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Heptio, the startup situated by Kubernetes co-founders Craig McLuckie and Joe Beda (who all started the open-source assignment at the side of Brendan Burns who’s now at Microsoft), these days announced that it has raised a $ 25 million sequence B funding circular led with the aid of Madrona challenge partners. Lightspeed venture partners and Accel partners also joined during this round, which comes lower than a yr after the business’s $ eight.5 million sequence A round. since it didn’t need to, the Seattle-based mostly enterprise not ever raised a seed circular.
“It’s been a terrific brief eight months,” Heptio CEO McLuckie instructed me. “after we took that collection A, we didn’t expect to carry yet another round this quickly.” He delivered that the opportunity for bringing Kubernetes — and different cloud-native applied sciences — to the business may really be bigger than the crew anticipated. indeed, he stressed out that the possibility right here is greater than just Kubernetes. “Kubernetes is the kernel around which we’re constructing this enterprise,” he referred to. around that, there’s a lot of work to be executed to make it more straightforward for businesses to adapt cloud-native computing and the brand new developer workflows that come with that idea. Kubernetes offers the container orchestration piece, however McLuckie argues that there are nevertheless a variety of different equipment that deserve to be built around it.
“when we regarded on the momentum at the back of the challenge, it became clear that we’d be well-served to take some further cash,” McLuckie observed.
So what does Heptio in fact do? When the mission first launched, it wasn’t yet clear what its actual items would look like, even though over the remaining few months, its business model has turn into a bit of clearer. Heptio really presents knowledgeable features for firms that need to adopt Kubernetes, as well as training and assist. McLuckie wired that this isn’t pretty much helping agencies eat Kubernetes. It’s additionally about helping them get nearer to the open-source group. To try this, the crew is also constructing its own open-source tasks for managing certain features of Kubernetes and the container clusters it orchestrates.
The company plans to use the brand new funding to expand in Europe and Asia, however additionally develop its team and, potentially, make some acquisitions, exceptionally if those might support it enter these new geographies.
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SUNNYVALE, California, Nov 3 (Reuters) – Tucked away in an
air conditioned data center in Silicon Valley is a hodgepodge of
black boxes, circuit boards and cooling fans owned by
27-year-old Aaron Jackson-Wilde, a modern-day prospector looking
Since discovering the digital currency a few months ago,
Jackson-Wilde has paid about $2,000 for his “rigs,” which are
powered by specialized computer chips. They are designed to help
operate and maintain the Bitcoin network – and, in return,
generate a small reward in a process known as “Bitcoin mining.”
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Shareholders in Oracle Corp (ORCL.N: Quote, Profile, Research, Stock Buzz) have sent a message to the people who set Chief Executive Larry Ellison’s pay, re-electing the directors on the board’s compensation committee by much smaller margins than the rest of the directors, according to a filing on Friday.
All board members received majority votes by wide margins except for the members of the compensation committee – Bruce Chizen, George Conrades and Naomi Seligman – who each won re-election with margins of about 53 percent or less, including non-voted shares, according to a filing on Friday.
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – A majority of shareholders opposed Oracle Corp Chief Executive Larry Ellison’s pay in a non-binding vote on Thursday following complaints that the world’s third-richest man makes too much as his company struggles against smaller rivals.
The vote against Oracle’s executive compensation policy adds to a similar defeat at last year’s meeting, and while it requires no changes from the company, it underscores concern among shareholders about high pay in the face of lackluster financial performance.
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Motorola wants to let consumers design their own smarpthones.
The Google-owned manufacturer has launched Project Ara to create a free, open and standardized platform to let people pick and choose the components they want in their phones, Motorola said in a blogpost this week.
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Global smartphone shipments jumped 39 percent in the quarter ended September 30, while brisk demand for low-priced Android devices in China eroded Apple’s market share.
With growth in smartphones slowing in the United States and Europe, attention has turned to technology-hungry consumers in developing countries, many of whom favor devices that are less expensive than Apple’s iPhones.
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Chip equipment maker KLA-Tencor Corp forecast earnings and revenue for the current quarter that were weaker than expected by Wall Street as contract manufacturers and memory chipmakers investing in new technology only partly offset a slow PC industry.
The company, whose products are used by chipmakers to measure the effectiveness of complicated manufacturing processes and reduce defects, said it expects an improvement in orders, but its stock fell in extended trade after it gave its earnings and revenue outlook on a conference call with analysts on Thursday.
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Intel Corp senior executive David Perlmutter, who developed technology that was key to the success of laptop personal computers, is leaving after 34 years at the chipmaker.
Perlmutter, who was passed over by Intel’s board for the job of chief executive officer earlier this year, will leave in February to pursue other opportunities, the company said in a filing on Wednesday.
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct 22 (Reuters) – A host of U.S. chipmakers
gave quarterly revenue forecasts that disappointed Wall Street
and hurt their shares on Tuesday, including Broadcom Corp
, which said it would lay off over a thousand workers as
it struggles with slow demand for its cellphone chips.
Broadcom, programmable chipmaker Altera Corp and
radio frequency chipmaker RF Micro Devices Inc joined
Intel Corp and Texas Instruments Inc on a
growing list of semiconductor companies that have unveiled
underwhelming quarterly forecasts over the past week.
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Broadcom (BRCM.O: Quote, Profile, Research, Stock Buzz), which faces growing competition in mobile chips, on Tuesday forecast fourth-quarter revenue that was below Wall Street expectations, sending its shares lower even as third-quarter results topped views.
Broadcom also said that during the third quarter it started a restructuring plan to reduce expenses, including cutting its workforce by up to 1,150 employees.
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Texas Instruments Inc (TXN.O: Quote, Profile, Research, Stock Buzz) forecast unexpectedly low fourth-quarter revenue, underscoring concerns about spotty demand for chips for cars, appliances, computers and industrial products and sending its shares lower.
Demand for chips used in cars and communications infrastructure had improved in the third quarter, helping make up for a drop in revenue as TI wound down its unprofitable wireless business.


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As officially confirmed earlier this week, Apple has teamed up with smartphone cover glass maker GT Advanced in a $578 million multi-year deal which gives the iPhone maker steady supply of sapphire glass, a crystalline form of aluminum oxide hailed for its unmatched scratch resistance and hardness second only to diamond.
GT will be investing big money in large capacity furnaces to forge the precious gemstone on an industrial scale at Apple’s upcoming eco-friendly, 700-employee facility in Mesa, Arizona. Although the deal is subject to “certain exclusivity terms” and GT expects “substantially lower” gross margins, it’s of strategic nature and will be cash positive to GT.
By some estimates, GT’s revenue next year could experience an unheard-of 15x increase based on the Apple contract alone…
If anything, the partnership gives GT a new recurring revenue during the duration of the agreement.
John Paczkowski, writing for AllThingsD:
GT’s sapphire business accounted for 11 percent of its year-to-date sales — about $28.9 million in revenue. But, in forecasting 2014 revenue, the company said it expects to make $600 million to $800 million, with 80 percent of those sales attributable to its sapphire business.
GT first mentioned this forecast during a Monday earnings call.
In other words, following the signing of this new deal with Apple, GT’s sapphire segment will not only become the company’s main source of revenue, it will also drive a stratospheric spike in it.
2014 sapphire-related revenue at GT is expected to hit $480 million at the low end, and $640 million at the high end. That’s a 15x to 16x increase.
Of course, not all of that revenue jump should be attributed to Apple.
GT’s sapphire-making biz also includes ASF equipment business plus LED, industrial and specialty-materials business. They also have other clients, too.
On the other hand, the Apple contract is subject to “certain exclusivity terms,” as GT’s press release put it.
The release reads:
GT has accelerated the development of its next generation, large capacity ASF furnaces to deliver low cost, high volume manufacturing of sapphire material.
These R&D efforts will support its non-LED initiative with its new customer and are expected to enable the expansion of GT’s LED, industrial and specialty sapphire businesses by positioning GT and its equipment customers as the industry’s lowest cost sapphire producers.
Check out GT’s sapphire glass manufacturing process and its furnaces in a video below.
Apple has been using small pieces of sapphire as a form of camera lens protection since the iPhone 5. And with the iPhone 5s introduction, the company is using the sapphire crystal layer to protect the sophisticated Touch ID sensor.
There are too many unknown variables here. But given the suddenness of the deal, as well as its multi-year nature and exclusivity terms, Apple at the very least is looking to lock supplies of the sapphire cover glass for the next few years.
AllThingsD agrees as much, claiming that “Apple is rumored to be looking at sapphire as a replacement for Corning’s Gorilla Glass in its next-generation touchscreens”.
The million dollar question is: does Apple really need huge quantitates of sapphire to ditch Gorilla Glass on the iPhone or is it perhaps anticipating a new category product release in 2014 which may need a stronger screen protection, like the rumored iWatch?
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Please put the bitcoin as a commodity to analyze
Bitcoin really worth it? Today is like the price of $15000, or the true value of only about $3000? Since last September bitcoin prices continued to surge, perhaps after a number to reflect its value.
General virtual currency fans divided into two camps. One says that these money is a medium of exchange, and another will be regarded as investment. From the current situation of investment camp win temporarily: use bitcoins to buy most of the goods are not realistic, but its price is soaring, has been rising since mid September last year nearly three times.
If bitcoin is a kind of investment, so it is close to the gold. Both are a store of value, have some intrinsic properties against inflation, because the supply is limited, and with the passage of time the new mining reserves will increase the cost of technological breakthroughs, unless.
However, if bitcoin really is a digital gold, investors should be used as a commodity to analysis, evaluation factors of its supply side constraints and drive demand. From this point of view is not optimistic about the results.
The long term the most important factor for the gold price is the cost of production. When demand fell when the production cost will become a natural price support to a certain extent. Of course, when the demand, the price of gold may rise, away from this support, but once inflation or dollar gold fears receded, began to lose its appeal as a store of value, the marginal cost of the price will drop to production.
The last round of gold bull market is a typical example: according to FactSet data, in 2011 the highest price of gold rose to near $1900 an ounce, is the largest listed gold producer BarrickGoldCorp. was more than three times the cost of production. By the end of 2016, the price of gold fell below $1151 per ounce, according to FactSet data, which is slightly higher than the production cost of $844 per ounce of gold Barrick.
Bitcoin same analysis results show that, if the demand is depleted, the price may be facing a sharp decline in the situation. According to the analysis of one of the largest electricity supplier in Louisiana, CrescentElectricSupplyCo., a bitcoin mining cost only $3224. According to the energy information administration of the U.S. Department of energy (EIA) data, as of October, the state has the lowest average residential electricity cost. For bitcoin mining companies, after the purchase of mining equipment for power, cost is the biggest.
On the demand side, some investors seem to bitcoin as a hedge against currency devaluation, which is similar to the function of gold. Deutsche Bank (DeutscheBankAG, DB) estimates that Japanese retail investors are the backbone of bitcoin rose last fall behind, while the yen in the same period last year fell, during early September to mid November by about 6%. According to the Japanese bank Nomura Securities (NomuraSecurities) said that about 40% of bitcoin transactions are denominated in Japanese yen.
Next year if the yen rose sharply, or even investors are beginning to think, compared to gold, bitcoin as a hedging tool for pricing is too high, bitcoin may face a long way to fall.


