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After hours: 4:15PM EDT
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|Bid||15.23 x 800|
|Ask||15.25 x 900|
|Day's Range||14.93 - 15.79|
|52 Week Range||10.00 - 30.13|
|Beta (5Y Monthly)||1.13|
|PE Ratio (TTM)||N/A|
|Earnings Date||Jul 28, 2020 - Aug 01, 2020|
|Forward Dividend & Yield||N/A (N/A)|
|1y Target Est||21.41|
MakeMyTrip Group warned Friday that it might not see profits for years. But the online travel reseller based in Gurugram, India, also argued that it's the best-capitalized of the country's homegrown travel companies to come out of the crisis stronger. Executives predicted during a call with analysts that it will outperform smaller rivals, which will […]
In this article we will check out the progression of hedge fund sentiment towards MakeMyTrip Limited (NASDAQ:MMYT) and determine whether it is a good investment right now. We at Insider Monkey like to examine what billionaires and hedge funds think of a company before spending days of research on it. Given their 2 and 20 […]
New York, June 23, 2020 -- New Delhi and New York, June 23, 2020 MakeMyTrip Limited (Nasdaq:MMYT) plans to report its fiscal 2020 fourth quarter and full year results before.
Looking into the current session, MakeMyTrip Inc. (NASDAQ: MMYT) shares are trading at $17.81, after a 3.73% increase. Moreover, over the past month, the stock increased by 20.75%, but in the past year, decreased by 31.63%. Shareholders might be interested in knowing whether the stock is undervalued, even if the company is performing up to par in the current session.The stock is currently above from its 52 week low by 78.10%. Assuming that all other factors are held constant, this could present itself as an opportunity for investors trying to diversify their portfolio with Travel Services stocks, and capitalize on the lower share price observed over the year.The P/E ratio measures the current share price to the company's earnings per share. It is used by long-term investors to analyze the company's current performance against its past earnings, historical data and aggregate market data for the industry or the indices, such as S&P 500. A higher P/E indicates that investors expect the company to perform better in the future, and the stock is probably overvalued, but not necessarily. It also shows that investors are willing to pay a higher share price currently, because they expect the company to perform better in the upcoming quarters. This leads investors to also remain optimistic about rising dividends in the future.Most often, an industry will prevail in a particular phase of a business cycle, than other industries.Compared to the aggregate P/E ratio of the 11.47 in the Travel Services industry, MakeMyTrip Inc. has a lower P/E ratio of 0.0. Shareholders might be inclined to think that they might perform worse than its industry peers. It's also possible that the stock is undervalued.Price to earnings ratio is not always a great indicator of the company's performance. Depending on the earnings makeup of a company, investors may not be able to attain key insights from trailing earnings.See more from Benzinga * Benzinga's Top Upgrades, Downgrades For June 19, 2020 * Jabil: Q3 Earnings Insights * 19 Healthcare Stocks Moving In Friday's Pre-Market Session(C) 2020 Benzinga.com. Benzinga does not provide investment advice. All rights reserved.
We hate to say this but, we told you so. On February 27th we published an article with the title Recession is Imminent: We Need A Travel Ban NOW and predicted a US recession when the S&P 500 Index was trading at the 3150 level. We also told you to short the market and buy […]
Ixigo, a 13-year-old travel and hotel booking service in India, said on Monday it is cutting the salary of its entire staff as the firm grapples with severe disruption in its business due to the coronavirus outbreak that has pushed New Delhi to issue a nationwide lockdown. Aloke Bajpai, co-founder and chief executive of Ixigo, said the leadership at the firm has agreed to take a 60% pay cut while the rest of the staff, about 200 people, have agreed to have their salaries reduced between 20% to 50%. Bajpai and Rajnish Kumar, the other co-founder, have decided to forgo their entire salary until the business is back on track.
New York, March 24, 2020 -- New Delhi and New York, March 24, 2020 -- Deep Kalra, Group Executive Chairman and Rajesh Magow, Group CEO, today shared the following message to.
MakeMyTrip Group has elevated Rajesh Magow, co-founder and CEO of its India business, to the role of group CEO, where he'll oversee its leading brands, MakeMyTrip, Goibibo, and Redbus, the company said on Tuesday. Co-founder Deep Kalra is rising from group CEO to the newly created role of group executive chairman. Kalra will help oversee […]
New York, Jan. 27, 2020 -- New Delhi and New York, January 27, 2020 MakeMyTrip Limited (Nasdaq:MMYT) plans to report its fiscal 2020 third quarter results before markets.
Hedge funds are known to underperform the bull markets but that's not because they are terrible at stock picking. Hedge funds underperform because their net exposure in only 40-70% and they charge exorbitant fees. No one knows what the future holds and how market participants will react to the bountiful news that floods in each […]
MakeMyTrip isn't setting any money aside in the event that a regulatory probe involving its relationship with hotel chain Oyo should go against the India online travel agency. Asked during an earnings call Monday whether MakeMyTrip feels the need to establish a contingent liability related to the Competition Commission of India investigation, which is expected to take […]
New Delhi & New York, October 29, 2019: In connection with the information filed by the Federation of Hotel and Restaurant Associations of India (FHRAI), the Competition Commission of India (CCI) has, through its recent order passed on 28th October, 2019, held that Go-MMT (MakeMyTrip and Goibibo) “prima facie appears to be dominant” in the “market for online intermediation services for booking of hotels in India”, and has ordered an investigation, including to determine whether Go-MMT has abused such dominance. Commenting on the development, MakeMyTrip spokesperson said, “We are confident of demonstrating compliance with the principles of competition law while providing our partners and consumers the best in class services.
An Indian regulator has ordered an investigation into allegations that hotel-booking service MakeMyTrip Ltd gives special treatment to SoftBank-backed hotel chain Oyo on its platform, stifling competition in the industry. There is a "prima facie case for investigation" against MakeMyTrip and Oyo for alleged violations of rules barring uncompetitive agreements between parties, the Competition Commission of India (CCI) said in an order dated Oct. 28. The order follows a complaint from the Federation of Hotel and Restaurant Associations of India (FHRAI), an industry body.
An Indian regulator has ordered an investigation into allegations that hotel-booking service MakeMyTrip Ltd <MMYT.O> gives special treatment to SoftBank-backed <9984.T> hotel chain Oyo on its platform, stifling competition in the industry. There is a "prima facie case for investigation" against MakeMyTrip and Oyo for alleged violations of rules barring uncompetitive agreements between parties, the Competition Commission of India (CCI) said in an order dated Oct. 28. The order follows a complaint from the Federation of Hotel and Restaurant Associations of India (FHRAI), an industry body.
New York, Oct. 24, 2019 -- New Delhi and New York, October 24, 2019 MakeMyTrip Limited (Nasdaq:MMYT) plans to report its fiscal 2020 second quarter results before markets.
India’s MakeMyTrip Group expects to narrow losses to the single-digit millions by next year, a rather ambitious goal as it will have to pare back an operating loss of nearly $43 million in a matter of three to four quarters. In the three months ending June 30, the company continued recording multi-quarter drops in losses, […]
New York, Sept. 06, 2019 -- Gurugram and New York, September 6, 2019: MakeMyTrip Limited (NASDAQ: MMYT) (the “Company”), India’s leading online travel company, announced today.
Gurugram and New York, Aug. 19, 2019 -- MakeMyTrip Limited (NASDAQ: MMYT) (the “Company”), India’s leading online travel company, announced today that the annual meeting of its.
It seems smart to have some exposure to India, the fastest growing major economy in the world, explains Carl Delfeld, a leading expert on emerging markets and editor of Cabot Global Stocks Explorer.
NEW YORK, NY / ACCESSWIRE / July, 30 2019 / MakeMyTrip Ltd. (NASDAQ: MMYT ) will be discussing their earnings results in their 2020 First Quarter Earnings to be held on July, 30 2019 at 7:30 AM Eastern ...
New York, July 23, 2019 -- New Delhi and New York, July 23, 2019 MakeMyTrip Limited (Nasdaq:MMYT) plans to report its fiscal 2020 first quarter results before markets open on.


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By Christine Kern, contributing writer
Sales were three times higher than June growth.
July retail sales rose 0.6 percent from the previous month on a seasonally adjusted basis, triple the revised 0.2 percent growth in June, according to the latest figures from the National Retail Federation. Sales rose by 3.5 percent year-over-year, a continuation of June’s growth and consistent with long-term trends, the NRF said. (The numbers exclude automobiles, gasoline stations and restaurants.)
“Consumer spending remains solid as retail sales saw healthy improvements in July and revised June numbers were also positive,” NRF Chief Economist Jack Kleinhenz said. “We have yet to see the full effect of back-to-school spending, but pickup in spending was evident both online and in general merchandise, which includes bricks-and-mortar department stores. Rising home values are encouraging home-improvement spending and home-related retail purchases.”
Meanwhile, Kleinhenz stated, “Soft or declining prices for retail goods continue to hold down the dollar amount of sales reported even though unit volume was up.”
The report also found:
The Commerce Department said retail sales jumped 0.6 percent last month, the largest gain since December 2016 and followed June's upwardly revised 0.3 percent rise, according to CNBC. Sales at online retailers jumped 1.3 percent in July, the largest gain since December 2016, likely buoyed by Amazon's Prime Day promotion. Receipts at restaurants and bars increased 0.3 percent and sales at sporting goods and hobby stores also rose 0.3 percent.

