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Epic Games, the developer of many renowned games, including Fortnite, have decided to shift to their New Headquarters. The company has proceeded to purchase a shopping mall called the Cary Towne Center. It is spread across 980000 square feet in Cary of North Carolina.
Epic Games moved to Cary, North Carolina, back in 1999 after initially operating from founder Tim Sweeney’s paternal house in Potomac, Maryland. Epic Games headquarters’ new location is at a distance of three miles from their current headquarters at Crossroads Boulevard in Cary.
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Epic Games was founded in 1991 as Potomac Computer Systems by a passionate young engineering student Tim Sweeney. After initial struggles and eventual success, the company was renamed Epic Games in 1999 and shifted its operations to Cary’s current location. Epic Games have several commercially successful products on their list, but the battle royale game Fortnite took the company to another level.
Fortnite was launched back in 2017 by Epic Games to enter the exponentially growing and commercially profitable battle royale segment. Shortly after its launch, Fortnite became greatly popular in the gaming community. It has largely contributed to the fame and revenue of Epic Games. Epic Games today is a great commercial success. It was valued at $17.3 billion as of August 2020.
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Epic Games will shift to its new headquarters in 2024. According to their requirements, the company has redevelopment and refurbishing plans that will take around three years to customize the recently acquired place. Epic Games released a statement that the new headquarters will include office space along with a recreational area. Some of the areas will also be shared with the local community for use. The operations will continue from the current headquarters at Crossroads Boulevard until the new project is completed.


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L’OCCITANE and Loop Industries sign multi-year supply agreement to transition to 100% Sustainable PET Plastic
- The L’OCCITANE Group has selected Loop Industries as a key supplier of 100% recycled virgin-quality PET plastic.
- This represents an important milestone in L’OCCITANE’s long-standing commitment to eco-design, recycling and sustainable packaging.
- For more than 10 years, L’OCCITANE has been launching initiatives such as eco-refill products, in-store recycling and bottles made out of 100% recycled plastic.
- By incorporating Loop™ branded PET into its packaging, L’OCCITANE will achieve its goal of using 100% recycled plastic in L’OCCITANE en Provence bottles by 2025.
The L’OCCITANE Group and Loop Industries, a leading technology innovator in sustainable plastic, announced today the signing of a multi-year supply agreement for Loop™ branded 100% sustainable PET plastic. The agreement will see the L’OCCITANE en Provence brand start to incorporate Loop™ PET plastic into its product packaging as of 2022, enabling it to increase from its current 30% recycled plastic to reach 100% in its bottles by 2025 and place the Loop logo on all packaging containing Loop™ PET plastic.
As the demand for sustainable packaging solutions continues to grow, Loop Industries has emerged with transformational upcycling technology that allows plastic bottles and packaging, carpet and polyester textile of any colour, transparency or condition and even ocean plastics that have been degraded by the sun and salt, to provide brand owners a sustainable plastic product that helps solve the plastic pollution problem and meets FDA requirements for use in food-grade packaging. So, when the Loop logo appears on a package, it is a confirmation for consumers that the plastic is sustainable. It is a revolutionary development and L’OCCITANE is excited to be amongst the global brands partnering with Loop, as the group continues to innovate and set new industry standards.
For Adrien Geiger, Global Brand Director at L’OCCITANE en Provence: “Our brand is inspired by nature, people and culture and we have been using natural plant-derived ingredients and eco-friendly manufacturing for more than 40 years. We are therefore very conscious of the importance of eco-design and sustainable packaging. We have been launching eco-refill products, in-store recycling and bottles made out of 100% recycled plastic for more than 10 years and are continuing to progress on this. The innovative technology that Loop provides is a game-changer that can help us fundamentally contribute to solving the growing global concern about plastic pollution. We are excited to sign with Loop, representing a significant shift in our approach to plastic.”
The multi-year agreement was announced today in Paris. Pictured above: Sarah Pricaz, VP International Marketing, David Bayard, Technical Packaging Director, Raphaelle Archambaud-Sicot, CSR & Sustainable Development Director, Nelson Switzer, Chief Growth Officer for Loop Industries, and Corinne Fugier-Garrel, Packaging Design & Concept Director.
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Kanye West announcing his longterm partnership with Adidas in 2016. Image via Adidas
Kanye West has had his contract terminated by Adidas following his antisemitic comments.
"Adidas does not tolerate antisemitism and any other sort of hate speech," adidas said in a statement on Tuesday. "Ye’s recent comments and actions have been unacceptable, hateful and dangerous, and they violate the company’s values of diversity and inclusion, mutual respect and fairness."
Ye signed to Adidas at the end of 2013 and extended this partnership with his current long-term deal signed in 2016 that was meant to extend until 2026. This connection was made possible after his embittered relationship with Nike.
adidas cited: "After a thorough review, the company has taken the decision to terminate the partnership with Ye immediately, end production of Yeezy branded products and stop all payments to Ye and his companies. adidas will stop the Adidas Yeezy business with immediate effect."
Kanye West. Photo: Jamel Toppin for Forbes
“This is expected to have a short-term negative impact of up to €250 million on the company’s net income in 2022 given the high seasonality of the fourth quarter,” the statement says.The first product from the collaboration was released in 2015, and sales are estimated to be around $2 billion annually, or 10% of Adidas's total sales, according to Fortune.
The statement says Adidas “is the sole owner of all design rights to existing products as well as previous and new colorways under the partnership.” Still, Adidas says that it’s ending all production of Yeezy-branded product. Indicating they will immediately stop the production of Yeezys but suggests the brand has the ability to continue to sell Ye’s sneaker designs without being formally partnered with him.
Ye’s battles were initially concerned in ownership over designs with Adidas. Just earlier in the year, he complained of adidas knocking off his sneakers by making Yeezy lookalikes that were generating significant revenue such as the Adilette '22 imitating the YEEZY slide model and the adiFOM Q reminiscent of the YEEZY Foam RNNR.
On October 10, Ye released the Last Week video where he’s seen with four individuals later identified as former adidas brand president Eric Liedtke, adidas chief creative officer Alasdhair Willis, Senior Vice President Torben Schumacher, and venture capitalist Shervin Pishevar. Within the video, Ye vents his frustration over the “stealing” of his designs, and compares Schumacher to a porn video due to the similarity in voices to the male individual in the film. Ye uses this as an analogy to how the brand has been improperly treating his brand and designs.
Even though adidas stood by Ye during those attacks, the brand had enough after he wore a “white lives matter” shirt at his Paris fashion show this month, placing his partnership “under review”. These shirts were later given out to homeless people in Skid Row, Los Angeles. Since the review was initiated, Adidas has faced immense backlash to terminate connection to Ye, who has since been temporarily banned from Instagram and Twitter after posting antisemitic comments.
Continuing his media tour on October 11, Kanye appeared on LeBron Jame's show The Shop in an episode which was decided by executives to not be aired due to Kanye's repeated hateful and anti-semitic remarks.
“I can say antisemetic things and Adidas can’t drop me,” Ye said in a since-removed interview on October 18 with the Drink Champs podcast. West is also facing a lawsuit for $250m from the family of George Floyd after referencing a false claim that Floyd had died from fentanyl within the same interview.
Repurcussions from his statements have been felt as many of his business partnerships have been re-evaluating their stance. Balenciaga, talent agency CAA, and Vogue magazine are just a few who have since severed ties.
More information is expected from Adidas on Nov. 9 when it posts its Q3 earnings statement, per their statement on Tuesday.
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Mitsubishi Corp.'s metals business recorded a profit of ¥130.3 billion for the nine months that ended Dec. 31, 2016, an increase of ¥153.6 billion on a yearly basis from ¥23.3 billion, the company said Feb. 2.
The rise was mainly due to higher earnings in the Australian coal business due to lower production costs and higher market prices, as well as larger dividends from investments, and one-off gains from the company's withdrawal from a nickel project.
Meanwhile, the Japanese group's overall profit attributable to owners increased 54.8% on a yearly basis to ¥371.54 billion, or ¥233.89 per share.
The resources segment contributed ¥180.8 billion to the group net profit, rising year over year by ¥170.4 billion.
Consolidated revenue for the nine months, however, dropped 13.4% to ¥4.689 trillion due in part to price declines stemming from lower market prices and decreased sales volumes.
For the 12 months ending March 31, Mitsubishi increased its full-year profit guidance to ¥440 billion, from ¥330 billion previously, thanks to higher commodity prices, particularly for coking coal.
Likewise, the company also increased its full-year dividend forecast to ¥70 per share, from the ¥60 per share previously forecast.
As of Feb. 1, US$1 was equivalent to ¥113.46.


