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Horse-meat investigation ‘ongoing’, say Irish authorities
Department of Agriculture and gardaí in EU operation of 26 arrests and passport seizures
When the horse-meat scandal emerged in 2013 beef cost about €4 a kilo while horse meat was around 90 cents
Gardaí and the Department of Agriculture were involved in an European crackdown on the illegal horse-meat trade on Friday and said their investigation was “ongoing”.
The initiative by Eurojust, the EU’s judicial co-operation unit, involved 26 arrests across Europe as well as the seizure of more than 800 horse passports and €37,000 in cash.
It appears that the investigations centred around France, the Netherlands and Belgium. Eurojust also said searches of commercial and private premises were carried out and medication, dozens of microchips and computer equipment were also seized.
More than 200 horses were being examined by veterinary services as a result of the investigation. The EU agency said the operation had “succeeded in stopping an organised criminal network involved in trade in illegal horse meat”.
A spokesman for the Department of Agriculture said he could confirm that the the department’s veterinary officers were involved in the operation with members of An Garda Síochána.
“As it’s an ongoing investigation, we’ve no further comment to make at this time,” he said. A Garda spokesman said he had nothing more to add at the moment.
Eurojust did not say where the 26 arrests took place but French media reported that there were 10 arrests there while the Dutch public prosecutor’s office said three people were arrested in the Netherlands and French authorities had requested their extradition.
Reports in Belgium said four Belgian nationals were arrested in France.
Police and judicial authorities from France, Belgium, Germany, Ireland, Luxembourg, the Netherlands and the UK were involved in the common action day. They included 100 officers of the Gendarmerie Nationale of France and 100 officers from the Netherlands Food and Consumer Product Safety Authority.
The EU agency said French authorities estimated that 4,700 horses unfit for human consumption were slaughtered and introduced into the legal food chain between 2010 and 2013.
“Due to falsification, suppression and/or modification of official health documentation by the group, the horse meat, deemed unfit for human consumption, was able to fraudulently enter the European food chain.”
The EU agency said investigations into the main suspect, a Belgian national operating from Belgium, began in Belgium in November 2012. This was two months before the horse-meat scandal was revealed by the Food Safety Authority of Ireland.
In January 2013 it published the findings of a survey of beef product tests which showed that one beef burger contained found 29 per cent equine DNA in the meat content.
It soon emerged that it was an EU-wide issue and beef lasagne from the French food supplier Comigel was found to contain up to 100 per cent horse meat.
At that time, beef was selling for around €4 a kilo while horse meat cost about 90 cent.
Earlier this month, a Dutch court jailed meat wholesaler Willy Selten for two-and-a-half years for selling horse meat passed off as beef. Last month, Yorkshire abattoir boss Peter Boddy was fined £8,000 after admitting one count of failing to abide by EU meat traceability regulations. His abattoir manager David Moss received a suspended sentence after admitting forging an invoice concerning the number of horses sold in a transaction.


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April 2, 2019GDP growth remained robust in the fourth quarter of 2018. The solid turnout in Q4 was largely driven by a rebound in the external sector, with an acceleration in exports of goods and services likely buoyed by the all-important tourism sector. Moreover, the domestic economy powered ahead on stronger private and public spending, although fixed investment ground to a halt. Momentum appears to have carried over into Q1 2019. Tourist arrivals were robust in February, and will likely continue to be strong heading into the high tourism season. Meanwhile, retail sales rose in February, signaling sustained household spending. On the downside, industrial production plummeted again in February, dragged down by a sharp contraction in energy output.
Montenegro Economic GrowthThe economy is projected to cool in 2019. The investment push from major infrastructure projects is expected to wind down notably this year. Moreover, fiscal consolidation efforts will likely keep public consumption feeble. A slowdown in the EU, which could weigh on the tourism sector and dampen foreign direct investment, is the principal risk to the outlook. Met the why particular panelists expect GDP to expand 2.9% in 2019, which is up 0.1 percentage points from last month’s forecast, and 2.9% again in 2020.
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We’ve only seen the tip of the iceberg when it comes to PS5 exclusives
In a new interview, PlayStation Studios head Herman Hulst has unveiled the number of first-party PlayStation 5 games in development—and it’s an eye-popping figure.
Hulst told Wired that there are more than 25 titles in development for Sony’s new console, with more than half of those being new IP. (In other words, they’re not sequels to existing games.) That impressive number certainly bodes well for the future of PS5 exclusives.
By our math, we currently only know about four unreleased games from Sony-owned studios. Obviously, Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart launches in June. Later this year—barring any delays—Sony also expects to deliver Horizon Forbidden West and the sequel to 2018’s God of War. Then, in 2022, we’ll get Gran Turismo 7.
That means there are at least 21 other PlayStation Studios games in some stage of development that we haven’t even heard of. A full sequel to Marvel’s Spider-Man seems like a given, as does a new title from Sucker Punch—whether that’s a new InFamous, a Ghost of Tsushima follow-up, or something else. Beyond that, we can probably expect that some of the remainder will be games for the next-generation PlayStation VR (and that crazy controller). But no matter how you do the math, there’s clearly a huge quantity of surprises in store for PS5 owners in the years ahead.
In other PlayStation 5 news, Sony recently revealed that the console was ahead of the already impressive sales pace set by the PS4, with 7.8 million units sold in its first fiscal year.


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Reversing course, Google said on Thursday it will begin allowing political groups to run ads related to COVID-19.
The company's move comes shortly after liberal digital ad shop DSPolitical publicly complained that Google was giving President Donald Trump "an unprecedented advantage in our upcoming elections" by banning Democratic ads relating to the outbreak, while allowing the current administration to run ads referencing the virus.
“Google is permitting Donald Trump’s governmental entities to run advertising mentioning COVID-19, and bans any political campaigns from doing so," DSPolitical wrote in a blog post earlier this week. "We’ve seen Donald Trump, in his official capacity, lie, spread misinformation about the virus, and attack Democrats. Google’s decision effectively amplifies his voice and censors Democrats across the country.”
On Thursday, Google's Mark Beatty, head of industry for elections, notified advertisers of the company's new position.
Beatty wrote that the original ban on ads related to the virus was “designed to protect users by blocking ads that try to capitalize on short-term events like natural disasters.”
But he added that the epidemic "has become an ongoing and important part of everyday conversation, including a relevant topic in political discourse and for many advertisers in different sectors."
The memo says Google is "phasing in" ads related to COVID-19, beginning with ads by government entities, hospitals, medical providers, and non-governmental organizations.
"Soon, we’re planning to allow other advertisers, including political organizations, to run ads related to COVID-19," Beatty added. He did not give a specific time for when those ads could start appearing.
But even without a clear time frame, DSPolitical cheered Google's decision.
"We did it!" the shop tweeted. "Google to reverse COVID-19 censorship and phase back in advertisers to run ads on related issues. Although the timeline of this reversal for political candidates is uncertain, we’re glad to see Google made the right decision."


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Custom tees – a new chapter of digital disruption in sportswear manufacturing at FESPA 2020
Textile printing has long been a key component of FESPA exhibitions, and FESPA Global Print Expo 2020 in Madrid (24th – 27th March 2020) will be no different. It comes as the market is accelerating its adoption of digital inkjet technology in direct-to-garment (DTG) printing to deliver on the growing demand for mass customisation and personalisation.
In the spotlight this year at Print Make Wear, FESPA’s live end-to-end textile print feature, will be sportswear, and more specifically customised garments. This will complement Sportswear Pro, a brand new exhibition dedicated exclusively to sportswear manufacturing, co-located with FESPA Global Print Expo 2020.
When it comes to the custom t-shirt, digital inkjet printing offers a host of new opportunities to both the entrepreneur and the established business. The ability to custom print just one or thousands of shirts using the same machine has carved out a new marketplace that continues to flourish as the technology advances. Recent innovations in DTG polyester printing have unlocked the sportswear marketplace, where products that are built for sports performance using blended polyester yarns can also be customised to client specification.
Indeed, all the suppliers featured in Print Make Wear this year offer new technologies that will have an impact on the custom t-shirt industry by facilitating smart, sustainable production. Now that every step in the supply chain is being redefined and repurposed, sustainable production is the most important requirement for the next decade, and how we adapt to a new generation of highly automated production processes will be the key to viable production.
The future is bright for textile printers who are ready to embrace these new possibilities. As is the case in most industries experiencing digital disruption and swift growth, competition will be present in many new forms. This includes printers that have not traditionally operated in the garment industry looking to diversify into DTG solutions to capture new revenue streams, as well as the new generation of smart factories and online operators that have e-commerce as their business bedrock. The business model is ripe for new entrants, as it does not involve the complication of sewing, but is built on pre-sewn blanks only printed at the time of purchase. Success will depend on excellent e-commerce, addressing the client’s need for a ’personal edit‘, offering consistent quality and products that are totally unique, and achieving super-fast delivery.
In the future, all aspects of sportswear will be subject to these mega trends of mass customisation and personalisation. And, in parallel to DTG innovations, some very exciting developments are happening in smart textiles. Combined, they are set to revolutionise the sportswear industry. Visitors to Print Make Wear and Sportswear Pro will showcase these innovations and demonstrate that smart, automated, sustainable sportswear production is here to stay – the future is now!
For more information on FESPA Global Print Expo 2020 and to register to attend, visit www.fespaglobalprintexpo.com. For free entry use code FESM215, which will also grant you access to co-located shows, European Sign Expo and Sportswear Pro.
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FESPA Brasil 2024 surpasses 90% occupancy in exhibition area
FESPA and APS events are proud to announce FESPA Brasil 2024 will return to São Paulo, Brasil from 11th – 14th March 2024. The exhibition will take place at the Blue Pavilion of Expo Center Norte and the exhibition area has already reached 92% capacity in merely 3 months.


