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PokerStars, Full Tilt Receive Approval to Operate in New Jersey
The day American poker players have been waiting for has arrived. No, online poker isn’t legal across the entire United States and no, Sheldon Adelson didn’t get a nasty wine stain on his monogrammed Venetian bathrobe, but it’s still really good news. The New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement (DGE) has notified Amaya Gaming that PokerStars and Full Tilt are now authorized to operate in the state. Their launch will mark the first time either has been open to U.S. customers since April 2011.
The DGE has yet to publish an official press release, but in a statement, Amaya Gaming CEO David Baazov expressed his understandable happiness with the situation:
We are very pleased to add New Jersey to the long list of regulated markets that have found PokerStars and Full Tilt suitable to offer real-money online gaming. I want to thank the DGE for their thorough and fair review of our business. We look forward to bringing our popular brands, innovative technology, marketing prowess and world-class security and game integrity to the growing New Jersey online gaming market. We anticipate providing additional details of our launch plans in the near future.
The New Jersey online poker market is currently dominated by two networks: the Party Borgata network and a WSOP.com/888 partnership. According to PokerScout.com, WSOP/888 is the market leader with a seven-day average of 170 cash game players, while Party Borgata has been averaging 110 cash game players.
PokerStars is expected to make a significant dent in its competitors’ traffic whenever it launches, but the hope for all involved in the New Jersey internet gaming industry is that Stars will actually help to expand the market. Thus, even if PokerStars grabs the highest market share, a smaller share of a bigger pie would still work out well for the other operators. The idea behind the possibility of market expansion is that PokerStars brings with it a brand awareness and cachet that even the other recognizable names don’t. PokerStars could get people who have been on the fence to finally jump into the internet poker pool in New Jersey, increasing traffic at all sites. PokerStars (and Full Tilt) could also be a catalyst for increased competition, so players could benefit from better promotions and greater innovation.
In the company’s statement, Amaya Gaming provided some details as to the DGE’s “thorough” review, saying:
New Jersey gaming regulators have a long history of stringent regulatory oversight and enforcement of gaming operations. The DGE’s review of PokerStars was extremely thorough and exhaustive, including a detailed review of Amaya’s operations and technology, sworn interviews with more than 70 individuals and visits to approximately a half dozen international jurisdictions. This stringent review found PokerStars to be under strong, ethical and trusted ownership and management with Amaya, and worthy of participating in New Jersey’s regulated online gaming market.
Amaya currently has a partnership with Resorts Casino Hotel to provide online gambling to players in New Jersey. No time table has been announced yet for a pending PokerStars or Full Tilt launch.
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Schréder installs the Shuffle at its Belgian R&D Centre to recharge electric cars
A worldwide leader in outdoor lighting solutions, Schréder has played a major role in helping towns and cities convert to LED technology thanks to its state-of-the-art solutions. Today, in addition to helping its customers adopt highly-efficient energy saving lighting solutions, Schréder is supporting them in their transition to sustainable mobility. As each day passes, the electric car gains popularity, and several countries have already introduced programmes to phase out fuel-powered vehicles in the near future. Towns and cities need the necessary infrastructure to facilitate this switch to electric mobility.
Equipped with an 11 or 22kW electric vehicle (EV) charger, the multi-functional Shuffle column by Schréder proposes an intelligent solution by combining several services including light, security cameras, loudspeakers, WiFi and an EV charger in one column.
This modular solution can provide multiple services for an environment with a simple installation that takes up little space. For the EV charger, user access and billing of the energy consumed is managed by an authentication process that operates with a swipe card or a QR code reader.
To demonstrate the full potential of this multi-functional tool, Schréder has installed a series of Shuffle columns incorporating all of the different services that if offers, outside its R&D Centre in Liège, Belgium. More than 500 customers from all over the world - including architects, engineers, real estate investors and local authorities - visit the centre every year, looking for cutting-edge solutions to make their projects happen and to learn more about market trends. A visit to the R&D Centre allows them to discover the latest developments and innovations to face tomorrow’s technological challenges.
To illustrate our commitment to be Your Partner Beyond Light and highlight the Shuffle’s EV charger, Schréder has acquired electric BMW i3 cars. These eco-friendly cars will be used to transport visitors to and from the centre. Employees can also borrow them in the evening and at the weekend to test drive this new cleaner everyday form of transport. The new “Protonic Blue” colour of the Schréder i3 cars is similar to the colour of the Shuffle’s light ring when a vehicle is charging.
“We believe that new challenges should be met with an innovative and creative approach. In this respect, the association between the BMW i3, an exclusively modern electric car, and our Shuffle solution for smart cities, makes complete sense at a time when electric mobility is gaining momentum.” explains Nicolas Keutgen, Chief Innovation Officer of the Schréder Group.
BMW is, of course, delighted that Schréder chose the i3 and is pleased to see a major player in the transition of cities becoming more involved in sustainable mobility.
“BMWi has quickly become an international as well as national success story. The launch of the new BMW i3 offers an increased autonomy of up to 300km. Schréder’s approach is the realisation of a company mobility plan that is adapted to the city of the future. As for the Shuffle, it definitely offers an easy solution to facilitate the development of electric mobility” declared Jean-Philippe Parain, President and CEO of the BMW Belux Group.

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CRN has shared a new interview with Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger, and it’s an essential read for Intel fanboys who require reassurance that their company will return to the top of the CPU market after being blindsided by AMD.
Despite the tremendous success that its competitor has managed in recent years with its brilliant family of Ryzen chips, Gelsinger is hugely confident about Intel being able to take back the processing crown from AMD, going so far as to say that red team’s lead is already “over.” Much of that confidence seems to be owed to Intel’s upcoming Alder Lake and Sapphire Rapids products, which leverage substantially different architectures for what will presumably be very appreciable gains in performance.
“‘Hey, [AMD] is leading,’ that’s over,” said Gelsinger. “We are back with a very defined view of what it requires to be leadership in every dimension: leadership product, leadership [chip] packaging, leadership process, leadership software, unquestioned leadership on critical new workloads like AI, graphics, media, power-performance, enabling again the ecosystem. This is what we will be doing with aggressive actions and programs over the next couple of years.”
“We won’t dismiss [AMD] of the good work that they’ve done,” Gelsinger admitted, “but that’s over with Alder Lake and Sapphire Rapids.”
The Intel CEO goes on to state that his company is still the best when it comes to products in their category, the supply situation, software assets, and more. Gelsinger also boasted of Intel’s market share, which sits at 80 percent despite some of the company’s recent fumbles.
“We have the best product,” Gelsinger said. “We have 80 percent market share. We have the best software assets that are available in the industry. We do the best job supporting our partners and our OEMs with it. We have an incredible brand that our channel partners, customers want and trust.”
“Intel is back. These are the best products in their category. We have the best supply situation. We have the best quality software assets. The most respected, venerable technology brand in the industry.”
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As of January, security experts had already tallied more than 1.7 billion data breaches for the year. That includes Collection #1, which is being referred to as one of the largest data dumps in history.
And if you ask R. Thomas Thatcher, co-founder and president of Adversim, a cyber-security penetration testing business, those numbers show no signs of slowing down.
“At this point, it’s not a matter of if you could have a breach or be subject to ransomware,” Thatcher says. “It’s when.”
To help local business owners and IT professionals better understand current trends and risks, Thatcher will cover how to limit an attack on your business during Cyber Security 101 on March 5.
In advance of the lunchtime workshop, Inside Business caught up with Thatcher to talk about data breaches, penetration testing and more.
IB: Let’s say a business experiences a data breach. What problems could this cause?
RT: The information could be held at ransom. A hacker could say, “Pay me $20,000, or I’m going to send out your donor list, or other sensitive information that they claim to possess.” Let’s say you developed the original recipe for KFC and a competitor wants to steal it. If it happens to be on on your computer – you don’t want that to be in a situation where you lose that.
IB: What penetration testing and how can it help prevent a data breach?
RT: It’s an authorized simulated cyber attack on a computer system. We get contracted by companies to try to hack or scam our way into their networks. For example, we might do a phishing campaign to see if employees will click on a link and give away their credentials. Once our audit is completed, we provide our clients a full report and how they can make changes to improve. The object of the game isn’t to get a list of people that should be fired because they failed protocols. It’s to identify areas where people need to be educated and help limit the possibility of future attacks.
To learn more about penetration testing, save your seat today for Cyber Security 101. The event will be held from noon to 1 p.m. at the Ferris Wheel in downtown Flint.


