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Australia’s construction work falls at smaller than expected rate in Q1, pandemic impact on activity to be apparent in Q2
Digital Currency Revolution Series: Goldman Sachs Exhibits Reluctance In Bitcoin For Asset Portfolio
The rise in inequality is attributed to the shrinking wages of low-income households, and a cut down in temporary positions
Singaporean headline inflation falls in April, unlikely to return to positive territory before end of 2020
Australian ANZ-Roy Morgan consumer confidence falls 1 pct last week, inflation expectations remain stable
Australia’s ANZ-Roy Morgan Australian Consumer Confidence fell 1.0% last week. The fall was accentuated by a sharp decline of 7.1 percent seen in the ‘Time to buy a major household item’ sub-index.
Current finances fell by 1.2 percent, the second decline in a row, while future finances gained 1.7 percent. Both the indices are well above their long term averages.
Current economic conditions gained 1.4 percent after five straight declines. Future economic conditions gained 1.8 percent for its third consecutive increase.
Australians are still wary of the economic outlook considering both the sub-indices are below their long terms averages. Inflation expectations were stable at 4 percent on the four-week moving average.
"A steep fall in the ‘Time to buy a major household item’ led to a decline in the overall confidence index to just above its long-run average. This sub-index fell to its lowest level since April and is well below average. It seems that tax cuts, lower interest rates and the associated turn in the housing market are not yet motivating people to consider a major household purchase. Interestingly, sentiment toward the economic outlook improved despite the weak Q2 GDP report. In saying this, we need to be mindful that sentiment toward the current economic outlook had declined for five consecutive weeks to its lowest level in more than two years. So the bounce in this sub-index is only modest," said David Plank, ANZ’s Head of Australian Economics.


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Hillsville Town Council on October 24 approved a lease purchase financing agreement for the purchase of two police cars. A similar agreement replacing two other aging vehicles was passed in July.
The Note, dated November 1, will be in the amount of $58,271 with a fixed rate of 1.50 percent for the entire term of the loan. According to the agreement, projected total payments (if the entire amount of the loan is used) for the first three successive year payments would be $14,462.29; $14,387.87 and $14,603.69. A final payment on July 1, 2020 would be $14,817.15. The total payment with $1,903.41 for interest added, is $60,174.41 for two 2016 model Dodge Chargers.
Hillsville Police Chief Wesley Yonce said he is anticipating the cost of the two new vehicles to be under $60,000. The Town approved a similar agreement in June for two other vehicles. This is aligned with the municipal capital improvement plan which looks to replace aging and well-used equipment before it breaks. Yonce told Council the department is selling one car in the hopes a smaller department covering less territory could use it.
Council approved a measure calling for Hillsville Police Department surplus items to be put up for bid on the “GovDeals” web site (at https://www.govdeals.com/). Yonce told council some of the items have been replaced by newer equipment. He said some of the items are so old the cost of replacement parts make repair costs prohibitive. A minimum bid amount has been set on each item to recoup some expenses for the Town.
The items which will be put up for bid include a 2011 Dodge Charger, four blue Fuji Police Bikes, seven siren control boxes, five Whelen LED light bars (all blue, one blue lens and four clear lens), one complete Golden Eagle Radar, two control heads, Golden Eagle Radar and miscellaneous strobe lights.
According to the Hillsville Police Department (HPD) Activity Numbers Report (for October 1 through October 19), the Department assisted 30 motorists. HPD conducted 32 criminal investigations, 12 accident investigations, 643 business checks, 46 warnings at traffic stops and served 26 warrants. A total of 34 false/unfounded calls, 302 speeding/reckless driving summons were issued and four safety belt summons were issued.
Council approved a parade permit for a Veterans Day Parade from Veterans Of Foreign Wars Post 1115. The event is set for November 12. Participants are expected to assemble at Carroll County Middle School that day. Participants will move from the Middle School, down Main Street to West Stuart Drive and finish at the VFW Compound. According to the application, the parade will include participants on foot, vehicles and a float. One hundred individuals, vehicles and animals are expected to participate with attendance projected at more than one hundred.
David Broyles may be reached at 276-779-4013 or on Twitter@CarrollNewsDave.


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Water supplier agrees £1.4bn revolving credit facility that offers cheaper interest rates as reward for boosting ESG performance
Thames Water has this week become the latest corporate to leverage an innovative form of green finance to boost environmental, social and ethical practices within its business. The water supplier has...
As cities propose ambitious climate and air quality legislation a battle is brewing between the regions and Westminster
The 1 Year Fix and Drive tariff offers EV owners free power to cover 8,000 miles a year of driving
Delivery service currently covers a radius of 1.5 miles with a view to expanding next year


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Vox has announced that effective immediately, it has decreased pricing on its 100mb and 50mb uncapped bundles. More importantly, the company has introduced a new 200mb line speed product, that it anticipates will see more South Africans joining the fibre revolution.
Claire Williamson, product manager for FTTH at Vox says, “There was once a time when we could not imagine the line speeds available to home users, at such competitive rates. We are excited to launch a 200mb offering starting from R1 299 per month.”
The new bundles are available to new subscribers and existing subscribers can upgrade with ease. Our existing customers enjoy competitively priced FTTH bundles and we look forward to continuing to deliver fast, reliable, high quality connectivity to them,¨ adds Willamson.
Pricing is applicable on the Vumatel network and is applicable to the Uncapped Basic and Uncapped Pro options.


