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Cyber Monday is finally here! If you’re looking for all the best deals from today, click here.
Black Friday has come and gone, but many of the best deals of the year are still live ahead of Cyber Monday 2022.
From air fryers and TVs to snow blowers and royal-approved jewelry, Canadian shoppers can continue to save thousands of dollars this cyber weekend on winter essentials, Christmas gifts, innovative tech and more.
It’s been a long year, so it’s time to treat yourself. To shop the best early Cyber Monday deals you can already access in Canada, scroll below.
Best early Cyber Monday tech deals in Canada
Amazon Canada has thousands of Cyber Monday deals to shop. Save on best-selling products from Nespresso, Apple, Nintendo, Samsung and more.
Give the perfect gift this holiday season and save hundreds during Best Buy Canada’s Black Friday sale. Score deals on smartwatches, 4K TVs, unlocked phones, laptops and more.
Dell Canada’s Cyber Week deals are on now. Save up to 50 per cent on PCs, electronics and accessories.
‘Tis the season! Save hundreds on laptops, gaming accessories and more, plus free shipping and extended free returns.
Cyber Monday 2022 is almost here — click here for all the best Cyber Week deals you can already shop, as well as up-to-the-minute news about sales and deals.
Whether you’re searching for a smart TV, fitness tracker or headphones, more than 1,500 items are on sale at The Source.
Samsung Canada’s Black Friday sale starts now! Save big on Galaxy tablets, smartphones, 8K TVs and more.
Walmart Canada’s Cyber Week sale is here! Save up to 50 per cent on electronics, 35 per cent on furniture, 45 per cent on small appliances and more.
Best early Cyber Week fashion deals in Canada
Save 30 per cent on (almost) everything.
Celebrate the World Cup in style and take 50 per cent off nearly everything with code BLACKFRIDAY.
Save up to 60 per cent off outlet styles plus an extra 30 per cent off with the code AP30.
Did someone say new shoes? Save up to 50 per cent on (almost) everything at Aldo.
Until Nov. 28, enjoy up to 40 per cent off select products.
That new leather jacket you’ve had your eye on? It’s 30 per cent off at Allsaints.
Save up to 70 per cent on men’s and women’s sale styles, including leggings, bras and more.
Save on more than 14,000 styles, including on top brands The North Face, Columbia, Salomon and Osprey. Members save an extra 10 per cent on products already on sale.
Save 30 per cent on men’s and women’s apparel and Aerie products.
Save between 20 and 40 per cent on swim apparel and accessories at Andie Swim — now all you need is a vacation.
Anthropologie’s Cyber Monday sale is here: Save 30 per cent on (almost) everything, plus an extra 50 per cent on sale items.
Save up to 80 per cent on almost everything, plus get an additional 50 per cent off select styles with the code GIMME50.
Enjoy up to 50 per cent off the entire Aspinals of London collection, plus an extra 10 per cent off everything.
Save 30 per cent on sweatshirts, tights & outerwear + 20 per cent on everything else with the code SHOPFIRST.
Save 30 per cent sitewide on best-selling jewelry.
Enjoy 40 per cent off full-priced items, including sweaters, dresses and more.
The Bay’s iconic Cyber Week sale is on now: Save up to 60 per cent on hundreds of brands, including clearance.
Your favourite accessories brand is now on sale. Save up to 50 per cent.
It’s the moment we’ve all been waiting for: Coach Outlet’s Cyber Monday sale is live. Save up to 60 per cent, plus an extra 25 per cent off everything, including sale items.
Save 30 per cent sitewide, plus get a $25 gift card when you spend $150+
Save 30 per cent off sitewide this Cyber Week.
BOGO: Buy one get one 50 per cent off.
Deals starting at $99+, plus free shipping.
Save up to 50 per cent on top styles, including Selena Gomez’s go-to sweater this Cyber Week.
Shop the world’s most iconic brands and take up to 50 per cent off, plus an extra 20 per cent and free shipping.
Save up to 50 per cent off on select styles.
Deals for the whole family: Save up to 60 per cent on select items at the Gap.
The biggest sales event of the year is here! Girlfriend Collective is offering shoppers 40 per cent off sitewide.
Take up to 60 per cent off everything, including men’s and women’s styles.
Stock up on clothing for the whole family and save 25 per cent off sitewide.
Save up to 65 per cent on this Jennifer Aniston-approved brand.
Save up to 35 per cent across women’s, men’s and kids categories on selected best-selling lines including iconic Hunter waterproof boots, outerwear and accessories. Plus, take an extra 10 per cent off sale items.
Save up to 50 per cent on Canadian-designed gold and silver jewelry and accessories.
Save up to 30 per cent on select orders and 20 per cent sitewide.
Kate Spade’s Cyber Week sale is on now! Shoppers can save up to 50 per cent on select handbags and small leather goods.
Save between 20 and 60 per cent sitewide.
Denim is the new black. Save 40 per cent on and enjoy free shipping on men’s and women’s styles and accessories.
Save up to 50 per cent on select shoes, boots, bags and accessories.
Stock up for the holiday season and score tights, sports bras, accessories and more with lululemon’s Cyber Week specials.
Treat yourself to a new dress and save 25 per cent off sitewide.
New clothes, new you: Save 50 per cent at Madewell.
Stock your winter wardrobe and save 50 per cent on over 1,000 items.
Save up to 70 per cent at Mark’s on top brands like Roots, Silver Jeans, Timberland and more.
Save 20 per cent on orders worth $150 and more.
Welcome to Cyber Week: Enjoy savings of up to 70 per cent.
You heard it here first: Kate Middleton’s go-to jewellery brand is on sale. Save 30 per cent sitewide and take up to 50 per cent off during its flash sales.
Take up to 60 per cent off and enjoy an additional 20 per cent off select styles with the code BLACKFRIDAY.
Now through Nov. 29, shoppers can save up to 60 per cent on men’s and women’s fashion, beauty and gifts.
Save up to 50 per cent on winter essentials, an additional 50 per cent off clearance and daily door crasher deals.
Take 40 per cent off regular priced items and up 75 per cent off sale styles with the code BF40.
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Save up to 65 per cent on select styles at Revolve.
Save up to 70 per cent on select styles and 25 per cent off almost everything
Save an additional 50 per cent on select styles, including Gucci sunglasses, Vera Wang Bride and more.
Until Nov. 29, save up to 90 per cent on men’s and women’s designer styles.
Right now, shoppers can take home the internet’s favourite pair of tights for just $47. Plus, shop the brand’s Black Friday deals for up to 60 per cent off.
Save 25 per cent on thousands of styles, including on brands like Jacquemus, Alice + Olivia, Sea and Nanushka.
These ultra-luxe PJs are a favourite among celebrities like Olivia Culpo, Brie Larson, Kourtney Kardashian and more. Right now, the brand is offering a limited-time Black Friday sale.
It’s the best sale of the year: Take 20 per cent off of everything at Spanx Canada.
Save up to 60 per cent on winter apparel, skis and sports equipment, electronics and more.
Between now and Nov. 30, save up to 50 per cent on sporting equipment, apparel, footwear and more.
Save 25 per cent on orders worth $250+ with the code HOLIDAY25.
Steve Madden’s Cyber Monday sale has begun: Save 30 per cent off sitewide.
Save between 30-60 per cent sitewide.
Find your new favourite bra at up to 70 per cent off. The sale includes the brand’s best-selling bralettes, undies and more.
Enjoy 25-75 per cent off footwear and clothing through 11/28, no code needed.
Save up to 60 per cent on sale styles plus an extra 10 per cent off from Nov. 25-29.
Take 30 per cent off your entire purchase.
Save up to 50 per cent on sleep apparel, bras & undies, lingerie and more.
Save up to 50 per cent on select styles.
Best Cyber Monday home, outdoor, travel & living deals in Canada
Between now and Nov. 28, buy any two suitcases to get $50 off, or any three to get $100 off. All colours, size and styles included.
With more than 4,200 deals up for grabs, shoppers can save big on top brands like Instant Pot, UGG bedding, De’Longhi and Graco.
Let the savings begin: Save 20 per cent sitewide on robes & loungewear, home decor and more.
Save up to $750 and get free shipping on absolutely everything, including seating, storage and more.
Save up to 50 per cent on hunting and fishing gear, camping equipment and more.
Shop snow blowers, kitchen appliances, Christmas decor and more at up to 80% off.
Casper’s Black Friday sale is on now: Save up to 25 per cent on mattresses.
Buy one, get 15 per cent off; buy two and get 25 per cent off and buy three get 30 per cent off.
Find your next favourite mug and shop these Cyber Week deals: 25 per cent off sitewide, 30 per cent off doorbusters and 50 per cent off last chance.
Hurry! Cozy Earth’s Cyber Monday deals are here. Shoppers can save up to 40 per cent on the Oprah-approved bedding brand.
Cyber Week deals are on and rotating at DavidsTea: Save up to 70 per cent on some of your favourite blends.
Save hundreds on select vacuum cleaners, tower fans and more.
Save up to 60 per cent during Etsy’s Cyber Week event.
Save up to 50 per cent off and save $150 off shipping with the exclusive code: YAHOOSHIP.
Sign up to Expedia Rewards (it’s free!) to access the travel site’s biggest member-only Black Friday sale and save 30 per cent or more on select hotels.
Save up to $200 on delicious recipes delivered every week.
Holiday savings start early this year at The Home Depot. Save on power tools, Christmas decorations, smart home devices and more during the retailer’s Black Friday sale.
Take 15 per cent off sitewide at Hush. Plus, get a free Hybrid Pillow when you spend $500+ or a Hybrid Pillow & Happy Lamp when you spend $800+ with the code BFCM.
Pick up something for everyone on your list and save up to 30 per cent with Indigo’s Cyber Week deals.
Save up to $200 on robot vacuums, air purifiers and more.
Holiday deals have arrived early at Keurig. Save on K-cup pods, coffee machines and more.
If you’ve been waiting to upgrade your sleep situation, now is your chance. Layla Sleep is offering up to $200 off select mattresses and two free pillows.
Shop early and save big: Save on appliances, tools, holiday decor and more.
Score two memberships for the price of one and enjoy unlimited access to 180+ classes delivered in bite-sized lessons.
Until Nov. 27, save up to 50 per cent on luggage, carry-on bags and more with the code BLACKFRIDAY2022.
Save up to $100 on select machines, plus 50 free best-selling coffees until Dec. 1.
Kickstart your 2023 resolutions and save thousands on treadmills, bikes, ellipticals and more.
Get that pizza oven you’ve had your eye on and save 20 per cent off sitewide until Nov. 29.
Save up to $400 on kayaks and 50 per cent off accessories.
Shop the biggest sale of the year and save $65 on the brand’s iconic Always Pan, $65 on a Perfect Pot and more.
Home happens here: Save 20 per cent on everything, including sham sets, duvet covers and more.
Save on Christmas decor, tools, appliances and more.
Save up to 25 per cent on rugs.
Save up to $280 on select products or 15 per cent off sitewide.
Take home a new mattress this Black Friday with Simba’s latest deal. The sleep company is offering up to $419 off select mattresses.
Save up to 60 per cent on top home brands including Le Creuset, Breville and Staub.
Between now and Dec. 6, enjoy two for one concert tickets on select events.
Save up to 30 per cent or more on select hotels.
Get 30 per cent off bidet attachments with the code BROWNFRIDAY at checkout.
Save up to 80 per cent on bedroom furniture, living room seating, area rugs, bedding and more.
Best Cyber Monday beauty & wellness deals in Canada
Save up to 45 per cent sitewide.
Enjoy 25 per cent off sitewide.
Get up to $75 off.
Enjoy 20 per cent off sitewide, 30 per cent off orders worth $250+ and free shipping on orders worth $65+.
Buy two skincare products, get one free.
Save 30 per cent sitewide, including on gift sets.
Enjoy 30 per cent off and free shipping.
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Save 40 per cent on select products.
Spend more, save more: Save up to $80 and take home a free full-size vitamin E brightening serum from Odacité.
Take 25 per cent off sitewide, plus a free exclusive gift with every purchase and up to 75 per cent off select items until Nov. 28.
Take 30 per cent off any $100+ order, or 20 per cent off any other purchase.
Take 25 per cent off sitewide, plus a free gift on orders worth $125+.
Stock your beauty cabinet and take 25 per cent off sitewide with the code CYBER.
Save up to 60 per cent on sonic massagers, dual stimulators, couples toys and more.
Save up to 60 per cent on sex toys for him and her, sexy lingerie and adult-only products.
Take 20 per cent off until Nov. 28.
Enjoy 20 per cent off the entire site all throughout the week.
Between now and Nov. 27, save 20 per cent sitewide.
It’s a season of savings: Shop daily deals of up to 50 per cent off.
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The biggest bonus redemption event of the year is on now: Save up to $400.
Save up to 50 per cent on men’s, women’s and couple’s sex toys.
There’s never been a better time to treat yourself, or a lucky partner, to a new adult toy. Save up to 50 per cent on toys for him and her.