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Cutting-edge research suggests there are major changes in store for smartphones. For example, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Brandon Taylor and Michael Bove are building pressure sensors into phones, enabling them to detect the exact position of a user's fingers. Such devices could change their function based on the user's grip, allowing the user to hold the device like a camera to take pictures, like a phone to make calls, or in another grip to play games or listen to music. Another idea is to put the touch screen on the back of the device, which would eliminate the problem of a user's fingers hiding the icon or button he or she is trying to select.
A Microsoft Research team in Cambridge is working to completely remove the interface from the device. Microsoft researcher Alex Butler's team added infrared sensors to a phone to enable it to detect the position of a user's fingers up to 10 centimeters away when the phone is placed on a flat surface. Butler's system, called Sidesight, could be used to interact with objects onscreen without touching the phone and could be used as a handset to control another device, such as a robot or TV.
Meanwhile, Nokia is working on a prototype that gathers energy from mobile antennas and TV masts to improve the device's battery life.
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This will come as a surprise to most – probably even to the hardcore gamers and linux power users. Gabe Newell, the managing director and co-founder of Valve, gave a presentation at the LinuxCon which stuck in our minds. According to him, Linux and open source are the future of gaming.
What makes Gabe Newell’s speech even more unbelievable is the minuscule share of the market that Linux currently has – according to his data, less than one per cent. Turns out that, with Valve’s help, this situation is about to start changing.
Let’s look at the forces that are being summoned to aid with the transition.
Steam for Linux is the first such force. Steam (Valve’s game distribution platform) was brought to Linux in February – and at the time of writing the platform already had 198 games. If the steady growth is sustained, that alone might take care of the transition in the PC market. The other major force is the highly anticipated “Steam Box”. This latter proponent is meant to start competing against the living room gaming consoles before the end of 2013. Not much is known about the upcoming device, but we are given assurance that Valve will soon demistify this story:
Next week we’re going to be rolling out more information about how we get there and what are the hardware opportunities we see for bringing Linux into the living room.
Currently, the task of turning Linux into the king of gaming has no clear roadmap. Among many challenges, Valve’s managing director has mentioned the software distribution model that is currently predominant in Linux:
‘Just compile it yourself’ could be the inconvenient solution to the problem of installing games and applying updates
However, these problems are being overcome – Valve has already been successful in delivering Left 4 Dead to Linux, hopefully showing the way to other developers.
Newell went on to say that their bringing Steam to Linux was a signal for their development partners that they “really were serious about this Linux thing”.
Valve didn’t only focus on porting Steam to Linux, though. According to Newell, they are also contributing to the LLDB debugger project and co-developing yet another debugger for Linux. Their focus on debuggers is due to high demand for it from the developers’ side.
Gabe Newell has also complained about the closed platforms and how they stand in the way of innovation. He noted, however, that they won’t stop Steam’s rise.
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Commercial vehicle tyre management system supplier TyreWatch will unveil two new products at this year’s ITTHub transport show. The company says the new additions will cut costs, improve safety and lower carbon emissions for operators across all commercial vehicle sectors. AutoAlign is a dynamic vehicle monitoring system designed to combat the widespread problem of wheel misalignment. TyreWatch says around a third of fleets suffer from misalignment unknowingly. The system will be rolled out in the UK in September 2021. Also due to be launched at the ITTHub show is a new version of the widely used TyreWatch VanSmart tyre monitoring system which, says the company, will improve safety and reduce running costs for light commercial vehicle operators.
Using the market proven TyreWatch ‘connected technology’ platform, AutoAlign continuously monitors each vehicle and detects any wheel alignment issue as soon as it occurs and automatically notifies the operator so that immediate corrective action can be taken.
Cris Services Group, the Purfleet-based concrete haulier and commercial repairs specialist, has reduced workshop costs, extended tyre life and cut vehicle downtime since acquiring a Josam wheel alignment system and portable heat inductor from AES UK. With 40 vehicles carrying wet cement for Hanson UK and a mixed fleet of concrete mixer trucks for hire, Cris Services were keen to improve workshop efficiency and to drive down operation costs such as tyre replacement and fuel.
Autodata has launched a version of its e-commerce website in the Romanian language. Autodata is an e-commerce technical solution for body shops around the world. In addition to the platform, it is also available as an API, and provides comprehensive Original Equipment (OE) sourced technical information for the service, maintenance, diagnostics, and repair of 90 per cent of vehicles on the road in Romania.
TyreWatch, the tyre monitoring technology company, is using the latest JOSAM Cam-aligner wheel alignment system to diagnose and correct mis-aligned vehicles which the company says, represent 33 per cent of the UK logistics industry.
Supplied by JOSAM’s UK distributor Automotive Equipment Solutions UK (AES UK) the JOSAM Cam-aligner is a compact, mobile system which uses patented camera technology together with the ‘centreline principle’ to determine the position of axles and individual wheels in relation to the square of the vehicle.
Absolute Alignment is preparing for the continued impacts of the pandemic and Brexit by increasing stock in order to ensure customers have an uninterrupted service despite the uncertainties ahead.
The Farnborough-based outfit has doubled again its amount of storage space for stock, employed further members of staff, and is preparing for Brexit by increasing the number of wheel aligners that will be readily available to customers in early 2021. Despite the pandemic, the demand for its wheel alignment equipment is higher than ever, making 2020 a record year for the company.
Garage equipment brand Cemb has launched the Argos Drivethru, which the company says “detects in a few seconds all the incoming vehicles that show anomalies and need adjustments”. Argos Drivethru features a complete wheel alignment check, including partial Toe and steering wheel angle.
The development of modern car technology has accelerated as fast as ever before and manufacturers producing the systems that allow workshops to service these vehicles effectively have also developed at a fast rate. In some cases, the development has been a technological necessity needed to keep pace with vehicle development, but in other cases, the development is driven by the vision to provide a better, more efficient servicing solution.
It isn’t news to say that the tyre and autocentre sector is becoming an increasingly technological business. However, two recent trends confirm the need for garages to be properly equipped – increasing electric vehicle take-up and, in the short term, booming MOT demand.
This article, including a chart to support the analysis, appears in full in the November edition of Tyres & Accessories magazine. Not yet a subscriber? You can change that here.
Four wheel alignment equipment supplier, Absolute Alignment says its May sales have “matched pre-lockdown figures in March.” The company has adapted its work practices to protect customers and staff and adhere to government pandemic guidelines. Social distancing measures are followed during every installation and each training session for workshop personnel. The business has also turned to online demonstrations.
Absolute Alignment says it has taken a record number of orders for its Bluetooth 3D aligner since the start of 2020. The three main benefits of this particular wheel aligner include the speed of operation, less ramp space being required for when a wheel alignment is in progress, and that the technology used is particularly suited to working on high performance and lowered vehicles. The Bluetooth 3D wheel aligner can now also be provided as official BMW or Mercedes approved workshop equipment.
Offering market-leading levels of precision, repeatability and a 90-second wheel alignment check capability, the Beissbarth Easy 3D+ is now available from Everard, the German specialist’s exclusive UK distributor. With this unit, workshops can complete a full vehicle alignment in as little as 20 minutes.
German workshop machinery and equipment manufacturer Beissbarth GmbH has acquired API Car Systems GmbH, a developer of robotic systems for touchless wheel alignment. Stargate Capital, which acquired Beissbarth along with Sicam in 2018, reports that API Car Systems became a Beissbarth company as of 1 January 2020. It will continue as a separate legal entity, with its headquarters remaining in Leipzig, Germany.
UK wheel servicing equipment supplier Pro-Align has launched a new website. Featuring a modern, clean design the new platform puts customers at the heart of the online journey by providing easier navigation, a fully integrated experience and product recommendations based upon their specific business type.
Distributor of the Hunter brand of wheel servicing equipment Pro-Align has introduced the US company’s new wheel alignment inspection system to the UK and Ireland markets. The Hunter Quick Check Drive is one of the industry’s first ‘drive-thru’ non-contact wheel alignment inspection systems, according to the distributor. It adds that the system’s operation without any need to attach sensors or targets, or for the vehicle to stop, means that labour costs are minimised and alignment opportunities can be identified in a matter of seconds.


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Programmable Solutions Group
While Intel’s (INTC) memory business is benefiting from a strong market, its FPGA (field-programmable gate array) is not performing well. Intel created the PSG (Programmable Solutions Group) in 2016 after the acquisition of Altera.
In fiscal 2Q17, PSG revenue fell 5% YoY (year-over-year) due to weakness in the data center and communication sectors. However, rival Xilinx (XLNX) reported 7% YoY revenue growth as weakness in data centers and communications was more than offset by strength in the industrial, aerospace and defense, broadcast, consumer, and automotive markets.
On a sequential basis, PSG revenue grew 3.5%, whereas Xilinx’s revenue grew only 1%. Intel expects PSG revenue to grow by mid-single digits in fiscal 2017, driven by increasing adoption of its 14-nanometer Stratix 10 FPGAs and several design wins.
Intel’s recent FPGA design wins
At its Build conference in May 2017, Microsoft (MSFT) disclosed the industry’s fastest public cloud network powered by Intel FPGAs. Intel has secured a design win for Audi’s Level 3 autonomous driving system, which will be powered by Cyclone V SoC (system on chip) FPGA technology. The autonomous driving system will feature object and map fusion, parking pilot, and sensor data pre-processing.
New Technology Group
Intel has created a separate group to develop and commercialize new technologies, which has higher expenses than revenue as it includes projects in testing. In fiscal 2Q17, NTG (New Technology Group) revenue fell 75% YoY to $144 million. However, its operating loss narrowed from $2.2 billion in fiscal 2Q16 to $985 million in fiscal 2Q17.
Movidius Neural Compute Stick
At the 2017 Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition conference in July 2017, the Movidius Neural Compute Stick was released, the first USB-based development kit that runs embedded DNN (deep neural networks) on ultra-low power embedded devices. In an interview with InfoQ, Intel NTG marketing director for Movidius Gary Brown talked about the features of the new Movidius Neural Compute Stick.
He explained that the stick features a Movidius Myriad 2 VPU (vision processing unit), which accelerates machine vision tasks such as image and computer vision processing. The standard USB 3 port allows users to deploy deep learning inference and AI (artificial intelligence) applications to a wide range of devices without cloud connectivity. The stick supports the Caffe neural network framework, which means developers can deploy custom networks trained on the Caffe framework.
The compute stick is ideal for DNN applications that involve segmenting scenes and tracking, classifying, and recognizing objects. The compute stick can be used for robotic vision, autonomous drones, or intelligent security camera development. Intel is leveraging its supplementary products to widen its product offerings in the IoT (Internet of Things), data center, and automotive markets.