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The Federal Trade Commission sued Amazon Thursday, charging that the company made it too easy for children to make unauthorized purchases on mobile devices.
The FTC complaint alleges that children were able to easily buy apps or make in-app purchases for virtual products like coins or extra lives in games on the Kindle Fire and other devices without parental permission. Amazon also didn’t make it easy for parents to get the charges reversed, the agency said.
“Amazon’s in-app system allowed children to incur unlimited charges on their parents’ accounts without permission,” said FTC Chairwoman Edith Ramirez in a statement. “Even Amazon’s own employees recognized the serious problem its process created. We are seeking refunds for affected parents and a court order to ensure that Amazon gets parents’ consent for in-app purchases.”
An Amazon spokeswoman did not offer comment on the suit, but pointed to a July letter the company sent to the FTC defending its practices (embedded below).
“No one is more focused on creating a great experience for customers than Amazon and in that respect we are completely aligned with the Commission’s goals,” Amazon wrote. “Pursuing litigation against a company whose practices were lawful from the outset and that already meet or exceed the requirements of the Apple consent order makes no sense and is an unfortunate misallocation of the Commission’s resources.”
The company has said previously that it didn’t agree with the FTC’s charges because it had already changed its practices to require passwords to complete purchases. The company also says it refunds unauthorized charges made by children.
FTC officials disagree, saying that while Amazon updated its policies in March 2012 to require a password to complete purchases of $20 or more, children were still able to make an unlimited number of in-app purchases for lower dollar amounts. It wasn’t until last month — shortly before the FTC voted to move ahead with its lawsuit — that the company changed its policies to require parental consent for in-app charges on some devices, the agency contends.
FTC officials also said Amazon’s refund policy is confusing and doesn’t make it easy for consumers to seek reimbursement for their children’s purchases.
Amazon’s decision to challenge the FTC’s complaint puts it at odds with competitor Apple, which faced similar complaints from angry parents.
Apple reluctantly settled with the FTC earlier this year, agreeing to a consent decree that required it to provide full refunds to customers and change its billing practices to require consumers to give explicit consent before making in-app purchases.
FTC officials began looking into the issue at both companies after complaints about the charges began in 2011, but by the time the agency had readied its suit, Apple had already changed its policies. Apple CEO Tim Cook told employees at the time that the company didn’t agree with the complaint but agreed to settle anyway because it was the easiest path forward.
“The consent decree the FTC proposed does not require us to do anything we weren’t already going to do, so we decided to accept it rather than take on a long and distracting legal fight,” Cook told employees in an email.
FTC officials declined to offer any insight into whether Google might be the FTC’s next target. As Politico noted yesterday, FTC officials received an email from an Apple attorney in January pointing out that Google’s app store also allows the same sort of unauthorized purchases.
Asked about Google during a call with reporters, FTC Consumer Protection Director Jessica Rich responded that she “can’t comment on Google at this time.”
This article originally appeared on Recode.net.


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IVCA wants that all startups should have a blanket exemption from income tax section that triggered angel tax. It suggested that this should apply to all startups that have raised funds up to Rs 10 crore.
This only allows to extend the potential of employees and enhance productivity.
India since 2012 has a taxation policy to stop wealthy individuals from laundering money through unlisted companies. But this policy comes afoul when considering startups, as they are unlisted companies wherein wealthy individuals invest at a valuation not justified by the revenue and profit.
Appy Fizz is leader and creator of the sparkling fruit drink category with over 99% market share.
Turms sells apparel starting at the Rs 799 price point, plans to break even in the next six to nine months.
However, total expenses also moved up to Rs 904 crore from Rs 661 crore in the same period.As a result, the net loss was Rs 70.8 crore in Q3 of 2018-19 compared to Rs 72.1 crore in the year-on-year period.
Till date, 25 States and UTs have launched their dedicated startup policies to incentivise startups in their jurisdiction.
Lagerfeld joined Fendi in 1965 and set to modernise the fur specialist with new techniques.
The new outlet is spread over 2,100 sq.ft. of space and can accommodate around 80 guests, said the company.
The companies while importing the products had paid 12% Goods and Services Tax when they were required to pay only 6%.
The bail plea, which has been applied last week in the HC by Sonia’s lawyers, will be listed at the court in the coming days.
Sachin Bansal’s investment in Ola signifies a coming of age for the indian startup ecosystem.
The jobless rate stood at 4.0 per cent in the three months to December, the lowest level since 1975, the Office for National Statistics said. The total number of unemployed people slid by 14,000 to 1.36 million in the year to December.
As the appetite for ordering food in rather than dining outgrows, foodpreneurs like Barman see more sense in setting up virtual restaurants that exist only on apps rather than the brick and mortar kind which you could find on Google Maps.
The government wants a phased manufacturing programme (PMP) plan for electronics, just like it had introduced for making mobile phones.


