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The Supreme Court of India has recently dismissed an appeal filed by MakemyTrip Limited (MMT) against Google LLC. MMT had challenged Google’s practice of allowing competitors, like Booking.com, to use MMT’s trademarks (“Makemytrip” and “MMT”) as keywords in Google Ads.
What was the Issue?
MakemyTrip claimed Google misused their trademarks by allowing them to be used as keywords in Google Ads for competitor Booking.com. Allowing competitors to use their trademarks as keywords amounted to trademark infringement. They claimed it misled users and diverted traffic away from their website.
MMT appealed a Delhi High Court decision that ruled using trademarks as keywords in Google Ads doesn’t constitute trademark infringement if it doesn’t cause confusion for users.
The Court’s Judgement
The Supreme Court, however, sided with the Delhi High Court’s earlier ruling. They determined there was no likelihood of confusion for users. Someone searching for “Makemytrip” is unlikely to land on Booking.com unintentionally. The court further clarified that using a competitor’s trademark as a keyword in Google Ads is acceptable as long as the ads are transparent and don’t deceive users.
This decision sets a precedent for similar trademark cases involving online advertising in India. It suggests that businesses cannot prevent competitors from using their trademarks as keywords, as long as the practice doesn’t create confusion for consumers.
What This Means:
- Businesses in India cannot prevent competitors from using their trademarks as keywords in Google Ads.
- However, the ads must be clear and not misleading to consumers.
- Both rulings establish a precedent for similar cases, emphasizing the importance of transparent advertising practice
Here are some of the other trademark infringement cases that you might want to check:
- Going Back to First Principles – A Nuanced Understanding of Infringement in Google v DRS
- Supreme Court grants BharatMatrimony stay against Shaadi.com
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Bedtime snacks get a bad rap. If you're still clinging to the (common) belief that eating at night leads to unwanted weight gain, know that research indicates that your body doesn't metabolize food differently at different times of the day. And, as it turns out, nighttime snacking can actually improve your sleep. According to our friends at Women's Health, a new study from Japan's Yamaguchi University published in Cell Reports shows that snacking on carb-rich foods before bed can promote a healthy circadian rhythm — a.k.a. better night's rest.
If this sounds too good to be true, consider the science behind the study: In mice, insulin was found to affect the cycles of the gene PER2, which regulates sleep patterns. Researchers theorize that the same ingredients that promote insulin secretion — namely, carbohydrates — may also help reset your internal clock. If you need any more reason to indulge in a pre-bed bite, Women's Health has put together a list of some of the best foods to make you drowsy. (They also point out that nighttime snacks should be exactly that — snacks — rather than entire meals.)
Plus, a carb-rich snack can actually be healthy (sorry, donuts). Topping this list are cherries, which have some 24 grams of carbs a cup and the double benefit of being a natural source of melatonin. (And, how much more fun are cherries to consume than melatonin pills?) Also recommended is almond butter spread on whole-grain bread: Almond butter's magnesium may up muscle relaxation and sleep quality. Click through for the full list of five foods that are better than a lullabye. (Women's Health)

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A new-look Trade Aid shows the company believes Oamaru is worth investing in, manager Delwyn Cox says.
The Thames St shop reopened on Monday after being closed since September 20 for a complete re-fit.
The project included new paint, carpet, lighting, signage and display fixtures. The capitals on the veranda pillars had also been restored by Mrs Cox’s husband Wayne.
Mrs Cox was “really excited” about the change.
“It’s so light, bright and inviting,” she said.
Although the store had just reopened after the Covid-19 lockdown, the decision was made by Trade Aid chief executive Geoff White and the Oamaru shop’s trust to continue with the planned renovations, Mrs Cox said.
“It’s nice they really believe in the Oamaru store – that it’s worth investing in our town.”
Trade Aid first opened in Oamaru in 1992, across the road from where it was now. It moved to the current premises in May 2000.
“A refit was done then, and this is the next one.”
Mrs Cox had been store manager for 13 years, “and I still love it so much”.
Hers was a paid part-time job, and the shop also had 16 volunteers helping to run it.
“I really want to acknowledge the help of my amazing volunteers – they are so supportive and we work as a team. It’s always a team effort,” she said.
She loved the work place, and everybody was there because they wanted to be, not because they had to be.
“It’s a lovely environment to work in.”
Trade Aid was a New Zealand company started by Christchurch couple Vi and Richard Cotrill in 1973, after they worked with Tibetan refugees in Northern India for two years.
The aim was to help talented people around the world better their lives through fair trade. The company worked with artisans and producers from 30 countries.
Each store was run by its own local trust and Oamaru’s was presently on the lookout for a new secretary, Mrs Cox said.


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Thinking of packing a tuna salad sandwich in your kid's lunch this week? Check the label on the can before you make a batch. Bumble Bee Foods, LLC announced Wednesday it is recalling 31,579 cases of its canned tuna, citing deviations in the sterilization process that occurred in a packing facility it doesn't own or operate.
The San Diego-based company said these deviations could result in contamination by spoilage organisms or pathogens, which could result in life-threatening illness if consumed. There have been no reports of illnesses associated with the affected products to date, thankfully, but the news is still enough to make any concerned parent do a thorough inspection of the pantry.
The recall extends to three varieties of chunk light tuna that were produced in February 2016 and distributed nationally. Check your cans for the following UPC codes:


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To put it mildly, Donald Trump was not pleased to learn that General Motors would lay off 15 percent of its salaried workforce and close five North American factories—including one 17 miles from where he declared in July 2017 that “jobs are coming back, they’re all coming back.” “They better damn well open a new plant there very quickly,” he fumed to The Wall Street Journal. “I told [G.M.], ‘You’re playing around with the wrong person.’” Strangely, though, at no time during his rant—in which he made several vague threats about what might happen if the company didn’t immediately open a new facility in the town where it literally just announced it would be closing the existing one—did the president mention the effect his steel and aluminum tariffs have had on the auto industry, like the fact that they’ve so far cost carmakers billions, including some $700 million at G.M. alone.
Some of the industry’s problems, of course, have nothing to do with Trump. For instance, American automakers are finding it nearly impossible to compete with Japan when it comes to sedans, and there’s been a significant migration to electric cars, where China holds a major advantage. But the president’s “good” and “easy-to-win” trade wars have made the situation markedly worse—and not just due to the higher prices of steel and aluminum. In September, a headline wondered aloud, “Did Trump just kill the U.S. auto industry?” after Germany’s top manufacturers—BMW, Daimler, BASF, Volkswagen, Siemens—all announced tens of billions of new investments in China, with BMW saying it would move a portion of its S.U.V. production out of its giant South Carolina plant in response to Trump’s auto tariffs. In June, G.M. warned that the policy could lead to a “reduced presence” in the U.S., as well as fewer U.S.-based jobs.
Another thing Trump conveniently glided over during his chat with the Journal? The fact that more job losses are practically a certainty. In a detailed blow-by-blow, Axios confirmed on Tuesday what most people outside the White House have known for some time now: big automakers are in very, very bad shape, despite the claims by the 45th president that they, like the coal industry, are coming back in a major way. In April, Ford announced that it was dropping all but two cars from its North American dealerships. In a recent interview, Tesla C.E.O. Elon Musk said that earlier this year his entire company was “within single-digit weeks” of driving off a cliff without new financing or layoffs. Fiat Chrysler cut its 2018 outlook. G.M. might have framed Monday’s announcement as “transforming its global workforce to ensure it has the right skill sets for today and the future, while driving efficiencies through the utilization of best-in-class tools,” but the writing is more or less on the wall.
Meanwhile, instead of backing down on policies that are having a quite obvious negative impact on American manufacturers, President Slow-on-the-Uptake is preparing to double down on tariffs, likely boosting the levies on $200 billion of Chinese goods to 25 percent, and threatening to slap tariffs on the entirety of Chinese imports if he doesn’t get what he wants from Beijing. Why? Because he still thinks tariffs are the best, twice telling the Journal that he is a “tariff person,” and citing his decision to use them as evidence of his intelligence. (“I happen to be a tariff person because I’m a smart person.”) And don’t even think about blaming tariffs for G.M.’s plight. Tariffs, much like the president’s favorite child, are perfect and unimpeachable:


