by the end of 2019.
That’s up from 5.4 million units the previous quarter, when it reported a loss of $1.25 billion.
Apple Watch will come in a range of colors and sizes.
The most popular will be a white and black version with a 5-inch display, which is the same size as the Apple Pencil.
The black version will be $299 and the white version will go for $349.
The Watch Sport version will retail for $350, and the version with the OLED display will retail at $400.
The Apple Watch will also be available in gold and rose gold.
Apple is offering two new models of the Apple Watches.
The new models will retail in black and gold, while the black and white models will be priced at $350 and $399.
Apple also plans to launch a new line of smartwatches, the Apple Smart Watch 3.
The watch is expected to launch sometime in the second half of 2019 for $399, which will include a built-in accelerometer, compass, heart rate monitor and more.
Apple will be offering two versions of the watch in gold, rose gold and silver, starting at $349 and $449.
The watches will also include an NFC reader.
Apple’s Apple Watch Sport is expected in the third quarter of 2020.


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New cross-Atlantic research has shed light on the glaring lack of consumer knowledge around data use in advertising ahead of GDPR.
With the digital marketing industry passing the ‘six months to go’ mark for the new data regulation in May 2018, a study by LoopMe of over 1,000 UK and US consumers found that 62% were unaware that their data was encrypted and non-PII identifiable (cannot be used to identify an individual).
Meanwhile, six in 10 consumers would prefer for ads and online experiences to be more relevant to their needs, while 58% felt that brands should be using anonymous data to show “more relevant and interesting ads”.
Just under half were happy for advertisers to use their anonymous data if it kept online sites free and that it wasn’t linked back to the consumer; the findings suggesting, therefore, that there’s a lot to be gained by educating consumers over data use for advertising to the benefit of both parties.
A little reassurance
“Marketers and technology companies have a duty to inform consumers about what data is collected and what it is being used for,” commented Stephen Upstone, LoopMe’s CEO and co-founder; “It’s clear that consumers are prepared to trade their data for better, targeted advertising – but on the condition that it is stored safely and not vulnerable to hacks.”
The vulnerability of stored data to hacking was cited among 47% of consumers as their biggest concern, while it being sold without their permission and its use by criminal organisations both followed with 43% and 29% of respondents.
Just under one in four felt they weren’t knowledgeable enough to comment on benefits, however, savings on cost, more relevant product offers and broader worldwide initiatives all topped their perceptions, 71% felt that their personal information was being gathered by advertisers and ad companies.
With GDPR coming into play in just six months in May 2018 and enforcing stricter regulations of marketer’s use of data beyond PII, advertisers could benefit greatly by opening up an honest discourse with their consumers around the use of their data.


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Since Intel revealed that it is planning to list the shares of self-driving car unit Mobileye by mid-2022, the Intel stock has been on the rise; something it has maintained even in days like today when majority of the stocks are down after the Fed announced it shall raise the interest rates in the coming months.
To help stock investors interested in investing in Intel stock, Invezz has created a brief article on what it is and where to buy it.
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What is Intel stock?
Intel stock is the stock of Intel Corporation and it trades on the NASDAQ Stock Exchange under the symbol NASDAQ: INTC.
Intel Corporation is an American multinational technology company whose headquarters are in Santa Clara, California. It is the largest microprocessor chip manufacturer by revenue.
Intel supplies HP, Lenovo, and Dell, among other computer system manufacturers with microprocessors. Besides microprocessors, it also produces flash memory, integrated circuits, motherboard chipsets, graphics chips, embedded processors, and network interface controllers among other computing devices.
Should I buy INTC stock today?
If you want to invest in a tech stock that has shown great prospects of growth, then the Intel stock can be a good choice.
Nevertheless, the stock could be heading for the oversold region since it has been on the rise since the beginning of December 2021 and most traders have definitely taken note of the bull trend.
Intel stock price prediction
If the market sentiments remain as they are, analysts expect the Intel stock price to rise towards $60 ahead of the listing of its self-driving car unit Mobileye.
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Catch up on this week’s industry chatter with these click-worthy links:
- As part of its Trendsetters at Work series, E! spoke to Blythe Harris, the creative force behind Stella & Dot’s luxe jewelry designs. Harris shared her style inspirations, the most daring career risk she’s ever taken, and what her typical day looks like as Co-Founder and Chief Creative Officer of the California-based brand.
- Thirty-One Gifts wrapped up its National Conference at Nationwide Arena in Columbus, Ohio, but the brand has left a permanent mark on the city. In honor of Thirty-One’s contributions—including the conference’s annual impact on the local economy and a #31Shares campaign that encourages random acts of kindness from consultants—Mayor Michael B. Coleman has renamed downtown thoroughfare Nationwide Boulevard as Thirty-One Way.
- Discount shopping site Zulily featured fashion brand CAbi in one of its limited-time collections. In an accompanying Q&A, Zulily spoke to CAbi CEO Lynne Coté about the online partnership and leading the CAbi team.
- Nutrition company Herbalife received another favorable ruling in a lawsuit led by the Oklahoma Firefighters Pension and Retirement System. The fund claims shareholders lost money after investor Bill Ackman accused Herbalife of being a pyramid scheme. After rejecting an earlier version of the suit, a Los Angeles district judge dismissed the fund’s complaint Tuesday, granting the applicants a month to submit a revised version.
- A roundup at social forum theFashionSpot took a look at the industry’s “new generation” of beauty brands putting their own spin on the direct-to-consumer model.


