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Indian brand Micromax teamed up with Google to launch Android Go smartphones earlier this year. Following the same, the company announced the Bharat Go as its first Android Go smartphone. Now, the brand has added another handset to its portfolio and it is dubbed Micromax SPARK GO.
As it is an Android Go smartphone, it is an entry-level device running Android Oreo (Go edition). It comes with 4G VoLTE and other standard features we have been seeing in such entry-level offerings.
Micromax SPARK GO price and availability
Micromax SPARK GO is priced reasonably at Rs. 3,999. This pricing makes it on par with the other Android Go smartphones available in the market. The device is exclusive to the online retailer Flipkart and will be available via open sales starting today.
When it comes to the launch offers, Reliance Jio and Micromax have teamed up to offer 25GB of 4G data with this device. Basically, buyers will get 5GB of additional 4G data on recharging for Rs. 198 or Rs. 299 for fix consecutive recharges, which totals to 25GB of data benefits.
Specifications and features of Android Go phone
When it comes to the technical specifications, the latest Micromax smartphone is fitted with a 5-inch IPS display. As of now, there is no word regarding the display of the device though we can expect it to be less than HD 720p. Under its hood, this new Android Go smartphone uses a quad-core processor of unknown chipset paired with 1GB of RAM and 8GB of default storage space. There is a microSD card slot supporting up to 32GB of additional storage.
On the optical front, the Micromax SPARK GO flaunts a 5MP single rear camera along with LED flash. At the front, there is a 2MP selfie camera with a dedicated LED flash that will let users click better low-light selfie shots. However, we cannot expect the camera performance to be superior as it is a basic device but it should be on par with the rivals in this price point.
The other goodies on board the Micromax Android Go smartphone include 4G LTE, VoLTE, dual SIM support, Bluetooth, GPS and Wi-Fi for connectivity and a 2000mAh battery to keep it turned on.


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July inflation was above expectations because of the effect of raw food prices, but core inflation was in line with the forecasts, the NBU said in a comment published on Monday. Earlier, the statistical office reported that inflation picked up to 9.1% y/y in July after 9.0% y/y in June, while core inflation remained unchanged at 7.4% y/y.
The NBU noted that tight monetary policy and the appreciation of the currency helped keep inflation in check, as seen in lower price growth for household appliances, vehicles and personal goods, as well as stable prices of clothing and footwear. Services price growth eased slightly but remains high at 13.8% y/y, which the NBU attributed to steady consumer demand and high wage growth.
Overall, the central bank concluded that higher inflation in July was due to one-off factors related to weather conditions, while fundamental pressures are in line with the forecast. In our view this preserves good chances for another 50bp rate cut at the Sept 6 monetary policy meeting. The NBU cut its benchmark discount rate by 50bps to 17.0% last month.

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NEC Classic Car Show - Birmingham - November 8th to 10th 2019
The MOCGB had a very successful Classic Car show at the NEC in November, with record Membership Signups and lots of Club Regalia sold, we included at the NEC for the first time, the new Club Members Hospitality Trailer.
Look out for a full report in an upcoming magazine.
If you want your chance to exhibit your car in 2020, please contact the Chairman for your vehicle to be considered for the stand.
2019 started off with the London Motor Show at the Excel Exhibition Centre in February, where we exhibited for the first time. We were able to display the new 2019 Mustang Bulitt alongside one from the 1960's.
We visited Ford Motor Company's Dunton facility to celebrate the 55th Birthday of the Mustang.
We updated our aerial shot, this time celebrating 55 years.
June is always a busy month for the MOCGB, we attended SpeedFest at Brands Hatch where we put on a 55 Year Mustang timeline to celebrate the major Motoring milestone. We also attended the Corvette Nationals as Guests
We also co-organise an annual get together with Mustang Owners from Belgium, this year, it was hosted in the UK.
In July, we will be attending the Silverstone Classic, where a full weekend of Classic Racing and Rock Music awaits everyone attending.
We hosted a special Mustang Club event on Friday 5th July, the weather was fantastic and lots of track time was available for those who attended.
All these events are documented in more detail in the Club Magazine Round Up, now available online for Paid members of the MOCGB.
Joining the club costs £21.50 for a 1 year UK membership and £30 for overseas memberships, this includes 6 magazines sent to your address.
We have an active Online community forum, as well as Facebook groups. There are active Area Secretaries managing the local Mustang meetings.
The MOCGB welcomes Mustang owners or members who don't own a Mustang yet :-)


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Samsung announced a few days ago several partnerships that will allow content from Comcast, Time Warner Cable, Hulu and Adobe to run on Galaxy Tab and Samsung internet-connected devices.
“Together, TWC and Samsung will give our customers all the channels they enjoy now as well as full navigation experience on Samsung smart TVs, without need for set-top box, and we’ll do it this year,” said TWC chief Glenn Britt.
Comcast and Time Warner Cable revealed that their content will come on the Samsung Galaxy Tab and Samsung Smart TVs by the end of this year (including live TV) ; Hulu reported that Hulu plus subscription will be available soon on android phones and Adobe announced that Flash will be supported by Samsung’s Smart TVs.
Galaxy Tab will be capable of acting as a remote for TWC and Comcast subscribers in order to search TV content, change channels, program the DVR and also watch live TV directly on the tablet!
“We have the technology framework in place to deliver new features to Comcast customers faster than ever, including on connected TVs, tablets and multiple devices, which is core to our strategy and a key facet of the future of television,” said Comcast CEO Brian Roberts.
Hulu CEO, Jason Kilar, also announced that Hulu Plus will be available on android phones and tablets such as Samsung Galaxy Tab. Hulu revealed on their blog that an Android 2.2 app will be available in a few months.
“We’ll announce further details as soon as we have an official launch date and complete list of Hulu Plus-enabled Android phones,” Hulu said.


