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The two retailers are in preliminary talks, according to the Wall Street Journal.
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Is it because Canadian malls are more efficient, or because you're paying more?
Ontarians' spending plans take the biggest hit.
The loonie is stronger than it was this time last year.
Canadian online shopping is catching up to the rest of the world, and that may be bad for malls.
Nordstrom Rack is coming to Toronto and Calgary.
Stephen Wetmore returns as Canadian Tire CEO.
Having the public's sympathy might not help Walmart's bottom line.
Sobeys parent company reported a $2-billion loss.
Physical stores make online retailers "real" and "alive."
Discount capped at 25% off.
Some stores were unable to complete sales.
Company says it will reassign staff.
Canadians tend to trust lower-priced retailers more.
Ontario wines and local brews will be among the selection.
Toronto and Vancouver malls pretty much win the game.
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Apple’s announcement of a June 29th debut for the iPhone signals the retail chain’s biggest challenge since the first two stores opened in 2001. Consumer expectations are high for the phone’s features and capabilities, while investor revenue expectations are off the charts. But there’s also a group of skeptics who feel the iPhone won’t attract a substantial number of buyers, leaving the company with a costly dud. For the retail team, the debut will test every aspect of the organization: training, marketing, sales and support.
While details aren’t clear, tipsters say the stores are now being wired with cellular repeaters to insure perfect reception for demo iPhones, so potential customers will have a perfect experience. It’s also rumored that sales transactions will involve some measure of innovation, perhaps involving customer interaction with the Internet, intended to speed up and streamline the traditionally long purchase and registration process.
The iPhone will use iTunes to manage various settings and content of the device: address book, calendar, music/video, photos and e-mail. Then, it would be easy to believe that iTunes will also manage the phone registration and account management tasks, including the initial sign-up tasks. If that’s true, the purchase of an iPhone would be a simple grab-and-go process at the stores.
As for demand, Steve Jobs has said he expects huge crowds at Apple’s own stores. But AT&T contacts warn their stores will be receiving a very limited number of iPhones to sell, perhaps fewer than 40 units.
Lastly, Apple has been hiring an iPhone telephone support team based in Sacramento (Calif.), but the Genius Bars will bear the brunt of providing in-person technical support and instructional help for iPhone users. It may be at the Genius Bar where success or failure will be measured.

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What's News: Obama administration extends the sign-up period for federal health insurance plans through April. YouTube to release app for kids. FTC sues to block Sysco and U.S. Foods merger. Joanne Po reports.
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The Flyknit Racer will continue to be introduced in some great colorway this year but the American brand is organising a restock of the Nike Flyknit Racer Triple Black.
Originally out in 2012, the Flyknit Racer is a game changing in the sneakers industry and have brought for the first time the woven technology on the market. This technology is now on every brand and Nike is organising a restock of its most popular colorway that offers a full triple black construction all over its silhouette. The pair keep its 3M panel on its heel and is based on its classic Zoom air unit on the top the foot.
The Nike Flyknit Racer Triple Black is set to be available again on January 27th at 9:00 CET on the Nike Store for €160.


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Sports Loyalty Systems (SLS), a customer loyalty company that designs, operates and markets programs for professional sports leagues and their franchises, and Mall Networks, the company that connects top online retailers to the universe of consumer rewards programs, today announced a partnership to offer customized online shopping malls
to SLS-powered fan loyalty programs for Major League Baseball (MLB) teams.
Mall Networks customizes this mall for loyalty programs so they can increase member loyalty by providing a one-stop shopping mall
where members can earn points for all of their purchases.
The team of Water Board also discovered that the half inch dia line connection which had been taken for the factory was also in use of the shopping mall
December 27 (Sunday), 10:00 am - 5:00 pm - Baclaran, Cebu - Park Mall, 168 Mall, 999 Shopping Mall
, Greenhills Shopping Center, Bicutan - East Service Road, and Festival Mall Level 2
Recently, Dupak Developers, a group involved in real estate, shopping mall
and retail development, has complete Lahore's biggest mall yet, The Fortress Square.
One meter squared of a premium location in the shopping malls
is almost 40 euros, and in the municipal shopping malls
is around 17 euros, while the rent prices on the main pedestrian zones are 34 euros
Hyatt Plaza shopping mall
offers more than 74 local and international outlets, including anchor tenants like Giant Stores, Homes R' Us, Highland, Pari Gallery and Kiddy Zone.
said Tuesday it has launched an online shopping mall
through a tie-up with Baidu Inc.
With more than 200,000 sq m gross leasable area and over 400 shops, this shopping mall
will be a unique shopping, leisure and tourism attraction for Syrians and tourists, said a statement.
RIGA -- The new shopping mall
Galleria Riga is set to open in Riga's central shopping district next August, reports news agency LETA.
After being in Taiwan a year, Sandalwood has signed property management contracts with the Taipei 101 shopping mall
, and Talee's Department Stores, a popular department store in Kaohsiung, southern Taiwan.
said Thursday it will open its second duty-free shopping mall
at the airport in Chiba Prefecture on April 9.
The Management at Swannie's Shopping Mall
have invited first year pupils of Abbey Junior and Infants School to draw a picture which symbolises the meaning of Easter to them.
to build a giant ferris wheel at a shopping mall
to be constructed in the Marina Bay Area in Singapore.
Leap said he could not speak about why one shopping mall
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Thanks in part to strong sales from The Hunger Games book series, publishing giant Scholastic, Inc. reported significant earnings in the 2012 fiscal year, but the company does not expect to yield as much growth in 2013. In a press release, Scholastic said the fourth fiscal quarter, which ended May 31, yielded the highest results, as revenue rose 24 percent to $678.5 million, from $545.3 million in the same quarter of fiscal 2011 (the tremendously popular Hunger Games film, based on the Scholastic-published book, was released March 23.)
For the entire year, Scholastic made $2.1 billion in revenue, up 14 percent from $1.9 billion a year ago, but how much of this is tied to The Hunger Games book series? Well, 23 million copies of The Hunger Games, 14 million copies of Catching Fire and 13 million copies of Mockingjay (the three books within the trilogy) have now been sold (in print or digital). Richard Robinson, Chairman, president and chief executive officer of Scholastic, said he didn’t expect to see such high numbers in the upcoming year, as the next film in The Hunger Games trilogy won’t be released until November 2013.
“While we will not repeat our record earnings from fiscal 2012, Scholastic’s goal for fiscal 2013 is to sustain last year’s momentum, while continuing to invest in key growth opportunities which will benefit fiscal 2014 and beyond,” said Robinson in the press release.
The company did not give specifics on digital sales, but the report mentioned next year would allocate millions in development and investment to the Storia ebook system, Scholastic’s e-reading app, and Read 180, a digital lesson planner for teachers.
Scholastic’s education technology and classroom publishing segments earned about half the combined revenue of its children’s publishing division in fiscal 2012, though both segments saw gains in revenue and net income over the prior year. Revenue from education technology, bolstered by Read 180, among the most popular literacy software applications in education, increased from $230.8 million to $254.7 million; revenue for classroom materials increased from $197.2 million to $208 million.