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Mobile Minutes: Verizon and AOL mobile videos; Facebook and voice recognition; Added tech for cars; Mental health apps
Facebook acquires voice recognition firm
Facebook acquired a company that makes voice recognition technology for wearable devices and Internet- connected appliances, the latest sign of its ambition to extend its reach beyond computers and smartphones.
Read more on Reuters
Drivers would pay up to $1,499 for added tech, study says
A majority of U.S. drivers are willing to pay as much as $1,499 to have high-tech entertainment and safety devices in their vehicles as consumers demand more connectivity, according to a Harris Poll.
Read more on Bloomberg
Can a smartphone tell if you’re depressed?
Where fitness trackers like FitBit record jogging distance and calories burned, newer apps and other tools measure text-message volume, vocal tone and other behaviors to peer into patients’ psychological well-being, which doctors say can have a high correlation with physical health.
Read more on Wall Street Journal


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Bedminster in Bristol is one of only two 'Portas Pilot' towns to see the benefits of joining the scheme.
Ten areas have seen a fall in the number of occupied shop units, according to a report.
The towns were awarded a share of the £1.2million High Street Innovation Fund, launched a year ago, as well as government support and access to retail guru Mary Portas following her review of the sector.
More top news
Around 500 people marched through the centre of Bristol protesting against government plans to bring in new contracts for junior drs.
Two students have broken the record for the youngest pair to row across the Atlantic ocean in the Talisker Whisky Atlantic Challenge.
The Environment Agency has nearly 50 red and 144 amber flood warnings in place across the country.


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HONG KONG—After months of intense clashes between protesters and police on the streets, Hongkongers are now directing their dissent indoors.
Despite millions marching since June, the Hong Kong government has not responded to protesters’ demands, which include free elections and an independent investigation into police use of force.
So they’re now settling in for the long haul, seeking to pressure the government into meeting their demands by disrupting its long-held reliance on pro-Beijing businesses.
Since the territory’s transfer of sovereignty from Britain to China in 1997, the city’s economy has become inexorably intertwined with mainland China’s.
Roughly 72 percent of China’s foreign direct investment is funneled through Hong Kong, compared to less than half about a decade ago, according to China’s commerce ministry statistics.
And since the handover, mergers and acquisitions have increased fivefold in the city as mainland Chinese firms use their Hong Kong subsidiaries to conduct overseas purchases.
Many Chinese firms, state-owned and private, also choose to list on the Hong Kong stock exchange in order to access foreign capital. Of the city’s ten biggest firms by market capital, eight are Chinese.
Chinese banks hold more assets in Hong Kong than lenders from any other region, according to Hong Kong Monetary Authority’s data compiled by Natixis, while Chinese firms have tapped Hong Kong’s debt market for 33 percent of their offshore U.S. dollar funding in 2018.
“Hong Kong is very strategic in channeling funds in and out of China. By controlling that [financial] sector, they’re [the Chinese regime] actually controlling the wealth of Hong Kong,” said Law Ka-chung, an economics adjunct professor at the City University of Hong Kong.
The inflow of “red capital,” as mainland Chinese investment is sometimes referred to, has also introduced—directly and indirectly—Chinese state intervention, and a business environment where speaking about subjects that may upset mainland clients is discouraged.
“If you’re doing any business related to China, you couldn’t really act against the Chinese government,” Law said. He himself was recently forced to resign from his position as chief economist of the local unit of the Chinese state-owned Bank of Communications, after speaking to media about the city’s financial outlook amid the ongoing protest movement, in a way that veered from the Hong Kong government’s narrative. Beijing and the Hong Kong government have remained consistent in portraying the protests as damaging to the city’s financial and social stability.
Yellow Versus Blue
A growing number of Hongkongers in the current protest movement—ignited over a now-withdrawn extradition bill that many saw as an impending threat by the Chinese regime to the city’s autonomy—see the dominance of Chinese capital and pro-government corporations in the economy as another reflection of Beijing’s encroachment into their lives.
So they are finding ways to bring the protests into the economic sphere.
One way is by boycotting shops, restaurants, and other establishments deemed to be pro-government or pro-police.
Several online guides identifying “yellow”—or pro-democracy—and “blue”—or pro-government—have sprung up since June. Restaurants and shops around the city have begun posting yellow stickers of approval, akin to a Michelin Guide for those who support the protests.
Plastic Flower, as he’s known online, is the creator of NeoGuide, a color-coded map that indicates which establishments are yellow, blue, or red—meaning those that are Chinese-financed or owned by an individual with close ties to Beijing.
There are now roughly 5,000 pins on the map, each entry showing gathered evidence of the shop’s political leanings. A deeper shade of yellow is assigned to those who show more outright support for the protests, such as by donating supplies and meals to protesters, while a deeper shade of blue is reserved for those who have vocally expressed support for the government, such as in interviews with pro-Beijing local media.
Some netizens have initiated efforts to promote yellow restaurants, wine shops, hair salons, and other establishments that donate part of their profits to organizations that assist protesters.
He first created the tool in June as a publicly viewable Google Map with dropped pins indicating the locations of stores. By July, it had received roughly one million page views.
But one day in July, Google abruptly took down the map. So he created a new website to host it.
A computer programmer by day, Plastic Flower spends about 15 hours a week maintaining the site and creating new features.
NeoGuide now gets roughly 6,000 daily users, or half a million per month.
