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A lithium-ion battery photographed at a Volkswagen factory in Germany. Lithium-ion batteries are crucial components in electric vehicles.
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LONDON — A facility dubbed Britain’s “first large-scale lithium refinery” will be located in northern England, with project backers hoping its production will reach about 50,000 tonnes per year once it is operational.
On Monday, a statement released by Green Lithium on the London Stock Exchange’s website said the £600 million (about US$687 million) project is expected to take three years to build and is expected to be operational in 2025.
The refinery will be based in Teesport, a major port on Teesside. Green Lithium said its product would “feed into the lithium-ion battery supply chain, energy storage, grid stabilization and EV battery supply chain.”
In addition to its use in cellphones, computers, tablets and a host of other devices synonymous with modern life, lithium — dubbed “white gold” by some — is critical to the batteries that power electric vehicles.
The UK wants to freeze the sale of new diesel and petrol cars and vans by 2030. It will require all new cars and vans to have zero tailpipe emissions by 2035. The European Union, which left Great Britain on January 31, 2020, is pursuing similar goals.
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With lithium demand increasing, European economies are looking to strengthen their own supplies and reduce dependence on other parts of the world.
In a translation of her State of the Union address last month, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said that “lithium and rare earths will soon outnumber oil and gas”.
In addition to security of supply, von der Leyen, who switched between several languages in her speech, also emphasized the importance of processing.
“Today, China controls the global processing industry,” she said. “Almost 90%… rare earth elements[s] and 60% of lithium is processed in China.”
“Therefore, we will identify strategic projects along the entire supply chain, from extraction to refining, from processing to recycling,” she added. “And we will build strategic reserves where supply is at risk.”
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Back in the UK, Business Secretary Grant Shapps said Green Lithium’s refinery will “create more than 1,000 jobs during construction and 250 long-term, high-skilled jobs for local people once operational”.
“It also allows us to act quickly to secure our critical mineral supply chains, knowing that geopolitical threats and global events beyond our control can seriously affect the supply of key components, driving the adoption of electric vehicles in Britain might delay. ” he added.
News of Green Lithium comes after Britishvolt, another company looking to break into the electric vehicle sector, said it had secured short-term financing that would allow it to stave off administration for the time being. The company said its employees also agreed to a pay cut for November.


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2020 Weed Trends You Need to Know for Our Century's Roaring 20s
Looking for some trendy ways to smoke weed or bake edibles? Click here to create some roaring fun with the biggest 2020 weed trends.
With marijuana now legal in some capacity in a healthy minority of American states, cannabis culture has never been so prominent. While the law never stood completely in the way of weed lovers, legalization has seen an explosion in the culture in states like California.
With this increased acceptance comes an awareness of weed-related trends. Stoners nowadays are a diverse bunch, so it pays to keep up to date with the latest developments in the cannabis scene, whether it's new products, cannabis-themed merchandise, or campaigns.
Read on as we look at the biggest 2020 weed trends.
An Increased Emphasis on Federal Law Reform
Deregulation of both medical and recreational marijuana at the state level has been hugely important to the cannabis community. However, another bridge remains to be crossed.
Marijuana is still considered a Schedule 1 controlled substance by the federal government. This makes it more difficult for growers and distributors to operate.
It also has huge implications for scientists who wish to carry out important research on cannabis. The Schedule 1 status makes it much more difficult to organize and fund large-scale studies.
Now that the tide is turning on legal marijuana at a state level, expect to see campaigners turn their attention to the federal government. Keep a close eye on the presidential candidates who promise to reform federal cannabis laws!
Increased Diversity in Terms of Dosing Options
Once upon a time, "good" weed was stuff that would get you higher, faster. Everyone wanted product that looked good, smelled fresh, felt sticky, and sent you to a different planet after just one hit.
Growing methods nowadays are a lot more refined. This means that cannabis with high levels of THC is readily available in every dispensary.
While that's great, it isn't for everyone. For newbies to the world of cannabis, or those who just feel like having a smoke without getting extraordinarily high, other options are now on the market.
Strains with higher ratios of CBD to THC are becoming popular, as are edibles with milder effects.
Speaking of CBD, it's going to be one of the biggest 2020 weed trends.
CBD has already been put into almost everything imaginable, from coffee to lip balm. As people become more aware of its range of natural benefits, these kinds of products are going to start popping up everywhere.
A huge part of this trend will be its transition into the mainstream. Once upon a time, CBD products would only be found in dusty head stores. Nowadays, all kinds of CBD-infused goods appear in regular malls and stores, especially in states that allow recreational use.
2020 Weed Trends: Will You Be in the Know?
As you can see, cannabis is only going from strength to strength. The biggest 2020 weed trends share a common theme; they all involve the movement of marijuana into the mainstream.
Cannabis is no longer perceived as being only for giggling college kids and layabouts. Weed can and should be enjoyed by everyone!
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Travelers Insurance is attempting to onboard more customers for a digital portal that provides control over billing and policy documents with a new application and optimized Web site that also allow mobile access to ID cards.
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Nielsen estimates that the average person now spends 30 hours per month using apps.
Best Buy is enhancing the convenience factor for shopping on its application by allowing users to add items to their cart by simply holding an icon, reflecting how retailers are looking to drive conversion rates on mobile.
StubHub’s mobile and tablet applications have undergone a significant update to customize the process of purchasing event tickets even more, including adding a personalization algorithm to recommend activities, ESPN content for sports fans, enhanced mobile ticketing options to replace physical tickets and mobile payment options for Android users.
Footwear brand Dr. Martens took its #Standforsomething campaign around the United States with indie rock band Drowners, leveraging mobile application Bandsintown to drive sales with meet-and-greets and in-store events.
Peer-to-peer retailer Etsy has redesigned the homepage of its mobile application to better serve its users and drive sales with the introduction of recommendations, picks from Etsy and user history pages.
American Eagle Outfitters is continuing its mobile-minded year by attempting to ramp up mcommerce sales with a new “offers” section within its mobile application, proving that consumers are gravitating to mobile for exclusive offers.
Application developers and retailers with companion mobile apps, brace yourselves for what is expected to be the single biggest day for mobile shopping yet – and it is right around the corner on Nov. 28.
NEW YORK – A Walgreens executive at the Mobile Women to Watch 2015 Summit discussed the drugstore chain’s mobile strategies and achievements, including seeing in-store NFC payments double after integrating with innovative partners such as Apple Pay.
Luxury Daily today – Chaumet assists consumer research with bridal themed mobile app; Marc Jacobs leads with craftsmanship for handbag launch.


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NICE, France: A Russian billionaire who failed to complete a deal to buy one of France's most beautiful houses also lost his deposit on March 1, to the tune of €39 million (RM180 million).
Mikhail Prokhorov had made several bids to buy the sprawling villa Leopolda de Villefranche-sur-Mer before owner Lily Safra accepted a price of €390 million in 2008.
SYDNEY: Australian retail sales rebounded sharply in January while approvals to build new homes continued to point to a boom in construction this year, adding to the case for a rise in interest rates later on March 2.
EDINBURGH: Luxury-home prices in central London jumped 17% in February from a year earlier, the biggest gain in almost two years, as more buyers competed for a dwindling number of properties, Knight Frank LLP said.
The Government is currently evaluating a proposal to build another highway linking the northern and southern parts of peninsular Malaysia, said The New Straits Times in a report today (March 2).
* Proposed highway is to complement the existing North-South Expressway (NSE) - currently owned and operated by PLUS Expressways Bhd.
PETALING JAYA: The Borneo Convention Centre (BCCK) (pictured) in Kuching, Sarawak, is poised to boost Malaysia’s growing appeal as the preferred destination for meetings, incentives, conventions and exhibitions (MICE).
KUALA LUMPUR: United Malayan Land Bhd (UM Land) hopes to roll out two new projects with a total gross development value (GDV) exceeding RM600 million (in Kuala Lumpur and Iskandar Malaysia, Johor) this year.
JAKARTA: The search and rescue (SAR) operation for victims of last week's landslide at the tea growing area of Desa Tenjolaya, Pasirjambu, Bandung, West Java, has been officially stopped on March 1.
LONDON: Property investor NewRiver and Morgan Stanley Real Estate Investing have created a joint venture to acquire UK retail property which has bought its first portfolio for £49 million (RM253.83 million).
The closed-end NewRiver Retail Investments LP JV's deal capacity is more than £250 million, including leverage, NewRiver said in a statement on March 1.


