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“It’s the heaviest thing I’ve ever worn” said Victoria’s Secret Angel Martha Hunt of the gigantic pair of LED wings and Swarovski crystal-studded corset she wore to close the Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show in New York on Tuesday night.
The annual lingerie extravaganza – dubbed ‘the Super Bowl of fashion shows’ - is by now renowned for its outlandish underwear looks, which feature everything from giant orchids and rockets to capes and feathery headpieces.
As one of Victoria’s Secret’s new wave of permanent recruits – better known as Angels - American model Martha Hunt was invited to close the show in a Swarovski bustier specially designed by Parisian couturier Serkan Cura, who also created 20 other looks for the show which (when combined together) featured nearly one million crystals.
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Martha’s bustier alone was decorated with 90 000 Swarovski crystal embellishments, weighed a whopping ten kilos and took two people two months to hand-embroider. “I practised walking last night with a weighted vest and heels to simulate how heavy it is” Martha told us backstage before the show, “I’m a little nervous about toppling over but I think it should be OK. You’ve just got to get out there, smile and do it.”
The prospect of walking out in your underwear in front of a global audience of 500 million people might sound terrifying to most of us, but Martha told us she has a good way of handling the nerves. “I meditate” she said, “it helps me stay calm, though the butterflies still arrive just before I walk out.”
Martha and 46 other Angels, including Kendall Jenner, Stella Maxwell and Gigi Hadid, walked in the 20th Victoria’s Secret runway show on Tuesday night at The Armory in Manhattan. They were serenaded with performances by Ellie Goulding, The Weeknd and Selena Gomez. This year’s show marked Victoria’s Secret’s return to Manhattan after a London visit last year to celebrate the brand’s Bond Street store opening.
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PRESTIGE ON LINE – by Alice Franklin – “Belgian designer Raf Simons is best known for his sleek, modern designs that hold an edgy and effortless appeal. For the second consecutive season, the ex-Christian Dior creative director has joined forces with Australian wool experts at The Woolmark Company for his spring/summer 2018 collection, to produce 50 looks that pay homage to this oft-overlooked fabric.”
QUEENSLAND COUNTRY LIFE – “The 2017 Royal Queensland Show showcased 131 fleeces from Queensland and NSW that met with the appraising eye of wool judge Robert Ellis, Ruralco Wool, Melbourne.
Achieving grand champion fleece of the show was a medium wool stud ram fleece weighing 12kg from Will and Narda Roberts, Victoria Downs Merino Stud, Morven, with a score of 94 points.”
BROADSHEET Melbourne – by Amanda Valmorbida – “New Zealand label Harman Grubiša has been awarded the Woolmark Prize for womenswear, and Melbourne label Blairarchibald has taken out the menswear prize in the Australia and New Zealand region category.”
THE WEEKLY TIMES – by Jamie-Lee Oldfield – “THE Eastern Market Indicator climbed 28c/kg last week, despite a strong Australian dollar and big volume offering.
Prices strengthened across the board during the first sales after the three-week recess, with all micron indicators in the south jumping between 10c/kg and 49c/kg.”
SHEEP CENTRAL – by Terry Sim – “VICTORIAN sheep producers Tim and Georgie Leeming are building precision into reproduction by shrinking pregnant ewe mob sizes and paddock sizes, and using natural shelter to maximise lamb survival. Tim and Georgie Leeming run a self-replacing composite flock on 1530 hectares north of Coleraine at Pigeon Ponds in Victoria’s Western District. They also run …”
SHEEP CENTRAL – “ROMA stock agent Nick Shorten of GDL has been declared the 2017 ALPA Queensland Young Auctioneers Competition winner.”
SHEEP CENTRAL – by Terry Sim – “BALLARAT has emerged as the first Victorian saleyard to consistently scan and upload data from electronically identified sheep and lambs at commercial sales in the lead-up to the 2018 statewide saleyards EID scanning deadline.”
NORTH QUEENSLAND REGISTER – by Annabelle Cleeland – “INVESTIGATING the merge of the wool and sheep research and marketing bodies has been proposed as the rift between Australian Wool Innovation (AWI) and Meat and Livestock Australia (MLA) widens.
What appears to have triggered the public battle is polarising ideologies on animal welfare issues, mulesing in particular.”
SHEEP CENTRAL – “VICTORIAN superfine wool grower Noel Henderson has turned down leadership of the sector’s peak grower body as the sector struggles to reach a consensus on an animal welfare and mulesing policy.”
NZ HERALD – THE COUNTRY – “Crossbred wool prices continue to be seriously challenged with a further drop in prices at last week’s South Island wool sale in Christchurch.
The offering of very well grown pre-lamb crossbred fleece failed to attract buyers, allowing the market to slip by up to 4%.”