Information about the stores’ background are typically submitted via a public form, which are then fact-checked by a team of roughly 20 volunteers.
During a time when Hong Kong authorities have continually ignored protesters’ demands despite massive turnouts, “we can use our own cash to vote for someone who can speak our voice,” Plastic Flower said.
He sees this as an effective way to pressure the government, even though it’s unclear whether the authorities will ultimately listen. “The government needs people to spend money…and I have the ultimate freedom to choose,” he said. “We try different ways in the existing system, although it is corrupt…this is a good way to at least try.”
He noticed that yellow shop brands outnumber blue shop ones. But by pure numbers, due to the presence of pro-government restaurant chains, there are more blue shops.
He hopes that eventually pro-democracy shops can form a powerful business council that the government will be forced to negotiate with.
Other netizens have created special campaigns to encourage more people to patronize yellow shops.
YY (a pseudonym) is the organizer of a campaign that offers special discounts to those who visit more than one participating yellow shop within a specified period of time.
She got the idea after seeing a restaurant and bubble tea shop set up a similar offer.
“This way, we can strengthen this yellow economic cycle, while creating the effect of boycotting blue shops,” she wrote in Chinese via an interview on Telegram, an encrypted messaging app that many protesters use to plan demonstrations.
She added that these efforts are meant to counter the Hong Kong government’s narrative that protesters on the streets are ruining Hong Kong’s prosperity and stability.
“This ‘yellow economic cycle’ idea is to tell the government and blue shops, that the economic losses are not due to protests—it is a form of economic sanction due to their political stance,” she said.
YY also hopes the increased consumption at yellow shops will put enough financial pressure on shops that are “politically neutral”—or even some blue shops—to side with the protesters. Eventually, she hopes the economic effect can “counteract the monopoly of conglomerate-style businesses.”
For the campaign, YY contacted stores that previously participated in general strikes initiated by protesters—closing business for a day as a means to pressure the government into fulfilling their demands.
In recent weeks, Hongkongers are switching up tactics. They are establishing new labor unions that support pro-democracy causes, with the goal of organizing more impactful strike action in the future.
Mr. M is one of the organizers. He said the idea took off in November, after a rally for district council candidates held at Victoria Park was abruptly canceled by police before it started. Police fired tear gas and projectiles to disperse protesters who had gathered there.
“A lot of people realized that they don’t even have a chance for a peaceful protest. On online forums, we talked about next steps for the social movement,” he said in a phone interview.
Taking inspiration from Poland’s Solidarity movement and South Korea’s labor movement of the 1980s that mobilized workers and eventually toppled authoritarian governments, M said “the power of the general strike is to paralyze the society so that the government, companies, business capitalists, and different parties…have to respond.”
Especially in Hong Kong, “the whole of the business and political sectors are fused together,” he said.
The city’s largest trade union, for example, the Hong Kong Federation of Trade Unions, is pro-Beijing. The Business and Professionals Alliance for Hong Kong is a pro-business political party that is also pro-Beijing.
Since the handover, the city’s top official, the chief executive, has won the majority of votes from a 1,000-plus member electoral committee that is comprised mostly of pro-Beijing business and political elites.
After M and his team posted about the idea on online forums and Telegram, people from across different industries started contacting M and his team. A Telegram channel promoting such labor union efforts, of which M is an admin, currently has more than 71,000 subscribers.
To register a new trade union, seven people from the same company or industry must form a committee, who then set up rules and membership requirements for the union. After submitting an application, the Registry of Trade Unions within Hong Kong’s Labor Department will determine whether to approve the union. Upon approval, the registry formally announces the union’s creation in a government gazette.
To date, there are 38 sectors in the process of establishing pro-democracy labor unions, according to M. Ten have gotten government approval and has begun recruiting for members.
The largest one is the Union for New Civil Servants, said M, with over 1,500 member applications.
In their mission statements, references to the protests are indirect, making it easier for them to obtain government approval.
The Hong Kong White Collar Connect Union, for administrative and clerical workers, is currently recruiting. Its promotional materials says: “we are fellow travelers”—using a Chinese term that protesters have used to refer to Hongkongers who are on their side—“creating a Hong Kong that belongs to us.”
The HA Employees Alliance, comprised of workers in Hospital Authority, the government-run agency for managing Hong Kong’s public hospitals, states that the agency has “pressured workers and created a climate of white terror,” a term referring to the political pressure and censorship some face for supporting the protests.
M said he hopes that the new unions can address this issue and protect workers from such censorship.
For now, his team is busy planning local recruitment events.
Protesters’ pro-yellow campaigns appear to be gaining traction. Long queues are often seen in front of yellow shops, such as Lung Mun Cafe in Tsim Sha Tsui, which has provided free meals to protesters with financial difficulties.
Meanwhile, Plastic Flower of NeoGuide said some establishments “pretend” to be yellow, in order to gain extra business. But sometimes, an employee would report the owner’s pro-government leanings to NeoGuide, or the business would make comments supporting the government on social media.
In those cases, NeoGuide investigates the claims. If they were indeed “fake” yellow shops, the guide marks them black.
Plastic Flower sees such moves as a positive sign. “We force them to take up a [different] strategy to prevent their losses. We have gathered some power.”
The Wah Yee Tang bakery in the Sai Ying Pun area began making mooncakes and cookies with protest slogans this summer and has since gained a 20 percent increase in business compared to the same period last year, said owner Naomi Suen.
