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In a recent demonstration of Xbox One’s gameplay recording feature, Microsoft Corporate Vice President Phil Harrison clarified that users can record “as much or as little as they want”.
Previously Microsoft had stated that the Xbox One allows users to record five minutes of gameplay in contrast to the PlayStation 4 which was said to offer a mighty 15 minutes of recording time. Once recorded, users can then edit and share the clip with their friends in quick time.
However, as pointed out by VG247, Harrison’s latest claims brings the Xbox One close to its competitor with an increased set of recording length. We still don’t know the exact figure on this but Harrison is pretty certain that Xbox One users will be pleased.
Further more he revealed that clips can also include separately recorded commentary, which will be recorded through the Kinect camera. Here’s how that will work:
First your record your gameplay clip. Then you record a separate video of yourself through the Kinect camera where you comment on the said clip. Finally you include that recording side-by-side in a picture-in-picture view and press share.
Recently Microsoft revealed that the sharing feature on launch would only be available for Xbox Live. They however will bring other platforms like YouTube and Facebook sometime next year. This year though, you can only share your clips across Xbox Live.
The Xbox One launches on November 22, 2013 in North America for $499.


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THE TREASURY has pledged to spend £500,000 a year helping to attract investment in the UK’s fintech sector.
In Wednesday’s Autumn Statement, it said that the Department for International Trade will provide the funding for “fintech specialists”. A Treasury spokesperson told Peer-to-Peer Finance News that the specialists would support businesses in the sector that want to expand internationally, building on the previously-announced ‘fintech bridges’ with China and Singapore. “The specialists will help UK fintech firms looking to expand abroad, or firms in places like Singapore that want to expand into the UK,” the spokesperson said.
The Treasury also announced that it has commissioned an annual ‘State of UK Fintech’ report, providing key metrics for investors. The report will be undertaken by accountancy firm EY and fintech industry body Innovate Finance.
“The census will provide a crucial fact-base for investors, policymakers and other stakeholders to understand the industry and to chart its growth,” said Imran Gulamhuseinwala, global head of fintech at EY.
“It will also allow us to compare the UK industry to that in other leading fintech hubs and highlight areas where the UK needs to improve, drawing on best practice from other leading fintech hubs which we may wish to emulate.”
The government also outlined plans for “a network of regional fintech envoys”, who will champion the sector and attract investors in other parts of the country, including Scotland.
These are just the latest efforts to attract more investors to the sector. In October, the Treasury announced plans for a new, annual fintech conference in London to address a “gap” in attracting international investment compared to other countries. And earlier this month, peer-to-peer lenders including RateSetter and Funding Circle met with government ministers to discuss the future of the industry.
The Treasury also said in the Autumn Statement that it will modernise guidance on electronic ID verification to support the use of technology to access financial services.
“We support the proposed increased funding in fintech as firms need more support in scaling up from start-ups,” said Carol Knight, chief operations officer of financial services trade body TISA.
“However, this funding needs to be supported by improvements to the authorisation process which currently takes too long. We are delighted with the proposed review of the Joint Money Laundering Steering Group (JMLSG) guidance which supports our collaborative work on rolling out a digital ID.”
EY’s research for the Treasury earlier this year showed that in 2015 the sector made £6.6bn in revenues and attracted £524m in investment. With around 61,000 people employed in the sector, more people work in fintech in the UK than in New York, or in the combined fintech workforce of Singapore, Hong Kong and Australia.

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One insight that can be made about consumers is that they will continue to spend more of their time online. According to a 2013 study by the market research firm Forrester, the growth of ecommerce, which already accounts for about 8% of total retail sales in the U.S., is expected to outpace sales growth at bricks-and-mortar stores over the next five years, reaching $370 billion in sales by 2017. By that time, ecommerce is expected to account for a full tenth of all retail sales in the U.S.
What’s driving the growth? Forrester cites two factors. The first is proliferating use of smartphones and tablets, which are boosting the amount of time consumers spend online. More than half of U.S. online consumers now have smartphones, and they’re using them to research purchases, find stores and to find the best prices available — often completing a transaction directly on the device. Tablet owners are also spending their leisure moments (weekends, evening prime-time hours) shopping online.
The second factor contributing to growth is traditional retailers’ increased investments in their online sales divisions. Specifically, large retailers are seeking out omnichannel retail experiences, allowing store associates to “save a sale” by ordering out-of-stock merchandise through online backends, fulfill customer orders more rapidly by enabling suppliers to directly ship the product to the customer themselves, and in the future allowing online shoppers pick up the goods in-store.
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In yet another twist for worried parents: Meet the vaping hoodie. This high school fashion mainstay — defined by a hood with drawstrings — is now available as a vaping device, ready to deliver a puff of nicotine (or marijuana) anywhere, anytime. Including in the classroom.
It marks an addition to the fleet of discreet — some would say camouflaged — vaping devices that have teachers and parents struggling to monitor the usage of a product that has surged in popularity among high school-aged kids in the past two years, despite laws in most states that allow sales only to people 18 and up. (In California, it’s 21.)
Juul, the San Francisco-based company that dominates the e-cigarette trade, and other manufacturers publicly tout their devices as tools for adults looking to get a nicotine fix without the toxins associated with burning tobacco. But the crowded market of devices and accessories that has sprung up around vaping is filled with products that seem tailored to teenagers who want to keep their use secret — and according to parents and teachers, are all but impossible to keep out of kids’ hands.
Preliminary federal data released this month show more than one-quarter of the nation’s high schoolers had reported vaping in the previous 30 days, up from 11.7 % in 2017. As the teen vaping scene has exploded, adults have had a hard time keeping up. In a 2018 survey, the Truth Initiative, an anti-tobacco advocacy group, surveyed middle and high school teachers on vaping and found that fewer than half recognized a photo of a Juul, the most commonly used device. A palm-size stick that charges via USB, it’s easily mistaken for a flash drive to the uninitiated.
Sven-Eric Jordt has seen the challenge in his kid’s school. By day, Jordt is an associate professor at Duke University, studying the health effects of inhaling various chemicals. By night, he educates his children on the potential risks of vaping. Recently, one of his daughters told him about the “Apple-like” watch manufactured by Uwell that is quickly becoming one of the more popular devices at her high school. With a touch of the finger, the face offers the time. But when removed from the wrist band, it is a vaping device.
“The teachers have learned to recognize Juul,” Jordt said, “but this just looks like a watch.”
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention continues to investigate a spurt of vaping-related lung illnesses, mostly affecting young people. Authorities have reported 380 cases of suspected cases nationwide, including 70 in California. Seven of the cases — including two in California — have resulted in death.
It’s unclear whether a single device or agent is causing those illnesses. Most of the patients have reported vaping cannabis, according to the CDC, but some patients said they had vaped only nicotine or vaped both. In California and other states, at least some of the cases are linked to vaping unregulated cannabis products. The outbreak has focused new attention on what federal officials now characterize as an epidemic of youth vaping.
Two states — Michigan and New York — have moved to ban sales of most flavored e-cigarette products, which are popular among young people; and President Donald Trump this month said he would launch a similar effort at the federal level. In California, Gov. Gavin Newsom said this week that his administration would boost enforcement efforts against illicit and counterfeit vaping products and fund a $20 million public service campaign highlighting the dangers of vaping.
While research continues into the long-term prospects of e-cigarettes as a tool to help people quit smoking, experts say there is clear evidence that teens should not vape. Nicotine can cause changes in the developing brain that make lifelong addiction more likely. The liquids in vaping devices contain a range of chemicals that can harm the lungs.
Some schools have banned flash drives in an effort to keep vaping devices off campuses. But new stealth devices offer ways around these prohibitions.
Some of the devices likely aren’t legal. A decade ago, when vaping devices first hit the market, it wasn’t clear who had the authority to regulate them. Numerous court cases and regulatory shifts later, they fall under the Food and Drug Administration’s purview and are considered a tobacco product.
Depending on when they became available for sale, devices generally fit into one of three regulatory buckets. Anything marketed before Feb. 15, 2007, is exempt from regulation. Products sold after that but before Aug. 8, 2016, have until May 2020 to submit applications to the FDA for market authorization and can be sold in the interim. Anything that was not marketed by Aug. 8, 2016, needs FDA approval to be sold in the U.S.
For example, the vape watch, which appears to have become available this July, seemingly would require authorization from the FDA to be sold in the U.S. California Healthline was able to purchase it online for $34.95.
The FDA has sent warning letters to six companies about dozens of products being sold without the required approval, and less severe notices to a few others. All but a handful pertain to the liquids used in vaping devices. The FDA did not return a request for comment on how it determines which products are a priority for enforcement.
Representatives with Uwell, which manufactures the vaping watch, did not return a request for comment.
Enforcement of age restrictions varies, and the FDA has sent dozens of warning letters to companies for selling products to underage buyers. Websites take different approaches to age verification. California Healthline recently purchased several vaping devices, and the age verification process ranged from a single click where the buyer attests he or she is at least 21 to external software designed to check the name, address and age against other databases.
Until recently, Amazon sold the components of products that allowed people to build their own marijuana vapes. Some of these products have been linked to the current deadly outbreak. The online giant removed them after Minnesota Public Radio inquired about their sale.
In a statement, Tony Abboud, executive director of the Vapor Technology Association, one of the industry’s largest trade groups, blamed a few bad actors and illegal sales to ineligible customers, saying that the group “does not approve of youth use of any nicotine products, including these accessories.”
In absence of more aggressive federal efforts to keep these devices off the market, parents and teachers are left with the Sisyphean task of trying to keep them out of kids’ hands.
Ira Sachnoff has been a youth tobacco educator in the San Francisco Bay Area for decades. He says the skyrocketing popularity of the Juul-era pod systems has made this new generation of nicotine products tough to combat. “Schools are freaked out. They don’t know what to do because they are busting kids like crazy with these devices,” he said.
Some schools are installing vape detectors in bathrooms. Others are sending students caught vaping to counseling. The most important first step for parents and school staff, Sachnoff said, is to learn what the devices look like.
With a group at Stanford University, Sachnoff created the Tobacco Prevention Toolkit, a widely used collection of resources aimed at preventing middle and high school students from using nicotine products. One section includes links for parents and guardians to familiarize themselves with the devices and learn to talk with their kids about nicotine.
But with newer and smaller devices hitting the market, kids motivated to vape will have the upper hand. That’s why Sachnoff and other tobacco educators train peer counselors, fellow students who can talk about the risks. They hope they can convince kids that, like cigarettes, which have fallen out of favor in recent years, vaping isn’t cool and isn’t worth the gamble.
“I’ve been doing this for a long time,” Sachnoff said, “and I’ll be damned if after 25 years we’re gonna let this happen again.”


