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General Motors launches online “PhotoStore”
Detroit, Michigan and Seattle, Washington – General Motors is teaming with Getty Images to launch GM PhotoStore, the official online photo source for images from the world’s largest vehicle manufacturer. The web site, www.gmphotostore.com, houses vehicle photos from Cadillac, Buick, Oldsmobile, Pontiac, Chevrolet, GMC, Hummer, and Saturn.
The GM PhotoStore enables millions of automotive enthusiasts worldwide to view and purchase high-quality, contemporary and historical prints of GM automotive photography and illustrations online.
“General Motors is proud of our role in automotive history and we are excited to make this history come alive with a collection of images that showcase our cars and trucks,” said Matthew P. Cullen, general manager, GM Economic Development and Enterprise Services. “Partnering with Getty Images allows us to offer this world-class online service to people who share our passion for vehicles.”
Researchers, archivists and product experts selected 1,000 powerful images from GM’s Media Archive. The photo collection covers the full range of the company’s automotive history, including stylish images from the early 1900s through today, concept vehicles and current production vehicles like the Hummer H2. In addition, the GM PhotoStore offers prints of classic GM advertisements, GM locomotives and engines, the 1964-1965 World’s Fair, historic and contemporary assembly plants, and lifestyle shots of the vehicles in action.
Getty Images, the world’s leading imagery company, provided GM with a turnkey solution, MediaPrint, which enabled the company to quickly launch the GM PhotoStore with minimal investment. Getty Images has created similar online stores for the National Basketball Association (NBA) and Boeing.
The size of prints range from 8 x 10 inches to 24 x 30 inches, with pricing from U.S.$15 to $42. Orders are typically delivered within three to seven working days in the United States, and within five to seven working days internationally.


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OKTO has united with Inspired Entertainment for the expansion of the firm’s mobile cashless payments across the UK’s leisure sector.
The collaboration marks the commencement of a strategic partnership between OKTO and Inspired across various channels, as cashless engagement continues to grow.
Simon Dorsen, Director of Gaming at OKTO, commented: “Inspired is a major supplier to the UK Pub and Gaming sector and this collaboration along with other recently announced partners in the sector, strengthens OKTO’s position as the go to mobile payments app for consumers and operators in the leisure sector.
“Digital payments for F&B sales are surging in pubs due to the pandemic accelerating changing habits, and now OKTO enables pubs to extend and satisfy their customers’ desire for digital payments also at the gaming machines.
“Our easy-to-use solution allows players to go simply to a gaming machine, press a button to use OKTO, and deposit funds to start playing. And it is the same in the cashout; they get the winnings back to the OKTO wallet in real-time. Alongside, we can also onboard pubs as merchants, if OKTO users can spend some money on food and drink in the pub, they simply can, and they can also split the bill with their friends or send and receive money from their friends using simply the OKTO app.”
Responding to increasing demand for a cashless ecosystem, the fintech provider will offer its fully licensed OKTO.WALLET electronic money payment platform on Inspired gaming machines across UK Pubs, delivering an enhanced payment experience.
The partnership secures broader payment options for consumers and increases customer engagement and footfall, giving a boost after the pandemic to the leisure and gaming sectors.
The OKTO app includes a secure Know Your Customer (KYC) process along with age verification and also provides facilities for consumers to enable transaction limits and time-out breaks.
Peter Davies, Managing Director of the Leisure business at Inspired, added on the deal: “From our initial introduction to OKTO we were extremely impressed by the breadth of knowledge and experience of cashless payment solutions demonstrated by the OKTO team. Their understanding and practical knowledge of the gaming sector in particular have allowed them to develop a mobile payment solution that fits perfectly into our product offer.
“In particular, the focus on player protection and social responsibility stood out, together with the simplicity of the solution itself. We are delighted to be working in close collaboration with OKTO and are looking forward to rolling the solution out in conjunction with our customers and offering machine players a safe, secure and feature rich alternative to cash.”

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By Conner Carey
WWDC is quickly sneaking up on us. The conference will be held June 13-17, but the keynote will likely take place on day one. Apple is expected to announce Macbook Pros, the latest MacOS, and, of course, iOS 10. If you’re a developer or beta tester, you’ll be able to start working with the update pretty quickly. The rest of us will have to wait until September when the iPhone 7 makes its debut. But what all is iOS 10 going to entail? Should we be weary or excited? Let’s look at all the rumors about iOS we’ve heard so far; here’s the best updates we expect to see from WWDC.


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NEW YORK, Jan. 4, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Everyone knows professional athletes are always looking for something to give them an "edge" over the competition. Anti-doping agencies have had to work overtime to prevent many athletes from gaining an unfair advantage through the use of banned substances like recombinant human growth hormone (rhGH) injections. But in September of 2012 at the prestigious Obesity Society's 30th Annual Scientific Meeting, a group of some of the most renowned research experts in the world revealed that a tiny little pill called Growth Factor-9™ from Novex Biotech® was actually capable of increasing mean serum (blood) growth hormone levels… by more than 600%. This proven ability to increase mean hGH levels more than 600% without triggering anti-doping tests is causing such a run on the compound that GNC— Growth Factor-9's exclusive retail distributor—is having trouble keeping it in stock. And now rumors are flying that some big name sports stars are using the pill to increase their hGH levels and "cheat"… without getting caught.
The touted ability of synthetic, rhGH injections to increase heart, lung, and muscle function has made it a favorite among many pros and have caused it to be banned by virtually every major governing body in the sporting world. The NFL, one of the biggest sports franchises in the world, agreed to begin testing its players for rhGH in August of 2011, but now — over a year later — still hasn't implemented any testing. Many believe the league is attempting to hold out until a replacement for rhGH injections can be developed.
And it appears they may have held off just long enough. After over 30 years of research, experts have finally developed an oral compound capable of increasing growth hormone levels naturally in the body… without expensive, synthetic injections, and without triggering a positive rhGH test result. In fact, a December 12, 2012 Congressional hearing regarding the NFL and hGH testing made it clear that the increase in hGH levels offered by Growth Factor-9 would not be detectable by anti-doping tests.
Dr. Larry Bowers, Chief Science Officer for the United States Anti-Doping Agency who testified at the hearing, explained that while "The body produces many forms of growth hormone in the pituitary gland," synthetic rhGH injections involve only one form, called 22kD. hGH tests work by flagging people who have abnormally high ratios of 22kdD.
That's what makes Growth Factor-9 so different from banned synthetic rhGH injections. Rather than introducing a synthetic form of hGH into the body, Growth Factor-9 raises human growth hormone levels by encouraging pituitary health. This means there are no abnormally high levels of 22kD, because the increase in hGH comes from the body's natural source… the pituitary gland.
And now many fear Growth Factor-9 is rapidly becoming the "cheat pill" some high-profile professional athletes are looking for to give them all the advantages of increased hGH levels… without the fear of being sanctioned for illegal rhGH use. This could make Growth Factor-9 one of the most highly coveted sports supplements in the sports world… and it just might change professional athletics forever.
So What's the Catch?
Well, there are three. First, as with hGH injections, Growth Factor-9 is not a "magic bullet" but one part of a total program — you still have to eat right and work out.
Second, unlike injections of synthetic growth hormone, the Growth Factor-9 pill needs to be taken on an empty stomach. That means you either have to take it first thing in the morning and then not eat anything for two hours, or take it at night, at least two hours after your last meal... before you go to bed.
And last but not least, while Growth Factor-9 is far less expensive than prescription hGH injections, it's still not cheap… Growth Factor-9 will cost you about $100 a month.
But is it worth it? Cutting fat and building muscle while giving you plenty of energy and improving sex drive should be a no brainer. However, make no mistake about it, the "established" medical community (and, of course, they know everything) would say its benefits are largely anecdotal, with research that's preliminary. But there's no denying that something that has a chance of helping you get in the best shape of your life — without getting caught — is... at the very least... irresistible.
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Companies today struggle to manage the types and volume of data their customers and employees generate and use every day. With billions of requests daily, operational consistency can be elusive. In his session at Big Data Expo, Dave McCrory, CTO at Basho Technologies, will explore how a distributed systems solution, such as NoSQL, can give organizations the consistency and availability necessary to succeed with on-demand data, offering high availability at massive scale.
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- Tesla CEO Elon Musk should not step down, but the company should really consider regulating Musk's Twitter use and appointing a "No. 2," says Jim Press, a former Toyota executive.
- William Pietersen, a professor at Columbia University's Graduate School of Business, called Musk "overwhelmed and emotionally exhausted" but faulted the board, too, for the company's recent blunders.
Tesla CEO Elon Musk should not step down, but the board should really consider regulating Musk's Twitter use and appointing Musk a "No. 2," Jim Press, former COO and president of Toyota Motor Sales U.S.A., told CNBC on Monday.
"Twitter helps instantly communicate, so there are some advantages to it, but it needs to be disciplined and needs to be throttled in, I think," Press, who was also the deputy CEO of Chrysler, said on CNBC's "Closing Bell."
Just weeks after an Aug. 7 tweet in which Musk said he was considering taking Tesla private at $420 per share and had "funding secured," he abandoned the idea. In a Friday blog post, Musk explained that "it's apparent most of Tesla's existing shareholders believe we are better off as a public company."
But that may not be enough to dissuade the Securities and Exchange Commission, which, according to a New York Times report on Aug. 15, served Tesla with a subpoena to determine whether Musk violated securities laws by claiming he had funding for the take-private maneuver.
Furthermore, Musk himself has been criticized for erratic behavior, both online and off. He confessed in an interview with The New York Times the toll of the "excruciating" year he has had leading Tesla, particularly when crunching to meet Model 3 production goals.
"Twitter has become this direct line of public communication," Press said. "And in a good company with governance, you've got coordination, and you're working through a communications strategy within the organization. It seems to me that [Tesla's Twitter activity] needs to go through a more formal channel to be part of exactly what the company is saying."
Vocal Tesla short Gabe Hoffman, who founded activist hedge fund Accipiter Capital Management, thinks Musk's go-private tweet was more than just a slip-up in corporate communications.
"This was, in my view, the most egregious and naked example of securities fraud I have ever seen from a CEO in my 18 years as a hedge-fund manager," Hoffman said Monday on "Closing Bell."
"I believe imminently, in the next couple of months, Elon Musk will be removed as CEO of Tesla," Hoffman added.
William G. Pietersen, businessman and professor at Columbia University Graduate School of Business, placed some of the blame for the behavior of an "overwhelmed and emotionally exhausted" Musk on Tesla's board.
"If you think about a board's responsibility of oversight — to make sure there's a strong strategy in place to lead the company to a good place, that there's a team that's able to implement that strategy and to be able to ... insist that the CEO, in the interest of shareholders, undertakes those steps — I think there's a fundamental governance issue of responsibility here," Pietersen said in a "Closing Bell" interview.
But critical of the situation as Pietersen was, he said the frazzled CEO doesn't necessarily need to leave the company. He should really rethink how the company is being run, Pietersen said.
"The truth of the matter is this classic dilemma of whether the original visionary can lead a large, complex organization with a lot of operating problems," Pietersen said. "Leadership is a team sport; it's not a solo effort. And I think if you show me a successful company, I'll show you a strong leader that can lead a strong team."
Press, who just last week defended Musk's vision, agreed and maintained that Musk was still the right one to lead Tesla, so long as he had a team underneath him.
"He's really the visionary; he's the creative genius. His imprint is really on the company, but he has to stay high enough to stay strategic and let somebody else worry about the day-to-day business. A 'No. 2' makes a lot of sense," Press said.
"It seems logical as this company grows to bring in somebody to worry about growing the company, operating it day-to-day, and allowing him to really focus on strategy," he added.
Tesla closed down 1.10 percent at $319.27. Tesla is down about 8.3 percent year over year.


