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Microsoft has shortened the recovery rollback period from 30 days to just 10 days in a bid to help free up some more space on consumer PCs. As reported by SuperSite for Windows, the company previously allowed for 30 days before previous installs of Windows were deleted on a PC, allowing those who wish to downgrade to an earlier version ample time to do so.
This has been shortened considerably to just 10 days as part of the Anniversary Update. Now should you update yourself to a more recent Windows Insider build and wish to rollback, you have but 10 days to do so within Windows 10. The reason is to help free up space on computers as noted above, but Microsoft has also explained that most of those who use the feature did so within the first week or so.
It may not sound like such a big deal to those with ample amounts of storage on their main desktop PC, but for those on devices with limited available space, this is a wise move by Microsoft to help free up some room for personal files and software.
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Microsoft announced today that it would increase shipments to retailers by two to three times what they had been receiving in the past. It would appear that they have finally gotten their component supplies in order, and have also brought online a third manufacturer, Celestica.
They say they are still on track to deliver 4.5-5.5 million units by June 30. And while there are a number of titles out there, none have become the blockbuster that Halo has been for the first Xbox. May just be a matter of time, but they had better get some serious consumer loyalty before the PS3 hits the shelves later this year. Nintendo’s Revolution, planned for later this year will be a player in the market as well.
Reports are that they plan to have a total of 50 game savailabel through June 30 of this year. Whether any of those are able to slow down it’s rivals market share has yet to be seen.
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By M&C Report team2004-09-26T07:50:00+01:00
Inflation has soared to its highest level in nine years, with the Office for National Statistics (ONS) claiming this is down to last year’s Eat Out to Help Out scheme.
The British Beer & Pub Association (BBPA) has said the pandemic has demonstrated the strengths of the leased and tenanted model and that wholesale changes to the Pubs Code could undermine the relationship between pub company and tenant or lessee.
Hospitality could be experiencing a slowing in the recovery of consumer activity, weekly data compiled by the ONS has suggested.
There are plenty of opportunities for growth and investment in the pub sector, with “bundles of equity” available, according to Mark Crowther, chairman and investor at both Portobello Brewery and Curious Brewery.
Electra Private Equity, the backer Fridays and 63rd+1st, has said it is on track to float the brands on London Stock Exchange in the fourth quarter of this year.
Bain Capital Credit, in partnership with EBITDA Investments, has acquired Bread Holdings – parent company of the Gail’s Bakery chain and wholesale business The Bread Factory – from Risk Capital Partners (RCP) in a deal worth more than £200m.
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The Fancy Colour Research Foundation (FCRF) has announced the Fancy Color Diamond INDEX results for 2020’s fourth quarter, showing a slight drop in prices over the quarter.
Overall, Fancy Colour diamonds decreased by 1% over the year with the industry showing resilience despite the pandemic.
The Yellow category of diamond decreased by 0.3%, Pinks by 0.9% and Blues by 1.3%.
Furthermore, the Vivid category in all colors and sizes showed better stability, decreasing only by 0.4%, while the Intense category decreased by 0.9%, and the Fancy category by 1%.
Eden Rachminov, FCRF’s advisory board member, said: “2020 was a fascinating year; wholesalers and retailers alike had to overcome many logistical hurdles in order to finalize simple transactions, while demand for Fancy Color Diamonds was solid.
“I expect 2021 to be a bullish year for Yellows, their current price is relatively low and I think that a price increase is inevitable.”
He added: “The Fancy Color Diamond Index is published by the non-profit Fancy Color Research Foundation (FCRF), tracking pricing data for Yellow, Pink, and Blue fancy color diamonds in major global trading centers – Hong Kong, New York, Geneva and Tel Aviv.”


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LONDON (May 21, 2014) - It features thousands of parts, brand new technology, has taken countless hours of design, engineering, construction and testing and now Nissan has revealed what is under the skin of the revolutionary prototype.
ROLLE, Switzerland (May 19, 2014) - Le Mans 24 hour is just round the corner, and the ZEOD RC has been tested to destruction before the race.
FONTANA DAM, North Carolina (May 16, 2014) – There was a surprise "guest" today at ZDAYZ, the annual gathering of hundreds of Nissan, Datsun and NISMO owners and enthusiasts – the world debut of the new 2015 Nissan 370Z NISMO.
MISSISSAUGA, Ontario (May 16, 2014) - An all-new Nissan Micra has returned to the Canadian landscape. This is a fun car, packed with details and more value than what is available in other small cars in the market. Its key attributes were on displa ...
The 2015 Nissan 370Z NISMO features exterior, interior and performance refinements, along with an expanded model selection that includes both 6-speed manual and 7-speed automatic transmissions and a new 370Z NISMO Tech grade.
From left-to-right: Gabriel Paniccia, general manager at Alta Nissan, Christian Meunier, president of Nissan Canada Inc., Karen Ackroyd customer of Alta Nissan, and Edward Wong, principal owner Alta Nissan in front of KarenÕs new 2015 Nissan Micra.
Christian Meunier, president of Nissan Canada Inc., delivering a 2015 Nissan Micra to an unsuspecting Alta Nissan customer, Karen Ackroyd.


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The invitation-only summit was hosted by animal health and nutrition company Vi-Cor and included dairy experts from universities, consulting firms and Vi-Cor employees. The aim was to establish a think tank for China’s dairy industry and recommend a model for improving it.
Vi-Cor’s president and CEO Mark Holt opened the summit by acknowledging that China has to ‘walk before it can run’ regarding improving its dairy practices.
He said: “The country needs to improve in a number of basic areas before it will become a viable market for US dairy-related products and services.”
James Roy, senior analyst at China Market Research agreed. He told FoodNavigator-Asia that the development of China’s dairy industry is going to be a gradual process and identified production and supply chain as areas of concern.
He said: “Supply chain security is a key area that really needs to improve. It is still a very opaque area. Part of the solution would be greater consolidation in the dairy sector with larger, more reliable companies with less room for smaller sub-contractors.”
Roy said production quality, in some cases, can be of a lower standard from smaller farmers, firstly due to capacity but also due to pressures for them to sell their milk – for example including additives for higher protein levels or thickening.
He said: “The dairy industry has been very fragmented with smaller suppliers squeezed to point with small farm areas. At the base of the dairy supply chain you find small scale, poor farmers trying to make ends meet.”
Currently, the Chinese government offers subsidies to encourage the building of dairies in China and summit attendees said that it is imperative for distributors to take action to ensure that future dairies in China are following best practices.
New Zealand milk giant Fonterra already has two dairy farms in China, with negotiations underway for a third. Its strategy is to build up a high quality, sustainable fresh milk supply for customers in China, selling milk to local and international brands in China.
The China Dairy Summit recommended that distributors identify and partner with an existing dairy in China and implement quality standard operating procedures so it can serve as a model.
Market analystRoy said: “It’s about encouraging better practice and greater efficiency.”
The Chinese dairy industry has been hit by a number of scandals over the years including the 2008 melamine contamination which hospitalised around 54,000 children and killed at least four.
“The big challenge continues to be confidence in safety and quality of products especially after repeated inspection findings of safety problems in dairy farms,” said Roy.


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The Assassin’s Creed Mirage-themed vest will give players haptic feedback depending on what’s happening with protagonist Basim in the game.
Ubisoft has announced a partnership with OWO to release a new vest that features haptic feedback and will work with the upcoming Assassin’s Creed Mirage. Dubbed the Owo Skin Assassin’s Creed Mirage Edition, the vest will allow players to physically feel whatever happens to Basim in the game.
The vest, making use of OWO’s own systems, can be customised with an app that allows players to sync it up with their game of choice, and also allows players to change various aspects, like the intensity of the feedback.
Picking up the vest will also get players a copy of Assassin’s Creed Mirage on either PC, PS5, or Xbox Series X/S. The vest itself doesn’t yet have a release date, however, though those interested can sign up to get updates.
The vest is wireless, and is expected to have a battery life comparable to OWO’s Founders Edition release, which clocks in at around 8 hours according to the company.
Assassin’s Creed Mirage, slated for release on PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S on October 18, recently got a video giving us a deep dive into protagonist Basim.


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As the tech world heads to Vegas for CES, LG Display today teased another gadget it will show off on the show floor: a 65-inch OLED TV you can roll up and store elsewhere when not in use.
This huge 4K TV is a 65-inch OLED panel, which is nearly as thin as a sheet of paper and can be rollable. That was much more of a tech demo than what this looks to be, just showing off the idea of a display that can be rolled up instead of how it might actually be used in practice.
Last year, the firm successfully developed a 77-inch transparent OLED display. LG's new display, however, seems more advanced and bigger in scale.
LG's OLED 4K TVs have been getting more powerful and innovative by the year since they first came out and the models of 2017 really impressed with both their specs and in the case of the flagship W7 hanging TV, which we reviewed here with their absolutely unique design.
If you're in the unlikely Venn diagram of people who want a giant television screen but don't want to see it much, then you're in luck. Its small size allows for better space utilization, meaning you can take the TV anytime, anywhere and enjoy bright, high-resolution content. In the intervening two years, LG certainly seems to have made big strides. LG has also upgraded in the audio category from the current standard 2.1 channel sound to 3.1 channel sound.
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General Motors India has announced that it would be introducing a new 1.0l diesel engine for the Chevrolet Beat. The diesel Chevrolet Beat would be launched by the first quarter of 2011.
The new engine would be manufactured at its Talegaon facility, which has an annual capacity of 1,60,000 engine units. The 1.2l petrol engine currently doing its duty in the Chevrolet Beat is also manufactured at this facility.
Ankush Arora, VP (Sales & Marketing), General Motors India
The one-liter diesel engine will be rolled-out from Talegaon early next year for our small car, Beat.
General Motors India has been taken aback by the success of the Ford Figo diesel. That is why GM is readying the frugal diesel Beat hoping to slaughter the Ford Figo and the Maruti Swift. We expect this diesel engine to be a Fiat 1.3l Multijet based 3-cylinder 936cc engine, producing around 57 bhp.
The 1.0-liter diesel engine is going be a very potent weapon in GM India's arsenal as this engine could be possibly used in GM India's future vehicles: the low cost LCV range from GM-SAIC, the Tata Nano rivaling small car and also could be used on the stripped down Chevrolet Spark to rival the Maruti Alto.
The company official also announced that the company would be boosting the monthly production of the Chevrolet Cruze from 600 to 900 units and the Beat from 3300 to 4000 units to meet demands. The Chevrolet Cruze is the existing segment leader in India.