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DAERA Minister Edwin Poots MLA met with Mr Tim Smith, the Chair of the Trade and Agriculture Commission to discuss their report which advises the Government on the treatment of food commodities within future trade deals.
Minister Poots said: “I was pleased to host this meeting and I thank Mr Smith and the other members of the Commission for their recent very detailed report on the issue of food standards and trade deals.
“The Report makes a very significant contribution to the debate on future food standards. It is vital that current standards are maintained and that all imports are required to meet those standards. I also emphasised the need to maintain quotas to ensure that the high provenance, traceability, animal welfare, animal health, food miles, environmental protection and workers’ rights are maintained. I do not believe there is any desire amongst the public to see more of our food sourced from abroad, especially in a post Covid-19 environment.”
The Minister concluded: “I will continue engaging with the UK Government and our stakeholders on trade negotiations and will highlight the need to secure an outcome which benefits all parts of the UK and is fair to our agri-food industry.”


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Bangkok, 30 October, 2020 – The Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) New York Office and Organic Spa Media, a leading authority in wellness travel, natural beauty, and eco-living, jointly launched ‘The Wellness Experience,” a two-day virtual summit that took place from 20 to 21 October, 2020.
The event featured a roster of leading industry experts to allow wellness seekers to gather virtually to enjoy health driven activities, exchange ideas and share knowledge from the comfort of their own homes.
The event received a total of 1,497 registrations with 587 participants the first day and 487 participants on day two, for a total of over 1,100 viewers.
It allowed consumer wellness aficionados, travel advisors and media to interact with some of the brightest minds in the industry.
The TAT New York Office and Organic Spa Media carefully curated Thai wellness content, featuring three distinctly innovative content pods: Wellness Experiences, Wellness Education Panels, plus a Wellness Brand Showcase. This was meant to inspire those seeking the latest updates in wellness travel, media looking for the next industry trend, or consumers exploring a healthier lifestyle.
TAT New York also worked in partnership with The Siam Hotel, Kamalaya Koh Samui, and Six Senses Yao Noi to curate pre-recorded wellness experiences; such as, Thai Boxing demonstrations, guided meditation, yoga, and singing bowl meditation sessions, to name just a few.
The TAT New York Office also helped organise a live discussion with wellness industry experts to discuss ‘The Future of Sustainability in the Shadow of a Pandemic’ during a Wellness Education Panel on 21 October, 2020, strengthening Thailand’s position as a leader in sustainable and responsible tourism.


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SkyBridge Capital founder Anthony Scaramucci and FBN’s Tracy Byrnes and Liz MacDonald on concerns about Facebook’s spending and Apple’s decision to discontinue the iPod Classic.
Former Apple CEO John Sculley discusses how to build a successful business.
WSJ automotive reporter Jeff Bennett on Mary Barra’s attempt to put a new face on the company and the latest recalls.
Hudson Square research analyst Daniel Ernst gives his outlook for Apple following the company’s record iPhone sales.
Harpervision president Greg Harper, Boy Genius Report editor-in-chief Jonathan Geller and Piper Jaffray senior research analyst Gene Munster discuss the iPhone 6 and the company’s future.
Overstock.com CEO Patrick M. Byrne on Alibaba’s success in Asia and potential expansion into the U.S.
Contently co-founder Shane Snow on Apple’s iPhone 6.
Zero to One author Peter Thiel talks entrepreneurship, innovation at Apple and his outlook for Alibaba.
The Wall Street Journal Editor-in-Chief Gerard Baker on Apple Pay, RadioShack and currencies.
‘Outsourcing America’ author Ron Hira on the Obama Administration’s immigration policy.
Forbes technology contributor Mark Rogowsky on Apple’s new smartwatch and its competition with Samsung.
Polygon co-founder Russ Frushtick and Money Map Press’ Michael Robinson weigh in on Apple’s new products.
United Advisors Chief Market Strategist Scott Martin, MAXfunds.com co-founder Jonas Max Ferris and Boston Herald Columnist Adriana Cohen on Apple’s new watch and iPhones.
FBN’s Tom Sullivan on Apple’s impressive quarter and Total CEO’s deadly plane crash in Moscow, Russia.
Kingdom Holding Company Chairman HRH Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal discusses global-growth concerns, market volatility and where he is investing now.
Wall Street Journal reporter Yoree Koh breaks down what to expect from Twitter’s first developers conference in four years taking place on Wednesday.
Former New York Times Digital Chief Martin Nisenholtz on Yahoo’s turnaround plan, Apple Pay and Twitter’s developers conference.
Carnival Mobile CEO Guy Horrocks on working with big brands such as Oreo, Dreamworks and Pepsi manage mobile marketing.
WSJ columnist Veronica Dagher, Skybridge Capital Founder Anthony Scaramucci and FBN’s Tracy Byrnes discuss TV subscriptions and the industry's turn to online streaming.
FBN’s Jo Ling Kent, Wall Street Journal reporter Shira Ovide and Harpervision President Greg Harper discuss the newly unveiled, super-slim iPad Air 2, its new features and security concerns over Watchkit and Apple Pay.


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In a period of just over two weeks, New York City businesses have had to think fast as Gov. Andrew Cuomo and Mayor Bill de Blasio moved to enforce social distancing in an attempt to slow the spread of the coronavirus that causes COVID-19 in the city.
Restaurants were among the first to face restrictions with dining rooms maxed out at half-capacity before closing altogether for takeout and delivery only. Days later, businesses deemed as “non-essential” were closed.
Yet finding enough demand to keep kitchens going has been difficult for restaurants not just around the city, but in the northwest Bronx as well. Many of these eateries, struggling with the new restrictions, decided to simply close entirely until life begins to return to some semblance of normalcy.
Kingsbridge Social Club, Bronx Ale House and Moss Café are among those on the hopefully temporarily closed lists.
Emily Weisberg posted a message on Moss Café’s website saying she hoped that by closing on March 18, she would be “a few hours ahead” of a statewide decision ordering non-essential businesses to shut down. On the café’s last day open, customers were welcome to come in not only to purchase coffee and pastries, but also to take free eggs, dairy and prepared foods the café no longer needed.
Frida Tacos has only been open on Mosholu Avenue since mid-February. On March 22, owner Seydi Farciert posted on Facebook the restaurant would close temporarily to ensure the safety of employees and customers alike.
Like many of its peers, Frida Tacos had hoped to survive on takeout and delivery, but the new business took a hit immediately, said owner Jason Farciert.
On a normal weekend, the restaurant had three employees on the floor and four in the kitchen, Farciert said, but he didn’t need that many simply by filling takeout and delivery orders.
Ultimately, after about a week, the Farcierts decided to close.
“We just didn’t want to take the risk any more of a customer not knowing they have it, bringing it in, and then me spreading it to the staff and the staff spreading it to their families,” Farciert said of the SARS-CoV-2 virus, which can cause COVID-19.
“For the well-being of the staff and the community, I just had to close.”
Doing so, however, has been “very stressful and sad,” Farciert added.
Another local Riverdale Avenue hangout, Buuni Coffee, has been shuttered since March 16.
Owners Elias and Sarina Prabasi run four locations of their small chain, including two in upper Manhattan and one at the George Washington Bridge bus terminal. The GWB location was closed first “for obvious reasons,” Sarina said. Riverdale was second.
“The schools and the colleges closing had a really big impact on us” in Riverdale, Sarina said. “Also, we checked in with our staff. Everybody has different circumstances. Some of them live with elderly parents, others have underlying health conditions. And then, also, Riverdale, as you know, is quite affected.”
In the following days, Buunni closed its two remaining shops in Inwood and on Pinehurst Avenue, just north of the GWB.
Buunni has about 30 employees across their four locations, with five in Riverdale. All are being paid for two additional weeks.
“We know that that’s not enough, and that people need more,” Sarina said. “But that’s what we can do.”
While Buunni is still operating their online store — selling bags of coffee and merchandise — Sarina still worries about if she will be able to reopen after the crisis has passed. In the meantime, however, she’s still focused on helping her baristas, even creating an “online tip jar” for patrons to drop a little extra in.
The Prabasis have researched assistance options for not only their staff, but themselves.
“A lot of people are talking about help for small businesses,” Sarina said. “But everything that we’ve read so far has not really been directly helpful.”
The Prabasis have scrambled alongside other small businesses, talking to landlords and banks that give business loans. She wished the state would issue guidance for small businesses on how to navigate the situation, and maybe even a little bit of commercial rent relief.
“With some clarity, to say, not just that we won’t get evicted, which is what people have been saying,” Sarina said. “Ideally, we not only want not to be evicted, we also want to reopen at some point. And if we owe four months of back rent, that’s very unlikely that we will reopen.”
Low-interest loans are available for some small businesses, but she said that they wouldn’t be enough to keep Buunni afloat.
They’ve kept their staff on payroll, rather than laying them off, in hopes that a new program will kick in to keep them employed and paid.
“Maybe somebody will announce something,” Sarina said.
On the morning of March 23, the first day of Frida’s closure, Jason Farciert was packing up leftover food to donate to the local police and fire departments.
He feels most of the staff will have to file for unemployment. As for help keeping the restaurant open, he agreed with Sarina Prabasi — Frida’s would need rent relief.
“Honestly, just to have the landlords not charge rent, or companies not charge insurance,” he said. “That way we are able to be safe and not having to worry.
“Everybody stay home, and be safe,” Farciert added. “Hopefully this crisis will be over soon.”
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Online streaming has reduced the amount of money that musicians can earn from their recordings, MPs have been told.
Yvette Griffith, Jazz re:freshed co-chief executive, made the comments during a meeting of the Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee, which is carrying out an inquiry into streaming giants.
She told MPs she recognises “that streaming exists as a response to piracy” and the ease with which consumers could listen to music illegally.
We are currently hearing from the independent record sector in our inquiry into the economics of music streaming.
— Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee (@CommonsDCMS) February 4, 2021
Ms Griffith added: “Introducing something like streaming has absolutely reduced the amount of money that artists can earn in this day and age.
“Unless you are in the higher echelons of billions of streams, that’s never going to generate your rent for you.”
Paul Pacifico, CEO of the trade body Association of Independent Music, also told the committee that streaming revenues are not being shared equitably with artists.
He said that “90% of the revenue” in streaming is “going to 1% of the people in the market”.
“This huge concentration of wealth causes quite a lot of issues,” he said.
The committee previously heard evidence from Chic frontman Nile Rodgers, who advocated for greater transparency around what he labelled the “unfair system” currently in place between streaming platforms and musicians.
Discussing the fees paid to artists during the December evidence session, he added: “Let’s pay these people what they should have been making all along and we are going to be one big happy family.”
On Thursday, the committee also heard from Rupert Shellett, general counsel at record company Beggars Group, who said that while there are problems around how streaming revenue is distributed, it is a good time to be a young musician.
“Young UK kids can very easily get a career going,” he said.
“They can make records, they can make recordings on their phone at home, they can upload those recordings to a [user generated content] UGC platform like YouTube for no charge.
“Then once they develop their audience, obviously over a certain size, then they can go and get pretty much any deal they like.
“Or they can self release and they can pay an additional distributor, an annual fee, so they keep 100% of their revenue.”


