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Technicolor Acquires Cisco STB Business
PARISAND SAN JOSE, CALIF.—After years of wrangling with investors about the future of its set top business, Cisco has announced that it is selling the division to Technicolor for $600 million in stock and cash. The deal will make Paris-based Technicolor one of the world’s largest providers of set-top boxes (also referred to as “gateways” or “customer premises equipment”), with a market share of 15 percent.
Under the terms of the agreement, upon the closing of the transaction, Cisco will receive approximately €413 million ($450 million) in cash and approximately €137 million ($150 million) in newly issued Technicolor shares, subject to certain adjustments provided for in the agreement. The deal is expected to close by the end of the year or by the first quarter of 2016.
With this acquisition, Technicolor will be shipping more than 60 million devices annually, with an installed base of 290 million set-top boxes and 185 million gateways in more than 100 countries. It is expected to generate €3 billion (approx. $3.3 billion) of pro-forma revenues in 2014, doubling Technicolor’s revenues in the Connected Home segment. Technicolor and Cisco will form a “strategic partnership” to develop and deliver new devices that will extend the two company’s platforms into additional communications devices based on IoT (Internet of Things) technology.
“The strategic relevance of video to every consumer, business, city and country around the world is only growing, and the market is moving rapidly," said John Chambers, Chairman and CEO of Cisco. “This is the right time and we have the right company in Technicolor to drive the future of the CPE business to deliver what our customers and partners need, today and into the future. At Cisco, we are prioritizing our investments to deliver on our strategy of video in the cloud, and will partner with Technicolor to position the CPE business and employees for future success.”
Technicolor’s acquisition is the latest move in an industry that has seen new entrants come and go in recent years. The market has experienced a decrease in set-top box shipments amid growing interest in cord cutting and OTT services such as Apple TV and Roku, as well as a decline in pay-TV subscriptions worldwide. Ten years ago, Cisco entered the business with the acquisition of Scientific-Atlanta, but in recent years, investors and others have complained that the division was not a good fit with Cisco's core business. Three years ago, Google acquired Motorola’s set-top box business after buying Motorola Mobility Holdings. Shortly thereafter, it sold off the STB division to ARRIS Group for $2.35 billion. In May, ARRIS Group acquired European set-top box maker Pace for $2.1 billion, making it the largest provider of pay-TV boxes in the world.
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CINCINNATI — Kroger stores in Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky will begin selling the heroin overdose antidote Narcan without a prescription on Monday, the company announced.
Friday's announcement covers 84 pharmacies in southwest Ohio and 16 pharmacies in Northern Kentucky in the Cincinnati/Dayton division.
Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine and U.S. Sen. Rob Portman attended the announcement at the Oakley Kroger Marketplace and showed their support. So did a shopper, Patrice Foster. She said she recognizes the need.
"As long as they're offering them help, with the epidemic we have in Cincinnati, I think that's all right." Foster said. "As long as they got an option to get off what they're on, it's all right for me."
Portman agreed that it's not enough to just provide Narcan - that family members and friends have to deliver a message to loved ones hooked on heroin.
"If you have to apply this, be darn sure you're also applying a message, which is, 'Please go to treatment. Get into recovery. Please don't go through this again,'" Portman said.
Timely use of Narcan (Naloxone) reverses the effects of opiate overdoses. An $80 kit contains two doses of nasal spray.
Purchasers will go through a consultation and an eight-step education checklist before receiving the drug.
Kroger also announced it will begin non-prescription sales Wednesday at 112 pharmacies in its Columbus division, one pharmacy in its Central division and three pharmacies in its Mid-Atlantic division. In total, 216 Kroger pharmacies across Ohio will dispense Narcan without a prescription, the company said.
CVS announced earlier this month it would make Narcan available without a prescription at all of its pharmacies in Ohio beginning next month.
Only 27 pharmacies out of the 2,132 in the state currently sell Narcan over the counter without a prescription, according to the list compiled by the Ohio Board of Pharmacy. That's partly due to the state requirement that pharmacies develop protocol and training for all of their pharmacists and then have a doctor sign off on the protocol.
There is no such requirement for pharmacies selling Narcan with a prescription.
“Unfortunately, Ohio and Kentucky rank in the top five when it comes to the highest overdose death rate according to the Centers for Disease Control. Kroger wants to help reverse this horrible statistic,” said Jeff Talbot, Kroger vice president, Cincinnati/Dayton division. “We want families dealing with addiction to know that they can count on having this drug available in the event that they need it.”
“Kroger pharmacies will be helping to make a life-saving tool available to those who have a family member or someone close to them who suffers from an opiate addiction,” said DeWine. “While many of our first responders carry Naloxone, having it available on a wider basis will no doubt help save lives."
Kroger said it has been working with Dr. Shawn Ryan, University of Cincinnati Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine, in developing a protocol and processes for dispensing Narcan without a prescription in Ohio.
“It’s critical that pharmacists be able to educate families and friends of loved ones suffering from addiction on how to handle and administer Naloxone if needed," Ryan said. "I highly commend Kroger for taking this step to help with the opiate addiction crisis.
“This marks an important step in our fight to combat addiction and we all need to continue to work for a bottom-up, comprehensive approach to the heroin epidemic," Portman added.
Narcan is routinely carried by police, fire and rescue crews, which use it thousands of times a year in Ohio to revive overdose victims.
Kroger, based in Cincinnati, has 2,774 supermarkets and multi-department stores in 35 states and the District of Columbia.

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Dec 04, 2017
Samsung Galaxy A8 (2018) Plus images leak on Chinese social media website Weibo; teases a dual-selfie cameraThe first of the two images give us a clear look at the top of the Galaxy A8 Plus which shows the use of Samsung's Infinity display panel on the smartphone.
Nov 23, 2017
Samsung Galaxy A5 (2018) renders pop up online; show Infinity Display along with the Bixby buttonThe renders show that the Galaxy A5 is expected to come with Samsung's trademark Infinity display along with 18:9 aspect ratio.
Nov 13, 2017
Samsung Galaxy A5 (2018) spotted on FCC listing; to come with 5.5-inch 18:9 ratio display and Exynos 7885 SoCSamsung Galaxy A5 2018 listed on the FCC website bears a model number A530N and is expected to come with a 5.5-inch 1080x2160 pixel, 18:9 ratio display.
Nov 11, 2017
Samsung Galaxy A7 (2018) gets FCC certification, which could indicate a January 2018 launchThe upcoming device is expected to be powered by Samsung’s Exynos 7885, which comprises of six Cortex A53 cores paired with two Cortex A73 cores
May 15, 2017
Samsung Galaxy A5 (2017) review: A well-built phone that lives or dies by Samsung PayThe Samsung Galaxy A5 falls in the budget flagship segment and comes with a nice assortment of features that help it stand apart.
Mar 06, 2017
Samsung Galaxy A5 and A7 2017 first impressions: Mid-range smartphones with something specialAfter using the 2017 Samsung Galaxy A5 and A7 for a short while, it seems that Samsung does have a few tricks up its sleeves that should help them stand out from the sea of budget and mid-range devices.
Mar 06, 2017
Samsung Galaxy A5 and A7 2017 with 4G VoLTE support launched; prices start from Rs 28,990The highlights of the 2017 Galaxy A series is the new design, the IP 68 dust and water resistance rating and the Always on Display feature.
Feb 20, 2017
Samsung Galaxy A (2017) Series to launch in India soon, includes updated A3, A5 and A7 modelsThe Samsung Galaxy A (2017) series is said to be heading to India in the coming weeks.
Jan 02, 2017
Samsung launches Galaxy A7, A5, A3 (2017) series smartphones with USB Type-CSamsung has decided to concentrate to the reputable Galaxy A series after the disastrous last year with the premium Samsung Galaxy Note series.
Dec 29, 2016
Samsung likely to launch Galaxy A series smartphones during CES 2017 as new renders surfaceThe smartphone company is working on trying to rebuild trust after the forgettable Samsung Galaxy Note 7 fiasco earlier this year.


