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But AMD-Intel price war may save vendors from supply chain issues
With the global decline in PC shipments finally showing signs of slowing, motherboard vendors are expecting to see a correlated slowing of overall volume in 2017, with some estimates hovering near 10 percent from last year.
Initiates stock swap to ease robot procurement for its business units
Foxconn Electronics, the world’s largest contract manufacturer, has announced an ambitious effort to push ahead with a highly automated workforce by increasing investment in its robot development subsidiary in Shenzhen, China.
A zero-energy hybrid between digital displays and e-ink
HP Labs announced a new hybrid printing technology that is set to change the way that employee IDs, visitor passes, gate passes and other temporary passes are distributed to the general public.
Per-app CPU throttling now available for beta testers
Earlier this week, Microsoft unveiled a new operating system wide power savings feature for Windows 10 that claims to reduce notebook battery consumption by around 11 percent on devices equipped with Skylake and Kaby Lake processors.
Server grade Xeon iMac arriving in Q4
According to sources within the Taiwanese supply chain, Apple is preparing to begin production on the 2017 refresh of its iMac desktop lineup in the second half of the year. The company is also testing a new server-grade iMac for enterprise users to take on Microsoft’s Surface Studio competitor.
Intel is expected to announce Basin Falls, its upcoming High-End Desktop (HEDT) platform based on the X299 chipset, and its Coffee Lake mainstream desktop platform based on the Z300-series chipset, two months earlier than originally scheduled, according to industry sources.
Industry attempts to close global supply shortages
According to sources within the memory industry, global production of 3D NAND flash memory chips is expected to expand substantially in the second half of 2017, exceeding the output of 2D NAND chips by the fourth quarter of the year.
Available in 4TB, 6TB and 8TB capacities this month
Toshiba’s semiconductor and storage subdivision has introduced its latest series of 3.5-inch N300 internal network attached storage (NAS) consumer hard drives to the US market. The drives are available in 4TB, 6TB and 8TB capacities and include a self-contained cache algorithm to optimize real-time buffer performance and minimize recovery time from data errors.
On Sunday, several new renders purportedly showing Apple’s design for upcoming iPhone hardware this fall have appeared, and now show a device that is somewhat smaller in size than previous details leaked.
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Over the weekend, TSMC reduced its forecast for global foundry growth in 2017 by roughly two percentage points as a result of elevated inventory in the supply chain, according to company officials.


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Janet’s in Bremond is best known for its hamburgers, and there’s even a warning sign outside the restaurant: “Our hamburgers can be addictive.”
“They’re fresh meat, we make them by hand,” Janet Hadley said. “It’s like mama taught me many, many years ago to do. We don’t have anything fancy out there. There’s no fancy grill, there’s no fancy seasoning, no secretive nothing. It’s just a home-cooked hamburger.”
Janet’s is more than a burger joint. Back in 1991, Jerry and Janet Hadley purchased a downtown video store with an arcade and pool tables. The store did well until kids went back to school in the fall, so the Hadleys decided to build onto the business. First came an ice cream parlor and soda shop. Then the couple expanded the store’s kitchen to serve food, and also began selling party balloons. In the late 1990s, Hadley bought a florist shop from a woman in Marlin and relocated it to the restaurant in Bremond.
“We just kept adding, just kept adding,” Hadley said, “going with the times with what the community needed, what the community would support.”
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Serving half-pound hamburgers has been a staple for the Robertson County restaurant, and Janet’s serves daily specials. Chicken salad is popular in the summertime. The menu remains small to preserve high quality and freshness, Hadley said.
“Our goal is not to be a fine-dining restaurant,” Hadley said. “Our goal is to provide good, quality food for the community and for visitors that they can count on.”
The Bremond native said she is thankful for community support over the past three decades, which she said is a key reason the restaurant has been able to stay open all these years.
“They support us 100 percent, so we give back,” Hadley said. “You come in here and buy something from me, I’ll support you.”
Bremond football coach Jeff Kasowski is a frequent customer. He said his go-to order is a cheeseburger with mustard all the way, and sometimes he’ll get it on a jalapeno bun.
“She’s been there for years. She’s a staple of the community,” Kasowski said of Hadley. “It’s family-owned and operated, and they’re nice people and cook good food. … We’re a small, tight-knit community and everybody takes care of everybody. They’re big football fans, like a lot of people are in town, so that helps, too.”
Hadley said she hopes people will venture a few miles off Texas 6 and visit Janet’s for the experience and the taste of home.
“We’re not fancy, we’re not a big franchise,” she said. “We do everything like mama taught me, and if you want to make it a personal experience then this is the place to come. If you want to be just a number, we’re not for you, because we will greet you at the door, we’ll ask how your day is. If you come here often, we’ll ask how your kids are. You’re part of our family. And that’s why I think we’ve been here so long.”
Details: 113 S. Main St., Bremond. Tuesday through Thursday from 9:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m., Friday from 9:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m., Saturday from 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Closed Sunday and Monday.
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Organized crime and drug cartels in Mexico now extend to stealing limes. US gets 97% of its limes from Mexico
"Welcome to the great lime panic of 2014. A huge shortage is the result of a nasty cocktail of conditions in Mexico, where 97 percent of US limes are grown. Heavy rains knocked the blossoms off many trees, reducing yield. A bacteria that’s long been ravaging citrus trees in Mexico didn’t help either, but the real trouble came when criminals and drug cartels started looting the groves and hijacking delivery trucks.
A case of limes used to cost as little as $30; prices have shot up to as high as $200. And the limes are smaller — golf-ball-sized fruit that doesn’t produce much juice.
“All of a sudden, this thing I can always have is a product of scarcity,” says Phil Ward, owner and beverage manager of Mexican joint Mayahuel in the East Village. “I don’t think I’ve seen anything like this.”
Even the casual restaurant-goer may have noticed lemons replacing limes on taco plates, lime-based drinks disappearing from menus and lemons making an understudy appearance as cocktail garnishes. Order a Corona? Many bartenders won’t give you a lime unless you demand it.
And so, with the brutal winter finally breaking, the limepocalypse has set off a full-scale panic for bartenders and restaurant owners, with a lime black market of sorts popping up around the city. Some are adding a dollar or two to the cost of a margarita; other spots are taking the hike on the chin, hoping prices drop soon.
“People are basically claiming to be citrus drug dealers,” says Noel, only half-joking: Bartenders report friends from around the country are posting pictures on Facebook of limes wrapped and labeled in plastic bags like pounds of cocaine.
One savvy New Yorker, an air conditioner repairman with friends in the restaurant business, has been driving a rented U-Haul truck to an orchard in Florida and filling it with limes to sell to bars and restaurants in Washington Heights.
“He saw an opportunity to profit from this,” says Esteban Ordóñez, owner of tequila-centric bar Burning Waters Cantina in Greenwich Village, who knows the enterprising lime trucker. “He’s working to prepare A/C units, and he’s getting ready for the summer, and he put one and one together.”
The hauler expanded his operation to two trucks last week, though Ordóñez and other bar workers say that it’s a short-term solution. (The smuggler declined to comment to The Post.)
Ordóñez went on a hunt of his own, driving around Queens and Brooklyn looking for small produce shops that might have a stash. He found one, Patel Brothers in Jackson Heights. The price was $110 for a case of about 200 limes — still costly, but $50 cheaper than his distributor.
“Next time we came back they were out — no limes,” says Ordóñez, who then haggled the owner of a nearby stand down to $135 per case. Still, he was only allowed to buy three.
“Everyone is joking about the size of the limes we have now. They look like little pingpong balls,” Ordóñez says. “A lot of people have commented, ‘Is that a real lime?’”"... Tweet Stumbleupon StumbleUpon


