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In a new food contamination outbreak in Canada, one person has died and 87 others have fallen ill with a <"https://www.yourlawyer.com/topics/overview/salmonella">Salmonella strain that has been linked to three brands of contaminated cheese in Quebec.Â Provincial health authorities have announced a recall and, according to Dr. Horacio Arruda, the province’s director of public health, the outbreak is emerging in three areasâ€”ChaudiÃ¨re-Appalaches, Estrie-Mauricie, and Centre-du-QuÃ©becâ€”and which have experienced an unusually high incidence of recent cases.Â In a typical year, Quebec normally experiences about 1,000 cases of Salmonella poisoning province-wide.
Arruda reported that the death was of an elderly person and that about 40 percent of those infected required hospitalization for at least one day so that they could be rehydrated or for other symptoms. More cases are expected to occur in the three regions. Generally, Salmonella lasts a week and the elderly, infants, and people with impaired immune systems may require treatment and sometimes hospitalization when the infection spreads from the intestines to the blood stream and other body sites.Â Without treatment, severe cases can be fatal.Â Some Salmonella bacteria are resistant to antibiotics, largely due to the use of antibiotics to promote the growth of feed animals.Â A small number of persons infected with Salmonella will go on to develop pains in their joints, irritation of the eyes, and painful urinationâ€”a condition called Reiterâ€™s syndromeâ€”which can last for months or years and can lead to chronic arthritis.
Meanwhile, a possible link has been found and the Quebec Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, in co-operation with Fromages la ChaudiÃ¨re of Lac-MÃ©gantic, have warned consumers not to eat any of the following three non-refined hard cheeses because they might contain Salmonella enteritidis bacteria:Â La ChaudiÃ¨re, Polo, and Tradition.Â The recalled cheese products were produced between July 24 and August 24.Â Arruda explained that at the onset of the investigation, experts relied on anecdotal information and questionnaires, which pointed to cheese being involved in the outbreak.Â “We immediately ordered a special study of the patients as well as other individuals in the region who could have eaten the same food in order to identify the cause â€¦.Â We found a similar genetic print in many of these cases,” Arruda said.Â “We believe there could be contamination from a specific distribution point,” he added.
Salmonella was at the root of the recent, enormous outbreak linked to Mexican peppers.Â Previous Salmonella outbreaks in Canada have been linked to fruits and vegetables; small animals, such as pets infected with the bacteria; and chocolate. Guy Auclair of the province’s Agricultural Department said the strain found in the Quebec cheese is not linked to the Listeria-tainted processed meat that prompted a massive recall of over 200 products made by a Maple Leaf Foods plant in Toronto.
Salmonella is an infection with a bacterium that is usually found in food contaminated with animal feces and is a group of bacteria that passes from the feces of people or animals to other people or animals.Â Salmonella poisoning can occur when food is improperly stored or handled and when preparers do not wash their hands or sanitize implements involved in meat storage.


