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Halcyon Yachts crew member, Chris Jacobs, has developed a new sailing app. The app is designed to help crew capture, relive and share their sailing experiences.
Chris had a lot of spare time during the lockdown. He wanted to find a new way of logging the yacht deliveries he has taken part in. Chris and his friend developed Sail Ties to achieve just this. The app enables them to look back on their passages in a way that is more fun than their traditional paper logbooks.
Chris says “I logged all of my Halcyon Yachts deliveries on Sail Ties last year. I love using it to share my adventures with friends and family. I look back on my delivery trips with pride. The App is also really helpful when trying to get crewing spots on other yachts. I can prove my experience in a really visual way”.
Sail Ties was launched at the beginning of March 2021. The response from the sailing community has been very positive and others are starting to sign up. The App already has thousands of nautical miles logged across 5 continents and more people are joining all the time.
Halcyon Yachts MD, Pete Green, says “This is a fantastic initiative and a really creative way for Chris to spend lockdown. Elliot Jones, one of our latest recruits, has just logged his first yacht delivery on Sail Ties, a 102 NM delivery from Torquay to Portchester. I look forward to seeing some of our other yacht deliveries up on there soon!”.
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Nokia Shakes Up Executive Ranks, Will Eliminate 10,000 Jobs by the End of 2013
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All is not well in Nokia Land
Nokia seems to be
riding high in the U.S. with its Lumia 900 smartphone
that runs Microsoft's Windows Phone 7.5 operating system. The company is seeing high demand for its flagship smartphone on AT&T's wireless network and is reportedly in talks with Verizon to expand its market presence in the U.S.
all is not well with Nokia globally
. The company's overall smartphone market share has plunged worldwide
with the most recent figures from IDC
showing that Nokia had just 8.2 percent global smartphone market share for Q1 2012 compared to 24.7% and 29.1% for Apple and Samsung respectively.
Nokia Lumia 900
As a result of its precarious place in the worldwide phone market, Nokia is looking to make some drastic changes to put out the flames on this burning ship. Today, Nokia announced a plan of action that centers around three key goals:
Invest strongly in products and experiences that make Lumia smartphones stand out and available to more consumers;
Invest in location-based services as an area of competitive differentiation for Nokia products and extend its location-based platform to new industries; and
Improve the competitiveness and profitability of its feature phone business.
In an effort to follow through this plan, Nokia looking to its
Lumia brand of smartphones
to showcase its innovative side and reclaim market share back from industry heavyweights like Samsung and Apple. "We intend to pursue an even more focused effort on Lumia, continued innovation around our feature phones, while placing increased emphasis on our location-based services," said Stephen Elop, Nokia president and CEO. "However, we must re-shape our operating model and ensure that we create a structure that can support our competitive ambitions."
Nokia CEO Stephen Elop
Nokia is also shaking up its executive team. Effective July 1, 2012, Juha Putkiranta will become executive vice president of Operations; Timo Toikkanen will take over as executive vice president of Mobile Phones; Chris Weber will service as executive vice president of Sales and Marketing; Tuula Rytila will claim a position as senior vice president of Marketing and Chief Marketing Officer; and Susan Sheehan assume the role as senior vice president of Communications.
Executives on the way out the door effective June 30, 2012 include Jerri Devard (chief marketing officer), Mary McDowell (executive vice president of Mobile Phones), and Niklas Savander (executive vice president of Markets).
Perhaps the most drastic change, however, is Nokia's decision to eliminate 10,000 employees worldwide by the end of 2013. These job losses will come as a result of the closure of Nokia facilities in Finland, Germany, and Canada along with the streamlining of its corporate, IT, and support functions.
"These planned reductions are a difficult consequence of the intended actions we believe we must take to ensure Nokia's long-term competitive strength," added Elop. "We do not make plans that may impact our employees lightly, and as a company we will work tirelessly to ensure that those at risk are offered the support, options and advice necessary to find new opportunities."
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Thailand is starting to see the collapse of its inbound travel agencies as a result of the coronavirus, including two well-known names, Asia World Enterprise and CBS Travel Asia, which closed down on July 23 and August 1, respectively, after two decades in operation.
What should have been a banner year celebrating the 60th anniversary of Thai tourism is instead the industry’s worst nightmare due to the pandemic. At the start of 2020, inbound agencies were in glee over the promise of 42 million foreign arrivals spending $77 billion. Now they are lucky if even eight million – an epic drop of 80 percent – can arrive in the kingdom in the next few months.
“Asia World has had no business for the past four to five months and no income because of Covid-19,” said founder and managing director, Stephen McEvoy, in a note to staff. “It seems that tourists will not return to Thailand for a long time, which could be in 2021 or 2022, but nobody can be sure.”
CBS Travel’s letter showed its struggle to prevent closure. It apologized to employees for a “prolonged response” due to efforts to find solutions. “Although there was a number of attempts to reach other funding solutions to keep the business alive, we never successfully reached the majority vote for such option,” said Siroj Ussamarn, chief financial officer and son of the agency’s founder, Chaladol Ussamarn.
Both Asia World and CBS Travel provided tours and ground-handling arrangements in Thailand and other key Southeast Asian destinations to leisure, meeting and incentive guests, particularly Europeans. Both founders did not reply to Skift’s request for an interview.
While their closure surprises no one, it’s a sober reminder that the gangrene that has set in on tourism will amputate not only inbound agencies, but a whole supply chain. Inbound agencies depend on overseas tour operators and conference organizers to bring in the clients, hotels depend on agencies to fill up the rooms, and on it goes.
“All those along the line of business are affected. This crisis spares no one,” said Sumate Sudasna, managing director, CDM (which stands for conference and destination management) Thailand.
Tourism businesses in South-east Asia, a region that relies heavily on international tourists, are fearing that if borders stay closed for too long, there won’t be much of the industry left. A pivot to fewer but higher quality tourists such as medical and luxury travelers, as Thailand is doing, won’t help the majority of its players who last year handled 39.8 million foreign arrivals.
Neither will governments’ scramble to promote staycations. The domestic market is only a third of tourism revenues in good times in a big country like Thailand with 70 million people; what more Singapore with not even seven million. Besides, it’s the rainy season from June to end-October in Thailand — why would locals want to head for the beach or outdoors?
Inbound agencies, or “DMC” (destination management company) as they are known in Asia, set themselves apart from online travel agencies, ticketing agencies and volume flight-and-hotel operators by having deep destination knowledge and wide contacts to sew together unique itineraries that suit different market needs.
The sector kept growing. Even when old big names such as Thomas Cook or Kuoni failed, there were always new accounts – whether from emerging or traditional markets, whether small, medium or big – because Thailand was always an attractive sell.
Like everyone else in the Thai industry, inbound agencies’ survival depends on the country’s reopening strategies and how amply-funded they are to withstand the length it’ll take to see a return of tourists.
The kingdom ranks number one out of 184 countries in the world for its ongoing coronavirus recovery effort in Global Covid-19 Index published on July 28 . Yet, despite the poster child status, or because of it, Thailand is allowing only select groups of people in, with no clarity on what the conditions are.
A survey in July by the Thailand Authority of Tourism and Tourism Council of Thailand shows that most local Thais prefer strict restrictions for entry of foreign visitors and up to 2,000 people a day. In June, one of Thailand’s major attractions, Wat Po, a temple adjacent to the Grand Palace in Bangkok, barred entry to foreigners citing Covid-19 concerns.
“Thailand’s approach to the crisis is completely different from that of European countries. Travel within Europe has restarted quite well. European countries are trying to deal with the infections pragmatically and keep the numbers under control. Thailand and other Asian destinations have a ‘zero’ target. This needs total isolation – with unprecedented consequences,” said Ruth Landolt, general manager, Asia365. The tour operator, based in Zurich, is part of Germany’s DER Touristik, which has its own inbound agency in Thailand, Go Vacation.
“The demand for travel to Southeast Asia generally is there, but clients need to know that if they book now to travel in December there is at least 75 percent chance it is going to happen. I fully appreciate the health concerns within the countries but to me the economic consequences of a continued tourism lockdown are even more disastrous. I know domestic tourism has cashflow value but this is usually long weekends and at low season promotional rates. For hotels to be profitable they need to be operating at 80 percent each night throughout the high season.”
At the very least, neighboring countries such as Thailand, Myanmar, Laos, and Cambodia should restart overland travel, suggests Willem Neimeijer, founder of Khiri Travel and CEO of Yaana Ventures.


