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Supercharged Fashion Week wows Parisians
The world’s largest traveling circus of fashion editors, models, buyers and journalists has descended on the French capital, clutching their metro maps and city guides, to cap fashion season for nine days of intensive ready-to-wear.
And this fall-winter 2013-14 is the biggest to date, with some 99 “on-calendar” shows that see the week almost tearing at the seams, starting earlier and finishing later than ever.
“There are 12 shows a day. Twenty-two different nationalities this season. With new top designers at work,’’ says Didier Grumbach, president of the French Fashion Federation. “It’s an impressive mix, an energy that sets Paris apart from what’s going on elsewhere.’’
Tuesday - day one - saw collections dominated by three up-and-coming Belgian designers: Veronique Branquinho, Cedric Charlier and Anthony Vaccarello, who dressed actress Charlotte Gainsbourg at last Friday’s Cesar film awards.
The similarities start and end with their nationalities; all three threw together strong but highly individual collections.
If Branquinho was elegance, Charlier was edgy architecture and Vaccarello was retro sex-appeal.
The no-holds-barred sex appeal for Anthony Vaccarello is not for the faint-hearted. The third Belgian designer to show on Paris fashion week’s first day served up a black-and-white ode to the early ’80s in a show that featured micro-skirts, chainmail, a lot of skin and lashings of sensual leather.
It was the modern bohemian woman on parade. Veronique Branquinho mixed and matched eclectic references, from wooden African bracelets to Obi-style dresses with belts.
Stetson cowboy hats in Shetland went too far, but overall it was a strong collection for the up-and-coming designer.
Architecture, “art brut’’ and Dutch Master Brueghel were all inspirations behind Cedric Charlier’s diverse show. The first pieces, among the collection’s best, mixed up sharp geometric paneling alongside oversize coats with fluid, rounded shoulders. Ensembles were made up of several layers, like square navy skirts on top of knee-length leggings. AP


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Wendy’s CEO Todd Bennigor told CNBC’s Jim Cramer on Wednesday that the fast food chain’s artificial intelligence partnership with Google is the “first step” toward additional technology changes at its restaurants.
Wendy’s-owned Google and Alphabet have created an AI chatbot designed specifically for drive-through ordering. The Ohio-based burger chain will run a drive-through AI pilot program at several Columbus-area locations starting in June, Bennigor told Kramer.
This new “drive-through” feature aims to “take the slowest point of the ordering process, the ordering out of the speaker box,” to create a more enjoyable restaurant experience, the CEO said. “We will learn a lot. The first step in a lot of innovation,” he added.
Penegor stressed its commitment to modernizing Wendy’s over the next few quarters, emphasizing the opportunity with digital menu boards, for example. He said Wendy’s is all trying to “lead the restaurant of the future” with these initiatives.
Another area of opportunity, Penegor said, is increasing Wendy’s store hours. “We’ll tend to late at night,” he said. “We know we’re under indexed and have an opportunity for a significant amount of growth” by targeting the late-night audience.
Earlier Wednesday, Wendy’s reported better-than-expected first-quarter results, with revenue totaling $528.8 million, up 8.2% from the year-ago period. That compares with analyst estimates of $522 million. The company’s earnings per share of 21 cents was higher than expected by 1 percent.
But despite the positive results, Wendy’s refused to raise full-year guidance, which may have contributed to its stock falling nearly 2% at its lows on Wednesday; But it closed up 1%, at $23.21.
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LONDON, July 26 (Reuters) - Private equity group Investcorp
is considering the sale of Armacell, one of the world's leading
makers of insulation materials, aiming to capitalise on the
growing need for energy efficient products, people familiar with
the situation said.
A sale of the company could attract large industrials groups
like 3M and fetch Investcorp more than 300
million euros ($364 million), two of the people said.
A sale of Armacell, which was spun off by Armstrong World
Industries in 2000 and now has some 2,500 employees
worldwide, could also attract the likes of rubber and polymers
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Tesla, one of the world’s most notable car brands, is projected to face hard times. This is all tied to the current global pandemic. The pioneering automaker is facing strong competition from both the electric vehicle market as well as low oil prices.
Tesla Isn’t The Only One In The Rodeo
The start of 2020 showed promise for the electric auto industry. With countries like Germany purchasing electric vehicles like hotcakes, this put Tesla in a good spot. Currently, the German market boasts a whopping 10% of vehicle sales as electric. A large number of them being Tesla.
Unfortunately, with any auto market, 2020 also brought large competition from traditional auto makers. Most large name car manufacturers had put their electric line out to the public. From Ford’s Mustang Mach-E to GM’s entire electric line, Tesla had now had to deal with something it never had before: Competition.
Low Oil Prices Reduce the Need For Alternatives
With the oil industry now facing a total collapse, gas prices have dropped. They have dropped so far down, that many big oil companies have to pay for another company to take their supply. It comes down to the basic principles of supply and demand. With so much oil being produced and limited buyers, the price has dropped radically. This puts the future of standard ICE’s slightly further out. Since barrels of crude oil are stacking up as well as no limit to production mixed with nobody buying, the cost of gasoline will remain low enough to keep the market in favor of ICE cars.
These two factors put Tesla stuck between a rock and a hard place. On the left, you have a newly emerging (and drastically encroaching) competition, and the other, Tesla loses one of its main factors that appeal to the market: the cost of refueling. If gas is cheap, it doesn’t outweigh the cost of buying a new car. If you do wind up pulling the trigger and copping a new Tesla, then make sure you ship it home in one of our enclosed trailers!


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Friday, 31 March, 2023 - 08:00 Iconic New Zealand organic supermarket Huckleberry has today announced a crowd-funding capital raise through Equitise. The offering is open exclusively to New Zealanders, with investments starting from as little as a few hundred dollars and with exclusive perks for investors including up to 10 percent off groceries for life. Huckleberry began as a humble store in Auckland 30 years ago and has since grown into a thriving supermarket with stores all over TÄmaki Makaurau. As the natural and organic food market leader, Huckleberry is proud to provide sustainable and ethical products that nourish people and the planet. It’s also renowned for paving the way in terms of environmental responsibility, pioneering banning plastic bags well before the legislation. "We are proud of our organic, healthy, and sustainable products that nourish people and the planet. We are excited to invite New Zealanders to join us in this new chapter and make a positive impact on our planet and our communities. With a clear growth strategy, a compelling market opportunity, and a commitment to sustainability and ethical practices, Huckleberry is well-positioned for continued expansion and success." Says Huckleberry CEO Darren Guo. The rapidly growing global organics sector presents a significant opportunity for Huckleberry, with consumers demanding healthier and more sustainable food options. The industry is valued at $723 million NZD, growing on average 6.4% year over year. With its strong reputation and clear growth strategy, Huckleberry is well-positioned to capture a significant market share through its trusted and authentic brand. The company is looking for growth capital to expand its offerings in eGrocery, reimagine its in-store retail strategy, and manufacture organic products for local and international markets. Huckleberry is also looking to invest in a zero-waste delivery system with electric vehicles, using new technology and returnable refillable containers. The company’s financial forecast and clear growth strategy looks to unlock significant revenue growth in the next three years. By joining as an investor, individuals will have the opportunity to support a company dedicated to creating a better food system and promoting healthy living in New Zealand for future generations. "This is a unique opportunity to join a trusted grocery institution in a growing retail market. As an investor in Huckleberry, you can play a crucial role in creating a healthier New Zealand." Says Darren Guo. Investors also are eligible for exclusive benefits, depending on how much is invested, with some eligible for 10 percent off groceries for life. Investing in Huckleberry presents a unique opportunity to support a company dedicated to creating a better food system and promoting healthy living in New Zealand. Huckleberry's equity crowdfunding campaign on Equitise is now open for early expressions of interest and is all eligible New Zealand investors. All articles and comments on Voxy.co.nz have been submitted by our community of users. Please notify us if you believe an item on this site breaches our community guidelines .
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NEARLY one in six retail premises is now lying empty after Scotland’s vacancy rate for shop premises escalated in the second quarter of 2021, increasing to 16.1 per cent, up from 15.3% in the previous quarter and 3.2 percentage points higher than at the same point last year, according to the Scottish Retail Consortium (SRC).
The business group’s SRC-LDC Vacancy Monitor, in association with The Local Data Company, revealed that the vacancy rate for Q2 was 14.5% for high streets – up from 13.9% in Q1 – and 21.5% for shopping centres (20.1% in Q1). For retail parks it was 14.1%, up from 12.9% in Q1 although this retail sector remains the location with the lowest rate.
David Lonsdale, director of the Scottish Retail Consortium, warned that vacancy rates could increase further: “The vacancy rate stood at a new six-year high, up by a quarter over the past year, and it is far from clear that it has reached its apogee.
“The deterioration affected all destinations, with shopping centres faring especially poorly and retail parks once again performing relatively better.”
Mr Lonsdale noted that the fallout from the pandemic and Government restrictions continued to exert a heavy toll on many of Scotland’s retail destinations. “Retailers and shopping destinations are clearly going to have to work even harder to attract custom through a blend of improvements to service, experience, pricing, and promotions,” he said.
“However, these figures lend urgency to the need for a sharper focus from policymakers too, and for early measures to bring energy and footfall back into our city centres and retail destinations.”
Pointing to the imminent publishing of two new Government reports – on city centre recovery and on a town centres action plan – he said that “the measures which result cannot come soon enough, and there is certainly no room for complacency just because Covid restrictions are easing”.
Lucy Stainton, director of Local Data Company, said the retail sector could “hope that we are over the worst”, with the increase in vacancies across Great Britain half that of the same period in 2020.
She said: “After an initial flurry of CVAs, closures due to consumer behaviour shifts and cost-cutting exercises, retailers are now starting to dust themselves off with cautious optimism, keeping a close eye on the rapidly-changing infection rate and the pace at which vaccinations are taking place – two measures that could seriously derail recovery efforts should they not go in the right direction.”
However, she warned that with appetite for new space “increasing but still modest, there will simply never be enough demand to meet the supply”. The property market, Ms Stainton noted, “will be forced to think of more creative ways to utilise this space, to avoid exacerbating the already high rates of long-term voids across our retail destinations which are not only unsightly and costly for landlords, but also have a negative impact on surrounding stores”.


