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Horizon Zero Dawn Complete Edition for PC was released on August 7, 2020, while The Witcher 3 released on May 19, 2015.
It also labelled Horizon Zero Dawn’s PC launch month sales “significantly” larger than Assassin’s Creed Odyssey’s following that game’s October 5, 2018 release.
After Horizon’s release on Steam and the Epic Games Store last month, Sony said it would explore bringing more PlayStation exclusives to PC “in order to promote further growth in our profitability”.
Mark Healey, a co-founder of Sony owned studio Media Molecule, told VGC in February that a PC version of Dreams wasn’t currently in development, but that it would be “great” to release one in the future.
The following month, Sony’s head of worldwide studios Herman Hulst suggested that PC ports of PlayStation exclusives would remain an exception.
“And to maybe put a few minds at ease, releasing one first-party AAA title to PC doesn’t necessarily mean that every game now will come to PC,” he said.
“In my mind, Horizon Zero Dawn was just a great fit in this particular instance. We don’t have plans for day and date [PC releases], and we remain 100% committed to dedicated hardware.”
Developer Guerrilla Games announced Horizon 2: Forbidden West for PS5 in June ahead of a planned 2021 release date. And this month Sony confirmed it will also release the game for PS4.
Prior to the sequel’s announcement, VGC revealed that PlayStation and Guerrilla are planning a Horizon Zero Dawn trilogy.


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I haven’t seen a drop in banks like this in a long time. Looks like $WFC is still facing pressures from its sales practices scandal..!!
Helping President-elect's America first focus, $WMT set to create 10,000 retail jobs in the US in 2017.
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Back in November we wrote about Facebook being top in social login… Google+ did make a bit of a comeback for a little while, but by the looks of it, Facebook is yet again top dog. This doesn’t come as a surprise since it is hugely popular as a site itself, but its social login functionality is rather refined in the way site owners can use it.
On top of that, users will trust Facebook more than other networks, and surely it is the site that most people are logged into at any given moment which does make login easier.
At F8 this year, Facebook also announced that users will now be able to control what information they share with businesses that use social login. This, naturally, enhances trust in the brand, even after Facebook conducted its little “psychology experiment” a few months ago.
Social login creates an experience and offers ease, enhancing brands’ abilities to create their own experiences for users. It is only natural therefore, that the social network with the richest social experience will win. So, Facebook is ahead again, but what’s going on with other social login sites?
When it comes to online identity management Google+ and Facebook are right there at the top. If you are interested in the most recent numbers for the second quarter of 2014, have a look at this very informative infographic from Gigya.
Key Points To Take Away:
- – Facebook owns more than a half of social logins in Q2, followed by Google+ at 27%.
- – The difference that separates Facebook and Google+ is even larger in mobile environment.
- – Except from Media and Publishers’ sites, where Google+ is steadily closing the gap, Facebook dominates the other sectors of social logins.
- Google+ is Increasing its Share for Social Login
- Facebook Dominates Social Login, G+ is Catching Up
- Social Login: What CMOs Should Know – Infographic
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Nintendo and Psyonix confirmed Rocket League for the Switch during E3 2017. For more on the Switch version of Rocket League, read about all of its features and how Mario Kart 8 inspired the Switch version, including local wireless multiplayer, Mario and Luigi toppers, and cross-platform play (not including with the PS4).Psyonix's Jeremy Dunham spoke to IGN at E3 2017 about the importance of cross-play to the entire industry following the Rocket League on Switch announcement.
For more on Rocket League, check out IGN's in-depth interview with Psyonix about how the game beat the odds. And for the latest on the game's continual content updates, learn about what huge changes the recent Autumn update brought to Rocket League.
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MACEDONIA, Ohio – Several police departments in Summit County and the region are searching for a team of thieves who are apparently disabling alarm systems and stealing from Best Buy stores.
The two men and one woman have been captured on surveillance cameras at multiple Best Buy stores in Macedonia and Copley.
Police said the crooks appear to be familiar with Best Buy. They disable security alarms, distract workers and then steal cameras and laptops.
In a theft that occurred at the Macedonia store on Aug. 11, police said the trio took a Nikon D7000 DSLR camera from the display, stashed it in the woman’s purse and left the store without paying for it. Police said the surveillance video shows the men disabling the security alarm before cutting the wire to the camera.
A store employee told police only specific employees and the employees who install the alarm system know the location of the alarm power supply.
Police said they believe the alleged thieves have also hit stores in Mentor, Chapel Hill and Montrose, as similar reports have been filed.
If you recognize the people in the photos, call Summit County Crimestoppers at 330-434-COPS (2677). You may remain anonymous and could receive up to a $2,000 reward.
LOCAL: Thieves Hitting Multiple Best Buy Locations in Northeast Ohio was originally published on wzakcleveland.com
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Driven by the Prime Minister, Narendra Modi’s proactive policies and the launch of 5G services in India, Minister of State for Electronics & Information Technology Rajeev Chandrasekhar, in Rajkot, Gujarat, said that India will soon emerge as a leader in Electronics Manufacturing in the world with its youth playing a big role in this effort.
“Prime Minister, Modi’s vision of India’s Techade can be realised by our young Indians through their hard work, determination and enterprise. The Government on its part can only be the enabler with its initiatives like the Digital India, Skill India etc,” he said addressing students of the Saurashtra University and Atmiya University in Rajkot.
Emphasising that the Government’s strategy was to encourage the “deepening and broadening” of the electronics space through investments in semiconductors, AI, machine learning, blockchain etc., the Minister said, “For this purpose, the Government was ready to give grant up to Rs 100 crore for investment in semi-conductor designs.”
Referring to Gujarat’s initiative in the electronics sector, Chandrasekhar said that the State has taken several proactive measures like announcing its own Semicon policy and establishing Dholera as Asia’s largest electronics hub. “Dholera will bring along a lot of opportunities for entrepreneurs of the State.”
Talking about how PM Modi’s government has demolished old narratives about India as a dysfunctional, corrupt and low-growth economy, that favoured only the influential and the well-networked, the Minister said that there is democratisation of opportunity and democratisation of capital in today’s India. “We follow the dictum – maximum governance and minimum government”
“Prime Minister, Narendra Modi is building a New India for Young India with reimagined ambitions so that we can achieve our target of One Trillion USD Digital economy/ 5T USD Economy and also emerge as a trusted partner in technology. He does not believe in revdi economics or freebies culture as populated by some Opposition parties,” he emphasised.


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The latest craft cider to hit the marketplace that features the flavors of fall is Portland Cider Company and its Pumpkin Spice Cider. This is the latest seasonal
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It’s a new year and the Objects team is hard at work on the game once again. Well, we didn’t really stop. Holidays are a great time for really knuckling down and getting in some good, solid dev time!
To celebrate the new year, here’s a 3D-printed model of the Ceres freighter – the iconic ship from all of the screenshots we’ve released so far – created by our concept artist / physical console builder extraordinaire Jennifer Scheurle.
So progress is good, and we’re attacking 2016 head-on, but not without a few public stops along the way for people to check out Objects in Space in person.
This year, we’re pleased to announce that as well as GX Australia, we’ve signed on for a booth at RTX Australia, which is happening in just a couple of weeks’ time here in Sydney! For those of you who don’t know, RTX is Rooster Teeth Expo. That’s that video empire over in the States who started out doing Red vs Blue machinima for the original Halo. Nowadays they’re kind of a big deal(tm), and this marks their first ever time in doing one of their massive expos down under. The show is already sold out, so consider this a courtesy to let those of you who’ve already bought tickets know that you should stop by the booth, say hello and find out what all the fuss at PAX Australia was about.
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DKSH has entered into an agreement with Beiersdorf to work across six markets in Southeast Asia, further capitalizing its regional leadership position in the distribution of fast-moving consumer goods across the region.
Bangkok, February 13, 2023 – DKSH Business Unit Consumer Goods, a leading partner for FMCG companies seeking to grow their business in Asia and beyond, and Beiersdorf, the world's leading manufacturer of skin care products such as NIVEA and Eucerin, have officiated the signing of their long-term strategic collaboration in six markets across Southeast Asia.
DKSH and Beiersdorf have been partnering since 2006. Following successful rollouts and implementation plans, this agreement will see DKSH and Beiersdorf work together across the region, creating an even more powerful presence in the fast-moving consumer goods sector, by leveraging the strengths of both companies and creating additional value for customers, shoppers, and consumers in the region.
This strategic partnership will bring together the best of both companies’ capabilities to strongly drive growth in the personal care category through an expanded product portfolio and dedicated support to strengthen Beiersdorf’s product’s availability to local consumers. Additionally, DKSH and Beiersdorf will collaborate closely to promote common initiatives, such as programs to drive in store execution, diversity, and inclusion.
Stephanie Barraud, Senior Vice President ASEAN, said: “This partnership is key to our growth strategy, and we are confident that our shared vision will further drive the success of our businesses. We look forward to working together and creating a bright future for our customers, partners, and employees in the Asia Pacific region.”
Terry Seremetis, Head Business Unit Consumer Goods at DKSH, added: “This agreement is testament to our position as a key leader in the FMCG industry in Asia Pacific, proving that our service capabilities for our stakeholders go far beyond distribution. We are very proud to be working with FMCG powerhouse Beiersdorf. Our pan-Asian collaboration will solidify our engagement as their trusted partner to deliver growth and build a greater future together.”