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BANGKOK, Feb 29 — Thailand will ban the recreational use of marijuana by the end of this year, but continue allowing its use for medical purposes, the health minister told Reuters in an interview.
Thailand became the first country in South-east Asia to decriminalise cannabis, initially for medicinal use in 2021, then for recreational use in 2022.
The move has spawned an industry projected to be worth up to US$1.2 billion by next year, as tens of thousands of cannabis shops spring up along with marijuana-themed spas, restaurants and festivals.
Critics say piecemeal rules were rushed out and adopted within a week of decriminalisation.
“Without the law to regulate cannabis it will be misused,” Health Minister Cholnan Srikaew said, referring specifically to recreational use.
“The misuse of cannabis has a negative impact on Thai children,” he said. — Reuters
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A home-based travel agent fighting against the “unfair” allocation of Covid support is hopeful of a small grant to see her business through until bookings pick up again.
Sue Welsh, of Ace Travel 2, told a Travel Weekly webcast she has a second part-time job, which she described as a “lifeline” as she continues to pursue a grant.
Welsh has lobbied her local MP calling for support for homeworking agents, arguing they are still affected by the hit to the sector despite not having to pay rent for a shop.
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“I still have to pay my fees,” she said. “I still have to pay my business insurance. I have to turn my lights on whether I’m in an office or not. So I think it’s unfair.”
She said that retailers with shops “might have been exempt from business rates anyway” and still receive grants – which aren’t repayable, like the various coronavirus interruption loans the government says it is offering all businesses when pressed on the matter.
“I’m not asking for a fortune,” said Welsh, who is still waiting on information from her council over whether she might receive a grant. “Just what I’m duly eligible for.”
Welsh also pointed out there were agents in other boroughs of Greater Manchester who had received grants, which she said was: “One rule for one, and one rule for another.”
Abta has been lobbying against the “postcode lottery” of grant allocation, and in January said an explicit mention of travel agents added to wording of entitlement to grants should mean all are eligible to financial support.
Welsh said she could get a bounceback loan “tomorrow” but pointed out that, unlike support grants, “you have to pay it back”.
Speaking on a Travel Weekly webcast, she said she hoped a grant would see her through to around May, after which she is hopeful she will “work around the clock again” to book customers on holidays for summer 2021 onwards.
David Walker, of the Travel Snob, said he hadn’t applied for a grant because he didn’t expect to get one.
He said he had “worked out my finances” when the pandemic began, and had “lowered our spending” accordingly, in order to budget – assuming he wouldn’t be eligible.
Lee Harrison, of Malvern World Travel said the agency had “persevered” and eventually received a grant, but also noted the “slightly different” criteria among council in different areas.


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ShowMax, a Netflix competitor from Naspers, is set to launch in SA on 19 August – with free and R99 per month pricing tiers.
The launch of ShowMax will bring the number of streaming video on demand (VOD) services in South Africa to three, following the launch of Vidi and MTN FrontRow in 2014.
Vidi, from Times Media Group, launched during September at a monthly price of R149; while MTN FrontRow launched in December for R179 per month.
Despite being the only subscription VOD services to have launched in South Africa, this hasn’t stopped locals from accessing region-blocked VOD platforms Netflix and Hulu.
Using DNS-based unblocking services and virtual private networks, many South Africans circumvent the geographic blocks on Netflix and Hulu to access the services locally.
Legal experts told MyBroadband that bypassing geoblocking mechanisms is probably illegal. However, experts said it is unlikely those infringing SA’s copyright laws in this way would be prosecuted.
This means MTN, Times Media Group, and Naspers are competing against Netflix and Hulu in South Africa.
The pricing of these streaming services are compared in the table below.
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|Netflix SD *||R166.28||480p SD||Everywhere|
|Netflix HD *||R179.13||1080p HD||Everywhere|
|Hulu *||Free||720p HD||Everywhere|
|Hulu Plus *||R166.28||720p HD||Everywhere|
|ShowMax Basic||Free||720p HD||Desktop, Android, iOS, Samsung, LG|
|ShowMax Premium||R99||720p HD||Desktop, Android, iOS, Samsung, LG|
|Vidi Unlimited Subscription||R149||720p HD||Desktop, Android, iOS, Samsung|
|MTN FrontRow Club||R119||720p HD||Desktop, Android, iOS|
|R/$ = R12.85, * Netflix and Hulu prices include cost of unblocking service at $4.95 p/m.|


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Some businesses are spending more on Amazon than flights on Delta Air Lines and American Airlines. If the online retail giant ever does ever make a play in the travel industry, it will have a strong base of corporations it is already doing business with.
While there has been plenty of speculation on how Amazon will eventually make a play in the travel sector, it has already made solid inroads among workers who expense their purchases at work.
A new SpendSmart report on business expenses in the third quarter of 2018 from expense technology provider Certify found that Amazon has jumped from the fifth most expensed company in the third quarter of 2016 to the third most expensed company in the third quarter of 2018. It now exceeds purchases made from Delta Air Lines, American Airlines, and Lyft on Certify’s expense platform in North America.
This implies that more employees are purchasing things outside the traditional corporate channels and later expensing these products.
“The use of Amazon for business purchases continues to increase, and the convenience of shopping online is clearly a key factor,” said Bob Neveu, CEO of Certify. “The two main areas of business utilization on Amazon are office supplies and technology, which tells us that businesses are comfortable buying everything from office basics, such as new laptops, to digital services including Amazon Web Services.”
Here’s a look at the most expensed companies overall. Certify’s data set does not include spending on car service rides.
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Diving deeper into ridesharing, Uber continues to hold a commanding lead over Lyft even as Lyft continues its growth in the sector. Lyft continues to gain on Uber as Uber has experienced a slight drop in usage.
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Businesses are also spending more on Lyft rides; average spend per expense has risen to $26.08 in the third quarter of 2018 compared to $19.20 in the third quarter of 2017. Spending on Uber over the same period has declined slightly to $25.67 from $25.73.
So companies are now spending more per ride on Lyft than Uber. Lyft users are also more satisfied with their ride than Uber or taxi users.
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Watchdog warns self-cert lender applicants ‘we can’t protect you’
Prague-based lender, Selfcert.co.uk, which launched just over a week ago but claimed it was forced to close its doors for three months after 4,700 emails.
The watchdog also stressed that self-certification loans, due to the ‘harm caused to consumers in the past,’ have been banned as since the Mortgage Market Review in April 2014, every consumer must be affordability checked.
From 21 March 2016, all firms offering mortgages in the UK (including EEA firms) will also have to comply with the Mortgage Credit Directive, which requires a thorough affordability assessment based on information that has been verified by the lender.
However, the European Electronic Commerce directive (ECD) allows Selfcert.co.uk to operate inside the UK, but consumers lose a raft of regulatory protections including the right to complain or be treated fairly when facing payment difficulties.
It also stressed that under the ECD, firms can only contact customers online, not by telephone or post, limiting communication options.
Firms providing online services from an establishment in an EEA State other than the UK under the ECD have to comply with the law of that state, rather than with UK regulatory law, which in this case is the Czech Republic.
If an adviser does recommend the self-cert lender and a consumer takes out a loan, consumers may not claim for compensation from that adviser either, said the FCA.
However, the regulator recommended consumers take advice from a regulated, qualified UK mortgage adviser and if determined to use a firm outside the UK, find out how it is regulated.
“Ask for a copy of the mortgage terms and conditions. Ask for the contact details of the firm’s regulator,” it said, adding: “Remember you will not be protected by UK regulation if things go wrong, and you could lose your home if you cannot afford your mortgage payments.”


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Samsung today announced the successful demonstration of the world’s first in-memory computing based on MRAM, a multi-resistive random access memory (MRAM). An article on this was published in the online edition of Nature on January 12th. Samsung said the success demonstrates its leadership in memory technology and its efforts to combine memory and computer chips for next generation artificial intelligence chips.
In standard computer architectures, data is stored in memory chips and calculations are carried out by a central processing unit. Computing in Memory is a new computing paradigm in which the storage subsystem not only stores data, but also works with it. Since this approach allows you to process large amounts of data without having to move it out of the storage subsystem, and this processing takes place in a highly parallel manner, the power consumption is significantly reduced compared to conventional systems. Thus, in-memory computing is one of the most promising technologies for the implementation of next-generation AI chips that are characterized by minimal power consumption.
For this reason, research in the field of in-memory computing is actively pursued worldwide. To demonstrate it, RRAM (Resistive Random Access Memory) and PRAM (Phase Change Random Access Memory) and MRAM were used. Despite all the advantages such as speed, durability and mass production, the latter has so far been difficult to use for in-memory computing. These difficulties have been with the low impedance MRAM, because of which it cannot offer power savings when used in a standard in-memory data processing architecture.
Samsung researchers have come up with architectural innovations that could solve the problem. They succeeded in developing an MRAM chip for in-memory computing that replaces the standard “running sum” architecture with a new “sum-of-resistance” architecture that addresses the problem of the low impedance of individual MRAMs. Components solves.
The Samsung research team tested the new solution in action. The MRAM computation was tested with artificial intelligence operations. The chip achieved an accuracy of 98% for handwritten digit recognition and 93% for face recognition in scenes.
The researchers find that the use of MRAM, which is already at commercial scale, for in-memory computing expands the possibilities for developing next-generation AI chips with low power consumption.
The researchers suggest that the MRAM chip they developed can be used not only for in-memory computations, but also as a platform for loading biological neural networks. Computing in memory is similar to the activity of the brain, they said, because in the brain, computing takes place at a network of synapses – the points where neurons meet. Thus, the fresh development can theoretically be used as a platform for simulating the brain by simulating synapses.


