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Nelson, N.Y. — For a ten years, the Nelson Odeon welcomed a prolonged checklist of acoustic, roots and Americana audio functions to the phase of its rustic, approximately 200-calendar year-aged setting up at the “Four Corners” in the coronary heart of Madison County.
Now, a yr into the Covid-19 pandemic, house owners Jeff and Linda Schoenfeld declared they are calling it quits. They are putting the creating just off Route 20 in Nelson up for sale. It is been closed, apart from for a number of outdoor events final September, considering the fact that March 2020.
For a great deal of the pandemic, the Schoenfelds held out hope they could reopen.
“I don’t consider we acquired significant (about closing) right up until a handful of months back,” Jeff Schoenfled claimed right now. “We just did not see much alter in the leisure sector. It just feels like this could go on for venues like this, and we couldn’t experience a different winter season of possessing the area empty.”
The Schoenfelds declared the closing in a observe to “Dear Buddies of the Nelson Odeon.”
The Nelson Odeon opened in the spring of 2011 in what was then the 170-12 months-outdated former Nelson Grange creating, just north of the intersection of Route 20 and Nelson Street. The location is about 5 miles east of Cazenovia.
The Odeon (a word applied for overall performance venues in historical Greece and Rome), grew to become a essential player in the development of the location recognised as the Four Corners, which is also household to the Nelson Farms Country Store and has hosted an array of dining and consuming spots and other stores more than the several years. (An ice cream stand, called Nelson Creamery, is envisioned to open subsequent thirty day period).
The stage at the Odeon has welcomed acts like people singer Anna Tivel, jazz guitarist Stephane Wrembel, Brooklyn-primarily based ragtime and blues group The Wiyos, and the Quebec people team Le Vent du Nord.
Jeff Schoenfeld said he finds it tough to title his most loved present or performers.
“I was content with each and every single show,’ he mentioned. “Even the ones I didn’t genuinely like, or at least didn’t know, I felt like I uncovered one thing from them.”
The setting up, which housed an antiques shop before the Schoenfelds bought it, is shown with agent Kevin Dewan of Berkshire Hathaway. The outlined price is $149,000.
Jeff Schoenfeld said he’d adore to see anyone take it in excess of and run it as a songs location. (There are relatively new seem and lighting techniques that could be additional in at a negotiated price in that scenario).
Usually, he claimed, it could revert to its previous use as a retail shop.
The Schoenfelds acquired the aged Grange building in 2009 right after living just up the road for about 30 a long time. At initially, they didn’t know what they prepared to do with it.
“So without having any knowledge or true plans to do it, we turned it into a spot exactly where people liked the new music and we made a lot of friends,” he mentioned. “It was a great 10 a long time.”


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Sony Interactive Entertainment has increased its stake in Elden Ring dev FromSoftware, with Chinese giant Tencent also upping its investment to a 16.25 percent stake. Sony now owns 14.09 percent stake in the developer and parent company Kadokawa Corporation remains majority shareholder with a stake of 69.66 percent. According to a press release, Kadokawa will use Sony’s investment to strengthen existing IP and create new IP in anime and games.
How Elden Ring dev will use Sony’s investment
FromSoftware plans to “proactively invest in development of more powerful game IP,” according to the press release. The developer will utilize funds to cater to a growing global market and take advantage of publishing expertise. Interestingly, FromSoftware plans to use Tencent’s investment for mobile efforts whereas it plans to utilize funding from Sony for “IP in games, videos and various other media in the global market, concurrently and separately.”
Sony and its subsidiaries and the Company have developed a collaborative business relationship across a wide range of areas related to the Sony Group’s global Direct-to-Consumer (DTC) business operations, branded hardware business and games business. In February 2023, the Company conducted a third-party allotment with Sony as the allottee with the aim of strengthening its relationship with the Sony Group over the long term, and creating new IP of the Company and maximizing the utilization of its existing IP in anime and game fields. FromSoftware decided to conduct the Third-Party Allotment to Sixjoy within the Tencent Group, which has strength in its capabilities to develop and deploy mobile games and other network technologies in the global market including China, and SIE within the Sony Group, which has strength in its capabilities to deploy IP in games, videos and various other media in the global market, concurrently and separately.
It’s unclear if either Sony and/or Tencent are eyeing a complete takeover.
In other news, PS Plus Essential September 2023 lineup has leaked, and we finally have some God of War Ragnarok gameplay and details.

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Moscow, may 23 — “News. Economy.” The growth of tension in relations between the US and China sparked concerns that Beijing may use its dominant position as a supplier of rare earths as a weapon in the trade war. Meanwhile, rare earth metals are used in a wide range of products, writes Reuters.
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Rare earths are used in batteries for electric and hybrid vehicles and also for the production of computers, DVD players, wind turbines, catalysts in cars, monitors, televisions, lighting, lasers, fiber optics, superconductors, etc.
Some rare earth metals necessary for the production of military equipment, including jet engines, missile guidance system, missile defense system, satellites and lasers. Lanthanum, for example, necessary for the manufacture of night vision devices.
As reported “Vesti. Economy”, on Monday, the Chinese President XI Jinping visited the company production of rare earth metals JL MAG Rare-Earth Co. in Jiangxi. This visit sparked speculation that China may ban the export of rare earth metals in the United States in retaliation in a trade war.
USA may 10, has raised import duties on Chinese goods worth $200 billion with 10% to 25%. In addition, Washington began preparing for the introduction of increased import duties on Chinese goods another $300 billion the US has ruled out rare earth metals from the list of commodities that will be affected by a new wave of fees.
American companies such as Raytheon Co and Lockheed Martin Corp, missiles produce complex and require rare earth metals that are used in the guidance systems and sensors. Apple Inc also uses rare earth elements, in particular in the speakers and cameras.
Rare earth metals are a group of 17 elements, including gadolinium, holmium, dysprosium, europium, ytterbium, lutetium, neodymium, praseodymium, promethium, samarium, terbium, thulium, cerium, erbium, scandium, yttrium and lanthanum.
The share of China, a dominant global supplier of rare earth metals, accounting for about 80% of U.S. imports of these items.
According to the U.S. Geological survey in 2017 the share of China accounted for 81% of world production of rare earth metals. They are also mined in India, South Africa, Canada, Australia, Estonia, Malaysia and Brazil.
The Mountain Pass mine in California, the only operating U.S. source of production of rare earth metals. However, MP Materials, the owner of Mountain Pass, sends about 50 thousand tons of concentrate per year from California to China for processing.
Australia’s Lynas Corporation Ltd this week announced that it has signed a Memorandum of understanding with the Texas based company Blue Line Corp for the construction of a plant for processing rare earth metals in the United States.
US senators in may introduced a bill that encourages the development of domestic supplies. Recycling has also become a potential source of rare earth elements.
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Problems for the U.S. Office of Personnel Management aren't letting up. The government agency said Monday it had suspended a system used for background checks after a security flaw was discovered in the Web-based app.
Microsoft will be handing over its display advertising business to AOL in nine markets as part of a new partnership between the two companies that was announced Monday.
Microsoft has quietly added a new Surface Pro 3 to its retail lineup that's tailor made for people who want a little extra power at a middle-of-the-road price point.
Microsoft is hurtling towards the release of Windows 10, delivering a new build to early testers that provides more clues what the OS will look like when it ships at the end of next month.
A new version of Microsoft's parental control product is ready for the Windows 10 launch, but users are complaining about a serious bug as well as features they don't like.
Uber is adding to its mapping smarts by acquiring technology used by Microsoft's Bing Maps, and has hired roughly 100 Microsoft employees who work on image collection and data analysis.
Like visiting a junk yard to find cheap parts for an aging vehicle, researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have come up with a way to fix buggy software by inserting working code from another program.
The availability of really fast broadband in your neighborhood could increase your home's value by more than 3 percent.
Microsoft Research has developed a lens system it believes is superior to the one in a developer's version of the Oculus VR Rift headset.
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Wallace Video celebrates 25th anniversary
Woodburns only video store has reached a milestone.
Wallace Video, located at 1505 N. Pacific Highway, opened for business Sept. 11, 1988, and owner Tim Wallace said the company is still going strong.
Its because weve provided customer service with a smile, he said.
The company, which has six employees, boasts 19,000 movie titles and more than 1,000 video game titles available to rent or buy.
We get newly released movies 28 days before Redbox and Netflix, Wallace pointed out.
For its anniversary, the company has had an ongoing movie sale, including more than 1,000 VHS tapes available for a quarter apiece.
While big box stores have closed their doors, Wallace Video has thrived because of responsible business practices and multiple offerings, including CD, DVD?and game repair.
Every DVD you buy has a lifetime warranty, Wallace said.
The business was started by Tom and Linda Wallace, Tim Wallaces parents, and although he worked for them since 1988, he took over the business in 2000.
Wallace Video has also supported local schools, the library and service organizations.
Its fun being part of the community,?Tim Wallace said. I like the customers and I like watching the movies.