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Is humanity addicted to the smartphone?
Well, without offering an official diagnosis, the Interactive Advertising Bureau now reports that 63% of smartphone users operate their devices at least one every 30 minutes.
More startling still, 22% of users now check out their phones every five minutes, the IAB finds.
The findings confirm that mobile use has become a “worldwide phenomenon,” in the words of Anna Bager, SVP/GM mobile and video, at the IAB. The intense consumer activity is great news for mobile marketers.
A staggering 90% of smartphone users recall seeing ads within the first few days of it being shown on the mobile Web, while 86% recall seeing ads within the first few days of them being shown on a mobile app.
On the mobile Web, as well as apps, nearly half of users reported taking some sort of related action after seeing mobile ads.
The top consumer responses reported after seeing an ad on the mobile Web or mobile apps include remembering the brand advertised, interacting with the ad, and visiting the Web site of the advertised brand.
The IAB’s findings span 18 countries, including the United States.
Driving mobile engagement worldwide, the IAB cites improvements in ad load speed and creative quality on both mobile web and mobile apps over the past year. Also of note, the IAB finds that consumers are increasingly using the mobile Web and apps for different pursuits.
In general, people tend to rely on the mobile Web for functionality and utility (including search), while they prefer apps for entertainment and social activities.
For its findings, the IAB surveyed 200 adults in 18 markets from China to Uruguay, earlier this year.


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Samsung’s on-again-off-again fine for infringing on Apple’s slide-to-unlock patent is back on again. A U.S. Federal Appeals Court overturned its own ruling on Friday that Samsung didn’t have to pay the fine, so now the smartphone maker owes Apple US$119.6 million for infringing on the unlock and autocorrect-related patents.
The new ruling was handed down by all the judges from the U.S. Court of Appeals on the Federal Circuit in Washington, D.C. The earlier ruling they overturned came from a three-judge panel instead of all of the judges.
The earlier ruling tossing out the damages came in February when the three-judge panel said a lower court was wrong when it found Samsung infringed on the slide-to-unlock and autocorrect patents. Those judges said Apple’s patents weren’t valid, and as such Samsung didn’t need to pony up the $119.6 million for damages.
Today’s ruling (PDF) is the latest in an ongoing patent infringement fight between the two companies dating back to a 2014 verdict where a Federal jury said Samsung owes Apple $119.6 million for infringing on the slide-to-unlock and autocorrect patents. Samsung appealed the ruling and convinced the three-judge panel to invalidate the patents.
The decision to overturn the February ruling was based on a finding that the three-judge panel used evidence that hadn’t been used in court as part of their decision. Samsung’s next step is to decide if it will appeal this ruling and ask the U.S. Supreme Court to hear the case.
Samsung’s next move
Samsung will likely wait until next Tuesday before deciding what to do next. The U.S. Supreme Court is scheduled to look at Samsung’s appeal in the 2011 mobile device patent infringement case where it ultimately agreed to pay Apple $548 million in damages. If that ruling stands, Apple keeps the money. If not, Samsung gets it back with interest.
Regardless of how the Supreme Court rules, we’re closer to seeing at least part of the protracted patent infringement fight between the two companies wrap up. Whatever ruling the court hands down for the 2011 case will be final, leaving today’s ruling in the 2014 case in Samsung’s lap. Whether Samsung continues to fight the case remains to be seen, but considering the company’s long standing track record of doing just that, it’s more likely than not we’ll be hearing about their next filing soon.
Either way, today’s ruling is a big win for Apple because slide-to-unlock has been a big part of the company’s patent infringement argument for years.


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Products on the showroom of the Nvidia Corp. workplaces in Taipei, Taiwan, June 2, 2023.
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Tech traders are marching in the direction of Thanksgiving with loads of vacation cheer.
The Nasdaq rose 2.4% this week, bringing its three-week good points to 12%. It’s the strongest rally over that period of time since April 2020, when early Covid stay-at-home necessities led to a surge in e-commerce and cloud software program shares.
Intel was the most important winner amongst large-cap tech stops this week, climbing 13%. Shares of the chipmaker are actually up 35% since Oct. 26, when the corporate reported better-than-expected revenue and gross sales, bolstered by stronger demand for PCs.
Analysts at Mizuho Securities lifted their score on Intel to purchase from impartial this week, citing a renewed emphasis on the corporate’s information middle enterprise and an encouraging buyer pipeline, which may drive up “share gains and improve margins.”
Semiconductors would be the main space of focus subsequent week for tech traders, as Nvidia is scheduled to report outcomes on Tuesday. The inventory has jumped 22% previously three weeks, bringing its good points for the 12 months to 237%, far surpassing all different members of the S&P 500.
Nvidia has been the most important beneficiary of the growth in generative synthetic intelligence, offering the graphics processing models (GPUs) to deal with the highly effective workload necessities. In its earnings report subsequent week, the corporate is predicted to indicate income development of over 170% for the third quarter, and for the fourth quarter analysts predict Nvidia’s forecast to counsel development of near 200%, in line with LSEG, previously often known as Refinitiv.
“Obviously all eyes are going to be on next week, when they’re coming out with earnings,” mentioned Eric Jackson, EMJ Capital founder, in an interview on CNBC’s “Closing Bell” on Thursday.
Jackson, who calls Nvidia his “top large-cap name,” sees the market within the early days of a rebound, tied to an finish to Federal Reserve charge hikes. The central financial institution’s benchmark borrowing charge is focused in a spread between 5.25%-5.5%, the very best in 22 years, and projections present the start of cuts in May and a full proportion level drop by the top of 2024, in line with the CME Group’s FedWatch gauge.
The tech sector tends to be some of the delicate relating to rates of interest, as a result of low borrowing prices encourage danger, whereas larger charges push traders into belongings deemed safer.
The broader market obtained a lift this week from tame U.S. inflation information. The Consumer Price Index (CPI), was flat in October from a month earlier, whereas economists polled by Dow Jones anticipated a acquire of 0.1%. The numbers fueled additional optimism that the Fed’s rate-hiking marketing campaign is over.
Following Intel, Tesla was the next-biggest large-cap gainer this week, with shares of the electrical car firm climbing 9.2%. Investors shrugged off feedback by CEO Elon Musk, who mentioned on his social media web site X that he agreed with a publish accusing “Jewish communities” of pushing “hatred against whites.”
Regarding Musk’s publish, White House spokesman Andrew Bates mentioned in an announcement that, “We condemn this abhorrent promotion of Antisemitic and racist hate in the strongest terms, which runs against our core values as Americans.”
WATCH: EMJ’s Erick Jackson expects good earnings report from Nvidia
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AT&T started out small, but it made a promise to blanket 15 cities with LTE by the end of the year, and by golly, it's going to keep it. In its press release announcing the Samsung Galaxy Tab 8.9, it also mentioned six additional markets to be graced by the super-fast speeds on November 20th. So by this time next week, customers in Charlotte, Las Vegas, Kansas City, Oklahoma City, Indianapolis and San Juan, Puerto Rico will be able to make their HTC Vivid, Jetstream and Samsung Skyrocket go a-blazin'. New York City? Sorry, not this round, but we're making progress. Check out the press release tidbit after the break.
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AT&T 4G LTE Footprint
With the Nov. 20 launches, AT&T 4G LTE will be available in 15 markets: Athens, Ga., Atlanta, Baltimore, Boston, Charlotte, Chicago, Dallas-Fort Worth, Houston, Indianapolis, Kansas City, Las Vegas, Oklahoma City, San Antonio, San Juan, Puerto Rico, and Washington, D.C.
AT&T is the only U.S. carrier providing 4G using both HSPA+ and LTE technologies. HSPA+, when combined with enhanced backhaul, provides customers with compatible devices 4G speeds, meaning customers get a faster and more consistent 4G experience, even when outside of an AT&T 4G LTE area. Customers of other carriers that have transitioned to 4G LTE without further speed upgrades to their existing networks are likely to see a jarring drop-off in speeds when they move out of LTE coverage.