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About the same time, Chrome will grab 2nd place from Firefox, new stats show
Microsoft’s Internet Explorer (IE) will lose its place as the majority browser next summer, according to statistics published today by Web metrics company Net Applications.
If the pace of IE’s decline over the last 12 months continues, IE will drop under the 50% mark in June 2012.
In August, IE lost about seven-tenths of a percentage point in usage share, falling to 55.3%, a new low for the once-dominant browser. In the last year, IE has dropped 6.9 points.
IE8 remained the most popular version, with a 30% share overall and 54.4% of all editions of IE.
Net Applications calculates browser usage share with data obtained from more than 160 million unique visitors who browse 40,000 Web sites that the company monitors for clients. More browser statistics can be found on the company’s site.
The California company revamped the way it determines usage share last month, splitting smartphone and tablet online activity from that on desktops and notebooks. The change, which Net Applications said was prompted by the rise in mobile browsing, resulted in a significant decline in Safari’s share of the desktop browser market, and increases in IE’s and Chrome’s.
IE is headed downward toward 50%, but Chrome is on pace to overtake Firefox by mid-2012.

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Greg The Divemaster will be attending the Boot show in Dusseldorf Germany and producing 1-25-20 edition of ScubaRadio from the show floor. Boot is considered the largest watersports show in the world. This will also be the first ScubaRadio broadcast from a show like this outside the United States! Listen to the 1-25-20 edition of ScubaRadio for the play-by-play and know it will be quite the event!…or an international incident! 😉
This week the Greg The Divemaster previews some new products he plans to see at the Boot show in Germany next week. Plus the dive industry losses another pioneer. Looking for HOUR2?
This hour Greg is joined by Jerry Beaty from Dive Training magazine to preview the boot show and diving the Maldives. Looking for HOUR1?
This week Greg The Divemaster checks in with Mermaid Kristin and her latest adventure in Florida. Plus the dive industry looses another pro due to heart related issues. What to look out for to make sure this doesn't happen to you! Looking for HOUR2?
This hour Greg checks in with Rachel from Explorer Ventures to get the latest liveaboard news for 2020. Plus Bob Evans from Force Fins makes a major announcement about new project that may change the way the world makes fresh water! Looking for HOUR1?
As mentioned on the 1-11-20 edition of ScubaRadio. Have a great time, support a great cause and get all the details at OneLoveBahamas.org!
This week Greg The Divemaster kicks off the new year wondering what to do about his scuba teaching status. Plus a free gift for everyone listening to ScubaRadio today! Looking for HOUR2?
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Retail is one of the most proactive sectors when it comes to tech implementation. The moment new tech emerges, we can be sure that retailers are already working on ways to leverage it, especially if it shows potential to boost revenue and improve customer service. And if customers already use the tech they want to implement, the more reason to do so! Such was the case with smartphones and the rise of mobile shopping, where in the US alone, as much as 62 per cent of smartphone users completed a purchase with their mobile device in 2017. But the next big thing in retail is voice-enabled shopping.
Amazon Pay’s VP and GM, Patrick Gauthier, notes that “If we try to reproduce with voice what has been working with mobile, it will be a lost opportunity. I am absolutely positive that the introduction of voice as an interface, and the frictionless embedding of payments, will open up new commerce use cases. There’s no limit to the type of conversations that humans can have.”
Voice-enabled devices have become a staple in a lot of households. In fact, 32 per cent “of consumers own one of these devices”, though only 3 per cent were used to complete a purchase. This only shows that voice-enabled shopping hasn’t gained enough traction yet. But that’s about to change in the next couple of years, according to Capgemini, as “40% of consumers will shop with the help of these devices, spending 18% of their total shopping budgets in the process”.
And forward-thinking retailers that have recognised the growing trend of voice shopping have already started offering this service.
British retailers ASOS and Argos rolled out voice shopping on the Google Assistant
A British online fashion and cosmetics retailer, ASOS, has become one of the first fashion retailers in the UK to enable its customers to shop via the Google Assistant. Jonny Pennington, the head of SEO at the digital marketing agency Visualsoft, notes that “This is a bold move that all e-retailers should be paying close attention to. Voice search may feel unnatural at first, but ecommerce was the same way in its formative years. Businesses that opted not to sell online subsequently spent years playing catch-up, and the same could be true for voice commerce.” And the service is very convenient. Customers activate their Google Home smart speaker by saying “hey Google, talk to Asos” to shop items “viewable on their smartphone”.
“With the launch of Enki on Facebook Messenger and now Google Assistant, we’re exploring ways that conversational commerce can help us make the Asos shopping experience as easy and intuitive as possible,” shares ASOS’ senior product manager, Jason Gregory.
Argos is another British retailer that has decided to test the waters of commerce via voice assistants. It also launched a voice shopping service enabled through the Google Assistant. As Mathew Field writes for The Telegraph, “the search giant’s voice assistant for smart speakers, can now search the web for Argos products and reserve them for its ‘click and collect’ service”.
“We are Google’s biggest commercial customer and we want to be the first to market,” says Argos’ chief executive, John Rogers. “Over 70pc of our digital sales are thought [sic] mobile and most are fulfilled in our stores. With this you can go through a Google Home device or mobile to click and collect with voice.”
Kroger launches voice assistant grocery orders
While voice commerce has yet to be implemented by a number of online grocers, several top retailers have already done it – including Kroger. Customers activate a conversation by saying “Hey Google, talk to Kroger”, and the voice assistant will enable shoppers to add products to their cart. “It’s all about convenience and speed,” says Chris Hjelm, Kroger’s chief information officer.
The service is available “in six Kroger-owned banners: Fred Meyer, Fry’s Food and Drug, QFC, King Soopers, City Market, and Ralphs”, and it’s expected to be launched “at additional banners later this year and throughout 2019”. “What we see our customers do is check on the status of an order, add one or two items to an existing order for pickup or delivery, change the time of pickup or inquire about a specific promotion,” says Yael Cosset, Kroger’s chief digital officer. “Where we expect voice to potentially increase in terms of adoption and share of total traffic is (in ordering) one solution, one meal, one dinner likely to be delivered or picked up.”
Voice shopping is gaining some serious traction, and retailers aren’t overlooking its potential, readily implementing the tech. And as we see more retailers offering voice-enabled shopping, consumers will be more willing to test-drive this new service. As smart voice assistant become more popular and present in households worldwide, there’s no doubt that voice commerce will be neck and neck with other shopping channels.


