text:
French luxury goods producer Hermès International SCA on Oct. 24 reported an 18.2% year-over-year increase in revenue during the third quarter as sales grew across all geographies and business categories.
For the quarter ended Sept. 30, consolidated revenue came in at €1.73 billion, up from €1.46 billion in the year-ago quarter and ahead of the S&P Global Market Intelligence mean consensus estimate of €1.67 billion, with three analysts reporting. At constant exchange rates, revenue grew 15% year over year.
The owner of the Birkin and Jean-Paul Gaultier brands said revenue grew across all geographies, led by a 24.7% increase in Asia despite the impact of Hong Kong protests. Revenue in the Americas grew 15.3% and 10.5% in Europe.
Among business categories, the ready-to-wear and accessories segment reported a 24.5% increase in sales, leather goods and saddlery segment reported 15.1% growth and silk and textiles recorded a 20.1% rise. Sales of other Hermès items, which include jewelry and home products, grew 30% during the quarter. In addition, perfumes and watch businesses recorded 2.5% and 17.4% revenue growth, respectively.
Consolidated sales for the first nine months of 2019 came in at €5.01 billion, a 16.1% year-over-year increase from €4.32 billion. Favorable currency fluctuations at the end of September reflected a positive impact of €136 million on revenue, Hermès said.
During the nine-month period, the company bought back €41 million worth of shares.
"Despite an uncertain international environment, Hermès is experiencing exceptional sales growth over the first nine months reflecting our creative drive, excellent know-how and customers' adhesion," Executive Chairman Axel Dumas said in a statement.
The company affirmed its outlook for revenue growth at constant exchange rates in the medium term.
Shares of Paris-listed Hermès were up 1.9% at €637.40 apiece during morning trading.


text:
With the perfect combination of cheap fuel prices, fierce competition and economic softness, cheap flights, especially on international routes, have emerged for all of us to take advantage of.
Global airfare prices have sunk to their lowest level in thirty years overall. The International Air Transport Association (IATA), says that airfares fell an average of 4.5% worldwide in 2015 with further slides to come this year! That long overdue holiday abroad or trip to visit family and friends overseas is a lot easier to accomplish now thanks to the cheap flights brought about by this decline.
Low-cost carriers have also played a big role in the reduction in airfares. Their models generally allow lower cost and higher capacity than full-service carriers due to their omission of premium classes and included meals and drinks. This in turn has led to full-service carriers to cut their prices due to the added competition for seats brought about by low-cost carriers, especially in the Asia/Pacific market. It is not uncommon now for full-service airlines to fully own a low-cost offshoot and effectively compete against themselves on a number of routes as there is a demand for both premium and budget travelers. Low-cost carriers are not however confined to domestic or short-haul routes as they traditionally were in the past.
In the Asia/Pacific market, airlines such as Jetstar, Scoot and Air Asia are prime examples of the new age long-haul low-cost carriers. In Europe, Norwegian are the prime example thanks to EU air agreements allowing them to fly from most EU countries to the US and Asia. In North America, The US are slow to adopt the long-haul, low-cost model. The US airline industry has been ravaged in recent years by mergers of once mighty carriers struggling to stay aloft on their own. Canada on the other hand has WestJet who are pioneering low-cost, cheap flights to Europe.
Regardless of the reason, there has arguably never been a better time to travel abroad and take advantage of the abundance of cheap flights available on the market today. Who knows how long they will last? It probably won’t be for ever as the cycle repeats itself but, it is certainly for a while yet!

domain: news


text:
Annual Holiday Free Shop to take place Dec. 8 at Cottage Hill School. The Pleasant Ridge District Parents Club is giving back to the Grass Valley area with its sixth annual Spirit of Giving Holiday Free Shop, an event where community members in need can shop among hundreds of donated new and used items for family and loved ones on their Christmas lists.
Pleasant Ridge District parents’ club sponsors free Christmas shopping event
Trending in: Sports
- Swimmer Baldoni signs with Seattle University
- Volleyball: Nevada Union shines bright in Vegas, eager to move forward
- Nevada Union track & field strikes gold at Del Oro invite
- Prep roundup: Lady Bruins continue to roll in PVL play
- Prep roundup: Bear River, Nevada Union lose in tournament play


text:
CAIRO: It has long been a treat savored during Ramadan across the Arab world. But in Egypt, makers of kunafa are battling to outdo each other with the most outlandish creations of the pastry.
Most versions of kunafa appear indulgent to even the most sweet-toothed, with its ingredients of mild cheese covered with layers of shredded phyllo pastry, soaked in a sugar syrup, but its modern interpreters are making it even more of a treat.
Egyptian sweet makers are adding a modern spin to the dish that originated in Palestine, adding a range of unusual ingredients to their creations.
“The beauty of kunafa as a pastry is that we can cook it in a variety of options,” Petra Mohamed, a Cairo cook, told Arab News. “You can leave it long, short or broken into pieces, which makes it easier for new ideas.
“I personally love to serve the trifle kunafa full of mixed fruits. The mix of soft and crunchy is simply amazing.”
Kunafa in Egypt is traditionally crunchy on the top and bottom with sugar or honey sweetening it with fillings in between such as cheese, mixed nuts, raisins and custard.
A few years ago, a new trend from a younger generation of chefs sent traditionalists into a meltdown.
One particular new favorite has been a combination of mango and whipped cream.
“The wave started in 2010 with the introduction of mangoes and then seasonal fruits was introduced,” said Mohammed.
“Later, kunafa with Nutella was introduced and people went crazy for it. From then onwards the creation of new ideas didn’t stop: Red velvet kunafa, dates kunafa, kunafa bites with mixed fillings ... the list goes on.”
This year, one Egyptian pastry shop, TBS Fresh introduced its cronafa, a pastry made from croissant rolled in kunafa that comes with a variety of fillings: cream and pistachio, Nutella and nuts, dates and lotus, halawa and sesame.
Another pastry shop, Etoile, introduced the kunafa with avocado, which received mixed reviews.
Nola, a trendy pastry shop, which offers kunafa cupcakes, introduced the kunafa volcano this year, a crusty confection filled with chocolate and custard.
Tasting the new kunafas has become a Ramadan trend with the reactions from sweet-toothed Egyptians providing a great deal of entertainment.
“My blood is full of kunafa,” said Yomna Hassan, a 27-year-old housewife from Cairo.
“Kunafa with cream is the best created invention after the electricity and Messi,” added Mohammed Abdel Megeed.
But for older consumers of the treat, the elaborate incarnations have left them longing for something more traditional.
“We are the generation of kunafa with gee not with mango,” said Yousef Ahmed.


text:
Manchester, UK; Xth October 2021: Sorted, the delivery experience platform, has announced Carmen Carey as its new CEO to lead the company into the next stage of its growth.
Carmen, who has been a Non-Executive Director on Sorted’s board of directors for the past two years, joins from city-based commodity trading and risk management software solutions provider Brady Technologies (where she held the position of CEO), and was previously CEO at Big Data Partnership, Apica and ControlCircle. The next stage of Sorted’s growth will see Carmen and founder and previous CEO, David Grimes, unify their expertise to level up the company’s transformation.
Carmen has previously been recognised with the Bronze Stevie Award for Most Innovative Woman of the Year in Technology, one of the top honours for female executives, and was COO at Unbabel, MetaPack, and MessageLabs. Her new position at Sorted reflects the significant changes underway within the business, which includes the move into new Manchester headquarters to accommodate a new hybrid working model, and the expansion to London with new offices.
Sorted has also announced changes to its executive leadership team, including Iain Greig as Non-Executive Director and interim COO, Steve Langley as Vice President of Product, and Axel Lagerborg as Vice President of Sales.
As the post-pandemic era shines a light on how critical customer delivery experience is, Sorted saw a significant 560% increase in the number of shipments via its post-purchase communications solution – REACT – in the previous 12 months ending September 2021. The company’s new leadership and direction matches the strength of this unprecedented growth, particularly as delivery communications become vital for brand survival and levelling up against fellow retailer competition.
Carmen Carey, CEO at Sorted, commented: “After being part of the Sorted team as Non-Executive Director over the past two years, I’m pleased to be migrating into the role of CEO to lead Sorted on the next stage of its growth. The last 18 months has completely re-written the rules for online retail and delivery, making this period as one of the most exciting times to be leading the industry as it undergoes significant change.”
David Grimes, Founder at Sorted, added: “Carmen brings a wealth of experience to Sorted and our joint expertise in the industry will elevate Sorted as the company continues to grow and hire fantastic talent. With a strong leadership team and brilliant customers, Sorted will continue to set the standard for the rest the industry.”
— ENDS —
Sorted is a refreshingly agile and data-driven software company, powering dynamic checkouts, carrier management and delivery tracking around the world. Through partnerships with some of the biggest global carriers and customer-obsessed retailers, Sorted transforms every delivery journey into a 5* customer experience.
Trusted by leading global retailers – such as ASOS, Farfetch and Lush – Sorted’s delivery experience platform fixes poor delivery choice, broken customer promises and disjointed post-purchase communication to increase customer happiness, drive loyalty and support retail growth.
With software now live in 17 countries, Sorted is recognised as one of fastest growing companies in Europe as named by the FT and one of the UK’s most successful digital businesses by Tech Nation’s Future Fifty, Europe’s leading late-stage growth programme.