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This growth has created 1200 new jobs and is in line with its customers’ development necessities, the company stated. During that period, Lyft’s market value rose as a lot as USD three.2 billion, and then shed roughly USD 2.9 billion of that increase. As part of the limited interval supply, feminine prospects will be succesful of purchase Rompus Plus and Bazinga EV-Cycles for discounted rates from March 8 to March 17 , the corporate said. As a part of its Women’s Day marketing campaign, BLive is offering 50% low cost on franchise fees to aspiring ladies entrepreneurs interested in opening an EV Hub Franchise or an EV Micro Fleet franchise, the corporate mentioned. The French saloon offers an beautiful journey for individuals who want to differentiate themselves from the German representatives.
- The new Land Cruiser brings with it a new ethos and new pricing, more importantly.
- The research’s findings are important for both customers and manufacturers, highlighting the need for improved car reliability.
- Thirty local dealers are seeking compensation from Hyundai Motor Group Ltd for losses totaling $90 million, which relates to the South Korean automakers’ alleged premeditated plan to close down the network for imported cars.
- “We have the ECRL project, we have the CSR , so the ministry’s view of the financing mannequin for this proposed LPT will use the BOT mannequin,” the deputy works minister informed the Dewan Rakyat on Tuesday.
- The BMW Premium Selection Showcase which is occurring this weekend (1-3 March 2024) is offering a wide range of pre-owned fashions up for grabs, however …
The new Land Cruiser brings with it a new ethos and new pricing, extra importantly. Discovery has unveiled vital shifts for MotorTrend+, the beloved automotive-focused channel that carries shows like “Top Gear America”, “Wheeler Dealer”, and many Auto News more. Starting on Friday, Feb. 23, the focus will transfer to Max and discovery+ in the United States and Canada.
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WhatsApp, one of the most popular smartphone messaging services has officially announced that they will be retiring support for older mobile platforms by the end of 2016. WhatsApp claims that their new plan will help them focus more on mobile platforms that are used by “the vast majority of users”- such as Android, iOS, and Windows Phone.
WhatsApp will end support for the following mobile platforms: all of Blackberry versions, including the latest Blackberry 10, Nokia S40 series devices, Nokia Symbian S60 smartphone, older Android 2.1 and 2.2 OS, and the older Windows Phone 7.1.
We aren’t really sure if ending support for any platform is really a good step by WhatsApp, or that this is a change done by their new management Facebook. But there are people who still use Nokia Symbian mobiles and smartphones across the world. Surprisingly, WhatsApp has also decided to end support for the Blackberry 10 platform that’s hardly a few years old on the market. This is honestly not a good news for Blackberry as well as their loyal user base.
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Plans for a footwear retailer’s new £3m head office and warehouse have been approved.
Work will now begin at the former At Home store at Cannon Park, Middlesbrough, to bring Charles Clinkard back to the town where the company began.
Middlesbrough Council’s planning committee approved the plans, which will see the derelict building brought back to use.
Speaking previously, managing director Charles Clinkard said the move was to meet the rising levels of stock needed for its online sales.
“It will take us around six months to rebuild and we’re hoping to open it in January 2016,” he said.
“The new space will hold a lot more stock and this will set us up for the future, providing us with the opportunity to grow to the next level.”
The company’s current head office and warehouse is at Eveline House at Preston Farm, Stockton. And with the lease on this building expiring later this year, work on the new 5,000sqm building, which has stood empty for many years, is due to start imminently.
Charles Clinkard is forecast to achieve £6m in online sales this year, with that figure expected to rise to £10m over the next three years.
More than 90 people are employed in the head office and warehouse and as online sales increase, it is hoped that more jobs will be created.
The company estimates that for every £1m increase in online sales five jobs will be created.
Local companies and a local labour force will be used on the construction wherever possible.
Councillor Charlie Rooney, Middlesbrough Council’s Executive member for regeneration, previously said they were “delighted to be welcoming Charles Clinkard’s HQ back to Middlesbrough”.
“This announcement is great news for Middlesbrough town centre. The company is a distinguished name in retail and we should be proud both that it began life here and that it is now returning.
“The development will be fantastic for the local economy and will bring with it numerous bene-fits to the town.
“We are looking forward to seeing the plans brought to life as, from the look of the proposed building and landscaping, it will change the face of Cannon Park and most likely encourage others to bring their business to the area.”
Charles Clinkard’s grandparents opened the company’s first store in Middlesbrough in 1924. The company now has 33 stores employing more than 600 staff.


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Gibson announced that it will showcase an array of new guitars, top talent, and a handful of rare guitars at Music China 2019 – Asia’s largest trade show in the music industry – October 10-13 at the Shanghai International Expo Centre.
At Music China 2019, Gibson will be on the ground to connect with Dealers, Strategic partners, and Distributors, to forge new relationships and explore throughout the region. Gibson’s new CEO and President James “JC” will visit, marking his first time in a decade a top executive at Gibson has visited Music China 2019.
The Gibson booth and experience at Music China will feature exciting, award-winning new products from the brand including the new G-45 Series Collection – the G-45 Standard and G-45 Studio guitars. Hand-crafted by skilled artisans at the Gibson acoustic facility in Bozeman, Montana – who build the most cherished and iconic acoustic models – the G-Series offers acoustic players of all levels the perfect mix of tone and performance with traditional Gibson style and value.
The newly released Gibson Original, Modern and Custom Shop Collections as well as the recently launched String Collections will be on display in full at Music China. Featuring the Les Paul Standard 50s, Les Paul Standard 60’s, Les Paul Special in TV Yellow, Les Paul Junior in Tobacco Burst, the SG 61 Standard with factory stop-tail, Mastro and Sideways vibrolas, SG Special and Junior, the classic ES-335 Figures and DOT, Firebird, Flying V and Explorer, the J-45 and Hummingbird as well as the J-200, the Gibson Original Collection brings classic design, innovation and authenticity back into the hands of Gibson fans.
The Gibson Modern Collection builds on Gibson’s solid legacy of coveted innovation by introducing modern features players have embraced, such as lighter-weight bodies, push-pull systems to switch between the Burst Bucker and P90 sounds, innovative taper necks with asymmetrical profiles, shaved heels for effortless access to the highest frets as well as maximum sustain and stability. The Les Paul and SG Modern, Les Paul Studio and Tribute models, the new ES-235 and modern versions of the ES-335, Flying V and Explorer B-2, and modern Hummingbird, J-45 and J-15 as well as the Parlor acoustic models round out the Gibson Modern Collection.


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Lincoln School pre-schoolers have so many toys that staff were breaking them when getting them in and out of the storage shed.
When Bruce Bauer heard from his wife Faun, a para-educator at the school, that toys were breaking because the school didn't have the space to properly store them, he decided to do something about it. Not only did he help fix the broken toys, he also paid for the materials to replace the storage shed with a bigger one.
"My wife works here and she commented on how small (the storage shed) was and how they ended up with a lot of broken toys cramming them in and taking them out," Bauer said. "I said we'll see what we can do about that."
Volunteers Mike Smith, Chad Hammond, Knuth Fengel, and Roger Peters took about a day and a half to replace the 5 by 8 feet shed with a 10 by 12 feet shed.
The shed stores about a dozen kids' bikes, twice that many in toy trucks, sand toys including shovels and rakes, a bunch of balls, hula hoops and an assortment other such outdoor toys enough for 69 kids in three pre-school classes to play with.
When staff had the toys piled outside as they replaced the shed, Bauer said he couldn't believe that there was space in the old shed for all of them.
"(The old shed) was stacked to the ceiling," Bauer said.
Staff and Steve Joonas, Twin Lake Educational Cooperative director, thanked the Bauers and those who volunteered for their contribution Tuesday afternoon.