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In today’s Quick Hits, we share some opinions on the FTC’s “Do Not Track” proposal, as well as a case of online harassment.
Facebook is looking to expand its Washington D.C. office to eight, adding a public-policy expert and a deputy press spokesman. Facebook’s growing D.C. team is seen as an attempt to advocate the company’s position on privacy issues before Congress, the FTC, and myriad other institutions on Capitol Hill. This article from Bloomberg offers a timeline of Facebook’s privacy problems over the last few years and the steps the company has taken to correct perceptions that it doesn’t care about user privacy.
This article and video segment from the Today Show reveals how one Florida State University was duped into revealing personal details about herself and her life over Facebook by someone pretending to be one of her older sorority sisters. The same thing happened to several other sorority pledges on campus, leading to an ongoing investigation by campus police. The incident demonstrates that social media users should be on guard against scams and that you shouldn’t trust stranger’s online.
In an article for Fast Company, Austin Carr writes that Facebook and Google will “survive” the FTC’s recently proposed “Do Not Track” recommendations, explaining that the FTC’s proposals may not be effective at curbing data monitoring and that nobody has offered an explanation of how the tool would actually work. In his article, Carr quotes members of the Interactive Advertising Bureau, an industry trade group that opposes federal legislation of behavioral advertising.
In a blog post for The Hill, Steve Sullivan, head of the Interactive Advertising Bureau’s West Coast Office, makes a forceful argument against the FTC’s “Do Not Track” proposals, calling it an “irresponsible policy, leading to a degraded online experience for consumers.” Many political insiders have speculated that the Commerce Department’s recommendations will be more business friendly than the FTC’s proposals.
In an admirable attempt to prevent businesses from having their Google Places listing tampered with by competitors, Google has begun contacting business owners whenever an edit is made to their listing. This can help business owners prevent an unauthorized individual from changing some critical piece of information on their listing, such as a phone number, address, or by saying that the business has closed.
A Pennsylvania couple, the Boring family, sued Google for trespassing a couple of years ago after they found their home displayed in Google’s Street View service. The case was initially thrown out, but a judge recently sided in favor of the Boring family and awarded the couple a one dollar settlement from Google. It’s not much, but it’s something. Unfortunately for the Borings, they will have to pay their own legal costs.


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For the past 13 years, HomeStars has been the leading authority in the home services industry. As Canada’s largest home service marketplace, they have been on a mission to
provide homeowners with a resource that allows them to research, find and connect with trusted home service professionals across the country. Over 8,000 new reviews are
added each month to HomeStars. In 2017, the Altus Group reported that Canadians spent almost $78 billion on homerenovations and that number continues to grow, with renovations having a larger impact on the economy than new home construction. The 2019 Reno Report was inspired by our U.S. sister company HomeAdvisor, who have been releasing a similar report that surveys Americans on their attitudes, intentions and spending as it relates to home improvement.
The survey confirmed that Canadians are staying put and choosing not to move. Not surprisingly, this is prevalent in the Toronto corridor, with Land Transfer taxes forcing homeowners to cough up thousands even to move across the street.
With home sales flat, according to a June 2019 report from the Canadian Real Estate Association, and the uncertainty of a Federal election on the horizon, more Canadians are opting to renovate the home they’re in, rather than make a move. Nearly two-thirds of respondents indicated that they planned to spend as much or more on improving their homes in the next 12 months. And remarkably, a whopping 77% of Canadian homeowners reported they had the cash on hand to do renovations.
According to an RBC Economic Report released in February, 40% of homes in Canada are owned by people who are younger than 35. When we looked at spending among the
generations, it was the Millennials who were the most active. Almost three quarters plan to spend as much or more on maintenance in the coming year and 72% plan to spend as much or more on larger renovations.
With repairs and renovations on the rise, and 62% of Canadian homeowners living in houses built in 1950-1999, we’re poised to see a lot of investment in our most treasured asset, our homes. Tell us below, what is the number one house improvement you’re focusing on this fall?


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Kakuzi has recorded a marginal drop of 3 percent in its half-year pre-tax profit to record Ksh.276.7 million compared to Ksh.285.9 million recorded same period last year.
According to Kakuzi Chairman Nicholas Ng’ang’a, the marginal drop was due to slower market growth and price volatility in the company’s key export markets amid the coronavirus pandemic.
To sustain trading growth and mitigate market risks, Kakuzi has swiftly moved to enhance its operating efficiencies and applying a diversification and value addition strategy for opportunities in the local market.
This even as Ng’ang’a anticipates a significant drop in avocado production as the orchards enter into what is known as an ‘off’ year.
“Bi-annual bearing in avocado production is common, with an ‘on’ year yield being higher than an ‘off’ year yield. After last year’s bumper harvest, this year’s production is in an ‘off’ cycle,” said Ng’ang’a.
He said the market position in Europe for avocados is not as buoyant as experienced in previous years.
“High supply levels of avocados into Europe from Peru and COVID restrictions have occasioned downward pressure on prices. At this stage, it is too early to predict the full impact of these developments on the Company’s full-year performance, but we continue to actively monitor.”
Kakuzi is currently witnessing lower output against its avocado harvests, but macadamia nuts’ production remains within earlier projections for the year.
Positive growth at the firm continues to be registered from Blueberry sales in the domestic and regional markets.
This is due to the growing consumer preference for quality locally produced berries for catering and home consumption.
“Demand for the Kakuzi range of wood, beef and animal feed products remains encouraging, and we continue to explore additional diversification strategies for this important range of products. Unfortunately, tea production returns have not improved in the last 12 months. We are aware of the proposed new tea regulations, and we await to see the outcome of the Court process,” Ng’ang’a explained.


