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Officials expect production at company’s first European factory to start this year despite setbacks.
BERLIN — Tesla is increasing the training of skilled workers for its new European factory after it was reported that the electric-car maker is struggling to find employees.
The company plans to train around 150 apprentices in approximately 10 industrial and technical professions to work in its factory under construction near Berlin, according to the East Brandenburg Chamber of Industry and Commerce (IHK).
In an email to Automotive News Europe, the IHK confirmed that Tesla will offer 10 apprenticeships this year. Six are for warehouse logistics and four to train as IT experts, specializing in systems integration. The training program set to begin as early as this year, according to the IHK.
German regulations require companies to submit training contracts to the IHK for checks on matters such as trainers’ qualifications, suitable workplaces, vacation entitlement and remuneration.
Despite delays and the lack of final approvals guaranteeing the factory’s opening, Brandenburg’s Minister of Economic Affairs Joerg Steinbach said he expects production to start this year.
“I have hopes that the first car to roll off the production line will have the year of birth 2021,” Steinbach told the Handelsblatt newspaper on Monday.
Tesla is finding the task of recruiting workers for the factory more difficult than expected, Automobilwoche, a German language sister publication of Automotive News Europe reported in December. Negative media reports about “rude manners” and Tesla’s “hire-and-fire” system could be putting off potential candidates, people familiar with Tesla’s recruitment efforts toldAutomobilwoche.
In June, Tobias Marmann, recruitment lead for the Berlin plant, posted two training openings as well as a dual bachelor’s degree for logistics, where applicants in the four-year program would learn about tasks related to the organization and management of material flow.
The training position for an IT system integration specialist is up on Tesla’s jobs page, with a start date of September 2021. Another training position for a warehouse logistics specialist is also posted on Tesla’s website, beginning in September and running for three years.
Tesla’s careers page also lists four training positions in various fields in the German cities Hamburg, Stuttgart, and Nuremberg.
The German factory has run into opposition from environmental activists.
At the end of June, the Gruene Liga and NABU nature conservation associations lost their bid to file an emergency injunction that would have prevented important factory tests from being carried out by the automaker.
Tesla CEO Elon Musk has previously criticized the complex regulation and red tape tangling up the opening of the plant.
The Berliner Zeitung said Tesla’s factory is having a positive effect on the city of Frankfurt an der Oder, which is 60 km (37 miles) east of Gruenheide.
Mayor Rene Wilke said there has been a “considerable” increase in interest in residential development and commercial space and is becoming more interesting for investors. “The spotlight is more focused on the region,” he said, calling Tesla an “image push.”


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The Food Safety Authority of Ireland (FSAI ) are reminding caterers and restaurants of the dangers of not cooking minced beef burgers thoroughly to remove harmful bacteria.
In Ireland, three percent of raw minced beef is known to be contaminated with a particular harmful type of E. coli that can cause kidney failure. Children under five years of age and the elderly are particularly vulnerable to this type of E. coli.
The FSAI states that the safety of minced beef burgers is dependent on sufficient cooking to ensure the destruction of harmful pathogens. It recommends that minced beef burgers are cooked to a minimum core (the thickest part of the burger ) temperature of 75°C before serving.
For those food businesses wishing to offer minced beef burgers prepared at lower temperatures, longer cooking times are required. The temperature and time combinations equivalent to 75°C have been recommended by the FSAI’s scientific committee.
According to Dr Pamela Byrne, CEO, FSAI during the summer months, minced beef burgers are a highly popular go-to food for many people however, food safety should never be compromised for speed or to cater for trends in consumer taste.
“There should be no compromise on food safety. We have had people become ill due to a serious food poisoning outbreak associated with undercooked beef burgers in a catering establishment.
Food service businesses must have a food safety management system in place which identifies the hazards and outlines the critical control points to ensure food safety. Given the serious health risks associated with consuming undercooked minced beef burgers, this advice should not be taken lightly,” said Dr Byrne.
The FSAI also states that caterers should not serve, offer or advertise undercooked or ‘pink’ minced beef burgers.
The FSAI understands that customers may request undercooked or rare minced meat burgers, but this does not exempt a food business’s duty to sell safe food or protect it from potential prosecution.
“Disclaimers on the menu advising on the dangers of eating undercooked minced beef burgers do not exempt caterers from their obligations under food law to serve only safe food,” Dr. Byrne concludes.

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PANAMA CITY, Fla. (WJHG/WECP) - Some locals spent their Friday and Saturday wining and dining in downtown Panama City.
Saturday marked the final day of the "One Harrison Food + Wine Festival" at the Panama City Marina.
The sold-out event featured food and wine tastings, craft vendors, live music, and even an oyster-shucking presentation.
This was the two-day festival's first year and visitors said they hope to see it make a comeback next year.
One vendor said showcasing his artwork at the festival provided a different experience from other display opportunities.
"I think it's different because a lot of places I go to, is like, if I go just to an art show, people are there just to look at art, but coming to one here, people are kinda relaxed, wine relaxes them," Ricky Steele, an artist, said.
Zena Le and Colleen Duffy, festival guests, said they enjoyed being by the water and enjoying what Panama City has to offer.
"It's a win-win for everybody," Le said.


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The Skanner Information – Rihanna Listed by Forbes as World’s Youngest Self-Made Billionaire
In 2021, Rihanna achieved billionaire standing.
In 2022, Forbes acknowledged that the Barbadian magnificence now counts because the youngest self-made billionaire in America.
The 34-year-old, who lately gave start to her first youngster, ranked twenty first general within the newest Forbes listing of billionaires.
The singer and entrepreneur, whose Fenty Magnificence line counts among the many hottest on this planet, is the one billionaire beneath 40 on Forbes’ listing.
Earlier this yr, stories famous that Rihanna’s Savage X Fenty lingerie deliberate an preliminary public providing valued at about $3 billion. The megastar owns 30 % of Savage X Fenty and 50 % of Fenty Magnificence, reportedly producing $550 million in income in 2020.
The nine-time Grammy Award winner has said that she intends to extend her philanthropic efforts across the globe. “My cash just isn’t for me; it’s all the time the thought that I might help another person,” she informed the New York Occasions in 2021.
“The world can actually make you imagine that the incorrect issues are precedence, and it makes you actually miss the core of life, what it means to be alive.”
In 2021, Forbes estimated Rihanna’s web value at $1.7 billion, trailing solely Oprah Winfrey because the world’s richest entertainer. “Numerous girls felt there have been no strains on the market that catered to their pores and skin tone. It was mild, medium, medium-dark, darkish,” Shannon Coyne, co-founder of shopper merchandise consultancy Bluestock Advisors, informed Forbes about Rihanna’s profitable magnificence merchandise. “Everyone knows that’s not actuality. She was one of many first manufacturers that got here out and stated, ‘I wish to converse to all of these completely different folks.’”
Born Robyn Rihanna Fenty on February 20, 1988, in Saint Michael, Barbados, the tantalizing starlet delivered hit after hit with songs like “Umbrella,” “Impolite Boy,” and “Diamonds.”
With over 100 million social media followers, Rihanna’s followers have pleaded with their idol to ship new music. However along with her Fenty and Savage X Fenty enterprise white-hot, Rihanna seems to have settled in as an entrepreneur and enterprise magnate. Reducing offers with Puma in 2014, Dior in 2016, Fenty Magnificence in 2017, Savage X Fenty in 2018, and Fenty Pores and skin in 2020, Rihanna stored her enterprise targeted.
Forbes author Madeline Berg described Rihanna’s rise this fashion: “When Robyn Fenty, identified to the world as Rihanna, launched Fenty Magnificence in 2017, she sought to create a cosmetics firm that made “girls in every single place (really feel) included.” A maybe unintended consequence: The wonder line has helped her enter one of many world’s most unique ranks: Billionaire.” Berge concluded by offering commentary from Coyne, the guide. “She is making a model outdoors of herself. It’s not nearly Rihanna. Even in case you don’t like her music, she’s created an actual model within the vogue and sweetness house.”


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Epic VP Mark Rein has stepped in to defend Epic's relationship with Microsoft, following comments by games industry analyst/troll Michael Pachter that Epic regrets its exclusivity deals with the software giant for Gears of War.
“I think the Epic guys can’t wait until they can start doing multiplatform games,” Pachter said, citing that it no longer makes sense for publishers to release on a single platform.Rein comments on VG247's comments area that:
“I think that Microsoft has a contract to make sure that they get that sequel, but I think Epic regrets signing that contract,’ he added. “You’re up to 11 million PS3 in the US and probably a similar number in Europe, and you’ve got a 20 million addressable market with a game like Gears of War.
“I mean, that thing would easily sell 3 or 4 million on the PS3 and that’s a lot of profit.”
Michael is wrong. We have a great relationship with Microsoft and we have no regrets.And with over 5 million copies of Gears of War 2 sold and a movie on the way, Epic is certainly in no position to complain.


