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Delta buys Unicom to advance smart factories
By Christine Chou, The China Post Saturday, November 19, 2016, 12:23 am TWN
TAIPEI, Taiwan -- Delta Electronics (台達電), a provider of power management solutions, will acquire a 100 percent stake in industrial software provider Unicom (羽冠) for NT$351 million (US$10.9 million).
In a bid to speed up its smart manufacturing operations, Delta Electronics' board of directors agreed on Friday to acquire Unicom — merging the leading Computer-Integrated Manufacturing (CIM) software provider into a wholly-owned subsidiary of Delta.
Unicom, which specializes in Manufacturing Execution Systems (MES), has been providing solutions to streamline factory management and equipment monitoring for almost 20 years.
Delta Electronics chief executive officer Cheng Ping (鄭平) said with the arrival of the internet of things, manufacturers must move towards smart production to adapt to changing market demands.
The development of core technologies and systems for smart manufacturing requires cross-disciplinary cooperation to speed up the transition and seize market opportunities, Cheng said.
Cheng said that by combining Delta's strengths in automation, hardware and software design with Unicom's client base and technological capabilities, they could cut down Delta's research costs and help provide a more comprehensive set of industrial automation services.
Unicom could also strengthen its position in the local market through Delta Electronics' brand and distribution channels, Cheng said.
Delta is aiming to establish a greater presence in the higher tiers of the automation market, such as machine-to-machine communications systems that minimize the need for human intervention.
"We are aiming to establish the company as a leader of industrial automation as we have done with power-supply units," Cheng previously said.
The global market for industrial automation was estimated at about US$200 billion per year, Cheng said.
Delta recently showcased its newest developments in robotic workstation solutions and advanced smart factory solutions, which transmit data to the cloud via industrial 3G routers that allow for monitoring and visualization, smart scheduling and remote management.
"Delta is poised to realize a future of green and intelligent manufacturing," Cheng said.
In October, Delta chairman Yency Hai (海英俊) said the firm predicted three areas as the largest drivers of growth in 2017 — automotive applications for artificial intelligence, industrial automation and the data center market.
Hai said automotive electronics is a major strategic area of focus for the Delta, saying that U.S. electric vehicle maker Tesla's latest quarterly revenue report was an "encouraging" indicator of the promising growth potential for electric cars.
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“Whole Foods is continuing to open new stores in great locations,” Pacific Northwest regional president for the grocery chain Angela Lorenzen told CHS during a pre-opening tour of the store Monday as workers put on the finishing touches and stocked the shelves of the two-level, 40,000-square-foot supermarket.
Whole Foods Madison Broadway — diplomatically labelled so as not to play favorites with the First Hill and Capitol Hill neighborhoods it straddles — is set to open at 9 AM
8 AM Tuesday morning with a day of giveaways, and, of course, a DJ. “There will be a line — and lots of excitement,” Lorenzen said.
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The new grocery store at the base of The Danforth, a 17-story luxury apartment building that opened this summer, comes four years after CHS first broke the news on the project as Whole Foods officials said the First Hill Streetcar line and proximity to First Hill’s hospitals and nearby Seattle University were important factors in choosing the Broadway and Madison location.
The new Whole Foods stores continues the wave of heavy investment from large grocery chains in the area around Central Seattle and across Capitol Hill. In the years since the project was first announced, a New Seasons Market has been lined up for 23rd and Union, H Mart made Capitol Hill Station plans, and a PCC in Madison Valley has been so far stymied by anti-growth litigation. Whole Food’s location at Broadway and Madison seems prime for coming residential growth on First Hill including new affordable housing projects boosted by Sound Transit.
At the corner where First Hill meets Capitol Hill, construction began in late summer 2016. The project from Columbia Pacific Advisors passed design review in January 2016. That summer, CHS reported on the demolition of the three-story masonry medical building that stood at the tri-corner of Harvard, Broadway, and Madison since 1928.
Inside the main entrance at the Broadway and Madison corner, shoppers will be greeted by an unusually robust floral department, an element Whole Foods’ Rachel Alkon said was in anticipation of demand from the area’s nearby hospitals and medical facilities.
Wide, bright aisles with peek a boo views of busy E Madison display the usual Whole Foods mix of “delicious and healthy options” that meet “rigorous quality standards” and are “free of artificial flavors, colors, sweeteners, preservatives and hydrogenated fats.” The meat and seafood counter is expansive, the vegan refrigerated section, impressively stocked. It’s the kind of store where you can choose your egg ethics — “mobile houses on pasture” anyone?
There is beer — a wall of it — on the first level and wine on level two.
There’s no hard booze, however, so the neighborhood’s QFCs will have at least one competitive advantage. UPDATE: Oops. We must have missed it on the tour but we’re told, yup, there is hard liquor for sale at the new Whole Foods. E Madison’s Central Co-op — celebrating 40 years this month — may face larger challenges from the new competitor.
Inside the new Whole Foods, the first floor leads to a single queue in the southwest corner of the store where an array of checkers will await. There is no self checkout and nothing approaching parent company Amazon’s level of grocery automation. Amazon will, however, have a presence in the store with the standard Whole Foods specials for Amazon Prime customers, Amazon electronics for sale in the store, and a stack of Amazon lockers for product pick-up. Even with the Whole Foods opening up the street on Broadway, we still don’t know more about a back-burnered Amazon project reportedly still underway on E Pike.
Alkon said, despite the acquisition, Whole Foods remains focused on its “culinary” roots — “and we’re not changing that,” she said.
Speaking of “culinary” experiences, the store’s second level is nearly equally large and is devoted to the complex’s food court-like mix of salad and prepared food bars, the wine racks, a pizza kitchen, a coffee shop (of course), the bakery, and even the “Stella Cafe,” an 80-seat, “fast-casual gathering space” will 12 taps of beer and cider, wines by the glass, and a food menu with “savory Buffalo Wings, Tempura Cauliflower, Crispy Tofu Bites, Chile Relleno, Sausage Sandwiches and Loaded Tater Tots.” You can also enjoy your by-the-pound salad bar creations here. There is some Amazon presence on the second level — ordering chow in the food court part of the store is accomplished with touch screens.
And here’s an insider tip — the second level also has its own set of checkout stands. Savvy shoppers might want to load their cart into the elevator and head upstairs to avoid the main line on level one.
In addition to providing a new grocery option to the more than 250 apartment units above, the new Whole Foods will undoubtedly be a shopping destination for households around Central Seattle. Two levels of underground parking for customers are buried beneath the new store. Compared to other grocery parking facilities in the neighborhood, the levels below The Danforth are large, roomy, and appear mostly easy to navigate. Plenty will walk to the store, of course, and buses (eventually RapidRide) and the streetcar pass outside. We found at least one bike facility in the city right of way on Harvard near where it meets Broadway.
For the Pacific Northwest, Whole Foods Broadway Madison represents the final new opening of 2018. In 2019, a new West Seattle store is set to follow. Starting November 1st, the more than 90,000 Whole Foods full and part-time workers will be part of Amazon’s countrywide adoption of the $15 minimum wage. The Broadway store will employ “approximately 175 full and part time team members,” the company says.
Whole Foods Madison Broadway is set to open at 9 AM Tuesday, October 30th at 1001 Broadway. Hours are 7 AM to 10 PM daily. You can learn more at wholefoodsmarket.com/stores/madisonbroadway.