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(IDG) -- The AeA high-tech trade association on Tuesday submitted a report to U.S. President George Bush and Congress detailing the group's public policy priorities for 2001, including education, privacy issues, taxation, broadband deployment and international trade.
"You may be aware that the AeA is predominantly a grassroots, member-driven organization," Richard Martin, AeA's chairman, said in a news conference following the report's release. "This past Fall, we held a series of town hall meetings around the country. Out of those meetings we bubbled up what were the major concerns of our member companies. I don't think you will find that there are any surprises here."
On the education front, AeA officials called for expanded government and industry support for upgrading science and math education at the K-12 level. In order to accomplish these goals, both federal and state governing bodies were asked to increase funding, adopt national standards for teacher training and remove regulatory barriers to online learning.
"While we recognize and respect the fact that K-12 education is largely, and should continue to be, a state and local responsibility, deficiencies in science and math education are a serious national problem, with profound implications for the nation's economy and security," the AeA wrote in its report. "Addressing this problem necessitates a concerted national effort involving government at all levels in partnership with the private sector."
The AeA continued to support industry self-regulation on privacy issues, calling for the protection of users' personal information. The group asked that any legislation made by Congress in the privacy arena be solely designed to preempt the enactment of onerous and contradictory new state laws.
"The high-tech industry is acutely aware that no issue today more threatens online relations between consumers and business than consumer privacy," the AeA wrote. "Consumers should be allowed to receive benefits and services from vendors in exchange for the use of information. It is important that the consumer understands this use and be able to make an informed choice to provide information in return for benefit received."
The report also suggests that Congress pass a moratorium extension on new or discriminatory taxes on the Internet, permanently ban access taxes and direct the states to simplify their sales tax rules.
"We are finding that the President has surrounded himself with some capable and pretty knowledgeable people," Martin said. "I am comfortable that they will adequately be able to represent the issues."
The AeA also took a vociferous stance on international tech issues, especially those relating to China. The new administration should quickly assist China's World Trade Organization (WTO) admittance procedures and provide a means of monitoring China's compliance with new legal obligations, the AeA said in a statement.
Lastly, the AeA asked Congress to refrain from regulating sectors of the broadband market that are being served by multiple providers, while at the same time taking measures to promote competition in sectors where there are service bottlenecks or barrier to entry.
"While broadband deployment is growing at a rapid rate, it is not growing sufficiently fast to meet apparent demand," the AeA wrote. "How regulators and lawmakers treat broadband deployment could have a crucial impact on how quickly that gap is closed and how quickly e-commerce can continue to grow."
Formerly known as the American Electronics Association, the AeA's members come from the high-tech corporate ranks and the group makes periodic assessments of issues affecting the tech sector. AeA officials were some of the most outspoken advocates for an increase in the number of H-1B visas designed for foreign skilled workers.
"The worker shortage is more severe this year than last and will be more severe next year," Martin said.
The group called for continued moves in trying to assuage the problems caused by the labor shortage, highlighting its education stance as a way to resolve those issues.
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NEW YORK — Gotham Greens, the pioneer of sustainable greenhouse-grown salad greens, herbs, dressings, dips and cooking sauces, is expanding its fresh foods line to include two new plant-based, dairy-free salad dressings: Vegan Ranch and Vegan Caesar. Crafted with premium ingredients including its own greenhouse-grown basil, Gotham Greens’ new dressings transform these classic American favorites into modern dressings and dips made with no added sugar and no gluten. Ranch and Caesar rank as the #1 and #3 most popular dressings and dips nationally.1
- Gotham Greens Vegan Ranch brings an indulgent peppery and umami point of view that combines expeller-pressed sunflower oil, black pepper, white vinegar and dried parsley. Gotham Greens Vegan Ranch offers an herbaceous twist with tangy, zesty and aromatic tasting notes, perfect for dressing fresh salads, dipping vegetable crudité and drizzling on pizza and breads.
- Create restaurant-quality Caesar salads in your kitchen with savory and creamy Gotham Greens Vegan Caesar. Made with silken tofu, organic miso, Dijon mustard, extra virgin olive oil, capers, black pepper and organic soy sauce – instead of dairy and anchovies – this dressing brings a peppery kick and pairs well with Gotham Greens crunchy lettuce varieties.
Founded in 2009 on the core principles of sustainability, quality and taste, Gotham Greens has been one of the leaders in the movement toward a more sustainable food system. The brand is focused on using fewer natural resources and reducing food waste by eliminating long transportation time and extending the shelf life of its fresh salad greens. The newest offerings coincide with the growing adoption of flexitarian and vegan diets, with plant-based foods occupying 53 percent of U.S. households2 and 6 percent of U.S. consumers relying on a completely vegan diet – a 500 percent increase since 2014.3
“We know and love that consumers are increasingly gravitating toward more plant-based diets for the sake of their health and the environment. From day one, we set out to reimagine a greener food system — one that is committed to environmental impact and changing the way people think about growing and eating greens. We couldn’t be more excited to continue this mission with cleaner, greener versions of two of the most iconic and nostalgic American favorites: ranch and Caesar,” said Viraj Puri, Co-Founder and CEO of Gotham Greens.
The new dressings are available at all Sprouts Farmers Market nationwide beginning July 20.
To celebrate the launch, Gotham Greens has partnered with beloved New York City and Jersey City pizza shops Pizza Loves Emily, Paulie Gee’s and Razza for limited-time only specialty pizzas from August 1 through August 31. In line with Gotham Greens’ mission toward a more sustainable future, 20 percent of proceeds from each special pizza sold will be donated to Slice Out Hunger to fund hunger relief efforts throughout New York City.
- Pizza Loves Emily’s Gotham City Caesar: A white wood-fired pizza topped with roasted chicken, havarti, peppers, onions, pecorino and Gotham Greens Romaine lettuce, then finished with Gotham Greens Vegan Caesar dressing.
- Razza’s Pizza Insalata: Razza’s wood-fired pizza crust is topped with Gotham Greens salad greens and seasonal vegetables tossed in Gotham Greens Vegan Ranch dressing.
- Paulie Gee’s Gotham Greenpointer: An homage to Gotham Greens’ first rooftop greenhouse located in Greenpoint, Brooklyn, this white wood-fired pizza is topped with baby arugula and extra virgin olive oil and drizzled with Gotham Greens Vegan Ranch dressing.
Today, New York City and the Northeast region remains one of Gotham Greens’ largest footprints with nearly 100,000 square feet of hydroponic greenhouses located across Brooklyn and Queens. Gotham Greens also operates greenhouses in Providence, R.I., Baltimore, Chicago, Denver and Northern California.
About Gotham Greens
Gotham Greens proudly grows and sells fresh, flavorful leafy greens and herbs and creates fresh salad dressings, dips and cooking sauces. By using hydroponic systems in 100 percent renewable electricity-powered greenhouses, the company’s indoor farms use 95 percent less water and 97 percent less land than conventional farming. Today, Gotham Green operates a national network of greenhouses totaling 600,000 square feet across nine facilities in New York City, Chicago, Providence, R.I., Denver, Baltimore and Northern California that deliver locally grown produce and fresh foods to grocery retailers, restaurants and food service providers. The company, founded in 2009 by Viraj Puri and Eric Haley, is a pioneer of the sustainable farming movement and is dedicated to changing the way we produce, consume and think about our food system.
About Slice Out Hunger
Slice Out Hunger is an NYC-based nonprofit that fights food insecurity through pizza-related events and campaigns. Founded by professional pizza enthusiast Scott Wiener as an outgrowth of Scott’s Pizza Tours, the organization has raised over $1.2 million to fund hunger relief efforts in the U.S., including over $101,000 for City Harvest since 2009. As a volunteer-driven organization, all funds raised by SOH initiatives go directly to help those in need. For more information, visit SliceOutHunger.org.


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In brief: The chip boom of the past two years that spurred a global shortage is coming to an end, and that shouldn't surprise anyone. Chipmakers, consumer tech companies, and retailers are expecting rockier months ahead, but consumers can finally hope for good availability and pricing on both current-gen and next-gen products.
This year, the smartphone market experienced one of its worst first quarters of the past several years. Global shipments fell more than 11 percent compared to 2021, and the European market saw its most significant decline in a decade.
Some of that decline was expected due to seasonality, so phone makers like Samsung started reducing their production accordingly. That said, market analysts at Counterpoint estimate that mobile chipset revenues grew around 23 percent in the first three months of 2022 thanks to a shift in consumer demand toward more expensive 5G handsets.
TSMC took the lion's share of contract manufacturing for these chipsets --- an estimated 70 percent of SoCs and cellular modems were made using the Taiwanese company's latest process nodes (7nm, 6nm, 5nm, and 4nm). Samsung took most of the remaining chip orders and is currently looking to woo more customers with its cutting-edge 3nm process node, which is the first to use gate-all-around field-effect transistors.
When zooming in on TSMC, analysts found that chipset sales had declined nine percent year-over-year for the three months ending in March. That situation is expected to change in the coming months as Qualcomm will shift more of its chip orders to TSMC instead of Samsung. Notably, this decision was made after the Korean giant experienced yield problems on its 4nm process node.
Despite those issues, Samsung holds a strong position when it comes to 5nm and 4nm nodes. The company went from shipping less than nine percent of all advanced mobile chips in Q1 2021 to no less than 60 percent in the first quarter of this year.
Overall, consumer demand for smartphones is expected to drop in the coming months due to inflation and growing fears of an imminent global recession. That said, there are signs the tech supply chain may finally be healing after suffering several shocks over the past two years.
A TrendForce report suggests the chip shortage as we know it may be coming to an end sooner than previously expected. Foundries have seen a wave of order cancellations that will result in capacity being underutilized towards the end of this year.
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|200mm||0.35 – 0.11μm||Display Driver ICs, PMICs, Contact Image Sensors||90-95%|
|300mm||90/55nm||Microcontrollers, PMICs, TDDI, Wi-Fi||90-99%|
|40/28nm||AMOLED Display Driver ICs, Wi-Fi, 4G modems, TV SoCs, Platform Controller Hubs||90-99%|
|300mm||1Xnm||4G/5G modems, FPGAs, ASICs, Wi-Fi, TV SoCs, Platform Controller Hubs||95-100%|
|300mm||7nm – 4nm||CPUs, GPUs, ASICs, mobile SoCs, FPGAs, AI Accelerators||95-100%|
The first of these revisions is for 200mm and 300mm wafers made using mature process nodes like 12 nm and beyond. This means that manufacturers no longer have problems sourcing PMICs, microcontrollers, display driver ICs, and other much-needed components. Analysts believe some foundries will have problems maintaining production capacity at 90 percent, especially as manufacturers are starting to deal with a buildup in inventory.
More advanced chip fabrication lines may still see anywhere between 95 percent to full utilization rates. That means companies that design CPUs, GPUs, ASICs, 5G modems, and mobile chipsets don't see any reason to make fewer of them just yet. At the same time, foundries aren't willing to give up orders and will, at best, offer delays in shipments of up to three months.
For gamers who are waiting for new CPUs and GPUs from Intel, Nvidia, and AMD, this is definitely good news as it means availability won't be a major issue. Add to that a flood of used GPUs on the second-hand market and waning demand for PC motherboards, and we have the right conditions for more affordable system upgrades.