text:
SRINAGAR: While the excess rains have brought trade in this summer capital of the state almost to a standstill, sale of umbrellas has picked up, especially, in the old city markets.
Traders in Zaina Kadal and other prominent markets of the old Srinagar told Kashmir Reader that their stocks of umbrellas have exhausted due to rise in the sales caused by the incessant rains.
“For the last one week, retailers and customers from across the city have been buying umbrellas from me. All I have now is a single umbrella, which is for my personal use,” Tariq Ahmad, a wholesale umbrella dealer at Zaina Kadal, said.
Mukhtar Ahmad, a dealer at Khanakhai Moula, said the customers have been asking for big size umbrellas to protect themselves from the heavy downpour being witnessed in the Valley.
“I had a wide range of umbrellas in my shop, but people are asking only for old-fashioned big size umbrellas instead of the trendy smaller ones,” he said.
“Apart from their size, the biggest drawback of the big size umbrellas was their colour. But these days the people don’t seem to care about it,” he added.
Mukhtar said a few government departments also wanted to purchase umbrellas from him.
“I couldn’t fulfill the order, because I could not get fresh supply from outside due to closed roads,” he said. Muhammad Shaheen, a resident from Nowpora, said he has been trying to buy a big size umbrella since early last week.
“I wanted to purchase a big umbrella, but a dealer in Lal Chowk wasn’t ready to sell it for less than Rs 350. I am now looking for one in the old city,” he said.


text:
Should there be sales tax on tampons?
A Tampa woman doesn’t think so and has filed a class-action lawsuit to repeal the tax.
She wants millions of dollars refunded to customers who have paid it, according to the Tallahassee Democrat.
Several state agencies and major retailers are among those being sued.
The suit claims the tax violates Florida law and discriminates against women, Politico.com reports.
The lawsuit is the third major lawsuit arguing states discriminate against women by taxing them for essential feminine hygiene products while not taxing men for non-essential products like Rogaine, according to Jacksonville.com.


text:
After what can be considered a slow year for Meizu the company is preparing a new comeback in 2018 with multiple devices to be released and a whole revamp over their mid-range series.
The very first smartphone to be launched by the company is the Meizu mBlu S6 or more popularly known as Meizu M6S. The smartphone has been the target of multiple leaks in the last months and the most recent comes from no other place than from the Chinese Regulatory department of TENAA.
Surprisingly the new smartphone doesn’t bring the very known mBack button present in most of Meizu handsets, instead, it seems to move to On-screen buttons. That’s something really curious to see, since the latest release of Meizu’s main rival, Xiaomi, has also dropped the use of capacitive buttons to the virtual keys solution.
Gizchina News of the week
The mBlue S6 packs a 5.7-inch display with 1440x720p resolution resulting in the trending 18:9 aspect ratio. Comparisons will be inevitable since that’s the same size and resolution found in the Redmi 5. The phone rear is remarked by the presence of the mBlue logo being the first smartphone to be launched under the Meizu’s mBlue sub-brand and division of mid-range smartphones.
Surprisingly Meizu opted for a side mounted fingerprint sensor place just below the standard power button. This is something that isn’t being offered by most of Chinese companies that regularly opt between Front or Rear fingerprint sensors.
The mBlue S6 processing power is ensured by a an hexa-core Exynos 7872 which have the graphical power ensured by the Mali-G71 GPU. The processor comes coupled with 3GB RAM along 32GB of Storage. The lights are kept on by a 3,000mAh battery with fast charge support. Earlier the week the smartphone also made an apparition on the AnTuTu database.
The smartphone is likely coming in Q1 2018 to compete with the likes of Redmi 5 and Redmi 5 Plus.


text:
Apple: new AppSTore guidlines10. March 2020
Apple: new AppSTore guidlines
New York, 9.3.2020
Apple has released new guidelines for review in the App Store and appears to have relaxed the restrictions on apps that use push notifications for promotions.
This was previously forbidden, but apps still did – including Apple – so developers and customers have long held Apple responsible for this policy.
Instead of cracking down on them, Apple has decided to allow it, but only if customers “explicitly choose … the language of consent shown in your app’s interface.” In practice, however, there is no technical distinction between different types of push notifications, so it will not be easy for Apple to monitor this.
For the directional lines see here: PIXEL ENVY


text:
Announced early this year, the all-new WindMade product label is now out in the public.
The label, which will be used to distinguish products that are built using at least 25 percent wind power, began a two-month long public consultation period yesterday.
"I firmly believe that today's launch is the beginning of a movement that will make a real difference to investments in wind power around the world, and I am very excited to be given the opportunity to spearhead this effort" WindMade CEO Henrik Kuffner said at the official launch in New York.
In addition to releasing the label into the public, WindWade is also still currently finalizing the technical standard for the label, which is comprised of technical experts from organizations like the WWF and LEGO. The standard will then go through a "sounding board" period, at which point it will be reviewed by representatives from companies including Walmart, 3Degrees, Better Place, and Dong Energy.
The trial period will close on August 15, while the final standard is expected to be revealed in full at some point in September.


text: Congratulations to SOC national partner Sobeys for being awarded the Philanthropic Leadership Award from the Retail Council of Canada for their partnership with Special Olympics Canada! What an awesome recognition of the work Sobeys has done, and continues to do for our movement. Sobeys continues to be an important partner in helping make our athletes eat better, feel better and do better by educating them about health and nutrition. It’s an important aspect of an athletes life and we are proud to have them as part of the Special Olympics family. Congratulations!


text:
The Princess And The Frog is set to debut this summer and Disney Consumer Products has partnered with Mattel and Jakks Pacific’s CDI division to launch a new line of Princess Tiana- and film-based toys.
The line debuted at Toy Fair this week, featuring dolls, playsets and role-play dresses, as well as apparel, accessories, home décor, consumer electronics, school supplies and personal care products. The goods will debut on retail shelves across the US this coming fall. Disney Publishing Worldwide is also on-board for an assortment of titles including story and activity books.
At retail, more than 220 Disney Stores across North America and Canada will usher in the debut of Princess Tiana and the film property with window displays and merchandising, offering an array of licensed product, such as Halloween costumes and role-play dresses.
Disney will also honor its very first princess Snow White by releasing a new toy line in October, coinciding with the Blu-ray debut of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.


text:
NVidia has announced Quadro DCC, a special solution for graphics and
digital content creation professional applications based on GeForce3.
ELSA will sell the Quadro DCC as the ELSA GLoria DCC exclusively
through Discreet's vast network of 3ds max resellers. The board will be
supplied with ELSA MAXtreme drivers, which improves 3ds max
performance and adds key enhancements to the 3ds max
It is still very difficult to find any Pentium 4 enhanced software titles that would show the benefits of P4's architecture. That is why nobody really expected to find the first meaningful Pentium4-optimization in an actual graphics card driver. NVIDIA's recently leaked reference driver revision 12.10 shows what difference P4-enhancements can actually make. Check out the full article here.
Very few of us use S3 based videocards nowadays. There are almost no drivers or new produsts.
During the last year this company was in very critical condition: in spring they announced that
S3-Graphics will be bought by VIA Technologies and in summer`2000 both companies were dealing
with aquisition process. A bit earlier, in late 1999 a group of hardware developers left S3, leaving
the company without an R&D team.
We continue our journey around the globe searching for GeForce3 based cards. According to AKIBA, MSI Starforce 822 is on sale in Japanese shops. This card costs about $420 (¥51800), what is pretty cheap for the GeForce3 card with TV-Out and S-Video-In. As we see now, the final GeForce3 boards do not cost and arm and a leg even in Japan. A friend of mine said that he has had a Leadtek GeForce3 TD for nearly a week now.


text:
from the Sun-Sentinel, The hockey season may have just ended, but the Florida Panthers are ready to "Drop That Puck."
The National Hockey League franchise this week will launch its new advertising campaign. The new effort seeks to build on the team's on-ice momentum and fan enthusiasm to boost season ticket sales and drive consumer awareness for the sport.
"Drop That Puck" speaks to the anticipation of the season, Auerbach said. "It's a war cry that says, Let's go."


text:
Louisiana: Final month, the Louisiana legislature passed one of the most restrictive hemp laws in the nation, prohibiting the sale of CBD as a meals additive or a dietary supplement. Counsel for the U.S. Hemp Roundtable worked closely with Louisiana Division of Overall health to attain a compromise: as an alternative of labeling CBD oils and tinctures as “dietary supplements,” they can be labeled as “hemp supplements” or “hemp CBD supplements” or “hemp-derived CBD supplements.” (The latter two are specifically applicable to CBD isolates.) Additional, the state agency agreed that the sale of CBD gel caps and capsules are permitted. The Roundtable provided its comments on the department’s emergency rules to formalize these agreements, as nicely as offer you some other technical ideas.
Massachusetts: Roundtable-promoted legislation in the Bay State – which would expand the state’s hemp plan and legalize the retail sale of hemp-derived CBD – continues to make progress. The bill, sponsored by Rep. Mark Cusack, and co-sponsored by extra than two dozen of his colleagues, was admitted into the State Senate final week and provided an official title: H.4001. The Roundtable spoke with the Home Chair of the Joint Cannabis Policy Committee and received confirmation they would anticipate a hearing in the fall, contemplating the upcoming recess and the lack of hearings in August. Meanwhile, 26 Massachusetts legislators sent a letter to Governor Baker in robust opposition to the current hemp/CBD policy statement from the state’s agriculture and well being departments, which is jeopardizing established hemp firms, investments and present license holders with overtly restrictive regulations. Let’s preserve up the stress: if you hail from Massachusetts, please use our State Action Center to urge your legislators to help H.4001.
West Virginia: This spring, West Virginia passed 1 of the most expansive hemp bills in the nation, applying lots of of the main elements of the Roundtable’s Model State Act. Now, the Roundtable has also submitted recommendations to West Virginia’s Division of Agriculture concerning its regulations on hemp and hemp-derived goods. We are urging the state to market broad access to protected hemp goods and lessen the regulatory burden on hemp farmers and retail retailer owners.
STATE ACTION CENTER


text:
Airbnb beats street expectations but sounds warning about coronavirus variants
Airbnb’s business has rebounded decisively from the depths of the pandemic, but the near-term outlook for the company is still unclear as the virus mutates and reappears.
Airbnb shares fell about 5% in aftermarket trading after the company issued a warning about “volatile and non-linear” year-over-year performance ahead.
“In the near term, we predict that the impact of Covid-19 and the introduction and spread of new variants of the virus, including the Delta variant, will continue to affect overall travel behavior, including frequency and when customers book and cancel, ”the company said in a letter to shareholders.
The company added that it cannot predict how current vaccination efforts, containment of new viral variants and travel restrictions outside the United States in the coming months will affect third and fourth quarter results.
The online hosting platform’s revenue jumped to $ 1.3 billion in the second quarter from $ 335 million a year earlier – the highest quarterly revenue on record by the company and a 299% year-over-year increase.
Q2 revenue was 10% higher than Q2 2019, which the company attributed to higher global supply and demand.
“Now that the second quarter is behind us, we can say with certainty that the travel rebound is upon us and Airbnb is leading the way,” said co-founder and CEO Brian Chesky on a conference call on the results.
Airbnb still reported a net loss of $ 68 million, in part due to increased sales and marketing spending. In the second quarter of 2020, the company recorded a net loss of $ 575 million.
Gross booking value, representing revenue, service charges, cleaning fees and taxes from Airbnb hosts, totaled $ 13.4 billion in the quarter, a 320% year-over-year increase on the other.