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Pet ID tag and platform provider PetHub has closed a Series A investment round taking its total funding so far to US$1.7m, the Puget Sound Business Journal reports. The company’s NFC-enabled pet tags are now available in 1,000 US and 400 European stores.
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Net income quadruples for E-Trade in fourth quarter
Published 4:00 am, Tuesday, January 15, 2002
The markets may provide little cheer to most investors and brokerages, but E-Trade Group of Menlo Park announced surprisingly robust results yesterday.
The second-largest online broker reported that net income from ongoing operations quadrupled in the fourth quarter ended Dec. 31 to $24.7 million (7 cents per share) from $6 million (2 cents) in the dismal fourth quarter of 2000.
The most recent results were above the 4 cents per share earnings estimates of analysts polled by Thompson Financial/First Call. Following the earnings announcement, E-Trade shares rose 48 cents to $12.20 in after-market trading.
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"E-Trade exceeded expectations," said J.P. Morgan analyst Gregory Smith. "Everyone has been looking for this company to turn its large customer base into a profit engine, and we're finally seeing progress."
Despite what E-Trade Chief Executive Officer Christos Cotsakos called "the continued challenging environment," the company reported its sixth quarter of operating profits. Net income from ongoing operations was $40.2 million (12 cents) for all of last year, compared with $12.3 million (4 cents) in 2000.
However, Cotsakos said, "We're not looking for a lot more out of brokerage (operations). It will be choppy."
E-Trade is diversifying away from its dependence on trading transactions by providing its 4 million customers additional financial services for a fee.
For example, E-Trade financed $2 billion in mortgages in the fourth quarter and sold all but $345 million of them in the secondary market. This quarter, the company will begin providing credit cards and direct auto loans to its customers.
The company will publicize its broadening services and next-generation Web site in Super Bowl commercials and other ads.
E-Trade also announced these developments:
-- It repurchased 20.4 million shares of common stock in the fourth quarter for an average price of $7.28 per share and retired $100 million of debt.
-- The board of directors in essence forgave a $14.9 million unsecured loan to Cotsakos in return for reducing potential payments to the CEO in the amount of $31 million in the event of a change of control of the company.


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Bangkok shopping mall operator Siam Piwat has launched new retail services to engage and support customers and retail tenants during social distancing.
The new services include Call & Pick up, Eat at home and OneSiam Chat & Shop, which allow customers to shop online via live chat at OneSiam Line official accounts, shopping centres’ social media and OneSiam mobile application.
“Amid the current situation, OneSiam has worked in line with the government’s attempts to cease the spread of Covid-19,” said Chanisa Kaewruen, senior deputy MD of Siam Piwat.
With Call & Pick up service, loyalty program members can place orders for grocery shopping via phone and collect their groceries at the pick-up point. Meanwhile, the Eat at Home service allows customers to order food from more than 50 restaurants at Siam Paragon, Gourmet Garden, Paragon Food Hall and IconSiam.
OneSiam Chat & Shop is the company’s new omnichannel service, providing live chat that connects customers with shopping advocates to make purchases on OneSiam’s Line account and its other social-media channels.
“Social media has been our major platform to communicate and keep our customers updated with interesting and relevant information,” said Suthida Maleipan, deputy MD at Siam Piwat. “This is in tune with our social commerce strategy and the Chat & Shop service is expected to increase customer engagement to over 25 million followers next year.”


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We know a lot of you guys are waiting to see what Apple has in store for us with their iPhone announcements this year, and according to the sources of AllThingsD, it seems that come 10th September we should be able to get our answers! While the invites have yet to be sent out, their sources have “confirmed” that Apple will be holding an event on that day itself, so if you’re looking forward to the next iPhone, you might want to mark that date down on your calendars.
At this point it seems that all the rumors are pointing towards the possibility that Apple could be unveiling two new iPhones. One of them would be that of the iPhone 5S, the successor of the iPhone 5, and the other would be the iPhone 5C, the rumored low-cost iPhone which has also gone by the “iPhone Lite” moniker in the past. The iPhone 5S, if previous rumors are to be believed, will feature an upgraded processor, a better camera, and possibly fingerprint scanning technology as well. Apart from that it is also expected to resemble the iPhone 5 in terms of design.
The iPhone 5C on the other hand will be a low-cost alternative to the iPhone 5S and based on leaked images, we can expect it to sport a plastic body which we guess helped to cut costs. It is also expected to be similar in terms of its dimensions to the iPhone 5, although slightly thicker due to its plastic body. We are not sure if this event will be purely for the iPhone or if Apple will announce new iPads as well, but we’ll definitely keep our eyes peeled for more info, and hopefully official invites to the event will start making their way out soon!


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BRATTLEBORO — The select board on Tuesday voted to file a lawsuit against pharmacy chains, pharmacy benefit managers, and manufacturers and distributors of opioid painkillers, accusing them of fueling the drug crisis that caused 24 deaths in Windham County last year.
Brattleboro will join more than 1,000 local governments around the country, including Keene and Cheshire County, that have filed similar suits.
The select board also voted to opt out of a national “negotiating class” of cities and counties formed for the purposes of pursuing a global settlement of opioid litigation that has been or could be brought by those governments. That means Brattleboro will go to trial or settle its lawsuit separately, rather than being bound by whatever agreement the negotiating class reaches.
Brattleboro officials are modeling their lawsuit on one filed by Bennington, Vt., according to statements at Tuesday’s meeting. The Bennington lawsuit names as defendants dozens of companies and individuals. It accuses manufacturers of pushing highly addictive painkillers on the market despite knowing the risks, and alleges pharmacies and distributors failed in their duty to monitor and control suspicious orders, which were then diverted for illicit use.
While Brattleboro’s lawsuit will include pharmacy chains that have locations in town, the select board unanimously agreed not to name locally owned pharmacies as defendants. Members of the board said the Bennington complaint cites specific evidence of negligence on the part of national chains, but they did not feel they had any such evidence for the local businesses.
“What we know from this information is that the national chains engaged in these practices,” select board member Elizabeth McLoughlin said, according to a video of Tuesday’s meeting. “We don’t know that the local pharmacies did.”
The companies have generally denied the allegations in the various lawsuits, saying they were working to ease patients’ pain, stressing the complexity of causes behind the opioid crisis and pointing to other parts of the supply chain.
“Given our role, the idea that distributors are responsible for the number of opioid prescriptions written defies common sense and lacks understanding of how the pharmaceutical supply chain actually works and is regulated,” John Parker, a senior vice president of the Healthcare Distribution Alliance, a trade group, said in a statement last year. “Those bringing lawsuits would be better served addressing the root causes, rather than trying to redirect blame through litigation.”
Nationally, almost 400,000 people died from opioid overdoses between 1999 and 2017, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. That includes prescription medications and illicit drugs.
Public-health researchers have described three “waves” of the opioid epidemic in that time, starting with rising deaths due to prescription opioids like oxycodone. Around 2010, heroin deaths started to climb sharply. The past five or six years have seen a spike in deaths due to fentanyl, a synthetic opioid 50 to 100 times more powerful than morphine.
The lawsuits by Brattleboro and other municipalities seek to recover costs they say they have spent dealing with the opioid crisis, such as money spent on law enforcement and emergency medical services.


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Spike Lee's latest movie wouldn't exist without the internet, and now Lee is going online to distribute the film, too. Lee's new film, Da Sweet Blood of Jesus, is today being made available to rent and buy on Vimeo, a full month ahead of the film's planned theatrical release. In a video announcing the film's online premiere today, Lee doesn't elaborate much on the surprising distribution choice. "Check it out," Lee says at the end of the video. "Peace."
Lee's film is a big grab for Vimeo
Digital distribution is slowly becoming more common for feature films — especially for low-budget matters like this. In particular, indie films are often released digitally or on VOD platforms before entering theaters as a way to increase buzz. That's been done with some major directors — like Lars Von Trier, with Nymphomaniac — but it's still rare for a marketable name like Lee to head straight online. Vimeo is streaming the movie in the US, Canada, and Puerto Rico. It's $9.99 to rent and $14.99 to purchase.
Da Sweet Blood of Jesus may be more suited to an online release. The film was funded through a Kickstarter campaign in 2013, so there are fans out there who will likely jump at the opportunity to watch it early online. The apparent eccentricity of this new film may also lend to an online release, allowing Da Sweet Blood of Jesus to gain some steam before it's in theaters. Lee's latest is a vampire pic, though he prefers not to call it one: rather, it's a modern "love story" about people who become addicted to blood and want to live forever. It's supposed to explore the nature of "love, addiction, sex, and status" in today's society.
The film is also a big grab for Vimeo. Vimeo has been operating a paid section of its website for a little while now, but it hasn't seen a lot of attention. To be fair, most people likely found out that YouTube sold and rented movies just a couple weeks ago when it debuted The Interview, but that just goes to show how hard of a time these streaming services are having at finding audiences for paid content. Lee's movie certainly isn't going to attract Vimeo anywhere near the attention that YouTube recently received, but getting Lee on board should certainly help.


