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Computer Technology innovator AMD is about to unleash its most ambitious and powerful processing core "Ryzen." Running at a base clock of 3.4GHZ with 8 cores and 16 threads, it comes neck-to-neck with Intel's own powerful set of processing cores, particularly the Intel 8C/16T Broadwell-E.
Intel has lately faced scrutiny owing to the recent move of the company to lay off workers in one of its production plans. Despite the reformed business strategy of Intel, the company has fired out 269 workers in its Folsom workplace.
Microsoft is reportedly crafting a smartphone that will go down in history as a Surface phone. As its specs, features and other particularities will be very impressive, it can be considered a powerful device that is comparable to a laptop or a personal computer.
The release of MacBook Pro 2016 has been reportedly delayed, and many believe that Apple will be incorporating some changes that will improve graphics and overall performance the new professional notebook with Intel’s Skylake.
Intel Corp. CEO Brian Krzanich announced Thursday that the company’s president, Renée J. James, will be resigning in January amid top management transition. The changes came as Intel Corp. has been hurt by declining sales of PCs that use its microprocessors. Its sales also prompted operational losses.
China's Huawei Technologies Co Ltd [HWT.UL] and Intel Corp are expanding an existing alliance to provide cloud computing to global telecoms carriers, as U.S. tech firms vie for Chinese tie-ups to retain access to a tough mainland market.
Intel Corp (INTC.O) Chief Executive Brian Krzanich showed off a computer built into a jacket button and a wristband that transforms into a selfie-snapping flying camera, as the chipmaker extends its push into smart wearable gadgets.


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April 2011 seems to be the month of price increase for the Indian car industry. The Indian Union Budget is implemented in month of April 2011 in India. All the policy and tax changes are reflected more prominently in this month of the year. Also many private enterprises in India implement the salary hikes for their employees around April.
Among all this action, almost all major automobile companies in India have increased the car prices. Today, Mahindra and Mahindra increased the prices of their cars by up to Rs. 15000. This increase is about 1.5 to 2% increase which has been enforced because of the rising impute cost to the car maker.
Pawan Goenka, President of M&M told media:
We have hiked prices last week by 1.5 to 2 per cent on all our vehicles due to higher commodity costs.
Apart from Mahindra and Mahindra, other companies which have increased their car prices in April 2011 are listed below:

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CHATTANOOGA, Tenn.— Republican presidential candidate Marco Rubio said Thursday that the popular "Minecraft" video game is a good example of how to prepare young people for the new economy. The Florida senator visited the Lamp Post Group, a startup incubator in Chattanooga, to discuss his plans for promoting innovation. Chattanooga promotes itself as the Gig...» Read More
IPhone downloads count both free demos and paid games — and free is always more popular. So how does a small developer make a profit?
One of the video game industry’s most consistent hitmakers is taking things to the next level. PopCap Games, the creator of titles such as “Bejweled,” “Zuma,” “Bookworm” and “Peggle” – has raised $22.5 million from venture capitalists.
The holiday season is prime time for HDTV bargain hunters. Retailers, looking to draw people into the stores on Black Friday, regularly offer impossibly low prices – and the sale of those sets is often a quick barometer of the overall mood of consumers.
The issue of whether minors should be legally prohibited from buying violent video games may soon be settled – once and for all.
Unlike its predecessors, the new portable gaming system from Sony does not run on traditional packaged software. Any game or movie the user wants has to be downloaded — and that leaves retailers out of the loop on the most profitable part of any gaming system.
Following price cuts by its two rivals, Nintendoreduced the price of its Wii video game system by $50 later this week. The widely expected move could help the company reverse slowing momentum as it heads into the holiday sales period.
Following price cuts by its two rivals, Nintendo is expected to reduce the price of its Wii video game system by $50 later this week. The widely expected move could help the company reverse the company’s slowing momentum as it heads into the holiday sales period.
When Microsoft released “Halo 3” a little shy of two years ago, it was a certifiable entertainment event. The conclusion of the hit franchise’s trilogy would ultimately sell 5.9 million copies, making it one of the top selling games of this generation of video game systems.
Initially rolled out by Microsoft in 2006, the Zune was positioned as a wannabe iPod killer – and was promptly squashed by Apple’s popular system. Now the Zune HD, a redesigned, flashier version of the system, is hitting retail shelves.
August was supposed to be the month video game sales turned around. Instead, they extended their slide for the sixth consecutive month.
Alex Seropian, the founder of Bungie Software and co-creator of the "Halo" franchise has joined the company to oversee creative development across Disney’s in-house video game development teams.
The video game price wars are getting fiercer. Microsoft on Thursday announced plans to lower the price of its top-line Xbox 360 model from $399 to $299.
Nolan Bushnell has re-entered the industry, co-founding Reality Gap, a publisher exploring a new in-game economic model that can be transported across multiple titles. The idea is a simple one.
GameStop executives, who led the call for price reductions on the PlayStation 3 earlier this year, say they were a bit surprised with the timing of Sony’s actions earlier this week. But now that Sony has capitulated, they're expecting Microsoft and Nintendo to react.
Sony, hoping to regain its momentum in the video game space, will lower the price of the PlayStation 3 video game console by $100 starting Wednesday.
This year, though, it’s the game that publisher Electronic Arts hopes will turn around what has, so far, been a disappointing 2009.
Video game sales continued their downward spiral in July, the fifth consecutive month of declines in an industry many have referred to as “recession resistant.”
Technology has shaken up plenty of life’s routines, but for many people it has completely altered the once predictable rituals at the start of the day.
Analysts and investors both cheered Electronic Arts’ better than expected first fiscal quarter earnings Tuesday, but the video game publisher is still a long way from recapturing its glory days.
Sony and Nintendo may tell anybody who will listen that they’re not planning to drop console prices this year, but judging by the results from each company’s first fiscal quarter, neither video game console maker may have a choice.


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Two congressmen have unveiled separate bills today that would overhaul the federal government’s approach to marijuana and allow the industry to flourish in states that have legalized cannabis for medical or recreational use.
Here are the details:
– US Rep. Jared Polis (D-CO) has introduced legislation that would regulate marijuana in a manner similar to alcohol, meaning individual states could decide whether or not to legalize it without fear of federal intervention. Under the Ending Federal Marijuana Prohibition Act, growers in states with cannabis laws would have to apply for a federal permit, and all businesses would have to abide by local marijuana rules to qualify.
The bill, according to a fact sheet released by Polis, also would remove marijuana from Schedule I of the Controlled Substances Act; ensure that federal law distinguishes between individuals who grow marijuana for personal use and individuals who are involved in commercial sale and distribution; and reassign jurisdiction of marijuana regulation from the Drug Enforcement Administration to the newly-renamed Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Marijuana, Firearms and Explosives.
– US Rep. Earl Blumenauer (D-OR) has introduced a bill that calls for the government to implement a federal tax on marijuana sales, which could bring in an estimated $20 billion in taxes a year and would further legitimize the industry. The lawmaker also says he is seeking changes that would let MMJ dispensaries claim common business deductions and remove barriers that prevent cannabis centers from opening bank accounts.
To be clear, the proposals face some stiff resistance from other lawmakers, and it’s doubtful either one will pass this year – or anytime soon for that matter, according to some pundits. But the bills are a strong sign that attitudes toward marijuana are beginning to shift in the nation’s capital, and they will fuel the momentum created when Colorado and Washington State legalized cannabis in November.


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Farm & Craft plans to open a second location in Phoenix.
Riot Hospitality Group, the group behind Dierks Bentley's Whiskey Row, Hand Cut Burgers & Chophouse and El Hefe, confirmed Wednesday it will open a second location of its health-conscious concept at The Colony, a mixed-use development off 7th Street and Missouri.
It will take over the space formerly occupied by The Herb Box.
"We are very excited to open another Farm & Craft in the Valley," said Ryan Hibbert, CEO of Riot Hospitality Group, in a prepared statement.
Farm & Craft opened in Old Town Scottsdale in 2016. Shortly after, plans were announced to open a second location within Gilbert's Heritage District, but were ultimately scrapped.
Construction and renovations are scheduled to begin this week with an opening expected in early 2018, according to a news release.
Similar to the Scottsdale location, the restaurant will be fast-casual during the day and transition to table service at night. Its menu focuses on gluten-free, hormone-free and organic ingredients. Dishes include grass-fed burgers, salmon or steak bowls, and flatbreads.


