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Attempts to price gouge during the current coronavirus-related state of emergency in South Carolina will not be tolerated, state officials say. In fact, the state’s attorney general Alan Wilson recently forwarded credible allegations of price gouging to the state’s sixteen regional solicitors for investigation.
“We’ve received more than 650 complaints since the governor declared a state of emergency on March 13th and we’ve been going through those complaints to find ones that could meet our state law’s definition of price gouging,” Wilson said in a statement. “We want to get moving on these as soon as possible to get the word out that we are investigating these price gouging complaints and will prosecute the businesses and individuals that violate the law.”
In addition to forwarding price gouging complaints to solicitors for investigation (and providing support from his office to assist them in their efforts), Wilson’s office indicated it will be investigating some of the cases on its own. Most of the complaints received so far have been for common consumer items including sanitizer, sanitizing wipes, sanitizing hand gels, cleaning sprays, toilet paper, face masks and food (especially meat and eggs), per a release from Wilson’s office.
South Carolina’s price gouging statue (S.C. code of laws § 39-5-145) prohibits “unconscionable” price increases during times of disaster and remains in effect for fifteen days after a state of emergency has been lifted. Violators can be fined up to $1,000 and imprisoned for up to thirty days.
What constitutes “unconscionable?”
According to the statute, it is defined as “a gross disparity between the price” currently being charged and “the average price … in the usual course of business during the thirty days immediately before the declaration of a state of emergency.”
“Normal market fluctuations caused by changes in supply and demand are not price gouging,” Wilson’s office noted in its release.
According to Wilson, his office typically waits until after a state of emergency has been lifted to begin investigating complaints. That way law enforcement assets can be devoted to “evacuations, traffic control and other emergency functions.”
“However, this emergency differs because it’s been for a prolonged period of time and law enforcement is not having to carry out the functions it usually does during hurricanes or floods,” the release from Wilson’s office noted.
Anyone who believes they have witnessed price gouging in action is encouraged to submit an email to email@example.com or call 803-737-3953 and leave a message. As we noted in our prior coverage, citizens are encouraged to include the following information …
- The time, place, address, and name of the business
- The price you paid or that’s being charged
- Note any prices nearby and get the same information on those businesses
- Take pictures that identify the business, along with the price
- Provide your name and contact information
Wilson’s office also encouraged those who suspect price gouging to provide as much specific information as possible regarding the products in question. For example, if a citizen suspects price gouging on a bottle of hand sanitizer, they should make note of the specific brand (and the quantity) of sanitizer so that investigators are able to compare “apples to apples” in pursuing the lead.
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Over the last decade, Bitcoin has cemented its position as the most dominant cryptocurrency in the world with a market cap of close to $145 billion. The success and popularity of Bitcoin have also given birth to a lot of speculations with regard to what its price would look like in the coming years. For many crypto-users and investors, the stock to flow (s2f) model continues to be a go-to Bitcoin valuation model that takes into account the scarcity of Bitcoin and predicts the likely price trajectory.
“Stock to flow is actually an attempt to quantify the digital scarcity invention that Satoshi made.”
Regarding the s2f model, he added that the fact that it could be replicated and checked by others is important, adding that the only odd thing is the forecasted Bitcoin price. He said,
“It predicted a $50,ooo – $100,000 Bitcoin price after the next halving and, and that, of course, makes you wonder why it should be so easy to make 10X on your investment that actually can’t be possible. And it also makes you wonder why that model fits as well as it does.”
He went on to argue that stock to flow works primarily because it measures scarcity directly, like gold. He added,
“The other reason it works very well could be the network effects we talk about a lot with Bitcoins. The network effects of developers start working on Bitcoin, and more and more merchants start buying stuff and selling stuff with Bitcoin. And the number of investors keeps increasing.”
For proponents of Bitcoin who believe that BTC’s true potential lies in its store-of-value status, the s2f model does provide ample evidence in terms of Bitcoin’s predicted price movement. PlanB also pointed out that if the s2f model needs to work, there must be a significant number of hodlers within the ecosystem.
Elaborating on the role of hodlers within the Bitcoin ecosystem and comparing them to loyal shareholders, PlanB went on to say,
” You need the hodlers to create a high stock to flow value. It’s like companies that prefer, very loyal shareholders that, you know, if there’s a crisis or something going on, they don’t immediately sell your stock and split up your company.”
However, while the s2f takes Bitcoin’s scarcity into consideration and provides a quantifiable price model for the future, BTC has struggled to maintain its price leading up to the block reward halving event slated for later in the year. The king coin has also shown increasing volatility all throughout 2020, according to data from skew markets.
However, s2f isn’t the only model around to predict the future movements of the world’s largest cryptocurrency. Addressing Bitcoin’s price and the likely direction it might take in a recent interview, Willy Woo, Partner at Adaptive Capital, had suggested how Bitcoin’s price as a cumulative average may be one of the most effective metrics to predict Bitcoin’s movement in the future.
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Apple has just announced it will be phasing out iTunes later this year.
The news is already causing a lot of confusion among people with iTunes accounts, many of whom have hundreds, if not thousands, of dollars worth of movies and music in their libraries.
As as result, scammers are already taking advantage of that uncertainty.
Like a lot of iTunes users, Jenna Webster is unsure what to make of the upcoming phaseout of iTunes, with her library of several hundred songs. She is awaiting more clarification from Apple.
So when she received a notice from Apple in her inbox the other day, she opened it — something she might not have done last year.
"I received an email that said 'customer Apple,' " Webster said.
The email alerted her to some bad news. "It said as of right now your account has been locked, where you can't do anything. So please click here, and you can reset your password," she said.
Alarmed, she clicked through, something she might not have done six months ago.
"I clicked the link," she said, "and it took me to a page that looked just like my iTunes main page for Apple."
Slick phishing scam
The page asked her to re-enter her information to restore her account. But she decided to click a couple of links first.
It was a smart decision.
"All of the links on that page were not working. The only thing it wanted you to do was put in your password," she said.
That's when she got suspicious, and realized she was on a copycat Apple site.
"They would have been able to steal all my information if I had entered it," Webster said. "I have my credit card linked to my Apple ID so I can make purchases."
It used to be that scammers just targeted Windows users, and if you used Apple products you were pretty much immune.
But lately that's changed. And now as Apple converts iTunes to Apple Music and Apple Movies, longtime users are ripe targets for ripoff.
"Several older members of my family have iTunes passwords, and you get e-mails all the time from scammers who are just trying to get your information," she said.
What customers need to know
A reminder: Apple will never email you asking for your password.
And the company insists you will not lose your purchased iTunes songs when iTunes eventually shuts down. It says music and movies will be migrated to the new Apple Music and Apple Movies hosting sites and app, but you will still have all your content.
That way you don't waste your money.
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HMD Global, the home of Nokia phones, has announced the launch of HMD Easy Pay, a new smartphone financing program created in partnership with DMI Finance. The program is designed to make Nokia smartphones more accessible and affordable to a wider range of customers, including those who are new to credit.
HMD Easy Pay offers a truly digital application process, instant approval, quick loan disbursal, and no-cost EMIs on select devices. The program covers a variety of Nokia smartphone models, including the Nokia G42 8/256GB, Nokia C32, Nokia C22, and Nokia C12 Pro.
HMD Easy Pay: Making Nokia Smartphones More Accessible and Affordable
HMD Global has been committed to providing users with quality and accessible smartphones since its inception. The launch of HMD Easy Pay is a significant milestone in this mission, as it will make Nokia smartphones even more affordable for a wider range of customers.
The program is particularly beneficial for those who are new to credit, as it provides them with an opportunity to own a Nokia smartphone without having to pay a large upfront cost. Additionally, the no-cost EMI option makes it easier for customers to manage their monthly payments.
Benefits of HMD Easy Pay
There are many benefits to using HMD Easy Pay to finance a Nokia smartphone, including:
- Instant & paperless application process
- Diverse customer base, including new to credit individuals
- Quick loan disbursal
- Best offers, such as no-cost EMIs and transparent pricing
- Makes smartphone ownership more inclusive and accessible
The launch of HMD Easy Pay is a positive development for both HMD Global and Nokia smartphone customers. The program will make it easier for customers to access and own Nokia smartphones, regardless of their credit history.


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Telecom companies have told TRAI on several occasions that messaging apps should also pay licensee fees to offer internet calling.
Almost everyone uses WhatsApp Calling. But imagine what if you have to pay for it. Yes, soon users may have to pay extra charge for internet calling.
According to reports, telecom companies have told TRAI (Telecom Regulatory Authority of India) on several occasions that messaging apps should also pay licensee fees to offer internet calling. Apart from this, it should be bound to comply with the rules, quality of service and other standards as well.
Let us tell you that the Department of Telecom has sought suggestions from TRAI on this. If reports are to be believed, TRAI has not yet prepared any framework, but if any rule comes, then in the end the consumers may have to pay for it.
At present, users only pay the standard charge for the Internet, but the new rules may increase the problems of the customers.


