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Assuming that this expansion happens at the exact same rate as the 3-year journey to $10k then were in for six digits. Maniacal right Thats precisely how Draper feels about Bitcoin prospects. Now onto someone who understands a whole lot about bitcoins foundation.
One of the most favorite Winkelvoss twins, Cameron Winklevoss recently said that he could easily observe the price of BTC go up 40% . This season maybe Not likely. The twin stated he and his brother had been taking longer prognosis, 10 to 20 years.
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The fourth wealthiest cryptocurrency investor weighed bitcoins prospect against gold and developed a resounding verdict. We think bitcoin disrupts goldHe said.
Bobby Lee, CEO of Chinas first Bitcoin exchange speaking at the London Blockchain Week went overboard with his prediction. Lee said bitcoin will surpass 1 million but unlike McAfee, he could see this happen in 20 years time.
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A fantastic number of analysts have also had their say though very few would be drawn into real predictions. We observed a general trend in their assessments.
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At this stage, bitcoin and cryptocurrencies will be significantly influenced by speculations. Even little developments in governments, traditional will likely affect costs. Most state the fluctuations are normal and wouldnt influence the longer term outlook.
Experts would rather make predictions within a longer period. It is more common to get bitcoin price predictions for 2020 or even a 10 to 20-year outlook. While the current reality may indicate some gloom, its worth remembering that the peaks attained last year came under similar corrections along the way.
Though bitcoin could have a limited use instance, it has been tipped to remain the king of all cryptocurrencies. Its not going to be a case of which altcoin will overtake bitcoin rather how they'll impress with their distinctive use cases. It's a simple fact that the technology behind bitcoin reference is less sophisticated when compared to many other projects like ethereum. .
Gradually, bitcoin is being seen more as a store of value that an actual currency being compared to gold and other assets. Bitcoin was originally designed as an alternative currency to bank the unbanked. Most decision making bodies and financial experts, however, see Bitcoin more as a store of value, an advantage rather than a medium of transaction. .
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Part of this procedure which will lead to general acceptance of cryptocurrencies will include a clean-up of useless cryptocurrencies. A fantastic number of these 2000 coins will naturally go away because their worth become worthlesssome, only a fraction of cent. Brad Garlinghouse, the CEO of Ripple and Llew Claasen of Bitcoin Foundation are among those raising this alarm. .
The limited source of bitcoina fixed supply 21 million BTCswill play a role in its price; if not now, in the long run.
Many observers believe that outside elements that impact the adoption of bitcoin will ultimately dictate the cost in the short term. The creation and performance of futures markets, for instance, is expected to tilt the cost in any event.
Because of the anonymity of Bitcoin transactions, it's been utilized to conduct illegal actions giving Bitcoin a general poor image. This image, analysts believe will affect its adoption and ultimately its prospects in the long run.
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Crypto investments are somewhat new and super-risky. Recall ethereum founder saying that cryptos are so insecure the prizes may actually fall to zero. Well, that doesnt seem practical but the message was clear. Do not invest your life savings in bitcoin or cryptocurrencies generally. Just like John Draper noted, you still need to buy stuff in fiat.
Last year we published our astonishing Bitcoin price prediction of 160,000 USD. Is this price forecast view it now still relevant after the crypto crash This report features our Bitcoin price forecast for 2019. Since last year when we wrote our $160,000 forecast for Bitcoin really many things changed in crypto land. First and foremost, Bitcoin has matured as an investment vehicle, primarily with the introduction of Bitcoin futures.


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Barcelona: Mobintech, a Denmark-based group, believes it has found the solution to the mobile phone industry’s problem of trying to offer television and video services on a tiny screen.
“The logic of our product is that everyone wants to push mobile television at the moment but there are obstacles,” says marketing director Soren Peterson.
“The first is the size of the screen. If you’re watching football you can’t see the ball. If it’s boxing, you don’t know who is hitting who.”
The group’s proposition is a chunky pair of futuristic-looking glasses that connect to the phone, which when worn by a viewer give the impression of watching a 30-inch (76-centimetre) television at a distance of two metres.
Stephanie Pittet, an analyst at IT and telecom research group Gartner, says such accessories are likely to remain niche. The whiff of “geekiness” and the limited applications for the product are likely to hold them back.
“The problems for the development of video have been things other than the screen, being more from the service provider side or from the network infrastructure,” she told AFP.
As a trend, screens on mobile phones are getting larger and of higher resolution. High-end phones are now adequate for viewing photos and short videos and handsets must remain small lest they begin to look like computers.
“There will be a limit (to the size of the screen) because it’s called a mobile after all,” said Dominique Oh, Europe director for South Korean phone manufacturer LG.
The obvious craze for the mobile industry in terms of screen technology, as seen at this year’s Mobile World Congress industry event in Barcelona, is for touch-screen capabilities.
This follows the success of the Apple iPhone, launched last year, which jettisoned the alphanumeric keypad in favour of pure touch-screen controls.
This was said by analysts to be a risk, but user experience and the popularity of the device indicate widespread approval.
“Apple has absolutely redefined the proposition,” said Shiv Bakhshi, chief handset analyst at market research group IDC.
Caroline Milanesi, another analyst at the Gartner group, said the “the main focus is touch-screen” for manufacturers at the moment.
“Since the introduction of the iPhone, it has set the bar for how easy it is to interact with multimedia,” she says, referring to video, Internet and photos. “This is what everyone has been focusing on.”
Oh from LG stressed the touch-screen capabilities in the latest product offerings from the Korean manufacturer, but also underlined that some segments of the market still felt more comfortable with the older technology.
“In the future, the new generation will use touch-screen, but for me I feel more confident using an alphanumeric keypad,” he said, explaining that fans of the new technology tended to be younger than 35.
As Internet and multimedia use increases, the desire for bigger screens is likely to grow.
Mobile providers are keen for phone owners to use their handsets for more than just calls and texting, for which profits are declining in developed countries -- with Internet browsing, television, games and mapping the basis of future product offerings.
“There is still room to increase the size (of screens) and reduce the thinkness (of phones),” said Oh.
Whether the desire for bigger screens will be enough to create a viable market for the makers of “personal display glasses” like Mobintech remains to be seen.
Grant Russell, a director of US-based group Vuzix which has developed a similar product to Mobintech, points to statistics predicting the exponential growth in the number of users downloading videos onto their phones in the next few years.
“I’m hoping a reasonable percentage of these might want a secondaray screen,” he told AFP.
“The closer they get to sunglasses the more commonplace we expect them to become.”
Mobintech’s product is not compatible with any phones at present, requiring special video-enabling software. Vuzix’s glasses are on sale in the United States and Japan and will soon launch in Europe.

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Consumer advocates are alarmed: According to a recent survey, between the beginning of September and the beginning of December alone, every seventh consumer slipped into the red with his account. The rising cost of living is forcing more and more people to overdraw their accounts.
Around half of those surveyed gave high costs as the reason for overdrafting their account, for example due to increased inflation or high energy prices. If the current account slips into the red, the bank usually grants its customers the overdraft facility feared by consumer advocates. However, there can be no question of a benevolent rescue, because the liquidity advance comes with interest rates currently averaging 10.07 percent per year – almost twice as high as regular consumer loans with a term of one to five years.
The consumer centers take a critical view of this development. Like other consumer credits, the overdraft facility is not actually intended to finance everyday life, but for short-term purchases, warns the chairwoman of the Federal Consumer Association (VZBV), Ramona Pop, in an interview with SWR: “In this respect, we see with concern that the increased The cost of living, from energy to food prices, drives people into borrowing because normal income is no longer sufficient.”
Nine percent of those surveyed also assume that they will not be able to bear the increased cost of living in the long term and will have to go into debt. In addition, those surveyed are afraid that they will not be able to balance their account again until six months at the earliest.
For the representative study, Forsa interviewed around 1,000 people by telephone on behalf of the Federal Association of Consumer Organizations from December 8 to 12, 2022.
The Federal Association of German Volksbanken and Raiffeisenbanken sees no problem in this context: “Thanks to a large offer, bank customers have it in their own hands where and on what terms they want to use an overdraft facility,” said ARD on request.
The current account comparison from FOCUS online shows how large the variation is in the overdraft interest. While the ING only calculates 6.99 percent, Commerzbank calculates 11.7 percent. Christian Görke, financial policy spokesman for the left faction, therefore also calls for an upper limit for overdraft interest. He proposes a value of five percent above the key interest rate of the European Central Bank. Since the adjustment on February 2, 2023, this has been three percent, so the required overdraft limit would currently be eight percent. “That’s a lot, but it’s not ten, eleven, twelve percent,” says Görke.
The VZBV, on the other hand, calls on the federal government to only promote short-term use of the overdraft facility, to avoid unjustified costs and to ensure effective help in the event of over-indebtedness. Among other things, a thorn in the side of consumer advocates is that some banks voluntarily grant a credit limit of two or even three times the monthly net income as an overdraft facility. Anyone who then exhausts this, often does not get out of the debt trap for years. According to the VZBV, a limitation of the disposition framework, a ban on compound interest on loan amounts already granted to prevent interest rate explosions and easier access to free debt counseling are therefore necessary.
While the Left Party’s proposal for a ceiling on overdraft facilities will not meet with much approval in the Bundestag, the coalition agreement gives hope for improvement: It was agreed there that fundamentally more should be done to combat over-indebtedness.
Meanwhile, there is a discussion in the European Union that consumer credit, which also includes the overdraft facility, may only be granted if the person concerned also has an appropriate credit rating, i.e. can also repay the loan. A cap on overdraft interest is not planned.
VZBV boss Pop advises people who are particularly suffering from price increases to use advice, for example at the local consumer advice center.
Changing your checking account can also be a sensible precautionary measure. In the FOCUS Online current account comparison you will find the best offers with the lowest interest rates. If the account then slips into the red, you have at least taken precautions and made the best of the situation.


