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Department for international development, london 3 oecd global forum on investment, march 2008 why is competition important for growth and poverty reduction. Cato economist dan mitchell explains that--even though they are denounced by ambitious politicians--tax havens promote economic prosperity and liberty jurisdictional competition and the. Nairobi, 16 july 2018 — un-habitat today announced a collaboration with the united kingdom government on strategic development phase of the global future cities prosperity fund programme the £12 billion prosperity fund was created in 2015 by the uk government and aims to reduce poverty through inclusive economic growth in developing countries.
The competition authority is a parastatal which falls under the ministry of trade and industry mission: to promote and maintain fair competition in the economy vision: to secure prosperity through fair markets. People, prosperity and the planet the us epa's p3 program is a student-design competition where college students can benefit people, promote prosperity and protect the planet by designing environmental solutions that move us toward a sustainable future. Competition promotes prosperity competition in most cases is a good thing athletes often profit the most from competition because they are forced to give their all on every play even a world class athlete, if he has completion will be pushed further and will have to give in to his own agenda (laziness) to remain competitive. Yet, driven by abstract economic theory, there still remains a challenge to the idea that laissez-faire policies best promote economic growth adam smith made the case that prosperity is produced through a competitive market economy.
Commonwealth voices is a school spoken word performance poetry competition that invites lancashire's young people to voice their vision for a common future the commonwealth is a diverse community of 53 nations that work together to promote prosperity, democracy and peace. Furthermore, each side recognizes that the ability for the united states and china to trade, do business, and innovate together promotes prosperity for the people of our two nations and contributes to the growth of the global economy. The publication of the national security strategy (nss) is a milestone for any presidency promote american prosperity the strategy is realist because it is clear-eyed about global.
Competition brings prosperity speech by angel gurría, oecd secretary-general at the 100th meeting of the competition committee oecd conference centre, paris, 20 february 2008. Competition promotes prosperity competition in most cases is a good thing athletes often profit the most from competition because they are forced to give their all on every play. Does the bible say that we need competition we could start a great new move of god with much joy, contentment, healing, prosperity & hope. Yet the need goes further than simply the creation of jobs: to promote shared prosperity, one of the urgent priorities - for economies large and small - is the creation of better jobs this is where competition policy can play a critical role.
View notes - competition promotes prosperity from theo 104 at liberty university according to our textbook (gwartney) the key of economic prosperity, competition motivates business to produce. The theory of perfect competition enables economists to ignore the conditions under which, through innovation, business enterprises grow large and often come to dominate their industries. Competition promotes prosperity competition in the marketplace is not only good for the consumers, but for businesses as well operation for pricing is a vital part of pricing mechanism united states economy is basic free enterprise and open market. Tamaulipas governor promotes safety and prosperity campaign in laredo more than 500,000 students around the world participate in its robotics competition.
Coalition for tax competition done properly, such a study shows that low-tax jurisdictions and tax competition promote global prosperity unfortunately, the. The director general (dg) consumer protection council (cpc), babatunde irukera has identified competitive competition regulation as a key factor that can promote economic development in nigeria. Epa's p3 program p3 stands for people, prosperity and the planet through this epa program, college students can benefit people, promote prosperity and protect the planet by designing environmental solutions that move us towards a sustainable future. Promoting economic development through sound competition policy for material prosperity from use of competition laws to promote non-antitrust.
Planning for competition: planning for prosperity sep 19, 2011 by jesse harris dira necessitas horace last weekend will honeycomb threw himself into an armchair in diuretic delights, our local coffee house a newspaper twisted in his hand and proclaimed: what a dire necessity is money. Prosperity and improve the quality of our competition and patent law and policy promote innovation and benefit the public competition through free enterprise. Although liberals gleefully sacrifice america's economic growth to protect the environment, promote diversity, or build a social safety net, they all turn into milton friedman bobbleheads when it.
From an economic perspective, then, the case for unilateral trade liberalization—that is reducing our own trade barriers and subsidies without preconditions or reciprocal commitments from other countries—is the best policy to promote peace and prosperity globally. Microeconomics test 4 the competitive market process tends to promote economic prosperity because it be minimal if the entry barriers restricting competition. Tax harmonisation versus tax competition: which promotes prosperity was the first event held by the taxpayers alliancethe event was a joint venture with the institute of economic affairs held on the 3-february-2004. Free trade increases prosperity for the benefits of free trade: addressing key myths while the benefits of shielding specific groups from foreign competition.


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THE 17-nation eurozone has posted an October trade surplus of 10.2 billion euros ($A12.8 billion), up from 9.5 billion euros in September, official data shows.
Eurozone exports in October, in seasonally adjusted terms, fell by 1.4 per cent from the level in September while imports gained 0.6 per cent, the Eurostat statistics office said on Monday.
In October 2011, the eurozone ran a trade deficit of 700 million euros.
In marked contrast, the full 27-member EU suffered a trade deficit of 9.4 billion euros in October, after a shortfall of 12.5 billion euros in September, with exports down 1.7 per cent and imports up 0.3 per cent in seasonally-adjusted terms.
A trade surplus contributes to growth, whereas a trade deficit tends to reduce it.
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There is a reason why many analysts and pundits are skeptical of big acquisitions, and one of the main reasons is that big companies merged into one entity rarely do so organically.
“The move seems to be an admission that the acquisition hasn’t panned out as hoped,” reads a Campaign Asia report. As a consequence, the smartphone business’ leadership is being reorganized, with changes being made right at the top.
Xudong Chen, who has so far served as the firm’s Senior Vice President of Lenovo’s Mobile Business Group (MBG) — as well as co-president — is stepping down, leaving the chair to SVP of Human Resources Gina Qiao.
“Despite her HR title, Qiao has previously headed up marketing in China and for many years was also chief strategy officer for the company; this background and insight form the ideal skill set to manage the mobile business,” the piece reports Yang Yaunqing (Lenovo’s CEO) saying.
If the rumors are to be believed, this may signify the end of Lenovo as a smartphone brand, which would be run entirely under the “Moto” moniker from now on. Despite the inevitable change in its soul, it seems, Motorola’s famous brand will still not go anywhere anytime soon.
Apparently, the change is aimed at helping sales in mainland China, which have unexpectedly seen worse performance than overseas’; the combined Moto and Lenovo smartphone numbers, added up to $2 billion, a strong 12% less than the company’s results 12 months ago.
“Our mobile business had good quarter-to-quarter volume growth (20%) and margin improvement,” Yang said during yesterday’s earning reports, even if smartphone sales have seen “only modest growth.” With a 70% of total revenue per year, however, PCs are still far and away’s Lenovo’s most important sector.
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Despite the severe lack of snow, hotel bookings in Tahoe are reportedly up by more than 30 percent weekly over the first three months of 2012, according to the San Francisco Business Times. And part of that is being attributed to North Lake Tahoe’s newest advertising campaign, which says: “Your life called. It wants its balance back.”
While the increase in visitors also could be attributed to an improvement in the economy, other than anecdotal evidence, heads in beds is one of the few things advertisers can use to measure success of a campaign.
Unlike previous campaigns, they’re not telling you what to do, exactly, just giving a glimpse of what you’re missing — reminders about the joys of life away from a desk or computer. Of a dozen different headlines, only one is specifically ski-related.
In other Tahoe news, Capital Public Radio says transportation thanks to tourism in the area is a problem, and Squaw Valley Ski Resort and Heavenly Ski Resort are looking to attract the Winter X-Games to Tahoe, which would burden the system even further. The Tahoe Transportation District is expected to look at adding other transportation solutions, including passenger ferries.


