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The European Commission welcomes the cooperation agreement concluded on 3 April 2020 between the European Central Bank (ECB), the Eurosystem and Sveriges Riksbank which will allow settlement of instant payments in Swedish krona in the TARGET Instant Payment Settlement (TIPS).
The Commission shares with the ECB the objective of fostering the development by European payments industry of fast, efficient and safe panEuropean payment solutions based on instant credit transfers.
One of the pre-conditions for such solutions is the availability of a panEuropean payment infrastructure allowing payment service providers to transfer funds to their customers in real time, around the clock, every day of the year, for both domestic and cross-border payments.
TARGET Instant Payment Settlement (TIPS) offers such settlement infrastructure for payments in central bank money, ensuring increased safety of the settlement procedure. Extending the availability of TIPS from euro to other
European currencies is therefore a positive step toward ensuring safe, panEuropean instant payments.
The Commission expects that this agreement will pave the way for solutions facilitating cross-currency instant payments.


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ITVX to launch on 8th DecemberNovember 7, 2022 | James R
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Paramount+ will officially launch in the UK and Ireland this June.
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Sometimes you never get it right the first time; the same matter of thinking can be applied to video games. More specifically, it is not unlikely for it to be drawn to the arrival of new consoles. It’s understandable that plenty of hype circulated around the systems of the eighth console generation, Microsoft’s and Sony’s efforts included. In terms of the latter, though, there have been a couple of concerns with the fleet of launch PlayStation 4 consoles.
Following E3 this past June, it seemed as though everyone’s eyes were focused on Sony. They were interested in what the PlayStation 4 had to offer, considering that it was initially able to trump Microsoft’s own Xbox One in many fields, used game implementation and DRM in general included. Of course, Microsoft turned those less user-friendly features around but many gamers would agree that the damage was done. Sony was looking to have a faultless launch but did it happen?
Dan Race, a Sony spokesperson, said that there have been a number of issues reported in terms of PlayStation 4 hardware. The most recent one, from what I have seen, has been dubbed the “Blue Light of Death.” Not unlike the “Red Ring of Death” tied to the Xbox 360 of the past generation of consoles, the “BLoD” would cause consoles to simply not function. Users wouldn’t be able to play through the litany of titles at launch, Killzone: Shadow Fall and Resogun included. Looking at the matter objectively, though, it may not be as tremendous of an issue as the aforementioned “red ring” tied to the 360 a number of years back.
It’s been said that the “BLoD” only impacted less than 1 percent of all PS4s, which isn’t unreasonable when considering the very nature of technology. Keep in mind that most consoles released during the past decade or so have had their problems. Even the PlayStation 3 and its own “Yellow Light of Death,” while unfortunate, didn’t impact consoles on a great scale. Consumers, for the most part, realize that there are going to be technical problems out of the gate. It’s just a matter of either enduring them at the onset or waiting to purchase until they are addressed.
For those who haven’t invested in the PS4 yet, it is easy to say that they are biding their time before making the purchase. The sheer power of Sony’s latest achievement is tremendous and it seems like every social media agency can bring attention to it. However, with such power comes the risk of technical problems down the road. For early adopters, it’s a matter of crossing one’s fingers and hoping for the best.


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The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission will not oppose Vocus Communications’ (ASX: VOC) planned acquisition of M2 Group (ASX: MTU), the competition watchdog revealed today.
Vocus and M2 have limited overlaps in the supply of retail and wholesale fixed broadband services, fixed voice services, the acquisition of transmission services and the supply of data centre services, the ACCC said.
In markets where Vocus and M2 overlap, they tend to focus on different customer segments, with M2 mainly focused on residential and small business customers through its Dodo, iPrimus, Commander and Elgin brands. Meanwhile, Vocus is mainly focused on large enterprise and government customers, said the ACCC.
The ACCC found that neither Vocus nor M2 is a significant supplier of wholesale transmission services. Accordingly, the proposed acquisition will not significantly increase vertical integration between wholesale and retail telecommunications services providers, it said.
ACCC chairman Rod Sims said the acquisition was primarily a merger between two complementary businesses.
“Significantly, the merged firm will also face significant competition from Optus, Telstra and TPG. This merger consolidates the fourth player in the market,” Sims said.
In September, Vocus executives said that its planned merger with M2 would create more rather than less competition due to a strong wholesale division which helps small ISPs.
According to Vocus chairman David Spence, it is an “important enabler” of business thorough its wholesale business.
“We see that [wholesale business] as an important part of our strategy and a net positive for competition generally,” he said at the time.
Vocus managing director James Spenceley said that the merger would strengthen the combined business and creates more competition rather than less.


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The largest private lender in Kerala, Federal Bank, said on Tuesday that it will open 100 new branches in the upcoming fiscal year as part of its increased emphasis on financing to small companies. The Kochi-based lender launched 75 branches in the previous fiscal year, according to Malini Warrier, executive director, who was present at the Sidbi-organized three-day summit on global SME finance. She said that SME loans made up one-third of the company's entire loan book, which at Rs 1,86,593 crore as of June 2023 had increased by about 21% year over year, as well as the retail and wholesale books.
"The idea of focusing on SMEs is that we should be growing in sectors of the economy which is growing faster or which have more credit needs. The fast-growing industry segment in terms of credit is SMEs. Therefore our decision to open more SME-focused branches this fiscal as well," Warrier said. According to her, most of these branches will come up in Tamil Nadu, which it already has 200 branches, besides Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh and Telangana, the states which have the largest concentration of small businesses.
During the past five years, the bank has almost doubled its branch presence to 1,100 from 600, she noted. As part of the SME focus, the bank will be driving the co-lending model too. It has already tied up with a fintech player Yubi and is in discussions with half a dozen more and will likely close co-lending agreements with at least four of them this fiscal.


