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The auto industry continues to take a beating as U.S. sales plummeted 18 percent last year. In December alone, sales dropped 36 percent.
Two of the Detroit Three automakers were particularly hard-hit. General Motors Corp. sold 3 million vehicles, its lowest level in half a century, while Chrysler sold 1.5 million, down 30 percent. The only other companies that saw vehicle sales fall more than 30 percent last year were Jaguar Land Rover and Isuzu, and both sell mostly trucks. U.S. truck sales overall were down 25 percent to 6.5 million; car sales fell 10 percent to 6.7 million.
Meanwhile, Toyota Motor Corp., which announced Tuesday that it's suspending production at its 12 plants in Japan for 11 days in February and March, saw its U.S. sales drop 15 percent to 2.2 million vehicles last year.
Overall, U.S. sales fell to 13 million vehicles, compared with 16 million in 2007.
Sales may fall further this year: Consulting firm IHS Global Insight forecasts U.S. auto sales will dip to 10.3 million in 2009 as the economy continues to falter.
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If you buy or sell pirate DVDs you would be breaking the law. You could face a fine or even get jail time. But when companies in Europe buy or sell illegal timber from the last of the world's ancient forests they won't even have the timber confiscated.
Illegally logged rainforest timber was used in the refurbishment of the Admiralty Arch wing of the Cabinet Office in London.
So even though you can't watch a pirate copy of the latest
Stephen King horror movie, the real horror is happening all around
you as mountains of illegal and destructively logged timber flood
onto the world's timber market.
That's because there are no laws to stop illegal timber or
timber products from ending up in your local stores or home.
Everything from paper products to furniture or plywood could be
made from illegal and destructively logged timber. When you
purchase these products it could result in the loss of habitat and
death for many unique and endangered species as well as
contributing to a chain of human rights violations in forests
around the world.
Europe plays a key role in fuelling demand for timber products,
as it is one of the world's largest users of timber. But Europe has
no law to stop the flood of illegal and destructively logged timber
entering the market.
We want to see that change.
We want laws to ban illegal and destructively logged timber from
being sold in Europe and so do more than 160 other environmental, labour, and human
rights organisations. 80 companies have also asked for legislation
to outlaw illegal timber. You too have the right to say that things
How to help - it's painless!
The European Commission is asking what the public, timber
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Simply send the letter below before 5 March 2007
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Single-family existing home sales rose 2.4% in January following a 12% jump in December, according to new figures compiled by the National Association of Realtors (NAR).
NARreported that sales of previously owned single-family homes rose to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 4.69 million units in January from a 4.58 million rate in December.
Due to tight lending standards, the Realtors are seeing "abnormally high levels of-cash purchases," said NAR chief economist Lawrence Yun.
All-cash sales rose to 32% in January, from 26% year ago.
"With tight credit standards, it's not surprising to see so much activity where cash is king and investors are taking advantage of conditions to purchase undervalued homes," Yun said.
The latest NAR report shows that single-family sales (not including cooperatives and condos) rose 4.9% from January 2010.
However, single-family home prices are down 2.7% from a year ago mainly due to a 5.8% drop in the median sales price from $169,300 in December to 159,400 in January.


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Expro Now Under Private Equity Consortium's Umbrella
Expro International Group
Thursday, July 03, 2008
Expro has announced that its acquisition by the private equity consortium Umbrellastream was completed.
Expro Chief Executive Graeme Coutts said the takeover paved the way for Expro to further progress its successful strategy for growth, and to continue in the delivery of operational excellence to it customers worldwide.
“I am delighted that, after several months of takeover discussions, Expro is now owned by an investment consortium made up of Candover, Goldman Sachs and Alpinvest. This consortium, which has acquired Expro through a wholly owned company Umbrellastream Ltd, has an outstanding track record of creating value in the services industry and remains fully supportive of current Expro strategies and its management," said Coutts.
“Expro today gives the clear message that we will continue with our established strategy to provide our customers with world-class products and service. The innovation and quality associated with Expro's people and the Expro brand will continue to assist our customers in their current and future business challenges, and we remain committed to delivering world-class solutions to their well flow management needs,” added Coutts.
Expro has invested in a highly focused strategy to position the business as a major provider of key technologies to oil and gas markets worldwide. It has recorded the most successful year in the company's history, achieving significant growth, delivering world-first operational achievements for customers, and gaining industry recognition for its innovative technology and excellent safety performance.


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JOHANNESBURG, May 10, 2018 (Newswire.com) - As part of a pilot project led by De Beers Group, Diacore participated in tracking a selection of its large diamonds from mine to retail on the blockchain platform named Tracr™. An immutable digital ‘trail’ was created for a selection of rough diamonds sold by De Beers to Diacore, tracking the diamonds from the mine to cutter and polisher, then through to a jeweler.
Nir Livnat, Executive Chairman of Diacore, said, “We are happy to be part of this innovative project that will eventually be able to track our diamonds from their source to the end-consumer. Tracr is a bold initiative that will keep the diamond industry relevant in a digital world and will do wonders in boosting consumer confidence.”
The platform is expected to launch later this year and will be open to the industry. Diacore is one of five leading diamond manufacturers that have been working with De Beers during the platform’s pilot phase. Diacore have significant experience in the design and processing of large stones, which is the initial focus of the pilot, as well as broad coverage across the midstream of the industry.We are happy to be part of this innovative project that will eventually be able to track our diamonds from their source to the end-consumer. Tracr is a bold initiative that will keep the diamond industry relevant in a digital world and will do wonders in boosting consumer confidence.
How Tracr works
As the diamonds travel along the value chain, Tracr™ assigns each stone a unique Global Diamond ID and stores individual diamond attributes such as carat, colour and clarity through integration with the participants’ existing ERP systems.
This allows the system to consolidate the data into an immutable, digital trail for each physical diamond, assuring its provenance and traceability from rough to polished.
To support this process-based tracking, Tracr will also be using stone images, planning files and a diamond’s physical properties to verify authenticity through data science and physical identification techniques.
Diacore, a multinational luxury diamond company, has diversified interests in the diamond industry providing rough and polished diamonds to customers around the world. The company has manufacturing facilities in Botswana, South Africa, Namibia and New York and has established its leadership in crafting rare, exceptional diamonds as well as unique high-end jewelry. The company has created some of the most world-renowned masterpieces including the Millennium Star 203.04 carat diamond DFL as well as the Pink Star 59.60 carat Fancy Vivid Pink. Diacore is a proud title sponsor of the Diacore Gaborone marathon.
Tracr™ is a trade mark of the De Beers Group of Companies.


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Hopes of an end to the bewildering and complex procedure of sorting different types of plastic for recycling have been raised by the unveiling of a new plant in north-east England.
The processing unit at Redcar, on Teesside – an area of high unemployment in spite of the recent rescue of the Tata steelworks – is the first in Britain to integrate all forms of plastic reuse. This means bags, yoghurt pots and supermarket packaging no longer need to be sorted separately.
Biffa Polymers and Wrap, the not-for-profit advisory company set up with government funding in 2000, have recruited 28 staff for the £1.87m project. The money was released by Wrap in January after research into the feasibility of mixing flimsy film, sturdy milk cartons and other plastics in simple collection skips.
Production starts in April, with an initial target of 15,000 tonnes a year, rising to 20,000 by 2012. The system sorts and washes the jumble of plastic before processing the items according to different polymer types and colours.
End products from the waste, contributed by householders, local councils and companies, will include paint trays, plant pots, storage boxes, pallets, bottles, car parts, office furniture and kitchenware. Suitably high-grade plastic will be transferred to Biffa's separate specialist food-grade plant at Redcar to be made back into milk bottles.
Lord Henley, the junior environment minister responsible for waste and recycling, said: "The innovative technology will make life easier for families who have puzzled over recycling their yoghurt tubs and food trays. It is also a welcome boost to green jobs in the north-east."
Teesside has focused on recycling and waste disposal as part of its attempt to reinvent a local economy previously based on steel and chemical giants such as ICI.
Marcus Gover, Wrap's director of market development, said: "The Redcar facility shows that it is commercially viable to recycle mixed plastics and that there are real end markets for the high-value, quality outputs.
"Recycling mixed plastics adds value to the UK economy by transforming a waste into a usable, commercial product, retaining the value rather than allowing it to end up in landfill."


