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Diamond prices bounce back 40%
Milan - Diamond prices are now above pre-crisis levels after a 35% to 40% rise so far this year, helped by increased scarcity and an emerging role as an investment, the executive director of jeweller De Beers said.
"Diamonds are more scarce than before the crisis. And there are three markets where demand is very strong: China, India and the United States," said Stephen Lussier in an interview in Friday's Il Sole 24 Ore.
"The US still represents 40% of global demand," he said, adding that Americans had rediscovered diamonds as a form of diversification investment.
"As an investment, diamonds are more similar to art. You need to know what you're buying," Lussier said.
However, unlike gold, 99.5% of diamonds still end up in jewellery, he added.
Unlisted De Beers, the world's largest diamond producer, is 45% owned by global miner Anglo American [JSE:AGL].
Lussier said De Beers' diamond production, which had fallen during the financial crisis, has increased by 10% to 15% this year and the group will run at full capacity by 2012.


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BritBox subscriptions are now available on Xfinity X1, Flex and Xumo TV, providing Comcast customers with another way to stream British TV.
While not confirmed, it is possible that DirecTV Stream might start showing 4K content as early as this weekend, beginning with live sports.
Fubo will be adding Maximum Effort Channel to its channel lineup on June 20, as part of a wider multi-year deal between the two companies.
Hoopla has added Hallmark Movies Now as a BingePass benefit, making it possible to stream the Hallmark movies library for free for seven days.
This is not the first time Philo has tested a ‘Recent channels’ guide section. It’s also not the first time that subscribers didn’t like it.
If you missed out on Peacock’s ‘Summer of Peacock’ deal, it is still possible to stream Peacock for an entire year and only pay $19.99.
Nexstar stations in Philadelphia, San Francisco, and Tampa are now scheduled to change over to The CW affiliates on September 1, 2023.
Less than two weeks after officially launching a set of premium live TV packages, Herogo TV has now stopped offering its paid live TV plans.
Thanks to a new and limited-time Peacock Preview experience, Vizio smart TV users can watch select episodes from fan-favorite shows for free.
The new Independent Streaming Alliance (ISA) aims to support independent streamers as they face increasing competition from larger players.
A YouTube TV engineer has confirmed that condensed replays of NFL games will be available when Sunday Ticket goes live later in the year.
Right now you can get an MLB.TV Single-Team Yearly subscription for just $50, or sign up for an All-Teams Yearly subscription for just $60.
Building on AMC Plus, AMC Networks is now considering launching a new bundle option that could bring together content from all of its brands
While announced separately, the Cineverse and Xumo deals appear to be part of a wider content refresh that’s currently taking place at TCL.
New third-party data suggests Netflix has seen a big increase in the number of new users following its password sharing crackdown in the US.
Thanks to the release of the new Android TV 14 Beta, it is now possible to take a closer look at some of the changes coming soon to Google TV.
For homes that can’t get enough Tennis Channel, the Sinclair-owned network now has its own online shop where you can buy clothing and gear.
YouTube has stopped offering its $100 presale discount on NFL Sunday Ticket, but it’s still possible for YouTube TV and YouTube users to save.
An advertising watchdog has issued an ad alert over YouTube TV’s Multiview not being as widely available as marketing materials might suggest.
Comcast has now provided firm confirmation that Peacock will continue to be free to select Xfinity Internet customers and Rewards members.


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Baseball Stadium Food Prices To Become More Expensive Than They Already Are, Here’s Why
Thanks to rising inflation, particularly in food production, ballpark concessions will cost you more than ever this year.
Baseball isn’t baseball without the food and the beer but, thanks to rising inflation, particularly in food production, ballpark concessions will cost you more than ever this year. In 1956, you could get a ballpark hot dog for just 25 cents, the equivalent of today’s $2.69, but you’d be hard-pressed to find a dog for those prices; most ballparks now charge between $5 and $7 for your standard hot dog. According to CNBC, a trip to see your favorite team play will cost you more than ever in refreshments, thanks to rising food prices.
Ballpark concessions aren’t the only industry affected by food inflation; food prices today are hitting virtually every industry hard, from grocery stores to restaurants to producers. The rising food costs and scarcity in many product production lines spell out higher prices than ever for the consumer, including the avid baseball fan. Small businesses, in particular, are suffering under the weight of food prices, without existing capital to offset some of the recent struggles.
Sodexo Live, a company that operates food, beverage, and hospitality services at venues across the country, including at Seattle’s T-Mobile Park, home of the Seattle Mariners, is also feeling the pressure of today’s food prices. But with $20 billion in purchasing power, Sodexo Live is able to mitigate some of the losses in profit that are being experienced by other, smaller businesses. Even big businesses like Sodexo Live, though, are having to get creative with food selection to stay afloat as baseball season kicks off.
Though most ballparks, including T-Mobile Park, will see higher food prices this year, Sodexo Live insists that most big food production companies are working hard to make sure that consumers don’t bear the brunt of the inflation. By switching up ingredients and suppliers, Sodexo Live hopes to keep food prices at its venue will stay accessible to the average consumer. They’re even expanding their value menu to offer a dozen items that cost between $2 and $4.
One thing that won’t be on that value menu, though, is the classic ballpark hot dog. A top-selling item at ballparks across the country, Sodexo Live attributes the high sticker prices for hot dogs to rising production and meat costs across the industry. Prices can vary across the country, as well, with a West Coast ballpark dog costing as much as $7.50 at a San Francisco Giants game. Most ballpark dogs are going to set consumers back at least $5, which doesn’t seem like much, but compared to prices just 10 years ago, reflects the food prices choking Americans from every angle.
Another factor in rising food prices is the Russia-Ukraine war, which has impacted many production supplies in many industries, but resin production has been hit particularly hard. Resin is used in almost all plastics and disposables—a necessary cost of business for a ballpark; but that cost of business may soon price out the average baseball fan. Most food production companies, though, are doing their best to keep the long game in mind and keep baseball fans coming back to the ballpark for hot dogs again and again.


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Gold hiked to VND100,000 on Thursday, jumping to VND45.4 million a tael (1.2 ounces), as global price rose.
Saigon Jewellery Company, the biggest gold processor and trader in Vietnam, collected the metal at VND45.1 million and sold at VND45.4 million as of 10 am Vietnamese time.
Sacombank Jewellery Company bought gold at VND45.1 million and sold at VND45.4 million as of 10:05 am Vietnamese time.
Hanoi-based Phu Quy Jewellery Company purchased SJC-brand gold at VND45.25 million and sold at VND45.35 million as of 11:50 am Vietnamese time.
Meanwhile, Bao Tin Minh Chau Jewellery Company quoted price at VND45.25 million for buying, and VND45.35 million for selling at 11:00 pm Vietnamese time.
Gold advanced to highest level in eight weeks, gaining alongside equities and other commodities, as global manufacturing improved, weakening the dollar and boosting demand for alternative investment.
Spot gold rallied as much as 0.5 percent to $1,751.97 an ounce and traded at $1,750.15 at 9:32 am in Singapore. Commodities advanced, fueled by favourable purchasing managers’ data in China, Europe and the US.
Manufacturing grew from the US to India and China, fueling optimism that global recovery is weathering the debt crisis in Europe and driving a rebound in stocks and commodities including copper and oil. India and China are the world’s largest bullion consumers.
Bullion for April delivery gained 0.2 percent to $1,753 an ounce on the Comex in New York. Spot gold so called 14 day relative-strength index was at 72.15 today.


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Looking like a tricked out motorbike, the Uno is electric personal transportation with style, the Chicago Tribune reports. Designed by 19-year-old inventor Ben Gulak, the device employs no throttle or brake, relying on its rider's leanings to guide it, and is so intuitive an 8-year-old picked it up instantly at a recent vehicle expo.
Gulak was inspired by a visit to China, where the pollution, much of it from gas-powered scooters, made an impression on him. He knew electric transport was the answer, but people would have to want to ride the thing. Now, his attractive Uno can match the Segway’s 12½ mph—and Gulak is sure it could hit 40 with tweaking.


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This Week on Forbes Magazine
Although news of Haiti’s earthquake in 2010 dominated news cycles, the country has mostly recovered and should be at the top of your budget travel list for 2018.
In search of positive travel stories highlighting what was once known as “The Pearl of the Caribbean”, I was extremely disappointed (though hardly surprised) to only find negative articles detailing the catastrophic earthquake of 2010 paired with horrific tales of violence, extreme poverty and tragedy. However, with miles of pristine powder-white sand, cyan blue sea and fringed coconut palm trees found in Port Salut, Les Cayes, I was happy to discover one of several destinations that embodied exactly what I was after: a pleasant alternative to what is typically associated with Haiti. And thanks to cheap lodging and food costs, Port Salut is an affordable destination for 2018.
After having travelled the world together, Kach and Jonathan Howe are the writers and online entrepreneurs behind Two Monkeys Travel and Mr and Mrs Howe. Together, they’ve visited 80 countries and seven continents (including Antarctica!), but they are about to embark on their biggest adventure yet: living and exploring the seas on their 37 foot sailboat, SV Empress. Follow their epic journey on Instagram.
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ROCHESTER, NY (CBS.MW) - Contact lens maker Bausch & Lomb agreed to acquire ophthalmic pharmaceuticals company Groupe Chauvin and related companies for about $228 million in cash, the company announced Monday.
The deal would make B&L (BOL) one of the leading ophthalmic pharmaceutical companies in Europe.
The combined privately-held companies have annual sales of nearly $100 million.
“We are excited about the potential to accelerate revenue growth as a result of these acquisitions,” said William M. Carpenter, B&L’s chairman and chief executive officer in a press release.
French-based Groupe Chauvin makes prescription and over-the-counter ophthalmic pharmaceutical and surgical products to treat a number of eye conditions, including glaucoma.
B&L said the acquisition is expected to be dilutive to earnings, between 12 to 14 cents a share in 2000, and “slightly” dilutive to full-year 2001 earnings, about 10 cents a share.
The deal is expected to be completed by the end of the month.
B&L share moved up 7/8 to close at 62 7/16.