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text: WASHINGTON (6/11/09)—As he pledged to do when his interchange fee amendments failed to be included in a credit card bill passed into law in May, Sen. Richard Durbin (D-Ill.) has resurrected legislation that could impose government limits on the rates set for credit and debit card processing—i.e., interchange fees. The new bill, S. 1212, is very similar to one Durbin introduced in the last Congress, right down to its name, the Credit Card Fair Fee Act. It proposes to establish a full-time panel of three Electronic Payment System Judges to intervene in disputes between card service providers and merchants regarding fees set for use of the electronic payments system. The tribunal would have broad power to determine access rates and terms and to impose civil money penalties on any party deemed to be out of compliance with its authorities. The Credit Union National Association (CUNA) has said that such a tribunal would be costly and would serve to impose government decisions on a system that is more appropriately governed by the market. CUNA Senior Vice President of Legislative Affairs John Magill said Wednesday, “We will continue to reach out to Sen. Durbin and other senators to stress the importance of interchange to credit unions and their 92 million members.” Along with CUNA, all members of the Electronic Payments Coalition and the U.S. Department of Justice have been among opponents of the "fair fee" legislation. “The merchants' effort to avoid paying their fair share of electronic transactions threatens the integrity of the payment processing system. Our consumer members value the debit cards and credit cards issued by their credit union,” Magill said. He added, “We will do everything we can to ensure our members are not adversely affected by the merchants' legislative strategy to reduce the merchants' obligation in the marketplace.” Proponents of the legislation, such as the large National Retail Federation, argue that the savings merchants might realize on interchange fees would benefit consumers. However, according to CO-OP Financial Services President/CEO Stan Hollen in 2008, "Past experience with similar legislation in Australia suggests the merchants did not pass any interchange reduction on to consumers."


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PS3 gets new charger
The PlayStation blog has revealed that Sony will be releasing an AC adaptor for charging PS3 peripherals.
The new device can be used to power up wireless controllers, keypads, headsets and even PSPs.
The adaptor will be available in the second week of December at a retail price of $24.99.
The wireless keypad for the PS3 will be in stores the first week of December.
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- Shadow Of Mordor arrives on last-gen consoles
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- Microsoft celebrates the 1st birthday of the Xbox One with free access to Sunset Overdrive
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Dragon Age: Dreadwolf is an action RPG developed by BioWare and published by EA.
It is the fourth mainline instalment in the Dragon Age series, and the sequel to 2014’s Dragon Age: Inquisition.
Kristjanson worked on Baldur's Gate and Mass Effect titles, while Kirby was a writer on the Dragon Age series.
Journalist Jeff Grubb says the RPG keeps getting internally delayed, and may even be pushed back into the final months of 2024.
"Our dedication to the game has never wavered," says BioWare GM Gary McKay, with the team working to make it "worthy of the Dragon Age name."
It's to "preserve the health of the studio" and form a "clear vision of what we’re building before development ramps up," per GM Gary McKay.
The developer says it will have more to share on the long-awaited fourth instalment in its RPG franchise "soon".
History repeats itself, as BioWare confirms that it's going back to being focused exclusively on single player development.
The MMORPG, which originally launched in 2011, will reportedly be taken over by Ultima Online and Dark Age of Camelot developer Broadsword Online.
Journalist Jeff Grubb says neither Sucker Punch nor BioWare will be showing off their upcoming games at the upcoming showcase.
EA hasn't listed the two titles among its list of games that are set to launch this fiscal year, which runs until March 31 next year.
Former Dragon Age narrative lead David Gaider has taken to Twitter to talk about how the rest of BioWare "quietly resented" its writers.
Meanwhile, BioWare has also pulled in the development team working on the next Mass Effect to help finish Dreadwolf's production.
BioWare has shared some brief details about how the upcoming RPG will approach progression and customization.
Alpha gameplay footage and screenshots have also leaked online, while it's also being claimed the game is unlikely to launch this year.
In addition to every mainline Mass Effect game, Walters has also been involved in the development of Jade Empire, Anthem, and more.
Solar, the titular Dreadwolf, has a long and eventful story, which takes centerstage in a new teaser released for the upcoming RPG.
BioWare confirms that the upcoming RPG has hit alpha, which means it's now playable in its entirety from start to finish.
Mary DeMarle, who worked on Deus Ex: Mankind Divided and Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy, has joined BioWare.
While the RPG won't release this year, BioWare says it's "growing closer to that next adventure" and that questions would be "answered in time."
Insider Tom Henderson is cryptically teasing an announcement for BioWare's RPG but says not to expect "anything 'huge' per se."
Dragon Age 4 executive producer Christian Dailey has left BioWare, while Corinne Busche has been named the project's new director.
BioWare GM Gary McKay notes that the blueprint was "completed last year" and the team is focused on "building out our vision."
Jeff Grubb says that development is on schedule, which is "about 18 months out from today" and expects a late 2023 launch at the earliest.
Insider Tom Henderson spoke to a "source with knowledge of EA's plans" who affirmed that BioWare's RPG is still a ways off from release.
BioSare general manager Gary McKay says the studio remains "laser-focused on building back the trust of our fans and community."
Though it made an appearance at The Game Awards 202, BioWare's big fantasy RPG looks to be skipping this year's show.
Another high profile Dragon Age lead leaves BioWare, though the developer insists it is committed to "a high-quality Dragon Age game."
Though we're still yet to see gameplay footage from BioWare's upcoming action RPG, there is at least new artwork to look at.
The LinkedIn profile of former BioWare developer Daniel Nordlander suggests that the upcoming RPG will only release for PC and new-gen consoles.
The next big sequel in the fantasy RPG series will reportedly return to being a single player-focused affair after the failure of Anthem.
BioWare recently confirmed that the next Dragon Age won't appear at EA Play Live, but here's some new concept art to tide you over.
BioWare has confirmed that it won't be "showing anything" at this year's event. EA Play Live is slated for July 22nd and will run for 40 minutes.
BioWare's Christian Dailey teases out more new concept art for the upcoming RPG.
The future could be brighter for BioWare's next game but there are some caveats.
Anthem's failure and the success of Star Wars: Jedi Fallen Order are the reason.
Locations like Antiva City and Nevarra are also hinted at.
Although it looks more like Anthem than Dragon Age.
New locations and allies are also teased in this "special look."
BioWare teases the upcoming tease for its unnamed Dragon Age sequel.
The next mainline Dragon Age game will receive an update next week.
All project currently in development will continue onward in their absence.
New characters and locations along with the central premise teased.
Executive producer Mark Darrah provides a brief update on the development of the upcoming RPG.
Expect some news in a couple of days.
BioWare will be celebrating Dragon 4ge Day with fans next month.
EA CFO Blake Jorgensen revealed that "plans are underway for that product."
The Dread Wolf is still rising.
Fernando Melo notes that the project is "well underway to becoming the definitive Dragon Age experience."
Current lead writer Patrick Weeks is one of the editors for the collection.
Ideas floated for the next Dragon Age's multiplayer include drop-in/drop-out co-op for companions.
The original incarnation, codenamed Joplin, was heavily focused on choice and consequence.
Former staffer says, "you can't just start fresh and fumble your way forward until you find the fun."
BioWare went behind EA’s back, forcing EA to play along.
One of the job listings also suggests – yet again – that the game will have online elements.
The first teaser trailer is now available.
The reveal will be much like that for The Elder Scrolls 6, done mostly to hype up fans.
A new Dragon Age announcement has been teased for next month—could it be a new game? Or maybe a remaster?


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Telltale Games was at PAX East today to reveal new details about the upcoming Final Season of the company's The Walking Dead series. A finale Clementine's actor Melissa Hutchinson says is "Bittersweet, and a little painful."
The Walking Dead Final season will begin after a time jump with a visibly older looking Clementine. We've been following her journey since season one and we've seen her grow into the survivor that she is today. Despite the parallels in the promotional image released for the Final Season, we're told that Clementine isn't Lee.
Here's our first glimpse of the gameplay Telltale's Walking Dead: Final Season. No more scripted zombie encounters mostly. Look is meant to be more evocative of the comic. pic.twitter.com/0i2Bk3NkB4— USgamer (@USgamernet) April 6, 2018
Clem finds herself protecting AJ, a child of the apocalypse. It's an important distinction since Clem grew up as a kid before the zombie takeover and thus has formative memories of the pre-zombie world. That's not the case for AJ. Telltale says that many of the characters we meet in the Final Season will be Clem's age and younger.
Telltale shared a couple of details for what we should expect from the Final Season in terms of story and gameplay. The first episode will take place in a dilapidated boarding school. Telltale says that things got a little too colorful in season three so the team is going back towards the look of the comic books for this season.
You'll also run into new characters like Rosie, a dog that Telltale says doesn't die. Sadly Clem is afraid of dogs so that should be interesting. There's Louis who's holding onto the wold world, a pragmatic survivor named Violet, and Ten who still needs to learn about the new zombie world.
As far as gameplay goes, Telltale says that Walker combat has gotten an overhaul. Meaning that the walkers will be wandering about and dangerous and that some fights aren't scripted. So you can run into a walker fight that's completely unplanned if you're being careless.
Since the time has jumped forward, the world is starting to crumble. Generators and other vestiges of the old world are starting to fail which will no doubt create even more dire situations for Clementine.
Telltale is currently working on The Walking Dead Final Season and The Wolf Among Us 2. The gameplay changes in the Final Season also seems to be Telltale expanding on the tried and true Telltale formula for games. We reported last year that after Telltale underwent layoffs, the company was aiming to improve its corporate culture.
Telltale hasn't given a release date yet for The Walking Dead Final Season, but it looks like the team is hard at work on crafting a strong finale. We're looking forward to the finale of what we consider one of the best Telltale games from the studio.