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TiBO deploys Verimatrix Multi-DRM in Albania
Feb 24, 2020 – Verimatrix, (Paris:VMX) has announced that Albania’s largest IPTV and OTT service provider TiBO has deployed Verimatrix Multi-DRM via the Verimatrix Secure Cloud to protect premium content that extends beyond traditional television.
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UPC Hungary selects Agama’s video assurance platform
Jun 5, 2018 – Agama has announced that UPC Hungary has selected its video assurance platform to ensure top quality for its video services. By implementing the Agama assurance platform, UPC achieves full operational transparency in real-time.
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EU agrees portability rules for online subscriptions
Feb 7, 2017 – Europeans will soon be able to fully use their online subscriptions to films, sports events, e-books, video games or music services when travelling within the EU, according to an agreement reached by negotiators of the European Parliament, the Member States and the European Commission.
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Ken Segall, a former Apple employee who worked for the company for more than a decade during the Steve Jobs era, reveals what he thinks Apple needs to do to progress in the future.
Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak has said that he is confident that Apple will launch new products that will "surprise and shock us all," and help boost the company's "disappointing" share price higher than the 16-month low it fell to last week.
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VAN BUREN TOWNSHIP, MI – By 2009, Visteon Corp.’s largest regional presence will be in Asia/Pacific as the supplier seeks to grow its business in low-cost countries, a top executive says.
The former Ford Motor Co. parts division sees the region as an area of growth for its products, as well as an opportunity to diversify its customer base, says John Kill, senior vice president and president-North America customer group and global advanced product development.
“By 2009, when you look at our business on an unconsolidated basis, which would include our joint ventures, 40% will be in Asia/Pacific, 26% in North America and the rest in Europe,” Kill tells Ward’s.
“So we’re going from a very North America-centric company focused on one customer, to having an extremely diverse customer base,” he says.
In 2005, Visteon established its China Technical Center in Shanghai’s CaoHeJing High Technology Park. The CTC includes an engineering and administration building and adjacent testing and development facility.
Many of the supplier’s recent innovations originated from CTC, Kill says, adding the center also allows for closer collaboration with Chinese auto makers.
Developing and producing new products in low-cost countries has allowed Visteon to keep its research and development budget in check and reduce costs, Kill says.
“But that’s not the only answer,” he says. “We do well leveraging our global resources.”
In addition to China, Visteon has manufacturing facilities, engineering centers and business offices in India, Japan, Korea and Thailand.
Kill says in order for Visteon to remain competitive as a global automotive supplier, it’s crucial that it maintains a diverse product portfolio.
“Our product lines are balanced very well,” he says. “Roughly a third is electronics, a third climate controls and a third interiors. Balance is something that is critical to us to make sure we’re not focused on one customer in one particular area.”
New technologies also are essential to Visteon’s future success.
“One of the metrics we use on a regular basis is looking at how much of (our) new business wins are associated with products and technologies that have been developed over the last 24 months, “ Kill says. “Last year, we had over $1 billion in new business, and 43% of that (was for) technologies and products that were developed recently.” Human-machine interface is a particularly important area for Visteon, Kill says.
“We’ve been staffing certain areas and increasing our capability in HMI,” he says. “It’s not an area of expertise that’s easily developed or easily found. We’re seeing a real pull (for HMI) from our OEM customers right now. They’re starting to recognize they don’t necessarily have all the expertise they need.”
One of the supplier’s advanced HMI concepts is a “haptic” touch screen, which mimics the touch and feel of conventional mechanical buttons. Haptics refers to technology that interfaces with the user via the sense of touch by applying forces, vibrations and/or motions to the user.
“Part of what we’re looking at in haptics is to have an intuitive feel, so the driver really doesn’t have to look down,” Kill says. “Through his sense of feel, he can determine what function is changing or what action he’s taking without taking his eyes of the road.”