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For the second consecutive year, Amazon will award the Amazon Women in Innovation scholarship, created to help young women from less advantaged contexts satisfy their ambition to work in innovation and technology.
The scholarship supporter company in the universities of the cities where their Development Center is located, the Corporate Offices and Distribution Centers: the Polytechnic of Turin, the Polytechnic of Milan and, from this year, also the University of Rome Tor Vergata.
All scholarships will be offered for the 2019/2020 academic year. The project is part of the Amazon in the Community program, which aims to help young people succeed in the digital economy throughout Italy and the world.
Amazon Women in Innovation will therefore offer a loan of 6,000 euros per year, for three years, to three female students: one who intends to obtain a degree in Mathematical or Computer Engineering at the Politecnico di Milano, another enrolled in the degree course in Computer Engineering at the Politecnico di Torino and a third one enrolled at the Faculty of Computer Engineering or Internet Engineering of the University of Rome Tor Vergata.
The universities will choose the winners based on specific parameters of merit and income, as specified in the tender notice. In addition to financially supporting female students for three years, Amazon will provide a mentor to help develop skills useful for future work, such as, for example, techniques to create an effective curriculum or face a job interview at Amazon or in others companies.
"We are trying to make a difference for many young women who will one day become leaders in innovation," said Mariangela Marseglia, Amazon Country Manager in Italy and Spain. The scholarships awarded last year now have the faces of Rania and Beatrice, two young and motivated students who are dedicating themselves to the subjects they are passionate about and which now aim to achieve even more ambitious goals. nice to see the impact our program is having on their daily lives and we look forward to meeting the next winners.


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Sony has played down claims that it's about to announce a cut-price PS3 for the UK.
Of late, the net's been alive with rumours that a USB-less PS3 would be offered to UK consumers in time for Christmas. The price? £299, rather less than the £425 the existing 60GB model retails for.
But in addition to the loss of USB ports - odd, since that's how the wireless controllers are recharged - it was also claimed the cheaper PS3 would not include support for old PS2 and PSOne games. Again, that's a surprise, since backwards compatibility is provided through software.
Refusing to bundle the code wouldn't save Sony any money at all, and while dropping the USB ports would cut a tiny amount off the production price of the PS3, arguably the need to have two production runs rather than one would actually increase costs.
Whatever, Sony's Computer Entertainment Europe subsidiary today poured scorn on the claims, telling website GamesIndustry.biz the rumours and speculation were nothing more than "rumour and speculation".
That's not a denial, and SCEE has made similar comments about rumours that, in the past, have proved correct.


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Google’s October 4 event is shaping up to be a veritable marathon of announcements: Two new Pixel phones, a new laptop and OS, new Chromecasts, Google Home, a new router and maybe a new tablet too. But there’s at least one bit of news that might be coming before that date: an update to Google Cardboard.
The company today tweeted this out from its UK account:
It’s extremely cryptic, so who knows what’s coming – especially so soon before the company’s big event.
That said, it’s somewhat odd that Google would tweet it out of its UK account only, and having a date range rather than a single announcement date makes me think it might be an event specific to the UK.
Of course, most of us are waiting for news on the new Google Daydream VR platform, which we’ve heard almost nothing about since its announcement at Google I/O in May, but at least it seems Google isn’t completely abandoning Cardboard once its more powerful immersive platform arrives.
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An article published on November 4, 2013 on Earth911 describes Nike’s new concept store in Shanghai built entirely from trash, including:
- “More than 50,000 used CDs and DVDs;
- More than 5,000 drink cans; and
- 2,000 post-consumer recycled water bottles, which were used to make nearly 7,000 feet of tension cables.”
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Only 500 firms have so far signed up.
Griffiths said: "I am determined that by the time of the next election the quality mark will be the nationally recognised mark for consumers using building contractors.
"We are talking to trade associations to see how it will add value to their memberships."
He said that he wanted to see a few thousand members in the scheme. He described that as a "very realistic" number.
He said he wanted more councils to follow the lead set by Manchester and Birmingham and to insist that their contractors signed up to the scheme. He said: "That's good practice."
Griffiths also denied that the quality mark would be merged with Constructionline, the government's online vetting service for contractors and consultants.
He said: "That's not realistic. It's not what any trade organisations have put to me." Griffiths' first promised support for the quality mark in an interview with Building in October.
We are talking to trade associations to see how it will add value to their membership
The DTI launched a national campaign at the start of the year to increase the number of firms signed up to the scheme.
A DTI spokesperson confirmed that 535 firms had officially signed up to the scheme so far.
He added that 700 further firms were at the assessment stage before signing up and hundreds more had expressed initial interest in joining.
The spokesperson said the DTI was intending to launch a major marketing campaign once enough companies have signed up.
He said: "We have kept it quite low profile and not done much in terms of consumer messages. We have to make sure there is enough of a geographic spread of firms before we push the quality mark out to consumers."
The spokesperson said that there were some particular regions such as the Midlands and the South-west where there were clusters of quality mark firms.


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The Ford Atlas truck is displayed at Detroit Auto Show
Jan 18, 2013, 03.01 PM IST
In pic: The Ford Atlas concept truck is displayed at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit, Michigan January 15, 2013. (Image: REUTERS)
The second-largest US automaker is looking to boost the gas mileage of its overall lineup by cutting weight using turbocharged engines. This is done to keep up with stricter federal standards for fuel economy as well as attract the growing number of truck buyers who value fuel efficiency.
"Part of our strategy is to have all of our vehicles go on a diet in terms of weight," Chief Operating Officer Mark Fields said on the sidelines of the Detroit auto show on Tuesday.


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Master P offers free hand sanitizer, home cleanings to NOLA's senior citizens
NEW ORLEANS - NOLA native and nationally-recognized rapper Master P announced that he's got the hookup for the Crescent City's senior citizens.
The COVID-19 pandemic has left many without much-needed hand sanitizer and cleansing agents, so Master P is offering senior citizens free hand sanitizer in addition to a deep cleaning of their home.
According to TMZ, any NOLA resident over 60 years of age can sign up for a free deep cleaning of their home and get two types of hand sanitizers. All they have to do to be eligible is show their ID.
Throughout the pandemic Master P's foundation, Team Hope NOLA, has also been making cash donations and buying groceries for the elderly.
With Orleans Parish seeing over 4,500 virus cases and a total of 171 virus-related fatalities, Master P felt the need to step up and help out where he could.
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Planning your next trip to Canada has just become easier! The Canadian Tourism Commission has streamlined its consumer websites, integrating all three of them into one with a format that is more consumer friendly.
The new site will be launched on 27 May 2013. There will be English, French, German, Korean, Portuguese, and Spanish language versions.
“The new consumer website will combine top features from our past sites in addition to enhancements ensuring we’re on the cutting edge of consumer travel websites,” says Greg Klassen, Senior Vice-President Marketing Strategy and Communications at the CTC.
“Now more than ever, the journey down the path-to-purchase is just a click away.”
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DUBAI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
1 week duration
The recent pandemic has had a great impact on the worldwide luxury industry, leading to numerous habit changes for the customers but also for the companies that needed to adapt their strategy.
This study aims to understand the purchasing habits, the preferences and the perspective of Dubai’s population toward the luxury industry.
5 Min Read
1. ZOOM ON DUBAI
False expectations or future growth?
Significantly, Middle East personal luxury sales were already declining even before the start of the pandemic. An overflow of supply from retail shutdown during COVID-19 has been evident and still continues to suppress the market.
Nevertheless, the growth outlook of the luxury goods market in Middle Eastern cities seems positive even though colossal difficulties are looming.
The Middle Eastern luxury goods segment is estimated to grow by approximately 8.5 per cent (2020-2025) despite ongoing challenges, according to Mordor Intelligence Report.
Dubai alone accounts for 30% of the Middle East’s luxury market. The UAE citizens spend as well around 30% of their monthly salaries on luxury goods in early 2020. The increased acceptance of digitization by both luxury retailers and consumers is an integral part of the innovative comeback solutions seen in the industry despite the pandemic outbreak.
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Three days ago we wrote an article about a new Giveaway in Epic Game Store. If you were lucky enough to get Battlefront 2 for free, you may face the same problem as millions of people all over the world.
A recent giveaway has crashed EA servers. Gamers see error messages 721, 918, and 623 because the wave of new blood is too much for Battlefront II servers and they just stop working. The team of EA has tweeted on their official page on Twitter that they know about this problem, lightly blaming Epic Games Store. To fix it EA is building new servers right now.
Let me remind you that Epic’s current giveaway is the Celebration Edition of Battlefront II that includes the Rise of Skywalker update and other post-launch additions for free!
EA wished to all their big community “may the Force be with you” but still this problem is not fixed. We guess the team wasn’t ready to face so many players so fast.
Do you want to know more about the massive way of gamers after the Epic Games Store Giveaway? Follow this link to read the previous article.