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by Semiconductor Industry Association
WASHINGTON—June 15, 2018—The Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA), representing U.S. leadership in semiconductor manufacturing, design, and research, today released the following statement regarding the Trump Administration’s announcement on tariffs on products imported from China.
“While the U.S. semiconductor industry shares the Trump Administration’s concerns about China’s forced technology transfer and intellectual property (IP) practices, the proposed imposition of tariffs on semiconductors from China, most of which are actually researched, designed, and manufactured in the U.S., is counterproductive and fails to address the serious IP and industrial policy issues in China. We look forward to working with the Administration to explain why imposing tariffs on our products would be harmful to our competitiveness and does not address our challenges with China.”
The Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA) is the voice of the U.S. semiconductor industry, one of America’s top export industries and a key driver of America’s economic strength, national security, and global competitiveness. Semiconductors – microchips that control all modern electronics – enable the systems and products we use to work, communicate, travel, entertain, harness energy, treat illness, and make new scientific discoveries. The semiconductor industry directly employs nearly a quarter of a million people in the U.S. In 2017, U.S. semiconductor company sales totaled $189 billion, and semiconductors make the global trillion-dollar electronics industry possible. SIA seeks to strengthen U.S. leadership of semiconductor manufacturing, design, and research by working with Congress, the Administration and other key industry stakeholders to encourage policies and regulations that fuel innovation, propel business and drive international competition. Learn more at www.semiconductors.org.
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Jaguar talks about the new XE and its aluminum-intensive construction.
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After months of teasing photos and driving around in camouflage, Jaguar will officially unveil the F-Type sports car on September 27 at the 2012 Paris Motor Show.
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America's #1 Fast Food Chain Will Soon Require Face Masks to Enter
McDonald's is the latest and the largest fast food chain to join the group of businesses making face masks mandatory on their premises. Starting August 1, customers will have to wear a face mask at all times while they're in one of their 14,000+ locations. But worry not, if you forget yours at home, the chain will have them available for you on site.
The measure comes as part of the latest safety precautions the restaurant giant announced on Friday, in a letter signed by McDonald's president Joe Erlinger, and chair of the company's National Franchise Leadership Alliance Mark Salebra. The leadership explained their face mask mandate by citing new findings about the airborne nature of coronavirus, "The latest science suggests droplets have the potential to stay in the air for extended periods of time, increasing the risk of virus spread, especially from asymptomatic carriers."
The company said they're training their staff to handle non-compliant customers in a de-escalating and constructive manner. "In those situations where a customer declines to wear a face covering, we'll put in place additional procedures to take care of them in a friendly, expedited way," Erlinger said.
The letter also states the company would be postponing reopening their dining rooms for another 30 days, and adding additional protective panels inside its restaurants.
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Splaine: Let's make outdoor dining, festivals and more year-round in Portsmouth
As we enter the new year in just four weeks, we'll be commemorating Portsmouth's 400th anniversary. Lots of projects and events will fill each month. We'll learn new exciting things about our history as people tell us stories yet untold. Books are being written and more will be, memories will be shared, and a time capsule will be sealed on Dec. 31, 2023, carrying some of those memories to the year 2123!
It can be expected during those 12 months that the "collective we," as in "us," will be challenged to think ahead to what Portsmouth will be — can be — in the next hundred years. That's a good thing. As Walt Disney observed, "If you can dream it, you can do it."
We have now had three years of experience with the concept of outside dining in parts of our downtown.
The City Council earlier this year approved expanded procedures that businesses, especially restaurants, have to follow to provide their services outside. Outside dining in particular has been well-received by most residents, and certainly our visitors. Portsmouth has become even more of the go-to place for our tourists who come for a day, or several — spending their money as they enjoy what we have to offer.
The permitting process for outside use primarily begins in early April and goes through late November. Charges paid by businesses to the city for outside space can run into thousands of dollars. Plus there are significant costs involved for businesses to create outside space that looks good and encourages people to visit.
But why only from April to November? Why not let our businesses — and not just restaurants — be able to go out of their front doors to be more customer friendly and inviting?
Outside dining in other cities and towns that do it year-round allow businesses of all kinds — not just restaurants — to invest in permanent structures on sidewalks in front of or near their businesses.
That may include overhead covers for use during rain, and enclosed protective shelters for cold days. Examples can be found online of what works in Canada and European countries with climates much colder than ours. If they can do it, certainly we can figure out how to make it work here.
Thinking of the next few decades for Portsmouth's downtown, why can't some of the fun events we have in spring, summer and fall be held in winter, too? Examples: What about ski jumping contests or races in Market Square, or a mini winter carnival with rides and games? How about pickleball on Congress Street in mid-winter, or as a counter to "Christmas in July," having a "July during Christmastime?" Twelve months a year filled with musicians, festivals, plays and performances, buskers, pop-ups, a food truck plaza, maybe even an amusement ride or two — a merry-go-round and a Ferris wheel? Not just downtown, but throughout our neighborhoods?
We are a small community with imaginative, creative people. Putting our beautiful historic downtown assets to best use is good for our residents, brings more visitors, makes our businesses more successful, and generates income for employees. And as a growing community that needs more affordable housing, more tourist dollars will allow for higher wages and new opportunities for our service-industry workers, of whom there are many and there will be more in years to come. Let's help them afford to live here instead of just working here.
A few months ago, as the City Council discussed setting up the process for outside dining but was facing some opposition by retailers who want to protect parking, Mayor Deaglan McEachern, who is good at looking forward with an optimistic mindset, observed, "Other retailers like the foot traffic and having people drawn from outside the city into a vibrant community. I’d ask folks who are opposed to it to keep an open mind. It’s still a work in progress. The more we do this, the better it’s going to get.”
In years to come, the more we do it, the better it's going to get. Before Portsmouth's 500th anniversary, we have a hundred years to do it better. But do we need that long if we put our collective minds to it?
Next time: Why are national Democrats attacking our presidential primary?
Jim Splaine has served variously since 1969 as Portsmouth assistant mayor, Police Commission member and School Board member, as well as New Hampshire state senator and representative. He can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.org.


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Bacardi USA has won a court ruling against Pernod Ricard over the right to use the name Havana Club. The Court of Appeal ruled that the Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control was right to block a Cuban state-owned group from renewing its trademark for Havana Club.
Supermodel Cindy Crawford is the face of PepsiCo's new zero-calorie enhanced water Propel Zero. The drink targets active men and women who want to "replenish, energise and protect their bodies". Crawford is starring in a TV ad with the strapline 'Get More From Your Zero'. "Crawford embodies the active lifestyle while caring for her family, running several successful businesses and staying fit," said Esperanza Teasdale, Propel Zero's senior director of marketing.
FRANCE: More than 170 jobs are under threat at a production plant in Beauvais after Nestlé France confirmed plans to reduce production of its Maggi ready meals brand. Three out of five production lines are to be axed. Ice cream production lines at the site are unaffected.
NEW ZEALAND: Coca-Cola Amatil is to build a state of the art $15m bottling plant at its Woolston site in Christchurch. The new facility will manufacture drinks for the entire south island and some of the north island. The Woolston plant was significantly damaged in last month's earthquake and structural repair work is already underway.
CANADA: Walmart Canada is to open three new supercentres in Québec, selling a full range of fresh foods as well as general merchandise. Walmart Canada has 325 stores, including 128 supercentres. It plans to increase that number by 36 throughout this year.


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Brands are too “lazy” when it comes to marketing to women through sport but marketers that have worked for Coca-Cola, Under Armour and Heineken say there are plentiful opportunities for better storytelling and grassroots community work if marketers can ignite a conversation.
As Under Armour grows its wearables and sports hardware business it expects to turn the heads of the likes of Apple, with North America’s second biggest sports brand predicting a $10bn valuation by 2020.
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Mochi ice cream brand Little Moons may have taken its marketing strategy to the next level since it went viral on TikTok earlier this year, but that does not mean the business is “walking away from digital”.
Sir John Hegarty, Jan Gooding and Reach’s Andrew Tenzer have made their cases for the marketing buzzwords, theories and jargon that must be banished from marketing.
P&G spent $130m (£94m) on marketing over the first quarter of its financial year, while also reporting a 5% boost in net sales to $20.3bn (£14.6bn).
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Underage drinking fears after shop given alcohol licence
- Credit: Archant
Concerns over underage drinking in Backwell have been raised by the parish council.
Taylor News in Rodney Road applied for a licence to sell alcohol from North Somerset Council, but its move was opposed by Backwell Parish Council, whose members felt it could ‘harm’ children.
They added it would be ‘excessive’ to have four village retailers selling alcohol.
It said: “The parish council is concerned about the possible harm to children that might be caused by the alcohol being made available in a sweet shop frequented by young children.
“Furthermore, it gives more opportunity for underage children to attempt to buy alcohol in the area.
“There is a problem with young people drinking alcohol at the nearby playing fields, the source of which is undetermined.”
Police however raised no concerns, and North Somerset approved the application, with Taylor saying alcohol sales would supplement its newsagent business.