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Fermented okara touted as “healthier and more flavorful meat alternative” by Lithuanian researchers
17 Sep 2021 --- A team of researchers from Kaunas University of Technology (KTU), Lithuania, and the University of Helsinki in Finland have proposed “an extremely nutritious meat analog” using fermented okara (soy press cake). The researchers say their findings could lead to a product with less salt and saturated fats and more flavor than real meat.
Although fermented foods are rich in nutrients and fermentation can produce ingredients that improve smell and taste, the researchers from KTU Food Institute were among the few who relied on this process in meat analog production.
“Meat analogs are the future food. Both business and science will have to reconsider the effect of using secondary raw materials, and it will benefit all the parties by reducing costs and saving resources. Science is the key to an efficient shift,” says one of the authors of the study, Dr. Alvija Šalaševičienė, the director of KTU Food Institute.
Using okara as a new component
The researchers produced meat analogs by adding fermented okara, the by-product of soy milk production, to the plant-based matrices.
Okara samples were fermented by applying probiotics L. plantarum P1 and L. acidophilus 308 strains. The products containing different amounts of fermented okara modeled under different conditions were then evaluated.
The study concluded that the use of fermentation makes okara a suitable component for meat analogs. According to the sensory and nutritional analysis, the optimum condition for producing meat analogs was applying 6% okara in the matrices fermented by L. plantarum P1, when the matrices and okara are maturated at 4 °C for two hours.
“The meat industry has deep-rooted traditions, and people possess a clear expectation of how a pork or beef burger, chicken sausage or other meat product should look, smell, taste and feel like. When modeling a meat analog, we need to identify what we are developing and what qualities it should have,” explains Šalaševičienė.
Fermented okara-based meat analog is “healthier”
Meat analogs with fermented okara have more free amino acids, which diminish the antinutritional factors, therefore, are more easily digested than meat.
Furthermore, the meat analogs modeled at KTU laboratories contain less saturated fat but the same amount of protein – about 14 to 18% depending on different recipe variations.
“Non-hydrogenated oils containing only small amounts of saturated fat were used while developing our products. Thanks to the small amount of fat, we created characteristic flavors by using only 1% of salt. Among the eleven ingredients used in our product are only natural spices, pigments and aromatic compounds, and no preservatives,” says Dr. Gitana Alenčikienė, senior researcher at KTU Food Institute, a co-author of the study.
Food from waste?
Currently, there are no commercialized meat analog products with okara. However, the researchers are convinced that, as organic waste recycling is becoming more relevant in today’s world, their modeled meat analog will find its way to the market.
A meat analog with fermented okara is one of many products created by the researchers of KTU Food Institute. Recently, their pea-based meat analogue won the local innovation fair.
“Both meat analogs are nutritionally valuable: our product with fermented okara is more easily digested, and the pea-based meat analog is enriched with iron, which is very important for the normal functioning of the human organism. While creating our products, we aim to solve at least one nutritional problem – be it calorie control, lack of fiber or iron, or sluggish digestion process,” explains Aelita Zabulionė, researcher at the KTU Food Institute.
The researchers emphasize that “every new plant-based product widens the choice for consumers and can reduce the usage of processed meat products.”
Reusing different organic waste such as okara for food production could be one of the most key challenges to solve, they affirm.
Industry’s race to diversify outside of the conventional plant and animal protein sources are primarily tied to health and climate-conscious commitments.
While significant advancements in this space have previously centered on discovering new plant sources, specialists in the field have also been looking into scaling non-traditional resources like fungi-based protein and fermented protein from natural biogas.
In keeping with fermentation trends, food tech company Enough broke ground for the world’s largest fermentation-based mycoprotein facility in the Netherlands earlier this week.
Meanwhile, The Protein Brewery, a Dutch developer of fermentation-based protein, built a pilot plant equipped with a complete industry line in Breda. The company’s hero product is Fermotein, a whole-cell food ingredient with “excellent nutritional value.” It is positioned as “an ideal replacement” for animal proteins along the food value chain and is made using very little land and water.
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Yesterday's devaluation reduced the amount of foreign currency you can buy with pounds 1 by about 5 per cent. If the pound stays low this will make it more expensive for British companies to import goods from abroad and make our goods more attractive to foreign buyers.
The resulting boost to exports and to companies who face foreign competition should help industry pull out of what is the longest recession since the Second World War. In part this benefit will feed through to higher profits, which can then be used to pay for investment in new plant and machinery, helping to boost industrial growth further in the future.
But devaluation has a cost which undermines its benefits - higher inflation - the main reason it was resisted for so long by Norman Lamont, the Chancellor, and John Major. Inflation automatically rises because imports become more expensive. This leads trade unions to demand larger wage increases from employers, which feeds through to companies' costs and the prices they charge in a vicious 'wage-price' spiral.
The boost to growth in national output, and resulting reduction in unemployment, is eroded if prices in Britain rise faster than in other countries, making goods less competitive. While most economists agree about the effects of a fall in the pound, they disagree about how large the boost to growth and inflation would be and how soon it would take effect.
The Ernst & Young ITEM Club, an independent economic forecasting group which uses the same computer model of the economy as the Treasury, believes any boost to growth from a 10 per cent devaluation would completely disappear by the time of a general election in 1997, and that Britain would be left with permanently higher inflation.
The graphs show that if interest rates were to stay at 10 per cent and the exchange rate were to remain around last night's close of DM2.6279, growth in 1993 and 1994 would be slightly higher than if we had remained committed to our old exchange rate mechanism bands. But growth would be the same in 1995 and lower by 1996.
The short-term boost to output is reflected in slightly lower unemployment. Maintaining the current level of devaluation would see unemployment of 3.29 million in 1995, compared to 3.36 million on old ERM parities. The boost to growth would widen the current account deficit slightly by sucking in more imports, but would have little impact on the amount the Government has to borrow to meet the shortfall between what it spends and raises from taxes.
The effects would be more dramatic if the Government used its freedom from the ERM's shackles to reduce interest rates and let the pound drop further. A cut in base rates from 10 to 7 per cent, accompanied by a drop in the pound to DM2.40, would see the economy grow by 2.6 per cent next year, compared to 0.8 per cent growth at the old ERM exchange rate. But under this projection, growth would start to slow in 1995 to levels near what they would have been at the old exchange rate. Inflation would also have risen to 6.6 per cent in 1995, more than double the figure forecast for the old regime.
Considerably quicker growth in 1993 and 1994 would also help to reduce the amount the Government had to borrow, by increasing tax revenue and holding down the increase in spending on unemployment benefit. The public sector borrowing requirement would be pounds 5.5bn lower in 1995 at pounds 24.7bn.
These calculations assume that the pound remains outside the ERM. 'If we went back quickly, investors would demand a risk premium and interest rates would probably have to rise from present levels,' Brian Pearce, Item Club's chief economist, said.
Ian Shepherdson, of Midland Montagu, believes the combination of 8 per cent interest rates and an exchange rate as low as DM2.50 would allow the economy to start recovering in the new year, rather than next summer. Economic conditions for the remainder of this year would be tougher, but growth would start to improve in 1993. He believes the impact on inflation would be limited because consumers would not be prepared to pay much higher prices while the economy remains relatively depressed.
Robert Lind, of UBS Phillips and Drew, said a similar fall in base rates and the exchange rate could mean growth of between 0.5 and 1 per cent next year, rather than a further fall in national output of 0.5 per cent. Inflation would still be below 4 per cent at the end of next year. Most economists expect the lower pound to have a subdued effect on inflation because the economy is so weak.
But Andrew Britton, director of the National Institute of Economic and Social Research, said its model showed that a 10 per cent devaluation would have very rapid effects on prices and inflation even if interest rates were held at 10 per cent. Rising import prices would allow domestic producers to raise their prices too. The average price level in the whole economy would be 10 per cent higher within two and a half years years, with an extra 5 per cent rise in prices by the end of the first year.
'Everyone who is involved in negotiating pay or prices now will know that inflationary pressures are mounting,' Mr Britton said. The institute's model incorporates such forward-looking effects so the inflationary impact is quick.
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Hewlett-Packard’s upcoming TouchPad tablet and webOS smartphones, due for release sometime this summer, could radically alter an already-dynamic market for mobile devices.
Within minutes of HP’s Feb. 9 unveiling of the three devices, pundits began discussing the company’s chances against Apple’s iPad and iPhone, which remain the market’s dominant devices alongside the growing family of Google Android smartphones and tablets. HP’s new devices use the webOS operating system, which came along with the other assets inherited during HP’s $1.2 billion acquisition of Palm last summer.
The TouchPad’s specs certainly put it on par with most of its rivals. The 1.5-pound device offers either 16GB or 32GB of built-in memory, and powers games and applications via its 1.2GHz dual-core Snapdragon processor. It will integrate with a user’s webOS smartphones, which is logical, because HP seems intent on creating a broad ecosystem based on its acquired operating system.
Such an ecosystem, of course, would compete against similar ones being created by Apple, Google and Microsoft. In an interesting side note, freshly minted Nokia CEO Stephen Elop allegedly wrote a memo to employees detailing this new competitive paradigm.
“The battle of devices has now become a war of ecosystems, where ecosystems include not only the hardware and software of the device,” Elop wrote, according to a full text of the memo posted on Engadget, “but developers, applications, e-commerce, advertising, search, social applications, location-based services, unified communications and many other things.”
He added: “Our competitors aren’t taking our market share with devices; they are taking our market share with an entire ecosystem. This means we’re going to have to decide how we either build, [catalyze] or join an ecosystem.”
Circling back to HP, the intention to create a robust software-hardware ecosystem presents a potential challenge to both Google and Apple. However, the latter two companies also have substantial leads over HP in areas such as mobile devices and applications. The company more at risk, at least in the mobile space, is Microsoft, which is rapidly seeking to build out its device ecosystem.
With the launch of Windows Phone 7 late in 2010, Microsoft hoped to reinvigorate its prospects in smartphones, where its market share had been eroding steadily as the Windows Mobile franchise became increasingly antiquated and fragmented. By the end of December, according to research firm comScore, Microsoft’s share of the smartphone market had dipped to 8.4 percent, but it will take several quarters for a clearer picture of Windows Phone 7’s prospects to emerge. On Jan. 26, Microsoft confirmed with Bloomberg News that approximately 2 million Windows Phone 7 devices had been sold by manufacturers to retailers, but the number of those that reached consumers’ hands is still unclear.
Meanwhile, Microsoft has little presence in the tablet market. In October, HP released the Slate 500, which runs Windows 7. Questions remain about the exact number produced, however, with Engadget suggesting the manufacturer had initially planned only a limited production run of 5,000 units. Dell is apparently planning to manufacture its own Windows-based tablet, this one a 10-inch model, later in 2011; businesses will constitute the target market for the device.
At this January’s Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Microsoft’s booth offered on a few Windows tablets on display, the majority of them aimed at the Asian market. Indeed, CEO Steve Ballmer generally shied away from mentioning tablets during his keynote at the show, focusing instead on Windows laptops with some touch-screen functionality. The next version of Windows will support SoC (system-on-a-chip) architecture, in particular ARM-based systems, which could translate into a greater presence on tablets, but the next version of Windows is almost certainly some time away.
In other words, HP’s new product lines could very well end up pressuring Microsoft’s nascent smartphones, and any attempts in 2011 to expand more broadly into tablets. In addition, HP seems determined to play big in the consumer market: CEO Leo Apotheker recently told the BBC: “I hope one day people will say -this is as cool as HP,’ not -as cool as Apple.'” If that means his company pours millions of dollars into development and promotion, it could have an effect on Apple and Google, as well as the latter’s manufacturing partners.
HP does face some challenges. It still needs to build a substantial applications ecosystem to compete with Apple’s App Store and Google’s Android Marketplace. And the sheer proliferation of mobile devices means a higher likelihood that the TouchPad and other webOS products could be lost in the proverbial shuffle. But as, say, Nokia can attest, the tech game has the ability to change very quickly. HP probably hopes so.