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While STMicroelectronics (STM) delivered a stronger earnings report than Texas Instruments (TXN) , neither company's numbers or commentary did much to make chip stock investors nervous about how industry demand is trending.
TI is up fractionally after topping Q4 estimates and issuing Q1 sales and EPS guidance that was slightly above consensus estimates at the midpoints. STMicro, meanwhile, is up about 5% (and at its highest levels in more than a decade) after beating Q4 estimates and setting a Q1 revenue guidance range that's fully above consensus.
Notably, the midpoint of TI's Q1 sales guidance range ($3.25 billion) still implies a 10% annual revenue drop, on par with the 10% decline reported for Q4. By contrast, the midpoint of STMicro's Q1 sales guidance range ($2.36 billion) implies a 14% annual increase, a marked improvement from Q4's 4% growth.
The chip content gains that STMicro saw with Apple's (AAPL) 2019 iPhone lineup are contributing to its top-line growth, as is stronger-than-expected demand for those iPhones. Automotive content gains are also helping, as STMicro benefits from its strong exposure to growth areas such as electric cars and advanced driver-assistance systems (ADAS).
TI and STMicro's numbers come two weeks after rival Microchip Technology (MCHP) favorably revised its December quarter sales guidance and also issued suggested its March quarter sales would be stronger than expected. The midpoint of Microchip's revised December quarter guidance implies a 9% annual revenue drop, while its forecast for mid-single digit March quarter sequential growth indicates this quarter's sales will be flat to up slightly on an annual basis.
Why does TI not expect to see the kind of improvement in its annual sales growth rate this quarter that STMicro and Microchip are forecasting? Soft demand -- and apparent share loss -- in the mobile infrastructure processor market looks like a major factor.
Whereas TI's analog chip sales only saw a 5% annual revenue decline in Q4, its "embedded processing" revenue, which covers DSPs, microcontrollers (MCUs) and other types of processors, fell 20%. And whereas TI's sales to the automotive, industrial, personal electronics and enterprise hardware end-markets each fell just 3% to 4% annually, its communications equipment sales fell about 20% sequentially and (thanks partly to tough comps) 50% annually.
When asked on the earnings call if TI had lost embedded processing share in recent quarters, IR chief Dave Pahl admitted that TI "probably" lost some share in 2019, after having gained share in 2017 and 2018. The remarks came five weeks after Pahl indicated at a Barclays conference that (although 5G rollouts will be a boon for TI's analog sales) TI isn't expecting 5G to be much of a growth driver for its embedded processing business, given its decision to prioritize automotive and industrial R&D investments.
As an aside, Marvell Technology (MRVL) might be benefiting from TI's apparent mobile infrastructure processor share losses. Marvell has frequently talked up its 5G base station processor design win activity in recent quarters, and reported that its embedded processor sales saw double-digit sequential growth in the company's October quarter thanks to "strong 5G shipments."
But while one large TI business is clearly having a rough time, the company struck a more upbeat tone on its call about chip industry demand than it did on its October call. Pahl asserted that the business environment that TI saw in Q4 can be "best-described as demand stabilizing," and noted that with customer inventory corrections now largely over, 2020 demand is likely to be "more a function of our customers' end demand."
Likewise, STMicro CEO Jean-Marc Chery said on his firm's Q4 call that the chip industry's supply chain "has now substantially normalized from the excess inventory effect we saw last year." He added that his company expects to "return to solid revenue growth" in 2020, outperforming the end-markets it serves along the way.
These remarks generally mesh with what was shared earlier this month by Microchip, which said it was "seeing strength coming from all major geographies including the U.S., Europe and Asia, as well as several major end markets including data center, industrial and automotive." And they also fit with the strong guidance shared last week by Taiwan Semiconductor (TSM) , which (in addition to the end of customer inventory corrections) is benefiting from its manufacturing technology lead, solid iPhone demand and the chip content needs of 5G phones.
Chip stocks have definitely priced in a fair amount of demand improvement over the last few months. But at the same time, what has been shared so far in earnings season suggests that the demand improvement that markets have been expecting is indeed happening -- at least provided that company-specific issues aren't a problem.


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BRYAN, Texas — The Children’s Museum of the Brazos Valley typically caters to kids, but with their 2022 Coffee Crawl, caffeine lovers will soon be able to pour right back into the community.
According to the non-profit's website, “Coffee Crawl is a coffee tour around the Brazos Valley." There are 10 total local coffee shops that those that donate $30 will be able to receive a free drink or treat.
Marketing Manager Kylie Sledge often helps to make preparations for the museum and said people were eager for the Coffee Crawl to return.
“People were asking when it was going to happening again and we were super excited about that people remember that we did it last year," Sledge said.
She said because last year was the first time doing this, the museum has been taking additional marketing steps to highlight the coffee shops that are participating. She also said this fundraiser is a great way for the museum to expand and grow relationships in the community.
“Focusing more on the coffee shops as well, so on our social media we will do little features on the coffee shops," Sledge said. "So, like where they are, their locations, what’s inside, the history."
Sledge said their social media will also reveal more information about the punch cards and swag that those that donate will receive. She said the money will go directly toward museum programs, activities, S.T.E.A.M. kits, and more.
La Gabriella Coffee Shop & Pastries is one of the coffee shops participating. Owner Gabriella Vasquez said she is looking forward to meeting new people and hopefully making her shop a part of their day while also giving back.
“We all have to help each other out sometimes," Vasquez said. "Especially these days, I think it’s become a lot more important and easier to see how helping each other out really helps all of us all and really helps the community move forward.”
The full list of shops that are participating:
- La Gabriella Coffee Shop & Pastries
- Sweet Eugene's
- What's the Buzz
- The Village Cafe
- Polite Coffee Roasters
- Tavo Coffee
- The Coffee Lab
- Rooster's Bike and Coffee Shop
- POV: A Coffee House
- Zaltman's Grocery Store


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Good news for the Indian real estate market, a recent report by a real estate firm shows that the sector has witnessed an encouraging growth across all the assets class in the period from January to June 2018. While investment in corporate and educational segment increase a lot with more office leasing activity, residential and retail property market also shown a steep growth with investments from many home buyers.
According to the report published by JLL India, a total investment of Rs 24,011 crores was recorded for the January – June 2018 period. Out of this investment, IT & Commercial sector boasts a maximum share with Rs 13,151 Crores.
Ramesh Nair, Chairman CII Realty & Infrastructure Conclave and CEO & Country Head, JLL India, gave more insights on the report and said, “There has been a paradigm shift in the momentum of real estate witnessed in the first half of 2018. All aspects of the sector whether residential, retail, office, and investments, have seen a healthy increase in demand,”
The report says that the corporate leasing activity raised to 54% in H1 2018 as compared to last year same period. Companies leased around 8 million sqft more space, taking the total gross leasing activity to 24 million sqft in the current year. Cities like Bengaluru and NCR tops in the office leasing activity, as per the report.
Talking about the residential sector, the implementation of RERA has boosted the confidence of many home buyers resulting in an increase in investments too. “The H1 2018 was also significant in terms of sales velocity for the residential sector, which picked the pace, recording a rise of 25% year – on – year in H1 2018,” Report added.
As per many realty experts, in recent times there has been good demand for residential properties across all the major Tier 1 and Tier 2 cities.
In the retail sector, net absorption in H1 2018 has seen a rise of over 75% year – on – year (y-o-y) in the first half of 2018. Expert here says that the leasing activity from both international and domestic brands has increased manifolds, hence impacting the retail property market.
Overall, with many policy formulation and implementation the Indian real estate sector has become more regulated showing an upward trend.


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The food department is giving final shape to the complete action plan. The minister directed the officials to ensure there was no further delay in implementation of the scheme. "This will go a long way in helping the poor and needy to obtain their ration under National Food Security Act, 2013, at their doorstep," the minister said.
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"National Food Security Act is in force in 33 States/UTs, and in states of Tamil Nadu and Nagaland it will be implemented in next month," Paswan said.
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Today in Crypto: JPMorgan Deploys JPM Coin for Euro-Denominated Payments, Casa Rolls out Support for Ethereum Storage, US SEC Grants BlockFi Temporary Relief From Settling a $30M Penalty, Gemini Sta
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- JPMorgan expanded its blockchain-based payment system, JPM Coin, to include euro-denominated transactions for corporate clients, Bloomberg reported. JPM Coin, which the bank launched in 2019, went live with euro transactions on Wednesday, said Basak Toprak, JPMorgan’s head of Coin Systems for Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. Germany’s Siemens AG conducted the first euro payment on the platform.
- Cryptocurrency self-custody platform Casa rolled out support for ethereum (ETH) storage. According to the blog post, “Casa is the first and only place to manage both BTC and ETH multi-key vaults in one simple app, so you don’t have to split up your self-custodied assets between multiple providers.” Casa vaults are designed with the principles behind multisig, while for ETH, the process is performed through smart contracts, it added.
- Crypto custody firm Prime Trust has “a shortfall in customer funds” and was unable to meet all withdrawal requests this month, the USA’s Nevada Department of Business and Industry said. The authority ordered Prime Trust to cease all activities in violation of Nevada regulation, stating that the company is “operating at a substantial deficit” or may already be insolvent; that on or about June 21, it was unable to honor customer withdrawals due to a shortfall of customer funds caused by a significant liability on the firm’s balance sheet owed to customers; that it failed to safeguard assets under its custody and is unable to meet all customer withdrawals.
- Blockchain technology company Metatime announced that it successfully secured a total investment of $25 million to date for its blockchain ecosystem. It developed a portfolio of over 70 products, created its own blockchain network called MetaChain, and is preparing to list its ecosystem token, Metatime Coin (MTC), on major cryptocurrency exchanges from June 2023, said the press release. Metatime aims to integrate blockchain solutions into various sectors such as energy, tourism, insurance, CRM, advertising, cybersecurity, and virtual reality. It plans to launch these solutions on Mainnet, after testing on Testnet, it added.
- Bankrupt crypto lender BlockFi was granted temporary relief from settling a penalty of more than $30 million to the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), according to a Thursday court filing. The lender’s outstanding balance with the regulator totals nearly $30.3 million, but it doesn’t have to be repaid until BlockFi’s debtors are reimbursed, in order “to maximize the amount that may be distributed to investors and avoid delay in such distribution,” said the Commission.
- Gemini announced the expansion of Gemini Staking Pro in the United Kingdom. Users in the UK with a minimum of ETH 32 can now launch dedicated validators on Ethereum, the exchange said. Gemini Staking Pro is already live in the United States, Singapore, Hong Kong, Australia, Brazil, and more than 30 other countries, it added.
- Crypto.com obtained its Virtual Asset Service Provider (VASP) registration from the Bank of Spain. The exchange can now offer a suite of its products and services to users in Spain, said the announcement.
- BingX announced its further expansion into the Middle East and Northern Africa (MENA) markets. Per the press release, the MENA region has seen “a significant surge in interest and adoption of cryptocurrencies, with a growing number of individuals and businesses seeking reliable and secure platforms to trade digital assets. BingX recognizes the immense potential in this market and aims to meet the evolving needs of crypto enthusiasts in MENA.”