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THE Department of Agriculture (DA) is pushing for commercial- scale food production, including value adding in agro-industry by-products, to allow small-scale producers to get out of subsistence farming.
In a statement on Tuesday, the DA said the department is doing its part in providing small-scale farmers the means to access integrated food-supply chain and other needed support, such as improved infrastructure, to help them become more productive and competitive.
“The [DA] is aggressively undertaking the establishment of trading hubs in key food producing regions across the country to facilitate trade and investments,” Agriculture Secretary Proceso J. Alcala annnounced during the Asenso Partners Farmers’ Congress in Pili, Camarines Sur.
Alcala said the Agri-Pinoy Trading Centers (APTC), or “trading hubs,” will directly link food producers to bigger markets within or beyond the region, assuring the small producers of better prices in exchange for their hard work and sacrifices.
“This will also ensure that the country’s 8.3 million farmers [registered under the Regulatory System for Basic Sectors in Agriculture] will be more prepared to compete with other of their peers in the region come 2015 Asean integration,” Alcala told the BusinessMirror in a text message.He added that, “for consumers, it means a more stable and affordable supply of basic food items, such as vegetables, fruits, fish and meat.”
The DA chief said that, to strengthen the support system for the country’s farmers, the department is set to launch before year-end seven trading and processing hubs nationwide. These trading centers are currently in different stages of completion, he added.
“Built in tandem with local government units and farmers’ and fisherfolk’s organizations, the hubs include the P28-million corn trading and processing center that DA recently opened in Barangay Talumpang in Tayabas, Quezon,” Alcala said.


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China hikes rice price to boost output
BEIJING: China has boosted the price it pays for rice by up to 10 percent this year to encourage farmers to plant more and increase production, state media said Sunday.
China's economic planning agency set the minimum purchase price for short grain rice at 105 yuan (about 15 dollars) for every 50 kilograms, a 10.5 percent rise over last year, the People's Daily said.
The lowest price to be paid by state granaries for long grain rice was increased by 5.4 percent, the paper said, citing the National Development and Reform Agency.
China's rice farmers are required to sell a certain proportion of their harvest to state granaries at set prices, while the rest is sold on open markets where prices for the main staple tend to be higher.
"The price adjustments are aimed at prompting farmers to plant more rice and to increase grain production," the paper said, adding that the price rises would also raise rural incomes.
China's consumer price index, the main gauge of inflation, rose 1.5 percent in January compared with the same month a year earlier, driven mainly by food prices which were 3.7 percent higher.
In January 2009, China's planning agency raised the purchase price for rice by between 15 and 17 percent as the government sought to increase grain production and raise rural incomes.


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Microsoft who originally launched their first smartphones back in 2002, compared to both Apple and Google (launching in 2007 and 2008 respectively) have been in the smartphone game a lot longer than their main competitors, but looking at their current marketshare they look more like the underdog.
By 2007, Microsoft’s smartphone platform was the most popular in the US, but this quickly faded after Apple and Google entered the market. Today, these numbers are at an all-time low with US marketshare of Windows Mobile (and Windows Phone) down from 4.8% in early 2015 to just 1.6% at the end of December 2015. In the UK, Microsoft is in a much healthier position of 9.2% with iOS at 38.6% and Android taking the lions share with 51.9%.
With Microsoft continuing to struggle in its home turf and its marketshare slipping away in spite of the launch of its new Windows Mobile 10 platform and phones late last year, the question again arises – what does the future of Windows Mobile look like to Microsoft?
Despite both the loss in marketshare and revenue from Windows Mobile, taking a look at Microsoft’s more recent tablet-laptop hybrid Surface Pro may provide some answers.
In their recently announced quarterly fiscal results they revealed an impressive $1.35 billion in revenue generated by their Surface line, up from $1.1 billion the same time last year. The now very successful Surface line is headed by Panos Panay who also recently took the lead on their Windows Mobile division. The most recent Microsoft flagship phones the Lumia 950 and Lumia 950 XL launched under his leadership, however they would have been designed and developed before this time. On its announcement, the new feature which had the most time under the spotlight was Continiuum, which lets you plug up the phone to a monitor, keyboard and mouse and use it like a PC. The apps you have access to in this mode are the same as those available when using a phone and these will scale as needed to the screen plugged in.
Looking ahead to where the future of Windows Mobile lies, there have been rumours for some time of Microsoft working with Intel to get Windows Mobile working on x86 processors (the same ones that power their laptops and PCs) and even more recently x86 support was listed on their manufactures design guideline specification for Windows Mobile, although this information has since been pulled from their site.
With Panos Panay currently developing future Windows Mobile devices, alongside the next Surface models, we may see the next Windows Mobile flagship branded with the Surface stamp, reserving the Lumia name for both low and mid-range devices in the future.
A Surface flagship phone could see a Surface-like premium metal build and include an x86 processor, meaning when in Continuum mode, it can also run full PC applications in addition to scaling mobile apps. As well as using full PC apps on your phone, a more unified brand could make Microsoft flagship phones easier to market and sell to consumers with the simpler name ‘Surface Phone’ compared to the current ‘Lumia 950’.
The future of Windows Mobile may look bleak now, especially in the US, but with such a heritage with smart devices and the very successful launch of Windows 10 on PCs they can’t be dismissed.