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Whether or not it's walking away from profit, Universal's dissatisfaction with Apple may reflect Apple's push to eliminate DRM.
Apple appears to be in a state of denial. The company reportedly told the San Francisco Chronicle that it is still in negotiations with Vivendi's Universal Music Group.
"We are still negotiating with Universal," an Apple spokesman told Chronicle staff writer Ellen Lee. "Their music is still on iTunes and their not re-signing is just not true."
Peter Lofrumento, a Universal Music Group senior VP, sees things differently. He emphatically denied that Universal was still negotiating its iTunes contract with Apple. "UMG has decided not to renew its long-term agreement with Apple's iTunes service," he said in a phone interview. "UMG will now market its music to iTunes in an at-will capacity, as it does with its other retail partners."
Lofrumento, however, acknowledged that negotiations could resume at a later date.
Apple representatives did not return calls or e-mail messages seeking clarification.
On Monday, both the New York Times and the Wall Street Journal reported that Universal had told Apple that it would not be renewing its contract to sell digital songs through Apple's iTunes Music Store.
According to the New York Times, 15% of Universal's online music revenue during the first quarter of the year came from Apple and other online stores.
Market research firm NPD said in March that iTunes accounts for 70% of the legal music download market. While the number of households using paid digital music download services has reached 13 million, almost three times higher than it was in 2004, the average number of files purchased by the average iTunes user has declined 11% since 2005.
Tim Bajarin, president of consulting firm Creative Strategies, characterizes Universal's position as a negotiating tactic. Apple's relationship with Universal "is an important one because Universal is one of the largest record labels out there and they have a lot of content on iTunes," he said. "But it's a two-edged sword. Walking away from iTunes means walking away from profit. There's no other potential partner out there that does the same kind of volume as iTunes."
Bajarin believes Universal hopes to win a concession for variable pricing from Apple. Currently, songs on iTunes cost either 99 cents or $1.29 for a limited set of songs without digital rights management technology.
Universal's dissatisfaction with Apple may also reflect Apple's push to eliminate DRM. Apple CEO Steve Jobs "is moving to a DRM-free world, which Universal hates," said Bajarin. "Universal is in a precarious position because DRM-free is something that certain elements in the industry are ready to back."
In April, Apple and EMI Music announced that EMI's entire digital music catalog would be made available on iTunes without DRM protection. Apple began selling EMI's DRM-free songs on May 30. And according to Bloomberg News, EMI senior VP Lauren Berkowitz reported that sales of Pink Floyd's "Dark Side Of The Moon" rose by 350% in the week following the launch of iTunes Plus.
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text: PUBLISHING Post to meter digital use The Washington Post says it will begin selling digital subscriptions this summer, asking frequent website users to pay a fee supporting the company's journalism. The Post announced plans Monday for a metered subscription model. It will require a paid subscription after the viewing of 20 articles or multimedia features per month. The company hasn't said how much it will charge. Subscribers who pay for home delivery of the newspaper will have unlimited digital access. Students, teachers, government employees and military personnel will have free access at school and work. In a statement Monday, Post Publisher Katharine Weymouth says news consumers understand the high cost of maintaining top-quality news gathering and in-depth reporting. GAMBLING Fantasy sports OK at casinos New Jersey will allow casinos in Atlantic City to run fantasy sports tournaments this year after an attempt to legalize betting on professional and college games in the state was blocked by a federal judge. New Jersey's Division of Gaming Enforcement announced Monday temporary regulations that will allow the casinos to accept entry fees and pay out winnings for fantasy sports games. The regulations will run for 270 days starting April 22 with the intention of becoming permanent. Gov. Chris Christie signed a bill last month allowing casinos to take online bets in an attempt to help Atlantic City casino business. A fantasy sports tournament, as defined by the regulations, is a simulated game involving athletic events in which a patron manages an imaginary sports team and competes for a prize against teams put together by other patrons. This includes the traditional season-long leagues or single-day tournaments. INSIDER TRADING SEC names 2nd fund manager A convicted SAC Capital Advisors analyst at the center of a federal criminal probe of insider trading passed inside information to SAC fund manager Gabriel Plotkin, according to internal e-mails and two people familiar with the matter. The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission said last week in a court filing that the analyst, Jon Horvath, funneled nonpublic information on technology stocks to two unidentified portfolio managers at Steven Cohen's $15 billion hedge fund. The men then traded on the information, reaping more than $6 million for SAC Capital. Previously, only one had been identified in a separate court case: SAC fund manager Michael Steinberg. The SEC's complaint, filed the same day as its $616 million insider-trading settlement with two SAC units, cited the same e-mails included as evidence by prosecutors in the trial of two of Horvath's co-defendants. In those messages, Horvath passed information that came from inside Dell and Nvidia, previewing earnings announcements. Steinberg and Plotkin, listed as recipients, exchanged messages with Horvath, according to the government's evidence. SOFT DRINKS Coke rolling out new Fruitwater Coca-Cola is taking bottled water and doing what it does best - giving it some bubbles and flavor. The company confirmed Monday that it would introduce a line of zero-calorie, carbonated, fruit-flavored waters called Fruitwater starting April 1. The drink will be part of Coca-Cola's Glaceau unit, which makes other pricier bottled waters such as Vitaminwater and Smartwater. Unlike the zero-calorie version of Vitaminwater, which is made with the natural sweetener stevia, Fruitwater will be sweetened with the artificial sweetener sucralose, best known as Splenda. It will not contain any fruit juice but the bottle notes that the drink is "enhanced with nutrients," a reference to its B vitamins, magnesium and zinc. Overall sales volume for Glaceau rose 4 percent last year, according to Beverage Digest. Zero-calorie varieties have performed far more strongly, suggesting people are increasingly watching how much sugar they drink. Vitaminwater with zero calories was up almost 4 percent, and Smartwater, which is marketed as a premium plain water, was up 25 percent. FAST FOOD Turkey burgers at Burger King If you think a Whopper's too indulgent but are sick of chicken sandwiches, Burger King is offering a turkey burger for the first time. The company is rolling out the sandwich this week as part of its limited-time offers for spring, marking the latest fast-food effort to cater to health-conscious diners. Last week, McDonald's said it plans to offer a lower-calorie version of its Egg McMuffin made with egg whites. McDonald's and Wendy's said they have no records indicating they ever offered a turkey burger, meaning Burger King would be the biggest fast-food chain to do so. But it's not the first. Sister chains Carl's Jr. and Hardee's launched three turkey burgers as limited-time offers in late 2010; they were so popular that they're now a permanent part of the menus. Burger King said its turkey burger could be added to the permanent lineup if sales are strong enough.


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According to multiple sources at Mobile&Apps and The Wall Street Journal, the next version of Apple’s iPhone will feature a new 4”+ screen; significantly larger than the current 3.5” screen that has been the standard since the phone’s original release in 2007. Production of the new model is set to begin in June.
While there hasn’t been an official word on the exact changes to be made, or information on a release date or price, an increase in screen size is likely, and could be an indicator of Apple releasing multiple models and versions of the iPhone 5. With production set to begin sometime in June, that would point to a release date similar to the iPhone 4S, which was released last October.
Are you excited at the possibility of a larger iPhone, or the idea of Apple releasing different tiers and models beyond storage capacity? Sound off in the comments!
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BERLIN (Reuters) - German exports fell sharply in November and industrial output also declined, suggesting Europe's largest economy ended 2014 on a weak note.
Seasonally-adjusted exports declined for a second consecutive month, dipping 2.1 per cent, while imports pushed up 1.5 per cent, narrowing the trade surplus to 17.7 billion euros, data from the Federal Statistics Office showed on Friday.
Economists polled by Reuters had been expecting a more modest fall in exports of 0.2 per cent.
Industrial output decreased by 0.1 per cent as construction activity weakened and energy production fell, separate data from the Economy Ministry showed. The headline figure was weaker than a consensus forecast for a 0.4 per cent increase.
The figures came after data on Thursday showed demand for German industrial goods declining, with orders plunging 2.4 per cent.


