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Sandra Sandor has been designing for Nanushka, her Budapest-based women’s wear label, for 13 years. But this is the first time she will be showing at New York Fashion Week, which starts Monday.
It was not an inexpensive decision to make.
“We are trying to keep the budget at $100,000,” said Peter Baldaszti, Nanushka’s chief executive officer and Ms. Sandor’s boyfriend.
That amount is a small fraction of what larger brands will spend on a fashion show; Nanushka is opting for a presentation, wherein the models are static and critics and potential buyers mill about, instead of a more expensive runway show. Still, it remains a significant investment for a brand that, for 2017, took in $3.1 million in revenue.
Nanushka was established in 2005 by Ms. Sandor, a recent graduate of the London College of Fashion, but it traces its roots to 1972, when her mother founded a children’s wear business in Budapest. (In the days of the Iron Curtain, such small private enterprises were allowed to operate selectively.)
Over the years, and helped by financing from friends and family, Nanushka nurtured a large following in Hungary, where the label has a store in Budapest, and a growing global audience. It sells at influential boutiques like Bird Brooklyn and is worn by celebrities like Charlize Theron.
In 2012, Ms. Sandor took on an investor, who in turn was bought out by Mr. Baldaszti and the venture capital firm GB & Partners, which purchased a majority stake in November 2016 and injected $3 million into the business. Mr. Baldaszti orchestrated a change in Nanushka’s identity — everything from its logo to its shoe boxes — and Nanushka’s revenues have nearly tripled in the last two years.
Last year, Nanushka received its first orders from “the majors” — department stores like Browns and online retailers like Net-a-Porter. When the label noted a large uptick in orders of its pre-fall 2018 collection, the team decided the time was right for a show.
In previous seasons, Nanushka would spend $20,000 on a “look book,” a series of professional photographs of models wearing the collection. For the presentation, which will be held on Feb. 11, that’s just a drop in the bucket. Photos are still crucial, for press attention and marketing purposes, but now they need to be ready in time for the highly influential Vogue.com site to have them up by the morning after the show.
“The cost of retouching photos is insane,” Ms. Sandor said. “The cost of retouching our photos”— $300 per image, $10,000 in total — “is our biggest expense next to models.”
The cost of those models? $20,000. Add $40,000 for art buying costs: $10,000 for two photographers, $7,000 for video editing, $5,000 for makeup, $3,000 for a stylist, $3,000 for the casting director, $5,000 for the set designer and $7,000 for props. The venue, a well-lit penthouse in the West Village, costs $10,000. Production — everything from the lights to the transportation of the clothes — is $15,000. Finally, there is public relations to handle invitations and press requests, which means an additional $5,000.
Over the past few years, a wave of designers from former Soviet republics — led by the Georgia-born Demna Gvasalia, now the creative head of Balenciaga — have caused upheaval in the industry and have garnered huge interest in their point of view. But most of those brands show in Paris.
“We chose New York because of its openness and curiosity,” Ms. Sandor said. “Most of the influencers we work with are from America. We feel like they really feel our vibe.”
And yet you won’t find Nanushka on the official calendar of New York Fashion Week, compiled and published by the Council of Fashion Designers of America, the body that oversees it. With occasional exceptions, no new designer is allowed an official spot on the tightly controlled calendar its first year in New York. Instead, Nanushka will show what’s called “off-calendar.”
“Typically, if you haven’t shown before in a major market, we don’t put you on the official calendar,” said Mark Beckham, the council’s vice president of marketing. “We don’t want to get to a place where we’re rushing people to show.”
As it makes its big debut, Nanushka finds itself in an interesting place, where the traditional fashion power structures — department stores, editorial placement, New York Fashion Week — are at once both more and less important than ever.
Come presentation day, notable editors and buyers will certainly be in attendance, but the stars for Ms. Sandor are the online influencers who are occasionally given a free outfit or two. She is hoping to see Alyssa Coscarelli, the market editor of Refinery 29, whose @alyssainthecity Instagram account (and the name by which Ms. Sandor knows her) boasts 93,500 followers, and Reese Blutstein, a 21-year old Atlantan whose @double3xposure account is followed by 165,000.
Ms. Sandor is straightforward about the stakes, “It’s money,” she said. But she added that she was not too worried: “To be honest with you, I don’t think we’re risking anything. I’m quite confident it’s going to be great.”
She allowed for one exception: “If there’s a huge snowstorm, and nobody comes — that’s a risk.”
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Since its release the Pokemon Go app has become a worldwide sensation, downloaded more than 100 million times. The app has not been without controversy however as players, unaware of their surroundings, have received numerous injuries, been robbed at gun point and even died. Critics of the app fear that the worst is yet to come.
Pokemon Go, a smartphone app that superimposes little digital characters over real world imaging, allowing users to physically track the location of Pokemon on a map, and then “catch them” with their smartphones has become the most popular augmented reality app of all time. As a result, many are predicting that its popularity will provoke a surge in the development of other augmented reality games readily available for download.
While it has been suggested by proponents of the app that Pokemon Go is beneficial as compared to regular smartphone or computer games as it encourages users to get out of the house and requires physical activity in tracking down the Pokemon, critics warn that augmented reality games could lead to addiction, a lack of situational awareness leading to injury and possibly death and the inability to distinguish between reality and fantasy.
Will the increase in augmented reality games lead to a future completely divorced from reality and devoid of situational awareness? Watch the video below caused by a rare Pokemon being discovered in New York’s Central Park and let us know.

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The incumbent government Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf has completed its 700 days. This is typically the time when people stop giving any allowance for the government’s newness and expect solid performance on the ruling party ‘s promises.
According to a research conducted by Gallup, about 1 in 3 Pakistanis are (very or somewhat) satisfied with the performance of the Government of Pakistan Tehreek e Insaaf. At the same time, 2 in 3 Pakistanis are (very or somewhat) disappointed with the performance of the Government of Pakistan Tehreek e Insaaf.
People have every right to be disappointed in PTI as the prices of almost everything went up during the last 700 days of its government.
Sugar became more expensive at Rs 29.73 per kg. In August 2018, the price of sugar was Rs 55.59 per kg. The price of sugar has now gone up to Rs 85.32 per kg.
From August 2018 to July 2020, dal mash became expensive and sell at Rs 94 per kg. The prices of daal masoor increased and sell at Rs 42 and daal mung at Rs 126 per kg. From August 2018 to July 2020, daal channa became expensive at Rs 20 per kg.
At present, the price of flour increased at Rs. 9 and a half per kg.
From August 2018 to July 2020, mutton became expensive at Rs 182 per kg. During the same period, beef became expensive at Rs 95 per kg.
In the 700 days of the present government, fresh milk has gone up by Rs. 15 per liter. During the same period, yogurt became expensive at Rs. 12 per kg.
Poultry live broiler costs Rs 80 per kg. Eggs cost Rs 33 and Rs 17 per dozen.
Potatoes cost Rs 29, tomatoes Rs 12 per kg and garlic has become Rs 110 per kg more expensive during the current government.
The price of rice has increased by Rs 12 per kg.
From August 2018 to July 2020, the price of 2.5 kg of ghee has gone up by Rs. 163 per tonne.


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Q: Did Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs Jean-Yves Le Drian and his British counterpart, Dominic Raab, agree on concrete measures during their telephone conversation on Tuesday with respect to the flow of goods and the customs control of freight at borders?
A: The minister and his British counterpart, Dominic Raab, discussed, among other concerns, issues relating to border controls and the flow of goods and people in the context of the containment measures adopted in France and the United Kingdom.
They agreed that if the primary objective is to drastically limit contact and movements – because this is what will make it possible to effectively stem the spread of the virus –, then the measures introduced at the borders must:
- not prevent any European citizen from returning home;
- allow the movement of goods, especially essential goods, to continue in order to avoid supply disruptions;
- also allow cross-border workers, medical personnel and researchers to continue to circulate and work.