text:
A 24-year-old man is in a critical condition after he was assaulted during a night out in the West End.
Gallery: The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge had to step in to protect an endangered Australian bibly - from the grasping hands of baby Prince George.
Britvic chilled over AG Barr deal
Published: 09 July 2013
Britvic today indicated it has no desire to resurrect its proposed merger with AG Barr, saying its prospects as a stand-alone company were "bright".
As the Hertfordshire-based drink firm received formal notification that its now lapsed tie-up with AG Barr has been given competition clearance, Britvic indicated it was under no pressure to resurrect a deal.
Chairman Gerald Corbett said a new chief executive in Simon Litherland and the prospect of £30 million of cost savings over the next three years meant the merger benefits are "materially less than they were".
He said: "We would obviously consider any proposal tabled in the interests of shareholders. However, Britvic is in a very different position to last summer when the merger was agreed."
Tizer and Rubicon maker AG Barr said it will actively reconsider a potential merger and that apart from Britvic's recently announced short-term cost savings plan little has changed to alter the merger rationale.
The planned £1.4 billion tie-up lapsed in February because of delays caused by the Office of Fair Trading's decision to refer the matter to the Competition Commission.
In its final report, the Commission today said the brands owned by Britvic and AG Barr were not close competitors and consumers would not lose out.
Irn-Bru is the largest Barr brand and has a particularly strong presence in Scotland, while other Britvic labels include J2O, Fruit Shoot and Tango.
Retail sales of soft drinks in the UK amounted to £11.2 billion last year.
Mr Corbett, who was fiercely critical of the OFT's decision to refer the merger, said today: "The board is confident of driving £30 million of cost savings over the next three years and of the enhanced international expansion opportunities.
"In addition, performance has improved, the merger benefits are materially less than they were and our share price is almost twice the level it was. Britvic's prospects as a stand-alone company are bright."
Top stories in Business
Top stories in Business
- Woman 'terrified' after central London belt buckle attack leaves her blind in one eye
- TV companies help Chelsea but never Arsenal, claims Arsene Wenger
- Royal tour drama: two men arrested for 'acting suspiciously' just metres from William and Kate
- British porn stars to star in Game of Thrones
- Fun things to do in London over the Easter bank holiday weekend (April 17-21)
- Tube strike: London Underground staff to stage five day walk over ticket office closures
- Cycling to work in London smog 'could do more harm than good'
- Top judges face backlash after ruling Jamaican killer can't be deported as he is gay
- Ukip invited to join fores with Marine Le Penn's French National Front
- TfL spent close to £500,000 on counselling 'stressed' staff
- London hairdresser 'targeted by North Korean embassy officials over Kim Jong-un discount'
- Three injured after ceiling collapses at Virgin Active gym in west London
- The Standard leads rush to adopt a .London web address
- Joan as Police Woman, Village Underground - music review
- Owner of 'worst hotel in Britain' banned after mice move in
When you apply for a credit product such as a loan or mortgage, the lender will almost always conduct a credit check on you. Find out how it works.
Here, we dissect the look of one of our favourite fashion week attendees and show you how to channel Poppy Delevingne’s style.
With summer approaching it's time to rethink your wardrobe
Celebrate the UNIQLO Michael Bastian polo shirt collaboration for men and kids, with a chance to win a family experience at one of four London football clubs.
Over the next 12 weeks, our team from the London Evening Standard will all experience the thrill of New Balance’s Runnovation.
Bergen - a city set amid spectacular scenery which is easily accessible for a fascinating weekend escape.
From the perfect white shirt to this season’s must-have cropped trouser, the options for stylish urbanites are plentiful this season.
Only two hours from Britain amid the dramatic scenery and lovely fjords of western Norway, find out more about the Norwegian fjords...
We've teamed up with Icelandair to give readers the chance to win two return flights from London to Denver to visit this stonishing city.


text:
Fecha: 2018-01-18 / 13:27:39
Will I get travelling expenses? buy topamax over the counter Its affiliates have also repeatedly targeted senior Yemeni military officers and military and security installations with suicide attacks since the army drove its affiliates out of southern Yemeni strongholds last year.
anatropin online In a posting on its website, the CDC said that it "will continue to work with federal, state and local partners in the investigation to determine whether this conclusion applies to the increase in cases of cyclosporiasis in other states. It is not yet clear whether the cases from all of the states are part of the same outbreak."
biaxin 500mg xl tablet
Discussion and ideas on internet marketing. Members include marketing professionals, internet broadcasting firms, SEO experts and others utilizing new technology to implement marketing campaigns to targeted markets.
udenafil fiyatÄ± Some offer in-person services in well-appointed offices, while others give customers the privacy of secure transactions over the Internet. The segment is developing at a time when the industry is pushing up-market, with big national chains such as EZPawn attempting to polish their reputations with the expansion of clean, well-lit stores.
glucophage buy uk A California company was given more than $100 million in taxpayer funds by the federal government â with few strings attached â to establish a network of electric car charging stations that is fraught with problems, according to a government audit.


text:
Experian fined $3 million for deceptive credit score marketing
Big credit bureau mislead consumers, watchdog agency says
Expert on consumer credit laws and regulations.
The big credit bureau Experian agreed to pay a $3 million fine to the federal government’s consumer watchdog and reform the way it markets credit scores, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau announced Thursday.
“Experian deceived consumers over how the credit scores it marketed and sold were used by lenders,” CFPB Director Richard Cordray said in the announcement.
From at least 2012 through 2014, Experian’s marketing statements let consumers think that the scores they bought were used by lenders to approve or reject loans. In fact, the company’s “PLUS Score” was not used by lenders, and could differ substantially from scores lenders did use, according to the March 23 consent order.
“Consumers deserve and should expect honest and accurate information about their credit scores, which are central to their financial lives,” Cordray said.
Experian’s marketing strategies violated rules against deceptive practices in the Dodd-Frank Consumer Protection Act, the bureau said. The company also violated the Fair Credit Reporting Act by displaying online ads to consumers before they had obtained their free annual credit report via AnnualCreditReport.com. Consumers are entitled to a free copy of their credit report once a year under the FCRA. After entering the AnnualCreditReport.com portal, they are directed to sites operated by the major credit bureaus, including Experian.
The company agreed to the penalty without admitting or denying wrongdoing. The consent order names the California-based parent company Experian Holdings Inc. and its units Experian Information Solutions Inc. and ConsumerInfo.com Inc., doing business as Experian Consumer Services.
Experian said in an emailed statement that it did not believe it violated the law. It agreed to the order in order to stay focused on its business.
“The consent order addresses past products and marketing practices, and does not reflect current marketing practices,” the company said. Current marketing – with limited changes – already complies with the order, the company added.
Experian’s U.S. website now offers consumers a look at their FICO credit score, the one most often used by lenders, for $1 when checking their credit report.
The consumer bureau’s penalty comes after similar crackdowns on Equifax and TransUnion, the two other major credit bureaus, in January. In addition to reforming their marketing, those companies were ordered to pay a combined $17.7 million in refunds to consumers after charging for credit scores marketed as “free.” The orders also included fines of $5.5 million.
Thursday’s order on Experian does not mandate refunds or accuse the company of misleading customers about the price of credit scores it sold.
Experian’s $3 million fine will go to the CFPB’s Civil Penalty Fund, which compensates harmed consumers and supports financial literacy programs. The company cannot claim tax credits or deductions for the amount, recover it through insurance, or use it to offset other potential penalties from regulators or court rulings.
- What to do if your card is posted online – Once posted, the question is becomes not so much what were you thinking, but what happens if you do find yourself in this plastic pickle? ...
- New technology, analytics help fight card-not-present fraud – Issuers innovate to thwart cybercriminals, but the shift to mobile puts the onus on merchants to step up against card-not-present fraud ...
- Immigrants may need good credit to stay in the U.S. – Under a new proposal, the government would review the credit histories and credit scores of immigrants seeking visas or other status changes. But achieving a high U.S. credit score is an obstacle for many immigrants ...


text:
Mass. Treasurer Seeks New Online Tax Policy
State Treasurer Steven Grossman is urging Congress to pass a law allowing states to apply sales taxes to all Internet retail sales.
Grossman sent a letter on Tuesday to U.S. Sen. Max Baucus saying it was time to "level the playing field," by having a consistent policy on taxes. He said "brick and mortar" stores that create local jobs should not be at a competitive disadvantage to out-of-state, online retailers.
Baucus, a Montana Democrat, chairs the Senate Finance Committee.
Under current rules, an online retailer is only required to charge a sales tax if it has a physical presence — such as a store or warehouse — in the consumer's state.
Grossman cites a recent independent study showing that with a uniform Internet sales tax, Massachusetts could have collected $387 million in additional revenue last year.
This program aired on November 21, 2012. The audio for this program is not available.