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Many experts claim we’re not in a bubble economy because they can’t see the “bubble.”
Why is beyond me.
Crude oil prices tanked more than 3% today (Tuesday)
In theory, we have free markets, where manipulation is illegal and punishable.
We’ve found that’s not often the case in the financial markets.
There is a lot of lip service being paid to the upcoming stock market crash that we’re supposed to expect once the Federal Reserve starts raising rates.
Every time we get close to a regularly scheduled Federal Reserve statement, financial pundits pontificate about the nuances of what the Fed Chair might say, not say, or imply.
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It appears that the move by Warren Buffett-backed Burger King Worldwide Inc. to buy iconic Canadian fast food chain Tim Hortons Inc. (USA) and relocate to Canada to lower its corporate tax rate was the straw that broke the camel’s back when it comes to tax inversion deals.


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How Real is the US Trade Deficit with Mexico?
By GIANLUCA SALPIETRO
Whether the US benefits from integration with Mexico has been particularly questioned over the past year or so. To be fair, perhaps most commentators point to their enhancement through further integration than to any lack thereof. When speaking of economic ties however, what are the issues?
A 2011 report by Cristopher E. Wilson and published by the Mexico Institute of the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, aimed to shed some light on what makes US economic integration with Mexico special.
In this report we see for example, that the oft-claimed US trade deficit with Mexico, which in 2016 stood at US$ 64 billion, should be placed in its proper context. President Trump claims it is too large and damaging to the US economy.
But considering that the Mexico Institute report, citing a 2010 NBER working paper, highlights that the value of US content in Mexican imports was actually 40%, and this figure is unlikely to have diminished since 2011, the effective size and importance of the US trade deficit with Mexico should be properly assessed.
This 40% US content in US imports from Mexico means that the US$ 64 billion trade deficit should probably be corrected, as a substantial proportion of it consists of products previously sold by the US to Mexico and then imported back into the US most likely further processed.
Precisely how this correction for US content of the US trade deficit with Mexico should be made is a matter for economic analysts and advisors, but certainly a correction should be due to gain a deeper understanding of true US trade relations with Mexico. Any correction moreover, would most certainly reduce what is considered as the effective burden for the US of this trade deficit and probably quite considerably so. The question is therefore, considering the above, what is the true effective US trade deficit with Mexico?


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Treasury says the economic recovery is likely to remain subdued because of weak domestic consumption and easing export sales.
It says early indicators such as retail sales point to prolonged weakness in private spending in the June quarter, as households focus on reducing debt.
It also notes that exports have declined on the back of lower dairy exports.
But even with weaker-than-expected growth, and concern about debt levels among developed nations, Treasury says the local economy will continue to gradually expand.
Analysts are picking the economy to grow about .8% in the June quarter.
On an annual basis, it's picked to expand by about 3% in each of the next two years. Treasury has forecast growth of 3.2% in the year to March 2011.