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“This expansion by J&J Truck Sales reaffirms its continued confidence in Pittsylvania County and our Commonwealth,” said Governor Northam. “Well-established companies choosing to reinvest and create new jobs is what helps communities like Chatham flourish. We thank J&J Truck Sales for its commitment to Southside Virginia and look forward to supporting the company in this next phase of growth.”
Headquartered in the Town of Chatham in Pittsylvania County, J&J Truck Sales, Inc. is one of the nation’s leading dealers in used dump trucks and a leading construction equipment sales and rental firm. In addition to truck sales, the company buys, refurbishes, and rents equipment for the construction, industrial, agricultural, and excavating industries. J&J Truck Sales specializes in heavy duty trucks, including service, mechanic, tank, utility, and bucket trucks, and all types of dirt-moving and aerial construction equipment. With two locations in Virginia, the Chatham facility focuses on the sale of trucks and heavy equipment, and the Danville facility focuses on the company’s rental business.
“J&J Truck Sales’ long-term success in Danville-Pittsylvania County is a testament to the region’s competitive operating costs and dedicated workforce,” said Secretary of Commerce and Trade Brian Ball. “We are proud that the company has experienced success in Chatham and will create additional high-value jobs.”
“J&J Truck Sales has been a proud part of the Pittsylvania County community for the past quarter century,” said Jackie Atkinson, Owner of J&J Truck Sales, Inc. “We appreciate our partners at the county and state level who have worked hand-in-hand with us to help make Southside Virginia the best option for expansion. J&J is growing, and our new Chatham facility will be critical in supporting that growth. This is an exciting time to be in the Danville-Pittsylvania County area, and we look forward to being an integral part for many years to come.”
The Virginia Economic Development Partnership worked with Pittsylvania County and the Southern Virginia Regional Alliance to secure the project for Virginia. Governor Northam approved a $50,000 grant from the Commonwealth’s Opportunity Fund to assist Pittsylvania County with the project. J&J Truck Sales is eligible to receive state benefits from the Virginia Enterprise Zone Program, administered by the Virginia Department of Housing and Community Development.
“I am pleased that J&J Truck Sales, Inc. has chosen to build on its success in Pittsylvania County by expanding its facility in our community,” said Bob Warren, Chairman of the Pittsylvania County Board of Supervisors. “J&J Truck Sales is a valued commercial member of Pittsylvania County, and we are excited to see the continued success and additional jobs opportunities that will come from this expansion and investment in our county.”
“J&J Truck Sales is a well-established company that has contributed significantly to the regional economy and the growth of the automotive and heavy equipment supply chain in Southern Virginia,” said Linda Green, Executive Director of the Southern Virginia Regional Alliance. “Having them decide to expand operations in Pittsylvania County ensures this commitment will continue for future generations.”
“J&J Truck Sales has been a long-time fixture on Route 29 in our community,” said Senator William Stanley. “The company has been a valuable asset to our local economy and continues to be an integral part of our construction, agricultural, and heavy industry business success here in our region. Businesses rely on J&J Truck Sales and there are many residents of Pittsylvania County that depend on J&J for their livelihoods. Today’s announcement of the company’s planned expansion of its facility and the addition of 27 new, good-paying jobs is great news and a big win for both Chatham and Virginia.”
“That Pittsylvania County will be home to this new business investment and resulting job growth is great news for our community,” said Delegate Les Adams. “I congratulate J&J Truck Sales on this significant expansion and appreciate the efforts of everyone who coordinated the resources necessary to launch this endeavor.
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Persistent supply chain problems stemming from the government's fascist response to the Wuhan coronavirus (Covid-19) has left pretty much everything in shambles, including the energy sector which is having difficulty transporting fuel from refineries to service stations.
There are not enough truck drivers willing to transport fuel anymore, authorities claim. And hoarding is only making the situation worse, though it is to be expected with the writing on the wall.
It is becoming increasingly obvious that the world is in shutdown mode, thanks to Chinese Virus tyranny. Still, government figureheads are desperately trying to keep people calm with their soothsaying.
"Everyone should carry on as normal," announced U.K. Transport Secretary Grant Shapps, who claims that there is no actual fuel shortage.
Technically he is right: There is more than enough fuel on the planet to last many lifetimes. The problem is getting that fuel into people's cars and homes, especially at a time when it makes more sense for a lot of people to not work rather than work.
With fewer truck drivers and higher demand, prices for petrol are spiking. And the problem is only being worsened by the hyperinflation that is coming about due to private central banking and its fiat currency Ponzi schemes.
Oil is not the only thing suffering in the supply chain. Natural gas, fertilizer, carbon dioxide for food preservation, and more are all in short supply due to the devastating impact of the Fauci Flu plandemic.
Things are fizzling out, and fast, at a time when the Northern Hemisphere is on the verge of entering a cold winter season. Is this the "dark winter" that Joe Pedophile Biden warned about last year?
Christmas is also on the way, and experts are warning that the expected revenues that would normally come at this time of year will be greatly impacted by supply problems as tankers full of goods float around in the ocean waiting for some place to port and unload.
As it turns out, there are very few workers at the ports these days, so that, too, is a problem for all kinds of consumer goods. This, plus the shutdown of factories where products are made, bodes ominous for the global economy.
"The classic Christmas dinner could be decimated, with turkey, pigs in blankets, potatoes and Brussel [sic] sprouts all at risk," warns Jamie White, writing for Newswars.
At a time when the biggest bubble economies in the history of the world are on the verge of collapsing, it is highly suspect that all of these new problems are emerging, supposedly due to the latest "variants" of the Chinese Virus.
It would appear as though the powers that be are keeping the covid scam going to keep everyone distracted from the monumental financial mess they made, which is leaving them obscenely rich and the rest of us destitute – or at least that is how things are likely to end up once the dust settles.
"This is the globalists' world," wrote one commenter at Zero Hedge. "They have demolished the world economy in less than two years."
"They couldn't have done it without decades of work to ship production to China first," responded another, making the connection between what the "left" and the "right" have been doing in tandem for decades to bring us to this critical point in the prophetic timeline.
To learn more about how the Fauci Flu was used as a cover story for the engineered collapse of the global economy, visit Collapse.news.
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“Next Monday appears to be the date for former Star Tribune editor and publisher Joel Kramer to reveal his plans for the launch of a professionally edited and reported online newspaper.”
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A British indie feature is rewriting distribution rules by becoming the first to preem as a “covermount” DVD given away free with a newspaper.
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“USA Today is plunging into a hot new Internet technology, offering its online users the ability to install “widgets” on their blogs and personal Web pages that contain news updates and other information from the newspaper.”
“Celebrity glossy wunderkind OK! magazine relaunched its Web site today with an Escalade’s worth of features—“web exclusive, continuously updated breaking news, celebrity updates, photo galleries, videos, reviews, blogs and numerous interactive features…”
“On Web sites such as Style.com, consumers can see looks from September’s shows an hour after they are premiered on the runway. Followers don’t have to have some high-ranking editor in New York to tell them what was hot or not. They can see and decide for…”
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There's a cost beyond the 30% revenue share: Developers of Mac OS applications will have to submit their applications to Apple for approval, a process that has caused no small bit of strife for the company and iOS developers.
Mac OS developers will still have the option of creating Mac OS X applications and selling them on their own. But they will face a tough decision: Sitting on the sidelines may give competitors a chance to gain traction, which could hurt future sales. As with the iTunes App Store, there's likely to be a land rush in the Mac App Store, when it opens in 90 days, as software makers seek to establish their presence and brand ahead of competitors.
Paul Kafasis, CEO of Rogue Amoeba, a developer of Mac audio software, expressed some reservations about the terms. "Thirty percent isn't particularly reasonable, but it's not unexpected either," he said in an e-mail. "For access to almost 50 million Mac users, with just a couple clicks, it's at least in the ballpark. That said, with direct downloads, most developers pay 3-10% in credit card fees and processing. 30% is quite a bit more, and for what exactly?"
At the moment, Rogue Amoeba is waiting to see how the Mac App Store is received. "It's certainly something we're looking at, but the restrictions and guidelines they've published are onerous at best," said Kafasis.
Ambrosia Software president Andrew Welch voiced similar concerns.
"Ambrosia is certainly interested in the idea of a centralized Mac application store," he said in an e-mail. "However the restrictions imposed by Apple on the applications may make it impossible for a number of our applications to be submitted."
Jeff LaMarche, a veteran Mac programmer and CTO of iOS development firm MartianCraft, believes the revenue split is reasonable, given the cost of setting up and maintaining a Web store and the audience that Apple is offering.
"Things like being featured in the App Store or having your app included in an Apple commercial or billboard can be huge wins for indie software developers, and you can't underestimate the value of impulse buys with one-click purchasing," he said in an e-mail. "I think, ultimately, the bulk of developers will move to the Mac App Store."
LaMarche says he's not sure how the Mac App Store review process will compare to the iTunes App Store review process for iOS apps. At the very least, Apple can be expected to forbid legally risky or unlawful apps as a form of self-protection.
"From a developer's perspective, it would be nice if the rules were relaxed some from the iOS App Store and were more in-line with the policies Apple currently has for music and movies in the iTunes Store, but I really just don't know what they'll do," LaMarche said.
The Mac App Store takes Apple further away from the open Internet. The company could have made its Mac App Store run in a Web browser. It could have made its store listings available through an API or some form of syndication. Instead, it's offering a proprietary desktop application. And it's likely to get paid handsomely for doing so.
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When people talk about the demographics most likely to be victims of identity theft, they are generally talking about the elderly. The truth is, however, that another large segment of the population is at an above-average risk of identity theft: children. In fact, it’s thought that children are 51 times more likely to be the victims of identity theft than adults.
Due to the younger generations’ increased use of social media, a lot of information about children and teens is freely available, only a quick Internet search away. It isn’t uncommon for teens to post their addresses and phone numbers, along with information about their extended family. From this, cyber criminals have a basis on which to begin deducing more sensitive information, such as their victim’s mother’s maiden name, which is a common security question for many online services.
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Additionally, many younger children are opening social media accounts of their own, or at least opening accounts on social gaming websites aimed at their age group. It is easy for them to fall prey to scammers sending out links that lead to phishing attacks.
Although most parents are aware that child identity theft is on the rise and over three-quarters are concerned about the issue, the majority of parents don’t act on their fears. Chances are that many simply don’t know what to do to minimize their children’s risk, but the most effective steps are actually very straightforward.
By encouraging open communication about their children’s online habits and anything negative or threatening they may run into, parents can better inform their younger children about the dangers of the Internet and nip any future problems in the bud. As for teenagers, who are typically pretty well-informed already but may choose to ignore some warnings, parents can encourage them to not share vital details on social networking sites, to make their information private and to not chat with or add strangers.
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Netflix Cautions on Foreign Subscriber Growth18 Apr, 2016 By: Erik Gruenwedel
SVOD added 6.7 million Q1 subs; topped 81.5 million globally
Netflix April 18 issued a warning on international subscriber growth going forward — a red flag after the subscription streaming pioneer appeared to hit on all all cylinders in the first quarter (ended March 31) — adding 6.74 million subscribers, including 2.23 million domestically. It ended the period with 81.5 million subs, including nearly 47 million in the United States.
In the shareholder letter, Netflix CEO Reed Hastings and CFO David Wells said the service expects to add 2.5 million members with 500,000 domestically and 2.4 million internationally, compared with 2.4 million in the prior-year period.
“We are forecasting flat year-over-year (y/y) contribution margin in Q2, due to a large slate of content releases and associated marketing. We expect strong y/y margin growth to resume in Q3 and we remain on track to achieve our 40% domestic contribution margin target by 2020.
Globally, Netflix is applying the brakes on projected sub growth, due in part to unfavorable year-over-year comps when launching in Australia and New Zealand last year. In other words, Netflix says it will be tough to match the initial surge of consumer interest down under going forward.
“While Australia/New Zealand is growing steadily this Q2, it is less than the launch spike last year,” Hastings and Wells wrote.
Meanwhile, Netflix is phasing in more slowly a previously-announced $2 monthly price hike to longtime $7.99 subs over the course of the year, instead of next month as analysts had anticipated.
“We expect only modestly increased churn from un-grandfathering, partially because these members have been with us for a reasonable period already, and because our content continues to improve,” read the letter.
The company continues to be hitting a wall launching service in China, saying it had no “material update” on its approach or timing in the Communist country.
“Whatever we do will have only a modest financial effect in the near term,” Hastings and Wells wrote.
The service reported net income of $28 million on revenue of $1.81 billion, which compared to income of $24 million and $1.4 billion in revenue during the previous-year period.
Netflix legacy by-mail disc rental service quietly ended Q1 with 4.7 million members and $72 million in contribution profit. The company continues to outspend (and outbid) the competition for exclusive third-party content. Streaming obligations shot up more than 25% to $12.3 billion, from $9.8 billion a year ago.