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Samsung Electronics has placed high priority on securing smartphone parts amid the outbreak of the coronavirus, according to industry sources on Feb. 6.
The tech giant also plans to adhere to its previous plans to go ODM for about a third of its smartphones this year, but some disruption is expected as most of the ODM partners are located in China.
“Since withdrawing its smartphone plant from China’s Huizhou in 2019, Samsung Electronics has turned to countries like India and Vietnam to produce smartphones,” said one industry source close to the matter.
He added that although there isn’t any huge visible impact, if prolonged, the virus could affect the Chinese ODM suppliers of Samsung. Beijing has currently blocked transactions between different provinces and cities to prevent further contagion of the coronavirus.
Employees also are banned from returning to the workplace, meaning that some of the plants won’t be able to run as usual. The Beijing government has extended the lunar new year holidays a second time to last until Feb. 9.
Samsung officials say the firm is now searching for Korean suppliers that might have to replace the Chinese companies. “The ODM plans have been pushed back a bit due to the coronavirus situation,” said another source close to Samsung. Wingtech, one of Samsung’s key ODM partners said on Feb. 2 that the impact of the virus is limited, and that it would be receiving more supplies from its plants in India and Indonesia.
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Represent the future of First Nations design talent.
Fashion Journal is proud to pursue an ongoing partnership with First Nations Fashion and Design aimed at showcasing and amplifying First Nations voices, talents, culture and stories in the industry. Fashion Journal recognizes Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples as the first Australians and traditional custodians of the lands on which we live, learn and work. We pay homage to their past, present and emerging elders.
After making history in 2021 with two historic showcases of First Nations designs, First Nations Fashion and Design (FNFD) returns to Gadigal Country for another year of Afterpay Australian Fashion Week. Spanning the week of May 9-13, AAFW is set to deliver a dynamic mix of shows and presentations from Australia’s abundance of creative fashion talent.
Bookmarking the entirety of AAFW, FNFD will kick off the week with an official Welcome to Country and close the event with a sold-out Friday night show. Of the seven designers included in the dynamic showcase, two will return, while five will make their AAFW debut.
For more fashion news, shoots, articles and reports, visit our Fashion section.
Produced, styled and led by an all-Indigenous team, the second edition of FNFD’s pioneering show will foster continued opportunities and skills development for the Indigenous fashion industry.
“Designers represent a wide range of undeniable talent that flourishes in our remote, rural and urban communities. These designers are the beating heart of Blak Excellence and represent the future of First Nations design talent,” said Grace Lillian-Lee, Creative Director of FNFD.
Featuring live performances and a selection of unique First Nations label creations, the closing lineup includes the likes of Clothing The Gaps, Nungala Creative, Ihrra Swim, Inkuntji Artists, Gantharri, Myrrdah, Paul McCann and Elverina Johnston x TakingShape.
“We are honored to introduce Blak Excellence to a global audience. For the first time, a black production company has been invited to host the closing show of Australian Fashion Week,” said TJ Cowlishaw, FNFD COO and runway producer. “Grace and I are excited to return in 2022 and build on the success of last year’s historic performance.”
AAFW will take place May 9-13, 2022 live at Carriageworks, Sydney, and virtually on AAFW.com.au. Learn more about the program here.


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VOTING ENDS MIDNIGHT JAN 31st (Pacific) Late last year we asked you to vote for your favorite products of the 2014 in four categories: best lens, best high-end compact camera, best enthusiast ILC and best high-end ILC. Voting ran through January 20th and the results are in! Click through to see the results of our 2014 readers' polls, and for a chance to vote on the overall winner, which we'll announce next month.
This year saw a number of new cameras released in the high-end compact category, and as well as updated versions of earlier cameras, we also saw brand new products, and - increasingly - a shift to larger sensors as a major differentiator. 2014 was the year that Canon moved to the 1-inch sensor format, and Panasonic even managed to fit a Micro Four Thirds sensor into its LX100. Click through for a reminder of the high-end compacts released in 2014, and a chance to cast your vote for the best.
Plenty of cameras were released in 2014, among them some very attractive consumer-level interchangeable lens cameras. Among the mirrorless and DSLR models in this class released in 2014 were a new Panasonic GM - the almost impossibly-small DMC-GM5, the very highly-specc'd Nikon D3300 and the awfully flashy (literally) Pentax K-S1. Click through for a reminder of what was released in this class this year, and for a chance to cast your vote for your favorite products.
There's a long tradition of high-quality compact cameras and today there are some incredibly capable compact cameras on the market. Top-notch lenses, great sensors and plenty of control are the hallmarks of every one of our top five recommended compact cameras for enthusiasts.
There's a big world out there, just waiting for you to explore it. In our opinion, a camera is one of the best traveling companions you can have. Here are our top five recommendations.
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The PowerShot G9 X Mark II is Canon's latest entry-level 1" sensor compact. With a time-tested sensor, 28-84mm equiv. lens and an intuitive touchscreen interface, the G9 X II appears to be a smart choice for those upgrading from cheap compacts or smartphones. Read our review to see how it performed.
Sony's a7R Mark III shoots 42.4MP files at 10fps and incorporates a robust video feature set, large battery, refined ergonomics and more. It certainly looks impressive, but what is it like to use, and how does it stack up against the rest of the market? Find out in our full review.


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AvePoint has made four new solutions available on Microsoft AppSource, an online cloud marketplace, which will allow its customers to have a seamless purchasing experience.
The newly added solutions include AvePoint Entrust, which allows companies to manage Microsoft 365 and software-as-a-service operations; Cloud Governance, which accelerates Microsoft 365 adoption with automated service delivery; Insights, which tracks user activity over Microsoft 365 security; and Cloud Backup, which provides complete Office 365 backup that is automated, encrypted and has on-demand restore.
“Our goal is to help make digital work more productive, compliant and secure for every organisation,” said John Peluso, chief product officer at AvePoint, and regional director at Microsoft. “By increasing our availability through Microsoft AppSource and our existing presence in Microsoft Azure Marketplace, we aim to help customers on their journey to collaborate with confidence quicker and easier. By speeding up the time from purchase to implementation, we help businesses save valuable time and resources.”
AvePoint is committed to making it easier for businesses to secure and manage their digital collaboration data and has maintained its relationships with Microsoft for over 20 years.
“Through Microsoft AppSource, customers around the world can easily find tailored line-of-business partner solutions that work with the products they already use,” said Toby Bowers, general manager of business applications group at Microsoft. “We’re happy to welcome AvePoint solutions to the growing AppSource ecosystem.”