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07 Nov 2018
Trade war takes the edge off record-breaking fiscal year, with a 10% dip in sales now pencilled in for 2019.
Laser giant Coherent has said it will cut costs in a bid to offset the ongoing negative impact of the US-China trade war and associated tariffs on its business.
Despite posting record-breaking sales and earnings per share in its fiscal year 2018, which ended September 30, the California-headquartered company missed its targets in the closing quarter - and now says that it expects sales to drop by around 10 per cent in fiscal 2019. Previously, the company had predicted only a 5 per cent decline.
CEO John Ambroseo told investors that the missed final-quarter target was the result of two significant events: a demand slowdown in China and “execution issues” at one of the company’s German facilities.
While the problems in Germany are now thought to be fixed, the impact of the trade war looks set to continue. “The demand challenges in China are largely due to US tariffs on Chinese manufactured goods,” explained Ambroseo. “Chinese tariffs on US goods are also affecting demand but to a lesser degree. This is mostly confined to the materials processing market.”
As a result, Coherent’s executive team has adjusted its expectations downwards for fiscal 2019, pencilling in an 8-12 per cent drop in sales. Having posted sales of just over $1.9 billion in the year just completed, that suggests a dip to around $1.7 billion.
Ambroseo and colleagues had originally said that sales in the closing quarter of fiscal 2018 would be somewhere between $465 million and $485 million. But last month the company warned that it would miss that target, and in fact posted a quarterly net income of $73.2 million on sales of $461.5 million.
Software implementation, China woes
Expressing his disappointment at the fourth-quarter result, Ambroseo expanded on the issues behind it, telling an investor conference call that implementation of a new management software system at a former Rofin-Sinar site - acquired by the company back in 2016 - had not gone according to plan.
“The site undergoing an implementation in the September quarter had particularly complex legacy practices that did not translate well,” the CEO said. “Gaps are normally identified through testing, but were not caught in this case either due to inexperience, lack of judgment or resistance to change.”
Moving on to what he described as a “pronounced weakening” of Chinese market conditions, Ambroseo added: “Market conditions in China began to noticeably erode around the middle of August as Chinese manufacturers came to grips with US tariffs on Chinese goods.
“The drop in export demand caused many Chinese customers to re-evaluate their expansion plans, leading them to push out or, in some limited cases, cancel orders,” he continued, pointing out that the effect was mostly confined to materials processing applications.
In the opposite direction, Chinese tariffs implemented on photonics-based products from the US have had less of an impact, but the difficult situation has been made worse by a new price war among fiber laser vendors – specifically fiber lasers in the 1-4 kW power range sold by Coherent.
“Customers claimed prices have been discounted up to 30 per cent within the September quarter,” said Ambroseo. “While pricing may be more about market share than end user demand, it forces greater discipline about what business to pursue.”
A key application area for Coherent is organic LED (OLED) display manufacturing, where its large excimer lasers play an important role. With numerous new OLED fabrication facilities under construction, or being converted from LCD plants, and Apple introducing two new OLED smart phones there are positive developments in the sector generally.
However, one of Coherent’s customers in this area has postponed a $10 million laser shipment from late 2018 to early 2019, while another has cancelled an order for two laser units after failing to win expected OLED business.
With the important market for semiconductor capital equipment also in something of a lull currently, Coherent's sales in the current quarter are expected to come in at around $385 million – well down on the $478 million total posted by the company for the same period last year.
The weakening overall demand picture has prompted Ambroseo and colleagues to implement some cost-cutting measures – including some job losses.
“The reductions come from a variety of sources including headcount, program spending and marketing,” said the CEO, estimating the steps would cut spending by between $10 million and $15 million.
On the plus side, Coherent said it delivered a vertically integrated fiber laser – featuring in-house produced high-power diodes – in the September quarter, and that it is ramping diode production, something that ought to help make its fiber lasers more competitive.
Ambroseo also said the company was making good progress in the automotive sector, with laser sales benefitting from the wider moves to more lightweight cars and adoption of electric vehicles.
Fiber laser price war
Asked about the dynamics of the fiber laser sector, Ambroseo told the investor call that the current price war in 1-4 kW sources had “erupted pretty quickly” between some of the market leaders, including both domestic Chinese and Western laser providers.
Last week Valentin Gapontsev, the CEO of fiber laser market leader IPG Photonics, also noted the fierce competition, claiming that Chinese firms appeared to be selling fiber lasers for less than the cost of the components from which they are built. Another rival, nLight, has noted "aggressive" competition but also said that it believed the pricing situation has begun to stabilize in China.
Ambroseo said he thought that, at some point, the trade war and tariffs issue would be resolved, but that the pricing situation might present more of a long-standing challenge.
“For those of us who have been around for a while, unfortunately we've seen this movie before in other photonics-based technologies,” he told investors. “We may be looking at it again.”
• Following the update Coherent’s stock price was relatively unchanged. At around $132 in early trading November 7, it is now down around 60 per cent from the all-time high of $329 reached in January this year.
The company is looking to take advantage of that decline, and has just authorized $250 million of possible stock repurchases through December 2019.


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Québec City, QC | March 9, 2017 – B-TEMIA Inc., a leader in the human augmentation market with its proprietary dermoskeletal technology, announces today that it has partnered with Health Smart Financial Services (“Health Smart”) to offer customers affordable financing to support the purchase and long-term rental of the Keeogo™ powered walking assistance device.
“Based on our experience over the last year, 80% of people who try the Keeogo™ device for a few weeks wish to acquire it as a result of the unparalleled level of autonomy it provides them. However, since the product is not yet covered by insurance companies and public programs, the price remains a challenge for certain persons. Through our agreement with Health Smart, customers who want to acquire the Keeogo™ device now have affordable monthly payment options ranging from 12 to 60 months. We believe this will help many potential customers to acquire the device that they need,” stated Stéphane Bédard, CEO of B-TEMIA.
In parallel, B-TEMIA is pursuing its efforts towards demonstrating the clinical and economic value of Keeogo™ to obtain coverage and reimbursement from the private health care insurers and the public programs.
Keeogo™ is a powered walking assistance device developed by B-TEMIA. It has been used by individuals with degenerative medical conditions such as knee/hip osteoarthritis, multiple sclerosis, Parkinson’s disease, stroke, incomplete spinal cord injury (SCI) and other conditions that limit mobility. Used as rehabilitation equipment or as a daily commodity for walking, Keeogo™ is commercially available in Canada for purchase or rental. It is currently under investigation in a multicenter pivotal clinical trial aiming for Food and Drug Administration (FDA) clearance, a prerequisite to enter the US market.
Founded in 2010, B-TEMIA Inc. is a medical device manufacturer that develops and markets cutting-edge products for the growing market of human augmentation systems. B-TEMIA operates through two wholly-owned subsidiaries, B-TEMIA Inc. and B-TEMIA USA Inc., in the medical, industrial and military fields. B-TEMIA owns a patented technology called Dermoskeleton™ that restores, maintains or enhances the mobility of users.
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Health Smart Financial Services is Canada’s leading provider of flexible, affordable payment plan options for healthcare treatments and products. Using Health Smart’s platform, healthcare providers can have their customers approved for affordable monthly payments on-location or online using desktop, tablet, or smartphone interfaces. By partnering with Health Smart, merchants can provide their customers with greater access to services while growing their sales. Since its founding in 2009, Health Smart has assisted nearly 40,000 Canadians with healthcare expenses.
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Earlier in the day the Ola company for Ola Electric scooters has opened reservations for its electric scooter and said that customers can reserve their Ola Scooter with a refundable deposit of Rs 499.
Ola said that those who reserve their scooter on olaelectric.com will get priority delivery, and it will reveal the features and price in the coming days.
Chairman Bhavish Aggarwal quoted that, “With its incredible performance, technology, and design along with aggressive pricing, it will help accelerate the transition to sustainable mobility. India has the opportunity and potential to become the world leader in EVs and at Ola, we are proud to lead this charge.”
The company on Bhavish’s decision said that Bhavish has led the firm with a spun off from ride-hailing firm Ola, is setting up a 500-acre factory in Tamil Nadu’s Krishnagiri, aiming to make 10 million vehicles a year at full capacity.
Ola Electric is valued at over a billion dollars, with the backing of investors such as Matrix Partners, Tiger Global Management, and SoftBank, among others. It has raised $500 million from Warburg Pincus and Temasek, giving early backers Tiger and Matrix a part exit from their stake in the company too.
The shares of Ola electric registered in the Month of April have to plan to register and invest up to $2 billion over the next five years with leading its charging ports over 400 cities and is all set to plan about 1 lakh charging stations with the help of the partners into Ola firm, as reported by MoneyControl.