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Entertainment merchandise and content material firm Hasbro, Inc. (NYSE: HAS) shares spiked as excessive as $104.89 on an spectacular Q2 2021 earnings launch however have since cratered over (-10%) on fears of provide chain disruptions. The Company lastly rotated its divisions as all three segments confirmed development within the quarter and even the eOne leisure division improved. The latter is a robust growth driver that ought to gasoline its spectacular portfolio of IPs together with G.I. Joe and the Transformers. The lifting of COVID-19 restrictions accelerated by COVID-19 vaccinations have enabled the division to reengage the manufacturing of live-action movies and streaming content material. Growth has returned to the Company amidst fears of supply chain issues affecting the upcoming vacation season. The Company additionally plans to bolster margins with worth will increase which have gone into impact in Q3 2021 and has handed on delivery prices to consumers because the demand is nonetheless robust sufficient to warrant them. Markets could have overreacted within the close to time period to current prudent traders opportunistic pullback ranges to realize publicity forward of the vacation buying season.
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Q2 FY 2021 Earnings Release
On July 26, 2021, Hasbro launched its second-quarter fiscal 2021 outcomes for the quarter ending June 2021. The Company reported an adjusted earnings-per-share (EPS) revenue of $1.05 excluding non-recurring objects versus consensus analyst estimates for $0.47, a $0.58 beat. Revenues rose 53.7% year-over-year (YoY) to $1.32 billion, beating consensus analyst estimates for $1.17 billion. The Company reported earnings 9% larger than similar quarter 2019. Each of Hasbro’s three segments confirmed development in Q2 2021 with its largest phase Wizard’s of the Coast and Digital Gaming doubling revenues YoY with a 47% working margin revenue.
CEO and CFO Comments
Hasbro CEO Brian Goldner commented, “The global Hasbro team executed a very good quarter, driving strong sell in and demand in the Consumer Products segment; growing both analog and digital revenues in Wizards and our licensed digital gaming business; and positioning us to deliver growth for the full year in the Entertainment segment. We continue to target full-year double-digit revenue growth for Hasbro supported by innovation and quality execution throughout the business. Across Hasbro we are focused on unlocking the full potential value of our brands and capabilities as a play and entertainment leader.”
Hasbro CFO Deborah Thomas added, “Our first quarter started the year well. The team delivered revenue and profit gains, as well as strong cash generation, ending the quarter with $1.43 billion in cash, after retiring $300 million in debt and paying our quarterly dividend.”
Conference Call Takeaways
CEO Goldner set the tone, “This quarter marked the first with our new reporting segment structure, which provides a clearer view of the drivers of Hasbro revenues, profit, margin, and cash generation. As we shared at our investor event in February, our Brand Blueprint succeeds as we create value from our three businesses; Hasbro Consumer Products, including toys and games; Wizards of the Coast and Digital Gaming; and Entertainment. Each has a growth plan that drives that segment, but also drives growth across Hasbro.” He continued, “Throughout last year robust demand drove the high point of sale and revenue growth. In the Consumer Products segment, this surge in gaming demand began around week 12 of last year. If we look at the U.S. this year, heading into that same week our games point of sale was up more than 30%. Once we hit week 12, point of sale slowed. Despite the tough comparison, underlying game demand is healthy and point of sale is more than 30% higher than 2019 pre-COVID levels. We have many new games both this spring and for the holiday and the availability of classic games to continue meeting the high levels of gaming demand. Within Wizards of the Coast and Digital Gaming, MAGIC: THE GATHERING and DUNGEONS & DRAGONS both posted double-digit revenue increases. Fueling this growth is both tabletop and physical play as well as the team’s continued expansion in digital. MAGIC was up against an exceptionally good first-quarter shipment number last year. Based on release strength and timing, we continue to expect the second quarter to be the biggest for MAGIC and Wizards this year.” He concluded, “We are currently in pre-production for the Dungeons & Dragons live-action feature, with a new release date of March 3, 2023 and an amazingly talented cast and crew. During the quarter the team wrapped principal production on two films, All the Old Knives and Arthur the King, and are currently in post-production on both. In scripted TV, Cruel Summer completed filming and premiered last week on Freeform, and we continued deliveries of Season 3 of The Rookie. In unscripted, we have a robust slate of shows in Canada, the U.S., and the UK underway, with more than 40 active productions. We announced yesterday an agreement to sell the eOne music business for $385 million. We continue to focus on the core strategic elements of our Brand Blueprint as a play and entertainment company. While we plan to continue working with the music group including music supervision and music rights exploitation across several brands, music was not the primary driver of our acquisition of eOne. This transaction will allow the team to continue investing to grow and unlock value for its many talented artists and partners.”
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- A new iPhone launch is usually synonymous with winding lines at the Apple Store, but the company is implementing some new measures in light of the COVID-19 pandemic.
- Apple will be using a reservation system for stores that are open, should lines begin to form.
- That means customers waiting in line may be asked to return at a specified time to make their purchase.
- Apple Stores that are temporarily closed will have an Express Storefront setup, where customers can pick up items ordered ahead of time without entering the store.
- Apple's iPhone 12 launch is expected to be one of its biggest product releases in years, and the company is preparing for an upgrade "supercycle."
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If this were any other year, the launch of the iPhone 12 would mean winding lines outside stores around the world as customers wait to become among the first to get their hands on Apple's new devices.
But 2020 isn't like any other year. Apple is launching its new iPhone in the midst of a global pandemic, with many stores closed and the open ones under strict public health guidelines. The experience of visiting your local Apple Store to pick up an iPhone 12 or 12 Pro when they debut on Friday will be very different than years past.
Apple has implemented some new shopping options throughout the pandemic to more easily limit how many shoppers are allowed in stores at a given time, and these will be in effect during an iPhone launch for the first time this year. Apple told Business Insider it is also introducing an in-person reservation system for those waiting in line on iPhone launch day, while upholding the same safety protocols it has been enforcing for months.
If a long line forms outside of stores that are currently open, queued customers may be asked to return during a specified time slot to make their purchase, Apple said.
The company is also offering the option to shop one-on-one with an Apple Store specialist for help navigating the new products, financing options, or carrier plans.
Another measure new to this year's iPhone launch is Apple's Express Storefront. As its name implies, the Express Storefront is a designated area outside the Apple Stores that are temporarily closed because of the pandemic where customers can pick up a product that they've already ordered online.
The Express Storefront format isn't specific to the iPhone launch; rather, it's a new option for some currently closed stores that Apple began piloting in September, starting with its Burlingame, California, store. The ability to shop with an Apple specialist also isn't specific to launch weekend but is relatively new and has been rolled out over the last few months.
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At the same time, Apple will continue implementing the safety protocols and shopping options it's offered over the last few months during the pandemic. These include in-store or curbside pickup and contactless delivery for products ordered ahead of time.
Those who visit the Apple Store will have to wear a face mask in order to enter, and Apple will take contactless temperature checks upon entry. Store occupancy will be limited and social distancing rules will be enforced for locations that are open, the company said.
Apple hasn't said how many of its 271 stores in the United States are currently open or will be open for launch day, but 9to5Mac reports that more than 90 percent of stores in the US are operational as of October 18.
The best way to see what options and services are available at your local Apple Store is to check the website for your specific store through Apple's store locator. That's important because some of the policies can vary by location. The Union Square location in San Francisco, California, for example, is requiring customers to make a reservation in advance to purchase an iPhone 12 on launch day, an employee told Business Insider.
The iPhone 12 is expected to be one of Apple's biggest iPhone launches in years, with some analysts predicting that it could kick off a "supercycle" of upgrades. The $800 iPhone 12 and $1,000 iPhone 12 Pro are among Apple's first smartphones to support 5G. They also come with a new design, more durable screens, and cameras that are better at seeing in the dark.
Preorders for the iPhone 12 are said to have more than doubled those of the iPhone 11 in its first day of availability, according to estimates from TF International Securities analyst Ming-Chi Kuo, boosted by interest in the iPhone 12 Pro.
The way Apple handles a high-profile product launch like the iPhone 12 is also significant because the company's decisions around how its retail stores operate during the pandemic have sometimes preempted broader COVID-19-related restrictions. The company temporarily closed all of its stores outside of greater China in March, for example, just before stay-at-home orders were issued in parts of the US.
Apple's reputation as a visionary in the retail space and its vast resources suggest the company may set an example for how retailers will navigate product launches throughout the pandemic. Apple's close ties to China — where much of its supply chain is based — have also likely meant that Apple has had an ear to the ground in regards to COVID-19 from the very start.
"They have set the pace for the market," Leslie Hand, vice president of the International Data Corporation's Retail Insights, said to Business Insider in May referring to Apple. "I think as we go forward, other retailers will look to make sure they're in the same place."


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Online tutoring platform 51Talk earns USD 44.4 million in revenue in Q4 2018, grows 14.4% year-on-year.
Ant Financial CEO Jing Xiandong says Japan is the fastest growing market for Alipay.
WeChat Pay's retail payment feature "scan & go" wins gold prize at German iF Design Award 2019.
Voice recognition startup AISpeech ties up with IoT platform Tuya Smart to work on products, like the AI speaker.
China Mobile partners with Huawei, aids first 5G-powered remote surgery in China coordinated between Beijing and Hainan.
Alibaba introduces anti-harassment smartphone service to let AI robots receive unwanted advertising calls.
Led by Warburg Pincus, liquor B2B ecommerce platform Yijiupi raises USD 100 million in D+ round.
(Reported by Mengjuan Li, intern with the Passage


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Today, the American multinational technology company Microsoft has revealed that its Windows 10 21H1 will reach the end of service (EOS) by the 13th of December this year. With this end of service, the 10 21H1 Windows will no longer receive security or any other updates. Therefore, the firm advises all Windows version users to upgrade to the latest release to stay protected against attacks on future vulnerabilities.
Windows 10 21H1 End of Service
“Windows 10 21H1 is about to reach its end of service (EOS) on December 13, 2022, which means it will no longer receive security updates. If you are still one of those using this Windows version, it is time to upgrade to the latest release to stay protected against attacks on future vulnerabilities that will no longer be patched in the coming months.”
However, Microsoft further explains the importance of Windows UpdateWhatsapp Rolls Out Ios, Android and Windows Updates: Enables Switch to Video Call and More as it will automatically launch a feature to help keep users’ devices safe and productive.
“To help keep you protected and productive, Windows Update will automatically initiate a feature update for Windows 10 consumer devices and non-managed business devices that are at, or within several months of reaching the end of servicing,” Microsoft said. “This keeps your device supported and receiving monthly updates that are critical to security and ecosystem health. For these devices, you will be able to choose a convenient time for your device to restart and complete the update.”
End of Service to Affect All Windows 10 21H1 Editions
Meanwhile, according to the firm, next month’s end of service will affect all the editions of Windows 10 21H1, which includes Windows 10 Enterprise, version 21H1; Windows 10 Enterprise multi-session, version 21H1; Windows 10 Education, version 21H1; Windows 10 IoT Enterprise, version 21H1; Windows 10 Home, version 21H1; Windows 10 Pro, version 21H1; Windows 10 Pro Education, version 21H1; and Windows 10 Pro for Workstations, version 21H1.
Announcing Windows 10 21H1 Alternatives
Consequently, all affected users must upgrade to Windows 11 or obtain the most recent version of Windows 10 before the deadline. Users of Windows 10 who are running version 20H2 or later can see if the Windows 10 22H2 (Windows 10 2022 Update) is already installed on their computer by navigating to Settings > Update & Security > Windows Update > Check for updates.
However, it should be recalled that back in October this year, Microsoft announced the beginning of its release, and all eligible devices should be receiving it right now. Although a Windows 10 machine will gain a new version number, there won’t be any significant additions because Microsoft is now focusing on Windows 11 instead of feature drops.


