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- Renault stopped production of the Duster after it failed to generate decent sales figures.
- The SUV was widely known for its driving dynamics and off-road capabilities.
- It was powered by either a 106PS 1.5-litre NA petrol or a 156PS 1.3-litre turbo-petrol mill.
- Renault could launch the next-gen Duster by the next year.
The Renault Duster, which introduced the Indian customers to the compact crossover SUV segment, has been discontinued after roughly a decade of its launch, probably due to its poor sales performance. However, the brand is likely to bring its third-gen model to our shores by next year.
To jog your memory, the first-generation Renault Duster was launched in July 2021 with various modifications for the Indian market. Updated with an all-wheel-drive setup in 2014, the SUV was widely known for its affordability and offroading practicality. However, its off-road-capable version was discontinued during the BS6 transition phase.
Before Renault pulls the plug off the slow-selling Duster SUV, it was offered with 1.5-liter naturally aspirated petrol and 1.3-litre turbocharged petrol engines, rated at 106PS and 156PS, respectively. Transmission options include a 6-speed manual and a CVT automatic.
The Duster was priced between Rs 9.86 lakh to Rs 14.25 lakh (ex-showroom Delhi). If you still want to buy this car, we are sure that some dealers will have some remaining stock, which they would like to sell at huge discounts.
Renault’s quick focus will be on the Kiger sub-4m SUV segment, which is currently getting a decent number of bookings thanks to its competitive pricing and features-rich packaging.
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Budget brand Travelodge has announced the opening of 15 hotels across the UK in 2015, with an investment value of £100m.
The expansion of the brand will create 400 new jobs and take the group's number of hotels up to 510, with 37,906 rooms, confirming its position as the second largest hotel brand in the UK behind Whitbread's Premier Inn, which is set to launch its 700th property this year.
Travelodge has also identified the potential over the next eight years for a further 150 new hotels, which would create an additional 3,000 jobs.
Today's announcement from Travelodge follows a visit by the Chancellor of the Exchequer, George Osborne, to Birmingham Airport Travelodge, in which he welcomed the expansion plans. Earlier in the day he made a speech with the prime minister in which they announced their support for the growth of regional tourism, an industry which generated £1.3b for the local economy in 2012 and 2013.
"Our long-term economic plan for the Midlands is to make the area an ‘Engine for Growth' by backing business and supporting growth. The expansion of a great British brand like Travelodge within a growing hotel and leisure industry in the UK, is fantastic news.
"Travelodge's expansion is not just reliant however on tourists as increased demand from business customers and families have also boosted growth."
Peter Gowers, chief executive of Travelodge, added: "With our modernised hotels and unbeatable value, we are well placed to serve the rapidly growing demand for low-cost travel."
Travelodge is currently nearing the end of a £100m modernisation programme, with 87% of its portfolio now featuring the brand's new look and king-size Travelodge Dreamer bed. Last year saw a 17% like-for-like increase in revenue per available room (revpar) across the business, which Travelodge claims makes it the fastest growing major UK hotel brand for like-for-like sales in 2014.
The 15 new hotels, comprising 1,332 bedrooms, set to open this year include four in London boroughs (Greenwich, Raynes Park, Richmond and Wembley); as well as 11 across the rest of the UK on in Ryde, Isle of Wight; Poole, Dorset; Southampton; East Grinstead, West Sussex; Egham, Surrey; Winnersh, Berkshire; Bristol; Llandudno; Harrogate; Glasgow and Peterhead, Aberdeenshire.
Going forward, the first three hotels in Travelodge's long-term expansion plans will be located in Dagenham, London; Dover; and Peterhead, Aberdeenshire, at a total investment of £13m.

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Shane Butcher, founder of the R.U. GAME? chain of stores in Florida, has decided to sell his entire life on eBay for $3.5m. The listing includes his house along with everything inside, three cars, three kayaks, his video game collection, and all three R.U. GAME? locations.
Shane will act as a consultant for six months to ease the transition of ownership, as well as make a year’s worth of lease payments in advance for all three locations.
Given that I seriously doubt that anybody will pay three and a half million dollars for somebody’s material possessions, this is a fantastic, low-budget PR effort, gaining the store and RUgamestore.com website target coverage and links in local, trade (video gaming) and national media.


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Australian mining billionaire Andrew Forrest said his private company bought bootmaker R.M. Williams from French fashion giant LVMH, returning ownership of the famed fashion label to its home country after six years.
President Donald Trump will this week visit a new Louis Vuitton facility in Texas, which is being bolstered by local government financing, underlining his close relationship with Bernard Arnault, Europe’s richest man.
The Mexican government has questioned Louis Vuitton’s use of a traditional Mexican pattern in the design of a chair, less than a month after it sent a similar letter to another prominent fashion house.
Louis Vuitton has won the dismissal of a lawsuit by a California toy company that accused the French luxury goods maker of trying to interfere with its sales of a poop-shaped toy purse for children, Pooey Puitton.
Facebook Inc’s Messenger app launched an augmented reality feature on Tuesday to allow people to see products they are shopping for as if they already have them, in a move aimed at drawing in potential advertisers.


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SONY COMPUTER ENTERTAINMENT ANNOUNCES "PROJECT MORPHEUS" - A VIRTUAL REALITY SYSTEMTHAT EXPANDS THE WORLD OF PLAYSTATION(R)4 (PS4(TM))
Sony will be bringing VR to the console it announced yesterday/today. Currently being demoed at GDC visitor will get a glimpse at the next evolution of gaming . The full release is below and to say it looks intriguing would be an understatement. With a VR precedent already being created by Occulus Rift developer support should be there and hopefully Sony will throw their weight behind the new product.
Sony's gaming future is looking strong and hopefully they will continue to innovate but for now we just have to be happy say wait and see the future is not that far away.
Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. (SCE) today announced the development of "Project Morpheus" (Morpheus) - a virtual reality (VR) system that takes the PlayStation(R)4 (PS4(TM)) system to the next level of immersion and demonstrates the future of gaming. SCE will continue development of Morpheus looking towards a future commercial launch.


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Norton shares eight easy steps parents can consider to protect their children and find the right approach for their family.
A majority of UAE parents (96 percent) worry about their children’s online safety but many may not know how to protect them, according to a recent study by Norton.
The Department of Economic Development (DED) in Dubai and Visa have launched a consumer education campaign that aims to promote safe card usage and provide consumers with tips and advice to protect themselves against payment-related fraud.
A look at the first pod prototype for Dubai’s proposed 700mph Hyperloop was unveiled on Saturday.
Dubai Electricity and Water Authority’s (DEWA) MD and CEO Saeed Mohammed Al Tayer has met with Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella, …
Area 2071, the physical embodiment of the UAE Centennial 2071 Plan, has announced that it will be collaborating with global technology company SAP on innovations to help inspire creative minds and fuel digital government.
Dubai Future Foundation has announced that it will be hosting the EY wavespace centre within Area 2071 in Dubai.
The Mohammed Bin Rashid Space Centre (MBRSC), and The Russian Federal Space Agency, Roscosmos, signed a cooperation agreement to send the first Emirati astronaut to space to participate in scientific research as part of the Russian space mission.
The Smart Dubai Office (SDO) will highlight the latest developments in urban technology at the Dubai Smart City Innovation Conference, which the government firm will be hosting in Shanghai, China, on 24th to 27th June 2018.
DHA has announced a new initiative that will grant Emirati high school graduates with scholarships to study science, medicine and other healthcare fields.
The Ministry of Education, MoE, and Alef Education have signed an agreement to apply the Alef Education Systems in ten Abu Dhabi-based public schools as of 1st September, 2018.
Lucid Pay, a smart settlement platform, has recently integrated blockchain technology into the systems of the iconic five-star resort Atlantis, The Palm, making it the first for hotels worldwide.
The second edition of the IMD World Digital Competitiveness Ranking 2018 saw a slight improvement in the global ranking of …
Passengers travelling through Dubai International, DXB, can now explore and experience the emirate without stepping out of the airport.