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NEW YORK Greystripe, which distributes and acts as an ad server for mobile games via its GameJump portal, has inked a partnership with Asian mobile community network myGamma.
The alliance combines myGamma's 1.5 million members with the San Francisco startup's 5 million gamers to create a global user base that brings Greystripe closer to its goal of building critical mass.
Such syndication gives advertisers the ability to target specific consumer demographics. MyGamma, which is owned by Singapore-based BuzzCity, targets mainly 18-34-year-old early adopters, the same demographic as GameJump's.
The deal also facilitates the viral distribution of marketing messages.
"Games right now on phones are very individual and insular," said Will Hodgman, CEO of mobile communications tracking firm M:Metrics.
Companies like Greystripe are aiming to change all that, and its point of differentiation stems from combining an ad network piece with a dedicated free mobile game distribution platform.
Greystripe's basic proposition is simple: Eliminating fees will boost the popularity of mobile games.
One clue, said CEO Michael Chang, is that only 15 percent of U.S. subscribers whose handsets support multimedia are willing to pay for games priced at $2-12, yet Greystripe reports downloads in the 40-50 percent range.
Chang is betting the business model will start to draw big advertisers in 2007 and make inroads into the $3 billion-a-year mobile gaming market. (The ad-supported mobile game market should reach $10.5 billion by 2009, according to The Yankee Group.)
An expanding universe of free games, the proliferation of compatible handsets and a growing consumer base will in turn increase the number of advertisers supporting free games, Chang said.
The company can expect heightened competition soon, with Google and Yahoo reportedly eyeing the sector and recent entrants like mobile in-content ad server Amobee Media Systems muscling in.
According to internal reports, GameJump's 350 games from 40 publishers fielded 1.4 million downloads during the last four months of 2006. Its adjunct ad serving platform supports 1,000 or so multimedia-friendly handsets on the global market, and distribution deals have brought the service to more than 100 countries.
As of November, 96 million U.S. subscribers had mobile devices with photo and video capabilities, up 70 percent from December 2005, per M:Metrics. Mobile multimedia content sharing doubled during that span.
Free mobile gaming among viral networks has "huge potential," according to Cindy Mesaros, marketing vp at mobile content provider Moderati. The company's Modtones brand began advertising on GameJump before its August launch to test click-through rates to the ringtone provider's site. It has since seen rates of 10 percent, Mesaros said.
Another Greystripe advertiser, Zagat Survey, has recorded less than half these click-through rates, about 4 percent. However, Dan Entin, the destination guide company's product manager for Internet and wireless platforms, partly attributes this to Zagat's older demographic.
Still, the 4 percent range is "an order of a magnitude greater" than Zagat has been getting on the Internet, said Entin, where 0.2 percent is the industry standard for banners. (WAP banners average click-through rates of between 2-3 percent, according to ABI Research.)
Zagat is running two ads, including one for its Zagat to Go mobile search application. For now, it is foregoing Greystripe's targeting capabilities, preferring instead to exploit the full game network until the user base significantly expands.
Mesaros observed that most mobile game play typically occurs when users have "five minutes to kill." Given that they're used to getting games gratis on the Web, "people can't justify paying" for them on the go, so they accept commercials as part of the bargain, she noted.
GameJump runs two five-second ads before and after each game session, though it says it will expand into in-game ads in upcoming months.
The ads fill the screen and require some form of action: click-to-call or click-to-mobile site, for example. This in an approach that Craig Daitch, director of interactive strategy at Omnicom Group's PHD, described as the "purely visual" nature of most mobile game advertising.
"One glaring issue in the mobile gaming space is that it's really more on an impression level," he lamented.
Yet, he doubted Greystripe's pre- and post-rolls are as effective as weaving product placements within mobile games, a multi-million dollar segment of the console game business. "Experiential interactivity within the games themselves—actually incorporating a brand's products—that's where I hope it goes," said Daitch.
The pre- and post-roll formula also finds a critic in Amobee svp, gm Roger Wood. He claims the practice, "predetermines the format of the inventory and its placement" in a way that may not maximize the advertising potential of mobile games. Amobee favors consulting with the publisher and carrier to decide what ads will look like, explained Wood.
For Entin, the problem isn't placement, but mobile media's inability "to track what happens after somebody clicks on an ad," as advertisers have come to expect online. The shortcoming is industry-wide.
Until mobile architects iron out such kinks, they'll have to wait before mobile content, including games, will attract significant spending from top tier advertisers, said Wood.


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China’s LED chip makers have seen a large decrease in government subsidies
this year, according to an article by Peoples
Daily. Numerous companies have relied on the subsidies to offer lower
prices. The market is currently facing overcapacity.
Companies such as Sanan Optoelectronics which produces LED die and can offer
it at very low prices will be hardest hit. Other companies such as Elec-Tech
which produces LED production equipment will also suffer from the reduced
Peoples Daily cited 21cbh.cn, which said that Sanan Optoelectronics received
government subsidies totaling 328 million yuan ($53.3 million) in 2012, 805
million yuan in 2011 and 2.53 million yuan in 2010. These subsidy amounts
reportedly accounted for 40.5 percent, 85 percent and 60.4 percent of its net
profits respectively during these years.
According to People’s Daily, Elec-Tech would likely have suffered
losses in 2010 and 2012 if it weren’t for subsidies.
One result of the reduced subsidies is that the pace of LED price drops is
expected to slow down. Taiwan-based LED chip makers noted that prices for LEDs
have fallen about 35 percent in the last two years, according to Digitimes.
Sanan, a leader in China’s LED industry, has reportedly chosen to be less
aggressive in its price cuts, likely because of the reduced subsidies.
Digitimes noted that with prices stabilizing, TV backlighting
demand returning and the lighting market growing, Taiwan-based firms are likely
to see strong performance in the second and third quarter of 2013.


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After struggling for years with Apple TV and promising Apple fans their own TV subscription service,
it has become a reality. Apple tells us that the new service will debut in June and offer around 25 channels, the price will also be a little steeper than most of its competition at around $30 per month.
Per a report by the Wall Street Journal, Apple plans to debut the service at the Worldwide Developers Conference and then release it to the market in September.
We are also told that Apple has some big network partners such as ABC, FOX and CBS lined up as partners. Due to a recent issue between Apple and Comcast I doubt that we will see NBC anywhere on the lineup.
“Apple and Comcast were in talks as recently as last year about working together on a streaming television platform that would combine Apple’s expertise in user interfaces with Comcast’s strength in broadband delivery,” notes the Journal. “Apple came to believe that Comcast was stringing it along while the cable giant focused on its own X1 Web-enabled set-top box, the people said.”
The rumors of Apple TV streaming have been circulating so long that I’m not normally inclined to believe them, but there are a few things pointing to this finally becoming a possibility. Apple and HBO recently partnered to offer HBO Now, which is the first time HBO has ever separated itself from a cable bundle package and the Apple TV has recently been discounted, which indicates either a new model is forthcoming or they are trying to get people to buy more so they have a ready-made audience.


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Cleveland ad agency Brokaw said it has hired Renee Alexander as its digital + social media director. Brokaw said Alexander formerly was director of paid, owned, and earned media at Rosetta, a part of the giant Publicis agency. At Brokaw, Alexander will lead all digital and social media planning. "Renee has an impressive track record of helping Fortune 100 brands drive online excitement, and more importantly, action," says co-CEO Gregg Brokaw. "She will play a huge role in leading our interactive team, as well as our growing national client base, as we continue to build the agency of the future."
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Pokemon Unite will be unplayable for a whopping ten hours this Wednesday, as the game is prepared for the long-awaited mobile launch. Considering both versions will feature cross-play and cross-progression, the Switch release will have to go offline while the mobile port is prepared.
The maintenance will take place between 2:00 PM to 12:00 AM PT. When everything is back online, the mobile version of the game should be ready to go too, further expanding the playerbase.
It's unsurprising that the game will have to go offline for so long in preparation for the mobile launch. In its first couple of months on Switch, the game has been hit with bugs, balancing issues, and trolls. Many will be hoping that these can be ironed out before even more players come on board. The team has not gone into any specifics on what will be changed, but says that there will be "adjustments".
Even before it goes live on mobile, we can already tell that Pokemon Unite is likely to be successful on the platform. The game recently hit five million pre-registrations on mobile, on top of nine million downloads on Switch. To mark the milestone, players are going to receive gifts of Aeos Tickets and Holowear, which will be available until the end of the month.


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STADA CEO: We plan to expand our Biopharma product line
The German pharmaceutical company STADA, after the acquisition of the pharmaceutical business for prescription and over-the-counter products of Biopharma, the manufacturer of blood-derived products, plans to focus on expanding its product line, STADA CEO Peter Goldschmidt has said at a news conference.
"Our goal is to give more high quality products to Ukraine. We plan to expand the product line, create additional jobs and in the next two or three years invest about EUR5 million in production capacities," he said.
According to him, after the purchase of the Biopharma business, STADA intends to become one of the main players in the pharmaceutical markets of Central and Eastern Europe.
"Our strategy is aimed at Europe. From a strategic point of view, the Ukrainian pharmaceutical market is very dynamic, and it makes sense to invest in Ukraine," he said.
He also added that in the future STADA plans to participate and support the state program of reimbursement of the cost of medicines, but first of all it is necessary to analyze the line of drugs.
Managing Partner of Biopharma Kostiantyn Yefymenko, in turn, noted that the arrival of STADA in the pharmaceutical market of Ukraine "will raise the standards of the entire market."
As reported, STADA buys the pharmaceutical business of prescription and over-the-counter drugs of Biopharma. The agreement provides for the acquisition of production facilities in Bila Tserkva (Kyiv region).


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Nokia has geared up to launch two new Android smartphones — Nokia 3 and Nokia 5 — at the upcoming MWC event in Barcelona. The company has a press event to be held on Feb 26 where it will take wraps off the whole new line of Android smartphones. What’s even more exciting is that the company will also come up with an international variant Nokia 6. Thankfully, we can now expect the Nokia 6 to land in India soon. To recall, the Nokia 6 with 4GB RAM and Android 7.0 Nougat operating system launched in China last month.
In other news, the Nokia 3 a.k.a Nokia E1’s [leaked] specifications have made it to a website called Nokiapoweruser. If the report appeared on the website is to believe, Nokia 3 comes with either a 5.2-inch or 5.3-inch display featuring 1280 x 720 pixels HD resolution. The device is powered by a quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 425 chip clocked at 1.4GHz and paired with Adreno 308 GPU for graphics. It packs a 2GB RAM and 16GB built-in memory. We are not aware of its storage expandability just yet, though.
The Nokia 3 houses a 13MP primary rear-facing camera as well as a 5MP secondary camera up front for selfies and video calling. As far as the pricing is concerned, the Nokia 3 is said to cost €149 that converts roughly at Rs 10,600. It is expected to go on sale in internationally somewhere between March and April. The Nokia 5, on the other hand, is said to feature a 5.2-inch HD screen and 12MP camera. Powering it would be Snapdragon 430 processor and 2GB RAM. It will reportedly cost €199 (approximately Rs 14,150).