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With a reputation for power brands and great marketing, the $400m soft drinks company has big plans - including real estate and African beach resorts.
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The company has what it calls its ‘555’ strategy – generate $500 million in revenue with five brands in five years (from 2004- to 2009). Aujan announced a growth of 24 percent in the GCC between Jan-March this year. It also announced a sustainable growth of 41 percent revenue and 24 percent volume versus 2007. According to reports, the company produces more than 300 million liters of soft drinks every year.
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The crypto business has been wobbling underneath serious volatility, India out of all of the international locations has been affected significantly. With rigorous clamping down of the virtual asset house, which additionally comprises motion by means of enforcement companies the business has simply no longer been in a position to take a breather.
New regulations, regulatory measure and the huge loss of readability involving the coverage has began to motive mind drain within the business. A number of get started ups within the blockchain and crypto business had been compelled to close their operation and migrate abroad.
Maximum firms have selected pro-crypto countries reminiscent of Dubai and Singapore to shift their base. Reviews instructed that shut 30-50 such firms have moved out of India owing to unclear regulatory measures.
Just lately the Co-founders of WazirX, which occurs to be India’s biggest crypto change moved to Dubai along side their households. Sandeep Nailwal, Polygon’s Co-founder too have migrated to Dubai over the last two years. ZebPay and CoinDCX even have moved to Singapore.
In Seek Of Extra Welcoming Management
The Indian cryptocurrency business is looking for a extra welcoming and sure authority. In case of ZebPay for example, the platform used to be answerable for processing maximum of India’s transaction, close its operations and moved to Singapore.
This used to be basically on account of the stifling atmosphere of India’s jurisdiction that it left no possibility for the corporate however to transport to another country. Reserve Financial institution Of India (RBI) had banned banks from appearing trade with virtual asset platforms from the 12 months 2018 itself.
That 12 months additionally witnessed different exchanges migrating abroad. In 2020, Polygon, a decentralised Ethereum scaling platform additionally close operations within the nation and moved to Dubai.
Most sensible control of the business within the nation are leaving on account of the regressive nature of law out there, on most sensible of which, maximum of this stays slightly unclear even until date.
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What’s Making Crypto Corporations Depart India?
India’s stance on crypto has endured to waver which has left traders, corporate homeowners in a state of continuing doubt. To begin with, the rustic had allowed the business to develop and bolster its scope however in July 2018, it began to ban regulated Indian banks from facilitating transactions. This had led to crypto firms quite a lot of bother to protected a checking account.
A 12 months later, RBI issued a round declaring that the 2018 order used to be no longer legitimate anymore indicating erratic resolution making at the executive’s aspect.
Heavy and regressive taxation has additionally been a significant fear for each traders and firms, Finance Ministry levied a 30 according to cent tax on source of revenue from cryptocurrencies.
Consistent with the tax regulations traders can’t deduct transactional value, hobby value of borrowing, and so on, whilst calculating source of revenue. Moreover, elementary source of revenue exemption restrict of Rs 2.5 lakh may be no longer acceptable on source of revenue from switch of cryptocurrencies.
Including to this, from July 1, all bills against crypto and digital virtual belongings past Rs 10,000 shall be liable to draw 1 according to cent TDS which will likely be deducted by means of exchanges. Digital virtual belongings (VDA) within the type of items shall even be subjected to taxation.
India has additionally been looking to impose a shadow ban at the business. For example, Coinbase introduced in India however the change used to be prohibited from letting customers upload cash in the course of the United Cost Interface (UPI) gadget.
Because of this, Coinbase and exchanges like CoinSwitch Kuber and WazirX may just no longer proceed with that individual serve as anymore. These kinds of problems had been contributory to the downfall of the business which is in any case resulting in the crypto mind drain.
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If Kendall Jenner decided to just take the rest of 2014 off and kick it in Calabasas until NYE, she’d still have one of the most impressive fashion careers of the year. But, with only a few days until she walks for Chanel (again), the 19-year-old has been announced as the cover star of Dazed & Confused magazine's winter read


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We in India just cannot stay away from our mobile phone. Observe what happens around while walking or driving, you often see people are using their mobile phones, even while being at the wheel! I have seen in my own circle the usage has drastically increased. It is difficult to carry out a conversation without […]
Unfortunately instead of spending time with family and friends these days people are spending more time on their smartphones while visiting restaurants.
Highlights from this interesting presentation by Benedict Evans about what changes we could see with the increase of the number of smartphones around the world, Global Population (Dec 2016): 5.5 billion people over 14 years old Number of mobile phones (Dec 2016): 5 billion Number of smartphones (Dec 2016): 2.5 billion SIM penetration is > […]
According to CyberMedia Research (CMR), 1.02 million tablets were imported for March quarter in 2015 (Q1 2014), lower than 1.2 million in December quarter in 2014 (Q4 2014). The reports says tablet shipments will not grow in India, it will only shrink. Indian and Chinese tablet makers (iBall, Karbonn, Lava) make up for 58.6% of […]
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Sanrio will make its Comic-Con International debut next week with Hello Kitty Fashion Music Wonderland, an “interactive experience” that includes a fan hub and pop-up shop at the Comic-Con Interactive Zone at San Diego’s Petco Park, the Kitty-chan Secret Space at the convention center and the release of the first Hello Kitty graphic novel.
Published in partnership by Viz Media, Hello Kitty Fashion Music Wonderland features three wordless stories based on Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, each illustrated by a different artist: Jacob Chabot, Victoria Maderna and Ian McGinty. (You can see a preview at Hero Complex.)
The fan hub at Petco Park will be hosted by Hello Kitty’s band of Lolitas, while the pop-up shop will feature event-only and limited-edition collectibles. The Kitty-chan Secret Space (booth #4537) will offer, among other items, the limited edition pink Hello Kitty flocked collector’s figure by Funko.
Read the full breakdown in the press release below:
We’ve all seen Hello Kitty grow from a quirky Japanese import into a household name, but do you remember the time its corporate owner set out to “conquer comics”? Me neither, but I learned a lot from reading comic/animation historian Fred Patten’s excellent post on Cartoon Research called “Sanrio And Me.”
In 1978, Sanrio held a series of press conferences in the United States trumpeting its goal to, as Patten says, “take over the American comic book industry and the moribund theatrical animation industry.” With an office in Santa Monica, California, the means for doing that was a slick manga anthology publication called Lyrica (which it had already launched in Japan) and a full-length animated feature called Metamorpheses, which executives promised as their Fantasia, referring to the Disney feature that had been reissued the year before. Metamorpheses had a trial run in the Japanese edition of Lyrica as a comic strip by American animation artist Dan Morgan, who did double-duty in the movie’s art department.
Warner Bros. Consumer Products and DC Entertainment have partnered with Sanrio for a new Hello Kitty line, which features the international marketing phenomenon dressed as her favorite DC Comics superheroes, such as “Wonder Woman, Superman and Batman” (although it’s obvious in the image above that those are classic Supergirl and Batgirl).
Debuting next year, the costume-clad Hello Kitty will appear on apparel, accessories and footwear, stationery, publishing, personal care, promotional products and food products. Continue Reading »
Viz Media has inked a deal with “global lifestyle brand” Sanrio to publish a series of original Hello Kitty graphic novels, as well as a special-edition comic that will debut in July at Comic-Con International.
The single-volume comic will feature a cover by Eisner-nominated artist Jacob Chabot, with interior art by Victoria Maderna, Ian McGinty and Chabot. That will be followed in the fall by the release of Here We Go!, a collection of stories about Hello Kitty’s world travels and the first volume in the main graphic novel series.
Festivals | The Angoulême International Comics Festival has opened in Angoulême, France, and that’s where all the cool kids are. Bart Beaty surveys the scene for the rest of us; the president of this year’s show is Jean-C Denis (last year it was Art Spiegelman), and there will be an exhibit of his work, but Beaty says the big draw will be the exhibit of work by Albert Uderzo, co-creator of Asterix. [The Comics Reporter]
Editorial cartoons | Rupert Murdoch has apologized, on Twitter, for an editorial cartoon by Gerald Scarfe in the Sunday Times that depicted Israeli prime minister Binyamin Netanyahu bricking Palestinians into a wall with blood-red mortar. Many commentators were concerned that the cartoon, which Scarfe intended as a commentary on the recent elections in Israel, came too close to old anti-Semitic blood libel. Making things worse, the cartoon was published on Holocaust Memorial Day. [The Guardian]
DC Comics, Disney and Sanrio have sued a California birthday party entertainment company for copyright and trademark infringement, alleging that it’s using counterfeit costumes of such well-known characters as Mickey Mouse, Winnie the Pooh, Superman, Wonder Woman and Hello Kitty.
Law 360 reports that the lawsuit, filed last week in federal court in Los Angeles, accuses Party Animals and owner Jason Lancaster of using and renting costumes resembling the companies’ characters and logos for birthday and corporate parties, in violation of copyright and trademark laws.
“[Party Animals] is actively selling, offering for sale, renting, distributing or manufacturing unlicensed and counterfeit costumes, which incorporate unauthorized likenesses of the animated or live action characters or other logos owned by plaintiffs,” the complaint said. “[The] defendants have never been authorized by the plaintiffs to distribute the plaintiffs’ copyrighted properties.”
What are they putting in the water at the Sanrio Corp? The parent company of Hello Kitty is letting its prize property wander off in some mighty odd directions: At Comic-Con International, the company mentioned a Hello Kitty/Street Fighter crossover, and now it’s Hello Kitty meets Tony Tony Chopper in a Sanrio/One Piece mashup. And that’s not all: Look for Luffy D. Monkey and the rest of the Straw Hat Pirates, who will be entering the world of Hello Kitty for some good clean Kitty fun. Apparently this involves cross-species-dressing, and the pirates will have to figure out how to make do without knees or elbows, because it’s Kitty’s world, and they are only living in it. (Actually, I think it would be much more interesting to see One Piece creator Eiichiro Oda turn Hello Kitty into one of his exaggerated, energetic characters, but that’s just a pipe dream.) Watch for a wave of pirate-infested HK merch in fine import shops everywhere this fall.
Friday was a busy day in San Diego, with a full slate of announcements capped by the Eisner Awards in the evening.
• Image Comics will resurrect the classic television show MacGyver as a five-issue miniseries written by MacGyver creator Lee David Zlotoff and Doctor Who writer Tony Lee, and illustrated by Becky Cloonan.
• Brian Wood’s newest project was announced — The Massive, about environmentalists who survive the last environmental collapse. The comic will start its run in Dark Horse Presents #8 in January.
• Vertigo Executive Editor Karen Berger confirmed that Scalped will end with issue #60.
• Marvel teased the return of the Scarlet Spider.
• DC Comics released more interior art for several of their “New 52″ titles, including Aquaman, Mister Terrific and more.
Mimoco, makers of designer USB flash drives featuring characters from Star Wars, DC Comics and other areas of pop culture, announced today several new characters for their Star Wars and Hello Kitty lines.
Joining the Star Wars line are Lando Calrissian, Han Solo with a Carbonite carrying case, Princes Leia disguised as bounty hunter Boushh and a reissue of Boba Fett. They join Bossk, Mimoco’s SDCC exclsuive. Check out the complete details in the press release after the jump, as well as more images.
The Design Scene blog points us to these inspired Hello Kitty reinterpretations by designer Joseph Senior, whose MySpace page contains versions of the popular feline made up to look like Wolverine, Batman, Dr. Manhattan, Buzz Lightyear, Robocop, countless Star Wars characters and even Ugly Betty.