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2019 VW Passat Facelift, Interior, Release Date, Redesign – The Volkswagen Passat is due for its next full redesign sometime in 2019. Though no official information has been released, the vehicle will most likely be constructed on the automaker’s MQB platform that underpins models from the VW and Audi lineups.
The 2018 Chicago Automobile Show brought us the North American show of this 2019 Volkswagen Arteon. Hinrich Woebcken, CEO of Volkswagen Group’s North American region, talked to a roundtable of journalists about the German automaker future, including the Volkswagen Passat in 2019. Expect to see it along with a SUV as part of VW’s plan to deliver two new cars.
2019 VW Passat Interior
Not much has been understood about the interior cabin of the 2019 VW Passat. But a few alterations have been sourced out by car experts. In accordance with it, the dash is going to see refinements to be more improved on utility.
It has also been stated that the front chairs will be totally fresh and that new digital functions like power adjustment will be integrated. New high-tech upholstery stuff to door panels, steering wheel and the seat and the dash are for certain.
In addition, its infotainment system along with the navigation system is supposedly updated. Besides that has been believed to be incorporated. Leg space that is spacious is a possibility.
2019 VW Passat Redesign
Details have been obscure, but anticipate that the already large Passat to grow in size in a bid to distinguish itself in the new 2019 Volkswagen Jetta. Particularly when it has to do with interior volume, that car grew tremendously. The styling needs to fall in keeping with the rest of VW‘s lineup. Look for sharp, clean lines, and a broad grille and LED lighting.
Woebcken did state that the Passat will continue to be constructed at Volkswagen’s Chattanooga, good news for all those Tennessee workers. Besides the 2019 VW Passat, Volkswagen has plans to expand its SUV lineup with another Atlas-sized crossover. Even though this might be a trendy model the far more likely outcome is that a Atlas variant.
Volkswagen’s Passat sold in the United States will be redesigned in 2019, brand boss Herbert Diess revealed to the Chattanooga Times Free Press on Monday at the 2018 North American International Automobile Show in Detroit. Production will take place at VW’s plant in Chattanooga, Tennessee, in which the current U.S.-Passat has been in production as 2011.
The redesign is part of a $1.2 billion investment VW can create in the U.S. over the subsequent few years. The plans involve another SUV to combine at the Atlas at the Chattanooga plant. Diess didn’t reveal any specifics, but it’s believed that the redesigned 2019 VW Passat will embrace the MQB platform found in many VW products, including the Atlas. The car can also be thought to stay separate to the Passat sold abroad, despite the fact that the latter will probably be redesigned around exactly the same time as the U.S.-spec vehicle.
The redesign must ignite more interest from the 2019 VW Passat, which saw its sales fall 16.8 percentage to 60,722 units in 2017. The dip was a manifestation of waning sales for sedans rather than a lack of curiosity about VW products, however, as the brand’s total earnings in the U.S. grew 5.2 % to 339,7000 units over the plan of 2017. The increase was helped with the inclusion of this Atlas and a redesigned Tiguan.
2019 VW Passat Engine Specs
Initially, the car was provided with a foundation 2.5-liter engine, but that had been phased out mid-year using the 2014 Passat. By 2015, all traces of this 2.5-liter mill have been gone with the model, due in part to the turbo’s comparable electricity and enhanced torque (177 vs. 184 lb-ft) and two mpg fuel economy advantage.
From 2016, more advanced connectivity was incorporated with the inclusion of Apple CarPlay along with Android car compatibility. For 2017, the Passat will gain frontal collision mitigation with automatic emergency braking as standard over all trim levels in addition to a slew of cost cuts on select models.
Powertrain details remain unknown, but VW has stated that it intends to back heavily in the U.S. advertising of its “clean diesel” technology in the aftermath of a major emissions scandal uncovered in 2015. In the existing 2019 VW Passat, shoppers receive a selection between a 1.8-liter turbocharged 4-cylinder engine making 170 hp with 184 lb-ft of torque, and also a more powerful 3.6-liter V6 creating 280 hp with 258 lb-ft.
2019 VW Passat Release Date
Volkswagen hasn’t announced an official launch date for another 2019 VW Passat. At this moment, the automobile that was updated is expected to debut sometime in 2018 possibly for the 2018 or 2019 decades. Elsewhere in its lineup, the automaker is expected to begin selling its second generation Jetta.


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“Fraudulent Website Warning” function included in Safari reveals user's IP addresses to Chinese company Tencent
Recently, reports about Apple transferring user browsing data to China and Google have appeared on different Internet news channels. While relations to Google by now are not surprising, privacy advocates were concerned about the fact that Apple sends out the IP address of some users to its partner Tencent (a Chinese entertainment and internet giant) – and everybody in the West by now knows the controversy surrounding Chinese privacy laws.
According to the reports, Apple included a service “Tencent Safe Browsing” in the Safari web browser application since at least the release of iOS 12.2, and it was used for the “Fraudulent Website Warning” feature that warns users when they are about to enter a phishing website on macOS or iOS devices that run the Safari web browser:
Before visiting a website, Safari may send information calculated from the website address to Google Safe Browsing and Tencent Safe Browsing to check if the website is fraudulent. These safe browsing providers may also log your IP address
To check the potentially malicious site's security, Safari may record information from the website URL and transfer it to Google and Tencent. As a result, the users' IP address might get spied on while engaging with safe browsing providers. According to Apple, however, the Tencent connections are only used to deliver warnings to Chinese residents, as Google is banned in China.
Apple defends its stance and claims that visited URLs are not revealed to the safe browsing provider
Before iOS version 12.2 release, Apple held an entire list of unsafe websites that have been generated by Google's Safe Browsing feature, and users' IP addresses were recorded. However, since it became clear that now this service is also shared with China, many became deeply concerned.
According to some news sources, Google was able to track the information provided by Apple, including the visited website data along with users' IP addresses. However, the feature is a little bit more complicated than it may seem, as Google relies on a complicated system that hashes the malicious URLs, and the piece of the code is then linked to Safari. Once a potentially dangerous website is about to be visited, Safari checks certain components of those hashes, without revealing the true URL.
However, when it comes to China, Concerns about similar activities have been directed towards Tencent's and Beijing's relations. China's government has a lousy reputation when it comes to its own citizens tracking and censoring various content. Thus, many are concerned that the information may be passed on to the Chinese government, resulting in unwanted spying.
Disable the unwanted feature on your iPhone device or macOS machine
Apple protects user privacy and safeguards your data with Safari Fraudulent Website Warning <…> To accomplish this task, Safari receives a list of websites known to be malicious from Google, and for devices with their region code set to mainland China, it receives a list from Tencent. The actual URL of a website you visit is never shared with a safe browsing provider and the feature can be turned off.
If you got worried about the new browsing data tracking activities that are used by Apple nowadays, you always have the chance of turning the “Fraudulent Website Warning” option off on your device. However, keep in mind that once you disable this feature, you will no longer be warned about deceptive sites ahead.
If you have already decided to turn the function off, use these steps for iPhone devices: Settings > Safari > Turn off Fraudulent Website Warning. Also, if you are using a macOS-based machine, you should do this: Safari > Preferences > Security > deselect Warn when visiting a fraudulent website.


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In this week’s roundup of news from the Americas region: U.S. P&L turned positive; key factors to U.S. hotel recovery; hotel openings; and people on the move.
Hotel News Now each week features a news roundup from a different region of the world. Today’s review covers the Americas.
US P&L reached positive territory in July
According to STR’s July 2020 monthly P&L report, U.S. hotels for the first time since February recorded positive gross operating profit per available room (GOPPAR). (STR is the parent company of Hotel News Now.)
In year-over-year comparison with July 2019, GOPPAR was down 93.3% to $5.74; total revenue per available room (TRevPAR) declined 74.1% to $60.04; and labor costs (LPAR) was down 64.8% to $28.46. U.S. hotels also lost $9.24 in earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, amortization per available room (EBITDA PAR), down 115.1% from 2019.
“As the industry inched closer to 50% occupancy, we saw continued incremental improvement in the subsequent profitability metrics,” said Raquel Ortiz, STR’s assistant director of financial performance. “We are of course nowhere near pre-pandemic levels, but there were additional encouraging signs in positive GOPPAR for full-service hotels and six major markets.”
Demand fundamentals, stimulus cash key to US recovery
According to an analysis by Tourism Economics President Adam Sacks, personal savings, government stimulus and stable demand fundamentals will be crucial to U.S. hotel recovery, writes HNN’s Terence Baker from the recent online Hotel Data Conference.
Speaking during a session titled “U.S. macroeconomic overview,” Sacks said the numbers look bleak, with U.S. travel spending predicted to fall 45% in full-year 2020 and potentially climbing to within 7% of 2019 levels by 2024.
Good news, though, is that “losses appear to have leveled off at around 50%,” and “there has been significant rebound from the bottom, starting on Memorial Day,” he said.
STR: Central/South America hotel data for July 2020
Data from STR, parent company of HNN, shows hotels in Central and South America during July reported slight improvement month over month, but low overall performance.
In comparison with July 2019, occupancy dropped 68.6% to 19%, average daily rate fell 33.8% to $53.40 and revenue per available room decreased 79.2% to $10.13 on a U.S. dollar constant currency basis.
Peru continues to record the highest occupancy level in the region due to government initiatives, but the ADR and RevPAR levels were the lowest for any month on record in STR’s Peru database.
Deals, developments, people on the move
- The 200-room Mar Monte Hotel, part of Hyatt Hotels Corporation’s Unbound Collection, opened in Santa Barbara, California. It previously was operating under the Hyatt Centric Brand.
- Sandpiper Lodging Trust announced it purchased two Candlewood Suites Hotels—in North Charleston and Bluffton, South Carolina—from DC Hospitality. The acquisition price was not disclosed.
- Extended Stay America opened the Extended Stay America – Titusville – Space Center – in Titusville, Florida, on 19 August.
- Aimbridge Hospitality appointed Christine Duffy to its board of directors. Duffy is president of Carnival Cruise Line.
- Madeline Hotel & Residences, Auberge Resorts Collection in Telluride, Colorado, appointed Bill Greenwood as executive chef.
Compiled by Dana Miller.


