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Latvia’s economic growth slowed for the third consecutive quarter during three months ended June, flash data from the Central Statistical Bureau showed Monday.
Gross domestic product grew 2.5 percent year-on-year in the second quarter, slower than the 2.8 percent rise a quarter ago.
Meanwhile, on a sequential basis, the economy expanded at a faster pace of 1 percent after rising 0.6 percent each in the previous two quarters.
The annual growth was affected by the 4 percent increase in retail sales, it said. Services and manufacturing stayed at the level of the second quarter of last year. Meanwhile, industry reported a decline of 1 percent.
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Bon Jovi have released a new video called “This House is not For Sale” off their new album of the same name. The new album will be out on October 12 of this year. I am interested in what they have to offer although their last few releases have not been good at all so my expectations are very limited.
It looks like guitarist, Phil X, is now an official member of the band and is featured on the new album. I guess any hope of Richie Sambora coming back keep slipping away. But I am okay with it as I am excited to see what Richie is working on with guitarist Orianthi. Enough about that…here is the video.

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HTC next big flagship the HTC U12+ was earlier been spotted in various leaks and also had many rumors about the device.With HTC market shares being down and the company is facing huge loss, HTC is trying hard and expecting their next flagship can get back them on the right track.
As per reports from Focus Taiwan, the Taiwanese company is now planning to launch the first flagship for 2018 with HTC U12+ in May this year.HTC has launched their last year flagship HTC U11 too in the same month.The reason behind the May launch is to avoid clashes with Samsung, Xiaomi, and other Chinese manufacturers and can get a solo launch as the other brand’s smartphones will be on sale and have become older.
Apart from that, there are rumors that HTC U12+ will be the only premium flagship smartphone from HTC this year.As per source, the HTC U12+ is expected to come with 6.0 inches display with the smaller form factor.
The HTC U12+ will be powered by SD845 SoC coupled with 6GB RAM and 64GB/128GB internal storage.It will feature Dual cameras on the back with the 12MP primary sensor and 16MP secondary sensor.It will also have Dual selfie cameras with 8MP.
HTC U12+ will also have the last year launched HTC Edge Sense which can launch apps and do the various task by squeezing the device.All this is fueled by 3420 mAh battery.


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Pabst Blue Ribbon Whiskey Coming This Summer
March 6, 2019 10:23AM PST
PBR Me…a shot of whiskey! Pabst Blue Ribbon will be releasing their own branded whiskey sometime this summer.
An official announcement hasn’t been made but a copy of the label leaked out to the press. Do you ever chase a shot of whiskey with PBR or any other beer?


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Is Windows XP finally on the way out?
Based on the latest Net Applications analysis, that certainly seems the trend: Microsoft's aging warhorse now occupies some 49.69 percent of the operating system market, a slight tumble from majority status that nonetheless sparked a mighty buzz among tech publications and pundits.
Meanwhile, the research firm places Windows 7 market share at 27.92 percent, Windows Vista at 9.27 percent and Mac OS X 10.6 at 3.76 percent.
Those stats are somewhat mirrored by StatCounter, which gives Windows XP some 44.4 percent of the market, followed by Windows 7 with 35.94 percent, Windows Vista with 11.02 percent and Mac OS X with 6.31 percent.
Microsoft wants businesses and consumers to give up XP in the worst way. But after a decade in the wild, the operating system is stable and patched, with an interface and applications familiar to virtually anyone who works with computers on a daily basis. Moreover, a relatively anemic economy means less cash for businesses and consumers to spend on hardware and software upgrades, meaning more aging desktops and laptops running XP.
Microsoft Download Center even offers a Windows XP End Of Support Countdown Gadget, which ticks off the days until the operating system s official support ends in 2014. The company s latest browser, Internet Explorer 9, won't run on XP.
This article was originally published on 08-03-2011


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The fashion label Public School, known for its heavy use of black and for taking influence from streetwear and sportswear, is one of the coolest brands in New York right now. It’s also a local one. Founders Maxwell Osborne and Dao-Yi Chow both grew up in the city and got their education in its public school system, hence the brand’s name.
It’s fitting, then, that they’re set to take the creative reigns at DKNY, another quintessential New York fashion brand created by a native of the city, Donna Karan. The news broke today (April 29) after weeks of speculation (paywall) that DKNY was in search of a new creative director—or two. A full reboot of the brand could come just in time: Fashion is currently riding a wave of nostalgia for the ’90s, when Karan’s label was at its height.
The ’90s signifiers seem to be everywhere. Jeremy Scott pillaged the decade’s hip-hop scene for his last collection. Jnco Jeans, purveyor of pants that resemble small, denim tents, is in the midst of a resurrection. Grunge-inspired flannel has appeared on runways again, as have Dr. Martens boots, including in Public School’s fall-winter 2012 menswear collection.
The last time all these trends were around, New York’s young, female professionals were ditching their 1980s power suits and dressing for work in Donna Karan’s slit skirts and blazers, which like Public School’s clothes also favored black. Karan was part of a great, American fashion triumvirate whose other members included Calvin Klein and Ralph Lauren, and her company did so well that she took it public in 1996.
DKNY was generating about $700 million in retail sales in those years (paywall), while the Public School guys were making their way through their educations in New York. But in the period that followed, which included luxury conglomerate LVMH acquiring Karan’s company, sales dipped.
The brand’s cachet followed suit, but Chow and Osborne want to put it back on the New York map.
“We both grew up in New York and DKNY has always been part of the landscape of this city in our formative years as designers and as New Yorkers,” the pair said in a statement. “It evokes everything our city was always about—energy, disruption, new thinking and transcending all boundaries.”
New York credentials aside, Chow and Osborne seem a good fit for the role. They’re at the forefront of fashion’s current obsessions with streetwear and athletic apparel, two categories DKNY has a history with. Their attitude is right. In September, when they debut their first collection for the brand, we’ll see if their designs are as well.


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Rewards programmes dominate YouGov’s annual BrandIndex Buzz ranking for Hong Kong, with Moneyback taking the top spot.
YouGov BrandIndex measures the public’s perception of brands on a daily basis across a range of measures. The annual rankings are compiled using Buzz scores from across all 52 weeks of last year. Buzz scores measure whether people have heard anything good or bad about a brand during the previous two weeks.
Rewards programes have a strong presence in the top ten. Local airlines rewards programme Asia Miles in third (22.2) and banking institution HSBC’s Red Hot Reward of Your Choice in eighth (20.4).
Digital brands also take prominence, such as instant messaging app Whatsapp in second (24.6), internet technology conglomerate Google in sixth (21.1), and video sharing platform YouTube in tenth (18.8).
The list is completed by brands from a variety of industries. American multinational financial service VISA comes in fourth (22.1), Japanese retailer Uniqlo in fifth (21.4), sports retailer Nike in seventh (21.0) and e-wallet Octopus Card in ninth (19.9).
YouGov also reveals which brands have the most improved Buzz score. American insurance group AIA comes up on top, (a rise of 3.8 points) ahead of broadband internet provider i-cable (up 3.7 points). The third most improved brand was French cosmestics brand Lancome (up 3.2 points).
Ervin Ha, Head of Data Products commented: ‘’When it comes to what brands Hong Kongers are hearing about, rewards programmes are doing well. Moneyback heads this year’s top ten, reflecting their efforts to get people to notice them. It’s clear that Hong Kongers love a good deal, whether that is collecting air miles or getting cashback”.


