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The Grateful Dead has unveiled plans to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the band’s historic 1972 European tour — highlights from which appear on the group’s popular triple album, Europe ’72 — with a variety of special releases and events.
Among the releases is Lyceum 1972: The Complete Recordings, a limited-edition 24-LP package due out July 29 that will be the largest vinyl box set ever from the band. The collection presents the entire final four shows of the ’72 trek, which took place at London’s Lyceum Theatre.
The discs for each show are organized in separate clamshell boxes, and the package also includes a book offering an in-depth look at the concerts. Lyceum 1972 can be pre-ordered now exclusively at Dead.net.
Also on July 29, a newly remastered 50th anniversary edition the Europe ’72 album will be released as a two-CD set, a three-LP collection, and via digital formats and streaming. A special “Bozo or Bolo” limited edition version of the album pressed on psychedelic rainbow vinyl will be released on June 3 exclusively at Dead.net.
In addition, a four-CD set titled Lyceum Theatre: May 26, 1972, featuring a recording of the very last show of the European tour, will be released on July 29.
To kick off the 50th anniversary commemoration of the 1972 European tour, the fifth season of “The Good Ol’ Grateful Deadcast” premiered today with an episode that delves deeply into the trek.
Then, on Friday, April 8, a livestream event called “Dead Studies: The Wonders of Dark Star” will premiere on The Grateful Dead’s YouTube channel. The event will feature a musicology professor presenting an analysis of the band’s first performance of “Dark Star” during the 1972 trek, which happened at London’s Wembley Empire Pool on April 8.
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With so many alternatives, how many Linux users will embrace the Microsoft-owned VoIP software?
Now available in a first beta release, the next version of this free productivity suite promises improvements across the board.
A shift is afoot in the global tablet market, IDG Connect's survey data suggests.
Linux creator earns top honor and 600,000 euros in recognition for the global importance of the free and open source operating system.
Now in Mozilla's Aurora channel, meanwhile, Firefox 15 adds native PDF support.
Linux fans worried about Windows 8's 'secure boot' technology now have yet another alternative.
With the new, free Visual Studio Express 2012 for Windows Desktop, due this fall, developers will be able to create open source desktop apps for Windows 8 after all.
This early release offers a sneak peak at what's to come in the next version of Canonical's popular free OS.
Salaries for tech professionals are also up this year, according to a recent survey.
As a platinum member of the Linux Foundation, Samsung gets a seat on the board and more control over its primary weapon in its battle against Apple.
Speed, more speed, and several new features make Mozilla's free browser a must-see for users.
Version 3.5.4 of the popular free productivity suite offers performance gains of as much as 100 percent.
Offering more than 60 new features, this free new OS has much to offer business users.
Focusing exclusively on Metro, the free, Express version of this software will no longer offer support for desktop-style applications.
Sure, the world of IT is still full of frustrations. But here are a few aspects of the big picture we shouldn't forget.

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The market hates metals lately.
It’s easy to see the bear case. Everyone knows that the trade war is going to slow China’s growth. China is the “mouth of the world” when it comes to commodities … particularly metals.
It takes in the raw ores. It smelts them into pure metal. Then it builds stuff out of it and ships it to us.
That means if China’s demand slows, the prices of things like copper, lead, zinc, silver and gold go down. Lately, the prices of those metals are way down. All of them are near two-year lows.
China is in the middle of a trade war with the U.S. Every day we see another shot fired between the two countries. Every time some bit of bad news leaks out, metal prices take another hit.
But while those metals are doing badly, the news crushed the price of one metal.
The Trade War Has Dampened Expectations
We use this weird, semiprecious metal for jewelry and making diesel fuel.
I’m talking about platinum, which just hit a 14-year-low price. You can see what I mean from this chart:
Platinum is cheaper today than it was during the financial crisis. It hasn’t been this low since 2004 … 14 years ago.
This makes no sense because platinum supply is down.
In the first three months of 2018, demand exceeded supply by 125,000 ounces, according to the World Platinum Investment Council. South Africa’s mines, which produce most of the platinum in the world, struggled. Output hit its lowest point since 2016.
However, the Council recently revised the once-rosy platinum demand forecast. Analysts expected jewelry demand to rise on global economic growth, particularly in China. The trade war dampened that expectation.
Platinum Is Ready for a Huge Bounce
The fundamental case for platinum remains strong.
Supply from aging mines in South Africa is down. It is still a critical catalyst for the petroleum industry. And it is incredibly cheap right now.
That said, the price is still in free fall. It has not yet found a bottom. We don’t know how far it will fall, but we will be watching.
Platinum looks like a sector that could take a huge bounce soon. Once the fear of the trade war fades, fundamentals will kick back in.
Demand exceeds the supply of platinum today. That situation looks like it will get worse before it gets better. So, when platinum prices begin to rise, we can expect them to rocket higher.
That’s what we’re waiting for right now.
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JAIPUR: After the petrol price
hike, it’s time for vegetables and fruits to put pressure on household budgets
of Jaipurites. A rise of Rs 3.14 in petrol price from Thursday has given an excuse to vendors to increase vegetable prices, though there seems hardly a logical link between the two.
The domino effect of petrol price hike have ensured high inflation in the coming days. Onions in the wholesale market on Thursday cost Rs 12 per kg but have now reached Rs 15 despite good supply at the Muhana Mandi from Nashik. Similarly, potato prices in the wholesale market were lingering between Rs 6 to 6.50 per kg for the past few days, but have moved to Rs 8 on Friday.
The retail market for vegetables, which is mostly in the unorganised sector, saw price rise on the very first day after petrol prices were hiked even though retail vegetable movement do not depend much on petrol.
The price of cauliflower has seen sharp increase – touching Rs 50 from Rs 47 a day earlier. Ladiesfinger is now being sold at Rs 40 -- an increase of Rs 2. Shoaib, a vegetable vendor in C-Scheme, says, “Prices of vegetables will increase with petrol prices as nothing is isolated. We have a family and need to sustain ourselves.”
Interestingly, the major players in the organised retail sector haven’t increased their prices. An official at a retail shop in the organized sector said, “We don’t pass on prices to our customers until we get them at higher rates from the mandi. The fact is that most vegetables are transported in trucks which run on diesel. So there is no need for a sudden hike.”
Rambabu Agarwal, fruit and vegetable trader at Muhana Mandi, also feels the same way. He says, “Prices of vegetables and fruits actually depend on supply and demand. If on any day, more trucks come in then the prices fall and when supply is low, they go up. Petrol prices play a minimum role in deciding vegetable and fruit rates”.
But not every vegetable vendor shares the view. Narayan Das says, “If at all there is any effect on vegetable prices, it can be seen only after three to four days and not immediately. But I don’t think vendors will consider petrol price as a reason to increase their rates.”


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While there are plenty of apps available out there that make it easy to download and read comic books on our computers, tablets and phones, the one downside to comic subscription services is that the digital versions of new comics aren’t available as soon as they’re released in comic shops and bookstores. But the comic subscription service Marvel Unlimited has just cut the wait in half by making new comic books available for download just three months after they hit shelves. Read More »
For the rest of the month, Marvel Unlimited has put together a free digital selection of comics from Black writers and artists, including work from Vita Ayala, Roxane Gay, Brian Stelfreeze, Method Man, Charlamagne tha God, Ta-Nehisi Coates, and many more, with characters including Black Panther, Deathlok, Ironheart, Shuri, and others.
Update: You can also get these comics free on Comixology.
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Collecting comic books is an expensive hobby. Each issue can cost upwards of $4, then of course you read more than one comic, each story is multiple issues and then maybe there are some crossovers. You could easily spend $100 month reading a bunch of different issues or trying to go back and fill in the blanks.
Or, with Marvel’s new app Marvel Unlimited, you can read them all for a single subscription. In theory.
The app launched this week and, for a limited time, has a $60 annual fee. 13,000 comics are currently on there but, to be fair, they are mostly back issues. So it’s not exactly as exciting as it sounds. Marvel Unlimited allows users to download up to six comics at once for offline viewing; everything else can be read online. Get more info below. Read More »