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- Brandan Blom
Journey Home crew captures Fire and Ice festivities
The Journey Home crew was at Baba Sushi in Sturbridge, Massachusetts a couple of weeks ago getting coverage of the restaurants annual Fire and Ice party. The event coverage will be part of a more extensive documentary Journey Home is producing for the restaurant. The project focuses on owner Wilson Wang, chronicling his journey to America and his rise in the food industry.
Baba pulled out all the stops for the Fire and Ice event including fire dancers, dragon dancers, and a giant ice sculpture - all in a free-range outdoor space. Customers mingled and were free to explore food and beer vendors on the lawn or just take in the entertainment from the comfort of their table.
Check out some behind-the-scenes photos below and stay tuned for more inside looks on the way.


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Malta-based gaming software provider, Altenar, released its new version of its platform , called SportsBook2, to select partners including Golden Palace in April.
Brice Buttignol, Head of Online Operations at Golden Palace said: “Thanks to our strong partnership, we are thrilled to upgrade this new version of our Sportsbook where the new features will bring our betting’s offer to a highest level.”
According to Altenar CEO Stanislav Silin, 15 – 20 per cent of their partners have moved to SportsBook2 so far.
Sportsbook2 carries “more integrated third-party content and a wider breadth of odds, as well as a number of less visible, scale-based benefits due to its underlying architecture” according to a press release from Altenar.
Featured Image: Stanislav Silin, Altenar CEO / Altenar.com
World-class platform provider launches with UK-based operator
Having been acquired by MGM Resorts International in 2022, LeoVegas Group will undertake BetMGM’s casino and sports betting operations in the UK
The deal is the latest agreed by ESA Gaming, with the company enjoying recent global growth and expansion in key markets such as Africa and Italy
Whether you prefer the thrill of in-person challenges or the convenience of virtual engagements, the Malta-based team building company has something spooky and spectacular to offer


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BUCKHANNON – Gordmans is officially opened in Upshur County.
Gordmans had their official ribbon cutting Monday, March 3 and opened their doors at 9 a.m. The store is located in Tennerton in the former Goody’s location, across from Buckhannon-Upshur Middle School.
Gordmans Store Manager Genevia Jenkins said during the grand opening week the store will be open from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. and then next week on Sunday, the store will be open from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. and 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. the rest of the week.
“We are excited to show you what Gordmans is all about,” Jenkins said. “It’s an off-price retailer, which means we offer favorite brands at prices way lower than department stores.”
She said the store will also allow customers who have purchased something on Amazon to ship it to their store.
“If you’re afraid to send it to your house because you may be out of town or something, you just have it sent to us, and we will get ahold of you and you can just pick it up here and when you come in that day you get a 20 percent off coupon for your whole entire day.”
Jenkins presented a check for $1,000 to Buckhannon-Upshur High School from Gordmans.
“Gordmans is very proud to give back to our community,” Jenkins said. “Gordmans has contributed over $1 million to public school systems throughout the states we operate in as a part of our commitment to the community, and we are proud to support Buckhannon-Upshur High School.”
She said the first thing people will notice about the store is the prices.
“The off-price concept that Gordmans is striving for is extremely popular right now,” Jenkins said. “Most department stores have become stagnant and the merchandise levels just stay in the store too long, so customers wanted something new and different each time they come into shop.”
She said the store will also make it a point to have new merchandise and choices for customers.
“Whereas in a department store, you hold on to collections for an extreme amount of time,” she said. “When you come into Gordon’s, you’re going to see something new every week.”
Another change about the store she said customers will notice is their extended home department.
“As we became the new Gordmans store, we wanted to offer our customers a more variety in home, so we actually have a new furniture department, and it’s exciting for us,” Jenkins said. “It’s a lot of nice pieces and again, it will be new pieces every week that won’t sit there – they’ll be rotated out, so we’re excited about the home department expansion. It actually extends the whole entire left side of the store.”
One thing she said she was happy carried over from Goody’s was their tuxedo rental program.
“We have kids that go through four years of high school and they need a tux every year for prom or homecoming or other large events,” Jenkins said.
City Council member Robbie Skinner welcomed the new store to the community.
“We just want to welcome you, and we’re happy you’re here, even though you’re not in the city limits We’re not about that,” Skinner said. “This is all one community, whether you live in the corporate limits, or you live in Rock Cave, we’re the Buckhannon-Upshur community so we’re happy you’re here and anything we can do to help, you let us know.”


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Breakthrough X-ray technology goes from concept to medical standard
University of Waterloo's Karim S. Karim leads global effort to establish IEC standard for new X-ray technology
University of Waterloo's Karim S. Karim leads global effort to establish IEC standard for new X-ray technologyBy Office of Research
Detecting a deadly tumor as early as possible is vital to stopping its spread. However, creating the solution doesn’t necessarily solve the problem — it needs to be widely adopted by medical professionals. That’s why standards like the new IEC 62220-2-1: 2023 Medical electrical equipment – Characteristics of digital X-ray imaging devices are so important.
Developed by an international scientific team led by University of Waterloo’s Karim S. Karim, associate vice-president, Commercialization and Entrepreneurship, this new standard for X-ray technology allows medical professionals to see more deeply and clearly than what they can see using traditional X-ray machines.
Based on new radiographic imaging technology pioneered at Waterloo, Karim created a portable, dual-energy X-ray screen that can be fitted to traditional X-ray machines, allowing them to discern between soft tissue and bone — something that, up until now, only a CT scan could do.
Now commercialized through Karim’s start-up company KA Imaging, this device enables early detection and treatment of disease, and at a lower cost.
Standards allow for conformity in products. USB ports, for example, are standardized across devices globally. Product conformity benefits both manufacturers and customers. In the medical device industry, technicians seek devices with standardized technology to ensure they are using a trusted, quality product. At the same time, engineers creating new devices seek standardization to increase consumer acceptance and to support commercialization of their product. Despite the benefits of standardization, the process of creating a standard is often lengthy and complex.
“Developing a standard is in part a political exercise in democracy,” Karim says. “In order to have a technology standardized, you need to get the majority of the world to agree to it.”
The International Electrical Commission (IEC) sets standards for medical devices globally. To obtain the standard for the medical device, Karim collaborated with both IEC and the Standards Council of Canada through its Innovation Initiative. His first step was to have his project team send a notice detailing the proposed standard to representatives in 150 countries, seeking their feedback. The team received unanimous approval from the 28 countries that responded.
Next, he led an international working group of technical experts from industry and academia in negotiating the technical specifications that would comprise the standard. For the standard to be approved, acceptance was required from two thirds of the working group members. After almost three years of meetings and multiple rounds of negotiation, Karim and his team were able to attain unanimous approval.
“Now that the dual energy X-ray device and the standard for it are complete, we need to raise awareness about them,” Karim explains. “Doing this will drive better health care outcomes globally, and ultimately, save human lives.”
The University of Waterloo acknowledges that much of our work takes place on the traditional territory of the Neutral, Anishinaabeg and Haudenosaunee peoples. Our main campus is situated on the Haldimand Tract, the land granted to the Six Nations that includes six miles on each side of the Grand River. Our active work toward reconciliation takes place across our campuses through research, learning, teaching, and community building, and is co-ordinated within the Office of Indigenous Relations.


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EA has decided to drop a Need for Speed teaser today, of all days. Now before you get too excited, it's just an image of a supercar, painted to be a police vehicle. Fancy.
The image popped up on the official Need for Speed Facebook today, and while EA offered no other clues, the whole police car deal suggests the next Need for Speed could be a Hot Pursuit sequel. Hey, Criterion's 2010 reboot kind of rocked, so we wouldn't be opposed to seeing another one.
The caption for the image read simply: "Have no rules, show no mercy."
That said, Hot Pursuit wasn't the only NFS to have ridiculously pricey police cars.