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Pete and Gerry’s was featured in an article from the Washington Post about USDA organic eggs and how they are produced.
“The vast majority of small “organic” egg farms in the United States do allow their hens outside. For example, all the farms that produce eggs for the Pete and Gerry’s brand are required to let their hens out.
‘We think that’s what consumers expect of organic eggs,’ said Jesse Laflamme, co-owner and chief executive at Pete and Gerry’s Organics.”
Watch an interview with CEO Jesse Laflamme on the New Hampshire Chronicle! Jesse talks about the book written by Pete and Gerry’s about organic egg farming. He also talks about how Pete and Gerry’s was the first organic egg farm in the industry.
In an article published by bonappetit.com Alex Beggs explains why medium eggs exist.
“So I called up Jesse LaFlamme, the chief executive farmer of Pete and Gerry’s organic eggs. Yes, I too was disappointed his name was neither Pete nor Gerry. (Okay, Gerry is Jesse’s father). He told me that medium eggs are typically from younger hens. They’re the hen’s first round, so to speak, so they’re smaller and have a thicker shell. He even thinks they might have a tastier yolk, but he admits, “that might be in my head.” Things get a bit scrambled in there. Too much? Sorry.”
A recent article published by vitals.lifehacker.com explains how any food companies find the FDA’s definition of “healthy” to be out dated and are pushing for them to redefine what healthy really means, which is good news for the egg industry.
Pete and Gerry’s Organic Eggs: “As the owner [of] Pete & Gerry’s Organics LLC, a Certified Humane, free-range, network of small family farms, it’s not often that I see eye to eye with the [United Egg Producers], as we disagree on farming practices. Where we do agree is that eggs are a very healthy food.”
Pete and Gerry’s Organic Eggs was named in one of the 7 Best Clean Dairy and Dairy-Free Products by cleaneatingmag.com.
“These top-quality, grade-A eggs come from free-range, certified-humane hens fed with 100% organic feed. $6, peteandgerrys.com for where to buy.”
A recent article on forbes.com explains that the new organic welfare standards my be in jeopardy as the USDA announced important amendments to its animal welfare standards for organic livestock and poultry.
“Most companies operating under the USDA organic logo are also in favour of these new standards. Perdue Farms, the largest broiler chicken producer in America, supports the new standards as they plan to expand their organic business in the coming years. Pete & Gerry’s, the largest organic egg producer in the US, is already in compliance with the new rules.”
In a recent article by John Koziol on UnionLeader.com, Jesse Laflamme, CEO of Pete and Gerry’s discusses Donald Trump’s recent promise of an across-the-board rollback of government regulations, especially one that would further define the word “organic” and bring more attention to the care of laying hens.
“The bottom line is that consumers could become confused about what a truly “organic” egg is. Pete and Gerry’s could lose market share if cage-free eggs are allowed to be produced on an industrial scale by companies that might meet the technical definition of organic, but not the spirit.”
“The rules are part of the voluntary opt-in for egg producers who want to be certified organic, and because they are voluntary, they have been praised in the past by Republican lawmakers as examples of ‘good regulations’.”
With a constantly growing egg industry, Pete and Gerry’s plans to rely on marketing to showcase the story and values of our company.
In an article published by groceryheadquarters.com, Lindsey Wojcik discusses Pete and Gerry’s Hard-Boiled Organic Eggs that are now offered in a resealable, portable pouch which are great for healthy snacking.
“Pete and Gerry’s Organic eggs are available at more than 9,600 retail locations, coast to coast. The egg producer has Certified B-Corporation status, and the company’s Certified Humane, Free Range eggs have grown as consumer demand for more ethically sourced eggs has driven the category, officials add. “
In a recent article Tonya Garcia of marketwatch.com explains how Pete and Gerry’s cage free eggs can be a good model for other business to follow.
“In addition to providing customers with high-quality eggs, according to Laflamme, Pete & Gerry’s wants to provide its small farmers with a livelihood, which has become increasingly difficult in the face of jumbo-sized agricultural companies. (Executives at Monroe, N.H.-based Pete & Gerry’s also express a desire to bring back a way of farming that’s focused on the animals and the environment.)”
In a recent article published by npr.org, Dan Charles explains just how much space should be provided for an organic hen to live.
“According to the new rules, farmers must provide at least one square foot of outdoor space for each 2.25 pounds of poultry in their flock. According to Jesse Laflamme, CEO of Pete and Gerry’s Organic Eggs, that translates to about two square feet per egg-laying hen, or about an acre for a flock of 20,000.”


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Ubisoft has been struggling. The company cancelled three unannounced titles just last week, with a delay put on Skull and Bones to buy the game more time. Now, a new report from notable insider Tom Henderson’s Insider Gaming has shared an anonymous employee’s remarks that Ubisoft had “at least” a dozen battle royale games in development at one point.
It’s a shocking figure to see the company chasing so many games of one genre, but at the same time, it’s not all that surprising. Ubisoft is desperate for cash. The reason for the aforementioned three titles scrapped in an emergency investor meeting was to cut $215 million in costs, and Ubisoft’s stock has been falling since 2018. Reception hasn’t been great to any of Ubisoft’s latest releases, including Mario + Rabbids: Sparks of Hope, which “surprised” Ubisoft with its commercial underperformance.
Not all hope is lost quite yet for the French gaming giant. It still has Assassin’s Creed Mirage to release later this year. With the game aiming to take the franchise back to its roots, it could deliver what many fans have been asking for over the past few years. Additionally, Ubisoft is developing Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora, which follows the massive $2 billion success of the latest blockbuster movie entry Avatar: The Way of Water.
Despite these notes of positivity, there are still clouds forming to darken Ubisoft’s current outlook. A strike of Ubisoft Paris workers has been called by French union Solidaires Informatique, calling out Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot’s strategy of game cancellations and salary cuts. The employee speaking to Insider Gaming had said that they didn’t know the fate of the battle royale games that were in the works, and at this point, maybe we never will.
Are you surprised that Ubisoft had so many battle royale games planned? Are you excited for any of Ubisoft’s upcoming releases? Let us know in the comments below, and keep your eyes on GameLuster for more gaming news.


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Updated: April 20, around 8 p.m.
With the announcement that the rest of winter quarter and all of spring quarter would be online, and Santa Barbara County’s recommendation that restaurants switch to take-out or delivery to reduce the spread of coronavirus, many businesses in Isla Vista have reduced their hours, shifted to takeout or delivery only or temporarily closed down altogether.
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Christmas carols, cakes and gifts, it’s merrymaking in Delhi!By IANS
Saturday, December 25, 2010
NEW DELHI - Soaking in the festive spirit while wrapped in layers of clothing, Delhiites Saturday visited various decked up churches, sang carols, exchanged presents and gorged on fruit plum cakes to celebrate the festival of Christmas.
Braving chilly winds, denizens of the city assembled for the midnight mass at the churches Friday night on the Christmas eve.
“Frankly, there would be no fun in celebrating Christmas without the chill. After all, Christmas is all about snow and the winter. In fact, I hope that it actually snows here next year as I just love this festival,” 19-year-old Marisa Phillip told IANS.
Children as well as their parents were evidently enthralled by the huge Christmas tree at the Sacred Heart Cathedral in central Delhi. The tinkling ornaments, streamers, and coloured lights on the tree and the manger with baby Jesus and Mary captivated the visitors.
“We visit this particular church every year. We come here and light candles and offer our prayers to Jesus and Mother Mary. The atmosphere here is just electric,” said Arushi Bhatnagar, who was accompanied by her kids and husband.
The little ones were truly overjoyed as they woke up to neatly wrapped gifts from Santa Claus.
“I got a new pair of shoes and a big box of chocolates from Santa Claus. I am delighted as I had always wanted these shoes. Next year, I’ll wish for a Playstation video game,” said a cheerful Shaurya Verma, 8.
The kids admitted at Escorts Hospital received a special kind of a gift Friday as “Deputy Commissioner of Police H.G.S. Dhaliwal joined them in Christmas celebrations and narrated stories to them,” said an official of NGO Uday, which organised the event.
Houses in various Christian-dominated localities were decorated with Star of Bethlehem-shaped lights, Christmas trees and Santa cut-outs. Friends and families visited one another over sumptuous lunches and sang carols and exchanged gifts.
“I will be visiting my girlfriend’s house in the afternoon as she is a Catholic. Her mother has prepared rum cake, turkey and apple pies,” a youngster said.
The major market places across the city wore a festive look with Christmas trees, colourful lights, tiny bells and streamers. The shops, especially the bakeries, did brisk business.
“We have been baking cakes and pastries since yesterday (Friday) morning and all of them have been flying off the shelf. I am proud to say that our products are literally selling like hot cakes,” said the owner of a bakery shop in Defence colony.


