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Storage Wars stars' new venture: June 29 Yard Sale & Flea Market Expo in LA Storage Wars stars Dan and Laura Dotson have announced a new venture: a June 29 Yard Sale & Flea Market Expo in LA. Gourmet food trucks, entertainment, live auction
News-Antique.com - May 02,2013 - POMONA, Calif. – Dan and Laura Dotson, the husband-and-wife celebrity auctioneers who’ve risen to fame in their co-starring roles on A&E’s hit TV show Storage Wars, are moving into new territory. Together with their longtime friends and fellow collectibles experts from Justuff of Redlands, Calif., the Dotsons are launching a new one-day mega-show – The Yard Sale Expo & Flea Market at the Fairplex At Pomona.
A family-friendly event that merges yard sales with antiques, vintage and commercial items, the Yard Sale Expo & Flea Market will debut on Saturday, June 29th on 50 dedicated acres of the conveniently located Fairplex in eastern Los Angeles County. The show’s hours will be 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.
The idea behind a mammoth swap meet that welcomes yard sale, flea market and antiques vendors came about after discussions between the Dotsons and members of the related Pierce, Heard and Matthews families, whose four generations jointly operate Justuff the Yard Sale Store.
“Throughout southern California, it has become increasingly difficult for people to hold yard sales at their homes,” said Karen Pierce, co-owner of Justuff and a partner in the new operation. “Between municipal and homeowners association restrictions and the fear of being cited or fined for parking or sign violations, it’s just not possible for most people in our region to sell the items they no longer need. We’ve started the Yard Sale Expo to give everyone an affordable place where they can sell all sorts of things.” Note: Vendors may not sell firearms, explosives, food, automotive or illegal items.
The Expo offers owners of antiques, collectibles and mom-and-pop shops an additional venue in which to market their merchandise to the right types of buyers. Not only will it provide them with an additional place to “turn” their merchandise, the show will also help attract a new clientele to their own bricks-and-mortar stores.
Dan Dotson said there’s yet another type of vendor he and wife Laura expect to see at the Yard Sale Expo: the regulars who buy at their storage locker auctions.
“Everything from A to Z can turn up in a storage locker, but most of the time the buyers don’t have a permanent location where they can sell the goods,” said Dotson. “At this show, everything has a chance to sell, from household items to fine antiques. We think some exciting discoveries could turn up. It’s bound to happen.”
In addition to the freedom it provides sellers, the Yard Sale Expo is expected to draw far more potential buyers than the average family could ever attract at a traditional yard sale. “People from all over can bring their yard sale items to one venue and have them seen by potentially thousands of people. They operate their businesses the way they wish, but without the worry of having to deal with advertising, signage or providing parking space for shoppers. We take care of all of that,” said Pierce.
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Pedestrians cross in entrance of a Zales Jewelers store, a subsidiary of Signet Jewelers Ltd., in Original York, Credit ranking: Impress Kauzlarich/Bloomberg
Ethical in time for Valentine’s Day, Signet Jewelers has lined up some unique agencies to usher in the bling.
The retailer stated Tuesday it has tapped WPP’s MediaCom for media procuring for and planning for its Kay, Jared the Galleria of Jewellery, Zales and Piercing Pagoda brands in the U.S. On the same time, Signet appointed Zimmerman as its ingenious and strategic company for Kay; and tapped Badger & Winters as its company-of-fable for Zales. The marketer stated the appointments are half of its “Direction to Brilliance” transformation conception to carry out it extra buyer-first, omni-channel, agile and ambiance pleasant.
Omnicom’s OMD and Publicis Media’s Digitas beforehand handled media for the 3,500-store chain.
Badger & Winters’ President Jim Winters stated the company will focal point on changing the procedure the emblem and the jewellery category focus on to females. The shop, which earned its stripes with the “Women No longer Objects” marketing campaign a few years in the past, stated in November it had become half of Belief A, a brand unique keeping company owned by light Droga5 exec Andrew Essex and Bare Communications co-founder MT Carney.
In mid-January, Signet agreed to pay an $11 million penalty for allegedly opening store card accounts without buyer consent. Signet’s portion mark fell as worthy as 23 percent closing month — its lowest point since 2009 — after reporting a same-store gross sales plunge of 1.3 percent for the length of the the largest vacation duration.
Legacy jewelers safe struggled in recent years to appeal to straightforward millennials dilapidated to looking on-line. Companies together with Signet’s brands and Tiffany & Co. are also competing with relate-to-client e-commerce brands akin to Ontario-basically basically based Mejuri which promote decrease prices after promising to determine the middleman from sourcing. Tiffany has thinking about extra formative years-pleasant marketing with campaigns starring the unique-faced likes of Zoe Kravitz and Elle Fanning, whereas diamond seller De Beers has stated it’s spending extra on marketing.
Two years in the past, Signet acquired on-line jewelry mark James Allen for $328 million in list to greater back digital customers.
Jared The Gallery of Jewellery has also gotten a recent update. The logo labored with its company McKinney on a extra standard tagline, retiring the dusty “He went to Jared” message closing yr and pushing its vacation marketing campaign “Dare to be Devoted.” The client stated this would possibly perhaps occasionally also proceed to partner with McKinney on Jared.
Signet Crew spent an estimated $245.6 million in measured media in the U.S. in 2017, per Kantar Media.

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Mercedes-AMG is set to bolster its range with a high-performance inline six-cylinder engine likely to be offered in the new E-Class coupe and upcoming four-door GT4 sedan.
Speaking with journalists at the New York motor show in April, Mercedes-AMG boss Tobias Moers confirmed his team is working on a more powerful variant of Mercedes' upcoming inline six.
The engine could be used in an AMG version of the Mercedes-Benz E-Class Coupe which will not be offered with V8 power.
The E50 specification, as it will be dubbed, will feature 48-volt electrical architecture compatible with state-of-the art electric turbocharger and next-gen hybrid systems Mercedes-AMG has been researching.
Moers says AMG is investing in electrification as "the future of performance", as hybrid variants of performance cars could offer additional driving range, superior fuel economy and improved performance while meeting increasingly strict emissions laws.
Mercedes-AMG is rumoured to be working on an E50 AMG coupe and convertible likely to offer well more than 300kW of power in a smooth and efficient package.
Acknowledging that the E50 is something "we could do", Moers also says the new engine is a possibility for a four-door version of the Mercedes-AMG GT sedan, though it won't be available in the two-door GT coupe or convertible as it does not fit under the sports car's svelte bonnet.


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Ten months into the launch of Omnicraft, Ford Motor Co.’s new brand of quality replacement parts for non-Ford vehicles, the Wood Brothers Racing No. 21 Ford Fusion once again will sport the Omnicraft colors of black and orange for the Hollywood Casino 400 at Kansas Speedway Oct. 22.
“Sponsoring the 21 car is a fun way to mark the progress our Omnicraft team has made in taking this new brand from an idea to parts-on-shelves,” said Matt Bradley, director, Ford Customer Service Division, marketing sales and service, North America. “We identified an opportunity to better serve customers and grow dealer business, and the benefits are already being seen.”
Beginning with a phased approach in January 2017, Omnicraft launched with oil filters, brake pads and rotors, loaded struts, coated calipers, starters and alternators. Today, dealers across the U.S. have access to an even greater selection of Omnicraft parts, including engine and cabin air filters, radiators and wheel hub assemblies. Heading into 2018, Omnicraft aims to introduce additional product lines, including tire pressure monitor sensors, spark plugs, brake master cylinders and A/C components such as condensers, compressors and accumulators. The company says that initial reaction to the new brand has been positive.