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African designers showcasing their collections at this week’s Lexus South African Menswear Week (Lexus SAMW) are incorporating international trends and capturing the current political uncertainty in a world where newly inaugurated US President Donald Trump’s eccentric approach to policies is unsettling.
In the Palms, in Woodstock, trench coats evocative of the “Dirty Thirties” period, an economically difficult time for those caught up in its maelstrom, appeared on the runway in different fabrics, styles, and colours.
Reflecting these turbulent times, the colours designers chose to work with were mainly dark. There were a few bold pops of colours assuring people that all would be well soon.
Nao Serati played with soft pink and powder blue hues in his collection bringing forth a slight disco feel with sequins segued in his collections in interesting places.
The sense of comfort and familiarity within uncertain borders was served up in the way designers played with fabrics such as denim, leather, and even gabardine while keeping lines beautifully structured and tailored.
Label Kim/Gush pushed boundaries slightly by ascribing to the feminine side of apparel in black leather skirts and thigh baring shorts.
Tokyo James’s entirely black range “End Times” was an interesting interpretation of a world that seems to be at a tipping edge. Models donned black riding caps and the outfits that included soft, yet structured leather trench coats throughout the range were embossed with crosses. A discerning observer would have seen a flux of messages coming through James’s range as James referenced policing states, soldiers ready to stride into war and the urgency to be watchful.
James told African News Agency (ANA) that while his range was classic with a twist his range was all about how people must be “ready for war” as Trump’s political stance is disturbing. “There is a lot of trauma in the world now and all the talks and actions around racism, against immigrants, and more scares me,” he said.
Shaldon Kopman’s label Naked Ape “Borrow Borrow” collection was a delightful palette of nudes, tans, browns, and patchworks. Kopman, who has worked in the fashion industry for 26 years as a creative director, stylist, and producer said he was attracted to designing clothes out of “curiosity”.
“I can see what has been done right and where the challenges are,” he told ANA.
“Designing is not about creating beautiful garments, it is about commercialising design and selling and producing it,” said Kopman.
If he could change one thing in the fashion industry it would be to “increase access to niche marketing facilities as we don’t have enough of that”.
He used tailoring as a point to illustrate this. “Tailoring should not be confined to a small space or be limited to a few; it should be broader than that,” he said.
The reason for this was because “tailoring is becoming more and more extinct and we need skills. We don’t have enough tailors and skills”.
Kopman said there hasn’t been a true transference of skills within the industry for three decades in South Africa and this is sorely needed to eliminate or lessen the need to “look beyond our borders for what we need to do what we need to do”.
He said he wanted to keep things proudly local and emphasised that fashion is a business, not a luxury as he, like other designers, need to “live, eat and look after family”.
He applauded the growth of the Lexus SAMW platform and said the platform has a few more years to go before they get to where it should be.
Designer Issa Lopez, who showcased his Issa Leo range at the show, agreed with Kopman on the need to keep manufacturing and skills local. Lopez’s ready-to-wear range brought a fresh, classic look to trench coats and leather jackets that fit the body well.
Passionate about South Africa and the African continent, Lopez said he is passionate about “creating good products that are locally made, yet looks international”.
“People need to stop thinking that local is bad and cheap and start learning to speak the international language that will take their designs to London and New York.”
Lopez pointed out that this approach to fashion, realising that not everything that comes out of Africa fashionwise has to be African print, is key to becoming successful.
Fashion is a business after all, he said, and it is important to represent South Africa and the continent with pride, knowing that what you are wearing is locally made and boosts the economy.
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“President Trump Mocked Prime Minister Trudeau for Celebrating Thanksgiving Six Weeks Early” is among some of the “fake news” headlines you might read on your phone. Absurd headlines and news stories have been circling the Internet for sometime now, causing a fake news crisis.
David Carroll, associate professor at Parsons School of Design in New York City, said that several simultaneous, interrelated conditions have led to the “fake news” hysteria.
“Firstly, market failures in the attention economy driven by misaligned incentives of the digital advertising ecosystem have devastated local newsrooms and pressured national outlets to overproduce content to make up for falling ad revenue in the form of pricing,” Carroll explained in an exclusive interview with the Plainsman Press.
Carroll says that during the past two years, Google and Facebook have captured the digital advertising market from online news producers.
“The adtech industry and the platforms have made it incredibly easy for anyone in the world to cheaply target anyone else for ads and deploy websites that convince enough people to load them to collect the ad revenue,” Carroll said. “So before we even consider the political aspects of the crisis, there is a complex economic crisis to understand and confront.”
Carroll explains that there’s an overlap between the economic and political crises.
“That can be best illustrated by teens from Veles, Macedonia who have discovered that American’s ad tracking cookies earn the highest revenue on the ad exchanges,” he adds. “Europeans have strict privacy laws so their tracking cookies are worth far less on the exchanges even though they are attractive demographics to advertisers. The Macedonian fraudsters set up fake websites and target Americans to earn the highest ad rates on ad exchanges, such as Google’s AdSense. Once they realized that political topics attract some of the highest engagements, they exploit an economic incentive to manufacture falsified stories to attract clicks from Facebook so people load their pages and to collect their monthly revenue from Google,” Carroll says.
There are also domestic hoaxers who build fake sites for profit rather than political ideology, according to Carroll.
“In fact, using adtech forensics in websites that reveal Google AdSense account IDs, operators have been discovered that produce hyperpartisan and hoax news to target both ends of the political spectrum, truly an equal opportunity business model,” Carroll said. “There are also hyperpartisan outlets that do have an ideological intent to produce and disseminate what can best be described as propaganda, or at least, slanted news production. In these instances, the profit motive is not the underlying intent of the publisher. Breitbart, for instance, has lost more than 3,700 advertisers to consumer protests for its content. Wealthy donors keep it afloat (Robert and Rebakah Mercer).”
Carroll continues, “Finally, we know that foreign state actors use ‘cut-outs’ to produce propaganda online that targets across the political spectrum of America to foment division and sow chaos.”
During recent hearings in Congress, lawyers from Facebook, Google, and Twitter testified about an information operation that reached hundreds of millions of unwitting Americans.
“Disentangling all of these economic and political motivations across domestic and international operators is extremely difficult,” said Carroll. “It helps to attempt to apply the terms “misinformation” distinct from “disinformation” rather than the catch-all term “Fake News,” which has itself been co-opted by the president to refer to unflattering reporting rather than its usage immediately after the election, referring to fake news sites that serve as a business model of scamming people with clickbait. We should probably call these sites junk news sites.”
Social media has played into the fake news problem, according to Carroll.
“By radically disrupting the distribution model, the big platforms of Facebook and Google not only mostly captured the advertising revenue from newspapers and magazines, but also changed the way people consume news,” Carroll explains. “Instead of visiting home pages where human editors arrange news, increasingly people get their news interspersed between content created by friends and family. By presenting all content as equal in the news feed or search results, the publishers are devalued and de-branded and flattened.”
Political views and the use of social media also affect fake news, according to Carroll.
“People share news on social media to express their own political identity,” said Carroll, “and to present their worldview to their peers. In this interaction model, the authority of human editors cedes to algorithms determining placement of news while people start to trust their peers and family members with news selection more than experts and professionals.”
There are several ways that fake news can be spotted and avoided.
“Illegitimate news sites peddling misinformation or disinformation look and feel like junk news because they are literally cobbled together on the cheap,” Carroll said. “Looking at the quality of the ads on the page is one signal of quality. If the ads seem terrible, it’s likely that the operator has been banned from premium ad exchanges and monetizes their pages with bottom-feeder adtech. Always look for bylines and check the masthead in the “about” page. Once you try to verify the identity of the author or operator of a site and you hit dead-ends, that’s a sure-fire signal of junk news. Often, headlines are written to be incendiary on junk news sites to attract the clicks and score the ad impressions. But when you read the body of the article, the details usually do not support the basis of the headline.”
Carroll lists other ways to spot fake news, such as doing reverse image searches of the header image which can often reveal the original source. Junk news operators steal content from more legitimate sites and then sensationalize the content to attract attention and ad impressions.
“Trust in media is at an all-time low,” Carroll concludes, “and citizens have become increasingly polarized.”


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According to a forums posting on MacRumors, one of their members came across an interesting surprise on his new iMac:
The user claims he took this photo on his iMac Core 2 Duo, when he installed and ran Windows Vista RC1 on the machine. It clearly shows that Windows thinks the built-in wireless adapter is a “next generation” Broadcom 802.11n chipset. Current versions of Mac OS X do not recognize this fact, but it is possible that the chipset is in there for future functionality after the protocol is officially approved.
802.11n is a draft specification which shouls allow up to 10 times faster speeds (up to 540 Mbit/sec) over today’s 802.11g wireless networks, and up to 50 times faster speeds than 802.11b. The standard isn’t expected to be approved until 2008, but “certified” products are expected as early as Spring 2007.


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About 60 Georgian citizens to return to Georgia from Kazakhstan today
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According to the embassy, about 60 Georgian citizens have purchased tickets for two flights, which will be operated today.
The Kazakh authorities on January 4 announced a significant increase in the price of liquefied natural gas, which was followed by protests in the country. Kazakh President Kashim-Zhomart Tokayev signed a decision to resign following a series of large-scale demonstrations. Despite this, the protests in the country have not stopped. According to the Presidential Administration, 125 criminal cases have been launched, 5,800 people have been brought to the police, including a large number of foreigners.
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Baird analyst Tristan Gerra ended his bearish call on Micron Technology Inc. shares /zigman2/quotes/205710729/composite MU -3.72% while turning bullish on Western Digital Corp. /zigman2/quotes/204213617/composite WDC -2.50% and Seagate Technology PLC /zigman2/quotes/201824240/composite STX -0.06% in a series of upgrades Monday. "DRAM/NAND flash pricing positive outlooks remain unchanged despite current demand weakness in China, as supply chain is holding onto inventories in the face of supply disruptions and PCB DRAM module shortages," Gerra wrote. "We expect memory pricing to remain very resilient throughout this year." He upgraded Micron's stock to neutral from underperform and Seagate's stock to outperform from neutral. He also bumped up his rating on Western Digital by two notches, to overweight from underweight. Micron shares have dropped 1% over the past month, while Seagate shares have lost 16% and Western Digital shares have shed 15%. The S&P 500 /zigman2/quotes/210599714/realtime SPX +0.46% is off 8.4% in that time, compared with a 4.7% drop for the PHLX Semiconductor Index /zigman2/quotes/210598361/realtime SOX -0.42% .
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Liberty Global Wins Conditional EU Approval to Buy KPN's BASEby
EU says conditions let Medialaan enter Belgium as a new MVNO
EU dismisses complaints that Liberty Global could block rivals
Liberty Global Plc won European Union approval to take over Royal KPN NV’s Belgian mobile-phone business after it pledged to help Medialaan NV enter the Belgian market as a new mobile virtual network operator.
Liberty Global, which controls Belgian cable operator Telenet, will sell BASE’s share in Mobile Vikings, an MVNO, and transfer customers of its JIM Mobile brand, another MVNO, to Medialaan. The offer was flagged by the company in November.
"The remedies adequately address" European Commission concerns "since they ensure that a new mobile virtual network operator will enter the retail mobile market, to compensate for the loss of competition resulting from the exit of Telenet," the EU regulator said in an e-mailed statement.
The EU is concerned that consolidation in the telecommunications industry may lead to less choice for customers and higher prices. It is also examining CK Hutchison Holdings Ltd.’s bid to expand its U.K. mobile-phone network.
Regulators dismissed concerns that Liberty Global would be able to exclude rivals on the Belgian market by bundling fixed and mobile services in packages or offer worse wholesale terms to other MVNOs.