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NEW YORK ( TheStreet) -- With the Federal Reserve's quantitative easing program scheduled to end in June, some market observers wonder if an increase in interest rates is an eventuality.
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Chairman and CEO George Jensen: "Many of our customers operate food and beverage vending machines, who have been experiencing rising costs. However, they have not concomitantly raised their prices because of the limited ability a vending machine offers to change in the vend price, say from $1 to $1.10."
People just don't walk around with change in their pocket, so vending sales consequently plummet. Now, with our cashless payment system, customers don't need to root around for that extra dime or quarter -- they can just slide their card."
So, we believe the fact that we are seeing increased demand for our products is related to underlying inflationary pressures and an imminent increase in interest rates."
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Consumer price index inflation levels have reached new worrying levels of a 40 year high. US consumer prices rose by 8.5% in March (a 0.6% increase from the previous month). To contrast, only a year ago CPI inflation was at 2.6%.
The consumer price index is measured by tracking 650 commonly brought goods, known as the basket of goods. These goods are frequently purchased by the ‘average’ household. Items include electric cars and hand hygiene gel, and are weighted by importance. For example, if a household spent 5% of their income on apples and 32% on jeans, then the weighting would be 5 and 32 respectively.
The recent inflation rise is partly attributed to the US sanctions placed on Russian commodity exports. Following the invasion into Ukraine, President Joe Biden banned all imports of gas and oil from Russia.
With Russia being the world’s second largest oil exporter, the ban has had huge implications on the US economy. US energy prices have risen to 32% according to the country’s Labour department.
Rising food prices are also partly responsible for the rising price level. Up by 8.8% in price, food price inflation has been exacerbated by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine as both nations are big exporters of widely-used goods like wheat and sunflower oil.
Kathy Bostjancic, chief US economist at Oxford Economics explains the situation; “The Russia-Ukraine war has added further fuel to the blazing rate of inflation via higher energy, food and commodity prices that are turbo charged by a worsening supply chain problems.”
To deal with inflation, the Federal Reserve has implemented contractionary monetary policy. This includes rising interest rates so that the cost of borrowing rises. With less people borrowing, spending and consumption levels fall, causing aggregate demand to fall and price level (inflation) to decrease.
However, due to the rising inflation benign cost push (with some demand-pull factors due to high employment in the US), raising interest rates does relatively little to cool down inflation. At best, demand pull deflation (falling inflation) would offset rising cost push inflation.
It is important to also note that increasing interest rates will make the costs of debt higher (as the interest charged on the original amount is growing rapidly). This decreases financial stability and the risk of debt deflation looms more imminently.
This put all together raises many concerns on whether the US economy is on the precipice of a recession. Furthermore, the interconnectedness of economies makes this threat of serious concern to nations all over the world who are key trading partners with the US, as any disaster occurring in the US will surely infect them too.
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On April 3, Apple (AAPL - Free Report) released its much-anticipated iPad, a highly versatile tablet PC that allows users to surf the web, send and receive email, watch movies, or read books.
The iPad is not cheap. The currently available Wi-Fi version sells between $499 and $699. Apple plans on releasing its iPad with Wi-Fi + 3G on May 7. Those units will be priced between $629 and $829.
Thus far, the iPad is a hit with consumers. Apple has already sold over 500,000 iPads. Industry experts are estimating that in 2010 Apple will manufacture at least 5 million iPads and sell between 3 million and 7 million units.
With those rosy projections, it is easy to see that Apple will be able to generate substantial revenue from this product. However, the companies supplying the components used inside the iPad are also in a position to produce robust revenue and earnings from iPad sales.
Now to the hard part: identify which companies are iPad suppliers, and, more importantly, identify which of those stocks are good buys right now.
Luckily for us, some smart techies have done the heavy lifting. Firms like Chipworks, iSuppli and iFixit obtained iPads for the sole purpose of breaking them down to find out what’s on the inside. Of course, only the Wi-Fi iPads have been ripped open. There will be another round of tear downs when the 3G iPad gets released next month, and additional suppliers could be unveiled in the coming weeks.
We took that list of suppliers and let the Zacks Rank work its magic. Below are four iPad stocks that have the best chance to outperform the market. Each of the stocks has a Zacks #1 Rank (Strong Buy) or Zacks #2 Rank (Buy) with rising analyst estimates:
Broadcom designs, develops and supplies semiconductors for wired and wireless communications. It provides a portfolio of system-on-a-chip and software solutions, which enable the delivery of voice, video, data, and multimedia content to mobile devices; consumer electronics devices in the home; and business networking products for the workplace, data centers, service providers and carriers.
Two separate Broadcom chips are used in the iPad’s touch screen. The iPad also uses Broadcom chips for its wireless connectivity (802.11n Wi-Fi), Bluetooth 2.1+EDR, and FM radio.
Analysts remain bullish on BRCM shares. In the last month, there have been eight upward estimate revisions. Both the 2010 and 2011 Zacks Consensus Estimates are up 2 cents to $1.33 and $1.55, respectively.
The company is scheduled to report first-quarter results on April 27. If recent history can be used as a guide, Broadcom has a good chance of beating estimates, as it has beaten the Zacks Consensus by an average of 96.0% in the last five quarters.
The Zacks #1 Rank stock trades at 26x 2010 EPS estimates and 23x 2011 EPS estimates.
Cirrus Logic (CRUS - Free Report)
Cirrus Logic develops high-precision analog and mixed-signal integrated circuits (ICs). The company offers analog and mixed-signal audio converter and audio digital signal processor products, which include analog-to-digital converters; digital-to-analog converters; and digital interface ICs.
Cirrus Logic is a longtime supplier to Apple’s products, and it supplies a chip that manages audio in the iPad.
Consensus estimates continue to move higher for Cirrus. In the last 30 days, fiscal 2010 estimates are up 3 cents, or 9.4%, while fiscal 2011 estimates higher by 9 cents, or 16.7%. There have been 10 upward estimate revisions in the last month.
Cirrus Logic is a Zacks #2 Rank stock. It is trading at 29x fiscal 2010 EPS estimates and 16x fiscal 2011 EPS estimates.
Intersil Corporation engages in the design, manufacture, and marketing of analog integrated circuits (ICs). Its high-end consumer products include gaming, light sensors, optical storage, displays and handheld products.
Intersil won a socket with a function that is to be determined. Some of the techs believe it will be tied to power management. We note that Intersil’s USB interface has been used in previous Apple products.
In the last 30 days, there have been eight upwardly revised analyst estimates for ISIL. In that time, the Zacks Consensus Estimate for 2010 has increased 3 cents, or 3.4%, to $0.92, and the 2011 Zacks Consensus Estimate is up 2 cents, or 1.9%, to $1.08.
Intersil is scheduled to report fiscal fourth quarter results on April 21. Intersil’s recent track record, beating the Zacks Consensus by an average of 121.6% in the last five quarters, suggests that the company should beat Q1 EPS estimates.
This Zacks #1 Rank stock trades at 18x consensus estimates for2010 and 15x consensus estimates for 2011.
Linear Technology (LLTC)
Linear Technology designs, manufactures and markets linear integrated circuits worldwide. Its products include amplifiers, DC-DC converters and battery chargers.
Linear Technologies has two charger ICs in the iPad, one of which is a DC to DC controller.
The company reported strong results for its fiscal third quarter on April 14. LLTC beat the Zacks Consensus Estimate by 7 cents, or 18.0%. For the last five quarters, Linear has beaten the Zacks Consensus by an average of 14.0%.
Linear’s strong Q3 report prompted analysts to boost their estimates for fiscal years 2010 and 2011. In the last seven days, there have been 41 estimates revised upward with no downward revisions. Consensus estimates for fiscal 2010 increased 11 cents, or 7.6%, and the fiscal 2011 EPS estimates are up 10 cents, or 5.7%.
Linear has a Zacks #2 Rank. It stocks trades at 20x fiscal 2010 consensus estimates and 17x fiscal 2011 consensus estimates.


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Economists have said the nation's economy should be cooling off, but if the auto industry is any indication, economists are all wet.
Sales of cars and light trucks in January grew 7.3 percent over last year, continuing the strength that made 1998 sales the second highest in history. The January total was 1,094,505.
Ford Motor Co. and DaimlerChrysler AG enjoyed buoyant sales, but General Motors could not keep pace.
GM reported total sales (including Saab) were off 0.1 percent (395 units) from last year.
Ford and its Jaguar subsidiary reported an increase of 4.6 percent over January 1998. DaimlerChrysler (Mercedes-Benz and the former Chrysler Corp.) was up 13.5 percent.
'We're off to a real rip-roaring start, as far as I can see,' said George Magliano, an automotive industry analyst with the WEFA Group in New York.
Based on January sales, WEFA's seasonally adjusted total for 1999 is 15.7 million.
Sales will likely slow in the second half of the year, and actual 1999 sales should be about 15.2 million, Magliano said.
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GM's dip was largely the result of troubles in getting its new national sales management organization into operation, said Mike DiGiovanni, the company's chief forecaster.
'We really are having some problems with the new field organization. That, along with some kinks in the computer ordering system, caused us to not have vehicles in the right places at the right times,' DiGiovanni said.
Low gasoline prices helped spark further increases in sales of light trucks. Sales were up 10.8 percent over last year, and light trucks accounted for 49.7 percent of January sales.
DaimlerChrysler's popular sport-utility, the Jeep Grand Cherokee, notched a gain of 24.4 percent, leading to a 14.0 percent boost in DaimlerChrysler's overall light-truck sales.
Ford, paced by strong demand for its F-series pickups and the Windstar minivan, reported a light-truck sales gain of 17.7 percent.
RANGER UP 28.5%
Sales of the Ranger were up 28.5 percent. George Pipas, a Ford sales analyst, said customers were flocking to the new four-door, which accounts for one in every three Ranger sales.
At the same time, GM saw demand for its Chevrolet S10 pickup sink 32.4 percent.
While some buyers may have defected to the Ranger, part of the reason for the drop was the cancellation of an employee discount sales plan for the small pickup.
Through the end of 1998, GM employees could buy S10s for $69 per month. That program was discontinued at the end of the year, said Chevrolet spokesman Dan Hubbert.
Sales of GM's full-sized pickups were mixed, with Chevrolet reporting a gain of 0.9 percent for the Silverado and GMC reporting a decline of 13.8 percent for the Sierra.
Overall, GM reported January's light-truck sales were off 7.5 percent from last year.
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Industrywide, January car sales were up 4.1 percent over last year. Ford's car sales dropped 12.9 percent, partly because of cutbacks in fleet sales.
In January, Ford trimmed its deliveries to the daily rental companies by 48 percent, Pipas said.
'Our focus is on improving the profitability of our business, not on sales at any price,' he said. 'Daily rental is the least profitable segment in the industry.'
Ford will continue to cut its deliveries to the rental companies, Pipas said.
Cadillac suffered a hangover from its December sales binge. High rebates (up to $6,000 a car) expired at the end of the year, and Cadillac's January sales dropped 39.1 percent from the year-ago month.
Paced by the New Beetle and strong demand for the Passat, Volkswagen Division sales rose 45.2 percent in January. Coupled with a 27.4 percent advance for Audi, Vokswagen of America was up 41.7 percent.
Toyota Motor Sales U.S.A. Inc. rang up an advance of 22.3 percent - 20.1 percent for Toyota Division and 41.2 percent for Lexus Division.