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Maria Aguilar opens boxes and sorts toys for a good cause. Her team sends them to children in city homeless shelters. Aguilar spent two years in shelters as a teen and is now a site supervisor for the Coalition for the Homeless afterschool program in Queens. She was the recipient of gifts from the same toy drive.
What You Need To Know
- The Coalition for the Homeless has kicked off its annual Toy Drive for children living in city shelters
- There are 15,000 kids living in city shelters around the five boroughs
- Last year, the drive collected 17,000 toys
- The drive was started earlier this year to make sure toys are delivered despite supply chain issues
"I got a Barbie Doll and nail polish and I was 14, so I was extremely happy that I was able to paint my nails," said Aguilar, who got involved with the coalition through its sleepaway camp upstate.
The coalition, which is marking its 40th year advocating for and providing services for the homeless, has been collecting toys for kids in shelters for two decades. Last year 17,000 toys were collected, despite the pandemic eliminating corporate collections that the coalition depended on for years. COVID-19 restricted the volunteers able to help the effort too. This year, they're already gathering gifts.
"We are looking for a range of toys and we have curated a wish list through Amazon so people can go to an Amazon wish list and just purchase a couple of toys, especially if you are doing holiday shopping for your own family and loved ones," said Jacquelyn Simone, senior policy analyst for the coalition.
The drive started about three weeks earlier this year, a response to supply chain issues that the coalition fears could keep items from making it to its warehouse in time to be distributed to shelters.
"If we don't start now, if they get delayed in the supply chain, and we get toys in January, you know that's a whole different thing because there are going to be kids that are going to wake up on Christmas and not have a toy," said Beverly McEntarfer, who is director of the coalition's camp Homeward Bound, and helps coordinate the toy drive each year.
To see the Amazon wish list or make a monetary donation the coalition can use to purchase toys, head to this link.


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Tesla‘s (NASDAQ: TSLA) record-high quarterly and also full-year manufacturing as well as shipment numbers captured the marketplace by shock on Monday as its share cost climbed to within striking range of its all-time high.
Financiers that comply with the Chinese electrical car (EV) market could be interested to see just how Tesla’s numbers contrast to those of Chinese EV heavyweight Nio (NYSE: NIO). Right here’s the current on each business and also whether either deserves acquiring currently.
Comprehending Tesla’s manufacturing versus distribution
Daniel Foelber (Tesla): According to records by the China Passenger Car Association (CPCA), Tesla offered 54,391 China-made cars in October as well as 52,859 in November. Tesla really did not launch its manufacturing and also shipment numbers by area for the 4th quarter. If we balance the 2 CPCA numbers for December and also increase that number by 3 (months in the quarter), we’ll obtain regarding 160,875 China-produced automobiles for the 4th quarter. That’s over half of the overall 305,840 lorries Tesla generated in the 4th quarter.
Digging much deeper right into the numbers, nevertheless, we see that Tesla offered around 250,000 EVs in China from January to November. Theorizing that for the complete year, we can figure that around 29% of Tesla’s 2021 shipments remained in China. That’s an enormous piece of Tesla’s overall distributions. Its 2021 China sales from January to November 2021 were greater than its full-year 2018 overall distributions.
Dividing Tesla’s Shanghai gigafactory manufacturing from Tesla’s China sales is a vital workout if we intend to contrast its development to that of various other Chinese car manufacturers like Nio as well as XPeng (NYSE: XPEV). Tesla anticipates to raise its 2022 manufacturing ability to 2 million yearly systems as soon as manufacturing starts at its brand-new manufacturing facilities in Germany and also Texas.
Financiers can remain to much better scale Tesla’s sales by location by not puzzling any kind of solitary manufacturing facility’s result with sales because area. If the business enhances manufacturing in all of its crucial markets, the number of automobiles it exports from any type of solitary manufacturing facility must come down as it minimizes expenses by constructing vehicles more detailed to their end markets.
Nio is still tiny, yet it has a strategy
Howard Smith (Nio): It had not been by coincidence that Tesla picked Shanghai for the website of its very first factory outside the U.S. China is the biggest international automobile market, as well as it needs to proceed that management throughout the shift to electrical automobiles. Sector research study company BloombergNEF thinks that China will certainly represent around 13 million EV sales in 2030 as well as 18 million by 2040.
Financiers considering Nio may see faster development than Tesla’s, yet it is off such a little base that straight contrast isn’t extremely beneficial. En masse, nevertheless, Chinese EV manufacturers are expanding at a much faster price than Tesla is worldwide.
As well as while Nio and also XPeng are just creating a portion of what Tesla makes in its Shanghai center alone, Chinese peer BYD (OTC: BYDDY) is coming close to Tesla’s international manufacturing degree with its new-energy-vehicle items. That classification consists of battery-electric in addition to plug-in crossbreed electrical lorries.
While all 3 Chinese EV firms are expanding much faster than Tesla, with greater than 600,000 new-energy lorry sales in 2021, it’s BYD that supplies the closest contrast.
Nio has a lengthy method to head to also match the manufacturing that appears of Tesla’s Shanghai plant alone. The firm does have a strategy. It has brand-new items being available in 2022 and also started including manufacturing capability in 2015 that it states might possibly permit it to get to 300,000 devices yearly.
While that still will not match Tesla’s China manufacturing quantity, there can be a collaboration with BYD in the jobs that will certainly aid. Neighborhood records claim Nio agents have actually been going to BYD head office, as well as a bargain to develop a subbrand could be developing in between both firms, according to reporting by CnEVPost.
Nio CEO William Li currently informed financiers of basic prepare for such a subbrand. In its August 2021 second-quarter record, Li stated, “The Nio brand name has a comparable partnership with this brand-new brand name as Lexus has with Toyota as well as Audi has with Volkswagen.”
If Nio remains to expand manufacturing capability and also deals with BYD on a brand name with mass-market charm, capitalists should not count it out as it attempts to get to Tesla’s degree of shipments in China as well as past.
2 EV supplies worth thinking about currently
Tesla as well as Nio are both expanding manufacturing as well as sales in China. Instead of concentrating on which business is supplying much more cars and trucks, it’s much better to concentrate on the development of the sector all at once. The Chinese EV market, along with the international electrical vehicle market, is definitely huge sufficient for both Tesla as well as Nio to be effective.
Inevitably, we appreciate a business’s capability to take a specific niche and also construct a brand name that customers will certainly rely on. Tesla has actually done that for many years, as well as it seems Nio has actually done a great task of it as well. Both EV supplies are entitled to a location in a varied EV profile.
This post stands for the viewpoint of the author, that might differ with the “main” referral placement of a Motley Fool costs advising solution. We’re motley! Examining a spending thesis– also among our very own– aids all of us assume seriously regarding spending as well as choose that assist us end up being smarter, better, as well as richer.
Capitalists looking at Nio may see faster development than Tesla’s, however it is off such a tiny base that straight contrast isn’t extremely valuable. Nio has a lengthy method to go to also match the manufacturing that comes out of Tesla’s Shanghai plant alone. While that still will not match Tesla’s China manufacturing quantity, there can be a collaboration with BYD in the jobs that will certainly assist. Tesla as well as Nio are both expanding manufacturing as well as sales in China. Tesla has actually done that over the years, as well as it looks as if Nio has actually done an excellent work of it as well.


