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NEW YORK — Calvin Klein is going back to the beach.
After blanketing Panama City Beach, Fla., a year ago with images and marketing plugs for its CK Calvin Klein products, the company is doubling its efforts for 2003 with a multibrand campaign targeted at 500,000 college students heading to the resort for spring break festivities next month.
Following an impressive reaction to the grassroots marketing program last year, as well as the popularity of underwear model Travis Fimmel — who made personal appearances on the designer’s behalf — the company has expanded the branding program to include its own beach compound, an e-mail campaign and CK products placed in students’ hotel rooms.
“Last year’s spring break promotion was very well-attended and the response to our branding events and activities surpassed expectations,” said Kim Vernon, senior vice president of global advertising and communications. “This year’s challenge was to expand on the interaction with the target by adding branding and promotion, which we have achieved with stronger retail tie-ins, the unprecedented in-room branding, overall hotel connection and the e-mail communication post-spring break. CK brand products will be unavoidable, but integrated into a fun and value-added format.”
Starting Monday through March 29, Calvin Klein will host music, beach and night-club activities throughout Panama City Beach, which is the most highly attended spring break destination in North America. A CK Beach Oasis will also be created with thatched-roof huts and palm trees, as well as CK branded beach furniture, where students can “relax, recover and recline” with body spritzers, a massage therapist and sound-canceling headphones. Promotions such as Calvin Klein-sponsored contests (think a quick-change race between two students to change into each others’ swimsuits) and a CK Jeans VIP room at the Spinnaker night club will also be anniversaried.
CRK Advertising, Calvin Klein’s in-house agency, has also created mirror decals, travel kits featuring the Crave fragrance and CK-branded doorknob hangers (reading “crashed,” “do not disturb,” “making waves,” or “at the beach”) that will be placed in the 383 guest rooms of the Sun Spree Resort.
As a follow-up, CK staff will be collecting student’s e-mail addresses for a post-spring-break promotion tied to department stores across the U.S. The promotion, coordinated with the Boston-based youth marketing firm Mr. Youth, will include placements for CK Calvin Klein Jeans, Calvin Klein Underwear, Crave and CK One fragrances, CK swimwear, eyewear, watches and socks, and Calvin Klein women’s accessories.


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Barbadian pop star Rihanna has been unveiled as the cover star for British Vogue’s September issue. Photographed by acclaimed fashion photographer Nick Knight and styled by Vogue’s editor-in-chief Edward Enninful, the singer-songwriter is featured on what is considered the most important issue of the year.
This is Enninful’s first September issue as editor-in-chief after he was appointed as the first male editor of British Vogue last April in replacement of Alexandra Shulman after her 25 years in the role. The December 2017 issue was his first in charge.
The creative and colourful cover sees Rihanna in bright orange gloves, a fuchsia pink mesh collar with a bow detail and a floral headdress. Her eyebrows are drawn in on a thin line and her lips are strikingly coated with a deep red shade of glossy lipstick.
The edition, dubbed “the big fashion issue”, also includes interviews with Princesses Beatrice and Eugenie, and Sir Elton John.

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Glasgow is dubbed the UK's most friendly vegan city by noted animal welfare charity, PETA.
So it's no surprise that our offering of plant-based fish and chips has received a top award.
Mono Cafe has made it onto PETA's list of the UK's best vegan fish and chips.
The hearty portion of "to-fish" with hand cut fries, mushy peas and tartare sauce has been on the menu at the Merchant City eatery for a while and has gone down a storm.
Dawn Carr, PETA's vegan corporate projects manager said:
"With the demand for plant-based food higher than ever, vegan fish and chips is a smart addition to any restaurant menu"
"PETA is calling on caring people everywhere to let fish live in peace and to enjoy some delicious, hearty vegan options instead."
Vegans are statistically less prone to suffering from cancer, obesity, and diabetes than meat-eaters are and have a lower carbon footprint.
Some other eateries winning a mention on PETA's list are located in Edinburgh, Birmingham, London, Sheffield.


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According to TechCrunch.com, Buy.com was purchase for $250 million dollars by a Japanese e-commerce company, Rakuten.
The deal is all cash
Rakuten in Japan counts 64 million members, while Buy.com claims 14 million customers.
Seems like a pretty cheap price for one of the most recognizable brands on the net and 14 million customers.
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Elevating Digital Trust with Cyber Essentials: Responsible Cyber's Commendable Leap Towards Cyber Excellence
In an era where our very existence is intertwined with digital ecosystems, ensuring robust cyber security is no longer a luxury; it's an imperative. The past decade has witnessed a meteoric rise in cyber threats, with global data breaches costing businesses an average of $3.86 million in 2020. Amid this complex scenario emerges a shimmering beacon of hope: Responsible Cyber, a forward-thinking cyber security start-up based in Singapore.
During August 2023, Responsible Cyber made an audacious move. Instead of solely advocating for digital fortification, they turned the magnifying glass upon themselves, embracing an intensive cyber security audit. This wasn't an exercise in vanity; it was a testament to their unwavering commitment to being the epitome of the very standards they preach.
But why would a start-up voluntarily put itself under such scrutiny? Dr. Magda Chelly, the dynamic co-founder and Managing Director, put it succinctly, "We cannot champion cyber security excellence to other businesses without ensuring our very core exemplifies the same." It's an ethos reflecting their unyielding commitment to safeguarding not only their proprietary systems but also the myriad of data streams entrusted to them by their clients.
The endgame? They didn't merely aim to pass. They sought to set a benchmark. And they did. Following a meticulous audit helmed by one of the Cyber Security Agency of Singapore (CSA)'s eminent certification bodies, Responsible Cyber emerged not only unscathed but adorned with the prestigious Cyber Essentials mark. Instituted by CSA in 2022, this accolade underscores the SG Cyber Safe Programme's efforts to bolster Singapore's digital defenses.
With an increasing frequency of disconcerting news around data breaches, businesses worldwide are grappling with the ominous shadow of cyber vulnerabilities. SMEs, in particular, find themselves in a perilous position. Often operating without the luxury of dedicated IT security teams or access to high-tier cyber security infrastructures, their digital domains remain susceptible.
However, as Wayne Yan, Project and Compliance Manager of Responsible Cyber, pointed out, the pathway to cyber resilience needn't be a labyrinthine ordeal. "Our journey to certification involved meticulous policy reviews, ensuring our security controls resonated with the provided checklist," he explained. For SMEs daunted by the intricacies of cyber defense, CSA's readily accessible cyber security toolkits are a boon, simplifying the journey towards digital fortification.
The Cyber Essentials mark, while a commendable acknowledgment, isn't a panacea against all cyber threats. It's a foundational step, an assertion of an organization's commitment to thwarting prevalent cyber challenges. But, as Dr. Chelly rightly notes, "The realm of cyber threats is perpetually evolving. Vigilance and adaptability aren't mere strategies; they're necessities."
Responsible Cyber's vision transcends mere certifications. As the digital landscape continuously evolves, so do the benchmarks for security. Mikko Laaksonen, co-founder, indicates their ambitions don't halt here. Next on their horizon is the rigorous Cyber Trust mark certification, poised to delve deeper into document verifications and evaluations, further solidifying their position at the cyber security apex.
A Glimpse into Responsible Cyber Pte. Ltd.
Established in 2016 by industry veterans Magda Chelly and Mikko Laaksonen, Responsible Cyber has carved a niche for itself on the global cyber security stage. From its Singaporean roots, the company has branched out, marking its presence in the UK, France, and Poland. Their innovative spirit is palpable, especially with the launch of two avant-garde AI-driven solutions: IMMUNE X-TPRM, addressing contemporary third-party risk management challenges, and IMMUNE GRC, fine-tuned to optimize governance, risk, and compliance protocols.
As businesses of all scales embark on digital voyages, partnering with stalwarts like Responsible Cyber isn't just strategic; it's foundational to a secure digital future. Dive deeper into their world and witness a paradigm of cyber resilience by visiting www.responsible-cyber.com.


