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The tough struggle for a stake in the Chinese state-owned company Cosco in the port of Hamburg has triggered a discussion about potential dependencies in the past few days. But the port of the Hanseatic city is not the only place that Cosco has had his sights set on for a long time. Due to China's efforts to build a "new Silk Road", Germany's largest inland port in Duisburg is particularly interesting for Cosco. A new container terminal is currently being built at "Duisport", originally with the participation of the Chinese state shipping company. But now there is a turnaround: As the port company confirmed to WDR on request, the Chinese state-owned company has sold its shares in the Port of Duisburg. The "Rheinische Post" had first reported on the withdrawal.
The discussion about Cosco's participation in the Port of Duisburg shows parallels to the current debate about the stake in the Port of Hamburg. In Duisburg, too, some experts warned against excessive dependencies on China. Nevertheless, agreement was reached at the beginning of the year to build a container terminal at the Port of Duisburg. Almost 235,000 square meters, cost: 100 million euros. The project was to become the largest port terminal in inland Europe.
Cosco had a 30 percent stake in this project. However, since the Russian attack on Ukraine and China's repeated threats towards Taiwan, the mood has apparently changed. According to "RP", the Duisburg port company took over the shares of Cosco in June - long before the discussion about the participation in the port of Hamburg even arose.
Duisburg is an important hub for China in the "New Silk Road" project, which is intended to expand international trade with China. As "tagesschau.de" reports, China also plays a crucial role for the Port of Duisburg. According to this, 30 trains per week are currently coming to Duisburg to be transshipped here.
The port said it wanted to continue this cooperation "on an equal footing" and emphasized that it was working with numerous international partners without becoming dependent.
Sources: "Rheinische Post", "tagesschau.de"

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Tiens Group Sticks to Development Belief of “Embracing the World and Serving the World”
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TIANJIN, China--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Tiens Group, which has always been committed to becoming a leader of global comprehensive health industry, held a “26th Anniversary Carnival” celebration on October 16, 2021, which once again conveyed Tiens’s development belief of “Embracing the World and Serving the World” to global partners and people around the world who are concerned about development of the comprehensive health industry.
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Tiens Group Sticks to Development Belief of “Embracing the World and Serving the World” (Photo: Business Wire)
Tiens has built a global network step by step through 26 years of hard work, from single product to diversified product structure, to comprehensive health services, and then to innovative and integrated development of multiple industrial engagers. It has continuously exported health products and delivered the concept of healthy life to more than 47 million families now around the world, and has been widely recognized in improving healthy immunity of majority of audiences.
Mr. Li Jinyuan, Chairman of Tiens, a global enterprise under influence of the global pandemic, was not astonished and got fully prepared for difficulties. He led the enterprise to quickly build Tiens global cross-border social member e-commerce platform through innovative new models and mechanisms, adapting to global complex economic environment, and realizing “Buy, Sell and Replace Products in the World,” and helped families create wealth through consumption, helped find jobs, start businesses and run global businesses.
Tiens has focused on creating more social value in its 26 years of development, adhered to public welfare and charity, established Tiens Health Industrial Park with an investment of more than US $1.1 billion and Tianshi College with an investment of more than US $2.6 billion, invested more than US $500 million in social welfare and charity, adhered to public morality and sense of justice, and won wide praise from global consumers. Mr. Li Jinyuan, Chairman of Tiens Group, said that Tiens would go further in the development principle of “Embracing the World and Serving the World!”
Source: Tiens Group
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Will Musk’s Promised New Battery from Tesla Cut the Costs of EVs?
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One of the key things that has hindered the rapid proliferation of electric vehicles among the wider population in countries like the US and UK is their bigger sticker prices. It seems that despite being relatively cheaper to run each year, and even with government-backed financial incentives, the problems of that big initial price put people off. This is especially true for Tesla, who currently offers nothing remotely resembling an “affordable” car.
That should all change in the coming years according to Elon Musk. At a recent publicity event attended by 270,000 online viewers and some 240 shareholders, Musk described his plans for new battery from Tesla designs that would not only increase power output, performance and range, but also allow for a Tesla priced as low as AU$36,000.
What would this mean if were to come to full fruition? In short, it would firmly place Tesla into the affordable car bracket. In addition to that, however, it would also finally allow electric vehicles to compete toe-to-toe with combustion-engine cars. With a better sticker price, more viable range, and the already lower running costs that they already enjoy, why would anyone settle for a traditional combustion or hybrid option in the future?
Despite the optimism in his speech, Tesla’s share price has still suffered, closing down around 5.6 percent at $424.23 on Tuesday, September 22, falling further to $364.10 by September 24. The reason? A day ahead of the event, Musk had tweeted that the plans are not ready to go yet, and will in fact not be ready until at least 2022. Musk admitted that the new battery design and manufacturing process is not yet complete, so we shouldn’t be expecting these breakthroughs to appear in the 2021 models, and possibly not even the 2022 models.
Musk talked about how Tesla’s new cells, the 4680, can give five times the energy of current models, as well as six times the power output and around 16 percent more range. The current cell models cost around AU$221 per kilowatt hour (kWh), making the cost of a 90kWh battery pack around AU$19,870. Experts seem to agree that in order for Tesla cars and other electric vehicles to truly compete with combustion-engine models, they will need to reduce that to at least AU$142 per kWh.
Tesla is currently expanding its battery manufacturing capabilities with plants in Fremont, CA, and also Nevada. There are plans for a new cell manufacturing facility at the company’s new German factory, and they still rely on partners in Japan, South Korea and China to complete the supply chain. The plan is to reach 10 gigawatt-hours a year by the end of 2021 in Fremont, and the Nevada factory with Panasonic already can handle 35 gigawatt-hours each year. That all sounds impressive, but Musk has gone further, aiming at a total production capacity of 3 terawatt-hours each year (3000 gigawatt-hours) a few more years down the line.
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Tesla does have some history of missing production targets. Having said that, they are still very much at the forefront of the EV field, having committed to going all-electric ahead of the other blue-chip automakers around the world. This should still provide the company with an advantage when it does eventually hold the technical capability to mass produce viable and affordable battery technology that others may come to rely on.


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Tech giant Google is winding up Google Play Music in favour of YouTube Music. The music streaming service will no longer be available for users from September 2020 in New Zealand and South Africa, and from October 2020 in all other global markets.
California: Tech giant Google is winding up Google Play Music in favour of YouTube Music. The music streaming service will no longer be available for users from September 2020 in New Zealand and South Africa, and from October 2020 in all other global markets.
According to Mashable, the news of Google ending support for Google Play Music as starting from Android 10, the company replaced Google Play Music with YouTube Music as the default music player on Android smartphones.
In May, Google's introduction of a transfer tool to help users transfer their Google Play Music library to YouTube Music only backed the fact that Google would soon be ending support for its older music streaming service.
Mashable reported that as per Google, from late August onwards users will not be able to pre-order music or upload/download music from Google Play Music through Music Manager.
And it will also transfer the user's playlists and existing purchases.If the user is interested in staying with Google's new offering, YouTube Music, one can make use of the transfer tool that helps in transferring the existing Google Play Music library.
The transfer tool will transfer everything from one's likes and dislikes from playlists to the user's YouTube Music account.
Alternatively, one can also make use of Google Takeout that will help export and download all the music files and account-related data and store it in a preferred location.
A key feature of Google Play Music has also made its way to YouTube Music, just like GPM, the user can also upload his/her own music to the account. It can then be accessed via the cloud on any device on which the user can access YouTube Music.
BSNL had issued bills amounting to Rs 20,18,198 for the billing period between December 1, 2018 and December 31, 2018 and bill, dated February 2, 2019 for Rs 2,30,29,264 for the billing period of January 1, 2019 to February 1, 2019 to the Isha Foundation.
The deal, the single biggest investment of its kind in Maharashtra -- coveted by Gujarat, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Telangana and Himachal Pradesh -- was signed in the presence of Chief Minister Eknath Shinde and Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis.


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RALEIGH, N.C. (WTVD) -- Three months have passed since North Carolina entered its first phase of reopening on May 8 -- effectively eliminating the "essential business" designation and allowing retail stores to open.
Two weeks later, on May 22, Gov. Roy Cooper and other leaders decided to transition the state into Phase 2 -- opening restaurants and personal care salons with restrictions in place, but keeping bars, gyms and entertainment venues closed.
Since then, North Carolina has stalled in the phase as COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations started to increase rapidly. Wednesday, Cooper issued another five-week extension of Phase 2.
But North Carolinians have been allowed to frequent businesses and leave their homes more in recent months, mobility data from Google shows that many in the Triangle are still choosing to stay home more often than they did in Jan. and Feb., though less often than during Cooper's stay-at-home order.
Google compiles reports for countries around the world, using data from its "Location History" feature to track how communities have been moving since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Google said insights in the reports are created with aggregated and anonymized sets of data from users who manually turned on the setting in Google apps on their mobile devices, and did not specify how many users in each county or state contributed to the report.
To calculate a baseline from which to compare current values, Google uses these data sets from the five weeks between Jan. 3 and Feb. 6. That "baseline" value is then calculated for each day of the week, and each subsequent day's value is a percentage relative to that baseline. For example, the value for Sunday, Aug. 2, was calculated relative to the average of all Sundays in Jan..
Learn more about how Google compiles these reports here.
By early April, ABC11 reported that travel to restaurants, cafes, shopping centers, theme parks, museums, libraries and movie theaters had decreased 40% across North Carolina compared to the baseline figure since Feb. 16, but time spent at residential locations had increased 10%.
However, in May and June, as the state began to reopen, North Carolinians started to go shopping and out to eat 54 percent more often than they did in April, though compared to baseline numbers, they were still venturing out 15 percent less often than in Jan.
At the same time, time spent at home, on average, decreased by 40 percent compared to April's data, though North Carolinians stayed home 9 percent more often than they did in January.
In the Triangle, people are still going out much less often than they did in January and February, particularly in Orange County, which has the largest decrease compared to the baseline numbers for travel to retail and recreation location.
However, in Cumberland County, residents are going out almost as often, if not more often than in Jan. and Feb.
And though people in the Triangle tended to spend more time at home in the weeks of Cooper's stay-at-home order than residents elsewhere in the state, in recent weeks, North Carolinians have been spending roughly the same amount of time at home as they did before the pandemic, particularly on weekends.