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It is official. Amazon has added yet another product to the Echo lineup – the Echo Show.
Featuring a small 7-inch touchscreen, the new smart speaker will come with support for the company’s artificial intelligence Alexa. It will also offer users the ability to make video calls, play videos from various platforms like YouTube and even display visuals to accompany your queries to Alexa.
Rumors about the Echo Show initially surfaced in November last year, when reports speculated Amazon is gearing up to unveil a supersized smart speaker with a touchscreen.
Here are some of the specs and features Amazon touts about the Echo Show on its website:
- Support for video including music clips, security camera footage, photos, weather forecasts and more.
- 5MP camera for hands-free video calls.
- On-screen lyrics for tracks played from Amazon Music, with support for Pandora, Spotify, TuneIn, iHeartRadio and others.
- Compatible with third-party surveillance systems like Ring and Arlo.
The Echo Show will ship at the price of $229.99, but Amazon is currently running a promo campaign that lets you grab two with a $100 discount.
Check out the new smart speaker here.
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Ontario has partnered with IBM Canada, Ontario Centres of Excellence and ventureLAB to open the IBM Innovation Space-Markham Convergence Centre that will provide businesses access to the technology and expertise they need to grow and compete in the global marketplace.
Reza Moridi, Minister of Research, Innovation and Science attended the grand opening today with Brad Duguid, Minister of Economic Development and Growth and Michael Chan, MPP for Markham-Unionville.
This centre is part of the IBM Innovation Incubator (I3) Project, which will help small and medium-sized enterprises fast-track the launch of new technologies and products to international clients by leveraging IBM’s technical resources. This includes cognitive business technology and a cloud-based development platform, as well as its physical space and network of customers. The I3 project is expected to create up to 2,600 jobs by 2020.
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- This BTS-Billie Eilish mashup is the most popular tweet of 2019 Tuesday 4:51 PM
- Michelle Wolf embraces vulgarity in ‘Joke Show’ Tuesday 4:24 PM
- Influencer gets 14 years in prison for trying to steal domain name at gunpoint Tuesday 4:14 PM
- ‘Three Days of Christmas’ is a delightfully dark holiday alternative to Hallmark Tuesday 3:55 PM
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- Report: Consulting firm lied about decreasing violence at Rikers Island jail Tuesday 2:36 PM
- TikTok users are sharing things they thought were ‘ghetto’ as kids Tuesday 2:31 PM
- Republicans just blocked a net neutrality vote in the Senate Tuesday 2:24 PM
- ‘Fox & Friends’ host stuck using dad’s account after Twitter suspension Tuesday 1:10 PM
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YouTuber NesstendoYT on July 9 posted a video in which he claims to have discovered the names of three very rare Pokémon within the game code for Pokémon Go. Articuno, Moltres, and Zapdos are collectively referred to as “the Legendary birds of kanto.”
A similar video posted on March 29 that claimed to be working off code from a Pokémon Go beta test also stated that all original 151 or “Gen 1” Pokémon would be included in the game. Articuno, Moltres, and Zapdos are all Gen 1 Pokémon. The Pokédex, the listing of all available Pokémon, in Pokémon Go only has 148 entries, however.
Articuno, Moltres, and Zapdos are difficult to catch in any game in the franchise, and will therefore probably be some of the rarest and finest catches you can make in Pokémon Go. Even a wisp of rumor as to their existence is enough to send Pokémon die-hards into a fit of excitement.
Keep an eye out for Articuno, Moltres, and Zapdos on your Pokémon safaris. And then make sure you post an image to social media if you catch one of the Legendary birds of kanto. Be prepared for a lot of people to ask you where you found them. You’ll be the talk of the Pokémon Go town!
NesstendoYT did not respond to our request for comment in time for publication.
Dennis Scimeca was the Daily Dot's gaming reporter until 2016. He loves first-person shooters, role-playing games, and massively multiplayer online games. His work has appeared in Salon, NPR, Ars Technica, Kotaku, Polygon, Gamasutra, GamesBeat, Paste, and Mic.


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But Qualcomm’s new chips won’t be in devices until 2024
Does a new platform from Qualcomm mean Bose’s next QuietComfort earbuds will be lossless?
Watch out for Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 appearing in devices very soon
Oppo says the Oppo Watch 3 will be launched in August while there will be a next-gen Mobvoi TicWatch later this year
Coming to whole bunch of top-end handsets very soon
Chip designer Qualcomm has detailed its new Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 hardware. Why is it important? Because it’ll power many upcoming 2022 flagship phones. The new chipset will be inside the Xiaomi 12 handset first which will debut in the coming weeks. Oppo has also confirmed it will feature the hardware in its upcoming flagship […]
Expect it to appear in oodles of headphones in 2022
This top-end Android is packed to the gills with premium tech
New year, new gadgets
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Moto M leaks in new photos, confirms the Marshmallow and fingerprint scanner again
Just last week, the upcoming Moto M was subject to a lot of leaks that made sure that we saw the smartphone in its full gory even though Motorola might not have wanted us to see it yet. This was after we have been treated to some of this kind of leak in the month of September and now, we have even more images to add to our ever growing gallery of leaks on this one before it reaches the point of official announcement.
Given that this new leak also comes out of China, we are led to believe that it would go on sale there first.
From one of the images, it can be seen that the device would surely run the Android 6.0 Marshmallow out of the box and as for design, it has shown that this would surely be the first device from Motorola to carry a fingerprint sensor on the back.
Having a build that has been facilitated by using only metal, it has paid off in the sense that the device has been able to maintain a thinner overall cross section, giving it some of the beauty that packs up into one body.
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- Motorola India confirms that the Moto M would be getting the Nougat bump next
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SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- China is raising gasoline and diesel prices by 4% to 5% starting Wednesday, pushing domestic gas prices to new highs in the first such increase since November, according to reports.
The price hike amounts to 320 yuan ($47) per metric ton and comes in response to increases in global crude prices, the report said.
The state-run China Daily cited the National Development and Reform Commission as saying the increase is equal to 0.24 yuan per liter of gasoline, and 0.27 per liter of diesel.
The NRDC said the moving average of international crude has change more than 4% over the past 22 working days, according to the report.
The country's last increase on retail fuel products was on Nov. 10, when gas and diesel prices were raised by 480 yuan per metric ton, or 7%.


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Kate Scott‘s middle grade novel, Giant, has been shortlisted for the Portsmouth Shorter Novel Book Award 2018.
The novel makes it onto the shortlist along with the latest titles from Elen Caldecott, Christopher Edge, and Chris Priestley.
The winner will be announced on 25th June.
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Zebu breeders want to increase exports
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São Paulo – Near thirty members of the Brazilian Association of Zebu Breeders (ABCZ) watched this Wednesday (8) afternoon a presentation of the Arab Brazilian Chamber of Commerce about business opportunities for the Zebu cattle chain in the Arab world. It was a first step for a partnership between the two organizations, which should generate other actions next year.
ABCZ has over 22,000 members from many livestock sectors, operating throughout the production chain. According to data surveyed by the Arab Chamber, last year, countries from North Africa and the Gulf imported USD 21.7 billion in products from the sector, between drugs, medical and veterinarian equipment and live cattle. Brazil exported less than 1% of this total – and 90% of Brazilian exports were of cattle.
“Our focus is on exports of live cattle, but the Arab Chamber showed us that there’s a great demand in other sectors in the region’s countries,” said Icce Garbellini, ABCZ’s international manager. According to her, the Arab countries are in the sector’s sights, a sector that has an “efficient livestock farming, sustainable, of quality and low costs.”
The presentation took place in the association’s headquarters, in Uberaba (MG). The Arab Chamber’s business executive, Hans Lazarte, said that the business owners were enthusiastic with the data shown and the amount of information that the Chamber has. “The response was excellent,” he said.
The relations between the Arab Chamber and ABCZ began to move forward in October, when Lazarte visited ExpoGenética, one of the trade expos organized by the association. The first step, according to him, was this presentation. “Now, we are negotiating support for the participation in trade expos and invitation to Arab entrepreneurs to buyer projects,” he said.
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Metro developers 4A Games have been officially acquired by Embracer Group, the parent company of THQ Nordic and Deep Silver. In an announcement, 4A Games confirmed they are working on a multiplayer experience and brand new IP.
THQ Nordic and Deep Silver parent company The Embracer Group are continuing with acquisitions of game development studios. Today, the company have officially announced another eight acquisitions, including the developers of a popular Metro series - 4A Games.
4A Games teams in Ukraine and Malta are now part of the Embracer Group and the deal also includes the beloved Metro IP, as well as some of the studio's development technology. The acquisition will cost Embracer $36 million for 100 per cent of 4A Games shares. Additionally, 4A Games could get an extra $35 million if they reach certain milestones.
The studio will now work on brand new projects such as a multiplayer Metro game and another title, which is a brand new IP, described as "more ambitious". Here's what 4A Games CEO Dean Sharpe had to say about the future of the studio:
"Embracer Group and Saber Interactive are the perfect partners for 4A Games and for our next phase of growth," Sharpe said. "Together we will continue to build on the Metro franchise and will focus on bringing a multiplayer experience to our fanbase. We look forward to building a new and even more ambitious AAA IP in the near future."
4A Games have three Metro games behind them and have been working exclusively on this franchise.


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To date, 6 U.S. states have implemented retail sales of recreational marijuana but none have been able to implement an effective training program for retailers.
Cannabis users experience increased cortical activation during the brain’s resting state when compared with nonusers which may impair brain activity and disrupt cognitive processes.
Study reveals sex-specific effects of prenatal cannabinoid exposure on adult offspring and identifies potential new therapeutic strategies.
A2LA will now work with ATACH to promote open-source quality management standards for the cannabis and hemp industries.
Experts say that Canadian parents use unregulated cannabinoids for seizure control in children with neurologic conditions like epilepsy, and clinical trials are needed to inform doctors and parents on prescribing.
Failing to comply with the standards in place puts a cannabis company at risk of litigation and jeopardizes business contracts with other downstream cannabis operators.
Utilizing new mobile application technology, researchers at The University of New Mexico found that medical cannabis provides immediate symptom relief across dozens of health symptoms with relatively minimal negative side effects.