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An Post has announced that anyone in receipt of Department of Employment Affairs & Social Protection welfare payments will receive two-week payments, starting either today or next Monday March 30.
Most social welfare customers will get their two-week payment today, with the exception of those in receipt of Jobseeker and Working Family payments, Supplementary Welfare Allowance, One Parent Family Payment and Rent Supplement.
The aforementioned customers will get their regular payment this week, and their two-week payment will start on March 30.
All payments from the Department of Employment Affairs & Social Protection will be kept at the post office for 90 days to give customers more time to plan their visit.
The changes come as An Post staggers working time for staff amid the coronavirus outbreak.
The postal service provider also warned of delays to delivery of mail and packages starting from today.
Social distancing measures have been applied in post offices across the country, which An Post urges customers to follow.
They have also asked customers not to bring children along with them if possible, and not to accompany others into the post office if you are not personally carrying out business.
Many post offices have changed their opening hours, with the majority opening from 8am to facilitate elderly people who wish to avoid crowds.
Two post offices in Dublin have also closed temporarily.
Yesterday a fourth person in Ireland passed away from the coronavirus, and 121 new cases were confirmed.
There are now 906 confirmed cases in the Republic, with 211 hospitalisations.
The median age of confirmed cases as of midnight on Friday is 44, and there is at least one case in every county in Ireland.
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Two Islanders and one person from off-Island are teaming up to bring an international chain restaurant to Charlottetown.
Courtney Hindorff, a spokesman with Montana’s Cookhouse & Bar, told The Guardian that the group is very close to finalizing a deal that will make it official.
Hindorff would not disclose who the potential owners are until the agreement is signed, which is expected to happen as early as the end of this week.
“It’s a very, very strong group,’’ said Hindorff, who is in charge of franchise operations for Montana’s. “We’re very excited about them.’’
Montana’s is slated to move into the list of properties owned by developer Plazacorp Retail Properties Ltd. which has been trying to find a franchisee for more than two years to bring the chain to P.E.I. Those properties are located next to Boston Pizza, just off Malpeque Road, with Sobey’s as the anchor tenant at the moment.
“I can’t give you a full update at the moment. We’re just waiting on agreements . . . but yes we feel very good about the opportunity there in Charlottetown.’’
Hindorff did say that the company is confident that the restaurant will open sometime this year, adding that plans are to operate in 6,300 square feet of retail space. There will be enough capacity for 211 seats and it will employ approximately 50 people.
One of the challenges with finding a franchisee(s) for Montana’s is the requirement that they need to have at least $700,000 in equity to start up.
While Sobey’s is the current anchor tenant, Plazacorp’s plans list 103,000 square feet of retail space currently described as “proposed future development’’. Speculation on what that property will turn into ranges from a new location for Canadian Tire/Mark’s Work Wearhouse while rumours continue to swirl about Costco putting a store in the capital, similar to the one in Fredericton.


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Xbox has just confirmed what has already been a bumper January for Game Pass is going to get even bigger as nine more titles are heading its way.
PlayStation has been ahead of Xbox in the console war for the entirety of the latter’s existence. The closest Xbox came to winning a round was via the 360. As for the generation that has just begun, Xbox needed to deal the PS5 a body blow right from the off. It has arguably done that via the expansion of its Game Pass which packs more of a punch than any subscription service PlayStation currently has to offer.
Game Pass started its life on the Series X with a major acquisition. The addition of EA Play for anyone with an Ultimate subscription. There really is already more than anyone could possibly play in a lifetime on the service, but that isn’t stopping Xbox from adding more to it. It already added a bunch of new titles earlier this month and has now announced nine more.
All nine games will be added to Game Pass before the end of January 2021. Each of them, including the dates they will be available and the platforms they can be played on, can be found below.
- Control (PC, January 21, 2021)
- Desperados III (Android, Console, and PC, January 21, 2021)
- Donut County (Android, Console, and PC, January 21, 2021)
- Outer Wilds (Android, January 21, 2021)
- Cyber Shadow (Android, Console, and PC, January 26, 2021)
- The Medium (Xbox Series X/S and PC, January 28, 2021)
- Yakuza 3 Remastered (Android, Console, and PC, January 28, 2021)
- Yakuza 4 Remastered (Android, Console, and PC, January 28, 2021)
- Yakuza 5 Remastered (Android, Console, and PC, January 28, 2021)
It’s not all good news for Game Pass subscribers. Xbox has also revealed that eight titles will be leaving the service later this month to make room for the new arrivals. All eight departures will be leaving Game Pass on January 29, 2021. Check them out below and play them before they’re gone.
- Death Squared (Console)
- Death’s Gambit (PC)
- Final Fantasy 15 (Console and PC)
- Fishing Sim World: Pro Tour (Console and PC)
- Gris (PC)
- Indivisible (Console and PC)
- Reigns: Game of Thrones (PC)
- Sea Salt (Console and PC)
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Komputronik S.A. opened a new store in Poznan and implemented a new biometric technology
Komputronik S.A., our partner from Poland, opened a new store in the Posnia Shopping Center at the beginning of November and implemented a new technology where customers can pay for their products biometrically.
Distinguished by its modern design, in new store customers will find clearly exposed zones with the most popular equipment – laptops, smartphones and desktop computers with a dedicated gaming zone. In addition, a service zone for electronic equipment has also been implemented in the store.
The new layout of the showroom is modern and more customer-friendly. It is yet another Komputronik store, alongside the ones in Wrocław and Warsaw, where customers can pay for their purchases with a glance based on a technology developed by the Wrocław company PayEye.
To use this feature, customers download a dedicated application, create an account, connect their payment card and configure biometric profile. When going shopping, customers will no longer need cash, a payment card or a smartphone since the payments will be made biometrically.


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Data provider, CoinMarketCap has launched two new cryptocurrency benchmark indices based on financial data feeds from Nasdaq Global Index Data Service (GIDS), Bloomberg Terminal, Thomson Reuters Eikon (Refinitiv) and Germany’s Börse Stuttgart, and its own platform.
According to the announcement made on Wednesday, the benchmark indices will cover the top 200 cryptocurrencies by market capitalization and will be the “most comprehensive” crypto data offerings for the markets, one including bitcoin (BTC) and the other without.
The first index is dubbed as CMC Crypto 200 Index (CMC200). As per the firm, this one includes bitcoin and covers more than 90 percent of the global cryptocurrency market.
CMC Crypto 200 ex BTC Index (CMC200EX) is the second index and it tracks the marke...
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Speaking to The Verge about the Pixel's first Feature Drop update, VP of Product for Pixel Sabrina Ellis claims that one of the features of that update—improved memory management—will eventually come to other Android smartphones. This implicitly confirms that the feature is not a Pixel-specific optimization, but rather a change in the Android platform itself.
The insight here, though, is that this means many Android phones may not take advantage of these changes to the way Android handles RAM for quite some time. That's because Google is likely introducing this change as part of a larger, platform-level update in the Pixel's quarterly Feature Drop, changes many phonemakers may not choose to integrate until Android 11.
For large manufacturers like Samsung, core platform updates have come infrequently to its smartphones, and often quite late. Some manufacturers also choose to skip incremental platform updates entirely, instead waiting for the next major Android platform update (e.g., Android 11) to implement all of the accumulated changes at once.
That's because, despite the disappearance of ".x" releases for Android (such as Android 8.1) since Android 9 Pie, they very much live on: Google makes incremental updates to the platform quarterly, and has done so since at least Android 7 Nougat.
In that sense, the story with this memory management update is no different than any other platform-level feature: some manufacturers will integrate it sooner, some will integrate it much later. But as a story, it does serve to highlight the fact that simply being "fast" with updates isn't painting a full picture. If an OEM chooses to skip all or some of the Android platform's quarterly updates, they could be significantly further behind the Pixel than a simple version number would indicate (which is why, I suspect, Google has done away with those ".x" releases, at least in part).
As Google seeks to differentiate the Pixel for the software features it introduces ahead of other Android phones, it's inevitably going to lead to friction with companies it otherwise considers partners. No doubt, it's also a bit of encouragement to those partners: the Android team can point to what the Pixel team is doing and tell other phonemakers that they, too, could be taking advantage of these features, if they were more aggressive about their update cadence.
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Automobile component manufacturer Gnotec Group is investing $5.9 million to locate its first U.S. operations in Orangeburg County, a move expected to create 78 jobs.
Gnotec, which specializes in the engineering and manufacturing of metal components for chassis structures, has operations in China, Slovakia and Sweden. Among its clients it counts Volvo Cars, which just began full production on the S60 sedan at its new plant near Ridgeville in September.
"We at Gnotec Group are excited to take the next step in our development to support our global customers by adding operations in the United States,” Gnotec Group CEO Joergen Oldenstedt said in a news release. “We are very satisfied with Orangeburg County's great logistics position, as well as South Carolina’s growing automotive industry, skilled workforce and excellent support for our establishment.”
The company will establish production, expected to come online in the first quarter of 2019, in a 30,000-square-foot facility at 152 Regional Parkway in Orangeburg. Hiring is slated to begin later this quarter.
“We are grateful and honored that Orangeburg County has been selected by Gnotec for their first North American location,” Orangeburg County Council Chairman Johnnie Wright said. “Gnotec is a leading Scandinavian company that will support nearby Volvo Cars.”


