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Roush CleanTech has developed a medium-duty electric powertrain for Class 6 and 7 trucks, the first non-combustion offering from the Michigan-based company.
The prototype, a box truck on a Ford F-650 chassis, was unveiled Tuesday at the 2018 ACT Expo green transport conference in Long Beach, Calif.
Roush CleanTech, an arm of engineering and product development specialist Roush Enterprises, of Livonia, Mich., has long been a proponent of propane autogas and compressed and liquefied natural gas engines as alternatives to diesel power for trucks.
The decision to develop a battery-electric system came as customer inquiries and requests grew, Rob Stevens, engineering vice president for Roush products, told Trucks.com.
Demand “is in the hundreds, not thousands, but we expect it to grow,” Stevens said.
Roush “has invested $50 million in the last 10 years, building a foundation to help customers move away from diesel…This is the next step,” said Todd Mouw, Rosch CleanTech’s president.
Electrified trucks are “what the market is asking for,” he said, noting that the price of diesel has risen by 54 cents a gallon in the past year to a national average retail pump price of $3.06 a gallon.
In California, where many of Roush’s EV-seeking clients are based, diesel averaged $3.83 a gallon on Tuesday, up 88 cents from $2.95 a year earlier.
Testing and regulatory certification demands mean it will be 18 to 26 months before a commercial version of the battery-electric powertrain is ready for market, Stevens said.
The initial powertrain can be used with Ford’s F-650 and F-750 chassis, targeting the regional delivery truck and school bus markets, but Roush intends to develop battery-electric systems for other medium-duty classes as well, Mouw said.
The F-650 prototype is fitted with a mid-chassis electric motor driving the rear wheels via a short driveshaft. The motor draws power from a series of four lithium-ion battery packs with total capacity of 150 kilowatt-hours. Peak output is rated at 335 horsepower – 250 kilowatts — and continuous operating power at 200 horsepower, or 150 kilowatts.
The truck has an estimated range of up to 120 miles per charge and a top speed of 75 mph.
Batteries are the costliest component in an electric vehicle. Roush believes that battery prices, which have fallen significantly in the past decade, will drop even further as more and more car and truck builders add electrified powertrains to their portfolios.
“We were paying around $1,000 per kilowatt” when he was running Ford Motor Co.’s Think electric city car program, Stevens said. Now the cost is as low as $200 per kilowatt, he said.
Roush is joining a number of players in the medium-duty electric truck and bus market and has some catching up to do.
Competitors include BYD, Workhorse and Daimler’s Fuso unit.
The Fuso eCanter electric delivery truck already is on sale in the U.S., and California-based BYD North America is marketing electric school buses and delivery trucks. Workhorse has begun testing Class 2 electric delivery vans, and UPS has announced plans to lease 50 Class 5 electric trucks the Ohio-based company is developing and expects to have ready by the end of the year.
“Now is the time to jump in,” Roush’s Stevens said.


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Nintendo says it still plans to support the Nintendo 3DS, though the little handheld was practically a no-show during E3 2019's Nintendo Direct presentation. Even Nintendo's higher-ups admit the 3DS wouldn't have generated much excitement during the Direct.
Nintendo of America president Doug Bowser and Senior Product Marketing Manager of Nintendo of America, Bill Trinen, gave separate statements about the state of the 3DS to Time and GameXplain respectively. Bowser says the 3DS isn't at E3 because "it is all about Nintendo Switch," and "at this point, we have no games to announce on 3DS at this show."
Trinen points out that the E3 2019 Nintendo Direct had a lot of ground to cover with the Switch alone. "When you look at the sheer amount of content that's coming to Nintendo Switch even in just the next three to four months, we had a lot of content to cover," he says. "We filled basically a 45-minute Direct, with what I think is a pretty strong line-up of Switch games."
Both Bowser and Trinen point out the 3DS is still selling quite well, even if Nintendo has no new games to announce for the handheld. "Retailers continue to support both the hardware and the software. And as long as there's consumer demand for 3DS, we'll continue to support it," Bowser says. "In fact, we believe it's a great entry point for young gamers."
Kind of ironic, then, that one of the last big-name games released for the 3DS is the excellent and very M-rated Persona Q2: New Cinema Labyrinth.
We covered E3 in great detail, so make sure to check out our E3 2019 guide for all our news, hands-on previews, and opinions.