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Womentum has just launched Cycle 3, aiming to support the next generation of female-led tech startups in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA). The three top startups will receive $30,000 in funding.
By SWB Team
Womena, the leading UAE-based hub for female entrepreneurs, is coming back again with their Womentum accelerator, for female entrepreneurs in the Middle East to participate in this 4-month program that takes participants across two major regional startup hubs: Egypt and UAE.
The program, running its third edition, ir hosted in partnership with Standard Chartered’s Women in Tech, and will begin by taking its startups to Egypt’s vibrant entrepreneurship hub, concluding in the United Arab Emirates, the investment capital of the region.
“We wanted to really regionalize the program this year by hosting both bootcamps in MENA,” says Elissa Freiha, founder of womena®. “Innovative thinking and creativity exists in our backyard, and Egypt is the entrepreneurial hub of the Middle East,” she adds.
The four-month experience-based accelerator begins with a two-week bootcamp between Cairo and El Gouna, where tech and innovation experts will be zeroing in on the foundations of each startup’s business model and product development.
As Womentum’s main partner, Standard Chartered will award the three top-performing startups a total of $30,000 in equity-free prize money at the end of the program.
“With its thriving entrepreneurship ecosystem and the massive market potential, Egypt is a country where most MENA-based startups either start in or want to expand into,” says Habiba Helmy, managing director of the Womentum Accelerator.
Following a remote mentorship and market validation period, the second bootcamp will bring startups to the UAE, preparing them for investment and growth, focusing on financials and legal structure, team building and pitching. The final Demo Day will take place in Dubai and is an exclusive event open only to investors.
Founders in the program will also have access to womena®’s wider network ecosystem partners, and each startup will receive more than $20,000 worth of tech, legal and consulting services.
Womentum is powered by womena®Media, which produces creative content that highlights the founders and their startups as they go through the program, as well as produces a documentary series that follows their personal and professional journey.
“Our media platform brings the stories of these unique startups and their inspiring female founders to a global audience,” says Amira Salah-Ahmed, womena® chief media officer. “We give them the exposure they deserve and we train them to be comfortable and confident with the media,” she adds.
Graduates of the 2019 cohort reported an 85 percent impact on overall brand strength and 85 percent more confidence in dealing with media. Cycle 2 graduates gave Womentum a Net Promoter Score of 90 percent, reporting a 77 percent improvement in their business model, 83 percent improvement in financial model and 86 percent improvement in their pitch and decks.
“We saw the exponential impact made by our accomplished alumni, not only through their startups but through their roles as role models in the ecosystem,” says Freiha.
“After releasing the Womentum docu-series, a new generation of women in the region are considering entrepreneurship and at a time when diversity of thought is needed more than ever in innovation. We’re proud to be raising the voices of the Middle East’s brilliant women founders,” she adds.
Applications are now open and will close on April 19, here.


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10 Jun Top five awareness days and why you should be wary of them
There’s a national awareness day, week or month for pretty much everything. Used wisely they can provide great fodder for your PR and social media. Here’s a list of some of the top ones for travel and hospitality businesses to be aware of this summer. And a few words of caution on the Dos and Don’ts of jumping on the awareness day bandwagon.
World Gin Day, 10 June
“A global celebration of all things in”, World Gin Day is not just about promoting different distillers. On behalf of the Talland Bay Hotel in Cornwall we pitched their new G and High Tea offering to media, which features in The Cornish Guardian round-up of 17 amazing things you can’t miss in Cornwall this June.
On their Facebook page we promoted their new Gin Tasting Board.
National Picnic Week, 16-25 June
Your picnic offering has to be something pretty special to make the grade when it comes to national media lists of the top spots. This London hotel featured in The Independent’s ‘five best hotels for a picnic’ even provides a butler.
National Cream Tea Day, 30 June
Don’t be surprised if a “national” day doesn’t get picked up beyond the pages of the regional press. Clashing in 2016 with the EU Referendum, the PR brains behind this national day had to work particularly hard last year. Here’s an insight into how they fared, winning on social media despite the obvious challenge.
World Chocolate Day, 7 July
Not to be confused with the World Milk Chocolate Day on 28th July. This Metro article is a good example of a journalist using social media to source material for a story.
Afternoon Tea Week, 14-20 August
This Evening Standard article sums up nicely how to make your offering stand out.
“One can, admittedly, take afternoon tea at any point during the year, but like any well-coordinated PR stunt, this week sees various special selections and oddball offerings available as the capital’s grandest hotels celebrate.”
National Awareness Days Dos
- Approach your local paper, they may well be writing a round-up of what businesses are doing in the area
- Take to social media, and use the relevant hashtag; that way journalists searching for ideas on the subject can easily find you. It’s a good idea to have your proposition on your website too to help with Google searches
- Have a strong photograph, many round-ups are picture led
- Be prepared. Plot out a rolling six month calendar and make sure you include any awareness days that are relevant to your business
National Awareness Days Don’ts
- Be tenuous. Ask yourself whether National Nude Day or National Day of the Cowboy are really in line with your brand messaging and unique offering
- Think it’s enough just to be serving e.g. gin and tonic on World Gin Day
- Leave it too late to pitch your idea
- Write a press release; a well-crafted email of just a few lines will be enough to sell the idea, writing a full-blown press release is a waste of time
- Mix your awareness days. Drinking gin on a bike (World Gin Day and the start of National Bike Week coincide) is a step too far
Got any stories about how national awareness days have worked for your business? Get in touch to discuss no-nonsense PR.


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General Market Outlook
Bitcoin (BTC) seems to be in in a consolidation phase rather than outright dip. Many traders are drawing conclusions of a bullish pennant coming to a close within the week. There was a significant drop in overall cryptocurrency trading volume on Monday, but that statistic has been steadily rising since then. The Buy Markets Percentage is continuing a spike, which may be a signal that a total bear market is coming to a close.
EOS (EOS) surges up over 25% in the past 24 hours. Its trade volume overtakes Ethereum (ETH) as second to Bitcoin with almost double ETH’s total.
SingularDTV (SNGLS) pumped well over 100% briefly, but now sits up around 15%
NEO (NEO) continues a steady push up since Monday morning.
Bittrex already overwhelmed with new users –
After re-opening registration for new users yesterday Tuesday, April 10 Bittrex was forced to pause incoming registrations due the “overwhelming response from new users.” In light of this week’s market trends and spikes in Altcoin prices, it could be a sign for an overall new market trend.
Russia considers new currency options for oil settlements –
The U.S. has placed sanctions on foreign trade affecting Russia, Turkey and Iran. The countries are considering best options for reducing the negative effects of these by circumventing the American Dollar all together. There is speculation that cryptocurrencies could serve as the most fair means of transaction for commodity trading like this – as seen by the Venezuelan Petro dollar.
J.P. Morgan sued for Cash Advance fees on crypto purchases –
A resident of Idaho officially brings an issue that has been discussed for weeks on message forums such as www.reddit.com to court. Many financial institutions are banning the use of credit and debit cards for purchases on cryptocurrency exchanges. Whether or not this is fair is not the issue at hand. J.P. Morgan Chase issued fees on some of these charges to customers in retrospect.
The lawsuit highlights that Chase has violated the U.S. Truth in Lending Act, which requires credit card issuers to notify customers in writing of any change in charges or terms – it asks for repayment of actual damages and statutory damages of $1 million.
Top 5 Gainers
MacCoin (MAX) +134.81% at $0.152898
Bubble (BUB) +108.81% at $0.056354
PolySwarm (NCT) +93.01% at $0.009342
HODL Bucks (HDLB) +86.74% at $0.160312
GoldCoin (GLD) +62.02% at $0.126726
Top 5 Losers
Freindz (FDZ) -31.85% at $0.017404
FirstCoin (FRST) -28.29% at $0.102206
STEX (STEX) -21.52% at $1.24
Hexx (HXX) -21.02% at $3.81
MCAP (MCAP) -19.27% at $0.0162178
New Coins Listed
Shping (SHPING) added to Cobinhood https://www.shping.com/
By: BGN Editorial Staff


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ITCH: Manheim make market claims
The used van market is seeing the biggest shift ever to older commercial vehicles, the latest Market Analysis from Manheim has claimed.
February’s sales data shows a move in the wholesale market towards LCVs over five years, with Manheim claiming they have never seen such a high proportion – nearly half – of all used vans in the market reaching the seven year mark.
Manheim’s analysis claims here is a chronic shortage of vans in the three to five year age bracket, although this is likely to improve during the next few years.
At the other end of the age spectrum, much older vans are still attracting surprisingly strong bidding, with between 30% and 50% of all vehicles sold at auction last month over seven years of age.
Despite the ageing profile, average selling price has risen year-on-year by £349 or 8% – a trend attributed to the significant fall in new van sales in 2008/2009.
“These older vans are, without doubt, the tail end of extensions and deferred replacement programmes resulting from the economic downturn.”
Matthew Davock, Manheim
Matthew Davock, Head of LCV at Manheim, said: “These older vans are, without doubt, the tail end of extensions and deferred replacement programmes resulting from the economic downturn.
“Anything sub four years in auction today is seeing significant interest, from both online and physical buyers.
“Fewer than three in ten vans sold in February fell into this age bracket.
“This is not bad news for the market.
“Older and higher mileage vans will always find homes as they are at an attractive price point and represent excellent value.
“Mileage is now seemingly less of a mental barrier in retail buyers’ minds; this is likely against a backdrop of modern reliability and a comprehensive maintenance history.”