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Thursday, July 23, 2009
NEW YORK – U.S. stock futures are rising Thursday amid news of dealmaking and a barrage of upbeat earnings reports.
The rise in futures comes after gains in Asia and amid relatively flat markets in Europe.
A wave of merger-and-acquisition activity gave investor confidence a boost early Thursday. Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. said late Wednesday it is buying Medarex Inc. for about $2.1 billion in cash, the latest in a string of acquisitions by the drugmaker.
The New York-based company said it will pay $16 a share for Medarex, a 90 percent premium over Medarex's closing share price Wednesday of $8.40. Medarex shares nearly doubled in premarket trading, jumping $7.49 to $15.89.
Meanwhile, Amazon.com Inc. agreed to buy Zappos.com Inc., a privately held online shoe store, in a deal worth about $850 million.
The day's earnings news was generally positive. Ford Motor Co. surprised the market with a second-quarter profit of $2.3 billion due mainly to a huge gain for debt reduction, while drugmaker Wyeth, cigarette maker Philip Morris International Inc. and candy maker Hershey Co. all raised their profit forecasts for the year.
Investors were able to look past a government report showing a bigger-than-expected rise in new jobless claims.
The Labor Department said the number of new claims for unemployment benefits rose by 30,000 last week to a seasonally adjusted 554,000 — above analysts' estimate of 550,000.
But total unemployment benefit rolls fell to the lowest level since mid-April.
A department analyst said the report was distorted by the timing of auto plant shutdowns.
Ahead of the market's open, Dow Jones industrial average futures rose 37, or 0.4 percent, to 8,870. Standard & Poor's 500 index futures added 5.60, or 0.6 percent, to 955, while Nasdaq 100 index futures rose 6.25, or 0.4 percent, to 1,562.75.


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If you are a fan of President Donald Trump and wish to reveal your support, you may consider buying a Trump coin. Despite the fact that the president has not yet minted a new coin, the US Mint is currently issuing $1 gold coins to honor the president.
It’s possible that you’re not familiar with this fact, so let’s take a look at some of the truths about Trump’s presidential dollar coins.
The former first lady of the United States, Melania Trump, has revealed the launch of a new non-fungible token (NFT) endeavor. This NFT platform will consist of a series of digital collectibles. It will likewise include physical artwork and a distinctive accessory.
According to a statement issued by her office, the collection is designed to highlight “iconic moments” from the administration of President Donald Trump. In addition to the collection of NFTs, the previous first lady stated the earnings will be utilized to help children aging out of foster care. She will contribute an unspecified total up to the initiative.
The NFT will be sold through a payment platform called MoonPay. Credit card payments will be accepted. Payments utilizing the SOL cryptocurrency will also be accepted.
The collection will be sold for a cost of $50 per token. Each NFT will feature a picture of the previous first lady’s blue eyes. An audio recording of her voice will accompany the images. They will be offered for purchase in between Dec. 16 and Dec. 31.
In December, the former first lady revealed that she would be offering NFTs on her new platform. While the sale went smoothly, the project has actually faced criticism. Some have called it a rip-off while others questioned her motives.
Melania Trump started her modeling career at age sixteen. She has actually appeared in lots of prominent ad campaigns. Her latest NFT venture is her very first openly revealed endeavor since leaving the White House.
She has mentioned that she was “influenced” by the American spirit. She believes that the NFT is a method to return to children aging out of foster care. However, her press contact has not responded to concerns about contributions.
In addition to launching NFTs on her site, the previous first lady is likewise developing a series of ad campaigns. She mentions the Be Best effort as the factor for creating her NFTs. As part of the project, she will be donating a portion of the profits to the National Foster Care Association.
Aside from her brand-new NFT endeavor, the former first lady has launched a line of handmade Christmas accessories.
The LGBcoin has remained in the news for a while now, however one of its most notable champions is its magnate creator, Madison Cawthorn.
For all of his defects, Cawthorn has shown to be a gentleman of the greatest order. He’s been an excellent sport in the media and has supposedly even rolled the dice on the task in the past.
One of his more noteworthy achievements is the fact that he’s been called to the House of Representatives as one of the most eligible males in the land. That means, as the old stating goes, there’s no informing what he’ll be carrying out in the next four years.
If he’s fortunate, Cawthorn could be relegated to the minors for the rest of the decade. Not a bad deal for a man with a studful of prizes to his name. Besides, a little hyphy is never ever a bad thing.
As for the rest people, we’re a little worried with the possibility of a lil ditty like Cawthorn in our midst. Fortunately for us, he’s not the only shady congressional alumno on the loose.
Presidential Gold Coins
The United States Mint started providing Presidential $1 coins in 2007. This series honors previous United States presidents. They are golden colored and include a picture of the former president on the obverse and a picture of the Statue of Liberty on the reverse. A slogan, “IN GOD WE TRUST”, is engraved on the edge of these coins.
These coins are meant to be utilized in vending makers, parking meters, and other areas where they can be bought. The Federal Reserve Banks disperse the coins to their members, banks, and cooperative credit union.
A group of authorities met with the United States Mint to go over production, product packaging, circulation, and other concerns. Based on this feedback, the Federal Reserve developed techniques for future issuance and management of the coins. In the past, commemorative distributing coin programs have encountered difficulties. To prevent similar problems, the Federal Reserve has performed market research and has consulted with the Mint to establish a program.
The Federal Reserve has actually included feedback from other celebratory distributing coin programs into its strategy for the Presidential $1 Coin Program. It has likewise executed changes to its circulation practices, which include automated messages for depository institutions. Ultimately, the Federal Reserve will identify the level of demand for the coins prior to determining how to manage them.
The very first coin to be provided under the Presidential $1 Coin Act was the George Washington coin. It was launched two weeks before the John Adams coin was provided.
This was the first in a series of four one dollar coins to be provided each year. The styles on these coins have changed with time. Some of the previous coins have actually featured the slogan, “IN GOD WE TRUST,” on the obverse. Given that 2009, the motto has been moved to the obverse of all presidential dollar coins.
The Presidential $1 Coin Program has introduced a variety of advertising products. It has actually carried out outreach to regional services, schools, and consumer groups. There are free instructional products offered for anybody thinking about the coins.
Nevertheless, it will be up to the Mint to deal with these companies and schools to make sure that these new coins get the public attention and media protection that they are worthy of.


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MEDIA ALERT: FINNEGANS Hires Ryan Mihm As First Head Brewer for New Downtown Brewery
July 25, 2017 12:50 pm
FINNEGANS Hires Ryan Mihm As First Head Brewer for New Downtown Brewery
Minneapolis, MN – July 25, 2017 – FINNEGANS Brew Co today announced Ryan Mihm as Head Brewer at its new production brewery in East Town Minneapolis and the Elliot Park neighborhood. Unveiled earlier this year, the new FINNEGANS House development will consist of a production brewery and taproom, as well as a social entrepreneurship venture and workspace alongside a planned hotel as part of the new Kraus-Anderson Block.
Mihm will be FINNEGANS first official Head Brewer as the popular beer and community funder has heretofore been brewed through contractual arrangements, most recently with Summit Brewery in St. Paul, MN.
“We are thrilled to have Ryan join our team as our new Head Brewer,” said FINNEGANS CEO Jacquie Berglund. “Ryan has the perfect mix of national, regional and local brewing experience and he is known for creating award-winning, innovative beers. Ryan’s creativity and passion around creating new beer recipes as well as his commitment to FINNEGANS values will be a huge asset to FINNEGANS team as we build out our beer portfolio.”
Mihm has brewed for New Belgium Brewing in Fort Collins, Colorado and Allagash Brewing Co of Portland, Maine before most recently setting up shop as Head Brewer with Insight Brewing Co of Minneapolis, Minn.
In July, Insight Brewing and Mihm took home four awards, a gold, silver and two bronze, at this year’s US Open Beer Championships.
“To be FINNEGANS’ Head Brewer at this exciting time is both an amazing honor and a serious responsibility,” said Mihm. “FINNEGANS will finally have a place to call its own where patrons can fully experience the FINNEGANS brand and mission. I look forward to spearheading this new venture, creating innovative new brews and continuing the quality crafts that have built this brand, all to further our community impact to help our neighbors in need.”
FINNEGANS first blazed a trail through the craft brewery industry with its innovative social impact model designating all of its profits to charitable causes. It became part of the first cohort of Benefit Corporations in Minnesota and returns all of its profits to the communities in which its products are sold through its support of local agriculture and food shelves.
The FINNEGANS House project is being developed and built by Kraus-Anderson as part of its new downtown mixed-use development. The brewery is a partnership with Badger Hill Brewing Company, while the social business concept is a collaboration with the Impact Hub MSP, a community of innovators and entrepreneurs dedicated to driving positive social change.
FINNEGANS and Badger Hill will brew out of two locations, Badger Hill’s 16,000 sq. ft. Shakopee brewery and the new 11,000 sq. ft. FINNEGANS House brewery. The breweries will produce Badger Hill’s brands one day and simply change over to FINNEGANS’ products the next. This type of agreement permits the two brewers to share equipment, ingredients and eliminate other redundancies, leading to leaner organizations and operations on both sides, while providing the highest quality products.
FINNEGANS will begin its own brewing operations in early 2018, transitioning from its partnership with Summit. The complete FINNEGANS House development has an expected completion date of Spring 2018.
About FINNEGANS (www.finnegans.org/finneganshouse)
FINNEGANS – Turning beer into food. Founded in 2000 in Minneapolis, FINNEGANS is a self-sustaining and inspirational social business. Through the sale of its Irish Amber Ale, Hoppy Shepherd IPA, Dead Irish Poet Extra Stout and now the new Freckled Rooster Ale, FINNEGANS has created an innovative business model driving the company to create community wealth through the donation of all of its profits to the FINNEGANS Community Fund (501c3). The Fund supports hunger alleviation programs in every market where FINNEGANS is sold, which includes MN, WI, ND, SD and IA. Now, is there a better reason to raise a pint of FINNEGANS?
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TeslaSued For Sudden Acceleration CrashesTesla Says It's Extortion
1/2/2017 12:50 AM PT
Tesla is an awesome car with futuristic electronics that set the standard for the auto industry ... they also crash into garages and houses because the car malfunctions ... so claims a Tesla owner in a new class action lawsuit, but the car company claims it's all just a crass money play.
The lawsuit centers on the Tesla X, a high-performance crossover SUV that was released in 2015.
According to the suit, there have been at least 10 instances where the vehicle experienced full power acceleration while the driver was trying to park or while the vehicle was cruising at a slow speed. The suit claims of the 10 instances, 8 resulted in crashes.
The plaintiff, Ji Chang Son, says he was returning home in September when he slowed the X to 6 MPH and eased into his driveway. He says the vehicle suddenly accelerated at full power, crashing through the garage, destroying beams and a sewer pipe, and coming to rest in his living room. He says he was trapped inside the X because it was pinned shut by support beams and other debris.
The suit says only 16,000 Model X's have been sold in the U.S., so 10 reported instances of sudden acceleration is alarming, especially since the car can "explosively accelerate from a standstill to 60 miles per hour in under 3 seconds."
The suit makes serious allegations against Tesla ... that the company knowingly refused to alert its car owners to the problem and failed to fix it.
The class action -- which alleges 16,000 car owners are at risk -- asks for various damages including punitives. It also seeks an order forcing Tesla to repair, recall or replace the Model X.
Tesla tells TMZ it fully investigated Mr. Son's claims and found "The evidence, including data from the car, conclusively shows that the crash was the result of Mr. Son pressing the accelerator pedal all the way to 100%."
Tesla goes on, "Before filing his class action lawsuit against Tesla, Mr. Son had threatened to use his celebrity status in Korea to hurt Tesla unless we agreed to make a financial payment and acknowledge that the vehicle accelerated on its own."


