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From left, Zahira Felipe, Yardlie Toussaint-Foster, DO, Monique Pacheco, from Star Community Health Sigal Center, were the first customers on July 6 to buy fresh, healthy produce and prepared foods from the Kellwyn Foundation's mobile produce market.
Since early July, a large, refrigerated truck advising “Eat Real Food” on its side panels, and containing fresh produce and other nutritious goods for purchase, is parked each Wednesday at the Star Community Health Sigal Center at Chew and Fifth streets, in Allentown.
These weekly visits, brought here by the Kellyn Foundation, were arranged by St. Luke’s Sacred Heart President Frank Ford, who believes that eating fresh fruits and vegetables and nutritious, plant-based food, is important for a healthy life.
“So many of the lifestyle-related problems we treat here result from eating too many unhealthy, processed foods, because people don’t have access to fresh foods in their neighborhoods,” says Ford, who grew up in this economically challenged area. “We’re changing that.”
From 11:30 am to 1:30 pm, neighbors, staff and patients of the Center and St. Luke’s Sacred Heart Campus across the street have convenient access to these healthy foods during their busy days. Star Community Health provides comprehensive well and sick primary care, OB/GYN, dental and pediatric health services to the surrounding communities and medically underserved.
“Food is medicine,” says Eric Ruth, Kellyn Foundation CEO, explaining the philosophy of this non-profit organization whose mission is to help reverse chronic diseases through healthy eating and other positive behaviors. He recalls a man in Bethlehem who overcame heart disease and type 2 diabetes by regularly adding fresh, unprocessed foods to his diet and getting regular exercise.
“Now the man tells people, ‘I did this, and you can do this, too,’” adds Ruth. “Eating this way, he has lost weight and now has more energy.”
The “rolling produce department,” as Ruth calls the truck (Kellyn operates two of them in the Valley), offers 75 delicious items, many sourced from local farms, as well as fresh, non-local fruits and veggies. Beets, lettuce, broccoli, onions, bananas, apples were just a few of the foods offered to customers on a recent Wednesday at the Sigal Center.
A selection of whole grains, freshly baked breads, ready-to-eat lunches and other mouth-watering meals, prepared at the Foundation’s kitchen in Tatamy, rounded out that day’s menu.
After buying a bag of produce from Kellyn rep Pat Henning on July 6, the first market day, Monique Pacheco, practice administrator for Star Community Health, said she’s “excited to have this (truck) here,” and that she’ll tell patients about it.
She was among the first customers at the market, joined by Zahira Felipe, medical assistant, and Yardlie Toussaint-Foster, DO, OB/GYN provider also from the Sigal Center.
“This is great,” said Dr. Toussaint-Foster, beaming as she showed her purchases. “Food is love.”
Kellyn’s produce trucks and markets, operated by its staff and volunteers, currently visit 15 sites weekly throughout the valley, including schools, health and civic organizations, businesses and community centers.
For more information about Star Community Health, visit https://starcommunityhealth.org/.


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Hot girls and dogs? Super!
Updated 12:46 pm, Wednesday, February 1, 2012
Dogs and sexy girls are a great way to make some cash.
Eric Delgado, an aspiring comedy show writer, occasional actor and two-time national commercial contest finalist, saw that unlikely combination as his secret weapon for taking the top prize in the annual Dorito's “Crash the Super Bowl” contest. The San Antonio native's instincts were right.
A commercial Delgado penned, dubbed “Hot Wild Girls,” is one of five finalists in the chip company's 2012 commercial contest, which challenges contestants to create clever ways of promoting its product. Doritos has held the contest since 2007. The grand prize winner, determined by online voting, airs during the Super Bowl, one of the premier spots for advertisers willing to pay millions for an international audience.
“I wanted something modern and trendy,” says Delgado, who worked on the commercial with his cousin who enlisted the help of his Denver-based production company. After researching what Super Bowl commercials have proven to be the most popular — pets and pretty girls have been hits — Delgado chose to center his commercial on two guys whose smart phone commands are misunderstood, resulting in three Rottweillers and three hot girls taking up space in their apartment.
“Hot Wild Girls” and the other finalists can be viewed online at crashthesuperbowl.com. Voting ended Jan. 29, and the winning commercial airs during the Super Bowl on Sunday, Feb. 5. Delgado and the other commercial creators will have to tune into the big game to know who won the top prize.
“I'm thinking about betting on the game so I'll have something to keep me distracted,” jokes Delgado, who plans to watch the football game at a sports bar with family and friends.
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Even if Delgado's “Hot Wild Girls” commercial doesn't win the top prize, it could still be seen by a Super Bowl audience. This year, Doritos, in partnership with the Adam Samberg-helmed The Lonely Island production company, has purchased airtime for the second-place commercial to air during the big game. As one of five finalists chosen from more than 6,100 entries, Delgado and the others who created the “Hot Wild Girls” commercial already split a $25,000 prize. (The prize of two Super Bowl tickets were snatched up by the commercial's director and producer.)
Delgado, a Holy Cross High School and St. Mary's University graduate who works in the health-care marketing industry, sees the experience as a stepping stone toward his ultimate goal of being a TV comedy writer. His dream is to work on NBC's “Saturday Night Live,” writing comedy sketches for the iconic show.
“I'm really hoping it can open some doors,” he says.

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This multibagger stock could rally further as HDFC Securities sees more rise
APL Apollo Tubes (APL) is India’s leading manufacturer of structural steel tubes with a capacity of 2.6 million tonnes per year (mtpa) and a pan-Indian presence. Shares of APL Apollo Tubes have outperformed by offering multibagger returns, as the stock has risen over 250% in one year and jumped over 115% in 2021 (year-to-date). Trade on ??480 per share in September 2020, the level of the multibagger share rose to ??1,875 each currently.
Its market share increased from 27% in fiscal year 2016 to 50% in fiscal year 21, thanks to a strong distribution network, a brand image, a personalized and innovative product offering and improvement. of capacity, said HDFC Securities.
In a note, the brokerage firm said that with a 50% market share, adopting the latest technology and maintaining a strong brand image, APL is one step ahead of its competition. âBy using cutting edge technology, he has managed to offer personalized products in a much shorter duration than his peers, which puts him well ahead of them; we think he will continue to stay ahead, to move forward. “
HDFC Securities initiated a hedge on the share with a buy rating and a target price of ??2,226 per share. It expects APL sales and net profit to grow at a 20% / 34% CAGR in fiscal year 21-24E, driven by healthy volume growth, expansion of margins, reduced working capital and reduced debt.
âAPL has succeeded in capturing the attention of fabricators and architects, making its steel tubing their first choice for applications. In addition to innovative products and offerings, APL has aggressively focused on building a strong brand image through large-scale print and TV advertising, sponsorship of mega sporting events and the arrival of celebrities in as brand ambassadors, these efforts have allowed it to successfully enter rural areas, which are yielding good results, ” the note added.
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Tipton — For almost five years, the vacant manufacturing plant in western Tipton County sat empty. But today a new sign is out front, proclaiming it “The Future Home of the Chrysler Tipton Transmission Plant.”
Sergio Marchionne, CEO of Chrysler Group LLC, announced Thursday the U.S. automaker will invest $162 million in the Tipton facility and eventually employ 850 people.
Beginning in the first quarter of 2014, the plant is expected to produce the new nine-speed transmissions for the Dodge Dart and Jeep Cherokee.
The intended use of the 800,000-square-foot facility has come full circle.
Originally, Chrysler partnered with German manufacturer Getrag Transmission to build transmissions in the plant. That partnership ended in 2008 after Getrag couldn’t secure funding to complete the facility.
The plant eventually was sold to W.W. Reynolds, which intended to lease the plant to Abound Solar for the manufacture of solar panels. Abound went bankrupt in 2012, and Chrysler purchased the property from Reynolds.
“The Tipton plant will be located in a building originally constructed several years ago to house a transmission plant to be operated by Getrag, and then slated to house a solar panel maker,” Marchionne said. “In each case, plans were scuttled before the facility was ever opened.”
The Tipton County Council approved a 10-year personal property tax abatement for the facility in December.
“Once completed in 2014, the new plant will build our new nine-speed automatic transmission, which will be installed first in our Jeep Liberty successor, a key product that will debut later this year,” Marchionne said.
Until the Tipton facility begins production, the nine-speed transmission will be manufactured at Indiana Transmission Plant I in Kokomo.
Tipton Mayor Don Havens said Thursday’s announcements for Kokomo and Tipton County were wonderful news for Indiana, the region and Tipton County.
“You share our excitement,” Havens said. “This was a great team effort and an interesting economic development story.”


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The U.S. Department of Commerce says retail and food services took a big hit in April with a 16.4% drop in sales from March.
According to CBS News, the drop is the biggest on record between two months since 1992, when figures started being recorded.
The department's report Friday comes as many businesses try to reopen following shutdown measures in March amid the COVID-19 outbreak.
Sectors recording the biggest drop included clothing, electronics and furniture. Meanwhile, The Associated Press reports online purchasing saw an 8.4% increase.
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Additional reporting by Josh Boak and Anne D'Innocenzio of the Associated Press.