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Taipei, Feb. 8 (CNA) The Ministry of Health and Welfare (MOHW) has laid out new rules that will be needed to manage imports of food and agricultural products from areas in Japan affected by the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster.
The new rules will mirror measures listed by the Cabinet earlier Tuesday when it announced Taiwan’s decision to lift the 11-year-old ban on imports from Fukushima, Gunma, Chiba, Ibaraki, and Tochigi prefectures in Japan, which were hit by fallout from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant’s meltdown in March 2011.
Some food items will remain banned
The MOHW said in a statement that the new rules will be introduced based on the Act Governing Food Safety and Sanitation and will detail the items that will remain prohibited and those that will be subject to specific controls.
While the overall ban on food items from the five prefectures will be lifted, some items from those areas will still be prohibited from entering Taiwan, including the meat of wild birds and other wild animals, mushrooms, and “koshiabura” (漉油菜) (foraged vegetables).
Items from those areas that cannot be sold in other parts of Japan will also not be allowed into Taiwan, according to the proposed new rules outlined Tuesday.
All other food items from the five prefectures will require a certificate of origin and radiation inspection certificate when entering Taiwan, according to a separate list of “supporting measures” accompanying the lifting of the ban issued by the MOHW.
There will be a period of 10 days for the government to collect opinions from members of the public on the new rules and supporting measures before they are implemented, the ministry said.
Strict standards on radioactive substances in food
Defending the policy to open Taiwan’s doors to Japanese food products from areas affected by the nuclear disaster, Council of Agriculture chief Chen Chi-chung (陳吉仲) said Taiwan has among the strictest standards on radioactive substances in food.
Taiwan’s maximum levels of iodine 131, cesium 134 and cesium 137 in general food products and items such as milk and dairy products, baby food, beverages and bottled drinking water are 10-100 becquerel (Bq) per kilogram, Chen said, similar to those found in Japan.
They are lower than the 100-1,000 Bq/kg adopted by CODEX, 150-2,000 Bq/kg adopted by the European Union, 100-1,000 Bq/kg adopted by Canada, and 170-1,200 Bq/kg adopted by the United States, he said.
Also, Taiwan examined 180,000 Japanese food products over the past decade that all met its standards for radioactive substances, and even the 236 items in which traces of radioactive substances were found were either shipped back to the where they came or destroyed by the importers.
“None of the food products that failed to pass the inspection entered (Taiwan),” Chen said, though he did not specify if the zero tolerance policy of the past would continue in the future.
Related: Timeline on controversy over Japan food imports
According to MOHW data, there were 55 countries and territories around the world that imposed controls on Japanese food products after the Fukushima nuclear disaster in March 2011.
Of those, 41 countries and territories have lifted their control measures while 12 now only ban the import of high-risk products or require radiation inspection certificates or certificates of origin, the data showed.
Only Taiwan and China continued to fully ban Japanese food products from the nuclear disaster-hit areas before Taiwan’s announcement on Tuesday.
(By Chiang Hui-chun, Yang Shu-min and Elizabeth Hsu)
Feb. 9: Majority of Taiwanese favor lifting ban on Fukushima food imports: DPP
Feb. 8: Taiwan outlines controls on Japan food imports after ban lifted
Feb. 8: Atomic Energy Council to expand national food inspection capacity
Feb. 8: Taipei proposes city-level rules after Fukushima food ban lifted


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KUALA LUMPUR (April 26): Nestlé (Malaysia) Bhd’s net profit for the first quarter ended March 31, 2022 (1QFY22) grew 17.14% to RM205.18 million from RM175.16 million a year earlier underpinned by stronger sales, coupled with lower Covid-19 related expenses.
The improved results were achieved despite the impact of increased commodity prices, as well as the impact of Cukai Makmur (the prosperity tax), said Nestlé in a bourse filing on Tuesday (April 26).
Earnings per share rose to 87.5 sen, compared with 74.7 sen previously.
After 3 years pandemic already end, next year onwards surely is the years of recovery and economy start booming time ! Like previously economy downturn period of: 1)Crisis 1986-1990 start booming 1993 to 1997 2)Crisis 1997-2000 start booming 2003 to 2006 3)Crisis 2006-2010 start booming 2013 to 2016 4)Crisis 2016-2022 start booming 2023 to 2027
So, our economy and KLSE will be spike up like mad start from year 2023 which is next year and i predict our KLSE this round of bull run start 2023 will hit it’s record high of around 2,000 points !
Nestle has tweaked its 2022 sales outlook higher, the world's largest packaged food company said ahead of an investor seminar on Tuesday. "We now expect organic sales growth between 8% and 8.5%. The underlying trading operating profit margin is expected around 17.0%. Underlying earnings per share in constant currency and capital efficiency are expected to increase," it said after forecasting in October organic sales would rise around 8%.
Organic growth, which cuts out the impact of currency movements and acquisitions, was 8.5% in the nine months to the end of September, the highest since 2008.
Nestle also said it had decided to explore strategic options for peanut allergy treatment Palforzia "following slower than expected adoption by patients and healthcare professionals". It expected the review to be completed in the first half of 2023
The revenues and PBT for Nestle for 2022 should be better than for 2021. Still a great company with very strong economic moat. Generating huge free cash flows which were almost all distributed as dividends annually. Continues to grow at high single digit growth rate. Require very little capex, all organically, to grow.
If you have owned this company for many years, you know how rewarding this has been and still is.
Is it not true, that the really big fortunes from common stocks have been garnered by those:
- who made a substantial commitment in the early years of a company in whose future they had great confidence and
- who held their original shares unwaveringly while they increased 10-fold or 100-fold or more in value?
This book is the result of the author's many years of experience and observation throughout his 26 years in the stockbroking industry. It was written for general public to learn to invest based on facts and not on fantasies or hearsay....


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Last year, the price of cryptocurrencies hit record highs, making inroads into mainstream commerce. However, the year 2018 has seen largest cryptocurrencies by market cap, such as Bitcoin and Ethereum demonstrate their bearish nature. Even so, that has not hindered the continuous acceptance and adoption of cryptocurrency and the technology that underpins it.
Oct. 30, Bank of America (BoA), a Charlotte-based banking giant, revealed that it has acquired another cryptocurrency patent, continuing its effort to forge ahead in the space. The reason: the company does not want to be left behind.
“While many devices may provide for acquiring evidence of a security breach (i.e., physical or non-physical tampering with the device and/or the data), such devices do not provide for real-time response to such breaches, such that misappropriation of private cryptography keys is prevented,” the document reads. “Therefore, a need exists for a secure means for storing private cryptography keys.”
Bank of America, the 2nd largest bank in the U.S., is apparently the financial institution that boasts the most crypto-related patents in the world, according to Bitcoin Patent Report. The bank has so far received or applied for at least 50 patents for blockchain, Fortune reports. It beats out even IBM.
BoA sees cryptocurrencies a threat to banks
Early this year, CNBC reported that the financial institution told SEC the rapidly growing cryptocurrency space is providing a stiff competition to the traditional banking sector. Also, it said cryptocurrencies make it difficult for banks to track crypto-related transactions or comply with regulations.