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While another less aggressive soft fork solution was put forth, the Ethereum community and its founders were placed in a perilous position. If they didn’t retrieve the stolen investor money, confidence in Ethereum could be lost. On the other hand, recovering investor money required actions that went against the core ideas of decentralization and set a dangerous precedent.
Various journalists, economists, and the central bank of Estonia have voiced concerns that bitcoin is a Ponzi scheme. In April 2013, Eric Posner, a law professor at the University of Chicago, stated that "a real Ponzi scheme takes fraud; bitcoin, by contrast, seems more like a collective delusion." A July 2014 report by the World Bank concluded that bitcoin was not a deliberate Ponzi scheme.:7 In June 2014, the Swiss Federal Council:21 examined the concerns that bitcoin might be a pyramid scheme; it concluded that, "Since in the case of bitcoin the typical promises of profits are lacking, it cannot be assumed that bitcoin is a pyramid scheme." In July 2017, billionaire Howard Marks referred to bitcoin as a pyramid scheme.
An official investigation into bitcoin traders was reported in May 2018. The U.S. Justice Department launched an investigation into possible price manipulation, including the techniques of spoofing and wash trades. Traders in the U.S., the U.K, South Korea, and possibly other countries are being investigated. Brett Redfearn, head of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's Division of Trading and Markets, had identified several manipulation techniques of concern in March 2018.
Bitcoin is a digital asset designed to work in peer-to-peer transactions as a currency. Bitcoins have three qualities useful in a currency, according to The Economist in January 2015: they are "hard to earn, limited in supply and easy to verify." Per some researchers, as of 2015, bitcoin functions more as a payment system than as a currency.
“A DAO consists of one or more contracts and could be funded by a group of like-minded individuals. A DAO operates completely transparently and completely independently of any human intervention, including its original creators. A DAO will stay on the network as long as it covers its survival costs and provides a useful service to its customer base” Stephen Tual, Slock.it Founder, former CCO Ethereum.
Bitcoin is pseudonymous, meaning that funds are not tied to real-world entities but rather bitcoin addresses. Owners of bitcoin addresses are not explicitly identified, but all transactions on the blockchain are public. In addition, transactions can be linked to individuals and companies through "idioms of use" (e.g., transactions that spend coins from multiple inputs indicate that the inputs may have a common owner) and corroborating public transaction data with known information on owners of certain addresses. Additionally, bitcoin exchanges, where bitcoins are traded for traditional currencies, may be required by law to collect personal information. To heighten financial privacy, a new bitcoin address can be generated for each transaction.
Ethereum blockchain applications are usually referred to as DApps (decentralized application), since they are based on the decentralized Ethereum Virtual Machine, and its smart contracts. Many uses have been proposed for Ethereum platform, including ones that are impossible or unfeasible. Use case proposals have included finance, the internet-of-things, farm-to-table produce, electricity sourcing and pricing, and sports betting. Ethereum is (as of 2017) the leading blockchain platform for initial coin offering projects, with over 50% market share.
To lower the costs, bitcoin miners have set up in places like Iceland where geothermal energy is cheap and cooling Arctic air is free. Bitcoin miners are known to use hydroelectric power in Tibet, Quebec, Washington (state), and Austria to reduce electricity costs. Miners are attracted to suppliers such as Hydro Quebec that have energy surpluses. According to a University of Cambridge study, much of bitcoin mining is done in China, where electricity is subsidized by the government.
^ "Crib Sheet: Neptune's Brood – Charlie's Diary". www.antipope.org. Archived from the original on 14 June 2017. Retrieved 5 December 2017. I wrote Neptune's Brood in 2011. Bitcoin was obscure back then, and I figured had just enough name recognition to be a useful term for an interstellar currency: it'd clue people in that it was a networked digital currency.
^ Iansiti, Marco; Lakhani, Karim R. (January 2017). "The Truth About Blockchain". Harvard Business Review. Harvard University. Retrieved 17 January 2017. The technology at the heart of bitcoin and other virtual currencies, blockchain is an open, distributed ledger that can record transactions between two parties efficiently and in a verifiable and permanent way.


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Cryptocurrency exchange Bitfinex has announced the launch of its own payment service called Bitfinex Pay. The new service comes as a widget that allows merchants to accept payments in cryptocurrencies.
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According to an announcement, Bitfinex Pay supports payments in bitcoin (EXANTE: Bitcoin), including the Lightning Network ones, ether (ETH) and tether (USDT) based on the Ethereum and TRON blockchains. To make a payment via Bitfinex Pay, a user needs to click on the corresponding button on the merchant's website.
The payments will go directly to merchants' wallets on the exchange. Bitfinex promises not to take additional fees beyond the fees paid by users to process transactions. The maximum payment amount is limited to $1,000. As iHodl earlier reported, the US-based bitcoin payments startup BitPay added support for prepaid Mastercard with Apple Pay support. With the new feature, BitPay cardholders can pay with cryptocurrencies and withdraw the equivalent amount in fiat money from ATMs.
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This is a continuation of my 2013: A Tech Odyssey series of posts. You can reference the first post in the series here. Apple’s Sauce Is Losing Its Flavor I still remember seeing the first iPhone commercial. That easy, light tune plucking away, while on-screen someone’s (very well-manicured) hand navigated the web effortlessly using touchscreen motions I’d never seen, [...]
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The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has directed Anil Ambani- owned Reliance Communication to submit details of its subscribers immediately and unspent balance of pre-paid customers by January 10.
"The Authority...inter-alia, directed M/s RCL (Reliance Communications Limited) to furnish compliance report of the direction by 10th January 2018 together with the details of the number of subscribers successfully ported out, remaining subscribers who could not port out and reasons thereof, and total unspent amount of such pre-paid mobile subscribers," Trai said.
The telecom regulator has also asked to share the entire list of 2G and CDMA subscribers as of October 31, 2017, in the same circles where it stopped the 2G and CDMA services.
"Under normal circumstances, prepaid balance amount would have been utilized by prepaid subscribers before porting out, but due to the sudden closure of services, the unspent prepaid balance is outstanding with RCom in the form of recharge coupons/plans," Trai said in its statement. Also, the balance which will be unused by the customers before December 31 will also come under this category.
To recall, the company has already decided to adopt a 4G focussed strategy for profitable growth of its wireless business.
RCom said that "As already announced on 1st October 2017, RCOM has decided to adopt a 4G focussed strategy for profitable growth of its wireless business. Accordingly, RCOM will be optimizing its 2G and 3G footprint, and related infrastructure and human resources, with effect from 30 November 2017."
"The Company's 4G-led strategy will be executed, as at present, on the back of capital-light access to India's most extensive 4G mobile network, through already operational spectrum-sharing and ICR arrangements with Reliance Jio, the company further said.