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The Arnott’s Group has announced the construction of a multi-million-dollar manufacturing facility in Avondale, West Auckland.
Last year, the Group acquired local artisan cracker company 180degrees, and the new site, which is expected to open in early 2023, will initially be driven by the 180degrees range.
George Zoghbi, Chief Executive Officer of Arnott’s Group, said they were proud to be back manufacturing in New Zealand.
“After 25 years, we look forward to re-opening a designated Arnott’s Group facility in New Zealand with a renewed sense of agility and innovation that will help to support our regional aspiration of becoming a powerhouse of consumer food brands.
“The new site will unlock significant opportunity for the 180degrees brand as it continues to grow both domestically and in Australia, and drive growth in the premium entertaining category for Arnott’s.”
Nigel Cranston, co-founder of 180degrees, said the announcement marked the realisation of the brand’s ambitions.
“We started 180degrees 21 years ago with a small range of handmade biscuits and a small but loyal following. Today, together with The Arnott’s Group, we’ve been able to grow our consumer base and continue to create products jam packed with the character and flavour that has always epitomised who we are.
“Today’s announcement will enable us to get our products in more homes across New Zealand, Australia and elsewhere.”
The site will create dozens of new manufacturing jobs and support local suppliers across the region.
Mike Cullerne, NZ Lead of Arnott’s Group, said the past year has seen strong growth in New Zealand business, led by the acquisition of 180degrees.
“We’re confident that the new site, fitted with state-of-the-art machinery, will become a true hub for food innovation and a market leader for new product development.
“The 180degrees brand was founded in New Zealand and continues to have a strong and loyal fanbase. We’re committed to retaining the essence of the 180degrees brand and a large part of that is its relationship with NZ consumers, retailers and local suppliers.”


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Right on schedule, the Nokia Lumia 625 is now up for grabs in the UK. To get a SIM-free and unlocked unit, you’ll need to pay £239.99 or £252, depending on your choice of retailer.
Expansys is offering Nokia’s biggest Windows Phone yet for £239.99, while Clove is asking for £252 for the same device. The Lumia 625 isn’t high-end despite its 4.7-inch screen, rather it’s a midranger aimed at those who love big phones (and felt left out from the Windows Phone world).
Also in Windows Phone news from the UK, the Samsung Ativ S has received yet another price cut. Back in May we told you that the Korean company’s one and only Windows Phone 8 handset was selling for just £244.99, but even that was too much apparently.
That’s because right now Expansys is offering the Ativ S for the insane price of £199.99, SIM-free and unlocked. There are no units in stock, but that situation is expected to change in four days. So you can place your order anyway, keeping in mind what a great deal this is.
The Ativ S is much higher-end than the Lumia 625, yet it’s cheaper. The only downside to the Ativ S could be its lack of LTE support, but otherwise it bests the Nokia in every spec category. So you know what the better deal is. It turns out that there are advantages coming out of Samsung’s lack of interest regarding Windows Phone.


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A Russian investment firm has invested $200 million in
The new valuation is $5 billion lower than when Microsoft Corp. invested $240 million in Facebook, in return for a 1.6% stake, in 2007.
Asked about the lower valuation, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg said Microsoft invested when “we were right at the absolute peak of the market.”
Zuckerberg said, on a conference call last week, that the Microsoft deal was more of a strategic partnership where the two companies partnered on advertising and search, whereas Digital Sky made a straight financial investment. Founded in 2005, Digital Sky has raised and invested more than $1 billion in over 30 companies, according to the firm’s website.
Facebook did not need to raise additional funds, but welcomed Digital Sky’s investment as a “cash buffer” that will help it grow comfortably, said Zuckerberg, 25, who founded Facebook in a Harvard University dorm room five years ago.
He noted that Digital Sky’s founders Yuri Milner and Gregory Finger have experience running Internet properties in Eastern Europe and Russia, and they have “a deep, advanced understanding” of social networking technology.
Since Facebook was founded, the social networking site, where people can create personal pages, post pictures and exchange messages, has seen explosive growth. The site boasts at having more than 200 million active members, double the number it had in August. About 70% of its members are outside the United States.
The company, which makes most of its money through advertising, has said it is on track to increase revenue by 70% year-over-year, and to become cash-flow positive by 2010. —Anupreeta Das, Reuters


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- Hitachi Metals to plead guilty, pay $1.25 million U.S. fine for fixing parts prices sold to Toyota Hitachi Metals will pay a $1.25 million fine and plead guilty for fixing prices and rigging bids of brake hose installed in cars in the United States, the U.S. Justice Department said Friday.
- Most interested in self-driving cars, but safety is a concern, survey says When fully autonomous cars become ready to sell, consumers around the globe -- particularly in Asia -- may be ready to buy, but many of them still have concerns, according to a new survey by the University of Michigan.
- American Axle Q3 profits rise as non-GM business grows Powertrain components supplier American Axle and Manufacturing Holdings, which has been ramping up its non-General Motors business in recent years, today reported strong gains in third-quarter net income and revenues.
- Dissecting Daimler's motorcycle deal Daimler's purchase of a stake in motorbike brand MV Agusta is nothing like Audi's purchase of Ducati.
- Cooper-Standard profits rise on higher sales, MandA moves Cooper-Standard Holdings reported higher earnings in the third quarter from increased North American and Asian sales as well as merger and acquisition activity.