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“We were amazingly wrong about how the individual businesses did,” he said Thursday during a keynote talk at CES in Las Vegas. “We underestimated the upside of the theme park business. We were much more pessimistic about the broadcast business. We value it at almost zero.”
But looking forward the next five years, Burke is placing his bet on digital. The company recently made large investments into digital publishers BuzzFeed and Vox Media, and this week officially launched comedy-focused subscription streaming service Seeso.
“We need to start getting better at distributing our product on the Internet, getting better at creating new Internet businesses,” he said after noting that the biggest challenge facing companies like NBCU today is the “increasing impact of the Internet on our businesses.”
Some of NBCU’s digital efforts will become apparent at the Olympics in Rio de Janeiro this summer. Typically NBC will profile a handful of top American Olympians with highly-produced video packages and interviews. This year, in addition to those features, BuzzFeed will send a team of a dozen or so people to interview additional athletes. “I think it’s good for us,” Burke explained. “Not only will that generate viewership and ad revenue, it will get Millennials thinking about the Olympics in a way that they otherwise might not be.”
He elaborated: “One of the reasons we invested in Vox and BuzzFeed was to learn from them.”
Of course, Burke is still focused on the company’s broadcast and cable businesses. During the course of his 30-minute talk with MediaLink CEO Michael Kassan, he touted NBC’s Sunday Night Football and such programming as The Voice.
“If you’re a marketer, it’s unthinkable when you’re making a big product announcement that you don’t use TV,” said Burke. “The idea that digital is going to supplant or destroy the TV business, I don’t buy. TV advertising will growing for many, many years. We have Sunday Night Football. I think people are going to advertise on Sunday Night Football for many years.”
NBCU is coming off a strong third quarter — its second-most-profitable quarter ever, according to the studio. The company’s film unit got a boost over the summer from Jurassic World and Minions. NBCU will report fourth-quarter earnings as part of Comcast’s earnings on Feb. 3.
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Bridal shop boss Stephanie Bain stretched her imagination -- to make a wedding dress out of 10,000 Loom Bands.
It took nimble-fingered Stephanie, 27, who owns the Bridal Boutique in Peterculter, just a day to create the unique piece.
She appealed to friends and customers to bring in their loom bands for the dress, which now takes pride of place in her shop window.
Stephanie said: “So many of my customers bring in their children while they browse the shop, so I thought I’d give them something to do while they were here and asked them to start making chains of loom bands.
“Parents have been really happy because it has got the loom bands out of the house and kept kids happy through the holidays.”
After collecting for three weeks Stephanie began the mammoth task of creating the size six bridal dress.
She said: “It could be quite frustrating putting it together because it kept slipping and I had to start again.
“But after about 20 attempts and many structural changes it was finally finished and it was all worthwhile in the end.
“I’m not sure if it is ‘wearable’ for a human but it fits the mannequin well - then again the mannequin doesn’t move around much.
“It’s been great, it’s been like a tourist attraction. We’ve had people from as far away as Peterhead, Fraserburgh and Montrose coming to see it and getting pictures with it.
“It really was just for the window as a display but various people have left comments on our Facebook page saying they would wear it as a wedding dress.”
Stephanie was keen to thank dozens of children who donated their loom bands to make the dress.
A dress made out of more than 20,000 loom bands went for $170,000 on Ebay earlier this year but the sale fell through after the winning bidder said she could not afford it.


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New Xiaomi Mi Max version with 2GB RAM and 16GB storage is out in China for $179
The Mi Max is Xiaomi's biggest phone to date, coming with a positively huge 6.44-inch touchscreen. It was made official in May and so far you could find it in China starting at CNY 1,499 ($224 or €202 at the current exchange rates). That amount of cash would net you the model with the Snapdragon 650 chipset, 3GB of RAM, and 32GB of built-in storage.
But now there's an even more affordable version of the Mi Max to pick from if you're in China. This one has been leaked last month, and it comes with 2GB of RAM and 16GB of storage, and wasn't actually announced by Xiaomi at the Mi Max unveiling event. It's currently going for just CNY 1,199, which means $179 or €161, thus being incredibly affordable even for the Chinese market.
Of course you need to be able to live with the lower RAM and storage amount, as well as the Snapdragon 650 (the top of the line Mi Max has the 652 instead). But if you can do that, it's a great buy if you like your phones as big as possible. Hopefully this iteration of the Mi Max will soon be made available in all the other markets where the phablet is available, including India where it launched just a few days ago.
m4 aqua's 8gb is rom, not ram.
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I am still waiting for MiMax 2GB, 16 GB, variant.
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It is good that Xiaomi has launched a cheaper version for people who are okay with these specs. But if you look at statistics, you can see oppo, vivo and Huawei are gaining popularity even Xiaomi is best balance and value and other brands are pricier...
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Disney Cruise Line continues to move full steam ahead with families in mind. The company has announced new activities — including “Star Wars” Day at Sea and A Day of Frozen Fun — and new itineraries, some of which will depart from New York City for the first time in several years.
In May 2015, Disney Cruise Line announced limited itineraries for Miami, New York City and Galveston, Texas. The Disney Magic will depart New York for Canada (Nova Scotia and New Brunswick) and the Bahamas, with a stop in Disney World (with park admission included in rates); sailings will last up to seven nights. From Miami, Disney Magic will head to the Western and Eastern Caribbean on four-, five-, six- and seven-night sailings. The Disney Wonder will depart Galveston for the Bahamas, Caribbean and parts of Mexico on four- or seven-night sailings.
Star Wars Day at Sea
“Star Wars” Day at Sea, available on the Disney Fantasy, will feature meet-and-greet experiences with characters, themed activities, special food and drinks, exclusive merchandise and best of all, deck party celebrations! “Star Wars” Day at Sea will take place on the following sailings to the Western Caribbean in 2016: January 9, January 23, February 6, February 20, March 5, March 19, April 2 and April 16.
A Day of Frozen Fun
In 2015, Anna and Elsa are boarding select sailings on the Disney Magic and Disney Wonder. They’re joining families for A Day of Frozen Fun, which includes “Freezing the Night Away with Anna, Elsa and Friends,” a new deck party. Anna and Elsa are also performing in the ships’ production of “Disney Dreams… An Enchanted Classic,” with performances of — you guessed it — “Let It Go,” along with “In Summer” and “For the First Time in Forever.” Families also have a chance to meet Anna and Elsa, and on Castaway Cay, they can chill out with a refreshing drink at Summertime Freeze, inspired by everyone’s favorite snowman, Olaf.
Port Adventures in Norway
On Disney Magic sailings to Oslo, Norway, families have a chance to visit a recreated, historic village — exclusive to guests of Disney Cruise Line. Highlights include local music, old-fashioned games and food specialties like svele, a sweet pancake. Of course, Anna and Elsa join in on the fun, too.
Tangled: The Musical
In the film’s first adaptation for the stage, “Tangled: The Musical” will debut on the Disney Magic in November 2015. Academy Award-winning composer Alan Menken and Grammy Award-winning lyricist Glenn Slater have created three new songs for the show.
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Fresh off the back of that epic reveal of Black Panther: Wakanda Forever at San Diego Comic-Con, a new report suggests that a Black Panther game is in the works at EA. That’s according to industry insider Jeff Grubb on his daily news show Game Mess Mornings.
Marvel dropped its reveal trailer for Black Panther: Wakanda Forever yesterday during a marathon reveal session at San Diego Comic-Con. It seems to have ignited the internet, racking up 35 million views on Twitter alone at the time of writing. Check it out right here if you haven’t already had a chance to.
Now, with Black Panther hype in full effect, talk is turning to the possibility of a new game based upon one of Marvel’s most iconic and beloved heroes.
Industry insider Grubb discussed the game during today’s news podcast, in which he explained that the Black Panther game is in the early stages of development by a new studio based in Seattle and headed up by Kevin Stephens, the former studio head of Monolith Productions. Described by Grubb as an open-world, single-player game, the context of the new adventure will see players taking up the mantle of the iconic Black Panther themselves, after the death of the previous Black Panther. Grubb also mentioned that the game would be published by EA and codenamed Project Rainier, however, this is as yet unconfirmed in any official capacity.
Whether or not this report proves to be accurate remains to be seen, however, there’s no doubt that a single-player game based within the Marvel Universe, or Marvel Cinematic Universe, would be a huge hit. Exploration of an open-world Wakanda? Sign me up. We’ll just have to wait and see whether this transpires into an actual game, but in the meantime, we’ll be able to enjoy plenty of Black Panther action with the release of Black Panther: Wakanda Forever in November.