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The makers of actor Karthi-starrer Tamil romantic-drama "Kashmora" claim theirs is the first Indian film to use a 360-degree omni-directional camera rig for shooting a particular sequence.
Apple Inc has acquired Metaio, a German company whose software melds the physical world and computer-generated elements into video displays.
Google is talking more openly about companies that use its cloud business, and revealing more about its computing resources.
ASML forecast a bigger-than-expected rise in 2015 revenue as its customers prepared to add more semiconductor production capacity, lifting its shares more than 4 percent.
Apple has bought a company that makes augmented-reality software, which adds information or images to real-world scenes when viewed through a special headset or even a smartphone camera.
Micromax has also been in talks with investors led by Japan's SoftBank Corp to sell a stake of roughly 20%, raising up to $1 bn.
Lower production costs in India could help Foxconn keep hold of Apple orders amid rising competition with nimble rivals such as Quanta Computer Inc.
Taiwan's Asustek Computer Inc said it has not ruled out the possibility of acquiring struggling smartphone maker HTC Corp


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Michael Cure and his friends had a simple plan to help them to stay competitive in a tough economy.
The group of small-business owners founded the Electronic Data Interchange Users' Group. All they had to do, they thought, was learn everything possible about EDI technology, pool their resources, purchase some equipment, and start applying for those juicy government contracts that always seemed to go to large EDI-enabled companies.
But then something came along that ended those dreams, and the newly formed users' group as well. It was called the Internet.
"As soon as NASA put its supply chain on the Web, we knew it was all over," said Cure, whose brief experience with EDI more than 10 years ago turned out to be a sign of things to come.
Today, IT industry analysts point out that the Internet has all but put a stop to new investments in the often proprietary and highly expensive EDI method of information sharing between firms and their supplier networks.
Instead, most companies now use a combination of Extensible Markup Language (XML) and the World Wide Web to format and send business documents to one another electronically. The method is inexpensive, readily available, platform-independent and anyone can do it.
To be sure, there is still a major installed based of EDI users, consisting mostly of giant industrial companies that have had the same supplier networks for years. There are also myriad companies selling EDI-related software, appliances, intermediary services and the like.
This is where the debate over EDI comes into play. Some believe the technology is dead or dying. Others say its market is frozen, never to grow or shrink again. But a third group sees a future where business-to-business commerce entails EDI and XML regularly interoperating with each other -- a future that would require significant activity on the part of international standards bodies.
Sara Radicati, principal analyst with Palo Alto Calif.-based research firm the Radicati Group, used the analogy of an aging automobile to describe the state of EDI today.
"Some models went out of production 10 years ago, but people still drive them," she said. "If you've got it in place and it's still working, you're still going to use it ... . But it's not something that anyone is making any new investments in."
Sean McGrath, CTO of Dublin, Ireland-based Propylon, an XML solutions company, takes Radicati's sentiment a step further. He said his company regularly helps other firms migrate from EDI to XML-based systems.
Pierre Fricke, a senior analyst with Port Chester, N.Y.-based D.H. Brown Associates, is of the mindset that EDI and XML were born to work in conjunction with each other. He believes EDI is still very much relevant and that XML and Web services technologies will only serve to complement it.
"There are translation mechanisms to connect XML and EDI together," Fricke said. "There are integration servers that can interact with EDI-based data flows and connect to other applications through XML."
Incidentally, Fricke said, people should also keep an eye on Electronic Business XML (ebXML), a flavor of XML designed specifically for securely trading business documents online. "It's the embryonic emerging standard," he said. But for this format to really take off, it has to win the endorsement of IT big-timers IBM and Microsoft.
Just last week, Microsoft announced that, in conjunction with software company Inovis Inc., it had created a system to translate EDI documents into the XML dialect used by Microsoft Business Network.
Bryan Beske, chief information architect at Worthington Industries and an 11-year veteran of EDI technology, expressed doubts about XML's worthiness as a replacement for EDI.
"As a heavy manufacturer, our mentality is that, if it isn't broke, don't fix it," Beske said. "EDI is a proven technology, and I don't really think that it will go anywhere."
He said that XML is good for moving information from application to application, but that he doesn't see it taking off in terms of transmitting mainstay business documents like purchase orders, invoices and advance shipping notices.
"By and large, most businesses' core business transactions are EDI. EDI is tried and true," Beske said. "All of the hype around XML isn't really coming to fruition."
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Electric car startup Faraday Future has revealed the first glimpse of the FF91 – a self-driving car that the company says can go from zero to 60 mph in 2.39 seconds.
Introducing the car on stage at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, the company showed footage of the FF91 beating a Tesla Model S in a drag race. Faraday Future claims that its new car is the fastest electric car in production. If its claims are true, the FF91 will actually be the second fastest product car, behind only the Porsche 918 Spyder.
If it is released in 2018, as planned, the FF01 will go head-to-head with the Tesla Model S in the electric sports car market. Customers wishing to get the FF91 as soon as it comes out will need to fork over a hefty, but refundable, $5,000 (£4,080) deposit, although there’s no word on the car’s final price.
After watching live footage of the FF91 parking itself in a car park outside the exhibition centre, the startup then tried to demonstrate the car's self-parking feature on stage. But, as is often the case with live demonstrations of new technology, Faraday Future’s attempt to show off the car wasn’t quite as smooth as the company would have liked. An awkward few minutes ensued when the car failed to move at all after one of the company’s lead investors, Jia Yueting, pressed the self-parking button on the exterior of the car.
“Okay, it seems like it’s a little bit lazy tonight,” said Faraday senior vice president Nick Sampson when it became clear that the car wasn’t going to move (skip to 1:12:30 in the video below for the full awkwardness). After a second attempt the car did move down the stage automatically before coming to a smooth stop, although the technical display wasn’t quite as impressive as the dark lights, music and general hubris tried to suggest.


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Eagles fans making the trip to Phoenix next weekend are likely taking a massive financial hit on Super Bowl tickets, with the cheapest seats currently going for nearly $5,000.
Lodging and flight options, however, are already dwindling, so traveling fans may want to book soon.
Some hotels have been sold out since the summer, and standard rooms at Hilton, Holiday Inn, and Marriott hotels near the stadium or downtown were going for $1,000 to $1,500 a night as of Thursday.
Given the high demand, vacation rentals could be a better value, particularly for groups. As of Thursday, hundreds of multi-bedroom apartments, condos, and homes in the area were available for $400 to $15,000 (for seven-bedroom, mountain-view mansions in neighboring Scottsdale) on Airbnb and VRBO. A handful of cheaper options were available, too, for those who want a smaller space or are OK with staying in a private room in someone’s home for the weekend.
“There are quite a few affordable, safe options for Eagles fans,” said Ben Breit, director of trust and safety communications at Airbnb. “It’s not like the old days when you have to stay three or four hours away” if you were booking last-minute.
Anticipating a jump in bookings this week by Eagles and Chiefs fans, Airbnb is once again rolling out a Big Game Community Support team, which will exclusively answer questions and concerns of those staying in the Phoenix area.
As for flights, the average cost of flying from Philly to Phoenix during Super Bowl week was $566 round-trip as of Wednesday, said Hayley Berg, lead economist at Hopper, the popular airfare-tracking and travel-booking app. But for those who want to fly direct, flights are closer to $900 round-trip.
Berg and Breit have some money-saving, experience-enhancing tips for Philly fans who are heading to the big game.
Arrive Saturday, return Tuesday to save
If you can swing it, arrive on Saturday, Feb. 11, and come home on Tuesday, Feb. 14. That’ll likely save you about $165 per plane ticket, Berg said, citing Hopper data. If you’re staying in a hotel, that’ll also save you more than $300, according to Hopper.
Book flights ASAP
“Prices are expected to continue surging as we get closer to the event,” Berg said.
Many flights remain available, even if they require one or two layovers. But that may not be the case as it gets closer. Flights are likely to sell out, Berg said, or surge to “extraordinary” levels when only a few seats remain.
At least start browsing rentals
If you’re opting for a vacation rental, it’s harder to say which way prices will go as the game approaches, Airbnb’s Breit said.
“It tends to be a little different for us because people set their own prices,” he said. “Some hosts may have raised their prices significantly.”
On the contrary, at a recent host safety forum in Arizona, “I was speaking with a few hosts who didn’t raise their prices at all,” Breit said. “For them, it was more important about just landing a really great guest.”
Judging by past years’ trends, Airbnbs are unlikely to sell out for Super Bowl weekend, he said, because the supply of rentals is so much higher than usual.
A lot of Phoenix-area residents are posting their homes on sites like Airbnb for the first time, he said, with plans to stay with friends or family for the weekend and make some extra money off the Super Bowl demand.
Reach out to potential hosts
Reach out to rental hosts for several properties that would work for your group, Breit recommends.
“If I were a Philly fan trying to figure out what I want to do, I would be initiating conversations with four or five hosts of properties I’m strongly considering and making sure expectations are aligned on both sides,” Breit said. This includes confirming things like whether the listing is for a private or shared space, how many people it can comfortably sleep, and what the surrounding area is like.
Read the reviews for potential hosts, too.
If one of the properties you’re eyeing is owned by a new host, see if their profile has any reviews of them as a past Airbnb guest. (On the site, the review process is two-way: Guests can review hosts, and hosts can review guests.)
Watch out for scams
It’s not only ticket scams you have to watch out for. Airbnb has seen an increase in reports of scams around big events like the Super Bowl, Breit said.
So be cautious when booking stays, particularly if you are someone who is used to calling hotels and has never made a reservation online before.
Most of the scams come in the form of third-party websites, examples of which were given in a 2021 AARP advisory, that are designed to look like Airbnb but are really attempts to steal from users, sometimes via wire transfer.
“If you’re ever asked to wire money, stop and think, ‘Wait, am I really on Airbnb right now?’” Breit said. “That shouldn’t be happening on Airbnb. We handle the payments.”


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Desigual is reconstructing its management team. The Spanish brand has appointed Frenchman Pierre Cuilleret, founder of The Phone House, as Chief Client Officer, while Alberto Ojinaga is head of operations and human re...
Spanish high-street brands Mango and Desigual will not take part in the next edition of 080 Barcelona Fashion Week, scheduled to run from February 1-5, confirmed the event's organiser Miquel Rodríquez on Tuesday.
Desigual's top management confirmed to FashionMag that its supply chain director, Manel Jimenez Otero, will be leaving at the end of the year, a year that was full of upheaval for the retailer and its top management.
After a slight downturn in the first six months, the Spanish retailer experienced a 5.2% slump in sales in its Q3. For its first nine months, total revenue amounted to €724.7 million, equivalent to a 2.2% decrease.