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June 10 2021: El Salvador has become the first country to adopt Bitcoin as official legal tender.
The Legislative Assembly of El Salvador on early Wednesday voted to pass a bill that declared Bitcoin, the world’s largest cryptocurrency by market capitalisation, as legal tender, according to the Communications Secretariat of the Presidency of the Republic of El Salvador. It secured 62 out of 84 votes.
But it will not be the last, predicts Nigel Green, chief executive and founder of the deVere Group , one of the world’s leading financial advisory and fintech organisations: “Some larger, more powerful countries are trying to quash or slow the inevitable shift to borderless, global, digital currencies.But this small Central American nation has embraced the biggest one of them all – Bitcoin – and recognised it as official legal tender. El Salvador has made history and become a true pioneer of the digital age. Where El Salvador has led, we can expect other developing countries to follow.”
“This is because low-income countries have long suffered because their currencies are weak and extremely vulnerable to market changes and that triggers rampant inflation.This is why most developing countries become reliant upon major ‘first-world’ currencies, such as the U.S. dollar, to complete transactions. But reliance on another country’s currency also comes with its own set of, often very costly, problems.”
A stronger U.S. dollar, for example, will weigh on emerging-market economic prospects, since developing countries have taken on so much dollar-denominated debt in the past decades.
The deVere CEO goes on to say: “By adopting a сryptocurrency as legal tender these countries then immediately have a currency that isn’t influenced by market conditions within their own economy, nor directly from just one other country’s economy. Bitcoin operates on a global scale and is, as such, largely impacted by wider, global economic changes.”
In addition, cryptocurrencies could also help bolster financial inclusion for individuals and businesses in developing countries as they can circumnavigate the biases of traditional banks and other financial services providers.
Green concludes: “There will no doubt be critics – probably those based in wealthy countries – who will knock this bold move by El Salvador. But I believe we should welcome the forward-thinking approach to solving complex issues.”
Meanwhile, back in India… indecision
There is currently no legislative framework that governs cryptocurrencies in India. In the past decade, India has generally held a cautious position towards use and transactions involving cryptocurrencies.
The first formal restriction on the use and transaction involving cryptocurrencies was affected by circular issued by the RBI in 2018. The circular specifically barred banks and other financial institutions from dealing with cryptocurrencies based platforms and any form of virtual currencies.
The Supreme Court struck down the 2018 RBI circular banning all the regulated entities from using cryptocurrencies in Internet and Mobile Association of India v. Reserve Bank of India (2020 SCC Online SC 275).
The order resulted in a revival for cryptocurrency-based platforms in India. The Lok Sabha Bulletin for the present Parliamentary Session indicates that a new bill, namely, the Cryptocurrency and Regulation of Official Digital Currency Bill, 2021 is likely to be tabled before the Parliament.
One of the reasons as to why India perhaps has been leaning towards banning cryptocurrencies is the possibility of the cryptocurrencies being used for financing illegal activities (such as funding terror, money laundering, tax evasion, etc.)…. curtailing such activities may not be possible by banning cryptocurrencies in India.(Financial Express)
Global cryptos undeterred
Global digital currency exchanges are exploring ways to set up in India, following in the footsteps of market leader Binance, industry sources told Reuters, while the government in New Delhi dithers over introducing a law that could ban cryptocurrencies.
Opponents of the potential ban say it would stifle the economic power of a tech-savvy, young nation of 1.35 billion people. There is no official data, but industry analysts reckon there are 15 million crypto investors in India holding over 100 billion rupees ($1.37 billion). (Reuters)
No transactional value?
Nandan Nilekani feels the country can consider crypto currencies an asset amid rising popularity and lack of regulatory oversight. He believes crypto has stored value, just like gold or silver, but lacks transactional value.
"Just like you have some of your assets in gold or real estate, you can have some of your assets in crypto," he spoke to Financial Times in an interview. "I think there's a role for crypto as a stored value but certainly not in a transactional sense." ( Business Insider)


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'Marie Claire' printer agrees to £80m bid from Icelanders
Saturday 25 March 2006
Tony Austin, the managing director of the Wyndeham Argent pre-press services division, stands to collect £2.5m from his 3 per cent shareholding in the company, while the chairman, Bryan Bedson, is set to get £2.3m.
Wyndeham is joining a score of British companies that have been snapped up by Icelandic companies in the past couple of years. Dagsbrun, based in Reykjavik, said its Daybreak Acquisitions arm was buying Wyndeham, which prints 600 titles a month, for an agreed 155p a share in cash. The price represents a 22 per cent premium to Wednesday's closing price of 127.5p, the day before Wyndeham announced it had received a takeover approach.
Dagsbrun's chairwoman, Thordis Sigurdardottir, said: "We've been looking for a nice investment opportunity in the UK and this one certainly meets our expectations."
A spokeswoman for Wyndeham said there would be "minimal change" at the company, with the management staying on the board under "revised terms of service". Wyndeham's shares have risen 19 per cent recently on the back of takeover speculation, and a three-year deal worth £20m the company won from the UK publisher Emap.
Iceland's second-biggest bank, Landsbanki, backed Dagsbrun by providing a £162.8m funding package as well as advice.
Seeking to diversify their businesses, Icelandic companies have gone on acquisition sprees abroad, picking up assets mainly in the UK and Scandinavia. The retail group Baugur is Dagsbrun's main shareholder, with a 28 per cent stake. Baugur owns much of the UK high street, from the fashion chains Oasis, Jane Norman and Karen Millen to the toy shop Hamleys. Landsbanki bought Teather & Greenwood, the London-based securities broker, last year.
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PUBG Mobile players have installed the game more than 1.1 billion times and have spent over $5.2 million per day on average.
Tencent's PUBG Mobile has generated $9 billion in lifetime consumer spending across App Store and Google Play, new Sensor Tower data reveals.
The firm's analysts add that the number of downloads of the battle royale has exceeded 1.1 billion, with players spending an average of $5.2 million on the game per day.
While the results are pretty impressive, Sensor Tower notes that PUBG Mobile's performance has dipped lately. In the first three quarters of 2022, the game's downloads fell to 104.4 million and consumer spending was $1.6 billion – both metrics were down 27% from the same period a year earlier (compared to 142 million and $2.2 billion respectively).
The second-leading mobile title that also recently hit a new revenue milestone was miHoYo's Gnshin Impact which has reached $4 billion in consumer spending since its release. Between the first and the third quarter of 2022, the game generated $1.4 billion and saw 37.3 million installs.


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Ziggi’s Coffee, a Denver-based coffee franchise company, last week announced its first location on tribal lands.
The coffee company, which has 70 locations and 140 more under development, said it signed a franchise agreement with San Pasqual Economic Development Corporation (SPEDC), an arm of the San Pasqual Band of Mission Indians. Terms were not disclosed.
The new location will be a drive-thru location at the tribe’s Valley Center retail development in southern California. Construction is expected to begin in June 2023, with an anticipated opening in fall 2023. Ziggi’s offers a variety of beverages including coffee, smoothies and Italian sodas, as well as baked goods and breakfast items.
“Growing up on the reservation, you see what’s needed,” SPEDC CEO Hellyaachwehay Quisquis told industry publication Franchise Times last week. “Coffee was one of those things. We’ve had mobile coffee trucks in town, but on the bigger scale, people were looking for something more. They wanted a coffee shop where everyone goes.”
The new franchise business is part of SPEDC’s push into retail, including a plan to license its own Horizon Fuel Centers brand.
Since opening, Horizon has pulled in more than $10 million in revenue, Quisquis told Tribal Business News. The business has been so successful that Quisquis believes it could serve as a model for other tribes looking to develop new revenue streams.
For tribes that don’t operate casinos, having economic drivers like a fuel center or retail locations can be important, Quisquis said.
In the interview with Franchise Times, he said the tribe’s new franchise deal with Ziggi’s may open the door for more outlets across Indian Country.
“We hope there are more tribes that look at Ziggi’s and continue bringing it into other nations,” Quisquis said.