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BRATTLEBORO—Yes, being next door to “tax-free” New Hampshire affects Brattleboro’s economy.
“But it’s not destiny,” said Stuart T. Arnett, an economic developer with Arnett Development Group, LLC, of Concord, N.H.
As part of Brattleboro Town Plan 2011, the town plan revision process, the planning department hired consultants Roger C. Hawk, of Hawk Planning Resources, LLC, of Concord, N.H., and Arnett to facilitate and make suggestions for the integration of Brattleboro’s three neighborhood plans.
Hawks and Arnett attended an open forum with Brattleboro residents at the Brattleboro Museum and Art Center on March 31 to present their preliminary findings on how Brattleboro’s economy compares to the economies of surrounding communities like Keene and Lebanon, N.H., and Greenfield and Northampton, Mass.
Brattleboro Planning Director Roderick Francis said that the “key function” of the Planning Department’s work is to understand the present realities of the town’s four neighborhoods and decide how residents want their respective districts to develop.
The next step requires deciding which kind of business or zoning suits each neighborhood, said Francis.
Community members in three of Brattleboro’s four neighborhoods — Canal Street, West Brattleboro, and Putney Road, also known as the North End — had previously developed individual neighborhood plans. These plans act as guiding documents for neighborhood development, from the types of businesses to traffic flow.
“Surprisingly,” Arnett said, the fourth district — downtown — doesn’t have a plan, but the community should develop one in the future.
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The neighborhood plans don’t harmonize with one another at the moment, Francis said recently, adding that the goal of integrating the neighborhood plans is to prevent economic competition between the districts.
Hawks and Arnett said that they used the most current economic data from the U.S. Census Bureau, gathered from 1997 to 2007, to compare Brattleboro’s economy against those of surrounding New Hampshire and Massachusetts communities. The businesses reporting to the Census Bureau only included employers offering unemployment benefits.
According to Arnett, the teams chose the census data over other forms of data collection because it would be consistent across Vermont, Massachusetts, and New Hampshire.
Brattleboro’s population growth has stagnated, showing only a 0.34 percent increase since 2000, the consultants told the audience. In comparison, communities like Keene and Lebanon have grown by 3.8 and 4.6 percent, respectively.
Communities across the board, however, said Hawk, have dropped in the number of manufacturing and retail businesses.
The retail numbers reflect a trend of the “big box” retail stores gobbling up the business that once went to smaller retailers, said Arnett.
In Brattleboro, the manufacturing, retail, and education sectors will remain flat, in part because of slow population growth, said the consultants.
But the numbers did indicate that Brattleboro’s economy shows strength in the areas of health care, professional and technical services, and retail, said Hawk.
Audience members took issue with Hawk and Arnett’s numbers, saying that they excluded small businesses of one or two employees, or the many freelancers prominent in Brattleboro. Also, according to Francis, Brattleboro’s data is subject to severe percentage variances because of the tiny sample population.
Imperfect data applied constantly can still reveal trends, said Arnett in a later interview.
At the meeting, the audience brainstormed what types of businesses and people Brattleboro could attract to fuel its economic engine.
Their suggestions, 21 in all, included businesses related to telecommuting, the arts, the hightech industry, and value-added agriculture like cheesemaking.
All of this preparation work is to guarantee that everyone “starts in the same integrated place,” said Arnett.
Decisions on economic development, land use, and zoning should develop in tandem, even though people often separate the discussions, said Arnett in a later interview.
What’s the point of having beautifully designed zoning laws that stall the economy? asked Arnett. Or supporting a business that is an “economic juggernaut,” but that drives people from their homes because it’s polluting the air?
“But a town has to deal with both [business and zoning],” Arnett said.
Despite the audience’s concerns with their data, Arnett said that he thought last Thursday’s meeting went well.
“[All those suggestions] that’s what you want to hear,” he said.
Arnett said that Brattleboro’s economic challenges “are serious and sobering. but not out of whack” with the surrounding region.
Or insurmountable, he said.
For example, he said that although Brattleboro’s population growth has been flat, it hasn’t decreased. Also, although Brattleboro must contend with neighboring tax-free New Hampshire, it’s an easier location for people in larger markets in Southern New England to reach via Interstate 91.
“The problem with Keene,” said Arnett, “is that it’s too easy for Brattleboro residents to get there.”
Arnett feels that Brattleboro’s economy still holds its own against other communities.
Brattleboro can’t directly compete with tax-free New Hampshire but, “it’s not [economic] destiny,” Arnett repeated.
The trick, he said, is to attract more “tax tolerant” businesses and consumers.
Smaller locally owned businesses fare better than big box stores, because they don’t fall into the same corporate or property tax brackets, Arnett said.
Also, Brattleboro probably can’t compete with Keene for big purchases like refrigerators or furniture, but it could compete with customized purchases like one-of-a-kind furniture, when people buy less on price and more to meet a specific desire.
Regarding keeping shoppers from crossing the Connecticut, Arnett challenges people to rethink their retail habits.
Arnett breaks retail shopping into three levels and says that everyone can fall into any category, depending on how and why the shopper hits the stores.
Level 1 shopping consists of quick five to 30 minute errands, like buying gas or groceries. The purpose of the trip is focused, hinging on price and convenience, said Arnett.
Level 2 shopping tends to last 30 to 90 minutes, and includes browsing at the library, shopping for clothes, or meeting friends for coffee. Arnett said that these consumers are still shopping with a to-do list but move at a more leisurely pace.
Level 3 shopping, in which people spend the day shopping because they want to, said Arnett, comprises any shopping experience that lasts more than 90 minutes. It includes dinners out, shopping for that perfect couch, or spending the day in town because it’s raining at the ski resort.
Arnett said people’s shopping habits fall into these three categories, regardless of other demographic factors, including being a tourist.
He advises that people look at Brattleboro’s neighborhoods and see which shopping levels they provide.
The area around Exit 1, for example, caters to Levels 1 and 2, with stores like Price Chopper and multiple gas stations. Downtown, however, said Arnett, provides “a real richness of Level 3.”
And someone sitting in a Brattleboro cafe because he or she likes the coffee and has plans to browse the one-of-a-kind shop afterwards cares less about Vermont’s room and meals tax, said Arnett.
Arnett said that the next steps for the consultants will be to take the audience’s 21 suggestions and see which ones fit different neighborhoods. Arnett and Hawk will then propose the strongest business and zoning choices for each neighborhood.
The hope, Arnett said, is that as the town planners fine tune the town plan, and that organizations such as Building a Better Brattleboro, the Southeastern Vermont Economic Development Strategy, and Brattleboro Development Credit Corp. will “have their own parts to play.”
The Brattleboro Planning Department, as it revises the town plan, is hosting a series of open meetings to solicit feedback from the community. Visit www.brattleboro.org to read a copy of the Town Plan in progress.


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ROCK FALLS – The building at 511 First Ave. was alive Tuesday morning with the sharp clack of opening cash register drawers, indistinct chatter, and the smell of baked bread.
From the road, a large black-and-red banner was the only signal to passersby that the new Jimmy John’s Gourmet Sandwiches restaurant had opened for business.
“We didn’t really tell anybody [that we were opening]. We weren’t even sure today was going to be the day,” said store owner Liandro Arellano Jr. “People had been trying to come in the last couple of days because we looked open.”
He picked up the certificate of occupancy around 10 a.m., and by 10:30, customers were being served, Arellano said. Normally, the restaurant will open at 11 a.m., but Tuesday, business began as soon as bread was ready.
“I’m really excited,” Arellano said. “It’s been a year process, maybe over a year. ... We’re really happy with the location, and the crew is certainly chomping at the bit to get going, too.”
The restaurant is located in the building that had been home to Zuppa's Deli.
The national company is expanding “pretty fast,” Arellano said as cars quickly filled the small parking lot at lunch time, and vehicles began to stack up near the drive-thru window.
The company was very specific with the blueprints – how the store would look and feel to customers, said Arellano, who also owns a Jimmy John's location in Dixon.
“The architects were a little overloaded, which caused a delay on that end,” Arellano said. "Dixon and Rock Falls were very easy to work with. … They told us up front what we needed, and I was able to plan around that.
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In an effort to encourage abandoned animal adoption, Brazilian pet stores have been covertly displaying shelter animals instead. In Brazil, there are approximately 30 million cats and dogs that have been abandoned, overcrowding animal shelters and resulting in increased deaths due to disease and mistreatment. The campaign by Priceless Pets is trying to change the stigma around adopting a previously-owned animal by showing the critters are just as desirable as their cost-associated counterparts.
The non-governmental organization launched their #savealife campaign nationwide, placing furry friends in the windows of participating shops without the knowledge of customers. This allowed consumers to browse without bias, while cameras captured their reaction when they were told their new pet was free to adopt.
The sneaky marketing campaign is an excellent example of advertising for good, as it furthers the cause of abandoned animal adoption.
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At the identical time, Singapore has eased travel and social distancing restrictions making the city-state an attractive vacation spot to the in-person occasion. “Suppliers who’re severe about enterprise will be at JGW Singapore, and we’re assured that world buyers in decision-making roles will make the trip to the city-state to affix us on the show flooring,” she said. When a retail house is gutted to the wall studs the build out creates a new retailer…. Finematter’s classic assortment like these Celine earrings are resonating properly.
- It might be held September sixteen – 20 on the AsiaWorld-Expo for jewellery making materials and tools and September 18 – 22 on the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre for completed jewellery.
- Jewellers have launched new strains of gemstone-studded ornaments, sourced from international locations like Sri Lanka, Mozambique, Zambia, and Colombia.
- Two-stone rings have lengthy been a foundational piece of Jemma Wynne’s oeuvre, often


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The Xbox and Bethesda Games Showcase 2022 livestream starts today at 1 PM Eastern Time.
The showcase highlights all of the big upcoming games coming to PC, Xbox One, Xbox Series X, and Xbox Game Pass. The company made the announcement via Xbox Wire:
Today, we are excited to announce that the Xbox & Bethesda Games Showcase will stream on Sunday, June 12 at 10 a.m. PT. This show will feature amazing titles coming from Xbox Game Studios, Bethesda, and our partners around the world.
The Xbox & Bethesda Games Showcase will include everything you need to know about the diverse lineup of games coming soon to the Xbox ecosystem, including upcoming releases to Game Pass on Xbox and PC.
The broadcast is livestreamed across multiple platforms. Among the sites livestreaming the show, you can find it on Twitch, YouTube, Facebook, Twitter, and TikTok. Of course, you can also watch the stream here on Game Freaks 365.