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All that chaos occurs for a purpose it seems, when you check out a number of the incredible offers which would possibly be provided every Black Friday and within the weeks leading as a lot as it. The Argos Black Friday sale is famous for have main reductions on tech, like Apple iPads, Google Nests, GoPros and Samsung televisions, while others provide tempting bargains on stunning homeware, womenswear, menswear and kidsâ€™ stuff. Weâ€™re also expecting reductions on specific manufacturers like the Black Friday Disney deals from the likes of Smythâ€™s, The Entertainer and very.co.uk.
Over its first 24-hour run on November 28, 2013, more than 1.2 million folks visited the site, making it the only largest on-line buying event in German-speaking nations. There has been rising interest for Black Friday in Poland as well. French businesses are slowly introducing the Black Friday custom into the market. Discounts of as much as 85% got by retailing giants such as Apple and Amazon in 2014.
In newer many years international retailers have adopted the term and date to market their very own vacation gross sales. Use of the phrase spread slowly, first showing in The New York Times on November 29, 1975, by which it still refers particularly to "the busiest shopping and site visitors day of the 12 months" in Philadelphia. Although it soon grew to become extra widespread, The Philadelphia Inquirer reported in 1985 that retailers in Cincinnati and Los Angeles were nonetheless unaware of the term.
I've additionally heard about Small Business Saturday that happens on https://news.topwirenews.com/2021/06/21/dealzcloud-expands-inventory-for-a-diverse-range-of-black-friday-deals_22873/ the Saturday after Thanksgiving. Thus, being â€œin the black" is an effective thing as a end result of it means shops are operating at a revenue . Some of the special offers offered by stores are solely obtainable in restricted quantities. That is why some buyers intent on getting the most effective deals usually camp out in entrance of stores overnight so that they're going to be the first in line when the doorways open. There was even a Black week and Black weekend gross sales in buying centres.
According to the National Retail Federation , Black Friday 2019 saw eighty four.2 million buying in stores and 93.2 million purchasing online, spending a mean of $361.90 over the Thanksgiving vacation weekend. With all of the purchasing exercise that takes place the Friday after Thanksgiving, the day grew to become one of the most profitable days of the 12 months for retailers and companies. Because accountants use black to indicate revenue when recording every day's guide entries , the day grew to become known as Black Fridayâ€”or the day when retailers see optimistic earnings and income "within the black." On Nov. 29, retailers of all stripes provide heavily-discounted gross sales, with some outlets opening up early. Other more modern adjustments to Black Friday traditions, similar to online gross sales or companies opening doorways Thursday evening as a DealzCloud substitute of early Friday, were meant to maximise earnings. But these are also issues that have doubtless helped quell impatient, rioting hordes of customers who stayed up all evening to get a new tv.
French electronics retailers similar to FNAC and Auchan marketed deals on-line, while Darty also took half on this once-a-year monster sale. Retailers favored the very American term "Black Friday" to "Vendredi noir" of their advertisements. In 2016, because of the terror attacks in Paris in November the 12 months earlier than, some retailers used the name "Jour XXL" instead of Black Friday. An alternative was brought up by some online businesses in 2018, called "French Days", which goal is to replicate Black Friday during spring season . The day after Thanksgiving has been thought to be the beginning of the United States Christmas purchasing season since 1952.
If you canâ€™t get out due to well being, Covid restrictions or no matter purpose then store small companies on-line on locations like Etsy. This had been happening for a couple of years, so when reporters assigned to cowl the story, the police already had a time period for the big gridlock that paralyzed the downtown every Friday after Thanksgiving. In the magazine article, the creator mentions that the quantity of people â€œfalling illâ€ on the Friday after Thanksgiving was on par with the Bubonic Plague â€“ otherwise often known as the Black Death. He then goes on to use the time period â€œBlack Fridayâ€ to explain the annual day of communal illness across the nation.
Ask an grownup friend or member of the family to assist you find ads from major stores for their Black Friday gross sales. Use your math skills to calculate the percentage reductions by comparing Black Friday sale costs to regular costs. In 2014, spending quantity on Black Friday fell for the first time because https://newsroom.submitmypressrelease.com/2021/06/21/dealzcloud-expands-inventory-for-a-diverse-range-of-black-friday-deals_22873.html the 2008 recession.
There is a secondary meaning that many employees put to it as being a hellish/dark or "black" day to work as a outcome of there being massive sales drawing in massive numbers of consumers, and it occurring right after a significant household targeted vacation . And whereas years previous have been marked by busy malls and malls from the tip of November to December 25, nothing compared to the hysteria of in-person Black Friday buying. Some retailers have even tried to rebrand the complete day as â€œBig Fridayâ€, nevertheless, this various name by no means caught on.


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Mario Testino will be honored at this year’s El Museo del Barrio Gala, and Kate Winslet is scheduled to present the Peruvian top fashion photographer with a silver Asprey tray inscribed with the names of 30 of his closest friends at the event. The host of names includes Tom Ford, Claudia Schiffer, Demi Moore, Elizabeth Hurley, Blake Lively, Julia Roberts and Charlize Theron. The black-tie event — chaired by Yaz and Valentin-Hernandez, with Alex Gonzales and Raul Martinez — is expected to draw an elite fashion and social crowd and will be held at Cipriani 42nd Street on May 26.
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23 June is fast approaching, and while some argue that Brexit is Britain’s once in a lifetime opportunity for a better and more secure future, others see it as a mere fantasy of regaining its imperial powers. At times like this, when the mismatch in the UK’s state of self-reliance on horticulture is insufficient and the prevalence of diet-related diseases is at its highest, the possibility of leaving the EU could see the UK left in an unfavourable position. This piece explores the sober, yet opinionated, view of the current state of food in Britain and how the possibility of Brexit could be the catalyst to Britain’s current nutrition-related health crisis.
The UK suffers from “modern malnutrition”
Euromonitor International’s 2015 Fresh Foods data shows that the average person in the UK consumes 99kg of fruit and vegetables a year, which equates to 3.4 portions a day. In the next five years, this figure is expected to drop by 2.1kg per capita per year, bringing daily intake down to 3.3 portions in 2020. Not too bad for a national average? On the contrary. DEFRA reports that, in 2013, only 28% of women, 25% of men and 16% of children consumed the recommended amount of fruit and vegetables, and nearly 4.5 million adults and children included no fruit or vegetables on their plates.
Overweight and obesity rates reached an all-time high in 2014, affecting 62% of the adult population, and poor diet has recently overtaken tobacco as the number one source of disease in the UK. Modern malnutrition” is the result of a combination of severe vitamin and mineral deficiency and people being overweight or obese, and it is currently on the rise in the UK. Low intakes of fibre, minerals and vitamins, abundant in fresh fruit and vegetables, and high intakes of “unhealthy” fats and sugars can be causes of congenital diseases, poor growth amongst children and many non-communicable diseases in adult life, such as cancer, diabetes and coronary heart disease. Looking at our preliminary 2015 nutrition data, the average person in the UK consumes approximately 7g of fibre per capita per day from fruit, vegetables and pulses. In comparison, packaged food items contribute to 14g of fibre per capita per day, 5g of which come from bread alone. Nevertheless, even when put together with fruit and vegetables, the total still does not make up the recommended daily intake of 30g of fibre.
Purchase of fibre in the UK from packaged food and fruit, vegetables, and pulses in 2015
Source: Euromonitor International
UK’s horticulture is too small to support the nutritional needs of its own
In a recent report on horticulture in the UK, co-authors Professor Lang and Dr Schoen argued that UK horticulture is not ready to meet the guidelines for healthy diets. Over 1985-2014, there was a 27% reduction in horticultural production of fruit and vegetables combined, and the trade gap between UK’s fruit and vegetable imports and exports has risen to £7.8 billion per year.
Currently, horticulture occupies only 2% of farmed land in England; yet, it uses at least 35% of the casual labour force. Since the 2013 abolition of the Agricultural Wages Board, the return to agricultural workers has been dishonourably low, and dependence on cheap migrant labour has been high. In addition to this, the use of UK’s arable land is unproductive, where less than a quarter of what is used to grow animal feed is currently used to grow fruit and vegetables.
According to DEFRA, the price of fruit and vegetables increased by 27% between 2007 and 2013, and it is still on the rise. In addition to this, 46% of food consumed in the UK is derived from imports, and 27% comes directly from the EU. According to Euromonitor International’s Brexit and the Implications for the Consumer Goods Industry, leaving the EU would lead to a weakened currency, potential loss of access to the commonwealth market and increased price of imports, leading to even higher prices of imported foods, which mostly applies to fresh produce. With such dependence on foreign agriculture, at its current state, the UK is unprepared to feed its own people.
According to Euromonitor International’s 2015 Packaged Food and Fresh Foods data, the UK is the second highest consumer of biscuits, snack bars, chocolate confectionery and crisps among 28 EU countries, and sales of these categories are continuing to rise in the UK. On the other hand, the UK is the fourth lowest consumer of fruit, vegetables and pulses among these 28 countries.
Purchase of Biscuits, Snack Bars, Chocolate Confectionary and Crisps among 28 EU countries in 2015
Source: Euromonitor International
Purchase of Fruits, Vegetables and Pulses among 28 EU countries in 2015
Source: Euromonitor International
It may be time for British consumers to take over the reins of food and agriculture
Should Britain exit the EU, there is a lot of potential for growth. Though a Brexit would lead to an immediate slowdown in the economy, the predicted drop in GDP long term would only reach around 2%. More money could be spent on UK-based investment, which, in fact, would lead to increased innovation, a boost in horticultural growth within its own borders and increased employment rates. Instead of sourcing most of its food from abroad, this would be the UK’s opportunity to reformulate Britain’s homeland food manufacturing and agriculture. In order for this to happen, the UK would inevitably have to subsidise its own farmers. At the moment, approximately £6 billion go directly to the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP), only half of which returns to British farmers. In the case of a Brexit, the UK would save the £3 billion; however how this money would be used, or whether it would suffice the cost of British farming, remains an unanswered question.
Voting stay is safer for UK’s food security
The UK has formed extensive relationships with the EU in the past 43 years in terms of food and agriculture. The EU provides nutritional security to the UK through increasing accessibility to cheap, fresh and versatile produce and putting into practice nutrition regulations, which improve the transparency and safety of food sold in Europe. The EU’s Food Safety policy prioritises human health within the food industry, for example, by conforming to EFSA (European Food Safety Authority) regulations related to nutrition and health claims or from farm to fork transparency.
If a Brexit occurs, trade with the EU will become more expensive, forcing the UK to step away from exchanges with neighbouring countries and increase trade with cheaper markets, such as former commonwealth Namibia, Nigeria, and/or Sierra Leone. According to Bruegel’s European political economy specialists, voting leave would mean 124 trade agreements would have to be renegotiated and reformed; and the UK’s food and agriculture could be left on a somewhat 3-legged structure, on the verge of collapse. Putting this in combination with already growing sales of nutrient-poor, yet energy-dense snack foods, reduced accessibility to cheap fruit and vegetables, and weakened nutrition legislations, paints a concerning future for Britain’s nutrition and health.


