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Announces forthcoming identity verification service to reduce investment fraud & boost consumer confidence.
New York, New York–(Newsfile Corp. – September 27, 2022) – TPP Global Investments today announced it has expanded its portfolio of high value internet-based assets with the acquisition of VERIFIED.com.
A spokesperson for the group said, “VERIFIED.com is a premium asset which has strong potential for our initiatives in the identity verification industry. The acquisition will enable us to build on a globally recognised brand that will substantially reduce investment fraud and boost consumer confidence.”
TPP Global estimates global fraud to be more than USD300 billion per year across all types including investment fraud, identity theft, email & SMS fraud, dating & romance, ticket scams, credit card fraud, seniors’ fraud and charity scams. Cybercrime and customer fraud are among the two most common types of fraud according to the 2022 Global Economic Crime and Fraud Survey published by PwC.
TPP Global Investments’ private equity division owns an identity-based platform that incorporates KYC (know-your-customer) technology used by some of the world’s top banks and financial institutions.
The platform, which is on track to launch next year, verifies user records against government and other recognised databases comprising over 4 billion individuals and 300 million companies worldwide.
Consumers and investors seeking protection against fraud and scams are encouraged to register their interest at www.verified.com.
About TPP Global Investments
TPP Global Investments is a multinational asset management group. The group has diversified interests in credit, private equity, real estate and strategic opportunities.
TPP Global’s mission is to bring about positive change in society by making investments that deliver profit and social benefit.
Please direct enquiries to AJ Ignacio, [email protected]
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The Raspberry Pi Foundation are also on the cusp of announcing a massive competition which will see kids of varying ages from around the world composing musical pieces for a chance to win thousands of prizes and perhaps even the chance to play live at a special event to be held in November. Sonic Pi 2 is currently available to download and install from the Sonic Pi website, but as Aaron explains in our interview, it will be included in all future revisions of Raspbian, the Raspberry Pi’s officially supported Linux distribution. If you’re interested in live coded music, you can listen to Dr Sam Aaron’s band, Meta-eX (), in the widget below.
According to a recent update via Kick Starter and HDMIPi.com, the 9 inch HD LCD screen for the Raspberry Pi will be shipping in the first week of September According to the update this final checking wasn’t originally planned, but because the team want to minimise chances of shipping unsatisfactory boards they felt it necessary to delay an extra few days. It seems the team have also put the finishing touches on the HDMIPi User Guide. The Instructions page will also house an assembly guide, which is expected to be complete in the next week.
While the original Kick Starter ended in December last year, you can still pre-order a HDMIPi on the website with prices starting from £75 / $125. If you’d like to learn more about HDMIPi, you can listen to Alex Eames talk through the project in episode 4 of the RasPi.Today Podcast. As Director of Software Engineering at a large firm in London, Leo White knows a thing or two about programming. While he codes in C and C++ in his day job, in his spare time he hacks and makes with his massive collection of Raspberry Pis. Leo has a particular penchant for the classic 1980s toy BigTrak, which enjoyed a resurgence in the early 2000s. Designed as a Turtle-like device it was controlled by tapping instructions into a keypad with the aim of plotting a course for it to take around your home.

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13 Jul Shanghai COVID Scare Raises Spectre of Further Lockdown Disruption
With mass testing again underway, there are renewed fears that Shanghai could go back into lockdown and disrupt peak season.
It’s only been five weeks since the major port and manufacturing hub emerged from its two-month “zero-Covid” ordeal, and already several districts are undergoing mass testing again, from today until Thursday.
Officials say the measures are needed to avert another citywide lockdown, but critics claim mass testing has generally been the precursor to further restrictions in China, not the prevention.
Nevertheless, UBS Global Wealth Management said it expects “rolling mini-lockdowns” for the rest of the year, which would be “less disruptive to supply chains”.
The lockdown threat is not limited to Shanghai. According to Bloomberg, up to 30m people in China are currently under some form of Covid restrictions, with the current hot spots being Henan province and the South China port city of Guangzhou, which is also carrying out mass testing again.
The latest Covid scare comes at a time when China’s ports and supply chains are already under pressure.
Zencargo said: “Although the rise in cases has not yet impacted shipments, there is growing concern that local lockdowns in China will result in further congestion in already strained ports.
“In addition to restrictions, Chinese vessels have been affected by typhoons, impacting operations in Ningbo, Shenzhen and Hong Kong, and resulting in fewer vessels berthing.”
Indeed, the forwarder said the average waiting time for vessels to berth at Shanghai was up from 12 to 24 hours, and that “most terminals” have severe congestion at Ningbo, due to the bad weather.
“There is potential for longer berthing times at Yantian for vessels arriving from high-risk ports due to Covid-testing requirements,” Zencargo added.
“Qingdao has also been impacted by fog and bad weather resulting in an average waiting time of 48 to 96 hours.”
Looking ahead, Zencargo said that, while rates have fallen due to vessel utilization dropping for “the first time in two years”, the trend could be short-lived.
“Peak season, expected in late July and August, could see worsening congestion leading to potential delayed or blank sailings,” the company explained. “This will put pressure on capacity and therefore rates are likely to increase.”
In the meantime, however, freight rates ex-China are continuing to slide downwards, according to some companies, reflecting a fundamental change in market conditions compared with this time last year.
Head of research Judah Levine said: “Baltic Index data shows that the current spot rate of $7,326 per 40ft container on the Asia-US West Coast lane is less than half the rate in the last week of April.”
Rates have continued to fall through June and into July, he added, even as Shanghai reopened, therefore a “drop in underlying demand was likely also a cause of falling rates in May and is the most likely culprit keeping rates declining since early June.
“That prices are continuing to fall while, this time last year, they were beginning their meteoric 80% peak season climb over the course of July, points to the different underlying market conditions at play,” Mr. Levine said.


