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The aftermath of flooding in Ely lingers on as business owners say they have been without phone lines for more than a week
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Businesses in Ely say they may have missed out on hundreds of pounds worth of trade because of damage to phone lines caused by the recent flooding.
Problems first surfaced in the aftermath of torrential rain on August 8, when 63mm of rain was recorded falling in Ely, with phone lines going dead as a result.
While some have seen services resume since then, others have been without a land line for more than a week, potentially costing them hundreds of pounds in lost trade.
But BT insists it has fixed all issues that were reported to its engineers.
A number of businesses in Market Street say they have been affected, with Simply Flowers, Thing-me-Bobs, Boots, and Grape Tree all reporting problems to BT. There have also been problems reported in Chequer Lane.
Mark Smith, of Simply Flowers, said the fault was “severely hitting” his business.
He said: “Some people have been okay because they can take payments through the internet but we rely on a phone line for our card reader.
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“We also get a lot of calls to place orders so with the phone line being down, we could have missed out on hundreds of pounds and I don’t know if I will be able to claim compensation.”
A spokesman for Thing-me-Bobs said the store had been without it’s phone line for a week and that their head office had been in contact with BT to try and get the issue resolved.
A spokesman for Grape Tree added: “Our broadband is still working so we can take payments but we are advertising for a job vacancy and we just don’t know if we have missed out on any phone calls.
“I expect there will be a lot of messages left when the service finally comes back on.”
Boots said that it had been reduced from three phone lines to one in the aftermath of the storms and thanked customers for remaining patient.
A spokesman said: “I just wanted to say thank you to all the customers and patients for being so understanding about the lack of phone at Boots - we usually have three phone lines but have been down to one for the past week, since the bad storms.”
The spokesman added that a fax line normally used to receive prescriptions from out of hours GPs had also been out of action.
BT said: “We had an underground cable which got flooded in the recent storms which caused the loss of services to some users in this area.
“This work was completed on August 14 to restore services to the faults reported. If anyone is still experiencing problems they should ensure that they report to their service provider so that it can be investigated. The provider will also supply updates.”


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Wednesday, August 10, 2005
Boost Mobile Launches Mobile Community
Irvine-based Boost Mobile said this morning that it has launched a new community for mobile users in conjunction with AirG. The two companies have launched Boost HOOKT, a private-labeled mobile community that incorporates email, instant messaging, picture profiles, and public and private messaging lounges. The community is targeted at connecting people with similar interests in hobbies through Boost Mobile phones. AirG will provide the community solution for the provider. Boost Mobile is a subsidiary of Nextel Communications.

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Facebook dropped a bomb on content marketing managers this morning with the announcement of yet another change to News Feed that once again puts Page content at a disadvantage.
The update makes it clear that Facebook is going to emphasize posts from family and friends, stating that facilitating those connections is its top priority. And that emphasis is going to come at the expense of Page reach and engagement, which it admits outright, though it qualifies that with a “results may vary” note. That goes hand in hand with the “News Feed Values” post it published, where Facebook makes it clear that you control your inputs and explains how it arranges the News Feed to bring you the stories most likely to be important or informative to you. So that “you have control” message needs to come with the caveat that it’s only as much control as Facebook wants to give you.
The change is not going to be welcome by those managing content marketing programs. Reach is going to take a hit here, as it has after other updates that have hit similar themes, as will engagement since fewer people will be exposed to the content from Pages. Most importantly, referral traffic will go from negligible to non-existent. Facebook is telling publishers here that it’s no longer in the traffic-sending business, thank you very much. That’s a message that’s been behind most every move it’s made recently, from previous News Feed tweaks to the entire premise of Instant Articles. But now it’s out there overtly.
So what can publishers do? There’s honestly not much for them to do right now. They’ve neglected their infrastructure, filling it with ad scripts that have prompted the rise of ad blockers, discarded on-site comments because moderation is hard and otherwise failed to build a native, brand loyal audience. What audience they’ve maintained they’ve tried to monetize as quickly and cheaply as possible by publishing the same kinds of stories you can find on hundreds of other sites and pulling the same 12 off-kilter items from reddit’s front page.
This isn’t going to help the skepticism and general sense of “you have too much power” that advertisers and media companies already feel toward Facebook. The company literally holds their future in its hands. This is where I insert a note about how the open web doesn’t have this problem, that there are no filters on my RSS feeds and that search, while it comes with its own set of eccentricities and issues, is at least something you can adjust for and isn’t automatically blocking or subjugating an entire category of legitimate publishers.
How exactly this plays out remains to be seen. But it will be interesting to see the reports a few months from now as publishers report in to the trade press about how their traffic and engagement have cratered as a result of the new cruelty. That’s coupled with decreased reach on Instagram as they put an algorithmic feed into place that already has some influencers and creatives running for Snapchat because it doesn’t get between them and their audience. And unfortunately all those lining up for help from Medium might just be trading one self-interested platform for another and find themselves in a deeper hole than they are now since they won’t even control their own site, much less the distribution of content.


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After the announcement of Oppo X 2021, Oppo is here with another mind-blowing news. At the MWC Shanghai, this tech giant unveiled its version of wireless air charging. Oppo also stated that other companies can license this proprietary VOOC fast charging technology plus incorporate it onto their gadgets. Oppo showcased its charging technology using its Oppo X 2021, concept rollable smartphone. However, Oppo is not the first one to announce wireless air charging technology. Not so long ago Xiaomi announced Mi Air Technology.
Oppo Wireless Air Charging Technology: The Flash Initiative
Oppo uses magnetic resonance technology for wireless air charging. As per the officials, one can charge the device within 10 cm (3.9-inch) of its charging mat at 7.5W. The company released a clip demonstrating the charging technology. Nothing much regarding the working mechanism of this technology has been revealed for now.
In contrast to its competitor, Xiaomi uses works on the principle of space positioning and energy transmission and has developed a charging pile with five phase interference antennas built-in. This precisely detects the location of the smartphone under its radius. A phase control array composed of 144 antennas transmits millimeter-wide waves directly to the phone via beamforming. It supports multiple devices with 5W.
These technologies are limited to papers only, as speaking of the current scenario. We do not have any confirmation on the availability of these techs to the general public. One thing we are sure about this is that when it does, it will be ridiculously expensive.
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As of now, the majority of the users are using either cable charging or induction-based wireless charging. The smartphone industry as a whole is yet to convince users of what’s supposed to be the next evolution of wireless charging. As Xiaomi and Oppo have stepped forward into wireless air charging technology we have yet to see the take of Samsung and Apple.
The major companies are working on the current charging mechanism as well. So far there have been several announcements from different companies: Xiaomi’s whooping 80W wireless charging, Oppo’s 65W wireless charging, Nubia’s 80W fast charging, and many more.
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e Duel A Monster? These specs all put the Lenovo Legion Phone Duel on a standard with other gaming phones, yet it’s the non-gaming aspects that hoist it over the pack. All things considered, it’s incredible for gaming and is a bold first exertion for the Lenovo Legion phone arm.