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Shares of MercadoLibre Inc. (NASDAQ: MELI) climbed 23% in January, according to data from S&P Global Market Intelligence, as multiple analysts offered encouraging notes on the Latin American e-commerce giant.
No less than three Wall Street firms weighed in on MercadoLibre's prospects last month, starting with reinstated coverage and a hold rating from Deutsche Bank on Jan. 4. At the time, analyst Masha Kahn lauded MercadoLibre's history of innovation, customer focus, and proven ability to generate value for shareholders. Furthermore, Kahn noted the company is poised to benefit from "a large addressable market opportunity [...] in both e-commerce and online payments in Latin America."
But Kahn also cautioned that competition is on the rise, and worried that MercadoLibre's valuation at the time left little room for execution errors. To be sure, MercadoLibre stock doubled in 2017, including a more-than-30% pop in the final two months of the year following its stellar third-quarter report in early November.
Less than a week later, however, Credit Suisse analyst Stephen Ju continued to spur MercadoLibre higher by reiterating his outperform rating and increasing his per-share price target from $380 to $385 (shares trade at roughly $354 as of this writing). To justify his increased optimism, Ju cited a higher-than-expected unit volume growth forecast in Brazil, particularly as MercadoLibre's investments in free shipping subsidies enable it to take market share from competitors.
Then later in the month, Stifel's Scott Devitt followed by maintaining his buy rating and raising his per-share price target to $415 from $350. Devitt largely echoed Ju's sentiment, speculating that MercadoLibre enjoyed continued strong sales momentum in both Brazil and Mexico through the holidays thanks to its shipping, customer loyalty, and marketing initiatives.
Time will tell whether Wall Street's optimism is merited; investors will receive their next update to that end when MercadoLibre announces fourth-quarter 2017 results late next week. But in the meantime, it was no surprise to see the stock continuing to soar last month.
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Elon Musk has reclaimed his position as the world’s richest person after briefly losing it to Bernard Arnault, the French tycoon behind luxury goods powerhouse LVMH.
The CEO of the French luxury brand Louis Vuitton dethroned Tesla, pushing him to second place for more than two months.
Bloomberg reports that a surge in Tesla stock has pushed Musk back to the top of the Billionaires Index.
Musk’s net worth was approximately $187.1 billion as of Monday, February 28, after the markets closed, surpassing Arnault’s $185.3 billion fortune.
Musk’s wealth was boosted nearly 70% surge in Tesla Inc.’s stock price this year, about 100% from its intraday low on January 6 as investors pile back into bets on riskier growth stocks amid signs of economic strength and a slower pace of Federal Reserve interest-rate increases.
The company has also benefited from more demand for its electric vehicles after cutting prices on several models.
Tesla shares rose from 5.5% to $207.63 at 4 p.m. in New York, boosting Musk’s net worth to $187.1 billion.
The 51-year-old tech boss entered 2023 with a net worth of $137 billion, after becoming the first person ever to lose $200 billion from their fortune and raising the prospect that he might struggle to reclaim his title as the world’s richest individual.
Musk’s loss came amid the fallout from his $44 billion purchase of Twitter, where he has laid off thousands of workers while wading into thorny political debates.
Tesla investors were concerned that Musk was spending so much time on Twitter trying to right the ship that he was “neglecting” Tesla while it suffered.