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According to a new study published in the journal Nature Plants, a global beer shortage could be coming soon and it’s all because of extreme drought and heat caused by global warming.
Barley, the main ingredient in beer, is extremely sensitive to temperature and drought, and because humans have really fucked up the planet, it means the temperature is increasing which will lead to substantial decreases in barley crops. Less barley means less beer.
The study claims that depending on the severity of climate change, global barley yields could decline anywhere from 3% to 17% which could decrease global beer consumption by up to 16%. To add insult to injury, prices for beer could increase anywhere from 15% to 50%.
Dabo Guan, co-author of the study and a professor of climate change economics at University of East Anglia in Norwich, United Kingdom, says “if you don’t want that to happen — if you still want a few pints of beer — then the only way to do it is to mitigate climate change. We have to all work together to mitigate climate change.”
“There is little doubt that for millions of people around the world, the climate impacts on beer availability and price will add insult to injury,” continued Guan.
“If you still want to still have a couple of pints of beer while you watch the football, then climate change [action] is the only way out. This is the key message.”
TL;DR – If you want cheap and plentiful beer, quit fucking up the planet.


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Brazilian company Insecta is defying the stereotype that eco-friendly fashion can’t be stylish with its line of “ecosexy” vegan shoes. In addition to being completely void of animal-derived materials, the company also uses sustainable materials like recycled rubber and recycled plastic to construct its footwear.
Insecta has been around since 2014 in Brazil, but the company recently announced it will be making an expansion into the United States. In addition to its flagship stores in Porto Alegre and São Paulo, Brazil, the company is conducting an international launch with a new distribution center in April 2019. The new distribution center, located in North America, will help Insecta distribute shoes to even more customers.
The shoes are handcrafted from materials like recycled bottles, recycled cotton, recycled rubber, upcycled vintage clothing and reusable fabrics. According to the company, it has recycled more than 6,000 plastic bottles and almost 400 square meters of upcycled fabrics in the past year alone. Nothing is wasted, even when it comes to already-recycled materials. For example, the “Beetle” shoe design uses recycled plastic for its toe caps, and the cushioned insoles are made from recycled rubber and fabric scraps from the company’s own production. One dress has the ability to produce five pairs of Insecta shoes.
All of the vegan shoes are comfortable flats sized from 35 to 47 European — or sizes 4 to 14 in U.S. sizes, meaning almost everyone will be able to find a shoe in their proper size. Don’t worry if you’re unsure about European sizes, because the website offers a handy sizing table to help you pick the perfect fit. There are eight different styles to choose from, ranging from boots to sandals, and they’re all creative and stylish. There are classic, natural colors available, like beige and charcoal, but also bright prints for those looking to make more of a statement. What’s more, all of Insecta’s shoes are unisex.
Insecta strives to “pollinate the world with color and mindful awareness,” according to the website. The company believes that no living thing should be sacrificed in the name of fashion or other aesthetic purpose.
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Devices like the iPhone 15 and MacBook Air use Apple-designed chips, built by TSMC, and they're fast. Very fast, especially for mobile chips that are designed to be performant while still sipping at battery power in ways that competing chips from companies like AMD, Qualcomm, and Intel have historically been unable to manage. The transition of the Mac away from Intel chips and towards Apple's own chips has been a resounding success. But none of that would have been possible without Arm, a British company bought by SoftBank for a cool $32 billion back in 2016.
Arm is a company that quietly helps power some of the most-used devices on the planet, and it could have an important part to play in the devices that we all use moving into a new world of autonomous vehicles and other futuristic technology. It does that by designing chips and then licensing those designs out to other companies. Other licenses are for the core technology so companies can then build on that with their own ideas, much like Apple and its deal. And it's that deal that is under the spotlight right now after a new report shared previously unknown details about a deal that is incredibly good value for the iPhone maker — and terrible for Arm.
That deal sees Apple hand over less than 30 cents from every device it sells, a figure that will be a surprise to everyone — including those working for both companies. The report details how Apple's secretive nature means that the figure was previously only known by a small number of people, with sales of hundreds of millions of iPhones, Macs, iPads, and even Apple Watches raking in such a small amount of revenue from Apple that SoftBank has tried, and failed, to get the terms of the deal changed. It's easy to see why Apple might not want to do it.
5% of Arm's sales come from Apple
The report comes via The Information's Wayne Ma and Corey Weinberg and begins with SoftBank CEO Masayoshi San being incredulous about the 30-cent figure back in 2017, shortly after his company bought Arm. He probably wasn't the only one wondering why that figure was allowed to happen.
Six years later, The Information reports, things haven't gotten any better.
That 30-cent royalty rate is "the lowest royalty rate among Arm’s smartphone chip customers, traditionally its biggest group of customers by revenue," sources reportedly said. "As a result, Apple accounts for less than 5% of Arm’s sales, around half the figure for each of the chip company’s top two customers, Qualcomm and Mediatek, they said."
Amazingly, the report notes that Arm posted only $524 million in net income for the fiscal year that ended in March 2023, a figure that pales beside Apple's — in fact, it's just 1% of Apple's annual profit.
Predictably, Apple didn't want anyone to find out about its sweet deal, forcing Arm employees to refer to the company by a codename — Fender — to ensure that the deal was kept private.
No sign of a change
As you might expect, Apple is quite happy with its deal and despite Softbank's protestations. On one occasion Arm tried to change the deal only for Apple CEO Tim Cook to shut the discussions down, pointing to a contract that doesn't expire until 2028. Since then discussions have been in place, but it's unclear whether that 30-cent fee is going to increase significantly once the current deal comes to an end.
Notably, Apple is said to already be working on a plan that could see its need for Arm technology diminish, a move that could further squeeze Arm's income. It isn't just the money, either. Arm reportedly uses Apple as a poster child for its success, pointing to its chips when trying to win new business. The loss of Apple could be a bigger problem for Arm than the loss of Arm would be for Apple if and when a parting of the ways does happen.
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"Amazingly, the report notes that Arm posted only $524 million in net income for the fiscal year that ended in March 2023".Reply
Considering Arm does not actually DO anything, $500 million dollars a year is pretty sweet. They just own the patents/copyrights/whatever to the basic architecture. Apple (and other companies) do the work of designing/building actual working chips and systems.


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While PS4 owners in North America are already taking advantage of the console’s Twitch and Ustream streaming capabilities, their Xbox One counterparts will have to wait a little longer for such a feature to hit their next-gen console. Yes, native gameplay streaming will not be available on the Xbox One at launch.
Although Twitch streaming will not be available at launch, gamers will, however, be able to watch a selection of Twitch streams straight from their console. In other words, Xbox One owners can watch streams of their PS4 compatriots, but cannot join in on the fun.
As of right now, Microsoft is hopeful that gameplay streaming will become available in the first part of 2014, but they don’t have an official target date. They realize such a feature is important to gamers, and hope to deliver it soon.
Unlike the PS4, however, the Xbox One supports gameplay capture through a secondary device (El Gato, HD PVR, etc.), so there is still an option for streaming matches in Call of Duty: Ghosts or Killer Instinct. Obviously, the native streaming makes doing so much easier, but at least those “Let’s Play-ers” out there are not completely out of luck.
Speaking of missing launch-day features, it has also come to light that the Xbox One will not be able to play music from a USB stick at launch. While not as intriguing of a feature as gameplay streaming, it’s still important to know what the console can and cannot do.
@gohardgohome07 not at launch
– Albert Penello (@albertpenello) November 19, 2013
Microsoft’s Albert Penello confirmed the news on Twitter, implying that the feature is in the works. Unfortunately, he wouldn’t say when exactly gamers could expect USB support to come in. On the bright side, the Xbox One will be able to play audio CDs, which is something the PS4 cannot.
One feature that will be making the Xbox One launch is the SkyDrive connectivity for gameplay uploads and sharing. SkyDrive, for those that might not know, is Microsoft’s new cloud storage service that is directly tied to the Xbox One.
With SkyDrive, gamers will be able to upload their gameplay clips to the cloud and then do any number of things with them, from sharing the clips on social media to downloading them into editing software. So, while gamers won’t be able to stream gameplay clips, they will be able to save their Game DVR clips to SkyDrive for easy sharing. It’s important to mention, though, that the current limit for Game DVR clips is only 5 minutes, but that could increase as time goes on.
With less than three days until the launch of the Xbox One it appears that Microsoft is trying to make gamers well aware which features will and will not be available at launch. Granted, it would have been nice to know sooner rather than at “zero hour,” but that just appears to be the case with these next-gen consoles.
How much of an impact does gameplay streaming have on the Xbox One’s overall appeal? Does it affect your interest in the console? What do you think about SkyDrive? Is that something you will use?
Microsoft’s Xbox One will be available November 22, 2013.