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AT&T's Flying COW program upgrades its drones to transmit 5G across a 10-mile radius. The carrier hopes to use this to bring 5G to more rural areas and help first responders.
Motorola phones aren't my favorite, but the recently launched Moto G Stylus 5G (2022) managed to surprise me by offering great performance and excellent value at an affordable price.
MediaTek has announced a trio of chipsets aimed at budget smartphones. This includes the Dimensity 1050, the company's first SoC to sport mmWave 5G support.
Alongside the Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 refresh, Qualcomm has also launched the new Snapdragon 7 Gen 1 with enhanced gaming performance, better AI processing, and improved efficiency.
Qualcomm has launched its new flagship chipset, the Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1. The chip features faster CPU speeds and improved efficiency and will launch on phones in Q3 of this year.
The LG Wing was the last major launch for the company, but a new update keeps the phone relevant with certification to work on Verizon's 5G C-Band network.
OnePlus reveals more details about the upcoming OnePlus Nord 2T ahead of its full unveiling on May 19. The device will be powered by the new MediaTek Dimensity 1300.
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(PORTLAND, Ore.) -- Word is spreading about a salon product that promises longer-lasting results. Some U.S. women are lining up to get the Brazilian Blowout, a pricey method of hair-straightening that has been used by Jennifer Aniston, Lindsay Lohan, Reese Witherspoon and other celebrities. But recent testing shows the trademarked products may pose serious safety risks, which the manufacturer has flatly denied.
When staffers at an Oregon hair salon complained of eye irritation, nose bleeds and difficulty breathing after they used the products, state officials tested them. Chemists at the Oregon Occupation Heath and Safety Administration and the Oregon Health and Science University's Center for Research on Occupational and Environmental Toxicology tested a sample from the complaining salon and other salons in the area. They found the samples contained significant levels of formaldehyde, even though the product was labeled as formaldehyde-free.
The Oregon Health and Science University issued a public health alert Thursday about the product, in which it said two formulations of the product contained 4.85 percent to 10.6 percent formaldehyde. If a hair treatment solution contains more than 0.1 percent formaldehyde, the manufacturer is required to alert the stylist. Additional laboratory analysis also detected four additional chemicals in each sample that were not quantified in the lab, including methanol and ethanol.
Everyone is exposed to small amounts of formaldehyde in air and some foods and products. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says low levels of exposure can cause irritation of the skin, eyes, nose and throat. High levels of exposure may cause some kinds of cancers, the CDC says.
The makers of Brazilian Blowout defended their product, saying they were conducting their own investigation. Because OSHA did not request samples directly from the company, Brazilian Blowout is questioning the results.
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To aid Christmas shoppers looking for the perfect gift Box Steam Brewery’s Shop in Holt will be staying open late on Thursday, December 13.
The store, based at their brewery, in The Midlands, will be open between 10.30am and 8.30pm on the day.
To mark the event, the brewery, whose drinks include Tunnel Vision, Funnel Blower and Golden Bolt amongst others, will be getting into the festive spirit with carol singers performing throughout the day and visitors able to taste test beverages.
There will also be Tunnel Vision mince pies to try and brewer Philip Downes will be on-hand to talk about Box Steam Brewery’s drinks.
Owner, Andrew Roberts, said: “We are excited to have a festive day as it will not only give us a chance to give our customers taste advice and recipe ideas when purchasing the ales, but it will give Box a prime location.”
Mr Roberts also said he was delighted that some Tesco stores across the south west of England have now started stocking the Tunnel Vision and Funnel Blower ales.
The chain started selling the drinks last month and the move aims to raise the profile of Box Steam Brewery in the south west.
Mr Roberts said: “We have ambitious plans to continue growing Box Steam Brewery, and this listing is hugely exciting for us.”
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In a finding that should surprise exactly no one with any critical faculties remaining, it turns out that the replacement for BPA used in “BPA-free” plastic — BPS (Bisphenol S) — is itself involved in reproductive system disruption and altered embryonic development.
The new finding (which has been expected by anyone who have been paying any attention at all) was the result of new work done by researchers at UCLA. The marketing of “BPA-free” plastic as a “healthy” option has never rang true, so this shouldn’t really surprise anyone — but then how many people really pay attention to things like this? Why anyone would assume that the replacement of one compound with another that is extremely similar to it would be “healthier” is a strange and open question.
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Companies advertise “BPA-free” as a safer version of plastic products ranging from water bottles to sippy cups to toys. Many manufacturers stopped used Bisphenol A to strengthen plastic after animal studies linked it to early puberty and a rise in breast and prostate cancers.
Yet new UCLA research demonstrates that BPS (Bisphenol S), a common replacement for BPA, speeds up embryonic development and disrupts the reproductive system. Reported in the February 1 edition of the journal Endocrinology, the animal study is the first to examine the effects of BPA and BPS on key brain cells and genes that control the growth and function of organs involved in reproduction.
Using a zebrafish model, Wayne and her colleagues found that exposure to low levels of BPA and BPS — equivalent to the traces found in polluted river waters — altered the animals’ physiology at the embryonic stage in as quickly as 25 hours.
“Our study shows that making plastic products with BPA alternatives does not necessarily leave them safer,” stated senior author Nancy Wayne, a reproductive endocrinologist and a professor of physiology at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
“Egg hatching time accelerated, leading to the fish equivalent of premature birth. The embryos developed much faster than normal in the presence of BPA or BPS.”
“Exposure to low levels of BPA had a significant impact on the embryos’ development of brain cells that control reproduction, and the genes that control reproduction later in life. We saw many of these same effects with BPS found in BPA-free products. BPS is not harmless.”
Using fluorescent-green protein tags, the researchers tracked the fishes’ development of reproductive endocrine brain cells, which control puberty and fertility. In a second finding, the team discovered that the number of endocrine neurons increased up to 40 percent, suggesting that BPA overstimulates the reproductive system.
Wayne suspects that overstimulation of the neurons that regulate reproduction could lead to premature puberty and disruption of the reproductive system. Her lab plans to investigate this question in a future study.
“Our findings are frightening and important,” continued Wayne. “Consider it the aquatic version of the canary in the coal mine.”
“Most people think of BPA as mimicking the effects of estrogen. But our work shows that it also mimics the actions of thyroid hormone. Because of thyroid hormone’s important influence on brain development during gestation, our work holds important implications for general embryonic and fetal development, including in humans.”
As premature births have been on the rise in the US (and elsewhere) over the last few decades, the findings are worth taking note of.
“If BPA is impacting a wide variety of animal species, then it’s likely to be affecting human health. Our study is the latest to help show this with BPA and now with BPS.”
“BPA can leach into food, particularly under heat, from the lining of cans and from consumer products such as water bottles, baby bottles, food-storage containers and plastic tableware. BPA can also be found in contact lenses, eyeglass lenses, compact discs, water-supply pipes, some cash register and ATM receipts, as well as in some dental sealants and composites. The US and Europe were expected to manufacture more than 5 million tons of products containing the additives in 2015.”


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In 2021, Mercedes-Benz global sales were down 5% but luxury and electric models, Smart cars, and vans sold well worldwide.
In 2021, Mercedes-Benz delivered 2,093,476 Mercedes-Benz and Smart cars worldwide — 5% fewer global sales than in 2020 but well within expectations given the supply chain problems that affected the automobile industry. Smart brand sales increase slightly while commercial van sales increased by 2.3%. Luxury high-end cars by Maybach, AMG, G, and S-Class sales increased. China remained by far the most important single-country market for Mercedes-Benz followed by the USA and Germany. Mercedes-Benz almost doubled battery-electric car sales worldwide in 2021. Mercedes-Benz expects that the semiconductor supply situation will remain volatile and that the shortage will impact production and sales in 2022.
Mercedes-Benz and Smart Car Sales Worldwide in 2021
Mercedes-Benz and Smart reported car global sales in 2021 as follows:
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|Mercedes-Benz Vans (commercial models)||334,210||+2.6|
|Mercedes-Benz Cars & Vans||2,427,686||-4.0|
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Mercedes-Benz Global Sales by Models in 2021
Demand for Mercedes-Benz vehicles remained high in 2021 even if shortages in especially semiconductors delayed production, especially towards the end of the year. Global deliveries were down by a quarter in the final three months of the year despite reportedly full order books. Waitings times for some models are now over a year.
Although Mercedes-Benz did not publish a full breakdown of worldwide sales by models, it claims that high-end luxury cars including Mercedes-Maybach, Mercedes-AMG, and G-Class vehicles achieved new sales records in 2021.
Deliveries of the Mercedes-Benz S-Class rose by 40% to 87,064 units, with sales in China accounting for 35.5% of global demand while sales of the G-Class surged to a new record of 41,174 vehicles and deliveries of Mercedes-AMG models reached 145,979 (+16.7%). Mercedes-Maybach sales increased to 15,730 units (+50.7%), boosted by China where Mercedes-Maybach cars are selling at a rate of more than 900 a month.
Deliveries of Mercedes-Benz plug-in hybrid and electric passenger cars reached a record 227,458 units (+69.3%) of which 48,936 were Mercedes-EQ battery electric passenger cars (BEV) (+154.8%). Including smart and Mercedes-Benz Vans, total BEV sales rose above 99,000 units.
Since the EQS went on sale in August 2021, orders for the electric flagship reached 16,370. The retail launch in the two largest markets – the United States and China – started in December, providing a further boost to customer orders.
Overall Mercedes-Benz Cars delivered 2,093,476 vehicles (-5.0%) between January and December, as a lack of semiconductors delayed the supply of vehicles despite strong demand for passenger cars and vans in all segments and across all regions. As a result, sales in the fourth quarter decreased by -24.7%.
Mercedes-Benz Passenger Car Sales by Regions in 2021
Mercedes-Benz sales by major global regions and countries in 2021 were as follows:
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|– thereof China||758,863||-2.0|
Sales of Mercedes-Benz in the Asia-Pacific region fell to 1,009,763 (-1.6%) between January and December reaching 758,863 units (-2%) in China. In Europe, sales reached 696,136 (-11.2%) of which Germany accounted for 213,105 units (-25.5%) while sales in the North America region totaled 318,456 units (+0.3%) with 276,102 passenger cars delivered to customers in the USA (+0.4%).
Based on internal calculations, Mercedes-Benz is on track to meet its European new car fleet average emissions targets (including European Union, Norway, and Iceland) for the year 2021. For the year 2022 a further decrease in emissions is expected, as sales of plug-in and battery electric vehicles continue to accelerate.
Mercedes-Benz Commercial Van Sales Worldwide in 2021
Sales of commercial vans rose 2.6% in 2021 to 334,210 units, thanks to strong demand in the first half of 2021 and from China and the United States in particular, where sales rose 11.3% and 4.8% respectively. In Europe, Spain emerged as a strong market with deliveries up 23.2% last year. In the US, where especially the Sprinter was again one of the business drivers, 53,472 units (Sprinter and Metris) were sold.
More than 9,000 electric vans were sold for commercial use last year, doubling the number compared to 2020 and further growing the share of electric vehicles in the commercial van fleet. The eVito panel van, launched in December, will convince further customers to drive electrically in 2022 with an additional battery variant and the standard fast charging function.
Global Worldwide Car Sales by Brand in 2021 (Full Year)
Global worldwide sales by brand in 2021:
- Daihatsu (see Toyota)
- Gordon Murray Automotive
- Lexus (see Toyota)
- Toyota (including Lexus)
- Volkswagen (VW Brand)
- Volkswagen Group
- Volkswagen Group (Battery-Electric Cars)
“Sales” as reported by the various brands generally refer to deliveries and not necessarily sales to the customer or final registration. Terms and definitions may vary.