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Conan Exiles Sold More Than 1 Million During Early Access!
Funcom’s Conan Exiles sold a huge amount of copies while it was in its Early Access stage. To be exact that is more than 1 million copies and the game was just in that phase for about 15 months.
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These huge figures include the Early Access sales for PC and Game Preview sales for Xbox Box One as well as pre-orders that were made.
The game launched yesterday, May 8th for PC, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One and along with the launch is a major launch update that doubled the game’s size as well as added some new features and mechanics. The launch update brought about a volcano and also some swamp biomes. The Purge mechanic had been introduced as well, this new mechanic makes sure that the bloodthirsty monsters are out to get you at all times.
We can expect to see more of Conan Exiles in the future! Funcom CEO Rui Casais said, “Conan Exiles is already one of the most successful titles in Funcom’s 25-year history” he added that “This has been a great experience for us. When I look at the incredible journey the game has gone through in just 15 months, I feel confident that we’ve been successful in what we set out to do. I’m very proud of the amazing work everyone on the team has done.”
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A new Conan EExiles update found in their website and it includes a lot of stuff as well as armor changes.


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TOKYO — Opening Ceremony has relocated its flagship here to a smaller space on the city’s trendy Cat Street in the Omotesando district.
A cluster of mannequins sporting eyeballs for heads greet shoppers at the entrance to the 13,000-square-foot store, which covers four levels. It stocks a host of labels such as Acne, Proenza Schouler, Rodarte, Carven, Alexander Wang and Sophie Hulme and up-and-coming Asian brands like Japan’s G.V.G.V. and South Korea’s Fleamadonna. The store also carries a bevy of exclusive merchandise, including a line of lingerie designed by model and actress Kiko Mizuhara, Yoko Ono’s provocative men’s collection and a special range of colorful Adidas apparel and sneakers.
Chloë Sevigny will join Opening Ceremony cofounders Humberto Leon and Carol Lim for an inaugural party Friday night, at which customers can place orders for her fall collection exclusive to the retailer. The store opens to the public on Saturday.
“We’re super excited to have this be our new home,” Leon said during a tour of the store. “This is actually one of our favorite streets to shop on.”
In 2009, Leon and Lim opened a massive seven-story flagship in an annex of the Seibu department store in Shibuya in partnership with Onward Holdings Co. Ltd. The inaugural bash attracted a long list of bold-faced names such as Kirsten Dunst, Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen, Jason Schwartzman and Erin Wasson.
Leon said the Shibuya store had been performing “phenomenally” — he declined to give sales figures — but ultimately the duo wanted to have their own freestanding structure with the flexibility to host events and have total control over their own space. The new store is about half the size of the selling space of the previous location, which had a somewhat daunting layout featuring escalators between every floor.
“The main thing that [pleased] us about moving here was that we had a freestanding space. That we weren’t attached to a big complex…we like to act on a whim and do things spontaneously,” Leon said.
The new store’s design has an open, airy feel with a glass facade and exposed ceiling beams typical of other stores in the neighborhood. Roy Lichtenstein-inspired stripes and polka dots cover some of the flooring, including the stairwells. Quirky display cases shaped like animals were brought over from the old store in Shibuya to furnish a zoologically themed floor.
“The animal fixtures we feel are very signature [to] us, so we wanted to keep them here. They’re all kind of roaming together,” Leon said.
An area of the store housing a large section dedicated to Alexander Wang features metallic displays and accents. Toga, housed nearby, is just one of the many designers offering up special merchandise for the retailer.
“At least half of the brands we feature have either exclusive product and/or in some of the bigger cases capsule collections for us,” said Lim.
The store’s ground floor has an ample space dedicated to Kenzo, which is only logical as Leon and Lim act as creative directors for the brand.
Opening Ceremony has two smaller outposts in Japan in the Lumine shopping complex in Tokyo’s Shinjuku district. Leon said he and Lim are working with Onward to find locations in other Japanese cities for stores.
@kering_official is spinning off its stake in puma in an effort to focus on its luxury brands, the brand operator announced yesterday. “We are proud to have supported the turnaround of Puma, which now has unrivaled capabilities to take full advantage of the specific dynamics of its global markets and is poised to achieve substantial growth,” said François-Henri Pinault, Kering’s chief executive officer and chairman. Artémis will become a “long-term strategic shareholder” of Puma with a 29 percent stake. #wwdnews #wwdfashion (📷: @jilliansollazzo)
The fashion world mourns for celebrated street style photographer, Nabile Quenum, who died at age 32 in Paris.
Quenum, creator of the fashion blog “J’ai Perdu Ma Veste,” was a fashion week fixture, and regularly shot for New York magazine’s The Cut, among other outlets, and brands such as Louis Vuitton, Moncler and Adidas. He was also actively involved in the #NoFreePhotos initiative, which kicked off in the fall. Read more about Quenum in @kbsmoke's story on WWD.com. #wwdnews
@verwanggang and @maisonladuree have teamed up on a dessert collab called Vera Wang Pour Ladurée. The collection, which launched this week, features a specialty macaroon, as well as a wedding cake inspired by one of the designer’s gowns. “I could not imagine a more delicate or sophisticated creation to grace any couple’s celebration,” said Wang. #wwdfashion
“I’m Russian and I love to use all these little tricks that I got from my grandma or my mom. We didn’t have a lot of money for creams or anything like that so we would use a garden as a beauty treatment regime. We’d put cucumber in the fridge and do a cucumber mask,” says model @irinashayk on one of her beauty hacks. WWD asked celebs what their go-to self-care rituals are. See what Naomie Harris, Freida Pinto and more said on WWD.com. #wwdeye #wwdbeauty (📷: @zefashioninsider)
Exclusive: @viktorandrolf are teaming up with @Zalando on a collection made from leftover clothing. The lineup, which lands at the retailer February 1, includes 17 pieces adorned with sliced up and repurposed overstock from the retailer’s private label collection. Pictured here is a look from the collection –– see more on WWD.com. #wwdfashion #wwdnews
@duewestnyc is the newest bar joining the collection of intimate neighborhood-focused spaces in the West Village. The cocktail menu, which includes bitters and syrups made in-house, offers a “Build Your Own Old-Fashioned” – like the one pictured here – where guests can choose from a list of spirits and unexpected sugars and bitters. #wwdeye
Spotted at last night’s National Board of Review gala in NYC: Angelina Jolie. Jolie – along with Meryl Streep, @lupitanyongo and more – continued the all-black dress code from Sunday’s Golden Globes. #wwdeye (📷: @lexieblacklock)


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The Nigeria Institute of Marketing of Nigeria (NIMN) has announced it has set up a committee within the body to be engaging in consumer research on consultancy basis in order to provide platforms for insight into consumer behaviors and trends.
Intimating the media of the new development in Lagos last week, the President of NIMN, Koledoye said that it is a pity that the institute has not been doing that before now, relegating training and consultancy to the background in its activities. He stated that alongside providing consultancy service for individuals and corporate organisations on market and consumer research, the institute as a form of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) would be periodically engaging in consumer research that provide the country and decision makers with some vital information for policy and decision makers.
In line with that, Koledoye said that the institute would be having an opinion poll on the forthcoming election in Bayelsa State. He also said that there are plans to have an opinion poll on the gubernatorial election in Edo State. He further said that after doing this at the state levels, the institute hopes to replicate the process at the national level.
He said that whatever market research the institute engaged in, it would be a product delivered by competence marketing professionals. According to him, the essence of the new service is because marketing is about consumer satisfaction and it hopes through the service adds some value to its members and the general public.
National Institute of Marketing of Nigeria (NIMN) is the body for professionals engaged in marketing and related fields as marketing practitioners, sales and marketing directors, customers’ managers, relationship directors, media planners, channel developers, creative directors, value builders, brand builders, enterprise builders, corporate and institutional governors, transformers, marketing and mass communication experts, general managers and chief executive officers.
The institute was established through the Act of Parliament No. 25 which was promulgated in July 2003. Hitherto, two professional bodies, the Nigeria Marketing Association (NIMARK) and the Chartered Institute of Marketing of Nigeria (CIMN) had existed as separate professional bodies competing for membership and authority to regulate the practice of marketing profession in Nigeria. The NIMN Act effectively merged the two erstwhile independent bodies and conferred chartered status on the new professional body.


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BEST SALE: Fin.part SpA announced Thursday the sale of Best Co. to the label's distributor, Cisalfa, for $2.7 million (converted from the euro at current exchange rates). In a statement, Fin.part said the sale was in line with its strategy to shed...
BEST SALE: Fin.part SpA announced Thursday the sale of Best Co. to the label's distributor, Cisalfa, for $2.7 million (converted from the euro at current exchange rates). In a statement, Fin.part said the sale was in line with its strategy to shed real estate and non-strategic investments, like its sportswear division, which, in addition to Best Co., includes the labels Marina Yachting, Henry Cottons and Moncler. As reported, Fin.part is focused on building its Cerruti brand, and the sale of its sportswear block will help offset the company's $402.2 million in net debt. Fin.part expects to eventually garner about $187.5 million from the sale of its sportswear unit. The firm also owns Frette SpA and Maska.FAB-U-LESS: Fab Industries' stockholders will receive $10 a share in cash on June 24 as the manufacturer of warp and circular knit fabrics reduces its cash position to $50 million from $90 million and commences a corporate liquidation and sale of remaining assets. "It will be a series of distributions," said Steven Myers, president and chief operating officer. "We don't need the size of cash we're sitting with to run a smaller business. The best thing to do now is deal from a position of financial strength." Unlike most U.S. textile mills, Fab was in a healthy state of business, though Myers said he wasn't sure how long the company could sustain growth due to the economic climate and current state of the U.S. textile industry. Fab reported revenue of $14.3 million for its first quarter ended March 2, down from year-ago revenue of $20 million.
“I see things on the hanger and I’m, like, ‘I never knew that color worked on me.’ It’s things you necessarily wouldn’t choose to wear, but once you put them on, you see why Janie is who Janie is." — Lily Collins on working with former "Mad Men" costume designer, Janie Bryant on creating looks for her role as Celia Brady's in Amazon series, "The Last Tycoon." 📸@jilliansollazzo #wwdeye
EXCLUSIVE: Sarah Rutson has been tapped to Build New American Fashion Group. The parent of Joie, Equipment and Current/Elliott hired the merchant to rev up its brands and expand its portfolio into designer, beauty and lifestyle categories. Read more on WWD.com, link in bio. #wwdfashion
Michael Kors' $1.3B Jimmy Choo deal has the company squaring off with Coach Inc. as both seek to build American powerhouses. Coach bought Stuart Weitzman in 2015 and Kate Spade just two weeks ago, but Michael Kors' acquisition may be putting pressure on its rival in the new push for scale. #wwdnews (📷: George Chinsee)
Meet actress Lucy Boynton, who plays opposite Naomi Watts in the recently released Netflix series "Gypsy." Boynton stopped by WWD to talk about her upcoming projects and her nomadic lifestyle. Get all the details on WWD.com. #wwdeye (📷: @dandoperalski)