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Two months ago, when the market was in a state of near-total chaos as a result of a sudden collapse in global supply chains due to the hasty coronavirus lockdowns, one market that saw unprecedented turmoil was that of physical gold.
As we pointed out in late March, due to a sudden breakdown in physical gold supply as the world's top gold refiners, those located in the southern Swiss town of Ticino, namely Valcambi, Pamp and Argor-Heraeus, suddenly stopped producing gold, the result was a record divergence in the price of spot gold vs gold futures contracts...
... with gold futures decoupling and trading far above spot prices.
The resulting record divergence in gold futures vs spot (in some way analogous to what happened to the price of the prompt WTI contract in April, when the May WTI contract traded as low as ($40) as traders were willing to pay buyers to store oil in a world where there was suddenly no space for the physical commodity), unleashed a flood of physical gold into the US as a record scramble by traders rushing to take advantage of this arbitrage opportunity by shipping bullion to New York sparked what Bloomberg said "may be one of the largest ever physical transfers of the metal."
"The flows into New York are unprecedented," Allan Finn, the global commodities director at logistics and security provider Malca-Amit told Bloomberg as his company’s teams in New York have been working 24 hours a day to cope with unprecedented demand for physical gold while navigating lockdowns, flight disruptions and social distancing.
Since late March, no less than 550 tons of gold - worth $30 billion at today’s price and roughly equal to global mine output in the period - have been added to Comex warehouse stockpiles; hundreds of tons of that was imported. On its own that amount of gold would represent the 11th largest sovereign holding, larger than the ECB's official 504.8 tons of gold.
Traditionally, while tens of billions of dollars of gold change hands every day in financial markets, a much smaller amount tends to physically move between vaults in trading hubs like London, Zurich and New York. But that has not been the case in the past two months: it all started to change as the Covid-19 crisis affected the supply chain. As Bloomberg explains what we first highlighted two months ago:
"When planes were grounded and Swiss refineries closed in late March, traders were worried they wouldn’t be able to get gold to New York in time to deliver against futures contracts. That caused futures, which typically trade in lockstep with the London spot price, to soar to a premium of as much as $70 an ounce.
That created an opportunity for enterprising traders: buy gold somewhere in the world at the spot price, sell futures, and benefit from the difference by shipping the metal to New York."
The scale of the trade has been revealed in exchange reports, import and export data and comments from some of the leading precious metals shipping and vaulting companies. It all came to a head on Thursday, when traders declared their intent to deliver a record 2.8 million ounces of gold against the June Comex contract, the largest daily delivery notice in exchange data going back to 1994.
The bulk of this gold came from Switzerland, as Swiss gold exports to the US surged, reaching 111.7 tons in April, the highest on record. Already in March gold imports topped $3 billion, according to the Census Bureau, the highest in at least a decade.
To meet the unprecedented demand for physical gold, refineries as far away as Australia have ramped up output of kilobars - the form typically delivered on the Comex - to ship to New York.
For Brink’s Managing Director Mark Woolley, the spike in demand to ship gold to New York has been unlike anything he’s seen in 20 years in the market.
“The amount of metal that we’ve successfully moved into New York is pretty significant,” he said Thursday on a webinar hosted by the London Bullion Market Association. “It’s probably not far off the total amount of metal that’s been mined in this period.”
As discussed previously, the CME Group which owns Comex, responded to the unprecedented market dislocation and the sudden lack of physical gold in New York by introducing a new contract allowing the delivery of 400-ounce bars, the type traded in London. Still, “other changes need to be at least considered,” according to LBMA Chairman Paul Fisher.
With investor demand for physical off the charts, the enormous movement of gold has been a blessing for logistics companies but also a curse: not only have passenger flights - on which shipments are typically transported - been grounded, but New York City, where many Comex warehouses are located (recall JPM's giant gold vault just happened to be located right next to the NY Fed's), has also been a hotspot for the virus.
"To deal with flows, Loomis International U.K. opened up additional vault capacity. Malca-Amit considered using airports in Boston and Philadelphia, but hasn’t needed to yet," Finn said.
That said, while large volumes and virus-related restrictions at vaults and airports caused some delivery delays, much of the spike in the premium for futures contracts in March - which left banks such as HSBC suffering hundreds of millions in losses - was driven by perception rather than reality, Finn said.
"My own personal opinion is that any assessment on the inability to get gold in was ill-informed at the time and was made on assumptions rather than fact," he said.
Still, the bonanza for precious metals shippers may last a while. As we pointed out last week, large deliveries have seen June Comex futures drop to a discount to spot prices this week, but later dated futures are still at a premium. In fact, according to BofA, in a world in which central banks are flooding markets will trillions in freshly printed fiat and faith in the monetary system is quietly shrinking one day at a time, the one asset the "smart money" wants - as it dumps stocks - is, you guessed it, gold.
In fact, a simple correlation between the flood in the global money supply and the price of gold suggests the yellow metal has about $1000 of upside.
Meanwhile, as investor interest in other precious metals picked up, futures for silver and platinum have also traded at premiums to spot: “The guys in New York have done a great job,” said Brian Hayward, head of Loomis International U.K.
"We’re seeing a lot of silver head that way right now" Hayward said in what may be very good news for fans of silver, which recently hit record lows against gold...
... a move which may very soon reverse violently.
Original source: Zero Hedge
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Russia exported more than 500 thousand tons of meat in 2020, which is 55% more than in 2019, according to the Agroexport center under the Ministry of Agriculture.
The data on supplies to the EAEU countries are taken into account for January-October 2020, the message says.
In value terms, shipments increased by 54% to $ 860 million. According to preliminary data from the Federal Customs Service, which the center refers to, meat products last year became the leader in terms of export growth among the six main groups of food products.
In particular, shipments of poultry meat increased by 41%, to 285 thousand tons and by 32%, to $ 419 million. About 85% of the value fell on parts and by-products of chickens ($ 355 million), 12% - on uncut chicken carcasses ($ 51 million). Turkey meat was exported for $ 13 million, which is 2.1 times more than in 2019.
Pork export increased 1.9 times, to 187 thousand tons and 2 times, to $ 324 million. About 22% of shipments were fresh and chilled carcasses and half carcasses ($ 70 million), 18% frozen by-products ($ 60 million).
But the highest growth rates were demonstrated by sales of beef abroad. They increased 2.9 times, to 16 thousand tons and 3.3 times, to $ 85 million.
China topped the list of the largest buyers of Russian meat with a share of 37%. In February 2019, supplies of poultry meat to this country began. At the end of last year, they grew 1.8 times, to $ 265 million.In 2020, the Chinese market opened for Russian producers of cattle meat, as a result, the shipped volume amounted to 8.7 thousand tons for $ 48 million - more than half of all Russian export of beef.
Vietnam is in second place with a 16% share, largely due to the opening of its market for Russian pork at the end of 2019. As a result, the export of Russian meat to this country doubled, to 73 thousand tons, in value terms - 4.4 times, to $ 140 million. About 94% of this volume fell on pork.
Ukraine is in third place with a share of 13%. For the year, shipments were at the level of 79 thousand tons (6.8% more) worth $ 108 million (4.3% more). Moreover, 62% of the value of deliveries fell on pork, 36% - on poultry meat.
Hong Kong moved up to fourth position, which doubled imports of Russian meat to $ 65 million at the end of the year, mainly due to increased purchases of pork. At the end of 2019, Russian poultry producers gained access to the Hong Kong market; last year, the first 136 tons worth $ 338 thousand were supplied.
Kazakhstan closes the top 5 buyers of Russian meat, which increased imports by 35% to $ 52 million. But since statistics for the EAEU countries are presented for January-October, in the final data, Kazakhstan's position among importers may change, the report says.