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Nestle (Thai) Ltd is set to capitalise on Thailand’s growing Bt 900 million (US$29.3 million) plant-based food industry with the launch of its plant-based food products in March this year.
Cruawan Varunpaichit, Business Officer at Food and Nestle Professional, Nestle Indochina, said the company’s Harvest Gourmet plant-based food brand will be made available mainly to restaurant outlets. According to Mr Cruawan, more than 25% of Thais now prioritise plant-based protein intake due to their growing health awareness as well as pro-environmental concerns.
With this launch, Thailand will be the 4th country to introduce Harvest Gourmet after China, Singapore and Malaysia.
Asia however is still lagging global growth in demand for plant-based foods at 20% annually compared to 30% globally. In Thailand, growth is slightly higher at 25%.
Harvest Gourmet comes in a variety of options such as burgers, mince meat, chargrilled pieces, schnitzels and meatballs, which are made from natural soybean and other plant-based ingredients such as beetroot concentrate and carrot extract for natural colouring and coconut oil.
Harvest Gourmet targets health enthusiasts and people on weight-control diets.


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Amazon has been in the tablet business since 2011 when they started to release products that tried to compete against Acer, Apple, Asus, HP, Samsung and dozens of other companies taking advantage of the tablet boom period. Over the years Amazon went from offering mid-level and high-end tablets and started to develop really affordable ones. The average Amazon tablet went from $199 to $379 and you can now get one for $49. Why did Amazon pivot from expensive tablets to cheap ones and how are they selling?
When Amazon first got into the tablet market it was suddenly populated by two different types of companies. One was on onslaught of whitelabel tablets using TFT and low resolution LCD screens from China and getting them into stores in Europe and North America. The other type was big brand names like Apple and Samsung who marketed them at exorbitant prices.
In order for Amazon to be competitive, everything they released had to be the proverbial iPad killer. Their larger devices had Dolby Audio and four speakers for amazing sound and killer specs. The battery life had to surpass Apple products and give customers a reason to buy an Amazon product and not an Apple.
Companies like Google, HTC, Acer, Asus and Dell gradually departed the tablet scene from 2013-2017 and the industry gravitated to smartphones, smartwatches, watches and the whole internet of things catch all category. This is because tablet sales were shrinking and there were fewer companies in the space and trying to carve out their little niche.
In 2014 Amazon decided to experiment with a lower cost tablet and they ditched the Kindle Fire moniker and changed the naming convention to Fire. The Fire HD 6 that had a six-inch screen with a quad-core processor priced at US$99. September 2015, Amazon announced the release of the Fire 7, priced at US$49.99 and in 2016 released the Fire HD 8 with Alexa for $89. This strategy has paid off.
Over the 2017 holiday season Amazon shipped 7.7 million tablets and the only company to beat them in sales was Apple and they shipped out 13 million of them. The holiday quarter is typically Amazons strongest, but this year was a standout as the company managed to steal second from Samsung. IDC explains this was possible thanks to steep discounts as well as the fact Alexa is available on Amazon’s latest tablets.
Last week Amazon announced a new feature called Show Mode. The new Show Mode Charging Dock for the Fire HD 8 and Fire HD 10 provides an easy way to charge the tablets, while propping them up at the same time. Thanks to the new Show Mode feature, which will be rolling out in a software update starting on July 2nd, the dock also turns the tablets into an Echo Show, with an always-on time, weather, and news ticker display and hands-free control via the Alexa voice assistant.
Enabling these kinds of features on the tablets makes sense, as both of them already have hands-free access to Alexa and many of the same Amazon software services as the Echo Show. You can view song lyrics, read recipes, watch news bulletins, set timers, or pull up Amazon Prime Video content on the tablets in a hands-free interface that mirrors what you get on the Echo Show. Putting the tablet on the dock will automatically launch Show Mode, taking it off reverts it back to the standard Fire tablet interface.
Amazon bills their tablets has multimedia friendly and totally envelops users into their ecosystem. Download apps from the Amazon App Store, buy Kindle ebooks or Audible audiobooks. Shop online and use Prime for access to free content such as Prime Music and Prime Video.
One of the big advantages Amazon has is their Fire kids bundle. They are built like tanks and have a two year unlimited warranty. The rubber frame makes it immune to drops and things being spilled on them. If you have replace one after the two years you won’t spend more than $100, whereas the entry level iPad is still fairly costing at $329.
I think Amazon is making tablets because they realized that they are just gateways, they don’t make much profit through the hardware, but each device turns them into an Amazon minion.
Michael Kozlowski is the Editor in Chief of Good e-Reader. He has been writing about audiobooks and e-readers for the past ten years. His articles have been picked up by major and local news sources and websites such as the CBC, CNET, Engadget, Huffington Post and the New York Times.


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SYDNEY (MarketWatch) — Data and corporate updates from the Australian retail sector on Monday added more detail to an emerging picture of companies struggling to cope with weak domestic demand.
Data released Monday by the Australian Bureau of Statistics showed a 0.2% increase in retail sales in December, compared to a 0.4% increase in November. Economists had been expecting a 0.5% increase in December, according to data compiled by Dow Jones Newswires.
Sales fell notably for food retailing, other retailing and in department stores, the ABS said.
Australia’s largest department store operator, Myer Holdings Ltd. (MYR)., said Monday in a trading update that unseasonable weather counted as one factor behind its 3.5% decline in sales to 1.73 Australian dollars ($1.75 billion) over the six months to Jan. 29.
Other factors working to crimp consumer spending in the period included higher interest rates and a stronger Australian dollar, the firm said, as it cut its fiscal-year guidance. Myer shares fell 12% on Monday as investors reacted to the update. Read more on Myer Holdings update.
Monday’s losses took Myer’s year-to-date share-price performance into the red, with the firm now showing a 7% loss so far this year.
Rival David Jones Ltd. (DJS) declined 3.6% on Monday, paring year-to-date losses to 2.2%. Electrical products and furniture retailer Harvey Norman Ltd. (HVN) shares were down 3% on Monday, with the move leaving year-to-date gains at just 0.3%.
Still, it wasn’t all bad news for the sector on Monday with JB Hi-Fi Ltd. (JBH) managing to escape the sector sell-off.
The firm’s shares rose 1.8% after the entertainment retailer produced a 16% hike in first-half net profit to A$87.9 million and an 8.3% rise in sales to A$1.68 billion. It cited diversity of its products, low prices amd improved scale as reasons for its performance.
Credit Suisse analysts noted, “JB Hi-Fi has underperformed coming into the result, reflecting de-risking on the back of one of the tougher trading periods of its listed history.”
For the sector, they said that companies that have already issued revised guidance will be “less vulnerable to surprise on the day.”
Some of these companies include grocery chain Woolworths Ltd (WOW), down 0.2% on Monday, and surf brand Billabong International Ltd. (BBG), down 1%, the analysts said.
“With unseasonably cool weather and the impact of flooding in Queensland and Victoria, chances of positive surprises are low,” the analysts added.
The outlook doesn’t appear to be brightening for the sector any time soon, with the ABS commenting Monday that the flooding in Queensland that began in earnest late December will likely be reflected in its January release of retail sales data.
UBS economists said: “to date, the consumer remains cautious, despite the low unemployment rate, with rising incomes flowing predominantly into a higher saving rate.”
Still, that likely means “with the Reserve Bank of Australia’s central case being a return to trend for the consumer, we continue to see the next lift in interest rates in the second half of 2011,” they said.
The broader Australian share market struggled on Monday, with the S&P/ASX 200 index (XJO) trading flat at 4,863.50.
Other share markets in Asia were putting in a mixed performance, with Japan’s Nikkei Stock Average (NI225) up 0.7%, Korea’s Kospi index ($SEU) up 1.6% and Hong Kong’s Hang Seng index (HANGSENG) down 0.1%.


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The upcoming 2017 Duke 200 is being awaited with a longing eye by enthusiasts all over the country.
The KTM brand in India enjoys a unique position and reputation among the Indian public, half of which perceives them as loud, brash and a menace and the other half thinks that the partnership between the Austrian brand and our desi Bajaj is a God-sent for the dried-up monotonous low-tech biking community which is just starting to mature.
The KTM Duke series of bikes is specially reveled by many primarily due to their ultra-naked and uber-European looks as well as its top-notch handling characteristics, making it the star on the streets, on the track as well as on the sales charts. Therefore, after the success of the entry-level Duke 200 and Duke 390 bikes, KTM is all set to begin a new sortie in the segment with the next generation Duke cousins.
KTM India recently announced the launch date of the new 2017 Duke range as 23rd February 2017. Along with the 2017 390cc Duke, the smaller yuppie in the family called the new 2017 Duke 200 will also be launched on the aforementioned date. But for those who do not wish to wait to get a glimpse of the machine, new fresh spy shots of the 2017 Duke 200 naked roadster in full camouflage drapery have arrived.
The bike seen here features a black frame with an orange sub-frame, the instrument cluster from the current generation model, latest MRF Revz FC-1 and C-1 tyres, absence of ABS rings on the brakes and the handlebar sans the bar-end weights. The 2017 bike is also set to brandish a new re-designed seat, tank-mounted ignition key, sporty grab-rails which are integrated into the rear panel and the 2017 Duke 390 style headlamps though the 200cc variant will feature a halogen headlamp with LED DRLs instead of full LEDs.
Mechanically the entry-level KTM will reportedly get the same engine from the current model, but with updated specifications which make it BS-IV compatible. It would still produce 25 PS of power and 19.2 Nm of torque but the refinement levels are expected to be better than the current generation Duke 200. Transmission of power is done via a 6-speed manual gearbox sans a slipper clutch (the cheaper Dominar 400 gets it). The new 2017 Duke 200 is expected to command a bit of a premium over the current bike.
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– The 2017 Duke 200 has been spied in full camouflaged avatar
– The bike features updated headlights and a new frame inspired by the bigger Duke 390
– The new Duke 200 will share the engine with the current generation model
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The purchase of the Black Hawk helicopter maker will help Lockheed lessen its dependence on its F-35 fighter jet business and boost overseas sales. Fred Katayama reports.
Add Black Hawk and Seahawk choppers to Lockheed Martin's huge lineup. The defense contractor is buying United Technologies' Sikorsky Aircraft business for $9 billion. The commercial and military helicopters will help Lockheed lessen its dependence on its F-35 fighter jet business. It'll also help expand its overseas sales just when contractors face weak spending by the U.S. government. By selling Sikorsky, United Technologies gets out of the helicopter business that seemed an odd fit with its Otis elevators and Pratt & Whitney jet engines. The company says it'll use the sales proceeds to buy back more shares. The companies expect to close the deal by early next year subject to regulatory approval. Lexington Institute defense analyst and COO Loren Thompson doesn't expect objections, saying, "It's a big deal, but it doesn't concentrate markets any further than they already were. There's no real overlap between the fighter market and the rotorcraft market." Lockheed Martin's stock rising in early trading. United Technologies giving back ground. Lockheed also said it could sell or spin off its government information technology and technical services businesses. It's exploring whether the businesses that generate $6 billion in sales can achieve greater growth and create more value for shareholders outside of the company. All this announced as the company reported a rise in quarterly profit and hiked its outlook for this year.