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Adobe announced today they have acquired Aviary, a photo editing software developer that is, perhaps, most notably known for it’s free contribution of their SDK (software development kit) to third-party developers. The powerful SDK is currently the backbone to over 6,500 different mobile apps including apps from Flickr, Photobucket, and Squarespace. [Read more…]
Many camera manufacturers are looking to snag their own part of the action camera market these days. We’ve seen more than several manufacturers (Sony, Polaroid, and Ricoh to name a few) take a crack at the fast-growing wearable camera market and now, HTC, the smartphone maker, is rumored to be stepping up to the plate, too. [Read more…]
In a trend that I really hope starts taking off, Manchester United has officially banned the use of iPad’s and other tablets inside Old Trafford stadium. The football club sent out an email to the club’s fan just before Tuesday nights game informing fans of the club’s new policy which states large electronic devises such as a laptops, iPads, and other tablet devices (basically any device larger than 150mmx100mm )have been added to their list of banned items.
Yesterday, Microsoft and Canon announced a new broad patent cross-licensing agreement, which will essentially grant the two giant companies licenses to each others patent portfolios.
While Microsoft and Canon have been known to partner up in the past, this time around the situation looks pretty different. There’s a number of reasons this agreement took place, and the top possibilities revolve around the mobile industry. Microsoft and Canon may not have disclosed the terms of the agreement, but they did mention that “certain digital imaging and mobile consumer products have been included in the agreement.”
With Microsoft’s recent business ventures with Nokia, the patent agreement may very well be the beginning of an involvement by Canon in Nokia’s Windows Phone line. With how heavily focused the mobile company is on its smartphone cameras in the Lumia line, Canon would be a great company to get support from.
With how much of a push companies are making these days toward cloud-based storage, is it really a wonder that phones are still being sold with an infuriatingly small 16 gigabytes of space? When it comes to the actual cloud storage itself, we have to worry about the payments those storage services ask for as well; missing one could inevitably mean that we’d lose what we’d have stored for good. It’s a business model that I’m starting not to like, and I feel like it’s a poor way to ensure the safety of our backed up pictures.
StreamNation is a cloud-based service that’s deciding to do things a little differently; they’ve recently released Shutter, a camera app on iOS that promises us unlimited cloud storage for pictures absolutely free of charge. The app itself is simple: another point-and-shoot interface, but with a different method of storage.
Earlier this month, Apple raised the bar for the iPhone’s camera when it announced iOS 8; the upcoming software is set to give iOS users features such as manual exposure, time-lapse photography, and more. With the passing of Google I/O just last week, we were introduced to Android L. After a weekend of coverage, it looks like Android’s camera is about to get a few small updates, as well…
As advanced as smartphone cameras are today, they’re still limited by the size they need to be. As a result, most smartphones have a fixed aperture to save space; the iris itself is mad from fixed blades that set the aperture for each camera. But as always, in a time where mobile devices are so engraved into the modern lifestyle, technology is constantly reaching higher ground. In this case, that higher ground is reached by a new type of iris – one made of chemicals that eliminate the need for physical blades.
Apple’s new iOS software‘s been in beta mode for about a few weeks now, and that’s been plenty of time for developers (and tech enthusiasts) to get familiar with the features iOS 8 has to offer. One area iOS 8 brings the most improvement to is the Camera app itself, and we now have a much better idea of what the features it comes with are like.
Over on YouTube, you can check out a number of videos that go over how the camera utilizes time-shift and manual exposure. As expected, Apple implements the features so they can be used in the easiest way possible. The time-lapse is started up by swiping to its respective panel and simply pressing record. As for the manual exposure, the controls are activated when you tap to focus; the exposure then gets adjusted by swiping up and down.
Facebook’s been expanding like no other social network before it for quite a while now; with the acquisition of apps like Instagram, or companies like Oculus, it’s clear that this is a website relentless in its business strategies. Just about a year back, Facebook attempted to purchase Snapchat for $3 billion, and Snapchat declined. After that, they successfully snagged WhatsApp in exchange for an unbelievable sum of $16 billion. And I’m not too much of an expert on the matter, but if a company’s paying four times what the Star Wars franchise was sold for for an app, it’s safe to say they’re not messing around when it comes to expansion.
Considering Snapchat turned down the company’s offers, Facebook decided to develop something of their own: a new app called Slingshot. Designed to be similar to Snapchat in terms of its basic concept, Slingshot has now officially been unveiled.
Instagram hasn’t really been much of a photography app, lately. When it started off, it was a great way for the average smartphone user to give their photos a vintage Polaroid look. But with how popular it’s gotten, especially after its acquisition by Facebook, Instagram’s been keeping more of a focus on social networking than it has on actual photo editing. Today, a new update just released for the app that might change all that.
The latest update, Instagram 6.0, brings improvements to what’s already there – straightening, cropping, rotating – and then it adds on more. This time, the social networking-focused app is coming with tools that have been essential for any photographer up to this point; with 6.0, we get options to adjust brightness, saturation, contrast, and more. No word yet on how those features compare in quality to their counterparts in apps like Snapseed, VSCO, or Afterlight, but considering it’s one of the fastest growing social networking apps out there, it’s great to see Instagram bringing tools like this to mainstream attention.


text: DETROIT (AP) ¿ Shares of Ford Motor Co. hit their highest price in more than four years as the broader market rose Tuesday. Shares of the Dearborn, Mich.-based automaker traded as high as $9.88 in Tuesday's session, their highest price since October 2005. Shares recently traded up 18 cents at $9.85. Ford shares have nearly quadrupled in value in the year to date as the company rolled out new products like the Ford Fusion midsize sedan, cut costs and managed to avoid government aid and bankruptcy protection unlike its crosstown rivals General Motors Co. and Chrysler Group LLC. Deutsche Bank analyst Rod Lache predicted late Monday that Ford's sales would rise 4.5 percent in December when compared with the same month last year, while GM sales would drop 16 percent and Chrysler sales would fall 19 percent. The forecasts are adjusted for two additional selling days this December compared with last year. Lache estimated Ford's market share at 15.5 percent. Ford ended 2008 with 15 percent of the U.S. market. Overall U.S. sales for December are likely to rise 7.5 percent, Lache wrote in a note to investors. On Monday, Ford offered another round of buyout and retirement incentive packages to all 41,000 U.S. hourly workers in an effort to further cut its work force. Earlier this year, 1,000 workers took similar packages, the company said in July. Ford started 2009 with 89,000 employees in North America, but reduced that number to 80,200 as of Sept. 30 through attrition, buyouts and layoffs. Ford reported a nearly $1 billion profit in the third quarter and predicted it would be solidly profitable in 2011. Ford CEO Alan Mulally, said earlier this week that the company will continue to benefit next year from its ability to avoid bankruptcy and government aid.


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According to a NeoGaf’s user, Halo 4 have already been out before its release date. Here’s an image below:
There was two videos uploaded on YouTube, but Microsoft has claimed the copyright for these videos.
This is about gameplay: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q7-oRL0jwws&feature=youtu.be
This is the disc loading of Halo 4: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e31FjkdIPHc&feature=youtu.be
Both videos are no longer available due to a copyright claim by Microsoft Corporation
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You're expecting us to tell you that Lexus just debuted some pie-in-the-sky self-driving concept, basically making its own version of Google's autonomous car.
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In an effort to arouse press for its new models, Toyota has teased feature-specific design cues of some of its upcoming redesigned vehicles.
According to reports, Lexus is considering building another GS hybrid, one that uses a smaller engine than the soon-to-be-current GS 450h.
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VMware's fourth-quarter revenue jumped 37 per cent as businesses increased spending on its virtualization software, the company announced Monday.
The volunteer developers behind Apache Tomcat have released version 7.0.6 of the open-source Java servlet container.
Pano Logic has launched a new version of its zero-client device, supporting video and Citrix virtualisation for the first time,
2010 saw Microsoft make a big grab for the cloud, while big business got serious about building clouds of its own
Amazon Web Services has announced a new feature called VM Import, which allows IT departments to move virtual machine images from their internal data centers to the cloud.
VMware customers run an average of 12.5 virtual machines on each physical server, but high levels of consolidation are driven in large part by proliferation of multi-core servers, and memory limitations may be preventing further progress.
The agreement announced this week by VMware and LG electronics will act a proof of concept of VMware's virtualization technology on mobile devices, but may not do either VMware or LG much good otherwise, analysts say.
Salesforce.com's announcement Wednesday of plans to buy Heroku, as well as a rebranding of its array of services, makes it clear the vendor wants to be a one-stop shop for developing applications in the cloud.
VMware is teaming with LG to sell Android smartphones that are virtualized, allowing a single phone to run two operating systems, one for business use and one for personal use.
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Compellent Technologies today announced the availability of the latest version of its storage area network (SAN) technology, Storage Center 5.4 SAN, which incorporates several hardware upgrades as well as adding storage virtualization.
Novell has long since lost its position as a dominant vendor in the operating system market, but the vendor's long, slow decline didn't change the fact that Novell still has some valuable technologies.
Cisco today announced two new virtual desktop devices, more efficient virtualization software and more affordable videoconferencing endpoints, building on its line of video collaboration tools and capabilities for companies.
A group of cloud providers blamed traditional hardware and software companies for their role in discouraging cloud adoption, pointing fingers at Oracle's Mark Hurd, who spoke earlier here.
Oracle has reportedly changed its position on support for its RAC (Real Application Clusters) software running in VMware virtualized environments, saying it will provide it under certain circumstances.
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9mobile, after consistently losing subscribers every month has decided to look for a way to attract new subscribers by relaunching Morelife Package.
Customer-centric brand, 9mobile has relaunched its Morelife Complete package, in a bid to enable its customers to stay in touch with their loved ones at a very affordable cost.
Morelife Complete Package is a voice-based prepaid package that allows customers to make calls at 11k/s to all networks in Nigeria and to top international destinations including the UK, USA, Canada, China, Norway, Denmark, Puerto Rico and Bangladesh with a daily access fee of only N5 billed along with the first call of the day.
Subscribers on the package will further enjoy an exclusive data offer of a whopping 11GB for just N3000 and other exciting benefits.
How to Activate 9mobile Morelife Package
To activate the Morelife Complete package subscribers can dial *620*1# and get the super 11GB data offer by dialing *230*1#.
According to 9mobile, “we are responding to our customers’ need to stay in touch with their friends and family both locally and around the world without worrying about expensive call rates especially with the varying degrees of physical and social restrictions in place at this time.“
Between January and July 2020, 902,574 internet subscribers dumped the GSM company.