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Know Spokane: Our demographics are more diverse than our cuisine
Even the most optimistic foodie would have trouble calling Spokane a food destination.
That’s not to say we don’t have great restaurants, but for someone accustomed to the dizzying array of Asian cuisines in Seattle or Yakima’s taco-truck-on-every-corner layout, Spokane’s food can feel a little homogenous if you’re looking outside American classics.
Still, the county is a big place, home to nearly 1,000 bars and restaurants, according to a list we got from the Spokane Regional Health District.
Armed with a spreadsheet, a love of pho and a healthy dose of curiosity, we talked to chefs and crunched numbers to see whether Spokane restaurants are as homogeneous as a first glance suggests.
First, the data. Spokane is less racially diverse than many other Northwest cities, so it’s not surprising our food might reflect that. We counted 126 Asian restaurants in Spokane, including Chinese, Vietnamese, Thai, Indian, sushi and other types of Japanese food.
Census data indicates Spokane County is about 2 percent Asian and 4 percent multiracial, but Asian restaurants are 13 percent of the county total. (We counted chains like Panda Express as fast food, so they’re not part of that total.)
In spite of the ornate, dragon-themed decor that accompanies many of the Chinese restaurants on Division Street, chefs actually do create authentic Chinese dishes. At Peking North, chef Andy Wang said those foods tend to be ordered by Chinese people and international students.
“American people like American-Chinese food,” said his wife, owner Yuan Zhang. Their daughter, Erica, said the American foods are “too sweet.” They prefer dishes like the Szechuan shui zhu, a spicy, colorful soup made with sole, tofu, baby bok choy and topped with Szechuan peppers.
Jessica Choi, a server at the family-owned New Harbor Restaurant, said she’s seen more white people ordering traditional Chinese dishes off the menu, rather than Americanized staples like chop suey.
Often, she said, those customers are visiting or have moved to Spokane from places like Los Angeles or Seattle.
“Those bigger cities, they’re ordering more Chinese, more authentic,” Choi said.
Arguably the most underrepresented cuisines in Spokane are European. By continent, the largest percentage of Spokane’s foreign-born citizens come from Europe, and about 2 percent of county residents are ethnically 100 percent Russian or Ukrainian, according to census data.
Yet the county is home to just seven European restaurants (and that’s including Irish pubs). They include a Russian and European deli and bakery, a creperie and a German ale house with brats and schnitzel.
Laurent Zirotti is the owner and chef at Fleur de Sel, a French restaurant in Post Falls, and a creperie of the same name on the South Hill. His menu excludes some French dishes he loves, like tripe a la mode de Caen, a Normandy staple that uses tripe and calf feet.
“There’s a lot of pigs feet in French food,” Zirotti said. But those dishes tend to be too different for Americans to order them.
His menu innovates and incorporates other flavors, but Zirotti also tries to challenge people. He keeps pork pate, snails in puff pastry and sweetbread on the menu alongside more comfortable staples like mac and cheese.
“You have to please their palate, but I would say at the same time you push a little bit,” he said.
Mike Jones, who owns Mizuna, said trying something new as a restaurant owner is always a challenge. His menu focuses on fresh, high-quality and seasonal ingredients, and draws inspiration from all over the world. Currently, he’s serving a vegetarian version of bouillabaisse, a French seafood stew, and his menu has included curries and noodles as well.
He said he tries to describe dishes straightforwardly and avoids using foreign words when English ones will work, so the food seems approachable.
“The more you challenge people, the less likely they are to order it,” he said.
Restaurants are among the most risky businesses, with more than half failing in the first year. Trying to build demand for a style of cuisine many people haven’t heard of is a risk Jones suspects many business owners don’t want to take.
“How many people really say, ‘Oh, I feel like Sicilian Italian tonight,’ ” Jones said. On the other hand, he said, “Who doesn’t like to go out for Mexican food?”
In spite of the large Slavic population, Spokane doesn’t have a single Russian or Ukrainian restaurant.
Tatyana Chubenko owns one of the closest things, the Mariupol European Bakery & Deli, with her husband. She said Slavic foods are distinctive, tasty and varied, including staples like borscht, a beet soup, and golubtsi, or cabbage rolls. But they’re also time-consuming to make from scratch, requiring lots of fresh vegetables.
“It’s just not profitable after you spend so much time to cook it,” Chubenko said.
Adding to that challenge, most Americans don’t have an idea what Slavic food is the way they do Chinese, Mexican or Italian cuisine, meaning they’d be less likely to seek it out.
“That is going to be new for most of the people,” she said.
Also missing in Spokane are dedicated restaurants showcasing a particular region of a foreign country’s food. Indian food in America tends to focus on common North Indian and Punjabi dishes like tandoori chicken and curry, rather than venturing into things like the fried dosas common in Southern India or seafood in coconut sauces served in coastal areas.
“That’s probably one of the biggest trends in food right now is more regional identity,” said chef Adam Hegsted, who owns The Wandering Table and The Gilded Unicorn. That might look like a restaurant serving Oaxacan moles, rather than generic TexMex, or a Northern Thai restaurant.
But chefs agree that Spokane is trending in a more adventurous direction. Zirotti said when he first moved to Montana almost 20 years ago, olive oil was a specialty food that you couldn’t find in the grocery store, and “Italian” restaurants served spaghetti and meatballs and alfredo sauce, which he said is questionably Italian in origin.
Hegsted said Spokane has been developing a taste over the past decade for different styles of food, a trend he expects to continue.
“Our food culture is still really young,” he said.
If pushing the limits of your palate doesn’t sound like fun, there’s no need to worry. Spokane remains home to 12 Taco Bells.
Staff data journalist Kai Teoh contributed to this report.
Check out data tidbits, maps and more at http://www.spokesman.com/blogs/know-spokane/.


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Mexico's export-oriented auto industry produced a record 3.4 million units last year compared with 1.6 million a decade earlier. New and planned plants by Ford, Audi, Kia, Toyota, BMW and others are expected to push that to 5 million by the end of 2020, according to the Mexican Automotive Industry Association.
More recently, domestic sales of new cars in Mexico have surged, hitting a record 1.35 million last year compared with 755,000 in 2009. Sales are expected to rise to as high as 1.6 million this year. That has broad benefits for the North American industry, officials say, since it creates a local market for Mexican production and for imports, which make up more than half of local sales.
Economic analysts say implementation of Trump's trade and immigration policies would hurt exports and local consumption.
"Declining trade volumes could send shock waves across the country's manufacturing sector, leading to a sharp drop in business investment, potential job losses, and a decline in overall economic output," BMI Research said in a recent analysis, noting 81 percent of Mexico's exports go to the U.S.
Tougher immigration policies, including deportations, "would -- if implemented -- deprive the region of a vital source of funding for household spending," the report said.
That would include durable goods such as new cars.
Trump's candidacy has already upended Mexican politics. President Enrique Pena Nieto recently apologized for inviting the Republican candidate to Mexico for a hastily planned trip in August, saying he should have handled the invitation differently.
Mexico's ruling party is now in third place in early polls for the nation's own presidential contest in 2018.


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As Ford Authority reported yesterday, 2023 Ford Escape production at the Louisville Assembly plant was paused in the middle of last week and remains offline now, with an expected restart set for February 20th. This comes after initial production of the refreshed crossover was pushed back multiple weeks last year, though that delay was caused by ongoing supply chain issues. This time around, 2023 Ford Escape production is being impacted by a quality issue – more specifically, a problem with the model’s software, according to Automotive News.
“We’re on a day-by-day basis right now and I know that’s frustrating,” Louisville’s UAW Local 862 chairman, Brandon Reisinger, told employees at the plant. “The issue we’ve got, the cluster, is a software issue. It’s not a hardware issue. If it were to get out, it would not be something that would endanger anybody … but it would have the vehicles coming back to the dealership.” Reisinger also noted that when production restarts next week, the automaker intends to make up for the units it has lost as a result of this idle time.
Meanwhile, FoMoCo declined to provide any additional details on what that software problem might consist of. “We are committed to ensuring our vehicles are built with the quality our customers deserve and will take the appropriate actions to deliver this commitment,” Ford spokeswoman Kelli Felker said in an emailed statement.
While the refreshed 2023 Ford Escape recently earned the highest possible rating in a revised side-impact evaluation test conducted by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS), the crossover has faced its fair share of supply chain issues as well. Those have prompted Ford to drop the Escape’s hands-free tailgate feature, add manual key options, and implement SiriusXM removal options, too.
We’ll have more on 2023 Escape production soon, so be sure and subscribe to Ford Authority for more Ford Escape news and non-stop Ford news coverage.
Conditions normal at Recall Motors or Hold Motors, and Failure Farley is still around, wonder what their Q1 2023 report will look like?
It will look good. Better than last year. You should short Ford stock to take full advantage.
Need more news on Corsair
Ditto on the need for more info on the Corsair. None have shown up in dealers yet. What’s the hold up?
I know it has been commented on before… just wish the interior still didn’t look like a ‘Hasbro’ toy.
I have a 23 Escape hybrid and a Corsair on order. The Escape hybrid is scheduled for 3-20, the Corsair was originally 1-9 , but has been delayed 5 times and now is set for the week of 2-27. I don’t believe anything Ford tells me. Something if radically wrong when they can even do regular plant production. The Louisville plant has been down 5 of the past 6 weeks. Ford can’t seem to produce anything. Decided to wait for the Escape Hybrid for better mpg, but will start shopping Hyundai and Kia for another option. The Asian OEMs have no problem with production and even have some units on dealer lots to sell. At this rate, I don’t see how Ford will stay in business for long. Guess they just want to produce less product at a higher price . They are no longer a company with a full line to sell. Once they discontinue the Escape and Corsair , only large 3 row SUVs and trucks. So guess I might as well switch to another brand now and get a higher quality product with better styling and content
My 2023 Escape Platinum AWD Hybrid with all the options started production yesterday, according to the Ford website. It’s been on order since early October. I haven’t seen a single 2023 Escape on the road in the metro Detroit area. If this recent production stop prevents a future trip to the dealer for a software upgrade, that’s a good thing.
Agreed. Your new ride will arrive before you know it! Regards to the D!
I ordered a 23 Escape,AWD, roost on November 4th and have not yet been set for production. I received my first 45 day letter, then no more.
I hope this shut down fixes the software issue and production gets rolling again so I get scheduled.


