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Roundup of the OnePlus 10 Pro: Expected Price in India, Launch Event Date, Specifications, and Features
Here's everything you need to know about the new OnePlus 10 Pro, which will be available in India on March 31st!
OnePlus is preparing to launch its most expensive flagship smartphone in India in 2022. The company has confirmed that the OnePlus 10 Pro will be available in the country on March 31, 2022. The latest OnePlus smartphone will include all of the most up-to-date specifications and features available in the smartphone industry, such as the latest Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 processor, Quad HD+ AMOLED LTPO display, ultra-fast charging support, advanced cooling systems, Hasselblad cameras, and more.
With this, the upcoming OnePlus 10 Pro will compete with flagship offerings from Samsung and Apple. But what are the device's features and specifications? How much will the OnePlus 10 Pro cost in India? When will it be available? To address all of these concerns, we have compiled a comprehensive article on the OnePlus 10 Pro expected India price, launch details, specifications, features, and more. So, without further ado, let us begin.
OnePlus 10 Pro Launch Date, and Event Time, Where to Watch It Live
OnePlus has confirmed that its flagship smartphone, the OnePlus 10 Pro, will be released in India on March 31st. The launch event will begin at 7:30 PM IST, according to the brand. OnePlus will also unveil the OnePlus Bullets Wireless Z2 and the OnePlus Buds Pro Radiant Silver model at the launch event. Users who want to watch the live stream can go to the company's website or the OnePlus 10 Pro YouTube channel. Furthermore, to get the most up-to-date information and live updates during the launch event, visit the OnePlus official Twitter handle.
OnePlus 10 Pro Expected Price in India
The OnePlus 10 Pro price in India is expected to start at Rs 66,999 for the base variant with 8GB RAM and 128GB internal storage. The phone will also have a top-tier variant with 12GB of RAM and 256GB of storage, which could cost Rs 71,999. However, the actual prices of all variants of the device will not be revealed until the launch event.
OnePlus 10 Pro Expected Sale Date
The latest OnePlus smartphone is expected to go on sale next week. According to the most recent rumours and leaks, the OnePlus 10 Pro will go on sale on April 5th. The phone will be available for purchase through Amazon, which has set up a dedicated landing page on its platform. Furthermore, the phone could be purchased from the OnePlus official website and OnePlus flagship stores across the country.
OnePlus 10 Pro Specifications and Features
The OnePlus 10 Pro's specifications and features are already known, thanks to its recent China launch. The latest smartphone includes flagship-level features such as premium 3D nanocrystalline ceramic, a flagship Snapdragon chipset, ultra-fast charging, and more. Here's what you should know.
2nd-Gen Hasselblad Cameras
The latest OnePlus 10 Pro will be accompanied by a Hasselblad collaboration. The phone has three cameras: a 48MP primary lens with a Sony IMX789 sensor and OIS support, a 50MP ultra-wide-angle lens with a Samsung JN1 sensor and a 150-degree field of view, and an 8MP telephoto lens with 3.3x zoom.
The handset is also a company first in that it supports 10-bit colour photography from all three lenses. Furthermore, the wide-angle lens includes a new Fisheye mode, and Movie Mode allows users to adjust ISO, shutter speed, and other settings. For selfies and video calls, the phone has a 32MP shooter with a Sony IMX615 sensor and an f/2.4 aperture.
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 Chipset
The OnePlus 10 Pro is powered by Qualcomm's latest Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 processor, which is manufactured on a 4nm process. The chipset includes an octa-core Kryo CPU with a clock speed of up to 3.0 GHz. The Adreno 730 GPU is also included in the chipset.
In comparison to its predecessor, the system-on-chip is equipped with a 7th Gen Qualcomm AI Engine, which provides a 2x faster tensor accelerator and a 2x larger shared memory. It also includes Snapdragon Elite Gaming, and the company claims it is the first Snapdragon chipset to feature Unreal Engine 5. The processor also supports the Qualcomm FastConnect 6900 System, which allows for Wi-Fi 6 and 6E speeds of up to 3.6 Gbps.
Quad HD+ AMOLED Display
The OnePlus 10 Pro has a flagship-quality display. The phone has a 6.7-inch Quad HD+ E4 AMOLED LTPO display with a 3216 x 1440 pixel resolution. The device also has a peak brightness of up to 1300 nits and a variable screen refresh rate of 120Hz.
Other Specifications and Features
The back panel of the OnePlus 10 Pro is made of glass with a matte finish. It also has a 3D nanocrystalline ceramic lens cover and comes in Volcanic Black and Emerald Forest. The phone has up to 12GB of LPDRR4x RAM and 256GB of UFS 3.1 storage. It has an in-display fingerprint sensor, stereo speakers with Dolby Atmos, and other features.
The device is powered by Android 12 with the company's custom xygenOS 12 on top. The OnePlus 10 Pro has a 5,000mAh battery with support for 80W fast charging, 50W wireless charging, and reverse wireless charging. The phone has 5G, dual 4G VoLTE, Wi-Fi 6, Bluetooth 5.2, GPS, GLONASS, dual-SIM support, and a USB Type-C port for connectivity. The phone is 163 x 73.9 x 8.55 mm in size and weighs 200.5 grams.


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Global Collaboration - Ireland and India
On 1st October, Mr Akhilesh Mishra takes on the mantle of Indian Ambassador to Ireland. Just before the beginning of his tenure, Indian Ambassador-Designate, Akhilesh Mishra, has already started engaging with different stakeholders of the Indo-Irish community.
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Market Size in India is among the top 20 markets for medical devices worldwide. India’s medical devices market stood at US$ 11 billion in 2020 and is expected to reach US$ 65 billion in 2024. India has a 75-80% import dependency on medical devices, with exports at Rs. 14,802 crore (US$2.1 billion) in 2019 and is expected to increase at a CAGR of 29.7% to reach Rs. 70,490 crore (US$10 billion) in 2025. To increase export of medical devices in the country, the Indian Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MOHFW) and Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation (CDSCO) implemented the following initiatives: re-examination and implementation of Schedule MIII (a draft guidance on good manufacturing practices and facility requirements); system for export labelling; clinical evaluation and adverse reporting clarification; state licensing authority to extend free sales certificate validity from 2 years to 5 years to allow exports; create a list of manufacturers with export licensing for easy access by regulatory authorities worldwide.
In order to act as a bridge between these government initiatives and promoting Indian Medical Devices to the EU, Mr Jay R. Shah – Communications Officer at Med-Di-Dia limited, invited Mr Akhilesh Mishra for a virtual discussion aimed towards creating a link between MedTech Innovators and Opportunities in the European Union.
Med-Di-Dia is a regulatory and quality compliance consultancy firm supporting Medical Device, In-Vitro Diagnostics and Digital Health companies from Galway, Ireland. They provide services in order to represent medical device manufacturers in the capacity of European Union Authorised Representative [Requirements as per the EU MDR]
Med-Di-Dia’s Director Mrs Greer Deal extended a warm welcome, saying, “We embrace the opportunity to work with Akhilesh Mishra not only now but also when he takes on the responsibility of being Indian Ambassador to Ireland. There are many synergies between the two countries and we are delighted to be at the start of the journey towards building a stronger bridge between Ireland and India in order to develop a highly educated and innovative MedTech sector across the two territories.”
Moreover, Med-Di-Dia’s Founder Mr Bobby Deal, highlighted his particular interest and passion “to share our regulatory knowledge and expertise with the next generation of professionals. In this way, we can help to lay down good foundations for continued growth and fully support Indian and Irish MedTech entrepreneurs in fulfilling their dreams to improve the quality of care in our respective healthcare systems.”
“Being an Indian Citizen, it is a privilege for me to work for Med-Di-Dia where they can provide genuine help and services to the young minds and MedTech Innovators in India”, says Jay R. Shah
In the coming days, these relations will prove to be beneficial for the Indian MedTech Industry. This is just a small step through which Indian MedTech Entrepreneurs and companies can expand themselves into the European Union.
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Sonoma Creamery’s latest cheese items were too tasty to pass up as we browsed this year’s Fancy Food Show at the Big Apple.
President and CEO John Crean took the time to share these items with us in an exclusive interview, which can be seen above.
“We’re showing our new snack line, called Mr. Cheese O’s,” John tells me, explaining that they are made from all natural cheese and are both non-GMO and completely gluten free.
Made with organic quinoa and organic brown rice, John explained that these on-the-go snacks are a way of extending cheese away from refrigerated casing without having to use anything artificial.
The Mr. Cheese O’s line, launched last year, was available in four varieties until now:
Now Sonoma Creamery is launching two new flavors: Zesty BBQ and French Onion.
The cheesy snack line is available in both the one ounce snack pack and the family-sized 3.75 ounce multi-pack.
Stay tuned to Deli Market News for more one-on-one interviews, as well as the latest industry news.