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Nissan shares soared on Monday as investors cheered the automaker’s plans for a share buyback, after the bloodbath on equity markets at the start of the year hammered its stock. Japan’s number two automaker said after the Tokyo market closed on Friday that it would purchase up to 400 billion yen ($3.5 billion) worth of its own shares by the end of the year.In response, the Tokyo-listed shares surged as much as 12 percent in opening trade — the most in seven years, according to Bloomberg News. They finished 5.45 percent higher at 1,024.5 yen. The buyback, announced after a board meeting, will start on Monday and run until December 22, Nissan said. Share buybacks tend to lift the value of existing stock.
Separately, Renault said that it would sell its shares in order to maintain its current 43.4-percent stake in Nissan, which in turn owns 15 percent of the French automaker. The pair have had a business tie-up since the late nineties and Nissan said its buyback will not lead to any “material change” in their alliance.
Combined, they are the world’s fourth-biggest carmaker with 8.53 million unit sales in 2015.Renault shares closed more than five percent higher on the Paris exchange Friday, which was open at the time of the announcement.
Renault-Nissan alliance chief executive Carlos Ghosn said the decision to return cash to shareholders was prompted by the Japanese automaker’s strong cash flow position. “Returns to shareholders is one of Nissan’s key objectives,” he said in a statement.
Nissan’s shares took a beating at the start of the year as concerns about the global economy hammered equities. On Friday, the stock was down about 24 percent since January. But the firm’s earnings have been upbeat. Net profit for April-December jumped nearly 34 percent from a year earlier to 452.8 billion yen, despite weakness in Japan and emerging markets.
Nissan’s moves to boost factory output in emerging markets — top vehicle market China, Mexico, Brazil and Thailand — have now put the company in a position to free up cash for buying back shares, analysts said.
“In this situation, for Nissan — which has a strong balance sheet — a share buyback is a good choice,” said Masayuki Kubota, chief strategist at Rakuten Securities in Tokyo. But he warned “many uncertainties” remain for the emerging markets strategy.
“Nissan is quite aggressive to make investments in emerging countries, but these days the economic situation is unstable,” Kubota told AFP. The outlook for “China is not good, and the influence of China’s economy on some Southeast Asian countries is quite big”, he added. (AFP)


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Readout of Vice President Biden's Calls to Chrysler CEO Sergio Marchionne, UAW President Bob King, and Chrysler Worker Frances Soehartono
Earlier today, Vice President Biden called Sergio Marchionne, CEO of Chrysler; Bob King, President of the United Auto Workers (UAW); and Frances Soehartono, a worker from Chrysler's Jefferson North Plant, to congratulate them on Chrysler's repayment of $10.6 billion in U.S. government loans more than six years ahead of schedule. Vice President Biden hailed Chrysler's return to profitability and recent job creation, expressing confidence that today's milestone marks a turning point for the entire American auto industry. Vice President Biden acknowledged the tremendous sacrifices made by many Chrysler workers and their families over the past two years, and he emphasized his conviction that Chrysler's historic turnaround is due to the high quality of American workmanship and the dedication of workers like Frances Soehartono.
A photograph of the Vice President's call to Frances Soehartono can be viewed HERE.
Joseph R. Biden, Readout of Vice President Biden's Calls to Chrysler CEO Sergio Marchionne, UAW President Bob King, and Chrysler Worker Frances Soehartono Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/309923


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Salmonella may have contaminated ‘O’ Organics Celery Seed sold in Alaska. In response B&M, Inc., makers of ‘O’ Organics Celery Seed, have issued a recall.
The recall targets bottles sold at stores between May 25 and Dec. 16. The spice is packaged in a glass bottle with a net weight of 1.8oz (51g) and marked with a UPC 0-7989341124-8.
Recalled bottles have the following Lot Number and Best By Date printed on the bottom:
Lot Number Best By Date
1381102A May 18, 2013
2141102A Aug. 02, 2013
2591106A Sept. 16, 2013
2741106A Oct. 01, 2013
2921102A Oct. 19, 2013
3321110A Nov. 28, 2013
No other ‘O’ Organics spices are affected.
Alaska’s Department of Environmental Conservation has confirmed distribution of this product in Alaska. However, as of Monday afternoon there have been no reported illnesses in Alaska or other states.
Salmonella is an organism that can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections in young children, frail or elderly people and others with weakened immune systems. Healthy persons infected with Salmonella often experience fever, diarrhea — possibly bloody diarrhea, nausea, vomiting and abdominal pain beginning 12 hours to three days after infection.
The illness usually lasts four to seven days. In rare circumstances, infection can result in arterial infections, i.e. infected aneurysms, endocarditis, and arthritis.
People exhibiting any of these symptoms should contact their health care providers.
For more information, including refunds, contact B&M, Inc. at 877-321-5852 Monday through Friday, 5:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. or contact Safeway directly anytime at 800-723-3929.
• Contact reporter Russell Stigall at 523-2276 or at email@example.com.