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Intellectual property can be a crucial business tool, but not everyone thinks hard enough about protecting their big ideas. In 2001, plumber Brad McCarthy got stuck on a remote beach in Cape York in north Queensland and spent about 6 hours getting his car out with a hand winch. He knew there must be a better way. In response, he invented Maxtrax, a lightweight vehicle-recovery device for bogged off-roaders.
After designing the How Do You Patent An Idea, he attended a Queensland Government business seminar, where advisers stressed getting patent protection before his idea was publicised. “One of the primary things we did was speak to a patent attorney to find out how we could protect the concept,” says McCarthy, who launched Maxtrax in 2005. It is now purchased in about 30 countries worldwide. McCarthy has patents in key markets such as Australia, Europe and the US, and the business also offers a trademark on the distinctive original “safety orange” hue it ways to use its moulded product. Unlike McCarthy, however, many inventors and businesses with a good idea cruel their odds of success from the first day.
Their big mistake? Ignoring patents or some other intellectual property protection before they spruik their idea to investors, the general public or perhaps friends. It could be a costly error. Bradley Postma, principal at patent and trademark attorney firm Cullens, says small and medium enterprises (SMEs), in particular, often neglect safeguarding their IP or think it will probably be expensive. “The vast majority of protectable IP goes unprotected,” he says.
Europe can be a particular trap for exporters because, unlike a few other major markets, it lacks a grace period allowing for public disclosure of your invention without affecting the validity of a subsequent patent application. That opens the way for the idea or product to be copied. “In Australia and the usa that can be done something regarding it, provided you’re in a one-year window – in Europe you can’t, it’s too far gone,” Postma says. “In that case, businesses have shot themselves inside the foot; they’ve forfeited their rights and anyone can copy [their idea].” Postma observes that company owners often think their idea is just too very easy to warrant a patent. “However, if it’s successful and straightforward, it will likely be copied and you have to get advice.”
Unitary patents on way – Margot Fröhlinger is principal director of Getting A Patent, European and international legal affairs at the Munich-based European Patent Office (EPO), which oversees about 160,000 patent applications per year. She recently completed a road trip warning Australian businesses that poor patent and IP safeguards could derail their European market opportunities. Companies must innovate – and protect their inventions. “You need the protection of the IP and, specifically, patent protection in order to get an excellent return on the investment,” she says.
Many international businesses have baulked at exporting to Europe as a result of complex patent processes across multiple jurisdictions that will end in potentially high costs and marginal protection. However, the EPO is promoting a whole new unitary patent system that promises to become a game changer. This will make it easy to get protection in approximately 26 participating European Union member states with the submission of the single request towards the EPO.
A November 2017 EPO study, Patents, Trade and FDI inside the European Union, suggests better harmonisation of Europe’s patent system has the possibility to increase trade and foreign direct investment in high-tech sectors, delivering annual gains of €14.6 billion ($A22.8 billion) in trade and €1.8 billion (A$2.81 billion) in foreign direct investment.
Fröhlinger believes Australian businesses across all sectors have opportunities to expand into the European market, which boasts more than 500 million people, high gross domestic product and robust consumer demand. “It’s extremely important for Australian businesses to comprehend that there is a big change ahead in Europe. I’m not talking no more than patents,” Fröhlinger says. “It’s very important to get an integrated IP portfolio considering patents and trademarks and (covering) design. Should they don’t have (IP) people in-house they ought to attempt to get strategic business advice.”
The need for intangible assets – This call to action for Australian businesses may come as the worldwide Innovation Index 2017 reports on countries’ IP receipts being a percentage of total trade. Essentially, the measure indicates how a country has been doing on the IP front. While Australia scores well in terms of inputs into research and development, the usa (5.1 percent), Japan (4.7 per cent) and Finland (2.9 per cent) easily outperform Australia (.3 per cent) on IP royalties.
The message? Typically, Australian companies are certainly not good at converting research into value and treat IP nearly as an administrative function. The exceptions are health tech leaders, including medical device dppdwz Cochlear and sleep-disorder business ResMed, which understand the importance of intangible assets such as brand and data use, and build their businesses around it.
In a knowledge-based economy, IP has become Patent A Product and governing it is not only a matter of organising trademarks and patents. Intangible assets are rapidly increasingly important than tangible assets and require appropriate consideration.
An overview of Australia’s top listed companies, released by Glasshouse Advisory in September 2017, endorses this kind of sentiment. It reveals that 38 per cent of the companies’ value (regarding a$550 billion) will not be included on their own balance sheets; this means that that investors are operating without insights into a significant proportion from the corporate asset base.


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Coty Inc. (NYSE:COTY) has received a consensus recommendation of “Buy” from the thirteen analysts that are covering the company, MarketBeat reports. Five equities research analysts have rated the stock with a hold recommendation, five have issued a buy recommendation and two have issued a strong buy recommendation on the company. The average 12-month price objective among brokerages that have issued a report on the stock in the last year is $12.23.
COTY has been the subject of several recent research reports. Raymond James upgraded shares of Coty from a “market perform” rating to an “outperform” rating and set a $14.00 target price for the company in a research report on Tuesday, November 9th. Zacks Investment Research downgraded shares of Coty from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating and set a $11.00 price target on the stock. in a report on Tuesday, December 28th. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft lifted their price target on shares of Coty from $12.00 to $13.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Friday, November 19th. Royal Bank of Canada lifted their price target on shares of Coty from $12.00 to $14.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a report on Thursday, November 11th. Finally, Jefferies Financial Group lifted their price target on shares of Coty from $14.00 to $15.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Tuesday, December 14th.
In other news, Director Maria Asunicion Aramburuzabala bought 586,307 shares of the stock in a transaction on Monday, November 15th. The shares were bought at an average price of $10.90 per share, with a total value of $6,390,746.30. The acquisition was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through this hyperlink. Also, Director Robert S. Singer sold 25,000 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Monday, December 13th. The stock was sold at an average price of $10.00, for a total value of $250,000.00. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Over the last three months, insiders have sold 65,000 shares of company stock valued at $671,400. Corporate insiders own 3.10% of the company’s stock.
Coty stock traded down $0.40 during trading hours on Friday, hitting $8.89. The stock had a trading volume of 330,969 shares, compared to its average volume of 5,709,820. The company has a quick ratio of 0.46, a current ratio of 0.67 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.52. The stock has a market capitalization of $7.28 billion, a P/E ratio of -17.54 and a beta of 2.52. Coty has a 12-month low of $6.20 and a 12-month high of $11.12. The stock’s 50-day moving average price is $10.15 and its 200-day moving average price is $9.06.
Coty (NYSE:COTY) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Sunday, November 7th. The company reported $0.08 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.03 by $0.05. Coty had a negative net margin of 7.75% and a positive return on equity of 4.16%. The firm had revenue of $1.37 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.36 billion. During the same period in the previous year, the business posted $0.11 earnings per share. The business’s revenue for the quarter was up 22.0% on a year-over-year basis. On average, research analysts expect that Coty will post 0.23 EPS for the current fiscal year.
Coty Company Profile
Coty, Inc engages in the manufacture, market, sale, and distribution of branded beauty products. It operates through the following segments: Americas, EMEA, and Asia Pacific. The segments Americas, EMEA, and Asia Pacific focuses on prestige fragrances, prestige skin care, prestige cosmetics, mass color cosmetics, mass fragrance, mass skin care and body care.
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Sales of PC graphics add-in cards rose in the second quarter for the first time in nearly a decade, benefiting Nvidia and Advanced Micro Devices (AMD).
Add-in cards are for personal computers that are typically used by gamers, workstations, rendering farms and enterprise segments that need high-performance graphics. Based on data from Jon Peddie Research (JPR), add-in card sales jumped 30.9% in the second quarter from the first quarter, and 34.9% from a year earlier.
More than $3.6 billion of add-in hardware was sold last quarter, representing an increase of about $850 million over the first three months of the year. Nvidia
Graphics cards and graphics processing units (GPUs) from AMD and Nvidia have seen projected sales increases over the past few months because of the rise of the cryptocurrency market. Bitcoin and Ethereum miners use the hardware to earn, find and verify transactions at an accelerated rate. Potential buyers in all market segments have been plagued by graphics card shortages and price increases in recent months because of the demand for coin-mining hardware. We now have sales numbers to put in context why that’s the case.
Sales of add-in cards of AMD and Nvidia hardware were 520,000 units higher in the second quarter compared with the first quarter, according to JPR. Traditionally, we would expect the standard seasonal drop of 10,000-20,000 units. This indicates that upwards of 500,000 total units of high-end graphics were sold into the channel and, indeed, for mining-specific uses. About one in three graphics cards sold at retail, to OEMs or businesses was used for cryptocurrency mining.
Along with these sales numbers comes a market share shift. AMD Radeon graphics cards are better at cryptocurrency-mining workloads than Nvidia’s GeForce family, and miners targeted the AMD parts first. AMD gained nearly 2 percentage points of share (27.5% to 29.4%), while Nvidia dropped from 72.5% to 70.6% quarter to quarter.
The growth in add-in card sales is even more impressive when compared with the second-quarter’s 30%-plus drop in unit sales of desktop PCs.
Though the primary PC segment has declined dramatically, the discrete graphics space rose by 34.9%.
What remains to be seen is if this increase in GPU sales is sustainable for AMD and Nvidia, and if it will lead to more market-share shifts in AMD’s favor. We have already seen a leveling of the growth of Ethereum mining, but price changes and performance shifts in the graphics landscape have the potential to redirect it at any point.
The Nvidia product line remains better placed for the gaming landscape, and AMD has struggled with its release of a new architecture, code-named Vega. AMD benefits more from the continued strength of coin mining as it hides any potential deficiencies in the gaming segment.