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Pågen, a maker of soft breads, claims that Wasa, a maker of hard breads, is breaking Swedish product marketing laws by marketing Wasa Sport as Sweden’s most nutritious bread.
Pågen has requested that the Swedish Market Court (Marknadsdomstolen) issue a fine of 500,000 kronor ($78,350) if Wasa continues with the ad campaign.
The suit marks the second time in the last year that Pågen has disputed claims used in Wasa advertising campaigns.
Pågen previously sued Wasa in March of last year, complaining that a Wasa ad campaign unfairly described hard bread as more nutritious than soft bread. In court documents Pågen stated that Wasa went as far as to compare soft bread with candy or dependency-inducing drugs.
“It’s true that Pågen has filed a new suit in the Marknadsdomstol but it is up to the court to decide whether the case proceeds or not. We’ll know for sure in a few days and then I’ll be prepared to comment” said Karin Brynell, marketing director for Wasa to news agency TT.
Brynell said it was possible that the courts would request the two cases be combined, which could result in proceedings being delayed until the fall.


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Pinkberry introduced its new pumpkin flavor for the holidays Friday and confirmed that it's testing the sale of hot drinks at select stores across the country.
The new pumpkin yogurt is made with pumpkin puree, nonfat milk and nonfat yogurt, and aims to evoke the flavors of a holiday pie, Pinkberry said. Recommended toppings include honey graham crackers, cinnamon and the chain's new "Swirly Whip" topping, which debuted about a month ago and has been added as a permanent topping option.
Suzanne Ginestro, Pinkberry’s vice president of brand management, said Swirly Whip is made with light cream whipped with Pinkberry flavoring. She said the whipped topping is made fresh daily in the stores and contains 50 calories an ounce.
In addition, Ginestro confirmed that a limited number of Pinkberry stores in New York and Los Angeles are testing the sale of “swirly hot cocoa” and “swirly hot horchata” beverages. Both drinks are served with the chain's new whipped topping and, in the case of the cocoa, chocolate shavings.
“We are testing things in our stores all the time, whether it’s a new topping or hot drinks,” Ginestro said.
The hot beverage test is “still in the very early stages,” she said. “It’s all part of our thoughtful innovation.”
Also for the holidays, Pinkberry said it is bringing back the popular topping of pomegranate seeds, as well as pomegranate juice. The pumpkin yogurt and pomegranate toppings will be available through the end of the year.
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SACRAMENTO – The State of California and the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) have announced a multi-billion-dollar infrastructure improvement partnership.
According to a news release from California Governor Gavin Newsom’s office, the agreement “allows California to expedite work on a network of related projects – rather than using a piecemeal approach – that collectively will help grow the economy, protect the environment, facilitate the movement of imports and exports and bring supply chain processes into the 21st century to create resilience throughout the critical trade corridors of California and the U.S., including around San Pedro Bay and the Inland Empire.”
Newsom said that his state’s ports and infrastructure system are key to the country’s supply chain.
“Thanks to our collaboration with the Biden-Harris Administration, this innovative federal-state partnership will help us fast-track those projects that will make our ports and infrastructure even more efficient,” Newsom said.
“This partnership will help us jumpstart and support multiple infrastructure projects to improve our supply chain, making sure goods get to where they need to go faster, cheaper, and in a more environmentally-friendly manner.”
Projects that could receive support through this agreement include:
- Port-specific upgrades
- Expanding capacity for freight rail
- Developing inland port facilities for increased warehouse storage
- Railyard and truck electrification
- Highway upgrades to improve truck travel times
- Grade-separated crossings to reduce the number of rail-street intersections and improve safety and efficiency
- Land ports of entry to expand trade capacity and cross-border commerce
- Other eligible projects of critical importance identified by the California State Transportation Agency (CalSTA).
Under the Emerging Projects Agreement, the Build America Bureau at USDOT will support CalSTA in developing California infrastructure projects designed to improve the capacity and resiliency of the goods movement chain, according to the news release.
The partnership will also assist project sponsors in exploring financing opportunities for billions in infrastructure investment, in part through the USDOT credit assistance programs Transportation Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act (TIFIA) and Railroad Rehabilitation and Improvement Financing (RRIF), the news release stated.
“Our supply chains are being put to the test, with unprecedented consumer demand and pandemic-driven disruptions combining with the results of decades-long underinvestment in our infrastructure,” said U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg.
“That’s why this administration is working around the clock to address both near-term and long-term challenges to our supply chains, including investments such as those in the bipartisan infrastructure deal.”
Buttigieg added: “(This) announcement marks an innovative partnership with California that will help modernize our infrastructure, confront climate change, speed the movement of goods and grow our economy.”
In tandem with these longer-term solutions, the State of California and the Biden-Harris Administration are working on short-term solutions to address bottlenecks, the news release stated.
Earlier in October, Newsom issued an executive order that directs state agencies to help identify additional ways to alleviate congestion at California ports, building on earlier efforts this year by CalSTA and the Governor’s Office of Business and Economic Development (GO-Biz) to ease supply chain issues by engaging with supply chain stakeholders on key challenges and identifying short-term and long-term solutions.
The Biden-Harris Task Force is working with private companies from across the supply chain to expand supply chain operations to 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, and helping them to make faster handoffs to each other. So far, both the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach, the ILWU, Union Pacific Railroad and retailers, including Walmart, Target, FedEx, UPS, and The Home Depot, have committed to expanding hours. Further, USDOT is working with local and state DMVs to cut bureaucratic red tape and make it easier for truck drivers to obtain commercial driver’s licenses (CDL) – this has already proven successful as DMVs are issuing 60 percent more CDLs this year compared to last.
“The COVID-19 pandemic put a spotlight on California’s ports and the importance of our state’s infrastructure in moving goods throughout the U.S. and around the world,” CalSTA Secretary David S. Kim said.
“Today’s agreement will go a long way toward quickly upgrading infrastructure to support a more efficient and resilient supply chain that will flex California’s power in global trade. I am proud to work with the Biden-Harris Administration on long-term solutions to enhance California’s infrastructure and strengthen resilience throughout the supply chain.”
The Newsom Administration’s Port Envoy, John D. Porcari, said: “The Emerging Projects Agreement today provides the State of California with a foundation to build a comprehensive program of public and public-private projects that will help build a stronger, more resilient goods movement chain that grows the economy by exporting and importing more goods.”
Port of Los Angeles Executive Director Gene Seroka said: “Having our federal and state transportation agencies working in unison to help fund infrastructure is exactly what we need. We have projects in need of funding that will reduce cargo delays, improve efficiency, reduce emissions and improve safety for waterfront workers and motorists throughout the region.”
Port of Long Beach Executive Director Mario Cordero said: “This federal-state partnership will ensure the creation of local infrastructure projects aimed at improving freight movement between the San Pedro Bay ports complex and distribution centers in the Inland Empire.
“This plan builds on our ongoing efforts to identify immediate and long-term solutions that will expedite cargo shipments and address an historic cargo surge and forecasted cargo growth.”
Both the State of California and USDOT have made clear that infrastructure projects must be considered based on their potential for strengthening supply chain resilience and in a manner that addresses equity and environmental justice.
California’s recently-enacted budget includes $250 million for ports, $280 million for infrastructure projects at and around the Port of Oakland, and $1.3 billion over three years for zero-emission trucks, transit buses and school buses, including the deployment of more than 1,000 zero-emission port drayage trucks.
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The company said the DOJ had informed AMD and ATI Technologies on Friday that it had closed its investigation into ATI Technologies' pricing and marketing practices in the sale of graphics processing units.
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text: I’m sure Star Wars fanatics will appreciate this tidbit of information……The article, by ‘Interesting Engineering’, covers details of Manhattan based company ‘Aerofex’ having released plans for a commercially available hover bike for 2017. According to the ‘Aerofex’ website, the hover bike can fly 10 feet off the ground, at 45 mph, for up to 45 minutes, re-defining the meaning of off-road vehicles. The frame is made of carbon fiber, due to it’s strength & lightweight capabilities, as well as being able to carry two passengers at a time. The bike is powered by a 240 hp three-rotor rotary engine & Aerofex, led by aerospace engineer Mark DeRoche, seems to have overcome the tough engineering challenges of stability & control issues that plagued similar hover vehicles in past decades. However, if you are already thinking you have to have one, you better start saving money now with it’s price tag being reported at $85,000.