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Electronic Arts announced that it has partnered with Marvel to create a new Iron-Man game. It is being developed by EA Motive in Montreal and it will be a single-player, third-person, and action-adventure game.
Executive producer Olivier Proulx will be leading the development team on this new title, and he has worked on other past Marvel titles such as Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy. Other notable names include Ian Frazier (Mass Effect: Andromeda, Star Wars Squadrons), Maëlenn Limineau (Assassin’s Creed Odyssey, Need for Speed Hot Pursuit), and JF Poirier (Child of Light, Star Wars Battlefront II).
The news is out! 🎉We couldn’t be more thrilled to collaborate with @MarvelGames on an all-new single-player, action-adventure Iron Man game. While we're still in early development, this is an exciting new adventure for our studio: https://t.co/zpuT61TKtV pic.twitter.com/309lhm02dY
— Motive (@MotiveStudio) September 20, 2022
“We are thrilled to collaborate with the talented team at Motive Studio to bring their original vision of one of Marvel’s most important, powerful, and beloved characters,” says Marvel Games Vice President and Creative Director Bill Rosemann in a statement. “Their experience delivering both established entertainment worlds and thrilling gameplay — combined with their authentic passion for the armored icon — will fuel our quest to deliver a love letter to a legendary hero in the form of the ultimate Iron Man video game.”
Proulx adds, “It’s an honor and privilege to have the opportunity to make a video game based on one of the most iconic Super Heroes in entertainment today. We have a great opportunity to create a new and unique story that we can call our own. Marvel is encouraging us to create something fresh. We have a lot of freedom, which is so engaging for the team.”
The game is currently in pre-production, but EA also notes that it is only one of several new titles in its partnership with Marvel.
Marvel has been working with many other game studios recently, including Skydance New Media and its upcoming game starring Black Panther and Captain America. Fireaxis Games will also release Marvel’s Midnight Suns in December, and Sony’s Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 is slated for launch next year.
- The studio behind Pokémon is making a brand new action-adventure game
- It’s time for the age of always-online single-player games to end
- Battlefield 2042 is coming to Xbox Game Pass later this month
- FIFA 23 career mode guide: The best players to buy
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With all those title in one person anyone would think that is the job to have because the more work the more money, not true in Wal-Marts pay role the company actually save’s money by assigning workers to do more for less, same as they use to bring in profit by the consumer buying more for less. In a article published 2013 Most Walmart Store Workers Didn't Earn $25,000 Last Year the artice confirms Olson also point on major issues such as Healthcare, Unions, and Wal-Mart Work
Joe makes $15 per hour and works 40 hours per week. 30-year mortgage interest rate of 6.25% and a monthly payment of $439.00 15-year mortgage interest rate of 5.25% and a monthly payment of $575.00 Down payment: 5% minimum Taxes last year were $375. Insurance is $250 per year. What you are looking for: 1. Can Joe afford the monthly payments with taxes and insurance for either a 30 or 15 year mortgage?
In a desperate time the fair brought much need optimism and an opportunity for improvement. They toke great pride in the fair, the mayor was even willing to close down businesses for a day. It was the first World’s Fair to be done with 27.5 million visits in a time where the population was 60 million (5). Many things we use today came out in the World’s Fair; the world’s first all-electric kitchen, the Ferris wheel, cracker jacks, juicy fruit, the zipper the list goes on and on. I gave people that would have been otherwise out of work a job, employing thousands of people who would later become unemployed when the fair came to an end.
The partners initially concluded that Stemberg was overestimating the market. “Look,” Stemberg told Romney, “your mistake is that the guys you called think they know what they spend, but they don’t.” Romney and Bain Capital went back to the businesses and tallied up invoices. Stemberg’s assessment that this was a hidden giant of a market seemed right after all. So Bain Capital invested $650,000 to help Staples open its first store in Brighton, Massachusetts, in May 1986. In all, it invested about $2.5 million in the company.
Gutierrez Company reported net income of $225,000 for 2015. Gutierrez also reported depreciation expense of $45,000 and a loss of $5,000 on the disposal of equipment. The comparative balance sheet shows a decrease in accounts receivable of $15,000 for the year, a $17,000 increase in accounts payable, and a $4,000 decrease in prepaid expenses. Instructions Prepare the operating activities section of the statement of cash ﬂows for 2015. Use the indirect method.
This would essentially mean that investment income is taxed just like any other income under the personal income tax. Long-term capital gains and qualified stock dividends are subject to two rates under the personal income tax, zero percent and 15 percent. (Most of this income is therefore taxed at 15 percent under the personal income tax.) These tax preferences are regressive; this tax system in which those with low income pay higher taxes than the wealthy is
By doing this I believe the employees take ownership in the company because they believe their voice is heard. The “Whole Planet” portion is what the company does for the whole planet. They support organic farming on a global basis and they believe this will help protect the environment for the farmers and protect our greatest asset the earth. They offer shoppers promotions such as the “nickel for bag” to
Today, there is no increase and it stays at $7.25 an hour. If the minimum wage had increased, it would be at $17 per hour today but it remains at $7.25 (Mark Weisbrot). This has union activists trying to raise the minimum wage to at least $15 an hour (James Sherk). The Service Employees International Union launched an expensive PR campaign that called for wages to be at least $15 an hour in the fast food industry (James Sherk). Hundreds of union activists staged walkouts and protests across the country, demanding their higher pay rate (James Sherk).


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Facebook is to force users to look at adverts on the social network even if they have installed software to block them.
The company said yesterday that its advertising platform had been redesigned to circumvent ad-blocking software on desktop computers.
Online publishers and free internet services such as Facebook are fighting back against ad-blockers because they rely on digital advertising for much of their revenue. Some services are blocking users from their sites completely unless they disable their ad-blockers.
An ad-blocker scans the code that makes up a webpage to determine which elements are adverts, then stops them from loading. Facebook is to change the way it codes adverts so that ad-blockers find them harder to detect.
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TheGunBlog.ca — Watch our video with James Cassells, Glock’s Canadian sales manager, discussing the handgun market and the company’s future in Canada, as Prime Minister Justin Trudeau works to kill the legal handgun market.
Glock is the world’s biggest maker of handguns, and the No. 1 handgun brand in Canada.
- Recording Date: 31 August 2022
- Duration: 57 minutes
- Glock’s operations since Trudeau’s announcement
- Glock’s future in Canada
- Re-establishing handgun market if change in government
- Future of lawful gun ownership in Canada
- Improving the gun community’s message
- Bidding to supply RCMP’s next pistol. G45?
- Not bidding to supply Canada’s next military pistol
- TheGunBlog.ca as the “go-to” source of info
- And more!
Selected Cassells Quotes
- On operations since Trudeau’s May 30 announcement:
- “It turned very hectic, very quickly. Immediately we looked at our distributors’ inventory and shipments that were coming. And so we had to ramp up that. And that was our biggest challenge: how do we ramp up our production, how do we get it into the country quickly? The dealers were clamoring because their inventory just flew off the shelves.”
- On Glock’s future in Canada:
- “We’re not going anywhere… So we will transition to whatever we can do for our loyal commercial customers …”
- On the shooting community’s public outreach:
- “The community, the message that they’ve been delivering for the last few years, has not resonated… It’s never too late to change our message. But I think we have to be very careful of what the message is, and so that’s going to require some inward reflection.”
- On how long it would take to re-establish the handgun market after a change in government:
- “I don’t think very long at all… Assuming that our distributors are still interested in re-engaging in the market, then yeah, I think we can get ramped up pretty quick.”
- On TheGunBlog.ca:
- “It’s the go-to place for me to find out what’s going on without going through pages of documents on the web.”


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New plans could drive mobile recycling
25 May 2010 — 1:00 PM
Mobile phone users could be set to benefit from a new alliance between Nokia and Yahoo!, which aims to improve services.
Recycling an old mobile with Envirofone may be something worth considering for people looking to make use of services including navigation and the new plans aim to make improvements to these products.
Carol Bartz, chief executive officer at Yahoo, said: "At the same time, we believe Nokia's strength and continued investment in maps and navigation will greatly enhance our existing products, enabling us to focus on areas that are core to our business."
She added she was excited to expand the reach of the company's Mail and Messenger services, to provide personalised experiences to a greater number of consumers across the mobile web.
Recent findings from Juniper Research found that by 2014 users of location-based local search on mobiles would reach one and a half billion.
News brought to you by envirofone.com the UK's largest mobile phone recycling company
Mobile recycling could be an option for recipients of unwanted gifts30 December 2010 — 12:02 PM
People can get money for a phone they do not intend to use.
Selling mobile can create chance to buy HTC Desire HD29 December 2010 — 3:54 PM
People who enjoy a large screen may find all they want in the HTC Desire HD.