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Barclays assumed coverage on shares of Dine Brands Global (NYSE:DIN) in a report released on Thursday morning, BenzingaRatingsTable reports. The firm issued an overweight rating and a $115.00 price target on the restaurant operator’s stock.
A number of other equities analysts also recently commented on DIN. Wedbush restated an outperform rating and issued a $21.00 price objective on shares of Epizyme in a report on Wednesday, June 12th. Maxim Group restated a buy rating on shares of Abeona Therapeutics in a report on Wednesday, May 1st. Zacks Investment Research downgraded Hersha Hospitality Trust from a buy rating to a hold rating in a report on Thursday, May 2nd. Finally, Deutsche Bank set a $142.00 price objective on MCCORMICK & CO /SH and gave the stock a hold rating in a report on Friday, June 28th. One analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, one has issued a hold rating and five have given a buy rating to the stock. The company presently has an average rating of Buy and a consensus price target of $115.83.
Dine Brands Global stock opened at $99.01 on Thursday. The stock has a 50-day moving average price of $95.14. The stock has a market cap of $1.74 billion, a P/E ratio of 16.07 and a beta of 0.37. Dine Brands Global has a 12 month low of $65.63 and a 12 month high of $104.00.
The business also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, July 12th. Stockholders of record on Thursday, June 20th were paid a $0.69 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Wednesday, June 19th. This represents a $2.76 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 2.79%. Dine Brands Global’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently 51.40%.
In other news, Director Larry Alan Kay sold 400 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Friday, May 17th. The stock was sold at an average price of $89.16, for a total value of $35,664.00. Following the completion of the sale, the director now owns 7,239 shares in the company, valued at $645,429.24. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is available through this link. Also, SVP Bryan R. Adel sold 8,000 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Friday, July 5th. The shares were sold at an average price of $102.63, for a total value of $821,040.00. Following the completion of the sale, the senior vice president now owns 21,505 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $2,207,058.15. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. In the last quarter, insiders sold 8,800 shares of company stock valued at $892,272. Insiders own 2.71% of the company’s stock.
Hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of the company. BlackRock Inc. grew its stake in Dine Brands Global by 0.9% during the 4th quarter. BlackRock Inc. now owns 2,490,106 shares of the restaurant operator’s stock valued at $167,686,000 after purchasing an additional 21,391 shares in the last quarter. Wells Fargo & Company MN grew its stake in Dine Brands Global by 7.2% during the 1st quarter. Wells Fargo & Company MN now owns 1,142,900 shares of the restaurant operator’s stock valued at $104,336,000 after purchasing an additional 77,147 shares in the last quarter. Victory Capital Management Inc. grew its stake in Dine Brands Global by 27.3% during the 1st quarter. Victory Capital Management Inc. now owns 835,712 shares of the restaurant operator’s stock valued at $76,292,000 after purchasing an additional 179,234 shares in the last quarter. Waratah Capital Advisors Ltd. grew its stake in Dine Brands Global by 1,120.2% during the 1st quarter. Waratah Capital Advisors Ltd. now owns 212,589 shares of the restaurant operator’s stock valued at $19,407,000 after purchasing an additional 195,166 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Norges Bank acquired a new stake in Dine Brands Global during the 4th quarter valued at approximately $13,326,000.
About Dine Brands Global
Dine Brands Global, Inc, together with its subsidiaries, owns, franchises, operates, and rents full-service restaurants in the United States and internationally. It operates in five segments: Applebee's Franchise Operations, IHOP Franchise Operations, Rental Operations, Financing Operations, and Company-Operated Restaurant Operations.
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With the King’s Coronation taking over our screens, you may have missed what the fashion industry has been up to this past weekend. Jean Paul Gaultier has just released a mermaid-inspired campaign with a bleached-eyebrow Kylie Jenner while Converse has teamed up with Hiroshi Fujiwara’s FRGMT in a collaboration that celebrates one of its iconic basketball shoes. Keep reading to get your full news fix in this week’s Monday Briefing.
NAVINDER IS HOSTING AN EXHIBITION IN LONDON
Taking place in Soho on May 11, the London-based artist Navinder Nangla is hosting an exhibition filled with street art in collaboration with Converse. Known for his subversive takes on culture and fashion, having notably taken over Machine-A’s store earlier this year, the exhibition is already being teased with Converse branded tees tagged “con-vs” in his typical graffiti style.
NEW BALANCE AND PALACE ARE COMING OUT WITH A COLLAB
Both tastemakers in the streetwear scene, the New Balance and Palace link up just makes sense. Taking on New Balance’s Made In UK 991 sneaker, the brands are releasing 2 different colourways – a purple, teal and brown version and a purple, grey, black and red iteration. Alongside, the Palace x New Balance collection will also feature a range of co-branded clothing, including crewnecks, tees, shorts, windbreakers and caps and will be available on May 12.
PALM ANGELS GOES RACING WITH HAAS F1 TEAM
Just in time for the weekend’s Miami Grand Prix, Palm Angels has just released its first collection with Moneygram Haas F1 Team after announcing the partnership last November. Alongside special edition Miami Grand Prix t-shirts, the Black Tag and Red Tag collections explore the sport through tees, caps sweatshirts, hoodies and varsity jackets that feature high-speed racing graphics and F1 team logos. The racing-inspired collection is now available for purchase on Palm Angels’ website.
THE BFC HAS ANNOUNCED ITS NEWGEN LINEUP
Every year, the British Fashion Council supports and spotlights emerging designers as part of its BFC NEWGEN initiative. For 2023/2024, the list of new recipients has just been announced, with young talents Aaron Esh, Derrick, Kazna Asker, The Winter House and Tolu Coker making the list. These designers will be joining the likes of previous NEWGEN designers like Chet Lo, Helen Kirkum, Robyn Lynch and others in receiving financial support, mentoring and showcasing.
DRÔLE DE MONSIEUR X GERGEI ERDEI ELEVATES FRENCH STREETWEAR
Inspired by 90s resort style, Drôle De Monsieur’s classic looks are merged with Gergei Erdei’s historical Roman references in a cross-period collaboration. Offering tracksuits, shorts, t-shirts and accessories like towels, silk scarves and baseball caps, the collaborative collection takes its wearer on a journey to the sunny Florida golf resorts, residing in the Grand Hotel Drôle, as can be seen written on several pieces, which will be available for purchase on May 11.
CONVERSE & FRGMT ARE LAUNCHING A CAPSULE AROUND THE WEAPON
Converse’s Weapon basketball shoe was first introduced in 1986 and was brought to life through the connection between the sport and culture. Now, the footwear brand is teaming up with Hiroshi Fujiwara’s FRGMT to create a capsule centred around the Weapon. As well as a revisited sneaker, the collaboration also offers a varsity jacket, a terry hoodie and a variety of t-shirts that will be released on May 11 on Converse’s website.
DUKES CUPBOARD IS CELEBRATING ITS 10 YEAR ANNIVERSARY WITH FILA
The London-based vintage retailer Dukes Cupboard known for selling rare pieces and making its own in-house collaborations is now teaming up with FILA for a celebratory collection. Founded a decade ago, Dukes Cupboard’s new collaboration features tees and sweatshirts adorned with the number 10, as well as graffiti style 90s-inspired and Earthy graphics. The full range is now available exclusively at Dukes Cupboard’s Soho store.
DIOR BEAUTY TAPS CALEB MCLAUGHLIN AS A NEW AMBASSADOR
Dior has been making strides in enlisting Gen Z talent to front its campaigns, including the latest for Dior Gris that featured Jenna Ortega and Maya Hawke among others. Tapping another “Stranger Things” actor, Dior Beauty has now brought Caleb McLaughlin in the roster for its “La Collection Privée fragrance line.
SAINT LAURENT SPOTLIGHTS JEAN-LUC GODARD IN A NEW SHORT FILM
Launching Saint Laurent Productions last month, a new brand for the French luxury house to support on-screen cinema, the subsidiary will be making its debut at this year’s Cannes Festival later this month. Having already announced the production of Pedro Almodóvar’s “Strange Way Of Life”, Saint Laurent Productions is now reportedly working on a short that will dive into the life and creative process of the late French New Wave director Jean-Luc Godard, a source of inspiration for the creative director Anthony Vaccarello.
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Q3 earnings reports have been pouring in over the past few days, which means it's time to check in with IDC on the state of the mobile market. The research firm's latest report, released today, is something of a mixed bag. On the one hand, Q3 global shipments increased by 12.8 percent year-over-year -- higher than the 9.3 percent that IDC had predicted for the quarter and the 9.8 percent growth observed last quarter. At the same time, however, the market grew at the second slowest pace in two years and shipments to Western Europe and the US actually declined over the year, something the company attributes to more restrained consumer spending and more widespread economic uncertainty.
On the company level, both Samsung and ZTE came away as the biggest winners this quarter; Sammy's shipments increased by 23 percent over the year, good for second place, while ZTE's shot up by a whopping 57.9 percent, launching the company into fourth place. Apple, meanwhile, saw 26.2 percent growth in its shipments and a slight bump in market share, but still couldn't avoid getting leapfrogged by ZTE and dropping down to fifth place. And then there's LG, which had by far the worst quarter, relative to Q3 2010. The manufacturer saw shipments decline by nearly 26 percent over the year, while its market share slipped to 5.4 percent. All these horses, however, are still chasing Nokia, which saw a small drop in shipments, but managed to hang on to the top spot, with over 106 million shipments during the quarter -- good for 27 percent of the market. For more numbers and insight, check out the full PR after the break.
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Worldwide Mobile Phone Market Experiences Slower Growth as Smartphone Purchases Soften in the Third Quarter, According to IDC
FRAMINGHAM, Mass., Oct 27, 2011 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- The worldwide mobile phone market grew 12.8% year over year in the third quarter of 2011 (3Q11), as smartphone growth declined in key mature markets. According to the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Mobile Phone Tracker, vendors shipped 393.7 million units in 3Q11 compared to 348.9 million units in the third quarter of 2010. However, the 12.8% growth was higher than IDC's forecast of 9.3% for the quarter and stronger than the 9.8% growth in 2Q11.
It was also the second-lowest growth rate for the overall mobile phone market over the past two years; a reflection of delayed smartphone purchases and conservative consumer spending last quarter. Economically mature regions, such as the United States and Western Europe, were hardest hit as shipment volume to both regions declined on a year-over-year basis.
"The combination of economic uncertainty and anticipation over fourth quarter or late third quarter product releases caused some consumers to delay their smartphone purchases," said Kevin Restivo, senior research analyst with IDC's Worldwide Mobile Phone Tracker. "Many waited for products such as the iPhone 4S, which was announced after the quarter closed, or Research In Motion's BlackBerry 7 phone series, which were released in the final weeks of the quarter."
However, smartphones drive the overall mobile phone market and will continue to do so in the quarters and years to come.
"Smartphone centricity continues to be the hallmark of the mobile phone market," says Ramon Llamas, senior research analyst with IDC's Mobile Phone Technology and Trends team. "Two years ago, smartphones comprised just a small portion of overall shipments among the leading vendors. Today, that proportion has grown considerably, thanks in large part to LG, Motorola, Samsung, and Sony Ericsson making Android smartphones a priority. At the same time, the growing presence of companies focused exclusively on the smartphone market - Apple, HTC, and RIM - also demonstrate the impact that smartphones have had on the mobile phone market as a whole."
-- In Asia/Pacific (excluding Japan) (APeJ), feature phones recovered in the third quarter on the back of Nokia's resolved inventory channel issues in China combined with the strong showing of its dual-SIM handsets across emerging markets like India and Southeast Asia. With Nokia fighting back at the Chinese low-end competitors, the proliferation of these smaller brands has slowed as margins hit razor-thin levels. APeJ smartphone growth last quarter was driven primarily by Samsung and HTC, as well as ZTE in China. In Japan, the market rebounded sharply after two quarters of either low single-digit growth or outright market decline following the natural disasters of this spring.
-- The Western European phone market declined as a result of lower demand for both feature phones and smartphones. The smartphone device type growth was mainly driven by mid-tier Android devices. High-end smartphone growth was negatively impacted by Apple's fourth-quarter iPhone 4S launch, which caused consumers to delay purchases. Meanwhile, Nokia's transition from the Symbian to the Windows Phone operating system as its primary smartphone platform led to a transition. Feature phones declined as consumers that replaced their devices upgraded to smartphones while others held on to their devices for longer periods of time. Overall the Central Europe, Middle East and Africa (CEMA) markets showed strong growth due in large part to Nokia's rebound in the regions. Bucking its global troubles, Nokia had a very strong 3Q11 due to feature phone growth. Its smartphone decline continued, however, but it remained the market leader in the region. Among the niche smartphone brands, HTC did particularly well in some markets, including Russia. RIM continues to make progress in the Middle East and Africa, but fared less well in Central and Eastern Europe.
-- In North America, new iPhone demand went unfulfilled during 3Q11, leaving the door open for other companies to launch their competing devices. Research In Motion, which had not introduced a new BlackBerry smartphone during the entire first half of 2011, debuted several new models running on the new BB OS7 platform. Similarly, LG, Motorola, and Samsung unveiled their own respective Android flagship models, keeping the Android platform front and center in the smartphone market.
-- The Latin America market growth was driven by smartphones though some users delayed purchases in anticipation of new hero device launches in the region. However, more touchscreen smartphones hit the market as vendors seek to broaden the appeal of smartphones to users. Meanwhile, Greater China vendors released new high-end devices in an attempt to grow market share in the region.
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Nokia reversed a global market share on a sequential basis last quarter thanks to stronger feature phone sales in key regions as well as the clearing of inventory backlogs in traditional strongholds, namely China and Europe, which led to a sharp year-over-year shipment and share decline last quarter. Nokia's smartphone fortunes could improve in quarters to come now that it has introduced the Nokia Lumia devices, powered by Windows Phone 7, to markets where its brand is still relatively strong and in areas where the company has lost share over the past two years.
Samsung registered double-digit growth compared to the third quarter a year ago and also outpaced the market. The company's growth was again driven by smartphone sales, such as the Galaxy S2. Smartphone sales were notably higher in emerging markets including China. Samsung outpaced the feature phone market as well in terms of growth. The vendor didn't close the market share gap on Nokia for the top mobile phone position, but it remains within striking distance.
LG Electronics maintained its position as the number 3 mobile vendor worldwide for the twelfth quarter in a row, but continued soft demand for both its feature phones and smartphones led to volume levels not seen since 2Q 2007. With only a few new devices launched and an aging feature phone portfolio, LG's warnings of lower year-over-year shipment volume appears to have come to fruition. By the end of the year, LG's grasp on the number 3 position may be loosened as Apple's aggressive smartphone campaign takes hold in 4Q 2011.
ZTE jumped into the number 4 position thanks to momentum carried into 3Q 2011 with key devices shipping into strategic regions. In China, ZTE has nearly doubled its smartphone volumes from the previous quarter, while within North America, ZTE's entry-level voice-centric phones at AT&T have gained greater depth. At the same time, ZTE's target of 12 million smartphone shipments worldwide in 2011 became more of a reality with the introduction of two new Android-powered smartphones for the North American market.
Apple gained share and posted the third-highest growth rate of any Top 5 vendor but dropped to the number 5 position globally. Global iPhone shipments declined sequentially during the same quarter that company founder Steve Jobs handed the CEO reins to Tim Cook. The decline, not coincidentally, happened as Apple readied itself for the 4S launch, which many waited for. Apple's ability to upgrade 3GS users to the 4S, for example, and make continued inroads into developing economies, where it has been less successful, will help dictate the company's smartphone fortunes in the future.