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Minecraft Dungeons, the popular hack-and-slash RPG spin-off of Mojang’s hit block-building game, is getting a substantial content update on December 14, 2021 in the form of seasonal adventures starting with the first season, Cloudy Climb.
When it releases worldwide in just over a week, Minecraft Dungeons will meet the new Seasonal Adventures format. This format will allow heroes to collect Adventure Points and upgrade a Battle-Pass-like Adventure Pass to unlock levels and receive different rewards for their efforts. Each seasonal adventure will have its own theme, and the first planned release is known as Cloudy Climb.
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What can players expect from Cloudy Climb in Minecraft Dungeons?
Along with new challenges and rewards through the Adventure Pass, Minecraft Dungeons players will also have access to a brand new location known as The Tower. This area offers over 30 floors of hack-and-slash mayhem, allowing players to earn cosmetics such as flairs and pets similar to the Adventure Pass. New monsters have also been revealed by the developers, including one known as the Powersmith.
One of the most intriguing aspects of the tower is its replayability. According to a stream during Minecraft LIVE 2021, the tower layout will change over time and refresh, giving Minecraft Dungeons heroes a new experience to avoid running through the tower and encountering outdated gameplay.
The entire Minecraft Beginner’s Guide is available here.
It’s currently unclear when the tower will be unlocked for players when the update releases, but it will be accessible from the map table in a hero’s camp and its marker will be located near the coast of the squid.
Heroes will have plenty to do in Minecraft Dungeons’ new seasonal adventure when Cloudy Climb releases on December 14. A huge assortment of cosmetics has been announced for players to make their way through the Adventure Pass. New challenges will take players to familiar areas while giving them the opportunity to fight in new locations such as the Tower. One of the best parts about Cloudy Climb is that it’s just the tip of the iceberg for seasonal adventures in Minecraft Dungeons.
It’s unclear how long Cloudy Climb will be active before the next seasonal adventure is announced, but it goes without saying that the Minecraft Dungeons community will be ready for the next step.
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TripAdvisor's new feature, TripAdvisor Cruises, allows users to now review, share photos, and compare prices to cruises through the platform. The travel booking giant reported that the this feature was created to simplify the process of planning a cruise by having the hotel, flight, and cruise components in one platform.
“The addition of Cruise will help solve the complexity of planning and booking a voyage,” said Bryan Saltzburg, President of TripAdvisor Flights, Cruise & Car. “For example, cruisers can research and book their flight to the port, a hotel room for the night before departure, review ‘Ship-tinerary’ pages, compare cabin options, book excursions, and read reviews all in one place.”
TripAdvisor says 32 percent of its users have cruised before, and 44 percent are “cruise shoppers.” And cruises are evidently popular overall; 30 million people are expected to take a cruise in 2019, an increase of more than 34 percent in the past five years, according to Cruise Lines International Association.
The centerpiece of TripAdvisor Cruise is the Ship-tinerary, which TripAdvisor claims is “the most comprehensive tool in cruise planning.” Ship-tineraries are robust ship profiles that TripAdvisor says allow travelers to “quickly get a sense of ‘is this the right ship for me.'”
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Ontario-based Canopy Growth is partnering with a Toronto cannabis company created by celebrities Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg to sell branded flower, softgels and pre-rolled marijuana formats in the coming months.
Canopy said the partnership with Houseplant – founded by Rogen, Goldberg and their partners, including United Talent Agency – was almost two years in the making.
While Canada strictly prohibits “the use of testimonials and endorsements in promotions and on any promotion that invokes a specific way of life” to sell cannabis, licensed marijuana companies are allowed to enter into business relationships with celebrities.
One month ago, Canopy enlisted celebrity lifestyle guru Martha Stewart to advise the Canadian cannabis company in developing a new line of goods, including hemp-derived CBD products.
Health Canada says having a celebrity as an adviser is not prohibited under the Cannabis Act.
Because the Cannabis Act also prohibits brands from being named after an individual, Canopy changed the name of its Leafs By Snoop brand to LBS when the law came into force Oct. 17, 2018.
Snoop Dogg forged a partnership with Canopy in 2016.
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World phone shipments to slip in Q4 - analyst
But year's total to rise
Global mobile phone shipments will fall during the last three months of 2004, market watcher iSuppli has warned, as inventory stockpiled during Q3 hits production.
However, strong third-quarter shipments encouraged the company to up its annual shipments forecast to 675m units from the previous prediction of 670m. The new figure, if achieved, would see 2004's sales 18 per cent up on 2003's figure.
Handset shipments hit 170m units during Q3, up less than one percentage point from Q2's 168.5m units, its down slightly on Q1'2 169.5m. iSuppli reckons that shipments will fall to 167m units in Q4, a decline of 1.8 per cent over the previous quarter.
The research company attributed the dip to a glut of unshipped handsets in China. Inventory began to build up during the summer, iSuppli said, and there are still sufficient stockpiles of finished phones out there to dampen production during the current quarter.
During Q3, Nokia's pricing strategy - its average selling price (ASP) was down five per cent sequentially - allowed it to boost shipments to 51.4m units, up 13.2 per cent from Q2's 45.4m, pushing up its market share from 26.9 per cent to 30.2 per cent, iSuppli said.
Other vendors experienced rising ASPs between Q2 and Q3, and saw only small quarter-on-quarter gains or losses of market share. The upshot was that Nokia not only gained market share but extended its lead over its rivals. The gap between its share and that of the world's second biggest mobile phone maker, Motorola, grew from 12.6 percentage points in Q2 to 16.5 percentage points in Q3, for example. ®
World mobile phone shipments up 25%
Global smart phone sales soar
RIM rises as PalmOne slides in Euro device market
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Munich, Germany – German suppliers Robert Bosch and Continental said they each plan to acquire 5% stakes in Here Technologies, a digital mapping company jointly controlled by BMW, Daimler and Audi.
The suppliers and Here did not disclose purchase prices. The deal, which is subject to antitrust approvals, is expected to close by the end of the first quarter.
BMW, Daimler and Audi acquired Here from Finnish telecoms group Nokia for €2.8 billion in 2015, in part to avoid becoming dependent on third-party mapping providers such as Alphabet's Google, a competitor in the race to develop self-driving cars. Chipmaker Intel also holds a 15% stake.
Germany's three leading premium automakers are investing billions of euros in electric cars and software-based mobility services as tightening emission rules and connectivity are transforming the auto industry.
Here, which is based in The Netherlands, is helping automakers to develop high-definition maps to guide the first generation of self-driving vehicles. Each vehicle will upload data from its cameras and radar to the cloud, allowing Here to update its road maps in real time.
Bosch said it aims to become a global supplier of maps to customers both inside and outside the auto industry. At the CES expo in Las Vegas this month, the company will showcase "smart city" technology that will link autos, individuals, homes and infrastructure.
"Bosch is more than cars," Bosch Chairman Volkmar Denner said in a statement. "Industry 4.0, smart homes, and smart cities are rapidly growing areas of business for us, in which establishing and expanding data-based services will result in synergies with Here."
Continental CEO Elmar Degenhart said digital maps and location-based services are key innovations for the future of connected mobility. "By leveraging Here's technology, we look forward to generating further profitable growth in mobility services and automated driving," he said in a statement.
Software and electronics products are providing the strongest tailwind to growth at Continental which also makes fuel-injection systems and vehicle tires. Continental said it would also sign a collaboration agreement with Here to pave the way for technologies providing data for the efficient transportation of people and their goods.
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Apple is to launch its own in-house studio. Its first production, exec produced by Steven Spielberg, will be a follow-up to Band of Brothers.
Twitter is once again available for macOS users via the Mac App Store, and it was built using Catalyst. The company explained the shift.
Not only was Apple the first company to reach a market value of one trillion dollars, the company recently passed that milestone.
Five games were just added to Apple Arcade, tempting people to keep their subscription as the service’s one month free trial nears its end.
Tim Cook has written to Apple employees, defending the decision to remove an app used by protestors in Hong Kong from the iOS App Store.
Alfonso Cuarón has set a multi-year deal with Apple for its Apple TV+ while still managing his deal with Anonymous Content.
Redditor u/BickNlinko bought a certified refurbished MacBook Pro from Apple and it had diagnostic software called ‘PhoenixCE’ left on it.
Pixelmator Pro 1.5 Avalon adds support for macOS Catalina, Sidecar, and enhancements for the Mac Pro and its Pro Display XDR.
Adobe has redesigned its Creative Cloud desktop app for macOS Catalina. It makes it easier to access and manage your content.
Apple is offering Disaster Relief to Apple Card customers in areas that experience natural disasters such as flooding and earthquakes.
Apple Watch Series 4 got the watchOS 5.3.2 update that had previously been rolled out the Apple Watch Series 1,2, and 3.
Londoners can pay for their travel using Apple Pay. However, it all went wrong for one, landing her with a £476 fine and a criminal record.
Apple has pulled an app used by protestors in Hong Kong for a second time, saying it broke local laws, following heavy criticism from China.
Apple recently started selling Microsoft’s Xbox wireless controller on its online store. Currently though it’s unavailable for purchase.
Dark Mode has arrived for the photo-sharing app in iOS 13 to make late night browsing easier, along with a new camera design.
In the future Apple and other companies will have to pay taxes in each country they sell products and services in.
Jennifer Aniston, has revealed how the #MeToo movement, and the downfall of broadcaster Matt Lauer, influenced The Morning Show on Apple TV+.
We’ve put together an Apple TV+ guide for all of the original content that the company has right now, and will have in the future. The content won’t appear until fall 2019. The list will be updated continuously, so be sure to bookmark this page.
Apple has seen off rivals to win a bidding war for a live-action musical version of A Christmas Carol starring Ryan Reynolds and Will Ferrell.
Apple has quietly delayed the iCloud Drive folder sharing feature in iOS 13 and macOS Catalina due to unknown issues in the betas.


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By Jiaqi Huang SYRACUSE, N.Y. (NCC News) — Gov. Andrew Cuomo and the state legislature have approved a six percent surcharge on car rentals beginning on June 1st in New York State. The surcharge is aimed to shrink soaring budget deficits existing in Upstate New York public transit systems.
Steven Koegel, the vice president for Centro’s communications and business planning, said the surcharge bill that fills their $3.5million budget gap is Centro’s first new funding over these years. “It stabilizes our finances for a while to ensure that we can maintain the level of the service that we have,” he said.
Koegel said taxes and fares have been very flat compared to inflation, and their cost is growing faster than revenues for many years. “Our suburban and rural services are more expensive to run,” he said. “There are just less density and fewer riders, but those riders are still important, so you still have to continue to run the buses.”
While the surcharge bill makes Upstate New York public transit systems like Centro breathe a lot easier, Gregory Scott, a spokesman for the public authority from American Car Rental Agency, concerned a predictable loss in their customers. “As the price goes up, consumers move to other forms of transportations, this is no question on that happens,” he said.
Ronald Harper, who once spent about $300 on a car rental from Syracuse to New York City, said renting a car is already much more expensive than taking a coach. “I’m paying double just sit comfortably in the car,” he said. “I already don’t think that’s necessarily worth it, and with this raise, I won’t be running any more cars in New York state.”
Michael Collien, who does not rent a car frequently, said he would not deny the six percent surcharge if renting a car is the only option for him. “I know renting cars is expensive, this is sort of gravy on top of that expense,” he said.
Koegel said public transportation systems have various funding issues and they are funded differently. “Depending on where you live, and what the issues are, it’s something that public transportation is facing across America,” he said.