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XPO Logistics added last-mile capabilities to its digital freight platform in response to consumer trends since the coronavirus pandemic began, the company said Aug. 5.
The Greenwich, Conn.-based supply chain solutions provider said online purchases for furniture, exercise equipment and other heavy goods has accelerated during the pandemic.
XPO Connect was updated with capabilities to accommodate the resulting changes in last-mile demand.
With the pandemic keeping everyone at home, online orders – even of big, bulky goods like furniture and appliances – are hitting holiday levels. We’ve expanded #XPOConnect‘s functionality to keep those shipments smooth: https://t.co/WD5mlIoPUP
— XPO Logistics, Inc. (@XPOLogistics) August 5, 2020
“We’ve been investing in digitization across the business for years, and the benefits of that strategy are more evident than ever,” Mario Harik, chief information officer for XPO Logistics, said in a statement.
The XPO Connect updates include automated rescheduling of homeowner-missed delivery appointments and automated route planning.
It also includes changes to its last-mile hubs like enhanced inventory tracking precision, which resulted in 99% accuracy in June, the company said.
“In June, our last-mile unit in North America saw deliveries climb to the kind of peaks we typically see during the holidays,” Harik said. “XPO Connect adjusts smoothly to changes in volume, helping our retail and e-commerce customers keep pace with consumer expectations.”
The company also enhanced its contactless delivery capability. This function synchronizes e-signature capture on handheld devices, eliminating direct contact between the driver and the customer.
XPO Logistics ranks No. 1 on the Transport Topics Top 50 list of the largest logistics companies in North America. It ranks No. 3 on the TT Top 100 list of the largest for-hire carriers in North America. — Transport Topics
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Brazilian retailer Lojas Americanas should accelerate investments in the next quarters to fulfill a previously announced plan to double the number of stores between 2015 and 2019, Chief Financial Officer Carlos Padilha said on Friday. "To reach the target of 800 new stores between 2015 and 2019 we have to open 224 this year", Padilha told Reuters in an interview, adding that at least 40 of them will be convenience stores. On May 2, Reuters reported that Lojas Americanas was among five groups bidding to operate convenience stores in gas stations run by Petrobras Distribuidora SA, the largest fuel distributor in Brazil.
Petrobras Distribuidora SA , Brazil's largest fuel distributor, has received five bids from retailers to partner for the operation of its convenience stores in gas stations, one source with knowledge of the matter said on Thursday. Among the groups that delivered proposals, are retailer Lojas Americanas SA and restaurant operators International Meal Company and privately-held Sapore, said the source, who requested anonymity because the talks are private. Mexico's convenience store chain Oxxo, controlled by Femsa SAB de CV, also delivered a bid, as well as Sforza Holding, the family offices that manages the fortune of Brazilian billionaire Carlos Wizard Martins, which owns retailers, restaurants and education companies in Brazil.


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New York may finally be a city that is listening to the demands of the people.
After much complaining and debate about the lack of color present during New York Fashion Week, the New York Senate has recently passed a Resolution announcing September 21-28, 2012 as Sol Afrik Fashion Week.
This multi-day event not only marks a big week in fashion, but also a big week for designers of color, who are looking to showcase their talent and creativity on a much needed platform.
The purpose of Sol Afrik is to unite African, African-American and Caribbean fashion and design professionals whose work often goes unrecognized. Hopefully, Sol Afrik will not only bring further awareness to the talent of African designers, but also help bridge the gap in the diversity of models who grace the runway.
Check Sol Afrik's website for more info about this fabulous week in fashion that will bring creativity, innovation and most importantly, much needed diversity to the industry.


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Survey Shows Women Feel Mistreated While Traveling
A recent study by Uniglobe Travel (International) Inc. has found that women still feel biases when traveling. Michelle Desreux, senior vice president of the company, said that security issues were a major concern. Women should specify with their travel agents that they would like secure rooms, near elevators, with no outside ground floor access and not in a remote areas of hotel properties. She also said that gender biases remain in various formats and that travel companies often give men better attention than women, "This attitude permeates everything from supplier advertising that focuses only on men to face-to-face client service. No doubt, service across the board has improved but women travelers report that gender biases by suppliers continue."
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Hannah Davis Does An Interview with... a Horse?! Watch Now!
Hannah recently landed a campaign for DirecTV following the company’s major controversy with its Rob Lowe commercial. Her ad was released earlier this month and now there is a behind the scenes clip in which she does an interview alongside… a horse! Watch the video below.
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Netflix wants to improve the quality of its streaming offering in Canada, adding “hundreds” of new titles there, including TV shows like Weeds, The Tudors and Kids in the Hall. Netflix claims the service has more video “than you can watch in a lifetime.”
Snapstick is introducing a new, wireless streaming solution that will let users stream anything on the web — including video from Hulu, CBS.com and others — to their TVs. And it plans to do so by taking advantage of the PC or mobile apps for content discovery.
Starz has been a key component in the growth of Netflix’s streaming service over the past two years, but it has been woefully underpaid in that time. A new deal could bring Starz more than $250 million a year, according to BTIG analyst Richard Greenfield.
Speaking at the UBS Global Media and Communications Conference, CBS research chief David Poltrack said that about one-fifth of primetime viewing is time-shifted on DVR. That number jumps significantly in the 18-49 demographic, where shows get a 42 percent lift in audience when DVRs are counted.
Today on the Net: Netflix explains why it uses HTML5 for its connected device user interfaces, Roku is preparing to roll out a pay-per-view offering for small video publishers next year and FilmOn and Ivi are both hated by broadcasters but they’re not the same company.
The latest evidence that the pay TV market is starting to unravel came yesterday as DirecTV executives said the satellite TV provider could drop low-rated cable networks as a way to lower programming fees. That means less niche programming and less value for its subscribers.
Hollywood studios and TV programmers are becoming increasingly uneasy about Netflix’s effect on the video industry and cannibalization of their existing business models. But refusing to work with a company offering billions for their content isn’t a solution — it’s just part of the problem.
Today on the Net: Hulu considers raising money for a possible expansion in international markets, the FCC unanimously votes on a proposal to enable TV broadcasters to auction off spectrum and MLB has lots of viewers on mobile devices, but very little revenue so far.
YouTube’s skippable ad format — dubbed TrueView — is going live today, offering users the ability to choose between different pre-roll units or skip them altogether. That means advertisers get more engaged viewers for their ads, and YouTube will get paid more for ads that actually get watched.
Netflix has struck another deal that will give it exclusive access to streaming movies in the pay TV window. Beginning in 2011, new film production and distribution firm FilmDistrict will begin making its movies available on Netflix streaming shortly after they are available on DVD.