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Digital technology is moving from our desktops onto our bodies. There are music players that match your tunes to your heart beat and mood sweaters that change color depending on your emotional state.
There are even fitness bracelets, anklets and necklaces to track your calorie burning.
At Chaotic Moon Studios in Austin, Texas, developers and engineers are working on a product to compete with Google’s upcoming eyewear that can log onto the Internet. They’re also designing other wearable projects for several other customers of the mobile software firm, from applications to full-blown products.
Chaotic Moon co-founder William “Whurley” Hurley said wearable technology will have as much of an impact as smartphones did a few years
“It’s just like when the iPhone came out and there was this mad gold rush. It’s gonna be the same thing,” Hurley said.
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Mutual Mobile, also in Austin, is working on Google Gla
ss applications for a variety of clients. Google Glass is the name of Google’s ey
ewear. Doctors might use the glasses to pull up patient information. Warehouse employees could use them to look at real-time inventory or scan bar
“People are starting to get into it,” said Sam Gaddis. He is the company’s chief marketing officer.
Gaddis says sensors that can measure a variety of inform
ation are becoming so cheap. That helps spur the development of connected devices.
Mutual Mobile has hosted “hackathons” to encourage it
s developers to see what they can invent.
After one recent event, its developers created a fo
otball with a sensor that can detect the quality of the throw. They also made a boxing game that measures how often you’ve hit the target.
Experts say that wearables are the next big thin
g in tech.
“I think we’re going to see some very, very big leaps in just the next year,” tech entrepreneur Manish Chandra said. He was at a wearable technology conference and fashion show in San F
rancisco. Hundreds of developers, engineers and designers were at the show.
Wearable technologies have long been a sideshow to mainstream laptop and smartphones. Now Google Glass and rumors of Apple’s iWatch are popularizing the field. Analysts forecast swift growth. Last year the market for wearable technology totaled almost $9 billion. Th
at should climb to $30 billion by 2018, said analyst Shane Walker at IHS Global Insights. Wearable technology includes everything from hearing aids to wristband pedometers.
Hurley said Google’s public relations campaign for its glasses made people invest in wearables.
“And that’s what’s been missing for the last 20 years in this area, is people actually funding these projects,” he said. “So now we’re getting all these clients because there’s all this injection of funding.”
Gaming will also be affected. Look at products like the Oc
ulus Rift, a virtual reality headset that enables 3-D gaming. Virtual reality technology makes you feel like you are in the middle of an artificial world.
At Austin’s recent Captivate tech conference, Robin Arnott was showing off a program he’d created for the Rift. Users strap on t
he headset. Then the program uses their vocal tones to display a series of tunneling images, creating fantastical visual effects.
Arnott called it a “meditation experience.” He hopes to release it with the device in another year or so.
“It’s like you chase yourself down the rabbit hole,” he
said of the program.
Arnott described devices like Google’s glasses, which overlay the Internet on top of the real world, as “augmented reality.” Wearables “extend your abilities as a human, just as your phone does,” he said.
Adapting To Wearables
As wearable technologies proliferate, humans will need to adapt, said Georgia Institute of Technology professor Thad Sta
rner. He advises Google on its glasses.
The glasses are lightweight frames equipped with a hidden camera and tiny display that responds to voice commands. Starner has worn his for several years.
The devices will cause a huge change, said Starner, eventually offering “capabilities that people haven’t thought of before.”
Wearable computers are designed to be in the background, secondary to the wearer’s attention, he said.
Bringing technology closer to your body makes the
experience less noticeable, he added. “It’s more an extension of yourself,” he said.
But there are sure to be cultural and social issues. Google Glass — and some emerging competitors — have raised concerns of people
who don’t want to be secretly videoed or photographed. And what about interacting?
The Cyborgs Are Coming
“Do you really want a touch screen on the front of your T-shirt? Is it socially acceptable to be poked all over your body for somebody to use your wearable computer?” asked Genevieve Dion, who directs a fashion and technology lab at Drexel University.
The answer, for some, is no.
In a newly released survey, 42 percent of workers said they would not be willing to strap on wearable tech for their jobs. Older
and more traditional employees were more reluctant than their younger counter
parts. The survey by Cornerstone OnDemand polled 1,029 Americans aged 18 and over in August, and had a 3.1 percent margin of error.
Then there’s an issue of bandwidth, said Ritch Blasi, who researches the wearable technology market. Right now, there simply isn’t enough network service to support universal and constant wireless use, he said. But that, too, will catch up.
“It almost makes you think everyone is going to turn into a cyborg,” he said, referring to a fictional, high tech comic book superhero.
And will they? “When you look at the world and everything people are doing?” Blasi said. “I think the answer to that is yes.”


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Once upon a time, Norwich offered its residents more than one pub for every day of the year and had the largest number of ale houses per square mile anywhere in the country.
Now you would be stretched to find a pub for every day of the year, but the bulk of those remaining are in better shape than ever, as more operators in the area continue to invest in their beer offering.
This is evident in the attention given by pubs to the annual City of Ale event, which is now in its seventh year and takes place every May. Some 43 pubs signed up to the festival this year, offering 234 beers from 36 brewers that were made available across seven different ale trails.
What is notable about the event is how much beer diversity there is among the region’s brewers – a fact that Cheryl Cade, local beer sommelier and founder of Thirst Consultants, believes has an affect on what consumers seek in Norwich pubs.
“Someone from out of town can walk into a Norwich pub and see an offering that looks and tastes completely different from anywhere else in the UK,” she claims.
“You can go just 10 miles out of Norwich and find a completely different offer to what you will find here. But, likewise, you could walk 10 minutes down the road from one pub to another in Norwich and find an offer that’s completely different to the one you were in.”
One reason Norwich is a stand out for cask ale is down to its agricultural industry, Cade believes. The region is known for its hops, grain and malting industries, which means drinkers can quite easily see where everything in their beer comes from.
“We do grains better than anywhere else, it’s the high plains of Norfolk, and we have some fantastic malts and the brewers also want to use the local ingredients – we’re an agricultural area and it shows in our beer.”
This is a unique set-up, as City of Ale chair Roger Protz acknowledges. “We live in challenging times where beer is concerned, with both global and large national brewers dominating the market and restricting choice for drinkers,” he maintains.
“It’s never been more vital for beer lovers and campaigners to support the work of independent brewers who use the finest malts and hops to fashion their beers. Good beer is about what the French call provenance or terroir – the importance of place, climate, soil, sunshine and rain that all combine to produce the finest wine, cheese or beer.
“Norfolk is a hymn to terroir; the county that produces the finest malting barley, Maris Otter, in particular.”
James Hughes, owner and director of local Woodforde’s brewery, believes the local link really helps sell beer in the area, as well as further afield. “I think there’s a different generation of consumers, who want to know where the products they consume are coming from and believe locally sourced ingredients are a sign of quality.
“As a result, a lot of smaller breweries are coming to the fore with this message.”
The trend is akin to what started happening in food a few years ago, with more producers extolling their local credentials and more consumers calling out for a reduction in food and drink miles, he adds.
St Peter’s Brewery, which is situated just outside the city, is tapping into the local trend too, but managing director Steve Magnall also believes there are other areas the beer sector should look into with more effort, such as vegan and gluten-free.
“Lifestyle is a big focus for us and something we’ve been doing a lot of work on recently,” says Magnall.
“I cannot compete with the big breweries on something like an IPA, so we have to look at what we can do better than them.
“We’re always thinking about how we stand out in the marketplace and we do that by going in the opposite direction to everyone else, not by trying to get to where everyone else is going first. We launched our alcohol-free beer and have focused on gluten-free beer too.”
Domain of older men
Both brewery bosses can agree that the cask segment needs a new lease of life, in that the majority of consumers buying into the category are older and unwilling to spend enough within it.
This is something Ben Thompson, owner and licensee of the Plasterers Arms, understands. “The big problem with cask beer is it’s mostly the domain of older men and the control of it has been shifting towards men in their 50s. This also means there’s a constraint in what people will pay for cask, especially when younger drinkers are prepared to pay more for keg.
“Norwich’s beer scene isn’t entirely different or better than other places, but we do have a wider scope and there’s a big culture of ales, although not all of them are good.”
On the topic of keg, Thompson believes that, while Norwich is generally good at cask, the region is behind the curve when it comes to craft.
“Norwich is behind other places in terms of keg beer, despite the renaissance experienced across the rest of the country. That’s not to say I think keg is better than cask, because I prefer cask, but we’re not in the same place with our overall beer offer,” says Thompson.
“It just worries me that some really good breweries are moving away from cask and that’s not good. I think it’s down to the fact the younger consumers haven’t moved into the category like they have keg.”
Thompson stocks around 23 draught beers, nine on keg and the rest on cask. He pushes customers to try more by pricing the beers up as halves and not differentiating between cask or keg.
Another local publican with a large draught offering is Matthew Pamplin, who has run the free-of-tie Earlham Arms for the past five years with partner Kim Paillet. The pub has five lagers, three craft beers and 12 ales on draught.
According to Pamplin, cask is moving in the right direction when it comes to gaining younger drinkers and is competing with craft keg. “Everyone expects cask ales to catch up with the change in craft, so what the cask brewers have done is up their ABV and flavour content to mimic craft keg as much as possible,” he claims.
The question now is how much will change between now and next year’s City of Ale event? It would be interesting to see whether, as pointed out by some operators in the area, Norwich will catch up with the rest of the country with its craft keg offering.
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Square Enix has announced a Murdered: Soul Suspect limited edition.
The supernatural detective thriller, which challenges players to solve their own murder, is in development for Xbox One, Xbox 360, PS4, PS3 and PC.
The limited edition will include a copy of the journal used to hunt down the game's killer, as well as free access to an interactive digital strategy map. Accessible via computer or tablet, the map will help players locate collectibles and detect side quests.
Square Enix has confirmed a Murdered Soul Suspect release date of June 3 in North America and June 6 in Europe.