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plus the lease from facebook show the company had described children as quote and untapped source of wealth. we'll discuss the latest controversy. then civil semiconductor shortage continues to impact the auto sector as price is stored while buyer backed off this month over you, the latest we have is half. so today, fullest dive right in. we leave the program with the latest on the ever grand saga, as the chinese company misses its offshore bon payment deadline for the 2nd week in a row falling an 83500000 dollar payment last week. ever grand owed a $47500000.00 payment on thursday. now, in addition to being one of the largest property developers ever grant is also one of the most indebted companies in the world. owing more than $305000000000.00, it's attempts to restructure its debt came as the chinese government was taking measures to stop housing prices from skyrocketing creating the perfect storm for the embattled group. meanwhile,
factories across china have been forced to pull back on production as they were hit with unprecedented blackouts in recent weeks. the latest purchasing managers index well below 52, a rating of 49.6 in september, confirming that china's factory output contracts for the 1st time since february 2020. so what does this mean for china moving forward and how does it stand to impact the rest of the world? but joining us out with that i've been less go. christy i, and octavia moran z u. c. o. open miss o l. c. kristi, let's start with you here. now, of course there have been a lot of questions about when and how the chinese government should be stepping in . why do you think we haven't seen more from beijing after another missed payment here? well i think beijing does a want to create the safety net mentality that. d we have here in the states that there's such a thing as too big to fail and that the government will always step in to cushion the fall. i mean, does the mentality of the market here in the us,
we just keep on floating up and up thinking that there's always going to be easy, money, more stimulus policies, government bail out of fairly industries like we've seen previously in banking. and then the airlines with coven and then hotels, and the leisure sector. but beijing is trying to not create that dependence and expectation. thus, it's willing to have a hard landing here in order to teach a lesson to the market, not to be widely speculative thinking that there will be absolutely no repercussions, because it's not like beijing is doing absolutely nothing. is doing just enough to contain the fallout. but it will not be doing a full on bail out when we 1st started talking about ever grants. default the 1st headline to appear were too big to fail. that was the markets 1st instinct calling something too big to fail and just expecting a bailout. basically, you're calling these venture is completely riskless. if you can't ever fail, so no, not the mentality. now, the mentality has completely changed, and analysts do not expect to bail out. however,
beijing is pressuring government affiliated companies and developers to buy at the giant's assets and all the proceeds will be used to pay off their debts. however, as it gets repaid and restructured, investors will definitely be taking quite a big haircut on their money. it's very interesting on that point, christy, because you hear a lot of analysts say, oh yeah, we expect china to step in and do something about this. but again, as rachel mentioned in the beginning there, the chinese government actually had a hand in these measures. curbing skyrocketing housing prices, so octavio that brings me to you. there is also an argument that because beijing has such a tight grip on the markets, investors have lost a healthy fear that comes with getting into the market there. what do you make of what we've seen so far with ever grant? well, i think the healthy fair and the chinese market is very present. and anyone who looked at where the stock not went in china off 2015 basically lost a ton of money. so if you're lucky enough to buy chinese talks in 2015 or 16, you took a boss. and that's not the case in the west,
in the west. we're basically seeing regular prices week to week, day off today, almost a new thing to slow down a bit in september so far. but i think the healthy field that you describe exists very much in chinese equities markets and doesn't exist in west markets and doesn't exist in japanese market. so, i think perhaps exactly the opposite is true, the chinese up to suit in the past. that doesn't bail out investors, nixon marcus, nor the housing markets. i don't know. i don't, i will last. i mean, the head of the governor, the people's bank of changed recently wrote an article you guy here in article, criticizing western central banks for their asset purchase. the same china is not going to follow that example. so we'll see how long they stated that they hadn't was done that in the past. in the past the p o b p p s, he's been very active in markets. so we'll see how that will remains convenient for them to do at the time being that holding back. and now, christie from the thousands who are relying on ever grand for business and unfulfilled contracted those in the manufacturing sector. are these latest crackdowns affecting them and is the assumption that it may be uncomfortable for now? but eventually things will work out in the months to come. all construction manufacturing
as a whole is slowing down. manufacturing has contracted for the 1st time since coven 19. and now they're battling high commodities, prices, power crunches, coven, 19 outbreaks, and parts and material shortages. so construction in the ever grand properties, they have resumed on nearly 20 development areas. worker's attention had accelerated since ever grand needs to either repay the homebuyers or deliver the homes. but i think here, even if let's just say the people look to the government to make things better. the question is how there is a power shortage which stunned from a coal shortage, which then causes upstream material shortages like steel and aluminum, which then affects all the downstream manufacturing. and all of this compounds into rising prices for the uses of these materials. and then the final consumer of the finished product. so the government can't just magically make more power. they can certainly loosen regulations on emissions and allow coal to come back to the market . but that's going to take a while and that's not
a long term solution. so right now it's uncertain how long the situation is going to last for. yeah, there really is a lot of play there now. octavio when it comes to the latest power cuts in china, how do they stand the impact of global supply overall? i know we've been talking a lot about the supply shortages a lot about winter now, fast approaching, how do you see all of that flying out? well, it's going into the world's supply. very bad in china is a very major in put in terms of manufacturing globally and books that are coming to the christmas season. the winter season, where energy demands gonna go up even higher. i think this kind of power shortage will remain as long as beijing decides to regulate electricity prices. the real problem in china a is of beijing, has regulated interest. prices has not allowed us to float in as kept as would you tightly kept. and so there's a lot of appraisal co, how, how prompts in china basically can't afford to coal, to interested and shut down the product as a result. because it was going to cost more to buy the cold,
and they can get in return for the electricity. so as long as power prices remain, captain china, do, they will have this, congress hope shortages as soon as they lift those caps and allow the price of electricity float freely. these kind of suitable to will disappear as it always do it all markets. because marcus, who was clear eventually and are probably what you're saying, i mean, i know we've talked about this a lot, but they're also saying, you know, as europe is also facing energy issues as well, that we have a global power current. i have about 30 seconds to give you the final word. there was to, we've seen natural gas prices in york, go through the roof only in europe. so that's not been the case as much in north america with asia, the gas price very much, much more mutually. that's a do was sort of the local demand supply in europe. nothing that will work itself out. the tick is more stream to the pipeline comes on line that should work itself out eventually. but yeah, we're seeing basically power conscious shortages all over this place. i think we're re seeing is sort of all this call to say to reason that was in pumped in the market leading to much, much higher price is right across the board for everything. and people just
starting to adjust to that and they're not willing yet to pay that much higher prices for the input. so trying to hold back, i said, i'm not willing to pay 20 percent more 30 percent more from stuff i used to get much cheaper in the part of that's contacted change. you're gonna have to buy the bullet. basically in the accept the inflation is just gonna be part of the landscape of time to come. yeah, really does in that way, especially after this truly unprecedented year and a half been thus chrissy i and octavia mirandi of openness. i'll see. thank you both for your insight on this one. thank you. and a mid recent scrutiny over how facebook's products affect the young people, the social media giants, global head of safety was grilled by us senators at a hearing thursday. facebook knows they know it, children struggle with addiction on instagram, and they didn't want to admit it. this seems to be a recurring theme with this company. do everything and anything to mould the world
into your own image. for your own profit without any regard for any harm that is going to be done because your focus is on your pocket busch. let's be clear. the problem isn't that instagram hasn't developed a safe product for kids. the product, the problem is instagram itself. and meanwhile, there's new information surrounding facebook strategies to certain strategies, routing to affect and monetize children between the ages of 10 and 12 years old. internal documents now show that facebook views, children as an untapped source of wealth, and even thought to turn, play days into growth drivers. joining us now to break down the semi bizarre story as boom, but co host an investigative journalist, ben swan. i bet i say it's bizarre and were surprised by it. but really,
we almost aren't surprised. we're kind of surprised that they would put it into writing really more than anything. because earlier this week we talked about instagram, kids project being put on, hold this research part of that project. no, this is actually separate research from that. so the instagram part of it was specific to instagram and the effect it was having on young people. but in this case, it's actually facebook's internal documents related to facebook as a property itself. how do you get kids to begin using facebook? because as you guys know, only old people use faith from right and even the old people who use facebook or facet declining. in fact, you know, the internal document show by the year 2023. they're expecting to lose about 45 percent of younger users on facebook. so as an enormous number of users who are going away. and so what this was really about is facebook saying, how do we create a system that targets kids lures lores as it sounds like a creepy word. but a lot of the language they use was actually kind of creepy lores them in my word, not theirs. and then keeps them as kind of customers for life, because it sees them as an untapped financial market or an untapped financial
resource that they can access that right now they're failing to access. and i love out one of the documents actually says that a facebook owes it to itself to do this and not ignore this market though. do they really? yeah, and it is interesting. we have facebook used to be the thing that had, you know, billions and billions of people on it. and now i know my little sister is a teenager, and she has no interest in getting on facebook because she sees it as something is for the older generation. now of course, a lot of this focus seems to surround the success that other apps like tick tock of hadn't attracting younger users while facebook and shedding younger users at a rapid rate. is that a fair critique? oh, i think it's, i think it's a kind critique right to say that they're only shedding those older users. and by the way, rachel, have to say, i'm sure is not just your sister who does not used facebook. right. and again, this is for older people, but what, what was interesting about the way the documentation was laid out is facebook was trying to now position the, the original traditional facebook as adult teeth as part of their adopting process
. so when you're really young and you're on these kids apps that are targeting children and, and play dates among kids, which again, super bizarre language. right. and. 4 then they say that over time they want to see them transition to instagram and then adults into facebook. and so it's really just setting up a pipeline to say, how do we know harvest data for life the entire time and, and some of these documents by the way, are broken down from kids from 0 to 5. and then 62101212, as tweens 12 to 15. so they have it all broken down at demographically, of who they're trying to target. and they're literally wanting data on you and to end to do this from cradle to grave, quite literally. and i think that alone is, is a bizarre way that facebook looks at the world and been there. they're trying to spin these reports and even say that be played it language. it used was an insensitive way to pose a serious question and doesn't reflect its approach to actually building the app.
how did the lawmakers respond today? and i have about 45 seconds for you been. yeah, well as you heard, i mean they're, they're not buying that. and by the way, for facebook to say this is insensitive language to, to pose a serious question. what was the serious question? serious question they say is that they have some kind of responsibility to the world to create a product for kids. know you to not, especially when remember this and i and i always have to remind people of this. i know our time is short. you are the product on facebook. facebook is not selling advertising facebook. their primary job is not to influence elections. their primary job is not to, to shape the world's thoughts. their primary product product is you as a human being and to sell you to advertisers. so the idea that they want to come further expand that, not just to adults, not just a teenagers, but to sell those children's data as part of their kind of plan for world domination. i've, it's dystopian on every level and, and congress should get involved. been swan, i don't know about you, but i'm old enough that i'm still on my space. thank you so much. i know you are. i
think the united states senate has approved a bill to avert a government shut down. that could have had a major impact for the ongoing economic recovery in the nation. the deal announced by majority leader, chuck schumer will keep the government operating through the 3rd of december. if no deal had been reached, hundreds of thousands of federal employees would have been effected starting on friday now beyond extending a deadline for a shut down. the bill includes disaster aid for states that have faced extreme weather and funds to resettle african refugees. the legislation, however, will not have a provision to raise the debt ceiling. earlier this week. senate republicans blocked a procedural vote of a house pass bill, which included an extension of the debt limit claiming they want to stand alone legislation to make this happen over the last few days. treasury secretary janet yellow and had told law makers the u. s. will no longer be able to avoid breaching that limit as of the 18th of october. and rachel,
this is literally just kicking the can down the road the, the definition of that. oh, absolutely. i mean, the 3rd of december. so what they're saying is that they are going to have this exact same argument all over again, just a few weeks from now. and as federal employees who are reliant on this, what they're basically to do is moving into the holiday season. you get back from thanksgiving and then you have about a week where you're going to be looking at it and saying, am i going to be able to afford buying christmas present? because i don't know if they're gonna extend this and then they're probably kick the can down the road for a couple more weeks and we'll see what happens. that's exactly how they do. and we also have to remember here that while those federal employees have significant consequences, as a result of this, those members of congress who did not do their job and passed funding, they still get paid. interesting how that works. time now for a quick break. so when we come back to semi conductor shortage continues to wreck havoc among all tech sectors, including the auto industry. we'll discuss, follow with an expert in the field next. and as we go to break, here are the numbers at the close.
with of course after 40 years of fed interventionism by simply expanding and pretending and printing a lot of money, they got into this cargo called, you call it mentality where simply waving a flag, you know, essentially printing more money is going to make all the problems disappear. meanwhile, politically, what we've seen in america is really remarkable. the, the liberal left and their cohorts in the media. even though that this policy is caused incredible human suffering in america. they effectively marginalize those people as quote, deplorable and really made scapegoats of the victims of japan. and they've often said that this is a victimless crime, money printing and extortion that's practice at the fed. and yet, i look at those 90000 dead americans last year from opiate overdose. i'd say j pal, you've got blood on your hands because that's a direct result. now, investment money printing and ro acknowledge that you're practicing as a charlatan. the
the air welcome back supply chain issues related to the global chip shortage would likely have a major impact on car sales in the coming month. automakers likely sold roughly 12300000 new vehicles in the u. s. in september, according to bloomberg, but going out of 6 market research are forecast. the number is considerably lower than the 13 point. $1000000.00 cars sold in august and down 25 percent from september of last year. so just how bad are these supply chain constraints? well, as some major brands have been forced to ramp down production market research, a true car says u. s. dealers only had 17 days worth of new car inventory on their lot. compare that to the same month between 20152019 when dealerships average 64 days worth of inventory. so just how long can these issues last and how is the industry dealing
with it or the discuss? let's bring in some other auto news. let's bring in the car, coach lauren, fix moore, and always a pleasure to have you on the show to talk about these issues. now, analyst that l m c automotive. believe it could take all of 2022 to get ahold of this chip shortage and have things returned to some sort of normalcy. as we've seen sales and inventory struggling. how is the auto industry going to be able to deal with this? well, the auto industry is trying to go what's called vertical. they're going to try and build things with in their own companies. if they need chips, they're gonna, they're going to use their old chip factories to try and produce some things. they get product out the door because you're talking about such a huge hit in sales that affects the profits that affects the unions that affects jobs all the way up and down the pike. and then also affects local communities of dealers, not selling. as many vehicles, they're not going to be using as many services in the local area. and of course that means employees. so there's a lot of people that are impacted by this global chip shortage. although it seems
like it's right on the surface. there's a lot more to it. there's also a shortage in steel is a shortage in wiring harnesses. and there's a shortage in rubber. and a lot of that still sitting on ships that are waiting months, literally out in long beach, long boat or long beach and other areas waiting to dock. and once they dock, they still need workers to unload those ships and then drivers to take them to their destination. so there's a lot of things in the logistics side of this that are also causing part of this chip shortage. wow. and it's certainly, i know we've talked about shortage after shortage here, but at the same time us dealers have been able to weather the storm, making significant profit as prices for vehicles were up due to those supply constraints. so are we going to continue to see that trend moving forward, or will all of this eventually come to a head? what say you? well, the dealers are franchises, so we know that right away. so when there are franchise, they can put whatever price they want on the window sticker for you to buy it. and sometimes you'll go to a dealer and tell they've got the vehicle i want. that's great. and you look at the
window sticker has something that's called a d m, that's additional dealer markup translated is pure profit from the dealer. and they have every right to charge that and you have every right to pay it or not to pay it . so keep in mind if they can't get vehicles, it's supply and demand economics one on one, right? if you don't have enough supply, but you have a huge demand, we can charge a higher price for that. and that's not always going to be the case. but in the near future and possibly up to in the next year, like they are saying from l m. c. it's entirely possible that you're going to see additional dealer markup on a lot of vehicles right now. if you want to vehicle your best friends to order one, don't take anything off the lot because you will be paying a premium price. there's very few incentives and that means more profits in the dealer's pockets in lauren, i was going to ask about this, this market that you just mentioned. how common was that say before we had the supply contracts? did you did dealers regularly do that? because we know we see a lot of deals come through where they're, they're actually knocking money off the price. right now your am or additional dealer markup as things like the 2021 portion, 911. you want to g
t 3. you're going to pay for it, and i, i actually call the dealer on what it was, $40000.00 over sticker, but you're finding as much as $10000.00 over on something as simple as a key is sell dose, which is something that is a pretty mainstream car, but it's about supply and demand. so you're seeing it was always common unlimited production vehicles that there was a high demand for such as the t rex for the truck or a shelby mustang or corvette. but now you're talking about this a d. m being added to just average cars, and i don't think this is going away in the near future. now i want to bring another aspect into all of this, which is the earlier this week we discussed a fuel shortage in the u. k. as a nation faces a truck driver shortage to get the product to the pump. and as that happened, online searches for electric cars in the u. k. serge, 1500 percent according to google search data. so as we look at oil prices going up, do you generally see more e v 's being sold in the future?
while the problem is still the same with the electric vehicles, there's even more chips used in electric vehicles, but what is showing is interest in electric vehicles. so people are researching and deciding. does this work for my family, for my lifestyle? remember that the insurance rates here in the us are twice as much as they are for a vehicle that is a non electric vehicle. so it may or may not work for you. so you have to do your research on the cost of ownership because there is a cost for electricity. and that's also getting more expensive because the shortage of electricity. and that leads us into other conversations of countries like poland producing nuclear power because there's a shortage of power as well as a shortage of gasoline and diesel. and so people are that are considering electric vehicles are now starting to think, you know, this might work for me, or maybe i'm just going to work from home, which we're also seeing a higher increase of also. well, that's interesting because i think we saw that at the beginning of the pandemic, 2 of the work from home, people were kind of like that. we didn't need cars, but then there were also people who were like in major cities who said, now i maybe do need a car which device. it's been kind of a vicious cycle for pretty much everything. since the start of the pandemic. lauren
fixed the car coach, thank you so much for your inspected it. thank you. and finally, amazon has created a robot than it describes as its own version of our 2 d 2. but league documents war in the robots own developers say it has some serious issues and is not ready for release. so amazon describes the new astro robot as a domestic assistant, which is essentially alexa on wheels. however, an anonymous team of developers is warning about the robots pattern of memorizing each member of the house saying in his program to follow around anyone it identifies as a stranger. and they're saying that the facial recognition technology uses is flawed at best, and a privacy nightmare at worst. and on top of that, the aster was described as being well, not the smartest with the report saying the robot will throw itself downstairs if presented the opportunity. and if that's not enough,
and you want to find out more for yourself, well, amazon aster will soon be available for $1000.00 each. all right, you have a $1000.00 to spare, just to try this out. but it sounds like there are a lot of privacy concerns in this. i mean, it seems like alexa beyond here is, you know, with bad enough that these device, they're listening to us, finding out everything that's going on in our life now they can follow you around to figure that out. absolutely. and what i want to know is where does that information go? ok, they've got everyone in your house memorize well then what, when now i'm wondering if it can drive around your house, see if you're out of toilet paper. so i can tell you to order or whatever it might long as you know, i'm stairs, you should be good, and that's it. for this time, you get to bust on demand on the portable tv app available on smartphones, tablets, through google play in the apple app. store by searching portable tv where we'll see the can also be downloaded on samsung, smart tvs and roku devices, or simply check it out portable tv will see you next time. mm hm.
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PPI sales will be banned while customers take out a loan
Banks and other lenders face severe restrictions on their sales of lucrative loan insurance.
Payment protection insurance (PPI) cost borrowers more than £4bn in 2007 and is supposed to repay borrowers' loans if they fall ill or lose their jobs.
The Competition Commission says lenders will no longer be able to sell PPI when they grant a loan, and also for seven days afterwards.
The Commission said customers would have "lower prices and better choice".
"The 'point-of-sale' advantage has meant that leading providers have faced little competition for PPI and, as a result, have charged persistently high prices," said Peter Davis, deputy chairman of the Commission.
"Consumers' interests are not best served when the only choice the vast majority have is whether or not to purchase their credit provider's PPI product.
"The resulting lack of competition means that the only offer consumers get is simply worse value than they are entitled to expect," he added.
Borrowers will, if they wish, still be free to approach their lender to buy its own PPI policy 24 hours after taking out a loan.
The Commission expects requirements for PPI providers to give consumers better information to be met by April 2010, with the other measures coming into force by October 2010.
There are currently more than 12 million PPI polices in force, which have mainly been sold alongside credit cards, personal loans and mortgages.
The Commission's final set of proposals is the culmination of a four-year campaign by consumer organisations, and then regulators, against the mis-selling of the insurance by banks and other lenders.
Louise Hanson, head of campaigns at Which? said the decision sounded the death knell for PPI.
"For too long too many consumers have suffered from shoddy, expensive and inadequate protection," she said.
"It's a great shame that since we began campaigning for better products, many people have wasted millions of pounds on PPI and have been ripped off in the process," she added.
But the Association of British Insurers (ABI) said the Commission's plans could leave borrowers without necessary cover.
"The point of sale ban carries significant risks for borrowers, mainly by leaving them unprotected at a time when unemployment cover has never been needed more," said Nick Starling of the ABI.
"Figures released only yesterday by the ABI show that in November 2008 there were 19,105 new unemployment claims on PPI policies," he added.
The Competition Commission's draft recommendations were first outlined last November.
Then it suggested a 14-day moratorium on PPI sales by lenders, now watered down to seven days, but it is going ahead with its proposal to ban sales of "single premium" PPI policies altogether.
These involve the full premium being added to a loan up-front, thus inflating the borrower's interest bill.
This also tends to lock in customers who might wish to change their PPI policy.
That recommendation has already been taken up by five major UK banks, following pressure to comply from the Financial Services Authority (FSA).
Other measures being enforced by the Commission involve lenders having to provide personal PPI quotes to customers, annual policy statements for the customers, and more information so they can shop around if they want to take out the insurance.
"The Commission has thrown the baby out with the bath water," said Stephen Sklaroff of the Finance and Leasing Association.
"By preventing customers from protecting their repayments at the time they take out a loan, the Commission has made it much less likely that they will do so at all.
"Many more people will go without the safety-net provided by PPI, just when unemployment is reaching record highs," he added.
The sale of PPI has been highly profitable, partly because so few customers have been able to make valid claims.
The Commission found that, in 2006, lenders made excess profits of £1.4bn when selling the insurance.
Its main finding last year was that lenders had a monopoly on the sale of the policies "at the point of sale" when they also granted a loan.
This meant borrowers were deterred from shopping around, and the lack of competition meant that the cost of the insurance was kept artificially high.
Consumer organisations have found that borrowers are often also under the impression that taking the insurance is essential in order to be granted the loan at all.
And some customers have been misled about what the insurance covers, whether they really need it, or if they will even be able to make a claim under the terms of their policy.
In October last year, the FSA fined the Alliance & Leicester £7m for mis-selling PPI to 210,000 people after training its staff to pressurise any customers who disputed the inclusion of the supposedly optional insurance in the quotation for their loan.