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It was only a matter of time before our dark fantasies became a reality.
According to live data from the GSMA (Groupe Speciale Mobile Association), which is the blanket body for all mobile operators worldwide, it appears there are now more mobile connections than there are people all over the world.
As of this publication, there are now over 7.3 billion mobile connections in the world. According to Google, world population is currently estimated at 7.1 billion. Images from the original Terminator movie just flashed before my eyes right now.
Of course, the 7.2 billion figure accounts for machine-to-machine connections and basically every portable device that can connect to the internet, including gaming consoles and smartwatches. Still, quite scary. But if it’s any consolation, the number of unique mobile subscribers is currently put at about 3.6 billion.
Interesting side-note: Nigeria, with a 176 million-strong population, has 126 mobile connections. That’s about 70% of the population. Not to be a doomsayer but, perhaps it’s time we in emerging markets gave up all our “chinco”Dual-SIM phones and opt for the single SIM life?
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The decades-long practice of US products being manufactured in China appears to be diminishing.
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Huawei Enjoy 6s: 3GB RAM and 2,920 mAh battery
Several days ago, we spotted on TENAA a new smartphone model with the code name DIG-Aloo. The phone is believed to be the upcoming Huawei Enjoy 6s. Let’s together figure out what information we have about this new flagship until now!
Huawei Enjoy 6s: 3GB RAM, 2920 mAh battery
Huawei launched the Huawei Enjoy 5s last year with mid-range specifications and affordable price tag. And from latest reports on TENAA, the company may be preparing to launch its successor, namely Huawei Enjoy 6s. The device is listed with some specs upgrades over its predecessor from last year. Let’s look through its specs and processors.
The new handset is reported to feature 3GB RAM (one GB extra compared to 5s) and 32 GB of internal storage (double that of its predecessor). It is likely to carry a 2,920 mAh battery capacity, which is much more extended compared with Enjoy 5s (2,200 mAH). Regarding other specs, the handset is listed with a 5-inch display with 1280 × 720 pixel resolution and is powered by a 1.4 GHz octa-core processor that might be the Snapdragon 415 SoC.
About camera, the smartphone will come with a combination of a 13MP in the rear camera and a 5MP in the front snapper. Surprisingly, the predecessor sports a 1.5 GHz octa-core processor, while Enjoy 6s only has octa-core 1.4GHz. Other specs of this new phone seem to share the similarity with Huawei Enjoy 5s. The smartphone is also expected to come with more options in terms of color, instead of just gold and silver like the old version.
Huawei Enjoy 6s: launch date and price
Until now, there is confirmation from the company about the device. It is expected to be announced in the next few month. The price might oscillate around the predecessor’s price, roughly at 928 RM. Till we get the official information from the manufacturer, just keep an open mind and stay tuned. Don’t forget to follow our page for latest news!


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A number of upside and downside risks remain for US chemical companies. Overcapacity in the next few years has the potential to become a significant issue. Companies should be proactive in developing a stronger market presence, end-to-end supply chains and business partnerships in emerging economies to help absorb rising production as new US plants come online.
Companies should also keep a close eye on domestic markets, such as construction and automotive, where growth remains positive but still in flux. Other risks include increased competition from emerging markets, a slowdown in the global economy, uncertainty about trade agreements, regulatory pressure and investor activists more focused on short-term gains than a company’s sustainability.


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A slew of chemical companies have hit the market in recent months as owners seek to cash in on rising valuations amid improving earnings. But one sales process shows buyers won't always bite.
Lion Copolymer Co., a Louisiana manufacturer of synthetic rubber, was recently pulled from the auction block after bids failed to meet the expectations of the private-equity firms shopping the Baton Rouge company, according to a person familiar with the matter.
Lion Copolymer is owned by New York-based private-equity firm Lion Chemical Capital LLC and Goradia Capital LLC, the private-equity arm of the Vinmar Group, a Houston-based chemicals company.
The firms acquired the company in 2005 and two years later added a second plant in Geismer, La. Those two deals totaled about $190 million, according to data provider S&P Capital IQ.
At that time, the annual sales of the combined company, which makes rubber used in tires, hoses, weatherstripping and shoe soles, were pegged at about $500 million. At that time, the annual sales of the combined company, which makes rubber used in tires, hoses, weatherstripping and shoe soles, were pegged at about $500 million.
The synthetic-rubber business is cyclical, chemical-sector experts say. Last year Lion Copolymer had earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortization, or Ebitda, of about $150 million and has forecast that to grow toward $200 million this year, according to the people familiar with the matter. Two years ago, its Ebitda was $30 million, these people said.
Lion Copolymer's owners enlisted Morgan Stanley MS 1.64 % and HSBC Holdings HSBC 0.50 % PLC to shop the company, seeking a price between $800 million and $1 billion that was based on a multiple of the more recent elevated earnings, the people said.
Some potential suitors and their bankers, however, calculated the company's value using earnings that were in the middle of the recent low and high ends, one of these people said. Doing so produced a value between $500 million and $600 million, this person said.
With bids coming in too low for their liking, the owners pulled the plug on the sale, believing that holding on to the business would be more profitable, another person said. Among other things, the owners believe that supply-and-demand dynamics in the sector have changed in recent years and that the recent rise in profit won't evaporate, the person said.
The abundance of cheap natural gas and ethane from shale drilling has helped boost some U.S. chemicals makers. Natural gas is not only used in the sector to power factories, but also it and its byproduct ethane are building blocks of many materials.
Deal making in the chemicals sector has picked up after a slow start to the year. Global deal volume is $32.9 billion so far this year, a 72% increase from the level in late June but still well off 2011's total of $89 billion, according to Dealogic.
In the U.S., the number of deals, 153, is approaching last year's total of 176, but they are generally smaller transactions, with volume only about 30% of last year's $41.6 billion, Dealogic data shows.
Meanwhile, several bidders have emerged for the coating-resins business of Cytec Industries Inc. That deal could fetch about $1.3 billion, according to people familiar with the matter.
Houghton International Inc., which makes metalworking fluids and other industrial chemicals, is being shopped by Deutsche Bank AG and Morgan Stanley on behalf of private-equity owner AEA Investors LP, people familiar with the matter have said.
And Exxon Mobil Corp. XOM -0.68 % has enlisted J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. to sell its oriented polypropylene business, which makes films used in food packaging, people familiar with the matter have said.
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- IBM closed its US$34 billion acquisition of Red Hat, the companies announced Tuesday.
- Shares of IBM were down less than 1% in late-morning trading.
- The deal was originally announced in October, when the companies said IBM would buy all shares in Red Hat for US$190 each in cash.
- The acquisition of Red Hat, an open-source, enterprise software maker, marks the close of IBM's largest deal ever.
- It's one of the biggest in U.S. tech history.
- Excluding the AOL-Time Warner merger, it follows the $67 billion deal between Dell and EMC in 2016 and JDS Uniphase's $41 billion acquisition of optical-component supplier SDL in 2000.
- Under the deal, Red Hat will now be a unit of IBM's hybrid cloud division, according to the original announcement.
- IBM previously said it hoped its acquisition of Red Hat will help it do more work in the cloud, one of its four key growth drivers, which are also social, mobile and analytics.
- The company lags behind Amazon and Microsoft in the cloud infrastructure business.
- IBM has seen three consecutive quarters of declining year-over-year revenue.
- But some analysts are hopeful about the Red Hat deal's opportunity to bring in new business.
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Topic: Apple Store
01/22/2013, 09:01 pm
Apple will spend between $2 million and $3 million to reopen Online Apple Store sales, as well as build a brick and mortar Apple Store, in Indonesia after halting operations in the country over shipping issues in late 2010.
01/16/2013, 11:01 am
Apple today introduced a new option for Chinese buyers of iPhones and MacBooks, allowing them to spread the cost of purchases ranging from from 300 yuan ($48) to 30,000 yuan ($4,800) over as long as two years.
01/15/2013, 05:01 pm
Apple's Vice President of Retail Jerry McDougal reportedly left the company last Friday, winnowing down the number of candidates who could replace recently ousted retail chief John Browett.
12/27/2012, 10:12 am
A new survey ranking major retailers' online stores found that customers felt Apple's website dropped in quality in 2012.
12/13/2012, 02:12 pm
Apple's online store is ensuring that U.S. customers get their orders before Christmas with free two- to three-day shipping on all items.
12/10/2012, 11:12 am
Customers who preordered Apple's newly redesigned 27-inch iMac have begun receiving notifications that their order has shipped and will arrive before Christmas.
12/10/2012, 10:12 am
This Saturday will be a big day for Apple Retail, with four new stores set to open across the globe. Also, two stores in New Jersey have also been renovated in time for the holidays.
12/07/2012, 10:12 am
Apple on Friday revised the estimated shipping times for its newly redesigned 27-inch iMac, with new orders now scheduled to ship in January.
12/07/2012, 09:12 am
Apple's reservation-only system in China, put in place after a near-riot occurred for the iPhone 4S launch, led to few crowds for the debut of the iPad mini.
11/30/2012, 12:11 pm
Apple's big-screen 27-inch iMac looks to be in extremely limited supply this holiday, as the estimated shipping time has already lengthened less than 24 hours after the new all-in-one desktop went on sale.
11/26/2012, 03:11 pm
With estimated shipping times for the iPhone 5 now improved to one week, Apple is reportedly set to expand its latest handset to Taiwan on Dec. 14.
11/21/2012, 08:11 am
Supply of the iPhone 5 at Apple's U.S. retail stores has almost completely caught up with demand, just in time for the bustling holiday shopping season.
11/15/2012, 11:11 am
iPad mini units with 4G LTE connectivity began arriving to customers from Apple's online store on Thursday, a day earlier than expected.
11/13/2012, 10:11 pm
Apple on Tuesday updated its online storefront and iOS Apple Store app with festive colors, special holiday-themed product descriptions and the company's yearly gift guide to help customers find that perfect gift.
11/13/2012, 10:11 am
Customers on Tuesday began receiving word from Apple's online store that their orders for the new iPad mini with LTE connectivity have begun shipping.
11/12/2012, 02:11 pm
Availability of the iPhone 5 continues to improve, as Apple's website now advertises that all models ship within two to three weeks.
11/11/2012, 03:11 am
Apple on Saturday added a banner to the front page of the Apple Store app which allows customers to buy and send Passbook-ready digital cards via email to family and friends.
11/09/2012, 08:11 am
Supply of the iPhone 5 for carriers AT&T and Verizon continues to improve, and may reach consistent availability in the next 2 to 3 weeks, according to a new survey of Apple retail stores.
11/07/2012, 07:11 pm
Apple on Wednesday released an update to its iOS Apple Store app, adding support for the iOS 6 digital coupon and gift card management software Passbook, as well as integration with Siri.
11/05/2012, 08:11 am
A survey of Apple retail stores over the launch weekend of the iPad mini has found that most completely sold out of the device, while the entry-level 16-gigabyte model was the most popular option.


