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RecallUK, a website which lists all the Bosch recalls, has told ITV News it has been contacted directly by more than 20 consumers who have the affected dishwashers.
ITV News has reported on the dangers of faulty white goods still in homes despite recalls. Today, a faulty Bosch dishwasher caused a fire.
Here are three recommended websites to check if you are worried about the safety of your everyday household products.
A staggering 80 per cent of electricals that have been recalled are still in UK homes. That is a million products that present a danger.


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Investment U Explains: Tax Inversion
Here's a fact that infuriates more than a handful in Washington: The nation's top 15 companies now hold nearly $800 billion worth of cash outside of U.S. borders.
Apple (Nasdaq: AAPL) has over $50 billion locked up overseas. General Electric (NYSE: GE) has over $100 billion. And Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) has over $75 billion.
Some call it unpatriotic while others look at it as necessity.
But the politics of this debate is not what we're here for. We're here to build and protect wealth. Time and time again, the math shows us the more we avoid Uncle Sam, the quicker our journey to financial independence.
A bit of research this week proves the point.
Dozens of major companies have picked up their American headquarters and set up shop in a land with lower corporate tax rates. Just yesterday, Obama likened the trend to "herd mentality."
All the cool companies are doing it.
We wanted to see if the companies Obama's wagging his finger at are truly getting an advantage. We wanted to see if these "tax evading" businesses are worth our dollars.
To do it, we took our "Tax Evaders Index" - which is comprised of Fortune's list of the top 28 tax avoiders - and compared it to the S&P 500.
The chart tells the story.
Over the last five years, the 28 companies that purposely incorporated outside of American borders nearly doubled the gains of the broad market.
Cause and effect? We can't say for sure. But it definitely gets our attention.
If lowering our personal tax burden expands our wealth in big ways, surely slashing the tax burden on a few billion dollars in corporate profits trickles into share price. The chart certainly hints at the idea.
So what's our solution? You should know by now... do what you legally can to lower your taxes. You'll be wealthier for it.
And our advice to Uncle Sam?
It's simple. Start looking at the other side of the equation. Instead of stretching for every last penny in revenue… spend less.

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Sen. Udall to host international trade seminar
U.S. Sen. Tom Udall will hold a conference for New Mexico businesses of all sizes to help people learn how to take advantage of international trade opportunities. The conference begins at 7:30 a.m. Tuesday, Feb. 21 at the Indian Pueblo Cultural Center, 2401 12th St. NW in Albuquerque.
The conference will feature presentations from specialists who will share their expertise on executing successful business strategies, finding available resources, and building strong international partnerships, as well as panel discussions led by industry professionals, trade experts, resource partners, and New Mexico companies that have successfully increased the exports of their products or services.
Information is available on Sen. Udall's website.
SBDC offers social media marketing seminar
The Small Business Development Center of New Mexico will offer a social media marketing seminar from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Feb. 28 at the Doña Ana Community College, 2345 E. Nevada Ave. Rm. 121.
Sessions will cover earning positive user reviews, online marketing strategies for every business, promoting and growing your business with online methods, and establishing your online brand without a huge marketing budget.
The cost is $10 and may be paid in cash or check at the SBDC office. For information or to register with a credit card, call 575-527-7513 or 575-527-7516.
EPE CEO to speak at MVEDA banquet Tuesday
Mary E. Kipp, CEO of El Paso Electric, will be the featured speaker at the February MVEDA Business in the Borderplex Forum. She will address some of the issues that the energy industry still faces and speak on the impact of a regionally-located company to the community. The forum will be held from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m., Tuesday at the Hotel Encanto de Las Cruces, 705 S. Telshor Blvd.
Advance registration is $25 per person, payable by major credit card via the secure portal on the registration form. Payment at the door with cash, check or credit card is $30 per person. Due to space limitations, reservations are required. Registration closes Thursday, February 9, 2017. Register online at mveda.com/blog.
Las Cruces Economic Outlook Conference set Thursday
The sixth annual Economic Outlook Conference will be held from 9:30 a.m. to 12 p.m. Thursday at the Las Cruces Convention Center, 680 E. University Ave. Top national and state economists will present their economic forecasts for 2017. To register online, visit http://business.nmsu.edu/cob-events.
Commissioner Ben Rawson to speak at HTC meeting
Doña Ana County Commissioner Ben Rawson will be the featured speaker at the High Tech Consortium of New Mexico's membership meeting, 4:30 to 6 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 22, at the Arrowhead Center, 3655 Research Rd. on the New Mexico State University campus. The free meeting will include a discussion on developing the high-tech economic sector in southern New Mexico.
Labor and employment law seminar offered in El Paso
The ninth annual ScottHulse Labor & Employment Law Seminar will be offered from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., Thursday, March 2, at the El Paso Community College Administrative Service Center, 9050 Viscount Blvd. The registration fee of $175 includes a seminar manual as well as continental breakfast, lunch, and snacks. For additional information or to register online, visit ScottHulse.com or call 915-533-2493.
The seminar, which is designed for business owners, executives, in-house legal counsel, human resource professionals, managers, and supervisors, will cover an array of legal and regulatory issues and day-to-day managerial challenges that affect businesses of all sizes. For the third consecutive year, ScottHulse is presenting the seminar in partnership with the South-West Texas Border Small Business Development Center Network at EPCC, which serves small businesses and persons interested in starting a business.
Seminar attendees can earn certification credits for the Human Resource Certification Institute, continuing legal education, and continuing professional education.
Submit your items for the business calendar to email@example.com. Items must be received two weeks prior to the event.


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Samsung Electronics has been chosen as a 5G network infrastructure partner for Canadian telco Telus, the South Korean tech giant said on Friday.
It is the fourth new order Samsung has won for providing 5G equipment outside of South Korea in the past seven months.
In March, the company won its first network equipment deal outside of South Korea in New Zealand. It will be supplying equipment for Spark's 5G network this year. Prior to that, it won an order from US Cellular in February and another for Canadian telco Videotron back in December.
The order from Telus will lay the "groundwork for Samsung's presence as one of the primary telecom vendors in Canada", the South Korean tech giant said.
Telus said it would roll out 5G to Vancouver, Montréal, Calgary, Edmonton, and the Greater Toronto Area as part of its first wave, and that it intends to be in 26 other markets by the end of the year.
Telus customers currently do not have to pay extra for 5G connectivity.
Samsung's announcement comes after Telus, earlier this month, said Ericsson and Nokia were chosen as the vendors that would build its 5G networks. Huawei was conspicuously absent.
See also: Canadian major telcos effectively lock Huawei out of 5G build
Samsung was also a major vendor for South Korean telcos SK Telecom, KT, and LG Uplus in their rollout of 5G networks in 2019, which went live in April of that year.
It is also a supplier of 5G equipment to US carrier Sprint and Japanese telco KDDI.
The company has previously said it was aiming for 20% global market share in telecom equipment by 2020.
At the same time, Samsung owns the biggest number of 5G patents in terms of those granted by at least one of the offices in the US, Europe, or the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT), numbering 1,728, according to a joint study done in January by the Technical University of Berlin and intellectual property research firm Iplytics.
Qualcomm brings 5G to non-flagship mobiles with Snapdragon 690
New chip also gains 4K HDR and 120Hz display support for first time in a 6-series Snapdragon.
Ericsson expects 190m 5G users by year end despite sluggish Europe and North America
While Europe and North American estimates have been lowered, China has surged.
US amends ban to allow companies to work with Huawei for developing 5G standards
Huawei continues to be on the US Entity List, however.
Samsung rolls out blood pressure measuring app in South Korea
Galaxy Watch Active 2 users in South Korean can now measure their blood pressures with the Samsung Health Monitor app.
Arrest warrant for Samsung boss and executives rejected by District Court
The Samsung heir and two executives will now stand trial as free men for the financial fraud charges.


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EL CENTRO — A Calexico man who smashed up a jewelry counter with a crowbar and demanded money from the register at JCPenney in El Centro on Tuesday afternoon, May 18, was arrested on armed robbery counts.
The suspect, later identified as 33-year-old Vicente Fernandez-Chavez, was apprehended inside the store without a fight and later booked in the Imperial County jail, according to an El Centro Police Department press release sent out Wednesday evening, May 19.
Shortly before 2 p.m., El Centro police were called out to the Imperial Valley Mall in the 3300 block of South Dogwood Road when store employees “reported a male had entered (the) business and threatened employees with a crowbar while demanding money. The suspect used a crowbar to break several glass display cases and removed jewelry,” the ECPD release states.
Radio logs report that store employees kept eyes on the man as he smashed a case and began to fill a bag with jewelry. It appears that as officers headed toward the mall, he roamed around the store, heading toward exits, the men’s department, the lingerie department, breaking items as he went, yet he was still in the store when police arrived.
According to the logs, witnesses reported he returned to the jewelry area and that’s when officers arrested him standing near the jewelry case.
JCPenney asset protection personnel later brought store video to investigating officers, the logs state.
“All the property during the robbery was recovered and returned to the store. Thankfully, there were no injuries to the store employees, customers, and our officers,” according to the El Centro police press release.