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In general, people who love cars also love sunroofs. We’d bet most people have also, at some point, wondered just how safe it is to have a big piece of glass directly over your head. Consumer Reports wondered about the safety as well, which is why the magazine did a study on the subject. The good news is that for the most part, things are just fine. The bad news is that, for reasons not yet fully understood, some glass roofs can explode without warning.
Did we just say explode? Without warning? Yes we did, but before you engage full panic mode, the numbers are pretty slim. Specifically, there have been at least 859 reported cases of mysteriously shattered sunroofs in the last 22 years. According to the study you have a better chance of getting a blowout, but still, exploding glass certainly qualifies as freak-worthy. So let’s take a closer look at this issue to see what it’s all about.
Consumer Reports pulled data from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration that showed a steady increase in reports of shattering sunroofs, starting in 1995 with just a handful but spiking in 2014 with 187 reported cases that year alone. The issue has been reported in a wide range of vehicles from most automakers, though Hyundai and Kia vehicles seem to stand out from the pack. The Kia Sorento is currently under investigation by the NHTSA for possible defects that could cause exploding glass roofs. In 2013 Hyundai issued a recall for the 2012 Veloster, citing a weakened assembly that could cause the car’s panoramic roof to shatter.
So does anyone actually know what’s happening? The study from Consumer Reports is quite thorough and a good read, but at the end of it all, the answer is pretty much no. Most automakers point the finger at rocks or other road debris causing damage which can lead to shattering. Engineers say it could be a litany of issues in the manufacturing process that can weaken the glass, making it more vulnerable to the torsional forces that can flex a vehicle’s roof under normal circumstances. Lastly, the NHTSA says safety guidelines for sunroofs have not kept up with the development and implementation of larger panoramic roofs.
At the end of the day, the number of reported cases versus the number of cars on the road is very small, and only minor injuries have occurred. But if this ever happened to us, we can’t imagine feeling comfortable underneath a glass roof ever again.
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Forge Nano, Inc., a leading materials science company that enables peak performance products through atomic-level surface engineering, today announced plans to launch a lithium-ion battery manufacturing business called Forge Battery. The newly formed company intends to produce best-in-class high-energy and high-power lithium-ion battery cells for defense, aerospace and specialty electric vehicle markets at a newly constructed Gigafactory in Raleigh, North Carolina. Forge Battery plans to utilize a U.S-focused battery material supply chain to further bolster the domestic battery ecosystem and reduce reliance on foreign suppliers.
The company and outside investors plan for an initial investment of more than $165M in Morrisville, North Carolina to build the gigawatt hour-scale battery manufacturing facility. The Forge Battery facility expects to produce both 21700 and 18650 lithium-ion cells utilizing materials coated with Forge Nano’s Atomic Armor surface technology.
Forge Nano’s Atomic Armor will allow Forge Battery to produce first generation high-energy cells with an expected energy density of 300 Wh/kg with improved safety and extended lifetime that meet or beat performance of incumbent lithium-ion technologies. Because Atomic Armor can enhance the performance of existing and next-generation battery technologies, Forge Battery expects its cell technology to outperform current and future cell chemistries. Atomic Armor is also being used to improve production efficiency and drive down cell costs by removing electrolyte additives and reducing electrolyte consumption. The facility expects to begin production in 2026.
“Lithium-ion cells utilizing Forge Nano’s Atomic Armor technology have exceeded our customer’s expectations, and in turn, increased demand for the technology that outstrips the current manufacturing capabilities,” says Paul Lichty, CEO of Forge Nano. “We are extremely excited to launch Forge Battery in the Battery Belt, where we intend to produce batteries for the world’s most demanding applications, while showcasing the power of Forge Nano’s Atomic Armor coating equipment in a large-scale manufacturing environment.”


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SANTA CLARA, February 8 – Tens of millions of people tune in to watch the Super Bowl every year — and the ad blitz during the breaks in play is part of the fun.
Here’s the rundown on the commercials that ran during Super Bowl 50 on Sunday — hits and misses, stars and slogans.
Welcome back, Jason Bourne-Matt Damon is back as amnesiac super-spy Jason Bourne, and Super Bowl viewers got the first glimpse at the highly-anticipated fifth movie in the blockbuster action franchise.
The teaser for the film, simply titled “Jason Bourne,” shows a rather buff Damon — up for a best actor Oscar later this month for “The Martian” — in a few fistfights, riding a motorcycle and in a stupendous car chase/wreck.
A number of other new film trailers premiered during the game, including ads for “Captain America: Civil War,”
“Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows,”
“Independence Day: Resurgence”
A new live-action version of Disney’s “The Jungle Book.”
Tribute to ‘Starman’Rock legend David Bowie, who died earlier this month after a battle with cancer, still made an appearance at Super Bowl 50.
His song “Starman” featured in a touching Audi ad featuring a father, a retired astronaut father who recaptures the glory of his space expeditions by driving his son’s car.
Car ads are a staple of the Super Bowl: Buick, Toyota Prius, Acura, Honda, Mini and Hyundai all ran commercials during the game.
Nothing creates buzz for Super Bowl ads quite like big stars. And they were everywhere during Sunday’s broadcast, during which a 30-second spot goes for up to $5 million.
Willem Dafoe transforming into Marilyn Monroe, circa 1955 in “The Seven Year Itch”? Sounds improbable, but Snickers made it happen — subway grate, white halter dress, heels and all — in a funny spot.
Aerosmith frontman Steven Tyler confronts his own likeness — made out of colorful Skittles candies — and challenges it to a sing-off. The rocker wins when the portrait explodes while nailing the high note from “Dream On.”
Comics Amy Schumer and Seth Rogen pursued their election year-themed ad campaign for Bud Light, while Oscar winner Helen Mirren cautioned against drunk driving for Budweiser.
Also featured in spots: rapper Drake, tennis ace Serena Williams, actor Christopher Walken and boxer Mike Tyson in a local Washington-area plumbing and heating company ad, to name just a few.
Acting legend Anthony Hopkins appeared in an ad for online tax preparation service TurboTax mocking the entire process.
“I would never tarnish my name by selling you something,” he says — while drinking out of a TurboTax tea cup and wearing TurboTax slippers. The reason he’s not selling out, he says? The service is free.
Animal farmEveryone loves cute animals, so Super Bowl advertisers use them as much as possible.
“PuppyMonkeyBaby,” an odd hybrid creature dancing for Mountain Dew Kickstart drinks, was sort of disturbing on first viewing — but immediately started trending on Twitter as soon as the ad aired.
Dogs dressed up as humans shop for Doritos chips. Sheep sang Queen’s “Somebody to Love” for Honda. And one of Budweiser’s ads featured the beer’s signature Clydesdale horses.
Toenail fungus? Constipation?In the middle of the game, and the middle of all the stars and cars and beers, a commercial aired for — treatment to relieve opioid-induced constipation?
The ad baffled many, and mocking memes quickly popped up on Twitter.
Another ad promoted the diarrhea relief medication Xifazan. And a trio of former NFL greats appeared in a spot for toenail fungus remedy Jublia. Ewwww.
Super Bowl Babies One of the most buzzed-about ads of the night was one for the National Football League under the slogan “Football is Family.”
The commercial introduces “Super Bowl Babies” — kids and adults ostensibly conceived after their parents’ team won the big game.
Each group of adults or children is dressed in gospel choir robes in their team colors. They sing to a reworked version of Seal’s “Kiss From A Rose” — which ticks off how they might have been conceived on Super Bowl Sundays past.
The singer appears at the end of the spot, crooning away with San Francisco’s iconic Golden Gate Bridge behind him.


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HGV operators should adopt approved vehicle retrofit solutions to meet the demands of London’s newly expanded Ultra Low Emission Zone, according to Zemo Partnership. The new London ULEZ, launched today, (25 October) will be 18 times the size of the current central area, covering all of London up to but not including the North and South Circular roads. The Zone, which will operate for 24 hours seven days a week, excluding Christmas Day, is estimated to affect 100,000 cars, 35,000 […]
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The cargo division of SWISS voted Best European Cargo Airline within “Cargo Airline of the Year Award 2008”
The last edition of “Air Cargo News - Cargo Airline of the Year Award” saw Swiss WorldCargo walk off with top honors: At the silver jubilee celebrations of the “Oscars” of the air cargo industry, which took place at the Royal Lancaster Hotel in London, Chief Cargo Officer of SWISS, Oliver Evans, was presented with the Best European Cargo Airline award in front of 500 industry guests.
For 25 years the awards have recognized the very best achievements and highest standards of quality and service provided by cargo airlines around the world. This year, “Cargo Airline of the Year” has revamped its award categories to better reflect the excellence of cargo carriers on a worldwide basis. This means that airline could qualify for an award in the area where it was registered in and not in the ones where it flies.
“Receiving the award is a real honor and testament to the superb performance of our European team, who have worked closely with our customers in the region to identify their specific needs and deliver outstanding products and services,” Oliver Evans comments.
BIFA, the British International Freight Association has audited and approved the votes and voting procedure.