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On November 11th, Skyrim celebrates its 10th anniversary, an event that is more than important for the famous role-playing game from the series The Elder Scrolls. To mark the occasion, Bethesda is preparing to publish a special edition with additional content.
Skyrim should appear on consoles Next Generation very soon on the occasion of his tenth anniversary
This edition will be available on November 11th for PC, PS5, PS4, Xbox One and Series.
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LG Electronics debuted a new Prada-branded phone today that has no buttons and will sell for about $780.
If an overpriced, touchscreen-only phone sounds oddly familiar, you're not the only one thinking imitation. The dimensions of the Prada phone are nearly identical to the iPhone, it also has a 2-megapixel camera, likewise plays numerous sorts of music and video files and also snorts derisively at 3G support.
One key difference: LG plans to start selling the Prada phone in Europe next month, while the iPhone won't cross the pond for another year.
NTT DoCoMo and Mitsubishi whipped out a touchscreen phone yesterday, officially making this a trend.
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The Salvation Army Charity Shop in Morley have been awarded 2nd place in the Morley in Bloom Christmas Window Competition.
Salvation Army Trading Company have been “highly commended” for their work in Environment & Sustainability at The Logistics Awards as recognition of the Clothing Collection division’s commitment to environmental responsibility.
The Salvation Army Charity Shop & Community Church in Openshaw has been awarded the Community & Social Impact Award at the Charity Retail Association 2018 awards, held in Nottingham this week.
It has been announced that Trevor Caffull, Managing Director of Salvation Army Trading Company Ltd (SATCoL) has been awarded the Iles Medal, a prestigious accolade awarded for significant contributions to the brass band movement.
On 18th May 2018, The Salvation Army Charity Shop in Wellingborough will celebrate 25 years of trading, demonstrating that not all high street shops are in trouble.
On Monday 9 April, Divisional Commander (DC) for the Central East Division of The Salvation Army arrived on the doorstep of SATCoL Support Centre to be greeted with a cheque for £1200, a donation for his efforts.
The Salvation Army have supported an up-and-coming fashion designer by providing donated textiles which will be used to create a faux fur coat.
Children from five schools in Waltham Forest have made donations of clothing and shoes to The Salvation Army as part of the charity’s Recycle with Michael scheme which aims to encourage waste reduction.
The Salvation Army charity shop in Alnwick received a £750 donation this week after local CEOs and business leaders took part in a sponsored sleep at The Alnwick Garden.
The Salvation Army are opening a charity superstore in Banbury on 15 February, which is set to bring a new lease of life to charity shopping in the town.


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Atari, a pioneer developer of home video and arcade games, is reportedly moving forward with plans to build a cryptocurrency casino in one of the largest districts within Decentraland metaverse, called Vegas City. The move is in line with an increasing trend in the gaming industry, which also sees a new NFT project called Sand Vegas Casino Club (SVCC) creating multiple virtual casinos.
According to PSFK iQ Report released this month, titled Brand Strategies For The Metaverse, Atari plans to build and open a virtual casino in Vegas City featuring Atari-themed games as part of an initial two-year loan term inside the virtual land and metaverse platform. This partnership was announced in March 2021, and saw a virtual launch party in late April last year.
The project bets from Atari-themed Casino are expected to reach USD 400 million over 2 years, with 88% of the gains going to the Decentral Games’ treasury bringing value to the $DG holders, Decentral Games said last year.
Inside the planned Atari casino, operating on the Ethereum blockchain via Decentraland (MANA), players will be able to explore and search for the gaming company’s exclusive wearables located throughout the casino. The casino is said to feature many of the video games Atari has designed over the course of their 50-year history as the developers want to explore how "social and monetary metaphysical opportunities" can be brought to life in the metaverse, according to the report.
As for Sand Vegas Casino Club, the NFT project aims to create multiple virtual casinos and share profits to all holders of these 11,111 NFTs. The casinos will be launched in the Web 2.0 and 3.0 spaces and include a new variation of NFT called the Golden Gambler that boosts profits even more, App Developer Magazine reports.
The development team is giving weekly updates on the casino construction. The two main metaverse components to this project are Decentraland and Sandbox, and they have recently announced that they will also be entering into the Infinity Void metaverse when it launches.
These two projects are joining a growing trend that sees gambling operators investing in metaverse offerings over the past few months. In January, Entain became one of the first major operators to announce the development and showcase of disruptive technologies and first consumer products for the sports and entertainment metaverse via a global innovation hub, Ennovate, with the first lab to open in London this spring.
In February, Kings Entertainment Group, the parent company of global online gaming brands LottoKings and WinTrillions, announced its intent, plans and already taken first steps to research and develop strategies to prepare for the metaverse. Kings Entertainment has secured a soon-to-be-announced URL and is actively exploring purchase options in the virtual Vegas City area of Decentraland.


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Mae have signed with Equal Vision Records. They plan to release new music next year and have released limited vinyl variants of Destination:Beautiful. Read More “Mae Sign With Equal Vision Records”
Mae have launched a new Patreon.
Dave Elkins of Mae, Mark Rose of Spitalfield, Ryan Dunson of Rookie of the Year, and Jamison Covington of JamisonParker have announced a tour together.
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Mae’s Singularity is coming to vinyl for the first time. The full press release can be found below.
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Mae’s new album is now up for pre-order.
Mae have debuted their new song “Let it Die.” The song is from the band’s upcoming self-titled album. The full press release can be found below.
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CHARLOTTE, N.C., Nov. 10, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- LeadVision recently returned from LeadsCon, the annual lead generation conference in Las Vegas. The premier event consists of a variety of marketing and business development companies all over the world gaining insights in the world of performance marketing and lead generation. After a brimming three days of networking, the LeadVision team brought back several handshake deals with other forward-thinking companies in the industry.
David Teifer, the founder and CEO of LeadVision has been a loyal attendee at LeadsCon for almost a decade and is passionate about the value of this conference. "LeadsCon has always been the Superbowl of lead conferences for me. It's the one place where I can learn about new marketing tactics from some of the country's top digital minds", says Teifer.
While the dynamic team at LeadVision has established a smooth system in their approach to lead generation, they are aware the industry is ever-changing. Luckily, LeadVision is not a company that settles for mediocrity or stagnation. With current industry knowledge and dedication to evolve, the left brains and right brains of the office maintain a joined force. Creativity, extraversion and personalization blended with working knowledge of company data and analytics is how LeadVision continues to dominate the lead generation industry.
Attending LeadsCon is a no-brainer for LeadVision as the company is determined to consistently grow and enhance their product as they navigate the kaleidoscopic industry. This year, three dedicated members of the LeadVision team attended the conference. The trio included Brooke Kunze, Marketing Director and VP of Operations, Tim Albright, Director of Sales and Anna Elliott, Media Relations Manager. Leveraged by their success at LeadsCon and their versatility to work through different partnership avenues, LeadVision will be a first time exhibitor at LeadsCon 2022 at booth 510.
About The Organization
LeadVision is a leader within the lead generation industry providing quality leads for a variety of niche markets. Through a combination of inbound marketing techniques, their team of experts generate sales leads for products and services in industries such as industrial equipment, solar power, home relocation and medical equipment. This upbeat and diverse team consists of unique professionals who seek out emerging markets where they can watch their dynamic marketing approaches come to life. Their refined skill sets paired with signature techniques has led to hundreds of long-term partnerships in over seven countries. The team thrives in "organized chaos", works well with out-of-the-box thinkers, and is energized by new and exciting ideas. For more information, visit the company's website at http://www.leadvision.com/.
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The FAA (Federal Aviation Association) recently outlined rules for using drones and issued 500 permits for commercial use, with Real Estate businesses gathering most of the share – more than 30% – the most popular application being aerial videos and photos that showcase residential Real Estate listings. Aerial photography makes property sales happen. It’s a fact! But until now, Aerial Photography used to be something of an exclusive luxury available only to those with friends with helicopters or bottomless pockets.
Affordable aerial imaging is now possible thanks to drone technology, opening up marketing possibilities for any property sales and lettings company the world over.
COPTRZ is a brand new company full of drone enthusiasts (also known to the world as ‘geeks’). It’s our passion to make sure everyone has access to the wonders of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) – they’re such useful tools, and fun to use too!
“The great thing about drones is the high quality photography and film possible on even budget models. High definition cameras come as standard, meaning property companies can easily produce stunning visual brochures to really captivate potential buyers,” says Steve Coulson, Found of COPTRZ.
“Whereas previously only land-based still images were relied upon to generate interest in a property, now estate marketers can capture the full location, landscape, and evoke a more immersive experience thanks to high definition video. Close-ups and big panoramic shots are all possible thanks to the versatility of a drone, meaning unique showreels and stunning images can be captured with ease.
“The great thing about UAVs is that they are so affordable, they pay for themselves in just a few sales. Online viewing of properties is the most common way customers connect with potential purchases, and stunning video is the way to capture the ideal audience and increase online viewing of listings. It opens up the market to a global audience, increasing the likelihood of a valuable sale in good time.
Drones with high definition cameras are incredibly affordable, whether a company purchases one and trains their staff or hires in a hand-picked COPTRZ partner to deliver their aerial footage. The possibilities opened up by UAVs will enable property sales and lettings companies across the world create more visually creative marketing to help generate high level sales.