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Sony Ericsson looks set to announce the delayed release of the Xperia X2, which was planned to hit retailers in late 2009. Release now appears likely to slip well into 2010.
Vodafone, the network that will be responsible for selling the X2 in the UK, has shifted the availability of the phone into January 2010, which serves to compound the recent challenges faced by Sony Ericsson with regards to the sales freeze on the Satio.
A pre-sale version of the X2 was shown to journalists in October, but it was clear to those who used the mobile that it was still in the testing stage, with software bugs yet to be ironed out. It is likely that troublesome software is the main culprit behind the delay.
The delay of any mobile phone is a setback, but Sony Ericsson will be particularly disheartened because the Xperia X2 will be absent from shelves during the vital run up to Christmas. It is a double blow as the New Year is typically a slow period for sales in all markets.
Mixed previews and now the delayed release suggests that the fates are conspiring against Sony Ericsson at present, although the extra time to work on the Xperia X2 might help it to captivate a market that is currently less than enamoured with some of the firm's offerings.
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Locals 2010: Steve & Denise Hitchcock
July 6, 2010
Steve Hitchcock's career has been a whirlwind tour of jobs with some of the most respected outdoor apparel companies in the world. But Denise Hitchcock has a better job title.
The self-proclaimed "domestic coordinator and engineer" and her husband have spent the better part of the past 12 years carving out successful business niches in Steamboat Springs.
Steve's story begins in the Midwest. He grew up in Illinois and attended college in St. Paul. But it was a retail job at Midwest Mountaineering in Minneapolis 25 years ago that launched him on a career path. He realized a passion for retail and launched a rep agency for outdoor apparel companies, including Marmot and Patagonia.
Denise's story begins in Southern California, where she was raised. She attended Colorado State University and later lived in Nederland.
That's where Steve and Denise's paths crossed. She was advertising for a roommate on a liquor store bulletin. He was looking for a room. As they say, the rest is history.
Steve eventually sold his rep agency and was hired by Marmot as vice president of sales. That led to a promotion to senior vice president and a life of air travel.
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It reached a point where the Hitchcocks, then living in California, were ready for a change. Steamboat was familiar to both. Steve's family had often visited Routt County, and Denise had visited during her stint in Colorado.
"This is where we wanted to have a life and raise our kids," Steve said.
Steve picked up consulting work and then worked for Patagonia, becoming head of retail site selection and leasing.
The couple also started Soda Creek Pizza, which they own and operate.
Eager to get back into retail business and to fill a niche, Steve and Denise opened Zirkel Trading downtown in 2008. The store specializes in upscale men's mountain lifestyle apparel.
They have two children — Andrew, a rising freshman at Steamboat Springs High School, and Katie, a rising senior.
Steve is an active Rotarian and has served on boards for Mainstreet Steamboat Springs and the Steamboat Springs Chamber Resort Association. Denise has been a master gardener but now spends much of her time juggling mom and store owner duties.
Despite a history of seeking out new opportunities, the Hitchcocks seem content with their Steamboat choice.
"I've moved to Colorado three times in my life. I think I'm going to stay this time," Steve said.


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PROSPECT HEIGHTS — The owners behind Prospect Heights favorite Franny's are opening a bar and grill this week.
Rose’s Bar & Grill is set to open Wednesday at 295 Flatbush Ave., said owners Andrew Feinberg and Francine Stephens, the husband-and-wife team behind Franny’s and the nearby provisions shop Bklyn Larder, both located on the Park Slope side of Flatbush Avenue.
Feinberg and Stephens aim to make Rose’s “a true neighborhood spot with the kind of honest bar food we love — cheese toast, fried olives, salad, spit pork and hamburgers,” they said in a statement.
Most menu items will be priced under $20, they said. The new restaurant will open every day at 4 p.m., serving a full menu Wednesdays through Sundays and offering bar service only on Mondays and Tuesdays.
Rose’s replaces the couple’s previous venture, Marco’s, an Italian trattoria that closed in November because it wasn’t “profitable enough,” they said at the time.


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Service to offer subscriptions, ad-supported streaming
Microsoft's forthcoming music service, revealed earlier this year, will finally launch this month alongside Windows 8. Sources familiar with Microsoft's plans tell The Verge that the software giant will be launching Xbox Music on October 26 across multiple platforms. The service will offer both subscription and streaming options in a manner similar to Spotify and other popular music services.
Xbox Music will allow users to store music and playlists in Microsoft's SkyDrive, making it accessible across multiple devices. The company has plans to offer Xbox Music across iOS and Android platforms, but those apps will not be immediately available according to reports. The company is also said to be planning a dashboard update for its Xbox console, making it compatible with Xbox Music and likely its Smart Glass app.
Late in September, details on Xbox Music's pricing leaked to the Internet. The service will reportedly cost $15 per month or $150 for a year. Customers will have the option of a 14-day free trial subscription as well. In addition to the paid subscription model, Microsoft will also offer an ad-funded streaming option for free.
October 26 is shaping up to be a massive day for Microsoft. Along with Xbox Music, the software giant will be releasing Windows 8 and its Surface tablets. The Xbox Music offering is likely to be billed as an additional aspect of Microsoft's reorientation toward devices and services instead of solely software.


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Inventor's Expo: What'll they think of next?
March 29, 1998
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GENEVA (CNN) -- Hundreds of Thomas Edison-wannabes from all
over the world have brought their wares to Switzerland for
the annual Invention Exhibition.
If the latest inventions arouse your interest, you'll
definitely want to view what this exhibition has to offer.
Among the more bizarre items: a musical condom, a singing
toilet, and a device that turns water to wine.
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Tuesday, July 20, 2010
The most beloved beer in New Orleans comes from the Abita Brewery. And they have announced a special brew with proceeds going towards relief and restoration for the Gulf oil spill disaster: S.O.S.- A Charitable Pilsner.
The 22-ounce bottle of golden brew has a kick- 7% alcohol content, as opposed to the usual 5% . It will be avalable wherever Abita beer is sold.
The bottles will feature hand-drawn shrimp, boats, pelicans and other Gulf coast fishing icons arranged in "SOS," in this case meaning "Save Our Shores."
Seventy-five cents from each Charitable Pilsner sold will go directly to the SOS Fund. As to where those dollars will then go: "We're going to be very flexible," says an Abita representative. "We want to support relief efforts both large and small, and get the money where it needs to go...to fishermen, to the environment."
Merchandise (hats, tees, car decals, pins, magnets) is available online, all of which will donate 100% of profits to the fund. The SOS campaign's corresponding website will also serve as a message board for spreading hope, sharing stories and, understandably, blowing off steam.
A similar effort was previously launched after Hurricane Katrina, resulting in over half a million dollars. (thanks to Slashfood.com)
For Abita's website, click HERE!
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Police are investigating claims that dozens of Tesco customer Clubcard accounts may have fallen victim to an online fraud. Complaints made by customers include reports that users logging into their Clubcard online accounts have found hundreds of pounds worth of vouchers missing.
Others say they have been unable to log on.
It is thought the number of complaints received by Tesco is less than 100, while a handful of customers have been reimbursed.
In a statement, Tesco said: "We have launched a thorough investigation into a small number of incidents and referred the matter to the police. In the meantime, we'd like to ask any customers who believe they're affected to contact us directly so that we can make sure their accounts are up to date."