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GE may sell-off appliance business
US RESIDENTIAL AC manufacturer General Electric is considering selling its appliance business after more than a century in operation.
The company is reviewing three possibilities for the business unit: a strategic partnership or joint venture, a spin off or the sale of the business.
GE's appliance unit which makes air conditioners and fridges, generated just 4% of total revenues in 2007. Part of GE Industrial's consumer and industrial division, GE Appliances is worth more than $7 billion.
GE aims to benefit from growth in emerging markets but the division currently gets most of its revenue from the US.
'This review is consistent with the strategy we have been executing to transform our portfolio for long-term growth, ' GE chairman and CEO Jeff Immelt said.
Referring to GE Appliance's position Immelt said 'However, it remains primarily a U.S. business, meaning its fortunes are tied to the rise and fall of a single market'.
Employing 13,000 people worldwide, GE Appliances is headquartered in Louisville in the US.
Chinese company Haier has been rumoured as a possible
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LONDON — Online money transfer service TransferWise is launching a new regional hub in Singapore.
The fintech business announced on Thursday that it is opening a new office in Singapore that will act as a hub for the Asia-Pacific region. TransferWise hopes to have 30 employees based there by the end of the year.
Taavet Hinrikus, CEO and cofounder of TransferWise, said in an emailed statement: “It made perfect sense for TransferWise to choose Singapore as our APAC hub. The region is important for us as we expand globally, bringing our service to everyone in the world that transfers money internationally.”
Singapore has been actively trying to promote itself as a regional hub for fintech in Asia, with regulator the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) actively encouraging companies to set up shop in the city-state. A study by Deloitte released earlier this month found Singapore the joint top fintech hub globally, alongside London.
Hinrikus said: “The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) have demonstrated their commitment to making Singapore a place where fintech companies can flourish and we’re excited to be part of that.”
TransferWise’s new office will support offices in Sydney and Tokyo. The company is also launching its online money transfer services in Singapore.
London-headquartered TransferWise is one of Britain’s most successful fintech startups, valued at over $US1 billion (£780 million) and with funding of over $US117 million (£91.7 million). The company, founded in 2011, allows people to cheaply and easily send money abroad online. The company transfers over £1 billion across 750 currency routes each month.
While TransferWise is a flag-bearer for the UK fintech sector, Hinrikus caused embarrassment for the government earlier this month when he told the audience at a Treasury-organised conference: “If I was setting up TransferWise today, I probably would not choose London.”
Hinrikus has also said TransferWise plans to set up a new European office to act as its European headquarters post-Brexit, although London will remain the global head office. TransferWise currently has nine offices around the world and 650 employees.
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In an attempt to win back customers, the industry has witnessed a boom in concept pubs. Lorna Harrison reports on how one brewer has learnt to diversify.
Diversification is a word which hit the big time among major pub companies and brewers about five years ago.
Operators began to realise that with increased home drinking and entertainment, brought on by cheap supermarket booze, cross-Channel imports and the recession, they had to do something pretty special to attract customers back to pubs.
So along came the boom in family dining, Irish pubs and value-for-money venues.
Since then companies have been striving to come up with new innovative ideas, not only to keep people in pubs but to make sure they target their venues rather than their competitors.
Wolverhampton & Dudley Breweries (W&D) saw the potential in diversifying its traditional pub estate and over the past few years it has invested heavily in getting several quality themed concepts off the ground.
"We want to stay ahead in the industry and have targeted very specific markets, giving those customers exactly what they want and feel comfortable with," said Patrick Dardis, director of pub retailing.
The company operates around 530 managed pubs from Weston-Super-Mare, Gloucestershire, to Preston, Lancashire and 400 tenancies from Northampton to Manchester. Out of those around 100 are themed concepts.
W&D's new concept - so new it has yet to be named - is due to open in May in West Bromwich. The converted post office will be a young persons' venue with a café/bar feel.
All sites are sourced by W&D's own team of surveyors.
Jackie Cartwright, acquisition surveyor, said that the company has no plans to roll out its estate nationally although competitors can expect to see Milestone Restaurants and The Varsity cropping up in specific areas.
"We are targeting university towns looking for suitable venues for the Varsity," said Cartwright, who added that former banks make ideal venues.
Dardis said: "The Varsity has proved to be a great success. Unlike other student venues it does not offer loud music and cheap beer price-offs. Our new site in Coventry features a student union library."
W&D's retailing policy to stay, in the main, within existing trading areas is not mirrored on its brewing side.
The company is consciously rolling out its flagship beer Banks's (3.5 per cent ABV) and says it will be available nationally in 2001.
A million pints of the brand ale are currently sold in its existing Central TV trading area and W&D is investing heavily on promoting it, spending £2.1 million this year.
The company is targeting TV regions and HTV (Wales, Gloucestershire, Avon and Bristol) is the next to be hit with intense advertising. A salesforce of five has been taken on to deal with enquiries.
An advertising campaign for W&D's imported Czech lager Zámek also kicked off in December. Zámek (ABV 4.5 per cent) is imported exclusively by the brewer and is fast gaining a good reputation among premium lager drinkers nationally.
Sales for the last financial year, ending in September, saw a rise of 12.3 per cent, largely due to increased marketing support.


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Retail Food Group drops profit forecast
An Australian Donut King store
Retail Food Group (RFG) has lowered its forecasted profits for its 2017 financial year.
RFG, which is responsible for numerous quick service food outlets in Australia, is now forecasting it will achieve a net profit after tax 15 per cent higher than what it achieved last financial year.
RFG had previously forecasted a net profit after tax 20 per cent higher than its 2016 financial year.
In an Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) update, RFG said one of its chains, Michel’s Patisserie has experienced supply chain issues driving down its profits.
Advances on marketing funds made to Michel’s Patisserie and RFG’s Pizza Capers, are also not expected to be recovered with less of their stores now open.
RFG said it is “optimistic regarding its future performance, given the Company’s increasingly diversified business model, which affords continuing opportunities for growth.”
At the start of June 2017, RFG shares dropped by 11 per cent after a UBS report said a new accounting standard may negatively impact RFG’s balance sheet.
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UK and India look to a prosperous future post Brexit…reports Asian Lite News
Paul Scully MP for Sutton and Cheam, brought together UK Parliamentarians and Indian business leaders for a round table discussion in Parliament this week to look into the opportunities that may arise following Brexit.
Following productive trade talks at the highest level over the last year including post-referendum, Mr Scully was keen to continue and build on the positive relationship between the two countries that already enjoy considerable bilateral trade and investment. He said, “India was the natural place to start a series of events to discuss improving trade relations between the UK and its many global partners in the aftermath of the UK voting to leave the EU. I hope that this will show the Indian business community that MPs are serious about making Brexit work for everyone as well as demonstrating to MPs that despite the current uncertainty, successful trading between the two countries will develop regardless.
We explored how to broaden and deepen the bilateral relationship between the UK and India. The primary feeling at the meeting was one of great optimism and opportunity. We looked at particular sectors which could benefit from strengthening and broadening our already close and historic ties. These included IT, travel and tourism, luxury goods, aviation and financial services. Exporting brands that can appeal to the burgeoning middle classes in India, a country that is home to one quarter of the world’s under-25 year olds is an exciting prospect as well as looking at Indian brands that are unknown as yet here in the UK.”
The round table saw the participation of Minister of Coordination from the High Commission of India, Mr. A S Rajan, parliamentarians including Steve Barclay, Flick Drummond, Alan Mak, Heather Wheeler, Mark Pawsey, Matthew Offord, Lord Sheikh of Cornhill, representatives from the business community like Mr. Rajan Sehgal, Chairman Skylord Group, Mr. Jaffer Kapasi OBE FFA, Director of East Midlands Chamber of Commerce, Mr Datuk SK Lingham, International Corporate Consultant and representatives from offices of Bob Blackman MP and Andrew Rosindell MP.
The group resolved to build an informed view among parliamentarians of business opportunities; feed into discussions between India and the new Secretary of State for International Trade, Dr Liam Fox MP; look at visa rules to enable easier business travel and work with UK countries to make it easier to export, thus increasing the mere 12% of UK companies that currently have any trade outside the UK. A series of events will follow with a focus on trade relationships between the UK and various other countries and groups including the Middle East, Commonwealth and ASEAN countries.