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Reviews Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi to launch Google-developed infotainment in 2021
Renault 'impressed' by Ferrari power gains
Renault Sport F1 boss Cyril Abiteboul admits he's been "impressed" by the power unit gains made by the French manufacturer's rivals in recent weeks, and in particular Ferrari. Although Renault produced what it thought was a significant upgrade for the Canadian GP it doesn't appear to have closed the gap.At Silverstone it was clearly lagging behind, with the Red Bulls unable to keep pace with the opposition, and the works cars out of the top 10 in qualifying."I'm just impressed by our competitors," Abiteboul told Motorsport.com.
Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi has announced that it will launch a next-generation infotainment system in 2021, co-developed with tech giant Google.
This system will be shared across all three brands, enabling its cars to take over-the-air updates and run remote diagnostics. The group claims the infotainment system will be one of the most intelligent on the market.
A Google Assistant system will also feature. This is a growing trend across the industry, withinfotainment system and into its full line-up.
For Better or Worse, the Nissan Juke Is No More
The divisively-styled crossover is dead.According to a report by Automotive News, Nissan's ever-polarizing Juke subcompact crossover is—in the U.S. at least—discontinued. Dead. Donezo. Finito.
Accompanying the infotainment will be systems operated from an online cloud, timed to coincide with the culmination of the mid-term plan in 2022. The Alliance Intelligent Cloud will make it possible to manage data collected from the brands’ cars and enable drivers to download Android apps onto their car’s infotainment system.
Despite the link with Google and Android, the system will be compatible with other operating systems, most notably Apple’s iOS software.
Last year, Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi announced that itand introduction of electric and autonomous cars, which will be built on one of four platforms shared across the alliance.
Twelve EV models, spread across all three brands, will feature varying levels of autonomous technology as Nissan proliferates its Propilot system, first seen on the all-electric Leaf, as well as the Google-developed infotainment.
Renault to introduce new floor in Belgian GP
Renault will introduce a new floor as well as other aerodynamic parts for next weekend's Belgian Grand Prix in its bid to maintain its place at the head of Formula 1's midfield battle.Powered by
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Ais also due for launch in this time frame, based on the eX concept of 2016.
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Mitsubishi Makes Cool Cars, We Just Don't Get Them In America.
You may be a fan of Mitsubishi’s great cars and trucks of the past, longing for the days of the Montero and Lancer wagons. But you may not realize that Mitsubishi still sells these cars, just not to Americans. Today is as good a day as any to take stock of what Mitsubishi sells to the rest of the world. Mitsu just booted Ghosn and is primed for a shakeup. Research the latest from Mitsubishi on MSN Autos Well, I’m not really here to make a business case for Mitsubishi. That’s Mitsubishi’s job. It’s my job to tell you that in 2018 you can buy a brand new Mitsubishi pickup truck if you want.
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Wireless carrier Sprint (NYSE:S) has long stood as an alternative to service from industry giants AT&T (NYSE:T) and Verizon (NYSE:VZ), with the company's history dating back to when it was going head-to-head against AT&T and now-bankrupt MCI to provide long-distance telephone services. Yet even as competition in the wireless network space has heated up, Sprint has had a hard time gaining much traction in its efforts to claim its share of the lucrative market. With much of the company's losses coming in the wake of its latest quarterly results, Sprint investors are increasingly concerned about the company's immediate future. Let's take a closer look at the struggles that Sprint is going through and how the company is working to get through them.
Why Sprint slowed to a crawl last month
Sprint's fiscal second-quarter results in early November threw cold water on the bullish argument for the wireless carrier. For the quarter, Sprint saw 10% growth in revenue, but that didn't help the company make much of a dent in its recent losses. Sprint posted operating losses of $192 million, and although that was less than half the nearly $400 million operating loss from the same quarter in 2013, investors had believed that Sprint could post much smaller losses.
The shrinking subscriber numbers that Sprint posted were particularly troubling for investors seeking faster growth. Sprint said that the number of postpaid subscribers fell by 272,000, with a reduction of half a million phone customers more than offsetting the 261,000-subscriber gain in tablet subscribers. As a cost-cutting measure, Sprint also said it would cut 2,000 jobs, with the hope that doing so will cut Sprint's costs by $400 million annually. Even though the company said that its losses had slowed during the month of September, Sprint investors are far from certain whether it can keep up with AT&T and Verizon.
In addition, even peer T-Mobile (NASDAQ:TMUS) has made a far larger marketing splash lately and is therefore poised to take over the No. 3 spot from Sprint in the near future. T-Mobile CEO John Legere predicted earlier this year that T-Mobile would beat out Sprint by year's end, and if T-Mobile continues its growth pace from previous quarters, then it could pass Sprint's total subscriber count as early as this quarter.
Can Sprint get back in the race?
Sprint certainly hasn't given up on its efforts to remain relevant in the wireless industry. CEO Marcelo Claure believes that a clearer marketing message could help boost its standing with potential customers, and with an emphasis on value, clarity, and simplicity, Sprint hopes that it can finally get more attention from smartphone- and tablet-users.
At the same time, Sprint hasn't hesitated to throw billions of dollars at improving its network .With the need to connect new spectrum to its existing network and with a dramatic move forward toward LTE technology, Sprint now finds itself with a lot more debt relative to its earning power than AT&T and Verizon. The gamble is likely worth it, given that without a top-quality network, Sprint will likely find it impossible to attract new customers and reverse its long exodus of subscribers. Yet even if service improves, that alone won't necessarily be enough to draw more business.
Still, Sprint stands to benefit from the product upgrade cycle, as the latest Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) models start to gain traction among customers. The iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus have already shown signs of spurring a rise in upgrade rates among existing customers, and Sprint CFO Joe Euteneuer said that "higher upgrade rates this quarter and the anticipation of our highest ever upgrade rate in the fourth quarter are good indications that our customers are recommitting to Sprint." If the company can get a new influx of recommitted subscribers in the wake of the new iPhone release, then Sprint could finally start building the momentum it needs to succeed in the long run.
Sprint's losses last month show how the wireless carrier is at an important crossroads in its long-term strategic vision. Even though it has sought to become a stronger competitor against AT&T and Verizon, Sprint now finds itself having to work hard just to hold onto its existing customer base. Without some attractive services or products that can boost its customer counts, Sprint doesn't have a clear path forward for investors to count on looking ahead.
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text: The Link has been urged to install more lifts or escalators in its shopping malls after a political party's survey found six of them had neither facility and many others only had escalators that went in one direction. 'In some of them, shoppers need to carry heavy bags down stairs. It might be dangerous when the floor is slippery on rainy days,' said a spokesman for the Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong, which did the survey. The DAB checked the suitability for use by elderly shoppers of The Link Management's 102 shopping centres on public housing estates. Formerly government-owned, they were sold to The Link Real Estate Investment Trust in 2005. Three malls in Tuen Mun - the Sam Shing, Siu Hei and Tai Hing commercial centres - Wong Tai Sin's Wang Fai and Tung Tau Estate shopping centres and the Chun Shek centre in Sha Tin had neither lifts nor escalators, the DAB found. Of those with escalators, 15 per cent ran them either up or down but not in both directions. The party also found that a fifth of the shopping centres had no toilets for wheelchair users and a third did not have non-slip flooring at entrances. 'Many of the shopping centres we visited are close to public housing estates where a lot of elderly people are living. Unfortunately, the shortage of necessary facilities will cause them much inconvenience,' the party's spokesman said. He urged the property management company to take the needs of the elderly into account and improve the shopping environment. The Link runs 180 shopping centres, wet markets and car parks. A spokesman for The Link said it had been upgrading the properties acquired from the Housing Authority since taking them over four years ago. 'Depending on the circumstances of the property, these enhancements may include improvements to passageways and installing lifts or escalators to add to the public's convenience,' he said.


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Nike released a new version of its 'Air Trainer SC High' to pay tribute to the 1996 Atlanta Olympics and to celebrate its 20th anniversary.
With this in mind, the sneakers incorporate the same colors used for the summer games, paying tribute to an important point in history that saw the legendary Muhammad Ali light the torch to kick off the Atlanta Olympics. The vibrant shoes feature a bright turquoise suede and leather upper that's contrasted by a white tongue and gold accents.
The rubber soles are marked by multi-hued accents that give it a more retro look, mimicking a type of tie-dye pattern. Gold embroidery spells out the Nike brand name and lightly patterns white stripes that decorate the uppers, giving the color palette a more cohesive look.


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Magam, Apr 6: Municipal Committee Magam here in Central Kashmir’s Budgam district on Wednesday demolished two shops and sealed couple of structures including a shopping complex.
Municipal Committee Magam carried out the demolition drive after the complaints about the existence of illegal structures in the town.
Executive Officer, Municipal Committee Magam said that they faced stiff resistance from the aggrieved shopkeepers. He alleged that despite being informed, the higher-ups didn’t provide sufficient manpower to conduct the drive.
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Loom Solar, a solar marketplace based out of Faridabad, Haryana turns 1 year old today. Sharing the highlights of journey, Amol Anand Co-founder said, “We are on the right direction to become India’s most popular brand in solar by 2020, More than a million people has seen us on YouTube. We have added 500 solar entrepreneurs, 2,000 homes are solar powered by us and as the summer is coming up, we have started getting more than 300 enquiries to make Homes, Shops and Offices solar powered every day.”
“Our future is looking promising. We are targeting to achieve a sales revenue of 100 cr by 2020. To do this, Loom Solar become a product company by launching solar photo voltaic module and solar panel stand under Loom Solar brand. Our Solar PV modules are made of latest technology. It is a mono crystalline panel that generates power in cloudy weather and low light. We are offering solar PV modules from 10 watts to 340 watts. The solar panel stand is long lasting made of galvanized iron, it is portable, universal in design to hold any make and size of solar panels,” he added.
The panels comes with a 25 years warranty, 5 Bus bar technology, PID resistant, and RoHS compliant which means, there is no component used in PV modules which impacts human life.
The technology offered here is rarely available to Indian consumers according to the company’s officials. The firm also told ELE Times that at present, Loom Solar ships more than 1 MW Solar Panels to Retail customers across 700 cities in India.
For more information on Loom Solar, visit their website.


