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New Life-Saving Technology Clarifies The Haze
SAMIE Intellab’s SeeTrue Set To Be a Game Changer in Vision Enhancement
Think, for a moment, about the cost of haze. Lives lost from driving in fog. Rescue helicopters grounded by low visibility. Drone images of terror camps rendered useless by dusty winds. Oil tankers colliding in marine fog. Criminals getting away with murder, literally, from security cameras obstructed by smog.
But what if you could see through the haze and fog?
Welcome to the universe of vision and image enhancement, where smog, haze, fog, smoke, dust and low light no longer need impede the work of drivers, soldiers, pilots and policemen. Where with a simple software download or chip-embedded device, obstructed air no longer keeps you from seeing what needs to be seen.
SAMIE Intellab Pvt Ltd is at the forefront of this deeply important technology. Their product, SeeTrue, based on advanced algorithms developed in-house to cut through haze, is clearly a lifesaver, if you consider all the drivers who will now be able to see through fog, firefighters who will see amid smoke or soldiers who will be able to perform their missions at night.
What is behind this extraordinary quest for clarity and how does it work?
“In layman terms, this algorithm sees beyond and restores colour to build the correct image,” explains Laszlo Kadar, founder and CEO of the Singapore-based SAMIE Intellab.
“It sees through the fog. It uses artificial intelligence to figure out the impediment – fog, smoke, haze or whatever – applies the correct algorithm appropriate to the impediment, and then proceeds to enhance the image in real time.”
Mr. Kadar and a team of some 20 seasoned researchers and engineers from Singapore, Europe, India and Canada came out with SAMIE SeeTrue about a year ago after more than four years of development. The reaction from automakers, CCTV and security camera manufacturers, and smart phone makers has been strong.
SAMIE SeeTrue can be used in various ways. If you download the software on a laptop, you can turn hazy photos into clear ones immediately. If you’re in a car during heavy fog, a clear image might be displayed on a dashboard, or even a windshield, screen. If you’re hiking in the Himalayas, putting out a fire or on a night raid in Afghanistan, SAMIE SeeTrue might be incorporated into your goggles.
SAMIE Intellab, a privately-funded, debt-free company, has taken a significant leap from existing technology. The degree of clarity and speed of enhancement have been vastly improved. Unlike other products, SAMIE SeeTrue works seamlessly in all types of vision impediments, including haze, smog, dust, fog, smoke , snow, rain and even low light. It can further enhance infra red and thermal camera images. Its portability and ease of of integration – including on phones, computers and the Advanced Driver-Assistance Systems (ADAS) of cars – make it unique in the market.
“Within a short period of time, we hope to be incorporated into the ADAS of major automakers worldwide,” Mr. Kadar says. “The first ADAS integration with SAMIE’s SeeTrue algorithm, is already underway.”
Current systems used in air traffic control, license plate recognition, face recognition, traffic monitoring and police and military surveillance are often rendered useless in low-visibility conditions. If used in conjunction with SAMIE SeeTrue, all that can change.
In addition to SAMIE’s B2B segment, consumers anywhere will soon be able to access the SeeTrue technology by simply visiting the company’s website. SAMIE Intellab is poised for rapid growth, and is now adding additional AI features to the software.
“It’s not necessarily something one would require every day, but it’s something you want available every day,” Mr. Kadar says. “You have a fire extinguisher and hope not to have to use it, but are glad you have one when it’s needed.”
Kadar points to the millions of dollars lost and extreme inconvenience caused by having to shut down airports from lack of visibility. Or the many thousands of deaths caused each year by traffic accidents and pileups in foggy conditions.
When asked about the vision at SAMIE Intellab, Kadar says he wants SAMIE SeeTrue software to be “bundled with every device that has a lens, image sensor, or display screen.”


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Vita finds padding in accounts
BRITISH Vita, which makes padding for furniture and car seats, has found that its US accounts were padded out by £3m.
An accountant has left the group after he mistakenly classified operating costs as assets, which inflated profits.
Vita said no cash was involved and it was a one-off mistake that came to light in an internal check.
Profits for 2003 are now expected to be £62m, against earlier hopes of £67m.
The good news is that Vita should double its money at Missouri-based plastic maker Spartech, where it once owned 46% and still has 18%.
It is selling this in a Spartech share offer, and could realise £75m, leaving Vita with no debt.
Based in Manchester, it has 8,000 staff worldwide and has survived in difficult markets.
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WASHINGTON – That steak and those burgers waiting to be grilled for Memorial Day could be a deadly meal choice.
The Food and Drug Administration is recalling more than 62,000 pounds of beef because of E-Coli concerns.
The FDA has concerns about the 62,000 pounds of beef and 112 pounds of raw beef product packages at the Aurora Packing Co. of Illinois.
More than 40 products involved include short ribs, ribeyes and briskets which have already been distributed nationally.
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- Valve is preparing to release the Steam Deck handheld gaming device in December 2021.
- You can now have your Steam library anywhere on a modern, state-of-the-art device.
- Everyone is wondering now if this device will be compatible with Microsoft’s upcoming operating system.
- Users really want to run Android apps through Windows 11 on Valve’s new Steam Deck portable gaming station.
Since we’ve seen Windows 11 running on all sorts of devices, including cell phones, Surface devices, the Raspberry Pi4, a variety of foldable devices, as well as Hades Canyon PCs, users are already thinking about the next step.
And no other device comes to mind when we think of handheld devices other than the already popular Steam Deck.
We already know that it supports the Windows 10 operating system. But what about Windows 11?
What exactly is a Steam Deck device?
For those of you who are not familiar with Steam Deck, the first thing to know is that it is a portable gaming device from Valve that runs on powerful hardware and offers a wonderful gaming experience on the go.
For now, you can only reserve Steam Deck as it will be available from December 2021 as Valve has not yet released the commercial unit.
Everyone is excited about the whole new experience as it features a custom Steam operating system that is smooth and efficient.
There is support for a lot of customization features, including support for game mods.
It runs on a 4 core AMD CPU along with the latest RDNA 2 architecture GPU, so it works really well when running AAA titles.
Especially since the developers have focused on delivering the content in 720p resolution, which is more than sufficient for a 7-inch screen.
Will Steam Deck be compatible with Windows 11?
Some internet sources have confirmed that it is possible to completely erase the Steam operating system and install a fresh copy of Windows on it.
So far, however, we have no confirmed update as to whether Windows 11 is supported on the Steam Deck.
The vast majority of users are confident that the Steam Deck can run smoothly on Microsoft’s new operating system, which gives them the opportunity to play some great Android games.
As expected, this topic has sparked endless conversations across all social media platforms as everyone is now curious and eager to explore new opportunities.
We already know that Windows 11 will support native Android apps, and of course people want to try it out.
Since Google decided to change the app format from APK to AAB, Amazon has promised that it will get the job done and bring AAB support for Windows 11.
So what options do we have to run Android apps on Windows 11? The first and easiest is to run the Android apps natively on the upcoming OS, as Microsoft said it will be allowed to do.
Our other option is to use an Android emulator to install the games you want and enjoy.
But all we have now about running Windows 11 on the Steam Deck is just speculation as these devices are not yet available.
So by the time we get our hands on a real gadget, it’s hard to tell if it’s compatible. Unless someone manages to get hold of such a device and actually tries to install the new operating system on it.