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Elliptic’s report revealed that more than \$100 million worth NFTs had been stolen between July 2021 & July 2022. The most likely NFTs to be stolen were those belonging to Bored Ape Yacht Club. In the bear market, scams and thefts reached record levels.
Elliptic, a blockchain analytics company, has released a new report that reveals the truth about non-fungible token theft (NFT), scams, and other illegal activities
Elliptic’s report revealed that more than \$100 million worth NFTs had been stolen between July 2021 & July 2022. However, the actual amount is probably higher since thefts are retroactively determined.
Although it may seem high, the estimated \$100,000,000 of stolen NFTs accounted for 0.65% of total trading volume between July 2021 and July 2022, according to The Block’s data dashboard. NFT transactions totaling approximately $15.3 billion occurred between July 2021 & July 2022.
According to the report, Bored Ape Yacht Club NFTs were most likely to have been publicly reported as stolen. Elliptic discovered 167 Bored Apes that had been stolen, with a total value of \$43.6 million. Mutant Ape Yacht Club, and Azuki NFTs, were second and third most likely to be taken. They lost $14.5 million and $3.9 millions, respectively.
May 2022 saw the theft of NFTs worth $24 million. July 2022 saw 4,600 NFTs being stolen.
Elliptic suggests this year’s bearish market, which started around May after the UST-Terra collapse did not slow down NFT thefts.


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Apple Inc. and Samsung Electronics Co. have failed to reach an agreement over a U.S. patent dispute following mediation talks earlier this month, pointing the technology giants toward trial in March.
Next month’s court battle involves Apple’s claims that Samsung’s Galaxy S3 smartphone copies its technology, The Wall Street Journal reported.
Apple CEO Tim Cook and Samsung chief Shin Jong-Kyun met in early February to attempt to settle the dispute with the help of a mediator at the urging of U.S. District Judge Lucy Koh, but an agreement could not be reached, according to the report.
The two largest smartphone makers in the world have been battling in courts for years over mobile-device patents that the companies have accused each other of using without permission from the other. A jury in San Jose last November ordered Samsung to pay an addition $290 million in damages to Apple for copying iPhone and iPad features.
Samsung had a much larger smartphone market share over Apple last year — 31.3 percent versus 15.3 percent, respectively, according to research firm IDC.


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Eyeing 2020, Trump Fund-Raisers Return to Familiar Well: Small Donors
Mr. Trumps commitment to that approach seemed to be affirmed in February when he announced as his re-election campaign manager Brad Parscale, who championed a social media-driven operation in 2016, when he served as digital director.
During the first three months of this year, Mr. Parscales firm was paid $1.7 million for digital consulting and online advertising, according to Sundays reports. Much of that was probably passed through to website and social media platforms, though the campaign also paid Facebook $4,700 for ads directly.
An additional $2.3 million was spent on direct mail, which is typically used to solicit small and medium-size donations, while $210,000 went to a collection of eight fund-raising consultants, and $158,000 was spent on telemarketing.
The committees spent nearly $700,000 on merchandise offered for sale to supporters primarily through Mr. Trumps campaign website, with $204,000 of that going at least partially for hats presumably including the red Make America Great Again hats that became emblematic of Mr. Trumps campaign.
The investment in low-dollar fund-raising is already paying dividends. More than half of the total raised by the three committees this year came from donors who gave $200 or less, the reports show.
To be sure, the Trump Victory committee, which was created to raise big checks from major donors, did raise $4.9 million from more than 60 donors who gave $20,000 or more each, including $250,000 checks from the Wisconsin industrialist Eliza....


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In recent fashion news, Swedish fashion retailer, Hennes & Mauritz AB have reported that their profits fell 30% in the first quarter of the year. This fall was due, they explain, to rising cotton prices and negative currency exchange effects.
Net profits, this Stockholm-based company explained, dropped from 3.74 billion kroner during the first quarter of 2010 to 2.62 billion kroner during the first quarter of 2011.
While the typical consumer probably doesn’t consider the factors that lead to better or worse sales, this quarter was definitely impacted by unusual issues. The decline in profits reflects a significant rise in cotton prices, increased transportation costs and less spare capacity. However, H&M’s CEO Karl-Johan Persson explained that, “Instead of passing on these cost increases to customers, we chose to strengthen our price position in order to build further on our strong market position for the long term.”
The first quarter problems were also due to a number of other factors. Particularly bad weather this winter caused a number of stores to temporarily close during heavy snowstorms; in addition, with the world economic issues many consumers are showing restrain in their purchases; furthermore, may consumers are searching for discounts rather than purchasing top name brand items.
Good News on the Horizon
The good news is that H&M is still showing impressive growth in certain areas. At the end of February, they had 2,212 stores, which is an increase of 220 stores from last year. They also recently opened their first two outlets in Bucharest, Romania and they plan to open 97 new stores worldwide soon.