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Monthly Archives: June 2013
Unfortunately for you, we’re back for yet another season of the award winning* internet podcast, Potaku!
“If we didn’t put Mario on it, then it would just seem like a new IP.” This is what Charlie Scibetta, Nintendo of America senior director of corporate communications said in response to questions of innovation and the number of Mario games released recently.
It’s weird looking back at old box art for video games. Low definition graphics meant artists had to get creative with how to present the games. But sometimes those illustrations go on to be resurrected by the internet.
I am musically incompetent. When Isabelle first gave me the chance to change up the town tune in the latest Animal Crossing I just stared at the screen in front of me with mild confusion. I don’t understand notes. I don’t understand anything!
PAX Australia will be a place for fun and excitement and, for us, an opportunity to push ourselves to hopefully make some great content. But it’s also a place of competition, where Pokemon trainers will go head to head in an effort to be the very best (like no one ever was).
The Playstation 4 currently beats out the Xbox One with a $100 price point difference, but it seems that didn’t come without some sort of sacrifice.
I shouldn’t have to, but I’m going to establish my bonafides here. I loved the last two Saints Row games.
From now until July 10th, the Playstation Store is having a sale where you can pick up some of the games that made my childhood at incredibly cheap prices.
Before Microsoft did a complete 180 on their DRM policies last week, the Xbox One was being touted as ‘the console of the future’ and everything in those policies pointed towards digital distribution becoming the clear path forward.


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In a statement, Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot said the developer of “Assassin’s Creed” and other games “has fallen short in its obligation to guarantee a safe and inclusive workplace environment for its employees.”
“This is unacceptable, as toxic behaviors are in direct contrast to values on which I have never compromised — and never will,” Guillemot said.
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UK WATCHDOG EXAMINES APPLE-GOOGLE MOBILE SYSTEM CONTROL
U.K. competition regulators are looking into Apple and Google smartphone operating systems, app stores and browsers, over concern that the control of “mobile ecosystems” by the two tech giants is harming consumers.
UTILITY'S GREEN ENERGY PLAN FUELS DEBATE IN KANSAS, MISSOURI
Kansas’ largest electric company expects to make its first big investments in solar energy over the next three years and promises zero net carbon emissions in 2045.
NATO NATIONS READY TO JOINTLY RESPOND TO ATTACKS IN SPACE
NATO leaders expanded the use of their all for one, one for all, mutual defense clause to include a collective response to attacks in space.
WINNING AUCTION BID TO FLY IN SPACE WITH JEFF BEZOS: $28M
An auction for a ride into space next month alongside Jeff Bezos and his brother ended with a winning $28 million bid last weekend.
REPORT SAYS TECHNOLOGY KEPT 2020 CENSUS BELOW EXPECTED COST
The 2020 census is expected to cost $14.2 billion, well below a previous estimate of $15.6 billion, reflecting a slowdown in the price tag for the nation’s head count thanks to technological innovations, according to a new watchdog report released this week.
Monterey macOS - UNLOCKING THE TRUE POWER OF THE M1 PROCESSOR
When it came to software enhancements and breakthrough features, this year’s WWDC was a little more understated than previous iterations, but after a year of coronavirus restrictions, it’s understandable that Apple would focus on refining its existing offering than try to reinvent the wheel.
BATTERY RECYCLING FIRM TO EXPAND OPERATIONS IN NEVADA
A battery recycling company founded by a former executive at Tesla Inc. broke ground on 100 acres (40 hectares) of land at an industrial park near Reno as part of its expansion plan.
COMPUTER TROUBLE HITS HUBBLE SPACE TELESCOPE, SCIENCE HALTED
The Hubble Space Telescope has been hit with computer trouble, with all astronomical viewing halted, NASA said.
BEHIND IN QUANTUM COMPUTER RACE, GERMANY GETS BOOST FROM IBM
IBM unveiled one of Europe’s most powerful quantum computers in Germany, boosting the country’s efforts to stay in the race for what’s considered a key technology of the future.
AMAZON NOW SAYS REMOTE WORK OK 2 DAYS A WEEK
Corporate and tech employees at Amazon won’t have to work in offices full time after coronavirus restrictions are lifted.
Two years on, EPIC GAMES STORE is still a golden ticket for developers and irresistible bait for gamers.
Assassin's Creed Valhalla
A huge open world that offers runes with a view
A puny mortal embarks on a quest to save the gods in IMMORTALS FENYX RISING, and finds yet another massive Ubisoft open world game.
SPIRITFARER is a compassionate adventure that finds comfort in death.
Inside the Boys Club
A sexual misconduct scandal at Ubisoft, the hitmaker behind Assassin’s Creed, has disrupted its inner circle and incited calls for more drastic measures
GAMES MAKER UBISOFT SHAKES UP STAFF AMID MISCONDUCT PROBE
French gaming giant Ubisoft is parting ways with its creative director and two other executives and promising zero tolerance for “toxic” staff behavior following an internal investigation of misconduct and media reports of sexual harassment and other workplace abuse.
The Best Racing Games In Xbox History
From Race Driver: Grid to Forza Horizon 3, we try to keep pace with the most thrilling virtual drivers spanning three generations of Microsoft machines
Watch Dogs Legion
One of the most impressive E3 demos I’ve played in years
From triple-A to two-person teams, the developers refusing to shy away from politics in their games
In these turbulent times management has shown uncharacteristic compassion and allowed Rachel Watts to contemplate life.


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Accor recently introduced its ibis Styles brand for the first time in the Middle East marking the start of a partnership with Nakheel. The hospitality company inked a management agreement with Nakheel to operate its first ibis Styles hotel in the region.
Construction of the hotel will be at International City’s Dragon Mart complex in Dubai. The property will benefit from Nakheel’s expansion of the area, including a second mall, cinema and an entertainment zone. The ibis Styles Dragon Mart will be attached to the new Dragon Mart shopping mall.
The hotel will showcase 249 rooms including an all-day dining restaurant, lobby lounge/café corner and a bar. ibis Styles Dragon Mart will offer all-inclusive packages such as all-you-can-eat-breakfast and free Wi-Fi internet connection. The property is expected to be completed by end of 2014.