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“Our return to Miami is another huge step forward,” said Regent Seven Seas Cruises president and CEO Jason Montague.
Luxury cruise line Regent Seven Seas Cruises is finally back on the high seas in the United States, sailing out of Miami this week for the first time in 20 months, the company shared with Travel + Leisure.
Then on Thursday, the Seven Seas Mariner took off from Miami, and the Seven Seas Navigator will follow next, departing from the city on Jan. 6, 2022.
“We are absolutely delighted to sail from the global home of cruising once again,” Jason Montague, the president and CEO of Regent Seven Seas Cruises, said in a statement provided to T+L. “Our return to Miami is another huge step forward as we reintroduce our fleet to the seas and offer our guests the unrivaled Regent experience once more.”
The Seven Seas Explorer, which can accommodate up to 750 guests and had previously been traversing the Mediterranean, will sail throughout the Caribbean until March 2022 when it will head back to Europe.
The cruise line’s return to service will continue next year when the Seven Seas Voyager sails from Barcelona, Spain, on Feb. 15, 2022.
Regent, which is part of Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings, requires all guests and crew to be fully vaccinated as well as take a COVID-19 test before boarding, according to the company. The ships are also capacity controlled for social distancing and have a dedicated public health officer on board.
All Regent cruises come with complimentary shore excursions in every port, round-trip business class airfare on intercontinental flights from the U.S. and Canada, unlimited internet access, free valet laundry, gratuities, and more.
Alison Fox is a contributing writer for Travel + Leisure. When she’s not in New York City, she likes to spend her time at the beach or exploring new destinations and hopes to visit every country in the world. Follow her adventures on Instagram.


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The former Indonesia co-CEO of Alibaba-owned Lazada has himself become a seller on e-commerce platforms.
Duri Granziol left Lazada Indonesia in the first half of last year and just launched a line of personal care products for mothers.
“We realised that in Southeast Asia there was no brand that provided safe, halal, and natural personal care products at a price point that is affordable to the average young family,” the co-founder and CEO of Mama’s Choice told Salaam Gateway.
Mama’s Choice products and factories are halal-certified by Indonesia’s LPPOM-MUI, said Duri, adding that “it was always clear” they had to be halal launching in Muslim-majority Indonesia.
The company has started with three products – stretch mark cream, mouthwash, and toothpaste.
The CEO said Mama’s Choice uses only “safe and tested” natural ingredients and is investing in educating the population about the use of personal care products and avoiding potentially harmful chemicals.
“We believe the terms ‘halal’ and ‘safe’ go hand in hand, as many rules that define halal products also ensure hygiene and safety of products,” said Duri.
The first batch of Mama’s Choice products for the Indonesian market is manufactured in cooperation with a factory in the greater Jakarta area, according to the CEO.
The start-up has around 20 employees and five experts that act as advisers.
Duri declined to reveal the company’s investors, saying they'd prefer to focus on the brand and products.
SELLING ONLINE TO YOUNG MOTHERS
The former Lazada exec is selling Mama’s Choice products in Indonesia on e-commerce sites such as Shopee, JD, Lazada, Tokopedia and Blibli, adding to the booming e-commerce sector in Southeast Asia.
A survey by market researcher ecommerce IQ released in October last year found that 66 per cent of 1,144 Indonesian mothers had tried to buy mother and baby products online.
Shopee was the most popular choice, followed by Lazada and Tokopedia.
The study found that young mothers went online to search for and read product information and customer reviews, before deciding on their purchase.
Shopee is owned by Singapore-based internet giant Sea Group that’s backed by Alibaba rival Tencent.
Sea went public in October 2017, raising around $1 billion on the New York Stock Exchange.
Its second quarter results, released on Thursday, showed a 69 per cent surge for Shopee’s marketplace revenue to $37.3 million, and gross merchandise value rose 14 per cent to $2.2 billion.
Alibaba reported its Q2 earnings on August 15, saying that Lazada “achieved over 100 per cent year-over-year order growth”. The Group reports Lazada numbers as part of its “core commerce” business that also includes Alibaba.com and AliExpress.
Its marketplace-based core commerce earned a gross $6.8 billion in Q2 2019.
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Chairman, Javed Afridi through his twitter announced the “launch of Zalmi Membership Cards for the first time ever in Pakistan. The Zalmi Fans can become members and join the Yellow Storm. The card comes along with the various incredible benefits for the members.
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Yahoo chose its new CEO, Silicon Valley veteran Carol Bartz (view Carol’s resume at Autodesk.com). Yahoo lured Bartz, 60, from Autodesk Inc., which specializes in making design software for architects and engineers. Bartz was CEO from 1992 through 2006, when she became executive chairman. Autodesk is just about half the size of Yahoo, with approximately 7,000 employees worldwide.
Bartz is also on the board of directors for Cisco Systems Inc. with Jerry Yang and is also a member of the Intel Corp. board with Yahoo President Susan Decker, who also interviewed for the CEO position. In fact, Yahoo announced that Decker will resign after a transitional period. Wow, guess she’s angry.
Chairman Roy Bostock said Bartz “is the exact combination of seasoned technology executive and savvy leader that the board was looking for, and we are thrilled to have attracted such a world-class talent to Yahoo. She is admired in the Valley as well as on Wall Street for her deep management expertise, strong customer orientation, excellent people skills, and firm understanding of the challenges facing our industry.”
Bostock added that the board “thanks Sue (Decker) for her service as President, the important contributions she has made to Yahoo’s development in a variety of roles over the past 8 1/2 years, and her willingness to work with Carol Bartz to ensure a smooth transition. We respect her decision to move on to other challenges and wish her only the best.”
Bartz’s appointment already sparked renewed speculation of negotiations with Microsoft, who continues to proclaim they are very interested in Yahoo’s search division. Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer, who tried and failed to buy Yahoo last year, publicly said in the past few weeks that a search deal with Yahoo should be made when there is a management transition at both companies. Microsoft late last year hired a former Yahoo search executive to lead its Internet business.
Microsoft is feverishly working to prevent Google from getting 100% of all online search queries. If Google continues to gain market share as they have in the past, it won’t be much longer until they are there! Recent data from HitWise indicates that Google has once again increased their market share in the month of December.
At this point, one must wonder if Microsoft or Yahoo has a shot at competing with Google, together or on their own. Of course, at one point, AOL basically controlled the entire online population, so things certainly do change, and fast.
Investors did not react much to this news yesterday, but many discouraged Yahoo investors have likely already thrown in the towel at this point. Yahoo announces earnings on January 27th, so we’ll see if they have anything to say about Microsoft by then. It will also be interesting to see how PPC advertising is weathering the economic storm.
Yahoo to Partner with Microsoft on Search?
According to regulatory filings, Billionaire investor Carl Icahn increased his position in Yahoo by 6.78 million shares between November 24-26 (at about $10 per share), raising his total to 75.58 million shares (about 5.5% of the company). I saw a recent presentation he made where he stated that he continues to believe Yahoo shares are undervalued, but admits that he also thought they were undervalued when he was last purchasing shares near $25 per share. So far, he is down about $1 billion on his investment. Ouch! He is still looking for some type of partnership with Microsoft on their search efforts which he believes could help save Yahoo a great deal of money. While there are no alleged talks going on at this time, I suspect these two will eventually work out some type of agreement. With Yang stepping down and both Icahn and Microsoft’s Steve Ballmer expressing interest in a search deal getting done, I think something will eventually develop. I would also like to mention that I very much hope that Carl Icahn is a better investor than speaker because quite honestly, listening to him speak was a little painful. Sorry Carl, but it’s the truth.
Black Friday & Cyber Monday Both Posted Impressive Increases Year Over Year
Sales during Black Friday, the day after Thanksgiving, saw an increase of 3% over the prior year. Last year’s sales of $10.3 billion on Black Friday increased to $10.6 billion spent this year. Though this gain appears promising for the economy, many fear that the increase in sales was at the expense of profitability. And though spending was up on this day, it may still be down for the Holiday season. One Gallup Inc. poll suggests that spending on gifts will be down 29% from a year earlier. We’ll soon know for sure.
Online shopping saw a more dramatic increase in sales. According to data released by ComScore Inc., online sales for Cyber Monday, the Internet’s equivalent to Black Friday, jumped 15% from a year ago as Internet sites lured millions of consumers with offers of free shipping and dramatically reduced prices. Online sales increased from $733 million on Cyber Monday in 2007 to $846 million this year. Forrester Research expects 12% year-over-year growth for online holiday sales, or $44 billion in this November and December.
The US Economy Searches For Stability
The US Economy continues to look a bit frightening and unstable. However, some good things are also taking shape. Gasoline prices are the lowest they have been in years, with prices at about $1.70 per gallon here in Illinois. That’s a far cry from the $4+ getting charged just 6 months ago. Additionally, mortgage rates are dropping and refinancing is rapidly picking up, enabling homeowners to lock in lower rates and lower monthly payments. Though we are clearly not out of the woods yet, there does seem to be shared hope that the economy will stabilize and business will pick up by the end of 2009. I suspect it’s going to be an interesting year.
Since thwarting recent Microsoft buyout and partnership efforts, Yahoo!’s stock price has sunk back to levels not seen since prior to the proposed alliance, a full 50% off of where it had reached during the height of buyout speculation. Yikes. Looks like Yahoo! shareholders were the big losers there.
Perhaps it’s time for both sides to calm down, digest the situation and reconsider working together. After all, it sure looks like Yahoo! needs Microsoft’s help just as badly as Microsoft needs Yahoo!.
Let’s take a look at some recent search query data provided by Compete.com and see who really needs who here. When comparing June, 2008 search traffic numbers to those from June, 2007, there was a 12% decline in actual search queries performed at Yahoo! while Google realized a 44% surge in traffic; That is pretty staggering. Microsoft’s search queries increased, but very little. Based on the 9.1 billion searches performed in June, Google currently dominates search market share receiving 69% of all search queries, followed by Yahoo! with 19% and Microsoft with 8%.
Yahoo!’s one time search query empire has been gradually deteriorating as Google takes over the market. Yahoo! is dominant in other areas, but could certainly use strategic and financial support from Microsoft. Microsoft could be a great ally in trying to prevent Google from further expanding their reach into all areas of technology. I do not necessarily think a buyout is the best solution, though it might be, but I sure think a partnership like the one that had been previously discussed might be wise.
Microsoft needs to increase its Internet presence in order to survive in the future and Yahoo! offers a unique opportunity. Google is already encroaching on Microsoft’s core software business via their free online applications. Microsoft is well aware of Google’s threat in various areas and must do something soon. With Yahoo!’s stock price back to pre-discussion levels and the influence of Carl Icahn who now sits on Yahoo!’s Board of Directors, renewed talks would certainly not surprise me.
Google has already prepared an argument regarding the possibility of Yahoo! and Microsoft partnering, which is a bit ironic since Google has gone on to partner with Yahoo! themselves. We’ll still have to see if the Department of Justice decides to let that deal go through. Until then, I suggest that the powers that be at Microsoft and Yahoo! regroup and reconsider. Hey guys, you both need to do something. The Google Empire has arrived. Clearly, resisting independently has not been working. Perhaps it’s time to try something new.