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ATTLEBORO, Mass. - Nice! Supply New England took 172 heating and plumbing contractor customers and their spouses to the Dreams Los Cabos Resort & Spa in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico, this past March. The vacation trip was all-inclusive for Supply New England’s guests.
Participating contractors had met or surpassed their sales objectives in order to earn their trip to the Los Cabos “dream destination.” While at the resort contractors and their spouses could participate in activities ranging from snorkeling and golf, to deep-sea fishing and horseback riding.
According to the supplier, “Many chose the time just to relax by the resort’s pools under brilliant skies during the day, and indulge themselves during the evening at one of the resort’s fine restaurants.”
A total of 45 Supply New England employees and 27 manufacturers/vendor representatives also made the trip. “It was a great trip and a great time,” said David Corcoran, Supply New England’s president. “It was our way to thank this group of folks who represent our most loyal customers.”
Los Cabos was the wholesale-distributor’s fifth consecutive customer incentive trip. Another trip (scheduled for 2009) is being planned to have its participatory rollout in the near future.
Supply New England has 15 branches in Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Connecticut. The company also operates seven retail Kitchen & Bath Galleries.
For more information, visit www.supplynewengland.com.
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We've been seeing blurry cellphone pics and hearing rumors for weeks, but Intel is finally showing off the next generation of its Classmate PC at the Intel Developer Forum in Shanghai.
The new Classmate is, as we expected, the same machine we saw a few weeks ago in some, and referred to at the time by Intel's generic NetBook platform name. Then, last week, we learned that one of the companies selling the new Classmate would be a laptop vendor named Computer Technology Link, or CTL, and they were going to (Intel is creating the basic reference design, while OEMS in different regions will manufacture the systems).
The Classmate is designed for students, and Andrew Chien, an Intel vice president and director of Intel Research said in a statement, "Only 5 percent of the world's children today have access to a PC or to the Internet. Education is one of the best examples of how technology improves our lives."
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BOSTON — If you’re looking to rip somebody off, this week might not be the week to try it.
The state’s Office of Consumer Affairs and Business Regulation announced the launch of National Consumer Protection Week yesterday (Feb. 4-10).
Throughout the week, the state will help consumers protect themselves from identity theft, ensure drivers know their rights under the state’s Lemon Law and assist homeowners in preventing home-improvement scams.
Consumers are encouraged to read up and boost their “consumer IQ” at www.consumer.gov/nepw. Consumer information can help people recognize a rip-off, smell a scam, or find a fraud.
The Office of Consumer Affairs encourages those with questions regarding ID theft, the Lemon Law and contractor scams to call the office hotline at 1-888-283-3757.


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At an event in London today, smartphone manufacturer Vertu revealed its latest device, Metavertu—a “Web3 phone” that can run its own blockchain node and turn photos and videos into with a single click.
The device itself is unapologetically aimed at the higher end of the market. All models sport a ceramic frame and Vertu’s signature sapphire glass screen, powered by a Qualcomm SnapDragon 8 Gen 1 CPU. A 6.67in, 2400×1080 AMOLED display, three-lens camera array and a 4,600mAh battery round off the standard specs list.
The entry-level model comes with a carbon fiber finish, 12GB RAM and 512GB internal storage and a $3,600 price point. The top-of-the-line model, meanwhile, has 18GB RAM and 1TB storage, and comes wrapped in "Himalaya Alligator leather," 18K gold and diamonds. The price? A staggering $41,000.
Vertu’s new luxury audience
Still, if you’ve dropped a million dollars on a Bored Ape Yacht Club NFT, that’s comparatively restrained.
This is presumably what Vertu is banking on. The smartphone manufacturer previously sold smartphones with mid-tier specs and outrageously expensive finishes to luxury consumers (in 2017, it went bankrupt doing so, and has been through a succession of owners before relaunching in 2018).
These days, the jet set has moved on to the exciting world of Web3, NFTs and the metaverse, with the emergence of a crypto nouveau riche for whom CryptoPunks and Azuki NFTs are the new Burberry and Louis Vuitton.
But the problem with Web3, said Vertu CEO Gary Chan at the phone’s launch event in London, is that its complexity is a turn-off for new users. “We want to reinvent the smartphone to de-complicate Web3,” he said.
With that in mind, the Metavertu can switch between Web2 mode—the standard Android operating system seen on most smartphones—to a Web3 mode. Users can create a wallet in a few clicks, with private keys protected by the phone’s trusted execution environment (TEE), and access a suite of decentralized applications () through a friendly, Android-style interface.
Those dapps include VOS, which enables the phone to be used as a “”validator, a light node, and a light client” on the blockchain, according to a Vertu spokesperson. Another dapp, Vshot, enables the user to mint an NFT with one click from a photo or video.
The phone also includes Vtalk, an encrypted peer-to-peer instant messaging app that “integrates decentralized social networking” features including DAOs, according to Chan.
On top of all that, users get access to 10 terabytes of distributed storage on IPFS, as well as access to Vertu’s “red button” 24/7 concierge service. Even that service has been updated to reflect the Web3 world. “We have a special NFT investment team to help our users to better understand NFTs quickly,” said Chan, which includes guiding newcomers through the process of collecting non-fungible tokens and advising them on which upcoming collections are worth snapping up.
The Metavertu will go on sale beginning Nov. 3 through the Vertu website as well as its bricks-and-mortar stores, including a new location on London’s Bond Street opening later in the year.


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Fitch cuts Sony, Panasonic debt ratings to "junk" status
By James Topham | November 22, 2012 9:28 PM EST
Ratings agency Fitch downgraded the debt ratings of Japan's Sony Corp and Panasonic Corp to "junk" status citing weakness in their consumer electronics and TV operations, further diminishing the luster of the once-great Japanese brands.
A strong yen and bumps in China, where growth has slowed and Japanese goods have been targeted in sometimes violent protests recently, have also weighed on their earnings.
The two companies, along with Sharp Corp, racked up combined losses of $20 billion last year, leading them to axe jobs, sell assets and close facilities.
"Both Sony and Panasonic are struggling to generate operating profits, but each is restructuring and I don't envision the current situation continuing," said Masahi Oda, Chief Investment Officer at Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank.
"A collapse of their core business would be a problem, but we are not at the point yet, and to me Fitch looks too negative," Oda added.
Fitch downgraded Sony by three notches to BB-minus from BBB- minus, saying meaningful recovery will be slow. The move came after Sony, the maker of PlayStation game consoles and Vaio laptops, last week announced plans to raise 150 billion yen ($1.82 billion) through the sale of convertible bonds.
"Fitch believes that continuing weakness in the home entertainment and sound and mobile products and communications segments will offset the relatively stable music and pictures segments and improvement in the devices segment which makes semiconductors and components," it said in statement.
In a separate statement, Fitch cut Panasonic to BB from BBB-minus, a two-notch downgrade, citing weakened competitiveness in its TVs and display panels as well as weak cash generation from its operations. It has a negative outlook on both the companies.
The downgrade sent Sony's five-year credit default swaps (CDS), insurance-like contracts against debt default or restructuring, 5 basis points wider to 382.5/402.5 basis points.
Panasonic's CDS for the same maturity were quoted at 295/315 basis points, 15 basis points wider than in Thursday morning Asian trade.
Standard & Poor's rates the two consumer electronics makers at BBB, the second lowest of the investment grade, while Moody's Investors Service has Baa3 on them, the lowest of the high-grade category.
With two of the three major ratings agencies still having the two companies as investment grade, institutional investors won't face too great a pressure to cut their debt holdings in them, analysts said.
SONY SHARES TUMBLE
Sony shares shed 4.4 percent in Frankfurt on Thursday. The shares ended 1.8 percent higher at 834 yen in Tokyo before the Fitch announcement, trading not too far from their 32-year closing low of 793 yen hit on November 15. Sony stock is down 40 percent so far this year.
Panasonic shares were down 0.6 percent in Frankfurt in low volume. The stock inched up 0.7 percent to close at 407 yen in Tokyo trading, near its 34-year closing low of 385 yen reached on November 13.
Last month, Panasonic cut its forecast and warned it will lose close to $10 billion in the year to March, as it writes off billions of yen in tax-deferred assets and goodwill related to its mobile phone, solar panel and small lithium battery businesses.
Ahead of its earnings revision, Panasonic won $7.6 billion in loan commitments in October from banks including Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group and Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, a funding backstop it says will help it avoid having to seek capital from credit markets.
Sony made a small operating profit in the July-September quarter, helped by the sale of a non-core chemicals business, and kept its forecast for a full-year profit of $1.63 billion.
(Additional reporting by Dominic Lau in Tokyo and Umesh Desai in Hong Kong; Editing by Muralikumar Anantharaman)
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The folks at Mozilla, makers of the popular Firefox browser, have introduced a free service that checks for known buggy or insecure versions of plugins for Internet Explorer, Chrome, Opera and Safari.
Plugins are the tiny micro-apps that augment your browser, helping you to watch videos online, view PDF documents, etc.
Usually plugins aren’t written by the same people who developed your web browser, which might mean that some of you have struggled to keep up to speed about the latest security vulnerabilities and latest updates. And clearly that’s bad news when more and more hackers are exploiting the more commonly-used plugins in their attacks.
Mozilla began checking Firefox plugins were up-to-date earlier this year, but has now extended its service to cover other popular web browsers as it explains on its blog.
It’s great that Mozilla has extended its service to offer an additional security check for users of other browsers. Hopefully it will encourage more computer users to keep their systems patched, and make life more difficult for hackers.
So, whether you’re using Firefox, Safari, Chrome or Internet Explorer, maybe you should check out the Firefox Plugin Check page now.