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Etailer Zalando has reported 24.6% revenue growth to €1.7bn (£1.5bn) for the final quarter of 2018 as it refines its platform strategy to target an annual gross merchandise volume (GMV) of €20bn (£17bn) by 2023/24.
After a challenging third quarter, the German etailer grew its customer base by 1.3 million people in the final three months of the year. It now has 26.4 million active customers – accounting for 6.5% of the European population.
Revenues grew by 20% to €5.4bn (£4.6bn) in the year to 31 December, co-CEOs Rubin Ritter, David Schneider and Robert Gentz announced at the company’s first annual press conference, held at its new headquarters in Berlin today.
Adjusted group EBIT grew by 47% compared with the previous year to €173.4m (£148.6m), and gross GMV grew by 21.1% to €6.6bn (£5.7bn).
At the conference, the chief executives discussed the etailer’s future strategy. For 2019 the outlook is to increase GMV by 20%-25% at the lower end of the range, and produce an adjusted EBIT of between €175m (£150m) and €225m (£192m).
By 2023/4 the company is targeting €20bn (£17bn) in GMV as it further refines its platform strategy.
Zalando said that, as Europe’s most-visited online fashion destination, it currently serves 1.5% of the market. By 2030, the ambition is to serve more than 5%.
“We aim to be this one fashion destination where a customer can fulfil all their fashion needs,” said Schneider. “In our customer’s head, she should think if it’s not on Zalando – it doesn’t exist.”
Zalando currently works with around 2,000 brands, something that the company is measured about expanding.
Schneider said: “We want to make Zalando to be the starting point for fashion, but that doesn’t mean we have to capture every fashion item ever. It’s rather that we want to have everything that is relevant to our specific customer.”
Developing the Partner Programme – an online concessions model – is a large part of the ongoing strategy, and Zalando now offers marketing and fulfilment services to brands.
“By connecting brands with our platform, they can focus on what they are good at and leave the operational part to us, freeing up a lot of capital for them,” said Gentz. “We can offer easy ordering to customers through strong partnerships with our fashion brands, connecting their warehouses with our customer reach and servicing our infrastructure to them.”
The company will continue to invest into logistics and technology and plans capital expenditure of around €300m (£257m) for 2019.
Zalando will expand its board at the start of April to include the new roles of chief financial officer and chief technology officer, which will be held by David Schröder and Jim Freeman respectively.
Schneider, Ritter and Gentz have also adapted their responsibilities in an effort to reach their targets. Schneider will focus on brand partners and lead Zalando’s fashion offer, while Ritter assumes responsibility for the overall strategy of the company. Gentz will take on marketing and sales, and maintain his responsibility for human resources.
Zalando’s new headquarters in Berlin will open in April.


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Mylan shares surge on EpiPen settlement newsShares of Mylan N.V. rose more than 8% late Friday after the maker of anti-allergy device EpiPen said its subsidiary Mylan Inc. has agreed to a $465 million settlement with the Justice Department and other government agencies stemming from the classification of EpiPen for Medicaid rebates. The terms of the settlement "do not provide for any finding of wrongdoing" by Mylan, and provides a resolution for all potential liability claims by federal and state governments, Mylan said in a statement. In the same statement, Mylan lowered its 2016 adjusted earnings expectations to between $4.70 a share and $4.90 a share, from $4.85 a share to $5.15 a share. The company will include a pre-tax charge of $465 million in the quarter ended Sept. 30 as a result of the settlement, Mylan said. The company has been under fire for recent EpiPen price hikes and for reporting the EpiPen as a generic drug with multiple competitors, which allows for fewer rebates than if it were classified as a brand-name drug.
6:13 a.m. Oct. 7, 2016
- By Diana Furchtgott-Roth
How to fulfill Donald Trump’s trade promise without using tariffs Paul Ryan’s plan would lower taxes for exports and reduce advantages for importsPaul Ryan’s plan would lower taxes for exports and reduce advantages for imports, writes Diana Furchtgott-Roth.
2:16 a.m. Oct. 6, 2016
- By Emma Court
Why the latest charge — that Mylan overcharged government by millions — should really scare its executives Mylan misclassified its EpiPen and reaped fewer rebates as a result, CMS administrator saysMylan has told the government for 20 years that the EpiPen was a generic drug.
1:06 a.m. Oct. 4, 2016
- By Richard Truett
Why GM should remember the fate of the EV1 Management missteps gave Toyota an electrification lead it’s never relinquishedThe coming launch of the Chevrolet Bolt EV got me to think back to when I test drove a GM EV1 two-seat electric car in the summer of 1998.
5:21 a.m. Oct. 3, 2016
U.S. auto sales slow after years of steady growthU.S. auto sales tapped the brakes in September, with the No. 1 and No. 2 auto makers reporting declines, despite efforts to keep dealer lots stocked and lure more car shoppers with sweetened incentives.