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Fresh groceries are drying up in Athens food deserts
Eight hundred and nineteen people live in downtown Athens.
More than half are low-income. A quarter don't have a car. And none of them live within walking distance of a grocery store.
The downtown area is one of 11 census tracts in Athens that the U.S. Department of Agriculture classifies as a "food desert," a high-poverty area where large numbers of people live more than a mile away from a supermarket.
Food deserts have become a hot topic in Athens lately thanks to a controversial development proposed for the eastern edge of downtown. Supporters point to the lack of a grocery store in the area as a reason to support Selig Enterprises' mixed-use development with a Walmart anchor store. Critics say they want a grocery store, too, but one that's smaller or a different brand than a 94,000-square-foot Walmart.
"There's a lot of excitement about the concept of mixed use and having a grocery store," even though most nearby residents have concerns about the development, Lila Grisar, who lives in East Athens' Chicopee-Dudley neighborhood, said during a Federation of Neighborhoods panel discussion about Selig's plans last week.
More people are moving downtown, Athens-Clarke Commissioner Kelly Girtz said, citing the Selig development and a planned 612-bedroom apartment complex on Thomas Street. They can walk to work, class, a bar or a restaurant, he said, but they can't pick up a box of cereal on their way home.
"It's obvious that we've got a hole in our downtown retail sector," Girtz said.
The problem isn't confined to downtown. Much of the eastern half of Clarke County, a swath running from the Jackson County line to Whitehall Road and a chunk of southwestern Clarke County between Epps Bridge Road and the Athens Perimeter are also food deserts.
Of the 41,013 people who live in those census tracts, 6,586, or 16 percent, are low-income and live at least a mile from a grocery store. Nationwide, 24 million are in the same situation, according to the USDA.
The USDA cited high development costs, restrictive zoning laws, poor infrastructure, low demand and redlining - the practice of denying services to minorities - as reasons why grocers might be reluctant to open in poor neighborhoods.
For many people, like Ernestine McKnight, it's a matter of convenience. McKnight, who left her car in California when she moved here a year ago and uses Athens Transit, lives in an Eastside neighborhood the USDA considers a food desert.
"It's easy for me to come here," she said outside the Lexington Road Walmart. "It's easy for me to get to Kroger. But I have to take a cab to get to Trader Joe's."
For others, it's a matter of life and death. A fifth of Clarke County residents have "limited access to healthy foods," according to a recent study by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. If it's harder to find healthy food, people tend to eat fast food or prepackaged junk, putting them at more risk for obesity, high blood pressure and other health problems.
"Easy access to affordable healthful foods is essential to promoting health and preventing diseases," said Jung Sun Lee, a University of Georgia gerontology professor who has studied food deserts.
The grocery gaps aren't limited to Athens, either.
Except for Jackson County, where no one's access is limited, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation's figures for nearby counties are similar to Clarke's: 15 percent in Oconee County, 18 percent in Barrow County, 31 percent in Madison County and 35 percent in Oglethorpe County. The USDA also classifies areas around Winder and Comer as food deserts.
Rural residents must be 10 miles from a grocery store to live in a food desert, rather than a mile in urban areas.
Oglethorpe County's only grocery store is a Bell's in Lexington, and commission Chairman Billy Pittard said he hears residents ask for more options "all the time."
"When you don't have any competition, it tends to inflate prices," Pittard said. "And you have to deal with limited selection, maybe the quality of the produce."
Ironically, if Walmart or another big grocery store were to open at the former Armstrong & Dobbs property, the problem might get worse. The USDA only accounted for "supermarkets and large grocery stores." Numerous small convenience stores that sell limited quantities of produce and even the Daily Groceries Co-op on Prince Avenue are located in food deserts. A big grocery chain could put some of those smaller stores out of business.
"It's kind of a threat to us," said Susan Kim, owner of Pan Am Groceries, a small store in East Athens' Triangle Plaza. "It will be very close to us, the Walmart. We will lose a lot of customers."
The Selig development's supporters say a Walmart will benefit poor people by selling them cheaper products. Charlie Maddox, a Selig supporter who grew up in public housing, accused stores in poor neighborhoods of gouging customers at last week's forum.
Kim said she can't compete with Walmart's prices because it's even cheaper than her wholesale suppliers. Pan Am actually buys goods at Walmart to stock its shelves, she said.
909 Market, a convenience store in an East Broad Street apartment building, sells mostly beer and chips. But it also stocks a few fruits and vegetables and wants to sell more, maybe even adding a deep freezer for meat, manager John Copeland said.
"That's the reason it's 909 Market and not 909 Package Store," he said.


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Nick explains we are far from the market euphoria from January 2018. We just shred off 1 or 2 weeks price gains. We are still in a bull market.
Bitcoin dropped 23% in 24 hours. A lot of people think it’s a bear market but it’s interesting to see how Bitcoin holds the $45k area. The drops are common in the market.
Around a third of the market is in alt coins right now. Compared to the 65% from early 2018, the retail fomo is not here yet. Nick thinks we have a lot of room until May 2021.
And right now it’s not the bigger institutions or ‘Micro Strategy’s’who are selling, there are other forces behind this dump. An interesting deep dive about market manipulation is starting at the 15:00 time point.


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Lets face it; Apple Inc. is the evil empire. The New York Yankees have nothing on this company. They sell gadgets at obscenely high prices and then make us feel uncool if we don’t purchase them. The iPod, iPhone, iMac all fall under this category (I will leave conversation about the iDog for another day).
So I was very excited when I heard BlueAir - a Delaware company specializing in air purification which has a product called the airPOD - was suing Apple to get the maker of the iPod to stop creating waves about the airPOD name. Here we go: A small HVAC company sticking it to not just corporate America, but a company that embodies everything wrong with our society.
I read the story in The Apple Daily Times. I am not making that up, there is actually a publication named The Apple Daily Times. The only thing missing from this crew is the Kool-Aid. The article stated, “In the 4-page complaint, filed last week in an Illinois district court, BlueAir Inc. alleges that counsel for Apple have been making a big stink since last summer over its request for a trademark on term airPOD … Lawyers for the Cupertino-based gadget maker have reported asserted likely confusion of BlueAir’s airPOD mark with Apple’s iPod mark, threatening to file oppositions with the United States Trademark Office, and more recently ‘making threats of seeking attorney fees and more.’
“BlueAir charges that it’s Apple, rather than itself, which is therefore creating the actual controversy between the parties and causing harm by way of those threats of trademark infringement and unfair competition.”
Yes, it was technical jargon for “We are going to stick it to the Man!”
Then I clicked on this link:http://www.blueair.com/products/airpod.php and I noticed the airPod looks strangely familiar to a lot of music devices I see at the gym. And then it hit me, BlueAir ripped off Apple. I felt like I had seen the Pope sucker punch O.J. Simpson. You know it isn’t right, but you badly want it to be.
So it is back to the tall grass for me. That is where I shall sit until Apple finally gets what is coming to it.


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Calling UK: August 2009: Dave Naylor on the Guardian case
It was an article which stirred up the English search community early this week. The Guardian wrote a big article about Foundem, an 'affiliate site' which didn't rank the way it wanted to. A classic case of a mislead journalist?
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Virgil Abloh, LVMH’s star designer and the most high-profile Black figure in luxury fashion, died on November 28 at age 41 after battling cancer for several years.
Abloh’s death sent shockwaves through the fashion world, where he is remembered not only for his influence on streetwear and sneaker culture with his brand Off-White, but also his success in revitalising Louis Vuitton after his appointment as head of menswear design in 2018. In July, LVMH bought a 60% stake in Off-White and gave Abloh a wider role, giving him the authority to create new brands beyond fashion.
“We’re all shocked,” LVMH Chief Executive Officer Bernard Arnault said. “Virgil was not only a genius designer, a visionary, he was also a man with a beautiful soul and a great wisdom.”
A post on Abloh’s Instagram account said that he had “privately” battled cardiac angiosarcoma, a rare, aggressive form of cancer, since 2019.