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Clive Lewis resigns as BEIS Shadow Secretary as MPs approve Brexit bill
Labour MP Clive Lewis has stepped down from his role as the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) Shadow Secretary due to opposition to the Government's approved bill to withdraw the UK from the European Union (EU).
Food and drink sector tastes strong environmental progress
The Food and Drink Federation (FDF) has revealed that its members, which include major brands such as Cadburys, Danone, and Kelloggs, have achieved a collective reduction of 46% in CO2 emissions since 1990, as the group builds on fresh targets for 2025.
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TWENTY-SIX Scottish entrepreneurs will go head to head at the Scottish EDGE Awards on June 12 to battle it out for a share in a £1 million cash prize pot.
14 May 2015 00:01
BUSINESSES from across Fife and Edinburgh are set to pull together this Friday (May 15) to introduce pupils at Kirkcaldy West Primary School to the world of work and entrepreneurship.
12 Apr 2015 12:30
DETAILS of this year’s Small Business Saturday have now been revealed.
1 Apr 2015 09:30
A worldwide survey of entrepreneurs has revealed universal, sustained small business growth.
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FIFE has been revealed as one of Scotland’s top regions for business start-ups.
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EIGHT Scottish businesses – including one in Edinburgh – have made a list of the UK’s 50 most promising food and drink entrepreneurs.
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"Just Start It!" That's the message from Business Gateway Fife, which is hosting a series of events next month to inspire would-be business owners.
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SCOTTISH business accelerator Entrepreneurial Spark says it has smashed its previous records for job creation, investment and turnover during 2014.
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WITH uncertainty surrounding the outcome of the general election in May 2015, Baker Tilly’s Corporate Finance Team in Scotland says it’s starting to see an increase in business owners concerned that some advantageous tax reliefs currently offered to small businesses in the UK could potentially be scrapped under a new government.
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HAVING swapped interior design in Changchun to run an Edinburgh restaurant, whose dumplings are in hot demand in Spain, businesswoman Jian Wang serves up a fantastic example of how Scottish firms can break into European markets.
19 Dec 2014 09:30
PROPERTY marketing agents have been criticised for ignoring the potential of innovative community-based business opportunities – which could help to boost town centre economies.
10 Dec 2014 09:30
EDINBURGH-based MARA Seaweed has landed one of four Interface Excellence Awards.
10 Dec 2014 09:30
MORE than £850,000 was paid out to Scottish start-ups last night (Tuesday, December 9) to help boost the country’s economy.
9 Dec 2014 09:30
A history teacher-turned- enterprise guru, Glasgow-born Iain Scott is fresh from the ninth annual Business in Parliament conference, where he continued to champion the rise of the community as a means of boosting Scotland’s economy – a campaign that’s close to his heart.
25 Nov 2014 09:30
FIFE businesses are backing a new initiative to find the Kingdom's most entrepreneurial student.
25 Nov 2014 00:30
SOME of Scotland's key entrepreneurial figures will take centre stage in Dunfermline this morning (Tuesday, November 25) to pay tribute to the town's most famous son, Andrew Carnegie.
11 Nov 2014 09:30
NOT only is Phin Mpofu the founder of a pre-revenue-stage start-up which looks set to revolutionise the property market, but the Zimbabwean-born entrepreneur, together with co-chapter director Lisa Thomson, is responsible for launching the Edinburgh and Glasgow chapters of Startup Grind and bringing the unique networking and community concept to Scotland all the way from Silicon Valley.
29 Oct 2014 09:30
JOHN Durrant, the managing director of content marketing start-up Juggling Swords, has been named in a list of Scotland’s top 20 entrepreneurs under 30.
29 Oct 2014 09:30
THE team behind Scotland’s best pub has acquired two of Fife’s most popular taverns, which it plans to fully refurbish.
23 Sep 2014 03:11
A Kirkcaldy cleaning firm is in the running for a major industry award after becoming one of only six UK service providers to adopt The Living Wage earlier this year.
19 Sep 2014 09:30
SCOTS entrepreneur and philanthropist Sir Tom Hunter has become one of the first to speak out to promote unity following the result of the referendum, which concluded in the early hours of this morning with a ‘No’ majority.
13 Sep 2014 07:30
A Fife Council initiative designed to encourage enterprise among youngsters is back for the second year running.
12 Sep 2014 09:30
A Fife woman who is setting up a pop-up cafe to support parents with young children has landed a place on a special programme to help her take her business to the next level.
11 Sep 2014 09:30
YOUNG professionals in Edinburgh are being invited to test their communication skills next Wednesday (September 17) at an open evening in the city.
5 Sep 2014 09:30
THE first successful applicants to LaunchMe, Scotland’s first social enterprise accelerator programme, were unveiled in Edinburgh last night. (Thursday 4 September)
3 Sep 2014 05:30
AN Edinburgh-based entrepreneur who featured on last year’s BBC2 programme ‘The Entrepreneurs’ has landed a £160k investment from Equity Gap to grow her online booking start-up.
15 Aug 2014 09:30
Andrew Dickson, fund manager of the East of Scotland Investment Fund, has some advice for Fife businesses on how to access funding.
8 Aug 2014 09:30
MORE than 150 start-up businesses have, this week, moved into three incubator spaces in Edinburgh, Ayrshire and Glasgow.
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An internal source for the company said that TikTok is about to test integrating games directly into its app. Initially, the job will be reserved for Southeast Asia, but it could be expanded to the rest of the world by the end of the year. Thus, the social network intends to increase the time spent on its platform and, in fact, increase ad revenue. Recently, Netflix confirmed its experience with its Netflix Gaming platform, while Facebook has already been offering games for a long time, some of which have remained beloved over the years. . So it was only a matter of time before TikTok embarked on this adventure. Thus, an inside source reports that tests have already begun in Vietnam, a country where the social network is very successful. It is also a strategic area for the Chinese company, given that 70% of the population is under the age of 35 and is particularly keen on technology. If the tests prove successful, TikTok plans to expand the feature to other Southeast Asian countries.


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NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Blink Health, the technology company solving for America’s prescription drug price crisis, today announced that Susan Lang, one of the country’s foremost experts in prescription medication pricing, benefits management, and pharmacy networks, has joined Blink Health as Chief Strategy Officer. Lang spent six years as the Senior Vice President and Chief Supply Chain officer at Express Scripts, the largest pharmacy benefit management company in the U.S., where she managed over $50B in drug spend and founded Econdisc, one of the largest group purchasing organizations of generic medications in the country. In her new role, Lang will lead Blink Health's strategic development process and oversee the company's supply chain efforts, including the company’s pharmacy network.
Most recently, Lang founded healthcare consulting firm XIL Consulting, where she serves as an industry consultant specializing in market access and drug pricing. Earlier in her career, she spent 15 years on the clinical side managing hospitals and working with caregivers.
“Susan’s unmatched experience in prescription medication pricing, strategic business development, and health economics will help us accelerate our ability to make prescription medications affordable for everyone,” said Geoffrey Chaiken, co-founder and CEO, Blink Health. “In addition, Susan’s work in clinical settings with caregivers and patients gives her a rich understanding of people’s healthcare needs. Susan shares our passion for making the prescription drug market more equitable and is an outstanding addition to our executive team."
“Blink Health’s technology, values, and business model uniquely positions the company to make the complicated pharmaceutical supply chain more transparent and patient-friendly,” said Lang. “I’m excited to join Blink Health’s world-class team to help develop new models and partnerships that create value for patients and pharmacies while offering the lowest prices on prescription drugs to Americans who need them most.”
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Blink Health makes prescriptions affordable for everyone with the guaranteed lowest prices on nearly all generic medications commonly prescribed. As the first e-commerce service of its kind, Blink Health negotiates directly with prescription medication suppliers on behalf of all Americans and uses technology to bypass powerful intermediaries. Patients simply purchase their medications through Blink’s website or app and pick up their prescriptions at a local pharmacy. Geoffrey and Matthew Chaiken founded Blink Health in 2014.