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Gas supply shortage turning captive power plants out of action, shutting down production at textile mills in some areas in Savar, Narayanganj, Dhamrai, Manikganj, Gazipur and Chattogram.
Instead of 10 psi (pounds per square inch) or more required for running the mills – the pressure is only 1.5 psi.
In this regard, Bangladesh Textile Mills Association (BTMA), at a recent press conference at a hotel in Dhaka, said no solution has come about over a scarcity of gas supply from the related body.
Mohammad Ali Khokon, President of BTMA said, “Lack of gas supply pressure has forced a reduction in the utilization of 70% of the production capacity.”
Khokon also said the solution to an earlier gas crisis came from government high-ups but this time around the govt. cannot promise supplies of adequate pressure.
“Thus, the $10 billion worth sector, which is mostly supplying yarn and fabrics to the local and export-oriented readymade garment (RMG) factories, is in a deep crisis,” Khokon added.
The decrease of production in the textile mills will also disturb garment exports as the millers will not be able to supply yarn and fabrics, he said.
Khokon also added that the crisis of yarn in the garment sector would be extended further if the spinning mills cannot operate efficiently due to a lack of gas.
The Titas Gas Transmission and Distribution Company Limited (TGTDCL) only gave him oral assurances of supplying gas at adequate pressures but it was yet to appear.
The BTMA, a platform of the primary textile sector comprising spinning, weaving and dyeing establishments, has sent a letter to Tawfiq-e-Elahi Chowdhury, Energy Adviser to the Prime Minister, on Wednesday.
It wanted a solution for gas to be supplied at a higher pressure to run their industrial units.
On Wednesday, Ali Iqbal Md Nurullah, Managing Director of the TGTDCL, said any upgrading in gas supply was reliant on the availability of gas in the pipelines.
“However, it is expected that the situation of gas supply will improve soon as we are working on the issue,” Nurullah said.
At present, some 450 spinning mills have been catering to 80 percent of the demand for yarn of the local knitwear factories. They are the main consumers of gas.
In the letter, Khokon said the local RMG exporters may lose work orders from international retailers and brands if the spinners and weavers cannot supply yarn and fabrics on time.


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A Manchester ‘audio branding’ company says it can influence how shoppers behave by choosing the right kind of music to play them in store.
PH Media Group, based in Old Trafford, supplies companies with audio played to telephone callers who are put on hold or over speakers while they shop.
The £5m-turnover business has 60 staff, including a team of music composers and copywriters who create scripts for voice-over artists to announce special offers, opening hours and more.
The soundtracks are custom-built to appeal to a company’s core audience and are tailored to reflect promotional campaigns and even the time of day and day of the week.
Founder and managing director Grant Reed said: "A lot of businesses pay a lot of attention to their visual image, but are less concerned with how they sound.
"Our music profilers analyse what kind of customers a company is trying to appeal to. For example, for a firm of solicitors we might use classical music, while a fashion store would use the latest rock tracks.
"The idea is not just to sound good but to inform too, so we use voice-overs to make announcements in an unobtrusive way."
PH’s audio division, which generates around 80 per cent of revenues, focuses on on-hold audio, where customers sign up on an annual subscription basis and the audio is updated on average four times a year.
It has more than 6,000 customers include Coca Cola, adidas and Audi.
PH Radio, around 15 per cent of the business and growing, creates in-store ‘radio stations' for retailers including Selfridges and Harvey Nichols, comprising a playlist of up to 400 specially chosen tracks interspersed with customer messages.
Around 100 songs would be replaced every three months to freshen up the soundtrack.
Grant says the audio is designed to reflect customers’ moods, with more relaxing songs chosen to play on a Monday morning and more
up-tempo sounds for a Saturday afternoon. He is hoping a proposed tie-in with the Royal Northern College of Music will see its students composing music designed specifically to encourage shoppers to browse and make purchases.
Grant said: "We want to try and work out exactly what kind of music people want to shop to so we can apply that in a more scientific way."


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After a steady decline that started Sept. 1, gasoline prices have marched upward during the last two weeks — just in time for when millions of Americans hit the road for Thanksgiving week and the traditional start of the holiday shopping season.
The AAA Daily Fuel Gauge Report said pump prices have jumped more than 10 cents in the last 14 days to a national average of $3.29 for regular unleaded. As of Tuesday, the average national price was 8 cents higher than a week ago, even with month-ago prices, and 13 cents lower than Nov. 26, 2012.AAA said the recent increases are due mainly to refinery issues in the Gulf Coast and stronger demand for gas; it expects prices to begin to decline again after the Thanksgiving weekend, as cheaper gas makes its way through the supply chain.
The biggest increases were in the South, Southwest and Gulf Coast. Florida's prices rose 18 cents per gallon in the past week to $3.44, and in Texas they were up 16 cents to $3.14. Prices climbed 11 cents or more during the last week in Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, Virginia and the District of Columbia.
As of Tuesday, Missouri had the lowest average price for regular at $2.99, the only state that was less than $3. Oklahoma was next at $3.00, followed by Kansas at $3.02. Hawaii had the most expensive gas at $3.94 per gallon, and Alaska was next at $3.68. Among the lower 48 states, Connecticut was highest at $3.64, topping neighboring New York, $3.63, and California, $3.56.
"AAA predicts that the national average will fall to about $3.10 per gallon before the end of the year, and an increasing number of motorists will enjoy local prices below $3 as the [December and January] holidays near," the organization said in its weekly overview.
In its annual Thanksgiving forecast, AAA said 90 percent of Americans who travel this week, or nearly 39 million, will do so by automobile, a decline of 1.6 percent from last year. The total number of travelers, 43.4 million, is down 1.5 percent from a year ago, but the average travel distance of 601 miles is up slightly.
Wednesday will be the busiest travel day of the long holiday weekend, according to an AAA survey, with 37 percent expected to leave on that day. Sunday is expected to be the second busiest, when 33 percent say they will return. However, 24 percent will delay their return until Dec. 2 or later, the AAA survey found.


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Phillips has recalled more than 1,000 reworked Respironics DreamStation CPAP, BiPAP machines.
The machines, initially recalled in June 2021, may still not be working correctly.
In a statement posted on the Food and Drug Administration’s website, Phillips says the machines were assigned duplicate or incorrect serial numbers during initial programming.
“This duplication can cause therapy to be delivered using the wrong prescription or factory default settings,” the notice says. “Additionally, it may fail to deliver any therapy at all.”
Phillips says there is no warning that the machine is not working as intended.
People with sleep apnea use machines to help them breathe properly during sleep.
The products are part of a Class I recall, which is the most serious type of recall.
“Use of these devices may cause serious injuries or death,” the FDA states.
Phillips has reportedly received 43 complaints about the reworked machines. The company says there are currently no reports of injuries or deaths linked to the machines.
Phillips has sent customers a notice with information about how to identify whether their machine is part of the latest recall.
They can continue to use the machine until they receive a replacement or pressure changes are made by their provider.
Customers can contact Phillips with any other questions by emailing the company at email@example.com.
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This week, the California Superior Court ruled that the California Privacy Protection Agency (CPPA) cannot begin enforcement of the California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA) until March 2024. The ruling stems from a lawsuit filed by the California Chamber of Commerce which argued that state businesses would not have enough time to prepare for the upcoming changes and enforcement thereof.
Judge James P. Arguelles held that the CPRA included plain language requiring the CPPA to have final regulations in place by July 1, 2022, with enforcement allowed to begin a year later. The final rules, which outline how businesses should handle consumer requests to exercise their privacy rights and various other compliance standards, were not issued until March 29, 2023. Judge Arguelles said in his ruling that “[t]he very inclusion of these dates indicates the voters intended there to be a gap between the passing of final regulations and enforcement of those regulations.”
A recent report issued by Common Sense Media, a non-profit organization focused on supporting high quality media and digital resources, found that almost half of the products or apps used by consumers are not in compliance with these California privacy laws.
Ashkan Soltani, Executive Director of the CPPA, noted in a statement after the ruling that “significant portions” of the privacy protections established by Proposition 24, nevertheless, can be enforced as of July 1. Soltani said, “Although we’re disappointed the court granted the Chamber’s request to delay enforcement of portions of the regulations enacted earlier this year [i.e. CPRA], the Agency remains committed to advancing the privacy rights of Californians and will take the appropriate next steps to safeguard the protections Californians overwhelmingly supported at the ballot box” pursuant to the California Privacy Protection Act passed before the CPRA. While businesses have some additional time to get a handle on CPRA requirements, the CPPA will begin enforcement of the Privacy Act which has been in effect since 2020.
Other states continue to follow California’s lead. On June 30, 2023, the Delaware General Assembly passed HB 154, which is a CCPA-like comprehensive privacy law that will take effect on January 1, 2025, and applies to businesses that process personal data of more than 35,000 consumers and does not exempt non-profit organizations. Also note that the consumer privacy laws in Colorado and Connecticut took effect on July 1.