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Genetically modified (GM) crops are all the rage in Europe this year following the European Union (EU) Parliament passing legislation which allows individual states to make their own decisions regarding GM crops after years of back-and-forth debate on the issue at every level.
GM crops are modified on a genetic level to have one or more so-called “beneficial traits”, such as a tolerance to certain herbicides and pesticides, fortification of certain vitamins or nutrients, and resistance against other unfavourable factors, potentially allowing greater crop yields, foods richer in nutrients and decreased use of harmful chemicals.
There are many critics around the world, especially in Europe, who advocate the banning of GM crops due to safety concerns over their potential harm to humans, animals and the environment. While the US and Asia already employ a broad spectrum of GM crops and plants, Europe has remained largely opposed to the idea in general. Europe has legalised the widespread use of only two GM variants, which are stilled banned in several member states, against the already strict legislation of the EU. The turn of the year has seen a significant shift in the EU’s aims, with the UK at the head of the rush to change legislation in the interest of keeping up with global trends. In 2014 Owen Paterson, Britain’s environmental secretary, along with Prime Minister David Cameron, spearheaded a renewed push for the “opt-out” proposal, which has been put into effect by the European Commission this year.
Previously, a prospective GM crop would undergo assessment by the European Food Safety Authority, which would then decide if the crop could be marketed and grown in Europe at large. The “opt-out” proposal would allow each state that is a member of the EU to make that decision itself, effectively allowing any member of the state to ban or allow a specific GM crop according to its own government’s decision. This has resulted in different situations across Europe which could see GM production either increase or decrease on a national level as a result of this legislation. No GM crop is currently grown commercially on British soil, according to Genewatch UK, an associate organisation of the European Commission. However, with field trials of two GM crops underway and the release of this new legislation, the GM industry in Britain seems set to change, as stated by Genewatch on its website. Several countries in the EU, including Germany and France, have historically shunned GM crops in general but were pressured by the European Commission to comply with European laws and allow EU-approved crops to be grown in their territories. In 2007, Reuters reported that the European Commission intended to fine the French government almost €42 million for failing to comply with its GM-related laws. These countries are likely to adopt their old legislation now that the European Commission has given them the opportunity to do so, with the vast majority of citizens in several member states remaining sternly against GM crops.
While Europe clears its GM legislation, it finds itself behind in the GM industry. The US is the clear leader with massive corporations like Monsanto, DuPont Pioneer and DOW Chemical dominating the global market since the 70s when GM crops were first put into widespread use. Meanwhile their European counterpart, Swiss-based Syngenta, was only formed in 2000 from the merging of several, smaller companies struggling to compete with the US. This scenario still has the potential to change as the German-based chemical company BASF begins renewed trials for their exclusively developed GM potato in the UK, leading to the first European company manufacturing European GM crops. This is a break from the traditional markets of European-based manufacturers, who largely sell their products abroad. In 2013, Syngenta reported that 74% of their crop protection products were sold on the US market. The US is also on the defensive. Having found that offshore GM producers are becoming increasingly more active in their territory, the US government is scrambling to write legislation required to regulate international suppliers.
The first question that comes to mind when confronted with the possibility of having traditional cross-bred crops replaced by GM crops is the obvious: “Is it safe?” The truth is that there is little that can be said of GM crop safety. While many studies conclude that there is no obvious danger in GM crop adoption, many of these studies are funded by GM companies. The environment in which GM effects are tested has many independent variables, such as weather patterns, changes in farming technique, and local pest population changes. Increases in crop yields over the past 40 years could be attributed just as much to improved farming techniques as to the use of GM crops.
There is not enough evidence to condemn GM crops as harmful, but there is also no way of being sure that this is not the case.
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Hewlett-Packard's slump is deepening as the world's largest personal-computer maker scrambles to meet the growing demand for more-versatile and less-expensive mobile devices.
Hewlett-Packard’s slump is deepening as the world’s largest personal-computer maker scrambles to meet the growing demand for more-versatile and less-expensive mobile devices.
The latest evidence of HP’s continuing downfall came in a quarterly earnings report released yesterday. The results included the seventh consecutive decline in HP’s quarterly revenue from the same period the previous year. HP’s 10 percent decrease in revenue during the three months that ended in April was the largest drop during the slump.
But in a sign of optimism, HP predicted its earnings for the current quarter ending in July will be slightly better than analysts have anticipated. Excluding certain items, the Palo Alto, Calif., company forecast earnings ranging from 84 cents to 87 cents per share. Analysts, on average, had projected 83 cents per share, according to FactSet.
HP’s stock surged $2.70, or nearly 13 percent, to $23.93 in extended trading, after the release of the results.
HP earned $1.1 billion, or 55 cents per share, during its second quarter. That was down 32 percent from $1.6 billion, or 80 cents per share, last year.
If not for items unrelated to its ongoing business, the company said it would have earned 87 cents per share. That figure topped the average estimate of 81 cents per share frm analysts surveyed by FactSet.
HP’s revenue totaled $27.6 billion — about $400 million below analyst projections.Lowe’s
Lowe’s said yesterday that its first-quarter net income rose nearly 3 percent, but results fell short of expectations as rainy weather hurt spring gardening sales.
The No. 2 home-improvement retailer’s results stood in contrast to those reported a day earlier by Home Depot. Lowe’s larger rival reported an 18 percent rise in net income, bolstered by the improving housing market. Lowe’s was hurt more by the rainy, cool spring.
Revenue in stores open at least one year rose 3 percent for indoor products such as paint but declined 7 percent for outdoor products. Results were weaker in March but improved in April, CEO Robert Niblock said. Revenue in stores open at least one year has been positive in May as well, he said.
For the period that ended May 3, Lowe’s earned $540 million, or 49 cents per share. That compares with $527 million, or 43 cents per share, a year ago.
Analysts polled by FactSet expected higher earnings of 51 cents per share for Lowe’s.
Revenue for the Mooresville, N.C., company dipped to $13.09 billion from $13.15 billion. Wall Street expected a rise to $13.45 billion.
Revenue at stores open at least a year, a key gauge of a retailer’s health, fell 0.7 percent.Target
Target reported a 29 percent drop in first-quarter profit as unusually cool spring weather and financial pressure chilled customers’ appetites for spending.
The company, based in Minneapolis, also cut its annual profit outlook, sending its stock down yesterday.
Target said yesterday that three-quarters of its customers surveyed were aware of this year’s payroll tax increase. Among those, a majority have noticed the impact of the tax increase on their paychecks and indicate it’s affecting their spending.
Target said it earned $498 million, or 77 cents per share, for the three months that ended May 4. That compares with $697 million, or $1.04 per share, a year earlier.
Excluding items related to its Canadian expansion and retirement of certain debt, the company earned $1.05 per share.
Sales rose 1 percent to $16.71 billion.
Analysts had expected earnings of 95 cents per share on revenue of $16.82 billion.
Revenue at stores open at least a year slipped 0.6 percent.


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People who complain about slow browsing on their android devices using Google chrome should stop moaning about it now, Google is going to release a newer update in chrome for android which will enhance its performance. So what android users will get with this update?
Reduced browsing and loading time
Improved video content loading without pausing
Less stress on battery life
Improved playback speed
Google has announced its update for Google chrome during this week or after, this would be Google chrome’s android version (52). Google also says that “HTML5 video is now able to save data in chrome with Chrome data saving mode which would help users to save data by 50% and can play a lighter version of the video.
Chrome issues on Windows
Google is also planning parallel changes in Chrome desktop versions, Chrome’s desktop version might be rolling out next month. Google spokesperson claims in an interview, “We have been working hard to fix chrome issues and already achieved 33% improvement in video playback performance and power consumption in windows 10 early this year. Now with the release of Chrome 53 we are much confident to compete with other browsers in terms of video performance comparable to power consumption”.
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Smartphone conversions lag behind all other devices with 2.03%. It’s not just conversion rates that are low either. There are also fewer pages looked at, which means engagement rates suffer on the mobile web too. It’s no wonder why businesses want to create mobile apps. According to a Criteo Mobile Commerce Growth report from 2017, mobile apps convert at a rate of 3x their web counterparts.
There were, as of 2018, some 230 million smartphones in the U.S., among 327.2 million people. Instagram research showed that 84 percent of smartphone users examine products via a browser or mobile platform, and according to Criteo, 36 percent of the online sales made in the fourth quarter of 2017 came courtesy of mobile devices, up 16 percent from two years earlier.
Business Insider explores how mobile commerce is expanding, citing data from Criteo's Q2 Global Commerce Review that reveals mobile web was the most popular channel for e-commerce transactions in the Americas among retailers that actively promote their shopping apps.
Five of the top nine digital channels shoppers are using to discover new brands are social media platforms. About 49% of the 1,000 shoppers surveyed for Criteo's Why We Buy report indicated they discover new brands through Facebook.
The vast majority of time spent on mobile devices is spent on apps. According to Criteo's Q4 2017 Global Commerce Review, native retail apps generated 66 percent of all mobile commerce revenue — twice as much revenue as mobile websites.
PARIS, March 25, 2019 - Criteo (NASDAQ: CRTO), the advertising platform for the open Internet, announced today, the appointment of Patrick Gallinari, a widely-respected and renowned French researcher, best known for his work with neural networks and precursors of deep learning.
MarTech series features the appointment of Patrick Gallinari, a widely-respected and renowned French researcher, to the Criteo Artificial Intelligence Lab.
The results of Criteo's Why We Buy survey reveals that consumers are increasingly becoming less loyal to brands, with 73 percent of shoppers willing to try other than their normal go-to brands in almost every category.
eMarketer explores Criteo's Why We Buy report, highlighting that two-thirds of US internet users are loyal to brands based on value for money, especially to those with the lowest prices.
Criteo data around the key shopping moments of Mother's Day 2018 reveals that a large percentage of purchases are done on mobile devices a few days leading up to the holiday, with flowers and gifts representing an increase of 1400 percent.


