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General Motors has decided to punt on its annual Super Bowl investment, saying the price of admission to this year’s broadcast is simply too high.
“We understand the reach the Super Bowl provides, but with the significant increase in price, we simply can’t justify the expense,” Joel Ewanick, vp and global chief marketing officer of General Motors, said in a statement.
CBS is carrying the upcoming NFL championship tilt, set to kick off in New Orleans on Feb. 3, 2013. Earlier this year, CBS Corp. CEO Les Moonves told investors that he anticipated commanding as much as $4 million for a single spot in this year’s broadcast, a 14 percent increase from NBC’s asking price in Super Bowl XLVI.
GM last year purchased four in-game spots, a buy that included a 30-second ad during the two-minute warning of the fourth quarter. Per Nielsen, that Cadillac ad coincided with peak viewership, reaching some 117.7 million viewers.
The GM Super Bowl buy was augmented by two postgame ads. All told, the company spent an estimated $21 million on inventory in and around the Giants-Patriots showdown.
While GM’s announcement may have caught CBS off guard, the automaker did not have a formal commitment with the network. And while only Anheuser-Busch InBev and PepsiCo have spent more money on the Super Bowl in the past decade—per Kantar Media estimates, GM purchased $82.8 million on the game between 2002 and 2011—the decision is not without precedent. In 2009, the company passed up the opportunity to invest in the broadcast, a call it reiterated the following year.
As was the case three years ago, GM’s decision to sit out the CBS broadcast was prefaced by a major revision of its TV ad strategy. Just days before its ads aired in Super Bowl XLVI, GM acknowledged that it had opted out of 50 percent of its second-quarter upfront commitments, the maximum allowable under the terms of network ad sales contracts.
While significant, GM’s defection shouldn’t leave CBS shorthanded. For one thing, the network began selling inventory for the big game back in January. Moreover, the last two years have seen unprecedented demand from the automotive category; in Fox’s broadcast of Super Bowl XLV, a record nine brands spent a staggering $77.5 million on in-game ads. (Previously, the most robust auto spend was $29.74 million, in 2010.)
NBC’s 2012 broadcast was also marked by a glut of auto spots. Among the manufacturers that suited up for the Giants-Pats contest were GM, Chrysler, Toyota, Volkswagen, Honda and Hyundai.
At any rate, CBS still has a solid eight-and-a-half months to find a replacement for GM. Barring some unprecedented and unforeseen catastrophe, it’s extremely unlikely that GM’s absence will prevent CBS from selling out.
GM’s announcement was made just days after the company pulled out of some $10 million in Facebook ads.
In January, GM consolidated its global media planning and buying services with Carat, a move that Ewanick said will save the company as much as $2 billion over the course of the next five years.
In 2011, GM spent $4.48 billion on advertising, marking an increase of 5 percent from $4.26 billion in the year-ago period.


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Indian police claim marijuana smugglers are using Amazon's website to order and move their product. Amazon has flatly denied the accusation despite police and media reports.
Police in India over the past several days have charged an unknown number of Amazon workers in India in connection with drug trafficking that authorities allege has taken place on the online retailer's platform.
Police claim they summoned Amazon representatives for questioning earlier this week, after two men were arrested for allegedly smuggling marijuana. On Saturday, police said executives were charged over discrepancies between the answers they had provided and evidence which the investigators collected.
They were booked under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act, according to a Madhya Pradesh police statement.
Amazon has refuted the claims, saying that none of its executives had been arrested and claiming the company is fully cooperating with Indian authorities, despite police statements charging the opposite.
Manoj Singh, the superintendent of police in Bhind district who heads the investigation, said he has yet to receive information regarding 20 packages shipped to different places from the company.
"The company is earning hugely from this country, and they have a social responsibility towards citizens," Singh told The Times of India newspaper.
But Amazon India told the paper they were extending their full cooperation.
"We are in the process of gathering relevant information, as requested by the local investigating authorities, and we are well on course to submitting them with the stipulated deadline," the company said.
In a statement provided to DW on Tuesday, the US company wrote: " Reports that Amazon executives have been arrested or charged as part of this case are incorrect and we are not aware of any Amazon executives being named in the investigation. On the contrary, Amazon continues to assist with the investigation. There are media reports of third party delivery contractors being investigated, but we cannot confirm these reports.
Regional Indian authorities have said none of the executives have been formally charged but that a police investigation is ongoing.
Bhind police say they have arrested three people so far, claiming that one ton of marijuana was sent using the site. The drug, worth more than 10 million rupees (€120,000 or $135,000), was mislabeled as "curry leaf" or "stevia leaf."
The Times of India reports that two suspects involved in the sale of marijuana on the e-commerce site were arrested Saturday night at a roadside cafe on the Bhind-Gwalior highway.
Police said one suspect smuggled marijuana labeled "curry leaves" from the southern state of Andhra Pradesh and delivered it to central and northeast cities of Bhopal, Gwalior, Kota and Agra using Amazon India. The other was said to operate the roadside café where they were arrested.
Police allege that sales were managed by a company in the coastal city of Vishakhapatnam.
On Saturday, police in Visakhapatnam, acting on a tip from colleagues in Bhind, say they recovered 48 kilos (105.8 pounds) of marijuana from two Amazon delivery workers. A police first information report, or FIR, reported the confiscation of brown cardboard boxes, Amazon packaging covers and Amazon tape along with the drug.
In recent years, Indian authorities have intensified efforts to crack down on illegal drugs. Famous Indian actors and TV personalities have faced scrutiny from Indian drug enforcement officials.
Leaders from the Confederation of All India Traders' (CAIT), a trade association, have called on the government of Prime Minister Narendra Modi to immediately suspend Amazon operations in India due to what CAIT says is the "scale of illegality" being perpetrated. Moreover, association representatives have called for the arrest of Amazon officials as well as charges of treason against the US retail company.
November 23, 2021: This is an updated version of a previous article that has been revised to include a statement from Amazon refuting the claims that some of its executives had been charged.
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Meat Pro Asia defered to March 2023 to provide more certainty for participants
In view of ongoing outbreaks of Covid-19 across Thailand, as well as continued uncertainty regarding travel restrictions and the timeline for full economic reopening, the organisers of Meat Pro Asia have decided to reschedule the fair from its original dates in January 2022 to the new timeslot of 8 – 10 March 2023. The change will see Meat Pro Asia return to its biennial event cycle in March every two years beginning from the 2023 fair onwards. VIV Asia, the largest event from feed to food in the region, has also been postponed, with the two events now set to take place alongside each other in March 2023 at IMPACT Challenger Halls 1 – 3, Bangkok.
Meat Pro Asia rescheduled to January 2022 due to travel restrictions
To mitigate the impact of domestic and international travel restrictions, Meat Pro Asia, originally scheduled for September 2021, has been rearranged to the new timeslot of 12 – 14 January 2022. The move will see the dedicated event for food processing machinery and packaging technology better accommodate the planning and logistical needs of its participants. VIV Asia, the concurrent event covering the entire supply chain from feed to food, has also been rescheduled to January 2022, with both events set to be held alongside each other at IMPACT, Bangkok. To encourage business during the interim period, a digital networking, deal making and learning event will be arranged in September 2021.
Inaugural edition of Meat Pro Asia postponed to September 2021
After consultations with the fair’s key stakeholder groups, the organisers of Meat Pro Asia, Messe Frankfurt New Era Business Media Ltd and VNU Asia Pacific, have announced the postponement of the event due to travel restrictions impacting inbound travel to Thailand. The new processing and packaging trade fair for the ASEAN market, originally arranged from 10 – 12 March 2021 at IMPACT, Bangkok, has been rescheduled to 22 – 24 September 2021 at the same venue.
Meat Pro Asia welcomes the ‘Food Innovation and Packaging Center’ (FIN) on board as supporting academic partner
Meat Pro Asia’, a new trade show dedicated to the meat and food industry in the ASEAN region, will receive support from the Food Innovation and Packaging Center (FIN) as an Academic partner to promote the show.
Messe Frankfurt and VNU Asia Pacific join forces to launch a new meat and food processing trade show for the South East Asian market
In a strategic expansion into the growing food technology sector, Messe Frankfurt New Era Business Media Ltd and VNU Asia Pacific, announce a partnership to jointly organise ‘Meat Pro Asia’, a new trade show dedicated to meat and food processing and catering to the ASEAN region. The show will take place on a biennial basis in co-location with VIV Asia – the no.1 international trade show from Feed to Food in Asia. The inaugural edition will open its doors on 10-12 March 2021 at IMPACT, Bangkok, Thailand.


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Name: Colin Graves
Was: Chairman of Costcutter
Now: Chairman of Yorkshire County Cricket Club and deputy chairman of the England and Wales Cricket Board
Years in grocery: 44
Career background: Graves joined Spar in 1968 and by the age of 37 had worked his way up the ranks to sales director. But he fell out of love with the business and in 1986 left to go it alone and set up Costcutter. He sold a 49% stake to Bibby Line Group in 2007, and the remaining 51% to Bibby in November 2011. But he left six months later following a boardroom bust-up having only been offered the role of non-executive chairman at the company.
What is he doing now? Graves’ biggest passion has always been cricket. He was a member of the ‘Gang of Four’ in 2002 who saved Yorkshire County Cricket Club from financial ruin and has been a board director since then. He became executive chairman when he left Costcutter. He has also been a board director of the England and Wales Cricket Board since 2010, and was elected deputy chairman earlier this month. When he was nominated for the role, he said. “I am honoured that the First Class Counties and MCC have chosen to nominate me. I am most grateful for the support of my colleagues.”
Biggest achievements in grocery: From very small beginnings, where suppliers would use his own kitchen as a ‘waiting room’ to meet him, Graves grew Costcutter into a household name with more than 1,600 stores and £640m sales. He is widely regarded as a legend in the convenience industry.
What next? Graves no longer has any involvement with Costcutter. And with the new deputy chairman role at the ECB to look forward to, it looks like he has swapped grocery for cricket for good.