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The early birds (or late-nighters) got the worm this morning as Groupon – Chicago unveiled a deal at 12:06AM offering their users a pair of tickets to see HT faves Umphrey’s McGee at the intimate Lincoln Hall in their hometown of Chicago on October 19, along with a copy of the group’s recently released Death By Stereo LP, for $20. This “surprise” Umphrey’s performance is part of the Groupon Presents … Chicago Music Series. All in all, 400 ticket packages were put up for sale and by 7AM they were sold out.
While the tickets are sold out, Groupon is offering a second Umphrey’s package for $20 that will allow you to download four shows of your choice in MP3 format from the Umphrey’s McGee Live Recordings Archive online. Fans who take advantage will save $20 off the full price ($39.96).
After the Chicago show, next up for Umphrey’s is a trip to their old stomping grounds of Indiana for a Oct. 20th performance in Bloomington.


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A new contract between Italian Autogrill Group – owner of Vapiano restaurants – and airport restaurant operator, HMSHost International BV, will see Vapiano launch in airports and train stations across the UK and Europe.
Specialising in pizza and pasta, Vapiano currently operates in Europe, Australia, Africa, Asia, and North and South American, with the new sites opening as a franchise model with HMSHost International.
The partnership is set to launch Vapiano in airports, train stations and outlet centres across the UK, Scandinavia, Germany and the Netherland, with each occupying a 250-350 sq. m. space. They will also offer services tailored to the needs of travellers, including both eat in and takeaway options.
Vapiano chief executive, Jochen Halfmann, said: “We are very pleased to be working with HMSHost, the perfect partner for our further expansion in high-traffic travel hubs.
“This collaboration will enable us to open more Vapiano restaurants at international locations and further increase our profile. After a successful test phase of our pilots, we will make a joint decision about further strategic expansion.”
Walter Seib, HMSHost International chief executive, added: “We are proud to start this new partnership with the Vapiano brand.
“Within our portfolio, the brand is an enrichment for our organisation and reflects the need of our guests. Vapiano is known for its food preparing ‘à la minute’ in front of the guest.
“We passionately believe in the power of this brand at high-traffic locations, creating consumer demand and value for future business partners, and look forward to building our partnership.”


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A recent report by GSMArena revealed that Tecno Spark 7 smartphone will be made official this week. It also shared a leaked render of the phone. As expected, a landing page of the smartphone has appeared on Amazon India. The listing has confirmed that the Spark 7 will be made official on April 9 in India.
The images of the Spark 7 available at Amazon India have revealed that it has a teardrop notch display. The top bezel is equipped with a pair of front-firing flash. The right edge of the device has volume buttons and a power key.
The back panel of the Spark 7 has a large-sized branding, a fingerprint scanner, and a rectangle-shaped camera module. The latter houses two or three cameras and a quad-LED flash unit. It is rumored to support photography features like time-lapse videos, video bokeh, and slow-motion video recording. The front and rear cameras of the Spark 7 may support timelapse with a 15x to 5400x speed settings range.
The bottom edge of the phone features a 3.5mm audio jack and a USB-C port. Interestingly, it does not feature a bottom-firing speaker. The handset is expected to arrive in black, green, and blue colors.
The Spark 7 is packed with a massive 6,000mAh battery that can last for up to 41 days. It is expected to carry support for fast charging as its predecessor model featured it. Tecno is yet to reveal the other specifications of the smartphone.
The handset will be arriving as the successor to the Spark 6 from last year, which came with specs like a 6.81-inch HD+ display, Android 10 OS, Helio G70, a 16-megapixel triple camera system, an 8-megapixel front camera, a rear-facing fingerprint scanner, and a 5,000mAh battery with 18W charging support.
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- TECNO CG6j spotted on FCC with 4,900mAh battery and 18W fast charging
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As always, you know it's time to pay attention when Apple (AAPL) announces it has "one more thing."
To cap off a presentation that included announcements concerning the new Apple Watch Series 3, the Apple TV and the iPhone 8, Apple revealed its special 10th anniversary iPhone X.
The phone attempts to be one of the first of its kind, abandoning the home button and instead opting for 3D Touch and a facial recognition software, Face I.D. Apple says the new technology will reduce the chances of a random person unlocking your phone to 1 in a million.
Like the iPhone 8, the phone will also feature wireless charging capabilities.
And for emoji fans, the phone features an animoji software which will use your facial expressions to animate some of your favorite emojis.
As expected, the phone carries a steep price tag of $999. You'll be able to order yours at the end of October.
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Lagos - US based, Nigerian visual artist, Laolu Senbanjo, has been named as an ambassador for international fitness brand, Equinox.
This comes barely a week after Senbanjo was named as collaborator for Nike’s Air Max Con event, holding in New York from March 24 – 27.
The talented artist has been tapped to front the new ‘Committed’ advertising campaign by theluxury gym and fitness brand.
The #CommitToSomething advertising campaign will showcase Senbanjo as he shares his incredible creative talents with clients of the high value fitness brand as well as the rest of the world.
The campaign is driven by Laolu’s conviction to quit his law profession to follow his dreams of becoming an artist.


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Traditional eCommerce and brick-and-mortar merchants aren’t the only organizations that market luxury goods like handbags. ShopGoodwill.com, an eCommerce auction platform that was created by Goodwill of Orange County and is still operated by the organization, offers the same kinds of items on its site.
Over 120 Goodwill organizations nationwide put items on the site. Revenue from the sales help Goodwill’s programs for people with disabilities and other barriers.
Luxury goods are among the items that come in through donation streams across the country. As Senior Director of Online Operations Ryan Smith told PYMNTS in an interview, “it’s not uncommon to see Gucci bags, Coach bags, Louis Vuitton bags.” (As of this writing, handbags from brands like Louis Vuitton, Gucci and Burberry were listed on the site.)
With that class of product, however, comes the possibility that items that seem like they are made by name brands might not, in fact, be authentic, which eCommerce auction websites are looking to mitigate. “We want our customers to know that we’re selling them authentic merchandise,” Smith said. To help achieve that goal, the organization is tapping into solutions from product authentication technology company Entrupy.
Goodwill uses a device that includes a high-powered magnification lens, which can be used on an iOS device to take a picture of a handbag’s material.
That photo is sent to the company’s service, which does an analysis of the material using machine learning technology and gives an opinion of whether the product is authentic or not. “The whole process in general takes about a minute or so,” Smith said, adding that the technology is “exceptionally easy” to use.
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Smith said the organization did a training session that lasted a half-hour to 45 minutes, and that it’s easy to pass on that training internally. He compared the process to using an iPhone to take a picture and post it on Facebook. Entrupy said in a press release that its computer vision technology uses algorithms that can verify items with an accuracy rate of 99.1 percent, which Smith noted is in line with what Goodwill has seen so far.
When an item is deemed authentic, a certificate from the company is created. Shopgoodwill.com, in turn, includes the certificate in a picture of the item on its platform, with the aim of increasing consumer confidence. As a result, Smith noted that consumers might be willing to bid more for an item, leading to higher sales prices. If consumers are looking at an item and are not sure it is authentic, “they’re not going to be super invested in that item.”
That idea was echoed by Entrupy Co-founder and CEO Vidyuth Srinivasan. “When shoppers know they’re fully protected, they’re much more likely to value an item at its real worth,” he said in the press release. “We’re thrilled that our technology will enable shopgoodwill.com to sell against that worth, so they continue supporting those in need.”
At the same time, the company noted that it is able to pull upon product information for many different brands. Its database is said to encompass “millions of data points from real and fake goods for 100 years of styles.” Those labels include Coach, Dior, Fendi, Hermès, Goyard and Gucci, among others. In addition, the company said it plans to add the ability to authenticate more categories or other products in early 2019. Entrupy’s authentication solution will be deployed to 125 Goodwill agencies across the country.