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If the Norwegian luxury cruise ship that was struck by a 70-foot wave in mid-April had been carrying steel instead of people, the carrier insuring the ship's cargo would have been hit with a 25,000-ton claim.That's according to Scott Shapiro, CEO of SteelSalvor LLC, a Narberth, Pa.-based firm that operates an online auction site for steel buyers and sellers.
Steel gets damaged very easily, says Shapiro. "It's heavy. It doesn't carry well. It doesn't age well. And it's susceptible to the atmosphere."
Furthermore, the steel industry is cyclical. When the economy is weak, buyers of steel reject more cargo-a phenomenon called "market rejection" or "market claims," which drives prices down. When the economy is strong, on the other hand, supplies tighten and prices go up.
The old vs. the new
These market conditions affect marine, transportation, and other commercial carriers that insure steel suppliers. When cargo is rejected, the carrier covers the loss. And, as always, carriers want to minimize their losses.
Enter SteelSalvor, an online auction site that sells damaged, rejected, or obsolete steel products.
The five-year-old company has amassed a database of 6,300 buyers and sellers of steel in North America. It continually collects data on the needs and preferences of those buyers and sellers, as well as data on prices for various steel products at various times and in various regions.
The online trading exchange is designed to replace the traditional method of selling salvage steel, says Shapiro. Normally, a buyer refuses cargo after a surveyor finds the steel damaged during an inspection. The company selling the steel then files a claim with its carrier-and the carrier and the policyholder are left with damaged product, which they sell on the open market to recoup their loss.
Traditionally, an insurance company hires the same surveyor who inspected the cargo to conduct the salvage sale, adds Shapiro, who previously was an executive vice president at Allied Steel Industries LP, an Bala Cynwyd, Pa.-based excess and secondary steel broker.
"But we at SteelSalvor said, 'That doesn't make sense. It's a direct conflict of interest and they have no real marketing expertise. "So for 30 or 40 years, they've sold that material as essentially scrap-or pennies above scrap-and the buyers are multimillionaires because they buy the steel and resell it as a significantly higher value."
Using SteelSalvor as their sales platform, insurers can keep that extra money for their policyholders and significantly lower their claims instead, he says.
For example, on the day Insurance Net-working News spoke with Shapiro, SteelSalvor had sold 1,400 tons of steel for one insurance customer for $700,000. Using the traditional method, that steel would likely have sold for $500,000, according to Shapiro.
"We just made the insurance company $200,000," he says. In addition, over time, the steel seller's insurance premiums will decrease because its claims are lower."
Even buyers benefit, according to Shapiro, because they know exactly what they're getting. "We supply them digital pictures and real information about the material," he says. "Everybody in the steel business wants the last look. And in our system, everybody gets the last look. It's totally auditable and it's nonexclusive."
A wealth of information
It's also psychologically compelling, according to Guy Van Spilbeeck, senior claims adjuster at Fortis Corporate Insurance, Marine.
"In a normal salvage sale, a surveyor puts the goods on the market, people send him an offer, and the highest one wins," he says. "With SteelSalvor, all the bidders can see [online] where they stand without seeing the actual figures. And that creates a feeling of competition, which makes their offers go up."
In fact, Fortis has been using SteelSalvor for North American steel claims for approximately four years. As a result, the insurer-which has offices in Antwerp and Rotterdam-has reduced its marine claims significantly.
"This past week, we obtained the results of a salvage sale, which diminished the claim by 40%," says Van Spilbeeck. And, although it's difficult to put a figure on the company's actual savings-because it depends on the extent and type of damage, the kind of steel, and the market condition-Van Spilbeeck estimates Fortis' marine business is getting results that are 15% to 20% higher on average than when using the traditional sales channel.
What's more, SteelSalvor owns a wealth of information about the market, says Van Spilbeeck. "They know how the market is evolving and they advise us accordingly." For example, he says, when Fortis recently had a large claim, SteelSalvor told the carrier to wait before placing the damaged parcel on the already-saturated market.
Similarly, SteelSalvor knows its buyers very well. says Van Spilbeeck. "They know what is needed, by whom and in which parcel sizes," he says.
"Let's say we have damage on 50 steel coils. Normally, we'd put that on the market in one lot. But SteelSalvor knows what the buyers want, and they'll say, 'You'll be able to recoup more by selling this claim in five lots of 10 coils each."
What's more, SteelSalvor establishes the minimum price for a sale-based on the statistical information it collects. And the company doesn't collect its 5% fee unless the sale meets or exceeds that minimum selling price.
"Since we've introduced SteelSalvor on our contracts, several of our insureds now use the service for noninsurance matters," says Van Spilbeeck.
"The steel traders use it when a client refuses a purchase and they have no other buyer, and they use it for surplus stock. To me, that's proof that it's a good solution."
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text: Deere & Co.'s cut its full-year profit forecast as sales slow in Asia and Latin America, undermining the growth strategy at the world's largest manufacturer of agricultural equipment, Bloomberg reported. Net income for the full fiscal year ending Oct. 31 will be $3.1 billion, the Moline, Ill.-based equipment manufacturer said today in a release. That compares with its May forecast of $3.35 billion and the $3.33 billion average of 15 analysts' estimates compiled by Bloomberg. Deere on Wednesday reported quarterly net income of $788 million, an 11 percent increase from the quarter ended July 31, 2011. Those earnings fell short of analysts' estimates for the first time in 11 quarters. Deere's shares dropped 5.5 percent to $75.75 before the start of regular trading in New York.


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By Martin Burns
Alcon, the contact lens and eye care company, has revealed its sales growth figures for the most recent quarter.
It reported an organic sales increase of nine per cent, or 5.9 per cent when foreign exchange fluctuations were taken into account.
Sales in the US increased by 7.6 per cent and international organic sales growth was rated at 10.1 per cent.
Chief executive officer and president Kevin Buehler said that the company"s intraocular lenses and treatments for glaucoma had a particularly significant role in driving sales and market share growth.
He predicted that the firm would do well in earnings for the rest of 2009.
Alcon has its US operations based in Texas and has a workforce of more than 15,000 people globally.
On average, people work for the company for nine years, though many stay for 25 years or longer.
The firm has offices in 75 countries and in places such as the Middle East, Canada and Africa.
It was founded in 1945 by Robert Alexander and William Conner.
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Industrial Market Report
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Last Updated: May 2020
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Greater Montréal Area (GMA) - Q1 2020
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- As the province faces an ongoing battle against COVID-19, it is still too early to see the real impact of the lockdown on the industrial sector
- Prior to the pandemic, the industrial sector had some strong fundamentals going into Q1 as availability rates maintained a downward trend while rental rates kept going up.
- The lack of available industrial space was especially evident in markets such as the South-Shore and Laval. With such scarcity, rental rates in these markets have ramped up.
- Throughout the pandemic, there has been a lot of interest for warehousing space as food and medical supplies became very sought-after goods.
- E-commerce has been driving demand for larger spaces and higher ceiling height.
- As the manufacturing sector reopens, it will be interesting to see how the safety measures impact productivity as well as space design on the long term.
- Compared to the retail and office sectors, the industrial sector seems to be immune to the adverse effects of the pandemic as activity remained particularly strong. Moreover, the lack of speculative industrial development in the GMA in general is not giving tenants a lot of options when it comes to finding adequate space.