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Verizon CEO, Hans Vestberg, today asserted that climate risk is business risk, as he reaffirmed Verizon’s commitment to taking steps toward its goal to be carbon neutral in its operations by 2035. Verizon's commitment to become carbon neutral demonstrates one way the private sector can address risks posed by climate change. Verizon plans to achieve this goal through a combination of reducing emissions and investing in renewable energy and carbon offsets.
The 5G Future Forum will collaborate to develop interoperable 5G specifications across key geographic regions, including the Americas, Asia-Pacific and Europe. The Forum’s founding members are América Móvil, KT, Rogers, Telstra, Verizon and Vodafone.
Verizon Media today announced the launch of OneSearch, a new consumer search experience with enhanced privacy features. Businesses with an interest in security can partner with Verizon Media to integrate OneSearch into their privacy and security products, giving their customers another measure of control.
Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE, NASDAQ: VZ) today announced that it will redeem all of the outstanding 4.95% notes due February 11, 2047 (the “Notes”) in accordance with the terms and conditions of the Notes and the related indenture and delist the Notes from the Taipei Exchange on February 11, 2020 (the “Redemption Date”) and that it has caused notice of redemption to be given to each holder of the Notes in accordance with the terms and conditions of the Notes and the related indenture. Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE, Nasdaq: VZ) was formed on June 30, 2000 and is celebrating its 20th year as one of the world’s leading providers of communications, information and entertainment products and services.
Verizon Media today announced the appointment of Rathi Murthy as the company’s Chief Technology Officer. Based in Sunnyvale, CA, Rathi will oversee Verizon Media’s global technology strategy, leading the company’s continued innovations in 5G, advertising and content, commerce and subscriptions. “Rathi is a stellar technology leader who, for over 20 years, has driven growth for some of the world’s biggest companies, including Gap, American Express and eBay,” said Guru Gowrappan, CEO, Verizon Media.
With Mix & Match on Fios, customers get more choices and only pay for what they want when it comes to Internet and TV - no surprises What you need to know: Verizon is.
LAS VEGAS, Jan. 06, 2020 -- Ronan Dunne, executive vice president for Verizon (NYSE, Nasdaq: VZ), and group CEO for Verizon Consumer, is scheduled to speak at the 2020 Citi.
What you need to know: Marked milestone in companies’ collaboration with the Walt Disney Studios StudioLAB to co-innovate and build the 5G future of entertainment Live red.
What you need to know: Verizon 5G Ultra Wideband mobility service is now live in Des MoinesVerizon 5G Ultra Wideband mobility service is available in 20 US cities with seven.
Verizon’s 5G Ultra Wideband service is now live at Newport News Shipbuilding (NNS), a division of Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) in Newport News, VA. HII is America’s largest military shipbuilding company and its Newport News Shipbuilding division turned to Verizon to explore how 5G can enhance the shipbuilding process as part of their digital transformation.
NEW YORK, Dec. 09, 2019 -- Verizon Communications Inc. (“Verizon”) (NYSE, NASDAQ: VZ) today announced the final results of its previously announced 20 separate offers to.
NEW YORK, Dec. 09, 2019 -- Hans Vestberg, Chairman and CEO for Verizon, is scheduled to speak at UBS’ Global TMT Conference on Tuesday, December 10, at 12:15 p.m. ET. His.
Verizon, Sony Imaging Products & Solutions Inc. and Sony Mobile Communications Inc. joined forces with NBC Sports to test how 5G can change the way live sports broadcasts are captured and produced. During the Houston Texans vs New England Patriots football game at NRG Stadium on December 1st, 2019, a camera person from NBC Sports captured video of the game on the field using Sony’s PXW-Z450 shoulder camcorder.
NEW YORK, Dec. 05, 2019 -- Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE, Nasdaq: VZ) today announced the election of Carol B. Tomé, former Chief Financial Officer and Executive Vice.
NEW YORK, Dec. 05, 2019 -- The Board of Directors of Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE, Nasdaq: VZ) today declared a quarterly dividend of 61.50 cents per outstanding share,.
Verizon (VZ) and Domo (DOMO), today announced that they will demonstrate a new data-to-outcome, enterprise-grade Internet of Things (IoT) Asset Tracking solution with Amazon Web Services (AWS) at AWS re:Invent 2019. This new solution is designed to quickly, easily, and securely put IoT data into the hands of customers, helping them make more timely decisions and optimize their operations.
LAS VEGAS, Dec. 02, 2019 -- Adam Koeppe, senior vice president of network strategy and planning for Verizon (NYSE, Nasdaq: VZ), is scheduled to speak at the 2019 Wells Fargo.
NEW YORK, Nov. 26, 2019 -- ‘Tis the season. The biggest shopping days of the season are upon us and you can find all of the coolest tech and best deals for friends and family.
In a proof-of-concept demonstration in the US, Verizon, Ericsson, and Qualcomm Technologies, Inc., a subsidiary of Qualcomm Incorporated, successfully trialed Dynamic Spectrum Sharing, a technology that allows 5G service to run on multiple spectrum bands (the invisible radio frequencies that wireless signals travel over), including those historically reserved for 4G LTE services. When commercially deployed in the near future, this new technology will allow Verizon to use its full portfolio of current spectrum resources to serve both 4G and 5G customers, maximizing their experience on the Verizon network.
Verizon Communications Inc. (“Verizon”) (NYSE, NASDAQ: VZ) today announced interim results of its previously announced 20 separate offers to purchase for cash the outstanding series of notes listed in the table below (collectively, the “Notes”), an extension of the Original Expiration Date (as defined below) and an increase in the cap on the aggregate purchase price for the Notes. Each offer to purchase a series of Notes is referred to as an “Offer” and collectively, as the “Offers”. The Offers are made upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Offer to Purchase dated October 24, 2019 relating to the Notes (the “Offer to Purchase”) and the accompanying letter of transmittal (the “Letter of Transmittal”), as amended by Verizon’s press release announcing the pricing terms of the Offers, dated November 21, 2019, and this press release.
NEW YORK, Nov. 21, 2019 -- Verizon Communications Inc. (“Verizon”) (NYSE, NASDAQ: VZ) today announced the pricing terms of its previously announced 20 separate offers to.
Snap will develop new augmented reality (AR) features and experiences in collaboration with Verizon at Verizon’s 5G Labs. As an industry leader in AR, Snap Inc. is well positioned to showcase the benefits of Verizon’s 5G technology through applications like its new Landmarker tech. Verizon and Snap will work together on exclusive distribution and co-marketing initiatives.
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The law firm Boies, Schiller & Flexner has signed a lease for 83,000 square feet at 55 Hudson Yards, a 51-story, 1.3 million square-foot office building in the works on the Far West Side. According to The Wall Street Journal, who first broke the news, the lease is the tower’s first. In March, YIMBY brought you news of excavation work beginning, and currently, foundation work is underway. Related, Mitsui Fudosan America, and Oxford Properties Group are developing, and opening is slated for 2018.
Spitzer Enterprises has filed applications with City Planning for a roughly 414,700 square-foot mixed-use building at 451 10th Avenue, in the Hudson Yards district. The building will have 311,000 square feet of office and retail space, and 103,700 square feet for an upper-level residential portion. Crain’s Business reported in April 2014 Maddd Equities is leasing the site, and the potential building could rise to 700 feet in height.
After more than six months, a semi-new building is finally headed to Park Avenue between 74th and 75th streets. On Tuesday, the Landmarks Preservation Commission approved a revised proposal for 807 Park Avenue during its fourth meeting about the planned renovation.
Property owner Simkho Aranbayev has filed applications for a single-story, roughly 7,600 square-foot commercial-retail building spanning 108-01 – 108-13 Atlantic Avenue, in eastern Richmond Hill. The building will have three retail units, and Dal H Chun Engineer is the applicant of record. The existing gas station was approved for demolition earlier this year.
Excavation and drilling have commenced at Extell Development’s site spanning 500-524 East 14th Street (excluding No. 520), in the East Village, EV Grieve reports. A number of single-story retail structures were demolished to make-way for the two-building, seven-story mixed-use development, which will eventually have 150 residential units and 56,610 square feet of retail. Signage reveals an expected completion date of January 2017.


