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A new law introduced by the Delhi government, the Indian Automobile Manufacturers’ Association (IAMA) has raised doubts about the reliability of an appointment and has prompted a call for an independent expert to be appointed to oversee the registration process.
The AAP government has said it has not authorised an appointment for registration.
The new law, which came into effect on Friday, has raised fears that the government is seeking to circumvent the auto industry by providing a more convenient process to register auto-rickshaw-rickshaws.
The law also requires the registration of new auto-driven hire vehicles, which can be purchased on the spot.
“The new auto registration system is not transparent and has many loopholes and there is a danger of tampering.
It is also not clear whether auto registration can be completed electronically or by appointment.
It can also be a problem in the event of fire, flood, or other disasters,” said a source from the IMA.
The auto registration process is being conducted in a manner that is not in the best interest of the industry, the source added.
“It is also unclear whether the process of filling the registration forms, which is done by the auto manufacturers, can be automated,” he said.
In a statement, the AAP government said, “It has been decided that an independent panel will be set up by the IASI (Indian Automobile Certification Authority) to supervise the registration and licensing of new vehicles.
The panel will report to the Delhi CM on its work.
After the panel has made recommendations, the auto manufacturer will have to submit a report to Delhi CM, it said.
The government is also considering setting up an industry-wide audit committee.
It added that the panel will have the power to take all steps necessary to ensure compliance of the new system.”
The government is trying to change the way the auto registration is conducted in order to reduce the number of registration and license applications, which were more than 60 per cent in 2015, said an IMA official.
When the Delhi Motor Vehicle (DMV) department began issuing auto-powered hire vehicles last year, there was a shortage of about 10 lakh such vehicles.
However, the government has recently started issuing about 40 lakh of these vehicles in the first quarter of this year.
Since the government’s decision to issue the vehicles, the number has been reduced to 10 lakh.
The IMA has expressed its concerns over the lack of transparency and convenience of the auto registrations.
A senior IMA leader said, IMA is against the government making the auto-registration process more difficult by giving a higher fee for the registration.
IMA has been fighting for the removal of the fees, he added.
The government has also asked the auto companies to provide the registration details, which they have not done, the official said.
“The auto manufacturers have been making false and misleading representations about their vehicles.
IMA wants the auto makers to provide them with their registration details,” he added, adding that the auto dealers have also been given false information about their cars.
With the auto vehicles not being registered, the dealers are not able to offer their services, said the official.
“We want the auto firms to ensure that their cars are being registered properly and provide a reliable registration number for all new registrations.”


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Swedish Automobile, the parent company of automaker Saab, has entered a memo of understanding with Chinese companies Pang Da and Youngman, whereby the Chinese groups will purchase 100 percent of the shares of Saab Automobile and Saab Great Britain. The takeover will prevent Saab for falling into bankruptcy.
The announcement is a big surprise, as earlier this week Saab terminated an agreement with Pang Da and Youngman that would have seen the two Chinese companies buy controlling shares of Saab. The Swedish automaker effectively said no to a takeover offer that would have saved it from the brink of bankruptcy. Today’s announcement makes it clear that Saab’s management had second thoughts.
The new deal reportedly costs the Chinese companies €100 million ($141 million) and will be paid in installments. It is valid through November 15 while Saab remains in restructuring, and hinges on Pang Da and Youngman providing “long term funding to Saab Automobile.”
Saab is still in voluntary reorganization in Sweden. In response to the news about the €100 million takeover offer, the court-appointed administrator of Saab’s reorganization has withdrawn his request that Saab’s restructuring be terminated prematurely.
Michele Tinson, spokeswoman for Saab Cars North America, said that the company has continued to sell cars in the U.S. despite the halt in vehicle production. She said that the takeover is expected to happen on or before November 15. Production lines in Sweden should be able to restart about eight weeks after the takeover bid is completed — which means Saab may not resume building cars until 2012.
However, Tinson said production of the Saab 9-4X may start before that date. The 9-4X is built at a General Motors factory in Ramos Arizpe, Mexico, which also builds the Cadillac SRX. The factory could resume production of the 9-4X fairly easily, whereas restarting Saab’s assembly lines in Trollhättan, Sweden, will take more time.
The company is not announcing any leadership changes at this time. Victor Muller intends to remain CEO of Saab Automobile AB until a replacement is announced; Tinson said Muller has expressed interest in remaining involved with Saab even if he is replaced.
For now, at least, the lights are still on at Saab. Despite teetering at the edge of bankruptcy for months, it seems the Swedish automaker may survive under Chinese ownership.

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Mothercare PLC (LON:MTC) shares rose on Wednesday as the struggling stores group left its full-year profit guidance unchanged as improved trends in its international business helped its quarterly sales to hold steady despite continuing challenging trading conditions in the UK and a surprisingly big drop in online sales
In a trading update for the 13 week period to January 5 2019, the specialist retailer for parents and young children said overall its retail sales in core markets were in line with last year in constant currency terms.
The company said its international retail sales were down 1.1% in constant currency over the period, with a 3.2% decline in actual currency.
However, UK like-for-like sales declined by 11.4% during the quarter, the group added, reflecting a combination of the difficult consumer backdrop and aggressive discounting activity undertaken in the prior year that inflated sales in that period.
It highlighted an online sales decline of 16.3% impacted by lower website footfall, lower iPad sales in store due to the store closure programme and a smaller Toy offer with less discounting.
Mark Newton-Jones, Mothercare’s chief executive officer commented: “Looking ahead, our International business continues to show signs of recovery, although we expect market conditions in the UK to remain challenging with further disruption until April from our store closure programme.
“However, given the pace of our strategic transformation plan, our full-year profit guidance is unchanged."
On course for strategic transformation
The CEO added: “Whilst the UK continues to be challenging, in part as a result of our planned restructuring, we are still on course to deliver the necessary transformation.”
He added: “Crucially, the Group continues to be disciplined in its management of cash and is progressively reducing its net bank debt.
“We recently completed the sale and leaseback of our UK head office and have created a leaner organisational structure. Together with other improvements, this has allowed us to reduce the levels of debt in the business, supporting our aspiration to be bank debt free by the end of 2019.”
The Mothercare boss also said its UK store closure programme is ahead of schedule, with 36 stores currently transitioning for closure, meaning the group will have a total UK estate of 79 stores by the end of March 2019.
In late morning trading, Mothercare shares were 2.7% higher at 15.94p.
In a note to clients, analysts at Shore Capital commented: “From a risk-reward perspective, therefore, we believe Mothercare's equity is finely balanced; failure to deliver better trading will eventually eat into the resources and time gained from the changes undertaken to date.
“However, broad-based sustainable revenue growth on a structurally lower cost base offers the enticing and potentially exciting prospect of positive operational gearing and strong free cash generation.”
They concluded: “This fine balance leads us to adopt a ‘hold’ stance on the Group's equity. We will probably be forced to re-visit this stance one way or another over the next 12-months."
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Linz/Vienna in May, 2021 - With immediate effect, REICHLUNDPARTNER is the lead agency for Constantia Flexibles. Already in 2019 and 2020, the agency won gold at the German Design Award and the German Brand Award for the successful implementation of the marketing strategy for the pharmaceutical brand. Likewise in 2020, REICHLUNDPARTNER started the employer branding topic with Constantia Flexibles and was now able to win the pitch in the consumer brand area in 2021 by translating the positioning into a creative idea and communication campaign.
Constantia Flexibles headquarters in Vienna
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Constantia Flexibles is a specialist and international manufacturer of flexible packaging solutions for the consumer goods and pharmaceutical industries. Constantia Flexibles' products protect numerous everyday goods - from yogurt to hand soap - but also save human lives by preserving the active ingredients of pharmaceuticals. Environmental protection is also a key issue for Constantia Flexibles, to which the company contributes with its recyclable products.
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Already with the pharmaceutical brand, REICHLUNDPARTNER succeeded in bringing the defined brand core to life with a strong claim and call-to-action. "Let's save lives today " motivates internally and externally to pull together in the interests of end consumers. Therefore, the agency was entrusted with the implementation for the employer branding of Constantia Flexibles and finally invited at the beginning of 2021 also to the pitch for the entrepreneurial significantly larger consumer area.
"We are delighted that we have once again been able to convince Constantia Flexibles with our strong creative performance and are now the first port of call for creative communications services for the entire company," says Mag. Sabina Schaffer, Senior Account Director and member of the management team.
Thomas Schulz, VP Group Marketing & Communication, added: "We are delighted to be working again with our lead agency Reichl und Partner. Repeatedly, their creative idea has prevailed and our goal is also to make our consumer brand experienceable for our customers."
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Aldi unveils expansion with 800 new stores in 5 years
Discount grocer Aldi unveiled a five-year expansion plan Thursday to add 800 stores nationwide by the end of 2028.
Why it matters: The nation's fastest-growing grocery chain's expansion will "ramp up the competitive pressure in the grocery market," said Neil Saunders, GlobalData managing director.
- "Aldi's influence on the market should not be underestimated," Saunders said. "The company's price-leadership can force other retailers into reducing their own prices to compete."
Driving the news: Aldi said in its announcement that it will invest more than $9 billion over five years for the expansion, which includes adding nearly 330 stores to the Northeast and Midwest and continuing to grow in the West with "more stores in Southern California and Phoenix."
- The company also announced Thursday that it has completed the acquisition of Southeastern Grocers and will start a phased store conversion process for a "significant number" of Winn-Dixie and Harveys Supermarket stores.
The big picture: Aldi has seen more shoppers flock to its stores as the company has continued its U.S. expansion and shoppers look to save, Scott Patton, the retailer's vice president of national buying, previously told Axios.
- There are currently 2,361 U.S. locations in 38 states and Washington D.C.
What's next: The Southeastern Grocers store conversion process should begin in the second half of 2024 for approximately 50 stores, Aldi said, noting the majority of these locations would reopen in 2025.
Why Aldi is different from other stores
Aldi stores are smaller than your neighborhood Kroger or Publix with less selection — more than 90% of Aldi products are private label.
Here are a few other ways Aldi is different than traditional grocery stores:
- Bring a quarter to shop at Aldi if you want to "rent" a shopping cart, which is a more common practice in Europe.
- Don't forget reusable bags as Aldi doesn't provide free bags but does sell paper and a variety of other bags.
- Aldi Finds are the retailer's limited-time items and are located on an aisle that has many nicknames including, "Aisle of Shame" or "fun aisle."
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Anne McGuire MP visited Allied Vehicles manufacturing plant in Glasgow just ahead of being reconfirmed in her post of Minister for Disabled People, in Gordon Brown’s new administration.
Allied is one of the UK’s leading vehicle manufacturing and adaptation specialists and supplier of wheelchair accessible vehicles. The company supplies vehicles for individual customers under the Motability Scheme as well as marketing to the taxi industry.
After meeting with chairman Gerry Facenna and managing director Paul Nelson, Anne McGuire took a tour of the Possil Park site and saw some of the latest innovations in accessible vehicles for disabled people.
Among them was the recently launched New E7 taxi, manufactured jointly by Allied and Peugeot, which offers a range of features designed to assist people with a variety of disabilities, including enhanced wheelchair access.
Speaking after her tour Anne McGuire said:
“It is right that disabled people should expect to enjoy the same access to goods and services as everyone else.
“I welcomed the chance to come to Allied Vehicles and see the range of vehicles and adaptations they can provide to meet people’s personal transport needs.
“The new E7 taxi also impressed me – and I was pleased to hear that feedback from disabled people and disability organisations influenced its design.”
Allied Vehicles’ chairman Gerry Facenna said:
“Our aim is to create a range of accessible vehicles that offer improved safety, comfort and affordability for disabled people, together with fellow able-bodied passengers.
“I’m delighted that the Minister was able to see at first hand how, by enhancing access to both private and public forms of transport, our innovative products have helped open new doors for tens of thousands of disabled people across the UK.”
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The United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently flagged a number of government sources for selling eye drops that contain potentially dangerous ingredients. The FDA warned that the eye drops, which are sold in some government-run pharmacies, may contain ingredients that can cause serious eye damage.
The FDA identified the eye drops as containing ingredients such as benzalkonium chloride, which can cause eye irritation, redness, and burning. The agency also warned that the drops may contain preservatives that can cause allergic reactions.
The FDA has urged consumers to avoid using the eye drops and to seek medical attention if they experience any symptoms after using them. The agency also warned that the eye drops may not be effective in treating eye conditions and may even worsen them.
The FDA has asked government sources to stop selling the eye drops and to recall any products that have already been sold. The agency is also working with state and local health departments to ensure that the eye drops are no longer available.
The FDA’s warning is a reminder that consumers should always be aware of the ingredients in any product they purchase, especially when it comes to their health. Consumers should always read the labels of any product they buy and consult with their doctor before using any medication.