- PIRET acquired HOOPP Realty's portfolio of 11 properties for $249 million
- 6000 Transcanada (previous head office of Structube) was sold for $25.5 million
- ILSCI renewed 527,000 SF at 1900-2000 Halpern Street
- Dorel Inc. did an expansion of 123,885 SF on top of renewing 429,423 SF at 12345 Albert-Hudon Boulevard
- CAC Transport leased 220,000 SF at 5650 Transcanada Highway in Pointe-Claire
- PIRET acquired 5 industrial buildings from Manulife
- Amazon leased 240,000 SF at 5555 Ernest-Cormier Street in Laval
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Source: Altus Insite (Q1 2020)
Construction and Deliveries
Source: Altus Insite (Q1 2020)
Source: Devencore Research & Altus Insite (Q1 2020)
“Amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, the industrial market statistics are yet to reflect the real impact of the lockdown. However, despite the lockdown, the industrial sector has seen a very high level of activity.
Throughout the pandemic, demand has been strong for industrial space, more specifically for warehousing space as food and medical supplies became very sought-after products. For example, Sobeys ramped up its automated infrastructure to increase their delivery capacity. E-commerce was an important driver of industrial space before the pandemic and everything points to a long-term trend as the shift from in-store to online shopping becomes even more prominent among consumers.
Moreover, there seems to be a marked interest among manufacturers to bring back the manufacturing of certain items at a local level. Of course, costs and logistical challenges will weigh in the balance. This reflection could create additional pressure on the needs for industrial spaces.
Prior to the lockdown, the industrial sector showed some strong fundamentals. As the province slowly re-opens, it will be interesting to see if the strong fundamentals are able to carry the industrial real estate market through the next few quarters. So far, there is a sense that the industrial market has been immune to the effects of the pandemic, especially compared to the retail market and to some extent the office market. In fact, the market has remained very active and is not showing any sign of slowing down. Developers are yet to commit to speculative developments even as industrial space becomes scarce in certain sectors.”


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G Adventures, the world’s adventure travel leader, recently surpassed 200,000 Facebook fans, earning it the “Most ‘liked’ Adventure Travel Company in the World” title. To celebrate the milestone, the tour operator launched the “G Adventures Super-Amazing 200K-Fans Unbelievably Fantastic Giveaway”, offering Facebook followers the chance to win a trip for two to Costa Rica, Peru or Vietnam.
“We’re thrilled to be celebrating this milestone and it’s truly an honour to be recognized as the most ‘liked’ adventure travel company in the world”, says Bruce Poon Tip, G Adventures’ founder. “We would like to thank our more than 200,000 dedicated Facebook fans who share our passion for life-changing travel experiences.”
Submissions are limited to a maximum of one per person per email. Entrants must fill out the contest form on G Adventures’ Facebook page with their name, country of residence and email address. The deadline for all entries is Monday, March 5, 2012 and the Winner will be announced on the G Adventures Facebook page on Tuesday, March 6, 2012.
“Our Facebook page is a great tool to engage and communicate with the online community,” adds Poon Tip. “In just five days of launching the contest, we received more than 3,200 entries. Our team is working on a lot of new and exciting things for 2012 and we can’t wait to share them with you!”
For more information please visit www.facebook.com/gadventures.
About G Adventures
G Adventures is an adventure-travel pioneer offering the widest selection of affordable small-group tours, safaris and expeditions to more than 100 countries. Powered by an international team of passionate travellers, the award-winning trips embrace authentic accommodation, exotic cuisine and local transport to put travellers on a first-name basis with the planet’s people, cultures, landscapes and wildlife. The intimate, authentic and sustainable approach to small-group travel introduces travellers to the highlights of a destination while offering the freedom to explore it on their own. Whatever age, interest, ability or budget, G Adventures has a genuine life-changing experience. For more information please visit www.gadventures.com.


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A Liverpool takeaway is competing to be crowned the best in the North.
YourThai café has been shortlisted from thousands of entries across the region for the Food Awards England 2017.
The restaurant has only been open for a couple of years, but has gained many fans during that time - being rated the best Thai restaurant in Liverpool on Tripadvisor.
Owners Cecilia Henze and Tat Wongprom are thrilled to be nominated for the accolade.
They said: “We are humbled and feel very honoured to be nominated as a finalist in the Best Takeaway in the North category.”
At YourThai café, food is cooked to order using fresh ingredients without using any extra additives, in a bid to ensure a great taste experience and also minimal food waste.
The chef and business owner Tat constructs the food according to what she loves to eat herself, using recipes and inspiration from her family and background in Thailand.
Irfan Younis of event organisers Creative Oceanic said: “We are delighted to see so many people getting involved in the Food Awards England.
“We have had a fantastic response from the public over the years and we are looking forward to welcoming and commending successful food industry professionals in a celebration of their tireless work.
“We would like to wish all the finalists the best of luck.”
YourThai Café will find out if they will be crowned winners at the elegant ceremony taking place on October 2.


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One of the most exciting parts of the year at D-Tools — a provider of AV business software — is their updates to flagship program System Integrator (SI for short). CEO Randy Stearns says D-Tools SI 2018 features upgrades their integrator customers have been asking for.
And, if you’re one of those customers, or an integrator in need of a platform that allows your company to stay within a single software environment though a project life-cycle, you can view these updates at InfoComm 2018.
Stearns says D-Tools makes a point of releasing one major update every year, with two-to-three smaller ones to address customers at colleges, universities, and security integration firms.
More on System Integrator 2018 from the company:
Built on the D-Tools Cloud infrastructure, the new Customer Portal facilitates collaboration and increases client engagement, even across time zones and mobile platforms. Users can share proposals, contracts, change orders, drawings, cut sheets, user manuals and other client-facing documents via the web.
To review, comment, and accept (or reject) the documents presented, clients simply click on the e-mailed link and login to a secure web portal. This new web-enabled, device-agnostic capability expedites client communication and approvals, to keep projects moving forward and ensure that timelines and budgets are met.
D-Tools SI 2018 new features include:
- The ability to create/manage multiple change orders simultaneously and make sure they become separate, binding documents
- A new approval process for change order acceptance, featuring the ability to publish change order updates to the web and streamline the sharing/approval process
- The inclusion of Use Tax
- Members of PSA/USAV and other AV business buying groups will have integration with product catalogs and daily pricing updates, making doing business with them a seamless experience
- GDPR compliance — “an EU standard making sure software companies do a better job of protecting customer data,” says Stearns
- smaller AutoCAD integration improvements
SI 2018 updates coming in the fall:
- The ability to sell and manage service contracts
- Integration with Avalara tax
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Trump Admin Announces Drug Makers Must Start Listing Prices on TV Ads
Beginning this summer, pharmaceutical companies will be required to disclose their list prices for prescription medications in television commercials, the Trump administration announced Wednesday morning.
President Donald Trump has made skyrocketing drug costs a key issue within his administration. By demanding that drug companies include listing prices in their commercials, the goal is to shame “big pharma” into keeping their drug prices at a minimum.
Democrats and Republicans should be working together to lower the cost of prescription drugs.
What are Democrats doing instead? Holding the Attorney General in contempt for NOT breaking the law.
It’s ABSURD. pic.twitter.com/0WS5zuSfCs
— Kevin McCarthy (@GOPLeader) May 7, 2019
Last May, Trump and Alex Azar, secretary of Health and Human Services, introduced the American Patients First blueprint, a strategic plan to lower the cost of prescription drug prices. The blueprint stated that one issue to tackle was creating incentives for drug companies to lower list prices. Azar pitched the idea last fall to require the inclusion of list prices in direct-to-consumer advertising.