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(Oct. 1, 2014) -- The company offers cambuckle and ratchet-style straps in a variety of lengths and colors. Curt cambuckle cargo straps are available in two- or four-packs and have a working load capacity of 300 pounds with a break-strength of 900 pounds. Choose from 15- or 16-foot lengths.
(Oct. 1, 2014) -- To be eligible, the nominee must be, or have been, an active participant in any segment of the RV or manufactured housing industries for a minimum of 25 years. They can work for manufacturers, dealers, campgrounds, housing communities, suppliers, user groups, trade media or associations.
(Oct. 1, 2014) -- National Interstate Insurance Company announced the launch of Rewards Village, a new program that offers complimentary discounts on a wide variety of goods and services provided by Best Benefits Club.
(Oct. 1, 2014) -- “We zeroed out fees on loans of less than $150,000 to any 7(a) borrower because we don’t want SBA fees to be an impediment to getting capital out to communities where it can make a game-changing difference," said Sweet.
Lippert Components Inc. (LCI) announced that Tredit Tire & Wheel Co. Inc. will supply the RV industry with tires featuring the company’s Tire Linc Tire Pressure Monitoring System (TPMS). “To date, there have been many attempts with TPMS that were ‘borrowed’ from automotive, light truck and commercial applications, but Tire Linc TPMS was specifically engineered for RVs,” said […]
After a summer of tumult, two old friends who lived near Roosevelt Elementary School in Elkhart, Ind., decades ago came back to their old stomping grounds because, as the saying goes, their “hood needs them.” As reported by the Elkhart Truth, Mayor Dick Moore and Skyline Corp. founder Art Decio, who both lived just blocks […]
A satellite media tour produced by the Recreation Vehicle Industry Association (RVIA) during America’s Largest RV Show in Hershey, Pa., generated major media attention for the RV industry nationwide. As reported in RVIA Today Express, the satellite tour allowed local media outlets around the country to conduct interviews with tour spokesman, former NFL star and avid […]
With the October 31 deadline fast approaching, the RV/MH Hall of Fame Selection Committee has issued a reminder on its call for nominations for the Class of 2015. RV/MH Hall of Fame Chairman and President Darryl Searer stated, “If you know of anyone who you believe deserves to be nominated for induction into the Hall of Fame […]
Editor’s Note: The following is an official statement from Skyline Corp. responding to Cavco Industries Inc.’s Sept. 26 announcement of its “interest in acquiring” the longtime Elkhart, Ind.-based manufactured housing and RV builder. Click here to view Sept. Cavco’s statement, which was issued shortly after news of a tentative agreement for Skyline to sell its RV interests to […]


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Imagine coating an expensive part with a layer of diamond dust the width of a human hair, capturing its light pattern as a unique identifier, then storing that identifier in a traditional database or on the blockchain. That’s precisely what Dust Identity, a Boston-based startup is trying to do, and today it got $2.3 million
Zendesk has always been strongly focused on customer service in the cloud. They began to look at this more broadly in September when they purchased Base to move into sales automation and CRM. Today, the company announced Zendesk Sunshine, a new platform for creating customer-focused applications on top of Zendesk’s toolset. All of this appears
Cognigo, a startup that aims to use AI and machine learning to help enterprises protect their data and stay in compliance with regulations like GDPR, today announced that it has raised an $8.5 million Series A round. The round was led by Israel-based crowdfunding platform OurCrowd, with participation from privacy company Prosegur and State of
SAP CEO Bill McDermott was jacked up today about his company’s $8 billion Qualtrics acquisition over the weekend. You would expect no less for such a big deal. McDermott believes that the data that Qualtrics provides could bridge the gap between his company’s operational data and customer data wherever that resides. The idea behind Qualtrics
Black Friday may be still be 10 days away, but shopping season started early in the enterprise this year. We have seen acquisitions totaling almost $50 billion in the last couple of months alone, topped by the mega $34 billion IBM-Red Hat deal two weeks ago. What exactly is going on here? While not every deal
Some consolidation and subsequent divestment are in play in the worlds of imaging and voice recognition. Today, Kofax and Nuance announced that Kofax would be acquiring Nuance’s imaging division, for $400 million in cash. The deal, which had been rumoured in recent days, is expected to close in Q1 2019. The acquisition is a notable move
Ceph is an open source technology for distributed storage that gets very little public attention but that provides the underlying storage services for many of the world’s largest container and OpenStack deployments. It’s used by financial institutions like Bloomberg and Fidelity, cloud service providers like Rackspace and Linode, telcos like Deutsche Telekom, car manufacturers like
Eight months after bringing in a $40 million Series D, Moogsoft‘s co-founder and chief executive officer Phil Tee confirmed to TechCrunch that the IT incident management startup had shed 18 percent of its workforce or just over 30 employees. The layoffs took place at the end of October; shortly after, Moogsoft announced two executive hires.
LinkedIn, the Microsoft-owned social network for the working world with some 580 million users, took a big step into professional development and education when it acquired Lynda.com for $1.5 billion and used it as the anchor for LinkedIn Learning. Now, with 13,000 courses on the platform, LinkedIn is announcing two new developments to get more
Abbyy has been around for a long time helping companies with scanning and workflow tools, but like many older vendors it has been looking for ways to extend its traditional business model. One way to do that is by teaming up with robotics process automation companies like UIPath. Today, the company announced it has launched
Today, Google Cloud announced Kubeflow pipelines and AI Hub, two tools designed to help data scientists put to work across their organizations the models they create. Rajen Sheth, director of product management for Google Cloud’s AI and ML products, says that the company recognized that data scientists too often build models that never get used.
DevOps platform CircleCI today announced a new partner program that will open up its platform and allow third-party tools to integrate with it. In addition, the company is also launching Orbs, which it describes as “the world’s first package manager designed specifically for configuration of software delivery automation.” Fresh off its $31 million funding round
Spotify’s ad-supported tier has long been one of the service’s differentiators. Naturally, the model’s not nearly as feature-rich as its paid counterpart, though the company’s removing one of those key distinctions as of this morning. In a press release, the company notes that free users will soon be able to stream music through Spotify Connect-sporting speakers.
Every day, there are around 650,000 emergency service callouts via 911 for medical, police and fire assistance in the US; and by their nature these are some of the most urgent communications that we will ever make. But ironically in the age of smartphones, connected things and the internet, these 911 calls are also some
During its big customer event in Europe, VMware announced another acquisition to step up its game in helping enterprises build and run containerised, Kubernetes-based architectures: it has acquired Heptio, a startup out of Seattle that was co-founded by Joe Beda and Craig McLuckie, who were two of the three people who co-created Kubernetes back at Google
Amazon, one of the world’s largest companies, has transformed the face of commerce in part because it has managed to at once to be “The Everything Store” but still with a route into its sea of products that, for most users, surfaces what they might most want to see (and importantly buy or consume). That
Foursquare, the former location-based social network turned enterprise location data platform, has today announced a new partnership with TripAdvisor. TripAdvisor will be using Foursquare’s Pilgrim SDK, launched in March 2017, to help the platform better serve users with contextually relevant, real-time information based on their location. Alongside the 13 billion check-ins accumulated on Foursquare’s apps
The past decade in retail has been the golden age of direct-to-consumer (D2C) and digitally native vertical brands (DNVBs) that use the internet to communicate with customers, execute transactions, handle distribution and offer better economics. But as small independent startups have scaled into unicorn territory and as countless brands have saturated digital channels, customer acquisition has
Asana, the platform where people can create and track the progress of work projects, made its name originally as a place where individuals and smaller teams can create and track the progress of a specific project. Now, as the startup courts bigger organizations among its 50,000 paying organizations and millions of (paying and free) users
HashiCorp, the company that has made hay developing open source tools for managing cloud infrastructure, obviously has a pretty hefty commercial business going too. Today the company announced an enormous $100 million round on a Unicorn valuation of $1.9 billion. The round was led by IVP, whose investments include AppDynamics, Slack and Snap. New comer
As car and tech companies continue to make inroads on vehicles and services to build autonomous driving systems, a startup that is creating high-definition maps to help these vehicles move around has quietly picked up a significant round of funding. DeepMap — a Palo Alto startup co-founded by James Wu and Mark Wheeler, who previously
Last year, HPE successfully built and installed a supercomputer on the International Space Station that could withstand the rigors of being in space. Today, the company announced that it is making that computer available for earth-based developers and scientists to conduct experiments. Mark Fernandez, who has the lofty title of America’s HPC Technology Officer at
Let’s start with a basic premise that the vast majority of the world’s work loads remain in private data centers. Cloud infrastructure vendors are working hard to shift those workloads, but technology always moves a lot slower than we think. That is the lens through which many cloud companies operate. The idea that you operate
Cockroach Lab’s open source SQL database, CockroachDB, has been making inroads since it launched last year, but as any open source technology matures, in order to move deeper into markets it has to move beyond technical early adopters to a more generalized audience. To help achieve that, the company announced a new CockroachDB managed service
As you look at the $34 billion IBM-Red Hat deal announced yesterday, if you follow the enterprise closely, it seems like a good move, at least on its face. It could be years before we understand the true value of it for IBM (or lack thereof, depending on how it ultimately goes). The questions stands
After announcing earlier this year that it planned to shut down HipChat and Stride and sell the IP of both to Slack, today enterprise software company Atlassian made another move related to its retreat from enterprise chat. It is selling Jitsi, a popular open-source chat and videoconferencing tool, to 8X8, a provider of cloud-based business
Who expects a $34 billion deal involving two enterprise powerhouses to drop on a Sunday afternoon, but IBM and Red Hat surprised us yesterday when they pulled the trigger on a historically large deal. IBM has been a poster child for a company moving through a painful transformation. As Box CEO (and IBM business partner) Aaron
Today at the Firebase Summit in Prague, Google announced a number of updates to its Firebase app development platform designed to help it shift from an environment for individuals or small teams into a full-blown enterprise development tool. Google acquired Firebase 4 years ago to help developers connect to key cloud tools like a database
After rumors flew around this weekend, IBM today confirmed that it would acquire open source, cloud software business Red Hat for $190 per share in cash, working out to a total value of $34 billion. IBM said the deal has already been approved by the boards of directors of both IBM and Red Hat but is
The Pentagon’s $10 billion JEDI cloud contract bidding process has drawn a lot of attention. Earlier this month, Google withdrew, claiming ethical considerations. Amazon’s Jeff Bezos responded in an interview at Wired25 that he thinks that it’s a mistake for big tech companies to turn their back on the U.S. military. Microsoft president Brad Smith agrees.