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“Everybody would love there to be a single demon we could name, but the truth is that there’s a bunch of little factors, there’s a bunch of straws building up on the camel’s back,” said Will Huggins, who teaches finance and business economics at McMaster University in Ontario.
Here’s a look at some of the factors behind Canada’s high grocery prices and what to expect in the coming months.
Canadians may have noticed that fresh fruit and vegetables, in particular, are pricey.
Canadian Dollar Declines in Value
Huggins said one of the reasons for that is that the value of the Canadian dollar has fallen against the U.S. dollar by about 10 per cent.
In May 2021, $1 CAD was the equivalent of 83 cents USD, whereas now, $1 CAD is worth roughly 75 cents USD.
This decline in the value of the Canadian loonie means that whatever Canada imports from the U.S. is more expensive and prices of certain produce at grocery stores has increased to reflect the change.
“So everything we buy from America costs 10 per cent more than it did two years ago,” Huggins explained.
“Avocados are 10 per cent more expensive because we don’t grow them here, lemons, oranges, anything that’s like this that isn’t grown in Canada has seen a sort of increase in its costs, simply because the price of the Canadian dollar doesn’t buy as much.”
Bank of Canada’s Overnight Interest Rate vs. Inflation Rate (%)
Throughout human history, the weather has “enormously affected” food production and costs, said Huggins, noting that extreme weather events “can complicate things without question” by damaging farm equipment and infrastructure, as well as creating a delay in getting materials or goods to the market, which has a direct cost as well.
However, barring “enormous climatic changes,” the economist said he doesn’t expect climate change to create “continued major pressure” on food prices in Canada and that the country could actually stand to benefit from certain climatological shifts.
“Even though there will be adjustment costs, obviously, our super cold country is about to become a little bit warmer, so it creates opportunities to some extent for us in that regard,” said Huggins.
“We will gain some, we will lose some without question, but compared to many other countries, we’re in a great position when it comes to climate change.”


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Vodafone New Zealand has been fined for the fourth time in five years for making false price misrepresentations to customers in breach of the country’s Fair Trading Act.
Optus is again ramping up services to the small business sector, with the release on Tuesday of new plans offering up to 20% discounts on fees to customers who connect to two or more selected business post-paid plans.
Certain Optus mobile plans now offer an all-you-can-eat option video streaming option in addition to the existing unmetered music streaming feature.
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HANA, Maui – It took the threat of a major hurricane for Hana folks to get their town back – temporarily.
For the first time in many residents’ memory the narrow, bumpy Hana Highway running straight through the heart of town was empty of nearly all but local cars. Usually the 52-mile stretch from Kahului to Hana town, and farther beyond another bone-jarring, twisting 10 miles to Haleakala National Park’s Kipahulu District, is nose-to-tail tourist traffic. Park officials estimate roughly a million people annually visit the park.
The approach of Hurricane Lane prompted dozens of tour operators to cancel fleets of buses and vans that travel 24-7 to East Maui, each one crammed with sightseers lured by hyped images of visiting a “tropical paradise.”
White-knuckle drivers of rental cars increasingly bring the Hana Road traffic to a standstill. Occasionally this pressure on the narrow cliff-side road road results in angry confrontations between East Maui residents trying to go about their business and tourists loitering to see the sights, often stopping in the middle of the road to gape.
The day before Hurricane Lane was expected to impact Maui, however, most of the faces patronizing Hana’s half-dozen food trucks, two grocery stores and local beaches were familiar ones.
“They’re gone for now,” said one shopper at Hasegawa General Store buying some extra milk and fresh vegetables, noticing only neighbors in the parking lot. “When I drove the road today I remembered what it used to be like to just cruise along before Hana got overrun.”
Neil Hasegawa is the fourth generation to run his family’s famous store since it was founded by two brothers 118 years ago on the road dirt between town and sugar plantation cane fields. The store prides itself on having “almost everything” locals might need, from lei needles to brake lines, aloha shirts to French wine, giant tarps to baby bibs.
Hasegawa said he keeps ahead of demand, even when a hurricane is on the way, “because we’ve been doing this for a long time. We know what we need to order extra when we see what’s coming. We haven’t run out of anything, have a lot of extra items on hand, and the (regular daily supply) truck will bring in plenty more of everything this afternoon.”
A walk through Hasegawa’s crowded shelves revealed few gaps, with extra stacks of hot items such as bottled water, toilet paper and rice in plentiful supply. With Hana’s only commercial ice machine and its own generator, Hasegawa’s is a mecca during power outages, bad weather and road disruption.
Up the hill from Hasegawa’s, past the Hana Post office and a bank open just 1½ hours on weekdays except Friday, when customers are welcomed for three hours, Hana Ranch Store also had full shelves and few cars in its parking lot.
“We know what our customers need and want because we all know each other, we are family and neighbors, we use the same things and need the same things,” said Kawika Kaina, store manager. “Most Hana folks shopped over the last two days so they’re ready for whatever comes.”
He said there were no shortages in his inventory.
“We had propane refilled this morning, we’ve got a whole lot of (bottled) water, we’ve got (fresh) produce, and we’ve got all the little things. We’ve got another shipment coming in today, so all seems well for us,” Kaina said, noting there was “plenty of beer, diapers, milk and all the essentials, ice cream and pizza. It’s an ice cream town.”
Kaina said tourist traffic “is way down” and residents are well prepared “because we’re used to having storms so we’re usually well stocked up at home.”
Regarding the absence of tourists, “I guess everybody is a little afraid,” he said.
The residents are not, he said.
“it’s just preparedness,” Kaina said. “Being out here in the middle of nowhere and having only one way in and out, it just is worry on the back of your mind whether you are going to have enough supplies to make it or not.
“It’s just a way of life – trees go down, we get accidents on the road, landslides … you’re just used to roads being closed and not being able to get out and get supplies.”
He said he’d heard about the rush on big box stores by consumers in urban areas of Hawaii as Lane approached the islands.
“You’ve got a lot of families here and we’re used to this type of lifestyle,” he said. “They say (Kahului) Costco’s line was maybe scores long and I think most of the people in Hana were just out gathering fruits and doing the normal things that they can do (to get ready for the hurricane) … its kind of weird to see that difference but it’s just our normal life, living out here in the bush. Everybody is used to this weather and we’re prepared for it.”
Hasegawa General Store and Hana Ranch Store are open seven days a week, usually 12 hours a day except for major holidays. Kaina and Hasegawa said they had no plans at this time to close their stores because of Hurricane Lane.
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The Washington Post reports:
A 23-year-old Maryland man has been charged with purchasing and distributing fake coronavirus vaccine cards to enrich himself, according to a criminal complaint unsealed in federal court Friday. The man, Amar Salim Shabazz, was allegedly not shy about his scheme, either.
“I SELL PROOF OF VACCINATION CARDS,” he commented under an Instagram post about bars and restaurants requiring guests to show proof of vaccination cards, the criminal complaint said. In his private messages on the app, prosecutors alleged, he told another individual, “I’m gonna be rich.”
Instead of wealth, Shabazz is now facing up to 20 years behind bars on charges of mail fraud and obstruction of justice. Prosecutors accused him of purchasing over 600 fake coronavirus vaccine cards, advertising them on several social media platforms and distributing them through the U.S. mail.
The New York Daily News reports:
A 23-year-old man released from prison in April after doing time for possessing child pornography may have added another dubious achievement to his sick résumé. Shabazz allegedly had procured 600 cards since June and was selling them for up to $75 each through the mail.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection officials seized more than 500 cards being shipped to the suspect’s home in September. Noticing something was awry, Shabazz went online and punched in the search words, “customs inspection packages VACCINATION cards.”
Customs agents replaced the cards with masks and sent the package to Shabazz, who then griped in an Instagram video that he’d been shipped the wrong items. “Look yo,” he said. “I got masks yo.”
He also googled “fake vaccinated cards penalties.”
A man bragged he was “gonna be rich” off fake coronavirus vaccine cards, prosecutors say. Then he got charged. https://t.co/NxkG6ttEoe
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Recently Google has removed 60 gaming apps from its Play Store. Giving this information, Google said that 60 game apps with malware have been removed from the play store after the security firm check-point report. All these apps used to have pornography advertisements, and through this, users were charged for premium service.
Security firm Czech Point said in its report that these apps put pop-up advertisements. These apps also had malware called AdultSwine which was hidden. The gaming app with this malware has been downloaded 3-7 million times. At the same time, the checkpoint said in its report that pop-up ads coming to these apps were not the part of Google.
Malware Users also had fake security app downloads from the gaming apps, through which hackers could easily access your phone and steal your personal information. The apps that have been removed from the Play Store include gaming apps like Paw Puppy Run Subway Surf, Shin Hero Boy Adventure Game, Drawing Lessons Lego Ninjago, Addon Sponge Bob for MCPE.