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Leonie Barrie | 29 September 2008
Underwear and T-shirt maker Hanesbrands is nearing the end of a restructuring which began when it was spun off from Sara Lee Corp three years ago. But that doesn’t lessen the shock value of its latest decision to close nine plants in five western hemisphere countries and axe 8,100 jobs as it consolidates production into fewer and bigger facilities in Asia and Central America.
That’s about 16% of the 50,000 strong workforce at the company whose brands include Champion, Wonderbra, Playtex and Bali.
The latest supply chain streamlining – which is part of a long-term plan to cut costs – is due to be completed by the end of summer 2009. It will also mark the end of the company's large knit-fabric textile production in the United States.
Since September 2006, Hanesbrands has brought the axe down on at least 28 plants worldwide employing around 16,300 workers.
Belgian denim major Uco Sportswear has also decided its manufacturing unit in Ghent is no longer viable, and is to shut the plant with the loss of 379 jobs. Production will be transferred to the Uco textile mill in Giurgiu in Romania, where the annual cost of workers is one tenth of that in Belgium. The Romanian plant is also seen as key to making the company more competitive against nearby manufacturers in Turkey, as well as strengthening its position in Europe's high-volume mid-markets.
The viability of one of the UK’s most popular sports retailers was called into question on Friday after auditors to JJB Sports warned that the company could go under after breaching a banking covenant. Compounding worries was the retailer’s unexpected slump to a GBP9.7m half-year loss from a profit of GBP8.3m a year earlier. Sales were down 5.6% to GBP344.7m. JJB also took the surprise step of scrapping its first-half dividend.
Its fortunes compare markedly with those of rival retailer JD Sports, which earlier in the week posted a 54% jump in pre-tax profits to GBP12.4m with like-for-like sales up 5.8%.
Strong US sales and a 3% rise in future orders have helped Nike Inc beat Wall Street expectations, even though a one-time tax benefit last year meant first quarter profits fell 10%. Revenues grew 17% to $5.4bn, with all geographical areas registering growth, including the beleaguered US market. Results have been helped by the Beijing Olympics, which helped raise brand awareness and product innovation.
US specialty clothing retailer Gap Inc has also set its sights on the women's sports and active wear sector after buying apparel company Athleta Inc for $150m in cash. Athleta will become the "fifth tab" on Gap's online platform, selling alongside the Gap, Banana Republic, Old Navy and Piperlime brands. The deal will give Gap a foothold in the $31bn women's active apparel sector in the US, allowing it to tap into popular activities such as yoga and pilates where customers demand stylish yet functional clothing.
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A promoter demonstrates the fingerprint scanner feature of the newly launched Apple iPhone 5S in Singapore September 20, 2013. Photo - Reuters/Edgar Su
German hackers said Monday they have been able to get past the new biometric identification system contained in the latest generation of Apple's iconic iPhones.
On its website, the Chaos Computer Club (CCC) said that by using "the simplest, everyday means", it had hacked into the new finger-print identification system on Apple's latest iPhone models launched last week.
"The phone owner's finger print, photographed from a drinking glass, was sufficient to create a forged print to unlock the iPhone 5S", the hackers said.
A spokesman for the group told AFP it was easy for amateurs to do by lifting prints from a bottle or drinking glass.
"The most complicated part is getting your hands on an iPhone 5S," he joked.
"It again proves a biometric identification system using finger prints is not appropriate to guard access to a phone and should be avoided," the CCC said.
They recommended using a normal password to lock and unlock the phone.
Apple's German operations were not immediately available to comment.
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Elio three-wheel prototype revealed
Two-passenger vehicle expects five-star safety rating.
Elio Motors unveiled a prototype of its two-passenger, three-wheeled vehicle Wednesday, confirming the all-new vehicle will have a $6,800 base price when it goes on sale in June 2014.
Paul Elio, company founder and CEO, said the vehicle is targeted at first-time or cash-strapped buyers, as well as for families who already have a family car and are seeking something inexpensive for daily commuting.
Its sub $7,000-base price makes it almost half the price of the cheapest car in the U.S. -- the base Nissan Versa, which carries a $12,780 price tag after shipping charges -- and Elio says its quirky three-wheel design cuts weight and improves aerodynamics to help it achieve 49 mpg in the city, 84 mpg on the highway.
Engineering details are still being tweaked, but Elio said the vehicle weighs less than 800 pounds and will likely be powered by a 1.0-liter three-cylinder gasoline engine, with power transferred to the front wheels via a five-speed automatic transmission. Top speed is in excess of 100 mph, and the 0-60 mph time is under 9.6 seconds.
The vehicle can be registered as a motorcycle because it has less than four wheels, but Elio says most states will not require a motorcycle license to operate the vehicle, although but the company still recommends checking with your state.
Elio said the vehicle meets every necessary four-wheel vehicle safety requirement.
Federal safety ratings aren't issued until after the car is put into production, but Elio expects to receive a five-star rating. The vehicle has a full steel frame, antilock braking system and three airbags that create a "cocoon," Elio said.
With a 110-inch wheelbase and 161 inches in length overall, its not too far from the 2013 Honda Civic sedan, which has a 105.1-inch wheelbase and is 179.4-inches overall.
We got a chance to sit inside the Elio, and even climbed into the second-row seat. Despite its diminutive looks, there was plenty of head and shoulder room once inside. The tall greenhouse and large windows kept us from feeling claustrophobic while sitting in the back.
They have even considered cargo space, with a fold-down back seat that Elio says can make room for a set of golf clubs.
Elio also announced a unique financing option. Buyers can receive a credit card with a $300 limit that is solely for the vehicle's fuel sales. Each time the card is used, Elio would add an extra amount to use to pay back the loan. For example, a $10 fuel purchase would appear as $30 on a credit card statement, with $20 being used to pay back the loan. More information on this program will be available closer to the vehicle's launch.
The three-wheeler will have a national launch after production begins in June of 2014. Production will be in a former General Motors assembly plant in Shreveport, La.
Elio said they are predicting a whopping 250,000 units to be sold per year. He admitted that that is a "nutty number," but said that the vehicle should catch the attention of new-car shoppers with its low base price and quirky design.
They are off to a good start, as Elio said there are already 13,000 units reserved.
i am sure this is considered a motorcycle.
just a skinned clone of a can am spyder.
the idea is great.
Some say this is a very Niche market car. That requires a response. I'll respond with a short story about overcomming resistance.
In the 80's Western Washingtin University entered a high gas milage competition with a low ridding two seat vehicle, Viking4. At the time two seaters were seen as only suitible for a sportcar by many. During the race there was a pit stop at a gas-station on the route, where the V4 had stopped.
A young woman, child in arms, spotted the car and pressed the driver with a question, "Who wants this? Where would I put my kids, and my groceries?"
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Dr Dennis Doerffel was honourably invited to present at the upcoming Hybrid Marine Conference
REAPsystems have produced a bespoke battery management system for a new 8-Plex cinema complex with a solar-diesel hybrid power system in St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands.
REAPsystems will be exhibiting their Hybrid Venice Taxi Boat and Electric Boat in the Electric and Hybrid Vehicle Arena at The Big Green Business Event Southampton 2017.
Dr Dennis Doerffel speaks at Southampton’s SEAWORK conference, Europe’s largest commercial marine and workboat exhibition, on optimising energy efficiency through hybrid propulsion.
We'll be at RiverFest on 27th of May 2017 demoing our E-Boat She's Electric and offering lucky competition winners a trip up the Itchen River.
Dr Dennis Doerffel was interviewed by Share Radio amid reports that car maker Nissan struck a deal with the government about investing in battery technology, before deciding to invest in its Sunderland car plant in October last year.


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(VOV) - Vietnamese businesses and their counterparts from Zhengzhou city in the Chinese central province of Henan sought ways to promote bilateral cooperation at a seminar in Hanoi on June 21.
Jointly organised by the Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry (VCCI) and Zhengzhou municipal Bureau of Commerce, the event aimed to increasingly develop Vietnam-China economic and trade cooperation.
Hu Suojin, Economic and Trade Counselor of the Chinese Embassy in Vietnam, said that the embassy will do its utmost to foster the two countries’ cooperative ties and friendly relations.
Pham Quang Thinh, Deputy Director of International Relations Department of VCCI said that VCCI will serve as a bridge, creating the most favourable conditions for businesses from Zhengzhou city to expand investment and cooperation with Vietnamese partners.
The event also offered an opportunity for businesses to find out about the 17th Zhengzhou Commodity Fair and Consumer Goods Expo with pavilions designed for commodities from Southeast Asia, including electronics, machinery, chemicals, garment, pharmaceuticals, energy resources, minerals, household electronic appliances, construction materials and foodstuff.
The leader of Zhengzhou municipal Bureau of Commerce affirmed that municipal authorities would put forward incentive policies and services for Southeast Asian customers, including Vietnamese businesses, to help them expand markets from the central region to neighbouring provinces of Anhui, Shanxi, Hubei, Nei Mongol (Inner Mongolia) and Liaoning.


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The Troutman ABC store finished another record-breaking fiscal year on June 30, reaching $3.4 million in sales and surpassing FY2021-22 budget projections by just over $1 million.
The success of the first Troutman store, which opened in December of 2016, has the Troutman ABC Board already planning for a second site, possibly in the next year.
After recently paying $270,000 in cash for property just south of the southern Flower House Loop entrance to Highway 21, the store has already accumulated $453,341 in working capital savings for the second store, for which Chairman Layton Getsinger hopes they can pay cash.
The board will build its working capital fund to the $490,812 maximum allowed by the state ABC Board and then will rebuild its Specific Capital Project Fund, authorized by the Troutman Town Council in 2021 and used to purchase the property, to continue saving for the new store.
The board will start planning for the new location to serve the area just south of Exit 42 in January after assessing current economic conditions. Groundbreaking could occur during the next fiscal year.
After taxes were deducted, the store had just under $3 million in income during the last fiscal year, with a gross profit of $718,000 after product costs were deducted. Expenses for payroll, insurance, mandatory distributions, and store operations totaled $467,000, leaving $250,955 in net income for the year.
The store distributed $15,279 to law enforcement, $21,390 to the Drug-Alcohol Coalition of Iredell for alcohol education, and $86,638 to the town. The town keeps half ($43,319) in its coffers and gives $10,829 each to its four designated community recipients — ESC Park, Troutman Parks and Recreation, Troutman Friends of the Library, and Troutman area county schools (divided among TES, TMS, CATS, SIHS).
The ABC Board owes just over $500,000 on its building loan, which includes a 2020 expansion that nearly doubled the facility’s size and alleviated the cramped warehouse area.
The store will undergo its state-mandated annual audit on July 28-29, with results expected in late August.
In June, the board also approved a $40 delivery fee for mixed beverage customers who opt not to pick up their orders.
2022-2023 BUDGET FORECAST
For the 2022-23 fiscal year, Getsinger is projecting a conservative $2.8 million in total sales, allowing for a possible economic downturn as well as more people returning to mixed drink sales in bars and restaurants as COVID-19 pandemic concerns ease.
Operating expenses are forecast at nearly $381,000, with $55,576 toward debt service on the store construction loan, and $1,471,446 for liquor and other products.
The 2022-23 budget also projects $9,000 in law enforcement distributions, $25,000 to DACI for alcohol education, and $95,000 to the Town of Troutman (50 percent) and its four designated entities (12.5 percent each).