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On June 9th this year, the International Tokyo Toy Show will be revealing the details for a brand new Digimon project. But for now, we have the basics through an early look at V Jump’s new issue, set to publish on Saturday. The magazine will announce that Bandai, Bandai Namco Entertainment and Toei Animation are collaborating on the Digimon Universe: Appli Monsters multimedia creation slated to launch this fall, which will include a game, an anime series and hobby products (e.g. figures or models).
The most recent anime releases in the Digimon franchise, the Digimon Adventure tri. movies, will debut the third of six planned parts in Japan on September 24th. And previously on the gaming front, the PlayStation Vita release Digimon World -Next 0rder- hit shelves in Japan on March 17th.
Update: Bandai opened their website for Digimon Universe: Appli Monsters today, revealing the project’s first visual. Toei Animation also opened a website for the planned anime series, and Bandai Namco have launched another for the game.
On the hobby side of the project, there will be a “digital kids card game”, toys and a magazine among other products. Dengeki Online also had their own info to unveil about the project, and the anime in particular. It’s set to air this fall, and Dengeki gave the first synopsis of the show as follows:
The key to the anime’s story are smartphone apps that many people around the globe are using. Inside these apps, AI life forms called “app monsters” or nicknamed “appmon” are hiding.


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Facebook wants your bank data
Facebook is chatting with banks as it wants to get them to join its Messenger platform and share user information in exchange for services.
According to the Wall Street Journal, the tech titan was talking to financial organisations to get information like credit card transactions and account balances.
The timing is interesting as Facebook is battling privacy concerns and adjusts its policy regarding user data.
The data in question would be used for Messenger features including account balance updates and fraud alerts, but not for Facebook’s other platforms.
At present, Facebook does have access to financial data from some companies for services such as customer service chats and account management. Users give Facebook permission to access their information, the company adds.
“Account linking enables people to receive real-time updates in Facebook Messenger where people can keep track of their transaction data like account balances, receipts, and shipping updates,” explains Facebook. “The idea is that messaging with a bank can be better than waiting on hold over the phone – and it’s completely opt-in. We’re not using this information beyond enabling these types of experiences – not for advertising or anything else. A critical part of these partnerships is keeping people’s information safe and secure.”
Plenty of people had opinions on this. One example is enough.
Dan Goldstein, president and owner of Page 1 Solutions, a digital marketing agency, says: “This is very troubling. It appears that Facebook has not learned its lesson about the importance of user privacy. The banks may be tempted to make this trade, but it will be bad PR, not to mention violations of financial privacy rules, for any who do. This may indicate that it is time for the state and federal regulators to step in and regulate how Facebook manages private user data.”


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Bic Runga: 20 beautiful years
It really is 20 years since Bic Runga released Beautiful Collision. She tells Cityscape about its genesis, and how much she is looking forward ...
One of Auckland's newest hotels, voco Auckland City Centre, yesterday upped its eco-friendly game by launching a fleet of bamboo bikes for guests to use.
The unique-looking bikes could be seen around the city centre yesterday, bedecked with bouquets of flowers.
The bike frames, made by Wyld Bikes, are hand-made in Ghana out of sustainably grown bamboo. They're light and strong, and the material literally grows out of the ground. Wyld Bikes is aiming to eliminate poverty, employing people and donating bikes to children in Ghana.
This is all part of voco Hotels' 'tread lightly' policy, and the bikes were simultaneously launched at the Auckland hotel and four Australian locations, and are free for guests to use.
voco Auckland City Centre opened on May 12 this year. The hotel is defined by comfort, sweeping views and a fantastic central location on the corner of Albert Street and Wyndham Street. It boasts the highest rooftop bar in the city, and there's an all-day Italian trattoria for the culinary aficionados.
Other voco sustainable initiatives include bedding made from 100% recyclable materials, a heat recovery system, and water-conserving showerheads.


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Khan El-Khalili Bazaar in old Cairo (Photo: Reuters)
Twenty-seven countries worldwide have eased or lifted travel warnings on Egypt in the past three months, Rasha El-Azazi, spokesperson for the Ministry of Tourism, told Ahram Online Sunday.
In late September, Germany was the first country to ease travel warnings on Egypt. Other countries, including Japan and Holland, have followed suit since then.
Some countries, including France, the United States and the United Kingdom, have completely lifted their travel bans on Egypt.
Tourism in Egypt was badly hit as unrest followed the ouster of president Mohamed Morsi in July. Later, as pro-Morsi sit-ins were violently dispersed, an increasing number of countries issued travel warnings to their citizens, deeming Egypt unsafe.
The warnings recommended that citizens avoid all travel to Egypt and provided evacuation plans for country nationals already in Egypt who wished to leave.
Minister of Tourism Hisham Zaazou said in October that Egypt aims to attract 13.5 million visitors next year, bringing in around $11 billion in revenues. The country has launched an international campaign to lure back tourists deterred by political turmoil.


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In addition, Microsoft announced that Dynamics SL 2011 and the on-premises version of Dynamics CRM 2011 are both generally available, and that Dynamics GP 2010 R2 will be generally available on May 1.
Although Microsoft has big plans, ERP and CRM software currently represents a small fraction of its overall revenues, much of which comes from the Windows OS and Office productivity software.
But the company is hoping to use Dynamics' position amid a slew of other Microsoft technologies as a positive.
"Dynamics might be seen as a stand-alone business unit, but really benefits from Microsoft's other areas. And it's a key integration point," CEO Steve Ballmer said during the morning keynote.
The software will benefit from products like Microsoft's Bing search engine, Lync unified communications technology and even the Kinect motion controller for the Xbox gaming system, Ballmer said, although he didn't provide specifics of when or how that would be.
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BEIJING — China will continue to promote its reform and opening-up drive, and improve investment environment for foreign companies, Premier Li Keqiang said on March 26.
Premier Li made the remarks when meeting with a group of chief executives of Fortune 500 companies and renowned scholars, who had participated the China Development Forum (CDF) from March 24 to March 26 in Beijing.
Premier Li said China’s commitment to further reform and opening-up accords with its own interest, and is conducive to maintaining free trade and the healthy development of globalization.
China will open its door wider to the outside world, and is willing to learn the advanced technology and management experience from foreign countries, promote cooperation in production, knowledge, technology and service, and optimize its business environment for foreign companies, he said.
Talking about trade relations between China and the United States, which are mutually beneficial in nature, Premier Li said the current trade volume between the two countries is achieved thanks to market demand and business rules.
“There is no winner in a trade war,” the Premier said, calling for a rational and earnest attitude when addressing the problem of China-US trade imbalance.
Premier Li urged the international community to jointly safeguard the multilateral trading system with free trade as its corner stone, and clearly oppose protectionism and unilateralism.
Responding to questions related to the “Made in China 2025” action plan, Premier Li said domestic and foreign companies will be treated equally, and foreign companies will not be forced to have their technologies transferred into China.
China will strengthen the protection of intellectual property rights, he added.
The CDF, organized by the Development Research Center of the State Council, is a high-level meeting that gathers leaders from international institutions, academia and companies worldwide.
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The State Duma adopted a bill amending No. 161-FZ. The amendments are aimed at regulating the operation of foreign payment systems on the territory of Russia. In addition, these amendments give the Central Bank the right to set the maximum interest rate for acquiring. Regarding foreign systems of non-cash payments, the amendments introduce a ban on unilateral suspension of servicing cards of Russian banks.
Currently, the register of operators of the Central Bank s payment systems includes subsidiaries of Visa, Mastercard, JCB, ChinaUnionPay and other payment systems. If, within six months after the adoption of the bill, any international payment system suspends the settlements of any Russian bank, this will be a violation. In case of violation, the Central Bank will have the right to make a “reprimand” with the insistence to eliminate the violation, and if nothing is corrected, the subsidiary of the foreign payment system will be removed from the register of payment system operators of the Central Bank.
Regarding the acquiring rate, the Central Bank commented that abuse of regulation of the interest rate for non-cash payments is unacceptable, and the Central Bank will carefully and very carefully approach the decision to adjust the rate.
In the near future, the Central Bank will continue to be the organizer of negotiations between market participants. During the discussion, a proposal was put forward to reduce the interest rate for education, health care and pharmacies, to which the Central Bank responded with its readiness to adjust the rates.
What do the adopted amendments change in general?
– A ban is introduced for foreign payment systems to unilaterally suspend the service of cards of Russian banks, which is punishable by the removal of a subsidiary of a foreign non-cash payment system from the register of the Central Bank.
– Electronic wallet companies of foreign companies (for example, MoneyGram, WeChat or AliPay) are required to open representative offices in Russia, with the coordination of the rules for working with the Central Bank, companies need to find a partner among banking organizations in the Russian Federation or open their own non-bank credit organization. Otherwise, these electronic payment systems are not entitled to operate in Russia.
– The Central Bank may have the right to establish the maximum amount of the bank s interest rate for making non-cash payments. Along with this, the Central Bank can regulate the maximum rates for transferring funds from card to card.
– State social support for citizens (travel benefits, etc.) can be carried out only through the “Mir” payment system, banks have the right to issue for these purposes only cards of this payment system.
It should be noted that the domestic retail met the bill positively, which cannot be said about banks, but no official comments have been made yet.