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The site, based in Hillerød, Denmark, is designed to manufacture cell culture-derived biologics and will be used to supplement Fujifilm Diosynth Biotechnologies’s current capacity as a contract development and manufacturing organisation (CDMO).
With six 15,000L bioreactors, the $890m (€789m) investment will ‘significantly expand’ existing capacity and take the total number of the company’s sites to four including locations in the UK and the US.
Shigetaka Komori, CEO of Fujifilm, said, “This significant investment demonstrates our continued commitment to grow the bio CDMO business and become an industry leader by combining resources of Biogen Hillerød and Fujifilm.”
The site acquisition will allow the CDMO to provide services to companies looking to retain the same partner through pre-clinical to commercialisation work, with its ability to produce at ‘very small’ to ‘very large’ production volumes.
Biogen’s site is able to manufacture biologics and biosimilars, as well as provide labelling and packing services for completed products.
Fujifilm explained the purchase is part of its current ‘scale out’ manufacturing model, which has seen it make a number of acquisitions and investments in recent years. Notably, it paid $800m to acquire cell culture media firm, Irvine Scientific, in 2018, and added 6,000L of capacity to its Texas plant.
The company stated in its most recent announcement that it has “aggressively invested” in capacity and capability expansion, and plans to continue to do.
For Biogen’s part, it announced that the divestment of manufacturing capacity would be mitigated by the opening of its $1.2bn manufacturing facility in Solothurn, Switzerland. It expects this site to be operational by the end of 2020 and, during the intervening period, Biogen will rely on an existing facility in North Carolina, US, to manage its manufacturing needs.
The acquisition is expected to complete in the second half of 2019. There are approximately 800 employees at the site and Fujifilm stated that it expects to retain this workforce.


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J&J’s Consumer Sales Buoyed By Listerine In Third Quarter
This article was originally published in The Tan Sheet
Johnson & Johnson's Listerine mouthwash brand achieved double-digit growth in its most recent quarter, fueled by international sales and the recent U.S. launch of Whitening Quick Dissolving Strips, the firm said Oct. 16
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Digital dogs could be the first to benefit from the first dedicated Internet of Things (IoT) network in the US, with canine tracking collar WhistleGPS using startup SIGFOX's wireless system for low-power monitoring. The collar, an Oreo-sized disk, promises twice the battery life of traditional GPS pet tracking and a third of the bulk, thanks to SIGFOX's IoT-dedicated network that will light up first in parts of California.
TomTom has launched three new devices, the TomTom GO 40, 50, and 60. With the navigational devices come TomTom Traffic, as well as Lifetime Maps, meaning the maps will always be updated for the device's lifetime. In addition, TomTom Traffic is now available across the entire TomTom GO series.
If you’re working with Google Maps for driving - or for being driven - this week’s update is going to change the way you do so. An update has been released - and will continue to release in increments over the next week - which allows Uber interaction for Google Maps users. This speaks volumes about how connected to Google Uber really is.
Garmin's latest GPS running watch, the Forerunner 15, has broken cover, blending the best of the VivoFit and the Forerunner 10 for everyday wear. Tracking both specific running workouts as well as everyday movement - and, as of this summer, sleep too - the Forerunner 15 will also give wearers a prod when they've been sitting down for too long.
When Apple makes a hire, it generally means they’re up to something big. Hiring an indoor navigation specialist like former Wifarer CEO Philip Stanger for their crew, Apple would appear to be preparing for a big change in the way they go about handling their Maps.
Facebook has added a new feature to its mobile apps, Nearby Friends, allowing users of the social network to find those on their friendslist when they're nearby, though Facebook is clearly wary of a privacy backlash. The feature, which will be rolled out to the Android and iOS apps over the coming weeks, shows your GPS position and that of your friends on a map; however, Facebook is turning it off by default, and relying on users to opt-in instead.
Self-driving cars may need to show some self-restraint when it comes to their “better than human” reflexes and abilities, the Nokia HERE team working on autonomous vehicle technologies suggests, if their flesh and blood passengers are to accept an AI taking the wheel. HERE calls it Humanized Driving, giving computer-controlled cars similar characteristics to the people they’re replacing so as to preserve a feeling of normality, even potentially becoming a virtual twin with the same style as the car’s owner.
Garmin has announced its latest cycling computer for the bicyclists out there looking for top performance and navigation features. The cycling computer is called the Edge 1000 and it has advanced segment capabilities among other features. The segment capabilities allow the user to view start and finish point alerts, race themselves or segment leaders, and plan rides using segments.
Garmin has announced a new ruggedized navigation device that is specifically made for the motorcycle riders out there. The nav device is called the Zumo 590LM and it has a 5-inch touchscreen display that can be used while wearing gloves. To keep it working well and usable for years to come, Garmin made the GPS device fuel resistant in case of a spill and sunlight readable.
Mapping and navigation company TomTom has just launched the latest in its line of GPS-enabled sports accessories. Aside from keeping tabs on your location, the Runner Cardio GPS also monitors your heart rate so that you can best adjust your training regimen.
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Kia’s first all-electric car will be based on the next-generation Kia Soul, according to the company. It will be launched in 2014, but no other details about the project were forthcoming.
However, sources say that the all-new Soul will be launched next spring at either the Chicago or New York auto shows. Disguised Soul development cars from Kia’s German technical center at Russelsheim have been spotted on UK roads in recent weeks.
Kia has also just launched its first petrol-electric hybrid in Europe in the form of the Mondeo-class Optima HEV. It has been on sale in the US and South Korea for the last 20 months, but will not be offered in the UK. Powered by a 148bhp Atkinson cycle petrol engine, a 39bhp electric motor and an unusual lithium-polymer battery pack, Kia is claiming emissions of just 125g/km.
The company also says that its transferrable seven year warranty on the vehicle and its battery will deliver a distinct competitive advantage.
Kia engineering sources told Autocar that although the company’s upcoming diesel engines (which are compliant with stringent Euro 6 pollution regulations) would be expensive to manufacture, the cost of building a hybrid vehicle — particularly the price of the electric components — had not fallen as quickly as expected. The upshot is that diesel vehicles retain their advantage in terms of factory pricing, which will continue to put a brake on hybrid sales.
However, Kia says that sales of hybrid electric vehicles in Europefire continue to climb, rising 80 per cent from the 72,000 units sold in 2008 to an estimated 129,000 units in 2012. These figures show, however, that hybrids remain a minority taste in Europe’s new car market.
Kia and its sister company Hyundai are expecting to make serious sales gains globally in 2012, despite the weakness of the European new car market. Last year the two brands sold 6.1m vehicles and in the first half of 2012 hit a total of 3.485m, suggesting that global sales across 2012 will be close to 7m units.