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The Politics of Trade in the Era of Hyperglobalisation: A Southern African Perspective
About the Book:
Matters of international trade are increasingly widely recognised as major shapers of global politics. News bulletins are giving more and more coverage to matters like the so-called “trade wars” between the United States and China. These are, indeed, increasingly defining relations between the two largest economies in the world and could well underpin a multi-dimensional rivalry that could be a central feature of international relations for many years to come. Brexit is dominating and indeed re-shaping politics in the United Kingdom. By definition a rejection of a regional integration arrangement, Brexit has also revealed under-currents profoundly shaped by the outcome of a broader trade-driven process called “globalisation”. Just as regional integration is weakening in Europe, African countries have taken decisions that could lead to the most profound and ambitious step forward in African regional integration – the establishment of an African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA). This study seeks to present an analysis of the political economy of trade negotiations over the past quarter century on two main fronts: the multi-lateral and those pertaining to regional integration on the African continent.
Author: Rob Davies is former South African Minister of Trade and Industry.
‘Phase 1B’ of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) negotiations
By Peter Lunenborg
The African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA), which entered into force on 30 May 2019, represents a unique collaborative effort by African countries to bolster regional and continental economic integration, in a world marked by increasing protectionism and use of unilateral trade measures.
In order to make the agreement operational for trade in goods, negotiations on tariff concessions need to be concluded and negotiating outcomes need to be inserted into the agreement. This policy brief focuses on the expected economic impacts of tariff liberalization under the AfCFTA, the tariff negotiation modalities and discusses some legal and practical issues related to the implementation of these modalities.
The US-Mexico-Canada Agreement: Putting Profits Before Patients
By Maria Fabiana Jorge
In the US-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA, NAFTA 2.0), the U.S. Trade Representative negotiated intellectual property provisions related to pharmaceuticals that would enshrine long and broad monopolies. This policy brief focuses primarily on the negative effects of the USMCA intellectual property provisions on access to medicines in the U.S. Such effects may be even worse for Canada and Mexico. The impact of this trade agreement goes well beyond the three countries involved as this is the first one negotiated by the Trump Administration and is likely to set a precedent for future trade agreements. A careful review of the USMCA text raises very serious concerns about the impact that this agreement would have on the generic/biosimilar industry and therefore on access to more affordable drugs throughout the world.
Eleventh World Trade Organization Ministerial Conference (Buenos Aires, December 2017) in the context of Africa’s Agenda 2063 and the Continental Free Trade Area
This present policy brief has been made available by the African Trade Policy Centre of the Economic Commission for Africa to provide background information on the key issues expected to be discussed at the eleventh World Trade Organization Ministerial Conference. It is based on a series of discussion papers developed by the African Trade Policy Centre in collaboration with the South Centre. Full papers are available upon request.
Intellectual Property in the Trans-Pacific Partnership: Increasing the Barriers for the Access to Affordable Medicines (revised)
Most free trade agreements (FTAs) signed by the United States, the European Union and the members of the European Free Trade Association (EFTA) in the last 15 years contain chapters on intellectual property rights with provisions applicable to pharmaceuticals. Such provisions considerably expand the rights recognized to pharmaceutical companies under the Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) established in the context of the World Trade Organization (WTO). (more…)
The Need to Avoid “TRIPS-Plus” Patent Clauses in Trade Agreements
A recent article in a prestigious journal reminds us of how the intellectual property chapter of free trade agreements can prevent the sick from getting treatment. This article also critiques the TPP clauses and warns that they should not be translated to national laws or copied into other FTAs being negotiated. (more…)
Reflections on the Discussion of Investment Facilitation
‘Investment facilitation’ is a concept repeated in discussions pertaining to investment policies and treaties, including those addressing the reform of investment treaties. The discussion on investment facilitation is taking place in various fora and contexts. (more…)
Mitigating the Regulatory Constraints Imposed by Intellectual Property Rules under Free Trade Agreements
IP provisions in FTAs may have implications on a wide range of public policy areas. A vast academic literature has addressed the “flexibilities” available under the TRIPS Agreement and the negative impact of FTAs in relation to access to medicines. (more…)
On World AIDS Day, threat to access to medicines looms large
By Shailly Gupta
Today millions of people living with HIV in South-East Asia are receiving treatment and leading healthy lives thanks to affordable generic antiretroviral (ARVs) medicines. Governments and treatment providers across Asia, such as the government of Indonesia and Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), patients across our missions in many countries, depend on an uninterrupted supply of affordable generic HIV medicines to reduce new HIV infections and AIDS-related deaths in the region. But as the trade negotiators from 16 countries gather in Indonesia next week to deliberate the terms of a trade agreement — the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership agreement (RCEP), access to low-cost generic medicines is under grave threat. (more…)
The implementation of bilateral free trade agreements, the FTAs, began 25 years ago, with the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) between Canada, Mexico and the United States. The European Union, which was initially reluctant to sign bilateral FTAs, also adopted them. In our region, Chile was the first South American country to sign an FTA with the US. Then came Peru and Colombia. (more…)
The Trans Pacific Partnership Agreement has become a political football in the US Presidential elections and with the public mood so against trade agreements, the TPPA faces the real possibility of being discarded. No country was more active in pushing for the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP). In the five years of negotiations, the United States cajoled, persuaded and pressurised its trade partners to take on board its issues and positions. (more…)


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You can get the diablo 4 test qualification by manipulating fan tattoos in Blizzard
Many diablo fans want to get early access to diablo iv, and recently blizzard held a DiabloHellsInk event, inviting fans to participate in the event and get a diablo themed tattoo to gain early access to diablo iv.
The "Dark Hell Ink Printing" campaign kicked off on July 16 and ends on September 10 in cities across the United States, Britain, Germany and Australia. Tattoo artists will be on hand to give fans dark universe tattoos.
Fans will receive a card that includes an invitation to the Diablo iv Beta test, and blizzard will give away a digital copy of the game upon release.
The "Dark Hell Inks" event just took place in Los Angeles, the first stop, and already some players have posted their cards. If you can, check to see if the event will be held in your city.


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“Check engine,” “oil level low,” “service engine soon.” These are all dashboard symbols us drivers are familiar with and have previously dreaded when they’re blinking in our faces after we’re already running late. The inrush of electric and hybrid vehicle sales in recent years has made certain dashboard symbols obsolete (bye-bye, oil changes). However, that is not to say that these eco-friendly vehicles don’t have their own unique symbols that drivers, especially those new to EVs, should be aware of.Expand Expanding Close
Toyota unveils new tech for the Prius, will offer two choices of battery packs with higher energy density
Toyota revealed details on some of the new technologies it will introduce in its fourth generation Prius. Most notably, the Japan-based automaker will offer two choices of battery packs with higher energy density for the 2016 Prius: lithium-ion or nickel-metal hybrid.