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Investors are becoming so obsessed with the idea of a DirecTV–Dish Network merger that it seems to be just a matter of time before the companies succumb. Questions about the possibility kept popping up in Dish Network’s quarterly earnings call yesterday. Company watchers “seem to be fixated” on the subject, Brean Capital’s Todd Mitchell says. And execs don’t seem to mind. Last week DirecTV CEO Michael White said he’d “never say never.” And Evercore Partners’ Bryan Kraft says he has “never heard [Dish Network Chairman Charlie Ergen] speak as openly and positively regarding the possibility of a combination with DirecTV” as he did yesterday. The FCC blocked a satellite TV merger in 2002 on the grounds that it would leave many rural subscribers, who don’t have cable, with just one pay TV provider. But Ergen says that the business is “materially different” than it was then. Verizon FiOS and AT&T U-verse serve many markets. “And then of course, you have almost an unlimited number of people now on digital Internet getting into the business, whether it be from Netflix to Hulu to Amazon to everything else that you can do on the Internet,” Ergen says. “And that’s only going to grow.” Later he added that “there’s not any question that putting Dish and DirecTV together makes a lot of sense…. If you just wanted to create short-term value, that would be probably your No. 1 option.”
He’s not ready to jump just yet: Dish has amassed a lot of airwave spectrum rights, but needs more to fulfill his dream to build a fixed wireless broadband service. His efforts to buy Sprint and forge an alliance with Clearwire fell though; he now wants a deal with LightSquared. But if that doesn’t happen and he concludes he has run out of options then “we’re not suicidal about it. We’d exit the wireless business and sell our spectrum and then we’d be a video play.”
Yet Q2 results seemed to confirm the view that prospects for satellite companies have started to dim. Dish surprised analysts by losing 78,000 subscribers in the quarter, partly due to price increases. Last week DirecTV also disappointed by reporting that it lost 84,000 U.S. subscribers. Dish and DirecTV have complained that fast-rising programming costs could make their services more expensive, and harder to sell. Satellite’s competitive position will become weaker if Charter and its largest shareholder, Liberty Media’s John Malone, engineer a merger with Time Warner Cable, Cox, or Cablevision. Last month even Malone said that a Dish-DirecTV deal would make sense for the companies. The satellite business appears to be “entering the first stages of its secular decline phase,” says independent analyst Craig Moffett. Despite Ergen’s wireless vision, “the only way to feel comfortable with a buy rating on Dish is if one believes there will be a merger with DirecTV.”
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The COVID-19 pandemic saw many companies soar to greatness as they met society’s suddenly changing needs. And while some have managed to sustain this success, many have begun the descent back down to normality.
Companies that are feeling the post-pandemic burn include videoconferencing software Zoom, home fitness company Peloton, DIY marketplace Etsy, vaccine maker Moderna and software company DocuSign.
All of these companies have come down by at least 70 percent from their peak pandemic evaluations, meaning any investors who bought shares at their peak and are still holding onto them are probably feeling this descent just as harshly.
The table below shows the value of US$1,000 invested on 11 March 2020 – the day the WHO officially declared the COVID-19 outbreak as a pandemic – as compared to recent values, according to Statista.
Traditionally, raising funds has been something reserved for only the big institutional players and high-net-worth individuals – but the team at Sharesies is on a mission to change this.
Sharesies, an online investing platform, is creating new opportunities for ASX and NZX-listed companies of all sizes to raise funds, which in turn creates opportunities for retail investors to access these capital raises, rights offers and book builds.
“Our mission is to create financial empowerment for everyone and give someone with [US]$5 and someone with [US]$5 million the same investment opportunities,” Susannah Batley, General Manager of Company Partnerships, tells The CEO Magazine.
“ASX and NZX issuers have tended to focus their investor relations efforts on their institutional investors rather than retail. From our conversations with those in the boardroom, we discovered that this was more due to a lack of products and services to engage retail, rather than a lack of desire.”
And Sharesies is well on the way to making its vision a reality. “In the last year, we have worked with listed companies like Air New Zealand, ANZ Bank and Ryman Healthcare to grant retail investors the access to tap into all parts of the capital raise process – including rights offers and shortfall bookbuilds.”
Joining the search engine chatbot bandwagon, corporate credit card and expense management startup Ramp is utilizing OpenAI’s GPT-4 technology to dive deeper into customer savings.
Launched in May, Ramp Intelligence offers a range of AI tools to help businesses save, including the ability to analyze software prices, scan email receipts, audit expense reports and respond to customer queries.
The fintech also announced a slew of entrepreneurs who have joined as investors and advisors. These include big names such as Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella, Quora CEO Adam D’Angelo (above), Instacart CEO Fidji Simo and Stanford AI Lab professor Chris Ré – but Ramp wouldn’t disclose the size of their investments.


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Hello and welcome again to TechCrunch’s China roundup, a digest of current events shaping the Chinese tech landscape and what they imply to individuals in the relaxation of the world.
- Tech Nation Tech for Social Good A first of its sort report, wanting into the tech for social good landscape.
- Phone fraud, each by way of calls and text messages, has soared through the pandemic.
- Tech Nation Diversity & Inclusion Toolkit Actionable insights and guidance to assist founders build various and inclusive companies.
- The online subscription web site will prevent customers from posting content material exhibiting ‘sexually express conduct’.
Functional cookies help to perform certain functionalities like sharing the content of the web site on social media platforms, collect feedbacks, and other third-party options. The on-line subscription website will prevent customers from posting content material exhibiting ‘sexually express conduct’. Tech Nation Tech for Social Good A first of its type report, trying into the tech for social good landscape. Tech Nation Unlocking Global Tech Report An in-depth look at the worth of UK digital tech exports and the opportunities and challenges for digital tech companies trying to expand internationally. With the China tech crackdown forcing international threat buyers to look elsewhere, it appears the funding faucet for Indian startups isn’t going to run dry anytime quickly. The content subscription company tweeted an ill-received message of gratitude and help for sex employees affected by the location’s “porn ban” final week.


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- South Africans are not happy as they react to an announcement made by Tiger Brands to recall a number of food items from the shelves
- Tiger Brands announced that they are recalling canned food items under their famous brand Koo
- Many South Africans are calling to the big company to make a proper announcement on television and some have threatened to sue the giant manufacturer
Following the call by Tiger Brands to recall their Koo products from the shelves, many South Africans have reacted with disappointment. Taking a look at social media platforms, South Africans are not happy with the company and expressed their views.
Tiger Brands announced over the weekend that they are recalling 20 million cans of a wide range of veggies due to an extremely small number of defective cans supplied by a packaging supplier.
Many Mzansi consumers have decided to vent their anger on social media especially on Twitter. Briefly News looks at the reactions.
The post reads:
"What happens if you already consumed the product.”
"This is misleading..The dates are 1 May 2019, not 2021.”
"Thanks to Rupert and Co we are being fed with slow poison. Let them just simply tell us what's the side effect so that we can be ready for the worse.”
“We've already consumed them. Can we sue?”
"I noticed a rash on my hand since eating it, what’s the suing rate?”
"Tins from 2019 to May 2021??? How is that possible? A fault on the seamer should have been noted if not that day then the next day at least....Fire the whole quality and seamer department It’s extremely negligent to have such a huge amount affected. Fire the seamer mechanics.”
"So only veg? Does this include baked beans? Or is it only the mix veg?”
#"TigerBrand Should run a national ad on the national broadcaster and other media houses so that the message can reach majority of the people.”
Tiger Brands sets R100m aside to assist entrepreneurs in the food & beverage sector
In a related article, Briefly News reported that Tiger Brands has set a fund up amounting to R100 million targeted at offering capital to entrepreneurs who are either directly or indirectly linked to the food and beverages sector.
The fund is said to allow Tiger Brands to branch into new areas and expand their portfolio, which currently consists of Ace maize meal, Jungle Oats, Oros and other well-known household staples.
The fund allows Tiger Brands first preference in regards to opportunities as it hopes to introduce new product categories into the market along with other ventures in the pursuit of growing the company further.
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Publisher and developer Bethesda Softworks has put one of the more unlikely underdogs in the spotlight with the announcement of a new Wolfenstein title. The next installment in the series, Wolfenstein: The New Order, will be developed by MachineGames, and on id Tech 5 at that. Admittedly, and largely due to my pleasant experience with the Tomb Raider reboot, I’m quite happy to hear that the old-school shooter will be seeing a next-gen reimagining. The title is set to release for Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, PC, and next generation consoles, and with id Tech 5 under the hood, Bethesda has power on their side. However, behind the pretty logos and fan-servicing statements, is there an innate doom on The New Order?
I like Bethesda—love, even. I’ve poured hundreds of hours into their name-brand RPGs as well as their more recent action titles. But no amount of grandeur or boasting can cover up their horrendous history. From Fallout 3 to New Vegas, Oblivion to Skyrim, and even Rage to Dishonored, the developer has effectively popularized several of the more detrimental business practices that have become far too common in today’s gaming industry. The more infamous of the bunch is their habit of pushing games and DLC out the door prematurely, without a second thought to the actual readiness of the title.
Fallout 3, Fallout: New Vegas, The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion, and The Elder Scrolls V: Skryim, four of the most popular RPGs of this generation, were bogged down on all platforms by entirely avoidable flaws. Rushed releases left many of the games entirely unplayable until a batch of fixes were released. Ultimately, this process translates into the developer knowingly releasing an incomplete product with such an update in mind—updates which, historically, have proven to be nothing more than shoddy patchwork. Even after the enormous patch hits, new problems continued to pop up for games like Skyrim, which wasn’t viable on the PlayStation 3 for months.
The DLC for many of Bethesda’s games also renders the game irreparably broken. This was apparent in both New Vegas and Fallout 3 from day one, and Oblivion later fell victim to similar compatibility issues. Despite this, all three games saw “Game of the Year” and “Deluxe” editions, which not only included all DLC content to date, but completely refused to address the pervasive complaints of freezing, save corruption, and installment errors. That Skyrim is now slated for a rerelease in its “Legendary Edition” despite the obvious flaws in the process is ridiculous.
This boils down to an abundance of underhanded business practices, and on a scale that should never be tolerated. Strangely enough, however, PR nightmares such as these are frequently sugar coated by industry leaders and players alike.
Because of the fan loyalty that Bethesda has garnered, particularly where the Elder Scrolls franchise is concerned (Skyrim was voted most anticipated game of all time, after all), the developer has been given a free pass on what would otherwise be unacceptable actions. If literally any other developer acted as frivolously as Bethesda has in the past, they would be branded a pariah without hesitation. Just imagine EA adding this sort of negligence to their already impressive repertoire of consumer gouging. Yikes.
This is where negativity begins to spoil the Wolfenstein announcement. Clearly, everyone isn’t happy about the confirmed reboot. The news only cropped up this morning, but a few big-wigs have already gone after it, critical cynicism in tow. A recent piece from Destructoid covers what Warren Spector, the director of Disney Epic Mickey, had to say on the matter. Cloyingly jaded and bitter as Spector’s comments were, he presents a valid point in asking, “Did the world really need another Wolfenstein game?” Spector obviously brought this up to take jabs at the shooter genre, and at the declining diversity of gaming as a whole, but it also raises an ugly red flag about the value of a new “kill-the-Nazi-giant-robot game.”
Wolfenstein is antiquated, plain and simple. We’re talking about a series that helped concrete the FPS genre when it was still in its Doom-flavored infancy. As Spector puts it, Wolfenstein games are “generically dark, monochromatic, FPS” games, and we don’t necessarily need another one of them in the market. However, in spite of Spector’s opinion, the release of a new Wolfenstein will not singlehandedly undermine the entire non-shooter market and send the industry crashing down in a burning heap. Shocking, I know.
That being said, age and genre color aren’t the true drawbacks of The New Order. The biggest problem here is that the IP itself is untimely and irrelevant. E3 is fast approaching; we’ll be seeing the next line of consoles within the year, and Bethesda chooses Wolfenstein as their poster child? Sure, they’ve got The Elder Scrolls Online going for them, but the MMO market isn’t the primary focus of a developer whose fame is rooted in multiplatform releases which eventually find great success on consoles. The abrupt announcement of the game will only serve to draw attention away from ESO, which is, presumably, Bethesda’s biggest project.
Bethesda’s current-gen track record is far from pretty, but this year’s E3 and the impending holiday release of the PS4 and NextBox have created a rare opportunity for the developer to turn away from the issues which plagued their releases. However, by abruptly announcing the return of a comparably archaic series, reboot or no, they have devalued that very opportunity. Still, far be it from me to write them, or The New Order, off just yet. We know virtually nothing about the game, nor can we make claims about Bethesda’s 2013 agenda, so pessimism needs to stay at speculation. Regardless, Bethesda has several daunting but necessary improvements ahead of them, and a new Wolfenstein, of all things, isn’t exactly a pioneering step forward.
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Dead Cat USD/CHF Bounces Off Support – US Events Awaited
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The dollar fell due to weak economic data that fueled rate cut hopes. On Friday, the dollar is trading strongly bearish early in European season, amid growing expectations that the Federal Reserve would have to cut interest rates to support the US economy trade balance.
USD/CHF is one of the victims today. The USD has been a safe haven currency when it comes to the US-Sino trade war. Nevertheless, the scenario has changed: now traders worry that the trade dispute will burn the American economy more than presumed, thereby boosting bets for the Federal Reserve’s rate cut this year.
As the Swiss Franc is considered as a stronger kind of safe haven, we can expect further buying in the CHF, which may drag the USD/CHF pair lower.
The pair fell below the 50-day MA (1.0070) and the line connecting January and March lows. If it goes below the 100-day MA (1.0024), the target will lie at 0.9955 (200-day MA, 50-day MA, and the line connecting 2018 and 2019 lows).