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In an interview with the Indian television network NDTV, Tim Cook confirmed many rumors that probed Apple's visit ndia.
The conversation with the interviewer was very relaxed and Cook said he felt very good in the country, which has an incredible energy. When talking about the company's investments in India, he confirmed that there are many talents there and that they will take advantage of them from the recently announced Accelerator of Design and Development of Apps for iOS and also from the map development office. A novelty that may not have appeared in the rumors was the possibility of taking the Apple Pay to l.
Regarding Apple Pay, we are looking at what we can do. We want to bring Apple Pay to India. We met with some of the banks to understand their perspectives on mobile payments. We were very encouraged by what we heard. We want to bring all of our services to India.
When asked about the intention of the visit, the CEO of Ma said that they are evaluating the entire Indian structure, from the governmental point of view to the cultural one. As the rumors went on, he confirmed that there is already a request to take Apple Retail Stores for there, just the government's approval.
Another political issue was the veto for the sale of Used iPhones (“Pre-owned”) in the country. The Indian market is led by low-cost devices with Android system and, if used iPhones were allowed, they would become much more accessible. Despite this, Cook says he does not want to enter this market: "I want the consumer in India to buy at a price similar to that of the United States."
The interviewer raised this issue by calling the devices “Refurbished” (refurbished), however, perhaps to mitigate the situation, Cook explained: “The used (handsets) are certified as if it were a new phone, as it is guaranteed a new phone Yes, we would like to do that here. We do it in the USA, Japan and in different countries around the world. ”
The interview lasted 40 minutes, but if you want to practice your English, you can watch the 18-minute version (above, at the beginning of the post) in which you talk about the company's plans for India.
Many of the issues mentioned in the interview cited above were also brought up to the Prime Minister Narendra Modi, last saturday. Although there are no details in terms of closed agreements, the Times of india published the speech of one of the state officials who reported:
Cook shared future plans for India. He talked about the possibility of manufacturing and retailing in India. He liked the large number of talented young people in India, saying that they would have skills that Apple would like to take advantage of.
While there, he took the opportunity to launch an update on the Prime Minister's app and, of course, tweeted about it:
Thanks PM @narendramodi for a great meeting. Already looking forward to next visit to India. Best wishes on the app! https://t.co/ctXiKoCiS0
– Tim Cook (@tim_cook) May 21, 2016
Thanks, PM @narendramodi for a great meeting. I am already looking forward to the next visit to India. I wish you much success with the app!
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In the wave of visits and tweets, Ma's CEO stopped by Dubai, in the United Arab Emirates, and took selfies with some fans
A quick visit with customers and our fantastic team at the Apple Store, Mall of the Emirates. Thanks Dubai! pic.twitter/utFFVGyImr
– Tim Cook (@tim_cook) May 21, 2016
A quick visit with customers and our fantastic Apple Store team, Mall of the Emirates. Thank you, Dubai!
But, as he said himself, this was just a quick visit considering he has already appeared on other tweets l on the Holland side, in Amsterdam.
This cook really isn’t there 😜
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Kiyoshi Kimura, who owns the Sushizanmai chain, paid 333.6 million yen ($3.1 million) for the 278-kg fish caught off the coast of northern Japan's Aomori prefecture, or double what he had paid 6 years ago.
"The price was higher than originally thought, but I hope our customers will eat this excellent tuna", Kimura said after the auction.
Saturday's event was the first New Year auction of the Toyosu market, after the famed Tsukiji fish market shut last year to provide temporary parking for the Tokyo 2020 Summer Olympics.
He spent more than twice the previous record of $1.4m, which he paid in 2013.
President of sushi restaurant chain Sushi-Zanmai, Kiyoshi Kimura (R), displays a 278kg bluefin tuna at his main restaurant in Tokyo on 5 January 2019.
Last year's auction was the last at Tsukiji before the market shifted to a new facility on a former gas plant site on Tokyo Bay.
The final New Year's auction at Tsukiji in 2018 saw a tuna fetch 36.45 million yen.
Alia Bhatt shares when she first fell for Ranbir Kapoor
The Raazi actress was seen partying her way into the new year with Ranbir, Riddhima, Neetu Kapoor and Rishi Kapoor . Her words once again made many speculate about the health of 66-year-old Kapoor.
Krispy Kreme delivers doughnuts to officers mourning pastry loss
Soon enough, other police departments from around the US responded to the incident, too. "Thank you", police said on Facebook . Their post included photos of the blackened side of the truck and officers jokingly mourning the truck's loss.
6 dead in fiery crash on I-75 north of Gainesville
Flames engulf vehicles after a fiery crash along Interstate 75 about a mile south of Alachua, near Gainesville. Riordan said the scale of the accident and the damage to the roadway may make the investigation more hard .
Hundreds of sushi lovers queued for a taste.
The Japanese are known to be the biggest consumers of the torpedo-shaped bluefin tuna, and the growing consumption has led to overfishing of the species.
Experts warn it faces possible extinction, with stocks of Pacific bluefin depleted by 96% from their pre-industrial levels.
Opened in 1935, Tsukiji was best known for its pre-dawn daily auctions of tuna, caught from all corners of the world, for use by everyone from top Michelin-star sushi chefs to ordinary grocery stores.
The Tokyo metropolitan government decided in 2001 to relocate the aging Tsukiji market to Toyosu, but the initial plan to open the new market in 2016 was pushed back following the discovery of pollutants and subsequent decontamination work.
"I sincerely hope this market will be loved by many people", said Tokyo governor Yuriko Koike, who attended the sale, wearing the white rubber boots favoured by auctioneers.
However issues including concerns about outdated fire regulations and hygiene controls prompted the market to be moved to a larger and more modern site.


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23 December 2005
Indonesia should set up FTA with Japan ’soon’
The Jakarta Post, Jakarta
Indonesia could lose US$400 million in potential export revenues per year if it does not establish a free trade agreement (FTA) with Japan, while most other ASEAN members have done so to complement the region’s own free market in 2010, a study shows.
Rizal Affandi Lukman, assistant deputy for bilateral economic cooperation at the Office of the Coordinating Minister for the Economy, said in a workshop on FTAs on Thursday Indonesia could reap up to US$905 million in additional export revenues from the full implementation of the ASEAN Free Trade Area (AFTA), with each member country — including Indonesia — having their own FTAs with Japan.
However, having just joined the AFTA without establishing an FTA with Japan, Indonesia may only see an increase in export revenues by $504 million, as other ASEAN countries with FTAs with Japan grab the market for Indonesian exports of metals, mineral resources and paper products to the country.
"Indonesia could enjoy $1.1 billion more in export revenues if it had an FTA with Japan alone," he said.
"This shows that Indonesia must not lag behind other countries in the region in establishing an FTA with Japan, despite the AFTA and ASEAN’s plan to forge a group FTA with Japan," he said.
In all three scenarios, Japan would benefit over Indonesia, enjoying potential export revenue increases of $11.1 billion, $10.8 billion and $1.76 billion, respectively.
Rizal added that Indonesia should therefore prepare itself in negotiating its FTA with Japan, proposing commodities it was competitive in such as wood products, leather products and sugar.
The ASEAN grouping of nations has since 2004 rolled out its AFTA, which will be fully implemented in 2010. ASEAN as a group has also sought to establish FTAs with other countries and regions, including with Japan, which is expected to be agreed on within the next two years.
However, with negotiations going slowly, in contrast with ASEAN’s FTAs with China and Korea, several member countries have sought to establish their own bilateral FTAs with Japan.
Singapore has had an FTA with Japan since 2002, while Malaysia, Thailand and the Philippines are expected to secure their own by 2006.
Indonesia itself is still in preliminary talks with Japan, but without a definite timeframe on when it will be agreed.
Agreeing with Rizal, Deddy Saleh, director of regional cooperation at the trade ministry’s Director General of International Trade Cooperation, said that Indonesia must also prepare its local industries for its planned FTA with Japan.
"A successful FTA not only protects local producers but also improves their global competitiveness," he said.


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Matt Thomas and Ross Villarreal of The Matt Thomas Show react to breaking news that the NFL has announced a $30-plus million increase in salary cap. The Houston Texans will have about $67.5 million in salary cap space. How will the Texans choose to spend this money and what free agents will benefit?
Many MLB fans and players are complaining over new uniforms designed by Nike and manufactured by Fanatics, calling the fabric cheap. Much of the criticism has revolved around the new pants, which are partially see-through. Will Nike and Fanatics make changes before the beginning of the season?
Matt and Ross preview the Rockets hosting the Phoenix Suns tonight following their 127-105 loss to the New Orleans Pelicans on Thursday, review Astros pitcher J.P. France throwing off the mound, tell their Non-Florida Stories and more on this Anything Goes Friday.