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ACIBEV promotes Wine in Moderation at the 17th edition of Essência do Vinho
ACIBEV was present at the 17th edition of one of Portugal’s leading consumer wine fair “Essência do Vinho”, in Oporto, to promote two programmes – “Wine in Moderation” and “Responsible Service creates Sustainable Business”.
As part of its commitment to the Wine in Moderation program and the National Alcohol and Health Forum, ACIBEV distributed promotional merchandise, such as pens and notepads that presented the Wine in Moderation guidelines for a moderate and responsible consumption of wine, and handed out over 3’500 brochures containing the new message “Choose| Share | Care” and the guidelines for a low-risk consumption.
From 21 to 24 February, ACIBEV’s social responsibility film, subtitled in English and Portuguese, was continuously displayed to communicate the drinking guidelines and to promote responsible consumption as a cultural/social norm in order to prevent and reduce abuse and alcohol-related harm.
Aiming to educate professionals and raise awareness about the responsibilities involved in the sale of alcoholic beverages, ACIBEV also handed out over 500 flyers and 7 training manuals.
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The purchase is expected to boost Amsterdam-based Five Degrees’ global footprint and will bring additional expertise in securities and loans to Five Degrees’ clients, ultimately offering a more robust digital transformation experience. The integration of Libra into Five Degrees helps the company offer banks a more efficient, less expensive way to replace their outdated core system.
Martijn Hohmann, CEO of Five Degrees, described Libra as “a very strong player” in Iceland’s financial market. He added that the integration of the two companies will help banks “transfer smoothly to ‘digital’ and to benefit from increased flexibility and reduced costs.”
Libra’s 40 employees will work alongside and collaborate with the Five Degrees workforce. The company’s CEO, Thordur Gislason, said that the acquisition enables the company to support clients with new technology, products and services. “Besides,” he added, “it creates opportunities to utilize our knowledge and experience in a larger market. We believe that our future plans have a great fit with the vision and strategy of Five Degrees.”
Founded in 2009, Five Degrees has raised a total of $11.6 million. At FinovateEurope earlier this year, the company showcased Prospery, its digital wealth management solution. Among Five Degrees’ partners are KPMG, Lexis Nexis, and Microsoft. Earlier this year, the company collaborated with BillPro to launch a cross-border banking service.


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Management Plus' Leonard Armato, agent for Shaquille
O'Neal, described a published report that Reebok might be
dropping O'Neal as, "funny, considering he's one of the most
well-known icons in the world," according to Greg Johnson of
the L.A. TIMES. Reebok Dir of PR Dave Fogelson "maintained
that O'Neal is a 'very important' element" in Reebok's
future advertising and marketing." CA-based Taco Bell
"stopped using" O'Neal in its spots earlier this year, and
he "won't appear" in Reebok TV ads slated to run early in
'98. Johnson: "O'Neal's temporary absence from the two
high-profile TV campaigns underscores how companies ... that
foot the bill for lucrative endorsement contracts are trying
to make more effective -- and, they hope, cost-effective --
use of highly paid pitchmen and women." Reebok's Fogelson
"tied O'Neal's on-air absence for the first half of 1998 to
the fact that Reebok products will be pitched on TV by other
basketball stars, including Allen Iverson and Shawn Kemp --
along with WNBA and ABL stars," but Fogelson said that
O'Neal will appear in print ads (L.A. TIMES, 12/18).
Deloitte & Touche's L.A. office will sponsor one of its
staff accountants, Mariel Devesa, as she competes for the
'97 Windsurfing World Championships in Australia beginning
December 24. D&T will provide Devesa, the '97 U.S. Women's
National Windsurfing Champion, with her competition expenses
including transportation and lodging. Devesa's sails will
display the Deloitte & Touche logo (Deloitte & Touche).
HONDA BACKS L.A. MARATHON: For the third year in a row,
American Honda Motor Company will be the presenting sponsor
for the L.A. Marathon. Other sponsors for the March 29
marathon include PacifiCare/Secure Horizons, which will
stage its Senior Walk, and the Southern CA Gas Co., which
sponsors the Carbo Load Dinner, Finish Line Festival and
Entertainment Centers (L.A. Marathon).
ROPE WARRIORS: ME-based Yale Cordage, a manufacturer of
braided rope, has signed a multi-year sponsor deal with
"Young America," the N.Y. Yacht Club America's Cup
Challenge. The deal makes Yale Cordage an Official Sponsor
of the Cup Challenge and is the America's Cup team's
Official Supplier of Cordage (Young America).
RANSOM FOR STUDENT ATHLETES: The National Christian
College Athletic Association (NCCAA) announced El Cajon, CA-
based sports apparel company Ransom Athletic has become a
sponsor of the NCCAA Student Athlete of the Week Award.
Award Winners will now receive a T-shirt from Ransom as well
as a certificate from the NCCAA (NCCAA).
DEALS: Raptors F Walt Williams has signed a one-year
shoe deal with Fila Canada. Williams, who will wear the
Board Breaker sneaker, is Fila Canada's first NBA endorser.
He was wearing Nike (THE DAILY)....Jackie Stewart will
announce today that MCI has joined his team as a major
sponsor of its Stewart-Ford cars (N.Y. TIMES, 12/18)....NY-
based arena supplier IcePro has been named the tile sponsor
of the '98 IcePro AHL All-Star Skills Competition (AHL).
...The financial woes of Nobody Beats the Wiz, which filed
for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on Tuesday, is examined
by Richard Wilner of the N.Y. POST. Wilner writes that "an
expansive and aggressive expansion plan two years ago"
helped cause its financial problems. The chain also "spent
about" $6M a year in ads at MSG (N.Y. POST, 12/18).
ADVERTISING: In AD AGE, Bradley Johnson reports that
the NFL will hold a contest next month to pick the best spot
featuring NFL players or images produced over the past four
decades. Fans will vote over the Internet for a final five;
a panel of players, ad execs and media picks the winner
January 16 (AD AGE, 12/15 issue)....Goodyear Chair & CEO
Samir Gibara said the company will add two blimps in Europe
and one in Latin America "early next year," with plans for
another to serve Asia and Australia "shortly after that,"
bringing Goodyear's total to eight blimps (AKRON BEACON
JOURNAL, 12/18)....Nike "is considering advertising through
skywriting," and asked FL-based Aerial Sign to show what the
swoosh "looks like at 10,000 feet" (SUN-SENTINEL, 12/18).
PRODUCT: NY-based Alphabet City latest CD, "Go Blue!
The Ultimate Michigan Sports CD," is now available in Metro
Detroit for $9.99. Alphabet City is expected to do more
than $10M in sales in '97 (DETROIT NEWS, 12/17)....The NHL
has granted a license to CT-based Spotlight for a "Double-J
Reversible" outerwear garment that has a jersey look on one
side and a nylon pullover feel on the other. The item is in
JCPenney's catalog with distribution set to expand during
the NHL playoffs. Spotlight is led by former Starter exec
Kyle Sanborn (SPORTING GOODS BUSINESS, 12/15 issue).
The AVP announced that FL-based Ocean Waves Sunglasses
has signed an exclusive five-year, seven-figure deal that
will tie up the sunglasses category through 2002. Ocean
Waves' sponsorship will involve network and cable TV
commercials, center court promotions, on-site sales rights,
rotational signage at center court and promos surrounding
its new AVP line of sunglasses, which will include the AVP
name and logo. Ocean Waves will also create a "Stokey" line
of eyewear, named after AVP tour pro Randy Stoklos. Ocean
Waves will also sponsor a player incentive program,
providing cash and product bonuses to players who wear the
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Another Way to Lose Your Shirt in Vegas
Tuesday, July 26, 2005; 10:06 AM
I'm not a big Internet security guy.
I still do a double-take when I hear the noun "exploit" used to describe a weakness in a computer system, and I fight an urge to chuckle like Homer Simpson when I hear the terms " buffer overflow " and " Trojan ."
You might find it unusual, then, that I direct you this morning to read the SecurityFix web log by my colleague Brian Krebs. He understands Internet security and speaks the language of hackers. What he means by " port security " usually isn't what I mean .
Krebs is in Las Vegas this week attending the BlackHat security convention as well as the 13th (ooh, scary!) DefCon gathering of hackers and crackers and the federal law enforcement officers who chase them. It's the Mos Eisley of hackers.
What I found fascinating is the advice he received from kind souls about even being in the greater Las Vegas area:
Former National Security Agency computer security chief Jack Holleran suggested avoiding using the Internet at the DefCon hotel: "Apparently, the 'bad' hackers ... who invariably show up at this conference usually manage to take complete control of the hotel's network."
Here's another comment he got from a reader: "Don't use a personal credit card at the hotel at all, and maybe even within a 100-mile radius. Have fun. ..."
Apparently what happens in Vegas does not always stay in Vegas. Has the Convention and Visitors Authority warned visitors to stick to cashola? Don't bet on it.
Another Security Fix reader, Rick H., went so far as to urge visitors bearing computers to beware of third-party cash machines and to store all their data on a USB drive that they keep on their bodies at all times.
The reason this should prove interesting to the non-geek community is that it's the latest example of your world colliding with the hackers'. By now everybody knows about online identity theft, and more people are touting stories about a victim they know personally.
A recent spate of news stories highlights this blitz into the mainstream, and it's worth quoting a few items here.
The New York Times published an article about an area south of Miami's downtown that could be called the data theft capital of the United States: "In the wireless hacker equivalent of a drive-by shooting wave, criminals obtained the cardholder information of tens of thousands of customers at four major stores there, including a DSW Shoes retail outlet that appears to have been the initial source of a chainwide data breach. Recent investigations reveal that the thieves singled out stores with strong wireless signals and weakly protected data," reporter Eric Dash wrote.