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Flower Mound, Texas – March 20, 2008 – FUNimation® Entertainment and Japanese producer GDH have entered into an agreement to broadcast GDH’s current and future hit series via online media distribution and to collaborate on each series DVD launch in the US.
The strategic alliance will begin Friday, March 20 with the action fantasy anime series “The Tower of Druaga” and the action horror series “Blassreiter”.
The collaboration will showcase English subtitled versions of GDH properties streamed via FUNimation’s website as well as through GDH’s key video-sharing partners.
In addition, FUNimation will offer a download-to-own option for these episodes through www.funimation.com and other sites at $1.99 per episode.
“Our eventual goal is to simulcast these series online in tandem with the Japanese broadcast debut,” said Gen Fukunaga, president and CEO of FUNimation Entertainment. “We will also be working much more closely with GDH on the U.S. DVD release of the dubbed series. This coordination will enhance the success of these series in the U.S.”
“We are very excited about this strategic alliance, which enables us to deliver GDH content to US audiences much more effectively in multiple media platforms such as growing online media and traditional packaged media,” said Shinichiro Ishikawa, Executive Vice President of GDH.


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Sony, whose brand was once uniquely identified with personal technology, has struggled with issues of corporate direction and profitability since the tech bubble burst in 2000. SNE has lost roughly a third of its value in the last five years and shows little sign of recovery in the near future. Contrast this with another personal technology company whose fortunes have rebounded significantly of late, largely through the sale of a portable music player, a Sony invention, and it comes as no surprise that Sony has a new CEO. What is surprising is that, for the first time since the company was founded in 1946, Sony has sought leadership outside the home islands, looking instead to the British Isles and a knight in shining armor (knighted in 1999) Sir Howard Stringer.
Whether promoting a non-Japanese, one who does not speak Japanese, to CEO of the most famous Japanese company in history represents a radical change in corporate culture hardly seems a matter of debate. That Mr. Stringer's tenure as head of Sony America was dominated by a content related focus, such as the acquisition of MGM studios, rather than the traditional engineering/electronics emphasis, only reinforces the idea of a paradigm shift at Sony. Not true, according to Mr. Stringer.
The brand of Sony is one of the 20th Century's greatest creations. I am well aware it is a Japanese creation. I am well aware it is an electronics company. I have every intention of maintaining those traditions.
Current CEO, Nobuyuki Idei, whose most fascinating decision may have been to decline a music partnership with Apple Computer, does not see the appointment of a non-Japanese to head Sony as indicative of great internal change either, rather he implies that in the context of a truly global corporation such a move should not be considered unusual.
Wherever you go you see Sony, so there is no reason that management should be Japanese.
Also stepping down is COO Kunitake Ando, the Sony president whose efforts introduced the difficult to pronounce VAIO line of personal computers in 1999, and who most recently was seen at the Macworld 2005 Keynote in San Francisco with Steve Jobs. It was a curious appearance in light of the results of competition between Sony and Apple in an important sector of the consumer electronics market, and it makes all the more interesting the words of Mr. Ando's replacement, Ryoji Chubachi, currently an Executive Deputy President at Sony.
My first priority is to revitalize our electronics business in close coordination and cooperation with Sir Howard and Ihara-san [Katsumi Ihara, also appointed to the Sony board].
It will be interesting to see what, exactly, revitalization means in the electronics business, especially taking into account the tension between content and hardware at Sony. It was not until recently that Sony began fully supporting MP3 on its music players, quite possibly due to DRM issues and an exhaustive library at Sony Entertainment. As the (legal) downloading of video becomes the next big market for content, the PSX may be the first chance Sir Howard has to rectify a past mistake, or he could go after Apple and the iPod, or he could just enjoy the almost assured success of PSP in 2005 and wait for the PS3 in 2006. If the latter, more conservative, path is chosen, the culture of Sony will have indeed survived its first non-Japanese CEO.


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The rumors surrounding Nvidia’s GeForce RTX 4090 Ti graphics card may not come to fruition after all. According to a Twitter leaker, Nvidia might be dropping production of the RTX 4090 Ti due to its high power consumption. Instead, the company could be focusing on releasing two new versions of the GeForce RTX 4060 and RTX 4070 graphics cards, using “low-grade AD103 and AD106 chips” for their development.
The reasons for canceling the RTX 4090 Ti could be twofold – its high power consumption and the success of the vanilla GeForce RTX 4090, which is currently one of the best graphics cards on the market. Nvidia might be content with the popularity and sales of the existing model and may not see the need to release another upgrade that may not perform as well in terms of sales.
Additionally, the underwhelming sales of the RTX 4060 Ti could be a contributing factor to the decision to drop the RTX 4090 Ti. Sales of the RTX 4060 Ti have reportedly been disappointing, leading Nvidia to quietly discontinue it without much fanfare.
Furthermore, Nvidia’s focus on the AI market and its success in that area could also be influencing its decision. With its investment in AI and its achievements in the field, Nvidia may feel that it already has a strong market presence and may not see the need to release the RTX 4090 Ti at this time.
If the rumors prove true, it’s possible that Nvidia might release Super versions of the RTX 4060 and RTX 4070 cards instead, but specific details on their specs are currently unknown.


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TattonPark is usually known for its rich history and abundant wildlife, but over the weekend of June 1-2 it became host to beasts of the metal kind. The Lancaster Insurance Classic and Performance Car Spectacular overwhelmed the parkland with thousands of vehicles and thousands more hungry enthusiasts, waiting to chomp at the classics on display.
Response to the event was overwhelming, with one visitor stating: “Great show, well organised and amazing cars, as always.” Among many of the highlights was the superb competition arranged by show sponsors, Lancaster Insurance, who were offering the chance for one lucky person to win a Mazda MX5! Paul Hudson, motoring editor of The Telegraph, was also in attendance and was there to judge the first ever Telegraph Choice Award which went to a well-deserved winner, Chris Boffey and his 1971 Saab 96 Estate. With over 2000 cars entering the historical grounds over the weekend, this was no small task to be taken lightly.
“It was a fantastic weekend at which thousands of car enthusiasts were welcomed to Tatton Park in Knutsford,” said Event Planner Andy Kitchen. “It was an amazing atmosphere with some truly amazing cars. New sponsor, Lancaster Insurance, had a great time and we’re looking forward to doing it all again at the biggest American Car Show in the UK, Stars and Stripes.”
Dave Youngs, Car Club Manager at Lancaster Insurance, comments: “We had a fantastic weekend at Tatton Park! The venue is stunning and it was incredible seeing the constant stream of classic and performance cars arriving at the beginning of each day, there were some real beauties! It was also great to meet our existing customers and showcase to a wider audience what Lancaster can offer classic car enthusiasts.”


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I went to have a key duplicated at Wal-Mart last Thursday. After receiving it by the man who cut it, and I dared explain that it visually didn’t match the key I gave him, the worker proceeded to tell me … Continue reading
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AN ambitious Garryhill company, which continues to break new ground, has been shortlisted for a national award.
Carlow Concrete is in the running for a gong in the manufacturing and exporter of the year categories of the SFA National Small Business Awards.
The company was established in 2016 and last year won a national Best Export Business award in a Local Enterprise Offices competition. It provides a turnkey service of the design, manufacture and installation of attenuation and flood-relief tanks.
“We are still experiencing the same growth that got us into the awards last year. We are growing very rapidly still, picking up a lot of orders in the UK and Ireland,” said Enda Byrne from Tullow, who founded the company with Fenagh’s MJ Lomax.
The Carlow company is currently handling drainage on construction of the new runaway at Dublin Airport, the largest drainage scheme in Ireland in a decade. The company also completed the largest pre-cast reservoir ever built in Europe in Cumbria, north-west England. It has had over 1,000 deliveries to the UK in the last year.
“We are quite an ambitious young company,” said Enda. “A lot of our employees and ourselves are young in our nature. We know what we want to do and where we want to go. We set out to become market leaders in pre-cast concrete tanks initially and we did that.”
The company has also stepped into modular housing, which has already delivered houses locally.
The company employs around 37 people in Garryhill and up to 40 on site carry out installations, including contractors.
Enda was delighted the company has been shortlisted for the award.
“It validates what we have done and it’s nice to get that recognition, although it’s hard to cash it in at times!” he remarked.
“When you put Carlow Concrete in front of these judges that include Enterprise Ireland, NSAI (National Standards Authority of Ireland) and the big PLCs and they review it and like what they see, it is a validation.”


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The Bank of Korea (BOK) has released the results of study it conducted this past year on the legal problems surrounding central bank electronic currencies (CBDC).
The study concludes that a CBDC would satisfy the demands of currency legislation and may be traded with money as both share the same legal status. Therefore it would be reasonable to treat a CBDC in precisely the same way as money deposits held by financial institutions, CoinDesk Korea reported Monday.
For this reason, it is suggested the BOK,'' South Korea's central bank, should possess the legal basis for applying positive or negative interest rates on a future CBDC. It is going to also have to be decided whether the BOK would swap the CBDC for cash with customers directly or via an intermediary agency.
Considering the way the CBDC would fit into South Korea's present legal framework, the study suggests it wouldn't be matter to the Financial Transactions Act, as a CBDC issuance could be based on monetary authority and not for profit.
However, the research highlights the Bank of Korea Act would need to be amended to accommodate the issuance of an electronic money, because the act only accounts for notes and coins at present.
This is different from virtual resources which are described as electronic certificates with economic value which may be traded or moved electronically.
So, as the CBDC would not be considered as land, the legislation would not be able to establish crime such as theft, embezzlement or stolen land. However, given that digital documents are defined as items of land, it could be possible to apply legislation concerning robbery, fraud, intimidation and damage.