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Holcim announced Monday that its net sales were down 5.4 percent in the first quarter of 2014, while like for like sales rose 7.8 percent.
The company said it reached CHF 4.09 billion (about $4.64 billion) in net sales in the first quarter of 2014, a 5.4-percent decline from the first quarter of 2013. The company says the decrease was “mainly influenced by negative currency effects.” Despite the decline, its net sales on a like-for-like basis were up 7.8 percent.
Consolidated operating EBITDA fell 5.1 percent to CHF 617 million (about $700.58 million) in the first three months of 2014. When adjusted for foreign exchange effects and changes in consolidation, the company’s consolidated operating EBITDA was up 10.1 percent.
The Holcim Leadership Journey contributed CHF 237 million (about $269.10 million) to operating profit in the first quarter of 2014.
The company’s net income was down 39.5 percent in the first quarter of 2014, falling to CHF 179 million (about $203.25 million). Holcim notes that net income the the first quarter of 2013 was boosted by the sale of a 25-percent stake in Cement Australia, and when adjusting for the transaction, net income rose 19.6 percent in the first quarter of 2014.
Net income attributable to shareholders was down 57.5 percent to CHF 80 million (about $90.84 million).
Cash flow from operating activities was up 24.9 percent, reaching CHF 243 million (about $275.92 million) in the first quarter of 2014.
Holcim also noted its intention to merge with Lafarge. To read more about this “merger of equals, click here.


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Has there ever been a Gartner Magic Quadrant as lopsided as the one issued this week for cloud infrastructure providers?
IBM is making it easier for enterprises to move their cloud workloads across different OpenStack deployments, giving them greater flexibility in where they can run their applications.
IBM and Deloitte are betting that computers can understand reams of financial regulatory guidelines more thoroughly, and speedily, than humans.
Fujitsu unlocks smartphone with iris ... Russian cybergroup stalks U.S. bank customers ... Online video pushes up cloud power consumption ... and more tech news
IBM is ready to light up data transfers over long distances between computers with a new chip that could ultimately spell the end for slower electrical wiring.
In the new world of cloud storage, there's still room for old standbys like tape. IBM says combining them can save enterprises money.
China's smartphone market slows...IBM's latest Power8 servers do cloud work...Facebook tests in-app search...and more tech news.
IBM is building slimmer versions of its Power hardware -- used by its Watson supercomputer -- to run complex database applications as well as simpler Web-based ones.
It's nice to have the latest kit, but a supercomputer upgrade is about to bring the German Climate Computing Center, DKRZ, a big problem: a shortage of space.
Apple Beats deals may be target of probe ... French go all-in on Internet spying ... Intel's new chips are tuned for machine learning ... and more tech news.
SAP and IBM share a long history dating back to the very roots of SAP, and on Monday that allegiance got a little closer with two new IBM Power Systems server configurations tailored specifically for SAP's Hana in-memory data platform.
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News Specialist Jed Boal reporting A record number of Utahns went into a financial freefall in 2002, according to numbers just released.
Statistics show 14 percent more Utahns filed for bankruptcy in 2002 than in 2001, and the spending spree isn't slowing.
The poor economy, large family sizes and the nation's youngest population are some explanations for a six-year surge in bankruptcy filings in Utah. But they don't explain everything.
Ralph Mabey is a former bankruptcy judge and the current president of the American College of Bankruptcy.
He says it all comes back to the plastic -- here and nationwide.
"Credit card debt has exploded. The savings rate has for many months gone to zero or below zero," Mabey says.
People simply spend more than they make, and that leads to bankruptcy.
In 2001, 19,342 Utahns filed for bankruptcy. In 2002, the number rose to 22,052 -- a 14 percent increase.
"The increase in 2001 was at 28 percent over the year 2000, so I guess it's lucky that it was lower than the year before," says Bill Stillgebauer, a clerk for the U.S. Bankruptcy Court.
But six years ago there were fewer than 10,000 filings. Bankruptcies have more than doubled since 1996.
When we live on the financial edge, it doesn't take much to fall. A lost job, a divorce, or a medical mishap can easily put us in dire straits.
Mabey says our borrowing, spending and savings habits are the core problem.
Credit is available to anyone. Credit card solicitations arrive by the bushelfull each year, and poorer people are borrowing more and more.
"We need education. We need preaching from the pulpit and from the schoolroom that helps us reign in our consumer impulses somewhat.
National bankruptcy statistics will be released in March, and are likely to show record numbers.