“Requiring the inclusion of drugs’ list prices in TV ads is the single most significant step any administration has taken toward a simple commitment: American patients deserve to know the prices of the healthcare they receive,” the former pharmaceutical executive argued.
Until now, companies were only required to advertise major side effects of a drug, not the price. The Trump administration said that the new rule will apply to drugs that cost more than $35 for a month’s supply. This guideline means that nearly all drugs advertised on TV will be included in this requirement.
According to HHS, the 10 most frequently advertised medications on TV have list prices “ranging from $535 to $11,000 per month or usual course of therapy.”
In an interview with ABC News, Azar said that drug companies spend an average of $4 billion on television ads, which tell consumers to “ask your doctor” and not disclose any further information on pricing. “The patient is going to have vastly more information to choose among different therapies and pick the most affordable one for them,” Azar said.
According to CNBC, Johnson & Johnson became the first pharmaceutical company to announce its medication’s listing prices will be included in television commercials, along with potential out-of-pocket expenses for the patient.
Drug companies have been hesitant to release list prices because “it’s simply the price that’s advertised” and not “what consumers actually pay” for the medication.
Azar said that pharmaceutical companies have no excuse not to include the drug’s listing price, saying that consumers have a right to know what they should expect to pay for a drug.
Today we’re telling drug companies they have to come clean to patients about the cost of their drugs: It’s time to put the prices in your TV ads. Transparency for American patients is here. https://t.co/DhBfsUSbkl
— Secretary Alex Azar (@SecAzar) May 8, 2019
“Claiming list prices don’t matter is almost the same as claiming there is no problem with high drug costs at all,” Azar told reporters in a press speech Wednesday.
He also said that drug companies should be more “transparent” about what they are selling and applauded Johnson & Johnson’s announcement to disclose its prices.
Steven J. Ubl, CEO and president of Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America, responded to the new rule Wednesday afternoon.
Regarding his concern that listing drug prices in ads would confuse patients and “discourage them from seeking needed medical care,” Ubl announced that PhRMA would create a new platform called Medical Assistance Tool.
“This tool links to the websites referenced in company DTC television advertising and includes a search tool to help patients connect to financial assistance programs,” the statement read. “This effort is just one of several ways our members are working to ensure patients have the information they need to make more informed health care decisions.”
However, Azar is expected to finalize the rule this week, giving companies 60 days to put the requirement into effect.
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January 18, 2019: Apple’s eyes are on China for growth this year — so much so that they have committed to buy a minimum of 50 business class tickets a day for their employees to travel to China on United —BIG $$$$ for United!!!
January 17, 2019: The current government shut down is quickly changing travel plans — and not just from the long (and getting longer) TSA airport lines — nearly 20% of potential travelers planning winter holidays are canceling their plans — as the shut down continues, travel cancelations are expected to increase. No travel winners here!!!
January 16, 2019: Delta is changing it’s flight boarding order based on how much your ticket costs — ticket costs on most flights can represent over a dozen different prices and fares — higher priced fare holders board first — low cost super economy fares bring up the end of the line. Shameful way to treat customers!!!
January 15, 2019: Never easy to find and buy beer in some Middle Eastern Cities — if you can find a place to buy beer in QATAR a six pack will set you back $26! The price for a case, if you can find one, will set you back over $100. Drink slowly!!!
The human heart, being transported from Dallas to Seattle on a Southwest flight, was left behind — not off loaded — in the planes cargo hold area on arrival at Seattle. 90 minutes later the plane flew off to another destination. When the crew was informed — over an hour into the flight, they told passengers they were returning to Seattle to deliver the precious cargo — you just have to wonder how these things happen?
January 11, 2019: Could be — TSA reports they pick up at least 9 loaded guns a day at US airports — travelers passing through security lines seem to “have forgotten” they have the guns or “accidentally” left them in a bag? Even more unloaded guns are found by TSA daily!
January 10, 2019: Yup — happened recently in Cadiz, Spain — where city officials “relocated” over 5000 messy, pesky pigeons to an undisclosed location over 500 miles away from their city. City officials call their pigeons “flying rats” and now plan the relocations as an annual event. London now fines anyone seen feeding a pigeon $500. Hopefully the Spanish birds are happy in their new isolated mountain home?
January 9, 2019: Happened recently in Westoennen, Germany, when a local chocolate factory had a major spill from their mixing equipment and over ONE TON of hot chocolate rolled out on to the street. When it hit the chilled pavement it quickly froze — much to the enjoyment of locals and fire fighters who had to pry the “tasty” chocolate off the pavement with shovels — a sweet time was enjoyed by all!
… and of course build incremental revenue. Activities could include: cheese-making classes, sailing, cooking and even painting — on the beach if one is nearby! Watch the costs and price add-ons!
January 7, 2019: The US and Britain have reached a deal that will protect travel flights between the 2 countries post-Brexit — thats good news for the 20 million air travelers who fly between the 2 countries every year — as well as more than 900,000 pounds of cargo! Worth a “spot of tea” don’t you think?


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Slots from Play’n GO are Now Available at BetMGM WV Online Casino
Another game developer has joined together with a West Virginia casino operator in order to shake up the slots catalog of the state. The Mountain State will soon be able to play Play’n GO’s well-known online slots.
The Swedish game developer is establishing a partnership with BetMGM WV Casino. Among the state’s casino platforms, BetMGM provides the most varied selection of slots.
Play’n GO Slots to Debut at BetMGM Casino WV
Play’n GO has already worked with operators in Michigan, Connecticut, and New Jersey. With BetMGM, the business is making its West Virginia debut.
Book of Dead, Boat Bonanza, Reactoonz, and Gerard’s Gambit are some of Play’n GO’s most well-known titles. Gerard’s Gambit was recently shortlisted for the game of the year of 2023.
The commercial director of Play’n GO North America, Magnus Natt och Dag, expressed the company’s happiness for being able to offer its game library to gamers in West Virginia and stated that he is confident that players will enjoy interacting with its content.
Play’n GO consistently releases new games. Six new slot games have been released by the company since July for players all over the world. It doesn’t seem like it will slow down any time soon.
Play’n GO takes pleasure in creating games that draw players in and keep them coming back for more, and the business is confident that it will reproduce its success in WV as well, according to Natt och Dag. Play’n GO’s main goal has always been success in a regulated, sustainable market, and the business is eager to begin its operations in WV.


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The Irish Government is being called on to support logistics businesses through the potential cliff-edge of a No Deal Brexit by providing them with preparedness funding in the 2020 Budget.
Representing all aspects of the sector, Aidan Flynn, General Manager of Freight Transport Association Ireland (FTAI), commented: “The FTAI is calling for the Minister for Finance, Paschal Donohoe TD, to support logistics businesses through a potentially turbulent Brexit by providing them with preparedness funding in the 2020 Budget. The logistics sector is charged with protecting the nation’s supply chain ahead of the impact of Brexit; it cannot do so without the right government support. We are asking for Mr. Donohoe to provide more sustained funding and aid for businesses to prepare and implement contingency plans; in particular, he should extend the training funds available through Skillnets to cover all costs relating to Brexit upskilling.