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You know those notes HR departments send around when an employee leaves? There are the ones that heap praise on the employee, thanking him or her for many contributions and providing info on the goodbye party? Then there are those that curtly state the employee has gone on to pursue "other opportunities." Yahoo's note on would-be Digg clone Buzz's demise is like the latter, although it's not clear there are any other opportunities for the company's social news recommendation service.
Yahoo! Buzz will be discontinued as of April 21, 2011. As of this date, you will be unable to access the Yahoo! Buzz site. This was a hard decision. However this will help us focus on our core strengths and new innovations.
We appreciate your patronage.
The Yahoo! Buzz Team
Yahoo Buzz, a social story sharing and ranking service introduced in 2008, has become the latest casualty of Yahoo's effort to hone its focus and turn around its business fortunes. The future of Yahoo Web properties like Buzz and social bookmarking site Delicious was first leaked in December via a Yahoo slideshow presentation that showed up on Twitter, though Yahoo has since said it is looking to sell off Delicious rather than kill it. Yahoo has also since made other moves to turn around its financials, including layoffs.
2011 IT GRAVEYARD: Zune, Cisco email and maaaybe, Guitar Hero
Social story aggregation sites and services, such as Buzz and Digg, have had their ups and downs over the past few years and some of the strongest Internet companies like Facebook and Google have continued to pursue this area as well (Google recently launched a social search offering called +1). Probably not a good sign for Yahoo that the top 2 most searched on items seen on its Yahoo Buzz Log today were Facebook and Google's YouTube.
I'm a heavy user of social news aggregation sites such as Digg and Reddit, and I personally signed up for Yahoo Buzz from around the start. But I never found it to be anything special and abandoned it. Apparently, I was far from alone.
(Just for kicks, I tried to sub this post to Yahoo Buzz, but the system already didn't seem to be working...)
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Rajeev Kher in Calcutta on Friday. Picture by Kishor Roy Chowdhury
Calcutta, March 21: The new foreign trade policy, which will be announced after the general election, is likely to prioritise sectors to offer export sops.
Commerce secretary Rajeev Kher, who was here today to meet exporters and industry associations, said the department was planning to reorient support schemes for various export sectors under the foreign trade policy.
The existing policy will expire at the end of this month.
“The incentivisation process has become secular. An economy, which is short on resources, must have a policy framework where there is a difference between potential winners and not winners,” Kher, who assumed office last month, said.
“My impression of the manner in which the foreign trade policy has been prepared is essentially an agglomeration of some incentive instruments. This does not contextualise the ecosystem within which these instruments are operating,” he said.
Kher added that the new policy would identify sectors where resources in the form of incentives would be offered so that the policy benefits were effectively utilised.
He said India had to conform to the rules on export subsidy laid down by the WTO.
“Under the agreement on subsidies and countervailing measures, if the market share of a product has reached at least 3.25 per cent in global trade (for two consecutive calendar years), that sector is not entitled to export subsidies,” Kher said.
He added that sectors such as textiles and gems and jewellery had either reached or were nearing the stipulated market share.
According to Kher, Indian exporters need to consider newer trade territories to lower their dependence on the traditional markets of the US and Europe. He said emerging South American markets such as Peru, Chile and Colombia, which had trade pacts with the US, could offer an indirect trade route to America.
“We are now doing the necessary preparatory work. Whenever a new government comes, we can have the stamp of the government.”
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As we reported last month, the South African citrus industry was enraged when the EU suddenly announced new regulations on citrus imports, meaning consignments already on their way to Europe would be blocked on arrival.
Urgent talks have resulted in most of those shipments being cleared, but officials are worried about future consignments. EU officials say the rule changes, requiring lengthy and expensive cold storage, are to prevent importation of false coddling moth; SA officials suspect it has more to do with protecting Spanish oranges.
Europe is the largest market for South Africa’s almost $2 billion citrus industry and accounts for 37% of all exports, according to the Citrus Growers Association. The delay has reportedly cost the industry R200 million, and there may be worse to come.
CGA executive Deon Joubert said the deal to free blocked shipments had not resolved “the massive ongoing threat to the citrus industry”.
He defined this threat as “the long-term implementation of the unjustified, impractical and discriminatory EU FCM (false coddling moth) regulation on South African oranges, which are going to be impossible to implement by the local industry”.
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The Office for National Statistics (ONS) says it is investigating the cost of living for new demographics, yet insists its work is not influenced by the impending political furore.
“We are looking into different ways of measuring inflation for various people,” a spokesperson told City A.M. “But we do not answer to any [government] department.”
The coalition government has moved to peg many benefits and pension payments to the consumer price index (CPI). The CPI is on average lower than the retail price index (RPI), which was previously used. Trades unions are calling on the government to use different measures of living costs for inflation-linked payments.
The Trades Union Congress has argued that the CPI does not accurately reflect increases in prices faced by pensioners or benefit-recipients.
The ONS already produces an index for pensioners, ex-Treasury statistician Simon Briscoe told City A.M., yet the index is not used in the government’s welfare calculations.