“I’m glad that people now know the importance of small businesses. Usually when people go out, they go to [restaurants] under big corporations. Now they realize that if there’s no public support, small shops will close down.” She hopes Hongkongers can continue to support small businesses like her bakery, even after the protest movement concludes.
Suen believes the movement has brought Hongkongers closer together. “During the Mid-Autumn Festival [when customers ordered her special mooncakes], every client would say, ‘ga you’ [a Cantonese phrase to show encouragement to someone]…We’re cheering for each other.”
Paul Greaney of Epoch Times’ affiliate NTD contributed to this report.


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Low-cost tours in Danang are offered to target the Chinese and
South Korean markets whose tourists make up over half of the international
arrivals to the central coastal city, according to a source working in the
The city government has appointed the municipal Department of Tourism to review
low-cost tours in Danang City to clarify the operations of such tours and
evaluate their impact on the city’s economy.
Representatives of travel firms noted that low-cost tours targeting Chinese and
South Korean tourists mainly benefit from additional fees charged for the tour
and commission gained on any shopping done by the tourists during the tour.
Various low-cost tours have been offered as a solution to attracting more
customers. Domestic travel firms have found it hard to compete with foreign
firms, and some local entities turn to helping foreigners operate tours
Cheap tours, in addition to their advantages, including addressing unemployment
and generating profits for certain enterprises and residents, risk spoiling the
tourism environment in terms of prices and tour quality, among other problems.
Nguyen Ngoc Anh, director of the tourism firm Omega Tours, suggested that many
South Korean tourists are interested in open tours or cheap tours as they pay
little for travel, hotel and restaurant services.
“Korean partners take customers to shops run by South Korean people, so
Vietnamese firms fail to earn anything,” Anh added.


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Logistics leasing task higher 30 in step with cent in 2019 to the touch 33 million sqft, principally pushed via coverage bulletins made via the federal government which boosted e-commerce and retail sectors, CBRE stated.
Business and logistics sector witnessed investments of greater than $200 million in 2019, a find out about performed via CBRE titled ‘India Business and Logistics Marketplace View, H2 2019’ stated.
The federal government objectives to enact a number of structural reforms to support bodily connectivity, CBRE Chairman and CEO India, South East Asia, Center East and Africa Anshuman Mag stated.
“Additional, the implementation of presidency projects such because the Nationwide Logistics Coverage and the nationwide e-commerce coverage in addition to large-scale infrastructure building are anticipated to advertise funding, thereby additional making improvements to the full inventory of warehousing area in India,” Mag added.
He additional stated the basics of the field are strengthening, subsidized via the restoration of home call for, growth of producing sector and structural shift against omnichannel retailing.
The file said that Bengaluru, NCR (Nationwide Capital Area) and Mumbai accounted for roughly 60 in step with cent of the full area soak up all the way through the yr.
Whilst third-party logistics (3PL) companies accounted for roughly part of the leasing task in 2019, an building up from 36 in step with cent in 2018, it was once adopted via e-commerce avid gamers with a percentage of about 18 in step with cent.
At the provide facet, just about 19 million sqft of area was once added in 2019, which is 78 in step with cent upper in comparison to 2018. About 70 in step with cent of this provide was once reported in NCR, Mumbai and Chennai.
“Leasing is predicted to proceed to be pushed via 3PL companies and e-commerce avid gamers, along side retail corporates. Alternatively, 3PL occupiers are anticipated to show extra wary about increasing their footprint because of tightening benefit margins,” the file stated.


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Instead, says an article in the Wall Street Journal, consumers are "more often putting money aside for a rainy day or using it to pay down debt." Yes, you'll be excused for considering whether to press charges against these skinflints for treason against The American Dream, but this is what's happening in our country. Seems buyers feel the improving economy is still fresh enough to have a stink coming off of it, leading purchasers to exercise "persistent caution even when presented with an unexpected windfall," instead of exercising their plastic on spendy discretionary items.
A survey by Visa found that about half the saved money is put in savings, one quarter of it is being used to pay down debt, the last quarter is being applied to small purchases like groceries and fast food. Payment companies like Visa, MasterCard, and Discover say the low gas prices and lack of spending to make up for it have slowed their growth, and analysts say that it could stay that way until consumers sense that low gas prices are here to stay, which could take a few more months of the "party at the pump." But we're not going to fall for that trick again... are we?
Meanwhile, consumers are spending, they're just not spending every extra bit they've got. Deutsche Bank economist Torsten Slok might have the best perspective, saying, "We should be happy that consumers are paying down debt, and we should be happy that consumers are spending."


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The pandemic may have redefined the vacation. For some, what was once a three-day weekend has become a month long stay in a cabin near a National Park.
Airbnb (ABNB), which reported first quarter results on Thursday, has been both a benefactor and a driver of this trend toward longer stays. Even with the vaccine rollout under way, people are still nervous about traveling, especially as many cross-border restrictions remain in tact. To minimize the uncertainty and anxiety surrounding long flights and confined spaces with strangers, local and rural travel have been the big winners.
"Airbnb is no longer just a travel company," Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky told Yahoo Finance Presents. "I mean, 24% of our business is not travel. Most people define travel as 28 days or less. Almost every city defines that as the threshold for them to collect a lot of tourist occupancy taxes."
Twenty-four percent of Airbnb stays are 28 days or more. And 50% of nights booked were from stays of at at least one week. White collar workers going stir crazy in their urban apartments were among those who ditched leases and went on working road trips, finding ways to spend time outdoors while still being on the clock.