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Tesla Could Receive $250 Million in California Environmental Credits This Year
May 7, 2013 10:30 AM
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No other automaker is receiving what California is giving Tesla
Tesla's financial standings have
climbed out of the red
largely due to the state of California's environmental credits, which could add another $250 million to the automaker's bank account.
The state of California has set up a system of Zero Emission Vehicle credits, which aims to push the adoption of electric vehicles by offering federal and state incentives to both automakers and consumers.
Under this system, Tesla can receive about $35,000 - $45,000 extra on each sale of its Model S sedan. Wall Street analysts predict that these credits (which can be sold to automakers that don't produce EVs) could send as much as $250 million to Tesla this year.
This goes to show the importance of clean vehicles to the state. Its Air Resources Board wants electric vehicles to make up 15 percent of new car sales by 2025. Currently, they make up less than 1 percent.
Many automakers have fought California on its strict environmental regulations, saying that they want to create green vehicles on their own terms without being bullied by regulators. However, Tesla has managed to meet California's standards and is benefitting significantly from it.
In fact, these environmental credits are a large reason as to why Tesla will be able to announce a profitable quarter come Wednesday for the first time.
"We are in the air pollution business, not the car business," said Mary Nichols, chairwoman of the Air Resources Board, which has broad control over environmental policy in California. "There is some jealously of Tesla going on here."
Tesla has come a long way to get where it is now. After problems in the past like Model S shipment delays, a run-in with a poor review from
The New York Times,
and a production delay of
the Model X
, Tesla managed to get up and dust itself off.
Tesla began shipping 500 Model S' a week in March, exceeding the sales outlook of 4,500 posted in the February shareholder letter.
It later announced that the company would be able to
pay off its $465 million government loan
within five years, and that this current quarter would be its
first profitable one
Tesla is looking to keep that momentum, as well. Tesla CEO Elon Musk has been fighting for a
Texas electric vehicle sales bill
(House Bill 3351), which would allow distributors and manufacturers of electric vehicles only to sell directly to customers without the use of dealerships. Musk called this bill a matter of "life or death" for Tesla.
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RE: Air pollution?
5/7/2013 11:56:53 AM
Sorry, that's been fully debunked. An electric car, even if powered 100% by coal-fired power plants, is STILL cleaner than a Prius. And you can make an EV even cleaner by switching the electricity generation source, something you can't do with a conventional gas-powered car (you can switch to an Ethanol bend; and if you have a Flex Fuel vehicle, you can even switch to a higher-percent blend, but not with the vast majority of conventional gas cars. You *CAN* do it with a diesel, by switching to biodiesel or "greasel".)
So where I am, about 30% of my electricity comes from coal. But I can pay my electricity company a little extra to get 100% renewable. Thus, by paying $5 more a month, my EV becomes completely "green." Still way less than I'd pay in gas.
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By: Deepak Pahwa, Chairman, Pahwa Group and Managing Director, Bry-Air (Asia) | HealthTekPak | Friday, 19 Jun 2020
Gurugram headquartered, Bry-Air is a flagship company of the Pahwa Group. A leader in dehumidification, the company offers solutions for humidity control, plastic drying, gas phase filtration, and air-treatment critical to sectors such as pharmaceutical, food, plastics industry, medical plastics, cold storage, and lithium-batteries.
With three state-of-the-art manufacturing plants in India and wholly-owned subsidiaries in Malaysia, China, Switzerland, Brazil, Nigeria, and an associate plant in the USA, Bry-Air has installations in over 85 countries. As the chairman of the Pahwa Group and managing director of Bry Air, Deepak Pahwa says, “We strive to deliver forward-looking solutions that enable our customers to increase productivity at low cost and higher throughput with limited resources.”
Innovation leads to strong patent portfolio
With over five decades of experience, Bry-Air designs and manufactures ‘airgineering’ products. It has filed 123 patent applications worldwide in 13 new technologies, of which 48 have been granted.
‘Innovation is Life’ is the group’s philosophy. “We have developed many products such as a waterless dryer for the plastics industry, low dew-point dehumidifiers, energy-efficient Green DryPurge(GDP) dehumidifiers, the BrySmart series (BBS) desiccant dehumidifier, and many others,” says Pahwa.
Dehumidifiers during Covid-19 pandemic
The company’s range of dehumidifiers is vital for the healthcare, pharma, and food industries. Dehumidification is essential in almost all processes of the pharmaceutical industry. From processing to manufacturing, storage, research, and testing, packaging areas of the pharma industry, requires ideal Relative Humidity (RH) conditions to be maintained.
To ensure accurate test results and to protect diagnostics kits from degradation, it is essential to control moisture during manufacturing, testing, storage, and packaging of diagnostic kits. Components of diagnostic kits are highly hygroscopic. Bry-Air’s dehumidifiers help maintain the desired RH in the labs where these kits are manufactured and assembled.
Bry-Air offers moisture removal from the air to avoid lumping, caking and agglomeration of tablets, nutraceuticals and health supplements. The solutions ensure longer shelf life without any microbiological and biochemical deterioration after coming in contact with moisture.
Increased demand for disposables such as gloves, masks, gowns, and other PPEs will drive the market during this pandemic. For PET and medical plastics, Bry-Air offers specialized products, which are dehumidifier-based but specialized products for the plastics industry.
Back to business under new normal
“In March-end, we had a lot of orders to be shipped out when the lockdown started. Things were static then due to sudden shutdown. Slowly, we started to see that products could be shipped out to pharma or food sectors,” says Pahwa about the lockdown. Bry-Air resumed limited operations on 23 April and is trying to expedite deliveries. Its subsidiary in Switzerland, which was partially operative, is fully operational from 4 May.
Pahwa is hoping to get back to business as usual under the new normal. “Initially, Bry-Air was not able to deliver products that were ready to ship out due to supply chain issues. Now, our shipping is increasing, and export is taking place.” However, he points out that due to more paperwork, things are taking more time than usual.
Service and support
According to Pahwa, Bry-Air has used this time to support its customers through video conferencing. “Our team is working round the clock to support our customers worldwide who are dependent on our products for running their operations smoothly. The need for the hour is to keep the morale high of our workforce. We are ensuring everyone is paid on time so that our employees do not have to worry.”
Lockdown drives down demand
Since the virus has shaken the economy to the core and disrupted almost every industry and sector, Bry-Air is not an exception. While the hardest-hit segments are manufacturing and MSMEs in this time, Bry-Air is also expecting a minimum of 20% of shrinkage in demand. Pahwa says that nevertheless, the company is adapting to the new normal, “Although there are new challenges every day, we have always believed that challenges bring efficiencies, but one has to plan and act to get the results.”