text:
19 MN Cos. in Fortune 500; Most Move Down in Rank
Nineteen Minnesota companies made this year's Fortune 500 list of the largest public and closely held corporations in the United States based on revenue-but the bulk of them moved down in ranking.
The top-ranking local company is Minnetonka-based UnitedHealth Group, Inc., which didn't move from its 22nd-place ranking on last year's list, despite an 8.2 percent uptick in sales between 2010 and 2011.
Fourteen of the 19 Minnesota companies on the list fell in ranking from last year-some substantially. Edina-based Nash Finch Company, for example, fell 49 spots and came close to falling off the list after its revenue dropped 3.7 percent to $4.8 billion in 2011. Meanwhile, Minneapolis-based Thrivent Financial for Lutherans fell 14 spots even though its revenue increased 4 percent to $7.8 billion in 2011.
Most of the local companies that had the greatest gains are in the agricultural sector. Plymouth-based The Mosaic Company moved up 78 spots, Inver Grove Heights-based CHS, Inc., moved up 49 spots, and Arden Hills-based Land O'Lakes moved up eight spots. Eden Prairie-based C.H. Robinson Worldwide, Inc., and St. Paul-based Ecolab, Inc., also moved up in ranking.
All 19 of the Minnesota companies on this year's list appeared on last year's list. Alliant Techsystems, Inc., was on the list both years-but it's no longer a Minnesota company as it moved its headquarters from Eden Prairie to Arlington, Virginia, last October.
Minnesota companies that made the 2012 list-along with their rankings, annual revenue, and position on last year's list-are:
- 22-UnitedHealth Group, Inc., $101.9 billion (ranked 22nd last year)
- 38-Target Corporation, $69.9 billion (33rd last year)
- 53-Best Buy Company, Inc., $50.3 billion (47th last year)
- 75-Supervalu, Inc., $37.5 billion (61st last year)
- 78-CHS, Inc., $36.9 billion (103rd last year)
- 102-3M Company, $29.6 billion (97th last year)
- 132-U.S. Bancorp, $21.4 billion (126th last year)
- 164-Medtronic, Inc., $15.9 billion (158th last year)
- 181-General Mills, Inc., $14.9 billion (166th last year)
- 210-Land O'Lakes, $12.8 billion (218th last year)
- 246-Xcel Energy, Inc., $10.7 billion (237th last year)
- 248-Ameriprise Financial, Inc., $10.6 billion (246th last year)
- 259-C.H. Robinson Worldwide, Inc., $10.3 billion (265th last year)
- 268-The Mosaic Company, $9.9 billion (346th last year)
- 327-Hormel Foods Corporation, $7.9 billion (325th last year)
- 332-Thrivent Financial for Lutherans, $7.8 billion (318th last year)
- 365-Ecolab, Inc., $6.8 billion (378th last year)
- 437-St. Jude Medical, Inc., $5.6 billion (436th last year)
- 498-Nash Finch Company, $4.8 billion (449th last year)
Exxon Mobil surpassed Wal-Mart for the top spot on this year's Fortune 500 list. Wal-Mart ranked second, and Chevron, ConocoPhillips, and General Motors rounded out the top five.
See the entire Fortune 500 list here.


text:
The secret of success: Expertise coupled with inventive spirit
Seven years ago, WE-EF's world première of the RFL500 LED street and area lighting luminaire together with the OLC® One LED Concept lens technology caught the industry's attention at Light+Building 2008. Behind those innovations were many years of intensive LED development.
WE-EF is a pioneer in LED exterior lighting. The company implemented its first large-scale LED project almost 15 years ago with the Sony Center in Berlin. The company has consistently built on its expertise in LED luminaire development, and today has an extensive portfolio of street and area luminaires as well as architectural lighting solutions. The development of high-quality, efficient LED lenses is part of WE-EF's IOS® Innovative Optical System programme and a core competency of the company.
The IOS® development programme comes under the direct supervision of Dr Nguyen Van Quang, a veteran employee of WE-EF for more than 20 years. Dr Quang leads WE-EF's lighting development department, working together with his team in a lighting laboratory outfitted with state-of-the-art equipment. Every product that goes into production at WE-EF must first pass through Dr Quang's laboratory. For example, the goniophotometer, with its facility for rotating luminaires, provides precision data on lighting properties such as illuminance and light distribution.
All LEDs undergo intensive testing before being integrated into production. "We do not rely on the manufacturer's specifications alone," Dr Quang explains. "The data we collect guarantee high quality throughout all WE-EF luminaires."
Lighting developers worldwide are facing new challenges with LED lens technology. WE-EF, coupled the expertise and inventive spirit of Dr Quang and his team, has invested in the technology necessary to produce LED lenses that are precision-targeted, provide controlled light distribution and are reflection-free. From computer simulations and prototypes manufactured in-house, WE-EF is able to achieve and deliver the highest level of quality in production lenses.
As with the previous generation of WE-EF reflectors, the IOS® concept remains the focus of LED lens development. "We are not just developing one lens for one luminaire; we are working on a logically structured lens system that can be used in different WE-EF product series," according to Dr Quang. As a result, WE-EF now has a sophisticated range of symmetric and asymmetric LED lenses for a wide range of applications, both for street and area luminaires, and for architectural lighting.
State-of-the-art architectural lighting.Learn more


text:
Vitamin World to File for Bankruptcy
Vitamin World Inc. plans to file for bankruptcy protection to restructure the business and renegotiate its store leases. The retailer of vitamins, nutritional supplements, and sports nutrition and beauty products will file next week for Chapter 11 reorganization to restructure its 334-store real estate portfolio and have the ability to renegotiate “problematic lease agreements” with store landlords, President and Chief Executive Michael Madden told Newsday.
“Since I took over, one of my main priorities is to restructure our real estate portfolio,” said Madden, a corporate turnaround expert who was hired to run the company in May 2016. “We have been working with the landlords, and a small handful of them have worked with us to get out of leases and restructure them, but some have not." Under Chapter 11, companies can reorganize their operations, break long-term leases without major penalties, and renegotiate their debt with lenders.
Total Retail's Take: Like the other major players in the $41 billion vitamins, supplements and sports nutrition industry, including GNC and Vitamin Shoppe, Vitamin World has been under pressure due to declining mall traffic, discount and online retail competitors, and studies critical of supplements’ contents and effectiveness. However, while bankruptcy can be perceived as a black eye on a company, in some cases a Chapter 11 filing can make a business stronger going forward. Using bankruptcy to help restructure its store portfolio is a smart move for Vitamin World. This gives the company the opportunity to shrink its network of stores while still remaining in business.


text:
DENVER, Dec. 2, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- PointsBet, a premier global online gaming operator, has debuted two new ad spots featuring NFL all-time great and future Hall of Famer Drew Brees as part of the Live Your Bet Life™ campaign.
Both "Marlin" and "Rocket" offer a look at Drew and his crew living their "bet life" on imaginary adventures while celebrating real in-game wins on the PointsBet app. All three ad spots are available here.
PointsBet worked in partnership with Troika Media Group, a brand consultancy and marketing innovations company, on a 360-degree campaign, including broadcast, digital, social, out-of-home, and in-stadium.
The spots will air nationally and in markets where PointsBet is available to users.
The Live Your Bet Life campaign highlights PointsBet's market-leading technology infrastructure, category-leading in-game betting capabilities, and strategic approach to the competitive sports betting space. It is the promise that no matter your level of experience, PointsBet is the best destination for bettors.
"Credit to the team behind these ads for focusing on our consumer needs and reflecting them within. They personify the heightened experience our users feel within the app and our in-play product, compared to the countless promotions and clutter we are currently seeing in the space," said PointsBet USA CMO Kyle Christensen. "In-play betting is poised to dominate sports betting in the U.S., and the company with the fastest and most dynamic experience will lead the space. The PointsBet app is the gold standard, and we are just scratching the surface of what's to come with our live market betting options. PointsBet is the place for everyone to Live Your Bet Life."
PointsBet is a corporate bookmaker listed on the Australian Stock Exchange with operations in Australia, the United States, Canada and Ireland. PointsBet has developed a scalable cloud-based wagering platform through which it offers its clients innovative sports and racing wagering products, advance deposit wagering on racing (ADW) and iGaming.
View original content to download multimedia:https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/pointsbet-debuts-two-new-ad-spots-featuring-drew-brees-and-the-live-your-bet-life-brand-campaign-301436511.html


text:
Oh how time flies. Today marks a momentous anniversary for Apple and its iPhone lineup, and a considerable shift in an entire industry.
Eight years ago, on June 29, 2007, Apple officially launched the iPhone. Leading up to that point, the smartphone industry was dominated by devices that offered physical keyboards and smaller displays, by way of companies like Research In Motion (RIM, now known as BlackBerry), Sony, Motorola and Nokia. That all changed the moment Apple showed off the iPhone with its refined, sleek form factor.
When it launched all those years ago, the iPhone was an exclusive device for the Big Blue carrier AT&T in the United States. It was tied to a two-year contract with a price tag of $599. Apple would eventually drop the price, though, marking it down to $399 on a new, two-year agreement. Compare that to the $199 price tag that most devices get these days, including iPhones. The original iPhone would launch in Ireland, Austria, France, Portugal, Germany, and the United Kingdom in November of the same year.
The iPhone lineup has expanded quite a bit in eight years, with Apple launching 10 models in that time. That includes the iPhone 3G, the iPhone 3GS, iPhone 4, iPhone 4s, iPhone 5, iPhone 5c, iPhone 5S, and most recently, the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus.
The month of June is going to be another big month for Apple in 2015, too, as Apple enters into another brand new market for the company. On Tuesday, June 30, beginning at 8:00 AM PT on that day, Apple will launch Apple Music, the company’s music streaming service.


text:
(BPT) – Cacique — one of the country’s top authentic Hispanic food brands — is shining a light on Mexican cuisine in America by partnering with leading culinary voices to announce What’s Next in Mexican Cuisine, its predictions for the top Mexican food trends coming to kitchens across the country in the coming year. To develop this year’s forecast, Cacique partnered with Chef Gilberto Cetina, Chef Anastacia Quinoñes-Pittman and Andre Lomeli, who each shared their unique perspectives on the state of Mexican cuisine in America.
2022 Mexican food trends unveiled [Infographic]
Welcome to HouseTopia, your comprehensive source for all things related to home and garden. Looking for the latest trends in home décor? Check. How about step-by-step instructions to complete that long overdue project in the garage? We’ve got you covered.
Sign up for our Newsletter
Get home improvement, decorating, lawn & garden tips delivered right to your inbox!