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Landmark import scrap cargo held up by delays at Chinese port
The first delivery of imported scrap to arrive in China since last month’s relaxation of import restrictions has been held up by delays at the port, market sources told Fastmarkets on Friday January 22.
The bulk vessel of Japan-origin heavy scrap was sold to a Chinese steelmaker early in January.
The vessel was originally expected to arrive at port in Shanghai this week, according to a local Chinese report, but two Japanese scrap trading sources said the vessel would not be able to berth until the weekend.
One of the Japanese traders said the ship was awaiting a place to berth, but was expected to be able to do so in the next one or two days.
The second Japanese trader said the vessel had to wait for room to dock due to congestion at the port.
“A few ports in the Northeast of China are facing problems such as congestion and delayed shipments,” a Chinese trader said.
Japanese ports have experienced similar bottlenecks amid heightened export activity in recent weeks.
Sources from companies involved in the deal did not give any details about the situation when approached for comment by Fastmarkets on Friday.
China’s Ministry of Ecology & Environment formally confirmed the relaxation of steel scrap import regulations for material arriving in China on December 31.
Fastmarkets’ price assessment for steel scrap, P&S, export, fob main port Japan was ¥44,000-46,500 ($425-449) per tonne on January 20, down from ¥47,500-48,000 per tonne a week earlier, based on sales to South Korea.
The last transaction price heard for Japanese P&S scrap to China – known as HS in Japan – was ¥47,000 per tonne fob earlier this week.
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Voice Web infrastructure provider Telera today announced that it will begin offering a Telera-powered Voice Web Application Platform to communications carriers and service providers, providing a turnkey infrastructure to create phone-accessible applications built on Internet technologies.
“The Voice Web is no longer about voice portals and it isn’t a toy: the era of the Voice Web as a serious business tool has arrived,” said Prem Uppaluru, Telera’s president and CEO. “We’ve spent three years building and perfecting a Voice Web platform, which has been validated by our success in the enterprise market. We are now working closely with service providers to incorporate a Telera-powered Voice Web Application Platform into their overall business strategies.”
Telera’s Voice Web Application Platform enables telephone access to functionality like Web content, e-commerce transactions, and highly personalized self-service. It does this through a software platform that allows voice applications to be developed in the same way as Web applications and, as a result, use the same systems and databases, and also allows these applications to be managed by a Web server.
The efficiencies gained through this process can help earn service providers a chunk of the $45 billion that analysts estimate enterprises spend annually on communications equipment and services, without giving up control of the applications that shape their customer interactions.
“We recognize the need for businesses to tightly manage phone interactions with their customers, but the cost of doing so shouldn’t result in the creation of a mini telco within the enterprise. That’s expensive and absurd, especially now when focusing on core competencies is so crucial,” Uppaluru said. “Our software allows businesses to control the voice applications that manage customer service, while allowing the service providers to deliver the critical management and support of the network infrastructure. Each gets to do what it does best.”
For businesses of all sizes, the Voice Web architecture allows voice applications to be linked with back-office databases, e-commerce systems, existing Web sites and contact center systems to enhance customer interactions. Telera’s software will also allow service providers to eliminate the need for their business customers to buy proprietary telephony equipment or tie up resources with a costly installation.
“The Voice Web is a significant customer service innovation. Ultimately, it helps enterprises serve their customers better while increasing customer satisfaction and decreasing costs. What Telera is offering is a way to easily deliver this technology to the enterprises,” said Megan Gurley, analyst with research firm Yankee Group.
Telera’s Voice Web Application Platform has been the source of more than 50 Voice Web applications over the past two years, serving more than 30 enterprise customers, many of which are members of the Fortune 500. Telera began building its Voice Web platform in 1998 on standard Internet technologies, allowing it to seamlessly integrate with any Web-enabled software platform or application.


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It’s going to get harder to find Coach bags at department stores — and the luxury-goods maker thinks that’s a real plus.
The New York company said Tuesday it is yanking its bags from department stores that cheapen its image by cutting prices too much.
It didn’t name names but said that one in four department store locations would become a Coach-free zone.
The emboldened leather-accessories brand, continuing a comeback after several years of sales declines, is not the first brand of late to take aim at department stores.
Michael Kors and Kate Spade, two much younger brands, both hinted at reeling in department-store distribution — but neither was as specific in its plans as Coach.
The 75-year-old company said it would pull back from some stores while reporting fourth-quarter profits that beat analysts’ estimates and same-store sales that rose 2 percent.
Chief Executive Victor Luis said the pullback will hit 250 stores. Coach’s 450 stand- alone stores in North America are not affected.
“The idea was to exit low-volume, non-brand-enhancing locations and reduce markdown allowances,” said spokeswoman Andrea Shaw Resnick.
It’s a bold move, say industry experts, who point out that Coach’s revenues will likely decline at the expense of selling more products at full price and enhancing its brand image.
Coach’s stock closed down 2.2 percent, to $40.52.
While the move may give Coach some price support, carrying out the strategy won’t be easy, experts said.
“There will be a lot of discussion between the merchants and Coach, and [department stores] might push back and threaten to take Coach out of a flagship store,” said one indsutry source.
“They each have cards in their hand.”


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SUMMIT, NJ - Calling it "essential for both farmers and participating businesses and residents during the coronavirus crisis," Summit Mayor Nora Radest personally reached out to New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy’s office to gain approval to open the Summit Farmers Market. According to the Mayor, not only did the governor’s office approve the request, it highly encouraged it.
The Market has announced it will launch its 2020 season beginning May 10 in a new location with revised consumer and vendor parameters that have been necessitated by the current social distancing guidelines in place.
"The layout of the Farmers market is being redesigned so that it is easy and intuitive for people to stay six feet apart," said Radest. "With these guidelines in place and strictly enforced, shopping outdoors can be a safe and viable option.”
While plans are moving ahead to begin the Market's season in the new, larger location of Park & Shop Lot #1 -- located at the corner of DeForest and Woodland Avenues -- final approval must be granted by the Summit Common Council for the site change at its meeting on April 28. Council President Marjorie Fox said, “The larger lot will help simplify physical distancing requirements and allow for safer shopping.”
For its part, Summit Downtown, Inc. -- which operates the Market -- stated in a news release announcing the opening that, "SDI will be working with the vendors and the City during the opening weeks of the season to tweak rules and operations as they learn and observe how things are going." The release also noted that, "The Park & Shop Lot #1 location was chosen in order to provide more space between the vendors and for the customers to remain safe."
The Market's public health and safety guidelines will include:
- Masks or face coverings will be required for both customers and vendors.
- Painted lines on the sidewalk outside of Park & Shop Lot #1 will provide a social distancing guide for those waiting to enter the market.
- Upon entry, customers are required to remain six-feet from others inside the Market.
- Customers will enter at the vehicle entrance on DeForest Avenue and exit at the alleyway at the back of the parking lot near Woodland Avenue.
- Only one person per family may shop at a time.
- Only vendors will be allowed to handle their own merchandise so customers will need to shop individually with the vendor at each stand.
- Vendors will also offer a 'touchless' pay system in addition to cash.
- Customers are also being asked to limit their time inside the Market to 15 minutes to allow for shorter wait times for other customers.
- Currently, dogs will not be permitted in the Market.
Summit Downtown, Inc. is also currently working with Beyond Main to establish an online system to enable customers to pre-order from some of their favorite vendors and pick up their pre-paid orders at the vendor. As of now, there will not be a separate section for pre-orders to be picked up.
On March 21, New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy signed Executive Order Number 107, which directed all residents to stay at home until further notice and mandated the closure of all non-essential businesses. The order provides for certain exceptions, such as obtaining essential goods or services, seeking medical attention, visiting family or close friends, reporting to work, or engaging in outdoor activities. Among the businesses exempted from closure were farmer's markets.
On April 24, the same day Murphy announced that the Garden State had surpassed the 100,000 mark of COVID-19 cases, the governor said that some New Jersey counties have "slid backwards," at least as it relates to the rate at which COVID-19 positive cases are doubling. Because of this reality, he said, “we cannot ease up one bit” on social distancing or stay-at-home restrictions.
The Summit Farmers Market's 25th year of providing fresh, locally-sourced food and produce to customers in Summit and beyond will see it open Sundays, from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. through November 22.


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Teenage traders take over Kettering Market Place
Creative young traders have set up stalls in Kettering's Market Place today (Saturday) for the Teenage Market.
The Teenage Market is a national initiative that gives young people a free platform to sell their crafts, talents, and to perform.
The market is running in Kettering today, Saturday, December 7, and young traders were given free insurance cover, gazebo and a table.
Young traders under 17 needed an adult to supervise but otherwise, teens could apply for a stall by creating a profile about what they do.
There was a variety of stalls at the event including handmade bath products, cakes, art, make-up, and other crafts.
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Milan, Italy – Pirelli & C. SpA has updated its 2020 outlook for the overall market, assuming “an improvement in demand” compared with previous indications.
The demand, Pirelli said in its quarterly report 11 Nov, will mostly be driven by the original equipment (OE) segment in the Asia-Pacifi (APAC) and North America, regions.
The tire maker said it was taking “a cautious view” on Europe due to the recent introduction of new anti-Covid restrictions following the resurgence of the pandemic.
For the full year, Pirelli foresees a decline in volumes for the group of between around 17% and 18%, up from previous indications of 18%-20% announced in August.
With a 1.5% positive price/mix effect and an expected 5% negative currency impact the Italian tire maker now expects revenues to come in at around €4.18-€4.23 billion. This compares against the previous target of €4.15-€4.25 billion announced in August.
Pirelli expects its adjusted EBIT margin to come in at around 11.5% and 12%, down from the previous indication of around 12%-13%.
This, it said, was due to "a worsening of exchange rates" - now to expected to have a negative €15 million impact - which will also affect the cost of raw materials.
In addition, Pirelli now expects a €20-million increase in costs linked to the reduction of inventories of finished products in the third quarter. The costs, it said, are now estimated to stand at €90 million.
In its updated full-year outlook Pirelli said it anticipated a 17% decline in the car market in 2020, up from an estimated fall of 19% earlier in August.
Demand in the OE segment is set to fall 18%, up from an earlier estimate of a 23% decline.
Pirelli also increased its estimates for the replacement channel by two percentage points to a 16% drop.
The Italian tire maker said its “car new premium” market, with tire sizes bigger than 18 inch, was its “most resilient segment”, with an expected decline of 10%.
The standard segment is set for an 18% decline, up from the previous forecast of 20% drop, according to Pirelli.