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Those looking to own a piece of artwork from renowned Kokomo artist Ida Gordon will have plenty of options to choose from this weekend.
The work and possessions of Gordon will be available for purchase during an estate sale in Nashville, Indiana. The sale will be from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Friday and Saturday at Gordon’s home at 336 Indiana 135 North, Nashville.
Many of Gordon’s paintings, sketches and sculptures will be up for auction in addition, to furniture, home décor, silverware, china and tools from her home and art studio.
“There has to be at least 50 different original paintings,” said Lee Parsons of Aether Estate Sales Co., which will be conducting the sale. “There’s a wide range of paintings, both large and small, including some of her sketches and even her easel and art supplies.”
Gordon was born in Sharpsville in 1903 and lived in the Kokomo area for 41 years. Her work is characterized as impressionistic, with paintings going for as much as $24,000 in the past, Aether Estate Sales reported. Gordon passed away in 1983 at her Florida home.
She was educated at Indiana University and studied portraiture in New York and Paris at the American Academy. She would go on to spend the next 20 years in Brown County, during which time she painted more than 1,000 canvases, averaging 150 per year.
She was most well-known for her floral still life paintings, many of which were painted from arrangements of flowers that her husband grew at their home. She also painted landscapes, seascapes and noteworthy portraiture.
“She was impressionistic in the Monet style, with long, vibrant brush strokes,” Parsons said. “During the preparation for the sale and going through the house, we found paintings behind furniture, in the rafters of the basement and in corners of closets.”
Parsons noted that Gordon’s works and possessions will be available at reasonable prices and won’t be marked up.
“With the pricing structure, you’re getting really good deals,” he said. “It’s not like antiques when things are marked up, all the items are priced to sell.”
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The broadband industry’s four main lobbying groups are joining forces to stop California’s state net neutrality law from taking effect.
On Wednesday, mobile-industry lobbyist the CTIA; USTelecom, which lobbies for the telecommunications industry; and the two lobbying organizations for the cable industry, NCTA and the American Cable Association, jointly filed a lawsuit in federal court against the state of California to block its new law.
Collectively, the groups represent almost every broadband provider in the country, including mobile operators like T-Mobile and Sprint as well as cable and telecom companies such as AT&T, Comcast, Charter, Verizon, Frontier and CenturyLink.
The suit, filed in the US District Court for the Eastern District of California, asserts that California’s net neutrality protections are illegal because they’re pre-empted by the Federal Communications Commission, which rolled back federal net neutrality rules earlier this year.
The trade groups’ suit calls California’s law a “classic example of unconstitutional state regulation,” and it’s asking the court to block the rules from taking effect on Jan. 1.
This is the second lawsuit filed against California since Gov. Jerry Brown. The Trump administration’s Department of Justice is also suing California and seeking a preliminary injunction to stop the law from going into effect.
At issue is whether California and other states have the right to pass net neutrality laws, which they claim are necessary to protect their citizens. As part of its roll-back of federal net neutrality rules in June, the FCC included a provision in its order that pre-empted states from creating their own regulations. The DOJ and the broadband industry argue it would be too complicated for internet service providers to follow different net neutrality rules in 50 states.
US Attorney General Jeff Sessions said California’s law violated the Commerce Clause of the US Constitution.
“Under the Constitution, states do not regulate interstate commerce — the federal government does,” he said in a statement.
But net neutrality supporters argue that since the FCC has refused to regulate these services and because the agency actually abdicated its authority for such regulation to the Federal Trade Commission, states can impose their own rules for services delivered in their states.
California’s law, which prohibits internet service providers from slowing down or blocking access to websites or charging companies like Netflix extra to deliver their services faster, is based on Obama-era net neutrality protections that the Republican-led FCC rolled back earlier this year. But California’s law goes further, also outlawing some zero-rating offers, such as AT&T’s offer, which exempts its own streaming services from its wireless customers’ data caps. The law also applies the net neutrality rules to so-called “interconnection” deals between network operators, something the FCC’s 2015 rules didn’t explicitly do.
The legislation has been opposed by the broadband industry, which considers it too restrictive.
California is just one of several states looking to enact its own rules governing an open internet, after the FCC, under Pai, rolled back the Obama-era net neutrality rules in June. States such as Washington have pushed through a net neutrality law, while others are considering doing so.
Meanwhile, attorneys general of 22 states and the District of Columbia have already filed a brief to a US Appeals Court to reverse the FCC’s move. Companies like Firefox publisher Mozilla and trade groups also filed arguments.
Net neutrality, the principle that all internet traffic is treated fairly, has been one of the hottest topics of debate over the past several years. Consumers, tech companies and Democrats have pushed for stricter regulations prohibiting the prioritization of traffic, which resulted in the rules put in place by the previous FCC. But the Trump-era FCC has agreed with ISPs and Republicans who fear the regulations are onerous and hurt capital investment.
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Samsung to invest $115 billion in its foundry business by 2030
Samsung is earmarking $9.5 billion a year for Samsung LSI and Samsung Foundry.
Samsung Electronics is one of the largest semiconductor players around, and the manufacturer is investing $115 billion (133 trillion won) over the next 12 years to take on Qualcomm and Intel. Samsung says its goal is to become the world leader in semiconductors and logic chips, and the company will invest $9.5 billion a year from now through 2030.
Samsung will invest $63.4 billion (73 trillion won) toward domestic R&D — where it is looking to add 15,000 jobs to “bolster its technological prowess” — and spend $52 billion (60 trillion won) toward production facilities that will make the logic chips. Samsung has long been the dominant player in the memory business, but with that market shrinking the South Korean manufacturer will be looking to diversify.
While the $115 billion seems like a staggering amount at first, it’s in line with what Samsung has been spending in recent years. Just last year alone Samsung invested over $15 billion in R&D, and Intel also spent over $10 billion toward developing new products.
LG V50 ThinQ 5G launch in South Korea delayed
The delay is due to LG wanting to further optimize the Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 chipset and Qualcomm X50 5G modem inside of the V50. LG also said it’s working with Qualcomm and South Korean carriers to improve 5G service and phone interoperability.
LG V50 ThinQ 5G price & release date: What we know so far (it’s not much)
LG didn’t say when the V50 will be available in South Korea. Android Authority reached out to LG for comment on a new release date and whether the delayed launch in South Korea will affect the U.S. launch, but did not receive a response by press time.
The delay comes at a bad time for LG, which saw rival Samsung launch its first 5G smartphone April 5 in South Korea. LG likely had hoped to use the Galaxy S10 5G’s launch momentum for its own 5G smartphone, but now we don’t know when the V50 will debut.
That said, LG might have dodged a very big bullet by delaying the V50’s launch. Business Koreareported last week that Galaxy S10 5G owners have struggled with poor 5G connectivity and an inability to switch to 4G LTE. Samsung pushed out an update that supposedly addressed the issues, but the update didn’t help much.
Samsung snubs Apple on 5G modem supply, leaving few good options for the 2020 iPhones
Thanks to the patent war with Qualcomm reaching a crescendo mode, last year Apple’s iPhones shipped exclusively with “Intel inside” as far as cellular connectivity is concerned. That, however, is not an ideal solution for Apple, as Intel’s modems are behind the curve when it comes to features, so it has been shopping around for other options.
Apple could go with Samsung, Huawei or MediaTek’s 5G modems, but each of those choices comes with severe drawbacks. Samsung will likely charge an arm and a leg for its 5G brainchild, America’s homeland security institutions would balk at Huawei’s involvement due to geopolitical considerations, while MediaTek simply isn’t up to par yet.
SAMSUNG’S 5G MODEM OPTION IS OUT FOR APPLE, BUT WHOSE IS IN?
Surprise, surprise, even those unpalatable options have now become harder to pick from, as Korean media is reporting today that Samsung has declined Apple’s advances for its Exynos 5100 5G modem. Not only does the company need its production for the Galaxy S10 5G that will be shipping tomorrow in Korea but it could very well need it for the Note 10, too.
Samsung, it turns out, is simply unable to churn out 5G modems in the quality and quantity that Apple would demand, or so it claims. According to one “electronics industry official” there:
Apple inquired about the supply of 5G modem chip from Samsung Electronics System LSI division. However, we know that Samsung Electronics System LSI answered that the supply volume of its smartphone 5G modem chip is insufficient.
There you have it – unless Apple resolves the bad blood between the companies, Qualcomm is likely to sit its 5G push out, so the last remaining option is for Apple to go it alone, either by acquiring Intel’s wireless modem assets or starting from scratch (highly unlikely). All of these options mean either a lot of extra expenses for Apple in order to deliver a 5G iPhone in 2020, or falling behind the competition by launching one that is a cycle or two behind.
Last summer, insiders claimed that they have seen internal Intel communication regarding a memo that Apple sent Chipzilla. In it, Apple warns that it might no longer need Intel’s wireless modem designs, including the 5G ones, starting with the 2020 iPhone crop. Intel reportedly halted research in this area and might disband the whole 5G modem undertaking, as Apple was its largest and perhaps sole customer.
5G gets going and Apple’s 2020 iPhones can’t go FOMO
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Huawei’s “Jewel” and “Elegant” versions of the Huawei Watch are now up for pre-order through online retailer MobileFun. Huawei originally announced the two new versions of the smartwatch earlier this month at CES 2016.
If you’re based in the United Kingdom and own either a Honor 4X, 6 or 6+, we have some rather exciting news we think you may like to hear. Honor, a subsidiary of Huawei, has today opened registrations for its Marshmallow beta for the aforementioned handsets, which means you could apply be one of a small group of people testing the firmware as it progresses through its development stages.
Sources speaking to Venturebeat have claimed that Huawei plans to launch four P9 smartphones, with one of the models said to feature a dual lens.
Rumours coming from China suggest that a Huawei dual boot laptop capable of running both Android and Windows may arrive at some point this year.
Yesterday an entry in the Geekbench database surfaced that many believe is the Huawei P9 smartphone. The Huawei P9 is expected to launch around March of this year as the successor to the Huawei P8. Today a sketch of a device surfaced that is believed to be of the Huawei P9, although it seems to show a different design direction for the manufacturer with the P series of devices. Read more
Huawei’s brand has a much stronger presence in Asia and Europe than it does in the United States, being a company that seems to launch a new product every other week in a different market with frequency equal to that of Samsung. But, in 2015, Huawei reshaped its strategy to put more focus on global products as well as ones in North America. The Huawei Watch is a real sign that Huawei is committed to being competitive in the United States just as it is elsewhere in the world. This is a premium smartwatch, powered by Android Wear, sold in every major market. Huawei announced its first smartwatch at MWC 2015 in February and then spent the next seven months refining the hardware and software to create something that finally merges smarts with aesthetics.
The Huawei Watch is meant to look and feel as good as it operates. Why else would pricing start at $349 and touch $799 at the top? Plastic, rubber, and aluminum are missing. Huawei is using cold-forged stainless steel, fine leather, and sapphire crystal on a smartwatch that mirrors a regular watch. Even 22K gold is an option from Huawei. We’ve never seen a smartwatch quite like this. And it’s met with Google’s wearable platform that has certainly matured wisely since its inception last year. So everything seems to result in the Huawei Watch being a brilliant beauty; it only takes real life use to have a definitive answer.
On Tuesday, Huawei held a separate press event at CES 2016 for its Honor brand. The Honor 5x is the first sign of the company being serious about the United States and promoting a device in the country. As we all know, accessories are a big piece of buying a phone. Consumers want a phone that they can get various cases and covers for to protect their new purchase and add some personal style. Luckily for buyers of the Honor 5X, Huawei is readied with at least three accessories for its release on January 31.