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SEOUL, Jan. 9 (UPI) -- Samsung Electronics is partnering with BMW to apply 5G to automobiles, the firms announced during the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas.
Under the partnership, Samsung and its affiliate Harman plan to offer 5G technology for 2021's BMW iNext, which they expect to be the first 5G-capable model in the world.
Compared to its predecessor 4G, 5G connectivity promises up to 100 times faster speed while supporting around 10 times more devices.
Samsung expects that the 5G-equipped vehicle will provide real-time information to drivers in various road situations, including risk assessment and blind-spot information based on high-resolution maps.
Samsung and BMW have long cooperated to come up with innovative vehicles. Harman is a high-tech U.S. company, which focuses on connected car systems and audiovisual products. Samsung acquired Harman in 2017.
Samsung Chief Strategy Officer Young Sohn said the partnership with BMW will bring the company's 5G technology to the next generation of cars.
"As we enter the new decade of autonomous driving reality, we see great opportunities to experience many smartphone features that enable this new era of mobility as a service," Sohn, who is also chairman of the board for Harman, said in a statement Thursday.
"One of the core enabling technologies is 5G. 5G's low latency, massive density, device awareness and super-fast download speeds enable new capabilities and experiences critical for autonomous driving systems of this decade."
Klaus Frölich, a member of the BMW board of management, also expressed his hope for the collaboration.
"For nearly 30 years, Samsung and Harman have been key partners for the BMW Group," he said in the statement.
"In 2021, we will launch the BMW iNext, the world's first car with Samsung's 5G technology, and we look forward to spreading this over the whole portfolio. Together, we can seamlessly connect the car to the world of our customers and beyond."