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GSK shares real-world example on how to improve switch through technology
SILVER SPRING, Md. — GlaxoSmithKline on Thursday morning presented exactly how technology might improve appropriate patient self-selection before a panel convened by the Food and Drug Administration to explore expanding the prescripton-to-over-the-counter switch paradigm by incorporating technology and/or pharmacy participation in the application process.
GSK created a prototypical healthcare kiosk that channeled a patient through nine algorithms and assisted him or her in making an appropriate treatment decision for use of an OTC statin, in this case Mevacor — branded Cardiocare as part of the presentation.
And while GSK’s prototype was housed in an actual kiosk, GSK VP wellness category, global regulatory and quality David Schifkovitz noted this kind of funneling program, where each screen poses a question and directs the consumer to the most-appropriate next screen depending upon the answer, easily can be translated to a smartphone app.
In the example of "Cardiocare," the questionnaire walked patients through a series of questions such as their gender, age, knowledge of cholesterol condition and contributing risk factors to their condition — is there a history of heart disease in their family? Based on the patient’s answers, the end screen would either recommend use of the statin or explain why this statin may not be appropriate for self-selection.
Funneling patients toward the most appropriate self-selection conclusion isn’t the only advantage to a program like this, Schifkovitz said. "There’s the ability with this technology to incorporate education into the algorithm itself."
GSK’s experience with developing a Mevacor-based question protocol was borne out of the company’s partnership with Merck when that company last attempted to switch Mevacor in 2007. The absence of appropriate self-selection helped scuttle that switch application. Merck had improved self-selection scores in a consumer label-comprehension study from two years prior (2007 vs. 2005). To help consumers with self-selection, Merck made label revisions, including a highlighted age-exclusion graphic on the front of the package and a stronger warning against the use of Mevacor Daily in women who are pregnant or could become pregnant.
In the usage study based on consumers’ knowledge of their LDL levels, 98% of consumers appropriately chose not to take the medicine, but only 16% of those who chose to take the medicine did so appropriately.
FDA opens dialogue of incorporating technology, pharmacy into switch paradigm
SILVER SPRING, Md. — The Food and Drug Administration’s director of the Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, Janet Woodcock, on Thursday identified three tools the agency wanted to use in potentially increasing access to appropriate medicines in her opening remarks at the FDA Rx-to-OTC Switch Hearing held here.
Those new pathways to improve access included the use of improved communication technology that could enhance the Drug Facts Label, such as making available instructional videos for public consumption, a codified mechanism that would incorporate a pharmacist consultation or diagnosis before a medicine was made available, and a model where pharmacists would serve as physician extenders for medicines treating chronic conditions.
"We’re not considering altering the process of the [over-the-counter] switch itself," Woodcock told attendees. But the agency is interested in exploring ways that the pharmacy community and/or advanced communication technology can augment access to nonprescription medicines, and, where appropriate, to create an avenue where patients can be redirected to a medical home. Woodcock also suggested that new regulations governing this new switch paradigm would be necessary.
Pharmacists are "cautiously optimistic" on the proposal to incorporate pharmacists in the administration of medicines not yet considered appropriate for over-the-counter access, Eric Juhl, director of federal public policy for the National Association of Chain Drug Stores, stated in his opening remarks. Any rule-changing would need to recognize the increased costs pharmacy would necessarily incur under such a model, including both counseling time and administrative costs. Juhl also cautioned that this new paradigm should not be used to restrict access to medicines already available over the counter (e.g., pseudoephedrine). "The time of the pharmacist is limited, as is the space behind the counter," Juhl said.
Juhl also suggested that pharmacy operators already are contributing to improved, more efficient and less costly health care through collaborative practice agreements, now allowed in 34 states, where pharmacy operations and physician groups collaborate care to help improve prescription-drug compliance and convenient access to care.
Immunizations are another example where the expansion of a pharmacist’s purview helped improve access and increase utilization of health care — for the 2010/2011 influenza season, pharmacists administered more than 20 million influenza vaccines, noted Tom Menighan, EVP and CEO for the American Pharmacists Association. "Immunizations [also are] a good example where the business process developed once the rulemaking was put into place," Menighan said, but reiterated Juhl’s concerns that pharmacists be adequately reimbursed for any contribution under a new switch paradigm.
The hallmark of OTC medicines is the consumers’ ability to pick a product off the shelf, read the package label, and appropriately and safely self-select the medicine to treat their condition, noted Scott Melville, president and CEO for the Consumer Healthcare Products Association. Tools and technologies, beyond the traditional Drug Facts label, can assist consumers in making appropriate OTC selections — diagnostic tests, health kiosks, smartphones, self-screeners and pharmacist consultations all can help consumers accurately recognize conditions and select and use an appropriate medicine. “Ultimately, we envision a future where innovative switches are made possible by tools and technologies on a data-driven case-by-case basis,” Melville said.
The meeting, which is scheduled to end at 4 p.m. on Thursday before resuming Friday, is being webcast live by the agency here.
TheraPearl names new president, VP sales in support of retail expansion
JESSUP, Md. — TheraPearl on Wednesday named Daniel Baumwald president and Thomas Keeney VP sales.
Baumwald has been with the company since its inception in 2009, coming from Glaceau Vitaminwater/Coca-Cola where he was national account manager. Baumwald will assume management of the TheraPearl team, along with the company’s overall direction as it continues to expand.
Keeney will lead TheraPearl’s sales team and its retail market expansion. Keeney previously served four years as VP sales and field marketing with Hint, a company that produces and distributes naturally flavored, sugar-free water.