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Steve Ballmer presided over the launch of the much-loathed Windows 8, over the move into manufacturing tablets which cost it a $1 billion write-down of unsold stock earlier this month and over the deal with Nokia on hand-sets which has not done much to save the floundering Finns.
Making tablets annoyed many of Microsoft’s hardware manufacturing customers, and porting Windows to ARM annoyed Microsoft’s long-time ally Intel.
Ballmer has behaved very oddly in public bouncing around and shouting in his presentations which can be watched on YouTube.
He met Bill Gates at Harvard and became Microsoft’s 30th employee in 1980.
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Despite weather, many Summit County businesses report good turnouts for Small Business Saturday
Local retailers participated in the other unofficial shopping holiday, Small Business Saturday, on Nov. 30 despite the snowy weather that temporarily shut down several nearby highways. In Frisco, Stork & Bear Co Owner Mary Elaine Moore said she was surprised and happy to see people turning out to support local businesses.
Moore ran an in-store special with 20% off select Patagonia products as well as sales on arts and crafts. The sales will continue through the week. Moore felt the event was well-attended as the kickoff of Wassail Days.
“Folks braved the weather and came out to just enjoy that day of shopping and it was so great to see so many people out shopping,” Moore said.
Moore said the combination of Small Business Saturday and Wassail Days gave people a reason to get out of the house and many customers were pleasantly surprised by the items they found in Moore’s store, which they previously hadn’t frequented.
“I’m very appreciative of everyone that does support small business because it allows us to be here. It’s what allows us to create a main street,” Moore said.
Steve Butts, owner of High Country Designs, had an informal Small Business Saturday event with sales on several of the store’s notorious bear statues and wall prints. Lua Tôn, owner of Frisco’s The Flying Crane and Colisco Wearables, said that both stores launched their own brand of fleece jackets and leggings for Small Business Saturday.
“Small Business Saturday combined with Wassail Days and the town of Frisco Christmas tree lighting event brought many customers in to enjoy our live music and check off their holiday gift giving list,” Tôn wrote in a text message.
Mason Mitchell, owner of Limber Grove in Breckenridge, wanted to focus on giving back during the shopping frenzied weekend. Mitchell said he wanted to remind people that the season is about giving.
“That’s what we want our role to be is to be a little bit different,” Mitchell said. “We did do 20% off everything online and in-store but we’re also donating 100% of our online sales profits to Big City Mountaineers.”
Mitchell said this promotion went from Thanksgiving through the following Monday. He explained that Big City Mountaineers is an important Colorado nonprofit to him because they provide under-resourced youth from the city with outdoor activities and adventures, which can be therapeutic and eye-opening.
“Instead of focusing on discounts for our customers we were focused on donating 100% of our profits,” Mitchell said.
Limber Grove will be donating $500 to the nonprofit on Tuesday, which was more than their reported profits as of Sunday, Dec. 1.
The 10K’ Merchant Association of Breckenridge headed Breckenridge’s Small Business Saturday. The founder of the organization, Rob Prescott, said 42 businesses participated in the event and each participating store did their own in-store giveaway, with a total of $3,000 in prizes.
Prescott also co-owns Cowboys and Daisies and said that the shoppers were made up of locals, visitors that were in town for the weekend and even visitors who drove up from Denver that day.
“People that came up and came to the stores they were definitely die-hards,” Prescott said, noting that one couple told him it took nine hours to get to Breckenridge from Denver.
Cowboys and Daisies had a unique sale where any customer who found a blue item, which is the color of Small Business Saturday, would receive 20% off that item.
Outsider, a Breckenridge clothing store, had several discounts. Owner Todd Wroblewski explained that the sustainability-focused store gave a locals discount, half-off sale items and select shoes. Wroblewski said that while the turnout was a bit low yesterday, the sale is continuing today and the store is looking much busier.
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The NGO sector’s new found empathy for garment factory workers is another misdirect from the root of the problem.
The media was recently flooded with statements from NGO sector activists talking about the plight of garment factory workers amid the COVID-19 pandemic, especially after the discovery of a cluster of infections in a Brandix factory in Minuwangoda.
The narrative that has been pushed is that garment factory workers are facing extremely difficult conditions in part due to the COVID-19 pandemic, but more so due to the negligence of factory owners and government officials.
All of this is of course superficially true. But self-styled radical activists should note that to be “radical” means to go to the root of a thing. The plight of garment factory workers didn’t begin with the COVID-19 pandemic, and certainly won’t end after it. What we are seeing is a disaster that has been unfolding for over 30 years.
Therefore, focusing critique almost entirely on the government and local contractors, is to ignore the proverbial elephant in the room – the Western states and multinational corporations like H&M and Levis who profit the most off of exploiting Sri Lankan garment workers.
Perhaps these radical activists have been blindsided by the fact that these same corporations and Western states are the ones who finance their NGOs and research grants. One NGO that campaigns exclusively for the rights of garment workers is funded by Canada. Does Canada really care about Sri Lankan garment workers? If they did, it would be simpler for them to force Canadian companies operating in Sri Lanka to reinvest their profits in better wages and welfare.
To understand Canada’s interest in financing NGOs, one needs to understand the Canadian economy, and it’s role in relation to the rest of the world. Alongside mining and manufacturing, Canada provides “peripheral services” like research and development, consultancy, and public relations for US companies.
With the COVID-19 pandemic causing global trade to decline by around 35 percent, workers lower down the “value chain” face the brunt of the impact. Local contractors who receive fewer orders will layoff workers on behalf of the foreign corporations at the top of the value chain.
This is where short-sighted NGO activism plays its role in keeping the people’s eyes off the ball. By narrowing the frame of inquiry to local contractors and the government, foreign corporations cutting quotas and refusing to pay outstanding bills get away scot-free.
The PR nightmare then falls squarely on the shoulders of local contractors, and in some circumstances could even topple governments. Coincidentally, this is the same misdirection used in the outrage over stranded migrant workers. The Sri Lankan state bears all the blame, while the wealthy Gulf countries who profit from migrant workers are left unaccountable.
The biggest threat to Sri Lankan garment workers in the near future is not COVID-19 but automation, the technology for which already exists. In this regard, NGOised activists are woefully unprepared to say and do what is necessary to protect garment workers.
The bargaining power of workers is ultimately determined by the value they add in the process of production. “Productivity” may be a dirty word for some, but it is a big part of why workers in the West have access to better wages and welfare than in countries like Sri Lanka and Bangladesh.
In the long-run, raising the quality of life of garment workers requires a productivity focused skilling-up process which has been successfully implemented in countries like Vietnam, South Korea and China, where garment workers enjoy better pay and living conditions relative to Sri Lanka.
Improving the lot of garment workers means not just demanding for better wages and more welfare, but to move beyond the labor-intensive sweatshop model of production which leaves workers vulnerable to the whims of investors who can respond to strikes by relocating to countries where taxes and wages are lower, and labor supply is higher.
Unfortunately, NGOs and NGOised activism is not prepared to deal with these issues. This is a feature, not a bug, of the NGO model of activism. The funding for such idealistic adventurism exists to deflect the political fallout of exploitation away from the donors.


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OnePlus pulls update after complaints over ‘gaming stutter’ glitch
UPDATE 11/8/17: OnePlus has now released its new OxygenOS 4.5.8 update for OnePlus 5, which it says has fixed the gaming stutter issue.
In a post on its official forum, OnePlus said: “OxygenOS 4.5.7 was withdrawn, we are pushing out the incremental roll-out of OxygenOS 4.5.8 OTA for the OnePlus 5 instead.”
The new update brings all the same features that were promised in v4.5.7, minus the gaming stutter issues of course.
That means Electronic Image Stabilisation for the camera’s 4K video feature is now available in the latest update.
Here’s the list of bug fixes listed in OnePlus’ forum post:
- Fixed occasional sound leaks in the speakers when using earphones
- Fixed camera shutter sound bug in silent mode for Indian region
- Fixed occasional stutters when playing games
- Fixed battery drain for Jio users
OnePlus began rolling out the latest update for its OxygenOS on the OnePlus 5 on July 31, with various parts of the world receiving the new OS update over the last few days.
OxygenOS 4.5.7 arrived to several users over-the-air (OTA) but the company has now been forced to recall it following complaints.
OnePlus had provided several upgrades in the new patch, including electronic image stabilisation (EIS) for 4K video shooting, and the usual array of bug fixes.
But it seems problems emerged for some users when it came to gaming, as this Reddit thread shows numerous complaints about ‘gaming stutter’.
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Replying to questions about the withdrawal, a OnePlus representative posted in the thread, saying: “Yes, We are withdrawing 4.5.7 due to a gaming stutter issue reported from some forum users. Therefore, we will push out 4.5.8 instead to resolve this issue ASAP.”
One user wrote: “I have DREADFUL gaming stutter playing HIT, and never had that issue on 4.5.6.
Really glad to see them doing something about it, if this is true.”
For the time being, while OnePlus works on a fix, it seems clearing your OnePlus 5’s cache worked to stop the stutter issue for one user.
CadenzaElegy wrote: “I got the same stutter as well, but it fixed itself after I cleared my cache. It’s been fine since but I’m not sure if it’s a long-term solution.”
The latest issue with the OnePlus 5 follows complaints of a ‘jelly scrolling’ effect earlier this year, with users experiencing a strange bunching of text when they scrolled through pages on their phone.
OnePlus acknowledged the issue but said it would not be fixing it, adding it was a ‘natural’ occurrence on the phone.
Some speculated it was the result of mounting the screen in an inverted position, and that seems like the most likely explanation.
On top of that, OnePlus 5 owners in the US and UK last month began reporting that their device was rebooting whenever they tried to contact the emergency services.
OnePlus has since provided a patch to fix the issue, and appears to be working on the same for the gaming stutter problem, so stay tuned.
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MIDVALE, Utah (AP) _ Overstock.com Inc. (OSTK) on Thursday reported a loss of $24.7 million in its second quarter.
On a per-share basis, the Midvale, Utah-based company said it had a loss of 69 cents.
The online discount retailer posted revenue of $373.7 million in the period.
Overstock shares have risen 57% since the beginning of the year. In the final minutes of trading on Thursday, shares hit $21.29, a fall of 42% in the last 12 months.