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The Delhi bankruptcy of The Indus Entrepreneurs (TiE) will host the 8th new release of the India Internet Day on Thursday, considered one of the largest meetings for Internet entrepreneurs inside the country. India Internet Day 2019 goals marketers draw start-ups, unicorns, industry leaders, traders, mentors, coverage-makers, and plenty of key area experts from across the u. S. A. Each 12 months
India is presently domestic to over 500 million internet users and 21 unicorns. Intending to raise 100 begin-American firms to end up billion-greenback businesses at the back of their internet-centric improvements, TiE Delhi-NCR is the website hosting the eighth iteration of India Internet Day. On day 2019, leaders of the internet and entrepreneurial network will deliver content for the benefit of young marketers, permitting the following technology of leaders to advantage a deeper perception into the possibilities and evolving trends in the enterprise, Tie said in a declaration.
Building on the theme of ‘unboxing’, iDay2019 plans to have focused and thought-upsetting discussions at some stage in the consultation line-up on subjects along with Unboxing Indian Tech Going Global, Unboxing Funding, Unboxing Talent, Entrepreneurial Milestones: Unboxing Pivots & Pirouettes to Exits, Unboxing second Innings, Unboxing Valuations. It can even have a unique focus at the Chinese startup environment; key speakers will talk on Unboxing China, its Landscape & Overview, Chinese VCs in India – A perspective, and Cross Border Learnings. Additionally, entrepreneurs might be supplied with a platform to exhibit internet-centric improvements and get positive feedback on their ventures.
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The conference is one of the most predicted entrepreneurial conferences worldwide as it gathers marketers and vision-holders in the midst of key traders, enterprise leaders, and coverage-makers below the same roof. It will have sessions with a view to being chaired by distinguished enterprise leaders, including Vani Kola, MD, Kalaari Capital, and Rajesh Sawhney, CEO & Co-Founder of Innerchef; the conference will open with a keynote address.
Vijay Shekhar Sharma, Founder & CEO of Paytm. The beginning cope with may be observed with conversations with industry specialists and Anant Maheshwari, President – Microsoft India and Rajan Anandan, Vice President, Google & President, TiE Delhi-NCR. Other ace speakers encompass Lathika Pai, Country Head – Microsoft for Startups MENA and SAARC, Gaurav Deepak, Co-founder & MD – Avendus Capital; Anand Lunia, General Partner – India Quotient; Helen Wong, Partner at Qiming Ventures, Yun Lou, Founder & CEO of Club factory, Hans Tung – Partner, GGVC Kunal Shah, Founder & CEO – Cred, Amrish Rau, Ex CEO – CitrusPay, Aprameya Radhakrishna, Founder & CEO of Vokal, Raul Rai, Co-Founder of Nicobar.Com, and Mukund Kulashekaran from Urban Clap.
The occasion will kick off with a breakfast with industry leaders and the high quality of the startup ecosystem. The committee individuals who will be a part of this occasion include Rajan Anandan, Vice President, Google & President, TiE Delhi-NCR; Alok Mittal, Co-Founder, Indies Technologies; Amarjit Singh Batra, Managing Director, Spotify India; Arvind Jha, Multipreneur, Movico Technologies; Miten Sampat, VP, Times Internet; Deep Kalra, Founder & Group CEO, MakeMyTrip; Gautam Gandhi, Angel Investor; Prasanto K Roy, Policy Consultant; Karan Mohla, Partner & Executive Director of Chiratae Ventures; Ravi Gururaj, Founder & CEO, Qikpod; Dev Khare, Partner, Lightspeed India Partners.
B2B Founders’ Lunch
Ace B2B founders who may be a part of this consultation consist of Shridhar Gupta, Co-Founder – Loconav; Pranav Tyagi, Founder – Eigen; Ajay Chauhan, Co-Founder -SalezShark; Sachin Bhatia, Co-Founder & Ex VP – Drishti-soft answers; Rahul Bhalla, CEO & Co-Founder -Zeanatix could be part of the lunch tables.
Leading Fintech founders who will be part of the lunch include Ajay Vikram Singh, Consumer Business Head- Clix Capital; Jonathan Bill, CEO & Co-Founder – Creditmate; Kshitij Puri, CEO & Co-Founder – Zip loan; Sandeep Srinivas, Co-Founder & CMO – Redcarpet Tech; Kapil Mehta, Co-Founder – SecureNow; Alok Bansal, Co-Founder & CFO – PolicyBazaar; Mukesh P Kalra, Founder & CEO – ETMoney


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Fair Trade Tourism has partnered with enterprise development agency EICT to provide training and mentorship services to SMMEs adjacent to the Pilansberg National Park involved in the Pilansberg Tourism Incubation Programme – the first tourism incubator of its kind in the country. EICT is a black youth-owned consultancy that provides training, coaching and business advisory services for the SMME sector, ranging from enterprise development, to software, web development and business planning.
The Pilanesberg Tourism Incubation programme is a three-year business development project set up by the Department of Tourism (NDT) in collaboration with North West Provincial Department of Tourism (NWDT) and the Economic Development Unit of the Moses Kotane Local Municipality (MKLM). The project was launched in October 2016 and has identified 50 Small, Micro and Medium Enterprises and enrolled them for development support for the 3 years. The purpose of the programme is to achieve economic growth, reduce poverty and unemployment by providing needs-based enterprise development support to each of the 50 enterprises through needs assessment, gaps identification, growth planning, mentorship, coaching, increasing access to information, funding networks, market exposure and general business advisory services.
EICT partner Akhona Maqwazima said: “Small businesses are the driving force for economic growth and job creation and we are pleased to be working with the National Department of Tourism to assist with their incubator development programme. South Africa’s SMME community is expected to provide 90% of new employment opportunities by 2030 and SMME development in tourism is a key priority area. We identified Fair Trade Tourism as the most appropriate partner to work with in fulfilling our incubator development role.”
Fair Trade Tourism will provide financial management training and mentorship for 10 SMMEs, mainly comprising tour operators and accommodation providers adjacent to Pilanesberg National Park, over the next year. Jane Edge, MD of Fair Trade Tourism said these activities formed part of FTT’s commitment to promoting inclusive tourism growth benefitting SMMEs and co-operatives located around protected areas.
“Unless local black businesses are given the opportunity to integrate into the formal tourism economy around national parks, the future of these parks will be dire,” said Ms Edge. “Rural communities need to derive real tangible value from the wildlife economy and FTT is committed to playing a productive role in facilitating this integration”.
More details on the EICT website.


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TEDxHultLondon recently held their Global Contact event in a fantastic location provided by Axonn Media in Wapping. The event focused on how our lives are interconnected on a global scale and had world-class speakers including:
- Helena Morrisey who founded the 30% Club, a cross-business initiative aimed at achieving 30% women on UK corporate boards by 2015 through voluntary, business-led change.
- Bill Morrow who has been creating, building, and selling businesses for over 25 years. Founder and CEO of Angels Den, Europe & Asia’s largest Business Angel Investor Network.
- Solveiga Pakstaite is an industrial designer and a technology specialist. She won the UK national James Dyson award for her smart expiry label, Bump Mark.
- Steve Core is an inspirational leadership speaker and coach. Working with clients across Europe, America, and Asia.
- Dr. Ben Voyer who received a PhD in Social Psychology from the LSE, and a doctorate of science in management from the Sorbonne University in Paris.
Helena Morrissey CEO of Newton Investment Management; founder of the Thirty Per Cent Club said:
“It was a remarkable experience to speak – and listen! – at TEDxHultLondon. I am so glad I took part – the organization was superb – including the live streaming around the world. But most importantly, the content of the other talks I heard really changed my views. I learned so much!”
The team of students from Hult London Postgraduate led by Gabriella Krichevsky (President of TEDxHultLondon Club and the license holder) worked tirelessly to secure the fantastic line up of speakers, venue, sponsorship, and event management leading up to, during, and post event.
The fascinating topics covered included leadership styles, hints on starting your own businesses, how psychology effects business decisions, new technology to eliminate food waste, and more.
Over 86 countries logged on to the live stream, including: United States, Yemen, Saudi Arabia, Canada, Brazil, Spain, Germany, Netherlands, United Arab Emirates, Italy, India, Australia, Lithuania, Dominican Republic, Philippines, Japan, and Mexico.
Over 100 people attended on the day including Rebecca Churchill, Executive Director at Hult London who said:
“It was a fantastic event, filled to the rafters on the day and watched around the globe, I am truly proud of our students and their passion in pulling such a fascinating and professional event together. We can’t wait for the next one!”
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Today: SanDisk completes its enterprise acquisition spree with $1.1 billion purchase of Fusion-IO, and analyst says Milpitas company got “a steal.” Also: Tesla has its best day on Wall Street in months after report of collaboration with Nissan and BMW.
The Lead: SanDisk agrees to $1.1B purchase of Fusion-IO
SanDisk’s three-year campaign to transform into an enterprise powerhouse reached its peak Monday, when the flash memory maker acquired downtrodden Fusion-IO for $1.1 billion in cash.
The deal, which values Fusion-IO at $11.25 a share, gives SanDisk a more substantial foothold in the growing business of storage in data centers, with big Silicon Valley customers: Apple, Facebook and Hewlett-Packard accounted for more than 60 percent of Fusion-IO’s sales of storage hardware and software in its most recent fiscal year.
With its fifth enterprise-focused acquisition since 2011, the Milpitas company known for selling memory cards to consumers and gadget manufacturers is officially “a one-stop shop” for enterprise customers as well, CEO Sanjay Mehrotra said Monday, which he believes will boost the company and demand for its products.
“I believe it will make the market grow faster and certainly accelerate SanDisk’s leadership position in enterprise storage.” Mehrotra said in an interview with this newspaper.
Fusion-IO was a hot property when it went public in 2011 for $19 a share, eventually topping $40 at the end of that year as the Salt Lake City company’s products that run flash-centric storage began finding fans. Instability and waning sales have damaged the company’s reputation, however: Fusion-IO is on its third CEO in five years after sending out co-founder David Flynn in 2013, and revenues declined 13.8 percent year-over-year in the last nine months.
Srini Nandury, Summit Research Partners managing director, contended Monday that Fusion-IO’s recent struggles created a great opportunity for SanDisk, which he said “got a steal” with the purchase at an enterprise value barely more than double expected future sales.
“All around, the company is spectacularly mismanaged, but there’s nothing else wrong there — they’ve got good products, good technology and SanDisk is going to be a beneficiary of that,” Nandury said in a Monday interview.
Nandury pointed out that HP valued Fremont’s 3Par at nearly 10 times its future sales in a $2.4 billion 2010 acquisition, and said that SanDisk’s price may have to increase if NetApp or another suitor jumps in. Wall Street seemed to agree: Fusion-IO’s stock price ended higher than the acquisition price Monday, closing at $11.36 after moving as high as $11.45.
SanDisk executives downplayed Fusion-IO’s recent travails and described a bright future. Fusion-IO had recently begun to pivot from selling directly to customers to working with original equipment manufacturers, or OEMs, much as SanDisk does in selling flash memory to device makers such as Apple and Samsung.
“We do business with six of the top seven OEMs and have a growing business with that customer base, so already that is a strength to us that Fusion-IO is trying to get to,” said SanDisk Chief Strategy Officer Sumit Sadana, whom Mehrotra called “the architect of this acquisition.”
SanDisk plans to integrate Fusion-IO employees into its own structure, with Chief Operating Officer Lance Smith taking over responsibilities for market and research and development and reporting to Mehrotra. SanDisk declined to offer specifics on the fate of other executives, including Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak, Fusion-IO’s chief scientist. Wozniak also declined to comment when reached by email.
SanDisk has already begun reaping the rewards of its enterprise push, growing sales by more than $1 billion in 2013 to top $6 billion in annual revenues for the first time, while profits ballooned by 150 percent. Mehrotra said that SanDisk previously expected to top $1 billion in enterprise revenues for the first time in 2016, but believes the Fusion-IO acquisition moves that forecast up to 2015.
SanDisk’s recent performance has helped its stock reach progressively higher record prices for months, a pattern that continued Monday with new all-time highs and a 3.6 percent increase to $102.
The boards of both companies have approved the deal, which SanDisk expects to close by the end of September.
SV150 market report: Tesla drives Wall Street to gains
Wall Street gained Monday as Tesla Motors rode reports about possible cooperation with rivals to its best day on Wall Street in months.
After offering to let other companies share in its Supercharger technology and opening up its patent cache to competitors last week, Tesla is on the road to working with BMW and Nissan on electric-vehicle technology, the Financial Times reported Monday morning. “It is obviously clear that everyone would benefit if there was a far more simple way for everyone to charge their cars,” an unnamed automotive executive told the newspaper. Palo Alto-based Tesla also provided a sneak peek at its next new car, the Model X, sending customers on the waiting list for the SUV-style electric automobile an update on the car’s features ahead of its early 2015 release. Tesla’s stock jumped 8.8 percent to $224.61, the carmaker’s best single-day performance since February.
Silicon Valley’s other cleantech companies also enjoyed Monday’s session on Wall Street: San Jose solar manufacturer SunPower increased 8.1 percent to $38.56, San Mateo solar installer SolarCity gained 4.6 percent to $54.88, and “smart grid” networking company Silver Spring added 2 percent to close at $13.52. Apple moved 1.1 percent higher to $92.20 amid a range of opinions about CEO Tim Cook’s performance, with UBS analyst Steve Milunovich decidedly coming down on Cook’s good side, writing, “Cook-doubters will be proven wrong” Yahoo dropped 5.8 percent after Asian investment Alibaba admitted that sales growth has slowed recently and detailed its odd corporate governance structure.
Up: Tesla, SunPower, SolarCity, AMD, SanDisk, Twitter, Workday, Juniper, Adobe, Apple
Down: Yahoo, Yelp, Google, LinkedIn, HP, Cisco, Zynga, Symantec, Facebook, Nvidia
The SV150 index of Silicon Valley’s largest tech companies: Up 3.44, or 0.23 percent, to 1,488.06
The tech-heavy Nasdaq composite index: Up 10.45, or 0.24 percent, to 4,321.11
The blue chip Dow Jones industrial average: Up 5.27, or 0.03 percent, to 16,781.01
And the widely watched Standard & Poor’s 500 index: Up 1.62, or 0.08 percent, to 1,937.78