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San Francisco’s ice cream shops might not stir up as much discussion as, say, the best burritos in town, but there’s still plenty of room for debate. Last summer, The Chronicle’s Taster’s Choice column held a big blind taste test of many pints from the Bay Area’s myriad popular ice cream shops.
However, Smitten Ice Cream in Hayes Valley’s Proxy development wasn’t included in that story, because its scoops — made with liquid nitrogen in minutes — are designed to be eaten on the spot.
But late last year and online now, Smitten got some major national love when Vogue crowned it as one of its favorites — not in San Francisco, or California, or America, but arguably on earth.
On a former parking lot at 432 Octavia Street in trendy Hayes Valley, Smitten Ice Cream, a little glassed-in stand, purveys what is arguably the freshest, if not the best, ice cream on earth. Each serving is created while you wait, in most cases in just 60 seconds, thanks to an innovative process that uses liquid nitrogen to speed-freeze the fresh, locally sourced ingredients to ultra-low temperatures.
Them’s big words, and should bring plenty of newcomers out to Hayes Valley for a little Proxy exploration. Share your ice cream favorites in the comments.
· Previously: Ice cream: Here’s the scoop on Bay Area’s best [San Francisco Chronicle]


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US leading manufacturer seeks out Medical Kiwi relationship
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US leading nutraceutical manufacturer seeks out Medical Kiwi relationship
Recognising New Zealand as the next global player in medicinal cannabis, a leading American manufacturer of dietary supplements approached Medical Kiwi about working together. Last week, Empirical Labs and Medical Kiwi directors signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) at Empirical Labs head office in Fort Collins, Colorado.
Established in December 2018, Medical Kiwi was the first medicinal cannabis company in the South Island to be granted a cultivation license by the Ministry of Health, allowing the company to establish a cannabis breeding programme for research and development for medicinal cannabis.
Poised to provide New Zealanders with the medicinal cannabis products they need once the Misuse of Drugs (Medicinal Cannabis) Amendment Act is passed this December, and for when the Medicinal Cannabis Scheme is up and running in 2020, Medical Kiwi has been furthering its strategy of cementing strategic international relationships, the latest being with Empirical Labs.
Medical Kiwi has already secured an uptake deal and signed an MoU with UK distributor Liberty Herbal Technologies Ltd, giving Medical Kiwi the rights to sell Liberty’s medicinal cannabis products and allowing Medical Kiwi to supply Liberty with medicinal cannabis for its hapac® devices sold globally. Medical Kiwi has also signed an exclusive distribution deal with Vitality CBD Limited, allowing Medical Kiwi to import and sell Vitality CBD’s full range of 0% THC products, currently sold across the UK including in Boots stores, Tesco supermarkets, pharmacies and health stores.
Describing last week’s signing, Kelly Goyen Empirical Labs’ CEO says it ensures both companies are well placed to take advantage of the ever-growing cannabinoid market.
“When we met with Medical Kiwi, our distinct synergies were obvious,” Goyen says. “We both strive to bring innovative and ground-breaking products for customers.
“This growth industry will come with challenges, however, in our experience a focus on innovation and having a clear Go-to-Market strategy overcomes any challenges,” he says. “Empirical Labs has a simple ethos, which is to establish long term partnerships with our key customers, with the goal of developing exceptional products. We know that together Empirical Labs’ and Medical Kiwi’s teams will make a huge impact in the market. It is exciting times.”
Medical Kiwi Chairperson Aldo Miccio says the MoU with Empirical Labs is a coup for the company, and the New Zealand industry.
“The world’s eyes are on New Zealand and we were extremely pleased that a global leader with 30 years’ experience in formulation and optimal ways of delivering pharmaceuticals, came through our door to work with us,” says Miccio.
“Our new relationship with Empirical Labs means that we can get proven cannabis products quicker to market as they are ahead of New Zealand in research and development,” he says. “We also have an opportunity to develop some very exciting IP with Empirical Labs as we work together to develop new and unique medicinal cannabis products.
“As well as gaining immediate access to product innovations, their strong team complements our team, so we can share expertise while learning from their experience. It is a win-win,” he says.
Miccio adds that in the future Medical Kiwi will also supply Empirical Labs with its own dried Nelson Tasman-produced cannabis for the uniquely co-created medicinal and wellness products.
Medical Kiwi Directors Dr Michael Packer and Dr David Porter visited Empirical Labs last week. Dr Porter says they were very impressed with Empirical’s facilities and processes.
“Empirical Labs demonstrated extreme attention to detail with respect to ingredient selection, solvent-free extraction and manufacturing processes,” says Dr Porter. “They have developed a new way of packaging product in microsomes - tiny balls of natural fat that transport the product across the gut lining and through the liver before releasing the product into the body.
“What that means is far more of the dose gets where it’s needed as the gut and liver break down a big proportion of an oral dose before it even reaches the bloodstream and target tissue,” he says. “It is very impressive.”


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Carmudi, the world’s fastest growing online car classified, is now set to change the experience of shopping for car enthusiasts in Bangladesh.
The online car classified has launched a mobile application which will allow country’s Android users to browse thousands of cars on the go. Carmudi’s app is currently offering around 200,000 vehicles worldwide where the number of Bangladeshi vehicles is more than 15,000.
This new service will give the users the same sense of ease and comfort as they would experience in front of their PCs at home. The app is available in 20 countries across Asia, Africa and Middle East. For the convenience of Bangladeshi people, Carmudi has made the app available in Bangla, along with 8 other languages.
Stefan Haubold, Co-Founder and Global Managing Director of Carmudi, commented, “We want to bring the massive choice of cars to the fingertips of our users. This is a huge milestone for Carmudi. The app will allow millions of users across the globe to find their dream car in just a single tap. We already have over one million users visiting our website every month. Carmudi is changing the way consumers search and shop for cars.
With mobile phones accounting for more than a third of the internet usage in the emerging world, Carmudi’s app will further strengthen its dominance there.” Ashiqur Rahman, Country Manager of Carmudi Bangladesh Says, “While we grow very fast with more than 15000 vehicles online and 450 showrooms of Bangladesh already registered, Carmudi is also making sure the vehicle buyers can search them effectively through the App.
It also makes sure you can track a particular showroom that you want to visit nearby. And everything comes in Bangla. Hence we see this as a major step towards online vehicle marketplace revolution”. The app features the same usability and filter functions as its computer counterpart www.carmudi.com. Customers can filter searches by any means that they wish, from brand to model and year to price.
Users can also share listings on various social platforms to gain opinions from friends and family if they are unsure. In addition, the Carmudi app allows for favoriting of listings so that they get instant notifications on their favorite rides. So if you are looking for that perfect ride, make sure that you download the Carmudi app on the Google play store. The app will allow users to search for the vehicles they want by brand, model and price. If this is not enough, further filters such as age, mileage and even color are available to make sure that customers are able to find exactly what they want. More features will be added to the app shortly.
Carmudi was founded in 2013 and is currently available in Bangladesh, Cameroon, Ghana, Indonesia, Ivory Coast, Mexico, Myanmar, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, United Arab Emirates, Vietnam, Sri Lanka. The vehicle marketplace offers buyers, sellers and car dealers the ideal platform to find cars, motorcycles and commercial vehicles online.