“The uncertainty surrounding the UK’s departure from the European Union has already stunted business growth in Republic of Ireland; it has also increased costs for businesses as they are forced to implement No Deal Brexit contingency measures. And for the road haulage sector, which is a high-volume, low-margin industry, there are limited time and funds available. The threat of a No Deal Brexit continues to grow every day, in no small part to the UK Prime Minister’s intransigence towards understanding what needs to be done to reach a comprehensive Free Trade Agreement between the EU and UK. We know that to trade with ‘third countries’, particularly on the scale we need between Ireland and the UK and vice versa, will bring definite problems and delays to the supply chain.”
“FTAI is also calling for the Government to provide additional funding, or in some instances tax breaks, to encourage businesses to adopt more environmentally friendly practices, such as using alternatively fuelled vehicles or having an active fuel management programme in place. Finally, FTAI is calling for the Government to support the new ‘earn as you learn’ apprenticeship programme to help tackle the skills shortage in the logistics sector. With less than three months until the UK leaves the EU, the Budget holds great significance: it will be vital in determining the shape of the Irish economy post-Brexit. FTAI will continue pressing Government to provide the funding and support logistics businesses desperately need to keep the country trading.”


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"Each year, EFF's Pioneer Awards ceremony gives the digital civil liberties community a chance to honor the work of those who have bettered our world through remarkable innovation, activism, journalism, or leadership," writes the EFF's Richard Esguerra. This year's awards honored James Love, Aaron Swartz, and Glenn Greenwald and Laura Poitras, and included a powerful keynote by professor Lawrence Lessig and from Taren Stinebrickner-Kauffman, the partner of the late, young Mr. Swartz.
"Amidst the grave challenges faced by our friends and fellow travelers," writes Esguerra, "The Pioneer Awards ceremony often grants a unique moment for celebrating the genuine joy of fighting for what's right. But this year's event also invoked tense and challenging emotions that underscored the urgency of our times."
Read the full recap, and listen to audio or watch the video: Taking a Stand at the 2013 Pioneer Awards Ceremony | Electronic Frontier Foundation.
A remarkable easter egg from the Windows 95 era, fully anticipating what became of the world’s most beautiful operating system. The developers of Office 95 left an interesting little easteregg with a name which does seem a little unsettling. I am exploring this easteregg and showing it in this video.
That massive Equifax data breach on September 7, 2017, shocked everyone, but a year and a half later, where the data of all those 143 million Equifax users ended up is still a mystery.
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Traversing through just a few inches of snow could be a monumental feat for most luxury sedans, most of which feature rear-wheel drive.
That isn't the case for the latest family of Mercedes sedans and wagons (E-Class, C-Class and S-Class), which now come with optional all-wheel drive, putting these formerly dry-pavement-only cars in a new light.
Mercedes' AWD system, dubbed 4Matic, debuted in 1986 in the brand's 300-Class cars. In 1998, a new second-generation system was introduced on the ML 320 SUV. Today, 4Matic is available on all Mercedes sedans and wagons.
But it has yet to make its way to coupe models. Bart Herring, product manager for C-Class cars at Mercedes-Benz USA, says there's no current plan to add the 4Matic to any of the Mercedes coupe range.
“We have to be sensitive to the driving needs of coupe buyers,” he says, adding their expectations differ from Mercedes' other buyers.
However, Mercedes says AWD's benefits could cause luxury buyers to demand it as standard fare on their next luxury sedan or wagon.


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SAN FRANCISCO—April 12, 2017— Today the Business Intelligence Group (BIG) announced that Bospar, the boutique PR firm that puts tech companies on the map, has won the 2017 Public Relations and Marketing Excellence Awards for Campaign of the Year.
Bospar won the award on the strength of its work with cash back shopping site Ebates during the 2016 holiday shopping season. Bospar worked with Ebates to commission third-party research to determine consumer perceptions around holiday gifts and consumer behavior around the holidays. PR leveraged the data to create stories focusing on holiday shopping and developed story lines about the top gifts and top “stressors” of the holidays. The campaign generated more than 190 pieces of coverage, totaling 1.7 billion impressions and an ad equivalency of $26 million. The Bospar team secured coverage in major lifestyle, consumer, tech and personal finance outlets, including Yahoo!, AOL, CNN Money, Business Insider, USA Today, Mashable, TIME, NBC News and CBS News.
“The work we did for Ebates reflects Bospar’s philosophy that PR should be powerful and transformative for our clients,” said Bospar Principal Curtis Sparrer. “Our clients tell us that they don’t want umpteen PowerPoint decks that vogue strategy. They want results that can excite customers, investors and employees. Output matters.”
“Our judges were clear that Bospar deserves recognition for their ability to drive tangible and quantifiable business results through the creative use of communications,” said Maria Jimenez, director of the Business Intelligence Group. “On behalf of our staff and the judging panel we congratulate the entire team for their outstanding performance.”
Other 2017 Public Relations and Marketing Excellence Award winners include AMNHealthcare and IBM. For more information on the 2017 Public Relations and Marketing Excellence awards, visit https://www.bintelligence.com/pr-excellence/.
Bospar is a boutique tech PR firm featuring a team of highly seasoned professionals who exist to put tech companies on the map. Bospar’s principals include a longtime PR and tech industry guru, a former broadcast TV producer and award-winning media maven, a standout PR agency manager from the corporate side of a leading global law firm, and an executive with both large agency and public company credentials. Bospar’s larger team includes experts in both social and traditional media, financial and analyst relations, and public affairs. For more information, visit Bospar.com.
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Samsung’s First Smartphone With A Folding Display Could Be Out By Q1 2016
There are one too many hints about this folding smartphone, indicating that the rumours could be true.
While there is no “official” word from Samsung about the company working on a smartphone with a folding display, new rumours keep piling up month after month. Indeed, this indicates that the Korean smartphone maker is cooking up something that could be ready just in time for the Mobile World Congress next year.
Yes, news coming from a leakster via his Weibo account claims that Samsung is indeed working on a folding smartphone with a display that actually folds to change its form. The same source also mentions that the smartphone will be ready by January 2016 as well.
Dubbed ‘Project V’ or Project Valley, the smartphone has been showing up time and again, in the rumour mill since June this year.
What’s more is that the leaker actually has some more details about this device.
According to him, Samsung is testing the smartphone using both the Snapdragon 620 and the Snapdragon 820. We still do not know whether there will be two models, but the smartphone is said to come with 3 GB of RAM. The display of course is expected to be one of those bendable OLED displays (like the one below) that Samsung has been showing off for years.
Looks like folding displays are finally ready for show time. However, coming up with unique hardware ideas isn’t enough these days. We are pretty sure that Samsung’s UX team is scratching their heads to figure out how they can make the best use of the folding display.
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Disney Magical World 3DS XL coming to US ⊟
Spotted in press photos Nintendo put out today of Disney Channel star G Hannelius (her first name is just G?) playing Disney Magical World was the special edition white 3DS XL that was released in Japan. It looks like this is also coming to North America, exclusive to Walmart — meanwhile, GameStop has the exclusive on the Peach Pink 2DS that will launch alongside the game on April 11.
Judging by the photos Nintendo put out, the North American ”Mickey Edition 3DS XL” looks just like the Japanese edition posted above, except it will say Disney Magical World instead of Disney Magic Castle.
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FALL RIVER — You’ve seen it all over your social media. It’s gone viral on TikTok. Now you can get a taste of this foodie trend right here in the city.
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Fall River’s melting pot of cuisines from across the globe continues to grow with the addition of Chicken Story, a takeout restaurant that specializes in Korean street food.
Owner Jaewoo Choi is riding the wave of popularity Korean food has experienced in recent years at his 111 Stafford Road location that opened this past spring, drawing folks in with its made-for-Instagram culinary creations.