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The economy is improving and consumer confidence is rising. That means that the retail industry can expect an unprecedented surge in holiday spending especially on that day after Thanksgiving – Black Friday. Black Friday is generally regarded in the US as the start of the Christmas shopping season. Most retailers operate on extended hours and offer numerous sales promotions to entice more consumers. In most cases, retailers have to hire seasonal workers to cover the extraordinary volume of business.
The flurry of activities during the busy holiday shopping season is not confined to workers in the retail industry. There is the carryover effect on the transport industry, which bears the brunt of the holiday rush in terms of moving all the freight from the point of manufacture to the retail warehouses.
More Freight to Move
Weeks before the start of the holiday shopping season, retailers stock up on inventory. And many more weeks before that, maybe months, the manufacturers were already busy jacking up production to meet the holiday orders. Activities on both fronts, manufacturing and retail, necessitates massive movement of freight – from suppliers of raw materials to the manufacturers, and from manufacturers to the retailers. The trucking industry benefits from this in terms of more freight to be moved from one point to the other. This will translate to additional freight trips and increased profitability for the trucking companies.
More than any other period during the year, truck drivers are hard-pressed to deliver their freight on time as everybody is working under time constraints. Manufacturers have to unload their warehouses of finished products to make room for the continuous production on the floor. Retail warehouses are also open almost 24/7 because of influx of delivery trucks coming from different manufacturers. Retail warehouses need to move their products to the retail stores.
Stuck in Traffic
The weeks before Black Friday are characterized by dizzying movements of goods and people. The situation becomes even worse for truck drivers who have to battle worsening traffic because almost all freight trucks are out on the roads.
Truck drivers doing freight delivery for the holiday season shopping do not get any relief from their busy schedule until the holidays are over. They are stuck in traffic for most part of the holiday season – away from their families. But they need to keep the freight moving. They need to keep the economy going so they keep on driving all throughout the holidays.
Holiday retail sales in the US are estimated to be around $630 billion a year while the e-commerce holiday season sales are approximately $94 billion a year. The holiday season sales alone positively impact different sectors of the economy, the trucking industry included. The total trucking industry generated $726.4 billion revenue in 2015 and it is expected to top that this 2016, especially with expected increased revenue for the holiday season.


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Wisconsin Republican Gov. Scott Walker is reacting to President Donald Trump’s call for a boycott of Milwaukee-based Harley-Davidson, Inc. by saying he wants the company to prosper in the state.
Walker did not directly address Trump’s tweet from Sunday calling for a boycott of the motorcycle maker amid an ongoing steel tariff dispute.
Walker said in a statement that, “I want Harley-Davidson to prosper here in the state of Wisconsin. And one of the best ways for that to happen is to do what the president has called for and that is to get to no tariffs.”
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Harley drew Trump’s wrath in June after the company announced plans to move production of motorcycles sold in Europe to facilities outside the United States.
The company blames the decision on tariffs imposed by the European Union to retaliate for tariffs Trump imposed on a host of EU products.
On Sunday, Trump tweeted that “many” Harley-Davidson owners plan to boycott the company if manufacturing moves overseas.
The president’s statement followed a meeting Saturday with about 180 bikers who are part of a “Bikers for Trump” fan group at his golf course in Bedminster, New Jersey.
Milwaukee-based Harley-Davidson declined to comment. In July, Harley said it expects new tariffs to cost the company as much as $100 million annually.
Many @harleydavidson owners plan to boycott the company if manufacturing moves overseas. Great! Most other companies are coming in our direction, including Harley competitors. A really bad move! U.S. will soon have a level playing field, or better.— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 12, 2018
Editor’s note: This story was updated at 10:24 a.m. Monday, Aug. 13, 2018 with Gov. Scott Walker’s comments.
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Apple Watch Series 7 Rumoured to Release in Mid-October
Apple Watch Series 7 was announced at Apple's September special event alongside the iPhone 13 lineup and new iPad models. According to Jon Prosser, the next-gen Apple Watch is expected to hit stores in October.
Apple Watch Series 7 was announced at Apple's September special event alongside the iPhone 13 lineup and new iPad models. However, unlike its siblings, the Apple Watch Series 7 is not available to customers and there is no word from Apple on when it will be. According to Jon Prosser, the next-gen Apple Watch is expected to hit stores in October.
Prosser shared a report Tuesday based on"multiple sources familiar with the release"telling him that the Apple Watch Series 7 will launch to customers in mid-October. The Apple blogger also said that pre-orders could start "early in next week."
Based on various sources familiar with the launch, we heard that pre-orders could go in next week, with shipping going in mid-October. Apple has started informing the press that it expects "more information in the coming weeks" regarding the review units, but from what I understand, they have not yet been given an exact date for pre-orders or launch.
During the September keynote, Apple did not say exactly when the Apple Watch Series 7 will hit stores. Instead, the company has said it will be available "later this fall" and "by the end of the year," as seen on the Apple website. As fall ends on December 21, it is almost impossible to predict when Series 7 will officially launch.
Interestingly, Apple partner Hermès appears to corroborate the Prosser leak. The company, which will once again offer its own custom Apple Watch models, told a customer that pre-orders for the Series 7 will begin on October 8, 2021. It is unclear if this is a legitimate answer, but it does match the schedule reported by Prosser.
The Apple Watch Series 7 features a revamped design and larger screen on both models, but it doesn't feature a new processor or health sensors. There is a mystery surrounding this year's Apple Watch, as many rumours suggested that it had a new flat design that ultimately did not happen.


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CPP pays $700M for German, U.S. mall stakes
CPP Investment Board has agreed to pay more than $700 million for stakes in companies that own malls in Germany and the United States.
In one deal, Canada's national pension plan has agreed to pay $336 million for a 36.9-per cent stake in the Mayflower partnership, owner of 13 regional malls focused particularly in the northeastern United States.
The deal partners CPP with Simon Property Group Inc., the largest retail REIT in the United States. Simon will continue to manage the property on behalf of CPP and other minority owners.
The group holds more than 10 million square feet of retail space in the Boston, Mass. area. "This investment represents CPPIB’s first major regional mall acquisition in the United States and we view this as an attractive entry point into the sector," CPPIB vice-president Peter Ballon said in a statement.
In a separate deal, the board acquired a 50 per cent joint venture interest in CentrO Oberhausen, a leisure and retail centre in Germany, from Stadium Group, for the equivalent of $370 million.
Stadium will continue to hold its own 50 per cent stake and manage the property on CPP's behalf. CentrO is a 1.6 million-square-foot facility roughly 40 kilometres north of Dusseldorf.
"We are very pleased to be acquiring a significant interest in what is widely regarded as one of the top large-scale regional shopping centres in Europe," CPPIB's senior vice-president Graeme Eadie said.
The CPPIB manages the funds of Canada's national pension plan not needed to pay the benefits of more than 17 million beneficiaries. At the end of December 2010, the fund had more than $140 billion in assets.
The high Canadian dollar has helped the fund make significant purchases abroad in recent months, and a number of them have been in the retail space.
Generally speaking, the fund seeks stable assets that spin out cash to help pay benefits in addition to long-term capital appreciation. The moves are not the fund's first foray into retail, but they are one of the largest recent splashes.
In April 2010, the fund spent $370 million in a joint venture with Kimco Realty Corp. for stakes in multiple retail and shopping centres across the United States. A few months later, in August, CPP invested $350 million for a stake in a company that owns Australian shopping centres.
But the pension plan has also looked domestically for retail bargains. In September, CPP struck separate deals totaling $335.5 million for stakes in eight shopping centres across Canada.
"Real estate is an attractive investment for the CPPIB," Ballon said. "Our overall objective is to build a portfolio that will deliver stable returns and retain its relative value across multiple business cycles."