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Under Armour Suing Nike For Infringing On "I Will" Trademark
Under Armour is suing Nike, alleging that it is "illegally using a version of the Baltimore sports apparel company's new primary slogan, 'I Will,'" according to Korman & Wells of the Baltimore SUN. The suit, filed Thursday afternoon in U.S. District Court in Baltimore, seeks to "force Nike to stop using any form of that phrase and asks for unspecified punitive damages for trademark infringement and unfair competition." The complaint shows that "several instances of ads Nike placed on social media platforms such as Facebook and Twitter beginning late last year using slogans that all begin with 'I will.'" UA lawyers also accuse Nike of "trying to cause consumer confusion by using language that approximates the iconic 'Protect this house' campaign that helped propel" UA into the mainstream. For example, a basketball ad reads, "I will protect my home court." UA said that its "rights to 'I Will' date back to 1998 and that it has used the slogan in connection with hundreds of products, in TV commercials and on billboards." The first "I Will" trademark "dates to 2000, and Under Armour filed for multiple trademarks on the phrase last May" (Baltimore SUN, 2/22).


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WHEELING, W.Va. Thousands of glittering lights will illuminate the night during Oglebay's annual Winter Festival of Lights Nov. 11 through Jan. 8, 2017.
"Guests will enjoy over 80 larger-than-life still and animated light displays," said Steve Hilliard, Wheeling Park Commission President & CEO. "From The Twelve Days of Christmas to the animated LED Light Tunnel, this outing is sure to bring joy, laughter and a bit of magic to your holiday."
For many years, the Winter Festival of Lights has been recognized as one of the nation's largest light shows. Whether it's already a part of your time-honored holiday custom or if this year will mark the start of a new tradition, the show offers fun for the entire family.
In addition to Oglebay's multiple shops located throughout the park, the new Christmas Shop at Crispin has a large selection of one-of-a-kind decorations, ornaments and holiday collectibles. The shop is located next to the Pine Room and will be open for the season, Nov. 11, 2016 through Jan. 8, 2017, Sunday through Thursday from 2 to 9 p.m. and Friday through Saturday from 2 to 10 p.m. A cozy fireplace adjacent to the shop offers delightful treats for sale.
Purchase a fresh-cut Christmas tree
Find the perfect family Christmas tree at Oglebay's tree lot this year. The Boy Scouts of America will sell freshly cut Christmas trees Nov. 25 through Dec. 23, Sunday through Thursday from 2 to 9 p.m. and Friday through Saturday from 2 to 10 p.m. in the parking lot of the Christmas Shop.
Holiday train rides for the kids
All aboard! Children will squeal in delight as they ride a holiday themed train from 5 to 9 p.m. daily Nov. 10 through Jan. 8, 2017. Weather permitting. Tickets may be purchased at the Christmas Shop or the Pine Room.
Family holiday hay rides
The combination of the crisp winter air and your family all cozied up together will be a holiday memory that will last a lifetime. Oglebay's holiday hay rides transport passengers on an old fashioned hay ride daily from 5 to 9 p.m. Nov. 25 through Dec. 23, weather permitting. Tickets will be available at the Christmas Shop.
Another fun activity for children is the holiday straw maze. This activity is free and open to the public Nov. 10 through Jan. 8, 2017, on Sunday through Thursday from 2 to 9 p.m. and Friday through Saturday from 2 to 10 p.m.
Pine Room - Festival of Trees
The Pine Room at Oglebay is transformed into a holiday wonderland with scores of trees, wreaths, centerpieces and swags, all decorated by area designers and available for purchase. All proceeds support Oglebay Institute's programs and summer camp scholarships. Trees will be on display to the public Nov. 11-19. Tickets may be purchased at the Pine Room.
Pine Room International Trees
Come view this collection of unique holiday displays created by local decorators. Each display represents a different culture or ethnic background. This exhibit is free and open to the public Dec. 1-31.
Gingerbread houses, entertainment and more
Family and friends will want to gather at the Club Room to begin their holiday adventures Nov. 11 through Jan. 8, 2017, on Sunday through Thursday from 2 to 9 p.m. and Friday through Saturday from 2 to 10 p.m. Special gingerbread house displays, winter family photo-ops, caroling and additional entertainment will be available throughout the Winter Festival of Lights event. Holiday snacks and treats will be available for purchase.
The Winter Festival of Lights was listed as one of the 10 Best Christmas Light Displays in the US according to AOL Travel. The show is also listed on the American Bus Association's Top International Events, was named as a top 100 event by Eventcrazy.com and was recently listed as one of the top 200 events in the country by Discover America. The Festival of Lights was also featured on the Travel Channel's Extreme Christmas Celebrations.
The Winter Festival of Lights began in 1985 and covers more than 300 acres over a six-mile drive throughout the resort. The event is viewable Sunday through Thursday until 10 p.m. and on Friday and Saturday until 11 p.m. A per-car donation is requested and is valid for the entire festival season. Trolley tours are offered several times each night beginning at Wilson Lodge.
Saturdays are the most popular nights to visit the light show, therefore long lines and extended wait times should be expected. Please visit us Sundays through Friday to avoid extended wait times.
Oglebay, and the Winter Festival of Lights, is located four miles from I-70 at Exit 2A. It is 60 miles from Pittsburgh via I-79 south and I-70 west; 120 miles from Columbus via I-70 east; and 150 miles from Cleveland via I-77 south and I-70 east.
Special Winter Festival of Lights overnight packages are available at Wilson Lodge. To book or get more information, call 877-436-1797 or book online at www.oglebay-resort.com.
More than a hundred years ago, a tradition of generous hospitality started at the summer estate of Earl Oglebay. Today, Oglebay offers 1,700 acres of year-round recreational opportunities and excellent overnight accommodations while retaining its picturesque natural beauty. For generations, families, groups and individuals have indulged in the tradition and spirit that make Oglebay unique.


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Carlos Ghosn, the polyglot chief executive of Renault-Nissan, said this morning that Nissan Motor Co. would bring “pure electric” vehicles to the U.S. auto market by 2010.
Addressing the L.A. Auto Show, Ghosn said that he had signed an agreement with Oregon to deliver electric vehicles to the state and that the state’s governor would be seeking to replace a $1,500 hybrid vehicle tax credit with a $5,000 credit for all-electric vehicles. The deal includes utility Portland General Electric, which will work on electric infrastructure.
Ghosn did not specify what vehicle would have the EV capacity but said the company planned to sell electric vehicles and separately lease the batteries, potentially for $100 a month. A leased battery, he explained, could easily be swapped out for a better-performing one that offered longer range, preventing the vehicle from becoming obsolete (a phenomenon familiar to legions of iPod owners). It would also ensure that the toxic batteries were not disposed of improperly.


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Festive cheer will reach those most in need this Christmas, thanks to a new shoe box appeal set up by Taylor Funeral Home.
Owners and couple Tony and Helen Dalton are looking for as many donations as possible for their special seasonal parcels, which will be given to the Huddersfield Mission as gifts for users of their cafe who are homeless or living in poverty.
The first year that they have joined the gift box campaign, they decided to take part to make it easier for Colne Valley residents to donate some much-appreciated goods by dropping them off at their premises.
Presents of toiletries including tooth paste, shampoo, shower gels, deodorant, shaving foam, warm clothing such as hats and scarfs, sweets and any other gift items will be welcomed by the team, which will then be boxed up and given out by Mission staff on Christmas Day.
Commenting on why they decided to help out, Helen, said: “One of the main reasons which drew us towards this event is the Huddersfield Mission is a local registered charity, which organises a well-meaning appeal for Huddersfield people in need.
“We as a long established local business have always liked to support were possible local charity events and we felt the Funeral Home would be an ideal place for people to drop off gifts.
“They’ll be given out on Christmas day when the Huddersfield Mission put on a dinner for those people in need.”
Anyone who has a gift that they would like to donate can drop it off at Taylor Funeral Home, The Mount, 2 Cowlersley Lane, Cowlersley in between 9am to 5pm Monday to Friday before December 12.
Huddersfield Mission cafe provides affordable hot and cold food every day of the week to those in need as well as giving out helpful advice and putting on activities.
For more information contact Tony or Helen Dalton at The Taylor Funeral Home on 01484 656156.