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Anti-competitive sales practices are alleged by UK food and soft drinks group Cadbury Schweppes, whose US subsidiary Dr Pepper/Seven Up on Monday issued a lawsuit against Goliath Pepsico.
The latter’s actions, asserts Cadbury, unlawfully interfere with existing businesses relationships enjoyed by Dr Pepper/Seven-Up, and at the same time violate US anti-trust laws.
Central to the dispute is Tricon, America’s largest fast food company which numbers Taco Bell and Pizza Hut among its brands. Tricon, avers Cadbury, has been penalised by Pepsico for stocking Seven-Up.
Cadbury contends that Tricon receives discounts on Pepsi’s drink fountain concentrates only if it stocks all Pepsico’s products. “We believe that they [Pepsico] are misusing their market power to drive Seven Up out of the market,” complains the British company. Fountain sales represent ten per cent of Seven Up’s US revenues.
So lethargic is the due process of law in competition matters that it could be several years before a final ruling is given. Pepsico has yet to respond to the filing of the suit.
News source: Financial Times


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VIDEO: Youngsters rate this year's top 10 toys for Christmas
7:30am Wednesday 2nd December 2009 in Gift ideas
With shopping days before Christmas running out, youngsters told reporter MICHAEL PURTON what they think of this year’s top 10 toys and what they’d like from Santa. Parents, you have been
THIS year’s predicted top 10 most popular Christmas toys list includes some surprisingly traditional items alongside the latest high-tech gadgets.
As well as a multi-functional action figure based on the Transformers film franchise, there is a scooter, a hobby horse, a teddybear, a telescope and a sewing machine.
In this age of all action video games and remote control cars that go almost as fast as the real thing, would such simple toys still appeal to children?
I met with a group of youngsters who had been playing with the top 10 toys at the John Lewis store in Bluewater and they told me, and their parents, which they like best and why.
For Lauren Dossiter, aged four, of Green Walk in Crayford, a high-tech digital camera, the V-Tech Kidizoom, appealed most.
The pupils of Wyborne Primary School in Footscray Road, New Eltham, said: “I like the camera best because I like to take pictures of flowers and give them to my mummy.”
A high-tech toy was also preferred by 10-year-old Ben Dack, who chose a Hasbro action figure based on a robotic character from the film Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen.
Ben, who lives in Oakfield Lane in Dartford and goes to nearby Oakfield Primary School, said: “I chose this because it’s got all kinds of different things you can do with it.”
With the first two children I spoke to choosing state-of-the-art toys, it seemed old fashioned devices were going to be shunned by modern youngsters this Christmas.
Then nine-year-old Annabel Aiken told me the toy she liked best is a simple scooter, the Micro, with three wheels and no batteries needed.
Annabel, who lives in Green Way in Hartley, said: “I like the scooter because its fun to play with. If I could get any present for Christmas it would be this.”
And the second favourite toy of the student of Hartley Primary School in Round Ash Way, Longfield, was also a traditional item - a sewing machine.
Foxcroft Road in Greenwich resident James Gordon, aged 10, showed boys can prefer simple toys too when he chose a John Lewis telescope as his favourite.
James, a student at St Stephen’s Primary School in Albyn Road, Lewisham, said: “I have chosen it because at night I’d love to look at the stars.”
So, while for some children a toy has to have flashing lights to light up their face on Christmas morning, for others it does not have to make a dent in the energy bill to please them.
The top 10 toys list was compiled by John Lewis, and can be viewed at johnlewis.com


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Plenty of Fish website hacked and is now called ‘”Plenty of Passwords”
Plenty of Fish – a leading online dating site – it now being referred to as “Plenty of Passwords” after it violated a security 101 rule: storing user passwords as plain text rather than in encrypted form. According to the latest news, only 345 member accounts were stolen, however it’s a sad reminder that companies’ Web sites are often the low hanging fruit entry point for data theft. With a user base of over 17 million, the lack of security enforcement is all the more shocking.
And there’s been almost more scandal on how the company has handled the hack as much as the hack itself. Rather than admitting the mistake, apologizing, and promising to do more (standard operating procedure in breach damage control) Plenty of Fish’s CEO, Markus Frind, posted a confusing personal account of the incident. He’s now being accused of disregarding the security and privacy of his customers by placing the blame on others.
CEOs take note: finger pointing only sullies your brand name more.


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Further intervention forms part of CMA’s work on fake and misleading reviews
According to the CMA, more than three-quarters of people are influenced by reviews when they shop online, and billions of pounds are spent every year based on write-ups of products or services. Fake and misleading reviews are illegal under consumer protection law. The CMA points out that websites have a responsibility to ensure that unlawful and harmful content is not advertised or sold through their platforms.
The CMA has now taken further action on fake and misleading reviews on Facebook and Instagram as part of its wider work on the issue. It follows reports that fake and misleading reviews continued to be bought and sold on the social media platforms.
In January 2020, Facebook committed to better identify, investigate and remove groups and other pages where fake and misleading reviews were being traded, and prevent them from reappearing. It provided similar commitments regarding Instagram in May 2020, after the CMA had identified similar concerns. A follow-up investigation found evidence that the illegal trade in fake reviews was still taking place on both Facebook and Instagram and the CMA intervened for a second time.
Facebook has now removed a further 16,000 groups that were dealing in fake and misleading reviews. It has also made further changes to its systems for identifying, removing and preventing such content on its social media platforms to ensure it is fulfilling its previous commitments.
This move follows the UK government’s announcement last week that a dedicated Digital Markets Unit will be set up within the CMA from April 2021. Once the necessary legislation is in place, the DMU will introduce and enforce a new code for governing the behaviour of platforms that currently dominate the market. As part of this process, the CMA has been advising government on the design and implementation of a pro-competition regime for digital markets.


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Wednesday, April 14, 2010
Streaming TV On iPad
The Wall Street Journal took a look at ABC's HD iPad App for the iPad ten days after the device's launch, revealing that users have streamed at least part of 650,000 television episodes in what the network deems a very successful launch.
The network said that in the 10 days since the iPad's debut, its TV-show watching iPad App has been downloaded 205,000 times, giving the Walt Disney Co. unit a presence on nearly half the 450,000 devices that Apple says it has sold. Moreover, users have watched at least part of 650,000 television episodes using the app, generating "several million" ad impressions, according to an ABC spokesman, although the precise number is still being calculated.
This report notes that ABC has been offering on the iPad the same traditional 30-second ads from a host of advertisers that are seen by television audiences. HD iPad Apps are finally making my iPad seem worth the money!


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Elon Musk announced a bitcoin option for Tesla cars
An additional financial stipulation was revealed when accessing the Tesla website.
Entrepreneur Ilon Musk, the head of Tesla, revealed in a series of tweets about a new financial option for those who want to buy a car of this brand. The point is that the company offers a kind of swap: a Tesla electric car in exchange for bitcoins. As Musk stressed, the bitcoins received “Tesla does not intend to turn into ordinary cash. In addition, the company does not intend to use the services of any financial intermediaries when accepting the No. 1 cryptocurrency.
Recall that Tesla previously invested $1.5 billion in bitcoins.
Musk has not yet specified where such an option is available, but it follows from his words that it may be available for now for the United States – other options may arise “later this year.” At the same time, one of the heads of the group of analysts The Block Larry Kermack of New York writes that so far has not found the specified bitcoin option.
The head of Frxresearch also reports the same, attaching a screenshot of a website page sent to him by one of his organization’s clients in San Francisco, which, when examined, can show such an option. Meanwhile, Kermack noted that it’s not yet clear what “script or processor Tesla uses to accept bitcoins.” Given that bitcoin transfers are irreversible once they have been validated on the blockchain, the new option requires an understanding of all the risks that could arise.
It’s worth noting that the company itself notes in the rules for customers: “as for the bitcoin option, we reserve the right to both change its terms and conditions, suspend it and refuse it altogether, as well as to deactivate it and impose restrictions and limits, all of which can be done at any time without incurring any liability to you.
The emergence of the bitcoin option can be explained by Elon Musk’s interest in the cryptosphere. In addition, given the growing popularity of bitcoin among a number of companies whose shares are traded on Wall Street, Tesla can expect a positive reaction from investors in the securities of this corporation to Musk’s decision.
Recently it was reported that Norway’s Central Bank discouraged people from buying bitcoin.