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The Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) will ask the Government to adjust the costs of petrol trading for businesses to help them avoid losses, said Deputy Minister Do Thang Hai.
Hai made the comment at the ministry’s regular meeting on October 12 afternoon, noting that since the end of 2021, the global situation has strongly affected the fuel supply. Local traders have made efforts to ensure enough fuel supply for domestic demand.
Under Decree 95/2021/ND-CP amending and supplementing Decree 83/2014/ND-CP on petrol and oil trading, petrol traders can import fuel or buy directly from domestic oil refineries.
Nghi Son, the biggest oil refinery in Vietnam, has cut output since mid-January because of a lack of funds needed to import crude oil, triggering a local gasoline and diesel shortage. Therefore, the ministry has required 10 key petrol trading companies to increase their import to make up for the domestic shortage. At that time, petrol traders had to import petrol at very high prices, then the price continuously decreased leading to losses.
Hai stated that the important issue was supplied. The supply from domestic oil refineries accounted for 70-805 and the remainder came from imports posing great difficulties for Vietnam importers.
To help remove difficulties for petrol trading enterprises, the two ministries of Trade and Industry and Finance agreed to increase the cost of fuel transport from local refineries.
Hai noted that fuel transport costs from abroad remained a problem. Therefore, his ministry would ask the Government to continue to adjust the cost in order to share the burden with petrol trading companies.
The Ministry of Industry and Trade has said that Vietnam’s fuel supply system is still being reserved to ensure a sufficient supply for local demand.
Accordingly, Petrolimex keeps a reserve of 489,000 cu.m. PVOIL holds a reserve of 230,000 cu.m. They are followed by a military-run Petroleum Company with 19,000 cu.m, Saigon Petro (11,000 cu.m), Petimex Dong Thap (45,000 cu.m) and Thanh Le (60,000 cu.m).
The ministry said petroleum trading companies committed to continuing importing more fuel to ensure a sufficient supply for their distribution network.
Previously, the MoIT’s Domestic Market Department said in recent days, there has been a phenomenon that some petrol retailers have asked the department to temporarily suspend business in some provinces and cities such as HCM City, An Giang, Binh Phuoc, and Dak Lak provinces. More than 100 petrol stations out of a total of 17,000 were temporarily closed.
This phenomenon is attributed to the rising expenses in petroleum businesses since late 2021. As a result, petroleum traders do not have enough funds to import petrol. They have to maintain sufficient quantity for their retailers and inventories only.
The Ministry of Trade and Industry has instructed fuel wholesalers and distributors to work together to enhance fuel supply in some localities facing a shortage of petrol.
In addition, the ministry has also required market watch teams nationwide to closely work with authorized bodies to conduct inspections and control retail activities and strictly handle violations.
Despite fuel shortages at some petrol stations under the management of key petroleum traders, inventories are sufficient to meet local demand while petrol traders will continue importing fuel, according to the Trade Ministry.
Petrol prices up in latest adjustmentRetail prices of oil and petrol increased starting from 3 pm on October 11, following the latest adjustment by the Ministry of Industry and Trade, and the Ministry of Finance.
Accordingly, the ceiling retail price of E5 RON92 rose by 560 VND (0.02 USD) to 21,290 VND per liter, and that of RON95 bio-fuel went up by 560 VND to 22,000 VND per liter.
The prices of oil products were also revised up, with that of diesel oil up by 1,960 VND to 24,160 VND per liter, and that of kerosene up by 1,140 VND to 22,820 VND per liter. Mazut oil’s price was kept unchanged, at 14,909 VND per kg.
The two ministries also determined to extract 200-400 VND per liter from petrol prices for the petrol price stabilization fund.


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Direct Color Systems receives "Notice of Allowance on Currently Pending Patent Application for ADA-Compliant Braille Sign Printing Process"
Direct Color Systems has received a Notice of Allowance for U.S. Patent Application No. 14/780,346 entitled “ADA-Compliant Braille Signage Printer and Method of Printing UV LED Curable Ink Using a Flat Bed Ink Jet Printer.”
Mimaki has announced that it will launch the new UV-curable inkjet printer models UJF-3042MkII and UJF-6042MkII in October, 2016. The new models are the successor models to the UJF-3042FX/HG and UJF-6042 models and deliver superior productivity, print quality, and adaptability for various application needs.
Condé Systems is now offering sublimatable koozies for the incredibly popular Yeti line of drinkware. Decorated with full colour monograms, logos, or designs, the removable sleeves provide a unique way of personalizing Yeti Colster, Rambler Lowball, and Rambler Tumbler products without voiding the manufacturer's warranty.
The UK's Porvair Filtration Group has been honoured with the Queen’s Award for Enterprise in International Trade – the UK’s highest accolade for business success.
FESPA 2015 (18-22 May, Cologne, Germany) will build on the exhibition's 50-year heritage as the leading event for the screen industrial sector with the introduction of a new Industrial Showcase Feature, designed to highlight the cutting edge innovations that are taking place in industrial printing using both screen and digital processes.
Epson Corporation has announced it has acquired a majority stake in software development company Avasys Corporation, and that the latter had as a result become a subsidiary company.
Esko has announced the acquisition of MediaBeacon Inc., a leader in Digital Asset Management (DAM) software solutions.
Innovative colour metrology and viewing systems cooperate with professional workflow systems for colour communication
caddon and Dalim Software announce their cooperation at the Dalim Software European user conference EuroDUO in Barcelona.
Collaborative event provides dedicated educational and networking event for region's printers.
CeBIT Australia 2015 (CeBit is the world's largest computer Expo) reveals its line up of exceptional keynote speakers.
FESPA’s regional associations will host a conference in Barcelona illustrating the “WOW” effect of printing.
The leading UK and European sign solutions specialist, Contract Sign Systems, has signalled its intention to significantly increase its production capacity and diversify its service offering by becoming the first UK-based company to invest in Canon’s ultra-high production Océ Arizona 6160 XTS wide format flatbed printer.
Ellomay (formerly Nur Macroprinters Ltd.) was a supplier of wide format and super-wide format digital printing systems and related products worldwide, and sold this business to Hewlett-Packard Company during 2008 for more than $100 million.


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HIGHLY PROMOTIONAL: Looks like the latest house guest at Los Angeles concept shop Apt. 4B will be Playboi Carti.
The rapper, real name Jordan Terrell Carter, has announced he’ll play host to an exclusive pop-up within the boutique retailer on Los Angeles’ famed Fairfax Avenue best known as streetwear central with Supreme, Pink Dolphin, Diamond Supply Co. and other brands there.
Apt. 4B, started by designer JP Moronta, who goes by Moon, and Monique Carmen, in 2013 is a long-standing fixture on the street. Their shop is known for its eclectic store buildout that mimics the look of a studio apartment inhabited by a Nineties hip-hop fan with a TV playing movies on VHS tapes, kitchenette and bed. The window outside the apartment facing passersby on the street is regularly rebooted based on various themes, with past displays mirroring a Nineties cell phone store and vinyl outpost.
The Carti Apt. 4B pop-up on Saturday and Sunday is to feature a 15-piece collection of T-shirts, shorts, a hoodie and beanies exclusive to the store.
The Apt. 4B store window will display artwork from Carti’s most recent project with the rest of the store for the most part maintaining its Nineties aesthetic save for some posters, vinyl and cassettes to tie in Atlanta’s — where Carti hails from — influence in hip-hop, according to Carmen.
The Playboi Carti Apt. 4B pop-up follows a temporary pop-in at Nous in Paris this week, both of which are in the lead up to the artist’s Die Lit Tour expected to kick off in July. Carti also hosted a pop-up at retailer Alchemist in Miami Beach last month in the lead up to his performance during the Rolling Loud Festival.
The retail play leading up to the concert is part of a broader trend that’s helped spin concert merchandise into full-fledged lifestyle brands as seen with moves by Kanye West with his pop-ups selling “Saint Pablo Tour” merchandise in 2016 and Justin Bieber’s “Purpose the Stadium Tour” collection that’s also been sold outside of music venues.