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Apple’s Photos app is probably the world’s most widely-used image editor and yet there are still tips and features most of us haven’t come across yet: here are seven more.
Apple has acquired image analysis and machine learning technologies that make it possible to create photography, imaging and 3D AR content that was not easily possible ever before.
That thing where Safari keeps suggesting credit card details that are out-of-date when you are shopping online? Annoying, isn’t it? This is how to fix it. It takes seconds and you’ll wonder why you didn’t fix it before. You’re welcome.
Apple is offering over 2,000 free coding sessions during EU Code Week (October 6-21), with at least one free session every day in every Apple store across Europe.
Available in recent Macs, iPads and iPhones, True Tone (and Night Shift) will help you protect your eyesight and reduce computer-related insomnia. Why it works, why it matters and how to use these features.
Apple’s decision to move to Metal just won big support from the people behind The Elder Scrolls, who will move to support the new graphics standard in the next game update.


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“An ongoing California class-action lawsuit filed in 2007 claims that Apple and AT&T illegally exerted a monopoly over iPhone service by telling customers the iPhone’s required service contract was two years long when the Apple / AT&T exclusivity deal was actually for five years — thus requiring buyers to re-up with AT&T for three years (and not, say, T-Mobile) if they wanted to keep using the iPhone,” Nilay Patel reports for Engadget.
“Obviously Apple had to respond to these allegations, and in addition to arguing that no one was ever promised an unlocked iPhone after two years, the company’s lawyers repeatedly confirm the existence of the five-year agreement while noting it was publicly reported in USA Today,” Patel reports. “It’s extremely black and white…”
Patel reports, “Now, this all went down in October of 2008, and while it’s sort of amazing we hadn’t seen it earlier, the real question is whether or not the exclusivity deal is still on the books. Contracts can be canceled, amended, and breached in many ways, and AT&T’s spotty recent service history plus the explosion of the iPhone and the mobile market in general have given Apple any number of reasons to revisit the deal.”
Full article here.
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Following its tie-up with LIC, Paytm claims to have become India’s largest online insurance premium payments platform.
Good news for the LIC customers. You can now pay the premium of your LIC policies through Paytm too. Paytm has, in fact, joined its hands with the Life Corporation of India, the nation’s largest insurance provider, for seamless online premium payments within a minute, One97 Communications Ltd, that owns the brand Paytm, has announced.
Following this tie-up, Paytm claims to have become India’s largest online insurance premium payments platform. According to the company, the platform provides easy online insurance premium payment solutions for over 30 insurance companies, including LIC, Reliance Life, SBI Life, ICICI Prudential Life, HDFC Life, Max Life Insurance, Canara HSBC Life Insurance, TATA AIA, Aditya Birla Sun Life, Star Health and Shri Ram Life, among others.
The company says that Paytm is fast becoming the preferred platform to make online insurance premium payments among users and is projected to achieve a run rate of 30-40 million policies by the year-end.
Talking about this tie-up, Kiran Vasireddy, COO, Paytm, said that in India insurance premiums are mostly paid through the offline mode. “At Paytm, we want our customers to have a seamless payments experience. Our partnership with LIC and other leading insurance companies will introduce millions of users to a simpler and faster method of renewing their insurance policies online, using their preferred mode of payment on the Paytm app in the most seamless manner. We will continue to educate customers on the benefits of using online payments, and introduce them to a host of benefits provided by our platform.”
It may be noted that India’s life insurance sector is the biggest in the world in terms of policy count with about 360 million policies. It is expected to increase at a CAGR of 12-15% over the next 5 years. The insurance market is also expected to quadruple over the next decade from its current size of $50 billion.