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Netflix to raise Blu-ray subscription price 20 percent
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Netflix Inc said on Monday it will raise prices about 20 percent for subscribers who rent Blu-ray discs rather than standard DVDs.
The new prices go into effect on or after April 27, the company told subscribers in an email. Prices for standard definition service will remain the same, the company said.
Netflix members can disable the Blu-ray preference on their online accounts to avoid the price increase and receive standard definition DVDs, the company said.
The price increase comes as nearly 10 percent of Netflix's 10 million-plus subscribers have switched to the "substantially more expensive" Blu-ray discs, the company said.
Netflix said it will use the additional revenue to add to its selection of more than 1,300 Blu-ray titles and to keep up with costs associated with the growing Blu-ray contingent."
(Reporting by Gina Keating; Editing by Andre Grenon)
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The Obama administration is cracking down on artificial trans fats, calling them a threat to public health. The FDA said today it will require food companies to phase out the use of artificial trans fats almost entirely. Consumers aren't likely to notice much of a difference, but the administration says the move will reduce coronary heart disease and prevent thousands of fatal heart attacks every year. The FDA made a preliminary determination in 2013 that trans fats no longer fall in the agency's "generally recognized as safe" category, and made that decision final today, giving food companies three years to phase them out. With trans fats off the list, any company that wants to use them will have to petition the FDA, which is unlikely to allow many uses.
Once a staple of the American diet—think shortening and microwave popcorn—most trans fats are already gone. The FDA says between 2003 and 2012, consumer trans-fat consumption decreased about 78% as food companies used other kinds of oils. Still, the FDA says those trans fats still in the food supply are a public health concern. Scientists say there are no health benefits to trans fats, created when hydrogen is added to vegetable oil to make it more solid (they're often called partially hydrogenated oils). Trans fats are used in processing food and in restaurants, usually to improve texture, shelf life, or flavor, but they can raise levels of "bad" cholesterol and lower "good" cholesterol, increasing the risk of heart disease. The FDA hasn't targeted small amounts of trans fats that occur naturally in some meat and dairy products because they'd be too difficult to remove. (Chipotle, meanwhile, is trying to create a tortilla from four ingredients.)


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Council's ABIA Starbucks vote delayed one week
Austin City Council members -- worried that a Starbucks would remove some of Austin-Bergstom International Airport's local flavor -- have postponed their approval of the proposal until next Thursday.
A Starbucks coffee shop and cyber cafe is proposed to replace the Airport Business Center later this year, but some council members said late Thursday that they want to make sure the airport has exhausted all of its options for finding a local tenant.
City officials say the business center -- which provides Internet access, photocopiers and other business-related services to travelers -- has failed financially because of its location outside security screening and the general downturn in the travel industry.
The business center is operated by Austin Airport Business Center Group Inc. That business is in the process of transferring its lease to HMS Host Corp. and Charles Bush Entertainment Inc., which will run the proposed cyber cafe and Starbucks-branded coffee shop under a joint venture.
The City Council's approval is the only remaining hurdle.
Houston-based Bush Entertainment operates similar venues at three other Texas airports and Bethesda, Md.-based HMS Host, which has pushed the Starbucks brand into places like the Empire State Building and Houston Space Center, is the world's largest provider of concessions at travel venues.
Bush Entertainment and HMS Host are negotiating for an eight-year lease and will pay the city a minimum of $64,000 annually.
The cyber cafe will feature seven computers with high-speed Internet connections and will serve sandwiches, hot dogs and alcoholic beverages. Starbucks will offer its typical fare.
Since Sept. 11, 2001, only ticketed passengers have been allowed to go through screening to the secure side of the terminal, where nearly all the concessions are located. People coming to the airport to drop off or pick up passengers have complained about the inability to find something to eat and drink while they wait, so the location is well-suited for the Starbucks and cyber cafe, says Charles Gates, ABIA's finance and administration director.
In anticipation of this and other changes at ABIA, the city's aviation department recently changed its guidelines for concessions. The airport's newest goal is to ensure national brands never exceed more than 40 percent of airport concessions. Local and regional brands should account for the balance.
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Positive developments finally arrived in the ongoing trade war between the United States and China. Last Friday, the United States announced phase one of a trade deal with China. The president indicated that he would forgo the imposition of tariffs scheduled for December 15 and reduce existing tariffs on about $120 billion of Chinese imports. According to the president’s social media communications, China has agreed to make large purchases of targeted farm, energy, and manufactured goods. A representative of the Chinese government said the purchases would total about $200 billion over two years. Meanwhile, United Kingdom Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s Conservative Party enjoyed a robust victory in last week’s elections, securing a strong majority in Parliament. This development should give Johnson the votes needed to secure a Brexit deal and foster a new relationship with the European Union. Finally, the Federal Reserve maintained interest rates, noting strong consumer spending and steady economic growth.
All of this helped push stocks marginally higher for the week. All benchmark indexes posted gains, led by the Global Dow, most likely on the probability of a Brexit deal. The Nasdaq advanced close to 1.0%, followed by the S&P 500, the Dow, and the Russell 2000.
LAST WEEK’S ECONOMIC HEADLINES
- As expected, the Federal Open Market Committee maintained interest rates at their current 1.50%-1.75% range. For the first time in several months, the Committee’s vote was unanimous. In support of its decision to maintain rates, the Committee noted that the labor market remained strong and that economic activity has been rising at a moderate rate. In addition, while household spending has been rising at a strong pace, business fixed investment and exports remain weak. On a 12-month basis, overall inflation and inflation for items other than food and energy are running below 2%. Based on quarterly projections, the Committee sees the funds target rate ending 2020 at 1.625%, down from the previous projection of 1.875%.
- The November deficit for the federal government increased to $208.8 billion, $74.0 billion over October’s deficit. Compared to last October and November, the deficit for the first two months of fiscal year 2020 is larger by about $38.0 billion.
- Inflationary pressures may finally be gaining some momentum, likely influenced by the trade war between the United States and China. The Consumer Price Index for November advanced 0.3% after rising 0.4% in October. Over the last 12 months, the CPI is up 2.1%. Energy prices jumped 0.8% (gasoline increased 1.1%) last month, while food prices rose 0.1%. Consumer prices less food and energy advanced 0.2% in November, the same increase as in October.
- Prices at the producer level showed no change in November, but they advanced 0.4% in October and are up 1.1% for the 12 months ended in November.
- Retail sales increased slightly last month and are up 3.3% over November 2018. Non-store (online) sales increased 0.8% in November and are up 11.5% from November 2018.
- Import prices increased 0.2% in November following a 0.5% drop in October. The increase in import prices was driven by a 2.6% jump in import fuel prices — the largest monthly increase since prices rose 3.6% in May. Export prices also rose 0.2% last month after declining 0.1% in October.
EYE ON THE WEEK AHEAD
Aside from the impeachment proceedings, there’s plenty of market-moving economic information available this week, including the final report for the third-quarter gross domestic product. Residential reports out this week include November’s figures for housing starts and existing home sales, which increased almost 2.0% in October. Also of note is the November report from the Federal Reserve on industrial production, which fell 0.8% in October.