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Kirkland’s Home and Bed Bath and Beyond announce closings at Oxford Exchange
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WBRC) - Kirkland’s Home and Bed Bath and Beyond have announced plans to close their doors at the Oxford Exchange.
More and more retail businesses are continuing to take a hit from the pandemic and the increase in online shopping. But how will the two big box stores going out of business affect one of the cities largest retail areas?
Lorie Denton, Oxford’s spokeswoman says they’ve known for a while that these stores would be closing and they already have offers on new businesses that would like to move into these locations.
She shares the demand for the space at the Oxford Exchange has skyrocketed.
Denton adds that the city is fortunate to be able to be selective about what retail stores come to the area. They’d really like to focus on bringing new and different businesses that you don’t usually find in small cities like Oxford. Denton says although they have felt the negative impact of the pandemic, the city has been a launching pad for new stores.
“After the initial two months, our numbers started to climb and they haven’t stopped. Just in 2021 the city of Oxford has opened over 50 new retail businesses,” says Denton. “We had a ribbon cutting last week. We’ve got one coming up next week. We’re very excited about a lot of big announcements coming soon in 2022.”
Denton shares residents can expect more stores to move into vacant buildings opening new stores by the end of the year.
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BLOOMFIELD HILLS, Mich., Nov. 19 /CNW/ -- Taubman Centers, Inc. (NYSE:
TCO) will spread the green on the day after U.S. Thanksgiving -- one of the
biggest shopping days of the year. Its four Detroit-area malls are giving
away $20 (U.S. dollar) gift card vouchers to the first 2,007 vehicles that
enter the United States from Canada through the Windsor-Detroit Tunnel on
Friday, Nov. 23, from 5 a.m. to 10 a.m. or while supplies last.
The vouchers may be redeemed from 6 a.m. to 1 p.m. that day only -- the
traditional day that kicks off the U.S. holiday shopping season -- at four
Detroit-area Taubman malls, located within an hour's drive of the
"With the Canadian dollar at a record high, there's never been a better
time for Canadians to shop in the United States," notes Karen Mac Donald,
director, communications for Taubman.
Travelers leaving Windsor, Ontario who pay the toll to pass through the
tunnel beginning at 5 a.m. will receive a voucher for the mall gift card to be
redeemed at the customer service centers of The Mall at Partridge Creek in
Clinton Township, Fairlane Town Center in Dearborn, Twelve Oaks Mall in Novi
or Great Lakes Crossing in Auburn Hills, Mich. Windsor Tunnel staff will
distribute one voucher per vehicle. The voucher must be redeemed by 1 p.m.
"This unique promotion with the Windsor-Detroit Tunnel is a great way to
launch the holiday season on both sides of the border," adds Mac Donald.
Taubman Centers, Inc. (NYSE: TCO), a real estate investment trust, owns
and/or manages 24 shopping centers in 11 states. For more information about
Taubman Centers visit www.taubman.com.
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Microsoft will pay at least $200 for used iPads made by rival Apple, and in return issue credit that customers can use to buy one of the company's Surface tablets.
On its Microsoft Store website, Microsoft outlined the buyback deal: It will accept "gently used" iPad 2, and third- and fourth-generation iPads -- the latter two models launched in 2012 -- pay a minimum of $200 for each tablet, and issue the funds as a gift card good for purchases at the Microsoft Store.
Customers must bring their used iPads to a Canadian or U.S. Microsoft retail outlet -- the program's not supported online -- where a sales person will evaluate the tablet and decide on the dollar amount. Microsoft has approximately 70 stores in the U.S.
Apple's 7.9-in. iPad Mini is not eligible for trade-in.
"Microsoft Store gift-card value ... is subject to Microsoft's discretion and manager approval," the website said. "All trade-ins are final. Limit 1 per customer."
Because the buyback program isn't available online, it's impossible to tell what Microsoft will pay for an iPad before going to a store. Re-commerce vendors such as Gazelle and NextWorth pay between $150 and $240 for a working 16GB Wi-Fi-only iPad, with the lower value for the 2011 iPad 2 and the upper-end for the newest fourth-generation "Retina"-equipped device.
Buyback companies pay more for iPads with more storage space or those equipped for accessing the Internet over a mobile carrier data network.
They also pay cash for the Surface RT and Surface Pro tablets made by Microsoft. NextWorth quoted $187 for a 32GB Surface RT and $338 for the entry-level 64GB Surface Pro, or 54% and 43% of the list price, respectively. Microsoft's tablets start at $349 for the Surface RT, the struggling model powered by Windows RT, a subset of the more powerful Windows 8 that can run only so-called "Metro" apps. The Surface Pro, which relies on Windows 8 and can run legacy software like the desktop version of Office 2013, starts at $799.
The Redmond, Wash. company has cut prices of both models in the last two months to account for over-optimistic inventory plans and to clear the decks before Sept. 23, when it will unveil new models for the holiday selling season.
The resulting gift cards from an iPad trade-in do not have to be used for the purchase of a Microsoft Surface, but can be redeemed for anything Microsoft sells in its stores, including third-party PCs.
The deal also offers a call for action to iPad owners who have been swayed by Microsoft's television campaign that compare various features of the Surface RT with the 9.7-in. iPad, which starts at $499 with 16GB of storage space.
Microsoft's iPad buyback program expires Oct. 27. Apple is expected to roll out new tablets this year, and if it follows last year's practice -- when it also unveiled a new iPhone in September, as it did earlier this week -- the most likely introduction date is Tuesday Oct. 22.
Gregg Keizer covers Microsoft, security issues, Apple, Web browsers and general technology breaking news for Computerworld. Follow Gregg on Twitter at @gkeizer, or subscribe to Gregg's RSS feed . His email address is email@example.com.
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Jim Beam Didn’t Get Putin Memo as Whiskey Eyes Russians
Beam Inc. (BEAM) wants more vodka-imbibing Russians to drink Jim Beam and Maker’s Mark whiskey.
Apparently Vladimir Putin didn’t get the memo. In a campaign to help his people live longer, Russia’s president is pushing the biggest crackdown on alcohol since the cold war. That could complicate Beam’s efforts in a nation that’s a cornerstone of its emerging-market strategy.
Russians looking to show off burgeoning prosperity have helped make imported whiskey the fastest-growing spirit in Russia as vodka sales fall. The trend figures into Beam’s goal to get 25 percent of its annual sales growth from emerging markets and double sales in Russia in three years.
The surge in whiskey consumption comes amid government bans on late-night alcohol sales, drinking in public places and alcohol ads on TV, radio and billboards. Russia also has put in place new taxes in an attempt to restrain alcohol consumption that’s the world’s fourth-highest per capita.
Such measures may require even more agility on the part of importers such as Beam, Jack Daniel’s-maker Brown-Forman Corp. (BF/A) and Johnnie Walker-maker Diageo Plc (DGE) as they seek to quench Russians’ thirst for dark spirits, said Spiros Malandrakis, a global alcohol drinks analyst for researcher Euromonitor Plc.
“There has been a massive series of legislative attacks,” Malandrakis said. “You have to take slow steps so you don’t gather the wrath of the Kremlin on your head.”
Beam, based in Deerfield, Illinois, rose 2.8 percent to $57.15 Nov. 2 after reporting third-quarter per-share earnings, excluding some items, of 62 cents, beating the 55-cent average of analyst estimates compiled by Bloomberg. The shares have risen 12 percent this year. Beam has traded, on average, at a 76 percent percent premium on a price-to-earnings basis to the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index during the past year, according to data compiled by Bloomberg.
Carlsberg A/S (CARLB), owner of Russia’s leading brewer, Baltika, knows all too well how volatile Russia can be. After investing billions in a country that accounts for almost 40 percent of of its global profit, the company has struggled against a declining beer market amid the government crackdown. Consumption fell 2.4 percent from 2007 to 2011, according to International Wine & Spirit Research.
“Part of the ability to compete in markets like Russia is to understand that reality,” Beam Chief Executive Officer Matt Shattock said. “We have to play by the rules established in each market and sometimes in environments like this, those rules move.”
For Russians, American spirits are as much about status as inebriation. At Globus Gourmet, a high-end food store in the heart of Moscow -- where conspicuous consumption fuels two Rolls Royce dealerships -- the liquor boutique looks like a diamond store. Showcase lighting transforms bottles of bourbon, cognac and scotch into shimmering displays of amber and caramel hues.
A bottle of L’Esprit de Courvoisier, with its own decorative carrying case, sells for 226,630 rubles, or almost $7,300. Next to Red Square, in the Gum luxury mall, the centerpiece of a massive spirits display at the Gastronom No. 1 grocery features almost all brown spirits. Shelf after shelf of vodka, meanwhile, has been pushed to the sides.
“We’re looking at premium outlets where people with the money go,” said Bill Mateo, who manages Beam’s Russian distribution partnership, called Maxxium.
In a Russian spirits market that fell 4.6 percent last year, including 4.9 percent for vodka, whiskey consumption grew 48 percent, according to the London-based ISWR. Russians’ love affair with Western spirits showed up in tequila consumption as well, which jumped 45 percent. Beam is concentrating its Russia marketing and distribution efforts on Sauza tequila, Courvoisier cognac and Teacher’s scotch in addition to Jim Beam.
“Russians are a spirits-drinking nation and they are extremely bored of vodka,” Malandrakis said. “As they try to shed all the associations with a Soviet past and move into a Western direction, premium whiskeys and tequila make sense.”
If it weren’t in the center of Moscow on the ground floor of a Stalin-era apartment building, the Real McCoy Speakeasy Bootlegger’s Bar & Restaurant could be mistaken for an attraction at Walt Disney World’s Frontierland.
The saloon-like space is adorned with peeling faux cement walls. One corner holds a jail cell. The bar is perched on fake wooden booze barrels. As if to drive home the point, the white outline of a sprawled corpse is painted on the wood plank floor. The drink of choice here: whiskey.
“We’re seeing some exciting growth of Western spirits,” Shattock said. “As Russian incomes grow, there is an opportunity to switch from local to imported brands.”
Still, vodka is king, making up almost four-fifths of spirits consumption in the country. Whiskey didn’t even register one percent, making it less of a threat to regulators fighting overconsumption.
Russia cut alcohol consumption to 15 liters (4 gallons) from 18 liters per capita in the past two years, Deputy Prime Minister Viktor Zubkov said in December. The government wants to reduce it at least to 8 liters by 2020.
To help, Russia banned sales in stores between 11 p.m. and 8 a.m. Late last year, the Russian government adopted a plan to raise alcohol excise taxes 30 percent by the end of next year, following a 2010 beer tax increase of 200 percent.
Much of the regulatory attention so far has had a greater effect on low-cost spirits, rather than premium brands such as Jim Beam. A 0.7-liter bottle of Jim Beam can cost 1,660 rubles ($53) at the high end. Jack Daniel’s can go for 2470 rubles ($79). By contrast, Green Mark, the best-selling vodka in Russia, sells for about 181 rubles ($6) for a half-liter bottle.
Since spinning off from Fortune Brands last year to become a standalone spirits maker, Beam has looked to expand its presence in emerging markets from Brazil to China. In Russia, Beam is horning in on an import whiskey market dominated by global behemoths such as Diageo and Pernod Ricard SA, maker of the Glenlivet single-malt Scotch whisky and Jameson Irish Whiskey.
After years of work to expand distribution nationally through hubs in 28 cities, Beam has turned its attention to brand (BRND) building, Mateo said.
In one campaign, crews of attractive young women are sent into Russian bars like the Real McCoy to look for Jack Daniel’s drinkers. They are offered a free blind taste test including Jim Beam and asked to pick a favorite. Beam hosts golf events with cigar makers and tastings at yacht clubs to attract affluent drinkers.
“It’s about putting luxuries together,” Mateo said.
Beam boosted its share of the American-made whiskey market in Russia to 25 percent last year from 14 percent in 2009, according to Euromonitor. Market leader Jack Daniel’s now controls 72 percent of the segment, down from 80 percent in 2009. In whiskey overall, Beam is still a bit player in Russia, with 1 percent of the market compared with Diageo’s 41 percent share.
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Okay, how about $4,000?
Good, that's as low as we'll go. Now, what's the most we should offer?
How about $10,000? It's a nice round figure.
This could have been the scene as provincial officials devised the rebate plan for electric vehicles that Premier Dalton McGuinty announced last month.
The Liberal government has developed a distressing preference for policies that create the impression it's active and progressive, undercut critics and disguise the absence of coherent long-term strategies. Environmental examples include the pesticide "ban," Mining Act reform, protection of the Far North, control of toxic chemicals and wind turbine setbacks.
This seems more of the same.
The government claims the rebates will, "help create and sustain jobs in the auto sector and put Ontario at the forefront of the new, green economy in North America ... driving innovation, revitalizing the global auto sector and creating jobs."
To be fair, it's not a bad thing to raise the profile of electric vehicles, to create buzz. And there is some rationale for the numbers: The low end is juicy enough to attract attention; the upper limit is a tad more generous than anything outside Japan.
But it isn't clear how the incentive will impact sales of plug-in hybrids and pure electric cars. While its size is to be linked to battery capacity, the formula remains "under development," the Transportation Ministry says. "The government will work with industry and key stakeholders over the next several months to ensure that the structure of the rebate supports innovation in (electric vehicle) design."
With no budget estimate, it's obvious the government doesn't know whether the rebate will actually help to achieve its goal of electrics accounting for one in 20 cars on Ontario roads by 2020.
It is clear – since McGuinty travelled to a Chevrolet dealership for his announcement, and major competitors, whose hybrids aren't eligible for the rebates, weren't invited – that the policy is intended to promote General Motors' Volt, due to hit showrooms early in 2011. The plug-in, in which the province has a small stake thanks to its bailout of GM Canada, is forecast to sell for at least $40,000.
"It is expected ... the Volt will likely qualify for the full rebate based on announced vehicle specifications," the ministry says.
That's an impressive discount, but the government offers no evidence it will move Volts or any other vehicles off dealers' lots. Experience suggests rebates mainly transfer tax dollars to consumers who would make the desired purchases without the aid.
More important, how does the policy support innovation in Ontario? The Volt is being developed and built in Michigan, with batteries from South Korea. Ford isn't making electric vehicles or sourcing batteries here; nor are Japanese automakers. Yet if Ontario's rebates work, those companies benefit.
Other jurisdictions offer massive aid to stay in the game. Washington has more than $25 billion (U.S.) to support electric cars, including $2.4 billion in matching funds announced this week, predicated on local technology development and jobs.
Ontario did recently announce it would invest up to $16.7 million in Mississauga-based Electrovaya Inc. for battery development. (One of that company's major projects is the Maya 300, a low-speed electric car that can't be sold here because of much-criticized provincial safety regulations.) But while that investment is worthwhile, it's small change.
The main message came with the rebates: McGuinty merely sent up "a big, bright red flare" to say we're "really committed and determined ... to be a centre of production for the electric car" – pretty please.
Once again, we're getting much spin and very little sense.