“Korean fried chicken is Korea’s soul food,” Choi said. “Since K-food is getting more popular, I wish one day I would be able to introduce Korean food to locals.”
The space is small and unassuming, yet certainly stands out. Passersby are drawn to Chicken Story’s bright yellow facade, which matches the colorful cuisine being cooked up inside.
Highlights include their eye-catching best-seller, the Korean corn dog, as well as boba “bubble” tea and Korean fried chicken.
Jaewoo Choi’s story starts in Providence
Fall River’s Chicken Story is the latest chapter of 30-year-old Choi’s journey in the restaurant business.
Choi is a Korean native who moved to the United States in 2012 at age 19, and ever since has been expanding his culinary background and knowledge. Upon graduating from Johnson and Wales University in Providence in 2016, where he studied Culinary Arts and Nutrition, he did a two-year stint in New York to experience and learn from its diverse food scene.
“You can easily find new ‘trendy’ and ‘cool’ restaurants in Manhattan. Maybe you can see them in every single block. If someone wants to open a ‘trendy’ restaurant, they are willing to open in the city because there are more resources,” Choi said.
That drew him back to Rhode Island, where he really hit the ground running.
In 2018, Choi opened his first restaurant in Providence, O’Boy, which he described as a modern Asian fusion restaurant and wine and cocktail bar.
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These days, in addition to the Chicken Story, Choi also splits his time between his two other Providence restaurants — Wok & Pot, which debuted on Westminster Street in 2020 and features authentic Korean and Chinese cuisine, and PVD Noodle Bar on Mathewson Street, which opened this past May.
The wheels actually got turning on Chicken Story before the Noodle Bar’s debut, but Choi said the long-vacant Fall River space — formerly a barber shop — required extensive renovations that led to a delay in opening.
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Chicken Story’s Fall River location welcomed its first customers on May 27, and a New Bedford location on County Street opened soon after in September.
Bringing a ‘trendy’ and ‘cool’ menu to Fall River restaurant scene
With his latest Chicken Story project Choi hopes to diversify the culinary landscape in Fall River and make these unique foodie finds more accessible to folks outside big cities like Providence.
“Every single person deserves to have the experience of ‘trendy’ and ‘cool’ restaurants and food nearby,” he said. “I have noticed that there is quite a big population in the Fall River area but nothing like a trend. Therefore, I chose to open the first Korean Fried Chicken restaurant in Fall River. It is a great opportunity for ourselves as well as locals.”
Korean corn dogs, bubble tea and more on the menu
For the uninitiated, a Korean corn dog is essentially a souped-up version of a traditional corn dog, but covered in interesting, out-of-the-box crusts — from hot Cheetos to bread crumbs to cubed potatoes.
The dish starts with a skewered hot dog dipped in a thick batter that is fried, but you can also get mozzarella cheese or half hot dog, half cheese inside. According to Choi, their top seller is the half-and-half with french fry crust.
Other popular Chicken Story menu items include their Korean fried chicken — wings and sandwiches (the secret is in their tasty sauces, Choi said) — as well as their wide variety of boba teas, which Choi noted is originally from Taiwan but is embraced by Korean culture as well. Sides include dumplings, kimchi fries, honey garlic cheese fries and more.
According to Choi, they are mixing things up on their menu every month. Their current special is potato twists, but they have also featured a chicken teriyaki sandwich, different boba flavors and corn dog toppings.
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And it seems the community is really embracing the culinary variety Chicken Story offers.
“We got more love than we expected, it’s kind of overwhelming,” said Choi, noting their customer base is growing and slowly gaining regulars.
Choi said he sees a mix of two types of customers — those who are familiar with Korean cuisine and seek it out and those who don’t really know what they are about but are excited to explore the unique menu.
He’s also seeing crossover with familiar Providence patrons popping up in their SouthCoast Chicken Story spots.
Taiyaki shop coming soon with the viral fish ice cream
Choi is hopping on another foodie trend that’s gone viral with the addition of yet another shop right next door to Chicken Story.
“Fish ice cream” isn’t something that sounds very appetizing. But this treat, which you’ve likely been introduced to via drool-worthy Instagram posts, is not what it seems.
Choi’s upcoming Stafford Road dessert stop will be serving up Taiyaki, a popular Japanese street food that’s basically a baked cake, shaped like a fish, with ice cream filling.
Plans are still in the works for that venture, but Choi said he hopes to open it by next summer.
Chicken Story looking to expand
Even though he has a lot under his belt, Choi said he is always looking for new projects. As more and more people familiarize themselves with Chicken Story’s unique flavors, Choi hopes to expand the brand to more locations in the future.
Fall River’s Chicken Story is solely a takeout operation. However, there is some limited seating inside its New Bedford site.
Both Chicken Story locations are open seven days a week, from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. For more information, check out Chicken Story’s Facebook page.


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Watch: First look at 2022 Hyundai Creta facelift ahead of launch today in Brazil
Hyundaihas released a video ofthe 2022 Creta facelift SUV ahead of its launch in Brazil today. Known as Crete in South American markets, the new Creta will several design and tech upgrades over the existing model.
The latest video shared by the Korean carmaker of thecompact SUV shows what changes the new Creta will get. The video clearly reveals the changes on the outside, including the new-look grille that somewhat resembles that of the Alcazar.
Visually, 2022 Hyundai Creta faceliftdraws attention for its new front grille, designed exclusively for Brazil.The model also brings a new signature of LED daytime running lights, along with an addition of full LED headlights.The images released by Hyundai reveal that the 2022 Creta will have a new colour option, sapphire blue, in addition to the two-tone paint option, with a black roof.
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The model has a longer hood, sharp creases on the sides and 18-inch diamond wheels framed by prominent arches.At the rear the taillights also carry an LED signature.
The interior of the new Creta shows more sophistication in terms of finishing, which uses materials in beige and brown.The model has a panoramic sunroof, as seen in the existing models on sale in Inda.The instrument panel is digital and has a seven-inch colour screen, while the blueNAV multimedia centre has a 10.25-inch touchscreen and on-board navigation.
The 2022 Creta facelift SUV in Brazil will get electronic parking brake, digital dual-zone climate control as well as a steering mode selector.The Hyundai SmartSense safety package brings features such as an autonomous braking system, lane-staying assistant and adaptive speed control.The new Hyundai Creta will be equipped with the three-cylinder 1.0 turbo flex engine, capable of churning out 120 hp of maximum power and 171 Nm of peak torque. It may also get a 2.0-litre naturally aspirated petrol unit delivering 166 hp and 201 Nm of peak torque.
2022 Hyundai Creta facelift will go on sale in Brazil later this year. The facelift version of the SUV was earlier launched in Russia, and is slated to be launched in China soon. India may have to wait a bit longer to see the facelift version of Creta hit the markets.


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Mixed-race, single parent-run and other nontraditional households are among the fastest-growing family segments. They're also heavier media users, and are more likely to look to media for product information, than traditional families are. But despite their growth and financial clout, many of these newer types of families feel ignored and discriminated against by the ad messages they see, says a new study by Time Inc. and Mindshare, "Connecting with Today's Families." The study found that advertisers have a better chance of reaching these consumers by understanding and leveraging certain shared values like the importance of kids, sensitivity about society's growing diversity and social causes.
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Dead Rising, Capcom's proverbial spinning plates game set against the backdrop of a zombie apocalypse, is coming to PC, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One for the first time.