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Prominent online pokies powerhouse Yggdrasil has recruited another new iGaming studio for its YG Masters program.
The new addition is Jade Rabbit Studio that will join the ranks of those boosting their capacity with a potent growth-accelerating product.
Jade Rabbit Studio’s MD, Roger Admeus, stated that his team is delighted to find itself in such an advantageous position. Admeus continued, saying that the prospect of Jade Rabbit’s future online pokies being released as part of the YG Masters program and network is particularly exciting, and is made even more so because of Yggdrasil’s GATI technology.
GATI has a solid reputation for facilitating accelerated growth and being an effective model of network distribution, with promotions that benefit operators and players alike.
Taking a look at GATI
Admeus lauded Yggdrasil’s unique product, saying that Jade Rabbit Studio has dedicated itself to creating premium online content and that the quality of its titles would only be boosted by GATI and YG Masters.
GATI technology essentially powers the YG Masters programme, generating opportunities for developers to deliver their online pokies in a consistent and enhanced manner across the entire global distribution network.
A legion of studios has so far signed up to join Yggdrasil’s award-winning network distribution model. This has resulted in an ever-increasing amount of premium content being distributed across an international player base.
Word of Thoth
The first release by Jade Rabbit via YG Masters is the developer’s most recent online pokie release, Word of Thoth, which will go live on May 17.
The Ancient Egypt-themed pokie features the civilisation’s god of the moon, writing and wisdom. The game plays out on a 6×4 reel, 4096 ways to win format and boasts a top jackpot of up to 7,384x the initial wager.
The pokie is also positively packed with appealing symbols and special features, including Scatters, Wilds, Multipliers, and a Free Spins bonus game.
Yggdrasil’s Head of Partner Programs, Stuart McCarthy, was in a celebratory mood, following the news, saying that this demonstrates the company’s dedication to quality and innovation. He further stated that Yggdrasil is eager for the release of Thoth, and all the exciting content that is sure to follow in the future.


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MI: Brembo Celebrates Grand Opening of $115M Expanded N. American Mfg. Ops
27 May, 2014
Brembo celebrated the grand opening of its expanded North American manufacturing operations in Homer, Michigan. Brembo is a world leader and innovator of brake systems. The celebration renewed Brembo's commitment to North America. The investment, which will total more than $115 million dollars (€83 million euros) through the end of 2015, expands the facility that houses production of brake, disc, caliper and corner module manufacturing.
During the grand opening, Brembo announced that North America will become the number one market for the group by the end of 2014. North America closed 2013 with a 19.4% increase in revenue from 2012 and recently announced a 27.7% increase during the first quarter of this year compared with the first quarter of 2013.
"This expanded and modernized production facility represents a new foundation for Brembo in North America, enabling us to increase our presence in the U.S. market and offer better service to our clients," said Brembo S.p.A chairman, Alberto Bombassei.
"Today's celebration renews our commitment to the North American market," said Daniel Sandberg, president and CEO of Brembo North America. "The investment in the Homer facility will allow us to expand our product offerings not only in North America, but also for customers across the globe."
Speakers during the event included Alberto Bombassei, chairman of Brembo S.p.A, Daniel Sandberg, president and CEO of Brembo North America, Michigan Governor Rick Snyder and Sergio Marchionne, chairman and CEO, Chrysler Group LLC.
Brembo bought the Hayes-Lemmerz brakes discs division in 2007. That acquisition included the Homer, Michigan plant, where Brembo began manufacturing discs in the U.S. The plant underwent one expansion in 2008 and another two phase expansion in 2012 and 2013. Brembo also built a caliper and corner module manufacturing facility adjacent to the disc plant in 2010. Total manufacturing area is now approximately 440,000 square feet, employing more than 450 people. There are 47 processing lines and 12 painting lines. In 2013, the facility produced 10 million discs and 300,000 calipers and corner modules and is expected to produce 12.5 million discs and 400,000 calipers and modules in 2014.
While the company has always had a strong presence in the North American market due to its significant European-based original equipment manufacturer (OEM) applications, Brembo North America's recent growth was spurred by two events: the purchase of the Hayes-Lemmerz Automotive Brake Component division in November of 2007 and the substantial growth of US-based OEMs.
Brembo's North American Headquarters and R & D Center are in Plymouth, Michigan. Brembo also has additional manufacturing facilities in Monterey, Mexico and Avenel, New Jersey.
With a very successful history in racing dating back to 1975, Brembo also has a facility in Mooresville, North Carolina, near the headquarters of several major racing teams. Brembo's high performance brake systems have supported F1, IndyCar, NASCAR and Sports Cars Racing Series, among others.
About Brembo S.p.A
Brembo S.p.A is the world leader and acknowledged innovator of disc brake technology for automotive vehicles. Brembo supplies high performance brake systems for the most important manufacturers of cars, commercial vehicles and motorbikes worldwide, as well as clutches, seats, seat belts and other components for racing. Brembo is also a leader in the racing sector and has won more than 200 championships. Today the company operates in 16 countries on 3 continents, with 22 production and business sites, and a pool of 7,605 employees, about 10% of whom are engineers and product specialists active in the R&D. 2013 turnover is $2,161 million (€1,566.1 million) (12/31/2013). Brembo is the owner of the Brembo, Breco, AP, Bybre, Marchesini, and Sabelt brands and operates through the AP Racing brand.
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Success in this endeavour is no certainty and there are some common mistakes that potential food exporters should avoid.
The new international Airport at Avalon will not only create more than 200 jobs and increase international visitor numbers, but also be capable of exporting 14 tonnes of Victorian fresh produce every day.
The Gold Coast negotiation round, which started yesterday and will continue until 2 February, bring together trade negotiators from Australia and the Pacific Alliance.
SPC is expanding its global footprint, launching for the first time into China with its Goulburn Valley and SPC fruit brands.
The TPP, a major trade deal that has been almost a decade in the making has been reborn as the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership.
Australian wine exports increased by 15 per cent to $2.56 billion in the 12 months ending December 2017, according to Wine Australia’s Export Report.
Minister for Agriculture and Water Resources, David Littleproud, will lead the Australian delegation participating in the Australia India Leadership Dialogue in Delhi this month.
The Government has initiated a formal WTO dispute settlement action against what it claims are Canada’s discriminatory measures affecting Australian wine.
An expert Technical Advisory Committee has been appointed to review the Australian Standards for the Export of Livestock.
Minister for Agriculture and Water Resources, David Littleproud, will visit India, where he will make representations to the Indian Government around tariffs on chickpeas and lentils.
The Australian food and beverage manufacturing sectors are leading the way in exports, according to a broader set of figures detailing exports by the broader manufacturing sector. According to the figures compiled by IBIS World, in 2017 exports by the food and beverage sector totalled $26,658.4m. In addition, the sector recorded a five-year growth CAGR … Continue reading Food & beverages top Aus manufacturing export ranking
China has lifted the suspension of red meat imports from six Australian meat-processing facilities.
Victoria has set a new record with food and fibre exports reaching $12.8 billion – the biggest total in the state’s history.
New Zealand’s Tamarillo Co-operative has signed a major deal with a distributor allowing Tamarillo Marinade and Tamarillo Vinegar to be sold in the US and Canada. The first of shipment of tamarillo pulp has left Whangarei for US-based food producer and distributor, Serious Foodie. Tamarillos are processed into pulp and vinegar concentrate in New Zealand … Continue reading NZ Tamarillo products heading to US
Growing interest in Australian wine has been reflected in the largest ever attendances at the annual Australian Wine Grand Tastings (AGT) held in Tokyo and Seoul last week.
Several businesses from within the food and beverage sector have been named finalists in the Premier of QLD’s Export Awards.
Exporters in new and emerging industries and those in established ones will benefit from simplified agricultural export legislation.
Food is perhaps the most challenging export for any country, as it necessitates precise delivery timings, strict customs compliance and sophisticated and reliable technology to maintain freshness and prevent contamination.
Hong Kong consumers will get a taste of the Southern Forests with a shipment of Granny Smith apples scheduled to arrive following dispatch from Manjimup via Fremantle this morning.
The shares of Bellamy’s have jumped by about 10 per cent, following the decision of Chinese authorities to lift a ban on products from one of the company’s canning facilities in Victoria.