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The company said it had obtained $1 billion in debtor-in-possession financing.
The pandemic has inflicted widespread financial pain across sectors including retail and aviation, with many companies considering bankruptcy options as a way to rework their finances and save money on debt payments.
Intelsat is among a number of companies that will participate in the accelerated clearing of C-band spectrum under the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) order.
"To meet the FCC's accelerated clearing deadlines and ultimately be eligible to receive $4.87 billion of accelerated relocation payments, Intelsat needs to spend more than $1 billion on clearing activities," the Luxembourg-based company said in a statement.
The FCC declined to comment.
(Reporting by Rama Venkat and C Nivedita in Bengaluru; Editing by Anil D'Silva)


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Fashion Industry Report: One Truckload of Clothing Is Wasted Per Second
When we think of environmental foes, the fossil fuel industry is often pegged as one of the biggest villains. But the shirts off our backs also leave a devastating planetary impact.
According to a new report from the Ellen MacArthur Foundation, the fashion industry's current "take-make-dispose" system creates greenhouse gas emissions of 1.2 billion tonnes a year—that's "more than those of all international flights and maritime shipping combined."
Alarmingly, the negative impacts of the fashion industry are set to drastically increase. "If the industry continues on its current path, by 2050, it could use more than 26 percent of the carbon budget associated with a 2°C pathway," the report warns, referencing the threshold for avoiding dangerous global warming.
The report was produced by the Circular Fibres Initiative (which aims to build a circular economy for textiles starting with clothing) and was co-launched Tuesday by retired English sailor Ellen MacArthur and fashion designer Stella McCartney.
Here are some highlights from the report:
- Every second, the equivalent of one garbage truck of textiles is landfilled or burned.
- An estimated $500 billion value is lost every year due to clothing that's barely worn and rarely recycled.
- Less than one percent of material used to produce clothing is recycled into new clothing.
- Worldwide, clothing utilization—the average number of times a garment is worn before it ceases to be used—has decreased by 36 percent compared to 15 years ago.
- Clothes release half a million tonnes of microfibers into the ocean every year, equivalent to more than 50 billion plastic bottles.
McCartney, a prominent advocate of the green fashion movement, criticized the fashion industry for being "incredibly wasteful and harmful to the environment."
In the U.S., 84 percent of discarded clothes winds up in an incinerator or landfill. As EcoWatch previously reported, Americans' growing consumption of clothing has doubled to 14 million tons per year in less than two decades. The problem is further exacerbated by the increased speed of trend turnover. Fast-fashion outlets, with their quick and voluminous output, quickly change trends to stimulate more sales. However, this means that recent purchases will go out of style sooner than ever before, which means more clothes in the trash bin.
Clothing materials such as acrylic, nylon and polyester have a petroleum base, which means it could take many hundreds of years to fully decompose. And while natural fibers—which include silk, linen, cotton and semi-synthetic fibers (think modal, rayon and Tencel)—are arguably better, they still have a similar decomposition process to food which yields methane. That's not to mention all the bleach, dye and other toxic chemicals used to manufacture clothing that can contaminate water bodies or permeate the air.
Of course, we need to wear clothing. And, yes, we might have to—or simply want to—buy a new pair of pants from time to time. The $1.3 trillion clothing industry employs more than 300 million people along the value chain.
But we can definitely do better—and we must for the sake of the planet.
Notably, the new report also provides workable solutions for the current system. It urges cross-industry collaboration and innovation to achieve a new textiles economy, in which clothing is designed to last longer and be worn more often, be easily rented or resold and recycled, and not release toxins or pollution.
A press release for the report noted that “exploring new materials, pioneering business models, harnessing the power of design, and finding ways to scale better technologies and solutions are all needed to create a new textiles economy."
“The report presents a roadmap for us to create better businesses and a better environment," McCartney said. “It opens up the conversation that will allow us to find a way to work together to better our industry, for the future of fashion and for the future of the planet."
Major brands such as Core Partners H&M, Lenzing, and NIKE Inc., and C&A Foundation as Philanthropic Funder have endorsed the report.
"Today's textile industry is built on an outdated linear, take-make-dispose model and is hugely wasteful and polluting," MacArthur said, adding that the new report "presents an ambitious vision of a new system, based on circular economy principles, that offers benefits to the economy, society, and the environment."
"We need the whole industry to rally behind it," she said.
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Respecting scientists has never been a priority for the Trump Administration. Now, a new investigation from The Guardian revealed that Department of the Interior political appointees sought to play up carbon emissions from California's wildfires while hiding emissions from fossil fuels as a way to encourage more logging in the national forests controlled by the Interior department.
Killer hurricanes, devastating wildfires, melting glaciers, and sunny-day flooding in more and more coastal areas around the world have birthed a fatalistic view cleverly dubbed by Mary Annaïse Heglar of the Natural Resources Defense Council as "de-nihilism." One manifestation: An increasing number of people appear to have grown doubtful about the possibility of staving-off climate disaster. However, a new interactive tool from a climate think tank and MIT Sloan shows that humanity could still meet the goals of the Paris agreement and limit global warming.
Burrowing owls, which make their homes in small holes in the ground, are having a rough time in Florida. That's why Marco Island on the Gulf Coast passed a resolution to pay residents $250 to start an owl burrow in their front yard, as the Marco Eagle reported.
Hundreds of Amazon workers publicly criticized the company's climate policies Sunday, showing open defiance of the company following its threats earlier this month to fire workers who speak out on climate change.
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The speakers included:
- Geoffrey Mackler, prinicipal and co-chairman, ChainLinks Retail Advisors
- Peter Glaser, senior vice president, CBRE
- Max Jacobson, vice president, Mid-America Real Estate
- Brian Vanevenhoven, managing director, Newmark Knight Frank
- Matthew Beadle, retail broker, Founders 3 Real Estate Services
- Dollar Tree/Family Dollar - Current southeastern Wisconsin store count: 50The retailer is looking for opportunities in Wisconsin's smaller markets, with a focus on its grocery business."They're as active as they have ever been," said Beadle. "These downturns in the economy are what they thrive on. For 2020, their store count projection was about 500. Through Q2, the numbers that are out right now, they hit about half of that."
- Ross Dress for Less - Current southeastern Wisconsin store count: 10Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, the company was opening 90 to 100 stores per year nationally. Now, that total will likely be closer to 30. Ross' spring and fall opening seasons have been derailed, but it still plans to open new stores during the third quarter this year, said Glaser."As far as the off-price categories go, from what I'm hearing, I think there's going to be a lot of expansion in 2022," said Glaser.
- Five Below - Current southeastern Wisconsin store count: 9
- Dollar General - Current southeastern Wisconsin store count: 30
- Aldi - Current southeastern Wisconsin store count: 36
- Others mentioned in a flyer from Mid-America include: Burlington, T.J. Maxx, HyVee, Festival Foods, Amazon and Kwik Trip.
- Chipotle - Current southeastern Wisconsin store count: 9"They're well capitalized, they're innovative and they're aggressive, and they've been able to tweak and adapt their concepts to fit into this new way that we're consuming and dining out," said Jacobson.As the pandemic has increased drive-thru business for quick-service concepts, he said, Chipotle is looking exclusively at Wisconsin expansion sites that have drive-thru capability.
- Cafe Zupas - Current southeastern Wisconsin store count: 3 Glaser, who is Cafe Zupas' local broker, said the company started developing a drive-thru concept six months prior to the pandemic. Finding drive-thru locations are top priority for future growth. "We really need it to compete, we need the convenience, we need it to see the sales increases we need to grow going forward," he said.
- Jamba Juice - Current southeastern Wisconsin store count: 2"Watch for them. They've been looking for the right opportunity to do a drive-thru location," said Vanevenhovenk.
- Jimmy John's - Current southeastern Wisconsin store count: more than 35
- Others mentioned in a flyer from Mid-America include: Teriyaki Madness, Culver's, Chick-fil-A and Starbucks.
- Planet Fitness - Current southeastern Wisconsin locations: 15Overall, the pandemic has had a negative impact on big box fitness concepts, but Jacobson said Planet Fitness is still "doing some deals here and there, being opportunistic."
- Top Fitness- Current southeastern Wisconsin locations: 0With more people working out from home rather than at the gym, the fitness equipment retailer are on the lookout for deals in the Milwaukee-area, said Vanevenhoven.
- ATI Physical Therapy - Current southeastern Wisconsin locations: 26
- DaVita Kidney Care - Current southeastern Wisconsin locations: 20