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Amazon Prime, Foxtel and HBO battle for viewers
Foxtel's deep pockets mean Amazon is struggling for the rights to big shows in Australia.
So yesterday Amazon Prime Video finally launched officially in Australia with a cut-price offer of US$2.99 a month for the first three months. In truth, it would be hard to justify the full US$5.99 a month price.
As our lists of all the TV shows and movies which Amazon Prime Video has on offer show, there isn't a whole lot to watch. Indeed, even for some of Amazon's own series, it can't offer everything. Because it has already signed Australian rights deals with Stan, new episodes of Transparent and Mozart In The Jungle will be available on Stan before they show ever up on Amazon's own platform.
More broadly, Australian rights for many TV series and movies have already been hoovered up by Netflix and Stan. But the real thorn in Amazon's side (and indeed in Netflix's) is Foxtel, which has coughed up big money for local rights from many producers so that it can populate its pay TV service and the associated Foxtel Play online broadcasts.
The most evident example of this is with HBO, the US cable channel that has produced such notable modern hits as Game Of Thrones, Westworld, Veep, Sex And The City and countless others. In the US, Amazon has a deal with HBO to offer access to its shows through Amazon Channels. You have to pay an extra US$14.99 a month, but it's a simple way of getting to see those shows without a more expensive pay TV contract.
But in Australia, HBO has a long-term and exclusive deal with Foxtel. Indeed, come January it will have a blanket deal which means it gets first-run rights to every HBO show down under. If you want to watch Game Of Thrones legally, you'll have to give money to Foxtel in some form, whether that's via a full pay TV subscription or by signing up for Foxtel Play.
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OnePlus 9RT is launching next week, design revealed
OnePlus 9RTis launching in China next week.
- The official page reveals an improved camera sensor.
- The camera module also looks different from its predecessor, the
The OnePlus 9RT is expected to be an updated version of the OnePlus 9R that was released earlier this year. The OnePlus 9RT is now live on the company’s website for China. The official release gives us a sneak peek into what’s on offer on the upcoming phone.
The camera module at the back looks different from its predecessor, and there is an upgrade here. The 9R features a 48MP primary sensor at the back while the 9RT is equipped with a 50MP sensor. The OnePlus 9RT will have the alert slider and the volume rockers on the right side, and the company logo will be at the centre of the back. However, we do not have much information about the front panel — the display and the front camera.
AdvertisementThe official website also gives us a glance at the OnePlus 9RT retail box which carries the smartphone maker’s trademark red colour design but looks sleeker. We will know more about what's on offer when the official launch of the product takes place. For now, here are some rumoured specifications that we can expect to see in the OnePlus 9RT smartphone.
Expected specifications of OnePlus 9RT
As per rumours, we will have a few upgrades on the OnePlus 9RT from its predecessor. The 9RT is expected to be powered by the Snapdragon 888 chipset, an improvement from the Snapdragon 870 in the 9R. The display will be the same, a 6.55-inch AMOLED FHD+ display with a 120Hz refresh rate.
It will come with Android 11, based on ColorOS 12. The camera sensors are expected to be similar except for the enhancement in the primary sensor. The 9RT will have a Sony IMX766 50MP primary sensor, a 16MP ultra-wide lens, a 5MP macro lens, and a 2MP monochrome lens. The front camera is expected to feature the same 16MP sensor house in a punch-hole type cutout.
As for the battery, we expect it to have a 4,500 mAh with 65W Warp charge support.
The phone is expected to be released in the Indian market, but whether this will be with its China announcement next week or at a later date, is yet to be confirmed.
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After waiting four years to drive the Porsche 911 Reimagined by Singer, we finally got our chance to review it from behind the wheel earlier this year. Every auto writer is familiar with salivating over the chance to drive a vehicle that has stirred them from the moment they saw a picture of it, then being crushed when the drive turns out to be terrible - and this includes $300,000-plus hand-built supercars, too. The Porsche 911 Reimagined by Singer was the antidote to that, going well beyond th
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LG V30 will reportedly feature a dual camera sensor both at the rear and front. Moreover, the phone will also ship with Snapdragon 835 processor and 6GB RAM. The concept of adding a dual sensor on both the rear and the front is not new to the smartphone industry because LeEco is also planning to unveil a new smartphone with a similar feature.
According to sources, LG could ditch the secondary display feature in the upcoming V series. However, the company is planning to add a new unique feature, which is still not known yet. Expected to launch after June 2017, the company will likely showcase the smartphone at MWC 2017.
We don’t have any information about the expected price of the upcoming LG V30 smartphone but it will be definitely on a higher side because of dual-camera on both sides.
The leaked images of the LG G6 reveals the fact that the handset will ship with a refreshed UX 6.0 optimized not only for Android Nougat but also for the new display. Furthermore, the leaked Silver-colored phone will ship with rounded corners with an interesting aspect ration of 18:9.
On the specifications front, the LG G6 is expected to ship with a 5.7-inch QHD display, Snapdragon 821 processor, 4GB RAM, 32GB internal storage powered by a 3200mAh battery. The phone will also bear a fingerprint sensor on the rear alongside dual-camera setup with LED flash.
We will continue to monitor the developments surrounding LG V30. Stay tuned with NetAns.
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Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. (OTCMKTS:YAMHF) – Equities research analysts at Jefferies Financial Group issued their Q1 2021 EPS estimates for Yamaha Motor in a research note issued to investors on Tuesday, March 2nd. Jefferies Financial Group analyst T. Nakanishi forecasts that the company will post earnings per share of $0.67 for the quarter. Jefferies Financial Group also issued estimates for Yamaha Motor’s Q2 2021 earnings at $0.61 EPS, Q3 2021 earnings at $0.55 EPS, Q4 2021 earnings at $0.64 EPS, FY2022 earnings at $2.70 EPS and FY2023 earnings at $2.98 EPS.
Separately, JPMorgan Chase & Co. upgraded shares of Yamaha Motor from a “neutral” rating to an “overweight” rating in a research report on Wednesday, January 6th.
Yamaha Motor (OTCMKTS:YAMHF) last announced its earnings results on Friday, February 12th. The company reported $0.43 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.36 by $0.07. The company had revenue of $3.87 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $3.70 billion. Yamaha Motor had a net margin of 1.39% and a return on equity of 3.10%.
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The ski industry is an important economic driver in our region, but it's facing a lot of changes. Climate change, for one, is transforming ski resort leaders into activists and lobbyists.
As part of the campaign, they made a music video that shows action shots of skiers and snowboarders shredding up mountains while bright red letters in all-caps flash across the screen saying things like "If you love powder days, protect your passion, respect the mountain, join the movement."
Christian Knapp is the head of marketing and sales for Aspen. He said they're trying to make people aware that climate change is affecting the industry. Then they're also giving them tools to get involved.
"There's a really cool Twitter widget," said Knapp, "where you can go in and put in your zip code and it will pull up your state senators and representatives."
The app shows the user how those politicians have voted when it comes to climate issues. "So you can see if they 'give a flake,'" said Knapp, "or they don't. And then you can choose to generate a tweet at them."
And for the non-digitally inclined, Aspen's printed ads in outdoor sports magazines that are actually postcards that you can tear out, sign, and drop in a post office box and send directly to three Republican senators "who are really swing votes on climate," Knapp said.
Aspen is also working with the Boulder-based nonprofit advocacy group, Protect Our Winters, or POW, as it's known. A couple years ago, POW hauled a 1970s era phone booth to the base of Aspen mountain.
Torrey Udall with POW said they had people calling their elected officials from that phone booth "to urge them to protect the methane rule that was up for a vote in the Senate."
Udall said, "many of the people had never called an elected official on any issue and especially not on climate."
Offering people easy advocacy opportunities when they come to a ski resort, said Udall, is key to building a movement of people who care.
And they're not stopping there. Recently, POW took Aspen's Mr. Knapp to Washington.
Knapp was inside the halls of Congress on what turned out to be a historic day. Brent Kavanaugh was testifying in his bid to become a Supreme Court justice. So there was a lot of buzz in the Capitol, he said.
There were about 30 other members of the snow sports community as well — from ski resort representatives and gear brand owners to Olympic athletes.
"We had some great meetings with some of the senators and representatives on both sides of the aisle," said Knapp. "Talking to them about climate legislation that can help our future in the snow sports industry."
Going to D.C. isn't for everyone, though. Mike Nathan is the Sustainability Manager at Arapahoe Basin, or "A-Basin," a small ski area 80 miles west of Denver. He's has been active on more local environmental issues.
While Nathan says political activism is important, he said "I don't think we'd feel very right about touting this climate action and advocacy if we weren't actually doing anything here. You gotta walk the walk too."
That's why more and more resorts are trying to "green" their own operations. At A-Basin, for example, Nathan oversees several energy efficient buildings and a waste reduction program. He says it saves money but it's also about setting an example.
"If some guest that skied here on a Saturday goes home and puts a compost bucket under their sink," Nathan said. "I'm super happy."
But he said they do sometimes get pushback.
We'll have a Facebook post around some sustainability win or a new project or an event or something," Nathan explained. "And there's always like one person that's like Oh, pff. Great. A-Basin's political now. I guess I won't come. And then a hundred people jump on their back and we don't even have to say anything. They come to our defense."
Christian Knapp with Aspen Skiing Company echoes this sentiment. "I think more and more the millennial generation like to align themselves with businesses and brands that speak to their personal values," he said.
Values like environmental sustainability. He points to companies like Patagonia.
"They're basically an activist company more than ever. And their sales are at record setting levels," said Knapp. "Nike saw a 30 percent increase in their e-commerce sales the week after the Colin Kaepernick ad campaign broke."
In other words, he says making a stand politically on climate change can also help a ski company's bottom line. "We do hope it does have a halo effect on our brand," Knapp said.
They'll see just how much as the current ski season gets underway.
This story was produced by the Mountain West News Bureau, a collaboration between Wyoming Public Media, Boise State Public Radio in Idaho, KUER in Salt Lake City and KRCC and KUNC in Colorado.
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CHARGE Anywhere has developed an Android app that turns Google’s Nexus S smart phone into an NFC payment terminal. The app enables businesses of any size to process check, ACH and credit card payments, including MasterCard PayPass and Visa Blink, using only a Nexus S handset. The company says it intends to expand the solution to other NFC-enabled handsets as they are released.
“The CHARGE Anywhere payment platform has always stayed ahead of the payment technology curve and by adding NFC payments ensures that our partnering financial institutions, mobile network operators and distributors have the most competitive advantage in delivering secure payment technology,” commented Paul Sabella, President and CEO of CHARGE Anywhere.
The service, unveiled at CTIA this week, costs $9.99 per month and includes back-end payment processing, technology support, and a Web-based management system.