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Day two of the Hearth, Home and Away show at the Colony Square Mall is underway.
More than 20 local and national vendors filled the mall on Saturday to show off their latest home improvement products. Some of the vendors also provided additional services such as Lepi and Associates that showed visitors what they have to offer.
"Something that the public may not know is we offer all of the residential,commercial and real estate management for all of Southeastern Ohio," said Realtor, Cindy Jacobs.
With over 50 realtors on their team, the company works constantly to help the public find housing, business space and manage area properties . Jacobs says that the home show helps them get their name out to the public.
"It does It does. They can come in and they can talk to us here about listings, buying a home and we have all the information right here on hand, " said Jacobs.
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Merkel offers to help Germany's carmakers with ‘Herculean Task'
[FRANKFURT] Chancellor Angela Merkel wants to help offset the higher costs of cleaner vehicles by putting a price on carbon-dioxide emissions, potentially offering a lift to Germany's vital auto industry as it grapples with the high-risk transition away from the combustion engine.
Germany and its automakers are facing a "Herculean task," Mrs Merkel said Thursday at a ceremony opening the Frankfurt car show to the public. While short on specifics, the German leader backed efforts to encourage consumers to buy more environmentally friendly products such as battery-powered cars fueled by renewable power.
"We want to direct the behavior of people in a certain direction," she said. "The pricing of CO2 is the right way to make clear that all innovations should follow the goal of emitting less CO2. If we do this in a long-term and accountable way, there will be the incentives to move innovation in the right direction."
Volkswagen AG, Daimler AG and BMW AG are facing tough times. Pollution concerns - intensified by VW's 2015 diesel-cheating scandal - have tarnished the industry's image and triggered massive investment in electric vehicles. Those costs had already started squeezing earnings when almost a decade of uninterrupted industry growth led by China came to a halt. The consequence is Germany's car production slumping to the lowest level since at least 2010.
The looming end of the combustion-engine era and the dramatically-increasing importance of digital technologies in cars, pose an unprecedented threat to the industry's traditional business model. A slew of profit warnings from manufacturers like Mercedes-Benz maker Daimler to parts makers like Continental AG provided fresh evidence that times have become rough.
Mrs Merkel spoke after John Krafcik, the chief executive officer of Waymo. The Alphabet Inc unit is widely regarded as the global leader in self-driving technology and represents a risk to the country's car brands, which are largely focused on motoring thrills. Mr Krafcik offered a cooperative tone, even though German manufacturers are wary of allowing the Google parent access to sensitive customer data.
"It's not about competing with car companies. It's to enable, not disrupt companies in the automotive space," said Mr Krafcik. "Developing self-driving technology takes a lot of time. There are no shortcuts. We can't do this on our own."
Germany is teetering on the brink of recession, and the auto industry is pivotal to the economy's health. Carmakers such as Volkswagen, Daimler and BMW as well as parts suppliers like Robert Bosch GmbH and Continental employ about 830,000 people in the country and support everything from machine makers to advertising agencies and cleaning services.
Germany's auto industry is trying to respond. Electric cars, such as the flashy Porsche Taycan and more affordable VW ID.3, dominated media presentations this week at the Frankfurt trade fair and more models are in the pipeline.
Daimler CEO Ola Kallenius backed Mrs Merkel's CO2 pricing plan, saying at panel discussion in Frankfurt that there are costs related to fossil-fuels and it would make sense for a global plan to help fight climate change.
For the auto industry, any signs of support would be welcome. Demand for electric cars has been sluggish, and Mrs Merkel had to surrender her goal to have 1 million electric cars on German roads by 2020. Sales of hybrid and electric cars in the country last year totaled a mere 55,000 vehicles, or 1.6 per cent of the market.
In addition to boosting efficient technologies, the country needs to accelerate the roll-out of charging stations to ease consumer concerns, she said.
"If one believes that climate protection is a task for mankind, and I believe it is, then we must pay this price because otherwise we will have to pay a totally different price," Mrs Merkel said.


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Africa is expected to see further investment into their technology start-ups throughout 2014, but that’s mainly due to the fact that the entire world is seeing a bit of a boom in that regard. But Africa, despite having some great tech start-ups is lagging behind the rest of the world when it comes to funding. That’s because of the nature of their products.
Right now, most of the tech start-ups focus on regional, or even more local development focuses. They don’t have the broad global appeal to make them major world winners, and to draw more attention to that cause. That’s why what Africa really needs, is that one major global winner.
Something that the entire continent can have as an example of what the company can bring to the world, in terms of technology.
Another big aspect are the local banks holding them back. Finding funding is always difficult, but that’s made even worse by banks in Ghana, which feature a 28% interest rate on these types of business loans. That’s keeping plenty of companies out, that desperately need funds to continue their work.
Despite the fact that there are plenty of advantages in Africa, if some investors would notice those. Like the most cheaper cost of labor, so that you can stretch those investment funds much further. Plus the continent is on the same time zone as Europe, allowing for more easy integration into the global economy.
But a lot of Africa’s success needs to come from African entrepreneurs and their commitment to making their products appealing on a global scale. That means traveling to major technology hubs like Silicon Valley, and London, where they can showcase ideas and attract those world investors. That will help the benefits of investing in Africa shine through.


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The technology has been developed by two PhD students of ETH. As the technology is very complex, the generated IP is hardly replicable. The company has already had several pilot projects with major Swiss footwear companies and is bringing its solution on the market this year. As there are no similar solutions on the market, with their soft skin wearable, Capskin could disrupt the market in human centered design and not only regarding footwear. Soon, they will launch a paid early adopter program with several companies and laboratories to develop the different applications in the footwear industry (safety, running, ski, football). We believe the team has the capability to reach their newly set targets and will be able to raise a larger seed round towards the end of 2022. And this is why we invested again in Capskin.
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Printing Problems, Oversupply Delay Postage Stamp Issues
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WASHINGTON (AP) _ The Postal Service said Wednesday it will postpone issuing five stamps - a $5 stamp honoring writer Bret Harte and a set of four 22-cent stamps depicting the craft of lacemaking.
The Harte stamp, due for release Aug. 25, was postponed because there are still plenty of the $5 railroad lantern stamp in the inventory, the Postal Service said.
Pushing the printing of the new stamp into next year will have the added effect of saving the postal service some money in a year when budgets are tight. The Postal Service had a loss of $251 million last year after three successive profitable years.
The lacemaking design proved to be a difficult one for the Bureau of Engraving and Printing and was postponed because the printing process still had not been perfected just a month before the May 2 issue date.
The white color of the lace design ended up being difficult to print, because the two most likely processes didn't work.
Simply allowing the white of the paper to show through looked bad if one of the colors got slightly out of position - not unlikely in a high-speed press run.
Overprinting the background color with an engraved printing plate and white ink did not come out because the background color showed through the ink, said stamps branch spokesman Hugh McGonigle.
That postponement is likely to cost the Postal Service money because ceremonies had been planned for the first day of issue. In addition, envelopes sent in by collectors for first-day cancellations will have to be returned.
No new dates have been set for the postponed issues.
In February, the Postal Service dumped plans to release a series of seven ''message'' stamps with designs including ''Get Well,'' ''Happy Birthday'' and ''Congratulations.''
That plan was put on hold until a marketing scheme involving greeting card stores could be arranged.
A 14-cent Christmas post card-rate stamp was deleted from last year's program as a cost savings measure.