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2009 November 12
(NEW YORK) In an industry where so much seems tenuous, e-commerce in the luxury fashion world has gained tremendous momentum. New York University marketing professor and Red Envelope founder Scott Galloway recognizes this reality, and along with other members of the NYU think tank LuxuryLab, has ranked 109 luxury companies according to their "Digital IQ Index." Within the ranking system, companies can fall anywhere from "Genius," to "Average," or the unfortunate "Feeble" category. Taking the title as most digitally competent is Apple, followed by BMW. However, fashion labels Louis Vuitton and Ralph Lauren are in the top 8 overall. So what does this all really mean, and what can we expect to see in the future? Last week, LuxuryLab held an Innovation Forum to address issues affecting the luxury marketplace, and we caught up with Galloway who weighed in and demystified the numbers.
Why was luxury world initially so reluctant to go digital?
Necessity is the mother of innovation, and the luxury sector's staggering growth up until September of last year led to a general lack of urgency and skepticism around a new medium that posed risks. Understandable. Why take these risks when what you are doing is working so well?
How will smaller to mid-size brands have an advantage over the larger labels when it comes to new media? Which brands, specifically, are examples of this?
You could call the 1990s the decade of the "flagship" store. Brands built temples on Fifth Avenue, Rodeo Drive, et cetera and consumers responded and embraced the channel. No matter how creative or innovative, a brand simply needs millions in capital to build these stores. On the web, it's now become less capital intensive and more innovation intensive. So a brand like Tory Burch that has embraced social media and has a great site can begin to get traction faster as the barriers to competing with her bigger competitors have come down. However, to be clear, great brands with a lot of resources and a willingness to embrace risk and the Internet is the ultimate cocktail (e.g., LVMH and Ralph Lauren).
How much influence do social networking tools like Twitter and Facebook really have?
A lot.Gen Y is starting to use Facebook and Twitter as their starting page for the Internet. So having a broad, well-managed presence on these platforms is better than renting an audience in magazines or television, as you own them--they are your evangelists and want more info. The top referral (upstream sites) for most luxury brands is search (Google, Yahoo!), however social media sites are now in the top 10 of referral for over 50% of luxury brands. It's likely that in say three years the most heavily-trafficked sites will be the sites with the greatest following on social media sites.
Can you explain the success of companies like Gilt Groupe?
Whenever companies try to avoid or refuse consumer needs, other companies fill the void. Luxury brands were left with huge inventories due to the recession, but did not have the technology or the will to create flash sales competencies in house. Gilt, Hautelook and RueLaLa have seized the opportunity and are now worth more than 80% of the companies whose brands they carry.
In terms of the importance of e-commerce in the luxury world, where do you see this heading in the future?
Up, up, and away. Within five years I believe the category leaders will be doing 20-30% of their sales online and it will be their most profitable channel. We've reached a tipping point. Consumers want the access, and luxury brands have, finally, embraced the medium and are innovating.
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ScottishPower is to increase its domestic gas and electricity prices from 6th December 2013 following rises in forward wholesale energy costs, increased energy delivery charges and increased costs to support compulsory social and environmental schemes. Dual fuel prices will increase by an average of 8.6% . Gas prices will increase by an average of 8.5% and electricity prices by an average of 9.0%.
The average annual dual fuel bill for a customer will increase by £113. This is primarily driven by:
All these costs have had a significant financial impact as shown in the Group’s financial results for the first nine months of 2013 presented yesterday, which detailed an operating loss of £23 million for ScottishPower’s combined Retail and Generation activities in the UK. At the same time, ScottishPower has more than doubled its annual investment programme from £600million in 2006 to £1.3billion this year while continuing to be a strong payer of taxes with £2billion paid since 2007.
Neil Clitheroe, ScottishPower’s CEO of Energy Retail and Generation, said “The cost of purchasing and delivering energy to homes across Britain has risen significantly this year. With an increase in costs for delivering compulsory schemes to reduce carbon emissions and improving energy efficiency in homes, we unfortunately have no other option than to pass these on by increasing our prices for customers.
“We understand that these are difficult times for many families, and we have done what we can to hold our prices for as long as possible. Recently we announced a range of measures to help our most vulnerable customers this winter. We will now write to every customer who will be impacted by the price increase, and we would encourage anyone who is concerned to contact us so we can discuss their options.”
ScottishPower is also simplifying its pricing structure and reducing the number of different tariffs it offers in line with Ofgem’s Retail Market Review reforms, including:
From next year, social tariffs will soon no longer be supported by the Government’s Warm Home Discount scheme. ScottishPower is the last of the major energy companies to remove this type of tariff. However, we are taking steps to assist these customers by delaying any price increase for our Fresh Start social tariff until 1st March 2014 – helping these customers through the winter period. From 1st March these customers will be moved to standard prices for their payment method.
ScottishPower will shortly commence writing to 2.2 million affected customers, with personalised information explaining their prices. More than 1 million customers on capped or fixed products will not be affected.
We will write to every customer affected with a personalised quote for the change in their estimated annual energy bill. For the average domestic GB customer using the existing Ofgem typical annual consumption values of 3,300kWh electricity and 16,500kWh gas, which will be in place until 31st December 2013, the changes are:
Ofgem recently announced that from January 2014, it will reduce its benchmark typical annual consumption values for electricity to 3,200kWh (3% reduction) and for gas to 13,500kWh (18% reduction). This reflects the significant increase in energy efficiency investment in GB over the last few years. At these new benchmarks, the revised bill values are:
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Light within the darkness
As we head towards the worst global recession in 75 years – we look into some of the biggest downturns over the past 150 years – and the billion-dollar companies that were born out of them
The World Bank predicted the global economy to shrink by 5.2 percent in 2020 – the worst performance since the end of the Second World War. Unemployment in the US reached a record peak of 14.7 percent in April 2020, and while it’s fallen significantly since, it’s hard to predict how the coming months will play out – especially as the effect of continued restrictions across the world come to bear.
Yet while it’s clear we’re in for some challenging times ahead, it might not all be doom and gloom; because for some, challenging times herald game-changing opportunity.
Researchers have observed a correlation between recessions and entrepreneurship; a Kauffman study in 2009 found that more than half of the companies on the Fortune 500 list were launched during a recession or bear market, as well as almost half of the firms on the list of America’s fastest-growing companies.
According to Dane Strangler, author of the study and a fellow at the Bipartisan Policy Centre in Washington DC, companies that form in those circumstances are often more resilient and nimble as a result. “There’s this trial by fire idea,” he told the BBC in a recent article. “If you get started in a recession, you really have to scrape and scrimp to make that company successful. You are trying to make it when you can’t get financing, and trying to get customers when there isn’t any demand.”
A quick glance at some of the most successful names in tech confirm the trend; Instagram, WhatsApp, Uber, Dropbox, Airbnb, Groupon and Slack were all formed around the time of the 2008 financial crisis. Facebook got its real growth spurt over that period, while Google and Salesforce launched just before the burst of the dot-com bubble.
It’s not just a recent trend, either; Burger King opened its doors in the midst of a US recession in 1953, while CNN began broadcasting in 1980, when US inflation was at a sky-high 14 percent. Hewlett-Packard came into existence just after the 1937–1938 recession – when unemployment hit 20 percent – and FedEx started shipping parcels just as the 1973 oil crisis hit.
In a recent study on ‘necessity entrepreneurship,’ researchers Frank Fossen and Robert Fairlie put this trend partly down to the higher levels of unemployment that inevitably come with recessions.
Fossen, Associate Professor of Economics at the University of Nevada, told World Finance: “Those who have a job are usually reluctant to give up their comparably stable income to take the risk of starting a business. The unemployed do not have as much to lose, which explains why we observe more entry into self-employment during recessions.”
Fairlie, Professor of Economics at the University of California, believes there’s no reason the COVID-19-induced downturn won’t give rise to new businesses just as the 2008 crisis did. “I think people have more time on their hands right now to think of creative ideas that will grow into successful businesses,” he said. “My guess is that anything to do with tech and online shopping will be the most successful.”
To help inspire hope for the coming months and beyond, we look at five of the all-time biggest companies to have formed in recessions in the past, and how, against the odds, they grew into global, billion-dollar behemoths.
Background: The Bankers’ Panic of 1907
Current value: $140bn
The bankruptcy of two major brokerage firms and a run on all the banks associated with them caused the 1907 Bankers’ Panic and sent the New York Stock Exchange plunging by almost 50 percent from the previous year’s peak, marking the first major financial crisis of the 20th century. While the event itself was short-lived, the after-effects were to last for the following two years, and become one of the key motivations for establishing the Federal Reserve System in 1913.
It was in this climate that horse carriage manufacturer William Durant bought Buick Motor Company, transforming the ailing, debt-burdened business into the biggest-selling car brand in the US. He founded General Motors in 1908 and a string of several rapid acquisitions followed, including Oldsmobile, Cadillac, Catercar and Elmore.
“Industrial leaders realised that there was strength in unity and diversity,” wrote journalist Gerald Perschbacher in an article for Old Cars Weekly. “In the case of both Billy Durant and Henry Ford, a stringent national economic setback paved the way for the promise of fantastic futures in motoring.”
Not all of the acquisitions paid off; General Motors started losing money and Durant was ousted in 1911. At that point he co-founded Chevrolet, then bought a controlling stake in GM and returned to the company as President in 1916 – bringing the new brand with him in a merger. But it was when Alfred Sloan took to the helm in 1923 that the company got its real growth spurt, expanding internationally and buying Vauxhall Motors and a controlling stake in Opel – which remain its core divisions today.
Now the company has a workforce of more than 160,000 and a market capitalisation of $61bn. It hasn’t been without its hiccups in between, but if ever proof was needed that global giants could be formed at the most unlikely of times, this would surely be it.
Background: Sherman Antitrust Act 1910–11
Current value: $28.2bn
1910–11 saw the emergence of another panic, this time caused by the enforcement of the competition-regulating Sherman Antitrust Act. What ensued was a 26 percent plunge in the US stock market. While many businesses suffered double-digit declines over the following year, businessman Charles Flint saw it as an opportunity to merge three existing companies into the Computing-Tabulating-Recording Company – now International Business Machines (IBM). Those three companies had themselves been formed in a recession.
The ‘Long Depression’ of 1873–1896 – caused by a contraction of the money supply following the banning of silver coins and the collapse of several banks – had given rise to the International Time Recording Company, the Tabulating Machine Company and the Computing Scale Company.
They produced equipment to suit the time (literally); “a time clock for recording workers’ hours was needed as industrial production at the end of the century surged,” noted CNN Money. “Also, a tabulating machine was vital during the immigration wave, to tally up the expanding population.” Flint continued to build the company after the merger – albeit by “pulling off scams” with “inflated stock” and “fake capitalisation,” according to author James Cortada in his recent book, ‘IBM History of Computing: The Rise and Fall and Reinvention of a Global Icon.’
But he laid the groundwork for future success; in 1924, Thomas Watson Sr became Chief Executive and rebranded CTR to IBM. Typewriters and computers ensued, and by 1956, revenues had reached $897m, according to IBM Archives. For this reason, many credit Watson Sr with the real success of IBM. “Flint founded C-T-R Company, but I refer to Watson Sr as the ‘traditional founder,” said Peter Greulich, a former IBM employee and author of several books on the company. “Under his leadership, IBM weathered 10 major economic declines, three major wars, and four of the six largest declines in US stock market history. Over time it was Watson Sr who was remembered.”
Yet with brand revenue of $77.1bn and a status as one of the most powerful tech companies on the planet, Flint has clearly left some kind of a legacy – even if the company does look a little different today than when it first launched.
Background: Great Depression 1929–1930s
Current value: $130bn
It was in 1929, at the dawn of the worst financial crisis in history, that brothers Walt and Roy Disney rebranded their existing cartoon studio into Walt Disney Productions.
Six years earlier they had set up shop in their uncle’s garage in Los Angeles, creating animated productions including Alice in Wonderland under the name Disney Brothers Cartoon Studio. But it wasn’t until the Great Depression struck that they shot to global fame, following the debut of Mickey Mouse in the short feature film Steamboat Willie.
The pair continued to build the empire, producing animated shorts of Mickey Mouse and playing on America’s need for joy at a time of national depression. They eventually released their first full-length animated feature film, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, in 1938. It took three years, 300 artists and 200,000 drawings to produce – and, at $1.5m (around $26m in today’s terms), went several times over budget.
But the risk paid off; it became the biggest-grossing film in US box office history at the time with revenues of $7.9m (equivalent to $141m) in the first year alone. High costs and low margins for the films that followed, including Bambi, Fantasia and Cinderella, led to growing debt, however. But a turning point came in the 1950s, when Disneyland opened in California and gross income ballooned from a mere $6m in 1950 to a whopping $70m in 1960 (according to Bob Thomas’ book Walt Disney: An American Original).
The rest is, quite literally, history. Walt Disney World theme park opened in 1971; Disneyland Paris followed in 1992. And in March 2019 Disney acquired 21st Century Fox in a $71.3bn deal, adding to its growing list of brands and turning the company into the biggest media behemoth in the world.
The company now has 12 theme parks spread out across the globe, a cruise line and a streaming service among its reams of assets. A Disney Imagineer famously once said, “If you can dream it, you can do it,” and this global megabrand has proven the point – even in times of major economic strain.
Background: The recession of 1973–75
Current value: $1trn
When OPEC members imposed an embargo on the US during the Arab–Israeli war – causing the price of crude oil to quadruple and inflation to soar – the world tumbled into a deep, 16-month slump. The stock market crashed, with GDP falling 3.4 percent and unemployment hitting nine percent in the US [according to the National Bureau of Economic Research], causing a rather unfortunate stagflation.
It didn’t stop Seattle-born friends Paul Allen and Bill Gates launching what was to become the world’s biggest software company, though. Microsoft was formed in April 1975, against a backdrop of continued high inflation and low economic growth.
Growth was steady at the start: “In 1975, Microsoft had three employees, $16,000 in revenue and one single software product,” reads a statement from the company.
But in 1980 the real magic happened, with IBM asking Microsoft to create an operating system for the IBM PC – MS-DOS. Daniel Ichbiah, author of a 1995 Bill Gates biography, puts this down to Gates’ “incredible powers of persuasion.” “Some of his actions were exemplary,” he told World Finance. “Especially the way he convinced the giant IBM to ally itself with what was at the time a tiny company.”
Microsoft was paid a royalty for every IBM computer sold. In 1986 the company went public to global enthusiasm, leading 31-year-old Gates to be named the world’s youngest billionaire just a year later. In 1990, the company’s revenues topped $1bn for the first time.
Roll on 30 years – and several Xboxes, smartphones and cloud services later – and Microsoft is, as of 2019, a trillion-dollar company.
Background: Global financial crisis of 2008
Current value: $100bn
Among the string of billion-dollar success stories to come out of the 2008 crash was Airbnb. But this peer-to-peer rental giant didn’t start with the aim of becoming a billion-dollar company; instead it was a way for roommates Joe Gebbia and Brian Chesky to pay the bills.
In 2007, a design conference was coming to San Francisco and hotel demand was exceeding supply; so they turned their loft into “a designer’s bed and breakfast, offering young designers who come into town a place to crash,” in the words of Gebbia, who pitched the idea to Chesky in an email as “a way to make a few bucks” [the former showed the email at a TED talk in 2016].
They created airbedandbreakfast.com, bought three air mattresses and welcomed in their first three guests. The initial success spurred them on to turn the idea into a fully fledged business, with the help of a new, third comrade, Nathan Blecharczyk. The start-up launched at SXSW in 2008, but it took nearly a year of investor rejections, a stint on the accelerator programme Y Combinator and a rebrand to ‘Airbnb’ before Sequoia Capital took a chance on the trio and threw $600,000 seed investment into the business.
By 2011, Airbnb was in 89 countries and had one million nights booked on the site. Big-name Silicon Valley venture capitalists poured $112m into the company, propelling its value to more than $1bn and giving it official ‘unicorn’ start-up status.
It hasn’t been without its hurdles since, not least legal battles and a backlash from cities calling for bans, but the company has so far managed to weather the storms, expanding with several new launches and acquisitions, and recording revenues of $4.8bn in 2019.
The pandemic has thrown another spanner in the works; how it performs among investors will be revealed during 2021 in the aftermath of its much publicised and delayed IPO. But if anyone can pull through a financial crisis, it’s surely one that came to existence at the height of the worst global downturn in more than half a century. As the other companies on this list suggest, having origins in recession can prove useful training ground for future turmoil – and when the economy does eventually boom again, those who have endured the darkest times will be all the more resilient for it.