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- The Nothing Phone (2a) launch date in India has been revealed.
- The device could feature upgraded cameras, as hinted by Nothing.
- It is also expected to be showcased during MWC 2024 scheduled to begin on February 26.
Carl Pei has officially announced the launch date of the upcoming Nothing smartphone. The Nothing Phone (2a) is set to launch in India on March 5, 2024. The microsite for the device is also live on Flipkart, confirming the online availability of the phone.
The official Phone (2a) launch event is happening on 5 March 2024, 11:30 GMT. pic.twitter.com/eE6hPjXOeB
— Nothing (@nothing) February 13, 2024
Nothing is using the tagline “See the world through fresh eyes” for the Nothing Phone (2a). It indicates that we could probably see a camera upgrade with the new device. The phone is expected to launch with dual rear cameras.
Nothing Phone (2a) Expected Specifications
While the company has not shared any additional details about the device, we can expect the Nothing Phone (2a) to be a younger sibling of the Nothing Phone (2) which was launched a few months back. The phone is said to feature a larger capacity battery while maintaining the transparent design theme of the brand. It is also tipped that the Nothing Phone (2a) could launch with the MediaTek Dimensity 7200 chipset. However, the company has not confirmed the processor details yet.
In addition to this, popular tipster Slashleaks has posted an alleged back cover of the Nothing Phone (2a). It reveals that the phone may feature a centre-placed rear camera setup, as opposed to the cornered placement on the existing two devices from the company. However, the leaks for this device have been slightly inconsistent so far, so users should take this report with a pinch of salt.
The Nothing Phone (2a) is also expected to be showcased at the upcoming MWC 2024. We could get a first glimpse at the device at the global event. The company is yet to confirm its presence at the event. Since the launch date is now out, we expect more official details coming our way soon and we will make sure you get them. So, stay tuned.


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It’s been a bumpy few weeks in web world, particularly for those
who have invested in Freeserve or Exchange Holdings stock, the first two
UK internet businesses to float on the London Stock Exchange.
If you were among those who put money into the companies, you would have
been dismayed to watch both stocks nosedive below their offer price.
Freeserve shares, particularly, went into freefall, hitting a low of
137p - quite a dip, considering the shares had a pre-float high of
For Freeserve, the fall came amid speculation that its first quarter
results were going to be a disappointment. In the end, it reported a
pounds 3.4 million turnover on losses of pounds 5.2 million. Turnover
was lower than predicted but the loss was also below expectations.
The drop is about as explainable as the money markets in general. The
word ’jitters’ was bandied about a lot, which does seem the most
It’s all familiar stuff for those of us who have been watching the
rollercoaster ride on the other side of the Atlantic, where internet
share prices have, in recent times, lost large amounts of their worth.
That said, they are, in general, still highly valued.
But since the Freeserve fall, The Sunday Times published its first
survey of its top 100 e-millionaires. This shows, more than anything
else, how healthy the internet business is becoming in the UK.
It might not all be British, but it is a truly vibrant scene. There are
bright, entrepreneurial ideas fizzing and the venture capital is finally
This brings with it a new confidence, but a new realism as well. In the
coming weeks, we will see a number of internet start-ups come to the
These will include the over-subscribed auction house, QXL, and
Lastminute.com, the darling of the start-ups.
There’s even more to come. People are already looking out for the likes
of 365 Corporation (whose Danny Kelly is profiled, right),
Thinknatural.com, icollector, jungle.com and peoplesound.com, among
What most of these companies have in common is they are first with a
very good idea that venture capitalists are prepared to invest in.
But it is this very fact that gets overlooked when people talk about the
over-valuation of internet shares in the fearsome terms of a
computerised South Sea Bubble. Sweeping - and damaging - generalisations
are made about the whole market as unfocused fears about the industry
are played out, with little thought given to the nature of the companies
It seems likely that in each sector there will be one or two killer app
companies. Freeserve is likely to be one of those, backed as it is by a
strong retail network and a strategy of buying up rivals to bolster its
service and appeal. Appreciation of this seems to have returned and its
shares have moved back above their offer price, moving towards a more
sensible 170p or so.
Sure, there will be failures - investment is always a risk - but there
will be many successes also. So let’s hope for a little more sobriety
before the next bout of jitters sets in.
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Forget cash. Visitors at the upcoming MSME Festival at BRIDEX can use their phones to make payments throughout the four-day trade fair.
Bank Islam Brunei Darussalam (BIBD) said that it wants to deploy its peer-to-peer mobile payment service QuickPay to its existing and new merchants that have signed up for the expo next week.
QuickPay lets customers scan QR Codes at retail counters to make cashless payments via their smartphones.
Recently BIBD held a briefing to promote QuickPay and other cashless payment solutions under its NEXGEN brand to interested vendors of the MSME Festival, in its bid to accelerate adoption of cashless transactions in the sultanate.
“QuickPay is a simpler and cost-effective solution for small businesses that could not afford expensive POS systems,” said Law Siew Vui of BIBD’s Merchant Services during the briefing held at the International Convention Centre on Tuesday.
The bank said it will waive off the processing fee for merchants using QuickPay during the four-day fair.
BIBD also invited the attendees to sign up for its new MSME Account, which carries an opening and minimum balance of $50. Account holders will be given a unique QuickPay QR Code to be displayed at their business establishments.
Over 200 local businesses are expected to feature their products and services at the MSME Festival from March 28 to 31.
Organised by Darussalam Enterprise (DARe), the MSME Festival will be the biggest showcase of local brands in the country, ranging from food and beverages to cosmetics to fashion.


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Up until very recently, Google has been unable to register its ‘@gmail’ extension in Germany, and users were forced to type @googlemail.com when sending a message, all because the ‘G-mail’ name had been copyrighted in that country, long before Google likely even conceived of its webmail service. Though, it’s been reported that Google was able to finally settle with the German ‘gmail’ owner, and the ‘gmail.de’ domain and the Gmail trademark were transferred to the web search giant on April 13, according to GoogleWatchBlog.
Hamburg entrepreneur Daniel Giersch had registered the ‘G-mail’ name (short for Giersch mail) for his snail and email service in Germany in 2000, and has ever since been successful in barring Google from using the trademark in that country. The parties were apparently able to come to a settlement, though no word on the details, including how much Google paid Giersch. While ‘gmail.de’ is still down, it’s been reported that Google mail users in Germany are now able to access @gmail.com and @googlemail.com interchangeably.
While Google has yet to bring ‘gmail.de’ online, the company quickly switched over after a similar situation that occurred in the UK. Due to a copyright issue, users in that country had to type the same @googlemail.com address. Interestingly, Google Software Engineer Greg Bullock pointed out some of the logistics regarding a shorter email address – “Since ‘gmail’ is 50% fewer characters than ‘googlemail,’ we estimate this name change will save approximately 60 million keystrokes a day. At about 217 microjoules per keystroke, that’s about the energy of 20 bonbons saved every day!” Who knew?


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LG Chem to triple cylindrical battery cell production
LG Chem has announced that it will triple production capacity for its cylindrical battery cells used by Tesla and other OEMs. The Korean company is also considering expansion in Europe and North America to meet the growing demand.
However, LG Chem did not specify a time frame for the planned production capacity tripling of cylindrical battery cells. On the verge of announcing its third-quarter results, in which LG Chem achieved record results due to the growing demand for electric cars and their batteries, the company stated: “Sales are expected to grow thanks to increased shipments of automotive batteries and cylindrical batteries for electric vehicles steadily.
In the third quarter, LG Chem achieved an operating profit of 902 billion won (equivalent to approximately 673 million euros). The Battery Division contributed 169 billion won (126 million Euro) to the operating profit, about twice as much as a year ago. The Batteries division also includes smaller batteries, which are used in smartphones, for example.
Among other things, LG Chem plans to build another plant in Europe. LG Chem already operates production facilities for electric car battery cells in Poland. Still, pouch cells (Audi e-tron, Ford Mustang Mach-E, Jaguar I-Pace, among others) are manufactured there. Where and from when a new plant for cylindrical cells will be built is not yet known.
The South Korean battery specialist also announced the development of cylindrical battery cells with a “new form factor”, whose energy density is to increase fivefold and power sixfold, without going into detail. Interestingly, this is similar to the targets Tesla announced for its new 4680 cells last month during ‘Battery Day‘.
While German car manufacturers mainly rely on the pouch or prismatic cells in their electric cars, Tesla works primarily with round cells – including those from LG Chem. While all Model 3 and Model Y cars built in the U.S. are equipped with Panasonic round cells from Gigafactory 1 in Nevada, Tesla is relying on other cell partners for Gigafatory 3 near Shanghai: The lower-priced LFP cells for the “Standard Range +” version of the Model 3 built in China come from CATL, while the long-range batteries are made of round cells from LG Chem – more precisely, from the Nanjing plant in China.
It has not been confirmed which car manufacturer LG Chem will supply with round cells from the new European plant. This could be Tesla in Grünheide, as the Californian company plans to use the 4680 cells there. Should LG Chem produce the cells developed by Tesla for the Giga Berlin, this would also explain the remark about the cylindrical battery cells with a “new form factor”.