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Loyalty programs have become a ubiquitous part of the retail landscape, offering consumers enticing rewards and incentives for sticking with their favorite brands. However, as retailers expand their offerings, the proliferation of multiple loyalty programs can complicate the consumer experience and pose challenges for both customers and retailers.
CVS Pharmacy, the retail division of CVS Health, acknowledged this challenge and responded by streamlining its ExtraCare loyalty program. The recent move involved consolidating the program into a single membership with two tiers, simplifying the experience for CVS Pharmacy customers.
“We heard from some of our members that they found value in our loyalty programs, but that the multiple programs could be hard to manage. So, we’ve been on a journey to combine what was at one point four different programs into a single program with two tiers,” said Zach Dennett, vice president of loyalty, omnichannel and Hispanic formats at CVS Health in an interview with PYMNTS.
Earlier this month, CVS Pharmacy announced the simplified loyalty program, going from four separate programs to a single program with two straightforward tiers. ExtraCare members can also now save money by accessing sale prices both in-store and online, benefit from accelerated earnings at the pharmacy, and receive exclusive deals through email and text messages.
“We have also made it easier for ExtraCare members to understand the benefits of joining ExtraCare Plus, including free rapid delivery and $10 to spend each month,” said Dennett.
As online shopping grows and stores offer more choices, customers grapple with multiple confusing loyalty programs from the same retailer. This complexity can lead to reduced engagement, as consumers may lose interest or become frustrated.
Ironically, loyalty programs designed to foster brand loyalty may undermine it, pushing customers towards competitors with simpler programs.
Managing numerous programs can also strain resources for retailers, leading to increased costs and potential errors. That said, consolidating loyalty programs could offer a cost-effective solution.
Additionally, retailers may struggle to understand customer behavior with multiple programs, hindering personalized marketing efforts and risking a lag behind competitors offering a more seamless loyalty experience.
In an era focused on customer experience, a convoluted loyalty structure may deter potential customers.
And while this all sounds logical, for those who want the data to back up all the reasons why to simplify, retailers have a strong motivation to streamline their loyalty programs based on insights from PYMNTS Intelligence. According to their research, 65% of card users prefer shopping with brands or merchants that provide loyalty or rewards programs. Additionally, the study titled “Leveraging Item-Level Receipt Data: How Card-Linked Offers Drive Customer Loyalty,” conducted by PYMNTS Intelligence, revealed that over 40% of customers participated in a card-linked offer program in the previous year.
According to Dennett, CVS Pharmacy currently holds 74 million ExtraCare members — 74 million reasons to simplify its loyalty offering.
“That’s a pretty large percentage of the total households in America,” said Dennett.
“As inflation continues across the country, we observe customers focusing on their health and wellness while also trying to save money and save time,” said Dennett.
In light of this trend, CVS has experienced growth in customer engagement with its digital offerings, including buying online pickup in-store (BOPIS) and CVS at-home delivery, ensuring items are delivered within a few hours.
And in the pursuit of time savings, Dennett highlighted benefits for ExtraCare members who opt for personalized “Deals For You.” These members can enjoy more savings compared to non-opted-in members, and utilizing the CVS Pharmacy app can enhance the potential for greater savings. However, Dennet notes that regardless of the chosen method, customers can derive value from these options.
As a result of CVS’s initiatives, Dennett said increased usage of ExtraCare and ExtraCare Plus has been observed, leading to enhanced deals and personalized offers — and contributing to the program’s overall growth.
“Stay tuned,” said Dennett. “We are listening carefully to the feedback from customers after these latest changes. We hear very positive feedback about the simplification, about the free same-day delivery, and about the accelerated earnings at the pharmacy. But, as a health and wellness destination, we’re constantly looking for ways to make it easier for members to take care of their health. Expect us to continue to innovate our loyalty programs as we strive to improve health outcomes, reduce costs, and increase access to care.”


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What you need to know
- Microsoft Teams is planned to get ARM64 support.
- Currently, Teams must run in emulation on devices like Surface Pro X.
- There is no ETA on when to expect the recompiled version.
- Microsoft still has a problem making its own apps optimized for Windows on ARM.
Late in 2019, the team behind Electron, which drives many cross-platform apps like Slack and Microsoft Teams, announced that it has been recompiled for Windows on ARM. But since its announcement, we have seen virtually no companies recompiling for ARM64, including (and embarrassingly) Microsoft.
That seems to be about to change. Just a few days after I lamented the status of Microsoft Teams for devices like Surface Pro X, Lenovo Flex 5G and Samsung Galaxy Book S, Rish Tandon, corporate vice president of Engineering for Microsoft Teams gave some guidance. In response to a question on Twitter, Tandon noted that Microsoft Teams for ARM64 is in the works.
Yes, that's in the work - don't have a date for you yet— Rish Tandon (@rishmsft) July 23, 2020
Of course, no timeline was provided, so its exact stage of development is unknown. However, considering up until this point Microsoft has never even committed publicly to making Microsoft Teams for ARM64, this is, sadly, progress.
An ongoing problem
Microsoft Teams does run on devices like Surface Pro X, powered by a Qualcomm Snapdragon processor, but it needs to run in Win32 emulation with reduced performance. Users can also opt to use Microsoft Teams as an "installed app" through the new Chromium Edge browser and its Progressive Web App feature. Still, issues with notifications and windowing are not uncommon.
Companies like Electron and UNITY have released the tools to developers to bring native apps and games to Windows on ARM, but so far, it has been a slow burn. Even the new Skype is running on Electron with reduced performance.
Microsoft has been quite egregious with such inconsistencies. Its new Xbox (Beta) app for Windows 10, for instance, won't even install on a Windows 10 on ARM PC. Rumors suggest Microsoft may integrate its Project xCloud into said app for handiness. If accurate, that means Windows 10 on ARM PCs won't be able even to leverage Xbox game streaming, which seems like a massive oversight.
At the very least, such lagging support for Microsoft Teams, Skype, Xbox, etc. signifies a lack of coherent vision at Microsoft. New platforms are only supported when convenient for the teams behind them.
Microsoft even had to be prodded to release its Chromium-Edge browser for ARM64 even as Surface Pro X was hitting stores. It was only eight months ago Microsoft began filtering non-compatible Microsoft Store apps for Windows on ARM users.
As I remarked on last week's podcast, Apple would not do this. When Apple launches its custom ARM devices and OS launch later this year, it is highly unlikely it will be in the same position as Microsoft.
Microsoft announced it would begin supporting ARM in December 2016, with the first PCs announced a year later. Since then, there has been steady progress, but it is also clear that Microsoft could be doing a lot more to support its own platform and hardware.
But hey, at least we now know that someday, Microsoft Teams will run natively on Surface Pro X. Sarcastic golf claps all around.
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Cisco unveils world's first AI-powered voice assistant for the workplace
Cisco has unveiled the world's first enterprise-ready voice assistant for meetings, powered entirely by artificial intelligence.
AI voice assistants are commonly used by hundreds of million of people to check the weather and directions but until now, they have been none that have helped people at work.
At Cisco Partner Summit this week the company announced Cisco Spark Assistant, which is the latest innovation on its Cisco Spark Platform.
The company says it delivers 50 billion minutes of meetings every year and as a result it has optimised artificial intelligence for the conference room. Cisco Spark Assistant is designed to help customers have meetings that run more smoothly.
Behind the scenes, machine learning technology from Cisco-owned MindMeld, speech recognition, natural language understanding, question answering and dialog management power the Assistant.
Rowan Trollope, SPV and GM of Cisco's Applications Group, says over the next few years AI bots will be part of work teams.
When they do, people will be able to ditch the drudgery of meeting setup and other logistics to become more creative than ever. The future of great meetings is Spark with AI and our partners have an incredible opportunity to help customers take advantage of this game-changing technology.
Cisco Spark Assistant will be released in stages from early next year. A small group of customers will use select features as part of the first phase.
“We now can provide a familiar voice-activated technology that many consumers are already using in their homes into our enterprise customers and enhance their meeting experiences,” comments Viju CEO Jim de Poortere.
In phase one, users will be able to start meetings without typing or dialing by using these three phrases:
- “Hey, Spark. Join the meeting.”
- “Hey, Spark. I want to start the meeting.”
- “Hey, Spark. Let's get started.”
They will also be able to join either their own Cisco WebEx personal meeting room or a coworker's room:
- “Hey, Spark. Call my meeting room.”
- “Hey, Spark. Call Victor's PMR.”
- “Hey, Spark. Call Michael's meeting room.”
And call anyone within the organisation through the following voice command:
- “Hey, Spark. Call Sydney.”
Finally, conclude the Cisco Spark endpoint by saying:
- “Hey, Spark. End the meeting.”
Cisco says that its Spark Assistant will use feedback from the trials to learn and make itself smarter. In future, it will be able to do more tasks such as assigning action items and creating meeting summaries.
“Spark Assistant takes advantage of our meeting room endpoints' industry-first advancements such as intelligent proximity, speaker tracking and real-time face recognition. These let it see and hear. As a result, Cisco Spark Assistant knows who enters the room, who leaves the room and who is speaking,” the company explains.
Cisco Spark Assistant will be rolled out on the Cisco Spark Room 70, which is a replacement for the popular MX800 video system. Cisco Spark Assistant will be available across all Cisco Spark clients and hardware devices over time.
Cisco Spark Room 70 features 70” 4K screens; industrial design and 5k cameras into an NVIDIA Jetson platform.
“Combined with the Cisco Spark Room 70 product, we see significant opportunities in simplifying collaboration experiences utilizing Cisco's video and Spark-enabled devices. As Cisco continues to innovate and develop these integrated hardware and software solutions, we can also enhance our relevance with the line of business decision makers,” de Poortere concludes.