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Spotify on Wednesday announced that it now has 2.5 million subscribers around the world paying for its service. The company has roughly 10 million paid and free listeners combined. Spotify’s recent launch in the U.S. is seen as having been a big boost for the company, and its Facebook integration is said to have bolstered new subscriptions as well. The company offers an on-demand music service that allows users to stream to unlimited ad-supported music to computers for free. Ads can be eliminated for a $4.99 monthly fee, and Spotify can be streamed to mobile devices as well for an addition $5 each month.
Zach Epstein has been the Executive Editor at BGR for more than 10 years. He manages BGR’s editorial team and ensures that best practices are adhered to. He also oversees the Ecommerce team and directs the daily flow of all content.
Zach first joined BGR in 2007 as a Staff Writer covering business, technology, and entertainment. His work has been quoted by countless top news organizations, and he was recently named one of the world's top 10 “power mobile influencers” by Forbes. Prior to BGR, Zach worked as an executive in marketing and business development with two private telcos.


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It's not the same as a thousand ships. But the desire for beauty did, in the past week, launch a couple of winning stock runs.
Nu Skin Enterprises (NUS) fleshed out a 7% gain and Herbalife (HLF) jumped 9.6% for the week through Friday. Both cosmetics and nutritional supplement sales networks delivered better-than-expected Q2 earnings reports during the week. Combined, the moves helped boost the Cosmetics/Personal Care industry group to a No. 13 ranking Friday among the 197 industries tracked by IBD.
Nu Skin cleared analysts' Q2 earnings views by a narrow margin. During the conference call, management corrected an error and lowered its third-quarter EPS guidance.
Shares still ended high in the week's trading range and in heavy volume.
Nu Skin hasn't offered any fresh buy points since clearing a cup base with a 63.45 pivot. It ended Friday 38% above that mark, with no pullbacks in between. It is worth noting the stock is 70% above its 200-day line, a level that IBD founder and Chairman William O'Neil says he occasionally uses as a sell signal.
Herbalife had a back-and-forth week after solid Q2 results Monday and news Wednesday that George Soros had taken a long position in the stock.
That pits Soros and Carl Icahn as longs against Pershing Square's Bill Ackman, who very publicly shorted the stock in December. Ackman said this week he had not covered a single share of his $1 billion bet against the company.
The stock has risen 165% off its December low. It ended Friday 21% above a 52.94 buy point in a seven-week cup base. The gain off its low may make it more likely to face resistance near 73.


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What is happening: Indigo Agriculture have released a new tool to help farmers ship and haul agricultural goods.
Tool: The automated freight brokerage tool allows farmers to sell and transport dry agricultural goods in bulk. They can even hand over the transport responsibilities to Indigo themselves via the platform. It also allows people to choose loads, taking into account location, price, and the company.
Popular: Indigo say it already has thousands signed up and vetted.
What can be sold: The platform only currently supports corn, wheat, soybeans, and rice, as well as other non-grain bulk goods, as long as they can be transported via hoppers.
Future: Indications suggest Indigo plan to expand in the future.


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Galaxy, DWS and Flow Traders eye stablecoin launch on Ethereum, Solana
Firms set to seek regulatory approval for their planned Euro-denominated stablecoin before the intended launch date in 12 to 18 months
Galaxy CEO Mike Novogratz | Jori Klein via Acumen_/"Mike Novogratz, Gala Co-Chair and Acumen Fund Board Member" (CC license)
Crypto firm Galaxy looks to collaborate with asset management firm DWS and trading specialist Flow Traders. Their goal is to introduce a stablecoin to accelerate the widespread adoption of on-chain assets.
The forward-looking plan seeks to capitalize on an evolving regulatory framework in Europe, but will ultimately hinge on various approvals.
The proposed stablecoin, named AllUnity, will be fully collateralized and denominated in euros, the company said Wednesday. The entity is planned to be incorporated in Frankfurt. Its next step involves applying for an E-money license from the German financial regulator BaFin. The company’s aim is to launch the stablecoin within 12 to 18 months.
The stablecoin intends to launch on several public permissionless blockchains, including Ethereum and Solana, a spokesperson told Blockworks.
“Digital currencies are the natural evolution of the world’s payment system, and Europe — a region at the forefront of the exploration of safe, secure digital money — is paving the way for this inevitable shift,” Galaxy CEO Mike Novogratz said in a statement.
The firms expect to appoint Alexander Höptner as AllUnity’s CEO, according to the Wednesday news release. Höptner has extensive experience as a chief executive, leading teams at 100x Group — the holding structure for crypto trading platform BitMEX — as well as stock exchange Börse Stuttgart GmbH and financial services firm Euwax AG.
The plans come after passage of the Markets in Crypto-Assets (MiCA) regulation in April. US lawmakers have lagged behind in making similar progress on such a framework.
The Europe regulation “we believe will contribute to growing the stablecoin market as it provides a robust regulatory framework that enhances investor protection and market integrity,” Höptner said in a statement.
Stablecoins — digital assets pegged to the value of another asset or fiat currency — have a combined market capitalization of roughly $130 billion, according to CoinGecko data.
Payments giant PayPal debuted a dollar-backed stablecoin — issued on Ethereum by Paxos Trust Co. — in August.
Stablecoins enable peer-to-peer value transfers and protect against unstable currencies, as noted by Pantera Capital product manager Jeff Lewis in an October letter. They also enable users to conduct transactions without relying on the trustworthiness of service providers, but don’t come without risks.
Galaxy has crypto-focused asset management, global markets and digital infrastructure business units. The firm in September hired ex-Genesis sales head Leon Marshall as its CEO of Europe, noting the continent is critical to its growth strategy.
Germany-based DWS — formerly a part of Deutsche Bank — had 860 billion euros (about $929 billion) in assets under management, as of Sept. 30.
Flow Traders, headquartered in the Netherlands, offers liquidity across major exchanges and trading platforms via its trading hubs in Europe, the US and the Asia Pacific region.
Galaxy and DWS have worked together before, expressing the intent earlier this year to roll out exchange-traded products in Europe. Galaxy, with partner Invesco, is among the fund issuers vying for a spot bitcoin ETF in the US.
In a statement, DWS CEO Stefan Hoops highlighted that corporations with internet-of-things (IoT) businesses could use the proposed stablecoin to make fractional payments. He noted that these transactions could occur around the clock, 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
Hoops added: “Through the future creation of AllUnity, we will bridge the gap between the traditional and digital finance ecosystems to build a core infrastructure provider that facilitates secure on-chain settlement for institutional, corporate and private use.”
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Office Depot reported a 1 percent sales drop and a $2 million loss for the second quarter, as well as softness in its North American retail division.
Total company sales for the second quarter, which ended June 28, decreased 1 percent to $3.6 billion. Office Depot's net loss of $2 million in the second quarter of 2008 is in comparison to earnings of $106 million in the same period of 2007.
In its North American retail division, second-quarter sales were down 6 percent to $1.4 billion. Comp-store sales in the 1,178 stores here that have been open for more than one year fell 10 percent in the quarter.
The North American retail division had an operating loss of $4 million in the quarter, a decline from the operating profit of $99 million in last year's quarter.
Persistent weakness in Florida and California continued to weigh heavily on results; however, the sales decline in these two states is consistent with what has been reported over the past few quarters, the retailer said.
During the second quarter, Office Depot opened six new stores, closed one and relocated three stores, bringing the total store count to 1,272; the chain also remodeled two stores in the quarter.
This TWICE webinar, hosted by senior editor Alan Wolf, will take a look at what may be the hottest CE products at retail that will be sold during the all-important fourth quarter. Top technologies, market strategies and industry trends will be discussed with industry analysts and executives.