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Forbes Hungary set for November launch
Big news for the Hungarian media sphere this week as Forbes Media has announced its entry into the country’s market with a Hungary-centric edition of its flagship business title. Mediarey Kft will serve as publisher for Forbes Hungary, which is slated for a November release date. Content is planned to be in a 60/40 ratio of original Hungary-based news and reprints from other editions of the magazine.
Forbes Hungary represents the 30th international edition – and the 16th for Europe – with more promised to be added to the roster by year’s end. The last editions added to the Forbes stable prior to Hungary’s were for Vietnam and Thailand, with those magazines hitting newsstands in June.
Partnering with Forbes and Mediarey on the publication will be Business Consulting & Media, the parent company of Mediarey who also assisted in the launch of recent editions in Slovakia (2010) and Czech Republic (2011).
Hungary was felt to be key for the Forbes publishing model, with the company’s President of Worldwide Development Miguel Forbes explaining that the launch of Forbes Hungary “continues our rapid expansion into Eastern Europe, which has become a very important strategic footprint for Forbes.”
Business Consulting & Media managing director Erik Conrad added in a statement, “We are proud to expand Forbes magazine further in the region and bring this prestigious brand with its high-quality and exclusive journalistic content to another market in central Europe.”
And congratulations go out to Márton Galambos, former managing editor of Hungarian news portal Origo.hu, who was named to the position of Forbes Hungary editor-in-chief. Forbes was first published in New York City 1917, with the company producing its first international edition in 1998. In May 2013, the Slovakian edition of Forbes sold 14,517 copies, while the Czech Republic’s version sold 14,369.
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- El Salvador has officially adopted Bitcoin as legal tender.
- A recent poll by YouGov has shown that that 27% of US residents supported the idea of making Bitcoin a legal tender in the United States.
- The survey, conducted among 4,912 US adults, also revealed that the younger generation has a more positive attitude towards Bitcoin.
On September 7, El Salvador officially adopted Bitcoin as legal tender, making the cryptocurrency an accepted means of exchange for goods and services. While El Salvador is the smallest country in Central America, its adoption of Bitcoin has made an impression on some larger countries in the region.
Aside from Central America, the news could have an effect on the US, where some advocates are considering the idea of Bitcoin becoming a legal tender.
27% of US residents want bitcoin as legal tender
A recent poll conducted by YouGov, an international online research and data analytics firm, reveals that 27% of US residents supported making Bitcoin a legal tender (along with the US dollar) in the United States. Out of the 27%, 11% strongly support the idea, while the remaining 16% “somewhat” support it. Back in 2017, less than 20% of Americans said they planned to purchase Bitcoin in the next five years – so there has been a 7% increase in Bitcoin’s favor.
The findings reveal that 39% of those surveyed oppose the idea of making Bitcoin legal tender. Of those, 28% said they strongly oppose, while 11% said they “somewhat” oppose the idea. The remaining 34% surveyed said they “don’t know.”
Bitcoin is more popular among the younger generation
The YouGov survey, which was conducted among 4,912 US adults, also revealed that the younger generation holds a more friendly stance towards Bitcoin. As per the survey, 80% of those who supported the idea were aged between 18 to 44.
On the other hand, the majority of those who opposed the idea of making Bitcoin legal tender were older than 35 years old. Further yet, 43% of those older than 55 strongly opposed the idea.
This coincides with the global cryptocurrency ownership demographics. A report by Triple-A, a crypto payment gateway for e-commerce businesses, reveals that 58% of cryptocurrency owners are under the age of 45. The report states:
“Majority of the US cryptocurrency owners are in the 18-44 age group (58%). 5% of them are 55 and above. This concludes that cryptocurrencies are largely owned by young, tech-savvy and wealthy Americans.”
Crypto is known for its extreme price volatility. This volatility is a double-edged sword, meaning it offers the potential for significant upward and downward movements over a short period of time. However, considering that younger people have fewer overheads — e.g. children, rent, bills, … — they likely have more willingness to take the risk and invest in emerging fields.
Moreover, a report by CNBC reveals that millennials are now earning more money than ever before. As per the report, millennial households now have a median income of $69,000. The report said:
“That is a higher figure than for nearly every other year on record, apart from around 2000, when households headed by people ages 22 to 37 earned about the same amount — $67,600 in inflation-adjusted dollars.”
There is also evidence to suggest that millennials would invest in cryptocurrencies during a recession.
Older people “don’t understand Bitcoin”
It is pretty much evident that a lot of older people, specifically those older than 55, are very suspicious of cryptocurrencies. Part of the reason could be that don’t understand it. In an interview with CNBC, Lee Cooperman, 78, an American billionaire investor and hedge fund manager, mentioned this idea, saying:
“If you don’t understand bitcoin, it means you’re old. I’m 78. I’m old. I don’t understand it. I’d be very careful with btc. It does not make a great deal of sense, and if you are nervous about the world gold to me would a better place to store value.”
How is the World Economic Forum promoting the responsible use of blockchain?
Another prominent figure in the world of investing, Warren Buffett, 91, also seems to not understand Bitcoin and digital assets. In an interview with CNBC, Buffett said:
“I get in enough trouble with things I think I know something about. Why in the world should I take a long or short position in something [Bitcoin] I don’t know anything about?”
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Robert Graham has signed a new deal with Majestic International for the men’s underwear and loungewear categories.
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BCI will develop a new apparel line for the BBC cartoon series “Roobarb and Custard,” which is celebrating its 40th anniversary.
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This week, Algeciras Port carries out an intense trade agenda in different parts of Europe, Africa and Asia. The week began with APBA’s participation in the Direct Mission to UK Ports and will end in Malaysia in the Multi-Sector Direct Mission, both initiatives organized by the Business Agency for Economic Transformation and Development, Andalusia TRADE. The first event, which was also supported by the Spanish Embassy in the UK, included a tour of the ports of Tilbury, Southampton and Portsmouth. Algeciras terminals maintain multiple direct connections with British ports, with Liverpool and London being the main destination points for goods, particularly olive oil, fruit and vegetable production and health products.
Regarding the trip to Asia, an initiative led by the TRADE Asia Club, into which the Algeciras Port Authority (APBA) is integrated, today the Andalusian delegation visited the Port of Kelang and meetings with various sector associations are scheduled tomorrow. Among them is the Halal Department of the Malaysian Foreign Trade Development Corporation. Algeciras Port has direct connectivity, with a transit period of 17 days without transhipment, with major Malaysian ports, where import/export volume has increased by 14% so far this year mainly thanks to the export of stainless steel.
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Indoor location technologies bring Internet-style tracking to physical spaces. And their development is changing the way retailers, venue owners, manufacturers and brands think about operations, place-based marketing and the customer experience, according to a new report from San Francisco-based Opus Research, an IT industry analyst firm.
That's no surprise to people like Asif R. Khan, founder and president of the Location Based Marketing Association, or Don Dodge, a Google executive who has invested in several indoor location companies. Indoor location and positioning technology is the next big thing — "bigger than GPS” or online maps, Dodge contends.
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Commenting on the brand’s new Studio Radiance Serum-Powered Foundation, MAC Cosmetics’ SVP of Global Marketing, Aida Moudachirou-Rebois, says: “Rising make-up trends embrace a healthy, glowing, natural complexion with more emphasis on skin health. Showcasing flaws is encouraged and part of the playfulness.
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The latest financial release from the SCI-Eidos group has revealed a little about the publisher's plans for the future (since the two firm's became one), with Total Overdose and Conflict Global Storm sequels now planned for the PS2, Xbox 360 and the PC. Reservoir Dogs, meanwhile, will be released on the PC, PS2 and Xbox only. No next-generation support there yet, it would seem. Meanwhile, Championship Manager 6 has been confirmed - and fans will be hoping that this new title can demonstrate a marked improvement on the PC, PS2, Xbox and PSP. Tomb Raider Legend will now be created for the PSP and Xbox 360, in addition to current generation platforms, we also learn.
Interestingly, SCI-Eidos' report also reveals that a new PSP excursion for Miss Croft, Tomb Raider 10th Anniversary Edition. Little is known on the new title, though some form of compilation of previous (PS2?) releases is possible. We shall see. We thought Carmageddon's return had faltered, but that too is apparently en route still, bound for the PC, PS2 and Xbox. "We do not plan to launch next generation versions of the majority of our titles until at least one year after the release of the new hardware," the report commented on next-generation plans, though Tomb Raider Legends and Championship Manager 6 will be out somewhat sooner, apparently.
The report revealed that whilst SCI made a fourteen million pound loss over the last nine months, Eidos did actually turn a small profit, which is a start. More on all this soon.
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City of Beloit confirms Amazon facility will come to town
BELOIT, Wis. — City of Beloit officials have confirmed that the planned tenant for a 1 million-square-foot warehouse distribution facility is Amazon.
According to a news release, the 80-acre-property at the southeast corner of Gateway Boulevard and Colley Road was sold to Peyton Paisley WI, LLC, a division of USAA. The release confirmed the site’s intended tenant is Amazon.
“We are thrilled that Amazon chose the Gateway Business Park to build in the stateline area,” said the Greater Beloit Economic Development Corporation’s executive director Andrew Janke. “A lot of hard work went into making this project a reality, and we certainly look forward to the positive impacts on the Beloit economy.”
Details about the distribution center’s expected economic impact, including the number of jobs and the project’s timeline, will be announced in January, according to the release.
“This development would not only provide our community with jobs and increased property value, but also a valued relationship with a household name,” said City Manager Lori Curtis Luther. “A project of this magnitude is certainly a game changer for Beloit.”
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TOKYO/HONG KONG -- The Chinese Communist Party has a vision of what it considers "appropriate" entertainment, and blasting online friends in the face with a virtual assault rifle is no longer it.
In the international version of the battle royale game Knives Out, blood splatters when characters are shot and their corpses then lie on the ground. In the Chinese version, however, players see blue pixie dust when characters take bullets, and the bodies then peacefully fade from the screen.
Similarly, the Chinese mobile version of South Korean hit shooter game PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds was pulled and replaced with an alternative called Game for Peace. Its dying characters simply wave goodbye and then disappear.
Perhaps especially because the streets of Hong Kong sometimes now resemble a war zone, online urban warfare is no longer Beijing's idea of harmless fun.
President Xi Jinping's government has been running "cleanup" campaigns since 2016 to obliterate pornography, gambling and "negative information." But lately that initiative has spread to China's vast $36 billion gaming market, too.
For most of last year, party censors froze approvals of any new video games. This year they have clamped down on depictions of violence and sex. They now favor more saccharine content, often with a patriotic focus. Existing games, meanwhile, have had to be sanitized to comply with the new rules.
The shift has produced major ructions for top gaming companies such as Tencent Holdings. Game developers that are inside China increasingly want to get out, and are chasing overseas acquisitions and expansion opportunities.
It "has been very hard for us," said Zhao Meng, of Nanjing-based developer Ice Games. "Obtaining certificates from the government takes a long time. China's game market isn't doing so well, either. The overall economy is slowing, so the number of companies wanting to expand abroad is increasing."
Meanwhile, foreign game publishers that want to get into China, which is still the world's largest gaming market after the U.S., are finding it harder than ever to gain access.
"Frankly, for overseas companies trying to go into China, it has ... become a nightmare," said Ozan Kocoglu, co-founder of Tokyo-based game publisher Initiative Media.
Yu Zheng, a producer at Beijing-based Perfect World Games, is almost as candid about the challenges that all gaming companies face when trying to get government approval: nobody is sure how long the process will take. "The government needs to check the content from all different aspects," he said.
Tencent, as the biggest player by far with an over 50% market share in Chinese gaming, is leading the charge abroad.
With a market capitalization of $400 billion, the company is equivalent to a kind of Netflix plus Uber plus Facebook. Besides controlling half the gaming market, it has the highly profitable and ubiquitous WeChat social messaging network that handles everything from e-payments to deliveries.
Yet even Tencent's domestic heft is not always enough to sway government censors. Earlier this month, gamers around the globe downloaded Call of Duty: Mobile in record numbers. Yet the new shoot 'em up game was nowhere to be found in Chinese app stores even though Tencent is behind the title.
"Even Tencent can't bypass the censorship," Kocoglu said.
As part of its drive to expand into a global gaming market that Dutch research firm Newzoo estimates is worth over $152 billion -- about a third of which is on mobile -- Tencent in 2013 acquired a stake in Activision Blizzard, the U.S. owner of the Call of Duty franchise. It now holds 5%. Late last year, it granted Singaporean online game publisher Sea the right to sell all of its games in Southeast Asia.
Most recently, in September, Tencent swooped in on Norway's Funcom, buying a 29% stake for 1.22 billion kroner ($134.33 million). The Norwegian company is a leader in MMORPGs -- massive multiplayer online role-playing games, such as its 2012 supernatural epic The Secret World.
One result of Beijing's stricter stance is that the U.S. is set to overtake China in 2019 as the world's largest gaming market by revenue, according to Newzoo. The company forecasts $36.9 billion in revenue for the U.S. versus $36.5 billion for China, citing the fallout from the game approval freeze and measures to reduce the "unhealthy" amounts of time kids spend glued to screens.
However, it is not just government restrictions that are causing this tectonic shift in the global gaming industry. Market dynamics are also playing a major role. The Chinese market is crowded, game publishers say. It is also distorted by Tencent's giant presence.
Much as with Facebook and Amazon in the U.S., Tencent has used its size to build and run a giant platform. This allows other developers to publish their work, but at the same time it stunts competition, noted Joni Wen, representative director of Singapore-based marketing consultancy DotC United in Japan.
"It is very hard for smaller companies to get paid users in China," Wen said, "even if they make good content."
Initiative Media's Kocoglu concurs: "China's game market is overcrowded and is becoming overly protective as well."
The effects are clear to see at NetEase, China's second-largest developer, where foreign sales now account for 10% of its business.
"Global expansion is of great importance to the strategic growth of NetEase's online games business," CEO William Ding stressed when the company opened a new studio in Montreal in July. That same month, it bought into major Canadian studio Behaviour Interactive.
Next week, NetEase's education technology unit Youdao is set for an initial public offering in New York.
As a result of its foreign expansion, and the spread of games such as the survival horror release Identity V, NetEase reported its strongest gaming growth rate in 15 months for the second quarter of last year -- the same quarter Tencent delivered a surprise drop in net profit due to slower growth in mobile games. Bejing's gaming approval moratorium was considered a major drag on Tencent's earnings.
The gamers' long march abroad in some ways parallels how Chinese infrastructure companies have pushed overseas ever since the local market became saturated with new roads, dams, bridges and apartment buildings.
Although gaming companies do not enjoy the same kind of official sanction as they might now from Beijing's Belt and Road Initiative, they do have similar advantages in terms of the scale and expertise that they developed catering to hundreds of millions of smartphone users at home.
Elinor Leung, head of telecom and internet research at CLSA, a brokerage, suggested few rivals can beat them in mobile gaming. Chinese developers have a "huge opportunity" for international expansion, she said.
Their deep pockets also mean they can pour funds into new games that have budgets which can top Hollywood movies and costs that run into the tens of millions of dollars. The total production and marketing cost of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 has been estimated at around $200 million -- comparable to the cost of the James Cameron blockbuster "Titanic."
So far, progress has been impressive. Gamers outside China spent roughly $4 billion on Chinese products in the first half of this year, more than double the $1.6 billion for the same period of 2017, according to market research firm App Annie.
Many of the most important overseas markets are found in Asia.
High percentages of paying users make Japan and the U.S. "especially important markets, followed by South Korea, Southeast Asia and India," said Liu Xing of Chinese mobile game publisher JoyPac. "Countries like Vietnam and Indonesia have high growth potential, too."
The Japanese market is seen as a particularly quick path to cash. Though the country has its own content rating system for games, and console makers like Sony have their own standards on violence and nudity, releasing a game does not require government approval.
"Freedom of expression is respected," said a representative for Japan's Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry.
Fay Ye, assistant director for overseas business at developer Linekong Entertainment Technology in Beijing, agrees. She said her company is focused on Japan, and has partnered with Japanese peer Nihon Falcom to prepare a smartphone version of Falcom's action role-playing game -- a tale of shipwreck castaways called Ys VIII: Lacrimosa of Dana -- for release next summer.
Southeast Asia is also on Linekong's radar, even though some countries require foreign companies to work with local partners. Paradoxically, government censorship can also sometimes be a problem.
In Vietnam, the government pulled the wholesome Chinese-backed animated flick "Abominable" from theaters this week due to a map shown in the film that includes the "nine-dash line" Beijing uses to claim most of the South China Sea. Censors in Malaysia have ordered the map scene removed before the movie is released there.
Perhaps for historical reasons, Call of Duty: Mobile is not available in Vietnam either.
Still, games are not subject to nearly the same scrutiny in Southeast Asia as they are in China. "We are considering accelerating business in the region next year or possibly in 2021," Ye said.
Additional reporting by Coco Liu in Hong Kong.