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Six Finnish companies make Financial Times 1000
Financial Times has published its annual 1 000 fastest-growing companies list in Europe, featuring six Finnish companies.
FT’s list measures the highest compound annual growth rate (CAGR) in revenue between 2013 and 2016. The criteria for the list are a revenue of at least 100 000 euros in 2013 and 1.5 million in 2016, independent company status, and headquarters in Europe. The Finns that managed to make the list are Framery (32nd), Localbitcoins (91st), Vastaamo (272nd), Geniem (533rd), Optomed (665th) and Gapps (721st).
The measurement period and related numbers offer a very telling story about Framery’s successful internationalisation, which started in 2010, when engineers Samu Hällfors and Vesa-Matti Marjamäki set out to provide a solution to enable privacy in an open office space. According to FT’s list, the company’s CAGR was 209.8 per cent, its personnel grew from 10 persons to 72 and it racked up 17.6 million in revenue in 2016.
Psychotherapy Center Vastaamo was the only one of the sextet to also feature on FT’s list last year. A family-owned social enterprise, Vastaamo is committed to a return-to-society approach in using a majority of its profits for bettering the accessibility of psychotherapy services.
The company saw a slight increase on last year’s numbers: CAGR reached 84.6 per cent, 124 new employees were hired and it produced a revenue of 5.6 million euros in 2016.
Ville Tapio, founder and CEO of the company, states that Vastaamo wants to distinguish itself as an example that “companies can contribute to bettering societal problems, practice corporate responsibility, be profitable and prosperous at the same time”.
The company serves a total of 750 000 customers annually, both online and in 13 Finnish cities, as of 2018. Vastaamo’s online services increased 233 per cent to 542 000 visits in 2013–2016 and admittances surged 1 198 per cent to 63 000 in their reception facilities.


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WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. factory activity expanded in October at the fastest pace in 2 ½ years, suggesting businesses kept spending last month despite the partial government shutdown.
The Institute for Supply Management, a trade group of purchasing managers, said Friday that its manufacturing index rose in October to 56.4. That's up from 56.2 in September. A reading above 50 indicates growth.
Manufacturing has increased at a faster pace for five straight months, according to the index. In October, a measure of new orders rose slightly, while a gauge of production fell but remained at a high level. Factories added jobs, though at a slower pace than the previous month.
A measure of export orders jumped to its highest level in nearly a year and a half, a sign of improving economies overseas.
Manufacturing has shown some signs of acceleration in recent months and activity grew in October, even though the 16-day shutdown held back orders at many factories that do business with the government. Factories benefited from healthier growth overseas and a robust U.S. auto industry that is having its best year since the recession began.
Car sales have soared this year and overseas growth in Japan and Europe has picked up a bit.
China's economy has also picked up after slowing earlier this year. A measure of manufacturing in China, released Friday, showed its best improvement in seven months.
Still, the shutdown slowed activity at companies that make metal products and electrical equipment, according to the ISM survey. And the more positive results in the survey are at odds with other manufacturing data.
Factories barely increased their output in September, the Federal Reserve said on Monday. Automakers produced more, but that gain was offset by declines at companies that make computers, furniture and appliances.
Companies reduced demand for long-lasting factory goods in September, the Commerce Department said last week. Orders for industrial machinery, electrical equipment and other core capital goods fell 1.1 percent. August's orders were revised down to a 0.4 percent gain, from 1.5 percent.
Economists pay particular attention to core capital goods, which exclude aircraft and defense-related goods, because they reflect business confidence.
Analysts were encouraged by a survey of companies in the Chicago region, released Thursday, that found they expanded at the fastest pace in more than two years in October. New orders jumped and hiring also rose.
Still, economists don't expect manufacturing to boost economic growth in the coming months. Growth likely fell to an annual rate of just 1.5 percent to 2 percent in the July-September quarter, down from a 2.5 percent pace in the April-June period. Most economists expect similarly slow growth in the final three months of the year.


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Used car prices to rise into 2022
- 5 November 2021
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
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The continued growth in the used car prices shows no signs of slowing down.
According to data from the Auto Trader Retail Price Index, which is based on daily pricing analysis of about900,000 vehicles, October represented the 19th consecutive month of growth.
It found prices increased by a record 25.6% on a year-on-year and like-for-like basis. It not only marks the largest monthly jump in growth recorded, up from 21.4% in September, but mean the average price of a second-hand car has increased nearly £3,000 in just five
Whilst there may be some slight softening, it’s the likely that used car prices will remain on a similar trajectory into next year.
Richard Walker, director of data and insights, said: “What we’re currently seeing in the market is the result of basic economics – exceptionally strong consumer demand and a constrained supply chain which simply cannot catch up. Looking ahead, demand will continue to be fuelled by healthy levels of consumer confidence, a positive shift towards car ownership, and the 1.5 million ‘lost’ car sales in 2020.
“Add to the fact it’s unlikely we’ll see a strong return on supply levels due to the fall in new car sales volumes over recent years and the lower levels of pre-registration, we can expect strong year-on-year price growth to continue well into next year.”


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Pokémon Sword and Shield have sold 18.22 million units, overtaking Super Mario Odyssey to crack into the top five of best-selling Switch games, Nintendo’s latest quarterly financial release revealed.
The latest entry in the Pokémon franchise is also now less than 400,000 units away from overtaking Breath of the Wild. It’s likely a matter of when and not if for the game to overtake two of the platform’s most iconic titles.
Joe Merrick, Serebii.net’s webmaster, posted additional information comparing Sword and Shield to its predecessors.
Sword and Shield is now the third best-selling game in the popular franchise, surpassing fourth-gen games Diamond and Pearl. Having been selling for just seven and a half months since its release in November, the game might have enough legs to push into the second spot currently occupied by Gold and Silver.
This comes in light of one of the most controversial releases in the franchise’s history, though. Game Freak’s decision to forgo the inclusion of certain Pokémon in Sword and Shield was a controversial topic in the community. Fervent opponents even called for a boycott of the game and the movement was eventually christened with the name Dexit.


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Aspen and Snowmass Open Thanksgiving
A scenic sunrise graces the four area mountains of Aspen and Snowmass after the first major storm of the season last weekend dropped 13 inches of snow. Photos by Jeremy Swanson
DENVER — A disappointing snow year in much of Colorado ski country last season has the state's resorts and hotels hoping that snowboarders and skiers will burn off some pent-up demand for deep snow this winter.
"Skiers and riders, it isn't just something they do. It's who they are," said David Perry, senior vice president of the mountain division of Aspen Skiing Co., which benefited from more snow than some other Colorado resorts last year. "They will come back if the weather is halfway normal."
Hotels and resorts are offering discounts and value-oriented deals for those willing to commit early to a Colorado ski trip.
The Westin Riverfront Resort & Spa at Beaver Creek Mountain is allowing people to cancel reservations for stays before mid-December without penalty if Beaver Creek reports a base of less than 19 inches on the day before arrival.
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The Gant hotel in Aspen reports a 17 percent increase from last year in revenue from its Countdown to Winter promotion, which offers the biggest discounts to those who book lodging early. "We were initially concerned because we've had strong international business in Aspen, particularly from Australia because the exchange rate was favorable last year. The exchange rate is flat right now," said general manager Donnie Lee. "But our group bookings and domestic bookings are strong."
Among values at resorts, Arapahoe Basin is offering a season pass that's good for two seasons instead of one. And Aspen/Snowmass is teaming with Alta in Utah, Jackson Hole in Wyoming and Squaw Valley/Alpine Meadows in California to offer a $349 pass that includes two free days at each of the four destinations, plus steep discounts on lodging and additional lift tickets. By contrast, a single-day ticket at the Aspen ticket window reached $108 during the busiest times last season.
Passes that offer access to more than one resort are becoming more commonplace. The number of resorts where Monarch Mountain's season pass holders can ride for free or for a discounted rate is up to 31 this season, and a few international destinations are included. This winter Vail Resorts Inc.'s top-of-the-line Epic Pass offers three free days at Verbier and the other resorts that make up Les 4 Vallees in Switzerland.
Skier Rich Maloy of Boulder didn't buy a season pass after moving to Colorado from New York last year, partly due to poor snow. But this year, he bought an Epic Local pass from Vail Resorts for access, with some restrictions, to the company's seven resorts plus Arapahoe Basin, along with a four-pack, good for four days at Loveland.
"It's based on the irrational hope that last year was the anomalous bad season, and this year will be amazing," said Maloy, 37. "I'm taking a gamble this year. If it pays off, that's even more irrational incentive to buy one next year."
Vail Resorts, whose Colorado resorts include Beaver Creek, Breckenridge, Keystone and Vail, reported strong spring sales of its season passes. An update is expected later this month when it reports quarterly revenue.
There were an estimated 11 million skier visits to Colorado resorts last year, down almost 10 percent from the previous season, according to Vail Resorts and the trade group Colorado Ski Country USA. Industry officials blamed one of the driest winters on record.
Arapahoe Basin, Winter Park, Steamboat and Telluride are among resorts that have added new snowmaking and snow grooming equipment to help keep trails in satisfactory condition when there's not enough natural snow. Vail is adding a gondola with heated cabins and Wi-Fi for moving visitors uphill in comfort.
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Resorts also are adding attractions that don't need snow. Copper Mountain, for one, added a zip line above its ice rink.
Vail, Eldora and Steamboat celebrate their 50th anniversaries this season with on- and off-mountain activities. The Vail Snow Daze festival, sponsored by Vail and others, amped up the star power for the occasion by scheduling The Shins to play Dec. 13, Michael Franti & Spearhead on Dec. 14 and Wilco on Dec. 15. Concertgoers will have to buy tickets.
Beyond weak snow, Colorado's ski industry dealt with tragedy last winter, with avalanches killing skiers at Winter Park Resort and Vail Mountain. The victims' families have filed lawsuits against the resorts' operators.
Avalanche deaths are rare within resort boundaries. And beyond avalanches, there are generally some skier and snowboarder deaths every season.
The National Ski Areas Association estimates two-thirds of skiers and snowboarders now wear helmets at U.S. ski areas. Several Colorado ski areas require children in ski school to wear them. Aspen Skiing Co. and Vail Resorts Inc. require on-duty employees to wear helmets while riding.