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However, ordering your favourite hot beverage on a flight may not be the best idea.
Flight attendant Jamila Hardwick told Inside Edition that there is one particular reason why passengers shouldn’t order hot beverages on board.
“You might want to think about ordering something other than coffee or tea. The thing about the coffee and the tea is that the pipes are rarely cleaned,” Ms Hardwick said.
According to Inside Edition, airlines are only required to disinfect and flush the water tanks four times a year.
One flight attendant told Business Insider in 2017: “Flight attendants will not drink hot water on the plane. They will not drink plain coffee, and they will not drink plain tea.”
In a study from Hunter College’s New York City Food Policy Centre, they found that most major airlines don’t have water that passes federal regulations for “relatively safe, clean water”.
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Commenting on the findings, microbiologist Keith Warriner said: “We’ve got to try and think how would fecal contamination get inside [the seat pocket].”
Other surfaces in commercial aircrafts which are considered the filthiest include the head rest, which according to the study, contained the highest total aerobic count, haemolytic bacteria and E. coli found in the surface.
This was followed by the washroom handle, tray table and seat belt.
Cleanliness is particularly important to Britons with many admitting to bringing their cleaning habits on holiday.
A recent survey from End of Tenancy Cleaning Company, found Britons are extremely particular when checking into the hotel, and more than half of them bring cleaning products with them to a hotel.
The survey, which was completed by 3,446 participants, found 79 percent of people check hotel bed linens on arrival, followed by bathtub/shower (68 percent) and glasses and mugs (63 percent).
The survey also discovered 37 percent of Britons clean a hotel room before using it while 32 percent do a sweep or dust test of a hotel room before using it.


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As one of the largest private employers in Knox County, JTV’s success has an important effect on the regional economy.
Knoxville, Tenn. (PRWEB) February 01, 2012
Jewelry Television® (JTV), the nation’s largest shopping network dedicated exclusively to the sale of fine jewelry and gemstones, recently hosted members of the Knoxville Chamber of Commerce for a Business After Hours networking event. Held Tuesday Jan. 31, the event provided more than 250 Knoxville-area chamber members an exclusive chance to tour JTV’s headquarters.
“We’re broadcasting on the air to more than 65 million viewers every day, but very few people actually get to visit our headquarters and go behind the scenes,” said Tim Matthews, CEO and president at Jewelry Television. “We recently completed an expansion and remodeling project and thought it would be a good opportunity to invite the business community to see what it’s like behind the scenes of a 24/7, 364 days per year business.”
During the event, the first time JTV has opened its doors to members of the community, Knoxville Chamber member guests were treated to cocktails and hors d’ oeuvres in the grand atrium while viewing jewelry and enjoying entertainment by the Mark Boling Jazz trio. Attendees were invited to tour television production sets, the control room, green room, merchandising areas, warehouse, and the call center.
"The Knoxville Chamber is grateful to JTV for sponsoring Business After Hours event," said Mike Edwards, president and CEO of the Chamber. "JTV is a fantastic corporate citizen that has chosen to remain here in the Knoxville-Oak Ridge Innovation Valley despite offers to move to other cities. As one of the largest private employers in Knox County, JTV’s success has an important effect on the regional economy."
The Knoxville Chamber of Commerce representing more than 2,000 member businesses is under the direction of the 45 business leaders who make up its board of directors. Regular events include opportunities for furthering education, business development and professional networking.
About Jewelry Television®
Jewelry Television® (JTV) is the only broadcast shopping network that focuses exclusively on the sale of fine jewelry and gemstones. The privately-held company was founded in 1993 and broadcasts high definition programming 24 hours a day, seven days a week, to over 80 million unique households in the U.S. Jewelry Television® was recently ranked the 14th largest retailer of fine jewelry in the U.S. by National Jeweler. JTV.com is the fifth largest jewelry destination on the internet according to Internet Retailer’s Top 500 Guide for 2010. For more information, visit JTV.com.


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Spiegel Group CFO Cannataro Resigns
Published 7:00 pm, Tuesday, February 4, 2003
The chief financial officer of Spiegel Group has resigned to take a similar position at another company, the troubled retailer announced Wednesday.
James Cannataro's resignation comes one day after an auditor of the company expressed substantial doubt about Spiegel's future after the retailer failed to comply with some of its debt agreements.
The reason for Cannataro's resignation was not given. Spiegel CEO Martin Zaepfel, in a statement, thanked him for "his many contributions during his 18 years of service with The Spiegel Group."
Telephone calls seeking further comment were not immediately returned.
In a letter to the company's board of directors, auditor KPMG LLP said Spiegel was not in compliance with certain debt agreements and that "substantially all of the company's debt is currently due and payable." KPMG also said Spiegel has been unable to negotiate amended agreements with its lenders.
The letter was among documents filed Tuesday with the Securities Exchange Commission. Spiegel said in the SEC filings that it is working with lenders.
The company, based in Downers Grove, sells clothing and domestic products. Spiegel businesses include Eddie Bauer, Newport News, Spiegel Catalog and First Consumers National Bank.


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Gender neutral parenting brands to know about
When Kensington Palace stepped in to insist that Meghan Markle and Prince Harry wouldn't be raising their unborn child with a fluid outlook on gender, it hit us: the gender neutrality movement has gone beyond the Paloma Faiths and Brooklyn hipsters of this world. It's everywhere. And, to be clear: Meghan and Harry's 'gender neutral' approach related to painting the nursery white and grey, according to reports – a far cry from planning to raise their child as a 'theyby.'
Gender neutral parenting can be extreme – not telling your friends or family your baby's gender – or a casual rebellion against gendered colour schemes, clothing and toys, in the name of style and a child's interests. Science has plenty to say about the detrimental effects of toy stereotyping from an early age, that can have long-reaching ramifications for girls. Here are some of our favourite brands doing the gender neutral thing – Harry and Meghan, take note.


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Mango farmers demand fruit processing plant
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Embu - More than 400 small scale mango farmers in Itabua area, Embu County, have asked the county and national governments to consider establishing a fruit processing factory in the area to tame the heavy losses they are incurring.
The farmers are also seeking expertise from agricultural extension officers to be able to grow the fruits professionally and hence earn better profits.
The farmers said that they were losing huge amounts of their yields due to limited outlets and over-dependence on the retail market which is mainly controlled by middlemen.
Speaking at various farms, the farmers who control at least 70 plants of the various exotic species of mangoes, said that losses at farm level were on the increase due to limited sales.
Mary Wamuyu, a farmer, said that unless the government hastened plans to attract industrialists who could buy the fresh mangoes, preserve them and later use them to make juices, heavy losses would continued to be recorded.
The farmer said that apart from lack of adequate outlets, irrigation water for the fruits also remained scarce and expensive.
The Tommy and Apple species of mangoes, Wamuyu said were popular but due to inadequate outlets, she loses a whole box of fruits everyday at the farm level.
She said that presently, a crate of mangoes retails at a price of KES 350 meaning that three mangoes go for a mere KES 10 yet each fruit could fetch KES 10 if markets were available.
The farmer said that a single mango tree could produce up to 500 pieces of mangoes per season which last about two months.
Mango farming, she said, was expensive because the trees needed frequent pruning as well as spraying.
The farmer said that presently she produces at least two crates of mango per day which earns her at least KES 1 400.
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Restricting global trade unlikely to lower emissio
Berlin: Restricting world trade through policies such as CO2 tariffs, is not likely to lower global emissions significantly, warns a new report.
Actually, steadily growing world trade leads to a substantial transfer of CO2 from one country to another. The traded goods effectively contain the greenhouse gas, as it originates from the energy used during their production.
"Typically, in the West we import goods whose production causes a lot of greenhouse gas emissions in poorer countries - and it is a contested question to which countries these emissions should be attributed," explains study co-author Michael Jakob from the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK), Germany.
This is a delicate issue, because many Western countries have ambitious targets for emissions reductions. Simply transferring emission-intensive industries to third countries in order to achieve these goals would not serve climate protection - and might even damage the economy, according to a PIK statement.
"For the first time, we have now broken down the known emission transfers into their components," Jakob says. The economic analysis is based on an evaluation of estimates that were determined by other researchers in earlier studies.
"We can show that of the CO2 flowing into the US in the form of imported goods, almost 50 per cent are due to the American trade deficit alone," Jakob explains.
The US emits less CO2 in the production of its exports than is contained in its imports, simply because it imports more than it exports.
"And only about 20 percent of CO2 transfers from China into the US can be traced back to the fact that China is in effect relatively more specialized in the production of dirty goods," Jakob says.
If China with its fossil energy mix had to produce more energy-intensive goods itself instead of importing them, emissions would increase. "In the end, interventions in world trade could do more harm than good," says co-author Robert Marschinski from PIK and Technische Universidad Berlin.
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By Jordan Rutz, Staff Writer –
Feeling a bit sluggish lately? No worries, because MCC has the perfect place to change
that – a fitness center and weight room available for all students and staff.
The fitness center is located on the second floor of the Bartels-Rode Gymnasium and the
weight room is on the lower level.
Both are open, friendly environments that allow any student or staff member to exercise
and unwind. On top of that, it is free.
“It’s just one of many benefits of attending MCC,” said Jody Miller, secretary in the
health, physical education and recreation (HPER) department. “It’s another incentive to come
Both the fitness center and weight room are perfect for busy students looking for a
cheap, convenient place to go before or after class.
Student work study jobs also are available for those interested in working at the fitness
center or weight room?
“Each semester we hire one or two students to cover open hours,” said Miller. “They
clean equipment and handle any issues in the facility,” Miller said.
The fitness center is equipped with many types of workout machines, including
treadmills, cardio equipment, step masters, and rowing machines. The weight room is equipped
with free weights.
With so much talk lately about the new Fitness Center opening in downtown Muskegon,
some might wonder what will happen to the current fitness center and weight room on campus.
“When the new facility opens downtown, classes will be held there and the facility on
campus will be used for more training and practice,” she said.
As the project of the new fitness facility is still underway, Miller said she still has people
ask questions as to what will actually be happening.
“I’m really excited for the new Fitness Center” said Miller, whose office is right below
the current fitness center on campus.
Julie Weiler, an adjunct faculty member who teaches in the HPER department said, “I
want to know what it is going to look like!”
The fitness center and weight room have somewhat unusual hours: Mondays and
Wednesdays, noon to 1:30, and 3-6 p.m.; Tuesdays and Thursdays, 3-6 p.m.; and Fridays 11 a.m.
to 1:30 p.m.
There is a good reason behind that, though.
“We are very limited on space,” said Miller. “That is why we have to work around class
Featured Image: The MCC fitness center, located on the second floor of the Bartles-Rode Gymnasium is equipped with treadmills, cardio equipment, step masters, and rowing machines. -MCC Photo.