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Launched in 2004, the original founders of SmartPayroll found themselves on what was to become a serendipitous plane ride with Datacom’s then head of PaySystems.
On that trip, they discussed how the two companies could work together — how the Datacom ecosystem could help the fledgling company grow to become a major payroll provider in the New Zealand market.
Fast forward 15 years, and what was discussed on that plane trip had become reality — so much so that Datacom saw the company was a fantastic opportunity for it to expand its own offering in the payroll space and drive the business forward. Datacom bought out the last of the SmartPayroll’s independent shareholders in September, 2020.
SmartPayroll CEO Melissa Cheals has led the company for more than two years, leading her team to improve processes, delight customers and unite behind a vision to grow the business. “We’re looking to expand the business, revenue and offering over the next decade,” she says, adding “We want to be the leading payroll provider in the New Zealand market — something we’ll work to achieve by expanding our product platform and broadening our customer base.”
It’s an audacious proposition but one she believes will be possible now that SmartPayroll has joined the Datacom ecosystem.
“The business is a strong entity in its own right but now it has the powerful backing of Datacom and all its resources, expertise, talent and support,” Melissa says.
With a strong customer following, SmartPayroll’s sales have traditionally come from referrals and word-of-mouth.
“Our driving ethos is to support customers. We place them at the heart of everything and that drives satisfaction. We like to amaze our customers — we don’t want to just be average or do things well,” Melissa says.
Amazing customers when it comes to payroll, something that generally feels like a back office, compliance-driven task, is something Melissa has led. She says while it may feel dry, payroll is actually “surrounded by emotion”.
“Payroll may not be exciting but getting paid is. Developing people should be the centre of it. Business owners can better look after their employees, paying them accurately and on time. People come first and success follows in all kinds of ways, shapes and forms,” she says. Payroll is a complex task — especially in sectors like hospitality or for temporary workers. The news has been littered with stories about inaccurate payment and noncompliance but technology is helping businesses stamp out these errors.
“For people whose hours change all the time, it’s difficult to keep track of. We now record leave in weeks rather than hours or days so we can be more accurate. We’re actively trying to think about compliance to ensure businesses are fair and right when completing payroll. Technology really helps businesses keep up with changing legislation,” Melissa says.
One way technology is stamping out incorrect payments is by placing compliance at the centre of product design — making it easy for businesses to do the right thing.
“We’ve set our product up so the way you put the data in and how it moves through the system means you minimise mistakes, minimising human error,” Melissa says.
Looking ahead, the investment from Datacom means SmartPayroll can continue to deliver what its customers want, building out its core offering as it works to become New Zealand’s leading payroll provider.
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By Kelsie Hoitomt
BLOOMINGTON, MN – The already largest mall in the United States is yet again expanding, a lot.
The Mall of America in Bloomington, Minnesota opened in 1992 and was last renovated in 2010 with over 500 stores, 50 restaurants, a roller coaster theme park, large aquarium, Lego Land and more.
The new plans for the MOA is part of a $2.5 billion expansion aided by a $250 million tax break approved this spring by the Legislature.
According to the St. Paul Pioneer Press, when the renovations are complete, the mall will have nearly doubled in size.
Construction at the mall will result initially in 50 new shops, more eateries, another luxury hotel and an office tower. A NHL-sized skating rink and a water park are currently on the drawing board as well.
The MOA is said to attract over 40 million visitors a year with an additional 20 million more anticipated to come after the expansion. The next largest malls are in Pennsylvania, California and Florida.


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HOSTESS TWINKIES, Mars bars, Hershey's chocolate, Pringles, Kool Aid:
The Department of Agriculture has put its stamp of approval on these snacks and hundreds more, permitting their sale before, during and after school lunch.
At a congressional hearing last week, Labor and Education subcommittee chairman Carl Perkins asked Assistant Agriculture Secretary Carol Foreman how such foods could be approved if the department's objective is to "preserve the nutritional integrity" of what children are served in school. "How," Perkins asked, "can you justify the inclusion of certain candies?"
How indeed when USDA has fought to remove similarly questionable (and some would say more nutritious) foods from the school breakfast program, such as cupcakes and donuts fortified with vitamins and minerals.
The irony of the situation has not been lost on nutritionists who think the department's latest proposal to restrict the sale of foods sold in vending machines on school grounds is, as Michael Jacobson says, "a cruel joke against children."
In its second attempt to regulate foods sold in competition with federally funded school lunches, USDA proposes to ban the sale before and during the lunch period of those foods which do not contribute a minimum of 5 percent of the Recommended Daily Allowance for just one of eight nutrients. The only categories of food excluded are sodas, water ices, gum and a few candies such as marshmallows, corn candy, sour balls, fondants and caramel corn. But even those products could find their way back into the vending machines if manufacturers decide to fortify them with 5 percent of one of the following: protein, vitamins A and C, riboflavin, thiamine, niacin, iron or calcium. Then they could be sold along with Twinkies and Baby Ruths.
There are sodas on the market now that would qualify. One called Nutripop Cola is simply sweetened, colored, carbonated water that has been fortified with nine vitamins and minerals. Kool Aid - uncarbonated, sweetened, colored water - is fortified with Vitamin C, so it, too, qualifies as an appropriate drink.
There is speculation that USDA's unsuccessful experience with its first, slightly more restrictive proposal to limit the sale of junk foods and the department's defeat last year in its attempt to regulate the fortified breakfast sweets has made it gun shy. Ann Casper, a nutritionist with the Children's Foundation, said: "If USDA did a lot to restrict what the companies sold, they'd quickly have a lawsuit by the companies. The question is who does USDA want to have sue them? The companies or the public? It would be harder for them if the companies sued."
The companies threatened to do so when the original proposal was announced last year. Under it soda, frozen desserts, chewing gum and all candies would have been banned. At last week's hearing Chairman Perkins wanted to know "why the list had been watered down and what Carol Foreman thoguht of it personally?"
Foreman said USDA "felt it was required to write regulations consistent with the laws set by Congress." Personally she said, "I find myself concerned about the incidence of dental caries [cavities] but legislative history doesn't ask me to use my personal judgment. If Congress wants to list more foods, we'd be happy to carry out Congress' intent."
In an earlier interview Foreman had said, "the data and authority are not there," for a more comprehensive ban. "Congress didn't give us quite as much leeway as we thought we had."
Industry was equally successful in its lobbying efforts against a ban on fortified donuts in the school breakfast program last year. The department had said such foods are inappropriate for school breakfasts and sought their withdrawal in order to "promote the development of good food habits in the furtherance of nutrition education through a well-balanced diet of conventional foods." The action recognized the argument that schools should not be giving their stamp of approval to such products since children are unable to distinguish between the fortified cupcakes, cookies and donuts and those that they can purchase outside which are not fortified. In addition, USDA said foods which contain so much fat and sugar are inappropriate for breakfast.
But Congress told USDA that it could not ban the products until some time after 1979, if at all.
It was the first time the Carter administration $&(WORD ILLEGIBLE had attempted to keep these fortified sweets out of the school breakfast program, but this was USDA's second unsuccessful attempt. Both times an overwhelming majority of public comments favored such a ban. And 80 percent of the 4,000 public comments on the first junk-food proposal favored some sort of ban. Of those, 40 percent wanted stricter regulations. Instead, USDA has backed off from what was less than a perfect regulation to begin with.
One USDA official feels that the current proposal "is an unassaiable legal document that does not go as far as I would like it to go." The official felt it would stand up against any industry challenge. The official, who did not want to be named, said if the department had been able to determine what foods could be used on the basis of nutrient density, it would have done so. But the official said, "the data was lousy."
Nutrient density measures the nutrient content in relationship to calorie level. In other words, how many calories can an individual afford to consume in order to get the required amount of certain nutrients? No one has yet determined when a food has too many calories in relationship to its nutritional value.
The soft-drink industry doesn't like the document at all. Said Jay Smith, public relations director of the National Soft Drink Association: "This rule, if allowed to go into effect, places unfair emphasis on individual foods and beverages while ignoring the role these foods play in an otherwise balanced diet."
Smith refused to say whether or not the industry would sue if USDA put the proposed rule into effect.
Two nutritionists who testified at the hearing last week think USDA is attacking the problem the wrong way. "The standard," said Peg McConnell of the National School Food Action Committee, a colaition of consumer groups and nutrition organizations, "should be based on foods, not on nutrients." Ann Casper echoed her sentiments. The proposed regulation is "totally absurd. People don't eat nutrients, they eat food."
McConnell recommended that foods sold in competition with the school lunch program be restricted to the same kinds of food permitted in the Type A school lunch. Those foods, taken from what USDA calls the Basic Four Food Groups, are determined on the basis of a mix which offers a certain percentage of the Recommended Daily Allowances for a variety of essential nutrients. McConnell's recommendations go one step further: they call for "specified limits on their fat, saturated fat, sugar and sodium content," which the Type A lunch does not do.
"By basing a standard on the consumption of foods rather than nutrients," McConnell said, "the Type A standard ensures sound nutrition edication in addition to adequate nutrient intake."
Said Foreman, "We would have loved to have used the Type A foods because it would be easily administered, but we did not think it was consistent with the legislative history." Some states are already using Type A foods as a basis for what may be sold in competition with the lunch. At least 16 states have tighter regulations governing the sale of competitive foods than USDA is proposing; some of them are quite strict. West Virginia has banned the sale of candy, soft drinks, gum and flavored ice bars in schools at any time. Massachusetts does not permit the sale of candy or carbonated beverages in any school at any time. Milwaukee, Wis., prohibits the sale of any foods in competition with the school lunch program between 8 a.m. and 3:30 p.m. The District of Columbia prohibits the sale of "junk foods," but these regulations look better onpaper than in practice. Some District schools are reported to have vending machines that sell soft drinks to students. Many states prohibit the sale of any non-nutritious foods a half-hour prior to and during the school lunch period. Even this regulation goes further than what USDA has proposed.
More than once Foreman has appeared to be asking local jurisdictions to go further than USDA feels it can go. "State and local authorites are encouraged to adopt or continue more comprehensive rules," she said in her testimony. She said she was "happy" that several states already go "far beyond our position."
Interested parties have until Sept. 6 to comment on the proposed regulations, which were published in the Federal Register July 6. Comments should be sent to Margaret Glavin, Food and Nutrition Service, Department of Agriculture, Washington, D.C. 20250.