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Microsoft considered buying Nintendo and Sega, Xbox leaks show
For gamers, Microsoft acquiring Nintendo sounds as far-fetched as Netflix buying Disney.
Yet such a prospective purchase was discussed by Microsoft executives in a trove of emails accidentally leaked this week as part of an FTC inquiry into the tech giant’s acquisition of another major gaming company, Activision Blizzard.
The emails, dating from late 2019 through 2022, provide unique insight into Microsoft’s strategy for its video game division in direct communications from chief Phil Spencer, who oversees the Xbox brand as Microsoft’s executive vice president of gaming.
The email chain about Nintendo is dated Aug. 5, 2020, months after sales skyrocketed for Nintendo’s hit game “Animal Crossing: New Horizons” during the first few months of the COVID-19 pandemic. Fellow Microsoft executive Takeshi Numoto said Nintendo offered “a rich set of franchises that can help us shore up our content” for one of Microsoft’s other major goals: cloud gaming.
Spencer responded by calling Nintendo “THE prime asset for us in Gaming” and referenced “numerous” conversations about the prospective acquisition. He said Microsoft was in the best position to acquire Nintendo, but several challenges existed to the proposition, such as Nintendo’s obstinate board of directors. He mentions former Microsoft board member Mason Morfit had been buying up Nintendo stock, which Spencer said “could create more opportunities for us.”
“Without that catalyst I don’t see an angle to a near term mutually agreeable merger of Nintendo and MS,” Spencer wrote. “I don’t think a hostile action would be a good move so we are playing the long game.”
The emails also confirmed rumors from earlier this summer that Microsoft had targeted another Japanese video game company, Sega, best known for its “Sonic the Hedgehog” games. A strategy deck circulated by Spencer in November 2020 outlined several key business elements of Sega and how its assets appealed to Microsoft.
“We believe that Sega has built a well-balanced portfolio of games across segments with global geographic appeal, and will help us accelerate Xbox Game pass both on and off-console,” Spencer said in the email.
A Sega executive later denied rumors of a sale in an interview with Bloomberg Japan.
While these acquisition targets never came to fruition, the emails show Microsoft’s years of coveting Activision Blizzard leading up to its $69-billion proposed acquisition last January.
For instance, a “state of the business” presentation deck from October 2019 said that Activision Blizzard’s “Call of Duty” mobile game reached 100 million downloads in its first week of release and “Call of Duty: Modern Warfare” generated $600 million in its first weekend.
Another email from January 2020 showed internal discussion of Activision Blizzard’s exclusive partnership with Google for its gaming cloud and streaming rights.
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella weighed in, inquiring how Microsoft could better appeal to Activision Blizzard using Microsoft’s Azure cloud system, such as a proposed 90-10 revenue split in comparison with Google’s rumored 80-20. Spencer responded that what Microsoft lacked in mobile gaming infrastructure at the time would be made up for with its cloud gaming system.
Another concern Spencer expressed in the emails was with Microsoft’s catalog of games offered via Xbox Game Pass, its game streaming service. With development of major titles often taking years, Spencer said in a May 2022 email that its 2023 lineup was sparse.
“I feel we are in a huge hole with our games lineup both for platform marketing/differentiation and our Gamepass content,” Spencer wrote.
After Microsoft’s emails were publicized earlier this week, U.S. District Judge Jacqueline Scott Corley issued an order Tuesday saying the emails were submitted by Microsoft as unredacted exhibits for the case.
“The parties have notified the Court that the version of the exhibits provided contained non-public information and the Court has removed the trial exhibits from the internet,” the order read. The documents were pulled from the court website the same day.
Spencer acknowledged the leaks in a memo to staff on Tuesday, saying they were “disappointing, even if many of the documents are well over a year old and our plans have evolved.”
“We’ve seen the conversation around old emails and documents,” Spencer wrote on X, formerly Twitter. “It is hard to see our team’s work shared in this way because so much has changed and there’s so much to be excited about right now, and in the future. We will share the real plans when we are ready.”
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The Legal Services Act 2007 has improved quality and, to some extent, competition in legal services, but further legislative reform is necessary to complete the liberalisation of the market, the Legal Services Board (LSB) said today.
Issuing its triennial evaluation of the Act, the LSB said there were signs of “positive change”, and also none of the negative impacts that some had predicted, with some £1.6bn of investment in the legal sector from external investors and corporate investors to date.
But the review also highlighted the “continued scale of unmet legal need” and that there was little evidence of the type of change in market outcomes – price, quality and access – associated with changes in competition.
It concluded: “Looking ahead, our view is that more progress needs to be made and the pace of change needs to increase. We need to continue to break down regulatory barriers to competition, innovation and growth, empower consumers and enable the need for legal services to be met more effectively.
“In the longer term, we consider that legislative reform is necessary to complete the liberalisation of the legal services market.”
The review, which drew on what the LSB called the ‘best available’ rather than ‘perfect’ evidence, said the UK-wide legal services turnover grew from a post-crash low of £27bn in 2009 to a record £32bn in 2015, of which £22bn was attributable to entities regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA).
New business models, particularly alternative business structures (ABSs), now operated in all areas of the market, most significantly in personal injury, welfare and benefits, civil liberties and employment, it found. “Research findings suggest that ABSs are more innovative and more productive than other types of business structures.”
At the same time, only a quarter of ABSs regulated by the SRA were newcomers to the market, the LSB noted.
“Our research shows that the major effects from the changes made by innovative organisations in the legal services sector were to extend the range of services offered, attract new customers, and improve quality. Reducing the cost of delivery was a benefit for less than half of all innovating organisations, however.
“Notably the intensity of competition was reported as a driver of innovation for only 26% of organisations compared to 40% reporting regulatory and legislative changes as driving innovation.”
There was some evidence that specific liberalisation measures – such as public access by barristers – “are starting to benefit providers and consumers in terms of wider choice”, but more broadly the LSB suggested that innovation, as well as external investment in the law, were being hindered by regulatory and legislative limitations.
The review found the Act had not helped improve access to legal services, with no change in the proportion of people taking action or the “significant” level of unmet legal meet.
However, more people were handling their legal problem alone rather than seeking advice, mainly because either technology was helping them do so, or legal aid cuts meant they could not afford advice – one hour of litigation cost 47% of an individual’s average weekly earnings, the LSB noted.
“The continued level of unmet legal need has consequences for the economy as whole. Some of this could be addressed with better market information that describes what services are on offer and allows consumers to easily compare providers on price and quality.
“In this context, we note that (i) there are no high profile branded comparison websites for legal services and (ii) there is no evidence of significantly increased marketing activity by regulated firms over the past 10 years.”
On the plus side, quality has improved in most areas “during a period of substantive reform”, the LSB reported. Non-lawyer ownership has not had any of the negative effects that some forecast, “and if anything quality appears to have increased”.
It said public perceptions of the profession remained largely positive, satisfaction rates with service and outcome were higher than in 2009 – bucking the wider trend across the economy – and lawyers were resolving complaints better. However, there appeared to be lower levels of service satisfaction in the injury and conveyancing markets.
LSB chairman Sir Michael Pitt said: “The current framework for legal services has been in place for sufficient time to assess its effectiveness. Much has happened in the nine years since the Legal Services Act was passed, so it is right that we assess how outcomes for consumers have changed during that time.
“Overall, this latest evaluation shows signs of some positive changes in the legal services market. The market has grown. Some consumers have been able to take advantage of fixed fees and published prices to buy services at a more affordable price. Moreover, the quality of legal services has improved on most measures following the 2007 reforms.
“The review does, however, reveal the continued scale of unmet legal need and suggests that progress has been slow towards delivering better market outcomes and access to justice for all.”


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US Drug Prices Outstrip Other Medical Costs
U.S. prices for brand-name prescription drugs rose at a faster rate than costs for other medical goods and services over the last four years, according to a new U.S. government report. The nonpartisan U.S. Government Accountability Office found that the "usual and customary" price index for the top 100 commonly used drugs increased by an annual average of 6.6 percent from 2006 through the first quarter of 2010, compared with a 3.8 percent average annual increase in the consumer price index for medical goods and services.
The basket of drugs contained 55 brand-name medicines and 45 generic drugs.
Prices for the brand-name drugs rose by an annual average of 8.3 percent, while prices for the generics fell by 2.6 percent annually, according to the report.
When looking at the 100-drug basket by active ingredient -- meaning brand-name products and generics with the same active ingredient were considered as the same drug -- the GAO found that prices rose by about 2.6 percent a year.
"This report reminds us that this is an area where we should be looking for savings for taxpayers and beneficiaries," Democratic Rep. Pete Stark, a ranking member of the House Ways and Means subcommittee on health,
The Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America said it was "pleased" that the GAO took into account the mix of brand and generic medicines that patients actually use.
"The report's key finding shows prices have been increasing at a rate of 2.6 percent annually, which is lower than overall medical inflation," the trade group said in a statement.
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Tesla Agrees to Let Other EVs Use Its U.S. Chargers – Review Geek
Confirming its commitment to widespread EV adoption.
Tesla is finally getting ready to open its Supercharger network to other EV brands in the United States. After testing a similar program in select regions for over a year, select stations will open to non-Tesla vehicles throughout the next year.
The news arrived today from both Tesla and the White House, as the Biden administration officially partnered with Tesla, General Motors, Hertz, and other automakers, along with select charging brands, as part of a big initiative to help expand access to EV charging stations.
In a press release, the White House talked about using “private funds to complement federal dollars and putting the nation’s EV charging goals even closer within reach.”
Interestingly, it doesn’t sound like Tesla is opening all its charging stations to other EV brands. Instead, only a select few, roughly 7,500 by 2024, will be an option for non-Tesla vehicles. Thankfully, more than half of those are located on highway corridors, at hotels, or by restaurants.
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Sunset Overdrive Sequel Could Happen, They Just Need The Right Publisher
Insomniac Games’ launch title for the Xbox One, Sunset Overdrive, could see a sequel. They just need to find the right publisher.
Studio founder and CEO Tim Price mentioned this in a Twitch livestream. The radical, in-your-face, comical shooter has its fans, but the developers want to make the sequel something bigger.
“Sunset is something that I know a lot of our fans talk about wanting to see the sequel,” Price said. “We need a partner for that. That’s a big game; Sunset 2 would be a very large-scope game.”
Insomniac were first-party developers for Sony for quite some time. Their break to be an independent third-party developer was not as successful. Thankfully, their deal with Microsoft to make Sunset Overdrive also includes Insomniac retaining ownership of that IP.
Currently, Insomniac is busy with Marvel’s Spider-Man, an open world Spider-Man game exclusive to the PS4.


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Few weeks after rumors began spinning about a new Black Ops title, Activision finally confirmed that Treyarch are indeed working on a new game for the beloved sub-series titled Black Ops IIII
The awkwardly designed logo (replacing Roman Numeric IV with made-up IIII) is our first glimpse into this new game, which is said to be on its way for this year’s release confirmed by a surprise Twitch stream by the developers. It will be interesting to see how fans will react if the franchise is returning once more to the jetback action of previous installments after the outrage caused by Infinite Warfare couple of years ago.
We don’t know any of that yet, as the company remained tight-lipped about any information indicating that we’ll get a full reveal in May 17. One thing we do know is that the game is releasing in October, which is the first time since the very first Call of Duty that a new title is released in any month other than November, leading us to speculate about the reason of this change.
One possibility is that Activision is simply being cautious not to intersect with Red Dead Redemption 2 release, the highly-awaited Rockstar game. Having in mind that GTA V managed to sell millions of copies and made $1 Billion in 3 days, it’s no wonder any company would want to avoid releasing in that time frame.
The war between Call of Duty and Battlefield will be interesting, though. As the latter is having a new game releasing this year as well which has been rumored for a while, taking place in World War 2 period and perhaps a continuation to the highly-regarded Bad Company sub series.