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Biden is in a fictional world, he wants to call inflation in America ‘Putin’s inflation’. When the Russian government gave this response, the US central bank, the Federal Reserve, was struggling to choose between inflation or recession.
However, the Fed has now made it clear by raising interest rates by a record 0.75 percent that its number one goal is to control inflation. This is also because US inflation is at its highest level in 40 years. It is now also believed that the US economy is heading into a short-term recession. At the same time, some analysts say the economy is only short-term but the slowdown has come.
The meaning of stagnation In fact, for several quarters, there is talk of a recession due to the slowdown in the economy. The biggest measure of a recession is the rate of GDP growth. It is estimated that the growth rate in America could be less than 1 per cent. This thing has gotten wind of the Federal Reserve’s estimates of the US central bank. The central bank estimates that GDP growth for 2022 will be 1.7 percent, which was earlier kept at 2.8 percent. The Fed’s estimate depends on the current situation, but there is the potential for further deflation.
How high interest rates will lead to a recession: Its simple formula relates to consumer spending. Central banks raise interest rates so that consumers don’t spend on spending. Its purpose is to bridge the gap between supply and demand. The simple math in economics is that if a consumer has more money in his pocket, he will spend more. Higher spending means more demand in the market. To meet demand, supply must be increased. For this, imports must be made from external countries.
Impact on the supply chain: Currently, due to the war between Covid, Russia and Ukraine, the supply chains all over the world including America are affected. Because of Kovid, factories are still closed in China, so production isn’t going right either. At the same time, the supply chain for foreign countries appears to be disrupted in the Russo-Ukrainian war. America is no exception to this. This means that the gap between supply and demand does not increase, so that interest rates are increased. If this gap widens, there will be a shortage of goods that consumers need. At the same time, inflation will also increase.
The meaning of stagnation America has chosen the right path in the short term, but it is not so easy. Because of the slowdown, the growth of the economy will be slow. This could affect job data and increase unemployment. There will be stability in people’s salaries. However, the good thing is that unemployment in America is still uncontrollable.
read this- The Federal Reserve raised interest rates by 0.75 percent, the largest increase in 28 years
Market Voice: The first effect of the recession in America is visible in the stock markets of the country. Some US stock market indices entered the bear market. This means that the index has fallen 20 percent or more from its highest level. Most of the stock markets in Asia are crawling due to the deteriorating situation in America. Speaking of the Indian stock market, it has reached its lowest level in one year.
Why the impact on the Indian market: If the Fed raises interest rates, there is a setback for those foreign investors who invest in countries like India to get strong returns by taking loans at low interest rates. Apart from this, foreign investors withdraw their money keeping in mind the future volatility. Not only this, the investors will also get a chance to earn more profits in their country by increasing the interest rates.
read this-A whirlwind of America, fear of recession, a bigger crisis than Lehman Brothers?
Why worry about India: The rupee will weaken due to the economic recession in the US. Its effect is visible. The rupee fell to its lowest level against the US dollar. It is estimated that the rupee will soon be worth 80 for one dollar. Meaning that the price of one dollar will be 80 rupees or more in India.
read this-Stock market hit 52-week low on fear, sank Rs 5 crore, when will this decline stop?
What will happen if the rupee weakens? The country will have to spend on imports more than before. This will increase the import bill, and it can be a huge loss amid record crude oil prices. This will also weaken foreign exchange reserves. Apart from this, companies will also pay more for imported goods. This will reduce their margins and redeem them, they will increase the price of the product, thus increasing inflation.