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LaCANTINA DOORS AWARDED BEST IN SHOW AT THE 2014 AIA EXPO
- June 30, 2014
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LaCantina Doors (LaCantina) exhibiting for the first time at this year’s American Institute of Architects (AIA) Expo in Chicago was selected Best in Show for its innovative booth design.
Featuring the company’s renowned folding doors, a new class of mutli slide and full range of swing doors, LaCantina showcased its complete and perfectly matching door package. Emphasizing aesthetics and innovative designs LaCantina creates open spaces ideal for both commercial and residential projects.
In addition, AIA Expo attendees experienced the LaCantina life with espressos in the morning and happy hour & live music in the afternoon. A guest performance by Speed Painter, Thomas Varano, brought to life the spirit of Frank Lloyd Wright and architectural history. LaCantina raffled off these paintings to attendees.
With over 800 exhibitors, LaCantina captured the attention and recognition of the 17,000 attendees by being voted Best in Show for 2014. “We are thrilled to be the recipient of ‘Best of Show “commented Lee Maughan, President, LaCantina Doors. “This award is a testament to our innovative designs and open space concept dedicated to enhancing lifestyle.”
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The leader in transport and logistics recognized for its efforts in terms of sustainable development
GREEN BAY, Wis.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Schneider (NYSE: SNDR), a leading multimodal provider of trucking, intermodal and logistics services, is pleased to announce that the company has been honored as a PepsiCo Asset Sustainability Carrier of the Year 2021 by the international food and beverage company.
PepsiCo’s award recognizes Schneider’s more than 20 years of service and support in addition to the company’s sustainability commitments.
“We appreciate our long relationship with PepsiCo,” said John Bozec, senior vice president and general manager of Schneider’s Van Truckload. “Being recognized for our service as well as our efforts to improve sustainability across the industry is significant recognition of the investments we make in our drivers, equipment and operations to constantly improve and reduce our impact on the environment. Both organizations have evolved and set ambitious goals to achieve in this area and we are on track to achieve these goals. »
Schneider is committed to reducing emissions, with goals such as reducing CO2 emissions by 60% per mile and achieving carbon neutrality for all company-owned facilities by 2035. sustainable transportation . Schneider is also a 12-time winner of the SmartWay Excellence Award.
“Fleet decarbonization is critical to PepsiCo’s goal of achieving net zero emissions by 2040. That’s why we’re partnering with transportation providers like Schneider who continue to make advancements in equipment and technology to reduce emissions,” said Roberta Barbieri, vice president of global sustainability at PepsiCo. “With our scale, our reach, and the support of partners like Schneider, we can drive positive change at a systemic level, within and beyond our own value chain.”
As experts in the shipping industry, Schneider works with customers to determine how shipping fits into their overall emission reduction goals, looking at network optimization, reducing empty miles, consolidating freight and determining the right modes of transportation – whether dedicated, intermodal or using multiple modes. thanks to Schneider Capacity StackingSM. Analytics-based tools, such as Schneider’s FreightPower® digital platform, also help customers assess the most efficient routes and modes of transportation.
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Schneider is a leading provider of transportation, intermodal and logistics services. Offering one of the broadest portfolios in the industry, Schneider’s solutions include regional and long haul truckloads, expedited, dedicated, bulk, intermodal, brokerage, warehousing, supply chain management supply, port logistics and logistics consulting.
With annual sales of $5.6 billion, Schneider has safely delivered a superior customer experience and invested in innovation for over 85 years. The company’s digital marketplace, Schneider FreightPower®, is revolutionizing the industry by giving shippers access to an extensive and highly flexible capacity network and provides carriers with unparalleled access to quality drop-in freight. and hook” – Always Delivering, Always Ahead.
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- Microchip (NASDAQ:MCHP) expects FQ2 revenue of $546.2M, below prior guidance of $560M-$575.9M and a $567.9M consensus.
- CEO Steve Sanghi: "The month of September is usually a strong month for our revenue after the summer holiday period. This time, the September sales did not materialize to our expectations. The revenue miss was led by China where the September quarter is traditionally the strongest."
- Sanghi also highlights Microchip's status as a bellwether for the chip industry, due to its 80K+ customers and recognition of distributor revenue based on sell-through to customers rather than distributor sell-in. "We believe that another industry correction has begun and that this correction will be seen more broadly across the industry in the near future."
- MCHP -8.1% AH.
- Chip ETFs: SOXX, SMH, XSD, PSI, SOXL, USD, SOXS, SSG
Wed, Jul. 23, 12:25 PM
- Among the year's best tech performers, chip stocks are selling off (SOXX -1.8%) on an up day for the Nasdaq following weak numbers from FPGA giant Xilinx (XLNX -14.5%).
- Xilinx missed FQ1 revenue estimates by over $18M, and also guided for FQ2 revenue to be well below consensus. The company blamed the FQ1 shortfall on soft defense and wireless sales. BMO and BofA/Merrill have downgraded Xilinx; the former thinks Xilinx's 28nm share might be peaking.
- Xilinx stated on its CC (transcript) the wireless weakness was mostly due to soft 28nm chip sales to Chinese 4G base station vendors; Chinese 4G rollouts have long been viewed as a catalyst for both Xilinx and Altera (ALTR -4.7%). Aerospace/defense sales were hurt by program timing issues.
- Meanwhile, switch/router vendor Juniper offered light Q3 guidance to go with a Q2 beat. The company noted on its CC (transcript) "market dynamics" for U.S. carriers, including M&A activity, are affecting project rollouts.
- Also: Analog/mixed-signal IC vendor Linear (LLTC -4.1%) is selling off in spite of beating FQ4 estimates and guiding in-line (8%-11% Y/Y FQ1 rev. growth vs. 9.1% consensus).
- Notable decliners: FSL -5.3%. IDTI -6.4%. EZCH -3.3%. PMCS -4.3%. LSCC -6.8%. CAVM -4.7%. SMTC -4.1%. ATML -3.2%. TQNT -3.1%. RFMD -2.9%. IRF -2.9%.
- Qualcomm, NXP, TriQuint, and Cirrus Logic report after the bell.
- Chip ETFs: SMH, XSD, PSI, SOXL, USD, SOXS, SSG
Wed, Feb. 26, 11:24 AM
- Chip stocks are outperforming (SOXX +1.1%) after Avago (AVGO +5.1%) posted an FQ1 beat and strong margin numbers (albeit while guiding light, as many expected), and STMicroelectronics (STM +3.9%) exec Paul Grimme states his company's European sales are stabilizing, with Germany leading the way.
- Notable winners: AMBA +5.4%. AMCC +5.2%. CRUS +3.3%. SWKS +3%. QUIK +4.1%. INVN +2.7%. RFMD +3.5%. TQNT +3%. SIMO +2.7%. CAVM +3.6%. Nearly all of the aforementioned names have strong mobile and/or telecom equipment exposure.
- RBC has hiked its Avago PT to $66 from $64, and says the chipmaker remains its "top play on China and global LTE deployments." With LSI in tow, the firm thinks FY15 (ends Oct. '15) EPS will top $5.
- Morgan Stanley ($68 PT) is confident Avago can raise LSI's op. margin to 30% from 17% over the next few years, much as the company has doubled its own op. margin to 30% post-LBO.
- Chip ETFs: SMH, XSD, PSI, SOXL, USD, SOXS, SSG
Apr. 25, 2013, 8:28 PMSamsung Electronics (SSNLF.PK) says its Q1 profit rose 42% to a record high on strong smartphone sales. Net profit rose to a record KRW7.15T ($6.4B), up from KRW5.05T a year earlier. Operating profit rose 54% to KRW8.8T from KRW5.7T. Sales rose 16.8% to KRW52.9T from KRW45.3T, coming in in line with the company's guidance of KRW51T to KRW53T. The results stand in stark contrast those of Apple (AAPL), which earlier this week reported its first profit drop in a decade and forecast margins to decline in the current quarter ending in June. | 95 Comments
Apr. 24, 2013, 12:28 PMAre wireless chip stocks decoupling from Apple? Even with Apple off slightly as bleak June quarter guidance outweighs fresh capital returns, iPhone/iPad combo chip supplier Broadcom (BRCM +6.6%) is surging thanks to a Q1 beat and strong Q2 guidance, and is helping out some peers - QCOM +1.4%, SWKS +2.6%, INVN +1.8%, SNDK +1%. During its earnings call, Broadcom, which also provides combo chips for many Samsung phones, stated mobile chip sales only fell 1.6% Q/Q in seasonally weak Q1, and forecast sequential growth for the business (Apple-dependent Cirrus Logic sure isn't doing the same). Qualcomm reports after the close. | 4 Comments
Feb. 1, 2013, 1:34 PMTelecom chipmakers Cavium (CAVM +7.5%) and PMC-Sierra (PMCS +13.7%) soar after delivering Q4 beats (I, II), and contribute to a decent rally in chip stocks (SOXX +1.9%). Cavium guided on its Q4 call for Q1 revenue of $68.5M-$70.5M and EPS of $0.17-$0.19 vs. a consensus of $69.1M and $0.17. PMC guided on its call for Q1 revenue of $123M-$132M, largely above a $124.7M consensus. The numbers come amidst growing optimism (I, II) about 2013 telecom capex. Peers Broadcom (BRCM +2%), Marvell (MRVL +3.1%), and LSI (LSI +4.7%) are all doing well. | Comment!
Jan. 17, 2013, 1:19 PMTSMC (TSM +2.5%) has hit levels last seen during the Dot.com bubble after delivering an in-line Q4 report (revenue was already known thanks to monthly reports) and guiding for a smaller Q/Q sales drop for seasonally weak Q1 than was expected. The world's top chip foundry claims 22% of Q4 wafer sales involved its cutting-edge 28nm process - TSMC struggled with 28nm yield issues earlier in 2012. Chip stocks are getting a lift from the report (SOXX +1.4%), and from ASML's guidance. | Comment!
Dec. 21, 2012, 4:15 PMO2Micro (OIIM) warns it expects Q4 revenue of $16M-$17M, below prior guidance of $17M-$20M and a consensus of $18.6M. The company, no stranger to warnings, blames "broad-based weakness in demand in our end markets, coupled with lower than normal inventories being held in the supply chain." At least a few other chipmakers have similar problems. Shares are likely to fall after rising 8% in regular trading. (PR) | Comment!
Nov. 9, 2012, 4:42 PMIt pays for chip companies to have good mobile exposure these days. TSMC (TSM +1.4%), the top foundry for Qualcomm, OmniVision, Broadcom, and other mobile chip names, reported its October sales rose 15% M/M and 32% Y/Y to $1.7B, boosted by growing 28nm chip production. Rival UMC, by comparison, only saw 12% Y/Y growth. Credit Suisse now thinks TSMC should be able to hit the high end of its Q4 revenue guidance range thanks to smartphone-related orders. | Comment!
Nov. 9, 2012, 10:34 AMAnalog chipmakers Diodes (DIOD -7%) and Microsemi (MSCC -5%) are heading south following their Q3 reports (I, II). Though Diodes' Q4 revenue guidance ($160M-$167M vs. $164M consensus) was in-line, its gross margin forecast of 23%-27% is underwhelming, given the midpoint is below Q3's 26.2%. Microsemi is guiding for Q4 revenue of $262M-$268M and EPS of $0.57-$0.60, mostly below a consensus of $268.1M and $0.60. The chip industry remains mired in a slump. (Diodes PR) (Microsemi PR) | Comment!
Oct. 22, 2012, 6:44 PMTexas Instruments' Q3 call didn't contain much for chip stock investors to be excited about. The analog chip giant claims customer inventories remain lean and demand visibility short; that the industrial and telecom markets are soft; and that September was the weakest month in the quarter. Also, wireless sales are expected to underperform again on a Q/Q basis, a likely sign Amazon is paring back Kindle Fire-related orders after building inventories in Q3. TXN -0.3% AH. (Q3 results: I, II) | Comment!
Oct. 15, 2012, 5:16 PMMicrochip (MCHP) -3% AH after warning it expects to report FQ2 (Sep. quarter) revenue of $407M-$408M, below a consensus of $420.3M. The microcontroller vendor, often seen as a bellwether for broader chip industry demand, blames "macroeconomic and industry conditions" in general. "The overall global economic outlook continues to be poor and is adversely impacting our business as well as the rest of the semiconductor industry." (also: I, II) | Comment!
Oct. 10, 2012, 9:48 AMAvnet (AVT -9.6%) tumbles to 52-week lows after warning it expects FQ1 (Sep. quarter) revenue of $5.85B and EPS of $0.52-$0.58, below a consensus of $6.06B and $0.83. The company blames the impact of delayed IT projects on its hardware distribution ops, and a "pronounced slowdown" in Americas sales for its chip distribution ops. Given Avenet's bellwether status for chip demand, which is already looking shaky, the warning is likely contributing to early weakness in chip stocks (SOXX -0.9%). Rival Arrow (ARW -6.2%) is also selling off. | Comment!
Oct. 3, 2012, 4:18 PMAnalog/security chipmaker O2Micro (OIIM) warns it expects Q3 revenue of $22M-$23.1M, below prior guidance of $24.1M-$26M and a consensus of $24.8M. The company blames "broad-based weakness in demand in the company's end markets," and claims customers are working through excess inventory. Chalk this up as another negative datapoint for the chip industry. (SIA data) (FBR) | Comment!
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text: The Islamabad Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ICCI) has expressed great concern over a 103 percent rise in trade deficit during the first four months of the current fiscal year and called upon the government to take urgent remedial measures. ICCI President Muhammad Shakeel Munir in a statement on Tuesday expressed great concerns over the rising trade deficit of the country and called upon the government to take urgent remedial measures to curb this dangerous trend as the increasing trade deficit would put more pressure on exchange rate and cause further depreciation in the value of rupee unleashing a new wave of high inflation in the country. Munir said that the trade deficit of Pakistan had reached an all-time high of over $37 billion in financial year 2018 creating multiple problems for the economy and the current government had brought it down with great efforts to around $23 billion by 2020. However, the trade deficit is again on the rise, which was not a good sign for the economy. He said it is unfortunate that being an agricultural country, Pakistan is importing wheat, sugar, pulses and many other food items, which also contributes to the rising trade deficit. He emphasized that the government should extend full support to the private sector in promoting import substitutions in the country in order to reduce dependence on imports and improve exports. The ICCI president said that in an environment of rising trade deficit, the growth of the economy would remain uncertain amid fears of further deterioration in the fiscal and current account imbalances and it is high time that the government should take urgent measures to reverse this unhealthy trend. He said that to sustain the strong economic growth, the government should increase private investment and focus on exports promotion. He further said that the government should ensure availability of long-term financing to the private sector to help expand export capacity of firms that would help in promoting exports. ICCI Senior Vice President Jamshaid Akhtar Sheikh said that the value of Pakistani rupee has tumbled to over Rs170 against a dollar, which showed that the local currency has lost its value at an alarming rate. He said it would put more pressure on the country’s capacity to finance its foreign debt obligations going forward. He said that eroding the value of rupee is also disturbing all future plans of the business community as they needed a stable exchange rate for long-term business and investment planning. He urged that the government should take urgent measures to stabilize the value of the rupee.