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WASHINGTON - U.S. regulators are in the early stages of an antitrust probe into whether Google Inc, the top player in Web display advertising, breaks antitrust law in how it handles some advertising sales, a source told Reuters on Thursday.
Recent Technology News
NEW YORK - In an unusual move before a trial, a federal judge expressed a tentative view that the U.S. Justice Department will be able to show evidence that Apple Inc engaged in a conspiracy with publishers to increase e-book prices.
WASHINGTON - Microsoft Corp won a round in a complex patent war on Thursday when the International Trade Commission said the company's popular Xbox entertainment system did not violate a patent owned by Google subsidiary Motorola Mobility.
- Satellite TV provider Dish Network Corp and wireless network provider nTelos Holdings Corp said they would jointly develop a broadband service within nTelos's coverage territory serving parts of Virginia, Maryland and a few other states.
LOS ANGELES - Former News Corp president Peter Chernin and private equity fund Guggenheim Digital Media have placed bids for Hulu, two people with knowledge of the matter told Reuters, triggering a tug-of-war for the online video service.
NEW YORK - Activist investor Carl Icahn and Southeastern Asset Management Inc have initiated talks with banks and asset managers to line up commitments for as much as $7 billion in bridge loans to back their leveraged recapitalization proposal for Dell Inc, banking sources told Thomson Reuters LPC on Thursday.
The Yahoo-Tumblr deal’s most pressing issue isn’t what will come of balance sheets, it’s what will come of each organization’s corporate culture.


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A customer pushes a shopping cart towards the doorway of a Lowe’s store in Concord, California, on Tuesday, Feb. 23, 2021.
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Lowe’s on Wednesday missed Wall Street’s sales expectations for its fiscal first quarter, as cooler spring weather hurt demand for supplies for outdoor do-it-yourself projects.
Shares were down about 2% in early trading.
Here’s what the house improvement retailer reported for the quarter ended April 29 compared with what Wall Street was expecting, based on a survey of analysts by Refinitiv:
- Earnings per share: $3.51 vs. $3.22 expected
- Revenue: $23.66 billion vs. $23.76 billion expected
Lowe’s reiterated its full-year outlook, saying it expects total sales to range between $97 billion and $99 billion and same-store sales to range from a decline of 1% to a rise of 1%.
In an interview with CNBC, CEO Marvin Ellison said the underlying aspects driving the house improvement industry haven’t modified: an aging housing stock, a shortage of accessible homes and appreciating real estate values. That is giving consumers confidence to spring for a kitchen appliance or to redo a toilet, despite inflation, he said.
Yet the chilly and cold April weather in parts of the country inspired Americans to postpone purchases of grills, patio furniture and gardening supplies. He said Lowe’s is already seeing sales pick up in May and expects to make up for that weaker early spring within the second quarter as warmer and dryer weather arrives.
Ellison said the corporate has not seen signs of a more skittish consumers. As an alternative of trading right down to cheaper products, he said Lowe’s shoppers are literally trading as much as a latest refrigerator or getting pricier lawn equipment.
Lowe’s results diverged from those of its competitor, Home Depot. On Tuesday, Home Depot surged beyond Wall Street’s expectations for quarterly earnings and revenue, chalking up its growth to home appreciation and a boom in projects for housing professionals.
Lowe’s cited similar sales drivers, but has a unique mix to its business. About 75% of its total sales come from DIY customers compared with Home Depot, which gets about half of its sales from them and half of its sales from home professionals like contractors, plumbers and electricians. That makes Lowe’s more vulnerable to shifts in demand, if homeowners resolve to skip a painting or landscaping project.
Lowe’s net income for the quarter increased barely to $2.33 billion, or $3.51 per share, from $2.32 billion or $3.21 per share, a yr earlier. The outcomes were above the $3.22 expected by analysts surveyed by Refinitiv.
Net sales fell to $23.66 billion from $24.42 billion last yr and missed analysts’ expectations of $23.76 billion.
Same-store sales declined 4% yr over yr, a bigger decrease than the two.5% drop that analysts expected, in response to StreetAccount.
As of Tuesday’s close, shares of Lowe’s are down about 25% up to now this yr. The stock closed Tuesday at $194.03, bringing the corporate’s market value to $128.27 billion.
Correction: Lowe’s net sales missed analysts’ expectations. An earlier version misstated that fact.


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22 Sep 2017
Charleston International Airport (CHS) is flying high, and soon you will have even more choices when flying to stay in a Charleston beach house. CHS is the busiest airport in the state. According to Paul Campbell, CEO of the Charleston County Aviation Authority, CHS is the second fastest-growing airport in the U.S. Only Love Field in Dallas is growing at a faster rate. You can’t be named the top place to visit for the last umpteen years running without seeing some immediate effects, and growth is one of them. Demand for SC vacation rentals is higher than ever, be they Isle of Palms luxury rentals or a Folly Beach house Charleston. The rest of the nation and the world have discovered the Lowcountry. Of course a Charleston beach house makes the ideal home base for a visit here. Such kudos and attention also have a way of spawning improvements to the travel infrastructure. Many of the folks coming to stay in our rental homes South Carolina, either Isle of Palms vacation rentals or Folly Beach rentals Charleston, arrive here by plane. CHS, or Charleston International Airport, recently underwent a massive $200 upgrade and overhaul. The results are a marked improvement that make jetting to the Holy City more pleasant than ever. The airport has been in the news a lot lately, as more and more airlines fly in and out of Charleston. Each time a new airline comes to Charleston we all get more options of routes to fly here, more competition, and lower airfares.
A new way to fly to your Charleston beach house
Well, it was just announced this week that yet another one will soon be offering service to CHS. It’s Frontier Airlines, based out of Denver. Not only will they be offering some interesting nonstop destinations in and out of Charleston, they will also be offering really amazing rates. I’m talking $39 and even $34 one-way introductory fares. Frontier's motto is “Low Fares Done Right,” and they provide customizeable ticket packages to save customers money. Service will include:
- Nonstop to Denver and Philadelphia on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Sundays beginning February 20th;
- Nonstop to Chicago O’Hare on Mondays and Fridays beginning May 11th.
Flights will be aboard an Airbus single-aisle A320 aircraft that seats 186 passengers.. Helen Hill, CEO of the Charleston Area Convention and Visitors Bureau and a board member of CHS, had this to say: "Additional access to our region from the important markets announced today gives our industry a great opportunity that we will seize. We strongly believe that Frontier Airlines will enjoy early success in Charleston.” Here’s the scoop from ABC News 4. This is the Post & Courier’s take, which is more in-depth. So, soon you’ll have even more options for getting to our luxury beach house rentals SC.
Mega goings-on near your Charleston beach house
Charleston Museum has been undergoing a massive renovation, and you can see the grand unveiling of all that work this weekend. This Saturday, September 23rd, it’s the Grand Opening of the Bunting Natural History Gallery, and it looks to be a lot of fun. Think: dinosaur bones and other cool creatures you just don’t see every day. Here’s how they describe it:
Come celebrate the opening of The Charleston Museum’s Bunting Natural History Gallery with a special event! Get your picture taken in a set of Megalodon jaws. Stand next to a Giant Ground Sloth. Compare your wingspan with that of the largest flying bird that ever lived, Pelagornis sandersi. Be one of the first to see this new exhibit hall, with spectacular displays, fascinating fossils, animal mounts and geologic materials from the Museum’s extensive natural history collections, and unique interactive experiences. Special presentations, crafts, a face painter, a scavenger hunt and more will create a day full of learning and fun.
It’ll happen from 10:00 am till 2:00 p.m. at the Museum, located at 360 Meeting Street downtown. It's an easy drive from your Charleston beach house. You can also check out the Charleston Farmers' Market at Marion Square while you're at it. Here’s the whole story: https://www.charlestonmuseum.org/news-events/the-museums-new-bunting-natural-history-gallery-a-return-to-our-roots/ So get set for new flights, and check out the revamped museum. And remember - if you are interested in booking one of our beach house rentals Charleston SC, namely a luxury house on Isle of Palms, call as far ahead as possible for the best selection. All best, Lowcountry Lisa your Isle of Palms vacation blogger


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Google's Android has flatlined in the US as Apple's iPhone steals all growth
Instead, as Evans noted, "there's near-zero seasonality in Android phone sales. People decide they want a phone and go out and buy whatever's in the shop at the time that looks good. Launches of 'hero' Android phones appear to have no impact at all ...
Android Sales Flatline While iPhone Sales Soar
Android's Growth In The US Has Flatlined While iPhone Continues To Rise [Chart]
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Three years ago, the Federal Trade Commission dimmed hopes for the Brightest Flashlight app for Android, slapping its developer with charges of consumer deception. Why? The app was transmitting users' locations and device ...
Researchers at the University of California, Riverside have identified a weakness in the Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) of all Linux operating systems since late 2012 that enables attackers to hijack users' internet ...
Software developers listen up: if you want people to pay attention to your security warnings on their computers or mobile devices, you need to make them pop up at better times.
A pair of well-known hackers has found another way to take control of a Jeep Cherokee—this time while it's moving at high speed.
Can the US election be hacked?
In 2015, two researchers remotely hacked a Jeep Cherokee being driven by a reporter who documented how the researchers controlled everything from the car's radio and media console to its brakes and steering.
Two men jailed in Houston and accused of using pirated computer software to steal more than 100 vehicles may have exploited an electronic vulnerability to advance auto theft into high-tech crime.
Here's some advice for newbies to the largest cybersecurity and hacking conferences in the world, taking place in Las Vegas this week: Hackers are going to hack, so do everything you can to get out of their way.
A series of spectacular cyber attacks against banks, resulting in the theft of tens of millions of dollars, has heightened fears for an industry becoming an increasingly attractive target for hackers.
The FBI's director said Friday the agency is collecting data to present next year in hopes of sparking a national conversation about law enforcement's increasing inability to access encrypted electronic devices.