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Food Tech Startup Peckwater Nets £15 Million To Speed Up Food Delivery
London based Food tech startup Peckwater nets £15 Million in a Series A round.
Peckwater Brands enabling Kitchen operators to succeed at delivery has raised £15 million in funding to further develop its technology. Including machine learning generated menus and operations performance improvements.
The Series A round was led by UK’s Stone gate Group, including Japan’s Softbank Investments as well as existing ventures Fuel Ventures and Pembroke VCT. The latest funding round follows a £3 million seed round in October 2021 bringing company’s total valuation to £65 million. This fresh injection of funds will go towards the enhancement of its kitchen operator technology. Earlier the company had raised £3 million last year in October.
Although from this latest investment, the startup is also planning to expand further in Europe, with sites in France and Belgium . Currently it is operating in 150 sites in UK and was founded in 2019 by Sam Martin and Leo Bradshaw . Thusly, helping platforms to develop a virtual brand of restaurant chains-operating a delivery only service without the need for physical location.
The startup is not the only one that is wooing the VCs with its branding model. There are other food tech startups in the town too which have recently fetched hefty amounts of investments such as Calo and Akeed. The real reason the food tech startups are grabbing funds from investors is due to the rapid growth and demand in the food industry.
And as per stats it is estimated that by 2027, the food tech market size will reach the value of USD 342.52 billion. Also, it is interesting to note that innovative technologies such as non-coding platforms for the development of food tech apps and websites are also emerging on the surface.
However, food tech startup Peckwater brands with machine learning based menus is destined to rise more in its business as well as in local and international markets. As CEO Peckwater Sam Martin Brands said:
“Given the rapid success we’ve seen in the U.K., we’ve now set our sights on the international stage. We have established a strong presence within the U.S. and UAE. We are also set to make waves across Europe in the near future.”
The startup early this year launched its branch in Miami.


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Ever since the 2001 recession was called too soon, I have wondered about the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) and its method for calling the end to recessions. I'm not sure if they tweaked their parameters and inputs, but something isn't right, and I think it creates more harm than good.
Eight post Great Depression recessions saw unemployment peak on average 1.5 months after the recession ended. It would stand to reason the main component for figuring out the end of recession would be employment. But, something odd has happened, and I think it's politically motivated.
Maybe it's because our office was within a few blocks from the World Trade Center and New York was still in mourning, but it didn't feel like we were out of a recession back in 2001. The stock market meltdown was in full affect, and there was a palpable malaise. So, now all of the talk of a double-dip recession seems a little off when, in fact, I doubt we ever came out of the recession back in June 2009. While these early timestamps help presidents, it doesn't help the economy where a false sense of relief takes away natural reactions that might otherwise be in place. Sure, regular people know the deal and most didn't buy into the hype.
The last three recessions were called over more than 12 months before unemployment peaked. Something is terribly wrong...with the timestamps and possible motivations. However, saying the coast was clear opened up the ability to launch a more devastating war on business and their profits. Yesterday's economic data should send a message to those with the power to make it better that it's too early to pick the fruits of a tree that is dying, not growing.
We need a miracle on Friday on the jobs numbers, and then we need to get real about where the nation is and unleash its greatness. I can tell you right now people are not coming out of their foxholes despite what the NBER or the White House tells them.
Going Granular on a Handbag Maker's Earnings Report
By: Brian Sozzi, Equity Research Analyst
For the second consecutive quarterly earnings release, the market looks prepared to sell the news on Coach (NYSE:COH). At first glance, Coach had a solid quarter of top and bottom line growth in a North America retail environment best characterized as volatile. Keep in mind that Coach is not a traditional luxury goods play, distributing lower priced/quality (Poppy) handbags and accessories to department stores in North America and having a factory distribution channel (anyone ever visit the Gucci outlet?). So it's plausible that with the renewed weakness in consumer spending evidenced in 1Q, Coach's goods would not necessarily be a top of mind purchase for a head of household of a middle income family, which is dealing with higher food, gas, and back to school bills. Although Coach's China story remained nicely intact in the quarter (double-digit percentage comp growth), we think there was consumer related stress on the North American business…one just had to engage in a game of puzzle building to find it.
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SIOUX CITY, Iowa (KCAU) – One local high school student has put together a food and clothing drive to help give back to the community.
Brian Regino, a sophomore at Bishop Heelan, has partnered with the high school and the Boys and Girls Clubs of Siouxland to make this drive happen.
“So, I figured, now that I have this position, where I can actually make a difference, that I might as well use it to give back to some kids that might be in my [previous] position,” said Brian Regino, a sophomore at Bishop Heelan.
Kalynn Sortino, resource development director at the club, said Regino approached her with the idea of partnering up for the donation drive and thought it was a good idea.
“So, I brainstormed with him a little bit like ‘What kind of individuals and families would you want to help out? Are there any organizations in mind?’ We decided on The Gospel Mission,” said Kalynn Sortino, Boys and Girls Clubs of Siouxland.
As this year’s Boys and Girls Clubs of Siouxland’s Local Youth of the Year, Regino said the inspiration behind the drive stemmed from his childhood when his family didn’t have enough money for food or clothes.
“I hope to help as many people as I can…younger people, older people, anyone who’s less fortunate, I wish that I could help them,” said Regino.
Emily Vondrak, director of development and public relations at The Gospel Mission, said the food and clothing donations will make a big difference to them.
“We give them out in a number of different ways. We provide three square meals a day to anyone that needs it. We have our food pantry that’s open Monday through Friday. We give away clothes through our thrift stores and our voucher program,” said Emily Vondrak, The Gospel Mission.
Regino mentions the donation drive has been doing really well and already received many items so far, and hoping to get more donations.
“So, when we have students and members of our club come to us and also want to give back. It really heartwarming and really exciting for us to be able to give them that platform to really reach a broader audience,” said Kalynn Sortino, Boys and Girls Clubs of Siouxland.
“No matter what age you are, you can help out and make a difference and help someone who’s less fortunate and help someone out in their time of need,” said Brian Regino, a sophomore at Bishop Heelan
The food and clothing drive was originally scheduled to end on March 18 but has been extended to March 25.
If you want to drop off non-perishable food items and new or gently used clothing for adults and kids, go to the Boys and Girls Clubs of Siouxland and Bishop Heelan Catholic High School.


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Apple recently found a bug that causes iPhones to crash when receiving a message containing a certain string of text with Arabic characters and symbols. It was first reported by Apple News on May 26th. The malware was originally believed to only affect iPhones, but updated reports show that no Apple product is immune and the bug can crash your iPad, Apple Watch or Mac computer as well.read more
Blackberry may close its doors in Sweden. The Toronto-based company announced that negotiations are underway with trade unions regarding the 100 jobs which may be lost as a result.read more
Huawei’s launch of the P8max smartphone in London officially introduced a reasonable mobile phone for the budget conscious user.read more
Microsoft Office Mobile for Android is a limited free app that can’t do much. This has resulted in negative consumer sentiment arising from Android users.read more
24 April 2015 will mark the commercial release of the Apple Watch, the company’s first new technology release since the Steve Jobs era. The piece of tech that is supposed to take the wearable genre to the next level, has garnered mixed reviews, to say the least.read more
The Samsung Galaxy S6 will be released on Friday, 10 April 2015. Armed with new specs, it is set to break new record sales for the Samsung Electronics Co.
Co-CEO Shin Jong Kyun is confident that the positive feedback from the market for the Samsung Galaxy S6, including good reviews, will result in record sales for Samsung.read more


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Wu has been aggressively pushing a hard fork and adoption of Bitcoin Unlimited but hasn't gathered enough support yet. Market leader, was shuttered.S. The founders of China-based asicminer actually disappeared without a trace in one of bitcoin's true unsolved mysteries. And the explanation for this was simple. Nothing about patents; they were simply a better business he says. Antpool is currently the top mining pool in the world. "They had a more efficient miner than the other guys. jihan Wu may not have created the "BCH Talk" WeChat thread, but he was among the first to celebrate the formal creation of the blockchain for which the channel was named, making his feelings known on August 1 to the more than 500-member channel. But critics, like Mow, take issue with Bitmain's practices and its relationship with customers of these pools, who have few options other than do business with them.
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He gets triggered." Other defenders often cite the nature of free-market economics, the freedom and the frustration of permissionless innovation like the kind bitcoin provides, as a reason Wu is misunderstood. So, if there is a consensus on this, we will have a new bitcoin blockchain with large-sized blocks. Others aren't convinced about competitors, though. The latter disconnect is one that has played out in high-profile meetings between the groups, whether in New York, Hong Kong or across message boards, but is by no means unique. Bitmain has 25,000 machines which are continuously mining for Bitcoin on the companys behalf. Unlike the present rigid size of 1MB, Bitcoin Unlimited advocates complete freedom and flexibility to increase the size of blockchain and this will be done by miners. Jiang Zhuoer, founder of p, for one, isn't phased by such boasts, arguing that even the 30 million raised by one new entrant, Haolong, is "too little" given the costs of researching, developing and prototyping miners. Jihan Wu is the co-founder of bitmain, one of most recognized and valuable bitcoin companies, and has come into limelight as a supporter of Bitcoin Unlimited, a solution to solve Bitcoins scalability issue. #Misunderstood So, where some see a villain, others see an impassioned capitalist, much like Ver or Barry Silbert Westerners who have funded no shortage of companies and offered no shortage of opinions on how bitcoin should develop. And to not only supporting, but helping popularize a competing software? The company is the proud owner of several brands, including Antminer, Antpool, and Hashnest, which are ranked number one in their respective fields. Coupled with that, the capital expansion bitcoin's price rise has caused has enabled new competitors to spring up, coming to market with millions in investment and alternatives that promise a more open-source ideology.