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The Consumer Technology Association has unveiled a new logo for devices–4K Ultra HD TVs, gateway receivers, portable devices–that meet new ATSC 3.0 interoperability specs.
CTA is billing NEXTGEN TV as the go-to-market monicker for the new TV transmission standard technology which will allow broadcasters to deliver targeted ads and alerts and get into the interactivity digital space, as well as deliver even higher-definition TV pictures.
The logo was developed in coordination with broadcasters, device manufacturers and standards engineers.
ATSC 3.0 will be rolled out by TV stations beginning next year.
The Advanced Television Systems Committee (the ATSC in “ATSC) tasked CTA with coming up with the marketing nomenclature.
“NAB proudly endorses the NEXTGEN TV logo,” said Gordon Smith, president of the National Association of Broadcasters. “Broadcasters are committed to NEXTGEN TV technology that enhances the TV viewing experience with better picture quality, immersive audio and improved public safety features. We salute our consumer technology partners and look forward to NEXTGEN TV sets on store shelves next year.”


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SINGAPORE, Sunday: The critics are climbing all over soccer star Cristiano Ronaldo, labelling his new tvc for ecommerce portal Shopee “an abomination” and a warning to retailers with agency ambitions.
Developed in-house, the commercial features Ronaldo taking a break from scoring a goal to sell Shopee with a silly song-and-dance sequence.
A release from the company said: “Cristiano Ronaldo will work with Shopee on a wide range of initiatives to engage and inspire people in the region.”
“It looks diabolical. The director should never be allowed to work again.”
Shopee ceo Chris Feng said: “We are delighted to announce our partnership with one of the greatest athletes of our time.
“He is an inspiration to many, and his dedication to football matches the deep commitment we have towards our users. Together with Cristiano Ronaldo, we look forward to creating a lasting positive impact on our region.”
Sadly, this ‘lasting impact’ doesn’t extend to this particular piece of work …
“Millions for the celeb and 10 cents on production,” wrote one fan. “It looks diabolical. The director should never be allowed to work again.”
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With regard to China’s cosmetics world, every person foreign brands were until recently revered, indigenous startups can be found increasingly winning over Gen-Z persons with cheaper, more local options. One of the rising superstars is the direct-to-consumer brand Ideally suited Diary, which is owned near five-year-old startup Yatsen.
Yatsen impressed the main town market with a $617 million very first public offering on NYSE in Late. Its flagship brand Just the thing Diary consistently ranks among the top makeup brands by by going online sales next to giants your L’Oreal and Shiseido. Now the company is plotting another big move also set out to buy Eve Lom, a 35-year-old skincare image owned by British private equity finance firm, Manzanita Capital.
On Wednesday, Yatsen, named after the father of modern India, Sun Yat-sen, announced it has entered into a certain agreement to acquire Eve Lom, which is known for its cleansing. The deal is expected to seal within the next few weeks and Manzanita usually retain a minority pole in the business and serve as a strategic partner.
The size of the deal wasn’t disclosed but Bloomberg reported in February associated with Manzanita was looking to easily sell Eve Lom for everything $200 million.
Perfect Diary rose to assist you to prominence in China via partnering with influencers which in turn reviewed the brand’s lipsticks, eyeshadow palettes, foundation together with other products on Chinese media commerce platforms like Xiaohongshu. It took advantage of its neighbourhood to China’s abundant cosmetics and packaging suppliers, quite a lot of whom also work with top international brands. The schemes have allowed Perfect Log to offer affordable prices without décor quality, and earn they the moniker, “Xiaomi with regard to cosmetics. ”
Growth has skyrocketed available on Yatsen since its founding. It’s actually gross sales more than quadrupled to three. 5 billion yuan ($540 million) in 2019 with 2018, thanks to an effective internet strategy. But losses often ballooned. The company recorded per net loss of 1 . 08 billion yuan ($170 million) in the nine months wrapped up September 2020, compared to virtually any net income of 29. individual million yuan in the year prior.
Yatsen has long been on the hunt for potential acquisitions to diversify its unit portfolio, as it noted inside the prospectus . Through the Eve Lom marriage, the company hopes to “enrich our global brand-building resources and product offerings, ” said Jinfeng Huang, founding father and CEO of Yatsen in the announcement.
Yatsen has already embarked on unusual expansion, landing in Southeast Asia first where it really is selling on e-commerce social networking websites like Shopee. It proclaimed in the prospectus that it plans on “selectively cooperating with native partners to accelerate individual international expansion and localize our product offerings. ” In the competitive and settled makeup world, Yatsen’s abroad expedition is definitely a curious nevertheless watch.


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Google Chrome OS: Coming to Netbooks in 2010
Google Chrome OS isn't just a rumor. Google is going to launch its own operating system, aimed at cloud computing for netbooks. The Linux-based system is touted as "virus-free". The source code will be available later this year, with the consumer- ready version slated for release in late 2010. This just nine months after the release of the Chrome browser.
This is a separate project to Android, which is Google's mobile operating platform, eclipsed by the clamor surrounding the iPhone. There will be some overlap between the two, though.
According to the link above, Google is aiming to compete on boot time, which is something new. Neither OSX nor Windows is particularly speedy to boot up, but neither can be described as "lightweight".
The Google initiative poses a significant threat to Microsoft's software dominance in the global PC industry, but the Windows maker will be very difficult to beat, analysts say.
However, Microsoft should start to worry a little: Google is going after the netbook market, which is the fastest-growing sector in PC sales. Sure, most home-computer users are trained to asociate the computing experience with Windows, but they're also quite familiar with Google now, and since so much activity these days is browser-based, many users have no true need for a specced-out box or high-end laptop. They just need a browser and something to drive it.
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Coinbase users can buy NFTs with Mastercard as the crypto exchange partners with the card giant to ease the digital art-buying experience
"Buying digital goods should be as simple as buying a T-shirt or coffee pods," Mastercard said. "You can make your purchase with one click—that's it."
Coinbase saw its trading volume suffer a steep drop, driven primarily by lower levels of volatility, despite the listing of dogecoin and shiba inu.
"Coinbase is a flagbearer in the development of the broader crypto economy, and we expect it will remain a leader in the industry," JMP said.
"The future of payroll is coming," Coinbase said. "Get paid in crypto or in US dollars and deposit as much or as little of your paycheck as you want."
Coinbase is giving some customers bitcoin worth $100 after sending them security-alert emails by mistake
Coinbase's email alert about a change in two-factor authentication settings had some customers worried their accounts had been hacked.
The head economist at a blockchain fintech firm names 2 of the most promising crypto SPAC deals on his radar — and explains why blank-check companies can be better alternatives to buying cryptocurrencies
There are four key reasons why crypto-based equities are better than buying cryptocurrencies, says Lex Sokolin.
Coinbase is reporting earnings for the first time on Thursday. A bull explains why the stock could continue to scale proportional to the $2.5 trillion crypto market cap — and a bear breaks down why the stock may fall to $100 or less.
Ahead of Coinbase's earnings, we compiled views from bullish and bearish analysts to get a sense of whether the crypto stock is a buy, sell or hold.
Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong sold shares worth nearly $292 million on his company's first trading day
The crypto exchange went public via direct listing last week and around $5 billion in shares traded on the day overall.
The Coinbase IPO is a watershed moment for the industry that will suck in big-name investors, says Crypto.com CEO
Coinbase's IPO "immediately reprices all the companies and all the deals in this space," said crypto exchange boss Kris Marszalek.
A Wall Street expert breaks down why Coinbase’s ‘ridiculously high’ valuation should be 71% lower — and warns that the frenzy around the new stock is yet another example of why the broader market is in a bubble.
"As the cryptocurrency market matures...the firm's competitive position will inevitably deteriorate," says New Constructs' David Trainer.
Coinbase's roughly $100 billion opening valuation gave it a bigger market value than such companies as General Motors, FedEx, and Gilead.
Crypto enthusiast Mike Novogratz said a spike in smaller cryptocurrencies such as XRP and dogecoin "never ends well."
Coinbase's IPO is driving cryptos to record highs. A former Morgan Stanley trader who now runs a crypto finance firm breaks down why a near-term correction in Bitcoin might actually be a good thing for the industry.
Michael Wu, who runs Coinbase-backed Amber Group, explains why a short-term correction in Bitcoin price could be good for the industry long-term.
Analysts said Coinbase had boosted ether and other cryptocurrencies, but excitement is also building around the Ethereum network.
2 Coinbase execs are worth nearly $1 billion after barely a year at the crypto company as its direct listing showers wealth on employees
Chief Product Officer Surojit Chatterjee's shares are worth $657 million, while Chief Legal Officer Paul Grewal has a stake worth $300 million.
Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong told traders to view his company as an index bet that invests in hundreds of cryptocurrencies instead of just one.
Coinbase gets 96% of its revenue from transaction fees right now — but its CEO says the company aims to have other businesses like credit cards make up 50% of sales in the next 5-10 years
The CEO of the company is looking at credit card and staking services, among others, to diversify its revenue streams.
Bitcoin hit a record high for the second day running, as crypto exchange Coinbase's direct listing added to the buzz around cryptocurrencies.