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Havas Media India has bagged the integrated media duties for Gamezy, a fantasy gaming platform from the house of Gameskraft, an online gaming company. The mandate includes both offline and online media duties. The account was won after a multi-agency pitch.
The account will be handled from the agency’s Bangalore office led by Saurabh Jain, EVP, South, Havas Media.
Gamezy is a unique fantasy cricket platform and the latest offering by Gameskraft, an online game development company in Bangalore. The fantasy game was launched last year during T20 cricket season with a vision to create a delightful and seamless experience for gamers looking for participation and engagement during the matches. Gamezy offers the best-in-class playing experience to fantasy cricket users, flexible instant cash coupled with welcome and referral bonuses making the onboarding experience a delight on Gamezy App. Gamezy enables users to play their favourite fantasy cricket game in eight languages and apart from classical 11-a-side fantasy format, users have the option to play 2nd innings and 5-a-side teams.
Prithvi Singh, Co-founder, Gameskraft, said, “Gamezy is a unique offering for online gamers and comes at a perfect time with rising demand for fantasy sports and amid the IPL season. The aim is to make fantasy gaming even more experiential for the users and break through the traditional fantasy gaming experience with a focus on rewards. We are confident that Havas Media Group’s Meaningful Media initiative studies and champions the media that matters most to audiences—media that is engaging, trusted, and influential, and will take the brand to newer heights.”
Mohit Joshi, Managing Director, Havas Media Group India, said, “Despite a challenging year, Havas Media Group India has topped the new business charts in the R3 Media Agency League 2020 for six consecutive months. We are glad to further bolster our e-commerce portfolio with this win. There is a rising enthusiasm and opportunity in the online gaming space given the current situation and with the comeback of IPL this year. Gamezy offers a new-age gaming experience while ensuring digital safety and transparency. Havas Media is proud to partner with yet another meaningful brand Gamezy and together look forward to creating meaningful and memorable gaming experiences for the users.”
Havas Media services its clients through a portfolio of specialist teams that span media, strategy, digital, data consulting, programmatic buying, performance marketing, mobile, out of home and geo-local, social media, experiential, entertainment and sport.


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January 18, 2008
An article in the current issue of Fast Company is cited in today's Wall Street Journal's The Informed Reader blog. It seems to me that creating mass marketing platforms in today's fragmenting media world is perhaps more important for certain business categories that need to influence millions of customers daily (e.g., beer, fast food, soft drinks, politicians) than trying to assemble slivers of audience in the even more fragmented web world. After all, there are not many Super Bowl, Academy Award or Olympic level broadly based media vehicles left. And there still is no more powerful marketing communications medium than television.


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August 3, 2009 |
NEW DELHI: Tata Motors has delivered 2,475 units of its small car Nano, billed as the world's cheapest four-wheels, within 15 days of its commercial roll-out. Tata Group chairman Ratan Tata had handed over the first Nano on July 17 to Ashok Raghunath Vichare, a resident of Mumbai. The vehicle carries an ex-factory price of Rs one lakh for the base variant and costs anything up to Rs 1,75,000 depending on the model. Last month, the company's total sales jumped 18 per cent to 48,054 units.
August 24, 2008 |
SINGUR: Amid repeated calls to party workers to peacefully hold the indefinite dharna over Singur land issue, Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee on Sunday said her party did not want the Tatas to leave, but to restrict its small car factory here to 600 acre. "If you smile, lets others also smile," Banerjee told a huge gathering from the dais near the main gate of the Tata Motors plant here as her party launched the indefinite dharna to demand return of 400 acres to farmers unwilling to part with their land for the Nano project.
April 4, 2010 |
AHMEDABAD: When Tata's first Sanand plant next month, its bond with
August 23, 2008 |
KOLKATA: This is talking about possibilities, but in the event of the Tatas finally calling it quits at Singur, preliminary industry estimates are that atleast Rs 500 crore, if not much more, would go down the drain. Auto industry sources said that the thumb-rule is that one-third of the investments made in any auto project, apart form land acquistion, is non-recoverable and cannot be re-located . "These include the huge amount spent on piling, building concrete structures and the general infrastructure . Therefore, if the investment is about Rs 1,500 crore, a quick calculation would suggest that atleast Rs 500 crore will be the upfront loss.
May 22, 2010 |
MUMBAI: An internal probe, jointly done by an independent forensic expert from the UK and a technical investigative team, on Friday cleared Tata Motors' Nano of any manufacturing defect. The probe will send a breather to all of Nano's customers who had been caught off guard with a couple of unrelated incidents early this year, that had also coincided with the mass recall of some cars by global majors like Toyota and Honda . The investigation, conducted by a 20-member Tata Motors' team, concluded that the Nano is safe and the recently-reported fire incidents were not related to any manufacturing defect.
October 8, 2008 |
Nano replica AHMEDABAD: With the news of the Ratan Tata's dream car Nano's mother plant to be set up at Sanand in Gujarat pouring in, Tata Motors share got the much-needed support. The news came as a breather for the the company's falling scrip. The share price of Tata Motors which had been declining over the last 10 consecutive sessions closed on a positive note on Tuesday at Rs 316.60. Earlier, Tata Motors' share had been declining and had come down from Rs 422.85 on September 19 to Rs 313.85 on October 6. The share had touched an all-time high of Rs 830 on November 10, 2007 after which it had been on the downswing.
October 5, 2008 |
HYDERABAD: No sooner does Ratan Tata announce the Singur pullout, state governments are rolling out the red carpet for him. Andhra Pradesh chief minister YS Rajasekhara Reddy on Saturday offered the mother-of-all fiscal incentives to woo the Tata Group for the Nano project. The company, which has pulled out from Singur, has been offered around 950 acres of land free-of-cost in the state. This includes 650 acres for the mother plant and 350 acres for an ancillary unit. Topping this would be complete exemption from value added tax (VAT)
May 28, 2010 |
AHMEDABAD/MUMBAI: There was nothing unusual about Sushil Khandelwal that would make others envy him. Nothing, until the 41-year-old executive of an Indian multinational in Nano generated with its pricing and design seems gone. "We will need to build the interest back through renewed advertising and promotions," says a company official, requesting anonymity. Tata Motors believes the inauguration of the mother plant at Sanand on June 2 will be the first step in recreating the Nano magic because, with a capacity to roll out 2.5 lakh cars a year, it will put the car's delivery on track.
April 30, 2007 |
NEW DELHI/MUMBAI: Tata Motors seems to have beaten the domestic retail biggies in adopting the Wal Mart style of operations — buy cheap, stack high, sell low. The Mumbai-based auto maker's much-ballyhooed Rs1-lakh car project has managed to emulate Wal Mart in the car market by wangling the best vendor rates in the industry from its suppliers. Sources say for some of the big suppliers, the project has managed to get 20% discount over and above the already competitive rates that most big volume original equipment manufacturers (OEMs)
October 7, 2008 |
More Pictures HYDERABAD: The world's cheapest car, Tata Nano, is proving to be the most expensive deal for the states competing to host the manufacturing plant. The Andhra Pradesh government has offered Rs 300 crore to Tata Motors for relocating Nano from Singur and setting up the integrated plant here. But Tata Motors is understood to have told the state government that it would incur a loss of around Rs 700 crore for relocating the project, said a top official from the state government.


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Oculus launched a developer contest today that will distribute $1 million in prizes for games and apps built for Gear VR — the mobile virtual reality headset it helped Samsung build.
The Mobile VR Jam requires ideas to be submitted by April 20, and final products by May 11. Oculus will announce the winners in June. The top game will take home $200,000, and $100,000 will go to the top app.
The announcement comes just days after reports that Valve and Nvidia will release virtual reality headsets at next week’s Game Developer Conference. While Gear VR was the first notable headset to market and Oculus, virtual reality’s harbringer, has sold 100,000 units of its latest developer kit, virtual reality has not yet hit the mainstream.
Content will play a major role in the first headset consumers ultimately decide to buy. That makes Valve scary, as it owns Steam, an online game store with a ravenous community.
So why put up $1 million for Gear VR, a mobile, but less powerful, device on which Oculus collaborated? Samsung hasn’t released how many units it has sold, but Gear VR doesn’t appear to be a blockbuster (it’s still in the “Innovator Edition” phase, after all). It could use a boost from more big and inventive content. And whatever competitors come up with can be used on Oculus Rift too.
Oculus held a VR Jam back in 2013, when it offered up around $50,000 in prizes for content developed for its prototype headset. The gaming winner, Darknet, is still in production today.
As the virtual reality race heats up, let’s see which headset emerges as the Playstation and which is the Dreamcast. But, please, no Virtual Boys.


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Square Inc.'s ban of certain businesses, including bankruptcy services, from using its online payment processing is under scrutiny in California.
A bankruptcy attorney argued before the California Supreme Court May 30 that he has standing to sue Square for occupational discrimination after learning from the company’s terms and conditions that it won’t service his profession and 27 other business categories.
Tech giants, including Alphabet Inc.'s Google and Facebook Inc., are monitoring the case, concerned that it could limit how they market their services. The outcome also could open the floodgates to other lawsuits claiming discrimination based on online services’ terms and conditions.
The plaintiff, Robert White, wanted to use Square’s credit card processing services, but he couldn’t sign up because of the ban, according to his attorney, Myron Moskovitz. White argued that the “occupational discrimination” violated California’s Unruh Act, which gives individuals the right to sue for statutory damages for unlawful discrimination.
The district court dismissed his complaint, saying White failed to adequately show he was personally injured by the exclusion.
Standing to Sue
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit referred the case to California’s high court, which will determine if White did enough to get standing to sue.
White doesn’t have standing just by reading Square’s website without signing up to become a customer, Square’s attorney Fred Rowley of Munger Tolles & Olson LLP, told the court. If White were a customer, he’d have standing because the damages would have been personal to him, Rowley said.
“It’s the difference between actual denial of equal treatment versus anticipation of unequal treatment,” he said.
The justices asked the parties’ attorneys what a plaintiff would have to do to obtain standing.
“Under your rule, standing could be accorded to anyone who learns about the discriminatory conduct,” Chief Justice Tani G. Cantil-Sakauye told Moskovitz. “How do you limit the floodgates of litigation?”
Moskovitz said that standing turns on intent—the plaintiff must intend to use the service but didn’t because of the discrimination. That’s a question for trial, he said.
Square insists on customer sign-up for standing because its terms and conditions require customers to settle disputes through forced arbitration, Moskovitz said.
The Internet Association, a trade group representing large internet companies, including Microsoft Corp., Amazon.com Inc. and PayPal Holdings Inc., filed a brief to oppose White’s position.
The association said that internet companies would be subject to “groundless claims for substantial monetary damages” if customers can get standing for an Unruh Act complaint simply by accessing a website and disagreeing with the company’s policies.
Once the California Supreme Court answers the standing question, the case will go back to the Ninth Circuit to determine whether to affirm the district court’s dismissal or to send the case back for trial.
The case is White v. Square, Cal., S249248, Case Docket 5/30/19.