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Just gave to this, I just love what crowd funding can do
Matthew Inman of The Oatmeal is running a fundraiser on IndieGogo. The purpose? To raise money to buy the land in Shoreham, NY, where Nikola Tesla’s laboratory is located in the hopes of turning it into a Tesla museum.
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Virgin Hotel Dallas taps talented downtown chef to lead its restaurants
When the 240-room Virgin Hotel Dallas opens its doors sometime this fall, local diners will see a familiar name and face behind the hotel’s culinary operation.
Nick Walker confirmed that he’s signed on as executive chef of the Virgin Hotel Dallas, where he’ll oversee all dining aspects of the hotel’s restaurants, lounges, catering and room service. Until last week, Walker served as the top chef at CBD Provisions at the Joule Hotel in downtown Dallas.
While Walker was tight-lipped on details, the hotel’s main restaurant will be called The Commons Club, the name all Virgin Hotels use for their all-day restaurant. The menu is still under development but will feature ingredients from a number of local producers.
Walker will also oversee F&B for the lifestyle hotel’s pool deck, 4th floor cocktail lounge and room service operations.
The hotel is under construction on 33 acres in the Dallas Design District that developer Dunhill Partners and its founder Bill Hutchinson acquired in 2014. The hotel’s website now allows booking beginning on December 14, but insiders say the hotel is slated to open sooner.


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The company LG slide curtain officially from LG phone V40 ThinQ at the press conference to be held on the second day of the month of next October, but it seems that this is not the only product that will be announced at the event, it appears that LG will also at the same event reveal a new smart watch currently know the name of the LG Watch W7, this is the same smart watch, which we heard about last April.
It is said that this smart watch will have a screen size of 1.2 inch and accurately 360×360 pixels, and processor Snapdragon Wear 2100 old, at least that’s what she said rumors old. But as you probably know, Qualcomm recently detects processor Snapdragon Wear 3100, so maybe the company will LG upgrade the processor in this smart watch new Snapdragon Wear 3100.
That old rumor also said that this smart watch will include GPS as it will lack the NFC chip knowing that we are still not sure whether to put sensor heart rate. Generally, come to visit us next week to learn all about the LG phone V40 ThinQ about this smart watch also new.
The post may be disclosed to the Smart Watch LG Watch W7 along with the LG phone V40 ThinQ appeared first on electronic.


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Apple, Inc. (AAPL)
has put Taiwan's HTC Corp. (SEO:066570) in a
very bad spot. The larger, more profitable gadget maker has hit HTC with
a series of lawsuits worldwide, and recent scored a favorable
preliminary ruling, which could lead to a complete ban on HTC handsets in
But HTC appears to have some leverage, now.
In an unsealed ruling dating back to July 1, it has been declared that
Apple infringed on intellectual property of recent
HTC acquisition S3 Graphics.
The IP in question covers image compression
techniques in software and hardware. The U.S. International Trade Commission Judge
James Gildea ruled that while Apple's popular iPad, iPhone, and iPod lines of
mobile gadgets are not in violation of the IP, some of Apple's Mac OS X
As NVIDIA Corp. (NVDA)
is a licensee, units with its GPUs are not in violation. However, models
with graphics by Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (AMD)
or integrated graphics from Intel Corp.'s (INTC)
(such as the newly
refreshed MacBook Air lineup) are in violation.
The ruling thus clears the way for a partial ban
on the import of Macs. As virtually all Macs are manufactured outside the
in Asia), this would be a major blow to Apple's booming computer lineup,
which posted in $17.5B USD computer sales last year.
The judge also ruled that two of S3's patents in
the case were invalid, and that some of the minor claims within the two valid
patents were invalid.
While the ruling was "unsealed" (made
official), it has not yet been made available to the public as the companies
are reportedly quibbling about what constitutes redaction-worthy confidential
information in the document. Bloomberg reported
on the release, based on early information.
The ruling now goes before a full six judge ITC
panel for confirmation.
While a ruling which found Apple's iPad and iPhone
-- which accounted for 46 percent of its revenues last year -- would have been
even better, the victory gives HTC substantial leverage to broker
a cross-licensing agreement, which could save
HTC from a similar import ban on its smart phones.
Meanwhile, Apple filed two weeks ago, on July 15,
a new ITC complaint against the HTC
Flyer tablet, which it says infringes on several of its patents. Of
course, if the companies can come to terms, HTC's tablet lineup would, in
theory, be covered under a cross-licensing agreement, as well.
If the S3 IP can save HTC from Apple's litigious
wrath, that $300M USD acquisition, which was blasted by investors, could just
turn out to be a great deal.
quote: …not crush the competition.
quote: Let me guess, you listen to Moby and drive a VW painted to match the color of your iPhone?
quote: Mum says I can't go outside due to my "condition".
quote: So this is about disabling the competition? How come Windows Phone 7 can get by, then? Because Microsoft has enough self-respect to at least try not to copy Apple outright?
quote: You mad Apple Fanboy? Apple sues WAY MORE than other companies, that's why there are always news about it, noone is "sniping" at your sweetheart...
quote: What’s with all the genius people suddenly thinking patent "wars" are new and exclusive to Apple?
quote: most know in their hearts but would never admit it that Android OS is a clone of iOS
quote: 1) Functionally, Google integrated into Android has multiple methods of interface including features like voice recognition and swype which work anywhere in the OS, while Apple's interface only recently recieved a port of Swype, and voice recognition is still a bit limited.
quote: 2) The Google market is a more open model, and they allow most apps which compete with Google made applications. The model may have closed a bit, but that was as a response to certain security issues, not to copy Apple.
quote: 3) OTA updates to the OS- Apple still hasn't released this...
quote: 4) Greater carrier control over the device
quote: So by your pogic, any company that created an OS post-iOS is just a clone, regardless of differences in user interface, features and usability? The question is, what drugs do YOU take?For a senior member of society, you sure come out with some childish crap.
quote: Then came the iPad (initially laughed at and dismissed) and it kept selling in greater and greater numbers and now the last bastion, the holy land of Windows, enterprise computing, seemed to be falling to Apple.
quote: The only reason the iPad is in the work place is because of trendy executives. I know this because I support dozens of these iPads, and I know what they're actually doing on a day to day basis.
quote: corporate IT hates iPads and iPhones
quote: The invasion of the iOS devices into enterprise will often be by rebellion from below against corporate IT. Generally corporate IT is detested and usually with good reason.
quote: So corporate IT hates iPads and iPhones. Good - sack the lot them. Your days are coming to a close.
quote: that $300M USD acquisition, which was blasted by investors, could just turn out to be a great deal.
quote: Is the Kindle not new technology that Amazon develops and supports fully?
quote: That boils down to "Apple should put nvidia chips into all of their product lines and continue to pummel HTC." Well, that would have worked awesome - had Apple not just, last week, launched all new MacBook Air and Mac Mini lines that got rid of nVidia graphics - and I don't think you can even get an iMac with nVidia graphics right now.
quote: Ironically, if Apple does opt for this approach, it would be giving customers better graphics, as the MacBook Air's built in Intel integrated graphics leave much to be desired vs. a discrete NVIDIA mobile GPU.
quote: However, history tells me Apple is likely far too arrogant to publicly admit defeat and alter its "magical" product... I think it would rather cross-license than do that.
quote: Apple can, ... work around the whole issue by incorporating NVIDIA graphics chips into its Macintosh computers and avoiding the distribution of Intel's allegedly infringing chips.
quote: They are in violation of the patent if they use the infringing tech.
quote: The i386SX which was often a fully functional i386DX with the math coprocessor disconnected/disabled.
quote: "While a ruling which found Apple's iPad and iPhone -- which accounted for 46 percent of its revenues last year -- would have been even better for HTC , the victory gives HTC substantial leverage to broker a cross-licensing agreement, which could save HTC from a similar import ban on its smart phones."The text I added (in bold) is implicit in the statement.
quote: Whuh? It’s completely irrelevant, since it’s about Intel and AMD GPUs and the iPad and iPhone aren’t using them. ...<snip>"You know what would have been even better for HTC?! If Ford and GM were included with AMD and intel! \o/"Now, I’m not saying there’s no additional upcoming ligitation targeting PowerVR—but that’s not what the article is about, is it?
quote: If the S3 IP can save HTC from Apple's litigious wrath, that $300M USD acquisition, which was blasted by investors, could just turn out to be a great deal.