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The identity governance and administration market is expected to grow at a CAGR of 13.5 percent from US$ 5.8 billion in 2021 to US$ 10.92 billion by 2026, according to Future Market Insights (FMI). Two main growth factors for the identity governance and administration market are globalization and a rise in regulatory compliance. Some of the factors that are likely to drive the growth of the identity governance and administration market during the forecast period include organizations’ increasing focus on meeting administrative compliances, the demand to improve the operational effectiveness of identity procedures, and the globalization and growing use of data.
However, the high cost of deploying identity governance and administration solutions, as well as a lack of understanding about identity governance and administration, are the issues that are most likely to stifle the market’s growth. Throughout the forecast period, the identity governance and administration market is expected to be stifled by high costs and limited demand among small and medium-sized businesses (SMEs).
With various worldwide and regional rivals, the identity governance and administration industry are somewhat fragmented. However, the industry is shifting toward the consolidation of several smaller rivals. Several industry participants are using innovation to gain a competitive advantage in the identity governance and administration market. Oracle, IBM, Sailpoint, SAP, and CA Technologies are among the prominent players profiled in the identity governance and administration market study.
- In May 2020, Okta, Inc. announced New Native Identity Integration with Amazon Web Services to improve security, simplify the user experience, and expand automation options for large, complicated businesses. The new functionality, which is available immediately through the Okta Integration Network, allows Okta clients to provide identities to AWS SSO for permission management, allowing for automated synchronization of user IDs and groups to reduce complexity.
- May 2020 – SAP SE announced that GEA had entered into a strategic partnership with SAP to accelerate enterprise-wide digital transformation. The collaboration will focus on the installation of a global ERP system based on SAP S/4HANA, through which GEA hopes to fully exploit the potential of intelligent data use within a company.


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New Order have announced a major outdoor headline show at Manchester’s iconic Castlefield Bowl for Saturday 9th July. This follows a major sell out tour across Europe in November/December 2015 which included two sold out shows at The Warehouse Project.
2015 also saw the release of Music Complete, New Order’s first studio album in over 10 years featuring singles ‘Restless’ and live favourite ‘Tutti Frutti’. The album received glowing reviews across the board with Q Magazine calling it as “Their best record for over 25 years ****”. Additionally 2015 saw the launch of website Singularity, which collates homages to New Order from artists across all disciplines, honouring the band’s unique influence on creativity – http://po.st/NewOrderSingularity. Artists already featured on Singularity include Hot Chip, Trentemøller, Will Broome, Algiers, Irvine Welsh, Robert Smith from The Cure and Factory Floor.
Preceding their headline date at Castlefield Bowl, New Order will also be playing Barcelona’s Sónar Festival in June 2016. Tickets for Manchester go onsale Friday 29th January at 9.30am available at:
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Jun 27, 2014 — A high school chemistry teacher in the U.K. started honing his visual talents by making posters for students. Now his infographics about food science and chemistry basics are a hit on the Web.
May 14, 2014 — Corporate sponsorship of professional events for nutritionists has been on the rise. But should the gatekeepers of nutrition information be taking free meals and snacks from McDonald's and Hershey's?
Nov 21, 2013 — In a small study, Harvard researchers found that getting food stamps didn't help low-income individuals as much as they expected. Despite their food aid, researchers say the people they surveyed weren't getting a complete, nutritious diet.
Oct 28, 2013 — These days teenagers shun milk and reach for the energy drinks. That doesn't bode well for their bones, since most of the adult skeleton is built between ages 9 and 14. Calcium and vitamin are crucial, but perhaps the most surprising ingredient for strong bones is exercise.
Sep 18, 2013 — Tulane medical students are trading in their scrubs for chefs whites. They've teamed up with culinary students at Johnson & Wales University as part of an innovative new program designed to teach both groups how good nutrition can help stave off lifestyle diseases.
Apr 19, 2013 — The frozen food industry wants you to know that even though its food isn't "fresh," it's still good. And they're paying big bucks to convince you.
Apr 8, 2013 — Scientists have developed a type of chocolate infused with micro-bubbles of fruit juice that they say can replace up to half of the fat found in normal chocolate. This hybrid treat, they say, provides a tasty, more healthful alternative to regular chocolate.
Feb 7, 2013 — Who says healthy doesn't sell? McDonald's, Panera Bread and other restaurant chains that offered more lower-calorie food choices saw a 9 percent jump in food and beverage sales from 2006 to 2011, a new report finds. Restaurants without these options saw sales drop.
Dec 7, 2012 — Unafraid of the supposed barrier between sweet and savory, many chefs are incorporating vegetables like tomatoes, eggplants, and even mushrooms into new dessert recipes. But are they any healthier? Actually, yes, says a nutritionist.
Sep 20, 2012 — A former hedge fund manager-turned-philanthropist is donating millions of dollars to challenge the conventional wisdom about what makes us fat. The Nutrition Science Initiative says new research will make it possible to significantly lower obesity rates by 2020.


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Apple has scheduled a digital launch party for Monday, October 18 where it is expected to introduce new MacBook Pro and AirPods products. In advance of the occasion, two stories assert that the forthcoming MacBook Pro’s base design will get 16GB of RAM, 512GB storage, an upgraded webcam, a new charging brick, and a Mini-LED display. The new MacBook designs are also predicted to be driven by Apple’s upcoming M1X chipset. An analyst — who shared the info on the Mini-LED shows —mentions that the displays could attribute a 120Hz refresh level.
Tipster Dylan (@dylandkt) has shared some specifications of the approaching MacBook Pro types. The new laptops from Apple are said to come in 14-inch and 16-inch models with Mini-LED shows that will also have scaled-down bezels on all sides and no symbol at the bottom of the monitor. The screen is also said to be accompanied by a 1080p webcam. Dylan mentions that the base variants of the MacBook Pro types will get 16GB of RAM and 512GB of onboard storage and the base Apple M1X will have the similar configuration for each variants.
Furthermore, Dylan mentions the pricing for both MacBook Pro styles will be similar and that the forthcoming laptops will also get a new charging brick. MacRumors experiences that the new MacBook Professional designs are rumoured to occur with a MagSafe charging port that would occur the will need for the new charging hardware.
Dylan also claims that the MacBook Professional models will no more time feature the Contact Bar. The new laptops are stated to get HDMI, SD card slot, and a MagSafe port. Moreover, the tipster also mentions that assistance for far more than one display screen will also arrive.
Display screen analyst Ross Youthful, although responding to a tweet, pointed out that the forthcoming MacBook Professional designs would get Mini-LED shows with the chance of a 120Hz refresh price and oxide backplanes. The tweet was spotted by MacRumours. Younger also mentioned that Mini-LED shows are a surety and that the panel suppliers are the identical that give shows for the iPad Professional models. It is probably that the new MacBook Professional models would get Apple’s Marketing technologies that is found on the iPad Professional and the Iphone 13 Professional designs.
The impending MacBook Pro types and 3rd-generation AirPods — rumoured to be created like AirPods Professional — are predicted to be introduced throughout the Apple Unleashed celebration on October 18 at 10am PDT (10:30pm IST).