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Pursuing opportunities in the Internet of Things market, Intel has sealed a deal to buy Altera in an all-cash transaction valued at about $16.7 billion, which would be Intel's largest acquisition ever.
Intel, Altera said near a deal... Senate lets NSA dragnet expire... Asus promises 4-day smartwatch life...and more tech news.
Intel and Altera are apparently once again on speaking terms and said to be nearing a deal in which Intel would buy the smaller chip maker for US$15 billion.
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Pebble Time breaks Kickstarter record...Tim Cook speaks out on discrimination...Intel is said to be considering Altera buy... and more tech news.
Intel's chips dominate servers in data centers, but the possible acquisition of Altera could help the company provide a wider variety of custom chips designed to speed up specific applications, analysts said on Friday.
Applied Micro Circuits is aiming to make its 64-bit chip for ARM servers more powerful and flexible through a collaboration with specialized chip maker Altera.
Intellectual Ventures, a patent portfolio developer and broker started by former Microsoft CTO Nathan Myhrvold, has filed patent lawsuits against nine tech companies, including Symantec, McAfee and Hynix Semiconductor.
Xilinx, which makes a range of chips often used in communications gear, plans to release its first 28-nanometer chips by the fourth quarter of this year to lower costs and attract new customers as the world pulls out of recession.
Texas Instruments pulled down its profit forecast for the December quarter by as much as two-thirds on Monday, and it also cut its revenue expectations, saying the economic downturn is having a powerful impact on the market for its chips.
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Starhome has announced that it has added a new suite of modules to its OMNYX service. The new modules further advance the service by providing across-the-board expansion into all areas of dynamic roaming activities. OMNYX, released at the end of 2010, was received with much enthusiasm by mobile operators.
Derdack announced that the INSPIRE Enterprise Notifications Conference highlighted the critical role of automated notifications as a lead application of communication-enabled business processes (CEBP). Key trends identified at the conference included IT automation and compliance as business drivers behind uptake of notification systems.
Symantec announced the publication of “A Window Into Mobile Device Security: Examining the security approaches employed in Apple’s iOS and Google’s Android” (PDF). This whitepaper conducts an in-depth, technical evaluation of the two predominant mobile platforms, Apple’s iOS and Google’s Android, in an effort to help corporations understand the security risks of deploying these devices in the enterprise.
Mouser Electronics has won the exclusive Neutrik Distributor Partner of the Year Award. The announcement was made at the recent Electronics Distribution Show and Conference (EDS) in Las Vegas. Neutrik is the leading global manufacturer of professional entertainment connector systems and has developed state-of-the-art connectors for more than 35 years.
Reaching a major milestone in the broadcast audio market, Silicon Laboratories announced that it has shipped its one billionth broadcast radio IC. Silicon Labs’ digital CMOS broadcast radios are widely used in handsets, portable media players (PMPs), personal navigation devices (PNDs), automotive infotainment systems, tabletop and bedside radios, portable radios, boom boxes and numerous other consumer electronics products.
CEVA announced a partnership to offer a software-based GPS solution for the CEVA-XC communications processor. Leveraging CellGuide’s GPS/GLONASS software IP, CEVA-XC licensees can add GPS capability to their processor designs without any hardware modifications or increase in die size. CEVA-XC is a high-performance, scalable, low-power communication DSP designed specifically to overcome the stringent power consumption, time-to-market and cost constraints associated with developing high-performance Software Defined Radio multimode solutions.
Wind River announced that Magneti Marelli Motorsport has selected VxWorks for its telemetry devices for Formula One race cars. Telemetry is a key factor in a winning race strategy, allowing race engineers to interpret the vast amount of data collected during a race to reach optimum performance. Magneti Marelli Motorsport needed to release a high-performance, reliable product in a very short time frame.
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Themed the "Source of Innovation: Back to the Origin,” the IEEE International Communications Conference (ICC 2011) recently concluded its latest annual event with over 1,800 international experts participating in 1,200 presentations dedicated to next-generation wireless and optical communications services.
Mouser Electronics announced it has surpassed more than 1,000 Product Knowledge training sites that focus on the newest products and technologies. “Our business focus has always been on the design engineer, and we are always striving to bring them the most complete information on the newest products and advanced technologies,” states Kevin Hess, Mouser Vice President of Technical Marketing.
Showing remarkable resilience in the face of the Japan disaster and uncertain economic conditions, the global semiconductor industry in 2011 is expected to expand by 7.2 percent because of soaring sales of popular consumer products like tablets and smart phones, according to new IHS iSuppli research.
Velti announced the opening of a new technology and sales hub in Istanbul, Turkey. This new development center brings the full capabilities of Velti’s mGage platform closer to the company’s rapidly expanding customer base across the Mideast, and is set to grow further its relationship with Avea, a leading operator in Turkey and business partner of Velti since 2009.
Berkeley Varitronics Systems' WatchHound Cell Phone Security Monitor Wins New Jersey Technical Council 2011 AwardJune 27, 2011 9:39 am | Comments
Berkeley Varitronics Systems has won another award for their WatchHound cell phone security detector and monitor. On June 15th, the New Jersey echnical Council awarded the Mobile Application Forum Award to the WatchHound Cell Phone Security Monitor. Scott Schober and Carmine Caferra (President/CEO & Eastern U.
What : AWR announced that the event agendas have been finalized and the registration is now open for its Asia Pacific 2011 AWR Design Forum (ADF). ADF is an open event at which designers of microwave and RF circuit and systems such as MMIC, RF PCB and LTE communication systems can network and share useful information and resources pertinent to high-frequency design, discuss AWR products and technologies, and collaborate on industry issues and trends.
Picochip and InterDigital Demonstrate Converged Gateway With Integrated 3G Femtocell and Wi-Fi at Femtocells World Summit 2011June 27, 2011 7:26 am | Comments
Picochip and InterDigital are collaborating on delivering advanced broadband traffic management solutions across cellular femtocells with embedded Wi-Fi access. During the Femtocells World Summit 2011 in London both companies successfully demonstrated how InterDigital’s converged gateway technology, integrated on Picochip’s 3G femtocell with Wi-Fi, delivers novel offloading solutions by intelligently managing data flows across multiple physical transports or networks and simultaneously enhances the overall user experience.


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Nvidia Part of $65 Million Investment in Israeli Storage Industry Startup Pliops
Koch Industries also invested.
Israeli startup Pliops has gotten a multi-million dollar vote of confidence from world video graphics leader Nvidia and the Koch Industries. The two took part in a $65 million round of investment in the company which which offers new tech that improves data performance.
Founded in 2017 by flash storage industry veterans from Samsung, M-Systems and XtremIO, Pliops says that it is creating a new category of product. The company enables cloud and enterprise data centers to access data up to 50X faster with 1/10th of the computational load and power consumption. Its technology collapses multiple inefficient layers into one ultra-fast device based on a groundbreaking patent-pending approach. Pliops boasts that its solution can solve the scalability challenges raised by the “cloud data explosion” and the increasing data requirements of AI and ML applications.
Pliops’ Storage Processor (PSP) is a hardware-based storage accelerator that enables cloud and enterprise customers to offload and accelerate data-intensive workloads using just a fraction of the computational load and power.
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Pliops says that the new money will be used to bring new levels of scale, speed and cost effectiveness of the Pliops’ storage processor to more customers in more ways. Through its storage processor, Pliops states that it substantially accelerates the processing of data-intensive applications in data centers.
“Pliops technology accelerates the fastest growing workloads that are driving demand for increased compute and storage performance in data centers,” noted Nimrod Gindi, senior vice president of investments at NVIDIA. “Combining NVIDIA data center GPU and DPU product lines with Pliops’ storage processor for accelerated cloud and machine learning solutions will provide exceptional performance and efficiency for our customers.”
“KDT is focused on making big bets on disruptive technology with huge market potential – which aligns perfectly with what we are doing at Pliops,” noted Uri Beitler, founder and CEO of Pliops. “With data storage – and the computational requirements for processing that data – growing at an exponential rate, status quo approaches fall short. Our solution takes a new approach that enables unprecedented scalability in data centers. Additionally, to have a partner as important as NVIDIA increase their investment in Pliops is a huge vote of confidence. We are committed to growing our technology to its maximum potential, and look forward to strategic, long-term partnerships with our investors and customers.”


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China's consumer sentiment fell in February to its lowest level in six months, led by a decline in optimism over personal finances, a private report showed.
The monthly measure of consumer sentiment in China declined to 91.5 last month from 95.1 in January, the lowest reading since August 2013, Market News International, a unit of Deutsche Boerse Group, said in a report on Tuesday.
Chinese consumer confidence hit a record high of 111 points in the fourth quarter of last year and ended the year 3 points higher than it started, according to a latest study.
Their confidence translated into the highest intention to spend in more than three years of 47 percent in the fourth quarter, market research firm Nielsen said on Wednesday. Their perception about job prospects also jumped to the highest level since mid-2012 to 75 percent.
Retailers in China were hoping to benefit from a double dose of love this year as Chinese Valentine's Day coincides with the Western one, a rare occurrence.
The Yuen Siu festival in China, also known as Chinese Valentine's Day, falls on the fifteenth day of the first month of the lunar year. This year that coincides with the tradition celebrated in the West by romantics; the last time that happened was 19 years ago.
Alipay, the online payment unit of China's largest e-commerce company Alibaba Group, has become the biggest mobile payment company in the world, it said on Saturday in a message on its Sina Weibo microblog.
The country's largest third-party payment company had nearly 300 million registered users with 12.5 billion transactions by the end of 2013, according to statistics released by Alipay.
China’s consumer market boomed during the first days of the Lunar New Year holiday despite falling luxury gift sales, according to the Ministry of Commerce.
Sales of luxury gifts such as expensive alcohol and rare seafood, which are sometimes sent as gifts to officials during the holiday, have fallen sharply.
Is the language of leadership universal? It's a question many Western executives might be asking as they forge their way in the Chinese business world.
The answer is a bit more complex than a simple yes or no. There are the cultural nuances and ways of doing business that any good leader will study up on before launching into a new territory. But in China, there are also more complex concepts such as "face" and "guanxi" which can override more traditional leadership markers such as strategic-thinking and creativity.
China's retail sales in December rose 13.6 percent year-on-year (yoy) in 2013, the National Bureau of Statistics said on Monday. Compared with November, retail sales jumped 1.24 percent. For the whole year of 2013, the country's retail sales advanced 13.1 percent to CNY23.44 trillion compared with 2012.
Urban areas' retail sales reached CNY20.24 trillion, up 12.9 percent while rural areas' retail sales surged 13.6 percent to CNY3.19 trillion.
China's shoppers may be gearing up for the Lunar New Year gift-giving season, but that may not benefit the mainland's luxury players much, Goldman Sachs said.
The reason? The mainland's anti-corruption efforts are likely to intensify, not just plateau, Goldman said in a note.
RetailWATCH: Ten highlights of China's commercial sector 2014, the Fung Business Intelligence Centre
Mainly larger supermarket operators in China have turned their focus to small-format stores amid weak sales and growing competition. At the same time, smaller-sized retailers, such as small supermarkets and convenience stores, are becoming more popular, according to a new report released by the Fung Business Intelligence Centre Ten highlights of China's commercial sector 2014.
The research centre collected the views of over 160 top-tier economic analysts and unveils 10 highlights identified after a series of votes and formal, in-depth panel discussion.
China's consumer confidence rose for five straight months as of December amid increasing optimism over future personal finances, a private report showed.
The monthly measure of consumer sentiment in China hit 97.5 in December, the highest since June 2012, according to Market News International (MNI), a unit of Deutsche Boerse Group, in a report on Tuesday.