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Splash Car Wash and Oil Change Adopts 'European' Approach
April 19, 2022—Two Splash Car Wash and Oil Change sites are being built in Little Rock and Maumelle, Arkansas according to an article by Arkansas Business.
Splash owner Paul Stagg and his son, Chief Financial Officer Matt Stagg, operate 16 standard-model Splash car washes in Arkansas.
The indoor car wash model for these new Splash locations is inspired by an approach in Europe admired by Stagg. The facilities will include indoor cleaning areas, lobbies and restrooms for customers. The two new locations will also have wash tunnels that are at least 30% longer than tunnels in standard car washes. They will also have fast-charging electric vehicle stations available for use and an automated interior car cleaning option.
There will be conference rooms for training and planning as well as a detached building for quick oil changes. The car washes will be energy efficient by recycling their water. Stagg is also considering employing solar panels to power the facilities.
“This is not another car wash. It’s remarkably different,” Stagg said in the article. “I just think we have an extreme competitive advantage.”
The indoor car washes are expected to employ 30-full time roles each. Currently, Splash has about 230 employees overall.


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While some people are looking for love, there are plenty of people who just want to hook up, and now a new report reveals just what those folks are looking for.
A new survey finds:
- The average person had their most hookups at 27.
- 64% of people though still say they are interested in a “no strings attached” relationship.
But folks aren’t willing to hook up with just about anyone.
- 22% of people still want to get to know the person they hook up with.
- While 52% want to get to know them beforet hings get hot and heavy.
- 76% say it’s important that their hookup is polite and has good communication skills.
- 21% want to hook up with someone who has their same moral views.
- 49% say looks and personality are equally important when it comes to hooking up with someone.
But when it comes to physical qualities, the most important things include:
- Smile (62%)
- Body type (60%)
- Eyes (59%)
- Hair (43%)
- Voice (37%)
- And speaking of looks, over half of Americans admit they’d hook up with someone just because they look like their favorite celebrity.
- Half of people also say they’d be willing to hook up with a friend, while 46% would even hook up with an ex.


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US antitrust case against Google mirrors Microsoft battle
The US Justice Department filed an equally high-profile case against a technology giant in 1998, accusing it of leveraging a monopoly position to lock customers into its products so they wouldn't be tempted by potentially superior options from smaller rivals.
The Trump administration's legal assault on Google actually feels like a blast from the past. The US Justice Department filed an equally high-profile case against a technology giant in 1998, accusing it of leveraging a monopoly position to lock customers into its products so they wouldn't be tempted by potentially superior options from smaller rivals.
That game-changing case, of course, targeted Microsoft and its personal computer software empire - right around the same time that two ambitious entrepreneurs, both strident Microsoft critics, were starting up their own company with a funny name: Google.
"Back then, Google claimed Microsoft's practices were anticompetitive, and yet, now, Google deploys the same playbook to sustain its own monopolies," the Justice Department wrote in its lawsuit, filed Tuesday in Washington, DC, federal court.
The Justice Department's 64-page complaint accuses Google of thwarting competition and potential innovation via its market power and financial muscle.
In particular, the US complaint alleges, Google sought to ensure its search engine and advertising network remained in a position to reach as many people as possible while making it nearly impossible for viable challengers to emerge.
US Deputy Attorney General Jeff Rosen described Google as "the gateway to the internet" and a search advertising behemoth. Google, whose corporate parent Alphabet Inc has a market value just over $1 trillion, controls about 90% of global web searches.
The Mountain View, California, company, vehemently denied any wrongdoing and defended its services as a boon for consumers - a position it said it will fiercely defend in a case that seems likely to culminate in a trial late next year or sometime in 2022.
Eleven states, all with Republican attorneys general, joined the federal government in the lawsuit. But several other states demurred.
That dynamic raised questions about whether the timing of the government's move is politically motivated, given that Election Day is less than two weeks away.
President Donald Trump has also repeatedly attacked Google with unfounded charges that it is biased against conservative viewpoints in its search results and posted on its YouTube video site.
To avoid the appearance of political animus, Justice Department officials were under intense pressure to present a strong case against Google.
The Justice Department "filed the strongest suit they have," said antitrust expert Tim Wu, a professor at Columbia University Law School. But he also believes the suit is almost a carbon copy of the government's 1998 lawsuit against Microsoft.
Wu believes the US government has a decent chance of winning. "However, the likely remedies - i.e., knock it off, no more making Google the default - are not particularly likely to transform the broader tech ecosystem," he said via email.
Investors so far are betting Google will prevail - or at least that its business won't be fazed by its tussle with the US government. Alphabet's stock rose more than 1% Tuesday to close at $1.555.93.
The Justice Department is primarily targeting Google for negotiating lucrative deals with the makers of smartphones and web browsers to make its search engine the default option unless consumers take the trouble to change the built-in settings.
The company also ensured the search engine would be built into the billions of phones powered by its Android operating system by making that a requirement to use the app store accompanying the free software.
The 1990s case against Microsoft followed a similar premise. Regulators then accused the company of forcing PC makers reliant on its dominant Windows operating system to also feature Microsoft's Explorer web browser - right as the internet was starting to go mainstream. That bundling crushed a once more-popular browser, Netscape.
Google contends the Justice Department is relying on "deeply flawed" theories that have become outdated by dramatic changes in technology.
Perhaps the most significant change has been the explosion of smartphone apps that make it fairly simple to for consumers to pick and choose the services they want to use. Google says users of Android phones, typically have about 50 apps on them.
Google also maintains that the same deals that make its search engine ubiquitous also benefits consumers by boosting the fortunes of its partners. For instance, the company argues its free Android software and its search-engine deal with Apple - worth an estimated $8 billion to $12 billion annually - help hold down the prices of smartphones.
Back in 2001, Microsoft appeared to escape the worst outcome. Initially, after a dramatic court trial, a federal judge ruled that the company should be broken up.
But that never happened. Instead, the two sides reached a settlement in 2002 that placed restrictions preventing Microsoft from bundling its products so brazenly.
By the time that consent decree expired in 2011, distractions caused by the antitrust case had contributed to Microsoft business miscalculations and the apparent blunting of the company's aggressive instincts.
Microsoft ultimately proved unable to accurately assess the impact of internet search and the shift to smartphones, forcing it to play a long and ultimately fruitless game of catch-up.