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Supply chain issues are expected to last until mid to late 2023. If that is the case, then inflation is far from transitory. That means you will have to brace for more price increases on various goods and a few services as well.
Here is what you need to know.
The Supply Chains Are Weak and so is the Global Economy
Covid-19, or rather, the government’s response to COVID-19 has caused supply chain disruptions. These supply chain disruptions can take place due ports closing down temporarily due to a rise in COVID-19 cases or because of some other related issue. The global supply chain has seen a significant bout of issues when it comes to the movement of goods from point A to point B. One can notice significant dislocations everywhere from containers to transportation routes and even in storage locations. Makers of MRE’s to new vehicles are noting that they will have to scale back on production due to input shortages in one form or fashion.
Of course, manufacturers are also raising the cost of goods to account for demand and additional costs to move goods from point A to point B. The global economy is already in shambles because of the government response to COVID-19. It may look much worse due to these persistent supply chain issues.
Remember that it is hard to change supply chains. The reason why is because once you establish these processes, you base your budgets, and everything around how you source, ship, and distribute these goods.
Lack of Demand to an Increase in Demand and Affects Supply Chains
But the current issues were happening at a small scale before COVID-19. Remember that the United States and China have been a sort of cold war. While President Trump instituted various impositions on Chinese companies to slow down the integration of China into the United States, this had some effects on how companies thought about their supply chains. The real issues could have arrived when China hit back against the agriculture industry in the United States.
This would cause some issues early on.
But COVID-19 would help to rapidly increase issues. The government issued lockdowns would cause significant havoc on economies everywhere. The demand for various goods would decline and manufacturers would respond by decreasing overall output. At the same time, companies would scale back on their need for workers as well. This happened all over the world.
But governments would change the game again in the middle of 2020. They would so really quickly with their stimulus efforts. From the United States to other G-7 countries, one would see varying levels of stimulus. These efforts plus the roll back of lockdowns in several areas led to demand slowly picking up in certain areas.
That additional government money plus the need to start living again caused many consumers to increase their demand for goods. This demand persists to this very day. Meanwhile, companies are still trying to get back into gear amid various flare ups of COVID-19 cases in parts of the world. While the flare ups would be fine in an other wise sane world, in a world where countries like New Zealand and Australia lockdown at the sight of a single sneeze by a newborn pup, it causes frustration and consternation for corporations and the makers and shippers of goods.
As firms still grapple with the increased demand without the supply, costs go up.
Still, firms expect the situation to remain the same “Strong consumer demand has outpaced supply chain operations since late last year and could remain a challenge as the holidays approach,” noted the NRF VP for supply chain and customs policy Jonathan Gold, last week in a statement. “The continuing lack of labor, equipment and capacity has highlighted systemic issues and the need to create a truly 21st century supply chain to ensure resiliency against the next major disruption.”
Shipping container rates are still over six times the price in 2019. Ports are still congested to a certain extent and land transportation is still in a state of disarray. Do you think the situation will resolve as protests, riots, new regime takeovers in places like Guinea and other areas continue to accelerate? Unlikely.
Each part of the process has its respective challenges.
The challenges look like they are increasing as labor shortages and other problems continue. The governments look like they will continue to stimulate in some or fashion, COVID-19 looks like it will abate but hysteria may remain for a while, and labor shortages and other problems look like they’ll persist. The main point: buckle up, it looks like it is going to be a bumpy ride over the next few years.


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Help Promote Voluntary Efforts to Address Online Content Theft Problem
Agreements in Private Sector Can Benefit Creators and Consumers
As co-chairs of the Creative Rights Caucus, we’d like to bring to your attention to a recent article in The Hill about how industry efforts to fight digital content theft can complement government efforts.
Since 2013, the House Judiciary Committee has engaged in a comprehensive review of the Copyright Act, hearing from over one hundred witnesses over the course of twenty hearings and three listening sessions across the country. A recurring theme at a number of these sessions has been the important role that online intermediaries can play in taking steps to address the ongoing problem of online content theft.
The attached article highlights a number of successful voluntary partnerships that have been forged to reduce online theft, and discusses other areas where more can be done.
Congress has an important role here in promoting the benefits of such voluntary agreements for creators and consumers, ensuring that existing agreements are effective, and encouraging additional key players in the online ecosystem to take similar steps.
American creators of motion pictures, music, software, books, visual arts, and other creative works rely on Congress to protect their intellectual property. Over fifty Members of the House, with a strong interest in protecting the rights of content creators, have joined to form the Creative Rights Caucus. To join this Caucus, please contact Linda Shim in Rep. Chu’s office email@example.com or Sally Rose Larson in Rep. Collins’ office at firstname.lastname@example.org.
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Industry efforts to fight digital piracy complement government action
By Daniel Castro, contributor, and Nigel Cory
Online piracy remains a perennial problem. Just days before Christmas, news broke that a digital piracy group had released pirated copies of “The Hateful Eight” and “The Revenant” before these movies had even made their theatrical debut. While clearly more needs to be done by law enforcement to crack down on the criminal syndicates behind these types of illegal activities, the past few years have shown that the private sector is taking important steps to combat online piracy and complement government efforts, especially though promotion of voluntary agreements between content creators and other players in the online economy.
The private sector has created a number of successful voluntary partnerships, such as the Copyright Alert System (CAS) and the Trust Accountability Group’s Brand Integrity Program Against Piracy (TAG Anti-Piracy Program), to reduce online piracy. These industry-led agreements bring together different players in the digital economy, including content creators, Internet service providers, ad agencies, technology platforms, search engines, data storage providers and payment processes to reduce online piracy and protect and promote consumer use of legitimate content online.
The CAS is the most prominent voluntary agreement, and it involves collaboration between two key actors: Internet service providers (ISPs) and content creators. Participating ISPs inform consumers when their Internet account has been used to illegally download copyrighted material via peer-to-peer networks and educates them about legitimate sources of content. ISPs sent out 1.3 million alerts in the first 10 months of the program, with the vast majority involving education material about where to access legitimate content, with less than 3 percent being at the final stage, which involve mitigation action such as a slowdown in Internet speeds.
The TAG Anti-Piracy Program aims to stop pirates from making money from displaying online ads for legitimate goods and services. Cutting off the money is critical. It is estimated that 589 piracy sites earned a combined $209 million in ad revenue last year alone. This is why rights holders, leading advertising associations, individual agencies and others came together to develop a way to screen out piracy-related websites from receiving ads, thus depriving pirates of a key source of revenue.
Industry efforts can make it easier for online businesses to avoid becoming a tool for digital piracy. For example, the private sector has developed a number of best practices to reduce the risk of piracy on certain digital platforms, such as guidelines for user-generated content services and payment processors.
Finally, the private sector has worked hard to provide consumers with an array of options and tools for accessing digital content legally and have crafted voluntary agreements to license content to many businesses with innovative business models, including Netflix, Hulu and Amazon Prime for video and Apple iTunes, Amazon Prime Music, Pandora and Spotify for music. The number of services continues to grow each year. For example, Americans had access to 112 lawful online video providers at the end of 2014, compared to 65 in 2011 and only eight in 2005. And websites like WhereToWatch.com make it dead simple for users to find a legitimate service.
While these voluntary efforts have been largely successful, more can be done. For example, the private sector still needs a stronger framework for payment processors to cut off pirate sites from their payment networks. And Internet domain name registrars, together with content creators and others, should come together to develop better methods for enforcing terms of service that prohibit criminal groups from using websites that promote the theft of digital content. Finally, the private sector should continue to improve industry efforts to demote search results that involve piracy.
The U.S. Intellectual Property Enforcement Coordinator (IPEC) is in the process of developing a new three-year strategic plan to improve protection of intellectual property. IPEC’s next strategic plan should recognize the value of voluntary agreements and aim to improve existing agreements, support ongoing talks in other areas, and encourage collaboration in areas where there has been less progress. Doing so will help the United States continue to be the powerhouse in creating digital content and innovative delivery models that have proven so popular with consumers and so successful for the U.S. economy.
Castro is the vice president of the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation (ITIF). Nigel Cory is a trade policy analyst at ITIF.