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Slovenia asks Indian firms to invest, build business
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Slovenia invited Indian firms to invest and set up projects in the country, mentioning that it is an ideal destination for investment.
"Slovenia is a perfect investment platform for Indian companies due to its excellent infrastructure, a well-educated workforce, and a strategic location between the Balkans and Western Europe," Jozef Drofenik, Ambassador of Slovenia to India, said on Wednesday while interacting with industry people at an event organised in Chandigarh.
Presenting Slovenia as an ideal investment destination for companies from India, Drofenik extended invitation to the industry from Chandigarh to invest, collaborate, partner and create business partnerships with its counterparts in Slovenia, and extended its full support.
"Slovenia has a number of small and medium-sized companies, having advanced technology and skilled workforce,” he said.
The country has signed a pact with Indian Air force for 100 advanced planes that can cover maximum distance in a single fuelling. It has one of the highest per capita GDPs (Gross Domestic Product) in Central Europe," he informed.
While speaking at the event, Maja Segota, First Counsellor, Trade and Economic Affairs, Embassy of Slovenia in India, stated, “Investors, who want to build a customer network in the east and southeast region of Europe, can gain from increasing their business through Slovenia with the help of the country’s supportive environment, business-friendly infrastructure and tech-savvy workforce.”
Dinesh Dua, Chairman, CII Chandigarh Council, while talking on the bilateral trade between India and Slovenia, said, “The commercial and economic ties between India and Slovenia, mainly investment relationship, has grown in the last few years. Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) inflows from Slovenia to India from April 2000 to June 2015 was around $8.49 million, making the country the 79th most significant investor in India.”
The key sectors that saw maximum flows of funds from Slovenia include manufacturing, computer software & hardware, pharmaceutical products, electrical machinery, green technology and organic chemicals, Dua added.


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Warehouse belonging to Chinese payment terminal manufacturer raided by FBI
PAX Technology devices allegedly opening suspicious connections to Middle Kingdom
Updated US feds were spotted raiding a warehouse belonging to Chinese payment terminal manufacturer PAX Technology in Jacksonville, Florida, on Tuesday, with speculation abounding that the machines contained preinstalled malware.
PAX Technology is headquartered in Shenzhen, China, and is one of the largest electronic payment providers in the world. It operates around 60 million point-of-sale (PoS) payment terminals in more than 120 countries.
Jacksonville news anchor Courtney Cole tweeted photos of the scene:
This is a look at the investigation FBI investigation from our @ActionNewsJax Sky Vision Drone. There are several agencies involved in this investigation @ PAX Technology Warehouse. ⬇ We’ve seen FBI, Homeland Security + JSO here to assist. pic.twitter.com/ZY24YfDI52— Courtney Cole (@CourtneyANJax) October 26, 2021
News outlet WOKV was able to obtain a statement from the FBI confirming they were executing a court-authorized search as part of a federal investigation. The Feds said the probe was active and ongoing but did not provide a timeline.
Security buff Brian Krebs reported the raid could be tied to cyber-attacks on organizations in the US and EU, and that a major American payment processor noticed the terminals exhibiting suspicious behavior. Allegedly the machines were opening unexplained network connections to systems in China, and the data transferred didn't look like software updates or something like that.
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The PAX terminals were allegedly being used to house or run malware and act as command-and-control points for staging attacks on other networks and collecting information. According to Krebs, a major financial provider in the US and in EU has already started pulling the machines and it's not just the FBI investigating – MI5 is looking into the matter, too.
With PoS machines everywhere, it's easy to overlook that the machines are computers with points of vulnerability. However, use of the technology as a malware carrier has been going on for a long time, and is rather inevitable given the items' wide geographical distribution and access to credit cards.
In 2014, Target lost control of up to 70 million US shopper's data and 40 million credit and debit cards due to an attack on their payment systems.
Just who the staging and data collection is for in this case (if Krebs turns out to be right) remains uncertain. While it is possible that the threat actor is the company itself, it may be more likely the software supply chain has been poisoned. ®
Updated to add on October 28
PAX has sent The Register the following statement:
On Tuesday, October 26, 2021, PAX Technology, Inc. in the United States was subject to an unexpected visit from the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and other government agencies relating to an apparent investigation.
PAX Technology is not aware of any illegal conduct by it or its employees and is in the process of engaging counsel to assist in learning more about the events that led to the investigation.
Separately, we are aware of media reports regarding the security of PAX Technology’s devices and services. PAX Technology takes security very seriously. As always, PAX Technology is actively monitoring its environment for possible threats. We remain committed to providing secure and quality software systems and solutions.
The company also promised to "keep our team and customers apprised of the situation," and advised that it is conducting business as usual, including at its Jacksonville office and warehouse.


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|Grand Cherokee and Wrangler post double-digit sales declines|
DaimlerChrysler released U.S. sales figures for the month of November - while most of the news was good - the Jeep brand posted losted across the board when compared with November of last year. Here's a portion of the press release:
Jeep(R) brand sales decreased 21 percent to 30,730 units as the new Grand Cherokee continues to arrive in dealers' showrooms and existing Grand Cherokee stock is depleted. Sales of Grand Cherokee declined 32 percent to 13,372 units. Jeep Wrangler sales declined 27 percent to 4,078 and Jeep Liberty sales were down a modest 1 percent to 13,280 units.
Model Month Sales DR % Vol % While the changeover to the new Grand Cherokee explains the decline in numbers for its nameplate, the Wrangler's decline suprised us. Looking at the big picture yields better news for the Wrangler - its year-to-date sales are up 14% from 2003.
Curr Yr Pr Yr Change Change
Wrangler 4,078 5,831 -27% -30%
Liberty 13,280 14,023 -1% -5%
Grand Cherokee 13,372 20,587 -32% -35%
JEEP BRAND 30,730 40,441 -21% -24%
Sales CYTD DR % Vol %
Model Curr Yr Pr Yr Change Change
Wrangler 72,977 63,994 14% 14%
Liberty 154,601 147,387 5% 5%
Grand Cherokee 161,931 184,305 -12% -12%
JEEP BRAND 389,509 395,686 -2% -2%


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Lumenous, a startup founded by three University of Illinois doctoral students, is already generating buzz within weeks of moving into EnterpriseWorks. The company was profiled in the (Champaign-Urbana) News-Gazette’s Sunday business section on March 16.
The “dream team” of computer science students is making software that makes it faster and easier for advertisers, artists and designers to create fantastic visual illusions.
“Lumenous intends to devise a suite of tools that make it easy to create content — bringing the technology to a broader audience and at a lower price level.
“It should be as easy as (playing) a video game,” Karsch said. “It’s not like using Photoshop. This will be much more intuitive.”
Sodhi said Lumenous doesn’t have a product release date yet, but he looks for a prototype to be developed by the end of summer and a product release to come “within one or two years.”
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Innovations in technology, a multitude of connected devices, and evolutions in the media distribution landscape have provided more ways than ever to consume media across different screens, whether at home, at work, or on-the-go.
To understand how consumers around the world are responding to this fragmented media environment, Nielsen surveyed online consumers across the globe on their multi-screen media usage, device ownership and purchase intentions, Internet access points, and how they see mobile technology’s role in the future.
Nielsen’s Global Survey of Multi-Screen Media Usage of more than 28,000 Internet respondents in 56 countries indicates that watching video content on computers has become just as popular as watching video content on television among online consumers, with over 80 percent reporting watching video content at home on a computer (84%) or on TV (83%) at least once a month. By contrast, in 2010, more online consumers reported watching video content on TV (90%) than on a computer (86%) in a month-long period.
While the in-home TV and computer are still the most popular devices to watch video content, usage and growth in online and mobile technologies is making a sustained impact. Three-quarters (74%) of global respondents report watching video via the Internet (on any device), up four points since 2010, and over half of global online consumers (56%) say they watch video on a mobile phone at least once a month and 28 percent at least once a day.
Online video consumption is likely to continue its rise, as consumers are increasingly connecting to the Internet at high speeds. More than half (57%) of online respondents around the world indicate they own a computer with high-speed online access—an increase of four points since 2010, and an additional 16 percent say they plan to purchase one within the next year.
While tablets are an emerging category with lower levels of penetration than smartphones, global consumers are exhibiting increased interest around these devices. According to the survey findings, 12 percent of online respondents worldwide own a tablet today—up over 70 percent from the seven percent who reported ownership in 2010.
This report is based primarily on a series of media usage questions included in Nielsen’s Global Survey, in August/September 2011. The survey polled more than 28,000 consumers with traditional online/Internet access from 56 countries throughout Asia-Pacific, Europe, Latin America, the Middle East, Africa, and North America. While online survey methodology allows for tremendous scale and global reach, it is limited in that it provides a perspective only on the habits of existing Internet users, not total populations. Results may therefore, among other possibilities, over-report online usage via computers, under-report traditional television usage, and/or under-report mobile media usage. Additionally, responses are only indicative of respondents’ beliefs about their own media usage, rather than actual metered data.