text:
(CBS) — The Super Bowl is a huge day for Chicago area restaurants. Sports bars with big screen TVs and especially places that deliver pizza.
CBS 2’s Mike Puccinelli visited Connie’s Pizza in Bridgeport, where they expect to sell 3,000 pizzas for Super Bowl Sunday.
Owner Mike Stolfe says they have 45 delivery drivers for today and about 80 employees working. He says it’s their busiest delivery day.
“We just want everyone to know that we put so much passion into the dough, through the ingredients and to the trucks to make sure you got a hot pizza for your Super Bowl Sunday enjoyment,” Stolfe says.
You can watch the Super Bowl on CBS 2 with kickoff at 5:30 p.m.


text:
[Avionics Today 10-20-2014] Bombardier introduced the latest variant of its Challenger business jet family, the Challenger 650, at the National Business Aviation (NBAA) Conference and Exhibition in Orlando, Fla. The 650 was introduced during a special unveiling event, where the Canadian airframe manufacturer announced NetJets as the launch customer.
In 2012, NetJets placed an order for 25 Challenger 650s, formerly referred to as the Challenger 605 NG.
“The Challenger 650 jet enhances our leading business aircraft portfolio, the largest within the industry and will establish new standards in its segment,” said Eric Martel, president, Bombardier Business Aircraft.
Bombardier has also selected the nice Cabin Management System/In-flight Entertainment (CMS/IFE) system from Lufthansa Technik for the Challenger 650. This marks Bombardier's latest selection of Lufthansa Technik's nice system, which is also featured on the Learjet 70, Learjet 75, Learjet 85 and Challenger 350.


text:
St. George, UT – Timpson Marketing, a renowned leader in the digital marketing industry, is proud to announce the expansion of its innovative services to St. George, Utah. This strategic move marks a significant milestone for the company as it extends its reach to empower more businesses in the Beehive State with its cutting-edge marketing solutions.
Since its inception in 2010, Timpson Marketing has been at the forefront of the digital marketing revolution, providing comprehensive services that include search engine optimization (SEO), social media management, content creation, and targeted advertising. The company’s success stems from its commitment to staying ahead of the curve and its dedication to delivering measurable results for its clients.
The decision to expand into St. George was driven by the city’s burgeoning business community and its vibrant economy. As a gateway to Utah’s iconic natural beauty and a hub for innovation, St. George presents a fertile ground for Timpson Marketing to introduce its expertise and contribute to the region’s growth.
“We are thrilled to bring our passion for digital marketing to St. George,” said Joseph Timpson, CEO of Timpson Marketing. “Our goal has always been to help businesses thrive in the digital age. By establishing a presence in this dynamic city, we are excited to offer our unique blend of creativity and technology to help local businesses reach new heights.”
Timpson Marketing’s expansion includes the opening of a new office in the heart of St. George, which will serve as a base for local operations and client services. The company has already begun recruiting top talent from the area, emphasizing its commitment to creating job opportunities and investing in the local community.
The new office will be led by a team of seasoned marketing professionals who bring a wealth of experience and a deep understanding of the local market. This team will work closely with St. George businesses to develop customized marketing strategies that resonate with their target audiences and drive sustainable growth.
“Our approach is highly collaborative and transparent,” said Jane Smith, Director of Operations for the St. George office. “We believe in working hand-in-hand with our clients to create campaigns that are not only creative and impactful but also data-driven and results-oriented. We’re not just a service provider; we’re a partner in our client’s success.”
Timpson Marketing’s expansion is also a reflection of its commitment to innovation. The company is known for leveraging the latest technologies and trends to deliver exceptional marketing campaigns. From artificial intelligence and machine learning to virtual reality and interactive content, Timpson Marketing is always exploring new frontiers in digital marketing.
As part of its launch in St. George, Timpson Marketing will be hosting a series of workshops and events designed to educate local businesses on the power of digital marketing and the latest industry best practices. These events will provide valuable insights and networking opportunities for attendees, fostering a collaborative business environment in the region.
“We believe that an informed client is an empowered client,” said Joseph Timpson. “These workshops are just one of the many ways we’re looking to give back to the community and share our knowledge with those looking to grow their business.”
With a track record of success and a reputation for excellence, Timpson Marketing’s expansion into St. George is poised to make a significant impact on the local economy and the broader digital marketing landscape.
For more information about Timpson Marketing and its services in St. George, please visit their website or contact Joseph Timpson at (435) 212-3354 or via email at firstname.lastname@example.org.
About Timpson Marketing:
Timpson Marketing is a full-service digital marketing agency that specializes in creating custom, data-driven marketing strategies for businesses of all sizes. With a focus on innovation, creativity, and results, Timpson Marketing has helped countless clients achieve their marketing goals and grow their online presence. For more information, please visit https://www.timpsonmarketing.com/.


text:
O2 says it’ll be switching on its ‘superfast’ 4G network in London, Leeds and Bradford on 29th August. It’ll then add a further 10 cities by the end of 2013.
The company’s 4G tariffs will cost from £26 per month. Customers will also receive 12 months of free music content if they buy a 4G consumer tariff direct from O2, although full details haven’t been revealed yet.
According to Ofcom, the UK’s 800MHz frequencies were finally cleared for 4G mobile use from yesterday.
Ronan Dunne, CEO of Telefónica UK - the company behind the O2 UK network - said “It’s great that I am able to announce O2 4G the day after the spectrum has been cleared for use. Digital connectivity will be made ubiquitous by 4G and become the oxygen of modern life. It is our intention to use 4G to inspire the nation through the possibilities of technology, encouraging people to live more, do more and be more with O2. The full potential of 4G is as yet unexplored, but what we can be sure of is that it will allow for a whole new world of opportunity that people are now ready for. Over half of our customers say they use more data than two years ago and even more use wifi wherever they go, to always stay connected. Given this trend, there is no doubt that 4G will transform our lives, be it as consumers, in business or through public sector services.”
As well as offering coverage in London, Leeds and Bradford, O2 is planning 4G coverage in Birmingham, Newcastle, Glasgow, Liverpool, Nottingham, Leicester, Coventry, Sheffield, Manchester and Edinburgh by the end of 2013.


text:
Top 5 Online Casino Trends to Watch for in 2018
Online casino is going from strength to strength. From the variety of content produced in 2017, especially those games that tied into big film releases and popular franchises, to the growing number of players. Reports state that in the UK in 2016, 33% of all gambling revenue was made from online casinos. The growing technology hinted at in other aspects of gaming is, has already made the leap over to iGaming, and it shows us that 2018 is going to be another strong year for online casinos. The various iGaming events have already hinted at what we can expect from online casino, so here are five of the top trends to watch out for in 2018.
Virtual Reality Gaming
There can be no talk about gaming without mentioning the growing commerciality of virtual reality (VR) software. The Facebook-owned Oculus and the Valve Corporation’s Steam digital platform are both releasing games that utilise VR technology. In fact, mobile AR technology is set to drive the now $108 billion VR market by 2021, furthering what can be done on both mobile and desktop platforms. The ICE Totally Gaming conference even featured developers revealing the VR they planned to roll out by year-end, which looks set to massively take off into 2018.
The price of an Oculus Rift headset was slashed dramatically in summer 2017 to just $399, which is bringing VR technology further and further into people’s homes. Virtual reality gaming on casino would no doubt further enhance the experience to be extremely immersive and reflect that of an actual casino. The technology would enable multiple players to play and affect what one another experiences. Leading casino game developers have already invested in this technology, with Microgaming showcasing its VR roulette demo in ICE Totally Gaming 2016.
Twitch – a digital platform for gaming – has a reported 45 million people a month tuning in to either play games or spectate others’ games. Facebook Live has increased its capabilities – with an increase of 330% of search queries including it since 2016, and with a reported $50 million being paid to celebrities to perform marketing tasks using the platform. Live technology has increased – and will continue to into 2018. For online casino, this means that the current trend of live dealers is not only going strong but also looking into ways to expand in new ways.
In addition to multiple expansions of the range and variants of table games available in live format, we've recently seen new games enter the platform as well. For instance, Dream Catcher live is already available online and readily to play available at casino sites, utilizing the streaming technology to have the Wheel of Fortune-like game presented by a real live host. Exhibitors at 2018’s ICE Totally Gaming are likely to be unveiling the advancements on the current live technology available through online casino. The push from seeing what competitors are doing will help bring trends to market quicker and provide consumers with a varied range of the highest quality examples of each trend.
Skills-Based Casino Gaming
While some slot games are based primarily on the luck of the draw – which encourages a lot of fans who want a stress-free game that is beyond their control – casinos are seeing a rise in games that require more strategy. Poker, for example, requires a lot of strategy as it stands and luck alone won’t help, especially as the game progresses. The Global Gaming Expo (G2E) 2017, which culminated in October, focused on the next year’s improvements for casino gaming.
Skills-based gaming for both on and offline casinos were featured heavily. Consisting of a team of mathematicians, Probability Gaming showcased some of the skills-based games they have been developing, which combine the standard play with an additional bit of strategizing. These will specifically be targeting newer online gamers who will value more of a challenge in their gaming, as opposed to stalwart gamers who are less used to playing other kinds of games that force the player to think as much.
Gamification - which grew in earnest in 2017 – involves the process of immersing the player completely in the online game they are playing. Players will be able to compete for varied rewards and will be able to see and attempt to make the leaderboards for the game against others they can see playing. The concept of gamification is to try to give fans of the game something different in their online slot game as a way to fight any saturation in the market and any competition from console or mobile gaming.
Traditionally used in marketing as a way to entice consumers towards a brand through fun activities (e.g. polls being used on Twitter; the basketball game on Facebook Messenger), gamification can allow for users to test out different variants of online casino games before they commit to playing, encourage them to play more and give them goals to work towards.
More Content Push
While online casinos are equally using content from movies, other games, TV shows etc. in their games alongside traditional themes, the trend will likely dip in favour of content. Some casinos are even offering content of the game as a prize, such as little themed videos that play after certain slot wins. The push for content comes from the global leaning on content, which will continue to be a trend going into 2018.
While current trends have already been used for online casino games, for example in the branded Game of Thrones slot by Microgaming, the big trends in general of 2018 will likely influence the exact content of some of the branded slots as a way to cross-promote the offerings.
While 2018 promises to advance how online casinos can be played, a lot of the changes came from developments from 2017. As with many things, continual improvements ensure the industry remains fresh and the existing fans and possible new fans are given something interesting that they will enjoy.