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Through three rounds of public comments dating to last October, business groups and consumer advocates have pressed Attorney General Xavier Becerra to provide more specifics on how to interpret key terms in the California Consumer Privacy Act, including what constitutes a “sale” of personal information that consumers can opt out of and how to determine the value of consumer data.
But the attorney general failed to deliver this clarity with his final version of the regulations, which in a largely procedural step were sent to the state’s Office of Administrative Law for approval on June 2 and were nearly identical to the last iteration of the rules.
“The aspects of the CCPA regulations that were ambiguous in March when the second set of modifications were issued remain ambiguous today as we approach the enforcement date,” said Reece Hirsch, co-head of the privacy and cybersecurity practice at Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP.
With the attorney general now having had his final say, “the race is on for businesses to finalize their CCPA compliance efforts by July 1,” when the attorney general is able to begin enforcing the law, Hirsch added.
This sprint will require companies to make judgment calls on several vital issues that the attorney general left somewhat open-ended, including what exactly a digital button that consumers can select to opt out of the sale of their data should look like and whether the exchange of data for advertising purposes qualifies as a sale.
The odds are high that these choices won’t always align with how the attorney general views companies’ statutory obligations, setting the stage for high-stakes clashes as enforcement kicks into gear, experts say.
“I’d imagine that, once the attorney general starts enforcing, there will be a lot of debates and arguments over the trickier definitions in these regulations, which will ultimately eventually lead to more consensus on these issues,” said Mary Stone Ross, who in her past role as president of the advocacy group Californians for Consumer Privacy helped draft the ballot initiative that spurred the enactment of the CCPA in June 2018.
Ross, who now runs her own consulting firm, MSR Strategies, said that she’s expecting the attorney general to be an active enforcer out of the gate. She pointed to his repeated unwillingness to bend to industry calls to delay the enforcement deadline and the way his office “really stayed true to the consumer-focused elements of the law” in the face of “thousands of pages of comments” from the business community arguing that the regulations went too far.
“The final regulations are a very clear signal that the attorney general’s office is going to take enforcement extremely seriously in order to further try to protect consumers,” Ross said.
While companies have had to comply with the CCPA since Jan. 1, and the attorney general is empowered to police alleged violations dating back to then, the upcoming enforcement deadline marks a new phase that ramps up urgency for businesses to ensure their house is in order.
“Companies that came into compliance with the CCPA on Jan. 1 had to follow what the law’s text said, since the regulations weren’t final yet, and now companies are going to need to again assess their baseline CCPA compliance and take stock of how they’re managing things like consumer requests to evaluate how they’ve been doing in light of the regulations becoming final,” said Duane Pozza, a partner at Wiley Rein LLP.
Many companies have already taken key steps such as updating their privacy policies and vendor agreements, given that there’s little debate over how to interpret the law’s core requirements that consumers be able to find out what data online businesses such as Google and Facebook hold about them; to request this data be deleted; and to opt out of the sale of this information, according to attorneys.
The work that largely remains to be done — and where the disputes are most likely to brew — will be over what back-end technical measures need to be in place to ensure that consumers are able to exercise those rights, including building a compliant opt-out mechanism for data sales and ensuring that personal data that might be subject to consumer access requests is properly categorized, attorneys say.
“It will be interesting to see if the attorney general is going to use enforcement as a way of clarifying some of the open issues, like what constitutes a sale of consumer data, and issues big decisions that impact some of the judgment calls that companies are making,” said Jeremiah Posedel, a Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP partner.
A key to these fights for companies will be to make sure that they’ve thoroughly documented their thought process when it comes to making decisions on these gray legal issues, attorneys say.
“Companies don’t want to be in a position where the attorney general says, ‘Why did you make this decision?’ and they have nothing to support it and are scrambling to remedy it,” Posedel said, adding that he would suspect the attorney general would “take a much harder position” against those companies as opposed to ones that can “communicate their thought process and make a strong argument for why they made that decision.”
Christine Lyon, a partner at Morrison & Foerster LLP, noted that while the final version of the regulations didn’t answer all the concerns raised during the public comment period, companies do have a greater degree of certainty about the attorney general’s expectations than when the regulations were in draft form, and the unresolved issues could allow companies some welcome flexibility.
“There are certainly areas where the attorney general could have gone further and where companies wanted more details, but at the same time it’s very hard to create rules that apply across industries, and sometimes flexibility is good for companies,” Lyon said.
Businesses also could glean guidance from the final statement of reasons issued by the attorney general along with the regulations, which provides a deeper dive into the regulator’s thinking as well as responses to the more than 1,000 public comments that were received during the rulemaking process, noted Brian Lam, special counsel in the privacy & cybersecurity practice at Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC.
“This document contains some very important insights into how the attorney general will enforce and interpret the regulations once they’re finally approved,” Lam said.
A potential ballot initiative that would come before California voters in November is also likely to provide greater clarity on many of these disputed issues, according to attorneys.
Californians for Consumer Privacy, the advocacy group founded by real estate developer Alastair Mactaggart that spearheaded an effort two years ago that led the state legislature to quickly enact the CCPA to avoid having the group’s earlier ballot initiative presented to voters, is again building steam for a new initiative that would revamp the landmark law.
The group announced in May that it had collected enough signatures to qualify the California Privacy Rights Act, or CPRA, for the November ballot, and state officials have until June 25 to confirm whether the initiative qualifies.
Between the coronavirus pandemic and the significant lift required for companies to prepare for the July 1 enforcement deadline, the CPRA has largely flown under the radar for many companies, although that’s likely to soon change, attorneys said.
“The CPRA is an enormous ballot initiative and is so much more comprehensive even than the CCPA, so it’s something that companies absolutely should be paying attention to,” said Bethany Gayle Lukitsch, a partner at McGuireWoods LLP.
The proposed ballot initiative would expand the CCPA in several important ways, including by giving consumers the right to limit the use and disclosure of a new category of “sensitive” personal information and allowing them to opt out of not only the sale but also the sharing of their data. The initiative would also establish the California Privacy Protection Agency, which would replace the state attorney general’s office in enforcing the law.
Because the ballot initiative, if enacted, can’t be easily amended by the legislature like the CCPA could, its passage would essentially establish “an omnibus privacy regulation in California that would be virtually impenetrable, and create a more difficult hurdle for lobby groups and companies that would want to modify any uncertainties that already exist under the CCPA or anything that the CPRA adds,” noted Baker Botts LLP special counsel Cynthia Cole.
Ahead of a hearing that the California legislature convened Friday on the new ballot initiative, advocacy group Consumer Reports asserted that the proposal would “fix some of the problems with the CCPA that companies have exploited, including closing up targeted advertising loopholes, strengthening enforcement and preventing the legislature from weakening the law.”
“At the same time, we have concerns that the ballot initiative introduces new complexities and ambiguities, and explicitly blesses certain loopholes — like allowing service providers to combine data sets,” Maureen Mahoney, policy analyst at Consumer Reports, said in a statement.
Lukitsch, the McGuireWoods partner, predicted that there’s going to be “a lot of attention to the sharing of data and what constitutes a sale” under the CCPA once the initial enforcement phase kicks off next month. The CPRA, which if successful wouldn’t take effect until the beginning of 2023, could potentially resolve this issue by expanding opt-out requests to explicitly include these sales.
The ballot initiative could also help resolve other outstanding issues, including First Amendment issues that have been raised by groups such as the Software & Information Industry Association.
The trade group has argued that the CCPA unconstitutionally interferes with free speech by subjecting information available in the public domain, such as data from registries, directories, news reports and public social media channels, to near blanket rights of deletion. Throughout the public comment process, SIIA repeatedly urged the attorney general to amend the law’s definition of personal information to exclude information is lawfully made available to the general public through “widely distributed media,” as the proposed CPRA does.
Sara DePaul, senior director of technology policy at SIIA, said that the group was “extremely disappointed” that the attorney general failed to make these requested changes in his final version of the regulations.
While SIIA has yet to announce its position on the broader ballot initiative, Chris Mohr, SIIA’s vice president for intellectual property and general counsel, noted that the way the CPRA handles the First Amendment issue would make that proposal “less vulnerable to constitutional attack.”
He also noted that there appears to be an “emerging legislative consensus” in other states and at the federal level that First Amendment issues have to be addressed in order for privacy statutes to pass constitutional muster. This recognition has come through most notably in baseline privacy legislation that has been floated by Senate Commerce Committee Chairman Roger Wicker, R-Miss., as well as similar legislation proposed by Sen. Maria Cantwell, D-Wash., and the proposed CPRA ballot initiative in California.
In a study conducted in February, Holland & Knight LLP found that many companies appeared hesitant to invest heavily in implementing the draft CCPA regulations that were available at the time, due to factors including the still-evolving nature of the rules and the potential for a federal law that could preempt California’s requirements.
But with the coronavirus pandemic stalling most lawmaking efforts and the regulations essentially finalized, these efforts are likely to become even more of a priority for companies, according to Holland & Knight partner Ashley Shively.
“With the enforcement deadline coming up, there’s an urgency again that will need to be balanced with emergent pandemic-related issues, including the privacy issues that are going to come up in connection with reopening companies in the coming months,” Shively said. “It’s going to be a struggle for everyone.”