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Monday, January 14, 2013, 12:54 pm PT (03:54 pm ET)
Dell reportedly in talks to take company privateStruggling PC maker Dell is reportedly in talks with at least two private-equity firms to take the company private.
Dell's alleged talks were first reported on Monday by Bloomberg, which cited two unnamed people familiar with the matter. Shares of the company surged more than 12 percent in afternoon trading in response to the report.
Though Dell is reportedly exploring the option of going private, the move is not a done deal. The talks are said to be "preliminary," and may fall apart.
While the PC market continues to struggle, Dell has a net cash balance of $5.15 billion, giving it an opportunity for a leveraged buyout.
The latest data from Gartner forecast Dell's U.S. PC shipments to have dropped 16.5 percent in the holiday quarter that concluded 2012. Those losses came despite the recent launch of Microsoft's new Windows 8 operating system.
Beyond Dell, the larger PC market has also struggled in recent years. Those woes are partially attributed to Apple's iPad, which dominates the tablet market.
In fact, this year tablet shipments are expected to surpass those of notebook PCs. NPD DisplaySearch expects that 240 million tablets will be shipped in 2013, compared to 207 million notebooks.
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The Indiatourism Delhi, Ministry of Tourism, is planning a 10 Point Action Plan to bring North-East tourism into focus. Making the announcement as a key takeaway from a Webinar on ‘Promoting the North-East State & Rajasthan’ under the ‘Ek Bharat Shreshtha Bharat’ initiative, that was held yesterday, Anil Oraw, RD (North) said, “North-East is very unique in its beauty and tourists from India and across the world would love to see the unexplored beauty of these eight states. There is a need for a consolidated effort to take North-East Tourism to the people of India in a very sustainable manner.”
The webinar was attended by S S Dev Barman, RD (North-East), E B Blah, President North East India Tourism Confederation, and 40 other guests from the travel trade fraternity besides the Ministry of Tourism.
The proposed plan is likely to include headers such as promotion of all North-East unique festivals; a prominent branding/positioning for the North-East at the upcoming SATTE event; familiarisation trips for tour operators and mediapersons to the North-East; digital promotion of all North-East unique tourism products, North-East Roadshow in Northern India (like tourist generating cities such as Delhi, Jaipur, Chandigarh, etc.), among others.
While urging the tour operators and other stakeholders to visit the region and spread the word about its beauty, Oraw put special emphasis on how all the pairing states should support each other in promoting holistic tourism.
Assam and Rajasthan are the two pairing states under the Ministry of Tourism’s ‘Ek Bharat Shreshtha Bharat’ initiative. Each state has been paired with another state so that there is a cross-promotion of tourism products as well as a free flow of ideas.
The other participants also voiced their opinion on how the North-East needs the support of the tourism fraternity across the country in order to sustain a holistic growth trajectory. Barman talked about the reasons that make the North-East an attractive destination to travellers. Each state has a unique culture and natural beauty, and there is still a lot more to be explored, he said.


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The backdrop of MEF’s 2017 Global Consumer Trust Study sees a rapidly changing global regulatory landscape when it comes to data protection. In May 2018 the European Commission’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) will come into force affecting any business collecting data from European citizens. All data processors – most companies – will be required to put the customer at the heart of any data exchange. Meanwhile, in the US privacy laws are under scrutiny and around the world new internet laws are being debated.
Clearly the challenges facing all data holders and enablers of data-driven products and services are considerable. Yet the opportunities to build consumer trust are arguably greater. A new generation of services are emerging that give consumers the tools they need to take control of their data. The more mobile users engage with their data – adding to it, updating it, verifying it, providing permission for its use – the more valuable the data becomes to the company holding it.


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Digital extremes announced today that they will be purchasing its new game packages TennoCon will support its two beneficiary partners, Autism Ontario London and The Alzheimer Society London and Middlesex. For the fifth year in a row, TennoCon of Digital Extremes, the conference dedicated to Warframe, takes place from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. ET, Saturday, July 11th. TennoCon 2020, dedicated to Coronavirus (COVID-19), will be a fully digital event and is now included in the first program of Summer Game Fest.
Prepare the box that will carry the packages for TennoCon 2020
Digital Extremes will broadcast all TennoCon content live via Twitch, Mixer, YouTube and Facebook Live.
Three new packages have been designed for TennoWhen players can buy; The digital package ($ 24.99) is an exclusive set of cosmetics, items and Baro’s Relay in the game; Merch Pack ($ 34.99) includes exclusive TennoCon physical equipment (memory jersey and needle). And the TennoCon package ($ 54.99) combines both digital and physical packages at a reduced price.
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After nineteen months of ministerial bungling, complicated by prodigious self-contradiction and genuine uncertainty, the Diefenbaker government has at last come up with a trade policy toward the European Common Market.
It's a solution which implies the government's reluctant recognition that once Britain enters the European Economic Community, the Commonwealth will have lost most of its economic significance. “We'll become supernumerary members of the Commonwealth Club—with reduced privileges and much lower dues," says one of the architects of the new policy.
After intensive study, the government has rejected the idea of approaching the Com mon Market for associate membership on any basis, because of clear evidence that even if this were legally possible, the European countries would never agree to Canada’s admission. At the same time, Ottawa has ruled out the politically suicidal alternative of negotiating economic union with the United States, although the idea of free trade in some selected commodities is still alive.
Instead, the Diefenbaker administration plans to adopt a policy of dramatically extending Canada’s traditional role as a multilateral trader. This will be done through reciprocal tariff-slashing arrangements, designed to gain much freer access to world markets for our wares. The recently announced U. S.-Canada tariff-cutting agreement was the first in a series of such negotiations.
The Canadian plan amounts to little more than a belated bow to the bold initiative of President Kennedy’s trade expansion act. But at least it’s a policy with defined aims and some impressive commercial advantages.
The full realization of this scheme depends on the American president’s success in steering his proposals through Congress, and on the terms that Britain is able to extract from its Commonwealth partners in its EEC entry. Ottawa officials base their calculations on the realistic assumption that we’ll lose our preferential tariffs in the U. K., but that their disappearance will be gradual—probably spread over five years.
They also expect that the final version of the EEC’s external tariff will range from z#ro for such Canadian exports as iron ore. through fifteen percent for our sem¡processed materials, up to forty-four percent for some of our manufactured goods. But here again, it’s predicted that the tariffs will not be slapped on overnight. but applied slowly, possibly spread out until 1970.
Our horse-trading strategy
It is during this interval—as our preferential tariffs are disappearing and our Common Market tariffs are being raised—that Canada intends to carry out its serious horse trading. The senior Ottawa civil servants concerned with planning the strategy for these negotiations point out that the recent EEC-U. S. agreement for a mutual twenty percent tariff reduction demonstrates the eagerness of the European nations to find expanded export outlets for their burgeoning industrial output.
Because we’ll be losing privileged treatment for our goods in the U. K., the preference on British exports to Canada will be up for bargaining, and it is here that our negotiators expect the most fruitful results. East year, British goods worth $625 million came into Canada under preferences averaging twelve percent over imports from the Common Market countries. Automobiles from France are charged seventeen and a half percent duty; British cars come in free. On machinery and steel products, the EEC countries pay a twenty-two-and-a-half-percent tariff, while U. K. items are charged only ten percent.
The plan is to auction off these preferential rates to countries where w'e can gain compensating advantages. We might, for example, agree to allow German, French and Italian cars in free, if these countries reconsider the thirty percent tariff the EEC is plan-
ning to slap on our wheat. Such negotiations will be carried out under GATT auspices, but it won’t be the same item-by-item consideration which has prolonged GATT bargaining in the past. Canada’s delegation to GA IT is now talking in terms of “linear” tariff reductions—cuts that would include whole categories rather than specific commodities. (Agricultural produce will be dealt with outside GATT. Among the suggestions gaining favor is a system of bulk buying of Commonwealth foodstuffs by the EEC nations through international commodity agreements.)
Government negotiators stress the advantages to be gained for Canadian exporters in these dealings, but for everything we get, w'e’ll be giving away compensating advantages to EEC manufacturers selling on this side of the Atlantic. For the first time since this country became a more or less industrialized society, our factories will be seriously challenged for their home market by competitors using much cheaper labor. (Average industrial wage rates in the EEC nations arc fifty-five cents an hour as against $1.85 in Canada.)
Ottawa economists stress that federal fiscal measures will be used to relieve some of the resultant hardships, but at best these w'ill provide only temporary solace. The Canadian economy cannot escape the painful reorientation.
Production incentives expected in this year’s budget are a first step in the government’s long-term plan to make Canadian industry more competitive. By cutting corporation taxes in proportion to production increases. the government hopes to bring the Canadian tax structure more in line with those of Common Market countries. (A recent survey by Jacques Barbeau. research director of the Canadian Tax Foundation, showed that all the EEC countries have a
considerably lower effective tax rate than Canada’s fifty percent, as well as substantially accelerated depreciation plans. )
The idea of introducing production incentives in Canada originated during one of the Saturday morning brain-storming sessions that George Hees has instituted since he became Minister of Trade and Commerce. Just as C. D. Howe was ideally suited to the kind of high-level negotiation with American tycoons that opened up our natural resources potential. Hees has become equally successful in the barefisted process of persuading reluctant Canadian businessmen to get out and sell. In these efforts he’s been aided mainly by Brigadier James Roberts, the department’s deputy minister, who is becoming widely recognized as one of Ottawa's ablest civil servants, and Mel Jack, Hees’ crackerjack executive assistant, who gets results by acting as though the formerly staid Trade and Commerce Department were a fight promoter’s training camp.
Hees nowmakes an average of three trade-promoting speeches a w'eek. He’s doubled the number of trade fairs put on by his department, and has organized missions of top Canadian businessmen to explore various world markets at the rate of one every two weeks. His traveling trade circus which toured the country last year attracted feelers from 5,630 companies anxious to increase their overseas trade. When the Treasury Board recently bounced his latest trade promotion gimmick — chartering aircraft to bring industrial buyers from New York and Boston to Toronto and Montreal—Hees threatened to pay for the plane out of his own pocket. (Treasury relented.)
But dazzling as Hees’ gimmicks may be. it'll take more than gimmickry to sell the government’s new trade plan to Canadian industry.
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ABS will be standard on all BMW motorcycles in 2013.
The move comes as the EU moves towards its 2016 deadline. At that point, all new Euro bikes will be required to have ABS – BMW is just getting a a head start.
Of course, BMW was the first manufacturer to feature ABS on a motorcycle, all the way back in 1988 – this isn’t exactly revolutionary new technology, even though many bikes still don’t have it.
Reports also say BMW is eyeing the booming Indian motorcycle market.
The Indian motorcycle market is booming these days; a rising middle class, a need for cheap transportation and a favourable climate means millions of bikes are sold on the sub-continent every year, on a scale unimaginable to North Americans. Figures vary, but estimates say between 10 per cent and 16 per cent of Indian households own a motorcycle.
Euro manufacturer KTM is already heavily tied into the market – mainly because Indian motorcycle giant Bajaj owns almost 50 per cent of the company. Hero, another major Indian manufacturer, recently broke free of a long-term deal with Honda and is now working in conjunction with Erik Buell Racing instead.
The word on the street is that BMW is interested in doing business with TVS. No, that’s not a cable television company, it’s India’s fourth-largest motorcycle company. They used to have a partnership with Suzuki, but that ended about ten years ago. Now, BMW supposedly wants to talk to them about developing bikes for the Indian market.
Would a move like this make sense for BMW? BMW has already dabbled with Asian manufacturing, with their G650 and G450X thumper motors; the G650 is assembled in China from parts made in Austria, and the now-discontinued G450X was made in Taiwan.
While sales of higher-end motorcycle brand continue to outperform their more modestly priced counterparts, there’s no question there’s lots of money to be made in India. If BMW can figure out how to do that, it’ll give them a much better position in motorcycling’s future, whatever that looks like.