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Volkswagen AG of West Germany, Europe's leading mass car maker, unveiled the biggest joint venture to date with East Germany today, a $3-billion pact to build Volkswagens at sites where East Germany's Trabant autos are now produced.
One result of the deal will be to consign the boxy little Trabant sedan, which became a symbol for East Germany's political upheaval last year, to history by 1993.
Thousands of the sputtering, two-stroke-engined cars brought refugees into West Germany in 1989. Once the borders opened in November, they carried in hordes of Eastern visitors eager to sample Western lifestyle for the first time.
Volkswagen AG Chairman Carl Hahn told reporters at the Leipzig Trade Fair today that a joint venture firm in East Germany will start assembling 50 VW Polo models a day from September with output set to reach 250,000 cars a year by 1994.
"We see this as a European car project, with Poland, Hungary and Czechoslovakia just around the corner," Hahn said, giving an indication of the potential target markets for the new car.
VW signed a commitment to the joint venture in December soon after revolution in Eastern Europe began breaking down the region's rigid barriers to the West.
The project, with a factory at Karl-Marx-Stadt, is by far the most ambitious yet announced by any Western firm in East Germany.
Adam Opel AG, the West German subsidiary of General Motors Corp., announced a venture Sunday which aims to make 150,000 cars a year in East Germany.