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According to an academic study in California, it is estimated that the quality of extra virgin olive oil is directly linked to the health benefits.
The Greek extra virgin olive oil, rich in oleocanthal, can protect the cardiovascular system,according to a clinical study conducted at the Nutrition Department of the University of California, Davis, and the Research Nutrition Center of the US Department of Agriculture in California and funded by Gaea company and Captain Vassilis Foundation.
As Prokopios Magiatis, associate professor, and Dr. Eleni Melliou, Department of Pharmacy of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, reported during today`s special event, the extra virgin olive oils contains a wide range of natural ingredients whose relative concentration differs very much between different olive varieties.
Many of these chemical compounds have proved to possess antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties. While the term “total phenols” of oil is accepted as a measure of its antioxidant capacity, its “pharmaceutical” activity may be derived from certain compounds. One example is oleocanthal, which binds to the spicy sensation in the throat caused by certain fresh and high quality olive oils.
“Oleocanthal” – a natural medicine
The results showed that for those who consumed the Greek extra virgin olive oil, the oleocanthal behaved like a natural medicine for protection of the cardiovascular system.
“This pioneering study showed very significant findings and opens the way for a new more extensive study on a larger population group in order to explore in depth the factors due to which olive oil has medicinal properties”, Mr. Magiatis, study coordinator states.
The “lead” of Greek olive oil
Dr. Eleni Melliou, responsible for cooperation between the University of Athens and the olive center of the University of California, noted that “new tools such as the NMR method or Aristoleo method, discovered at the University of Athens, can accurately measure the concentration of oleocanthal and oleosin in olive oil, and they are extremely useful to distinguish quality oils with the strongest health protective actions”. She added that Greece could become the first country in the world producing olive oil with vasoprotective properties.
The CEO of Gaea Company, Aris Kefalogiannis,stated: “The results justify our belief that the quality of extra virgin olive oil is directly linked to the health benefits. Even more important discovery is that high quality extra virgin Greek olive oil of Koroneiki variety offers not only unbeatable culinary enjoyment, but also effective protection against thrombosis and heart diseases in general”.
“Quality is a unique opportunity for the Greek olive oil and must be supported by all Greek authorities”, Xenophon Kappas, director of Captain Vassilis Foundation, stressed.


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BOB LANG: Good morning, Action Alerts Plus subscribers. It's October 28, 2022. Happy Friday. We've made it to the weekend, and it's time for our rundown. So let's get rolling here.
So yesterday, we talked about the NASDAQ, which failed to push through following a big up day on Tuesday. Now, this failure sets up for lower prices ahead. Of course, it's not happening today. We see the S&P 500 up about 1%. The NASDAQ a little bit more than 1%. Of course, the Dow has been strong for the past couple of weeks. It's up more than 1% as well today. So this is a Friday, of course, so we'll see what happens over the next couple of weeks.
But the fact that the NASDAQ failed to have a follow-through on another follow-through day on Tuesday sets up for some disappointment. The statistics bear that out over time. So if that 11,000 level, which we talked about yesterday, fails to hold in the coming days, the NASDAQ 100 is likely to see much lower prices, even towards those October lows, which came out a little under 10,500 in the middle of the month. So we'll have a decision on that move if should it occur, but right now, we're just going to be watching it. Right now, we're kind of in a no-man's-land, and we're seeing a very high risk of a potential breakdown happening if we do break below that 11,000 level.
Now as of Monday, which is Halloween, of course, October 31-- the last trading day of the month-- we are watching that 3,800 level very closely. Now, we're moving up above that for right now, but overnight, we did see the S&P futures very comfortably sitting below that 3,800 level and taking in a lot of sellers below that 3,800. So it's a very important marker for the markets right now. We'll have to see if that holds. It actually did hold on the lows today.
So going forward we'll have to see if that is a hindrance to the bulls or the bears. Right now, again, as we mentioned earlier, we're kind of in a no-man's-land of the markets. So we'll see what happens maybe, possibly in the new month ahead, which starts on Tuesday. The reality, though, is that we just have another number here to work with.
We did mention about a week ago the 3,800 level, 3,850, and then finally the 3,900 level, which is a very important level on the S&P 500. It's going to be pretty strong resistance if the bulls get another charge up to that area. Remember something, though. If we're hoping for things to happen, hope and pray is not a good situation to be in. It's not the way you're supposed to trade or invest in the markets. But people seem to do that pretty often.
We're going to sit back and wait and let the data speak to us first. Now, in yesterday's alert, we told you to stay on the sidelines when it comes to Apple and Amazon. It was good advice given through the alert that we sent out to yesterday. Of course, yesterday last night, we had earnings coming from Apple and Amazon. So let's focus on Amazon first.
Disappointing guidance, of course, last night. They took down their numbers for the next coming quarters, and of course, this next quarter is the big one, right? This is the one where they tend to do a lot of their business. It's the holiday shopping season, and I think they're probably being a little bit more conservative going forward with their numbers. Or perhaps they're seeing something in the economy that there are some cracks there in consumer spending. We haven't seen that yet so far, but Amazon has information that none of us are privy to.
It could very well be that they're seeing a slowdown coming in, and they're pulling in their guidance for that very reason. So Wall Street today, not really impressed with Amazon. It did break down about to $86, $87 overnight. I think it's ticking up a little bit higher than that today. So we'll have to see how far Amazon falls before we are willing to make a commitment and add some more shares.
So again, we much like we said last night, we want to hold off on adding some Amazon. Now as it relates to Apple-- Apple actually came up with a decent number, barely beating on the top line and the bottom line, but also missing on the services revenue and the iPhone revenue as well too. So a mixed quarter. They didn't give any guidance at all, but they did seem to be encouraged by the fact that supply chain issues are starting to erode, and perhaps going to be able to get more speed and getting iPhones out to their customers to the orders.
So they seem to be pretty confident about their quarter coming up. Again, they didn't give any guidance, but they feel that the business is there, and there wasn't anything negative that they mentioned on the call yesterday. They do believe that consumer spending, which is still high, could come down a little bit in the coming quarters. And of course, we have the challenges of the Fed with higher interest rates on the short end, and then also predicting that job losses are going to be pretty strong. We do, of course, have a jobs report coming up next Friday, so we're going be talking about that sometime next week.
So as we close here, I just want to remind everybody about the monthly call. It's coming up next Wednesday, November 2nd, at noon Eastern time. So make sure you're there. Send some of your questions into email@example.com, and we'll hopefully get some of those up on the air, and take a look at those questions.
But it should be a really good meeting, a really fun meeting. We did have some nice movement on some names this week. We had four-- almost five names that hit all time highs earlier in the week. So plenty to talk about next week, and along with these earnings that we had this past week. So I'm going to leave it right there. Have a great day, everyone. Have a wonderful weekend, and we'll see you back on Monday.


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BENGALURU (REUTERS) - Amazon Web Services (AWS) chief Andy Jassy will replace billionaire founder Jeff Bezos as Amazon.com's next chief executive officer.
Here's what we know about the incoming CEO:
• Mr Jassy, 53, joined Amazon in 1997, three years after it was founded by Mr Bezos. He has an MBA from Harvard Business School.
• "I took my last final exam at HBS, the first Friday of May in 1997 and I started Amazon next Monday," Mr Jassy said in a Harvard Business School podcast in September. "No, I didn't know what my job was going to be, or what my title was going to be. It was super important to the Amazon people that we come that Monday."
• Mr Jassy is married to Elana Rochelle Caplan and is the father of two children. He is also a self-proclaimed sports and music fan.
• In 2006, Mr Jassy founded Amazon's AWS, Amazon's cloud service platform used by millions of businesses across the world. The service competes with Microsoft's Azure and Alphabet's Google Cloud. Mr Jassy is known for understanding technical details, and he has regularly taken jabs at legacy player Oracle and cloud rival Microsoft, which AWS continues to exceed in sales.
• Mr Jassy has occasionally spoken out on social issues, tweeting about the need for police accountability after Breonna Taylor, a Black woman, was slain in her home by white policemen during a botched raid, and in favor of LGBTQ rights.
• He has bestowed a rock-star aura to keynotes at AWS's annual Las Vegas conference, speaking before over 60,000 attendees in 2019 after upbeat music preceded his talk.
• Amazon on Tuesday (Feb 2) reported its third consecutive record profit and quarterly sales above US$100 billion (S$133 billion) for the first time. Mr Jassy's AWS, traditionally a bright spot, fell slightly short of expectations in the fourth quarter, posting revenue of US$12.7 billion, short of the US$12.8 billion analysts had estimated.
• Amazon said it was not announcing an AWS replacement for Mr Jassy at this time.