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Vivo Y72 5G is coming to India later this month with 8GB RAM, 90Hz display, and more.
Vivo’s upcoming smartphone Vivo Y72 5G is going to knock in the Indian market soon. Many reports of this upcoming smartphone have been leaked. Now a new poster of this device has surfaced, which has given information about some of its features. Not only this but the purchase offer has also been revealed from the poster. Let us tell you that Vivo Y72 5G was first launched in Thailand.
Vivo Y72 5G launch date
According to the news of 91mobiles, the upcoming Vivo Y72 5G smartphone will be launched in India on 15 July 2021. The price of this device will be less than Rs 20,000. On purchasing this, a cashback of Rs 1,500 will be available from HDFC, ICICI, and Kotak Bank.
Also, a benefit of up to Rs 10,000 will be given by the telecom company Jio. Talking about other offers, a one-time screen replacement can be available on this phone. However, the company has not yet shared any information regarding the launch, price, offers, or features of the upcoming Vivo Y72 5G.
The Vivo Y72 5G smartphone will be available in a single 8GB RAM variant and Dream Glow-Graphite Black color option. This device will come with the facility of 4GB of Extended RAM. In addition, users will get a 1080p FHD + display with a 90Hz refresh rate.
Specifications of Vivo Y72 5G
Talking about the global version of the Vivo Y72 5G smartphone, it has a 6.58-inch FHD+ LCD display. This smartphone has MediaTek Dimensity 700 processor, 8GB RAM, and 128GB storage. Apart from this, a 5,000mAh battery will be available in the handset, which is equipped with 18W fast charging.
A triple rear camera setup has been given in Vivo Y72 5G smartphone. It has a 64MP main sensor, 8MP wide-angle lens, and 2MP sensor. Apart from this, a 16MP camera has been given in the front of the phone. At the same time, this device works on Android 11 based OS 11.1.
Vivo has given features like Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 5.1, USB Type-C port, and hybrid SIM slot in terms of connectivity in the global version of Vivo Y72 5G.
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XBLA Fans is reporting that a new Alan Wake game is coming and it will be only available to download on Xbox Live Arcade. The title will be called Alan Wake: Night Springs and the website claims to have screenshots but has been asked not to show them by Remedy until an official announcent is made.
Remedy did confirm earlier this month that they are working on a new Alan Wake and they did say that “it won’t be Alan Wake 2 or a DLC”, so this rumor of a downloadable title actually seems true. Chances are we will hear more of this story at E3.
What do you think? Are you excited to hear about a new Alan Wake game?


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The parade begins promptly at 9 a.m. on Thursday, Nov. 22, 2018, at the corner of 77th Street and Central Park West.With so many floats, balloons and performances, so much went down so see all the wild.The annual parade kicks off the holiday season in the U.S. in a big way, with bigger and better floats descending upon Manhattan every year.


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San Francisco passes law requiring cell phone retailers to disclose SAR (specific absorption rate) of phones
Our colleagues over at Marketplace covered this on their show last night.
The council passed a measure on a vote of 10 to 1 and Mayor Gavin Newsom has said he’ll sign it. SAR measures how much radiation is absorbed by a person using the device. The FCC has limits SAR to 1.6 watts per kilogram of body tissue. The measure is in response to fears about cell phones causing brain cancer.
From the NYT:
“From our perspective, this is a very reasonable and quite modest measure that will provide greater transparency and information to consumers for whom this is an area of interest or concern,” said Tony Winnicker, a spokesman for Mr. Newsom. “We’re playing a role that we’ve often played, which is to be at the forefront of a debate.”
But a major United Nations study released last month showed no relation between cell phone use and brain cancer. Cell phone industry reps say they’re concerned this new law will spread unfounded fears about their products.
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The 75th Annual Peabody Awards are airing Monday night on Pivot, but there is a way to watch it online too.
The Peabody Awards, which took place in late May, are set to air Monday from 8-10 p.m. ET/PT on Pivot. This year's honored TV shows include ABC's black-ish, SundanceTV's Deutschland 83, Netflix's Marvel's Jessica Jones, Netflix's Master of None, USA's Mr. Robot, HBO's The Leftovers, Amazon Video's Transparent, Lifetime's UnREAL, PBS's Wolf Hall and Cbeebie's Katie Morag. Plus, individual and institutional winners include David Letterman, Stanley Nelson Jr. and The Daily Show with Jon Stewart.
In the TV broadcast, viewers should expect to see acceptance speeches from the likes of Letterman, Jon Stewart, Transparent creator Jill Soloway, India's Daughter's Leslee Udwin, Master of None co-creators Alan Yang and Aziz Ansari, and Mr. Robot's Sam Esmail.
Keegan-Michael Key (of Key and Peele, which won a Peabody Award in 2014) hosted the event.
"If you watch this on June 6th, if you DVR this, you have literally given yourself a menu of all the stories that matter from the last year," Key said at the event. "[Stories] that should resonate with you, that should should make you get up and do something."
The Peabody Awards have long been considered one of the greatest honors in the entertainment industry.
If you want to watch the Peabody Awards online, you may be able to do so. Pivot has its own live streaming on its site, though only some cable providers allow this service through Pivot. Check now to see if yours is listed.


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Before Eddie Murphy fans get the long-awaited sequel to Coming To America, the film is making a move from being shown first in theaters to streaming.
Film distributor Paramount Pictures is in the process of selling the film to Amazon Studios for $125 million, according to insiders and Variety. The move would prompt the film to hit Amazon Prime for streaming on December 18.
The final details are being pieced together and circle around two consumer marketing tie-ins with McDonalds as well as Crown Royal. Murphy, who produced and starred in the film, has to sign off on the sale.
The move is a priority for Amazon Studios following the acquiring the sequel to Borat as well as a Tom Clancy adaptation, Without Remorse set to star Michael B. Jordan and Regina King’s One Night In Miami which has some Oscar buzz behind it.
With the coronavirus pandemic forcing movie studios to switch release dates for blockbusters and other films, studios have now decided to either sell movies to streaming providers in order to recoup money back or push release dates to 2021….


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August 7th 2015
Here they are. The first images of the Provost test shots. The decals are also complete and we are pleased to show them for the first time as well. Progress is swift and we hope to have the first kits in the next few weeks. Micro Mir have been have been fantastic in their efforts for us and if you’d care to note we will be stocking their range of kits in the future including the new Beverley. We hope that shortly we will be able to announce a 1/48 scale joint venture kit with Micro Mir to be available for Southern Expo 2016. Watch this space….