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Xbox 360 sales have been rather low since the launch in Japan. In the week ending August 10th Microsoft sold a surprising 24,962 units and outsold the Sony PS3 (9,673) by far.
The reason seems to be the release of Bandai’s Tales of Vesperia that sold over 100,000 copies in the first week according to Media Create.
Like in the United States the Wii is still on top of the Xbox 360 and PS3, but both handheld gaming systems sold more than the Wii in that week.
Tales of Vesperia marks the first Tales RPG release in high-def with detail and graphics never before seen in the series.
Tales of Vesperia will be released in the United States on August 26th. There is a premium edition and standard edition available for pre-order on Amazon.com.
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Text messaging appears to be a focus for several firms in India. Advertising tends to seep into anything and everything you use in some form. Businesses in India have recently misused Google Messages and its RCS communications capabilities.
Users of Google Messages in India have been complaining about more and more advertisements appearing over RCS texting over the past several weeks. While many companies, including those in the US and other nations, have utilized SMS texts and messaging applications to market new products to previous consumers, these advertisements in India are not always related to a user’s purchasing behavior.
Business messaging on RCS, as Googles Jibe website points out , is intended for tasks like sending copies of your flight tickets or sending links for making more purchases based on a previous purchase upon a user’s request.
SMS is the primary method used by millions of businesses to reach mobile customers. Business-to-consumer SMS messages include alerts for credit card fraud, airline status updates, and parcel delivery announcements.
SMS is upgraded with branding, rich media, interactivity, and analytics through RCS (Rich Communication Services). RCS enables companies to brand and integrate interactive mobile experiences directly into the default messaging app.
RCS is meant to be used by enterprises in this manner. That definitely isn’t what’s going on in India right now.
RCS advertisements in Google Messages seem to be originating from verified business accounts, as brought to our attention by Ishan Argwal on Twitter . The objective of Google’s initial back in 2020 announcement was to enable customers to communicate with businesses. Advertising undoubtedly had a purpose, but there is no doubt that it is being misused in India. Android Police says cites examples of advertisements issued by Kotak Mahindra Bank, Bajaj Finserv, Buddy Loan, and PolicyBazaar as evidence that these advertisements had been running for almost a year. We may infer from user reports that the frequency of these advertisements has been increasing, particularly over the previous few months.
These advertisements are hardly innocent however, as many of the cases we’ve seen were for personal loans, a market that frequently engages in predatory behavior. One user reports reported receiving one of these advertisements on a phone without even an active SIM card.
At least in this quantity, it appears that the Indian market is where this technique is currently most prevalent.
What can be done about these Google Messages advertisements? Sadly, none of the solutions are completely satisfactory. As shown below, you can report these companies and prevent them from sending you messages in the future.
As an alternative, you can completely disable RCS functionalities within the Google Messages app. This harsh action shouldn’t even be necessary, yet it seems to be the only surefire way to stop these advertising from showing up. Since switching to a different SMS app also disables RCS, this is also prevented by doing so. Turning off RCS isn’t a significant concern for most people in the area because WhatsApp and other similar messaging applications are the main forms of communicating in India, even though this situation shouldn’t even exist in the first place.
We’ve contacted Google about the adverts in Google Messages RCS and this obvious system abuse, but the firm was unable to respond with a statement in time for publication.