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The on-device AI-enabled user experiences on some specific Qualcomm Snapdragon mobile platforms would be enhanced as Qualcomm Technologies has launched its Qualcomm Artificial Intelligence (AI) Engine. This engine is composed of a number of hardware and software components to enhance user experience. The Snapdragon 845 mobile platforms would have the cutting-edge on-device AI processing while Snapdragon 845, 835, 820 and 660 mobile platforms would be able to access enhanced user experience by AI Engine.
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The AI Engine components on Snapdragon mobile platforms have been put to use by a number of smartphone manufacturers to increase the speed of AI applications on such devices suing it. those companies include Xiaomi, OnePlus, vivo, OPPO, Motorola, ASUS, ZTE, Nubia, Smartisan and Blackshark.
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You would think someone might have some common sense and pen a more banal title. After Obama's "flexibility" comment on a hot mic, this just sounds bad.
Chicago Today, Russia Tomorrow
The blog talks about Chicago's exports. It then highlights a Russian company, BayRu, that is based in Illinois. In fact, it is the only business talked about in the blog entry. Almost half the entry talks about Russia and their entry into the WTO and the Obama administrations push to Congress to repeal the Jackson-Vanik Amendment and grant Permanent Normal Trade Relations (PNTR) with Russia. This would make trade with Russia easier and more open.
BayRu is being highlighted because they were just awarded an Export Achievement Certificate. The commerce blog also has an unfortunate way of describing BayRu:
But what makes this company unique is that it’s headquartered right here…in Skokie, Illinois. BayRu has a unique business model of buying American consumer goods here, which are often tough to find in Russia, repackaging them, and then exporting those goods for delivery in Russia.I think it is the "repackaging" term that sounds bad. Makes it sound like a pirating operation, but it is not. They are a portal to get American goods to Russia.
BayRu was founded by two brothers from Russia : Anton and Gene German. Their company hopes to do $40 million in business this year. Russia is a mostly cash country and BayRu has set up 500,000 payment points across Russia and post-Soviet countries to accept cash payments.
Did you catch that?
Lets go through a few points again:
- Obama is a Chicago politician
- Obama told Russian President Dmitry Medvedev he'd have "more flexibility" after the election
- Obama is complaining he will get outspent this election ( probably not true )
- Obama is pushing for more open trade with Russia
- BayRu is a business based in Chicago run by two Russian brothers
- BayRu has 500,000 cash payment points in Russia
Now if there was an actual investigative reporter out there that could look into this ... but they don't exist anymore, do they?


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The future of IOT: “A whopping 50 billion devices to be connected via IoT by 2020”, says UOWD academic
Tuesday, 24 April, 2018
According to statistics released by Forbes, more than 22 billion ‘things’ were connected in 2016 with the number predicted to reach a whopping 50 billion devices by 2020. The internet landscape is growing at a rate faster than you can say ‘snap’! And the beauty of it is, that it now includes far beyond the usual computers, laptops, tablets and smartphones. A multitude of devices such as washing machines, certain vacuum cleaners, door locks, toys and other home appliances now have the ability to connect to the internet. This is now being referred to as the ‘Internet of Things’ (IoT) the new umbrella term for anything that connects to the internet. Dr Soly Mathew Biju, Associate Professor at the University of Wollongong in Dubai (UOWD) and Alex Mathew, recently published an article on the potential futures for IoT, in the well-acclaimed ITNow, one of the leading magazines aimed IT professionals that is published on behalf of the British Computer Society, and which is also listed under Oxford Academic journals. The article takes the readers through a quick tour of what to expect from this astounding technology that has transformed our lives largely for the better in areas such as Industrial IoT; Soundwave Communication; Healthcare and Home Automation; Transport sector; Smart Farming; Disaster Management and Surveillance & Security. “Over the following decade, smart devices will no longer be premium products, as manufacturers would integrate smart sensors in all comprehensible systems. Internet of everything is the next phase in the evolution of IoT devices, wherein connected devices communicate with one another, instead of being limited to just communicating with humans”, commented Dr Soly. “IoT would lead to a paradigm shift across various industries, the foremost among these being market research. IoT-enabled systems would allow for real-time monitoring of data, which could be further analysed to accurately deduce market trends”, she added. Imagine ‘smart’ washing machines and refrigerators that send you text messages when they are low on detergent and groceries or in the case of “Smart Farming”, large-scale deployment of IoT sensors to track, among other factors, soil fertility, water content and weather conditions, to allow for optimal usage and maintenance of resources in order to exponentially increase crop yield. These systems would also be extensively deployed to monitor cattle and livestock, and also help prevent outbreaks of animal diseases. Although the future of IoT is nothing but admirable, it still faces numerous challenges. Security though would be a pertinent issue, with the threat of weaponised IoT devices looming overhead as well as its vulnerability to cyber-attacks. While a comprehensive solution to ward off cyber-attack threats is unlikely, given the constantly evolving nature of this technology, large scale coordinated attacks would be far and few between, with dedicated IoT security firms constantly working towards securing these devices. In the meantime, we have only seen the beginning of IoT and as new applications unfold each day, we will have to wait to see what the future brings.


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Nirvana for car lovers arrives in Albuquerque the weekend of April 15 with the 2011 New Mexico International Auto Show. In its seventh year, the event is designed to be family-friendly while appealing to car fanatics and those in the market for a new vehicle, in a non-selling environment. Organizers said the show focuses primarily on showcasing automotive brands as opposed to individual New Mexico dealerships.
“This is our opportunity to show off where the [auto] industry is and is going,” Charles R. Henson, president of the New Mexico Automotive Dealers Association said. “It’s our showpiece – the way we toot our horns.”
Henson said when he talks to New Mexico auto dealers he hears that sales have steadily improved since the beginning of the year.
“It’s important to keep the auto industry in front of the consumers. For decades, it has been one of the leading economic drivers in the U.S. economy, and we’re taking that down to the local level with this show,” Henson said.
The NMAA is the presenter of the event, while the show producer is Harrisburg, Pa.-based Motor Trend Auto Shows. The event takes place at the Albuquerque Convention Center April 15 to April 17 and Henson expects thousands to attend from New Mexico as well as West Texas and Arizona.
With gas prices hovering near $3.50 in the state, organizers are featuring alternative-fuel vehicles, with a focus on new fuel-saving technologies, hybrids and electric-powered vehicles. The plug-in electric Chevrolet Volt, Honda CR-Z and Lincoln MKZ Hybrid will be on display.
The event also features vehicles in pre-production, including the 2012 Ford Focus, 2012 Ford Mustang Boss 302, 2012 Ford C-MAX, 2012 FIAT 500 and the 2011 Chevrolet Camaro convertible.
Henson said the alcohol-free event offers many activities for children at the Kids Autobahn, where there will be battery-powered vehicles for them to test drive.
For those interested in the upscale, organizers suggest stopping by the Luxury Hall, which will feature the latest high-end imports from Audi, Porsche, BMW, Jaguar, Infiniti, Mercedes-Benz, MINI, Lotus and Volvo.
Part of the show’s proceeds will be donated to the Healing Heroes Network, an organization that supports wounded veterans who have been injured in the line of duty on or after Sept. 11, in Iraq or Afghanistan. Attendees get a free one-year subscription to Motor Trend magazine and a chance to win a Mustang Dream Giveaway.
Show hours are Friday, noon to 10 p.m.; Saturday 10 a.m. to 10 p.m.; and Sunday 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Admission is $8 for adults (13 and up), $5 for senior citizens (62 and older), $5 for military (with ID) and $4 for children (ages 6 through 12). Children five and younger are admitted free with a paying adult.
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(CNN) – A Black woman tired of people touching her hair turned her frustration into a video game.
“Hair Nah” is the brainchild of Momo Pixel.
She said she designed it after she was tired of people putting their hands in her hair uninvited.
The free computer game lets you design a character, then smack away as many hands as you can in 60 seconds.
While the game is supposed to be fun and funny, it tackles an issue experienced by many Black women.
Pixel says she wants people to know “how much of an invasion of privacy and personal space this is.”
She admits that she made the game difficult because she wanted to create a sense of anxiety, since that’s what a “Hair Nah” moment induces.
The game, released Wednesday, has gone viral.


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WINKLEVOSS BROTHERS ARE NOT GOING TO GIVE UP BITCOIN ETF
The founders of the Gemini exchange brothers Tyler and Cameron Winkelvoss “determined to make a bitcoin ETF a reality.” They said this during a session of Ask Me Anything on Reddit.
According to Tyler and Cameron Winkelvoss , in the long term bitcoin will be able to hold its position as a means of preserving value, and its capitalization will be able to overcome the mark of $7 trillion.
“We believe that bitcoin performs the role of gold better than it itself. If we are right, over time, the capitalization of the bitcoin market will exceed the capitalization of the gold market,” Tyler Winklevoss stressed.
In turn, Cameron Winklevoss said that cryptocurrencies still need fiat money, but in the future all assets are likely to move to a digital format.
In addition, the brothers expressed confidence that the blockchain technology without cryptocurrencies can not be considered wealthy.
Note that the us securities and exchange Commission (SEC) has twice rejected the application of the Gemini exchange for the launch of bitcoin ETF-in March 2017 and July 2018.