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Aldi is opening 15 new supermarkets across the UK before the end of 2021, including one in Luton.
The supermarket, which currently has more than 930 UK stores, will be opening in new locations from Edinburgh (November 25) to Orpington (December 2) and Poole (December 16).
The new store in Luton at Bramingham Business Park will be opening in a week on November 11, 2021.
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The new stores form part of Aldi’s commitment to invest more than £1.3 billion by 2023, with plans to open 100 new stores over the next two years.
Store Assistants can earn up to £10.57 nationally, and £11.32 inside the M25, with paid breaks included.
Ciaran Aldridge, National Property Director at Aldi UK, said: "There are still too many people for whom shopping at Aldi isn’t a convenient option. We’re committed to changing that and opening nearly four new stores a week before Christmas clearly demonstrates our progress with this."
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He added: "The new stores bring us one step closer to our goal of making our award-winning products at unbeatable prices easily accessible to even more shoppers across the country, and we look forward to welcoming local customers in for their weekly shop."
The openings follow on from Aldi launching new stores in Cheltenham, Portlethen and South Harrow in October.
A second Aldi store in Luton is currently being built on Gispy Lane following strong opposition from Luton Town Football Club last year (2020).
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Venezuela’s President Maduro officially put the country’s new cryptocurrency, the Petro, up for sale earlier this week. Now he’s insisting that several state-owned companies convert some of their sales and purchases into Petros. He has given the order to PDVSA, Pequiven and CVG.
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Pivoting from its annual in-person event and conference, the Private Label Manufacturers Association (PLMA) will kick off its first major online event for store brands in the U.S. on Monday, Feb. 1, for five days of back-to-back presentations and a virtual exhibit floor featuring more than 700 manufacturers.
“PLMA Live! presents Private Label Week” will be streaming a daily schedule of original on-demand programming covering the latest marketing and consumer research, retail and private brand strategies, insights and analysis, alongside category profiles, product trends and individual interviews with retail winners of PLMA’s Salute to Excellence awards for new and innovative private label products.
In an interview with Supermarket News, PLMA president Peggy Davies and vice president Anthony Aiola talked about how the association overcame the challenges of putting on a virtual event of this size and what attendees can expect to see. (For the full interview, watch the video below.)
“We have more than 700 exhibitors that are participating in the event,” said Aiola. “It's all about featured products. Every single exhibitor will be featuring up to four unique items within their booth space. It’s products, products, products, and we think the industry and our retail partners will find quality exhibitors to work with. The other exciting part of our program is the extensive PLMA Live! video programming that Peggy has done a phenomenal job of putting together.”
“We have over 50 pieces of wide-ranging content and we have a good handful of retail speakers this year,” added Davies, noting that each morning from Feb. 1-5 offers a special keynote presentation by a leading retail executive or industry expert.
Bill Simon, former president & CEO, Walmart U.S. will address private label and the economy; Kroger’s Brad Studer, senior director Our Brands, will discuss the “artful economics” of store brands growth; Albertsons’ Chad Coester SVP Own Brands & Albertsons’ Own Brands Leadership Team will speak on collaboration and innovation; Walgreens’ Andrea Collaro, senior director, Brand Management & Product Development will address the past, present and future of Walgreens owned brands; and Dr. Nada Sanders, professor of supply chain management, Northeastern University will speak on supply chain strategies and survival. On Friday, Feb. 5, PLMALive! will stream a top-level executive panel on the outlook for store brands, featuring Perrigo CEO Murray S. Kessler, TreeHouse Foods CEO Steve Oakland, Vi-Jon CEO Rich Koulouris, and moderated by PLMA’s Tim Simmons.
Pivoting during a crisis
Like so many other events in 2020, the impact of COVID-19 forced PLMA to postpone and rethink its annual trade show, originally scheduled for Chicago in November. Fortunately, the organization has had plenty of experience with pivoting during a crisis, according to Aiola.
“We’ve encountered a bunch of issues over the last decade or so running our trade shows in terms of challenges,” he said. “I think it was 2010, we had the ash cloud in Iceland, which disrupted air travel for quite some time, which occurred during our international event in Amsterdam. We did unfortunately have terrorist attacks in Paris and Belgium a few short weeks before our event, again, over in Amsterdam. It made us rethink moving forward that we needed to position the association and provide a format to the industry in case of events as terrorist attacks, environmental issues, or in this case, the COVID pandemic at the moment. And that's how we began the thought process of developing a virtual platform.”
He added, “We were fortunate that we had been looking into this for quite some time. We studied different types of platforms and we we had a pretty clear vision of what we were looking for, which is simplicity of use. We wanted to have a user have an experience that they can come back with and say, you know, that was very simple to use. We wanted it to be simple and include as many folks as we could from around the world because we do have global participation with the entire private label community And I think we've successfully done that.”
That attitude of adaptability during COVID extends to the private label industry as well, noted Davies.
“Particularly because so many of private label brands are experimental for consumers, manufacturers continue to evolve and develop those items in different categories,” she said. “And of course the pandemic didn't stop that. So as our retailers want to continue to experiment with new and different trends, I can firmly say our manufacturers, our members are also right with them, working with their R&D departments, their ingredient suppliers to packaging suppliers, to continue to evolve because everything needs to continue on. We didn't sit on our hands from a private label trade show standpoint, and we know our manufacturer members and our retailers didn't do that either.”


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VMware to manage virtual machines from mobile phones
- 24 March, 2009 00:12
VMware is set to release in the beginning of April a technology preview of a new feature that will let vCenter Mobile Access VMware users manage their infrastructure from mobile phones, it said on a company blog on Friday.
Using vCenter Mobile Access (vCMA) IT administrators will, for example, be able to search for virtual machines in the data center or migrate virtual machines from one host to another using VMware's vMotion feature. The company paints a scenario where IT administrators will be able to restart a virtual machine when sitting in a meeting or get an alarm when attending a kid's soccer game.
In order for the tool to work, users will first have to a vCMA server, which comes in the shape of a virtual appliance. The vCMA server must be connected to VMware vCenter or any of the ESX servers that is going to be managed.
A demo, using a BlackBerry emulator, shows a user logging onto the server using the vCenter IP address, user name and password. The next screen shows a number of icons, including search, migrate, site recovery, scheduled tasks and alarms that the administrator can select.
VCMA is designed to be used from mobile phone browsers, so it should work on a wide variety of devices, writes VMware's Ben Kolin on a forum dedicated to the new tool. VMware has done some testing with Symbian (Nokia E71), iPhone, BlackBerry, Android, and Windows Mobile, according to Kolin.
The announcement also underscores a current trend to allow IT departments to do more using mobile phones, giving administrators greater flexibility. This is what VMware wants to achieve with vCMA, according to Fredrik Sjöstedt, director of EMEA product marketing at VMware.
But what users can do is limited by the smaller screens, according to Leif-Olof Wallin, research vice president at Gartner. The small screen makes it more difficult to get a good overview, and to ensure that everything is done correctly, he said.
The same concern is echoed by Lars-Gunnar Nyqvist, head of IT at Kommuninvest of Sweden, a public sector owned and guaranteed credit market company
"I'd feel safer using a real keyboard," he said, but will still have a look at the tool to see what it can add.