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Taobao judicial auction – auction page
Zhejiang Provincial High Court and taobao.com co launched the "judicial auction platform" to complete the "first shot", Ningbo City, Yinzhou District Beilun district court to the court and the identity of the seller settled, shot by a BMW 7 Series sedan and outlander cars respectively to 330 thousand and 900 and 67 thousand turnover.
Beijing News (reporter Fan Xuguang) last night, the Zhejiang Provincial High Court and taobao.com cooperation opened the "judicial auction platform" to complete the "first shot", Ningbo City, Yinzhou District Beilun district court to the court and the identity of the seller settled, shot by a BMW 7 Series sedan and outlander cars respectively to 330 thousand and 900 and 67 thousand turnover.
this special auction triggered a lot of practitioners questioned the auction industry. Yesterday, Chinese auction industry association said in a statement, the Zhejiang provincial high court Taobao launched a joint network judicial auction auction is not consistent with the current relevant laws and regulations, the relevant provisions contrary to the Supreme People’s Court on judicial auction, once opened will have a great impact on the auction market normal order.
Taobao no auction qualification
Ouyang Shuying, Deputy Secretary General of China
auction industry association, said yesterday, Taobao said only provide technical support, but the essence is engaged in the auction business." Bidding notes, rules released by Taobao, there are questions are answered by the Taobao customer service.
she said, according to the relevant laws and regulations, have the right to engage in network judicial auction is only after the approval of the competent authorities set up the auction industry, and achieved some level of qualification Chinese auction industry association approved auction companies. Taobao is not a auction companies, there is no auction enterprise qualification level."
taobao.com to participate in the judicial auction activities may bring about a series of problems, Ouyang Shuying said, in the auction process in the presence of default, "taobao.com to participate in the judicial auction auction subject suspected illegal, may directly affect the legitimate interests of bidders."
no auctioneer without driving
in accordance with the rules of the auction, Taobao judicial auction platform throughout the online operation to participate in the auction, the auctioneer does not need the auction site.
yesterday, Ouyang Shuying said, put aside the auctioneer to engage in judicial auction, as the driver did not drive. "Auction law" fourteenth clearly stipulates that the auction should be presided over by the auctioneer, in order to protect the auction order, efficient and legitimate."
in addition, she also said that, in accordance with the provisions of the auction companies to take before filing, announcements, preview, shot after the filing, delivery, and Taobao judicial auction also violated the procedural provisions of the law of the auction.
has a legitimate online auction platform
so, online auction activity is feasible in the end, Ouyang Shuying said that, in fact, the domestic auction companies have already embraced


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More traffic on the roads as Thanksgiving nears
AAA Texas forcasters predict a 1.6 percent increase in automobile transportation during the Thanksgiving holidays
Expect to see busier streets this week as forecasters predict more than 3 million Texans will be traveling on the road for the Thanksgiving holidays.
Doug Shupe with Public Affairs AAA Texas/New Mexico says AAA Texas estimates 3.3 million Texans will be traveling for Thanksgiving this year, a 1.6 percent increase from 2011.
"It's the time of year when people gather for home-cooked meals and time with loved ones," said Shupe. "Thanksgiving is different from holidays earlier in the year because it has a much greater focus on family. It is a time to reconnect."
Even with a slow economic recovery, overall travel this holiday is expected to be up across the state and nation. Economists said the increase is a result of people feeling more confident today than one year ago in an economy that's holding steady.
Today is projected to be the busiest travel date with Sunday being the busiest return date.
Automobile is the primary transportation this year, according to forecasts. Flight travel is estimated at 206,647 passengers, down .6 percent.
Shupe said he believes traveling by plane has gone down because flights get less frequent and prices get higher during the holidays.
Lubbock Southwest Airlines Station Manager Ronnie Todd said his station is down two flights a day from last year but is heavily booked.
"We are booked full," said Todd. "The increase in flight sales started Thursday when Tech got out of school. We have a pretty full schedule through Sunday."
Other means of transportation, such as buses, trains and cruises, have gone up 11 percent since last year.
A ticket salesperson at Lubbock Greyhound said the bus line sold a lot of passes to Tech students this past weekend.
Surveys done by IHS Global Insight and AAA show Texans plan to log an average of 714 miles round trip this Thanksgiving holiday. They are also expected to spend an average of $802 for the entire trip. This includes gas, hotels, food, shopping etc.
"Our travel forecast shows the resiliency of Texas travelers to economize their budgets so they can travel to be with one another for Thanksgiving," said AAA Texas Vice President Branch Operations Rhonda Wilson.
Top activities expected for the holiday weekend are visiting friends and family, dining and shopping. Research shows half of all travelers plan to shop, which is expected since Black Friday is the busiest shopping day of the year.
Car maintenance is critical before getting on the road. The last thing anyone wants is for their car to break down on the side of the road.
To decrease those odds, AAA recommends motorists have their vehicle serviced before traveling.
AAA Approved Auto Repair is free for members and non-members who want to check on their car before they get on the road.
"Those who will drive to their destinations this year will be especially thankful for the recent trend of falling gas prices," said Wilson.
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The U.S. government’s Cash for Clunkers program may have come to an end, but for bicyclists in Portland, Ore., the opportunities have just begun.
Local bike vendor Joe Bike has launched its own Cash for Clunkers program whereby consumers can donate an old car or bike in exchange for discounts on a new utility bike and a Zipcar membership, among other benefits.
To unload an old car, consumers begin by donating their vehicle to the American Lung Association, which will tow it away for free. They then bring their receipt to Joe Bike, which gives them a 10 percent discount on any bike in stock or any bike that it can order or build.
Then, with their purchase, Joe Bike will also provide a unique code that’s good for a USD 50 reduction in the cost of a new Zipcar membership along with half-priced annual renewals indefinitely and USD 150 in driving credit.
For bike donations, meanwhile, consumers can bring in any repairable clunker and get discounts starting at USD 50 off any new bike priced under USD 1,000. The clunker is donated to the nonprofit Community Cycling Center, which will repair and find it a new home.
Though he originally intended the Cash for Clunkers program to end Sept. 1, store owner Joe Doebele has now extended it at least through year’s end, he says. He’s also working with Zipcar to expand the program, including signing on more nonprofit partners, and hopes eventually to turn the result into a nonprofit organization that can spread to other cities as well.
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Nearly two years after the launch of the original Surface Studio, its successor the Surface Studio 2 start shipping in select markets today.
Xbox’s Major Nelson has just announced that Microsoft is planning an Xbox Live maintenance tomorrow that will affect Xbox 360 titles and services.
We’ve used Disqus, the online commenting system, for years. With built in spam protection, a nice interface, and storage of your comments in the cloud and not on our server, Disqus has made it easy to manage and store comments, and hopefully it’s made it easy for our readers to comment as well.
Back in November of 2018 a job listing more or less confirmed Microsoft's new approach as the company was seeking a person to spearhead efforts to integrate inner source practices within the company.
Microsoft is once again discounting select Xbox One bundles for a limited time, and you can currently get the beautiful Xbox One X Robot White Special Edition Fallout 76 bundle for just $399 ($100 off).
Since the Windows 10 Spring Creators Update, Microsoft disabled the ability to see the amount of battery life time remaining on a Windows 10 laptop. After some simple edits in the Registry Editor, there is a way to re-enable the time left indicator on your Windows 10 PC.
Addressing feedback from users, Microsoft’s Skype team is working to bring back In-call chat panels with its latest Skype Insider Preview. According to a new post from Microsoft employee and Skype forum owner Karah,
2018 was Minecraft’s most profitable year on mobile with the iOS and Android versions bringing more than $110 million in revenue for Microsoft.
Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) researchers will get Microsoft Azure hybrid cloud hardware and service credits for their research into edge computing. As noted in a report by GeekWire, CMU will be backed by Microsoft in a partnership with Intel.
Minecraft: Education Edition has received an update not long ago, and with the update comes its new Code Builder.
Starting today, November 15, 2018, you can play NBA 2K19 and Rainbow Six Siege for free on Xbox One. As noted in a post on Xbox Wire, Xbox Live Gold subscribers can download NBA 2K19 for free and play until Sunday, November 18 at 11:59 PST. If you like NBA 2K19, you can buy it […]
Streaming music service Rdio has teamed up with Canadian broadband provider Shaw to grow its subscriber base in the country, both companies announced Thursday. The partnership includes a strategic investment by Shaw as well as yet-unannounced “marketing, content and promotional” initiatives.
去年，Facebook推出了其雄心勃勃的Facebook Home项目，不过目前其计划似乎已经偃旗息鼓。Facebook Home是一款安卓界面，旨在使用Facebook的服务来让用户的移动手机以此为中心。
Among all the other goodies being packed into the brand new iPhone 6 and 6 Plus , the phone comes bearing the newest generation of Apple's M chip—the M8. And it might finally turn the iPhone into the fitness tracker we've been waiting for.Read more...
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Thanks to several technological improvements over the last century, life for farmers is much easier than it used to be. But managing water consumption and distribution on farms is still a fairly manual process.
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A new survey conducted by JWT Intelligence, shows mobile devices are becoming a reflection of identity, given that they hold all kinds of personal information and can double as a wallet, keys and more.
Not surprisingly, younger generations are the most likely to see their phone as tied into their identity, as JWTI found in their November 2012 survey. About half of teens and Millennials see their phone as a “mini-me.” And more than 4 in 10 Millennials say their phone seems to know more about them than they do. Across generations, and especially among teens, people view the phone as exceedingly private — accessing someone’s phone is seen as akin to reading a diary.
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PARIS — While many watchmakers are looking to China for their growth, Eberhard and Co., which celebrated its 125th anniversary as an independent watchmaker last year, takes another tack. It has focused its survival on a loyal niche market a lot closer to home: Italy.
Italian customers bought almost half of the 15,000 watches produced by Eberhard, a Swiss brand, last year, said Mario Peserico, the company’s general manager.
The love affair with Italy began in the 1930s, when Georges and Maurice Eberhard, who took over the company in 1919 from its founder, their father Georges Eberhard, started visiting the country for pleasure.
Eberhard had been slow to find an export market for its watches, but that changed when they were introduced to the Italian Navy, Mr. Peserico said. The following decades were spent strengthening the ties.
The tie became a family knot when, in 1969, the Italian entrepreneur Palmiro Monti bought the company from the founding family. Over the next four decades, until his death in 2005, Mr. Monti fought off the challenge from quartz watches by tapping into Italy’s passion for chronographs, a stopwatch combined with a display watch.
In 1984, the brand released the Frecce Tricolori, a chronograph dedicated to the famous Italian aerobatic flying squadron, and the Navy Master, which referred to the brand’s popularity among officers of what was, before World War II, Italy’s Royal Marine.
In 1992, Eberhard introduced a third watch aimed at Italians, the Tazio Nuvolari chronograph, celebrating the great Italian racing driver Tazio Nuvolari.
The Nuvolari quickly became a favorite with Italian clients, an iconic status that Eberhard has carefully nurtured with frequent new editions, including three in the past four years.
In 2009, it released the Tazio Nuvolari Édition Limitée Grand Prix TN, a sporty watch produced in a limited edition of 999 pieces, following that up in 2010 with a revised version featuring a bezel and strap in white. In 2012, it celebrated the 120th anniversary of Mr. Nuvolari’s birth by releasing the Tazio Nuvolari Data.
The relationship with Italy remains crucial to the brand’s growth and marketing strategy, Mr. Peserico said, despite Asia’s growing appetite for Swiss-made watches.
But that does not mean ignoring the opportunities in Asia.
“According to estimates of growth, China will double per capita income from now to 2020,” he said. Where personal income rises, watch sales follow, he said.
In fact, Eberhard first dipped a toe into the Asian market toward the end of the 1990s, with outlets in Singapore, Japan and Thailand, before wading into China and Hong Kong in 2010. Three years ago the company still had no outlets in Hong Kong: now it has 10, Mr. Peserico said.
Still, he said the focus clearly remained on Western Europe, and, in particular, Italy because of that market’s ability to define trends.
“Our priorities are still those markets where trends are set by the passion and the culture of the customers,” he said. “Asia may be a growing market, but it looks at what’s popular in Europe, and buys that.”
Home to Milan, one of the four fashion capitals of the world, and the cradle of influential designers like Missoni, Gucci, Armani, Moschino, Dolce & Gabbana and Versace, Italy remains a country devoted to “la bella figura,” or looking good. And what better way to look good than to accessorize ‘Made in Italy’ shoes and clothes with a Swiss watch?
It also makes financial sense to invest in Italy. The country remains, at sixth place, one of the most important markets for Swiss-made watches. From 2010 to 2012, the value of exports of Swiss-made watches to Italy grew 25 percent, to just over 1 billion Swiss francs, or $1.1 billion, according to the Federation of the Swiss Watch Industry.
To celebrate the brand’s longevity, Eberhard released a special model, the Extra-fort Roue à Colonnes Grande Date 125ème Anniversaire, last year.
“The Extra-fort is the watch that has identified the brand for many years and that has marked the initial development of the brand,” Mr. Peserico said.
First introduced after World War II, the chronograph’s return-to-zero mechanism, which uses a sliding push button, represented a major mechanical innovation in watchmaking and has earned the watch a coveted place in important watch auctions, Mr. Peserico said.
The design of the 125th anniversary model remains loyal to the original version, but includes some subtle additions, like a commemorative script on the dial and special hour markers. While most of the hours are marked with simple bars, the 1, 2 and 5 o’clock markers are rendered in numerals that together spell out the anniversary year.
The major change, hidden inside, is its adoption of the automatic Valjoux 7750 calibre, which features a 25-jewel chronograph mechanism from the Swatch Group that is widely used by the top Swiss luxury watch brands.
In July, Eberhard welcomed the soccer star Gennaro Gattuso, a member of Italy’s winning 2006 World Cup team, to the Swiss championship with a gold version of the 125ème Extra-fort — number eight in the series, to match Gattuso’s shirt.
It was, Mr. Peserico said, a fitting gift to mark a milestone in the Swiss brand’s long relationship with Italy.