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An interesting phenomenon occurred in self-service this year: While no single deployment dominated the industry's attention, notable trends seemed to fall in line with the greater scheme of things. As more people bought tablets, joined social media and shopped on smartphones, self-service technology providers found ways to assist, capitalize and profit from the will of the masses.
Tablets take over
As is the case with most disruptive innovations in technology, one item in a new segment tends to become the standard-bearer that others attempt to follow. For tablets, the obvious leader of the pack is Apple's iPad.
The device has infiltrated homes worldwide, and kiosk manufacturers have taken notice. The past year has been a boon for tablet kiosks, with companies building enclosures, stands and software to transform the iPad and other tablets into a self-service customer engagement technology.
"The beginning of year there were maybe a dozen iPad kiosk companies and now there is somewhere around 50," said Mike James, a 30-year kiosk professional and developer of the Kiosk Pro App for iPad and iPad2. "This year it's clear that iPad and tablet-based kiosks are sweeping the industry."
According to James, there is no going back to the old form PC-based kiosks, as he consistently deals with clients looking for the lower overhead and greater ROI that comes from a tablet-based kiosk.
And there are no signs of the popularity slowing down. With what started as small orders for 10 to 20 tablet kiosks, James said, "Now we get orders for 250 to 500 at a time. They've gone into big business."
Michael Ionescu, president of Ionescu Technologies, agrees that with no standout, overarching trend of 2012, tablets take the cake this year, even in the interactive digital signage industry.
"I think the most important trend to happen in our industry is the growth of tablet computing and the fact that interactive smartphones have reached over 50 percent of cell users," he said. "What this means is that more and more people are getting use to digital and interacting with digital screens."
Mobile moves in
While tablets were staking a claim in the kiosk industry, smartphones were taking self-service to the next level. Mobile apps for self-checkout, payments, mapping and wayfinding have turned the common pocket devices into endless industry portals.
"Conventional website traffic is now non-desktop," said Craig Keefner, manager of the Kiosk Industry Group and member of the Digital Screenmedia Association Kiosk Council. "Retail has finally adopted mobile and made it a platform, especially for the future."
This past September, Walmart made news when it began testing the Scan & Go app for self-checkout. Scan & Go enables shoppers to do just that — scan their items while they shop and bag them as they go. Once finished, shoppers take their cart full of merchandise to a self-checkout kiosk and complete the purchase through traditional payment methods, although mobile payments are expected to trump that process. The app was produced by the company's social and mobile developers, @Walmart Labs, and boasts added benefits like allowing customers to create virtual shopping lists and checking that items on their list are in stock.
While Walmart has remained mum on whether and when they plan to launch the program nationwide, the seed has been sown and similar apps are already popping up.
And wayfinding kiosks at shopping malls beware. A growing number of retail facilities are opting for on-site or in-store map apps that utilize Wi-Fi GPS to help shoppers get around. Analysts following the indoor mapping industry speculate that it is on its way to sharing the same common popularity already found in outdoor mobile GPS.
"I think that within two to three years we will see indoor mapping and location services as big as outdoor is now," said Bruce Krulwich, a mobile strategist with Grizzly Analytics.
Photo kiosks fall in love with social media
It's no secret that society is a bit social media "obsessed," and that the obsession has seeped into big business. In self-service terms, photo kiosks have jumped onto the proverbial bandwagon with new products popping up with tightly integrated photo sharing on social media.
Although Kodak garnered substantial press this year with its bankruptcy filing and uncertainty surrounding the fate of its enormous photo kiosk fleet, the dust has seemed to settle and the iconic company has managed to maintain its footprint in the U.S. Kodak was an early adopter of social media photo printing, going back to May of 2011, and several other companies have developed similar concepts.
"Several startups seem to be trying to capitalize on social media to make their mark," said Gary Pageau, formerly of the Photo Marketing Association and current principal of Infocircle. "New entries are trying to add social marketing to event marketing. This trend is still too early to judge its success, but clearly the strength of photography is its social aspects."
Take iSnap Social for example. Consumers take photos of themselves and instantly post them to their personal social media sites at the photo booth-style kiosks, located in Las Vegas hotel casinos including Circus Circus, Excalibur and Luxor. More recently, FanShots and TapSnap have entered the ring, both offering high-quality photos beamed instantly to the user's social media accounts.
And even though smartphones are morphing into handheld photo booths, with Kodak still in the business, Pageau thinks that the "jitters have settled." He added, "Kodak seems committed to the ongoing photo kiosk business, even getting a recommitment from its key customer, CVS."
These three topics are not alone. There's more to discuss in part two of our look at the year's biggest trends, coming soon.
(Editor's Note: This is part one of a two-part series on the biggest kiosk and self-service industry trends of 2012. Check back for part two, as well as our 2013 forecast, with predictions from industry experts.)
Photo provided by Sean MacEntee.
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Residence Inn by Marriott Dammam will be aimed at long-stay guests
Marriott has announced the opening of Residence Inn by Marriott Dammam, offering upscale longer stays to guests.
Opening in the kingdom’s Eastern Province, the hotel is located in Dammam’s Al Badi district, with easy access to malls and the Corniche, a 30-minute drive to the city’s beaches.
Accommodation comprises 134 residential suites. With categories including studios and one-, two- and three-bedroom suites, all have fully equipped kitchens, large bathrooms and separate sleep and work areas.
In addition, each suite’s kitchen is furnished with a refrigerator, dishwasher, cutlery, and cookware and is paired with the hotel’s complimentary grocery delivery. Breakfast is included in the stay and guests can opt to dine à la carte dining at the property’s signature restaurant, Dish Inn.
Additional onsite facilities include free WiFi, express laundry facilities, a health club and an outdoor pool. The hotel also features a business centre, a ballroom and an indoor kids area to keep little ones entertained.
Residence Inn Damman guest room
Speaking about the newly opened property, Marriott International area vice president for Saudi Arabia, Bahrain and Egypt, Ahmed Hozaien, said: “The opening of Residence Inn by Marriott Dammam reinforces the demand we are seeing for the longer stay market. The strategic location of this hotel and its offering makes it an ideal choice for various travellers including business, families and those travelling for leisure.”
The opening of Residence Inn by Marriott Dammam is in line with Saudi Arabia’s Vision 2030 which aims to create one million jobs in the tourism sector, attract 100 million visitors annually, and shape the tourism sector to contribute to 10% of the country’s GDP.
For more information, visit www.marriott.com/hotels/travel/dmmri-residence-inn-dammam


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Keyword: Atlantis, Paradise Island
Here are the highlights of some of the Bahamas’ most anticipated property openings, as well as other hotel news from the destination. Take a look.
Whether you're looking to fly, drive or cruise, there are plenty of options for taking the family for a long weekend or week during spring break. Learn more here.
Travel Agent chatted with some Caribbean travel specialists about the region's hottest travel trends of 2017 and how to turn them into sales heading into 2018.
Many hotels, tour companies and travel booking agencies will be offering deals over Thanksgiving weekend, including "Travel Deal Tuesday." Take a look.
In the wake of Hurricane Irma and Maria, here are some alternate islands to consider if you're still looking for a Caribbean vacation.
Travel Agent brings you the most recent hotel damage assessments in the Caribbean following the recent passage of Hurricane Irma. Take a look.
The Bahamas’ Atlantis, Paradise Island resort has delayed the unveiling of massive renovations to its Coral Towers resort from July 16 to later this summer, according to a spokesperson for the resort. Here's the latest.
Atlantis, Paradise in the Bahamas is introducing new immersive experiences for guests to learn about the Bahamian culture. The resort also announced the appointment of Jim Curtis as vice president of group sales. Get the details here.
Here’s what he had to say about the resort’s new “Come to Life” campaign, the new Coral Towers at Atlantis and other happenings at the resort on Paradise Island.
Atlantis, Paradise Island resort in The Bahamas has announced it will unveil the complete renovation of its Coral Towers in July and a fully transformed Marina Village in the fall. Here's a look at what's planned.


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FCC to Allow HTC to Turn On Inspire 4G's HSUPA Radio
Mar 25, 2011, 11:09 AM by Eric M. Zeman
A new set of approval documents spotted on the Federal Communications Commission web site note that HTC now has permission to turn on the HSUPA radio inside the Inspire 4G. The Inspire 4G shipped with an HSUPA radio inside, but it is inactive pending finalization of HSUPA performance software from AT&T. Now that HTC has been given permission to activate the HSUPA radio, it is possible AT&T has finalized what it needs in order to enable faster uploads from the Inspire 4G. Neither HTC nor AT&T have said when the device might actually be updated. The Motorola Atrix 4G also has restricted upload speeds due to an inactive HSUPA radio.
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Motorola is launching a new version of its affordable moto g play phone for 2024. Last year's model was popular with carriers; this year's model appears to be just as popular, with AT&T, Verizon, Cricket, Consumer Cellular, U.S.
Oct 10, 2023
Motorola has announced launch details for its new razr (2023). Not to be confused with the higher-end razr+ that launched earlier this year, the new razr is a more affordable model.
Jun 1, 2023
Motorola has launched two new foldable phones, creating a lineup of 2023 razr phones with flexible display technology. The higher-end razr+ has the largest outer display of a modern flip-style phone, and is the thinnest when closed.
May 30, 2023
Motorola has launched the 2023 edition of its moto g stylus 5G, a mid-range phone that offers a few extras for $400 (or less through some carriers). This year's model is more compact, with a 6.6 inch display instead of 6.8".


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NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- While the media obsesses over Amazon's (AMZN) move into drone delivery, which is a few years away, the online retailer works on conventional ways to get consumers to buy goods, and it's cutting prices on its Kindle Fire tablets in the effort.
Starting Sunday and continuing through Monday, Amazon customers will get $50 off the Kindle Fire HD 16GB and the Kindle Fire HDX 7-inch tablet. Both tablets will be priced at $119, and $179, respectively, while supplies last.
"The new Fire tablets are the best tablets we've ever built -- the reviews from press and the feedback from customers has been overwhelmingly positive," said Neil Lindsay, vice president of Amazon Kindle, in a press release. "We're excited to be able to offer $50 off Kindle Fire HDX 7 and the all-new Kindle Fire HD 16GB for Cyber Monday."
TheStreet recently reviewed Amazon's Kindle Fire HDX, noting it "is a vast improvement over last year's model."
In an interview with Charlie Rose of 60 Minutes Sunday night, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos continued to reiterate that Amazon's devices, namely its Kindle Fire tablets, are sold at cost in an effort to get consumers to buy more goods from Amazon.
Below is an excerpt of an exchange between Rose and Bezos regarding the Amazon business model.
Charlie Rose: So you sell this at break even?
Jeff Bezos: We sell this at break even and then we hope to...Charlie Rose: That's a very thin margin. Jeff Bezos: It's a very thin margin. But we hope to make money when you... Charlie Rose: Sell all the stuff... Jeff Bezos:...buy books and movies... Charlie Rose: That's always been your philosophy. Jeff Bezos: Exactly. Amazon shares were lower in Monday trading, off 0.67% to $390.98.
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The London Review of Books saw its circulation increase by 3.6% in 2019, marking its 20th year of consecutive growth.
ABC figures showed readers of the LRB increased to 78,478 in 2019 – its 40th anniversary year — from 75,725 in 2018.
Of the LRB’s sales, 90% came through subscribers, with full-rate subscriptions increasing by 10.4%.
Reneé Doegar, commercial director, said: "The London Review of Books keeps going from strength to strength. We are pleased that 94% of our file still consists of people who actively purchase the LRB, and our subscriber base continues to grow: not only an increase in circulation, but an increase in quality circulation of new and long-standing readers who genuinely value our incredible product.
"The LRB just celebrated its 40th birthday, and our strategy of consistent, quality growth is still the core of our business."