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Fiat Criticizes Moody's Credit Downgrade
Published 8:00 pm, Sunday, December 22, 2002
Fiat SpA said Monday that it was "surprised" by what it called an "unjustified" credit downgrade from Moody's Investor Service.
Moody's cut its ratings on 15 billion euros ($15.41 billion) of the Italian industrial conglomerate's senior unsecured debt from Baa3 to Ba1, and cut its short-term debt rating from Prime-3 to Not-Prime.
In a statement, Fiat protested the move, saying that its financial situation had "significantly improved" since Moody's put it on credit watch early last month.
Since Friday, Fiat raised around 1.8 billion euros ($1.85 billion) in asset sales _ part of a concerted move to cut its gross and net debt levels.
Fiat referred to those disposals in its defense. It also said it suspected that the "media overexposure" surrounding Fiat's negotiations with the government over 8,100 layoffs, along with a recent boardroom struggle at Italy's largest industrial group, had "probably influenced" Moody's judgment.
Moody's said its downgrade was in response to Fiat's high debt levels and weak operating performance _ especially at Fiat Auto _ as well as its expectations that the company's business and financial profile would remain modest even after Fiat sold its auto unit in early 2004.
Moody's said it assumed Fiat would sell Fiat Auto, which has lost money in eight of the past nine years and has said it expects to lose 2 billion euros ($2.05 billion), including restructuring costs, in 2002.
Fiat has a put option to sell its 80 percent stake in Fiat Auto to General Motors Corp., which bought a fifth of the Italian company in a $2.4 billion share swap in 2004.
Fiat's bonds already trade at levels typical of junk status, and many institutional investors have already sold them in anticipation of an eventual downgrade.
The Italian auto company also makes Alfa Romeo, Ferrari and Maserati high-end cars.


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iNNOVEX2017 is the international conference on technological innovation.
In order to encourage Israeli creativity and innovation, many leading high tech companies joined hands and initiated the annual international innovation conference called iNNOVEX.
iNNOVEX2017 will focus on promoting innovation in the Israeli high tech industry, in the academic research facilities and more specifically in young startup companies involved with advanced technologies.
As in previous years, we plan to cooperate with the relevant government ministries, with Israel Innovation Authority, the Ministry of Economy and with the major universities in Israel.
iNNOVEX2017 is expected to draw thousands of engineers, industry professionals, academic researchers, senior executives and investors that plan to take part in iNNOVEX2017 in order to exchange ideas, learn about new development tools and listen to world innovation experts that will address the challenges in implementing creative ideas and invent new products .
This audience will also discuss ways for inspiring innovation and encourage "out of the box" thinking that will lead to the development of the next generation of disruptive technologies.


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Botswana's Plastic Bag Ban Put on Hold
30 October 2018
The government of Botswana have postponed the plastic bag ban until further notice, while consultations on the implementation of the ban take place.
The ban will not go into effect on 1 November as previously published. However, citizens and visitors are encouraged to practice restraint on the use of plastic bags, and to use try and use alternatives that aren't as harmful to the environment and to wildlife.
The permanent secretary in the tourism ministry in Botswana, Thato Raphaka, also said, "The public, business sector and stakeholders are encouraged to continue with the good work that they had started to reduce the negative impact of plastic bags on the environment, waterways and on livestock in Botswana."
Read the original story about the ban of plastic bags here.
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Satoshi nakamoto bitcoin account
Bloomberg L.P. Archived from the original on 9 February 2014.An actual bitcoin transaction including the fee from a webbased cryptocurrency exchange to a hardware wallet.Satoshi Nakamoto is the founder of Bitcoin and initial creator of the Original Bitcoin client.At this point, we have still not seen conclusive proof that connects the identities of Dorian Nakamoto and Satoshi Nakamoto.The transaction must carry the digital signature of every input owner.If you do have any information please do feel free to use my e-mail address and the linked PGP key if you desire added privacy.
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The executive management team of Russian real estate firm Raven Property Group (RAV) were out in force last week after the general meeting approved their purchase of shares from Invesco Funds as part of a newly-formed joint venture company Raven Holdings Limited.
The directors, who previously owned 58.4 million shares representing 9.98% of the firm’s ordinary share capital, bought up 46.7 million shares or 8% of the outstanding capital at 29p per share for a total consideration of £13.5 million.
The deals leave Invesco Funds and Invesco Asset Management with roughly 110 million shares or 18.8% of the share capital.
Raven, which invests in warehouses in Moscow, St Petersburg and other Russian cities, owns 9.85 million of its own shares which it intends to cancel.
In contrast, the chief executives of specialist asset manager Ashmore (ASHM), challenger law firm Keystone Law (KEYS:AIM), web selling platform The Hut Group (THG) and advertising technology firm Tremor International (TRMR:AIM) all offloaded stock in their businesses over the last few weeks.
Mark Coombs, founder and chief executive of Ashmore, cashed in 5 million shares in the firm at the end of April for 400p apiece, netting himself a cool £20 million.
In total, Coombs has sold 33.5 million shares in the last year for more than £140 million, although he still owns over 220 million shares or 31% of the outstanding equity worth a comfortable £866 million at the current market price.
Keystone Law founder and chief executive James Knight sold 1.5 million shares at a price of 630p last week, netting himself just under £9.5 million.
The deal marks the biggest sale of stock by Knight since the firm listed, and leaves him with a balance of just over 9 million shares or 28.95% of the outstanding equity, worth close to £60 million at today’s price.
The Hut Group’s founder Matthew Moulding also disposed of stock in the firm he brought to market with the sale of 350,000 shares at 667p for a total consideration of £2.33 million.
Moulding still owns over 60 million shares in THG or 6.2% of the outstanding equity, worth £365 million at current prices.
Finally, Tremor chief executive Ofer Druker sold a total of 517,161 shares in the business he joined in 2017 in two tranches towards the end of April at an average of 720p, raising a healthy £3.72 million.
The sale takes Drufer’s shareholding down to roughly 2.8 million shares or just over 2% of the company, worth £19.2 million at current prices.


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US jobs data may still boost markets this week
That is, if there are no Q3 earnings surprises that could prove that US economic acceleration is illusory
LAST week, a booming jobs report saved the US stock market from a major decline and the rebound could continue this week as long as there are no nasty surprises from corporate earnings, the retail sector, or Hong Kong.
US employers added almost 250,000 workers in September, and the unemployment rate dropped to 5.9 per cent, within reach of the 5 per cent-level viewed by some economists as the optimum "full employment" level.
One labour market statistic remains at odds with those encouraging numbers, however: the "participation rate" is still falling, meaning that hundreds of thousands of people …
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Wednesday, March 10, 2010
MySpace Revamps Games Home Page
Los Angeles-based MySpace said today that it has launched a new, revamped version of the firm's game homepage, as a new MySpace Games site, to provide a more social gaming environment. According to the social networking site, it has made it easier for users to discover and share games, added analytics tool and an application programming interface (API) for developers, linked the games site into high score service Scoreloop, as well as wired the site to better track how users are finding and choosing specific games. The site also said it has rolled out a new iPhone application which allows users to play any of the games on the MySpace site on their iPhone.


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New Zealand Trade and Enterprise (NZTE) is committing an extra $1.6 million to support Māori businesses wanting to grow internationally, the Minister of Māori Development has announced.
Te Ururoa Flavell recently led a ministerial delegation to China and said there was huge interest in the unique value that Māori businesses offered overseas.
"I've just returned from leading a Māori trade mission to China that included businesses spanning tourism, dairy, seafood, wine, kiwifruit, horticulture, professional services and manufacturing," he said.
As a result of NZTE's increased commitment, five new positions dedicated to Māori business will be created across the NZTE network over the next six to 12 months, increasing the number of New Zealand based customer managers from three to five and creating a new Business Development Manager in China, focused on growing Māori businesses.
Working with Te Puni Kōkiri and other agencies, NZTE's role is to help companies succeed internationally, to connect them to other partners, and work with them to make the most of the opportunities offshore.
"Māori economic development is a key theme of the Government's Growth Agenda which will help boost the Māori economy that is valued at over $40 billion," Mr Flavell said.