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HBO Max Returns to Amazon Prime Video Channels, After Leaving in August 2021
David Zaslav and the new management team continue to reshape Warner Bros. Discovery following the spring merger of WarnerMedia and Discovery. Since the two companies became one, Zaslav has reversed many decisions implemented by the previous regime, nearly all of them focused on increasing revenue or cutting costs, regardless of any other factors. That continued on Tuesday as WBD and Amazon announced that HBO Max had returned to the Prime Video Channels in the United States.
When the streaming service first launched in May 2020, not only was it available as a stand-alone subscription, but it was also available through Amazon’s channels hub. However, after just six months on the platform, WarnerMedia decided to pull HBO Max from Prime Video channels in order to ensure that it received all of the subscription revenue and customer data collected from customers. As part of Prime Video channels, that money and information had to be shared.
So, when the streamer exited the Amazon hub in August 2021, it lost nearly 5 million subscribers, a significant blow to a still growing service. However, with the new WBD team in place, it became clear that a return to Prime Video was not only possible, but also fairly likely, as reports began to come out in July that a return was in the works.
“Warner Bros. Discovery is committed to making HBO Max available to as broad an audience as possible while also advancing our data-driven approach to understanding our customers and best serving their viewing interests,” WBD chief revenue and strategy officer Bruce Campbell said. “Today, we are thrilled to take an important step forward by announcing that HBO Max is returning to Prime Video Channels.”
Prime customers can now once again sign up for HBO Max for $14.99 per month. Subscribers will have access to 15,000 hours of curated premium content, as well as the expanded content offerings that will be available via the HBO Max-discovery+ combined streaming service — which will reportedly be called “Max” — when it launches next year.
“We strive to offer customers the best and widest selection of premium content available for their everyday viewing experience,” Prime Video VP Cem Sibay said. “It’s truly been a milestone year for Prime Video, and we are humbled by the viewer engagement and critics’ response to our marquee releases. Now with the addition of HBO Max again, customers can easily add this subscription and enjoy even more award-winning and fan favorite entertainment on Prime Video.”
At the time of its 2021 departure, the major sticking point for WarnerMedia was the ability to own the data that was collected by customers who used the streaming service via Amazon. Though, obviously, HBO Max had access to their subscribers’ basic information, by going through a third party, their larger viewing habits were hidden from WarnerMedia.
What’s changed since then though is Discovery’s merger with WarnerMedia, the former company having a much different philosophy than nearly everything that the latter did. The new company believes in getting the widest distribution possible, including with HBO Max’s sibling streamer discovery+, which was already available on Prime Video Channels. It will be interesting if this leads to HBO Max coming to Roku Premium Subscriptions or Apple TV Channels, both of which have carried it in the past.
Max is a subscription video streaming service that gives access to the full HBO library, along with exclusive Max Originals. There are hubs for content from TLC, HGTV, Food Network, Discovery, TCM, Cartoon Network, Travel Channel, ID, and more. Watch hit series like “The Last of Us,” “House of the Dragon,” “Succession,” “Curb Your Enthusiasm,” and more. The service changed its name from “HBO Max” on May 23, 2023.
Max has three tiers, an ad-supported plan for $9.99 an ad-free plan for $15.99, and the ultimate tier that includes 4K for $19.99.
All Max subscribers will get the full libraries of shows like “Friends”, “The Big Bang Theory”, “South Park”, “Fresh Prince of Bel-Air”, “The West Wing”, and more.
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Amazon Prime Video is a subscription video streaming service that includes on-demand access to 10,000+ movies, TV shows, and Prime Originals like “The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power,” “Jack Ryan,” “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel,” “The Boys,” and more. Subscribers can also add third-party services like Showtime, and Starz with Amazon Prime Video Channels. Prime Video also offers exclusive live access to NFL Thursday Night Football.
The Prime Video interface shows content included with your subscription alongside the ad-supported Freevee library and some shows and movies you need to purchase, so be sure to double-check your selection before you watch.
Prime Video is included with Amazon Prime for $12.99 per month ($119 per year), or can be purchased on its own for $8.99 per month.