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Imagination submits POWERVR SGX cores for OpenCL conformance
MWC, Barcelona, Spain, February 14th 2011: Imagination Technologies, a leading multimedia and communications technologies company, announces that it has submitted POWERVR SGX drivers for OpenCL 1.0 Embedded Profile conformance with Khronos.*
Says Tony King-Smith, VP marketing, Imagination: “OpenCL enables developers to take their algorithms beyond the computational limits of CPUs and run them on highly parallel, scalable and compute intensive GPUs. We are delighted to be at the forefront in enabling this trend which will drive demand for embedded GPU technologies to new levels.”
OpenCL capability will be available to POWERVR SGX licensees with the latest release of production drivers.
Imagination is demonstrating OpenCL applications running on currently shipping POWERVR SGX enabled products at MWC 2011 in Barcelona from Feb 14-17th (Hall 1D45).
*Conformance submission is POWERVR SGX 535, Linux, for OpenCL 1.0 EP
Product is based on a published Khronos Specification, and is expected to pass the Khronos ConformanceTesting Process. Current conformance status can be found at www.khronos.org/conformance.
About Imagination Technologies
Imagination Technologies Group plc (LSE:IMG) – a global leader in multimedia and communication technologies – creates and licenses market-leading processor cores for graphics, video, multi-threaded embedded processing/DSP and multi-standard communications applications. These silicon intellectual property (IP) solutions for systems-on-chip (SoC) are complemented by platform level IP and services, a strong array of software tools and drivers and extensive developer and middleware ecosystems. Target markets include mobile phone, handheld multimedia, home consumer entertainment, mobile and low-power computing, and in-car electronics. Its licensees include many of the leading semiconductor and consumer electronics companies. Imagination has corporate headquarters in the United Kingdom, with sales and R&D offices worldwide. See: www.imgtec.com.


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Greeting cards, not e-cards, are still the most appropriate means to convey sentiments for special occasions like birthdays, weddings and holidays, even if the physical greeting card is as antiquated as the newspaper. But fortunately for fatigued greeting card givers and recipients everywhere, John Littleboy from Sunnyvale, Calif.-based Artiphany is injecting some much-needed fresh energy into the greeting cards space. Littleboy teamed up with the augmented reality gurus at DAQRI to create the Gizmo Greeting Cards, the first greeting cards to be powered by augmented reality.
Littleboy launched the Kickstarter campaign for the Gizmo Greeting Cards on Wednesday, and the project has already raised about 10 percent of its funding in just 24 hours. Artiphany hopes to raise $20,000 to bring Gizmo Greeting Cards to the masses.
Gizmo Greeting Cards -- starring Gizmo, Artiphany’s little red robot -- seamlessly blend the physical and digital worlds into the greeting card experience using augmented reality. Once the user receives his or her physical Gizmo greeting card, users are asked to download DAQRI’s free mobile app, available via Apple’s App Store or Google Play, to power the augmented reality experience embedded in the card. Once the user holds their smart device over the Gizmo target over the card, Gizmo takes over. The little red robot will bring your card to life with one of three augmented-reality experiences: Launching off a birthday cake, snowboarding down a mountain, or sheepishly presenting a flower with a box of delicious nut-and-bolt chocolates.
Nafeesa Jafferjee, campaign manager on the Gizmo project, told IBTimes she’s received positive feedback from many early customers of the Gizmo Greeting Cards.
“Greeting cards aren’t something people talk about every day, but people who have seen [Gizmo] become excited, which is really great,” Jafferjee said. “It’s across all age groups, they think it’s really cool.”
Jafferjee said the goal is to get Gizmo Greeting Cards into stores and make it a mainstream card brand, even if it means getting acquired by Hallmark or American Greeting Cards to make it happen. But she argues that unlike Google Glass, the augmented-reality project that most people know about, Gizmo Greeting Cards are a better artistic expression of the technology, and are more accessible, too.
Gizmo Greeting Cards, Jafferjee hopes, are just the beginning in the relationship between Artiphany and DAQRI. After the greeting card line, Littleboy is looking to start a number of augmented-reality projects, the first of which being augmented reality t-shirts, where users can stand a distance away and even take a picture of the animation as it pops out of the shirt.
“We’re hoping this [augmented reality] platform will be available for artists and animators to use, but John [Littleboy] has a line of playing cards and artistic stuff coming,” Jafferjee said. “This is going to be a new way to tell stories in a new compelling dimension.”


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Marshmallow remains most popular Android version, Oreo still below 1 percent
Android Oreo has been around for a few good months already, but it still struggles to jump above the 1 percent barrier. On the other hand, the Android distribution numbers by Google reveal that Marshmallow might soon lose the crown to Nougat.
These are the slices of the Google Android pie for the 7-day period that ended on January 8:
The interesting part about Oreo is that Android 8.0 got the same 0.5 percent share as it had last month, but the recently released Android 8.1 update entered the top with a share of 0.2 percent. Although it might not happen next month, we expect to see Marshmallow slide into the second place pretty soon. On the other hand, Oreo usage should increase rapidly in the coming months thanks to the many handsets that receive it as an update.
When it comes to OpenGL versions and screen sizes/densities, there are no surprises. The dominant OpenGL ES versions are 2.0 (37.2 percent) and 3.0 (45.1 percent), while the most popular screen sizes still hang around the 5-inch spot. The most frequent pixel density values fall within the 240-480 dpi range.


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We all know that buying local is important. We also know that sometimes it’s not as easy as we’d like it to be. As an end of the year review we thought it would be interesting to see what percentage of our spending was done with Whatcom County owned businesses, Washington owned businesses and those owned outside of Washington.
These figures excludes wages and taxes.
I won’t say we were surprised by these results as much as pleased. We acknowledge that there is some room for improvement. However, the fact that 86.7% of spending was done within Whatcom County and 89.3% was within Washington isn’t too shabby! The results also gave us a few ideas for areas of improvement:
- Identify and use more locally owned gas stations
- Switch to a Whatcom County owned tire shop (which we recently discovered)
- Find a local insulation dealer
The next big challenge will be sourcing materials made in the United States. This is not a new idea; and luckily a Montana based builder has already started compiling a list of materials made in the States that we can utilize. That doesn’t make this challenge less daunting, especially when paired with a focus on buying locally. That said we are confident that a few local suppliers will be interested in sourcing American made materials. This process may be slow, and labor intensive, but we think it’s worthy of our time and energy.


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Home » Lifestyle » Gas stoves: Trade group 'concerned' over Energy Department's proposal on cooking appliances
Gas stoves: Trade group 'concerned' over Energy Department's proposal on cooking appliances
Federal agency postulating a ban on gas stoves
Chef and restaurant owner Andrew Gruel discusses the government claiming that gas stoves cause health issues and considering a ban on ‘Fox Business Tonight.’
The Association of Home Appliance Manufacturers (AHAM) — a home appliance industry trade group — is arguing that the Department of Energy's (DOE) new efficiency standards for consumer cooking appliances are the "most stringent" standards they have ever seen.
On Wednesday, the Energy Department proposed new limitations on how much energy electric stove tops (both coil and smooth) and gas cooking tops may consume in a year. Around half of all models currently on the market would not comply with the proposed standards without modifications, a DOE spokesperson previously told FOX Business.
"We are very concerned this is another attempt to remove gas cooking products from the market," Jill Notini, spokesperson for the trade group, told FOX Business Friday.
CONSUMER WATCHDOG 'NOT COMING FOR ANYONE'S GAS STOVES


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Washington's liquor prices spiked after the state's voters decided to privatize their state liquor system but to keep all state taxes and fees in place.
"Sales along the border there are up probably 20 to 30 percent," says Idaho liquor division Director Jeff Anderson. "With the addition of the Stateline store, combined Post Falls/Stateline is tracking about plus-70 percent."
At a recent Idaho legislative hearing, Rep. George Eskridge, R-Dover, asked Anderson, "As consumers in Washington get used to the convenience, I guess, of buying it out of the store, even though it's got a higher price, my question is: Will we continue having the same advantage? Or will the Washington consumers adapt to their prices and elect to stay home?"
"It's difficult to predict," Anderson responded.
He said, "There are moves in the Washington Legislature, on the part of Costco and others, to try and repeal portions of how that whole system was implemented. But for the time being, we anticipate to continue to have additional business."
High-priced liquors are motivating much of the cross-border traffic. As an example, Anderson cites the "super premium" Patron tequila.
"It sells for around $50," he says. "In Idaho, out the door, that's about $53. Pre-1183 (the Washington initiative), Washington state might have been maybe $56. ... Now, that same product in Washington can sell for as much as $75 to $80."
"We've got something good going here," Eskridge says. "We've got cheaper liquor prices, cheaper gas prices, cheaper tobacco prices. We need to keep on that trend, and maybe we'll continue improving our revenue situation in relation to Washington state. Their mistake is our gain."