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BSNL’s Cheapest Bharat Fiber Broadband Plan Is Here: See Details
Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) has launched a brand new Fibre Entry month-to-month broadband plan at Rs. 329 for patrons. BSNL Bharat Fiber’s least expensive plan but, the brand new broadband Internet plan will supply as much as 20Mbps pace. It is presently accessible in choose states. The plan has a Fair Usage Policy (FUP) restrict of 1,000GB (1TB), after which subscribers will be capable of browse at slower speeds, based on the service supplier. Users may also have entry to native and STD calling to any community in India.
The new Fibre Entry broadband plan is listed on the BSNL web site, in choose states the place the plan is presently accessible. The particulars of the plan had been first reported by TelecomSpeak. The BSNL Bharat Fibre Entry plan is listed to supply 1TB of high-speed information at 20Mbps. After exhausting 1TB information, the pace will drop to 2Mbps, based on the BSNL web site.
BSNL’s new Fibre Entry month-to-month plan is priced at Rs. 329, which is Rs. 120 lower than the Fiber Basic Plan priced at Rs. 449. The latter gives high-speed shopping at 30Mbps, with an FUP restrict of three,300GB (3.3TB) after which shopping speeds drop to 2Mbps. As beforehand talked about, BSNL can also be providing limitless native and STD calls to any community as a part of the Fibre Entry plan, together with a 90 p.c low cost on the primary month’s lease.
While the worth of the plan is listed at Rs. 329, it’s unique of taxes, which signifies that subscribers should pay a complete of Rs. 388 (with 18 p.c GST or Rs. 59 as additional) and gives a less expensive various to subscribers who don’t require a number of information each month. The plan is accessible in choose areas and BSNL is but to announce if it will likely be rolled out to all states.
Meanwhile, BSNL faces competitors from its largest rival Reliance Jio, which toppled the state-run telecom firm as the most important broadband service supplier with 4.34 million subscribers a couple of months in the past. According to information from the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI), Reliance Jio’s subscriber base elevated to 4.34 million in November 2021, whereas BSNL’s buyer base declined to 4.2 million. Bharti Airtel’s wired broadband subscriber base additionally grew to 4.08 million and is anticipated to overhaul BSNL sooner or later.
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Lee Chaolan and other fighters join Tekken 7’s roster
During this week’s ongoing Gamescom event, publisher Bandai Namco confirmed that Lee Chaolan will be joining Tekken 7’s roster and that players will be able to dress him up in his alternate “Violet” getup if they prefer.
Lee Chaolan has been a mainstay Tekken contender ever since the series’ very first entry, having appeared in every Tekken game with the one exception being Tekken 3. Lee’s “alter-ego” Violet (which is basically just Lee with purple hair and sunglasses), first appeared in Tekken 4 and also made a return appearance in Tekken Tag Tournament 2.
In addition to confirming Lee, Bandai Namco released several screenshots which also appear to confirm that players will be able to control a young boy version of Kazuya Mishima as he trains with his father Heihachi (the sequence will likely serve as both a training mode of sorts and as a prologue for the game’s story campaign). Lastly, one of Tekken 7’s brand new fighters will be a man named Claudio Serafino, the leader of a group of exorcists named the Archers of Sirius which have had conflict with the Mishima clan in the past.
After a prolonged period of Japan exclusivity, Tekken 7 is finally coming to North America sometime in 2017 for PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC. Check out the Lee Chaolan reveal trailer below:


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- Epic Games drops subscription model, Unreal Engine 4 now free
- EA announces, details Battlefield Hardline Premium Edition
- Final Fantasy X/X-2 HD Remaster heading to PS4 this May
- New Dark Souls II: Scholar of the First Sin video debuts Forlorn NPC
- LA Cops hitting the virtual streets on March 13 for PC, Xbox One
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Developer- and Publisher-specific Articles: Arx Fatalis
Bethesda Softworks has announced that Arkane Studios is currently working on a new first-person action title, Dishonored. Raphael Colantonio, lead designer on Arx Fatalis, and Harvey Smith, lead designer on Deus Ex and most recently on BlackSite: Area 51, are serving as co-creative directors in what will be the studio’s first release since its acquisition by ZeniMax. Dishonored is currently scheduled to ship in 2012 for the 360, PC, and PS3.


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In 2021, the market didn’t have a pullback of 13% before another rally started. In 2022, we have had two now.
This tool is on StockCharts.com. It is called the zigzag. Every time the market reversed positive or negative more than the amount you pick – in this case 13% – it will draw a new trend line.
So after a swift move down of more than 1% per day for a few weeks, can the market make a hard reversal higher?
That is the question!
I keep watching the banks for clues based on the sector rotation model. If this chart rolls over, and the PPO rolls over below zero this is concerning.
The Sector Rotation model suggests that in an early recession, financials should be one of the stronger sectors as the yield spread improves. It would appear we are still in the rapidly rising interest rate environment of the Fed that is in the bottom grid. Meaning the banks will be under pressure until this reverses.
As investors watch for signs of inflation easing, I have this question. Below are pictures of 2022 Mustangs. The black one is a fully loaded EV at $88,000.
The white one is a fully loaded gasoline engine at 58,000.
If EV cars are going to be 50% more and increasing market share every year, how can car inflation drop meaningfully? Since this picture was taken, the Ford CEO said they were going to increase the EV retail price by $8000 to cover ‘rising costs’. Now the EV car will be $38,ooo higher or 65% higher.
A serious question – if the EV costs and EV sale prices are rising so dramatically, and car prices are a big part of the CPI calculation, how does this get anywhere near a 2% rise inflation? Secondly, If EV sales are increasing every year, and gas sales are decreasing, this is going to become an even larger accelerant year over year for inflation. Does the Fed call the CEO’s and ask them to remove the EV car premium?
While we wait for inflation to come down, we are going to have to ask obvious questions about how this example gets to 2% inflation. Until the Fed stops raising interest rates in response to spiralling inflation, are the markets are going to continue to be under pressure? California is outlawing the sale of gasoline powered cars and 4 days later they announce EV charging restrictions due to soaring power demand and lack of supply. If utility bills start rising like they are in the UK, how does inflation come under control? If utility bills start spiralling to keep up with the increased EV sales, how does this level out? If EV production costs are spiralling, how does this cost spiral stop?
I think the banks are going to be a good gauge for the economy, and until they can make the turn higher, we’ll need to remain cautious. Looking at this simple car model, we might be way too early expecting inflation to flatten out.


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TEWKSBURY, MA — Ever wonder what’s making news next door in Tewksbury? Bill Gilman, editor of Your Tewksbury Today, has the answer!
Below is a collection of top Tewksbury stories, primarily written by Gilman, that were recently published on his popular website.
Top Tewksbury Stories (October 8-October 15):
- Expansion Leading To Delicious New Features At Al Fresca Ristorante
- Tewksbury Announces Schedule Of Events For Substance Abuse Awareness Month
- 7-Time Drunk Driver, Fentanyl Trafficker Top Local Grand Jury Indictments
- Elderly Man Fights Off Would-Be Carjacker In Convenience Store Parking Lot
- At The Library: Monsters of New England on Oct. 15; Fraud Prevention with the BBB on Oct. 18
- Tewksbury Police Department Taking Back Unwanted Prescription Drugs On Oct. 27
- Tewksbury Halloween Hours Announced
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Phone fraud, or more generally communications fraud, is the use of telecommunications products or services with the intention of illegally acquiring money from, or failing to pay, a telecommunication company or its customers.
Many operators have increased measures to minimize fraud and reduce their losses. Communications operators tend to keep their actual loss figures and plans for corrective measures confidential.
According to a 2011 survey by CFCA, an industry group created to reduce fraud against carriers, the five top fraud loss categories reported by operators were:
- US$4.96 billion – compromised PBX/voicemail systems
- $4.32 billion – subscription/identity theft
- $3.84 billion – International Revenue Share Fraud
- $2.88 billion – by-pass fraud
- $2.40 billion – cash fraud
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Posted 1/11/11 : Top online gambling game offerings now available on Froyo
Microgaming, the veteran online gambling software developer based on the Isle of Man, has announced that its wide selection of games is now available on Android v2.2 Froyo devices running Adobe Flash 10.1. This industry first complements Microgaming’s existing mobile casino offering in partnership with Spin3.
The changes reflect Microgaming’s desire to constantly enhance its online and mobile casino offering by providing operators with innovative new technology and products, a spokesman said this week.
Betway Casino is the first Microgaming operator to launch the games as both play-for-fun and play-for-real content, and the games using the new platform can be downloaded directly from mobile.betway.com.
The respected industry research firm Gartner predicts Android will increase its market share to 14 percent of the global smart phone market in 2012 and become the number one global mobile operating system by 2014, surpassing Windows Mobile, BlackBerry and iPhone devices.
Android is already the operating system behind some of the market's most popular mobile phones including the Google Nexus One, HTC Desire and Motorola Milestone 2. It is also the operating system for a large number of tablet or pad style devices that will be arriving in force on the market this year and next.
Mike Hebden, head of casino for Microgaming says: "The interest around Android v2.2 is massive; the Froyo user interface and experience is comparable to that of the iPhone and the platform is rapidly growing in popularity with developers and consumers. Android has more momentum than any other platform and is largely driving the increased sales of smart phones.”
"A successful mobile casino business needs to support Android, and we are delighted to be able to meet this demand," said Daniel Goss, md for Betway.
Android games will also be offered as part of Spin3’s solution for Android devices, which will include pure native apps and will be released in the coming months, the Microgaming spokesman added.


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“What if you could make aluminum more conductive—even 80% or 90% as conductive as copper? You could replace copper and that would make a massive difference because more conductive aluminum is lighter, cheaper, and more abundant,” said Keerti Kappagantula, PNNL materials scientist and co-author on the research. “That’s the big picture problem that we’re trying to solve.”
Copper vs. aluminum
Copper demand is fast outpacing its current availability, driving up its cost. Copper is a great electrical conductor—it’s used in everything from handheld electronics to underwater transmission cables that power the internet—but there’s no escaping the fact that copper is becoming less available and more expensive. These challenges are only expected to get worse with the rising number of electric vehicles (EVs), which need twice as much copper as traditional vehicles. Plus, copper is heavy, which drives down EV efficiency.