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Mobile couponing will save UK millions in fraudulent redemptions
Is there a way to prevent paper couponing fraud? According to Shopitize, the way to solve the problem, and save companies in the UK millions of dollars a year, is to move to mobile couponing.
Coupons continue to be a valuable acquisition and loyalty tool. However, around 30% of paper coupons in the UK are subject to fraud, according to mobile coupon service Shopitize. This misredemption and malredemption of paper coupons is costing firms in the region of $240 million a year.
The problem shows no signs of abating with consumers attempting to use out-of-date coupons or sharing discount codes with friends, particularly via social channels.
"It is extremely difficult to try and come up with a solution that prevents paper couponing being subject to fraud," says Dr Alexey Andriyanenko, joint managing director and co-founder of Shopitize, in a company blog post. "Attempts have been made, either by training retail staff to be more vigilant or by introducing more sophisticated bar-coding, but ultimately mis/malredemption still takes place which greatly increases the costs for any brand running a campaign."
However, the use of mobile coupons can go a long way to preventing fraud, according to Andriyanenko, who believes it has the capacity to be virtually 100% fraud free. Furthermore, the process of redeeming a mobile coupon is faster and easier for consumers and retailers alike, and makes the entire process safer.
"Mobile couponing also does not rely upon the retailer to authorize the coupon, so human error is eliminated," says Andriyanenko. "A busy, tired, cashier no longer has to manually verify countless paper coupons at the checkout. Now it is done via our automated ecosystem, not at the check-out, thus preventing queue bottlenecks."
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04 Jul 16 Famous Brands scores its own tomato paste factory at a bargain
In another step to increasing vertical integration of its supply chain, Famous Brands has bought a bankrupt tomato paste factory in Port Elizabeth’s Coega precinct at a significantly discounted purchase price.
“The practically unused facility, constructed in 2010 at a cost of R200m, was bought out of liquidation at a significantly discounted purchase consideration,” the company said in a statement. “The acquisition will be funded from cash reserves.” Various media reports put the price tag at a bargain R35m for the factory established by Cape Concentrate.
At the time of opening, the ownership of Cape Concentrate was split between the Jonah Capital Group and Post Harvest Environmental Technologies. The Jonah group, belonging to Ghanaian business magnate Sam Jonah, had a 52% stake, while the latter owned 48% of the company. (Read more here)
Years later it went bust, after failing to find substantial customers for the tomato paste produced. Hedderwick says the plant has not been operational for eight months.
Tomato paste is a popular product category with the local industry unable to supply the growing demand. Because of this, Hedderwick says up to 35 000 tons of tomato paste are imported, largely from China, to meet the demand. These demand-supply market dynamics place Famous Brands in a strategic position if it successfully gets Cape Concentrate running.
The DTI has also tried to incentivise investment and in 2012 raised the general rate of duty on tomato pastes, purees and concentrates from 15% to 37%, which is the World Trade Organisation-bound rate.
This move follows a similar acquisition in May of chips factory Lamberts Bay Foods and forms part of the company’s strategy to own its supply chain.
The company owns restaurants Wimpy, Mugg & Bean, Europa as well as fast food outlets Steers, Debonairs Pizza, Fishaways and Milky Lane.
“This acquisition will enhance the group’s capability to manufacture licensed products for our franchise network as well as provide security in respect of a significant menu item and manufacturing ingredient,” said Kevin Hedderwick, former Famous Brands CEO and now group strategic advisor responsible for merger and acquisitions.
“We also plan to expand the customer base for this product beyond our own internal customers, capitalising on the shortage of tomato paste which exists in the South African market,” he said.
Revealing the strategic potential of the business, Hedderwick said: “The local industry is unable to supply growing demand for the product, and some 30-35 000 tonnes of tomato paste are imported by South Africa annually to meet the shortfall.
“Famous Brands itself currently imports in the order of 1 500-2 000 tonnes of tomato paste per year for use primarily in our Sauce and Spice plant, which manufactures sauce products for the Group’s 2 600-strong restaurant network as well as for our retail (trade) customers.
“In terms of supply, we are satisfied that we can expediently establish a local supplier network to provide the required raw material volumes,” he said. “In addition, the plant and premises are in immaculate condition, so we have effectively acquired a turn-key facility – at a small percentage of its true value.
Famous Brands will model the business on its empowerment venture, Famous Brands Fine Cheese Company (FBFCC), formerly Coega Cheese Company.
The new company will comprise a strategic alliance partnership between local farmers, who will grow tomatoes on contract, and Famous Brands, which will be responsible for providing the customer base, as well as managing the production and route-to-market functions, it said.
The partnership will provide 35 jobs in the plant and deliver financial benefit for the farmers, the company said.
“As soon as possible, we will actively recruit previously disadvantaged farmers in the area for our supplier network,” said Hedderwick. “We will also tap into our existing FBFCC farmer base to gauge their interest in this new opportunity.
The operation is expected to be commissioned in early 2017.
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For 10 hours a day, Mushtaz Ahmad weaves one of the world's most precious fibers - wool from the Tibetan antelope, or chiru. So luxuriously soft and warm are the shahtoosh shawls that come off Mr. Ahmad's wooden loom that their retail price runs into the thousands of dollars.
Mr. Ahmad's home state of Jammu and Kashmir, the only place the precious garments are made, has been the lone holdout in the international ban on the shahtoosh trade. The shawls have always been available here, even though trade has been banned since 1975 under a United Nations convention on endangered species. But even as the state government last week reannounced an "in principle ban," implementation may be a long time coming.
In a region where more than a decade of separatist struggles has decimated a once thriving tourist industry, Kashmir officials have long refused to enforce the ban. "We cannot save the animal at the cost of humans and vice versa," says Kashmir's Industry Minister, Shiekh Mustaffa Kumal. Before they attempt enforcement, the state wants an auction of current stocks, amnesty for shawl owners, and a compensation package for the estimated 20,000 weavers, embroiderers, spinners, and sellers in the industry. Dr. Kumal points out that a compensation package for tiger taxidermists took a decade to implement because the central government had to agree to the package and provide funding. Yet the Wildlife Protection Society of India, which brought suit against the state this summer to force the chiru issue, says that ban too has failed: Tiger bones, used in traditional Chinese medicine, are traded for chiru on the Tibetan/Indian border - one bag of bones buys two bags of wool.
Kashmir traders also maintain that the chiru is not killed to make shawls. At his home in Srinagar, Gulam Hasson Yarr wiggles his impersonation of an animal he's never seen: He says the chiru scratches off its winter coat onto rocks and bushes.
But scientist George Schaller has seen the chiru where they live, and is working to stop the spin on the traders' yarn. On trips to the Tibetan plateau, where the arid landscape allows few bushes, Dr. Schaller says in the late '80s he saw more carcasses piling up in nomad huts, and more dealers carrying sacks of wool. Herdsmen told him that Chinese hunters were shooting the animals. Schaller, director of science for the Wildlife Conservation Society in New York, says 30,000 chiru could once be seen in a single herd. Five years ago, he estimated that 75,000 were left, and today the numbers are certainly lower.
The shahtoosh trade has undergone increasing scrutiny since Schaller began documenting the chiru's decline. On Nov. 6, two traders and a dealer will be sentenced in New Jersey; the case is the first criminal prosecution in the United States involving shahtoosh. The Bombay-based trader could be fined up to $ 500,000 and the US importers face a fine of $25,000 each and/or six months in jail.
In the green-carpeted parlor of a Srinagar weaving house, men sit cross-legged, sipping tea and trading conspiracies. Seller Hilal Ahmad Bazaz says, "there are some agencies working behind [the ban]. Because Kashmir is demanding freedom, India is taking revenge." Wholesaler Yarr moans that "the Hindus are making a decision against us because we are Muslims." Haji Abdul Hamid Ganaie, president of the Pashmina and Shahtoosh Weavers Association, says the US blames Kashmir for the chiru killings because it is scared of the Chinese.
Today Kashmiris are being told to make more pashmina shawls. But while pashmina is the weave of a renewable resource (farmed goat), it may be an endangered fashion item. British Vogue declared it "out" last August. Furthermore, the proud shahtoosh artisans see pashmina as a major demotion - akin to a poet penning a soap opera and being paid half the money to do so.
As an international fashion fad depleted a species, an international convention on the rights of that animal is unraveling an ancient art and trade. Yarr says people will start braving Kashmir's violence to come and buy his shawls. "This is the softest and warmest material on earth, it's for kings and the common man, it will never leave. This craze, it will never die."
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Dwyane Wade Wants $800 000 for His McLaren 12C
Back in 2012, Dwyane Wade was one of the first celebs to purchase and parade the new McLaren 12C and now two years later, he is looking to offload the supercar. The catch is, he wants $800 000 for his ride simply because he is famous. This is three times the price of a new 12C which to me is a complete joke but it seems people out there may just do it. This is kind of like people paying an exorbitant amount to drive the Lamborghini that Bieber was arrested in.