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Danville Walmart plans to add liquor store next year
Published 10:36 am Thursday, October 5, 2017
Superstore must first acquire quota license from existing business
Walmart plans to add a liquor store at its Danville location next year, but it will need another liquor business in the city to close before it could open.
At Wednesday’s Planning and Zoning meeting, Walmart gained site plan approval for an approximately 5,000-square-foot addition on its front right corner. P&Z Director Steve Hunter said the liquor store plan meets all standards for construction — it will eliminate a small number of parking spaces on the side of Walmart, but parking will still be “overbuilt to our standard,” he said.
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Anne Hatfield with Walmart Media Relations confirmed Wednesday afternoon that the company plans to build a separate building “next to our Walmart Supercenter in Danville that will sell wine, spirits and mixers.”
“This new building will have its own separate entrance,” Hatfield wrote. “We anticipate construction to begin in early 2018 and look forward to begin offering customers this convenience later in 2018.”
A separate entrance is required by state law, which prohibits package liquor stores from existing inside grocery stores.
Based on its population, Danville is allowed to have six package liquor licenses — and that’s how many it currently has, confirmed Bridgette Lester, director of Danville Codes Enforcement.
The six license-holders are Kroger, Liquor Barn, Liquor Mart, Chill’s Quick Stop, Royal Liquor and Jane Barleycorn’s Market and Bar.
Asked if Walmart was aware it would need to acquire one of the existing licenses, Hatfield said “we do know and we’re in the process of purchasing a license.”
Walmart is not releasing which liquor store it may attempt to purchase a license from, Hatfield said.
Lester said something similar occurred when Kroger needed to acquire a package liquor license and it bought the license previously owned by the Bottle Shoppe, which had operated on Hustonville Road.
To use a liquor license held by someone else is a two-step process, Lester said: Walmart will need to purchase the license from a current business, then apply through the state to change the address and information on the license.
It is possible for the city to request from the state ABC office an increase in the number of package liquor licenses it has available, but that doesn’t seem likely to happen here.
“It’s a long process. It’s not a simple process,” Lester said. “I don’t have anybody asking for that.”


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Industry trade group, Airlines for America has said that the consumers will have to face a significant rise in the air travel rates during the Thanksgiving holiday weekend. It has been predicted that more than 25.3 million passengers will be travelling on the US airlines during the 12-day Thanksgiving travel period.
This has marked a 3% increase over the last year and is the highest number since the Great Recession. While taking about the increase in the number of travelers the group has said that it is the improving economy and the still-low gasoline prices that have put the consumers in the mood to travel during the holiday.
Even the airlines are preparing to increase the capacity by using larger planes and additional routes to handle the passenger traffic. The airlines calendar has said that the Thanksgiving air travel period extends from November 20 through December 1, 2015. The busiest days of the season will be November 25, 29 and 30, 2015. So as to avoid the rush, the group has advised that the best travel days will be November 26 and November 27, 2015.
The A4A Vice President and Chief Economist John Heimlich said that as the competition continues to boost schedules and drive down airfares in 2015.
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Netflix extends 'Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown'
On Tuesday, Netflix tweeted, "Some fans have noticed that 'Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown' was scheduled to come off Netflix US on June 16"
Online streaming giant Netflix has announced that late celebrity chef Anthony Bourdain's popular travel show titled "Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown", will remain available on the platform for months to come. The show was originally scheduled to come down from Netflix on June 16, which many fans were begging be changed in the wake of Bourdain's suicide last week, reports ew.com.
On Tuesday, Netflix tweeted, "Some fans have noticed that 'Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown' was scheduled to come off Netflix US on June 16. As of today, we have extended our agreement that will keep Parts Unknown on the service for months to come."
The celebrity chef and television host, 61, was found dead in his hotel room in France on June 8.
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Aspray Group has been acquired by Bushell Investment Group for an undisclosed sum. The company, which owns BIG Property Finance a short term loans specialist, said the buyout came after months of discussions between the two parties. Aspray Group, which is made up of three divisions: Aspray24 (registered as Aspray Transport at Companies House), Aspray Logistics and Aspray International, was previously owned by holding company Nationworld. Lee Bushell, CEO of Bushell Investment Group, which is based in Birmingham, said: “The […]
Express carrier Aspray24 is celebrating its 30th anniversary in 2013 and has marked the occasion with the opening of its new £6m state of the art warehouse on a six-acre plot next to its existing 12-acre site in Noose Lane, Willenhall. According to MD Stuart Laight, the acquisition of the site next door has delivered a number of great benefits for the fast-growing business.
A cross-party strategy to Get Britain Cycling aims to see a quarter of all journeys made on a bicycle by 2050. It’s lead to to a flurry of pro-cycling announcements from Westminster with little consideration for operators.
The RHA and FTA have warned that hauliers operating under the London Lorry Control Scheme (LLCS) face extra costs and unnecessary legislation if proposed changes go ahead.