A sequel, Dead Rising 2, and that sequel's Off the Record spin-off are also pegged for a re-release, but only on PS4 and Xbox One. Capcom confirmed all three releases in a brief announcement after rumors laid the news bare.
Word of Dead Rising's return first came from a PlayStation Trophy list uncovered by Exophase(opens in a new tab) for the original game, which was never released for anything other than Xbox 360. Capcom later confirmed the full slate of re-releases in a statement given to Eurogamer(opens in a new tab).
Dead Rising and its sequels are unique in their approach to time management. They're all open world games that emphasize exploration, but you're constantly under the pressure of a ticking clock that compels you to tackle story-related quests at specific times.
It's possible to simply ignore the clock and do whatever you want, but that approach leaves certain sections of the game inaccessible. It also results in less involved endings, usually unhappy ones.
It's not clear what Capcom intends to do when it comes to sprucing up these re-releases. The publisher's statement simply notes that more will be revealed "soon."
Dead Rising 4 is out for Xbox One in December and Comic-Con International in San Diego is just days away. The news Capcom promised may be coming even sooner than you think.


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New Fashion Trend? Leggings for Men
CNN – Say hello to “meggings” the modern man’s answer to “jeggings.” Meggings are like skinny jeans, only tighter, if you can believe it.
Two fashion entrepreneurs in Chicago came up with the design when they noticed some men trying to incorporate women’s leggings in their outfits.
Meggings start at about $40 and come in a range of colors and designs.
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The case for Google
October 13, 2007
As investors push Google's stock ever higher and Wall Street analysts, those paragons of rationality, dutifully lift their price targets, reasoned assessments of Google's prospects become all the more necessary and valuable. So it was good to see, in this morning's New York Times, a long article on the risks facing Google by the imperturbable technology writer Steve Lohr. Lohr reviews the various factors "that could dim the aura of inevitable success that surrounds the company." Being something of a skeptic myself, I tucked into the piece as if it were a medium-rare, well-salted ribeye.
But something strange happened. By the time I'd finished the piece, I was actually feeling more positive about Google's business prospects. Lohr does raise some red flags, but it seems to me that the explicit case he makes against Google is outweighed by the implicit case he makes for the company.
Here are the key risk factors Lohr explores:
The law of large numbers. Yes, maintaining a particular rate of growth gets harder the larger a company becomes, but Google's annual revenues, at between $11 and $12 billion, remain modest by big-company standards. (IBM's sales are $91 billion, Time Warner's are $44 billion, and Disney's are $32 billion.) There's little reason to assume that Google will necessarily bump its head against a ceiling any time soon.
Overhiring. Lohr points out that Google continues to bring on employees "at a torrid pace" and that there are signs that it has overhired. I think that's a valid observation, and it's true that, in the short run, overhiring is a negative signal for investors. It leads, obviously, to high costs and, even more important, it reveals a lack of management discipline. But taking a longer term view, the fact that a company has more employees than it needs is actually a positive signal. It reveals, after all, that a company is intrinsically more profitable than it appears to be. Once pressure to rationalize the work force is felt, the company will respond, firing some workers or at least not hiring new ones, and its profit margin will expand. (In contrast, a company that has fewer employees than it requires is usually a bad investment; its current profit margin is unsustainable.) For a company growing as rapidly as Google is, it could curtail its hiring and fairly quickly take up the slack, pushing its profits up. Indeed, it may be true (and this is speculative) that Google, a company whose core business is very highly automated, may be massively overstaffed (and have other large, unnecessary expenses). Google may be a far more profitable business than its current results indicate.
Increased competition. An analyst tells Lohr: “The great risk to Google is that someday it will face real competition in search." That's certainly a risk, but it's a risk that people have been talking about for a long time, and "someday" has yet to arrive. Lohr presents a remarkable statistic: "In September, Google’s share of Web searches in the United States was 67 percent, up from 54 percent a year earlier, reports Compete.com." Where's the long-awaited intensification of competition? As Lohr notes, "The company’s market lead is so large that advertisers tailor their technology to work best on Google ad networks, and Web publishers design their sites to best pull in more Google users." What the numbers and the market dynamics suggest is that Google may be the winner in a winner-takes-all market.
Reluctant partners. As Google's scope and power expand, companies may become more wary about partnering with the company, argues Lohr. That's certainly true, but I'm not sure it matters all that much. In the end, companies will follow their economic interests, and if Google has power and money, it will, more and more, be able to call the shots. Many companies will face a stark choice: Do we partner with Google, or do we let a competitor partner with Google? One market researcher, talking to Lohr from Europe, says, “Nearly every company I meet here, as in the U.S., sees Google as an enemy or a potential enemy." That actually strikes me as far more of a positive sign for Google than a negative one. What it indicates is that Google has growth opportunities spanning many industries. If those companies said, "We don't take notice of Google because it has no stake in our business," that would be far more worrying for Google investors.
Public and regulatory backlash. This is a big risk for Google, as the scrutiny of its proposed acquisition of DoubleClick shows. But so far, at least in the US, public anxiousness about Google has been muted. People seem to like the company, and to be fairly happy forking over information about themselves to it. Google will face growing pressures in this area, but it may be able to manage them without suffering substantial damage to its business prospects.
Historical patterns of decline. Dominant technology companies, writes Lohr, "look invincible for years until they are unseated by the next wave of previously unforeseen innovation." Again, very true. But, again, very theoretical. Even if we assume that Google will eventually fall victim to this fate, we can't assume it will happen any time soon. Dominance can last a long time, and it may be that Google's reign is only just beginning.
The risks that Lohr presents are real, but Google's strengths and opportunities would appear to be even more real. That said, I think the biggest risk facing Google is one that Lohr glances over: a slowdown or even a downturn in the online advertising market. That would cause a wholesale reevaluation of its business model and growth prospects. Given the dicey current state of the overall ad market, it seems to be a fairly sizable risk at the moment - though Google, an atypical company, may be shielded from some of the effects of such a blip in a way that traditional ad-dependent companies are not. That remains an open question.
I'm still a skeptic, and I think the market's current assessment of Google's value is irrationally high. I'm not going to run out and buy a share of Google for 600-plus bucks. But, then again, I didn't buy a share when, not so long ago, it was going for less than 100 bucks. Perhaps the wisest words in Lohr's article come from another skeptic, Fred Hickey: “You cannot short a mania.”
Good points Nick. I think the overhiring has turned Google into one of the world's biggest skunk works, in the best sense of the term. We're going to see a lot of software and even hardware innovation emerge from all the kids working there.
I'm surprised no one mentioned click-fraud and the uncertainty over the intrinsic value of Internet advertising. From the little I know, this value could go either way and bump Google up or down, but surely it's a source of risk.
Posted by: tom s. at October 13, 2007 01:14 PM
I don't think search is a "winner takes all" product. Each user decides for him/herself where to search, and there are no benefits to searching from the same search box where others enter their searches.
If one of the competitors ever made a search that produced more relevant results (or had other improvements, such as better spelling check), then users would gradually shift their queries to this other search engine.
The article mentions some "new" competitors that are trying natural language, which is almost certainly laughable as an attempt, because users only want to type 2-3 words. But even though these new search engines are surely doomed, there could be other new ideas coming out, or Yahoo, MS, or Ask could finally improve their relevance sorting, spell check, etc.