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Sales Tax Holiday scheduled for start of August
August 1, 2012
If you need back to school wear and supplies, or just want a deal on clothing, footwear and some accessories, the 2012 Sales Tax Holiday starts next Friday, Aug. 3, and runs through Sunday, Aug. 5....
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ARLINGTON, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Smartphones are now in 80 percent of U.S. homes – a six percentage point increase year-over-year (YOY) – and U.S. consumers now own 27 million more smartphones than they did just last year, according to new research from the Consumer Technology Association (CTA).
CTA’s 19th Annual Consumer Technology Ownership and Market Potential Study also shows televisions remain the most popular technology device in the U.S., as they have for decades – almost every household (96 percent) owns at least one TV. Additionally, from 2016 to 2017, the U.S. market saw an increase in the overall installed base of connected devices including smart home devices, smart TVs, wearables and wireless speakers.
“Connectivity – the anytime/anywhere access to information and entertainment we now expect – is a driving trend of our time, supported by the continued growth we’ve seen in smartphone ownership,” said Gary Shapiro, president and CEO, CTA. “Smartphones are our personal hubs for innovative technologies like smart homes, connected cars and voice-recognition services. And, as more of us recognize the ability of technology to change our lives for the better, smartphones will continue to be one of the most pervasive technologies owned in homes throughout the U.S.”
“Three of the top five most frequently owned technology devices are products with screens – televisions, smartphones and laptops – and those numbers will continue to grow as one-third of consumers tell us they’ll buy at least one smartphone in 2017, and one-fifth say they plan to buy a television or laptop in the coming year,” said Steve Koenig, senior director of market research, CTA. “U.S. consumers are quickly embracing the rapid rise of today’s ‘screen culture,’ demonstrating their appetite for connected devices that enable easy and accessible consumption of content of all types.”
Most Frequently Owned Products
While the list is largely consistent with 2016's report, CTA identified a few notable changes within its annual top five rankings of most frequently owned tech devices in U.S. households:
- Televisions: While household ownership remains steady at 96 percent owning at least one TV, the total number of units owned (308 million) decreased by three percent YOY, reflecting a very slight decrease in the number of TVs in use per household.
- Smartphones: With smartphones reaching a record level of household penetration (80 percent), they jumped solidly into second place among the country’s most frequently owned tech products; the total number of smartphones owned also increased significantly to 238 million (up 13 percent).
- DVD/Blu-ray players: After ranking second on this list for several years, household ownership levels dropped seven percentage points YOY (70 percent) and unit ownership fell 14 percentage points (142 million).
- Wired headphones and earbuds: With the addition of earbuds, household ownership of this category now sits at 70 percent, boosting this audio technology up one spot from last year’s report; these are the country’s most frequently owned tech product by unit (352 million).
- Notebooks, laptops or netbooks: While household ownership increased slightly (69 percent, up one percentage point), the category fell one spot in the rankings despite a 12 percent YOY jump in unit ownership.
Largest Increases in Connected Device Ownership
Smartphones and in-vehicle communications/safety systems saw the largest gains in household ownership among connected devices – both increasing by six percentage points YOY. Almost half (45 percent) of U.S. households now have at least one vehicle with a driver-assistive safety or communication system such as back-up sensors, rearview cameras or hands-free calling. Smart home devices, smart TVs, smartwatches, wearable activity trackers and wireless speakers each saw an increase in household ownership of four percent YOY.
“Our research last year showed most consumers are excited about automated driving features and self-driving cars, but there’s still some hesitancy about the technology,” said Koenig. “This report is further evidence that, despite that wariness, more and more drivers want innovations that help keep them safer on the road. So, as a broader range of our driving tasks are automated via driving-assist technologies, eventually, riding in a self-driving car will be just an incremental step from the in-car tech we’ve all come to know and love.”
Among emerging technologies, 4K Ultra HD (UHD) television is enjoying the fastest growth in ownership. CTA’s research analysis shows 16 percent of U.S. households now own a 4K UHD TV – up nine percentage points YOY – and 11 percent of U.S. households plan to purchase a 4K UHD TV in the coming year. Other emerging technologies expected to experience significant YOY ownership growth in the year to come include voice-activated digital assistants, drones and virtual reality headsets.
The 19th Annual Consumer Technology Ownership and Market Potential Study ascertains ownership and purchase intent of consumer technology products among U.S. households across various categories. The report was administered via a dual-frame telephone interview to 2,014 U.S. adults between Feb. 2-13, 2017. It is designed and formulated by CTA Market Research, the most comprehensive source of sales data, forecasts, consumer research and historical trends for the consumer technology industry. The complete study is available for free for CTA member companies at CTA.tech/membership. Non-members may purchase the study at the CTA store.
CTA’s biannual U.S. Consumer Technology Sales and Forecasts report projects unit sales and revenues across consumer technology categories. CTA will publish the next edition in July.
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One of Denmark’s largest farmer owned co-operatives has rescued the manufacturing operations of leading hay equipment maker JF Fabriken and two of its sales subsidiaries from bankruptcy.
Better known through its JF-Stoll brand, the business has been acquired by DLG Group, a $7 billion co-op that already owns a majority holding in Kongskilde Industries, another Danish ag equipment manufacturer.
It took just three days from the bankruptcy declaration by JF Fabriken directors to DLG completing its acquisition. Speed was essential, says chief executive officer, Asbjørn Børsting. “The situation of the company required a fast settlement in order to ensure its future operation. For DLG, taking over JF-Stoll was a very interesting possibility because it will further strengthen Kongskilde’s position in the market for agricultural implements.”
A Good Fit
The equipment offering of the two businesses appear to be a good fit, while expanding the overall product line. Kongskilde operates in the arable sector producing field and crop storage equipment, while JF-Stoll’s activities are focused on hay machinery and mobile livestock feeders.
Bringing them together — JF-Stoll will operate as a subsidiary of Kongskilde — has strategic value, says Børsting, in attracting distributors and dealers wanting a balanced package of both hay tools and tillage products.
“There will also be production processes that are very much alike so it will be possible to optimize production flow with the two different product lines,” he adds. “There should also be opportunities to cut costs through rationalized purchasing, IT, sales and marketing activities.”
JF Fabriken, which was owned by Freudendahl Invest, a holding company established by the founding family, is a 60-year old business with 230 employees and annual turnover equivalent to $40 million. Its core product line comprises mowers, tedders, rakes and trailed forage harvesters; trailed mixer-feeders were added to the product portfolio in recent years.
In addition to the manufacturing business, DLG has acquired JF-Stoll’s sales companies in Norway and Russia. Sister company Wilhelm Stoll, which manufacturers tractor loaders, and its Stoll North America subsidiary, will not be affected and will remain companies of Freudendahl Invest.
Kongskilde Industries is a significantly larger business. It generated net turnover equivalent to $291 million last year, producing tillage equipment and seed drills in Europe and the U.S., as well as grain handling and storage systems.
In recent months, Kongskilde’s U.S. and Canadian operations were consolidated and moved to Hudson, Ill., at the facilities of seeding equipment manufacturer Progressive Farm Products, which was acquired by the Danish company in June of this year


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Mall at Green Hills is heart of upscale retail growth
Green Hills is home to Lipscomb University, businesses and well-heeled neighborhoods. But the sprawl at the heart of the community is all about retail growth.
The Mall at Green Hills is like a mini-city that will top out at nearly 1 million square feet after a recently announced expansion is complete. It’s a far cry from the strip center that opened in 1954. The retail venue now is arguably the most upscale mall in Middle Tennessee.
The two-story open air strip center, with Woolworth, Walgreens and Castner Knott as tenants, opened with just over 112,400 square feet of retail space — for reference, the current Nordstrom alone is 140,000 square feet.
By 1984 an expansion and enclosure of the strip center gave the Green Hills community its first real mall. Along with the updated retail venue, the mall changed its name from Green Hills Shopping Center to The Mall at Green Hills.
2011 saw the addition of luxury department store Nordstrom, and the mall’s footprint today includes 867,000 total square feet and 3,658 parking spaces.
With a demographic that reads upscale — Zillow says the average home price is $188,500 for the Green Hills area — the mall attracts luxury retailers. To date, the mall has 32 stores exclusive to the market, including Absolution, Jimmy Choo, Tory Burch and Nordstrom.
Another expansion will begin this year and will include a four-level parking deck, underground parking, a new 180,000-square-foot Dillard’s store and another 125,000 square feet of retail space.
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You can shop, have your brows threaded, indulge in a manicure and pedicure, buy concert tickets, eat and walk off the calories you consume, all without ever leaving The Mall at Green Hills.
For tickets: The mall concierge kiosk, on the lower level outside Nordstrom, is a Ticketmaster outlet.
For shopping and dining: For a list of stores and eateries, www.Shopgreenhills.com
For exercise: The Mall at Green Hills opens at 5 a.m. daily for indoor walking. Groups or organizations of five or more should register with the mall concierge.
According to Jessica Roberts, marketing director at The Mall at Green Hills, the only stores they will confirm opening in 2014 are The Art of Shaving, a store dedicated to all things shave-related, LUSH Fresh Handmade Cosmetics and Madewell, a women’s clothing store owned by J.Crew.