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Asia’s financial hub Hong Kong is seeking to promote city’s prominence in the world’s fast-evolving fintech industry by acting as a "springboard" to help companies leap forward to broader markets, especially mainland China.
Hong Kong wants to attract companies to start their businesses in the city and then help them to "leap" forward to markets in mainland China and elsewhere, said Charles d’Haussy, head of fintech at Invest Hong Kong (InvestHK), in response to China Money Network’s questions during a media briefing held on Wednesday in Hong Kong.
InvestHK is a government department responsible for foreign direct investment, supporting businesses to set up and expand in the city.
Financial technology, that uses technology and innovation to improve services and activities in finance, has been growing at rapid pace globally.
According to statistics conducted by the global venture-finance analytics firm CB Insights, global investment in fintech companies reached an all-time high of US$27.4 billion in 2017, increasing by 18% year-on-year.
Following the development, Hong Kong government in its 2018 budget has allocated HK$500 million (US$63.7 million) over the next five years towards the development of financial services in the city, including fintech.
Investments in Hong Kong’s financial technology firms have more than doubled in the past one year to US$545.7 million in 2017 as against US$215.5 million in 2016, according to data by CB Insights.
"People are not seeing Hong Kong just as a market of seven million people. For mainland companies, they are seeing Hong Kong as a springboard to elsewhere and for global companies, they’re seeing Hong Kong as the gateway to China," Nelson Chow, chief fintech officer at the city’s de facto central bank Hong Kong Monetary Authority, told China Money Network.
China is one of the largest fintech market in the world in terms of volume and transactions. The largest segment of China’s fintech market is digital payment, with a total transaction value of US$819 billion in 2017, according to online statistics, market research and business intelligence portal Statista.
The digital payment service is expected to reach US$1.04 trillion by end of 2018, Statista reported.
Since November 2016, InvestHK in partnership with Asia’s largest fintech community Finnovasia has been holding fintech events annually to provide impetus to the industry in the city.
Fintech companies will benefit by meeting and discussing with the relevant stakeholders in the city’s fintech industry, including the Hong Kong government, regulators, investors, venture capitals and accelerators, said InvestHK in a quarterly newsletter.
Hong Kong fintech regulators pledged a wider policy acceptance to make the city’s fintech sector more attractive to investors.
"Regarding how to evaluate the market facilitation and investment protection, it is a difficult job. But it is a core principle in our minds. So we will carefully consider whether the regulation is necessary in light of market development, investors’ interests and Hong Kong financial market as a whole," said Clara Chiu, director at Securities and Futures Commission, at the media briefing.
In April, Hong Kong Stock Exchange made the biggest change to its initial public offering (IPO) rules in two decades by allowing technology firms that have shares with different voting rights to list in Hong Kong.


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Is India a rich country?
But it was a very good year for wealthy Indians. A soaring stock market propelled the combined wealth of members of the 2021 Forbes list of India’s 100 Richest to a record $775 billion, after adding $257 billion — a 50% rise — in the past 12 months.
What is the rank of India in richest country 2020?
India ranked 3rd in Hurun Global Rich List 2020
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Which is the richest country in the world 2021?
Which is the richest country in the world 2021? China is the richest country in the world. It has recently surpassed the United States as the richest country in the world.
In which field India is No 1 in world?
India is the world’s largest producer of milk, pulses and jute, and ranks as the second largest producer of rice, wheat, sugarcane, groundnut, vegetables, fruit and cotton.
Which country is No 1 in world?
For the first time, Canada takes the top overall spot as the number one country in the world in the 2021 Best Countries Report. After ranking second in 2020, Canada has surpassed Switzerland in the 2021 report followed by Japan, Germany, Switzerland, and Australia.
Can you buy a country?
Apparently, you can’t really buy a country. … If you are committed to the dream, there are some opportunities to start your own country. Buying islands are very real. For example, Belize offers several islands for sale, some for less than a house and as little as $200k.
Is India a 3rd world country 2021?
Because many Third World countries were economically poor and non-industrialized, it became a stereotype to refer to developing countries as “third world countries”, yet the “Third World” term is also often taken to include newly industrialized countries like Brazil, China and India now more commonly referred to as …
Is India good country to live?
The survey says India is among the best 25 countries to live in 2020. … However, India has improved its ranking in 2020 by six places, from 65th position in 2019. The concern about India being “not good” country for children finds validity in an Indian Railways report that came out on Wednesday.
Is China richer than USA?
The report found that China’s wealth rose from $7 trillion in 2000 to $120 trillion in 2020. … The U.S., on the other hand, saw its wealth more than double to $90 trillion in the same period.
What is India’s GDP in 2021?
The nominal GDP or GDP at current prices in the year 2021-22 is estimated at ₹ 232.15 lakh crore, as against the provisional estimate of GDP for the year 2020-21 of ₹ 197.46 lakh crore. The growth in nominal GDP during 2021-22 is estimated at 17.6 per cent.
How much rich is India?
Total wealth by selected regions and countries
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Is India a poor country 2020?
India has a fast-growing, diverse economy with a large, skilled workforce. But because of its population, it’s also one of the poorest countries in the world based on income and gross national product per capita.
What is the rank of India in 2021?
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|GDP (PPP)||3 / 189||2021 – US$10.6 trillion|
|Per capita GDP (nominal)||145 / 189||2021 – US$2,260|
Which is the best subject in India?
Top 10 popular courses in India
- Management MBA/BBA.
- Engineering B.Tech and B.Arch, M.Tech, ME, BE.
- Computer Application-BCA/MCA.
- Designing – Fashion/Interior/Web.
- Mass-communication/Journalism BJMC.
- Hospitality (Hotel) – Hotel Management.
- Medical-BDS and MBBS.
- Finance -B.Com/CA.
What is India known for?
31 Amazing Things – India Is Famous For
- Largest Democracy in The World. …
- Highest Number of Official Languages. …
- World’s Largest Postal Network. …
- Statue of Unity. …
- World’s Highest Cricket Ground. …
- Invention of Chess. …
- Yoga Originated in India. …
- The Most Number of Tigers.


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Brands are buying banner ad space again, giving media companies a reason to rejoice.
According to Ben Smith, media columnist for The New York Times, “several privately held publishers said their first-quarter ad revenue was up strikingly over the same quarter last year: Insider by more than 30 percent; Bloomberg Media was up 29 percent; Vice, 25 percent; Bustle Digital Group, more than 25 percent; and Axios’s quarterly ad revenue nearly doubled, executives at those companies told me.
“Ad spending is red-hot right now,” says Henry Blodget, a co-founder of Insider (formerly Business Insider), which was early to introduce a subscription tier in 2017. “The economy is cranking up, travel and leisure are coming back, and consumers are emerging from their pandemic cocoons.
How The Times Runs A Mid-Page Banner
Note the copy surrounding the ad above. It says branded events are coming back this year in a big BIG way.
Pay To Play, Or Get Out of the Way
In related news, marketing strategist Ian Barnard has done some math on organic social media and his equations are brutal.
Even by growing their following by 7900% – an unrealistic expectation – most companies can only expect to raise awareness in their target segments by a maximum of 2% using organic social media.
You will not reach 98% of your target audience, no matter how good your content is.
This is why paid social is so, so important.
Today, as before, it takes money to make money.
When you have a service or product to promote, it’s not going to happen because you land on a cool domain name or because you write and post new articles to your website each week. To spark interest and generate word of mouth at scale—the best form of advertising in the world—you first must pay to play. There’s simply too much well-written and designed information available at the swipe of a finger for even the best organic content to pull enough people in with any consistency and strength of signal.
When the goal is to cultivate a small and tightly focused audience, go ahead and lean into organic as we’ve done for 16 years here on Adpulp.com. On the other hand, when your goal is to interest thousands of people every day in what you are selling, step up to the paid advertising plate, where you can increase reach and customize messaging for each significant market segment or persona.


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Regis didn't have a poor second quarter. Though its same-salon sales fell 3.7 percent year over year, income came in at $18.2 million, a vast improvement from the $143.3-million loss the company reported during the same period last year. And even though customer visits declined by 7.8 percent, the average sales ticket increased by 3.7 percent.
Once that sales dip turns around, we can expect to see more stores under the company's banner, said Paul Finkelstein, Regis' chairman and chief executive. "We certainly have all the liquidity and resources to resume our expansion strategy once comps normalize," he said during Regis' second-quarter conference call. "At that point in time, we should be building 400 salons a year and buying 400 salons a year."
This is much more optimistic news than about a year and a half ago, when Regis said it would close 160 stores. Adding about 800 stores a year would make the company quite large, as it already operates nearly 13,000 locations worldwide and is the biggest firm in its sector.
But Regis will not be alone in its growth. Long time competitor Great Clips could open up to 180 new stores this year, up from its current 2,700 locations. And since 2001, sports-themed chain Sports Clips grew from under 50 units to nearly 750.
Regardless of its competition, Regis definitely sees more potential for growth and consumers spending coming back. And if sales pick up, those possible customers could have more Regis-branded locations to choose from.