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Point-of-sale financing, which enables consumers to pay over time for a purchase, is growing rapidly and fintech companies have gotten a head start compared to banks, which have been sluggish to offer POS options, according to this McKinsey analysis. "[C]ompeting will require players to assess which is the right business model to focus on, which verticals to prioritize, and how to go to market," says the analysis, which breaks down the five types of models that are most common now.
Adaptive clothing, which helps people with sensory, physical and cognitive disabilities such as the need to accommodate a feeding tube, used to be geared toward adults and had limited style appeal, Megan Amrich writes. Amrich notes that major retailers such as Kohl's, J.C. Penney and Target are offering adaptive clothing options for children that offer trendy fashion choices and help kids feel they are fitting in with their peers.
Tight money and pandemic exhaustion may seem to favor conversions as the path to hotel growth, but IHG Hotels & Resorts CEO Keith Barr touts new builds for both upper and middle strata. He acknowledges that conversions remain prominent as large firms such as his persuade struggling smaller chains and independents of their advantages of scale.
It's not enough for businesses to report on metrics related to environmental, social and governance factors; they must aspire to make beneficial long-term decisions, advises Shilpa Tiwari of Her Climb. "ESG is ... considered a business imperative and therefore requires leadership from across the corporation, not one specific department," Tiwari writes.
The Helen Frankenthaler Foundation has awarded $5.1 million in climate grants to 79 arts institutions across the US in a push to help the sector reduce its carbon emissions and become more sustainable. The foundation has expanded its Climate Initiative from $5 million to $10 million and plans to distribute the remaining $4.9 million over the next two years.
Coca-Cola's first campaign involving nonfungible tokens for International Friendship Day involves auctioning off the Coca-Cola Friendship Box containing NFT versions of Coca-Cola collectibles to support the Special Olympics. NFTs are one way to explore the growing artificial reality-enabled "metaverse," which "creates opportunities to connect with others like never before," said Josh Schwarber, Coca-Cola's global digital design senior director.


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Current phones, especially when it comes to flagships, have a lot of RAM and internal memory. Sometimes, however, it happens that the RAM still supports the operation of many applications and its quantity turns out to be insufficient. This is why smartphones have an option to allocate the phone's internal memory that can be used as temporary RAM. Such a function has already appeared in vivo's phones, and the MIUI system code also indicates that the Chinese company Xiaomi is also working on such a function.
Code of MIUI 12.5 system indicates that this feature is already in the testing phase. What's more, there have been reports on the Internet that some people have managed to launch the appropriate menu on the phone, thanks to which it is even possible to run the function while using MIUI 12.5. For Xiaomi's phones, the function allows 1GB to 3GB of memory to be allocated as RAM. Officially, however, Xiaomi has not yet commented on adding this function to the system.


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Parrot CEO Henri Seydoux (below) is amazing in many ways, but here's one you might not have known. He's the father of Lea Seydoux, the Bond girl in Spectre. The film is just so-so, but she's the best part of it, playing (appropriately) the…Continue
It's sad that Sparkfun removed the aerial category from the AVC, but the silver lining is that this year they've added an totally insane new category: autonomous go-karts with humans aboard who can't steer. I love the motto: "Trust your code? Prove it."
Florida-based startup Apellix developed a prototype unmanned aerial system that can potentially paint homes or ships, apply chemicals, or pressure wash windows. It's called the "Worker Bee."
Company founder Robert…
We've been evaluating this on Pixhawk-based platforms, and it's a performing well. Best used with other sensors, such as cameras, but a lot better than just sonar.
This uses an updated version of the LIDAR-Lite sensor on a rotating mount. $245 is an impressive price -- backed!
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Good news for IRIS+ fans. We've released the CAD files as STLs, so you can 3D print any replacement parts you need for free, including improved versions of the legs that are 50% lighter and require less support when printing. …Continue
If you saw Rafaello D'Andrea's amazing TED talk from a few weeks ago, you will have been impressed by how his team solved the problem of controlling VTOL aircraft in the vertical position with just two props (VTOL aircraft are notoriously prone to…Continue
3DR has just released an update to the Solo app on iOS and Android that adds a new GoPro Burst camera mode as well as improved FollowMe functionality (see below). This continues a monthly feature/performance update schedule that is adding a ton of new funtionality. Next month's software update will…Continue
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TEL AVIV, Israel – March, 2016 – ParaZero, a startup that has developed a safety solution for all aerial systems such as UAVs and drones, publicly unveiled its…
One of the great things about this community is that it's very active but still keeps high standards of civility and a good signal-to-noise ratio. This doesn't happen by accident, but is rather due to a great cast of moderators who approve new members (keeping spammers out) and review all…Continue
In case you've missed this, HobbyKing is now selling a RC transmitter designed for APM/Pixhawk, with all the flight modes mapped to knob settings with mode LED indicators. Just $58!
BonaDrone, based in Barcelona and set up by a team of five tech entrepreneurs, offers a different way for UAV enthusiasts to engage with their passion. The aim, according to BonaDrone, is to bring the technology and knowledge behind drones closer to end users, promoting creativity…
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"Redline", from one of my former colleagues at The Economist.
For Americans, the number 76 has special significance, since the US Declaration of Independence was signed in 1776 and every hundred years we go crazy with a "Spirit of 76" celebration. For the British, who were on the other side of that historic division, the date is less celebrated. As a…Continue
As part of today's 3DR Enterprise announcement with Autodesk, we also announced a new camera coming to Solo. This is the UMC-R10C, which is designed to be deeply integrated and fully controllable by the Solo software stack and companion computer. More details coming ahead of the launch in…Continue
The real power of the Solo platform is in the software, and we've been hinting since the start that the consumer applications for Solo were just the start. So I'm delighted to announce the official start of the 3DR Enterprise era with SiteScan, our collaboration with Autodesk to use the 3DR Solo and software stack in combination with Autodesk's cloud to create a…Continue


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This is something big all gamers must be waiting for.
At a desk, it's unlikely you'd be able to view the entirety of this monitor without a lot of head movement.
SpaceX Launches Secret Zuma Mission for US Government, Lands Rocket
After launch, SpaceX returned the tall portion of the Falcon 9 rocket to an upright landing at Cape Canaveral. It wasn't until earlier in January that the company was able to confirm a hard time or date for the launch.
PC gaming monitors offer a range of features that you just can't find in a TV set, which is problematic if you want those options and a larger-sized display.
In terms of HDR compatibility, the new monitor is equipped with full-array backlight LEDs that can output up to 1,000 nits of luminance and manage basic local dimming algorithms. This G-SYNC Variable Refresh Rate technology delivers a highly responsive, smooth, tear-free, immersive gaming experience unmatched by any display of this size.
Golden Globes 2018: Stars Will Take Activists to the Red Carpet
Inviting organizers is a savvy way to pass the microphone to those advocating for marginalized women outside the Hollywood bubble. Out of solidarity with the victims of sexual harassment and assault, many women have said they will be dressing in black.
The Predator BFGD features integrated NVIDIA SHIELD capabilities, so gamers can easily switch between gaming and other forms of entertainment.
With SHIELD, Nvidia has made streaming easy and fast, they keep on making it better with every update. "The 65" 4K 120Hz G-SYNC HDR displays will have around a quarter of the input latency of a traditional 4K TV. The entire experience can be controlled by voice, thanks to support for Google Assistant, which also allows smart home control. The pricing and more details of the device will be revealed later. Especially if they're G-Sync compatible.
NVIDIA did not reveal when we can expect these monitors to hit the market, however, our guess is that they'll be coming somewhere in 2018.
Lalu Prasad Yadav Gets 3.5 Years Jail Term
The CBI special judge had on December 23 acquitted former Bihar chief minister Jagannath Mishra and five others in the case. This case relates to the fraudulent withdrawal of Rs. 84.5 lakh from the Deoghar district treasury between 1990 and 1994.
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European launch will happen in early-2017. The second generation Renault Koleos was unveiled at Auto China 2016 (2016 Beijing Motor Show) and will reportedly go.
Comes with alloy wheels, dual tone color scheme and exterior graphics. A fully accessorized Renault Kwid ‘Sports’ has been spotted at a dealership in Maharashtra,.
Will manufacture the 2.4 and 2.8 GD diesel engines. Toyota Industries Engine India (TIEI) has inaugurated the long-awaited engine production plant at the Jigani Industrial.
Could launch next year. The 2017 Chevrolet Traiblazer (facelift) has been spotted testing in India for the first time, courtesy of Indianhoods. It is heavily.
Rolls Royce’s second convertible in the current lineup Rolls Royce has announced the launch of the Rolls Royce Dawn in India. The 2+2 super luxury convertible is.
Launch expected in July-August 2016. The Tata Hexa has been photographed testing near Katraj, Pune, courtesy of Overdrive reader Amey Purohit. The crossover is expected to.
Will be unveiled on June 28. Ahead of its world premiere in Germany on June 28, images of the 2017 Porsche Panamera Turbo have leaked; thus.
Current X5 hasn’t even received a mid-life facelift yet. The current, third generation BMW X5 was introduced in May 2013 and entered production at the.
Expected to sell over 10,000 units this month. With consistent rise in sales figures per month, Autocar Professional expects the Maruti Baleno to cross the.