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Looks like Apple has found itself in yet another troublesome situation. In the battle to choose between Intel and Qualcomm, the tech giant has chosen its side and might just face its consequences! Qualcomm Financial Chief George Davis revealed that the manufacturer has decided to part ways with their hardware and instead use their rival’s … Continue reading Upcoming iPhones to Have Major Flaw?
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Can retailers be healthcare disruptors?
Through a special arrangement, what follows is an excerpt of an article from WayfinD, a quarterly e-magazine filled with insights, trends and predictions from the retail and foodservice experts at WD Partners.
For minor health conditions and “everyday” healthcare, retailers are turning the tables. In-store clinics are rewriting the rules on how to deliver consumer-centered healthcare that is:
- Cheaper to build and operate;
- More accessible and convenient.
Yet, by fully integrating these services into their holistic physical and digital shopping experiences, retailers have an opportunity to become an even greater force.
For retailers, becoming a “primary care” option of choice creates an entirely different dynamic in the consumer/shopper relationship with the store and the retailer’s brand, creating completely new visit patterns, trip drivers and need states. Taking advantage of a huge and growing health opportunity, the relationship with retailers and brands has the potential to:
- Create destination or “statement” offerings in health-related categories;
- Activate categories adjacent to health services, especially conditions being actively managed (allergies, digestion problems, diabetes, etc.) in concert with clinic visits;
- Add new health services and other categories (e.g., Costco’s expansion and space dedicated to hearing aids);
- Strengthen wellness (not just treatment) offerings in store to take advantage of the massive attitudinal movement to illness prevention and toward active lifestyles;
- Tap emerging technologies to support new personalization models. Diagnostic information from apps and wearables, personal health data and even remote telehealth services (where specialists offer consultation from a remote location) offer new ways of thinking about the overall consumer experience.
Regardless, the medical industry will not sit idly by while retailers invade their turf. They’re rapidly opening facilities in smaller, more convenient locations or moving into retail spaces in strip centers and malls (some, ironically, left vacant by retail closures). They’re even creating “chain” medical brands such as One Medical and Great Expressions (dental care). An epic battle of massive industry players is on the horizon.
To me, however, this feels like a tipping point for retailers — an opportunity to provide better customer experiences in the health and wellness space at a time when our population is aging, Millennials are establishing families and all ages are expecting more. It’s a battle for a new generation of patients. Time to gear up.
DISCUSSION QUESTIONS: Is retail well positioned to offer solutions for many of healthcare’s challenges in the years ahead? What factors will work for and against retailers when it comes to gaining greater traction in providing healthcare?


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October 21, 2021 by Kristina Monllos
For the reason that onset of the pandemic, Eager Utility, a sneakers imprint, has nearly about doubled its digital paid media investment to attend classified ads to the tradesmen and ladies folks who had been spending more having a deem about online than in-store in that time. That digital investment is most likely here to preserve as doing so has helped increase imprint consciousness, explained Robin Skillings, vp and international gm of Eager Utility.
“We opted now now not to flip down our investment but to make investments more,” acknowledged Skillings of the firm’s digital media strategy. “We invested a bunch of our marketing and marketing into our digital presence and e-commerce. We added sleek channels [for us] be pleased digital TV and digital radio. It helped force an huge amount of consciousness.” She did now not give an true breakdown of utilize.
By investing more in digital channels, the firm became once aiming to satisfy the tradesmen and ladies folks who generally shop for its sneakers and work boots in-store wherever they were spending their time online. The elevated paid media investment has gone to social channels be pleased Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and YouTube with assessments on Reddit and Pinterest. As for digital TV and digital radio, the firm has added Hulu TV and Pandora radio to the mix in addition to some podcasts. Milwaukee-primarily primarily based Hanson Dodge is KEEN Utility’s digital agency artistic associate.
“We’re seeking to determine where the excellent channels and easiest tactics are in an effort to bag the excellent engagement we can in basically the most relevant methodology,” acknowledged Skillings. “Digital channels are where our tradesmen and tradeswomen are online, helping force imprint consciousness. When you’re now now not in entrance of folks of their digital dawdle then you definately’re now now not top of mind.”
Per Kantar, Eager Utility spent $26,000 on paid media investments in 2020; that figure doesn’t encompass social channels as Kantar doesn’t be conscious that spending. It’s unclear how mighty Eager Utility spent overall, on every channel or precisely how mighty the firm elevated its spending as the firm declined to fragment true figures.
Other than upping paid media spending, Eager Utility is additionally working with influencers.
“Making creep now we have solid relationships with these influencers is key,” acknowledged Skillings, including that the firm has already begun fostering relationships with Instagram creators. “Our product must be space on. It must answer to the choice and arrange the day-to-day wear and run our followers are making an strive to search out.”
Eager Utility’s tactic — to be triumphant in customers online as the pandemic kept them from in-store experiences — isn’t stunning to analysts.
“To a couple extent, be pleased every class, workers are spending less time having a deem about in retail so there’s no preference,” acknowledged Allen Adamson, imprint consultant and co-founder of Metaforce. “The pandemic forced the total lot online. I suspect habits changed and when stores reopened folks didn’t arrive wait on after being forced online. By hook or by crook, their industry potentially basically changed but that’s now now not irregular to utility workers.”
Eager Utility is planning to continue its push into paid digital going forward.
“We’re now now not taking our foot off the gas in relation to our digital media investments,” acknowledged Skillings. “That younger fan, that younger particular person coming into the market by the level they’re a baby they’ve some form of pill in entrance of them with video. Younger folks coming into trades have most likely now now not acknowledged now now not having a cell phone.”


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A welcome perspective. Simple, clear, and devastating.
November 26, 2012
by David Dayen
Police arrest striking Walmart workers in Paramount, CA
Walmart workers staged their historic strike on Black Friday. Management tried to downplay it, and given how massive Walmart is, the relative strength of the strike was small in real terms compared to the company’s 1.4 million workers. But it would be silly to just leave it at that without the context of the company witnessing no labor strikes in its 50-year history. The strikes were an expression of human dignity from a segment of their labor force that feels discriminated, retaliated, unappreciated and downtrodden. Josh Eidelson has the definitive minute-by-minute report from Friday.
Now I can sit here and respond to Peter Suderman’s 17-twitter salute in defense of Walmart, a familiar mix about the benefits of low prices, the nature of retail and frankly a tautology about how docking Walmart executives pay wouldn’t allow a large raise for all 1.4 million workers, something entirely defined by their size and not the penury of their executives. But I think sharing my Walmart Black Friday experience may shed a little light on the issue, an unexamined corner that Suderman leaves dark.
It actually started out at a bust. I found my Corporate Action Network widget and located a store in Northeast Philadelphia, near where I spent Thanksgiving, that had a protest Friday morning. We couldn’t get there until a little later than the scheduled time, and as we pulled up, all we saw was a police barricade in front of the store, empty, which looked suspiciously like a free speech zone. Turns out it was designed for early shoppers so they wouldn’t run each other over with their carts and cause a stampede. Crowd control was on the minds of this store’s management, not protest.
Out of the corner of my eye, I saw two people holding fliers. Maybe they were with the protest, leafleting outside the store about the high cost of low prices and the wage and hour grievances of Walmart workers. But no. When we approached one, an African-American woman, she knew nothing of the protest. The fliers advertised some other store event.
We struck up a conversation with the woman. “We’re here for the Black Friday protests,” we said.
“Why are you protesting?”
“Walmart workers are walking out of their jobs in a bunch of locations because of low pay, low hours, intimidation and retaliation for speaking out.”
And here was the crucial moment. The woman had no idea that Walmart workers were low-paid. “This store makes beaucoup bucks,” she said. “I figured the workers did well because there are always lots of people in the store.”
Before, say, 1979, she would have been largely correct in her assumption, at least on this point: worker productivity and wages rose at generally the same rate. It would not have been outlandish to assume that employees at a concern that succeeded would have shared in that reward. But this is no longer how the world works. That relationship between productivity and wages has been severed. This is true well on down the supply chain, where some of the worst abuses take place, all at the behest of Walmart, whose size effectively disrupts market economics by setting the prices they’re willing to pay, leaving little for the workers who supply them. (The threat ofinternational labor strife from these suppliers may be even more disruptive for the country. More on this from Bmaz.)
In other words, the Walmart strikes must be seen not as just a strike against one retail employer but a larger expression of dissent against how American capitalism has progressed, with rampant inequality and profits extracted out of productivity and sent to the top. And there’s no real understanding of the mechanics of how this happened, no consciousness that a busy store doesn’t necessarily mean a happy workforce. The strike signaled a cry from the bottom, the same dynamic that animated Occupy Wall Street and its offshoots. It says that the current order is not sufficient to broad segments of society. Maybe not broad enough yet to have an impact, but it’s early.
One last thing about our new friend. She said, after we explained the way in which workers don’t share in the success of the company, and how hours get cut to ensure that the company doesn’t get on the hook for employee health care, and all the rest, after this she said, “I feel weak right now. I feel like I don’t want to shop in this store.”
You could boil down the entire purpose of the strike to that.
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Wales will go into lockdown at midnight tonight amid soaring COVID-19 rates
Christmas plans are reduced to Christmas Day instead of the 5 day period previously promised
First Minister, Mark Drakeford, has announced that Wales will go into lockdown at midnight tonight.
It comes after urgent talks with ministers over a new strain of the virus.
All festive plans, apart from Christmas Day, have now been cancelled. Previously, rules were meant to be relaxed from 23 to 28 December so that people could spend the holidays with their loved ones.
The new measures will effect millions of people, with Mark Drakeford saying: “while we all want to avoid further disruption to businesses and plans for Christmas, our overriding duty is to protect lives here in Wales.”
The changes that have recently been announced were thought to come into affect on 28th of December. However, these have been brought forward and will happen at midnight tonight.
People are being told to ‘stay home’ to save lives, with all but essential shops told to close. The lockdown means that all of Wales will be placed into Tier 4, the highest level of lockdown.
Mark Drakeford said: “we know that 2021 will be a different and better year”, seemingly in an effort to de-escalate the negative response.
However, some Twitter users have started to express distrust in the First Minster’s leadership, writing:
Mark Drakeford completed his statemen by emphasising that “our economy will recover. Christmas will come again.”