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Outriders – New Gameplay Today Live
Outriders is one of my most anticipated games of 2021. When I first got to get my hands on the game last year, I was taken by the tight and electrifying gunplay developer People Can Fly has a knack for with its work on titles such as Gears of War: Judgement and Bulletstorm. But the fun shooting mechanics weren't the only thing that swayed me.
This squad-based sci-fi shooter takes a page from the holy book of the Mass Effect series in how it utilizes its character's abilities. Whether you're looking to summon giant blasts of energy or a bullet shield that can send projectiles back at your foes, Outriders gives you plenty of opportunities to experiment with a plethora of awesome abilities.
Flash forward to today and People Can Fly is giving us another taste of their latest title. The developer's new demo is set to launch at 11 a.m. CT and give fans a new look at what they can expect when the full game launches this April.
To celebrate the demo's release, Liana Ruppert, Alex Van Aken, and I are combining our shooter skills to check out what new challenges and additions have been added to Outriders since we last saw it.
We're going live at 12:10 p.m. CT so be sure to join us in the chat and get your questions answered about People Can Fly's newest sci-fi shooter! If you can't get enough of our live shows, remember to subscribe on YouTube, Twitch, Twitter, and Facebook to get notified when we go live each week!
Excited about Outriders? Be sure to check out our coverage hub where we show off some of the weirdest weapons in the game, explore the different classes, and sit down with the devs in a Rapid Fire interview.
People Can Fly's latest title is set to launch on April 1 for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC


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Experts warn Bash bug poses “catastrophic” threat to devices in the home
EXPERTS warn a new cyber bug, called Bash Bug, can attack all your smartphone-controlled devices. And you need to protect yourself now.
IT’S the new cyber threat that threatens the smartphone-controlled devices in your home and it’s already been called a greater threat than Heartbleed.
“The thing with the Heartbleed bug wasn’t that that the internet was going to collapse, but that it’s in so many places that we really can’t eradicate it all,” Graham says in his blog.
“Saying ‘as bad as Heartbleed’ doesn’t mean your website is going to get hacked tomorrow, but that a year from now we’ll be reading about how hackers got in using the vulnerability to something interesting.
“Internet-of-things devices like video cameras are especially vulnerable because a lot of their software is built from web-enabled bash scripts. Thus, not only are they less likely to be patched, they are more likely to expose the vulnerability to the outside world.”
Red Hat computer security researchers have labelled it as “catastrophic”.
French IT manager Stephane Chazelas discovered the bug in the Bash software used on Linux computers, which potentially allows hackers to exploit weaknesses in internet-connected devices by using things such as smart light bulbs to connect through to the rest of a network.
The challenge for consumers is working out if their devices are at risk.
The solution is to check with the manufacturers, particularly in the next few days and follow any advice to update software.


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The bright side is that since today RadioShack. Composite Video To Hdmi Radioshack… has formally been bought by Retail Ecommerce Ventures (REV), offering the struggling business a brand-new lease on life. The downside, a minimum of for folks like us, is that there are no instant strategies to return the iconic electronics seller to its brick-and-mortar roots. As the name implies, REV focuses on online retail, having previously revamped the Internet presence of other bankrupt services such as Pier 1 Imports and Dressbarn.
While the press release doesn’t straight-out prevent the possibility of new physical RadioShack locations, it’s clear that REV thinks the future of retail isn’t to be found in your local shopping center. As the United States mulls further lockdowns in action to the continuing COVID-19 pandemic, it’s difficult to disagree. There will be millions of bored kids and adults looking for something to do during the long winter nights, and an electronic kit or 2 shipped to their door might be just the important things.
REV states they prepare to relaunch the rather outdated RadioShack website in the nick of time for the company’s 100th anniversary in 2021. As of this writing the website presently says that sales have been briefly halted to permit inventory restructuring, though it’s unclear if this is directly related to the buyout or not. Getting an accurate count of just how much product the business still has on hand after shuttering most of their physical locations in 2017 definitely seems like something the new owners would want to do.
Like the majority of you, we have fond memories of the Golden Age of RadioShack, back prior to they believed selling televisions and phones was in some way an excellent idea. To their credit, they did try and rekindle their relationship with hackers and makers by asking the neighborhood what they ‘d want to see in their stores. We all know how that story ended. While it doesn’t appear like this news will get us any closer to having a community shop that stocks resistors, there’s a particular comfort in knowing that RadioShack books and kits will still be around for the next generation.
RadioShack’s shambling remains were given another jolt of life today when they were acquired by another business that prepares to relaunch the once-great seller as an online-focused brand name.
The store’s remains were bought by Retail Ecommerce Ventures (REV), a startup founded in 2019 that’s been scooping up brands from other faded retail giants too, consisting of Pier 1, Modell’s Sporting Product, Dressbarn, and more. REV says RadioShack’s website already has “strong existing sales and sales capacity,” and the company is “confident” it can further raise awareness of the brand worldwide.
REV declares it’s successfully reversed other business it’s released as online brands. The Wall Street Journal reported that Dressbarn more than doubled its revenue between the very first and 2nd quarter of 2020.
RadioShack was established in 1921 and ended up being a retail staple in the ’80s and ’90s for anybody looking to grab tech fundamentals. REV didn’t say whether those RadioShack licenses would stick around. Composite Video To Hdmi Radioshack
REV says it will “soon relaunch” RadioShack’s site. For those of you still clinging on to fond memories of the store, there’ll be a familiar adequate place to go when you desire to buy pricey HDMI cable televisions and knockoff earphones.


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What’s the Ideal Press Release Length? Newswire Shares the Answer
RALEIGH, N.C., September 22, 2023 (Newswire.com) - Newswire, an industry leader in press release distribution services, including content production, strategy, planning, and media technology, has found that successful campaigns include a newsworthy angle and proper press release format.
To achieve the latter, Newswire suggests companies use the inverted pyramid to properly structure their information to address the most important information and keep the content within a specified word range.
A press release should be between 300 and 400 words.
“Since press releases cover important information, exceeding 300 to 400 words is easy. But, having a framework like the inverted pyramid in place while writing helps professionals make edits to keep the focus on the main message,” said Jennifer Hammers, Executive Vice President of Sales and Marketing.
Newswire offers an overview of the proper press release format:
- Compelling headline – Be direct, clear, and compelling to capture the readers' attention.
- Press release summary – Include supporting information that creates context for the campaign's topic.
- First paragraph – Follow the inverted pyramid.
- Second paragraph – The quote should support the topic of the press release and should come from company executives and/or topic matter experts.
- Last paragraph – Share additional information reinforcing the main topic and encouraging people to take a defined action.
To learn more about the ideal press release length, visit newswire.com.
Newswire is a media technology company that provides its clients with the Press Release Optimizer, which consists of press release distribution, media databases, media monitoring, and online media rooms that power the Media Advantage: greater brand awareness through earned media, increased online visibility through content strategy and planning as well as greater SEO recognition.
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Level 5 Teases with a Black Box
Announcements from major developers always create major anticipation, and the famed developer of the Professor Lyaton series and contributor the the Dragon Quest franchise, Level 5, is adding an air of mystery to their next big title.
The developer’s American office has launched a website that simply displays a rotating black cube. What is in the box? Is the box itself a clue? Will this have anything to do with Nintendo platforms? Nobody knows at this point, and given the fact there isn’t a countdown clock or anything like that, we don’t even know when our questions will be answered. So, all we can do is just wait and see.
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Nintendo is 56th Best Brand of 2012
Every year, Interbrand assess the value of countless brand names swirling around the global economy and compiles a list of the 100 that come out on top.
Nintendo finished 56th this year, despite its relative decline over the last several years. Year over year, Nintendo’s brand value has dropped 8% to an amount of roughly $7 billion. The company was at its highest value in 2009 when it topped 9 billion.
Sitting at the very top of the list is Coca-Cola, the only non tech company in the top 5, which is rounded out with Apple, IBM, Google, and Microsoft.
Assassin’s Creed III DLC Introduces King Washington
The latest in Ubisoft’s successful Assassin’s Creed franchise is still a few weeks out, longer still for the Wii U version, but the French publisher isn’t waiting to announce their DLC plans for the title. While the franchise has always tweaked history to fit its designs, the end result has always maintained the general integrity of actual history, but this time around they will be playing around with an alternate vision of early American history.
The DLC will be released in 3 episodic parts entitled The Tyranny of King Washington, and will envision an alternate world in which George Washington became the King of America and needs to be stopped by the revolutionaries (Assassin’s included) who once fought at his side. The announcement confirmed that all content will be available for Wii U. However, it has not been confirmed whether or not the games Season Pass, which gives players the DLC sooner and at a discounted price, will be available for Wii U.
Perhaps this announcement will put to rest the fears of some critics that the game would only be about killing redcoats.