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this little screenshot, which I think sums up the spirit of the day pretty well -- people shot, stabbed, and beaten over prices that are really no better than those in any other sale throughout the year. False scarcity and media hype about "can't-miss" deals can drive people to do things they may not be very proud of in the sober light of Cyber Monday. Our consumerist culture is by nature predatory, with the corporate predators tricking the prey into thinking they're predators too -- which leads to predictable outcomes as consumers compete to "hunt bargains."
Another type of corporate predation was also in the news, as Walmart workers staged Black Friday demonstrations to protest low wages. They're starvation wages, really, which have Walmart employees running food drives for each other and relying on food stamps to survive. What's surprising to me is how little bleed-over there is from one story to the other, despite the fact that they're clearly related. Not only do Walmart workers earn far, far too little for their labor, but the Black Friday chaos stories demonstrate just how lousy a working environment the company's willing to tolerate in order to sell someone a toaster oven. Anyone who can read about the Black Friday frenzies across the nation and think that people who have to deal with that don't deserve a raise... Well, they've got a real interesting definition of "deserve."
And of course, the myth that low wage workers have undemanding, cushy jobs is exposed as BS...[CLICK TO READ FULL POST]


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THE economic uncertainty in recent years has caused more people to tighten their belts and it is no exception when it comes to the buying of Christmas gifts.
JOHOR BARU: Reindeer, Santa Claus and Christmas trees of all shapes and sizes are aplenty at most of the malls here with many going all out to bedeck their complexes with all sorts of decorations in line with the festive season.
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(Reuters) - Tesla Motors Inc (TSLA.O) reported a wider first-quarter net loss on Wednesday, but outperformed expectations and stuck to key milestones for the year ahead, despite pressure on margins.
Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk said during a conference call that demand for the company’s new line of stationary energy storage systems, unveiled last week, is “off the hook.”
Over time, it was possible stationary storage could be a bigger business for Tesla than selling cars, he added.
Tesla said in a letter to shareholders on Wednesday that “total addressable market size for Tesla Energy products is enormous and much easier to scale globally than vehicle sales.”
Musk said last week that the stationary battery storage systems could be “materially profitable” sometime next year.
The shares of the Silicon Valley electric car maker rose about 2 percent after hours from their close of $230.43.
The challenges confronting Tesla’s auto business were illustrated by the company’s continued cash burn and signs of pressure on profit margins.
Tesla’s cash reserves fell to $1.5 billion as of March 31 from $1.9 billion at the end of 2014. The company said it plans a total of $1.5 billion in capital spending this year, much of it to buy production tools for the Model X, complete its large battery “gigafactory” in Nevada, and for other facilities.
Musk said Tesla’s cash flow should turn positive later in the year.
“It’s extremely likely cash flow is really good” by the end of the fourth quarter, he said.
Chief Financial Officer Deepak Ahuja said Tesla is looking at establishing asset backed lines of credit to “assure we have a strong balance sheet.”
Tesla reported an adjusted net loss of 36 cents a share in the latest quarter, excluding certain expenses, compared with a profit of 14 cents a share on the same basis a year ago. Analysts had expected a loss of 50 cents a share on that adjusted basis.
Tesla had a net loss in the first quarter of $154.2 million, or $1.22 a share, on revenues of $939.9 million. A year ago, Tesla reported a net loss of $49.8 million, on revenues of $620.5 million.
However, the automaker warned that a “less rich product mix” could push down average selling prices for the Model S sedan, which now starts at $76,200.
Tesla delivered 10,045 Model S sedans in the first quarter, a 55 percent increase from the year before. The company forecast deliveries of 10,000 to 11,000 vehicles in the second quarter.
Tesla could face more competition in the future as established automakers field new electric vehicles with longer driving ranges. There is also the potential other well capitalized Silicon Valley companies such as Apple Inc (AAPL.O) or Google Inc (GOOGL.O) will move into the market.
Asked about that, Musk said: “I certainly hope Apple gets into the car business. That would be great.”
Tesla said it will start delivering its Model X sport utility vehicle late in the third quarter, still within the window the company promised earlier this year. The Model X is critical to Tesla’s goal of delivering 55,000 vehicles this year.
Reporting by Joe White and Bernie Woodall in Detroit; Editing by Matthew Lewis and Andre Grenon


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This bit of news today might inspire Amazon to release real numbers tomorrow on how many KFs they sold. That would be a first for Amazon, yes, but just think. What if Amazon sold 7 million Kindle Fires last year. Wouldn't they want to take the opportunity to surprise everyone?
On the other hand, they might have just barely hit the 6 million mark (or maybe even fallen short), and that might be enough to discourage them. "Meeting expectations" is not enough anymore, so today's news might preclude tomorrows.
In any case, tomorrow's news is then one to pay attention to. Today is just tea leaves. Let's see what happens.


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Bell Flavors and Fragrances has opened a fully integrated Culinary Center at its Northbrook, Ill., headquarters to enhance its customer-driven innovation and cooperation. Officials say the new 3,300-square-foot facility complements Bell’s worldwide growth in flavor development and its dedication to customer support and service.
“Chef-driven innovation is crucial to many of our customers’ innovation pipelines,” notes Bell Executive Chef, Chris Warsow. “The Culinary Center was built to provide a forum for collaboration between the chefs and food scientists of Bell and the customer. It is also a space to drive innovation and partnership in a comfortable and meaningful manner. We are excited to see the ideas that would emerge from this space. ”
Warsow says the Culinary Center is equipped to mimic many commercial manufacturing processes and better simulate customer products. Bell also literally designed the space to encourage creativity and collaboration. It features chef-designed cooking and presentation areas, meeting spaces, and offices for application teams.
Bell Flavors and Fragrances, Inc. is a leader in the flavor and fragrance industry. With 11 manufacturing plants across the globe, as well as more than 40 sales offices around the world, Bell has the ability to create the flavor, fragrance, or botanical for any application.
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Recalibrated tourism products focusing on faith, food, art, adventure, and nature are set to be developed in Rizal as part of efforts to revive the tourism industry in the province and in the entire CALABARZON region.
Department of Tourism (DOT) Secretary Bernadette Romulo-Puyat said Rizal’s close proximity to Metro Manila, in addition to its vast spaces and attractions, makes it an ideal tourism development to stimulate the recovery of the industry. “These tourism circuit bubbles are part of the continuing initiative to stimulate the demand for travel to and from the CALABARZON Region and Rizal Province and jumpstart leisure travel by land through responsible tourism,” Puyat said.
According to Puyat, the Faith, Food, Art, Adventure and Nature Tourism Circuit will feature tourist attractions in Antipolo, Angono, Taytay, and Cainta.
Data from the DOT showed that CALABARZON recorded the highest number of tourist arrivals in 2019 with close to 9 million overnight tourists and over 51 million same-day arrivals. The province of Rizal alone accounted for 36 percent of the overnight arrivals, and 60 percent of the same-day visits, and contributed P28.2 billion out of the region’s P93.9 billion total tourist receipts in 2019.
Puyat also assured tourists planning to visit Rizal as 20 tourism establishments there received Safety Seal certification from the DOT which means that they are compliant with the government’s minimum health standards.
Aside from the new developments planned for Rizal, other provinces in the region namely Cavite, Laguna, Batangas, and Quezon will also have their own novel tourism projects.
All provinces in the region are part of the CALABARZON Green Corridor Initiative, a flagship program of the DOT Region IV-A for tourism recovery and response in the new normal, and for the promotion of the region as a fun, sustainable, and safe destination.
“These travel bubbles will help generate jobs in Rizal Province and its neighboring towns, this providing business and livelihood opportunities that drive economic growth,” Puyat said.
The DOT chief led on Wednesday, Oct. 6, the rollout of the Department’s vaccination program in Rizal which aims to inoculate over 13,000 tourism workers.
Recipients will include workers of DOT-accredited hotels, resorts, and restaurants, transport operators, artists, employees in farm tourism, health and wellness, tourism training, and workers from Taytay Tiangge.
“The vaccination of tourism workers, along with the implementation of health and safety guidelines for conduct of tourism activities, is one of the priority measures of the DOT during the pandemic,” Puyat said during the program.
“With a protected workforce, we can look forward to a swifter recovery and better times ahead,” she added.


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SALINAS – A Salinas cannabis company has paid $400,000 in civil penalties stemming from extracting THC from cannabis without the proper licenses, the Monterey County District Attorney’s Office announced on Thursday.
Under terms of the stipulated judgment, Riverview Farms paid the sum in civil penalties and costs, and is also subject to an injunction that, among other things, prohibits it from extracting THC products without the proper licenses, according to a press release from the DA’s Office.
On July 17, 2019, an inspection by Monterey County fire marshals conducted at Riverview Farms found evidence that Riverview Farms was extracting THC from cannabis flower, using a chemical extraction process. To extract THC lawfully in California, a manufacturer’s license is needed which Riverview Farms did not possess at the time.
Riverview Farms cooperated with the Monterey County DA’s Office during the investigation.
The Monterey County DA’s Office said it is committed to ensuring a level playing field in Monterey County’s licensed cannabis industry by penalizing and eradicating unfair and unlicensed business practices.