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Backpacks have far greater use than just for hiking.
They are made for carrying things.
Whether that be to a sporting event or to take a persons shopping home, or shoes and clothing to work, they serve a far greater purpose than for just hiking.
there's way to do so.
Anyway, the news has been reporting that one of the backpacks sat there in plain view for over an hour before it went off (see photo).
However, that backpack doesn't look very black like the one they're now showing torn to pieces.....
Was the news jumping to conclusions.....again? Kinda looks like it.
The fact that no one noticed unattended backpack(s) suggests that Sen. Mitch McConnell was right, American's have become complacent.
I have a better idea.... How about the American Public get our heads out of our asses and start paying some attention to what's going on around us? I don't know about anywhere else, but here in Massachusetts the state has been promoting a program for people to speak up when they see something out of the ordinary. Bags left unattended are on that list. In a crowd like that it's more difficult to recognize these things sometimes, but we as citizens need to start getting involved in our own safety. If something looks out of place, tell somebody about it. Don't assume that "It's nothing".
Oh I get it...kid shoots and kills other kids with assault (style) weapon, and "we" want to ban assault (style) weapons..
Backpacks (maybe) used to transport explosives....lets ban backpacks...
I see what you're doing there.....


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By Tim Kowols
Campgrounds are getting ready for what hopes to be another busy year in Door and Kewaunee County. According to the 2018 North American Camping Report, popularity is growing in the United States with an increase of 2.6 million camper households in 2017. Requests for campsites and rental units have been hot since they started taking reservations in December, but it was the cold and snow that Harbour Village Resort Manager Judy Pfister blames for many area campgrounds getting a slow start in their preparations for the season.
According to Forbes, 42 percent of campers stay in national/state/municipal campgrounds while 25 percent stay at private facilities.


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Get the latest news and trends on Long Island companies and the people behind them.
The Sunrise Business Center in Great River has been sold for $50 million, the parties announced Friday. The Manhattan-based Feil Organization bought the 388,500-square-foot center from Jericho-based Metropolitan Realty Associates Llc and Angelo, Gordon & Co. Lp, an investment firm, also based in Manhattan.
Metropolitan Realty Associates said in a news release that the center’s four...Read more »
Superstorm Sandy damaged hundreds of businesses across Long Island. From small mom-and-pop stores to larger concerns, they suffered flooding, wind damage and prolonged power outages.
Now that many are trying to get back on their feet, are you going out of your way to patronize them?
Vote and leave a comment; results and a selection of comments will be published in next Sunday's business...Read more »
Nonresidential construction dropped nationally in the third quarter even as the economy continues to grow, the accounting firm Marcum LLP reported Thursday in a new index.
The level of investment in nonresidential construction fell by 4.4 percent compared to a year earlier, according to the index which Marcum economists derived from data from the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, U.S. Census...Read more »
Three Long Island business organizations have formed a partnership that will aim to make the local business “ecosystem” more conducive to start-up companies.
Accelerate Long Island, the Long Island Software Technology Network and the Long Island Forum for Technology today announced they would be teaming up to promote the region as a technology hub and offers services, such as networking and...Read more »
Next week, Accelerate Long Island director Mark Lesko will be taking advantage of a nearly year-old invitation to visit San Diego to learn about CONNECT — a 27-year old initiative which Accelerate is modeled after.
In San Diego, Lesko will visit companies created from CONNECT's efforts to link entrepreneurs and researchers, and observe the city's business ecosystem that the organization has...Read more »
Nassau County residents who are at risk of mortgage foreclosure or whose homes were damaged by superstorm Sandy can get free guidance at a series of legal clinics next month.
The Nassau County Bar Association will offer a foreclosure clinic on Monday from 3 to 6 p.m. at its headquarters at 15th and West streets in Mineola. The following two Mondays, Dec. 10 and 17, from 10 a.m. to noon and...Read more »
A former manager at Celestial Seasonings, a unit of the Melville-based Hain Celestial Group Inc., has been accused by Boulder, Colo., police of embezzling more than $1.8 million from the tea company over the past five years.
Reports from denverpost.com, The Associated Press and the Boulder Daily Camera say Jeffrey Wagner is now facing felony theft and forgery charges.
Wagner worked...Read more »
The Woodbury Mens Shop, a luxury retailer featuring everything from jeans to tuxedos, will host a grand opening celebration on Friday, toasting the store's debut as well as the return of some familiar faces in the local upscale apparel scene.
Three employees with decades of experience at Woodbury's former Thomas Miller Menswear store came together to launch the new luxury shop, located in...Read more »
Need extra cash to help pay bills related to superstorm Sandy?
State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli is reminding local residents that his office has money the state owes them. It totals $416.4 million on Long Island.
A searchable database of unclaimed funds can be found at osc.state.ny.us/ouf/index.htm.
In Nassau County, the largest amount owed, $11.5 million, is to residents of the...Read more »
Nearly a month after superstorm Sandy plowed through the area, the Small Business Administration has approved roughly $1.04 million in disaster loans to eight businesses on Long Island, according to the Tuesday figures from the federal agency.
The SBA is authorized to provide disaster loans to both businesses and homeowners in a declared disaster area. SBA can lend up to $2 million for 30-year...Read more »


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Volvo has brought its UK remarketing in-house via a newly created Wholesale Used Car department.
It will now operate with dealers directly, rather than rely on British Car Auctions (BCA) as brokers.
The new department is being headed by Graeme Oswald, in the new position of Remarketing and Total Cost of Ownership manager.
The restructuring came with three additional appointments.
Natasha Berry, who was in charge of Volvo’s remarketing at BCA, was nominated Wholesale Used Car executive for the new department.
James Sion also joined in the same position as Berry. He previously worked as a remarketing specialist at FCA Bank.
As part of their role, Berry and Sion will be responsible for developing existing relations with the new car dealers.
Finally, Jack O’Callaghan was named used car analyst, having previously reported on used car financing at Volvo.
Matt Galvin, head of Retail Sales for Volvo Car UK, said: “Used cars and residual value management are a big focus for Volvo, and these changes will enable us to provide a more joined-up approach to our used car operations. This substantial investment underlines the importance Volvo places on remarketing our cars to our dealer network, and the role that plays in helping them put used cars at the heart of their business.”


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As the current leading runner in the world in the Crypto Currency market, Bitcoin has made some serious headlines, and some serious changes in the last 6 months. Almost everyone has heard of it, and almost everyone has an opinion. Some can’t fathom the idea that a currency of any value can be created from scratch, while others love the idea that something beyond Government control can be sold as a valuable entity in itself. right.
Where are you sitting on “Should I Buy Bitcoin?” The fence may finally come up with a question: Can I Make Money from Bitcoin?
Can you make money from Bitcoin?
In just the last 6 months, we’ve seen the price go up from $ 20 a coin in February, to $ 260 a coin in April, back to $ 60 in March, and back to $ 130 in May. The price is now settled at almost $ 100 a Bitcoin, but what happens next is anyone’s guess.
The future of Bitcoin ultimately depends on two major variables: its adoption as a currency by a wide audience, and the absence of prohibited Government intervention.
The Bitcoin community has grown rapidly, interest in Crypto currency has spread rapidly online, and new services are accepting Bitcoin payments. Blogging giant, WordPress, accepts Bitcoin payments, and African based mobile application provider, Kipochi, has developed a Bitcoin wallet that will allow Bitcoin payments on mobile phones in developing countries.
We have already seen people make millions in money. We’ve seen more and more people experimenting with just living with Bitcoin for the last few months, while recording the experience for watching the documentary.
You can buy takeaway in Boston, coffee in London, and even some cars on Craigslist using Bitcoin. Searches for Bitcoin increased in 2013, with an increase in April and a subsequent fall in the price of Bitcoin. Last week the first major acquisition by a Bitcoin company was made for SatoshiDice, an online gambling site, for 126,315 BTC (about $ 11.47 million), to an undisclosed buyer.
This rapid growth in knowledge and uprising looks set to continue, if the confidence in money remains strong. Which leads to a second trust. Government regulation.
Although specifically designed to work independently from Government control, Bitcoin will inevitably be affected by Governments in some way. This has to happen for two reasons.
First, to achieve a high level of adoption, Bitcoin needs to be accessible to many people, and that means spreading beyond the realm of secret transactions to normal day-to-day transactions for consumers. individuals and businesses. Second, these Bitcoin transactions can be a traceable part of people’s wealth tax, to be declared and regulated along with any other class of wealth.
The European Union has already stated that Bitcoin is not classified as a Fiat currency, or as a currency, and as such, cannot be regulated in its own right. In the U.S., the 50 state system and the number of bureaucratic bodies involved inevitably make decisions more difficult, with no consensus reached to date. Bitcoin is not considered money as such, but it is considered to act like money.
A thriving Bitcoin market in the US has a more uncertain future for now, and any conclusive US legislation could have a very positive, or very negative impact on the future of Bitcoin.
So, Should You Buy Bitcoin?
The answer depends largely on how you avoid the risk. Bitcoin is definitely not a smooth investment, but the potential of this money is huge.