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Contract Extension Averts East Coast Ports Strike
By Phil Gregory, WBGO News
December 28, 2012
The union representing longshoremen at East Coast ports has agreed to a 30-day contract extension, averting a potential strike on Sunday. A work stoppage would have a big effect on the region’s economy.
Joe Seneca is an economics professor at Rutgers. He says there are an enormous amount of jobs connected with the ports in North and South Jersey.
“An estimate of $48 billion in economic activity as result just in New Jersey of the Port work, and if you take that on a weekly basis that’s nearly a billion dollars a week. So it could quickly add up even in a short strike.”
New Jersey Retail Merchants Association president John Holub says store managers are making contingency plans in case the contract dispute is not settled and there’s a strike next month.
“There are other ports in the country that won¹t be impacted. So retailers can ship in things from the West Coast ports and from Canada, but obviously those come at a cost. The longer distance you have to travel the greater expense it will be to retailers to get the products on the shelves.”
Those increased costs could lead to higher prices at the stores.
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A roundup of the week’s most newsworthy sports industry press releases from PR Newswire, including AI in fantasy football and a new Harlem Globetrotters tour.
NEW YORK, Sept. 15, 2023 /PRNewswire/ — With thousands of press releases published each week, it can be difficult to keep up with everything on PR Newswire. To help journalists covering the sports industry stay on top of the week’s most newsworthy and popular releases, here’s a roundup of stories from the week that shouldn’t be missed.
The list below includes the headline (with a link to the full text) and an excerpt from each story. Click on the press release headlines to access accompanying multimedia assets that are available for download.
- IBM Brings watsonx to ESPN Fantasy Football with New Waiver Grades and Trade Grades
New this year, Waiver Grades will give available players in your league’s waiver wire a personalized grade for the value they can add to your team. Similarly, the Trade Grades feature will evaluate the personalized potential benefits of trades.
- PepsiCo and Penn State Team Up for Exclusive Football Fan Giveaway
Pepsi has created a limited run of exclusive all white cans of the iconic brand, made specifically for the highly anticipated Penn State White Out football game against the Iowa Hawkeyes Sept. 23.
- FanDuel Marks Responsible Gaming Education Month with Major Investment in its Responsible Gaming Ambassador Program
Soccer icon Carli Lloyd and rising golf star Tom Kim are the newest FanDuel Responsible Gaming Ambassadors. Both Lloyd and Kim will partner with FanDuel to raise awareness of the importance of responsible play and the tools that FanDuel provides to fans to manage their play, including deposit limits, wager limits, time limits and more.
- The World-Famous Harlem Globetrotters are Coming to a City Near You! The 2024 World Tour Begins in the U.S. this December with International Markets and U.S. Military Tour for Spring 2024
The awe-inspiring team will bring an electrifying blend of basketball wizardry and family-friendly entertainment to over 400 cities around the world.
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The electric motor provides robust gliding force and enables Thunder to reach a top speed of up to 70km/h. With such capabilities, riders can fearlessly navigate the sea, chase after turbulent waves and smoothly cruise on calm lakes.
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All season long, fans can ‘Follow the Captain’ to unlock thousands of incredible prizes and experiences including unforgettable performances from today’s hottest artists like Bebe Rexha or Aminé, an epic watch party in Arlington, Texas, or a once in a lifetime trip to Las Vegas for Super Bowl LVIII.
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To help underprepared fans, today, the brand launched the SNICKERS Luck Shop – a first-of-its kind online store that will drop lucky items and gear from SNICKERS NFL team partners throughout the season.
- Racheal Cecil and Tyler James win the 2023 Onewheel World Championships at Race for the Rail
Over the two days of competition, thirty of the best Onewheel riders descended on Nevada’s Sky Tavern Resort to compete in a boardercross-style race for a chance to claim the title of World Champion and their chance at the $25,000 prize purse.
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This launch signifies a milestone for Rithmm, transitioning from the successful beta phase to a full-fledged, comprehensive suite of products that will empower individual sports betting enthusiasts and revolutionize how they make smart bets moving forward.
- Dave & Buster’s Becomes the FIRST-EVER Official Watch Location of the Dallas Cowboys
Dallas Cowboys fans and NFL fans alike can head to Dave & Buster’s to experience the state-of-the-art watch and entertainment experience with 40-foot screens, 30+ HDTVs and unmatched deals and steals all season long where fans will be able to EAT, DRINK, PLAY AND WATCH!
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The limited-run “Merrell Moab 3 Mid x Jeep” brand boot will be available for purchase on Monday, Oct. 16, 2023, in eight countries in both men’s and women’s sizes. To sign up for launch notifications, visit merrell.com/jeep.
- The Makers of the WHOLLY® GUACAMOLE Brand to Award $10,000 to the Ultimate College Football Tailgater
Fans will compete in a wide variety of popular tailgating activities, from cornhole showdowns, ladder golf and games with flying discs, to obstacle-course challenges and more. At each campus tryout, the top-scoring contestants will receive a branded prize pack, and attendees will enjoy opportunities to sample WHOLLY® GUACAMOLE products and receive branded swag.
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How is the Pharma sector evolving?
From sustainability to digitalization, to the increasingly decisive importance of personalization: here are the new trends in the Pharma sector.
The pharmaceutical industry is a large, dynamic and diverse industry that is experiencing continuous and impetuous growth. It is a strategic sector, and one that is currently in a historical phase as it engages in the fight against the Covid-19 pandemic.
In this moment of crucial and unprecedented challenges, the pharmaceutical industry must look to the future, to renew its processes, its technologies, its marketing, its ways of communicating with people. The good news is that it is already doing so; but the margins are still wide. In this post, we will focus on new trends in the Pharma sector.
Before we get started, it’s important to get an idea of just how large and dynamic this sector is. Let’s look at some data.
According to “The Global Use of Medicine in 2019 and Outlook to 2023” by Iqvia, the global pharmaceutical market will exceed $1.5 trillion dollars in 2023 with a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) between 3% and 6% over the next five years (iqvia.com). These numbers are confirmed also if we focus on Italy: the Pharma sector in Italy grew 117% from 2008 to 2018. And if the average pharmaceutical expenditure over 2014-2018 was $34.4 billion, in the five-year period between 2019-2023, it will increase to between $40 and 44 billion.
The expenditure ceiling for the direct purchase of medicines for 2022 should be around 9.6 billion euros, or 7.8% of the National Health Fund (FSN). However, it is expected that expenditure on direct purchases will be around 11.8-11.9 billion euros (an increase of about 5% compared to 2021) (source: iqvia.com).
According to the latest data dating back to 2021, today the sector has about 67 thousand employees, +12% growth in the last five years, a production that has a value of over 32 billion euros, with a very significant share destined for export, we are talking about 80% (source: farmindustria.it).
So, the numbers are really important. But we must always keep in mind that the panorama and the economic and social context are in continuous evolution and all the more so in this unforeseen and unpredictable historical period. This is why players in the sector must be on the alert, with their eyes focused on the future in order to see the next trend before the competition.
Speaking of trends: We will look at the Pharma industry trends around three macro-themes: sustainability, digitization, and personalization.
1. Sustainability and cruelty-free
First of the three trends in the Pharma industry: attention to environmental sustainability today must be at the heart of all business.
Both new and established businesses know that sustainability is an important keyword for their marketing operations. Even large, established companies, in all sectors, are re-designing their image and reputation on this new basis.
The pharmaceutical sector, of course, cannot be an exception.
But what is the main thrust of this new awareness? Quite simply, it is the customers themselves. Consumers are asking companies to pay more attention to environmental and sustainability issues, and they are doing so with increasing insistence. And businesses have a choice: embrace sustainability or risk losing customers to a competitor.
Research from Global/Webindex conducted at the end of 2018 surveyed a sample of people aged 16 to 64, asking them if they were willing to spend more on eco-friendly products.
- yes, 58% of 16- to 21-year-olds are willing to spend more;
- so are 61% of “millennials” (22 to 35 years old);
- and so are 55% of people aged 36 to 54;
- the percentage drops, but not by much, for “Baby Boomers” (from 55 to 64 years): 46% of them are willing to pay more for a green product or service.
Within the Pharma industry, moreover, the issue of sustainability is linked to the so-called cruelty-free, to which the public opinion is increasingly attentive and sensitive.
Here, the trend is around eliminating animal testing, and moving to “in silico”, i.e. experiments conducted through computer simulations. According to Liesbet Geris, executive director of VPH (Virtual Physiological Human Institute), the U.S. FDA is preparing for a future in which half of laboratory experiments will be conducted through computer simulations.
So, here is the fundamental importance of digital, the second of the trends in Pharma industry.
2. Digital will be the first ally of our health
Digitization is an unstoppable trend for all industries; once again, Pharma cannot and must not be the exception.
Digital Transformation in the pharmaceutical sector means a radical overhaul of production processes, commercial processes, and distribution mechanisms. It’s also about establishing a new relationship with its consumers.
In short, it is a revolution that is changing the face of the entire sector and that is triggered by something very simple: the enormous amount of data — Big Data — that digital makes available. It is always through digital, in fact, that Big Data data can be interpreted and made operational.
Talking about digital in the pharmaceutical industry means talking about increasingly automated workflows and production, thanks to the processes of what is often called “industry 4.0”. It’s also about new methods for recruiting patients for clinical trials.
Digital is then translated into increasingly refined, targeted, and tailor-made marketing and also into a closer relationship with individuals, with the possibility of leading them through what is today defined as the “health journey”. Therefore, digital means predictive analysis based on data collection and also prevention that starts from increasingly advanced health-care systems.
An example? Wearable devices that, by exploiting Internet of Things (IoT) technologies, provide us with a huge amount of valuable data that is increasingly dynamic and deep. Also, think about the frontier of telemedicine, which has been more urgent than ever, especially during the early days of the Covid-19 contagion.
In short, there are so many possible applications of digital in the Pharma sector, so much so that today we are talking about “Pharma 4.0”.
In addition, digital trends in this area are increasingly gaining traction in national (digital) health agendas. In Europe, Denmark and Germany are the forerunners. In Italy, too, the digitization of healthcare is taking decisive steps to close the necessary gaps (source: agendadigitale.eu).
3. We are moving toward Personalization
If the starting point of Digital Transformation is data, the point of arrival is definitely people. This must never be forgotten, because all the new trends of the future will come from this awareness.
The real revolution behind digitization, in fact, is the possibility to “know” your audience, its characteristics, its behaviors (and how they change over time), and, based on this, anticipate trends and needs over time. This can be done by identifying increasingly specific clusters, but the real turning point is to intercept individuals and interact with them.
All of this is becoming more and more central for the world of Pharma. The trend, in fact, is to embrace a perspective that goes beyond medicine, so not to limit itself to the production, distribution, and sale of drugs, but to create a wider, closer, and global relationship with patients.
A concrete example is offered to us by Roche, an industry giant, which in 2017, acquired the mySugr App. This app is aimed at diabetic patients, and utilizes modern engagement systems and interactive dialogue with the patient, even implementing gamification. All of this, of course, is based on personalization (roche.com).
Marcel Gmuender, who heads up Roche’s diabetes care unit, said that “The way forward will mean selling a total experience, not just a product”. It is certainly the right way; suffice it to say that only 47% of patients feel “understood” by pharmaceutical companies, from the point of view of their financial but also emotional needs (accenture.com).
There is much to improve, the margin is very wide, and the path to attack it is that of personalization.
Here, finally, the circle is closed. The attention to sustainability and new sensitivities of public opinion, the revolution and the challenges of Digital Transformation … everything, in short, today revolves around individuals.


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Well, that didn't take long. After a grainy photo leaked onto the web last night, the full shots of the BMW M4 Coupe Concept have made their official debut. Ladies and gentlemen, meet the M take on the BMW 4-Series.
USA Today has the scoop on the M4, which is set to be revealed in person at Pebble Beach this weekend. Sadly, no specs yet, but we expect it to have a turbocharged inline six with somewhere in the neighborhood of 450 horsepower.
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Despite the COVID-19 pandemic, 2020 is shaping to be a very successful year for the Greek processed tomato sector, with the harvest in Thessaly reaching 70%...
In most of the EU countries where the apple harvest is just starting, there has been a decline in production. Greek apple quantities, however, are up in a year plagued by storms, hail and the coronavirus pandemic.
Raisins or currants, as they are also called, have been cultivated for many centuries in specific areas in Greece, where the cultivar thrives and prospers.
Agoureleo aka early harvest olive oil is highly priced in Greece, and rightly so. Full of nutrients and with an exciting peppery flavor, it appeals to discerning foreign markets as a choice ingredient of top-tier quality.
The rising awareness of Greek yogurt as a healthier substitute to other food products has created a multi-billion market that shows no signs of slowing down.
Most commonly used as an ingredient in Middle Eastern dishes, tahini's flavor and versatility –not to mention its superfood status– also make it an ideal element in innovative dishes, both savory and sweet, especially created for the savvy, health-conscious consumer.
Highly valued and sought-after all across the world, Greek salt is a natural product of the Greek sea, with exports amounting to €3,356,512 for the year 2019.
Mountain tea, also known as shepherd’s tea or “sideritis” in Greek, has been famous for its health benefits since antiquity, while profit expectations from exports are proving really attractive for producers.
The island of Naxos is home to some unique products, such as the intense and flavorful “Arseniko” cheese, which was just recently listed by the EU as a PDO denomination.
A new unit increasing production capacity by 40%, a €4.7 million investment plan, and some of the juiciest and most delicious apples in the world.


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Kaepernick's got a new ride and endorsement deal with Jaguar
San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick was happy enough to drive his decade-old Chrysler 300 for nearly two years after signing with the 49ers, but on Thursday he tweeted a picture of his new car.
Kaepernick, the former Wolf Pack star who was drafted by the 49ers in 2011 and led them to the Super Bowl in February, was shown "Kaepernicking" alongside a new, maroon Jaguar F-Type V8-S, a convertible that costs about $90,000.
It probably didn't cost Kaepernick a dime, though. Not long after he tweeted the photo, ESPN sports business reporter Darren Rovell tweeted that Kaepernick reached an endorsement deal with Jaguar. No details were immediately available.