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We heard yesterday that the new Samsung Galaxy S8 and Galaxy S8 Plus smartphones would be announced at an event on the 29th of March and now it looks like we have some details on when the handsets will hit the stores.
According to a recent report by The Guardian, the Samsung Galaxy S8 and S8 Plus will go on sale in the UK some time around the 21st of April, either on that date or shortly before or after that date.
The new Galaxy S8 is expected to be the first smartphone to launch with the new Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 processor, Samsung are said to have helped Qualcomm develop the processor.
The two devices are also rumored to come with 6GB of RAM and a choice of storage options up to 256GB, we can also expect the handsets to feature a microSD card slot.
The Samsung Galaxy S8 will also come with Samsung’s new voice activated assistant which is called Bixby, there will also be a feature called Bixby Vision which will be some sort of visual search using the cameras on the handsets.
As soon as we get some more details about the Samsung Galaxy S8 and Galaxy S8 Plus, including some more photos of the device, specifications and confirmation of the launch date, we will let you know.
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Advertising is one of the commonest ways of financing Web sites and services. There’s nothing wrong with that, at least in principle. But the fact that, according to one estimate, 42% of Internet users worldwide employ an ad blocker to remove those ads from their screens is a clear sign that something is seriously wrong. Instead of taking note of the reasons that people use ad blockers, one publisher has gone on the attack, claiming that it has a right to force people to view the ads on its sites, whether they are wanted or not, and that ad blocking programs are illegal.
The German media publishing giant Axel Springer had previously sued Eyeo, the makers of the popular AdBlock Plus program, no less than five times — and lost every case, including at Germany’s Supreme Court, which ought to have been the end of the story. But in a last, desperate attempt, Springer sued again, claiming that using an ad blocker was copyright infringement. It said that the copyright protection of the HTML underlying a Web page was so strong, that a user was forbidden by law from causing any modification to how that HTML code was displayed on the screen. Eyeo explains what the consequences of this crazy logic would be:
While the website HTML copyright protections sought by the plaintiff appear innocent on the surface, the technical ramifications are onerous and dangerous. In practice, most of the modern browser features that the Internet ecosystem enjoys today would have become instantly illegal, and copyright sanctions would have become enforceable: all privacy and anti-tracking technologies; all website language translation features; all accessibility utilities for blind and handicapped readers; all ad blockers; and all CSS modifications of any kind. The burden would have fallen upon code developers and ordinary users to seek explicit permission from a website publisher to grant an exception to run their browser features – before visiting each and every website.
Fortunately, the Hamburg court rejected this copyright maximalist interpretation. And rightly so: one of the most important aspects of the Web is that the end-user is in charge, and can change how Web pages are displayed by tweaking controls in the browser. Springer’s attempt to claim copyright protection on not just the HTML code, but on its rendering on the screen, was a direct attack on the Web itself, and on its extraordinary power and flexibility. It’s not the first time the copyright maximalists have put their obsession with total control above the greater good of the entire global community. Sadly, it is unlikely to be the last, either. Indeed, Springer has already said that it will appeal against the ruling, so this saga isn’t over yet.
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Engage Announces New 2019 Class
Engage announced the latest crop of technology startups joining their go-to-market and growth platform in Atlanta this fall. Engage is a corporate-backed venture fund established and financed by Cox Enterprises and others to provide innovative new companies with what they need most — distribution, customers and market access.
Here’s the full list of companies in the Fall 2019 cohort:
2ULaundry (Atlanta) — Tech enabled, premium wash and fold laundry and dry cleaning with pickup and one-day turnaround, delivered to your door. This Techstars Atlanta 2018 company has operations in North Carolina and Atlanta and will soon launch in five new markets.
Deep North (San Francisco) — A company helping enterprises understand consumer engagement, behavior and demographics in physical environments with deep learning and artificial intelligence-based video analytics. Deep North supports a new wave of brick-and-mortar experiences and retail-as-a-service business models. The technology currently lives in multiple malls, the Dallas Cowboys stadium, Ikea, AT&T and Home Depot and takes only a few hours to install. The company is experiencing rapid growth, with $40-50 million in recently signed multi-year contracts.
Instant Financial (Atlanta) — An instant pay platform that gives your employees control over their pay, immediately, therefore helping companies retain employees and encourage them to develop positive behaviors. The technology allows companies to instantly pay employees after a shift ends or pay commissions after a sale closes.
MailMosh (Atlanta) — Mailmosh provides services that make email better, safer and more secure. This product is not yet on the market. Engage is getting involved early to help them explore the enterprise product and market fit.
Resilia (New Orleans) — A software designed to increase capacity for nonprofits and enable large foundations to create and measure impact at scale. The founder, Sevetri Wilson, won the 2010 Nobel Prize for Public Service and was named to Pitchbook's 27 Black Founders to Watch, as well as Fortune's 50 Women Transforming Tech. Resilia is also a Venture Beat Top 10 Startup to Watch outside of Silicon Valley. The company has recently landed support from the Gates Foundation, Google and JP Morgan Chase.
Wi-Charge (Tel Aviv) — A wireless power startup that transmits power to charge electronic devices over-the-air. The product uses focused infrared beams to transmit power, is FDA and UL approved, and is eye safe. The team, which includes top scientists and physicists, is backed by Adam Neumann, founder and CEO of WeWork and co-founder of Qualcomm.
Engage is a corporate-backed venture fund. The Engage corporate partners contributing capital and resources include AT&T, Chick-fil-A, Cox Enterprises, Delta Air Lines, Georgia- Pacific, Georgia Power Foundation, Inc., The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., Intercontinental Exchange (ICE), Invesco Ltd., Invest Georgia, Tech Square Ventures, The Home Depot and UPS. These corporate partners, along with the Georgia Institute of Technology’s Advanced Technology Development Center (ATDC) and Tech Square Ventures, provide support and platform resources that help companies scale and open up new markets. Engage is headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia. For more information, visit engage.vc.
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In a year when the pandemic caused massive disruptions to the fashion industry’s global supply chain, upcycling—the practice of using deadstock and discarded materials to create new pieces—became the mother of invention for some of the world’s biggest luxury brands. Charlie Engman photographed some of the best examples for Harper's Bazaar.
To read the accompanying article on Harper's Bazaar's website click here.
Harper's Bazaar, February 2021. Photography by Charlie Engman, styling by Becky Akinyode, hair by Tashana Miles, make-up by Tracy Aljafora, set design by Javier Irioyen, production by Bennett & Clive. Model: Oyinda.


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Gloucestershire-based Futura - one of the largest suppliers of continental cheese to the UK and Ireland - has taken on the GRH Foods factory in Minffordd.
Responding to news that a byer has been found to take over GRH Foods in Minffordd, Liz Saville Roberts MP said,
‘I welcome the news that a buyer has finally been found for the former GRH foods factory in Minffordd, securing the future of cheese production at this strategic site.’
‘This is a state of the art facility with the latest in cheese production technology and I’m pleased plans are now in place to restart manufacturing as soon as possible.’
‘I have a meeting lined-up with Futara Foods next week, and I’m looking forward to discussing their plans in more detail, where I’ll be pressing to see local jobs returning to the site.’


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iQor Acquires the CCT Group
By Anil Sharma
iQor (News - Alert), a global provider of intelligent customer interaction and outsourcing solutions, has acquired the CCT Group, a source of dedicated, shared and hybrid contact center outsourcing solutions, from majority investor Headland Capital Partners.
“The acquisition of the CCT Group is part of our strategic plan to apply our technology-enabled solutions and deep analytics capabilities to a broader platform,” said Norm Merritt, president and CEO at iQor, in a statement.
Clients are demanding the latest sophisticated technology, processes and methods along with actionable insights from cutting-edge analytics and business intelligence tools.
“We believe acquiring CCT will expand our abilities to offer our respective clients a wider range of technology-enabled solutions and Big Data analysis into the increasingly complex customer experience,” said Merritt.
Officials with iQor said that CCT has a blue-chip customer care client base that complements and extends the company’s client profile in key verticals, including telecommunications, retail and business services.
The acquisition reportedly also bolsters iQor’s technology offerings while expanding its global footprint in Latin America and the Philippines, allowing clients to take advantage of a broader set of skills and labor markets across the world.“We look forward to joining the iQor team,” said Richard Eychner, current CEO at CCT.
Eychner said that iQor and CCT share a vision and culture of using the best technology and the best talent around the globe to deliver world-class customer service to their customers.
“By combining our strong global brand, service culture and reputation, and large and loyal customer base with iQor’s technology platform and analytics capabilities, we believe we can continue to build and bring solutions to the market that place customer relationships at the center," he said.
iQor is acquiring CCT free of its existing debt with the support of iQor’s equity owners, Huntsman Gay, CVCI and Starr Principal Holdings.
"Our additional investment today underscores our belief in iQor’s opportunity to transform the BPO industry,” said Gary Crittenden, managing partner of Huntsman Gay Global Capital, a majority investor in iQor.
CCT brings an exceptional track record in customer care and will enhance iQor’s growth as a leader in the BPO space.
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Good news fighting fans, Capcom has announced that there will be no on-disc DLC for Street Fighter 5. In an interview with Game Revolution, Capcom producer Matt Dahlgren said: “There will not be on-disc DLC, for sure.”
In the past, Street Fighter has been no stranger to on-disc DLC. 2012’s Street Fighter X Tekken had on-disc DLC which featured 12 “downloadable” characters which were supposedly exclusive to the PlayStation Vita. It was discovered later that both the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 versions also had these characters locked off on the disc. Capcom tried to defend this by saying there is “effectively no distinction” between on-disc DLC and downloaded DLC apart from the delivery method.
It’s good to see that Capcom isn’t going to make the same mistakes with Street Fighter 5. All future DLC for the game will be either available to download and purchase online or unlock it through playing the game. Street Fighter 5 is due to be released in 2016 on the PlayStation 4 and PC.