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30 that underlying revenue for the third quarter rose 3 percent to 3.5 percent. The worlds second-biggest consumer-goods maker reported 5 percent growth in the first half and second quarter. A gauge of food and beverage stocks was the second-worst performer among 19 industry groups in the Stoxx 600. Nestle SA, the worlds biggest food company, lost 1.7 percent. SABMiller Plc slipped 4.8 percent for its biggest weekly decline since November 2011 amid a strike at its South African beer division. Nokian Renkaat Nokian Renkaat tumbled 9.7 percent, the biggest weekly drop since October 2012. Full-year net sales and operating profit will decline because of the rubles retreat against the euro, the Nordic regions biggest tiremaker said. Hochtief AG, which owns a controlling stake in Leighton Holdings Ltd., lost 4.9 percent for the largest slide since June. Leighton, Australia s biggest builder, allegedly paid bribes to win contracts, the Age newspaper reported. Former chiefs Wal King and David Stewart were aware of the conduct, according to the report. Leighton has been under investigation by the Australian Federal Police since at least February 2012 after the company reported potentially illegal activity at its subsidiary Leighton Offshore Pte.
Windows Phone grabs one in ten smartphone sales in Europe
In the three months to August, Windows Phone accounted for 9.2 percent of sales across the U.K., Germany, France, Italy, and Spain, proving especially popular in France (12 percent) and the U.K. (10.8 percent), according to figures from analysts at Kantar Worldpanel ComTech. These are its highest ever sales numbers and take Microsoft’s platform to within one percentage point of matching sales of Apple’s iconic iPhone on the largest market of all, Germany. Android remains on top of the pile with 70.1 percent of sales to August although its growth rates have tailed off compared to its rivals. “Windows Phone’s latest wave of growth is being driven by Nokia’s expansion into the low and mid-range market with the Lumia 520 and 620 handsets. These models are hitting the sweet spot with 16- to 24-year-olds and 35- to 49-year-olds, two key groups that look for a balance of price and functionality in their smartphone,” said Dominic Sunnebo, strategic insight director at Kantar Worldpanel ComTech. Android’s growth was being driven by Samsung’s marketing effort, ahead of other firms developing for the platform, Sony, HTC, and LG, in that market share order. “After years of increasing market share, Android has now reached a point where significant growth in developed markets is becoming harder to find,” he said. What the figures suggest is that there is a natural ceiling for any platform and Android has probably reached that. There is also room for three platforms although with only 2.4 percent of sales that will not include the “fourth way” of BlackBerry. Longer term, Microsoft’s growth on the back of its acquisition of Nokia is likely to be in the mid-market sector. Exactly how Apple and Microsoft will fare is hard to call but it looks possible that Windows Phone will move into second place in Europe in the next two years; Apple’s year-on-year numbers dropped from 16.1 percent to 14.1 percent. This contrasts with the U.S.
are expected to show a slight easing in the expansion for non-manufacturing companies, which have consistently outpaced their European peers. The main disappointment in Europe was Spain, where a rise in business activity during August – the first in more than two years – proved short-lived as firms slipped back into decline. Still, the data pointed to a broadening recovery across the euro zone, said Nick Matthews, senior European economist at Nomura, though that had yet to be borne out in official data. “The hard data so far for the third quarter has perhaps a bit more on the disappointing side – in particular industrial production …was very weak in July,” said Matthews. “We expect this to bounce back, but this suggests we could see a slightly slower pace of growth in the third quarter relative to the second quarter.” PMI compiler Markit said its surveys suggested the euro zone economy grew around 0.2 percent from July through September, a touch below the 0.3 percent registered in the second quarter. Nomura’s Matthews said they suggested a slightly stronger rate of growth for the final months of the year. STILL NOT ON SOLID GROUND Markit’s Eurozone Services PMI rose to 52.2 in September from August’s 50.7, little changed from a preliminary reading of 52.1. Readings above 50 signify growth. Businesses in No.1 economy Germany reported rising new orders and staffing levels, while France’s private sector grew for the first time in a year and a half. The upbeat mood was further bolstered by news that euro zone retail sales jumped 0.7 percent in August, month-on-month, hitting the top end of forecasts. Draghi said on Wednesday the euro zone economy still faced downside risks [ID:nL6N0HS2YP].


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By Noel Randewich
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Shares of GNC jumped from record low levels on Thursday after its interim chief executive invested $5 million in the vitamin and supplement retailer.
The nearly 600,000 shares bought by Robert Moran added to a smaller GNC stake he already owned, according to a U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission filing.
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Stock purchases by senior executives and other company insiders are often seen by investors as a positive sign.
GNC's stock surged 10.6 percent, on track for its sharpest one-day gain since Tuesday, when Moran made his purchase.
On Friday, GNC closed at its lowest level ever after falling 20 percent so far in 2017.
Short interest in GNC spiked to a record high in January of 22.6 percent of outstanding shares, up form 13.3 percent in December, according to Thomson Reuters data.
After taking over in July, Moran revamped GNC's branding and product pricing to try to win back customers and repair what he described as a "broken business model." But investors worry those steps are not enough to turn around falling sales.
GNC and rival Vitamin Shoppe <VSI.N> have both been struggling with competition from online retailers and a shift toward organic and "natural" foods rather than vitamins and other supplements. GNC has also faced trouble with regulators about selling supplements made with misbranded and dangerous ingredients.
The company suspended its dividend last week after reporting a 12-percent slump in same-store sales at domestic company-owned stores during the December quarter.
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Shamed Ryanair has been forced to cave in to demands over passenger compensation in a humiliating showdown with watchdogs.
The budget airline led by Michael O’Leary contacted all 740,000 people whose flights it has axed, explaining they can have a full refund or a new flight.
It came just 45 minutes before a deadline set by the Civil Aviation Authority , which had accused the carrier of “not complying with the law” over its handling of the fiasco.
The watchdog, which has the power to take airlines to court, had given Ryanair until 5pm yesterday to contact customers telling them of their rights.
Thousands of flights have been grounded due to errors in pilot holiday rotas at the airline, which first cancelled 50 flights a day until the end of October, then 18,000 more to the end of March. Those affected can get their money back or a new flight on the same or next day.
If no Ryanair flight is available the airline will buy seats with rivals. If that is also not possible it will offer “comparable alternative transport” which could be a train, bus or car hire, with costs “assessed on a case-by-case basis”.
Passengers will also be able to claim “reasonable” cash back for hotels and food backed up by receipts.
But Alex Neill of consumer watchdog Which? said Ryanair’s compliance with minutes to spare “smacks of a lingering reluctance to do the right thing by its customers”.
He added: “The CAA now needs to watch Ryanair like a hawk.”
CAA chief executive Andrew Haines said: “Where we find that an airline is systematically flouting consumer laws, we will not hesitate to take action to minimise the harm and detriment caused to passengers.”
There was further fury last night after Ryanair launched a £9.99 “mega sale” promising deals on a million seats until February – during the flight-axe period.
Some passengers joked buying tickets would be like “putting a tenner down the drain”.
Mr O’Leary faced calls to quit last night, including from ex-jewellery boss Gerald Ratner, whose firm failed after he described its products as “c**p”. He said: “He should resign like I did.” He added that Ryanair is a “joke too far”.
Critics have said the cancellation crisis could be Ryanair’s “Ratner moment”. But Mr Ratner said: “It’s not about to go the way of Ratners.”
The carrier’s pilots called on shareholders to force Mr O’Leary to go, and discussed strike action over conditions.
Ryanair spokesman Kenny Jacobs said: “We apologise again sincerely for the disruption and inconvenience our rostering failure has caused.”