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A new residential and retail centre is to be built on the site of the former Athletes' Village built for this year's Commonwealth Games in the Gold Coast, it has been officially confirmed.
The former site will become a thriving community "unlike anything the Gold Coast has seen", developers claim.
All 1,251 apartments and townhouses in the AUD$550 million (£300 million Village/$400 million/€340 million) will be offered solely for long-term rent.
The new residential and retail centre will include 18 apartment buildings, 82 double-storey townhouses and will be called "Smith Collective".
At the heart of the precinct will be a 6,280 square metre retail and dining hub, with major supermarket chain Woolworths and retail giant BWS already securing tenancies.
The land is still formally owned by the Queensland Government and held under a lease agreement to a company jointly controlled by developer Grocon and global investment bank UBS.
Michael Woodrow, executive director of Smith Collective project manager UBS Asset Management, claimed international trends showed people were increasingly willing to forgo home ownership in favour of the quality of lifestyle and location offered by precincts such as Smith Collective.
"Research shows that while an increasing number of people want to live where they work, shop and play, they also yearn for the security of long-term leases and ability to add personal touches to their homes," Woodrow said.
Woodrow added: "By maintaining ownership of Smith Collective’s residential offering, we are able to grant those wishes and help our residents and retailers build a sense of community often lost within large-scale urban developments."
Woodrow claimed that Smith Collective’s new name was relatable and reflective of the future community.
"As the most common surname in Australia and one of the 10 most common in the world, 'Smith' highlights that the community really is for everyone," Woodrow said.
The name was also chosen as a geographical link to the Smith Street Motorway, which the complex is situated on.
Set among seven hectares of parkland, the community is located within close proximity to Griffith University’s Gold Coast campus, Gold Coast University Hospital, Gold Coast Private Hospital and the Southport Central Business District.
Global real estate services company JLL has been appointed to manage the site with dwellings set to be released in stages as the community grows.
A community of 2,500 academics, students, scientists, doctors and nurses is expected once complete.
Internal works, on the "bright and airy" self-contained apartments and townhouses, are set to be completed in December.


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Set-top steaming device company Roku filed for an initial public offering on Friday as it looks to raise almost $100 million through the sale of common stock. The IPO gives an idea as to how well the company is doing and shows that, while it has plenty of active accounts, Roku still isn’t making money.
As more people continue to sever ties with their cable or satellite TV providers, Roku has taken advantage of the large number of cord cutters. “TV streaming’s disruptive content distribution model is shifting billions of dollars of economic value. Roku is capitalizing on this large economic opportunity,” the company states in its filing.
Roku says it had 15.1 million active accounts at the end of June and streams 3.5 billion hours of content each quarter, a jump of 60 percent year-over-year. After making $162.3 million in revenue during the first six months of last year, it has increased the figure to $199.7 million in the same period in 2017. Annual YoY revenue has also increased, from $319 million to $398 million, while average revenue per unit is up 35 percent to $11.22.
Even though 37 percent of streaming media players owned by U.S. broadband households are Roku devices (as of Q1 2017), and despite the increasing revenue figures, the company is still not profitable. It lost $43.4 million during 2016, and reported a net loss of $24.2 million in the first six months of this year.
Part of the reason Roku is losing money is due to the amount it spends on research and development. It invested $48.1 million in R&D during the first six months of 2017, 25 percent more than the same period last year. Roku will no doubt be hoping the large budgets will ultimately be worth it.
Another issue facing Roku are the two services its users most regularly access: Netflix and YouTube. One-third of all the hours streamed on the Roku platform in 2016 - and the first half of 2017 - came from Netflix, but it receives little money from the streaming site. And while YouTube is its most-viewed ad-supported channel, Roku doesn’t make any money from it.


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Move Over Millennials: Why Brands Should Stop Ignoring China’s Silver Generation
The “silver generation” is actually the fastest-growing group in China, and seniors—a demographic that accounts for one-third of the entire country‘s spending—are being virtually ignored by the luxury industry.
“The over-60s in China are no longer just looking for tradition and traditional ways of buying,” said Joy Li, a 67-year-old retired school teacher from Shanghai to Jing Daily. “We like treating ourselves, we like new, modern luxury products and modern ways of purchasing them.”
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Skepta survived the massive COVID-19-related lockdowns, like countless others, with a mix of new and used items. The 40-year-old had the chance to paint during his time alone. Also. his first piece, “Mama Goes to Market,” sold for about $100,000 USD through Sotheby’s. He had the chance to reflect on his legacy and reevaluate his music and fashion ties.
Skepta and Nike jointly released two pairs of sneakers in 2021. However, it appears that their collaboration is over now that the British-Nigerian grime musician has joined forces with PUMA. Although the official press release for the partnership refers to Skepta as a global ambassador “who will work with the brand to design product and curate global marketing campaigns,” the partnership is actually between the German sportswear giant and Big Smoke Corporation, “A Multi-faceted Creative Collective Specialising in Music, Film, Fashion, and Entertainment founded by Joseph Adenuga,” as stated on Instagram.
Together with PUMA, Skepta remarked, “We can put our twist on fashion and style and develop a new way of thinking.” ” It’s an honor to work with a company that is so well-known worldwide. It ingraines and has a true grasp of youth and popular culture. Moreover, it also recognizes the value of partnerships and collaborations like this. Together, we look forward to growing and generating fresh opportunities for the coming generation”.
Given the importance of the Swoosh throughout the artist’s upbringing and professional career—Air Max sneakers and tracksuits were mainstays in the North London native’s wardrobe—Nike and Skepta seemed to be a great combination. But there appears to be a divide between Chief Joseph Olaitan Adenuga Jr. and the Swoosh due to a lack of creative autonomy. Skepta, however, is prepared to increase both his audience and the people in whom he has faith with PUMA.
Moreover, check out the Pokémon x PUMA collection launching on November 12th.


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A firmware update will settle the screen-swap scuffle, Apple says.
Apple has tweaked its App Store review guidelines to let developers email customers about non-Apple payment systems. But developers cannot communicate alternatives within the app itself.
New timeline means it will have been two years since Apple staff have been required at the office.
Shanghai's strict COVID-19 restrictions on movement will ease tomorrow, but that doesn't spell the end for the tech industry's supply chain issues.