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Zacks Investment Research downgraded shares of Stitch Fix (NASDAQ:SFIX) from a buy rating to a hold rating in a report published on Thursday.
According to Zacks, “Stitch Fix, Inc. provides an online subscription and personal shopping platform. The Company offers shirts, jackets, sweaters, blazers, leggings, vests, scarfs, jeans, loafers and boots for men and women. Stitch Fix, Inc. is based in San Francisco, United States. “
Several other equities research analysts have also weighed in on SFIX. Stifel Nicolaus lifted their price target on Stitch Fix from $26.00 to $30.00 and gave the company a hold rating in a research report on Tuesday, October 2nd. Wells Fargo & Co dropped coverage on Stitch Fix in a research report on Tuesday, October 2nd. Piper Jaffray Companies set a $31.00 price target on Stitch Fix and gave the company a hold rating in a research report on Tuesday, October 2nd. KeyCorp assumed coverage on Stitch Fix in a report on Tuesday, July 10th. They issued an overweight rating and a $38.00 target price on the stock. Finally, JPMorgan Chase & Co. boosted their target price on Stitch Fix to $36.00 and gave the stock a neutral rating in a report on Tuesday, September 25th. Eight investment analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and five have given a buy rating to the stock. The stock currently has an average rating of Hold and a consensus price target of $33.18.
NASDAQ SFIX opened at $26.30 on Thursday. Stitch Fix has a twelve month low of $14.48 and a twelve month high of $52.44.
Stitch Fix (NASDAQ:SFIX) last released its quarterly earnings results on Monday, October 1st. The company reported $0.18 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the Thomson Reuters’ consensus estimate of $0.04 by $0.14. Stitch Fix had a return on equity of 15.39% and a net margin of 1.90%. The company had revenue of $318.30 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $318.93 million. The firm’s quarterly revenue was up 23.2% compared to the same quarter last year. On average, equities analysts predict that Stitch Fix will post 0.22 earnings per share for the current year.
In other Stitch Fix news, CFO Paul Yee sold 5,000 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Wednesday, October 3rd. The stock was sold at an average price of $29.48, for a total value of $147,400.00. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available through the SEC website. Also, COO Mike C. Smith sold 25,000 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Wednesday, August 15th. The stock was sold at an average price of $32.69, for a total value of $817,250.00. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders sold 361,886 shares of company stock worth $12,620,150 over the last three months.
Several large investors have recently made changes to their positions in SFIX. Northern Trust Corp bought a new position in shares of Stitch Fix during the first quarter valued at $389,000. Russell Investments Group Ltd. bought a new position in shares of Stitch Fix during the first quarter valued at $533,000. Stifel Financial Corp bought a new position in shares of Stitch Fix during the first quarter valued at $477,000. Fiera Capital Corp bought a new position in shares of Stitch Fix during the first quarter valued at $1,014,000. Finally, Blair William & Co. IL bought a new position in shares of Stitch Fix during the first quarter valued at $1,458,000. 21.59% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.
About Stitch Fix
Stitch Fix, Inc sells a range of apparel, shoes, and accessories through its Website and mobile app in the United States. It offers denim, dresses, blouses, skirts, shoes, jewelry, and handbags for men and women under the Stitch Fix brand. The company was formerly known as rack habit inc. and changed its name to Stitch Fix, Inc in October 2011.
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Supplements Claiming to Ease Opioid Addiction Come Under Scrutiny
Chris Beekman, whose company sells the dietary supplement Opiate Detox Pro, does not understand what all the fuss is about.
“If it works, it works,” Mr. Beekman, the owner of NutraCore Health Products, said in an interview. “If it doesn’t, it doesn’t.” His customers, addicts trying to shake a dependence on opioids, can always get their money back, he said.
Opiate Detox Pro’s label says, “Opioid addiction ease,” and the company’s website claims, “Our ingredients are the most effective on the market for treating withdrawal symptoms.”
Mr. Beekman said he did not have scientific evidence to prove that the product worked, and would not be conducting research to buttress the company’s claims.
“It’s just not going to happen,” he said, citing what he called the prohibitive cost of scientific studies and clinical trials.
Peter Lurie thinks that is an unacceptable position from someone who sells supplements that purport to treat addiction. Dr. Lurie, a former Food and Drug Administration official, runs the nonprofit Center for Science in the Public Interest, which on Friday urged the F.D.A. and the Federal Trade Commission to crack down on businesses that target addicts with products that make unproven health claims.
The F.D.A. has already zeroed in on another supplement, kratom, a botanical substance that has been promoted as a safe substitute for opioids and an adjunct to opioid use. Last month, the agency issued a public health advisory for kratom, warning that the product carried “deadly risks,” and linked about three dozen deaths to it. Earlier, the agency had ordered that kratom imports be seized and told companies to take it out of supplements.
In general, the agency can fine companies that make and distribute them, or take other enforcement actions. In the past few weeks, reacting to other agency warnings, Amazon has stopped making available some products claiming to assist in opioid withdrawal.
“We monitor the products sold on our website, and when appropriate, we remove products from the website,” said Erik Fairleigh, an Amazon spokesman.
The move has upset those who sell the supplements.
“They pulled us all down,” said Allen Wetmore, a spokesman for NutraCore Health Products. “They claim we were trying to treat addiction as a disease.”
Because dietary supplements are regulated differently than food and drugs, these products do not require clinical trials before entering the market. But the trade commission, which regulates advertising, and the drug agency can enforce rules against fraudulent health claims. And the drug agency’s website notes that the array of dietary supplements making health claims has grown tremendously in recent years. “Though the benefits of some of these have been documented, the advantages of others are unproven,” the website says.
When they claim to treat diseases, including addiction, supplements shift into the category of drugs, and companies wanting to make such claims must follow the drug agency’s approval process to show that their products are safe and effective.
Scott Gottlieb, the F.D.A. commissioner, has made expanding available medical therapy for treating opioid-use disorders a key goal of the agency, which has approved several drugs and devices for opioid-withdrawal treatment.
The Center for Science in the Public Interest recently conducted a market analysis to identify companies promoting dietary supplements as effective aids for opioid withdrawal. The group contacted eight online sellers and requested any scientific evidence they had to substantiate health claims made by their products.
The results offer a glimpse into the loosely regulated field of dietary supplements, and a case study of how businesses are capitalizing on efforts by addicts eager to break their habits amid what has become a national opioid epidemic.
“We’re looking at hundreds of thousands of people who are addicted to opioids, many of whom are desperate,” Dr. Lurie said. “It’s a situation with very limited treatment options compared to the demand, and unto the breach come these unscrupulous dietary supplement manufacturers, who know people are desperate and likely to try them.”
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Groupon: The Biggest Tech IPO Since Google
In its initial public offering, Groupon is selling about $700 million in stock. As The Wall Street Journal puts it that's "the biggest tech IPO of its kind since Google's stock-market debut."
If you're not familiar, Groupon is an Internet deals company. It for example, sells $50 worth of food at a restaurant for $25. It splits the profits with the restaurant on coupons redeemed and keeps the ones that customers don't use.
And just how hot is the stock? Here's All Things D:
As you may have heard, Groupon began trading this morning, and the stock immediately leapt up from its $20 per share open to $28. That's a 40 percent leap, and it made CEO Andrew Mason, at least temporarily, worth around $1.3 billion.
That number also valued the entire company around $18 billion — about three times what Google offered to pay for the daily deals innovator last year.
The big picture here is that Groupon follows a long list of tech companies to file for an IPO in 2011. LinkedIn, Zillow, Pandora came before it. And social gaming company Zynga and local-business reviewer Angie's List will launch their IPO later this year.
As TechCrunch notes Groupon and Zynga have inspired much talk that their values are overinflated and to the tech sector "some attach the dreaded 'bubble' label, some don't, but there is anxiety brewing here no matter what you call it."
As the IPO approached lots of analysts dissected the comparison to Amazon, the web's biggest retailer, pushed by Groupon.
Amazon was better suited at the time of its 1997 IPO to withstand competition than Groupon is now, said Peter Sorrentino, a senior money manager at Huntington Asset Advisors in Cincinnati, which oversees $14.5 billion. Groupon is also generating lower revenue per employee and spending more of its sales on marketing than Amazon was, making the comparison far-fetched, he said.
"In terms of its progress toward a profitable enterprise, I think that's a huge stretch," Sorrentino said of the comparison between the two companies. For Groupon, "The beast is growing faster than its revenue stream, and you may be chasing profitability for a while."
Most analysts agreed. One of them said the only similarity is the question that was asked of both companies when they filed for an IPO: Will they ever make any money?
Tim Carmody, at Wired, saw the numbers this morning and tried to stow away his skepticism, especially when he remembers that he was equally skeptical of Amazon when it first went public. But he remains unconvinced and here's the crux of his argument:
The worry for Groupon investors is that Google or some other giant squashes it like Microsoft squashed Netscape.
Part of the problem of building a customer base filled with people scouring for the best deals is that they're always looking for a better one. This is also a problem for retailers, who are hoping to use Groupon to generate repeat business; it doesn't work if Groupon users just move on to the next deal.
Groupon already has some hefty competitors. LivingSocial is well known and Google just launched Offers, its own deals service.
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After much rumour, a deal was signed for the second Costco store in Queensland. For years, many have speculated that Costco would take over the parcel of land where Masters, the failed hardware store, once stood. But now it’s been confirmed to the Queensland Times by a Costco staffer that the retail giant is working to finalise construction plans and lodge a development application. Until the application has been lodged, Costco is expected to remain tight-lipped on its plans for the Bundamba store. The Costco spokesman stated that they were “very interested in a site in Ipswich because it would capture the whole western area of Brisbane”.
Ipswich residents can look forward to the “Costco effect” as proven at North Lakes when the mega-retail giant opened. Not only are groceries cheap, but petrol prices at surrounding service stations at North Lakes were forced to drop to compete. “When prices started going up, people living near the Costco didn’t feel that pinch because everyone in the area still had to compete with Costco’s prices,” said RACQ’s Renee Smith. So even if you’re not a Costco member, you will still benefit.
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Stock market guru will work for food
“At the height of its power, the photography company Kodak employed more than 140,000 people and was worth $28 billion. They even invented the first digital camera. But today Kodak is bankrupt, and the new face of digital photography has become Instagram. When Instagram was sold to Facebook for a billion dollars in 2012, it employed only 13 people.”
That’s from tech guru Jaron Lanier’s book, “Who Owns the Future?” Apple, one of the largest corporations in the world, is worth about $500 billion but employs only 80,000 people. That’s around half the people working for Kodak at its peak, even though, financially, Apple is 18 times bigger.
Ford and GM are each worth about one-tenth what Apple is, but they each employ more than twice as many people. Yet those figures are misleading. They don’t include the people who work in the dealerships and sell the cars. They don’t include the people who make the tires and the hubcaps and the assembly line robots; the people who build the highways and make the stoplights, and on and on and on. There’s a difference between an auto company and an auto industry.
The same is true of high-tech companies. Accidentally smash a brand-new $399 smartphone by, say, dropping it from the top of a concrete staircase at a minor league ballpark when I, uh, I mean when you pull it out of your pocket and it slips through your nacho-greased fingers, and you can’t help but wonder who made all those tiny pieces and if there’s some possible way to put them back together again. (FYI: No, there isn’t.)
I bring this up because every night as the news seems to get worse and worse — wars, rumors of wars, natural disasters, violence, unrest — you’ll hear a newscaster report that “the stock market was down today because of jitters about unrest in the Middle East.” Or Ukraine. Or Ebola. Or floods or fires or drought.
Really? When has there not been unrest in the Middle East? There was unrest when stocks went up, and there was unrest when stocks went down.
How is bad news going to affect your stocks? Are people going to stop using Facebook and Twitter because there’s fighting in the Middle East? On the contrary: Their traffic goes up in times of great crisis. Are people going to stop using their cellphones? Same story. Are they going to cancel their Netflix subscriptions and stop going to Starbucks? Are you going to stop buying your kids new school clothes because of the fighting in Ukraine? Will you buy fewer groceries? Will the Ebola outbreak in West Africa be the reason you decide to go to McDonald’s or not? Are you going to stop reading the paper? Sure, the news is upsetting, but when isn’t it?
You could make a case that fighting in the Middle East will affect the price of oil, but Apple and Facebook and Google and cable TV really don’t use much oil. Exxon, the first- or second-biggest company in the world depending on what day of the week it is, makes more money when the price of oil goes up.
If you give it some thought, stocks should really only go down if love and peace and good health broke out all over the world. That would really cause a crash. All the defense contractors would go broke, their workers would be out on the streets, and the nightly news would be wall-to-wall cat videos.
Wall Street goes up and down all the time, but if someone says they know why the market is up or down today, they are either a liar or a fool. Because if they really knew, they’d be rich beyond imagining.
Contact Jim Mullen at JimMullenBooks.com.