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When Marilyn Monroe sang “Happy Birthday, Mr. President” to John F. Kennedy at Madison Square Garden, she wore the O.G. naked dress, a skintight column designed by Jean Louis that was covered in 2,500 rhinestones. The designer had to sew it onto the actress, who had specifically requested that the dress make her look “sparkling and naked,” according to Hal Rubenstein. “I can now retire from politics after having had ‘Happy Birthday’ sung to me in such a sweet, wholesome way,” Kennedy said after he took the stage.
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And what has happened? Interest rates have increased. According to
David Rosenberg, it is actually the fifth-worst sell-off in the 10-year
Treasury note since the 1960s. Whereas we can all agree that many
factors other than the Fed’s policies have had an impact on the economy
Obamacare, etc.), it is crystal clear that the Fed’s QE3
and QE4 policies have completely failed in their stated objectives. This
is now an instance where the market economy has badly humbled the
professors at the Fed.
When the Fed announced QE1 in late 2008, it
was clear to me that monetary inflation would lead to some price
increases somewhere in the system. My initial thought was that QE1 would
boost gold and commodities (in December 2008, oil touched a low of $32
per barrel) as well as equities around the world, which were at the time
extremely oversold. But it didn’t cross my mind that money printing
would most benefit gaming stocks and the high-end luxury sector of the
economy (art, vintage cars, wines, high-end real estate, etc.).
- excerpt from article by Marc Faber @ http://dailyreckoning.com/a-corrupt-system-that-rewards-stupidity/
Marc Faber is an international investor known for his uncanny predictions of the stock market and futures markets around the world.


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From Oct 1, it will be illegal to sell cigarettes or tobacco to anyone under 18 and shopkeepers who fail to put up signs informing customers of the change face fines of up to ú1,000.
Signs must be at least A3 in size and state: "It is illegal to sell tobacco products to anyone under the age of 18" with letters of at least 36mm high. The signs must also be in a position visible to customers and staff.
The Association of Convenience Stores is also advising retailers to tell customers about the coming change to help avoid confrontation when refusing sales to 16 and 17-year-olds.
A statement said: "Since the age change could prove unpopular with young smokers who will have their right to smoke taken away, it is important that retailers start to inform their customer of the law change in advance."


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There’s an interesting article on everyone’s favourite web company, Google, in the recent Fortune magazine, available online at CNMoney.com. “Chaos by design: The inside story of disorder, disarray, and uncertainty at Google. And why it’s all part of the plan. (They hope.),” by Adam Lachinsky, takes you inside the sprawling (1.3 million square feet) headquarters of the giant (annual income: $10 billion; worth: $125 billion) baby (age: 8). The punchline:
With so many moving parts, it’s natural to wonder if Google is truly a company for the ages — or whether it’s the next Galaxy, that fast-moving, arrogant, one-hit wonder in Shona Brown’s book. To believe that Google will find its second act, you have to accept the hubris and the chaos, and that the brainiacs who got lucky once will do so again. Google desperately wants to believe its nonlinear approach is all part of the plan. But as the company’s big thinkers are the first to admit, most of the questions about Google aren’t answerable. Try as they may, no one can truly control chaos.
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Dubai to host the FIFA 12 Interactive World Cup Final
EA has revealed the location of this year's FIFA 12 Interactive World Cup Finals and this year it will be held in Dubai.
As well as competing in the three day tournament to decide who is the best FIFA player of 2012, competitors will be able to sample all the interesting activities that Dubai has from a visit to Burj Khalifa the world's tallest building to indoor skiing.
Casting a watchful eye over the proceedings will be this year's FIWC Ambassador, French World Cup winner Christian Karembeu. He said, "I am delighted to be a part of this years FIWC Grand Final. The tournament gives football fans all over the globe the opportunity to become a real FIFA World Champion. The fact that over 1,000,000 players have taken part in this years tournament is astonishing and just goes to show how popular the FIWC is with football fans."
The finals will take place in Dubai between the 21st and the 23rd of May.
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SEO and SEA thrive while Google campaign prices keep growing
Econsultancy just released its UK Search Engine Marketing Benchmarking Report 2010 in collaboration with Guava. The report found that UK companies “have ramped up their investment in paid search and SEO this year as the economy has emerged tentatively from recession”.
But SEO is not the only form of search engine marketing, thriving in the UK. Econsultancy found that pay-per-click search advertising “is also buoyant”.
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|Organic Beauty Products Get a Lift With USDA About-Face|
by Roger Vincent, Times Staff Writer, Los Angeles Times
August 25th, 2005
Turns out there is such a thing as organic lip balm after all.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has reversed its decision to yank the "USDA Organic" seal from lotions and lip balms and will allow cosmetics to carry the prestigious round, green label.
Having the USDA imprimatur is essential for a product to stand out on store shelves crowded with allegedly organic merchandise, said David Bronner, president of Escondido, Calif.-based Dr. Bronner's Magic Soap.
"lt's really the only way to distinguish ourselves from the rampant, misleading claims" of others, said Bronner, whose company and the Organic Consumers Assn. sued the department in June over its decision to stop certifying cosmetics.
The USDA created the label in 2002 to identify food that is free of pesticides, antibiotics and other chemicals. Meat and milk products certified as organic must come from animals raised on organic feed and given access to the outdoors. They may not be injected with growth hormones or antibiotics.
Some makers of cosmetics and other products that use naturally raised ingredients sought the USDA's seal of approval, and the department said it would oblige them before deciding in April that it should stick solely with regulating food. On Tuesday night, a day away from a deadline to respond to the manufacturers' lawsuit, the USDA reversed its position.
The challenge to adequately regulate cosmetics under the new laws has proved to be daunting, said Barbara Robinson, head of the department's National Organic Program.
"We do food," Robinson said. "We don't do cosmetics here. We're not lipstick. We're not mouthwash. We're not lawn care products. It takes a while to sit down and look at this and say, 'All right, how do we make this work?' "
USDA officials determined that it didn't matter what type of product was labeled as long as it followed the rules. "What difference does it make if you brush your teeth with it or eat it?" Robinson said.
Dietary supplements and pet food also can be certified as organic under the decision. Organic standards for fish are being created by the department.
Without the USDA requirements, there would be anarchy in product labeling, said Craig Minowa, an environmental scientist for the Minnesota-based Organic Consumers Assn.
"There are a number of industries making millions annually by making misleading claims," Minowa said, often by adding trace amounts of organic materials to traditional chemical compounds. "Now, consumers can look for the USDA seal and know the product met tough standards."
Bronner's privately held company, a longtime seller of natural body-care products, had invested $100,000 in getting some of its products USDA certified and hundreds of thousands of dollars more in lining up supplies from farmers who could produce organic coconut oil and other approved ingredients, he said.
When the USDA said it was backing out of certification, "our whole business model was threatened," Bronner said. "They didn't quite understand what was at stake."
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Technology and the personal touch shared the spotlight at the annual Travel Impressions Best of the Best celebration at Secrets Playa Mujeres this past weekend, as the tour company rolled out new products and highlighted the importance of its travel agent partners.
On the tech side, the company in January will debut Travel Impressions University, offering a three-chapter, self-paced, all-digital program that will take “maybe an hour” for travel agents to complete.
Also new are improved tools for booking “celebration groups,” parties of families and friends traveling together for special birthdays and anniversaries—a market being embraced by travel agents who specialize in Mexico and the Caribbean as the Zika virus impacts their business in the 30-year-old age bracket.
“We have built out our tools for celebrations, in general making them more robust, with a greater ability to customize trips more for milestone birthdays and anniversaries, and additional benefits” for travel agents and their customers, said president Scott Wiseman. More than 20% of Travel Impressions business is in the group space, he noted, and while the existing Quest system “is popular, for the past couple of years we’ve been working with travel agents to build this new resource.”
Peter Bowler, president of Travel Impressions’ parent company, Apple Leisure Group (ALG) Distribution, noted that the system has been in development as a company-wide solution. The goal is to offer “a common background booking engine to the GDSs and hotel inventory” for all the ALG companies, including Apple Vacations, AMResorts and Cheap Caribbean.com. Travel Impressions will be the first company to roll out the system; it will begin beta testing in January.
While some agents told TMR their wedding business to Mexico and the Caribbean is down—and their focus on celebrations for the 30-to-40-year-old age demographic is therefore growing—Wiseman said Travel Impressions is “not seeing avoidance” of Mexico, which “continues to be huge growth for us. The bulk of the change was last year, and now we are seeing groups come back.”
Cancun, site of this year’s Best of the Best, continues to be the fastest-growing destination in Mexico, he said.
Another positive trend Travel Impressions is definitely noting, he said, is younger travel agents entering the profession again. Millennials “have been exposed to travel; they have a willingness to work in nontraditional ways and a passion to travel. For a long time there was a belief that it was difficult to recruit younger people, but now we are seeing them come back. I’m very excited.”
Three months into the job, Wiseman said his priorities have been to “listen and ask questions.” Perhaps his most important contribution so far was tripling the quality assurance team “to make sure we are delivering.” Also on the way are more BDMs in California, part of the company’s push to grow its West Coast business.
So far, he added, Travel Impressions has not had a problem differentiating itself from its sister company, Apple Vacations. “Each has its own history and personality,” he said, “and the delicate challenge is to allow each to grow in ways that are consistent with those. We don’t have a specific roadmap that says ‘Travel Impressions will be here in the market and Apple Vacations will be here.’ Each company will navigate its own path.” But he did note that Travel Impressions has a much broader portfolio than the fun-and-sun focus of Apple Vacations, and much closer partnerships with the major travel-agency consortia.