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EA Video games most modern fair appropriate troubles over loot box and shock mechanics
The debate over whether or no longer or no longer loot boxes wants to be allowed isn’t new – for reasonably some time, legislators spherical the arena had been debating what to manufacture about the points that loot boxes uncover. The key and foremost one is the gambling side – firms delight in EA dangle a lengthy history of no longer revealing the percentages of receiving rarer objects in those boxes, main folks to exercise unreasonable amounts on them.
Then there would possibly possibly be the real fact that these boxes are usually on hand in video games played by underage kids – and underage gambling is prohibited factual about in all locations. The total loot box debate presented ample of a bid that the country of Belgium banned them fully in 2018.
The kick-off on your total legislation used to be an EA game to boot – Star Wars Battlefront II. Considerable characters had been locked in the serve of a serious paywall, and gamers had been quite outraged. As a outcomes of the scandal, EA suspended the loot boxes, and Belgium outlawed them.
The loot box bid and story didn’t discontinuance there despite the indisputable fact that – even now, years later, there are nonetheless conflicts over the EA shock mechanics.
Lawsuit in Canada
A class-motion lawsuit used to be fair recently filed in Canada, alleging that EA is taking advantage of an unlawful gambling industry with their randomised loot boxes. Two possibilities of the firm that bought boxes for Madden NFL and NHL video games respectively filed the swimsuit on behalf of each person who has bought those boxes since 2008.
If the swimsuit is profitable, this would almost definitely possibly also mean a painful penalty for EA. The swimsuit refers to other precedent conditions spherical the arena, some of which would possibly be furthermore straight linked to EA – corresponding to the legislation of loot boxes in Korea and Japan, the ban in Belgium and the Netherlands, and the continued inquiries into ability bans in the UK and US.
There is relatively about a precedent there, however that is by no system a reveal of success – that will later ensure by a court. The the same is correct for the US, where earlier this 300 and sixty five days, a the same lawsuit used to be filed against EA, particularly over the Final Crew mode in their sports video games. The American lawsuit is for damages exceeding $5 million, and is furthermore a class motion on behalf of over 100 folks.
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Various countries are extra down the course of EA’s fair appropriate difficulty – the Netherlands fair recently reached a verdict over EA’s FIFA sequence. A court in the Hague enabled the Dutch Gambling authority to place in pressure a comely before all the pieces imposed in 2019. The resolution would possibly possibly almost definitely possibly also result in major adjustments to the game.
EA used to be given three weeks from the uncover in mid-October to manufacture the most primary adjustments to FIFA 19, 20 and 21 in uncover to flee the comely. Ought to nonetheless they refuse to conform (two weeks in, no adjustments had been made) they is also fined $500.000 per week, as a lot as a total comely of $10 million.
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The United States is set to slap import duties as high as 17 percent on Mexican sugar in a victory for the powerful U.S. sugar industry but a blow to U.S. candy and soft drink makers who face paying more for the sweetener.
Mexican producers urged a deal to end the spat while the government hinted at retaliation, highlighting the potential for Tuesday’s Department of Commerce ruling to increase tensions in a months-long trade dispute over claims cheap subsidized sugar is flooding the heavily protected U.S. market.
The duties mean companies like sweets and food makers Hershey Co, Mondelez International Inc, General Mills Inc and drinks makers such as Coca Cola Co will have to pay up to 5 cents per pound extra for imported Mexican sugar, based on current prices.
The United States is a net importer of sugar and Mexico is one of its largest suppliers. Mexican imports are estimated at 2.1 million short tons for the 2013/14 crop year that runs through Sept. 30.
The preliminary decision could still be overturned but is only the first stage of a case which could lead to a further round of levies. It underscores the influence that U.S. cane and beet growers, a relatively small but politically engaged sector in U.S. farming, have over domestic farm and trade policy.
Out of a total 2.2 million U.S. farms, less than 4,700 grow cane and beet, according to data from the Washington-based Heritage Foundation, a conservative think tank.
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Germane Barnes works with University of Miami students to create wireframe Lexus installation at Design Miami
Local architect Germane Barnes has worked with students at the University of Miami to create a wireframe sculpture of a conceptual electric car for Lexus at Design Miami.
Called ON/, the installation is a one-to-one scale sculpture of Lexus' LF-Z Electrified Concept car made from steel wire.
The sculpture is suspended in the centre of a white stage decorated with bespoke furniture and illuminated by constantly shifting coloured lighting, which people can customise remotely using an online tool.
The installation is intended to represent the ongoing electrification of Lexus' vehicle lineup as part of its drive to become carbon neutral.
According to Barnes, the idea of doing a wireframe sculpture came from a desire to create a dramatic installation while minimising materials and transport emissions.
"I wanted to achieve an installation that stayed true to Lexus' mission of a carbon-neutral future," he told Dezeen.
"So the car is wireframe because the more materials that would have been needed to make, the less that would have enforced that new pivot. Shipping a physical car across the globe to here, again, goes against trying to build a carbon-neutral future."
Swings suspended underneath white arches stand at each end of the wireframe sculpture, which Barnes said are meant to symbolise that "we're marching forward into this new future" while also nodding to Miami's art deco architecture.
Barnes is a Miami-based architect and assistant professor at the University of Miami School of Architecture.
He said he believes it is important that Lexus chose to commission an architect from Miami to work on the project, rather than talent imported from elsewhere in the US or abroad.
"I've been coming to Design Miami for eight years now and every time I come, I see work by some amazingly brilliant architects, artists, designers," he said.
"So I saw David Adjaye, I saw Daniel Arsham, I saw SHoP Architects, I saw Harvard GSD. And I'm just sitting here like, 'Does Miami not also have talented people that could have been chosen?' And so I said to Lexus, I was very forthright, I said: 'Hey, I live here. Our school is located here. Let us do it. We have talented people here too.'"
Barnes also said it was important to him to use the commission as an opportunity to give his students the experience and exposure that comes from working with a global brand for a high-profile event like Design Miami.
Barnes is co-credited for the project with his students at the University of Miami, who worked closely with him on the concept and realisation of the installation.
"We want to look forward to the future and the best way to do that is to empower those who are coming after you," Barnes said.
"My entire solo career is based on the model of working with my professors, who gave me an opportunity," he added.
"So when I was given the same opportunity, I felt like I had to pay that forward and say to my students: 'Hey, would you all like this opportunity to showcase your talents, because this may be something that springboards you into a career.'"
The ON/ installation is currently on show at collectable design fair Design Miami, which takes place in Miami Beach from 1 to 5 December alongside the Art Basel Miami Beach art fair.
Other installations at Design Miami this year include an interactive digital projection created by Austrian design studio Mischer'Traxler for French champagne house Perrier-Jouët.
Mercedes Benz also unveiled a solar-cell-powered electric car designed with late fashion designer Virgil Abloh to coincide with the fairs, while visualisation artists Charlotte Taylor and Nicholas Préaud released an NFT artwork based on an OMA-designed sculpture.
Photography is by Steve Benisty.
ON/ is on show from 1 to 5 December at Design Miami, which takes place alongside Art Basel Miami Beach and other events as part of Miami art week. See Dezeen Events Guide for an up-to-date list of architecture and design events taking place around the world.