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NAIROBI, Kenya, Sept 27 – AoN Kenya has launched of Cyber Enterprise Solutions to enable businesses to protect themselves against cybercriminals, data loss and the potential ramifications of a cyber-incident.
The cyber insurance cover, which also covers products liability to address Internet of Things exposures, offers comprehensive and integrated enterprise-wide coverage against cyber risk.
The policy provides comprehensive cyber risk cover, including cover for property damage arising out of a network security breach, business interruption and extra expense coverage arising out of systems failure.; contingent network business interruption for IT vendors and the supply chain; cyber terrorism coverage; privacy/security liability and event expense coverage; and media liability and technology errors and omissions by endorsement.
It also includes cyber terrorism coverage; privacy and security liability and event expense coverage; and media liability and technology errors and omissions by endorsement.
“Data is an organization’s most valuable asset but it’s also most vulnerable asset. However, as businesses and companies grow, so do their exposure to cyber risk. This simply means that that as the value of a business grows, it raises its profile among hackers,” said Aon Kenya Chief Executive Officer Sammy Muthui.
“Our simplified policy wording and holistic approach to risk management and incident response means clients and brokers can feel confident about what they are getting,” Mr. Muthui said.
He further said that the launch of cyber risk solution by Aon Kenya was a response to the growing cyber criminality threatening both corporates and SMEs alike, adding that hackers were increasingly targeting sectors that are digital-savvy especially with the rise of financial technology and internet banking, “but this is not just limited to financial sectors.”
According to an ICT security survey conducted by Kenya National Bureau of Statistics &Communications Authority of Kenya (CA), Kenya lost about Sh18 billion ($175 million) to cybercrime in 2016.
The survey also showed that up to 48.4 per cent of all government agencies reported data loss due to a virus attack and 5.1% of businesses and 7.1% of State institutions are hacked annually, and that while most businesses were eager to download antivirus software, only 15 percent had systems to detect intruders.


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Hongkong Land, the largest landlord in Central, will look into opportunities to expand to areas stretching from Sheung Wan to Causeway Bay, its chief executive said yesterday.
Hongkong Land, the largest landlord in Central, expects grade A office rents to rise in line with current market rates this year as older leases become due for renewal.
An expansion in Britain's rental sector over the past 15 years has led to a proliferation of companies offering furnishing packages to landlords.
Hongkong Land Holdings posted a 70 per cent increase to US$477 million in its underlying earnings for the first six months of the year. This compared with US$281 million in the first half of last...
Within the exclusive portals of Hong Kong's poshest private club, the future looks rosy.
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Hongkong Land and Esquire's Eight Designers Cover the Covers cocktail reception
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The United States has imposed stricter restrictions on exports to China, which includes civil aircraft components and items related to semiconductors.
The new rules will require licences for U.S. companies to sell certain items to military entities in China, even if those goods are for civilian use.
Media reports confirm the new rules also eliminate a civilian exception that allows certain U.S. technologies to be exported without a licence if they are for a non-military entity.
“It is important to consider the ramifications of doing business with countries that have histories of diverting goods purchased from U.S. companies for military applications,” Department of Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross said in a statement.
“Certain entities in China, Russia, and Venezuela have sought to circumvent America’s export controls, and undermine American interests in general, and so we will remain vigilant to ensure U.S. technology does not get into the wrong hands,” he added.
The administration also proposed a third rule change that would force foreign companies that ship certain U.S. goods to China to seek approval not only from their own governments but from the U.S. as well.
The Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) in the Department of Commerce is responsible for overseeing these export control activities. BIS’s mission is to advance U.S. national security and foreign policy objectives by ensuring an effective export control and treaty compliance system and promoting continued US strategic technology leadership, the statement read.
The actions come as relations between the U.S. and China have deteriorated after the coronavirus outbreak.


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More people are heading to Europe for a holiday, which has become more affordable with the falling euro.
Travel agencies here have seen an increase in demand for travel to the continent, some by as much as 40 per cent.
"We're still seeing strong demand, especially over the Chinese New Year break. Many are repeat visitors to Europe," said Dynasty Travel's director of marketing communications Alicia Seah.
Sales of the agency's tour packages to European countries, such as Spain and Portugal, rose 40 per cent last year compared with 2013, said Ms Seah.
At Chan Brothers Travel, demand has been "consistently strong" since the euro started falling steadily in the third quarter of last year. Bookings to Europe rose 10 per cent last year over 2013.
Meanwhile, CTC Travel is seeing a higher number of inquiries for travel during the summer season in Europe.
On Thursday, the euro sank to its lowest against the Singdollar since March 2013. This was after the European Central Bank announced a massive €1.1 trillion (S$1.7 trillion) bond-buying programme to boost the flagging euro zone economy.
One Singaporean who has taken advantage of the falling euro is Ms Nicole Niam, 21. She went on a one-month backpacking trip in Europe late last year, covering countries such as Germany, Austria and the Czech Republic.
"I had greater spending power," said Ms Niam, who is waiting to start her postgraduate studies.
The better exchange rates allowed her to visit more places. She said: "When I was thinking of buying a train or bus ticket (to another destination), I thought it's OK (to spend) because the ticket is cheaper now."
Yesterday, one Singdollar could buy €0.66, compared with €0.57 a year ago.
Money changers, however, have yet to see a rush for the currency, said the president of the Money Changers Association, Mr Seyadou Zahanguire.
With the situation in Europe still unstable, consumers may be waiting to see if the euro falls further, he said.
"People won't buy (euro) now and keep it to sell later; they're scared that it will go lower," he added.


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Live Bird Stolen From Nittany Mall Pet Store
Update: 5:43 p.m. — Finally some good news.
UPDATE: The bird has been returned to the store.
— State College Police (@StateCollegePD) February 9, 2018
The State College Police Department is investigating the theft of a live bird from Finatics Aquarium & Pet Store at the Nittany Mall.
Someone flew the coop with a Pineapple Green Cheek Conure around noon on Tuesday, February 6, according to a release issued by the police department. BirdBreeders.com lists Green Cheek Conures anywhere from $300 to $700.
The police have identified a suspect in the case based on surveillance tapes from inside the store. The woman is white, has shoulder-length or longer red hair, and “may have experience with bird handling” based on the video evidence. She was wearing a black winter coat with its hood up in the surveillance tapes.


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Pot stocks don't get any cheaper than this.
News & Analysis: Trulieve Cannabis Corp.
Women are set to reshape the cannabis industry as both consumers and corporate leaders.
Voluntary lockup agreements may have saved the day in the first half of the year, but insiders could look to sell in the months that lie ahead.
For real earnings, you need to head south of the border.
Despite Canopy being the largest pot stock in the world, plenty of its peers offer much better value.
Excluding one-time benefits and fair-value adjustments, these are the true marijuana standouts.
Popular pot stocks don't always make for the best investments.
Aurora Cannabis might be Cowen's top pick, but the investment bank has overlooked other profitable pot stocks.
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A new Glassdoor report reveals some intriguing information about the state of jobs in the U.S. cannabis industry.


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Apple, the company that turned digital music into a mainstream phenomenon, said on Wednesday that it was buying Tweets by Dr Drang, for $3 billion, in a move that will help it play catch-up with rivals over applescript solutions.
Tim Cook said:
Could Eddy’s team have built an applescript service? Of course. We could’ve built that blog ourselves, too. You don’t build everything yourself. It’s not one thing that excites us here. It’s the clown. It’s the service.
Many have expressed surprise at the price tag for this acquisition but I think they are missing the key point about how this purchase fills a missing demographic for Apple - Techie nerds, power users and those that like to spend their evening blogging.
"To a certain extent they're buying some brand equity, some positioning in the market with the middle aged, tech generation," said Van Baker, a Gartner research analyst. It's a demographic that has proven to be a tougher sell for Apple than the hip hop generation.
Time will tell, but the lean crew brand may just be what apple needs to break out beyond it's headphone wearing, music streaming, core audience.
At the time of reporting the role of the clown was unclear.