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By News Reporter
Company’s Transformation to Bring a Better Life to Its Customers
Through Selection of Distinctive Services and Content
SEOUL, Sep. 19, 2023 — LG Electronics (LG) today shared its first step to become a media and entertainment platform company, a business transformation that will enrich customers’ lives by delivering valuable services and a unique collection of curated contents in products, including LG OLED and LG QNED TVs. LG shared its new direction and strategy at the webOS Partner Summit 2023, held at the LG Sciencepark in Seoul, South Korea, and attended by content producers, providers, developers and industry figures from over 30 countries.
The first event of its kind, webOS Partner Summit 2023 provides the perfect forum for LG to share its new vision – and the immense value of the ever-evolving and expanding webOS smart TV platform ecosystem – with its trusted global partners.
Since its launch on LG Smart TVs in 2014, webOS has been one of the most widely used smart TV platforms in the world. Powering more than 200 million LG TVs worldwide, webOS also supports several third-party TV brands in multiple markets. Moving forward, LG plans to extend webOS to more third-party TV companies and expand the platform to other product categories. Within 3 years, LG expects to have over 300 million webOS-powered devices.
To deliver the unmatched convenience and expansive ecosystem of webOS to a broader customer base, LG has already applied its platform webOS to a range of categories, including projectors, digital signage and in-vehicle infotainment systems.
Moreover, the number of third-party partner brands that have embraced webOS Hub, the webOS solution for third-party brands, has grown substantially, increasing from 20 just two years ago to over 300 today. During that time, webOS Hub has undergone meaningful upgrades with the variety of content on offer expanding to include cloud gaming and OTT services and new features arriving to enhance convenience and the overall user experience. Additionally, some of LG’s partner TV brands have now introduced their own OLED TVs powered by webOS Hub.
The webOS smart TV platform is continuously evolving, providing seamless upgrades that add support for new services and bringing constant refinement to the user interface (UI) and user experience (UX) design based on LG’s deep understanding of customers. To allow as many users as possible to enjoy the latest version of webOS on their home TVs, LG is offering seamless support for TV operating system upgrades and updates via platform upgrades even for earlier TV models.
As part of its strategy to expand the webOS platform ecosystem, LG acquired the US advertising and content data analysis specialist, Alphonso, in 2021. Alphonso established subsidiaries in the UK and Greece last year, accelerating the global growth of its content service.
LG is set to make a substantial investment of KRW 1 trillion in its webOS business over the next five years in order to provide more content and services that cater to the diverse lifestyles and preferences of consumers. By boosting its competitiveness in content and services, LG believes it will further elevate the webOS user experience.
LG’s strategic investment will be focused on broadening the range of content available via the webOS platform, boosting usability by innovating the UI and UX, and strengthening partnerships with content production companies on a global scale. To date, LG has worked with its partners to bring new technologies to the platform for gamers, sports fans or Gen Z users. An example is the integration of Sye, a Prime Video proprietary, which provides a low latency technology that will benefit LG customers who are fans of live-streaming sports like Thursday Night Football. LG TVs deliver Netflix HDR streaming and have just opened the beta release for Netflix Games on TV and with the launch of the lifestyle screens for Gen Z, the company worked with YouTube to make a Native Touch UX available for the app on models such as StanbyME.
LG is also strengthening innovation in the area of AI-based search and recommendations. The company plans to incorporate a voice user interface (VUI) feature into partner companies’ apps, which will let webOS users easily control and navigate third-party content services with their voice, and enable swift and seamless content discovery.
Service usability will likewise be enhanced. LG Channels 3.0, LG’s premium, free streaming service, boasts a growing selection of TV series and has a revamped UI that allows users to view more content options, including live channels and movies, on the screen, reducing the need to scroll. And thanks to the new UI, users can now easily explore what’s on other channels without having to pause or navigate away from what they’re watching.
Available in 27 countries worldwide, LG Channels currently offers over 3,000 channels and has over 50 million subscribers as of March 2023. In 2022 alone, the number of unique devices on which LG Channels was used increased by 75 percent, while viewing time rose by 57 percent and usage frequency surged to make the service one of the top-five most-accessed apps on the webOS platform.
LG is actively investing in its smart TV platform development capabilities by partnering with academic institutions in South Korea to nurture the next generation of software talent, and by reinforcing its efforts to secure top-notch software professionals all around the globe.
LG is driving change with a genuine customer-centric approach, as represented by its TV business’s Sync to You, Open to All vision. The vision expresses the company’s aim to provide personalized experiences that cater to each customer’s preferences and lifestyle, and to create products that are accessible to all.
“LG is poised to transform into a media and entertainment platform company that delivers distinctive content and services that will enhance the lives of its customers,” said Park Hyoung-sei, president of the LG Home Entertainment Company, at webOS Partner Summit 2023. “This transformation would not have been possible without LG’s decade of OLED TV leadership and the technological innovation of the webOS smart TV platform.”
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Anyone looking at getting a LG TV I would recommend look to different company. LG do not provide any good webOS TV supportBy DeBC
Anyone looking at getting a LG TV I would recommend look to different company. LG do not provide any good webOS TV support
By Jersey Jim
I am searching for a wireless outdoor camera to display on my LG TV for my wife to keep an eye on the grandkids in the yard while she's working form home. Does the camera need to support the ThinQ App on the TV? I want to use one camera but don't know what to buy. I have a wireless wifi router in the house, if that helps.
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Company Pursues New Growth Engines,
Enhancing Customer Experience at Every Contact Point
LG will innovate with a platform-based service business model that continuously generates profits, such as content and services, subscriptions and solutions, to the hardware-oriented businesses, which generate sales and profits at the time of purchase. This is part of the company’s attempt to create a business model centered on customer engagement, combining services with hundreds of millions of LG devices used by customers around the world.
To start, as of the end of this year, LG’s TV business is projected to make a great transformation based on its webOS operating system, which powers more than 200 million smart TVs around the world. In line with this, the company intends to transform its TV business portfolio into a “media and entertainment service provider” by expanding content, services and advertisement in products, including LG OLED and LG QNED TVs, which have differentiated competitiveness.
The company will invest more than KRW 1 trillion over five years to strengthen the content competitiveness and drive growth of LG Channels – an advertising-based free broadcast platform. LG Channels increased from 20 million users in 25 countries last year to 48 million users in 29 countries this year. To achieve quantitative growth, LG will expand customer contact points by increasing the supply of the webOS platform to external TV brands and expand the application of webOS to other product groups.
Household appliances are also speeding up the transformation of service-based portfolios. The goal is to further evolve LG ThinQ UP appliances that upgrade functions customers need even after purchase and evolve into a “Home as a Service” platform that combines hyper-personalization, subscriptions and smart home services. LG ThinQ will support the emerging home solutions business that encompasses the entire house by adding services that customers need in the home complementing connected devices.
The home appliance rental and care service business is also expanding to include all services necessary for spaces in the house, including product maintenance, management and cleaning. The compound annual growth rate of LG’s rental and care service sales has exceeded 30 percent over the past five years.
Accelerating the expansion of its B2B businesses, the company aims to evolve its electric vehicle (EV) business into a top electric component part provider worth more than KRW 20 trillion by more than doubling sales by 2030. Responding to trends, such as vehicle electrification and connected services, LG is actively seeking new opportunities in future mobility areas, such as autonomous driving, software solutions and content. The order backlog of LG’s Vehicle component Solutions Company is expected to reach KRW 100 trillion by the end of the year, showing the competitiveness of the business.
By 2030, LG aims to double sales for its heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) business and become a global top-tier comprehensive air conditioning company. The company also plans to discover organic strategies, such as completing mergers and acquisitions and making equity investments. The company is establishing a localized business structure that covers research and development, production, sales and maintenance of air conditioning projects in major regions such as North America and Europe. Also, LG will preemptively prepare for the future in energy service sectors, such as energy storage systems, home energy management systems and virtual power plants.
In the case of built-in home appliances, the company will expand markets in North America and Europe, which account for more than 70 percent of the global market and foster LG to become one of the top five built-in appliance brands. Commercial displays provide customized solutions for each specific customer group and secure growth momentum.
Over the past two years, considering market conditions and evolving business model strategies, the company boldly exited its mobile phone and solar panel businesses and, instead, focused resources on future high-growth areas. In the future, LG plans to accelerate future development by selecting and concentrating on new businesses that are expected to have similarly high growth potential.
The company is also continuing its strategic investment in digital healthcare, a key focus of the North American Innovation Center known as LG NOVA based in Silicon Valley, California. The scale of investment in LG NOVA is also on the rise. Among other LG NOVA-led initiatives, LG is providing remote medical treatment solutions in North America through the partnership with Amwell, a U.S. telemedicine company. In the future, the company will consider expanding its services through strategy investment to preventative and follow-up management.
LG’s EV charging business has an aim to provide an integrated solution that encompasses the control area, not just the sales of chargers. The company recently launched four products in South Korea through its affiliate company HiEV Charger and will expand markets to Europe and Asia next year. LG also plans to start building additional production bases within the year to target the North American market.
The company is also establishing a wide range of strategic collaborations in the metaverse. Mixed Reality devices are continuously being developed jointly with leading global platform companies, while the development of Augmented Reality devices is underway at the Korean Ministry of Science and ICT’s project to advance the development of AR Glass Advancement and the building of content production ecosystem. Various efforts are also being made to provide a more immersive experience on large screens, such as TVs.
Breaking Business Limitations via Full Potential Strategy
LG has been operating a company-wide task force to preemptively respond to changes in the business environment. The task force aims to not only reduce short-term costs but also promote fundamental changes in business structure and methods to maximize business potential, securing suitable profit levels and promoting sustainable growth despite prolonged economic uncertainty.
These efforts have contributed greatly to LG’s performance as well. The company’s sales and operating profit in the second quarter of 2023 were the highest ever for the second quarter. In the first half of 2023, the company recorded the second highest sales ever and the third highest operating profit. These tangible results were achieved by improving the fundamentals of the business despite the prolonged slump in global demand.
LG believes that, in order to innovate the customer experience (CX), a company needs to advance digital transformation (DX) as it is essential to have a data-based understanding of customers to reflect hidden needs – which customers may not be aware of – in products and services. In this regard, the company is making efforts to combine CX and DX to make a business model to better communicate with customers by establishing various points of contact, provide a never-before-seen CX, build organizational capabilities to research and plan differentiated CX and innovate experiences throughout the customer experience journey.
To expand customer contact points, LG will strengthen direct-to-consumer (D2C) sales through LGE.com, the company’s online brand shop, and increase operation of pop-up stores to interact with the younger generation, including Gen Z. The number of visitors of pop-up stores throughout Korea since last year adds up to 600,000.
To plan and develop new products, the company actively utilized systems internally to understand customers based on data and discover hidden needs. This includes “Lifegraphy,” a customer data analysis system, and “IC 360 (Intellytics Customer 360),” a company-wide platform that integrates and manages customer data collected from all customer contact points.
In addition, in terms of organizational capabilities, LG is defining and applying its core customer experiences to products and services through customer behavior research led by the CX Center. The company is actively making changes in customer-centric working methods, with employees voluntarily participating in campaigns to define ‘customers’ and ‘customer value.’
Spreading Change Across Organizational Culture and Brand to Business Strategy
Internally, REINVENT LG, an organizational culture innovation campaign, was put in place to change the way of working and communicating at LG. By doing this, the company hopes to reinvent the brand by having employees lead changes themselves.
Transformations have also been made to bring a dynamic and youthful look to the brand at customer contact points. Changes that redefine the brand’s core values – Uncompromising Customer Experience, Human-Centered Innovation and Warmth to Power a Smile – and add dynamism to LG’s visual identity are actively being made around the world.
Supporting the ESG vision of a Better Life for All, the company has made six core commitments: achieving carbon neutrality, circular economies, eco-conscious products, sustainable supply chains, an inclusive organizational culture, and accessible products and services.
In particular, LG plans to actively expand various activities that customers can engage in, enabling them to better relate to the company’s ESG vision and understand its meaning and significance. With ESG management not only focused on suppliers, LG’s vision also takes ESG to a new level to instill a sense of pride in consumers that they positively contributed to the environment by selecting LG’s products and services, providing an experience of increased convenience and usability.
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