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Internet users in Mexico and Brazil are far more worried about fraud like identity theft and credit card fraud compared to those in the US and Canada, according to a study from market research company Aite Group, sponsored by electronic banking and payment solutions provider ACI Worldwide.
This is likely because Brazil and Mexico have higher fraud rates and less regulatory structure
For example, 21% of internet users in the US said they were very concerned about check fraud, but in Mexico, nearly three times as many respondents were very concerned. Similarly, a third of internet users in Canada said they were very concerned about direct debit fraud. To compare, more than double internet users in Mexico felt the same way.
Data breach resulting in comprised account numbers was also big concern for more than three-quarters of internet users in Brazil and Mexico. And 74% of respondents in Brazil, as well as 78% of respondents in Mexico, said they were very concerned about identity theft.
Separate research from the Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI) looked at whether internet users in Brazil and Mexico trust that their digital activates are not being monitored—and many don’t. Indeed, just 12% of respondents in Mexico said they trust completely that their activities are not being monitored, and a third trust it somewhat. Even fewer respondents in Brazil trust that their activates are not being monitored.
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ICI boss ready to quit
John McAdam, who revived iconic chemicals business ICI, is expected to step down as chief executive when it is taken over by Dutch rival Akzo Nobel.
ICI, which makes Dulux and Crown paints in the UK, is this week expected to announce it has agreed a 670p-a-share offer from Akzo. The £8bn takeover would create a world leader in the paint industry.
Sources close to McAdam, 57, said he was unlikely to seek a fresh challenge in the enlarged company and was looking forward to retiring after ten years at ICI, the last four as chief executive.
The Takeover Panel last week granted an extension to the offer timetable giving Akzo Nobel more time to study ICI's books and present a formal offer.
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Edinburgh Fintech centre ‘could create thousands of jobs’
The Global Open Finance Centre of Excellence, created by Scottish fintech and open banking industry bodies in partnership with the University of Edinburgh, is close to signing funding agreements with international banks, fintech companies and global philanthropy organisations.
The centre would create a data research facility which would give a detailed snapshot of anonymised consumer spending to the fintech industry for debt researchers and future sociologists wanting to understand how people live today – as well as companies wanting to tap in to consumer function.
It will also be a centre of excellence for fintech companies to research regulation in the industry around the world.
Fintech is a group of companies which use technology to make financial services more accessible. Examples include banking apps and services such as Revolut, which allow people to track their spending, or “sweep” spare cash into savings accounts automatically.
Gavin Littlejohn who is head of FDATA and one of the leaders behind the project, said: “We hope to be running on a small scale by early next year. If this goes off to the extent we think it will, we could ultimately be looking at thousands of direct and indirect jobs for Edinburgh as a result.
“The partners behind it, the governments and policy makers and regulators are very keen to see this developed. There is nothing like this anywhere else in the world.”
“We see the Global Open Finance Centre of Excellence being an international focus point of fintech global activity in the future.”
UK government legislation, which came into force in January last year, requires all financial services firms to make a customer’s financial information accessible to fintech firms – if the customer requests it.
Scotland has, in recent years, become an international leader in the fintech sector. Industry body FinTech Scotland revealed earlier this year that the number of fintech firms north of the border had grown to more than 100.
The centre is looking for an initial seed funding round of tens of millions of pounds to fund the project.
Companies will ultimately pay to access data, while there is likely to be a sliding fee scale that will apply to academic researchers or charities.
Littlejohn added: “People in the future will be able to look back to 2020 and say ‘How did people live? How did people work? What did they spend their money on?’”


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Saturday marked the opening of Jordan Brand’s new retail store in downtown.
Jordan Brand, a Nike Inc. subsidiary named after basketball legend Michael Jordan, now occupies all three levels of the historic Schaber’s Cafeteria building at 620 S. Broadway, a structure dating back to the 1920s. The outside looks like a well-preserved almost century-old building, but the inside is something squarely fit for 21st century retail.
The first level is focused on retail sales with a majority of the store’s apparel and shoe products laid out strategically, showcasing the latest Air Jordan 33 shoe. The second level is the store’s experiential floor, including a flight lab, shoe assessments, training area and a recovery lounge. The third level comes equipped with a rooftop basketball court for folks who’d like to get in a dribble and maybe shoot some hoops while shopping at the store.
“The sneaker culture in Los Angeles makes it a prime market to launch this type of storefront,” a spokeswoman for the brand said.
Jordan Brand has another store, which opened in 2015, called Flight 23 in Santa Monica, but the downtown storefront is the “first brand experience” in Los Angeles, the spokeswoman said.
The retail space for the footwear and apparel brand encompasses 25,000 square feet.
More and more retailers are investing in experiential ventures these days. What that means, in practical terms, is most retailers offer something more than a place to shop for products. The experiential model is seen as a way to bring in more foot traffic to brick-and -mortar stores. Hollywood-based Fred Segal Inc. recently told the Business Journal it hosts events, including live music, pets and cocktails as experiential offerings.
Lazy Acres Market Inc., a grocer that specializes in health foods, launched its second supermarket in Los Angeles County last week. The Santa Barbara-based company’s new supermarket is in Hermosa Beach and follows the launch of its first store in the area, in Long Beach, earlier this year.
Lazy Acres is a subsidiary of Carson-based Bristol Farms Inc.
The experiential trend in retail extends to supermarkets, as Lazy Acres demonstrates with its promise “to deliver a sensory shopping experience like no other.” For example, the grocer plans to have a live beehive, replete with a beekeeper, while a fully-equipped instruction kitchen will host regular classes and special chef appearances, among other in-store events at the new location.
“Lazy Acres is proud to become an active part of the vibrant South Bay community and we are confident that local residents will find the store to be a trusted source for all that is organic, fresh and delicious… and when possible, locally sourced,” David Schaefer, the store’s director, said in a statement.
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Every amenity a student could ever desire can be found on Temple’s Main Campus.
The resources are endless, as there are a multitude of eateries, a hair salon, a movie rental business and even a hotel. It seems just one thing is missing – a grocery store.
While it may not be a big deal for students who frequent the Louis J. Esposito Dining Hall and the Valaida S. Walker Food Court, those without meal plans are left to wander off campus to find groceries. Despite not having a place on campus to purchase groceries, students have found alternative means of obtaining them.
Genuardi’s offers people the convenience of online shopping and home grocery delivery. The grocery store allows anyone to shop from the comfortable setting of their homes, without having to wait long for groceries to arrive.
Undeclared sophomore Mary Wolfe decided to give Genuardi’s home delivery service a chance.
“I received a promotional coupon in the mail for Genuardi’s at-home delivery service,” Wolfe said. “The coupon granted free delivery on the first order, so I decided to give it a try.”
When visiting the Genuardi’s Web site, users enter their zip codes and are directed to stores’ weekly specials. Shoppers can browse aisles to find different types of foods.
The Web site also offers coupons and promotional codes for customers to enter when they check out.
Wolfe enjoys the convenience of the service because it allows her to use her time for something else besides grocery shopping.
“I was able to shop by aisle on the Genuardi’s Web site and even browse through the organic foods, which I opted to purchase,” Wolfe said. “I received my groceries in two business days, during a two-hour time slot that I chose.”
Online shoppers can create accounts with a username and password. Users’ personal information will be saved, and they can return as many times as they prefer. Delivery charges for purchases are as low as $6.95.
Wolfe said she was impressed by the convenience and ease of online grocery shopping.
“I would definitely order from Genuardi’s again,” she said. “The process is easy, and I was satisfied with my experience. Buying groceries and fresh produce in the city can be difficult. This is a great alternative.”
Jillian Crull, a sophomore journalism major, said the lack of grocery stores near campus is an inconvenience for students.
“The cost of parking a car on campus is so high that it is hard for those of us without cars to get the groceries we need,” Crull said.
Crull said the unavailability of affordable parking on campus limits students’ mobility.
“Having a grocery store on campus would be such a convenience,” Crull said. “Not only would the store be filled with students regularly, [but] it would allow those without a car on campus to get groceries efficiently.”
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Last month McDonald’s set forth its “National Hiring Day” with the goal to hire 50,000 new employees and overturn the reputation of the dead-end McJob. But the chain’s image makeover did not end there. Not only does it have new employees, but soon McDonald’s restaurants will have a new physical appearance. This 1 billion dollar redesign project is meant to transition McDonald’s to more of a “high-class” establishment and keep customers in the stores for longer periods of time.
With free Wi-Fi, electrical outlets, comfortable faux-leather armchairs, wooden tables, earth tones and contemporary lighting (Starbucks, anyone?), McDonalds will include “Linger Zones” that allow patrons to socialize or work on their laptops in public. As a company known for its quick service and customer turn over, this is perhaps the most dramatic change ever to McDonald’s “look and feel.”
“Linger Zones” will attract a young adult crowd to its restaurants, just as the play areas and ball pits were meant to attract families with young children. But McDonalds is moving away from that childish image. It has begun phasing out Ronald McDonald, the fun-loving clown that represented McDonald’s since 1963, from its advertising. Unfortunately for Ronald, people associate him with high-fat meals instead of the salads and specialty coffee drinks on which McDonald’s now focuses its marketing.
“McDonald’s has to change with the times,” said Jim Carras, senior vice president of domestic restaurant development for McDonald’s. “And we have to do so faster than we ever have before.” Carras claims the re-design will make McDonald’s more modern and relevant, while still maintaining its playful, energetic and optimistic brand.
As with any reputation overhaul, the ultimate goal of this campaign is financial. The reimaging process has already proved successful in a McDonald’s restaurant in Colorado. After a redesign, transactions have risen by 9% and sales have increased by 10%. More people now enter the restaurant for counter service rather than visiting the drive-through.
The new, sophisticated image attracts more patrons. “McDonald’s will have a much better chance of luring the most profitable customer (who orders pricey Angus Burgers instead of Big Macs) while retaining the entry-level visitor,” David Palmer, analyst at UBS says.
McDonalds is using this opportunity not only to grow its own company, but also to crush competitors like Burger King, which just faced financial difficulties with its own re-design plan. It will also attract customers who like the atmosphere of chains like Panera but who appreciate less expensive meals.
Will this cosmetic change really work to reinvent McDonald’s reputation, or is it simply “putting lipstick on a pig?” A poll on sodahead.com shows that the crowd is pretty much split down the middle about the redesign and the effect it will have, but McDonald’s claims that it will expand its menu to match its new image. With a new customer base, the menu can include more “upscale munchies,” according to Carras.