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Gold Hit 1 Billion 400 Million! GE Today Announced The Acquisition Of Arcam AB And SLM Solutions
The Swedish GE holding company said Tuesday that it will acquire Arcam price of SEK 285 per share offer, calculated from the company's valuation of 5 billion 860 million kronor ($684 million 600 thousand).
It is reported that the Swedish Arcam is listed in the Stockholm stock exchange. Electron beam melting its proprietary (EBM) metal 3D printing technology enjoys high reputation in the market, is considered the world's top metal 3D printing equipment suppliers. The company's equipment is mainly used in aerospace, medical and other industries.
Compared to Arcam shares yesterday's closing price, the acquisition of GE is a premium of up to about 53%. It is a subsidiary of GE GE Arcam is one of the largest airline customers.
In addition, the German GE agency is in a bid for Arcam's German rival SLM Solutions. GE announced plans to 38 euros per share, the total price of 683 million euros ($762 million) acquisition of SLM Solutions, the success of the 3D printing machine based on laser metal used in aerospace, energy, healthcare and automotive. GE said it has agreed to buy SLM from the 31.5% major shareholders of the shares.
GE announced that, after the acquisition of two companies by GE CEO David Joyce aviation group to lead the development of integration and management, the company will focus on 3D printing technology and service industry. David Joyce said that the two companies are in the respective technical research on the outstanding performance, is the added strength GE into increasing material manufacturing industry is very good, GE will further expand equipment and related products.
CEO Jeff Immelt and the GE group also said in a statement: "3D printing technology is an important part of GE innovation into the digital industry company. In this way our world will be more creative and productive, but also will make GE group productivity strive for further improvement. GE Group expects the technology to 2020 will generate $1 billion in economic benefits, is expected in the next ten years will be for the company to reduce the production cost of 30-50 billion dollars."
Since 2010, GE has invested $1 billion 500 million in large industry increasing material manufacturing industry. These investments will fully accelerate GE application in various departments and the in-depth development of the six sector penetration GE.
In 2015 revenue of SEK 576 million, approximately 285 employees.
Arcam AB (ARCM) listed in sweden.
Arcam AB is a global electron beam melting (EBM) metal 3D printing leader, the main customers are Department of orthopedics implant manufacturers and aerospace industry manufacturers. In 2015 sold 42 sets of EBM additive manufacturing system in 2013, only 27 sets. Beijing China ikang medical 3D printing implant Department of orthopedics to obtain approval, is the use of Arcam metal 3D printer.
In 2015 revenues of 66 million 140 thousand euros, about 260 employees.
SLM Solution G (AM3D) Germany Frankfurt listed.
SLM Solution from Germany, the main use is similar to the selective laser sintering (SLS) metal 3D printing technology, the use of electron beam 3D laser melting the metal inside the printer, called selective laser melting (SLM), with the technology related patents.
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SEOUL, South Korea, Jan. 13, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Hyundai Motor Group, led by Hyundai Motor Company and Kia Motors Corp., today announced that Peter Schreyer was appointed as President to oversee Hyundai and Kia's design centers in order to streamline its resources and create synergy between the two brands.
The move is also part of the Hyundai Motor Group's bigger efforts to strengthen its competitiveness through qualitative growth.
"Strengthening our fundamentals, especially in the area of design, is imperative to secure long-term competitiveness," said Woong-Chul Yang, Vice Chairman of Hyundai Motor Group's R&D Center in Korea. "Design is not just the most visible aspect of the car, but it's an area customers have a strong emotional connection to. It is at the center of our efforts to enhance our brand value. "
"Mr. Schreyer brings a wealth of experience in design from the global auto industry and has a deep understanding of the Hyundai Motor Group. These valuable qualities will help build the foundation needed to make Hyundai and Kia leading global top automakers," added Mr. Yang.
On Jan. 2., the Group announced 'Brand Innovation based on Quality' as this year's management direction during a new year speech delivered by Mong-Koo Chung, Chairman and CEO of Hyundai Motor Group.
Both Hyundai and Kia have come a long way in terms of design, under their own unique design philosophies, 'Fluidic Sculpture' and 'The simplicity of the straight line', respectively.
Hyundai Motor introduced its new design philosophy 'Fluidic Sculpture' in 2009 and applied it to its entire lineup, starting from the new-generation Sonata that year. In addition to increased production capabilities worldwide, the new designs contributed to significant sales growth in the global market.
Kia also created its own design-DNA called 'The simplicity of the straight line', led by Mr. Schreyer in 2006, and applied it to its entire lineup. Kia's design management has proven successful, winning awards such as the red dot design award and iF design award.
Mr. Schreyer will lead the long-term design vision and strategy for Hyundai and Kia, based on the Group's vision. In particular, by overseeing the Group's design resources, he will further cement the two brands' differentiation strategies according to each company's brand direction.
- 1953 Born in Bad Reichenhall, Deutschland
- 1975~79 Industrial Design School of Applied Arts, Munich
Royal College of Art, London
- 1994-2002 – Head of Audi Design
- 2002-2006 Head of Volkswagen Design
- 2006~2012 Chief Design Officer of Kia Motors Corp.
- 2013~present Appointed President of Hyundai, Kia Design Center
About Hyundai Motor
Established in 1967, Hyundai Motor Co. has grown into the Hyundai Motor Group, with more than two dozen auto-related subsidiaries and affiliates. Hyundai Motor -- which has seven manufacturing bases outside of South Korea including Brazil, China, the Czech Republic, India, Russia, Turkey and the U.S. -- sold 4.4 million vehicles globally in 2012. Hyundai Motor, which employs over 80,000 worldwide, offers a full line-up of products including small to large passenger vehicles, SUVs and commercial vehicles. Further information about Hyundai Motor and its products is available at http://worldwide.hyundai.com
About Kia Motors
Kia Motors Corporation (www.kia.com), a maker of quality vehicles for the young-at-heart, was founded in 1944 and is Korea's oldest manufacturer of motor vehicles. Over 2.7 million Kia vehicles a year are produced in 15 manufacturing and assembly operations in ten countries which are then sold and serviced through a network of distributors and dealers covering 149 countries. Kia today has over 47,000 employees worldwide and annual revenues of US$39 billion. It is the major sponsor of the Australian Open and an official automotive partner of FIFA - the governing body of the FIFA World Cup™. Kia Motors Corporation's brand slogan, "The Power to Surprise," represents the company's global commitment to surprise the world by providing exciting and inspiring experiences that go beyond expectations.
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One of the bewildering things about DevOps is integrating the massive toolchain including the dozens of new tools that seem to crop up every year. Part of DevOps is Continuous Delivery and having a complex toolchain can add additional integration and setup to your developer environment. In his session at @DevOpsSummit at 18th Cloud Expo, Miko Matsumura, Chief Marketing Officer of Gradle Inc., will discuss which tools to use in a developer stack, how to provision the toolchain to minimize onboa...
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text: Healthy fast food company Chopped is creating 110 jobs through the opening of five new outlets. The new roles are for store managers, supervisors, breakfast chefs, and kitchen staff. The new outlets will be based in Dublin and Kildare. As of October 2016, it is not known when the new jobs will be created by. Chopped was founded in 2012 and currently has 13 outlets open in Ireland.


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By Ed Taylor
July 29 — In a first-of-its-kind enforcement action in Brazil, the Justice Ministry recently fined the country's largest telecommunications company Oi $1.6 million for invading the privacy of subscribers to its broadband Internet service by without consent tracking their Web usage and selling the information to behavioral advertisers.
Amaury Oliva, director of the Justice Ministry's Department of Consumer Defense and Protection (DPDC), told Bloomberg BNA July 28 that the department began to investigate Oi in 2010 based on allegations it had partnered with Phorm Inc.—a U.K.-based online advertising company—to develop a program to monitor Internet activity.
Phorm was at the heart of investigations by U.K. and European Union officials regarding the use of Phorm tracking software in trials involving the U.K. telecommunications company BT.
In the July 22 announcement of the fine, the DPDC said it confirmed that Oi was using a software program that mapped the Internet navigation profiles of subscribers. The tracking information was then sold to third parties interested in offering Internet advertising and personalized content to Web users, Oliva said.
Despite the fine, the telecommunications and software companies involved in the tracking plan denied any wrongdoing. Oi said in a July 23 statement that it would appeal the fine.
“The service was offered as a means of improving Internet navigation, but it was not made clear that it would be monitored and the navigation profile sold,” Oliva said. “This violates the principle of good faith, of transparency and the responsibility to inform. The company said that sensitive information was not stored, but who can guarantee that?,” he said.
He added that the fine wasn't larger because Oi had suspended use of the Phorm software.
“Our process is administrative, but consumers who feel they were cheated can file suits before the courts and federal prosecutors can put together class action suits,” Oliva said.
In developing the Justice Ministry's case against Oi, the DPDC consulted with Brazil's telecommunications regulator, antitrust agency and Internet management committee, he said.
Oi released a statement July 23 in which it denied having invaded the privacy of any of its clients.
It said the software in question was discontinued in March 2013 and was only used with a small group of clients invited to test the product. According to Oi, the testing process was overseen by government regulators.
“The service was offered as a means of improving Internet navigation, but it was not made clear that it would be monitored and the navigation profile sold.”Amaury Oliva, Director, Justice Ministry Department of Consumer Defense and Protection
Phorm said in a statement provided to Bloomberg BNA July 28 that Brazil's telecommunications agency and antitrust agency had approved the partnership with Oi and “no consumer data was ever sold and all of the regulations referring to privacy were strictly respected.”
Laura Schertel Mendes, a researcher and specialist in privacy issues for the Brazilian Institute of Public Law, told Bloomberg BNA July 28 that the Oi enforcement action is an important development in Brazil.
“The collective question is if we don't trust the Internet then we are inhibited to participate in surveys out of the fear that this information can be used,” she said. The situation in Brazil improved in April when Brazil's Internet law was enacted. The law established the rights and responsibilities for users and providers, she said. The law didn't, however, establish a data protection framework.
Veridiana Alimonti, an attorney for the Brazilian Institute of Consumer Defense, told Bloomberg BNA July 28 that Oi's alleged selling of user tracking data isn't likely the only instance in the country of companies misusing client data.
“It is necessary to create rules for data banks with restrictions on their use and access,” she said.
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GT6 News: GT6 release date is this year on PlayStation 3, claims executive in an interview about PS4 and Sony hardware longevity.
The Gran Turismo 6 release date is “this year” on PS3, according to a Sony executive who mentioned the game along with other first- and third-party software due out in 2013.
“[PS3] is still an exciting console itself. You look at the games coming out on PlayStation 3 this year,” said Sony Computer Entertainment Europe Worldwide Studios Senior Vice President Michael Denny.
“The Last of Us, Beyond, GT6,” he said, rattling off the three first-party games - the final one of note since we weren’t aware that its release date was going to be this year.
He continued listing 2013-bound PS3 games, touching on a pair of highly anticipated third-party titles, Assassin's Creed 4: Black Flag
and “of course” GTA 5
When does Gran Turismo 6 release?
Denny’s comments weren’t designed to out the Gran Turismo 6 release date window, rather he was talking to Irish technology news site Silicon Republic
about the the longevity of Sony consoles and what it means for PS4.
His point was that seven years into the PS3’s lifecycle, it’s seeing some of the best triple-A games on the console. PS4 is just beginning that process.
“Assassin's Creed and, of course, GTA. That’s a powerful console still going there with a lot of great content.”
“I think the main thing with PlayStation 4, when you look at the way its been architected, we feel that it is something that has longevity there.”
GT6 release dated revving up
Gran Turismo 6 was confirmed by developer Polyphony Digital’s CEO Kazunori Yamauchi back in 2011, so the company has been working on the racing game for quite some time.
Neither Sony nor Polyphony Digital has officially states if GT6 will release for PS3 or PS4 game, but Denny’s comments put it on the current-generation console, PS3.
This actually makes sense, as Sony demoed a completely different racing IP at its PS4 press conference last week called DriveClub. This new racing franchise - so fast there’s no time for a space in the title - takes on a unique first-perspective that differentiates the game from GT6.
With this executive slip-up about the Gran Turismo 6 release date, Sony may be forced to announce that the next GT racing game is set for both 2013 and PS3 soon enough. Gaming Target will have that updated news as soon as it breaks.