text:
FDA To Permit Soy Product Claims
WASHINGTON (AP) _ The Food and Drug Administration soon will begin allowing health claims on food products containing soy protein.
Starting Tuesday, soy product labels will be permitted to make statements about the role of soy in reducing heart disease, the agency said Wednesday.
The FDA said it decided to permit the statements after concluding that foods containing soy protein included in a diet low in saturated fat and cholesterol may reduce the risk of heart disease by lowering cholesterol levels.
Foods that may be eligible for the claim include soy beverages, tofu, tempah, soy-based meat alternatives and possibly some baked goods, the FDA said.
In order to qualify for the claim, foods must contain 6.25 grams of soy protein per serving, one-fourth of the 25 grams of soy protein daily that studies have shown is needed to show a significant cholesterol-lowering effect. An ounce is a little more than 25 grams.


text:
Little Scotney Best Bitter, produced by the Kent-based brewery, is set to go into Waitrose's south east stores, joining Little Scotney Pale Ale and British Bulldog beer, which were launched into 13 Waitrose stores in August as part of the retailer's local produce initiative.
The 4.3% Little Scotney Best Bitter, priced at £1.99, was formally launched at the National Trust's Scotney Castle at the beginning of last month and is described as having a complex taste with a floral, hoppy character. It is the second beer in the brewery's Little Scotney range, which was initially brewed exclusively for the National Trust. "We are delighted to be asked to supply this beer to Waitrose," said MD Robert Wicks. "The local sourcing policy of Waitrose fits in with our own ethos of producing a local product for a local market."


text:
“Businesses are constantly bombarded by suspicious activity, so we wanted to provide Cox Business internet customers with an easy-to-use service that helps keep their network secure and running,” said Steve Rowley, executive vice president, Cox Business.
ATLANTA – Feb. 24, 2020 – Cox Business today launched Cox Business MalBlockSM, a new, cloud-based internet security service that blocks access to known malicious domains, which helps prevent business owners, employees, or guests from accessing an infected internet site.
Cox Business MalBlock helps guard devices connected to a company’s network against Internet-based threats, including malware, ransomware, phishing and botnet infections.
By learning from internet activity patterns, MalBlock automatically uncovers current and emerging threats. And because it’s delivered from the cloud, MalBlock is simple to deploy and delivers powerful, effective protection.
The feature is available as an add-on to any of our existing Cox Business Internet services and price varies by service tier. No hardware or software is needed. Additionally, in most cases, MalBlock does not require a customer visit or downtime and requires only minimal changes to the customer’s network.
Cox Business MalBlock also addresses business concerns related to the expense and difficulty of deploying internet security solutions. The technology is delivered from the cloud, offering businesses a solution that requires no supplementary equipment and minimal configuration.
“With Cox Business MalBlock, businesses of all sizes can rest more comfortable knowing that their network devices are being protected against malicious domain-based attacks,” said Steve Rowley, executive vice president, Cox Business. “Businesses are constantly bombarded by suspicious activity, so we wanted to provide Cox Business internet customers with an easy-to-use service that helps keep their network secure and running.”
Cox Business MalBlock automatically covers devices connected to a company’s Local Area Network (LAN) or wifi network, from mobile phones, smart devices, and printers, without needing software installations on each device. Moreover, Cox Business MalBlock updates its threat database every 10 minutes, so businesses can be safeguarded against the latest known threats with no need for software updates.
Businesses can also upgrade to the Cox Business MalBlock enhanced Premium tier that blocks website categories that expose their businesses to threats, liability, and lost productivity. Both the standard and premium versions provide a portal where businesses can see and customize how it’s protecting them.
About Cox Business
The commercial division of Cox Communications, Cox Business provides voice, data and video services for more than 355,000 small and regional businesses nationwide, including health care providers; K−12 and higher education; financial institutions; and federal, state and local government organizations. The organization also serves most of the top-tier wireless and wireline telecommunications carriers in the U.S. through its wholesale division. For more information, please visit www.coxbusiness.com.


text:
This year we witnessed a horde of smartphones under the Rs 20,000 price segment. But are you unable to decide which one is the best option for you? If you are looking to buy a stellar smartphone without hurting your pocket too much then it’s your lucky day. To make things simpler, we have curated the go to list to help you out in deciding which smartphone to buy under Rs 20,000.Redmi 6 Pro
Xiaomi launched Redmi 6 Pro on 5th September in India with 5.84 inch LCD display and a 19:9 aspect ratio. The Redmi 6 Pro is priced at Rs 10,999 for its 3 GB / 32 GB variant and Rs 12,999 for its 4 GB / 64 GB variant. The smartphone also has fingerprint scanner, face unlock [...]
When it comes to Smartphones, misleading benchmarks has become a commonplace. Last year, OnePlus and Meizu were under scrutiny for manipulating the test results of some of their devices on AnTuTu and Geekbench. Now, Huawei and Honor have been caught cheating on benchmarks. And as a result, some of their handsets have been delisted from some prominent benchmarking platforms like UL Benchmarks, Futuremark and 3DMark. For now, devices removed are Huawei P20 Pro, Nova 3, and Honor Play. The news generated some flak on twitter.
It is an INCREDIBLY big deal that @HuaweiMobile has had some of its devices delisted from a respected and trusted [...]
Honor has launched the 8X and 8X Max in China, with a global release possible soon. The Honor 8X and 8X Max have taken everyone by surprise due to their massive size. The Honor 8X, which is the smaller of the two devices, has a whooping 6.5 inch display which even outclasses the 6.4 inch display the Samsung Note 9 has.
To compete with this, the Honor 8X Max has a colossal 7.12 inch display which can qualify it for a tablet too. However, the devices are as large as one would imagine them to be. The design of the phones use aspect ratios which are wider than normal thanks to their notches and almost bezels less screens.
Another primary difference between the two phones is [...]
Xiaomi launched the Redmi 6 Pro in India today. The company claims that the device offers the best specifications in its price bracket. We decided to put this to the test, so here’s a comparison between the Redmi 6 Pro, the Honor 9N and the Asus Zenfone Max Pro. For the review, we are comparing the base models of all the three devices.Design & Display:
In terms of design, the three devices are a bit different. The Redmi 6 Pro and Honor 9N have a display notch on their 5.84 inch screens. The Asus Zenfone Max Pro has a 5.99 inch screen, without a notch.
The Redmi 6 Pro and Honor 9N have a 19:9 ratio display with a resolution of 2280 x 1080 [...]
Honor has launched its Honor 7S smartphone, adding to the list of affordable smartphones in India. The Honor 7S is priced at Rs 6999 making it really affordable.
The phone is equipped with a 5.45 inch HD+ display and a native resolution of 720 x 1440 pixels. The device runs on the octa core Qualcomm MSM8937 SoC. It has 2 GB of RAM and 16 GB of internal storage. The device also has a triple slot tray with dedicated slots for two sim cards and a microSD card. This can be used to expand its memory up to 256 GB.
The Honor 7S packs a 3020 mAh battery and a 13 MP rear camera with PDAF and LED Flash. The front camera has a 5 MP sensor and a low power [...]
Huawei’s sub-brand Honor is all set to launch Honor 7S in India. Earlier a report citing industry sources claimed that the smartphone would be launched in the first week of September. The company is teasing the smartphone on their official website.
Ahead of the launch, which is now speculated to occur tomorrow, that is on 4th September, the company has kicked off a contest.
The contest gives a perfect opportunity to users to win Honor 7S, Honor 9N, Honor Play and Honor Band 3. Rumours say that this Honor 7S is somewhat similar to the Honor Play 7 launched in China in May this year. But Honor 7S is believed to be a downgrade in the camera department. Honor [...]
The time is here for the notch to move aside, probably. The hottest trend in the smartphone market is now a sliding camera with a completely bezel less display. Honor has given us a glimpse of its Magic 2 smartphone which will feature a truly bezel less and notch free screen.
Earlier this year, Vivo had introduced its NEX S concept, which it soon made available in the market. The device has a pop-up camera which hides inside the phone, removing the need for a notch. Soon after this, Oppo launched the Find X, which adapted this feature in a more creative way. The device features a sliding part on the top which houses the front camera, a sensor and also the primary cameras on [...]
After weeks of hints and teasers, Honor finally announced the launch date for its upcoming Honor 8X and 8X Max smartphones. This announcement was made through the Chinese micro-blogging site Weibo, and said that the devices will be launched at an event on 5th September, in China. These devices will be launched into the budget smartphone segment, adding to Honor’s already competitive array of smartphones.
The Honor 8X and 8X Max will not have many differences except for when it comes to size as the name ‘Max’ suggests. Based on the numerous speculations and what we expect from the devices, here’s all we know about the Honor 8X and 8X [...]
The Honor is a sub-brand of the Chinese company, Huawei. When Honor announced the Honor 8, the company debuted it as a flagship smartphone. In addition to the Honor 8, the company also released a Pro and a lite version. Both of these smartphones catered to flagship as well as the mid-range price segment. According to a TENAA listing, it seems that the company is ready to release yet another the smartphone in the Honor 8 series. The reports suggest that this could be the Honor 8X, a mid-range offering from the company. What sets this smartphone apart from the rest of the series, is its V-shaped notch.
Also Read: Galaxy Note 9 Launched
While a V-shaped notch is [...]
The Huawei sub-brand, Honor sold 20 million smartphones in the first six months of 2015, two years after the brand was announced. Continuing the trend, Honor is currently one of the top-selling brands globally, including the Indian market. At an event in India today, the company announced three devices, its gaming smartphone, the Honor Play. The smartphone will make its way to India via an exclusive Amazon sale on 6th August from 4 PM. The company first launched the smartphone in China via an event in Beijing on 31st July 2018.
Also Read: Honor Note 10 LaunchedSpecifications
The company is marketing the Honor Play as a mid-range gaming device. The smartphone sports a [...]
It was in the year 2013 that Huawei announced its sub-brand, Honor. The first smartphone which Huawei launched under this sub-brand was the Honor 3C in April 2014, in Malaysia. Honor entered the European market with its 2014 flagship, the Honor 6. According to reports, Honor sold 20 million smartphones in the first six months of 2015. Today, Honor is one of the top-selling brands globally, including the Indian market. The company has launched the Honor Note 10 in China, which is the second smartphone in the company’s Note series. Prior to the Note 10, Honor launched the Note 8 and skipped on releasing a Note 9. Much Samsung’s Galaxy Note, the Honor Note series is a [...]
The Huawei sub-brand, Honor sold 20 million smartphones in the first six months of 2015, two years after the brand was announced. Continuing the trend, Honor is currently one of the top-selling brands globally, including the Indian market. At an event in Beijing today, the company announced three devices, the Honor Note 10, Honor Play and the Honor Magic Book. While the Note 10 could make a global debut on 30th August, the Honor Play will make its way to India via an exclusive Amazon sale on 6th August.
Also Read: Honor Note 10 Rolls Royce Edition Images LeakedSpecifications
While the Honor Note 10 is a productivity-oriented flagship smartphone, the Honor Play is [...]