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Roku announces JVC as newest Roku TV brand
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Apr 19, 2017 – Evolution Digital has announced the deployment of its fully-managed eVUE-TV IP Video on Demand Solution with seven additional member operators in the National Cable Television Cooperative (NCTC).
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BT opens Innovation Showcase centre in Dubai
Centre features live demonstration booths and brand new telepresence suite
BT today launched what it calls a Customer Innovation Showcase – a centre designed to showcase the firm’s offerings – in Dubai, as part of its wider growth plans for the region.
The centre is the latest in a slew of regional BT hubs at which the firm hopes to be able to demonstrate its products’ capabilities to local customers. Aside from demonstration booths for some of BT’s core offerings, the centre features a brand new telepresence suite, which can be connected to BT’s other Showcase centres around the world.
Demonstrating the quality of the telepresence suite, Kevin Taylor, BT Global Services’ president for the MEA region, launched the centre by delivering a presentation from Hong Kong. The idea, he said, was to assure BT customers that they were getting a strong level of service, no matter where they are in the world.
Steve Masters, vice president of customer innovation and solution design at BT, joined in the conversation from London. He said that the centre was part of wider plans to expand rapidly across the Middle East. For example, he explained, BT has plans to hire more than 400 people across the Asia, Middle East and Africa region.
“I’ve also had to give up one of my best innovation designers, who’ll be joining that region very soon, so it’s very positive,” he said.
With the help of such staff, BT hopes to use the new Showcase centre to provide customers with live demonstrations on offerings such as BT One, BT Connect, BT Contact, BT Assure, and BT Compute, as well as specific solutions tailored to various verticals.
“These solutions come as answers to some of the key challenges we’ve been seeing in IT,” said Taylor.
Dubai is the first city in the MENA region to be given a BT Showcase centre, though there are already a number of others dotted around the globe. There are centres in cities such as Beijing, Hong Kong, Johannesburg, Kuala Lumpur, London and New York, among others, BT said.
Wael El-Kabbany, BT Global Services’ managing director for the MENA region, said that the Showcase centres provided good environments for exploring innovative solutions to customer problems.
“Multinational companies headquartered in the Middle East and North Africa rely on us to help them seize opportunities elsewhere in the world, while global multinational companies with growth ambitions in this region trust our services to support their ambitions across the region,” he said.
“We continue to accelerate our expansion in Asia Pacific, the Middle East and Africa by investing further in our capabilities, by launching new and innovative services and by forging closer partnerships with our customers. The launch of the Customer Innovation Showcase in Dubai demonstrates our commitment to the Middle East and North Africa region as a key driver of growth."


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Apple's Asia suppliers fall amid fears of weak iPhone sales
Updated : November 13, 2018 09:41 AM IST
The Cupertino, California-based tech giant's shares fell to their lowest in more than three months on Monday after three suppliers cut their forecasts for iPhone sales in the coming holiday season.
vApple warned earlier this month that holiday sales would miss Wall Street expectations due to weakness in emerging markets including India and foreign-exchange costs.
Apple began shipping the iPhone XR on October 26 after two weeks of pre-orders. The company had released the more expensive iPhone XS and XS Max more than a month earlier.
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When the going gets competitive in real estate, the top performers in the industry get creative. North Carolina agent Heidi Harris brought in $10 million in sales from Instagram. Atlanta Realtor Glennda Baker raked in $108,000 in business from TikTok. Tampa Bay, Florida, Realtor Philippa Main keeps going viral with her listings.
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Information Resources Inc. (IRI), Chicago, released the results of its annual New Product Pacesetters report that included four beverage brands: Bud Light Lime, Gatorade Tiger-Focus, MGD 64 and Mountain Dew Dewmocracy. The 15th annual survey recognized innovations designed to cater to consumers’ needs and desires in a recession, IRI said at its Summit 2010: Reinventing CPG & Retail Conference hosted this week in San Antonio, Texas.
Bud Light Lime from St. Louis’ Anheuser-Busch ranked at No. 2 on its Top 10 food and beverage brands with $133 million in sales for the total year 2009 in food, drug and mass merchandise channels, excluding Wal-Mart. Now-defunct Gatorade Tiger-Focus by PepsiCo, Purchase, N.Y., ranked sixth overall with $65 million sales. The brand was followed by MGD 64 by Chicago-based MillerCoors, which had $53 million in sales in 2009. Another PepsiCo brand, Mountain Dew Dewmocracy ranked eighth and posted $52 million in sales for its consumer-created flavor, Voltage.
“Many consumers feel hesitant about trying new brands during tough economic times,” said Anne Berlack, IRI Business Insights Practice executive vice president, in a statement. “As a result, we’ve seen tremendous growth from brand extensions bringing to market a new product by leveraging a pre-existing, trusted brand.”
Although many shoppers held on to frugal habits due to the recession, IRI noted the trend of consumers choosing to cook and entertain at home. Its Top 10 food and beverage brands of 2009 also reflected consumers who were looking for fun, interesting products for at-home and from-home dining with a greater focus on wellness, IRI said.