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2016 Range Rover Evoque Long Wheelbase version spied in India
2016 Range Rover Evoque which was caught testing earlier in 2012, was spied recently in Karnataka, with Kerala registration plates. Significance of this Evoque is that it has longer wheelbase than outgoing model.
Same report said that L560 will be based on same aluminium platform as new line of compact Jaguar models, like upcoming Jaguar XE. It also suggested that Evoque XL could attain up to 80,000 units of annual sales and could possibly be the most lucrative model to be built on new aluminium platform. There are four Jaguar models and one Range Rover, total of five planned on the said platform.
L560 also has the potential to become the most economical model of Range Rover, largely due to employment of lightweight aluminium architecture and new Ingenium (previously known as Hotfire) range of four cylinder engines of JLR. Petrol and diesel versions of Ingenium engines will power most of Evoque XL variants, in different tunes.
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Looking for the latest news on EV solid-state batteries? Want to know when you might be able to buy one?
The only electric car with a solid-state battery is the Dongfeng E70 electric sedan. The E70 is only available in China and currently has only been launched as a fleet of 50 taxis. Also, the battery in the E70 isn’t a true solid-state—but it’s a step in the right direction. A number of car manufacturers have launch dates planned for EVs with solid-state batteries.
What Is A Solid-State Battery?
In a conventional battery, the draw of power from the device to be powered (.e.g. a car motor) causes ions in the battery to move around in a liquid called an electrolyte. This movement of ions induces an electrical current and provides power to the car. In a solid-state battery, this liquid electrolyte is replaced with a solid electrolyte.
Why Are Solid-State Batteries Better?
The use of a solid electrolyte has a number of advantages. Firstly, they have a higher energy density. Solid-state batteries can provide the same power for a smaller physical space or weight. This is particularly useful in electric cars where space and weight is a key issues in-car performance.
Solid-state batteries can theoretically increase range by five times for the same physical space and weight in the car.
Secondly, solid-state batteries have no risk of explosion or fire. As well as the obvious safety benefits, this means that solid-state batteries require fewer safety components such as casing.
This saves further space and makes solid-state batteries even smaller. Solid-state batteries also reduce charging times.
Which Cars Have Solid-State Batteries?
There is currently only one commercially available electric car with a solid-state battery. Chinese EV manufacturer Dongfeng announced its E70 sedan earlier this year for use in a taxi fleet.
Scooter company Gogoro launched the first solid-state battery for its vehicles recently. The company has cornered the swappable battery market, and so far has been using normal Lithium-ion batteries.
The new solid-state prototype has been developed through a partnership with Taiwanese company Proligium technology. Owners of Gogoro scooters can swap out their batteries for solid-state replacements to save time on charging and to increase range.
Toyota has announced that it will launch its first solid-state battery EV by 2025. They have thousands of patents in this space through their partnership with Panasonic. Nissan announced last year that they are investing $17.6 billion in solid-state battery research with a view to launching such a vehicle by 2028.
Many other car companies have targets such as Daimler (target launch date of 2026) and BMW (target launch date of 2025). Hyundai, Ford, VW, and GM are all investing in the research.
Porsche is expecting to have pilot production plants by 2025 or 2026.
The DongFeng E70 Sedan
Earlier this year, the E70 commercial Sedan was launched by Dongfeng as a fleet of 50 taxis. The cars are the result of a collaborative project between Dongfeng and Ganfeng Lithium Battery. The cars also support battery swapping. This could therefore the dawn of solid-state battery EVs in China.
However, the batteries used in the E70 are not true solid-state. The batteries are described as “semi-solid lithium metal (Li-OH) batteries” and the batteries still contain some liquid electrolyte. Regardless, the batteries are a step forward in EV technology. They have the potential to nearly double the EV range for the same size and weight of the battery.
Gogoro is a Taiwanese scooter manufacturer. They have pioneered swappable batteries in their home country, allowing riders to swap their batteries to save on charging time. The company has had great success in Taiwan now owning over a third of the domestic scooter market share.
The company has partnered with a number of companies globally to toll out their platform in India, Germany, and Japan.
Just recently, the company launched solid-state batteries through a partnership with ProLogium Technology, a leader in solid-state lithium ceramic batteries. The scheme with Gogoro is the first prototype of a solid-state battery in a scooter battery swapping service.
This option for riders allows them to increase the range for a single battery swap owing to the higher energy density of the solid-state batteries. The range is expected to increase by 140% compared to a standard liquid lithium-ion battery.
The scheme also provides added safety due to the risk of battery breakages and spillages when swapping them out on a regular basis.
Toyota out front
Toyota has announced its plans to put its first EV with a solid-state battery before 2025. However, the batteries will first be used in hybrids—making the Prius the most likely candidate.
The company’s work on solid-state batteries for EVs is done through a joint venture company called Prime Planet Energy & Solutions established in partnership with Panasonic.
The joint venture company specializes in prismatic Lithium-ion batteries and is also working on solid-state batteries.
Nissan is investing heavily in solid-state batteries but has a launch date later than Toyota planned for 2028. However, they want to have a pilot production line installed by 2024. Nissan’s work on solid-state batteries is all in-house.
The Daimler Group and Mercedes-Benz its most well-known subsidiary have both invested in solid-state batteries. The Daimler Group invested in Factorial Energy in 202,1 solid-state battery manufacturer based in Massachusets, USA.
Factorial Energy has developed a solid-state battery that provides 50 percent more range on each charge at a cost comparable with lithium-ion. The company’s technology is patented and trademarked as “FEST”™ (Factorial Electrolyte System Technology).
It has been scaled up to 40Ah cells and can be built using off-the-shelf technologies. Factorial is working with a number of different car manufacturers along with Daimler-Benz.
More recently, Mercedes-Benz has invested in Prologium which has also supplied Gogoro scooters with their swappable solid-state battery technology. Prologue and Mercedes have agreed on a technology development agreement with a view to putting solid-state batteries in Mercedes in the years ahead.
This will likely happen in the second half of this decade in line with Mercedes’s ambition to be all-electric by 2030. The technology partnership with Prologium is to include expansion of solid-state battery production across Europe.
BMW and Ford
BMW and Ford both invested in Solid Power in 2017, a solid-state battery developer and manufacturer based in the US. Since then Solid Power has announced its plans to ramp up production, with the first test cells being available to car manufacturers this year.
The company has a new Colorado facility to increase the output of sulfide-based electrolytes required for their solid-state batteries. A production line for battery cells with 100Ah capacity is in development.
These are sizes required by BMW and Ford for their electric cars. It is expected that cars with this technology will be available post-2025.
VW and Quantumscape
VW is pursuing its solid-state battery endeavors through a USD 300 million investment into Quantumscape, a solid-state battery developer based in Munich, Germany. The German car manufacturer invested an initial USD 100 million, with a second installment available once the battery developed was available for testing in VW laboratories.
This has been achieved, and a second installment has been paid for further development. The testing requirements have not been specified, but there is an indication that it includes an 80 percent improvement on range over lithium-ion, 80 percent charge within 15 minutes, maintaining over 80 percent original battery capacity post 800 cycles and tolerating temperatures as low as -30 degrees Celsius.