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By Euro Weekly News Media • 04 February 2017 • 20:00
TOURISM FAIR: Major bookings are now expected to be forthcoming.
MORE tour operators will be bringing visitors to Almeria’s coasts this year, mainly thanks to deals done at FITUR travel fair in Madrid.
Major bookings are expected to come in from Dutch operator SRC Reizen, which has included Almeria in its Andalucian tours with stops in Cabo de Gata and the Alpujarra, the provincial council has reported.
Portuguese Total Fun has also expressed its intention to continue offering group tips to coastal destinations in Almeria and to include the province in its new conference tourism packages.
Other possible packages include a gastronomy and wine tour planned by Polish LTM, inclusion of Almeria in Brazilian Visual Turismo’s Andalucian tours, Almeria destinations for British Tital Travel’s Over 50’s trips and packages by Lithuanian firm Meness Diena. Familiarisation trips for these operators are planned for the near future.
Online promotion has been an important part of campaigns to boost tourism to Costa de Almeria over the last year and meetings were held at the Madrid fair with representatives from some of the most important travel portals.
including Atrapalo, Rumbo, Logitravel, Nautalia, Minube, Andalucia Travel Bloguers and Sol Booking, all of whom expressed a desire to work with Almeria this year.
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Mazda Motor Corporation has announced plans to build cars in Russia in a joint venture with local automaker Sollers.
The Japanese automaker said that it has signed a memorandum of understanding with Sollers to open a new factory in the city of Vladivostok of Russia’s Far East. The plant will build Mazda models for the Russian market.
The two partners will invest about $80 million in the joint venture, with the facility to start operating in the autumn of 2012. The plant will produce about 25,000 cars a year. Mazda received a special permit from Russian authorities to start production as the management promised to “contribute in the social and economic development of the region”, according to Kommersant Daily. Mazda will be able to import auto components with a reduced customs duty and transport its vehicles from Vladivostok to the European part of Russia for free until 2013.
Earlier this year, Sollers has also entered ventures with other automakers, including Ford and Toyota, to take advantage of government incentives to increase local production. Mazda sales in Russia rose 77 percent between January and September 2011, to 28,000 vehicles, making it the carmaker’s second-biggest market in Europe after Germany.
Mazda builds most of its cars in Japan and is seeking to reduce exports due to the strong yen that affects its profit margins. In June, Mazda said it would build a factory in Mexico.


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WELLINGTON, Aug 19 (Reuters) - Russia has lifted a ban on some New Zealand dairy imports, loosening restrictions imposed in 2013 as the country experiences a dairy shortage due to its ongoing ban on milk products from European countries.
New Zealand’s agriculture ministry on Wednesday confirmed that Russia has removed a ban on some dairy products, which had been banned after New Zealand dairy exporter Fonterra mistakenly detected a botulism-causing toxin in one of its products two years ago.
“We can confirm that the temporary restrictions have been lifted on 29 New Zealand dairy plants for some products such as anhydrous milk fat and whey and whey concentrates,” New Zealand’s Ministry of Primary Industries said in a statement.
“We’re continuing to work with the Russian authorities to lift the temporary restrictions on the remaining products produced at those 29 plants.”
The lifting of the ban comes after Russia in June extended its ban on food imports from Western countries by one year in retaliation to the extension of European sanctions against Moscow over Ukraine.
“This is clearly a step in the right direction,” Trade Minister Tim Groser said in an interview with Radio New Zealand, adding that the initial ban had included roughly 60 plants.
“What we now want to do is have a constructive discussion ... with the appropriate Russian authorities to remove the remaining restrictions on plants and different products.”
New Zealand dairy exports to Russia have eased since the ban was imposed, accounting for 0.6 percent of total exports in 2014, down from 0.9 percent in 2012, according to official New Zealand trade figures.
Russia continues to buy New Zealand butter, which was excluded from the ban. The country had been one of the world’s biggest importers of butter before it imposed a ban on European dairy products last year. (Reporting by Naomi Tajitsu; Editing by Gopakumar Warrier)


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Last year saw the launch of Disney+, the streaming service that is filled with Disney, Marvel, and Star Wars content as well as some old favorites from Fox. Ever since the two companies merged last year, all of the classic Fox properties now live under the Disney umbrella, including The Simpsons. Fans of the series were excited to see the show on Disney+, but the thrill quickly faded when people realized the show was in the wrong aspect ratio. Currently, Disney+ only has episodes of The Simpsons in a 16:9 aspect ratio rather than the preferred 4:3 perspective. The site announced back in November that they planned to release the preferred version, and the time has finally come.
“WOO HOO! We love a prediction for #TheSimpsons, especially coming from @AlJean himself in 2015. Episodes in original 4:3 aspect ratio are coming to #DisneyPlus on May 28. #DisneyBundle,” @disneyplus tweeted. You can check out the post below:
WOO HOO! We love a prediction for #TheSimpsons, especially coming from @AlJean himself in 2015. Episodes in original 4:3 aspect ratio are coming to #DisneyPlus on May 28. #DisneyBundle pic.twitter.com/WxEs9TC5D5
— Disney+ (@disneyplus) May 20, 2020
Here’s the original statement released by a Disney spokesperson about the ratio decision: “We presented The Simpsons in 16:9 aspect ratio at launch in order to guarantee visual quality and consistency across all 30 seasons. Over time, Disney+ will roll out new features and additional viewing options. As part of this, in early 2020, Disney+ will make the first 19 seasons (and some episodes from Season 20) of The Simpsons available in their original 4:3 aspect ratio, giving subscribers a choice of how they prefer to view the popular series.”
The Simpsons has also been in the news a lot lately for seemingly predicting the future. Entertainment Tonight spoke with the cast and crew about the psychic prediction phenomena that surrounds the show. This all began when a clip from the episode “Marge in Chains” started making the rounds. The 1993 episode chronicles a flu-like virus taking hold of the town. Things only got crazier when the people’s quest for a vaccine led them to unleash bees on the crows and ensuing panic. With Murder Hornets among us now, people have just become sure that The Simpsons can predict the future. Here’s what Nancy Cartwright (Bart Simpson) had to say about it: “We’ve got quite a track record, which is impressive,” Cartwright joked, while Yardley Smith, who voices Lisa, added, “If you’ve been on for three decades, probably you’re going to hit it once in a while.”
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Grid 2 is an upcoming racing game that’s coming out this May. The developer of Grid 2, Codemasters (who’s also behind successful race track series Dirt), has just released a 44 second short video of the game. Unfortunately for those looking for more details about the game, the video really only teases 10 seconds worth of gameplay, sandwiched between Codemasters’ 15 second introduction and 19 seconds of ‘pre-order and follow us on our social networks’. In that 10 seconds, we catch glimpses of race tracks set in cities, an Alfa Romeo Giulietta, Nissan GT-R, various Dodge and Pagani cars along with a few hatchbacks.
On a more positive note, Codemasters mentions at the end of this teaser that we will ‘find out more’ on February 14, 2013… so perhaps a longer trailer and more details is set to be released then.
Grid 2 will feature various racing locations throughout the United States, Paris, Abu Dhabi and more and a huge variety of vehicles from new models to classics. The game will be released on May 28 for Windows PC, Playstation 3 and Xbox 360, and is available for pre-order for consoles.