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AP2HI will launch new brand in one of the largest seafood trade event in the world
It is a pleasure to announce that the Indonesian Pole & Line and Handline Fisheries Association (AP2HI) will participate at The Seafood Expo North America 2019 (SENA) in Boston, USA. The event will take place at the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center, Boston from 17 until 19 March 2019. SENA 2019 is one of the largest seafood trade events in the world. According to seafoodexpo.com, more than 1,300 companies from more than 50 countries will exhibit their seafood product in this event. At SENA, the association will launch a new brand for Indonesian one-by-one tuna fisheries.
A brand commited to sustainability
The brand for Indonesian one-by-one caught tuna has been developed by the industry with the support of UNIDO’s Smart Fish programme, to promote Indonesia’s sustainable tuna fisheries to the world. It is an umbrella brand, managed by AP2HI, that ensures buyers that the member’s product is of premium quality caught one-by-one, using sustainable fisheries methods.
Save the date
The brand launching event will take place at SENA 2019 on March 18 at 4 pm, followed by a networking cocktail at the Indonesia Seafood Pavillion. The launching event will feature Mrs Janti Djuari as AP2HI’s chairwoman and representatives from the Indonesian Ministry of Marine Affairs and Fisheries, UNIDO and the International Pole and Line Foundation (IPNLF). International buyers, media and other stakeholders are happily invited to attend the event and take the opportunity to network with the Indonesian suppliers.
Indonesia is not only among the top 5 exporters of processed and canned tuna in the global market. The country has actually the largest tuna catch in the world with 16 percent of the world’s total tuna supply. A large part of that volume is caught by traditional pole and line and handline fishing. This method ensures that wild tuna will remain available for future generation. As a global leader in one-by-one caught fisheries, Indonesian tuna can truly make a significant impact to a sustainable global tuna supply in the years ahead. We look forward to meet you in Boston and elaborate more on what we as an association, and our members, can do for you.