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Reuter’s Institute: Publishers anxious about 2024, here is how to continue to grow audience and revenue
Publishers will need to re-write audience acquisition playbooks, grow ARPU and invest in first-party to meet the challenges of 2024.
12th January 2024
In the Pugpig weekly media bulletin, Pugpig’s consulting services director Kevin Anderson and digital growth consultant James Kember distill some of the best strategies and tactics that are driving growth in audiences, revenue and innovation at media businesses around the world.
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2024: The year publishers get back on the front foot?
2023 was a tough year for publishers with the collapse of traffic from social platforms and struggles to retain the subscribers they attracted during the pandemic-driven boom. Many publishers are now looking to 2024 as the year they get back on the front foot. They are planning to build more direct relationships with their audiences, expand the use of high-engagement formats and try to re-ignite reader revenue growth. It is a year which includes elections in several major countries, not least the UK and the US. For news publishers, this creates an opportunity to harness increased interest in news to build larger audiences and develop engagement.
But it’s going to be a challenge. Nic Newman at the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism recently released his annual trends and predictions report based on interviews with 300 media leaders from more than 50 countries and territories around the world. In those interviews, he identified that less than half of the leaders – editors, CEOs and digital executives – (47%) say they are confident about journalism’s prospects this year, and 12% say that they have low confidence.
Nic’s survey echoed themes from a piece by the Press Gazette just before Christmas, which spoke to 18 media leaders about what they see as the biggest challenges that the publishing industry will face in 2024. The need to build direct relationships, the ever-shifting advertising market and the importance of trusted news sources in the era of AI, featured heavily in media leaders’ comments.
Retain users but don’t forget that you’ll occasionally need to find new ones
In Nic’s survey, media leaders expressed anxiety that the steep declines in social media referrals could continue in 2024. Chartbeat shows that traffic to news sites from Facebook is down by 48%, and two-thirds of the leaders that Nic spoke to said they are concerned about this sharp decline. However, when talking to the Press Gazette Julia Beizer, Bloomberg Media’s Chief Digital Officer had a hopeful message. “We can choose to see this as yet another blow handed to the industry by big tech – or we can see it as an opportunity,” she said.
What is the opportunity? For Julia, the platform era “robbed us of loyalty”, and it is now the time to lean into direct relationships to build up engagement, rather than focusing on acquiring new audiences.
To achieve this there are several important factors to consider. The product needs to be of high quality, across the web and the app. The approach to content should be audience-centric, with personalisation where appropriate. And, as we spoke at length about in our Retention Economics Report last year, engagement will reduce churn, but the approach must start at the very beginning of the relationship, as Die Zeit found with their “First Day Subscription” retention programme. The first couple of days are crucial to deliver long-term value and strategies such as onboarding need to be tested and tailored.
Although, however good an audience retention strategy is, it’ll always be a leaky bucket and the need to acquire new audience groups will remain valuable. Business Insider Global Editor-in-Chief Nicholas Carlson had an interesting take, suggesting that media brands can achieve this if they remember that they “don’t want to be a publication for everybody”. Acquisition efforts need to be a lot more focused than before. It’ll also require a higher level of investment. However, Nicholas is also highlighting the importance of brand proposition. In the platform era, the focus was on attracting masses of loosely connected readers to drive advertising revenue. However, as so many media brands found. This didn’t lead to brand awareness, much less loyalty, and the platforms captured almost all of the revenue. Who is your audience? What are their needs? And what is the best way to develop awareness that leads to engagement?
For Reach’s Chief Digital Publisher David Higgerson, new audience acquisition was of primary importance. David cautioned the Press Gazette about an approach that only focused on the “naturally hyper-engaged” and instead suggested a focus on reaching the “30% of people who claim to be regular news avoiders”. For David, the acquisition of new audiences remains central to their strategy.
A split remains between publishers. In the past, we presented this as the volume versus value. Volume publishers pursued the platform-driven approach, while value publishers pursued a product-led growth strategy rooted in developing content and content experiences that delivered sufficient value for audiences that they were willing to pay for them. Some publishers seem so disillusioned with platforms that they are investing in their owned platforms in 2024. Those publishers are leaning into high-engagement formats including newsletters, video and audio. Others Nic surveyed are balancing the owned platform approach with experiments on new platforms including TikTok and WhatsApp. Ultimately, at Pugpig Consulting, we see a much needed re-balancing. Yes, off-platform brand awareness and acquisition still have a role to play, but it has to be understood that off-platform KPIs – follower counts and platform impressions – need to be balanced with KPIs that measure how this leads to deeper relationships with your products that lead to engagement and ultimately revenue.
Seeking the next phase of reader revenue growth
Advertising was soft in 2023, and 80% of those surveyed by Nic Newman will continue to invest in subscriptions and membership, more than either traditional display or native advertising. However, in 2023, we heard from publishers of an awareness that much of the low-hanging high-ARPU subscribers had been converted. As we argued in our Retention Report, publishers will need to maximise ARPU not only amongst subscribers but also more loosely registered customers, some of whom will never pay for a full subscription, and other known and unknown users. This will require creative thinking about new products, bundles and business models.
The advertising opportunities presented by the death of 3rd party cookies
Although there was a modest growth in advertising spend in 2023, this was almost entirely absorbed by the tech platforms. The challenges have not eased for publishers.
Despite the headwinds, when Chrome finally depreciates third-party cookies in the second half of 2024, this will present an opportunity for certain publishers. It is likely that once again, context will be king and industry or sector-specific publications, such as fashion or automotive magazines stand to benefit. But what does it mean for more general news brands? Well, those that have a mature audience strategy are in a stronger position. As Future’s Global Ad Product and Revenue Operations Director Nick Flood told the Press Gazette, this means that “agencies and advertisers are going to struggle to find their target audiences across the open web”. Likewise, the Guardian’s Chief Executive Anna Bateson promoted publishers showcasing their “unique formula”, which for the Guardian meant a combination of “scale, influence and integrity”.
This will also mean that registration strategies, so often viewed only as the gateway to subscription, will have a clearer role to play in advertising. Moreover, there will be an increasing role for publisher-owned technology that maps digital behaviour to build segments and profiles. And in the INMA conversation that we highlighted last week, publishers are also looking to improve their advertising products for subscribers. At Future, they are looking to their audience data platform, Aperture, to deliver sophisticated targeting solutions. Nick Flood advised other publishers to consider a similar first-party solution.
Can AI be trusted? The importance of trust in a critical election year
AI has the potential to be the biggest disrupter to the publishing industry since the birth of the internet. Almost all of the media leaders that Press Gazette spoke to agreed on some level of the need to be prepared to address the challenges and opportunities of AI. Broadly speaking, these fell into two categories. Firstly, the danger that AI presents in terms of scraping content and absorbing traffic and attention, and, secondly, the risk that inaccurate AI-generated content destabilises elections.
AI could be the final nail in the coffin for free traffic through to publishers’ sites. Although Facebook traffic numbers have fallen off a cliff for most publishers, Google has remained a reliable source of traffic to publishers. Indeed, for many publishers, this source of users has become more significant and we’ve seen from some of our Pugpig consulting clients the benefits of articles featuring in Google News or Discover. Nic highlighted publishers’ concerns about Google’s search generative experience. It will provide answers to users’ questions directly in search results, leading publishers to worry if users will get enough information without continuing to their sites.
Scott Purcell, co-founder of Australian men’s lifestyle site Man of Many, pointed out the problem to the Press Gazette. He said that AI will pose a “significant challenge” to publishers’ traffic, as it will make it harder for “publishers like us to compete and stand out.”
However, disruption also creates opportunity. For Scott, he sees it as a chance to “double down” on “creating quality, original, and people-first content”. This will force “Google’s systems [to] evolve to detect better and highlight such content”. Similarly, Hearst UK Chief Executive Katie Vanneck-Smith said, that “we also need to encourage our editors to be braver”. For both Scott and Katie, this will produce content that AI “can’t replicate”.
Moreover, in the biggest election year in history, there will be an increase in the number of people hungry for news. And reliable, accurate journalism will play an increasingly important role. ITN’s Chief Executive Rachel Corp, pointed out that “Elections are a really exciting time for any newsroom, but we need to ensure that technological developments such as generative AI don’t negatively impact the trusted and impartial reporting that we know audiences turn to us for.” There was a similar message from The Sun’s Director of Digital (Editorial), Will Payne who said, “In a world of mass AI-produced, low-value content, quality journalism will be at even more of a premium than it has ever been.”
But publishers’ views about AI aren’t all doom and gloom, and the Press Gazette highlighted the opportunity for AI as an enabler for media organisations. The Sun’s Will Payne pointed out that if they can use AI to improve newsroom workflows that would free up journalists to focus on producing content. This aligned with Nic’s Reuters Institute where he reported that a majority (56%) of publishers were looking to leverage AI for back-end news automation, with other applications for AI including better recommendations (37%) and commercial uses (28%). That being said, while 2023 ended with Axel Springer striking a big deal with OpenAI, half of those surveyed thought that little money would come from AI companies for licensing. And almost a third thought the major cash would go to big players like Springer.
2024 holds risks, but publishers see opportunities as well. The steady decline of traffic from social media will mean that audience engagement strategies need to mature quickly and acquisition playbooks have to be rewritten. The depreciation of the third-party cookie will force advertisers to change tactics, and only those publishers with an established audience strategy, or strong contextual offering, will be able to mitigate the potential impact to digital revenue. And the evolution of AI, in the context of a year of much democratic change, will mean that publishers will need to double down on original, high-quality content. This will both uphold the importance of journalism to democratic societies and mitigate the impact of AI scraping or generating inaccurate content.
Here are some of the most important headlines about the business of news and publishing as well as strategies and tactics in product management, analytics and audience engagement.
- Two-thirds of Brits follow local news, mostly via social media and TV from the Press Gazette
- Sales expertise, gender diversity key to digital media success, initiative finds from WAN-IFRA
- Exclusive: Fox Corp. launches blockchain platform to negotiate with AI firms from Axios
- “Forensic analysis of what makes content successful on social media”: How Freeda Media made its mark from Mx3
- Just start!’ – Markus Knall on the benefits of Reverse Strategy in AI experimentation from WAN-IFRA
- Google lays off staff in engineering, Google Voice Assistant, Fitbit, Nest and Pixel teams from The Verge
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Google has just updated how it determines your business’s local ranking.
Another week, another step towards Google becoming a damn sight more transparent than we’re used to. If it wasn’t enough that Google revealed its top three ranking signals for organic search last Friday, this Friday it revealed a new ranking signal for local search… Prominence.
As noticed by Mike Blumenthal, and reported by SEJ over the weekend, Google has updated its Google My Business help page.
This resource details how you can improve your local rankings with practical guidance on keeping your business information complete and accurate (physical address, phone number, category), verifying your location(s), keeping your opening hours accurate and managing customer reviews.
It also lists the ways in which Google determines your local ranking…
How Google ranks your business for local search
How well does your local listing match what someone is searching for? This is why you business information should always be fully detailed and accurate.
How close are you to the person searching for a particular term? Bear in mind that relevance will be the stronger signal. If a business is further away from a searcher’s location, but is more likely to have what they’re looking for than a business that’s closer, Google will rank it higher in local results.
Additionally, if a user doesn’t specify a location, Google will calculate distance based on what’s known about their location.
And this weekend Google added another…
Basically… How well known is your business?
Here’s the exact wording on ‘prominence’ from Google…
Some places are more prominent in the offline world, and search results try to reflect this in local ranking. For example, famous museums, landmark hotels, or well-known store brands that are familiar to many people are…
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Recently, there have been speculations that the next-generation’s Galaxy S21 series smartphones will be launched as early as January next year.
Now, four months ahead of its rumored launch date, the Samsung Galaxy S21 and S21 Ultra design had been leaked by well-accredited leaker Steve Hemmerstoffer in a series of CAD renderings.
Starting with the Galaxy S21, the device will be arriving with a flat display at the front which retains the same central hole-punch design we’d seen on the Galaxy S20. This time round, its front display is said to measures 6.2″ diagonally.
Over at the back, its camera housing comes with an obvious redesign that looks different from what we’d saw among the current S20 series smartphones.
The triple camera setup of the Galaxy S21 will be joint by a LED flash that’s located towards the right of the camera housing. From the renders, its also pretty much confirmed that the camera bump will still be present at the back.
Coming to the Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra, the device will be arriving with a slightly larger, 6.7″ – 6.9″ curved display. Compared to the current Galaxy S20 Ultra, it seems like we can expect even thinner bezels on the forehead and chin of the upcoming Galaxy S21 Ultra.
On the flip-side, the Galaxy S21 Ultra features a huge camera bump which is said to be almost twice the size of the vanilla Galaxy S21. As expected, it will come with an additional camera at the back which brings its total camera count to four.
At current stage, there still isn’t much information pertaining to the specs of the Galaxy S21 and Galaxy S21 Ultra. However, they are expected to be powered by the upcoming flagship Exynos 1000/ Exynos 2100 chipset.