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The Silicon Review
26 Febuary, 2019
New reports have revealed that last year, India imported mobile components worth $13 billion. The reports were produced by Counterpoint Research on Monday.
Reports stated that India doesn’t source too many high-value components. During 2018, the local value index of the country was 17% due to the above-citied reason. But it helped the country to save $2.5B in forex. Because of high assembly operations in India, it’s imports of mobile components shooted up to $13billlion.
The reports also stated that there has been a delay in the implementation of customs duties under phase three because the government is running behind schedule. The customs duties target motor ringer, touch panels, display assembly, cover glass assembly, etc.
The sourcing of foreign chips locally can only be done in the next four to five years. The sourcing is only possible if there is a boost in the low-valued components market and export incentives comes into effect. The sources are associated with ET.
In 2018, Reliance Jio was catching up to the government’s PMP, a manufacturing programme. Moreover, 40% of the handsets were imported.
Chinese phone makers such as OPPO, Xiaomi,and Vivo have shifted better from semi-knocked down (SKDs) to entirelyknock down units (CKDs).
Although Reliance Jio would only assemble, it intends to expand their local manufacturing operations.
The country imported half of its handsets as SKDs in 2018 while the percentage of CKDs imports wereonly 34%.
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Prices for a quart of milk, a plane ticket and a host of other products rose in June at nearly the fastest pace in a generation ...
WASHINGTON — Prices for a quart of milk, a plane ticket and a host of other products rose in June at nearly the fastest pace in a generation — yet another economic shock wave that alarmed analysts and took a bite out of the buying power of Americans.
Consumer prices nationally rose 1.1 percent in June from the month before, far faster than the expected rate of 0.7 percent and almost double the reading from May, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) said Wednesday.
The only time in the past quarter-century that monthly inflation has been that high was in September 2005, when prices jumped 1.3 percent, mostly because Hurricane Katrina shut down oil refineries and energy prices spiked.
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And consumer prices across the U.S. are up 5 percent over the past 12 months, the fastest one-year change since 1991.
Locally, the inflation rate over those 12 months was even higher, reaching 5.8 percent in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton area, according to the BLS figures. Gas prices here helped drive up that figure, rising 36 percent since June 2007.
The overall inflation rate for the Seattle area is measured by the government every other month (although some categories are measured monthly), and it was up 2.2 percent during the May-June period.
Food prices across the U.S. also showed a big increase in June, rising by 0.7 percent, more than double the 0.3 percent increase of May. Vegetable prices shot up by 6.1 percent, the biggest increase in nearly three years.
Core inflation in the U.S., which excludes energy and food prices, showed rising pressures, too, with an increase of 0.3 percent in June, up from a 0.2 percent gain in May and the biggest one-month rise since January. This increase reflected a 4.5 percent jump in airline-ticket prices, the biggest one-month rise for airline fares since March 2000.
In the Seattle area, core inflation was up 0.8 percent for the May-June period and 4 percent over the past year.
The broad category of housing costs, which covers renters and homeowners and also includes the cost of utilities, was up 1.7 percent for the two-month period and 5.7 percent for the year in the Seattle area. Grocery prices here were up 1.4 percent over the past two months and up 6 percent since June 2007.
The regional figures cover King, Snohomish, Pierce, Kitsap, Island and Thurston counties.
As prices rose last month, take-home pay across the nation took a hit. Adjusting for inflation, weekly wages fell 0.9 percent in June, the third straight monthly decline and the biggest drop in almost four years.
The news was the back half of a one-two punch on inflation. On Tuesday, the Labor Department reported that prices at the wholesale level were rising by the highest annual rate in 27 years.
Before Congress, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke wrapped up two days of testimony and repeated his concerns about inflation, also noting the housing slump, financial turmoil and credit troubles.
“We will work our way through these financial storms,” he said.
— Seattle Times desk editor Bill Kossen contributed to this report.


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Although Ripple is working with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Is caught in a US$1.3 billion lawsuit, but Ripple’s business seems to remain business as usual.
Last Friday, Garlinghouse revealed in an interview with Reuters that in the current SEC lawsuit, Ripple’s business activities in the Asia-Pacific region are not affected by any negative effects:
“It (lawsuit) hindered Ripple’s activities in the United States, but it did not really affect what we are doing in the Asia-Pacific region.
In December 2020, the SEC accused Ripple and its chief executives of selling since 2013XRPViolated securities laws when tokens.
Garlinghouse attributed no bad effects to Ripple’s good reputation among regulators in the Asia-Pacific region. He said: “The reason why Ripple can continue to expand its business in Asia and Japan is because of our transparent supervision in these markets.”
In fact, Japan and other Asia-Pacific countries have always supported Ripple and XRP. Ripple even formed a joint venture SBI Ripple with Japanese conglomerate SBI Holdings. This joint venture is the core of many projects that aim to create a Ripple-based payment channel in Asia.
In March 2020, the blockchain payment company further expanded to Southeast Asia and established a cooperative relationship with Thai financial technology company DeeMoney.
Garlinghouse also downplayed the impact of delisting XRP or suspending XRP trading on US exchanges . According to the CEO of Ripple, there are more than 200 platforms listing XRP trading pairs around the world.
In addition to U.S. crypto exchanges, Bitwise andGrayscaleAnd other asset management companies and encryption Monetary Fund also liquidated XRP they hold.
In December last year, the CEO of Ripple revealed that only 5% of Ripple’s customers were registered in the United States. Garlinghouse even said before that if the regulatory environment cannot be improved, the company will consider leaving the United States.
At the same time, Chris Larsen, the executive chairman of Garlinghouse and Ripple, has separately proposed motions to dismiss the case. Lawyers for executives of the two companies said that the Ministry of Finance’s Financial Crime Enforcement Network had previously classified XRP as a virtual currency.


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Aussie-founded tech giant Atlassian has raked in more money than expected in the second quarter as it gained more customers.
Joint chief executives Mike Cannon-Brookes and Scott Farquhar say it was a strong quarter with an important milestone for the software company they founded in Sydney in 2002 and listed on the NASDAQ in 2015.
During the three months to December 31, the company surpassed $US1 billion in lifetime revenue on its Atlassian Marketplace, a platform to buy apps for Atlassian's applications.
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"The phrase 'software is eating the world' has never been more true," they said in a statement to their shareholders.
"Software increasingly drives how companies run their businesses and empower their teams."
The pair said revenue grew 37 per cent to $US409 million year-over-year with stronger than anticipated new and renewal activity from customers ahead of price changes.
Net income was $US124.1 million for the second quarter of fiscal 2020, compared with $US45.2 million at the same time last year.
It is another success for the Australian duo, who last year topped the list of Australia's richest under-40s for an eighth consecutive year.
AFR Magazine's Young Rich List estimated that they had, last year, more than $A13 billion each.
The company expects revenue in its third quarter for 2019/20 to be $US395 million to $US399 million.
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Today Google announced that Premium users of Google Analytics will be able to access their data via Big Query, Google's data solution that allows users to make sense of massive data sets.
While the announcement occurred today, users will have to wait until later in the year to be able to use BigQuery to perform analysis that is usually very difficult to perform in traditional environments. For those of us are used to only being able to export tens of thousands of rows of data from Google Analytics this may not be a big deal, but GA premium users will be able to evaluate data that contains trillions of rows! That is an incredible amount of data being made available!
How this Impacts Google Analytics Users?
Most users will not be impacted by this change, only those who have enough page views and business needs to warrant the investment in Google Analytics Premium. The companies who use GA premium will see tremendous benefit in being able to quickly and easily query the information they have stored in Google Analytics and gain insights into their business that were previously unknown or unavailable.
The ability to conduct massive queries and even export data out of Google Analytics creates an opportunity to link GA data with data warehouses, creating analysis opportunities that will make analysts salivate. The best part is that everything is in the cloud, so you do not need to invest in hardware to get the job done.
Speed, scale and reliability are all key parts to timely data analysis, and these are now built directly into the Google Analytics product for premium users.
Seeing this announcement makes me think back to a day when I had to wait an entire day to run a complex query on a data set of 100,000 records in SQL Server. We have come a long way since then!
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FREEPORT — L.L. Bean on Tuesday announced Stephen Smith will be its new president and chief executive officer.
Smith will start at L.L. Bean in early January and will replace current President and CEO Chris McCormick when he retires at the end of February.
“I welcome the opportunity to lead one of the world’s best brands, known for quality products and outstanding customer service,” Smith said. “L.L.Bean is a company I have long admired, both as a customer and as a retailer.”
According to a press release, Smith will be the first “outsider” to lead the company – its first president and CEO with no previous work history with L.L. Bean. He will be the fourth president in L.L. Bean’s 103-year history, following company founder Leon Leonwood Bean, the recently deceased Leon Gorman, and McCormick, who has been president and CEO for 14 years.
L.L. Bean Chairman Shawn Gorman said Smith will be a good fit for the company.
“Hiring a CEO who embodies the values of Bean was a top priority for the family and the board, and I am confident we have done just that,” he said.
Smith moved to Maine in the late 1990s to work at Resort Sports Network, where he eventually became vice president of sales and marketing. Next he worked as the director of marketing for Hannaford Bros. Supermarkets, and and then left the state to work as an executive at sister brands of the supermarket chain in Florida and Belgium.
Smith has also worked as an executive for international subsidiaries of Wal-Mart in China and the United Kingdom.
He said he’s “looking forward to returning to Maine, where my family has deep ties and where we can embrace our love of the outdoors.”
In a letter Smith sent to all L.L. Bean employees on Tuesday, he said he admires the company for its customer service, its product development and testing, and the way its “authentic heritage” and brand have been sustained over the years.
“I have always been attracted to L.L. Bean because its values and ethos closely align with my own sense of what corporate responsibility means,” he said. “I see it as an honor and a duty to be a steward of such a great organization.”
Stephen Smith will be the fourth president in the history of Freeport-based L.L. Bean.


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In addition to continuing to support and promote the existing range of Oxford Plug-ins: EQ, Dynamics, Limiter, Inflator, Reverb and Transient Modulator, the new company will be concentrating on new innovations to expand the product line.
“The Sony Oxford Plugins reputation for quality and performance reflects the pedigree of our products,” says Sonnox Managing Director, Rod Densham. “As an independent company with global recognition, we are dedicated to improving and expanding these tools. We are confident Sonnox can look forward to a future of continued growth, starting with the launch of our Native versions for Audio Units and VST at Musikmesse 2007.”
Sonnox launched a full native range of its Oxford Plug-ins at Musikmesse this week. Compatible with Audio Units, VST and RTAS applications such as Logic, Digital Performer, Cubase, Nuendo and Pro Tools LE, the new range has been widely anticipated by users of native workstations.
“The demand for true native compatibility for Oxford Plug-ins has grown dramatically over the past eighteen months,” Eames reports. “We are delighted to be showing all our native plug-ins on Logic and Cubase at this year’s Musikmesse. The initial interest after launching the first three Audio Units versions in January has been genuinely overwhelming, with many users indicating their preference for the Oxford 6 Pack bundle when all the plug-ins are compatible with their platform.”