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What you need to know
- Dish is complaining to the FCC regarding T-Mobile's shutdown of Sprint's legacy 3G CDMA network.
- T-Mobile is scheduled to shutter the network on January 1, 2022, earlier than the other major carriers.
- Dish says this move could affect 9 million Boost Mobile customers who rely on the CDMA network.
Dish has a few choice words about T-Mobile. On January 1, 2022, the Magenta carrier is scheduled to shutter the 3G CDMA network inherited from the Sprint merger to refarm the spectrum for T-Mobile's own network. The move, however, took Dish by surprise and the new up-and-coming wireless carrier isn't happy about it. In a letter to the FCC (via Axios), Dish complains that the move blindsided it and that T-Mobile should wait longer.
The letter argues that roughly 9 million Boost Mobile customers will be affected by the shutdown since the prepaid carrier is now owned by Dish as part of the Spring-T-Mobile merger. Dish is allowed to piggyback on T-Mobile's network for a few years while it builds out its own. Still, apparently, the timeline that T-Mobile has set for its CDMA shutdown has not enough time for Dish to properly accommodate the customers still utilizing it. Dish calls T-Mobile out for contradicting itself on with anti-competitive such as this:
Even though CDMA access was not part of the terms of the Sprint-T-Mobile deal, Dish expected that T-Mobile would wait two to three years before shutting the legacy network down. The letter then brings up Verizon's CDMA shutdown date, which was recently extended for a final time to December 31st, 2022 despite "less than 1 percent of its customer base is still accessing the company's 3G network." That's about a full year following T-Mobile's shutdown date, despite fewer customers relying on it.
That said, if T-Mobile commits to its timeline, customers on Boost Network still have plenty of affordable choices when it comes to newer smartphones that don't rely on CDMA. Some of the best cheap Android phones like the Moto G Fast will work on T-Mobile's "expanded network." There are also plenty of affortable prepaid plans on some of the other best MVNO carriers that might be worth looking into.
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all.i have to say is it's about time CDMA gets totally shut down. I bet majority of boost customers have a phone not using CDMA as primary connection. Just shows even further how out of touch dish is in wireless. Good on TMobile for moving things forward instead of holding on to dead out of date Tech
Psshhhh 3G is soooo 2007. Get with the times ppl. Mobile technology progresses--you can't just use old dated tech and expect it to keep up to date with todays speedy phones
Not everyone requires or even wants a fast phone. Still plenty using a phone as a phone; have some friends who still use flips. However, in this case appears T-mobile outwitted Dish. If dish has needed it to hang around a bit longer, they should have written it in a contract and considering the circumstances, T-Mobile might have agreed. Too late to know now.
Imagine if instead of sitting on the spectrum that they have (and were supposed to be building their own network out years ago) they would have actually built out their own network, then they wouldn't be in the position. I have 0 sympathy for Dish.
For those who think T-Mobile is doing the right thing here (and I use T-Mobile) and that Dish is out of their league...without Dish all we have is 3 carriers which leads to LESS competition and HIGHER prices for us all!
Everyone is already complaining that all we have now is 3 phone OEM's...Samsmug, Pixel, and Crapple! Are we happy about that?
They have a whole year, that's plenty of time to get their customers in for a new phone. 3G came out in 2001, 4G UMTS came out in 2009 and 4G LTE in 2011. Dish/Boost had lots of time to know that with two newer technologies out, and a third, 5G on the way, that the legacy tech would have to go away. It's time to tell their customers "sorry, you've got a 15 year old phone, it's time to upgrade"
Secondly, while I understand some customers do not want to upgrade as often as mainstream customers due to budget or other reasons, I find it hard to believe that all of their customers bought phones 15 years ago and have never upgraded since 2011.
Third. It costs T-Mobile and the other carriers to continue to support old tech. Their workers have to maintain those old pieces of tech, repair them when they go bad (this crap is too old to be produced anymore), the old equipment takes up space on towers, the old tech requires precious frequency bandwidth that could be used for 5G or even LTE quite easily. All that, nationwide on thousands of towers, really adds up. Dish is trying to force this cost on T-Mobile, which forces the cost on customers, a recurring cost of maintaining this old tech on thousands of cell towers.
As a customer, I'd rather pay an upgrade charge of $100, rather than knowing that they're forcing millions of customers to pay an additional $5 per month to support 3 generations old technology to make some 15 year old phones work.
Old tech? They're disabling devices, some of which THEY were still selling less than 6 months ago.
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Over the weekend, Meta experienced an ad glitch that caused advertisers to pay as much as twice their usual ad rates, according to CNBC. Advertisers reported paying thousands for ads that they claim no one was able to view.
The glitch affected advertisers on Facebook as well as Instagram and caused advertisers to have to fork out more of ads, in some cases, more than they had budgeted for specific campaigns.
In fact, complete advertising budgets were wiped out in a matter of hours, according to Retail News Asia while ads did not receive any more clicks than usual.
While a spokesperson from Meta has since reportedly confirmed that there was a technical issue, it denied that advertisers were charged exorbitant rates for ads that consumers did not see.
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Rather, it explained that the issue resulted in “some miscalibration” for advertising campaigns that were focused on optimising for certain sales objectives. This resulted in faster campaign spending and more variable costs.
Meta noted that it does not have evidence that it charged customers for “ads no one saw”. It added that if no impressions occurred, the advertiser would not be charged.
Typically, Meta’s ad systems work such that business can lay out a campaign budget for a certain time person and Meta will then control how much money is spent and when it is spent. Besides having access to metrics showing how well the ad did, advertisers are unable to see anything beyond that. Meta usually allows the platform to spend 25% over the daily amount budgeted by each business and claims that it does not have evidence of the glitch causing ad spend to exceed this.
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Media Processing Company Gumlet Raises $1.6 Mn Funding From Sequoia Capital India's Surge
The platform currently serves over 6,000 customers and delivers over 4 billion media files a week
Gumlet, a software-as-a-service (SaaS) startup providing new-age media delivery infrastructure to automate the media publishing pipeline, on Tuesday announced $1.6 million in funding by Sequoia Capital India's Surge. Angel investors Aakrit Vaish, Miten Sampat, Swapan Rajdev, and Yash Kothari also participated in this round.
Gumlet helps developers across the globe automatically resize and optimize their images and videos as per the end user's device or browser, delivering high-quality media at the lowest possible bandwidth.
"Gumlet is all about offering a plug-and-play solution for media management and publishing. This in turn helps online businesses provide better UX, load pages faster, save cloud costs and improve SEO - resulting in tangible business impact. More than just delivering a SaaS tool for online publishers and businesses, our mission is to build a media delivery infrastructure for the internet," said Aditya Patadia, founder, Gumlet.
Founded in 2019 in Singapore, Gumlet saw an opportunity to create an easily integrated tool to handle media processing for a plethora of formats, device sizes, and platforms. Once integrated, all previous, new, and upcoming images are automatically optimized for any user. Gumlet takes over resizing, compression, format conversion, transcoding, streaming, delivery, and analytics for all media files, a statement shared by the company.
"As the internet becomes increasingly global and data-hungry, serving images and video in a high-performance, low-latency environment is fundamental for all websites to earn customer trust. With Gumlet, developers never have to worry about managing different versions and sizes of media files again," added Divyesh Patel, co-founder, and chief marketing officer, Gumlet.
By providing low- or no-code integration plug-ins that automate the entire media publishing pipeline, Gumlet helps developers experience 30-50 per cent better optimization without affecting quality, the company claims.
Gumlet currently serves more than 6,000 customers including online stores, news sites, blogs, edtech startups, travel sites, and crowdfunding portals. Some clients include Colearn, YourStory, and Bestseller Group. Over four billion media files are delivered every week via Gumlet, resulting in 25 per cent month-on-month growth since the start of 2020.
According to Data Bridge Market Research, the media processing solutions market will reach an estimated value of $36.63 billion and grow at a CAGR of 13.85 per cent in the forecast period of 2021 to 2028. The rise in the advancements in technology and significant growth of streaming services and platforms is an essential factor driving the media processing solutions market.


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Bethesda has one foot firmly on the next generation of console gaming, says head honcho Todd Howard.
He opened up about his view on Sony’s and Microsoft’s development of the PS5 and Xbox Anaconda/Lockhart respectively, ahead of Bethesda’s press conference in E3 2019, in an interview with IGN. So far, he’s “absolutely” content with the direction Sony and Microsoft are going.
“They’re doing the right things,” Howard said, with a very PR-charged tone. “One of the big benefits of my position is I get to see stuff really early. I was one of the first people ever to see the [Nintendo] Switch. That was one of the best hardware demos I have ever seen.”
Similarly, he has seen what Sony and Microsoft has to offer with their upcoming new consoles, and he’s just as impressed. Again, having signed an NDA, he could only say that none of these big companies are “screwing up at the starting line, which some people have done before.”
Howard also discussed the recently-released PS5 loading screens, and he’s also impressed. With this, he’s confident that the new consoles will come equipped with the technology that best supports Bethesda’s growing ambitions as a AAA developer.
“Everybody is focused on the right things, and in particular, it helps the kind of games we make tremendously,” said Howard. “Everybody has learned their lessons in some good ways and some hard ways. And they are very very thoughtful about their audience and developers. My view of it is it’s going to be awesome across the board.”
We know for a fact that the next Elder Scrolls and their upcoming sci-fi epic Starfield will definitely not make an appearance at E3 2019. But if anything, we can expect Todd Howard and Bethesda to come bursting out of the blocks with these two titles when the next generation of consoles finally arrive.
Marion has a serious RPG addiction. Sometimes it bleeds into real life; he forgets to sleep because he thinks he has a Witcher’s body clock. Forgive him in advance if he suddenly blurts out terms such as “Mind Flayer” and “Magic Missile”, because never once does he stop thinking about his next Dungeons & Dragons game.