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In short, like so many other things in this world, Millennials are to blame.
Frozen foods have been scoffed at for years, leading to a slump in sales, but apparently that’s rapidly changing.
Over in the U.S., sales are growing for the first time in five years, with market analysts Nielsen estimating the country’s annual sales at around $53 billion (R648 billion).
Moneyweb with the how and why of that:
The recent uptick in popularity stems in part from a record-high level of single Americans as millennials wait to form families. Frozen meals are an easy way to control portions, and there’s typically very little waste.
“There’s been a lot made of the death of frozen,” said Dewey Warner, an analyst at market researcher Euromonitor. “The average millennial doesn’t have time to make a full meal with fresh meat and produce. More and more they’re seeing these products as viable options.”
There’s that hot take, but then there is also another way to look at it. Either they already spent all their money on avocados, or they’re saving every penny to try and buy property because that’s now virtually impossible thanks to the behaviour of previous generations.
This is probably my favourite part of the entire analysis:
The unlikely comeback has lifted a number of companies. After a four-year slump, Kelloggs, maker of Special K and Frosted Flakes, has returned to growth in recent quarters. That’s thanks in part to a boost from Eggo, which benefited from its prominence in the hit Netflix series “Stranger Things” as the favourite food of a mysterious telekinetic girl named Eleven. The brand’s sales are up double digits in each of the last two quarters.
That’s right, Eleven ate some Eggos and now the company is flying.
It’s called being a real influencer, person with 265 followers on Instagram.
And just when you think the uptake is due to lazy, unhealthy Millennials, the vegans stop by:
Vegans have also gravitated to the freezer aisle, looking for products like meat-free burgers, according to Jordan Rost, vice president of consumer insights at Nielsen. Those products have helped fuel growth by driving up prices.
“Those are things people are willing to pay a premium for,” Rost said.
We go to a graph to drive home the point:
Perhaps the most incredible stat is the decline that other players in the packaged-food industry have seen. The 10 largest U.S. companies have actually seen close to $20 billion (R244 billion) in revenue disappear over the last three years.
Maybe they need Eleven to chomp on a packaged sarmie in the next season of Stranger Things? That might actually be a decent advertising investment.
Millennials – you just do you, guys.
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Potter franchise is the rare gem among slumping sequels
July 14, 2003 at 2:39 PM ET
Godric's Hollow (via Los Angeles Times)
In this report in the LA Times the lackluster moviegoer response to sequels is shown to have altered the attitude in Hollywood that franchises are king.
With near unanimity, top-level executives and filmmakers queried in the last week describe an industry that is suddenly less confident in the automatic success of its so-called franchises — highly visible pictures that invite rapid-fire follow-ups.
The most troubling performance to date has been that of Sony's "Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle." The picture, which cost $144 million to produce and tens of millions more to market, opened to just $37.6 million in ticket sales its first weekend, then rapidly fell off in the face of torrid competition.
Successful franchises such as Harry Potter, Lord of the Rings, and Star Wars are now being considered the exception rather than the rule. This has already factored into future productions, as the number of sequels planned for next year drops to 15 from a contemporary high of 23 this year.
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The partnership with Wipro is part of Microsoft Accelerator's CoInnovate programme, under which it also joined hands with another Tata Consultancy Services earlier this year.
"We have been disappointed with the way technology is being taught"
Fleet services allow corporates to book cabs in bulk or as required!
For established companies, shifting a corporate culture is one of the most significant -- and necessary -- changes it can undergo.
I'm no different running a 20-person shop as I am many multiples of that.
The lawsuit seeks class action status for misclassifying a position as exempt from overtime.
If we look hard, we find all kinds of supposedly established legacy companies that would be vulnerable to competition from an eager and creative startup.
The retailer sent an email asking employees to work on the weekend with no overtime. But before you jump to conclusions, read this.
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Prince Harry and Meghan Markle are reportedly planning to move into the metaverse – or virtual reality – in a bid to amplify their brand even further. The couple are said to be in talks with an award-winning tech company to make their virtual dreams a reality, moving into “immersive, life-like experiences” in a simulated world.
- Harry and Meghan are in talks with a leading tech company to enter the world of virtual reality in a bid ‘to take their brand truly global’
- The couple could launch the first public “land sale” in the metaverse, thought to be the next evolution of the internet
- In other royal news, Meghan Markle thanked by 'mate' Jameela Jamil for 'privately' reaching out to women during 'lonely and desperate moments'
We are living in a Meta-rial world, and Harry and Meghan are Meta-rial boys and girls.
They’ve already conquered the likes of Netflix and Spotify, with Meghan’s podcast being a huge success, and now the tech savvy couple are eyeing up the next stage of the internet – the metaverse.
While scholars, software geniuses and visionaries could talk about the metaverse in thousands of words, the plainest, top-level explanation of the metaverse is that it’s a virtual world in which people actually live, work, shop and interact.
Some have likened it to the Sims on a much bigger scale. You have an online, virtual representation of yourself who can earn (and spend) money, travel places and even foster relationships.
By entering the virtual world, Meghan and Harry could appear as avatars of themselves in a variety of settings such as gaming, business meetings and online communities.
For the Sussexes, it’s reportedly the next step in elevating their brand.
A source has said of the possible move, “Both Meghan and Harry believe they will an even greater ability to spread their message if they have a presence in the virtual world as well as the physical world. They've spoken to a variety of experts and the view is this is the next stage to take their brand truly global.”
It’s rumored that the tech firm Pax.world could be the prospective partner for their ambitious new plans. If the rumors prove true, Harry and Meghan will join the likes of Justin Bieber, Paris Hilton and Snoop Dogg in taking their star power into the world of virtual reality.
While the idea might be harder for some to grasp, stars have the ability to make real money on the platform.
In December, someone paid $450,000 to be Snoop Dogg’s virtual neighbour in Snoopverse (the name of his virtual land), the world Snoop built on metaverse platform, The Sandbox.
Paris Hilton has also pulled in crowds of up to 400,000 people for Paris World, a metaverse created on Roblox, where she’s hosted virtual parties and carried out virtual DJ sets.
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Apple Store Fifth Avenue has been reopened since it closed in 2017, but now there are signs of a colorful new life.
New York's famous glass cube is now built and rebuilt Apple He decided to wrap the cube in a rainbow film. The cover eliminates observers' usual line of sight of what goes underground, but it has long been announced that the Cupertino-based company will double the size of the store, which is underground and only accessible through an elevator.
There's no specific date the Fifth Avenue store will open, but the presence of glass cubes and rainbow films is an indication that it will soon be. The appearance of the rainbow is reported to be only temporary, with a sign Apple A spokesperson stated that the film would be removed before reopening it.
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This week, Apple is looking up at Android's popularity, the iPad gets its first real competitor in the form of the Samsung Galaxy Tab, and iPhone slider cases are causing scratches on iPhone 4. Also, Sprint releases an iPhone 4 case that brings 4G service to iOS, Hitachi is working on a touch screen for use with gloves, and the MacBook Air is top-rated by Consumer Reports.
The Samsung Galaxy Tab Android tablet will make its way to AT&T November 21, priced at $649.
If you've been following the Tab's prolonged multicarrier roll-out this month, you're probably wondering why AT&T has priced the Tab at a $50 premium over its competitors Sprint, T-Mobile, and Verizon.
One answer is that AT&T is using the same flexible, pay-as-you-go data plans pioneered on the iPad, priced at $14.99 (250MB/month) and $25 (2GB/month). If you plan on mostly leaning on the Tab's Wi-Fi capabilities, having the option of … Read more
Last week, Engadget posted photos of another Samsung Android handset, and quite a promising one at that. Listed without a codename, the device should be a flagship phone due in February of next year.
Although images appear to be mock ups hastily thrown together for the sake of presentation, it's the rumored hardware that I'll focus on. The slides show the smartphone as having either a 4.3-inch or 4.5-inch "sAMOLED2" touch display. I don't know about you, but I love the idea of Samsung releasing a phone with a screen size that rivals … Read more
Soon after I posted the news of Sprint's new Samsung M360 last week, I received a few e-mails from CNET readers wondering why such a simple phone was worthy of our attention. As reader sdf0013 put it in the comments section of the blog, the M360 news was "out of place for the usually tech-savvy CNET crowd."
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Driven by its year-long surge, Google's mobile OS took home a 25.5 percent share of the global market, jumping from just 3.5 percent a year ago. Though still on top, Nokia's Symbian continued to lose ground with a 36.6 chunk of the market, down from 44.6 percent in the year-ago quarter.
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This initiative was conceptualised to encourage people to recognise the efforts of small retailers across the country. The day aims at creating awareness and empathy for the significant role and value they add by creating convenience in the everyday of individuals.
Retailers from across the country on the network of PayNearby, shared videos describing how their assistance to end customers have added value to their lives or helped them during emergency situations. The retailers generating the most influential impact will be invited from different cities of India and felicitated at the TRRAIN Awards to be held in February 2020.
Making employees feel valued and striving to build genuine, symbiotic relationships with them beyond a mere transactional one helps build loyalty, boost performance, morale and nurtures a positive attitude. Thus, the campaign ‘#HaathBadhao, thank you keh jao’ was built and launched in collaboration with PayNearby’s media agency Leo Burnett, to express gratitude for the unwavering and constant support of retailers. As a part of the campaign, retailers from all over the country will be thanked for their continuous enterprise.
For PayNearby, local retailers are intrinsic, and the company has taken several steps to improve and uplift their lives. The company along with TRRAIN Circle is going to provide digital upskilling trainings to 20 lakh retailers across India through mobile-friendly content. The programme will not just enable the retailers with essential skills but will also empower them to lead a more rewarding life.
“We are thrilled to be a part of this initiative which provides a platform to recognise the tireless efforts of our retailer friends. The retailers have always been a very integral part of the Indian economy; however their contribution has always gone unnoticed. It has always been our priority to empower them, and we recognise their determination that has made our work a success. As retailers form an important part of our consumer value chain among local communities, social inclusion is only possible if they are uplifted, which in turn will give an impetus to the economy,” said Anand Kumar Bajaj, MD & CEO, PayNearby.
“In the last 8 years ‘Retail Employees Day’ Celebration has grown multi-fold with millions of retail employees celebrating the day on December 12 every year. 2019 is very special for us with PayNearby joining the movement and celebrating the day with lacs of retailers by appreciating their work and encouraging customers to say Thank you by promoting ‘Haath Badhao Thank You Keh Jao’,” said BS Nagesh, founder, TRRAIN.
Incepted in April 2016, Nearby Technologies is a fintech company offering financial/non-financial services to the underbanked and unbanked segment. Nearby Technologies works on a B2B2C model through its various brands – PayNearby, InsureNearby, BuyNearby and few more. PayNearby empowers retailers at the first mile to offer digital services to local communities, thereby boosting financial inclusion in India. Retailer services are focused on Aadhaar based banking services, domestic remittances, bill payments, card payments, and insurance services among others.
PayNearby was founded by Anand Kumar Bajaj, Subhash Kumar, Yashwant Lodha and Rajesh Jha, who bring with them rich experience in the field of banking, payments and other financial sectors. PayNearby is a DIPP-certified FinTech startup, partnering with various financial institutions including Yes Bank, RBL Bank, ICICI Bank, State Bank of India, Axis Bank, CC Avenue, Bill Desk, NPCI, FASTag, NBFC and FMCG companies. It is the sole technology provider using Aadhaar Enabled Payment Services (AEPS) and IMPS to YES Bank, making them one of the only two fintech companies hosted by the National Payments Corporation of India (NCPI).
TRRAIN is a public charitable trust formed in 2011 by BS Nagesh, with the vision of empowering people in retail and works to achieve immediate and lasting change in the lives of retail associates in India. They are solely committed to upgrading the lives of people in retail, both at work and at home.
TRRAIN Circle is a digital platform that provides exclusive content, deals, courseware and services, including free counselling and low-cost loans. Founded in 2017, TRRAIN Circle is designed to enable a more skilled, knowledgeable and financially empowered community of users working in retail and related sectors.
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PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds are still trying to get their Battle Royale crown back from Fortnite, so what better way than to try and get people back with a little cross promotion?
According to Resident Evil‘s Japanese Twitter account, as well as PUBG Mobile‘s Twitter, Capcom and PUBG Corp are teaming for an upcoming event. No word on the details just yet, but once again, seeing as The Game Awards 2018 are taking place this Thursday, it seems a little convenient that the two companies would jointly announce something at the event.
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Plus, you have the Resident Evil 2 remake coming out January 25, 2019, so why not?
PUBG Mobile (the Android and iOS version of PUBG) is huge at the moment, boasting over 10 million daily active users, with a good portion of them coming from China. Then again, that’s mobile users, and not console or PC, which is currently dominated by Fortnite. I guess you’ve got to start somewhere, right?