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By purchasing Goodman, which, according to its website is the second largest domestic HVAC products manufacturer for residential and light commercial use based on unit sales, Daikin is effectively becoming an HVAC giant across all markets with strong residential, commercial and industrial products.
What’s more, Holland said that Daikin chose a good time to buy Goodman. Unlike Ireland-based competitor Ingersoll-Rand Plc (NYSE: IR), which purchased New Jersey-based Trane at the height of the market for $10.1 billion in 2007, Daikin is buying Goodman when the market is just getting its footing after the recession.
“The biggest driver (of HVAC sales) is really housing construction,” Holland said. “With new house starts and more people moving, the HVAC industry will get back to its own. Also, with the drought and the particularly warm summer this year, that led to HVAC units running more, so that sped up repair cycles.”
When Daikin’s acquisition of Goodman closes, the companies can start to recognize joint benefits, Holland said.
For example, when buying parts for HVAC equipment, the company can place larger orders for less money and better leverage its distribution channels around the world, Holland said. Goodman alone lists a network of 900 distribution points.
Also, both companies can combine their competitive technologies, Holland added, which could lead to greater profitability and products manufacturing. Since Goodman lists three manufacturing plants, an engineering and reliability laboratory, a logistics center and its corporate office in Houston, those facilities could see increased activity.
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California Pizza Kitchen in takeover talks?
Published 4:00 am, Thursday, July 29, 2010
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That's how much the stock of California Pizza Kitchen gained in the last three weeks or so, and about how much it lost in the previous three months. The shares have had dramatic swings since the Los Angeles pizza chain said in April that it may seek a buyer, and then nothing happened. On Wednesday, the stock rose 9.6 percent after the New York Post reported that American Securities Capital Partners is talking to the restaurant chain about a takeover.
"They're looking for things that have a big impact on consumers. IBM is a major vendor and that fits with their strategy."
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Panama Canal crisis to hit trade and economy
The current Panama Canal crisis not only jeopardizes the jobs of thousands of workers and increase the cost and time for the project's completion, but also represents a blow to the Panamanian economy, analysts say.
"The situation concerning the project and the workers is completely uncertain, there is a crisis and we don't know when it will burst," said Saúl Méndez, leader of Panama construction workers' union Suntracs.
The crisis will not only affect Panama's economy, but also international trade, as the U.S. has revamped its ports on the Gulf of Mexico and East Coast to accommodate the larger vessels that will use the Canal when the project is complete, "and the don't want to keep those ports waiting," said Canal administrator Jorge Quijano.
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Tosca’s been closed since last summer, but the 101-year-old North Beach restaurant reopened for business Thursday night.
It’s been a rocky road for Tosca, which was saved from disaster in 2013, then flipped from frying pan to fire when one of its presumed saviors was accused of multiple incidents of sexual misconduct. It abruptly shuttered last July, then was purchased by a trio of local food luminaries — but its reopening has been plagued by delays until Thursday night, when it opened for takeout amid perhaps the worst crisis the restaurant industry has ever known, the SF Chronicle reports.
New owners Nancy Oakes (Boulevard), Anna Weinberg (Marlowe), and Ken Fulk (the Battery, Leo’s Oyster Bar) are behind what was, in different times, considered one of the most anticipated restaurant openings of the spring. The reality is a more sedate affair, the Chron says, with bottles of wine and family-style meals offered for takeout at the cost of $24 per person.
The Tosca dream team (not Eater’s words — that’s what the company behind the new restaurant calls itself) isn’t the only restaurant owner that opted to make a debut Thursday, coronavirus be damned. Three Michelin-starred chef David Kinch, of Manresa fame, opened his eagerly-awaited Franco-Italian spot Mentone last night, the San Jose Mercury News reports, offering its Valoriani wood-fueled pizza for curbside delivery. But here’s the big question: If diners have the choice between supporting a familiar fave during this troubled time or taking a risk with a new restaurant, which are they more inclined to do?
And in other news...
- San Francisco’s City Attorney sent a press release Wednesday trumpeting the shutdown of a still-operating nightlife venue (obviously illegal under the current shelter-in-place order). The release was dutifully picked up by local news orgs, but the promoter of the 251 Cocktail Club event say that it had been canceled long ago. [KPIX]
- Passengers on the Grand Princess cruise ship quarantined in Solano County at Travis Air Force Base have written some scathing Yelp reviews about the food they were served, telling food critic Soleil Ho they endured buggy salad, samey sandwiches, and poor customer service. [SF Chronicle, h/t SFist]
- Feeling nervous about venturing out for pantry staples? Here’s a list of contactless grocery options for the Bay Area. [San Jose Mercury News]
- The Cheesecake Factory, which boasts an enviable San Francisco location overlooking Union Square, won’t be paying rent next month. The restaurant chain sent a letter to all its landlords (there are nearly 300 of them) saying the the coronavirus crisis has left them without the cash to pay rent on April 1, with company chairman and CEO David Overton saying “I am asking for your patience, and frankly, your help.” [Eater LA]
- A massive, game-focused restaurant is set to open in San Francisco’s Stonestown Galleria mall next year. Gaming company GameWorks will take over 33,277 square feet of the mall’s now-vacant Macy’s location, which will contain a lounge and “branded restaurant concept” called “The Works Kitchen.” [SF Business Times]
- When we last heard from Oakland BBQ master Matt Horn, he was trying to figure out a permitting issue that had delayed the opening of his much-anticipated restaurant. Now he’s passing out free meals to folks made food-insecure by the current crisis. [KPIX]
- Coronavirus isolating has led to a bread-baking boom, if data from Bay Area-based Google is to be believed. [Eater National]
- Agustin Huneeus Jr., the Napa Valley winemaker jailed for his role in the college admissions scandal, has been released two weeks early after a judge said his “unique health circumstances” put him at risk for contracting coronavirus in prison. [LA Times]
- About a hundred Nob Hill residents have organized to ensure seniors and vulnerable residents are getting deliveries of groceries. [KRON 4]
- Remember when everyone was making fun of food delivery robots? They sure could come in handy now, reporter Carolyn Beans writes. [Slate]
- Noting the panic shopping boom, egg suppliers nationwide are marking prices up, which forces stores to pass those costs onto consumers. [Eater National]


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After President Donald Trump signed an order banning transactions with payment services Alipay, WeChat Pay and six other apps, the Chinese government on Wednesday accused Washington of abusing national security as an excuse to harm business competitors.
Tuesday’s order intensified the conflict with Beijing over technology, security, and espionage allegations, bringing Sino-US relations to their lowest level in decades. After the financial market chaos, the New York Stock Exchange announced last week that it would withdraw three Chinese telephone companies and then withdraw the plan on Monday.
Foreign Ministry spokesperson Hua Chunying said: “This is another example of American bullying, arbitrary and hegemonic behavior.” “This is an example of the United States over-generalizing the concept of national security and abusing its national power to unreasonably suppress foreign companies. .”
Hua said that Beijing will take unspecified “necessary measures” to protect Chinese companies, and reiterated the government’s statement after the previous US sanctions were announced. Action is rarely taken.
Trump’s order cited concerns about apps that collected personal and financial data of Americans and handed them over to the Chinese Communist government.
Hua laughed at this argument, referring to the intelligence gathering of the US government.
Hua said: “It’s like a big boss. They steal, but then protect them from robbery.” “How hypocritical and absurd.”
China’s smartphone apps are facing similar opposition in neighboring India, which has blocked dozens of smartphones for security reasons due to a military deadlock in the disputed border area between the two countries.
Trump issued an order in August to ban transactions with popular Chinese-owned video apps TikTok and WeChat messaging apps.
After these and President-elect Biden, this week’s order came into effect, because the swearing-in of office on January 20 makes the open government continue to use it.
Representatives from Biden’s office did not immediately respond to requests for comment on Tuesday.
Alipay is part of the empire of billionaire Jack Ma, the founder of e-commerce giant Alibaba and financial platform Ant Group. WeChat Pay is operated by rival tech giant Tencent. The others named in order are CamScanner, QQ Wallet, SHAREit, Tencent QQ, VMate and WPS Office.
The Trump administration has also restricted Chinese telecommunications equipment manufacturer Huawei and other companies’ access to American technology. A November order prohibits US investors from buying securities issued by companies deemed to have links to the Chinese military.
American technology companies worry that Beijing may take retaliatory measures, making it more difficult to conduct business in the world’s second largest economy.
Political analysts predict that Biden will try to resume cooperation with Beijing on issues such as climate change and coronavirus. However, due to widespread frustration with Beijing’s trade and human rights records and accusations of espionage and technology theft, few expected major changes.
Trump administration officials said they have not consulted with the president-elect team before the latest order.
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“The new standard comes as companies globally gear up to begin reporting on sustainability and climate-related risks, opportunities and impacts, with the emergence of a series of new sustainability disclosure standards and regulatory requirements, including the EU’s recently finalized CSRD rules, the U.S. SEC’s upcoming climate disclosure rules, and the newly launched IFRS climate and sustainability reporting standards by the International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB).”
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Year-on-year, energy cost (total) decreased by 2.7 percent, following a 1.4 percent drop in October. Prices were down for: central and distric heating: -6.9 percent, heating oil (-6.7 percent), gas: -4.1 percent and motor fuels: -2.2 percent.
Cost of food and non-alcoholic beverages went up 1.2 percent, after gaining 0.3 percent in the previous month. Prices increased for edible fats and oils (+13.3 percent, including butter: +26.0 percent, and margarine: +2.3 percent, confectionery: +1.4 percent, including chocolate slabs: +6.0 percent), dairy products (+1.5 percent, including hard cheese: +3.1 percent and eggs: +9.0 percent) and fish and fish products (+2.8 percent). In contrast, price fell for vegetables (-0.4 percent).
Cost of goods as a whole rose 0.5 percent, following a 0.4 percent rise in the preceding month. Cost of services rose 1.1 percent in November, following a 1.3 percent gain in the previous month. Among goods, higher prices were recorded for food (+1.2 percent), motor vehicles (+1.7 percent), tobacco products (+3.0 percent) and newspapers and periodicals (+3.9 percent). In contrast, cost declined for consumer electronic (-4.4 percent). Among services, cost went up for: net rents exclusive of heating expenses (+1.4 percent), catering services in restaurants, cafes and the like (+1.9 percent), insurances (+2.7 percent) and social facilities (+4.1 percent). In contrast, cost dropped for package holidays (-4.1 percent) and telecommunication services (-1.3 percent).
On a monthly basis, consumer prices went up 0.1 percent, after gaining 0.2 percent in the prior month and in line with consensus.
The harmonized index of consumer prices (HICP) rose 0.7 percent from a year earlier, the same pace as in October. On a month-on-month basis, the index remained unchanged, following a 0.2 percent rise in the preceding month and in line with market expectations.