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The sign outside a South Side restaurant says Burger King, but Channel 11 reporter Timyka Artist reports that inside it’s not the real deal. Artist talked to a customer who said the food didn’t taste like Burger King during her recent visit. I wonder if they have sandwiches like “The Whapper” or “Big Royalty”. haha.
Every guy has had AT LEAST one awkward conversation with their dad. Especially when it comes to sex and he wants to share some of his stories to compare notes. Ew. Gross! This guy decided to setup a camera and capture some highlights from his “Dad Chats”.
With the Winter Games underway in Sochi, Google Inc. quietly but vibrantly added its voice Thursday to the chorus of U.S. companies speaking out against Russia’s law restricting gay-rights activities by updating its iconic search page logo to depict illustrations of athletes skiing, sledding, curling and skating against a rainbow-colored backdrop. The logo clearly was […]
Viral marketing is becoming the hot new way to build buzz and staging pranks like the one The Walking Dead recently did in NYC are becoming more common and more and more well planned and executed. Just watch these people’s faces! And don’t miss the return of The Walking Dead THIS SUNDAY! What will the […]
A new app has been launched which aims to encourage borrowing between friends and family on Facebook, pushed as an alternative to payday loans.
This is Russell Brand: Many know him as a comedic actor and stand up comic but not as many know he is a recovering heroin addict. Even less know he’s a very well educated and articulate guy. Brand took time to share his thoughts on the death of Philip Seymour Hoffman from a heroin overdose […]
VS, one of the nation’s largest drugstore chains, said Wednesday that it will stop selling cigarettes at its 7,600 locations in an expensive but calculated bid to boost its image as a full-fledged health-care provider rather than a simple purveyor of greeting cards and shampoo. Executives said the move will cost the company $2 billion a […]
A California highway patrol officer handcuffed and detained a firefighter who was treating car crash victims last night after he refused to stop the rescue to move his truck. The men had both responded to a car crash where a sedan had flipped over a concrete divider on the I-805. When Jacob Gregoir, a firefighter […]


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E-cigarette debate lights up
Twenty-year-old Grant Haloeran is a bit of an electronic cigarette connoisseur. He knows how to bargain for the best deals and can customize an e-cigarette tank with spool and yarn.
E-cigs are lighter, taste better and don't leave you feeling disgusting, Haloeran said. Though they contain bits of nicotine, they are healthier than full-on tobacco cigarettes.
"It always crosses my mind," he said, thinking about the potential health risks of e-cigs at the pipe shop Frolic in downtown Newark Thursday.
"But there's no way it could be worse than smoking cigarettes."
The debate surrounding electronic cigarettes, or e-cigs, has been especially heating up over the past year as public health officials, scientists and advocacy groups have been scrambling to formulate a concrete policy on their health impact.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has proposed adding e-cigarettes to its list of federally regulated tobacco products, joining rolled cigarettes as well as smokeless tobaccos. The new regulations would encompass e-cigs, cigars, pipe tobacco, dissolvable tobacco, gels and waterpipe tobacco.
The FDA has issued a public comment period on the rule through Aug. 8.
The Delaware Division of Public Health has major concerns with the lack of regulations on e-cigarettes, said Dr. Karel Rattay, division director.
Electronic cigarettes essentially look like battery-operated cigarettes, filled with glycerol, nicotine and flavor for taste. The flavor can range from tangerine to fruit-loop. But the mechanism churns out an aerosol instead of smoke.
"It's the Wild West as to what's contained in e-cigarettes," she said.
Scientists have found that the propylene glycol and vegetable glycerin-based liquids in e-cigarettes can negatively impact stem cells, cause pulmonary irritation and cancer-causing propylene oxide.
"Because it's so unregulated there's a lot of variability in some of the other potential toxins," Rattay said. "Right now people don't know what they are getting."
Though there is no smoke emitted with an e-cigarette, she said that bystanders can still be exposed to the toxins through the aerosol. Toxins which, she said, are particularly harmful to pregnant women and young children.
More troubling for public health officials in the state, however, is the instances of e-cigarette use among high school students.
The most recent Delaware data finds that in the 2012 Youth Tobacco Survey, 58 percent of current e-cigarette users say they will "definitely or probably be smoking cigarettes five years to now." Also 84 percent of youth e-cigarette users are more likely than other students to use tobacco products.
"For youth it's been a gateway to a lifetime of nicotine addiction, and the last thing we want is more youth addicted to nicotine," Rattay said.
Rattay cited a compilation of 84 studies on e-cigarettes from the University of California, San Francisco as the latest research on the products.
The California researchers submitted one of the studies for comment by the FDA on Monday that looked at nicotine use in a sample of mostly high school baseball athletes. The study found that in the past 30 days, 18 percent of the athletes had used smokeless tobacco, 13 percent had used e-cigarettes and 12 percent had smoked hookah.
Dr. Stanton Glantz, one of the lead researchers on the study, said that industry clearly markets such products to young adults, and especially plugs the different flavors. Hookahs, he said, are the most toxic, since they are heated with charcoal.
"It's a sexy, hip, desirable way to get nicotine. It's having the effect of keeping people smoking," Glantz said.
However, he doesn't doubt that some individuals successfully use e-cigs as a way to kick a smoking habit, though it hasn't been proven.
For 30-year smoker Julie Woessner, e-cigarettes were a godsend. She's been cigarette-free since 2009 and touts cigarette alternatives as the current president of the Consumer Advocates for Smokefree Alternatives Association.
"There's a fundamental misunderstanding out there about what it is about e-cigarette smoking that is so harmful," Woessner said.
There are 17,000 registered CASAA members who feel the same.
"It's really easy to focus on the nicotine," she said. "It's not what causes the whole host of really physically devastating [health issues]. There's not combustion. As soon as you remove combustion from the equation, you already have a substantially safer product."
E-cigarette shops have been growing in popularity since 2008. In Newark there is even a shop that has an e-cigarette bar, with a menu of e-liquids.
All in all, Woessner said, the proposed FDA regulations are misguided.
"Our hope is the FDA will step back and realize they don't understand the products well enough," she said.
Glantz, on the other hand, thinks the FDA has not gone far enough. He's unsure how the regulations would get enforced and supported by The White House.
In any case, states are being proactive on their own terms. Thirty-eight states, including Delaware, prohibit the sale of e-cigarettes to minors. Starting Aug. 1, the University of Delaware will enforce a new tobacco ban, including the use of e-cigarettes, on campus and all university-owned facilities.
Delaware lawmakers attempted to add e-cigs to the state's Clean Indoor Air Act to prohibit their use in public places, but after swift passage in the state House of Representatives, the Senate failed to take the measure up on the Legislature's final night.
From a public health perspective, Rattay said, the ban on e-cig sales to minors was a great first step. They will continue to educate the public in an effort to add the electronic cigarettes to the Clean Indoor Air Act. Rattay said it will take time, maybe years.
"But I would prefer not to wait 20 or 30 years to do something about it," she said.
Jen Rini can be reached at (302) 741-8250 or email@example.com. Follow @JenRini on Twitter.