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Players in Belgium and the Netherlands have begun to learn that upcoming Blizzard Entertainment mobile game Diablo Immortal won't be released in their countries due to strict local laws about in-game loot boxes.
Activision Blizzard has not made any public announcement about this news, but confirmation comes from Blizzard customer service representatives, who have informed players that "gambling restrictions" are preventing a full release in these two countries. "Unless gambling restrictions change, the game will not be released in the Netherlands and Belgium," one representative stated.
They also made clear that if players in these countries try to access the game by other means, their accounts may be banned.
An Activision Blizzard communications representative confirmed these facts to Dutch news outlet Tweakers.
Belgium's laws on loot boxes are quite strict—if a player can purchase an in-game item, and said in-game item involves using chance to determine what the player receives, that's gambling. But the Netherlands laws are looser, only banning in-game loot boxes if their contents have economic value.
Blizzard has made no indication that items in Diablo Immortal can be resold for out-of-game currency. In 2019, Psyonix ended the use of loot boxes in Rocket League in the Netherlands and Belgium over the same sets of laws, indicating that an abundance of caution may outweigh the literal economic value of items inside the loot box.
Belgium's loot box laws have already sent large publishers like Nintendo packing from the country, and it isn't the only country pushing back on the in-app spending model. In 2020, U.K. officials announced their intent to classify loot boxes as "gambling," though those regulations have yet to take effect. U.S. legislators from both sides of the aisle have also pushed for loot box legislation, though no progress has been made on passing any bill on the subject.


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All those electronic devices that consumers have been buying over the past few years are beginning to have an effect on the category’s overall growth.
According to The NPD Group, overall sales for the U.S. consumer technology industry were down 2% in 2012 to just about $143 billion. That decline follows a 1% drop in sales in 2011. Overall, consumer technology sales have declined $4 billion since 2010, according to NPD.
“It’s a combination of things,” Stephen Baker, vice president of industry analysis at NPD, tells Marketing Daily. “There’s declining units and/or sales prices in some of the categories, [while] in much of the rest of the market there’s weak demand.”
Single-use devices such as cameras and music players are seeing weak demand in favor of more sophisticated devices that can do multiple tasks (e.g., camera phones and GPS services in smartphones), Baker says. At the same time, consumers who have upgraded devices in recent years (such as buying flat-screen televisions) are still getting use out of those items, and are not in the market.
“People had a lot of these devices to begin with, and almost by definition, replacement markets are smaller,” Baker says.
Meanwhile, the top five categories in consumer technology (notebook computers, flat-panel TVs, smartphones, tablets and desktop computers) accounted for 53% of all category sales in 2012, up from 49% in 2011. Not surprisingly, smartphones and tablets accounted for all of that share increase, while revenue for desktops and notebooks declined as tablets cannibalized some of the sales. Declining prices continued to hurt TV sales as well, according to NPD.
Among consumer electronics brands, the top five (Apple, Samsung, HP, Sony and Dell) accounted for 45% of sales (up from 42% in 2011), with Apple and Samsung accounting for $6.5 billion in increased sales in 2012; the remainder of the industry declined by almost $9.5 billion.


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Rwanda Gaming Association has protested the continued suspension of their activities in the country and unfair treatment of industry players.
According to the association, several petitions to the Ministry of Trade and Industries and the Gaming Regulatory Authority bore no success. It said economic impact has hit over 6,000 people whose livings were directly depending on the sector.
“The prohibition of gaming activities is having tremendous, often overlooked, impacts on the national economy. The devastating effects of the gaming activities lockdown include but are not limited to companies not being able to pay bills such as staff salaries, rent, security guards, housing, transportation, nutrition and even healthcare,” the association notes in their press release.
According to the figures from the sector, the continued prohibition of the gaming activities have led to putting more than 5,000 direct and indirect employees of the industry out of work.
With the gaming premises remaining closed, over 1, 000 landlords have lost their source of income, which the sector’s figures put at Rwf300 million monthly.
Rwanda’s Gaming Association members have paid a combined nearly Rwf3 Billion in taxes for the fiscal year 2018- 2019.
“We request that Rwanda follow international standards and gradually re-open the gaming industry,” the Association notes.
“Initially, we suggested a phased reopening approach to sustain our establishments and the gaming industry,” the association added.
Since the coronavirus hit the country in March 2020, the gaming activities among other activities that were thought to contribute to the spread of the virus have remained closed.


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Autopsy, airway suctioning and cardiopulmonary resuscitation are among the list of medical procedures that pose a risk of spreading COVID-19 from a patient to their health-care provider by creating aerosols, according to new research published in the journal BMJ Open Respiratory Research by an international team of experts including occupational health, preventive medicine and infectious disease specialists.
The team, led by University of Alberta medicine professor Sebastian Straube, carried out a systematic review of public health guidelines, research papers and policy documents from around the globe to determine which procedures are classified as aerosol-generating.
“What we sought to do was to understand which procedures generate aerosols and therefore require a higher grade of personal protective equipment,” said Straube, who also heads the preventive medicine division of the Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry.
“Where there is 80 per cent agreement from a number of different source documents, we are reasonably confident
ComcastRISE Initiative Provides Small Businesses with Free Marketing Insights and Opportunities to Apply for Media, Technology Upgrades and Grants Up To $10,000
Black-Owned Small Businesses, Those Impacted Most by the Pandemic, are the First Eligible Applicants for Comcast RISE Resources and Grants.
Comcast Corporation (NASDAQ: CMCSA) today launched Comcast RISE, an initiative created to help strengthen and empower small businesses hard hit by COVID-19. The Comcast RISE program will help thousands of small businesses over the next three years. The multi-faceted program offers grants, marketing and technology upgrades, including media campaigns and connectivity, computer and voice equipment, as well as free marketing insights to all applicants.
U.S. small businesses have been particularly hard hit by the pandemic. A recent study from the National Bureau of Economic Research found that the number of U.S. active business owners dropped from 15 million to 11.7 million from February to April. The study
Leading Edge Equipment Technologies, the maker of revolutionary silicon wafer manufacturing equipment for solar panels, has been awarded a National Science Foundation (NSF) Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II grant for $998,820 to support continued research and development of their advanced silicon wafer manufacturing process.
“Our first grant from the NSF was instrumental in proving our nascent technology can move from the lab into the real world,” said Alison Greenlee, Founder of Leading Edge and Principal Investigator. “The NSF’s continued support helps us take the next step in developing this important manufacturing technology so it can be reliably deployed and drive global adoption of renewable energy.”
Leading Edge has developed a new drop-in manufacturing technology that produces kerfless, single-crystal silicon wafers for solar panels. The company’s manufacturing equipment uses their patented Floating Silicon Method™ to produce silicon wafers through ribbons. This manufacturing technology reduces
The global automated test equipment market size is poised to grow by USD 1.47 billion during 2020-2024, progressing at a CAGR of over 4% throughout the forecast period, according to the latest report by Technavio. The report offers an up-to-date analysis regarding the current market scenario, latest trends and drivers, and the overall market environment. The report also provides the market impact and new opportunities created due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Download a Free Sample of REPORT with COVID-19 Crisis and Recovery Analysis.
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The electronics industry is growing at an unprecedented rate, with a significant increase in the exports of electronic goods in countries like China, Japan, and Singapore. There has been a stagnant increase in sales and shipment of smartphones,
ExtractionTek Solutions (ETS) and Pinnacle Stainless, two Colorado-based innovators in cannabis extraction technology, equipment design and fabrication, are pleased to announce they are merging operations, effective Jan. 1, 2021. The company will operate under the name ExtractionTek Stainless, Powered by Pinnacle.
The merger brings together expertise in closed-loop hydrocarbon and ethanol extraction methodologies, and allows the companies to centralize all equipment design with in-house fabrication, all of which will facilitate business expansion. As a result of this merger, the company projects combined revenues of $45 million in 2021. Company leadership plans to maintain current staffing levels.
“As the cannabis space continues to grow more competitive, we understand that combining our forces is the path forward to achieve a level of synergy impossible alone. ExtractionTek Solutions brings industry-leading hydrocarbon extraction technology, and Pinnacle offers expertise in ethanol extraction, excellent fabrication capability and an advanced
Port Arthur saw two large air releases in four days from major companies experiencing issues with equipment at their sites.
The first occurred midmorning on Sept. 19 when crews at the Total Port Arthur Refinery discovered a leak at a storage tank in its tank farm that was leaking material.
In a self-reported notice to the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, Total estimated that almost 700 pounds of unspecified volatile organic compounds had been released during the nine-hour event.
VOCs are compounds usually found in burning fuels and are considered dangerous to human health.
The company reported that the leak was repaired and the site was cleaned by 7 p.m.
In an email, representatives from Total said the company had no further comment about the incident.
Four days later on Sept. 22, Motiva experienced an issue with one of its units at its chemical plant that caused it to flare
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Sep 25, 2020 (The Expresswire) — Welding Equipment Market” is valued at 10920 million USD in 2020 is expected to reach 15210 million USD by the end of 2026, growing at a CAGR of 4.8% during 2021-2026, According to New Research Study. 360 Research Reports provides key analysis on the global market in a report, titled “Welding Equipment Market by Types (Arc Welding, Electrogas/Electroslag Welding, Friction Welding, Laser and Electron-beam Welding, Resistance Welding, Oxy-fuel Welding, Other), Applications (Construction, Automotive, Heavy Equipment, Electronics, Medical and Precision Instruments, Energy and Chemical, Other Transport, Other) and Region – Global Forecast to 2026” Browse Market data Tables and Figures spread through 130 Pages and in-depth TOC on Welding Equipment Market.
COVID-19 can affect the global economy in three main ways: by directly affecting production and demand, by creating supply chain
The Traton Group and TuSimple recently announced a global partnership to develop self-driving trucks. Traton is the parent company of MAN, Scania, and Volkswagen Caminhões e Ônibus heavy-duty commercial truck brands.
The two companies have launched a development program to operate the first SAE level 4 autonomous hub-to-hub route between Södertälje to Jönköping in Sweden using Scania trucks. As part of the partnership, Traton has also taken a minority stake in TuSimple.
“Innovative future technologies that provide additional value to our customers represent a key part of our strategy,” said Matthias Gründler, CEO at Traton.
The first test vehicles underway are aiming for Level 4 automation. TuSimple has been testing its technology since 2015 with several million test miles on public roads.
“Our partnership with Traton Group accelerates the introduction of autonomous truck technology to new international markets, and we look forward to our global partnership,” said Cheng
Technavio has been monitoring the explosive detection equipment market and it is poised to grow by $ 2.72 bn during 2020-2024, progressing at a CAGR of over 7% during the forecast period. The report offers an up-to-date analysis regarding the current market scenario, latest trends and drivers, and the overall market environment.
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Technavio has announced its latest market research report titled Global Explosive Detection Equipment Market 2020-2024 (Graphic: Business Wire)
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Technavio has been monitoring the ergonomic computer equipment market and it is poised to grow by USD 808.61 mn during 2020-2024, progressing at a CAGR of over 5% during the forecast period. The report offers an up-to-date analysis regarding the current market scenario, latest trends and drivers, and the overall market environment.
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New winery set to open in downtown Spokane
SPOKANE, Wash.– Cheers! A new winery is heading to downtown Spokane.
Two Winey Bitches (named for the owners’ dogs) was originally set to open in 2019. However, with the pandemic shutdowns and some subsequent logistical issues, the winery moved its opening date. We’re not whining about it– the grand opening is now 4 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 1.
The creatively named winery is based out of Ford, but get this: they don’t use grapes. The 640-acre organic farm is instead abundant with cherries, peaches and huckleberries.
Two Winey Bitches makes 100 percent fruit wines that vary from dry to dessert-style wines.
The tasting room will be in the West End neighborhood of downtown at 107 S. Madison Street. It’s just across the street from the new Indigo Hotel and One Tree Cider.
Hours will be 11 a.m.- 6 p.m. Wednesday through Sunday.
You can find more information online.
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Michelle Obama has become the voice of insight and America’s jewel for 2018. Her “isms” and American story have made her book “Becoming” the best-selling hardcover book of 2018. So far the book has sold more than 2 million copies in all formats in North America in its first 15 days, according to a statement released Friday by Penguin Random House. “Becoming” is also the No. 1 seller in Britain, Germany, France, Italy, Holland, Spain, Denmark, Norway, Finland and Greece. The book is being published in 31 languages.
Obama has been selling out arenas with individuals paying as high as $10,000 to hear what the former first lady has to say. Watch below where she recently shared with a crowd some funny but real advice about looking for love or not.
Michelle’s dating advice.
— Shelby Ivey Christie (@bronze_bombSHEL) November 26, 2018