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Senior Farm and Ranch Broadcaster, Ron Hays, is visiting again with the Executive Director of Market Research and Intelligence for the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association, Mike Simone, about keeping up with today’s beef consumer.
Over the past few years, there has been some commotion over plant-based proteins and meat alternatives, but Simone says that has started to dissolve. Meat alternative consumption, Simone said, peaked in the third quarter of 2020 at about 34 percent weekly or more consumption.
In comparison, 69 to 70 percent of consumers surveyed consume beef weekly.
“The other point to make about meat alternative consumption is that they are not eating that exclusively- they are also buying beef and chicken and other proteins as well as part of their overall diet, but some of that buzz is starting to wear off, I think,” Simone said.
Buying beef at the store is more expensive during this time, Simone said, so the dollars are up, but total pounds per capita are down for this year.
“We see that continuing into 2023 for a variety of reasons, but consumers are still going to make that beef purchase, but it may not be as frequent or might not be the cut that they want.”
Through surveys conducted, Simone said 68 percent of consumers have a positive perception of beef and almost half of the consumers have a positive attitude toward beef production.
“Only about a quarter of people actually know how beef is raised, but if you ask what concerns they have, and first of all, only about half say they actually have a concern,” Simone said. “Of that half, about 42 percent say animal welfare- that is their number one response; they are not necessarily thinking greenhouse emissions, or environment or antibiotics or things like that.”
One in five consumers are concerned about how beef is properly raised, which is why Simone said NCBA spends ample time on Beef Quality Assurance training and certification.
“We think it is important, and it is why beef is by far the trusted leader in terms of how farm animals are raised,” Simone said. “Consumers love their beef; they are still buying it.”
Simone said overall consumption levels or purchase levels remain strong and stable.
“We don’t see any huge dip at this point. Supply is expected to dip as we go into this first quarter in early 2023, so that is cause for concern, but we think, again, consumers are loyal customers of beef, and they are going to stick with it, and we see there are some stormy waters ahead, but I think we can ride it out.”
Click the LISTEN BAR below to listen to Ron Hays and Mike Simone talking about keeping up with today’s beef consumer.
The Beef Buzz is a regular feature heard on radio stations around the region on the Radio Oklahoma Network and is a regular audio feature found on this website as well. Click on the LISTEN BAR below for today’s show and check out our archives for older Beef Buzz shows covering the gamut of the beef cattle industry today.
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For comparison, Decenter reports that similar phrasing in ad campaigns that replace “ethereum” with “eos” such as “eos smart contract audits” are still available for use through Google Ads and being featured in campaigns. While it’s unclear how broadly the ban has been applied to cryptocurrency, or whether it extends to any coins outside of Ethereum, Reddit users and Ethereum enthusiasts have begun an uproar over the selective censorship. The top comment by user u/ThePlague lambasts Google for promoting an agenda, stating that the company has been far from neutral in handling various forms of advertising on its platform, including cryptocurrency,
This system is being fueled by a global innovation and development pool bigger than Bitcoin’s. As of June last year, there were 1,243 full-time developers working on Ethereum compared with 319 working on Bitcoin Core, according to a report by Electric Capital. While that work is spread across multiple projects, the size of its community gives Ethereum the advantage of network effects.
Trustdice is one of the most popular gaming, dice, and casino platforms in the crypto world and offers a massive referral structure of up to 60 percent revenue share, which can quickly net effective affiliates thousands. Trustdice is one of the easiest affiliate platforms to recommend due to the lucrative commissions it offers and the fun, engaging games on the platform.
This part of DeFi feels like a new form of market. Anyone can join and everyone is invited. It has no KYC/AML (know your customer/anti-money laundering) hurdles and lags, and if it looks like a duck, waddles like a duck and quacks like a duck, that duck is a shiny tech casino. Of course all markets are casinos but if you can come up with a new form of market and it’s fun, exciting, instant and can be used sensibly or in insanely risky, win big/lose big ways, you are going have a winner. And they do. And it’s all powered by Ethereum.
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Digital Day has been a unique event intended to enable the EU and interested Member States to pool efforts and resources with a view to accelerating digital developments in key areas that can bring tangible benefits to our economies and our societies. In the past two years, the Digital Day was the occasion to launch important cooperation initiatives in the areas of supercomputing, digital industry, connected and automated driving, AI, blockchain and eHealth.
Following the previous Digital Days, the 2019 edition combined panel discussions with high-level political stakeholders from Member States’ governments. Digital Day 2019 has been dedicated to three areas where digital is expected to make a significant impact:
This year, Digital Day was preceded by a high-level event on developing a connectivity and data strategy for the Southern Mediterranean that the European Commission organised for the afternoon of 8 April.
If you missed Digital Day 2019, you can still follow all the interesting key-note speeches, the panel discussions and the press conferece. Click below and live again Digital Day 2019!
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Timeshare owners and resorts with available inventory can now rent their unused weeks to holidaymakers looking for resort-based apartment accommodation thanks to Holiday Letting Shop (HLS), a new holiday resort rental business and website.
The www.holidaylettingshop.com website features a live search, reservation and secure payment facility, and allows holidaymakers to look for accommodation by date, range, country, region or resort name.
HLS provides timeshare owners who have weeks they are unable to use with a rental valuation of each week, which will then be made available for rental on the website. Similarly, resorts with available inventory can become holiday affiliates and agree on suitable stock and rates
Sharon Jackson, director of HLS, explained: “We believe that HLS offers a real alternative to timeshare owners who are currently thinking of selling their timeshare week because they cannot afford the maintenance charges, finance repayments or for other personal reasons.”


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We finally have a leaked launch window for the Galaxy S23 series
- A Korean publication has leaked the launch window of the Samsung Galaxy S23 series.
- Samsung could reportedly announce the flagships in the first week of February and put them up for sale by February 17.
Samsung is reportedly moving up the launch of the Galaxy S23 series. It’s not a dramatic preponement, though. According to a report by the Korean publication Chosun, Samsung is planning to release the flagships in the first week of 2023.
This year, Samsung announced the Galaxy S22 series on February 9 and eventually released the phones on February 25. That means the Galaxy S23 models are only getting announced a few days earlier than their predecessors.
This isn’t the fastest Samsung has released new Galaxy S flagships. The Galaxy S21 series holds that record for launching in January last year owing to the COVID-19 pandemic.
It’s also not the first time we’ve heard about Samsung fast-tracking the Galaxy S23 launch. Another Korean outlet claimed as much in September. However, we didn’t know the exact launch window at the time.
Chosun reports that the contracting global smartphone market influenced Samsung’s decision to move up the launch of the Galaxy S23 series. The company is expected to hold an Unpacked event in San Francisco early February to unveil the devices.
Given Samsung’s track record of releasing its flagships two weeks after their announcement, the new S series could hit shelves for sale around February 17.


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IMC adopts alternative approach and converts High Point Market TrendWatch into webinar series. The free three-part webinar will be held on April 29, May 13 and May 27. International Market Centers is taking its High Point Market TrendWatch program online following the cancellation of the market’s spring dates.
Originally set to be presented live during market, the program will now take place in a series of 30-minute CEU-accredited webinars on April 29, May 13 and May 27. Webinar hosts will preview the three spring 2020 TrendWatch trends – Meadow, Aviary and Penthouse – through live online presentations and “flip-books” showcasing products reflective of each theme.
“In a time of social distancing, IMC is finding new ways to present relevant and compelling content to our buyers and suppliers,” said Dorothy Belshaw, executive vice president, chief marketing and digital officer for IMC. “This virtual showcase of colors, patterns and motifs that will influence future sales and consumer preferences will help our customers stay informed on product trends and position for business recovery.”
“TrendWatch opens the decade with trends that highlight new hues, patterns and inspirations, and also builds on themes from past seasons,” said Smith Vincenti.