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Cheap smartphone for online study: Lava has launched its low-budget smartphone Lava Z2 Max in the Indian market. The company says that it will make online education easier during the Covid-19 epidemic. It has a powerful battery of 6000mAh. The phone can be purchased online and offline with Lava’s e-store.
The phone has a 7-inch HD + display. That is, it will work as a tablet. The company has fixed the price of this big screen and big battery smartphone at Rs 7,799.
Specifications of Lava Z2 Max
The smartphone has a 7-inch HD + waterdrop-style notch display. Its screen size is comparable to a tablet. Looking at the online study, the company has given a big display in it. The display has also been given Corning Gorilla Glass 3 protection.
It has 2GB RAM and 32GB onboard storage with a 1.8GHz quad-core MediaTek Helio processor. There will also be an option to increase storage with the help of a Micro SD card.
There will be a dual rear camera for video and photography. The primary lens has 13 megapixels and another 2-megapixel depth sensor. LED flash will also be available on the rear panel. At the same time, an 8-megapixel camera has been given for selfies.
The phone will have a strong 6000mAh battery, which comes with a USB Type-C cable. That is, the phone’s battery can be charged fast. The phone supports 4G network.
The smartphone runs on the Android 10 Go edition. It has a box speaker, which gives sharp and clear audio. This phone weighs 9mm and weighs 215 grams.
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- Samsung’s new 5G phone: Galaxy A52 to be launched in India soon, may be priced up to 38000


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The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit yesterday rejected the University of Florida’s argument that its sovereign immunity protected a patent from section 101 scrutiny.
American medical device maker ResMed and New Zealand-based competitor Fisher & Paykel have agreed to settle a global patent dispute over medical devices.
Johnson & Johnson has announced plans to strengthen its robotics programme with the addition of Silicon Valley-based Auris Health to its business.
The EU General Court has dismissed an appeal from German company Nemius Group against a decision to refuse registration for its ‘Dentaldisk’ mark.
Global information company Clarivate Analytics has launched a “Life Science Alliances Program” to provide drug and medical device developers a new way to advance their research and development.
The EU General Court today upheld the decision to invalidate a trademark owned by Swemac Innovation, a Swedish medical devices company.
Chinese artificial intelligence start-up Yitu Technology has launched a new research and development centre in Singapore which will focus partly on applying the technology to medical diagnostics.
A record number of novel devices were approved by the US Food and Drug Administration in 2018, the federal agency has said.
A US district court has sentenced a Chinese national to 27 months in federal prison for the theft of trade secrets from two American medical device manufacturers.
An appeals court has upheld a $23 million damages award for a spine surgeon, after a jury found that medical device company Medtronic had infringed two of his patents.


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The most expensive baseball card of all time has been sold for more than $10 million.
A 1952 baseball card featuring Mickey Mantle has just been sold for a whopping $12.6 million this past Sunday, CNN Business reports. According to Heritage Auctions, this makes the world’s most-expensive collectible baseball card in the world.
“An eight-figure auction result in the sports market was the stuff of fantasy just a decade ago,” said Chris Ivy, Heritage’s director of sports auctions, said in the release, CNN Business reports.
The card was graded “Mint+ 9.5” by the Sportscard Guaranty Corporation for how well it’s been preserved. Mantle, a New York Yankees legend, played for the team for 17 years and was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1974.
“We always knew this card would shatter records and expectations. But that doesn’t make it any less of a thrill to be part of an auction during which a single item breaks the eight-figure threshold for the first time. It’s an extraordinary accomplishment for our wonderful team of sports experts at Heritage Auctions. And, of course, we could not have done it without our consignor, Anthony Giordano, who put his trust in Heritage to bring this amazing card to market.”


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Once again, e-mails and unsealed court documents are coming back to bite a company—this time Dell. Once widely admired for its “direct-to-consumer” model, Dell’s reputation has been going steadily downhill for several years, thanks to bad accounting, bad business strategies, bad customer service and as we now have learned, products with problems that the company tried to sweep under the rug. Bad PR appears to be an integral component of the cover up. Computers that have the potential to catch on fire are never a good thing, yet a PR strategy was set that denied there was a safety problem. Already some pundits are asking if Dell’s reputation is going the way of Toyota or BP—what do you think?
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Winnipeg Police have arrested three people after a string of robberies at a convenience store and a pharmacy.
Kyle Kisik Schroeder-Bear, 21, faces three charges, Jessica Sadowiak, 34, faces a dozen charges, and Christopher Paul Simard, 33, faces 18 charges related to the three robberies.
The first robbery occurred at a convenience store in the first 100 block of Osborne Street on the morning of August 21. The second occurred at a pharmacy on Elizabeth Road later that day, and the third occurred at the same convenience store on August 29.
Police seized a “number of items,” including Xanax, small dime-bags of methamphetamine, and money and product believed to have been stolen from the stores.
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New Delhi-based recruitment startup Badiyajobs.com and Mumbai-based wireless technology startup Cutting Chai Technologies have been selected by social media giant Facebook Inc. for its early-stage startup mentorship programme FbStart, under the Bootstrap track, the companies told VCCircle.
The startups selected under this programme receive up to $40,000 from Facebook and its 30 partners, including Amazon, UserTesting, Dropbox and MailChimp. Besides, they will get free access to more than 25 services, including open source tools like React Native, FB Login, Account Kit and App Analytics.
APN Recruitment Solutions Pvt Ltd, which operates Badiyajobs.com, provides recruitment services for entry-level job seekers, such as tele-callers, sales executives, data entry operators, drivers and delivery boys, among others. The startup charges employers a fee only after a candidate has been successfully recruited. It was founded in September 2015 by Aditya Sriganesh and Nitesh Verma. Sriganesh is a graduate from IIT Madras and has worked as a strategy consultant with management consultancy KPMG. Verma, an IIT Delhi graduate, has worked as a developer at Times Internet.
Badiyajobs.com had raised $100,000 from IIT Madras alumni in April last year. It was selected as one of the nine global finalists for the Google Business Group Story Search under the social impact category. The Google Business Group competition recognises startups across the globe using technology extensively in small and medium businesses, social impact and technology sectors.
Cutting Chai Technologies Pvt Ltd is an early-stage wireless technology firm which runs an app called Ohai. Through this networking app, users can find and connect with people in close range proximity. The startup was founded in 2015 by Anand Virani, who was previously associate director for business development and product management at Qualcomm. The company is backed by Gulzar Azad, country head of connectivity at Google India and angel investor, Prashant Gokarn, the chief strategy officer at Indonesian telecom operator Indosat.
Launched three years ago, FbStart gives companies the opportunity to test their product for roughly three to six months. Any startup with a functional mobile app on Google Play or the App Store is eligible to apply for the programme, but sometimes FbStart itself reaches out to potential startups to educate them about the programme.
Some of the startups selected under FbStart are book summary app BookBhook, travel planning app HopBucket, competitive exam prep startup Exam Spirit, entertainment content aggregator Flickstree and tutor enablement platform XPrep.
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Australian wine businesses are being proactive about climate change and are implementing technology and processes that can help them adapt to the potential effects on their industry, according to research from Curtin University. There were 532 wine businesses surveyed during the study.
The survey asked about their knowledge and actions towards climate change and the possible impacts it could have on business.
Curtin Graduate School of Business senior research fellow Dr Jeremey Galbreath said the results showed that businesses across Australia were exchanging information with each other such as technology and industry knowledge about climate change. The survey looked at three major wine clusters: Western Australia, South Australia and Victoria.
During the survey, wine businesses were presented with a set of both mitigative and adaptive actions, and reported their stage of activity.”More than half of respondents stated they had implemented or were in the process of implementing measures to minimise the use of agrichemicals, which mitigates climate change by reducing greenhouse gas emissions,” Dr Galbreath said. “Overall, the top mitigative action across all clusters is a reduction in the use of agrichemicals, while the top adaptive action is water-saving techniques in the vineyard.” Dr Galbreath said although climate change remains a contested issue, the results of this study are encouraging and optimistic.