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A number of owners of the LG G Watch have noticed that the gold contacts on the back where the watch attaches to the charger have been causing skin irritation. LG has now reportedly begun to roll out an OTA fix to address the problem; the software on the watch will go from KMV78V to KMV78Y.
It sounds odd for an OTA update to fix an issue causing skin irritation, but it can. The irritation comes from the result of galvanic corrosion caused when sweat mixes with a running electrical current between two metals.
The update is designed to disable the current when the G Watch isn't in the charging dock. The update should stop this irritation and eliminate any issues for many users. The OTA update won't help those with pins that are corroded.
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The Guardian reports that it has obtained exclusive documents showing that Apple may be much closer to testing its Project Titan self-driving car than many observers might have suspected.
It would appear that Apple is developing a self-driving car in Silicon Valley, given the fact that the company is putting out feelers for a secure testing facility, and indications are that they must be almost ready for testing.
The documents reveal further that in May, engineers from Apple met with officials from GoMomentum which is a former naval base near San Francisco that is being converted in a high security test area for self-drive vehicles.
The correspondence which the Guardian obtained under a public records act request indicates that an Apple engineer Frank Fearon wrote to GoMomentum, “We would ….. like to get an understanding of timing and availability for the space, and how we would need to co-ordinate around other parties who may be using [it].”
Apple declined a Guardian request for comment on the matter.
GoMomentum is located on the disused Second World War era Concord naval weapons station. This facility has 20 miles of paved highways and streets ideal for vehicle testing. The base is a militarily secured zone closed to the public, making it an ideal facility for secret tests. Official say the base is “the largest secure test facility in the world for the “testing validation and commercialization of connected vehicles (CV) applications and autonomous (self-driving) vehicle (AV) to define the next generation of transportation network infrastructure.”
Mercedes-Benz and Honda are reported to have already tested self-drive vehicles using the same facility.
Apple, which is known for its secrecy, will find the high degree of security available at the test site appealing as it has managed to keep the development of the self-drive car under wraps until now. While the company has never confirmed that it is building an electric self-drive car, codenamed Project Titan, senior vice-president Jeff Williams described such a vehicle as the ultimate mobile device. He added that Apple was, “exploring a lot of different markets ….[in which] we think we can make an enormous amount of difference.”
Meanwhile, Tim Cook, Apple CEO has held a number of meetings with auto industry executives and at the same time the company has poached engineers from companies such as Tesla and Mercedes-Benz as well as power experts from electric car battery manufacturer A123 Systems.
Engineer Frank Fearon who approached GoMomentum has previous experience working on a revolutionary electric motorbike with Lit Motors, a Silicon Valley start-up. While studying at Georgia Institute of Technology, Fearon helped build an autonomous paraglider.
The owners of GoMomentum, Contra Costa Transportation Authority executive director Randy Iwasaki said, “we had to sign a nondisclosure agreement with Apple. We can’t tell you anything other than they've come in and they’re interested.”
Engineers from Tesla Motors tried to tour the site and military personnel refused entry to foreign-born workers and to a manager who refused to divulge his social security number. The manager protested to Jack Hall of GoMomentum in an email saying, “At this point, I'll retract our interest in this test site until the process is worked out.”
Apple, on the other hand with its penchant for secrecy should welcome such stringent security.
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The homebuilding data provider acquired the company behind NewHomeSource.com and the home-design platform Envision.
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In a bid to “grow the sales and marketing funnel” of its homebuilder clients, the data provider Zonda has scooped up a widely used new-home listing portal as well as a home-design platform.
The company reported Wednesday in a news release that it has acquired Builders Digital Experience in a transaction that brings under the Zonda umbrella the NewHomeSource.com website of new-construction listings and the home-design platform Envision.
Terms of the deal were not disclosed in the release.
Zonda CEO Jeff Meyers said in a statement that the newly acquired services will become even more valuable when paired with Zonda’s existing products.
“With the help of Zonda’s data, consumers will soon be able to find, tour and compare specific homes within a new home community — a far more dynamic experience than seeing a model home listing and sample floor plans,” Meyers said in the statement. “This is a game changer for the industry and will not only create a more engaging platform for consumers but will yield incredibly rich data for builders to inform their business and pricing strategy.”
The move is not Zonda’s first foray into the listing portal space. Prior to the transaction, Zonda had already operated the Canadian new-home portal Livabl.
The newly acquired company, Builders Digital Experience, has been jointly owned by two dozen of America’s largest homebuilding companies, including Lennar, PulteGroup and KB Home, according to the release. The company has risen to more than 1,200 active builders since it was founded in 2000.
Builders Digital Experience CEO Kevin Krone said in the announcement that being acquired by Zonda is expected to drive more leads to the builders who participate on these platforms.
“Zonda, with their deep data and technical experience, is the ideal choice to take our vision to the next level,” Krone said in the statement. “As builders race to keep up with consumer demand for new homes, we’re excited to have Zonda take our tech platform to the next level and ultimately fuel growth for the entire industry.”
Builders on the platforms will also gain greater access to Zonda data on consumer buying trends, market dynamics and lead conversion, the release states.
The move is also expected to beef up the features available to users of NewHomeSource.com, including community layouts, floorplans and self-guided tours of newly built homes using Zonda’s existing integration with UTour.


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One of Topaz' most recently opened service stations, situated at Manor Stone, Ballacolla in Co. Laois, has won a leading international retailer award, the NACS Insight 2015 International Convenience Retailer of the Year Award.
NACS is the Association for Convenience and Fuel Retailers and represents retailers and suppliers worldwide. It’s the second time Topaz has won the award after its site at Cashel won the award in 2011.
This year's competition, which is voted on by suppliers and industry peers, was seen as one of the strongest ever with finalists from countries including Argentina, Norway, the UK and Switzerland, making the win particularly significant.
The site, which also contains a Supermacs outlet and a Papa John's Pizza restaurant, has a striking stone cut appearance and also features Re.Store, Topaz’s exciting new retail food and coffee offering. Topaz has invested €5.5m in the site that employs 65 people in total and services 50,000 motorists who use the M8 daily.
Sean Moriarty, Company Operated Stores Director at Topaz, was "really thrilled for our team at Ballacolla who have worked so hard to make the station the success it is. But this is also a huge vote of confidence for the company as a whole and our exciting new Re.Store concept.
“We are offering customers an unparalleled selection of healthy and wholesome food along with an unprecedented range of quality coffees. Our aim is to make Re.Store a chosen destination for the best coffee and food offering around and we’re very confident that is what Ballacolla and our other sites will become” Moriarty said.
NACS President and CEO Henry Armour said of the winner; “Topaz demonstrates that great, nutritious and healthy foods are meeting today’s shopper needs along with traditional convenience store offers. This is a movement taking shape across the globe, and we are thrilled that companies such as Topaz are leading the way”.
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By now you probably know that Apple sued Google last week for patent infringements over Apple’s iPad Pro.
And you probably have a strong suspicion that Google has the patent right to the iPad Pro itself.
But what about the patents for its other products?
Is there any way Google can get these patented and prevent Apple from infringing?
That’s what this week’s filing from Apple alleges.
The filing, which has not been made public yet, claims that Google is infringing on “Apple’s patents for an iPad and iPad Pro that are in use today, including Apple’s design for the iPad, Apple’s user interface for the iPhone, Apples operating system and Apples applications for the Apple Watch.”
Apple claims that it’s “prepared to defend and enforce all Apple’s patents against all infringements.”
The filing also alleges that Google infringes on the patent “for a method of creating an image of the iPad as a screen and displaying it on a display that is positioned on the top of the tablet,” and “for an image display method for displaying an image on a surface.”
The filing also asserts that Google’s “Method of producing a video image of a display on a tablet,” “Method for generating a video clip from an image,” and Apple’s “method for generating an image and displaying a video at the same time” infringe on “each of the Apple patents.”
The patent claims that Apple has also “intended to use its copyrights for the right to use one of Apple’s patented design features for the design of an iPad” and “is attempting to prevent Google from using one of the patents it has.”
Apple also says that “Google’s Patent Application, the subject matter of which Apple is asserting for infringement, was filed on June 13, 2018.”
Apple is seeking $1.5 billion in damages and unspecified other relief.
The filing comes just weeks after the two companies settled a similar lawsuit filed by Samsung.
Apple has also been trying to stop Google from releasing a version of Android that would use its design patents.
In a blog post last year, Apple said that “the Patent Office will continue to pursue an appropriate resolution to the matter of Google’s patent infringement of Apple designs in this case.”