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Cyprus: Consumer prices, on an annual basis, fall in June
Consumer prices rose 0.1% from the previous month in June, matching May’s month-on-month increase. According to the Statistical Service of Cyprus (CYSTAT), June’s outturn largely reflected higher prices for housing, water, electricity, gas and other fuels.
Consumer prices, on an annual basis, fell 0.2% in June, contrasting the 0.2% upturn in May. Sharper falls in prices for food and non-alcoholic beverages, and transport pushed down prices. Meanwhile, annual average inflation edged down from 2.0% in May to 1.8% in June. Lastly, harmonized inflation for May—the latest month for which data is available—came in at 0.2%, down from 1.2% in April.


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Konami promises fixes for widely-reported issues with the recently released HD remake and sequel.
I wasn't even aware there was an autosave issue with Silent Hill Downpour but it's among the list of fixes that Konami is targeting in an upcoming update to survival horror game. While bugs weren't the only problems affecting Downpour, some additional polish wouldn't hurt the overall experience.
Similarly, the HD Collection, which has been widely cited for looking rougher in terms of lighting effects, fog, etc. is also getting a pass for bugs.
Here's the official text from the press release:
Understanding the issues some users are experiencing, development teams are currently creating online patches for both games, which will fix the frame rate issues, the audio-synching in Silent Hill HD Collection, and the Auto-Save issues in Silent Hill Downpour. Players have voiced their concerns, and solutions to these issues will be fixed and launched in the coming weeks.
Konami hasn't made an official date available for the patches, and if they're going through certification for the 360 and PS3, it's anyone's guess when they'll be available. We've reached out to Konami in the hopes of getting a full list of fixes that are planned with the title updates.


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The largest drugmaker in the US sold just over US$1.5bn worth of Prevnar in the quarter, down nearly 1% from a year earlier but ahead of Wall Street expectations of US$1.46bn.
Revenues rise for first time in four qaurters
The vaccine helped net income to more than double to US$2.84bn, or US$0.47 a share. Excluding one-off items, Pfizer earned US$0.67 a share, beating the average analyst estimate of US$0.64 per share.
Total revenues rose 1% to US$13.17bn, in line with market forecasts. The small uptick did mark the first time in four quarters that the top line registered growth.
After the strong quarterly performance, Pfizer upped the midpoint of its full-year adjusted earnings forecast by US$0.03 to a range of US$2.58 to US$2.62.
The New York-based group also tightened its revenue guidance to US$52.4bn to US$53.1bn, from US$52bn to US$54bn.
‘Wave of product launches ahead’
“Looking ahead, we are encouraged by the convergence of two positive trends: an expected decline in the unfavourable revenue impact associated with product losses of exclusivity and the beginning of an expected multiyear wave of potential new product launches and product line extensions driven by our pipeline,” said chief executive Ian Read.
“We believe that the convergence of these trends, coupled with anticipated continued strong growth from the aforementioned innovative products, positions the Company for long-term success.”
Pfizer added that it would make a decision on whether or not to sell or keep part or all of its consumer health business in 2018.
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Researchers discovered a popular system maintenance tool was the victim of a supply chain attack that put potentially millions of users at risk of downloading a malicious update.
CCleaner is a tool designed to help consumers perform basic PC maintenance functions like removing cached files, browsing data and defragmenting hard drives. CCleaner is made by Piriform Ltd., a U.K.-based software maker that was acquired by antivirus company Avast Software in July. The compromised update of the tool was first discovered by Israeli endpoint security firm Morphisec following an investigation that began on Sept. 11, but the company claims it began blocking the CCleaner malware at customer sites on Aug. 20.
"A backdoor transplanted into a security product through its production chain presents a new unseen threat level which poses a great risk and shakes customers' trust," wrote Michael Gorelik, vice president of research and development at Morphisec, in a blog post. "As such, we immediately, as part of our responsible disclosure policy, contacted Avast and shared all the information required for them to resolve the issue promptly. Customers (sic) safety is our top concern."
The CCleaner malware gathered information about systems and transmitted it to a command and control (C&C) server; it was reportedly downloaded by users for close to one month from Aug. 15 to Sept. 12, according to Morphisec. However, Avast noted that the CCleaner malware was limited to running on 32-bit systems and would only run if the affected user profile had administrator privileges.
Avast said CCleaner claims to have more than 2 billion downloads and adds new users at a rate of 5 million per week, but because only the 32-bit and cloud versions of CCleaner were compromised, the company estimated just 2.27 million users were affected.
Impact of the CCleaner malware
A team of researchers at Cisco Talos, which included Edmund Brumaghin, threat researcher; Ross Gibb, senior information security analyst; Warren Mercer, technical leader; Matthew Molyett, research engineer; and Craig Williams, senior technical leader, discovered and analyzed the CCleaner malware soon after Morphisec. According to the Cisco Talos team, Avast unwittingly distributed legitimate signed versions of CCleaner and CCleaner Cloud, which "contained a multi-stage malware payload that rode on top of the installation."
"This is a prime example of the extent that attackers are willing to go through in their attempt to distribute malware to organizations and individuals around the world. By exploiting the trust relationship between software vendors and the users of their software, attackers can benefit from users' inherent trust in the files and web servers used to distribute updates," Talos researchers wrote in their analysis. "In many organizations data received from commonly software vendors rarely receives the same level of scrutiny as that which is applied to what is perceived as untrusted sources. Attackers have shown that they are willing to leverage this trust to distribute malware while remaining undetected."
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James Maude, senior security engineer at Avecto, a privilege management software maker, said it was especially concerning that the CCleaner malware included the official code signature from Avast.
"Given that CCleaner is designed to be installed by a user with admin rights, and the malware was not only embedded within it but also signed by the developers own code signing certificate (giving it a high level of trust); this is pretty dangerous," Maude told SearchSecurity via email. "This means that the malware, and therefore the attacker, would have complete control of the system and the ability to access almost anything they wanted. What makes this attack particularly worrying is the volume of downloads this software receives leaving a huge number of users exposed."
Itsik Mantin, director of security research at security software company Imperva, said the CCleaner malware incident shows "there's not much users can do when the vendor gets infected."
"This hack creates a new reality where users need to assume that their desktops, laptops and smartphones are infected, which has been the reality for security officers at organizations in the last years," Mantin told SearchSecurity. "For organizations, this does not really matter as security officers are accustomed to the reality that they should always assume the attackers are in, are looking for ways to spread the infection within the organization and are searching for business sensitive data to steal or corrupt."
Avast response to the CCleaner malware incident
Vince Steckler, CEO of Avast Software, and Ondřej Vlček, executive vice president and general manager of the consumer business unit, released a statement saying the company remediated the issue within 72 hours of becoming aware of the problem by releasing a clean update without the malware. They also stated Avast is working with law enforcement to shut down the CCleaner malware C&C server on Sept. 15.
The Avast execs downplayed their company's involvement by saying they "strongly suspect that Piriform was being targeted while they were operating as a standalone company, prior to the Avast acquisition," and that the compromise "may have started on July 3rd," two weeks before Avast's acquisition of Piriform was complete. Avast also claimed the compromised update took four weeks to discover due to "the sophistication of the attack."
Avast asserted users "should upgrade even though they are not at risk as the malware has been disabled on the server side," and claimed it was unnecessary to follow the suggestions by Talos and other experts to restore systems to a date before Aug. 15, 2017, to ensure removal of the CCleaner malware.
"Based on the analysis of this data, we believe that the second stage payload never activated, i.e. the only malicious code present on customer machines was the one embedded in the ccleaner.exe binary," Steckler and Vlček wrote. "Therefore, we consider restoring the affected machines to the pre-August 15 state unnecessary. By similar logic, security companies are not usually advising customers to reformat their machines after a remote code execution vulnerability is identified on their computer."
Supply chain attacks
Experts said the CCleaner malware incident should be a reminder of the dangers of supply chain attacks.
Marco Cova, senior security researcher at malware protection vendor Lastline, said the recent NotPetya attacks were another case of a supply chain attack "where an otherwise trusted software vendor gets compromised and the update mechanism of the programs they distribute is leveraged to distribute malware."
"This is sort of a holy grail for malware authors because they can efficiently distribute their malware, hide it in a trusted channel, and reach a potentially large number of users," Cova told SearchSecurity. "It appears that the build process of CCleaner itself was compromised: that is, attackers had access to the infrastructure used to build the software itself. This is very troublesome because it indicates that attackers were able to control a critical piece of the infrastructure used by the vendor."
Jonathan Cran, vice president of product at Bugcrowd, told SearchSecurity the CCleaner malware issue appeared to be "less of a traditional supply chain attack and more of a case of poor vendor security. Given that the affected installer was signed as a verified safe binary by Piriform, this indicates that they didn't realize at the time of release and that the corporate network of Piriform was likely compromised."
Justin Fier, director of cyber intelligence and analytics at threat detection company Darktrace, said this "should come as yet another wake-up call that corporations must have visibility into how their suppliers interact with their systems, as well as a real-time assessment of their suppliers' cyber risk."
"The risk that companies inherit from their suppliers is a pervasive problem for cybersecurity. Quite simply, companies with a supply chain cannot avoid compromises -- supply chain breaches are inevitable," Fier told SearchSecurity. "The assessment of potential supply chain partners is often a rushed process in terms of evaluating their cybersecurity level, and is rarely as in-depth as it should be. While we can't change the security posture of our supply chains, we can have a transparent relationship when it comes to cyber risk."
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Beginning Saturday, November 10, the History Channel and Ford F-Series are launching “Truck Weekend in America” – a six-hour prime-time programming event that puts the automaker at the center of original storytelling throughout the weekend. This first-of-its-kind collaboration highlights Ford’s truck legacy of toughness, heritage and performance.
Mark LaNeve, Ford vice president, U.S. marketing, sales and service, says “Truck Weekend in America” is a tribute to the passion of engineers and truck customers, “and to both the history and the future of the pickup truck.”
“‘Truck Weekend in America’ breaks with the traditional media mold with a programming event built on stories that are steeped in history, with an eye to the future,” says Paul Buccieri, president, A+E Networks Group. “From the latest truck technology to vintage vehicles to totally unique modifications and everything in between, this outstanding collaboration delivers a weekend full of nonstop content, the likes of which truck lovers have never seen before.”
The all-new prime-time shows premiere this Saturday and Sunday. In addition, custom vignettes will air on History and its digital and social channels. “Truck Weekend in America” programming includes:
“Truck Night in America” – Saturday, 8 p.m. EST
It’s truck versus terrain, as truck owners from across the United States compete in grueling challenges to test their ingenuity and driving ability in the opening segment, “Truck Night in America.”
“Truck Hunters” – Saturday, 9 p.m. EST
Two top truck builders compete for a sale as they find, restore and put their personal stamp on two classic trucks. Each shop must design with a buyer in mind and, with limited direction, blend its craftsmanship and style with personalized details to gain the buyer’s favor. These shops are putting it all on the line, as only one truck will be good enough to earn the sale.
“Born Tough: Inside the Ford Factory” – Saturday, 10 p.m. EST
This one-hour special event lifts the veil on operations inside Ford’s historic Rouge Complex, where F-150 pickup trucks come to life. From stamping raw aluminum to the body shop to final assembly, cameras go behind the scenes and follow the high-tech descendants of Henry Ford’s groundbreaking assembly line. “Born Tough” reveals how a culture of manufacturing innovation has kept F-Series as America’s best-selling truck for 41 years.
“Truck Night in America” – Sunday, 8 p.m. EST
The truck-versus-terrain competition series returns, celebrating toughness and craftsmanship with everyday people who truly love their trucks and push them to the maximum level in the most grueling challenges.
“American Restoration: Truck Edition” – Sunday, 9 p.m. EST
Rick Dale is traveling the country looking to restore America one project at a time, now with his eye on a long-forgotten 1956 Ford pickup. Nick, a California grape farmer, bought the beat-up truck when he was 16 but never got around to completing the restoration because his family and farm came first. With a tight budget and just 30 days to restore it, Rick and his team work around-the-clock overcoming one challenge after another to bring this American classic back to life.
“Trucks Transformed: Custom Culture” – Sunday, 10 p.m. EST
America’s growing community of truck customizers are going to never-imagined levels of performance, utility and just plain awesomeness. How far are they willing to go? This show features far-out custom trucks like rally racer Ken Block’s snow-conquering RaptorTrax and drifting champ Vaughn Gittin Jr.’s “ultimate fun-haver.” Plus, there’s a guide to how customization has come to the masses on budgets from small to huge. “Trucks Transformed” shows just how the pickup game has gotten picked up to the extreme.
“Rescue Trucks” – Sunday, 10:30 p.m. EST
This half-hour special event follows our nation’s toughest first responders and their souped-up custom trucks, told from the perspective of these very heroes who put their courage, resourcefulness and vehicles to the test and the men and women they’ve saved. The first responders in “Rescue Trucks” share some remarkable stories of survival – and the trucks that came to the rescue.