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The holidays are quickly approaching and as always, retailers have started the deep inhale as they wait to see how well consumers come through with spending. While banking on brick and mortar to carry them through the season, the plan is to woo shoppers with an arsenal of apps and social media enticements.
When U.S. businesses consider expanding into new markets, China is always leading the list. However, Latin America should be top of mind as well. Three of the top five countries in the Global Retail Development Index hail from Latin America.
These days, consumer attention is pulled in many directions at once, and start-ups are increasingly sharing compelling “stories” that make sense and resonate with consumers. Whether it’s a flash sale site or a platform that turns a runway show into a retail experience, plenty of newbies are giving traditional retail a run for the money.


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House committee limits household cultivation of cannabis to 10 plants
Thailand’s Lower House Scrutiny Committee on the Cannabis and Hemp Bill has decided to set a limit of 10 on the number of cannabis plants which can be cultivated for household use and on the size of the land on which cannabis can be cultivated for commercial purposes by small, medium and large scale enterprises, according to Panthep Puapongpan, spokesman for the committee.
The decision will be debated and voted on in the Lower House in its second and third readings, as the Bill passes the first reading on June 8. The Bill legalises the controlled use, sale, import and export of cannabis, plants and their extracts, but it did not specify how many cannabis or hemp plants an individual can grow.
Panthep explained that small-size enterprises are those with land not exceeding 0.8 hectares for cannabis cultivation, medium-size with land not more than 3.2 hectares and large-size enterprises cultivating over 3.2 hectares. There are, however, no limits on the number of cannabis plants which can be cultivated for commercial purposes on that land.
Since the Public Health Ministry’s announcement, removing cannabis and hemp from the Category 5 narcotics list, came into effect on June 9th, almost 900,000 people have registered to grow the plants, on the understanding that there is no limit to the number of plants they can grow.
Public Health Minister Anutin Charnvirakul also said, at that time, that there are no limits on the number of cannabis or hemp plants that a household can grow, but that they cannot be used for recreational purposes.
He said that, according to the House scrutiny committee, medium and large enterprises will be required to pay more to the state, because they are expected to generate more revenue from cultivation and production of cannabis, compared to smaller enterprises, which will be charged the lowest taxes or none at all.
For medical facilities, which want to grow cannabis for medical purposes, each facility will be allowed to grow the plants on a maximum of 0.8 hectares.
The House scrutiny committee has been given 15 days to complete vetting of the Bill, after which it will return to the Lower House for its second and final readings.
The bill was initiated by Bhumjaithai, the second biggest government party. The party considers decriminalisation of cannabis and hemp, for medical and economic purposes, to be a top policy priority.


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Editor’s note: This is one of 11 case studies featured in INMA’s strategic report “Programmatic Advertising Opportunities for Publishers,” released in September.
Cameron King calls News Corp Australia’s initial moves into real-time bidding around the beginning of the decade “an easy budget line for us.”
With Australia’s concentrated market insulating News Corp’s domestic sales from large ad marketplaces, the company focused first on automated sales of international advertising inventory.
Aside from reviewing participating advertisers to control ad quality, the process was deliberately “low-touch,” encompassing 15%-20% of traffic from international markets, according to King, the company’s commercial head of platforms and products.
In 2012, News Corp introduced a similar approach to programmatic sales of its domestic advertising inventory, working with the Los Angeles-based Rubicon Project, which it had previously selected as its partner for international inventory sales.
Initial domestic sales were limited and, again, “configured in a way that was low-touch,” King says. A trading desk manager was appointed shortly afterward to begin migrating non-display advertising inventory, including mobile and video, into the exchange environment and to build relationships with agency trading desks.
In late 2013, “the numbers started to become material,” King says, with agency partners adding their own trading desks and telling News Corp that they wanted to “take the friction out of the relationship when you deal with a high volume of transactions.”
Given the shift in customer demand, “it now feels like a model of transacting that (advertisers) feel like pursuing,” King says.
The uptick in programmatic revenue prompted News Corp to shift from experimentation to considering “the implications of selling our inventory programmatically from a customer perspective, a campaign perspective, and a contract perspective,” King says.
In 2014, King added programmatic sales to his responsibility, as News Corp began building out its trading desks and developing its yield management capacity.
At this point, the company’s programmatic efforts in the domestic space still remain guided “more by experimentation than overt market pressure,” King says.
Yet over the course of 2014, customers have made it clear that “volume that comes to us via an automated or indirect fashion should form part of an overarching partnership,” he adds, calling programmatic a way for advertising customers to leverage their own data as well as that of their media partners.
Following a merger of sales teams in 2012, News Corp Australia now has the country’s largest multi-platform sales team, which has been trained to understand the basics of programmatic with support from the company’s experts.
“It’s an intimidating concept because it’s really difficult to understand technically,” King says. “For that reason, you really need to dial up the support and the customer-friendly sales staff.”
This year, News Corp Australia is focusing on “moving up the value chain” through programmatic direct offerings, which King believes will become necessary for advertisers as they seek to automate more advertising buys.
“They’re going to be stuck if they stay with remnant inventory,” he says. “If they want to move up to 50% of inventory, they’ll have to start moving up the value chain to premium and reserved placements. That’s where our business is strongest, so it’s up to us to determine what our business looks like.”
To get there, the company is working on developing an “intimate understanding of clearance rates and yield,” King says. That learning approach, he adds, is one the news media industry as a whole must undertake to become successful in the space — and one which will require investment in a wide range of capabilities to understand the complexities of programmatic.
“I don’t think it’s the case that all publishers understand their inventory and clearance rates and yield,” he says. “They might understand it from their perspective, but not from the audience perspective. They might be wedded to complex rate cards that don’t translate well to programmatic. There are lots of individual capacities that are important in understanding the value of inventory.”
Yet King believes such investments will be worthwhile in the long run: “It’s rare for such a shift in our industry. You could look at programmatic as an opportunity for a large player like News [Corp] to reset expectations.”


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Dalian: Yingkou Port Limited yesterday announced that it has given up taking over the equity of Panjin Port from its controlling shareholder Yingkou Port Group.
Yingkou Port Group planned in 2012 that it will transfer all its shares in Panjin Port to its listed platform Yingkou Port Limited by the end of 2013 to avoid intra-industry competition.
Recently Yingkou Port Group has received a notice from Panjin government that the government has decided to close the current Hekou port area and liquidate Panjin Port Company.
The government explained that the current condition of the navigation channel can no longer meet the developing demand of Panjin Port and it will plan a new port area in the Liaodong Bay New Area. [01/11/13]


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Gambling business winners and losers in 2015 went from sea to sea that is shining America
Gambling business in 2015 was getting more complicated all the time.
Every video gaming operation, whether land-based or digital, seemed to be bogged down in litigation of some kind this year.
In it this year whether it was New Jersey's push to open the sportsbooks, daily fantasy sports' hopes to be regulated, or even California's seemingly never-ending journey to finally legalize online poker, the law had its hand.
That being stated, some entities fared better than others this 12 months. Let's take a look, beginning with the news that is good and who came out on top for 2015, and who got dunked.
The Big Winners
Oh, look: it's our friend that is old PayPal right back in the US once again to remind us we need to update the banking info on that account we opened in the late 1990s!
The online payment processor quietly decided this year it was once again willing to roll the dice in the face of US federal gaming laws that are still about as gray as a $5,000 chip at the Bellagio after a 12-year absence in America.
In 2002, four years after PayPal ended up being founded and customers began using the payment processor to fund their online gambling accounts, the digital payment service flipped out when regulators began looking closely at whether the business was breaking federal anti-gambling laws and regulations.
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Facebook rolled out a revamped ads report dashboard for its Ads Manager users, making it easier for them to access saved reports, choose from existing templates and save, schedule, share and export reports.
As you probably already heard, Facebook launched a new campaign management hierarchy called ad sets. The feature, released earlier this month, is intended to help advertisers keep organized and drive results using their campaign objectives. With ad sets, advertisers can now set budgets and schedules for each of their ad sets and organize them by target audience.
Facebook began prepping brands on how to adapt to its new campaign structure, which it began rolling out Tuesday, offering a video detailing best practices, as well as an introduction and resources, in a post on its Facebook for Business page.