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Qualcomm today announced their second generation Gigabit LTE modem: the Snapdragon X20 LTE modem. It is the first-announced modem to support Category 18 download speeds up to a blistering 1.2 Gbps. The..
Japan Display (JDI) today announced the development of FULL ACTIVE FLEX, which uses a plastic substrate for both sides of the liquid crystal layer, and its introduction into a 5.5-inch Full-HD LCD..
Japan Display today announced the mass production start of an advanced 5-inch class low temperature poly-silicon (LTPS) LCD module with wide quad-HD resolution format (WQHD, 1440×2560 pixels). This LCD module is Japan..
Mitsubishi Electric develops world’s first ultra-wideband GaN Doherty power amplifier for next generation wireless base stations
Mitsubishi Electric and Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboratories announced today their development of an ultra-wideband gallium nitride (GaN) Doherty power amplifier for next generation base stations. The new power amplifier is compatible with..
LG Display announced today the world’s first 5.7-inch QHD+ LCD panel with a 18:9 aspect ratio mobile display. The most notable feature of the new LG mobile display is its “18:9 aspect..
Xperia Ear is a smart product from Sony Mobile – an in-ear personal assistant to help you communicate and get things done via conversational voice interaction and simple head gestures. Xperia Ear..
Fujitsu today announced that it has built a prototype wireless unit incorporating inter-subarray coding technology, which makes it possible to achieve high-speed transmissions, in excess of 10 Gbps, for 5G mobile wireless..
LG unveils V20- World’s first smartphone preloaded with Android 7.0 Nougat OS and 32-bit Hi-Fi Quad DAC unveiled
LG today unveiled the V20, the latest in its V series of smartphones. LG V20 delivers the highest multimedia capabilities available in a mobile device. V20 is the world’s first smartphone to..
DJI today announced the Osmo Mobile, an extension for smartphones that turns them into intelligent, precision camera systems. The Osmo Mobile’s three-axis stabilization technology increases precision down to 0.03 degrees of accuracy…


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A new Kotaku report based on several sources gives an overview of Rockstar's plans to remaster a number of classic titles. The PlayStation 2 GTA games are apparently first on the agenda, but the article also briefly mentions that the developer is prepared to revive Red Dead Redemption.
Ever since the release of Red Dead Redemption 2 — well, even before that — fans have been asking for a Red Dead Redemption remaster. After all, the game first released over a decade ago — way back in 2010 for the PS3, if you can believe it.
And again, the report says that Rockstar plans on doing it — but it could all depend on how well its first wave of remasters sell. In other words, it's supposedly testing the waters with its GTA III, Vice City, and San Andreas remasters before it commits to more remaster projects.
Are you hoping that all of this pans out? Keep an eye out for wanted posters in the comments section below.


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Charging more for pink razors or other items marketed to women that are substantially like those targeted to men would become illegal under a bill the California Assembly unanimously passed Thursday.
A typical California woman pays about $2,381 a year more in a so-called “pink tax” for the same goods and services as a man, author Assemblymember Rebecca Bauer-Kahan (D) said ahead of the floor vote on the bill (A.B. 1287). The figure is based on a 2020 California Senate Judiciary Committee report on a similar bill that didn’t pass.
“This arbitrarily penalizes women up to $47 billion a year” in California, Bauer-Kahan said. “That is the tax that we pay for being a woman. And it is time we get rid of it.”
The bill would give the state attorney general the authority to seek an injunction to end the practice. A court, in addition to granting the injunction, could impose a $250 penalty for a first violation and a $500 penalty for each subsequent violation.
The measure was passed on a vote of 59 to 0 and now heads to the California Senate. “We’ve received bipartisan support on the bill so far, so we feel very hopeful for our chances in the Senate,” Bauer-Kahan’s Chief of Staff Jordan Curley said.
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IT managers could face increasing support costs this year as the tablet and smartphone markets fail to deliver a standard operating system, Deloitte has reported.
In its Technology, Media & Telecommunications (TMT) Predictions 2011, released today, the professional services firm warned of an increasingly diverse enterprise IT environment.
More than half the computing devices sold this year would not be PCs, it predicted, with smartphones representing 46 percent of the total 815 million devices sold.
Fifty million tablet devices were expected to be sold, of which 25 percent would be purchased by enterprises.
And although traditional PCs would still represent 75 percent of the devices in use by the end of 2011, the year may be the "tipping point" to a more heterogeneous environment, Deloitte reported.
Unlike in the PC market, where Microsoft's Windows operating system won dominance, a standard operating system for smartphones and tablets was deemed unlikely to emerge in the near future.
Last September, Gartner reported that Nokia's Symbian operating system would likely be installed on 34.2 percent of mobile devices sold in 2011.
Google's Android, Apple's iOS, Microsoft's Windows and Research in Motion were expected to represent 22.2 percent, 17.1 percent, 5.2 percent and 15 percent of the 2011 market respectively.
By 2014, Gartner predicted that open-source platforms would dominate more than 60 percent of the smartphone market while single-source platforms by Apple, Research In Motion and Microsoft lost market share.
But according to Deloitte, manufacturers were unlikely to abandon the market since the top five mobile operating systems vendors based on market share each had annual revenues in the tens of billions.
Meanwhile, mobile network providers seemed to be blocking the emergence of a dominant operating system by picking and marketing "hero" devices to promote diversity, Deloitte reported.
Optus, Telstra and VHA could not be reached for comment.
Deloitte warned that IT departments would likely face "significantly higher costs to support this new, more diverse technology environment".
"Administering a traditional PC computing ecosystem centred on a single OS can cost thousands of dollars per employee per year," it reported.
"Supporting five times as many operating systems is unlikely to require fewer people and less money. Yet telling employees to go back to the days when they had to standardise on one OS or device seems impossible: that particular genie left the bottle long ago."


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Rise of the Ronin launches exclusively on PS5 this Friday from Nioh developer Team Ninja. However, the studio’s parent company, Koei Tecmo, says it hopes to sell 5 million copies of the game. With the review embargo dropping this week Thursday, it remains to be seen if the anticipated upcoming action-RPG will reach a much wider audience than Team Ninja’s previous efforts.
As spotted by PlayStation LifeStyle, Koei Tecmo revealed its short and long-term strategies in a recent post, listing a “5 million package game (new IP)” under the heading “priority goals.” While Rise of the Ronin isn’t explicitly mentioned, we can’t think of any other upcoming ‘new IP’ that fits the bill.
Even with the backing and extensive marketing of Sony Interactive Entertainment, 5 million copies is quite an ambitious number to aim for by Koei Tecmo’s standards. The publisher’s last game, Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty, sold around 1 million copies as of April 2023, though it’s possible that the number went up since then. We also have to take into account that Wo Long launched day one on Xbox Game Pass, which means it was accessible through Microsoft’s subscription service at a lower cost as opposed to being purchased for full price.
Rise of the Ronin does have a lot going for it that could potentially make it far more enticing to casual audiences than Team Ninja’s previous Soulslike efforts, though. For instance, it’s the first Soulslike title from the developer to feature difficulty options, meaning newcomers to the genre can lower the difficulty settings, providing an easy point of entry. It’s also an expansive open-world Japan-based game in the vein of Ghost of Tsushima – something that could broaden its reach as well.
If you’re still on the fence about picking up Rise of the Ronin when it launches this Friday, make sure you read our preview.
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By Noel Randewich
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Chipmaker Broadcom <BRCM.O> posted first-quarter profit and revenue above expectations and its revenue forecast also topped estimates, despite investors' worries about slower growth at key customer Apple <AAPL.O>.
Broadcom, whose chips are used in products ranging from television set-top boxes to Apple's iPhone, posted first-quarter revenue of $2.01 billion, up 9.7 from the year-ago period.
It said revenue in the second quarter would be $2.10 billion, plus or minus 4 percent.
Analysts, on average, had expected first-quarter revenue of $1.913 billion and second-quarter revenue of $2.050 billion, according to Thomson Reuters I/B/E/S.
Broadcom reported a net profit of $191 million, or 33 cents per share, compared with a net profit of $88 million, or 15 cents per share, in the year-ago quarter. Adjusted earnings per share were 65 cents, beating the 56 cents expected by analysts.
Shares of Broadcom rose 2.33 percent in extended trade after closing up 1.17 percent at $32.98.
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The reviews are beginning to trickle in for Microsoft's
The cult of Steve Jobs will surely laugh at such a proclamation, but the new Microsoft Window 7 phone to many is a fairly matched competitor to Apple's iPhone and Google's
The new phones will be available in the United States market in November for customers with AT&T
Microsoft tries again
It was only May when Microsoft released its latest smartphone dud to the world. The Microsoft Kin was pulled from the market after about two months in the face of absolutely terrible sales, as should be the case for a poorly thought out and designed product.
The company has struggled to find a niche in a hypercompetitive smartphone environment. Their platform never could compete with the lineup of capabilities offered in Apple's
According to researcher Gartner, Microsoft's current mobile operating system only accounted for 5% of the worldwide market in the most recently reported quarter. Symbian, mainly used with Nokia products, has the largest market share with 41% of the market, followed by Research In Motion's
Promise in cloud computing
One aspect of the smartphone business where Microsoft might be able to make an inroads is through cloud computing. While Apple's and Google's software certainly have applications that allow for data to be stored on Internet-based servers, there is no clear leader in the space as of yet.
Microsoft seems to have made this a point of focus for the company's new operating system allowing users to store data to said cloud servers and stream music from the Microsoft Zune Pass service. The operating system also allows direct integration with Xbox Live. This is significant because it will allow users to connect and play games with millions of gamers through a connected, established service. If the gaming sector continues to grow, this will be an important differentiation for the Microsoft platform.
In addition, Microsoft still has an opportunity to take advantage of its immensely popular Word, Excel, and PowerPoint software. The new phones are designed for seamless integration with these products, which are not as easily accessible on competitors' platforms. Microsoft should also be looking for ways to incorporate a service similar to Google Docs to further improve the functionality of cloud-based software.
The Foolish bottom line
Microsoft clearly has a long row to hoe in regaining market share in the smartphone space, but it appears the company is finally serious about moving forward in this effort. While Microsoft has lacked in recent years in terms of innovation and exciting growth, the company's superior balance sheet and cash-cow franchises have given it another shot to win share in this important market. The jury is still out for sure, but don't count this 800-pound gorilla out just yet.
Would you give any of Microsoft's new devices a shot? Let us know in the comment box below.
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MOL adds second 6,350-TEU ship to Pacific Southwest Express loop
Japan’s Mitsui O.S.K. Line has introduced a second “P-Class” vessel, the 6,350-TEU “MOL Prestige,” to its weekly transpacific Pacific Southwest Express (PSX) service, operated under the New World Alliance banner with APL and Hyundai Merchant Marine.
The new ship, which has a service speed of 26 knots, joins sister ship, the “MOL Partner,” on the PSX which has a port rotation of Hong Kong, Chiwan, Yantian, Oakland, Los Angeles and back to Hong Kong.
MOL said container volume at its Oakland TraPac Terminal increased 25 percent after the start of the PSX loop in June last year and, since the introduction of the “P-Class” vessels, volume has risen another 20 percent.