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PARIS – When Kim Kardashian West arrived at the 2021 Met Gala wearing a black Balenciaga bodysuit and dress covering every inch of her figure – including her very famous face – some onlookers were quick to suggest designer Demna Gvasalia and the superstar social media ignored the evening. theme, “In America: A Fashion Lexicon.”
On closer inspection, however, you could tell that Kardashian’s look followed the dress code to the letter: over her bodysuit, she wore a T-shirt (“What could be more American than that?” asked New York-based creative director Paul Cupo. ). And Gvasalia’s decision to hide Kardashian’s face and cover her in black has reduced her to a silhouette, a name, a signifier waiting to be activated – underscoring her role as one of the most powerful marketing vessels of modern American fashion.
The move was a coup. By covering it up, Gvasalia brought even more attention to one of the world’s most famous women and, by extension, Balenciaga. That observers perceive the look as both something and its opposite was typical of Gvasalia: her vision of fashion is both luxury and street; both one of the simplest and most multi-layered proposals in fashion.
Since Vetements founder Gvasalia took over as creative helm at Balenciaga in 2015, followers of his vision have witnessed a bold and persistent experimentation with construction and silhouettes, with spectacles that have elevated and subverted contemporary dress codes while lobbying socio-political criticism.
“Just like that, Balenciaga is back,” wrote critic Cathy Horyn after seeing her debut range, which introduced chunky puffer jackets thrown over the shoulders like opera coats, updated skirts and an approach to Margiela type to rework found objects. like market bags and thrift store hippie dresses. Then there was the sinister palette of carnation pink, princess purple and cadmium red, which alongside highlighter yellow remain the brand’s signature colors.
In Gvasalia’s hands, Balenciaga – whose founder, Cristobal, is said to have invented modern couture – then applied the house’s long tradition of experimenting with volume to items like oversized hoodies, jeans and sneakers, rolling out composed everyday pieces to the runway -ready proportions. By planting the Balenciaga flag on the burgeoning categories of streetwear and luxury sneakers, and treating them as worthy of design attention (and consumer dollars) as stilettos or a party dress. , Gvasalia “has changed the trajectory of this brand in the long term,” Chief Chief Executive Officer Cédric Charbit told BoF. “To redefine Balenciaga is to help redefine luxury.”
But as the company grew, Gvasalia became better known as a merchandise and sneaker brand to many consumers, who encountered the label primarily through logo t-shirts, sweatshirts hoodies, caps and “Triple S” and “Speed” shoes that were driving sales. .
Despite runways that evolved into couture with huge bell-shaped crinoline dresses and leggings of medieval armor, the ubiquity of Balenciaga’s products – both on the streets and tagged by hypebeasts on social media social – risked dominating the brand’s fashion message. The aggressive marketing of sneakers by multi-brand e-retailers has certainly boosted sales but added to the growing risk of dilution of the brand’s DNA.
“In luxury, the brand must be bigger than any product,” said artistic director Fabien Baron. “It’s a pyramid. To widen at the base, you need to polish the top.
A recent communication campaign helped rebalance the Balenciaga brand, ushering in what Charbit and Gvasalia call its “new era”. A best-selling couture collection drawn from the brand’s 104-year history, making iconic silhouettes relevant while elevating its current iconic shapes like jeans, t-shirts and hoodies to couture level. This was followed by a return to the red carpet, where Balenciaga dressed stars at the Cannes Film Festival and the Met Gala (including Rihanna, Tracee Ellis Ross and Micaela Cole in addition to Kardashian) for the first time in five years.
These changes have helped restore the primacy of Balenciaga’s high-quality heritage and avant-garde creative message to its successful products. Meanwhile, a star-studded campaign with Isabelle Huppert and Justin Bieber ensures that commercial items like her Runner sneakers and Hourglass handbags are never far from sight.
“We want to be clearer that Balenciaga is both streetwear and couture,” said Charbit, speaking from his office at the brand’s Paris headquarters, which shares a campus with owner Kering in a restored hospital complex. of the 17th century. “Very few brands have a high fashion positioning with the kind of archives and rich history that we have. It’s important to celebrate that.”
Streetwear, couture and ultra-bankable: under Gvasalia and Charbit, sales have exploded. The group (whose other brands include Gucci, Bottega Veneta and Saint Laurent) does not detail Balenciaga’s revenues, but in 2019 Chairman and CEO François-Henri Pinault praised the brand for crossing the billion-euro mark. annual sales. Its turnover has since exceeded 1.5 billion euros, according to market sources, which means that Balenciaga has overtaken Bottega Veneta to become the group’s third brand.
The pandemic has hardly slowed Balenciaga down. Even as revenues in the wider luxury sector fell 23% in 2020, according to consultancy Bain, white-hot branding, e-commerce know-how and accelerating precariousness in the broader fashion market have helped Balenciaga drive both sales growth and improved margins. for the full year.
Sales are now roughly split in thirds between handbags, shoes and apparel, while the split between womenswear and menswear is about 50-50, according to Charbit. That same breakdown might suggest weaker activity in womenswear and bags than many of its large-scale luxury peers, but it’s a balance that Charbit defends as “healthy and cohesive for a modern luxury brand.”
“We’ve seen an explosion in demand for this brand across all categories,” said Sam Lobban, Nordstrom’s senior vice president of design and new concepts. Track and Triple S styles took hold in the business alongside sock-like Speed sneakers, while a “massive rise” in the Hourglass bag reduced focus on “City” motorcycle bags. and “Neo City” (descendants of the Lariat style that has driven the company for over a decade after being introduced by former creative director Nicolas Ghesquière in 2001).
As it enters its “new era”, Balenciaga has not only invested in couture and red carpet marketing, but in expanding its retail footprint, targeting larger and more visible stores, including including openings at Rodeo Drive in Los Angeles, IAPM in Shanghai. , Miami’s Design District and Sloane Street in London. A three-storey megastore in London is currently under construction on a prime stretch of New Bond Street.
The brand has also stepped up its internet marketing, adding to the clever campaigns – including parodies of celebrities hiding from the paparazzi or dystopian newscasts – that have long been the brand’s hallmark.
When physical shows were suspended due to the pandemic, a viral web video took over, followed by an entire collection released via video game last December. This fall, the brand delved deeper into the metaverse, teaming up with Epic Games’ Fortnite to bring players a collection of virtual looks that can be purchased in the hit game. “The way they’ve built all of these touchpoints is really quite impressive,” Lobban said.
While the Met Gala had revived Balenciaga’s research, Google Trends shows that the launch of Fortnite leads to a much more dramatic increase.
Even before the pandemic scuttled several seasons of traditional in-person shows, sending stablemates of Kering like Gucci, Bottega Veneta and Saint Laurent to experiment with new rhythms and formats, Balenciaga had been toying with how and when to present its collections. The brand often featured men and women together, combining the pre-collections with the main season or reversing when the collections were shown.
Going forward, the brand plans to spread communication investments more evenly across four key ready-to-wear moments of the year, avoiding the industry’s long-standing default that trade collections arriving in May and December should be smaller and less creative than those set. for delivery in February and July.
“There’s been such a big gap between the pre-collections – where you just shoot against a cyclorama backdrop and send the lookbook to Vogue Runway – and the multi-million dollar catwalk collection where you really get into it. It’s not cool,” Charbit said.
With fashion editors, buyers and celebrities invited here to Paris for the first in-person ready-to-wear week since March 2020, Balenciaga’s show is set to be one of the most anticipated events of the season as the brand is aiming to continue its hit high fashion runway and Met Gala exit that won the red carpet. The house has been mostly silent on the details of the event which will take place on Saturday evening at the Théâtre du Châtelet. “Expect the unexpected,” Charbit said.
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It looks like Disney’s live-action Mulan is earning loads of cash – just not in cinemas. In a recent article, Yahoo! Finance mentions a report by the analytics research firm 7Park Data.
According to their numbers, about 29% of U.S. Disney+ users rented Mulan at some point in early September. Now, Disney’s last earnings report claimed the streaming platform surpassed their expectations by amassing over 60 million subscribers worldwide. Assuming that US users represent half of that number, 7Park Data suggests users rented Mulan around 8,7 million times (29 percent of an estimated 30 million users). With $30 per rental that makes for $261 million. And Disney gets all of it since it doesn’t have to split the profit with the distributors.
Mind you, this is the most optimistic estimate. The earnings may be considerably lower. Yet, even so, it looks like Disney’s Mulan gamble might have paid off. For comparison, the movie wasn’t even released in US cinemas – only overseas. Its target audience was in China – the second-largest movie market in the world. However, Mulan faltered in Chinese cinemas due to political controversy, earning about $36,2 million at the time of this writing. Its total worldwide gross currently stands at around $57 million. But if Disney managed to earn loads of money on VOD releases, this would made Mulan a bona fide blockbuster. Additionally, this would hammer another nail in the coffin of the already struggling movie theaters.