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Let everyone know the value of newspaper advertising
February 16, 2015
‘The newspaper industry is ready for a
rejuvenation … so who says print is dead?’
By Bob Berting
The newspaper industry needs to get more aggressive about the value of print advertising, because the media and media buyers are proclaiming that print is dead.
Although newspaper media is enjoying the largest audience ever, there is one fact that tends to be ignored—newspapers are still making money and newspapers are still a good investment. Think about it—an industry that generates cash and solid earnings is not dying. I recently interviewed two successful and progressive publishers about this issue and one industry vendor; here are their thoughts about the progress of newspapers and their vision for the future of print:
Jane Means, publisher of the Athens (OH) News, said, “Newspapers are certainly not dead, and with our publication, we have the audits by the Circulation Verification Council to prove it. Community papers like ours, in rural and suburban areas, are heavily relied upon for local news. Successful business owners know that a consistent ad campaign can help achieve that needed trust in a local community paper.”
Tim Bingaman, president and chief executive officer of the CVC, said, “Consumers are relying on community papers for purchase decisions now more than ever.”
“Local business owners have become much more educated on how to effectively reach their audience for their advertising investment. We share information from our audits with every business, large and small. We consider our audits our most valuable sales tool because it proves we are stronger than ever and definitely much stronger than our competition.”
Paul Barrett, publisher of the Finger Lake Times in Geneva, NY, reports: “We are leaner these days with fewer specialists and more talented generalists. We believe a strong team wins … and with a leaner operation, it gives us more horsepower in each work position. We have completely redesigned our paper. Lots of color, more features, a larger newshole. We have even knocked down walls between our ad department and our newsroom for more effective interactive communication. Small community papers take branding for granted. We don’t—it starts with redesign. Our newspaper racks are beautiful. They’ve become like billboards around the region. We’ve also done a building facelift, inside and out. All this is part of our branding campaign.
What is the future of newspapers? We will continue to struggle with the balance between online and print. Our customers tell us what they need, and we work creatively to fulfill their needs. Our mantra continues to be local—local—local. Print and digital: our advertisers tell us every day that they still prefer print and are willing to pay for it. Online is profitable, but in terms of real dollars, our bread and butter is still print.”
Newspapers are not dead. They are being rejuvenated every day, even if the media, ad agencies, and the general public try to knock them down. Newspapers strive to ensure the free exchange of information that is accurate, fair and thorough. Newspapers fear no one. © Bob Berting 2015
Bob Berting, a newspaper marketing consultant, has published his new e-book for sales professionals in the newspaper industry: “Advanced Selling Skills For The Advertising Sales Pro.” This is a publication for beginning salespeople who can learn advanced selling techniques and experienced salespeople who can sharpen their selling skills. Salespeople can learn more about this publication by using the link www.adsalespro.com and see the table of contents, as well as reading the complimentary first chapter. It costs $19.95 to download the 34-page e-book. Bob is a professional speaker, newspaper sales trainer, and publisher marketing consultant who has conducted more than 1,500 live seminars and tele-seminars for newspaper sales staffs, their customers, and print media associations in the U.S. and Canada. Bob can be contacted at email@example.com or 800-536-5408. He is located at 6330 Woburn Drive, Indianapolis, IN 46250.


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Consumer credit card debt shrinks again in July
Consumer credit card debt fell by more than $4 billion in July, a record 23rd straight monthly drop, according to the latest Federal Reserve data.
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CONTINUES TO FALL
Americans' credit card debt has fallen for a record 23 months. The chart above shows how much less credit card debt American consumers have than they did when revolving debt hit its peak of $973.6 billion in August 2008.
Note: Decrease is cumulative, and shown in billions of dollars.
The Federal Reserve's latest G.19 report released Wednesday showed that U.S. credit card balances fell 6.3 percent in July, deepening a record drop in revolving debt levels that started in September 2008. Overall consumer debt fell by 1.8 percent to $2.42 trillion.
Changes in revolving credit, made up primarily of credit card balances, and nonrevolving debt, a category that includes auto loans, student loans and loans for mobile homes, boats and trailers, are both tracked by the G.19. In July, as revolving debt slid, nonrevolving debt actually increased by 0.6 percent.
Ongoing trouble in the U.S. economy is having an impact on credit card balances. Revolving debt levels dropped to $827.8 billion from $832.2 billion in June. At its peak in August 2008, U.S. credit card debt reached $973.6 billion. Since that time, consumer credit card debt had tumbled a total of $145.8 billion. That has amounted to substantially lower debt for the typical cardholder: The average U.S. household with credit card debt -- of which there are roughly 54 million, according to government data -- has eliminated roughly $2,700 in credit card debt during over that time frame, as consumers either repaid their lenders or had the debt charged off as uncollectable.
The report also included several substantial revisions to previously released data. For example, previous releases indicated a 10.2 percent drop in revolving credit in May of 2010. On Wednesday, the Fed announced the drop had been just 5.9 percent.
Credit bureau data
The continuing decline in consumer credit is hardly surprising, as evidenced by recent data from the major credit bureaus, which maintain credit reports on the borrowing behavior of U.S. consumers. TransUnion reported on Aug. 25 that average credit card borrower debt declined by 4.1 percent to $4,951 in the second quarter -- the first in which credit card debt fell below $5,000 since 2002. "The last five quarters of consecutive decreases in credit card balances show that consumers continue to pay down their credit cards in response to economic uncertainty and high unemployment," Ezra Becker, director of consulting and strategy in TransUnion's financial services business unit, said in a press release.
Cardholders aren't just paying down existing debt, however -- they're also taking on less new debt. Experian found that U.S. consumers are opening 26 percent fewer credit cards than they were three years ago. Equifax, meanwhile, reported that the number of new bank cards -- and the lines of credit associated with those cards -- declined year-over-year in May, continuing a drop in credit lines that started in the third quarter of 2008. Equifax explained that fewer new cards are being given to consumers with prime credit, the same group of consumers that is most likely to pay down existing debt.
But that decline in fresh plastic doesn't mean cardholders have entirely lost their appetite for borrowing. According to research by leading credit score creator FICO, while the demand for credit should continue over the coming months, banks remain less willing to lend money to potential borrowers.
Research by FICO also showed the decline in new credit cards opened over the 12 months ending April 2010 far outpaced the drop in credit inquiries during the same period. That means while some consumers may want new credit, many just weren't able to get it.
See related: Credit card lending standards keep tightening, Fed report says, Poll: 2 out of 5 credit cardholders report getting whacked, Calculate the cost of just paying the minimum, Calculator: How long until my card balance is paid off?, Credit card rates: interactive graphic on APR changes
- Fed: Card balances jumped by $2.5 billion in January – Credit card balances were up in January, according to the Federal Reserve?s latest report on consumer credit. ...
- Poll: Many consumers stick with a favorite credit card at their own expense – A new CreditCards.com poll finds only 15 percent of Americans have swapped out their go-to credit card in the past year. Meanwhile, 30 percent have never changed the card that sits atop their wallet ...
- Credit inquiries fell to historic low in Q4, NY Fed says – A report by the New York Fed shows credit inquiries in the past six months fell to a historic low in the fourth quarter of 2018 ...


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Good day and welcome to the Sprout and the end of November. It’s National Mousse Day, which we celebrate every day at iPolitics.
Here’s today’s agriculture news.
We start today with trade. North American leaders have signed the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, U.S. President Donald Trump and outgoing Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto signed the deal on the sidelines of the G20 leaders’ summit on Friday morning.
As CBC News reports, Trump called the renegotiation of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) a “battle,” while Trudeau referred to the deal as the “new NAFTA.” U.S.-imposed steel and aluminum tariffs remain in place.
And for what it’s worth, Canada will apparently call the deal the Canada-United States-Mexico Agreement (CUSMA).
The signing comes one day after the Dairy Farmers of Canada and the National Farmers Union urged Trudeau not to sign the deal, arguing the concessions included in the deal are too harmful to Canada’s dairy sector. Real Agriculture has that story.
Innovative biopeptide technology — developed more than 15 years by University of Guelph foods science professor emeritus Mansel Griffiths to reduce the spread of harmful bacteria in livestock — won the school’s 2018 Innovation of the Year award. FarmTario has more on the project and prize.
The House agriculture committee has scheduled a Tuesday briefing on the bovine tuberculosis found in a British Columbia cow. Scheduled to attend are: Jaspinder Komal, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency’s vice-president; Debbie J. Barr, the agency’s director of animal health; and Donald Boucher, director of the animal industry division of the department of Agriculture.
Canadians are less trusting of their food producers, according to a large-scale study by the Canadian Centre for Food Integrity (CCFI), an organization set up to improve perceptions of the food industry. The study found 36 per cent of consumers felt the food system was headed in a positive direction, while 23 per cent think it’s not. Canadians expressed similar feelings about agriculture. Ashley Bruner, who runs CCFI’s research, said that “after four previous studies where opinions about agriculture improved each time, 2018 bucked the trend and fell significantly.” That’s from the Western Producer.
Alberta plans to help farmers recycle plastic waste with a three-year pilot project that’s expected to cost $700,000. A working group consisting of industry reps, municipal officials and producers has been looking for ways to make it easier for farmers to recycle plastics instead of burning or burying them. That’s from the Western Producer.
A new Eastern wheat class will be introduced next July. Created by the Canadian Grain Commission, the Canada Eastern Other Wheat class has unique characteristics to allow producers to take advantage of special varieties. More on that from Real Agriculture.
Despite steep tariffs imposed by China on imports from the United States, the Chinese are loading up on U.S. pork. China, the world’s top pork producer, has had its hand forced by the highly contagious African swine flu that’s ravaged herds over the last few months. Last week’s pork purchases from the U.S. represent the largest by China since February, and can be seen as a signal of rising concerns about an eventual supply shortfall in China, which is also the world’s largest consumer of pork. That’s from Reuters.
Meanwhile, the leaders of both countries plan to meet in Argentina tomorrow, and it’s still unclear what Trump’s trade intentions are with China.
And in an attempt to protect their own herds from African swine flu, U.S. hog farmers are tightening safety procedures and leaving Chinese animal-feed ingredients in China. Those details from Reuters.
China’s state building company will be kept busy outside the country after signing a $1-billion contract to improve a rail line in Argentina linking the country’s capital to its main grain-shipping hub. Reuters has that story, too.
- German pharmaceutical giant Bayer to cut thousands of jobs and sell off businesses, after Monsanto deal (ABC Rural)
- Lawmakers, farm groups welcome deal on farm bill (Agri-Pulse)
- Exclusive: EPA lifts advanced biofuel mandate for 2019: document (Reuters)
- Agribition posts record school attendance (Western Producer)
- Russia does not expect Ukraine crisis to have big impact on grain exports (Reuters)
- Don’t neglect the boys when their work is done (Western Producer)
Like you, we thought the saga of Knickers and #FakeMoos was over, but boy, were we wrong. Let us introduce you to Dozer, the somehow bigger steer, from Manitoba’s Kismet Creek Farm. CBC caught up with farm owners Karl and Raelle Schoenrock after they busted out the tape measure to measure their own “gentle giant.”
That’s all for this week. We’ll see you Monday.