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When Sugarfish came ashore in New York in 2016, it was one of the year’s most anticipated and hyped openings. The chainlet achieved a cultish popularity in Los Angeles, courtesy of its affordably priced omakase ($42 in L.A., $51 in New York) and pedigreed co-founder Kazunori Nozawa. Since arriving in New York, the Flatiron outpost has been a big hit with customers (if less so with critics), and now Team Sugarfish is ready to expand on the East Coast, to Soho and beyond.
New York’s second Sugarfish will be located at 202 Spring Street, in a 1,800-square-foot space near Sixth Avenue. A real-estate broker had released a statement saying the location was 3,200 square feet, almost double the size of other locations, but co-founder and CEO Jerry Greenberg disputes this, saying the figure includes a basement that they won’t use.
If all goes according to plan, that restaurant will open during the first quarter of 2019 and be one of two or three New York openings during the year. The second new restaurant will be another location of KazuNori, their temayaki shop, which also made its East Coast debut last year. Greenberg declined to say where, exactly, this would be, citing lease negotiations, only that it won’t be in Soho or the Flatiron. There’s also the possibility of a third New York Sugarfish opening in 2019, somewhere in the midtown orbit.
If that sounds like a lot more Sugarfish, the demand seems to be there. While the chainlet has been met with more mixed reviews in New York — New York’s Adam Platt gave it one star and the New York Times’ Pete Wells dropped a goose egg — the sushi-eating masses nevertheless flock to the restaurant. When asked if the company wants a footprint in New York that’s comparable to L.A., where it has nine locations, Greenberg responded, “You know, the answer is not yes … going back to before we opened here, I don’t believe we will be able to.”
That said, the company does think it’ll expand outside of Manhattan — but only into Brooklyn, which is in the cards further down the line. And, bad news for other East Coast cities: There are currently no plans to expand to, say, Washington, D.C., or Philadelphia. “We’re not interested in other cities,” Greenberg explains. “It’s not to say we would never do anything else, but it is clearly a decision we’ve made for now, anyway, that we aren’t looking to expand beyond these cities.”


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Today’s mothers are using social media and online advertisement to spread information, provide tips and advice, and pad their bank accounts – without ever having to change out of their pajamas! Oh, wait…nevermind. These ladies probably make enough cash and have enough clout from their lucrative (and self-made) gigs to afford the latest Louboutin creations by the truckload.
Take for example Beth Blecherman, founder of Techmamas.com and one of several powerful moms profiled recently by Working Mother. A mom of three sons, Blecherman was rocking her way into executive management at audit giant Deloitte when she made the 180-degree career change to found Techmamas back in 2007. It was a risk that paid off: Almost 18,000 people now follow Blecherman on Twitter, and she was on Time Magazine’s list of “140 Twitter Feeds to Follow” in 2010. And to leave a cushy corporate gig to pioneer an all-new career when you have three kids? That is ballsy.
Speaking of pioneers, take a look at Ree Drummond, aka The Pioneer Woman. Drummond shot to relative fame in 2006 when she started a blog about her unique life on a ranch with her husband (affectionately nicknamed “The Marlboro Man”) and their four kids. The former Los Angeles social butterfly quickly acclimated to the simple, rustic lifestyle of living on a remote Oklahoma ranch with no grocery store within a half-hour. She started blogging about her adventures on the ranch, and in less than half a humble decade, Drummond has amassed nearly 300,000 Twitter followers. Her website gets nearly 23.5 million page views per month. Adding to the visual appeal of Drummond’s rapidly expanding empire is a branding “look” that is uniquely tongue-in-cheek and 50s-housewife-inspired. There’s also a few New York Times best sellers, a Food Network daytime TV show, etc. And with the advent of even more visual platforms like Pinterest, Drummond’s star is probably still mid-ascent. And in the interest of journalistic transparency: some fans of Drummond are so in love with the rustic-meets-modern aesthetic she espouses that they are even planning to pretty much copy her entire kitchen renovation in their next home. Fans like – ahem – me.
So how are social media moms putting themselves at the top of the list of influential bloggers, Tweeters, and style makers? In two words: camaraderie and relevance.
“I just want to let other parents out there know that they aren’t alone. I want to remind moms that we all experience the daily struggles, chaos, and joys of childrearing,” says mother of six and founder of BecauseISaidSo.com Dawn Meehan. And though we can’t all be tech giants or blogging stars, these powerful women and moms show us that sometimes inspiration is found in the place you last expect, as Drummond indicated in a 2011 interview with The New Yorker.
“It’s definitely a thriving business. If I were a single person living in a city, I could support myself, but I probably wouldn’t have a blog, because I would have nothing to blog about.”


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When the The Record Exchange in Downtown Boise hosted its first Record Store Day a decade ago, there were fewer than 20 exclusive releases. This year, that number has swelled to 350 limited-edition albums, CDs, cassettes, you name it — from acts ranging from David Bowie and Prince to The Lumineers and Dave Matthews Band. What started as a modest national marketing event for indie record stores has metamorphosed into a global music-geek holiday. Record Store Day is Saturday, April 22, but the RX will make a weekend out of it.
Drink free Payette Brewing beer (if you’re 21 or older) at a party from 5 to 7 p.m. to listen to Record Store Day exclusives. There will be raffle prizes, including drawings for the first five places in line outside the store Saturday. (The RX opens at 8 a.m., but people lined up at 5 a.m. last year.) Get 20 percent off used music and video from 5 to 9 p.m. Boise band Sun Blood Stories will perform at 7:30 p.m. to celebrate the release of a new album, “It Runs Around the Room With Us.”
In the words of Kenny Loggins and Michael McDonald (what, no exclusives, gents?), this is it. The first 25 people in line for Record Store Day get a free gift bag with purchase. Free drip coffee and Guru Donuts will be available in the gift shop from 7:30 to 8 a.m. Free Idaho Kombucha samples will be poured in the afternoon. The 20 percent sale is valid from 8 a.m. to 9 p.m. Local musicians will perform outside the store from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. (Troy Wright, 10 a.m.; Phantahex, 11 a.m.; Lisa Simpson, noon; Central City Music Company, 1 p.m.; Robert Gould, 2 p.m.; Sleepy Seahorse, 3 p.m.; a.k.a. Belle, 4 p.m.; Afrosonics, 5 p.m.). Go Listen Boise will hold a bake sale, too.


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According to a team of Senators, CBD FDA Laws must be put into place expediently to regulate the manufacturing and sale of CBD products. FDA seeks comments on cannabis regarding: potential for abuse, known actual abuse, medical uses to inform international drug scheduling determinations. The FDA CBD regulations can be confusing as they are not clear, and continue to be updated. Here is the latest version of what we know about the FDA and CBD With industry waiting on the FDA to issue regulations for CBD products, the agency instead released a statement explaining why it has not yet done so — including fears that the trendy cannabinoid may cause liver damage. FDA issuing warnings to 15 different companies and a couple of huge brands that are also under a microscope. What does all this mean? The FDA is gearing up to go head to head with the #CBD industry, and it will be interesting to see which way the dust settles in this battle.
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Questions and answers about FDA regulation of cannabis and cannabis-derived products In July 2019 Project CBD submitted comments to the FDA regarding the regulation of CBD and cannabis. This report represents a comprehensive response to the FDA’s inquiry and includes a regulatory framework for cannabis and other traditional…
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大麻由来の治療薬がFDAに承認されるのは初めて。 が製造する治療薬で、大麻に含まれる80以上ある活性化合物の一つ「カンナビジオール（CBD）」を成分としている。 Statement from FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb, M.D., on signing of the Agriculture Improvement Act and the agency’s regulation of products containing cannabis and cannabis-derived compounds The FDA continues to move slowly in approving CBD as food additive or dietary supplement ingredient, much to the disappointment of CBD product manufacturers. Cannabis companies pointed to delayed FDA CBD regulation as they reported stagnant or falling profits last quarter, despite nationwide distribution deals. Yield responses to various agronomic treatments. Contact Jasmine Harwell Download Adobe. Cbd fda approved. Veteran Owned, Celebrity Endorsed CBD Company located in Denver ColoradoFDA Tackles CBD | Truth In Advertisinghttps://truthinadvertising.org/fda-tackles-cbdFDA to consider legal pathways for cannabis-derived compound.
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Have you heard the recent news? The FDA has approved CBD! Well kind off Unfortunately, the FDA approved only the pharmaceutical version of CBD. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration updated its stance on CBD late Monday, saying that the cannabis derivative may have the potential to harm people. Public health officials in Maine, New York City, and Ohio have banned sales of foods containing CBD, also known as cannabidiol, citing US Food and Drug Administration guidelines. As the dominoes fall, the FDA has issued a few vague words…


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The Ukrainain Internet store Topmall.ua has raised half a million US dollars and spent a part of the funding to relaunch Polish e-commerce site Merlin.pl, which shut down in late 2015.
The round of financing, which took place in February, has just been revealed by Ukrainian tech blog AIN.UA. Neither the terms of the deal nor even the identity of the investors have been disclosed.
Topmall launched in 2013, backed by Ukrainian fund TA Ventures, with the stated goal of becoming the leading Ukrainian fashion e-commerce company.
In October 2014, Topmall agreed a media-for-equity transaction with broadcasting group company StarLightMedia. As reported by Ukraine Digital News, StarLightMedia committed itself to provide Topmall.ua with concessional TV advertising on its sites valued at $3.2 million. In exchange, the media-holding firm was to receive equity in the startup.
Amid the crisis that hit the Ukrainian e-commerce market, Topmall underwent significant changes in 2015, moving its operations to Poland — but still serving Ukrainian online consumers from there.
The Topmall team regards the relaunch of Merlin.pl as an opportunity to play a significant role on the Polish e-commerce market, notes AIN.UA.