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DRAGGING strings of used cans through the streets of downtown Bonn recently, environmentalists were protesting Germany's recycling program.
``It doesn't work,'' said one student, looking out at a wall of cans strung up on scaffolding. ``Everyone will tell you it is nonsense this system.''
The recycling program, a private one sanctioned by the government, was supposed to make Germany the world's most environmentally-friendly nation. Instead, the program has run into mounting criticism, skirted bankruptcy, and created a burgeoning pile of trash that no one knows what to do with. So the government is moving to restructure the program.
The problem is not German consumers. In western Germany, they sort out two-thirds of the 26 million metric tons of household garbage that they generate each year. Two-thirds of communities are already recycling successfully. If anything, the Germans have been too good at recycling.
Take plastics, for example. Germans will have sorted out by year end an estimated 370,000 metric tons of plastic trash and disposed of it in specially marked bins. But the industry only has the capacity to recycle two-thirds of that amount. And half of that capacity lies outside Germany.
When the trash cannot be recycled, it is buried or burned. Much to the country's embarrassment, German trash has shown up in dumps in France, Eastern Europe, and Southeast Asia.
The problem has as much to do with profits as with technology. ``Without doubt, plastics recycling represents the greatest technological challenge for the plastics industry,'' a Commerzbank report concludes.
Plastic can be recycled into basic plastics or oil. Since Germany's chemical industry has plenty of capacity to produce basic plastics from scratch, it is not very interested in creating a competing recycled product, says Oswald Richter, an economist with Commerzbank. So the industry is pushing the idea of converting used plastics to oil. It has two facilities - one in Bottrop, which recycles plastic into low-grade oil, and one in Brandenburg, which converts it to methanol.
Recycling plastic into any of these products does not yet make economic sense, Mr. Richter says. ``But we must do something. We must have a way to reuse plastics.
Environmentalists are pushing for a system that discourages packagers from using plastic. They say glass packaging is more environmentally benign. When the system was started in 1991, environment minister Klaus Topfer, boasted that the country would be the first to move beyond a ``throwaway mentality.''
A second report dealing with garbage recycling by Deutsche Bank says the system represents a ``second best'' solution. ``Once there will be an economic use for all the materials that are being collected, then this whole system will work.''
THE federal government's goals call for recycling centers to reprocess 80 to 90 percent of all the glass, aluminum, cardboard, and paper that they receive. It is an ambitious goal that the government is considering revising.
The program, called Duale System Deutschland, was started by some 600 packaging companies after the federal government passed packaging legislation in 1990. Under the system, packagers pay a license fee to put an official Green Dot label on their goods. Companies that buy the license are obliged to assist in recycling efforts. Consumers sort their Green Dot packages in specially marked recycling bins.
This system costs 3 billion marks ($1.8 billion) a year. Despite the price - an extra $120 or so a year for the average family - consumers seem motivated to continue participating. So do companies because, by law, they have to accept any of their non-Green Dot packages if consumers bring them back. About 70 to 80 percent of the nation's 150 billion packages carry the Green Dot.
The system has careened into near-bankruptcy because only about half the 15,000 companies using the Green Dot label have agreed to pay the license fee. The government is now setting up a tighter monitoring system.
Deutsche Bank Research estimates investments in private recycling companies will total 7 billion deutsche marks through 1995 and create about 18,000 new jobs. Last year, 1,000 private companies in western Germany involved in recycling saw sales reach a record 22 billion deutsche marks - triple the total of 1989. ``Medium term, the boom in the private recycling industry will continue,'' Deutsche Bank Research concludes.


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Data source: ycharts. owning the stock introduces risks that bitcoin holders don' t have to deal with, but the money spent on special mining equipment last year could lead to a gusher of profits in. bitcoin cash performance early q3. the lack of transparency should give investors pause. bitcoin cash 24h $ 589. 17, which is up 5% over the last 24 hours. bitcoin future is an automated trading platform backed by a group of venture capitalists used by traders to trade bitcoins and other cryptocurrencies.
7175% of daily returns assuming 10. among the biggest losers, we can certainly count ethereum [. if you would invest 52, 708 in bitcoin cash on ma and sell it today you would earn a total of 6, 621 from holding bitcoin cash or generate 12. miners were able to seek out bitcoin cash beginning tuesday august 1st, and the cryptocurrency- focused news website coindesk said the first bitcoin cash was mined at about 2: 20 p. how is bitcoin cash a peer to peer system? on august 5, bitcoin cash reached a monthly high of $ 333, a.
the future shines brightly with unrestricted growth, global adoption, permissionless innovation, and decentralized development. bitcoin cash is a peer- to- peer electronic cash system that aims to become sound global money with fast payments, micro fees, privacy, and high transaction capacity ( big blocks). it skipped the sec notice since the agency extended deadlines due to the coronavirus. increased bitcoin cash block size allows for faster transactions and a decrease in trading fees while initially allowing the use of the same bitcoin miner in securing the network. bitcoin cash sv, or simply called it bitcoin sv, is a cryptocurrency produced in. # 4 crypto ground.
although just buying bitcoin has also been the clear winner over the past few months, the longer term has highlighted how levered riot' s prospects are to the digital currency. but don' t worry! 56% return on investment over 90 days. theoretically, the earnings the company generates are simply the value of the mined coins minus all of the costs that go into setting up and running the operation. the current coinmarketcap ranking is # 12, with a live market cap of $ 10, 915, 968, 443 usd. bitcoin cash is down 12. 75 to 1 when compared to bitcoin. during july, the second halving took place and the. no two lists of the wealthiest cryptocurrency holders are the same, but a recent ranking showed a def.
on november 28th,, the first bitcoin halving occurred, which saw the price of bitcoin increase from $ 11 to $ 1, 000 around a year later. bitcoin cash is expected to carry out a hard fork on november 15, and this has notably increased the hype around the coin. bitcoin cash is centralized: this is one of the major issues of bitcoin cash. how does bitcoin cash work and how does it work? any data, text or other content on this page is provided as general market information and not as investment advice. another outflow was the $ 41 million management spent on property and equipment: the 33, 646 antminers. stellar ( xlm) beats bitcoin cash ( bch) and has best performance around top 10 cryptos even with the bear market being so strong right now and the whole market slowly sliding down month after month in, there are some clear winners and losers in this year. 83 and bitcoin is worth $ 10, 258. for a company that mines bitcoin, one would expect riot blockchain' s stock performance to be directly tied to the digital currency. that left more cash on the balance bitcoin cash netzwerk performance sheet at the end of the year, but highlights a disconcerting reality. that approach is understandable when shares are primarily held by one party.
the main selling points for the lightning network are instant. the split occurred between those supporting the bitcoin cash node ( bchn) and bitcoin abc protocol implementations, who had contradicting positions on how bitcoin cash infrastructure should be funded. 22 usd, meaning that 1 bitcoin equals 44. that' s not so easy with riot. however, insiders currently own only 1% of riot blockchain. ultimately, the bch coin is a great alternative to bitcoin, but it will likely never overtake the market size and popularity of bitcoin. an " arms race" has been observed through the various hashing technologies that have been used to mine bitcoins: basic central processing units ( cpus), high- end graphics processing units ( gpus), field- programmable gate arrays ( fpgas) and application- specific integrated circuits ( asics) all have been used, each reducing the profitability of the less. we were very happy to see such eagerness from leading mining pools of bitcoin cash ( bch) to partner with us and help testing. it has a circulating supply of 18, 758, 231 bch coins and a max.
past performance is not necessarily an indicator of future results. the company has issued a lot of equity to fund purchases of special mining computers, called antminers. oddly, that hasn' t always been the case. bitcoin cash daily performance. bitcoin price has hit all time high and keep setting the new record. please try again.
all bitcoin holders as of block 478558 are now owners of bitcoin cash. merchants and users are empowered with low fees and reliable confirmations. scroll down for more info ↓. as we argued in the bitcoin return piece, bitcoin is closer to a speculation than an investment. your portal to the bitcoin cash blockchain. the live bitcoin cash price today is $ 581. bitcoin mining is a competitive endeavor. it has a market cap rank of 12 with a circulating supply of 18, 763, 981 and max supply of 21, 000, 000. the live bitcoin cash price today is $ 624. is the bitcoin cash price an indicator of future performance?
one way shareholders can stay informed is by following the company' s earnings reports and subsequent conference calls. it is the outcome of a software update to the bitcoin cash ( bch) protocol that entails a hard fork, which is. bitcoin bitcoin soared to its highest in almost five months earlier this week, pulling smaller cryptocurrencies [. bitcoin ( btc) price history from to j. smartereum is a crypto prediction website that predicts that bitcoin cash might reach as high as $ 6700, which is around 500% growth in less than a year. bitcoin cash is a cryptocurrency launched in by forking the bitcoin blockchain and changed the size limit of blocks added to the blockchain.
bitcoin has been able to maintain its status as the leading decentralized digital currency since it was launched nine years ago. bitcoin and other cryptocurrency investors have had extremely remarkable runs as well as harrowing drops. bitcoin cash is generating 0. bitcoin cash is down 6. in the same way that physical money, such as a dollar bill, is handed directly to the person being paid, bitcoin cash payments are sent directly from one person to another. walletinvestor bitcoin cash price prediction for,,,.
with bitcoin cash you can safely and securely send money anywhere in the world, nearly for free. bitcoin cash ( bch) brings sound money bitcoin cash netzwerk performance to the world. bitcoin' s major. calin is the developer of fulcrum, a high performance electrumx server. if that proves true, the stock' s recent underperformance could reverse quickly. similar to buying stock in companies that extract commodities like go. sincerely, the bitcoin. current participants in china include btc. for more information about bitcoin cash, please bitcoin cash netzwerk performance visit bitcoincash. bitcoin analytics.
he also is a top contributor to electron cash and bitcoin cash node, and one of the founders of bitcoin cash. com users, this page will no longer be accessible as of july 1st,. 17% in the last 24 hours. comparing the two flows can shed light on how any cash was produced and if it is sustainable. that' s fine for a company that doesn' t need to keep investing as much, but riot' s purchase of crypto mining equipment isn' t an isolated expense. their bitcoin cash price predictions for show growth from $ 208 to $ 362.
with the company mining 697 coins at an average price of $ 46, 640 during the period, the money flowing in shouldn' t be eaten away by investments. bitcoin has crossed the, 000 mark and with it so are most of the altcoins are surging. on aug, amaury séchet released the. to date, management has not hosted calls or offered question- and- answer sessions. 93 usd with a 24- hour trading volume of $ 2, 494, 025, 955 usd.
bitcoin cash is a hard forked version of the original bitcoin. com, f2pool, and rawpool. bitcoin and other cryptocurrency and altcoin prices ( ethereum, litecoin, ripple, dash, iota). one of the things holding bch’ s rapid growth back is the confusion people have between bitcoin and bitcoin cash. bitcoin cash price page is part of the coindesk 20 that features price history, price ticker, market cap and live charts for the top cryptocurrencies. four mining pools were found controlling more than 50% of the total hash power and this, however, could result in a 51% attack. it' s a permissionless, decentralised cryptocurrency that requires no trusted third parties and no central bank. whenever it finally gets filed, the first- quarter earnings report should be a window into the rest of the year. right now, we are operating a mining test with several large bitcoin cash mining pools to compare bch network performance with and without the bdn.
bitcoin cash' s market cap is $ 12. according to their forecast, the future value of bitcoin cash could reach as high as $ 819. one way to evaluate a business is by comparing how money flows in and out of the operation. 20 eh/ s 12: 00 am utc - 172, 201, 097, 405, 664, 500, 000 h/ s. the bitcoin and cryptocurrency market suddenly went into meltdown today, with the bitcoin price dropping over 10% – just after the closely- watched bakkt crypto platform went live. bitcoin ( btc) was worth over 60, 000 usd in both february as well as april due to events. those inputs were offset by $ 11 million in negative cash from operations. riot data by ycharts part of the short- term disconnect may be the number of shares outstanding. management stuck to the delayed schedule in, going four months and 22 days between its third- and fourth- quarter reports.
that means running the company actually burned cash last year. for instance, riot blockchain raised about $ 260 million from issuing those additional shares in and $ 8 million from selling cryptocurrency. as the first quarter of comes to an end, let us look at the ytd performance review of the top cryptocurrencies. 24 hour bch volume is $ 4.
wrapped bitcoin 24h $ 37, 793. 01 seconds faster. what' s the current price of bitcoin cash on binance? published by raynor de best,. today' s bitcoin cash price is $ 641. however, more and more altcoins have emerged in recent years that are challenging bitcoin with superior features and different use cases bitcoin cash netzwerk performance than solely being a digital spending currency and a store of value. their signal speed is 0. historical bitcoin prices and api access via barchart ondemand. after this market correction, bitcoin cash recovered enough to trade sideways for most of august.
learn more about bitcoin metrics including on- chain analytics, performance vs traditional assets, etc. 41% in the last 24 hours. on november 15th, a year' s worth of heated debate came to an end when bitcoin cash experienced a chain split during its scheduled hard fork upgrade. over 20 years of experience in high performance software, simulation work, and general software engineering. bitcoin cash is a peer- to- peer electronic cash system.
bitcoin hashrate now: 172. this may leave a pile of profits for shareholders, at least until management has to purchase new antminers. bitcoin futures market data, including cme and cboe global markets bitcoin futures, quotes, charts, news and analysis. bitcoin or bitcoin cash: a comparison of bitcoin ( btc) and bitcoin cash ( bch).
in a year where the price of bitcoin went up more than 300%, riot blockchain spent tens of millions of dollars and ended up burning cash rather than generating it. crypto ground predicts that bitcoin cash can plunge upwards and might reach $ 707 by the end of. if riot still can' t turn a profit, investors might be better off giving up on the idea that it ever can. investors tend to act bullishly whenever the news of a fork event or blockchain split is announced, and this is mainly due to the free extra coins they stand to get in addition to what’ s already in their coffers. 7925% volatility of returns over the 90 days investment horizon.
other than the past three months, the change in riot' s stock price seems to be about 2. chart data failed to load. the lightning network is a web- shaped network of made up of underlying payment channels as core elements in a second layer. that dilution has undermined the stock price, dividing each owner' s stake across more and more shares. investigating the primary holders of bitcoin offers no more comfort. similarly, the five- bitcoin cash netzwerk performance year prediction of bitcoin cash price is around $ 24, 600. for bitcoins, the time of day any bitcoin was bought or sold makes investor performance vary wildly. update : bitcoin cash is currently worth $ 226.
thank you for using our service! 58 usd with a 24- hour trading volume of $ 6, 409, 556, 444 usd. which one netzwerk is a better investment? see full list on fool. centralization contradicts the concept behind blockchain. you can get even more detailed charts, indicators, and analytics for bitcoin, bitcoin cash, and others at markets.
the price of bitcoinhas been weak this month, falling 14%. walletinvestor says that long- term increase in bch is inevitable. however two main differences are the the blocksize limits, as of august bitcoin has a 1mb blocksize limit whereas bch proposes 8mb blocks. in the same time, shares of riot bitcoin cash netzwerk performance blockchain have collapsed 37%. hold bnb on binance and get 25% off trading fees. bitcoin social app.
the lightning network evolved into a scaling solution outside the main bitcoin network, lowering transaction fees and speeding up transaction processes. in,, and, management filed a notification with the securities and exchange commission ( sec) stating that it would not be able to submit its full- year report in a timely manner. it is similar to bitcoin with regards to its protocol; proof of work sha- 256 hashing, 21, 000, 000 supply, same block times and reward system. monitor block reward halving for bitcoin, bitcoin cash, and bitcoin sv to prepare for and respond to price volatility broadcast transaction broadcast raw transactions for btc, eth, bch, ltc, bsv, doge and grs privately.
the bitcoin network hashrate chart can be used to visualize bitcoin mining hashrate increases and decreases viewable in segment options of daily, weekly, monthly, 3 months, 6 months, 1 year, 3 years, and all.