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Let me set the scene.
The market for new premium games has had a tough few years.
Last year across Europe, new game releases (so titles actually launching in 2021) accounted for less than 30% of all games sold.
There are many pilots around that. First, it’s been a relatively quiet few years for new titles, in part due to COVID-related delays.
Then there’s the continued lack of PS5 and Xbox Series X stock, which has at least delayed some gamers’ buying intentions.
“The age of engagement is increasingly at odds with the business of selling new $70 games”
Game prices have also risen significantly, and for uncertain times. Not all publishers have raised prices, but discounts have come down – the days of retail competition driving down costs are long gone.
The price situation has worsened with the fall in the second-hand market and the recovery, an inevitable consequence of the reduction in the release of games and the boom in downloading.
The dominance of service-based games – GTA Online, Fortnite, Destiny and others – means gamers spend months, if not years, in a single title. Many of these games are even free.
Now there are also subscriptions. The Xbox Game Pass is the most famous example. But even on PS5, every PlayStation Plus subscriber has access to 20 of the greatest PS4 games to play at no extra cost.
On top of that, game companies have started offering big titles during COVID-19 shutdowns. Sony’s Play At Home initiative has seen the platform holder distribute AAA games to millions of its gamers.
With so many great free-to-play games and live-service titles to play, is it any wonder gamers aren’t spending high prices on solid 8/10 releases like Guardians of the Galaxy or Far Cry 6? Is it any wonder when a game doesn’t deliver, like Call of Duty: Vanguard or Battlefield 2042, that players are happy to miss it?
The age of engagement is increasingly at odds with the business of selling new $70 games.
If there’s one exception to the trend, it’s Nintendo, a company that always had a foot in the way things were going. Premium Switch games continue to perform well, as well as in physical stores.
But even that fits the theory. Nintendo’s live service support for its biggest games has a limit (the decision to stop making DLC for its mega-selling Animal Crossing game after 18 months remains an interesting choice). Its subscription service – mostly DLC and retro games – is purposely designed to complement, not replace, its premium business. For Nintendo, the model remains: ‘buy a physical game, complete it, buy another’.
Yet aside from Nintendo, the business of selling new games has become a challenge. And that meant the start of 2022 was sure to prove fascinating.
Late January to mid-March was exceptionally packed with major titles, such as: Pokémon Legends: Arceus, Dying Light 2, Horizon Forbidden West, Elden Ring, and Gran Turismo 7. Meanwhile, popular older titles picked up this period to give us something more. There was the highly anticipated Destiny 2 expansion, The Witch Queen. Cyberpunk 2077 has been significantly updated and looks like the game everyone was hoping for. And Grand Theft Auto 5 – the biggest game in the world – has been re-released on new consoles for a low price.
Even ten years ago, such a high number of novelties – outside of the Christmas gift period, anyway – would have resulted in quite a few failures.
Remarkably, however, it’s hard to argue that any of the games in the last two months underperformed. Everyone seemed to be doing pretty well.
There were some standout performances, of course. Elden Ring moving 12 million copies in three weeks is an incredible feat, especially when its spiritual predecessor – Dark Souls 3 – took four years to sell 10 million (which was also considered a triumph).
Pokémon Legends: Arceus was also a smash hit. Granted, a Pokemon Switch game that sells well might not seem unusual, but this was a different take on the series, and released just two months since the previous game. Seeing this title deliver similar numbers to traditional Pokémon releases defied expectations, and even Nintendo was taken by surprise and had to quickly replenish retail inventory.
Outside of Pokémon and Elden Ring, there have been a lot of strong performances. Some might have expected a little more from Horizon Forbidden West, but given the PS5’s manufacturing challenges, this seemed like a decent opening to me. Gran Turismo 7 may have been ‘only’ GT’s fifth biggest UK launch, but it’s also the fastest selling in 12 years and beat the launch of PS4 hit GT Sport.
Even WWE 2K22, one of the smaller releases that was in danger of being overshadowed by all the fancy blockbusters, sold twice as many copies in the UK (at launch) as its ill-fated predecessor: WWE 2K20.
So what can we conclude from all this? Was the assumption that premium games suffer against free, live and subscription games just plain wrong?
“There’s no room for mediocre anymore in the premium space, even ‘very good’ isn’t going to cut it”
To some extent, I think so. It’s easy to forget that a player engaged in GTA Online or Game Pass also plays games in general. You could say that these live service titles keep players from going elsewhere. But you could also say that they allow people to play even in the quieter months.
There’s a connective element to the big games of the last few months: the majority of them were fantastic. I’m not sure I’ve seen so many “Recommended” or “Essential” scores from Eurogamer in such a short time. It was a time of true excellence (and what great publicity the past few months have been for the power and influence of video game reviews).
It’s hard to disagree with the logic that the rise of high-quality service-based games and the variety of content available in a subscription service is having a detrimental effect on new game sales. But there are also more active players than ever. And if you can offer them something special, they’ll get into it, regardless of the business model.
Late last year, Marvel released a high-quality Hawkeye-based TV series on Disney Plus. At the same time, he also released a very high quality Spider-Man movie in theaters. One didn’t hurt the other. People were watching both.
The games are different, of course. But Marvel’s theatrical and small-screen success shows that business models and distribution methods aren’t deal-breakers for consumers.
Of course, it helps that Spider-Man: No Way Home is one of the best superhero movies of all time. Just as that helps, Elden Ring is one of the best RPGs of all time. There’s no room for mediocre anymore in the premium space, even “very good” isn’t going to cut it.
Competition has never been tougher. But the past few weeks have shown that the market for premium games is alive and well, and with the right title, the results can be spectacular.


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Dubai: Buying a new car in the UAE now comes with something owners have never experienced before – a long wait to actually get it. What used to be a month or two waiting period on the more popular models is stretching well beyond that. And when it comes to luxury models and SUVs, the waiting can last a few months.
At the start of the year, UAE dealerships had been optimistic that delivery times and stocks in hand would get better by summer. That, by the looks of it, is not happening, and which has prompted dealers to revise their expectations to year-end for the situation to improve.
All this when demand for new cars is hitting 15-20 per cent levels from a year ago – and double what it was during 2020, when COVID-19 and the lockdown phase dented demand. At the time, dealers felt the impact would take years to repair – but that’s not how it’s been playing out as buyers started to return from the second-half of 2021. Only to find there aren’t enough cars to buy.
All about ships and chips
Production cuts in 2020 by all carmakers meant that supply was always going to play catch up to demand. It was also the time that carmakers got hit with an acute computer chip shortage (this became a problem for just about every hi-tech industry). Now, when a car manufacturer had enough production to offer, they found buying space on ships was at astronomical levels.
“It is our expectation deliveries will start to stabilize and that Q4-2022 will be better,” said K. Rajaram, CEO of Al Nabooda Automobiles, the local retailer for Porsche, Audi and VW. “However, the issue of shipping logistics still remains.”
Higher shipping costs have left their imprint on 2022-23 model year car prices. On average, “,” said . “The waiting period for new cars has increased and they are charging a premium” for speeding up deliveries.
There has been a 5-7 per cent increase in new car prices, mainly due to chip shortages and supply chain issues. The waiting period for new cars has increased and they are charging a premium for speeding up deliveries
- Vishal Pandey, Director at Glasgow Research & Consulting
Other industry sources say that new car prices – as well as of secondhand options – have risen by as much as 10-15 per cent in these 12 months. Prospective buyers can expect more increases when the 2023 MY vehicles hit showrooms from September, with the recent gains in dollar’s value adding another layer to car prices.
That’s the other big trend the UAE’s auto market is witness to – the rise and rise in demand for pre-owned. New dealers are entering the market, including that operate only through as online platforms buying and selling used cars.
Because there are many who want to get a new set of wheels now rather than wait three- to six- months, demand for pre-owned has seen some heavy activity in the first-half of this year. Buyers are getting their chosen cars within “one week to 15 days depending on the loan approval/financing bit,” said Pandey. If it is “cash upfront, the process is faster in about three days.”
Even then, “as there is no stock in the market, even secondhand dealers are securing stock from the grey market and that is being sold at a premium.”
According to Abhinav Gupta of Cars24, which last year engaged in the biggest commercial property transaction in Dubai for a secondhand car facility, "There has been a mindset shift among car buyers and who are looking for a certified (used) car that is absolute value for money. The other key reason for this resurgence in demand is because of the influx of expatriates into the UAE after the Expo.
These newcomers want to be on the move as soon as possible once they get their license. With pre-owned cars, they can buy with a straight forward cash payment and don’t have to wait six months for loan eligibility. We strongly believe that this trend will continue as we move into 2023.
- Abhinav Gupta of Cars24
Car sales, servicing go ‘digital’
It may have taken time compared to other retail sectors, but UAE’s auto market is now feeling the full force of digital. The process of buying and selling vehicles has already started to make a shift, and the market is starting to see startups emerge where even the booking and servicing is done through an online portal.
“The digital shift is an extension to what’s been happening with ride-hailing (Careem/Uber), pay-per-kilometre leasing (ekar and Udrive),” said the CEO of a leading dealership. “The UAE car market has gone digital – only the pace will pick up.”
According to Rajaram, legacy dealerships are not going to get too concerned about the wave of secondhand car sales businesses opening in the UAE. “Since there is a shortage in the market, there is plenty of room for everybody,” he added. “There is no great difference because we also sell digitally.
“But these nearly-new secondhand vehicles do not confirm to local laws and specs. We have taken up this matter with the authorities.”