text:
Gett partnership continues VW transition
Volkswagen took its first major step in its transition from traditional car maker to provider of integrated mobility by launching its strategic partnership with ride hailing provider Gett in Berlin.
The manufacturer announced a $300m dollar investment in the Gett last week, with chairman Matthias Müller stressing the importance of the strategic partnership.
He said, ‘The ride hailing market doesn’t just promise high growth rates for Volkswagen, it also has a big strategic relevance. Ride hailing will be at the centre of our new ‘mobility on-demand’ business, which we are building up as the second pillar alongside the classic automobile business. Our investment in Gett gives us instant access to a service which people all over the world can benefit from.’
Gett technology contains algorithms that can accurately predict consumers’ need for on-demand transportation. Based on that technology, Gett and VW will develop tailor-made solutions specific to individual cities. First services in Germany are expected next year.
‘The Volkswagen Group and Gett is a great strategic partnership, giving us access to 100 million Volkswagen automobile customers,’ said Gett founder and CEO Shahar Waiser. ‘We already provide the quickest, safest, most reliable on-demand mobility solution. Together with Volkswagen, we can further add to our range of products and services.’
At Volkswagen, the joint growth strategy is to be driven by a special team led by Ole Harms, head of new business and mobility.
He said, ‘We aim to establish ourselves side by side with Gett as the clear European leader in the ride hailing market. The new strategic partnership marks the point where the Volkswagen Group starts taking an active part in shaping the future of mobility. This is not just about linking up individual services, but about creating an integrated mobility ecosystem centred on people and the environment.’


text:
Your search for Mobile Applications in iPhone returned 292 articles
ARTICLES ABOUT IPHONE
The practice has become so popular it has generated all manner of websites and apps.November 10, 2013, Sunday
Advocates for the blind say smartphones and tablets could be the biggest aid to come along since Braille was invented in the 1820s.September 29, 2013, Sunday
Apple’s mobile operating system has undergone a radical, huge redesign, and several apps have been updated to match the new look and feel.September 26, 2013, Thursday
For many, switching to iOS 7, Apple’s latest operating system, is a shock. Here are a couple of simple tips that will help make the transition easier.September 20, 2013, Friday
Consider Apple’s two new iPhones, the 5C (budget model) and the 5S. Not exactly innovative, but they look good and the software is more efficient to navigate.September 18, 2013, Wednesday
Unless a specific program is needed — say, one for creating a cookbook — choosing between Mac or Windows is a matter of preference.August 29, 2013, Thursday
Mobile apps may have useful reasons for requesting your location information, while others just want to show you local advertising.July 11, 2013, Thursday
Recent apps for children offer activities in math, reading and block building.July 03, 2013, Wednesday
Microsoft’s application falls short of duplicating the everyday functions of Word, Excel and PowerPoint. Some outside apps do it better.June 20, 2013, Thursday
The company introduced a major redesign of its mobile software system, as well as upgrades for some Mac computers.June 11, 2013, Tuesday
What’s the best way to market an app?May 16, 2013, Thursday
The Google Now app anticipates what information you might want and puts it on your phone screen before you ask for it, which can seem wonderfully prescient or intrusively creepy, but there is an easy adjustment if you don’t like the feeling that Google is watching your every move.May 07, 2013, Tuesday
A $2 iPhone app called FocusTwist uses some software processing tricks to refocus a photo after it’s taken, similar to what the Lytro camera can do. But using it to best effect requires a tripod for your phone.April 25, 2013, Thursday
Introduced at the Shanghai auto show this weekend, the iBeetle is Volkswagen’s first collaboration with Apple on a model line.April 22, 2013, Monday
April 2, 2013, 1:41 p.m. | Updated Updated information on where to buy the product. One advantage to sizable old bedside clocks was that it was easy to take a groggy swing at the snooze button and hit it.April 04, 2013, Thursday
SEARCH 292 ARTICLES ABOUT IPHONE:
Now that Apple has rolled out its latest mobile operating system, iOS 7, several apps take advantage of the new look and feel of iPhones.
Nick Bilton, technology columnist for The Times, on changes to Apple’s new mobile operating system.
The Times’s David Pogue on whether Office for iPhone was worth the wait.
App Smart reporter Kit Eaton takes a closer look at apps that have been optimized for the iPhone 5.
A sample guide to photo manipulation by Brian Roberts, a master of iPhone photography.
- 36 Hours in Kauai, Hawaii
- Op-Ed Columnist: Obama Gets Real
- Well: Sex as Exercise
- Nelson Mandela, South Africa’s Liberator as Prisoner and President, Dies at 95
- Tool Kit: The Path to Happy Employment, Contact by Contact on LinkedIn
- Treating Allergies With Pills or Drops Instead of Shots
- Movie Review | 'Inside Llewyn Davis': Melancholy Odyssey Through the Folk Scene
- The 10 Best Books of 2013
- Well: Why a Brisk Walk Is Better
- Op-Ed Contributor: Why the Dutch Love Black Pete


text:
VacationStay ties up with China’s Tujia.com
11 Aug 2017
Tentatively-branded VacationStay, the rental site which is a joint venture between Japan’s e-commerce leader Rakuten and Trovit’s owner Lifull, stretched the reach of its audience for the third time with a partnership – even before its formal launch early next year. First, it partnered with a holiday rental site in the U.S., then it partnered with a Japanese holiday rental site and now with a Chinese holiday rental site.
These are all top sites in their geographies. VacationStay lists holiday accommodation in Japan.
Since its soft launch in July (we reported here), VacationStay has tied up with U.S.-based holiday rental site HomeAway to promote VacationStay’s Japanese property listings in 190 countries, and with lodges information site AsiaYo.com, which operates in Taiwan, Thailand and South Korea (we reported here).
Under the agreement, Tokyo-based Rakuten Lifull Stay, Inc., a subsidiary of Rakuten Lifull Stay, jointly owned by Rakuten (51 percent) and Lifull (49 percent), will share Japanese property listings from VacationStay with Tujia. Tujia launched in 2011 and lists half a million properties from 70 countries.
Its aim is to aggregate 200,000 Japan-based vacation rental property listings by 2025 on its Japanese language site that went live earlier this year. Tujia Online Information Technology (Beijing) has offices in Japan, China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, South Korea, Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore and Indonesia.
Rakuten Lifull Stay is awaiting a legal clearance to officially make VacationStay operational, which is expected after January 2018.
Citing official figures, Rakuten said the number of Chinese tourists visiting Japan surged 27.6 percent in its FY2016 to 6.4 million from its FY2015. Lifull Co. Ltd. also operates a real estate site called Lifull Home’s (at Homes.co.jp) in Japan with eight million listings.


text:
Citigroup draws three-way put spread
Chris McKhann | firstname.lastname@example.org
C is down 3.7 percent to $25.53, which would be its lowest close since mid-December. The bank has been trending lower for the last two months from above $38.
More than 34,000 Citigroup options have changed hands already this morning. A trader sold 5,000 June 25 puts for $0.70 against open interest of 32,633 while buying 5,000 July 25 puts for $1.61 and selling the same number of July 20 puts for $0.43. Volume at both July strikes was more than the open interest, so this is a new put spread.
This appears to be a trader rolling a put position from the June expiration, which has just two weeks until expiration. Those last two weeks of an option contract's life are the worst in terms of time decay. The July 20 puts may have been sold to help offset the cost of buying the July 25 puts. (See our Education section)


text:
Game testing company Pole To Win has opened a new “full-service studio” in Sunnyvale, California – to be known as Pole To Win America – in order to be closer to and “offer comprehensive services to U.S. clients.”
Pole To Win currently operates seven studios in Japan offering quality assurance, localization, focus group testing and customer relation services to U.S., European and Asian publishers.
“While the company offers multilingual services around the clock and has worked for U.S. companies for years, we felt moving to the West Coast, where we would be within an hour of most major publishers,” said Pole To Win president and CEO Teppei Tachibana.
“We are also opening a full service studio, with local testers, trained and supervised by PTW, and multinational translators, so our customers can visit us and see our operations,” he continued.
“We pride ourselves on being able to handle games at any part of the development or publishing cycle, and strive to be flexible to our client’s needs.”