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The fast-food chain is about to roll out a new kind of burger, made from a mixture of beef and mushrooms. Sonic calls it "uniquely delicious." Environmentalists say it could help save the planet.
food and climate change
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In Iraq, the fun also rises
Published 4:00 am, Friday, May 2, 2003
Conquering a foreign country is hard, stressful work. But some of our men and women overseas made sure they'd be as loose and tension-free as possible.
Two San Francisco companies specializing in adult merchandise -- Good Vibrations and MyPleasure -- saw online orders from military personnel abroad surge during both the troop buildup in the Persian Gulf and the outbreak of hostilities in Iraq.
MyPleasure said it normally receives a couple of orders a week from military personnel. But between November, when the troop buildup began in earnest, and this week, it said shipments to military addresses abroad climbed to several a day.
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Good Vibrations said it usually sends a few dozen shipments to military addresses each month. But after combat erupted in March, orders from overseas soared, including a 900 percent increase in condom sales and a 600 percent jump in sales of naughty videos.
"These people were doing a difficult job, and, like anyone else, they wanted to take care of themselves," said Thomas Roche, marketing manager of Good Vibrations. "They clearly wanted a little pleasure while off-duty."
A Pentagon spokesman declined to comment.
But Sandor Gardos, president of MyPleasure, said it's obvious to him that our military leaders are more sexually savvy now than they've been in past wars.
"In World War I," he noted, "more U.S. soldiers contracted venereal disease than died in combat. We were the only nation that didn't give our soldiers condoms."
This time, Gardos said, military authorities apparently had no problem with shipments from his firm even though the contents of each package were spelled out on shipping forms.
It also helped that U.S. forces were calling the shots. In the first Gulf War, some soldiers in the Middle East complained that they were deprived of down-home satisfactions, such as the latest copy of Playboy.
James Garcia, MyPleasure's inventory and distribution manager, took a close look at his records and determined that the vast majority of orders from military personnel in the Gulf involved "solitary enjoyment."
"It wasn't for couples," he said. "No games. No role-playing stuff. These were pretty much all things for self-pleasure."
OK, this is a family newspaper, and we don't need to get much more graphic than that. For what it's worth, though, the online market for adult entertainment is valued at almost $2 billion.
Garcia said that nearly two-thirds of the military orders to MyPleasure were placed by women. (Good Vibrations said most of its orders were from men.)
Garcia also observed that while people on the front lines were most interested in self-gratification, there were occasional purchases of more exotic wares.
Several orders were placed for ankle and wrist cuffs, Garcia said, and a few requests were made for what he called "spankers."
One can assume that either some of our soldiers were getting a little kinky out there in the desert or that Saddam Hussein is in for one heck of a surprise when we finally track him down.
Interestingly, MyPleasure saw orders from military personnel drop off precipitously as soon as hostilities began in March. "I suppose their time was suddenly taken up with other things," Garcia speculated.
On the other hand, Good Vibrations saw its military orders spike sharply higher once war broke out.
Between Nov. 20 and March 20, for example, the company shipped 50 packs of its best-selling condoms to military addresses abroad. After March 20, when the bombing of Baghdad began, Good Vibrations received orders for 500 packs.
Since many soldiers use government-issued condoms to protect the muzzles of their rifles in dusty regions, it's possible that some required additional supplies for personal use.
Good Vibrations sold just 30 naughty videos to the troops between Nov. 20 and March 20. After the bombs started falling, it sold 210 videos.
"What's perhaps most surprising," said Roche, the marketing manager, "is that they have access to VCRs over there."
His hunch is that most of the wartime sales were to support personnel backing up the front-line forces. "I guess they were pretty stressed, had some extra time on their hands and wanted to loosen up," Roche said.
That is, if the orders were delivered in a timely fashion. For many soldiers in and around Iraq, waiting for mail call was an exercise in patience.
Then again, at least they had something to look forward to.
Both Good Vibrations and MyPleasure are privately held. MyPleasure's Gardos would not discuss his company's finances except to say that it's profitable. Roche at Good Vibrations said his firm sees annual sales of about $15 million.
The two companies position themselves as upscale, nonpornographic purveyors of adult toys and goodies. Neither ever expected to become a supplier to the military.
"It's quite a surprise," Gardos said, laughing.
"It's something we never dreamed would happen," said Roche.
Meanwhile, U.S. soldiers in past wars won over local civilians by passing out American chocolate and cigarettes. What about this time?
"Let's hope some of the soldiers are handing out our stuff," said Roche. "That's a market we otherwise wouldn't be able to reach."


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Against a backdrop of soaring fuel prices, overall inflation, and Russia's bloody invasion of the Ukraine, the Federal Reserve meets to discuss monetary policy—which includes raising interest rates for the first time since 2018.
The Fed is widely expected to boost rates at the two-day Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meeting that begins on Tuesday, and although Fed Chair Jerome Powell previously stated he would support a quarter-percentage-point rate hike, he said the central bank would closely monitor the impacts of developments in Ukraine. Investors can also expect producer inflation figures, retail sales data, and key updates on the U.S. housing market.
The FOMC’s highly-anticipated policy meeting includes a press conference scheduled for Wednesday. In remarks earlier this month, Powell took the unusual step of saying ahead of the meeting that he would support a 25-basis-point rate hike to combat inflation.
However, expanding sanctions and other economic penalties against Russia will likely raise price pressures, and central bankers will be forced to weigh the risks of rising inflation with the possibility of a sharp economic downturn if rates are raised too quickly.
Shares of DiDi Global Inc. (DIDI) opened lower after tumbling 44% Friday on a report the company suspended preparations for listing its shares in Hong Kong.
Shares have fallen almost 60% so far this year, and 87% since the company's initial public offering (IPO) in June. The drop in value to about $2 a share means DiDi’s two top shareholders, SoftBank and Uber Technologies Inc. (UBER), face the potential for steep losses. DiDi went public at the end of June, raising $4.4 billion in one of the biggest IPOs of the year. SoftBank owns about 20% of DiDi, worth about $1.8 billion, down from $14 billion at the time of the IPO. Uber owns roughly 12%, worth just over $1 billion.
DiDi and its bankers reportedly suspended working on its Hong Kong stock listing after failing to fulfill Chinese regulators demands that it overhaul its systems to prevent security and data leaks. The listing was slated to take place during the summer of this year.
DiDi had said in December that it was planning to delist its shares in New York, just months after going public. Soon after the DiDi IPO, Chinese authorities announced they had launched an investigation into the company for allegedly violating the country’s data privacy and national security laws.