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Warning over Squid Game app that installs malware onto your phone – delete it NOW
SQUID GAMES fans should check they haven't downloaded a scam Android app that could secretly steal money from them.
The popularity of the Netflix show is said to have seen a rise in Squid Game related scams as cyber criminals try and cash in on unsuspecting fans.
According to a discovery by an ESET researcher, an app that's supposedly for Squid Game wallpapers was installing 'Joker' malware on Android devices.
The app was avaliable on the Google Play Store along with hundreds of other apps about the Netflix series.
Researcher Lukas Stefanko flagged the issue to Google after he caught the app installing malware.
Joker malware is well known and can allow hackers to sign you up for expensive services that they can profit from.
Anyone downloading the “Squid Game Wallpaper 4K HD" app was said to be falling victim to a costly SMS scam.
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Hackers were also said to be using the app as a way to take control of devices.
Google has since deleted the app from the Play Store.
However, you should check your device if you think you downloaded it before the deletion took place.
Researchers think the app was downloaded at least 5,000 times before Google removed it.
You should always be cautious about what apps you're downloading and what permissions you are giving to an app.
Researchers have warned to watch out for Squid Game apps in particular as they think criminals will continue to try and take advantage of the popular franchise.
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RiceBran Technologies says it plans to move more aggressively into speciality markets, including dietary supplement excipients, to help stem losses. The company has stumbled trying to compete as a high volume food ingredient supplier.
Not all supplement and food ingredient manufacturers have benefited from pandemic demand upticks. RiceBran Technologies said consumers stocking their pantries with rice meant it had less raw material to work with, which hurt financial results.
Stabilized rice bran (SRB) supplier NutraCea has narrowed its loss in the second quarter of 2011 and increased revenues 29 percent, although sales of rice bran for food and feed applications did not grow as quickly as anticipated, the company said.
Stabilized rice bran (SRB) maker NutraCea has shipped its first products to China and won new business in the Philippines and the US as it strives to return to the black after emerging from Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.
A raft of higher-value products targeting humans rather than animals - from an ultra-potent antioxidant-rich rice bran oil to rice lecithin and food grade defatted rice bran – will help NutraCea puts its troubled past behind it in 2011/12, bosses have...
Rice bran ingredient and nutraceutical supplier NutraCea has emerged from Chapter 11 bankruptcy after just over a year – a move that allowed it to restructure and reduce overheads, the company has said.
Rice bran ingredient supplier NutraCea has said it expects to exit bankruptcy later this year after having filed for Chapter 11 protection in November to allow the company to restructure, reduce overheads and sell non-core assets.
Rice bran and baby cereal specialist NutraCea is cutting 17 per cent of its US work force, a move the company claims will save $1m annually in its process of reducing its overheads under Chapter 11 bankruptcy.
NutraCea has entered an agreement with a Californian rice cooperative, which the company says will allow it to directly maintain a consistent supply of its stabilized rice bran ingredient to food manufacturers.
NutraCea, the leading supplier of rice bran, has fought back at findings from a recent study that the ingredient contains high levels of arsenic, maintaining that the claims are “scientifically unsound”.
NutraCea has entered into an agreement with Archer Daniels Midland
(ADM) for the production of its stabilized rice bran - a
significant accomplishment for the young company as it brings its
nutritious ingredient to the mainstream...
Rice bran ingredient maker Nutracea's business platform includes
fighting world hunger by getting nutritious meal replacements to
children through feeding programs. Given the 800 million hungry
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On the back of increased demand for its stabilized rice bran
product, California-based NutraCea has announced it is to double
capacity at its Dillon, Montana plant, revising its previously
announced decision to increase capacity by...
NutraCea is in discussions with high-level government officials and
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NutraCea and The RiceX Company's plan to merge will create a
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PJSC ALROSA, the world leader in diamond mining, has announced rough and polished diamond sale results for November 2016.
Rough diamond sales by ALROSA Group in November 2016 amounted to USD 245.6 million. Polished diamond sales for the same period amounted to USD 9.6 million.
Total diamond sales in November 2016 amounted to USD 255.2 million, 63% higher compared to the same period last year."The market activity at year-end was affected by India's currency reform in November. One of its effects was a temporary decline in the activity of India's small and middle-size diamond cutting companies, which also affected the low-end small-size rough diamond segment. Activity in other market segments remains high," says Yury Okoemov, ALROSA Vice President.


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Yesterday, our group received a letter warning us that we were acting outside the law by offering Raw Milk Cheese Classes. See the email from our direct Jared below for more information. Needless to say this caused for a busy day of brainstorming next steps, as we feel this is a right we want to protect. We met with the Agency to confirm their position and will work to make the next move with the help of our board.
In other news, I ran into the Governor today and he shook my hand and said he would like to hire me as a summer intern (unpaid.) Done and done! I was very happy to walk home along the river, in this Valley of a town and celebrate my success. To celebrate, I am going to the cafe, getting some good coffee and studying for the LSATs. Do I know how to live or what.
I will keep yall posted about developments on the cheese class issue.
Jared Carter wrote:
Our dairy classes have been put on hold due to
a Notice of Warning from the Agency of Agriculture’s alleging that by
teaching consumers (or “unlicensed persons” in his words) how to make butter,
yogurt, cheese, and other products at home Rural Vermont and our farmer hosts
are in violation of Vermont law. The raw dairy processing classes are an
important part of Rural Vermont’s campaign to educate consumers on raw milk and
to increase exposure for farmers selling raw milk in their community. The
warning threatened legal action towards Rural Vermont and our farmers. Rural
Vermont does not want to put our farmer members at risk so we are temporarily
suspending the classes.
The Agency’s argument centers around its
interpretation of the 2009 Raw Milk Law, in which they claim that it is illegal
for farmers to knowingly sell raw milk to customers who plan to do anything to
their milk besides drink it. Rural Vermont believes this violates the
intent of the law and does not agree with the Agency’s interpretation.
Nevertheless, until we have solid understanding of the Agency’s official
policy, we have decided to suspend the classes.
Keep in touch with us as we work to bring
recognition of farmer and consumer rights around raw dairy. Check our
www.ruralvermont.org where we will post updates as soon as we


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TECH SUPPLIER Sep 2020 - Market Presentation - Doc # US46852220
Semiconductor Market Perspective and Outlook: COVID-19 Impact on Investment, Innovation, and Growth
This IDC Market Presentation provides an overall update on the semiconductor industry.
Despite the market impact of COVID-19 this year and uncertainty surrounding the stalemate in negotiations between the United States and China on trade, the semiconductor industry continues to be a critical area of investment, innovation, and growth.
Semiconductor content is growing across all major system markets. As we look forward, there are some exciting technologies that begin to ramp up over the coming years, including 5G, Wi-Fi 6, AI inferencing, NAND, advanced process technologies and packaging, and optimized computing at the edge that will drive a sustainable recovery for the industry. What will be the revenue inflection point of each market? Who are the key technology suppliers that stand to gain from the revenue growth over the coming years?
Mario Morales shares his perspective on these key questions and provides guidance to investors and technology suppliers to capitalize on the opportunities in store for the semiconductor industry over the next five years.
Key takeaways from the presentation:
- The semiconductor industry was resilient in 1H20, but the last quarter of the year will be more volatile as uncertainty about COVID-19 and battered economic sentiment take a toll on demand and trade.
- The PC market was solid in 2Q20 and will remain steady in 3Q20, but suppliers' guiding expectations will lower by the end of year.
- Cloud infrastructure semiconductor spend will peak in 3Q20.
- China is driving 5G mobile volumes, but eroding ASPs leave little room for margin without having LTE to support the bottom.
- TSMC maintains process node leadership with more than Moore.
- Huawei gets a potential lifeline from U.S. suppliers that continue to lobby for the company.
- Overall, the semiconductor market is down this year but memory and data-centric silicon supports a better scenario this year.


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The Future of the FDA: Operating in an Electronic World
Acording to an Axendia reseach study, the FDA is currently shifting its organizational and technology infrastructures to facilitate electronic interactions with the companies it regulates.
The results of the research conducted by Axendia Inc, commissioned by MasterControl to research FDA’s movement to electronic interactions, includes interviews with key FDA officials that identify major transformational activities that:
- Promise to usher in a new era of electronic interactions between the FDA and its constituents
- Move towards working in an environment where all regulated product information comes in electronically, whether it be product quality, manufacturing, pre-market, or post market data
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Grand old Wilmslow hotel The Stanneylands is preparing to reopen after a £1.7m refurbishment - with bosses hoping to re-establish it as a dining and drinking destination.
The venue is now owned by the team behind The Mere Golf and Spa resort in Knutsford, who have decided to drop the word “hotel” from the rebrand to emphasise its new focus.
Its stylish redesign, the vision of The Mere’s Mark Boler and Gary Corbett, brings a taste of “classic British countryside” to the historic mansion house.
There has been a major revamp of the food and drink offering with the casual all-day dining Tap and Pantry bar and restaurant with eclectic furnishings, while The Grill Room will provide “classic British cuisine” in the evenings.
Bosses have also taken advantage of the rolling gardens around the venue - with three new al fresco drinking and dining terraces overlooking the newly-landscaped woodland and lake.
In addition to normal service, the restaurant will host afternoon tea and a “bottomless Sunday blunch”.
Head chef Bob Eggington has developed the “blunch” as a Sunday lunch and breakfast hybrid, where guests can drink all-you-can-drink bloody marys, prosecco and wine over a two hour sitting.
Brand director Gaynor Black said bringing the venue back to life has been a labour of love for the owners.
She said: “This venue has been known in the area for years and years as a mansion house hotel with strong food and drink mentality, but over the years it has gone from one person to another and as it went into corporate world it started to lose that identity.
“Our directors’ vision was to reinvent it, reimagine it and bring it back up to date and give it back to the local community. It is very much a classic British country house feel.
“We’ve dropped the word hotel, because we want it to be known as The Stanneylands dining and drinking destination, the place that people in the area come to celebrate.”
The hotel closed in January for the four month refurbishment, and will fully reopen to the public on Tuesday, April 18.
Food and Drink
The Tap and Pantry are the main bar and restaurant areas in the new-look Stanneylands, with eclectic furnishings in a “classing British country house” style. Head chef Bob Eggington has created a modern British menu focussed on serving up locally sourced ingredients in a classic style.
Afternoon teas, where you can choose whether to add prosecco, champagne or gin, will be a speciality ranging from £19.95 to £26.95 per person, while a headline-grabber is the “Bottomless Blunch” on a Sunday - where guests eating off the blunch menu can have unlimited prosecco, bloody marys or wine during a two hour sitting for £15.
The Grill Room is based in the hotel’s main former dining room, keeping the original oak panelling but given a fresh new look - where evening “classic dining” can be booked.
There is also The Parlour for drinks and daytime dining and a games area for families.
There is a large landscaped garden area, where there will also be gazebos, swings, and lovelock gates dotted around for a “Wonderland” feel. It provides
There are three new outdoor terraces for al fresco drinking and dining with seating for up to 60 at the front of the hotel where the car park used to be.
And there’s also an upper level terrace next to the main function suite which can be used for drinks receptions and barbecues.
There are event rooms on the ground floor where wedding ceremonies can be held, while the main wedding suite, suitable for up to 120 guests, is up on the first floor which opens on to a terrace with stunning views across the woodland gardens.
There are 52 fully refurbished bedrooms, all in eclectic boutique style, ranging in price from £145 for a classic room up to £265 for a junior suite.