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Nissan used the Commercial Vehicle Show to debut its new panel van the NV400, which will replace the aging Interstar.
The NV400 is a reworked Renault Master with a stylish front end and was created at Nissan Design Europe and engineered at Nissan Technical Centre Europe.
Chief designer Atsushi Maeda said: “NV400 will share all the practical aspects of the various versions of the range, but we wanted our adaptation to have a genuinely different look. The adoption of the Nissan angle strut grille – pioneered on models such as Pathfinder and Navara – certainly does that.”
The van is due to go on sale in the UK in October. Prices will be announced nearer the launch date.
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Cielo Verde: The beautiful top-floor restaurant space at the American Visionary Art Museum—fondly remembered as the former home Mr. Rain’s Fun House and most recently Encantada—will finally see a new tenant later this month. Spearheaded by chef Irena Stein of Canton’s Alma Cocina Latina and Azafrán on the Johns Hopkins University campus, the lunch and weekend brunch destination will focus on locally sourced sandwiches, salads, and soups. Menu highlights will include a gem lettuce salad with herbed walnuts, fig and thyme toast, vegan banh mi sandwiches, and sweets from Bramble Baking Co. and Sacré Sucré. “My intention was to unify the connection between food and culture,” Stein said in a statement, “a culture where there is a deep-rooted appreciation of food that transcends flavor, into gratitude of the earth and bounty from which it came.” In addition to the daytime service, the space will be available for catered dinners and private events.
Ben’s Chili Bowl: Half smokes and chili cheese fries are headed to Horseshoe Casino next month. As part of the $1 million remake of the casino’s food court-style Baltimore Marketplace on its first floor, the famous Washington, D.C.-based eatery will open a stall slinging its classic chili-topped hot dogs, fries, and burgers in early March. The South Baltimore location will mark the first Ben’s Chili Bowl in Maryland, bringing with it a 62-year history that has included visits from the likes of Martin Luther King, Jr., Barack Obama, Bono, and Chance the Rapper.
Riverside Tap House: Federal Hill residents have been wondering about the status of the former Das Bier Haus space on the corner of Light and East Randall streets, which closed last year after its owners worked to resolve structural issues that plagued the building. Sadly, the German beer hall never reopened, but a new pub has taken over the space. Riverside Tap House is expected to debut in the renovated building later this month, featuring a menu of draft beer, burgers, and other pub fare.
Thai Landing: Towson’s Shops at Kenilworth will soon house a second location of this Midtown-Belvedere mainstay. Moving into a 1,750-square-foot stall on the lower level of the mall this spring, the authentic Thai eatery will offer specialties including Northern Thai curry noodles, pineapple fried rice, “Pla Rad Prig” red snapper with hot chili and basil, and an assortment of Thai teas.
Cocina Luchadoras Gets a Shoutout in Bon Appétit: Those who subscribe to the renowned food bible will notice a familiar name in the latest issue’s “Taco Nation” cover story. Upper Fells Point taqueria Cocina Luchadoras was praised for its “Cochinita Pibil” taco, which stuffs citrus-marinated pork into the spot’s scratch-made corn tortillas. We’re beyond happy to see that the dishes—which graced our own taco cover in October 2017—are getting some well-deserved national attention.
2/15: Union Collective Chocolate Festival
What better way to celebrate Valentine’s Day weekend than with a selection of chocolate-themed treats from the merchants inside Union Collective? In addition to drink deals and live DJ entertainment, chocolate lovers will enjoy Jinji’s Chocolate-covered espresso beans from Vent Coffee Roasters, a special chocolate liqueur from Baltimore Spirits Company, Union’s limited-edition Snow Pants Stout aged with cocoa nibs and cinnamon, and, of course, a flight of chocolate ice cream flavors and a signature milkshake from The Charmery. Guest vendors at the inaugural event will also include the experts from Charm School Chocolate and Anandi Chocolate.
Howl at the Moon: Regulars at this lively piano bar inside Power Plant Live have until February 29 to get their last song requests in. The spot, which has been a fixture in the downtown nightlife district for the past 20 years, will close its doors for good on Saturday, February 29. “We want to thank each and every one of you for the last 20 years,” reads a message posted to the bar’s Facebook page. “It’s a bittersweet goodbye, but there will be many more opportunities to howl with us in the future at a nearby location.” The next iteration is slated to open in Washington, D.C. this spring. There’s no word yet on what will become of the bar that neighbors Ram’s Head Live, PBR, Mosaic Lounge, and others in the area.


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“Every smoker who does not stop because of a scarcity of availability of flavors is a public well being failure for the state of New Jersey,” said Gregory Conley, president of the American Vaping Association, a professional-vaping advocacy group. Inhaling heated chemical substances — most vaping liquids blend nicotine with propylene glycol — poses health risks for adults as nicely, many supporters famous. More than 5 million youths — one in 4 American high school students and one in 10 center school college students — now vape, according to the National Youth Tobacco Survey launched last summer season. And across the nation, the sale of digital cigarettes has become massive enterprise, climbing to $3.6 billion in sales last 12 months, up from $1.5 billion in 2014, in accordance with an industry report. Instead, he’s shutting down one of his New Jersey stores at the finish of the month and making ready to stock the very item he has spent years helping clients give up — tobacco — within the different. Before long, Mr. Mitrani, forty eight, had a second retailer in New Jersey and one in New York.
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Uber will launch its first self-driving car fleet in Pittsburgh this month.
According to Bloomberg, within weeks customers will be able to request self-driving cars through the regular Uber app. The autonomous fleet will supervised by humans in the driver’s seat for the time-being. The Pittsburgh fleet will consist of modified Volvo XC90 sport utility vehicles that will feature sensors using cameras, lasers, radar and GPS receivers.
One hundred vehicles are due by the end of 2016 after Volvo and Uber signed a contract earlier this year to spend $300 million on developing a fully autonomous car. However, Uber plans to recruit other automakers for its fleet as well.
The goal, according to Bloomberg, is to replace the more than 1 million Uber drivers with self-driving cars.
“The minute it was clear to us that our friends in Mountain View were going to be getting in the ride-sharing space, we needed to make sure there is an alternative [self-driving car],” said Travis Kalanick, Uber co-founder and CEO. “Because if there is not, we’re not going to have any business.”
Trips will be free for now. In the future, Kalanick says that the prices will fall so low that the per-mile cost of travel will be cheaper than in a private car.
In June, an Ernst & Young report titled “Internet of Things” claimed that self-driving cars could add more than $20 billion in incremental revenue for Hollywood … someday.
“If the focus during that time were to shift from concentrating on the road to watching video, that equates to more than $20 billion in incremental revenue for the video industry,” the report read.
This came two months after a driver of a Tesla Model S was killed in a car crash, which is considered to be the first death resulting from a self-driving car. The vehicle was in “autopilot” mode, but an investigation found that the driver was watching “Harry Potter” while in autopilot mode.