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Auto insurers say new tariffs could drive up the cost of new cars, and the price tag for repairing older ones. Yahoo Finance’s Alexis Christoforous, Editor-in-Chief Andy Serwer and Ethan Wolff-Mann discuss what it means.
While Ford (F) stock underperformed the S&P 500 in Q2 2018, General Motors (GM), Tesla (TSLA), and Ferrari (RACE) outperformed broader markets. Ford faced negative sentiment due to trade concerns. On the brighter side, growth in Q2 US light vehicle sales boosted investor confidence and prevented auto stocks falling significantly.
Ford (NYSE:F) has lost 10% of its value over the last month. This leaves many asking the question, “Why is Ford stock so low?” Automakers face continuing struggles on many fronts. The economy, interest rates, labor issues, supply issues and material costs stand as many factors that affect the stock price of Ford.
US auto giant General Motors (GM) is set to release its Q2 2018 earnings on July 25. According to 2017 US auto sales volumes, GM had the largest market share in its home market, surpassing Ford Motor (F), Toyota (TM), and Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCAU).
According to a CNBC report, analyst Rajvindra Gill at Needham expects the Model 3 cancellation rate to have doubled in less than a year. Before Tesla reached its Model 3 production milestone of 5,000 units per week at the end of the second quarter, Morgan Stanley analyst Adam Jonas was not expecting Tesla to achieve a rate of 5,000 units per week until the first half of 2019. In fact, Tesla’s efforts to exponentially boost Model 3 production might have given confidence to Model 3 reservation holders who have already waited for many quarters to stick to their reservations a little longer.
According to the Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers, 25% tariff on imported cars and parts would raise the price of U.S. vehicles by $83 billion annually, leading to job losses.
U.S. stock futures are trading lower this morning amid renewed trade war fears. This time, President Donald Trump has refocused his attention on the European Union. Yesterday, Trump threatened “tremendous retribution” against the EU if next week’s meeting fails to bring a fair trade deal on autos.
LONDON, UK / ACCESSWIRE / July 19, 2018 / Active-Investors has a free review on Ford Motor Co. (NYSE: F) following the Company’s announcement that it will begin trading ex-dividend on July 20, 2018. To capture the dividend payout, investors must purchase the stock a day prior to the ex-dividend date that is by latest at the end of the trading session on July 19, 2018. Active-Investors has initiated due-diligence on this dividend stock.
Ford Motor Co. has issued two safety recalls for vehicles made in North America, including some Louisville-made Escapes.
A group representing major automakers will tell the U.S. Commerce Department on Thursday that imposing tariffs of 25 percent on imported cars and parts would raise the price of U.S. vehicles by $83 billion (63.47 billion pounds) annually and cost hundreds of thousands of jobs. The Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers, whose members include General Motors Co (GM.N), Volkswagen AG (VOWG_p.DE) and Toyota Motor Corp , said it plans to issue the warning at a public hearing on Thursday. "Higher auto tariffs will harm American families and workers, along with the economy" and "would raise the price of an imported car nearly $6,000 and the price of a U.S.-built car $2,000," the group said in its testimony released on Wednesday.
When Detroit went bankrupt five years ago, the city was “using credit cards to pay credit cards,” in the words of former City Councilwoman Sheila Cockrel, who participated in a panel Wednesday that marked the anniversary of the filing of the $18-billion Chapter 9 case. The bankruptcy’s true beginnings were in the 1950s, when a decades-long mass exodus of residents from Detroit began, the former councilwoman said. Detroit eliminated $7.2 billion in debt in bankruptcy court, John Naglick, the city’s chief deputy CFO, said at the discussion, which was organized by DBusiness magazine and presented by the accounting firm Plante Moran.
Discover some of Ford Motor Company's most important subsidiaries and joint ventures, and learn more about what they do to further Ford's business interests.
Valuation multiples are commonly used by investors to compare auto companies. These multiples could be used to compare business entities that are similar in size or nature. Let’s see how the valuation multiples of mainstream auto companies Ford (F), Toyota (TM), General Motors (GM), and Fiat Chrysler (FCAU) are trending in July.
Lakeshore, ONTARIO—Across the border from the U.S. auto capital of Detroit, a Canadian company here buys aluminum made at smelters in Quebec using bauxite from Africa or Brazil that Ford Motor Co. puts in America’s best-selling pickup, the F-150. The tightly woven production chain illustrates the U.S. dependence on aluminum from Canada that many say is unlikely to change despite recent metals tariffs the Trump administration hopes will boost the American metals sector. “The reality is there’s not enough aluminum made here,” said Eric Krepps, who runs the North American automotive business at Constellium NV, a Dutch aluminum company.
Motor Authority has learned Ford will begin taking new applications for the 2019 Ford GT in the fourth quarter of this year. Applicants who haven't been approved previously are welcome to update their applications, and new customers are welcome to apply. Hopefuls will still need to show their Ford connections and possible Ford collections, and then they can take the optional freeform step of a publicly accessible 60-second video showing "Your Style." There were a number of videographic gems among the first batch of applicants, when 6,506 people with $450,000 to spend tried to prove they would be the ultimate Ford ambassador.
According to a recent investigation by the Detroit Free Press/USA Today, the increase in SUV sales over the past several years coincides with a sharp rise in pedestrian deaths in the U.S. — up 46 percent since 2009, with nearly 6,000 people killed in 2016 alone. With SUV sales surpassing sedans in 2014 and pickups and SUVs currently accounting for 60 percent of new vehicle sales, it's no wonder Ford announced in April plans to cease U.S. sales of almost all passenger cars. While the Freep/USA Today investigation found that the simultaneous surge in SUV sales and pedestrian deaths comes down to vehicle size, it also points to a lack of action on the part of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), even though it knew of the dangers SUVs pose to pedestrians.


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Up-and-coming furniture industry leaders will convene in New Orleans for the Future Leadership Conference, hosted by the editors of Furniture Today and Home Accents Today. The second annual conference, taking place September 16 to 18, will begin with an evening cocktail party and scavenger hunt through the French Quarter. The conference will also feature keynote speaker Matt McFayden, a polar explorer and sailor, who will talk about his leadership journey. Panels, such as “The Future of Retail” with Carl Prindle of Blueport Commerce and Manoj Nigam of MicroD as well as a panel on data collection with Anders Ekman from Data Mentors, Donnie Surdoval from Storis and Justin Rychak of Strategic Advance, will focus on the use of technology.
“This is such a period of change in the home furnishings industry, and this conference is designed for the young leaders or future leaders to give them actionable steps to help them take their next steps – both in their careers and their businesses,” said Jenny Heinzen York, editor in chief of Home Accents Today and editorial director of the conference. “While much of the content will target the under-40 demographic, our sessions will really focus on the future of the home furnishings business, so we think there will be a lot for attendees of any age.”
The retailer rate is $395 and the vendors and suppliers rate is $895. Register online.