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End-point security vendor SentinelOne will plough the $70m (£56m) it raised from its recent funding round into its EMEA channel business, according to new sales vice president Gareth Green. Green joined...
Cybersecurity provider saw sales rise 41 per cent in last fiscal year
Canalys forecasts that overall security market will grow by 2.5 per cent this year even under a 'worst case scenario'
The cybersecurity vendor’s global partner boss tells CPI how it's incentivising the European channel
CEO says firm is "successfully weathering the COVID-19 storm"
Graeme Hackland opens up on how IT suppliers can win him over
Dell joins host of resellers as direct supplier
“I don't want to wear Union Jack underpants - but our IT industry needs any help it can get," Mike Norris tells CRN as he opens up on Computacenter's international expansion plans


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Diana Shipping sells 2001-built Panamax dry bulk vesselDiana Shipping has signed an agreement for the sale to an undisclosed buyer of the 2001-built Panamax dry bulk vessel 'Oceanis.' The company has separately obtained a charter for its Capesize bulk carrier 'New York' .
Diana Shipping signs time charter contract with NYK LineDiana Shipping Inc. announced that, through a separate wholly-owned subsidiary, it has entered into a time charter contract with Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha, for the MV New Orleans.
Olympic Shipping sells 17-year-old VLCCThe Greek owner of Onassis Foundation-controlled Olympic Shipping sold a 17-year-old VLCC to Asian buyers.
World Shipping Council appoints new Communications DirectorThe World Shipping Council (WSC) is pleased to announce that Ms. Anna Larsson has joined the European-based WSC as its new Director of Communications.
International Chamber of Shipping updates health guidance on COVID-19New health guidance has been published by the International Chamber of Shipping to help the shipping industry tackle the spread of COVID-19, now nine months into the pandemic.
CMA CGM continues operations after cyber attackFrench container shipping company CMA CGM Group announced that after a cyber attack hit its servers on Monday, its maritime and port activities were working normally.
Online naming ceremony held for CMA CGM’s new vesselToday, the 23,000 TEU CMA CGM Jacques Saade, the largest LNG-powered container ship in the world, hosted a first-of-its-kind digital naming ceremony.
Five international organisations comes together for container safetyFive international freight transport and cargo handling organizations have agreed to create new guidance on packaging standards for freight containers and other cargo transport units.
The World Shipping Council reports EU’s ETS plansThe World Shipping Council has expressed serious concerns about global attempts to minimize greenhouse gas emissions if the EU extends its carbon trading scheme to include international shipping.
ABS and Chevron Shipping to launch digital fleet management journeyABS and Chevron Shipping Company LLC took the first step on their pioneering digital fleet management journey with ABS Smart vessel ratings.
Eastern Pacific to reshape its handy fleetOver the last two weeks there has been a strong upturn in the selling and purchase of bulk carrier operations.
HMM to develop marine biofuelsSouth Korean shipping company HMM has signed an MOU with the Korea BioEnergy Association, Hyundai Heavy Industries Co, Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering Co, and the Korean Shipping Registry to produce marine biofuels.
Anarres Shipping launches roro link from Italy to TunisiaThe newly founded shipping company Anarres Shipping, based in Nicosia, is launching a new roro maritime connection this week between the ports of Marina di Carrara in Italy and Sousse in Tunisia.


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New submitter sumit sinha notes recent reports that Tesla may soon be joined again by Fisker in the world of high-end, all-electric car makers. According to a Reuters story, the Fisker Karma in something very close to its previously available form may be offered for sale again sometime soon. Says the article: The "new" Karma that California-based Fisker, acquired by Wanxiang earlier this year, is rushing to finish is based largely on the 2012 model, said the people, who asked not to be identified. Wanxiang's top U.S. executive said in February the Karma would be reintroduced within a year. "It will have to be nearly identical to the 2012 model, or it would need to go through (safety) testing and certification again," a person close to Fisker's suppliers said. "I don’t think they want to put a lot of engineering into it either, as well as probably use up some of the old parts that are in inventory." Close, but not exact,: Fisker does not plan to simply reintroduce the 2012 Karma, a source close to Fisker said. “Not 100 percent identical," the person said. "The new Karma will be different in many key areas. It will have noticeable upgrades." He declined to provide details. Using the 2012 Karma design could present problems given it has older features and technologies. "You're not buying something that's considered 'state of the art' necessarily," the supplier source said. "It's a big hurdle to overcome."
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More than two-thirds (68%) of UK SMEs would consider alternative finance as a way to raise capital, according to a survey by the UK Bond Network.
The poll of 250 mid-market businesses also suggests that exactly half of SMEs see alternative finance as creating new opportunities for funding.
The appetite for alternative finance increases significantly among business with an annual turnover of more than £1.1 million. Among this group 94% of companies say they would consider using the funding route to raise capital.
Awareness of alternative finance as a funding route is also higher among this group. Almost half (42%) of businesses beneath this threshold are unaware of the options available to them – compared to 15% of the higher-revenue interests.
In 2014 peer-to-business finance topped £1 billion for the first time. UK Bond Network CEO and founder Chris Maule told Growth Business the alternative finance space is becoming increasingly important for the “under—serviced” mid-market sector.
>See also: Mind the SME funding gap
“Before it was the smaller companies who were seen as under-serviced and under-funded, but there seems to have been a shift now,” he explained. “Arguably they’re now over-serviced, with lots of alternative financiers concentrating on the smaller transactions.”
This presents an opportunity for firms funding companies “looking for a couple of million pounds,” according to Maule.
“There is an issue with the traditional finance providers such as the big banks. It’s not so much that they are likely to say no, but they are incredibly slow at coming to decisions.”
Many mid-market businesses may have a historic relationship with the UK banks, which can be a double-edged sword when dealing with new applications.
“Often when the banks aren’t in the position to provide funding they are reluctant to say so straight away or manage expectations because they fear damaging that relationship they have,” Maule said.
All of this has seen alternative finance “moving to the mainstream”, according to Maule.
“It’s providing small and medium sized enterprises with new funding options and democratising the business financing landscape. In contrast to banks, alternative finance platforms offer business borrowers fast, flexible and simple access to finance – making them an attractive and increasingly popular choice,” he concluded.
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The parties also co-operate on Nokia modem technology
Nokia has selected Broadcom, a supplier of semiconductors for wired and wireless communications, as a next-generation 3G baseband, radio frequency and mixed signal chipset system supplier for worldwide markets.
According to Nokia, the two parties will co-operate on technology, including Nokia modem technology.
Scott McGregor, president and CEO of Broadcom, said: We are very pleased to have been selected by Nokia as a 3G HSPA supplier leveraging Broadcom’s strengths in mixed signal, multimedia and cellular platform technologies. We look forward to developing great products and continuing to build upon our existing relationship to help Nokia realize their mission of connecting people.
Kai Oistamo, executive vice president for devices at Nokia, said: Today’s announcement with Broadcom is a further example of Nokia’s commitment to our diversified, multi-supplier chipset strategy. This agreement, which targets low cost, high volume markets, demonstrates that we view Broadcom as a reliable supplier to bring the benefits of 3G to Nokia customers around the world.
Earlier in December 2008, Samsung electronics has selected Broadcom’s Blu-ray Chipset System to Power Blu-ray Products in Its 2009 Lineup.