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The next Stars Wars game that is being published by EA is Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order, and it was planned to have more information revealed about it during the upcoming Star Wars Celebration event. However, it seems that one retailer jumped the gun and the official teaser poster for the game was revealed too early.
Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order is being developed by Respawn Entertainment and tells the story of a Padawan who escapes the Jedi Purge and must survive on their own in a galaxy that has turned on them. There hasn't been much information revealed about the game except for its premise, but that will likely change at the upcoming Star Wars Celebration.
The poster for Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order has now been leaked by Amazon's official page for the game, which has since been taken down, but not before its content was archived by the people on Reddit. The poster was used as the design on a commemorative t-shirt.
The poster for Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order shows a young Jedi Padawan and a small robot near the crash site of a spaceship that appears to have landed on a planet with a cold atmosphere, while TIE Fighters soar in the sky above, suggesting that they were the ones responsible for the crash.
There have been so many stories told in Star Wars media about Jedi who survived Order 66 and lingered on until the A New Hope era that the idea has lost most of its luster. Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order will be one of the stories set in the continuity of the new movies, so it at least isn't held back by the boundaries of the Expanded Universe, which was a problem for many pieces of old Star Wars media.
Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order is due to be released during the 2019 holiday season, which is around the same time that Star Wars: Episode IX is set to be released in theaters around the world.
The 2019 Star Wars Celebration will be held from April 11-15, 2019.


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Beers Along the Wabash showcases Hoosier hops
The end of August signals the last round of Greater Lafayette’s great summer festivals, celebrating food, drink and music.
The Beers Along the Wabash — temporarily renamed due to reconstruction on the John T. Myers Pedestrian Bridge — celebrates all three, with a special emphasis on local and Indiana breweries.
“This will provide attendees with the opportunity to sample a wide range of beer styles and learn about the nuances of different ingredients and their effect on the final product,” said organizer Ken McCammon. “It is a real educational opportunity for those who like craft beer.”
Thirty-two breweries representing the state of Indiana will be coming, including Lafayette’s own Lafayette Brewing Company and People’s Brewing Company.
After the Lafayette Brewing Company started in 1993, Lafayette slowly became a town to come and drink local beer.
“It quickly became a favorite watering hole,” McCammon said.
Beers Across the Wabash, which began three years ago, was a marker of the community’s craft beer renaissance. Beers Along the Wabash rounds out a week of craft beer events at local bars and pubs.
McCammon said he hopes the outside visitors the event brings in will be encouraged to “take in a little bit of what Lafayette has to offer while they are here.”
“It’s a real educational opportunity for those who like craft beer,” he said.
When: 2 to 6 p.m. Saturday
Where: Riehle Plaza, Lafayette
How much: $35 general admission; $60 Beer Geek package includes early entry, meal and T-shirt.


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Samsung boosts its own 4G wireless chip development
While other manufacturers are pulling back on chip development because of the bleak economy, Samsung is now stepping up its work on WiMAX and LTE so as to bring down its royalty payments -- and quite possibly, its financial risk.
To cut costs by saving on royalty payments to Qualcomm, Samsung is expanding its chip development activities for 4G WiMAX and LTE devices in both internal and external directions -- bucking current industry trends to "conservative" development.
In addition to collaborating with a wider pool of outside silicon suppliers, Samsung is expanding its own chip development activities around 4G wireless, according to published reports.
Samsung plans to support both the WiMAX technology now emerging from wireless providers such as Clearwire and the LTE technology slated for deployment by Verizon Wireless and AT&T a few years down the road, said Young Cho Chi, senior VP of strategic planning for Samsung's telecom division, during a recent talk in San Francisco.
The manufacturer's handheld division is reportedly already sampling its own mobile WiMAX baseband chip sets to engineers both inside and outside the company. The manufacturer is also working on baseband chip sets for LTE, as well as on multimedia accelerators.
Samsung had been gradually broadening its relationships with outside chip suppliers, anyway. After originally depending mostly on chipsets from Qualcomm, Samsung began using chips from Broadcom and Infineon last year.
Evidently, the Broadcom and Infineon chips use a software stack from Comneon that does not rely on Qualcomm's patents.
Samsung's expanded chip development activities come at a time when many other manufacturers are pulling back from these efforts due to downwardly revised analyst projections for the mobile market.
Earlier this month, for instance, iSuppli lowered its forecast of global mobile device shipment for 2008 from 10.4% for 2008 to 8.9%, for a grand total of 1.287 billion devices. The outlook for 2009 is gloomier, said Tina Teng, senior analyst, wireless communications, for iSuppli.
"A check in the channel shows that manufacturers are being conservative in their sourcing and component procurement activities, and they are making efforts to reduce inventory to maintain lean and efficient operations," according to iSuppli spokesperson Jonathan Cassell.
However, Chi said that Samsung hopes to lower the costs of its future 4G wireless devices -- a potential bright spot in an otherwise darkened economy -- while reducing its exposure to royalty payments through its ramped up internal and external activities around WiMAX and LTE.
Presumably, these efforts might also lessen Samsung's financial risk. In the 3G wireless arena, Qualcomm has gotten entangled in considerable legal wrangling, through patent and royalty battles with Broadcom and Nokia.


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Acer, the world’s third largest PC vendor, on Wednesday announced two of its most highly anticipated products with Google’s Android mobile operating system on board, the Liquid smartphone and an Aspire One netbook.
Acer Liquid is a touchscreen smartphone running Android version 1.6, formerly codenamed Donut and the latest upgrade to the software. Qualcomm’s Snapdragon chipset inside the smartphone provides processing power and other capabilities.
The smartphone also includes a camera that tags photos with location information from the built-in GPS receiver, so people know where and when they snapped a shot. Songs and videos can be played on the handheld. Liquid is designed for Internet browsing, and allows high speed Web access through HSPA (High Speed Packet Access) mobile networks.
The smartphone will use a new user interface, Acer said in a statement. Few other specific details were immediately available about Liquid.
Acer also offered a further glimpse at its Aspire One with Android netbook.
The device will run both Android and Microsoft Windows, and users will be able to switch between the two simply by clicking to switch OS, Acer said.
Android will give people access to the Web on start up, with just an 18 second boot-up time. The OS shuts down in 3 seconds, Acer said.
Other details about the new netbook, including when the device might go on sale and how much it would cost, were not immediately available.


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The world's biggest heists infographic details some of the most criminally lucrative robberies of all time.
Presented by HomeSecuritySystem.com, the graphic lists four heists that took place in the art scene, at a bank and at a diamond purveyor.
Topping off the list was the $100 Million worth of goods lifted from the Antwerp Diamond Center in February of 2003. The vault was believed to be impenetrable and was outfitted with Doppler radar, a magnetic field, 10 layers of security and a lock that had over 100 million possible combinations. Police still do not know how it was pulled off and to this day, the stolen goods have not been recovered.
The robbery of the Central Bank of Iraq in 2003 saw criminals making off with a massive haul of $100 Billion -- $650 Million of which was later found in the walls of Saddam Hussein's palace and the rest is still unaccounted for.


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The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) is developing a series of strategies including marketing campaigns to promote county cricket clubs using insight from its customer engagement programme. The initiative was launched 18 months ago and the organisation plans on using the feedback captured to assess its wider marketing activity for county matches, ticket sales strategy and product development.
The organisation says that while its marketing will focus on this summer’s Ashes Test series, the “customer-centric” approach to marketing will “hopefully” have a “positive impact” on the wider game – both county and recreational.
Karina Murtagh, business change manager at the ECB, adds that the business is using customer insight “more than ever before” to guide decision-making on how to drive commercial growth through fan engagement.
“We recognised a few years ago that cricket, like many other sports in the UK, was behind the pace in the management of customer relationships. We operate in an increasingly competitive marketplace, so the ECB and county cricket clubs are becoming even more focused on creating sustainable businesses by adopting a more customer-centric approach.”
It is hoped the strategy will generate more interest in international test-matches aside other than the Ashes – tickets for this summer’s series with Australia have already sold out but organisers are still trying to sell seats at England’s matches with Ireland and New Zealand – as well as in county cricket.
Meanwhile, the International Cricket Council, the governing body of world cricket, has overhauled its ticket sales and marketing strategies to provide its commercial team more insight into how to maximise match-day attendances for its one-day international tournament the Championship Trophy in June.
The data driven strategy will profile customer segments as well as identify key barriers to purchase in real-time, before being used to create personalised campaigns. It marks a shift in focus for the governing body, which has previously sold to fans through direct marketing channels such as email.
The initiative, developed in partnership with sports marketing specialists Two Circles, could be rolled out to its global campaigns.
Steve Elworthy, tournament director, adds: “The Olympics showed the importance of full stadiums and arenas to create the best atmosphere for top class sport. Cricket will take centre stage in 2013 and we have to plan ahead to take full advantage of this opportunity and promote what a great day out the ICC Champions Trophy will be with capacity crowds.”