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Apple has just unrolled its new and improved line of iPhones that have once again taken the world be storm. The iPhone XS has been a welcome improvement to its predecessor, and the iPhone XS Max has been universally praised by reviewers and consumers alike. However, their starting price tags of $999.99 and $1099.99 respectively have been questioned. That’s where the iPhone XR comes in.
With its $749 price tag, the XR is Apple’s hope to attract the more financially conservative audience. This isn’t the first time Apple has tried something like this, as back in 2013, Apple put out the iPhone 5c, which was the cheaper alternative to the 5s. And just like the 5s to 5c, the XR isn’t as much of a step down from the XS as some might think. When comparing the two back to back, the XR does stand quite a fight.
The XR’s 12 megapixel rear camera has all the same qualities as its counterpart; however, the benefits from the XS’ dual lens system will not be shared. The front cameras also match with 7 megapixels. Both run on the same chip, the A12 Bionic chip, and both have similar battery lives. The devices can both record in 4k and run slo mo at 240 fps. Face ID is present in the XR and XS, along with wireless charging. Both phones seem to match up quite nicely, except for one aspect.
The display on the XR is easily the most worrying part of the phone. It will not be a OLED screen like on its counterpart; instead, it will be an LCD display. The absence of 3D touch will also be seen on the XR, as well as a contrast ratio compared to the base iphone 8. What most are talking about, however, is the pixel resolution. The iPhone XS features a 2436 by 1125 pixel resolution at 458 ppi (pixels per inch). The iPhone XR, on the other hand, will have a pixel resolution of 1792 to 828 at 326 ppi. This a significant drop in quality, especially considering the iPhone 4, released nearly 8 years ago, had the same exact ppi as the new XR.
Apple’s efforts in making a more financially sound iPhone have seemed to be a huge success. Many have already pre-ordered their new XR and are excited to see what this new Apple device has to offer. While its display has been a point of contention to some, others find its many positives largely outweigh its negatives. The phone rolled out on October 26th, and we will all have to see if it can hang with its older siblings as the year progresses.
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Motorola India, earlier today, announced the launch of its new budget smartphone the Moto G 5G in India. The India launch of the Moto G 5G comes less than a month after the device made its debut in Europe. In India, the Moto G 5G will be on sale exclusively via Flipkart.
Moto G 5G key specifications
The Indian variant of the Moto G 5G is identical to the variant sold in Europe. The phone also happens to be among the first devices in India to feature the brand new Qualcomm Snapdragon 750G chipset. Based on an 8nm manufacturing process, this SoC is claimed to be 20% faster than its predecessor.
The Moto G 5G is a large phone and features a 6.7-inch FHD+ LTPS display with a resolution of 1080 x 2400 pixels. This display is HDR10 compatible as well, Motorola claims. Unlike its more expensive sibling - the Moto G5 5G Plus, this phone gets a single 16 MP punch hole camera at the front. At the rear, the phone gets a primary 48MP camera, a secondary 8MP ultra-wide-angle camera, and a 2-megapixel depth sensor.
The Moto G 5G features a massive 5,000mAh battery that also supports 20W fast charging using Motorola’s own TurboPower charger. The company claims up to 2 days of battery life with normal usage. The phone happens to be IP52 certified to dust protection and supports memory expansion using microSD cards.
Apart from featuring a rear-mounted fingerprint scanner, the Moto G 5G also supports a host of connectivity options that range from 5G (obviously!), LTE, NFC, Bluetooth 5.1, and US-C.
Moto G 5G: Pricing, availability
In India, the Moto G 5G comes in a single variant that has 6GB of RAM and 128GB storage. The phone will go on sale in the country exclusively via Flipkart starting 12 PM, December 7, 2020, for a price of Rs 20,000 (EUR 237). In India, the device comes in two colour options; Volcanic Grey and Frosted Silver.


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The successful 2016 shooter Doom is getting a sequel: Doom Eternal. At this year’s E3, the Doom franchise is confirmed to be continuing. Much like its precursor, Doom Eternal is all fast-paced combat with a first-person view that the franchise grew upon. The firepower, demon enemies and new composed track list are all there for this upcoming sequel.
Doom Eternal continues its track of signature gory violence with your main character battling all sorts of monsters down in caves, and up top on skyscrapers. Powerful efficiency and satisfying deaths are coated in Doom Eternal. The game travels at a breakneck speed with explosions and powerful blades that the predecessor built its foundation on.
Doom Eternal is the next game for Bethesda and is set to arrive on all consoles, including Xbox One, PlayStation 4, PC and the Nintendo Switch on November 22. It is unconfirmed whether it will be on Google’s new streaming service, Stadia. Bethesda also showed their new multiplayer mode that will be featured in Doom Eternal called Battlemode. In this new mode, two players can co-op against one player as a Doom Slayer who is fully-armed.
Like any other major release, Doom Eternal has a collector’s edition. Sadly it is already sold out in multiple locations. With the collectors edition, you get an exclusive steel book case, a wearable Doom Slayer helmet, a cassette taped filled with Mick Gordon‘s Doom track list and soundtrack. There is also a book filled with deeper Doom lore. The exclusive collector’s edition is $200.
According to Polygon, Game director Marty Stratton confirmed that there will be single player DLC in the new sequel.
“Absolutely,” Stratton said, according to Polygon. “We love that people are still playing the game,” said Stratton, “and on their 20th time through the campaign or doing a speed run or, you know, maxing out all of their guns or whatever. And [we want to give] people more reasons to come back, whether it’s Invasion, or DLC, it’s really important to us.”


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Asked by the Washington Post as part of a dossier on exclusively online game design, producer Naoki Yoshida said that currently, and even for a while, he and his team have been tight-lipped on regular monitoring of the game. and the creation of the various extensions. When he adds to the result that they are “In a fairly stable pace that we will continue to follow” and that to release the title on other supports “Will exponentially increase the amount of resources to be allocated”, we understand that it is not tomorrow the day before, never to say that this MMORPG will debut on Xbox Series. Maybe for the next one?
Remember that PS5 players will be entitled to it by the end of the year via a free upgrade, and that an open beta will be available to everyone (subject to being PS Plus) from April 13.


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Gasoline and diesel vehicles were not included in this scheme. Instead, the focus is on promoting the transition to clean automotive technologies such as electric vehicles and hydrogen fuel cells, which are expected to grow in volume in the years to come.
The program is expected to generate investment of over Rs 42,500 crore in five years and additional production of over Rs 2.3 lakh crore, according to government estimates. Additional jobs for more than 750,000 people will be generated.
“Automotive components sector exports are now worth $ 15 billion while imports are worth $ 17 billion. This program will help reduce the import of components by 17 billion dollars, ”Anurag Thakur, Minister of Information and Broadcasting, said on Wednesday. India’s auto industry only accounts for 2% of the global industry and this must also be higher, he said.
Both existing players and new investors will be eligible to obtain benefits under the scheme. Benefits will be proportional to the income of eligible businesses and paid over a period of five years.
“The beneficiaries of the PLI program for the automotive sector are likely to be 10 automakers, 50 manufacturers of automotive components and 5 new non-automotive investors planning to enter the automotive sector,” said Saurabh Agarwal, Tax Partner, Automotive Sector, EY. India.
Spending for the program has been cut in half from the previous plan to Rs 57,043 crore. The limited budget is likely to lead to fierce competition in the industry for who will benefit from the PLI program, Agarwal said.
Existing auto players will need to make new investments of Rs 2,000 crore over the next five years to qualify for the program. This number has been lowered for manufacturers of two and three wheelers to Rs 1,000 crore. A new player will also need to invest at least Rs 2,000 crore.
On the automotive components side, new players will need to invest Rs 500 crore while existing players will need to invest a minimum of Rs 250 crore over the next five years to be part of the program.
“The incentive to encourage new technologies will facilitate the creation of an advanced automotive value chain in the country and provide a much needed boost to the manufacturing of advanced automotive products in India,” said Sunjay Kapur, President of Automotive. Association of Component Manufacturers of India.
As global economies seek to reduce risks in their supply chains, the PLI program will help make India an attractive alternative source of premium automotive components, he said.
The PLI program for the automotive sector will complement the existing PLI program for Advanced Chemistry Cell and Faster Adaption of Manufacturing of Electric Vehicles phase-2 (FAME-2) to give a boost to electric vehicle manufacturing in India, Thakur said . These two existing programs have budgets of Rs 18,100 crore and Rs 10,000 crore, respectively.
The government believes that extending incentives only to green technologies will prompt automakers to urgently focus on bringing electric vehicles and more sustainable technologies to the market.
This program is part of the overall production-related incentives announced in the budget earlier this year with a financial expenditure of Rs 1.97 lakh crore to improve manufacturing capacities and exports in 13 identified sectors.