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New Zealand Agribusiness June 2022: Firm Prices To Kick Winter Off
Here are the main highlights for some of New Zealand’s key commodities. The full report provides an overview of the developments to watch in the upcoming weeks.
- Dairy: Global milk supply growth remains elusive, supporting a solid commodity price floor over the coming months. Chinese demand will determine how high the commodity price needle moves.
- Beef: RaboResearch anticipates that farmgate beef pricing will remain elevated in the winter months, supported by a tight global supply situation. However, high retail beef prices and inflationary pressure are starting to soften demand.
- Sheepmeat: We anticipate farmgate pricing to remain elevated and lift further through winter, but lockdowns in China, and rampant inflation in Europe and the US, are key risks to pricing.
- Downstream Markets: With each passing day, consumers are becoming more acutely aware of the broader inflationary pressures across the global economy. There are more and more data points confirming this is impacting discretionary spending and we see consumers trading down.
- Farm Inputs:Global urea prices have fallen notably since March and we expect that to filter down locally from now to August.
- FX/Interest Rates: The NZD recovered to USc 0.65 at the end of May and we see further upside potential. In its monetary policy outlook, RBNZ shows the quarterly average of the Official Cash Rate to hit 3.95% by in 2H 2023.
- Oil/Freight: Oil markets globally remain tight, and a big potential price driver is the planned EU sanction banning imports of crude oil from Russia into the EU. Port congestions in Asia seems to be clearing up, but global bottleneck issues remain.
Where to go from here
Stefan VogelGeneral Manager – RaboResearch Australia & New Zealand. Read more
Angus Gidley-BairdSenior Analyst – Animal Protein Read more
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Emma HigginsSenior Analyst – Agriculture Read more
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Samsung is all set to launch it’s new flagship smartphone(s) for the year 2017 the Galaxy S8. We don’t have an official confirmation from the company. However, it looks like the launch will happen next month in Barcelona just like every year. We already have a lot of rumors and speculations surrounding this smartphone and judging by all that, this is indeed shaping up to be one of the best smartphones from Samsung. While we wait for the smartphone to launch officially, we keep getting more and more new info about this smartphone day-after-day.
According to the new reports, the south Korean Smartphone Giant is already testing two variants of the S8 smartphone. It has been reported that two variants i.e the S8 as well as the S8 Plus are being tested in China. Now the name S8 Plus might not be really familiar since we have been getting Edge variants from the company. However, since both the variants will be having an edge display this year, the ‘Plus’ seems more suitable than the ‘Edge’ tag that we had last year as well. So if everything goes right as planned, we might be getting the Galaxy S8 and the Galaxy S8 Plus this year as the Samsung’s flagship devices for 2017. Interestingly, it has also been reported that not just the Chinese variant but also the international variant is being tested in China.
Apparently, the Chinese variant of the smartphone carries the software build numbers G9500ZCU0APLF for the Galaxy S8 and G9550ZCU0APLF for the Galaxy S8 Plus. While these are the numbers for Chines variants, the international variants come with software versions G950FXXU0APLH for the Galaxy S8 and G955FXXU0APLH for the Galaxy S8 Plus. Not much info is available apart from this, but t has been reported that both the variants will be running the Qualcomm’s latest snapdragon 835 SoC out of the box. Now that the smartphones being tested, it can be expected that they could be launched next month as planned earlier. As of now, all we can do is sit back and wait for the official announcement from the company. We hope both the devices do well in the market since people surely don’t want another disappointment from Samsung after the Note 7.
With that said, if you want to know more about these devices, then we suggest you stay tuned to PhoneRadar for more details on this as we will update once we have more info regarding the same. Meanwhile, you can check out the Samsung Galaxy A series of smartphones that the company made official yesterday for 2017.


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Skin bleaching creams made with mercury possibly fatal, U.S. health agency warns
U.S. health officials are warning consumers to stop using skin lightening or bleaching creams because of the high levels of mercury.
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U.S. health officials are warning consumers to stop using some skin bleaching or skin lightening creams because they contain high levels of mercury.
The federal Food and Drug Administration has identified 35 mercury-tainted products sold as soaps, skin creams and lotion, mostly manufactured offshore and sold in Latino, Middle Eastern, African-American and Asian neighbourhoods in at least seven states.
Health Canada could not be reached for immediate comment.
The FDA-named products include goods made by the brands Diana, Stillman’s, Lusco and Crema Aguamary, which are manufactured abroad and sold illegally in the U.S.
“If you have a product that matches these descriptions stop using it immediately,” said Gary Coody, national health fraud coordinator in the Food and Drug Administration’s Office of Regulatory Affairs, said in an FDA alert.
Mercury, which is readily absorbed through the skin, can cause illness, nervous system damage and even death, according to the FDA
“Exposure to mercury can have serious health consequences,” says Dr. Charles Lee, a senior medical adviser at the FDA. “It can damage the kidneys and the nervous system, and interfere with the development of the brain in unborn children and very young children.”
The FDA alert noted that Texas health officials reported samples of face cream they tested contained mercury up to 131,000 times the allowable level and that a southern Texas teenager who used a mercury-containing skin cream was recently hospitalized for mercury poisoning.
In Northern California, a 39-year-old woman had more than 100 times the average amount of mercury in her urine and had symptoms of mercury poisoning, according to the California Department of Public Health.
For three years, the woman and her husband had been using an unlabelled mercury-containing face cream that was brought into the U.S. from Mexico by a relative. Several other family members who did not use the cream, including a 4-year-old child, also had elevated levels of mercury in their bodies, the FDA alert added.
Virginia, Maryland, and New York have also seen cases of elevated mercury levels in people exposed to skin products containing mercury. In Minnesota, 11 of 27 imported skin products taken from store shelves contained mercury.
“Mercury can vaporize and people breathe it in,” said FDA spokesperson Siobhan DeLancey. “That makes it particularly dangerous for infants and small children. They are likely to be picked up and held close to the face. Also, they are so young, and small, and the mercury will accumulate over a lifetime.”
The FDA stated that it does not allow mercury in drugs or in cosmetics, except under very specific conditions, which it says these products do not meet.
“Sellers and distributors should not market these illegal products and may be subject to enforcement action, which could include seizure of the products and other legal sanctions,” said attorney Brad Pace, of the Heath Fraud and Consumer Outreach Branch within FDA’s Centre for Drug Evaluation and Research.
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May 18, 2017
Kalitta Air takes delivery of leased 747-400F factory freighter from GECAS
Kalitta Air took delivery of the first of two leased 747-400F factory freighters from GECAS on May 18, marking a new milestone in the decade-long relationship of the two companies. While GECAS has previously provided debt financing to Kalitta on several 747-400’s (both factory and converted freighters), this delivery is the first aircraft on lease to Kalitta from GECAS, adding capacity to Kalitta Air’s existing fleet of more than 15 widebody freighters. Serving a wide range of clients, from DHL to the U.S. military, Kalitta combines global air cargo service with comprehensive airframe and engine maintenance solutions. GECAS, a consistent lender to Kalitta Air over the past several years, welcomes the chance to now provide leasing solutions to this air cargo industry stalwart.


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Laminate Works Inc., a laminate panels and components manufacturer, opened a new Houston facility this week.
The Kansas City-based company started operations this week in a 12,000-square-foot space in south Houston on Telephone Road. This facility, which has around 12 employees, is Laminate Works’ third location. The company also has locations in Dallas and Kansas City.
Laminate Works has room for growth at its new Houston facility, said Greg Alvis, the facility’s general manager. In the next year, Alvis said he expects to have around 24 manufacturing employees.
Houston’s strong economy contributed to Laminate Works’ decision to open a facility here, Alvis said.
The Houston facility will manufacture laminated parts for commercial casework, store fixture, office furniture, restaurant fixture, hospital and school furniture manufacturers.
Factory activity is growing throughout Texas, according to reports from the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas. Although new factory orders declined in October, shipments rose in the same month.