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Shares of the Atlanta company were up 1.7% to $60.31 at last check.
Guggenheim analyst Laurent Grandet said in a research note that Coca-Cola is exiting the fiscal 2021 transition year "stronger."
"We think the company is emerging leaner, and more agile with a portfolio focused on larger and more profitable brands that should drive better efficiency," he said. "The savings should help support marketing investments in ’22 back to ‘19 level which should benefit the top line."
Grandet said the company is seeing strong emerging markets despite low vaccination rates and that its on-premise sales are recovering faster than expected.
Coke Grows in Emerging Markets
"We did not anticipate the magnitude of rebound in emerging markets that has been evident over the last few months, outpacing the growth of developed markets," he said.
Emerging markets make up 20-25% of total sales and are approaching pre-pandemic levels in many markets, Grandet added.
The analyst said he views Coca-Cola's valuation as "compelling" at current share levels and sees 12% annual earnings growth through fiscal 2023.
Grandet also noted that the acquisition of Body Armor, which is now included in his model, could add 300 points of growth to the North America segment and 100 bps to the consolidated company in FY22.
Last month, JPMorgan analyst Andrea Teixeira upgraded Coca-Cola to overweight from neutral with a price target of $63, up from $59.
Teixeira said she believes Coca-Cola's sales momentum will build into 2022, "fueled by reopening and pricing."
Coca-Cola Has an Asset-Light Model
The company's profitability is relatively less impacted by cost pressures given its asset-light model and its "strong" brand equity allows for low price elasticity, Teixeira said.
In addition, its valuation is compelling versus historical and peers, even considering the risk of a negative outcome from the tax dispute with the Internal Revenue Service, said Teixeira, who named Coca-Cola her top beverage stock pick for 2022.
In October, the company posted better-than-expected third-quarter earnings and lifted its full-year profit forecast.
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► Hyundai Santa Fe 2018
► New SUV revealed in February
► Then at Geneva in March
First official pictures of the all-new Hyundai Santa Fe SUV have arrived ahead of the car's reveal at the 2018 Geneva motor show.
Hyundai's pictures show slim headlights, a huge grille and chunky bumper cladding at the front. The sketches also show rear lights that stretch and connect to the strong beltline along the side, and the new Santa Fe has a familiar rear end to that of the Skoda Kodiaq. Hyundai says that the new SUV has a 'confident and stable stance'.
Inside, the cockpit is similar to that of the i30 hatch, but has kit like a digital instrument cluster and a slightly cleaner dashboard layout.
Hyundai says that the new Santa Fe ‘offers a comprehensive package of Hyundai’s latest active safety features’, as part of its ‘Smart Sense’ tech pack.A ‘rear occupant alert’ monitors those in the rear seats, while the rear cross traffic alert system can now autonomously brake to stop you crashing into crossing traffic while reversing.
Hyundai’s Santa Fe has been on sale since 2001 and shares a few bits with the Kia Sorento, so we shouldn’t expect engine choices to stray too far from the current 2.2-litre CRDi diesel-only line-up.
We’ll see the full car in February and will be able to report further when it makes its show debut at the 2018 Geneva motor show, so stay tuned.
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Apple's mobile devices are dominating the wireless video-viewing marketplace, a new report from video service provider FreeWheel has found.
According to the company in its Monetization Report, which tallies over 10 billion video views, 30 percent of all videos FreeWheel analyzed during the first quarter were watched on the iPhone. Another 30 percent of viewers used the iPod to watch video content while on the go. Apple's iPad secured 20 percent market share, bringing the company's total video viewership in the first quarter to 80 percent.
Android accounted for 20 percent of the market during the period.
FreeWheel said that Apple's dominance makes sense, due to the sheer number of the company's products in use around the world.
"Their user base has had these types of devices longest and tends to use them as much for media consumption as for communication," the company said.
FreeWheel also pointed out that Apple's success in the mobile video market reflects the desires of developers offering content to users. With such a big presence in the mobile space, FreeWheel says, Apple's iPhone, iPod, and iPad were the first logical destination for video content.
"It also reflects the development priorities of content producers and distributors: they optimized their content first for the Apple platforms, with Android a later priority," the company said in its Monetization Report.
Moving away from platforms, FreeWheel said that news content was the most popular type of video viewed on the mobile devices. The biggest mobile-viewing days occurred in March when the. Mobile video viewing also jumped during NCAA March Madness. March 11, the day the earthquake hit Japan, saw the most video views.
One other interesting tidbit from the FreeWheel report: mobile video viewing is highest on Saturday, reaching 13 percent more traffic than the lowest-viewing day, Tuesday.


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Southern Pastures LP – New Zealand's largest dairy farmland fund – has become a shareholder of co-operative Westland Milk Products.
The agreement, starting from the 2018/19 season, will add an extra four million kilograms of milksolids to Westland's milk collection annually, from Southern Pastures' nine Canterbury dairy farms.
Westland Milk, New Zealand's second biggest dairy co-operative after Fonterra, also said it had cut is farmer payout range to $6.20 to $6.50/kg, reflecting market conditions. The previous forecast was $6.40 to $6.80/kg.
Westland chairman Pete Morrison said the new forecast was competitive compared with other payout predictions in New Zealand.
Fonterra, the biggest co-operative, has a farmgate milk price forecast of $6.40/kg.
Morrison said Westland and Southern Pastures would also conduct a business case investigation with the intention of forming a 50/50 joint venture company that would also involve Lewis Road Creamery, which is 25 per cent owned by Southern.
"The objective will be to process and distribute milk product that will be from free-range, grass-fed cows on farms that meet very high values covering animal welfare, human health, sustainability, the environment and human rights," Morrison said.
Key to the agreement was the ability of Hokitika-based Westland - a relatively small co-operative - to segregate and process milk from different sources.
"We can economically and efficiently produce separate specialty lines with very little impact in terms of cost and time management on how the plant is normally run."
The agreement will also produce an immediate benefit for Westland as Southern Pastures will bring with it premium New Zealand dairy company Lewis Road Creamery.
"This effectively creates a significant new customer for the West-Coast based co-operative with Lewis Road purchasing some of the grass-fed milk produced," he said.
Southern Pastures is chaired by Prem Maan - who is the founder and chairman of Foundation Securities (NZ) and Foundation Capital. Former All Black Graham Mourie is an executive director.
Westland Milk fell behind its far larger competitor, Fonterra, in 2016, but new chief executive Toni Brendish told the Herald last year the co-op was closing the gap.
The co-op turned in a $17 million loss over 2016/17 and its payout at $5.18 per kg of milksolids was the lowest of all the Kiwi dairy companies.