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Tradeshow Tuesday: Gearing Up for NPE2018
Cruise through this week’s slideshow for a peek at some of what will be on display at NPE2018.
It’s time to start making plans for NPE2018. The triennial plastics show is only 48 days away. Cruise through this week’s slideshow for a peek at some of what will be on display.
Gearing up for NPE2018? Be sure to check out the NPE Zone, where you can find up-to-date information on show news, products, blogs an stories from Gardner editors covering the event. PLASTICS has lots of exciting new exhibits and features at the 2018 show, so be sure to check out the NPE Zone so you can plan accordingly.
Although PERC (Programmable Electric Rotating Cores System) is not a brand-new technology, it warrants a second look as a way for moldmakers to provide another value-added service to their customers.
A process has been developed that uses a mold with two parting levels, which alternately open.
Valve gate installations must be made to manufacturer specs to obtain the advantages necessary for competitive production of injection molded parts in today’s marketplace.


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Gerbrandytoren Christmas tree in IJsselstein (Photo: Benm78/Wikimedia Commons) - Credit: Gerbrandytoren Christmas tree in IJsselstein (Photo: Benm78/Wikimedia Commons)
Tuesday, 15 December 2015 - 14:15
Lights go on at world’s biggest Christmas “tree”
The lights on the world's biggest Christmas "tree" - the Gerbrandy broadcast tower in IJsselstein - were lit by Mayor Patric van Domburg on Saturday. While cleaning up last year's Christmas tree early this year, it became apparent that some of the cables and lamps were totally worn out, and for a long time it was uncertain whether the organization would be able to get the 65 thousand euros together to revamp the system, according to the Telegraaf. They obviously succeeded, which means that the broadcast tower can once again serve as a Christmas tree util January 6th.


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I thought this was going to be amusing and indeed it is.
A household name has been deliberately loaded with debt so that it no longer has any profits to pay tax on.
Horrors! If someone doesn\’t make a profit then they don\’t pay profits tax.
But of course the people receiving the interest do pay tax upon said receipt, something they don\’t bother to mention.
The UK-based drinks giant Diageo plc has transferred ownership of brands worth billions of pounds, including Johnnie Walker, J&B and Gilbey\’s gin, to a subsidiary in the Netherlands where profits accrued virtually tax-free. Despite average profits of £2bn a year, it paid an average of £43m a year in UK tax – little more than 2% of its overall profits.
And a global company will pay tax in other jurisdictions no doubt: said taxes paid being deductible from UK tax.
Some UK-listed companies which have moved control to Dublin to benefit from Ireland\’s low-tax regime appear to have little real presence there.
Better have a word with the EU over that, that\’s the Bolkestein Directive. Where your HQ is is where you pay tax.
If the TUC estimate of £12bn is correct,
It isn\’t that\’s Richard Murphy\’s estimate which we have pointed out ad nauseam is incorrect.
Despite their efforts to shift profits out of the country and minimise UK tax, the companies enjoy a range of important benefits by being based in Britain and listed on the London stock exchange.
A question….do you actually have to be incorporated in the UK to be listed in London? I know that you don\’t if it\’s a dual listing, but for a primary listing, do you have to be?
I was thinking about trying to put together a refutation of their arguments and perhaps even taking it to a think tank for publication. But if this is going to be the level of their research perhaps it won\’t be necessary.
Anyway, whether or not that happens, try keeping an eye on their whole thing. Especially useful would be a description of any naughtiness….a naughtiness that the Guardian itself uses in its own accounts.


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BY DIANA NADER
Once upon a time, about a decade ago, there was a bustling strip mall in West Dearborn. Among the long-since-vacant venues was an Inca Computer Store. The empty building is set to be the future site for a Goodwill Store…possibly. The store opening is on hold pending approval from the City Planning Commission.
According to Janet Scheuher-Nalezty, Senior Planner for the City of Dearborn City Planning Commission, city zoning ordinances classify second hand stores as a special land use in a business seat district and as such must adhere to a very specific set of criteria. Another difference with this classification is that the surrounding public must be made aware of the store’s intention to build and given an opportunity to address any concerns they may have. This is why you’ve probably heard quite a bit more city-wide stirrings about this business opening than is typically the case.
Voting on the project by the City Planning Commission was at a stalemate at the January 9 meeting due to the absence of two commissioners. The vote was blocked 3-2 and tabled until the next meeting on February 13.
UPDATE (2/13/12): See the latest on this story here.
The voting process for the commission breaks down like this: you need a quorum of 5 votes to pass a motion, while a full commission consists of 9 people. We currently have 7, 2 of whom were absent.
“I understand that we might have two new commissioners appointed to the planning commission. We are hoping for at least 7 so that we can vote one way or the other,” Said Scheuher-Nalezty of the February meeting.
If the motion is passed at this month’s City Planning meeting, Goodwill would then have to get a variance from the Zoning Board of Appeals (ZBA) at their February 15 meeting due to their proximity to a school (Sacred Heart). City ordinance stipulates that a second hand store must not be within 700 feet of a school.
For their part, the Goodwill store has taken steps to ensure that they are in compliance with all of the city ordinances. They needed to get 97 signatures of the approval from residents and ended up with 117. They also received a letter of support from Pastor Petroske of Sacred Heart. Representatives from the chain are doing their best to distance themselves from the negative perception people may have of resale stores.
They have encouraged Dearborn residents to check out the Canton store and have gone as far as distributing coupons in the area. “It’s an educational process. We are offering re-purposed items to upscale communities. We would stimulate the economy by bringing in jobs and traffic to neighboring businesses,” said Jeff Ukrainec, Director of Donations for Goodwill.
To learn more about Dearborn city ordinances or to get a full listing of public meetings visit the City of Dearborn online at cityofdearborn.org.


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WASHINGTON, DC – Today the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency released its label for fuel pumps dispensing E15, and final rules pertaining to the handling and storage of E15, in response to Growth Energy’s Green Jobs Waiver seeking regulatory approval to move E15 into the U.S. motor fuels marketplace.
In response to the label, Growth Energy CEO Tom Buis issued the following statement:
“We appreciate EPA finally releasing this rule in response to Growth Energy's E15 petition. This is another step in the process to get E15 into the marketplace later this year, which will create U.S. jobs, improve the environment and strengthen national security by displacing foreign oil.”
Growth Energy filed its petition with EPA in March 2009. Over the course of the last year, after exhaustive and rigorous testing of engine performance and emissions durability on motor vehicle models starting with model year 2001 and newer, EPA has approved use of E15 as a fuel blend in those vehicles.
To learn more about Growth Energy’s petition for E15, please click here to be taken to Growth Energy’s website.
On Sunday, October 18th, Austin Dillon placed 11th at Kansas Speedway while driving the American Ethanol Chevrolet. Dillon was pleased with the American Ethanol team’s result, but looks ahead towards another win at Texas Motor Speedway next weekend: “Overall, it was a good run for us. On to Texas Motor Speedway, where we will try […]
Earlier this week Growth Energy and CSP, the leading source for convenience store news, hosted an interactive virtual E15 workshop for retailers, where more than 2000 retail sites were represented. The workshop’s full agenda covered everything retailers would need to know to adopt E15. During the workshop, Growth Energy’s Vice President of Market Development Mike […]
Don't forget to register for next Wednesday. On Oct. 28 @EmilySkor and new @NationalCorn President John Linder will host a virtual town hall to discuss the opportunities on the horizon for corn and biofuel producers. Register here: fjwebinars.com/account/regist… https://t.co/gVnmtsiZ5s
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Beef Experts Dish Out Real Facts About Real Beef
Beef. It’s What’s For Dinner. releases new videos to address common misconceptions about the beef industry
DENVER – March 30, 2020 – In the latest effort to address myths about beef production and nutrition, Beef. It’s What’s For Dinner., managed by the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association, a contractor to the Beef Checkoff, has released a new video series, ‘Real Facts About Real Beef.’ The videos highlight real farmers and ranchers and other beef experts candidly addressing some of the most common misconceptions and questions about cattle and beef.
According to market research, 52 percent of people agree that they trust the people who raise cattle[i]; however, only 27 percent of people say they are knowledgeable about how cattle are raised. [ii] In a time when consumers are more removed from food production than ever, these videos deliver facts directly from the source - beef farmers and ranchers, as well as credentialed experts in the fields of sustainability, human nutrition, and more.
The videos in this series include:
- Real Facts About Real Beef: Red Meat and Health – Cattle rancher and life coach, Kiah Twisselman, takes on the myth that “red meat is bad for your health” in this video. She highlights that, while there are many mixed messages on the internet about certain foods being bad or good for your health, it is ultimately important that people are eating a well-balanced diet with nutrient dense foods like lean beef.
- Real Facts About Real Beef: Cattle Production and Climate Change – In this video, Carlyn Petersen, an animal biology doctoral student, is tasked with addressing the myth that “methane from cattle is the leading cause of climate change.” She tackles this myth head on with the real fact that cattle only contribute about two percent of greenhouse gas emissions in the U.S. and that the leading contributor of greenhouse gas is actually the burning of fossil fuels.
- Real Facts About Real Beef: Grazing Cattle vs. Crops – Mike Williams, a cattle rancher and owner of Diamond W Cattle Company, addresses the myth that “instead of letting cattle graze all over, we could be using that land to grow crops for humans.” As a rancher in the western U.S., Williams knows best and shares how cattle largely graze on land that isn’t suitable for growing crops, and that this land actually thrives when grazed properly.
- Real Facts About Real Beef: Cattle Production and the Environment - For this video, Dr. Frank Mitloehner, a leading expert on cattle and sustainability, debunks the myth that “cattle production and farming is harmful to the environment, creating soil erosion, water pollution and poor air quality.” Dr. Mitloehner explains that, as an animal science researcher, he has found the exact opposite to be true, and that, in fact, a properly run ranch or farm will sequester carbon and promote biodiversity.
“’Real Facts About Real Beef’ is one more way Beef. It’s What’s For Dinner. is working to help ensure consumers are informed when it comes to how beef is produced and the nutrients it delivers,” said Buck Wehrbein, federation division chair at NCBA. “These videos are a powerful way we’re able to share fact- and science-based information about beef production and nutrition with these important audiences.”
The ‘Real Facts About Real Beef’ videos will be promoted on social media platforms, such as Facebook and Twitter, to help address misinformation about beef production and its role in a healthy, sustainable diet. In addition to addressing the myths head on, the videos direct consumers to BeefItsWhatsForDinner.com for additional information.
This video series is just the latest from Beef. It’s What’s For Dinner. in an effort to debunk myths about the beef industry. In mid-January, new ads, complete with the brand’s unique personality and swagger, were rolled out addressing the topics of health, sustainability and meat substitutes. The initial six-week digital media flight generated more than 35 million consumer touchpoints, reaching more than 11.6 million consumers multiple times.
In addition to these myth busting efforts, Beef. It’s What’s For Dinner. is giving consumers a behind-the-scenes look at beef production with 360° virtual ranch tours. The videos take consumers on an educational journey to farms and ranches across the United States to learn how beef farmers and ranchers raise cattle to produce high-quality beef.
“As a contractor to the Beef Checkoff, we are committed to ensuring consumers, media, chefs, dietitians foodservice, retail partners and other stakeholders have the facts and information they need when it comes to the beef industry,” said Alisa Harrison, senior vice president of global marketing and research at NCBA, a contractor to the Beef Checkoff.
For more facts about real beef, visit www.BeefItWhatsForDinner.com.
About the Beef Checkoff
The Beef Checkoff Program was established as part of the 1985 Farm Bill. The checkoff assesses $1 per head on the sale of live domestic and imported cattle, in addition to a comparable assessment on imported beef and beef products. States may retain up to 50 cents on the dollar and forward the other 50 cents per head to the Cattlemen's Beef Promotion and Research Board, which administers the national checkoff program, subject to USDA approval.
About NCBA, a Contractor to the Beef Checkoff
The National Cattlemen’s Beef Association (NCBA) is a contractor to the Beef Checkoff Program. The Beef Checkoff Program is administered by the Cattlemen’s Beef Board, with oversight provided by the U.S. Department of Agriculture.