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Born out of a conviction that we need to move a lot faster in terms of taking personal responsibility and action for mitigating climate change, Cogo is already working with seven of the world’s largest banks, with plans to double this in the next twelve months.
We are working with Australia’s largest bank, Commonwealth Bank. The bank uses Cogo within its consumer banking app to enable customers to see the CO2 emissions associated with their daily spending. CommBank users are offered the option to offset their emissions. Cogo is also working on simplifying climate action for local Australian businesses with Cogo's Business Carbon Manager for which interested businesses can pre-register their interest, and expects to announce additional banking partnerships shortly.
"Australians are looking for greater transparency around their spending footprint. Technology that helps them easily and accurately measure their footprint and take proactive steps to reduce it is fast becoming something that will influence a bank’s ability to attract and retain customers,” believes Ben Gleisner, Cogo’s Founder.
He adds: “Banks are ideally positioned to take on the role of champion in supporting their customers to lower their carbon footprint. In a highly competitive market in which it’s hard to differentiate, banks cannot ignore this opportunity to stand out and establish themselves as a lifestyle partner to the conscious consumer.”
Globally, Cogo is on track to have over ten million customers using its carbon footprint management features by the end of 2022.
Using engagement figures from Cogo's consumer-facing app, which is used by hundreds of thousands of users in the UK, it's estimated that as many as 74% of each bank's users explore their carbon footprint and, on average, commit to taking two climate-friendly actions to help reduce their climate footprint. Many of these are 'new' or outside of what they usually commit to.
“Applied to Australia, if Cogo could reach just 10% of the country's 26 million people via the country's largest banks in the next 12 months, the impact would be significant. If that 10% took just two climate-friendly actions every year, such as reducing flights by taking a longer holiday rather than two shorter ones and going vegan for one meal a week, it would equate to an annual carbon savings of over 822,000 tonnes - equal to planting over 13.5 million trees!" says Ben.*
“Many banks are already on a journey to reduce their operational emissions, and carbon footprint management tools will help them bring customers along on that journey to deliver planet-saving action at scale,” says Ben.
“There’s never been a more important time to impact the world’s carbon footprint. We’re proud to be the go-to solution for change for the world’s largest enterprises, and we’re excited about expanding this change throughout Australia,” concludes Ben.
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10% of Australia’s population taking action = 2,606,413 people
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Nissan will conduct its third Altima recall in three years next month, all of which will have addressed the same issue: faulty hood latches.
Worldwide, nearly 930,000 2013 through 2015 Altimas, including 846,000 that were made and sold in the U.S., will be affected by the recall. Nissan dealers will replace the latches, which tend to rust once their protective coats of paint chip off, free of charge.
The rusting can cause the secondary latch to remain open, making the hood prone to opening while the car is in motion.
Nissan conducted recalls in 2014 and 2015 to adjust latches and provide lubricant, but the issue has persisted.


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Civilization: Beyond Earth is on top of Steam's weekly best sellers chart for the second week in a row, beating out the latest offering in the popular Farming Simulator series.
Civilization: Beyond Earth has taken the top spot on this week's Steam best sellers chart, beating out last week's winner Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel.
The developer whose game was removed from Steam after he threatened the life of Valve boss Gabe Newell has left studio Code Averice.
Mod turned award-winning indie title The Stanley Parable has surpassed 1m copies sold.
This is a case that falls squarely in the camp known as ‘shooting oneself in the foot’.
Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel has dethroned Shadow of Mordor to nab the top spot on this week's Steam top ten sellers chart.
Shadow of Mordor is out in front for the second week running on Steam's latest top ten sellers chart.
Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor has scaled to the top of this past week’s Steam best sellers chart.
Steam users must be open about paid-for recommendations according to the store's updated terms and conditions.
Early Access title Life is Feudal: Your Own has captured the top spot on this week's Steam best sellers chart.
Valve has released the Steam Music Player to the general public, allowing Steam users to play MP3 files off of their hard drive within the Steam client and while in-game.
Free-to-play Counter-Strike spinoff Counter-Strike Nexon: Zombies is out now in open beta.
Valve’s PC sales portal Steam has reached another significant milestone.
Valve has given the Steam storefront a major makeover, adding new customization options including a new curation feature which allows individuals and groups to recommend various titles.
Square Enix has brought the most recent version of Final Fantasy IV to the Windows PC platform via Steam.
The officially launched version of Wasteland 2 has leapt to the top of this week's best sellers on Steam.
Bethesda's free FPS Quake Live is now available on Steam.
Steam is in the process of adding support for 11 new currencies from around the world, Valve has announced.
Saints Row creative director Steve Jaros is leaving Volition to join Valve in an unspecified role.
Skyrim has skyrocketed back to the top of Steam’s best sellers chart, thanks to a major discount promotion over this past weekend.
Facepunch Studios' open-ended sandbox physics game Garry's Mod has sold more than 6m copies on Steam to date.
Valve will expand its support of iD Tech’s summer technology camps for children and teenagers, the companies have revealed in a joint announcement.
The release of Dead Rising 3 for Windows had Capcom’s title out in front on Steam’s latest weekly top ten sellers chart.
Valve has quietly pulled Early Access title The Stomping Land from the Steam store, after months of inactivity surrounding the game’s development.
The second season of The Walking Dead took the top spot on Steam’s best sellers chart for the past week, thwarting 2K’s second impressive attempt to take over the entirety ...


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I have been skeptical of this feature on new phones for a while.
When Samsung announced the Galaxy S8 last week, they said there would be facial recognition on it. There are also rumors that the new iPhone, scheduled for release in the Fall, will also have this feature.
In the video below, a guy had the phone get his face memorized with the feature. Then, took a picture of himself and had the phone unlock.
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Summary: Bits and pieces from the news about phones and office suites
THE duopoly from the West Coast has met Linux and it doesn’t like what it’s seeing.
Android makes the hypePhone less desirable and analysts notice this. “Walter Piecyk, an analyst with BTIG Research, issued a rare downgrade on shares of Apple Inc. on Monday,” says a pro-Apple site, “moving his recommendation from “Buy” to “Neutral.” In a research note to clients, Mr. Piecyk said that changes to aggressive carrier subsidy policies will result in fewer smartphone upgrades. He also expressed doubt about Apple’s ability to wrangle US$600 per iPhone in emerging markets where carrier subsidies are few and far between.”
Microsoft has been relying on people buying a computer with Windows or OS X on it, then paying for a copy of the cash cow, Microsoft Office. Now that more people move into mobile computing (and off Windows) this cash cow is in danger. Even Microsoft-affiliated publications like Slate dare to call for the death of Office (or Word). The crux of the argument:
Nowadays, I get the same feeling of dread when I open an email to see a Microsoft Word document attached. Time and effort are about to be wasted cleaning up someone’s archaic habits. A Word file is the story-fax of the early 21st century: cumbersome, inefficient, and a relic of obsolete assumptions about technology. It’s time to give up on Word.
People prefer to be given URLs to access work through. This is why Microsoft plays catchup with Office 360 (5 days downtime).


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While tourism numbers might be down, Minister Richard Sealy says he is encouraged that spend is up, and is attributing it to the more non-traditional markets.
“I guess everyone is aware of the article four consultations taking place at the moment and IMF officials are here and it was quite interesting when they paid their courtesy call on me, they mentioned the fact that they note numbers are down in tourism, yet according to the CTO survey, spend is up for the first six months of the year.
“In explaining that I was able to make the point that because we are seeing increases from Europe for example, the Europeans tend to stay longer and spend more money and particularly the Germans whose currency is particularly strong and that economy is extremely strong, they are spending and our numbers are up significantly out of that market. The Brazilians are big spenders as well. We get about 3,000-odd per year. We weren’t getting any before.
“So yes we are seeing a little downturn out of the UK and US, but the visitors that coming from some of these other markets are spending more and I think that is what the CTO survey is bearing out and in my view is further cause for optimism because as we rejig this thing of our source markets and identify where we can get better business from, when we start to see growth now particularly out of those areas we have identified along with the traditional markets preparing themselves, we can then start to see a scenario where the value-added from tourism will be greater and greater,” said the minister.
Speaking yesterday as he hosted his annual Christmas party for constituents at the Democratic Labour Party Headquarters in George Street, St. Michael, said he was “heartened” as well by reports from the managers at Crane and Divi Southwinds, that they were basically full for the winter period.
“That is what they indicated and I was very heartened to hear that because that is consistent with what our findings are – that the winter is certainly looking extremely good; better than last year and there are a number of reasons for that. Concomitant with that is the fact that cruise is up significantly and more calls and more passengers, and perhaps most importantly, more vessels homeporting.
“That is the aspect that we definitely want to develop, where the cruises originate in Barbados and not that the vessels stop here when they are sailing on their voyage; where people fly into Barbados and the cruise starts here and we have a few more of those,” said Sealy.
Noting that they converted a shed at the Bridgetown Port to accommodate more homeporting, Sealy added: “I’m very encouraged by that development because as we speak about developing cruise going forward, central to that has to be Barbados’ positioning as the hub for southern Caribbean cruises and the opportunities that will go along with that for cruise and stay programmes, where you can pick up some extra bed nights; for our companies to provision these ships where they are going to need fruit and vegetables, dairy and fresh juices and other agricultural produce, meat and beer and rum and there are things that we can supply and are supplying and I obviously would want to see more things happening, but as we continue to build out that sub-sector, it has benefits, linkages that can help manufacturing, that can help agriculture, that can even help our service providers too, because they are going to need all of these things.” (LB)