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Coffee growers in Kenya are dealing with a serious outbreak of thrips, small insects that feed on many commercial crops, reducing the country’s coffee bean production as its second growing season comes to an end.
“Coffee farmers are advised to perform regular pest surveys in their farms to monitor thrips population and take appropriate measures,” the Kenya-based Coffee Research Foundation said in a statement, adding that other infestation and leaf rust may also be increasing.
According to a Bloomberg report, Kenya’s coffee crop may be down 5,000 metric tons from last year’s crop of 45,000, as infestations cause premature wilting, delayed leaf development and premature fruit shedding. The infestations could prove crippling for many farmers, especially amidst record-high coffee prices worldwide.
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Living legend: John Williams looks back on a life in luxury at the Ritz
John Williams is an institution, his reputation for fine dining matched only by his talent as a mentor. The Ritz executive chef talks to Lisa Jenkins about his 46-year career, his fight for a Michelin star and how hotel restaurants have always been his calling."
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Scottish Licensed Trade Association responds to Scotland's reduced social distancing rule
The Scottish Licensed Trade Association (SLTA) has welcomed Nicola Sturgeon's announcement that social distancing measures in Scotland will be reduced on the understanding that additional practices are introduced by businesses from 15 July, when the industry can fully reopen.
Plymouth site first of Rockfish group to reopen
Rockfish, the seafood restaurant and takeaway group in Devon and Dorset, will open the doors of its Plymouth restaurant this Saturday, with a new menu and ordering system."
Tennis players and chefs team up to champion British lamb and help families in need
The Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board (AHDB), faced with a summer without Wimbledon, has lined up some of the biggest hitters in tennis for a novel tournament combining the nation’s love of the game with its love for lamb.
Ramco and First Choice launch sustainable recycling initiative
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Users of Samsung are very much liked in the Indian smart watch market. According to the report of International Data Corporation (IDC), Samsung has emerged as the largest company in India by the end of the second quarter in June 2021. According to IDC’s Worldwide Quarterly Wearable Device Tracker report, Samsung’s smartwatch shipments have registered a year-on-year growth of 860 percent, taking Samsung to the number one spot in India.
Samsung has captured 41.2 percent of the smart watch market till the second quarter ended in June due to the popularity of its Galaxy Watch Active 2 and Watch 3 series. Samsung issued a statement saying that they have been working hard for many years to make feature packed smartwatches for the healthy and better life of the users. Samsung has launched its latest Galaxy Watch 4 and Galaxy Watch 4 Classic in India a few days back. The pre-booking of both these watches has started.
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Both the Galaxy Watch4 and Galaxy Watch4 Classic smartwatches are the first smartwatches to come with the new Wear OS. This Wear OS has been prepared jointly by Samsung and Google. The biggest feature of Samsung’s latest watch is that with its help, users can monitor blood pressure anytime at home or in the office. Along with this, Samsung has given a ground-breaking bio active sensor in the Galaxy Watch 4.
This new 3-in-1 sensor has three powerful health sensors in a single chip – optical heart rate, electrical heart and bioelectrical impedance analysis sensor, with the help of which users can also measure their blood pressure. Along with this, irregular AFib heart rate, blood volume in oxygen can also be monitored with this watch. Along with this, first-time users can also calculate body composition from the watch.