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Capacity of most of the projects will be 500 MW, Pashupathy Gopalan, President and MD - Asia Operations of the company told reporters here.
Despite rivalries, especially over patents, Schmidt held deep admiration for Jobs. In 2008, Schmidt called him "the best CEO in the world today."
To expand its cloud offerings, Oracle is scouting data centre locations and has just announced 2 data centers in Germany.
Japanese businesses are reaching out through their law firms to express interest across industries, primarily the core sector and information technology.
The year-on-year growth in aggregate sales and operating profit for the September 2014 quarter slipped to a five quarter low.
"We also continue to review opportunities to expand and strengthen our global footprint,” said Dilip Shanghvi, managing director, Sun Pharma.
The winners this year are no exception, holding a mirror to both the events of the past few years as well as long-term forces shaping the economy, notably globalisation and the enabling of entrepreneurship by the Internet.
Sun Life said on Wednesday its board had authorized the purchase of up to 9 million common shares through a normal course issuer bid.


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Nordstrom Inc. plans to relocate its store at the Ala Moana Center in Honolulu to a new, smaller location in spring 2016.
The new unit, part of a redevelopment project under way at the center by owner General Growth Properties Inc., will occupy approximately 186,000 square feet on three levels. Until it’s opened, Nordstrom will continue to operate its current store in the mall, a 211,000-square-foot unit opened in March 2008.
A Stella McCartney sketch of a custom dress made from protein-based silk in partnership with biotech lab Bolt Threads. The dress will be displayed at The Museum of Modern Art's upcoming design exhibition, "Items: Is Fashion Modern?"


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September 04, 2015 - Front Section
The CPEX New York retail leasing team completed a lease agreement at 75A 5th Ave. with BKLYN Juice Co. Located in Park Slope, 75A 5th Ave. is a mixed-use building featuring 650 s/f of ground floor retail space, with an additional 600 s/f of below-grade space and 450 s/f of backyard space. BKLYN Juice is taking over the location from a local children's clothing store that is relocating to 4th Ave.
CPEX's retail leasing team, consisting of managing director Ryan Condren, Associate Director George Danut and Associate Keat Chew, represented the landlord in the lease transaction. Cushman & Wakefield represented BKLYN Juice Co. LLC.
"5th Ave. has clearly become the primary beneficiary of the Barclays Center, and it's not surprising to see pricing now at a 'new norm' of over $100 per s/f," said Condren. "We believe that BKLYN Juice will be a great amenity for the residents of Park Slope looking for healthy, organic options."


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A ‘door-open’ warning as a vehicle cruises at highway speed is very worrisome. But if the alert doesn’t match reality, a cyber hack could be the culprit.
“It’s all about contextual information. So if you’re driving at 70 mph (112 km/h) and you see a signal from the body computer that a door is open, that’s probably a signal out-of-context. There’s something going on there,” said Bruce Coventry, Chairman of TowerSec, a supplier of cyber security software for vehicles with research and development headquarters in Tel Aviv, Israel.
A vehicle’s tire pressure monitoring, onboard diagnostics, anti-theft, and other vehicle systems operating via an electronic control unit with wireless capability provide possible entry points for hackers.
“As a company, we’ve explored and exploited all of these entry points,” said Coventry. “From a security perspective, we see many weak and vulnerable vehicle systems interacting with stronger systems. And a smart hacker goes after the weakest links--weak encryption, weak algorithms, and unprotected interfaces.”
Coventry and other persons involved with cyber security were panelists at a recent Society of Automotive Analysts discussion hosted by the Automotive Industry Action Group in Southfield, MI.
To date, the most notorious cyber attack on a vehicle had two hackers controlling a Jeep Cherokee via wireless access. This high-profile hijack with a hapless, willing driver inside the vehicle ended with the SUV sliding into a grassy ditch after the hackers remotely cut the brakes.
That July 2015 event prompted Fiat Chrysler Automobiles’ voluntary safety recall to update software on approximately 1.4 million U.S. vehicles equipped with certain radios.
“The good thing about the Jeep [incident] is it gave the car companies an ROI (return on investment) measure for taking actions to prevent hacking. If you assume just a $100 cost per car, you’re talking about $140 million,” said panel moderator John McElroy, a journalist and analyst.
Tom Winterhalter, the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s supervisor for the Detroit division’s cyber squad, said engineers should be designing for ‘what if’ occurrences. “What happens if I try to inject a different type of data packet, or connect the wires differently, or change the voltage, change the current—what is the impact?” asked Winterhalter, who worked as an ASIC engineer designing computer chips for Compaq and Hewlett-Packard prior to the joining the FBI.
A comprehensive plan for protecting vital information is a necessary undertaking for businesses, said attorney James Giszczak, Chair of the Data Privacy and Cybersecurity Practice Group at the McDonald Hopkins law offices in Bloomfield Hills, MI.
“Every organization that has information is a [hacker] target--whether that’s confidential, proprietary information, or whether it’s employee information,” said Giszczak. “We have all these buckets of data to protect: our employee data, our customer data, our trade secret information. Are we protecting all of this appropriately?”
Every worker throughout the supply chain should be trained in how to handle documents and data, and that includes information stored on the cloud.
Elaina Farnsworth, CEO of Mobile Comply, a Troy, MI-headquartered firm specializing in connected vehicle education and certification, said information technology specialists are not the only ones in an organization that need to be strong in the tactics of securing data.
“The most important thing you can do internally and externally is to convey the appropriate information and train your workforce and vendors to understand what the risks really are and how to mitigate the risks,” said Farnsworth.
Mobile Comply, the Connected Vehicle Trade Association, and SAE International have partnered to provide connected vehicle professional certification programs covering aspects such as industry best practices, communication protocols, and security.
Training and certification hinges on being able to channel competency throughout a company’s workforce by having the right conversations with the right people, said Farnsworth. “The goal is to have the group understand the basic, best practice of how to protect themselves against threats,” she said. “And if there is a compromise, how to respond to that compromise.”


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Hong Kong group makes tag system the tool of choice
Organisation pioneers initiatives such as pilot programmes in the Pearl River Delta to create common standards
EPCglobal Hong Kong is leading the drive to make radio frequency identification (RFID) technology the tool of choice in the next generation of supply chain management solutions.
Anna Lin, GSI Hong Kong and EPCglobal Hong Kong chief executive, said the organisation was pioneering initiatives to create common standards for the use of RFID through the EPCglobal Network.
EPCglobal Hong Kong, the local representative body of the global organisation, has the largest membership base in Asia, with more than 30 technology partners, including hardware and software providers, consulting companies and system integrators.
RFID technology is a wireless system that allows a product of any size to be tracked using tiny computer chips smaller than a grain of sand attached or incorporated into a product and read by a remote antenna.
Using the EPCglobal Network system, products can be tracked using real-time events and information relayed through EPC Information Services or a member firm's existing information systems.
In addition to organising training courses and seminars to help businesses learn more about the system, EPCglobal Hong Kong has set up a government-backed pilot programme involving the manufacture of garments and consumer electronics to promote the use of RFID in the Pearl River Delta region.
'Our pilot programmes, now in their second year, provide valuable reference cases for exploring and expanding the applications of EPC and RFID across the Pearl River Delta supply chain management structure,' Ms Lin said.
'The goal is to build the Hong Kong EPC Network based on EPC standards to create end-to-end supply chain visibility for Pearl River Delta suppliers and global buyers,' she said.
Compliance and retailer-driven mandates were the two major drivers behind the widespread interest and implementation of RFID across the world.
According to technology analyst company IDTechEx, almost three times the volume of RFID tags will be sold this year than over the previous 60 years since their invention. Worldwide, total spending last year on RFID tags, readers and services amounted to US$1.85 billion.
Of the more than 600 million RFID-enabled tags produced, about 150 million were EPC tags. In the past three years, the price of producing RFID tags has dropped from 20-50 US cents to less than 10 US cents.
Ms Lin said costs were expected to decline even further in the next few years.
'Falling costs are enabling manufacturers, governments and organisations such as ours to proactively explore the various ways that RFID and a global EPC network can further drive technological innovations and value propositions,' Ms Lin said.
The organisation would continue to build more reference cases for exploring and expanding the applications of RFID and highlight business benefits associated with participation in the Hong Kong EPC Network, she said.
Globally, Wal-Mart, Target and Marks and Spencer have announced their intention to expand their RFID pilot programmes. Wal-Mart's top 100 suppliers are already using RFID for security and identification purposes. Worldwide the vehicle industry is also stepping up its use of RFID for tracking and co-ordinating parts.
In the aviation industry, the International Air Transport Association, which includes nearly 300 of the world's leading passenger airlines, is leading an initiative to introduce RFID technology in baggage handling. In Hong Kong, the Airport Authority is one of the biggest users of RFID technology.
'EPC is involved in these projects and others,' Ms Lin said.