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In poll after poll, it’s apparent that the COVID-19 pandemic has left travelers shell-shocked.
Four in 10 Americans say they won’t step on a plane until there is a COVID-19 vaccine, according to a new study from The Points Guy, a travel website. The availability of a vaccine would be nearly twice as compelling as getting the all-clear from the federal (23%) or local (20%) government.
One in five U.S. adults (20%) say they will never fly again. That’s twice as many as the 11 percent who say they’re ready to fly right now.
“Ultimately, travel is deeply personal, and travelers need to make decisions based on their personal risk threshold, health and other factors, such as local and national restrictions,” said Melanie Lieberman, senior travel editor at The Points Guy.
Slightly less than one-third of Americans (31%) are considering taking a vacation between now and the end of the summer, with another 15 percent saying they would ponder a trip in autumn or late 2020. Of these would-be travelers, the vast majority (88%) will take a road trip, with in-state getaways (47%) slightly beating out out-of-state trips (41%).
“It’s important to remember that a vacation doesn’t have to be a far-flung getaway,” said Lieberman. “Travelers are warming up to the idea of classic road trips, and time spent in the great outdoors.”
When Americans are given a choice of travel destinations this year, they are most likely to choose a state or national park (44%), followed by a beach (39%) or a hotel resort (28%). Fewer adults are at ease with a home rental (19%), visiting a big city (15%) or going to a theme park (12%).
A significant number of Americans are going to put off a vacation for the time being. Slightly more than a quarter of adults (28%) say they will wait until at least 2021 to travel again.
Methodology: The online survey was fielded May 13-15, 2020 for The Points Guy by YouGov to a natonally representative sample of 2,393 adults.


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Harley-Davidson celebration ends today
May 10, 2003
Greeley Harley-Davidson Honda Yamaha, 3010 29th St., will conclude a grand opening at its new location today.
The business will start serving fresh pork from seven hogs it prepared for the event at 11 a.m. The first 100 women who attend the grand opening will be given a free commemorative rose honoring Mother’s Day, and 150 prizes will be given away throughout the day.
Other special events will take place during today’s special hours, 9 a.m.-8 p.m.
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Users who purchase Breville products are in for a treat as the company will be giving away chocolates and an ultimate food experience for two for a lucky customer.
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Further gourmet experiences comprise a variety of ultimate food experiences ranging from a degustation dinner for two at a top Sydney restaurant, cooking class and gourmet international food tour of Sydney.
In addition to the Ultimate Food Experience, Breville are also offering consumers who spend $99 or more in a single transaction to receive by redemption a box of Darrell Lea chocolates.
“Two consecutive promotions running during April and May will undoubtedly help generate sales for our retailers over this already traditionally busy period,” said Breville Brand Director David Gubbin.
This offer commences this Wednesday, April 1, 2009 and concludes on May 31, 2009.


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Beijing, May 28, 2014 / CEI / -. “Currently, China Mobile, which owns 780 million users, the majority are still using 2G phones,” China Mobile chairman Xi Guohua said at the shareholders meeting, the need to push customers to upgrade 3G and 4G, last year the company data flow and therefore the amount of explosive revenue growth. China Mobile CEO Li Yue introduced by Tencent micro-channel business impact, short message service first four months of the company fell more than 20%.
Beijing, May 28, 2014 / CEI / -. “Currently, China Mobile, which owns 780 million users, the majority are still using 2G phones,” China Mobile chairman Xi Guohua said at the shareholders meeting, the need to push customers to upgrade 3G and 4G, last year the company data flow and therefore the amount of explosive revenue growth. China Mobile CEO Li Yue introduced by Tencent micro-channel business impact, short message service first four months of the company fell more than 20%. Shareholders’ meeting, China Mobile executives have responded to the business development of 4G, 5G R & D progress, and funded three major telecom operators in building the tower companies and other investors are concerned about the topic. China Mobile executive director Liu Aili, at present the parties are negotiating on the Eiffel Tower and the details of the company’s operations, the new company may be set up in the form of hybrid capital, do not rule out the introduction of private capital.
Liu Aili said China Mobile shareholders and investors tend to play a role. He estimates that after the establishment of the company will first inject Tower 2G, 3G, 4G tower facility assets, and priority will be injected into the new facility, the next step was injected into other existing facilities. Upon completion of the injection, the three major telecom providers will lease tower company facilities.
Xi Guohua said China Mobile profit model is transformed from voice communications to data traffic, is still in transition. Last year, the company data traffic increasing by 24%, accounting for corporate communications to increase the percentage of total revenue to 35%; Instead, voice revenues have peaked.
At the meeting, shareholders criticized the company has a small investment is too large, affecting dividend and profit performance. Xi Guohua response to last year’s capital expenditures and higher marketing costs, mainly because the company hopes built 4G network in the shortest possible time, to complete the construction within one year 500,000 base target. He stressed that if you do not increase capital expenditures and marketing in order to promote the development of 4G services, then in the next two years, although you can continue to maintain growth, but after two years of 4G services on the “dead.” Xi Guohua said that China will intensify the development of 4G mobile services, although the terminal technology has matured, but industrialization, including price, variety and other factors still need time to develop, he expected growth in 4G services will be issued in the second half of this year will really force.
Xi Guohua said that at present a number of external factors that will affect the company’s profit performance, such as VAT, business tax reform, capital expenditures and increased costs. But he believes that this is just normal fluctuations in transition.
Xi Guohua also revealed that the tower is expected to be established in the company in the third quarter of this year. By then, the three major telecom providers can share resources, which will help reduce operators’ capital expenditures and to avoid duplication of base stations and other problems arise.
Li Yue is talking about, by the micro-channel influence, China Mobile SMS business dropped 15 percent last year, the first four months of this year fell by more than 20%, is expected to continue the company’s micro-channel messaging services a big impact. Li Yue revealed that China Mobile has been involved in research 5G, but is still in the concept stage, is expected in the next five to 10 years, the domestic telecommunications market dominated by 4G.
Adjusted for the effect of the three carriers for interconnection standards brought inland, Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of China Mobile, said Xue Taohai, this adjustment will affect the company’s profits this year. Reported revenue of China Mobile in the first quarter by 1.4% thus reducing profits have also been significantly affected.
For mainland will start the second half of the camp changed to increase the tax reform, Xue Taohai think this company’s profits also have a negative impact, but he stressed that the company’s revenue for the gradual transition from the voice traffic revenue, which made gradually increase the proportion of low-tax business, China Mobile will henceforth be exempted from VAT tend to choose companies to reduce costs. He expected, as the industry gradually expand the scope of tax reform, the company is exempt from the tax increase, the business impact of changes to the company’s growth will be gradually reduced.