"As people are more flexible about where they travel, when they travel, I think that what it really means is that they're less tethered to any one location," he said. "They can work, live, and travel kind of anywhere."
Especially as prospective homebuyers face exorbitant prices and constrained supply, these longer getaways can temporarily scratch the itch of having more space without having to fully abandon a city lifestyle.
This trend, catalyzed by the coronavirus, doesn't look to be reversing course, according to Chesky, just as hybrid workforces and less business travel are a reality.
"It was actually 14% of our nights booked two years ago that were longer 28 days," he said. "It's now 24%. That's a pretty big shift in two years, considering it took us about 11 or 12 years to get to the first 14%."


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Cape Town has been honored with yet one more accolade – TripAdvisor 2011 Travelers Choice Destinations. Renowned travel site TripAdvisor, released the winners of its 2011 Travelers’ Choice® Destinations awards. In its third year of the awards, TripAdvisor has recognized 337 spectacular vacation spots around the world. In addition to the top 25 in the world overall, top 25 lists have been named for the United States, Europe, the Caribbean & Mexico, Central & South America, Asia, India, South Pacific, Canada, Africa, United Kingdom, France, Italy, Germany and Spain.
Travelers’ Choice Destinations awards pay tribute to top travel spots all over the world determined by millions of real and unbiased feedback from TripAdvisor travelers. Award winners were chosen based on a mixture of travelers’ favorite places and overall destination popularity.
“Millions of TripAdvisor travelers around the world have made it easier to determine the world’s top travel spots,” said Barbara Messing, chief marketing officer for TripAdvisor. “The Travelers’ Choice Destinations awards not only acknowledges many of the most cherished holiday destinations all over the world, but also to provide inspiration for millions of travelers seeking to plan their upcoming trip.”
2011 Travelers’ Choice World Destinations:
1. Cape Town, South Africa
2. Sydney, Australia
3. Machu Picchu, Peru
4. Paris, France
5. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
6. New York City, United States
7. Rome, Italy
8. London, United Kingdom
9. Barcelona, Spain
10. Hong Kong, China
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Malaysia is looking to make its progress towards environmental sustainability more transparent. This month it released data and rankings of the environmental efforts made by every state in the country. Here’s why it is publishing this information and the challenges that it’s facing. The Malaysia Environmental Performance Index (MyEPI) is calculated with 33 indicators based on state and national level data.
MALAYSIAN consumers looking for Microsoft’s Lumia smartphones can now also find them at ECS ICT Berhad. The Group’s wholly-owned subsidiary, ECS Astar Sdn Bhd, was appointed by Finland-based Nokia Sales International Oy, a subsidiary of Microsoft Mobile Oy, to distribute Microsoft Lumia smartphones for the Malaysian IT channel and consumer electronics chain stores nationwide. ECS Astar Sdn Bhd will distribute four models at present, namely the Lumia 930 (pic), Lumia 830, Lumia 735 and Lumia 535.
The Newfoundland & Labrador Department of Health and Community Services were not only facing a privacy issue by working with paper faxes – their work processes were also costly and inefficient. The agency, which supports four regional authorities and other mandated health and community service agencies, provides information and services for individuals, families and communities to achieve optimal health and well being.
Malaysia’s ‘Truly Asia’ campaign is well known across the region, and this year the country expects over 29 million people to visit the country. FutureGov has taken a look at the open data on tourist arrivals to Malaysia. The data from the Immigration Department and Tourism Malaysia has important economic implications for the government as well as owners of businesses which thrive on tourism.
A Malaysian company has invested around RM30 million (S$11 million) to build a cloud computing and data centre near Senai Airport in Johor, in the hope of attracting Singapore and southern Johor firms keen to lower their information-technology costs. Puncak Semangat, a company controlled by tycoon Syed Mokhtar Al-Bukhary, said the 465 sq m centre will be ready by next year. Later, it will build an even bigger centre on 16,200 sq m of land at the nearby Senai Hi-Tech Park.
The Malaysian Administrative and Modernisation Planning Unit (MAMPU) has signed up to work with the Ministry of Communications and Multimedia to protect its data against security threats. MAMPU will guide the Ministry in developing policies on how it should identify, assess and deal with cyber attacks on its systems. These policies will be certified under an international security standard (ISO/IEC 27001:2013).
The Iskandar region in Malaysia is teaming up with Toyama City (pictured) in Japan to explore how they can boost their liveability and environmental sustainability. The Iskandar Regional Development Authority (IRDA) and Mayor of Toyama City this week signed a memorandum of understanding. The agreement includes plans to generate hydroelectricity and use technology to improve public transportation in Iskandar.
“The potential of big data analytics is huge, especially from a government standpoint,” says Dr Karl Ng, Director of Innovation Capital at Malaysia’s Multimedia Development Corporation (MDeC), and the lead official on the country’s new big data initiative. FutureGov has exclusively interviewed Dr Ng to discuss how Malaysia plans to create a network of big data analytics labs, and the next steps the nation will take as it looks to become a world leader in the field.
Indigenous communities are dependent on natural resources and can lack the tools needed to assert their right to land. Experts from the World Resources Institute are testing whether participatory mapping can help such communities in Malaysia overcome this issue. “For example, if equipped with GPS [devices] and the know-how to use one, they can record threats and the ensuing degradation through gathering live, place-specific evidence, and communicate these with their government”, according to Celine Lim of Yale University.