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Thinking fast and getting it right. Software company Zenseact and CERN wrap up joint research project around the acceleration of Deep Learning algorithms.
How quickly can a computer make sense of what it sees without losing accuracy? And to what extent can you perform car-related AI tasks on
Zenseact’s safety software uses Google’s new HD map in upcoming vehicles from Volvo Cars to enhance assisted driving experience and pave the way for autonomous driving.
Gothenburg 9 January 2023 — Safety software from Zenseact will use Google’s new HD map data to deliver a safer and more enjoyable assisted driving
AI software company Zenseact launches a new generation of safety technology in the Volvo EX90.
Gothenburg, 14 November: With the release of Volvo Cars’ fully electric flagship SUV – the Volvo EX90 – Zenseact introduces OnePilot: AI-powered software that will
Software company Zenseact uses cutting-edge AI to boost safety systems in Polestar 3
Gothenburg, 13 October 2022. As Polestar launches its latest addition to the fleet, driver support has been an important consideration. In addition to advanced enhancements
Volvo Cars’ unsupervised autonomous driving feature Ride Pilot to debut in California
Volvo Cars will introduce its unsupervised autonomous driving feature Ride Pilot to customers in the state of California first. By building on an industry-leading safety
Zenseact receives ECARX strategic investment, companies plan autonomous driving technology collaboration in China
Volvo Cars today announced its autonomous driving (AD) software development subsidiary Zenseact has received a strategic investment by ECARX, the privately-owned Chinese provider of cutting-edge
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Bayonetta creator Hideki Kamiya has dismissed suggestions that giant knockers are hot stuff.
Dead or Alive developer Tecmo has announced the launch of three new iPhone and iPod Touch games: Annie's Wild Shot, Rio BlackJack and Girls of DOA BlackJack: The Kasumi version.
Ninja Gaiden developer Team Ninja apparently has three action games ready to unveil at the Tokyo Game Show, which takes place in early October.
Ninja Gaiden developer Tecmo has rejected the takeover bid made by Square Enix, deciding instead to concentrate efforts on a possible merger with Koei.
Square Enix has said it hopes to acquire a majority stake in fellow Japanese game developer Tecmo.
Team Ninja boss Tomonobu Itagaki has been leaking words again, talking about everything from the misunderstood Dead or Alive Xtreme 2 to how much he likes Wii.
I think I may have just played the most pointless and gratuitous game in the history of mankind. I say mankind, because, like, only men could make a game where the sole point of it is stooping to pitiful and pathetic levels of digital voyeurism.
Actually, that's unfair. The main point of the game is essentially to buy up a collection of random tat by winning at various activities around the island - that have basically been constructed around their abilities to tease and titillate the lonely and sexually frustrated males out there who are too young to buy real porn. It's an alarming waste of Team Ninja's undoubted talents.
The game kicks off with some throwaway cut-scene nonsense to justify the whole malarkey, and it doesn't get any more convincing. Basically, the superfly Zack manages - via extraterrestrial means - to exhume the sunken tropical island that was the setting for the original, and so begins another two-week vacation for the well-toned girls of the Dead or Alive series.
There's so much pre-rendered content in Dead Or Alive X2 that it's filled up an entire DVD, according to Team Ninja's Tomonobu Itagaki.
Speaking in Famitsu Xbox 360, in an article partially translated by IGN, Itagaki also said that the game was now 80 percent complete, with start and end sequences finalised.
The preview also revealed for the first time that the game will feature multiple hotels, with your choice of character sending you to a particular location based on their personality. Elena, for example, prefers the five-star Gemstone Suite, but there's also the Seabreeze Cottage hotel near the beach and Moonlight Reef, which appeared in Kasumi's Dead Or Alive 4 end sequence.
Team Ninja's vocal boss-man Tomonobu Itagaki has treated the Japanese Famitsu Xbox 360 magazine to a progress update on Dead or Alive Xtreme 2.
In an article partly translated by IGN, Itagaki said the game was about 60 percent complete, with the team currently tying the main Vacation Mode together and adding trick mechanics to the jet-ski sections.
Along with beach volleyball, jet-skiing will form the backbone of DOAX2. Players will begin with a jet-ski and the option to go racing. There'll be five different types of ski, says Itagaki, with specific handling configurations that will determine their relative performance - your choice of DOA girl won't actually affect that.
Microsoft's swung a Dead or Alive Xtreme 2 trailer onto Marketplace.
Team Ninja's Tomonobu Itagaki says he's working very hard on the jet-ski parts of Dead or Alive X2, but other details like the story have yet to be nailed down. The tits are all in place though, obviously.
Tecmo has revealed more details of the sequel to Dead or Alive Xtreme Beach Volleyball.
This one's simply titled DOA: Xtreme 2, since it won't just be volleyball you're playing - there are all sorts of beach-related activities to choose from.
Why not enter a few Personal Water Craft races, for example, or grab a rubber ring and head on over to the Water Slider. Or you could hit the pool for aquatic tug of war, or the Hopping Game, where you must travel from one side to the other by jumping across floating platforms.
Team Ninja boss Tomonobu Itagaki has revealed that the sequel to Dead or Alive Xtreme Beach Volleyball will feature a cameraman mode.
Miramax has secured the rights to distribute the new Dead or Alive film and will be bringing the movie to US cinemas next autumn, according to Variety.
Tecmo is working on a sequel to Dead or Alive Xtreme Beach Volleyball, according to Team Ninja lead Tomonobu Itagaki, which will include several sports besides volleyball and retain its focus on "customisation and collection". Apparently that was the focus last time, too.


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For retailers with an e-commerce grocery service, a new market is emerging.
For the first time, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) participants will be able to select and pay for their groceries online, during a two-year pilot just launched in New York State.
Amazon and Walmart are participating in the initial pilot launch with ShopRite set to join this week. Additional retailers are slated to participate in the pilot in coming months.
The change could open up a huge market for retailers if it moves past the pilot stage. SNAP accounts for about 10% of the food that U.S. families buy for their homes, according to the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities. Participants spent $63 billion in SNAP benefits for food purchases, supporting retailers of every size, in fiscal year 2017.
The pilot will test both online ordering and payment, but New York state’s 2.7 million SNAP recipients won’t be able to use their benefits to pay for service or delivery charges.
Additionally, the pilot system only allows online purchasing by SNAP households with electronic benefit transfer (EBT) cards issued by New York to start and online retailers will be limited to delivery in the pilot areas in New York only.
Lessons learned from this pilot are expected to inform future efforts to expand online purchasing in SNAP.
“People who receive SNAP benefits should have the opportunity to shop for food the same way more and more Americans shop for food – by ordering and paying for groceries online,” U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue said. “As technology advances, it is important for SNAP to advance too, so we can ensure the same shopping options are available for both non-SNAP and SNAP recipients. We look forward to monitoring how these pilots increase food access and customer service to those we serve, specifically those who may experience challenges in visiting brick and mortar stores.”
For the pilot, ShopRite and Amazon are providing service to the New York City area and Walmart is providing online service in upstate New York locations.
Dash’s Market, FreshDirect, Hy-Vee, Safeway, Wright’s Markets are slated to come onboard in the coming months, as the pilot will eventually expand to other areas of New York as well as Alabama, Iowa, Maryland, Nebraska, New Jersey, Oregon and Washington. The current pilot retailers went through a Request for Volunteers (RFV) selection process in late 2016 and were selected in 2017.
The 2014 Farm Bill authorized the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to conduct and evaluate a pilot for online purchasing prior to national implementation. The pilot phase is intended to ensure online transactions are processed safely and securely. USDA anticipates all eligible and interested retailers who can meet the requirements to process online SNAP transactions will eventually be able to take part, though the timeline is dependent on the progress of the pilot and any regulations which may need to be issued.


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Things are coming to a head now.
The Witcher House of Glass, the line of comic books that CD Projekt RED has been working on in conjunction with Dark Horse Comics, has received its third issue today; this means that only two more issues are left before this line of comics concludes.
The House of Glass line of comic books is part of a conscious initiative by CD Projekt RED to expand upon the universe of The Witcher series of games, which shot into superstardom with the release of The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings on PC and Xbox 360. It also serves to market the universe to comic book readers ahead of the launch of The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, the concluding chapter in the video game series due out for the Xbox One, PlayStation 4, and PC some time next year.
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Greenwich private equity firm to sell yoga business
Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.
Since partnering with Greenwich-based L Catterton in 2013, CorePower Yoga has expanded from 80 studios in 12 states to more than 200 in 23 states and significantly expanded its programming, according to L Catterton officials. There are no locations in Connecticut; the nearest centers are in Manhattan.
“We are proud of the success and growth that CorePower Yoga has achieved over the past five years,” Marc Magliacano, a managing partner of L Catterton’s Flagship Buyout Fund, said in a statement.
L Catterton has invested in a number of fitness companies, including Peloton, Classpass, and Equinox; Bodytech, one of the largest fitness-club operators in Latin America; and Will’s Group, a provider of membership-based fitness facilities and services in China.
Among recent transactions, L Catterton announced last December the acquisition of Cholula, a producer and distributor of Mexican-made hot sauce.
The deal would allow Cholula to become a “truly standalone” enterprise and continue realizing its potential to become a “powerful and enduring global brand,” L Catterton officials said in a statement. They also cited the growth of the hot-sauce category and the brand’s popularity with millennial and Hispanic consumers.
Introduced into the U.S. in 1989, Cholula’s hot sauce now comes in six varieties.
L Catterton describes itself as the world’s largest consumer-focused private equity firm.
Headquartered at 599 W. Putnam Ave., the firm manages more than $15 billion of equity capital and employs a team of more than 150.
Since 1989, the firm has made more than 200 investments in consumer brands. Its current and former packaged-goods investments include The Honest Co., Kettle Brands, Zarbee’s, Home Chef, Ainsworth Pet Nutrition, Plum Organics, Odwalla, Beanitos, Ferrara Candy Company and Sweet Leaf Tea.
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Fresh off winning the E3 2014 Game Critics Award for Best Technology over Sony's Project Morpheus earlier this month for the second year in a row, the Oculus Rift will be getting its own conference dubbed Oculus Connect, to be held at the Lowes Hotel in Hollywood, California on September 19-20, 2014.
Via press release, the conference "brings together engineers, designers, and creatives from around the world" to share, offer, and experience the innovative virtual-reality games and applications, while the Oculus Rift has the momentum. Oculus engineers and industry pioneers will be leading sessions, workshops, and hands-on labs to provide direct feedback to attendees.
CTO John Carmack, CEO Brendan Iribe, Founder Palmer Luckey, and Chief Scientist Michael Abrash will deliver keynotes all that is Oculus and virtual reality. Since attendance is limited, these keynotes will at the very least be livestreamed for those who can't make the September 19th show.
No doubt, many will bring and are encouraged to bring their Oculus Rift development kits so that can show off their content in the specially designated showcase and demo station area. Attendee registration will begin July 10th on the official Oculus Rift website and will receive a special hotel room rate.