Users will go where they get the most useful results. Advertisers will follow, since it's a pure ROI play: if you pay less per click than you get out of conversions from those visitors to your site, then you should run the ad. Doesn't matter whether a search engine is large or small.
If anything, there are benefits to advertising on a search engine with fewer other advertisers, because that will allow lower bids and thus higher ROI. Thus, it's definitely not a winner-takes-all market on the advertising side, assuming that other search engines improve enough to get users.
It all comes down to whether some other company will invest enough in search to build more useful search results. Yahoo and Microsoft can't continue to be clueless forever, so I think it will happen.
This is in contrast to the situation when Microsoft took over the office software market because Lotus and WordPerfect were clueless. Once everybody used MS Office, it didn't matter if Lotus could have shipped a better spreadsheet in a later year, because there *are* benefits to using the same office software as everybody else.
You're absolutely right that the search market doesn't appear to have the classic lock-in features of winner-takes-all markets and that a better mousetrap should be able to displace the Google engine. And a superior search engine may well come along (from a company other than Google). Still, we've known this (and the critical importance of search) for a while, yet Google continues to gain share, to the point where now it has a remarkable and still growing dominance. So if it's not a de jure winner-takes-all market; it's looking like a de facto one.
Moreover, as Lohr notes, companies are beginning to build their advertising/SEO systems around Google's engine, which does raise switching costs, and should personalized search results prove of value to searchers, that would raise switching costs on the user side as well.
But, still, you're right: the network effect in search is muted at present, and a better system should be able to gain market share from Google.
@toms: one reason you don't hear a lot about click fraud is because the very people who would report on it (bloggers, other media hoping to get a slice of the advertising pie) indirectly benefit from it.
In fact, click- impression- fraud is rampant (as an advertiser, I discovered this the hard way), and only the most naive click fraud is detected. Eventually, advertisers will discover this, but it can take awhile.
Remember, you don't want to call the very model of click/impression-based advertising into question. That would ruin the party.
Network effects are not the only forces that produce oligopolies. If search technology is characterised by "learning by doing" then a lead in expertise can snowball - it becomes much more difficult for outsiders to build good mousetraps. In Google's case this expertise may extend to their storage technology of course.
The other thing is costs of entry, which in the case of Google is now becoming huge - a great search algorithm is one thing; a set of massive server farms is another. Search technology is becoming capital-intensive, as our host has demonstrated many times over.
Posted by: tom s. at October 13, 2007 05:54 PM
Seems to me Google's sky high valuation rests less on their remarkable success than on the dangerous assumption that the other key players will continue to fail as dramatically as they have thus far. So the question for GOOG investors should be "how long can everybody else fail?"
Posted by: Joe Duck at October 13, 2007 06:27 PM
I think all the points that were pointed out on this very post probably already been discussed inside Google's boards. I don't think Google has place all of their eggs in one basket. They probably have already come up with ways that bringing in revenues beside their advertising ability; I hope. Many people had doubt about Google, but Google's stock continue to drove upward, and still is.
Google is fear by many due to its ability to invade other fields since the company has the cash to invest. Also the mobile phone advertising is heating up... Google is probably has its hands inside this cookies jar too.
It was a big bang that promote Google to the top... It probably will take another big bang to pull Google down, or the other way around again...
Posted by: xufon.com at October 13, 2007 11:12 PM
When Google IPO'd, I was one of the few who defended its valuation against the many critics. Its business model and staff were good. These days though, I think Google warrants a lot more caution, ironically due to its success.
First, the huge hiring spree is a danger, not a benefit. It will start to saddle the company with unexpected organisational problems, and certainly doesn't represent a linear extrapolation of innovation.
Second, Google's transition to a media and advertising company will shift power away from the engineering culture, creating discontent and blunders.
Third, core engineers will probably spin out to form their own ventures in competition against Google. Those innovators will be able to attract lots of venture backing and good staff.
Fourth, Google already exists in cloud land, and that hubris will probably lead to powerful clashes with the public and regulators down the track. Google won't win all those fights.
Google is basically a very good search engine company struggling with the excesses of its IPO.
I agree that Google's biggest threat is the online advertising market's health. Then again, AdSense is advertiser-friendly given you only pay for clicks as opposed to a CPM-based model.
In terms of search competition, there's no lack of it but I have yet to see a viable alternative since Google emerged on the scene. It's not just an edge in technology but Google is now the search default (aka The Kleenex of search).
Posted by: Mark Evans at October 14, 2007 11:52 AM
Another upside to valuation that I don't hear being discussed is Google's increasing abilities to displace Microsoft's applications, at least at the consumer level. I recently bought a new HP PC and I looked forward to using it in my home office. Only one small problem: it doesn't have Microsoft Office capabilities. A simple oversight by what should be a sophisticated buyer! However, I had an immediate need to edit and share microsoft documents so I turned to Google Documents and Spreadsheets. Guess what, they worked fine for most of my basic needs. It's been several months -- I still haven't bought Microsoft Office and now I'm not sure that I need to.
This is a big threat to Microsoft that could be another significant business for Google if they can figure out how to monetize it. If they cross this hurdle, then the current valuation starts to make more sense.
You can take this logic take a step further: If Google truly does get a handhold in the personal productivity applications space, they can start providing cross-document "mash-ups". It would be easy to create a document with a Google map in it or put a workflow checkmark into that document that integrates into a BPM/APM process. This starts to add a lot of value to small businesses that are process oriented around documents. And what is the value of that?
However, Google's counter-reality is that they are the same company that tried to create a video product and wound paying $1.6B for YouTube because they weren't successful.
It should be interesting to watch how this plays out.
It sounds so much 2005, but still true: want some comments? Talk about Google!
Posted by: Bertil at October 15, 2007 05:25 PM
Since the 10Ks numbers are 99% based on online advertising, I'd say that Google should be most concerned about that. And though it might fit under the "regulatory backlash" heading, it might be worth explicitly mentioning the issue of trademarks and AdWords. Personally, I don't see this as a major threat to Google's revenues, but it is probably at least as big an issue as Google "aura of success"
And, at the risk of self-promotion, here's a 70-page paper on that particular topic (that spends some time on Google's history):
If anyone has any comments, please send me an email...
Posted by: greglas at October 16, 2007 07:46 AM
I think displacing Google is going to take a whole lot more than a better search engine simply because Google isn't just a search engine anymore. If anything, Google is the most pervasive and "intelligent" ad platform and ad delivery network of which search is the most popular medium. In other words, a search engine can't simply just generate better search results for the user, it's gotta produce better context-sensitive ads for its clients. That's a much bigger deal than anyone talks about. If I'm running a florist shop, I wouldn't bother advertising with some hot new search engine if it was lumping my ads in with search results for mesothelioma. At the same time, Google has the reach to put ads in even more context-sensitive locations - websites and blogs that cater to an advertiser's core audience.
So in my view, Google's biggest threat isn't a better search engine, it's an ad platform that can put ads in more places with better context and at lower cost. An ad platform that can do that would force Google's hand and they'd have to start carrying the new ad platform's advertisements or watch their revenue base shrivel. Think about it this way: if Yahoo/Excite/Infoseek had developed PageRank in-house but continued to splash random banner and link ads without any regard to context, would online advertising be as hot as it is today? Personally, I highly doubt it and I think that the development of AdWords is what cemented Google's current position, not PageRank. If you want to take out Google, you've got to go for the head and stop aiming at the chest. Search is sexy but advertising is where the money is at.
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