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In this edition of Sliced, the 3D Printing Industry news digest, we cover the latest business developments and partnerships in the 3D printing sector.
Today’s edition includes several 3D printing partnerships and business deals, rebrandings from Sigma Labs and Covestro, new post-processing systems from AM Solutions and DyeMansion, and a luxury 3D printed sports watch.
Read on for the most recent updates from AddUp, Uniformity Labs, Kimya, polySpectra, Mechnano, Boston Micro Fabrication, Sintratec, Solidpro, Wikifactory, Sigma Additive Solutions, Recreus, Massivit 3D, Covestro, Mimaki, and more.
New 3D printing partnerships, acquisitions, and investments
Starting off with the latest business deals in additive manufacturing, 3D printer OEM AddUp has started working with materials firm Uniformity Labs to improve the performance of Uniformity’s Ti64 Grade 23 alloy on AddUp’s FormUp 350 3D printer. The work is set to lead to a partnership that will jointly market the titanium alloy as an advanced materials option on the powder bed fusion system.
Adam Hopkins, CEO of Uniformity Labs, said, “The advanced features of the FormUp 350 and the optimized material properties of our ultralow porosity Ti64 Grade 23 powder produce the highest quality printed alloy ideal for medical and other high-performance applications such as aerospace and energy. Ti64 is the starting point as we will look to verify other materials on the FormUp350 platform with AddUp.”
Leading 3D printer OEM Stratasys has partnered with materials firm Kimya to expand the Stratasys Validated materials range for its FDM 3D printers. As a result of the deal, Kimya will soon offer Stratasys customers two new materials: Kimya PC-FR, an EN45545–2 certified polycarbon filament, and Kimya PEKK-SC, a polyetherketone filament. Expected to see use in the rail and oil sectors, the new offerings are set to be marketed from H2 2022.
Stratasys has also teamed up with resin 3D printing service provider polySpectra and materials firm Mechnano to make the firms’ resin offerings available for use on Stratasys’ Origin One range of DLP 3D printers. Stratasys customers will now be able to leverage polySpectra’s COR Alpha engineering material and Mechnano’s Formula1 resin, which is suitable for ESD-safe applications.
Elsewhere, Barcelona-based 3D printer manufacturer BCN3D has announced a collaboration with adhesives specialist Henkel to develop new resin formulations for the former’s upcoming Viscous Lithography Manufacturing (VLM) technology. The agreement is the latest development in an alliance that’s been ongoing since 2020. Although details haven’t yet been disclosed, one of the key areas of research areas will reportedly be in elastomeric applications.
Sam Bail, Director of 3D Printing & Partnerships at Henkel, adds, “BCN3D has unveiled a groundbreaking technology that enables printing high viscosity resins. Thermal & mechanical properties are enhanced by additives that typically increase the viscosity of the resins, which in other cases makes them more difficult to print. We look forward to seeing the tremendous impact VLM technology brings to the additive market together with new Henkel Industrial resins.”
Boston Micro Fabrication (BMF), a specialist in micro precision 3D printing, has partnered with electronics provider Sunway Communication to 3D print new next-generation antenna devices. The firms have already established a new joint development lab located in San Diego, where BMF’s PμSL (Projection Micro-Stereolithography) will be used to enable new levels of antenna miniaturization.
Swiss SLS 3D printer OEM Sintratec has signed a new distribution agreement with engineering service provider Solidpro to increase its presence in Germany. The deal marks a large expansion of Sintratec’s existing German distribution network.
August Kurz, Manufacturing Sales Director at Solidpro, commented, “With Sintratec as our partner, we have gained a perfect addition to our product portfolio. We were especially convinced by the modular and scalable system design.”
Leading desktop 3D printer OEM Prusa Research has announced the acquisition of Printed Solid, a Delaware-based reseller of 3D printers and materials. In early 2022, Printed Solid became the first official distributor of Prusa products for enterprise, educational, and government customers. Moving forward, the acquisition will increase the availability of Prusa’s 3D printers in the US, and Printed Solid will begin providing local warranty and post-warranty services for customers.
Prusa Research CEO Josef Prusa said, “Printed Solid and its CEO David Randolph have been very popular and well-recognized ín the 3D printing community for a long time. From the first moments of working together, we were sure that we are on the right track to move experience for the owners of our printers based in the US to the next level.”
Finally, Wikifactory, a collaborative product development platform, has raised $2.5 million in pre-series A funding, bringing the firm’s total capital raised to almost $8 million. The latest funding round was financed by existing investors and new investors such as Seier Capital. Wikifactory intends to use the funds to expand on its manufacturing marketplace which launched earlier this year, enabling online quotes for advanced manufacturing processes like 3D printing.
Wikifactory also partnered with the Danish AM Hub to help manufacturing firms in Denmark adopt 3D printing into their daily operations.
Rebrandings from Sigma Labs and Covestro
Sigma Labs, a specialist in quality assurance software for the 3D printing industry, has rebranded and begun operating under the new name Sigma Additive Solutions. The firm’s common stock has also started trading on the NASDAQ under a new ticker: SASI. The move is intended to reflect the company’s growth from its early days as a laboratory to its current position with its comprehensive set of patented quality metrics.
Jacob Brunsberg, President and CEO of Sigma, stated, “Our company’s decision to operate as Sigma Additive Solutions is an acknowledgment of the progress the Sigma team has made in creating the quality standard in additive manufacturing.”
Elsewhere, materials firm Covestro is also undergoing a rebranding for its thermoplastic materials portfolio. All polymers currently sold under the brand names of Arnilene, Arnite, Arnitel, EcoPaXX, and Novamid will now be commercialized under the Addigy brand name.
ASTM launches Consortium for Materials Data and Standardization
ASTM International’s Additive Manufacturing Center of Excellence (AM CoE) has launched its new Consortium for Materials Data and Standardization (CMDS) initiative. The CMDS aims to enable collaboration between key players in the 3D printing sector, ultimately advancing standardization for 3D printing materials data generation. It also serves to create and manage shared datasets to accelerate technology qualification, while promoting additive manufacturing adoption.
Amber Andreaco, section manager – materials & powders at GE Additive, said, “GE Additive is pleased to continue its engagement with the AM CoE Industry Consortium. As a company that offers the entire additive ecosystem, from feedstock to finished parts, we recognize the importance of developing highly pedigreed materials property datasets. By coming together to define a common approach to materials characterization, we hope to drive further understanding and expansion of the additive industry as a whole.”
New 3D printing materials from Recreus, Henkel, and Mimaki
In the materials space, filament manufacturer Recreus has launched its new PLA-LW 3D printing material, a lightweight PLA suitable for low-density polymer parts. Developed using an ‘active foaming technology’, the material can reportedly reduce the weight of printed parts by up to 50% when compared to conventional PLA filament. The filament is now available in 750g and 3kg spools.
Henkel’s LOCTITE brand has launched a new photopolymer resin: Loctite IND380 ESD HT. The latest offering is defined by its electrostatic dissipative properties and high heat deflection temperature of over 200°C. The industrial-grade resin is suitable for a variety of applications such as PCB tooling, assembly fixtures, and electronics housings.
Full-color 3D printer OEM Mimaki has announced the launch of a new, clear 3D printing ink called MH-110PCL. Aimed squarely at artists, architects, and design professionals, the material is based on Mimaki’s previous MH-100CL ink but offers increased transparency while eliminating yellow tint.
Mark Sollman, Product Manager of Mimaki Europe, added, “Here at Mimaki we strive to do everything we can to accommodate the needs of our customers. We realized the importance of having truly clear material and acted upon it straight away.”
Latest 3D printer sales from Massivit, GE, and Optomec
Israel-based 3D printer manufacturer Massivit 3D has reported a successful launch of its Massivit 10000 3D printing system, announcing 12 new non-binding pre-sale reservations at the JEC World 2022 trade show in Paris. The reservations bring the total number of orders up to 29. Based on the firm’s next-generation Cast-In-Motion (CIM) technology, the system is the firm’s largest printer to date, sporting a huge build volume of 1200 x 1500 x 1650mm.
Elsewhere, 3D printing service provider BEAMIT has purchased a new Concept Laser M Line system from GE Additive. BEAMIT is a long-time GE Additive customer and already operates an entire fleet of Concept Laser and Arcam 3D printers. The latest M Line investment is intended to help meet the growing demand for large-format metal parts from customers in the aerospace and defense sectors.
Finally, industrial 3D printer manufacturer Optomec has announced the delivery of its 600th 3D printing system. The milestone figure includes 250 of the firm’s LENS DED 3D printers and 350 of its Aerosol Jet systems. Optomec’s customers span a wide variety of industries including aerospace, electronics, energy, and defense.
“Our team is delighted, and frankly proud, to reach this latest significant milestone that reinforces our leadership position in the markets we serve,” said Dave Ramahi, Optomec’s CEO. “As rewarding as the 600 machine figure is, what’s most encouraging is that it reflects customers’ confidence in our solutions’ ability to meet their production needs.”
QC Labs achieves ABS Service Supplier certification
QC Laboratories, a non-destructive testing lab for the additive manufacturing sector, has now been certified as a Recognized Service Supplier by the American Bureau of Shipping (ABS). The firm was categorized under the Nondestructive Inspection category, demonstrating competency via a documentation review, facility audit, and a practical demonstration. QC also holds several other certifications from NADCAP, FAA, ASNT, EASA, and ISO.
Jose Crespo, General Manager of QC Labs, said, “Recognition as an Approved Service Supplier through ABS shows our customers our dedication to safety and validates our deep knowledge of NDT for marine structures. With the rise of additive manufacturing for marine applications, we’re positioned to help the commercial marine and offshore industries resolve supply chain issues by adopting industrial 3D printing.”
Desktop Metal’s new Supply Chain Resilience Package
Desktop Metal and Lumafield, a provider of X-ray computed tomography technology, have announced the launch of their new Supply Chain Resilience Package. The package combines Desktop Metal’s 3D printers with Lumafield’s CT scanners to enable customers to quickly and easily scan and print parts without the need for a CAD model.
The Supply Chain Resilience Package is currently available to customers that purchase a Desktop Metal 3D printer and reserve a Lumafield CT scanner before July 1, 2022.
“Manufacturers have wanted to replace legacy fabrication processes with 3D printing for a long time, but digitalization of parts has been a barrier,” said Ric Fulop, Founder and CEO of Desktop Metal. “With accessible CT scanning, we finally have the digitization solution we need to quickly convert old designs into complete CAD files for 3D printing.”
New post-processing systems from AM Solutions and DyeMansion
AM Solutions, a Germany-based developer of post-processing systems for the 3D printing industry, has launched its new C1 support removal station. Designed for use with 3D printed photopolymer resin parts, the compact plug-and-play machine can process components up to 340 x 440 x 170mm in size. The support removal approach combines chemical, thermal, and mechanical processes, relying on an immersion bath filled with a non-hazardous dissolution compound.
Elsewhere, surface finishing specialist DyeMansion has announced the launch of its Powerfuse S PP post-processing system, an upgraded version of the Powerfuse S designed specifically for polypropylene (PP) parts. The machine is based on the company’s VaporFuse Surfacing technology and is reportedly the first of its kind capable of smoothing 3D printed PP components.
Additionally, the firm has also revamped its original Powerfuse S system to be compatible with Lubrizol’s ESTANE 3D TPU material.
Felix Ewald, CEO and co-founder of DyeMansion, adds, “One of the biggest limitations in Additive Manufacturing is material availability. Enabling the industrial use of PP will be a big driver for further growth in our industry. We are very happy that we found a way to provide injection molding-like surfaces and enhanced properties through our Powerfuse S PP and we are very much looking forward to seeing the first high-volume use cases soon.”
3D printed bagpipes and timepieces
In the music world, Glasgow-based musician and inventor Donald W. G. Lindsay is using 3D printing technology to create custom parts for his bagpipes. He started designing devices to extend the range of his smallpipes back in 2005, and now works with 3D printing to develop extended chanter parts. The design requirements he had for the chanter included looking like a chanter, encompassing the D-B range, and having no keys.
Donald’s old friend Alasdair Roberts commented, “I’ve known Donald since we were both teenagers – when he was mainly playing guitar, singing and writing songs. Even in those early pre-piping days, he was a fearlessly idiosyncratic musician.”
Watchmaker Panerai, together with boat builder Brabus, used 3D printing technology to develop a limited-edition timepiece. Priced at a hefty $49,200, the Submersible S Brabus Blue Shadow Edition is designed to look like the Brabus Shadow 900 Deep Blue luxury day-boat, which launched earlier this month. It features a 47mm casing 3D printed using titanium and is limited to only 200 units. The watch is also water-resistant to 300 meters and features a unidirectional rotating bezel.
3DDW to take place from June 20 – 24
The first iteration of the 3D Delta Week (3DDW) is set to take place from June 20 – 24, 2022. The multi-event week comprises over a dozen individual events relating to 3D technologies like additive manufacturing. Taking place over five days, it will include masterclasses, a fair, symposia, R&D events, and more.
The ultimate goal of the 3DDW is to contribute to the advancement of 3D manufacturing technologies, while bringing together all those involved in the manufacturing sphere.
The organizers added, “3D Delta Week will be the annual meeting point for everyone involved in 3D Manufacturing, whether inside or outside the Benelux Delta. We are going to create value for users and providers.”
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WAKE FOREST N.C. (WTVD) -- Bounce houses are having a moment and people in the business of inflatable rentals are hoping it lasts.
Business is booming for Wake Forest-based Bounce House Party Rentals and that's not just hot air.
Xavier Parrott, who launched his company in 2013 renting out the sole bounce house he owned to neighbors and strangers on Craigslist, is enjoying a 300-percent year-over-year increase in sales.
He now has 50 inflatable units stored in a large warehouse-- everything from massive water slides with names like "Purple Crush" to obstacle courses-that are being reserved three to four weeks in advance.
Business came to a halt at the start of the pandemic, but Parrott said it wound up being only a brief interruption.
"It was surprising," Parrott said. "I was nervous that I might lose everything when the pandemic first hit, but I just started getting calls after calls after calls- it just hit all at once."
In all of 2020, Parrott ended up booking about 730 parties or events while already, in May of 2021, he's booked 400.
"2020 ended up being our best year," Parrott said. "It's kind of mind blowing. I see some people that I'm real good friends with, they're going through struggles and stuff with their businesses."
Indoor play spaces, meantime, are among those struggling due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The owner of Greystone Recreation Center in Raleigh told ABC11 he is struggling to get customers back in the door.
At Little Doodles Play Café off Glenwood Avenue, owner Jaime Adams is hoping to see more families return soon.
"The past couple months we've done OK, but we're just getting by to surviving," she said.
Little Doodles caters to both children and their parents; moms and dads can grab a table and enjoy some coffee while their little ones romp around the play space, get creative with arts and crafts and do story time.
"We grew really quickly," Adams said. "And then the pandemic kind of changed everything."
Pre-pandemic, Adams' business was thriving so much that she moved and expanded in a new location, but after opening in March of 2020, she abruptly had to close, canceling dozens of birthday parties that had booked through July.
Summer camps and additional retail items have helped offset some of the slower months, but Adams is hoping more families will opt to escape the summer heat for a gathering inside the play café.
While staff are still wearing face masks, vaccinated customers do not have to. Hand sanitizing stations are scattered throughout and staff are rotating toys multiple times day in order to sanitize more frequently than pre-pandemic.
"We're just doing our very best to keep everybody as safe as possible," she said. "Staff will always have masks on regardless of our vaccination status just to try to make sure we're not exposing anyone to anything."