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Nissan luxury arm Infiniti's new Q50 sedan was officially launched at the Detroit motor show overnight, but the company's global boss, Johan de Nysschen, told Drive that the new model won't go to market with a full engine lineup.
The Q50 will initially be offered with a choice of either the carryover 3.7-litre petrol V6, or the performance-focused petrol-electric hybrid drivetrain which teams a 3.5-litre V6 to an electric motor.
Two four-cylinder engines, a petrol and diesel sourced from Mercedes-Benz, won't arrive for "about two years" according to de Nysschen.
"Part of our history has been being very US-centric," de Nysschen says. "It has not been considered important to have four-cylinder gasoline and diesel powertrains for that matter, which has been an inhibitor of our ability to grow in markets like China and Europe."
"I imagine that with a powerful and efficient turbocharged four-cylinder, we could probably see the total sales mix exceeding 40 per cent - and all of that's incremental to what we have today," he says. "It's part of the reason of why we're so optimistic for the prospects of this car.
"We are in a co-operative alliance with [Mercedes-Benz parent company] Daimler, and we will be sourcing those engines from Daimler," de Nysschen says.
"[The four-cylinder engines are] currently used in the C-Class, it's a derivative of that engine. It just takes time to develop the engine and the car to work together," he says.
"You know, you don't just stick an engine into a car - there's calibration that needs to be done, you need to set up the suspension tuning, there's a homologation process to be done. This takes time."
When asked why Infiniti didn't instead opt for a Nissan-sourced engine to suit its needs, de Nysschen was frank.
"We're in a hurry," he says. "To develop, in-house, an engine with the turbocharge feature and the noise, vibration and harshness characteristics that we seek would just take longer.
"Same with transmissions," he says. "We will be commencing with joint-manufacturing through Jatco, a transmission that will also be used by Daimler.
"This is part of what is happening in the global landscape right now," de Nysschen says. "With the high cost of development of vehicles and technology, you see strategic alliances happening all over the industry. It so happens now that Infiniti and Daimler in such a strategic alliance. We remain competitors, but there is potential for component sharing, for joint platform development, and all of these are under exploration at the moment."
The Infiniti Q50 sedan is expected on sale in Australia towards the end of 2013. It will compete with the Audi A4, BMW 3-Series, Mercedes-Benz C-Class and the all-new Lexus IS, which was revealed online last week.
The technology-laden Q50 features distinctive design traits such as twin touchscreens - one for media, one for ventilation controls - and the Japanese maker says its car will feature "class-leading" rear seat space. The boot is 510 litres, 50L bigger than a BMW 3-Series.
One safety option set to be offered is "Active Lane Guidance", which can automatically correct the steering of the car if an on-board camera-based detection system senses that the vehicle is straying from its lane due to surface changes or cross-winds.
The new Infiniti Q50 ushers in the company’s new naming strategy, which sees all cars (sedans, coupes and convertibles) wearing a Q badge, and SUVs brandished with a QX nameplate. The naming system will roll-out locally around 2014 - or when the new Q50 arrives, whichever comes first.
A high performance version of the Q50 to take on the Audi RS4, BMW M3, Mercedes-Benz AMG C63 and Lexus ISF is also believed to be in the works.
Infiniti will also offer a coupe which will wear the Q60 badge, as de Nysschen told Drive, but he said a convertible model is still under a cloud of uncertainty.
"[A Q60 convertible is] also still under discussion. We haven't decided formally yet to begin the development of such a car," he says, stating it is currently too early to speculate whether the car would come with a hard or soft top.