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Start-up retailers Cuahutemoc Vargas and David Garcia already are taking Kulture to the next level, doubling the size of the store they opened in midtown Sacramento in July.
Their store, Kulture, took over the roughly 500-square-foot space that Theresa’s Antiques had occupied at 1006 24th St. Last month, they learned that a potential tenant had passed on the space next door to them and they quickly snapped it up.
“I want to grow it. I want this to be the baby,” said Garcia. “People have been asking if we have another store. That gets my wheels turning. It’s just finding the right location and price.”
The two men, both children of migrant workers, said they will be having a party to celebrate their new addition from 4-8 p.m. on Second Saturday. The store carries T-shirts, tank tops, hoodies and ball caps emblazoned with Aztec-inspired images and Spanish-language phrases, apparel that the two men created with a third partner and began selling online under the Keepin It Paisa label. Kulture also sells Latin American imports such as clay pottery, figurines, art prints and more.
When customers come in, the two men translate the phrases for those who don’t speak Spanish and share personal memories associated with the items they sell. Garcia and Vargas wanted to add other items, they said, but they didn’t have the space to do it.
“It was too small for what we wanted to bring, the imports and all the stuff,” Garcia said. “We had no room. We wanted to expand the clothing, put more of it out.”
The two men first appeared in this column in December, when they shared the meaning of some of the phrases on the clothing they created with their graphic artist pal, Sem Lona. They sell, for instance, items that look like San Francisco Giants apparel but emblazoned with the words ‘San Pancho.’ The cross-cultural reference might stump some people.
“Anybody named Francisco, for short, we call him Pancho,” Garcia explained in that earlier column. “People who live in San Francisco, not just the Latinos, they know this nickname. It’s a phrase I’ve heard from my dad. Instead of saying, ‘We’re going to San Francisco,’ it’s ‘We’re going to San Pancho.’ ”
After the column, Vargas said, hats sold out and they had to order more. A lot of people read that column, Garcia and Vargas said, and they either referenced the article or they came into the store holding the paper.
“They said, ‘Here, you keep this. Give it to your mom and dad,’ ” Vargas said. “ ‘I’m sure they are so proud of you.’ ”
The expansion has allowed the two men, who met as students at Sacramento State, room to leave space for people to step back and admire the inventory and to add a table and chairs where customers can sit and converse.
They also have expanded the number of items they are selling, putting more clothing on the floor and adding Mexican crafts, or artesanía.
Two noticeable additions are the lustrous barro negro, or black clay pottery, and the elaborate designs on the Huichol art, masks and wood sculptures covered in tiny, brightly colored beads. A type of folk art, Huichol is named for the native people of Durango, Jalisco and Nayarit.
“I haven’t had the good fortune to see how they do the process,” Vargas said, “but it’s something that the artist sells a lot. We brought it in on consignment.”


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Amazon Shuts Down Hundreds of Alexa Positions
Amazon has begun layoffs of several hundred employees working on Alexa. The decision seems to be part of ongoing cost reductions across the tech giant.
“As we continue to invent, we’re shifting some of our efforts to better align with our business priorities, and what we know matters most to customers — which includes maximizing our resources and efforts focused on generative AI,” Alexa and Fire TV vice president Daniel Rausch wrote in a memo first shared by GeekWire. “These shifts are leading us to discontinue some initiatives, which is resulting in several hundred roles being eliminated.”
Amazon did not specify which projects would be discontinued within the Alexa division but confirmed that most affected employees are based in the U.S. and Canada. Additional notifications will go out next week in India, with timing in other regions pending local laws. The cuts come as Amazon aims to streamline costs amid economic uncertainty and slowing growth in its retail arm. Last year, Amazon initiated its largest-ever job cuts, eliminating over 27,000 roles after rapid pandemic hiring.
Alexa began as a business initiative almost a decade ago, launching in 2014, and has previously dealt with device and service cuts. Under Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, Alexa and Echo smart speakers saw substantial investment and talent recruitment. The voice assistant was once considered groundbreaking technology. But Alexa now faces surging competition from chatbots leveraging generative AI like ChatGPT. The job cuts suggest the company is rethinking its once-signature voice innovation in light of AI advances. Alexa introduced some generative capabilities last fall, hinting at its evolving direction.


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Microsoft officially has its new Windows 365 cloud PC offer At its annual Inspire conference earlier this week, and subscription service will be available to corporate customers in August. Microsoft has not yet confirmed the pricing details for all of the various configurations, but we’ve already heard that a Windows 365 cloud PC with a dual-core CPU, 4GB of RAM, and 128GB of storage will cost $ 31 per user. Month.
There will be 2 different versions of Windows 365 when the subscription service is available next month: Windows 365 Business will be for SMBs who are interested in deploying cloud PCs for up to 300 users, while Windows 365 Enterprise will be for larger organizations deploying cloud PCs for an unlimited number of users enables.
If Microsoft’s Azure Virtual Desktop already enabled access to Windows through the cloud, Windows 365 promises to make this even easier for business users by removing the complexity of traditional VDI deployments and giving customers multiple configurations with one per user per month pricing . A cloud PC gives customers instant start access to a Windows 10 or Windows 11 computer, and this should be a really attractive proposition for any business that needs a secure environment to run Windows apps, including power hungry apps ones .
There’s currently no special Windows 365 offering for education customers, although accessing a Windows Cloud PC from an iPad or a cheap Chromebook would be a great use case. Microsoft is also ignoring consumers and Windows enthusiasts, although it makes sense for Microsoft to target SMBs and larger organizations first with Windows 365.
Still, I’m probably not the only one who really likes the idea of simply accessing a Windows PC from any device using a web browser. As someone who uses Windows virtual machines on many devices including Macs, the immediate and resource efficient aspects of a web-based solution are real killer functions. I’d love to pay for a Windows 365 for Consumer subscription if that means never having to touch Hyper-V or Parallels Desktop for Mac again.
With Microsoft’s new Chromium-based Edge browser coming soon on Xbox consoles, I can envision using Microsoft’s cloud PC solution to turn an Xbox console into a productivity machine or even a gaming machine. Transform PC to run Steam games. Xbox Insiders had fun Using the new Edge to access Google Stadia or other web-based services on the console and access the cloud PC on the console when needed would definitely be a killer function.
Microsoft really made cloud gaming affordable with Xbox Game Pass Ultimate, but maybe the economic equation isn’t that straightforward to bring Windows 365 to consumers right now. However, we’ve seen startups like Shadow that offer access to a high-end PC to run the Windows apps and games you want on any device, and the service is currently priced at $ 29.99 / month. Specs may vary by market, but for that price, you can expect a 4-core / 8-thread CPU, GeForce GTX 1080 or equivalent, 12GB of RAM and 256GB of storage.
It remains to be seen whether cloud PCs could become the next big thing in the tech world, but Shadow was recently acquired by OVHCloud, one of the largest cloud computing companies in the world that apparently has great ambitions for cloud PC service. However, Windows 365 and Shadow are unlikely to hurt PC sales anytime soon.
The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic led to renewed growth in the PC market despite the shortage of chips, despite recent reports from IDC and gardener recently indicated that this growth is slowing. However, the imminent rollout of Windows 11, which has higher than expected minimum hardware requirements, is likely to boost PC sales over the Christmas period and beyond.
Windows 365 will be available to business customers starting August 2nd, and it will be interesting to see if it can become a great new revenue stream for the company. Microsoft’s Panos Panay didn’t lie earlier this year when he said 2021 would be a big year for Windows and that Windows 365 will make it easier than ever to get the operating system to any device. This could be the version of Windows that will change the PC world as we know it, but a consumer version of Windows 365 can’t come soon enough.