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Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) wants to break free from their biggest competitor Google Inc (NASDAQ:GOOG) and that’s a main reason why they’re finally creating their own in-house 3D maps. For years, both companies have worked together to create an iOS mobile application that Apple users could enjoy but now it looks like that’s all going to change.
Last Monday, the senior vice president for Apple Scott Forstall, made the official announcement that his company was breaking up their partnership because of their plans to launch their own app.
It’s no secret that there has been some major tension between the companies. The biggest reason for the riff most likely has something to do with Google’s Android smartphones and tablet computers. Back in 2008, there was a small argument between Phil Schiller(senior vice president of marketing for Apple) and Vic Gundotra(senior vice president of engineering for Google) about which company was the real owner of the data from the app.
While Google continuously worked hard to improve their mapping application, Apple didn’t really want to make an agreement or “be at the mercy of Google”. It was time for them to break free.
Google Inc (NASDAQ:GOOG) and Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) are not the only technology companies who are creating 3D map applications, some reports tell that Nokia Corporation (ADR) (NYSE:NOK) is nearing the release of their version of three-dimensional maps. Further speculation reports that their maps will feature C3 technologies, it’s the same thing that Apple purchased last fall which will make it identical to Apple’s 3D map version.
There is nothing wrong with a little friendly competition and I think this current battle between both companies will only benefit the world of technology. Turning traditional web-based map applications into three-dimensional masterpieces is just one way to transform the way people use their smartphones. And this is just the beginning. Who knows what these technology companies will dream up of in the future? It’s quite exciting.


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India will stoutly promote the interests of domestic industry and adopt a more proactive approach to secure a mutually beneficial deal in trade negotiations, Piyush Goyal, Union minister for commerce and industry, and railways, said.
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Joinery supplier calls in administrators
Published: 09 February, 2011
SOUTHAMPTON: TWC Joinery and Shopfitting has called in administrators after reported "substantial debts".
Administrator SFP said it hoped TWC, which is continuing to trade and has a good reputation built up over ten years, could be sold as a going concern.
TWC, based at Quay Industrial Park in Quayside Road, employs around 40 people and has an estimated annual turnover of £6.5m.
SFP said the joinery, merchandising and shop-fitting specialist had built up several large debts, including tax bill.
Group partner at SFP, Daniel Plant, said: "We are already in discussions with a number of potential purchasers and are looking to achieve a sale of the business as a going concern."


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Nearly a decade since its closure, the site of the former Avondale Shipyard is open for new business and in the early stages of a goal to reemerge as one of the state’s top economic drivers.
A grand opening ceremony is scheduled Friday with Gov. John Bel Edwards and local officials to tout its progress and announce a new name. It comes four years after a joint venture purchased the 254-acre property from Huntington Ingalls Industries and proposed a global hub for manufacturing and logistics that would return thousands of jobs lost before the shipyard shuttered in 2014.
Avondale Marine LLC, a partnership between Virginia-based T. Parker Host Inc. and Illinois-based Hilco Redevelopment Partners, has spent the past few years turning it into an industrial park along the Mississippi River with access to water, railway and roads. Cranes and docks to connect waterborne vessels with manufacturing, fabrication and distribution facilities onshore have been refurbished. The company recently expanded the site to include 50 acres in Marrero.
Operations and hiring ramped up earlier this year, with the team handling multiple types of cargo arriving on ships, barges, rail and trucks from around the world before being discharged to the next destination. The site’s first major tenant has been secured: Gulf Wind Technology, a fairly new Louisiana-based company that makes offshore windmills. Avondale Marine is looking for four more tenants; some of the prospects have included companies that produce vegetable oil and electric vehicle technologies as well as various warehousing and logistics entities.
J. Jefferson Keever, government affairs representative for Avondale Marine, said coming online took “longer than expected.” The setbacks began shortly after the property was purchased: A flood stage that lasted over eight months halted work until 2019, followed by COVID-19 restrictions in 2020.
“We’re open for business,” Keever said. “It’s no longer a former shipyard but a global logistics hub.”
It will take more time, additional tenants and a significant boost in investment to return the site to full commerce.
The next phase will be to recruit value-added business like manufacturing and processing facilities to the site, said Mike Sherman, an attorney representing Avondale Marine.
“The destiny of this facility is not merely to move cargo; it’s to add value,” Sherman said. “We don’t measure success in how much cargo we move, but we measure success by how much value we can add to that cargo we move.”
The company still expects to create thousands of jobs eventually, but the timing of those is yet to be determined. An updated study of the development’s master plan and its potential economic impact, commissioned by Avondale Marine and conducted by Stephen Barnes, director of the Kathleen Blanco Public Policy Center at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette, cites 2,280 new direct jobs. These would include employees of industrial tenants, waterfront operations and new operations on the river.
So far, Avondale Marine has 300 full-time employees working on-site, with intentions to hire 50 more by the end of the year. According to JEDCO president and CEO Jerry Bologna, that surpasses the benchmarks laid out in a payment-in-lieu-of-taxes (PILOT) agreement approved by JEDCO and the Jefferson Parish Council in 2019, which provides significant tax savings for the company if it meets job creation targets.
“At what point it goes from a few hundred jobs to a couple thousand, we may be a couple of years off from that, but we like the trajectory they are on,” Bologna said. JEDCO is working to secure state capital outlay funds for major improvements to the property, including a $1.5 million gate complex and a $3.8 million rail project reestablishing Union Pacific connections to the site.
Avondale Marine has continued to spend heavily on infrastructure and positioning the property as a global gateway, investing $40 million between 2018 and 2021 and expecting to spend another $65 million this year. It plans to invest nearly $1 billion by 2026, according to the study, released this month.
While they have moved cargo, not until this year have they been able to align all of the things necessary for a global logistics hub, Sherman said. There are now four active docks connected to the Union Pacific Railroad, and the company has been moving freight since February 2020. About 50 ships and 500,000 tons of cargo were handled that year, with 2021 experiencing similar activity. This year, Avondale Marine is on pace to move about one million tons of cargo, Keever said. Cargo is also being moved out by trucks and river barges. Some of it has included bulk cargo, such as sugar and high-grade alloys from eastern Europe, and alumina, a material used in spark plugs and cutting tools.
“When we acquired it, there was no rail. Now, we have rail. When we acquired it, there were no docks. Now, we have docks. When we acquired it, there was no foreign trade zone. We now have a foreign trade zone,” Sherman said. “When you look at the facility, it looks totally different.”
Avondale Marine has renovated salvageable structures at the site and demolished others. Environmental clearance has been achieved, which Sherman said was pivotal for the redevelopment.
A wide range of future opportunities for the property continues to exist, as opposed to an initial assessment that was based on its existing facilities, according to Barnes’ study.
Opportunities that may not have been initially anticipated four years ago include an alternative energy industry that has grown since then. “I think the Avondale site is very well suited to capture the manufacturing and logistics side of wind power,” Bologna said.
There are ambitious goals for the long term, according to the study. A five-year construction buildout of the master plan and expectations over 20 years of operations include a total economic impact of $32 billion, 4,575 jobs by 2027 and an $8.6 billion increase in Louisiana payrolls.
This new activity will create significant new tax revenue for the state and local governments, the study states. During the full planning phase, the study says the redevelopment will generate $554.9 million in new state tax revenue and $286.9 million in new parish sales tax revenue.