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Philip Shen, Managing Director of ROTH Capital Partners, hosted top analysts from PV InfoLink to discuss their outlook on price, supply and demand at every stage of the solar value chain.
A downward trend in polysilicon prices is expected this year, and inventory levels across the solar value chain should begin to build in the first half of 2022, said Corrine Lin, chief analyst and Dora Zhao, Principal Analyst, PV Infolink in a recent webinar hold by Philip Shen Managing Director, ROTH Capital Partners. Click here to save and view the recorded webinar session.
PV Infolink analysis shows that polysilicon prices excluding VAT (pre-tax) are expected to rise from current levels of $26-30/kg to $19/kg by the end of the year. Prices have recently recovered to around $30/kg, largely due to shrinking polysilicon inventories due to seasonality ahead of the Chinese New Year and a rebound in usage levels from the end of 2021, said Dora Zhao.
Inventory levels are expected to increase throughout the value chain, according to the report. Currently, value chain inventory levels are well below healthy levels, ranging between about a month and six weeks across all segments, PV InfoLink said. Polysilicon inventory is approximately two weeks and wafers hold less than one week inventory. The report forecasts an increase in production to 318 GW of polysilicon and 322 GW of wafers worldwide in 2022. price support for polysilicon and wafers until 2022.
Capacity expansions are underway across the value chain, driven by “just in case” inventory considerations due to ongoing Covid logistics. Lin and Zhao noted that many new entrants are expected to continue through 2023, including Shangji Automation, Gaojing Solar, Shuangliang Group and Fuxing New Energy (n-type wafers).
Lower polysilicon prices will have a ripple effect on the supply chain, and forecast prices for InfoLink PV modules will rise from $0.27/W in the first quarter to $0.24/W in the fourth quarter.
N-type modules are expected to grow to around 7-8% market share this year, while PERC modules will likely maintain their dominance with around 90% market share. Corrine Lin said there has been an increase in the number of companies interested in expanding TOPCon over heterojunction. She pointed out that byOvskite technology probably needs five years or more to take a significant share of the market.
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Edinburgh Airport is expanding its food and beverage offering for passengers as it looks to welcome new and exciting brands to the terminal.
The airport is Scotland’s busiest, with more than 14 million passengers expected to pass through this year. Six new spaces are available to provide additional options for the airport’s growing passenger base.
The airport is keen to hear from a diverse range of brands, including local Scottish brands and globally recognised brands, to cater to its diverse passenger mix.
Six opportunities are being released to the market across four categories: casual dining, premium bar, fast casual and ‘grab and go’, with all units expected to be operating and serving passengers by December 2024.
Gail Taylor, Chief Commercial Officer (Non-Aero), said:
“Providing options for passengers is something we look to do at every stage of their journey through the airport and our retail estate forms a key part of that.
“We work with some fantastic brands to offer a diverse mix of food and beverage selections and, as we plan for future growth at the airport, we want to welcome more brands to Edinburgh Airport to ensuring our passengers have plenty of choice.
“We are excited about these opportunities and are keen to hear from a range of interested parties, from local and Scottish names to internationally recognised brands. We want to work with partners who can deliver additional choice for our passengers, helping them mark the beginning or end of their trip with a memorable Edinburgh Airport experience.”
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- As it gears up for production of its electric pickup and SUV, Bollinger establishes new headquarters
- Ford says Mexico rail blockade impacting operations
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- Nikola postpones forum where electric pickup was to debut
- Tesla releases Full Self Driving Beta as regulators watch closely
The buyer of Pendragon’s final U.S. store is a fresh face as a dealership owner with his own AutoNation connection. “We are a new group; this is our first dealership,” Sudhir Sood, CEO of Redwood Automotive, told Automotive News. “But I have a lot of automotive experience.”
Sood said he started in the industry as a salesman 35 years ago. Prior to purchasing the Santa Monica store, he was general manager at Land Rover Encino, an AutoNation dealership, for the past seven years, he said. Sood said he worked for AutoNation for about 20 years after starting as a general manager there in 2001.
Sood said he has business partners but declined to name them.
“I’ve been associated with the JLR product for a long time,” he said. “I know the L.A. market. I’ve been in L.A. since 1988.
“Pendragon was selling all their stores, leaving the country, and this was the last store left. It has a lot of opportunity.”


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The cruise ship ROTTERDAM of the Holland America Line with some 1,200 passengers on board, docked in Port Victoria in the Seychelles on Saturday morning. Shortly afterwards, the island’s Minister responsible for Tourism and Culture, Alain St.Ange, accompanied by Andre Ciseau, the CEO of the Seychelles Ports Authority, and Anne Lafortune, the PS for Tourism, boarded the cruise ship to pay a courtesy call on the ship’s Captain, Mr. Johannes A. Mateboer, and to welcome him, his passengers, and his crew to the Seychelles.
“We have been working together with the CEO of the Seychelles Ports Authority to personalize the arrivals of cruise ships to our shores. The ship’s Captain is an important catalyst of or drive, and this morning as we were greeted by Captain Mateboer and his team, we saw they appreciated being recognized as partners of our tourism industry,” Minister Alain St.Ange said.
Also in the meeting that took place on board the Cruise Ship ROTTERDAM of the Holland America Line were the Staff Captain, Mr. Harm-Jan Arnold and the Ship’s Hotel Director, Mr. GIJSBERTUS. C. Van Mackelenbergh.
Minister St.Ange and PS Lafortune also used their meeting on the ship to present the Ship’s Captain with a coffee table book about the Seychelles, and CEO Andre Ciseau also presented a gift on behalf of the Port Authority.
Discussions at the meeting centered on Seychelles appearing on the itinerary of the Ms ROTTERDAM next year and also a stop at Praslin Island which will help excursion guides, taxis, car hire operators, restaurants, and artisans of the island to increase sales.


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Calacanis: Peloton has 'Netflix-like' potential
CNBC's "Squawk Alley" team is joined by Jason Calacanis, an angel investor, to talk about why he believes in the potential of Peloton's business. Calacanis also discusses his view of Nikola. Peloton is such a fabulous value proposition, Calcanis says. We'll see the million subscribers go to 10 million. The stock also has tailwinds because of people leaving the city and having more space for exercise equipment, he adds. The company has an Apple vibe.
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We know that Wal-Mart and the DoD want radio frequency identification technology (RFID), and we know that suppliers to those huge supply chain partners are trying to learn how to make it work for their own companies, but what do John and Jane Consumer want out of the technology? Do they even know anything about it?
A recent survey of 1,000 North American consumers conducted by Cap Gemini Ernst & Young provides a picture of consumers' awareness and perceptions of RFID, their willingness to purchase RFID-enabled products, and their views regarding the potential benefits of the technology, as well as their concerns and issues. While only one-quarter of consumers have heard of RFID, they are bullish on its potential but are looking for more information.
Here are highlights of the study:
Of those consumers who are familiar with RFID, perceptions are mixed: 42% have a favorable perception; 10% unfavorable; 48% don't know or have no opinion.
Consumers who have heard of RFID get their information from a variety of sources, primarily the media and word-of mouth.
Although about half of all consumers surveyed either use or have heard of existing RFID applications such as Mobil Speedpass or highway toll devices like E-ZPass, eight out of 10 were not aware that these applications use RFID technology.
The top 5 potential benefits from RFID that are most important to consumers are:
Faster recovery of stolen items
Improved car anti-theft capabilities
Consumer savings stemming from reduced product costs
Improved security of prescription drugs
Faster, more reliable product recalls
Obviously, it is in the vendor community's best interest to educate consumers on RFID if item-level applications are to become as accepted at carton and pallet level tagging. Material Handling Management interviewed Ed Westenberg, vice president, Cap Gemini Ernst & Young, to get more information on how manufacturers can win consumer buy-in for RFID. To learn more about this study, go to www.cgey.com and click on industries. -- Tom Andel, chief editor
MHM: If consumer education is essential for RFID to be accepted, what form should that education take? Direct mail, TV, magazines, what?
Westenberg: Companies should utilize whatever vehicles they typically find most effective in communicating with their customers. Those vehicles may be different for different companies. For instance, some businesses have successfully used consumer focus groups when introducing new products and technologies to consumers. This can be an effective way to gain a better understanding of which issues are most important to their own customers and how best to address those issues and educate their customers. It's important that the initial communication with consumers is educational -- rather than commercial -- in nature. Explain what the technology is, what the potential benefits are and how it's already being used in applications such as the Mobil Speedpass and express highway toll tags. Vehicles such as direct mail or company newsletters may be the best way to begin to educate consumers as they allow for more content to be conveyed, compared with a 30-second TV spot.
MHM: Do our readers in warehousing and distribution and supply chain management have a role in that education?
Westenberg: Our research showed that many of the benefits identified as important by consumers -- such as recovery of stolen items, security of prescription drugs and improved food safety/quality -- stem from supply chain applications that in some cases are already under way. Given that fact, it makes sense for companies in this area to work with their business partners in formulating the messages that are conveyed to consumers as part of the education effort.
MHM: Does industry itself have all the facts about RFID to present a fully factual education campaign to consumers?
Westenberg: Retailers across North America have various levels of education around RFID. From the slap and ship approach, that is doing what is only necessary to be compliant, to having a deep understanding of RFID as a tool to maximize supply chain visibility for the retailer. We have found that generally the retailers that are on the leading edge of RFID adoption are running pilot projects within their own supply chain; they are essentially playing around with the technology to get comfortable with it. To ensure that consumers are equally comfortable with RFID technology, retailers need to do a better job in educating their customers to the potential benefits of RFID.
MHM: Do we really know that consumers will see lower prices as a result or is that an educated guess at this point?
Westenberg: While no one can be absolutely certain that consumers will see lower prices as a result of RFID, Wal-Mart has made it clear to their suppliers that they are not to pass along any costs that could result in higher consumer prices. In fact, the supply chain improvements resulting from RFID are expected to take significant costs out of the system, which should translate into lower prices for consumers. Given the importance and concern that consumers in our survey placed on costs and prices, it will be important that businesses pass along those lower costs in order to get consumer buy in.
MHM: Do you expect that the vocal consumer privacy advocates who put a hold on Wal-Mart's item-level plans will fight this consumer education effort no matter what?
Westenberg: It was not only the consumer privacy advocates that led Wal-Mart to discount their item level tagging initiative. Economic factors also played an important role. In addition, consumer advocacy groups are not always representative of the population at large, which were the focus of our RFID study. With that said, consumer awareness of RFID is predictably low at this time, with just 23% of respondents saying they had heard of the technology. However, among those who are familiar with it, their perceptions are mixed, with nearly half saying they didn't know or had no opinion. This finding indicates that many consumers have not yet formed an opinion about RFID, making it particularly important for companies to educate their own customers about RFID and its potential benefits.
MHM: Is there an anti RFID effort that will be hard to fight?
Westenberg: Wal-Mart's mandate, thus far, extends to the case and pallet level with item level tagging 3-5 years off. In that time, RFID technology will only get better and more cost effective, and consumers and retailers alike will, invariably, become better educated and will understand that RFID tagging of items is not being institutionalized for personal information collection. New technology, the Internet for example, is initially met with resistance, but has over time become an integral and beneficial part of daily life. In addition, frequent shopper programs similarly raised concerns about privacy, yet most consumers today typically carry a number of these cards on their key chains.
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--Joe Dunlap, supply chain solutions specialist, Siemens Dematic MaterialHandling Automation
--Guillermo Gutierrez, manager of International Paper's Smart Packaging Group, and supplier to Wal-Mart
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Here’s what Apple will reveal at its WWDC 2022 conference
But as talk of the Metaverse continues to grow, many fans and industry watchers are also expecting Apple to reveal it’s working on a ‘mixed reality’ headset – a kind of wearable display. intended to blend digital objects and environments with your view of the real world.
Apple isn’t alone in exploring the benefits of mixed reality; Microsoft’s Windows 10 and 11 operating systems already support MR headsets, and Facebook-owned Meta began teasing its powerful “Project Cambria” headset late last year. Even so, some view this new type of product as crucial for a company that refreshes existing products more than it invents new ones.
“AR/VR technology will be a key expansion of the Apple ecosystem as the company aggressively pursues the metaverse opportunity with Apple Glass,” Wedbush Securities analyst Daniel Ives wrote in an investor note. .
A surprise hardware reveal at a software expo wouldn’t necessarily be irrelevant to Apple. The company has regularly used WWDC to reveal new gadgets for the first time, although a steady stream of leaks has made real surprises hard to come by for many years.
In 2017, attendees got their first taste of the Siri-powered HomePod, a high-end smart home speaker that struggled to catch on but spawned cheap spinoffs. Two years later, Apple unveiled the expensive Mac Pro, a very powerful workstation that looked a bit like a cheese grater on wheels.
Apple watchers think the chances of seeing a portable display during Monday’s keynote are unlikely. A Bloomberg report released earlier this year suggested the company would likely push back the official reveal of the headset until later in 2022, if not the year after. More recently, Ming-Chi Kuo, a TF International Securities analyst with a record of accurate Apple predictions, cast doubt on the notion of a headset reveal at WWDC. on Twitter.
“I’m sure that if Apple announces the AR/MR headset and its operating system at WWDC, competitors will immediately start copying projects and happily copy Apple’s great ideas, and hit store shelves before Apple’s 2023 launch,” he wrote.
Apple declined to comment on its product plans.
While the company may discuss what software will eventually power this new device, Apple will likely stick to the bread and butter of its conference keynotes: new announcements of software features for the rest of its products.
iOS, which powers the company’s iPhones, is expected to pack several new features, including new accessibility tools that Apple publicly outlined last month. Meanwhile, iPads could undergo more fundamental changes.
A report claims that the new version of iPadOS will give Apple’s tablets more flexibility in how they display multiple running apps. Such a feature could make iPads more capable replacements for traditional computers, though Samsung’s smartphones and tablets already have an edge there.
Samsung’s latest tablet might have a bigger screen than your laptop
Other announcements expected at the show include an improved power-saving feature for the Apple Watch intended to extend its battery life, as reported by Bloomberg, as well as more sophisticated heart monitoring tools. for the laptop. The software that powers Apple’s tiny set-top box and personal computers is also regularly in the spotlight, though it’s not yet clear what new features will be included.
And maybe, just maybe, Apple will have some hardware to announce, after all. Reports suggest the company plans to follow up last year’s well-received MacBook Pro lineup with an updated version of its popular MacBook Air laptop.
We’ll update this story as the Apple Live event unfolds.