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THE amazon is the largest e-commerce company in the world, however, this could be bad news for planet Earth. According to a new report published by the global organization of marine activists Oceana, in 2021, Jeff Bezos’ company generated about 321 thousand tons of waste from plastic packages.
The report points to an increase of 18% of the estimates recorded in 2020 – at the time, there were 271 thousand tons. The amount of plastic is so large that it would be possible to use the waste to go up to 800 times around the Earth.
The data shows that Amazon refuses to create a commitment to reduce waste, even knowing that tons of plastic end up in nature. Including, at Amazon’s Annual General Meeting in May 2022, around 49% of shareholders voted in favor of a strategy for the company’s transparency in relation to plastic.
“The science is clear, the type of plastic used by Amazon for its packaging is a threat to the oceans. Customers and shareholders are calling for the company to act. It’s time for Amazon, as it has done for the climate, to step up and commit to a global reduction in the use of plastic packaging,” Oceana Senior Vice President of Strategic Initiatives Matt Littlejohn said in a statement.
The report was named “The cost of Amazon plastic denial in the world’s oceans”; Amazon sales grew 22% over the same period.Source: Oceana
Amazon and plastic packaging
Unfortunately, waste is responsible for affecting the lives of seabirds, marine mammals and sea turtles — commonly, images of animals trapped in plastic remains are published. However, there is also a real problem for human health, as ingestion of plastics is now commonplace.
In response to Oceana, Amazon said the report’s numbers are unrealistic and claims it only produced 97,000 tonnes of plastic in its global operations.
It is the first time that Amazon has released figures on the amount of plastic used in packaging, however, the NGO says that the information is not consistent with reality. The data released by Amazon refer only to shipments made at Amazon distribution centers, but the Oceana report represents all sales on the platform.


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Nintendo Switch fans will soon be able to play Binding of Isaac Afterbirth
Nintendo Switch fans have been given some good news, as a delayed game is finally given a UK release.
Binding of Isaac Afterbirth+ was originally pencilled in as a Nintendo Switch launch title. However, despite launching on March 17 in the US, the highly-rated shooter has remained absent from the Nintendo Switch games list in the UK.
But publisher Nicalis has since announced a partnership with Headup Games to bring Binding of Isaac Afterbirth+ to Europe.
The exact release date is yet to be revealed, but it will launch at some point in Q2 2017, so fans can expect it this summer.
Binding of Isaac Afterbirth+ will be released online and at retail, priced at €39.99, which works out at around £35.
The game features over 500 items and weapons, 20 different endings, 13 playable characters, over 50 unique bosses, a new playable character, online leaderboards, more than 30 Challenge modes and 6,000 rooms with over 4 billion combinations.
In the meantime, Nintendo Switch fans can tune in to this week's Nintendo Direct conference.
The next Nintendo Direct takes place on April 12 at 11pm UK time.
The company will focus on upcoming Nintendo Switch exclusives Splatoon 2 and ARMS, but will also talk about new 3DS releases.
"The #NintendoDirect will focus mainly on #ARMS and #Splatoon2 for #NintendoSwitch. Will you be staying up late to join us?"
And speaking of Nintendo Switch games, Ultra Street Fighter II: The Final Challengers was recently given a May 26 release date by Nintendo.
Street Fighter executive producer Yoshinori Ono on Twitter that the classic title had gone gold, writing: “We have completed development of USFII for Nintendo Switch!
Ultra Street Fighter II: The Final Challengers on Nintendo Switch includes a host of new control options, multiple game modes, online play and the inclusion of Lite controls for newcomers.
Lite controls let players perform special moves or super combos by either touching the touch screen or pressing a single button, whereas traditional Pro controls offer all the classic button inputs ingrained into players’ muscle memory.


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KILAUEA — Tom Pickett of Kilauea Bakery and Pau Hana Pizza juggled between customers’ food orders and books Thursday at the Kong Lung shopping complex.
He got some help from Yen Upson, president of the Kilauea Elementary School PTSA, but didn’t know if that was help as Jennifer Antony, the vice president of the Kilauea School PTSA, showed up with an armful of books.
“There is no shortage of books,” said Pickett, settling customers with their orders. “Helen Mitsui of the Christ Memorial Church Shared Blessing Thrift Shop, located across the Shell gas station in Kilauea, makes sure we have books each week. And there are the Kilauea School parents who always have books.”
Amidst the activity of customers juggling orders and the arrival of guests with books, Pickett handed Upson a check for $593, representing the latest contribution of The Kilauea Bakery Bookshelf to the Kilauea School PTSA for the purpose of advancing literacy.
“Tom has always been a supporter of literacy,” said Upson, who was accompanied by her son Zachary. “He and his bakery manager Derek Gandia came up with this idea and talked to us about supporting literacy.”
Pickett said people and their keiki are constantly raising money for one activity or another.
“When Borders Books and Music closed, I went down there on the last day they were selling stuff and got the last three bookshelves,” Pickett said. “I don’t know why I went. It was Sunday and I had to fight the traffic to get there, but I got whatever was left.”
One of those bookshelves was placed at Kilauea Bakery and Pau Hana Pizza, prominently displayed in the food court area labelled “The Kilauea Bakery Bookshelf.” Books were added through the efforts of Mitsui and Francis from The Salvation Army, and the books were sold for $2 each.
“All of the money is donated to the Kilauea School PTSA for a reading program,” Pickett said. “Since we started the program, we have paid them more than $7,000 since September.”
Upson said Pickett approached them with the idea a few weeks after school had started, and since that discussion it has already helped pay for one Reading Mastery teacher cut by the state Department of Education due to budget cutbacks.
“He also has a special on our Facebook page where if anyone brings in 20 books or more, he’ll give them a free coffee and cookie,” Upson said. “We promote that on our Facebook to help keep his shelves filled.”
Pickett said his Kilauea Bakery people fill the shelves on a daily basis and has not had a problem getting books.
“This has become a huge boon for the PTSA and the kids of Kilauea,” Pickett said. “I want to help kids learn to read and I want them to value books. There are few places to buy books on Kaua‘i and books are kind of getting forgotten amidst all the iPhones and iPads. There are tons of books in thrift stores, and if you put the books in the right place and they sell, the money can go to help kids learn to read instead of text.”
Pickett said he wants other people to copy this success story, and if other business people in other parts of the island want to start a similar venture, he welcomes an email at firstname.lastname@example.org.
“If people read about the idea, maybe it can be shared and duplicated in other communities,” he said. “They can call me, or better yet, email me.
Upson said the beauty of this program is that it’s not just one time in the year, it’s every day.
• Dennis Fujimoto, photographer and staff writer, can be reached at 245-3681 (ext. 253) or dfujimoto@ thegardenisland.com.