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Genius Brands Inks Deal With Buzzfeed for Longform Series
February 14, 2023
Genius Brands International, through its Frederator Network subsidiary (a division of WOW! Unlimited Media), has announced an exclusive content deal with digital media company BuzzFeed.
The deal provides Genius Brands’ Frederator Network the exclusive opportunity and first right to develop and produce longform series based on original digital properties created by the BuzzFeed Animation Lab.
The first short-form content for series development by Frederator will be “The Land of Boggs,” a zany buddy comedy that currently boasts more than 10 million followers. Other content under consideration for long-form development includes “The Good Advice Cupcake,” an aggressively optimistic pastry touting more than 6 million followers; the lowbrow sister comedy “Weird Helga,” with more than 9 million followers; and the gender inclusive series “Chikn Nuggit,” with more than 7 million followers.
Frederator Studios will serve as the global content sales agent, headed by director of development Isabel Schultz, and Genius Brands’ consumer products’ division will develop the retail program for the slate of IP, spearheaded by chief brand officer Kerry Phelan, and in close partnership with BuzzFeed.
“Our partnership with BuzzFeed offers Frederator a tremendous opportunity to expand on the creativity of their animation lab to further develop their original IP into long-form series for global audiences,” Michael Hirsh, CEO of WOW! Unlimited Media, parent company of Frederator Network, said in a statement. “BuzzFeed is considered the most-watched digital publisher with billions of global content views and nearly 30 million dedicated BuzzFeed Animation Lab fans, which gives us a huge audience and ability to promote each series to a highly-engaged fan base.”
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“The BuzzFeed Animation Lab has seen huge success and explosive growth for our animated properties, and we are thrilled to partner with Frederator Studios for development,” Zee Myers, head of BuzzFeed Animation Lab, said in a statement. “They have an unparalleled track record in the industry and are the perfect shepherds to take our animated properties into a new format and expand our audience.”


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A restaurant owner from Great Barr, has been jailed for three years after a £480,000 tax fraud.
Nazrul Islam hid sales from his Derbyshire-based restaurant in a bid to evade nearly £480,000 of tax payments.
The 52-year-old's underhand dealings were discovered when investigators searched his home and uncovered a hidden sales book that dated back five years.
Islam was arrested in April 2017, following an investigation by HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC).
Islam's home in Great Barr and his Jaipur restaurant in High Street, Repton, were both subsequently searched.
It was at his house that HMRC officers seized £22,170 in cash.
The money was found hidden behind a large marble wardrobe and has since been forfeited.
Officers also found meticulous records of Islam's daily takings between 2012 and 2017 in a hidden accounting book.
The number of sales did not match up to those he submitted in his VAT returns.
They later discovered that he had also registered a different card payment machine for the restaurant, which was sending payments into a separate account.
With the card and hidden cash sales combined, Islam had hidden up to half of his declared takings.
Richard Paris, Assistant Director, Fraud Investigation Service, HMRC, said: “This was a determined, well planned and long running fraud, which even saw Islam buy and use separate card payment machines.
“Tax fraud is not a victimless crime. Islam deprived vital UK public services of this money and he gained an unfair advantage over honest competitors who pay the tax they owe."
Islam admitted evading VAT payments, Income Tax and National Insurance payments at an earlier hearing at Birmingham Crown Court.
He was sentenced to three years prison on Thursday, May 23. He was also disqualified from being a Director of a company for seven years.
Action to recover the stolen money is now underway.
Members of the public can report suspicions of tax fraud to HMRC online here or you can call the Fraud Hotline on 0800 788 887.


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The Cox & Kings Group has confirmed it bought LateRooms for £8.5 million from the Tui Group.
The hotel-booking site offers more than 54,800 rooms worldwide with an active consumer database of 3.5 million while it received 93 million visits for the year ending September 30, 2015.
During that period, it generated a total transactional value of £300 million while net revenues were £50 million.
Tui originally refused to disclose the details of the deal when it was announced yesterday.
Cox & Kings director Peter Kirker said the site was bough in a bid to help the operator expand its online and B2C leisure offering.
It is also hoping to drive synergies and value from LateRooms’ association with the Cox & Kings subsidiary, SuperBreak Mini-Holidays which offers short break package holidays in the UK.
Kirker added LateRooms’ industry-leading technology platform, now built for mobile, is a key strength which Cox & Kings will look to leverage more widely across its footprint.
He added: “We are confident that bringing the LateRooms brand and technology into the fold will provide a significant boost to Cox & Kings’ growth trajectory and technology capabilities”.
Hugo Kimber, executive chairman, Cox & Kings Leisure Division-EU, said agreed, saying: “The acquisition of LateRooms and access to its online technology platform bolsters the group’s delivery capabilities across all geographies for the leisure business.”
Cox & Kings certainly appear to have got a bargain, especially if the new site’s integration leads to cost cutting elsewhere


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Can we have too many French restaurants in town? Doubtful, so long as they're run by people like Scott Emerick, whose résumé includes two years at Campagne and four years at Le Pichet, where he was sous chef.
Emerick, most recently of Lark (we won't even get into his classical training in France), is planning to open Restaurant Cremant in Madrona in February, at 1423 34th Ave. He and wife, Tanya, promise "the perfection of traditional French inventions," plus more daring daily specials.
The tentative menu includes the likes of roasted marrow bones, cassoulet and cotes d'agneux, various charcuteries, and bouillabaisse. The wine list, they say, will spotlight the Cremant sparkling wines for which the restaurant is named, plus nightly wine specials that will be offered in partial as well as full bottles. We'll let you know when there's a firm opening date.
More wine news: Portalis Wine Shop & Wine Bar, which offers an engaging menu of nice nibbles and wines by the glass (along with the retail wines by the bottle) is moving -- but not too far. The new location will be across the street and one block south of the old place, at 5205 Ballard Ave., and store manager Gina Gregory says we can expect to find "exactly the same model," but more of it, with an extended wine bar and added retail space. They're hoping to reopen the weekend of Jan. 27.
A lot of special events have been celebrated at Ovio Bistro (4752 California Ave. S.W.), but none has been as sadly meaningful as this one: There will be a celebration of late chef Eddie Montoya's life at 3 p.m. Jan. 29. Friends and fans of Montoya's cooking are invited to attend to honor the chef, who died of unknown causes on Dec. 24 at age 27. He had been with Ovio since the restaurant first opened in 2002, and had worked previously with owners Shing and Ellie Chin.
The chef's family will be present, including his parents and siblings, as will his co-workers. And for fellow restaurateurs who have been asking how they could help, Chin asked if they could contribute some dishes to help feed the crowd -- say, some appetizers or finger foods or desserts? -- thus freeing up Montoya's colleagues to participate in the memorial rather than working throughout it. For information or to help, call 206-935-1774.
Coming up: So, what's gourmet Norwegian food all about? You can find out Saturday, at a dinner planned at the Nordic Heritage Museum in honor of the 100th anniversary of playwright Henrik Ibsen's death. For $75 (reservations required, 206-789-5707, Ext. 10), there will be a multicourse meal from Norwegian chef Tore Dale, including the likes of cognac-cured salmon with mustard and dill sauce, salmon stuffed with shrimp, mussels, and asparagus, and homemade cloudberry parfait.
First Campagne (86 Pine St.) joined the 25 for $25 promotion, now the French restaurant is giving you "twenty-buck duck." Through the rest of the month, $20 will set you up with two courses of canard: duck liver terrine served with duck gizzard confit and watercress salad, then duck leg confit with root vegetable gratin.
Move over, Subway? Jimmy John's, an Illinois-based sub shop franchise, is new in town. The Bellevue store's (141 106th Ave. N.E.) grand opening will be held 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Friday, and the Seattle store's (4141 University Way N.E.) will be 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturday. Both parties will feature 99-cent subs and Ipod giveaways. The chain bills itself as "old-fashioned homemade sandwiches made from fresh-baked bread, all-natural meats and vegetables that are sliced daily at each restaurant."


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Two Scottish firms announce plans to expand in China
Two Scottish firms have announced plans to expand in China.
Angus-based textile specialist J&D Wilkie is opening a new £3m factory in Jianxing near Shanghai to enable it to produce technical products.
In a separate move, Glasgow-based Digimania is setting up a 3D animation software training partnership with the Shanghai Arts and Design Academy.
The expansion plans were revealed by First Minister Nicola Sturgeon as she continued a trade mission to China.
Kirriemuir-based J&D Wilkie began producing jute and flax in Scotland in 1868, and has almost doubled production since it established operations in China eight years ago.
The firm said the expansion move in China would safeguard 90 jobs in Scotland.
J&D Wilkie produces a wide range of fabrics for commercial and industrial applications, including for the military.
The new factory in China will house an integrated spinning and weaving unit on one site.
J&D Wilkie director Bob Low said: "This will further strengthen our position in Europe where we have seen our Scottish weaving unit almost double since starting the yarn production in China."
Ms Sturgeon, who visited the factory along with the mayor and vice mayor of Jiaxing, said: "Across technical textiles, interiors and fashion, Scottish textiles offer the perfect mix of quality and innovation that Chinese businesses and consumers demand.
"J&D Wilkie has established itself in China and is looking to grow its business and seize on the opportunities open to the firm. They are a good example to others on how to expand into and benefit from foreign markets."
Meanwhile, Digimania's partnership with the Shanghai Arts and Design Academy, along with a separate joint venture with Chinese partner Pikatoons, is expected to boost its revenue from China by about £12m over three years.
The expansion will see 12 new jobs created in Scotland and 14 new posts in China.
Digimania director Paul Collimore said: "The 3D Animation industry is one of the fastest global growth industries and we look forward to further growth in China alongside our partners Pikatoon."