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Search engine optimisation (SEO) service providers in the UK and the rest of the world are anticipating a tectonic change. The rise of various artificial intelligence (AI) tools is sending shockwaves to the SEO community. After ChatGPT comes a host of other AI-powered tools that are set to change the way optimising websites for search engines is done.
Diminished search engine relevance
One of the worries about AI chatbots that can provide quick answers to questions is the reduced use of search engines. SEO companies exist because of search engines. If some users ditch Google and other search engines in favour of ChatGPT or other AI chatbots, SEO businesses will have to adjust their services.
If this happens, SEO packages will likely change. Instead of mostly optimising websites for search engines, SEO companies will do more answer engine optimisation (AEO). This is a sub-field of SEO that focuses on making sure that a client’s content or product page becomes the answer used by an AI chatbot. However, the rise of AEO does not necessarily mean that SEO will lose relevance. It is unlikely for websites and the need to optimise them to become unnecessary. Nevertheless, the approaches will be tweaked to suit changing needs.
In relation to the changing SEO landscape, there is a possibility that some jobs may change, or downsizing may occur. With AI now capable of churning out keyword-optimised articles at a rapid pace, SEO writers will have to upskill to assume new roles.
This impact on SEO jobs may not materialise if search engines, Google in particular, make it a policy to reject AI-generated content. This does not appear to be the case, though, as Google announced its new stand on AI content. Previous discussions suggest that the search engine giant is against AI articles. However, Google has clarified that it will not ban AI-written content as long as it is created for people, not machines.
With AI tools now capable of doing many things proficiently, there is also the possibility that businesses will engage in DIY SEO. Instead of relying on companies to do it for them, they can use AI-powered solutions to do things on their own. There are many free tools available, and they can usually deliver decent outcomes.
However, the fear of DIY SEO killing an entire industry may be overblown. Just because free AI tools are available does not mean companies will use them and use them effectively at that. Many free powerful social media marketing tools are available today, but they have not driven social media marketing companies to extinction. Similarly, there is a long list of free DIY website building platforms, but they did not make web developers jobless.
The changes AI brings to SEO do not necessarily infer adversity. They can even serve as opportunities to evolve. The emergence of AI tools helps SEO companies work faster and smarter. They will compel companies to adapt and employees to learn new skills to handle tasks that require more critical and creative thinking. They can oversee the use of AI tools to ensure that the output stays in line with established standards. Some can shift to jobs that require more human engagement.
Artificial intelligence definitely has an impact on SEO. It is not an overreaction that SEO companies are preparing for the changes. There is a need to anticipate the disruption and keep an eye on new opportunities. Change is inevitable, and coping can be challenging. However, there is no reason to treat the growing prominence of AI as the advent of doom for SEO and other industries.


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British Vogue is making strides when it comes to inclusivity with the release of a braille edition of the magazine’s latest issue.
The publication’s editor-in-chief Edward Enninful shared that the publication’s “first” braille issue is available as of Thursday with an announcement on Instagram. “The Vogue team and I are delighted by the response to the May issue, but what the process of making it taught us is that what’s most important are tangible and lasting changes,” he wrote, noting that readers are now able “to be sent the audio file, to print a Braille file of the issue at home for free or to register your interest in receiving a physical Braille copy.”
The history-making accessibility features come with an issue focused on disability with actress Selma Blair on the cover. Other advocates in the space, including Aaron Rose Philip and Sinéad Burke, were also featured in the magazine.
British Vogue didn’t respond to Yahoo Life’s request for comment. However, Enninful penned more of his thoughts in the editor’s letter included in the issue. “Disability should feel personal to us all,” he wrote. “The time has come for us to get real about who we are as a society, and for fashion to build a better, more accessible and inclusive industry.”


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June 30, 2016 18:17 ET
OTTAWA, ONTARIO--(Marketwired - June 30, 2016) -
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Indian Groceries and Spices is recalling Nirav brand Sweet Mango Pickle and Sweet Lemon Pickle from the marketplace because they contain mustard which is not declared on the label. People with an allergy to mustard should not consume the recalled products described below.
The following products have been sold in Ontario.
What you should do
Check to see if you have recalled products in your home. Recalled products should be thrown out or returned to the store where they were purchased.
If you have an allergy to mustard, do not consume the recalled products as they may cause a serious or life-threatening reaction.
This recall was triggered by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency's (CFIA) inspection activities. The CFIA is conducting a food safety investigation, which may lead to the recall of other products. If other high-risk products are recalled, the CFIA will notify the public through updated Food Recall Warnings.
The CFIA is verifying that industry is removing recalled product from the marketplace.
There have been no reported reactions associated with the consumption of these products.
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Reuters - Retail sales could fall by 4 percent in the first quarter, a data tracking firm forecast on Monday, saying the tumultuous sales trends seen during the holiday shopping period are likely to continue.
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Retail sales could fall by 4 percent in the first quarter, a data tracking firm forecast on Monday, saying the tumultuous sales trends seen during the holiday shopping period are likely to continue.
(Reuters) - Promotions and discounts offered by U.S. retailers drove a 2.7 percent increase in holiday season sales despite a cold snap that kept shoppers away from stores, retail industry tracker ShopperTrak said.
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. holiday retail sales this year grew at the weakest pace since 2008, when the nation was in a deep recession. In 2012, the shopping season was disrupted by bad weather and consumers' rising uncertainty about the economy.
Perhaps confirming the collapse in consumer confidence we saw last week - that the market shrugged off on the back of Summers - ShopperTrak, which measures store traffic in 60,000 locations world-wide expects retail sales in November and December to rise by only 2.4%. As the WSJ reports, this will be the worst holiday season since 2009 (which last Friday's dismal +0.1% ex-Autos rise in retail sales for August supports).
Due to competition from online retailers like Amazon and dismal holiday sales at Target, J.C. Penny, Sears, Best Buy, and other major retailers, a flood of retail store closings are on the way. Moreover, that same competition also dictates a decided shift away from large stores in large malls, to smaller facilities.All things considered, expect nothing less than a massive Tsunami of Retail Store Closings and Downsizings.
By one estimate, retail sales hit $59 billion over Black Friday weekend. Or was the sales total a mere $22 billion, as another index stated? Similarly, online sales on Cyber Monday may have reached $1.46 billion or $1.98 billion, depending on which set of statistics you prefer. The most widely-cited data from the Black Friday weekend came from the National Retail Federation (NRF), which announced that “total spending reached an estimated $59.1 billion” from the period starting on Thanksgiving Thursday stretching through Sunday.
That it has been one of the most lacklustre shopping seasons in recent years has already been repeatedly covered, with average holiday spending expected to decline for the first time since the Great Financial Crisis of 2008, all this despite record promotions and an ever earlier start to Black Friday.
In a rare, back-to-back performance, retail sales in the US fell for the second month after a downward revision put December sales into the red.Blame the WeatherIn a blame the weather tactic Reuters reports Retail Demand a Bit Cooler. While the two straight months of declining sales most likely reflected frigid temperatures, there were also signs of general weakness creeping in as online sales also fell.


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DC doesn't have one master onscreen universe; they have several — and they're getting hella confusing to figure out.
There's a compelling new fan theory making the rounds that gives the new Joker a surprising — and exciting — new backstory.
DVD subscribers earn the company "hundreds of millions of dollars" each year, according to The New York Times.
What was the most viewed trailer this week? Read on to find out!
What if Zack Snyder embraced the classic, campy style associated with the superhero genre?
Last quarter the streaming service's over 60 million subscribers streamed over 10 billion hours of content.
The inept detective returns for a computer-animated series on the streaming service.
'Difficult People' focuses on two best friends living in New York whose "irreverent" behavior keeps getting them stuck in sticky situations.
'Pollock' star joins a cast that includes Anthony Hopkins, Evan Rachel Wood, and James Marsden.
Studio moves the released date of the sequel to 'Man of Steel' from May 2016 to March 25 of that year.


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Grammy Winner Julieta Venegas Comes to C.R.
Mexican singer and Grammy award winner Julieta Venegas will perform at the Palacio de los Deportes in Heredia, north of San José, Aug. 8 at 8 p.m., offering fans a taste of musical “lemon and salt.”
Venegas, considered one of the most important women in Latin American rock, will perform songs from her albums “Sí,” “Bueninvento” and “Limón y Sal” (“Lemon and Salt”), her latest. Released in 2006, the album has sold more than 700,000 copies worldwide.
“Lemon and salt are ingredients used for everything in Mexico. I believe that’s the flavor of my music and of love,”Venegas said in a statement.
Venegas began studying music at the age of 8 in her hometown of Tijuana, Mexico. Her influences include David Bowie, Suzanne Vega, Prince and Charly García.
Tickets can be bought online at www.mundoticket.com or by calling 207-2025.
Prices range from ¢13,000 to ¢20,000 ($25-38).
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Microsoft posts record loss as it writes down Nokia
By Devika Krishna Kumar
(Reuters) - Microsoft Corp (MSFT.O: Quote) reported a $3.2 billion quarterly net loss, its biggest ever, as the company wrote down its Nokia phone business and demand fell for its Windows operating system.
The company took a charge of $7.5 billion in the fourth quarter related to the restructuring of its Nokia handset business, which it bought last year. (bit.ly/1Ovkhp3)
Microsoft's shares fell 4 percent to $45.38 in extended trading on Tuesday.
Under Chief Executive Satya Nadella, the company has been shifting its focus to software and cloud services as demand for its once-popular Windows operating system slows.
Sales of Windows to computer manufacturers to install on new PCs fell 22 percent in the quarter. The company is scheduled to roll out Windows 10 on July 29, a much-awaited launch after a lackluster response to Windows 8.
Microsoft wants to generate revenue by building search and gaming into the Windows 10 interface, Chief Financial Officer Amy Hood said in April.
Bing, the company's online search engine, will be profitable in the year ending June 2016, Hood said on Tuesday.
Sales of Windows to businesses fell 21 percent from the year-earlier quarter, when demand for the operating system had surged after Microsoft discontinued support for Windows XP. Continued...