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November 14-20th is Global Entrepreneurship Week and is being celebrated by people both nationally and globally. GEW is powered by the Kauffman Foundation and is accepted and supported by leaders from all over the world, as well as over 15,000 organizations. GEW is designed to acknowledge entrepreneurs for their successes and triumphs and also recognize them for their direct influence on providing products and services to consumers and businesses.
The Canadian host of Global Entrepreneurship Week for the eighth year is Futurpreneur Canada. For Futurpreneur, #GEW2016 is designed to celebrate “the innovators and job creators who launch startups that bring ideas to life, drive economic growth and expand human welfare.”
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, also declared his support for entrepreneurs on November 14th to mark the beginning of Global Entrepreneurship Week.
“Canadian entrepreneurs work hard every day to transform new ideas into market-ready products and services that they export to the world, while creating job opportunities here at home that grow our middle class, strengthen our communities, and shape the course of our country’s future.
Global Entrepreneurship Week celebrates their ingenuity, hard work, and enormous contributions to our nation’s prosperity and economic security. This week is also an opportunity for aspiring entrepreneurs to connect with collaborators, mentors, and investors, and explore ways to turn their dreams into reality.”
[To read the full statement, click here.]
Darrell Keezer, CEO and founder of Candybox, started his entrepreneurial journey in 2008 after being laid off as an IT manager. Darrell identified that business owners were not attracting qualified leads, so he chose to start a company that would enable companies to succeed online! Now, 8 years later, Candybox now provides jobs to over 10 full-time employees and has helped hundreds of clients create a strong online presence (all while having a blast, and doing what we do best!)
Entrepreneurs take risks daily in order to achieve success. Entrepreneurship can be hard and messy, but the reward can be great! Because people have chosen to start their own business, they have also influenced others to embark on their own entrepreneurial journeys and follow their passions.The Centre for Innovation Studies in Calgary has found that about 13% of Canadians are entrepreneurs, ranking Canada as second in the world for entrepreneurship!
We would like to congratulate entrepreneurs both nationally and globally for their success and thank Futurpreneur Canada for acknowledging the work of entrepreneurs from all industries in this great nation.