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Pay-what-you-can grocery store opens in The Junction
Feed It Foward founder chef Jagger Gordon hopes to cut down on food waste and hunger with a grocery store with no price tags
Vegetables at Feed It Forward, a new pay-what-you-can grocery store on Dundas St. W. A pickup truck filled with donated boxes of organic salad greens, apples and carrots is being unloaded at the back of what will be a pay-what-youcan grocery store in the Junction neighbourhood, billing itself to be the first of its kind in the city.
At the front of the store, the shelves are stocked with fresh breads and buns, baskets of softball-sized grapefruits, purple heads of cauliflower, containers filled with grains and seeds and pots of ready to plant herbs and vegetable seedlings.
It’s an ambitious social enterprise headed up by Toronto chef and Feed It Foward founder Jagger Gordon, who for the last four years has been working on addressing food insecurity and waste in the city.
The Feed It Forward grocery store, at 3324 Dundas St. W. just east of Runnymede Rd., will have its grand opening Saturday at noon and then be open 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. everyday after that. Similar


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Major statistics such as unemployment and non-farm jobs are continuing to show improvement in key markets throughout the Southeast, a sign that these positive trends should continue in the fourth quarter.
Unemployment is showing signs of improvement or stabilization on a monthly basis. Florida’s unemployment rate held steady at 3.5% in August, the same rate as July. This marks a slight improvement from 3.7% in August 2018. Similarly, Georgia’s unemployment rate remained steady at 3.7% in July and August, a decrease from 4.0% a year earlier.
Non-farm jobs are also on the rise. In Atlanta, employees on non-farm payrolls grew by 1.5% from August 2018 to August 2019, while Miami and Orlando experienced 2.0% and 4.0% growth, respectively. With retailers gearing up for the holiday season, we anticipate growth in manufacturing and non-durable goods within the next couple of months.
ManpowerGroup’s recent survey indicated 22% of companies in the U.S., as well as 22% of companies in the South, intend to increase staff levels in the fourth quarter. In the South, durable goods manufacturing sector employers report a slight improvement in hiring intentions when compared to the previous quarter. Meanwhile, hiring prospects are slightly weaker in five industry sectors across the South, including construction, financial activities, government, other services, and professional and business services industries.


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Android 13 Beta 3 Shows Troubles Dealing with Dead Zones
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Android 13 is on its way to more devices, and on Pixels it already receives its own updates. But its way is far from easy, and now it seems it’s stuck in the dead zone – quite literally. The testers of the newest QPR1 Beta 3 report that after getting into a dead zone the devices experience problems with reconnecting to cellular carriers. And this problem appears to be quite common.
Cellular signal reception is one of the most crucial things about today’s smartphones, even despite ubiquitous Wi-Fi. And despite carriers’ efforts to cover every inhabited area as closely as possible, there are still dead zones where the coverage is absent or fails. It’s okay to drop into such a zone for a minute or two, if you have your Spotify music downloaded and maps cached. At least, it should be.
It’s not the case, though, with the latest QPR1 Beta 3. Testers report the common issue on various devices, from Pixel 5 and 6 to the recent Pixel 7. As they enter one of these dead zones, they experience issues as the device won’t reconnect even after reaching a stable reception area. This is not the behavior to be expected from a smartphone in 2022.
The problem has been reported from different places as well. While in the US there are probably no reports (at least, no published ones), there are some from Europe, including Spain and Italy. Users there say their Pixel devices just lose any connection and won’t reconnect.
The most recent version Android 13 QPR1 has spent its latest months in the beta version before arriving on all the supported Pixel devices. But the update is delayed because of multiple issues which are typical for betas – probably except this one, too serious to be ignored. Well, we hope Google overcomes it soon, and another update arrives on your Pixels.
If you have a Pixel with Android 13, how does it perform? Ever noticed issues after leaving a dead zone? Or maybe you had it with some other smartphone? Do you find it acceptable or intolerable even for a beta? Tell us what you think in the comments below!


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Nissan Shifting Murano Output to Miss. From Japan
Nissan CEO Carlos Ghosn, following through on a vow to lessen the company's reliance on expensive Japanese manufacturing and compete better in North America, has ordered output of the Murano crossover shifted to Canton, Miss. According to Automotive News, the shift is scheduled to take place during the second half of 2014 when the next-generation Murano is expected to go on sale. Nissan, in a statement, said the move "will require several hundred employees for production." Next week at the Detroit auto show the company will show a crossover concept – the Resonance – that signals future styling of the crossover. The Murano will become the eighth model on Canton's plate and the third nameplate that Ghosn has shifted out of Japan in recent months. About 90 percent of Muranos are made at Nissan's Kyushu plant in southwestern Japan. About 70 percent of that plant's output was exported to the United States. The Murano is also assembled in China and Russia. Nissan's factory in Smyrna, Tenn., has just started commercial production of the electric Leaf. This year, the Smyrna plant also will begin production of the Rogue crossover, which currently is imported from Japan. Click here to read more about Nissan’s U.S. production plans.
3 Members of Obama's Cabinet coming to Detroit Auto Show
Three members of President Barack Obama's Cabinet will attend the North American International Auto Show in Detroit next week, reports The Detroit News. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood, acting Commerce Secretary Rebecca Blank, and Environmental Protection Agency chief Lisa Jackson are all planning to tour the show floor, meeting with automakers and seeing the new models. LaHood will make remarks during the show's opening – his third straight year in the role. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration chief David Strickland will also tour the show. Michigan members of Congress will be in attendance including Reps. John Dingell, Gary Peters, and Sen. Debbie Stabenow. Also expected to attend are Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder, Ohio Gov. John Kasich, and Republican Indianapolis Mayor Greg Ballard, who has announced plans to convert city's entire government fleet to plug-in or hybrid by 2025. U.S. auto sales in 2012 rose to a five-year high, up 13 percent to 14.5 million vehicles — and 2013 is expected by many automakers to top 15 million vehicles. The boost in auto sales has been a key driver of economic growth. Click here to read more about the officials that will be in attendance next week at the Detroit Auto Show.
Survey Pinpoints Car Brands with Most Traction Among Luxury Buyers
Three brands, in particular, stand out in the minds of luxury buyers and inspire trust, satisfaction, and customer loyalty, according to a recent survey. Ranking highest in the 2013 Luxury Consumer Experience survey conducted by the New York-based Luxury Institute were Lexus, Audi, and BMW. "Wealthy consumers' perceptions of brand experience encompass everything from the physical quality of the car to interactions with the sales and service departments at dealerships," says Luxury Institute chief executive officer Milton Pedraza. "Especially at the high-end, luxury automakers must be aware of how people and products combine to affect a brand's reputation. According to Auto Remarketing, the survey that averages wealthy respondents' ratings across ten areas of consideration, including evaluations of the vehicles they own or lease, their dealership experience, and their overall brand buying and ownership experience. Audi ranked first in several areas, including the consistently superior design and quality materials of its cars. Next up was Lexus, which the Luxury Institute explained was based largely on the dealership experience and its positive representation of the brand. Click here to read more about which brands are most popular among luxury car buyers.
Car Functions Now Controlled by Waving a Hand
Drivers have depended on gestures to maneuver through traffic since the dawn of the automobile age. Now, reports USA Today, automakers are starting to use gestures to let drivers control functions of the car, whether it's an approaching hand to activate a dashboard infotainment system or the kick of a leg to open a crossover's tailgate. Not only are the latest gesture technologies on display this week at the International Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, but more will be featured at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit next week. Hyundai plans to introduce a sleek concept car that incorporates "3-D gesture" control so a driver can operate an audio system with the wave of a hand. The goal: Make it "safe and easy to use," says Mitchell Zarders, a Hyundai senior engineer, who notes the functionality is still in its infancy. "You are going to be amazed in a couple years. (Gesture control) isn't going to resemble anything that you see today." Designers are striving to find ways that drivers can avoid fiddling for buttons, knobs, switches, or icons on an electronic display screen as a car barrels down the interstate at 70 miles an hour. Click here for coverage of vehicle gesture technology.
Best New-Cars (And Features) For Senior Drivers
While older Americans are feeling and acting “younger” these days, it may not be wise for empty nesters to trade in their sedans and SUVs for something sportier to cruise through their golden years. According to AAA, 90 percent of motorists age 65 and older suffer from a variety of health issues – ranging from arthritis to diminished vision – that could adversely affect their driving. “With 10,000 Americans turning 65 every day, we know that families will be coping with these age-related driving safety issues for years to come,” says AAA president and CEO Robert Darbelnet. “The good news is that specific ‘smart features’ on today’s cars can help older drivers and their families deal with these conditions.” Unfortunately, a recent AAA survey indicates that only one in 10 seniors is driving a vehicle that’s equipped with features that can not only make driving safer, but more comfortable. Of course, any of these features can also benefit younger drivers who favor function and comfort over sheer flash and fashion. Check out Forbes’ list of the best cars for senior drivers here. To read more about which features should be most important to today’s senior drivers, click here.
2013 J.D. Power Intl. Automotive Roundtable & NADA Welcome Reception
Get to Orlando early to hear the latest insights and analysis on the global automotive industry and for an opportunity to network with NADA attendees the day before NADA’s Convention. The J.D. Power and Associates International Automotive Roundtable and NADA Welcome Reception will take place on Friday, February 8, 2013 at the Peabody Hotel. The Automotive Roundtable provides a single day packed with valuable information, including J.D. Power’s exclusive Annual Franchise Assessment and Global Automotive Outlook. An elite group of industry experts, including Stephen Cannon, President and CEO-Mercedes-Benz USA and John Mendel, Executive Vice President-Automotive Sales – American Honda Motor co., Inc., will provide attendees with new insights into emerging automotive trends, marketplace actions, and successes in customer satisfaction. Click here to view the complete agenda. CLICK HERE to register and fax your form to 805-418-8566. For more information, contact Stephanie Haina at (805) 418-8607 or Stephanie.Haina@Jdpa.com.