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Top EV Stocks
The world is going through the unprecedented boom of EV industry. It is obvious that e-vehicle stocks are attracting investors' attention. We've made the list of top e-car companies to consider. Some are pure-play EV manufacturers, while others are component suppliers or traditional car makers that try to keep in line.
The Best EV Stocks to Invest In
The EV industry consists of e-car, e-truck, e-van, commercial EV manufacturers and suppliers of power components and services for e-vehicles. The industry is new and fast-growing. Everybody knows giants like Tesla. However, most of EV makers are not so widely known to investors.
The e-vehicle industry is too young, so there're no benchmark indices reflecting how well EV stocks perform. Investors can compare their performance to one-year trailing return of Russell 1000 Index (most of the data in the article is as of Sep 2020).
In the current year, the firms engaged in pharmacy and biotechnology are booming unprecedentedly due to the racing for vaccine against COVID-19. EV stocks are another sector flourishing in 2020.
It is high time to shift to e-cars. Better batteries provide longer driving range, which makes e-vehicles much more practical. The infrastructure of EV recharging stations is expanding. Due to reduction of expenses on fuels and services, the costs of owning EVs reduce. Besides, with the global climate crisis, eco-friendliness of e-cars is becoming more and more crucial.
What's happening with e-car stocks today has never been known before. Even TSLA's stock is not regarded as speculative compared to the sector standard. All of this makes one recollect the dot-com bubble of 1990s.
Nowadays, technology firms generate much more profit compared to their forerunners of the 1990s, except for EV stocks, the majority of which do not bring any profit to investors yet. Those who invest in e-vehicle stocks now expect to profit in the long-term when the globe shifts from conventional cars toward battery-powered vehicles. And this hopes are quite reasonable as the market is growing extremely fast. Fossil fuel cars are sinking into oblivion, while green vehicles are the promising future of transport.
Today, approximately every fortieth car is e-vehicle. The figure is growing year by year, and in a decade at least one fifth of new cars sold are expected to be battery-powered. Talking about short-term prospects, next year the volume of EV sales is forecast to grow by 36 percent and EV stocks are supposed to gain 30 percent.
Manufacturers of gas-powered vehicles take efforts to keep their business in line. Almost all large car companies are entering the EV market by producing fully-electric or hybrid cars, even though the price of petrol is dropping. The key incumbents gradually shifting toward cleaner drivetrain are General Motors, Ford and Volkswagen.
Below, we consider the top e-vehicle stocks that can help you benefit from the current industry boom. There are some pure-play e-car makers on the list, while the rest are suppliers of power equipment or manufacturers of traditional vehicles starting the transition to zero-emission cars. You shouldn't consider this listing as a must-invest, because not all stocks will be the right choice for every investor. All of the EV stocks are extremely speculative, that is why only investors with higher risk tolerance should buy them. Anyway, all of the stocks listed attract interest of investors today.
NIO Inc (NIO)
The so-called “Chinese Tesla” is a leader among e-car stocks with the most momentum. Its total return over the last twelve months is 1,260 percent, which is more than 1.5 times bigger than that of the second top momentum stock – Tesla. The Chinese leading EV manufacturer also comes second among best-value (P/E ratio of 15.9) and fastest-growing (EPS growth of 137.2 percent) e-vehicle stocks.
NIO's share price constitutes 21.22 dollar, market capitalization is 25.9bln USD.
The firm specializes on building and selling EVs and parts, at the same time offering various battery-services like recharging and swap.
The previous year was unfavorable for NIO. A bunch of negative factors led NIO's stock to fall down to 1.19 USD in October, 2019.
The current year is, on the contrary, a year of success for the firm. In the first autumn month, the company supplied the record-breaking number of EVs – over 4.7 thousand. The firm has launched its newest premium coupe SUV model. The manufacturer's margins are growing, and losses are decreasing.
NIO's position is still risky because of COVID-19. However, its stock is currently 370 percent up.
The company seems to have a bright future, because China is interested in lowering its energy imports and shifting toward e-vehicles to save the Chinese cities from air pollution. Before the pandemic outbreak, China's government planned to have 60 percent of vehicles in the country electric in fifteen years from now.
Anyway, investors have to be cautious, since China's stocks are not very reputable. NIO has an extremely high D/E ratio – 9.3.
Tesla Inc (TSLA)
It is impossible to exclude Tesla from any list of EV stocks, as this is the global leader of automaking. Tesla has impacted the EV market more than any other firm. The e-vehicles produced before Tesla did not attract drivers, as they were ugly and not powerful enough.
TSLA ranks second among top momentum EV stocks (790.5 percent return) and third among EV stocks with the lowest price/sales ratio (16.1). It has a market capitalization of 400.5bln USD and share price of 429.01USD.
The corporation is a designer, builder and seller of e-vehicles and EV powertrain components. E-cars are sold to drivers, while parts are purchased by other car makers. During the third quarter of the current year, the automaker manufactured more than 145 thousand EVs and sold 140 thousand.
TSLA's stock is nearly 500 percent up this year, which makes the whole EV sector to boost.
Throughout years, TSLA was losing. Today, it is turning profits. Tesla is not only producing unprecedented quantities of EVs. It is also spreading around the world, having put its China-based Gigafactory into operation, expanding into more European countries and entering Latin American countries.
The drawback of TSLA's stock for investors is that it is too high-valued. Moreover, who knows for how long it will continue growing so fast.
Investors value TSLA not as an automaker, but rather as a successful technology upstart. It is quite understandable, because Tesla is a leader of battery tech and self-driving. Anyway, Tesla's stock is high-priced even for technology companies.
The booming EV market is likely to continue raising revenue and profit of Tesla, as well as its share price.
Kandi Technologies Group (KNDI)
The Chinese company is the winner among the best-value EV stocks, which is the stocks that have the lowest twelve-month trailing Price/Sales ratio. This ratio means the sum paid for stocks for every USD of sales.
KNDI's stock price is 6.2 US dollars, market capitalization constitutes 0.3bln USD, while price to sales ratio is 2.7 (which is over 3 times lower compared to its closest rivals – NIO and Tesla).
The company is a developer, manufacturer and commercializer of e-vehicles and quads, as well as EV parts (such as battery-packs, car engines, air conditioning units, and EV controllers). For the last seven years, the firm has been mostly focused on developing all-electric vehicles, concentrating on expansion of its domestic market-share. In early autumn, Kandi established a sub-company 100% owned by the parent company – China Battery Exchange Technology (a battery swapper and recycler).
During its early years, Kandi was leading the Chinese e-vehicle market. At that time, battery-swapping was a must because electric vehicles were charging too slowly and their range was too short.
Nowadays, with the tech improvement, lots of countries have rejected the battery swap. However, China is still utilizing this model and extending it throughout the country, standardizing the batteries. The battery swapping models are relatively cheap because the drivers do not have to purchase the batts – only to rent them. This reduces the price of e-vehicles considerably and brings China closer to its sustainability ambitions.
Thus, the key tech of Kandi is becoming popular in its native land again, which is likely to bring KNDI's stock up.
Workhorse Group (WKHS)
The Ohio-located company has the highest YOY growth among EV stocks – 1,570%, which is over ten times more than the second-fastest growing stock – NIO. Besides, the firm is in top 3 momentum stocks, with total returns of 622.3% (compare to Russell 1000 index – 18.3 percent).
Workhorse's market capitalization is 2.7bln USD, stock price is 25.28 dollars.
The American corporation stands out from the rest of EV companies listed, as it is not oriented for consumer market. The firm focuses on designing and manufacturing of electric delivery vans. In early autumn, Workhorse revealed the driving range improvement of its pure electric delivery truck C-Series. The C-1000 model has set a record in the sector – about 160mi/charge (in urban conditions).
The delivery sector is high-promising in terms of profit. Two years ago, UPS ordered 950 electric delivery vehicles from Workhorse. UPS is expected to save 170 thousand USD per truck within twenty years due to fuel and maintenance cost reduction.
Besides, Workhorse is among 3 winning bidders for USPS's 6bln-dollar contract for 180 thousand delivery trucks.
The company is also present in the consumer market by owning 10 percent of Lordstown Motors Corp.
WKHS's share price jumped up in mid-summer and is still around its maximum. For now, it is 495 percent up in the current year.
The company's track record traces back to 1998. During its early years, the firm converted delivery trucks manufactured by other companies. However, five years ago it shifted to producing its own vehicles.
Delivery became a profitable business due to COVID outbreak and it is not going to fade in the near future.
However, Workhorse's anticipated sales volumes sound a little bit strange. The company is planning to supply only 400 vehicles in 2020.
WKHS's stock price is projected to rise from 12 to 27USD. Anyway, investors should take care while buying pure electric vehicle stocks.
Blink Charging (BLNK)
Blink Charging Co is in the top 3 of EV stocks with the highest earnings-per-share growth (over the latest quarter) – 119.7 percent, yielding only to WKHS and NIO.
The company's price per share is 10.31USD, it has a market capitalization of 0.326bln USD.
The firm provides recharging equipment for e-vehicles as well as charge services. It offers a patented network of cloud based SW, operating, maintaining and tracking all of Blink's recharging points as well as the related charge data.
Nikola Motors (NKLA)
NKLA is the freshest EV stock on the list. It attracted investors' attention at the beginning of summer this year after a reverse merger. In just a few days, its price rose from 30 to 90USD per share. Another sharp rise was in late summer after Nikola's entering into agreement for delivering 2.5 thousand battery-powered trash trucks. Since then, NKLA's stock has dropped down a little, but it is anyway more than 295 percent up this year.
A couple of months earlier, the firm announced the Badger – an electric pick-up with a hydrogen transmission option, which increases its range up to 600mi.
The company is often referred to as 'Tesla of Truck'. It is a manufacturer of next gen e-trucks that emit no carbon and are cost-efficient. Nikola's intentions are extending throughout commercial and consumer markets via its hydrogen-powered and electric delivery vans and pickups, correspondingly.
The firm is currently constructing an Arizona-based factory worth 600mln USD for manufacturing road trains.
NKLA is among top e-vehicle stocks to invest in for the nearest decade, and the firm has a good chance to become worth 100bln-USD someday.
The company is not an e-vehicle maker, but it's a major manufacturer of essential parts for EVs, such as high voltage cables, charger cords, electric safety devices, and active coolers for monitoring and dissipating of the heat obtained from high voltage charge.
Aptiv's stock suffered a lot from the COVID-19 pandemic and has not entirely recovered from the shock so far. As of September 1, the price per share was 86USD, which is 9 percent lower compared to early 2020.
In case e-vehicle sale matches the optimistic expectations of the market for e-car manufacturers, it will grow the demand for the EV components produced by Aptiv. This is expected to pay off for the company's shareholders.
The prerequisite for any e-car is battery. That is why Panasonic is among top EV stocks to invest in. The corporation is the world's leading manufacturer of lithium ion batts that power all-electric vehicles, hybrids and PHEVs.
The company cooperates with Toyota and Tesla, manufacturing batts for their e-vehicles. In Feb 2020, the battery maker published report on the Q1 profit from its joint venture with Tesla. The manufacturing volumes are growing, consequently the price of materials is expected to fall, which would help making the business still more profitable.
Like for the above stock, the March's pandemic was unfavorable for Panasonic's shares. It is now in the process of recovering, however the stock is still traded lower than in the beginning of the year.
General Motors (GM)
The Detroit-based colossus is among Top 3 American automotive manufacturers who are currently making efforts to survive. General Motors is not really a car maker, since today it mostly concentrates on producing sport utility vehicles and gas guzzlers.