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For those hoping to play as Hulk Hogan in this year’s WWE title from 2K Games, due to recent events which have unfolded around the iconic wrestler, he’ll no longer be in WWE2K16.
This decisio by 2K Games follows the controversy involving racial remarks made by Hogan that later lead to him being fired from WWE.
In a statement 2K Games said:
We are highly respectful of the way that our partners choose to run their business and manage our partnerships accordingly. We can confirm that Hulk Hogan will not appear in WWE 2K16.
WWE2K16 launches on Xbox One, Xbox 360, PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 3 on October 27, 2015 in North America and October 30, 2015 internationally. 2K Games also revealed recently that Stone Cold Steve Austin will be the cover star for the game this year.


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4 Hands and WellBeing Brewing collaborate on nonalcoholic IPA to bring awareness to mental health issues
In an effort to raise awareness around mental health issues, 4 Hands Brewing Co. and WellBeing Brewing Co. have created a nonalcoholic El Dorado Dry Hopped IPA called Liquid Rain set to hit the market in May.
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STL Foodworks provides commercial kitchen space, advice and more to startups, ghost kitchens and beyond
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Revel Kitchen opening a third location in Kirkwood
Revel Kitchen, the nutrition-focused restaurant is set to open a new location in Kirkwood mid October.
Stone Soup Cottage to reopen later this month for service, close permanently next June
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Instagram Will Make Facebook Even More Money On Mobile
Instagram has launched a new partner program that connects those looking to sell ads on the social media service with advertising specialists.
Mobile ads were a big winner for Facebook last quarter, so this news about an advertising partner program for Instagram means there are even more dollar signs in the company's future. (Video via Facebook)
Forty partners are in the program, which launched Tuesday. And Instagram says the group is "ready to power businesses around the globe in three key areas of expertise on Instagram." (Video via Instagram)
The three areas are ad tech — tools that let advertisers oversee ads for optimal performance; community management, which helps teams understand the users they're trying to reach; and content marketing, which helps with creating an actual advertisement.
If you're familiar with the way Facebook helps marketers promote posts, pages and campaigns on its site, these tools may seem familiar.
And that's because, so far, the tools have worked — especially on mobile, which is Instagram's main audience.
In Facebook's third-quarter earnings report, it said the company made 78 percent of all advertising revenue on mobile. And it was only toward the end of that quarter that Facebook started to beef up ads on Instagram. (Video via Facebook)
So it's likely Instagram will see a lot of praise in Facebook's Q4 report, which isn't due for release until early next year. (Video via Instagram)
TikTok ban gains momentum as half of Americans favor the move
A new poll shows half of all Americans favor banning the popular social media app, while just one in five are opposed to the idea.
Palm-scanning payment technology raises privacy concerns
Panera announced it will be the first national restaurant chain to use palm-scanning technology. Amazon has already implemented it in some stores.
Private schools review safety protocols in wake of Nashville shooting
Suggested security protocols for schools include surveillance, double locks and active shooter training.
One dead, several injured in roof collapse at Illinois theater
Severe weather is to blame for the roof collapse during a heavy metal concert at the Apollo Theater in Belvidere, Illinois.
Families still don't know if relatives died in fire at migrant center
Mexican officials made arrests in connection to a fire that killed at least 39 migrants, but some families don't know if their relatives are dead.
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Legend Valve & Fitting Inc. is adding 55,000 square feet to its 153,000-square-foot Auburn Hills, Michigan facility, according to a story in Crain’s Detroit Business.
Company officials say the $4 million expansion is the result of rising demand for its products in commercial and residential markets.
Construction started in June and is expected to be completed in November. The addition will mainly be for extra warehousing space, but the expansion also includes adding more manufacturing equipment, including a new extruder, in the company’s existing space.
David Hickman, president and CEO of the company, told the newspaper Legend has recently hired a dozen new employees and plans to hire more.


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Cmune – the makers of Uberstrike – announced an undisclosed funding round today by venture group DCM, according to VentureBeat. The Beijing-based game-maker aims to become the “next billion-dollar gaming brand for action games” by creating first-pers[...]
The 3Doodler – created by seasoned toy veterans Peter Dilworth and Max Bogue – was posted to Kickstarter about one day ago, and the $75 plug-in pens are already selling like hot cakes.
According to TechCrunch, the pens work by heating and pushing [...]
Business of Fashion – founded by former McKinsey consultant Imran Amed – is proving the power of content. TechCrunch reports the site garnered $2.1 million in seed funding from major VCs, including Index Ventures and LVMH (the French luxury conglomer[...]
Palantir – the data analytics and software company making big waves in government and enterprise – purchased the team behind Voicegem, according to TechCrunch. Voicegem, a voice-based e-mail service, will shut down on March 15, and the talent behind [...]
Snapguide is an iOS app that allows users to create simple, visually appealing 'how-to' guides. TechCrunch reports the app also just landed a big recruit in product designer Rebecca Bortman, who most recently led a high-profile Youtube redesign.
In a bad omen for "Facebook commerce," executives at Yardsellr announced last week they would be shutting down operations within 60 days, according to TechCrunch. The decision is clearly based on dissapointing revenues in the still-nascent field of h[...]
comScore -- the digital data agency -- has just released its annual Digital Future in Focus report, and the news is not good for digital ad agencies. Anthony Ha of TechCrunch reports that out of 5.3 trillion "impressions served" in 2012, 3 in 10 were[...]
Bitcoin -- the digital currency with a market cap of $200 million -- is now a currency of choice for Reddit users hoping to upgrade to "Reddit Gold" accounts.
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Everest -- launched by Francis Pedraza, a 23-year-old Cornell alum -- has a major focus on user interface and beauty. The task-achievement app helps its users break down their goals into minor steps, as well as empowering them to post pictures of the[...]
Since launching in Spring 2006, CrunchBase has established itself as the Internet's leading tech industry database, with over 1.5 million monthly unique visitors. To build on the success, Michael Arrington and company have announced, via a TechCrunch[...]
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M.dot, founded in June 2012 by two European expatriates, recently launched a popular app allowing users to create mobile websites.
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December 2, 2021 | Bethany Baratta
In a letter to the head of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the Iowa Soybean Association cautioned that registration changes for herbicides could undermine the value of products systemically important to U.S. agriculture.
“Should EPA make changes to current uses at this time, that will undermine the market availability of these products,” ISA said in a letter with 89 other ag organizations. “We are greatly concerned that farmers, pest control operators, and other end-users who use these pest control products will experience significant economic harm.”
If the EPA makes registration changes that greatly undermine the value of products or impose additional use conditions, growers may have to transition tens of millions of acres to alternative seed and pesticide products to meet production needs on critically short notice, the groups said. Farmers who have already placed significant product orders expecting certain use conditions could be forced to rapidly reorder new seed and pesticide products at a significant cost. This, the group said, could lead to product shortages of alternative herbicides that are relied on by growers of other crops.
“Under currently strained supply chains, some growers may not be able to acquire essential products ahead of spring planting,” the letter says.
Chaotic supply disruptions could also have unforeseen adverse environmental impacts. The changes would diminish the ability of growers to control noxious, herbicide-resistant (HR) weeds, leading to significant yield losses and environmental harm.
“Growers know their local weed pressures and select HR varieties that require the use of herbicides with certain modes of action. If EPA makes changes that undermine the ability to control HR weeds, many growers will experience costly yield losses and likely will have to resort to intensive tillage to control weeds,” the stakeholders said. “This would harm the ability of growers to maintain important conservation practices and other best management practices, such as reduced or no tillage; or tank mixing weed control products, which help to minimize greenhouse gas emissions, soil erosion, and nutrient losses to watersheds.”


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The Realme GT Neo3 arriving on March 22 is already confirmed to come with the Dimensity 8100 SoC and 150W charging. Today, the company announced it will pack a 120Hz screen with a 1000Hz touch sampling rate.
Realme didn’t divulge the display’s resolution and size, but thanks to TENAA, we know it’s a FullHD+ AMOLED screen measuring 6.7″ diagonally with a fingerprint reader underneath.
Realme previously said that the GT Neo3 will have vapor chamber cooling, LPDDR5 RAM, and UFS 3.1 storage onboard. The company also claims that the GT Neo3’s dual-cell battery will go from flat to 50% in just five minutes and retain 80% capacity after 1,600 charge/discharge cycles.
With the event just three days away, we are unlikely to see Realme drop more teasers revealing GT Neo3’s features, but in the meantime, you can head this way to check out its specs revealed by TENAA.
Realme GT Neo3 Le Mans version


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Jive Software just announced a new employee directory app, Jive Circle, to be released for early access at the end of August.
Funny thing: social employee directory is one of the core functions of the employee social community software Jive has marketed for years, in parallel with its solutions for social customer communities. Yet Jive Circle is part of a separate, mobile-first product line (Jive-w for "workstyles") that also includes the Jive Chime messenger app introduced earlier this year, as well as Jive Daily for employee news. So far, these exist separate and apart from Jive's enterprise social network (known these days as Jive-n).
Like Chime, Jive Circle will be available for iOS and Android or as a persistent desktop app for Mac and Windows computers and one of its main functions will be to locate colleagues by name, department, expertise, or location, and then connect with them in realtime by sending a Chime message, calling, or (if you insist on going old school) sending an email. You can see immediately whether the other person is online and available for a realtime chat.
This family of applications is targeted toward organizations that "may not need something as robust as an internal community but can take advantage of these simple, purpose-built task apps for completely mobile experiences," explained Colleen Jansen, Jive's vice president of marketing, during a briefing earlier this week. That's in contrast with Jive-n, a very comprehensive suite of communication and collaboration apps including, for example, tools for managing internal executive blogs and internal discussions, as well as a wiki-like content management system where documents can have multiple editors.
Jive Chime is more similar to Slack, HipChat, and any number of other apps that allow members of tight-knit teams conduct continuing and immediate conversations, breaking free of the constraints and disorganization of group email threads. Social business enthusiasts have been talking for years about replacing email, with limited success, but the model for success winds up looking more like mobile phone text message stream than a Facebook status post.
"In terms of design, we're very singularly focused on best way to get in touch with your team with realtime messaging," said Elizabeth Brigham, Jive director of product marketing, who conducted a product demo. Chime "is something anyone in the company can pick up because it feels like a consumer experience. We have things like emojis in there to add extra delight, or you can easily add photos in the thread," she said. Employees can start using Chime for free, but organizations who make it a corporate standard will want to upgrade to the version that includes administrative features for $2 per user per month.
Jive Circle pricing has not yet been announced, but it's inherently tied to administrative features like synchronization with the corporate network directory. One nice feature, for companies with geographically distributed or traveling employees, one of the nice features of Circle is that it lets you see details like what time it is where the employee is right now and what the business hours are in their location, so you're not accidentally calling someone in the middle of the night.