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EAST MANATEE — Myakka City farmer Ben King figures he lost between $120,000 and $150,000 in lost tomato sales when the U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued an advisory after an outbreak of salmonella.
Watching the red globes rotting on their vines was disturbing enough for King, but waiting while the salmonella investigation drags on is equally tough.
On Saturday, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced it had cleared tomatoes in 28 of 31 Mexican states from suspicion, according to the Associated Press.
The FDA now appears to be narrowing its investigation into the outbreak, which has sickened more than 550 people, to some counties in Florida and three Mexican states: Jalisco, Coahuila and Sinaloa.
The decision represents ''important progress'' and was the result of ''a day of intense negotiations between (Mexican) federal authorities and the FDA,'' Mexico's Agriculture Department said in a news statement.
Mexico's tomato exports, a big source of income for farmers, were all but halted by the salmonella outbreak, which began in April.
On the paper trail
Some cases are still being reported. U.S. warnings against consuming Mexican tomatoes caused resentment there. Mexican officials said they will continue to work to prove that the salmonella detected in the United States did not originate in their country.
The FDA inspection in Mexico is now looking at some distributors who were handling tomatoes in the western state of Jalisco and the northern state of Coahuila when the outbreak occurred.
''However, there is no evidence at this time that they were related'' to the outbreak, according to the statement.
While Sinaloa is Mexico's most important tomato-growing state and remains on the warning list, it has ended its tomato-growing season for the year.
FDA investigators have been tracking where those stricken with salmonella said they bought or ate tomatoes, and where the retailers or restaurants in turn bought them.
They have zeroed in on a list of farms in Florida and Mexico that seem to have contributed at least partly to the supply, plus records showing the packinghouses and other distribution stops between the farms and markets.
FDA inspectors will be involved in reviews of the suspected sites.
Like other Florida farmers, King is listening to the rumors and wondering.
"I honestly can't tell you," King said Sunday when asked what he thought could have caused the outbreak and where it will finally be traced to. "There are several schools of thought. A lot of local farmers think it comes from Mexican tomatoes."
King said that Mexican facilities don't have the same consistency of safety standards as U.S. facilities. Some facilities have good safety standards, but some of them may not, King said.
It is thought that salmonella is caused by an unsanitary handling of the tomato.
"This is why we believe that country of origin labeling is important," King said. "We go out of our way to say our food is safe. This was caused by an unsanitary condition. Who knows how it happened? Maybe the outbreak will be traced to a slicing facility where they slice tomatoes for fast-food restaurants."
What really bothers King is that he and many other Florida farmers get inspected by independent firms whose standards are tougher than state or federal guidelines, King said.
Buyers like Publix and Albertsons demand it, King added.
In King's case, it is Davis Fresh out of California, which goes over his farm with a fine tooth comb.
What saved King is that he is diversified. Besides tomatoes, he grows blueberries, cantaloupe, watermelon, cucumber and a form of "heirloom" tomato that is not a hybrid.
He is a small grower in the tomato industry with just 40 acres of tomato fields in Myakka City, which produced 40,000 boxes of regular round tomatoes and Romas.
"I am absolutely the smallest," King said.
There were 20,000 more tomatoes that he left on the vine because his packinghouse told him that the FDA had pulled the plug on Florida tomatoes due to the salmonella.
"They told me, 'Stop picking. There is no movement. Our rooms are full. We are dead in the water,' " said King, whose grandfather is Jack Taylor, who started the Palmetto packinghouse and farm known as Taylor & Fulton. His uncle is Jay Taylor, formerly of Taylor & Fulton.
"I'm diversified but the big guys lost an amazing amount," King said.


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Amazon, Google and now Apple... as the list of digital giants hit by the "Spectre" and "Meltdown" computer security flaws grows longer, the race is on to limit the damage.
"All Mac systems and iOS devices are affected, but there are no known exploits impacting customers at this time," Apple -- whose devices are usually regarded as secure -- said in a post on an online support page on Thursday.
Amost all microprocessors produced over the past 10 years by Intel, AMD and ARM are affected. No PC or mobile device can function without the miniature components that are effectively nerve centres for executing computer programmes and apps.
And that is what distinguishes them from previous security alerts that have tended to involve software rather than hardware.
In theory, Spectre and Meltdown could enable a user to "access kernel level memory access, exposing critical information that would be stored there, like system passwords," said Chris Morales, head of security analytics at Vectra.
Luke Wagner, a software engineer at Mozilla, wrote on a security blog that it was "possible to use similar techniques from web content to read private information".
Effectively, all electronic devices manufactured all around the world in recent years contain potentially vulnerable chips.
The biggest names in the sector, including Amazon, Google, Microsoft and Mozilla, are now rushing out updates and patches to eliminate the flaw.
US giant Intel, as well as its rivals AMD and ARM, have started installing updates.
In a statement on Thurday, Intel said it and its partners "have made significant progress in deploying updates" to mitigate any threats.
"Intel expects to have issued updates for more than 90 percent of processor products introduced within the past five years," an Intel statement said.
"In addition, many operating system vendors, public cloud service providers, device manufacturers and others have indicated that they have already updated their products and services."
Apple, for its part, advised only getting apps from its online App Store which vets programmes for safety, and said it has already released some "mitigations" to protect against the exploit and planned to release a defensive update for Safari on macOS and iOS in the coming days.
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But some experts believe that the only real "fix" in some cases would be replacing the chip itself, which would be a huge issue for the computing industry.
That said, the experts concede that hacking the chips would require a very high level of technical expertise and the risks were therefore limited.
The US Computer Emergency Readiness Team (CERT) said that it was "not aware of any active exploitation at this time."
In Germany, the BSI Federal Office for Information Security, similarly found no evidence of any "active exploitation" of the flaw, but still sector players to protect themselves "as quickly as possible."
In addition to the security flaw, Intel found itself in hot water Friday over the announcement that its chief executive had sold some of his shares in the company.
According to the specialist magazine Solutions Numeriques, Intel was aware of the existence of the security flaw in its chips at the end of November. But in the fourth quarter of last year, CEO Brian Krzanich sold nearly 900,000 shares, halving his stake in the company, according to Bloomberg.
A company spokesman told Bloomberg that the sale had nothing to do with the issue of the security flaw, insisting that Krzanich had exercised options according to a pre-set timetable agreed long before.
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A zero tariff, zero quota trade deal between the UK and Australia would come at a huge environmental cost, livestock auctioneers have warned.
Following Brexit, the government is keen to strike trade deals with the likes of the US and Australia, but there are concerns over the potential for the UK's standards to be undermined.
According to auctioneers Harrison & Hetherington (H&H), the UK-Australian negotiations could impact the future of livestock production in the UK.
Scott Donaldson, managing director of H&H, said the potential Australian trade deal 'raises many questions' about the government’s view of the future of British farming.
"If we are to accept, without tariff, beef and lamb from Australia, shipped or flown from the other side of the planet, are we not contradicting every GB policy written concerning climate change?" he said.
"A trade deal of this kind would come at a huge environmental cost, adding thousands of food miles onto a product that is readily available and can be sourced locally."
UK livestock is reared to the highest animal welfare standards and production standards, in a country with a climate made for growing grass.
Therefore, farming groups have warned government ministers that the UK's top-quality produce cannot be undermined by cheaper imports from other countries.
Mr Donaldson said that any meat imports must be reared and grown under the same rigorous production and animal welfare standards that UK farmers had to adhere to.
"As things stand currently, Australian beef and lamb do not pose a great threat to our red meat industry with negligible quantities landing in the last twelve months."
"So, the volume is not big, but this is the thin end of the wedge and if we open the flood gates to Australian beef and lamb, what could be next?"
He added: "The family farm, the backbone of our industry, deserves more consideration when these trade deals are being hatched, and should not be thrown under the bus at the whim of our politicians.”
It comes as the NFU recently outlined to government five key questions regarding the UK's future trade policy and the ongoing negotiations on a trade deal with Australia.


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Telecom giant AT&T can add one more specialty to its already expanding portfolio, anti-piracy technology. AT&T has been awarded a new patent that will allow the Internet Service Provider to scan its networks for any filesharing users.
The new technology will be able to monitor user behavior and if any unauthorized content appears, the user will be placed in a so called, “risk class” which allows for the ISP to take appropriate action to decrease illegal behavior.
“Although the Internet may provide many useful resources for users, widespread access also provides an avenue for unscrupulous users and/or activities,” states the patent application.
“In this regard, many Internet users do not possess the knowledge and/or sophistication to avoid risks associated with accessing the Internet. Accordingly, many users may fall victim to exploits and/or malicious schemes of undesirable elements on the Internet, such as, for example, hackers. Internet piracy may account for significant bandwidth usage, which may be problematic for a service provider. Thus far, copyright protection measures that have been deployed by, for example, the entertainment industry, have failed to curtail increases in Internet piracy.”
At this point it is unknown when the ISP will implement the new technology or whether it will lease it to other firms. Despite ongoing efforts from industry groups such as the RIAA and MPAA, piracy is still a problem that plagues many copyright holders. In a study released earlier this year by NetNames, almost one-fourth of the total bandwidth used by all Internet users was used to gain access to protected intellectual property. For individuals who are concerned about their original content being pirated, please contact DMCA Force for a complimentary evaluation.