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Microsoft has changed the clause in its Terms and Conditions related to artificial intelligence (AI), and now prohibits anyone from reverse engineering or harvesting data from its AI software to train or improve other models.
Companies now face challenges with the rise of generative AI, as people want to know what companies and advertisers are doing with information provided by users.
Microsoft outlined this issue in a new clause titled "AI Services" in its terms of service. It does not apply to enterprise users.
The new policies will take effect on September 30, and range from reverse engineering to extracting data. Microsoft states that no one can reverse-engineer AI services to discover underlying components of models, algorithms, and systems. For example, no one can try to determine and remove the weights of models.
Microsoft also limits the use of web scraping, web harvesting, or web data extraction methods to extract data from the AI services.
The terms also state that users may not use the AI services -- or data from the AI services -- to create, train, or improve any other AI service.
Part of providing AI services means the user gives Microsoft permission to process and store any inputs as well as outputs to monitor the content. The goal is to prevent abusive or harmful use of the service.
Microsoft also states that users are solely responsible for responding to any third-party claims regarding the use of the AI services in compliance with applicable laws, such as copyright infringement or other claims relating to content output during the use of the AI services.
A Microsoft spokesperson declined to comment on how long the company plans to store user inputs in its software.
"We regularly update our terms of service to better reflect our products and services," the Microsoft spokesperson told The Register, which initially brought light to the change. "Our most recent update to the Microsoft Services Agreement includes the addition of language to reflect artificial intelligence in our services and its appropriate use by customers," the representative told us in a statement."
Microsoft does not use the data to train AI models for Bing Enterprise Chat.
The Register notes that "policies are a little murkier for its Microsoft 365 Copilot," thought appears to use customer data or prompts for training and store information.
An article on Microsoft's website titled Data, Privacy, and Security for Microsoft 365 Copilot explains how it can generate responses anchored in the customer's business content, such as user documents, emails, calendar, chats, meetings, contacts, and other business data.
It reads that Copilot combines this content with the user's working context, such as the meeting a user is in now, the email exchanges the user has had on a topic, or the chat conversations the user had last week.


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$GME said its overall results exceeded expectations and last guidance due to increased operational effectiveness related to inventory quality and margin enhancement. $GME reported its third consecutive year of positive comps and increased operating earnings 80% from $10MM in 4Q14 to $18MM, excluding one-time charges in 4Q15.
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The new CEO of $SBUX, Kevin Johnson, has some pretty large shoes to fill but there are many who have good faith in his ability to do so.
$TSLA opening a showroom in Michigan. A bold move !!


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In an attempt to make India technologically advanced, technology giant Google organizes workshop on computer science (AI) and machine learning in Bengaluru nowadays.
Interestingly, many known personalities, like scientist and applied scientist Jeff Dean and vp of Engineering at Google Prabhakar Raghavan, set out the workshop by sharing the organization's future plans in terms of AI and cubic centimeter.
In addition to that they also spoke about the ease of doing business with the help of AI and ML.
The event witnessed many participation form several faculties and researchers from IITs and industry from both startups and big corporates including Amazon, Flipkart, Myntra and Ola. These companies discussed about their ongoing projects in many areas of AI.
At the event, Google additionally awarded grants to 5 college members in India to support their tutorial analysis on AI. In its web log, the corporate claimed that the funds disbursed to the winners now are more than it had been in 2012.
Scope of AI and Machine Learning In India
If one looks closely, all the major sectors in India such as healthcare, media, automobile Ã?Â¢?? are changing due to rapid technological advancement. According to Tracxn Technologies, there are more than 200 AI based startups in India.
List of indian startups who are carrying out projects related to AI and ML.
- Niki.ai is an AI-powered shopping assistant. Through its chatbot SDK, the organization leverages the technology of NLP and ML to interact with the customers over a chat interface, to shop for products and services. Moreover, it supports over 20 categories including entertainment, travel and daily utilities with partners like BookMyShow, OYO, Ola among others.
- Uncanny Vision delivers AI-based police investigation solutions. It explores deep Learning-enabled vision algorithms that are optimized to run nervy servers; the company provides efficient and ascendable security for next generation safe cities and sensible industries. It additionally permits period of time unjust police investigation and analytics for high-value customers in retail and banking.
- Founded by Avneesh Agrawal, Netradyne has developed a robust camera, which may analyze driving patterns and helps to work out the cause of an accident. The soap bar sized device is connected to a vehicle's rear-view mirror and rests on the inside of the windshield, pointing towards the road.
- Gurgaon based Staqu is an AI centered analysis firm operating in automated image understanding technology. Staqu allows automation of a number of the crucial tasks for ecommerce corporations that embrace image search, tag generation, real time recommendation.
As reported earlier by Inc42, the govt. has allotted a massive quantity of $480 Mn for Digital India initiatives centered on trendy technologies as well as artificial intelligence among others.
During the Union Budget 2018 session, Arun Jaitley, minister, declared that the the government will be investing extensively in research, training and skill development in robotics, Artificial Intelligence, digital manufacturing, Big Data intelligence and Quantum communications, among others.
It is expected that with the government's push, AI can revolutionise everything from manufucturing to innovation and labour market productivity in India. Also, it'll pave the track for India to be within the list of the foremost advanced economies.
Additionally, with such steps, India can be two steps ahead of the two superpowers US and China, especially when it comes to acknowledging the strategic importance of emerging technologies around the world.


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MADISON, Wis. – The Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection (DATCP), in collaboration with the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation (WEDC), invites Wisconsin agribusinesses to apply for International Market Access Grants (IMAG) through April 1, 2022. The additional funding for these grants to agribusinesses is provided by the Wisconsin Initiative for Agricultural Exports (WIAE), which was proposed by Gov. Tony Evers in his 2021-23 biennial budget. The funds were recently released by the Joint Finance Committee.
“Global demand for Wisconsin agricultural products continues to grow,” said WEDC Secretary and CEO Missy Hughes. “It’s vital that Wisconsin farmers and agribusinesses take advantage of these resources to get their products into new markets around the world.”
Coordinated by WEDC, IMAGs provide funding to support a company’s specific export development and deployment strategy. The WIAE expands WEDC’s existing IMAG program by designating funds solely for agribusinesses. Applicants must be an established agribusiness that is new to exporting or expanding into new markets, operating in Wisconsin for at least one year, and manufacturing, processing, assembling, or distributing a product that has the potential to be exported.
“Throughout the pandemic, Wisconsin’s agriculture industry has remained resilient and competitive in providing high-quality agricultural products to the world,” said Randy Romanski, Secretary of the Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection. “In 2021, our state hit a new record for agricultural exports, and the Governor’s investment in the WIAE will offer strategic support to agribusinesses seeking to continue this momentum.”
Companies that have not completed ExporTech™ training can receive IMAG funding up to three times with a maximum of $10,000 per grant. ExporTech™ graduates can receive IMAG funding up to six times with a maximum of $25,000 per grant. Matching funds are required at 30 percent of the grant award. Eligible project expenses include costs associated with trade shows and ventures, marketing, promotions, consulting services, and export education.
Application materials can be requested by contacting Katie Ujdak, WEDC Global Trade & Investment Grants Specialist, at email@example.com or (608) 210-6773. For more information on the IMAG program, visit https://wedc.org/programs-and-resources/global-business-development-program/.
Wisconsin agricultural exports reached an all-time high of $3.96 billion in 2021. Through the Wisconsin Initiative for Agricultural Exports, DATCP is working collaboratively with the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation (WEDC) to build on that momentum by promoting Wisconsin agricultural products in the international marketplace. For more information on the Wisconsin Initiative for Agricultural Exports, sign up for email updates and visit the DATCP website.


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Demand for units pushed new home sales in Australia to a new high in February, according to Australia’s biggest builders.
Overall sales of new homes increased by 1.1% following a gain of 1.8% in January. The volume of sales is now just above the previous peak of April 2014.
However, the result was all unit sales which jumped 11.1%. Traditional detached house sales fell by 1.3%.
This agrees with official Australian Bureau of Statistics numbers which show more units are being approved than houses.
“The headlines for the national new housing sector continue to dazzle in early 2015, says Housing Industry Association (HIA) chief economist Harley Dale.
He says the momentum for units sales, according to signals from both HIA new home sales and ABS building approvals, is upward.
Detached house sales are easing in New South Wales and Western Australia and have fallen significantly in South Australia. Modest growth in new house sales in Queensland and Victoria hasn’t been enough to offset these declines.
In February, detached house sales increased by 1.5% in Victoria and by 0.2% in Queensland. Detached house sales declined by 4.8% in New South Wales, 2% in South Australia and 2.9% in Western Australia.
The level of sales in the three months to February was lower in NSW (-6.9%), SA (-2.8%) and WA (-1.3%). Elsewhere sales increased, by 3.8% in Victoria and by 9% in Queensland.
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