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According to a study published last Monday (10) in the scientific journal Journal of Natural Products , cannabis compounds can block SARS-CoV-2, thus preventing covid-19. The secret lies in two cannabinoid acids that can be found in hemp ( Cannabis sativa plant).
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These acids (cannabigerolic, CBGA, and cannabidiol, CBDA) can bind to the spike protein, which is essential for the coronavirus to invade cells, and then block the virus from replicating. "With a long history of safe human use, these cannabinoids, either alone or in hemp extracts, have the potential to prevent and treat SARS-CoV-2 infection," the study reads.
According to the research, cannabinoids had "little or no side effects", but it's worth pointing out that CBGA and CBDA have nothing to do with the known psychoactive effect of cannabis, which is due to THC (tetrahydrocannabinol). "These cannabinoid acids are abundant in many hemp extracts, and are not controlled substances like THC," says Richard van Breemen, lead author of the paper.
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The researchers also noticed that the compounds blocked the action of variants of the coronavirus, such as Alpha (B.1.1.7) and Beta (B.1.351), and now the idea is to test the effects on the Delta and Ômicron variants. "As an adjunct to vaccines, small-molecule therapeutic agents may be needed to treat or prevent Covid-19," emphasize the scientists behind the research.
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European Shares Rebound In Cautious Trade, Banks Lead
European stocks rebounded on Thursday after seeing heavy losses in the previous two sessions on worries about high inflation and the impact of aggressive policy tightening on growth.
On the economic front, U.K. consumer confidence slipped into negative territory for the first time since June 2020, while French consumer price inflation slowed less than expected in August, separate reports showed.
Elsewhere, Germany’s wholesale price inflation eased for the fourth month in a row in August but remained at an elevated level.
The pan European Stoxx 600 was up 0.2 percent at 418.28 after losing 0.9 percent on Wednesday.
Spanish lenders Bankinter, Sabadell and Caixabank all jumped over 5 percent after reports that Madrid could modify a bank tax to avoid conflicts with the European Central Bank.
H&M fell 1.2 percent after the fashion retailer posted lower-than-expected quarterly sales.
Miners Antofagasta and Anglo American rose about 1 percent each after a flurry of Chinese cities announced measures to boost housing demand. Commodity trader Glencore jumped 3 percent.
Wizz Air Holdings rallied 3 percent. The low-cost airline said it has exercised an option with Airbus SE to buy 75 Airbus A321neo aircraft as per the agreement signed last November.
Avation surged 5 percent. The commercial passenger aircraft leasing company said it will return to net profit in fiscal 2022, following a recovery in the performance of the company and the sector.
e-commerce retailer THG plummeted 18 percent after widening its first-half loss.
Uniper fell slightly in choppy trade on news that the German government could end up taking a majority stake in the ailing gas importer.
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20 May SurgiLance™ Gains Medical Product Distributor for the Netherlands, Reto-Med
HOOFDDORP, Netherlands, and NORCROSS, Ga., May 20 — SurgiLance, the designer and manufacturer of the One-Step Safety Lancet, has announced the name of its next medical product distributor within the European Union (EU).
Reto-Med of Holland will be distributing the One-Step Safety Lancet throughout the Netherlands.
Though a young company, Reto-Med brings many advantages to the continued spread of the One-Step Safety Lancet within Europe. Along with a dedicated and focused sales team, Reto-Med brings their experience and familiarity with Dutch hospital protocol.
An initial trial of the One-Step with hospitals, blood banks and home care providers in the Netherlands indicated that nearly 85 percent of those who had tried theåÊsafety lancetsåÊprefer them to currentåÊblood samplingåÊdevices.
Due to the attitudes in the Netherlands towards safety as a whole, the SurgiLance/Reto-Med relationship is poised to take advantage of the growing safety lancet market. Reto-Med is forecasting that the collaboration could yield an estimated 15-percent market share within the safety lancet category within the next few years.
The agreement with Ret-Med is the latest in a string of events that began at the beginning of 2004, when SurgiLance signed a logistics agreement with Frans Mass, a global leader in freight forwarding and warehousing.
In February 2004, SurgiLance obtained the European manufacturing endorsement called the CE Mark and the One-Step was officially made available to the EU market.
Last month, SurgiLance signed their first distribution agreement with Diagnostica Diatest GmbHof Switzerland.
Ed. note: This release was published prior to MediPurpose changing its name from its prior company name — SurgiLance —


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Today's throwback features an early interview with Tumblr CEO David Karp.
Jawbone already tracks steps, sleep, and even caffeine: now calorie-counting, food-logging and weight loss are being revamped and brought into the fold of Jawbone's intelligent insight-based coaching.
Better oil your chain saw. "Sharknado 2" is really happening, and there's nothing we can do to stop the mayhem.
We're all familiar with charts and infographics. Data Cuisine makes them more creative (and delicious) by expressing information with edibles.
The controversial Uruguayan striker uses social media to go back on his earlier denial of chomping the shoulder of Italy's Giorgio Chiellini.
Get weekly tips on how to incorporate math into your daily life using catchy tunes, puppets, and surprising celebrity cameos thanks to actress Danica McKellar's new show on the Nerdist Channel.
Harkening Mike Tyson's famous gnawing of Evander Holyfield's ear, the soccer star is pictured wearing a dog cone, with fangs, as Hannibal, and more.
Still, fragmentation remains a thorn in the side of Android, especially compared with the relative ease of Apple's iOS updates.
Increasing demand for big-screen smartphones means tablet sales could be lower than expected, says research firm IDC.
By raising $4.3 million on Kickstarter, Neil Young's startup shows an appetite for better sound quality. The only hitch: experts say there's little point going beyond CD quality.


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Attorney Carlos A. Gamiño is a criminal defense lawyer who pays close attention to cases involving the Food and Drug Administration. On today’s radar: a recent case involving a now-bankrupt peanut company that sparked one of the largest-scale food recalls in the country.
We’ve all heard it a million times: salmonella can be deadly. It’s why handling raw chicken is dangerous, why rats getting into peanuts can kill you and why insects near your food (even before it’s processed) should be a major concern.
So what would cause a former manager of the Peanut Corporation of America to lie about the deadly bacteria being present in his company’s products, killing nine people before the outbreak of poisoning was contained?
Loyalty to his company, that’s what.
The Peanut Corporation of America Trial
On August 14, former Peanut Corporation of America manager Samuel Lightsey came clean about why he told federal investigators that the company tested frequently for salmonella and that none of their products tested positive.
“I was trying to play damage control, trying to protect the company,” Lightsey testified during his former boss’ trial. He said that he recanted the lies and told the truth when he realized the outbreak had sickened more than 700 people and that nine of them died.
Loyalty is Commendable, but Honesty is the Best Policy
In a case like this, I often wonder how other people would react if they were in Lightsey’s shoes. Had he told the truth sooner, perhaps the outbreak could have been better contained. Maybe fewer people would have gotten sick, and fewer would’ve died.
It turns out that the plant had three positive salmonella tests in the year leading up to the fatal contamination – but nobody said a word. They didn’t even recall the products that came from the tainted peanuts.
What would you do in a situation like that? Would you put your company’s reputation on the line in order to potentially save lives?
Let me know in the comments – I’d love to hear your take.


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Flags of Japan, France and Nissan are seen at Nissan Motor Co.'s global headquarters in Yokohama.
TOKYO PARIS Reuters -- Nissan and Renault are about to start a new automaking alliance with a major overhaul of their globe-spanning alliance as top executives meet on Thursday for talks to reset the two-decade old partnership and chart a course for an uncertain electric future.
Sources previously told Reuters that Nissan Motor Co Ltd and Renault SA are meeting via a video link for an alliance board meeting. The sources said that they chose to use that format rather than having Renault CEO Luca de Meo and Chairman Jean-Dominique Senard travel to Japan because the talks have been progressing well.
Renault wants the Japanese automaker to invest in its new electric-vehicle business while Nissan wants Renault to sell down its 43% stake and put the 23 year alliance on a more equal footing.
The talks have been ongoing for months and have focused on issues such as the sharing of intellectual property. A formal announcement could come as early as February 1, according to a report by the companies.
The future shape of the Franco-Japanese alliance has implications for both companies as well as their junior partner, Mitsubishi Motors Corp. It also shows how the huge technological upheaval in the auto industry is forcing companies to partner and compete with a huge number of newcomers and tech firms.
For instance, Renault will partner with companies from China's Geely Automobile Holdings to the semiconductor giant Qualcomm Inc.
Renault is working to reach a deal with Geely and to bring Saudi Arabian state oil producer Aramco in as an investor and partner to develop gasoline engines and hybrid technologies, according to a report from Reuters.
Nissan has been concerned that the technology it has developed with Renault could leak to the French automaker's partners as it restructures, according to a report by Reuters.