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According to the Capgemini Research Institute, eight of ten consumers consider sustainability while purchasing. As a result, in recent years, large brands and retailers have made sustainability one of their primary business strategies.
It’s no different in the toy sector.
Many brands have released statements and articles that are sometimes unclear, irrelevant, or unproven to demonstrate their commitment to sustainability. Greenwashing is the practice of misleading customers about a product’s or service’s environmental benefits, and it has made customers wary of what corporations claim about their products.
This article discusses the reasons why it is better to switch to sustainable toys.
Transparency is essential for building trust
Consumers want enterprises involved in the creation and distribution of toys and child entertainment products to be transparent. They want to know what’s in the items, how they’re created, and how they might affect people and the environment.
However, with the expanding number of greener product marketing campaigns and labeling schemes, it’s becoming more difficult to distinguish between legitimate claims and bogus promises. How do you acquire traction and establish credibility in a market when everyone professes to be green?
They are recyclable
Toys are notoriously difficult to recycle, which means that every single plastic toy ever created will end up in a landfill. Environmentalists all over the world have increased awareness against the usage of plastic toys for children, which eventually end up in landfills and oceans.
These all contribute to the ongoing problem of plastic pollution. It is critical to raise environmental awareness so that these children can see a green globe.
However, business websites such as https://plusplustoys.com.au/ that take steps to become more sustainable are better for the environment and have no negative implications in harming the environment.
Let’s face it: toys are expensive, and buying them over and over may put a strain on any parent’s finances. Because of the cheap and low-cost materials used to make plastic toys, they do not last long.
Parents unconsciously wind up purchasing numerous more things each month. Natural material toys are more durable, and if you switch to the right sort, you’ll need fewer toys in the long run.
A blessing for a tidy and happy home!
It is challenging to keep track of everything that goes on inside our children’s systems in today’s world, but it is also a great time because of the diversity of options and ease of access.
Plastic toys are a Health Hazard
Possibly the most underappreciated aspect. Plastic toys contain harmful chemicals that seep into a child’s system on a regular basis. The following items are found in a plastic toy:
- Phthalates are endocrine disruptors that cause hormonal imbalances and cancer growth.
- Lead is utilized in paints and colors to make the toy more durable. It has been shown to lower IQ and cause irreparable harm to the brain. Because lead is absorbed and stored more quickly in a child’s body than in an adult’s, it is a source of concern.
- Cadmium is an anti-corrosion agent used in plastics. Cadmium, a known carcinogen, disrupts proper brain development and can harm the kidneys.
Consumers today expect items to be long-lasting. Sustainability is no longer just a nice-to-have but a business-critical need for all enterprises.
Toy companies, retailers, and manufacturers can no longer compete in the market unless they can show that their products are created sustainably from responsibly sourced materials. Telling your toy product’s sustainability story can set your brand apart in a time when more than 80 percent of customers believe businesses should assist better the environment.
- Encouraging children to play in the garden
- How New Vegan Sporting Goods Are Changing The Sports Industry (No More Leather)
- How to Make the Switch to Natural Diapers
- Top Tips On How To Reduce Your Carbon Footprint And Save The Planet
- 6 Features to Check While Buying Wooden Toys Online


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Data storage company EMC Corp. (NYSE: EMC) released a slew of new product announcements Wednesday morning aimed at offering easy to buy and download storage software for a private cloud.
Dubbed “Project Nile,” the company said in a blog post that its ViPR Software-Defined Storage Platform will be available later this month, and a host of other new products aimed at allowing IT departments to deliver storage services “similar to those offered by the Web scale public cloud providers, but with the control security and reliability of a private cloud.”
That will directly compete with providers like Amazon.com Inc. and Microsoft Corp. which now offer online services without complicated management, according to Bloomberg News. Jeremy Burton, executive vice president at EMC, told Bloomberg that customers will be able to get a complete system within 48 hours for storage of files, databases or the Web.
Hopkinton, Mass.-based EMC said the “key elements” of Project Nile are offering a fast and easy way to buy and install the software; the scalability and worldwide reach of cloud-based storage; the ability to work with various applications, including Amazon Simple Storage Service, OpenStack Swift, HDFS and EMC Atmos; and what EMC called “a very aggressive price point.”
Richard Villars, an analyst at research firm IDC, told Bloomberg, “Cloud providers have given customers scale, and they can pick and choose across four different types of storage, without having to manage four different incompatible systems.... EMC is making a bet they can provide the same kind of system.”
In 2012, EMC’s revenue was $21.7 billion, the largest in its 34-year history, and the increase is due in large part to its huge number of acquisitions. EMC has bought more than 75 tech companies, the most recent being Aveska, a security company based in Waltham, Mass. and ScaleIO, an Israeli company that specializes in server storage technology.


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Bitcoin is the “headline crypto”. It is the bluechip cryptocurrency that is going to grab the most attention. And in my view, it will make a lot of people a lot of money. But the biggest gains will be found in the ‘catch up cryptos’ that are yet to make their biggest surges.
Here’s what a lot of people are missing… the big companies piling into this market are not striking deals with bitcoin. Samsung, Apple, Microsoft, BMW, AT&T, JP Morgan, Volkswagen, MoneyGram, IBM… They are signing up smaller cryptos tech firms every single day. That’s why – it seems obvious to me – if you are gunning for the biggest possible moves in this market, these ‘catch up plays’ are your best strategy… Because – in terms of growth and profit potential – they could rapidly outpace bitcoin and post outrageous gains in this erupting market. There are two coins in particular that I see a very bright future for.
The first could see ultimate gains of 3,000%. A move like that could turn a £200 stake into £6k.
If you’re watching the crypto markets right now and want to take an intelligent, strategic position… And keep some of the high risks in this market to a tolerable minimum… I’d like to show you how. I have been investing in breakthrough technology for decades. What I am seeing in the crypto markets is very exciting. We are seeing an influx of capital on a breath-taking scale.
And at the same time, we are just at the start of a phase of mainstream adoption. This is the perfect cocktail for a boom. If you can spare a sliver of your risk capital (that’s money you can afford to lose – in this high-risk market) to take advantage – you’d be mad not to.