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New Belgium Brewing’s Tour de Fat
Rolls into Ft. Collins on September 4
Come ride, dance and experience the ultimate freedom: trading your car
for a bike!
Ft. Collins, CO, August XX, 2010 – Clip a card in your spokes and fluff the rainbow wig …Tour de Fat is back for its 11th season! New Belgium Brewing’s traveling celebration of all things bicycle rolls through 13 cities this year, raising money and sharing bike love. Tour de Fat is coming home to “The Mothership” (aka New Belgium Brewing) on September 4 from 9 a.m. – 4 p.m.
For the fourth year in a row, Tour de Fat is looking for volunteers to accept the swapper challenge. One volunteer in each city will give up their car and receive a hand-built Black Sheep (http://www.blacksheepbikes.com/) commuter bike. The volunteer is chosen after submitting a video or essay describing their desire to live sans-car for a year. To submit an application, log on to http://www.newbelgium.com/tour-de-fat.
“The car-for-bike swap is the pinnacle of the day, illustrating one person’s true belief in all that a bicycle can offer,” said Bryan Simpson, spokesman for New Belgium. “Bikes represent freedom, fun and fitness while helping the environment. It’s a way of life that we live and share at New Belgium.”
Tour de Fat is free to participants, but beer and merchandise proceeds from the Ft. Collins stop will go to Overland Mountain Bike Club (www.overlandmtb.org), Bike Fort Collins (www.bikefortcollins.org/) and Fort Collins Bike Co-op (www.fcbikecoop.org). Since its inception, the philanthropic cycling circus has raised more than $1 million on behalf of non-profit organizations.
“When Fort Collins finally receives Platinum level bicycle friendly community status, it will be thanks to the efforts of businesses like New Belgium Brewing,” said Rick Price of Fort Collins Bike Co-op. “The Bike Co-op is grateful for the support of New Belgium and its commitment to making things happen on two wheels - keeping recycled bikes out of the landfill, putting the less fortunate on Earn-a-Bikes, donating bikes to kids and just keeping people pedaling!”
“Tour de Fat and New Belgium Brewing are two of the best things that have ever happened to Fort Collins, Colorado,” said Jeff Morrell, president of Bike Fort Collins. “New Belgium's outreach to the cycling community through local non-profits allows us to further our bicycling advocacy work for the cyclists of Fort Collins and northern Colorado.”
“The Tour De Fat is the best fundraising bike celebration imaginable,” added Ron Chambers, president of Overland Bike Club. “Besides being a great opportunity to volunteer in the community, the money we raise allows us to introduce 150 kids a year to mountain biking and provide bikes and helmets for some of those who don’t have them. We are also able to develop local trails and assist other community bikes rides with the proceeds.”
What: New Belgium Brewing’s Tour de Fat
When: Saturday, September 4, 2010
Where: The Mothership (New Belgium Brewing)
9:00 a.m. Bike Parade Registration
10:00 a.m. Bike Parade Launch
11:00 a.m. Performances Begin
12:20 p.m. The SLOW RIDE
1:30 p.m. The Great Bike Story Contest for New Belgium Cruiser Bike
2:35 p.m. Car-for-Bike Trade Celebration
3:50 p.m. Faux Finale
3:55 p.m. Faux-Real Finale
4:00 p.m. Curtain Closes
MUCCA PAZZA (http://mucca-pazza.org/)
The Dovekins (http://www.myspace.com/dovekins)
A Honeymoon Cabaret (http://www.daredevilchicken.com/honeymoon.html)
Rob Williams (http://www.robsho.com/)
Benefitting: Overland Mountain Bike Club, Bike Fort Collins
Fort Collins Bike Co-op
Sustainable Support: Zero Hero (www.zeroheroevents.com)
Why Tour de Fat is a Must-Attend Event:


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Visa profit up 47% in quarter
Published 4:00 am, Thursday, May 3, 2012
Visa said fiscal second-quarter profit increased 47 percent as customer spending on credit and debit cards rose. The shares slid in extended trading after the firm disclosed a federal antitrust probe.
Net income for the three months that ended March 31 was $1.29 billion ($1.91 per share), up from $881 million ($1.23) a year earlier, the San Francisco company said Wednesday. The average estimate of 32 analysts surveyed by Bloomberg was for adjusted earnings per share of $1.51.
"Our strong financial performance this quarter was fueled by continued growth of U.S. credit products, strong cross-border spending and expansion of Visa's core business in international markets," Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Joseph Saunders said in a statement. "Visa's business continues to expand at a healthy pace."
Saunders adjusted the network's fee structure to defend Visa's leading market share after new rules on debit card transactions took effect in October. The firm, which got 56 percent of revenue from the United States in fiscal 2011, has said it intends to generate more than half from abroad by 2015.
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The Justice Department's antitrust division issued a civil investigative demand March 13 asking for information about Visa's new debit strategy, Saunders said in a conference call with analysts.
"We are confident our actions are appropriate and that our response ... supports that," Saunders said. Visa has received four other requests for information from the Justice Department since 2007 and "all have been resolved with our full cooperation," he said.
Visa stock fell 90 cents to close at $122.19. The shares have gained 20 percent this year.
Visa and MasterCard are boosting profit amid a shift by consumers worldwide from cash and checks to electronic payments. Visa raised its quarterly dividend 47 percent last year to 22 cents per share.


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Huawei India has announced affordable protection plans for Huawei and Honor smartphones which are available on Amazon.in. Huawei has partnered with OneAssist to provide protection plans to consumers in India. According to Huawei, the protection plan is available for recently launched Huawei P20 Pro, Huawei P20 lite, and all Honor smartphones including Honor 7X, Honor V10, Honor 8 Pro, among others. The plans start from INR 1249 and are valid for 1 year from the date of the activation of the plan.
Huawei Protection Plans will cover any kind of accidental and liquid damage to the device, including unintentional drops. In partnership with OneAssist, customers would be offered many benefits under these protection plans including free pick up and drop, 24×7 on-call assistance, cashless claim service among others. The free pickup-drop service is available for customers on a PAN India basis. The plan auto-activates within 15 days of purchase as stated by the company in its press statement.
P. Sanjeev, Vice President Sales, Huawei India – Consumer Business Group, said in a statement, “At Huawei, we are focused towards creating consumer centric service environment for hassle-free customer care. Having collaborated with one of the pioneers of smartphone protection and assistance, OneAssist, we strive to provide consumers with unmatched services. We are confident that this association will be fruitful for our customers and will provide unparalleled, innovative services to our customers.”
Currently, Huawei has 21 exclusive service centres and 250+ authorized service centres in India.