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HEATHCOTE residents are invited to Coliban Water’s community drop-in session on July 18.
The event will allow people to hear about the Heathcote Sewer Scheme Project and Coliban’s customer pricing proposals following recent community engagement for its Pricing Submission 2018.
General manager of service delivery and infrastructure Neville Pearce said the five-hour session from 2pm to 7pm at the Heathcote RSL Hall is an opportunity for residents to drop-in at any time.
“Our drop-in session creates an in-person opportunity for a conversation with our project and customer support teams,” he said.
The Heathcote Sewer Scheme Project will invest $5.8 million in expanding the local sewer network and ensure more of the community receives safe and environmentally friendly sewerage services.
“We have engaged directly with customers in the sewer scheme and this is an opportunity not only for them to chat to us further but for anyone in the community to find out about the project,” Mr Pearce said.
“The drop-in session is also an opportunity for Heathcote residents to give their feedback on Coliban Water’s Pricing Submission 2018 Community Draft.
“We have held community visits, community forums, tap water taste tests, customer surveys, stakeholder and major customer interviews and captured information from all our customer conversations to ensure what customers value is a part of our pricing submission.
“We have created a community document for customer feedback that will form a part of our final pricing submission to the Essential Services Commission (ESC), the industry regulator.
“The ESC will review our submission to ensure pricing, service levels and works programs are justified, and costs and charges are fair.”
The Pricing Submission 2018 will be lodged with the ESC by September 29, 2017 and the new pricing plan will come into effect from July 1, 2018.
For more information about the sewerage project visit http://www.coliban.com.au/site/root/projects/markovitchlane.html
For more information about the pricing submission visit http://www.coliban.com.au/site/root/customer_services/pricingsubmission.html


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A QR code will now be woven into the Banarasi sarees by hand to verify the genuineness of the Banarasi sarees.
A research team from the Department of Mechanical Engineering (Industrial Management) of the Indian Institute of Technology, Banaras Hindu University (IIT-BHU) has developed a new technology that will incorporate a QR code containing a saree, handloom mark logo, silk mark and details.
Research work was done by IIT (BHU) and Angika Cooperative Society for confidence-building measures using QR codes and logos on sarees in the handloom industry.
The researchers said that the inbuilt weaving of the logo in the saree would attest to the purity of the handmade handloom saree. This will give confidence to the customers to choose the right handloom saree and prevent misuse of handloom and its products.
Pro. Prabhas Bhardwaj said that the handloom industry of Varanasi will have to adopt a modern approach.
He said, as per the study done by our research scholar, there is a lot of potential for incorporating IT based applications in this industry. Presently, our research team will come up with QR code technology and logo weaving on saree.
The manufacturer can weave the QR code on the saree with the details of its firm and manufacture. Whenever the customer wants to know about a product, he has to use the scanner in his mobile to know about it. He will enter all the details in the QR code, such as the location of the manufacturer, date of manufacture, etc. These measures will instill confidence in the customers and increase the sales.
Research scholar M. Krishna Prasanna Naik working on the development of Banaras handloom industry said that Banaras handloom industry is facing major issues, with marketing being one of them.
According to her study, most of the customers are not aware of the difference between saree made from handloom and powerloom. Only a limited number of customers know about Handloom Mark and GI Mark.
Their study also reveals that customers are unaware that sellers provide genuine handloom marks or duplicate handloom markings with the products. Hence, he got the idea of sarees with logo and QR code.
Naik said that the perfectly designed saree has a length of 6.50 meters which includes 1 meter of blouse pieces.
After the saree part is completed, a section of 6-7 inches of plain cloth before the blouse is knitted. This patch includes the QR code and the other three logos.
Incorporating these logos in this additional fabric piece will not reduce the strength and style of the fabric and retain the look of the saree.
Amresh Kushwaha, president of Angika Cooperative Society, and Varanasi-based designer Angika have implemented this idea for the first time.
He said that due to improper use of GI marks and handloom marks, customers were not convinced about the originality of the sarees.
Therefore, we are trying to incorporate this QR code and handloom mark log in our sarees, he added. This will help our local and foreign customers to differentiate between handloom products and powerloom products.
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With the PlayStation 4 reveal just days away now, Sony are kicking up the hype with a look back at Sony’s illustriousness history in videogames.
A new video entitled “The Beginning” looks set to be the first in a run of videos about the “Evolution of PlayStation” – most likely looking at one of the companies console/handheld releases each day until February 20.
“PlayStation’s arrival to the world of gaming signaled a change in the status quo and a sign of things to come,” said Sony’s Sid Shuman on the PlayStation Blog. “The original PlayStation system emerged in 1994 in Japan as a dark horse challenger, a seemingly outgunned newcomer entering a crowded field dominated by legends of the 16-bit era.”
“PlayStation’s advanced technology and innovative controller design won raves with critics and gamers, and in 1995, the system expanded to North America, Europe, and Australia.”
“Accompanied by a powerful salvo of titles including WipEout, Crash Bandicoot, and Gran Turismo, PlayStation’s rapid rise marked the end of one era of videogames and the dawn of another. The world was never the same.”
Sony have nailed the marketing for the PlayStation Meeting so far and we just hope that, whatever happens on Wednesday next week, we’re blown away.


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FASHION designer and cancer survivor Nanette Carnachan hopes to raise much-needed funds for Cancer Council WA at the third Winter Fashion Show tomorrow.
Ms Carnachan, who has been in remission from breast cancer for 10 years, said she decided to organise the fashion show, with the Friends of Cancer Council WA after her own experience.
She said further research was the only way cancer would continue to be beaten.
“I’m doing the show to raise money for research, which is desperately needed to continue the fight against cancer,” she said.
“This cause is so important; it’s life saving. I wake up every morning and look in the mirror and I’m reminded of my breast cancer. It never really leaves you.”
Models will wear clothes from Ms Carnachan’s boutique Mid 70’s for the fashion show and guests will be joined speakers Professor Eric Moses and Doctor Samantha Bowyer.
Cancer Council WA fundraising co-ordinator Beth Watson said Ms Carnachan had been a big support for the Friends of Cancer Council WA.
“Money means progress in cancer research and we encourage people in the western suburbs to hold a fundraiser and help support research.”
Ms Carnachan was instrumental in getting the drug Herceptin available in Australia and getting it government-funded after the $60,000 drug helped save her life.
She said she hoped the fundraiser could hit a new target and raise more money for the cause.
“Every second person has been touched by cancer somehow and it’s something we need to help eradicate,” she said.
“I have a passion for fashion and we have put together a fantastic and professional fashion show, so we hope we can raise money and make a difference.”
The Winter Fashion Show 2016 will be held at Royal Perth Golf Club tomorrow from 10am to 12pm.
Tickets are $50 and include champagne and orange and morning tea.


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There's a new most expensive private home in the world.
A massive, newly built French Château in a 56-acre park near the palace of Versailles has just been purchased by an unnamed Middle Eastern buyer for €275 million (or roughly $299 million), according to Bloomberg.
Though it was built to look like a historic French monument, it's actually a new construction that was heavily inspired by 17th-century French design. The mansion, which is "several thousand square meters," was constructed by ultra-luxury developer Cogemad over three years.
The house, which is officially named Château Louis XIV, has a singular claim to fame: It meets 17th-century rules and standards for proportions and ornaments.
Inside, all manner of amenities are included, including an elevator, aquarium, cinema with reclining chairs, and a wine cellar. The French gardens flanking the property are highlighted by a gold fountain with equine figures. More, including a figure of C3PO, can seen in a video by Cogemad advertising the home.
The sale was brokered by Christie's International Realty in a private transaction.