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On Aug. 8, the Impossible Whopper will roll out to 7,200 Burger King locations across the U.S.
California-based Impossible Foods makes plant-based products that taste like meat, dairy and fish. The company’s mission is to make the global food system sustainable by eliminating the need to make food from animals.
In 2016, the company launched its first product: the Impossible Burger, which uses “a small fraction of the land, water and energy used to make meat from a cow.”
Burger King’s national rollout, which will happen earlier than the expected year-end coast-to-coast debut, comes on the heels of an Impossible Foods alliance with OSI Group, one of the largest food manufacturers in the world.
That deal will step up production of the meatless burger, which had been in short supply during some peak demand periods this year. It’s currently available at restaurants such as White Castle, Qdoba, Red Robin and Cheesecake Factory.
The Impossible Whopper 59-restaurant test run in St. Louis, which was launched in early April, went “exceedingly well, surpassing the most bullish expectations,” according a representative for Impossible Foods.
To promote the offer, Burger King surprised customers by serving the Impossible Whopper instead of the classic Whopper and filmed their reactions in a taste-test video on YouTube.
“We’ve heard great feedback and know the Impossible Whopper appeals to both current guests who are already big fans of the Whopper sandwich, as well as new guests who are excited about this new option,” said Burger King North America President Chris Finazzo in a release. “…guests across the country will be able to try this this plant-based, flame-grilled sandwich which is true to the original Whopper sandwich that our guests know and love.”
About one in five U.S. consumers has reduced their red meat consumption in the past year, according to market research firm Mintel. And nearly two in five consumers say they’re trying to add more plant-based foods into their diet.
The Impossible Whopper will be available for a limited time, while supplies last, in stores, on the Burger King app and through DoorDash. However, if it’s a hit, it could become a permanent menu item.


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As trade between Sri Lanka and its top global partner EU edged to $ 5 bn mark, Sri Lanka for the first time revealed its levels of attention to the EU trade dynamics on May 7.
Minister of industry & Commerce Rishad Badiuddin addressed the second EU-Sri Lanka Trade Dialogue, commenced at Galadari Hotel, Colombo on May 7.
The Trade Dialog was organized by the European Chamber of Commerce Sri Lanka (ECCSL). The session, the second in its series since its commencement last year, aims at further promoting EU-Sri Lanka bilateral trade.
"I believe it's a timely initiative for two reasons," said Minister Batbhiudeen, addressing the event, and added, "Firstly, I am confident that, this initiative will help to identify potential markets in the EU for selected products and services such as IT-BPO, Agro Food and Beverages, Electronics, Gems and Jewelries, and Rubber and Plastics, while establishing business collaborations for mutual benefits.
In 2013, the total bilateral trade between Sri Lanka and EU stood at $ 4.9 bn.
Sri Lanka's total exports to the EU market have increased to $ 3.27 billion, in 2013 from US $ 2.7 Bn, in 2009. Even in the first quarter of this year alone exports to EU increased by 16.3% to $ 896 mn.
Simon Bell (Director-ECCSL) addressing the event, said, "Sri Lanka's export value addition has been remarkable and a great success. Often American and European officials are unaware of this, he added.


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With tariffs looming and the holiday season approaching, MGA Entertainment Founder and CEO, Isaac Larian talks with Yahoo Finance's Julie Hyman, Adam Shapiro, Brian Cheung and Pras Subramanian.
Toymaker Mattel is tumbling this morning after the company pulled its planned bond sale after an anonymous whistleblower letter emerged. The bond sales was originally expected to close Thursday. Mattel saying it plans to refinance bonds that are due in October 2020 before maturity. The toymaker will be looking into the matters outlined in the letter. This all comes after we saw stronger-than-expected second quarter for the company. Yahoo Finance’s Heidi Chung, Akiko Fujita and Scott Gamm discuss.
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(Bloomberg) -- In a sign that Mattel Inc. isn’t too worried about the whistleblower letter that upended last week’s $250 million bond offering, the toymaker initially asked bankers to delay the sale for just a couple of days, according to people who have communicated with company officials.The closing was scrapped when at least one of the banks involved balked at a postponement because the bonds had already been priced, said the people, who asked not to be identified because the communications were private. An additional person familiar with the deal said the banks learned of the letter after the pricing. Bank of America Corp., Citigroup Inc. and Wells Fargo & Co. were among the institutions involved.Mattel is playing down the situation as a case of being overly cautious, the people said. The toymaker was made aware of the letter Aug. 6, just two days before the scheduled closing. Citing the need for more time to investigate the allegations, which haven’t been made public, the company disclosed on Aug. 8 that the deal had been canceled.In the public filing, the company didn’t say how it learned of what it called an “anonymous whistleblower letter” or whether a regulator was involved. That’s because the notification came from a third party that’s outside of government, the people said of Mattel’s account.A spokeswoman for the El Segundo, California-based company declined to comment, as did representatives for Bank of America, Citigroup and Wells Fargo.Nascent Turnaround?The debt offering was canceled just about two weeks after the company’s first quarterly revenue gain since 2017 gave investors hope that its long turnaround might be taking hold. The company has said it intends to still refinance $250 million in bonds maturing in October 2020.Mattel’s stock has plummeted about 16% since the disclosure. On Tuesday, Mattel was among the consumer companies whose shares were buoyed by President Donald Trump‘s decision to delay some tariffs on goods from China, rising 2.5% to $11.27 at 1 p.m. in New York.The 2020 bonds, which the new issue was intended to refinance, are trading just above par, according to Trace pricing.“That level is definitely not sounding the alarm,” said Scott Kimball, a portfolio manager at BMO Global Asset Management, who owns Mattel bonds maturing in 2021. “They have some time and decent enough liquidity options to press pause on the refinancing as they investigate this anonymous letter.”\--With assistance from Natalie Harrison, Katrina Lewis and Molly Smith.To contact the reporters on this story: Matt Townsend in New York at email@example.com;Gowri Gurumurthy in New York at firstname.lastname@example.orgTo contact the editors responsible for this story: Anne Riley Moffat at email@example.com, Kevin Miller, Jonathan RoederFor more articles like this, please visit us at bloomberg.com©2019 Bloomberg L.P.
Investing.com – Wall Street surged on Tuesday after the U.S. Trade Representative office said it would delay tariffs on some Chinese goods to Dec. 15.
NEW YORK , Aug. 13, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Attorney Advertising -- Bronstein, Gewirtz & Grossman, LLC is investigating potential claims on behalf of purchasers of Mattel, Inc. ("Mattel" or "the ...
Investing.com - Retailers and toy makers got a respite from the trade war on Tuesday after the U.S. Trade Representative office said tariffs on some toys and apparel goods would be delayed.
Shares of toymakers Mattel and Hasbro were rising sharply Tuesday after the Trump administration announced that it will delay 10% tariffs on certain Chinese products that were supposed to take effect in September. Mattel shares were rising 4.3% to $11.48 on Tuesday, while Hasbro shares jumped 4.6% to $118.43. The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative said it will delay tariffs on several items in the basket of $300 billion in consumer goods that are made in China and sold in the United States, which were set to rise to 10% on Sept. 1, until at least Dec. 15.
Jeffrey Epstein Found Hanged, Dead in Cell Less than one day after hundreds of pages of documents were unsealed revealing the extent of billionaire financier pedophile Jeffrey Epstein’s sex crimes, the guy was found dead in his cell. He appeared to have hanged himself. For some reason, he was not under suicide watch at the […]The post Market Morning: Epstein Dead, Mattel Gets Threatened, Greenspan Worried, Walmart Inflation appeared first on Market Exclusive.
Mattel news for Friday concerning a whistleblower letter has MAT stock taking a pounding.Source: Shutterstock Mattel made its announcement concerning the whistleblower letter via a filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). However, the company doesn't reveal the contents of the letter, or even hint at what it may be about.Instead, the Mattel news has it canceling a senior notes offer that was set to go live Thursday. This offer was for its 6.00% senior notes that were going to have a due date of 2027. The company also notes that it will be refinancing its 4.350% senior notes due October 2020 before they reach maturity.InvestorPlace - Stock Market News, Stock Advice & Trading TipsThe bad Mattel news is hitting MAT stock hard as the company recovers from a struggling period in its history. This includes it going through multiple CEOs over the last few years and dealing with the fallout of the Toys R Us bankruptcy.The blow to MAT stock also comes after it got a boost from second-quarter earnings late last month. This had it beating revenue estimates for the quarter. However, it did miss earnings per share estimates. Despite this, the earnings report was able to boost the stock up more than 3%. * 8 Dividend Aristocrat Stocks to Buy Now No Matter What As it stands now, the recent Mattel news goes a long way toward wiping out its positive progress for 2019. The stock started the year at $9.76 and was sitting at $13.43 when the markets closed on Thursday. It is currently down roughly 14% to $11.54 as of Friday afternoon. More From InvestorPlace * 2 Toxic Pot Stocks You Should Avoid * 8 Dividend Aristocrat Stocks to Buy Now No Matter What * 7 Stocks to Buy to Ride the Vegan Wave * 4 Safe Stocks to Buy Amid Trade War Turbulence As of this writing, William White did not hold a position in any of the aforementioned securities.The post Mattel News: Whistleblower Letter Sends MAT Stock Tumbling appeared first on InvestorPlace.
Fresh tariffs from the Trump administration are unlikely to hurt toymaker Funko, the company's CEO Brian Mariotti told Yahoo Finance.
(Bloomberg) -- Mattel Inc. fell the most in almost 6 months on Friday after the company said it would pull a bond sale as it looks into “an anonymous whistleblower letter.”The toymaker became aware of the letter on Aug. 6, according to a filing late yesterday. Mattel said it is terminating the sale of senior notes due in 2027 “to provide the company with an opportunity to investigate the matters set forth in the letter.”The sale had been scheduled to close on Thursday. Mattel said it plans to refinance bonds that are due in October 2020 before maturity. It didn’t offer any further details about the letter. Spokeswoman Dena Cook said the company had no comment to add beyond what’s in the filing.While Mattel didn’t offer many detail of the claims, Jefferies analyst Stephanie Wissink said they are likely “material enough to prevent” the bond deal rather than just delay it.“We can only espouse from the timing of the filing that a legal test was conducted and determination made that the matters contained in the letter were meaningful enough to affect an investor’s ability to assess merit & risk,” Wissink said.The shares fell as much as 12% to $11.78 in New York, the biggest intraday drop since February. The stock had gained 34% this year through Thursday’s close, boosted last month as the company signaled it’s making progress in revamping operations and reported quarterly revenue that outpaced estimates.Mattel’s bonds were among the biggest decliners in the market Friday morning. Its 6.75% bonds due in 2025 dropped 4.625 cents on the dollar to 100.25 cents, the most since they were issued, according to Trace. Its notes due in 2020 declined more than 2 points to trade around par.Junk-rated Mattel has about $3 billion of debt on its books. About $250 million of that comes due next year. The toymaker had planned to refinance its 2020 obligation with the pulled bond, which had been sold to investors on Aug. 1.To contact the reporters on this story: Jonathan Roeder in Chicago at firstname.lastname@example.org;Claire Boston in New York at email@example.comTo contact the editors responsible for this story: Anne Riley Moffat at firstname.lastname@example.org, Lisa Wolfson, Craig GiammonaFor more articles like this, please visit us at bloomberg.com©2019 Bloomberg L.P.
Just like clockwork, the markets are back to mid-summer roller coaster ride territory. At this point it's not like Disney's Expedition Everest, Space Mountain or Rock n' Roller Coaster, but just enough to make you feel that you are definitely on some kind of ride, and it's not exactly unpleasant, at least at this point. Since my Wednesday column ran the S&P 500 has experienced two more "volatile" days (with volatility defined as up or down at least 1%), and both have been of the positive variety.
Shares of Mattel were sliding more than 10% Friday after the toymaker decided to cancel a $250 million debt offering because of a mysterious whistleblower letter. Mattel said it became aware of the letter on Tuesday, according to a regulatory filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Mattel shares tumbled 10.24% to $12.06 on Friday.
BOSTON, Aug. 08, 2019 -- Block & Leviton LLP (www.blockesq.com), a nationally recognized securities litigation firm, is investigating whether Mattel, Inc. (NASDAQ: MAT) and.
Mattel Inc. shares dropped more than 5% in after-hours trading Thursday, after the toy company canceled a planned debt sale and disclosed an anonymous whistleblower letter. In a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission, the company said it was launching an investigation into matters brought up in the letter, without detailing what they were. The company had announced the planned sale of $250 million in debt last week, and was expected to close the deal Thursday before the filing arrived. A Mattel spokeswoman did not immediately respond to an email requesting additional comment. Mattel stock had been recovering after a rough 2018 and a crazy boomerang move early this year, increasing 34.4% so far in 2019 as the S&P 500 index gained 17.2%.
During Wednesday night's Lightning Round on Mad Money, Jim Cramer commented on Mattel and Hasbro : "Mattel is a second-class Hasbro." Keeping that in mind, let's look at the charts of HAS remembering that there are only 139 more shopping days tills Xmas. In this daily bar chart of HAS, below, we can see a bullish pattern that should support higher prices ahead. In late May we can see the 50-day line cross above the slower-to-react 200-day line for what is commonly called a golden cross.
Shares in Mattel tumbled more than 7 per cent late on Thursday after the toymaker said it received an “anonymous whistleblower letter”. Mattel did not describe details of the letter, which it received August 6.