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D23 Expo 2022 – the ultimate Disney fan event – wrapped up at the Anaheim Convention Center this past weekend with updates on projects that will soon debut at Disneyland Resort in California.
As reported by Disney Parks Blog, Josh D’Amaro, chairman of Disney Parks, Experiences and Products, shared many announcements pertaining to the “The Happiest Place On Earth.”
At Disneyland Resort, the Disney100 anniversary celebration will kick off in late January 2023 with limited-time celebrations throughout the year, including two all-new nighttime spectaculars: “World of Color – One” at Disney California Adventure Park and “Wondrous Journeys” at Disneyland Park.
Meanwhile, the “Magic Happens” parade will return to Disneyland Park in the spring.
As for park updates, The Mandalorian and Grogu will make their first appearance on Batuu at Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge starting in mid-November.
New heroes & villains at Avengers Campus
New heroes (and villains) are also coming to Avengers Campus.
More than 35 different characters have already made appearances in Avengers Campus in Disney California Adventure park since it opened last year.
Beginning next week, for a limited time, guests may have encounters with The Incredible Hulk, who will appear in his Quantum Suit inside Avengers Campus.
Avengers Campus will also soon introduce a third attraction.
During the Legends Ceremony at D23 Expo on Sept. 9, Disney CEO Bob Chapek announced Avengers Campus at Disney California Adventure will soon feature a new story that will bring guests into battle alongside their favourite super heroes.
The new concept will be “an epic family adventure,” where guests team up with more of the Avengers and their allies to battle against foes from the multiverse, including King Thanos, a villain designed specifically for Avengers Campus.
Reimagined Pacific Wharf
Pacific Wharf in Disney California Adventure park, which evokes San Francisco’s waterfront, is in the process of being reimagining into San Fransokyo from “Big Hero 6,” where East meets West, and “technology meets tradition.”
There will reportedly be a place to meet Baymax, plus new spots to eat and shop.
Paradise Pier Hotel to become Pixar Place Hotel
As previously reported, Disney is reimagining its Paradise Pier Hotel with a Pixar theme called Pixar Place Hotel.
SoCal favourite Great Maple will also open a flagship restaurant on the first floor and operate other food and beverage locations throughout the hotel.
Downtown Disney District will also welcome Porto’s Bakery and Café in the future.
According to Disney Parks Blog, the reimagined hotel will “weave the artistry of Pixar into its comfortable, contemporary setting,” including special areas like a “Finding Nemo”-themed splash pad area.
The evolution of the Downtown Disney District will continue with more food offerings, such as Din Tai Fung, a world-renowned Asian restaurant that originated in Taiwan and specializes in soup dumplings.
Mickey & Minnie’s Runaway Railway & Mickey’s Toontown
New details on Mickey & Minnie’s Runaway Railway and Mickey’s Toontown, opening in early 2023, were shared.
An “ambitious” transformation of Mickey’s Toontown in Disneyland park is underway and will reopen as a “vibrant symphony of sights, sounds and sensations.”
Coming to Mickey’s Toontown will be a new attraction, the family-friendly and adventurous Mickey & Minnie’s Runaway Railway, which is currently operating at Walt Disney World Resort in Orlando, Florida.
Disney Imagineers are making “clever adjustments” to the attraction to ensure it perfectly fits into the story of Mickey’s Toontown, Disney Parks Blog reports.
Tiana’s Bayou Adventure – coming in late 2024
Tiana’s Bayou Adventure will open at Disneyland Resort (and Walt Disney World Resort) in late 2024.
The new attraction’s story will pick up where “The Princess and the Frog” left off during Carnival season, when Tiana is hosting a party for the people of New Orleans.
On Tiana’s Bayou Adventure, guests will join Tiana and Louis on a trip to the bayou, where they meet unexpected new friends who have a special role to play at the party.
The attraction will incorporate voices from the hit film, including Bruno Campos as Prince Naveen, Michael Leon Wooley as Louis, Jenifer Lewis as Mama Odie, and the one and only Anika Noni Rose as Princess Tiana.
As mentioned, the Disney100 anniversary celebration will begin in late January 2023 with limited-time celebrations taking place throughout the year.
Disneyland will receive new platinum-infused décor, new sparkling looks for Mickey Mouse, Minnie Mouse and other characters, special food and beverage offerings, and more.
“World of Color – One” will celebrate the storytelling legacy started by Walt Disney with a new story of how a single action, like a drop of water, creates a ripple that can grow into a wave of change.
It brings some of the most loved characters to life “in new ways,” Disney Parks Blog reports, and the show will feature a new original song, “Start a Wave.”
“Wondrous Journeys” is a new nighttime show that will feature nods to all 60 Walt Disney Animation Studios films to date, taking guests on a journey filled with artistry, music, storytelling and heart.
It will continue to build upon the park’s projection effects, turning Main Street, U.S.A., Sleeping Beauty Castle, the façade of “it’s a small world” and the Rivers of America into an artist’s canvas that brings characters to life amid fireworks.
“Wondrous Journeys” will also feature a new song, “It’s Wondrous,” which D23 Expo fans heard for the first time over the weekend.
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After the global economy’s wild ride of recent years, self-proclaimed prognosticators feel driven to predict the bursting bubble. They may not have any special insight—beyond not wanting to appear as flat-footed about any forthcoming downturn as they were about the 2008 meltdown.
In the prediction business, timing really is everything. The term “irrational exuberance” was first applied to the bubbly financial markets in 1996, effectively slapping a “danger ahead” sign on Wall Street. But the markets continued on their tulip-like trajectory for more than three years before tech stocks crashed to earth, cratering the NADAQ Composite.
So when a recent article in The New York Times declared that investors were cooling off on the sizzling FinTech sector (see ‘Fintech’ Loses Some of Its Attraction for Investors), it could be read as a caveat that the backers of financial technology might soon find their portfolios in jeopardy.
Never mind that the article’s lead example was a company that shelved its IPO in January—a month when the tanking market reduced the number of public offerings to a tidy number: zero. And the dismal performance of two successful FinTech IPOs, both of which occupy the online lending space, ought to be considered in the context of all of last year’s offerings, about three-quarters of which were trading below their IPO price as of March.
Still, the surge in FinTech funding—investments totaled $19.1 billion in 2015, a remarkable eight-fold gain over 2011—is noteworthy not because it presages a bust. Rather, it signals a coming of age. Here are some of the other signs:
- Established players understand the power of FinTech. The volume of M&A transactions in the FinTech sector rose 14% in 2015 compared with the year before. Recognized players, including name-brand banks and financial service giants have found ways to offer FinTech products, whether by acquisition, alliance, or in-house development. As some of the bigger FinTech companies need to raise additional funds, their valuations may drive them into the deal-making arms of giants like Google (which dipped a toe in, then swiftly withdrew it, with its Google Compare auto insurance platform) or Amazon Capital Services.
- FinTech isn’t a technology in search of an application, it is the continuous search for better, faster, cheaper. The disaggregation of banks has its roots in the aftermath of 2008 liquidity crunch, when regulations required financial institutions to hold higher levels of capital reserves and maintain lower risk limits. As banks have become more cautious structurally—in part because of constraining compliance costs— technology has enabled innovators to disintermediate profitable fragments of the traditional business, such as originating and servicing loans. Rather than being driven by technology, FinTech upstarts are shaped by their business models.
- FinTech still has places to grow. As industries mature, investors naturally look beyond revenue numbers, evaluating a company’s ability to sustain growth through profitability and creating significant barriers to entry. While banks may continue to do well in areas such as core mortgage services, opportunity lingers on the fringes of that business—in building new interfaces or developing new loan-origination processes. And there are areas that FinTech has only begun to explore, such as serving the under-banked or unbanked. The Facebook generation—accustomed to banking and shopping online, as well as arranging travel using apps—isn’t going to settle for anything less than a sophisticated, customized FinTech-fueled digital experience.
Is there a FinTech bubble and will it burst? In some specific situations, where valuations assigned (given) to specific participants have been excessive, perhaps. The concept of a down round on the IPO front is mind- numbing. But FinTech is not an entity, and it is not new. It is an industry sub-segment in the continuous pursuit of applying innovation and disruption to financial services, an activity that has been going on—and will continue—for a long time.


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Recent positive economic news and rising consumer confidence helped keep consumer credit defaults at low levels, according to the February 2016 S&P/Experian Consumer Credit Default Indices (SPICE Indices) released on Tuesday.
The composite default index, which consists of the first and second mortgage default rates, the auto loan default rate, and the bank card default rate, bumped up by one basis point from January to February from 0.96 percent to 0.97 percent.
The first mortgage rate remained unchanged for the second straight month in February at 0.84 percent. It was down over-the-year by 16 basis points (from 1.00 recorded in February 2015). The first mortgage rate appears to have stabilized after seeing three consecutive minor monthly increases in Q4.
The second mortgage rate, meanwhile, bumped up from 0.60 in January to 0.65 in February, but was down by one basis point over-the-year.
The default index rose month-over-month in only one of the five major cities covered in the report, Los Angeles (up four basis points to 0.76 percent).
“Low and stable consumer credit default rates confirm the positive picture of the consumer economy seen in recent data on personal income and consumption,” said David M. Blitzer, Managing Director and Chairman of the Index Committee at S&P Dow Jones Indices. “Other positive indicators of the consumer economy include continued strong auto sales and rising home prices. Measures of consumer confidence and sentiment remain at high levels after slipping a bit in January and February. Consumer credit usage continues to expand, though January’s most recent data showed a somewhat slower pace than in the 2015 fourth quarter.”
The Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC), the policy making body of the Federal Reserve, began its two-day March meeting on Tuesday with an announcement on the federal funds target rate forthcoming on Wednesday afternoon at 2 p.m. Eastern. The consensus among analysts is that the Fed will not raise the federal funds target rate in this meeting but that another increase will occur later in the year, possibly in the June FOMC meeting.
“While inflation is largely absent from current economic reports, the same strong job growth boosting consumer spending may be setting the stage for future price increases or further action from the Fed to raise the interest rate,” Blitzer said. “For now, low default rates and a strong consumer economy are in place.”


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ANTWERP – Germany and the United Kingdom had the highest lubricant demand among European Union countries in 2016, a new Union of the European Lubricant Industry report found, although the factors impacting demand were different in each country.
“The nature of different economies across Europe is very apparent,” Valentina Serra-Holm, president of the trade group, told ACI’s European Base Oils and Lubricants Interactive Summit held here Nov. 29. “As an industrial heartland, Germany is different in nature to a service-led economy such as the U.K., and lube production and consumption differ in these countries due to the very nature of their economies.”
Germany is the strongest performer in the region, according to the report. “After the financial crisis in 2009, the country’ lube market recovered fast and has stabilized at a high level, confirming Germany as the largest producer in the region,” Holm said. The key to that success has been the ability of German producers to focus on high quality specialty products to meet the increasingly challenging demand of the industry, she noted, especially in niche, high value added applications.
In 2016, German lubricant demand amounted to 960,000 tons. “The market is dominated by industrial lubes, with turbine oils, hydraulic oils and general machine lubricants having decreased [in volume] due to improved efficiency, while metalworking fluids have increased.”
The U.K.’s lubricant sales have not been affected by the economic uncertainty of the country’s planned exit from the European Union, and the country’s total lube sales increased marginally during 2016, the study found. In 2016 lube demand for the country stood at 570,000 tons. Engine oil sales had declined from 1995 to 2010, but the trend then reversed, Serra-Holm observed, due to an increase in initial factory fill oils spurred by the excellent performance of the U.K. automotive industry.
After an initial recovery post-crises, the French market suffered a decline. Volumes generally stabilized since 2014, though the market shrank slightly in 2016. Higher sales of industrial and automotive lubricants was not enough to offset a decrease for process oils In 2016 France consumed around 550,000 tons of finished lubricants.
UEIL found that Spain and Italy have shown similar recovery paths. Driven by the automotive sector, Spain’s lube market grew in 2016, while the Italian recovered both in the automotive and in industrial sectors. In 2016 Spain consumed 460,000 tons of finished lubes, while Italy consumed 440,000 tons.
UEIL is set to publish its first annual statistical lubricant demand report in full later this year.
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Assassin’s Creed 3 is “Snappin’ Necks and Cashin’ Checks”
Pre-orders have more than doubled those of Revelations, which was the series previous record holder. The franchise itself, has sold more than 40 million copies over the course of multiple games.
Assassin’s Creed III releases next Tuesday, October 30, for Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3, November 18 for Wii U, and November 20 on PC.