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Camden Falls hosting annual wedding showcase Sunday
Brides-to-be will be welcomed Sunday at Camden Falls Reception and Conference Center, 2460 S. SR 231, for its annual wedding showcase.
The event, said Camden Falls general manager and owner, Adam Smith, will allow brides-to-be and their guests access to a wide variety of vendors to help them plan their uniquely perfect wedding days. Those vendors, he said, range from “bridal shops to DJs to photographers to jewelry stores.”
The wedding showcase allows brides an easy way to preview and compare services that will be a part of their celebrations, taking stress out of what can be an overwhelming process, Smith said. Goodie bags filled with vendor information will be distributed to guests at the event, he said.
The showcase, he said, is noon-3 p.m., and tickets are available at the door for $3. More than 100 brides-to-be and over 500 guests are expected for the day, he said.
Smith said many vendors at the Wedding Showcase are local businesses and individuals, and he is proud Camden Falls is able to support local companies.
Door prizes will be given away every half-hour throughout the event, he said, and the winner of the grand prize will be announced at 2:45 p.m. The grand prize consists of a first-place gift package, in addition to second- and third-place prizes, with a total value of $850, Smith said.
The third-place winner will receive a $50 gift certificate to Carmie’s Grill and Bar; the second-place prize includes a free night at the Tiffin Hampton Inn and a free rehearsal dinner room rental; and the top prize is $350 in cash and a free rehearsal dinner room rental, Smith said.
If the first-prize winner is booked at Camden Falls for her event, the $350 in cash can be applied towards the food/beverage charge for the occasion, he said.
The winner of the grand prize must meet certain requirements to be eligible for the grand prize to help ensure the focus of the day remains on celebrating brides-to-be. The winner must be engaged and planning a wedding, be present at the time of the drawing and able to provide identification, he said.
Carmie’s Grill and Bar also will be open during the event, he said, offering food specials for guests not attending the showcase.


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General Motors (GM) has already gone all-in when it comes to electric vehicles. Earlier this year, the automaker announced that it would only be selling these kinds of vehicles by the year 2035.
To help bolster that effort, the company announced on Wednesday that it will increase its spending on electric and autonomous vehicles to $35 billion through 2025. The company said the commitment represents a 75% increase from its initial commitment to these technologies.
“We are investing aggressively in a comprehensive and highly-integrated plan to make sure that GM leads in all aspects of the transformation to a more sustainable future,” said CEO Mary Barra.
Opening new battery factories
As part of its new investment, GM announced that it will be opening two new battery cell manufacturing plants in the U.S. The company is moving quickly to ensure it’s ready for what it believes will be a larger adoption of electric vehicles in the near future.
“GM is targeting annual global EV sales of more than 1 million by 2025, and we are increasing our investment to scale faster because we see momentum building in the United States for electrification, along with customer demand for our product portfolio,” Barra said.
“There is a strong and growing conviction among our employees, customers, dealers, suppliers, unions and investors, as well as policymakers, that electric vehicles and self-driving technology are the keys to a cleaner, safer world for all,” she added.
While GM is certainly making a bid to become a leader in the electric vehicle market, it has plenty of competition from other automakers. Tesla is still regarded by many as a leading automaker in the electric market, and other companies like Ford and Volvo are making their own investments to shore up their electric offerings.


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Bad Piggies Tops iTunes App Store ChartsBy Menard Osena on Oct 6, 2012 in Gaming, Smartphone, Tablet, Technology, United States •
Bad Piggies, Rovio‘s newly released game topped the US iTunes App Store charts just over three hours after its September 27, 2012 launch. According to the press release of game developer Rovio Entertainment posted on October 3, 2012 the Bad Piggies game was well received by fans, gaming press and mainstream media outlets alike.
“It’s been an incredible launch, both for the game and for “Bad Piggies” as a brand,” said Mikael Hed, CEO of Rovio Entertainment. “We have an amazing audience who have shown fantastic support for all of our games throughout the year. Our fans have given “Bad Piggies” an incredible reception – we can’t thank them enough!” added Mr. Hed.
Bad Piggies is Rovio‘s third #1 bestseller game release in a row for the year 2012. The Finland-based game developer already released “Angry Birds Space” and “Amazing Alex” this year and both of the previous game titles reached the #1 slot on the App Store charts within the first day of release.
Bad Piggies smashed previous Rovio records with its three-hour surge to the top of the iTunes App Store charts.
The press release also announced that the Bad Piggies game will get the first free update in the coming weeks. The Bad Piggies free update will feature a new episode entitled ‘Flight Into The Night‘, and it will contain more levels, more unlockable content, and exciting plot twists in the pigs’ quest for the eggs.
Bad Piggies game is available on iOS, Android, Mac, and PC. It will also be available in Windows Phone platform soon.
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The team behind Samourai, the privacy-focused bitcoin wallet, has removed a series of key security-related features from a version of its app as a result of “extremely restrictive policies” by Google.
Having released version 0.99.04 of its app Tuesday on the digital distribution service run by Google, called Google Play, Samourai explained in a blog post that three features – stealth mode, SIM switch defense, and remote SMS commands – have been removed as a result of Google’s push to “become more of a ‘walled garden’ experience.”
A version that contains those features is available, but not through Google’s app service. Google did not respond to a request for comment.
“Walled garden” is a term synonymous with closed-platform or closed ecosystem, referring to a software system where the service provider takes on holistic control over all operations in the system including applications, content and media. However, this is not a new trend taken on by Google, but rather one that has been proliferating for years among big technology companies even outside of Google, including Facebook and Amazon.
Co-founder of Samourai who goes by the pseudonym “SW” explained that the walled garden remark was in reference to a series of policy changes carried out over the last year by Google towards all Play store application developers.
“Users of Samourai might have noticed that they are no longer getting notifications on when they receive bitcoin. That’s because if you want to use notification services you have to route everything through Google services,” said SW.
The accumulation of “little things like that” according to SW is pushing Samourai developers to opt-out of more features when releasing new wallet versions to the application.
“It’s things like that that perhaps Google hasn’t thought of because they’re not thinking from the lens of a bitcoin wallet … What I’m hoping for is that someone at Google will manually look at what we’re doing here and say well actually they’re trying to do this the right way,” said SW.
And despite Google’s rejection of Samourai’s request for exemption, the company has released a temporary workaround for users still wanting to use these three features uploading to GitHub a feature complete version of the bitcoin wallet, dubbed version 0.99.03.
According to Samourai’s official Twitter account, this version is meant “to install over the Google Play version” and ensures users are “able to access wallet[s] as normal.”
But as highlighted by SW, installation from GitHub requires users to “side-load” the application by changing mobile device settings to “install from unknown sources.” This is a potentially risky move for users who aren’t used to manually screening third-party Google applications called Android Package Kits (APKs) for viruses or malicious software.
As SW explained:
“Part of what [Google] is saying is that we’re trying to make a safer experience for users but what they’re actually doing is pushing users to side load APKs onto their devices which if they’re not careful can install a malicious APK.”
Nevertheless, Google Play, according to co-founder SW, offers developers the “greatest exposure” and reach to users which being “a very small team … we need people to use the wallet to sustain ourselves.”
As such, the wallet-maker will continue to utilize the Play store platform as the application’s sole distributor before a “version 1.0” is officially launched.
Until then, Samourai is encouraging users to request that Google Play “rethink their rejection.”
“I really do hope Google reconsiders,” emphasized SW.
Also published on Medium.


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Some details, this is running a Gentoo arm system, cross-compiled using a qemu-user chroot environment.
The Maximite is a small and versatile computer running a full featured BASIC interpreter with 128K of working memory.
Researchers from North Carolina State University have developed a new technique that is boosting processor performance by an average of more than 20 percent.
I’ve got some bad and good news about manufacturing. The bad news is that it’s taking a little longer than we’d hoped, because the factory had some trouble sourcing a specific component.
Raspberry Pis started being made a couple of days ago, but I was forbidden to tell you about it until signed contracts and receipts for payment had arrived – it’s been killing me.
Well, well, well, what have we here? Hackers have gained access to internal documents from the Indian Military -> RIM, Nokia, and Apple have added backdoors to their mobile software
Samuel Morse had packed over two miles of wire into the building, attempting to demonstrate to the public that his strange new invention could be used to transmit messages over long distances.
M.I.T. has just announced it is expanding its list of free online courses anyone can take.


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“A Rolex vixen who’s been repeatedly accused of drugging men then swiping their pricey watches in Manhattan was sentenced Monday to a conditional discharge,” nypost.com reports. It may sound like a medical problem, but the Supreme Court’s ruling means . . .
Gucci’s launching a watch sub-brand called Grip. OK, it’s not really a sub-brand. All four Grip launch models sport the Gucci logo on every available surface. Still, don’t expect faithful Gucci customers to gripe about Grip; the new watches coordinate with their clothes, as swisstime.ch breathlessly reports . . .
The mainstream media — Yahoo.com — is alerting the world that the Apple Watch offers enterprising/amoral students the opportunity to cheat on tests. As a journalist with 45 years experience, I’m thinking the following Twitter-sourced quotes from the Yahoo article are not a reliable indication of a trend. They’re like “man on the street” interviews. You know, cheating . . .
“Under bursts of rain and occasional rumbles of thunder, protesters packed the streets in several areas of Hong Kong on Saturday,” The New York Times reports, “days after both the demonstrators and the police came under criticism for taking violence and mayhem to new levels.” Not a great time or place to sell a luxury watch then. And that has major repercussions for the international watch business . . .
Timex makes some of the best-looking three-hand watches three-martini lunch money can buy. Their designers have an uncanny ability channel the brand’s “takes a licking and keeps on ticking” DNA into modern yet classic designs. The new for Fall Waterbury Automatics are no exception, for $249, $269 and $259 (left to right). Hang on. There’s something missing . . .
“This video was meant to have a positive message and story behind it, and to illustrate that many watches hold value and make rather profitable investments,” 26-year-old YouTube investment guru Graham Stefan assures his followers, after throwing them into major WTF mode . . .
“Apple has been adding health features to its iPhone and smartwatch,” cnbc.com reports, “and is now working with Eli Lilly to see if data from the devices can help spot early signs of dementia.” One might argue that buying an Apple Watch at full retail would give researchers a heads-up that an owner was losing mental acuity. But no. We’re talking some serious science here . . .