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ELON Musk has announced that Tesla's highly-anticipated Cybertruck will be waterproof enough to perform double duty as a boat - at least for short bursts.
The Tesla CEO specified that the Cybertrick could cross relatively calm bodies of water, including rivers, lakes, and seas.
Musk’s Cybertruck announcement from his personal Twitter account read: “Cybertruck will be waterproof enough to serve briefly as a boat, so it can cross rivers, lakes & even seas that aren’t too choppy.”
Musk replied to his Cybertruck tweet: “Needs [Cybertruck] be able to get from Starbase to South Padre Island, which requires crossing the channel.”
South Padre Island is a 53-minute drive from Starbase.
Musk’s reply shows Tesla is working on reducing this 53-minute journey’s travel time by crossing the channel that separates the two locations rather than driving along the route’s highways.
One Twitter user replied to Musk’s tweet: “Tesla Model 3 itself could handle such a flooded region like a boss.
“Can’t imagine what CyberTruck is even capable of. CyberTruck takes this [floating] to next level.”
The Model 3 is a Tesla sedan that’s the electric manufacturer’s least-expensive vehicle.
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Tesla first announced that their Cybertruck would reach the US by 2021, but it was eventually delayed until 2022.
During Tesla’s Q4 2021 earnings call, Musk verified that they will not begin Cybertruck production until the end of 2022 to focus on existing models.
Musk has been driving his Cybertruck prototype despite the model not reaching manufacturing lines yet.
A Cybertruck prototype swung by a Tesla California launch event in May.
The public first noticed this Cybertruck’s windshield wipers were smaller than the previous prototype.
Musk had previously stated that the Cybertruck’s original windshield wipers wouldn’t make it to production, Electrek reports.
Interior photographs of the new Cybertruck prototype during its California appearance displayed an incomplete cabin missing its steering wheel airbag and front-facing camera enclosure.


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Newsweek Magazine – October 9, 2000
The Focus Shifts to Ford
The automaker is working to rebuild drivers’ confidence in the Explorer
Author: Keith Naughton and Mark Hosenball
Edition: U.S. EDITION
Section: National Affairs
At first, the death of 14-year- old cheerleader Jessica LeAnn Taylor seemed simply to be a tragic tire failure. While heading for a football game in Mexia, Texas, on a hot October afternoon in 1998, the Ford Explorer in which Taylor was riding flipped after its left rear Firestone tire shredded at 70 miles an hour. Jessica’s grieving parents sued Bridgestone/ Firestone in March 1999. But over the last two months, as congressional investigators probed the recall of 6.5 million Firestone tires, the Taylors became convinced that Ford Motor Co. shares the blame for their daughter’s death. So late last month the Taylors sued Ford, too. And when the case goes to trial next spring, the Taylors’ lawyer Randy Roberts says he will tell the jury: “A piece of tire tread never killed anybody. People die when the vehicle rolls over. And the responsibility for the design and occupant protection of that vehicle belongs to Ford.”
Since the safety crisis began, Ford executives have argued the recall was strictly a “tire issue.” But as the death toll mounts to 101 lives, questions about the stability of the Explorer are shifting the focus onto Ford. The carmaker is facing 80 lawsuits involving Explorers equipped with Firestones that shred at high speeds. Meanwhile, Firestone is consistently trying to blame Ford. “We could remove every one of our tires from the Explorer, and rollovers and serious accidents will continue,” Firestone executive John Lampe told a congressional panel.
Ford insists there is no safety problem with the Explorer, America’s favorite SUV and the company’s biggest moneymaker. Ford executives point out that Explorers outfitted with Goodyear tires have virtually no problems. And Ford cites federal accident data that show Explorers flip less often and have 19 percent fewer fatal rollovers than similar SUVs. On Friday, federal regulators opened another probe into Firestone, following two deaths involving its Steeltex tires. All the intercompany brawling provides fodder for the plaintiffs’ lawyers.
Several tire lawsuits have already been settled by the companies, but the payouts have been kept secret. NEWSWEEK obtained confidential settlement agreements that show Ford resolved several tire-related lawsuits, some for modest sums, before the recall began Aug. 9 and publicity escalated. In a Tennessee case involving the death of a woman in an Explorer that rolled over after tread peeled off a Firestone tire, Ford agreed in March to pay the woman’s family $25,000. In May 1998, Ford paid $101,000 to the family of an Oklahoma man killed, along with his 6-year-old grandson, after their Explorer flipped when a Firestone tire shredded. No records were available on how Firestone resolved those suits, but a lawyer for the Oklahoma family said Firestone settled for a much larger amount. In another case, in which a 51-year-old man died when his Explorer rolled over on a Texas highway, Ford set- tled with the man’s family in November 1997 for $175,000, while Firestone agreed to pay them $2.3 million. Firestone declined to comment. A Ford spokeswoman said: “Settlement amounts vary widely even in cases that might appear to be similar, based on many factors that distinguish each case.”
Congressional investigators are now scrutinizing the Explorer’s design, but they aren’t the first ones to take a hard look at the SUV. Internal Ford documents obtained by NEWSWEEK show the automaker raised questions of its own about the Explorer’s stability. As Explorer owners in Venezuela began complaining of ride and tire problems, Ford official Carlos Maron sent an e-mail to headquarters in Dearborn, Mich., on April 8, 1999, discussing plans to equip the SUV with Australian shock absorbers that “significantly improve stability at high speeds.” Throughout the summer of 1999 Maron continued to warn his bosses. “Accidents continue occurring, the rumor is on the street already and the media could get aware any time,” Maron wrote to headquarters in an Aug. 11, 1999, memo obtained by NEWSWEEK. “Why only Explorers suffer accidents?” A Ford spokesman said the memos don’t question the Explorer’s stability, but instead address the rutted roads and high-speed driving of Venezuelans. After Firestone refused to recall its tires in Venezuela, Ford began replacing them in May. Explorer sales still fell 40 percent there.
So far, Explorer sales in the United States have held up, but Ford is already improving the SUV’s stability. The redesigned 2002 Explorer coming next year is lower, wider, equipped with computerized stability control and air-bag “curtains” to cushion occupants in a rollover. But for now, says Ford spokesman Jon Harmon: “People are hearing an awful lot of negative things about the Explorer, and yes, we’re concerned about that.” There will be more nervous days in Dearborn as Firestone tries to redirect blame.
Next year’s model: To improve stability, the redesigned 2002 Explorer will be lower and wider
Damage control: Ford cites data that show its popular SUV is still safer than its rivals
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Machine learning is the fastest growing area of computer science, but it’s typically the domain of specialists. IBM aims to open it up to domain experts at its Enterprise customers to model their own data.
The post IBM is bringing machine learning to a mainframe near you appeared first on ExtremeTech.
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AllSaints launches new campaign inspired by American road trips
British contemporary brand AllSaints has launched its latest campaign, a creative project shot by creative director Wil Beedle using a Super 8 camera in southern Florida.
Titled ‘Road Trip’, the campaign continues the brand’s overarching theme of escapism which has infused its latest seasonal campaigns, and showcases the new Spring women’s and menswear collections.
"Rather than shooting the collection piece-by-piece in the confines of a city studio, we hired a truck and went out onto the road for a few days, capturing the collection in the setting and spirit in which it was initially conceived,” explained AllSaints creative director Wil Beedle.
“The video footage and still images we shot are the documentation of the moment and the mood, and evoke the feeling of a scrapbook. Spontaneity, restlessness, endless possibilities – if only for a weekend," added the creative director.
The creative project features essential items from the Spring collection including the Lemon Balfern Biker, Amy Skies Bomber, Base Bomber, Deirdre Ruffle Shirt and Ione Strip Tee.
AllSaints is a premium British fashion house known for its biker jackets. The label was founded in London in 1994 and has grown to become an international business with more than 230 stores, concessions and outlets across 27 countries including the UK, France, USA, Canada and Russia.
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- PayPal launches campaigns to reward freelancers in India
PayPal in India has launched two new campaigns - Shopping Buddy and Go Global. The new campaigns Paypal says will encourage Indian consumers and freelancers to buy and sell across the border. Both campaigns will work on the concept of referrals.


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“According to a spreadsheet compiled by Cupertino building official Albert Salvador, Apple received temporary occupancy permits on December 30 for five of the 12 sections of the massive circular structure,” O’Brien writes. “The company had actually received a previous temporary occupancy permit back in July for one section of the headquarters that contains the restaurant and atrium.”
“It appears Apple is on track to receive temporary occupancy permits for all the other sections between the end of January and March, at the latest, according to the spreadsheet dated January 17,” O’Brien writes. “Last February, when Apple announced that the name of the new campus would be Apple Park, the company also said the new headquarters would be “open to employees” in April 2017. That proved to be overly optimistic.”
Read more in the full article here.
MacDailyNews Take: It’ll be a great day for Apple and Apple product users when everyone is moved into Apple Park and settled!