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Roger Corbett stands down as chief executive of Australian retailer Woolworths in just over a month. As the company reports yet another highly impressive set of results, David Robertson looks at Corbett’s extraordinarily successful period in office and assesses how the retailer will cope after his departure.
Roger Corbett announced his final set of financial results last week before he retires as CEO of Australian retail group Woolworths, bringing to a close a seven-year tenure which has seen unprecedented growth and success for the company. Corbett’s hands-on approach and dedication to cost-cutting has made Woolworths a regional powerhouse and the envy of many supermarket chains around the world, and his period in office arguably represents one of the most impressive eras in modern supermarket retailing
Since 1999, when Corbett officially took over as chief executive, Woolworths has grown net profits from A$257m to A$1bn. Sales growth has also been strong, up from A$18.5bn in 1999 to A$37bn in 2006. True to form, Corbett’s last set of financial results also beat expectations. Net profit after tax for 2006 was up 24.3% to A$1014m, beating analysts’ forecasts of 15% to 23%.
It is a measure of Corbett’s success that nobody was particularly surprised or even that excited by this performance.
But that has not always been the case. When Corbett took over, many institutional shareholders were unhappy with the appointment, despite his long career in retailing – he began his working life as a 17-year old in the loading-docks of his local supermarket.
The Woolies share price dipped from A$5 to A$4.20 in the year after he took over, and had barely recovered to its pre-Corbett value by 2001. But then Corbett rolled out Project Refresh and Woolworths started its dramatic climb. Project Refresh was typical Corbett: its aim was to cut supply and distribution costs by developing cutting-edge information technology and logistics.
Project Refresh has so far saved about A$3.8bn and is forecast to save another A$4bn in the next three years. Half of these savings have been returned to shareholders and half to consumers in the form of lower prices. Corbett appears to have wholeheartedly adopted the Wal-Mart “everyday low prices” principle following a period being mentored by former Wal-Mart boss Jack Shewmaker in the early 1990s.
Even the suppliers, many of whom have been squeezed by Woolworths’ cost-cutting, admire Corbett, saying that his willingness to explain what he wants and where the supermarket is going has actually led to an improvement in their own businesses.
The savings Woolworths has wrung from its supply chain have given Corbett cash to make acquisitions. His first major deal was the A$1.3bn purchase of Australian Leisure & Hospitality (ALH) in 2004. This acquisition successfully boosted Woolworths’ share of the off-licence market and gave it a useful new stream of revenue courtesy of ALH’s gaming and gambling machines.
Corbett’s biggest deal to date was the A$2.4bn takeover of Foodland’s New Zealand business last year. This gave Woolworths a 45% share of the New Zealand market and as the company goes about imposing its superior operations, the profits are already beginning to rise.
JP Morgan analyst Shaun Cousins said last week: “Despite tough competition, management believes sustained growth can be achieved in New Zealand… With the bulk of the expected synergies yet to flow through, this business is expected to be a material driver of earnings growth over the next five years.”
These tactics have enabled Woolworths to trounce its rival Coles Myer in recent years. Coles was once the largest retailer in Australia but has lost its crown to Corbett’s Woolworths.
The comparison between the two companies is not flattering for Coles. Since 1999, Woolworths’ shareholders have seen a total return on capital of 335% compared with an average 88% return from Australia’s top 200 stocks, and a 71.5% return at Coles.
Woolworth’s share price is now over A$19 and its market capitalisation has risen from A$6bn to A$23bn in just seven years. Corbett may have picked up a healthy A$50m in remuneration during his tenure but very few investors will quibble over whether they have received value for money.
Corbett retires on 1 October and his replacement Michael Luscombe, currently chief operating officer, has big shoes to fill.
However, analysts are showing little concern about Luscombe’s ability to do just that, as he has been thoroughly immersed in the Corbett doctrine for several years. Also, Corbett’s style of management is now so ingrained at Woolworths that it will remain long after his departure – not unlike Sam Walton’s influence on Wal-Mart.
Of course there are issues that Luscombe will have to address, such as what to do once Project Refresh has run its course. Where will costs be cut then?
Also, Woolworths still needs to spend more on its stores to raise them to a level that matches the best of Europe and North America, and this heavy capital investment will inevitably drain money that might otherwise go to shareholders.
Then there is the spectre of Coles, which looks set to be acquired by private equity. Focused management at Coles could see it become a serious challenger again, eating into Woolworths’ dominance.
But these issues are a couple of years away. Luscombe should have a pleasant honeymoon, and when trouble does surface he will still be able to turn to Corbett for advice. Corbett is sticking around as a consultant for another five years, which will be reassuring to the investors who already owe him so much.
Perhaps all that needs to be said about Roger Corbett’s management style is the story he himself tells about finding a Woolworths shopping cart in Sydney’s Circular Quay, near the Opera House. He pushed it all the way up George Street to return it to a store by the Town Hall. Under Corbett’s leadership, no detail was too small for attention.
By comparison, Coles Myer chief executive John Fletcher admitted wryly when he took office that he had not been in a supermarket in 25 years. Enough said. Australia’s food industry will miss Roger Corbett.


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Investigators have officially closed their investigation into a massive used car sales fraud scheme, laying 146 charges against three people.
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Jamal Hazime, 42, who owned Big 3 Pre-Owned Auto Sales and 5 Diamond Motors in Windsor, is facing 70 fraud related charges. His finance manager Sabhi (Alex) Bakir, 32, is facing 65 charges, while Five Diamond manager Souheil (Daniel) Yazbek, 47, has 11 counts. The charges include fraud, forgery and public mischief.
The trio allegedly defrauded customers by sticking them with higher car prices, finance rates and loan terms than agreed to and forging signatures on contracts. Police said the dealers also sold customers non-existent warranties.
Many customers saw their cars repossessed or were left on the hook for tens of thousands of dollars more than they agreed to pay.
After he was charged, Hazime fled to Lebanon. A Windsor judge gave him permission to go there for a temporary visit to see his mom, who he claimed was sick. Hazime was allowed an eight-day window for the trip that ended Nov. 3. He never returned.
It was among Windsor’s most intensive joint forces fraud investigations, and included officers from the Windsor police financial crimes unit, Essex County OPP criminal investigation unit and the Windsor RCMP commercial crime unit.


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Victoria Beckham 'more confident with lip gloss'
Victoria Beckham apparently feels more confident when she slicks on some lip gloss.
Victoria is known for her severe pout, which is famously always glossed.
While stopped in traffic recently, the popstar-turned-fashion designer was snapped applying a Stila Lip Glaze, costing just £15.
Friends say Victoria never leaves home without her secret beauty weapon.
"Victoria never goes anywhere without her lip gloss," a friend told Britain's Heat magazine. "It's like war paint and she feels more confident when she's wearing it. She really likes her lips and likes to accentuate them."
Posh has long been a fan of the glossy, nude shade she was pictured applying. And it's not the first time she has demonstrated her love for the budget brand.
"I love those Stila lip glosses that you twist and click," she previously said. "They smell and taste nice."
Victoria has admitted in the past that her pout may make her look silly. The designer went a step further last weekend, referencing photographs of her unsmiling face to explain why some people might think she is unfriendly.
"Everyone thinks I'm going to be a cow," she said at London's Vogue Festival. "I get it when I see the photos."
The mother-of-four attended the event to chat about the success of her dress line. Once asked if she would ever design a beauty product, she answered it would be "the perfect nude lip gloss."
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Nokia demonstrate Loyalty Card 2.0 with NFC handsets
We’ve talked on the Mobile Money Transactions blog a lot about the coming wave of smartphones that will bootstrap the monetary revolution, but now we’re seeing this brought into the light.
Nokia, who have added the NFC hardware to their latest smartphones, demoed a prototype interface – ShopWizer – to this chip at the recent Mobile World Congress Show:
What’s important in this video is not just the basic mechanics of an NFC based transaction, but what’s going on around the transaction. Touching the product here isn’t just about buying; it’s about finding more out about the product; bookmarking the physical items in the real world, share it with your friends for buying advice via Facebook or Twitter; finding the product again in the store; navigating the shop floor; and providing feedback on your purchase or shopping experience.
Of course it’s all based around having a lot of NFC chips out there, perhaps in the price tags on the shelves, but as the cost of production of these chips comes down (especially in bulk) I’d expect to see higher ticket items each carrying their own chip during 2012 with an explosion in the years after that of NFC with everything.
By which point most of the western world will have access to a location aware, NFC scanning smartphone, that has an internet connection which can take advantage of push messaging.
You just found yourself the next generation of store loyalty cards with push adverting, tailored vouchers and an enhanced customer experience all rolled in to one package.