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By Nayan Dave
Buoyed by steady international demand and a sudden drop in onion prices in the span of a fortnight, more than 160 dehydrated vegetable-manufacturing units in Gujarat have started operating at their full capacity.
Just a month ago, nearly 50% of these units, involved in exports, in the Saurashtra region were almost closed due to the high rates of dehydration-quality onions, enhanced coal prices and increased freight rates, says Manoj Ram, president of All India Vegetables Dehydrated Manufacturers Development Association (AVDMDA), adding, “With the rabi onion crop hitting the market, prices of the commodity in major agriculture markets of Saurashtra declined from over Rs 200 for 20 kg to Rs 110-150 for 20 kg in the last 15-20 days.”
Prices of dehydration-quality white onion soared to Rs 250 for 20 kg in February this year, which was too costly for dehydration plants, says Ketuman Nanavati, a Rajkot-based exporter of dehydrated onion powder. “Now, not only have prices of onions come down, but there is good demand from European countries, the USA and Gulf countries. Dehydrated vegetable units in Saurashtra have seized this opportunity. But they are not able to export to countries like Russia, Ukraine and some others in Eastern Europe due to the current geopolitical situation,” said Nanavati.
The season for onion dehydration generally starts in February and lasts till July. Due to the high rates of dehydration-quality white onions, this year’s season kicked off in April and is at its peak now. Of the 160 dehydration plants in the region, nearly 120 are situated in and around the coastal Mahuva town in Bhavnagar district. Other than Gujarat, a couple of dehydrated vegetable units have developed in Indore and Jalgaon.
India’s dehydrated vegetable manufacturers produce nearly 80,000 tonne of dehydrated onion powder and around 40,000 tonne of dehydrated garlic powder annually. Of these, 90% are exported. Major domestic buyers of this over Rs 1,000-crore industry include ITC and Nestle India. Globally, India enjoys 70% market share in dehydrated onion products. Egypt is the second largest exporter of similar products. Dehydrated vegetable units situated in Gujarat provide employment to nearly 35,000 people.
“Instead of storing onions, farmers have decided to sell the crop in the wake of an unseasonal rain forecast and increased sowing area,” says Ghanshyam Patel, president of Mahuva Agriculture Produce Market Committee (APMC), the biggest onion-trading hub in Gujarat.
As per the data of the state agriculture department, rabi onion sowing in Gujarat has increased to 88,400 hectares during the current season, from 61,600 hectares the previous year. Meanwhile, on Monday, Gujarat’s agriculture minister Raghavji Patel announced that the state government would give financial assistance worth Rs 2 per kg to onion growers, considering a dip in the prices of the commodity, up to Rs 50,000 per farmer.


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Leading operator WynnBet has gone live with EveryMatrix casino content in the U.S market.
EveryMatrix is providing WynnBet with content from its in-house studios including Armadillo Studios via seamless integration with the company’s iGaming Integration Platform, CasinoEngine.
WynnBet has initially launched EveryMatrix content in New Jersey with further U.S state launches planned.
EveryMatrix has licences in New Jersey, Michigan, West Virginia, Ontario in Canada and most recently Connecticut with the regulatory process underway in Pennsylvania.
EveryMatrix has secured relationships with several leading operators in the U.S for in-house games content through its proprietary iGaming Integration Platform, CasinoEngine.
Games include Mythological Mayhem Supreme Streaks, Armadillo Goes West, Fortune Dragon Queen Exotic Wilds, latest titles Hot Hot Honey, Wild Willy’s Gold Rush and the recently launched Fairy Fantasy Exotic Wilds and branded games such as The Lioness featuring UFC fighter Amanda Nunes and legendary golfer John Daly Spin It and Win It.
Erik Nyman, President EveryMatrix Americas, said: “WynnBet is one of the strongest global casino brands and we are very excited to go live. Now, WynnBet’s players can enjoy our leading iGaming portfolio and we look forward to rolling out our offering across the U.S in the months to come.”
EveryMatrix delivers iGaming software, solutions, content and services for casino, sports betting, payments, and affiliate management to global Tier 1 operators as well as to newer brands. The platform is highly modular, scalable, and compliant, allowing operators to choose the optimal EveryMatrix solution and combine with third-party and in-house technology and capabilities.
EveryMatrix empowers clients to unleash bold ideas and deliver outstanding player experiences in regulated markets. The company has 750 employees across 12 countries and serves 250+ customers worldwide, including the regulated U.S market.
EveryMatrix is a member of the World Lottery Association, European Lotteries Association, and iDEA Growth in the U.S.
EveryMatrix will imminently launch a series of new customers in Peru following regulatory accreditation from the country’s Ministry of...
EveryMatrix has officially inaugurated its new development hub, located at the heart of Bucharest, Romania, while also reaching a...
EveryMatrix has registered the strongest financial results in its 16-year history setting record growth and profitability including 56% quarterly...
The key for us as a true B2B iGaming software provider is to help gaming operators implement bold ideas and unleash unlimited creativity.


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Would you fake a birthday to get an online deal? What about hiring a personal consultant to make sure you're getting the most out of your frequent-flier miles?
Those are just two of the tricks millennials use to find the best bargains online, according to new research from Mindshare North America's retail arm Shop+, which analyzed more than 1,000 responses to understand how 18- to 34-year-olds shop.
Retargeted advertising is often considered by marketers to be annoying or creepy, but Mindshare's report indicates consumers want to receive marketing if it comes with lower prices. Forty-seven percent of millennials put products in online shopping carts and then leave the site, hoping the brand will send them an offer in the form of an email or ad. Thirty-seven percent of overall adults admitted to using the same strategy.
Faking a date of birth is another popular tactic used to shave off a few dollars—26 percent of millennials have intentionally given a retailer a bogus birthday to get a discount, something 17 percent of all adults do.
Similarly, 36 percent of millennials have forked over multiple email addresses to retailers for additional deals compared with 30 percent of overall adults.
Thirty-six percent of millennials share an Amazon Prime account, which costs $99 a year, to receive free shipping versus 24 percent of all adults.
When it comes to travel, 31 percent of millennials and 23 percent of all adults wipe their Internet histories clean—to avoid the cookies that follow a user's every online move—when shopping for airline tickets. (Without the data, airlines' websites aren't able to tell if someone has been researching fares, and travel marketers are more likely to offer cheaper prices.)
Moreover, 61 percent of millennials book travel on specific days of the week like Tuesday when prices typically drop, while just 48 percent of adults overall are willing to wait for cheaper options.
Despite the number of cost-cutting measures millennials try to use online, they're surprisingly more likely to hire a consultant to manage their frequent-flier miles. Twenty-two percent of millennials have someone handling their travel perks compared with 15 percent of all adults.
Check out the infographic below that pulls out some of the main findings:


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Turkey’s Petkim lowers PE and PP prices
Petkim’s new LDPE offers are at $1420/ton for G03/5 and F2-12 and at $1410/ton for H2-8 grade. The producer’s new LDPE-t prices are reported at $1405-1430/ton for different LDPE-t grades. The producer had last revised its LDPE offers higher on November 9, 2015.
The producer decreased its prices for HDPE injection and blow moulding to $1430/ton compared with the levels last revised on November 9, 2015. Petkim’s new HDPE pipe and film prices were also reported lower at $1515/ton and $1385/ton, respectively.
Meanwhile, the producer’s new PP offers are now at $1250-1260/ton for raffia, $1260/ton for injection and at $1275/ton for fibre. The producer had last revised its PP prices downward on October 1, 2015.
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It’s been a while since we’ve reported about a juicy domain acquisition.
According to DNJournal.com and Techcrunch, at the lastest Moniker/TRAFFIC auction, Ad.com was acquired for $1.4 million. The domain was purchased by Divyank Turakhia of Directi.com and CEO of Skenzo, a domain parking company.
Ad.com was owned by Marcos Guillen who obtained the domain from a San Francisco company called Artifical Development Inc in January 28th of 2008.
According to the latest data from Compete.com the domain receives roughly 4,000 unique visitors a month.


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Popular Video Game Franchise Getting Its Third Ongoing Graphic Novel Series.
Just in time for the biggest pop and geek culture event of the year, Archie Comics and SEGA have announced a new Sonic the Hedgehog comic book series, a week before the start of Comic Con International in San Diego. The series will be based on the upcoming video game expansion for the popular Sonic gaming franchise, which will also see a new animated series from Cartoon Network scheduled to debut later this year in October.
Written by bestselling Sonic comic scribe Ian Flynn, the comic series will reside in the same story universe as the TV series and games, featuring a different take on the Sonic the Hedgehog universe, with a new look and feel. Sonic and his friends Tails, Amy, Knuckles and new member Sticks, must come together as a team to explore a new world full of comedy and adventure.