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Small pumps, major recycling potential
The recycling of raw materials is a driver of climate protection. Wilo, one of the world’s leading providers of pumps and pump systems, has therefore created not only a sustainable product recycling system but also a returns process in Germany that its customers can use.
Smartphones and EVs, computers and wind turbines. Most of the achievements of the modern world have one thing in common: They contain rare earths. These 17 metals, including neodymium and dysprosium, are among the most coveted raw materials in the world, and are mined almost exclusively in China. Already, however, it’s becoming clear that newly mined supplies of these rare earths will not be enough to cover future needs.
That fact hasn’t escaped Wilo, a Dortmund-based group, which is one of the world’s leading premium suppliers of pumps and pump systems for building services, water management and industrial sectors. “Rare earths are the oil of the 21st century,” says Thomas Fetting, Group Director Analysis, Repair & Recycling. “They’re also found in the permanent-magnet motors used in our pumps and systems. If they aren’t recycled, these rare earths will be lost forever.”
30,000 components re-used every year
That’s why Wilo has long been systematically recycling used products in its own recycling centre. The product analysis, repair and recycling team takes defective products – those returned via the claims process, for example – and works out the cause of failure and documents it for product development work. They are then repaired or, if necessary, disassembled. Then what? “We check which parts we can re-use for repairs or in new products,” says Fetting. “In the process, we keep about 30,000 components in the circular economy each year.”
Wilo supplies all worn and safety-relevant parts to its recycling partners. They ensure the materials are recycled, by melting or shredding them, for example. The rare earth magnets are an exception. For Wilo, including them with the materials given to its recycling partners is not an option. No recycling process is currently able to separate rare earths from other raw materials. So Wilo’s recycling team manually removes the magnets from the pump motors and checks whether they can be used. If not, Wilo and its recycling partners ensure the rare earths are fed into the circular economy.
“Rare earths are the oil of the 21st century. They’re also found in the permanent-magnet motors used in our pumps and systems. If they aren’t recycled, these rare earths will be lost forever.”
But Wilo gets back only a fraction of the pumps it sells in Germany through the claims process – these are an absolute exception. Nevertheless, the market offers major potential. “It’s worthwhile proactively replacing old heat pumps with more efficient models,” says Fetting. “It saves power and money. Every year, the specialist technicians in Germany remove a vast amount of old pumps capable of being recycled. And we want them!”
Wilo’s sustainable used pump recycling process
The legal situation is that decommissioned legacy devices, including pumps, must be disposed of at certified collection points. Failure to do so can incur fines of up to € 10,000 under Germany’s Electrical Equipment Act. “Our customers therefore wanted a legally compliant and environmentally friendly way of getting rid of old pumps without lots of red tape,” says Fetting. Wilo and its partners evaluated a range of solutions as part of a research project by the German Federal Environmental Foundation.
The result was a process that makes use of Wilo’s three-level sales channels – i.e. one that also includes specialist wholesalers and the specialist technicians. Specifically, Wilo makes two broad options available. Large scale specialist technician operations gather legacy pumps and ask Wilo to collect them; or small-scale specialist technician businesses take old pumps to wholesale firms that are Wilo’s recycling partners, or arrange for them to take the accumulated legacy pumps away with their next new product delivery. In both cases, the old pumps are accepted by the specialist wholesalers and by Wilo at no cost, regardless of make, type, age or condition.
“It’s worthwhile proactively replacing old heat pumps with more efficient models. It saves power and money. Every year, the specialist technicians in Germany remove a vast amount of old pumps capable of being recycled. And we want them!”
Wilo’s returns process ensures that old pumps are taken back in compliance with the law, and aims to make a specific contribution toward climate protection. Is it a success? Granted, initial experience indicated a high level of willingness to support the project, says Fetting. “But it isn’t always easy to motivate partners to do the collection work. We’re sticking with it, however, since we can’t see any alternative to the circular economy.” In fact, the stated goal is to use only rare earths from legacy products in Wilo’s in-house production in future.
“Don’t look at others”
Wilo has ambitious goals, but Fetting says it doesn’t have to be that way, at least at the beginning. His advice for companies that want to commit more strongly to saving resources: “Just do it. Get your employees, suppliers and customers on board with you. Don’t look at others, just be active yourself.” Of course, saving resources has long played a part in product development for Wilo. “But,” Fetting recalls, “the strategic combination of the analysis, repair and recycling units was the first step toward more ‘circular economy’ in our day-to-day business.”
In-house processes have now been developed that cover all stages from development to recycling. The recycling team regularly provides Product Development with requests for new products. The results of another research project that Wilo performed recently with Cologne University of Applied Sciences and the Fraunhofer Institute for Material Flow and Logistics will also contribute to the process. In the “ResmaP” (“Using smartpumps to save resources”) project, the participants investigated how Wilo smart pumps and the data gathered by these devices, including operating hours and faults, could help to save resources.


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One of Mumbai’s best-known 5-star hotels, Hyatt Regency will remain shut until further notice. The Hyatt Regency on Monday announced that it has temporarily suspended all operations due to no funds to pay salaries.
“This is to inform all the on-roll staff of the hotel that no funds are forthcoming from Asian Hotels (West) Ltd., the owner of Hyatt Regency Mumbai, to enable payment of salaries or to support the operations of the hotel,” read the statement issued by Hotel management.
“As a consequence, the decision has been taken to temporarily suspend all operations...with immediate effect. The hotel will remain closed until further notice,” said the statement.
“Future reservations through Hyatt Booking channels will remain temporarily unavailable. At Hyatt, our guests and colleagues are a top priority and we are working closely with the hotel’s owner to resolve this situation,” Sunjae Sharma, the Vice President and Country Head- India said.
The luxury hotel is located less than a kilometer from the Mumbai International Airport. It is owned by Delhi-based Asian Hotels (West), promoted by Sushil Kumar Gupta, the chairman and Managing Director.
So far, there has been no official comment by the company over the suspension of operations of Hyatt Regency Mumbai. Also, no executives of Asian Hotel (West) were available for comment.
A week before the announcement of temporary suspension of operation in Hyatt Residency Mumbai, the owners had defaulted on bank loan repayments, including a car loan EMI. According to reports, Asian Hotels (West) failed to repay the principal and interest of Rs 4.32 crores taken from Yes Bank.
The hotel and tourism industry is has been hit worst due to the covid pandemic imposed lockdowns. Travel is bare minimum resulting in the business slowdown.