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Toyota Prius Plug-in Hybrid Bests Volt, Leaf in April Sales
Toyota continues to enjoy success with its Prius family of models, as its plug-in hybrid sold 1,654 units in the month of April.
The sales figure trumps its main competitors, the Chevrolet Volt (1,462 sold) and the Nissan Leaf (370 sold) making it the most popular plug-in vehicle last month in America. It’s no huge surprise that the plug-in variant of the Prius is selling well compared to its counterparts, considering how well-known the Prius moniker has become over the years.
Last month the Japanese automaker also saw the highest sales total for its Prius models ever for the month of April, moving a combined figure of 25,168 units across all its model variants. In total, Toyota sold 30,126 hybrids while its luxury division Lexus moved a respectable 2,467. Compared to April 2011, Toyota’s hybrid sales saw a huge jump of 124.6 percent, but it’s worth noting that April 2011 was also after the disastrous tsunami that hindered vehicle production.
“Thanks to continued strong sales of Camry and Prius family, Toyota was America’s number one retail brand for the second straight month,” said Bob Carter, general manager of Toyota Motor Sales, U.S.A. “With consumer confidence improving, we expect to see sustained industry growth in the months ahead.”
Jason Siu began his career in automotive journalism in 2003 with Modified Magazine, a property previously held by VerticalScope. As the West Coast Editor, he played a pivotal role while also extending his expertise to Modified Luxury & Exotics and Modified Mustangs. Beyond his editorial work, Jason authored two notable Cartech books. His tenure at AutoGuide.com saw him immersed in the daily news cycle, yet his passion for hands-on evaluation led him to focus on testing and product reviews, offering well-rounded recommendations to AutoGuide readers. Currently, as the Content Director for VerticalScope, Jason spearheads the content strategy for an array of online publications, a role that has him at the helm of ensuring quality and consistency across the board.
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A Johns Hopkins University economist Steve Hanke school former late-night host Jon Stewart on the root cause for inflation. Stewart had obviously bought the lie that it was everything except Biden’s free money spending but Hanke breaks out the facts and breaks down inflation 101 for the clueless Stewart who finally takes the wool off of his eyes—Even if it’s just for a moment.
Economist Steve Hanke joined the Oct. 19 edition of Apple TV’s The Problem with Jon Stewart and didn’t mince words. “Inflation is always and everywhere caused by one thing: too much money. Period,” Hanke said. “That’s the end of the story. It is simpler than you think.”
Stewart immediately tried to retort with pseudo-economic reasoning: “I’ve read studies that contradict that, but I don’t know.” Hanke didn’t waste time rebutting: “Whatever you’re reading is rubbish.”
Hanke proceeded to school Stewart on the ludicrousness of trying to blame 40-year high inflation on anything other than the Federal Reserve’s insane money-printing policies:
There has never been a sustained inflation any place in the world that hasn’t been caused by a preceding sustained increase in the money supply. Never.
The money supply skyrocketed to over $21,000,000,000,000 in July, according to the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis. Just two years earlier in July 2020, when Donald Trump was president, the money supply was roughly $18 trillion, meaning that the supply ballooned by over 16 percent in just two years. Hanke called out Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell for his sordid attempts to deflect responsibility for the inflation crisis.
“They don’t want the noose around their neck as being the culprits that created the mess we’re in with inflation right now that everyone’s so mad about,” Hanke said. “That’s why they’re trying to convince you, Jon, that the supply chains did it. That Putin did it. Oil prices did it. Wheat prices, embargoes, you name it!”
The issue is ugly but simple, Biden and the fed dumped tons of cash in the market because the administration chose to shut the country down for two years. Look at where we are now with all of the cash Biden continues to pump out in the form of student loans and climate initiatives. Who knows what’s next with this administration?
Erica Carlin is an independent journalist, opinion writer and contributor to several news and opinion sources. She is based in Georgia.


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iOS 8.0.1 Is Killing Reception And TouchID On New iPhones, Don't Update It appears Apple has now pulled the update entirely.
BlackBerry Launches The Passport Smartphone: Hip To Be Square? A square screen suddenly makes so much sense.
BlackBerry Blend Is A Data Sharing App That Kills 'Device-Hopping' Dead And it's not just limited to BlackBerry devices.
Here's The Same Picture Taken With Every Generation Of iPhone You can see where it's changed a lot — and where it's hardly changed at all.
India's Space Probe Successfully Enters Mars Orbit And it did for billions less than NASA.


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A year after Snap launched a premium subscription tier for Snapchat, it has reached a new milestone.
More than four million people are now paying for Snapchat+, up from two million at the end of 2022. That means the company has been signing up an average of 333k net new subscribers a month in 2023.
Snapchat+ costs $3.99 a month, which means it’s currently generating monthly gross revenues of just under $16m – an annual business of $191.5m.
That’s still relatively small in the context of Snap’s wider business, which generated revenues of $4.6bn in 2022.
Meanwhile, Snapchat ended March 2023 with 383 million daily active users, meaning that only just over 1% of those people are paying for the premium tier.
Snap continues to launch exclusive features to fuel Snapchat+ growth though: the latest being expressive chat messages and custom chat colours, announced alongside the 4m milestone.


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As of pm Wednesday (am Thursday in New Zealand), Bitcoin was down more than 7 per cent at around US$40, (NZ.
· The cryptocurrency market experienced a huge dip today as more than $15 Billion in cryptocurrency were dumped in less than an hour. Here are the possible reasons why the market crashed today: 1. The stock exchange crash: At first, Bitcoin was viewed as a fence against securities exchange chance since its price movements appeared to challenge. · The cryptocurrency market is facing a collapse since last week.
The announcement by Elon Musk to drop Bitcoin sales has affected the digital currency price drastically. Other cryptos facing a crash are Dogecoin, Ethereum, etc. · With most people, especially the youngsters rushing to invest in the leading cryptocurrency, it is crucial to make them aware of the concerns surrounding digital currency and the cryptocurrency crash that took place recently.
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Amazon has new 2019 13″ MacBook Airs on sale for $200 off Apple’s MSRP as part of their Black Friday 2019 sale, with prices starting at $899, each including free shipping. Be sure to select Amazon as the seller during checkout, rather than a third party:
These are the same MacBook Airs Apple sells in their retail and online stores.
Amazon has clearance 2017 13″ 1.8GHz/128GB MacBook Airs on sale today for only $679 shipped. That’s $370 off Apple’s original MSRP for this model.
Note that any of these models can sell out quickly. For the latest sales & prices, see our 13″ MacBook Air Price Tracker, updated daily.


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Poundworld creates 1,800 jobs Friday, 26th August 2011
The fixed price retailer has pledged to create 1,800 jobs today as it unveiled a new brand of store designs to fill the gap in the market left by Woolworths.
Poundworld, which currently operates 120 stores in the UK, is now set on growing its Discount UK brand, which sells products priced from 28p to £25.
The retailer will add 15 stores to the 13-strong portfolio as it looks to transform the chain into a national chain.
Buying director Chris Edwards, who founded Discount UK, said: "Woolworths offered variety and value and when it closed we felt we could step into its shoes with a modern multi-price format."
Along with Discount UK, Poundworld will also open a further 40 stores over the next 12 months after experiencing a 42 per cent rise in sales to £132.9 million in the year to March.


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Mars launches M&M's, ranks India in top 10 focus markets
US-based chocolate maker Mars Inc has launched M&M's brand here as it looks to expand presence in the bite-size snack segment in India.
Mars International India, wholly-owned arm of US-based chocolate maker Mars Inc, is eyeing India among top 10 focus markets and would introduce several other brands from its global portfolio in coming years.
"India is a priority market for Mars Incorporated and we are committed to bring our best loved brands to Indian consumers... With the launch of M&M's in India, our aim is to grow the nascent bite-size category in the market," said Mars Chocolate GM, India & Indian Sub-Continent, Andrew Leakey.
The Indian chocolate market is expected to be around Rs 6,710 crore and had a 6.4 per cent CAGR growth between 2014- 16. "Presently, chocolate consumption in India is very low, almost 20 times less than the US. So, we have an opportunity in some segments here," he added. India presently contributes 5 per cent to the overall sales to Mars global (across all segments).
On introduction of more brands in the Indian market, Leakey said: "It depends on our strategy and long term view of the company." However, he did not share the probable brands, which Mars may launch here.