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As the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One continue to sell big numbers, the console pairs have recently struggled to keep their networking infrastructures online, a matter that is particularly irksome given gamers pay fees for Xbox Live and PlayStation Network multiplayer access. Although a subscription to PS Plus is not required to play multiplayer games on PlayStation Vita and PlayStation 3, an increasing amount of gamers have jumped onto the PlayStation 4 and expect their $50 a year investment into PS Plus to result in consistent access to online services without the threat of outages looming with startling regularity.
Coming into 2016, PlayStation Network was down for the better part of a day with players at the time worried the outage might last for days, like the Christmas outage in 2014. Although that particular attack, by hacker group Lizard Squad, paled in comparison to the 23-day outage in 2011. While Playstation has seen devastating outages, Microsoft has not been left unscathed, as its Xbox Live network has suffered problems as well. The latest outage even brought about a bit of public shaming from Snoop Dogg himself.
Xbox Live services were down earlier with players reporting problems getting into matches and accessing certain Live features like party chat. The official status page initially stated Social and Gaming services – that includes in-game matchmaking, cloud storage, finding friends, and accessing Game DVR -- are currently "limited." Upon entering Halo 5, developer 343 Industries posted a message assuring players that the matchmaking issues were actively being worked on.
As mentioned above, the ongoing networking issues did nothing to impress rapper Snoop Dogg, who posted a video on Instagram voicing his dismay at the status of the Xbox servers (warning: salty language ahead):
Other services like accessing the Xbox Live Marketplace and purchasing content were functioning as normal. The latest word from Microsoft, via their official Xbox Support Twitter page, was that services are back up, with Support recommending users power cycle their Xbox's before trying to connect again:
The issues should now be resolved! Please be sure to power cycle your Xbox console before trying to connect again: https://t.co/QENEhDs7tB
— Xbox Support (1-5) (@XboxSupport) January 14, 2016
And yet, despite the all clear from Microsoft, some players have continued to take to Twitter to state problems getting into matches persist. Having jumped into a quick game of Halo 5, there was a noticeable latency issue and party chat still doesn’t seem to be fully functional. It seems (at the time of this writing) that the problem has largely been resolved, but there may still be a few lingering issues.
With things on the verge of being completely restored, the next question is: What will Microsoft do to prevent people from making like Snoop, but following through on the threat to leave Xbox Live for Playstation out of spite or simply frustration? Following its network outage on January 4, Sony announced PS Plus, PS Now, and video rental extensions as recompense for lost gaming time, so it's reasonable to assume Xbox Live subscrbers will expect something similar from Microsoft.
While any outage is incredibly frustrating, perhaps it's best for it to have happened now, before next month's big releases, like The Division and Rocket League arrive on Xbox One. Imagine the angry celebrities taking to social media to vent their frustration the day those titles hit store shelves.
Screen Rant will keep you updated on all the Xbox news as it is made available.
Source: Xbox Support, Snoop Dog


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Spinneys UAE has launched a card game to educate children about the importance of healthy eating.
Created by Spinneys, and designed for children aged 7-11, Harvest Heroes aims to teach children healthy eating habits and basic nutrition. Each card showcases the nutrition levels of the different fruit and vegetable characters, across the categories of protein, carbohydrates, energy (kcal) and fibre.
The cards also feature a range of facts related to fruits and vegetables.
This game launch is the latest pillar in the Spinneys Farm to Table programme – a healthy eating and sustainable food programme for children.
Launched in 2021, the Farm to Table team is on a mission to educate one million individuals about healthy sustainable diets by the end of 2023.
The programme, currently operating in 68 public and private schools across the UAE, teaches how food is produced both locally and internationally, showing the food journey from the farm to the dinner table.
It includes educational modules, visits to local farms, healthy cooking classes with well-known chefs, inspiring talks with local producers, and visits to Spinney’s Layan store, which is the retailer’s first ever sustainable supermarket.
Spinneys has said that awareness of healthy eating is important, since approximately 25 per cent of 5 to 17 year-olds in the UAE are currently categorised as obese. The retailer added that these projections set to increase 2.4 per cent year on year, unless several actions are taken to address this issue.
Sunil Kumar, CEO of Spinneys UAE said, ‘as a local retailer in the UAE, we have a responsibility to help improve the lives of citizens and residents. Spinneys Farm to Table programme has been designed to support UAE government initiatives relating to the National Wellbeing Strategy 2031 2, and National Food Security Strategy 2051 3, to tackle major health and lifestyle and sustainability challenges in the UAE. Harvest Heroes is a fun and exciting step forward to supporting the children and families of the UAE to create positive lifestyle changes for healthy futures.’


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Safer Ways to Celebrate Holidays. This September some hotels are already fully booked for the holiday season.
People are reserving their Christmas vacations earlier this year despite an unsettling rise in Covid-19 infections.
Christmas holidays 2021 covid. By Chris Hoffman November 19 2021 at 726 pm Filed Under. After a one-year COVID-19 hiatus Light Up Louisville was back on the streets of downtown Friday night to. 1 day agoBeyond trees customers can find other Christmas novelties like garlands wreaths poinsettias and holiday decor.
When it comes to Christmas gatherings Dr. Days annual leave and. These 8 items can keep you comfortable and safe from COVID-19 including masks hand sanitizer a thermometer and more.
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2021 guide to Christmas and holiday events around Metro Vancouver Back to video An Evening With Sinatra. Because many generations tend to gather to celebrate holidays the best way to minimize COVID-19 risk and keep your family and friends safer is to get vaccinated if youre. Attending gatherings to celebrate events and holidays increases your risk of getting and spreading COVID-19 the guidance read.
Americans whove rolled up their sleeves for the COVID-19 vaccine should feel safe to enjoy the holiday season with family and friends Dr. Deadline to be fully vaccinated by Christmas other holidays ends soon. The Farm Patch Christmas tree lot is.
If you get vaccinated and. Despite the pandemic inconveniences. If youre planning 2021 holiday travel experts say to book right away for the best deals.
Brit workers could take up to 93 DAYS holiday in 2021 by carrying over annual leave after Governments new Covid rule. In new guidance released last. 25 2021 at 538 am.
The safest way to celebrate is virtually with people who live with you or outside and at least. Henry talks holiday celebrations. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are urging people get vaccinated against COVID ahead of this years holiday season.
Associated Press Christmas markets from Frankfurt to Budapest warily welcome holiday season amid COVID surges Published. Bonnie Henry shared some advice at a COVID-19 press conference on Tuesday afternoon. Anthony Fauci said on Sunday.
Chris Hoffman Christmas Coronavirus COVID-19 Local TV Thanksgiving PITTSBURGH KDKA. Stephens Cathedral in Vienna Austria Nov. Christmas is still well over a month away but with people beginning to plan their holidays Provincial Health Officer Dr.
Bethlehem expects few tourists in upcoming Christmas holiday season Biblical Bethlehem has struggled since the start of the coronavirus pandemic almost two years ago. Big Band Classics and Holiday Magic When. Attending gatherings to celebrate events and holidays increases your risk of getting and spreading COVID-19 the CDC said.
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Keep your indoor groups small. Holiday traditions are important for families and children. The safest way to celebrate is virtually with people who live.
Following recommendations from the CDC weve put together some helpful guide to navigating Christmas during Covid this year. Henrys message was clear. As much as wed like for things to be business as usual this holiday planning for Christmas 2020 requires a little more work to keep guests happy and healthy.
Christmas is six weeks away the same amount of time it takes to be fully vaccinated with the Moderna shots. If youre wondering where to travel during COVID over this holiday season and Christmas experts say these are the best places to go plus other tips. If you and your family are vaccinated against COVID-19 White House chief medical adviser Dr.
Anthony Fauci on Monday gave the thumbs up on gathering for the holidays. There are several ways to enjoy holiday traditions and protect your health. The weather has turned cooler and many stores are decked out for the 2021 holiday season but as we barrel towards this years Thanksgiving Hanukkah Christmas New Years and more winter holiday festivities many people have one major question in mind.
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Precursor LLC, a research firm backed by the telecom giants including AT&T and Verizon, is unsurprisingly throwing punches at Google. The search-engine-turned-everything is charged by Precursor as using 21 times the bandwidth than it pays for, and claims Google accounts for 16.5% of all consumer traffic in the US this year. "Internet connections could be more affordable for everyone if Google paid its fair share of the Internet's cost," the report stated.
Well, Google says Precursor's got it all backwards, and here's why: Google isn't the only one using its services, we all are. How many times did you do a Google search within the last hour? Or check your Gmail? Or keep up with your bills on Google Docs? Hell, I used Google to find the images necessary to create the graphic above. During those times, Google suggests, we're using our own bandwidth that we've already paid for.
In the company's defense, Richard Whitt posted this on Google's Public Policy Blog:
It's the consumers voluntarily choosing to use our applications who are actually using their own broadband bandwidth — not Google. To say that Google somehow "uses" consumers' home broadband connections shows a fundamental misunderstanding of how the Internet actually works.
Ouch! Still, with Google rolling out its own web browsers, cell phone interfaces — and even threatening to unleash a fully featured Google operating system — is there any burden the company should bear as an enabler, or is it all fair business? Are we just looking at sour ISPs that want someone to squeeze?