Malaysia needs to place all agencies responsible for cyber security under one ministry to better coordinate responses to threats, the Communications and Multimedia Minister said. Currently, the agencies protecting the government systems are under different ministries. “We see some of them like the Communications and Multimedia Commission being under my ministry, while the others such as the cyber security agency [is] under the Science, Technology and Innovation Ministry, while there are also those under other ministries. They should be coordinated,” said Datuk Seri Ahmad Shabery Cheek.
ASTRO Malaysia Holdings Bhd has announced a joint venture with South Korean multimedia retailer GS Home Shopping Inc which has launched Go Shop, a new 24-hour shopping service available on Astro TV (Channel 118), Astro On The Go, as well as web and mobile platforms. Go Shop is Astro’s first foray into e-commerce, the company said in a statement. It follows other big names such as Philips and Celcom which have also formed e-commerce partnerships over the last year.
Malaysia’s Multimedia Development Corporation (MDeC) has announced plans for a Big Data Analytics Digital Government Lab and two partnerships with private sector organisations to help achieve its vision of the country as a regional Big Data hub. The Digital Government Lab will be set up by the Malaysian Administrative Modernisation and Management Planning Unit (MAMPU), and MIMOS, the national ICT research agency.
Chinese ICT products and solutions giant Huawei has appointed Malaysian IT distributor Ingram Micro as the newest authorised distributor of mobile broadband and home devices in Malaysia. Gary Xu, Huawei Technologies Malaysia’s country director (Consumer Business Group), said this New Year partnership follows the opening of several new stores and product announcements during 2014 in Malaysia.
Malaysia is reviewing its internet laws and expects to table the review in Parliament by the end of the year, as it closes up on its deadline to build a digital economy by 2020. The review is intended to improve governance in the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission which regulates the cyber sector. In particular, the review will separate the roles of the Chief Executive from the Chairman so that responsibilities are balanced within the organisation.
Malaysia is seeking help from Japan to use ICT for coping with natural disasters, following floods in December that displaced over 100,000 people. Japan will share technologies in preparing, mitigating and preventing disasters, Datuk Seri Ahmad Shabery Cheek, Minister for Communication and Multimedia, Malaysia has said, according to local press reports.
The Malaysia Airlines website has been attacked and the Lizard Squad, one of the groups that claimed responsibility on Monday, threatened to soon “dump some loot” found on the airline’s servers. The airline said in a statement on its Facebook page that its Domain Name System (DNS) was compromised and as a result users trying to access the URL http://www.malaysiaairlines.com were being redirected to a hacker website.
During our business travels to Kuala Lumpur, we have frequently heard the phrase “let’s build a better Malaysia”. Having developed a great interest and admiration for this country, we were curious about the deeper meaning of the phrase and how it relates to our work on energy issues for IBM. Through discussions with everyday Malaysians in restaurants, taxi cabs, malls, and government agencies we have found three core principles that help define what ‘a better Malaysia’ actually means to her people.
Digi Telecommunications Sdn Bhd has just embarked on a rebranding exercise by introducing a new logo along with a new strategy. According to Albern Murty, chief operating officer of Digi, the company has identified three strategic pillars on which to strengthen its business, namely by providing Internet for all at an affordable price, by being a source of inspiration for its customers and by increasing the efficiency of its operations.
Malaysia has opened up a digital library in Perlis state as part of the government’s digital economy agenda. People will be able to use tablets and choose from around 4300 e-books in English, Bahasa Melayu and Chinese. There will also be e-magazines and e-newspapers. A separate Kids Zone will have content for children. The digital library supports the government’s Digital Malaysia agenda to improve information access and build an ICT-driven economy by 2020.
The Malaysian government is training officials in analytics and data science skills, the Malaysian Administrative and Modernisation Unit (MAMPU) said, as a result of the government’s 2015 focus on Big Data. MAMPU recently signed a memorandum of understanding with the Technical University of Melaka (UTeM), where civil servants will be trained.


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The Salvation Army Food Bank has gone into the publishing business, albeit in a very small, though fresh way.
With the help of Food Banks Canada and a $6,000 grant from Campbell’s, the Food Bank has just finished preparing five small books on how to handle some of the more exotic vegetables that come through their doors.
“Allegra Printing did a really beautiful job and gave us a little bit of colour to make them really stand out. One little book per veggie,” said Barb Stewart, program co-ordinator at the Salvation Army.
The project began when Stewart asked 500 food bank clients about which vegetables they didn’t know what to do with, or weren’t comfortable with preparing and cooking.
What came out of that was a list of veggies that are often found in abundance at the food bank, either from donors’ gardens or their own community garden: squashes, beets, eggplant, kale, parsnips.
These aren’t just cookbooks, according to Stewart. While the books do include a few recipes, their information covers the nutritional content of vegetables and how to select, store, clean and preserve them.
“It’s in keeping with the whole idea of helping people to store a little bit away for the winter, helping people to be able to be mindful of eating for nutrition rather than eating just to satisfy hunger, and to be able to help people use what is here at the food bank,” said Stewart.
“Our food bank is getting a lot more into education over the last three years with the community kitchen and the community gardens.”
The books even include information on how to grow the vegetables, to encourage people to try gardening on their balcony or whatever space they have.
“That is certainly what we are promoting at the community garden site we have going. We engage food bank clients to come work at the community garden site, then the produce comes to the food bank,” said Stewart.