The US's corporation pioneered the e-vehicle market back in 1996 when it launched its EV1. Later the company was accused of killing the vehicle.
Nowadays, GM is coming back to EV industry. Its Chevrolet Bolt has gained popularity among U.S. e-car drivers. Previously in 2020, the firm announced its Ultium EV platform. The company is planning to create twenty electric cars based on the platform, which uses an exclusive batt packs that charge fast and have a range of 400mi per charge.
What should attract investors' attention is General Motors' possibility to develop its e-vehicle business. In the middle of August 2020, one of DB analysts assumed that if the company expands its share of e-car market, its stock can grow up to 93USD. Even though the stock was traded at about 30USD in September, this suggestion predicts large growth for the company's stock.
All of this makes GM an attractive e-vehicle stock to invest in, although most electric car makers consider the corporation to be a manufacturer of conventional vehicles and hope to leave it behind.
General Motors became interesting for lots of those who invest in automobile companies after announcing about its cooperation with e-truck upstart Nikola. In fact, the American giant is planning to finally fully shift toward EV market, allocating lots of money and resources in the industry, which has made it attractive for Nikola.
In cooperation with Korea's battery manufacturing leader LG Chem, GM is constructing an Ohio-based batt plant from nothing. Besides, the company has created an innovative, very flexible EV architecture, which is going to support a broad choice of fresh e-cars within two or three years. Moreover, General Motors is launching a multitude of EVs in China, being among the nation's top car suppliers.
Badger by Nikola will be powered by GM's Ultium. Plus, lots of the company's own e-pickups are supposed to be produced within the following couple of years.
By the way, General Motors is expecting every new coming EV to bring profit from the very beginning.
It is quite understandable that the global transition toward e-cars will lead to ups and downs among automotive manufacturers. However, General Motors have done the big job to appear among those who will succeed, and its contract with Nikola proves this.
The German vehicle manufacturer produces 11mln units annually, which is 89 percent more compared to Ford and 24 percent more in comparison with General Motors. Thus, it is quite clear that the corporation will gain profit from the forthcoming e-car boom. Large volume of production allows keeping the low cost and competitive prices.
For the time being, only around one hundredth of all the carriers made by VW are EVs. However, the company invests huge amounts of money into its transition to e-vehicle maker. In 2020, it is allocating 2.3bln USD into China-based e-car makers and is expecting to sell 3mln EVs by 2025.
In 2019, the automaker announced its first fully-electric car – ID.3. Its driving distance ranges between 205-341mi per charge, depending on the battery capacity. This takes the vehicle a step forward compared to e-cars with shorter ranges (such as Leaf by Nissan) and a par with Y, X, III and S series of EVs by Tesla.
By the way, E.Musk has test-driven the ID.3 and has concluded that the vehicle is quite good provided it is not a sports car.
Taking into account that VWAGY's P/E ratio is lower than 14 and dividend-price ratio is as generous as 4.3 percent, it is worth while considering VW's stock as an investment option.
Ford Motor Company (F)
In mid-spring 2019, Ford unveiled it was planning to cooperate with Rivian Automotive in building e-SUVs and e-pickups. Ford Motor allocated a minority investment of 500mln USD in Rivian. The partners are working on co-development of Ford's new EV based on the platform by Rivian. Ford is likely to profit from production of electric pickup trucks and this cooperation is turning its former competitor to partner.
Besides, Ford is going to invest 11bln USD within two years in the production of a series of EVs, such as ZEV version of the F-150 (e-SUV inspired by sporty Mustangs) and battery-powered version of its commercial-van top seller Transit.
The e-version of F-150 is being developed and is expected to be launched in the middle of 2022. The manufacturer promises to introduce a self-driving system in the new vehicle, showing its internal SW development skill.
Obviously, not every investment is going to work. Thus, four years ago, Ford invested in the acquisition of San Francisco's commuter ridesharing service – Chariot. However, the latter stopped its business three years later. The rest of Ford's investments (like the acquisition of Quantum Signal that focuses on mobile robots) have not shown yet whether they are successful.
Anyway, even in case the automotive giant's initiatives with new techs do not succeed 100%, Ford's efforts with internal investments and betting on upstarts with specific focus will keep the century old firm in line with the new technologies marking the automotive industry.
The company's market value is estimated as 174.2mln USD, its price per share is 5.75USD (as of September, 2020).
The Oregon's EV manufacturer stands out from the rest of automakers on the list. It focuses on making 3-wheel e-vehicles, such as its Fun Utility Vehicle. The EV is compact-sized, relatively cheap and very nimble. It can drive legally on highways and can handle such daily tasks as commuter ride sharing and driving for purchase or delivery tasks. FUV is expected to be a next-gen all-terrain vehicle.
Other Arcimoto's products include Rapid Responder and Deliverator. The former will be used in security, emergency and law-enforcement for quicker and more affordable responding to accidents. The latter is meant for delivering goods, which optimizes last-mile delivery by means of cost-reduction and speed-improvement.
The automaker began selling FUVs about a year ago. Manufacturing of its commercial vehicles was planned to start at the end of the current year.
One of Arcimoto's attractions is that the company is not a direct competitor of Tesla dealing with more traditional EVs. The company's future seems to be very promising both in commercial and consumer sectors.
FUV's stock looks very lively, having raised by 480 percent compared to the March's lowest level.
Electrameccanica Vehicles Corp (SOLO)
The small-cap Canadian company's market capitalization is 215.4mln USD, its share price is 3.36USD and its full time staff is 63 persons (as of September, 2020).
Investing in SOLO, you rather invest in the concept.
The firm's vehicles are sold under brand Solo and they are 3-wheeled 1-seat cars resembling carts rather than passenger EVs. However, such vehicles produce minimum emissions.
In 2018, Electrameccanica started trading on NASDAQ. Ever since, its trading path has been rocky. Most of the time, the stock price was lowering until its sharp jump in late spring of the current year. As of Sep 2020, the stock was traded at about 270 percent higher compared to its 52 week low.
Just like the majority of the stocks listed, SOLO is not profitable so far. It has some interest for investors, but still the risk is high.
Different Options of Investment in EV Stocks
If you don't want to purchase shares of the companies who focus on the production of electric vehicles, there are four other opportunities to benefit from the boom of EV industry.
Investing in electric car parts
One way to invest in e-vehicle industry is buying the stock of firms that supply power components for EV manufacturers.
Among the leaders of this sector is Aptiv, which we've mentioned above.
One more stock worth your attention is French Valeo (VLEEY, FR). The firm has deep connection with Europe's major car manufacturers. In the United States, it is traded as a penny stock, and the trading volumes are comparatively low. So, Valeo's share is not as easily traded and followed as APTV.
Though component supplies are rather uncertain due to big debt-load and low margin, they are less volatile in the long-term because they do not depend much on success of the final product.
To put it differently, even if Tesla no longer dominates the market, original equipment makers will be essential for the industry anyway.
Investing in batteries
Batteries are probably the main component of any EV, providing most of its cost and performance. Thus, it would be reasonable to purchase stock of the world's biggest supplier of Li batts – Panasonic. Though in the United States, Japan's giant is traded for less than 5USD, its ADTV is about 100 thousand, offering sufficient liquidity.
One more global leader of battery manufacturing is BYD (BYDDF) – the closest one to China's market. It is an aggressive stock, however less visible for investors from the West.
Investing in lithium
Another option to consider is investing in the Li, which EV batts are made of. In this case, you do not depend on a supplier. The only factor that matters is that the car is battery-powered.
It is admitted that stock price of Li mining companies have been hit significantly within the last couple of years. However, even though large-cap Albelmarle (ALB) stock price was twice lower in September 2019 compared to its 2017 high, the firm was making comfortable profit and its single digit P/E ratio was rather attractive at that time.
One more big player in Li mining is Chilean SQM. As of Sep 2019, its dividend constituted about 4.3 percent. However, this is a risky option since its dividend payment during twelve month exceeded the expected EPS.
Investing in all of it
In case you would like to go beyond individual car manufacturers but don't want to invest in power components, batts or Li, you may be interested in buying stocks of the whole sector through ETFs.
There're no exchange traded funds that focus exclusively on e-vehicles. However, some funds are investing in emerging trends of the auto industry – for example, Global X Autonomous & Electric Vehicles ETF (DRIV). Its portfolio consists of companies involved in e-car parts and batt materials (like Co and Li), technology giants, such as Alphabet (GOOGL, GOOG) that invest in autonomous driving techs, and traditional car manufacturers, for example Toyota (TM) which are mostly focused on the production of conventional gasoline vehicles. However, the ETF is rather young and its AUM is not so large.
The KraneShares Electric Vehicles & Future Mobility ETF (KARS) is somewhat bigger and has a longer track record. Its portfolio includes General Motors and such technology companies as chip-making Nvidia (NVDA).
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In 2015 41 million people paid for a music streaming subscription and an estimated 26.8 billion individual audio streams. But artists are fighting back, they say platform streaming services such as Apple Music and Spotify do not adequately reward them for their art.
Industry execs, music venues and artists are struggling to find a business model for the digital era that appropriately rewards artists them while still giving fans access to their material.
The entire music industry has become a test bed for new technologies, concepts and developing platforms, some of which may end up re-writing not only the music industry but might also end up serving the wider economy. After all, it was the music industry that gave us crowdfunding when in 1997 British band Marillion couldn’t afford to tour after the release of their seventh album and fans used the then fledgling internet to raise $60,000 so they could play in the US.
Tradiio – Seedrs
Tradiio has developed a platform that blends crowdfunding and music streaming with the mission of generating recurring funding for musicians - like the old fan club model but adapted to the digital space. It says “Today it’s easier than ever to create and share music, but it’s harder than ever for emerging artists to generate revenue, 77 per cent of music industry revenue is generated by one per cent of the artists.”
The platform allows music creators to set up a subscription page where fans contribute in exchange for access to exclusives, unique rewards, and experiences.
Tradiio said, “The internet has democratized the way artists create and share music, but now we need to democratize their opportunities to make money.”
The company launched internationally in March 2015 from UK offices with the mission of enabling music creators to generate revenue from their art. Today, it partners industry giants such as Universal Music, Island Records, providing them the best new talent within the music industry. It claims to have a base of more than 25,000 artists and over 280,000 users.
Tradiio is now raising funds on Seedrs to continue its UK expansion and support a US launch. It has a goal to activate its model globally with automated acquisition.
Beatstream - Crowdcube
Beatstream is a live music streaming application which has been developed to allow Live music venues, clubs, and artists to engage with people away from the venue, by Streaming DJ sets, gigs, and concerts.
The company aims to provide fans, artists, and venues with a platform for engagement and allows anyone to experience live performances.
The company says it is solving the problem of engaging fans will live music in an era of steady decline with London seeing an estimated 40 per cent of small venues closing and 63 per cent of the British public claiming that they haven’t visited a live music venue in the past 12 months.
This campaign is running on Crowdcube. It has valued the app at £600,000 and is looking to raise £100,000 for around 14 per cent equity.
Beatstream is aiming to sign up 420 venues within the first 12 months and is targeting a total of 67,200 subscribers.
It is raising capital for further platform development and a full re brand.