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Intel’s “Arrandale” processor may be getting the cold shoulder from Apple, according to reports that say the MacBook maker is aiming for a custom design that would free it up to continue using Nvidia’s GPUs as well. But fulfilling that request might be a major undertaking for Intel, and it could once more stir up the squabbling between the two chipmakers over licensing issues. HardwareCentral has the story.
A report on a hardware enthusiast site states that Apple, already dealing with headaches from the Core i5 and i7 on its desktop iMacs, has refused to take Intel’s forthcoming mobile chips for the MacBook.
Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) reportedly rejected Intel’s “Arrandale” processor, which has a dual-core 32-nanometer-process CPU and a 45nm GPU on the same die, according to a report in Bright Side of News which cited sources “close to the matter.”
Instead, Apple is asking Intel (NASDAQ: INTC) to build a custom version of the Arrandale processor that leaves off the integrated graphics. That would allow Apple to use the graphics structure it has been using, a combination of integrated and discrete graphics from GPU maker Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA).
However, this is not as cut and dried as the BSN story would imply due to all of the legal and technical entanglements of both Nvidia and Intel and the Arrandale architecture.


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The Lagos Commodities and Futures Exchange (LCFE) says the Federal Government’s Food Security and Agricultural Mechanization Programme in Niger will ensure food sufficiency.
LCFE’s Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer, Mr. Akin Akeredolu-Ale, said this at a media briefing on Wednesday in Lagos.
He said it was a heartwarming warning that four states—Benue, Kogi, Kwara, and Lagos—had already signed MoUs with Niger to build partnerships for the development of agriculture.
“This programme emphasises this administration’s commitment to ensuring food sufficiency and protecting local industries for sustainable economic growth.
“This is a very commendable step because the Nigerian economy can only grow when the producing states work together with the processing and industrial states to grow the economy.
“In Lagos State, the launch of the Lagos Rice Mill, the largest rice mill in Africa and the third largest rice mill in the world, commenced operations H2, 2023, and has produced over 100,000 bags of rice in 2023.
“The mill’s products rival any global rice brand being imported into the country with their quality, taste, and colour,” Akeredolu-Ale said.
He added that the establishment of the Lagos Food Hub in Mushin and the food hubs in different local governments selling food at discounted prices was a welcome development for the state.
According to him, the plan to establish the Food Hub with the collaboration of LCFE in Epe will reduce food losses and further drive down the cost of food in the state.
He, however, stressed the need for stakeholders’ collaboration to boost food security and economic development.
“There is a major difference between a commodities exchange and commodities traders. An exchange provides structure, price discovery, and a platform for the trading of securities like commodities in a regulated environment.
“Commodity traders, on the other hand, buy and sell commodities in an unregulated environment.
“Commodities exchanges introduce a regulated environment where many stakeholders meet to grow the commodities ecosystem.
“LCFE, since receiving its license in 2019, has propagated the need for the investing community to focus on the commodities ecosystem as not only the next gold mine but a route to driving the GDP of the economy from single digits to double digits.
“LCFE has called for attention to the commodities ecosystem as a one trillion-dollar economy rich in agricultural, oil and gas, and solid mineral commodities,” he said.
Akeredolu-Ale, however, said the Federal Government must address the issues responsible for the current food crisis in the country, such as high transportation costs, insecurity, poor infrastructure, and foreign exchange instability.
He noted the challenges had affected the ability of commodity stakeholders to successfully produce food and transport it to where it is needed.
He said the Exchange had been proactive in its efforts to boost food security, having started trading in paddy rice in 2023, and the LCFE had traded over N600 million worth of paddy rice through registered brokers.
“The Exchange has made notable strides in the past few months with the signing of the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Lagos State government for the development of the rice mill and the operationalization of the rice mill.
“Through this partnership, the mill has received over 10,000 metric tonnes of paddy in 2023.
“The Exchange’s goal is to improve supply to the mill 10 fold in 2024,” Akeredolu-Ale said.
The LCFE boss also said the exchange has facilitated over N66 million worth of gold trades through registered commodity brokers since its listing in 2022.
He noted that the LCFE made history as the first exchange in Nigeria to list and trade physical gold coins known as “Eko Gold Coins” in 2022.
“Since its inception, the Exchange has facilitated gold trades exceeding N66 million through registered commodity brokers.
“This innovative digital asset enables investors to invest in as little as 1 gram of gold coin, initially listed at ₦42,500 per gram and closing at ₦65,000 per gram by the end of February 2024,” he said. (NAN)


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The site discovered the upcoming project thanks to the poster below, and announce that it will be based on the video game series, which is itself based on the TV show. Don’t think about that too much, it gets a little confusing.
ComingSoon also ran with an official update on the upcoming Star Wars cartoon series:
Today, George Lucas is hard at work on a second animated series that will complement ‘The Clone Wars’, taking ‘Star Wars’ in a completely new and fun direction.
What with the release of the Star Wars blu-ray collection, and the 3D cinematic re-releases that I personally will only watch begrudgingly, it’s an exciting time for any Star Wars fan right now, and this new addition to the sprawling Star Wars universe will certainly inject some more fun, if the games are anything to go by.