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Blip HBO's Game of Thrones has once more grabbed a record number of torrent shares.
Blip "You might as well stay in the office" when you have your shiny phone with you, says top director.
Blip Just when you thought the next generation of consoles might be lacking a few iconic gaming names...
Blip One of the potential sci-fi smash hits of the year, the new trailer for Elysium shows off a whole heap of invented future tech.
Blip Avatar 2 wil continue its predecessor's trailblazing ways by trialing some brand new mo-cap techniques.
Blip Let's cherry pick the best bits of the first two and forget all about the CGI Jeff Bridges, okay?
Blip When you have one of Hollywood's hottest properties giving her all, it clearly blurs the lines.
Is it time to dig out the dusty old 3D glasses that have languished in the back of your drawer? No. Not yet.
Blip You might think that two Steve Jobs biopics are enough, but an internet comedy giant has one more thing to say.
MWC 2013 Alcatel's busy MWC continues, with the announcement of the Snap delighting both headline writers and phone aficionados.
Facebook is teaming up with mobile partners to cut the cost for those with Facebook Messaging addictions.
CES 2013 Amid all the talk about its 4K televisions, you may have missed the fact that Sony announced new Full HD offerings.
CES 2013 According to its makers, the Samsung S9 UHD television represents the future of home entertainment - ushering an era of 4K into our living rooms.
CES 2013 Panasonic believes that its new LED /LCD TVs push the envelope in terms of form and functionality.
We don't often bring you YouTube figure stories, but when it's internet hero Psy and his Bieber-topping Gangnam Style then we are prepared to make an exception.
Google has announced that it has helped bring more of the famed Dead Sea Scrolls to the internet, because nothing says 'in the beginning' like a piece of ancient papyrus.
BBC Worldwide will launch two original channels on YouTube, including one for its lauded nature documentaries.
Apple has announced that it has already sold more than five million new iPhone 5 handsets in three days.
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The funding was led by high profile California-based investors e.ventures, Kleiner Perkins, Y Combinator “and a few close angels”.
Bump, launched with the support of Edinburgh Innovations’ LAUNCH.ed service for student entrepreneurs, has nearly 2 million registered users, many of them teenagers. Having begun as a “reverse marketplace”, Bump’s mission today is to “help Gen Z shop with their friends online”.
Co-founders Sam Howarth and Jack Ryder, who became friends when they were at school together in Newcastle, created Bump after encountering frustrations when buying and selling streetwear on existing platforms.
Ryder built the app in 2016 after teaching himself to code, and the two worked closely with the online streetwear community to tailor their platform to meet users’ needs.
They were supported by LAUNCH.ed when Howarth was studying Business Management at the University of Edinburgh. The app launched in August 2017.
Bump was a joint winner of the Enterprise Award in EI’s 2017 Inspire Launch Grow awards, and Howarth and Ryder were on the judging panel for the 2018 awards.
Y Combinator accelerator
In March 2018 the Bump founders completed the prestigious Y Combinator accelerator programme in Silicon Valley, whose alumni include AirBnB and Dropbox.
They received three months of intensive support to develop their business before pitching to high-profile investors at the end of the programme. They received backing from investors including Kleiner Perkins, the Menlo Park-based firm that has previously invested in the likes of Google, Amazon and Twitter.
Howarth and Ryder say users prefer Bump over other streetwear marketplaces because of its social features, such as messaging and follower relationships – which make shopping a shared social experience.
“Our mission is to make all commerce social,” writes Ryder in a recent blog. “To do that, we see bump becoming the Amazon for Gen Z where you can shop for anything and you don’t have to do it alone. To get there we’re up for the challenge of turning shopping into a multiplayered experience.”


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Loblaw profit falls on higher costs, competition
(Reuters) - Loblaw Cos Ltd (L.TO: Quote), Canada's largest food retailer, reported a bigger-than-expected, 22 percent fall in quarterly earnings as its food and drugstore sales stayed flat and costs rose.
Margins at established Canadian grocers such as Loblaw and Metro Inc (MRU.TO: Quote) have been pressured by the rapid expansion of Wal-Mart Stores Inc's (WMT.N: Quote) supercenters, which sell a wider array of grocery items.
Loblaw's first-quarter operating margin fell to 3.4 percent from 4.4 percent last year. Selling, general and administrative costs rose about 4 percent to $1.41 billion.
Metro, Canada's third-largest grocery store operator, said last month that the effect on sales due to Wal-Mart's growing presence in Quebec has been manageable.
Loblaw, however, is spending more to boost productivity in the face of increased competition.
The company, which plans to spend about 40 percent of its full-year budget of C$1.1 billion on its IT infrastructure and supply-chain projects, reiterated that per-share net earnings would be down this year due to the incremental costs.
First-quarter earnings fell to C$126 million ($128.02 million), or 45 Canadian cents per share, from C$162 million, or 56 Canadian cents per share, a year earlier.
Analysts, on average, had expected 49 Canadian cents per share, according to Thomson Reuters I/B/E/S.