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The Week in Business: A Big Win for Marijuana
Good morning and completely happy Passover. Here’s what you must know in enterprise and tech information for the week forward. — Charlotte Cowles
What’s Up? (March 21-27)
Suez Canal Crunch
An enormous container ship that ran aground and blocked the Suez Canal in Egypt has created a world boat site visitors jam. More than 100 vessels carrying oil and items destined for ports all over the world at the moment are caught midroute, including extra stress to provide chains already overburdened by the pandemic. Workers digging the caught ship out of the sludge warned that it is probably not movable till subsequent week. The canal supplies essentially the most direct transport passage between Europe and Asia; with out it, ships should circumnavigate Africa, including vital time, prices and hazard to their voyage.
Big Tech’s Testimony
Lawmakers grilled the leaders of Facebook, Google and Twitter for 5 hours on Thursday in regards to the connection between misinformation unfold on their platforms and the Jan. 6 riot on the Capitol. When requested instantly, Twitter’s chief govt, Jack Dorsey, admitted publicly for the primary time that his product had performed a task within the rebellion. (More characteristically, each Mark Zuckerberg of Facebook and Sundar Pichai of Google dodged the query.) The executives had been additionally requested about how their corporations allow racism and helped to unfold falsehoods round Covid-19 vaccines. The listening to concluded with extra calls to manage the tech trade, however it stays to be seen what Congress will truly do.
China Strikes Back
An extended checklist of Western manufacturers together with Tommy Hilfiger, H&M, Adidas, Nike and Burberry are feeling the coolness of Chinese wallets snapping shut. The Chinese authorities is pushing shoppers to boycott these corporations after they pledged to cease utilizing cotton produced within the area of Xinjiang, the place the Chinese authorities are imprisoning ethnic minorities in detention camps. (The United States and a number of other of its allies additionally imposed a brand new spherical of sanctions on Chinese officers earlier this month, citing human rights abuses that the Chinese authorities has continued to disclaim.) It’s unclear whether or not Beijing’s requires a boycott will make a critical dent. Previous state-sponsored campaigns towards manufacturers like Apple and Starbucks haven’t had a lot success in deterring Chinese shoppers from shopping for what they need.
What’s Next? (March 28-April three)
New York lawmakers reached a deal to legalize leisure marijuana for adults 21 and over, opening the state to a possible $four.2 billion trade that might create tens of hundreds of jobs and grow to be one of many largest markets within the nation. The regulation could also be authorized as quickly as this week, though the primary authorized gross sales are in all probability greater than a yr away. Once up and working, marijuana commerce is predicted to generate hundreds of thousands of dollars in tax income for the strapped state. Lawmakers have promised to reinvest a significant chunk of that cash in minority communities which were disproportionately punished by drug policing previously.
The Union Vote
Workers at an Amazon warehouse in Bessemer, Ala., will conclude a weekslong vote on Monday on whether or not to type a union. Notorious for its union-busting techniques (a few of that are beneath authorized scrutiny), Amazon has inspired its employees to vote “no.” It additionally denied claims of harsh working situations and lack of coronavirus security protocols, and identified that its beginning wage of $15 an hour is considerably larger than what employees may discover elsewhere. If the union is authorized, it might be a primary for Amazon employees within the United States and will embolden labor actions throughout the nation.
President Biden has outlined his subsequent large plan for enhancing the financial system: an enormous infrastructure package deal. The particulars are nonetheless in flux as administration officers store across the proposal to members of Congress and trade leaders. But the broad strokes stay in line with Mr. Biden’s marketing campaign guarantees to make the financial system extra equitable, handle local weather change and bolster America’s manufacturing and know-how industries in an escalating competitors with China. Who can pay for the plan’s estimated $three trillion prices? The administration has instructed that it might be financed partially by way of tax will increase on companies and the wealthy.
To fight pandemic Zoom fatigue (signs embody dry eyes, forgetting to placed on pants and compulsive mendacity about your video digital camera not working), Citigroup is introducing Zoom-free Fridays. Meanwhile, many companies are providing free or discounted merchandise — together with doughnuts, yogurt and beer — to individuals who can exhibit that they’ve gotten Covid vaccines. And Elon Musk, the chief govt of Tesla, is in bother with the National Labor Relations Board, which upheld a ruling that he broke the regulation by firing a employee concerned in union organizing and threatening others in the event that they adopted go well with.