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THE Bendigo Truck Centre has been acknowledged for it's customer service at the annual Hino Dealer of the Year awards.
The Hino trucks dealership has been serving the region since 1987, and for the first time, took home the award for Customer Experience.
The award recognises the high level and outstanding customer service provided by the business throughout the entire sales process.
"I am extremely proud of our entire team here at Bendigo Truck Centre, but this year none more so than our Sales Team which achieved the Sales Customer Experience Regional award for 2021," dealer principal Angelo Valerio said.
"It is a glowing testament to our dedication as I know the team go above and beyond for each and every customer. That said this award would not be possible without our amazing loyal customers - without them, we are ultimately nothing."
The dealership has invested money to renovate it's parts, service and sales reception area to further enhance customer's experiences and is set to be completed in early 2022.
The Hino Dealer awards recognise dealerships in both metropolitan and regional areas across Australia that demonstrate excellence in different business aspects.
The award categories are dealer of the year, president's award, financial services dealer of the year, customer experience (sales), customer experience (service), salesperson of the year, sales excellence, parts excellence and service excellence.
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the 2021 awards were held virtually, allowing dealerships around Australia to safely participate.
"Since I started with Hino Australia, it has been my vision to bring this high-profile Hino award to Australia and I congratulate the recipients for their exceptional efforts in all aspects of Sales, Parts and Service," Hino president and chief executive Sam Suda said.
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Emagine International, a specialist provider of real-time contextual customer marketing software and managed services for communications service providers (CSPs), today announced that it has signed a strategic partnership with Customer Value Management experts CVM People. Under the terms of the agreement, CVM People will supply a range of consulting and resourcing solutions…
Emagine International, a specialist provider of real-time contextual customer marketing software and managed services for communications service providers (CSPs), today announced that it has signed a strategic partnership with Customer Value Management experts CVM People. Under the terms of the agreement, CVM People will supply a range of consulting and resourcing solutions, including first class talent acquisition to support their growth in the EMEA market. The partnership’s first task will be the selection of a General Manager for the region.
Building on from the success of Emagine’s Adaptive Contextual Marketing platform launch last year, which uses the latest technology and techniques in machine learning and big data analytics to reveal deep insights into the customer’s Behavioral DNA and deliver interactions bases on relevance and value, Emagine are now positioned to boost their growth in EMEA with a high quality resource solution that supports and enhances the proposition. CVM People will not only source permanent staff for Emagine, their consultants will also provide hands-on support to customer deployments across the EMEA region.
“The combination of our platform, business process, best practice and people, combining business expertise with data scientists, are what makes Emagine a success. The selection of CVM People will ensure we identify and secure the very best talent going forward to maintain this model,” said Emagine founder and CEO David Peters. “The in-depth understanding of our market and product offering that CVM People offer will ensure that we align world class skills to the deployment of our products and, as importantly, the future support of our growing customer base.”
CVM People Managing Director Alan Finlay added; “We see this partnership as a natural evolution of our business. The vision shown by Emagine in the application of leading edge software into the Customer Decisioning and CVM area is an exciting proposition. Importantly for us, their clear understanding of the people and skills requirements to support new technologies in Customer Value Management is closely aligned with the way we work.”
Regarding the selection of the EMEA General Manager, Hans Dixon, CVM People’s Commercial Director, commented; “We are looking to engage an exceptional individual who not only brings with them a detailed knowledge of the CVM space but who can also share and deliver the strategy set out by Emagine to take their operator customers’ capability to a new level of real-time decisioning and customer interaction.”
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This newsletter is about the effect that proposed tariffs are likely to have on the cost of pretty much all supplements you buy--assuming the tariffs are implemented as proposed.
Maayan Jaffe-Hoffman, January 28, 2016
“For, behold, I create new heavens and a new earth; and the former things shall not be remembered, nor come into mind. But be ye glad and rejoice for ever in that which I create; for, behold, I create Jerusalem a rejoicing, and her people a joy.” (Isaaih 65:17-18)
Kenny Kline, 10/25/2015
Americans have a sleep problem, and that means we have a work problem.
Jim Steward, October 23, 2015
When Walmart announced last week that it was significantly increasing its investment in e-commerce, it tacitly acknowledged that it had fallen far behind Amazon in the race for online customers.
John Carreyrou, Oct. 16, 2015
Silicon Valley lab, led by Elizabeth Holmes, is valued at $9 billion but isn’t using its technology for all the tests it offers
Dikshant Dave, 12 Oct.2015
Incorporated in 2013, CureJoy, a health and wellness firm, which provides curated content through its back end algorithms and technology on natural health and wellness
It took just a few days, and becoming America's most hated man in the process, for Turing Pharma CEO Martin Shkreli to fold.
“I don’t understand CrossFit’s business plan,” my middle-aged friend said, looking up from the floor where he lay next to a barbell, panting in a pool of his own sweat.
WikiLeaks has published secret “core text” related to the controversial trade agreement currently being negotiated behind closed doors between the US, EU and 23 other countries. Big corporations look to be the biggest winners in the deal.
Alan Simpson, the Senator from Wyoming calls senior citizens the Greediest Generation as he compared "Social Security " to a Milk Cow with 310 million teats.


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The first trend is that inflation and the cloudy economic outlook will affect customer buying in an unpredictable way, according to Gartner. As inflation drives customers to buy more store brands and do more shopping online, venerable brands will have their work cut out to keep consumer loyalty.
CMOs will face the task of doing more to maintain brand preference at a time when most customers will increasingly opt to not share enough data for marketers’ to track them effectively, Gartner adds. “Enhance the effectiveness of digital marketing by seeking opportunities for personalized engagements that genuinely help customers throughout their end-to-end customer journeys," Ewan McIntye, chief of research in Gartner’s marketing practice, said in a statement.
Another of Gartner’s predictions is that CMOs should be wary of collaborating across functional boundaries. A March 2022 Gartney survey of 405 senior marketing leaders found that those who called their approach “independent” fared significantly better against annual revenue targets than marketing leaders who self-described as “collaborators.” McIntyre said, “CMOs must adapt team structures and skills to advance new cross-functional operating models.”
Third, Gartner projects that new forces such as “disruptive market entrants, heightened audience expectations and the ease of digital learning about unfamiliar brands” will hurt traditional sources of brand value. McIntyre suggested a redoubling of focus on a “single meaningful brand experience.”
Elsewhere, a survey of more than 200 buy-side marketers by the International Advertising Bureau finds that overall ad spend next year is projected to be up almost 6% from 2022.
The top goal for 2023 media investments was customer acquisition, cited by 61% of media buyers, followed by increasing brand equity and boosting media efficiency.
Additionally, according to the IAB survey, 56% of buyers were at least considering investing in the metaverse, defined as “virtual, internet-based experiences that bridge offline and online worlds, where people can customer avatars, play games, shop, interact and virtually attend live events.”