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OTTAWA — In the past few months, pieces of Canada’s often puzzling and disappointing economic picture appear to be finally falling into place.
For one, sales of manufacturing goods have risen for three straight months — and so far, exports have performed by almost equal measures as well.
Coming out of the Great Recession, both sectors have struggled to regain enough ground to begin investing in new equipment and expanding their markets. Now, at least sales are contributing a little more to their bottom lines, offering another reason for optimism in the third quarter of this year, after a 1.6-per-cent contraction in gross domestic product during the second quarter.
On Tuesday, Statistics Canada reported a pick-up of 0.9 per cent in manufacturing sales in August, the third straight gain for the factory sector — much better than the 0.3-per-cent consensus among forecasters. Sales rose 0.1 per cent in July and 0.8 per cent in June.
August sales were led by food, primary metals, petroleum and coal products, according to the federal data agency.
“The volume gains bode well for August GDP, although the inventory drawdown will take some shine off the contribution of factories in the month,” said National Bank senior economist Krishen Rangasamy, in a note to clients. “The quarter is also looking good because even assuming flat sales in September, real factory shipments are on track to expand a solid 3.6 per cent annualized in Q3.”
That growth outlook is shared by many economists. And when combined with a recent positive run by exports — 0.6 per cent in June, 3.4 per cent in July and 0.6 per cent in August — Bank of Canada policymakers could allow their low-interest-rate stance, at 0.5 per cent since July 2015, a little more breathing room.
The central bank, led by governor Stephen Poloz, will announced its latest rate decision 10:00 ET on Wednesday. At the same time, the policy team will release the bank’s quarterly Monetary Policy Report, containing updated forecasts for the domestic and global economies.
“Some of these numbers are encouraging to the Bank of Canada,” said Douglas Porter, chief economist at BMO Capital Markets, in an interview.
“They, like everyone else, are a little bit gun shy because of the ebbs and flows we’ve seen in both exports and manufacturing activity in recent years,” he said. “I think pretty much everyone would rather see of a cleaner breakout before declaring any kind of victory.”
Poloz and senior deputy governor Caroline Wilkins will hold a news conference in Ottawa at 11:15 ET.
But any renewed optimism could still be fleeting if the U.S. economy — and global output as a whole — stumbles through the second half of 2016.
“The bigger picture is still that manufacturing sales and non-energy exports have been pretty disappointing over the past 18 months, particularly when factoring in the massive decline in the Canadian dollar in 2014 and 2015,” said economist Paul Ashworth, at Capital Economics, in a note to clients.
“To some extent, that weakness reflects the soft growth in U.S. domestic demand, particularly in U.S. investment,” he added. “U.S. economic growth does appear to be accelerating … in the second half of this year, but it remains to be seen whether Canadian manufacturers can exploit that stronger demand.”


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Police try to ID Sherman Park arson suspects
Milwaukee Police and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives are asking the public to help identify a suspect related to a recent burglary and arson of a liquor store near Sherman Park.
COMPLETE COVERAGE: Milwaukee Sherman Park turmoil
MJM Liquor Store at 2229 W. Fond du Lac Ave. was burglarized and set ablaze about 2 a.m. Aug.14.
The liquor store was one of the eight businesses set on fire after uprisings broke out around Sherman Park following an officer-involved shooting Saturday, August 13.
All eight locations are under investigation by the ATF, which is working with local and state law enforcement agencies.
Witnesses said six cars pulled up to MJM Liquor Store, with three to four people inside each car, before the store went up in flames, according to a Milwaukee Police Department news release.
The suspects broke into the store, looted it and then threw Molotov cocktails and fled, the news release stated.
Milwaukee Police Department asks anyone with information about the identity of the suspect in the photo to call (414) 935-7360 or the ATF at 1-888-ATF-FIRE.


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Investors have pushed Tesla Inc. stock higher for months despite deteriorating fundamentals. The electric-vehicle maker’s results later Wednesday will test that strategy.
(Bloomberg) — Investors have pushed Tesla Inc. stock higher for months despite deteriorating fundamentals. The electric-vehicle maker’s results later Wednesday will test that strategy.
Tesla’s third-quarter profit estimates have plunged by nearly 50% this year amid aggressive price cuts aimed at stoking demand for its cars. Yet the stock has doubled over the same period, adding about $400 billion in market value.
The conflicting signals are the result of bets that the automaker led by Elon Musk will maintain its dominance in the fast-expanding EV market and emerge as a leader of self-driving cars and artificial intelligence. But Tesla’s rapidly eroding margins are raising doubts about the viability of maintaining sales growth by waging a price war.
“The main debate on Tesla concerns whether the stock will re-rate lower if the rate of deliveries slow and new models come at lower profitability,” RBC Capital Markets analyst Tom Narayan wrote in a note on Monday.
When Tesla reports after markets close, a closely watched number will be automotive gross margin. This measure of profitability in the core car-selling business, is expected to drop to about 19% from 28% in the same period a year ago, according to the average of analyst estimates compiled by Bloomberg. Tesla shares are down more than 4% on Wednesday amid a broader electric-vehicle maker selloff.
Gene Munster, managing director of Deepwater Asset Management, believes third-quarter automotive gross margins excluding regulatory credits — a key metric that Tesla typically does not break out — will likely disappoint, but he expects it to rebound in the final quarter of the year.
“Margins are particularly important to the Tesla investment case given they’re at the front line of the investment debate: Is Tesla a car company or a tech company?”
Tesla’s market valuation, which dwarfs that of even the biggest global carmakers, implies investors see it as more than just a carmaker. For such bullish investors with faith in Tesla’s potential, the near-term margin declines are seen as just a temporary blip.
Musk himself has said that it made sense for the company to “sacrifice margins in favor of making more vehicles,” in a bet that the value of the cars themselves can dramatically increase once they have full autonomous driving capability — an outcome that experts broadly agree can be a decade or more away.
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The chief executive officer said in July that Tesla will have to keep lowering prices as interest rates continued to rise. Since then, the company has cut prices multiple times. The recent declines in the cost of battery raw materials like lithium can help offset some of the hit to profitability, but analysts say it may not be enough.
Despite those efforts to stoke demand, third-quarter deliveries reported earlier this month still missed analysts’ estimates and was the first quarterly decline in more than a year. That to some suggested the price cuts may be losing the power to boost demand as much as they once did. Profit meanwhile is estimated to be 74 cents a share, down from the $1.38 expected at Dec. 31, and about 30% lower than the previous-year quarter.
But more importantly for bulls, revenue in 2024 is estimated to jump more than 25%, along with a 37% increase in earnings, reflecting an expectation that the company will maintain its lead in the industry as consumers adopt EVs at a quicker pace. Investors will also watch for any update on when deliveries of the much-awaited Cybertruck will begin.
Tesla’s “revenue growth continues in spite of falling prices,” said Brian Mulberry, a client portfolio manager at Zacks Investment Management, which owns the company’s shares and manages $15 billion in assets. On top of that, “Tesla already has the best margins per unit sold in the automotive industry; bottom line, we do not see a material weakness developing even if margins are moving slightly lower.”
Tech Chart of the Day
ASML Holding NV shares fell 2.4% on Wednesday after the Dutch chipmaking equipment giant reported revenue that missed estimates for the first time in seven quarters. Bookings fell to the lowest level since 2020, as major chipmakers paused ordering cutting-edge semiconductor gear. Chinese clients — which contributed to almost half of ASML’s sales last quarter — remained a bright spot in demand.
Top Tech Stories
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Watch industry heading for record results
Switzerland's watch industry is set to post record figures this year, with exports expected to exceed SFr10 billion ($5.95 billion).
The President of the Federation of the Swiss Watch Industry, François Habersaat, says there are no signs that the current boom will slow down.
"The watch industry will continue its successful trend. It sells not only high quality products, but also dreams and emotions," Habersaat told the Swiss news agency in an interview published on Thursday.
Switzerland's third largest export earner last year sold watches and movements valued at SFr9 billion.
While some sectors of the economy are suffering from the rise in oil prices, the watch industry is indirectly benefiting from the increase. Exports to the Middle East have risen sharply.
However, Habersaat is quick to point out that record exports are not only the result of sales in the oil-producing countries.
The North American market is described as "solid", sales have improved in South-East Asia after the crisis and good figures are also reported from the main European markets of Italy, France and Germany.
Speaking of the concentration process in the watch industry over the past 18 months, Habersaat said that brands such as Ebel, TAG Heuer, Jaeger-LeCoultre and Breguet had profited from being taken over by other companies.
Any weaknesses in marketing or distribution could be corrected, without the brands losing their independence and image, he said.
However, Habersaat warned Swiss watchmakers not to rest on their laurels, saying that the healthy world economy with a rise in purchasing power was not enough to safeguard the future of Swiss watch brands.
He urged the industry to use all its powers of creation and innovation in a world of constant change, in which a watch could under certain circumstances go out of fashion after five years.
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Taiwan graphics card shipments from 2006-2019Thursday 14 March 2019
The discrete graphics card market in 2008 was dominated by two major GPU players – AMD with its ATI Radeon HD series and Nvidia with its GeForce series.
Gigabyte quits board of GeCube, says paperMonday 20 July 2009
Gigabyte Technology has recently released its 61.5% stake in GeCube to officially withdraw from it board of directors, according to a Chinese-language Apply Daily report.
AMD launches ATI Radeon HD 4800 X2 series graphics cardsWednesday 13 August 2008
AMD announced its latest high-end ATI Radeon HD 4870 X2, delivering 2.4 teraflops of processing power. Also announced today is the ATI Radeon HD 4850 X2 graphics card.
MSI and GeCube unveil ATI Radeon HD 4870-based graphics cardsFriday 27 June 2008
MSI and GeCube have unveiled ATI Radeon HD 4870-series graphics cards.
Asustek and GeCube launch ATI Radeon HD 4850-based graphics cardsTuesday 24 June 2008
Asustek Computer and GeCube have unveiled graphics card products based on AMD's ATI Radeon HD 4850 GPU.
Computex 2008: Touring the booths of notebook makersWednesday 4 June 2008
Taiwan-based notebook makers, including Micro-Star International (MSI), Gigabyte Technology, Elitegroup Computer Systems (ECS), Acer, GeCube, Dialogue Technology and Asustek Computer...
GeCube GC-HD4870X2-G3 graphics card
Photo: Company, Monday 24 November 2008
GeCube GC-AHD4670XTG3-E3 graphics card featuring the ATI Radeon HD 4670 GPU
Photo: Company, Thursday 2 October 2008
GeCube GC-HD487XTG5-E3 graphics card
Photo: Company, Friday 27 June 2008