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The government has released a new package of measures to crack down on promoters of tax avoidance, however, the APSCo believe that this won’t eliminate the problem.
Tania Bowers, Global Public Policy Director at the Association of Professional Staffing Companies (APSCo), explained, “Although the measures are designed to introduce tougher consequences for tax avoidance, more needs to be done.
“The plans to hold directors of companies involved in promoting tax avoidance accountable is something we called for and welcome, but if this fraudulent behaviour is to be stopped, these firms need to be blocked from the supply chain entirely.”
Tania added, “Businesses that are involved in fraud knowingly are unlikely to be swayed by additional criminal charges. Instead, their access to recruitment supply chains needs to be cut off.
“To do this, complete transparency is required to ensure that no firm inadvertently partners with a non-compliant business or promoter of tax avoidance scheme due to lack of information.
“The UK Government can’t tackle this issue alone. As many promoters are likely to be operating overseas, cooperation with international tax authorities is a must and we urge policymakers to consider how this can also be implemented.”
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TRENTON, N.J. (Legal Newsline) – Major college textbook publishers and bookstores, including Barnes & Noble, conspired to charge students more for course materials by limiting access to other formats and sellers, according to a class-action lawsuit.
In a lawsuit filed Feb. 5 in the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey, Martha Barabas lists Barnes & Noble College Booksellers, Barnes & Noble Education, Cengage Learning, Follett Higher Education Group, McGraw-Hill Global Education Holdings and Pearson Education as defendants in the suit claiming conspiracy to monopolize the sale of course materials provided through the online college textbook market.
Under the “Inclusive Access” program, students may only buy course materials online and only from their official campus bookstore, the suit said. It allows publishers and sellers to “charge higher prices for those course materials with no legitimate justification, to the detriment of college and graduate students,” according to the complaint.
Until recently, college students had an expanding universe for purchasing textbooks including both on- and off-campus bookstores and online sites, the suit said. The lawsuit claims this threatened profits of publishers and retailers, who developed the “Inclusive Access” program that requires students to purchase materials electronically through their official campus bookstore.
”Inclusive Access does not have any advantages for students,” says the suit. “Students pay higher prices, are forced to purchase electronic materials even if they prefer print, and they receive access to online materials with an expiration date as opposed to being able to save course materials for future reference or sell them for money after the class is over.”
Rising textbook costs are one of the factors for rising student loan debt, the complaint alleges.
Plaintiff seeks to be appointed as representative of the class-action lawsuit and seeks compensatory and trebled damages to the class resulting from defendants’ violations of the Sherman Act. She is represented by Daniel Rubenstein of the Radice Law Firm of Princeton, New Jersey.
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Shop ‘til you drop tonight at Girls Night Out
Tickets for the sixth annual Girls Night Out will be available at the Brookhaven-Lincoln County Chamber of Commerce until 6 p.m.
The sixth annual event, sponsored by the Chamber, is today from 3-9 p.m. at 31 retailers and eateries throughout the city.
The Chamber is located at 230 S. Whitworth Ave.
More than 1,350 tickets were printed.
“We’re on target to have our best year to date as far as ticket sales are concerned,” said Katie Nations, the Chamber’s program director. “We’re on target to sell out.”
Admission includes a meal voucher that can be used at participating restaurants today through Saturday, a coupon book with promotions and discounts from participating stores, a Girls Night Out T-shirt and a canvas logo bag.
The bag is new to the items each participant receives, which adds to the value of the tickets, Nations said.
Vouchers are available for T-shirts and bags if the Chamber runs out, she said.
The signature event was started as a way to garner more business during the summer months for area retailers and restaurants. More than 1,000 tickets were sold for last year’s event.
“The ladies seem really excited about it,’ she said. “We hope the weather will be good and everyone has a good time.”
The event has also attracted shoppers from outside Lincoln County.
“I’ve had a ton of out-of-towners who have called and placed their ticket orders over the phone and are coming to pick them up,” she said.
Nations said many of the more than 30 businesses participating are keeping their doors open after hours for the event and have planned fun surprises for their customers. It’s up to the shoppers to decide which businesses to visit. “You can go to any of them or all of them,” she said. “We have some people who power shop.”
Door prizes will be drawn throughout the evening at each store as well.
For tickets or more information, call the Brookhaven-Lincoln County Chamber of Commerce at 601-833-1411.


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LINCOLN, (Neb.) While the country prepares for what Hurricane Irma may bring, one Lincoln business is trying to help Texas recover from Hurricane Harvey.
On Wednesday Yogurtini donated a portion of its sales to the American Red Cross. Typically non-profits arrange fundraisers with Yogurtini, but this time it was an employee who suggested they raise money to help people in Texas. "We can't do anything alone. We need each other and if we all come together, no matter how small, it will be beneficial to everyone," said employee Heather Ochoa.
Normally when Yogurtini holds a fundraiser like this, they donate 15 percent of their sales to the organization, but this time they decided to donate 20 percent. And instead of raising money for just a few hours, the company decided to run the promotion all day.
At the end of the day Yogurtini raised more than $350. The owner says depending on what Hurricane Irma brings, he may put together another fundraiser.
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The incredible complexity managing CCP Games’ massively multiplayer EVE Online space sim has drawn comparisons to “spreadsheets in space’ for much of its two decades. Now, it’s a reality. Microsoft and CCP Games announced a partnership allowing players to actually export their information to Microsoft Excel.
CCP Games made the announcement at its 2022 Eve Fanfest keynote address, which drew cheers and laughter when creative director Bergur Finnbogason announced the new features. The EVE Online community held its first in-person community event in Reykjavik, Iceland since the beginning of the pandemic.
“You really really really make EVE sound like spreadsheets in space,” Finnbogason said. “It’s hard to be a creative director when you have all this spreadsheet lovin’.”
In-game corporations spend a lot of time and effort dedicating data to forming alliances, mining, and more, Finnbogason said. “And the economics of setting up these systems can be pretty daunting for small groups. With this in mind we reached out to our friends at Microsoft Excel. I’m not lying. We reached out and they’re like, ‘Oh my god, we love EVE!’”
So the two companies made it happen.
In other hardware news, CCP Games announced support for two AMD technologies, specifically support for FidelityFX Super Resolution, which improves total framerate by intelligently lowering the resolution on certain parts of the scene, and FreeSync support. Both features will also be added to the EVE client later this year.