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WASHINGTON – Recession is imminent. That's the clear consensus among U.S. economists. Although the Federal Reserve's work to bring down inflation has led to a slight drop, prices are expected to keep climbing. There's a growing belief the Fed missed the mark, over-reacting to put the country right into a recession.
One key factor in all of this is the money supply. In 2020, fear over a pandemic shutdown prompted the Federal Reserve to begin pumping more than $6 trillion into the U.S. economy to combat unemployment and promote economic growth.
Congress injected close to another $6 trillion in stimulus-related spending. The result was an over-stimulated economy.
Johns Hopkins Economics Professor Steve Hanke, a former advisor to President Ronald Reagan, says the reason for today's high inflation is that the money supply grew so quickly during the COVID economy of 2020 and into 2021. "Well, that's still in the system, that's still driving things," he said.
Hanke believes the Federal Reserve got this one wrong.
"They're overdoing things, you see, they created this huge growth in the money supply in 2020 and 2021. That, with a lag of 12 to 24 months, gave us a lot of inflation that's still in the system. And now they, they hit the panic button early last year, and they're overdoing it. They're squeezing the money supply too rapidly, and it's actually contracting in an unprecedented way," Hanke explained.
As the Fed rapidly raises interest rates, many businesses are hurting, and much less money is going into the economy.
Hanke says it's now just a matter of watching the recession play out. "The money supply starts changing – in this case actually going negative on us – is that with a lag of about one to nine months, asset prices react. They go down," he said. "That's why the stock market has been kind of stagnant, nothing going on the stock market. Then, with a lag of about six to 18 months, the economy reacts, real economic activity starts changing. And that's the recession, that is the recession."
Hanke anticipates recession to begin around the end of this year and predicts inflation will continue throughout 2023.
In the meantime, he's largely ignoring economic headlines such as job reports, the dollar's status, the stock market, and unemployment numbers. Hanke is simply watching the money supply.
"Money dominates, that's the signal. the rest of the data are important, not irrelevant, but they can be – and they usually are – noise, because people can't package them into any meaningful model that leads to an accurate prediction," Hanke explained.
While he can't predict the length of a recession, Hanke believes it will be significantly worse if the Fed keeps raising interest rates. He recommends a pivot that would allow smaller economic growth, rather than continuing to seek contraction.


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On June 15, Microsoft announced a two year transition plan that will see founder and chairman Bill Gates cease his full time role at as Chief Software Architect and instead work full time at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, which sponsors global health and education projects.
To kick of the transition period, Chief Technical Officer Ray Ozzie has been promoted to Chief Software Architect, and Chief Technical Officer Craig Mundie will assume the role of Chief Research and Strategy Officer. Ozzie will be responsible for technical architecture and product oversight, while Mundie will be responsible for Microsoft’s research and incubation projects, and also be jointly responsible for intellectual property and technology policy issues.
So who are Ozzie and Mundie, and what will this epochal leadership change mean for the future of Microsoft’s online activities?
Mundie has been with Microsoft since 1992 and ran their Consumer Platforms Division, where he was involved in diverse product development efforts including software for handheld PCs, early telephony products and digital TV.
Ozzie worked on VisiCalc, the first electronic spreadsheet, back in the early 80s and went on to join Lotus and to develop Lotus Notes. In 1997, he founded Groove Networks, which developed the Groove Virtual Office application. Groove Networks was bought by Microsoft in 2005, at which point he became Microsoft’s CTO.
Ozzie’s Groove Networks was an Internet-centric start-up firm, and his appointment to Chief Software Architect could herald a new era of Internet affinity for Microsoft. While the company has reacted to the strategic threat posed by the Internet in the past, Microsoft’s business model has traditionally focused on good old-fashioned software.
With Internet companies like Google trying to encroach on Microsoft’s turf and such companies having the advantage of higher agility and innovativeness, Ozzie’s experience in this field could provide Microsoft with new impulses.
Microsoft has already committed to increase its R&D budget by $2 billion to $6.2 billion over the coming year, with most of the budget being spent on online projects. I would expect that this is only the first sign of things to come at Microsoft – once they set their sights on markets they want to dominate, the going tends to get very tough for incumbents. This should make things pretty interesting for the average Internet user!


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IGA owners ready to rebuild
Now that the cleanup of the IGA site in Fort Langley is well under way, the family who owns the store is ready to embark on rebuilding.
The fire, which investigators believe was triggered by a break-in on Jan. 4, consumed the old building in minutes. The grocery store was not only a place to pick up supplies, but also a gathering place for the community. The Lee family said last week that it has engaged a builder and an architect to help them with the rebuilding. The builder is another well-established company, Marcon Construction, and the architect is Bryce Rositch.
“Marco Paolella of Marcon was responsible for building the IGA in the Thunderbird Village in Walnut Grove,” said Charlie Lee, “and he was great to work with because of his attention to detail.”
The family owns that IGA outlet, too.
Robert Lee said that ensuring the design respects the heritage character of the village “is important to us.”
Lee and his family bought the IGA in 1975 when it was known as the Fort Supply Company.
“We wish to thank everyone who has offered encouragement and support after the devastating fire that consumed the family store (in January),” Lee said.
Acknowledging that planning, designing and building will take some time, Lee said the family’s wish is to rebuild as soon as possible.
“We would like the store up and running as fast as we can,” said Lee, who runs the Langley City IGA.
“We want that as much as the community.”
The family has already received many suggestions from customers about what they would like to see included in the plans. He said he is open to ideas and suggestions from the community regarding the redevelopment of the site which has frontage on three main streets, Glover Road, Mavis Avenue and Church Street.
A website has been set up to keep their customers up to date on the rebuilding progress, and also allow input on planning and design considerations.
The website is www.fortiga.ca.
Residents can send an email to email@example.com, or they can write to the Lee family at Box 660, Fort Langley, V1M 2S1.