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COLES and Aldi have succumbed to public pressure and announced they will raise the price of their milk and pass the extra cash onto Australian dairy farmers.
From today, Coles and Aldi will add 10 cents per litre to each two and three-litre bottle of milk in order to help farmers struggling with the drought.
The supermarket giants announced the move on Tuesday evening, one month after rival Woolworths increased the price of their milk. Coles and Aldi refused to follow suit at the time.
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The move brings an end to the eight-year milk price war between the major supermarkets.
Both Coles and Aldi, however, stressed the price hike was a short-term solution to an issue that demands structural reform.
Queensland Agriculture Minister Mark Furner has welcomed the news and said there had never been a more important time to support our farmers.
“I welcome the news of Aldi and Coles to offer a fairer price for their fresh milk, following the lead of Woolworths last month,” Mr Furner said.
“Every Queenslander knows the impact drought and lower prices have had on dairy farmers.
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NEW YORK — Just a year shy of its 25th anniversary, Badgley Mischka already has reason to celebrate — the company will open its first store in Manhattan this spring on the Upper East Side.
After years of considering a flagship and 12 months of actively looking for one, Mark Badgley and James Mischka expect to unveil Badgley Mischka New York at 24 East 64th Street in April. The three-floor, 3,000-square-foot townhouse was most recently home to a Pucci store.
The uptown brownstone, which Mischka described as “a charming jewel box of a space,” will be Badgley Mischka’s third store in the U.S. The company also has nine stores in China and plans to have 30 by the end of this year.
Patrick Gerard Carmody, a New York-based firm known for its high-end residential projects, will renovate the space so that there will be three areas of focus. A bridal salon will be located in the back adjacent to a garden. Badgley Mischka ready-to-wear, as well as the more affordable Mark & James collection, will be showcased on the main floor with jewelry, handbags, watches, sunglasses and other accessories. A private VIP area will be set up on the top floor to ensure privacy.
Just as the designers’ Beverly Hills boutique took design cues from the historic building it is housed in, the Badgley Mischka New York store will play off the townhouse’s “mansionette” ambiance to try to make shoppers feel as though they are stepping into a luxe private home.
Badgley and Mischka said they are confident the new location will enhance sales of their label in New York stores. The designers expect their signature collection and bridal offerings to be bestsellers. They are also developing a daywear collection that will be sold exclusively at the new store, as well as in its Beverly Hills and Palm Beach, Fla., boutiques.
Uptown, Chanel, Valentino, Jimmy Choo, Fred Leighton and Graff will be among Badgley Mischka’s neighbors. Badgley said, “We have been hunting for the perfect New York home for quite some time now,” while Mischka continued, “We really feel that we’ve found the perfect location for us.”
The neighborhood has gotten a lift in the past six months, due to the 19 businesses that bowed on Madison Avenue. And construction is under way for Canali, Kate Spade, a Lanvin men’s and Marie-Hélène de Taillac stores. In addition, Anya Hindmarch and Baccarat are building flagships on Madison, and Oscar de la Renta is expanding his boutique there.
A new Joan Rivers coffee table book, titled “Joan Rivers Confidential,” gives readers never-before-seen photos and letters of the late comedian throughout her life. “Because of her drive to always be fresh, she kept records of every appearance, every performance, all the jokes that were used on TV, all the clothes that were worn,” said Rivers’ daughter Melissa. Here, Rivers poses at the “Tonight Show” in Tracy Mills in 1985. Read more about the book and see more photos at WWD.com. #wwdeye
After a career at New York hot spots like Narcissa, Dovetail and Nix, @chefjfraser has expanded to the West Village with The Loyal, a modernized take on an American brasserie. “And as I’ve gone through my career I’ve felt some departure from that kind of simple, straightforward [cooking]. This is meant to take on the idea of ‘what if the American brasserie was invented today?’” #wwdeye (📷: @chinseephoto)
@bellahadid and @lilyaldridge at @bulgariofficial’s celebration on Friday night, toasting the brand's new Peter Marino-designed flagship on Fifth Avenue. The two-part event included a cocktail party at the store followed by a dinner at a mystery location — the Met Cloisters. #wwdeye
From overseeing America’s fastest-growing speciality retailers to codifying cool, WWD talked to the women who are leading the way for the future of beauty. Check out our Instagram Stories to see how these women built today and are creating tomorrow. (📸: @hannah_khymych) #wwdbeauty
For @laperlalingerie's spring 2018 show, the brand chose to host their event at @thevenetianmacao. With Chinese megastars @bingbing_fan and @hubing in attendance, La Perla debuted a rock ‘n’ roll-inspired collection. The show marked the start of Sands Macao Fashion Week, which runs from October 19 to 24 — the city’s first such event. Pictured here are models backstage with glimmering eyes. #wwdfashion (📷: Cheuk-Yin To)
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has landed its own T-shirt line. Tees bearing one of Dr. House's biting catchphrases, "Everybody Lies," are going up for sale today at housecharitytees.com, for $19.95 each. Proceeds will benefit the National Alliance on Mental Illness.
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LEXINGTON, Ky., Oct. 11, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Lexmark, a global imaging and IoT solutions leader, today announced a new black-and-white multifunction printer (MFP) that will meet the small workgroup demands of the printer fleet with full solution support and enterprise-level security. The Lexmark MX432adwe offers scalable solutions support via the embedded solutions framework including the ability to support third-party card readers.
"With threats lurking everywhere in cyberspace, businesses need to be on the lookout to guard their network, devices and output against these constantly changing risks," said Brock Saladin, Lexmark senior vice president and chief commercial officer. "Lexmark has heard these concerns loud and clear. The Lexmark MX432adwe offers the features of a Lexmark 5-Series printer in a smaller footprint and was built to integrate into any fleet of printers operating securely and seamlessly."
With the embedded solutions framework on the Lexmark MX432adwe, you can add Lexmark or other supported solutions, including third-party print release with badge reader or utilize the included Scan Center to scan documents and route to multiple destinations simultaneously.
Enterprise-level security features
Among many security features, the MX432adwe includes a standard Trusted Platform Module that stores encryption keys on separate hardware from the data, along with authentication and system integrity checks. Cryptographic capabilities create a unique digital fingerprint.
Easy to manage
These sophisticated, IoT-enabled printers are loaded with sensors that continuously monitor hundreds of data points. Connect them to Lexmark Cloud Services to take advantage of benefits like predictive service and automatic supplies replenishment.
Taking care of resources
Lexmark cares for the planet and its people with corporate social responsibility, from our circular-economy practices to our environmentally inspired products. The Lexmark MX432adwe offers built-in energy-saving modes and has two-sided printing as standard to reduce paper usage. It also meets the high requirements for Energy Star®, Blue Angel and EPEAT® Silver.
Other features include:
- Sturdy steel frames
- Extra high-yield cartridges
- 4.3-inch (10.9 cm) buttonless color touchscreen
- Single-pass 2-sided automatic document feeder (DADF) scanners standard
- Time to First Page (TTFP) is as fast as 5.9 seconds
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Velorution has partnered with Fat Llama to provide a ‘try-before-you-buy’ e-bike rental service.
The new service, which is initially being trialled at Velorution’s Hackney location, allows customers to go in-store, complete a quick verification on their phone, and head straight out.
The GoCycle GS (RRP £2,499), for example, is available to rent for £30 a day, and the price drops the longer it is rented.
The service will soon be rolled out across all four of Velorution’s stores in Marylebone, Islington and Chelsea.
Jonathan Cole, CEO of Velorution, said: “One in every two bikes sold in Holland is electric, compared to one in every hundred in the UK. Allowing people to rent these bikes for a low cost ensures that more people are experiencing and talking about the multitude of benefits that these bikes have to offer.
“Partnering with Fat Llama ensures that borrowers can get verified to rent these expensive bikes in under a minute. We’re very excited to see where this takes us”.


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NEWS: 'BATTLEFIELD 4' PROBLEMS: EA DICE LAUNCHES 'BF4' XBOX ONE UPDATE
“Battlefield 4” developer EA DICE launched updates on Tuesday for the Microsoft Xbox One version of the game, according to a forum on Battlelog.
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Square, a versatile e-commerce and point-of-sale platform, has unveiled ten novel artificial intelligence tools aimed at empowering small businesses in diverse sectors to enhance efficiency and concentrate on fostering growth. These AI-powered features encompass two distinct areas: content creation and business management.
In the realm of content creation, Square has introduced six innovative tools. The first two, Menu Generator and Photo Environments, harness image generation capabilities to craft visually engaging food menus and seamlessly replace photo backgrounds with realistic alternatives. Subsequently, the suite includes four additional tools, namely Personalised Email Copy, Team Announcements, Website Copy Generator, and Suggested Replies, which utilise LLM (Large Language Models) algorithms reminiscent of Chat-GPT. These tools have the capacity to generate an array of texts tailored to various platforms and communication purposes.
Moving beyond content creation, the remaining four features have been crafted to simplify business management tasks. The Auto-Generated Library enables sellers to swiftly expand their product catalogs by integrating auto-recommended items. Service-based businesses, such as spas and advisors, can now take advantage of Auto-Imported Services to effortlessly transfer appointments between booking platforms. In the restaurant industry, Square introduces the Kitchen Category system, leveraging artificial intelligence to enhance coordination between front-of-house and back-of-house operations. Lastly, Item Descriptions allow users to expedite the addition of new products to their digital point-of-sale systems without the tedious process of composing individual listings for each entry.
Square’s introduction of these AI tools reflects a broader trend among social media and e-commerce platforms. As businesses increasingly integrate artificial intelligence into their products and services, small business owners have access to an array of innovative solutions to engage with their audiences more effectively and manage their operations more efficiently. While not every feature may be relevant to every business, entrepreneurs should remain informed about the latest AI integrations in their respective industries to stay competitive and seize growth opportunities.