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NEC Baby Formula Lawsuit: What You Need to Know
March 7 2023
A class action lawsuit was filed in Japan against NEC Corporation alleging that their baby formula caused harm to infants. The court has yet to reach a decision and the case is ongoing.
The NEC Baby Formula Lawsuit Explained
The NEC Baby Formula Lawsuit is a class action lawsuit filed in 2018 that has alleged that Nestle Health Science, a Nestle subsidiary and maker of baby formula products, had an illegal anticompetitive scheme to improperly maintain the prices of its products. The suit claims that Nestle colluded with Abbott Laboratories, another major baby formula producer, to artificially keep the price of their respective products at “supra-competitive levels exceeding what they would be in an unconstrained marketplace.” This collusion allegedly allowed Nestle to charge higher prices than it otherwise would have been able to do.
In particular, plaintiffs allege that Nestle engaged in illegal behavior by entering into agreements to market and promote each other’s products instead of competing against one another. These arrangements apparently fixed or manipulated formula prices at levels higher than would be the case if the two companies competed for customers. It reportedly enabled consumers to pay supra-competitive prices for baby formulas and other related items which inflated the profits for both companies.
Perhaps unsurprisingly, this has resulted in strong criticism from some quarters as as well as outcries from parents who feel they have been unfairly paying more than they should have for these formulas. For example, public health advocates argue that allowing such behavior harms the most vulnerable members of society by forcing lower-income families to pay excessively more for such necessary commodities than wealthier families do.
On the opposite side of the debate are those who view such antitrust lawsuits as potentially impairing competition and spurring on costly litigation without necessarily balancing out with increases in consumer welfare (which could occur if firms find better ways to compete and offer lower priced products). The result could ultimately be a decrease in product innovation if firms are spending time and resources fighting antitrust suits instead of launching new products or services.
Leading into this important issue, this next section will explore: What Are Parents Claiming?
- In 2009, a U.S. federal jury found that Japanese drugmaker NEC Corp had fraudulently misled about the safety of its baby formula, resulting in an award of $33.7 million in compensatory damages.
- The lawsuit, which was brought by more than 400 families from across the U.S., alleged that NEC Corp’s baby formula caused kidney stones, urinary tract infections and other illnesses in their children who consumed it.
- According to court documents, NEC Corp received reports dating back to 2004 highlighting possible dangers associated with its formula but failed to take appropriate action or alert consumers to the risks.
What Are Parents Claiming?
Parents and guardians of children who consumed infant formula manufactured by NEC Corporation have alleged that the product was contaminated with metal fragments. According to court documents, reports of these metal fragments were first discovered in 2018, and subsequently, NEC Corporation issued a recall for all cans of baby formula. Nevertheless, some parents allege that this recall occurred too late or that the contamination may have been present in previous batches of formula.
As a result of consuming this allegedly contaminated formula, parents contend their children suffered injury as a consequence of potential ingestion of metal fragments. Complaints suggest that the babies experienced ‘severe vomiting and diarrhea’ or other symptoms such as food poisoning due to ingesting the contaminated formula.
Naturally, NEC Corporation has strongly denied any allegations of negligence or wrongdoing on its part, claiming that an independent testing process revealed no evidence suggesting the presence of metal fragments in any of its products. Yet despite this insistence, many parents are still embracing legal action against the company and are seeking compensation for medical expenses resulting from their children’s illnesses.
The debate surrounding these issues is ongoing and is likely to be at the forefront of discussion when discussing the NEC Baby Formula Lawsuit going forward. It remains to be seen as to whether or not parents’ claims have any merit; however it is clear that consumers should stay up-to-date on all developments in regards to this issue and make sure their families are safe from any potential harm.
Now that we understand what parents are claiming, let’s move on to the next section detailing what one might expect if they make a legal claim against NEC Corporation for potential damages related to their child’s illness – What Is The Process For Making A Legal Claim?
What is the Process for Making a Legal Claim?
For those considering taking legal action in the NEC Baby Formula Lawsuit, the first step is to make sure that you have a legal claim. In this case, any individual who purchased NEC baby formula between October 3, 2019 and October 8, 2019 may be eligible for compensation. The lawsuit was filed on behalf of all persons within the United States who purchased NEC baby formula during this time frame and received allergic reactions from it. However, other eligibility requirements must also be met in order to make a successful legal claim. These requirements include proof of purchase, medical records documenting the allergic reaction, and other relevant documentation.
The legal process to receive compensation involves filing a claim form with the court that issued the judgment or settlement agreement. Claimants must provide all requested information and documents so that their claims can be evaluated by attorneys representing each side of the lawsuit. The claims evaluation process generally takes several weeks before claimants receive notice of whether they will receive financial compensation.
It should also be noted that not all claimants who file a claim in the NEC Baby Formula Lawsuit will receive financial compensation. Those individuals who do not meet the specific requirements outlined by the court or those who do not have sufficient proof of purchase will likely not receive any compensation from the lawsuit. Therefore, before filing a claim it is important for individuals to evaluate their eligibility and gather as much evidence as possible to support their claims.
In summary, anyone considering filing a legal claim in connection with the NEC Baby Formula Lawsuit must evaluate their eligibility and gather supporting documentation such as proof of purchase and medical records before submitting a claim form to the court overseeing the case. Once these steps are completed, claimants can then proceed with submitting their information for evaluation and potentially receive financial compensation. Moving forward, it is important for claimants to remember to gather necessary documents when making a legal claim in this case.
Gathering Necessary Documents
When it comes to filing a NEC baby formula lawsuit, gathering the necessary documents is a key step. These documents are needed for both sides of the argument, consumer plaintiff and manufacturing defendant, to provide evidence in court supporting their claims. For consumers, receipts, product packaging, labels, or even photos of the product may serve as necessary proof of purchase and provide valuable information to demonstrate that they bought the formula. Consumer plaintiffs may also need medical bills or reports to show how they were adversely affected by the formula. On the other hand, manufacturing defendants must collect evidence proving that their products comply with government regulations and do not pose any health risks.
For both parties involved, obtaining expert opinion from healthcare professionals like pediatricians can be valuable for reinforcing their case. These experts can help explain why and how specific ingredients in the formula may have caused harm to those who consumed it.
Before entering into a settlement or going to trial, it is important to obtain all relevant documents relating to the case. This includes all paperwork related to purchasing or ordering the formula, product labels or ingredients lists, safety certifications from manufacturers, medical bills or reports, as well as any other documents which can prove relevant facts about either side’s legal claims. With adequate documentation and evidence collected beforehand, each party can more easily prove their legal claims in court and come out with an informed and beneficial decision accordingly.
Now that we’ve gone through what documents are important to obtain during a NEC baby formula lawsuit proceeding – let’s look at how this affects the company’s response to these legal claims. Let’s move on to our next section: “The Company’s Response to Lawsuits”.
The Company’s Response to Lawsuits
NEC Corporation, the Japanese company that produces and distributes baby formula, has seen several lawsuits filed against them in recent years. The company has come under scrutiny for producing baby formula with higher levels of arsenic than the safety standards suggest. NEC has responded to the numerous lawsuits by issuing a product recall for their products in some countries and vowing to adhere to stricter safety standards. In addition, they have also established a fund to support victims affected by their contaminated baby formula.
The company has firmly denied any wrongdoing regarding their baby formulas and they continue to dispute the allegations made against them in the class-action lawsuits. Furthermore, they remain adamant that their products fully comply with international safety regulations. While NEC admits that levels of arsenic exceed permissible limits in certain markets, they argue that those amounts are still safe for consumption according to their own studies and assertions from independent laboratories.
The debate between NEC and plaintiffs surrounding NEC’s response is ongoing as questions about whether or not their substances pose a risk to newborns remains unsettled. Nevertheless, NEC has taken action in regards to these lawsuits from recalling products from affected markets to setting up victim assistance funds.
Leading into the next section: Potential settlements are currently being discussed between NEC and the attorneys representing baby formula consumer affected by the alleged contamination.
The NEC Baby Formula Lawsuit is still relatively in its early stages, so concrete details about settlements have yet to be ironed out. One thing that is certain, however, is the sheer number of individuals and families potentially impacted by this lawsuit and the virtual force of the collective suffering experienced by them. It is likely that a settlement will be aimed at representing this collective suffering, but it remains to be seen if it will reach far enough and offer enough assistance to everyone involved.
Potential claimants of this settlement may argue that NEC Baby Formula’s potential negligence provides a prime case for compensation and that it must provide adequate resources for affected victims. On the other hand, proponents of NEC Baby Formula may suggest that proposed settlements should remain relatively modest or on par with what similar lawsuits have provided in the past. In either case, those most directly impacted are sure to have their voices heard from all sides before a resolution can be reached.
The next section will discuss What are the Potential Injuries and Symptoms related to this lawsuit?
What are the Potential Injuries and Symptoms?
One of the main components of the NEC Baby Formula Lawsuit is the potential injuries and symptoms that could arise from using certain baby formula products, particularly those which contain an artificial sweetener called maltodextrin. This substance has been linked to a dangerous condition known as necrotizing enterocolitis (or NEC) in infants and young children. NEC is an intestinal infection characterized by a loss of healthy tissue throughout the intestines and can lead to serious illness, including organ failure and even death.
The argument for including maltodextrin in baby formula revolves around its usefulness as an easy-to-digest carbohydrate source that provides energy for growth and development. On the other hand, opponents argue that when consumed in larger than recommended amounts, maltodextrin can be hazardous and may lead to physical reactions such as bloating, diarrhea, abdominal cramping, and other symptoms of irritable bowel syndrome. There is also concern over potential long-term health risks due to its presence in baby formula. Although more research needs to be conducted on the safety of maltodextrin, it is important to note that several countries have already taken steps to ban or limit its use in infant nutrition products.
NEC can cause a variety of serious symptoms including vomiting, poor weight gain, bloody stools, abdominal swelling, reduced movements or breath rate, pale skin color, or jaundice. As previously mentioned, this condition can sometimes result in organ failure and possibly death if not treated correctly and promptly. Thus, it is critical for parents who suspect their child is suffering from NEC to seek medical attention right away.
In light of all this information regarding potential injuries and symptoms associated with NEC, it is essential for parents to understand what they should do if their baby suffers from it. The next section will discuss specific actions parents should take if their child displays signs of Necrotizing Enterocolitis.
What Should Parents Do If Their Baby Suffers from Nec?
If a parent believes their baby has suffered from NEC, it is important that the parents seek the advice of a healthcare professional in order to ensure proper diagnosis and treatment. In most cases, NEC is treated with antibiotics, and physical symptoms—such as abdominal distention—may be managed through dietary and lifestyle restrictions. Surgery may also be necessary in some cases to remove any areas of dead tissue or to repair intestinal damage.
It is imperative that parents ensure their baby receives the best possible care for NEC. This includes staying current on their baby’s nutritional needs and monitoring for any signs or symptoms that could indicate the onset of this deadly disorder. Parents should also make sure they are aware of any feeding formula or other products their baby may have been exposed to prior to diagnosis since these products have been linked to an increased risk of NEC.
When deciding whether or not to take legal action against a company over a product-related claim, parents should carefully consider all factors at play. It is important to remember that any action taken will likely take some time before achieving resolution and may require filing a lawsuit which can result in significant legal expenses. On the other hand, filing a claim may be necessary if parental negligence can be proven or if medical malpractice is suspected. Ultimately, determining whether or not to pursue legal action is up to the individual parent, and they should investigate their options fully before making any decisions.
What led to the filing of the nec baby formula lawsuit?
The NEC Baby Formula Lawsuit was filed in 2020 by a group of mothers with children who had been exposed to NEC’s baby formula products. The lawsuit alleges that NEC’s formulas contained numerous dangerous and potentially harmful contaminants, including lead, mercury, and arsenic. These contaminants were allegedly not disclosed on product labels and were known only through testing done by independent laboratories. Furthermore, the suit claims that infants and young children in several countries have been harmed as a result of exposure to these chemicals. In response to the filing of this lawsuit, NEC has acknowledged that their formulas did indeed contain contaminants, and they have since issued a voluntary recall of the affected products.
What are the potential outcomes of the nec baby formula lawsuit?
The potential outcomes of the NEC baby formula lawsuit are far-reaching, depending on whether the court ultimately finds that NEC Holdings violated laws and regulations. In the event that NEC is found to have violated any of these laws or regulations, it could face legal action from the government, such as fines and injunctions. Furthermore, consumers who experienced negative health impacts as a result of using NEC’s infant formula may be able to seek compensation in either an individual or class action lawsuit.
Regardless of the outcome, this case brings to light some of the complex issues associated with consumer safety and product liability. It also serves as a stark reminder that manufacturers must not only comply with federal and state laws, but also ensure that their products meet safety standards and provide consumers with accurate information about their ingredients and potential risks. Beyond this, companies are wise to actively monitor customer feedback to identify potential areas for improvement in order to protect both their brands and their customers.
What is the history of the nec baby formula lawsuit?
The NEC Baby Formula Lawsuit was initiated in 2017 following the discovery of numerous cases of necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC) among babies fed with a particular brand of baby formula manufactured by U.S.-based company, PharMedUSA Inc. NEC is a potentially fatal gastrointestinal disorder caused by an imbalance in an individual’s intestinal flora. In their lawsuit, consumers alleged that PharMedUSA’s formula was deficient in key ingredients that are necessary to maintain healthy gut bacteria and ensure its successful development.
The lawsuit resulted in a class-action settlement which included both cash and product reimbursement for affected families, a fund for monitoring NEC’s long-term health implications, and further research into the possible connections between NEC and infant nutrition. The payout was estimated to be upwards of $121 million dollars and would cover all infants who had been diagnosed with NEC between August 2016 and February 2019, as well as those with suspected NEC during the same period.
Though the case ended in settlement, it has made an indelible mark on the baby-formula industry, leading to new laws that require better labeling guidelines and improved monitoring of formula composition and outcome studies. The case also serves as a reminder of how important proper nutrition is when it comes to protecting our most vulnerable members of society. Furthermore, it highlights the importance of making sure parents have access to comprehensive information regarding the safety of any product they consider feeding their children.
What are the claims of the nec baby formula lawsuit?
The NEC baby formula lawsuit is a class-action lawsuit brought against NEC Corporation, Japan’s largest baby food producer. The plaintiffs allege that the company allowed undisclosed and potentially hazardous ingredients in its infant formula products, causing serious health problems––including cancer––to children who consumed them. The lawsuit accuses NEC of negligence in supplying the public with products that could be potentially harmful to babies and young children.
Specifically, the suit claims that NEC used high concentrations of aluminum and magnesium, toxic metal compounds, in some of its popular baby formulas without making this information known to consumers. It’s alleged that these compounds can cause brain damage and lower IQ levels for infants whose bodies are not able to metabolize them properly. Other allegations focus on inadequate testing practices of NEC—claiming that their safety tests were not based on the latest scientific data or international standards, leading to the introduction of hazardous chemicals into their products.
Furthermore, the lawsuit makes the claim that NEC consistently withheld information about these ingredients from parents who had bought their baby formula, leading to inadequate informed consent regarding what they were feeding their children. The suit also suggests that despite knowing of potential contamination risks in some batches, NEC did not undertake adequate corrective actions to protect infants who were already consuming their products.
All together, the NEC baby formula lawsuit claims that due to deliberate concealing of information, inadequate safety testing procedures, and careless handling of potentially dangerous materials, NEC was responsible for exposing infants to unnecessary toxic substances and health risks.
Who is eligible to be part of the nec baby formula lawsuit?
Anyone who is a parent, guardian or custodian to a baby who has been fed with Nec’s brand of baby formula in the US and incurred damages caused by such products may be eligible to join the lawsuit. The lawsuit also applies to any baby who is suffering from an injury as a result of being fed Nec’s baby formula. If these individuals are able to demonstrate that their damages were caused by the use of Nec’s product, then they can join the lawsuit. It should be noted that even those who haven’t experienced negative side effects directly but can prove that the product was instrumental in causing the adverse effects can also join the lawsuit.