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Michelle Basch, wtop.com
WASHINGTON – The latest lists of most stolen cars in the region don’t include luxury vehicles or brand new cars.
The 2000 Dodge Caravan was the vehicle reported stolen most often in Maryland last year, according to the National Insurance Crime Bureau, a not-for-profit organization which crunched the numbers of all vehicles reported stolen.
In D.C. it was a slightly older Caravan – the 1998 model – that was ripped off more than anything else on four wheels.
In Virginia, the 1994 Honda Accord was tops among car thieves in 2011.
Preliminary FBI crime statistics show the number of reported car thefts nationwide dropped 3.3 percent in 2011 compared to the year before, and is now the lowest since 1967.
Here are lists of the top 10 most stolen cars in each part of the area:
Nationwide, here’s the list of the most stolen vehicles:
While overall thefts have declined, the NICB finds a growing trend. Thieves are stealing late-model vehicles, the ones with sophisticated key code technology.
Thieves have figured out how to get the key code for a specific vehicle and have a replacement key made, according to NICB President and Chief Executive Officer Joe Wehrle.
More information on preventing auto theft can be found on NICB’s website.
Anyone with information about vehicle theft or insurance fraud can report it anonymously by calling toll-free 1-800-TEL-NICB (1-800-835-6422) or texting keyword “fraud” to TIP411 (847411).
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NEW YORK (CBS.MW) -- Shares of Rite Aid shed one-quarter of their value Wednesday afternoon after the drugstore chain said it needs more time to sort through its messy finances.
The company RAD, +0.99% said its recently appointed executives and auditing team will pore over its books and will have its financial statements out by July 11.
The company is reauditing its financial statements from 1997-99. Additionally, it can't meet the deadline for filing its fiscal third-quarter statement on Wednesday.
The New York Stock Exchange said it it hasn't made a decision about delisting Rite Aid, but will "closely monitor the situation."
The company has melted down over the past year as more people looked to buy drugstore items online. Some missteps inside the company, including overbuilding West Coast operations, have also hurt.
The stock fell 2 5/8 to 8 -- down from a 52-week high of 50 5/8. Lehman Brothers lowered its rating on the company. See Ratings page.


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Facelifted MG ZS EV
Unveiled Ahead Of India Launch 2022
MG Motor India is preparing to launch a completely redesigned version of its
ZS EV SUV.
SUV received some cosmetic updates, some features have benefited from the MG Astor.
The updated model features a face with body-colored panels and new alloy wheels.
Sleek LED projector headlamps, revised front bumper, black side body cladding, revised rear bumper.
10.1-inch HD Touchscreen system with Android Auto and Apple CarPlay compatibility.
The new ZS EV will cost 28,190 pounds (Rs 28.48 lakh) in the UK.
This have a larger battery, allowing for a longer range, exceeding 419 km.
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Upcoming legislation, designed to regulate Local Lodging, is likely to include measures intended to counteract the “Disneyfication” of historic city centres. According to the current Socialist Party proposals, the imposition of quotas on a selective basis is “an admissible model” that should give a “relevant role to municipalities”. Since 2012, “AL” registrations have skyrocketed nationally from 7,533 to 58,252, a more than 7-fold jump. The increase in Lisbon during this period has been over 400%, primarily in the historic neighbourhoods.
Vancouver, CA has passed new regulations banning homeowners from renting out certain kinds of property on short-term rental platforms like Airbnb as part of an attempt to cope with a shortage of long-term rentals. Owners may still rent out room individually or let their principle residence on a temporary basis when on holiday. The city will charge an annual licensing fee of C$49 (€32.80).
Airbnb has capitulated to lawmaker demands over its operations in New York City, agreeing to drop a legal challenge against newly passed legislation. The suit disputed a recent state law calling for fines up to $7,500 for illegally listing short-term offerings on online rental platforms such as Airbnb.


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Take a minute and look down at the shoes you are wearing. Would you say they’re made of leather? Suade? Fabric? If you have on a pair of shoes made by Adidas, chances are that at least half of that material used to comfort your feet is made of plastic.
You’ve probably gotten the memo by now that plastic is out. Grocery stores are ditching their plastic bags, plastic straws are becoming an eco-terror threat, and Adidas isn’t about to let itself become the next big target in the war against plastic.
Adidas recently announced its plan to switch over to 100% recycled plastics by 2024. With plastic making up half of the materials used in the 920 million products sold per year, it would be impossible to make the change overnight. But it is a step in the right direction.
Making the change to recycled plastic is fueled by Adidas’ key demographic of young buyers who are environmentally aware and are conscious of the materials being used in their shoes, clothing, and sporting gear.
It could also be said that the change is partially fueled by rival Nike as well.
Nike has long been ahead of the anti-plastic movement and has already moved 75% of its plastic use over to recycled material.
The dirty side…
While it may be hard to see a negative side to the recent news by Adidas, some environmentalists have still found room for criticism.
Adidas, like many other companies using recycled materials, is sourcing their plastic from clean waste instead of tapping into the harmful plastic wasteland in our oceans.
Recycled bottles sent back to supermarkets and return centers are the leading sources for most companies, mainly due to the fact that the plastic is still quite clean and little effort is needed to repurpose the material.
The process of turning low-quality plastics recovered from the ocean into a material that can be used in a pristine new product such as shoes or clothing isn’t really on the market yet.
Adidas, though, has commented that it continues to explore the area for solutions. With sales expected to grow in the future, and with more competition following in their footsteps, there will be an ever-growing demand for recycled plastic.


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© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: An worker works inside an engineering items export unit within the manufacturing hub of Faridabad on the outskirts of New Delhi, India, January 13, 2023. REUTERS/Manoj Kumar/File Photo
By Anant Chandak
BENGALURU (Reuters) – Indian enterprise exercise expanded at its quickest tempo in seven months in February as demand remained robust for each manufacturing and companies, in line with a enterprise survey launched on Thursday, which additionally confirmed an easing in worth pressures.
That helps the findings in a Reuters ballot which discovered India, the quickest rising main economic system, is predicted to proceed to develop at a gradual tempo over the approaching years.
HSBC’s flash India Composite Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI), compiled by S&P Global, rose to 61.5 this month from January’s ultimate studying of 61.2, staying above the 50-mark that separates growth from contraction for a thirty first straight month.
“The pace of acceleration in the output of India’s manufacturers and service providers, combined, was at a 7-month high in February. Encouragingly, new export orders rose sharply, particularly for goods producers,” famous Pranjul Bhandari, chief India economist at HSBC.
The flash manufacturing PMI for February rose to 56.7 from final month’s 56.5, its highest since September, and the preliminary companies PMI was at a seven-month excessive of 62.0 from 61.8 in January.
New orders throughout the personal sector continued to rise at a strong tempo pushed by demand within the dominant companies trade, which expanded on the quickest tempo since mid-2010. Factory output accelerated to a five-month excessive.
Overall worldwide orders elevated on the quickest tempo since September.
That bolstered the view for the approaching 12 months with optimism amongst producers on the highest since December 2022. However, general enterprise confidence slipped from January’s four-month excessive.
However, employment did not improve for the primary time since May 2022.
Although companies corporations famous a stronger improve in price burdens than producers, the flash information confirmed a moderation in price pressures. Overall enter costs rose on the weakest tempo in three-and-a-half years.
“Producers were able to do both – lower the rate of increase in output prices and improve margins,” added Bhandari.
That would seemingly present consolation to the Reserve Bank of India, which is predicted to maintain its key repo fee unchanged earlier than a primary lower within the July-September quarter.