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- Fenqile is a student-focused micro-credit company
- A funding round from Tencent could put its worth at $1 billion
- Such a move has Tencent following in Alibaba's footsteps
- However, a concern is that these micro-loan firms target financially naive students
By Neil Flynn
One of China’s largest student micro-loan companies – Fenqile – has announced that it is in talks with tech giant Tencent to gain further investment in its latest funding round, which could potentially take the value of the loan firm up to $1 billion.
Fenqile is one of a new breed of student-focused micro-credit companies that allow university students to pay for items such as iPhones and MacBooks via payment plans. It capitalises on Chinese consumers’ insatiable demand for brand-name goods and the financial naivety of students. It also represents an aspect of the growing liberalisation of China’s financial system, which has been much needed for decades.
Fenqile allows students to pay for items such as iPhones via payment plans. Photo: iStock
Consumer credit is a common element of Western financial systems, but in China it is a relatively new concept. The big state-owned banks are notoriously rigid in terms of their lending capacity, in the sense that they will often only lend to state-owned and large private entities, which typically need liquidity the least.
The launch of the new private banking structures by the likes of Alibaba and Tencent has seen this change, with consumers being the main beneficiaries. For example, when shopping on one of Alibaba’s platforms, users can choose to use the Huabei service, which is essentially Alibaba’s own credit service that can only be used on its own platforms.
This allows users to pay for products under the condition that it is paid back within 30 days. In terms of risk management, it is simply the best in China. Alibaba uses data from its Alipay platform, which has been the most popular payment platform in China for over a decade, and can calculate individual credit scores on its Sesame Credit platform, giving the most accurate credit rating scores in China.
Stricter regulation is surely just a matter of time
The Fenqile deal with Tencent mirrors a similar deal between rival start up Qufenqi and Alibaba’s finance subsidiary Ant Financial. Micro-loans are an attractive business for China’s tech giants because it allows them to expand their presence over China’s growing private financial sector.
Both Tencent and Alibaba have set up their own online private banks, and have a range of financial services such as online payments, consumer credit and money management. However, I expect that their reluctance to launch their own student-focused platform is due to potential regulation.
It is also a business that China’s former social media leader Renren (a Facebook clone in every sense other than success) has jumped into in order to exploit its student user base. The social media site is still used by students, and the firm has been integrating its services with universities, in order to capitalise on the growth of online education.
Earlier this year, I discussed how the firm was simply a holding company for cash, but has since leveraged its user base by offering credit and payment plans to students.
I continue to hold concerns over the industry as a whole, because making credit easily available to financially naïve students seems to me to be a recipe for disaster. One look on the lender’s website shows that students can sign up to payment plans for a wide range of consumer electronics and fashionable accessories, such as iPhones, iPads and Tissot watches.
However, a recent trend is that O2O food takeaway apps now accept Fenqile as a payment format, and in fact offer greater discounts if the payment is made using the lender instead of the standard WePay and Alipay platforms.
Making consumer credit available to students is a slippery slope, and given the speed at which financial regulators typically react to new technology and business lines, the earliest that we can expect stricter limitations on lending would be after Chinese New Year in February. In the meantime, firms such as Fenqile will continue to attract students into two or four-year payment plans in order to get the latest iPhone.
There is certainly a lot of potential for companies that are able to offer much greater consumer credit liquidity in China. However, for the firms that deliberately target financially naïve demographics, I expect that strict regulation will be forthcoming, which will force a change of the current business model.
– Edited by Gayle Bryant
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To celebrate its 60th year in North America, Ferrari will produce a built to order F60America convertible with a V12 engine. Only 10 will be manufactured thus ensuring its desirability in future high end auctions. Ferrari predicts at 0-60 run in just 3.1 seconds. Inside, the racing seats feature a stylized American flag motif on the center of each seat and backrest. And by the way, all 10 are already spoken for.
Fiat Chrysler starts trading today on the New York Stock Exchange with CEO Sergio Marchionne ringing the closing bell. Auto analysts say this is not a good time to list a stock given the recent profit warning at Ford, slow sales in Europe and China along with concerns about a possible recession in Germany. The company’s sales in this country have been strong for its Ram Truck and Jeep brands.
Wall Street was not impressed with the Tesla “D” that was unveiled late Thursday. Tesla shares lost 6.3 percent on Friday with analyst saying the new model just brings Tesla up to date with other luxury competitors.
Fairing a bit better was the 2015 aluminum Ford F-150 that was named Truck of Texas by auto writers there. The 2015 Jeep Grand Cherokee was named SUV of Texas for the fifth straight year.
Volkswagen will auction off the first all-electric e-Golf to hit these shores. The proceeds will benefit Global Green, a national environmental non-profit. The auction will be hosted online at Charitybuzz.com/vwgolf. VW said the electric Golf will go on sale here next month.
Imagine nearly 150 mph with no one at the wheel? Would you ride along? A driverless Audi RS 7 will tackle Germany’s Hockenheim circuit at race speed on the 19th. Audi claims a two minute lap time and up to 149 mph is expected and tests conducted thus far show that is feasible.
The subcompact Mazda 2 has been named Japan’s Car of the Year.


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Moto’s offer of free meals for HGV drivers parking overnight at their facilities, launched at the start of the pandemic lockdown, comes to an end this week. In its place the motorway services operator has relaunched an upgraded, cut-price food voucher scheme. Moto launched the free meal scheme at the start of lockdown in recognition of the crucial work HGV drivers were doing to keep the UK’s supply chains flowing during the crisis. The scheme, which saw nearly 30,000 meals […]
The RHA has been forced to defend itself over renewed industry claims that a public inquiry (PI) which could have rejected the Direct Vision Standard (DVS) was not held because the trade association withdrew its formal objections.
Eddie Stobart and the Unite union will start talks at Acas this Thursday (15 November) in a bid to end the row over drivers’ jobs at Tesco’s Doncaster DC. A spokesman for Eddie Stobart confirmed to Motortransport.co.uk that the operator’s MD David Pickering will personally attending the talks with Unite at Acas. The move comes after a 72-hour walkout by 180 Unite driver members facing redundancy at the DC. This included a demo outside a Tesco store in Westminster. Eddie Stobart […]
Smart motorways are “inherently unsafe and should be abandoned” a South Yorkshire police and crime commissioner is warning.


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32 per cent of the UK's population now classifies themselves as a gamer.
UK publisher association ELSPA has understandably aired its disappointment at the Cob-LibDem government's withdrawal of tax breaks for games production.
ELSPA has grown its team ahead of this summer's rebrand to UKIE.
ELSPA is hopeful that the PEGI system of age ratings for video games will be ratified in law this October – just in time for complete clarity through the busiest ...
Red Dead Redemption is spending its second week at the top of the ELSPA GfK Chart-Track All Formats Top 40 this week, having successfully fended off a number of new ...
THE FIFTH London Games Festival takes place this October as a month-long celebration of games, targeted at mainstream consumers, mass media and key Westminster figures.
ELSPA has praised the appointment of the new Ministers for Culture and Business as the new Government takes shape.
The games industry is growing impatient with the Conservative party.
National financial support, age ratings, IP theft, skills, broadband – these are the areas that ELSPA will focus its efforts on as it outlines its lobbying intentions for the duration ...
Alistair Darling’s Budget was a landmark moment for the games industry – but UK studios most show they are worth the £90m invested in them.
The inaugural ELSPA Question Time event at BAFTA HQ last night saw the three key political parties debate some of the biggest issues surrounding the game industry.
Rebranding ELSPA to the newer, more accessible UK Interactive Entertainment Association ‘reflects the evolving nature of the industry’ according to director general Michael Rawlinson.
Today is the day three main political parties head to BAFTA’s London HQ to discuss the game industry’s most pressing issues.
Trade organisation The Entertainment and Leisure Software Publishers Association, otherwise known as ELSPA, has confirmed that it is to change its name to the UK Interactive Entertainment Association.
The video games industry is well ahead of music and DVD when it comes to combating IP theft, says trade body ELSPA.
Members of Parliament will take part in a Q&A session to discuss the state of the games industry on March 29th.
ELSPA has confirmed to MCV that Tim Wapshott has departed the trade body.
PEGI has released fresh guidelines on where to label its age-ratings.
A man who imported over 26,500 R4 DS piracy cards has been given 12 months in prison.
As government increases its efforts in embracing to modern technological world a new video game called MP For A Week has gone live on Parliament.uk – and trade body ELSPA ...
In a year that saw most sectors of the UK video games market suffer year-on-year declines, both the Xbox 360 and PS3 have emerged as the real winners of the ...
The UK Government has addressed fears that the Digital Economy Bill will not be passed before the General Election.
The Bill, which looks at age ratings, broadband and illegal ...


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Brief: Bangor's Downtown Gets Another Lift with an HQ Moving In
Brief piece about CES Inc.'s planned move to Bangor's One Merchants Plaza which will allow the company to expand. The iconic building in downtown Bangor was purchased by David St. Germain who intends to renovate and upgrade the structure.
Bangor (Me.), CES Inc. -- Buildings
Schreiber, Laurie, "Brief: Bangor's Downtown Gets Another Lift with an HQ Moving In" (2019). Maine News Index – MaineBiz. 7671.