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Daily Market Reports of International Spice Commodities
Pepper futures edged higher in the initial trades on weak supplies in the spot market and also on positive demand but later eased by around 0.5 percent at close. Usually October to December period is good international business since Europe and US winter consumption will be supporting the demand. Spot prices last traded at around Rs. 31400 from Rs. 31500 in the morning. Arrivals in the spot market were reported to around 360 quintals compared to 200 quintals previous day. According to IPC the world pepper production in 2011 is estimated near 310000 tons and the projected demand is expected near 330000 tons. There is likelihood for a fall in supply from other pepper exporting countries. Arrivals from Indonesia Lumpung region is likely to be lesser compared to the previous year’s arrivals. Adding to that the supplies from Vietnam and Brazil are likely to fall short. International prices for Indian pepper were last reported to be around $7600 per ton.
Cumin futures edged lower on profit booking as well as on weak demand in domestic and international market. Rains in key cultivating areas are likely to put pressure on prices. Cultivation begins from October and goes through out December. Expectation of overseas demand from Middle East and South America is expected to support prices. Spot prices weakened and last traded around Rs 14000 per quintal on weak demand where as, arrivals in the spot market were reported at 6000 bags compared with 5000 bags the previous day. The demand weakened and it was for around 5000 bags. Poor weather conditions in other producing countries Turkey and Syria will support the price rise in the upcoming months. As per media sources, cumin cultivation in Gujarat estimated near 65.77 lakh hectares compared with 87 lakh hectares in the previous year same period. And the reported poor quality produce from Syria will give more competitive edge to Indian cumin seed in the international market.
Turmeric futures traded range bound on strong export demand. Spot prices in Nizamabad traded near 6200 per quintal and arrivals were reported near 1000 bags against 1200 bags in the previous day. Spot prices in erode traded near Rs 5000 per quintal and arrival were reported near 6000 bags. Sowing in Andhra Pradesh had picked up since monsoon shower in the past weeks created ideal condition for cultivation. As per Reuters, farmers had cultivated turmeric on 54000 hectares against 58000 hectares in the previous year. Production in 2010-11 is estimated near 70 lakh bags compared with 48 lakh bags in the previous day.
Cardamom futures fell on weak spot demand as well as on better production estimates. However, good export demand limited the losses. Heavy arrivals in the spot market also weighed on the prices. Upcoming festival demand is expected to increase in near future and more procurement is expected from North India. According to last updates, average spot prices remained weak and traded near 540 per kg and arrivals are reported near 81 tons compared with 40 tons previous day. According to trade estimates production in India is slightly higher than 12000 tons. As per the estimates of spices board the production in Guatemala expected near 20000 tons. As per media sources , total arrivals during the current season from August 1 to July 2011, stood at 12973 tons which is approximately 32 percent higher than last year arrivals.
Chilli futures traded firm on steady arrivals in the spot market. Weak exports also weighed on the prices. Exports were reported to be down by around 38 percent. Spot market prices rose in Guntur market in Andhra Pradesh trading near Rs 8800 per quintal and arrivals were reported near 50000 bags compared with 30000 bags the previous day. Monsoon shower in the major growing places of Andhra Pradesh can augment the chilli cultivation. As per media quotes, present area under cultivation had dropped by 30.19 percent to 0.37 lakh hectares in Andhra Pradesh. As per market sources, total stock in Guntur is expected around 47-48 lakh bags, out of this quality produce is expected around 30-35 lakh bags. Monsoon is crucial for better chilli cultivation.
Coriander futures initially traded range bound but later edged lower due to profit booking. Weak demand in the spot market also weighed on the prices. Arrivals were reported to be around 5000 bags in Kota Mandi. Volume had shown a declining trend which shows declining participation on continuing bearish sentiments. Total carryover stocks has been estimated 25-30 lakh bags. Erratic weather condition during the sowing period had decreased the acreage under cultivation. As per Ncdex reports, Coriander production in 2010-11 is estimated to be around 2.8-3 lakh MT. And for the year, 2010-11, India exported 40500 MT.
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Chilli, turmeric fall on subdued demand
Red chilli and turmeric prices fell by Rs 100 a quintal each in the national capital on Monday on reduced offtake by retailers and stockiest due to subdued demand in the domestic markets amid adequate stocks. Weak trends at futures market also put pressure on the prices.
Red chilli and turmeric prices declined by Rs 100 each to settled at Rs 8,900-13,400 and Rs 7,700-11,300 a quintal respectively. Marketmen said subdued export and domestic demand against adequate stocks also put pressure on chilli and turmeric prices on the wholesale kirana market here.
Following are today’s quotations in rupees: Ajwain 17,500-23,000, betelnut (kg) 110-120, cardamom brown-Jhundiwali (kg) 950-1,050, and cardamom brown-Kanchicut (kg) 1,150-1,250. Cardamom small (kg): Chitridar 530-560, cardamom (colour robin) 550-600, cardamom bold 560-600, cardamom extra (bold) 750-850 and cloves (kg) 950-1,000.
Cardamom futures gain on spot demand
Cardamom prices rose by Rs 11.80 to Rs 769.90 per kg in futures trade today as traders enlarged their commitments, motivated by a pick-up in export and domestic demand. The tight stocks position following lower arrivals in the spot market from producing regions also influenced prices in the futures market here.
At the Multi Commodity Exchange, cardamom for October contract delivery rose by Rs 11.80 or 1.55 per cent to Rs 769.90 per kg with a business turnover of 149 lots.In a similar fashion, the spice for November contract delivery gained Rs 11.30 or 1.41 per cent to Rs 811.50 per kg with a trading volume of 49 lots, while cardamom for current month delivery rose by Rs 9.10, or 1.30 per cent to Rs 708.90 per kg in 262 lots.Market analysts attributed the rise in cardamom futures prices to strong export and domestic demand amid restricted arrivals in the spot market.
Coriander futures decline on profit-booking
At the Multi Commodity Exchange, coriander futures for September contract delivery fell by Rs 150, or 2.90 per cent, vis-a-vis their previous close to Rs 5,025 a quintal, with a trading volume of one lot. Market analysts said in addition to profit-booking by speculators at existing higher levels, subdued demand in the spot market led to the decline in coriander futures prices.


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Apple’s next iPhone will feature its own payment platform, “sources familiar with the matter” have told Wired. “In fact, that platform will be one of the hallmark features of the device when it is unveiled on September 9. We are told the solution will involve NFC.” Analysis of a leaked logic board by a MacRumours reader, meanwhile, adds weight to previous suggestions that Apple will include NXP’s PN65 NFC chip in the iPhone 6.
- Rambus publishes quick guide to Apple Pay
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More than a million tonnes of coal is cleared in just 24 hours at India’s largest port facility – Krishnapatnam Port Company Ltd (KPCL) in Muthukur.
Volvo Construction Equipment (Volvo CE) machines are working furiously at the Krishnapatnam port, moving more than a million tonnes of coal in 24 hours. Situated in the Nellore District of Andhra Pradesh in the east of India, the history books state that the port was named after Sri Krishnadevaraya – Emperor of the Vijayanagar Empire – who first operated the port and is still revered in India. Small boats used to pass through the Buckingham Canal, which runs behind the port and was a waterway for transportation between Chennai in the south and the Krishna River in the north.
The port is now one of India’s largest and fastest growing modern seaports, emerging as a world-class facility and proving popular for international cargo destined for southern and central India. The country’s growing maritime trade in the world market, with growth in bulk commodities and containerized trade, is taking advantage of the deep water port and its high productivity. It has the capacity to sustain the forecast demands of growing international trade and is planning to grow its capacity by building seven additional berths.
For the last five years, KPLC has been breaking records, winning accolades and setting benchmarks to become India’s largest cargo gateway on the east coast. For speed and efficiency, the company uses a fleet of Volvo construction equipment.
“So far, we have registered growth of 40% between 2012 and 2013 – even as other ports in the country struggle to improve their cargo profile,” says Anil Yendluri, chief executive officer of KPLC. “High productivity and low downtime is the key to our success and Volvo CE has played an important role in ensuring this.”
KPCL has been working closely with Volvo CE since 2005 – before the port was built in 2006. In fact, the fleet of Volvo machines is the backbone of logistics across the facility, operating inside the KPLC complex transporting and moving materials across the site. “I really appreciate the customer-centric approach Volvo CE always takes,” says Yendluri. “It understands customer needs better than anyone, going out of its way to deliver solutions in line with our needs.”