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Carmakers eye more UK suppliers to handle hard Brexit
[GENEVA] As Britain prepares to leave the European Union, some carmakers are considering softening the blow of any tariffs by sourcing more parts locally and producing more models they can sell domestically rather than export.
Eighty percent of UK-assembled vehicles are exported and they could face tariffs of up to 10 per cent if Britain has to fall back on World Trade Organisation rules, with some components subject to multiple varying tariffs each time they cross a border. "If we do find there are tariffs on sending cars out, or there are tariffs on bringing components in, then that would be a motivator to repatriate some component production to the UK,"McLaren Automotive Chief Executive Mike Flewitt told Reuters at the Geneva motor show.
The country's largely foreign-owned car industry is due to hit a record high production of around 2 million units by the turn of the decade, making it one of Europe's largest, and some firms have warned tariffs could push production abroad.
The sector is a major employer which British Prime Minister Theresa May has pledged to champion in the Brexit negotiations with the EU she plans to trigger this month; executives are concerned uncertainty could persist beyond the two-year process.
A local sourcing push would help mitigate some of the risks of leaving the EU's single market and be a bonanza for smaller UK parts makers but a headache for international suppliers, whose manufacturing footprints are reliant on free trade.
Only 41 per cent of the parts in British-built cars are made within the country on average, less than the typical 50 to 55 per cent local content requirement which Britain would have to agree to in some bilateral trade deals.
The proportion of parts sourced locally varies among automakers, making it easier for some to meet the "Made in Britain" threshold than others.
McLaren expects to reach a 58 per cent "localisation rate" by the end of the decade from around 50 per cent now, under a plan that pre-dates the June Brexit vote. Jaguar Land Rover (JLR), Britain's biggest carmaker, also sources around half its content locally.
The level falls to less than 40 per cent at German luxury carmaker BMW's Mini plant in southern England, while Opel/Vauxhall Astras built in the UK contain only 25 per cent British parts.
French carmaker PSA Group, which this week announced a deal to buy Opel and Vauxhall from General Motors , said trade barriers in the event Britain loses access to the single market would push it to increase the percentage of local components. "If it's a hard Brexit then of course the supplier base needs to be developed, and I think this is something that the UK government completely understands," Chief Executive Carlos Tavares told reporters in Geneva.
The jury is out on how feasible this might be.
Ralf Speth, the CEO of JLR, doubts Britain produces enough mass-market vehicles to attract the major supplier investments it would need to cross the 50 per cent localisation threshold. It and other carmakers have been slowly boosting UK parts content for years.
Britain's Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders, however, believes UK-built cars could source up to 80 per cent of parts domestically. The fall in the pound since the Brexit referendum has raised import costs, adding a further incentive.
Matt Boyle, the chief executive of electrified powertrain specialist Sevcon, based in England's northeast, said it had seen rising demand since the referendum and is able to respond quickly through the use of flexible third-party sites. "We've got off-the-shelf hybrid systems and electric systems today," he said.
The industry is lobbying for British government support, which could be required to kick-start investment in parts production that would be new for Britain, such as alloy wheels.
Over £4 billion (S$6.9 billion) worth of components such as engine castings, steering systems and seat parts could be sourced in Britain, according to a joint industry-government report published in 2015, adding to roughly 10 billion pounds currently spent by car firms on UK suppliers.


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Dragons' Den rescue on cards for Erinaceous
Dragons' Den star James Caan was today weighing up a bid for the basket case that is property services firm Erinaceous.
The entrepreneur, who sits on the panel of the BBC2 venture capitalist show, has discussed with Erinaceous advisers buying part or all of the group.
He already has a 5.7% stake, and has had talks with other shareholders about making a joint offer.
Erinaceous shares have crashed from 389p in January to an all-time low of just 2.5p, valuing the company at less than £3m.
It has been crippled by debts of more than £200m as it overspent on a string of acquisitions under founders Neil Bellis and Lucy Cummings.
It breached banking covenants, and Bellis and Cummings were ousted. Chairman Nigel Turnbull has since appointed a new chief executive, Tim Redburn, to put Erinaceous back on a firm footing.
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Following a spate of recent price hikes that had a 2008 feel and even included price control threats from the government it comes as no surprise that Zimbabwe’s year to date inflation figure has ballooned. According the ZimStat the year to year inflation rate stood at 20.85% in October up from 5.39% in September.
That is a shocking 15% jump. Inflation is measured by tracking changes in a predetermined basket of basic commodities that most people consume in a typical household. This is also known as the Consumer Price Index (CPI).The CPI for the month ending October 2018 stood at 118,73 compared to 101,97 in September 2018 and 98,24 in October 2017.
Given the composition of the basket used to measure CPI, the surge in the inflation rate can easily be explained by the massive panic buying, hoarding and universal price hikes that followed the policy announcements by the Fiscal and Monetary authorities which were all not received. Social medial played its role as the negative portions of these policies were sometimes taken out of concept and went viral.
Expect inflation to continue to grow in November
Although for the most part the panic buying is not as bad as it was in October prices are still on an upward trend in most shops. Bread prices was officially increased from $1.10 to $1.40. Mazoe Orange crush another family favourite product also saw its price increased to around $4. In the ICT world ZOL increased their internet prices in the face increased cost of doing business. KFC who had closed citing shortage of raw materials came back with eye popping prices of up to $70 fore a meal.
Even the current inflation figure is an understatement
ZimStat no doubt relied on the official prices in coming up with the inflation figures. The truth however is that a number of basic goods such as sugar and cooking oil are now hard to find at official prices. They are sill subject to rationing in most shops but are freely available at the black market at even higher prices. Cooking oil sells at close to $7 from $4 dollars in October at the black market.
In all likelihood the real inflation rate is even higher than the officially cited rate. The next budget is due on 22 November, hopefully therein will be measures that will tame inflation.


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won a surly proxy battle to keep its management intact this summer, reported results well ahead of analysts' expectations for its fiscal second quarter ended Sept. 30.
Using its controversial pro forma method of reporting financial results, the company said it earned $359 million, or 61 cents per share, on $1.44 billion in revenue.
Analysts were expecting 52 cents per share in earnings on $1.43 billion in revenue, according to Thomson Financial/First Call.
Under widely accepted accounting measures, however, the company reported a 16 cents-per-share loss and $734 million in revenue.
In August, the firm fought off an attempt by Texas investor Sam Wyly to oust chairman Charles Wang and three other board members. Originally, Wyly tried to oust the company's entire board, including CEO Sanjay Kumar, but pared his challenge amid wavering support. In the end, shareholders voted his attempted coup down entirely, although the tussle did raise further questions about the way CA reports its financial results, which some analysts have said can hide slowing growth.
During regular trading, before the company reported, Computer Associates shares gained 2 cents, or 0.1%, to finish at $27.92.


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There’s plenty of money to be made on PC, says Blizzard, as long as you’re willing to put the effort in.
Diablo 3’s game director Jay Wilson says that Blizzard is not going to bring its games onto consoles just to cash-in on the extra install base. He says that Blizzard is doing just fine on the PC, and didn’t need to compromise its games for some extra sales.
That’s not to say that Blizzard won’t make console games, but it’s only going to make them when it’s appropriate. He said that, despite appearances, Blizzard was not just a PC developer. Instead, it was a game developer that happened to make games best suited to the PC. “We don’t believe you can make a Starcraft-style RTS and make it great – Blizzard great – on console,” he added. He said that it was sad that people had bought into the idea that the PC was a dying market, but admitted that that idea may have helped Blizzard to succeed.
“If people think that you can’t make money from the PC they should really look at us as a symbol and they should really be asking why we’re so successful. It’s primarily because of the quality of the games, but when you have a high quality product, very little competition and a high install base…”
Wilson may just have a point. StarCraft 2 apparently sold more in its first week in the UK than the first Star Craft did in its entire lifetime, and has since gone on to sell nearly five million units. Of course, Blizzard has established brands to work on, which gives it something of an edge over a new IP of equal quality.
Source: PC Gamer


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Zynga, the online game company once touted as a hero of the Web 2.0 boom, is now almost a penny stock on Wall Street, down to $3 a share from its peak -- but CEO Mark Pincus escaped at least part of the damage.
Pincus, in an "unusual" move, sold 15 percent of his shares in April, with stock still holding at $12 a share, the San Francisco Chronicle reported. That netted the tycoon $198 million, some of which he used to buy a $12 million mansion in Pacific Heights, according to the newspaper.
Meanwhile, his other investors have lost half of their money, according to the newspaper. And how about the employees who built his company?
"Many rank-and-file employees who logged brutal work hours on the promise of Internet riches were - and are - staring at restricted stock worth far less than what had been expected," reported the newspaper, which dubbed Zynga a "cautionary tale."
"If Zynga doesn't stage a remarkable turnaround, it could end up as one of the most high-profile flameouts of the Web 2.0 era," the Chronicle warned.
Two Wall Street analysts dubbed Zynga's situation a "disaster," while the company says that people are merely growing tired of playing games like FarmVille and CityVille -- and spending less real dollars on the virtual goods in the games that were the company's lifeblood, the newspaper reported.
No Zynga employees commented to the newspaper.