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A class action lawsuit was filed against YouTube influencer Logan Paul and his associates over the failed crypto project CryptoZoo, according to a Feb. 2 court filing.
A Texas resident Don Holland filed the lawsuit and alleged that the defendants executed a “rug pull.” CryptoZoo was promoted via Paul’s online platforms, convincing thousands of people to purchase the product, according to Holland.
Paul’s associates included in the lawsuit were Danielle Strobel, Jeff Levin, Ebbie Ibanez, Jake Greenbaum, and Ophir Bentov.
The lawsuit alleges CryptoZoo never existed
Holland said he knew his money was likely lost after Logan Paul announced another NFT project and started ignoring CryptoZoo. He added, “CryptoZoo was never released as advertised, and the value of the Zoo Tokens and CryptoZoo NFTs plummeted.”
The filing stated that the defendants manipulated the digital currency market for Zoo Tokens to their advantage.
“As part of Defendants’ NFT scheme, Defendants marketed CZ NFTs to purchasers by falsely claiming that, in exchange for transferring cryptocurrency to…


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Remember Insurgency, the team-based shooter that rose up to Steam fame in early 2014? Developer New World Interactive is trying to double up on its projects with the release of Day Of Infamy, a team-based shooter that just released on Steam, out of Early Access, now. What a novel concept.
Jokes aside, there’s a solid reasoning why Day of Infamy can try to fill in the gaps of the company’s previous title. For one, Insurgency has sold hundreds of thousands, if not millions, of copies on Steam, through a lot of mouth to mouth promotion. Even to this day, the classic terrorist versus counter-terrorist gameplay sees a fairly healthy player pool arrive, with around a thousand concurrent users.
That existing fan base has lead Day of Infamy to already sell over 100,000 copies on Steam, according to Steamspy. Instead of terrorists, however, this release goes back to a World War II shooter. It even mimics previously historical game scenes, such as Return to Castle Wolfenstein and Medal of Honor, as can be seen in the trailer below. The game comes with the same trappings as its predecessor; an 8-player cooperative mode, up to 32 players in multiplayer, a dozen maps and mod support.
Mods are a pretty important cornerstone for New World Interactive. Insurgency started off as a mod for Counter-Strike. In turn, Day of Infamy grew from its own mod state in Insurgency, to a full-fledged release now. It’s a veritable, profitable modception.
Day of Infamy is out now for €19.99. If the developer’s track record is anything to go on, expect a lot of updates and support for this game as well.


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It won’t be long before the next RTX 4000 graphics card will appear: on April 13th it should be ready for 599 US dollars, regular tests are expected one day before, i.e. on April 12th. However, there are already concrete benchmarks in the form of leaks on April 11th.
Many gamers are likely to be waiting for the RTX 4070 not only because it is the cheapest GPU of the new RTX 4000 generation to date, but also because Nvidia’s XX70 series models are always the most popular. Basically, the prices of the current Nvidia graphics cards are often viewed critically.
We take a look at what the first (unofficial) benchmarks reveal about the RTX 4070, especially in a duel with the very popular Geforce RTX 3080 from 2020. The first rumors about the RTX 5090, which is expected at the end of 2024, are in a completely different league. More on that you can find out in the following article:
RTX 5090: If these rumors are true, then Nvidia’s new generation will be a bang
Official Nvidia benchmarks leaked
The first readings were taken from Videocardz.com published, they should come from Nvidia itself. According to this, the RTX 4070 with activated DLSS is at the level of the said 3080. If the new – and RTX 4000-exclusive – technology of the frame generation is added, it should be 40 percent faster, but the frame generation has only been used in about 30 games so far supports.
The RTX 3080 came out on top in our latest poll of your graphics cards. Just behind are the extremely fast, but also very expensive RTX 4090 of the current generation and the slower, but also cheaper RTX 3070, which like the RTX 3080 was released in 2020.
According to Nvidia, the goal for the RTX 4070 is to achieve three-digit FPS values in WQHD resolution. In contrast to the RTX 3070 Ti and RTX 2070 Super, according to another benchmark graphic, this should also be the case in technically demanding titles such as Cyberpunk 2077 and A Plague Tale Requiem may be possible when DLSS is deployed.
RTX 4070 performance: What do unofficial benchmarks say?
In addition to the data from Nvidia can be found in Chinese Baidu forum additional measurements, which should also show the performance of the upcoming RTX 4070. Compared to the RTX 4070 Ti, it achieves around 80 percent of the performance.
At the same time, these tests also confirm a similar speed as in the case of the RTX 3080, which has 2.0 GB less VRAM in its original version.
A Screenshot Last but not least, the graphics card tool GPU-Z largely confirms the technical data known so far. Accordingly, the RTX 4070 relies on 12.0 GB VRAM with a memory bandwidth of 504 GB/s, 5,888 shader units and boost clock rates of 2,500 MHz.
What do you think of the recent performance leaks for the new RTX 4070? Do they live up to your expectations or would you have thought the map was faster or slower? And how interesting do you find the cheapest Nvidia graphics card for the time being, both in terms of performance and price? Feel free to write it in the comments!


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Back together for the first time since 2018, the anticipated reunion of Techtextil North America and Texprocess Americas assembled the entire textile supply chain for three days of networking, education and business development. Unparalleled networking, thought-provoking education and lead quality among high marks were received at these recent events.
From the show’s opening on day one, the excitement to meet, in-person, with industry peers and learn about the latest innovations could be felt throughout the Georgia World Congress Centre. The co-location of Techtextil North America and Texprocess Americas is known for creating the largest event in the Americas for the sourcing of materials, machinery and equipment, technology, services, and more representing the entire technical textiles, nonwovens and sewn products industries.
“After such a long hiatus, it was really wonderful to finally hold these events together under one roof. COVID-19 proved to be a challenge for everyone, but it is clear that these industries are resilient overall, and more motivated than ever to continue to push for innovation and advancement. We’re happy to be able to provide a platform for them to do so.”
This year, the joint exhibit hall brought together hundreds of exhibiting companies from across the textile industry spectrum, showing the latest in textile research and development, raw materials, advanced textile production, processing, manufacturing technology, sustainability and more, the fair organiser said in a press release.
Throughout the three days, visitors were able to see products up-close, watch live demonstrations, and meet with exhibitors providing the latest solutions across the supply chain. Exhibitors were also able to take advantage of the shared exhibit hall, sourcing suppliers and strategic partners for their own businesses.
Visitors and exhibitors alike attended sessions addressing today’s hottest topics in textile innovation and sewn products manufacturing, with access to 16 paid symposium sessions and over 20 complimentary sessions on the show floor. Sessions ranging from automation and robotics in sewing to military and protective textiles brought leaders from across industries to learn about the latest innovations, technologies and trends.
The next edition of Techtextil North America and Texprocess Americas will be from May 10-12, 2023 in Atlanta.


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CES 2016: The rise of pet tech that keeps your pet as fit as you
As predicted in our CES 2016 expectations post, digital health, wellness, and fitness products account for a good portion of real estate and buzz here in Las Vegas. What we perhaps couldn’t have predicted was just how many of these devices aren’t made for humans.
While consumers are gobbling up technologies that encourage healthy lifestyles, the same tech is increasingly designed for a new audience: man’s best friend.
We’re seeing a growing breed of pet tech on display at CES this year: PitPat’s FitBit-like device for tracking steps and activity, GPS trackers, feeders that prevent overindulging, and even game consoles for dogs, like the one from CleverPet.
There’s even something for pet lovers whose lifestyles don’t allow for a furry friend: Robotics are providing the companionship of a pet that never needs to be fed, walked, or taken to the vet.
Americans were projected to spend $60 billion on their pets in 2015; with products like these coming to market over the next few months (or already available), I wouldn’t be surprised to see that number grow. In fact, I’m pretty sure I’ll help it do so.
Here are some of the best new pet tech products we saw.
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No new threads for environment-savvy fashion boycotters
Janette Bennett helped save about 11,000 litres of water last month.
It’s not that she stopped taking baths, doing laundry or watering her garden. The Eastern Cape woman just didn’t buy a new pair of jeans that she says takes up to 11,000l of water to produce...