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Google Announces Two Google Glass Hackathons
Google has announced it is organising two hackathons for developers to get hands on with its Google Glass project. The hackathons will be held in San Francisco and New York, and will be open to developers that invest $1,500 for the developer edition of the glasses. Developers who attend the hackathons will enable developers to get an early look at the device well ahead of its 2014 release, and will even get to try one of the devices while they are on-site.
The Google Glass device was first demonstrated in June last year. At that point, the glasses had video and audio capabilities, as well as a built in compass and accelerometer. The company is also said to be experimenting with voice command and touch pad input methods for the device. The release date for the developer edition of the Google Glass is expected to be later this year, but the hackathons will certainly provide an insight into the final product.


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"Before Facebook entered the stratosphere of Internet success and while he was considering whether or not to sell the social-media company, Mr. Zuckerberg said that Apple Inc. founder Steve Jobs recommended he visit a temple in India “in order to reconnect with what I believed was the mission of the company.”
Mr. Zuckerberg did not say which temple but said that Mr. Jobs had been there when he was thinking about his vision of the future for Apple.How India Influenced Facebook Founder Mark Zuckerberg - India Real Time - WSJ
“And so I went and I traveled for almost a month,” said Mr. Zuckerberg. “Seeing the people, seeing how people connected, having the opportunity to feel how much better the world could be if everyone had a stronger ability to connect reinforced for me the importance of what we were doing and that is something that I have always remembered over the last 10 years as we have built Facebook.”"
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Huntsman settles into a fresh interior and much more square footage to help service its growing U.S. client base.
A collection of futuristic lines that mingle with biological textures to use from morning to night.
The shapes and patterns of NOSTROMO, as well as the materials, are inspired by the spacesuits (work of Moebius), structures and interiors of ships, as well as the anatomy of the creatures and textures that appear both in the Alien saga films and in the work of the artist H. R. Giger.
H&M and Zara are launching newer websites in September with real e-commerce ventures.
Zara has announced that it will unveil its new online store on September 2 in UK, France, Spain, Italy and Portugal.
From 2011, it will be expanded to the United States, Japan and South Korea. Zara already prepare the ground with its Facebook page, launched last year with 4.4 million fans to this day.


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Spider Robinson’s famous phrase, “Librarians are the secret masters of the world” certainly rings true for Roland Lomeli and Scott La Counte. The pair met during their time as desk attendants at a local Anaheim reference library and, upon becoming victims of the State’s 2010 financial cutbacks, hatched an un-thwartable plan to launch a refreshing twist on the traditional publishing house.
“From our time as librarians we became aware that, in this day and age, people want to access information quickly and with minimum hassle” says Lomeli, a Linguistics Graduate.
He continues, “We both noticed that people often wanted guide books that taught them everything they needed to know on a particular subject in just an hour or two. So, we decided this would form the basis of the books our new publishing house would focus on.”
The result is Minute Help Press, a publishing house with a sole focus on electronic eBooks that act as a life-saving grace to those wanting quick and snappy information.
La Counte, who had already published two massively popular eBooks of his own, discusses the booming success the pair has experienced:
“It went faster than we could ever imagine. We originally aimed to publish three new eBooks a month. A year and a half later we are publishing around 30 news books a month – with an inventory of over 200 titles across numerous different subjects” he explains.
Talking to the pair is a demonstration of cool and calm modesty. However, they have a lot to celebrate. Over 80,000 individual books have been sold, with one of their iPad 2 guides reaching ‘best seller’ status on iBooks in just one week.
“Being an independent publisher,” says Lomeli, “Gives us the freedom of saving money by doing editing, marketing and distribution ourselves. We pass that savings onto our readers by giving them books that publishers would charge 10 times the price for.”
Lomeli went on to explain that while the big six argue about the agency model, independent publishers have come up from behind by doing everything themselves, “Competition is fierce, but eBooks have created a platform where small publishers can actually compete” he adds.
If their recent success wasn’t enough, the duo has big plans for the future. They are already rapidly increasing the volume of books they publish on a monthly basis and, with demand from the market for physical books, Lomeli and La Counte are currently converting some of their electronic masterpieces into paperback perfections – perfect for those who’d prefer a ‘real’ book.
To keep abreast of the latest developments at Minute Help Press, as well as browse their catalog of titles, please visit: http://www.minutehelpguides.com/
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Minute Help was formed in 2010 by two librarians. With over 200 books, Minute Help covers a number of subjects from test prep and celebrity bios to tech guides and cookbooks--all for people with only minutes to spare.
During the past two years they have had over a dozen electronic bestsellers and have sold more than 100,000 eBooks.


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More than 300 alumni, faculty and international business leaders attended the Wharton Global Alumni Forum Milan, held May 17 and 18. The stimulating presentations and discourse ranged in topic from the retail and fashion industries to private equity, strategic sustainability to emerging markets. Master classes focused on analytics, universal health care, branding and the business lessons of sports.
Participating faculty included Franklin Allen, Nippon Life Professor of Finance; Eric T. Bradlow, K.P. Chao Professor, co-director of the Wharton Customer Analytics Initiative and vice dean of Wharton Doctoral Programs; Felipe Monteiro, assistant professor of management; Arnold J. Rosoff, professor of legal studies and business ethics and health-care management; Kenneth Shropshire, David W. Hauck Professor and director of the Wharton Sports Business Initiative; and Patti Williams, Ira A. Lipman Associate Professor of Marketing.
The Wharton School hosts annual Global Alumni Forums as a service to its alumni and friends, to provide networking opportunities, strengthen bonds between the School and its alumni, promote Wharton as a center for global business, allow faculty and staff the opportunity to learn more about economies around the world, and, as the Milan event demonstrated, to provide a Lifelong Learning forum in which global thought leaders can converse.


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Food production and distribution is becoming more important as the world enters an era of rationing of resources; energy, fossil fuels, medical supplies etc. So the need for crop insurance is probably going to grow rapidly in every market. But how can we make it affordbale for small scale farmers?
Lexasure Financial Group, a leading reinsurance and insurtech provider in Southeast Asia, has partnered with AgriON: PT iSAN to offer easily accessible, mobile agriculture insurance products to thousands of smaller farmers in Indonesia.
AgriON promotes financial inclusion for Indonesia’s farmers through a mobile fintech platform that includes a digital bank account, digital loans for seeds, fertilizer, and farming tools, automated payments, and tools to benchmark yield, sales, and productivity. Currently, more than 4,000 farmers are registered with the AgriON platform in Indonesia, which is expected to grow to 20,000 by the end of 2023.
Under the strategic partnership, Lexasure’s digital insurance offering for farmers, Flourish, will be integrated with the AgriON app, providing easy access to purchase and manage agricultural insurance to provide farmers with greater resiliency against adverse events. The launch of Flourish with the AgriON app is planned for the first quarter of 2023.
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“AgriON is doing groundbreaking work by bringing a suite of digital banking and management tools to smaller farmers across Indonesia, a sector that has historically been unbanked or underbanked without access to credit or high-quality inputs to drive productivity,” said Ian Lim, Founder & CEO of Lexasure Financial Group.
“For this reason, they make an ideal channel partner for Lexasure’s Flourish digital insurance offering for farmers, enabling producers to achieve resiliency and have a solid foundation for productivity growth and investment. Our shared goal is to leverage digital tools to create scalable, cost-effective fintech products that are adapted to the needs of customers in Southeast Asia and promote food security for the region.”
Insurance products that will be available on the platform will include crop insurance, livestock & bloodstock (Equine Insurance), and agriculture machinery and equipment insurance, provided through licensed insurers in Indonesia.
In addition to financial solutions, AgriON enables the traceability and sustainability of farmers’ products using digital technology, thereby empowering farmers to maximize the yield and value of their products when using sustainable farming practices.
“Digital insurers are now fully aware that the digital transformation of the insurance industry is well underway,” Lim added. “We will continue to pursue innovative partnerships to help our clients digitize the entire insurance value chain and reach underserved populations across the region.”
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