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Riverbed Technology is looking to shake up how businesses manage and distribute data over WANs with its new Granite technology, which consolidates edge applications, servers and storage to the data center while making data available to remote users as if it were local.
Granite features a core physical or virtual appliance in the data center connected to a service running on Riverbed's Steelhead EX WAN optimization appliance to give users at the edge of the enterprise the feeling of working locally across thousands of miles, said Miles Kelly, Riverbed senior director of product marketing.
"Granite grabs the data from the data center's Windows servers, aggregates it, and then presents it to edge devices where it is treated as if it were local data," Kelly said. "IT loves it. Data is managed at the data center, but users don't know it."
Granite is definitely a disruptive technology, one that can cut the cost of managing distributed environments by 50 percent over three years, Kelly said. "For the first time, it allows organizations to decouple the storage from the compute," he said.
Riverbed Granite consists of two primary parts.
One of those parts, Granite Core, is a physical or virtual server sitting in a data center that sweeps all the data on Windows servers and stores them on reliable storage arrays from companies such as EMC, NetApp and Dell EqualLogic, where it is managed centrally. Arrays from those three vendors are already certified with Granite, but in actuality, any arrays will work, Kelly said.
The other part is Granite Edge, a service that runs on a Riverbed Steelhead EX WAN optimization appliance in branch offices. Granite Edge also can be purchased as a stand-alone appliance.
When combined, Granite Core serves data from the data center to servers in remote offices via Granite Edge with high enough performance that users don't realize they are working with data located up to thousands of miles away, Kelly said.
The result is that the amount of data a company manages is cut significantly by bringing it to a centrally managed location, eliminating multiple copies of data at the edge, Kelly said. Kelly, quoting data from research firm Forrester Research, said that more than 50 percent of an enterprise's data typically sits at the edge, leading to "data creep."
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EU accuses Apple of antitrust breach after Spotify grievance, objects to its guidelines for music streaming services- Know-how Information, Alenz
The Related PressCould 03, 2021 13:49:33 IST
European Union regulators accused Apple on Friday of violating the bloc’s antitrust legal guidelines, alleging the iPhone maker distorts competitors for music streaming by imposing unfair guidelines for rival providers in its App Retailer. The EU’s government Fee mentioned it objected to Apple’s guidelines for music streaming providers that compete with its Apple Music service, saying they find yourself costing customers extra and limiting their selections.
The fees underscore the long-running feud over app funds between Apple and widespread music streaming service Spotify, which filed a grievance that sparked the investigation – considered one of 4 the corporate is going through from the EU. Regulators in Brussels are additionally investigating different massive US tech firms like Amazon and Google, amid a rising world motion to rein of their energy.
The EU’s competitors commissioner, Margrethe Vestager, outlined two essential considerations. One facilities on Apple’s observe of forcing app builders promoting digital content material to make use of its in-house cost system, which expenses a 30 p.c fee on all subscriptions.
The opposite concern is that Apple prevents app makers from telling customers about cheaper methods to pay for subscriptions that don’t contain going by means of an app.
Apple rejected the costs, saying it was pleased with its function in serving to Spotify develop right into a music streaming big. The corporate additionally identified Spotify doesn’t pay Apple a fee for 99 p.c of its paid subscribers.
“As soon as once more, they need all the advantages of the App Retailer however don’t suppose they need to should pay something for that,” Apple mentioned in an announcement. “The Fee’s argument on Spotify’s behalf is the alternative of truthful competitors.”
Vestager mentioned whereas Spotify had grown regardless of the restrictions, they have been hurting enterprise for smaller music streaming gamers like Deezer and Soundcloud.
The App Retailer guidelines are a problem past simply music streaming providers as a result of many different app makers depend upon it as a “gatekeeper” to iPhones and iPads, Vestager mentioned.
(Additionally learn: Apple vs Epic Video games in courtroom: A trial that would alter App Retailer future and eternally change how apps work)
“This vital market energy can’t go unchecked because the situations of entry to the Apple App Retailer are key for the success of app builders,” she informed reporters in Brussels.
Vestager famous that Apple Music isn’t topic to the identical guidelines, which hurts rivals by elevating their prices, lowering their revenue margins and making them much less enticing on the App Retailer. She mentioned the issue just isn’t the payment itself, however that Apple solely expenses it on funds for digital content material and never different providers reminiscent of transport or meals deliveries. The EU’s investigation discovered it usually pushed up the worth of a month-to-month subscription to 12.99 euros ($15.70) from 9.99 euros, she mentioned.
Spotify refuses to make use of Apple’s app cost system to promote premium subscriptions, as an alternative requiring clients to undergo its web site. Epic Video games, which makes the favored online game Fortnite, has additionally filed an EU antitrust grievance in opposition to Apple. When it tried to bypass the App Retailer with its personal cost system, Apple kicked out the Fortnite app.
Apple’s ban on speaking with clients means app makers can’t get the identical insights into their customers that Apple does, reminiscent of the rationale for canceling a subscription, Vestager mentioned.
“Not solely are they not allowed to say their web sites or any hyperlink to them in their very own apps,” Vestager mentioned. “They’re additionally not allowed to ship emails to customers that created an account within the app with the intention to inform them about cheaper alternate options.”
Apple has 12 weeks to answer the EU’s objections. Below EU competitors regulation, firms might supply a treatment — Vestager indicated she thought “Apple ought to finish the infringement” and never do something that might have the identical impact. Or else, firms might be fined as much as 10 p.c of their annual income for breaches. For Apple, which reported $274.5 billion in income in its newest monetary yr, that would imply a effective of as much as $27.4 billion.
Spotify welcomed the EU’s transfer. It’s “a essential step towards holding Apple accountable for its anticompetitive habits, making certain significant alternative for all customers and a degree taking part in subject for app builders,” the corporate’s chief authorized officer, Horatio Gutierrez, mentioned in an announcement.
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By PULLAR-STRECKER Tom TELECOM is expected to confirm this week that it will build a nationwide WCDMA mobile network using its 850MHz radio spectrum, but speculation that long- standing partner Alcatel-Lucent -- and not rival Ericsson -- has won the contract threatens to take the shine off the announcement.
By PULLAR-STRECKER Tom THERE'S been no shortage of backchat from Vodafone and TelstraClear on National's plan to invest $1.5 billion in a fibre network, and a stony silence from Telecom.
By PULLAR-STRECKER Tom NEW ZEALANDERS should have a choice of five mobile companies within weeks, with Australian-listed telco M2 and locally owned start-up Black and White set to join Telecom, Vodafone and TelstraClear in the $2.2 billion market.
By PULLAR-STRECKER Tom; MCENTEE, Claire TELECOM has slashed its prices for registering, designing and hosting websites through a series of partnerships that may entice more small businesses online, but which threaten to put a squeeze on the web services market.
This week's entry into the mobile phone market of TelstraClear should go a long way towards answering whether New Zealanders have been held to ransom by high cellphone prices.
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By MCENTEE, Claire TELSTRACLEAR is releasing a product today that lets small to medium-sized businesses manage their phone calls over the Internet.
Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/9ba917/australia_teleco) has announced the addition of the "Australia - Telecommunications Infrastructure International Networks" report to their offering.
By KATIE ARCIERI Staff Writer An Annapolis resident was named the best communications officer for the telecommunications industry of Australia last week.
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Rap for KitKat in crap app wrap trap flap: Android 4.4 is 'meant to work like that'
Even Notepad can manage text reflow
Google has rebuffed users and devs calling on the internet king to reinstate text wrapping, broken and replaced in Android 4.4 aka KitKat.
The problem is that text displayed by web browsers using the WebView component isn't automatically laid out to fit on the screen of devices running the mobile OS, forcing users to zoom out squint at tiny letters or scroll from side-to-side to read the words in full.
The issue came to light in November 2013, in this thread over at code.google.com. User Anthony (the rest of his details are sensibly obfuscated by the forum) puts it simply: “There is no way to make web pages in Android WebView wrap text properly as there was in all previous versions of WebView.”
As a result, on many sites, the user has an unenviable choice to make: “With wide viewport [on], user must scroll side-to-side to read content. With wide viewport [off], page renders badly and often makes content unreadable. Workaround is for user to physically change orientation of screen to landscape and hope that screen is wide enough that hidden content is given enough of a place to render.”
"It's broken" says the user ...
..."It's just fine" says Google
Google seems irrevocably committed to the change that broke text wrapping – the deprecation of NARROW_COLUMNS and SINGLE_COLUMN layout options in KitKat.
Responses from the web advertising giant on the forum thread are straightforward: since its Android OS engineers deprecated those layout options, there is no issue. KitKat is working-as-intended, so there's nothing to fix. Google says devs need to use the new setUseWideViewPort(true) and setLoadWithOverviewMode(true) options, and in its support, it posted the above image of Reddit.
As well as browsers, devs are also complaining that the lack of text wrapping is hurting other apps such as HTML-based e-book readers.
Some of the developers in the discussion say that text reflow still works on the Opera browser, but The Register has not attempted a KitKat-plus-Opera install as a test. ®


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The sharp rise in Tesla (TSLA) stock has brought joy to some and pain to others. Tesla bulls such as ARK Invest CEO Catherine Wood would have rejoiced in the stock rally. However, bears such as Greenlight Capital’s David Einhorn would have been punished for their short position in Tesla.
Tesla stock rose by 74% in last year’s fourth quarter, bringing its full-year gain to 26%. The stock has been rallying since the company announced surprise third-quarter profits. Plus, Tesla stock touched new highs early this year, led by record deliveries. The stock has risen by 8% year-to-date.
Tesla stock and David Einhorn’s Greenlight Capital
The run-up in Tesla stock has led to losses for short sellers. According to Bloomberg, Einhorn’s Greenlight fell by 0.3% across its funds in December. Tesla stock would have played a central role in that fall. In 2019, Greenlight rose by 13.8%, underperforming the broader equity market. The S&P 500 (SPY) rose by 29% last year.
According to CNN Business, S3 Partners estimates Tesla short sellers have lost $8.4 billion in the last seven months. In this year’s first two days, shorts have lost about $700 million.
S3 Partners head of predictive analytics Ihor Dusaniwsky said, “Some of short-term shorts have been taken out. But many of the longer-term shorts, they’re sticking with it no matter what the price moves are.”
Einhorn has been a longtime critic of Tesla CEO Elon Musk. Einhorn has criticized Musk on several topics, including car safety, Tesla solar roof fires, and his autonomous vehicle timeline.
Their feud escalated in a recent Twitter war. In Greenlight’s Q3 newsletter, Einhorn attacked Tesla, stating that the company prioritizes positive PR ahead of customer safety. Einhorn wrote, “For now, the accepted reality appears to be that Elon Musk is above the law.”
In reply, Musk claimed Einhorn had to say those things to save face in front of investors after the losses he would have faced following Tesla’s third-quarter earnings release. Musk also invited Einhorn to visit TSLA facilities.
In counter-reply, Einhorn accepted his invitation to tour Tesla factories, beginning with the troubled Buffalo factory that makes solar roofs. He also questioned Tesla on its accounting policies. To learn more, read With Tesla Solar Roof Jibe, Einhorn Hits Hard.
Although Tesla bears have been hurt with the stock price rise, most have maintained their position. To learn more, read Tesla Stock Bears Are Down but Not Out!
Musk has created a stable growth path for the company. And irrespective of bearish arguments, the company’s recent activities show that it may soon overcome roadblocks and walk on that path.
In 2020, the company’s increased Model 3 output in China should help its volumes. Tesla is smoothly ramping up production in China, applying its learnings from previous ramps-ups. The Model Y rollout from Fremont should further support its overall volume growth. Tesla expects the Model Y to be a wide-margin product, as it will be priced slightly higher than the Model 3. Additionally, with the ramp-up of the model, Tesla expects cost efficiencies to kick in.
Musk has also put in place growth drivers beyond 2020. To learn more, read How Is Tesla Stock Positioned for 2020?