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If you think you aren’t a part of the Metaverse, think again, for Zuckerberg’s vision isn’t the only one out there. Humans have always provided a facsimile for the reality that they go through in their daily lives- for which you don’t a virtual reality headset. If TV, books, radio, or newspapers have ever provided you with access to multiple events that you didn’t attend physically, you have already experienced the reality that Zuckerberg dreams of.
Metaverse Games Could Bring A Different Reality To Its Users
It is definitely not a coincidence that games usually dominate what people think about the Metaverse, or more widely, Web3. Our ingrained love for playing, our understanding that fulfilling games rely heavily on structures and rules, and our willingness to ascribe value to events as they unfold in them are integral to most cultures- from chess or soccer to Roblox.
The Web3 has also turned into quite an important part of the economy. As it stands, the global sports market has already reached around $400 billion over the last couple of years- even with pandemic lockdowns and the like.
Therefore, it goes without saying that games would definitely lead the journey into a more diverse, immersive, and interconnected metaverse. It is also pretty plausible that games will continue in the delivery of major financial value to companies, consumers, and countries in their meta-realities. The recent bid of Microsoft to purchase the video gaming company Activision Blizzard in an all-cash deal certainly highlights this point.
Although it isn’t exactly clear how online game franchises will be integrating into a Web3 metaverse is yet to be seen but blockchain-based games that have increased to prominence so far such as Decentraland, Axie Infinity, and Alien Worlds.


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The Environmental Protection Agency is reporting that U.S. automakers are "off to a good start" in meeting the Obama administration's greenhouse gas standards for cars and light trucks.
The EPA report, released Friday, found that nearly every manufacturer was in compliance during the 2012 model year, the first in the 14-year program.
"That means that automakers sold vehicles that were even cleaner than standards required," Perciasepe said. The report is the first official look into how auto companies are doing.
To meet the standards, manufacturers reduced tailpipe carbon dioxide emissions, and cut greenhouse gases through improvements in air conditioning systems, among other measures.
Toyota, Honda, Ford, General Motors and other smaller automakers produce fleets of cars and light trucks that were in line with the EPA standards in 2012, the report states, using the credits afforded by the agency for certain reduction measures.
Jaguar Land Rover was the only automaker to fall short of enough EPA-issued greenhouse gas credits, which measure the manufacturers tailpipe emissions, to cover its obligations through the 2012 model year.
"The key point that we've seen in the first year is that [automakers] are overcomplying, and we are getting more greenhouse gas reductions than we anticipated," said Perciasepe.
Since the start of the program, the EPA is seeing an "uptake" in new technology used by automakers in the marketplace.
The report also found that fuel economy in vehicles improved in 2012 by 1.2 miles per gallon, compared to 2011 levels. That's the second biggest improvement in the last 30 years.
Vehicle tailpipes emissions from burning gasoline are one of the highest sources of greenhouse gas emissions next to electric power plants. In 2011, vehicle tailpipe emissions produced 1.9 billion tons of greenhouse gases.
The administration's standards are expected to cut 6 billion metric tons of greenhouse gases over the lifetime of vehicles sold from model years 2012-2025.


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Monday, May 16, 2016
HID Global Wins George Mason University
Austin-based secure identity products and identity card provider HID Global has won a deal at George Mason University, to provide ID cards to that school's students, the company reported today. Financial impact of the deal were not announced. HID Global said that George Mason has upgraded its ID cards, migrating its students from a legacy magnetic stripe system to a new, contactless ID card system that works across the university's campus. The new card works on everything from paying for food at the cafeteria, to opening up doors on campus residence halls. HID Global said that so far, it has deployed 3,500 card readers across campus, and issued more than 12,000 new ID cards to incoming freshman; the migration is expected to be complete by 2017.


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The government of India is thinking of imposing an embargo on what it calls ‘private cryptocurrencies’ in the country.
On Tuesday, at the 19th meeting of the Financial Stability and Development Council (FSDC), the finance minister Mr. Arun Jaitley addressed ‘the issues and challenges’ of crypto assets and digital currency, among other things, as per the press release published by the government’s Press Information Bureau.
In a discussion, the council was summarized on the ‘deliberations’ by a high-level committee chaired by the secretary of economic affairs to come up with an “appropriate legal framework to halt the use of private digital currencies in India.”
While the status of any framework for the prohibition is right now unclear, if it comes into force it would possibly rule out the general use of digital currencies by the nation’s citizens for exchange and trading. Although, the wording would seem to leave India before the launch of a central bank digital currency (CBDC), as has earlier suggested.
In August, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), indicated it was researching a possible introduction of a rupee backed CBDC to cut its annual bill of nearly $90 million for minting physical cash.
In spite of the negative inclination on private digital currencies forms of money at the advisory group meeting, it further saw discussion of a plan to ‘promote’ the use of distributed ledger technology (DLT).
The National Institution for Transforming India, widely know as NITI Aayog, has stated it was looking to develop a proof-of-concept to explore blockchain in key sectors including education, health, and agriculture.
The meeting happened at the time when the digital marketing industry is already in crisis following an April order by the RBI that restricted domestic banks from giving services to crypto firms like crypto exchanges.
As the exchanges have been looking for ways to keep their businesses from failing, including launching crypto-to-crypto trading. Although, Zebpay, once the biggest digital currency exchange by trading volume in the nation, shut down its trading services a month ago. Besides, last week, a crypto ATM run by Unocoin exchange was seized by police and its co-founder arrested.
Petitions from many exchanges to overturn the RBI ban are currently heard at the Supreme Court of India, which on 26th Oct. asked the government to give its opinion on digital currencies within two weeks.


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Turkish FLO, Reebok ink cooperation deal
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Turkey's online shoe store FLO and an American fitness footwear and clothing manufacturer Reebok have signed a cooperation deal, Yeni Shafak daily has reported.
In line with the agreement signed with Reebok, FLO has obtained a long-term license right of the brand in Turkey and surrounding regions. Thanks to this important partnership, FLO will prepare and produce a shoe collection for the brand.
The company will design, produce and distribute the global sports brand Reebok's products in 12 countries under the new contract.
FLO Retailing CEO Burak Ovunc described the deal as a great success not only for the company but also for the whole country.
“With our latest license agreement, we have obtained Reebok's license right in Turkey and 12 countries. We are proud to sign this agreement not only on behalf of our company but also on behalf of our country. It is not easy to get the design and production rights of a brand like Reebok, but we succeeded in this,” Ovunc stressed.
Ovunc said that Turkey's importance has increased due to the global supply crisis and production problems in China following the coronavirus pandemic.
Underlining the concrete steps, which are being taken toward Turkey's goal of becoming a regional production base, Ovunc added that similar investments will be made in the future as well.
He stated that their experience in shoe production has increased and they have improved their production capabilities with new technologies.
“By adding Lotto alongside Kinetix and Lumberjack, we gained strength in the sports category. In the medium term, I foresee that the ratio of sports textiles in our turnover may increase up to 30 percent. As FLO, we are an important player not only in shoe production but also in sports textiles. We will also continue to expand our existing license agreements.”
Ovunc added that they will now create a collection for Reebok and produce it for this purpose.
The collection will be available for sale in FLO stores in Turkey and in different countries. While the said global partnership was evaluated as an important step for Turkey, it was stated that similar collaborations would continue.
The CEO pointed out that in 2022 the company aims to open 50 more stores for the In Street brands, which launched 19 stores in 2021.


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Legacy brand signs another refranchising deal with largest operator, WAC Enterprises
ATLANTA, GA, April 24, 2023 /24-7PressRelease/ — Krystal Restaurants LLC, the original quick-service restaurant chain in the South, continues to pick up the pace for their franchise growth and recently signed a deal to transfer four stores to their largest operator. Krystal is refranchising four restaurants to WAC Enterprises, a subsidiary of The Hale Group. The four restaurants are located throughout the southeastern United States.
In March 2023, Krystal completed a transfer of 10 locations to WAC Enterprises in the Tennessee and Georgia markets. This deal marked the launch of Krystal’s major refranchising efforts and the brand’s continued commitment to growth through existing and new franchise partners.
“WAC Enterprises has been an integral partner for more than 30 years and their recent acquisitions speak to their continued confidence in our brand,” said Casey Terrell, Chief Marketing Officer for Krystal Restaurants LLC. “We are honored to have their decades-long support and are thrilled to grow and evolve with them. They are a testament to how our legacy brand has been able to remain a leading franchisor especially with multi-unit owners.”
WAC Enterprises is headquartered in Chattanooga, TN. They are one of the longest standing franchise partners for Krystal. Their portfolio includes 72 restaurants. They have locations in key markets including Georgia and Tennessee.
For multi-unit operators interested in expanding their franchising portfolio, visit https://krystalfranchising.com. Prospects may also meet with Krystal at this year’s Multi-Unit Franchising Conference in Las Vegas. Senior Director of Franchise Melissa Hodge will be at the company’s booth April 24-25, 2023 to share more details on franchising opportunities.
Headquartered in Atlanta, GA, Krystal Restaurants LLC is the original quick-service restaurant chain in the South. Krystal hamburgers have been served fresh and hot off the grill on the iconic square bun since 1932. The company proudly sticks to the classics, but over the years, they’ve never been afraid to innovate.
Krystal has grown to be in 10 states with nearly 300 restaurants and continues to deliver a one-of-a-kind taste experience through their unique menu items that are offered at a great price. The company’s Atlanta-based Restaurant Support Center serves a team of more than 3,500 employees. In 2019, the company was selected to USA Today’s Top-10 Best Regional Fast Food List.
For the original version of this press release, please visit 24-7PressRelease.com here