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Amritsar, March 27
Wholesale fruit traders have claimed that their tonnes of fruit have perished due to non-lifting with the curfew restrictions being imposed suddenly in the state.
Kanwaljit Singh Pahwa, a fruit trader, said wholesale traders had procured more stocks of fruit keeping in mind their increased demand during the Navratras.
However, they could not sell fruit since Sunday after the enforcement of the ‘Janata Curfew’. “Moreover, papaya, banana, grapes, kinnow, apple and other varieties of fruit have a shorter shelf life. So, the wholesalers do not have any other alternative but to throw them away as these were rotting,” they said.
Arvinder Singh, president, Fruit Merchants’ Association, said fruit sellers had to incur losses worth crores of rupees. He demanded that the government must waive 4 per cent market fee and the rural development fund of fruit sellers.
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Facebook is to launch its own digital currency.
It'll be known as Libra, and will allow people to move money via Whatsapp, Facebook messenger and a standalone app.
Here's what users can expect:
Money will be transferred in the same amount of time it takes to send a text message.
Facebook says people will be able to send money "at low to no cost".
It's already got the backing of 28 firms, including Mastercard, Visa and PayPal.
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Shares of the flooring specialist have suddenly surged, but don't expect the rally to last.
Shares of the supermarket chain gained after strong profit growth in its fourth quarter.
Shares of the flooring specialist surged as a bullish argument sparked a wave of buying.
Shares of the Nutrisystem parent fell after it turned in an ugly earnings report.
Shares of the home goods retailer rose as new management took initial steps to repair the business.
Shares of the office-furniture retailer dipped after a weak earnings report.
Recently released fourth-quarter earnings suggest the retail giant's momentum is starting to slow.
Shares of the casual retailer dropped after it delayed its earnings report.
Shares of the Ironman parent jumped on news of a potential sale.
The e-commerce giant just hit a new record. Is it too late to hop on the train?
Chairman Barry Diller was blunt in his assessment of the travel specialist.
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June 12, 2009 |
Consumers, daunted by the recession, hit the pause button on buying video games in May. The game industry last month racked up $863.3 million in sales of games and consoles, the first time since August 2007 that monthly sales came in less than $1 billion, according to a report released Thursday from market research firm NPD Group Inc. Sales of game consoles took a big hit last month, dropping 30% to $302.5 million from $433 million in May 2008.
January 1, 2002 |
The launch of new consoles in 2001 positioned the U.S. video game industry to hit a record $9billion in sales, but game publishers and analysts expect this year and next to be even better. As production constraints ease, Nintendo Co.'s GameCube and Microsoft Corp.'s Xbox machines should be available in greater numbers, which in turn should fuel the sale of more software. Some project the U.S. games industry to surpass $10billion in 2002--and widen its lead over box office receipts.
October 29, 2002 |
Despite a soft economy that tempered sales of gadgets, Sony Corp. on Monday posted a second-quarter profit that was higher than expected, citing aggressive cost cutting and strength in its video games business. The Tokyo-based media and consumer electronics giant also slightly lowered its revenue forecast for its fiscal year, citing consumer skittishness in the United States and Europe.
November 18, 2009 |
On a cloudy Friday afternoon on Venice Boulevard in West Los Angeles nearly two weeks ago, about 50 people were waiting to buy a video game that wasn't supposed to go on sale for four days. "Do you have it yet?" an eager customer asked an employee of the store Game Play. The object of his desire, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, officially launched Nov. 10. But despite the recession that has crimped consumer spending, demand was so high that many stores started selling it as soon as shipments arrived.
November 15, 2012 |
While sales of new video game discs have been plummeting all year, it turns out gamers are spending their money to play in other ways. During the third quarter (from July through September), total spending on video games -- new and old, purchases and rentals, physical and digital -- totaled $1.07 billion in the U.S., according to research firm NPD Group. That's down only 1% from a year ago. Those figures are more heartening to the game industry than monthly figures for new physical game sales and consoles that are released by NPD. In total, spending on physical games dropped 16% during the third quarter, and spending on games on digital platforms jumped 22%. Video game publishers make no money from used game sales or rentals (besides the initial sales of those titles)
February 4, 2004 |
In an unusual move for a brokerage firm, a Banc of America Securities analyst on Tuesday called for the ouster of Take-Two Interactive Software Inc. Chairman Ryan Brant, citing the video game publisher's accounting troubles and Brant's pattern of personal stock sales. BofA analyst Gary Cooper also said Take-Two should replace director and audit committee member Oliver Grace, one of the company's largest shareholders through his position as a partner at Anglo American Security Fund.
July 6, 2009 |
To video game publishers, Mark Weiner is both a dream come true and a nightmare. The 23-year-old San Francisco Bay Area operations analyst likes to pounce on the latest blockbuster releases. He spends dozens of hours a week playing a wide range of titles. "I am passionate about games," he said. This should be good for game companies such as Activision Blizzard Inc., Electronic Arts Inc. and Ubisoft Entertainment, which publish many of the titles Weiner likes to play. But it's not welcome news.
May 10, 1999 |
In "Soldier of Fortune," a new video game that Activision will unveil at the Electronic Entertainment Expo in Los Angeles, hard-core gamers can pick their favorite weapons, go to their favorite foreign country and kill their chosen enemy in hundreds of brutal variations on the traditional shoot-'em-up game.
October 23, 2003 |
Driven by strong sales of its "Madden NFL" franchise, video game publisher Electronic Arts Inc. on Wednesday reported higher profit and sales in its fiscal second quarter. EA, based in Redwood City, Calif., posted sales of $530 million in the quarter ended Sept. 30, up 17% from the same period a year ago. Net income surged 52% to $77 million, or 50 cents a share, from $50 million, or 35 cents, a year earlier.


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Bentley Motors Forced to Pay $500K and Destroy Branded Clothing Over Trademark Lawsuit
Bentley Motors reportedly tried to seize trademarks on a family-run clothing company’s name, but must now instead pay its court costs and maybe more.
Bentley the automaker has reportedly lost a lawsuit against Bentley the clothing manufacturer after a two-decade scuffle over which company owns the rights to the "Bentley" name in the clothing space.
Judge Richard Hacon ruled on Nov. 1 that Bentley Motors made "steady encroachment" on trademarks owned by Bentley Clothing, a family-run outfit based in the British city of Manchester, reports The Times. The automaker was ordered to pay $532,600 (£400,000) to the clothing maker to cover its court costs, though it reportedly plans to appeal the verdict, which could have further consequences down the road.
Bentley Clothing was founded in 1962 and has had the rights to trademarks on the Bentley name in the clothing space since 1982. These trademarks changed hands with the company when it was sold in 1990 to Bob Lees, who reportedly tried to license the brand to the automaker of the same name in 1998. Lees hoped to "improve the fortunes of Bentley Motors, given that for many years it had been a poor relation to Rolls-Royce." Bentley Motors, however, turned Lees down and a decade later tried to wrest the Bentley Clothing trademark from him in court. Lees' 45-year-old son Christopher reportedly called the decade-long ordeal "ruinous, financially and emotionally."
"We're still willing to reach a fair settlement, but because we've been forced down this costly legal route, the figures now have to be much greater," Christopher Lees told The Times. "We would still prefer to be helping Bentley Motors and their ordinary employees rather than fighting them."
If Bentley Motors' appeal fails, it reportedly must organize the disposal of its inventory of now-illegal branded clothing (since retracted from its website) with retailers by Dec. 18. Clothes that must be destroyed include leather jackets that cost over $2,700 (£2,150). The automaker will also face a secondary hearing that will examine the revenue and profit it gathered from its clothing business to determine damages owed to Bentley Clothing.


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TNT Rejects UPS Bid, Talks Continue
Dutch delivery company TNT Express rejected a EUR€4.9 billion (USD$6.45 billion) takeover offer from US-based rival United Parcel Service, but the companies said they remain in talks.
UPS offered EUR€9 per share for all outstanding TNT stock, a 42 percent premium over TNT's Friday closing price of EUR€6.343. The bid is about equal to the EUR€5 billion price tag that analysts have recently assigned to TNT.
UPS, the world's largest package delivery company, has long been rumoured to have an interest in TNT. The bid from Atlanta-based UPS came about nine months after TNT split from delivery firm PostNL and amid increasing shareholder pressure on TNT to shake up its board and make moves aimed at boosting shareholder value.
In a statement on Friday, UPS officials made it clear the US company and its Dutch rival have discussed more than one offer already. UPS said the EUR€4.9 billion bid was a "revised, increased and comprehensive proposal to acquire the entire issued share capital of TNT."
"We are open to advancing the talks, and we continue to be in discussions," Ernst Moeksis, spokesman for TNT said.
"I find it difficult to believe that there's going to be a significant bidding war for these assets," said Art Hatfield, managing director in equity research at Morgan Keegan. "It's a good offer."
TNT, which has suffered declining revenues internationally as economic pressures have led an increasing number of customers to abandon air transport in favour of cheaper shipping options.
TNT Express's struggles have prompted calls among stakeholders for moves to increase shareholder value, including a potential takeover.
Bowing to pressure from activist shareholders, TNT Express this month agreed to appoint several new members to its supervisory board, including two candidates proposed by American investor Jana Partners. Jana and Canada's Alberta Investment Management (AIMCO) have a combined stake in TNT Express of just over 5 percent,.
Jana called for an overhaul of the TNT Express supervisory board in December, including replacing the chairman, and urged the company to explore a sale.
PostNL is the largest shareholder in TNT Express -- holding 29.9 percent -- and has taken impairments of more than EUR€700 million on its stake in recent months. The company declined to comment on the UPS bid, but it has already indicated that it would support a possible takeover.
Analysts did not rule out a potential counter-offer for TNT from FedEx, UPS's chief US competitor. FedEx has a much smaller slice of the Europe market, where TNT is strong, than does UPS.
"We had expected Fedex to move as its European domestic share is only 2 percent," Andre Mulder, analyst at Kepler Capital Markets said, said in a research note. Mulder said FedEx "has zero debt and could easily cough up this amount if it could find the banks to lend it the money."
Mulder said TNT is the market share leader in Europe with 18 percent. UPS has 10 percent, the analyst said.