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The UK's 1.7m* temps are at risk of being scammed out of their holiday pay, as witnessed by the recent actions of Workwell, formerly JSA Group, one of the country's largest umbrella companies.
Temporary workers in the UK are often employed by umbrella companies so that they receive one consolidated pay packet whilst working for several different businesses simultaneously.
Evidence is available** that shows one of the UK’s largest umbrella companies, Workwell (formerly JSA Group), has been deliberately withholding holiday pay from one of its workers — holiday pay that the employer in question has already paid to JSA Group.
Workwell argues that, because the holiday was accrued in a previous holiday year, but because the worker did not request the holiday in time, it cannot now be paid to him. The evidence shows that the worker has had £2,865.50 holiday withheld and the arguments that he has put to Workwell when seeking payment, namely that:
- The engagement email (that the contractor received when he joined JSA Group in 2020) does not mention loss of holiday pay
- The “Working with JSA Guide” (that the contractor received when he joined JSA’s umbrella) does not mention loss of holiday pay
- The contractor was not contacted in September 2020 when the loss of holiday pay was imminent
- Payslips from period 27 onwards (i.e. after the end of the holiday year) continued to show a holiday accrual, which Workwell (JSA Group) say is not available.
Workwell's response is that “there is no entitlement, contractual or otherwise, to receive a payment instead of taking annual leave” and that there is no right to carry over holiday entitlement from one holiday year to another.
Their stance is all the more surprising given that the business that engaged the worker has paid Workwell for his statutory holiday in the expectation that it will be duly passed on.
In February 2022, the Pimlico Plumbers holiday pay tribunal was published***. It concluded that the right to paid holiday does not lapse but carries over and accumulates until termination of the contract, at which point the worker is entitled to a payment in respect of untaken leave.
Though this decision relates to a specific case (Smith v Pimlico Plumbers), if this judgement is applied widely and deemed to be a precedent, it could mean that workers have a case for receiving backdated holiday pay.
Julia Kermode, founder of IWORK, commented:
There are many umbrellas within the sector who have taken the moral decision to always pay holiday to their contractors, and yet a behemoth such as Workwell does not appear to feel the same obligation. Restrictive preferred supplier lists mean that workers often have little choice when it comes to selecting an umbrella company and may be forced to use firms who are not operating in their best interests. This is fundamentally wrong and workers could lose out financially as a result. Such preferred supplier lists should be banned and workers should be empowered to make an informed choice about which umbrella firm they want to work with."
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*** Smith v Pimlico Plumbers tribunal
Championing Independent Work, IWORK provides many resources to support and protect independent workers who are the lifeblood of the UK's economy in all industries. From temps who provide vital support when needed, to self-employed freelancers bringing their skills to businesses, to consultants and interims working on projects, to entrepreneurs and disrupters. IWORK’s founder, Julia Kermode, has many years of expertise and is a well-known commentator in the contracting sector who is regularly called on to contribute to government policy-making. She is now on a mission to empower the UK’s independent workers so that they get the fair deal they deserve.


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Cannabis stocks are experiencing a major selloff this year but there’s certainly no shortage of cash for new startups in the industry. Bullish venture capital (VC) investors have pumped close to $2 billion into fledgling marijuana companies since the start of the year through to the end of October. That’s more than 100 times the $17 million raised by cannabis startups in 2013, shortly after the industry gained legal status in the state of Colorado, according to a recent major story in Business Insider.
Eight of the startups that have raised the most cash and the amount they have raised include Pax Labs with $546.7 million raised, Parallel (formerly Surterra Wellness) with $366.2 million, Privateer Holdings with $182 million, Eaze with $166 million, Flow Kana with $147.8 million, PharmaCann with $100.8 million, Grassroots Cannabis with $100 million, and Integrated CBD with $95.7 million.
- VC investors have pumped $2 billion into cannabis startups this year.
- In 2013, cannabis startups raised just $17 million.
- Startup frenzy occurs as publicly traded companies experience selloff.
- Early-stage startups garnering the majority of VC investments.
What It Means for Investors
Many pot stocks have lost more than half their value this year as a number of concerns have hit the industry. The ETFMG Alternative Harvest ETF (MJ), a fund that contains some of the biggest names in the cannabis industry, is down more than 30% since the start of the year. Driving the decline are signs of a slower pace of growth in demand for legal cannabis in Canada, where the drug has been legalized for both medicinal and recreational use, as well as regulatory and legal hurdles in the U.S.
While those hurdles may be causing pain for the shares of publicly traded companies, cannabis startups, especially ones in the early stages of the startup lifecycle, are garnering more cash than ever. Startups at a later stage in the growth cycle are still having trouble raising cash since THC, the psychoactive component in marijuana, is still federally illegal in the U.S., a detractor for many big VC funds.
Later-stage startups at a point of producing and distributing the drug are a “touch-the-plant” variety of startup, and therefore face a lot more restrictions and regulations than do earlier-stage startups, which might only be engaged in developing a piece of software related to the industry. While both types of startups depend on the survival of the cannabis industry, institutional VC funds still draw a hard line between the two, avoiding the touch-the-plant variety to appease their main investors, including pension funds, endowment, and sovereign wealth funds.
Pax Labs, for example, is a non-toucher of the plant and makes cannabis vaporizers and vaporizer technology. Founded in 2007, the company raised $420 million in a Series B round of funding in April of this year for a post-money valuation of $1.7 billion. Some of the companies many backers include Prescott General Partners, Fidelity Investments, and Tiger Global Management among others.
Parallel, on the other hand, does touch the plant as a cannabis cultivator and retailer. The company was founded in 2014 and has operations in Florida, Texas, Nevada, and Massachusetts. Parallel raised $100 million in a Series D round of funding at the end of June, and the company’s main backers are Valkyrie Capital and Wychwood Asset Management.
Other startups that have raised a large chunk of money this year and their specific lines of business include private equity firm Privateer Holdings, which invests in cannabis companies, cannabis delivery service Eaze, cannabis distributor Flow Kana, cannabis cultivator and retailer PharmaCann, medical cannabis cultivator and retailer Grassroots Cannabis, and industrial-scale hemp oil manufacturer Integrated CBD.
Overall, it’s been a strong fundraising year for cannabis startups. But judging from the fact that total funding declined from $967.1 million in the second quarter of the year to just $452.8 million in the third quarter, raising cash in 2020 may get a lot tougher unless more regulatory hurdles are removed.


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As news of the death of Steve Jobs spread around the Internet, the tributes came pouring in Wednesday, crediting Apple's co-founder and chairman with -- more than once -- changing computing as we know it.
Apple co-founder Steve Jobs died Wednesday after a long illness. He was 56. Jobs, who reigned as Apple CEO for 14 years, resigned his post in August 2011 and was replaced by Tim Cook, who previously was the company's Chief Operating Officer. Jobs, in...
1955 -- Born Feb. 24 in San Francisco to Joanne Simpson and Abdulfattah Jandali.
Steve Jobs, the Apple co-founder who resigned from the company in the mid-1980s and returned a decade later to make Apple one of the most successful technology companies in the world, has died.
The Salesforce.com chief continued his spat with Oracle CEO Larry Ellison on Wednesday morning - and you might not see Marc Benioff at an Oracle conference again.
The U.S. technology industry added 115,000 jobs in the first half of 2011, nearly erasing job losses in the sector during 2010, according to a new report from the TechAmerica Foundation.
Outgoing Hewlett-Packard CEO Leo Apotheker will get a severance payment of US$7.2 million, plus a $2.4 million performance bonus and additional stock benefits, according to documents filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Thursday....
Groupon's COO has quit after just five months and decided to return to her former employer, Google, Groupon said on Friday.
Hewlett-Packard customers disconcerted by management shakeups and product strategy shifts are hoping for a stable future with Meg Whitman, who Thursday was appointed the company's new CEO.
Having gone through a rash of CEOs in the past 10 to 15 years, Hewlett-Packard may soon find itself looking for yet another new chief, despite just tapping Meg ...
Newly appointed Hewlett-Packard executive chairman Ray Lane vigorously defended the company's decision to oust CEO Leo Apotheker and replace him with board member and former eBay head Meg Whitman.
Just under a month after appointing a new CEO, AMD on Tuesday said that Rick Bergman, the company's senior vice president and general manager of products, was departing the company to pursue other opportunities.
Hewlett-Packard CEO Leo Apotheker has been ousted from his position and replaced by HP director and former eBay CEO Meg Whitman, less than a year after he took the job.
Hewlett-Packard CEO Leo Apotheker will likely be removed from his position on Thursday and replaced by HP director and former eBay CEO Meg Whitman, according to a Wall Street Journal report.
Nokia's acting Chief Technology Officer Henry Tirri is to stay on in the role, after his predecessor Rich Green left the company on Thursday following three months leave to deal with a "personal matter."
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