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Jobs created as store opens in Halstead
SAINSBURY'S is set to create new jobs as it opens a new store in Halstead high street in north Essex tomorrow .The supermarket giant, which acquired the building in May, is creating 23 new jobs in addition to the 70 staff transferring from previous site owners Somerfield.
SAINSBURY'S is set to create new jobs as it opens a new store in Halstead high street in north Essex tomorrow .
The supermarket giant, which acquired the building in May, is creating 23 new jobs in addition to the 70 staff transferring from previous site owners Somerfield.
The 10,000sq ft store has undergone a major refurbishment and now includes an improved car park, a bakery and four self-scan checkouts for customers with fewer items.
The opening ceremony will be performed by Halstead mayor Councillor David Hume.
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“I'm really pleased to join in the launch celebration,” he said. “I've been looking forward to the opening and delighted to welcome Sainsbury's to our town.”
Volunteer group Halstead in Bloom has created two new floral displays in orange and purple to celebrated the store's opening.
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Store manager Andy Deacon said: “We're proud of our new store but the best part is meeting the local community. Everyone's so friendly and we're looking forward to making a positive difference. We'd like to say a special thank you to Councillor David Hume and Halstead in Bloom for their warn welcome.”
Doors will open at 9am and the first 200 customers will receive a Sainsbury's goody bag.


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Almost Six Decades of Standing Out
Standing out on the road has been a hallmark of the Ford Mustang® experience for 59 years. And now, as Mustang prepares to celebrate its 60th anniversary, Ford is putting a modern, vibrant spin on the popular California Special®.
“The original California Special package was geared toward California’s optimistic and carefree driving culture. We’re refocusing on those elements for the 2024 Mustang GT California Special, which brings vibrant style that looks as at home on Colorado Boulevard as it does on the Pacific Coast Highway,” said Mustang Brand Manager Joe Bellino. “Rave Blue is such a distinct and exciting color, it really does make the California Special stand out not only from other Mustang models, but from previous California Special models.”


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Beijing takes the lead in central bank digital currencies (CBDC) and the new era of expanding monetary and currency control around the world.
Leave it to the world’s largest slave state to roll out the first national digital currency. Leveraging the global attention of the upcoming Winter Olympic Games in Beijing, the People’s Bank of China (PBOC) is preparing to present the digital yuan to the world.
It may well be the worst thing to come out of China since the CCP virus.
To understand why that may be, we need to know what a digital currency is.
A New Form of Money
Bitcoin was the first of a new form of money that was digital-based, not paper, coins, or any other form controlled by any financial institution. Cryptocurrency, via its many offerings today, is anonymous money that can be used throughout the world over the internet, beyond the control of central banks.
That’s the “crypto” part of the name, as “crypto” means “hidden.”
All cryptocurrencies are based on some form of blockchain technology, which simply put, is a distributed ledger system that provides an immutable but anonymous record of all transactions.
In short, digital or cryptocurrencies allow users to make untraceable transactions globally, that are unknown and untaxed by any financial authority.
An Antidote to Central Banks’ Loose Money?
Of course, the cryptocurrency world is complicated, with too many aspects to go into detail here. But it’s helpful to consider why digital currencies came about in the first place.
Bitcoin was the world’s first cryptocurrency, created, as you may recall, during the global financial crisis of 2008-09.
The crisis was largely brought about by risky, unsound policies by the Federal Reserve and other central banks and financial authorities around the world.
Loose monetary policies—such as printing money, lowering credit thresholds for borrowers, and ultra-low interest rates—distorted the U.S. housing market, triggered skyrocketing stock prices and prices for dollar-denominated goods and services around the world.
That dynamic is easy to understand. In a dollar-based global economy, when more dollars are printed by the Federal Reserve and injected into the economy, every dollar becomes less valuable, so prices for goods and services in dollars rise.
When such currency manipulation continues to the extreme, it often results in economic catastrophe. Markets and economies overheat and then collapse. Unfortunately, billions of ordinary people pay the price as their investments lose their value almost overnight.
Avoiding these recurring meltdowns was the idea behind the emergence of Bitcoin.


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Falling Prices, Not Markets, the Real Headache for Chinese Firms
BY :SUE-LIN WONG AND PETE SWEENEY
AUGUST 28, 2015
Ninghai. The dramatic collapse of China's stock markets has shaken global investors, but for Chinese factory executives the real problem is a decline of another kind - the remorseless erosion of profits thanks to nearly four years of price deflation.
While the stock market rollercoaster of the past 12 months has hogged headlines, Chinese manufacturing has been stagnating slowly but inexorably for more than three years, with wholesale prices sliding continuously as legions of small companies compete desperately to stay above water.
Producer prices hit their lowest point since late 2009 in July.
"Business isn't good, the economy isn't doing well, so I'm not planning on expanding the business," said You Zhenming, 39, whose factory, which sits amid fish farms outside the coastal city of Ninghai, makes small rubber components for cars.
Falling wholesale prices mean that the real cost of borrowing for companies remains high, despite a series of interest rate cuts, while shrinking profit margins discourage firms from investment that would generate growth.
Like many of the mid-sized private enterprises that form the backbone of China's real economy, You's factory is hurting, slammed by increased domestic competition, rising factor costs and falling exports, all of which mean less profits.
China's central bank has attempted to shore up the slowing economy and stabilise plunging stock markets with a surprise currency devaluation and aggressive monetary easing.
But that means little to the majority of private firms such as You's who have done without access to traditional financial markets for decades.
Like many other business owners who spoke to Reuters, You's company isn't in a state of collapse, nor is he knee-deep in debt like many bigger state-owned enterprises.
But, like most Chinese manufacturers, he has seen a steady erosion in his pricing power due to intense competition, which forces him to pass on any savings that might come from cheaper commodity prices or a lower exchange rate directly to the customer.
"The price of rubber's been falling but that doesn't help us since our orders are falling too," said You, noting his sales volume has fallen 20 percent this year from 2014. As a result, he has cut prices 10 percent from a year ago.
The weakness of export markets has made things worse, he said, because it has forced all his competitors to concentrate their pricing competition in the domestic market.
You wants to sell half of his product overseas, but he can only sell 10 percent at present and overseas customers are growing increasingly finicky, only making small hit-and-run orders instead of buying in bulk.
Too much competition
While much criticism of the Chinese economy focuses on the protected monopoly status of major state-owned enterprises, seen as suppressing competition and discouraging efficiency gains, the challenge for China's legions of medium-sized private companies is not too little competition, but too much.
"China has a bad disease," said Richard Gong, CEO of the Wecan Group, speaking from his factory on the outskirts of Shanghai, where lines of robots in various states of repair stare blankly at rows of corn in the adjacent vegetable garden.
"Competition within industries is too intense, it's irrational."
Wecan started manufacturing automated production lines, and recently launched a lucrative sideline in refurbished foreign robot arms, which Gong resells to Chinese car makers.
Outside of China the robotics sector is dominated by around four major brands, but Gong estimates he faces more than 1,000 competitors in China, many of them start-ups sponsored by local governments as part of a nationwide push to automate Chinese factories.
Gong says he's doing well, adding capacity and raising profit targets, but the fact that he is able to outprice domestic producers selling used foreign machines shows the automation sector overall is not healthy.
As many insiders warned when governments started encouraging the development of domestic automation brands, a swarm of small robot makers have sprung up, competing on price but unable to either reach the production scale to drive their costs down, or produce the quality necessary to charge higher prices.
"These guys don't have any price advantage at all," said Gong.
This problem is not limited to robots.
"Concentration in a lot of Chinese sectors is very low," said Andrew Batson, economist at Gavekal Dragonomics in Beijing.
"There's a phenomenon where some sectors are designated as favoured, like solar power and now robotics, and local governments sponsor their local champions and you get overcapacity."
Economists note the one area where reform has gained least traction is in the long-mooted shake-up of the state-owned sector and the role local governments play in driving growth, together the largest contributors to fragmentation and overcapacity.
Without more aggressive rationalisation of China's industrial policy, changes to interest rates aren't likely to do much good.
"In theory, Beijing's recent moves will support the economy," said Wu Yinghua, executive at Guangdong Aolin Magnetic Electric Industrial in southern China. "In reality, it doesn't help us."