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Three employees at Mississauga grocery store test positive for COVID-19
Three employees at a Longo’s location in Mississauga have tested positive for COVID-19.
According to an update on the company’s website, the employees all work at the brand’s Ponytrail location (1891 Rathburn Rd. E.).
The company announced the cases on Aug. 7 and said the affected employees stopped coming into work between Aug. 4 and Aug. 6.
“We want to assure you that our stores and team members have been operating under heightened
preventative measures and in accordance with direction from public health to protect against the spread of
COVID-19,” Longo’s said on its website.
“We continue to have wellness screening for our team members and guests and everyone is required to wear
a face-covering or mask while in store.
On the site, Longo’s says all employees that have been in close contact with workers suffering from COVID-19 have been instructed to stay home and self-monitor.
Longo’s says employees who are sent home are paid in full while isolating.
- Employee at Longo’s grocery store in Mississauga tests positive for COVID-19
- Two employees at Mississauga grocery store test positive for COVID-19
- Two Mississauga-based Canada Post employees test positive for COVID-19
- Two employees at Mississauga GoodLife Fitness location test positive for COVID-19
- Two Mississauga grocery stores confirm COVID-19 cases in employees
- New rules regarding children in leash-free zones and smoking in parks are now in effect in Mississauga
- PHOTOS: New platform and pavilion now open at a Mississauga GO Station
- Staff member tests positive for COVID-19 at Mississauga retirement home
- House of the Week: $3.8 mil Sheridan home luxurious features
- All COVID-19 cases in Mississauga schools for the week of September 21 to 26


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Perspective Magazine President and CEO Paul Mattimoe has introduced Perspective Magazine Asia Pacific to the Pacific Rim’s most influential timeshare and fractional ownership professionals during the Australian Timeshare and Holiday Ownership Council’s annual conference.
Perspective Magazine Asia Pacific is the newest addition to the magazine’s regional suite of publications and the periodical has been distributed to delegates during the conference. The conference will run through September 14, 2010, at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Queenstown, New Zealand under the theme “Navigating the New Decade”.
“I am very excited to be down under to present our colleagues with Perspective Magazine Asia Pacific”, said Mr. Mattimoe. “The ATHOC conference is the perfect venue to hand out the inaugural issue and I am looking forward to receiving feedback from the industry regarding the exclusive content of the magazine geared specifically to these markets”.
As the only independent timeshare and fractional industry trade magazine covering the Australasian, South Pacific and Asian markets, Perspective Magazine Asia Pacific is the fourth regional title to come under Perspective Magazine’s expanded umbrella of publications.
About Perspective Magazine
Perspective Magazine publishes four regional brands: industry publications Perspective Magazine North America, Perspective Magazine Europe & Middle East, Perspective Magazine South Africa and Perspective Magazine Asia Pacific. Together, the industry magazines have become the most read independent trade publications globally for the shared ownership industry and the company is a media sponsor of 20 major industry events around the world. The company’s consumer magazine, Owners Perspective Magazine, has become the only independent consumer publication that specializes in promoting the benefits of buying shared ownership products to the general public. Distribution is via a variety of high-profile consumer channels including, but not limited to, more than 150 first class airport lounges worldwide with over a dozen airlines such as British Airways, Virgin Atlantic, Emirates, Singapore Airlines, American Airlines, United Airlines, and Delta as well as hundreds of luxury hotels, resorts, spas and golf clubs.
For more information visit http://perspectivemagazine.com or email Steve Luba, Director of Public Relations, at steveluba(at)perspectivemagazine.com For information on advertising and editorial opportunities visit http://perspectivemagazine.com/advertise.Tags: Asia-Pacific, ATHOC, fractional, New Zealand, timeshare