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TalkTalk customers have been warned about scammers who managed to steal account numbers and names from the company's computers.
In an email sent to every customer, TalkTalk said scammers were using stolen information to trick people into handing over banking details.
TalkTalk said it had sent the email to every customer although only a few thousand account numbers went astray.
The theft of data was unearthed when TalkTalk investigated a sudden rise in complaints from customers about scam calls between October and December 2014.
Andrew Avanessian, EVP of Consultancy and Technology Services at Avecto said the breach was one in a long line of examples where a proactive security stance could have helped:
"This is yet another reminder that a business is only as secure as the weakest link in its supply chain. It is a matter of access in this case. There are still too many businesses giving third parties unnecessary access to their corporate systems, and determined attackers will use these suppliers to gain an initial foothold in the target system. Companies need to be more savvy and proactive when it comes to the supply chain.
"Attackers often exploit innocent employees and customers with social engineering campaigns, businesses should limit their exposure to this risk by adopting a least privilege approach to user access. Businesses should prepare for when they are targeted, not if, and taking control of who has access to what is the obvious starting place.
"Customers should also remain vigilant against such attacks and not engage in unsolicited contact that requests personal of financial information. If they are unsure of what they are being asked they should hang up and make a call back to the company's official number, thus confirming authenticity."


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During its earnings call earlier this week, Apple touted the continued growth of Apple Pay and teased support for new apps and transit services this year. Now, the UK government has started accepted Apple Pay for some online payment services.
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Even though some cleaners may look similar, the performance can be very different. Our latest TV advert is aimed at helping you understand the difference between Dyson technology and other brands.
Frustration, delight, stress, anger, more anger, they’re normally the emotions you get when hunting for bargains during the post Christmas Day sales. Whether you’re shopping in the stores or online, finding the cheapest products is a necessary evil but grabbing that item with 90% off is worth it in the end, right?
Comet’s top 10 large kitchen appliance sale deals. Check out the best washing machine, dishwasher, fridge freezer and cooking deals in the Comet sale.
Just how good is the Wii U going to be? Judging from the game trailers that have already been released, it is going to offer Wii gamers a whole new experience.
It is fair to say that Nintendo is on a bit of a rampage at the moment. With the drop in sales of the Nintendo Wii in recent years, the Japanese games giant is looking to the future.
What would an alternate universe look like where Microsoft dominated with a slick newspaper-ready tablet, HP had won the smartphone wars, and we were all carrying around a Palm Foleo?
As the Euro zone crisis takes its toll on people’s spending habits, the tech giant has seen sales of its iPhone actually go down in mainland Europe.
Here is our pick of the most tantalising video game trailers out there. What titles can we look forward to in 2012? Find out more…
Sony has revealed the full line-up of games which will be available for the PlayStation Vita console when it launches on 22 February.


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Singer introduced Porsche 911 from the Turbo Study program
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The seductive Coupé body, irresistibly reminiscent of the Porsche 930 Turbo, is powered by an air-cooled 3.8-liter 6-cylinder boxer engine assisted by two turbochargers. Well-known American company Singer has published photos of the second Porsche 911 from the new Turbo Study program, inspired by the legendary Porsche 930 Turbo from the G Series.
Compared to the first customer whose Singer 911 Turbo is equipped with (i) elements that contribute to driving comfort, the second customer of Singer's "turbo story" (which is currently waiting for more than 70 customers) insisted on a car with which performance will be above all the rest.
Responding to the request, in the Singer, its white 911 Turbo was equipped with an additionally modified suspension with which the car floor is even closer to the ground, carbon-ceramic brakes visible behind the green Fuchs rims, and highly profiled seats.
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"It’s a massive opportunity to take things to the next level," Dickinson says, "we’re introducing wood and cork and – hold onto your hat – granite as the material inside; the Classic and DLS cars have a lightweight, road racing ethic while the Turbo is sporting but it’s a celebration of refinement and luxury, too.
Hence why the materials are sourced from partners that also work with Aston Martin and Bentley." founder and executive chairman of Singer Group, Rob Dickinson said about the first Porsche 911. The performance is supported by the fact that the air-cooled 3.8-liter 6-cylinder bi-turbo boxer engine in this case develops 510 horsepower, which is 60 "horsepower" more than the first delivered Singer 911 Turbo in the Touring edition.
"The Turbo Study also uses twin turbos with electric wastegates and we’ve added air-to-water intercooling, which supports the increased power output," adds Dickinson. "It’s an iconic part of that car and could be an appealing part of the car still; given we’re still in development, watch this space – the ability to put two different mappings that could result in more or less turbo lag is an interesting one." A 6-speed manual transmission is responsible for transmitting power to the ground.
The California-based company, which was founded in 2009, has not revealed how much a modern interpretation of the Porsche 930 Turbo costs, but unofficially, about a million dollars are mentioned.


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Report: BMW, Hyundai discuss engine deal
CEO Norbert Reithofer dampened speculation on new partnerships for BMW.
FRANKFURT -- Hyundai and BMW may cooperate on development of new engine families, according to a German industry newsletter.
The publication Automobil Produktion reported that Hyundai Chairman Chung Mong-koo's son and heir apparent, Chung Eui-sun, met with BMW executives last week in Munich.
A BMW spokesman declined to comment on the report.
BMW currently is in talks with General Motors. CEO Norbert Reithofer earlier dampened speculation that BMW would extend its partnerships beyond PSA Peugeot Citroen, Toyota, Daimler and -- if the talks succeed -- GM.
"Further co-operation partners are currently not foreseen," Reithofer told reporters last week.
BMW had said in March it was working on a new engine architecture that would improve economies of scale for its three-, four- and six-cylinder gasoline and diesel engines.