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Oxford Bus Company Nominated for ‘Making Coaches a Better Choice’ Accolade at Industry Awards
The Oxford Bus Company has been shortlisted in a prestigious national trade award for revitalising its luxury coach services.
It has been recognised in the UK Coach Awards as one of the top five UK operators that have improved life for coach drivers and their passengers.
Oxford Bus Company has been shortlisted for ‘revitalising the Airline and X90’ in the ‘Making Coaches a Better Choice’ category.
The award recognises coach operators that have improved services and facilities via innovation and investment. The awards ceremony takes place in Blackpool next month.
Last year the X90 formed an innovative partnership with online travel platform Snap to provide ticketless travel, live vehicle tracking, and demand driven pricing.
The X90 also introduced a new online booking platform, reduced prices and adjusted its timetable following extensive market research. The online booking platform provides easy access to straight forward fares, allowing customers to reserve their seat in advance at the same great prices charged on the day of travel.
Phil Southall, Oxford Bus Company Managing Director, said:
“This nomination reflects the hard work, service and dedication of all our colleagues daily. It is testament to our determination to adapt to changing markets as part of our strategy to deliver first class services to our passengers.
“We have invested in our luxury coach services and introduced innovative ways for passengers to book travel at affordable prices and there is more to come this year.”
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The new Merchant at Howell Mill, a gift and stationery store tucked just down from Bocado and Redefined Home Boutique, may be in a tiny space, but it’s got a big attitude. “We have a passion for paper. It’s just fun to see what the designers do,” says owner Dan Collier. A longtime wholesaler at AmericasMart and regional rep for leading brands such as Kate Spade, Rifle Paper, and Caroline Gardner, Collier has a sharp eye for what’s fresh in greeting cards, notes, books, and gifts. The industrial space is furnished with vintage items, including old post office cubbies, globes, and a canoe—most of which Collier is happy to sell right off the floor. Pop in for witty cocktail napkins (“Paris is always a good idea,” Audrey Hepburn), and you just might go home with a sofa.
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OldTown F&B Segment has appointed Zeno Malaysia as its social
media and creative agency for 2020 as they celebrate 15 years of being Malaysia’s largest halal-certified kopitiam franchise.
The partnership kicked off on a strong note with the introduction of Oldtown’s latest tagline, ‘Kopi Dulu, Makan Dulu’. As part of the brand’s aspiration to champion Malaysian food the Malaysian way, this tagline was introduced to showcase how Oldtown welcomes Malaysians from various backgrounds to come together and enjoy delicious local coffee as well as other local cuisine.
Clarence Leon D’Silva, Chief Operating Officer of Kopitiam Asia Pacific Sdn. Bhd. said: “We are undoubtedly excited to work closely with Zeno Malaysia to continue bringing authentic experiences to our customers across this nation. With over 15 years of serving Malaysians delicious halal local food and beverages, it lies with our core belief that every Malaysian deserves to enjoy good and familiar food, and we are confident that our latest tagline, ‘Kopi Dulu, Makan Dulu’ will showcase our commitment to continue championing Malaysian food.”
Amanda Leong, General Manager of Zeno Malaysia said: “We are truly delighted to partner with Oldtown, Malaysia’s number one local restaurant chain. For Zeno Malaysia, this is an excellent opportunity to support Oldtown’s aspirations to continuously bring high quality local food and
beverage choices to consumers.”
Zeno Malaysia will be tasked to develop the messaging communications, social content execution as well as coming up with new and exciting ways to ensure that the franchise continues to be a brand that is relatable to Malaysians. To achieve this, the agency will also be working closely together with its brand partners.
Apart from the introduction of the ‘Kopi Dulu, Makan Dulu’ tagline, Oldtown also recently launched the Golden Feasts campaign. In partnership with Zeno Malaysia, this campaign gave Malaysians the opportunity to dine like an emperor through a variety of great deals, including unique dishes that features its Golden Salted Yolk Sauce.
This gave the brand a new mission of showing Malaysians that they will continue to ensure their customers keep on coming back for good drinks and meals, which is what the brand stands for.
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Changelly, a popular instant cryptocurrency exchange, has partnered with Binance, TOP-1 trading platform, to bring more tokens, faster transactions and better rates to users.
Konstantin Gladych, CEO of Changelly met Changpeng Zhao, CEO of Binance in Valletta, Malta – on the island recently becoming the new crypto harbor. During the meeting they discussed fundamental industry issues, government regulations and concluded a strategically important partnership.
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Wednesday, 14 December 2016
On Tuesday I an email arrived from Nick Thorne who, as well as running his own genealogy educational business, handles publicity for The Genealogist. It announced the new version of the software, TreeView 2.
Find out more on what it has to offer in the press release on Nick's Nosey Genealogist blog at www.noseygenealogist.com/blog/4599/treeview-2-is-released-by-sn-genealogy-supplies
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Marvel Comics has been a top brand for readers of the comics medium, even with the company’s big blockbusters in recent times wowing audiences in real time. But for those who like to use their imagination a bit more, Amazon’s Kindle will the place where fans can get their hands on 12,000 back-issue comic books from Marvel.
Marvel announced the new deal yesterday via its website, which revealed details of the deal between the comic giant, digital comics platform comiXology, and Amazon. Although comiXology runs comic book brands from around the world, the Marvel Comics deal is an exclusive one and Kindle users will have that same singular access.
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“After Amazon’s acquisition of comiXology in April of 2014, we collectively saw a great opportunity to expand our relationship and create more ways for fans to access Marvel’s vast library of characters as well as leverage comiXology’s technology, together with Amazon’s incredible consumer focus and reach,” said Peter Phillips, EVP of Interactive and Digital Distribution at Marvel Entertainment.
“Marvel, comiXology and Amazon are committed to bringing Marvel’s amazing stories to current and future Marvel fans across the globe,” said David Steinberger, CEO of comiXology. “And this historic extension of our relationship with the expansion of Marvel’s single issues to Amazon’s Kindle platform is an enormous opportunity to reach more fans.”
The agreement is laid out so that comiXology will distribute Marvel Comics’ English language single issues, trades and graphic novels via its app, which appears on the Kindle Fire tablet, iPhone, iPad, Android and via the Web. The company will also help run the Marvel Comics app for Apple and Android along with the Marvel Digital Comic Shop.
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NEW DELHI: Much to the relief of outstation aspirants, the payment gateway for online registration is finally ready. Thursday onwards, aspirants can complete their application process completely online and pay using credit or debit card on the DU website.
Delhi University had earlier asked applicants to post a demand draft after filling up the form online or wait for the payment gateway to be ready. "The payment gateway is active and aspirants can now make their payments and complete the application process by submitting the online forms," said the dean of students' welfare, J M Khurana. The DU administration says that since the activation of the payment gateway, 220 aspirants have submitted their forms after making the payments.
In the first three days of the admission process, the online payment facility was not available due to which the majority of the outstation students could not submit their forms online.
Till Thursday evening, nearly 53,000 aspirants have registered online. Out of them, 220 have made online payments while 700 demand drafts have been received by DU.
Offline forms are still in demand and by the end of Day 4, more than 82,000 forms were sold across 12 branches of post offices and 10 colleges and centres of DU in the city. However, the rush dwindled further with the colleges selling a little over 7,000 centralized admission forms, while the total sell by the post offices was 5,500.
"There are another eight-odd days and it is natural that the mid way the rush decreases only to increase during the last days. And since the online gateway is also ready, candidates are even trying that out as well instead of travelling all the way to the centres in this heat. We have received 53,000 online registrations, and will have to wait and see how many of them actually submit," said Khurana.


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With their honeymoon suitcase on the right bumper, plastic flowers and homemade drapery fanned across the rear window, and rusty treasures everywhere in between, the Model-A Hillbillies vehicle clings and clangs through its fourth year across the Panhandle-South Plains Fair midway.
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Litton Industries, Inc., which ushered Lubbock “into the space age” a year ago when it decided to locate a plant here, will officially dedicate the new facility at 10 a.m. today.
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MeadWestvaco Corp. will expand its pharmaceutical manufacturing Center of Excellence in Hemer, Germany, where the companyprovides global pharmaceutical dispensing systems. The $7.5 million project includes expanding clean room molding and assembly capacity, and the introduction of a logistics system to control the flow of finished goods and components.
"This investment underlines MWV’s position as an innovation leader in healthcare dispensing systems and our commitment to manufacturing high-quality products in the appropriate regulatory environment,” said Sven-Uwe Höhm, vice president and general manager, Medical Plastics Division.
The facility expansion will begin in early 2013 and is expected to finish by the end of the year.
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UPDATED 6:24 PM PT — Mon. August 27, 2018
Vice President Mike Pence proclaims the trade deal with Mexico will strengthen the economy of both countries and commends President Trump for fulfilling a campaign promise.
In an official White House press briefing Monday, the Pence states the U.S.-Mexico trade agreement is a win for ranchers manufacturers and auto makers.
He claims the agreement ensures duty free trade for agricultural goods, along with eliminating all non-tariff barriers on agricultural products.
The vice president claims he, President Trump and Mexico’s president look forward to working with lawmakers from both countries to ensure the deal is implemented as soon as possible.
The post VP Pence: U.S.-Mexico Trade Deal To Strengthen Both Countries appeared first on One America News Network.