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Kitchener-based Trusscore has raised CDN$26 million in Series A funding that will help the maker of sustainable building products expand its production, marketing, sales and R&D capabilities.
The investment was led by Round13 Capital of Toronto through its newly launched Earth Tech Fund.
“Our new Earth Tech Fund is our first environmental, social, and corporate governance (ESG) fund,” said Round13 General Partner Craig Strong. “As a company that is disrupting the status quo in a legacy industry that causes millions of tons of waste annually, Trusscore is the perfect first investment to launch this fund.”
In addition to Round13, other participating investors include a long list of Waterloo Region tech founders.
“I was just amazed by the number of serial tech entrepreneurs who have faith in Trusscore and, I assume, in me,” said CEO Dave Caputo, a serial founder himself who also serves as Chair of the Communitech board of directors. “I’m very humbled.”
Trusscore’s flagship product is a high-strength polymer alternative for drywall called Wall&CeilingBoard. The tongue-and-groove interlocking system allows for quick installation and provides a smooth finish that is easy to clean, durable and low-maintenance, according to the company.
One of the concerns with drywall, which is made of gypsum, is the toxic gas that is created when it is buried in landfill sites. While many landfill operators enforce diversion and recycling options for drywall, it still generates a lot of waste each year.
A 2016 paper by two researchers at the University of Manitoba says that between 496,000 and 585,000 tons of drywall waste is generated annually in Canada, accounting for about nine per cent of the total waste generated from construction and demolition activity in the country. Across North America, drywall makes up between 12 and 27 per cent of annual construction and demolition waste.
Trusscore says its products are fully recyclable at end of life, and any waste product can be reground and reused to make new materials. It also says it uses recycled materials wherever possible to offset the use of new material.
“We are determined to help change the environmental impact of the construction industry with sustainable products that help build a better future for generations to come,” Caputo said. “This investment in Trusscore will serve as fuel for our growth. Our focus on innovation and material science is driving real demand for our sustainable alternatives to traditional building materials.”
The Series A funding will be used to boost production capacity, R&D and marketing and sales.
“Given the capital-intensive nature of manufacturing, a lot of this money will be used to set up new production lines in Palmerston, Ontario, in Dayton, Ohio and in Calgary,” Caputo said. “And for sure we will build new plants and for sure we will acquire plants.”
Trusscore’s history reads like an “only in Waterloo Region” business story, where a mix of tech, farming and manufacturing expertise came together to create something new and innovative.
The company is built on the groundwork laid by MSW Plastics, a Palmerston-based manufacturer known for making panels that separate livestock and protect them from disease outbreaks, such as swine flu.
The fast-growing company caught the eye of Caputo shortly after he had engineered the sale of Sandvine Inc., an internet traffic-management company that he co-founded and later took public.
Caputo, who has a long-held interest in finding an alternative to traditional drywall, teamed up with MSW partners Joel Koops and Steve Bosman, a former hog farmer with an interest in technology and manufacturing.
The trio relaunched MSW Plastics as Trusscore in late 2019 with an emphasis on material-science R&D and a plan to disrupt the drywall and construction-products industry.
“At our heart, Trusscore is a material-science company for sustainable building materials, with the ultimate vision of replacing painted drywall,” Caputo told Tech News.
The drywall market – and the opportunity to replace it with a simpler, more sustainable alternative – is “huge,” said Caputo, who’s fond of telling acquaintances to look around and notice the enormous amount of drywall in homes, offices and other buildings.
In early 2020, Trusscore raised CDN$5.3 million in seed round funding. In July 2021, it acquired Calgary-based Westech Building Products. Trusscore now operates manufacturing facilities in Palmerston, Calgary and Dayton, Ohio, and has an office in the Communitech Hub in downtown Kitchener.
The number of Trusscore employees has grown to 200, including 15-20 employees who work in the company’s newly established R&D department and another 15-20 employees in its expanded marketing and sales unit.
Caputo said Trusscore researchers are working on “the chemistry and nano-material side,” developing product enhancements such as increased durability, fire resistance and light reflection. The group is even looking at the benefits of “digital paint” and the possibility that wall and ceiling colours could be changed via an app.
“There’s been a revolution in material science, particularly around this synthesizing of nano materials,” he said. “Our goal is to come out with new formulations so that we can extrude products that have more and better features than drywall.”


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GBP/USD is showing limited movement in the Thursday session. The pair is currently trading at 1.2977, up 0.15% on the day.
Ahead – U.S. Consumer Inflation
With no major British events on the schedule, the spotlight will be on releases out of the U.S. We’ll get a look at key inflation numbers at 13:30 GMT, with the release of CPI and Core CPI. Consumer inflation and consumer spending have both been soft in recent months, although the U.S. economy remains in good shape. CPI dipped to 0.2% in December, down from 0.3%. Another weak gain of 0.2% is projected for January. Core CPI is expected to edge up from 0.1% to 0.2%.
We continue to see stubborn resistance at the key level of 1.300, with the 50-day EMA line following closely at 1.3004. Above, there are resistance lines at 1.3070 and 1.3170. On the downside, there is support at 1.2902. Lower, there is support at 1.2850. Below, The 200-day EMA is situated at 1.2844.
Pacific Currencies – Daily Summary
USD/CNY has posted small gains. Currently, the pair is trading at 6.9799, up 0.13% on the day. Investors are waiting for the release of New Loans, which is expected to be released on Friday or Saturday. The indicator is expected to improve sharply to 3100 billion yuan in January.
AUD/USD has inched higher on Thursday. Currently, the pair is trading at 0.6721, up 0.13% on the day. In economic news, MI Inflation Expectations fell sharply to 4.0% in January, down from 4.7% a month earlier.
NZD/USD has steadied on Thursday after posting strong gains a day earlier. Currently, the pair is trading at 0.6450, up 0.07% on the day. There are no New Zealand events on the calendar. On Wednesday, the New Zealand central bank maintained the benchmark interest rate at 1.00%, and the bank’s rate statement was on the neutral side. However, the bank downplayed the downside risk posed by coronavirus to New Zealand’s economy, which gave a boost to the currency on Wednesday. NZD/USD is up close to 1 percent this week, and is on track for its highest weekly gain this year.
This article was originally posted on FX Empire
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Its developer Insomniac Games may never have snagged the coveted Game of the Year Award from 2018, however, it gave every Spidey enthusiast the most realistic, web-swinging activity they have always wanted from a game about their favorite superhero. And now Insomniac is undoubtedly done there.
The introduction of the PlayStation 5 just over the horizon and since Sony gained Insomniac back in August 2019 Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 was all but officially announced. However, when could everybody’s favorite arachnid hero produce his glorious comeback?
The exact date to get a Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 show still remains cloudy, but thanks to some financial report from Sony published in February 2020, we know that a Spidey sequel sounds like among their company’s top priorities. The filing disclosed that the company had paid $229 million for Insomniac, which speaks volumes on how important Sony considers the programmer when it comes to building plans.
After all, Marvel’s Spider-Man sold 13.2 million copies worldwide as of July 2019 and was later named the PS4’s best-selling exclusive by market writer Mat Piscatella in December 2019.follow the link ssx tricky gamecube rom At our site
It’s unavoidable, but what do we really know more about the sequel? Here is all the evidence that has surfaced concerning Marvel’s Spider-Man two on PS5.
Sony rescheduled its PS5 event from June 4 to June 11 from respect for the worldwide protests against police brutality sparked by the murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis. A teaser for Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 has never been rumored to the event, but it is not completely out of the realm of possibility.
Sony said in a blog article that the event will soon be a”pre-taped app” that will give players a”first appearance at the games you are going to be playing PlayStation 5 starts this holiday.”
WHEN IS THE MARVEL’S SPIDER-MAN 2 RELEASE DATE?
Spider-Man PS4 premiered in September 2018 and has been announced at E3 2016, over two years ahead of its release. It required Insomniac roughly four decades to create, with development starting in 2014. That way fans of the sport might need to wait at least a few years before they hear about this sequel.
Sony and Insomniac have yet to officially declare anything about a sequel, however when Insomniac began development of this sequel this season (that’s a big if), we might not find a release until 2023 when it takes just as long to make as the original.
It is possible that a sequel may actually be done faster, seeing as Insomniac has elegant one of its own proprietary game engines to encourage the game open world. But with the next-generation PlayStation 5 expected in mid-to-late 2020, the developer may need to generate some alterations to its technologies to get the most out of the newest hardware.
The sequel will almost certainly be released only on the PS5, because of the short time left in the current console generation and just how much of a hit it had been for the PS4.
Sony even released a limited-edition Marvel’s Spider-Man PS4 Pro Bundle once the match was established. It might do the same thing with the PS5 to improve earnings and convince games to pick the brand new PlayStation instead of an Xbox Scarlett, and also the potential new Spider-Man match will probably be playable on.
Dependent on the finish of Spider-Man PS4 we all know that New York City will obtain fresh hero from Miles Morales. Right before Peter Parker’s final battle with Dr. Otto Octavius, Miles is bitten with an OsCorp genetically modified spider, imbuing him with precisely the exact spider-like energy Peter has.
Months after Peter’s damaging experience with Octavius, Miles reveals his powers Peter prompting him to show his own. This second is a pivotal development between the two personalities and sets the groundwork for a Peter to be a mentor for Miles, similar to the dynamic between the two in Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse.
Gamers already got to play a couple of levels as Miles in Spider-Man PS4, today it seems they’ll be able to swing across New York with him too. To top it off, Miles might even gain unique superpowers which Peter doesn’t have.
WHAT OTHER POWERS COULD MILES HAVE IN MARVEL’S SPIDER-MAN 2?
Mary Jane Watson is accountable for unknowingly carrying the spider that bit Miles out of Norman Osborne’s laboratory when she sneaks in. During that mission, two large hints about the kind of powers that the Spider may have given Miles are revealed.
From the area where the spider sneaks onto MJ’s shoulder, players can interact with a screen that details two breeds of spider DNA.
These are just two skills that Miles applications in Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse in addition to his looks in Marvel comics. He will apparently have the ability to use these in combat in Spider-Man 2 too.
WHO ARE THE VILLAINS IN MARVEL’S SPIDER-MAN 2?
Similar to Miles’ rise as a possible hero in the movie, the ending of the first Spider-Man leaves hints of 2 potential villains for the own sequel: Green Goblin and Venom.
The match leaves Norman at a dark place, he is resigned as mayor of New York and also his developing increasingly desperate to discover a cure for his son, Harry Osborne, with a terminal disease. It becomes increasingly clear that Norman is spiraling into madness. The huge amounts of wealth and laboratory technology he’s access to allow him to pursue more extreme steps to assist his son.
When MJ sneaks into his lab, she discovers a mimic mask, patterns for a hovercraft, and three purple grenades. The signs are clear as day that Norman is growing the Green Goblin character, his hoverboard, along with his signature Pumpkin Bombs.
MJ finds routines for what will probably be that the Green Goblin’s mask and hoverboard.
While Norman seems to be getting a villainous turn into the Green Goblin, Harry could be the protagonist’s Venom. Fans were up in arms regarding the exclusion of Spidey’s alien suit instead of skin, but Insomniac Creative Director Bryan Intihar stated they had great reason to leave it all out.
“I believe something like this suit deserves its own day in the spotlight and I think just making it a unlockable suit wouldn’t be doing justice,” he said in September 2018 interview. “I think it’s one of the greatest stories in Spider-Man. It’s a complex story that story has to be told and it has to be told in the manner that Insomniac would tell it.”
Harry could be the best character to tell that story with seeing as his and Peter’s relationship is among the very mysterious in the game and is only really addressed via different journal entries and Easter eggs.
The match leaves with Harry in critical illness and his dad places him inside of a stasis room using a black, web-like substance encasing his entire body. The black goo is very like the symbiote buffs have seen in the Spider-Man comics and movies that bring Venom into life.
To top off this, Sony re-introduced Venom into the cultural dialog with the last year’s movie, including Tom Hardy since the classic Spidey villain. Having a Venom movie sequel in the works, it is logical to capitalize on that interest by making him a main villain at Marvel’s Spider-Man 2.