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The map launched for the Xbox 360 in December for $50 Season Pass owners. It will be made available as a separate purchase at a later date.
The first official expansion for Black Ops II is called Revolution and will launch first for Xbox 360 gamers on January 29. It is the first of four expansions for the shooter, which has generated over $1 billion from retail sales alone and was the top-selling title of 2012 in the United States.
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Farow awarded Slow Foods USA Snail of Approval
March 9, 2022
In the six months since Farow opened, co-owners Lisa and Patrick Balcom have been busy bringing the best local ingredients to diners' plates-an endeavor that recently garnered the attention of Slow Food USA which awarded Farow the Slow Foods Snail of Approval.
This award is given to food and beverage establishments that are pursuing and practicing Slow Food values in their business. These values go beyond just dishing up top-rated cuisine. The award specifically recognizes businesses that have made a commitment to the environment, their local communities, and their employees and purveyors.
"It was such an exciting thing for us to be recognized for what we're doing because it's been a lot of work getting all of this done," said Lisa Balcom, who is also Farow's pastry chef. "It's been crazy opening a business right now and figuring things out. So at least knowing that it is appreciated and recognized felt really great."
The Snail of Approval award is given based on evaluations focused on the following six areas: sourcing, environmental impact, cultural connection, community involvement, staff support, and business values.
Lisa Balcom said that Farow has done a lot of work to better support their employees with equitable pay and better benefits like paid time off and health insurance, which are not very typical in the restaurant business. "We are focused on building a community both within our walls and outside of it," she said.
Being part of the larger Niwot community is also important to the Balcoms. In addition to getting involved with downtown events, they have also hosted several happy hour events for local farmers to meet and network.
These same local farmers are key to Farow's own menu as the restaurant sources 90% of the ingredients used in their dishes from within a few miles. The rest of the ingredients, said Lisa Balcom, are either found in Colorado or sourced from high-quality businesses that are B-Corp certified. "Very few people put that level of commitment to [sourcing]," she said.
This commitment to sourcing hyper-locally also helps reduce Farow's environmental impact, both by avoiding the environmental impacts of shipping food long distances and by partnering with farmers and ranchers who are also invested in conducting environmentally sustainable businesses.
"There's no processed foods in our restaurant at all. We don't even have a freezer. Everything is completely made from scratch, and I think that really helps our environmental impact. It's not being made in a factory. It's not being trucked halfway across the country or halfway across the world to come to our diner's plates. It's literally being made right there," Lisa Balcom said.
Farow's partnerships with these local farms are key. From the organic, heirloom grains from Moxie Bread Company and the grass-fed meats from Buckner Family Ranch to the vegetables and fruit from several other local farms focused on regenerative agricultural practices, the Balcoms noted that these collaborations play a vital role in their big picture mission, as well as in providing the restaurant with high-quality ingredients.
"We're just at the epicenter of how all of it gets to someone's plate," said Lisa Balcom.
Patrick Balcom, who handles the majority of the sourcing logistics, said that sticking local is not without its challenges. Farow tries to work with around four to five vegetable farmers at one time in order to better support the providers. Often the logistics of what ingredients will be available and when they will be delivered can make menu planning difficult.
Available variety (or lack thereof) is another issue that forces the Balcoms to get creative with their offerings. With Colorado's short growing season, Patrick Balcome said the winter months are particularly challenging.
"I've had the same four ingredients for the past three months," said Patrick Balcom. "We change the menu quite often. And I've had probably 15 different rutabaga dishes, at least 10-12 different parsnip dishes. We were throwing cabbage on whatever we could for a while. We've had a few different turnip dishes. We definitely get creative."
And while Patrick Balcom is eager for the first spring vegetables, Lisa Balcom said she's hankering after some fresh fruit. "I'm so excited to have any kind of fruit-as a pastry chef it's the hardest."
Despite the challenges, Lisa Balcom said that the end result of Farow's commitment to quality is better tasting food that's also good for the planet.
"Honestly, it just tastes better when things are made from scratch and with care, that weren't just pumped out in a factory with a ton of different chemicals," she said. "It also makes things that people want more special. When you get that really ripe tomato in July when it's bursting with flavor and super bright and juicy and amazing, it's really exciting. Or when we get our first peaches in from the Western Slopes, I know everyone goes crazy for that. That's just not something you're going to have year-round so it makes everything special when it does come."
Patrick Balcom said that receiving the Snail of Approval is basically validation for Farow's way of doing business. The restaurant's mission aligns with Slow Food USA's goal of creating "a world where all people can eat food that is good for them, good for the people who grow it, and good for the planet."
"We're doing the best we can for the planet, for our local economy, and for the local community," he said. "To be honest, it is more work, and if you care about any of those things, we stand for it."


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Activision’s announced plans for a live adults-only outdoor advertisement event for Prototype 2 this weekend.
Taking place in the U.K. at London’s Covent Garden on April 22, the live ad kicks off at 9 p.m. and features actors portraying various characters from the game including James Heller and Alex Mercer. Blackwatch military personnel and the infected will also feature.
Of course, given the fact the ad is based on an 18-rated product the content of the event has been deemed suitable only for adults, hence the post-watershed slot.
The ad will last five minutes and will be streamed via Prototype 2’s official Facebook page for those who are unable to attend.
Furthermore, fans will be able to cast their vote for one of two endings for the event. The option that receives the most votes will be featured as part of the ad’s grand finale.
Activision’s Minneapolis Business Unit EU general manager, David Tyler, commented:
"Due to the nature of Prototype 2's content, the game has been rated by the BBFC and PEGI as certificate 18. This live action advertisement reflects the game in its hard-hitting, fantasy nature and whilst we're excited to bring this new game to our legions of fans, it would be inappropriate for under 18s to view it.”
Prototype 2 is scheduled to ship on April 24 for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360.