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Property giant CapitaLand is well- poised to ride on the new growth strategy that China is building around two of its ancient trading routes.
Chinese President Xi Jinping proposed the "One Belt, One Road" initiative in 2013. This seeks to improve connectivity across 65 countries over three continents via an overland belt that links China with Europe and a sea route that passes through South-east Asia, Africa and the Middle East.
CapitaLand president and group chief executive Lim Ming Yan said the firm, which first ventured into China about 21 years ago, will be able to "contribute and benefit" from this growth driver, both within and outside the country.
The developer has a presence in several major cities such as Chengdu, Chongqing and Xi'an in western China, where the overland belt begins.
It plans to work with Chinese companies to invest in major markets on the sea route, as well as in Australia, Europe and the United States.
"Development of China is not just in the coastal region, eventually it will go to central China and the western part of China," said Mr Lim. The "One Belt" strategy will stimulate growth in the western region, creating demand for real estate and serviced apartments and increasing overall consumer spending, he noted. He added that CapitaLand is well-positioned to take advantage of opportunities.
"Development of China is not just in the coastal region, eventually it will go to central China and the western part of China," said Mr Lim.
The "One Belt" strategy will stimulate growth in the western region, creating demand for real estate and serviced apartments and increasing overall consumer spending, noted Mr Lim, who added that CapitaLand is well-positioned to take advantage of opportunities.
China is one of its two core markets and the group's largest outside of Singapore. Its business in China comprised 45 per cent, or $20.7 billion, of the group's total assets of $45.6 billion as at June 30, excluding treasury cash.
CapitaLand has built up a diverse portfolio in the country, including serviced residences and mixed-use developments, since 1994.
It is the largest foreign real estate player in China by gross floor area. It owns or manages more than 160 properties in 48 Chinese cities worth $31.9 billion.
Mr Lim thinks that China's foray into South-east Asia through its "One Road" thrust bodes well for the group's businesses in the region.
The Chinese initiative calls for improving connectivity through infrastructure building. This will help uplift the economies in the region which, in turn, will create more demand for real estate development.
Opportunities can also come in the form of partnerships with Chinese companies in these markets.
Mr Lim pointed out that CapitaLand has already started working with a number of Chinese construction companies in Vietnam, which had previously done "good work" for it in China.
"We are now quite happy to work with them outside of China."
It is also in talks with Chinese companies to collaborate on a pilot project in Jakarta.
Mr Lim, who spent nearly a decade developing CapitaLand's business in China, said that many Chinese companies are starting to look at investing in real estate projects outside the country.
"This is where CapitaLand really differentiates (itself) from many other companies. We have a significant presence globally.
"Going forward, we'll also be happy to work with partners from China to invest in the other regions, whether in Australia or Europe or the US."
While some of these Chinese developers may not yet be ready to commit to large-scale projects outside the country, some smaller players such as retailers have made the move to partner CapitaLand to go overseas.
Haidilao, the immensely popular hotpot chain from China, is one such retailer that CapitaLand has brought out to Singapore.
"They were in our malls in China, and they are now doing good business here in Singapore," said Mr Lim.
He conceded that not all the Chinese retailers are interested in expanding overseas as the domestic market is already big enough for them. But for those that are ready to do so, CapitaLand will be able to help them penetrate markets through its network of malls in key gateway cities in South-east Asia and other parts of Asia.
"This will give us a network, and offer value to the Chinese retailers and to the Singapore retailers, for example, if they want to go to China," Mr Lim said. "We can also offer value to international retailers who are able to offer something different to the Chinese consumers."


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New Wagon R from Maruti Suzuki 2010: improved feature, specifications, look
Maruti Suzuki announced the launch of its new Maruti Wagon R 2010 which is revamped model of its Wagon R, the second largest selling car by Maruti Suzuki after Alto. The new Wagon R has more than just a face lift from its predecessors both in terms of exterior, interior and its heart.
Take a closer look at the improvements the company offers in the new Maruti Wagon R which is available in three variants; LX, LXi and VXi. The ‘Blue Eyed Boy’; the name given to new Maruti Wagon R sports a latest feature of an elegant blue eyed parking indicator in the headlamp cluster, hence got its name.
The new Maruti Wagon R is based on the same platform as its present Wagon R model but an array of much improved features makes it a new generation car. The heart of new Wagon by Maruti Suzuki has a Bharat Stage IV complaint KB series engine which is the same engine that powers the Maruti A- Star.
The old Wagon R is powered by 1061 cc engine capable of developing 64PS of maximum power and 84 Nm of max torque. Whereas the new Wagon R 2010 has an engine capable of developing 67 PS of max power at 6200 rpm and 90 Nm of max torque at 3500 rpm. A Smart Distributor Less Ignition feature and a high pressure semi-return fuel system are also featured in the new engine.
Now to talk about the exteriors of the new Maruti Wagon R. This new version gets a great styling with new headlamp that helps to shed the boxy look of its current Wagon R. The clear lens headlamp comes with more reflectors and sports silvery winkers against its current orange tone (except the LXi). It also sports a new tail lamp and a front fascia.
The front grille has done away with the horizontal lines in the current Wagon R to be replaced by a graphical mesh. The new version also adds new fenders for wheel defense and sturdy edges. The chassis looks tougher than the current Wagon R model and side profile boasts of a skin that starts from deriver’s door right till the rear.
The new Wagon R 2010 by Maruti Suzuki also comes with a totally redefined interior that includes a stylish central console, a Swift steering and the dashboard that now sports air vents which are boxy at the center. There are improved easy to use switches for the music system that now comes with an aux-in for iPod.
The dual color dashboard can be matched with a variety of color options offered by the company for its interiors. The interiors are more spacious with company rectifying the legroom restraint that exists in the current Wagon R. The boot space is enhanced and the top model (VXi) also comes with air bags and an optional antilock braking system.
The new Maruti Wagon R comes in 7 beautiful hues; Silky Silver, Baker’s Chocolate, Superior White, Midnight Black, Fire Back Red, Breeze Blue and Blistering Grey.
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