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- Apr 12, 2001
For the first time, Apple will live stream its Tuesday, September 10 event on YouTube, Apple announced today using a placeholder video uploaded to the site.
Apple is allowing YouTube users to set a reminder to get a notification when the event begins. It is set to kick off at 10:00 a.m. Pacific Time on September 10.
Apple usually uploads its events to YouTube a few days after they happen, but has not used YouTube to live stream an event before. Making the live stream available on YouTube will provide access to the event on consoles, computers, smartphones, and other devices.Cupertino calling. Join us for an Apple special event live from the Steve Jobs Theater on September 10 at 10 a.m. PDT. Set a reminder and we'll send an update before the show.
The event will also be live streamed through the Events app on the Apple TV and it will be available on Apple's Events website.
Apple is expected to unveil new iPhones, new Apple Watch models, and perhaps other hardware, with a full rundown of what's coming available in our What to Expect article.
For those who are unable to watch the live stream on the Apple TV, Apple's website, or on YouTube, MacRumors will be providing live coverage here on MacRumors.com and on our MacRumorsLive Twitter account.
Article Link: Apple to Live Stream September 10 Event on YouTube


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The German auto industry is predicting a 21 percent increase in exports for 2010 thanks to high demand in Asia and the United States. Analysts say manufacturers' emphasis on research and development is paying off.
The auto industry is one of Germany's biggest exporters
There's no doubt that this has been a good year for German carmakers, and equally little doubt that that has much to do with China. Volkswagen, Porsche, BMW and Mercedes have all made their mark on the sprawling Asian landmass and notched up sales figures that far outstripped their expectations.
In the first eight months of 2010, the Chinese car market almost doubled in size with German manufacturers securing a 53 percent increase on the sales of its cars.
In an interview in Monday's Die Welt newspaper, the president of the German Association of the Automotive Industry (VDA), Matthias Wissmann, said that German manufacturers would have produced a total of 5.45 million passenger cars by the end of the year. The lion's share will have gone to international markets.
Destined for foreign roads: German cars enjoy a good reputation overseas
"Over the whole year, we are expecting exports to rise 21 percent, which equates to 4.15 million passenger cars," Wissmann said. "The strength of the Asian market, especially in China, and also the recovery of the US market, have fuelled exports."
So far this year, Chinese consumers have bought 1.3 million German vehicles.
Development paid off
Wissmann cited the decision not to cap but increase development budgets during the crisis as one of the main reasons for the surge in popularity of German cars in Asian countries.
He said it had given German manufacturers a technologically competitive edge and enabled them to come up with the right range of cars.
The VDA president added that the German domestic market also performed better than had been expected in 2010. There had been worries that demand would stagnate following the government's decision not to extend its car scrapping subsidy scheme, whereby German car owners were paid 2,500 euros ($3,470) if they traded in a vehicle that was at least nine years old and purchased a brand new one.
As company profits rise, auto workers want higher pay
Workers have responded to the flourishing market with calls for wage increases planned for 2011 to be introduced early.
Audi and other parts of the Volkswagen concern, whose operating profit had trebled by the end of the third quarter to 4.8 billion euros, have already agreed to an increase.
BMW, Porsche and Daimler have yet to make a decision.
Author: Tamsin Walker (dpa, AP)
Editor: Sam Edmonds


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In a significant development for the cryptocurrency industry, BitGo has received in-principle approval from the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) to operate as a Major Payment Institution (MPI). This approval places BitGo at the forefront of regulated digital payment token service providers in Asia, allowing the company to offer a comprehensive range of services to its clients securely. This article examines the implications of this approval for BitGo and the cryptocurrency ecosystem in Singapore.
The MPI license granted to BitGo enables the company to conduct its operations without encountering transaction limits or monthly caps imposed on payment services in Singapore. It provides BitGo with the flexibility to offer seamless transactions for its clients without arbitrary restrictions on the amounts involved. This approval solidifies BitGo’s position as a trusted and regulated custodian of digital assets in the region.
Implications for BitGo and its Users
BitGo, founded in 2013, has grown significantly since its inception. With its platform supporting over 700 digital assets and serving over 1,500 institutional clients across 50 countries, BitGo has established itself as a key player in the crypto custodial services sector. The approval from MAS further enhances BitGo’s credibility and global footprint. The CEO of BitGo, Mike Belshe, expressed his appreciation for the licensing and highlighted the benefits it brings to users across three continents. Clients will now be able to purchase and sell digital assets securely, enjoying the advantages of decentralized custody.
Singapore has emerged as a favored destination for digital asset companies due to its proactive crypto regulatory framework. The city-state has introduced regulations aimed at protecting its citizens from the risks associated with the industry while fostering innovation and growth. The recent granting of licenses by MAS to Ripple, Circle, and UPbit further strengthens Singapore’s position as a leading hub for crypto operations in the region.
BitGo’s approval to operate as a Major Payment Institution in Singapore is a significant milestone for the company and the wider cryptocurrency ecosystem. It places BitGo at the forefront of regulated digital payment token service providers in Asia, allowing it to offer a comprehensive range of services securely. Singapore’s proactive regulatory framework and commitment to fostering innovation have attracted numerous digital asset companies to establish their presence in the city-state. With BitGo joining the ranks of approved crypto firms in Singapore, the country’s position as a key hub for crypto operations is further solidified.


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Do you use an app to help you count steps? Or does your company offer an app to monitor your health?
Nearly every facet of our lives can be tracked now, but they can be detrimental to your privacy. Some health apps are reevaluating their relationships with Facebook
after a Wall Street Journal report revealed they send sensitive personal details to the social media platform without users knowing, underscoring the privacy risks with such apps.
HIPAA regulations that require patient-doctor confidentiality do not apply to wearable devices or the data they collect, making any device or app that monitors health information risky.
At least four apps the WSJ contacted as part of its reporting cut off transmission of sensitive data to Facebook. “The apps that made the change include Flo Health Inc.’s Flo Period & Ovulation Tracker and Azumio Inc.’s Instant Heart Rate: HR Monitor,” it reported.
“It’s common for developers to share information with a wide range of platforms for advertising and analytics,” a Facebook spokeswoman told MarketWatch. “We require the other app developers to be clear with their users about the information they are sharing with us, and we prohibit app developers from sending us sensitive data.”
Many fitness apps can access GPS to track a user’s jogging and cycling routes and can store that data and potentially share it with third parties, marketing firms, and advertisers. They may also be able to collect and sell data on users’ fitness level, heart rate, and fertility, the WSJ report showed.
Facebook said it’s telling the apps highlighted in coverage to stop sending it data and will work with regulators in states where there are such concerns. “We also take steps to detect and remove data that should not be shared with us. All that being said, we look forward to assisting Governor Cuomo and the relevant officials in New York State,” the Facebook spokeswoman said.
This kind of data could end up costing you more than your privacy if it’s sold to insurance companies, said Ray Walsh, privacy expert at BestVPN.com. Under the Affordable Care Act, insurers can no longer deny coverage to those with preexisting conditions or charge a higher premium to people who lead more unhealthy lifestyles, but there is still a risk of policy choices being made based on this information
“Fitness apps can deduce a lot about a person’s fitness levels and wellness,” he said. “That data is valuable because it could be used to ascertain whether someone is eligible for life insurance, or a risk to insurers,” he said. “For this reason, fitness tracking data could, in theory, be used to allow firms to form unduly prejudiced decisions against the people that use them.”
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) regulations that require patient-doctor confidentiality do not apply to wearable devices or the data they collect, making any device or app that monitors health information risky, said Mark Weinstein, privacy advocate and founder of social media site MeWe.
Tracking health data may not always be so reliable. Some bioethicists say many health apps pose potential health risks, with unreliable research to report their efficacy and little regulatory oversight.
“Here’s the reality of life as a wearable device owner — there’s no doctor/patient privacy or patient privacy or any privacy, for that matter,” he said. “Monitoring yourself with a fitness tracking app that is collecting data is like publishing your own medical autobiography online. These neat little devices are hard to resist, but I will admire fitness tracking apps from afar.”
What’s more, tracking health data may not always be so reliable. In fact, bioethicists said in a January study many health apps pose potential health risks, with unreliable research to report their efficacy and little regulatory oversight.
The “neurotechnologies” industry is worth close to $3 billion, the study published by the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine said. This includes apps that purport to diagnose mental states, improve cognition, or “read” one’s emotional state. It suggested better oversight on such products including a working group responsible for surveying direct-to-consumer neurotechnologies, which are currently under the jurisdiction of the Federal Trade Commission.
“With thousands of health and wellness apps and devices, oversight is ill-suited to monitor and regulate the industry effectively,” the report said.
Although the revelations that health apps send data to Facebook have sparked backlash from consumer groups, such practices are perfectly legal, noted Francis Dinha, chief executive officer of privacy company of OpenVPN. Generally such practices are clearly outlined in the terms of service and privacy policies of these platforms.
“This particular situation wasn’t the result of a hack or external attack. Rather, it was the apps themselves sending personal information to Facebook,” Dinha said.
and several advertising platforms.
By downloading the app, a user consents to this practice. This is the kind of fine print users should be on the lookout for, Walsh said. People should avoid using Facebook or Google accounts to connect with an app and, instead, start a new account with an email address and password, he added. (Flo did not respond to request for comment.)
Even if you feel confident that they are popular and trusted, always read their conditions closely, just as you would any form you sign in the doctor’s office. “Start by make sure you read the terms and conditions before hitting ‘agree,’” Dinha said. “Otherwise, you might be signing away your right to that data privacy without knowing it. Additionally, make sure you research an app before you download. Do they have a reliable reputation?”
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Qualcomm announced at CES that their new line of Snapdragon processors are powering the Smart TVs at CES, and they’re bringing in to full web browsing and access to the latest Android apps, as well as console class gaming.
“Consumers demand a seamless experience across all screens, including smartphones, tablets, PCs and televisions,” said Raj Talluri, vice president of product management for Qualcomm. “Having Snapdragon processors power smart TVs and digital media adapters is a natural extension of our leadership in mobile and computing technologies into the connected home.”
“Lenovo’s newly announced K91 Smart TV is a milestone for the connected home and digital technology,” said Xiong Wen, general manager and executive director, Smart TV, Lenovo. “It’s the first Smart TV in the world to run on Qualcomm’s Snapdragon processors, as well as the first to run on Android 4.0 for full access to the Android marketplace. Lenovo is taking the digital home to new levels and making consuming content and connecting via videoconferencing, social media and more, easier than ever.”
The Snapdragon S4 MPQ8064 processor features a 1.5GHz quad-core CPU—based on Qualcomm’s Krait micro-architecture—Adreno™ 320 graphics and advanced audio/video capabilities, delivering mobile users the highest performing mobile experience while consuming less power.
Be sure to hit up the full press release, and let us know what you think in the comments.