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The Botox producer is expected to create up to 400 jobs in the Garden State and receive a $10-year, $17-million state grant to build the facility.
The auto giant says a new labor deal will permit it to add 1,600 jobs to its Missouri operation, for a second F-150 truck line and production of a new commercial van.
General Motors will produce an all-new Chevrolet Colorado midsize pickup and add a second van production shift at its Wenzville, MO plant.
Kermit USA will invest 12.5 million in its Indiana operation, creating 70 jobs.
The auto giant will invest $385 million to prepare the plant for production of an all-new, fuel efficient engine program, creating or retaining 320 jobs.
The battle over the bailout of Greece threatens to break apart the Euro Zone.
The company may invest more than $1 billion over the next five years in the Fort Worth facility, which employs 6,700.
The pharmaceuticals company will locate its new operations in Lexington County, creating 707 new jobs.
A divided state Legislature puts aside partisan bickering and comes together in a special one-day session to pass a much-needed job-creating measure.
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All-new Toyota Fortuner to be launched in India in November 2016
To have the same set of diesel engines as the new Innova Crysta
After what seemed like too much of uncertainty due to the diesel ban, Toyota India has confirmed that they will launch the new Fortuner in India this year. The all-new Toyota Fortuner will be launched in India in the first week of November.
Based on the all new TNGA platform, the Fortuner shares most of its mechanicals with the Innova Crysta as well as the Hilux pick-up. The new platform, Toyota says, makes its cars lighter yet stiffer. This in turn...
The new generation Fortuner is supposedly planned to arrive late this year in India
New Fortuner comes with 2.8-litre diesel and 2.7-litre petrol engine options
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[HONG KONG] China blocked the formation of a global alliance by the world's three biggest shipping lines in a surprise move that ignored Western approval of the plan and sent AP Moeller-Maersk A/S shares tumbling the most in two years.
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Is the Millennium Falcon alive? That's just one of the questions answered when I watched the original Star Wars films in the popular Machete Order.
HBO releases a new teaser poster for season 6 of the network's hit fantasy show "Game of Thrones," suggesting a prominent character may still have a role in the war to come.
Great sounding headphones don't have to be expensive, check out this list!
Spoilers are coming. A new photo from the set of "Game of Thrones" fuels talk that a major character's fate may not be as presumed.
A French team plans to wake up its second ancient virus in two years to study its genetic structure. Have these scientists never seen a zombie movie?
Google's 4-year-old mobile payments service will turn into an app for transferring small payments between friends to make room for the new Android Pay system.
Technically Incorrect: One new ad suggests Samsung's new S6 and S6 Edge smartphones will make you feel alive. A second one, totally dissimilar in style, features James Corden.
The popular service for sharing photos on Twitter is set to close today, but its founder says the Twitpic domain and photo archive have been "given" to Twitter, so photos and links will be around awhile.
Shipping enough air to the International Space Station from Earth to keep the astronauts alive would be a costly business. Here's what they do instead.
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If you go to Google.com/news and scroll all the way to the bottom, you'll now see Fast Flip. This is a visual-based news platform that was launched into Labs last September. It's designed to enable users to read the news similar to how they would a print edition - there are pages, that you flip through.
Google was keen to point out that Fast Flip remains in Labs. But it is a feature that is quickly growing. Last month, 55 resources were added to Fast Flip.
This does appear to be an attempt by Google to coddle traditional news publishers. Many of them are losing ad revenues and subscriptions due to the dang internet. Perhaps displaying the news online in a format that mimics print will allay fears. It will only do so if adopted by web users, however. And for that, we shall see.
Meet Your Favorite Search Engine Watch Contributors
Many of SEW's leading expert contributors will be at ClickZ Live, the new online and digital marketing event kicking off in New York (March 31-April 3). Hear from the likes of: Thom Craver, Josh Braaten, Lisa Barone, Simon Heseltine, Josh McCoy, Lisa Raehsler, Greg Jarboe, Dan Cristo, Joseph Kerschbaum, John Gagnon, Eric Enge and more!


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Cash infusion follows the launch of two American Express Open marketing tools that use Clickable technology.
Clickable has raised a new $12 million funding round, and American Express is the lead investor. The two have worked together since 2010, when American Express Open released a search marketing tool for small- to mid-sized businesses, called SearchManager, using Clickable technology. Last summer they collaborated again to produce a social media monitoring and directory listing product, YourBuzz, that is also geared toward SMBs.
Clickable will use its new cash to invest in product development, including social marketing capabilities on platforms like Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, and Foursquare. "We'll continue to market our products directly through the Clickable brand, as well as expand through premier partners like American Express OPEN," CEO David Kidder wrote in a blog post.
AmEx is joined in the round by existing Clickable investors Union Square Ventures, Founders Fund, and FirstMark Capital.
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The specialist for measurement and automation technology has been supporting customers in Italy from its own sales center for 50 years, developing the country into one of the Group’s strongest sales markets in this time.
Endress+Hauser has established itself as a major player in the Italian industrial landscape since its creation in 1974. “We can look back on five exciting decades, during which the requirements of the market have steadily changed. But one thing has not changed: we have consistently supported our customers with innovative solutions – and we will continue to be a reliable partner in the future,” says Ivano Mazzoletti, managing director of Endress+Hauser Italy and corporate sales director for Central Europe.
Endress+Hauser has maintained a presence in Italy with its own sales center since 1974, a period in which it recorded continuous growth. A key milestone was the diversification of the business and the industry-based alignment of the sales organization. The sales center has achieved notable results with products for gas analysis since 2017. In addition, the service and solutions business has enjoyed above-average growth and heavily expanded its customer training and calibration service offerings.
Ivano Mazzoletti expressed his appreciation on the occasion of the anniversary celebration to the employees, all of whom were invited to the event. “The fruits of our activities are of course our products. But it’s our employees who help bring them to maturity through their hard work and enthusiasm.” Endress+Hauser Italy currently has around 240 employees, primarily in the food, water & wastewater and chemical industries. The headquarters is located near Milan in Cernusco sul Naviglio, with additional sales offices in Venice, Turin, Modena, Macerata and Rome. Close partnerships are also maintained with sales representatives in southern Italy, Sardinia and Sicily.
Endress+Hauser Canada announces its pledge to maintain current product list prices, reaffirming its commitment to its customers and the Canadian market. Throughout 2024, Endress+Hauser Canada will refrain from increasing product list prices to maintain customer stability, all while sustaining its mission to deliver a high-quality customer experience.


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‘No to Coke' move by Malaysian group
KUALA LUMPUR (AFP) - Thousands of Muslims in Malaysia on Wednesday began a boycott of US soft drinks giant Coca-Cola, Nadzim Johan, executive secretary of the Muslim Consumer Association of Malaysia (MCAM) said.
"The boycott is in response to Western interference in the internal affairs of Muslim countries in the guise of fighting terrorism," Nadzim told AFP.
"It is non-violence. It is also a fight against discrimination, not just against Muslims but everyone."
Nadzim said the campaign would last three months and that the group would evaluate the impact and would then launch a similar action against another US product such as McDonald's.
The MCAM launched its campaign Wednesday by publicly emptying dozens of Coca-Cola cans.


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China Fish Show postponed
In a bid to control the outbreak of the deadly coronavirus which is sweeping the country and spreading further afield, the organisers of the China Fish show scheduled for early February in Beijing have postponed the event.
The news is especially disappointing as China Fish was planning major celebrations for its 30th anniversary exhibition.
The organisers say the decision was taken to both prevent and control the disease as well as ensuring the health and safety of its attendees and was made following an order issued by the Beijing Municipal Government.
The organising team also confirmed that those who were planning to attend may be able to have their hotel fees refunded and that they were working on this plan.
China Fish president Li Jiang added: “We are planning new days and place for the show according to the virus control in China. And we appreciate everyone’s support and understanding.”
More details and fuller story will appear in the March edition of Tackle Trade World.
Enterprise goes into biodegradable plastics
UK accessories brand Enterprise Tackle, best-known for its artificial baits like sweetcorn and maggots, has facing up to environmental concerns by making many of its plastic products biodegradable.
The firm is starting to use a special biodegradable additive to its baits and plastic rig items to help them break down quickly in the environment
Fishing ‘off the hook’ in US-China tariff war
A partial trade deal between the USA and China will mean fishing tackle imported into America will not be subject to increased tariffs.
After months of wrangling and tit-for-tat tariffs as part of an escalating trade war, the two countries have come to some form of initial agreement which will scrap a planned 15 per cent increase on taxes of fishing gear coming into the USA.
Game Fair invests more in angling
The largest outdoor countryside event in Europe, The Game Fair, is urging tackle companies not to miss out on the biggest Fishing Village the show has ever seen. Visitor feedback has convinced the organisers that those attending want to see even more fishing – from demonstrations, talks and tuition to exhibitors showcasing the latest tackle.
G Loomis bids farewell to Bruce Holt
After a 45-year fishing and hunting industry career – 34 in senior roles at US rod maker G Loomis – Bruce Holt has now stepped down from the company.
Get ready to register for EFTTEX
Pre-registration for the next EFTTEX trade show, taking place in Prague from June 11th to 13th, will go live on February 3rd.
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You wouldn’t think peanut butter could have such long-lasting, ill effects, but the company whose peanut products caused a nationwide outbreak of salmonella infections is now recalling everything it has manufactured at its contaminated Blakely, Ga., plant since January 1, 2007.
Peanut Corp. of America (PCA) announced the recall yesterday, after the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) released documents showing that PCA in 2007 and 2008 knowingly sold products that it had tested and knew were tainted. The embattled manufacturer earlier this month pulled peanut butter and peanut paste (used in baked goods and candies) made at its Blakely plant after July 1 of last year, but has now expanded the recall to dry and oil roasted peanuts, granulated peanuts and peanut meal made there after January 1, 2007. The lots begin with number 7, 8 or 9 and were distributed to institutions, food service industries, and food companies around the country and in Canada, Haiti, Korea and Trinidad.
The peanut butter, as well as the goodies made from them, are being recalled because they could potentially be tainted with salmonella, including both the salmonella typhimurium strain responsible for the outbreak as well as other types of the bacteria, FDA Director of Food Safety Stephen Sundlof said yesterday on a press telephone briefing. (Click on the January 28 media briefing hyperlink for a PDF of the transcript.)
Sundlof stressed that the agency was expanding the list of salmonella suspects as a precautionary measure, noting that it had no evidence of illnesses linked to strains other than typhimurium. PCA said in a statement that it hasn’t received any complaints or reports of illnesses about the newly recalled products. The outbreak has sickened 51 people — half of whom are under 16 years old — in 43 states and may be linked to eight deaths; all of the dead were age 59 or older, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
“We have been devastated by this, and we have been working around the clock with the FDA to ensure any potentially unsafe products are removed from the market immediately,” PCA President Stewart Parnell said in the statement released yesterday to reporters and on the company's Web site. “We want our customers and consumers to know that PCA is taking extraordinary measures, out of an abundance of caution, to identify and recall all products that have been identified as potential risks.”
But can salmonella really survive in peanut butter for two years? According to Michael Doyle, director of the Center for Food Safety at the University of Georgia, it can, because peanut butter lacks acidity that would help kill the bacteria. In fact, peanut butter's high fat content protects salmonella, Doyle says. "Salmonella is very stable in peanut butter — for many months to a year it survives," he says. "It won't grow, but it survives."
For that same reason, even small doses of salmonella-tainted peanut butter can cause infection. Stomach acid, a first line of defense against germs, doesn't break down the fats in peanut butter, which would potentially reduce the amount of salmonella a person would be exposed to, Doyle says. Salmonella causes symptoms including diarrhea, high fever and abdominal cramps, and may be deadly in young children, the elderly and people with compromised immune systems.
But should you really be eating two-year-old peanut butter anyway? "From a quality standpoint, peanut butter has a best-use-by date of about a year," Doyle says. "But the reality of it is, if it still tastes good to the person, they'll keep it."
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People with limited understanding of business think that business is all about making profits. But those who actually run businesses know that running a business is all about managing cash flows.
There's a sneaky form of distraction. It comes in the form of blog posts, podcasts and Reddit threads. Here's how to avoid it.
Apple has quietly launched a catalogue of books narrated by artificial intelligence in a move that may mark the beginning of the end for human narrators. The strategy marks an attempt to upend the lucrative and fast-growing audiobook market – but it also promises to intensify scrutiny over allegations of Apple’s anti-competitive behaviour.
The LastPass statement on their latest breach is full of omissions, half-truths and outright lies. I’m providing the necessary context for some of their claims.
Over two decades, AWS has become the ultimate case study in corporate innovation.
Patrick Collison has a great list of people quickly accomplishing ambitious things. Inspired by that, I created a page of impressive things accomplished by small teams.
OpenAI, the startup behind ChatGPT, discusses tender offer that could value it at $29B.