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Streaming service GoMusic announced that it has signed a new agreement with Warner Music to live stream concerts of several top-artists, stating in October, in all Latin American markets where GoMusic operates.
The list of artists includes Coldplay, Pablo Alboran, Madonna, Led Zepelin, Linkin Park, Green Day, Eric Clapton, Michael Bublé, Maná and Alejandro Sanz, among others. “The streaming music market is constantly growing, and one of the verticals we are most interested in is the streaming of concerts, so this partnership with GoMusic is very important for the company,” said Ruben Abraham, Director, Commercial & Business Development – México & Central America at Warner Music Group. The executive also mentioned the GoMusic is a multiplatform service and this is one of the main requirements of the consumers.
Hernán Portugal, CEO and founder of GoMusic, said the content is “the king” so this partnership with Warner Music “is a milestone in the history of the company and enhances the scope and goals we previously set.”
GoMusic operates in Mexico, Argentina, Chile and Costa Rica. It also began its expansion in Colombia, Peru and Paraguay, and plans to launch in Brazil and Spain before the end of this year.


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Anyone who has tried to put together a 5,000-piece puzzle knows that the best way to carry out the task is to have an overall picture. Electric car venture Better Place LLC is a multidimensional and multilayered puzzle whose pieces are scattered all over the world.
Every few months, new pieces of the puzzle appear somewhere in the world, and some of them raise eyebrows in the motor vehicles industry. That was the case with the announcement by HSBC Holding plc (LSE: HSBA; HKSE: 005; NYSE, Paris: HBC), not known as a bank to make adventurous investments, that it would invest $125 million in Better Place. That was also the case with the announcement of a strategic partnership with the venture by General Electric Company (NYSE: GE).
More than anything else, the Israeli business world is embarrassed and astonished by the steady interest of Israel Corporation (TASE: ILCO), a company known to be thoroughly grounded in reality, to put its hands deep into its pockets to finance the project's costs, when the date of the return on investment is not known.
It seems that one of the reasons for the lack of clarity is the public's tendency to attribute Better Place and its economic potential to the electric car market, a disputed and exotic product with four wheels and a battery. However, a much broader picture emerges from some of the puzzle's new pieces, which were put into place this month - a picture directly related to the energy and electricity production market in China, the country with the world's largest economic growth potential.
The emerging picture shows Better Place moving from the centerpiece to the side as a means for Israel Corp., its main shareholder, to expand its global interests. Israel Corp. has business interests and ambitions in China, its electricity market, and other industries.
China's electric car market is $15 billion
On the public side, in late April, Better Place's announced a cooperation agreement with China's second largest electricity utility, China Southern Power Grid Company Ltd., to open a battery switch station and joint education center in Guangjou, a city of 10 million residents. The wording of the announcements was rather vague and not particularly binding, mentioning the establishment of a joint training center for electric cars to demonstrate the battery replacement system.
The statement adds, "The Better Place-CSG agreement calls for the companies to jointly engage relevant Chinese government bodies and other stakeholders, secure governmental policy support, and promote technical standards, where appropriate, to further accelerate China’s rapidly-growing, electric-car industry."
Better Place and CSG are also "looking at the potential for a joint commercial operation based on a switchable-battery, network-operator model."
With all due respect to letters of intent and pilot ventures of one kind or another, the question, "where is the money?" remains unanswered. The announcement with CSG does not mention any financial commitments or timetables for implementation. The money in this case is the $15.2 billion that the Chinese government plans to invest in electric car R&D, and subsidies for building infrastructures and purchases of electric cars.
Last year, the Chinese government cited electric car development as one of seven strategic directions in its five-year plan to reduce the country's dependence on oil imports. Better Place's new partner, CSG, is part of a consortium of 20 government companies set up to promote the electric car.
This consortium includes two electricity utilities, the China National Petroleum Corporation, the China National Petrochemical Corporation (Sinopec), and several government car and battery manufacturers. Like everything else in China, the consortium is centrally controlled by a government committee. Better Place's hook-up with these huge companies, even through the back door, is a kind of business networking that multinationals would sacrifice an arm and leg for.
For example, the CSG agreement opens the door to China's motor vehicle industry's supply chain, which includes more than 100 vehicle manufacturers and countless battery makers, spare parts companies, and electronic systems firms. Better Place already has close ties with French carmaker Renault SA (Euronext: RNO), but it has limits and restrictions in the global market. For Better Place, which wants to have independent and inexpensive supply sources for cars, the Chinese supply chain is a bonanza.
Israel Corp. has a joint venture with China's Chery Automobile Company Co. Ltd., Chery-Quantum LLC, which will manufacture gasoline and electric cars.
China's $60-100 billion smart grid
We are not ridiculing $15 billion, or even a thousandth of it, but the most interesting aspect of CSG and the State Grid Corporation of China, and the really big money, is not in electric cars or the motor vehicle market, but in the electricity market.
Here too, there are two big pictures: one titanic and the other gigantic. The titanic picture is the $60-100 billion that the Chinese government plans to invest over the next nine years to upgrade obsolete and inefficient grids to smart grids.
In contrast to many other procurement sectors that are mostly open to domestic companies, the smart grid project is also, and mainly, open to Western companies with the relevant technologies and know-how. Better Place happens to possess to important and proprietary technology smart grid links. One is the remote management of the electric car battery recharging points, and the other is technology that enables use of unused car batteries as a power reserve that can operate in the other direction - in other words, to recharge itself overnight, when the load on the grid is low and electricity rates are cheaper, and generate power for the grid during peak hours.
This is a unique field, which becomes economically feasible at the scale intended for the Chinese electric car market, which will include tens of millions of batteries. For Israel Corp., Better Place's hook-up with CSG's grid and the Guangzhou government, and through them to the Chinese energy consortium, creates an edge over not insubstantial business rivals, such as General Electric Company (NYSE: GE) and Siemens AG (NYSE: SI; XETRA: SIE), which are investing heavily to participate in the Chinese smart grid program. These advantages could be realized in the form of an exit by Better Place or its peripheral technologies.
The really big picture: China's electricity market
The gigantic picture amounts to tens of billions of dollars a year. It is China's electricity shortage, especially in southern China - CSG's territory. China's dizzying industrial growth is accompanied by an insatiable hunger for electricity, and the gap between demand and supply is widening.
Chinese sources estimate that southern China, the country's industrial heartland, will face a shortage of 6 gigawatts in electricity production this summer. This means rolling brownouts at manufacturers, affecting both exports and the local population.
This is one of China's most burning issues, and it generates hundreds of billions of dollars in potential business for multinationals that build and operate power stations. Israel Corp. is one such company, and it has marked the industry for strategic development, investing in solar power, gas stations, and who knows what else. However, this activity has mostly been limited to Israel (through OPC Rotem Ltd.) and Peru (through Inkia Energy Ltd.) to date. Better Place's networking in China could be Israel Corp's entry ticket to the premier league.
Obviously, Israel Corp. isn't the first to think this. Warren Buffett has already hundreds of millions of dollars in Chinese electric car and battery manufacturer BYD Automobile Co. Ltd. and billions of dollars in energy and electricity companies.
Published by Globes [online], Israel business news - www.globes-online.com - on May 8, 2011
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“Oh, what a night…” It definitely was for Logitech on November 7: A marvelous lakeside
resort near Munich, a fancy dinner and a prestigious award for our German team.
Computer Reseller News (CRN), the leading publication for technology resellers in
Germany, organizes an annual summit for manufacturers and resellers, collectively
known as “the channel.” For the first time, this year’s event included awards for “Best
Vendor of the Year.”
CRN Germany surveyed 1,000 channel decision makers to find out which vendor in the
peripherals category best meets the needs of its customers and partners. The majority
agreed: It’s Logitech! Roland Lunck, senior manager of regional business markets for
Logitech (at right in the photo below) accepted the award from CRN Editor Ulrike Garlet
All of us at Logitech strive to create innovative and elegantly designed products for
consumer and business users, while delivering outstanding service and support to our
channel partners. We are proud to have been recognized by the channel community in
Germany, the largest economy in Europe.


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Cheers! Over 200 beers on taste at this year’s Cape Town Festival of Beer
The event is the country’s largest annual gathering of beer enthusiasts and connoisseurs.
CAPE TOWN - Beer lovers will get to raise a glass as some of the best brews will be on display at this year’s Cape Town Festival of Beer.
The event is the country’s largest annual gathering of beer enthusiasts and connoisseurs. There'll be over 200 beers available to taste.
The festival now in its 10th year takes place from Friday until 1 December at Hamilton's Rugby Club in Green Point.
GET YOUR TICKETS! 💥— Festival of Beer (@FestOfBeer) October 11, 2019
We are back for our 10th @FestOfBeer from 29 November - 1 December at our home base @Hamilton_SPRFC. Early Bird tickets for Friday & Sunday available for R99, with Saturday tickets for R150 beer lovers! 🍻@webticketsSA 👉🏼 https://t.co/7hA0A2b17e#CTFOB19 pic.twitter.com/umx0gOfokH
Co-festival organiser Martin Tucker said they would also be looking to find the best beer on offer.
“We’ve got a voting panel that decides on the judging criteria and after they do the judging, we have different categories of beers that win,” Tucker said.
Around 10,000 people were expected to attend the festival, which would be held in Greenpoint.