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As the evermore important electric car automotive market grows and manufacturers work to compete with one another to ensure their customers receive the most environmentally friendly and also financially friendly vehicles for their money we have exciting news from Volkswagen about the technology which will be used in the brand new ID electric car when it launches in a few years’ time.
The systems have been moved about on a large scale including the movement of the electric motor to the rear of the vehicle and the climate control system to the nose of the model then the dashboard as a result has been pulled forward by around 20cm which has created space for the brand’s engineers to use an all new ‘augmented HUD’ technology system.
The head up display will be ground-breaking when compared to the current vehicle technologies available; it will be able to project pictograms and information so they appear around 15 metres ahead of the driver which will allow for huge leaps in the ease of following a navigation system as the arrows and directions to follow appear on the surface of the actual road ahead of the driver!
By the time of the model’s release towards the end of the decade the technology is likely to have further advanced to work in line with safety systems and make it obvious to the driver which hazards are ahead of them on their journey including moving risks e.g. pedestrians as well as stationary obstructions and also potential hidden hazards such as slippery patches of road surface ahead.
The vast scope of information available will increase further and further as an increased number of models become connected to the HERE mapping cloud which is jointly owned by numerous brands including Audi and BMW. The system uses a combination of both hyper accurate Lidar-based 3D maps with live information from numerous vehicle sensors to offer the technology which can provide safety warnings and live road information.
Here at Sinclair Volkswagen we can’t wait to find out more about the all new Volkswagen I.D and the technology it will offer. Keep checking back to our blog for future updates on the Volkswagen latest news!


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COLUMBUS, Ind. — According to the latest State of the Industry: U.S. Classes 3-8 Used Trucks, published by ACT Research, used Class 8 retail sales rebounded strongly from July, advancing 12% month-over-month in August.
Average mileage decreased 1%, while average price and age were both flat. Longer term, average volumes jumped 3%, price dropped 26%, and miles and age both fell 4%.
“Seasonally, August is the second-best sales month of the year, exceeded only by October. Auction sales also improved in August but recouped only a portion of the decline they saw in July. Wholesales rounded out the upbeat August market, with dealers trading 46% more trucks compared to July,” said Steve Tam, vice president at ACT Research. “Combined, the total market volume swelled 15% m/m in August.”
The curtain has been pulled back a bit regarding the handling of the disposal of transportation equipment from bankrupt Yellow, ACT reports. Like the liquidation of their terminals, the company overseeing the shutdown is actively seeking buyers for the trucks and trailers. Bids for interested buyers are due by Oct. 13.
“While estimates vary, the company owns approximately 12,000 tractors (primarily Class 8 day cabs) and 35,000 trailers. A sizable chunk of tractors was acquired within the past couple years. These late model, low mileage units will probably never see a used truck dealers’ lot or the auction block. This will help to prevent the accelerated depreciation that would have hit had the trucks flooded the secondary market.”
The Trucker News Staff produces engaging content for not only TheTrucker.com, but also The Trucker Newspaper, which has been serving the trucking industry for more than 30 years. With a focus on drivers, the Trucker News Staff aims to provide relevant, objective content pertaining to the trucking segment of the transportation industry. The Trucker News Staff is based in Little Rock, Arkansas.


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BlackBerry Adds Channels and Voice Calls to Android BBM App
Published on: 5th Jan 2014
Note -- this news article is more than a year old.
BlackBerry has released an update to its newly launched BBM software for Android smartphones that includes the promised support for BBM Channels and voice calls.
The update is however just a beta release and currently only available to Android users who have signed up to that service.
In addition to Channels and Voice Calls, the updated mobile app includes what the company says is easier sharing of photos, more emoticons and increased BBM Group sizes.
There is currently no mention of an iPhone app, although the company has previously said that it will roll out the upgrades to both platforms.
On the web: BlackBerry Beta Zone


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The second half of today's earnings one-two punch is in, as Apple just revealed its report for the third quarter its fiscal 2013. Diving right into the numbers, Apple says that it sold 31.2 million iPhones during its fiscal Q3 2013. That's an increase from the 26 million iPhones it sold in Q3 2012 and is also a record for Apple's June quarter.
Apple also says that it moved 14.6 million iPads in Q3 2013, a drop from the 17 million it sold in the year-ago quarter. Finally, Apple reports that it sold 4.6 million iPods in the quarter, while Mac sales finished at 3.8 million in Q3 2013.
Looking at the financial numbers, Apple's Q3 2013 resulted in in $35.3 billion in revenue, operating expenses of $3.8 billion, and a net profit of $6.9 billion. Apple expects its fiscal Q4 2013 to bring in revenue between $34 billion and $37 billion and its operating expenses to come in between $3.9 billion and $3.95 billion.
Apple CEO Tim Cook also took the opportunity to tease his company's future plans. The exec said that his company is "laser-focused and working hard on some amazing new products" that it plans to introduce in the fall and "across 2014." Once again, there are no teases or hints as to what Apple has planned, but the rumor mill has suggested that we could see the iPhone 5S, a new low-cost iPhone, and possibly a refreshed iPad with an iPad mini-like design later this year. To help pass the time while we wait to see if those reports pan out, I'll be listening in on Apple's Q3 2013 earnings call and will report back with any juicy tidbits that are shared.
UPDATE: Apple revealed during its earnings call that there are now over 320 million iCloud accounts and 240 million Game Center accounts, adding that its users have sent over 900 billion iMessages and received 8 trillion push notifications.


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Panamanian President Martinelli is on an upward trajectory, and isn’t shy about letting everyone know. In this article from Panama-Guide, he predicts that Panama’s economy will grow as much as 9% this year.
Although not as wildly optimistic, experts agree that Panama will have a great year. The IMF predicts it will grow by 6.3% and the Economic Commission for Latin America says 7.5%, as reported in the Panama News recently. And even at the depths of the global economic downturn, Panama’s growth slowed, but it never saw a decline.
With the Canal expansion driving increased revenue and the new trade agreement with the U.S., and a 5% increase in tourism , it’s no wonder things are looking good. (Hat tips to Latin Business Chronicle and Newsroom Panama.)
Add to that some of the best infrastructure in Latin America and its no wonder Americans want to live and invest in this little country that could.


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PIECES OF COVERAGE
In 2021, Rhode Island based startup Bombi, founded by three juvenile products industry veterans, launched its first product - a stylish, eco-conscious stroller with a lighting fast fold. With a limited budget, Bombi tapped Hollywood for a three-month, lean and mean media relations project to help the brand hit the ground running. Our objectives were clear: garner positive product reviews, create brand awareness, tell the founders’ story, and drive sales for this direct-to-consumer brand.
Hollywood targeted top parenting, lifestyle and regional news outlets with creative, timely pitch angles to help spread the word about this innovative, better-for-the-planet stroller. In three short months the team garnered 20 pieces of coverage with a total of 162M impressions and an estimated 171,000 online views.
Looking for an early win in its hometown market, the team focused on MA and RI media relations. Business coverage was captured in:
Boston Globe: feature story with founder, “Oh, baby: This startup says it’s designed a better stroller”
WPRO: founder interview
Rhode Island Business Journal and Bostinno: feature story with founder, “A RI company is trying to make the perfect stroller”
Highlights included product features with:
Tiny Beans/Red Tricycle: in the “Best new strollers of 2021” product roundup
Buzzfeed: inclusion in its gift guide
Baby Gizmo and TTPM: video and written reviews as well as shares on their respective social channels and websites
Mom influencer @GlobalMunchkins provided an image and tag.


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The Day Before has just released a new video titled “A Post Apocalyptic Spa”. In recent weeks the game has come under serious criticism with missed release dates and misleading marketing communications. As well as its recent disappearance from Steam.
A Post Apocalyptic Spa
In the video just released, they show what looks like to be another pre-rendered gameplay showcase. The player is seen going into a spa with other NPC’s or Players, to rejuvenate the character.
We assume they are trying to implement some sort of recovery system into the game. However, we are still none the wiser on the development of the game apart from this video. We hope we will see more about The Day Before other than more Post Apocalyptic Spas in the coming months.