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LAKEVIEW — After nearly four years of bringing local designer's wares to Southport, Cerato Boutique is shutting its doors forever at the end of month, the owner said.
Owner Tracey Glibowski, 39, said she'd stay forever if she could, but the past few months have been "rough" for the business.
The boutique at 3451 N. Southport Ave. was just not making enough money.
"It's taken a while to even talk about it," she said. "It's your baby. I put so much into this. It's sad."
Glibowski formerly worked as an account manager in advertising. Her love for fashion, branding and local designers pushed her to open Cerato.
When it first opened, 80 percent of inventory was from local designers, she said.
Many along Southport have worried that the climate is no longer suitable for small businesses, but Glibowski said she didn't think it was just the rising costs on the street.
Her contacts at the national level tell her boutiques are struggling everywhere, and that it's simply a tough climate for retail, she said. Knowing that people looked to her as a small business on Southport made the decision to close particularly difficult, she said.
"That was the hardest part," she said. "You feel like you're letting people down. I had to do the best thing for me and the business side of it, even though there's so much personal to it."
The space is now being advertised for lease by landlord L3 Capital, a company that's been buying up properties in the corridor.
Cerato will shut its doors on April 30. Until then, everything — from clothes to fixtures — are on sale. Spring items are 20-30 percent off, and other items are up to 90 percent off.
Glibowski will be returning to advertising, taking opportunities she's had to turn down while the store was open. She's not sure if she'll open another store.
"I made my dream a reality for four years, and it was amazing," she said. "It’s a difficult business to sustain in this economy is really the bottom line."


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FoodFacts.com listens to a lot of consumers say things like “I don’t drink that much soda, maybe I have one every day.” There’s been a lot of debate recently surrounding the consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages. The attempt by the New York City mayor to ban the sale of large-sized sugar-sweetened beverages in an effort to curb the obesity crisis raised all sorts of arguments both for and against his proposition. Some of the recent research into the effects of those beverages may lead some to believe that he really had a point.
Today we found just that sort of research and wanted to share it with you. A new study out of the Imperial Collage in London, England has shown that for every 12 oz. serving of a sugar-sweetened soft drink each day, the risk of developing Type 2 Diabetes increases by about 22%. So if you have one sugar-sweetened soda at lunch, your risk increases by 22% and then if you have another one later at dinner that same day, your risk increases by another 22%. That’s quite substantial.
Most of the research that has been conducted on the effects of sugar-sweetened beverages comes from populations in North America. The study sought to establish whether there is a link between sugary-beverage consumption and Type 2 Diabetes in Europe. They used data on consumption of juices, nectars, sugar-sweetened soft drinks and artificially sweetened soft drinks that had been collected from eight European countries participating in the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition. This included about 350,000 participants.
The researchers study included 12,403 type 2 diabetes cases and a random sub-cohort of 16,154 identified within the larger European study. They found that, after adjusting for confounding factors, consumption of one 12oz serving size of sugar-sweetened soft drink per day increased the risk of type 2 diabetes by 22%.
The authors also discovered a significant increase in Type 2 Diabetes as it relates to the consumption of artificially sweetened soft drinks. When the BMI of the participants was taken into account, however, this association disappeared, indicating that the participants weight was driving the increase. The consumption of fruit juices and nectars was not linked to an increase for Type 2 Diabetes. The researchers noted that their findings are similar to the results of studies conducted in North America.
Knowing that this research confirms the results of many studies conducted across North America does motivate us here at FoodFacts.com to get behind efforts to curb the consumption of sugary-beverages. We understand that there are many different ways to accomplish this large undertaking. Our belief, as always, is that education is the first, best step to incite change. We do that every day with our website and hope to see more efforts to educate consumers on the importance of eliminating sugar-sweetened soft drinks from their diets.


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LOS ANGELES - Susan Boyle is on track to celebrate a sixth consecutive week at No. 1 on the U.S. pop album chart on Wednesday, but may fall short of claiming the best-selling release of 2009.
Industry prognosticators project the Scottish singer's "I Dreamed a Dream" could sell about 150,000 to 165,000 copies by week's end on Sunday (January 3) night.
Boyle has been quickly catching up to Taylor Swift's "Fearless," which is currently the top selling album of 2009. The 2009 total for "Fearless" stands at 3,157,000, while "Dream" is at 2,982,000.
With "Fearless" projected to sell between 65,000 and 75,000 copies this week, it appears Boyle will not be able to close the gap between the two.
Due to a quirk in the calendar, instead of 52 tracking weeks in 2009, there were 53. Because four out of the seven days in the latest sales week fell in 2009, the full week gets credited to 2009.
"Dream" is the only album likely to sell over 100,000 in the latest sales week. The runner-up on the Billboard 200 may be Lady Gaga's "The Fame," which could shift perhaps 90,000 to 95,000 copies. If "The Fame" can rise to No. 2, it will be a new peak for the long-running album, which has gone as high as No. 4 on the tally.


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Lords of the Fallen was released almost a week ago and if you are enjoying your time with it, then you must be glad to know that the developers are going to release a new DLC for the game called Ancient Labyrinth.
Ancient Labyrinth will tie in directly with the main campaign and will take the players to a new location “The Library”, which will become accessible through one of the locked doors that players would have encountered in the game.
Furthermore, this DLC will include a new puzzle-based mechanic and new magical enemies who will have the ability to change their powers during battles. In addition, Lords of the Fallen will receive new weapons, armors and side quests as well.
Bandai Namco has not revealed how much this DLC will cost or when it will release but the additions coming to the game with it, will certainly pique the interest of the fans.
There wasn’t a lot of marketing done for Lords of the Fallen, but it still managed to get attention of a lot of gamers, who enjoyed this new action RPG due to its Dark Souls like gameplay.
Lords of the Fallen is out now for PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC.


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Mercury Marine has introduced of a new 8.6-liter sterndrive — the Mercury Racing 520 — that bridges the gap between two of its other 8.2-liter engines, the 430-hp MerCruiser for recreational boats and the 525-hp Mercury Racing engine.
Backed by a two-year warranty, the 520 uses the same cylinder block as its two siblings, but Mercury has increased the displacement of the new engine, according to the company. The larger displacement, along with Mercury Racing cylinder heads, multiport fuel injection and electronic throttle body, pumps up the power and torque, the company said.
Mercury aims to offer racing performance in a more cost-effective package, said Mercury Racing senior marketing manager Rick Mackie. The engine will be a good choice for single- and twin-engine boats from 29 to 40 feet, he said.
“It’s more of a lower-cost, value-point engine that will serve our current performance boat market, but we are looking to expand into the high-end recreational market, as well — your Sea Rays, Cobalts and Formulas,” Mackie said.
The engine is in production now and available. It will make its first major boat show appearance at IBEX, followed by the Fort Lauderdale boat show. The engine with Bravo 1XR drive retails for $44,745, which is about $11,000 less than the 525-hp EFI sterndrive, Mackie said.