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Nader H. Adam Ali, director of SAPG, said: "The opening of the new store proves to be both timely and strategic as the GCC region's perfume industry is projected to reach $3.87 billion by 2024 at a compound annual growth rate of approximately 8.9 per cent from 2019 to 2024. This new flagship store complements our efforts to mark a stronger presence in the region and is the latest addition to the already two existing kiosks at the Dubai Mall. To date, Swiss Arabian has 105 outlets spread out across the GCC and African region."
SAPG engages a healthy mix of marketing strategies for an extensive reach. "Social media plays a huge role but we have that balance of outdoor and print media as those are still important. The key thing in marketing these days not to be led by influencers or bloggers. Companies are increasingly looking at ways to measure commercially their marketing activities. So, if I spend a dollar or a dirham, I want to understand how much business I am bringing in. Online and digital today are allowing us to do that," he said.
Offerings at the new store
Strategically located on level one of the mall, the new store signals a renewed period of heritage for Swiss Arabian, highlighting the company's continuing commitment to create a diverse portfolio of unique fragrances, perfume oils and Dehn El Oud that perfectly fuse the combination of the rich Arabian culture and the company's technical expertise.
unisex fragrances - Gharaam, Hayaam and Wajd," said Ali.
The new store displays an incredible variety of perfumes along with an exclusive premium collection. With immense experience in the art of perfume-making and having partnered with world's leading perfume manufacturers, Swiss Arabian aims to awaken one's sense of smell and help individuals find their unique mix of fragrances.
Over the last four decades, the company has created various offerings across major product categories. Some of them are eau de parfum (EDP); eau de toilette (EDT); concentrated perfume oils (CPO); Dehn El Oud; bukhoor and agarwood, which is a traditional incense widely used in Arab households.
Dubai Mall, as its base of operations, serves as an ideal destination as the largest mall in the world.
"It is the number one mall in the world and is a big statement for us to be here. We have had flagship stores in Abu Dhabi and Dubai previously, but this one is our largest store and we are happy to be here," said Ali.
The Swiss Arabian Perfumes Group was founded in 1974 in Aden, Yemen by Hussein Adam Ali. He came to Dubai during the oil rush and started the business in collaboration with Swiss company Givaudan SA, one of the largest essential oil manufacturers in the world.
"Originally, we were distributing their perfumes, and this eventually led to opening retail stores in the UAE. We then started looking into the UAE, followed by stores in Saudi Arabia, Oman and Kuwait," said Ali.
The brand also has a lucrative online presence that lucrative, as well as outlets outside the GCC, where the US, Morocco, India and Pakistan are its big export markets.
"Japan is surprisingly quite good for us, and there are lot more potential markets we are looking to explore, such as the UK and Russia. We have recently opened our first flagship store in Belgium and plans to open three more in US this year. Overall, we aim to launch 300 stores across the globe in the next three years.
A cut above the rest
Swiss Arabian is looking to cater to a niche high-end clientele and be on par with renowned brands, such as Gucci, Giovanni, Dior, Bvlgari, etc. with its new fragrance, WAAW. However, it still stays true to its original focus of providing value for money, giving clients access to affordable luxury.
But what really sets Swiss Arabian apart is its unique positioning - an ideal mix of western technology, precision and quality, complemented by Arabian passion, heritage, exotic ingredients such as oud, sandalwood and musk.
"When you combine the two you get something extraordinary," Ali added.
Looking ahead, Ali shared Swiss Arabian Perfumes Group's passion to expand globally.
"We really want to move ahead from being a regional brand. Our short-term goal is to remain among the top three Arabian perfume houses in the region. Our long-term goal is to expose the rest of the world to the brand by opening more retail outlets. We are moving beyond our traditional boundaries," he said.
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Clear Channel Airports (CCA) has inked a 10-year deal to handle all advertising planning and buying for the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport.
CCA, which is a division of Clear Channel Outdoor Americas, announced this week that it signed an agreement with the Metropolitan Airports Commission to handle advertising that will run throughout the airport on double-sided LED video walls, flight information displays and other signage.
It becomes the first media company in more than 13 years to "offer a singular, comprehensive advertising platform enveloping the entirety of MSP’s Terminals 1 and 2, reaching all 36 million passengers who pass through the airport annually," according to a release.
“Airports like Minneapolis-St. Paul International represent a great opportunity for companies to present their brands to tens of millions of travelers each year," said Dennis Probst, Chief Operating Officer, Metropolitan Airports Commission, in a statement. "When done well, advertising can also enhance the ambiance of the facility, providing color and interests to people using the facility.”
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BERLIN (AFP) – The future of Germany's Karstadt, Europe's third-largest department store chain, appeared to be secured Friday as a court approved its acquisition by a billionaire investor, safeguarding 25,000 jobs.
A court in Essen, western Germany, that has been overseeing months of wrangling over the rent to be paid for 120 Karstadt stores, agreed that investor Nicolas Berggruen could snap up the iconic chain, saving it from bankruptcy.
The court said in a statement it had "approved the insolvency plan for Karstadt."
"This is just a beginning. We all need to work together," Berggruen told reporters, adding: "I am working for you and for the future of Karstadt."
The High Street consortium of property developers, Karstadt's main landlord, agreed Thursday to lower its rental for the stores, removing a difficult stumbling block to a deal.
The path is now clear for the 49-year-old Berggruen to acquire the chain. Son of famous art collector Heinz Berggruen, he was born in Paris but has dual German and US citizenship and studied in Britain and the United States.
He owns a string of assets from Turkey to Cambodia and his international lifestyle, hopping from country to country by helicopter and staying in luxury hotels, prompted the Wall Street Journal to dub him the "homeless billionaire."
Karstadt, a venerable German chain founded in 1881 and which includes the famous Berlin department store KaDeWe, has faced bankruptcy since 2009 after years of erratic management.
It has also suffered from Germans' reluctance to spend, doubts over its future and the fact that people are deserting the department store model for shopping.
Found in almost every major German city, Karstadt is third in the list of European high street department store chains, behind Britain's Marks & Spencers and Spanish group El Corte Ingles.
RIO DE JANEIRO (AFP) – Brazil's state-run oil company Petrobras on Friday unveiled a huge share offering which could raise 64 billion dollars to help finance new exploration projects in the country.
Some 2.1 million common shares and 1.5 million preferred shares would be issued to help finance deepwater exploration, the company said in a statement.
If there is a heavy demand, the company said it was ready to raise the offer to around 74 billion dollars worth of shares.
The funds raised would represent a more than 40 percent increase in the company's capital, which on Thursday was estimated at 150 billion dollars.
In June the company said its daily production stood at 2.5 million barrels a day, with estimated reserves of 14 billion barrels.
But it also announced it had discovered a new reserve of light crude in deep offshore waters, estimated to contain 380 million barrels.
Petrobas says it holds some 25 percent of the world's deepwater operations, and Brazil in the past has said it has discovered new oil fields that could contain billions of barrels of oil.
But the country is not yet a member of the oil cartel, the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries.
CHICAGO (Reuters) – Walgreen Co (WAG.N) posted weaker-than-expected August sales at stores open more than a year, hurt by generic drug introductions and a decrease in customer traffic.
The results were reported a day after most retailers beat analysts' sales expectations for August.
Sales at stores open at least a year, a closely watched measure of retail performance, increased 2.1 percent from the same month in 2009, the drug store chain said Friday. Analysts were expecting same-store sales to increase 2.4 percent, according to Thomson Reuters data.
Comparable pharmacy sales increased 2.9 percent as new generic drugs -- which tend to have higher profit margins but hurt sales because they are cheaper than name-brand drugs -- entered the market. A lower incidence of flu drove fewer people into pharmacies.
Front-store comparable sales, which includes snacks, beverages and other items, increased 0.7 percent. Customer traffic dropped 0.8 percent, and basket size increased 1.5 percent, Walgreen said.
Sales at Duane Reade stores, which Walgreen bought earlier this year, are not included in comparable store sales. Total sales for the month, which does include Duane Reade stores, were $5.66 billion, up 8.6 percent from August 2009.
Total sales for the fourth quarter that ended August 31 were $16.89 billion, up 7.6 percent from $15.70 billion in 2009.
Analysts were expecting $16.80 billion, according to Thomson Reuters I/B/E/S.
Walgreen also announced Friday that it is acquiring Omnicare Inc's (OCR.N) home infusion business, which involves administering drugs and other nursing services at a patient's home. In exchange, Omnicare will pick up Walgreen's long-term care pharmacy business, which served senior living communities.
The transaction is expected to close by November, according to a statement by the companies.
(Reporting by Emily Stephenson, editing by Dave Zimmerman)


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Bayer AG on Wednesday announced it will spend up to $12.1 billion to resolve U.S. lawsuits involving its widely used weedkiller Roundup as well as other suits involving use of PCB in water and its dicamba herbicide, which allegedly caused widespread damage by drifting onto Missouri peach farms.
In a statement, Bayer said it will make a total payment of $10.1 billion to $10.9 billion to resolve current and address potential future Roundup litigation. It said it would also pay up to $400 million to settle cases involving the weedkiller dicamba having drifted onto plants that weren’t bred to resist it, killing them.
The Leverkusen-based company, which has its U.S. headquarters in Creve Coeur, said the Roundup settlement would “bring closure to approximately 75%” of the current 125,000 filed and unfiled claims.
It said the agreement is subject to approval by Judge Vince Chhabria of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California.
A further payment of up to $820 million will be made to settle “most” claims for exposure to PCB, a highly carcinogenic substance, that Monsanto produced until 1977 and which has been found in U.S. waters
Bayer said it would start making payments this year and these would be financed from existing liquidity, future income, proceeds from the sale of its animal health business and the issuance of additional bonds.


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The future devices of iOS could come with chips that have been built by Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co and this could mean that a key component could be taken away from their rivals Samsung.
Samsung Galaxy S4 vs iPhone 6: octo-core vs dual-core? (rumors)
AppleInsider reports that details about this come from a researcher of Citigroup Global Markets who was quoted in a recent report. Hsu made the claim that 20-nanometer quad core processors will more than likely show up in the iPads of the future, the Apple TV and maybe even MacBook computers.
He did however say that iPhones in the future would continue to have dual core processors, and this was down to issues with consumption. The next iPhone is rumored to be called the iPhone 5S or iPhone 6 and will purportedly launch at WWDC in the summer of 2013.
On the contrary, rumors of the next generation Galaxy S phone, the Samsung Galaxy S4, poins to a possible 8-cores setup. The octo-core Samsung Galaxy S4 will basically be two sets of quad-core chips in one device. It is rumored to be unveiled at MWC sometime in the start of next year.