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UK Advances Preparations for New UK-Japan Economic Partnership
PRESS RELEASE: International Trade Secretary, Liz Truss announces call for input into new UK-Japan Economic Partnership Agreement. (Photo by Aleksander Pasaric)
The UK government has today (Friday 20 September) launched an online ‘call for input’ to prepare for trade negotiations with Japan after Brexit.
Businesses, interest groups and members of the public across the whole of the UK will have the opportunity to tell the government what their priorities are for our future trade relationship with Japan. The call for input will be open for six weeks, until the 4th November 2019 and anyone can take part online.
The International Trade Secretary, Liz Truss is in Tokyo today and will discuss with the Japanese government how to establish a new economic partnership as soon as possible.
The UK and Japan have already committed to seeking an economic partnership which is just as ambitious, high standard and mutually beneficial as the existing EU-Japan Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA). We expect a new partnership would go even further in areas of shared interest.
Ms Truss will meet with Minister of Foreign Affairs Toshimitsu Motegi, Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry Isshu Sugawara, and Minister for Economic Revitalisation, Yasutoshi Nishimura.
International Trade Secretary, Liz Truss said:
I am in Tokyo today to deliver one very clear message: the UK is ready to trade. The UK is an open, welcoming country and we are the perfect place to do business.
Businesses should be reassured that there is huge political will on both sides to begin negotiating a new free trade agreement with Japan as soon as possible.
Launching our call for input today will allow us to begin these formal negotiations rapidly and will give people throughout the UK the opportunity to have their say on the new agreement.
This is about taking back control of our trade policy and negotiating an agreement that is even more ambitious and tailored to the needs of both our countries.
Japan is the world’s third largest economy and in the last year alone trade between the UK and Japan was worth £29.5 billion, up by over 8% on 2017.
It is estimated that there are nearly 1,000 Japanese firms based in the UK, employing over 150,000 people.
We have secured a string of recent export and market access wins, including:
- Suffolk based Harrod Sport, are leading the way as the exclusive supplier of rugby posts for this year’s World Cup, which kicks off today, in a deal worth £100,000.
- World-leading robotic technology firm, Shadow Robot Company have secured a new contract with a large-scale Japanese client worth over £100,000.
The UK and Japan will also sign an exchange of letters to ensure continuity of effect of the EU-Japan Mutual Recognition Agreement (MRA) today, which covers more than £2 billion worth of trade.
The exchange of letters ensures that UK certificates and inspections of technical regulations can continue to be recognised by Japan, saving businesses time, money and resources. Japan exporters to the UK benefit in the same way.
The exchange of letters ensures continuity of effect for almost all relevant aspects of the current EU-Japan MRA and will help facilitate trade flows between the two countries.
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ABU DHABI, 1st April, 2018 (WAM) — The General Women’s Union, GWU, participated in the Mother of the Nation Festival, by selling a variety of products, such as clothing, perfume, houseware and accessories.
Aisha Al Muhairi, Productive Families Officer in the Heritage Industries Administration of the GWU, said that the children participated for the first time in the festival by selling a variety of products in a new way, which drew the attention of shoppers.
She added that the purpose of involving children is to encourage them to learn about volunteering and to use their vacation time to benefit themselves and their families, while highlighting that the sale was successful and reflected the public’s desire to help and encourage the children.
The Mother of the Nation Festival, organised by the Department of Culture and Tourism – Abu Dhabi, was held at the Abu Dhabi Corniche between 22nd and 31st March.
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In addition, ROCCAT is offering three different limited-edition player packages providing exclusive content and reduced prices compared to the suggested retail price upon SICK CITY’S release which will be 29,99€.
- FOUNDER’S PACK – 9.99€
- FRIEND’S PACK – 19.99€ gets a code for you and three of your friends
- COLLECTOR’S PACK – 49.99€ comes with exclusive collector items
In support of our early testers, SICK CITY’S development team continues to build out easier access to shared information, from bug reporting to the soon-to-be-available in-game voting system coupled with ROCCAT’s unique voting currency, allowing players to provide feedback quickly and easily, and most importantly, more directly shape the direction SICK CITY takes in its final retail version. Game development has changed, and now more than ever, it is a collaborative effort between gamers and developers. ROCCAT has and will continue to embrace this fully with SICK CITY and beyond.


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That is the premise of Cosmetic Executive Women’s Beauty Insider Series, where beauty executives are chosen to speak about their career and company.
“[It’s] education,” said Carlotta Jacobson, president of CEW, referring to the principle of the program. “[It’s about] knowledge and networking.”
What first made its debut in 2004 under the name Women in Beauty Series is now CEW’s Beauty Insider Series. The panel or conversation, which is moderated by Jenny B. Fine, editor of WWD Beauty Inc, one of the event’s sponsors, invites members to hear from their contemporaries on topics ranging from risk taking to the importance of digital and social media.
One of the first conversations was in April 2004 and included Jill Granoff of Victoria’s Secret Beauty, Stephanie Klein Peponis of Revlon and Phebe Farrow Port of Estée Lauder. These women set the stage for future speakers to promote their careers, which have featured influential figures in beauty including Pamela Baxter, president and chief executive officer of LVMH Perfumes and Cosmetics NA and Christian Dior Inc.; Leslie Blodgett, founder and executive chairman of Bare Escentuals, and Thia Breen and Jane Lauder, among many others.
“We have a cross section of members who attend,” said Jacobson. “On the highest level, they’re your contemporary, so it’s interesting to hear what they’re thinking. On a lower level and midlevel, it’s aspirational too.”
In July 2012, CEW opened up the dialogue to men and held its first CEW Men and Women in Beauty Series featuring Olivier Gillotin, vice president, perfumer at Givaudan; Ron Rolleston, executive vice president of creative and new business development for Elizabeth Arden, and Kathy Widmer, executive vice president and chief marketing officer at Elizabeth Arden. The three shared their insight on how to create a successful fragrance.
When CEW opened its membership to men in 2010, the organization did a survey to see what they wanted to get out of the organization, and ultimately, they wanted the same things as women.
“[The men] wanted to have access to leaders in the industry,” said Jacobson. “They wanted to learn from leaders and they wanted to have contacts and networking. And no matter what we do, [Beauty Insider Series] has those elements.”
According to Jacobson, when it comes to the Beauty Insider Series, the mission hasn’t wavered.
“It’s about the job and it’s about the career,” said Jacobson. “It’s a different way of learning. We say that if the [attendees] find one nugget of inspiration that they can use when they go back to their company, then we’ve succeeded.”
Below is a sampling of topics and speakers from Beauty Insider Series over the years:
• March 2014: Karen Buglisi Weiler, global brand president of MAC Cosmetics, on MAC’s path to success.
• June 2013: David Greenberg, president of Maybelline New York, Garnier and Essie, and Carolyn Holba, senior vice president of marketing for Maybelline New York, Garnier and Essie, on risk taking.
• November 2012: Charrise Ford, senior vice president of global marketing at the Estée Lauder Cos. Inc.; Silvia Galfo, senior vice president of marketing at Lancôme, and Tomoko Yamagishi-Dressler, senior vice president of marketing at Shiseido Cosmetics America, on strategies for creating innovative skin care.
• October 2011: Lynne Greene, global brand president at Clinique, Origins and Ojon; Agnes Landau, senior vice president of global marketing at Clinique, and Janet Pardo, senior vice president of product development worldwide at Clinique, on the formulas driving Clinique’s sales.
• March 2010: Mindy Grossman, ceo of HSN Inc., on redefining HSN.
• February 2009: Pamela Baxter, president and ceo of LVMH Perfumes and Cosmetics NA and Christian Dior Inc., at the first West Coast Women in Beauty Series on creating opportunity in a challenging market.
• October 2008: Gina Drosos, president of global personal care at Procter & Gamble, on failing.
• January 2007: Veronique Gabai-Pinsky, president of the Aramis and Designer Fragrances division of the Estée Lauder Cos. Inc., on the new beauty mandate.
• September 2006: Heidi Manheimer, ceo at Shiseido Cosmetics America, on breaking the glass ceiling.
• April 2005: Daria Myers, president of Origins, and Jeanette Wagner, then vice chairman emerita of the Estée Lauder Cos. Inc., on innovation inside the box.
• September 2004: Jean Zimmerman, executive vice president of Chanel, and Jill Scalamandre, group vice president of global marketing at Avon Products Inc., on global brand marketing.
@deciem is all about transparency and approachability. At this year’s WWD Digital Beauty Forum, the brand's co-CEO @nicolakilner said talking to customers directly about the ingredients in products and how they work is key. #wwdsummits #wwdbeauty
‘We didn't know how relevant our film would be when we were making it. When Steven [Rogers] wrote the script Trump wasn't president, class divide in America wasn't as evident as it is now, though it was present. The Time’s Up movement hadn't began and the way we look at women and treat women who speak out — thankfully that is something that seems to have shifted in the last year. I think we just need to continue making art that provokes the conversation and do what we can,’ said ‘I, Tonya’ actress @margotrobbie. Head to WWD.com to see all the celebrities who walked the red carpet @bafta #timesup #wwdeye (📸: Neil Hall)
Gemma Arterton is joined on the @bafta’s red carpet by Eileen Pullen and Gwen Davis, the two women who started the fight for the pay-gap. ‘They represent a normal person speaking out for what is right. Speak out, we will listen and anyone can speak out,’ said Arterton. #eebaftas #timesup #wwdeye (📸: David Fisher)