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Beijing-based BOE began shipping a small number of OLED displays for the 6.1-inch iPhone 13 in late September. Some people familiar with this issue said they plan to increase shipments soon while waiting for the final verification process.
Main impact: This is the first time BOE has supplied OLED to its flagship iPhone. Previously, it provided OLEDs for repaired and refurbished iPhones.
“We are in the process of final testing, but based on the results of previous samples, the BOE should have no problem passing the test,” an executive-level source told Nikkei Asia. “The foundation of the Apple-BOE collaboration is based on a previous project on the iPhone 12, and both Apple and BOE hope this will happen soon.”
According to sources, the Bank of England initially split orders for the 6.1-inch iPhone 13 display with Samsung Display, with Chinese companies accounting for up to 20% of the total. In the most optimistic scenario, people added that the BOE aims to win 40% of model orders from South Korean display giants.
Up shot: Beijing is pushing China to increase its manufacturing capacity and positions the BOE as a future challenger to Samsung Display and LG Display, which have dominated the supply of OLEDs to the iPhone since 2017.
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The luster of lithium, called “white gold,” remains attractive as the demand for electric vehicles soars. China, the largest consumer of this important component of electric vehicle batteries, is expanding its supply by looking at the “Lithium Triangle,” a region that spans the borders of Argentina, Bolivia and Chile.
Zijin Mining Group, a leading producer of gold and copper, has announced that it will acquire a wholly owned stake in NeoLithium, which is listed in Toronto, the owner of the Lithium Brine Lake project in northwestern Argentina. A Chinese state-owned company provided C $ 960 million ($ 768 million) for an expected annual yield of 18,000 tonnes of battery-grade lithium carbonate over the 35-year life of the mine.
CATL, a leading Chinese battery maker with an 8% stake in Neo Lithium, previously held $ 377 million to acquire Millennial Lithium, another Toronto-listed company that manages another Argentine lithium mine. Agreed to pay. CATL outperforms its Chinese peer Ganfeng Lithium in this deal, but the latter already owns two other major lithium projects in the region.
Looking at Chile, Tianqi Lithium became the second largest shareholder in 2018 with an investment of $ 4.1 billion in SQM, the country’s largest lithium miner.
Ryan C. Berg, senior researcher at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, warns of China’s invasion of South America’s lithium-rich country, traditionally considered the “backyard” of US influence. It’s ringing.
“China not only increased investment in lithium triangle countries, but also strengthened bilateral relations through vaccine diplomacy,” Berg warned in a treatise. “China has increased its influence over lithium triangle countries through increased investment and aggressive vaccine diplomacy, which could continue to dominate the emerging lithium industry.” He counters Washington. I advise you to take steps, but for now, Beijing seems to be moving forward.
These charts detail some of the themes Kenji explored in our take this week above. These are also related to the FT Big Lead, which is the basis of this week’s spotlight below.
Note the bullish long-term outlook for battery-powered vehicles and the expectations surrounding lithium, as shown in Neo Lithium’s share price.this Rex analysis Let me explain in more detail.
Some related facts: Sales of both battery-powered and plug-in hybrid new energy vehicles increased 150% year-on-year last month. This happened because overall car sales fell by a factor of five. Neo Lithium owns and mine some of the world’s largest lithium deposits.
For more than a decade, Chinese automakers have tried to export cars abroad, but with limited success.Wang Chuanfu, the founder of Chinese electric car maker BYD, has left Even more than most..
BYD is currently the world’s second largest producer of electric buses and the fourth largest manufacturer of electric vehicles. This summer, the company shipped a red Tang sports utility vehicle to Norway. Norway is the fastest country for battery-powered vehicles.
The king was essential to its success. Warren Buffett is one of the company’s biggest backers after discovering the potential of the king 10 years ago. Buffett’s right-hand man, Charlie Munger, described the Chinese businessman as a mix of Thomas Edison and former General Electric chair Jack Welch. The king once drank publicly to prove how safe the battery fluid was.
BYD said it is preparing to build a battery plant in Europe to “provide support facilities for European car customers” as part of its global expansion. However, the potential to compete with revolutionary and disruptive companies like Tesla has yet to be seen.
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The Heritage Foundation The podcast “China Uncovered” has several episodes that focus on technical issues. This episode Features Emily Weinstein Let’s dig a little deeper into technology transfer.Latest episode Fergus Ryan Chinese”Chokepoint technology“The high-tech giant.
Read more from the best in the week when U.S. officials said Washington was losing the AI race to China Jeffrey Din’s ChinAI Newsletter.Section on Beijing’s efforts to work on Ethics and AI It surprised us especially as it was insightful.
this analysis from Saranya so Observer Research Foundation New Delhi shows how China is working to control Internet services through algorithms, further strengthening Beijing’s power over big tech companies.
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What an event! After weeks of preparation and anticipation, Cloud Next 2018 came and went in a flash. It was three days packed with keynotes, sessions, hands-on labs, and interaction with several customers and prospects at our booth.
Three prominent themes I observed at the conference were democratizing AI and ML, support multi-cloud environments and disruption in contact center technology.
We’ve heard from customers that a challenge they face in AI and ML adoption is the dearth of talent. Over the last few years, Google has delivered products to help customers adopt AI, but at this conference, two big announcements caught my eye.
The first is Beta availability of AutoML and expansion beyond Vision into Natural Language and Translation. Many customers amass a ton of image and text data – considered unstructured data. Leveraging AutoML allows these users to quickly and easily gain predictive insights from it this data.
The other area that Google announced in making ML accessible is the availability of BigQuery ML. BigQuery ML enables users to create and execute machine learning models in BigQuery using standard SQL queries. It democratizes machine learning by enabling SQL practitioners to build models using existing SQL tools and skills. This allows developers to apply ML right where their data is, rather than having to migrate to another tool to run ML models.
Google launched a key component in running and managing scalable applications with the open-source Kubernetes project. Now, Google has taken it one step further by providing a framework that can help manage applications in hybrid environments (multi-cloud or on-prem), something that large enterprises have a need for. With its new Cloud Services Platform, Google is now offering a service called Istio that will help manage, monitor and secure microservices across clouds. Istio is about to hit its 1.0 release soon. GKE, the Google Kubernetes Engine, is the core Google Cloud service for managing containers in the cloud. And now Google is essentially bringing this service to the enterprise data center, too.
Google announced features that benefit contact centers. These include enhancements to Dialogflow Enterprise Edition, their chatbot technology that helps customers build AI-powered virtual agents. They also announced support for phone-based conversational agents known as interactive voice response (IVR). Say goodbye to old school IVR systems that are rigid and inflexible. With this new addition, customers get access to technology that can plug right into the existing channel that their users may already be using. Another enhancement in Dialogflow was the availability of Knowledge Connectors that can understand unstructured documents like FAQs or knowledge base articles. The Cloud Contact Center AI announcement has the potential to disrupt legacy contact center technology, and includes Dialogflow alongside other tools to assist live agents.


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For the past five years, Eddie Bauer “has been all over the place,” says senior vice president/chief marketing officer Engle Saez. The Redmond, WA-based apparel and home goods cataloger/retailer has been reinvented several times, only to see each effort perform worse than the previous one.
Even former vice chairman/president/CEO of Bauer parent firm Spiegel Martin Zaepfel admitted earlier this year that Bauer’s late ’90s/early 2000s more tailored selections seemed “merchandise you’d usually buy from Brooks Brothers, not Bauer.”
With Spiegel now under the pressure of the Chapter 11 status of Spiegel, Bauer is again tweaking its image — this time returning to its rugged roots. In early August, the company mailed 5 million copies of a fall “back-to-basics” looking book that likens the 2003 Bauer to the original 1920 rugged outdoor apparel store. To further reinforce the outdoors theme, the book even uses the original store’s Sport Shop logo on the catalog cover.
In the first weeks after the catalog dropped, results were “modestly above our modest projections,” Saez says. Consistent with the new look of the Eddie Bauer stores, Website, and ads, the catalog shows the old store logo, pictures of rugged looking low-profile models, and tries to maintain the level of ease of shopping — all while creating “a much higher degree of differentiation from our competitors,” he says.
The book plays off Bauer’s signature blue jeans, promoting ruggedness, durability, and value. “For us, it goes back to what will make customers prefer or desire the Eddie Bauer brand vs. a J. Crew or a Lands’ End,” Saez says. “And we decided that the differentiator has to be overall quality and brand image, rather than price. So we’re using our catalog for style and distinction that comes through focusing on the heritage of the Eddie Bauer franchise.”
To accomplish its mission, Bauer infuses the catalog with more lifestyle photography, Saez says. Specifically, Bauer is trying to promote a brand started by “a real guy” who has 80-plus years of heritage. “We have to communicate the truth, a sense of reality, and the authenticity in our catalogs.”
At the heart of this “authenticity” is the Sport Shop brand. The company looked into its archives and found that the ruggedness of the original store dovetailed nicely with a Bauer collection of jeans and knit and woven tops that go with denim. “We found a perfect combination, a marketing handle that marries up to our premium quality merchandise that’s put together in the spirit of the Eddie Bauer sporting tradition of rugged casual,” Saez says.
But don’t look for Sport Shop brand jeans in the new catalog. “We couldn’t get to the jeans in time for the catalog,” Saez says. “We had a Sport Shop jean line in the making, but it didn’t make it into production because of the Chapter 11 situation.” The men’s jeans line, however, will come out in the spring. Bauer plans to test the women’s Sport Shop jeans line around that time, and hopes to roll it out next summer.
Stopping a sales slide
Long before Spiegel filed for Chapter 11 this past March, Eddie Bauer has been ripe for a turnaround. The division’s sales have fallen steadily, from $1.79 million in 1999 to $1.422 million in 2002. In a market already resplendent with rugged casualwear, it’s likely going to take more than lifestyle catalog photos and a new line of jeans to win back customers.
Eddie Bauer is “a work in progress,” Saez admits, noting that there’s no quick fix for the company’s woes. “We’ve taken customers on a joyride all over every possible marketing proposition you can imagine,” he says. “We have some work to do to regain the confidence of customers and to really settle in on what’s right for this brand.”