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Macy’s understands the excitement, and gave parade fans a delightful sneak peak of the new characters we’ll see flying above us in the annual holiday tradition in New York City.
The new balloons were flight tested in New Jersey Saturday “under the direction of Macy’s highly skilled flight management team,” according to a press release.
“Along with a few hundred handlers, the team will take the balloons out from an outdoor trial run to get firsthand experience flying the new stars ahead of their Thanksgiving Day debuts,” the release said.
Who are the new characters?
The balloons include the beagle Snoopy, which Macy’s says got an “out-of-this-world makeover” as an astronaut this year.
The balloon is 49 feet tall, the store said.
Smokey Bear will also be in the sky this year, celebrating the advertising icon’s 75th birthday.
“And as part of the Macy’s Parade’s Blue Sky Gallery series which invites contemporary artists to recreate their artwork as balloons, Yayoi Kusama’s ‘Love Flies Up to the Sky’ will debut,” the release said.
Macy’s 93rd Thanksgiving Day Parade will be on November 28.


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Engadget has come upon a leaked Intel SSD roadmap that reveals the company's plans for the coming two quarters. According to the official-looking slide, which was originally posted by German site Computer Base, Intel will release a quartet of new 2.5" solid-state disks in the fourth quarter of this year.
25-nm flash and much higher capacities are on the menu for the next round of X25-M drives, which will reportedly be offered in 160, 300, and 600GB flavors. The value-oriented X25-V will become available in an 80GB capacity, and the existing 40GB model looks set for return with new flash chips in the first quarter of next year. That's when we'll also see 160 and 300GB versions of Intel's 1.8" X18-M drives.
In addition to rolling out new consumer SSDs, Intel has plans to update its enterprise-oriented offerings. The roadmap suggests that a Lyndonville replacement for the X25-E is due in the first quarter of next year. This drive will be available in 100, 200, and 400GB capacities, and it looks like the flash will be "enterprise-grade" MLC rather than the SLC memory used in existing X25-Es. SLC memory typically has a tenfold advantage in write-erase endurance over MLC flash, but there's no indication that the 25-nm flash chips in the new X25-E models are any more robust than what's coming in the next-gen X25-Ms. The slides do suggest that Lyndonville offers better write performance, though.
Naturally, none of these leaked details have been confirmed. Intel is certainly due for an SSD refresh; the X25-E still hasn't been granted TRIM support, and the X25-M G2 is already more than a year old. The slide has since been removed from Computer Base at Intel's request, so it's probably legit.
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The 2022 Subaru Outback Is A Women’s World Car Of The Year Finalist
The Subaru Outback is an SUV that everyone seems to love, including the people at Women’s World Car Of The Year. If you didn’t know that was a thing, it is, and the 2022 Subaru Outback is winning. What makes this Subaru SUV a good buy?
The Subaru Outback SUV does it all, no matter the location
You might be asking what precisely the Women’s World Car Of The Year is. Simply put, it is just like any other competition for vehicles, except the judges are made up of women from around the world. The vehicle candidates, such as the 2022 Subaru Outback, must be well-rounded and safe. The criteria include safety, quality, price, design, ease of driving, and others.
The 2022 Outback has the potential to be the best SUV for a few reasons. According to a 2019 article by Cars.com, women buy 62% of all new cars in the U.S. In addition to that, women influence “more than 85 percent of all car purchases.” That means that vehicles need to appeal to women to make it to the top of the sales ranks.
Not to generalize how all women use a car, but it kind of needs to do it all. A vehicle like the Subaru Outback does it all. It can keep children safe in the backseat, head to the beach with dogs, pick up groceries, and navigate the carpool lane in the snow if necessary.
Safety is important to Subaru Outback buyers
It doesn’t matter the deciding reason for picking the 2022 Subaru Outback; safety is an essential part of that. The 2022 Outback received the Top Safety Pick+ award from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS). That means that in most crashworthiness tests, the Outback scored well.
The crash avoidance and mitigation tests, overall crash evaluation, passenger injury measures, and headlights all received top scores from the IIHS. The 2022 Subaru Outback also received positive feedback from Consumer Reports.
“The 2022 Subaru Outback is an SUV with the technology and features to handle everything from off-road adventures to daily errands.”Subaru
In addition to safety, practicality is essential to Subaru Outback buyers. The Outback has four doors, tons of cargo room, and all the newest technology drivers might need. For those who might want to go off-road, the 2022 Subaru Outback Wilderness edition is a new trim level that offers more capability for those situations.
This Subaru SUV is highly-capable in any situation
Winning this award will be good for the Subaru Outback, but it doesn’t really need more accolades. Buyers tend to be brand loyal, and Subaru buyers are some of the most loyal, according to J.D. Power. That’s because vehicles like the 2022 Subaru Outback tend to deliver for a long time after purchase. Kelley Blue Book says that the Outback has a predicted resale value of 41.3% after five years of ownership. That’s a pretty good resale value.
Kelley Blue Book says that retained value is for good reason: “Its solid build quality, excellent safety suite, turbocharged or naturally aspirated flat-4 engine, and appealing go-anywhere nature.”
The Women’s World Car of the Year jury is made up of women from 40 countries. Voting will continue through Mar. 2022, and there is some stiff competition. However, the 2022 Subaru Outback seems to answer all of the questions asked. Keep an eye out to see which SUV makes it to the top of the winner’s list, but the Outback has a solid head start.


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NEW DELHI: The government has constituted a 14-member task force to catalyse the growth of mobile phone and component manufacturing ecosystem in India, which is on a downward spiral, with the aim of providing much-needed impetus to Delhi’s ‘Make in India’ plans. The panel, which includes representatives from the department of electronics and IT (Deity) and heads of leading local and international mobile phone companies operating in India, has been assigned a 20-point agenda to promote local manufacturing of mobile phones, according to internal ministry documents dated December 8, reviewed by ET.
The committee will have to create a viable roadmap and vision document that broadly outlines investment targets into this sector over five years till 2019. The panel’s recommendations will include technology and demand forecasts aligned with potential landscape of the industry over this period. It will come up with a preliminary report within eight weeks of its first meeting, the date of which is not known yet.
Top smartphone makers Samsung India, Micromax, Lava and Karbonn, which hold more than half the market, will be part of the task force along with upcoming players like Sony, LG and Microsoft, which will be headed by Indian Cellular Association’s president Pankaj Mohindroo, the documents showed. The seven-month old government has set an aim to achieve production of 500 million mobile phones by 2019 and an annual manufacturing output of Rs 150,000 crore to Rs 300,000 crore, roughly a quarter of the world’s handset manufacturing. In the same time frame, a turnover target of Rs 50,000 crore for the component making industry has been set. The panel will also recommend possible measures for creating intellectual property and promote innovation in the sector and increase exports from India to 120 million mobile phone units by 2019 from the present level of 30 million.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has launched an ambitious project to make India a manufacturing hub of electronics, beginning with mobile phones, which will help boost growth and employment, besides making India less dependent on imports that are set to rise to $400 billion, surpassing oil, by 2020. The government recently said that the country imported telecom products worth Rs 69,516.37 crore in 2013-14 while exports of such items were at Rs 20,475.17 crore during the year, leaving a significant deficit of Rs 49,041.20 crore.
Moreover, production of mobile handsets in the country is projected to be down by more than half even as import of handsets is expected to rise by over 18% in 2014. The task force will also give recommendations to provide enabling business environment, policy standardisations and rational duty structure among other critical areas such as skill development and generating employment opportunity for 1.5 million people.