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Welcome to our weekly round-up of the biggest breaking stories on Driving.ca from this past week. Get caught up and ready to get on with the weekend, because it’s hard keeping pace in a digital traffic jam.
Here’s what you missed while you were away.
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Hamilton gas station serves gas from diesel pumps and diesel from gas pumps
As many as many as perhaps 20 vehicles were filled with the wrong type of fuel at a gas station in Hamilton, Ontario that had the contents of its premium and diesel tanks accidentally swapped by its supplier . Extra sucky for those drivers who didn’t recognize the different smell and ran their vehicles afterward, which can completely ruin the engine.
There are systems in place to prevent this type of thing at the driver-refiller level, such as diesel pumps having larger nozzles, but in this case the mix-up was made in the tanks underground and out of sight.
Man with eight lifetime driving bans gets pulled over for speeding
Timothy Fraser has a need for speed. But, like, not the good kind — it’s a problem for him. The 60-year-old from Toronto was recently pulled over for speeding in Orangeville, Ontario, hit with several driving offences and arrested because he already had eight lifetime driving bans !
Wait, they’re stackable? I had no idea. And how do you get eight? All at once, or do you earn then separately? Fraser is set to appear in court in December, which must feel like at least one lifetime away.
B.C. Leaf owner says he faces $15,000 battery replacement
The CBC reports that Clayton Brander bought his pre-owned Leaf at a B.C. dealer in 2017 and was told it would be simple and affordable to find a replacement battery should the need arise. But three years later, with the car’s battery on the way out (down to 80 km range from 120) the dealer and Nissan Canada are singing a different tune .
Their new diddy has Brander playing a $15,000 solo, more than he originally paid for the car, to replace a battery he was told would be around $5,000. The cost of a new Leaf is around $42,000.
SSC swears its Tuatara speed record was not a hoax, but questions remain
Supercar builder SSC recently claimed the title of fastest production car in the world with its Tuatara, and shared with the world a video of the vehicle running up to 532 km/h on a highway in Nevada mid-October.
But the doubts and cries of scandal came almost as quickly, starting as a conspiracy theory on Reddit and YouTube that has grown into a still-developing controversy. SSC’s CEO Jerod Shelby says there was a “mix up” in editing leading to the “inconsistency.” Read Shelby’s statement on the unfolding story here . We’ll update it when we find out more.
Canadians are not too stoked on EVs, but they’re coming all the same
A new report from J.D. Power suggests Canadian consumers don’t have the same faith in EVs as automakers do. In fact, more than two-thirds of Canadians haven’t even driven one. The survey revealed that confidence in self-driving vehicles and electric vehicles are both not ramping up all that quickly, basically staying flat.
Still, that reluctance is not matched by automakers, which are charging ahead with electrification plans , even as consumers regress in their driving habits during a global pandemic.
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In a vertical cyberpunk city.
Merge Games and developer ION LANDS have revealed that Cloudpunk, a game originally headed for PC only, will also be heading to Nintendo Switch later this year.
The game presents players with a vibrant, futuristic open world to explore, all wrapped up in a vertical cyberpunk city. There are undergound nightclubs, gardens in the sky, and much more besides, all in a rather fetching voxel graphics art style.
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Ford Kugas are still ticking time bombs‚ says victim of latest blaze
This is according to a KwaZulu-Natal woman whose 2016 model suddenly caught alight last week‚ just seconds after she pulled over and jumped out as it started to give her trouble on the N3 highway.
“The minute I got out‚ the car locked itself and the mirrors caved in. I rushed to the back and quickly opened the boot and luckily it opened so I could get my bag‚” said Sissy Mkhwanazi.
Just before she had stopped‚ the vehicle had lost power. The brakes and accelerator had stopped working‚ forcing her to make her way from the fast lane to the slow lane at high speed. She heard what sounded like something bursting and swerved off the road‚ and then the car came to a halt.
Mkhwanazi said she thought it may have been a tyre burst‚ although she couldn’t see or smell any smoke and couldn’t explain why she had lost control of everything except the steering wheel.
“I looked around at the back tyres and they were fine. As I headed to the front [of the car] to check‚ I saw flames on the bonnet. The flames were quite high because of the wind caused by passing cars on the highway‚” she added.
When reports of Ford Kugas catching fire emerged back in 2016‚ Mkhwanazi booked her car in to be checked‚ she said.
In January 2017‚ a Ford technician checked her vehicle and assured her that it had no faults. Now‚ she wants Ford to take accountability.
Mkhwanazi visited the Pietermaritzburg branch and was told they would investigate the matter. They have since offered her a courtesy car pending the outcome of their investigation.
“The car was to be delivered on Tuesday. I asked what car it was and I was told that it was Ford Kuga‚” said Mkhwanazi.
She lambasted Ford for what she said was a lack of empathy following her traumatic ordeal in the same vehicle.
“They later called me and offered me a Ford Everest instead but they are not taking full responsibility. All the people I have engaged with say they are not making promises or accepting liability. I really want help‚ not just for me but for other people who are still driving these cars‚” said Mkhwanazi.
“It is a time bomb. It compromises road safety not just for the owners but other road users too‚” she added
Last month‚ TimesLIVE reported that the global motoring giant was is offering to settle the bank loans of Kuga owners whose vehicles have either caught alight or malfunctioned.
The company had been accused of trying to squash a class action lawsuit but the company says such offers are standard practice.
The settlement offers come with a catch - owners who have been approached by Ford have to sign a non-disclosure agreement with the company.
In January‚ six Kuga owners had taken up the offer.
To date‚ Ford has implemented three safety recalls on the Kuga.
Between November 2015 and December 2017‚ 72 Kugas were reported to have caught fire on South Africa's roads. Of the 72‚ six either caught alight or sustained engine and electronic failures after undergoing the recalls. The owners of the six vehicles have had their bank repayments settled by Ford.
Lawyer Rod Montano‚ who was handling the class action law suit against Ford‚ at the time accused the company of using the settlement offer to kill any legal action.
He said he believed the offer was malicious as it was designed to prevent any further faults with the Kuga from entering the public domain and coming to the attention of the relevant authorities.
Ford spokesman Mines Bhagaloo said at the time the non-disclosure agreements were to "to respect our customers' confidentiality".
"There is nothing unusual about this and it is in accordance with best practices and the rule of law that enjoins us to protect information which includes personally identifiable information."
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Published: 16th May 2023
Successful pandemic start-up Nutri Butter has chosen leading UK glass manufacturer Beatson Clark as its supplier of glass packaging.
Nutri Butter was launched in Shropshire in 2020 in response to a high demand for nut butters created by lockdown and the growing trend for healthy, plant-based eating.
“We didn’t have any customers to begin with, but we knew there was a big demand for nut butters at that time,” said Fatma Akalin-McGee, Managing Director of Natural Selection Foods.
“Because of lockdown people had started to exercise more and eat more nut butters for energy. And there has also been a big growth in demand for plant-based protein sources in recent years.
“We decided to launch our own brand of nut butters and we came up with an innovative nutri butter concept – a range of premium nut butters which have been fortified with additional natural ingredients to support consumer health, wellness and performance.
“We have grown from strength to strength at the most challenging times and taken nut butters to the next level with our Knotty’s and Nutri Butter brands, offering ground-breaking flavour combinations and innovation to the category.
“We have also become a supplier to major UK retailers with an own label offering. We were keen to use a UK supplier which could handle larger volumes and so approached Beatson Clark.”
Fatma explained that using a UK-based supplier makes sense when it comes to sustainability, quality and logistics. “Delivery times are longer and costs are higher if you import glass packaging from overseas,” she said.
“Our initial decision to go with Beatson Clark was based on volumes and jar sizes, but having worked with them we know that their quality and service levels are very good too. I’d absolutely recommend them.
“It’s a big success story for us and I hope it helps Beatson Clark as well,” said Fatma. “We’ve got a good relationship with them and we would like to grow our business even more, perhaps moving forward with more jars and different sizes.”
Stephen Reyes, Business Development Manager at Beatson Clark, said: “This is a fantastic success story of a brand which started in lockdown not knowing what the outcome would be. The growth of the business since then is astounding!
“It’s also a good example of how Beatson Clark is flexible enough to work with start-ups and small producers and then scale up production as a brand really takes off.”


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The 2019 Nissan LEAF hums quietly along into the new model year. Following the debut of its second generation as a 2018 model, it remains a relatively affordable compact electric vehicle with a decent maximum range of 150 miles that’s probably enough to dispel the anxieties of most potential buyers.
Using a fast-charging facility, a depleted Leaf can receive 88 miles’-worth of juice in 30 minutes. Otherwise, charge times for this lithium-ion battery can be 7.5 hours with a 240-volt supply, or as much as 35 hours using a domestic 115-volt setup. Electric vehicles are becoming more popular, but they still require a certain commitment. Let’s go into greater detail and see whether a new Nissan LEAF could be a good fit.