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Dubai cements smart transformation efforts, new law for drones and Virgin Mobile get a new group CEO
As Dubai prepares for a smart transformation, His Highness Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai and Chairman of the Dubai Executive Council opened the Smart Dubai ‘Future Now' event, in April.
The event saw HH Sheikh Hamdan unveil the Smart Dubai 2021, the next phase in Dubai's smart transformation, as well as Dubai Pulse, the emirate's data platform. The move was aimed at continuing to deploy technology to improve people's lives and make Dubai the happiest in the world.
After acquiring SOUQ.com, Amazon continued to cement its presence in the region as it began to search for a logistics space to run its operations in the region. Additionally the US retailer began its recruitment activity to bring new staff to the UAE office.
Following on from the launch of the region's third mobile operator, Virgin Mobile, the company appointed Alan Gow as group CEO. Gow is also a co-founder of the original Virgin Mobile in the UK alongside Sir Richard Branson.
2016 saw drone intrusions at Dubai International Airport cause temporary closures, traffic disruptions and huge economic losses. In April, the Dubai Civil Aviation Authority (DCAA) decided to clamp down on rogue drones by making it mandatory for all drone operators to apply for a license. Under the new regulations, retail outlets in the emirates, including grey market places like Dragon Mart, are restricted from selling drones unless the buyer has completed the DCAA registration process to procure a license.


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Almost 200 factories including the plants of leading Japanese car manufacturer Honda and major electronics makers in Ayutthaya have been forced to close and evacuate workers.
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Samsung and Qualcomm have officially confirmed that Samsung will not use Exynos chips in their upcoming Flagship phone Samsung Galaxy S23 series. Samsung will now use its own Exynos chip in its mid-range phones. Galaxy S23 and series will come with a Powerful Snapdragon Chip all over the world.
This news is confirmed by the CFO of Qualcomm Akash Palkhiwala while a board of directors meeting going and in the meeting, an investor asked this question on the call. The Exact words of the CFO Akash Palkhiwala are:
These are the exact words that are said by Qualcomm CEO Akash Palkhiwala. The official manufacturer of the Exynos Chip is Samsung but Exynos is not as powerful as Snapdragon. So, that’s the only reason Samsung is replacing Exynos with Qualcomm’s Snapdragon in their upcoming Flagship Smartphone Galaxy S23 Series. A moment before, Samsung used Qualcomm chips but after that, they started using their own Exynos chips. Now again Samsung is Continuing to install Snapdragon Chips.
This is very good news for people in the United Kingdom, Europe, and all over the World because Samsung’s Exynos is not good as compared to Snapdragon and for years Samsung is using bad quality cameras in their mid-range phones. This thing will not affect the US as they were already using Qualcomm’s Snapdragon Chip for years.
Samsung is one of the oldest customers of Qualcomm and their relations are very good. Samsung is a South Korean-based company whereas Qualcomm is based in California, United States of America. In America, Samsung launches Galaxy S22 with Qualcomm Edition but for the rest of the world, Samsung uses its own Exynos Chip.
According to recent reports, Samsung will introduce its Galaxy S23 series Smartphone in the first week of February 2023. This may be the first time that Samsung will launch its all models with the same processors globally. As we have seen in the past that Samsung always launches its phone in the United States first with different chipsets and on different dates. But this time Samsung will launch its phone at the same time and with the same chipset all over the world. Qualcomm’s CFO officially confirmed that Samsung’s Upcoming smartphone will come with a Snapdragon-powered Chipset.
On another side, Some analysts have claimed that the Samsung-produced Exynos chipset is very good and is a great chance to diversify from the manufacturing chain that predominately connects Taiwan-China. A potential war military might have a significant impact on the production of the chip material on a worldwide scale. This thing also increases the issue of pricing to sum up. Although, Apple maintained the pricing of its brand new phone iPhone 14 and series in the United States, Europe, and the rest of the world saw price rises. Will Samsung experience a similar price increase when switching to the more potent and presumably slightly more expensive Snapdragon chip? That is another possibility that Samsung has time to think so, but it’s far too early to say that.
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OnePlus released Android 8.0 Oreo update in open beta last month for OnePlus 3 and OnePlus 3T smartphones. Today it has finally started rolling out Android Oreo update for the smartphones for all in the form of OxygenOS 5.0 update. This brings several new features including new parallel apps feature that lets you run a parallel version of the same app using a separate account, Picture in Picture, New Quick Settings design and more.
Android 8.0 Oreo update brings a lot of new features such as background limits that puts a big priority on improving user’s battery life, snoozing that lets users to snooze notifications to reappear at a later time and wide-gamut color for apps among many other things. Check out the complete changelog below.
- Update to Android O (8.0)
- Added Parallel Apps
- Added Picture in Picture
- Added Auto-fill
- Added Smart text selection
- New Quick Settings design
- Updated security patch to September
- Added notification dots
- New app folder design
- Now able to upload photos directly to Shot on OnePlus
The update is about 1.5GB in size and still has September Android Security update, even though the latest open beta has October security update. The update is gradually rolling out for a small percentage of users, and the broader roll out will happen in the next few days. OnePlus at the 5T launch event said that it will roll out Android Oreo update for the OnePlus 5 and OnePlus 5T starting from early 2018 and the open beta testing will begin later this month.


text: Spanish company Torres Selecta has decided to bring in the luxury factor to the everyday potato chips with a touch of caviar. That’s right, the brand is now offering caviar flavored chips priced at $ 4.95 for 3.8 oz. The actual product includes dehydrated caviar and caviar flavouring, along with potatoes, sunflower oil and salt. Torres Selecta recommends pairing these premium chips with white wine or champagne. As for the dehydrated caviar, the brand says it creates a ‘fusion of land and sea’. Now isn’t that poetic—especially for a bag of chips!


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Osso VR, the VR surgical training platform, today announced it’s closed a $66 million Series C financing round, something the company says will be used to broaden its VR surgical offering and hire more expert talent. The Series C round was led by Oak HC/FT, which includes participation from Signalfire, GSR Ventures, Tiger Global Management and […]
Fans of the VR sports genre should be in for a treat. Sports technology company StatusPRO today announced a new partnership with the National Football League to develop the organizations first official NFL game for VR headsets. Revealed during GDC 2022, the NFL-licensed simulator will put you in the cleats of a professional NFL player […]
The team who have made S.W.A.N.: Chernobyl Unexplored have managed to create a fascinating bit of original sci-fi, even though it takes us to an area and place in time that we've seen many times before. The story is solid throughout with some nice surprises and shocks galore.
The versatile VR tracker will be available for purchase in early 2022 for $129.99. During CES this week, HTC officially revealed the VIVE Wrist Tracker, a lightweight VR tracking device designed specifically for the VIVE Focus 3, the company’s latest all-in-one standalone VR headset. The device can be worn on the user’s wrist, delivering accurate […]
Customize your futuristic war machine with over 9,000 configurations, from tank chassis and weapons to skins and modules. Brought to us by developer MPLEX, Core Disruption is an upcoming VR multiplayer game that has you stepping behind the controls of a futuristic tank and battling players from around the world. At the core of the […]


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Small Black Room has developed a poster campaign for the Crown Estate to promote London’s Regent Street for the summer. The campaign, which will appear in bus stops, will feature two poster executions, which complement each other. One design will show an arrow image (pictured), created using store names, which will point north or south and name all the retailers in that direction. The other will act as a ‘brand map’ for the street.
A new book celebrating the visual history of British wrestling is soon to be published if it hits its crowdfunding target – freelance illustrator Ben Tallon reflects on how the
The awards look at how design can contribute to a business’ success, and this year’s winning projects include those for Carlsberg, Raspberry Pi and Budweiser.
As T magazine unveils its new look under the editorial direction of novelist Hanya Yanagihara, we speak to creative director Patrick Li about the design’s greater “sense of urgency”, and