Creating the books was a team effort according to Stewart, starting with a committee gathering feedback from food bank clients.
“That’s where suggestions on including preservation, selection and storage came from,” said Stewart. “And then we put out a call for recipes. We just wanted to keep it all grounded in what we heard from the people that come to the food bank.”
Choosing the recipes to include was also a thorough process, making good use of the Salvation Army’s community kitchen. It was there that they prepared the recipes and cut them up into as many as 150 samples to hand out in the food bank foyer.
“We got feedback on which recipes people like the most from all the food bank clients that came through,” said Stewart. “Those were big days. We did a separate day for each of the foods. It was huge preparing all of these in the community kitchen and cutting up little samples. It was a real team effort.”
Stewart said they hope to find financial sponsorship to continue preparing more of the guide books, furthering their cause of educating people about how to prepare nutritious meals.


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German wheel manufacturer BBS is, once again, confronting bankruptcy. However, it’s likely to come out on the other side intact if its own history is anything to go by. During its quest for global dominance, BBS found itself out of money in 2007. Decades of expansion crippled the company’s finances, but not before it became one of the most recognizable wheel brands on the tarmac. In fact, few vehicles from the the tail end of the 20th century suffer from having a set wrapped in rubber.
What would Subaru even be without its World Rally Blue paint and gold BBS wheels? How many racing video games bother to launch without the brand having its best styles represented in the customization menu? Who dares claim the BBS RS isn’t the most iconic mesh wheel in the history of tuning culture?
Last week, Rueters reported that Wanxiang, a Chinese parts supplier, had won the bankruptcy auction for Fisker Automotive. The bid was valued around $149.2 million. The deal comes to close after a bidding war between Wanxiang and Hybrid LLC — a group who includes Richard Li, a Fisker investor and Hong Kong billionaire. In November, Fisker asked for Hybrid Technology LLC to purchase the bankrupt company for $25 million, but creditors objected the deal in November and brought Wanxiang into the case in December.
Today Delaware, U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Kevin Gross approved of the sale to Wanxiang. He stated that the auction “shows that a fair process is a good thing.”
Electric car startup Coda is the latest in a series of greenm dreams to go down the drain – and it won’t be the last. Coda filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection today, writes Reuters, “after selling just 100 of its all-electric sedans, another example of battery-powered vehicles’ failure to break into the mass market.”
This time on Ur-turn, reader Erikstrawn weighs in on an issue that kept TTAC busy for years: Will GM go bankrupt? After all those years, Forbes woke up to the issue and wrote a long article on same.
While we are at it: Parts of the Forbes article was written with generous help from TTAC. What bedeviled the magazine to quote an article on Volkswagen’s Winterkorn checking a Hyundai at a motor show is anybody’s guess. While Forbes acknowledged TTAC as a source, the magazine did so without adding a link, which is considered both common and professional courtesy in the business. Also, the rather generous “quote” from a TTAC article was more generous than the formatting at Forbes made believe. Letters to Forbes were not returned. Both common and professional courtesy must run short at the magazine.
With that said, now it’s Ur-turn:
There’s a big argument online this last week over whether or not GM is really going bankrupt again, and it seems to have been started by a politically motivated piece on Forbes.com. I’ve been keeping an eye on GM’s situation, and I don’t think GM’s going bankrupt any time soon, but I think they eventually will if they don’t change what they’re doing.
When I met Uwe Gemballa the first time, he looked like he could be the manager of the local strip club down the road: Shoulder long bleach blond hair, a flashy watch, a suit to match the watch, the shirt unbuttoned down to the chest. I then found out that he had brought a Porsche 911, that made upward of 750hp, to a friend of mine, to make it street legal. Gemballa had one of the hottest tuner shops in Germany. His mods to the Porsche Cayenne produced the fastest SUV in the world – at least that’s what Uwe told me. Last I heard from him was some two months ago. He wanted to import Gemballas to China, and could I help him? Then it became quiet. Now I know why.
If you’re familiar with Delphi—a former GM division with the words “bankrupt since October 10, 2005” over the door—then you’ll know that they’re a not-so-hidden cancer on GM cancerous corpse. Even as The General seeks to survive with a federal IV stuck in its metaphorical artery, it continues to peel off just enough cash—now your cash—to keep the parts maker making parts. For vehicles no one’s buying; but that’s how the industry doesn’t roll these days. So, some bad news from the oracle then. First, GM’s told their pals at the SEC (accounting scandal forgotten) that they’re accelerating a $50m payment to Delphi. [NB: Delphi had asked GM for a $100m hurry-up.] Can you say running on fumes? Delphi can. “The Company believes the amendment and accelerated GM support will enable it to preserve available liquidity given the difficult economic environment, particularly in the global automotive industry,” Delphi said in a filing with their pals over at the federal bankruptcy court. Judge Robert Drain, no less. And the cutbacks keep on happening!
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Honda has announced the development of a new passenger front airbag technology that it says is designed to better protect occupants in a wide range of frontal collision scenarios, including angled crashes between vehicles or a vehicle and another object.
Honda plans to begin applying its advanced airbag design to new products in the US in 2020.
Development and testing of the new airbag was led by engineers at Honda R&D Americas in Raymond, Ohio, USA, in partnership with Autoliv, one of the company’s safety systems suppliers.
The new design is based on Honda’s commitment to developing technologies that better protect vehicle occupants in a wide range of crash scenarios.