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Brownfields are contaminated industrial and manufacturing sites that require cleanups before being developed for new uses. DTSC has cleaned up thousands of acres of brownfields to create new housing, offices, stores and jobs.
When school districts use state construction funds to expand or build new school campuses, DTSC inspects the sites and rids them of any contaminants that may exist. Since 2000 DTSC has ensured the environmental safety of 500,000 students at these sites.
DTSC encourages the development of products and processes that use fewer potentially hazardous materials. Many California businesses are emerging as trailblazers.
DTSC is often among the first responders to emergency situations, such as floods, spills and accidents that involve toxic and hazardous materials.
Spotlight on DTSC
Highlighting recent happenings within DTSC throughout California.


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In 2001, Sunit Saxena made a midnight run to the grocery store for wonton wrappers. When he couldn’t find any, he went looking for a clerk. The aisles were empty. He discovered the workers holed up in a back room tearing price tags off merchandise to reprice it for the next day, reports CNNMoney.com.
I asked how many they had to do. They said, ‘Don’t ask,’” he recalls. “I said, ‘This is nuts. Technology can automate this stuff.’”
In 2002, Saxena quit his job and launched a new endeavor: Altierre. The San Jose-based company makes computerized shelf labels that let grocers change prices over a wireless network, saving time and paper.
Of the three largest U.S. grocery chains — Kroger, Safeway and Wal-Mart– two are now testing the labels.
Photo by Altierre.
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Bank with an Automotive FocusTue, 09/01/2015 - 16:29
Recent developments in Mexico’s automotive industry have piqued the interest of many financial services companies, one of which is adapting its approach to the industry. Banamex has specifically developed a global, regional, and local understanding of the automotive industry because of the contribution that the sector has been providing for Mexico’s economy. “Although we do not measure the business that individual industries provide, we are highly aware of the importance of our automotive clients,” states Gonzalo Lourido, Director of Automotive Industry Regional Account Manager at Banamex. “Banamex is already working hand in hand with the main players in the industry, and we are trying to reach all the Tier 1 and Tier 2 companies that make sense for our coverage model in Mexico.” The benefit that Banamex can provide to those established OEMs and suppliers is in the existing global relationships it holds with them. “If we already have this relationship, we would immediately approach them and enable all credit and funding services, including the whole array of products that Citibank and Banamex can provide,” states Antonio Muñoz Gómez, Mexico Head of Global Subsidiaries Group. “When it comes to small- and mediumsized startup companies, that niche is not covered by our corporate bank, but is still serviced under our business banking sector.” The bank also has a global automotive industry head for Citigroup, who is always in coordination with the different countries that participate in the industry. “There are not many other banks that have a global industry head, so our structure allows us to service the industry on a greater level,” explains Muñoz. “We are in perfect coordination with our global team to access upcoming deals and stay ahead of the game.” Banamex now has the largest country coverage within the Americas, covering 23 countries in the region, which enables it to both capture funding opportunities and to help companies in Mexico access those markets. Now that automotive companies are exporting to the Americas and to Europe, Banamex is also keen to pursue that possibility with its services.


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Travel companies were spared the first round of the U.S.-China trade war. But outbound travel to the United States and U.S. hospitality companies could become collateral damage without too much provocation.
While China and the United States may be working to dodge a trade war, the U.S. travel industry faces a broader battle to hold the interest of Chinese travelers as tariff-related tensions between the two countries flare.
It doesn’t take any kind of official policy or direct action on the part of China’s government to bring travel to a particular destination, including the United States, to a sudden halt.
Witness only the unofficial ban on travel to South Korea and parallel restriction on Korean popular culture in China in 2016. To put the impact of Korean TV content and music in proper perspective, imagine if “Downton Abbey” enjoyed such popularity in the United States that it was shown in primetime, on NBC.
Then add three or four other UK-produced series that also became major influencers for fashion and music, and which starred top British pop idols. That was the position of Korean TV in China – right up until South Korea’s announcement that it would deploy the U.S.-made Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) missile system. Although it was adopted as a shield against potential North Korean attack, China saw itself as a potential target for the weapon’s capabilities.
Without ever issuing a proclamation or other order, the Chinese government demonstrated both its displeasure with and leverage against THAAD. In late 2016, Japanese-Korean retailer Lotte found its 20-plus megastores in China suddenly closed for “inspection;” in September 2017, the company finally gave up hope of re-opening and began looking for a Chinese buyer. Concert tours by Korean pop singers were suddenly cancelled, and Korean TV shows disappeared from television and streaming services.
While regular flights between destinations in China and South Korea continue, and citizens of the People’s Republic of China are still free to apply for individual tourist and other visas to South Korea, group tours to the shopping destination of Seoul and the beach resort of Busan, and every other Korean stop in between, were not receiving approval to depart. All this directed at a popular destination only two hours by air from Beijing and Shanghai.
The U.S. could face a similar fate. Citizens of the U.S. and China currently enjoy a relatively simple visa process, after which the successful may receive a 10-year visa valid for stays up to 60 days in the respective countries. That’s unlikely to change. But continued commercial pressure by the Trump administration on China could suddenly see the word passed to pull the plug on Chinese group travel to the United States.
In 2016, nearly three million Chinese visitors to the U.S. spent $33.2 billion. That represented a 15 percent year-over-year increase in visitors and a more than 9 percent jump in spending. But the trend started to reverse in 2017; through September, the number of visitors from China was down 5.8 percent. That drop-off could be even more severe should an emboldened China decide to take swift and unilateral action against travel to the U.S.
Already, airline executives are worried that tariffs could depress demand. An analyst last week pointed out that United Airlines especially was at risk because of its capacity in China.
“We are concerned,” Zhihang Chi, Air China’s vice president and general manager for North America, told Skift in an email last week. “There’s no other way to put it.”
The fears date back to the beginning of the month, when U.S. President Donald Trump announced a series of tariffs on Chinese imports. When he revealed an expanded slate of targeted products three weeks later, American business interests in China clutched their collective hearts, awaiting Chinese retaliatory measures that would certainly come.
The Chinese government came back and placed tariffs on its own list of American goods. Only goods were affected — $3 billion worth of them — but services including hospitality and transportation were left untouched. At present, the Trump Administration is far more excited about, and has far more to gain politically, than China in a trade war.
Skift News Editor Hannah Sampson contributed to this report.


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It has been close to a year since we’ve seen the reveal trailer of The Last of Us Part II. Well, at Paris Games Week 2017, a lengthy new trailer for the upcoming game has been revealed, and be warned – it’s pretty darn gruesome.
This new trailer of The Last of Us Part II is in fact an in-game cutscene running on a PlayStation 4 Pro, and it didn’t show Ellie or Joel. Instead, it reveals quite a number of brand new characters. That being said, Neil Druckmann – the director and writer of the upcoming sequel – assured fans that the game “is still very much about Ellie and Joel.”
The Last of Us Part II is expected to be released sometime in 2018. Those who can’t wait to learn more about the game will be happy to know that we “won’t have to wait as long for the next big reveal,” as Druckmann puts it.


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Since its launch in 1989 to its popular appeal today, the small two-seater roadster has always represented joy and freedom through its inimitable ‘Jinba Ittai’ philosophy, or horse and rider as one.
A perfect union of technology and design, it’s no wonder this timeless roadster is still rolling off the production line and reaching new milestones with every generation.
To celebrate the significant occasion, Mazda toured the One Millionth production vehicle as a special commemorative model across the globe to give fans the opportunity to express their passion and sign the body.
Over the course of the year-long tour, the car was exhibited at 35 events in Japan, the UK, Spain, Germany, Belgium, the USA, Canada, Australia and New Zealand.
In April 2017, the One Millionth MX-5 returned home to Hiroshima, Japan with more than 10,000 fan signatures on the bodywork.
Seeing so many signatures from all over the world really brought home the fact that people from different countries, cultures and generations have supported the MX-5 for more than a quarter of a century,” said Masashi Nakayama, program manager and chief designer of the fourth-generation Mazda MX-5.
At the Australian MX-5 Fan Fest in January 2017, held at Sandown Racecourse in Melbourne, the One Millionth Mazda MX-5 joined over 1,500 enthusiastic fans for the biggest MX-5 event ever held in Australia.
The one-day Fan Fest brought together MX-5 lovers from all over the country with 477 MX-5s taking part in the Parade Lap around the track.
We are forever grateful to our fans, adds Masashi Nakayama. We will continue working to elevate this car, a symbol of Mazda’s dedication to driving pleasure, to the realm of high culture as we set our sights on the next milestone – 2 million units.”
Following the exciting world tour, the commemorative model returned home to Hiroshima in April where it recently took part in the parade at the Hiroshima Flower Festival on May 3.