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Customer experience management platform Medallia (NYSE: MDLA) rose more than 70% in its New York Stock Exchange debut Friday.
The nearly two-decades-old business priced its shares at $21 apiece, the top of its proposed range, Thursday evening and traded as high as $39.54 the following morning. Medallia closed up roughly 76% at about $37 per share on Friday.
Medallia sold a total of 15.5 million shares in its IPO, raising $326 million at a $2.5 billion valuation in the process.
San Mateo-headquartered Medallia, led by chief executive officer Leslie Stretch, operates a platform meant to help businesses better provide for their customers. Its core product, the Medallia Experience Cloud, provides employees real-time data on customers collected from online review sites and social media. The service


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Apple could introduce so-called electronic sims, or eSIMs. The classic SIM card is a small chip that's inserted into the phone manually — making it more awkward to change your mobile network provider. You have to go to a shop to get a new sim or have one delivered physically. The eSIM is virtual, meaning that just changing your phone's settings would theoretically allow you to switch carriers.
Speculation about eSIMs has been rife since Apple complained to the U.S. Department of Justice that Verizon Communications Inc. and AT&T Inc. were colluding to prevent their introduction.
It's almost certain that this would accelerate price competition. Whenever it's made easier to jump from one operator to another, consumers take advantage and seek better deals. "Churn," the industry term for customer losses, spikes. That's what happened, for example, when Spain brought in rules to cut the time it took to change network operators to less than 24 hours.
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IFTF & IHTF EXPO’S BECOMING WORLD’S LEADING FLORICULTURE & HORTICULTURE EVENT
Vijfhuizen, Monday November 11. The 4rd edition of IFTF and the first time held IHTF Expo closed its doors last Friday, after a very successful week. Exhibitors and visitors were very satisfied with what they saw. More than 300 exhibitors experienced an exellent attendance. The number of trade visitors almost reached the expected 25.000; 23.241 visitors passed through the doors during the 3-day show, flying in from 114 different countries.
The fairs were opened by the mayor of Aalsmeer, mrs. J. Vonk -Vedder, who also announced during the opening ceremony the 4 nominated companies for the yearly awarded prestigious 2013 “Dutch Horticulture Entrepeneurs Price. The company that will be elected as the 2013 winner, will be announced on January 8 in “ De Keukenhof” in Holland.
Together with the FloraHolland trade fair the total number of exhibiting companies almost touched the 1.000 this year, making it the largest floriculture event in the world. “The next challenge will be to grow the fairs towards the largest horticulture trade event in the world”, the director of IFTF & IHTF Dick van Raamsdonk said. “All ingredients for a World Horticulture Expo are there to make that happen and Holland is the ideal country for such an event. For next year 8.000 m2’s space will be added to the current 24.000 exhibition space, making it 32.000 m2’s.
The IHTF as a name will disappear as of next year and continue under IFTF Expo, in other words the abbreviation IFTF will become the official name for both fairs. IFTF will therefore imply ‘The International Trade Fair for the Floriculture and Horticulture Industries’.
“Four years ago, when we started with the first edition, we launched the IFTF as a temporarily name for the floriculture expo, but it became known so quick, that it would be a mistake to come up now with another new name. That is why we have decided to brand it as IFTF from now on”, van Raamsdonk concluded.
IFTF will be held again next year from November 5 to 7 in Expo Haarlemmermeer in Vijfhuizen, Holland.


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Saturday, February 25 was the day that the Girl Scouts descended upon the Gwinnett Environmental & Heritage Center for World Thinking Day 2012. If you have never attended a WTD, it’s a trip around the world for about $1. (At least that’s what Jason West, Director of Development for the Center says!) Each troop participating in the day set up a table representing a certain country and visitors were given a “passport” which they used to travel around the world and sample food from each country.
And of course, this was a Gwinnett CAN Challenge event thanks to Angie West who organized the World Thinking Day. Over 400 food items were collected during the day from participating scouts and parents. As well, over a dozen troops have participated in the Gwinnett CAN Challenge in the last 18 months. Great job girls! Can’t wait to see what you do in 2012!


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Facebook, Inc (NASDAQ:FB) wants to embark on a program that will motivate content creators on its platform with perks. The latest change will enable content creators on the platform to earn revue from the creation of their short-form videos. The social media business made the pronouncement on Thursday, encouraging the creatives to take advantage of the lucrative opportunity.
Facebook speaks out through a blog
The company disclosed its recent move through one of its blogs, asserting that it was serious about the move to help content creators generate more money. It was a blog that broke down details about the company’s plan, and it seems like matters are finally improving for content creators.
Business rivalry takes the center-stage as the smaller tech-rivals continue making moves to enable them to stay at the top of their game. Reports show those rivals channeling efforts and resources towards attracting renowned social media personalities. Facebook wants to maintain its top position and be willing to do everything within its means to succeed.
Other companies are doing the same
Snapchat owner Snap Inc (NYSE:SNAP) has been hitting the headlines lately, and that is because of the strong efforts it has been making to remain relevant and build its brand. The business has been using about $1 million every day to pay the content creators who come up with the most exciting short viral videos. The content creators have been posting their videos on the company’s feature known as the Snapchat Spotlight.
Most of the leading companies seem to be embracing the latest trend, and Twitter Inc (NYSE:TWTR) might be following suit soon. The company recently pronounced plans to unveil the “Super Follows,” feature that would make it easy for users to charge followers for exclusive content.
Facebook to embrace consistency
Facebook is quite pleased about its latest move, outlining that it will stay true to its word. The company sees the move as quite empowering to the creative minds that will generate ad revenues from videos spanning about one minute. The shift is from videos lasting minutes to those spanning about one minute.
Facebook has also disclosed its plan to test ads that resemble stickers, adding that they could be revenue generation avenues for the content creators.


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A woman went viral on TikTok with a video claiming she was almost drugged and trafficked in Florida during spring break.
User @itsthecealion posts a 14-second clip recreating the experience. The overlay reads, “Older lady in a bar: omg I’m too drunk pls finish my drink for me.” Which the relay replies: “Me: thanks.’” The TikToker said she continued to dance and pretends to take a sip from the drink, searching for the lady. That’s when the TikToker says she noticed that the lady was completely sober, talking to three scary men while staring at her in a dark corner.
@itsthecealion warns in the caption, “A friendly reminder to NEVER accept free drinks from strangers if you didn’t watch the bartenders make it themselves,” with hashtags about trafficking.
@itsthecealion A friendly reminder to NEVER accept free drinks from strangers if you didn’t watch the bartenders make it themselves #humantraffickingawareness #menarescary #criminalminds ♬ The Bad Version – Em T.
The video has been viewed over 244,000 times since it was posted on Tuesday. The TikToker shared more in the comments about the experience and why she took the drink.
“Before anyone asks I took the drink in the first place because I’d rather she give it to me than someone who might have actually drank it,” she stated, “ I eventually took the drink to the bartender and was like pls pour this out I think it’s drugged. And when that happened they disappeared.”
Many people in the comments expressed their support for the TikToker
“Not all heroine’s wear capes, im glad that you were smart enough to not drink it, and prevent someone else from potentially drinking it,” one person said.
“So glad you’re alright!” a second wrote.
Others shared their experiences with being drugged.
“I’ve had this happen to my wife. my reaction is to instantly snap a pic of the person and go to the bartender. she is on board to pretend to take the drink,” one shared, “we tag team it so that they don’t give it to someone who will willingly take it. it’s happened 4 times over the years.”
“Trick question one time the bartender did roofie me so just watch your drink period,” a second said.
Human trafficking is defined as modern-day slavery where the victim is exploited. According to the Department of State, human trafficking is very common: there are approximately 24.9 million victims worldwide, of different ages and backgrounds. The perpetrators can be someone close like a family member, significant other, or a friend. Others can be strangers or acquaintances.
While determining whether a drink is spiked can be difficult, there are indicators. Some of the signs of a drugged drink are dust or flecks on the ice. Other indicators include cloudiness, change of color, or excessive bubbles. Ways to prevent this from happening are watching the bartender make your drink, don’t accept beverages from strangers, keeping your eyes peeled for suspicious behavior, reporting suspicious behavior to the staff, sharing your location with loved ones before going out, and leaving the situation if it makes you uncomfortable, but there are no guarantees.
The Daily Dot reached out to @itsthecealion for comment via TikTok comment.
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In 2016, U.S. Hispanic buying power was larger than the gross domestic product of Mexico and bigger than the economies of all but 14 countries in the world.
That’s just one of the telling statistics that illustrates the unprecedented economic clout of U.S. minority groups in the latest Multicultural Economy Report from the Selig Center for Economic Growth at UGA’s Terry College of Business.
The report estimates the nation’s total buying power reached $13.9 trillion in 2016 and predicts it will hit $16.6 trillion by 2021, with minority groups making the fastest gains.
Hispanic buying power increased its economic clout from $495 billion in 2000 to $1.4 trillion in 2016—a 181 percent increase. Black buying power increased 98 percent from 2000 to 2016. And since 2000, Asian buying power has grown 222 percent to $891 billion, the biggest percentage increase of any U.S. minority group. During the same time period, the buying power of whites increased by 79 percent.
“Minority buying power is growing at a faster pace than the white consumer market for a number of reasons, such as demographics, increases in educational attainment and entrepreneurial activity,” said Jeff Humphreys, author of the report and director of the Selig Center.