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We told you recently that Mozilla were already preparing their next version of Firefox, and the trend of quick turnarounds of web browsers looks set to continue with the news that Microsoft has released a preview of IE10.
Dean Wilson of the Inquirer is reporting that this preview has full hardware acceleration as well as multi-column, flexible box and grid layouts, and CSS3 features. Even though Microsoft only recently released IE9, the company will be looking to try and win back users from the likes of Google and Mozilla.
They are only a short time into the development of their next browser, but Microsoft is already looking to developers to aid in the process. Corporate VP of Internet Explorer Dean Hachamovitch has given a preview of some the features of what users can expect with IE10.
There will be gradient backgrounds, which mean standard markup can be used to create backgrounds of gradiating color. Before this required the loading of pre-designed images. One feature which was showcased and impressed was full hardware acceleration.
Microsoft demonstrated this with a HTML5 display of fish swimming in a bowl, when this was compared with Google Chrome, IE10 was much faster. IE9 is arguably Microsoft’s best browser to date, but it has a fight on its hands to claw back users from its competitors.
Do you think Microsoft can challenge the likes of Google with their web browser?
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Former Time correspondent and Worldcrunch founder Jeff Israely is discussing content quality and content quantity. In the economics of news he says the dynamic of working with different journalistic ideals creates value.
Last spring, in a different context, Canadian entrepreneur Ashkan Karbasfrooshan summed up the pursuit of digital value in a way that just kind of stuck in my head: Ultimately, the company that can create the best content at the lowest cost possible will create most value over time.
Karbasfrooshan’s dictum above reminds us that quality exists along a continuum, often (but not always) linked to the cost of achieving it. Quantity, of course, come with its price as well. The imperative is to find new, economical ways to increase both.
A news business, however, is all about making choices, both about which story to do in what way, and which new product to launch in what market — and of course, ever more these days, what must be left undone and unlaunched for lack of time or money.
Business Insider’s Joe Weisenthal recently spent some time on the job with Kevin Reynolds, who runs Bloomberg’s “Speed Desk,” which serves up the latest news flashes from around the world, often whooping the competition. Weisenthal noted the resources that go into churning out such a “mind-blowing” news product — identifying two factors that always play up against cost: speed and accuracy.
That’s a wire model (Weisenthal is himself a one-man news wire), a good starting point to think about the economics of how news is produced and distributed. But to take into account other forms of journalism, I would expand the list to five: speed, accuracy, range, depth, and … grace.
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SK hynix Inc. informed today that its 1anm DDR5 server memory, which uses the 4th Gen 10 nm process technology, has been validated on the Intel 4th Gen Xeon Scalable CPUs that launched a few days ago. This validation is a first for the industry. The DDR5 from SK Hynix uses a EUV, or extreme ultraviolet, lithography process.
SK hynix collaborates with Intel to receive initial validation for 1anm DDR5 DRAM on the 4th Gen Xeon Scalable Processors
Since the new Intel 4th Xeon Scalable CPU is expected to be the next step in the industry due to the expected demand increase for higher-performing memory modules, industry specialists believe that the new memory generation will achieve consumer necessities and will become an industry-standard in a shorter amount of time.
The validation of the 1anm DDR5 compatibility by Intel for its newest processor that supports DDR5 for the first time is monumental. We will seek a fast turnaround in the semiconductor memory industry by actively responding to the growing server market through DDR5, which is already in mass production.
— SK hynix
Additionally, SK hynix and Intel have published a white paper covering DDR5 memory, showcasing the technology's qualities and the documented performance of the 1anm DDR5.
The company is in close cooperation with a number of customers for wider adoption of DDR5 following the launch of the 4th Gen Intel Xeon Scalable processor and will strengthen its leadership in the ever-growing server market.
— Sungsoo Ryu, Head of DRAM Product Planning, SK hynix
SK hynix's DDR5 reduces carbon emissions with its individual wattage performance. The new DDR5 limits power consumption by twenty percent when compared to its predecessor, the DDR4, and offers a peak boost performance of seventy percent.
Dr. Dimitrios Ziakas, VP of Memory & I/O Technologies at Intel Corporation, states, "Intel has been working diligently with SK hynix, JEDEC, and the industry to bring DDR5 to life from initial inception to the scalable, reliable memory subsystem at the heart of our latest processor technology. The 4th Gen Intel Xeon Scalable processor takes advantage of DDR5 enhanced memory features to deliver the bandwidth, performance, and scaling capacity our data center customers need across a vast array of workloads and applications."
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Multiple markets at Safa Park
- Posted by Nadia Eldemerdash, Web Producer
- Published 16:20 January 22, 2013
- The Cultural Night Market attracted 6,000 people last year.
If you’re a proactive type who’s already exhausted their DSF opportunities and are wondering what to do next, fear not!
The Cultural Night Market is back in Dubai for it’s second year with plenty to see and do.
The event will feature performances including a folkloric act by Argentinian group Mapu and a Capoeira show straight from Brazil. There will be plenty of local fare too, with Dubai-based hip-hop band Desert Heat performing, as well as poetry, piano and comedy performances from young Dubai-ites.
If you’re in a shopping mood, the arts and crafts market has you covered with everything from jewelry and paintings to vintage clothes and beauty products, mimicking European markets, according to Lorena Serrano, one of the event’s organizers. And many of the products are handmade too, so you’ll be sure to get something unique.
The market, which runs from 2 p.m. to 10 p.m. on January 25 and 26 at Safa Park, has a Dh15 cover charge for anyone over 10 years old.