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Hovis is back in the black after years of decline
Last year’s ranking: 20
Sales: £319.8m (+9.3%)
While rivals Warbutons (6) and Kingsmill (26) remain in the red, Hovis is back in the black after years of decline. In fact, Hovis has overtaken Kingsmill in the past year as its rival suffered a £51.6m loss.
Hovis, meanwhile, has added a whopping £27.1m to its value, thanks largely to a 9.5% increase in average price - driven by innovation, premiumisation and passing on soaring wheat prices and the impact of the weak pound.
While the bakery does produce goods beyond bread, it’s the wrapped loaves that have enjoyed the greatest success. Body-conscious Brits are still very much eating bread, says Sara Green, head of insight at Hovis. “We have not been negatively affected by the health agenda. The government advises that a third of our daily food intake should come from starchy foods such as bread.”
Nevertheless, Hovis has paid some attention to the wellbeing trend. Last summer, it became the first major bakery brand to unveil a lineup of reduced-carb loaves. The three-strong Lower Carb line promised 30% less carbs than regular sliced bread, and more protein to boot. “We are committed to investing in NPD to ensure we continue to delight our consumers,” Green says.
Innovations such as significantly improving the quality of its bread and introducing half loaves have helped add value, as has the increased consumer interest in higher-priced loaves with added seeds and grains.
Next up is the introduction of all-electric vehicles (pictured) to the Hovis delivery fleet as the brand looks to reduce its carbon footprint.


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Consumer Reports says beware of overusing over-the-counter pain relievers.
"People don't realize it's risky to take more than the recommended dose or to use pain relievers for weeks at a time without consulting a doctor," explains Gayle Williams from Consumer Reports.
An overuse of pain relievers can lead to many health problems, according to a Consumer Reports' survey of 47,000 subscribers.
"Four percent, nearly 2,000 people suffered serious side affects including ulcers, or problems with their kidneys, heart, or liver," adds Williams.
So next time you go to use a pain reliever, realize there are real risks to not following the directions.
Hopefully this report will send a message to drug makers. In the same survey, almost half of 6,000 online participants said they had difficulty reading the fine print on over the counter drug labels.
Until the fine print gets bigger it might be a good idea to get someone to read it for you.


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The University of Colorado Colorado Springs College of Business wants to help aspiring entrepreneurs get a jump start on their business ideas.
UCCS will offer an online course, the Practical Entrepreneurship Program, in coordination with the Business StartUp Institute, Colorado Springs. The program features curriculum developed and presented by Tom Duening, El Pomar Chair of Business and Entrepreneurship, and director of the Center for Entrepreneurship.
“This program will further our vision of building successful futures for our stakeholders who are interested in starting their own businesses,” said Venkat Reddy, dean of the College of Business.
The Practical Entrepreneurship Program consists of 21 lessons delivered via a digital chalkboard providing video, illustrations, templates, downloadable attachments and learning tools. The content of the program is arranged around three core areas: developing a business plan, launching the business, and growing and planning an exit. A list of lessons is available at http://www.uccs.edu/~business/onlineprograms.html. Individual lessons are $29; the entire 21-lesson program is $299.
“We wanted to make this noncredit program available at a reasonable price so that beginning entrepreneurs could beat the learning curve and succeed with their first startup business,” Duening said. “I share my experiences and what I’ve learned through years of research and teaching.”
While a college graduate student, Duening launched his first business in 1984 and has started seven businesses in his career. He has written 12 books on business, management and entrepreneurship.
The Business StartUp Institute is a subsidiary of Businesses2Learn LLC, a Colorado Springs-based company founded in 2009 by Jim Holley, an entrepreneur and inventor. He realized that the many lessons he learned while building his consumer product company would be valuable to other aspiring entrepreneurs.


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It breaks my heart every time I see a story on television about a romance scam. The people, often older women, have been taken in by fast-talking scammers who have honed their skills in carrying out big romance lies. Right now, as I’m writing this, I’m listening to story on TV about a woman who lost $100,000 to a romance scam.
The latest consumer-price index report from the U.S. Labor Department shows while inflation continued to go down in January, more progress was held back by stubbornly high food prices burdening everyday families. Price hikes on food have been a greed-motivated choice by the food industry for wealthy investors.
Winter is far from over with heavy rains causing extensive damage in California and Nevada this week. At least three people died from fallen tree incidents in northern California on Sunday and more than 200,000 households remained without power Monday night. Dealing with the aftermath of flooding, wind damage, or other storm destruction isn’t easy.
Citibank was charged Tuesday for failing to protect customers from fraud and for refusing to reimburse them. A lawsuit by the New York Attorney General’s Office alleges that Citi doesn’t have online protections to stop account takeovers, misleads customers about their rights after their funds are stolen, and illegally denies reimbursement to victims of fraud.
For two years, I’ve been shopping for a new red coat. Challenging and time consuming, including returning one I ordered online that didn’t fit, I finally bought an O.K. purple one. Then, I saw a brown plaid Pendleton coat advertised on Facebook for $50. Wow, I thought, that’s a great price. So, I ordered it although it isn’t a color that I like at all.
It’s a topic I’ve written about many times. Get familiar with funeral costs before you expect you may need to arrange a funeral. Funeral directors can take advantage of consumers who aren’t informed. And it can cost you a lot of money. A first-time, undercover investigation by the FTC showed that some funeral homes didn’t give accurate price information over the phone.
Watch out for ‘free’ offers that aren’t free, such as the TurboTax services most consumers weren’t able to use
Be sure to check out any free offer to make sure it actually don’t cost anything. In an order issued Monday, the Federal Trade Commission said Intuit, maker of TurboTax, the popular tax filing software, engaged in deceptive advertising when it ran ads for “free” tax products and services that many consumers were ineligible for.
After a pause for more than three years due to the covid-19 emergency, student loan borrowers are resuming payments. However, they’re things aren’t going smoothly. They're experiencing long hold times, significant delays in application processing times for income-driven repayment plans, and inaccurate billing statements and disclosures,
Be sure research any company carefully if you’re considering a land deal. A Texas-based developer and lender operated an illegal land sales scheme and targeted tens of thousands of Hispanic borrowers with lies and predatory loans, according to a lawsuit filed Wednesday by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and the Justice Department.
The holidays are a big time for spending and gift giving. Americans are expected to spend between 3 percent and 4 percent more in 2023 than last year, about $957.3 billion and $966.6 billion, according to a survey conducted for the National Retail Federation. That’s about $875 per person on gifts, decorations, food, and other holiday-related purchases.


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In a room full of sewing machines and dress forms, the students of St. Clair College’s fashion design program are putting the finishing touches on the outfits hitting the catwalk this Saturday for the program’s annual year-end show.
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The Atelier Fashion Show features the designs of the college’s Fashion Design Technician students. The show is back in-person 2022 after a two year pandemic hiatus.
“We have great group this year, I think because they had to go through so much to keep it going,” said program coordinator Elaine Chatwood. “They’re so adaptable and I think that all really helps them.”
Now in its ninth year, this is the first in-person show in two years — although last year the program held a video show, even including a robot mannequin. To open this year’s show, winners from 2020 and 2021 will exhibit their designs.
We’ve been working all semester, so we’re ready
Throughout the pandemic, Chatwood said they did their best to keep the students working in the fashion lab with professional equipment, even if at times they worked in small groups.
“The students have been so resilient,” Chatwood said. “There have been so many ups and downs and I’m very proud of how they’ve persevered through all of this.”
Second-year student and designer Megan Rennie will be showcasing her five-piece Rennie Explicit collection on Saturday, featuring reclaimed materials.
One of the pieces she’s most excited to show is a puffer-style jacket made from repurposed fabrics, hand-dyed with black walnut and waterproofed with beeswax.
“(My customer) is someone who’s who loves fashion and also wants to be environmentally conscious at the same time,” Rennie said.
Rennie said she previously had a small business, but joined the program at St. Clair to learn about the business side of fashion.
“When I was younger, I grew up with my grandma and she sews and she’s an artist,” Rennie said. “Before coming to this program, I had a little business just like repurposing things I found at Value Village, and then I realized I didn’t have a lot of the skills I needed to move forward to where I wanted to be so that’s when I decided to join this program.”
The show will be judged by a panel of program graduates and designers from Canadian fashion brands. First, second and third place winners will receive scholarship prizes from the St. Clair College Alumni Association.
Robot struts St. Clair students' fashion designs down runway
Fashion design students prepare for Atelier Fashion Show
St. Clair College fashion design goes to the dogs for charity
As the students finish preparing for Saturday’s show, many said they’re nervous — but also excited to finally show collections before a crowd for the first time.
“I”m excited, but also anxious,” said second-year student and designer Cynthia Okpala, who is showing a collection complete with a tulle and beaded evening dress — tulle is one of her favourite materials to work with, because it’s playful, like she thinks fashion should be — as well as pants, skirt and a jumpsuit from her brand Tailored by Cee.
“We’ve been working all semester, so we’re ready.”
Atelier Fashion Show is Saturday, April 23. Find information and tickets online at stclaircollege.ca/atelier.