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In the wake of the scandal, Renault has started its own review of payments to former Nissan boss Carlos Ghosn.
Hari Nada, a senior vice president in the CEO's office at Nissan, is a Malaysian born lawyer of Indian descent. Born on July 10, 1964, his official name is Hemant Kumar Nadanasabapathy and he's described as a smooth operator by colleagues who said his biggest strength was to able to build consensus as well as managing relationships.
Nissan said Ghosn entered into a personal employment contract with Nissan-Mitsubishi BV (NMBV), a company formed "with the mission of exploring and promoting synergies within the Nissan-Mitsubishi Motors partnership." .
Renault is the largest shareholder in Nissan and the Asian company in return is the second-largest shareholder in the French carmaker.
Executives at the French and Japanese automakers considered a plan in 2010 to pay some of Ghosn’s compensation through Renault-Nissan BV, the Dutch holding company that runs their alliance.
The board of automaker Nissan meets Monday to discuss replacing former chairman Carlos Ghosn after his arrest for financial misconduct, as tensions grow in the firm's alliance with Renault.
Fights over pay have been a constant for Ghosn almost since the moment he took over in 1999 as chief operating officer .
Prosecutors arrested Ghosn Monday, accusing him and fellow executive Greg Kelly of understating the former chairman's income by around five billion yen (USD 44 million) between June 2011 and June 2015.
The arrest of the iconic Ghosn threatens to upend the union of automakers he forged almost two decades ago.
Ghosn, a towering figure in the industry who saved Nissan from collapse, was arrested in Tokyo on Monday.
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At a time when small businesses are turning to social marketing and search engine marketing to promote themselves, it's Facebook that stays on top, as the hot favourite of cost-conscious small businesses worldwide.
Traditional advertising methods have taken a beating and it's now the age of online marketing and online reputation management. It's in this changed scenario that Facebook provides comprehensive service to all kinds of businesses. Facebook pages being cheap and at the time being easy to set up adds to its appeal. The effectiveness of Facebook is also worth mention.
Recent surveys prove that Facebook appeals to at least 70% of small businesses depend on Facebook to promote themselves and their businesses.


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Madhya Pradesh Tourism Development Corporation is to use NFC and QR codes to provide tourists with information at heritage centres, The Times of India reports. By tapping a tag or scanning a code at the popular Khajuraho and Orchha tourist destinations, visitors who download the mobile app will be able to access detailed information, videos and pictures on their mobile phone in Hindi, English, Japanese, French and Mandarin.
- Visa CEO identifies mobile payment as major growth driver
- 60% of consumers will share data with stores
- Bedier unveils Poynt POS
- Kili puts mPOS in a chip
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According to the FBI’s latest figures, vehicle theft has dropped for the sixth consecutive year. Based on that information, it would appear that theft isn’t an issue that dealers need to be particularly concerned about. However, those figures are deceptively positive, because the rate of stolen vehicles that are never recovered has reached a 20-year high (43 percent). That alarming percentage translates to more than 400,000 vehicles not recoveredin 2008 (latest data available).Add a comment
Who are you hiring? Who did you hire yesterday?
In May of 2009 there was an article in the Katy Times about the Harris County Sheriff’s Office looking for two individuals who had defrauded several Houston area car dealerships of nearly $750,000. The two gentlemen in question were obtaining employment at various automobile dealerships in order to obtain customer information. With the information, they financed numerous vehicles. After they were done at one dealership they moved on to another and another.Add a comment
An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. I heard this old saying from my elders when I was just a kid, but I haven't heard it in such a long time. I remember wondering what prevention was, and how much of it would make an ounce. At that time, I had a real good idea of what cure was, and the huge amount of it that would be needed to make a pound. In those days, cures weren'-t sugar coated or flavored to taste like mint, wild cherry, or strawberry. I knew that I had no desire to have to take a pound of any of the cures I had been exposed to up to that point in my life-so I was really interested in learning about prevention.Add a comment
We have all seen the commercials about identity theft: The ones with the guy that uses someone else’s credit card to go on lavish vacations or buy expensive jewelry. While the commercials may be funny, the situation is serious. The fact is identity theft is the fastest growing and most expensive crime today.Add a comment
"Because I could." was the response given by former President Bill Clinton when asked by news anchor Dan Rather why he had become involved with White House intern Monica Lewinsky. I heard this just days after I had written an article for the July 2004 issue of Dealer Marketing Magazine, in which I suggested that there were just two basic causes that lead otherwise good employees to commit dishonest acts. These causes are: opportunity and the belief that they can get away with it. When these two conditions exist simultaneously, employees will commit dishonest acts just because they can. Hearing the former president's explanation for his actions, so simply stated, confirmed to me what I had known for years--but only recently understood. Simply eliminating the basic causes can stop employee dishonesty of almost any type, including misuse and abuse of dealer demo plates.Add a comment


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It looks more like evolution than revolution at Kohl’s Corp. as Michelle Gass prepares to take the top job at Kohl’s Corp. from longtime chief executive officer Kevin Mansell.
Gass, 49, will step in as ceo after Kohl’s annual meeting in May, when Mansell will retire as president, ceo and chairman after a 35-year run at the company.
The appointment, which was long expected, makes Gass one of the highest-profile female executives in retail, where most of the leaders are still men. And she’ll have some backup in the c-suite. Sona Chawla, 50, Kohl’s chief operating officer, will take on the role of president. The board plans to appoint one of the company’s independent directors as chairman.
“I am energized by the challenges we are all facing today in the retail sector,” Gass said. “We are resilient, innovative and agile, and will continue to make investments in our business to provide compelling customer experiences that pave the path for our future success.”
Gass joined Kohl’s in 2013 as chief customer officer overseeing marketing and e-commerce and in 2015 became chief merchandising and customer officer, adding the company’s merchandising, planning and product development divisions to her responsibilities.
Before joining Kohl’s, Gass spent almost 17 years at Starbucks.
Kirk Palmer, founder of executive search firm Kirk Palmer Associates, said Gass has an “outstanding reputation” and “took the time to immerse herself and understand the merchandising part of the business.”
Palmer said it was a “good move for Kohl’s to have an internal candidate ready and I believe she will be an energizing force within the business.”
Like most of the rest of retail, Kohl’s has been struggling as consumers change their shopping habits and rely more on the web. The retailer’s sales fell 2.7 percent last year as adjusted profits declined 13.8 percent to $673 million, but there are hopes that the company could hold up better than its more mall-based competitors.
And Kohl’s has shown its willingness to take a new approach — and an if-you-can’t-beat-them-join-them attitude toward Amazon. Last week the retailer said a total of 82 of its stores in the Chicago and Los Angeles markets would offer free, convenient returns of Amazon products beginning next month. The company also this month laid out a new smart home experience with Amazon that will be introduced in 10 doors.
Jefferies analyst Randal Konik applauded the promotions, which he said were expected and would hold on to both Gass’ and Chawla’s “deep expertise in the omnichannel strategies that will be necessary to drive Kohl’s next leg of growth.”
Konik said he was impressed, particularly by “merchandising efforts under Ms. Gass’s direction, most notably the recent partnership with Amazon, which we view as a smart strategic decision.”
The analyst suggested that it was the Kohl’s “story” that mattered to investors.
“We see Kohl’s as a share gainer, as initiatives to drive traffic appear to be taking hold, including positive transactions in the month of July (an anomaly in the retail world),” Konik said. “We believe the combination of enhanced marketing initiatives and the addition of new brands are helping attract a new customer base.”
Gass is already responsible for a big part of the company’s current strategy. Mark Altschwager, a retail analyst at Robert W. Baird & Co., said, “We would expect a smooth leadership transition and continuation of the current strategy” under Gass.
Mansell added: “Michelle has been an instrumental leader in shaping the future at Kohl’s — one where we continue to put the customer first, focus on innovation, speed and agility and remain dedicated to the long-term financial health of the business. Michelle’s leadership of our merchandise and marketing organizations has proven her talent, passion, vision and readiness to lead our organization.
“She was a key leader driving the creation of our long-term strategic framework, the Greatness Agenda, led our focus on becoming the active and wellness destination for families, launched our new loyalty program, and is responsible for bringing in new categories, partners and brands including the company’s launch of Under Armour earlier this year and our recently announced collaborations with Amazon,” the outgoing ceo said. “The retail industry is going through a transformational amount of change and Michelle is extremely well-qualified and positioned to lead Kohl’s through this evolution.”
Mansell helped grow Kohl’s from a local Milwaukee retailer with a dozen stores to a national powerhouse. He succeed Larry Montgomery as ceo in 2008, shepherded the company through the Great Recession and set it on an omnichannel path with a $3 billion e-commerce business.
Investors, who are often skittish in the face of any change, pushed Kohl’s stock down for much of the day on Tuesday, but the stock strengthened in afternoon trading and closed up 0.1 percent to $46.27.


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ATLANTA (FOX 5 Atlanta) - About 10 days away from Super Bowl LII in Atlanta, but if you're trying to go to the game be ready to pay the price.
According to Stub Hub, there are more than 3,900 tickets available.
The average price for a ticket to watch the Patriots and Rams is over $5,500.
There are still some tickets out there for just under $3,000.
Stub Hub says the majority of the sales are coming out of California, Massachusetts, and Georgia.