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In monetary terms, the biggest decision made by the Supreme Court in the current session is a case that they decided NOT to take. On March 21, 2011, the Supreme Court denied certiorari of a Ninth Circuit ruling made on September 3, 2010 in re: F.B.T. Productions vs. Aftermath Records. Absent a settlement, the case now goes back to the trial court for a damages determination.
Aftermath Records is a unit of Universal Music Group (“UMG”). Universal Music is the world’s largest music publishing house in the world, with more than a million copyrights under its control. UMG also owns the largest catalog of recorded music in the world.
Plaintiff F.B.T. is the owner of Eminem’s music. The agreement under which Universal distributes Eminem’s music began in 1995. At that time, digital distribution of music had not seriously begun, so the contracts at that time did not address digital music distribution as directly as now occurs with newly-negotiated contracts.
The contract between UMG and Eminem’s representatives provides for two different compensation rates. Prior to digital distribution of music, the lower rate applied to physical records, tapes or CDs sold to consumers. With physical distribution, both costs (such as manufacturing, warehousing & shipping), and risks are higher. Understandably, this causes smaller compensation to the artist. When other distribution was involved (called licensing, such as use of the music in a movie or commercial), a higher compensation rate applied.
UMG argued that digital distribution such as what is performed by iTunes is just a different kind of store; therefore, the lower retail percentage should be paid to the artist. Predictably, the plaintiff thought the lack of costs and risks meant the higher compensation rate was appropriate.
At the District Court level, the jury found for UMG. The Ninth Circuit reversed. The Ninth Circuit summarized the contract dispute as follows:
F.B.T. brought suit after a 2006 audit showed that Aftermath had been applying the Records Sold provision to calculate the royalties due to F.B.T. for sales of Eminem’s recordings in the form of permanent downloads and mastertones. Before trial, F.B.T. moved for summary judgment that the Masters Licensed provision unambiguously applied to those sales.
After provisionally reviewing the undisputed extrinsic evidence, the district court concluded that the agreements were reasonably susceptible to either party’s interpretation and denied both motions for summary judgment. At trial, only Aftermath moved for judgment as a matter of law at the close of the evidence. The court denied the motion. The jury returned a verdict in favor of Aftermath, and the district court awarded Aftermath its attorneys’ fees of over $2.4 million.
The Ninth Circuit made short order of the contract interpretation dispute as follows:
The owners of the Eminem rights indicate that this is worth tens of millions for them. No doubt, that is why they spent $2.4 million prosecuting this issue at the trial court.
However, the far bigger winners are the thousands of artists that have older-form contracts that have never been renegotiated. Starting in the early 2000s, music labels realized that digital distribution was the next big thing, and altered the contracts to avoid possible disagreement involving digital distribution. But there are still plenty of contracts that use the same approach that the Ninth Circuit interpreted. As much as UMG and the rest of the record labels might try to say otherwise, the Ninth Circuit’s decision will weigh heavily on any trial court that must interpret these older contracts.
That is certainly the thinking behind a class action lawsuit filed on April 1, 2011 against UMG. The class action, with the estate of blues legend Rick James as lead plaintiff, extensively cites the Ninth Circuit’s decision and the related Supreme Court denial of certiorari. No doubt, similar lawsuits will be filed against every major music label.
Here is an initial estimate of the range of monetary damages under this type of claim. Apple’s iTunes’s is not the only vendor distributing digital music, but we can start with Apple. Apple’s public filings state that they launched their iTune’s Music Store in April 2003, and recorded $36 million in sales in the partial year that ended in September 2003. Since that time, digital music sales exploded, totaling $18 billion from inception through the fiscal year that ended September 2010. Continuing sales exceed a billion dollars every quarter. Some sales included in these totals are not music, but music is the vast majority. Apple’s typical contract for music distribution gives Apple around a third of these revenues ($0.34 cents out of each $0.99 download), with the remaining two-thirds going to the music owner. So, two-thirds of Apple’s music sales are around $12 billion as of September 2010.
Assuming all of these Apple sales were owed a payment at the rate contained in UMG’s contract involving Eminem, 50% of this $12 billion is $6 billion. Assuming 16% (the midpoint reported by the Ninth Circuit has already been paid, around $2 billion would have been paid under the now superseded provision, leaving around $4 billion still owing. Stating the same thing in other words, the lower rate of payment is around a third of what would need to be paid, and the unpaid two-thirds of the $6 billion pool is around $4 billion.
But, the above paragraph assumes the entire $12 billion starting pool pertains to contracts that contain contract language somewhat similar to what the Ninth Circuit addressed. We know that is not correct. According to Nielsen SoundScan, 2010, downloads of “catalog” (the older) singles were 648.5 million in the United States, compared with 523 million for current tracks. If only half of the sales are under the older contract forms, damages would be around $2 billion.
Regardless of how one wants to alter the estimates, this is an enormous decision that now goes back to the auditors and trial courts with new vigor.


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Less than six months earlier, Google's then-CEO Larry Page announced in a blog post that Andy Rubin had moved from the Android division to take on new projects at Google, and that Sundar Pichai would become the new Android lead.In June 2014, Google announced Android One, a set of "hardware reference models" that would "allow [device makers] to easily create high-quality phones at low costs", designed for consumers in developing countries.An early prototype had a close resemblance to a Black Berry phone, with no touchscreen and a physical QWERTY keyboard, but the arrival of 2007's Apple i Phone meant that Android "had to go back to the drawing board".
On November 5, 2007, the Open Handset Alliance, a consortium of technology companies including Google, device manufacturers such as HTC, Motorola and Samsung, wireless carriers such as Sprint and T-Mobile, and chipset makers such as Qualcomm and Texas Instruments, unveiled itself, with a goal to develop "the first truly open and comprehensive platform for mobile devices".
Within a year, the Open Handset Alliance faced two other open source competitors, the Symbian Foundation and the Li Mo Foundation, the latter also developing a Linux-based mobile operating system like Google.
Rubin had difficulty attracting investors early on, and Android was facing eviction from its office space.
Steve Perlman, a close friend of Rubin, brought him $10,000 in cash in an envelope, and shortly thereafter wired an undisclosed amount as seed funding.
From 2008 to 2013, Hugo Barra served as product spokesperson, representing Android at press conferences and Google I/O, Google’s annual developer-focused conference.
He left Google in August 2013 to join Chinese phone maker Xiaomi.
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However, Recode reported in June 2015 that the project was "a disappointment", citing "reluctant consumers and manufacturing partners" and "misfires from the search company that has never quite cracked hardware".


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Amazon.com Inc. workers at a giant warehouse in Alabama voted decisively against forming a union on Friday, squashing the most significant labor drive in the internet giant’s history, The New York Times reported.
Workers cast 1,798 votes against a union, giving Amazon enough to emphatically defeat the effort. Ballots in favor of a union trailed at 738, less than 30% of the votes tallied, according to federal officials.
The lopsided outcome at the 6,000-person warehouse in Bessemer, Ala., dealt a crushing blow to labor organizers, Democrats and their allies at a time when conditions have been ripe for unions to make advances.
Amazon, which has repeatedly quashed labor activism, had appeared vulnerable as President Biden signaled support for the union effort, as did Senator Bernie Sanders, the Vermont independent. The pandemic, which drove millions of people to shop online, also spotlighted the plight of essential workers and raised questions about Amazon’s ability to keep those employees safe.
The Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union, which led the drive, blamed its defeat on what it said were Amazon’s anti-union tactics before and during the voting. The union said it would challenge the election results and ask federal labor officials to investigate Amazon for creating an “atmosphere of confusion, coercion and/or fear of reprisals.”
Amazon said in a statement that “the union will say that Amazon won this election because we intimidated employees, but that’s not true.” It added, “Amazon didn’t win — our employees made the choice to vote against joining a union.”
About half of the 5,805 eligible voters at the warehouse cast ballots in the election. A majority of votes, or 1,521, was needed to win. About 500 ballots were contested, largely by Amazon, the union said. Those ballots were not counted.
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People are always into saving money. A new program gives them a way to gain rewards simply by shopping their favorite stores.
Through the SpotOn program, a number of Weatherford businesses are helping customers save money and the great thing is, one card works for all the businesses. Brandon Hutchens with Hutch’s Pie and Sandwich Shop on College Park Drive, one of the first in the city to start the program, says response has been great since the program started about a month ago.
“We have signed up about 120 people,” Hutchens said. “It’s been good.”
After signing up for the program, which is free, cardholders are asked to scan their card to receive a point for each purchase. Cards are given as are items which fit on your key ring. Every time a person comes into a participating business, they can gain special discounts.
By visiting spoton.com, the app can be downloaded to your phone so no cards are needed. Once at the website, click on the for customers link and provide a phone number so the link can be texted right to the phone
Right now, the points are not transferable between businesses, meaning the points you earn at one business have to be used at that business. One card, however, can be used at all the businesses.
At Hutch’s, discounts such as 20 percent off a purchase, free pies, cups of soup or a sandwich can be achieved. You can redeem your discount immediately or let them add up.
Other restaurants, such as Nizza Pizza, Cowboys Ranch Café, Bakers’ Ribs, Fuzzy’s Taco Shop and Sunny Street Café, are using the program. Non restaurants taking part include Merle Norman, AIM Mail Center, Something Special and Scentimentals Boutique and a host of others. A full list of participating businesses can be downloaded to any SmartPhone.
Michelle Hovanek, owner of Glamour Paws on South Main Street, said the machine used was installed last week and she has signed up about 25-30 people in the first days. She said part of the problem she’s having is people not wanting to take part because they think it may be too complicated.
“If they take the time to listen to what’s involved, you can earn some pretty good things like 25 percent off if you bring a friend, discounts on teeth cleaning,” Hovanek said.
The program also allows businesses to hook into a computer system and let customers know about special discounts, Horvanek said.
“If we’re having a slow day, we can let customers know we’re offering a 20 percent discount or whatever for that day to get more people in the door,” Horvanek, who has been doing pet grooming for 35 years, said. “It’s another way to offer discounts and let people know what we’re doing.”
Mike Hernandez with 2 Outlaws BBQ said the program has been getting some positive feedback but response has been pretty slow. People are taking the cards but are not signing up.
“We’re getting some feedback and that’s good because we’re starting to introduce some new food items,” Hernandez said. “It’s been great as a way to bring people in the door to try our new products like steaks.”


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Take-Two Interactive Software Inc. reported Thursday its first profit in more than two years and beat Wall Street's expectations as revenue doubled on stronger sales of its popular Grand Theft Auto IV.
Second-quarter net income of $98.2 million, or $1.29 a share, compares with a loss of $51.2 million, or 71 cents, a year earlier, the video game publisher said in a statement today.
Sales more than doubled to $539.8 million, surpassing the $499.1 million predicted by analysts.
Excluding charges related to stock options and other items, the company said it would have earned $115.4 million, or $1.52 per share, for the recent quarter. Analysts on Wall Street had been expecting earnings of $1.13 for the quarter, according to consensus estimates from Thomson Reuters.
We always knew GTA IV would be a triumph, and its success has blown away not only our own expectations but those of its millions of fans as well, Take-Two CEO Strauss Zelnick said on a conference call with analysts.
Take-Two is currently the target of a $2 billion takeover bid by Electronic Arts Inc.
The company released Grand Theft Auto IV on April 29, just two days before the end of the quarter and sold more than 3 million units on the first day alone. As of May 31, the video publisher said about 8.5 million units of the game have already been sold.
Looking ahead, Take-Two said it now expects revenue between $325 million and $375 million for the quarter ending July 31, with earnings expected to come in between 45 cents and 55 cents a share.
According to forecasts, analysts had been expecting earnings of 32 cents a share on revenue of $322.3 million.
Take-Two shares rose 5 cents to $27.70 in after-hours electronic trading. The stock earlier closed regular trading up 34 cents at $27.65, a 52-week high.