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Latest News on Mobile games
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Sep 15, 2017
Rovio Entertainment sets price range for its planned listing that could value the company at up to $1.1 billionInitial media reports had said the company could be valued at up to $2 billion in the flotation.
Sep 07, 2017
Smartphone users in India spend four hours per day on apps; rank fourth in total time spent on appsIndia is among the top ten countries in terms of the total hours spent in apps on Android phone.
Jul 14, 2017
Revenue generated by mobile gaming industry crosses console and PC gaming industryThe report points out that the mobile gaming market increased by 32 percent to reach about $38 billion in terms of revenue in 2016.
Jul 10, 2017
Pokémon Go offers a rare incarnation of Pikachu and discounts to users on its first anniversaryWearing its trainer's red and white hat from the 'Pokemon' animated series, a special rare Pikachu is available to find and catch within augmented reality mobile game 'Pokemon Go.'
May 05, 2017
Rovio's Battle Bay First impressions: An addictive MOBA in your pocket!Rovio today launched its brand new IP called Battle Bay which is a real-time multiplayer battle arena (MOBA).
Apr 29, 2017
Finding Home is a game that compells you to experience the life of a refugee through your smartphoneFinding Home is not the first smartphone game in the now popular ‘lost phone’ genre, but it takes the formula and transforms it into something more: A message.
Apr 05, 2017
Japanese e-commerce company Rakuten is banking on HTML5 and app less future of mobilesAccording to the strategy that the company has envisioned, it is trying hard to move to HTML5 platform instead of the app-centric platform where you need to develop and maintain apps for multiple platforms at the same time.
Mar 29, 2017
Pokemon Go is helping parents bond with their kidsParents who regularly play "Pokemon GO" with their children report a number of side benefits including increased exercise, more time spent outdoors and opportunities for family bonding, says a study.
Mar 26, 2017
Researchers have developed an algorithm that can predict when a user leaves a mobile gameResearchers have developed a new algorithm that predicts when a user will leave a mobile game. This information can become handy for the game studios so that they can design strategies to maintain the player's interest.
Mar 02, 2017
IDC reports that mobile games brought 25 percent higher revenue than PC gaming in 2016The report detailed that China and Japan were the two major markets that drove the growth of mobile games.


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Disney misses on revenue and earnings but tops subscriber predictions
Disney's stock was down more than 6% in after-hours trading after the entertainment giant said it missed Wall Street expectations on revenue and earnings for its fourth fiscal quarter, but surpassed expectations on streaming subscriber additions.
Why it matters: Investors are looking for signs that Disney's streaming division is still on a steady path to profitability. But the economy looks to be taking a toll on some of Disney's financials.
Details: On Tuesday, Disney CEO Bob Chapek said in a letter to investors that the company expects its streaming unit's operating losses "to narrow going forward and that Disney+ will still achieve profitability in fiscal 2024," assuming the economy doesn't shift meaningfully.
- Last quarter, Disney lost $1.47 billion on its direct-to-consumer streaming division, more than double the amount it lost the same quarter the year prior.
- Disney blamed the increased expenses on revenue losses at Disney+ and a decrease in results at Hulu. Losses, it said, were partially offset by improved results at ESPN+.
- Disney said that the average monthly revenue per paid subscriber (ARPU) last quarter in the U.S. for Disney+, for Disney+ Hotstar in India and for Hulu's on-demand service was down compared to the same quarter the year prior.
- Some of those losses were attributable to lower per-subscriber ad revenue. ESPN remained a bright spot, with marginal increases in ARPU.
By the numbers via CNBC:
- Earnings per share: 30 cents per share adj. vs 55 cents expected, according to a Refinitiv survey of analysts
- Revenue: $20.15 billion vs $21.24 billion expected, according to Refinitiv
- Disney+ total subscriptions: 164.2 million vs 160.45 million expected, according to StreetAccount
- ESPN+ total subscriptions: 24.3 million
- Total Hulu subscriptions: 47.2 million
- Hulu SVOD only subscriptions: 42.8 million
- Hulu Live TV + SVOD subscriptions: 4.4 million
The big picture: Streaming continues to be a core focus for Disney, but its parks and resorts division last quarter proved to be far more resilient.
- Disney said record revenues for its parks, experiences and products segment, but it lost revenue in its media and entertainment division compared to the same quarter the year prior.
- The company attributed those losses, in part, to fewer direct-to-consumer theatrical releases and less content licensing to third parties, because it wants to keep more shows exclusive to its own services.
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Created: 05/11/2014 6:10 PM WDIO.com
By: Travis Dill
Breweries in Minnesota have been growling for the chance to send beer home with customers on Sundays. Lawmakers denied that change last week, and a Duluth brewery is bubbling over with frustration.
A Sunday ban on liquor sales means growlers of craft beer just sit in the fridge at the Canal Park Brewing Company, but Assistant General Manager Emily Mereness said tourists want a taste to go, even on Sundays.
“They spend the weekend kind of trying out different breweries, trying different beers. Then, they come in on Sunday before they want to go home, and they want to bring something home with them. And we have to turn them down, and that's a huge disappointment,” Mereness said.
She said missing those sales hurts the success the company is fermenting.
“That number, day after day, week after week, adds up. I mean that's jobs. That's our ability to add to our staff,” Mereness said.
Brewers at the Thirsty Pagan said the Minnesota ban sends business over the bridge to Superior.
“Obviously growler sales on Sunday aren't available in Minnesota so it's an advantage for us, but 80 percent of our sales come from Minnesota on Sunday so that's a huge number,” Assistant Brewer Jeredt Runions said.
But he said the craft beer community is tight knit. They are so close he supports Sunday growler sales in Minnesota.
“It's just an advantage, you know, kind of spread the wealth around. There's enough beer around here to supply a lot of people,” Runions said.
He said worries that growler sales would lead to Sunday liquor sales are misplaced.
“It's different than your domestic beer or your liquor sales, hard liquor sales, so this is kind of a small little niche that we have here so we don't see that crossing over,” Runion said.
Brewers called Sunday growler sales common sense, but they will have to wait until next year to tap the legislature again.
“We still have hope though. We still hope we'll get there,” Mereness said.
The House and Senate did pass a liquor bill last week, but Sunday growler sales were removed from the bill beforehand.
The bill headed for Governor Mark Dayton's desk allows later bar hours during baseball's All-Star Game, a continuation of beer sales at University of Minnesota football games and grants other liquor licenses around the state.
Duluth Man Arrested in Death of Baby Daughter
Duluth police officers have arrested a man in the death of his 14-month-old daughter. 29-year-old Christopher Dennis Peterson has been charged with unintentional second-degree murder.
Pediatrician Accused of Assault Gives up License
Dr. David Van De Loo, a Eau Claire pediatrician accused of sexual contact with 15 juvenile male patients, has agreed to surrender his medical license so that the remaining counts will be dismissed. Van De Loo has already been acquitted of the majority of his sexual assault charges.
Thomas the Tank Engine Visits Duluth
Thomas the Tank Engine rolled into Duluth on Wednesday. The popular children's train is in town for two weekends, August 1-3 and 8-10. Tickets are available online for $19 each.
Ventura Passage to be Cut from Book
Publisher HarperCollins says it will remove a passage from the best-seller "American Sniper" that sparked former Minnesota Gov. Jesse Ventura's defamation lawsuit against book author Chris Kyle.
Appeal Planned in Dismissal of School Plot Charges
Prosecutors plan to appeal the dismissal of six charges against a 17-year-old accused of plotting to kill his family and attack his Waseca school. A judge dismissed the charges of attempted murder and attempted damage to property on Monday, but let stand six counts of possessing explosives.


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- News tagged "lg"
Monday, 14 Oct 2013
LG has announced the global availability of the SDK for developers to create new functions on LG's upgraded QuickRemote platform, a UX feature which allows the use of certain LG smartphones as a universal remote control.
Wednesday, 9 Oct 2013
Following LG Display’s announcement that it’s starting to mass produce its flexible OLED panel for smartphones, LG Chem is now saying that mass production of stepped and curved batteries has also begun.
Tuesday, 8 Oct 2013
With Samsung announcing their intentions to release a curved display smartphone by October, it seems LG can't just sit back and be content with producing curved OLED TV sets. It is now aiming to mass-produce flexible OLED panels for smartphones as well.
Thursday, 3 Oct 2013
AnandTech tested some Android devices and reports that Samsung is not the only phone maker to cheat in benchmarks. Apparently, ASUS, HTC and LG are also involved in tweaking the hardware for better performance when running benchmark apps.
Tuesday, 1 Oct 2013
Log files of the upcoming Nexus 5 shed light on the specs of the device. In addition, the website of the Ukrainian wireless provider Life states that the Nexus 5 will use a nano-SIM card.
Thursday, 26 Sep 2013
Sporting a gently curved, IMAX-like screen, the 4.3mm-thin 55EA9800 features the Crystal Stand, incorporating unobtrusive forward-facing Clear Speakers. The Curved OLED TV reduced energy significantly, thanks to LG's patented Smart Energy Saving technology.
Monday, 16 Sep 2013
LG has announced the addition of 55- and 65-inch UHD (Ultra High Definition) TV models in Singapore, providing consumers with the option of two smaller sizes of televisions with 4K resolution to complement its 84-inch UHD TV.
Thursday, 12 Sep 2013
Suntec Singapore has collaborated with LG to unveil what is expected to be the largest LED Digital Wall with the highest definition known.
Monday, 9 Sep 2013
The second generation of the Hom-Bot cleaner sports a new square-shaped design that cleans corners 89% more efficiently than conventional round-shaped models.
Saturday, 7 Sep 2013
The LG Sound Plate 340 is a 34mm thick 'sound bar' you can put your TV on. It offers 4.1-channel of surround sound, has dual built-in subwoofers, and supports wireless Bluetooth audio streaming.