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More than a third (37%) of US and UK retailers and branded manufacturers have annual revenue of US$15 million or more exclusively in online sales, and approximately 40% of their total annual revenue from all sales exceeds US$29 million, and 74% also have a bricks-and-mortar location, according to the '2015 Online Retail Survey' from cloud-based e-commerce solutions firm ChannelAdvisor, which identified new trends, opportunities and challenges in the e-commerce space.
The study found that Amazon generates the greatest sales volume for 60% of respondents when comparing marketplaces, and more than half of retailers use FBA to streamline logistics and reach more Amazon Prime subscribers.
More than a third (35%) of retailers listed Amazon Product Ads and Amazon Sponsored Links as the digital marketing channel that provides the most return on investment (ROI).
"The results of the survey signify the rapid growth of Amazon's third-party marketplace," said Scot Wingo, ChannelAdvisor executive chairman. "Amazon's three-pronged approach that focuses on selection, value and convenience has clearly benefited merchants as well as online shoppers, and it's helped position the company as a leader in e-commerce."
More than a third (34%) of U.S. retailers are seeing 21 to 30% of their web traffic come from mobile devices, whereas a third of U.K. retailers are seeing 11 to 20% of their web traffic come from mobile
Nearly 90% of retailers currently have a presence on Facebook, and Facebook is the social platform that creates the most sales conversions for retailers' products. Nearly a quarter (23%) of retailers said Facebook provides the most ROI for their company when comparing the performance of various digital marketing channels.
Same-day delivery is offered by more than a quarter of retailers (28%), while nearly two thirds (63%) of retailers offer next-day delivery to customers, and more than half (56%) of retailers offer two-day shipping. Nearly a third (32%) of retailers offer international delivery, and click-and-collect is offered by 14% of retailers.


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Tuesday, June 19, 2007
Korean Brewer: Drink Our Beer and Stay Regular
Drink beer? Having trouble staying regular? A Korean brewer might have just the ticket.
Hite Brewery says its new beer, named "S" -- you can figure out what that might stand for -- is fortified with dietary fiber. Hite says each 100 milliliters has 0.5 grams of fiber, so in a typical 330 milliliter bottle you would get the equivalent of two or three cucumbers or eight strawberries. There is no word on any plans to export the brew to the United States.
Each bottle of what Hite calls Stylish Beer with Fiber costs about 83-cents. But just remember the old saying: You don't buy beer, you really only rent it.


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For one, the AI will recognize up to 14 scenes and automatically adjust the settings of the camera. It will also power a digital assistant that can look through the camera. The assistant will be able to translate text seen through the camera entirely offline – all running on the chipsets NPU (Neural Processing Unit).
Speaking of, the new Leica dual cam will have two SUMMLUX-H lenses – both with f/1.6 aperture. The dual cam has a new layout, now oriented vertically instead of near the top edge. The camera and flash will lay on a textured strip – a new design element on the Mate series (though we’ve seen it before.
Anyway, the Huawei Mate 10 will be waterproof – IP67 – and will offer peak LTE speeds up to 1.2Gbps (Cat. 18). Also, it will feature a 4,000mAh battery, but now it has the AI management system to look after it. Super Charge is on board for fast top-ups.
This camera can take camera of the year, but lets wait to see it first.
Indeed Leica camera with f/1.6 aperture will be crazily powerful. Wow, even leica camera with f/2.2 aperture is very good. Something crazily dangerous is coming and coming soon.
If these rumours are true: Thanks Huawei for not downgrading the battery capacity, unlike Xiaomi which has already removed the 3.5 mm headphone jack on their flagships. Dual f/1.6 sounds extremely promising. BTW is it SUMMARIT or SUMMILUX lenses...


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Mr Morrison also says the states and territories have all signed up to a five-year hospital agreement and the Commonwealth will tip in $130 billion.
WA will allow 100 people in gatherings from next Saturday, when the next phase of restrictions are eased.
When Australia's wool industry collapsed in 1991, woolgrowers suddenly found themselves collectively burdened with 180 million near-worthless sheep and almost 5 million bales of unwanted wool.
Across the nation dozens of bold and innovative farmers tried their hand at value-adding; spinning and knitting their own fleeces into woollen clothing.
Most of them have long since given up. Manufacturing clothing like woollen apparel became a perilous pursuit.
But one brand, Toorallie, is emerging as one of the bright stars of Australia's wool industry and it is the younger consumers who are propelling its growth.
Toorallie, run by identical twins Simon and Steve Smith, are all too aware of this emerging market. They cut their cloth, so to speak, to meet modern trends.
"It doesn't have to be 100 per cent Merino, it just has to have Merino as its core," Simon Smith said.
Simon Smith oversees a lot of the technical elements, like the blending of wool with cotton or bamboo and development of stylish fabrics. Increasingly, today's consumers want a more casual style.
"Now we've got a rail of diverse knit scarves, socks, jackets, coats, jeans, t-shirts," Steve Smith said.
Toorallie takes its name from the Smith family's former property at Bombala in south-east New South Wales, where Steve and Simon Smith's parents Peter and Claire owned and ran a large wool-growing property.
The brand flourished for a decade — making colourful, bulky knit jumpers and classical knitwear. But by 2004, cheap Chinese clothes were flooding the Australian market. Sales of woollen clothing had stagnated. Fashion, ever fickle, had moved on.
The business collapsed under a mountain of debt. But Steve and Simon Smith had devoted the prime years of their 20s to the brand and never considered walking away.
The brothers brokered a business partnership with Peter Small, a veteran woolgrower who had spent decades processing Australian wool into fine yarn.
"Well it was bleak. It was as bleak as it could get really," Steve Smith recalled.
Peter Small, became a co-owner with two other silent partners and the re-born Toorallie has gradually gone from strength to strength.
"With patience and commitment we've got it back up and now we're in a good spot where we can invest properly in the brand and really that's investing in design and creative elements," Simon Smith said.
The company now supply more than 250 retail outlets in Australian and New Zealand, and makes a virtue of the fine Merino wool it uses.
All of the fleeces are sourced from Pooginook, a famed wool growing property near Jerilderie in southern New South Wales.
Wool industry executive Ms Griplas, sees that story of provenance as another growing consumer trend.
"The fact that people are so concerned of where their food comes and how their food is made, people are becoming more conscious of where their clothes are made and I think Australian wool perfectly aligns with this," Ms Griplas said.
The Smith brothers are excited about the growth prospects for Merino clothing, domestically and in emerging markets such as the Asian middle class. They're also proud to have toughed it out during the bleak years when Australian clothing manufacturers were falling over in droves.
Twin brother Simon, mirrors those sentiments.
"We love to tell our story of triumph I guess over tough times. And we hope the future's bright. So, keep an eye on us!"
Tim Lee's story TWIN SPIN screens on Landline this Sunday at 12.30pm.


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By SEMA Editors
SEMA celebrated its 50th anniversary at last year's banquet. Chris Kersting, president and CEO, will honor this year's hall of fame inductees at the Installation Gala, Friday, July 18, 2014, at the Sheraton Fairplex Hotel & Conference Center in Pomona, California.
Nile Cornelison, Jim Cozzie, John Menzler and Fred Offenhauser will receive the industry’s highest honor and be inducted into the SEMA Hall of Fame—an elite group of leaders who shaped and inspired the $31 billion automotive specialty-equipment market.
The new members will be recognized as part of the festivities during the SEMA Installation Gala, Friday, July 18, 2014, at the Sheraton Fairplex Hotel & Conference Center in Pomona, California. Those attending the banquet will hear how the four newest Hall of Fame members contributed to the industry and the association that began 50 years ago. The inductees include one of the association’s founding members, along with three former SEMA Person of the Year winners.
Nile Cornelison: Having been involved in the industry as a machinist, drag racer, retail store owner and warehouse distributor (WD), Cornelison's diverse background—coupled with his passion and innovativeness—made him uniquely qualified to lead the industry in what was unchartered territory. In 1982, the industry veteran founded Direct Communications Inc.—now better known as DCi—bridging the communications gap between the jobber/retailer, WD, manufacturer and consumer. Later, he introduced the industry's first dealer locator service via telephone and, for the past 17 years, has been helping
the industry build markets through in-store and online electronic cataloging, revolutionizing how the industry does business today.
Cornelison was named SEMA Person of the Year in 1982 and served as chairman of the Educational Services Committee, which created the SEMA Show Educational seminars that attract thousands of attendees and the Innovations Day concept featuring the OEM manufacturers. Innovations Day paved the way for the more formal sharing of advance OEM information with SEMA manufacturers taking place today. During his eight years on the board of directors, Cornelison spearheaded SEMA's first research initiative, the SEMA Market Study; the "Show-Within-a-Show" concept, which became the SEMA Show's New Products Showcase; and other first-time initiatives.
Jim Cozzie: Cozzie served as SEMA chairman of the board in 2008–2009, a period that many describe as one of the industry’s most challenging economic times. The 2004 SEMA Person of the Year winner used his foresight and knowledge to help SEMA do more than simply persevere through the recession. During this time, the association developed its strategic focus on vehicle technology and expanded efforts to help U.S. manufacturers find opportunities in overseas markets. As a key executive at RTM Productions and Brenton Products, Cozzie continues to amplify the industry’s message through the programs they produce.
John Menzler: Described as a person who loves the work but hates the awards, Menzler dedicated his life to his job and the industry. He was among SEMA’s most active and passionate volunteers, having been involved on several SEMA councils and committees, including charity projects to aid abused and chronically ill children. Menzler was instrumental in establishing a number of valuable SEMA programs, including the SEMA Hot Rod Industry Alliance (HRIA) Education Day. He passed away in 2013 at the age of 67. During his prolonged battle with cancer, Menzler continued to inspire and encourage industry colleagues, family and friends. Inspirational thoughts and motivational messages that he called “Mornings With Menzler” were sent out regularly—often from his hospital bed. Such actions were typical of the man who was named 2011 SEMA Person of the Year and 2010 SEMA Mentor of the Year.
Fred C. Offenhauser: Offenhauser began his career in the industry in the ’30s when he went to work for his uncle, who bears the same name—Fred H. Offenhauser. In 1944, Fred C. was inspired to start his own company and launched Offenhauser Sales Corp. He began making aluminum intake manifolds, which were sold in every speed shop and distributed by most major distributors over the years. The mass distribution made it possible for thousands of racers to modify their engines and increase performance in ways that were not available elsewhere.
Fred C. was among the original charter members when SEMA was founded in 1963. Although the innovator passed away in 1992, his company continues to manufacture and sell intake manifolds and operates out of the same building that the company has resided in since the mid-’50s.
The SEMA Hall of Fame’s four newest members join 143 previously inducted industry icons and innovators who have already been enshrined in the SEMA Hall of Fame. To partake in the celebration where the inductees will be honored and recognized, visit www.sema.org/galatickets or contact Jamie Eriksen at email@example.com, 909-978-6737. For more information about the SEMA Hall of Fame, visit www.sema.org/hof.