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India’s annual retail inflation accelerated to 7.35% in December, the highest in more than five years, strengthening views that the central bank will once again hold its key policy rates unchanged at next month’s review.
The pick-up in inflation rate, mainly driven by rising food prices, adds to the challenges for Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who is trying to revive slowing economic growth amid student protests against a controversial new citizenship law that critics say is discriminatory against Muslims.
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will present the annual budget for 2020/21 on Feb. 1, and is widely expected to increase spending on infrastructure and cut taxes, which some economists fear could further fuel prices.
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) will hold its next policy review from Feb. 4 to 6.
Annual retail inflation in December remained above the RBI's medium-target of 4% for the third straight month, and also above the 5.54% posted in November and higher than the 6.20% forecast in a Reuters poll of economists.
Retail inflation had touched 7.39% in July 2014, according to Refinitiv data.
Retail food prices, which make up nearly half of the India's inflation basket, increased 14.12% in December from a year earlier, against 10.01% in November. Some vegetable prices, including prices of onions that are a staple in Indian cooking, have increased more than four-fold since June.
The RBI cut its policy repo rate by 135 basis points last year before holding in December, while warning against rising inflationary pressures. Meanwhile, the government and central government have downwardly revised growth forecasts to an 11-year low of 5% for the current fiscal year ending in March.


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With the announcement that Nordstrom, the Circle Center Mall's anchor store, will soon shut it's doors, rampant speculation has taken place on both why it closed and what will take it's place. Everything from the crime in the area, to the sluggish state of the economy, has been suggested. My friends over at Urban Indy hit it a bit closer to the mark, that Nordstrom is just not attractive to the downtown residents and out-of-town guests that frequent Circle Center, but it's a comment in their comments section that really hits a home run.
The fact is, the shopping mall, as a concept is outdated. Only one enclosed mall has been built in the United States since 2006. The entire concept of malls that have either shut down, or lost their anchor store and will be shut down, has even spawned it's own term, a dead mall, and has an entire website dedicated to it. Add in that rowdy teenagers seem to be a permanent feature at Circle Center, and it makes it less of a destination for the average consumer, especially in the evening hours and summer months.
I think, unless the concept of the mall is revisited, Circle Center is doomed to become a dead mall. Not in the next few, but maybe 10-15.


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November 13, 2013: Apple and Samsung head back to court to determine how much the Korean company must pay for copying the iPhone.
Cupertino asks Samsung for $379 million in damages for ripping off key iPhone technical and design features. Apple arrives at that number based on lost profits, royalty rates and the $3.5 billion worth of copyright-infringing devices Samsung sold during the period in question.
Samsung has been charged by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) for allegedly making false promises about its incredibly popular Galaxy S smartphones.
The watchdog says Samsung marketing made misleading representations about smartphone water-resistance.
The South Korean company depicted its devices being used in swimming pools and on the beach — then reportedly turned down warranty claims from customers who suffered water damage when using their phones in similar environments.
The decade-long Apple v. Samsung patent-infringement trial is nearing its end. A jury is expected to announce Monday whether the premier Android-maker owes Apple $1 billion for copying the iPhone’s design.
Samsung’s design team avoided ripping off the iPhone X’s notch for the Galaxy S9, but that could be about to change. The South Korean company has now patented its first iPhone X clone, complete with a notch at the top of its screen.
Samsung has today announced its estimated earnings for Q1 2013, and it looks like the Korean electronics giant is set for another record quarter, exceeding Wall Street expectations. The company has forecast a 53% rise in profit to 8.7 trillion won ($7.7 billion) for the three-month period between January and March, driven by smartphone sales.
If you believe recent reports and predictions from analysts, Apple must make its iPhone cheaper or introduce a low-cost model if it wants to compete with Samsung going forward. The Korean company currently boasts the largest smartphone market share in the United States, and its lead is expected to increase throughout 2013. But did you know that Apple has actually sold more devices? 88 million more, in fact.
Raymond James analyst Tavis McCourt has been comparing Apple’s cumulative smartphone sales with Samsung’s, and it appears the Cupertino company’s iPhone outsold the Galaxy S and Galaxy Note lines 219 million to 131 million.
While it may look pretty, Apple’s decision to build the iPhone 4 and iPhone 4S almost entirely out of glass means that the handset isn’t really cut out for the dings and drops that our smartphones often have to endure. But the new iPhone could be a whole lot different. Built from liquidmetal, it could be one of the strongest smartphones money can buy.
BARCELONA, MOBILE WORLD CONGRESS 2012 — Samsung continues to chip away at the iPod Touch market with a newer, bigger version of its Wi-Fi-only Galaxy S Wi-Fi 4.2. It’s a Gingerbread device, running on a 1GHz processor, and — surprisingly — it has a 4.2-inch screen. Obviously Samsung saw lucrative a gap in the market between the 4-inch and 4.5-inch sizes.
Here’s a great sleight-of-hand trick from Samsung: trumpet that you’ve sold 300 million phones through November. While everyone is amazed that the South Korean company pumped out nearly six times as many mobile phones than Apple, people will forget the iPhone maker rules smartphone profits. Nice try, but it won’t work.


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Many tech products like AMD’s Radeon RX graphic cards or NVIDIA’s GTX cards have been affected by the ongoing global chip shortage. Not only this but the global shortage has spread to the automobiles industry too; since they also require chips for their vehicles.
Despite this widespread global chip shortage, there was no news of Apple being affected by this and the shortage had no effect on iPhone sales; however, Nikkei’s new report states that the global chip shortage is starting to affect Apple on two of its other critical product lines: iPads and MacBooks.
As per the report, there is a shortage of supply in motherboards used in MacBooks and displays and display drivers used in iPad. Currently, it is unknown if this shortage has any effect on Apple’s existing line of MacBooks and iPads or the report refers to the upcoming models. The report also says that despite the shortage, Apple’s turnover remained the same.
Wallace Gou, President, and CEO of Silicon Motion, said:
“We really don’t see an end to this shortage, and things could be even worse, looking ahead to the end of the June quarter, as some smaller tech players could run out of some critical inventories to build their products and need to scale back production”
There are rumors that the shortage might last until the first half of 2022.


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Insects regarded as superfood of the future and popular in fine dining
Saturday, 19 July, 2014, 08 : 00 AM [IST]
Insects are being touted as the healthy, sustainable food source of the future, but would consumers be willing to dine on bugs? Canadean asked 2,000 UK consumers.
They are predicted by many to be the superfood of tomorrow, and are already popular in fine dining or as a novelty among more adventurous consumers.
But would they be able to move beyond a foodie fad, and be embraced by the average consumer?
The European Union (EU) thinks so: it has offered member states $3 million to research the use of insects in cooking.
Similarly, the United Nations’ Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) has published a list of almost 2,000 edible insect species.
With 40 tonne insects for every human on earth, insects are an abundant, sustainable food source that is rich in protein, iron and calcium and low in fat and cholesterol.
However, they may prove a hard sell among more squeamish consumers. According to Canadean’s survey, 65 per cent of consumers said that they would not be willing to try foods made from processed insects.
Marketing key to convincing consumers
A major obstacle to insect eating is palatability. Canadean research finds that consumers who are given detailed, flavour-focussed product descriptions are more likely to consider eating insects, with 46 per cent stating they would be willing to try them.
In comparison, only 35 per cent are considering trying insects when they are given minimal information about products. The way the insect-derived product is presented and marketed would be key in convincing consumers to give insects a try.
According to Catherine O’Connor, senior analyst at Canadean, “Processed insects would be an easier sell than products, where consumers can see the insects in front of them. To get past the disgust barrier, insect-derived foods must have a strong visual appeal and not be recognisably bug-based.”
Another way to boost the appeal of insect-derived foods is linking them in flavour and design to cultures where insect eating is more common, such as Africa and south-east Asia.
Canadean’s survey finds that six per cent of consumers who are willing to try insects would only eat them as part of a foreign cuisine.
Moreover, receptiveness to insect-derived foods was higher among those who described themselves as eager to enjoy food from different cultures, with 51 per cent of them willing to try insects.
O’Connor explained, “Overall, these findings show that marketers of insect-derived foods would have to work carefully to convince consumers that insects can be a part of their diet. However, the interest is there, especially among those who are hungry for new and exciting food experiences.”
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