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- Z Energy said it was made aware of a vulnerability in its system in November 2017.
- The breach comes to light just months after Australia's new data breach notification laws came into effect
New Zealand-based fuel supplier Z Energy has revealed it suffered a security breach last year that compromised customer data in its Z Card Online database. The Z Card allows customers, mostly vehicle business fleets, to manage their fuel accounts online.
The company said it was presented with evidence this week that the database was accessed by a third party in November 2017.
Types of data compromised
The database contained customer data such as names, addresses, registration numbers, vehicle types and credit limits with the company. However, it did not include bank details, pin numbers or related financial data that would endanger customers' finances, the firm noted.
"This system enables the customer to manage their fleet directly rather than through requests to a call centre, e.g. change of cost centre for a vehicle within a large fleet," Z said in a statement.
Z Energy said it was made aware of a potential vulnerability in its Z card system last November. However, its internal IT department and "external cybersecurity experts" did not find evidence of any data breaches at the time. Z Energy added that it "took steps at the time to improve the security of the system."
The company, which operates in both New Zealand and Australia, did not specify how many customers were impacted by the breach or provide details on how the breach occurred. The system in question was closed on 15 December, 2017, and is no longer in operation, it noted.
"Z takes its data privacy responsibility and threats to cyber security very seriously and is taking steps to ensure the company learns from this incident," the firm said.
Report that breach
The breach has also come to light just months after new laws in Australia require companies to report data breaches. According to a recent report by the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC), 63 data breaches were reported in the first six weeks of the country's new Notifiable Data breach scheme since the law went into effect on February 22.


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Tysons Corner was largely undeveloped Virginia farmland until the 1960s, and did not become a major employment center until defense contractors set up shop there in the mid-1980s. Soon after, development exploded and the area boasted some of the fastest growth in the region. Now, Tysons Corner is one of the largest suburban centers in the country and one of the most popular addresses in the region. The area is expected to blossom further with the arrival of Metrorail's Silver Line and the high occupancy toll (HOT)
September 21, 2008
A Sept. 7 Close to Home commentary, "A Green Makeover for Tysons Corner," extolled the potential benefits of the giant redevelopment being planned for Tysons Corner. Besides the benefits, the complications should be mentioned. The proposal would mean accommodating at least 100,000 more workers and 85,000 more residents in Tysons Corner. A large percentage of these people would not both live and work in Tysons, so traffic would get worse. Many road improvements would be needed to handle the additional traffic, and...
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With no Zip code of its own, Tysons Corner has long struggled to define its sense of place, despite success as a major shopping and employment hub. It isn't an official city and residents and businesses there have traditionally had mailing addresses in McLean, Falls Church or Vienna. Until now. Fairfax County received approval this week from the U.S. Postal Service for the use of Tysons Corner or Tysons as an official address. It can be used in the 22102 and 22182 Zip codes of McLean and Vienna, which make up the majority of...
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A Michigan man has been arrested in connection with a smash-and-grab theft last week in Tysons Corner, the Fairfax County police said. The theft came a day after a $200,000 smash-and-grab in Atlantic City, according to news accounts. Such incidents, in which display cases are smashed open and the contents seized, are becoming increasingly common from New Jersey to Atlanta, according to a jewelry industry spokesman quoted on Forbes.com. Coincidentally, the Tysons theft occurred the day of a court appearance by a man...
June 7, 2008
The May 29 front-page story "Plan to Remake Tysons Corner Envisions Dense Urban Center" portrayed a future urban utopia and cited Clarendon to show that nearby communities often fear density but like the results. I'd cite Crystal City as an urban disaster. And, having grown up near New York City, I know that density can be overwhelming. The problem with Tysons Corner's future is the unknowns. With Metrorail already strained, how will an additional line succeed? If Metro doesn't draw people from their cars, won't that doom...
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Wal-Mart plans to open a store in Tysons Corner on the site of the former Moore Cadillac dealership as part of a mixed-use development that will probably be one of the first to accompany Metrorail's arrival to the area . The 79,000-square-foot store would join new offices, a gym, parking lots and other stores as part of a project by developer JBG Cos. on Leesburg Pike between Ashgrove Lane and Westwood Center Drive. JBG and Wal-Mart are in final negotiations on a lease agreement, company officials said.


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İrem UZUN -TDO- (18.02.2020)- British consumers will face higher prices and limited ranges of goods in the event of a return to customs controls after the Brexit transition period, an industry body warned on Monday. The British Retail Consortium (BRC) issued the gloomy warning in a report entitled “A Fair Deal for Consumers: EU Trade Road Map”, which outlined its priorities for London’s trade talks with Brussels.
Next month will see the formal launch of negotiations on a new relationship after Britain left the EU at the end of January. Britain was able to import and export goods seamlessly during its membership of the EU’s customs union and single market, however the UK government said last week that border controls will be needed to ensure the right customs and excise duties are collected and borders are kept secure after the 11-month transition period ends on December 31st. The BRC highlighted that almost 80% of all food imported by British retailers comes from the EU. And the lion’s share of those imports pass through Dover and Folkestone - Britain’s biggest ports - on about 7,000 lorries every day. London says it will be leaving the EU’s single market and customs union, which now facilitate seamless cross-border trade.
BRC said that without practical agreements with the EU, companies could be required to produce a mountain of paperwork at border crossings – VAT sales tax and excise documents, freight documents, health and veterinary paperwork, export health certificates, exit and entry summary declarations, and safety and security permits. “Higher tariffs and extensive checks will harm consumers, retailers, and the UK economy. The government must set about to negotiate a zero-tariff agreement that minimizes checks and red tape otherwise it will be consumers who suffer as a result," said BRC chief executive Helen Dickinson.