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Apple was briefly overtaken as the world’s most valuable company by Microsoft in the early trading on Thursday, as the two battle for the number one market capitalization spot.
As reported by Reuters, Microsoft overtook Apple early Thursday when its shares rose 1.5%, elevating its market cap up to $2.888 trillion. By contrast, Apple’s shares fell 0.3%, bringing its market cap down to $2.887 trillion, “ the first time since 2021 that its valuation has fallen below that of Microsoft.”
Since then, Microsoft’s shares have settled slightly and are now trading just 0.85% up at a market cap of $2.87 trillion. However, Apple’s shares have fallen further down nearly 0.7%. As it stands, it’s going to be very tight at the closing bell, with both companies in with a chance of taking the top spot by the end of Thursday. While it’s possible Apple could retain the title today, the power shift seems inevitable at this point after a tough start to Apple’s year and rising fortunes in Redmond.
The battle for number one
Apple’s share price is down 1.27% year-to-date, off the back of a sharp tumble in December precipitated by a ban on the Apple Watch Series 9 and Ultra 2. Currently suspended pending the legal case, it remains to be seen whether Apple will be able to circumvent the ban or come to any kind of legal settlement, but it was a big blow to finish out the year that spooked investors.
By contrast, Microsoft’s shares are up 16% in the past six months as the company continues its fervent investment in AI. Apple is expected to unveil its own forway into LLM and AI later this year but is definitely behind the curve compared to rivals. Apple has also seen its stock downgraded by several analysts. Barclays, Piper Sandlers, and now Redburn-Atlantic have all downgraded their rating of Apple’s share price based on factors including limited growth for iPhone. Apple continues to struggle with iPhone sales in China and will be looking to several high-profile releases in 2024 to change its fortunes. That includes Apple Vision Pro, which will have limited appeal given its price tag, a new OLED iPad Pro, a new M3 MacBook Air, and of course the iPhone 16.
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A lifetime of growing apples was rewarded Wednesday when Allan Henderson of Dana was named the N.C. Apple Grower of the Year.
The award holds an added bonus this year. It is now the Evelyn Hill N.C. Apple Grower of the Year award. Hill, who died April 2004, spent 30 years working on behalf of apple growers in Henderson County and serving as secretary of the N.C. Apple Growers Association for many years.
"I am honored that my peers think so highly of my efforts to help the industry grow," Henderson said.
Henderson was because of his outstanding contributions to the N.C. apple industry. The award was presented by the president of the N.C. Apple Growers, Kenny Barnwell, at the Southeastern Apple Growers Conference in Asheville. N.C. Agriculture Commissioner Steve Troxler and Assistant Commissioner Howard Isley were in attendance.
Henderson serves on the board of the N.C. Apple Growers Association.
"I don't see how they elected me and I didn't even know it," he said.
He was nominated for oustanding service, innovative ideas and farming practices and technology that improve the apple industry as a whole.
Lifetime of apples
Henderson, 53, was born into a family of apple growers. He is a third-generation apple grower.
"I've spent my whole life growing apples," he said.
His grandfather, Nun Henderson, grew apples in Green River Cove. The Henderson family was one of the early pioneer families who settled in the cove.
"My grandfather began driving a buckboard wagon route to deliver the fruits and vegetables he grew on his family farm," Henderson said. "He had six mules to pull the wagon and he'd spend the nights camping by the side of the road as he traveled down the mountain from the Green River Cove area to the cities of upstate South Carolina."
Grandfather Nun Henderson moved from the cove into Henderson County to homestead and work land in the Dana area owned by the McKay family. The family later bought land from the McKays.
Henderson's father, Cecil Lee Henderson, expanded the acreage used for growing apples and built the first packing facility. During the 1930s and 1940s, he drove a black ton truck to deliver apples and fresh produce to grocers in the region.
In 1953, Cecil and wife, Elizabeth, founded the C.L. Henderson Produce Co. After her husband's death in 1997, Elizabeth Henderson became the company owner and still works in the office daily.
"We were all reared on the family farm," Henderson said. "It's part of our life."
Innovations in the industry
Henderson values the apple farming heritage of the county. He also seeks new ways to meet the demands of a changing world.
The company invested almost a half million dollars in an apple production line at the packing house. It is the first apple-packing house in the United States to put in the new system.
The new color sorter and computer can look at 600 apples a minute and determine what the apples do as they move down the conveyor belt. Three lanes of 600 apples per lane move through the color sorter each minute.
"We invested in our heritage, which is the apple industry," Henderson said.
The old packing machine was turned into a pre-sizer, where apples can be graded, washed and sized, then placed into cold storage. If a company wants 300 bushels that day, Henderson can supply them.
"Before, we would have to grade the apples and size them before we could fill the order," he said. "This cuts my response time in half. It helps marketing and sales."
Henderson's is the only packing house in North Carolina that is now pre-sizing apples and storing them. His is also the only packing house that washes apples in hot water of 140 degrees. He began the process after consulting with experts from N.C. State University and conducting experiments.
C.L. Henderson Produce is also the only Henderson County apple-packing house certified by the U.S. Department of Agriculture Good Agricultural Practices.
"We have all nine certifications," Henderson said. "We're the only one in the United States with all nine. We even beat Dole and Del Monte."
In 2002, C.L. Henderson Produce was one of the first companies in the United States to venture into the export business with Cuba.
The company has apple trees growing on 400 acres of land in Henderson County.
"It's always been 400 acres," he said. "We just keep changing between old and new trees."
New varieties and new root stocks are planted each year. It takes about five to six years for an apple tree to bear fruit.
It's been hard to stay in the apple business during the last few years, Henderson said.
"The last couple of years we've had weather-related losses," he said. "Rain is an expense to farmers. It costs more to spray for disease and insects and the fertilizer leaches out of the soil. It costs more and we harvest less."
But Henderson is determined to prove that North Carolina will continue to grow high-quality apples for consumers.
"I believe in growing American food for the American people," he said. "We know our food is grown safely and correctly."
The company also leases land where vegetables are grown. About 60 percent of the business is in apples. The other 40 percent harvests and packages vegetables.
The facility has an "over-wrap" production line, where cucumbers, peppers, green beans and other vegetables are placed a few to a tray and then covered in a wrap.
About 35 people are employed year round. The number of employees increases to about 100 during harvest season.
Henderson is proud of the company's brand, "Henderson's Best."
"It's our name and the county's name," he said.
Henderson made the choice to continue his family's farming tradition.
"It's a family heritage," he said.
He hopes his two sons, Christopher and Steven, will eventually choose to join the operation.
"We (farmers) have to change and not fight change," he said. "If we grow good-quality fruit for the fresh market and find a niche, we can stay in business."


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A new study reveals some women will spend around £2,000 a year each in pursuit of celebrity hair.
A poll by online hair care retailer Fabriah.com has revealed that Britons are spending up to £2,000 each on their hair every year - all because of celebrity hair envy.
Of the 600 women surveyed, Cheryl Cole and Holly Willoughby came out on top as the celebrities thought to be the best-tressed. But rather than admiring from afar, the same poll revealed that some women will visit hair salons every eight weeks at a cost of £100 per booking just to get recreate a celebrity-worthy look.
Some 24 per cent of those polled spend a staggering £2,000 a year in the salon by the time colour, cuts and those celebrity must-have extensions have been accounted for, while the average, lower-maintenance hair-aware are still totting up a startling £1,300 a year.
On top of that there is the extra £520 spent on products - that's shampoo and conditioners (£150), oils and serums (£60), heat protectors (£60), hairspray (£125 - which makes us worry about how much women are using exactly, as well as for their safety around a candlelit Christmas table) and mousse (another £125).
As we become a nation of dedicated followers of celebrity beauty, it seems we think we're worth it too.


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The first few months of 2020 appear to be very mediocre in the video game front as Sony and Microsoft continue to keep silent about their new machines. The former is yet to even show what the retail version of the PS5 would look like. Meanwhile, the latter only needs to confirm the technical specifications. Earlier this week, a new leak posted on controversial imageboard 4Chan might have exposed the confidential details. Now, a new Xbox Series X feature might have just been confirmed by the manufacturer.
Xbox boss Phil Spencer recently communicated over Twitter that his team is currently busy with preparations for the company's Electronic Entertainment Expo 2020 showcase. Unlike Sony, which announced its decision to pull out, Microsoft's gaming division will have a lot of surprises in store for gamers. According to the tweet, there will be new titles published by Xbox Game Studios and more.
However, it appears that prior to the gaming expo this June, another presentation is scheduled for the Game Developers Conference (GDC) next month, wherein a panel will discuss something about the Xbox Series X, reports GamesRadar+. The special segment is titled "Building Audio Gateways Into Immersive Worlds With Spatial Sound (Presented by Microsoft)."
The synopsis reads, "Learn from the audio designers of 'Borderlands 3' and 'Gears of War 5' around how a collaboration between Microsoft, Dolby, and our middleware partners kicked off a revolution with spatial sound that turns any pair of headphones into a multi-dimensional gateway to another world." Analysts believe that this implies the new game system will have dedicated hardware to process audio signals.
Most console or some PCs rely on the CPU to process the sound, which is why those who seriously want the best audio performance go for dedicated sound cards or external amplifiers to process the signals coming from the software. What this means for gamers is that the Xbox Series X might ship not only with the latest hardware that can handle advanced graphics and reduce load times. Moreover, the way that it outputs audio signals might give users a new type of experience. Even without the help of dedicated sound systems.