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Coronavirus: Barking MP slams ‘cruel’ price hikes by businesses
PUBLISHED: 07:00 02 April 2020
Businesses that have hiked the price of items such as toilet roll and hand sanitisers have been branded “selfish and exploitative” by Barking’s MP.
Dame Margaret Hodge said she is prepared to “name and shame” companies who have been engaging in the practice.
While most companies have been operating fairly during the coronavirus crisis, there have been reports of some businesses putting up the price of certain items, especially cleaning products and long life food.
Dame Margaret said: “Constituents have been getting in touch with me about a small number of local businesses that have allegedly been scamming customers during the current Covid emergency.
“These businesses have apparently chosen to dramatically hike prices for items that are now in high demand, such as face masks and antibacterial gel.
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“This is a cruel trick that will impact the most vulnerable in our community, particularly the elderly and those with underlying health conditions.”
She added: “I am writing to all businesses who face these allegations, giving them the opportunity to refute them.
“But if I am unsatisfied with their response then I will be publicly naming and shaming them.”
The politician said that she had been pleased to see many businesses work alongside faith and community groups to support people across Barking and Dagenham during the pandemic.
She added: “That’s why I am determined we quickly put a stop to the small minority of businesses who are choosing to exploit others for their own gain rather than support our community during these trying times.”
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Try to remember the last time you read privacy settings before installing an app, or signing up to a network, a website… and you can’t, right? Well, who does that anyway? Who even has time to read pages and pages of Terms and Conditions AKA the paper that nobody reads? Well, we should.
Whether free or paid, and regardless of the platform, there is no difference, the apps equally spy on us.
An online app risk management company, Appthority, released a new study providing information on potential security risks and threats after analysing the top 400 free and paid iOS and Android apps, and the problem is? Data sharing, as we could suspect. What is at stake? Loss of privacy and security breaches, as we could also suspect. The study, however, reported that paid iOS apps collect more data and share more information with third-party apps than Android apps, though, free apps from both platforms are the most risky. This is what they have found out:
Apps that track user location:
- 82 percent of the top Android free apps and 49 percent of the top Android paid apps
- 50 percent of the top iOS free apps and 24 percent of the top iOS paid apps
Apps that access user address books:
- 30 percent of the top Android free apps and 14 percent of the top Android paid apps
- 26 percent of the top iOS free apps and 8 percent of the top iOS paid apps
Apps that access IMEI/UDIDs:
- 88 percent of the top Android free apps and 65 percent of the top Android paid apps
- 57 percent of the top iOS free apps and 28 percent of the top iOS paid apps
Apps that share user data with social networking sites:
- 73% of the top Android free apps and 43% of the top Android paid apps
- 61% of the top iOS free apps and 53% of the top iOS paid apps
Apps that share user and app data with 3rd party crash reporting:
- 56% of the top Android free apps and 29% of the top Android paid apps
- 48% of the top iOS free apps and 44% of the top iOS paid apps
When it comes to other paid apps, more information is below:
It is obvious why app tracking is valuable, as well as accessing a user’s address book and sharing with social networking sites. When it comes to accessing IMEIs and UDIDs, the concern is even greater; with a unique device identifier, developers can track and watch user behaviour across multiple apps (even if they are using different usernames and passwords) and use those data for third-party advertising and analytics. Apple’s rule of prohibiting developers from using UDIDs to track users is only applied on devices that are running the latest version of iOS. Google also has the rule, and for what?
Still, even though this study doesn’t bring anything new to the table when it comes to general spying, security risks and privacy breaching, the question is: why are we still willing to share our information so easily? Moreover, is there such a thing as a free app today?
Turning Limit Ad Tracking on iOS devices will not spare you from being tracked, but apps are not allowed to do that, supposedly, otherwise they are at risk of being out of the Apple store. Google and Apple agree that this breach of privacy is not acceptable, but it doesn’t seem every developer respects the rules and guidelines. The developers who do can also be targets of hackers’ attacks if not careful enough about the data they have.
And, who are the developers according to the study?
Are you still not sure how much information you share? We use social media to log in into other websites all the time, and if you wish to know more about the data you share, try Social Profile Navigator, a new tool created by Janrain. Once you choose a network or a website, you will be presented with a nodal map of the data you share, and try not to stay shocked, long (certainly delete the app after using it).
If you are sceptic, let me just summarize what Facebook gives: everything. Twitter and Google+ are exposing less data (surprised? I was).
A person’s whole life is on a phone today. The wisest thing would be to create a new username and password next time you log in. And to start reading Terms and Conditions. If you do not protect your data, no service will.


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Posted December. 11, 2008 03:05,
The World Bank has predicted that the Korean economy will grow two percent next year, higher than the outlook for the global economy of 0.9 percent.
In a report released Tuesday, the bank said GDP growth of developing nations will slow from 6.3 percent this year to 4.5 percent next year, and that of advanced economies will fall from 1.3 percent to minus 0.1 percent.
In sum, the global economy will see growth fall from 2.5 to 0.9 percent over the same period.
The report said the United States will see growth of minus 0.5 percent next year, the 15-country euro zone minus 0.6 percent, and Japan minus 0.1 percent. Chinas growth is expected to decrease from 11.9 percent this year to 9.4 percent the next, and Indias will drop from nine percent to 6.3 percent.
In an additional report on East Asias economy, the World Bank said Koreas growth will fall from 3.9 percent this year to two percent in 2009.
Comparing Koreas major economic indicators in 1996 and last year, the bank said the amount of foreign exchange reserves soared dramatically but the share of short-term debt in GDP did not noticeably improve. It also predicted global trade volume, which has grown 6.2 percent this year, will fall 2.1 percent next year for its first decline since 1982.
International oil prices are expected to drop more than 30 percent from 101.2 U.S. dollars per barrel this year to 74.5 dollars the next. The global economic situation will improve in 2010, however, when the world economy is forecast to grow three percent and trade volume six percent. For the year, the Korean economy will grow an estimated 3.8 percent.
The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development also forecast U.S. growth of minus 0.9 percent next year, but predicted a rebound of 1.6 percent for 2010.
Japans Kyodo News said yesterday that Tokyo is considering lowering its GDP growth outlook for its next fiscal year (April 2009 March 2010) to zero percent.


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New Orleans Wal-Mart evacuated on armed robbery report
Published 12:23 pm, Saturday, August 15, 2015
A SWAT team was on the scene of the Wal-Mart Supercenter in the city’s Gentilly neighborhood. The evacuation was reported shortly before 7 a.m. Saturday, less than an hour after the store’s opening time.
New Orleans Police spokesman Garry Flot (flote) said police were searching to determine whether a suspect was still in the store.
Flot said there were no reports of shots being fired or injuries.
The store opened a year ago in a once-blighted area that was badly flooded when Hurricane Katrina hit in 2005. It covers about 118,000 square feet.


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… seeking to ride the plant-based wave of public interest is NextFerm, a Yokne’am Illit-headquartered industrial company specializing in fermentation-derived nutrients… NextFerm aims to shake up the fake meat market with proteins isolated from optimized strains of non-GMO yeast…
Israeli firm turns to yeast to revolutionize the fake meat market
“Very few people are talking about the biological benefits of the protein..." NextFerm founder Boaz Noy says.
By Eytan Halon, Jerusalem Post
September 5, 2019
Driven by concerns over climate change and growing carnivorous interest in healthier sources of protein, plant-derived meat substitutes are soaring in popularity.
In recent months, pea protein-based faux meat producer Beyond Meat has made headlines courtesy of its meteoric rise on the Nasdaq stock market. Rival company Impossible Foods, the developer of soy protein-based substitutes, is reportedly considering going public too.
Now seeking to ride the plant-based wave of public interest is NextFerm, a Yokne’am Illit-headquartered industrial company specializing in fermentation-derived nutrients.
Aspiring to lead the world of nutrition through a combination of fermentation experience and science, NextFerm aims to shake up the fake meat market with proteins isolated from optimized strains of non-GMO yeast.
Founded in 2013 by former executives at specialty nutrition company Enzymotec, NextFerm has already used its novel fermentation techniques to produce yeast with increased resistance to freeze-thaw cycles, antioxidant dietary supplements and a new yeast strain for the production of ethanol from corn.
NextFerm founders Boaz Noy and Tzafra Cohen, both passionate about nutrition, are now targeting the plant-based protein market.
“We understood that everyone is working on the textures of meat substitutes, trying to make it more similar to beef and share the same taste,” said Noy, who serves as chief executive of the company.
“Very few people are talking about the biological benefits of the protein and what it aims to do: to build muscles and prevent muscle degeneration among the aging population.”
While other vegan proteins are lacking sufficient amounts of leucines, Noy says, NextFerm is developing novel yeast-derived proteins that are rich in the essential amino acid, and could even offer higher levels of leucine than whey protein.
Noy is cautiously optimistic that leucine levels could even exceed those in animal-derived sources.
“All of the indications are that the market for vegan protein will grow, and there are already successful stories, like Beyond Meat,” said Cohen, senior vice president R&D and business development at NextFerm.
“They are approaching the taste and the structure, but our focus is on the nutritional value. Protein comprises amino acids, some are essential that our body can produce. Out of these essentials, leucine is specifically related to muscle mass,” she said.
Responding to concerns voiced over the consumption of too many soy-based products, Cohen emphasized that the yeast-derived protein isolate has no hormones and no allergens.
Planning to soon commence clinical trials, the company aims to initially market its proteins to early adopters in the sports nutrition sector, but a primary target is the adult and elderly population, which suffers from increasing muscle mass deterioration...


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“Owning a business in America is the best place to become a ‘somebody,'” said Thakkar, who came to the U.S. from India to attend graduate school at Kent State University, Ohio, in 1981. He received a Ph.D. in chemistry in 1985 and became an American citizen in 1991.
Greece has formally named Trikala city, to be the country’s first municipality with 5G wireless technology.
A Startup Weekend dedicated in taking the Entrepreneurship Journey in Innovating the Audio and Radio Creative Business and Storytelling will take place from April 27-20 at Impact Hub Athens.
Elon Musk’s Tesla, the US giant specializing in electric cars, energy storage and solar panel manufacturing has reportedly set up Tesla Greece, which would lead to the establishment of a R&D center in Athens.
At the dawn of 2018, Robert Dilts, internationally known for having modeled world-class game changers like St. Jobs, E. Musk and J. Bezos, will visit Athens Greece, as his first world-round stop, to present for the first time, his famous Success Factor Modeling SFM™ at a 2-day event
Greek astrophysicist Vicky Kalogera has been awarded the 2018 Dannie Heineman Prize for Astrophysics for her groundbreaking work studying compact objects — including black holes, neutron stars and white dwarfs — in astrophysical systems.
While there are no widely accepted estimates of the total number of podcasts available, Apple — the largest distributor — reports that more than a billion people have downloaded the 250,000 titles (in eight languages) it offers.