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Super Mario Run is continuously growing and still on top of the charts in iTunes Store. With its $9.99 price tag, you can get all the 6 worlds with 24 different levels, Rally Tickets, and 30000 gold coins.
Shigeru Miyamoto; game developer and producer of the game said that this game will introduce to millions of players around the world to have fun and experience Super Mario. Indeed, because not all users have Nintendo consoles, so it will be an experience for mobile users to get to know Mario and friends.
Mobile gaming market was started in 2010. Since Nintendo has their exclusive games only made for Nintendo users. According to Satoru Iwata; President of Nintendo, They were hesitant to release and extend it to mobile platforms since they felt like it will lose their identity. In 2014, mobile gaming market continuous to grow and financial performances are growing tremendously. After a year, Iwata decided to make a partnership with mobile game developers specifically DeNa. DeNa is the main mobile portal provider in Japan. DeNa started developing mobile games back in March 1999 in Tokyo, Japan. With their partnership with Nintendo, they started to bring 5 Nintendo titles to mobile gaming. The first Nintendo game that was released on the mobile platform is Miitomo. Nintendo also made a partnership with Niantic to release the famous game Pokemon Go.
During Super Mario Run's development, Miyamoto quoted that they are more interest on how Mario will be created in iPhones that will make the game even more unique and be engaging to players. The Super Mario Run was inspired by Speedrunners which give rise to Mario's unique style jumps. The game can be played in a vertical orientation. And developers ensured that controls are simplified. It will be easy for beginners to play around the game.
Takashi Tezuka is the game designer of Super Mario Run. Its style was created using the same core development team and used the 2.5D style and was built using Unity Engine. Unity Engine expressed their great excitement and proud that they will make the Super Mario Run using their engine. They announced it in their opening keynote Unite16 last November 2016.
Nintendo decided to release it on iOS platform because of its security feature. They announced and confirmed the release date of Super Mario Run in the Apple Event last September 7, 2016. It's then released on iTunes last December 15, 2016, and later will be released in Android market in late March 2017. They are continuously working the app in Android to make sure of its compatibility feature with Google's operating system.
Nintendo also required having an internet connection to play the game to avoid any piracy. After the release announcement, financial analysts said that this could have a similar revenue result like Pokemon Go. Also, Nintendo's stock rises after the game announcement.
After its release, some video game reviewers like Metacritic gave a score of 77/100. Some other video game critics like IGN, Polygon and Game Informer, gave a fairly score of between 7-8 out of 10.


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What's next for crypto as Bitcoin boom continues: Top U.S. currency regulator
Digital currency exchange Coinbase is going public as renewed investor interest in cryptocurrencies has pushed bitcoin to an all-time high. The IPO comes amid a record-breaking run for Bitcoin, which broke through $23,000. Brian Brooks, acting comptroller of the currency and former chief legal officer at Coinbase, joined “Squawk Box” on Friday to discuss. For access to live and exclusive video from CNBC subscribe to CNBC PRO: https://cnb.cx/2NGeIvi
Digital currency exchange Coinbase is going public as renewed investor interest in cryptocurrencies has pushed bitcoin to an all-time high.
On Thursday the company announced that it has confidentially submitted a draft registration statement on Form S-1 with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Subscribe to CNBC PRO for access to investor and analyst insights on bitcoin and more: https://cnb.cx/2BT2E7y
California-based Coinbase, founded in 2012, has long been a go-to spot to buy and sell cryptocurrencies, and the company has grown into the largest digital currency exchange in the U.S.
The company’s filing comes on the heels of a surge in the price of bitcoin. On Thursday the largest cryptocurrency rallied more than 12% to top $23,000 for the first time on record, according to crypto market data provider Coin Metrics. The move came just one day after the cryptocurrency topped the $20,000 mark for the first time.
With Thursday’s jump, bitcoin is now up more than 200% for the year. Bitcoin has garnered much attention from investors lately, and Paul Tudor Jones and Stanley Druckenmiller are among those who have come out in favor of the cryptocurrency. Large financial companies like PayPal and Fidelity have also made moves in the space.
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The M1 chipset. RAM load. 5G. Thunder support. All of this helps Apple’s new, 12.9-inch iPad Pro become an incredible tablet, which seems to be enough to compete with most traditional laptops. (All right, except for iPadOS failures, however.) But if there is one component where the iPad Pro looks better than all other Apple computers, then a new tablet screen.
For more information on what it takes to create a Liquid Retina XDR app, Engadget spoke with Vincent Gu, Apple’s chief engineering engineer, and iPad marketing spokesman Scott Broderick, who was quick to say it was “the best show we could put on a 12.9-inch iPad Pro, “Broderick said.
While some may say the OLED display as the one shown Apple 12 Apple List it can be very interesting, Broderick has a point: this is a clear demonstration.
But first, we must destroy it. As I mentioned in our review of the iPad Pro, the “water” piece means that this is an LCD screen, which – unlike the OLED screens available in new iPhones – relies on a bevy of small screens to create visuals. “Retina” is another Apple advertising platform, which the company has been using for mobile phones since the days of the iPhone 4. And the “XDR” section doesn’t just mean launching Apple’s low-cost, high-end portable monitors – it means design ” dangerous “exhibitors.
In the end, what makes this show so exciting is not the size – and 12.9 inches as much as before – or that it refreshes at 120Hz. No, all of this is because of something you can’t see directly: a new light bulb made up of more than 10,000 LEDs, a 2,596 image-splitter. (If you count, Apple’s $ 5,000, 6K Pro Display XDR review has 576 bright colors.)
The idea is simple: by making a smaller resolution, Apple is able to fit most of the backs of all LCD components, allowing you to accurately adjust the window sections that illuminate at any given time. It’s a great idea in the world of TV, and TCL, Samsung, and LG everyone has their own distorted type. On demand, Apple also claims that its mini-LED lighting fixtures were built in-house.
“The small LEDs we installed in the Liquid Retina XDR are technically developed by Apple,” said Gu, who said he was 100 times smaller than the standard ones used. in the iPad Pro last year. Unsurprisingly, the careful design of thousands of LEDs was a major challenge, with one Apple managing to tackle engineers who specialize in design and production of their own unique solder.
“We had to provide special equipment so that we could replace more than 10,000 LEDs with the most efficient ones we already had,” said iPad spokesman Broderick. (That being said, Apple has refused to tell us how many smaller LEDs, or how long it takes to make a single Liquid Retina XDR software.)
After the lighting, Gu also said that switching to small LEDs requires Apple to redesign the main components of its display, including video monitors and diffusers that help control the brightness and distribute the same throughout the area. And, Apple’s manufacturers and engineers had to take the new, larger package and cook it as a portable device. In a way, the whole job was … painful.


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Internet Service Disparity is an Enemy of the Real Estate Industry
The statistics are out, and the news for many housing consumers isn't good. Nearly half of America's least-affluent households still lack access to internet service at home, according to the Washington Post. The same article goes on to report that age, education and income are all factors which influence and magnify the disparity between households with internet service and those without. Householders without a college degree are also far less likely to own a computer or have internet accesss in their home.
There is a direct (and disturbing) correlation between poor internet connection speeds and lower average household incomes. To put it bluntly, broadband service in states with lower than average incomes is a disgrace.
What does all this mean to the Realtor community?
Every day, Realtors are bombarded with the news that print marketing is a waste of money. Agents and brokers are told that "print marketing is dead", that they need to get their listings on YouTube. If you aren't using video in your real estate marketing, you'll soon be branded a dinosaur and a luddite.
The problem arises that consumers without internet service (or with agonizingly slow broadband) won't be able to admire your listing videos. If these consumers can't afford a smartphone or tablet, and they don't own a computer at home, your Internet marketing will be invisible to them. Even if the user is able to afford a smartphone, what will it matter if Internet connectivity is poor or nonexistent in their community?
Add to this dilemma the fact that Internet Service Providers (ISPs) have little competition and no incentive to invest in infrastructure. After all, when you are permitted to sell the public slow connection speeds at inflated prices, why bother? And in order to guarantee their future control over internet connectivity, the ISP lobby has consistently opposed competition from municipal broadband providers in at least twenty states.
Realtors have their own lobby and the National Association of Realtors supports net neutrality. Network providers should not be permitted to discriminate in the delivery or speed of internet data transmissions. Proposed Internet “fast lanes” would be an example of this discriminatory handling of data.
Moreover, the glaring disparity in the speed and delivery of internet service across the country is in direct conflict with the fundamental principles behind NAR's "Equal Professional Service Model" which was crafted to assist real estate practitioners in providing "the same level of service to all real estate consumers".
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