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E-banking security provokes fear or indifference
A recent study by analyst Forrester Research has unearthed conflicting views about the safety or otherwise of online banking. The survey of 11,300 UK net users found that while many online banking consumers are complacent about security, a large minority have given up online banking as a direct result of security fears.
By John Leyden at The Register.
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NEW YORK (TheStreet) - FedEx (FDX) shares have risen a lofty 40% over the past 12 months versus its package delivery rival UPS (UPS) , which has gained 9.1%. It has also outperformed the S&P 500, which is up 17.5% in the same time period.
The Memphis, Tenn.-based delivery and logistics company reports first quarter earnings on Wednesday, where it will update investors on whether it is on track to meet the profit forecast it set for 2015.
Analysts, on average, expect FedEx to report fiscal first-quarter earnings of $1.96 a share, up 28% from last year's quarter. Revenue is expected to rise 5% to $11.48 billion, according to Thomson Reuters.
FedEx said during its fourth-quarter earnings in June that it expects fiscal 2015 earnings between $8.50 and $9 a share compared to 2014, when it earned $6.75 a share. The outlook assumed "no net year-over-year fuel impact and continued moderate economic growth," according to the company's earnings statement. It also said that capital spending for the year is expected to rise to approximately $4.2 billion, which includes "planned aircraft deliveries to support the company's fleet modernization program and continued expansion of the FedEx Ground network."
"With continued modest economic improvement, our results in fiscal 2015 should benefit from base performance improvement and ongoing execution of our profit improvement initiatives at FedEx Express, continued profitable growth at FedEx Ground and FedEx Freight, and our share repurchase program," Alan Graf, Jr., FedEx's chief financial officer said in the earnings release.
FedEx shares dropped 0.19% to $153.75 on Tuesday. Here's what analysts are saying about FedEx leading up to earnings:
Scott Schneeberger, Oppenehimer (Outperform; price target upped by $4 to $172)
We're increasing F1Q15E/FY15E/FY16E EPS in anticipation of solid F1Q15 results. We view favorable drivers to include: 1) B2C tailwinds via e-commerce growth in Ground; 2) improving B2B Ground package/Freight volume growth supported by expanding manufacturing activity/rebounding economic climate; and 3) continued margin expansion in Express via improving global air freight volumes/mitigated "trade-down"/fuel surcharge tailwinds/internal efficiency progression. Furthermore, we view FDX potentially having completed its existing share repurchase authorization (5.3M shares at 5/31/14) and announcing incremental planned activity. Modeling a flat forward share count, this could represent upside to our FY15E-FY16E EPS if announced/executed. Drawn to FDX's multi-year profit improvement story, we're introducing FY17E EPS and increasing our target from $168 to $172.


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Red Hat, the Linux software company that found a way to make money from free software, has joined the exclusive billion-dollar-revenue club.
The Raleigh business reported after the markets closed Wednesday that revenue for the fiscal year that ended Feb. 29 rose 25 percent to $1.13 billion. Fourth-quarter revenue rose 21 percent to $297 million, ahead of analysts estimates.
Net income totaled $55.7 million, or 28 cents per share, up from $51.4 million a year ago and also beating Wall Street estimates, after excluding stock compensation and amortization. Shares rose 9 percent in after-hours trading Wednesday on the strength of the companys fourth-quarter results.
Only about 20 software companies have ever reached the billion-dollar plateau, Charlie Peters, the companys chief financial officer, said in an interview.
Red Hats sales were robust throughout the recession and have remained strong as the economy slowly rebounds. CEO Jim Whitehurst told analysts during a conference call that the company has enjoyed sequential revenue growth for 40 straight quarters.
Red Hats solid growth enabled it to add 800 employees last year, boosting its total to 4,560. It has about 800 workers in Raleigh.
Red Hat zoomed from zero to $1 billion in less than 20 years.
The company traces its history to 1993, when Bob Young created a company in Connecticut called ACC Corp., a catalog business that sold Linux and UNIX software accessories and books. Two years later, Young acquired Red Hat Linux, a company formed by Marc Ewing, and renamed the combined business Red Hat Software. In 1996, Red Hat shifted its headquarters to the Triangle.
Young, now CEO of Raleigh-based Lulu, an online publishing company he founded in 2002 after departing Red Hat, said Wednesday that he is lost in admiration for what Red Hat has accomplished.
Young said that in the companys infancy, when he was struggling to pay the bills and was routinely asked how he expected to make money with free software, he never at a conscious level considered that the company could be so successful.
We used to kid around saying, Look, this thing might not work, but if it does work, it is hard to see the limits of it, Young said. We were delivering something of such unique value that none of the billion-dollar proprietary software companies were willing to give their customers, which was control over the technology customers were using to build their systems with.
Red Hats free, open-source software gives customers access to the computer code behind it, which makes it wondrously flexible. The company makes money by charging customers for maintenance and support, and for services such as training and consulting. The bottom line is that Red Hat software is significantly cheaper than that of competitors such as Microsoft.
Its no wonder that Whitehurst, in a speech to a group of local entrepreneurs two years ago, told them to forget about trying to build a better mouse trap. Instead, he advised them, build a better business model.
Investors have long believed that Red Hat was destined for greatness.
On its first day of trading in August 1999, Red Hat shares jumped a jaw-dropping 272 percent. At the time it was the eighth-best opening day in the history of Wall Street.
That was just the beginning of what, in retrospect, was undeniably a case of irrational exuberance. Within months the companys shares had risen nearly 20-fold, giving it a market capitalization the total value of its outstanding stock in excess of $21 billion.
It was an absurd valuation for a relatively small company. Red Hat had a mere 127 employees when it filed plans to go public and had generated just $10.8 million in revenue in its latest fiscal year.
Although a much bigger company today by any measure, its market cap is nowhere near the peak it reached early on. Red Hat shares closed today at $51.39, down 51 cents, giving it a market cap of $9.9 billion. Its shares have risen 24 percent since the beginning of the year.
When the dot-com bubble burst, Red Hat shares plunged to Earth. But, unlike many young technology companies that crashed and burned, its shares have steadily climbed over the years as the company demonstrated it was a business built for the long haul.
Red Hat software is renowned for its reliability and is used by 28 stock exchanges, including the New York Stock Exchange, that handle over half of the worlds trading volume. That reliability also is attracting corporations as they shift to cloud computing and virtualization. Cloud computing allows access to networks of servers on the Internet. Virtualization software enables efficient use of servers.
Local and state economic development officials kicked into high gear last year when Red Hat, which is currently ensconced at N.C. State Universitys Centennial Campus, was looking for a new headquarters site and wasnt limiting its search to the Triangle.
Red Hat ultimately chose to move to downtown Raleigh, in an office tower being vacated by Progress Energy, after being promised more than $15 million in state incentives contingent on the company adding 540 local workers over nine years.
Red Hat expects to start moving downtown this summer but doesnt expect to be fully moved in until next spring.
Other publicly traded companies based in the Triangle that have surpassed $1 billion in annual revenue include Dex One, Martin Marietta Materials, The Pantry and Progress Energy. Privately held business software company SAS also is a member of the club.
LED lighting company Cree, which is based in Durham, is poised to join the list when it posts its annual results later this year. Cree posted $987.7 million in revenue last fiscal year, which ended in June.
$1 billion stepping stone
Red Hat is confident that the good times will continue to roll.
Charlie Peters, the companys chief financial officer, projected that revenue for the current fiscal year will grow by up to 20 percent, or more than $200 million, to between $1.34 billion and $1.36 billion. The company also expects to hire 1,000 new workers this fiscal year, including at least 100 in Raleigh, Peters said.
For Whitehurst, who has headed Red Hat since the beginning of 2008, todays revenue milestone apparently is a stepping stone. He told Bloomberg News in an interview last summer that his goal is to reach $3 billion in revenue in five years.


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Even after the Easter holidays, G5 Entertainment‘s latest release Virtual City 2 continues to show great rankings around the world for both iPad and encouragingly also for iPhone.
For the iPad, VC2 is currently among the top 100 grossing apps in 10 of the most important countries worldwide, with the Netherlands, China and Germany standing out with top 50 rankings. In the important US market, VC2 is currently ranked 208 in the top grossing charts.
For the iPhone, VC2 is currently among the top 100 grossing apps in 4 countries and among the top 200 grossing apps in 8 countries.
Virtual City 2 – top grossing ranking iPad by country
Virtual City 2 – top grossing ranking iPhone by country


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Former Oath and AOL CEO Tim Armstrong is getting a $60 million payout
|03/20/2019||Posted by BusinessMediaguide.Com under General World News||
- Former AOL CEO Tim Armstrong is getting a $60 million payout package from Verizon.
- The so-called golden parachute follows Armstrong’s departure from the company in October, and comes after Verizon wrote down about about half of Oath’s $9 billion value.
- The integration of AOL and Yahoo has never been on solid footing and Verizon is now taking a new direction with its recently re-named Verizon Media Group.
Tim Armstrong, the former CEO of AOL and later Verizon’s media and advertising business, Oath, is getting a $60 million payout package from Verizon, The Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesday.
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