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Forget about expensive skincare products. A Cape Town woman says garden snails are keeping her skin young and supple.
For the past two years, Edith Pangle, 62, has been letting snails slide over her face because she believes their slime keeps her beautiful.
“I just let the snails crawl over my face, my neck and my hands,” the Silvertown granny told the Daily Voice.
Edith says she got the idea after seeing a television advert about an acne product made from snail slime, promising smooth, clear skin.
She was impressed with the product but couldn’t afford it – and then decided to come up with her own homemade version.
“I can’t afford the expensive cream [made] from snails in France,” she said. “That’s when I started collecting the snails and using them.”
Edith gets her snails from friends and family with gardens.
She keeps her stash in a bag in her bedroom, and at least once a week she has her unique “beauty routine”.
“I have my snails right here, I keep them for weeks in this packet and I don’t even need to feed them,” she said.
For 15 minutes, the snails slither over her face and neck, leaving behind a trail of silvery slime.
After the “treatment”, Edith splashes some water on her face and voila, she is fixed for the week.
But her brother Ken says the whole thing freaks him out.
“I can’t watch when she does this, it’s too grillerig (creepy),” Ken says.
Edith says her female friends are impressed by her find, and she has even convinced a few of them to give it a try.
“I told a friend in England to try it out and she called me a few weeks later to say it does work,” she said proudly.
“Once a woman reaches a certain age you need to look after your skin, and this costs me nothing.”


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LAS VEGAS--With their respective announcements at Comdex Fall 2002 on Monday, the world's two biggest PC sellers have set the stage for a holiday showdown in a whole new arena: the PDA market.
As expected, both No. 1 Dell Computer and No. 2 Hewlett-Packard unveiled new PDAs based on Microsoft's Pocket PC software. The Dell announcement marks the Austin, Texas-based titan's official entry into the market for personal digital assistants.
The announcements are just two of many coming out of the gadget-crammed trade show, the current installment of which runs here till the end of the week.
Dell chose to use the gizmo fest to kick off its entry into the handheld arena. The company's new Pocket PC PDA, the Axim X5, focuses on delivering a lower price than competing devices. Dell launched two configurations of the gadget here, including a $199 model, with a 300MHz Intel XScale PXA250 processor, and a $299 model, with a 400MHz XScale chip. At $199, Dell's 300MHz Axim X5 offers features similar to those of other vendors' $299 devices. Both the quoted Dell prices figure in rebates.
HP introduced a new high-end HP iPaq Pocket PC h5450, with built-in Bluetooth and 802.11b capabilities. The company also showed off a lighter weight HP iPaq Pocket PC h1910.
The high-end device, which sells for $699, also includes a fingerprint sensor, a color screen, a 400MHz Intel XScale PXA250 processor and as much as 20MB of memory for storing data. The h1910, which sells for $299, comes with a 200MHz XScale chip.
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Comdex has long been known for its gadgets. Each year an innumerable number of exhibitors attend the show to debut all manner of new products, from more-or-less conventional offerings to crazy-quilt gizmos that borrow from many different product categories to gadgets that do their best to stretch the currently accepted laws of shape and size.
PCLaptops, based in Sandy, Utah, is going for the notebook speed record. It announced the whopping 9.6-pound E-Pro Max 585. The laptop follows a growing trend among manufacturers, who have started to shoehorn desktop Pentium 4 chips into their notebooks. So far, though, most vendors have used 2.4GHz or slower Pentium 4s, to help keep heat and power consumption to a minimum. PCLaptops has opted for a 2.8GHz P4 chip.
Building on the mobile theme, Socket Communications launched a new global positioning satellite receiver for Pocket PC handhelds and other PDAs that use Microsoft's Windows CE operating system. The receiver uses Bluetooth to broadcast GPS location signals, which can be picked up by the handheld from as far away as 30 feet. The receiver will be available around the world next month for $449, the company said in a statement.
On the storage front, Maxtor topped all previous hard drive offerings with a new 250GB drive. Currently the largest hard drive available for a desktop PC, the product is available via retail in a $399 upgrade kit, which includes installation instructions along with the necessary adaptor board and cables. The drive has enough capacity for about 62,500 four-minute MP3 files or about 250,000 digital photos, the company said in a statement. PC manufacturers like Dell and Gateway just recently began offering 200GB hard drives in their desktops.
Pretec Electronics set a record for storage devices using the Compact Flash format, introducing cards with capacities of 3, 2 and 1.5 gigabytes. Compact Flash cards are primarily used in digital cameras and other portable devices.
Fujitsu got in on the storage scene with a new, detachable 2.3GB drive, the DynaMo 2300U2. The device bests its 1.3GB predecessor in capacity and uses a Universal Serial Bus 2.0 interface, which lets it quickly write large amounts of data to its removable disks. Devices using the USB 2.0 specification can transfer data more quickly than those using the original USB 1.1 spec and are becoming more popular. The DynaMo 2300U2 will sell for $349, starting next month. Additional 2.3GB disks will sell for $20 each, Fujitsu said in a statement.
On the other end of the size spectrum, Lexar Media announced the new JumpDrive 2.0 Pro, a tiny 256MB flash memory-based storage device. Small enough to fit into a shirt pocket, the JumpDrive attaches to a PC via the Universal Serial Bus port. Using the USB 2.0 specification, it can download 200MB of data in about 50 seconds, Lexar said in a statement. The drive will sell for $199.
When it comes to unusual, convergence devices, Nokia is showing off its 3650, a phone with a built-in camera that can take digital photos and capture up to 15 seconds of video. It can also play music via a built-in audio player. The Finnish cell phone giant has marketed a similar camera/phone in Europe, but that model does not capture videos or contain as many features. The 3650, which works on GPRS networks, among others, will be available worldwide in the first quarter of next year, Nokia representatives said.
SonicBlue also showed off a new portable video player. The device, originally designed by Intel, is a little bit larger than a Palm PDA. It lets consumers capture TV programs or home videos and then watch them remotely. It will hit the market around the time of the Consumer Electronics Show in early January, an Intel representative said.
Finally, with the NFL's Super Bowl not far off, ViewSonic is getting ready. The computer monitor manufacturer is branching out into PDAs, tablet PCs and televisions. The company currently has a 17-inch LCD TV on the market for $999 and will bring out a 27-inch model around the middle of next year, company representatives said.


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H&R Block, $HRB, gets attention around tax time, but is mainly forgotten the rest of the year. Too bad for those that think that way, because the stock is giving three good reasons to buy it now.
First is the short term pattern. The price broke above an ascending triangle in June (red lines), and then pulled back to retest the breakout level. Now it is moving higher again and carries a target from the pattern to 39.50. The second reason is that the price movement into that ascending triangle (purple line) would measure to 44 on an equivalent Measured Move higher. Finally the Point and Figure chart (not shown), or tick chart, shows a triple top breakout with a price objective to at least 66.50.
Suddenly checking out the tax store in August does not seem so scary.
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text: Micromax on Friday launched a new line of feature phones - Joy - alongside a new packaging style that using pouches instead of boxes, ostensibly to reduce cost and maintain value for money. The Joy series has been launched with two new handsets, the X1800 and X1850, priced at Rs. 699 and Rs. 799 respectively. While the Joy X1800 already hit the shelves starting Thursday, the Joy X1850 will reach the market "in a week's time. The Micromax Joy X1850 (seen above) is also a dual-SIM phone, and sports similar specifications like the Joy X1800 except a slightly different look and an 1800mAh battery rated to deliver up to 642 hours of standby time and 7.5 hours of talk time. The handset measures 114.5x50.5x15.8mm. Both the feature phones are Bluetooth-enabled and include FM radio connectivity.