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DETROIT — The Original Equipment Suppliers Association has named Francoise Colpron as chair of the trade group's board of directors, effective immediately.
Colpron, 49, group president of French supplier Valeo's North American unit, was the association's vice chair since November. She has been a board member since 2015. Colpron was recognized by Automotive News as one of the 100 Leading Women in the North American Auto Industry that same year, as well as in 2010.
"We are honored to have Francoise at the helm of our board of directors," Julie Fream, CEO of the association, said in a statement Friday. "We appreciate her strategic leadership and commitment to champion the mission of OESA."
Ramzi Hermiz, who was chairman since 2018, has been reelected to the board as an industry adviser. He has served on the board since 2015.
Hermiz had been CEO of Shiloh Industries, a global supplier of lightweighting, noise and vibration products for the auto industry and other sectors, since 2012. He resigned from the position this month to "pursue other professional interests," the company said.
"He has been a champion to the supplier industry for many years, and we are delighted to have his continued support," Fream said.


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Samsung Galaxy Note 7 recall is the biggest news on the internet today. The decision was made by the company to make sure that the consumers are safe, and the device poses no harm to the users. However, this might not have been the easiest decision for them. We are talking about millions of Note 7 units across the globe and apparently they shed about a billion dollars on the same.
According to reports, this recall would cost have cost $1 billion in total. The overall effect of this recall is expected to be about 5 percent of the total annual net income which is projected to be about $20.6 billion for the year 2016. Most of this would be majorly picked up by Samsung SDI, which supplied 70 percent of the defective battery. It is also reported that 1 of 24 units come with this defective battery. These defected units pose a threat of catching fire and exploding while charging.
Even though the recall has ruined the advantage for Note 7 over the upcoming iPhone release, it is reported that it is not going to affect the company in terms of brand value. Samsung’s early marketing initiative, good reviews of the smartphone, etc. saves them here. The Note 7’s early sales have majorly reinforced the absence of the new iPhones in the market. But as of now, the sales of the Note 7 phablets is halted in ten countries.
Analysts predict that the company is going to take a hit on sales numbers this quarter but it is not going to have any major impact on the overall annual sales figures. One side, consumers are appreciating the company’s efforts for initiating this recall and on the other, many are raising a voice against this as this issue arised on the first place. There are mixed opinions on this issue as of now, so let’s see how things goes for the company in future. Stay tuned for more info.


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Craig Takeuchi of Straight writes several more cases of Salmonella have been reported in an outbreak across Canada linked to a recalled frozen raw chicken product.
The Pubic Health Agency of Canada, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency, Health Canada, and provincial and territorial health partners have been investigating and issued a public notice about the Salmonella Enteritidis outbreak on June 2.
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency had issued a food recall warning on June 2 for a frozen raw breaded chicken product: No Name brand chicken burgers (1 kilogram) from Loblaw Companies Limited with a best before date of February 6, 2019 (with UPC code 0 60383 16636 6). The product was distributed nationally.
Several affected individuals in the outbreak had reported consuming the product.
As of June 18, there were nine additional cases of illness to increase the total number of infections to 68 individuals. Eight of those cases are in B.C., and the largest number is in Quebec, where there are 23 cases.
So far, 15 people have been hospitalized but no deaths have been reported.
Canadians are advised not to consume the product and to either dispose of it or return it to the store it was purchased from while restaurants are advised not to serve it. Those who do not have the original packaging and are uncertain if it is included in the food recall are advised to throw it out to be safe.


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Motor dealers expect sales surge when lockdown ends
Motor dealers in Swindon are expecting a rush of customers when car showrooms reopen to the public after lockdown.
March is traditionally the busiest month of the year for motor dealers, with the desire for the newest registration plate driving demand.
This year, as last, the period could be interrupted by lockdown. But motor dealers are expecting to be busy once customers can return to showrooms.
"I think April will be the new March," said Dominic Threlfall, managing director of Hyundai and Suzuki dealer Pebley Beach in Swindon and Cirencester.
"There's a lot of pent-up demand, although we've still been selling cars during lockdown through our home delivery scheme.
"Interestingly, over 93 percent of our new car sales in 2021 have been to existing Pebley Beach customers who are upgrading their existing car, love the cars offered by our manufacturers, and enjoy the Pebley motoring experience.
"What we – and every other motor dealer in Swindon – are missing is customers who like to check out different brands.
"Understandably, many motorists are reluctant to commit to a new car before taking it for a test drive – or at least sitting behind the wheel – and trying out a few options."
Dom's thoughts are mirrored by a nationwide survey by online car supermarket BuyaCar.co.uk, which found that commuters will choose their own car over public transport as the simplest way to ensure effective social distancing.
The survey suggests a 45 percent boom in car sales when restrictions are lifted.
With demand anticipated to be high, Dom is recommending people looking to get a new car soon after lockdown secure it with a deposit reservation fee. Pebley’s reservation scheme, for instance, is £99 – and fully refundable.
Much of the interest in 2021 is around electric vehicles, and as Swindon's leading dealer in EVs Dom anticipates a very busy April – especially with the unveiling of the new all-electric Hyundai IONIQ 5 scheduled for February 23.
"It will be the challenger brands such as Hyundai and Suzuki that will see disproportionate interest, purely because of the green revolution and our ability to serve them immediately from stock," said Dom.


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Google has banned apps on its app Play Store that facilitate the sale of marijuana or related products as part of a change to its content policy.
A Google spokesperson told Reuters Developers only need to move their shopping cart option outside the app to comply with the new policy.
Google says it’s working with developers to answer technical questions and help them implement the changes without customer disruption.
Existing apps have 30 days post launch to comply with the policy.
The Verge reports that Apple’s App Store already bans “facilitating the sale of marijuana, tobacco, or controlled substances” or “encourag[ing] consumption of tobacco products, illegal drugs, or excessive amounts of alcohol” through apps.
This has led it to ban marijuana-related apps in the past, although it’s eased up since then. Weedmaps and Eaze both operate on iOS, but they don’t offer in-app ordering.


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Former Creamery Employee Charged with Fraud
A 21-year-old woman is facing multiple counts of theft and fraud after an incident at Penn State’s Berkey Creamery. Alexandra Otero allegedly used a student’s ID card to purchase about $40 worth of merchandise from the creamery in April.
Otero, of Bronx, N.Y., is charged with unlawful use of a computer, identity theft, access device fraud, theft of property, theft by unlawful taking and receiving stolen property.
Otero was an employee at the creamery, according to police.
University Police Assistant Chief Bill Moerschbacher says fraudulent use of ID cards happens frequently around campus. “We just take a look at where the disputed charges are and then go right to the businesses and find out exactly what was purchased and when,” he said. “A lot of places have surveillance, but every place usually has good records, so we can tell right away what charges are in dispute.”
Otero was released on $15,000 bail. She’s scheduled for a preliminary hearing on June 5 at the Centre County Courthouse.
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With no canning weekends held this year and canvassing eventually suspended as well, this year’s total is a testament to how committed THON volunteers truly are.
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Welcome to the roundup of the best new Android applications and live wallpapers that went live in the Play Store or were spotted by us in the previous week or so. Today I have a lite version of the Yahoo app, a calendar quick tile app, and a travel blogging app from Lonely Planet. So without further ado, here are all of the new and notable Android apps released on the Play Store in the last week.
Reports of issues with the aggressively-priced Galaxy S20 FE's touchscreen have been circulating in recent weeks. This includes so-called "ghost touch" problems and issues with swipes being processed as a series of taps. Since a screen is your primary way of interacting with a phone, this sort of problem is pretty frustrating. However, Samsung tells us it's aware of these reports and working to resolve the issue.
Samsung Pay is a big perk of ownership for Samsung's phones. The MST-based system on most of the company's phones works with plenty of card readers that don't actually support contactless payments, and that's especially handy these days. There's not a whole lot of reason to give it up, but if you do want or need to switch to Google Pay and you're using a Galaxy Note 20 Ultra, you might run into some trouble.
Earlier this month, software developer Jeff Johnson wrote about a strange issue he'd discovered that allowed Chrome to keep certain data stored from Google sites like YouTube and Search even after it was supposed to be deleted. This isn't a good look from Google, especially in light of recent events — but the company has responded with an explanation.
In the wake of our Pixel 5 review, we were left thinking about the subject of haptics and what, precisely, separates good haptics from bad. It's hard to quantify a sensory experience, and that's part of why phone reviews are a thing. But we've dug into the subject, and even sat down with Cirrus Logic (who makes haptic solutions for phones) for a quick educational course.
Welcome to the roundup of the new Android games that went live in the Play Store or were spotted by us in the previous week or so. Today's list is broken up into several segments, ranging from best, average, to mediocre game releases from the last week. So whether you're looking for the best games of quality or are simply looking for the latest gacha releases, you're covered. Of course, I have a few highlights to share, including the rough launch of a map-based Pac-Man game, a story-driven puzzler all about evoking emotion, and a fantastic text-based game that explores memory loss as a mechanic.
Welcome to the roundup of the best new Android applications and live wallpapers that went live in the Play Store or were spotted by us in the previous two weeks or so. Today's roundup is sponsored by droidcon, and this year's conference will feature three events you can easily watch from the comfort of your home. Of course, we also have a few notable titles to share with everyone, such as a new minimal launcher called Ratio, a free augmented reality app from Amazon that's themed for Halloween, and OnePlus Messages finally made its way to the Play Store. So without further ado, here are all of the new and notable Android apps released on the Play Store in the last two weeks.
Welcome to the roundup of the new Android games that went live in the Play Store or were spotted by us in the previous week or so. Today I have an excellent open-world action RPG called 9th Dawn III, an enjoyable educational game starring Rayman's Rabbids, and a fantastic puzzle-based platformer recently developed for the Commodore 64 that's made the jump to Android. So without further ado, here are the new and notable Android games released during the week of October 5th, 2020.