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As Inauguration Day looms, people around the world are looking for ways to keep up with the goings on without having to be strapped to a couch in front of the TV. Similar to what we did on Election Day, the Ars staff thought we would hunt around for ways to follow President-elect Obama's swearing in and the following festivities online and on-the-go.
Luckily, if you have an Internet connection and a fully-functional browser, the world is pretty much your oyster. The NBC-owned Hulu plans to offer a live stream of the Presidential Inauguration directly from its website (which can also be embedded on your own website or blog).
Hulu is undoubtedly going to be one of the most popular options for online inaugural viewing tomorrow; however, if you're looking for somewhere else to go in the event that Hulu comes crashing down, C-Span also plans to offer multiple video feeds on its website through the "C-Span Inauguration Hub." In fact, C-Span already has a few video feeds up as video crews test things out before the festivities begin.
Joost also plans to offer a live video stream of the inauguration (offered through CBS). Now that Joost no longer requires a special desktop player to watch, all you need is a working web browser with Flash installed. And, of course, CNN will offer a live video stream of the event, combined with relevant updates from Facebook users logged into Facebook Connect. Finally, PIC2009.org is the official site for the Presidential Inauguration Committee, and it will also be offering a live stream (via Microsoft's Silverlight) of the events as they happen.
What if you're out and about?
Not everyone plans to be in front of a computer tomorrow during the inaugural activities. If you have a phone that can play Flash videos, then the above options are still available to you—hooray!
If you have an iPhone that can't play Flash though (boo, hiss), you still have some video options. UStream.tv, which will offer a video feed of the inauguration on its website, also plans to release an iPhone application that will stream the event live. Previewed to TechCrunch last week, the iPhone app will not only display the live video feed in an iPhone-friendly format, it will also let users participate in the live chat about the video. Unfortunately, it doesn't look like the UStream iPhone app is available on the App Store yet, so they had better get crackin' or else users will have to look elsewhere tomorrow. Update: The UStream iPhone app has finally been approved and is available on the App Store now.
But what if you don't want a video feed? Say you're out with friends and all you want are casual, non-moving updates (you know, in case something totally insane happens, like the entire country gets Rickrolled). NPR's Inauguration Report website and iPhone app offer a collection of user updates pulled from Twitter, Flickr, SMS, and more. Following this stream will let you keep up with the goings on as if you were there, thanks to kind Internet citizens providing live updates to NPR.
January 20 is sure to be a high-energy day for everyone involved in Obama's inauguration, so good luck following along!
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Derek Nighbor is CEO of the Forest Products Association of Canada.
Not everyone thinks of innovation when they think of Canada’s forest products companies. But the federal government has fully recognized that the future of the forestry industry and its 230,000 workers depends on the success of its continuing commitment to innovation and sustainable development in every area of the forestry business.
The importance of this transformation was underscored by Natural Resources Minister Jim Carr in Ottawa’s response to the new round of U.S. tariffs against Canadian softwood-lumber imports. Earlier this month, Mr. Carr announced the federal government would provide $867-million in funds to help the forestry industry in the wake of the unwarranted U.S. duties aimed at Canada.
In addition to critical support for forestry employees, the government earmarked a large portion of the new funding to support the sector’s wide-ranging, transformative commitment to overhaul its operations for long-term, sustainable growth. While Mr. Carr’s support package was primarily intended to assist softwood-lumber producers, funding for investments that will help all forestry products companies pursue modern, research-based operations and new markets will be available across the sector.
The importance of this support cannot be overstated. Canada is steward to 10 per cent of the world’s forests, and by embracing strong environmental standards and committing to continuous improvement, Canada’s forestry sector is recognized around the world as an environmental leader.
The sector is investing in world-leading forest management practices, introducing new technologies in its mills and plants and focusing on growing global markets.
In this transformation, a wide range of new uses are being discovered for wood fibre – everything from clothing to car parts, from cosmetics to chemicals to advanced construction systems. For example, an 18-storey student residence built from wood recently…


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In the Android community, the triple camera setup is actually an old technology and as of now, Android manufacturers are thinking of using this feature on mid-range smartphone. We have seen a four and five camera setups on some Android phones. However, the case is different for Apple as no iPhone has used a triple rear camera setup. Now, recent reports suggests that Apple will use a triple camera setup in its 2019 line up. As reported by the Wall Street Journal, the follow-up products for the iPhone XS Max will be equipped with three cameras while the iPhone XS and iPhone XR successors will use dual cameras.
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The triple camera will bring a wider view angle, a wider zoom range, and it will shoot more pixels. The report pointed out that Apple is developing a new feature that can use additional pixel data to provide tools that automatically fix photos or videos to accommodate objects that “may be accidentally cut off from the original lens.”
In addition, some versions of the 2019 iPhone are testing the USB-C interface instead of the Lightning interface, which may mean that Apple plans a transition from Lightning to USB-C at some point. Of course, Apple also plans to upgrade the A-series processor and the new Face ID sensor, but the new device is expected to look similar to this year’s model.
As part of driving Apple’s augmented reality business, the iPhone’s camera technology will become more advanced from 2020. According to the report, Apple will launch a laser-powered ToF 3D camera that will greatly improve the AR experience on the iPhone. The ToF (time-of-fight) camera system uses a laser system to calculate the time it takes to bounce off objects, and uses this data to create an accurate 3D image of the surrounding area. It can provide more accurate depth perception and better placement of virtual items, and will also enable photos to better capture depth information. Before the release of the new iPhone, we expect to see the new 3D camera system for the first time in the iPad Pro upgrade that Apple plans to launch in the spring of 2020.


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It took long enough, but the key players in the US Department of Justice lawsuit involving Apple and five of the original Big Six publishers have dwindled down to one. While Penguin, Simon&Schuster, HarperCollins, Hachette, and Macmillan have all settled out of court in the original anti-trust lawsuit that alleged the publishers and Apple conspired to fix prices on ebooks in order to exert influence over Amazon, Apple is the lone holdout in the DOJ case.
According to a report in Bloomberg, Apple CEO Tim Cook might testify in the case in accordance with an order put forth by the judge presiding over the suit, Denise Cote, for a March 13th conference call that will help her make a determination on the matter. This order came after the US requested assistance in a discovery issue involving the CEO’s testimony outside of court.
The allegations in the case stemmed from the creation of the “agency model,” as opposed to the previous wholesale model that Amazon had originally instituted with the publishers. Amazon’s original terms allowed the online retailer to sell ebooks at undetermined prices, even taking a loss on some major bestselling titles, in order to encourage sales of its Kindle e-readers. Under the agency model, Amazon was forced to sell ebooks at a price set by the publishers; this outcome was seen as collusion on the parts of the publishers named in the lawsuit and Apple. With the settlements in the case agreed to by the publishers, Amazon has been allowed to return to some level of discounting on upcoming and recently released titles.
According to a report on the issue by Reuters, the DOJ is not seeking monetary damages against Apple, but is looking for a ruling that the corporation violated anti-trust laws and that measures will be enacted to prevent further collusion.