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HDNet founder says Hollywood unlikely to allow Netflix to offer films on the cheap when the cable companies are willing to pay billions for the privilege.
CNET's Rich DeMuro sits down with billionaire entrepreneur Mark Cuban, owner of the Dallas Mavericks and founder of HDNet, to talk tech.
Glaskowsky analyzes the engineering claims made against Boeing's 787 on the HDNet TV series "Dan Rather Reports."
With over 400 films in his library, the leading B-movie maker has a plethora to offer subscribers who pay $4 a month. Among the treats? Jack Nicholson's earliest appearances.
YouTube's new subscription service lets content makers charge viewers to access their shows. The program is just a pilot for now.
The billionaire entrepreneur gets behind the maker of smart-TV technology that mixes social networking with television content.
Was it a glitch or a mischievous prankster who pulled the fire alarm during the South by Southwest Interactive Festival? Or maybe a sign that it's happy hour?
Newest reason to buy an HDTV
Video technology combines footage from different cameras to allow people to see the same event from multiple angles.


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Company Overview of Nestle Nigeria PLC
Nestle Nigeria PLC manufactures, markets, and distributes food products in Nigeria. It operates through two segments, Food and Beverages. The company offers infant formula under the Nestlé NAN and Nestlé LACTOGEN brands; infant cereals under the Nestlé NUTREND and Nestlé CERELAC brands names; family cereals under the Nestlé GOLDEN MORN brand; beverage drinks under the Nestlé MILO brand; confectionery under the Nestlé CHOCOMILO brand; and bouillon under the MAGGI Cube, MAGGI Chicken, MAGGI Crayfish, and MAGGI Mix’py brands. It also provides table water under the Nestlé PURE LIFE brand; coffee under the NESCAFÉ CLASSIC and NESCAFÉ 3-in-1 brands; and full cream milk product under the Nestlé NID...
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Nestle Nigeria PLC Announces Earnings for the Financial Year Ended December 31, 2012
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Nestle Nigeria PLC announced earnings for the financial year ended December 31, 2012. For the period the company recorded a turnover of NGN 116.7 billion in 2012, showing an increase of 19% above the NGN 97.9 billion in 2011. Profit after tax rose by 28% from NGN 16.49 billion to NGN 21.13 billion.
Nestle Nigeria PLC Approves Dividend for the Financial Year Ended December 31, 2012
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Nestle Nigeria PLC announced that the shareholders of the company approved the dividend of NGN 18.50 per share declared for the financial year ended December 31, 2012. Directors of Nestle had recommended an interim dividend of NGN 1.50 per share, which had already been paid before the final dividend of NGN 18.50, bringing the total dividend for the year to NGN 20 per share.
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If you’re not reaching, engaging, and monetizing customers on mobile, you’re likely losing them to someone else. Register now for the 8th annual MobileBeat
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Samsung may be spending all of its CES stage time talking about televisions and refrigerators, but it’s the company’s smartphone sales that are really driving its profits.
Samsung made $8.3 billion in profit last quarter according to its latest earnings guidance.
Fueling those gains, of course, are sales of the Galaxy S III, which overtook the iPhone as the world’s best-selling smartphone in November. Samsung sold close to 500 phones per minute last quarter. That’s 30,000 phones per hour.
But while the Galaxy S III is a top-seller, at the core of Samsung’s success were the dozens of other devices it offered. Samsung released 37 phones last year, as Reuters points out, most of which it tailored to specific demographics and price points. Compare that to the nine devices Nokia released and the one from Apple and it should be clear why Samsung is at the top of the Android pile.
It’s also tough not to compare these numbers to rival HTC, which reported its own, awful earnings on Monday. HTC’s decimated profits show that it has a lot to learn from its fellow smartphone maker. Lesson one? Make lots and lots of phones, and market them to death.
Samsung plans to release its full earnings on Jan. 25.
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At A Million Ads we are constantly evolving and improving what we do. As part of that, we take our privacy and compliance obligations very seriously. As a tech company in the advertising space we have a responsibility to ensure that our technology and business processes are developed and constantly reviewed with privacy in mind.
Our industry is under the microscope of privacy regulators and it’s a complex industry, with lots of different participants, and lots of personal data involved. GDPR coming into force was just the start, but clearly industry practice is going to change at a fast pace in the near future. Here’s our take on the latest developments and plans for the future.
What’s the latest?
The ICO (the body governing data protection within the UK) recently published a report on the adtech industry and made some clear statements about consent of the data subject and processing of personal data. The ICO recognised the benefit of the industry as a whole to both technological innovation and the economy, and wants to work with adtech businesses on an ongoing basis in order to raise the bar in privacy compliance.
IAB has since published an updated version of its Transparency and Consent Framework to standardise how businesses within the adtech space operate. There has yet to be any comment on this version from the ICO, but Google has committed to signing up, which could instigate a rush to join the TCF in the new year.
What does this mean for the industry?
The path forward is not set in stone and we anticipate further material and guidance coming from the ICO, including potential comment on the TCF 2.0. There should be further clarity should Google follow through on its commitment to join the TCF 2.0 and the immediate effect this has on the industry.
What is relatively certain is that an industry-wide move towards implementing mechanisms for gaining clear, affirmative consent from users before their personal data enters the adtech stack appears likely. For a long time, businesses sitting within the adtech stack have predominantly been relying on “legitimate interest” to process personal data, and now the ICO has suggested a move towards active consent could be more appropriate.
Isn’t that practically impossible?
It is impractical for the many businesses within the adtech stack to obtain direct consent from the consumer receiving advertising. However, the ICO has acknowledged this, and emphasised that the shift needs to be industry-wide, rather than dependent upon on any one entity acting within it.
Nonetheless, regulators and data subjects require more transparency over how their data is being used. The ICO has been critical of businesses relying on legitimate interests as a “get out clause”, without carrying out the appropriate balancing test where data subjects’ rights and freedoms are considered.
What is A Million Ads doing?
At A Million Ads we are keeping tabs on all developments within the industry, and are regularly reviewing our own practices with our legal team.
We engage with participants at all levels of the advertising stack to ensure that we are at the forefront of privacy compliance, and provide complete transparency to our data subjects.
We will continue to monitor regulatory developments as they arise and work with our partners and legal team to ensure we stay ahead of the curve. We think this is an exciting time for the industry, and we can only benefit from engaging and evolving with it.


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Silverfish has today announced that it has acquired the rights to distribute Backcountry Research goods in the UK and Eire from January, 2018.
The Montana-based accessories brand has shot to fame for its pack-free carry solutions, most notably its straps for carrying spare tubes and co2 inflation goods, among other items.
Products such as the Backcountry Research Mutherload have helped riders like Yeti’s Richie Rude hit the top step at EWS races around the globe, all while securely and discreetly carrying inner tubes, CO2 canisters, tyre levers and tools in some of the most testing environments.
Available in road and MTB versions, Backcountry Research’s innovative accessories are all designed to carry the essentials for everything from race day repairs to backcountry excursions.
The Backcountry Research range is ready to view on the Silverfish-uk.com website and dealers can pre-order now for delivery in January.


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In the four years since the U.S. Supreme Court's monumental decision in Federal Trade Commission v. Actavis, pay-for-delay lawsuits have been on the cutting edge of antitrust law, but attorneys who work in the area say there are signs that the litigation is waning as pharmaceutical companies turn away from reverse payment settlements and drug buyers mull over adverse rulings.
Less than two weeks after British Airways announced that it was under investigation for alleged price-fixing, a slew of class action lawsuits has already hit the major carrier, as well as other airlines.
More U.S. companies are slipping arbitration clauses into their business contracts, but the putative class action against shipping company Stolt-Nielsen S.A. challenges the common assumption that arbitration is an appropriate and less costly venue for resolving antitrust disputes.
Taking the next step toward revamping its competition rules, China said this week it will create a special panel of government officials, legal experts and economists in a bid to enforce a proposed anti-monopoly law that is slated for passage in the near future.
Having worked hard in recent years to establish itself as one of the top antitrust practices, international law firm Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer is now looking to a new pair of lawyers to help build upon that success.
In a move that could open the floodgates for controversial patent settlement deals between brand-name and generic drug companies, the nation’s highest court Monday turned down the U.S. Federal Trade Commission’s appeal in the closely watched Schering-Plough case.
By deciding to weigh in on a timber buying dispute, the U.S. Supreme Court Monday signaled it’s willing to determine whether it is an antitrust violation for companies to buy materials at inflated prices with the intent of eliminating competition.
The U.S. Supreme Court agreed on Monday to hear an appeal by U.S. telecommunications giants on a motion to dismiss a class action lawsuit against them that alleges antitrust violations.
The U.S. Department of Justice has issued subpoenas to four orthopedic device makers over possible antitrust violations, a development that sent stock prices tumbling across the orthopedic industry as investors mulled the prospect of upheaval in the multi-billion dollar market.
As low-fare airlines jockey for a piece of the European market, rumors of alleged price-fixing continue to plague an industry where the threat of increased competition might have led to illegal cartel behavior.
In a case that could influence how the U.S. Federal Trade Commission rules on future settlement agreements over generic drugs, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Sanofi-Aventis and Apotex have altered their settlement over the blockbuster blood thinner Plavix.
European Competition Commissioner Neelie Kroes announced reforms Friday to the European Union’s policies on state aid aimed at fostering innovation. Kroes said she hoped the reforms would be implemented by the end of 2006.
An offhand comment by European Commission honcho Neelie Kroes has suddenly put Europe’s telecommunications giants on notice, raising fears that a sweeping antitrust investigation of the industry is in the works.
The U.S. Department of Justice is seeking to hold the American Bar Association in civil contempt for allegedly violating provisions of a 1996 antitrust consent decree over its involvement in law school accreditation.
Two of the nation’s largest funeral home operators have asked the Federal Trade Commission for a consent decree on a proposed merger that has raised stiff objections from industry professionals.
In a significant compromise, French lawmakers voted on Thursday in favor of a copyright law that would force companies to make their music players compatible with similar products, but not force them to share copy-protection formats with rivals.
When Axinn, Veltrop & Harkrider LLP partner Lauren Albert began practicing antitrust law in 1988, her female colleagues in the field were scarce, but she was lucky to have the guidance of several invaluable mentors. Nearly two decades later, she hopes to provide that camaraderie to women in similar shoes by spearheading a coalition of female antitrust attorneys in New York City.
Already under the competition microscope for its air cargo activities, British Airways PLC is now facing a new probe into whether the carrier colluded to fix passenger fare increases industrywide.
With a generic version of cholesterol drug Zocor hitting shelves Thursday, an offer by Merck & Co. to provide the drug for below the generic price has some accusing the pharmaceutical company of predatory pricing.
Advanced Micro Devices Inc. fired off the latest salvo in its antitrust battle with Intel Corp., serving subpoenas on 32 third parties, including Wal-Mart, Staples, Toys-R-Us and Costco.
Within the next few weeks, regulators expect to complete their review of Adelphia Communications Corp.’s plan to sell its assets to Time Warner Inc. and Comcast Corp., bringing the company one step closer to the end of a long stay in Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.