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Promises seamless Metro integration.
As you might know, Windows 8 will expand Microsoft’s Metro UI, which is currently utilized by Windows Phone, Xbox Dashboard and other software giant products.
Trying to jump ahead everyone but Internet Explorer, which will also have a version specific for the Metro user interface, Mozilla has revealed its plans to create a “Firefox on Metro” for the upcoming Windows 8 OS.
What so special about it?
Just like all Metro apps, Firefox on Metro will focus on a full screen and touch optimized experience.
In addition to that, it will support 3 different snap states, a full screen, ~1/6th screen and ~5/6th screen, which is up for the user to decide.
As for the UI itself, Mozilla is yet to decide whether it will use XUL, C/C++ or HTML/CSS and JS.
Whether or not other browsers will follow, remains to be seen.
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HSBC has become the latest high street bank to report IT issues after customers were locked out of their online accounts on the busiest shopping day of the year.
The bank said that some customers were experiencing “intermittent issues” logging onto HSBC’s mobile phone app.
HSBC tweeted: “We’re aware that some customers are experiencing intermittent issues logging onto Mobile Banking. We’re investigating and will provide further updates.
“You can continue to use our Online Banking services. We’re very sorry for any inconvenience.”
A number of HSBC customers, who had looked to take advantage of the slew of discounts on offer on Black Friday, took to Twitter to vent their frustration.
One wrote: “It’s not intermittent. It’s constant. I’ve been trying since 6am to pay a bill, and not only that – it’s Black Friday.
“I’d planned on transferring some savings to use for shopping. I can’t use the desktop version either because I need the app for a code”
While other customers tweeted that they would switch to mobile-only challenger banks Monzo and Starling.
An HSBC spokesman said: “We ask that customers retry logging in, or they can access online banking services via their internet browser.”
HSBC’s system issues come as an influential group of MPs launch an enquiry into IT failures in the financial services sector following a string of meltdowns at high street banks.
Earlier this year, millions of customers were locked out of their Barclays and Royal Bank of Scotland accounts, there was a calamitous IT upgrade at TSB and the Visa card network crashed.


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It seems NVIDIA is working on a Multi-Chip-Module, or MCM package designed to feature several chips on the same chip interposer that use fast I/O lanes for interconnectivity. A few examples of an MCM package would be the AMD’s Fiji and Vega GPUs, or NVIDIA’s Pascal P100 and Volta V100 GPUs. While these packages support just one GPUs, they carry several DRAM dies.
There are multiple ways to design an MCM package. However, what’s different with the NVIDIA’s work-in-progress MCM solution is that it is likely to break away from the conventional method of having a few DRAM dies and one monolithic GPU on the package. Instead, it will make use of several smaller iterations of their GPU chips with a much higher amount of DRAM dies.
The DRAM dies, as well as the GPU will be connected using an I/O and controller chipset on-die (and not on-chip).
This configuration not only will help with the implementation of GPU Modules which will come in smaller sizes, but they will also be significantly easier to produce and way less expensive than before.
NVIDIA also tried out a simulated performance of a 256 SMs based MCM GPUs, 64 SMs per GPU.
For the uninitiated, the top Volta chip right now sports 84 SMs with 5376 cores. The 256 SM MCM package the company is reportedly working on will feature as many as 16,384 cores.
The performance improvement compared to a baseline MCM-GPU will be a whopping 22.8%. Even if you compare it to the largest possible monolithic GPU in theory, which has the capacity to house 128 SMs on a single GPU, the 256 SM chip still fared noticeably better (with a 4.5% margin).
In addition, it will also flaunt a key architectural upgrade, as well as enhanced interconnects. According to NVIDIA, each GPM will likely be at least 40% to 60% smaller compared to the biggest GPUs of today.
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AUSTIN EDITION It looks a lot like Christmas
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Christmas has arrived on Main Street much earlier this year.
The Salvation Army in Austin is using the former Gretchen's clothing store along downtown Main Street to sell Christmas items, such as clothing, ornaments and stuffed teddy bears, said Randy Stahl, corps helper.
The nonprofit organization started selling items July 11 at 406 N. Main St. and will continue through the end of July, Stahl said. There are no plans for the store space after that.
Maj. Terry and Rhoda Wilds, leaders of the local Salvation Army, weren't available for comment, but Stahl said they wanted to do a special promotion. There's also no room for the items at the Salvation Army's thrift store.
Store hours are 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday.
The store front has been empty since Gretchen's closed about a year ago.


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African Americans Affluent, Educated & Diverse says Nielsen ReportSeptember 24, 2015
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Minority business ownership has surged in the United States over the last several decades. According to the Small Business Administration, minority business startups increased 46 percent between 2002 and 2007 alone. Today, 21 percent of small businesses are owned by minorities, and while those figures are hardly representative of the nation’s racial makeup, the stats are evidence that the country is making real strides, right? Well, not exactly.
As our friends at Shark Tank incessantly remind us, being in business is about making money. And when it comes to making money, minority-owned firms lag woefully behind their counterparts. According to a report by the Pew Research Center, less than 10 percent of business revenues were generated by minority-owned firms in 2012. The number was even lower for black firms, which generated just 1 percent of revenues. To put this in perspective, black firms represent 9 percent of the study sample and black Americans comprise 13 percent of the U.S. population.
Often times within the black community, becoming a small business owner is about getting up from under the thumb of corporate America, monetizing something you do really well and generating enough income to sustain yourself and your family. These lifestyle businesses, as they are called, have been the standard route for generations of African-American business owners, and have effectively helped create the black middle class. Unfortunately, this approach, despite its virtues, is not likely to help African Americans close the revenue gap.
When it comes to small business, the trend has shifted to high-growth industries and high-growth firms. These are industries which have demonstrated a strong propensity for pumping out scalable, profitable companies, or firms that regardless of industry have adopted a business model that enables them to grow quickly. These companies are so ubiquitous that entire support communities or entrepreneurial ecosystems have sprouted up in cities across the country to incubate and nurture them. And why the focus on high-growth firms? It’s simple. They create jobs. According to a 2010 Kauffman Foundation report, fast-growing young firms, comprise less than 1 percent of all companies, yet generate roughly 10 percent of new jobs in any given year.
Unfortunately, blacks are largely absent from this phenomenon. According to a recent study by the Center for Venture Research, only 7 percent of tech firms that presented to venture capitalists in 2013 were minority-owned and only 2 percent of funded ventures were minority-owned. Today, it is nearly impossible to scale a company quickly without the sort of generous, flexible capital that comes from venture firms and angel investors. If minorities are not going after those resources, chances are they are not scaling, and if minority companies are not growing on pace with majority firms, the revenue gap will continue to widen.
So, what’s the answer?
Well, first we need to do away with the myth that all small businesses are created equal. They are not. They vary in risk, scalability, job creation capacity and wealth generation potential. When we as minorities understand the implications associated with the business choices we make, we can make better choices for ourselves, our families and our communities.
Second, there needs to be greater support for minority firms that have decided to take the accelerated path. While there are a few programs out there committed to tackling this issue, such as PowerMoves and the Intel Capital Diversity Fund, they don’t begin to address the need. If the playing field is to be leveled in our lifetime, there needs to be greater investment and dedicated effort in this area.
Lastly, we need to expand the conversation. We know very little about the barriers and constraints that perpetuate disparities within the high growth space. With additional research, information and data, those who care about this issue can take more pointed steps towards helping to close the gap.
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