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If their presence at the Society of Plastics Engineers' Annual Blow Molding Conference is any indication, materials manufacturers have aggressively set their sights on finding better ways to serve the blow molded packaging market, especially when it comes to meeting sustainability criteria.
It's no surprise that includes bio-based materials. Blow molding is becoming an increasingly important sector for these material suppliers, and the trick is balancing sustainability, processing and performance needs.
Braskem SA of São Paulo started its “I'm Green Polyethylene” production in Brazil in late 2010. The sugar cane-based PE can be recycled in the same stream already established for petrochemical PE, said Mark Mendelson, marketing portfolio director for Braskem America Inc. in Philadelphia. Officials look at the materials's cradle-to-cradle life.
The green PE now is routinely available to the North American market on a contract purchase basis. Consumers in certain markets are beginning to see it in packaging for everyday products — Pantene hair-care products in Brazil, Coca-Cola's Odawalla brand of juice beverages and Danone's probiotic Actimel drink released in France earlier this year. There is a website to communicate the benefits.
“Consumer education ... will be a brand-owner priority,” Mendelson said at ABC 2011, held Oct. 12-13 in Chicago. “It's the consumer that's going to make this choice.”
But manufacturers also have to convince consumers that responsible practices are used to harvest the sugar cane. Braskem is working to get across the message that its use of sugar cane does not impact the Amazon or the global food equation. Brazil owns 22 percent of the world's arable land; sugar cane grown for ethanol uses 1 percent of that, Mendelson said. The firm also has a code of conduct for its supply chain that includes human rights principles and proper agricultural practices for watering, fertilizing and harvesting.
“We're not burning down the Amazon forest,” he said. “Sugar cane production is mostly in São Paulo. The Brazilian government is giving us tremendous support.”
At Telles LLC in Lowell, Mass., — a joint venture of Metabolix Inc. and Archer Daniels Midland Co. that manufactures Mirel bioplastic resins — officials have developed new biomaterials for extrusion blow molding.
“There is a need for products that will allow consumers to participate in the green disposal movement,” said Robert Whitehouse, Telles senior customer application development manager.
“Plastics take 30 percent of landfills,” he said in an Oct. 12 presentation. “In Europe, there is no more land available for landfill. Managing waste is a global problem. One of the largest waste components is post-consumer.”
Recycling has been successful for PET bottles, still there is insufficient available feedstock. Recycling also has problems with removing trace contaminants — adversely affecting any life-cycle analysis and sending a confused message to consumers and other stakeholders, Whitehouse said.
Incineration gives off toxic gases. Industrial composting isn't working due to poor infrastructure management of waste collection, he said. Nonetheless, Mirel has its own challenges. The firm is trying to make the resin more suitable for extrusion blow molding and broaden its processing window. In part because of its high crystallinity, it is not suitable for injection blow molding.
The material can be formulated to have characteristics like those of polypropylene, or high or low density PE. It has similar oxygen, carbon dioxide and water barrier properties to PET, but Telles won't recommend it for soft drink bottles so as not to contaminate that recycling stream. Mirel also won't be targeted at HDPE milk containers for the same reasons.
Instead Telles will target consumer products like personal-care, detergent and small-container packaging applications.
Traditional resins are also facing the need to balance sustainability, processing and performance. Eastman Chemical Co. sees that as its goal in developing clear packaging resins, said Mark Treece, senior chemical engineer at the Kingsport, Tenn., firm.
“Balancing can be tricky, but certainly that's our objective.”
Eastman is working on its melt-phase copolyesters, including a new generation of coPET and one made for hot-fill applications.
Dow Chemical Co. of Midland, Mich., touted its Continuum EP HDPE for packaging. Market manager Stacy Fields said Dow's line will allow up to 10 percent of weight to be taken out without compromising performance.


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EVIO, Inc. (OTCQB: EVIO), a life sciences and cannabis testing company, continues to thrive in the flourishing cannabis industry. An article discussing the company reads: “Cannabis testing services like those offered by EVIO currently comprise about five percent of the total marijuana market, which is projected to reach $31.4 billion globally by 2021 (http://nnw.fm/BGR2g). Ancillary services to the cannabis market make an attractive investment opportunity that is considered more reliable in many ways than investing in the plant directly. EVIO’s offerings further add the inducement that cannabis testing is mandatory and will continue to be so, making this particular segment of the industry a solid one that boasts longevity, predictability and sustainability. The market for cannabis testing is, for these reasons and others, one of the most enticing for investors within the legal marijuana space.”
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DETROIT -- Lincoln has removed the $3,500 customer rebate from the 2003 Town Car and placed it on the LS sedan in a new program that expires March 31.
On the Mercury side, the giveback on the 2003 Mountaineer SUV has been increased to $2,500, from $2,000. The finance rate continues at 0 percent for 36 months. The Mercury incentives also are scheduled to expire March 31.
Financing at 3.9 percent now is available on the 2003 Lexus IS 300 sedan and RX 300 sport wagon.
Also on 2003 models, Toyota has cut the rebate to $1,000 on the Sienna minivan. It had been $1,000 to $1,500. The Camry sedan and the Highlander SUV now have 0 percent financing for 36 months, and the Tundra pickup, Corolla sedan and Matrix four-door have been dropped from the incentive list. Lexus and Toyota incentives expire March 31.