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Roughly 1,500 Walmart workers that are employed in back office positions found out today that their jobs are being eliminated. Kory Lunberg, spokesman for Walmart Stores, Inc. (NASDAQ:WMT), said in a statement that the company is eliminating accounting and invoicing roles at approximately 500 locations, affecting two to three associates per store. The employee reductions will mainly affect stores in the Western region of the United States.
The company said that they want their employees to focus on customer service instead of the back-office work. Instead of having physical accountants, the affected stores will now use “cash recycler” machines for counting money. Invoicing will be moved to its home office in Bentonville, Ark.
The point of the job eliminations is to “make the stores easier to run and free up associates so that they can interact with customers more and serve them better,” according to Lunberg. Walmart said in a statement that the laid-off employees are being offered other roles within the company that involve direct contact with shoppers, primarily in the online pick up department or in pharmacy. However, they aren’t guaranteed the same hourly wage. Walmart tested the idea at 50 locations earlier in the year, with only 1 percent of affected employees choosing to leave the company.
At the 46th annual shareholders meeting, Walmart President and CEO Doug McMillon outlined a number of measures to help the company compete with Amazon.com and other retailers cutting into its business. The company plans to expand its online presence, improve its online shopping system, make its delivery service faster, and make its apps and website more user-friendly. The retailer is testing drones to manage inventory at its large warehouses and is testing grocery home delivery service with ride-sharing services Uber, Lyft and Deliv. The company will also be opening about 405 Neighborhood Markets and Supercenters in lucrative locations globally in the upcoming fiscal year.
Walmart’s sales at U.S. stores in operation for over a year increased by 1 percent in the quarter that ended on April 30. This was the 7th consecutive quarter the company showed a slight increase in growth.


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Government to return drug seized by Border Force after criticism from MPs and activists.
Ontario’s first cannabis retail shops are set to open their doors next week, but some of the 25 licence holders are still wading through the lengthy approval process and might not be ready for business.
The NDP justice critic is urging the Liberal government to help him improve a bill to help Canadians carrying burdensome cannabis records and ensure the legislation passes before the fall election.
Private centre launched by professor who helped young epilepsy sufferer Alfie Dingley secure cannabis licence.
City of Brantford to vote Tuesday January 15, 2018.
At the close of 2018, the U.S. Surgeon General Jerome Adams made a bold move, and called on the federal government to rethink marijuana’s classification as a Schedule I substance.
The Ontario government will accept entries next week from those looking to enter a lottery to apply for the first 25 retail cannabis licences in the province.
David Clement is the North American affairs manager with the Consumer Choice Center.
Public will have 60 days to weigh in on new regulations for marijuana-infused food, drink.
When the Controlled Substances Act (CSA) passed almost 50 years ago, it created a classification system, known as drug schedules, that prescribe how the federal government views and responds to specific drug compounds.


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In response to a key senior management team executive departing Nike Inc. due to links to her son’s sneaker resale business, the sportswear giant has officially announced a replacement for the position. The company has named Sarah Mensah to take over as Vice President and General Manager of North America. Ann Hebert stepped down from her post last week amidst the discovery of her son, Joe’s reselling operation. Sarah formerly served the Swoosh brand as the Vice President and General Manager of Asia Pacific and Latin America. In her new post, Sarah will be reporting to Heidi O’Neill, president of consumer and marketplace the Oregon-based brand. Before joining Nike in 2013, Sarah served as the SVP and Chief Operating Officer (COO) of the National Basketball Association’s Portland Trailblazers.
A week after Hebert resigned from her position, the activewear giant divulged senior leadership shakeup. Hebert left after an article by Bloomberg Businessweek uncovered the reason behind her quit was family ties with her son Joe, a notorious reseller. Joe was buying sneakers from Nike and other labels and then reselling them online. In addition to Hebert, Nike also found a replacement for Sarah’s former role. Amy Montaigne, another Nike veteran, will assume the role previously held by Sarah at the company.
Montagne, an employee of 16 years, will take over its Asia Pacific and Latin America division. Montagne previously acted as the VP/GM of Global Merchandising, VP/GM of Global Women’s, and VP/GM of Global Categories. She will also report directly to O’Neill, like Sarah. Aaron Cain has been tapped vice president and general manager of the sporting-goods giant’s men’s business.
The change in command follows the unexpected departure of Hebert. A 25-year veteran with the Jordan brand, Hebert resigned on March 1 after the Bloomberg Businessweek story linked her to her son’s resell sneaker business, West Coast Streetwear. Nike has placed the executive shuffle as a way to continue the drive of its consumer direct acceleration. Sarah now leads all elements of the operations in North America including direct, marketing, digital, sales, consumer construct and territories in addition to other areas.
Hebert’s name was reportedly found on a credit card account belonging to her son’s business. O’Neill informed the company has launched an internal probe of Hebert’s involvement in her son’s business, Complex reported. “To be clear, we believe that Hebertdemonstrated poor judgment. However, we made the decision to not take corrective action against her,” O’Neill was quoted by Complex as saying.