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A customer boards an Avis Budget Group Inc. shuttle bus at the Denver International Airport (DEN) in Denver, Colorado, U.S., on Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2015.
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Car rental stock Avis Budget surged Tuesday after the company reported a stronger-than-expected third quarter that sparked massive trading volume.
The company reported $10.74 in per-share earnings for the third quarter, beating a Refinitiv consensus estimate by more than $4. Revenue also topped expectations. Avis Budget’s board also authorized an additional $1 billion in share buybacks.
The stock was up more than 100% around midday. Trading in the stock was halted multiple times Tuesday morning.
Vague comments on the conference call by executives about increasing purchases of electric cars for its fleet appeared to add juice to the rally, as chief executive officer Joseph Ferraro said the company would play a “big role” in the growth of electric cars in the U.S., according to a transcript of the earnings call from FactSet.
A large amount of bets against the stock likely contributed to the size and speed of the day’s move.
Ahead of the earnings report, 20.5% of the float of Avis Budget’s stock was sold short, according to FactSet, an abnormally high number. When a stock rises, short-sellers are forced to cover their positions by buying shares, creating more upward pressure on the stock price. This is called a “short squeeze.”
Some short squeezes have been accelerated this year due to retail traders who use social media sites like Reddit’s WallStreetBets. Heavy interest from smaller investors helped to drive dramatic moves in stocks like GameStop and AMC Entertainment earlier this year.
As of 11:38 a.m. ET, more than 17 million shares of Avis Budget had been traded on Tuesday, according to FactSet.
The U.S. rental car industry has been in a state of upheaval since the start of the pandemic. Travel demand plummeted in 2020, leading Avis-rival Hertz to file for bankruptcy protection, and production delays for automakers have led to a shortage of available cars in 2021 as travelers have hit the road.
Shares of Hertz were also the subject of a trading frenzy earlier this year. The company has since emerged from bankruptcy.
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Microsoft has struck a deal with French artificial intelligence start-up Mistral as it seeks to broaden its involvement in the fast-growing industry beyond OpenAI.
The US tech giant will provide the 10-month-old Paris-based company with help in bringing its AI models to market.
Microsoft will also take a minor stake in Mistral, although the financial details have not been disclosed. The partnership makes Mistral the second company to provide commercial language models available on Microsoft’s Azure cloud computing platform.
Microsoft has already invested about $13bn in San Francisco-based OpenAI, an alliance that is being reviewed by competition watchdogs in the US, EU and UK.
Other Big Tech rivals, such as Google and Amazon, are also investing heavily in building generative AI — software that can produce text, images and code in seconds — which analysts believe has the capacity to shake up industries across the world.
Mistral, which builds large language models, the underlying technology that powers generative AI products, secured a €2bn valuation in December in a funding round worth roughly €400mn.
Its models are “open source”, meaning technical details will be released publicly.
This contrasts with the approach of competitors such as ChatGPT maker OpenAI, whose latest model GPT-4 is a so-called black box in which the data and code used to build the model are not available to third parties.
OpenAI was estimated to be worth $86bn during its recent secondary share sale.


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- Target is scaling back its store investment plans in the near term as it tries to meet demand surging on COVID-19 concerns. The retailer now expects to remodel 130 stores this year, less than half of the 300 it originally planned for 2020, according to a press release.
- Target also has reduced plans to build new small format stores down to 15-20, from previously announced plans for 36 new small stores this year. Plans to add fresh grocery and adult beverages to Target's drive-up and pick-up services are also on hold.
- All this comes amid what CEO Brian Cornell described in a statement as an "unprecedented surge in traffic and sales" as consumers flock to Target stores and services for food and household products. Given rapidly changing sales and costs, Target withdrew its fiscal guidance for the first quarter and fiscal year.
Shoppers stocking up or outright stockpiling goods as they brace for weeks at home has already led to an increase in sales at major general merchandisers, including Target, Amazon and Walmart, and deep discounters Dollar General and Family Dollar, which are all hiring en masse to meet new demand.
After rising 3.8% in February, comparable sales at Target for the month-to-date in March were up more than 20%, the company said. Comps for food and essentials were up more than 50%, the company said.
Target also said sales have been strong among some hardline categories, including home office and entertainment — products the retailer noted "support in-home activities." Sales in apparel and accessories — previously a growing category and particular strength for Target, however — have "softened meaningfully," down some 20% month-to-date in March.
Even as sales surge overall, Target's margins could fall as sales decline in high-margin categories, the company said. The company has added more than $300 million in additional costs above previous estimates due to "investments in pay and benefits, the spike in merchandise volume in stores and the supply chain, and the impact of additional hours dedicated to more rigorous cleaning routines in stores and distribution centers across the country," Target said.
Target is among those to raise their wages for retailers on the front lines. The retailer boosted pay by $2 an hour for store and distribution centers and is paying out bonuses to some 20,000 team leads.
All of this disrupts Targets plans to continue its push into smaller formats and efforts to revitalize its stores, a long investment strategy that has already helped boost Target's sales in recent years.
Target, Walmart, Amazon and other general merchants have grown sales in recent years thanks in large part to their convenience, pricing, and ability to invest in their digital stores and services. The COVID-19 pandemic, which has shut down tens of thousands of stores around the country, at least in the short term is accelerating the growth of some of retail's biggest players.


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It’s no surprise why Honda brought Grainne Murphy onboard as their Brand Ambassador. Grainne’s passion for sporting performance, her style and her good looks align perfectly with the Honda models.
Gráinne Murphy realised her dream last November when she secured her place to swim for Ireland in the Olympic Games in London next July. She achieved her goal after finishing third in the 800m freestyle event at the Dutch Open Championship last December. She had already made qualifying times in 2009 and 2010 but it was too early to be ratified for Olympics 2012.
In handing over the keys of the car to Gráinne, Dermot Murphy, Managing Director of Clonskeagh Motors expressed his delight at the partnership: “We are very excited by this collaboration with Gráinne and we wish her every success. There are obvious synergies with the professionalism and commitment Gráinne has shown to achieving her dream and the reputation of Honda as a producer of high quality, premium products which also deliver high levels of customer satisfaction”. “We are proud to support such a successful ambassador and help her achieve her dream of her first Olympic medal when she represents Ireland in London in July,” he added. Gráinne spends 30 hours a week training and has travelled the world to compete internationally.
On becoming an Ambassador for Clonskeagh Motors and Honda, Gráinne was presented with the keys of a Honda CR-Z Sports Hybrid Coupé which she ‘absolutely loves to drive’,


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Since 1928, Canadian Business has been one of Canada’s most trusted sources for business news and trends, evolving with the ever-changing landscape and delivering storytelling and resources that mattered to the Canadians at the forefront of these changes. Today, CB is reinventing itself again, following a year that shook the world in some of the most significant ways since the magazine’s launch.
With shifts toward more equitable, agile and innovative workplaces already underway across many industries, the upending effects of Covid-19 have pushed leaders to reimagine how they run their companies and take care of their teams. We believe that in 2021 and beyond, the most successful businesses will be those that are working toward meaningful progress in areas like sustainability, employee well-being, diversity and inclusion and philanthropy. That’s why we’ve partnered with the Brookfield Institute for Innovation + Entrepreneurship to launch our annual New Innovators List, celebrating the companies—both big and small—that are leading the charge in this important work.
The New Innovators List will be published in the January 2022 issue of Canadian Business and online at canadianbusiness.com in December 2021.
What is a New Innovator?
We consider new innovators to be companies that pursue inclusive innovation that brings new or improved products and services to market, or improves their own operational effectiveness. They also pay attention to the impact of their operations, from GHG emissions and resource efficiency to living wages, creating a meaningfully diverse and equitable team and culture, and ethical supply chain management.
Specifically, to be considered companies should:
- Embed innovation as a key element of the business model
- Seek to minimize negative environmental impact
- Acknowledge social issues and proactively address workplace inequities and support team wellbeing
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"The fur is really going to fly in there", predicted one shareholder as he strode into Tesco's Annual General Meeting. In the end, it didn't. The board were given a hard time, sure. This was an AGM, directors almost always are.
But amid the complaints about the share price, falling sales and lower profits there were grumbles about the refrigeration system at Tesco's in Potters Bar, the lack of soap in the gents at Brent Cross, the unfriendliness of staff in Orpington.
The point is that every shareholder seemed to have their own agenda. At Barclays' recent AGM the anger was so focussed on pay it resonated, unsettling executives. The mood here was far less hostile, sullen rather than rebellious.
Of course, Tesco shareholders have every reason to feel glum. For much of the last three years the supermarket has looked in steady decline. Philip Clarke, the chief executive, explained that Tesco is making the painful adjustment what he called a "new reality".
The recession, the internet, the likes of Aldi and Lidl (Clarke refers to them dismissively as "the discounters") has permanently changed the way we shop. Tesco’s problem is we are increasingly shopping elsewhere.
Happily, Philip Clarke has a turnaround plan: better trained staff, refurbished stores and "sharper" prices. Unhappily that plan is more than two years old and there's no sign it's working. Clarke's salvation is that it's no one has an obviously better idea. Slash prices? It's not clear that will achieve anything more than further reduce profits.
Sir Terry Leahy said recently he's "very disappointed" with the way Tesco has performed since he handed over to Clarke at the end of 2011. Fair enough, but Sir Terry also knows that his time at Tesco is in the process of being reassessed.
He did much right but his Fresh and Easy adventure in the United States was an expensive failure and the hypermarkets he constructed are deeply out of fashion. His halo has slipped and shareholders know it. "He was paid millions and lost billions", exclaimed one today. He got warm applause.
Philip Clarke has been widely characterised as a chief executive sitting in the departure lounge but today 98% of shareholders voted to re-elect him as a director. Clarke desperately needs something resembling progress to loom into view and quickly but the narrative has shifted subtlety in his favour.