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Cosmetics firms in Greece fined over cartel practices
It was Notos Com that alerted the Greek regulator to the illegalities after complaining to the watchdog about cartel practices.
However, evidence that the struggling company produced contained incriminating information regarding its own practices, which resulted in it receiving the second biggest fine.
The firms involved had, according to the verdict, engaged in horizontal price-fixing by determining the retail prices of their products.
The regulator imposed the following fines: 5.39 million euros for Estee Lauder Hellas, 4.09 million for Notos Com Holdings, 3 million for Gerolymatos Cosmetics, 2.62 million for L’Oreal Produits De Luxe Hellas, 1.94 million for Sarantis and 1.79 million euros for Parfums Christian Dior Hellas.
The commission also forces the six companies to terminate this banned activity and threatens them with additional fines of 10,000 euros for each day of delaying their compliance with the decision.
Sarantis announced it will appeal the decision, saying there was never any communication between the companies and that the fine is illegal due to the statute of limitations. ■


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The Australian Record Industry Assn. has changed its name to Australian Recording Industry Assn., with effect from today (Dec. 1). The trade body says it tweaked its name to more accurately reflect the production, promotion and marketing of the national recording business.
“Changing the name of ARIA is a small but important step for the industry,” comments ARIA chief executive Stephen Peach. “Over the past few years we have witnessed the significant growth of digital music internationally. As these exciting technologies continue to develop and establish in Australia, it’s important that the name of the industry association be truly reflective of the key focus of its members.”
At same time, ARIA has revamped its official Web site to include more business issues, and unveiled a new corporate logo. “Music is all about creativity, imagination and innovation, so it’s important that the ARIA name and logo are reflective of these values,” comments Denis Handlin, ARIA chairman and chairman/CEO of Sony BMG Music Entertainment Australia and New Zealand.


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In response to public demand, the Santa Maria Public Library is reopening on Monday a used bookstore inside the space previously occupied by the Friends of the Library's shop.
The store — which will be stocked with books, DVDs and magazines — will be operated by library administration and all proceeds will support the library, located at 421 S. McClelland St.
Following the closure of the Friends’ shop in July, Library Director Mary Housel said the library considered many ways to fill the space but decided to keep using the area as a bookstore due to public comments.
“We had a lot of people say they missed the books for sale,” Housel said. “At first, I thought we would do a request for proposal for the space and I contacted some booksellers and I got the feeling that no one was really going to be interested in it. And I thought, we have so many books, and our books have always been and always will be cheaper than any used bookstore anywhere.”
Items will range in cost from 50 cents to $2, and all the store’s products will be available on a self-service model, Housel said.
When customers see a book or other items they’re interested in purchasing, they will calculate the cost and deposit the money into a small white box that's been bolted to the wall near the entrance to the store. The store will run on the honor system.
“We’re not going to have any volunteers,” Housel said. “It’ll be run by the library. We might have some volunteers stock the shelves, but right now we’re just doing it by ourselves.”
Housel hopes the shop will be a place for library patrons to spend time reading and drinking coffee.
“People will be able to bring their laptops, use the Wi-Fi,” Housel said. “We’ll have tables and chairs, which are new. We removed some of the free-standing shelves there to make room for seating. We have a lot of people that want to bring coffee into the library, but we don’t allow anything but water. So they’ll be able to have their coffee there and look at the books that are available to buy.”
The shop will be stocked with donated books and library discards, said Housel, estimating there will be around 2,500 items for sale in the shop at any given moment.
While the store will raise money for the library, the ultimate goal is to just get books in the hands of people, Housel said.
“We like to get the books in the hands of kids, people who can’t afford books, for next to nothing,” Housel said. “That’s what we’re all about.
“We’re just kind of going to feel it out and see how it goes,” Housel said, adding the layout and operation of the store could evolve over the following months.
In addition to the library store, Moxie Cafe will operate a small restaurant in the library’s lobby beginning Monday.
The library’s cafe area has been empty since June 30, when the former tenant — Cafe Steinbecks — left.
Moxie Cafe, which runs a restaurant on McCoy Lane in southern Santa Maria, will offer coffee drinks, smoothies, fresh salads, greens and sandwiches. To serve additional diners, the library will add outside seating for 24 people in a cordoned-off area just north of the library, Housel said.
“After all the July inflammation, we’re ready to move forward,” Housel said, referring to the closing of the Friends of the Library bookshop. The Friends’ shop, which operated inside the library, closed last month after the Friends and city were unable to come to an agreement on either a memorandum of understanding — which lays out the general principles of agreement between different parties — or a lease.
In the weeks before the Friends’ store closed, board members of the nonprofit group were publicly critical of the city and library management, arguing the city insisted on unacceptable terms for the proposed MOU and lease.
City officials said the terms they insisted on were necessary to limit the library’s liability.
“It was a difficult situation, but I think we have a way to move forward,” Housel said.


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The Crop Production Show has come and gone and it didn’t bring many changes to the lentil market. We had a few new crop programs pop up for small red lentils but this week the prices have softened a touch. For new crop large and small green lentils, we still have good opportunities available to sign up acres under. On the old crop side of the market prices remain quiet. India’s Rabi pulse crop is in good shape and is only requiring minimal rains in the next two months for it to yield quite well. It is not expected to see a spike in lentil markets as that would be assuming India and Australia will be producing below average yield crops. With the large amounts of acres that were put in, just an average yielding crop will supply a large amount to the market. ...
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Welcome to a new year. We are 4 days away from the start of production week and markets remain quiet. The red lentil markets continue to feel outside market pressure as the Australian crop is now being sold to India. Canadian lentils are also being somewhat affected with Egypt going to zero tolerance on Sclerotinia in lentils, which means buyers will be more cautious on buying #3 lentils. We will have to wait and see how this effects the markets. Large greens have slipped a little in pricing and markets have seemed to turn bearish. On the new crop pricing front, small reds and large greens are hard to find a bid on. Buyers are still showing some interested in new crop small and medium green lentils. Best advice for now is to keep yourself up to date on prices and market fluctuations. ...
Flax prices are mostly sideways this week. #1 quality flax has moved slightly. It was up to $13.25 for a couple of days them back down to $13.00 delivered, but milling quality remains at $13.00 picked up in the yard. The movements are out into Mar / April. Yellow flax demand has been on the quieter side, but $18.50 has traded here and there. StatsCan production numbers have not seen any major changes, rather those changes are coming from the demand side. EU linseed prices have gone up in recent weeks as trade from Russia has been interrupted. There are reports of some residue on Russian flax that is above MRL allowable limits. There are weaker purchases from the US with their larger flax crop, but movement to the EU and China are offsetting those weaker purchases. Flax prices are likely to remain firm. ...
We have seen a recent cold stretch across the prairies, but there is some light at the end of the tunnel. Forecasts suggest warmer weather for the upcoming week, which at this point is very needed. Some more exciting news is talk about increased interest in Canadian oats destined for Mexico. Canada is the main provider of oats in Mexico. Mexico is one of the biggest importers of oats in the world and the Mexican government is trying to promote oats as a healthy dietary requirement. The Mexican government is also trying to promote a healthier lifestyle overall. As for prices, oats have been trading around $2.75 FOB farm for a good quality 2CW. Feed oats have still been sitting around that $2.00 to $2.25 FOB price. ...
The following items were of interest in today’s USDA supply/demand report . . . ...
There hasn’t been much movement in pea prices as of late. Yellow pea markets are holding at $8.25/bu, and the odd buyer still able to pay $8.50/bu FOB for January – February, movement depending on location. Since last week, there still hasn’t been a change in green pea pricing. For a larger varieties $9.00/bu FOB should still be attainable for most areas in Saskatchewan. We also have a small market for smaller variety green peas sitting around $8-8.25/bu FOB depending on freight. Currently, we have no new crop pea pricing available, but opportunities should be brought to light any week now. It is good to know your variety when calling in for prices. Overall the field pea markets held firm from last week’s trading. India has planted a record area of pulses; their progress is coming along quite well. ...
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Boeing delivers 8,000th 737
Published 11:34 pm, Wednesday, April 16, 2014
Boeing delivered the 8,000th 737 on Wednesday, less than two and a half years after the 7,000th, exactly five years after the 6,000th and more than 46 years after the first.
The workhorse single-aisle jet became the most-ordered airplane ever by 1987 and continues to extend its record number of deliveries. Boeing still has more than 3,700 737s on order, including 1,934 of the planned 737 MAX, set to have new, more-efficient engines.
United Airlines, which took delivery of the 8,000th 737, was once part of Boeing. It also was the first airline to order and take delivery of the 737-200.
"The 737 program continues to innovate with new features and technology, meeting the needs of our customers now and into the future," Beverly Wyse, vice president and general manager of the 737 program, said in a news release. "Boeing has a long and treasured history with United Airlines, and we're proud they're taking delivery of this milestone airplane."
Ron Baur, United's vice president of fleet, said: "The 737 has been an integral part of our narrowbody fleet," adding that United is the North American launch customer for the 737 MAX 9.
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