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"viastore is quickly becoming one of Hytrol’s fastest growing integration partners and we appreciate the relationship that has been established." - Gregg Goodner of Hytrol
Grand Rapids, Michigan (PRWEB) May 16, 2014
viastore systems, a leading material handling automation systems and software company, announced that the company has been named among the Top 6 largest Hytrol distributors for 2013. The company became a Hytrol distributor in 2010 and was the fastest growing company to reach the top 6 in the history of Hytrol.
“Being named a top integrator for 2013 is a great honor for viastore and highlights our strong partnership with Hytrol,” said Tom Tobin, viastore CEO and president. “The fact that we did this in the shortest time of any Hytrol distributor in their history shows viastore’s level of growth as a system integrator.”
For Hytrol, viastore illustrates the level of partnership Hytrol looks for in their integration partners. “We were excited to be a part of viastore’s success in 2013, and appreciate their sales and support efforts,” said Gregg Goodner, Hytrol president. “It was a pleasure to celebrate the Top 6 achievement with Tom Tobin of viastore. viastore is quickly becoming one of Hytrol’s fastest growing integration partners and we appreciate the relationship that has been established with Tom and the viastore team.”
About viastore systems
For over 40 years, viastore systems has been a leading international provider of automated material handling solutions including AS/RS (automated storage and retrieval systems) and conveyor systems, warehouse management systems software, material flow and process controls, and integrated SAP logistics solutions. The company employs over 400 people worldwide and has annual sales of over $207 million.


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Sainsbury's has confirmed it has agreed terms for a £12 billion merger with Walmart-owned Asda, setting the stage for one of the most audacious deals in British retail history.
The duo - the UK's number two and three supermarkets - said on Monday that the unified group would have combined revenues of £51 billion.
It will aim to generate £500 million in cost savings.
Here are answers to some of the key questions on the deal.
How many stores will the merged retailer have and will any close?
The new business would boast a network of 2,800 Sainsbury's, Asda and Argos stores.
Sainsbury's insisted there are no planned store closures as part of the merger, with both brands to operate side by side.
However, the merger would have to be approved by the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA).
Liberal Democrat leader Sir Vince Cable, the former business secretary, said the CMA "must investigate" any deal, and should force the companies to sell off stores if the merger meant the new giant was dominant in a particular area.
Will ASDA’s become Sainsbury’s?
Not likely. They said the merger will "enable them to sharpen their distinctive customer propositions and attract new customers."
What will happen to prices?
The combined supermarket says it expects to lower prices by around 10% on products customers buy regularly.
Neither Sainsbury's or Asda confirmed which products would have their prices cut.
There are fears though that over time the loss of competition could not be good for consumers.
Will it become the biggest UK supermarket chain?
If it goes ahead, the combination will create a high street titan with a bigger share of the market than market leader Tesco.
Latest figures show that Tesco has a 27.6% market share, while Sainsbury's has 15.8% and Asda has 15.6%. Together, they would move ahead of Tesco, with 31.4% of the market, making it the UK's biggest grocer.
What are the two businesses worth?
It will see Asda owner Walmart hold 42% of the new business and receive £2.97 billion in cash, valuing Asda at £7.3 billion. Sainsbury's is valued at around £5.9 billion.
Will jobs be lost?
Unions have raised fears over the prospects for jobs, although Sainsbury's said that the deal will "offer more opportunities" for over 330,000 colleagues at all levels.
Unite has called for "guarantees on jobs" and demanded sit down meetings with senior bosses at both Sainsbury's and Asda.
What does the stockmarket think of the deal?
Shares in Sainsbury's rocketed 20% at the market open as investors interpreted the deal as a boon for the firm.
Conversely, shares in Tesco fell 4% and Morrisons stock was down 3%.


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BofA cuts its Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) target by $20 to $300 due to the risk of lower iPhone demand as a result of the coronavirus pandemic.
Analyst Wamsi Mohan lowers his 2020 iPhone unit sales estimate from 207M to 175M.
Mohan: "In a bear case scenario, we see 13% lower iPhone units due to lockdowns, vs. 6% lower in our base case."
The analyst calls the retail store closures a near-term headwind, which should be temporary.
BofA maintains a Buy rating due to Apple's cash balance and the upcoming 5G tailwind.
Apple shares are up 1.6% to $249.32.
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Decline in investment as a consequence of China and the United States trade standoff
Direct investment (FDI) in the US economy reached a record low since 2011. In 2018, they fell to less than five billion dollars.
4.8 billion. It is this amount of American public debt is in the hands of the Chinese. And there’s more. In parallel with getting rid of US bonds, Chinese companies sold US securities and businesses in the United States itself. And that’s minus 8 billion.
The reason for this situation is the prolonged trade confrontation between the states, as well as the verification of investments that the Americans initiated against organizations from China. And in China itself, measures are being taken to control the outflow of funds from the country. All this led to logical consequences. In 2017, China’s direct investment in the USA was $ 29 billion. And in 2016 – 46 billion therefore, if compared with 2016, the figure fell by 90%.
It is known that Chinese corporations sold American assets worth $ 13 billion in 2018. Consequently, China’s FDI in the USA has a negative balance and is approximately equal, as noted above, minus eight billion dollars. Only Anbang, the largest Chinese holding company, decided to get rid of several American hotels purchased in previous years. The total price of the sold business is $ 5.5 billion.
The investment company from Shanghai Fosun International is looking for buyers of its stake in 28 Liberty skyscraper (New York). Also the producer of feature films Legendary Pictures can be sold by Chinese investors back to the Americans.
The decline in investment: What is going on?
Each of the parties to the trade war, initially dreaming of profit, suffers losses and seems to have realized that it got absorbed in playing. Despite the armistice talks, the Celestial Empire is not going to weaken control over the finances going abroad. In turn, America repeatedly attracted a specialized committee to check the Chinese funds entering the country. For reasons of national security, a huge number of transactions between Chinese and American firms were cancelled.
Chinese firms in the United States of America are generally in a state of uncertainty. There has been progress on the issue of imports and exports between two countries. Tariffs for the import of goods from China to the United States have not yet been raised. This was stated in Washington in early December 2018.
The expected completion of trade disputes is unlikely to reduce the risks of slowing down the development of the economies – both Chinese and American.