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"Notice and choice" is "really a charade," according to Justin Brookman, director of consumer privacy and technology policy at Consumer's Union, so he said consumers need a "different mechanism" for the marketplace, "perhaps icons or a simplified notice," because the marketplace "doesn't work."
Speaking at an Information Technology and Innovation Foundation (ITIF) event on September 25 about European versus American privacy law, Brookman lamented further that there are no “expectations of trust for any connected service or platform" today, highlighting differential pricing driven by algorithms and broad access to data by companies unknown to the consumer. While Brookman loves the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and it "does a really good job with the tools that it has," he urged Congress to provide the agency more resources, power and authority to have any hope of protecting privacy. The agency’s authority under Section 5 of the FTC Act to combat deceptive or unfair acts or practices is "necessary, but not sufficient," and, according to Brookman, encourages companies "not to say anything" to avoid charges of deception.
He also contended that consumers “shouldn't be expected to manage" tons of "different privacy settings" for different entities. "I don't think you need unbounded data collection to make cool products," but "that is where we're headed."
Brookman complained that industry trade association's self-regulatory programs don't work anymore, if they ever did, and fewer companies even belong to the associations anymore.
Will Rinehart, director of technology and innovation policy at American Action Forum, debated the opposite position. He urged policymakers to think about the European Union (EU) General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) “in context" with the EU privacy scene, what has happened since implementation in May, and "what it means for the ecosystem and what it means for choice." While GDPR provides “some sorts of control rights" within "certain types of platforms," there are somethings that GDPR "does really poorly." For example, Rinehart said, "data minimization" stifles secondary usage and data sharing. Consumers have the right to export their data, but that provides minimal panacea. Consumers can enforce the delisting of information with the Right To Be Forgotten, but that has spillover effects that are still being explored. If any of these GDPR provisions are violated there's a high fine involved. "The stick here is pretty big,” Rinehart said. As a result, "companies have tried to understand this new set of regulatory risks," and have taken on "clear costs" in compliance or avoidance.
He agreed with Brookman that "ubiquitous and unfettered data collection" is an important concern, but urged policymakers to consider what might be optimal for the marketplace.
There are lots of surveys about consumer attitudes to data privacy, but when measuring costs and benefits, data demonstrates that consumers believe that online services benefit them personally and they feel good about how they've benefited. "So how do we solve these problems that we've talked about," like Cambridge Analytica, Rinehart asked, which was a "third-party contract problem" rather than an issue between Facebook and consumers?
Rinehart also agreed with Brookman that a federal law may be a good idea, but that it needs to avoid GDPR's problematic approach; "costs and benefits" to consumers and businesses should be considered in implementing "writ large" privacy law. GDPR's onerous fines make the data sector "a more risky investment,” Rinehart concluded, and a GDPR-like policy would be “very detrimental.”
Brookman immediately countered that the U.S. “should not just copy and paste GDPR and call it a day."
Amie Stepanovich, U.S. policy manager for Access Now, piped up in support of GDPR, contending that Americans are "being left behind" while other countries and jurisdictions are building systems to protect consumers. GDPR didn't really change much from the old EU Data Directive, she insisted; it mostly just added heavy fines.
Daniel Castro, vice president at ITIF, stressed the need to focus on consumer harm, fraud, identity theft, and similar tangible harms, so that policymakers would be "solving a real problem" and not "have a negative impact on innovation" and "burden companies with excessive compliance costs." ITIF, he pointed out, “opposed GDPR for Europe, too, not just the U.S."
Castro felt that a key question was, "Do consumers actually want to pay more for privacy?" When researchers actually study this with consumers, consumers show "they don't want to pay." Asked about the tradeoff in a practical environment, consumers overwhelmingly choose privacy invasion over privacy if they can save some money in the process, he said.
What presents the best way forward: sector-specific fixes or smaller approaches?
Stepanovich suggested that America’s "sector-specific approach" may have helped in some specific small ways and areas, but has not "done the job of protecting consumers' data overall." If the goal is keeping compliance costs down, it isn't accomplishing that, she said, since companies still must comply everywhere else.
Taking a more practical approach, Brookman replied, "I'll take what I can get." Some of the sectoral laws have done a good job, he said, but we can't just pass a data security breach notification law and then call it a day. People don't like data aggregation, data brokers, or surveillance across websites and services, and there is a need "to align practices with expectations."
Castro said that "transparency" is "one of the best principles out there," and is more than just a first step.
Brookman countered that transparency hasn't worked great for consumers: "nobody knows what's going on." He referenced privacy-invasive opinion surveys (a worry for our industry getting specifically targeted by privacy activists at some point in the future).
America v. California v. Europe
The U.S. "is basically under attack from GDPR" and the California Consumer Privacy Act, Castro insisted, and those jurisdictions will be setting the rules for data everywhere if Congress doesn't pursue a federal U.S. standard. California’s "manipulation question" comes back to concerns about American democracy and "controlling your own destiny," so we need to consider the empowerment of individuals in that context.”
Brookman countered Castro’s points, highlighting a key problem with GDPR. “Europeans don’t ever enforce the laws that they write,” he said, which is why the e-Privacy regulation “never changed anything.” Brookman instead said that private sector “profit models need to change to align with consumer demands.”
Does the FTC have the tools necessary to police consumer privacy?
Brookman again stressed that the agency needs a lot more staff and civil penalty authority. He emphasized that harms are bigger than we think. For example, the simple consumer worry about misuse of their data down the road is a harm on its own. “There is a legitimate worry that data collected could be used against you in the future” and “there is always some degree of risk.”
Carl Szabo of Netchoice contended that the FTC’s “unfairness” authority “is pretty broad,” so he asked if Section 5 can address a lot of Brookman’s concerns? And should it apply to nonprofits, he asked, since they deal with so much data, too?
Brookman countered that “unfairness is incredibly fluffy,” and should be replaced with a specific law on privacy. Nonprofits should be included, he agreed. Brookman further lamented that GDPR focuses too much on process, not enough on substance, and “isn’t at all what drafters wanted it to be.” The Europeans’ “coercive consent process” is counter to the intent of the GDPR and he would prefer “clear rules about what you can do” instead of a “massive accountability program” with millions of lawyers helping you to comply.
Castro piped in that GDPR obviously didn’t and doesn’t solve the problem, since Cambridge Analytica was a European-based company.
The FTC’s current unfairness authority isn’t enough, Stepanovich agreed. As an example, she pointed out that Facebook was already under an FTC consent order when the Cambridge Analytica case happened, and the required audits and assessments don’t appear to have understood that the deletion of data had never occurred, let alone had Facebook taken any action against the violations.
Hart asked the speakers if there was a better body than the FTC to enforce privacy law.
While admitting he would “like to see some reforms at the FTC,” Rinehart stressed that the agency is “where you’d want this kind of enforcement.”
Brookman again said that, “If you want the FTC to litigate more cases, they need a lot more resources.”


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July Facebook post could net Netflix a civil claim
Netflix and its CEO Reed Hastings have been informed by the Securities and Exchange Commission that they could face a civil claim over a post a statement Hastings posted to Facebook over the summer. This past July, Hastings' Facebook page announced Netflix had surpassed a billion hours of user streaming for the month of June, the first time the service has done so in its history. That post, though, may have violated regulations regarding fair disclosure, the SEC has reportedly told Netflix.
Bloomberg reports that Hastings' post was seen by 200,000 followers. The regulatory agency alleges that the post could constitute selective disclosure of material information, which might justify a civil claim.
In a statement, Netflix pointed to the fact that the company had previously intimated that it was closing in on a billion hours of viewing in June. Furthermore, according to Netflix, the billion-hour total is not "material" to investors. The company remains "optimistic that this can be cleared up quickly through the SEC's review process."


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GR Fresh, a grower-packer-importer of fresh Mexican vegetables, will begin a new deal, shipping colored bell peppers from a new region in Jalisco. Tony Incaviglia, the firm’s vice president of sales and marketing, said this is an entrée to shipping colored bell peppers 12 months a year.
GR Fresh will produce in the Jalisco facility from August through January and “will then change to other areas for a full-year program.” This hothouse colored bell pepper program “is a nice deal for us. It is an item that is very popular with consumers, and also completes our bell pepper category with its year-round availability.”
The facility has a capacity to hold 150 truckloads and includes 50,000 square feet of cooling space, 17,000 square feet of dock space, 12,000 square feet of office space, and a 10,000-square-foot packing area. It also has a generator that can provide backup power to the entire facility for up to a week.
The grand opening marked the first phase of the project, which broke ground 15 months ago. A second phase is planned, which will feature another 50,000 square feet and capacity for another 150 truckloads of product.
Incaviglia said that the new warehouse is “exactly what we needed. “At this point in our growth, it will allow us to raise our efficiency, service levels and be more creative and innovative. With a 10,000-square-foot repack room, there are a lot more packaging possibilities. We have the innovation piece and new packaging available to us.”
In the early 1990s, GR Fresh was among Mexico’s first growers to open a McAllen warehouse. The company is owned by Grupo GR in Torreón, Mexico. Today, Gonzalez’s grandsons Antonio Villalobos and Luis Webb and his son Miguel Gonzalez run the company.
Read the complete article at www.theproducenews.com.


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E-coli Causes Ground Beef Recall
At least three major grocery store chains have recalled some of their ground beef packages because they could be contaminated with E. coli bacteria.
Winn-Dixie, Publix and Kroger say problems come from the National Beef Packaging Company. Louisiana is among several states affected. At Kroger, the recall includes ground chuck, ground beef patties, meatballs and meat loaf made in the stores with "sell by" dates of July 29 through Aug. 12. Winn-Dixie products include ground chuck and patties with "sell-by" label dates from July 31 to Aug. 12. The companies said people should return the beef to their stores for a full refund.