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According to a media report, Chevrolet will stop sales of the Camaro V8 and the Corvette C7 in Europe from September 1, 2019 when the new Worldwide Harmonized Light Vehicle Test (WLTP) emission norms set in.
The WLTP norms came into force in September 2018, and the new regulations for 2019 will make the Camaro V8 and Corvette non-compliant. The rules will be applicable in the European Union (EU). It is reported that sales of the models will continue in Switzerland, as the country is not part of the EU.
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Our view: The new farm bill”s shift from subsidies to crop insurance really had to happen.
The “farm bill” moving through Congress now really isn”t. It”s a food stamp bill, with a little bit about farming tacked on. Of the $955 billion allocated in the measure over the next 10 years, 80 percent goes to food assistance to low-income families or food aid to foreign countries.
Still, the roughly $20 billion a year going to farming isn”t chump change, and in an increasingly urbanized America, it draws scrutiny. As more and more people lose touch with the fact food doesn”t really come from Safeway (and there are folks who think like that here in Butte County these days), it seems like a lot of money.
It is, and scrutiny is a good thing, because it”s resulted in a change that really had to happen. The new farm bill makes a philosophical shift from subsidizing a few staple crops, including rice, to crop insurance. That provides a safety net for an industry more at the mercy of weather and market forces than any other, while eliminating a kind of spending that just wasn”t palatable to the general public anymore.
Subsidies were created to make sure there would be ample supplies of a few fundamental ag products at a reasonable price. But as with every government program, people figured out ways to work the system, sometimes with the help of people in Congress who were more than willing to build a loophole for their constituents, or their campaign contributors. There were a few cases of egregious abuse. Family farms weren”t helped as much as huge corporations, and the whole industry was tainted by it.
But unless you”re really out of touch with how critical ag is, it”s hard to argue with crop insurance. Protect the farmers from the variables. Protect the most critical industry in America, because you have to eat, first and foremost.
That”s why the government is involved. Ensuring a safe and adequate food supply has been a function of government since the beginning. And it”s a business that needs some help, because it is unique.
Ag is one of the few businesses where producers don”t set the price they get for their products. The people buying rice and almonds from growers really don”t care how much they cost to grow. They know what they can sell it for and that determines what they”ll pay.
There are few other businesses like that. Although market forces influence prices to a degree, carmakers (for example) don”t produce a sedan and then let the buyers set the price. They make the car, set a price that covers their cost and provides a profit, and then put it out there for people to buy or not.
Farmers and ranchers don”t have that luxury, because by and large, their products go bad over time. In some cases, the shelf life is extremely limited and producers are really over a barrel. That”s the reason the dairy industry always seems to be in a crisis: milk just doesn”t last. You sell milk for the price that”s offered or you dump it on the ground.
The current farm bill no doubt has some lemons tucked into it. Any spending program of that size is too attractive to avoid the machinations of the unscrupulous in Congress. But the shift of focus is good.
The bill passed the Senate with bipartisan support. We hope the House approves it as well.


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Farmers for Free Trade held an online celebration of the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement on Tuesday, June 30.
The celebration was held through a virtual farm round table was attended by leaders from the 2019 Motorcade for Trade, put on by Farmers for Free Trade. The table celebrated the bipartisan passage of the USMCA, which is set to go into effect Wednesday, July 1.
The attendees indicated they were delighted by the bipartisan effort to pass USMCA and look forward to seeing how the agreement benefits ag producers around the country.
"The success of these trade agreements are key to the 21st century economy," Rep. Jim Costa, D-Calif., said.
The U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement is a free trade agreement between the three North American nations. The agreement modernizes the 25-year-old agreement and is often referred to as NAFTA 2.0.
While this agreement is a major victory for trade in the agriculture industry, those in attendance stressed the importance of proceeding onward.
"It's critical to stay engaged going forward. Things never stop in Washington and neither should we," former Sen. Blanche Lincoln, D-Ark., said.
Farmers for Free Trade is a nonprofit formed to explain the benefits of free trade and to mobilize farmers and ranchers to take action to support trade agreements that expand export opportunities. The 2019 Motorcade for Trade completed an 11 state, 4,300 mile RV trek across the country in 2019 to rally support across the country to support USMCA.
In addition to Costa and Lincoln, attendees included Rep. Collin Peterson, D-Minn., U.S. Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, John Bode, president and CEO of the Corn Refiners Association, Tamara Nelsen, executive director of the Minnesota AgriGrowth Council, Dave Milligan, president of the National Association of Wheat Growers, Michelle Erickson Jones, former president of the Montana Grain Growers Association, John Paul Dineen, Texas farmer, Max Moncaster, associate director of public policy at the National Association of State Departments of Agriculture, and Angela Marshall Hofmann, co-executive director of Farmers for Free Trade.


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In a massive setback for e-commerce giant Amazon, the Competition Commission of India has approved the much-anticipated Future Group-Reliance Retail deal.
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Big Bazaar asks woman to quit job after she complains of sexual harassment by manager
One of the largest shopping giants in India, Big Bazaar that boasts of accelerating women workforce in the country, seems to have turned a blind eye to sexual harassment at workplace.
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Kashyap Deorah Interview: Indian e-commerce is on a 'suicide mission'
After Kishore Biyani rubbished the viability of Indian start-ups, Asianet Newsable caught up with Kashyap Deorah. An old Biyani-hand and serial entrepreneur, he says that Indian e-commerce firms are on a 'suicide mission.'


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It’s no hyperbole to say that the Resident Evil franchise is the biggest horror franchise in gaming history, and the numbers are there to back it up. The series has been nearly an annual one since the first game’s release way back in 1996, and it seems we could be gearing for another announcement soon.
Many people are part of the Resident Evil Ambassador program, a club of sorts that you can sign up for that includes stat tracking in the various Resident Evil titles, news, special items and invites to events. As you can see from MattRPD below, some of the ambassadors have gotten a notification that seems to point at some type of announcement on June 10th. It says “around” here, which could mean that date is flexible.
It’s worth noting that it’s unclear if this announcement is about an actual title, or something else, such as new information about the ambassador program it. We have rumors about both the upcoming Resident Evil 8, as well as the remake of Resident Evil 4, both of which are allegedly in development to come in the next few years. So, it is of course possible this could be related to either of those. There’s also rumors that Sony is planning to have an event or series of events starting June 3rd. That could be a coincidence, but the last three Resident Evil titles were revealed at Sony functions. Either way, stay tuned for more information as it comes.
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Sony Corp. warned its 77 million PlayStation Network and Qriocity online service customers that their credit-card data, billing addresses and other personal information may have been stolen by a hacker.
“While there is no evidence at this time that credit-card data was taken, we cannot rule out the possibility,” Patrick Seybold, a Sony spokesman, said on the company blog page. The hacker obtained user-provided names, e-mail addresses, birth dates, log-in information and purchase history, Seybold said.
The Sony intrusion follows a March 30 breach at Alliance Data System Corp.’s Epsilon Data Management LLC, which resulted in the theft of customer data at banks including Citigroup Inc. and JPMorgan Chase & Co., as well as retailers Best Buy Co. and Walgreen Co.
Sony dropped 2.3 percent to 2,359 yen as of 1:57 p.m. on the Tokyo Stock Exchange, poised for a fourth straight day of decline. The benchmark Nikkei 225 Stock Average rose 1.4 percent.
The company reported the intrusion to the Federal Bureau of Investigation office in San Diego that specializes in cybercrime, the New York Times said on its website. Darrell Foxworth, an FBI special agent in San Diego, said he can neither confirm nor deny whether there is an investigation.
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The PlayStation Network, which provides access to online games, movies and TV shows, was attacked from April 17 to April 19. Sony had combined PlayStation Network customer data with Qriocity, which offers movies or music in 11 nations on Web- connected Bravia TVs and Blu-ray players. That service also was compromised, Sony said.
Sony shut down both services April 20. Some features were expected to be restored within a week, Seybold said. The company recommends that people change their passwords and user IDs when service is restored and to do the same elsewhere if they reuse the same login data with other businesses.
“The PSN service troubles have certainly come at an inopportune moment in light of the firm’s announcement on 26 April of a move into tablets as part of efforts to beef up network services,” Koki Shiraishi, a Tokyo-based analyst at Daiwa Institute of Research Ltd., wrote in a report today.
The six-day delay in notifying customers of the intrusion is “troubling,” U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal, a Democrat from Connecticut, told Sony Computer Entertainment President Jack Tretton in a letter dated April 26.
“PlayStation Network users should be provided with financial data security services, including free access to credit reporting services, for two years, the costs of which should be borne by Sony,” wrote Blumenthal, a former Connecticut attorney general.
Sony also should pay for insurance to protect affected users from identity theft, he said.
Seybold didn’t immediately return a phone call and e-mail message seeking comment on the letter.
The Tokyo-based company has hired a security firm to conduct a complete investigation into the intrusion and is rebuilding the system to offer more protection, Seybold said in the blog posting.
Citigroup, JPMorgan, US Bancorp, Best Buy, Walgreen, New York & Co. and at least 14 others reported their customers’ data was stolen in the March 30 breach at Epsilon. The Dallas-based provider of e-mail marketing services says it sends out more than 40 billion e-mails a year on behalf of more than 600 companies.