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"If it ain't broke, don't fix it," the old adage goes. Flowers Foods Inc., which debuted on the IndustryWeek 50 Best Manufacturing Companies list in 2010, is a classic example of that adage in action.
The Thomasville, Ga.-based producer of packaged bakery goods, which serves retail and foodservice customers in the Southeast, Southwest and mid-Atlantic regions of the United States, has become a model of consistency by staying true to its core business principles: driving sales and profitability through innovation, acquisitions, strong brands and operational efficiency.
"Our operating strategies are right and our business model is sound," declared Chairman and CEO George Deese and President Allen Shiver in the company's 2009 annual report. "Flowers Foods has staying power because we have invested in bakeries, products, brands, technology, distribution systems and our team."
The company "exited 2009 better positioned than we entered it," Deese and Shiver noted in the annual report. In fiscal year 2009, Flowers Foods posted revenues of $2.6 billion, a 7.7% increase over 2008; net income of $130.3 million, a 9.3% increase over 2008; and earnings per share of $1.41, up from $1.28 in 2008.
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"It's a little bit sweeter and a little bit softer than our 100% whole-wheat bread, and I think consumers are attracted to the 12 grams per serving of whole grain and the 2 grams per serving of dietary fiber," Shiver tells IndustryWeek.
Through acquisitions in recent years -- including two in 2009 -- Flowers Foods has extended its sales territory, entered new product categories and added production capacity near expanding markets. The company estimates that the eight acquisitions made from 2004 through 2009 have added 50.3 million people and $94 million in annual sales to its direct-store-delivery (DSD) territory. (DSD sales accounted for $2.14 billion of the company's overall revenues in 2009.)
Most recently, Flowers acquired Fort Worth, Texas-based Leo's Foods Inc., which makes tortillas and tortilla chips for foodservice and institutional customers. Flowers hopes the acquisition, which took place in October 2009, will help the company build on its 2.4% share of tortilla sales in the IRI South market. (By comparison, Flowers is the South market-share leader in the soft variety bread category, at 43% of the market).
Aiming to be the most efficient, low-cost producer of bakery goods is another of Flowers' longtime strategies. In 2009, Flowers opened a $52 million, 197,000-square-foot bakery in Bardstown, Ky., which boasts a high-speed bread line and bun line. The bun line features the largest single dough divider line in the country and can produce up to 1,200 buns per minute, according to the company.
"We're one of the few bakers that are investing significant capital back into the business and building new greenfield plants," Shiver asserts.
In addition to "sophisticated energy-monitoring systems" and a cross-trained workforce, the Bardstown facility boosts efficiency in another key way, Shiver adds. By locating production closer to customers in Kentucky, Ohio, Indiana and other nearby states, the plant will save Flowers approximately 2 million transportation miles annually compared with Flowers facilities that previously served those markets.


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LOS ANGELES, CA – November 3, 2017 – The Asian American Advertising Federation (3AF) recently hosted a first of its kind media roundtable with Asian media executives to discuss synergies, collaboration and how to showcase and promote the importance of the Asian American consumer to marketers. The meeting was sponsored by AARP.
The 3AF’s mission is to advance the Asian American marketing and advertising industry for Asian American consumers through education, advocacy, promotion, and increased collaboration of all industry stakeholders, including but not limited to marketers, agencies, research partners and media. Additionally, 3AF seeks to promote and encourage high standards of conduct and ethics among our members and our industry. In keeping with its mission, the 3AF invited leaders from more than 20 organizations to the event. The goal of the meeting was to gain better insight into the perspectives and needs of various media organizations pertaining to advertising, marketing and editorial space for the Asian American demographic and to show the 3AF’s commitment to its industry partners.
3AF President Jay Kim, said, “Asian Americans are the fastest growing consumer segment, yet only a few savvy marketers are aware of the value and benefits of marketing to us. As the leading non-profit organization in the industry, the 3AF wanted to gather our agency and key media partners together and take a proactive stance. This is our community. This is our consumer. Asian media is the conduit to both.”
Media attendees included representatives from Apple Daily; Asian American Media Services; Crossings TV; The Filipino Channel/ABS-CBN; GMA; Indiacast; Inquirer.net; iTalk BB Media; The Korea Daily; KTSF; MBC; Nichi Bei Weekly; Prime Image Media Group; Saavn; Skylink TV and Viet TV. Agency attendees were from AAAZA; TDW+Co., Rezonate/interTrend and Admerasia.
The Asian American Advertising Federation (3AF) is a national trade organization comprised of Asian American advertising agencies, Asian market advertisers, Asian media companies and other industry specialists. Its mission is to grow the Asian American advertising and marketing industry, raise public awareness of the importance of the Asian American community and further professionalism in the industry. The 3AF Asian Marketing Summit is held annually. More information about the 3AF is available at www.www.3af.org.


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Ecommerce companies Amazon, Flipkart, Swiggy and Zomato, among others, have begun offering insurance cover and income protection plans for their delivery workforce, amid the Covid-19 pandemic.
For the delivery workers of ecommerce stores, the nature of their duties leaves them more prone to contracting the virus. The ecommerce companies realise the potency of the risks associated with the delivery of goods and services and have made arrangements to safeguard their delivery workforce against a possible loss of revenue.
Both Flipkart and Amazon have insured their employees under the Employee State Insurance Scheme (ESIC).
Flipkart offers a term-life cover of INR 3 lakh for contract employees, apart from the medical and accident cover of up to INR 3 lakh and INR 5 lakh respectively. Additionally, the company has committed to providing a Covid-19 lumpsum cover of up to INR 50,000 to employees who test positive for the virus.
Amazon has launched a $25 Mn Amazon Relief Fund, to be utilised by those who are part of Amazon’s Delivery Service Partner Program, said the spokesperson. The company is also looking to provide a two-week paid leave for its employees and contract workers who test positive for the virus.
Popular online food delivery companies Zomato and Swiggy have also been offering delivery executives and employees covid-19 insurance.
A Zomato spokesperson told Mint, “We have 4,000 employees and about 2 lakh delivery partners. All our on-roll employees are covered for Covid-19 under the plan which is designed in partnership with ICICI Lombard General Insurance Co. Ltd. Through our Delivery Partner Insurance Plan in partnership with Acko General Insurance Ltd, we provide accidental and medical insurance to our delivery partners. Additionally, we also cover lost earnings in case they are infected by Covid-19.”
Similar arrangements have also been made by online grocery store BigBasket, which has insured its frontline delivery workers and on-roll employees.
The move by ecommerce firms comes at a time when Covid-19 cases continue to surge in India, recently hitting the 10 lakh or 1 Mn cases mark. As of today (July 20), there are 1.12 Mn cases of coronavirus in India, of which, 700,000 have recovered while there have been 27,947 deaths. India is the third-worst pandemic affected country, behind Brazil and the US.
While ecommerce firms witnessed a loss in demand during the coronavirus-induced lockdown, since only the delivery of essential products was permitted, they’ve lately witnessed a spike in deliveries due to what many are calling ‘pent-up’ demand.
In June, the Indian ecommerce sector had recovered 90% of its pre-lockdown volume according to SaaS e-commerce platform Unicommerce. While the recovery has largely been led by electronic products, the fashion sector has also recovered 70% of its pre-lockdown volume of sales.


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Singtel satellite unit worth $2 billion, says Nomura
S ingapo re Telecommunications Ltd. (ST), southeast Asia's largest phone company, said it was reviewing its Optus Satellite unit in Australia, which Nomura Holdings Inc. said may be worth A$2 billion ($2 billion) if sold. SingTel, as the carrier is known, hired Credit Suisse Group AG and Morgan Stanley as advisers, the Singapore-based company said in a regulatory statement. The business had revenue of A$319 million last financial year, it said. Typical operating margins at satellite telecommunications companies are 80 percent of sales, and the carriers are typically valued at six times to eight times earnings, said Sachin Gupta, an analyst at Nomura in Singapore. That would put a price tag of as much A$2.04 billion on the Optus business based on its sales, he said. "It's one of their more profitable businesses," Gupta said by phone today.