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Cyber crime: Prevention better till foolproof firewalls in place
Ritu Kohli, a Delhi housewife was shocked when she suddenly started getting obscene calls from people who claimed that she had been talking to them online. Further interrogation revealed that Manish Kathuria, an acquaintance, had hacked into Ritu's identity. He had been passing her phone number to people on porn sites. In the first case of cyber crime in Delhi, Kathuria was arrested under section 509 of IPC.
Ritu's case is not an isolated one. While the Internet superhighway has enabled communication workers to connect effectively, it has also played into the hands of nefarious elements to propagate a new category of crime called the cyber crime.
Cyber crime is a wide-ranging phrase that can be used to define information technology-enabled offence, from simple password theft to hacking into sensitive systems.
"Any criminal activity that uses a computer either as an instrument, target or a means for perpetuating crimes comes within the ambit of cyber crime," says cyber law specialist Pavan Duggal.
Even Home Secretary N. Gopalaswami has admitted that India has to work hard in order to counter the growing threat of cyber crime and cyber terrorism.
As Symantec Sales Head Ambarish Deshpande says: Being online can be very unsafe.
Broadband makes hacking even easier as despite the faster connection and the permanent Domain Name System (DNS) address, there is a path that is always available to your PC. Malicious hackers can steal or destroy your files by tunnelling through your broadband connection straight to your hard drive using mobile code.
Then there are ActiveX controls that can give hackers a back door into your PC. One example is Microsoft's Office Assistant known as Clippy (because of its paper clip persona). Clippy is actually back door for Microsoft to allow macros to help users when needed. Unfortunately, Clippy also turned out to be a security hole.
The details you give to various websites, especially e-commerce sites, can also be hazardous. According to Deshpande, digital means of commerce must be kept safe.
Criminals also use modern technology to propagate their schemes. The terrorist who attacked Parliament last year used laptop for communication and fake identifications. However, our law enforcement agencies failed to intercept electronic transmission. Since 9-11 FBI has been monitoring emails on a big scale. "Cyber crime will be one of the FBI's highest priorities for the foreseeable future," FBI Assistant Director Jana Monroe wrote in a report on cyber crime.
It's not easy for websites themselves to stay away from cyber criminals. Rediff.com chairman and CEO Ajit Balakrishnan says that intrusion detection systems and firewalls are necessary to disallow any syn flood or denial of service attack. About 10,000 India sites were hacked in August alone, according to ASCL (Asian School of Cyber Laws).
One man's poison is another man's food. Certainly with increasing security threats, one industry that is booming is the Internet security space. According to José Ruggero, Gartner vice president, Internet security is becoming more and more important and companies are spending greater amounts to ensure secure systems.
Customisable products from Norton, McAfee and Trend Micro can hide your computer from hackers and help prevent identity thieves from obtaining your personal information. They also help in rooting out unwanted spyware and cookies, protecting online activities from prying eyes.
Special password programmes can help keep a track of various passwords. Firewalls and proxy servers are foolproof measures for remote hacking, while use of encrypted emails and data should ensure safe communication.
According to Niraj Kaushik, country manager, Trend Micro India, small steps such as scanning all attachments and deleting cookies and updating software can go a long way in cyber protection.
The best way to prevent misuse of identity while giving your details on a website is to check websites for secure servers. Your browser must display a "locked" icon and the URL should begin with https://.
Much work is being done within the country also. R. K. Verma, executive director, CDAC, says that development of cyber forensics and cyber security tools is the need of the day and his organisation is investing heavily into it. Sify has set-up a subsidiary called Safe Scrypt to provide digital security solutions.
Prevention better than cure
Cyber crime is clearly an area where prevention would certainly be better than cure because even if one gets lucky to track the offender, the legal framework is still on shaky legs.
Over the years, we have seen many breakthroughs in cyber crime cases and offenders have been booked for a variety of cyber crimes like cyber stalking in chatrooms, identity thefts, Nigerian email scams, online sale of pirated software and even credit card frauds. But till date only one judgement has been delivered.
Even the IT Act 2000 leaves large number of grey areas. It does not have much scope for regulating electronic payment gateways and is unclear about crimes like cyber stalking, harassment and cyber terrorism while ignores the issue of intellectual property rights.
Fredrik Nystrom, Director, Plus Four Six, a digital rights management company says that Indian cyber space has no respect for intellectual property, due to poor policing and reporting.
According to Duggal, most cases remain unreported due to lack of awareness. Of every 500 cases, 50 are reported and only one of them acted upon. Spreading awareness and ushering in the latest technology are the only options to tackle cyber criminals.
According to Kaushik, the government needs to clearly phrase definition of cyber crimes and its constituents, create mechanisms that pin accountability on perpetrators of such activities and also legislate stringent laws which take offenders to task."
Till this is done, prevention is certainly a better idea.
How to counter it
* Use latest software and update them
* Use Internet security software
* Keep broadband connection locked
* Delete all cookies
* Close ActiveX controls
* Backup database
* Be vigil while giving information to website
* Use secure websites only
* Use encrypted mails


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Shoppers on the Spanish-language e-commerce site operated by Best Buy Co. spend roughly twice as much money there as do shoppers on the English-language site when measured by average order value, says Ana Grace, the retailer’s global web team site manager. The multichannel consumer electronics retailer launched the site more than three years ago, in September 2007. Best Buy is No. 10 in the Internet Retailer Top 500 Guide.
Best Buy had previously said that shoppers on the Spanish-language site, espanol.bestbuy.com, had spent roughly twice as much time there as do visitors to the English-language site. That trend continues to hold, thanks in large part to the relative scarcity of detailed consumer electronics product information in Spanish on U.S.-operated e-commerce sites, says Grace. Consumers more comfortable with Spanish than English are spending more time on the site reading product specifications and other information, she says. The site’s visitor numbers also continue to increase by double-digit rates each year, though the retailer declines to offer details. Best Buy did not release its average order value, but an Internet Retailer estimate puts the average ticket at $215, which primarily reflects orders from its English-language site.
Meanwhile, a service attached to the Spanish-language site also could help the retailer introduce international shipping options for its products, Grace says. “The site was originally designed for Spanish-preferring U.S. customers, but we found that a good proportion of the visits were coming from outside the U.S.,” she says.
Responding to that, about a year and a half ago, the retailer began enabling consumers from outside the United States—for instance, the Mexico-based parents of a college student in the United States—to order products from the Spanish site. Best Buy allows those customers from outside the United States to use a proxy billing address, one attached to the retailer’s district office in Houston, to make site purchases, which are priced in dollars because Best Buy does not offer currency conversions. Those parents, for instance, could use the Spanish-language site to pay for a laptop and then have it shipped to their son’s U.S. address or arrange for pickup from a store inside the United States. Best Buy holds the products in stores for up to eight days, Grace says.
To combat fraud, Best Buy refuses to ship products ordered via the program to known freight forwarders, she adds. Those agents or companies organize products shipments to other companies in other countries and can serve as fronts for criminals bent on selling stolen products.
Now, based on the success of that program, the retailer is considering adding international shipments, Grace says. “I think we have proven the business case,” she says.
The retailer also has learned another lesson from its Spanish-language site, one that was brought home once more over the summer: Don’t pander to Spanish-preferring shoppers. Though Best Buy had initially wondered whether Spanish-speaking shoppers would like content unique to Hispanic culture, content that differed from the English-language site, studies with consumers in Los Angeles and San Antonio have proven otherwise. “Spanish-speaking shoppers got very concerned about differences in the site offerings, even in imagery,” Grace says. “They raised concerns about discrimination.”
For instance, in response to the World Cup last year in South Africa, Best Buy sought reaction from shoppers about putting a soccer image inside one of the TV screens on its web site—much like English-language shoppers might see images of baseball or football games on the TVs offered for sale. “The response was ‘Don’t pander to me’,” Grace says. “Some people said they weren’t even into soccer. They’d rather see more Latino faces on both sites (the English and Spanish ones) and not just on one site.” Spanish-language e-mail marketing messages, however, sometimes have culturally-specific messages, though Best Buy strives to make both sites as similar as possible.
The Spanish-language site also provides benefits for customers shopping inside stores, Grace says. Shoppers can access the site inside stores via kiosks, and often do if there are no Best Buy employees who speak Spanish. Some customers also toggle back and forth between the English and Spanish sites to make sure the deals are the same or to clarify confusing terms.
MotionPoint Corp. translated Best Buy’s product offerings and related information into Spanish and hosts the Spanish-language site. MotionPoint, which offers similar services for a variety of industries beyond retail, uses native language speakers for the work, says Chuck Whiteman, the vendor’s senior vice president of client services. MotionPoint can set up a foreign-language site within one to three months.


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Following Epic Games' announcement to stop commerce with Russia last week, Fortnite has now revealed that Russia will be "added to the list of countries where players are ineligible to win cash prizes", effective as of today.
Despite players residing in Russia being unable to compete for cash prizes, they will still be able to earn in-game cosmetics, as stated by the Fortnite Team.
Full statement from the Fortnite Team:
"Effective as of March 11, Russia will be added to the list of countries where players are ineligible to win cash prizes in Fortnite Competitive tournaments. Players residing in Russia will still be able to earn in-game cosmetic prizes.
Players residing in Russia must complete the prize verification process for any previous tournaments and claim funds from Epic’s payment provider before March 22, 2022.
If cash prizes remain unclaimed after March 22, 2022, they will be frozen until Epic’s payment service provider is able to resume prizing support for players residing in Russia." - The Fortnite Team
In other news, you can now unlock the Diamond Pony Glider by purchasing Tiny Tina's Wonderlands on the Epic Store. Read more here.
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ARSENAL'S third kit for next season may have leaked – and supporters won't be rushing out to buy it.
And the 'Biscay green / peacot' jersey has not been greeted with much enthusiasm by fans online.
Puma are thought to be making their last Arsenal kits ahead of the club's expected link-up with Adidas.
With the Gunners' iconic red strip and yellow away kits likely to be released earlier in the summer, their third kit could be the last of the lot.
While it will go down in history, it will surely be more for its place in 'worst kit' conversations than for sales figures.
The Gunners have used a brighter shade of green on third kits in the past.
It featured as the trim on last season's, with pink replacing it on their black strips for this campaign.
After images of the kit and training strip appeared to leak for next season, fans tore into it...


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Residents in Langa took advantage of a hijacked truck in Cape Town on Wednesday after stealing goods from the abandoned vehicle.
The Copper Chimney at the Chatsworth Centre, near Durban, was stormed and robbed by four men as the restaurant was closing up on Sunday night, East Coast Radio (ECR) reported.
A video has surfaced showing a number of people looting a small spaza shop in Dobsonville over the weekend. The incident which took place on Saturday, shows a group of people running from the store with a handful of items taken from inside.
Police arrest 22 people in eastern India in three separate rape cases involving teenage girls as grisly new attacks against women come to light despite tougher penalties.