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tech2 News StaffOct 15, 2019 15:52:26 IST
About a month ago, Google released Android 10 for Pixel users. Days after that Xiaomi and OnePlus released public beta versions of the software for the Redmi K20 series and OnePlus 7 phones. Now, bringing the experience to the new Galaxy S10 series, Samsung has released the One UI beta 2.0 update, which is based on Android 10. The update will include various Android 10 features like the 'enhanced' dark mode, smaller notifications, among others.
This was revealed by Samsung in an announcement on its official blog. The blog, however, does not mention if all Galaxy S10 users will start to see the update soon or if this will be released region-wise. Meanwhile, a SamMobile report claims that the update is expected to be available in the US, Germany, and South Korea for now. In fact, another report by the publication claims that the version is already available in the US.
If you are a Galaxy S10 user and by now you are already hyped about the update, make sure you have a Samsung account. You will not be able to participate in the One UI Beta Program without the account.
Once you have created an account, if you have a Samsung Galaxy S10, Galaxy S10e, Galaxy S10+ (review), or Galaxy S10 5G, you can sign up and check for the update via the Samsung Members app.
You can check out all the new features you can expect with One UI 2.0 on your Galaxy S10 series phone here.
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Posted 2 years ago | by Ben Armstrong
Nobuyuki Nagahama Becomes General Manager for Japan at Crypto.com
This is the latest addition to a team that has been in constant expansion for the last year as the crypto platform keeps growing and adding features for its users. To take advantage of all the benefits Crypto.com has to offer and receive $50 by signing up for their card, click here.
Nobuyuki Nagahama Brings Over 20 Years of Experience
According to the announcement, Nagahama will be responsible for leading all operations in Japan, a robust and innovative cryptocurrency market that is strategically important for the global ambitions of Crypto.com.
Nagahama has experience of over two decades with strategic businesses in payments, consulting, and technology startups. His career is begun in the consumer payment space, including merchant acquisition by leading various projects and solution development within the Strategy group for the period of working at consulting firm PricewaterhouseCoopers.
Nagahama also played as Head of Global Network Processing at Visa International Asia-Pacific LLC for 14 years, where he led strategic initiatives in the Japanese market including the payment processing business and the development of the company’s debit and prepaid offerings, as well as services of Visa’s payment network.
Crypto.com Has Been Appointing Seasoned Experience Managers
Crypto.com has recently developed its team from 250 six months ago to more than 500 and has attracted over 3 million users across the world.
The additions of Nagahama and other seasoned experience to manage important situation at the company are expected to help Crypto.com to continue its mission to put cryptocurrency in every wallet.
Speaking on the new appointment, the Co-Founder and CEO of Crypto.com Kris Marszalek said:
"Nagahama’s strong background within the Japanese market and payments space was a perfect fit for Crypto.com as we seek to expand our leading cryptocurrency payments ecosystem into the large Japanese market. We’re thrilled to have him on board and look forward to putting crypto in every wallet together.”
Crypto.com is experiencing a period of fast growth and expansion that Nagahama is expected to take part in by helping the company to further expand into Japan, which is one of the highest-potential and largest markets in the world.
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A new pizzeria from the founders of Izzo’s and Lit Pizza will take the spot that formerly housed Goûter on Government Street, The Advocate reports. Rocca Pizzeria will open this summer.
“Rocca Pizzeria was created out of our desire to introduce an authentic Naples-style pizzeria in Baton Rouge where the experience revolves around high quality ingredients cooked in a wood-fired oven,” said co-owner Ozzie Fernandez, according to The Advocate. “We want to stay true to an age-old Italian tradition, but with a modern-day twist using fun combinations of ingredients.”
Owner Chris Wadsworth closed Goûter in January for personal reasons.


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BYD will set up a joint venture with a local conglomerate to build a sodium-ion battery production base in Xuzhou, Jiangsu province.
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BYD (OTCMKTS: BYDDY) will set up a joint venture with a local conglomerate to build a sodium-ion battery production base, the first time we've seen it move forward in building capacity for this alternative to lithium batteries.
Huaihai Holding Group and BYD's battery unit FinDreams signed a strategic cooperation agreement at BYD's Shenzhen headquarters on June 8, according to a press release from Huaihai yesterday.
The two parties will establish a joint venture to build a sodium-ion battery production base in Xuzhou Economic and Technological Development Zone in Jiangsu province to jointly create the world's largest supplier of sodium battery systems for micro vehicles, according to the press release.
Huaihai will provide its resources including markets and application scenarios, and FinDreams will provide products and services, the release said.
Huaihai said it sees the tremendous economic and social value of sodium batteries and began its involvement in the industry years ago with a strategic investment in sodium-ion battery startup Natrium.
Huaihai and FinDreams will expand demand for mini-vehicle batteries nationwide and globally, centered on Xuzhou, it said.
Huaihai's press release provided no further details. The company was founded in 1976 and has operations in small vehicles, electric vehicles, parts and components, and financial services.
Since last November, there have been several rumors that BYD's sodium-ion battery would be in mass production in 2023 and that the first model to carry the battery would be the Seagull.
However, none of these rumors have been confirmed by BYD. BYD launched the Seagull on April 26 with a starting price of RMB 73,800 ($10,350), though no version with the sodium battery is yet available.
On February 23, battery maker Hina Battery unveiled three sodium-ion battery cell products and announced a partnership with Anhui Jianghuai Automobile Group Corp (JAC).
Hina Battery and Sehol -- a joint venture brand between JAC and Volkswagen Anhui -- jointly built a test vehicle with sodium-ion batteries based on the latter's Sehol E10X model.
On April 16, CATL announced that its sodium-ion batteries will first be used in Chery's models. CATL unveiled its first-generation sodium-ion batteries on July 29, 2021, saying that the energy density of the cells alone has reached 160Wh/kg.
On April 20, local media 36kr reported that CATL's and BYD's sodium-ion batteries will both be installed in production vehicles this year, and they will both be a mix of sodium-ion and lithium-ion batteries.
Sodium-ion batteries currently have lower energy density than lithium-ion batteries, but cost less and sodium resources are seen as more abundant and readily available.
In the past two years, as lithium prices continue to rise sharply, sodium-ion batteries are highly anticipated.
However, since the beginning of this year, with the continued decline in lithium prices, sodium-ion batteries are seen as having a reduced cost advantage.
Sodium-ion's abundant resource reserves are difficult to quickly translate into cost advantages, and when the cost of lithium iron phosphate batteries is rapidly declining, automakers are hardly motivated to choose to carry sodium-ion batteries in the short term, the China Passenger Car Association (CPCA) said in a report on May 22.
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More and more of us are using our mobile phones abroad, whether we're on business or for pleasure.
Declan explains how roaming calls are calculated
But some mobile customers are getting a nasty shock when they return home.
The high cost of calls is leaving many with very expensive bills.
Declan explained how the charges work, and how to avoid them
Declan said British phone users pay some of the highest roaming charges in Europe.
And that's something Europe's regulators want to change
We heard from one traveller who was shocked by the cost of his bill, even though he thought he'd found a good deal.
And Declan spoke to Anthony Ball from a website called Onecompare.com that has some information about how to economise on the cost of calls when abroad.
Watch both our reports again from the link to the right


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Target Stores Sign Ad deal with Collegestudent.com
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Collegestudent.com, a developer of localized online campus communities, signed an advertising deal with the Target chain of discount retail stores aimed at increasing both companies' online and campus presence.
The move marks Target's first aggressive push into the online college market.
The companies will launch a joint marketing effort including an interactive contest, Collegestudent.com promotional events and an advertising campaign. Spending was not disclosed.
Target will be the sponsor of Collegestudent.com's Housing section as well as being featured as a site sponsor for the length of the campaign.
"The fact that a major retail establishment like Target is working with us reflects the strength of the college consumer market and Collegestudent.com's strong position in that market." said Eben Miller, CEO and president of Collegestudent.com.
Collegestudent.com is currently online in 342 campus communities across the nation.


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The mainstream media has definitely missed the mark concerning Apple’s new Mavericks operating system for the Mac being free. You can read the views from Wired like “Apple Just Ended the Era of Paid OSes” or Bloomberg with “Why Apple Wants Its Software to Be Free“.
There are a few things to set straight:
- Apple copied Microsoft. Windows 8.1 was released before Mavericks and is free to all Windows 8 users or those with Software Assurance.
- Operating Systems are free on all tablets. For sure, it’s likely baked into the price. However, there is no separate operating system cost when you buy Microsoft Surface, Google Nexus, or Apple iPad.
- Mavericks is the last Mac OS. Apple dropped “Computer” from the name in 2007. A Mac is just another PC-like device. Development going forward is strictly iOS.
- Apple is behind providing free services to consumers. Consumer services like Microsoft Live and Google Gmail have been free for many years. Apple is just catching up with offerings like iWork.
Apple wants to be your prestige status symbol from smartphones to watches and TVs, along with growing more media services like iTunes. Microsoft makes software, is starting to dominate online services, and expanding in consumer devices beyond Xbox with Surface. Google makes money from advertising and all of their products consume some type of search as the hook.
Let’s not get confused about the free Mavericks being an innovative concept from Apple, or that it is somehow an attack on Microsoft or Google.