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IBTM has today revealed first details of its annual IBTM World Trends Watch Report, with a forecast that the Virtual Experience Economy will be the next big area of growth for the MICE sector. The full report, which analyses the future of the meetings and events industry, was unveiled today, the first day of IBTM World, which is taking place in Barcelona from 19-21 November.
The report explores the progression of the experience economy into the virtual experience economy and considers how this may change the meetings and events landscape, and what new opportunities it presents. The report predicts that this exciting new trend will mean more than just new technologies integrating into existing events, but the creation of an entirely new industry which sees ‘digital’ and ‘experience’ merge.
Major global issues, including climate change, are also assessed in the report, along with an evaluation of what we can do as an industry to contribute positively to the solution.
“This report aims to take a short and medium term look at the global meetings and events industry and the political, economic, ecological and geopolitical trends that will affect it,” comments Alistair Turner, the report author. “This year though, we predict a major long-term trend, the Virtual Experience Economy, that could be as influential as the Experience Economy was before it.”
David Thompson, Event Director, IBTM World, said: “The much anticipated IBTM World Trends Watch Report is an important gauge for the current state of our industry, as well as a valued and trusted source of information and industry opinion about what the future might hold. The 2020 report highlights some exciting developments, as well as more serious global issues, and ultimately looks at how the meetings and events industry might play its part in those future opportunities.”
The chapters in the report are: a global economic outlook for 2020; an overview of global trends; an exploration of different industry sectors including automotive, banking / finance, esports, information and communications technology and pharmaceuticals; an insight into meetings and events performance including corporate events, associations and incentive travel; technology trends and regional variations.
Alistair Turner, Managing Director of EIGHT PR & Marketing, compiled the report using over 25 key sources of existing industry data, case studies and interviews with industry luminaries including Sherrif Karamat, CAE, President and CEO, PCMA; Mark Cooper, CEO, IACC; Senthil Gopinath, CEO, ICCA and James Latham, Producer, The Iceberg.
The IBTM Trends Watch report 2020 will be available to download at www.ibtmworld.com from 19 November.


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Allied Plastics Inc., a Twin Lakes-based plastic thermoforming company, has experienced significant growth in recent years, in large part because of a shift in business from packaging to OEM (original equipment manufacturer) work.
Allied Plastics Inc.
Address: 150 Holy Hill Road, Twin Lakes
Industry: Plastic thermoformer
Annual revenue: $21 million
Number of employees: 110
The company has added 48 employees this year after adding 27 last year. Revenues are up 30 percent this year after a 30 percent increase last year. The company, which is owned by Tim Neal and Steve Wieder, bakes plastic sheets and then vacuum-forms them onto a mold to make its products.
“We made the decision a few years ago to kind of change our business,” said Tom Jankowski, chief financial officer. “We were heavier on the packaging side and lighter on the OEM side.”
A few years ago, the company did about 55 percent of its work for packaging products and about 35 percent for OEM.
“We wanted to flip that,” Jankowski said.
Today the company does about 55 to 60 percent of its work on OEM and 30 to 35 percent on packaging.
“We were able to make the change and added some nice business on the OEM side,” Jankowski said.
OEM is more appealing because it is more steady and predictable work than packaging, Jankowski said.
“(OEM is) repetitive once you get your tooling set up,” he said.
The company is planning for future growth. Revenues could increase from $21 million this year to $30 million next year and the company is considering plans to add a second facility, Jankowski said.


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Today’s car criminals are far more likely to be computer savvy than have the ability to hot-wire a car warns TRACKER (part of the Tantalum Corporation). Recent reports indicate an increasing new trend in vehicle theft termed ‘relay attack’, that allows criminals to harness more sophisticated theft techniques to overcome existing vehicle security technology, such as immobilisers and keyless entry systems.
This new style attack uses a relay device and involves two criminals working together. One stands near the car being targeted and the other stands near the front door of the owner’s home to get in range of the key fob – often left on hallway tables or kitchen worktops. The device then picks up the key fob signal from inside the house and relays it to the car. Using this method, thieves are then able to drive away in a stolen vehicle in a matter of just a few seconds.
“At TRACKER, we are seeing more thefts recorded as ‘stolen without the keys’ which suggests that electronic manipulation and cyber compromise are on the increase,” explains Andy Barrs, Head of Police Liaison at TRACKER. “The new relay attack technique has gained significant ground in the US and Germany, but it’s also beginning to take hold in the UK, so vehicle owners need to protect themselves and their assets.”
According to German research, which tested vehicles from 30 manufacturers, the brands to particularly be on watch out for are BMW and Peugeot. However, Using a relay device, testers managed to unlock many vehicles and start the engine, with the BMW 7 Series, Ford Focus, Toyota Prius and VW Golf among the most affected models of vehicle.
Andy Barrs adds, “As relay attacks become even more prevalent, owners need to protect themselves, particularly since criminal gangs are routinely using relay devices to exploit weaknesses in keyless security systems across of broad range of manufacturers. These tools are readily available on the internet for as little as £80 and thefts typically occur in residential areas, where cars are parked relatively close to the house, especially at night.
It’s worth remembering that technology is just one part of vehicle security and more vigilance needs to be taken across the board; this includes car owners, manufacturers, dealers, insurers and the police. We also urge motorists to remember that whilst a tracking device won’t stop a car being stolen, it can significantly increase the chances of the police locating and returning it to its rightful owner.”
Unlike other stolen vehicle recovery devices, TRACKER’s unique technology can locate vehicles anywhere, even when they are hidden in a garage or shipping container. TRACKER has been reuniting car lovers with their vehicles for nearly 25 years, and it’s this expertise which makes TRACKER the leader in stolen vehicle recovery.


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|Online casino marketing firm Jeu De Casino En Ligne has launched a French language version of its website, marking a shift in the online gaming industry from American-based online gaming to European-based casino gambling.|
The French version of the website, said Director George MacDonald, will act as a window for French-speaking players who are looking for online casinos but want to be able to find these casinos in their own language.
The Paris-based company said that it took great care in translating the content of the website into French and initially tested online translation software before deciding to go with human translators. MacDonald said that translation software tended to translate words literally and muddled up words as they appeared in the content or the meaning of the word as it related to the content and message of the site.
He stated that the shift from the US to Europe made it viable for Jeu De Casino En Ligne to offer its website in French and that this should excite French gamblers that are looking for casino information in their home language. The move followed the American decision late last year to ban monetary institutions from processing financial transactions relating to online gambling.