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The loss of the plant, which has a WEELABEX accreditation, has been described by some as a “devastating blow” to the fridge reprocessing industry.
A Viridor spokesperson told letsrecycle.com: “Viridor has confirmed it is planning to close its WEEE recycling plant at St Helens.
“Any staff impacted by this decision have been informed and the required consultation has begun.
“Viridor continues to operate the WEEE recycling plant in Perth and has the ability to increase capacity if required.”
The St Helens facility houses two lines in the same building – one to recycle small WEEE and one to handle fridges.
The small domestic appliance plant is capable of processing up to 50,000 tonnes every year, while its fridge processing plant can process 600,000 units per annum.
Viridor opened the £9 million facility on Merseyside in March 2010 (see letsrecycle.com story).
Developed by German technology company MeWa, the facility was designed to accept cooling and display equipment, small and large domestic appliances and small mixed WEEE.
In April an investigation was launched into the cause of a large fire at the facility (see letsrecycle.com story).
The St Helens approved authorised treatment facility (AATF) was the first in the UK to receive WEEELABEX accreditation for its cooling process, Viridor claims.
It remains one of only two plants with the accreditation in England, Scotland and Wales. The other is run by AO Recycling in Telford (see letsrecycle.com story).
WEEELABEX standards are Europe-wide requirements relating to the collection and disposal of WEEE.
The facility retained the accreditation in November 2018 following a re-assessment (see letsrecycle.com story).
Robert Sant is managing director of AO Recycling, one arm of online retail giant AO.com. He told letsrecycle.com the loss of a WEEELABEX-accredited reprocessing facility was a massive loss to the fridge reprocessing industry.
“The loss of a quality processor is not good news for the industry”
“This is a devastating blow to standards within the fridge processing market. Of course the loss of one of the country’s two accredited plants is going to have an effect,” Mr Sant said.
He added: “Without doubt, the loss of a quality processor is not good news for the industry.”
In October 2019, consultancy firm Anthesis published a report looking at treatment standards at fridge reprocessing facilities in England and Wales (see letsrecycle.com story).
The report found that in 2018, 204,000 tons of household appliances containing refrigerants were sold in the UK, the majority of which were domestic refrigerators. In the same period, 132,000 tons of appliances were collected for recycling.
Anthesis estimates that 2.5 million fridges were processed by UK fridge recycling plants in 2018.
Viridor’s St Helens facility had a 15% market share of the fridges processed that year, Anthesis says.


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Beyond the Footsie: Tuesday close
SMALLER company stocks outperformed the broader market, edging into the black following a recovery on Wall Street. The FTSE SmallCap index rose 0.9 points to 2056.0.
Landround added 7 1/2p to 210p as brokers upgraded the travel promotions operator after solid interim results. Broker Evolution Beeson Gregory raised its profit forecast for the year ending September 2003 by 15% to £1.65m. Chairman Michael Crompton also said Landround will pay a special dividend if it fails to find acquisitions.
Pilat Technologies jumped 1.38p to 3.75p, building on gains from the previous session after the AIM-listed computer software provider posted narrower first-quarter losses.
Casualties included Aortech, down 3.63p to 10.37p. The biotech posted wider full-year losses and said it plans a capital reconstruction. Chief executive Bill Stachan is quitting at the end of the month.
Profit-taking weighed on Densitron Technologies, down 2p to 20 3/4p after its positive trading statement on Monday. The computer hardware developer revealed that shareholders at its annual general meeting had voted against reappointing auditor RSM Robson Rhodes.
Booth Industries fell 2p to 12 1/2p. The fire and blast protection door specialist said it would move its listing to AIM. First-half sales fell 29% to £22m due to the completion of a major contract at Devonport Naval Base.
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AT&T Considering Brand Revival After Merger
Feb 26, 2004, 4:50 AM by (staff)
At a recent financial analyst briefing in New York, AT&T executives announced tentative plans to revive the AT&T brand for wireless, after Cingular completes its acquisition of AT&T Wireless. Once the merger is complete, the brand will revert to ownership by the original AT&T company, which currently deals only in wireline service. In order to continue offering bundled wireline/wireless packages, the company plans to establish an MVNO relationship with an existing major wireless carrier.
Aug 10, 2022
Alongside its new foldable phones, Samsung has revealed its newest smartwatches and Bluetooth earbuds, each with significant engineering improvements. The new Galaxy Watch5 has a 13% larger battery and 60% more durable face compared to the Watch4.
Mar 10, 2022
Google today started rolling out a major update to its Messages app, the default SMS and RCS messaging app on most new Android phones. It includes several major new features, but the biggest for most people may be automatic conversion and tidier display of emoji reactions from iPhone users .
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Apple today announced iOS 16, the next version of its core software for iPhones. The new OS features a major revamp of the Lock Screen with new personalization, including font & color options, and widgets that are similar to complications on the Apple Watch.
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Samsung today announced a number of specific features of its new smartwatch OS developed in collaboration with Google. That collaboration was first revealed at Google's I/O developer event last month.
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The FCC today started Auction 110, the third in a series of auctions to sell licenses for valuable C-band (mid-band) radio frequencies that offer a good mix of data speeds and coverage when deployed for 5G networks. All three major US wireless carriers have registered and qualified to bid in the auction.
AT&T too big. Never made sense.
Why the hell would AT&T just up and sell off the biggest, new technology they have? It was almost like they were saying, "We're through with this wireless bullshit."
I don't know how the FCC is letting anyone get away with something like this. What a corporate steaming load.
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One of the biggest patent trolls in the world is after another big company, but this time it is a bit different.
The company filed a lawsuit today for a $1 billion against one of the largest smartphone chip maker -Qualcomm citing some shady business practices. The lawsuit says that Qualcomm withheld payments from Apple for licensing some technology in exchange for using wireless modems.
Although Qualcomm is widely known for its Snapdragon mobile processors and SoCs, the company also has a significant market of wireless modems and other smartphone techs.
Before Apple, Federal Trade Commission of US was also after Qualcomm for using similar monopoly tatics. The FTC lawsuit suggested that Qualcomm was forcing companies to use its products by charging more license fee for SoCs for customers who were using competitor’s product. So much that it made competitor’s product more expensive that they are.
Here is Apple’s full statement about why they are suing:
“For many years Qualcomm has unfairly insisted on charging royalties for technologies they have nothing to do with. The more Apple innovates with unique features such as TouchID, advanced displays, and cameras, to name just a few, the more money Qualcomm collects for no reason and the more expensive it becomes for Apple to fund these innovations. Qualcomm built its business on older, legacy, standards but reinforces its dominance through exclusionary tactics and excessive royalties. Despite being just one of over a dozen companies who contributed to basic cellular standards, Qualcomm insists on charging Apple at least five times more in payments than all the other cellular patent licensors we have agreements with combined.
To protect this business scheme Qualcomm has taken increasingly radical steps, most recently withholding nearly $1B in payments from Apple as retaliation for responding truthfully to law enforcement agencies investigating them.
Apple believes deeply in innovation and we have always been willing to pay fair and reasonable rates for patents we use. We are extremely disappointed in the way Qualcomm is conducting its business with us and unfortunately after years of disagreement over what constitutes a fair and reasonable royalty we have no choice left but to turn to the courts.”