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BENGALURU: Plant-based nutrition brand OZiva has raised $5 million, as part of Series A round, led by Matrix Capital India. Existing investor Titan Capital also participated in the funding round.
OZiva will use the proceeds to boost R&D spend, technology and team expansion and to widen customer base.
Founded in 2016 by Aarti Gill and Mihir Gadani, OZiva provides everyday fitness, skin and hair nutrition products.
"We started OZiva with a simple vision of enabling millions of people to be healthier and better. Having a strong digital ecosystem and personalised consultations has helped us in delivering more than just the product and has reflected in our growth numbers as well as unit economics", said Gill, co-founder, OZiva.
The company's target audience comprises women in the 18-55 age group.
"OZiva symbolizes the future of wellness and nutrition, with its vision to be the #1 Plant-based nutrition brand in the country. Its maniacal product focus using the highest quality ingredients, as well as leveraging the power of content and community to educate and learn from consumers makes it a truly differentiated offering", said Sanjot Malhi, director, Matrix India.
There are several startups in India focusing on plant-based nutrition products for customers. Apart from OZiva, there is also Mumbai-based EVO Foods, which offers plant-based eggs, to cater to vegetarians.
Earlier this month, actor Deepika Padukone and DSG Consumer Partners-backed Epigamia launched plant-based, dairy free yogurt line.
Apart from OZiva, Matrix Partners has also invested in other food and nutrition startups including, Nothing Else, a clean label food brand; Open Secret, an F&B brand focused on the healthy snack market; Delight, a direct-to-home, mass premium milk brand, Mosaic Wellness, a lifestyle and wellness consumer brand; a&Me, a F&B brand focused on women’s health and wellness.


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ANALYSIS - Capacity in the dairy processing sector and investment to manufacture new and more products could be a limiting factor in the competitiveness and expansion of the UK dairy market.
The market at present has great potential for growth and the catalyst will be a change in demand, senior analyst at Dairy Co Patty Clayton told a seminar at the Livestock Event in Birmingham.
At present the UK uses between 13 billion and 14 billion litres of milk a year, with the products event split between fresh milk and manufactured products.
And she said that while the market in the UK is stable at present, there is a chance for the country to increase production.
The amount of fresh milk that is placed on the market at present is expected to change as the population numbers and age changes, while incomes for people living in countries such as the UK will not be a determining factor in the changes of preference for milk products.
However, in emerging nations where incomes are rising as well as populations growing, incomes will become a determining factor in the types of products that are consumed.
All these factors, together with price and other competing food products will have an effect on both domestic and export markets.
In the developed countries dairy products will rely more heavily on factors of lifestyle and perceptions of health, while in emerging nations rising incomes will be a major determining factor in the kinds of dairy products that are purchased.
Ms Clayton said that the major consumers of liquid milk at present in the UK are the under 14 year old and the over 65s. There is a growth in production of about 1.2 per cent a year but the middle section of society needs to be attracted to milk to help the market grow and to achieve this the image of milk as a healthy product and the lifestyle image of dairy products needs to be enhanced.
The potential in the UK to change and grow the domestic market depends on turning around a trade deficit in dairy products. At present the UK imports more than it exports and the deficit is growing.
“The growth in imports means that there is a demand for more dairy products and there is an opportunity for growth in the domestic market by taking from the imports,” Ms Clayton said.
She added that the opportunity to grow exports will depend largely on the investment in the processing sector which will drive the kind of products that are manufactured.
“The market in the UK will have to compete to get some of the growing import demand back,” she said.
“Recent investment has largely been in the fresh milk sector, but now there is a need for more investment in the manufactured market.”
Ms Clayton said that the removal of quotas next year is not likely to have a great impact on the UK sector, because the UK has not been meeting the quota limits for some time.
However, when the quotas are removed, the ÚK is going to be expose to more competition particularly from those countries that have been breaking their quotas and have been building up their production.
“Removal of quotas is going to see these countries seek exports to grow themselves,” she said.
Ms Clayton said that the fact that cost of production now around the world is becoming closer in all countries, will mean that the UK will be able to compete on the global market if the country gets its production right and manufactures products to meet the demand.
“In order to grow, we have to stay confident, we have to invest to gain efficiencies and remain competitive on the global market,” she said.
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Shoppers have obtained roughly the same as over 30,000 in whole for recycling plastic containers in the first supermarket trial using “reverse vending machines” installed to reduce littering.
The machines, introduced last year with the Iceland chain at five UK sites, reward consumers by using a voucher worth 10p almost every deposit of your bottle purchased at the businesses.
Iceland, a frozen food specialist, said figures published Wednesday suggested the trial had delivered “significant results” sturdy consumer engagement, with 311,500 plastic bottles recycled at this point. In November alone a day-to-day average of 2,583 bottles were recycled round the five sites, having an average of 250 in coupons refunded each day.
Bottle which enable it to deposit return scheme gets green light in England
Iceland was the initial UK supermarket to run such machines meant for the government’s proposed deposit return scheme in England C which expects retailers to generally be in charge of properly recycling the containers C along with line featuring its own efforts to reduce the impact of single-use plastics around the environment.
Its trial involved equipment in every of four years old stores in Wolverhampton, Mold, Fulham and Musselburgh (covering England, Wales and Scotland) and at Iceland’s secret headquarters, in Deeside.
Richard Walker, Iceland’s managing director, said: “Iceland has continually led the manner in which within the fight the scourge of plastic since making our announcement to lose plastic from the own-label appearance.
“The launch of reverse vending machine trials in the stores is symptom of this. We’ve gained hugely valuable insights into both consumer interest and the functionality of your schemes, as well as it clear from your results that customers prefer to tackle the challenge of plastic go and is meant for a nationwide scheme.”
At present just 43% of the 13bn plastic containers sold every year in great britain are recycled, and 700,000 become litter each day. Pressure keeps growing to the government, retailers and consumers to increase rates of plastic bottle recycling thus reduce marine pollution.
In October the earth secretary, Michael Gove, said he was committed to “working with industry to observe the way could introduce a down payment return scheme for plastic bottles”.
The UK’s largest supermarket, Tesco, is likewise doing a trial, as are Morrisons plus the Co-op, but none of them have yet published their results.
Will McCallum, head of oceans at Greenpeace UK, said: “The success of Iceland’s reverse vending machine trial demonstrates that deposit return schemes for boosting recycling and tackle plastic pollution are generally loved by consumers and eminently doable. Michael Gove must deliver on his promise to add a first deposit return scheme directly, make certain that this covers containers of any size and materials.”


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The U.S. cannabis industry is experiencing torrid growth. Stigmas are fading, and a critical mass of states have adopted legal marijuana, either for medical or recreational use. Yet federal regulations are still holding the industry back, as U.S. cannabis companies are still burdened with onerous borrowing and tax costs.
That could — with an emphasis on “could” — change this year. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer has said he will be putting forth a comprehensive cannabis legalization bill sometime “soon.” It’s an open question whether it will pass, but passage would be a big catalyst for U.S.-based multistate operators.
Although there are many attractive companies in the space, today Ayr Wellness (OTC:AYRW.F), Cresco Labs (OTC:CRLBF), and Jushi Holdings (OTC:JUSHF) look like especially solid choices at this stage of the industry.
Ayr Wellness: A 2020 caterpillar that will turn into a butterfly in 2021
Ayr Wellness has closed four major acquisitions in new states since December, and it’s set to close the acquisition of New Jersey cannabis operator GSD New Jersey in July. Once completed, Ayr will have gone from a two-state to a seven-state operator, in some of the most attractively regulated states in the United States.
Of particular note is the company’s acquisition of Liberty Health in Florida, which Ayr purchased for only $290 million and closed at the end of February. In fact, on a recent conference call with analysts, Chairman John Sandelman said, “It’s always been my belief that the Liberty asset by itself will be worth more in the future than the current value of our stock today.” On a fully converted share basis, Ayr has about a $1.9 billion market capitalization.
Why so much optimism for the Florida asset? It’s because Ayr bought Liberty as it was having cultivation problems in Florida’s humid climate, with 25% yield losses. As a result, Liberty was only able to supply its stores for two days a week. Ayr’s management has already improved yields to levels equal to the rest of the industry and has also increased grams per square foot by 60%. Liberty now has product on the shelves four to five days a week, on the way to a full seven days this year.
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