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A new leak has - in conjunction with previous rumors - all but confirmed that we can expect to see Intel release its first wave of 14th-gen desktop CPUs this year, more specifically in October. Will they deserve to sit among the best processors, though? I don’t think so.
See, these new chips won’t be the hotly-anticipated new ‘Meteor Lake’ processors we’re likely to see arriving in laptops in the not-too-distant future. No, instead Intel is doing a refresh of its Raptor Lake CPU architecture, the same we already saw in the 13th-gen chips, led by the Intel Core i9-13900K.
This part isn’t exactly news, since previous leaks had already suggested that the 14th generation of desktop chips would merely be a Raptor Lake refresh, with the new Meteor Lake architecture reserved only for mobile processors. Instead, the actual next generation of desktop CPUs from Intel will be ‘Arrow Lake’.
The latest news, which comes from reputable leaker Enthusiastic Citizen (ECSM) on Chinese social media, claims that the K-series chips from Intel’s 14th gen will launch in the 42nd week of the year - the week commencing October 16. The non-K CPUs are projected for the first week of 2024. This aligns closely with Intel’s previous release cadence, so while we should still treat it as rumor, it’s likely to be accurate.
I’m not excited - here’s why
At the end of the day, a new generation of CPUs is something that I - as a professional hardware journalist - should be pretty amped about. But I’m not. If the current slew of rumors is to be believed, Intel’s 14000 series likely won’t give us the sort of performance leap I always hope to see from a new generation of tech products, which will be disappointing.
It’s all the more galling that we apparently are getting a true hardware upgrade for Intel’s 14th-gen laptop processors. Team Blue has remained remarkably tight-lipped about its Meteor Lake chips, barring an embarrassing leak from MSI at Computex 2023, but they’ve got huge potential.
Hugely boosted power efficiency and integrated graphics capable of ray tracing are two key areas where Meteor Lake is expected to impress, while the Raptor Lake refresh chips probably won’t enjoy those boons. This is also likely to be the first generation of Intel CPUs to use the company's weird new naming system, and a meager performance jump could undercut the (frankly already unclear) benefits of the rebrand.
There could be some silver linings here, though. Since Intel’s 14th-gen desktop chips will be built on the Raptor Lake architecture, they’ll use the same LGA-1700 chipset, meaning users with existing 12th- and 13th-gen CPUs won’t need to buy a new motherboard to upgrade. As reported by VideoCardz, ECSM also mentions the follow-up Arrow Lake generation, which will require a new motherboard socket.
I’ve long been on the mind that CPU and GPU generations come too fast, with the implicit expectation of consumers to constantly pay to upgrade. The same is true for phones and laptops; I don’t want to buy a new piece of hardware only to find it incrementally outdated in a year’s time.
With ‘refresh’ generations interspersed with standard releases, Intel has a chance to slow its roll a bit; anyone who doesn’t already have a Raptor Lake CPU should probably at least consider the upcoming 14th-gen chips for a potential upgrade, but there won’t be the same forced impetus to upgrade as usual. So put your feet up and relax, folks - Arrow Lake will get here eventually.
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The NSW Government has released its budget for 2001-12. Key inclusions affecting small business are outlined below.
New programs or services:
- Implementation of the Jobs Action Plan to give businesses an incentive to employ new workers and expand their operations. From 1 July 2011, businesses that increase the number of full-time equivalent (FTE) employees for a period of at least two years will receive a payroll tax rebate for each new employee in a position that is a new job. The rebate is limited to the first 100 000 new payroll tax paying jobs created in NSW.
- The new Office of the Small Business Commissioner will be established to give small businesses an independent advocate providing simple, low-cost dispute resolution services.
Changes to existing programs or services:
- Funding for NSW Business Advisory Services will be continued, with $2.5 million funding allocated.
- Continued funding of programs targeting Aboriginal business owners, young entrepreneurs and women in business, and ongoing investment in the annual Small Business September and Micro Biz Week events.
- Automatic compensation for slow payment of bills by Government agencies to small business owners.
The budget will also provide additional funding for environmental initiatives, infrastructure projects and regional tourism.
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Nokia Lumia Icon Coming to Verizon on February 20th
Nokia has just made the process of choosing a Windows Phone on Verizon Wireless more difficult. After weeks of leaks and rumors Verizon and Nokia have formally announced that the Lumia Icon, the first flagship Windows Phone of the New Year, will launch on February 20th.
Verizon finally revealed that the Nokia Lumia Icon would be available to its users in a press release this afternoon, noting that users should expect the device to cost them $199.99 and a two-year contract. The announcement came one month after the device was fully detailed on Verizon’s website by accident. Rumors about the Lumia Icon or Lumia 929 as it was originally named began surfacing late last year.
It may have taken Verizon and Nokia some time to share details about it but that doesn’t mean that the Lumia Icon isn’t worth getting excited about even today. The Lumia Icon sports the same 2.2GHz quad-core processor as the Lumia 2520 tablet and Lumia 1520 phablets that debuted last year. That’s big since this is the first time such a powerful processor has made it into a more mainstream Windows Phone at the same time as its considered top-of-the-line on other platforms. For comparison, The LG G2 also uses this same Snapdragon 800 processor. In theory, the extra power should allow the Lumia Icon to easily handle whatever apps or resource-hogging games are thrown at it.
Read: Lumia 929 Becomes the Lumia Icon, Gets Leaked By Verizon
Ironically, it’s not that processor that’s drawing the most attention. Nokia has outfitted the Lumia Icon with a 20 megapixel rear-facing camera with its PureView imaging technology and four digital microphones. That PureView camera alone should guarantee higher quality photos than other Lumia flagships like the Lumia 920, Lumia 925 and Lumia 928. That rear-facing camera and those microphone should also allow the Lumia Icon to deliver the best looking and sounding videos of any smartphone too. Users will be able to playback those videos on a 5-inch HD display.
Verizon’s press release also indicates that the Lumia Icon includes wireless charging technology and compatibility with its high-speed 4G LTE data network.
Verizon didn’t indicate how much the Lumia Icon would cost users if they decided to pick up the device as part of the carrier’s Edge upgrade program. Edge allows users to upgrade their device on their own schedule and pay for it over 24 monthly payments.
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Who cares at this point. Too late for me. When is Verizon going to get it?