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SBR Technology Excellence Awards nominations are now open
Interested companies may send their entries until 26 January 2024.
Companies must embrace digital disruption to remain competitive in today's fast-paced business landscape. With technology evolving at an unprecedented rate, pioneering groundbreaking tech solutions is not just an option but a necessity. By riding the digital disruption wave, companies can enhance efficiency, reach new markets, and stay ahead in an increasingly digital-centric world, ultimately ensuring their long-term relevance and success in Singapore's dynamic business environment.
To celebrate the achievements of Singapore companies that thrived amidst the competitive environment, Singapore Business Review brings back the SBR Technology Excellence Awards.
Now in its sixth year, the SBR Technology Excellence Awards is part of the regional Asian Technology Excellence Awards now running in 50 countries. The awards programme honours companies spearheading the technological revolution and guiding their industries through transformative digital journeys.
The awards programme is open to technology companies that pioneered groundbreaking IT products and solutions, as well as any organisation or company with innovative technology initiatives that impacted their business. The technology project, product, service, or initiative must have been launched or had improvements, in part or in full, within the last 24 calendar months.
Amongst the winners in the most recent SBR Technology Excellence Awards is the retail chain FairPrice Group, which took home accolades in the AI - Marketing Technology and Digital - Retail categories.
“I think it's really an honour to win the award. It's also actually a good occasion for us to celebrate. So we look at what we've done in the past and see that we're doing fine, but we never had the chance to celebrate, so this award is a reason for us to celebrate," said James Huang, Head of Marketing Technology at FairPrice Group.
If you believe your company is deserving of one or more of these awards, nominate it today! Below are the notable dates for the awards programme:
Submission Opens: 2 October 2023
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An Uber vehicle operating in autonomous mode in Tempe, Ariz., struck and killed a pedestrian crossing the street Sunday night. Uber has suspended pilots in all cities following the deadly accident.
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Reader Phil Biles has been frustrated by his attempts to get this letter in the Bournemouth Echo, not least because another letter writer seemed to secure publication of his letters on a weekly basis, despite his assertions “having no basis in fact”.
Here is the letter which failed to get exposure:
In response to the news that the EU was to charge UK visitors €7 to enter the Schengen zone, one of our local MPs (Conor Burns, Bournemouth West) commented on social media in August:
‘We must absolutely not impose the same on EU visitors to the UK‘.
The MP seems to be unaware that the UK Government in May proposed legislation to introduce a new electronic travel authorisation system to mirror that already in force in the USA and also planned by the EU. Conor Burns supported the legislation. Although the Home Secretary declined to clarify how much visitors would be charged, it seems unlikely that it will be cost free.
Apart from this oversight from the MP, it is also strange that he is concerned about the extra bureaucracy and cost for EU citizens visiting the UK, but has been silent on the additional bureaucracy and cost imposed on UK business wishing to trade with the EU. For instance, HMRC estimates that there will be an additional administrative burden of £7.5 billion per year to business for completing customs declarations for all EU trade in goods movements.
Additionally, products for the GB market will have to conform to a new product standard: UKCA (UK conformity assessed), to deliver compliant products in GB. Firms wishing to sell products within the EU will still need to use the CE mark. This duplication of effort and monitoring of potentially differing regulatory systems will inevitably impact the efficiency and cost base of businesses.
Also those businesses using, making, selling or importing chemicals in the UK will need to ensure compliance with UK REACH chemical regulations, as well as EU REACH, if they export to the EU. Obviously this will be another administrative and financial burden to business.
The MP declares himself to be an advocate of free trade. Whilst I don’t doubt that this is sincere, it seems peculiar that he should object to bureaucracy and costs for EU citizens but not have, so far, made any comment on the ramifications for UK business that will be impacted by barriers to trade,imposed entirely by the UK Government and its hard Brexit. It seems perverse that Conservative MPs who constantly bemoan the imposition of red tape have acquiesced to this situation.
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It would be good if Conor Burns could respond to this question. Indeed, if any Conservative minister has a sensible justification for the explosion in Brexit-related red tape…the very opposite of what was promised at the time of the referendum…then we would be very happy to publish it.


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Samsung announced its Q1 2022 earnings estimates earlier today. Thanks to solid gains through semiconductor chip and smartphone sales, the South Korean tech giant expects to post its highest Q1 earnings since 2018. In its earnings guidance, the company said that it expects its revenue to reach up to KRW 78 trillion (around $64 billion) […]
Samsung topped the global TV market once again in 2021. The company has achieved this feat for 16 years consecutively, which is extremely impressive. The achievement also shows that it has consistently innovated and satisfied consumers. According to market research firm Omdia, Samsung’s global market share was 19.8% in 2021. More importantly, the South Korean […]
A few days ago, Samsung had revealed its earnings estimates for the fourth quarter of 2021. Earlier today, the company published its final earnings report. Thanks to solid semiconductor chip sales and slightly higher smartphone sales, the South Korean firm’s operating profit reached a four-year Q4 high. Samsung Electronics‘ Q4 2021 revenue reached KRW 76.57 […]
Earlier today, Samsung announced its earnings estimates for the fourth quarter of 2021. The South Korean firm said it expects consolidated sales of KRW 76 trillion (around $63.2 billion) and an operating profit of KRW 13.8 trillion (around $11.4 billion). The company will announce the final numbers for Q4 2021 later this month. Compared to […]
Samsung Display’s new QD-OLED display technology has been turning a lot of eyeballs at the ongoing CES 2022 event in Las Vegas. The company is so confident with the latest technology that it is making direct comparisons with LG’s best OLED TVs at its CES booth. Some experts have already been able to test QD-OLED and […]
After exiting the OLED TV space, Samsung resisted launching new OLED TVs for almost a decade. It even ran marketing campaigns against LG’s OLED TVs and the burn-in factor associated with OLED panels. However, it seems like the company is finally coming to its senses, and it could unveil new OLED TVs next year. According […]
Samsung recently announced that it has merged its IT & Mobile Communications and Consumer Electronics divisions into a single business unit. Now, the company has revealed that its newly-merged business arm is called Samsung DX (Device eXperience), which is a commitment to creating new and meaningful experiences for consumers. The South Korean firm’s new business […]


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Ms Phipps will continue to be based in the US, where she currently leads brand communications and content, and previously worked on mobility communications.
In her new role, effective February 1, Ms Phipps will be responsible for leading the overall communications function and strategy across International Markets Group – the regional group in which Australia is a key market.
Ms Phipps will report to Mark Truby, Ford’s chief communications officer.
Prior to arriving in the US in 2018, Ms Phipps spent four years based in Shanghai as Asia-Pacific and China product communications director for Ford Motor Company.
She started at Ford Motor Company Australia in 1999, rising to become communications and public affairs director, before moving to China in 2014.
Ford has many Australians in key head office positions in the US, including engineer and product development specialist at Ford Australia Trevor Worthington, now vice-president of global product development operations and vehicle programs; Todd Willing, now global design director; and Craig Metros, design director.
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Right now there is much news about Xiaomi MI6, which has become the most expected smartphone for Xiaomi, although we got the news that Xiaomi MI6 will be powered by Snapdragon 835 Octa core 2.45GHz processor, according to latest news on Weibo, Xiaomi MI6 may be very likely to use Snapdragon 821 2.15GHz processor, the main reason is relative to the stock of Snapdragon 835, as for release date, it may be released on April 25, or April 26.
When we heard Xiaomi mi6 will definitely use Snapdragon 835 processor, right now latest news to report is that Xiaomi MI6 Standard version may use Snapdragon 821 processor, of course, Xiaomi has no choice about its stable stock of Snapdragon 835. If Xiaomi MI6 only uses Snapdragon 835 processor, then they will only have stock about 400,000 or 500,000 units. If so, most users can’t buy it. So if Xiaomi MI6 uses Snapdragon 821 processor, it can solve the issue of stock.
Although Xiaomi faces the issue of processor, Xiaomi MI6 will be probably released until the end of April. Previously, Xiaomi MI6 will use Sony three stack sensor, IMX400, according to analyst, Sony top sensor will not sell to others so fast,if Xiaomi MI6 releases soon, they must prepare the stock early, so it is not possible to use the latest Sony sensor. What expectation about Xiaomi MI6 do you have?
Whether Xiaomi MI6 uses Snapdragon 821 or Snapdragon 835 processor, we just expect Xiaomi will not make its new phone out of stock too long. How about you?


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Uber: should it stay or should it go?
Uber. If the debate hasn't come to your city yet … chances are it will sometime soon.
Municipalities across the country — and across North America — have been struggling to come to terms with ride-sharing services, and in the process, turned the traditional taxi industry on its head.
From Edmonton (which has enthusiastically embraced Uber drivers) to Vancouver (who hasn't), every city seems to have its own strategy. And for the first time, a province has decided to bring some kind of coherence to the patchwork of local regulations. Quebec has tabled legislation which effectively forces ride-sharing operators to face similar regulations to traditional cab drivers.
Our question — Uber: should it stay or should it go?
Kamal Sabbah is vice-president of the Montreal Taxi Owners' Association.
Kristine Owram is a tranportation reporter with the Financial Post.
Trevor Tombe is assistant professor of economics at the University of Calgary.
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- Uber should be recognized as 'distinct service,' company says
- Mass UberX protest by Montreal taxis sparks official calls to suspend app
- Toronto votes to ditch first-aid training, adopt 'surge pricing' for taxis and Uber
- Unionizing Uber: New front in battle over wildly successful ride-hailing app
- Uber faces more delays in Vancouver
- Debate over Airbnb and Uber reveals hypocrisy of 'sharing' economy
- Uber still alive in Toronto as council approves compromise deal to regulate ridesharing services
- Change of heart: Ottawa cabbie turned Uber driver is now taking a stand against his former colleagues
- Government shouldn't prop up outmoded business models, whether taxis or the media, by Chris Selley
The Globe and Mail
- Edmonton mayor encourages cities to move quickly on Uber rules
- Fassbender says he's not fazed by Uber's 'pushy' approach in B.C.
- Uber ruling out move to B.C. until province can develop regulations
- Mississauga bans UberX and other ride-sharing services: All non-traditional taxi companies ordered to immediately stop picking up passengers