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2013 Subaru BRZ World Premiere: 2011 Tokyo Motor Show
As expected, Subaru has debuted the production 2013 BRZ at this year’s Tokyo Motor Show and it looks as good in the flesh as it does in the photos. With all the previews and reveals ahead of its official debut, there were no real surprises once the 2013 Subaru BRZ was seen on the show floor.
The joint sports car between Subaru and Toyota showed off its 2.0L Horizontally-Opposed Boxer engine packing 200-hp and 151 lb-ft of torque. The 17-inch wheels look fitting on the sports coupe, while the overall stance of the vehicle is definitely attractive to the eye. Obviously its styling doesn’t exactly scream Subaru out to us, but its flared fenders and rear wheel arches do remind us of typical Subaru.
On the inside, the smaller steering wheel is comfortable to hold and seems fitting for the coupe, while the seats were surprisingly more comfortable than we originally anticipated them to be.
Unfortunately we weren’t able to experience whether or not this BRZ is truly a “Pure Handling Delight”, at least not yet.
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Jason Siu began his career in automotive journalism in 2003 with Modified Magazine, a property previously held by VerticalScope. As the West Coast Editor, he played a pivotal role while also extending his expertise to Modified Luxury & Exotics and Modified Mustangs. Beyond his editorial work, Jason authored two notable Cartech books. His tenure at AutoGuide.com saw him immersed in the daily news cycle, yet his passion for hands-on evaluation led him to focus on testing and product reviews, offering well-rounded recommendations to AutoGuide readers. Currently, as the Content Director for VerticalScope, Jason spearheads the content strategy for an array of online publications, a role that has him at the helm of ensuring quality and consistency across the board.
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Equifax, Experian, data brokers and ad tech companies face investigation under GDPR
Campaigning charity Privacy International has filed complaints with data protection authorities in France, Ireland, and the UK against seven data brokers, ad-tech companies and credit reference agencies.
It said that Equifax and Experian, data brokers Acxiom and Oracle, and ad-tech firms Criteo, Quantcast, and Tapad, should be investigated “to protect individuals from the mass exploitation of their data”.
The charity added: “Our complaints target companies that, despite exploiting the data of millions of people, are not household names and therefore rarely have their practices challenged. In tandem with the complaints, we have today launched a campaign to seek to empower people and make it easier to demand that these companies delete our data.”
UK-based Privacy International’s complaints argue that the way these companies “exploit people’s data, in particular for profiling”, is in contravention of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), which took effect in May this year.
The complaints are based on more than 50 subject access requests to the companies, as well as information in their marketing material and privacy policies.
“As such, our assertions are based on evidence that represents only the tip of the iceberg. We expect and anticipate the regulators will be able to delve more deeply into our concerns regarding wide-scale and systematic infringements of the GDPR,” said Privacy International.
The UK’s Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has already issued assessment notices to Acxiom, Equifax and Experian. “We are asking the ICO to take into account our submissions in the context of their ongoing investigation and urge the ICO to widen its investigation to include Criteo, Oracle, Quantcast, and Tapad,” said the charity.
As part of its campaign, Privacy International said it had made it easier for people to write to companies and demand they delete their data.
“The data broker and ad-tech industries are premised on exploiting people’s data,” said Ailidh Callander, its legal officer. “Most people have likely never heard of these companies, and yet they are amassing as much data about us as they can and building intricate profiles about our lives.
“GDPR sets clear limits on the abuse of personal data. Privacy International’s complaints set out why we consider these companies’ practices are failing to meet the standard – yet we’ve only been able to scratch the surface with regard to their data exploitation practices. GDPR gives regulators teeth and now is the time to use them to hold these companies to account.”
The GDPR strengthens rights of individuals in relation to the protection of their data and imposes more stringent obligations on those processing personal data, and provides for stronger regulatory enforcement powers. Privacy International said that the real test for GDPR will be in its enforcement.
Frederike Kaltheuner, its data exploitation programme lead, said: “The world is being rebuilt by companies and governments so that they can exploit data.
“Without urgent and continuous action, data will be used in ways that people cannot now even imagine, to define and manipulate our lives without us being to understand why or being able to effectively fight back. We encourage journalists, academics, consumer organisations, and civil society more broadly, to further hold these industries to account.”
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Amazon CEO and founder, Jeff Bezos, has once again become the world’s richest person for the second time this month, after surpassing Elon Musk some hours ago, according to the real-time data retrieved from the Bloomberg Billionaire index.
Bezos’s current wealth valuation of $186 billion has seen his personal wealth, which mostly comes from Amazon stocks, immune against record sell-offs as seen in Tesla stock price in the past few days.
Elon Musk has fallen to 2nd position, as he is currently worth $184 billion, taking into consideration his net worth plunged by $15.2 billion on Tuesday, as Tesla shares lost about 8.55% in value.
The drop in Elon Musk’s wealth after Tesla stopped taking new orders for the lowest-priced version of its Model Y.
However, stock experts have not ruled the car company out, on the account, it gained 743% last year.
Amazon continued to stay more stable like a valued stock coupled with the properly managed team created by Jeff Bezos while he reigned at Amazon as its CEO.
The 57-year-old billionaire’s present wealth valuation would presently buy 102 million troy ounces of gold or 2.79 Billion barrels of crude oil.
Amazon is the world’s biggest online retailer company. The American-based company sells books, household goods, and other retail products through its flagship platform.
The company also controls the Whole Foods grocery chain and offers video streaming services. It remains the biggest cloud computing provider worldwide.


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According to the Audit Bureau of Circulation (ABC), the daily circulation of The Asian Wall Street Journal in Indonesia stands at 3,473 copies, but Publisher William Adamopoulos expects that figure to increase to 5,000 to 6,000 copies once domestic printing begins.
ABC audited daily circulation for The Asian Wall Street Journal was 59,309 in the first half of 1998, following growth in Taiwan, Korea and the Philippines. In addition to The Asian Wall Street Journal, Dow Jones & Co. publishes the Far Eastern Economic Review in Asia and provides electronic information services through Dow Jones Newswires and Dow Jones Interactive Publishing. It also has a 50% stake in satellite business-news channel CNBC Asia.
Dow Jones recently appointed Todd Slater as director of Dow Jones Interactive Publishing in Asia-Pacific, based in Hong Kong. Mr. Slater has worked for Dow Jones throughout Asia since 1987, and is now responsible for interactive sales and marketing activities throughout the region.
The Far Eastern Economic Review, meanwhile, has launched an outdoor campaign in Hong Kong and Singapore to promote sales and build awareness.
Dow Jones has painted three buses each in Hong Kong and Singapore and 100 taxi-tops in Singapore with the Review logo and a selection of the magazine's best covers.
"In an economic downturn, it is vital to have a bold advertising presence to stay ahead," says Karen Mullis, managing director of the Review. "The bus and taxi campaign complements the Review's ongoing print advertising, which we recently expanded to cover the region more widely."
Copyright August 1998, Crain Communications Inc.