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As we enter the heart of Florida’s blueberry harvesting season, you can now enjoy the yummy fresh fruit during its finest hours, say University of Florida experts.
For about 80 years, many Florida-grown blueberries have been developed ... READ MORE
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In case you needed another reminder that vegan and vegetarian meat alternatives are in demand, the record for largest vegan burger was just set by a business in Northern Ireland, reports the Irish Post.
A family-owned company created the 358 pound, 4-ounce burger and topped it with 22 pounds of tomatoes, 10 pounds of lettuce, more than 15 pounds of vegan cheese, nearly 4.5 pounds of onions, 11 pounds of gherkins, 11 pounds of the company’s signature vegan bacon, and 11 pounds of the company’s vegan sauce. They topped the whole thing off with a (very large) vegan bun, as every part of the burger had to be certified as vegan. The business behind the burger is called Finnebrogue Artisan and enlisted the help of 10 employees just to make the patty alone.
I always wonder what happens to these gigantic foods after the record is broken, and for the first time I have an answer. “To avoid food waste on the day, which is in line with our own policies and that of the Guinness World Records, we donated some finished burger to homeless charity, The Simon Community,” Anthea McAuley, Finnebrogue’s communications manager, told the Post. “Our staff also enjoyed the burger for their lunch.”
Yes, the team enjoyed an impressive vegan feast after the record was documented by a Guinness official—but even more impressive is the process it took to create the massive burger. The burger required the help of engineers and took nine hours of cooking before it was ready to plate. The engineers even designed a swing to help turn the plant-based burger and give it an even cook.
Now I’m wondering if The Takeout should try to set our own food-based world record. How about the world’s longest chain of gold leaf hot dogs? Any other ideas for our future in the record books?


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For the avid fans of food carts (myself included), here’s some interesting news: The city of Tacoma looks to relax rules for food cart vendors. Bring on the taco and dog trucks. City hall reporter Lewis Kamb has the story here.
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RedPrairie Corp. (Milwaukee) announced an agreement to acquire MARC Global Holdings, Inc. (Atlanta). The combined companies, operating under the name RedPrairie Corp., will unify and support all products and services from both organizations. Former MARC chief executive officer Oliver Cooper will continue to serve in a leadership position within the combined organization, under the direction of RedPrairie company leader John Jazwiec.
“This alliance unites two forward-thinking companies that have led the supply-chain industry by focusing on customer results,” said Jazwiec. “Both companies offer similar technology with sophisticated integration capabilities and leverage the same technology platforms, allowing us to provide customers an enhanced, broader suite of solutions and seamless technology upgrades.”
The integration of the two companies will begin in early February. The combined company is expected to generate $172 million in revenue in 2006, and employ 738 employees across 21 global sites.
“The combination of RedPrairie and MARC provides both companies strategic opportunities to grow and build scale,” said Steve Banker, service director of supply chain management at ARC Advisory Group (Dedham, Mass.) “RedPrairie will leverage the MARC customer base to more deeply penetrate verticals such as pharma and apparel. MARC Global customers gain a financially secure parent. The combined company benefits by being able to offer its customer base additional products and the ability to better leverage R&D investments.”


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Here at Google I/O in San Francisco, Brightcove announced support for the new open source video codec, WebM, which was announced by Google in the keynote earlier.
A rep from Brightcove tells WebProNews, "WebM will be supported on HTML5 and Flash, and Brightcove’s ability to support the new codec is another example of how the company is removing the complexity from the increasingly fragmented video landscape, and giving publishers the chance to publish video in a variety of formats."
"One Brightcove customer who will be testing WebM in the future is The New York Times, he says. "The NYT has worked with Brightcove in the past to pioneer delivery across new formats and devices, and this is another example of innovation between the two companies."
Brightcove will provide H.264 and WebM as standard encoding options for Flash and HTML5 video experiences to its customer base of more than 1,500 media publishers worldwide.


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JEDDAH — Saudi Arabia’s travel and tourism industry offers tremendous growth opportunities on the back of its exponential market potential.
Ahead of the inaugural “The Hotel Show Saudi Arabia” slated to be held in Jeddah on Nov.17-19, 2012, Tim Wilson, Event Manager, dmg :: events, co-organizer of the show, said “The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has emerged as one of the most captivating markets for foreign direct investment in the food, hotel and hospitality industries. With the Kingdom’s travel and tourism industry set to reach $14.9 trillion in 2012, the potential for growth is huge. We at dmg :: events have presented successful Hotel Shows over the years in Dubai. Now we aim to continue to expand by showcasing of the broadest range of products, services and technologies for the hospitality sector in Saudi Arabia. We are trying to get the maximum diversity, range and competitiveness of exhibitors to make it a record first year for The Hotel Show Saudi Arabia.”
Saudi Arabia is expected to welcome 15.8 million tourists by 2014, with some 381,000 new hotel rooms and a 63 percent increase in room stock against 2010 inventories forecast for completion by 2015. So, the event will go a long way in further emphasizing the unmatched potential in store in the Kingdom, added Elie Rizk, CEO of MICE Arabia Group.
Business Monitor International’s latest Saudi Arabia Tourism Report forecast that tourist arrivals are forecast to increase by 8 percent year-on-year (y-o-y) to 14.87mn in 2012. The number of tourist arrivals will grow by an average of 6 percent y-o-y through to the end of 2016.
Moreover, the report said the Kingdom’s hospitality sector looks set to grow in tandem with tourist arrivals.
BMI forecast that there will be about 424,000 hotel rooms in Saudi Arabia by 2016, up from a projected 317,000 in 2012.
The event is set to be the ideal business platform amid large-scale infrastructure developments in Saudi Arabia, boom in religious tourism and flourishing business travelers & MICE sector, catapulting the Kingdom onto the international hospitality map.
The three-day show, to be held at the Jeddah Centre for Forums & Events, will bring together leading regional and international manufacturers and suppliers for the hospitality, catering, food & beverage as well as related industries, covering over 8,500 square meters of space, with 5,000-plus invited buyers, live gourmet food demonstrations, seminars and a dedicated hotel summit.
More than 100 companies from 24 countries representing various supply chains of the hospitality sector across the Middle East and beyond will be participating at the inaugural show. More than 10 country pavilions will be represented at the show, including Italy, Greece, France and Malaysia.
Five key segments are represented at the show’s debut, including interiors & design, operating equipment & supplies, technology, outdoor & resort experience, and food & beverage.
“Keeping pace with the demands of the country’s burgeoning hospitality market, The Hotel Show Saudi Arabia has focused its offering to provide an unmatched sourcing platform for buyers and sellers of hospitality supplies and services. The event is “must-attend” trade show for regional and global companies wanting to establish a presence or grow their existing businesses in this lucrative market. We have received tremendous response from participants and we are confident of its success,” Rizk noted.
Held under the patronage of Sultan Bin Salman Bin Abdul Aziz, Chairman of Saudi Commission for Tourism and Antiquities, The Hotel Show Saudi Arabia is organized by MICE Arabia Group and co-organized by dmg :: events. — SG


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Earlier this year at the Games Developers Conference (GDC) 2017, Microsoft announced the "Xbox Live Creators Program" – a new system allowing independent developers to quickly publish titles on the Xbox One. Unlike the ID@Xbox program, which comes with its own concept approval process, limitations and procedures, the Creators Program was established to offer a more direct line to the Xbox platform and its offerings.
It now appears that the first wave of Creators Program titles has hit the Xbox One, via the Alpha Ring of the Xbox Insider Program. Accessible through a subsection of the Xbox Store called "The Creators Collection," players can now get hands-on with six independently published games from early adopters of the program.
As discussed during our interview with ID@Xbox Director, Chris Charla, the games published through the Creators Program undergo significantly less curation than other Xbox One titles. While ID@Xbox developers are subject to legal ties and a closer relationship with Microsoft, the new Creators Collection is a more open avenue, essentially open to anyone. Games will have to align with certain content policies, but ultimately these new titles mark the beginning of a more open storefront, akin to mobile app marketplaces.
For those wishing to get hands-on with the titles offered by The Creators Collection, Alpha Ring Xbox Insiders can now find the store page via the "Insider content" section of Insider Hub app. Right now, three paid titles and three free titles are available, as listed below.
- Whispers in the Dark
- Stereo Aereo
- Animal Rivals
- Derelict Fleet
- Space Cat!
- Solitaire HD
While there's a range of different titles on offer, their stability is still rather questionable. During our brief testing, several of the games were ridden with stability issues and that's if they started on the console. Although this could be attributed to the in-progress nature of the Creator's Collection, this is also a by-product of offering an open and somewhat uncurated platform.
It should also be noted that while developers can charge for Xbox Live Creators Program titles, the program does set some limitations on the games available. Xbox Live sign-on and leaderboards can be leveraged, whereas achievements and multiplayer still remain perks of formally published experiences. These titles will also remain in a closed-off section of the Xbox Store going forward, to still maintain the curation expected with a console experience.
For more information on the Xbox Live Creators Program and what to expect, make sure to check out our interview with ID@Xbox Director, Chris Charla, at GDC 17. Have you managed to try out the Creators Collection on Xbox One? Let us know what you think of the new store section in the comments section.
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