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On July 14, a new documentary series called “Victoria’s Secret: Angels and Demons” debuted on Hulu, chronicling the darker side of the lingerie brand’s history. Highlights include the effect its hypersexual marketing have had on society and the relationship between Les Wexner, the former head of former Victoria’s Secret parent company L Brands, and Jeffrey Epstein.
The documentary comes at a time when Victoria’s Secret is attempting to rebrand. Its recent campaigns have pulled in celebrity ambassadors outside of its traditional thin, white milieu. The VS Collective — a more inclusive take on the Victoria’s Secret Angels — includes soccer player Megan Rapinoe and Priyanka Chopra. Still, Victoria’s Secret faced layoffs in mid-July that sent its stock prices tumbling.
While Victoria’s Secret is still the No. 1 women’s underwear brand, in terms of market share, there’s undoubtedly room for competitors like Aerie, ThirdLove, Skims, Parade and Lively to grow. Those brands are looking at the missteps that Victoria’s Secret made along the way and intentionally charting a different path toward capturing some of the giant’s sales.
A November 2021 Glossy case study lays out the ways in which Victoria’s Secret’s dominance has slipped. Operating incomes for the brand precipitously fell throughout the 2010s and into the pandemic years. 2019 was a particular turning point for Victoria’s Secret, when it lost $720 million. It has since struggled to recover. Search volume fell, as well, while searches for competitors like Aerie went up in turn.
“Victoria’s Secret isn’t too big to fail,” said Cami Tellez, founder and CEO of the DTC underwear brand Parade. “The era of behemoth brands that push a single aesthetic is long gone. With the fall of Victoria’s Secret, there’s ample runway for brands to come in and stake their claim.”
Parade has swiftly become a competitor in the intimates market within two years of its founding. Its focus is on a different audience; the majority of Parade’s 200,000 customers are Gen Z and one in 20 of them identifies as non-binary.
According to Ranjan Roy, vp of strategy at the intimates brand Adore Me, the biggest mistake Victoria’s Secret has made is focusing on surface-level marketing without any substantive changes to product or design to bring back lapsed customers.
“They’ve spent a lot of money bringing in big names in these very vague ways,” Roy said. “They haven’t really made it clear what they’re doing differently. They brought in Megan Rapinoe as an ambassador, but then she hasn’t said or done anything with the brand since October of last year.”
In contrast, Roy said Adore Me’s approach to size inclusivity focused on business fundamentals first. For example, Adore Me spent years working on an in-house inventory management system to manage the ratio of larger sizes to core sizes. Once that was in place, marketing efforts were centered on making sure those sizes were visible to customers when shopping rather than putting up a billboard or self-congratulatory campaign.
Adore Me offers nearly 70 different bra sizes and bottoms that go up to size 4XL. In contrast, Victoria’s Secret has spent most of its time on communicating that the brand is more inclusive, yet has not offered anything over an XL until this year. Now the brands sizes range from XS to XXL. Victoria’s Secret did not respond to request for comment on whether its size range would expand further.
A third of Adore Me’s revenue comes from the extended-size products, without the brand putting much emphasis on these sizes in marketing, Roy said. Adore Me makes more than $200 million a year.
“An important point is that, in intimate apparel, lead times are really long,” Roy said. “So when VS Collective launched, unless they had already been working on more inclusive product two years beforehand, it will be a while before the actual product catches up with the marketing.”
Roy said Old Navy’s Bodequality program is a good example of why the marketing-first approach isn’t ideal. The company made a big splash with its zealous promise that inclusive sizing would be available at every store and for every product, for similar prices. But just a year later, it became clear that Old Navy hadn’t worked out crucial kinks like how much inventory it would need to distribute to stores. That led to a very public backing down from its original promise, which Roy said is harmful to inclusive efforts across the industry.
“Big failures like that aren’t good because it might discourage others from trying to be more inclusive,” he said. “You have to be an inclusive brand first before your audience will start to think of you as an inclusive brand. Early on, we started using inclusive models and we made sure the extended sizing was in always in stock. That helped us build the audience we have.”


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The article lets the users get an approximate value about the number of wheels and answers the question How Many Wheels Are There In The World Estimate.
The users in the social media were a part of the poll that was conducted whether there are more doors or wheels. The question was intended to be taken as fun, but it turned out to be a viral debate, and this divided the users of Australia, Ireland, Canada, and the United States.
The poll was shared by a New Zealand native, Ryan Nixon, about the number of doors in the world, and now that emerged, a new question is How Many Wheels Are There In The World Estimate. People have been guessing about this question and bringing new updates every day since the poll’s release.
Why is there a buzz about the news?
The news kept trending as Ryan launched the poll, and now it has received over 220k answers and 16k enjoys on the creative tweet. There were 223,347 votes received, out of which around 46.4% of persons chose doors while the others chose wheels. The online tweet went viral on March 5th, and since then, there has been an online buzz created on social media. So the question How Many Wheels Are There In The World Estimate is challenging to answer.
Essential features in the news
- The debate between wheels and doors is buzzing on social media, and out of that, the majority of the users are on the Team Wheels side.
- There are around two billion toy cars produced every year, so we get an approximate value of three billion wheels only from toy cars, bikes and hot wheels.
- People in the United Kingdom are going frenzy with the number of polls and seeing huge involvement of the users worldwide.
People’s views about How Many Wheels Are There In The World Estimate.
People worldwide are very excited, and they are continuously keeping their eyes on the polls and seeing which side wins. There are many opinions of the users according to their viewpoint. People have their perspectives and points.
For example, one user said that wheels are on almost everything starting from door handles to car wheels. Another user said that there are more houses than cars and all have doors in them. So that count would be more.
The arguments have been going the same way, and the question of How Many Wheels Are There In The World Estimate is on-trend. People are going gaga over the debate and actively participate in the debate and answer the question. The users can read the discussion here and know the details relating to the poll.
Whatever the answer to this ongoing debate, we can say that the users are enjoying the debate and are trying to participate in the poll actively. We can also say that people should actively hold these kinds of polls to get involved in this type of discussion, as it helps to get rid of boredom. How Many Wheels Are There In The World Estimate is rather interesting to answer.
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The launch of 3 Android smartphones by Nokia with Android Open Source Project has surprised everybody. This may hurt Google and Microsoft too as the company will have to loosen the supremacy of Windows phone. The Finnish company did the smart move by not relying fully on the Google, providing the experience of Windows and Google services at the affordable prices that surely give tough competition to the rivalries. The Asha series is not been successful to catch the attention due to the popularity of Android devices. This time Nokia has built on their own code and launched the new Android family, Nokia X to replace the Asha series and increase their market share.
In the Nokia X family, there are three phones which are not the cheapest available in the market but surely do the job. Stephen Elop, the Chief Executive of Nokia, considers Vietnam, Russia and Indonesia as a growing market and believes Nokia X will do much better than Asha smartphones in these markets. It is a nice strategy to grow the user interest in Windows phone without bringing a huge change in the user experience.
It can not be denied that the Android adoption rate around the world is increasing at a very stunning rate. People will definitely buy their devices when they knew that their Android application are compatible with Nokia X. Nokia was once the market leader because of providing quality devices and this is the best time to cash the perception.


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Kobe Bryant is now two seasons removed from last stepping foot on the court for the Los Angeles Lakers, but Nike continues ahead with his signature shoe line. Within the past year, new models of the Nike Kobe A.D., Kobe Protro 1 and Nike Kobe AD NXT have all been released.
The Kobe A.D. was essentially a de facto 12th signature shoe for Bryant. Nike did away with the numerals to make note of Bryant entering a new phase of his life — retirement. Meanwhile, the Protro line is theirs and Bryant’s take on a retro sneaker.
Rather than simply bring back previous iterations from his signature line, Bryant wanted to outfit and upgrade them with technology that matches what’s available in contemporary shoes.
As for the Kobe A.D. line, a new model appears to be on the horizon. San Antonio Spurs guard DeMar DeRozan unveiled a pair that the Drew League suggested will release on Nike’s Kobe Day (Aug. 24), which Kyle Kuzma is looking forward to:
Good lord!!!!🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 can’t wait to rock these on the court🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 https://t.co/GyPNsdPWD3
— kuz (@kylekuzma) August 12, 2018
Nike has yet to release any official details on the shoe. Pictures present a silhouette that has a bit of a blended look, comprised of a mesh upper and an updated take on the traditional lacing.
That Kuzma is looking forward to the new sneaker is hardly a surprise. He regularly wore Bryant’s various models throughout the season and was included in the marketing campaign for the Nike Kobe 1 Protro ‘Final Seconds.’