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Once the piece was published, Martineau distributed – or “syndicated” – it across his personal and social media network. His role as president of the Advertising Federation of Greater Fort Lauderdale brings Martineau cache of being prominent in the community and “become branded with the city” representing advertising and Fort Lauderdale, said Don Silver, COO of Boardroom Communications. The Plantation marketing firm specializes in PR and social media.
“He might want to insert some of his personality or humor into the message to have some fun and show that is not shameless self-promotion,” Silver said.
Among other ways to capitalize on the exposure, Silver suggested anyone with such ink save the document as a PDF or JPEG image. It then can be distributed via e-mail or uploaded to Facebook, LinkedIn, a blog or website. Included in the e-mail could be a short commentary on the exposure – how Martineau landed it, or what it’s meant to business or South Florida.
Handled wisely, the promotion can be parlayed into even more creative exposure, Silver said. Martineau could engage his social media contacts by inviting feedback on specific questions. This would let Martineau create conversations with hundreds of his contacts and create fodder for other social media outlets.
Finally, Martineau could write a news release and upload the release to the free wire services to get the full yield from his news while improving the search engine optimization of his website and blog, Silver said.
The piece hasn’t resulted in any new work or queries, Martineau admitted. But, it’s part of a long-term marketing strategy.
“It’s more of a foundation from which to build my case for Fort Lauderdale being the next big advertising market,” said Martineau, ever the destination promoter.
In the piece, he enthused: “This city is like a warm New York, waiting to happen …. So, if anyone is creative, wants to be part of a new Madison Avenue near the beach, come on down as we would love to have you.”
Jeff Zbar covers marketing, technology and small business strategies. Contact him at email@example.com or (954) 346-4393.
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GUANGZHOU, China -- Foxconn is in the media spotlight again over an allegation of slave labor conditions at its factories on the Chinese mainland, but this may be more of a smear arising from China's ill will toward Taiwan.
In 2010, the Taiwanese electronics manufacturing service company was condemned worldwide after news reports that workers at its Chinese factories had been forced to work such long hours that more than 10 people committed suicide.
The nightmare returned this month for Taiwan's Hon Hai Precision Industry, which operates its massive EMS business under the trading name of Foxconn Technology Group. Guo Jun, a high-ranking official at the Communist Party-controlled All China Federation of Trade Unions, criticized Foxconn in a news conference Feb. 2, claiming the company still forced employees to work long hours and drove some workers to commit suicide.
Foxconn hit back immediately against the claim. The response was politely worded, but the company's outrage was clear.
Interviews at Foxconn's two main plants in Shenzhen, each of which employs over 100,000 people, found that workers' gripes were the opposite of Guo's criticism.
"Overwork at Foxconn factories? That's got to be a joke," said a 27-year-old man who works at an assembly line for Apple computers. "Especially in the past one to two years, we haven't been able to put in as much overtime as before.
"I have been unhappy about income declines," the migrant worker from Shaanxi Province said. "We desperately want to do more overtime."
This worker said he gets two hours of overtime a day at most, resulting in a monthly wage of about 3,500 yuan ($560).
"We have too much free time now," said a 27-year-old male worker who came here from Hunan Province in 2009. "I wish the company would let us do more overtime."
"We need more money because we have just had a baby," another 27-year-old migrant worker from Hunan Province said. "I am thinking about switching jobs and working at construction sites, where I can expect to earn about 5,000 yuan."
No one complained of too much work. About 1,000 Foxconn workers at a Chongqing plant even demonstrated in October, protesting that they did not get enough overtime.
Some Foxconn employees even question the reports about worker suicides in 2010.
"If overwork was the reason, they could have quit the plant anytime," an employee in his early 20s said. "Those people took their lives over love-related issues."
Politically motivated attack?
Because the reports of suicides involved workers making Apple's hugely popular iPhone, they made headlines globally. Yet little is known about the suicides. The number was said to be slightly more than 10, but this was out of 1 million Foxconn workers in China. It remains unclear how many of those suicides were due to overwork.
This is why some people think Foxconn was targeted because the company had been locked in bitter battles with the Shenzhen city government. It began in 2003 when BYD, a major Chinese automaker, diversified into mobile phone subcontract assembling. The company, based in Shenzhen, poached several hundred Foxconn workers, some of whom are alleged to have brought operational know-how and customer lists from Foxconn.
Foxconn sued BYD at a local court but lost after seven years, during which time BYD's mobile phone manufacturing business took off.
"It was far from a fair trial, since the Shenzhen city government, which should have been neutral, clearly took BYD's side," a person familiar with the lawsuit said.
Foxconn's relationship with the city government worsened after the company built massive plants in Chengdu and Zhengzhou to manufacture Apple products, having suffered from labor shortages in Shenzhen. The city lost more than 100,000 jobs. That's when stories of suicides emerged.
Foxconn likely deserved at least some of the blame, but the negative coverage by news media, some of them heavily influenced by the Shenzhen government, seemed extreme.
"Behind the whole incident lies the deep-rooted problem between China and Taiwan," a source close to Foxconn said. "Although the company employs 1 million people in China, a considerable number of Chinese people are not happy that a Taiwanese company is dominating the industry and making money in China. They say the Japan bashing in China is bad, but it is far worse against Taiwanese companies."


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Uber planning expansion in Poland
PR dla Zagranicy
Ride-hailing service Uber has announced plans to increase the number of Polish cities in which it operates.
Uber also plans to lowers the price of services, the app’s director in Poland, Kacper Winiarczyk, told the PAP news service on Friday. He added that at present Poland is the third largest market in the EU.
Winiarczyk pointed out that in Warsaw alone, more than 10,000 people register onto the app every month.
“Uber was a great success in Poland. In the first year on the market, when we launched services in five cities, we had a faster growth rate than London, Paris, Amsterdam and Stockholm in our first year of operations,” Winiarczyk explained.
Uber currently operates in Warsaw, Wrocław, the Gdańsk-Gdynia-Sopot conglomeration, Poznań and Kraków. (rg/pk)