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The race is on. Who will be the first automaker to reach market with a super-clean, hyper-fuel efficient plug-in hybrid-electric vehicle?
While a variety of manufacturers have committed to developing the high-mileage technology – even unknowns like the California coachbuilder, Fisker Automotive – the real battle is between the industry’s two giants, General Motors and Toyota.
GM stole the 2007 Detroit Auto Show with its Chevrolet Volt, which is designed primarily to run on battery power for day-to-day commuting, but can switch on its pint-sized gasoline engine for longer trips.
After initially pooh-poohing the plug-in concept, Toyota officials have given it their well-financed embrace. Fearing that GM could suddenly gain the high ground in the emerging market for green machines, the Japanese maker is racing to put its own PHEV into production.
At this year’s Detroit show, CEO Katsuaki Watanabe announced that a plug-in version of the popular Prius hybrid will reach market by 2010. That would be a year after GM’s Volt goes into production – at least, if the U.S. maker holds to schedule, something GM isn’t famous for. But insiders at both companies admit they’ve got a lot of work left to ensure that their prototypes meet are actually ready for market.
Production plug-ins will depend on the latest lithium-ion technology, but as anyone with a cellphone or laptop computer knows, LIon batteries are notoriously fickle. As of January 1, the Department of Transportation islimiting the number of lithium-ion batteries travelers can bring aboard commercial flights, due to their tendency to catch fire spontaneously.
GM, Toyota and their competitors will have to take the technology an extra step, ensuring their batteries will be able to last over 100,000 miles in the hostile environment automobiles routinely face.
That’s why the prototype plug-in the Japanese automaker brought to Detroit featured a set of Nickel-Metal Hydride batteries. Make that a double set of the same technology used in the current Prius hybrid. For the moment, Watanabe explained, Toyota plans to develop the plug-in vehicle itself with the more reliable batteries, while LIon research continues in the labs it operates in a joint venture with electronics giant Panasonic.
Were it not for the decals all over the Prius we spotted outside the Detroit Athletic Club, we’d never have been able to tell the difference between the prototype plug-in and a conventional hybrid-electric vehicle. Except for a double helping of NiMH batteries and some software revisions, the Plug-in prototype is the same as the Toyota HEV you see all over California, and many other parts of the country. At its heart, both versions of Prius link a highly-efficient gasoline engine with Toyota’s electric Synergy Drive system. During coasting and braking, energy normally wasted is recaptured and used to charge up those NiMH batteries.
When you launch, or accelerate aggressively, that energy powers a set of motors used to assist the gasoline engine. A conventional Prius also can operate in battery-only mode for a little more than two miles, as long as you feather the throttle and keep speeds below 25 mph.
The Plug-in prototype also can recapture waste energy, but normally, you charge it up by plugging it into a conventional wall socket – about four hours of 110-volt current will give you enough power to go seven miles, at speeds up to 62 mph.
That’s with the extra nickel-metal hydride battery pack. Toyota engineers are still trying to determine how much range they might get with advanced lithium-ion technology. GM is promising something north of 30 miles with the Chevy Volt, even at normal highway speeds.
That’s not the only difference. GM Vice Chairman Bob Lutz prefers to call his company’s plug-in an “extended-range electric vehicle.” The difference is subtle but significant. In the Prius, whatever the battery, the wheels can be directly driven by either its internal combustion engine or electric motor. This is what’s technically known as a parallel hybrid.
Volt is a serial hybrid. No matter what, its wheels won’t turn unless its electric motors are turning. And they either get powered by the car’s batteries or some other energy source. This can be a diesel or gasoline engine working as a generator, or even from a hydrogen fuel cell – though don’t expect to see the fuel cell system on the market any time soon.
What Volt feels like, we’ll have to wait to see, but Toyota’s plug-in drives, well, just like a Prius. Turn the key, hit the “Start” button and you may think something’s wrong, unless you notice the flurry of blinking lights, spinning gauges and digital readouts on the instrument panel. Shift into gear and step on the throttle and the PHEV starts off.
Gingerly squeezing the accelerator, we pulled out of the Detroit Athletic Center parking lot, the electric motor whining gently, so quietly, in fact, it would likely take a nearby pedestrian by surprise.
Coming to a stoplight on Woodward Avenue, the Toyota engineer serving as our co-pilot urged us to slam the throttle. This time, the gasoline engine kicked in and we were surprised at how quickly we launched. So was the driver in the next lane, who had paused to read the Prius’s panoply of decals.
As soon as we backed off on the “gas,” the IC engine cut off again, leaving us to run solely on battery power, even as we turned onto Interstate-75. We again squeezed the throttle, this time as if there was an egg under our foot, the speedometer slowly creeping upwards, until we hit 62. Once again, the gasoline engine kicked back in and stayed on until we reached our exit.
As we slowed down, we were back in electric mode again, or at least, so it seemed. Like a conventional Prius, the transition between gas, electric and combined modes is as seamless as it gets. You really need to be watching the eye-catching video display on the center console to be sure where you are.
Puling back into the club lot, we found ourselves down to about 2 miles range, enough to get our co-pilot scurrying off to find an electric outlet for the necessary recharge.
Our initial drive was impressive, at least when it comes to the basic functionality of the Prius in plug-in mode. There’s no question it doesn’t offer enough range, and it will almost certainly have to hit something higher than 62 mph to satisfy American motorists. But Toyota is starting from a successful base, and if they can get the right lithium technology, they should be able to deliver a competitive addition to the Prius line.
How it will compare to the Volt remains to be seen. Chevy’s offering has some advantages, at least on paper, and like Prius, its distinctive styling will be a stand-out. But there’s apparently a lot of work left before it’s ready for production.
The battle is still more than a year off, but both industry giants are getting charged up and ready. And if they succeed, the public – and the
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As it stands now, the maximum size for an iOS app is 2 gigabytes. So while it can be done, perhaps Square Enix wants to ensure an adequate ROI, something that might understandably be hard to achieve when many people struggled to make room for Apple's recent iOS 7 update.
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The following recalls have been announced:
About 400 Deda Forza bicycle handlebar stems, manufactured in Taiwan and Italy by Deda Elementi S.r.l., because the top of the handlebar stem can crack, which could cause the rider to lose control. The company has received four reports of incidents, but no reports of injuries. The stems were sold by bicycle retailers around the country between January and June 2008. They were sold attached to bicycles and separately. Details: by phone at 866-514-5522;by Web at http://www.dedaelementi.com or http://www.cpsc.gov.
About 330,000 Circo rosette bobbie socks, manufactured in Hong Kong and imported by Target Corp., because the ribbon on the socks can come off and pose a choking risk for young children. The company has received four reports of detached ribbons, but no reports of injuries. The socks were sold at Target stores around the country between January 2007 and July 2008. Details: by phone at 800-440-0680; by Web at http://www.target.com or http://www.cpsc.gov.
About 42,000 MasterForce 3.6-volt cordless screwdrivers, manufactured in China and imported by Menards, because the battery can overheat and catch fire while charging. The company and Consumer Product Safety Commission have received three reports of fires, including one incident of burns to the hand and another of temporary hearing loss. The screwdrivers were sold at Menards stores between April 2007 and May 2008. Details: by phone at 866-458-2472; by Web at http://www.menards.com or http://www.cpsc.gov.
About 24,000 Wolf Appliance gas ranges, manufactured in the United States by Wolf Appliance Inc., because delayed gas ignition in the 18-inch oven can cause a flash of flames to come out when the range door is opened. The company has received 97 reports of delayed ignition, including 15 reports of minor burns. The ranges were sold at home building and appliance stores around the country between January 1998 and June 2008. Details: by phone at 866-643-6408; by Web at http://www.wolfappliance.com or http://www.cpsc.gov.
About 223,000 SlyDog retractable dog leashes, made in China and imported by Worldwise Inc., because the metal clasp connecting the leash to a dog's collar can bend or break while in use, causing the leash to recoil unexpectedly. This poses a risk of injury to consumers. The company has received five reports of injuries, including facial cuts, a broken tooth, displaced eye lens and a bruised collar bone. The product was sold at Dollar General Stores nationwide from September 2007 through last month. Details: by phone at 888-296-3807; by Web at http://www.squareonesystem.com or http://www.cpsc.gov.
About 250 Action Baby Carriers, made in the U.S. by Optave Inc., because the carrier's chest strap can detach from the shoulder straps, posing a fall hazard to the baby. The company has received two reports of the chest strap detaching from the shoulder straps on the baby carrier. No injuries have been reported. The carriers were sold in various colors and patterns at specialty retail stores nationwide and Internet sites from May through June this year. Details: by phone at 800-638-2772; by Web at http://www.cpsc.gov.
About 57,000 Fairy Dust pendants and candle charms, made in Hong Kong and imported by Benjamin International, because the recalled products contain high levels of lead, which is toxic if ingested by children. No incidents or injuries have been reported. The products were sold at gift shops nationwide from February 2004 through February this year. Details: by phone at 888-249-7639; by Web at http://www.benjamininternational.com or http://www.cpsc.gov.