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Americans earned less in August, the first decline in nearly two years.
With less income, consumers could cut back on spending and weaken an already-fragile economy.
Consumers spent a little more in August despite seeing their incomes drop 0.1 per cent, the Commerce Department said Friday. Consumer spending rose just 0.2 per cent, after a more robust 0.7 per cent gain in July.
Many tapped savings to cover the steeper costs. And most of the increase in spending went to pay higher prices for food and gas. When adjusted for inflation, August consumer spending was flat.
The data offered "more evidence that households are in quite a bind," said Paul Dales, senior US economist at Capital Economics.
In August, employers added no new jobs and cut hourly earnings for the first time in more than three years.
Income growth has been sluggish for most of the year. After taking inflation into account, after-tax incomes actually fell 0.3 per cent in August and 0.2 per cent in July. That's the first back-to-back declines in inflation-adjusted incomes since mid-2008, when the country was in the midst of the recession and financial crisis.
Even the increase in spending wasn't necessarily a good sign. Consumers spent 0.3 per cent more on nondurable goods, such as food and clothing.
Petrol prices are now roughly $US3.46 per gallon. While that is higher than last year, the price is down nearly US52 cents from this year's peak price of $US3.98.
Consumers spent less last month on big purchases, such as cars, appliances and furniture. Car sales fell during the month, but part of that weakness reflected supply problems stemming from the Japan crisis.
"Consumer spending is still rising, which is important for US economic growth. But the gains are pretty mediocre," said Jennifer Lee, senior economist at BMO Capital Markets.
Facing higher prices and earning less money, consumers saved only 4.5 per cent last month. The savings rate rose as high as 6.5 per cent in late 2008, at the height of the recession and financial crisis.
Prior to the recession, Americans saved just 2 per cent. An abundance of jobs and inflated home prices made many resist stowing money away.
The economy grew at an annual rate of just 0.9 per cent in the first six months of the year, the slowest growth since the recession officially ended more than two years ago.
Economists expect only slightly better growth in the second half of this year. But that's based on expectations that consumers will spend more.
Some are predicting growth of around 2 per cent in the second half of the year. That level of growth would ease recession fears, but it's not enough to lower the unemployment rate, which was 9.2 per cent in August.
Consumer confidence stayed weak in September after the economy experienced a number of shocks this summer. Lawmakers fought over raising the nation's borrowing limit, Standard & Poor's downgraded long-term US debt, the stock market fluctuated wildly and Europe's debt crisis intensified.
The Federal Reserve last week agreed to shift $US400 billion ($A410.5 billion) of its portfolio of Treasury securities to try to drive down long-term interest rates. It was the Fed's latest unconventional move seeking to give the economy a boost.


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Normally, I wouldn’t comment on another columnist’s work. And seldom do I reference a story from another newspaper, even if it is our sister paper, the Palm Beach Post. But I was reminded of a cartoon I did for Fashion Week in 2006 when I read an article in last Saturday’s Accent section of the Post, titled “Sock it to me — or maybe not.”
The article, written by Lori Borgman of McClatchy Tribune News Service, was about men who wear dress shoes without socks.
This seemed to be a strange new phenomenon for Borgman; one which she initially attributed to the wearer being single and running out of laundry. Reading this, I immediately deducted that she is not from around here.
In fact, I’m thinking the Post ran this article for laughs. They had to, because Borgman speculates further that this is a “new fashion phenomenon” that was just making its way into fashion magazines and on television. Could be, but it’s pretty much the way we’ve rolled in the Palm Beaches for as long as I can remember. I was going sockless in my Weejuns when Beatle haircuts were the new fashion phenomenon.
Borgman also asserted that someday we’ll consider sockless men in dress shoes a fashion regret, along with such female regrets as turtleneck dickies and shoulder pads. OK, now I know she has to be from somewhere in the upper Midwest. I don’t think I’ve ever seen a woman in a turtleneck dickie.
Of course, being from this area gives one a completely different fashion perspective than most of the rest of the country. Palm Beach fashion is even extreme by resort-wear standards.
I wonder what Borgman would think of men with pink sweaters draped over their shoulders like superhero capes, or wearing pants covered in prints that would make a chintz sofa blush, or carrying a Louis Vuitton man-purse, or decked out in ice cream-colored blazers over striped golf shirts, or wearing knit shirts with large appliqué silhouettes depicting charging polo players covering the left pectoral, or walking in embroidered velvet shoes.
Actually, she might think going sockless would make more sense in embroidered velvet shoes.
They’re a lot like slippers.
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Nashville Medical Trade Center Signs New Exhibitors
Market Center Management’s Nashville Medical Trade Center has signed up several new exhibitors for the new venue to be built in the downtown area of the city.
“We began this project in the midst of uncertainty about the economy and questions about the viability of a global marketplace for healthcare. But companies have had the time to recognize the cost benefits and business opportunities of a center of innovation attracting visitors from around the world,” said Bill Winsor, president and CEO of Market Center Management Company.
He added, “As the economy continues to warm up we will add a significant number of new companies and organizations as well as announce companies with existing leases.”
Some of the new exhibitors include Informatics Corporation of America, Humanscale, ergoCentric and Remind America.
As a result of the new leases, MCM has hired Lattimore Black Morgan & Cain (LBMC), a Nashville-based accounting and financial services company, to advance final plans for the financing package and structure, while the company continues to finalize agreements and develops additional services and plans for healthcare trade events, according to MCM officials.
"LBMC is pleased to be working on this exciting opportunity to bring global healthcare innovation to downtown Nashville,” said Jeff Drummonds, partner of LBMC.
He added, “LBMC will be providing a wide range of consulting services, including assistance with advancing final financing and investment structure. We look forward to this new phase of the project."
Cindy Morris, COO of Market Center Management Company, said the company also is working with Health Information and Management Systems Society, the first exhibitor to sign on to the center.
She added “(We want) to advance our shared vision of a year-round marketplace of ideas, education and innovation. HIMSS has served as a catalyst for attracting a number of important companies to the project.”
Sandra L. Vance, director of global interoperability showcases for HIMSS, said, “HIMSS will serve as the hub of Information Technology on the top floor of the trade center where we will host technical demonstrations, conferences, workshops, and customer demos. In addition, HIMSS expects to host more than 100 companies inside an interactive exhibit exploring clinical information systems and infrastructure that provides optimum interoperability.”
The Nashville Medical Trade Center will be 1.5 million square feet when it is completed.


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Highly sexualised imagery in advertising causes some of us to feel dirty – just not in the way we might think.
In fact, rather than making consumers feel sexy, such imagery can make them feel physically dirty instead. It can then motivate them to buy hygiene products such as toothpaste, soap and face wash.
This was the surprise finding of an international three-part study by Monash University called ‘Dirty weekends and personal hygiene products: The embodiment of casual sex in marketing’.
See lingerie, buy face wash
Senior Lecturer in the Department of Marketing at Monash Business School, Dr Eugene Chan (right), says the study has broader implications for marketers.
“If you’re an advertiser who is using sexualised images to sell your products, what we’ve found is that these images may actually lead people to buy different items from those originally intended,” he said.
“Our research shows that if a consumer sees a sexualised advertisement – say, for lingerie or perfume – it can actually make certain consumers head out to buy products like soap and face wash. Consumers’ physical experiences can really shape their judgement and choices.”
Visualising casual sex
In the first study, researchers asked participants to visualise either having casual sex or being in a committed relationship. Participants then rated their liking for products such as toothpaste, soap and face wash.
Another study involved participants seeing an image of a plain soap bar after visualising a casual sex encounter. They then expressed how much they wanted to have a walk, go shopping, or have a shower.
Finally, the researchers measured participants’ willingness to pay for a non-branded face wash compared with branded highlighters. The aim was to see whether participants were more drawn to brands or products after being influenced by casual-sex cues.
‘Brands were irrelevant’
From the three studies, Dr Chan concluded that many of us associate casual sex with “contamination, impurity or dirt”. And this is what motivates us to seek out products that help us get “physically clean”.
“We also highlighted that brands were irrelevant in the decision-making process,” Dr Chan added. “The behavioural desire by people to rid themselves of impurity was the prevailing factor.”
This study also extends Dr Chan’s research into disgust and how it drives behaviour.
“Disgust is an emotion that is so powerful,” he said. “Human behaviour is guided to avoid those feelings at all costs. Feeling physically unclean is a similar psychological experience.”