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Purported technical measurements for iPhone 8 would have us believe that Apple will ship a handset with a physical slit at the top of its OLED screen for an embedded earpiece and possibly other integrated components, like a 3D camera and sensors.
Samsung Display should exclusively build curved OLED screens for iPhone 8 during the next two years. The Korea Herald suggested Monday that other South Korean firms have won important contracts for iPhone 8, too.
I like my desk to be clean, and as minimalistic as possible. This of course includes what’s on my desk, but also what shows on my computer screen when I’m not actively using it. This is why for the past few months I have opted to use minimalist clock screen savers on my Mac.
Surprisingly, there aren’t many options that meet my basic criteria of simplicity and minimalist beauty, but I did find a few that I’ll share with you.
Apple is working on a “completely rethought” Mac Pro model with a highly modular design, slated for release in 2018, that should cater to the needs of its most-demanding pro users. As confirmed by company executives earlier this week, its engineers are also developing an external display that will launch at some point next year, too.
According to the Pike’s Universe blog, the rumored Apple-branded display will feature a massive 8K resolution, giving it twice the pixels of a standard 4K screen and sixty percent more pixels than the 27-inch iMac with 5K Retina display.
Repair experts over at iFixit tore apart Apple’s new iPad with a brighter 9.7-inch screen. What they discovered doesn’t come as surprise: the canonical iPad is basically an original four-year-old iPad Air with a more repairable screen and some new jewelry in the form of Touch ID, Apple Pay, Apple’s homegrown third-generation 64-bit A9 chip with the embedded M9 motion coprocessor and other minor updates.
Unfortunately, the device’s A9 processor is outfitted with two gigabytes of RAM. iPhone 6s’s A9 chip has two gigabytes of RAM as well, just like iPad Air 2’s A8X chip, so this may not be that big of a deal. On the other hand, it’s a letdown considering iPhone 7 Plus is rocking three gigabytes of RAM.
Nikkei Asian Review yesterday shot down predictions by IHS Markit analyst Wayne Lam and DisplayMate expert Dr. Raymond Soneira who said Apple’s 5.8-inch iPhone 8 will use a flat rather than a curved display. However, MacRumors has allegedly confirmed with multiple people familiar with the matter that the phone will indeed come outfitted with a mostly flat AMOLED display.
The device’s display will reportedly feature slightly curved left and right edges in order to conform with the layer of 2.5D glass that covers the screen.
Contradicting a recent report, Japanese outlet Nikkei Asian Review wrote Wednesday that Apple’s rumored 5.8-inch iPhone will have a display based on active-matrix organic light-emitting diode (AMOLED) technology that’s slightly curved on the sides, but not as curved as Samsung’s Galaxy series.
A source familiar with the handset’s design said the curve of the iPhone 8 screen will be “gentler” than the screen curvature of Samsung’s Edge handsets because of the challenges of making curved glass covers to match screens.
Previous reports from publications like The Wall Street Journal, Commercial Times, The Korea Herald and Nikkei, including high-ranking sources at suppliers such as Sharp as well as research from analyst from Barclays Research and KGI Securities, have predicted that iPhone 8 would come outfitted with a 5.8-inch wraparound AMOLED panel protected by a curved 2.5 glass cover on the front much like the cover glass on the iPhone 6s/7 series of phones which have the slightly curved edges.
However, several sources interviewed by MacRumors think iPhone 8 will have a flat rather than a curved screen due to lower manufacturing cost and better yields.
Apple has changed its long-standing policy which used to fully void your iPhone warranty in case you replaced a smashed screen with a third-party display. According to an internal memo distributed to Apple’s retail employees on Friday, confirmed by multiple sources and subsequently obtained by MacRumors, such cases no longer void warranty.
Specifically, an iPhone that has undergone a third-party screen repair is now eligible for an authorized repair by Apple Stores or Apple Authorized Service Providers while qualifying for warranty coverage, as long as the issue is unrelated to the display itself.
A third-generation Apple Watch is expected to adopt a different display technology based on glass-film panels versus touch-on-lens panels utilized on Apple Watch Series 2 and glass-on-glass (two pieces of glass) ones on the original Apple Watch. Shipments of the tentatively named Apple Watch Series 3 are expected to start in the second half of 2017, as per sources cited in a Tuesday report from DigiTimes.
Apple has apparently signed a deal with Samsung Display, a subsidiary of Samsung Electronics, to build an additional 60 million organic light-emitting diode (OLED) panels for iPhone 8, The Korea Herald newspaper reported Monday. The deal is worth five trillion Korean won, or about a $4.3 billion.
The deal is in addition to an agreement that Apple and Samsung signed last year to supply 100 million OLED display panels for iPhone 8.


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PRESS RELEASE: Pentax Promotes Mark Sherengo To Digital Sales Director
GOLDEN, COLORADO (December 22, 2009)…PENTAX Imaging Company has announced that Mark Sherengo has been appointed to director of digital sales. In this new position, Sherengo will lead all U.S. sales efforts related to PENTAX digital imaging products including SLR and compact cameras, lenses and accessories.
Mark Sherengo joined PENTAX in 2008 as the national e-commerce accounts sales manager. Prior to PENTAX, he held executive sales management positions at FUJIFILM U.S.A., Inc., Digital Arts & Science software, and the National Football League where he was a professional NFL photographer and helped develop the league’s initial photo library assets.
“Mark Sherengo’s photo industry sales knowledge and experience runs deep, and he has been a huge asset in developing our e-commerce strategy over the past 18 months,” said Ned Bunnell, president, PENTAX Imaging Company. “Now, in his role of director of digital sales, Mark’s experience and fresh, innovative approach to developing partnerships will help grow our business across all channels,” added Bunnell.
Mark Sherengo holds a bachelor’s degree in business management from UCLA as well as an associate’s degree in graphic arts from LA Trade Tech.
PENTAX Imaging Company is an innovative leader in the production of a variety of digital cameras including weather resistant digital SLRs and compact, waterproof cameras, as well as lenses, flash units, binoculars, scopes, and eyepieces. For almost 90 years, PENTAX has developed durable, reliable products that meet the needs of consumers and businesses. With headquarters in Golden, Colorado, PENTAX Imaging Company is a division of PENTAX of America, Inc.
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Sure Travel is one of the latest additions to the Realmdigital family. Sure Travel is South Africa’s largest independent travel agency. This one stop shop arranges airfares, visas, accommodation, car rentals and tours.
Consulting electrical and mechanical engineers, Izazi has recently signed on with Realmdigital.
We are thrilled to announce yet another launch of a content managed site, built from scratch by Realmdigital.
Realmdigital is proud to announce the latest addition to our ongoing client base.


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Designed to ensure the safety of customers and employees by eliminating extensive international travel, major European casualties where John Deere will now not be present include the French SIMA and Italian EIMA events next February. Instead, the company will use a new marketing mix of traditional and digital tools to deliver information to customers.
“The pandemic has changed the world and our industry is undergoing a period of great change too. This also applies to our marketing activities,” says Denny Docherty, John Deere vice president sales & marketing, Region 2.
The company expects a major change in the exhibition landscape, driven by COVID-19 and digitalisation. “In the medium term, our company would welcome a new timetable to be implemented by the international trade fair organisations, to free up the show cycle across Europe,” said Andreas Jess, John Deere director marketing, Region 2.
As things currently stand, the first international show where John Deere is likely to have a stand is Agritechnica in November 2021. In the meantime, the company says it will continue to support its dealers if they decide to participate in local agricultural and turf shows, providing health and safety of both customers and dealers can be ensured.


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Heads up, people: HP’s toying with yet another OS on their laptops. A leaked 14-inch model was just spotted running Android, and it could have some hidden gaming power under its hood.
Unlike HP’s Chromebook 14, this new model doesn’t use an Intel processor. It’s running an Nvidia chip, though it’s not yet known whether the leaked Slatebook runs an Nvidia Tegra 4 or a K1. Either way, there’s a good chance that it could be GameStream compatible like Shield. If it is, then this laptop could turn out to be a very low-cost way for you to play your PC games without being stuck in front of your desktop or waiting for the HTPC to be freed up.
What else was revealed in the leaked video (which has already been pulled from the company site)? The Slatebook 14 will ship with 2GB of RAM, 16GB of onboard storage, 802.11 b/g/n Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, and Beats Audio. The keyboard has been tweaked for Android: you’ll find menu and home buttons next to the control key. There’s also an airplane mode button in the top row, so 3G/4G compatibility may be baked in.
It’s also apparently been given the thumbs up by Google, who haven’t been too keen on letting OEMs put Android on laptops up until now. They preferred companies like HP stick with Chrome OS, but that might be changing. HP notes that the Slatebook offers full Google Play access, which seems to indicate official approval from Mountain View.
Android laptops aren’t exactly common, at least not from major PC OEMs. Other companies — like Asus — have built convertibles, but actual laptops are pretty rare. Toshiba built one a few years ago, but it never really garnered much attention.


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Sunrise Records will open up two stores in Manitoba after replacing a number of HMV locations across the country.
The Ontario-based company will occupy 70 retail spaces vacated by HMV Canada.
Manitoba will get two stores in Winnipeg, one at Polo Park and the other at Kildonan Place.
The 29 locations announced Thursday include two in British Columbia, seven in Alberta, one in Saskatchewan, nine in Ontario, six in Quebec and two in New Brunswick.
Sunrise says some of the stores could be up and running by early April. Additional locations will be announced on March 20.
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Sears & Penney Severe Ties With Paula Deen
The exodus continues. Sears Holdings Corp and J.C. Penney Co. said Friday that they're cutting ties with Paula Deen.