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Independent Labels Sign Up With Apple Music
Apple finally has the indies on its side.
Now that Taylor Swift convinced the company to reverse course and pay license holders during the three-month trial period of Apple Music, two of the world's largest consortiums of independent labels and artists – Beggars Group and Merlin – announced they reached a deal with Apple.
Beggars Group includes the 4AD, Matador, Rough Trade, and XL Recordings labels, and by extension, a considerable artist roster that includes Adele, Queens of the Stone Age, the Pixies and Alabama Shakes. Merlin is a network of 20,000 independent labels charged with licensing music to digital services.
For the last couple of weeks, independent record labels have publicly balked at signing contracts that would license their catalogs to Apple, saying they should be paid during Apple Music's three-month trial.
Apple's shift came after the decidedly un-indie Swift, persuaded Apple to change their policy by threatening to withhold her catalog from Apple Music. Beggars Group head Martin Wills said, "Over the last few days, we have had increasingly fruitful discussions with Apple. We are now delighted to say that we are happy to endorse the deal with Apple Music as it now stands, and look forward to being a big part of a very exciting future."
Beggars was initially among the indies slamming Apple for its intention to go without paying license holders. "We struggle to see why rights owners and artists should bear this aspect of Apple’s customer acquisition costs," they wrote in an earlier statement.