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Event management software (EMS) company Aventri has launched a new Virtual Event Platform.
The solution is fully integrated in the Aventri Event Management Solution, and allows event and marketing professionals to manage online, hybrid and in-person events on a single platform. The platform also offers engagement and monetisation features in addition to security software and real-time insights.
CEO at Aventri, Jim Sharpe, said: “We had a front-row seat to the pandemic as it unfolded in our market, and I’m proud of how the Aventri team pivoted to develop an online solution.
“Our solution is designed with ease of use-in-mind, as we’ve seen how enterprises struggle to launch their first virtual events. Our services team is working closely with clients to ensure they have the knowledge and tools to navigate this new world and become self-sufficient. Our goal is to educate the market and maximise success with online, and later hybrid, events.”
Shane Edmonds, CTO at Aventri, added: “We built this solution hand-in-hand with customers. Since our beta launch in June we’ve added powerful capabilities based on their feedback. In focus groups, surveys and one-on-one conversations, customers have said the most important thing is the ability to pivot from online to hybrid to in-person events. Aventri delivers this flexibility along with the option to support all event types, from complex agendas to small meetings and large plenary sessions.”
Aventri said a financial services firm reported that the number of registrants at its annual July meeting had doubled compared to the firm’s previous in-person conference. This year’s online event achieved an 80% registrant-to-attendee conversion rate. It also drew attendees from 76 countries, giving it a 20% gain in geographic reach.


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Police arrest scammer for selling fake tours from Thailand to Japan
Police yesterday arrested a woman in Bangkok who earned over a million baht selling fake tours from Thailand to Japan in 2014.
Thailand’s Criminal Court issued an arrest warrant for Chanphen, 49, eight years ago in October 2014 for “operating a tourism business without a license, false advertising and fraud”.
In January 2014, Chanphen defrauded 27 victims who paid for a “tour” in Japan. The tour included airfare from Thailand, accommodation, a visit to Mount Fuji in Hakone National Park and other tourist destinations. The five-day, four-night “tour” was scheduled to take place May 1-5, 2014.
Chanphen sold tickets for an all-inclusive price of 40,900 baht per person – considerably cheap given that it covered flights, accommodation and guided tours. Some 27 people bought tickets and prepared their trip from Bangkok to Japan.
However, as the departure date approached, Chanphen messaged that there was a “problem” on the Japanese side with the accommodation and the tour had to be cancelled. Chanphen told disappointed tourists not to worry, she would refund their tickets.
When the victims tried to contact her for reimbursement, Chanphen suddenly became unreachable and no one heard from her again. The 27 victims have come together to file a complaint against her with the Consumer Protection Police Division in Bangkok.
The police found that Chanphen’s “travel agency” was not registered and did not apply for a license from the tourism business registration office.
Police conducted a background check and found that Hua Mak Police Station had previously issued five arrest warrants for Chanphen for fraud, but all of them expired before police tracked his whereabouts.
Thus, the case was brought before the criminal court which issued an arrest warrant in October 2014 with a longer expiry date. Police arrested Chanphen at a hotel on Sukhumvit Soi 59 in Bangkok yesterday for crimes she committed eight years ago. Police have not explained why it took eight years to catch the scammer.
SOURCE: Daily News


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Iowa Lottery spokesperson Mary Neubauer says the Powerball ticket had four numbers and a multiplier that makes it worth $100,000.
“We’re never sure — did someone only check the ticket for the jackpot and when they realized they didn’t win the jackpot they didn’t check any further — or maybe they never even checked this ticket in the first place,” she says.
The ticket was purchased at a Quick Trip convenience store in Des Moines nearly one year ago on November 27th. Neubauer says November 27th falls on a holiday, so the holder of the ticket has until 4 p.m. Monday to claim the prize at one of the Iowa Lottery’s regional offices.
Neubauer says the location of the convenience store raises a lot of possibilities about the owner. The store is on Fleur Drive in Des Moines that is not that far from the Des Moines Airport, so it could be anyone from anywhere. Neubauer says the holiday puts a little more of a time crunch on if the owner finds the ticket and wants to cash it in.
“Lottery offices will be closed Wednesday through Friday of this week for the Thanksgiving holiday. So, it’s more than likely that whoever would have this ticket then would be in a position to have to cash it in on Monday if they figure it out over the Thanksgiving holiday weekend,” according to Neubauer.
She says they do occasionally have prizes that go unclaimed for one reason or another.
The money from unclaimed prizes goes back into the pool to pay other prizes.
The winning numbers on the ticket are: 15-26-37-53-55 and Powerball 21. The Power Play number was 2.


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Several semiconductor stocks were having a rough day in front of Intel (INTC) and Mellanox (MLNX) both reporting earnings late today amid signs of weaker demand.
Among chips stocks getting hit, shares of Mellanox were down nearly 5% in late afternoon trading. For the current quarter, analysts are targeting Mellanox to earn 52 cents a share, up 68%, on sales of $105 million, up 54%.
Shares of Xilinx (XLNX) were down 1.4% while shares of Arm Holdings (ARMH) were off 3.7% and Nvidia (NVDA) were down 1.7%.
Intel shares were up 1.4% in late afternoon trade. Analysts polled by Thomson Reuters expect Intel to earn 52 cents a share, down 3.7% from the year-earlier figure, on sales of $13.56 billion, up 4.1%.
Broadcom (BRCM) shares were down 3.2%, though apparently due to the potential loss of business from Samsung. On Tuesday Samsung Electronics said it bought mobile phone technology from chipmaker CSR's for $310 million. CSR makes products that compete with Broadcom.
Early signs of trouble came out of Taiwan last month when analysts who poll manufacturing output saw signs of weakness in a country that produces large amounts of electronic gear, as IBD reported. Recent data from AMD (AMD) and reports from Gartner and IDC that PC shipments stalled in the second quarter are contributing to concerns.
And demand for computer motherboards is now expected to only grow 5% in the third quarter from the second, down from prior expectations for 10% to 15% growth, Pacific Crest analyst Michael McConnell said in a report Monday.


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Nike (NKE -0.36%) announced late Tuesday that it has "temporarily closed ... approximately half of NIKE-owned stores" in China in response to the rapidly growing Chinese coronavirus, designated 2019-nCoV.
The company's "partner stores" are experiencing "corresponding dynamics," suggesting similar closure rates there, and referring to competing retail stores, the company notes that "similar" closure rates are being seen among "others in the marketplace." Indeed, even stores that do remain open are "operating with reduced hours and experiencing lower than planned retail traffic in stores" as customers avoid going into public places and foot traffic drops off.
Management notes that they "expect the situation to have a material impact on our operations in Greater China," an impact that was "not contemplated at the time we provided Q3 guidance during our Q2 fiscal year 2020 earnings call" -- implying that sales and earnings could now be lower than the predicted back in December. Management did not say precisely how big of an impact investors should expect, promising instead to give an update in Nike's Q3 earnings call that is scheduled for March 19.
Presently, analysts are forecasting $10.35 billion in global sales for the footwear giant in Q3, and $0.70 in profit per diluted share, up 2.9% from last year's Q3.
At last report, an informational website operated by Johns Hopkins University had confirmed cases of coronavirus worldwide at 24,608 (up almost 19% from yesterday). 24,392 of those cases (99%) are contained to China, the virus's source. Biotech companies are scrambling to find a cure for the coronavirus, as 494 infected patients have already died, although even more -- 1,028 -- patients diagnosed with the disease have since recovered.
Nike stock is down 1% this morning as of 10:30 a.m. EST.


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Ubisoft E3 2019: Skull & Bones Isn't At The Show, And It's Delayed Until Next Year
Sticks and stones will break my skull and bones.
Ubisoft has delayed its pirate-themed ship combat game, Skull & Bones, for a second time. The publisher originally scheduled Skull & Bones for a 2018 launch, but then announced a delay until 2019-2020. Now, Ubisoft is saying the game won't come out until sometime "after 2019/20." Additionally, Skull & Bones will not be a part of Ubisoft's E3 press conference, which is scheduled to take place today, June 10.
Ubisoft revealed the news in a recent earnings report. The vague "after 2019/20" refers to financial periods, as opposed to calendar years, meaning the earliest Skull & Bones might now launch is April 2020. Explaining the delay, Ubisoft told GameSpot: "For new IPs, it is common to have evolutions of creative vision and this requires more development time."
The game's official Twitter account also published a short video talking about the delay and decision to skip E3. Producer Karl Luhe talks about making the game as good as possible and that Ubisoft remains committed to it. The video also features some behind-the-scenes looks at the development of the game. Luhe notes they'll be back "as soon as [they] can" with further updates on the game.
We’re going to batten down the hatches and push back on the game’s arrival—this is a challenging news for us all, but it’s what’s needed to make Skull & Bones as awesome as it can be!— Skull & Bones (@skullnbonesgame) May 15, 2019
Our focus remains on quality first and we’re grateful for your undying support ☠⚔ pic.twitter.com/ZCt85tY3TG
The naval combat game was first revealed at E3 2017, and we came away from both that and the following E3's demo feeling excited. The game is being developed by Ubisoft Singapore, the studio that made Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag's ship combat sequences.
There is also a Skull & Bones TV show on the way. On whether the game's new delay will affect the TV show, Ubisoft told GameSpot "the Skull & Bones TV series has no impact on the development of the game--and vice versa."
Ubisoft has quite a lot on the way. Beyond the recently announced Ghost Recon Breakpoint, it's now confirmed it has three unannounced, triple-A games coming early in 2020. It didn't share any details on what those games will be, although it seems likely that we'll learn about at least some of them during Ubisoft's E3 press conference.
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