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What that will cost after the three-year period is currently up in the air. Sony didn't release details about what kind of data is shared or the security measures involved in the transmission. (Updates with gray market trading in 13th paragraph)For more articles like this, please visit us at bloomberg.comSubscribe now to stay ahead with the most trusted business news source.©2020 Bloomberg L.P. Total-Conviction 5G Stock -- in 5 years, you'll wish you owned this 5G stock. In an extraordinary turn of events, authorities announced that they had belatedly discovered an array of shortcomings that, by some accounts, might require the sprawling Ant to be overhauled.“The way I’d read it, it’s a deliberate public relations move,” said Sean Darby, chief global equity strategist at Jefferies. Big change, borne of unrest and acrimony, is coming to the U.S. in the next 5-10 years, the outspoken billionaire investor thinks. Ant then said in a filing it would suspend its Hong Kong IPO as well. He knows where the real problem is and could be part of the solution. He likes the idea as long as investors put the stock in the total speculative column.Nio Inc - ADR (NYSE: NIO) did take off and Cramer admits he was late to the party. *Your aibo robotic dog includes 3 years of Cloud and Wireless Services that starts from date of shipment and is necessary to take advantage of aibo's full functionality and learning capabilities. © Trump or Biden? Add Adobe Stock. See plan & pricing details, Create motion graphics and visual effects for film, TV, video and web.
Get one month free. Sony didn't release battery life numbers, but the good news is that when Aibo is running out of juice, it will automatically walk over and plug into its charging station. Compact motors designed by Sony give Aibo 22 axes of movement, making it much more lifelike than Sony’s previous robots — though traditional dog-based activities, like scratching its ears or stretching its legs, look pretty comical compared to the real thing. Man Who Predicted Rise of AMZN Has New Prediction, Marijuana Stocks In Focus As Cannabis Legalization Wins In Several States, U.S. Stock Limit Rules Halted Nasdaq Trading as Futures Soared, China Plans Deeper Ant Crackdown With Bank Funding Curbs, Stock-market hope for a ‘blue wave’ Election Day outcome washes out. If you love the idea of having an advanced robot in lieu of (or in addition to) a real dog, Aibo could be for you. Mom-and-pop investors who put in bids worth a record $3 trillion in China's Ant group - equivalent to Britain's annual economic output - were stunned after regulators abruptly suspended what would have been the world's largest stock market debut. Aibo’s personality is more puppy-like than one would expect from a robot, though that’s intentional — Sony is marketing it as a robotic puppy, and like a puppy, that means it won’t always listen to your issued commands. A lot of this new demand is generated from individuals moving out of cities into suburban areas.In the most recent quarter, Q3 2020 EBITDA for CatchMark Timber was above expectations coming in at $12.4MM versus $11MM consensus. “It will learn not only your behavior, but your moods,” Fasulo says. She previously wrote on markets for Barron's, following a career as an investment banker, and is a CFA charterholder.For more articles like this, please visit us at bloomberg.com/opinionSubscribe now to stay ahead with the most trusted business news source.©2020 Bloomberg L.P. The suspension followed a Monday meeting between China's financial regulators and Ant executives, including Ma, who were told the company's lucrative online lending business would face tighter scrutiny, sources told Reuters. Other businesses include a credit-scoring unit and an insurance marketplace. AbbVie (ABBV)AbbVie is a pharmaceutical company, one of Big Pharma’s major names. "Unsurprisingly, Wallace rates WesBanco an Outperform (i.e. Thanks to the bundled AI Cloud Plan, Sony claims the Aibo can recognize up to 100 individuals using the camera in its nose, and treat each person differently based on their interaction history. Year-to-date, the stock has accrued an astounding 764%.The market might be infatuated with tech/growth/EV stocks, all boxes the company dubbed "the Chinese Tesla" ticks, but its market performance is getting some backup from real world data.Nio announced earlier this week that in October it sold 5,055 vehicles, displaying a 100% year-over-year uptick.With waiting times on deliveries now reaching up to 6 weeks, Deutsche Bank analyst Edison Yu believes the demand “continues to outstrip supply.”“NIO already announced it hit 5k units produced for the month last week on 10/29 and we think it could potentially reach about 6k output/month in the near term running on 1 shift assuming it can run at full speed/efficiency and supply chain can keep up,” the analyst said. An aibo AI Cloud Plan subscription is required in order to enjoy all the features of an aibo. The financial expert and radio host says Americans stay poor because of these blunders.
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The rewards and risks are both typified in Humira, the company’s successful immunosuppressive anti-inflammatory drug. But going forward, to appease its banks, Beijing may want to level the regulatory playing field. “It’s good news for banks, bad news for Jack Ma,” he said, referring to the competitive threat Ant poses for traditional lenders.Record IPOThe IPO was on pace to break records. (See CTT stock analysis on TipRanks)To find good ideas for dividend stocks trading at attractive valuations, visit TipRanks’ Best Stocks to Buy, a newly launched tool that unites all of TipRanks’ equity insights.Disclaimer: The opinions expressed in this article are solely those of the featured analysts. Email us. Any suggestion that banks would stop using its platforms is “unsubstantiated,” Ant said in a response to questions from Bloomberg. Pricing and Storage Policy Membership is free to those who own an aibo Product, but users must have the Cloud Service for their aibo Product in order to use back-up, storage and other features of the Services.
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FOUR years ago, farmers were hit with another disaster they could ill afford - foot and mouth disease. Still recovering from the impact of BSE, could only watch as 10 million animals were slaughtered and burned.
The FMD outbreak was the latest in a long line of crises for the sector. World trade had opened up cheaper markets, and cheaper transport links allowed major retailers to demand more competitive prices from British farmers already reliant on government subsidies.
Some went out of business, but for others the buzzword became diversification.
Click on the headlines below to read this special report into how farmers in Cheshire are transforming their farms, and their fortunes.


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Gateway 3D secures £250,000 equity investment from North West Fund for Digital and Creative
3D product technology service opens new head office following latest funding
Derbyshire-based 3D technology developer Gateway 3D has received £250,000 in an equity deal with the North West Fund for Digital and Creative.
Launched in December 2010 under the European Commission’s Joint European Resources for Micro to Medium Enterprises Initiative (JEREMIE) to support small and medium-sized companies based in the north west, the £155m North West Fund is divided into six sub-divisions.
Gateway 3D’s investment, which comes from the £15m Digital and Creative arm of the fund, managed by AXM Venture Capital, is set to help the firm as it looks to grow its staff base.
As part of the deal Gateway 3D, which develops promotional virtual 3D technology for firms including Pets At Home, has opened a new head office in Macclesfield.
The company, founded by Andrew Talbot and Rob Bickerton, is also hoping to further develop its technology, which so far consists of 3D solutions across a range of platforms, including websites and mobile apps.


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Bad news for Spain. The arrival of the recession to Germany -its economy has decreased for two consecutive quarters, as it has announced this Thursday- puts at stake something more than 37,000 million euros in Spanish exports to this country, right in the middle of the collapse in Spain of domestic consumption. Las exports have become the engine of the Spanish economy, and the entry into recession in Germany could upset the forecasts of the Government of Pedro Sanchez.
To this we must add that the first important voices have already appeared -the Federal Reserve- that predict that the United States will also enter a recession starting in the fourth quarter of this year, where in 2022 Spanish companies exported another 19,000 million of euros. Exports and public investment -European funds- are the key to why the Spanish economy is currently growing more than the rest of the large European economies -although it is the last to recover GDP prior to the pandemic-.
A drop in exports due to the drop in economic activity in Germany would therefore be a strong blow to the national economy. The German country is the second recipient of Spanish products -automobile in first place, a key industry for Spain- after France and, according to data from Commerce, in 2022 they exceeded 37,000 million. More than 60,000 million are exported to France.
In addition, according to data from the CEOE, there are some 1,800 German companies working in Spain that employ 700,000 direct and indirect people. The recession in Germany may also affect another key sector for Spain, tourism. Almost half a million Germans visit the country every month and a worsening of its economy will affect Spain. In 2022, according to data from the Ministry of Industry, German tourists left in Spain more than 11,500 million of euros.
The good news is that, in the first quarter, the economic problems of Germany have not yet been noticed in Spain. In the first three months of the year the visit of German tourists continues to rise and exports, too. According to data from Commerce, sales to this country have increased by 14.3% and to the whole of the European Union, by 15.4%. These are data that have allowed the national GDP to grow by 0.5% in the first quarter despite the collapse in domestic consumption.
A collapse that continues in this second quarter and that, if exports and tourism are also combined due to the German contagion, they will have an impact on the national economy. The Government expects GDP to grow by 2.1% this year and to recover the wealth prior to the pandemic.


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Last fall, OSHA initiated a “severe violators” list. It includes companies who chronically expose employees to workplace safety and health risks. Dollar General was the first company OSHA put on the list.
According to CNBC, Tennessee-based Dollar General grew rapidly during the pandemic. It now operates more locations that Target and Walmart. The workplace safety problems have been widespread, too.
In the last five years, OSHA has fined Dollar General $15 million. OSHA inspected more than 270 Dollar General stores and charged the company with over 100 violations.
“Dollar General’s growing record of disregard for safety measures makes it abundantly clear that the company puts profit before people,” said an OSHA spokesperson in a January news release. “These violations are preventable, and failing to prevent them shows a blatant disregard for the workers on whom they depend to keep their stores operating.”
A Dollar General spokesperson defended the company, saying, “when we learn of situations where we have failed to live up to this commitment, we work to address the issue and ensure the company’s expectations regarding safety are clearly communicated, understood and implemented.”
Yet the violations at Dollar General stores are repeated in nature. Since Dollar General is a retail store, the workplace safety violations typically involve things like blocked fire exits, improperly stacked boxes that could fall, and reach hazards when heavy items are stored on shelves above waist level.
If you’ve been injured in a retail store in Illinois, you’re probably entitled to workers’ comp
The hazards of retail stores may not be dramatic, but falling merchandise can cause lasting injury and a blocked fire exit could be deadly. We call on Dollar General and all retail stores to address these issues immediately and on an ongoing basis.
The good news is that virtually all of these stores are required to carry workers’ compensation insurance.
Assuming your employer does have workers’ comp insurance, you are entitled to make a claim whenever you are injured doing a work-related activity. You do not have to prove your employer was responsible for the injury – only that it happened at work.
If your employer does not have workers’ comp insurance but should, you may still have a legal claim against them for negligence.
Either way, an attorney can help you. There is no up-front cost and the initial consultation is free.


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Hyundai is recalling its popular Sonata midsize sedan to fix problems with the gear shift levers. The recall covers 883,000 cars from the 2011 through 2014 model years.
The probe was opened over an April 2011 car crash that severely injured an elderly man when the passenger air bags didn’t deploy.
Plug-In 2014, the premiere electric vehicle conference in the nation, began on Monday at the San Jose Convention Center with those in attendance discussing and debating the future of plug-in cars.
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Most victims had small amounts of money, loose change and personal items removed.
Two separate events will close numerous streets
If city loses , citation money would be returned
In an effort to find lighter renewable materials, Ford announced a partnership on Tuesday with Heinz to research the use of tomato fibers to make car parts.
Carmaker says 2000 to 2014 model years have new type of ignition switch problem
GM CEO Mary Barra says 15 employees — many of them senior legal and engineering executives — have been forced out of the company