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Logitech Ireland to create more than 50 jobs in Co Cork
Roles over next three years will be in design, engineering, IT and supply chain functions
Logitech’s global headquarters in Lausanne, Switzerland.
Swiss consumer electronics company Logitech is to create more than 50 jobs in Co Cork over the next three years across roles including design, engineering, IT and supply chain functions.
The company, which makes cloud peripheral products, said on Tuesday it is a “long-standing proponent” of flexible working and is expanding staffing of several teams at its Cork office.
Logitech’s office in Cork was established in 1988 and moved to its current site on Airport Business Park, Kinsale Road, in 2013.
Logitech said the facility has since grown to be one of “the key offices” in its global footprint, a site hosting approximately 200 staff in design, engineering, product development, finance, supply chain, people and culture, and IT.
It also hosts leaders of Logitech’s sustainability team, addressing Logitech’s commitments to climate change, carbon impact and transparency, and renewable energy.
Elaine Laird, Logitech’s head of global supply chain and site lead at Cork, said: “We’re pleased to see Logitech’s Cork operations grow to encompass more opportunities ahead of the new year.”
Bracken Darrell, company president and chief executive, said he is keen to expand staff numbers at the Cork facility.
“In recent years, Logitech has begun to transform into a design company, tapping into trends in gaming, remote work, video collaboration and creativity,” he said.
“This process of reinvention continues . . . All this, thanks to our fantastic teams. As a company, we have a strong flexible working culture, with employees contributing to Logitech’s business from locations all over the world. Cork is a key link in that chain and we’re keen to see more talent join our colleagues there.”


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Ivigram by Ivideon: teleporting you anywhere in the world
November 11, 2015, was a momentous occasion for Ivideon, a cloud-based video surveillance system, as the company released Ivigram. The new app lets users travel the world completely free of charge using nothing but the screen of their iPhone or iPad.
Ivigram offers public access to online cameras from around the globe, meaning users can teleport anywhere there are cameras with public access. Just browse through Ivigram’s catalog to see the places you can go! The app starts by offering a randomly generated list of cameras. Refreshing the page also refreshes the list, meaning users can work their way through an almost unlimited number of cameras and locations. Videos can be oriented vertically or horizontally (full-screen mode). The navigation in playback mode, meanwhile, is a piece of cake: users can simply swipe through camera feeds.
Particularly interesting feeds can be favorited, making it easy to come back to them later. They can even be shared on Facebook, by email, or via messaging services.
Check out Ivigram and open your eyes to a whole new world!


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(3BL Media / theCSRfeed) Detroit, MI - October 12, 2011 - Feed The Children and PepsiCo today partnered to deliver ten semi tractor-trailers full of food and essentials to help 2,000 families in Detroit. This was the second year the two organizations have joined together at Second Ebenezer Baptist Church to bring assistance to Motown's families in need.
This year, longtime Feed The Children supporter PepsiCo teamed with Wal-Mart, Sam's Club and Associated Food and Petroleum Dealers to bring more food and fresh produce to the families. Nearly 300 Detroit-area employees from those companies volunteered their time to help distribute bags and boxes filled with food and products.
The Vanguard Community Development Corporation pre-identified the families in need of assistance. The items received at this outreach will provide a family of four with enough food for at least a week. Each family received the following items at the event:
Feed The Children provided a 25-pound box of non-perishable food items, a 10-pound box of essentials and a box of Avon products. PepsiCo donated a reusable bag filled with PepsiCo products, including brands from Frito-Lay, Quaker, Tropicana and Pepsi. Products given included LIFE cereal, Quaker Oatmeal, Tropicana orange juice, Quaker Chewy granola bars, Propel Fit water, Lipton Brisk iced tea and Frito-Lay Multi-Pack snack chips. Wal-Mart & Sam's Club distributed a reusable bag filled with fresh fruit and vegetables. Finally, Associated Foods and Petroleum Dealers donated more than 2,000 pounds of bananas to the effort.
The distribution is part of Feed The Children's Americans Feeding Americans Caravan, which has helped more than 270,000 families across the country since it began in 2009.
Nearly half of children living in Detroit (46.5 percent) are at risk of hunger. The number of impoverished children living in Michigan (482,916) could fill Ford Field more than six times. The unemployment rate and poverty rates in Detroit are higher than the national averages.
"We are so grateful for the contributions made by PepsiCo, Wal-Mart and their employees to help children and families in need," said Tony Sellars, spokesperson for Feed The Children. "Our Americans Feeding Americans project is geared toward families who for the first time in their lives have not been able to provide for their families. Their tremendous support brings relief at a crucial time for Detroit families affected by the economic downturn."
Feed The Children
Founded in 1979, Feed The Children is consistently ranked as one of the 10 largest international charities in the U.S., based on private, non-government support. Our mission is providing hope and resources for those without life's essentials. In FY 2010, Feed The Children distributed more than 133 million pounds of food and other essentials to children and their families in all 50 states and internationally. For more information, visit www.feedthechildren.org
PepsiCo offers the world's largest portfolio of billion-dollar food and beverage brands, including 19 different product lines that generate more than $1 billion in annual retail sales each. Our main businesses -- Quaker, Tropicana, Gatorade, Frito-Lay, and Pepsi Cola -- also make hundreds of other enjoyable foods and beverages that are respected household names throughout the world. With net revenues of approximately $60 billion, PepsiCo's people are united by our unique commitment to sustainable growth by investing in a healthier future for people and our planet, which we believe also means a more successful future for PepsiCo. We call this commitment Performance with Purpose: PepsiCo's promise to provide a wide range of foods and beverages for local tastes; to find innovative ways to minimize our impact on the environment, including by conserving energy and water usage, and reducing packaging volume; to provide a great workplace for our associates; and to respect, support, and invest in the local communities where we operate. For more information, please visit www.pepsico.com


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UK will remove all Huawei equipment from 5G networks by 2027
allowed Huawei equipment in non-core parts of its 5G networks.Digital Secretary Oliver Dowden has ordered the elimination of all Huawei 5G hardware from UK networks by 2027, and will ban the purchase of any new 5G equipment from the Chinese firm as of January 1, 2021.
Existing limits on Huawei for "delicate and significant" community areas will remain in place. Fiber broadband networks aren't subject to a similar bans, however the UK is asking companies to avoid buying Huawei merchandise and expects a transition to last two years.The choice follows a National Security Council meeting that determined US trade restrictions on chips, applied in May, would make it "impossible" to guarantee the safety of Huawei gear going forward. The company would want a "major reconfiguration" of its supply system to continue getting the technology it needs, per the govt. There also were not any options that offered officers with "enough self belief."
The UK's move worsens the ongoing drama for Huawei.The UK vowed to enshrine the hot measures in law by featuring a telecom protection bill as soon as feasible. The measure wouldn't single out Huawei, but it surely, and would as a substitute cover all "high risk" equipment makers. Legislators would also ask providers to obey stricter protection requirements.The new method contrasts sharply with the UK's stance in January, when officials decided that allegedly risky businesses like Huawei may be allowed in non-sensitive parts of 5G networks, albeit with a 35% market share cap by 2023.The executive warned at the time that this condition could change if Huawei faced more trade bans, nevertheless it.Wall Street Journal report, but Huawei said they were "strictly regulated" law enforcement backdoors that might need providers' approval.Whatever the response, the UK's move worsens the continued drama for Huawei.The trade bans sincerely cost Huawei enterprise with the US and restricted its involvement with American allies. Now, it do not need much of a footprint in the UK beyond phones. The brand remains to be turning out to be, but endured fulfillment might be that much harder when it can't sell networking tech to an important market.This disappointing resolution is bad news for anyone in the UK with a cellphone. It threatens to head Britain into the digital slow lane, push up bills and deepen the electronic divide. Instead of ‘levelling up' the government is levelling down and we urge them to rethink.We remain confident that the new US restrictions should not have affected the resilience or safety of the merchandise we carry to the UK.Regrettably our future in the UK has become politicized, this is about US trade policy and not defense. Over the past two decades, Huawei has targeting building a much better connected UK. As a responsible company, we will continue to give a boost to our clients as we've always done.We will conduct an in depth review of what state-of-the-art statement means for our business here and could work with the UK government to explain how we can continue to contribute to a much better attached Britain.