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It is a really exciting time to be in the crypto space, we have phones with integrated wallets, prices are rising and new markets are opening up. The most exciting is the integration of crypto wallets to smartphones which given the size and depth of the smartphone market could speed up the mainstream adoption of crypto. Considering the fact that most other smartphone makers are adopting integrated crypto wallet like Samsung and HTC, most expect other manufacturers to roll out similar features. But like always, Apple had a surprise. Instead of integrating crypto technology for payments, they released their own credit card.
Apple has long held the tradition of being a hardware company and making great software for this hardware. This philosophy is deeply rooted in the company and came from Steve Jobs himself. Honestly, this is what made Apple so successful, the build quality of Apple devices is unmatched, but since Tim Cook took over Apple, there has been an internal struggle lead by him to make Apple a service-centric company. In fact, when the last quarter earnings came and when the numbers were down, the defense was that the service was growing, this push for a service-centric Apple has been going on for a while and now it seems there is no going back.
Usually, Apple unveils its new products in a grand annual event held in September, where the latest iPhones are usually launched, but this time Apple had a completely new event this March. Apple, on March 25th, held its first-ever services-centric event, where the company introduced several new and upcoming service products with no hardware announcements at all. This no hardware event is the best indication of where the company is headed, away from its traditions. Named Showtime the event took about two hours to introduce Apple News+, Apple Arcade, Apple Card, and Apple TV+.
Of the many things that were unveiled in the event, Apple Card is what made many in the crypto community worried. Increasingly, smartphones are seen as the single most important factor in the push for mainstream adoption. While other manufacturers have already started to integrate crypto wallets to their phones, this move by Apple is seen as a step back, aside from being a mode of payment the new card also reduces many of the advantages held by crypto like no international transaction fee and also no annual fee. But as we have seen, Samsung already has Samsung Pay but still offer cryptocurrency wallets in its latest phone, so maybe there is space for both Apple card and crypto in the Apple ecosystem in the future.
Something that is really worrying is the fact that the mobile industry as a whole after the launch of iPhone back in 2007 has a tendency to follow Apple even when it comes to their terrible choices. This might result in the next-gen Galaxy phones having credit cards similar to Apple credit card and dropping the integrated wallets. There is past precedence for this kind of behavior by the smartphone industry blindly following Apple. Many are pointing out that the credit cards by other smartphone makers might not make it to reality, as they lack the kind of resources and market penetration enjoyed by Apple.
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May 25th, 2020 | by Johnna Crider
German EV rental firm NextMove is loving the Tesla Model Y. Last year, the veteran rental firm made headlines worldwide when it canceled a $5.5 million purchase of Model 3s citing build issues. Things have apparently turned around in NextMove's eyes
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Cluno is a German company that helps its customers drive in a cost-effective manner. It's marketed toward those who would rent a car often but don't want to own one. It includes several different electric vehicle models in its lineup
February 1st, 2019 | by The Beam
Renting a car can be a pain in the ass. We’ve all been there — waiting in line, filling out paperwork, only to find out that the car you’d reserved is unavailable and you’re suddenly stuck with a vehicle you didn’t want. For Aidan McClean, founder and CEO of UFODRIVE, it was a breaking point
October 30th, 2018 | by Erika Clugston
Have you ever wanted to test out an electric vehicle – and by ‘test out’ I mean really get to know and experience a vehicle for more than just an hour or two – but can’t find a way to do so? Stefan Moeller, Managing Director and co-founder of nextmove, believes that this needs to change and is offering a solution.


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Kroger supermarkets have joined a growing number of retailers in West Virginia that are restricting sales of a cold medication that’s also used to make methamphetamine in clandestine labs.
This week, Kroger agreed to tighten customer purchase limits on products that contain pseudoephedrine, a key meth-making ingredient, according to a letter Kroger executives sent to the West Virginia Board of Pharmacy. The new monthly limits are more restrictive than those under West Virginia law. The change will take effect at Kroger’s 40 pharmacies in West Virginia “in the coming weeks,” the company said.
“We have taken several steps to ensure that we are only selling [pseudoephedrine] products to customers who are using these products for the appropriate health-related uses,” Kroger spokesman Carl York said Wednesday.
Kroger stores also have started to stock so-called “tamper-resistant” pseudoephedrine cold products that can’t be converted into meth.
What’s more, Kroger pharmacists won’t do a “pre-checks” for customers who want to know whether they’ve exceeded their pseudoephedrine purchase limits, the company said. Pharmacy employees have been instructed to turn away “suspicious transactions” — those involving people suspected of buying pseudoephedrine with plans to divert the medicine for illegal use.
Kroger stopped short of barring sales of cold medications that have pseudoephedrine as their only active ingredient — a change that several competing pharmacies have enacted in West Virginia. Meth makers typically prefer the single-ingredient products.
“Single-ingredient [pseudoephedrine] is a legal and effective medication that customers with legitimate health needs want to be able to purchase,” York said.
Kroger also has urged West Virginia officials to establish uniform rules to regulate pseudoephedrine purchases. Drugstores across the state are establishing different inventory policies, causing confusion among consumers, York said.
“We believe the state should continue policy discussions about pseudoephedrine so that retailers are complying with one set of rules and regulations concerning sales,” York said. “In the long-term, a voluntary approach is far less effective as it creates confusion for West Virginia customers who use these products to meet their health and wellness needs.”
Last year, West Virginia law enforcement officers seized 530 meth labs, a record number. Police busted 207 labs statewide through the first half of this year.
In 2013, Kroger’s pharmacies sold more than 40,000 boxes of cold medications with pseudoephedrine. Only Walmart, Rite Aid and CVS stores sold more boxes in West Virginia.
Kroger’s stricter purchase limits are expected to reduce pseudoephedrine sales significantly at the supermarket chain’s pharmacies in West Virginia.
Next month, Kroger customers will be allowed to buy no more than 3.6 grams, or one or two boxes, per month of cold medications containing pseudoephedrine. West Virginia law allows people to purchase 7.2 grams per month.
In February, CVS also limited pseudoephedrine purchases to 3.6 grams a month.
Last year, the West Virginia Board of Pharmacy and Attorney General Patrick Morrisey recommended that state lawmakers pass a bill that would lower the state’s monthly and yearly pseudoephedrine purchases limits. Legislators opposed the lower limits, saying the restrictions would penalize law-abiding consumers.
Earlier this month, CVS stores in West Virginia also stopped selling cold medications that solely contain pseudoephedrine. Meth cooks demand the single-ingredient pills — sold under brand names such as Sudafed — because they yield potent meth without byproducts. CVS’s sales ban extended to out-of-state stores within 15 miles of West Virginia’s border.
Rite Aid, Fruth Pharmacy and Walgreens stores also no longer sell single-ingredient pseudoephedrine cold products.
However, the drugstores still carry cold and allergy medications, such has Claritin-D, Allegra-D and Zyrtec-D, which combine pseudoephedrine with antihistamines and pain relievers. Those medicines can be used to make meth. Two weeks ago, the pharmacy board reported that about 70 percent of people recently arrested for operating meth labs had purchased multi-ingredient pseudoephedrine products.
Pharmacies keep medications containing pseudoephedrine behind the counter. Customers must show a photo ID and sign a form to purchase the products.
Delegate Don Perdue, D-Wayne, a retired Kroger pharmacist, said the supermarket chain’s pseudoephedrine restrictions might help to reduce meth production slightly, but wouldn’t eradicate the clandestine labs. Meth cooks often circumvent stricter pseudoephedrine purchase limits by hiring “smurfers” who buy the cold medications for them, Perdue said.
“Clearly, we have delivered a blow that is causing some change, but at the end of the day will the labs be reduced or will we just see a large increase in ‘smurfing’ and more exotic efforts to manipulate the system?” he said.
Perdue, who heads the House health committee, wants drugstores to stop selling pseudoephedrine altogether — or for state legislators to pass a bill that would require people to get a doctor’s prescription before they could buy the meth-making medication.
“We see a continued effort by the retailers to do part of the best thing to do,” he said. “They’re advancing on the field, but they haven’t reached to goal line.”
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Oukitel has decided to come back to their root after recently unveiling the Y4800 smartphone with 48MP camera. They have decided to add to the affordable C series. Now, the C17 Pro is coming with a triple camera setup and a punch hole display design.
The Oukitel C17 Pro model will come with over 90% screen-to-body ratio and 6.35 inch display HD+ screen, Octa-core (Helio A22 or P22) clocked at 2.0 GHz, 4GB RAM, 64GB internal memory, 5MP front camera and 13MP + depth sensor + wide angle lens. That’s all we currently know about the specs, more will be released as the phone goes official.
Oukitel is coming in Global LTE band and the price is set at $139.99 (N50,000) and of course, there will be discount at the time of its launch.


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So, you’ve probably heard that Facebook is launching a cryptocurrency called Libra.
Cue a barrage of ridiculously OTT tweets, blog posts etc from industry observers and players (“the virus is spreading”…yeah, thanks for that, Pomp), attempting to sell the notion that this will propel crypto into the mainstream.
But wherever Mark Zuckerberg goes, controversy inevitably follows. And sure enough, not everyone is loved up on Libra. Here are our six favourite thumbs down responses from the past week…
“Facebook has rightly identified the potential for digital currencies to reinvent money and transform the global economy, so people can live better lives. However, a digital currency controlled by tech cartels such as Facebook, Visa and Mastercard, is not the solution. Our money is increasingly in the hands of a small number of banks and payment companies, and we should avoid ceding further control to unaccountable corporate interests. Facebook’s plans pose alarming implications for privacy and power in the economy, and governments must respond by providing a central bank digital currency as a public alternative.
If regulators come under pressure to give the likes of Facebook access to central bank reserves, we should ask why this privilege shouldn’t be extended to ordinary citizens as well, through a central bank digital currency. This would offer an opportunity to truly democratise our money system and take power away from extractive middlemen like banks and now tech companies. It is publicly-issued digital currencies, not Libra, that will allow people to take back control of their money and have a greater stake in the future.” David Clarke, Head of Policy, Positive Money
“The new Facebook coin is a fake cryptocurrency. They are calling it cryptocurrency because it is a buzzword. It may be a digital currency, but it is not a cryptocurrency. It is a crap coin.” On Yavin, CEO and Founder, Cointelligence
“There is a lot of sense in the way Libra addresses the need in global money. However, if the control over the currency remains in the unelected hands of Facebook and its commercial partners alone, this might very well turn the dream into a nightmare for all of us. Libra is a combination between a central and a commercial bank. This means that just like any other central bank, Facebook holds the keys to money printing.
The control over the supply of money determines its value. In other words, a decision to print more money equals the decision to dilute the holders’ value. While central banks have the power to do so under the state’s elected representatives, where does Facebook and its partners draw their right from?
We’re looking at a complete misalignment of incentive between Facebook and Libra’s holders. It would be like handing the keys to the Federal Reserve to the NASDAQ. We are already experiencing the shortcomings of centralised control over data when there is not a representative body to answer to. Extending this to users’ money and life savings is adventurous, to put it mildly.” Saga Foundation’s Founder and President, Ido Sadeh Man
You can't imagine what could possibly go wrong with Facebook launching a global currency. "We're just a platform, it wasn't out fault people used it to sell drugs, weapons, illegal material, how was anyone to predict this"
Move fast and break society.
— Tom Goodwin (@tomfgoodwin) June 18, 2019
I recommend the reading of all the Financial Times series on the unreliable and dangerous Facebook’s initiative of lauching “a currency”, the Libra. Start with the excellent Martin Sandbu @MESandbu column: “ Don’t let Facebook take over the monetary system”
— Vitor Constâncio (@VMRConstancio) June 20, 2019
Facebook has too much power and a terrible track record when it comes to protecting our private information. We need to hold them accountable—not give them the chance to access even more user data. #BreakUpBigTech https://t.co/eQr06VMMyx
— Elizabeth Warren (@ewarren) June 19, 2019