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Lager production up 11%
Last year, the company produced around 1.8 million hectoliters of beer.
“Currently, we are ahead of the previous year. We hope to exceed two million hectoliters of blond beers this year. You would have seen last year that we passed the 1.8 million hectoliter mark, so we are well on our way to that goal,” said Kundayi Mawema, Marketing Director of Delta Beverages (lager), during a interview during a visit to the Delta Lagers factory in Harare.
Mawema said the Sable brand was growing and operating ahead of projections.
“Our brand and our market pack are in very good health. You will see a good representation of all our brands. You will also see the addition of a new brand, Sable Lager to the portfolio. This was launched in April, so it’s a new brand. So additions like this to our portfolio will actually augment the broader total category,” she said.
Sable Lager was an addition to already well-known lager brands including Castle, Black Label and Zambezi.
“So the more we grow and expand our portfolio of brands as well as our portfolio of packs, then we will be able to achieve our goals,” Mawema said.
Delta, she said, will continue to invest in glass to ensure consistent bottle availability to customers.
She said the beverage maker had rebranded its beer tanks for some of its major beer brands just to reinforce the message that its brands were still going strong.
“We are only growing as a company and we continue to invest in our brands. This is just to confirm that we remain committed to creating brilliant brands, not only for our customers but also for our merchants. We are here to stay and we will continue to invest in the business and we will continue to grow and do exciting new things for the public,” Mawema emphasized.
According to the business update for the quarter ended June 30, 2022, lager volumes increased 19% year over year.
The recovery in volumes was supported by the improvement in the offer of brands and packs, which benefited from the injection of returnable glass.
Group revenue increased 55% for the quarter in inflation-adjusted terms compared to growth of 283% in historical cost terms. This reflects volume growth and replacement cost pricing.
Sorghum beer volumes in Zimbabwe increased by 14% for the quarter compared to the previous year, driven by the Chibuku Super product, while sparkling beverage volume increased by 32% and continues to recover market share .
For Associates, African Distillers Limited (Afdis) volumes increased 18% for the quarter while Schweppes reported volume growth of 9% for the quarter, which was limited by a shortage of fruit juices for the flagship Mazoe Orange Crush.


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Oct 26 (Reuters) – Nasdaq futures fell more than 1% on Wednesday, after disappointing results from technology giants Microsoft and Alphabet sparked losses in other megacap companies and raised fears of slowing economic growth.
Microsoft Corp posted itsand forecast second-quarter revenue below Wall Street estimates, while Google-parent Alphabet posted downbeat ad sales in advertising spending.
Shares of the companies sank 5.7% and 6.0%, respectively, in premarket trading, while those of Amazon.com and Apple, which are scheduled to report results this week, fell 3.7% and 0.6%.
The downbeat results follow Snap Inc’s warning last week on slowing ad demand and a string of mixed earnings reports that have fed into worries that decades-high inflation and aggressive interest rate hikes to quell it are taking a toll on the economy.
Wall Street’s three main indexes, however, posted gains for the past three days, fueled by hopes that the Federal Reserve could soon slow down the pace of its monetary policy tightening.
At 4:13 a.m. ET, Dow e-minis were down 13 points, or 0.04%, S&P 500 e-minis were down 24.25 points, or 0.63%, and Nasdaq 100 e-minis were down 169 points, or 1.44%.
(Reporting by Amruta Khandekar in Bengaluru; Editing by Saumyadeb Chakrabarty)
This article originally appeared on reuters.com


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Kärcher And R-Zero Partner To Deliver Disinfection Solution
Kärcher North America, a subsidiary of Alfred Kärcher, GmbH & Co, announced a partnership with biosafety company, R-Zero, to distribute R Zero’s hospital-grade UV-C disinfection system, Arc. Kärcher will leverage its robust North American presence to deliver Arc’s sustainable disinfection technology to more organizations as the nation reopens.
Founded in 1935, Kärcher has a simple innovation philosophy: innovation is what benefits the customers. Today, approximately 90 percent of all Kärcher’s products are five years old or younger, and R-Zero’s Arc is the latest example of Kärcher’s commitment to helping organizations navigate the COVID-19 pandemic with breakthrough technology.
"Kärcher continues to look for opportunities to offer high quality, high performing disinfection devices,” said Rex Shull, vice president of Product Management and Engineering at Kärcher North America. “When choosing a UV-C partner, we wanted best in-class technology, ease of use and affordability - all features we found in Arc. Arc helps us to offer solutions that will not only help businesses open, but allow them to stay open in these uncertain times.”
R-Zero was founded in the early days of the pandemic with the goal of making hospital-grade disinfection technologies more accessible, starting with Arc. Arc is a touchless, hospital-grade germicidal UV-C device, proven to destroy over 99.99 percent of surface and airborne pathogens in a 1,000-squre-foot space, in just seven minutes. BLE and LTE-M connectivity shares usage data in real time, providing organizations with an auditable trail of all disinfection activities.
In less than a year, R-Zero’s Arc has emerged as a preferred market solution for a variety of businesses and sectors thanks to its accessible pricing, consumer-friendly interface, and scientific validation.
“Kärcher is a global leader in providing the highest quality equipment in the cleaning industry, and we’re excited that they’ve chosen R-Zero’s Arc as their first UV-C disinfection offering,” said Grant Morgan, CEO and co founder of R-Zero. “With Kärcher’s global footprint and our hospital-grade disinfection technology, we can transform how businesses and organizations across the world fight disease and keep customers and employees safe. We also share a mutual commitment to science-backed, environmentally-friendly products, making this partnership not only strategic but aligned with our company’s values.”
With cycle times as low as three minutes, Arc can prevent COVID-19 outbreaks while reducing labor time for organizations. Additionally, Arc features IoT connectivity that provides an auditable trail of disinfection activity, making compliance both simple and visible.


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Update: GAME in the UK – Zoroark now being distributed for Pokemon Omega Ruby/Alpha Sapphire in the U.S.
Update (11/4): Bumped to the top. Zoroark will be available in the UK as a special character distribution at GAME in the UK. The distribution will begin on Friday, and will end on November 26. A serial code will be printed on receipts at stores.
Here’s the breakdown of Zoroark:
– Level 50
– Comes in an Ultra Ball instead of a Cherish Ball
– Sucker Punch, Sludge Bomb, Flamethrower, and Dark Pulse moves
– For Omega Ruby/Alpha Sapphire, X/Y
Original (11/3): Pokemon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire players in the United States can now acquire Zoroark through a new distribution. According to Serebii, it comes with the move Sludge Bomb. You can obtain Zoroark via the Nintendo Network.