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How to transfer “WhatsApp” data from iPhone to Samsung phone, today, Tuesday, September 7, 2021 11:26 am
And according to the “T3” website, which specializes in technical news, “WhatsApp” allows this feature for “Samsung” phones only at the moment, but it will be available later for the rest of the devices running the “Android” operating system.
What will you need to transfer your WhatsApp data from iPhone to Android phone?
Download the Samsung SmartSwitch app, version 22.214.171.124 or later, on the new phone.
– Version 126.96.36.199 of “WhatsApp” for “iOS” or later, on the old device.
– Version 188.8.131.52 or later for “WhatsApp” on the new phone.
– USB-C cable and Apple Lightning cable.
– Use the same phone number on the new phone.
The new Android phone must be in factory settings.
How do you transfer data between the two phones?
Turn on the Samsung phone and connect it with the cable to the iPhone, when the instructions on the device require it.
– Follow the commands of the “Smart Switch”.
Scan the QR code that appeared on the new phone using the iPhone’s camera.
Click Start on the iPhone and wait for the command to complete.
– Complete the settings for the settings of the new “Samsung” phone.
When you get to the main screen, open “WhatsApp” and enter the application using the same phone number used on the old device.
Click on the Import option and wait for the process to complete.
– Upon deactivating the new device, chats will appear.
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Riding away on the Kawasaki of your dreams may be easier than you think, thanks to the latest Hire Purchase (HP) and Personal Contract Purchase (PCP) finance offers from Kawasaki Motors UK.
Determined to deliver not one but two new 125cc motorcycles in key style segments for 2019, Kawasaki gave a preview of their all new Z and Ninja model in the popular A1 licence category. By introducing two fantastic 125cc machines, Kawasaki consequentl...
Now firmly established as an integral part of Kawasaki's two-wheel offering both the J300 and J125 scooters appear with new colour options for 2019.
Based on the KRT race machine that has so far amassed three consecutive WorldSBK Championships, the trio of models in the Ninja ZX-10R range all offer greater power, a more generous power band and a torque increase for 2019.
Still the only road going Supercharged Hypersport machine on the market, the latest iteration of the formidable Ninja H2 has just been unveiled as part of the annual Bonneville Speed Week.
Motorcycle Live tickets on sale 1 August ??? six reasons to buy in advance including the exclusive Club Kawasaki preview event on the opening Saturday - only members can purchase tickets!
Experienced British competitor Leon Haslam will join Jonathan Rea in KRT to complete the rider line up of Kawasaki's official squad in the 2019 WorldSBK Championship.
Set within the Cotswolds area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, the rolling hills and valleys provide the perfect environment for the Versys Experience.
Jonathan Rea has signed a new contract with Kawasaki to remain in the WorldSBK championship as an official KRT rider for two more years. This is an agreement that seals the commitment of both the three-time World Champion and the most successful WorldS...
After a dramatic and incredibly successful week of racing at the iconic Isle of Man TT races, Kawasaki emerged as the most successful brand securing the coveted Manufacturer Award.
Kawasaki are supporting the 2018 Road to Wheels & Waves motorcycle lifestyle event by providing five Z900RS machines for the women-only road trip.
In spite of their huge motivation and the determination to succeed, Kawasaki SRC did not reach their stated goal at the Slovakian 8 hour race.
The famous Kawasaki Ninja ZX-10RR N°11 of the Kawasaki SRC team will start tomorrow in 5th position on the grid for the Slovakia 8 hour within just half a second of the pole position time.
Set within the Cotswolds area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, the rolling hills and valleys provide the perfect environment for the Versys-X 300 Experience.
The favourite custom paint design as voted for by the public was unveiled at the MCN London Show this weekend. The chosen design is the Z900RS Akashi, inspired by the original Z1 colours of the early 1970's and the Akashi Works in Japan which has ...
This years Green Friday Event will take place in authorised Kawasaki dealerships on 23rd March throughout the UK and Northern Ireland. Our 2018 range will be on display and attendees will have the opportunity to see the new Ninja H2 SX, Z900RS, Z900RS ...
After taking the prestigious Best Manufacturer Stand award at Motorcycle Live 2017 in Birmingham, Kawasaki UK are looking to bring the same level of excitement and broad range of products to the 2018 Carole Nash MCN London Motorcycle Show.
The Kawasaki Racing Team unveiled its official 2018 FIM Superbike World Championship machinery and riding line up today, 8th February, at their headquarters in Granollers, Barcelona.
Kawasaki Motors UK and Team Green are pleased to announce its support of the all-new Junior Supersport class, starting in 2018 and running at eight rounds of the British Superbike Championship.
Taking motorcycling to the mainstream media, WorldSBK Champion, Jonathan Rea, was among just 12 nominees for the prestigious 2017 BBC Sports personality of the year awarded on 17 December.
Kawasaki has used the annual Eicma show in Milan to reveal a host of stunning new models that draw from its rich past and look to the future.
Kawasaki adds a lightweight street focused contender to the impressive Ninja range: the all new Ninja 400. An impressive, sharp-looking, accessible sports model offering excitement and ease of riding.
Recognised as one of the most emotionally engaging brands in the world of motorcycling, Kawasaki has unveiled a stunning new machine for 2018 evoking the style and emotion of its iconic Z1 Super Four 900 of 1972.
As the base for Jonathan Rea's 2017 World Superbike-winning machine, which last weekend claimed an unprecedented back-to-back third World Superbike title, the Ninja ZX-10RR is a formidable package.
Since its introduction in late 2016, the middleweight supernaked Z900 has become a sales success, winning over thousands of riders with its no-nonsense attitude, Refined Raw Sugomi design plus willing, responsive riding experience and now there is an A...
Well-known motorcycle modifier, MRS Oficina, has already impressed many by crafting the stunning Café Racer style machine based on the Vulcan S. Now a second collaboration with Kawasaki France is unveiled: the Kawasaki Z650 MRS Flat Track.
A whole host of colour updates and graphic treatments will be available soon on a variety of Kawasaki machinery, ready for the 2018 model year.
Kawasaki is proud to have been part of the National BikeSafe Show at Rockingham on Saturday.
The new 67-plate registration prefix will be debuted on 1 September 2017 - with over 20 models in the current line-up and a whole host of finance deals available on 2017 models, it's a fantastic opportunity to ride away on the 'green' ma...
With the support of Kawasaki, Motorcycle Live has today launched a competition to find the best customised bikes in the UK and bring them to Motorcycle Live 2017 at the NEC.
First shown to the media and public in late 2016, the Z900 will appear in a brand new colour option for the 2018 sales season after a year of strong sales and high praise.
This weekend, six-time Olympic gold medallist Jason Kenny competed in the Kawasaki Team Green Cup race at Oulton Park as a wildcard.
Unique at its original launch, the category leading Z1000SX sport tourer has been developed and refined over seven years of production gaining media and customer accolades in equal measure.
With a deserved reputation as an uncompromising ultimate streetfighter machine, the Z1000 will appear on Kawasaki showroom floors in 2018 in a variety of new colour options.
Among many existing models being updated by Kawasaki for the 2018 season, the popular Vulcan S is set to be available in two new colour options, Metallic Flat Spark Black and Pearl Lava Orange. Additionally, the contemporary styled Vulcan S CAFE will b...
Remaining true to its core "Versatile System" values, the new model year Versys 650 range is being released in a variety of contemporary colours and graphic treatments.
Created to meet the special demands of countries such as Indonesia and Thailand, the Versys-X 300 has quickly carved itself a niche in the European market thanks to its rider friendly, durable engine and accommodating chassis.
Tickets are now on sale for Motorcycle Live, the UK's biggest bike show, where you will be able to see all the brand new 2018 Kawasaki machinery in the flesh for the first time in the UK.
Already carving an enviable reputation for themselves as accomplished mid-weight segment leading contenders, the Ninja 650 and Z650 will appear in new colour and graphic treatments in 2018.
Throughout July and August, Kawasaki Motors UK is offering a free upgrade on selected new models


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Post-COVID-19 Effect: The Central Bank of Nigeria has issued a warning that says Nigeria will not import the goods that can be made in the country anymore, as they can no longer afford to spend reserved foreign exchange on things that can not promote the economy nor provide job opportunities for Nigerians.
This was concluded in a virtual meeting which was held between the Chief Executive Officers of conglomerates in Nigeria and the Governor of the CBN, Mr. Godwin Emefiele, and the details of the virtual meeting were shared by the Director, Corporate Communications of the CBN, Mr. Isaac Okoroafor on the 21st of May, 2020.
The Governor of the CBN has asked industrial conglomerates operating in Nigeria to endeavor to support the reshaping of the economy of Nigeria and making it the Giant of Africa again by joining forces with the CBN by investing in the manufacturing and agricultural sector of Nigeria which was once the strong point of Nigeria’s economy.
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He said the industrial conglomerates operating in Nigeria should take advantage of Nigeria’s population to market their market and also push to export the Nigerian made products to other parts of the world.
Mr. Godwin Emefiele also added that there is a foreign reserve of $37b which will help in revamping the economy back to her glorious days.
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‘‘With the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCTFA) now billed to commence in January 2021, Nigeria provided the companies with immense opportunities to produce their items and make huge profits through the Nigerian market, which he noted was large enough to support their respective businesses’’
The Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria also said manufacturing companies have nothing to fear as they would help in protecting their business to ensure they are successful and also the banks will also have their backs as they would help in nipping smuggling by collaborating with some government agencies.
‘‘The CBN is willing to collaborate with other fiscal authorities to improve on their ease of doing business in Nigeria, to simplify their import and export processes’’.


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Neighbourly app allows users to ask questions to their neighbours by text or by voice, share local expertise and keep up with updates from their neighbourhood
Google led a $12-million investment in the Bengaluru-based startup Dunzo as part of its ‘Next Billion Users’ push, as it seeks to build an ecosystem in India
Dunzo CEO Kabeer Biswas confirmed the deal, but declined to comment on the specifics on the transaction.
"We raised money even before achieving the product-market fit," the startup founder says with the wisdom of hindsight.
Cheep which has been founded with an investment of Rs 12 Cr by Nanda will feature 15,000 professionals across home services such as plumbers, carpenters, technicians, beauty services and on-demand maids
Google currently does not charge any commission from its partners but may look at commissions ranging from 5-15% if the service picks up