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Xiaomi-backed gaming smartphone brand, Black Shark, is officially starting operations in India. Headquartered in Bengaluru, it will be headed by David Li, VP of Black Shark Global. Li will also be managing operations in India while Chirag Nagendra (former OnePlus communications head) will take care of the brand building and communications strategy as India Marketing Head for Black Shark. This development also paves the way for Black Shark gaming smartphone debuting in India.
Xiaomi BlackShark to Launch in India Soon
In a press release circulated by Xiaomi, the company has announced that the Black Shark phone will soon be making an official entry in the Indian smartphone market. Alongside, the company is expected to launch gaming peripherals like Gamepad 2.0 controller as well. To recall, the Xiaomi Black Shark phone was first launched in China in April 2018 followed by its debut in the UK and Europe in November 2018. We also witnessed the launch of Black Shark Helo smartphone in October 2018 with enhanced specs.
Some of the recent reports have hinted that Black Shark and Xiaomi are working on another gaming smartphone dubbed Black Shark 2 that might feature a Snapdragon 855 SoC with 8GB of RAM. Now that Black Shark is starting operations in India, we may very well expect the existing and upcoming phones to eventually launch too.
Xiaomi Black Shark Specifications, Features
The Xiaomi Black Shark packs a 5.99-inch full-HD+ display at 1080×2160 pixels resolution and 18:9 aspect ratio. A Qualcomm Snapdragon 845 SoC powers the phone paired with Adreno 630 GPU, 6GB/8GB of RAM, and 64GB/128GB internal storage. For optics, the Xiaomi Black Shark has a 20MP+12MP dual camera setup on the rear with LED flash and a 20MP front camera. A 4,000mAh battery backs the phone with Qualcomm Quick Charge 3.0 support. It supports connectivity options including 4G LTE, Bluetooth 4.0, GPS, AGPS, and Glonass. The phone measures 161.62×75.4×9.25mm and weigh 190 grams.
Similar to the first gaming smartphone, the Razer Phone, Xiaomi’s Black Shark is also adorned with Green and Black design aesthetics on the sides and rear. Xiaomi also introduced a gaming controller alongside the phone, which makes the gaming experience even better on the Black Shark smartphone. The controller for the Black Shark phone features a joystick and a trigger button.
Coming to the pricing of the Black Shark phone and the controller, the phone was launched at CNY 2,999 (approx INR 31,100) in China for the 6GB RAM variant and at CNY 3,499 (approx. INR 36,300) for the premium 8GB RAM model. The controller was priced at CNY 179 (approx. INR 1,900). It’s worth noting that Xiaomi sells the controller independently and it does not come complimentary with the phone.
It would be interesting to see how Xiaomi prices the phone for the Indian smartphone market. What’s your take on this gaming smartphone? Would you be interested in putting your moolah on a gaming phone instead of a standard smartphone? Share your thoughts with us in the comments below and stay updated with us to get all the information concerning the launch of the Xiaomi Black Shark phone in India.


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Customers form a long queue outside a luxury goods store in Tsim Sha Tsui in south China's Hong Kong on May 1, 2023. (EDMOND TANG / CHINA DAILY)
Hong Kong retail sales saw a substantial year-on-year increase in March, the fourth consecutive month of growth, as consumer and visitor spending continued to improve, according to official data released on Thursday.
The provisional estimate of total retail sales surged by a record 40.9 percent year-on-year to almost HK$33.6 billion ($4.28 billion), slightly more than February’s HK$33.1 billion, the Census and Statistics Department revealed.
Online sales in March accounted for 7.6 percent of total retail sales. The value fell 8.6 percent to HK$2.6 billion, representing a third consecutive month of decline
For the first three months this year, the provisional figure is estimated at HK$102.8 billion, 24.1 percent higher than for the same period of 2022.
The spike in retail sales can be partially attributed to an improvement in consumption sentiment, and the comparatively low base in 2022 also allowed plenty of room for improvement, a government spokesman said in a statement.
He added that the recovery of inbound tourism and private spending is expected to boost the development of the retail sector. On top of that, the rolling out of a new round of consumption vouchers will further serve as a stimulus.
Online sales in March accounted for 7.6 percent of total retail sales. The value fell 8.6 percent to HK$2.6 billion, representing a third consecutive month of decline.
Sales of footwear, allied products and other clothing accessories jumped 187.9 percent in value from a year ago to HK$528 million, leading the retail surge, followed by sales of jewelry, watches and clocks, and valuable gifts, which rose nearly 1.65 times from March last year.
Bond Law, executive director of the Hong Kong Retail Management Association, said in a news conference on Thursday that retail sales during the May Day holiday have recovered about 40 percent of the level in pre-pandemic years.
Although it may take at least nine months for Hong Kong’s retail industry to fully shake off the lingering impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, Law added that the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region government remains optimistic about the sector’s prospects.
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Autoblog.com has published their review of the Callaway Corvette AeroWagen featuring my photography done for the company. You can read the review and see the photos here.
The Petersen Museum in Los Angeles has opened an absolutely incredible exhibit celebrating the 70th anniversary of Ferrari, boasting everything from the marque’s very first car, a 1947 125 S to their latest supercar, the La Ferrari. You can see my full gallery from my time at the museum and learn more about the featured cars over at Autoblog.com.
Luftgekühlt has quickly become my favorite event on the calendar not only because of the incredible cars and the amazing venues chosen for each year, but also because of the amazing variety of details found on the cars at the show. This year was particularly photogenic for details given the rain showers in the morning, providing perfect water droplets on the surface of the cars complimented by a gorgeous sunrise.
You can see my full gallery of detail shots from Luftgekühlt 4 over at Petrolicious.com.
Robb Report has published a great article on the new Eleanor Mustang from Fusion Motorsport featuring my photography of the car. You can read more about the car see the photos here.
The folks over at Robb Report recently got behind the wheel of the new Callaway Corvette AeroWagen and have just published their review featuring my photography. You can see the review and photos here.
Knowing that the Dodge Demon is set to debut at the New York Auto Show next week, Hennessey is looking to turn heads with his latest offering, the Exorcist Camaro. I was fortunate enough to photograph the car for Hennessey before its debut at the Houston Auto Show just a couple days later, and essentially every automotive news outlet has reported on the car. You can read the articles and see the photographs in any of the links below.
- Top Gear
- Yahoo Tech
- Fox News
- MSN Autos
- Auto Express
- Motor Trend
- Road & Track
- Automobile Magazine
- Wheels Magazine
- Motor Magazine
- Dupont Registry
Last week I photographed Callaway’s new AeroWagen, which is basically a Corvette with a hatchback. I absolutely love the look of the car, although I know some may disagree. AutoWeek are the first publication to use the photos for a story, which you can read here.
My photos of the Le Mans winning Porsche 356 Gmünd coupe continue attract interest from publications, this time from French magazine Speedster, who made the car their cover story for issue #036. I can’t tell you what the text says, since it’s all in French, but you can view the article and the photos in the gallery below.
Hennessey has released the details of their new 2017 F-150 VelociRaptor, and several outlets have published the story featuring my photography:


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A failure to deliver a deal on the UK’s withdrawal from the EU will add more barriers to global trade and risk thousands of UK jobs, says ICC Secretary General
Quickly find the news or speech you are looking for:
ICC Banking Commission and Clyde & Co launch report on the legal status of electronic bills of lading
The report considers whether the law in this area reflects the technological change that is rapidly occurring in the international trade sector.
Following the release of Standard Definitions for Techniques of Supply Chain Finance in 2016, the Global Supply Chain Finance Forum is taking another decisive step in clarifying Supply Chain Finance.
The ICC Banking Commission has announced a long-term agreement with Global Credit Data (GCD), an association owned by banks and home to the world's largest database of bank defaults, to strengthen analysis within the market-leading ICC Trade Register.
Today’s trade finance landscape is in constant flux—between the countless tech advances, corporate behaviour in non-stop transformation, regulatory changes and ever-increasing market competition. So how can you expect to stay up-to-date with the latest industry knowledge and know-how?
On the occasion of an official visit by Thai Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha to Paris this week, the Department of International Trade Promotion (DITP) of the Thai Ministry of Commerce and the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) announced a new partnership to support international trade and cross-border business activities in Thailand and the region.
Featuring in-depth discussions on issues from global financial regulation to innovation in supply chain management, the ICC Banking Commission’s 2018 Annual Meeting concluded Friday, opening up further avenues for collaboration in the trade finance industry.
In case you couldn’t make it to Miami – or were running from one meeting to the next – here are three takeaways from the first day of the ICC Banking Commission’s 2018 Annual Meeting.
The ICC Banking Commission’s Annual Meeting kicks off this week in Miami at a time of historic uncertainty for the international rules-based trading system.
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