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TORONTO — On May 17, HOPE Pet Food launched two new treat flavors, expanding its line of dog biscuits. The new Berry Chill and Berry Nutty dog biscuits are made from insect-based proteins, offering sustainability and health benefits.
HOPE Pet Food originally entered the pet nutrition market with the launch of its Berry Buglicious dog treat in late 2021. The company’s treats are made from black soldier fly larvae (BSFL) proteins, among other sustainable ingredients.
“We’re excited to offer more nutritious and sustainable goodies for dogs with black soldier fly protein as the main protein source,” said Sofia Bonilla, Ph.D., founder and chief executive officer of HOPE Pet Food. “As we continue to work on closing the gap between nutritious and sustainable pet food, providing more options for dog parents to get eco-friendly nutrition is key, we now have more options for dog parents to choose from, whether they are looking for grain-inclusive or grain-free, crunchy or soft, they can now find HOPE, proudly made in Canada with premium natural and truly eco-friendly ingredients.”
Similar to its original Berry Buglicious dog treats, the new biscuit treats are oven-baked and offer functional health benefits, targeting gut health and supporting calm behavior. Leveraging BSFL, the treats also offer a hypoallergenic source of protein complete with all 10 essential amino acids and other essential nutrients, like calcium and fatty acids.
The new Berry Chill biscuit is formulated with organic ashwagandha and chamomile, both of which are known for having calming and anti-anxiety properties. The treat also contains blueberries, oats and insect protein. The new Berry Nutty treat flavor is formulated with natural peanut butter, cranberries, prebiotic fiber and insect protein to support gut health.
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The codenames for Google's next two flagship smartphones may have been revealed in official documentation. According to some sleuthing from Android Police, "Walleye" and "Muskie" may be the monikers used to refer to Google's next two Pixel devices (the different names denote different sizes), carrying on a long tradition of marine-themed codenames.
Only the name Walleye has been mentioned in the Android Open Source Project's gerrit, or code repository. Muskie has yet to make a debut officially.
For the uninitiated, Google typically employs the names of water-dwelling creatures as aliases for its upcoming smartphones and tablets. For instance, the original Pixel was referred to as Sailfish. Beyond this, there's not much more information about what's coming from Google's next phone debut.
But we can certainly infer that Google will continue this tried-and-true tradition of naming its devices after varying underwater species — at least internally.
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- Government proposal to reduce customs duty on mobile phone inputs.
- As of now, the new tax regime will be the default tax regime, according to Nirmala Sitharaman, Minister of Finance.
On Wednesday, February 1, Nirmala Sitharaman presented the Union Budget 2023 and announced major changes to certain duties and taxes. These changes resulted in some items becoming cheaper and others becoming more expensive.
As a result of the reduction of import duties, FM Sitharaman said mobile phones would get cheaper. “I propose to reduce the number of basic custom duty rates on goods other than textiles and agriculture from 21 to 13. As a result, there are minor changes in the basic customs duties, cesses and surcharges on some items, including toys, bicycles, automobiles,” FM Sitharaman stated. “The Central government proposed to reduce customs duty on import of certain inputs for mobile phone manufacturing,” she further added.
The mobile phone output has increased from 5.8 crore units in 2014-15 to 31 crore units last fiscal, and the customs duty on electric chimneys in the kitchen has increased from 7.5% to 15%. In her statement, she said 2.5% customs duty had been cut on parts of open cells in TV panels.
Income Tax Rebate Increased
Meanwhile, there has been an increase in the income tax rebate limit from Rs 5 lakh to Rs 7 lakh in the new regime. It will now be the default tax regime to use the new tax regime. Moreover, the FM reduced the number of tax slabs in the new tax regime. The capital investment outlay has been increased by 33 per cent to Rs 10 lakh crore, which represents 3.3% of GDP. State governments will be able to continue to borrow interest-free for another year. This is the highest allocation ever for Indian Railways, with Rs 2.40 lakh crore allocated.
The Union Budget 2023-24 also reflected the Modi government’s love for acronyms, with Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announcing more in her speech. A prime example is PM PRANAM, which stands for PM Promotion of Alternate Nutrients for Agriculture Management Yojana. Through this program, states are encouraged to reduce the use of chemical fertilisers.


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GSMA and W20 Announce Call to Action to Close Digital Gender Gap Ahead of G20 Summit
As part of its role within the W20 (Women 20) group1, the GSMA has backed a series of recommendations to promote digital inclusion for women to be presented to the G20 member states later this year. The GSMA is Topic Chair of the Digital Inclusion theme within the W20, which is advising the G20 on issues around gender equality and the economic empowerment of women, supporting the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), particularly SDG #5 (Gender Equality).
“The GSMA has been privileged to help shape the W20 recommendations, which will provide an actionable roadmap for the G20 nations to drive gender equality policies around the world,” said Mats Granryd, Director General of the GSMA. “These recommendations underline the importance of closing the digital gender gap by removing barriers to access and use, and promoting policies that encourage the digital inclusion of women. We believe this approach will ensure women and girls play a major role in shaping our future digital economies.”
“Ensuring that women are digitally included brings significant benefits for them and for their communities and economies”, added Susana Balbo, Chair of the W20.
At a W20 roundtable in Paris last week, the GSMA chaired the debate between the W20 delegates to set the Digital Inclusion recommendations. There are four agreed recommendations that call on G20 member states to:
1) Collect, track and analyse data on women’s access to and use of digital technologies and on the presence of women in STEM-related courses, careers and in leadership positions;
2) Develop holistic policies that focus on the barriers to women’s access to and use of digital technologies including accessibility, affordability, safety and security, digital skills and availability of relevant content and services;
3) Promote initiatives that drive equal participation of women and girls in STEM studies and digital-intensive work to ensure that women participate and lead in the design, development and governance of digital technologies, as well as entrepreneurs in the digital sector;
4) Ensure that all analyses of the future of work, including education needs and demands for new skills, are performed with a view to gender balance, social protection and job quality.
These recommendations feed into what will be presented at the G20 Argentina 2018 summit taking place in Buenos Aires, 30 November – 1 December 2018, where the G20 governments will be asked to make concrete commitments on each issue.
Mobile Industry Supporting Digital Inclusion for Women
The GSMA is committed to supporting increased digital and financial inclusion for women, reflecting the fact that mobile is the primary way for people to access the internet in many parts of the world. However, according to the latest GSMA research2, women in low- and middle-income countries are 26 percent less likely than men to use mobile internet.
As part of the GSMA’s Connected Women initiative, 36 mobile operators across Africa, Asia and Latin America have made 51 formal commitments to reduce the gender gap in their mobile money or mobile internet customer base, driving an effort to accelerate digital and financial inclusion for women. To date, the Connected Women programme and its mobile operator partners have delivered life-enhancing services to more than 22 million women.
As well as the Connected Women programme and its participation in W20, the GSMA also supports efforts to accelerate digital and financial inclusion for women via its participation in W20; the EQUALS initiative; the GSMA Connected Women programme; Women4Tech; the WeCare initiative in Latin America; and the #BetterFuture campaign.
About the GSMA
The GSMA represents the interests of mobile operators worldwide, uniting nearly 800 operators with more than 300 companies in the broader mobile ecosystem, including handset and device makers, software companies, equipment providers and internet companies, as well as organisations in adjacent industry sectors. The GSMA also produces industry-leading events such as Mobile World Congress, Mobile World Congress Shanghai, Mobile World Congress Americas and the Mobile 360 Series of conferences.
1 The W20 is one of seven independent engagement groups comprised of civil society organisations from the G20 member counties. The engagement groups convene in tandem with the G20 and ensure that the position of civil society on important issues is taken on board by the G20 leaders. For more information see http://w20argentina.com
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Nintendo of America president Reggie Fils-Aime has disputed concerns that consoles are in decline.
He argued to audiences at the BMOCapital Markets Digital Entertainment Conference yesterday that, although the rise of mobile gaming and the internet meant "we're facing challenges today that never existed before," dedicated gaming hardware was not in danger.
"Sales of current consoles this Christmas period are up 45 per cent compared to the same period for the last generation of consoles," he claimed.
Game sales were up 26 per cent, he reasoned. "Some observers might think that 5 years ago in the glory days of the PS2, Game Boy Advance, that those days could never be matched.
"As good as the good old days were, things could and did get much better. Systems designed exclusively for the primary purpose of playing games are doing just fine."
Fils-Aims also argued that, though there has been much negativity around the health of Nintendo's Wii business this year, its sales tend to leap around Christmas.
Around 50 per cent of the company's hardware sales last year were concentrated in November and December. "For everyone else that number was just over 40 percent."
For software, 44 per cent of Nintendo's annual sales happened in that period, against an average of 33 per cent for Microsoft and Sony.
"The holidays are more important to Nintendo than to other manufacturers. We have a distinct edge when it comes to gift-giving, and it's no doubt because of the familiarity and recognition of both our brand and key franchises."
He felt this year would be no different, thanks to high profile titles such as Epic Mickey and the latest Donkey Kong game, plus the new red version of the Wii.