text:
If it seems like Bay Area hotels and airfare prices are constantly changing in the blink of an eye, it might be because they are.
San Francisco’s hotel rates and the flights departing from SFO are more volatile than in other markets across the United States,according to a study by Yapta. The Seattle-based company tracks the changes in airfare prices and hotel prices to help travel bookers hunt for lower fares and hotel room rates after trips are booked,
Yapta, as a consumer tool, alerts travelers who have already booked a hotel room or plane ticket if the prices of those change in between booking and travel. Those changes, however, have to be enough for the booker to save money taking even with the cost of a flight change or any other fees.
In the study, Yapta looked at the average daily rate that was booked and compared it to the alerted daily rate," meaning the discounts from fare and hotel sales and alerts.
In San Francisco, the difference between booked average daily rate and alerted average daily rate is $50, whereas the average for the other top 25 cities was $33. This was using data from June 2014 to June 2015, where San Francisco’s booked average daily rate was $370 and alerted average daily rate was $320.
While the changes can sometimes seem pretty random, Yapta CEO James Filsinger said that there are usually some contributing factors that make a hotel market volatile.
“In San Francisco, you typically have higher priced rooms and a higher priced room rate, so there is greater opportunity to play with that price point,” Filsinger said. “Hotels are always playing around to make sure rooms are booked … and there is a lot of demand for the hotels in (this) city.”
Indeed, hoteliers are enjoying higher-than-ever room rates and the economic impact of travel in San Francisco is unprecedented, according to SFTravel.
The city welcomed 18 million visitors who spent $10.7 billion in the city in 2014, up 13.7 percent over 2013.
While the city averaged 72 percent hotel occupancy across its hotels in the last couple decades, it is now at about 85 percent occupancy, prompting investors to call it the best hotel market in the country, said Thomas Callahan of PKF Consulting at an SFTravel conference earlier this year.
Airfare prices change a lot also in the Bay Area, but changes also depend on whether flights are departing from or coming to San Francisco, Filsinger said.
Compared to other cities, San Francisco ranks among the most volatile in pricing on flights departing from SFO, ranking right after New York’s John F. Kennedy airport and Dallas-Fort Worth. But it is among the less volatile markets when it comes to prices for flights arriving at the airport.
This could be due to a high volume of international flights departing from San Francisco, Filsinger said. Because international flights typically have much higher prices than domestic flights, there is greater chance of airlines dropping those prices.
Yapta’s research is limited in that it doesn’t look at every single change in price, but rather the more dramatic ones. Still, there are useful insights.
Between major and minor airports, there isn’t much difference, contrary to the common rhetoric that buying tickets from smaller airports is cheaper, he explained.


text:
Salma Hayek narrowly averts a wardrobe malfunction in a plunging Bavarian dress on German TV
Hollywood star Salma Hayek looked dangerously close to spilling out of her dirndl during a guest appearance on a German television programme over the weekend.
The actress's ornate dress struggled under the strain of her Rubenesque figure, its plunging neckline only just managing to preserve her modesty.
Under strain: Salma Hayek looked close to spilling out of her dirndl while appearing on a German television show over the weekend
She got stuck wearing the costume after losing a playful bet with an audience member during a segment on the popular local show Wetten Dass.
Fashion designer Karl Lagerfeld was also a guest on the show and seemed rather perplexed by the ensemble.
It's not the first time Salma has been left red faced in recent times.
Guten Tag: Salma was amused as she emerged in the traditional dress after losing a bet
Just last week, This Morning's Eamonn Holmes wrongly announced she was a lesbian on live television.
The Belfast native apparently struggled to understand Salma's Mexican accent and thought she had 'come out' when he misheard her describing her Lebanese background.
The 42-year-old is on a promotional tour to publicise her campaign to eradicate tetanus.
You're wearing WHAT? Fashion designer Karl Lagerfeld casts his eye over Salma's outfit


text:
Just the other day Rockstar took the wraps off the gameplay trailer
for its upcoming game, Grand Theft Auto 5. Needless to say the gameplay trailer looked fantastic and seemed to line up with the stunning screenshots Rockstar has been releasing over the past couple of months. However it seems that some people weren’t convinced that the game was being run on current-gen consoles, like the Sony PlayStation 3 for example, which is why Rockstar has since come forward and confirmed it on their blog
by saying, “Just to clarify for those asking, this particular video was captured with footage from the PS3 version of the game.”
As it stands the game is planned for both the Sony PS3 and the Microsoft Xbox 360 console, which is why we guess some gamers who might have seen the video couldn’t believe it was running on a next-gen console. An interview given back in June revealed that Rockstar had no current plans for a release on next-gen consoles like the PS4 or Xbox One for now, and that they believe that despite the lack of next-gen console support, it will not affect the demand of the game. This is supported by an opinion of an analyst who believes that GTA 5 will sell a ton of copies before gamers start to move onto next-gen consoles.
Filed in GTA 5, PS3 and Rockstar.
. Read more about


text:
Orlando home sales (all home types combined) in March 2013 were up 6.98 percent when compared to March of 2012 and up 12.43 percent when compared to February 2013.
Single-family home sales in the Orlando area increased by 9.20 percent in March when compared to March of last year. Villa sales decreased by 4.88 percent; condo sales increased 4.29 percent.
Of the 2,605 sales in March, 1,483 normal sales accounted for 56.93 percent of all sales, while 556 bank-owned and 566 short sales respectively made up 21.34 percent and 21.73 percent.
The number of normal sales in March increased by 49.20 percent compared to March 2012, while short-sales decreased 29.86 percent and foreclosures decreased by 12.30 percent.
The 8,799 pendings in March of this year is a decrease of 9.74 percent compared to the 9,748 pendings in March of last year (and a 0.29 percent decrease compared to the 8,825 pendings last month).
Short sales made up 60.67 percent of pendings in March. Normal properties accounted for 26.92 percent and bank-owned properties accounted for 12.41 percent.
Sales of existing homes within the entire Orlando MSA (Lake, Orange, Osceola, and Seminole counties) in March were up by 1.41 percent when compared to March of 2012. Throughout the MSA, 3,174 homes were sold in March 2013 compared with 3,130 in March 2012. To date, sales throughout the MSA are 7.59 percent above this time last year.
Each individual county’s monthly sales comparisons are as follows: • Lake: 13.96 percent above March 2012 (506 homes sold in March 2013 compared to 444 in March 2012); • Orange: 0.51 percent above March 2012 (1,589 homes sold in March 2013 compared to 1,581 in March 2012); • Osceola: 14.36 percent below March 2012 (501 homes sold in March 2013 compared to 585 in March 2012); and • Seminole: Seminole: 11.15 percent above March 2012 (578 sold in March 2013 compared to 520 in March 2012).
The median price of all existing homes combined sold in March 2013 — $140,000 — is a 21.74 percent increase from the $115,000 median price recorded in March 2012.
The median price for “normal” existing homes sold in March is $173,590, an increase of 11.99 percent from the median price of “normal” existing homes in March 2012.
The year-to-year median price for short sales increased by 7.84 percent to $110,000, while the median price for bank-owned sales increased by 15.73 percent to $96,000.
There are currently 6,937 homes available for purchase through the MLS. The March 2013 overall inventory level is 19.95 percent lower than it was in March 2012.
Single-family home inventory is down 22.53 percent; condo inventory is down 7.29 percent.
The current pace of sales translates into 2.66 months of inventory supply.
New contracts are down 9.20 percent compared to March of 2012. New listings are up 1.77 percent.
The Orlando affordability index decreased to 223.58 percent in March. First-time homebuyer affordability in March decreased to 158.99 percent.
Homes of all types spent an average of 80 days on the market before coming under contract in March 2013, and the average home sold for 95.96 percent of its listing price.
2012 YEAR-END RECAP
Overall sales in 2012 were up by 3.16 percent over 2011. A total of 28,670 homes were sold in 2012 compared to 27,791 the previous year.
Sales of normal homes in 2012 increased 30.17 percent over 2011. Short sales increased by 3.71 percent while bank-owned sales declined by 26.43 percent.
The 2012 year-end year-to-date median price increased 10.10 percent to $121,000 compared 2011’s $109,900.
Orlando’s overall inventory experienced a 24.13 percent decline, year to date; single-family home inventory declined 27.87 percent, year to date.
By year’s end in 2012, 35,310 homes were sold in the Orlando MSA while 34,785 homes had been sold by year’s end in 2011 (for a 1.51 percent increase). Each county’s 2012 year-end sales comparisons are as follows: Lake: : 13.01 percent above 2011 (4,922 homes sold in 2012 compared to 4,352 in 2011) Orange:: 0.78 percent below 2011 (17,886 homes sold in 2012 compared to 18,027 in 2011) Osceola: 10.04 percent below 2011 (5,779 homes sold in 2012 compared to 6,424 in 2011) and Seminole: 12.39 percent above 2011 (6,723 sold in 2012 compared to 5,982 in 2011).
All listing information is deemed reliable but not guaranteed and should be independently verified through personal inspection by appropriate professionals. Listings displayed on this website may be subject to prior sale or removal from sale; availability of any listing should always be independent verified. Listing information is provided for consumer personal, non-commercial use, solely to identify potential properties for potential purchase; all other use is strictly prohibited and may violate relevant federal and state law.
The source of the listing data is as follows:
Stellar MLS (updated 6/10/23 7:48 AM) |
Welcome to this charming 3-bedroom, 2-bathroom townhome in the sought after Vineyards community in Windermere, Florida... Read More
The Akers custom-built estate is a stunning property situated on over two acres of elevated land, boasting an impressiv... Read More
Excellent opportunity to own a luxury home! This elegant 3BR/2.5BA townhome is beautifully appointed and has an ideal lo... Read More
Magnificent Lakefront home set on a calm cul-de-sac! This spectacular residence treats you to ample privacy, space, an... Read More
Step into elegance in this stunning 5/3/2 pool home in exlcusive Balmoral! The exterior features a beautifully landscape... Read More