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Below is the outcome of last week’s high impact economic events;
|UK Markit Services PMI||Monday||50||52.9|
|Australia rate decision||Tuesday||1.5%||1.5%|
|US Non- Manufacturing PMI||Tuesday||55||51.4|
|Canada interest rate decision||Wednesday||0.5%||0.5%|
|Japan Current Account||Wednesday||2090B||1938.2B|
|Australia Trade Balance||Thursday||-2750M||-2410M|
|ECB interest rate decision||Thursday||0%||0%|
|US Building permits||Thursday||3%||0.8%|
|US Initial jobless claims||Thursday||265K||259K|
|Switzerland Unemployment rate||Friday||3.4%|
|Canada Unemployment rate||Friday||6.9%||7.0%|
Table; High impact economic events outcome (5th August – 9th September)
Last week was characterized by Canada and the ECB keeping their interest rates constant as expected at 0.5% and 0% respectively. Earlier in the week, Australia also kept its interest rate constant at 1.5% as expected while its GDP was 0.1% higher than the expected. US Building permits had a worse than the expected reading of 3% coming in at 0.8% while Initial Jobless claims dropped from 265K to 259K.
The figure below shows the impact on news release of the Canada interest rates on the USDCAD showing a quick loss of the Canadian dollar against the US dollar;
Figure; 7th September Canada Interest Rate Decision Impact on USDCAD (15min Chart)
Last Week’s CFTC COT Report (6th September 2016);
|Currency||Net Commercial Positions (previous)||Net-Large Speculators Positions (previous)||Net-Small Speculative Positions (previous)|
|EURO||113,340 (100,808)||-92,630 (-81,925)||-20,710 (-18,883)|
|AUS||-43,568 (-47,061)||38,959 (42,566)||4,609 (4,495)|
|GBP||103,984 (114,454)||-89,969 (-92,485)||-14,015 (-21,969)|
|CAD||-30, 005 (-34,035)||20, 905 (22,400)||9,100 (11,635)|
|JPY||-49,904 (-57,204)||54,489 (63,661)||-4,585 (-6,457)|
|CHF||8,779 (4,722)||1,451 (8,208)||-10,230 (-12,930)|
Table; COT Report for 6th September 2016 (Data CFTC)
Net-Large Speculative long positions declined across the board on the Euro, Aussie, CAD, JPY and the CHF. The Euro and the Aussie had consecutive losses on their net-large speculative positions. The GBP on the other hand decreased in its Net-large speculative short positions from 92,485 to 89,969. Below will be the main highlights for the week:
|UK Consumer Price Index||Tuesday, 0830 GMT||0.6%||0.7%|
|German ZEW Economic Sentiment||Tuesday, 0900 GMT||4.6||6.7|
|ECB President; Draghi’s Speech||Tuesday, 0900 GMT|
|UK Unemployment Rate||Wednesday, 0830 GMT||4.9%||4.9%|
|US Crude Oil Inventories||Wednesday, 1430 GMT||-14.513M|
|New Zealand GDP||Wednesday, 2245 GMT||0.7%|
|Australia Unemployment Rate||Thursday, 0130 GMT||5.7%||5.7%|
|SNB Interest Rate Decision||Thursday, 0730 GMT||-0.75%||-0.75%|
|UK Interest Rate Decision||Thursday, 1100 GMT||0.25%||0.25%|
|US Retail Sales||Thursday, 1230 GMT||0%||0%|
|US Initial Jobless Claims||Thursday, 1230 GMT||295K|
|US Consumer Price Index||Friday, 1230 GMT||0.8%||1%|
|Reuters/Michigan Consumer Sentiment Index||Friday, 1400 GMT||89.8||91|
Table; High impact economic events (12th – 16th September 2016)
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UK Consumer Price Index: Tuesday, 0830 GMT. The UK CPI rose from 0.5% to 0.6% in July and is expected to rise to 0.7% this month.
German ZEW Economic Sentiment: Tuesday, 0900 GMT. This index is expected to beat the previous figure of 4.6 and register 6.7 for the month of August.
UK Unemployment rate: Wednesday, 1430 GMT. Fears on the Brexit vote decreasing the number of jobs in the UK have subsided and the unemployment rate is expected to remain constant at 4.9%.
US Crude Oil Inventories: Wednesday, 1430 GMT. Stockpiles decreased by over 14.5M last week which was a major drop in a few years. This number is expected to remain constant.
New Zealand GDP: Wednesday, 2245 GMT. The previous reading on the New Zealand Gross Domestic Product was 0.7%, a lower reading than the last quarter reading of 2015 which was 0.9%. However, the GDP is expected to rise for the remaining part of the year.
Australia Unemployment Rate: Thursday, 0130 GMT. Employment numbers in Australia are expected to change by 15K while the unemployment rate is expected to remain constant at 5.7%.
UK Interest Rate Decision: Thursday, 1100 GMT. The BOE cut interest rates to 0.25% in July and the expectation is that this rate will be held constant.
US Retail Sales: Thursday, 1230 GMT. The Retail Sales are expected to remain constant at 0%. Initial Jobless Claims on the other hand registered at 295K last week beating the expected figure of 264K.
US Consumer Price Index: Friday, 1230 GMT. The Consumer Price Index is expected to rise to 1.0% from a previous figure of 0.8% while the CPI excluding food and energy is expected to remain constant 2.2%.
Reuters/Michigan Consumer Sentiment Index: Friday, 1400 GMT. This index is expected to rise from 89.8 to 91 this month. This one of the last high impact release next week and the markets to watch are the USD crosses.
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Amsterdam-based Change, a cryptocurrency platform for retail investors, announced on Friday that it has secured €2M in funding from Switzerland-based private equity firm Andromeda Capital Partners Suisse AG.
The Estonian-born company says it will use the funds to cement its position in the market. In 2021, the company raised €3.7M in crowdfunding from 50 private investors at a €175M valuation.
Change: What you need to know
Founded by Kristjan Kangro (CEO) and Gustav Liblik (CPO) in 2016, Change is a Dutch-Estonian community-driven investing platform that’s on a mission to ‘remove the barriers and complexities to wealth creation’.
To date, the company has raised over $21M (approximately €18M) in funding backed by over 7,000 private investors.
Roger Cook, former global CEO of DHL, and Hans van der Noordaa, former CEO of the Retail Division of ING Bank and Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Deloitte Netherlands, also back the company.
Last year, the company acquired a new Dutch license that will enable it to provide services with traditional and new-age financial assets throughout the EU.
Change Group, the parent company, received approval from the Dutch Central Bank (DCB) to offer its financial services to the 453M people living in the European Economic Area.
As a result, the Dutch company ramped up its investment options, including stocks, shares, exchange-traded funds (ETFs), and even commodities, as well as its established crypto and DeFi products.
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Mukesh Ambani-led Reliance Industries and Walt Disney on Wednesday announced the finalizing of binding clear-cut arrangements to create a joint venture that will certainly integrate business of Viacom18 and Celebrity India. RIL has accepted spend Rs 11,500 crore in the joint venture for its growth.
As part of the purchase, the media task of Viacom18 will certainly be merged right into Star India Pvt Ltd through a court authorized scheme of setup.
The transaction values the JV at Rs 70,352 crore ($ 8.5 billion) on a post-money basis, excluding synergies. Blog post conclusion of the above steps, the JV will be managed by RIL and had 16.34% by RIL, 46.82% by Viacom18 and 36.84% by Disney.
Nita Ambani will be the Chairperson of the JV, with Uday Shankar as Vice Chairperson providing strategic advice to the JV, claimed a joint declaration.
Mukesh D Ambani, Chairman & Handling Director of Dependence Industries, stated: “This is a site contract that declares a new period in the Indian entertainment industry. We have always appreciated Disney as the very best media team globally and are extremely excited at creating this strategic joint venture that will certainly aid us merge our extensive resources, innovative expertise, and market understandings to deliver unparalleled material at inexpensive costs to target markets throughout the nation. We welcome Disney as a crucial companion of Reliance group.”
The deal goes through regulative, investor and other customary authorizations and is anticipated to be completed in the last quarter of 2024 or the very first quarter of 2025.
The JV will certainly be granted unique legal rights to disperse Disney movies and productions in India, with a certificate to greater than 30,000 Disney web content properties, offering a full suite of home entertainment options for the Indian customer.
Bob Iger, Chief Executive Officer of Walt Disney said: “Reliance has a deep understanding of the Indian market and consumer, and with each other we will certainly develop among the country’s leading media business, enabling us to much better serve customers with a broad portfolio of digital solutions and enjoyment and sports content.”
Dependence and Disney each have a streaming solution and 120 tv networks between them, and the offer is expected to strengthen Dependence’s hold over India’s $28 billion media and enjoyment market.
With each other, Reliance and Disney would certainly be a formidable media behemoth in among the world’s fastest-growing enjoyment markets. In 2022, Ambani’s Viacom18 Media Pvt Ltd outbid Disney to win the streaming civil liberties for the Indian Premier League.


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Marc DeBevoise, CEO of Brightcove, said: “This integration with Magnite and SpringServe is a key step to enabling us to provide our customers with best-in-class solutions to meet their needs, allowing them to increase their ad fill rate and generate better CPMs.”
Brightcove operates in more than 80 countries. Publishers utilize Magnite to their content across all screens and formats, including CTV, online video, display, and audio.
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Separately, a just-announced preferred relationship with Criteo’s global retailer partners will allow it to leverage Connected TV (CTV) through Magnite. The collaboration is expected to enhance Criteo’s Demand-side Platform, designed for enterprise brands and agencies.
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