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KMART COST CUTTING 'AHEAD' OF PLAN; MORE CLOSINGS EYED
NEW YORK--Kmart Corp. said Thursday its cost-cutting effort is running "ahead of schedule" and it will consider additional store closings and staff reductions this year to meet its goal. The discounter said an internal task force, which is charged with eliminating $600 million to $800 million in expenses by 1996, already has identified $475 million of "direct expense savings" that it will implement this year. Additionally, Kmart has formed a Merchandising Flow Task Force to "build on the progress" of its cost-cutting group. The new task force will focus on keeping high-velocity consumable items in stock at all times. Ronald J. Floto, executive vice president, Super Kmart Centers, heads the new merchandising-flow group. Kmart said Floto's "broad experience in the high-turnover grocery industry" makes him the ideal executive for this position. On the cost-cutting moves, Marvin P. Rich, executive vice president, strategic planning, finance and administration, said in an interview, "We're way ahead of schedule. We've absolutely booked $475 million in our 1995 plan. It's a done deal." Rich, who joined Kmart last year, heads up the retailer's internal Productivity Improvement Task Force, which is overseeing the cost-cutting effort. Asked if the $125 million to $325 million of expenses that remain to be cut would include more store closings or staff reductions, Rich said, "Potentially both." He declined to comment on the number of stores Kmart might consider closing, but he said all stores are analyzed on a monthly basis to see if they are profitable or not. In terms of staff reductions, Kmart previously has said it expects to trim at least 750 more management positions as part of a plan to cut 10 percent of its management work force over the next two years. In addition to store closings and layoffs, "lots of other areas" are being considered in Kmart's cost-cutting effort, Rich said. Outsourcing of certain functions, such as housekeeping, also provides an opportunity to reduce expenses, he said. Rich said the task force has "nailed the numbers and nailed the decisions of what we're going to do" for other cost-cutting projects, but it's a matter of notifying the people affected by the changes. "We're not ready to make a public announcement until we get all of our ducks in a row," he said. In September, as reported, Kmart said it would close 110 underperforming stores and lay off more than 8,000 employees as the initial steps in its effort to reduce costs. Those store closings will begin later this month and conclude in mid-February. Kmart is attempting to turn around its 2,350-store discount division, which has been hurt by competitive pressure in the mass-market retail sector. The company's earnings have slipped for seven consecutive quarters. In December, Kmart eliminated 900 full-time positions, primarily at its Troy, Mich., headquarters, and began merging the administrative offices at its North Bergen, N.J., fashion office with their counterparts in Troy as a means of reducing expenses. Kmart also has closed 250 "underperforming or unprofitable" restaurants or delis located in its discount stores, a spokeswoman said. She declined to specify the savings generated by the various projects, but said the savings are included in the $475 million expense reduction already disclosed.
“Azzedine has been one of the biggest influences in my life. He has always been such a strong, loving, fatherly figure to me. I call him Papa. His designs are indescribably unique, they are pieces of art. He knew how to make the female form look its loveliest. I have so many memories of him; my favorite might be during my first show with him in Paris. He liked me and he wanted to help me get more work. He called all his friends at Kenzo and Comme des Garcons, and asked them to book me. They said, ‘But she can’t walk!’ And he said, ‘but she has such a great ass!' His friendship and support has been the great privilege of my career. I can't imagine life without him. Repose en paix mon Papa.” - @stephanieseymour tells @wwd. #wwdfashion (📷: @steveeichner) #alaia #azzedinealaia
Azzedine Alaïa, flanked by two of his closest friends, models Stephanie Seymour and Naomi Campbell.
He designed Seymour’s dress for her 1995 wedding to Peter Brant, and treated Campbell (who famously called him Papa), like a daughter. For more on the legendary designer, tap the link in bio. #wwdfashion #alaia #azzedinealaia
Azzedine Alaïa's “I-did-it-my-way” ethos stood out starkly at a time when brands are experimenting with consumer-facing fashion shows, coed formats and trans-seasonal collections – anything to perk up lackluster sales of ready-to-wear in an age of Insta-everything. “It’s not creation anymore. This becomes a purely industrial approach,” the late designer told WWD in an interview last year. “But anyway, the rhythm of collections is so stupid. It’s unsustainable. There are too many collections.” Read more about the iconic designer’s life and work on wwd.com, link in bio. #wwdfashion #azzedinealaia (📷: @WWD Archive, 1986) #alaia
Sneaker reselling app @goat’s latest exhibit, "The Greatest: New York," tells the story of New York's sneaker culture. To celebrate the exhibit, an intimate crowd gathered on Thursday night at the pop-up gallery space, located at Platform in Culver City, to hear guest speaker and illustrator @esymai talk about her own rise in streetwear and women in the business. "For me I'm just someone who is creative. I like to create things," said Chang. #wwdfashion
Azzedine Alaïa, one of the most iconic couturiers of the modern era whose body-con designs defined Eighties fashion, has died in Paris. The diminutive Tunisian-born designer, known for his structured knitted dresses with fitted waists and impeccably cut, figure-hugging second skin silhouettes was deeply admired by his peers, and counted supermodel Naomi Campbell - his adoptive daughter - among his inner circle, one of a gang of glamazons including Farida Khelfa, Carla Bruni and Stephanie Seymour who became ambassadors of his style. (📷: Alexandre Guirkinger) #wwdblast


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Virtual Property Sale Record Broken
$335,000 purchase in Entropia Universe breaks record for largest-ever transaction.
EntropiaPlanets, a fansite dedicated to the world of MMOG Entropia Universe, reports that one of the games’ users, Jon Jacobs, has sold a number of in-game properties to another user, John Foma Kalun.
Entropia Universe allows users to convert real world finances to a virtual currency, offering a fixed exchange rate for users who choose to cash-out and convert their virtual currency back. Entropia’s in-game properties, therefore, have a real cash value.
Jacobs, who goes by the in-game name of Neverdie, has made a number of high-profile transactions over the past few years, from the $25,000 sale of his in-game items, to his purchase of a virtual asteroid for $100,000. The purchase of the asteroid, in 2005, was believed to be the most expensive virtual item sale in history. That record was broken by the 2009 sale of the Crystal Palace Space Station for $330,000.
The recent sale, confirmed by Jacobs to the fansite, amounts to a value of $335,000. Jacobs sold a number of bio domes, a mall, stadium and a club to Kalun.


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Cheers! Sante! Whichever, whatever way, this international symbol of respect is usually a sure-fire way to witness smiles, glassy eyes or a combination of the two. Most of us will recall atmospheres of clinking glasses, mugs, or plastic cups of fragrant liquid, oozing vapour of cheer and alcohol as warm, well meaning, salutation. Sometimes, on such occasions, the salutations can linger longer as conversations flow and sometimes on such occasions, behaviour goes beyond good greetings, but it would seem that using alcohol might be an excuse but not the reason.
Figures are revealing a fall in alcohol consumption over the past few years. Mintel’s Senior Drinks Analyst, a job description that if in Events Organising sounds pure bliss, showed that consumer spending fell by 9% in 2009, which seems to be shadowing economic patterns. The report noted the VAT increase and above-inflation excise duty increase planned for 2011 would raise the cost of most alcohol by as much as 8%.
Debt Hangover was termed alongside the accumulation of debt for `households, financial and non-financial companies and sovereign states’ as well as `the financial system’, earlier in the year and the economic term Debt Overhang might become a buzzword for smaller businesses as debt servicing costs reduce disposable income of the borrower and becomes a constraint……. Which could drive anyone to drink…. So to assist your choice the top 5 drinks currently on the shopping list for Brits are :
- Champagne / Sparkling Wine
Should these sell out, there’s plenty of other choice!
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Paychex (NASDAQ: PAYX) reported fourth quarter 2020 earnings results. Adjusted earnings of $0.61 per share and revenue of $915.1 million decreased year-over-year. However, the company’s bottom and top-line results surpassed market’s view.
For FY21, Paychex expects adjusted EPS to decline in the range of 6% to 10% and revenue to decline in the range of 2% to 5%.
Paychex stock, which decreased 9% so far this year, inched up immediately after the earnings announcement and then declined about 1% in the before market trading hours.
Bringing fresh optimism to the virus-hit market, U.S jobless claims for the week ended October 17 slipped to the lowest level since the onset of the pandemic, in a sign
Shares of Southwest Airlines Co. (NYSE: LUV) were up over 2% in afternoon hours on Friday. The stock has gained 35% over the past three months. The company reported better-than-expected
The biggest stimulus package of all time, which was meant to boost consumption has actually led to more deposits, inflating the size of banks’ balance sheets. A working paper shows