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The SonicSlide STS3000 is about the thickness of a postage stamp, and is, according to the company, constructed from polymers similar to those used to build the wings of commercial aircraft.
Smartcards are set to become smarter and more intelligent if the claims of Sonavation, Inc are to be believed. The company has introduced the SonicSlide STS3000 -- what it claims to be the biometrics industry's thinnest, most durable and highly accurate fingerprint sensor for the wireless and smartcard markets. The SonicSlide STS3000 is about the thickness of a postage stamp, and is, according to the company, constructed from polymers similar to those used to build the wings of commercial aircraft, hence giving it superior durability compared to the fingerprint sensors available on the market today.
The SonicSlide STS3000 uses the company's SonicTouch technology, which is based on ultrasound comparable to the one used in medical applications. The technology has significantly improved the fingerprint imaging, the company says. The company also adds that the sensor eliminates the electrostatic discharge that hampers the incorporation of semiconductor-based sensors into notebook PCs, mobile phones and other consumer electronics. The SonicSlide STS3000 boasts of withstanding more than 10 million swipes. Besides, the company claims that the sensor uses less power, enabling a set of applications that are currently not possible within the commercial biometrics industry.
Biometrics is the use of physical characteristics, such as fingerprints, to secure information and enable financial transactions and applications on mobile phones, PCs and other consumer devices.
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Ms Cholada Siddhivarn has been appointed as director of the Tourism Authority of Thailand in Mumbai. She and her team in Mumbai will cover western and southern India as well as Sri Lanka and the Maldives. The announcement was made at a recently held Open to the New Shades networking dinner in Mumbai.
Ms. Cholada Siddhivarn was previously the director of Europe, Africa, Middle East and the Americas Marketing Group at TAT head office. She has been working with Tourism Authority of Thailand over 20 years now, since 1996. With such a vast experience Ms Cholada Siddhivarn will continue to enhance travel trade and media relations in order to promote newer destinations in Thailand and boosting arrivals from India to Thailand in the coming years.
Thailand crossed the 1.2 million mark for Indian tourist arrivals in 2017 and registered a total of 1,294,790 arrivals marking a year-on year growth of 20% per cent over the same period in 2016.
Talking on the occasion Ms. Cholada Siddhivarn quoted “I am very excited to take up this new opportunity and starting a fresh in the city of dreams – Mumbai. India is a very important country for Thailand in terms of tourism as well as trade. I look forward to encouraging women travelers, showcasing local experiences at the destination and boosting arrivals from India”.
She considers India to be one of the important markets for Thailand and hopes to showcase different aspects of Thailand to the Indian traveler.
The Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) is an organization of Thailand under the Ministry of Tourism and Sports. Its mandate is to promote Thailand’s tourism industry.
An organization called Tourism of Thailand was founded as early as 1924. For fifty years responsibility for attracting tourists to Thailand bounced around between the State Railway of Thailand, the Ministry of Commerce, the Ministry of Commerce and Transport and the Office of the Prime Minister. The Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) was finally established on 4 May 1979.


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Just like last year Samsung is expected to be making the biggest investments, the firm is ramping up its capex to close to $15 billion, while TSMC is expected to hit $10.8 billion, about $1 billion less than previously expected due to "capital efficiency" achieved by a faster ramp from 20nm to 16nm.
Intel on the other hand reported a 2015 capex of just $8.7 billion, about $1 billion less than the previous outlook. The reduction in capex is attributed to better yields and utilization and it seems Intel is holding off spending as it's waiting for EUV tools to reach maturity.
Some highlights to bring color to the numbers:
#1: Samsung’s latest fab announcement is a $14.3 billion fab (15.6 trillion won) at a ground-breaking ceremony May 7. Not all of this announcement was actually news. The company signed an MOU to build the fab in October 2014. The fab will be finished in 2017, with initial production beginning in the first half. This is accelerated timing compared to the October 2014 announcement that said initial operations were to begin in the second half of 2017. Samsung expects this fab to be the industry’s largest in terms of capacity. The site size is 790,000m2. The company is being coy with the products it intends to make there, saying it is targeting the mobile, server, and IoT markets. This seems to imply mobile and server DRAM along with other chips (sensors? processors?) for the IoT.
#2: TSMC announced its 2015 capex has been reduced by $1 billion to a midpoint of $10.8 billion. The reduction is due to “capital efficiency” achieved through faster conversion from 20nm to 16nm, allowing for an increase of 16nm capacity while 20nm capacity is decreased.
#3: Intel is reporting a decrease in capex for 2015 to a midpoint of $8.7 billion, which is down by over $1 billion from the prior outlook. This is based on better yields and utilization that they have achieved. They did point out that this is not the start of a trend of reduced capex for them. No mention has been made of Fab 42, a shell built in Arizona that has been on hold since January 2014.
#4: GLOBALFOUNDRIES is increasing capex by about US$1 billion, almost all of which is towards the 14nm ramp at the New York fab.
#11: SMIC will be ramping up two new fabs in the second half of 2015. SMIC is qualifying 40nm and 28nm initial production at its new 300mm Beijing B2 fab. It will be able to run 35,000wpm when fully outfitted with equipment. SMIC is also adding 20,000wpm 8” capacity in Shenzhen. The initial 10,000wpm will begin commercial production in 3Q15, and another 10,000wpm added by the end of the year. The ramp will continue into 2016, as company executives expect continued shortages of 8” capacity. SMIC is increasing total capex by 50% to $1.5 billion this year. For the Beijing fab, $800 million will be spent to add 12” capacity. Another portion will go toward expanding 8” capacity in Shenzhen.
Source: EE Times