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Urban Outfitters, the national retail store popular with teens, is currently selling pint glasses, flasks and shot glasses made to look like prescription pill bottles. These products make light of prescription drug misuse and abuse, a dangerous behavior that is responsible for more deaths in the United States each year than heroin and cocaine combined. Medicine abuse has increased 33 percent over the past five years with one in four teens having misused or abused a prescription drug in their lifetime. Combined with alcohol, the misuse and abuse of prescription medications can be especially dangerous, making the Urban Outfitter Rx pint and shot glasses and flasks even more disturbing.
As recent research from the Partnership for Drug-Free Kids shows, teens and parents alike do not understand the health risks associated with the misuse and abuse of prescription drugs. In fact, more than a quarter of teens mistakenly believe that misusing and abusing prescription drugs is safer than using street drugs.
Tongue-in-cheek products that normalize and promote prescription drug abuse only serve to reinforce the misperception about the dangers associated with abusing medicine and put more teens at risk.
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SARATOGA SPRINGS - Phase 3 starts Wednesday, and for the first time in roughly 100 days, people will be able to dine inside a restaurant.
Staff was setting up tables and chairs inside Forno Bistro Tuesday. For the first time since March, people will be allowed to eat inside the popular Broadway restaurant on Wednesday.
"And you know what, people are just happy to be out," smiled Nancy Bambara, vice president of DZ Restaurants which owns Forno and two other Saratoga Springs eateries.
Under state order, restaurants will be allowed to operate at a maximum of 50 percent indoor capacity, and they have to post signs reminding guest to keep their distance.
Most will have a supply of masks on hand, said Bambara.
"People don't always carry it with them, so we can have some extras for them to take."
Which is where five gallon buckets come in. A coalition of business groups got donations of masks, sanitizer, disinfectant, and signs.
They placed all of the items in the buckets and donated them to hundreds of businesses.
"This is something they're all going to have to have, so what we think we've done is saved them a little bit of money and time to try to find it. It's a start-up kit so that they have everything they need to open their doors and do so safely," Saratoga County Chamber of Commerce President Todd Shimkus.
Shimkus is confident Saratoga's summer can be salvaged and was eager to help give struggling businesses a jump start.
"It's's not just for the business owner, it's also for all the employees that haven't had a paycheck for the last 100 days."
It appears restaurants and businesses will get some more room for outside too.
The City Council was expected to approve a new ordinance at its meeting Tuesday that will allow more sidewalk space for dining and selling, and the city is waiving the permit fee.
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Giorgio Armani and a slew of fashion CEOs turned out Sunday for a premiere of documentary “Milano: The Inside Story of Italian Fashion,″ by Emmy-winning filmmaker John Maggio.
The documentary gives due credit to Armani for putting Milan ready-to-wear on the map in the 1980s with the creation of the deconstructed jacket that made menswear sexy and relaxed, as epitomized by Richard Gere in “American Gigolo.”
“Fashion made me grow up and become someone. It was not easy initially, as I didn’t feel up to it, but slowly I gained courage to want to be someone in this adventure,″ Armani said upon arrival at the premiere.
The 88-year-old designer, who presented his latest womenswear collection earlier in the day, received an enormous round of applause at the start of the film, when producer Alan Friedman introduced him to the very-fashion crowd as “the man without whom today Milan would not be the capital of fashion.”
The documentary also recounts the competitive tensions between Armani and his classic elegance and Gianni Versace, who helped fuel the super model era with his more overtly sexy collections.
In the documentary, former Gucci creative director Tom Ford and ex-Gucci CEO Domenico De Sole discuss attempts to merge Gucci and Versace, which ultimately failed after Versace’s 1997 murder under the insistence of his sister, Donatella Versace, that she remain at the creative helm.
In the intervening years, Gucci, along with many other Italian family-run companies have been bought up by French conglomerates, and Versace is now part of the U.S. group Capri Holding. Italy has failed to come up with a fashion group of its own to challenge the French dominance; fashion houses like Armani and Dolce & Gabbana are among those that remain staunchly in family hands.
The documentary is expected to be released on a streaming service later this year.


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Honkai: Star Rail Seele Banner Crosses $20 Million Revenue
Honkai: Star Rail Seele Banner Breaks Records!
Honkai: Star Rail has become immensely popular among RPG fans, as the title has surpassed Genshin Impact’s launch day records. Honkai: Star Rail has also been a huge success for HoYoverse, as the Seele banner alone has crossed the $20 million revenue mark for iOS users in China, as per Honkai Lab.
Seele Banner in Honkai: Star Rail has been extremely popular among players, as she is a 5-star quantum character who follows the path of The Hunt. The game has already generated a lot of interest since its announcement, with over 20 million pre-registrations and becoming the top game at the Apple Store.
It is expected that the revenue will be even higher worldwide as the sales figures have not been revealed for other platforms and regions yet. The update features two banners with 21 playable characters, and the revenue for other characters has not been announced officially.
The game is set to release another update on June 7, which will introduce several new characters, including Loucha, Silver Wolf, and more, as per leaks. It will be interesting to see whether the game can maintain its high revenue records with the new update.
Comparing it to the first Genshin banner, which featured Venti, Honkai Star Rail has managed to surpass the revenue generated by Venti’s banner, which was around $15 million in its first week.
Overall, the success of Honkai Star Rail’s launch has been a pleasant surprise for the developers and fans. With new content coming soon, it’s only a matter of time before we see even higher revenue numbers.


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Nanobébé Selects Charleston for its U.S. HeadquartersOctober 30, 2018
The Charleston region has added a new key player in life sciences, Nanobébé, which has engineered revolutionary new designs for infant feeding systems. Since launching earlier this year, the company has won multiple industry awards. Nanobébé’s product line, including the flagship Breastmilk Bottle, is available at large scale retail chains: buybuy BABY, Target, Bed Bath & Beyond (online), Amazon, and in early 2019 at Walmart, along with hundreds of retail chains and independent stores around the world.
The company opened its U.S. operations in Charleston County in the City of Charleston last week and has already begun initial hiring. The company’s R&D and manufacturing is based in Tel Aviv, Israel, while the U.S. operation will focus on sales, business development and growth, as well as customer support. The decision to locate here was a direct result of the South Carolina-Israel Collaboration, a major initiative of the state’s research universities, industries, economic development agencies, and the Israeli government. Its mission is to stimulate business and research partnerships between companies and universities in South Carolina and Israel as a way to generate economic development, jobs, and investments to the benefit of all.
Nanobébé is the fifth company to locate here as part of South Carolina Department of Commerce’s and the Charleston Regional Development Alliance’s Landing Pad program, which is designed to support global companies as they enter the U.S. market, often simplifying what could be an overwhelming experience and minimizing risks through the process.
“The availability of skilled workforce, proximity to the Port of Charleston and key customers were important factors in our decision to select this strategic location. Not only is Charleston ideally suited as a distribution hub for both domestic and overseas customers, it offers a strong pipeline of available skilled workers in the health care and business development arenas. The business-friendly climate and the support from the regional economic development authorities, medical professionals at Roper St. Francis and MUSC, and The InterTech Group have been extremely welcoming. We are excited to be here and look forward to continuing both nationwide and global outreach from Charleston.” – Nanobébé Co-Founders Ayal Lanternari & Asaf Kehat
Although Nanobébé started with its award-winning baby bottle, the company has quickly expanded to offer an entire ecosystem of baby care products including bottles, breast milk storage bags for the fridge and freezer, a microwave steam sterilizer, drying rack, pacifiers warming bowl and gift sets. For more information on Nanobébé’s entrepreneurship story, check out its recent CNN profile.
“With a footprint of more than 400 firms in South Carolina, the life sciences industry has become a major driver of our economy. We’re excited to welcome Nanobébé to the South Carolina business community and wish them success as they blaze a trail in the Lowcountry.” – Secretary of Commerce Bobby Hitt
“Nanobébé’s announcement shows the community’s commitment and ability to compete in the life sciences sector and tap into this talent pipeline. We welcome Nanobébé to Charleston County and look forward to their continued growth and success.” – Charleston County Council Chairman Vic Rawl
“I am honored to welcome Nanobébé to the City of Charleston. We are committed to fostering innovation in the Charleston area, and I look forward to Nanobébé’s future growth and development.” – Charleston Mayor John Tecklenburg
“We’ve been talking with Nanobébé for some time about the competitive advantages the Charleston region offers, and we are so pleased to welcome to our community and look forward to the company’s continued growth and success. This was a seamless team effort, and the region’s available talent and business-friendly climate made all the difference.” – Charleston Regional Development Alliance Board Chair Robert Pratt
“We are thrilled the Nanobébé team selected Charleston as the site of its U.S. headquarters. The company’s choice to locate here is a direct result of and a testament to the connection created by the South-Carolina Israel Collaboration and the partnerships forged through the Global Alliance for South Carolina. I am pleased to have met the Nanobébé founders on an SC-Israel delegation trip back in 2014. As a result of that meeting, The InterTech Group made a series of investments, both in their team and in their revolutionary line of infant products. We truly look forward to the company’s continued success and to the building of another great South Carolina brand!” – The InterTech Group President Jonathan Zucker


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FIFA 15 to have 'emotional intelligence'
Gamers are getting excited for EA Sports' new trailers for the forthcoming FIFA 15.
Of course, people who don't like the FIFA franchise can't fathom why it stays so popular. The simple answer is NEW KITS. Such is the life of a football fan.
Naturally, there are gaming developments, most of which are too boring to relay here. However, there's one new feature which is exciting - 'emotional intelligence'.
Basically, FIFA 15 is going to put more focus on the players and fans emotions, so playing feels more like you're at the ground or watching it on telly.
The video below shows commentators reacting to what the fans do, while players learn to encourage each other or, even better, learn to develop frustrations and hatred. Splendid.
FIFA 15 is scheduled for release across all formats in September, just in-time to make a Christmas No.1 bid.


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