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The Los Angeles Times is reporting that Vidal Sassoon has died at the age of 84. The famed hairdresser—whose indelible words, “If you don’t look good, we don’t look good,” helped sell millions of bottles of shampoos and conditioners in the eighties and nineties—passed away at his home on Mulholland Drive from natural causes, according to an LAPD spokesperson, despite murmurs that he had been suffering from leukemia since 2009.
It’s hard to condense the impact Sassoon had on modern hairdressing. Creator of the five-point, curator of London’s swinging sixties style, the man who gave Mia Farrow her pixie cut on the set of Rosemary’s Baby, and the subject of a 2010 documentary about his life, Sassoon was a visionary, an educator, and an entrepreneur. “He’s undisputedly the hero of hairdressing—and has a remarkable life story,” Bumble and Bumble founder Michael Gordon told us at the premiere of Vidal Sassoon The Movie last February, a film that he produced. “He was revolutionary,” Frédéric Fekkai added. “He made hair dressing modern, sleek, and brought a whole new attitude for women.”
We had the pleasure of interviewing Sassoon last year and at 83, he was still up for doling out a little coiffing advice. “It’s important that [hairdressers] have a point of view, that [their cuts] work with the clothes, and that [they're] remembered.” His will never be forgotten.
As any beauty junkie is well aware, bold lips are back and still going strong—$92.1 million strong, to be exact. According to new market research, women’s love for lipstick can in fact be quantified—and it’s up 11 percent from last year’s numbers. [WWD]
Serge Gainsbourg has emerged as a somewhat unlikely fragrance muse, as the houses of Dior and Guerlain have both chosen the scandalous chanteur’s smoky voice as the backing tracks for new commercials for Miss Dior and Shalimar, respectively. [Telegraph]
While you’ve presumably already seen the Dakota Fanning-fronted ads for Marc Jacobs’ forthcoming Oh, Lola! perfume, Jacobs’ licensing company, Coty Prestige, officially confirmed Ms. Fanning as the new face of the brand—and subsequently released her Juergen Teller-shot campaign—earlier this past weekend. [People]
“I’m feeling a little shy and humble. You go to premieres, but it’s usually someone else’s,” a dapper Vidal Sassoon quipped last night at MoMA, where the Craig Tepper-directed documentary of his life was screening for the first time. It was a fitting location for the film’s debut, considering the 83-year-old’s own penchant for collecting—”we have some Arp, Calder; Anish Kapoor is a friend,” Sassoon’s third wife, Ronnie, pointed out as she proudly clung to her husband’s arm while a collection of models, fashion insiders, and hair industry luminaries filed into the theater. “I was inspired by him for my Fall ’09 collection,” a glowing Rachel Roy told us of the uniformly cut black bobbed wigs she used that season, which most of the style set thought she’d ripped off of Stefano Pilati’s Fall 2008 YSL show. “Everyone thought it was from someone else’s collection, but it was from him”—a testament to the Sassoon legacy that lives on a good 50 years after the celebrity stylist rocked the hairdressing establishment with geometric cuts that defined the swinging sixties and all of its major players. “I liked the Nancy Kwan and the Five Point—I liked them all,” Bumble and Bumble founder and Vidal Sassoon The Movie producer Michael Gordon said of his favorite Vidal styles. “A good haircut shows the face and shows bravery. Just look what happened to Emma Watson,” Gordon said, calling out fellow Vidal Sassoon acolyte and super-stylist Rodney Cutler’s pixie cut, which skyrocketed the Harry Potter star straight out of Hogwarts and into the Hollywood spotlight.
The film itself is a straightforward trip through the life of the coiffing star—from his youth, which was spent in an East London orphanage, through his gradual takeover of the international hair scene. “He was revolutionary,” Frédéric Fekkai reiterated of Sassoon. “He made hair dressing modern, sleek, and brought a whole new attitude for women.” As for backstage coiffing tips, Sassoon had a few to share. “It’s important that the hairdresser has a point of view, that it works with the clothes, and that it’s remembered.”
With Vidal Sassoon: The Movie hitting theaters today, many an interview with the mane man are flooding the wire. We’ve already shared his story with you, but here’s another interesting tidbit from Vidal: When asked about celebrity hairstyles worthy of discussion, only two names come up: Victoria Beckham and “Tom Cruise’s wife,” a.k.a. Katie Holmes. Otherwise, the legendary hairstylist thinks most of Tinseltown looks like they are wearing “curtains. They have beautiful bones, and they hide them with their hair. It’s nuts.” Ladies, take note. [NYT]
Speaking of Mrs. Cruise, she and daughter Suri’s latest outing included a trip to Canada’s Holt-Renfrew department store, where the four-year-old tested out lipsticks on the back of her hand. A beauty editor in the making! [Daily Mail]
Want a beach bronze like Gisele Bündchen? The secret is not wearing sunscreen. “I cannot put this poison on my skin,” she says, referring to the primarily synthetic sunblocks available on the market. But the Brazilian bombshell is also super-responsible with her tanning: She only exposes herself to the sun before 8 a.m., when the sun—and the paparazzi—are at their weakest. [Vogue U.K.]
Rock star, rock star-wife, mother, successful designer—and now beauty spokeswoman. Gwen Stefani will join L’Oréal’s illustrious cast of brand ambassadors, which already includes J. Lo and Beyoncé. [People]
Authentic Brands Group LLC, in conjunction with NECA, a global media and entertainment company, has acquired the intellectual property of Marilyn Monroe LLC. What do all of those acronyms mean? That MM’s name and likeness can now be used in ads, films, etc. Her first big project? A new Christian Dior beauty campaign due out this year. Move over, Natalie. [WWD]
Wonder Woman—the animated cartoon character, not Lynda Carter—is also getting some beauty company face time, serving as the muse behind MAC’s latest super-powered collection. And get this: The 42-piece line includes a brush set with its own metallic utility belt. Ka-pow! [WWD]
We brought you news and footage of the epic Vidal Sassoon biopic due out next month when it premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival last year, and now the official trailer is yours for the viewing. See you at the movies. [Coco Perez]


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Crime Stoppers and the Nassau County Police Department are looking for a man wanted in connection with a robbery at a store in Levittown.
According to police, at 8:04 p.m. on Aug. 23 the suspect took a number of DVDs from Target at 3850 Hempstead Tpke. When the suspect was confronted by a store security officer, the suspect allegedly struck the officer in the face and fled, leaving the DVDs behind. The suspect is described as being in his late 40s and 5-foot-9, with a heavy build.
Anyone with information can call Crime Stoppers at its toll-free and confidential hotline: 800-244-TIPS (8477), Crime Stoppers Unit Case No. 232-13. Crime Stoppers offers up to $5,000 for information leading to an arrest.
Suffolk County Crime Stoppers and Suffolk County Police Second Squad detectives are looking for three people in connection with the theft of several pairs of jeans from a store in Huntington Station.
According to police, at 2:30 p.m. on Sept. 3, a woman placed 28 pairs of jeans in a shopping cart at Nordstrom at 350 Walt Whitman Rd. and left the cart at the front of the store. Two men walked by a short time later and fled with the jeans in the cart.
Anyone with information about this crime is asked to call anonymously to Crime Stoppers at 800-220-TIPS (8477). All calls will be kept confidential.


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Gold Coast, Australia (PressExposure) March 01, 2013 -- Australian skin simulation technology company Microskin has announced its intention to list on the UK based GXG exchange.
The company produces a revolutionary simulated second skin individually formulated to color correct a range of conditions such as dermatitis, eczema, psoriasis and vitiligo.
Microskin has already achieved considerable success both in Australia and overseas including establishing franchises in the US, Europe, the Middle East and Indonesia.
Executive chairman, Barry Amor, says Microskin is now in a position to be able to list on an exchange, and the GXG offered the best initial option for international expansion.
"Microskin's listing will provide the necessary capital to support our international expansion plans, particularly to establish further franchises," Mr Amor says.
"The GXG is a European regulated market and provides a more competitive environment for raising capital and trading of shares, especially on a global scale.
"It will also give us access to a much larger consumer base, so all these factors make it an attractive option to list."
Microskin has appointed corporate advisors Stepping Stone Equity to complete the process and to finalise a prospectus to comply with the exchange's official list, paving the way for a dual listing on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange.
Mr Amor says Microskin's successful and profitable track record over the past eight years has enabled it to build a sizeable franchise network, however liquidity in the company is required for further expansion. "While we have achieved considerable domestic and international success to date, we are now focussing our energies on new markets which will give us a far greater opportunity to further our expansion plans," Mr Amor says.
"We are already well underway with negotiations for a number of new franchise agreements and product development to supplement our flagship offering.
"Our listing strategy will provide us with both the capital and opportunities to continue our research and development and help to secure our place as a dominant player in our industry worldwide."
The listing proposal has already been presented to Microskin shareholders for final approval and is expected to be completed in the coming days. For more information or to register interest in Microskin's listing visit http://www.microskin.com.au
For all media enquiries contact Bruce Nelson on +61 (0) 423 403 449.


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The year 2023 promises to be rich in changes. Netflix will be one of the major examples: the company wants to ban password sharing.
Netflix had already reviewed its subscriptions, particularly with regard to prices and the catalog. It was only recently that we were able to see the arrival of a new subscription to 5.99 euros/month. So far, nothing new except the price. Well no, this subscription includes advertising while watching programs. The film and series platform does not intend, a priori, to stop there.
Indeed, Netflix would like, by 2023, prohibit password sharing. With a year where the turnover fell and the considerable drop in the number of subscribers, the American giant wants to recover. Many users then used the account of a colleague or loved one to watch films and/or series on the platform, without paying a penny. In free fall, Netflix wants to remedy this.
pay to share
Now it will take pay to be able to share your account. So rest assured, the moon will not be asked of you. However, if we wish to share our password, we will have to pay a small additional around 3 dollars, i.e. 2.81 euros. This measure has already been tested in some countries. Also, it could be that the platform simply forces you to take another account, with a cheaper subscription, so that someone else can benefit from it.
Netflix ignored sharing passwords for a while, despite it breaking their terms of service. The problem was going to arise at some point. Netflix’s recent troubles have forced the company to find new ways to increase revenue and grow subscribers. Netflix lost over a million subscribers between April and July, which is more than at any other time in the platform’s history.
Today is approx. 222 million households that share the same password. The company wants to charge 100 million additional homes.
An unprofitable subscription
The new advertising policy was put in place to increase the number of people who decide to join the streaming service. It is said to be slow to start, according to The Verge. In November, Netflix offered a package Basic with Adsi.e. the subscription that includes ads, and it’s only 9% of its subscribers in the United States who use it. This is the least popular plan among the subscription options offered by Netflix.
Sharing your password: a risk?
Many people share their streaming service password with each other. This allows someone else to illegally watch videos on one of these services. People often choose easy-to-remember passwords that they pick up from service to service. There are several useful features available in many password managers that can help people share those passwords securely. However, many people don’t know about these features or don’t use a password manager at all.


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by Countable | 12.18.18
What’s the story?
- Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) has released a bill that would create an Office of Drug Manufacturing with the authority to create generic versions of any drug for which the U.S. government has licensed a patent.
What are both sides saying about the Affordable Drug Manufacturing Act?
“In market after market, competition is dying as a handful of giant companies spend millions to rig the rules, insulate themselves from accountability, and line their pockets at the expense of American families. The solution here is not to replace markets but to fix them.”
- Warren added: “Today, 40 percent of generic drugs are made by a single company, and the majority are manufactured by only one or two companies. With so little competition for generics, drug makers can push up prices and squeeze consumers without consequence.”
- The Association for Accessible Medicines, the generic-drug lobby, pushed back against the legislation. “When generics provide Americans with nine out of 10 of their prescriptions at only 23 percent of total spending on drugs, it is hard to fathom why anyone would call this system broken or insist that the government commandeer the business of developing, manufacturing and distributing these medicines,” the group told POLITICO.
“This legislation is an unrealistic distraction from policies that would meaningfully reduce drug prices, such as combating patent abuse and cultivating a robust biosimilars market.”
What do you think?
Do you support the government manufacturing its own generic drugs? Take action above and tell your reps, then share your thoughts below.
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