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Despite the larger headquarters that will be available next year, Stauffer says there aren't immediate plans to boost the number of employees there, currently at 85. Still, he says the company is on track to maintain its annual growth rate of 3 percent.
McCoy's ability to survive and even thrive in the face of Home Depot and Lowe's is rare, says Ray Miller, a principal with Houston-based consulting firm Renaissance Partners LC.
"The big stores, in most cases, have driven local people out of business," Miller says. "They can offer more products at a lower price. But the smaller stores can offer better service ... [customer service] is not just lip service ... it really increases the amount of an average transaction and the average number of items in a transaction."
Tom Hicks, a managing partner with Renaissance Partners, says the number of independent building-supply chains that have managed to survive in a big-box environment can be counted on one hand. But those that have survived have done so because of a heavy emphasis on customer service, which breeds regional loyalty.
Stauffer says McCoy's doesn't necessarily seek out markets based on the location of its big-box competitors -- the company has plans to build in locations that both attract and are ignored by the big-box chains.
The company's market strategy is instead based on service, he says.
McCoy's knows its demographic, Stauffer says. The stores' customers fall into three groups: the independent homebuilder and repair and remodel contractors make up two-thirds of McCoy's business, and the remaining third is made up of serious do-it-yourself customers.
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You must look hard to find an import on the streets of Seoul. The private cars, trucks and smoke-belching buses that crowd alleys and avenues in this city of 9 million people almost all bear the emblems of South Korean manufacturers.
A small but remarkable motor vehicle industry has emerged in South Korea in the past decade, protected by a virtual ban on purchases from abroad. Last year, 221,000 vehicles -- 122,000 of them passenger cars -- rolled off its assembly lines.
With firm control of the home market, the industry is looking abroad, particularly to the United States. Its two significant auto producers, Hyundai Motor Co. and Daewoo Motor Co., are more than doubling their plants' capacity with exports in mind.
Small numbers of South Korea's pioneer passenger car, the tiny Hyundai Pony, already have appeared on the roads of close to 60 countries, ranging from Saudi Arabia to Ecuador to the United Kingdom.
But it has had mixed success, and Korean producers want to crack the world's biggest market.
"You're going to see Korean cars in the United States," an economic analyst at a Western embassy in Seoul said, "but I don't think it's going to be an invasion."
The first cars are expected to reach the United States in 1986.
South Korea has sold immense quantities of steel, textiles and electronics to the United States. But similar success in cars is by no means assured. Formidable obstacles in quality, marketing, protectionism and production capacity seem likely to keep the numbers down.
Even if every one of the 540,000 cars South Korea soon will be capable of producing were shipped to the United States, that still would be less than one-third of the Japanese auto makers' U.S. sales. Still, by Korean standards, the numbers are enormous.
Korea's auto makers hope to take advantage of the American companies' inability to produce subcompacts profitably by helping to fill that niche with their products. They expect to benefit from some special problems confronting Japan, where product costs are rising and exports to the United States are restricted by a voluntary auto agreement. Detroit already is looking to Korea for small models to import and sell as its own: General Motors Corp. has signed an import deal with Daewoo to bring in a Korean-made version of GM's Opel some time after the fall of 1985.
Many South Korean officials are reluctant to discuss their industry's potential in the United States. Hyundai, in fact, continues to maintain that no firm decision has been made to enter the market there at all.
Officials here apparently fear that publicity about their auto programs would prompt a preemptive strike by U.S. legislators before Korean exports get moving. The normally publicity-hungry officials at Daewoo refused repeated requests for an interview.
"We are not a second Japan," said Whee Mok Roh, an automotive analyst at the Korea Institute for Economics and Technology. Some Koreans, in fact, accuse the Japanese, who are wary of Korean competition, of spreading scare stories about waves of Korean automobiles at U.S. ports.
South Korea's much-publicized export miracle began in the 1960s with simple goods such as textiles and shoes. Like Japan, it systematically has diversified export industries in ensuing years toward higher-value-added goods.
Automobiles are seen as ideal next-generation exports. Their production requires mid-level skilled labor and steel -- which South Korea has in great supply. "We want to change the items that South Korea exports in the 1980s," Whee said.
Hyundai and Daewoo -- both of which are members of large, multifaceted industrial groups -- now are investing a total of close to $1 billion in new plant and models, with the approval of the government, which closely directs -- sometimes by force -- the development of export industries. Hyundai is developing a front-wheel-drive car to meet U.S. safety and emissions standards (the Pony does not). The company's one assembly plant, at Ulsan, can turn out 150,000 cars a year, but is being enlarged to a 300,000-unit capacity, according to Hyundai Vice President S. W. Chon. The expansion reportedly will cost $460 million.
Daewoo Motors, a 50-50 joint venture between the Daewoo Group and General Motors, is expanding its single assembly plant in a Seoul suburb from an 80,000-unit capacity to 240,000 at a cost of $500 million. It will introduce a front-wheel-drive "world car," modeled on the Opel, to be sold both at home and abroad.
Chrysler Corp., meanwhile, also is scouting for an offshore subcompact. It reportedly has been talking with Samung, a South Korean conglomerate that never has produced cars, about jointly turning out 100,000 cars a year for the United States. Officials at both companies say no final deal has been signed, however, and it is unclear if the government would allow a third manufacturer into the market.
South Korea began assembling vehicles under license to foreign companies in the 1950s. But it passed a milestone in 1974 when Hyundai introduced the Pony, the first car designed and engineered in South Korea.
Today, Hyundai controls 75 percent of the domestic market, and Ponies lined up six and seven deep at traffic lights and taxi stands -- now joined by a sportier Pony II -- are a common sight in Seoul. Daewoo offers half a dozen models and holds all but a few units of the remaining market.
After rough times in the early 1980s, as South Korea's economy suffered serious dislocation, the motor vehicle industry is on the rebound. Car production rose from 69,000 units in 1981 to 122,000 last year. Bus and truck production recorded major increases, too.
Still, automobiles remain beyond the reach of most South Koreans. Producer and owner are subject to more than 20 special taxes and levies, including compulsory purchase of subway construction bonds, a defense tax and a quarterly road tax. Gasoline costs more than $4 a gallon.
"The people who buy cars are still the rich," Hyundai's Chon said. These taxes generate revenue, but also, in the Seoul government's eyes, serve a social function of curbing consumption and oil imports.
Exports began in 1976, when Hyundai sent five Ponies to Ecuador. Since then, Hyundai claims to have sold cars in more than 60 countries in Africa, the Middle East, South America and Western Europe, virtually every country that would allow foreign-built cars through Customs.
Daewoo also is exporting a small numbers of cars now. But Korean cars have failed to catch on in many markets, and exports have slipped from 17,200 in 1981 to 14,100 in 1982. Korean officials mention the desire of developing countries to build their own cars; critics mention problems with the Korean cars' quality and the lack of higher-line offerings.
Exports began growing again in 1983, reaching 16,400 units, with about half of them sent to Western Europe. Last year, Hyundai also began to sell the Pony II in Canada, an apparent test for the U.S. market. So far, just over 12,000 cars have been registered there, sold and serviced by about 100 dealers.
The Pony retails for as little as $4,500, and it has been called the lowest-priced car available in Canada. Indeed, Korean manufacturers' low production costs may prove to be their most important advantage.
Hyundai's assembly-line workers start at about $2 an hour, roughly one-tenth of the hourly wage and benefit costs for U.S. auto workers. Whee of the Korea Institute for Economics and Technology estimates that the Korean industry has a $1,500-per-unit cost advantage over the Japanese, although retail prices suggest it is less than that. (The Japanese, in turn, often are estimated to have a $1,500 advantage over their U.S. competitors.)
The South Korean government has helped by designating automobile manufacturing a "strategic export industry." That means that, like other export operations, the auto makers get priority access to South Korea's limited credit facilities and other export incentives. But according to Whee, there is no special incentive aimed at automobiles alone.
Quality is among the Korean cars' big drawbacks. From its inception 10 years ago, the Pony has been the subject of stories of glove compartments that don't close and plastics that melt under a hot sun. Hyundai's Chon acknowledged minor problems, but said major components such as the drive train are sound.
Korean cars continue to trail U.S. and Japanese models in fuel efficiency, integrated circuitry and sophistication of some steel components, according to diplomats who follow the industry here. A Pony with a 1.2-liter, 80-horsepower engine gets about 31 miles per gallon. Korean officials say the new models will correct many of these complaints.
Technology on the factory floor also lags -- 10 years behind the United States and Japan by Chon's estimate. Hyundai, owned 10 percent by Mitsubishi of Japan, is drawing on its foreign partner for help. But Daewoo, with a closer link to GM, seems better positioned to bring in modern technology.
Styling has been cited as another drawback. The first Ponies were little more than metal boxes on wheels, lacking aesthetic identity. But in recent years, Daewoo and Hyundai have come out with sleek models that at first glance are indistinguishable from Japanese or U.S. ones. Some of that is in preparation for expected liberalization of import restrictions in 1988 that will allow foreign models into Korea.
More fundamental questions address the maturity of the industry. Taxes and low personal income have hampered development of a large and stable home market that would help producers weather fluctuations overseas, it is argued. Although major rises in domestic sales are forecast, the home market could remain a problem.
In addition, suppliers tend to be small, back-yard operations. According to one Western embassy's analysis, 70 percent of the 385 firms in the parts business were capitalized at less than $630. Parts quality is a problem, too, with foreign companies unwilling to buy parts for use in their own production.
Even if Hyundai and Daewoo can offer competitive models, they face a serious marketing challenge in the United States, where they have no reputation or sales network. The Japanese sustained years of large investments and heavy losses breaking into the U.S. market in the 1960s.
Daewoo has cast its lot with GM. That would give it greater assurance of high sales volume. But it would not acquire a name among American buyers, and any profits would be shared.
Rumors continue, however, that Hyundai is discussing a similar deal with Ford. But since its inception, Hyundai has had a reputation for going it alone. It is now is talking of direct U.S. sales through a network of dealers and service agents it will build. The company appears to be reasoning that this will ensure that the Hyundai name will become known and the profits will revert to it alone.


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Android O will let you update graphics drivers directly through the Play Store
We’re nearing the end of Google I/O 2017, and we’ve already seen a huge number of crazy software changes making their way to Android. The annual Fireside Chat happened just last night, and an interesting new feature came to light from a random developer question asking what features may have been omitted from the big announcements.
In answering the question, a Googler named Romain Guy mentioned that his team implemented the ability to update graphics drivers from the Play Store in Android O. This is more than likely a feature dependent on Project Treble, which aims to modularize Android and allow manufacturers to implement their own ‘vendor implementation layer’ which sits on top of the Android framework. Since this layer works mostly independently from Android as a whole and can be tailored specifically to a particular device, users should theoretically be able to do updates like this over the air.
While we don’t know the specifics of how this feature will work, it’s going to be interesting to see how it plays out once Treble makes its way to new devices in the future. Being able to update drivers like this in the background is very valuable, as it means you shouldn’t have to do a full software update and should be able to download them just like other apps and Google Play Services.
Is this feature something you’re interested in? While Google didn’t mention much about it at this year’s event, we’ll likely hear more about it once Android O is officially released.
Let us know your thoughts in the comments below, and be sure to check out our Google I/O hub page for all the latest news from the yearly developer conference.


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Topics such as health and wellbeing are also subject to the current trends. This year, new habits, such as a home gym or the use of apps to relax, measuring your heart rate or practicing sports, have become a daily habit for millions of people. Thanks to the increasingly widespread use of nutraceuticals, which identify nutrients with preventive and curative powers, every year new exotic foods come to the attention of the media, becoming popular and increasingly used in everyday cooking. 2017 was the year of turmeric, avocado and chia seeds. What are the trends that were popular in 2018 so far and what will be the trend in the remainder of the year? We talked about this topic with Professor Daniela Lucini, Head of Exercise Medicine at Humanitas.
Moringa, the new “superfood”
It has twice the protein of spinach and three times the protein of iron, as well as being a significant source of calcium, potassium and vitamin A. Moringa, also known as the horseradish tree (or miracle tree) comes from North America and according to the journal Ecology of Food and Nutrition has an incredible anti-inflammatory and antioxidant power. Shredding the seeds gives a powder that can be used as a food supplement, while the leaves can be used to prepare herbal teas and infusions. What is the recommended dose? From 2 to 4 teaspoons per day. There is also moringa oil on the market, perfect for moisturizing particularly dry skin.
The digital fitness market and home training apps
Today, going to the gym is becoming an outdated habit. More and more people are organizing their own fitness area at home, with equipment and weights to train independently, according to their schedules and needs. In 2018, the innovations of digital fitness have allowed you to enter the virtual training houses within the reach of smartphones. Costs are lower and online lessons streamed to portable devices allow you to follow more or less personalized programs. Trainer-driven audio workouts include running, endurance exercises and even yoga. Experts predict the digital fitness market will reach $27.4 billion by 2022, with an annual growth rate of 33%.
Demand for health and wellness information is growing
Google said that in 2018, searches for self-care were 25% higher than last year.
In an increasingly hectic society, having time for oneself is considered increasingly important, as well as being informed about how to take care of one’s health in the best possible way. That’s why self-care rituals are increasingly sought after on the Internet, as well as certified medical and health news. That’s why quality medical and scientific journalism and certified disclosure has become and will become an area on which companies will focus more and more.
Mental health starts from the organization of environments
The Danish call it “hygge.” This northern European philosophy of life focuses on the importance of being able to create a warm and welcoming atmosphere in your first home.
Increasingly the focus of attention, home and home design is becoming a more privileged place in which to seek and create well-being, also taking inspiration and stealing details of style from studies of meditation and yoga. The concept is simple: the environment is able to reflect our moods and taking care of the arrangement of things and objects can have an extraordinary therapeutic power.
The opinion of Humanitas
“Some things are fashion – said Professor Lucini – and as such are destined to pass. Home fitness, on the other hand, is a good thing because it makes physical activity realistic, but there is always the other side of the coin: in addition to not doing the exercise well, you can run the risk of hurting yourself. Like all things, then, it’s relatively good. It depends on how it is used and on the ability to maintain motivation.