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The Bitcoin Foundation was founded in September 2012 to promote bitcoin’s development and uptake. Because of its size and complexity, downloading and verifying the entire blockchain is not suitable for all computing devices. For broader coverage of this topic, see Cryptocurrency wallet. As of April 2022, it takes on average 122 sextillion attempts to generate a block hash smaller than the difficulty target. Computations of this magnitude are extremely expensive and utilize specialized hardware. The word “bitcoin” was defined in a white paper published on October 31, 2008.
Bitcoin is “not actually usable” for retail transactions because of high costs and the inability to process chargebacks, according to Nicholas Weaver, a researcher quoted by Bloomberg. High price volatility and transaction fees make paying for small retail purchases with bitcoin impractical, according to economist Kim Grauer. However, bitcoin continues to be used for large-item purchases on sites such as Overstock.com, and for cross-border payments to freelancers and other vendors. In 2012, bitcoin prices started at $5.27, growing to $13.30 for the year. By 9 January the price had risen to $7.38, but then crashed by 49% to $3.80 over the next 16 days.
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Unlike US dollars, whose buying power the Fed can dilute by printing more greenbacks, there simply won’t be more bitcoin available in the future. That has worried some skeptics, as it means a hack could be catastrophic in wiping out people’s bitcoin wallets, with less hope for reimbursement. Every four years, the number of bitcoins released relative to the previous cycle gets cut in half, as does the reward to miners for discovering new blocks.
The next bitcoin halving is expected to occur in 2024 and will see bitcoin block rewards drop to 3.125 bitcoins per block. As the supply of new bitcoin entering the market gets smaller, it will make buying bitcoin more competitive – assuming demand for bitcoin remains high. In order to incentivize the distributed network of people verifying bitcoin transactions , a fee is attached to each transaction. The fee is awarded to whichever miner adds the transaction to a new block.
According to bitinfocharts.com, in 2017, there were 9,272 bitcoin wallets with more than $1 million worth of bitcoins. The exact number of bitcoin millionaires is uncertain as a single person can have more than one bitcoin wallet. According to research by the University of Cambridge, between 2.9 million and 5.8 million unique users used a cryptocurrency wallet in 2017, most of them for bitcoin. The number of users has grown significantly since 2013, when there were 300,000–1.3 million users. Blockchain analysts estimate that Nakamoto had mined about one million bitcoins before disappearing in 2010 when he handed the network alert key and control of the code repository over to Gavin Andresen. Andresen later became lead developer at the Bitcoin Foundation.
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” “Exxon is dealing with greenhouse gas emissions by … mining crypto? Relative mining difficulty is defined as the ratio of the difficulty target on 9 January 2009 to the current difficulty target. Bitcoin wealth is highly concentrated, with 0.01% holding 27% of in-circulation currency, as of 2021. State and provincial securities regulators, coordinated through the North American Securities Administrators Association, are investigating “bitcoin scams” and ICOs in 40 jurisdictions.
Bitcoin Market Fearful Again As Sentiment Drops To Lowest Since January
A network alert system was included by Satoshi Nakamoto as a way of informing users of important news regarding bitcoin. It had become obsolete as news on bitcoin is now widely disseminated. Bitcoin is a cryptocurrency made by proof-of-work, while some other cryptocurrencies, such as Ethereum, are made by proof-of-stake, which consumes less electricity. As of 2022, the Cambridge Centre ETC for Alternative Finance estimates that Bitcoin consumes around 100TW⋅h annually, and BNB https://www.beaxy.com/ says bitcoin mining uses about as much electricity as Egypt. But it is difficult to find out how the electricity used for mining was generated, and thus Bitcoin’s carbon footprint. One study found that from 2016 to 2021, each US dollar worth of bitcoin mined caused 35 cents worth of climate damage, comparable to the beef industry and the gasoline industry.
On Tuesday, the small Central American nation became the first in the world to adopt bitcoin as an official currency. The MIT Digital Currency Initiative funds some of the development of Bitcoin Core. The project also maintains the cryptography library libsecp256k1.
This is the easiest method since the function is already built-in to Google Sheets. The main disadvantage is that you can only import the closing prices for each day. In financial markets, the closing price is only one of many relevant values including opening prices, the highest price, the lowest price, and the volume. The two other methods in this tutorial will allow you to import all these values to Google Sheets. The Bitcoin price page is just one in Crypto.com Price Index that features price history, price ticker, market cap, and live charts for the top cryptocurrencies.
- CryptoCompare account creation options.You can connect your account with either of your Facebook or Google accounts, or type the email address and set the password yourself.
- According to a 2015 study by Paolo Tasca, bitcoin startups raised almost $1 billion in three years (Q – Q1 2015).
- Unlike Bing, however, Google will notshow price data in relevant search queries .
- Both of these criteria are entered between quotation marks.
- Even though the function is designed to be used with CSV and TSV files, there is a website that publishes crypto prices in a way that allows us to use this function.
btc usd google‘s price was affected even though other cryptocurrencies were stolen at Coinrail and Bancor as investors worried about the security of cryptocurrency exchanges. In September 2019, the Intercontinental Exchange began trading of bitcoin futures on its exchange called Bakkt. Bakkt also announced that it would launch options on bitcoin in December 2019.
How to Get Crypto Prices in Google Sheets with the Google Finance Function?
It is the crypto market standard, benchmarking billions of dollars in registered financial products and pricing hundreds of millions in daily over-the-counter transactions. Built for replicability and reliability, in continuous operation since 2014, the XBX is relied upon by asset allocators, asset managers, market participants and exchanges. The XBX is the flagship in a portfolio of single- and multi-asset indices offered by CoinDesk.
A 2018 warning emphasized that trading in any cryptocurrency is often speculative, and there is a risk of theft from hacking, and fraud. Securities and Exchange Commission warned that investments involving bitcoin might have high rates of fraud, and that investors might be solicited on social media sites. An earlier “Investor Alert” warned about the use of bitcoin in Ponzi schemes. In 2017 and 2018, bitcoin’s acceptance among major online retailers included only three of the top 500 U.S. online merchants, down from five in 2016. Reasons for this decline include high transaction fees due to bitcoin’s scalability issues and long transaction times.
#Bitcoin cerró la vela diaria sobre 23,480 USD. #BTC ha presentado un día de corrección debido a los “flojos” earnings de Amazon, Apple y Google. Habrá que esperar el cierre de vela semanal del índice S&P 500 (SPX) para determinar qué tanto le va a costar a #BTC llegar a 25K 👀.
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Prices started at $998 in 2017 and rose to $13,412.44 on 1 January 2018, after reaching its all-time high of $19,783.06 on 17 December 2017. In 2013, prices started at $13.30 rising to $770 by 1 January 2014. According to researchers, other parts of the ecosystem are also “controlled by a small set of entities”, notably the maintenance of the client software, online wallets, and simplified payment verification clients.
- Lack of adoption and loads of volatility mean that cryptocurrencies satisfy none of those criteria.
- The Commodity Futures Trading Commission then subpoenaed the data from the exchanges.
- But even for those who don’t discover using their own high-powered computers, anyone can buy and sell bitcoins at the bitcoin price they want, typically through online exchanges like Coinbase or LocalBitcoins.
- Iran, as of October 2020, had issued over 1,000 bitcoin mining licenses.
- HOD -əl; often written HODL) is slang in the cryptocurrency community for holding a cryptocurrency rather than selling it.


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Penzance-based Ocean 3D re-creates buildings in virtual reality to reduce stress and uncertainty
The startup that wants you to have better meetings
Penryn-based SaaS startup Agendali aims to bring structure and purpose to business meetings.
For Codices, the future of television is Twitch
Quiz Kit tool from Penryn-based startup lets broadcasters and brands run interactive TV-style gameshows on Twitch.
Why AI is biased – and what we can do about it
Data scientist Tariq Rashid talks about the need for fairness, safety and ethics in emerging applications of AI
Could Cornwall be the smart working capital of the UK?
St Agnes-based consultancy Smart Working Revolution aims to help the county capitalise on the post-Covid trend for remote working.
Clipshare debuts new marketing tool for YouTube video creators
New app from Cornwall-based startup makes it easy to create video clips of YouTube content and schedule them for posting on social media.
The biometrics company innovating for a post-touch world
Penryn-based TouchByte is developing face-based validation systems that remove the need for physical contact.
The fintech entrepreneurs bringing mindfulness to banking
Falmouth-based fintech startup Money Story pioneers a new style of contemplative finance.
The harbour, the inventor, the designer and the surf brand
A partnership between Fishy Filaments, Falmouth University and Finisterre has seen waste marine nets recycled into a stylish new garment button design.
The app that’s taking SUP racing virtual
Falmouth-based Paddle Logger is the Strava of the sea for stand up paddleboarders


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LAS VEGAS--While the mass amount of Comdex attendess headed for the McCarran Airport either late yesterday or earlier today, the show floor is still crowded at the Internet Pavilion.
At the CompuServe booth, presenters ballyhooed the spring release of Project Wow. The "demo," however, consisted of only a short video featuring smiling, happy consumers bubbling with enthusiasm at the prospect of the new service.
Both CompuServe and America Online booth presenters are touting their respective services as the biggest and best--both are claiming about 4 million subscribers each.
At quieter sections along the show floor, there is still keen interest in shareware and Net add-on booths.
There is also more Web media to come. Websight is publicizing the advent of its interactive online companion to Websight Magazine, slated to go live on November 23. Based in the Los Angeles area, Websight will focus exclusively on the Web and will not cover online services or technical issues.