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Owners of Wright's Hardware in Livonia are closing their doors for good
The hardware shop at 29150 Five Mile Road in Livonia has been selling tools for about 70 years.
Before Joe and Jeri Dorr owned the property, it had changed hands a few times already. Most people know the shop as Wright's Hardware, the name it's had since former Mayor Dennis Wright's family owned it.
The Dorrs have owned and run the store for the last 14 years. Hardware is a reflection of their own interests, so people who've shopped there know the couple has plenty of advice to give when it comes to home renovation.
"We both had been into rehabbing houses on our own for quite a long time," Jeri Dorr said. "So, we had a lot of knowledge on general renovation and plumbing. We just have that knowledge in our family, and we thought it would be a nice transition into owning our own company."
The couple is about a week away from retirement. They were unable to find someone interested in buying the business, so Wright's Hardware is retiring along with them. A nearby property owner purchased the building and it will likely serve a different purpose some time in the future.
"The community has been great," Jeri Dorr said. "It’s been amazing. We’ve had wonderful people come in, and they’ve got all these great stories about the hardware store."
Joe Dorr said he's looking forward to retirement. Owning a small business, he says, is a lot of work. He and his wife plan to move up north, and he's hoping they can go hiking and take a boat out often.
"It’s our time; it’s our turn," he said. "It’s exciting."
The store stayed afloat through the pandemic, but Jeri Dorr says a mix of changing climate, an increased big box presence in Livonia and a consumer shift toward online shopping have left their business less lucrative than it was in years past.
"It’s kind of a perfect storm hitting most small hardware stores with weather and not having the amount of snow we usually have," she said. "If you look at a decade ago, the snow would stay from November to February and you’re selling snow shovels and salt and fixing snow blowers. That has decreased steadily over the last 10 years because, whether people like it or not, there’s less snow."
Some of her favorite memories are of people who found community in their little store.
"People come in with their stories of what’s going on in their home," she said. "It starts off with a job, but then they linger. It reminds me of a barbershop – people start to talk and then there’s three old dudes sitting here talking. We have coffee and hang out."
The couple said it's "bittersweet" to close. They'll miss the store, but they're also looking forward to a well-earned retirement.
"I feel like I’ve got a mountain coming off my back," Joe Dorr said. "It feels real good."
Contact reporter Shelby Tankersley at firstname.lastname@example.org or 248-305-0448. Follow her on Twitter @shelby_tankk.


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Tablets aren’t to blame for the decline of PC hardware sales, says industry veteran Bob Snyder.
Channel Media Europe’s director was speaking at the 2013 Synaxon UK National Conference and we caught up with him after the talk.
"I’m upset market research firms pull tablets from sales data," he told PCR. "If tablets were included [the market] wouldn’t be generating negative coverage. We’d only be down slightly if tablets were included.
"The PC market is going through a change and is under pressure, but as long as there’s work there’s going to be a need for computers. You don’t use tablets to work.
"Tablets aren’t killing the PC. It’s combination of the internet, mobiles, social media, wireless [technology].
Snyder added: "Look at Google and Chromebooks. If hardware is such a bad thing, why does one of the world’s biggest companies want in on it?"
Snyder also said that investor Carl Icahn is one of the biggest defenders of PCs at the moment. Icahn is currently against Michael Dell taking the Dell business private.
"Why would Dell want to take the business private if the PC business was dying?" said Snyder.
"The PC business is not disappearing, it’s just changing."


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Smart Balance, a pioneering leader in great-tasting, heart-healthy spreads, announced that it is transitioning its flagship line of buttery spreads to non-GMO.
Following an extensive revamp of ingredients sourcing and manufacturing processes, Smart Balance® buttery spreads landing on some store shelves beginning this month will be non-GMO, delivering the same creamy, buttery taste and nutritional benefits with no increase in price to our customers. A full retail conversion to non-GMO Smart Balance spreads is expected by early summer.
"Consumers are communicating strong desire for more transparency in their food ingredients, and that is leading to a growing demand for non-GMO products," said Stephen Hughes, chairman and CEO, of Boulder Brands, parent company to the Smart Balance Brand. "Consumers favor healthier, less processed foods with simpler ingredients. They think what we put in our food matters, and frankly, the same applies to what we leave out. We hear this echoed over and over by our consumers and we are committed to moving in this direction."
Non-GMO Smart Balance is made from expeller-pressed oils from non-GMO seeds. In addition, manufacturing facilities and production processes have been enhanced to reduce risk of contact with GMO-containing ingredients. The new product will bear a prominent "non-GMO" label and pledge, pointing consumers to additional product facts and information at SmartBalance.com/nonGMO.
Key to the conversion is the pledge that 100 percent of the ingredients sourced for the leading Smart Balance buttery spreads are non-GMO. Launched in 1997 Smart Balance was the first spread to eliminate partially hydrogenated oils, a major source of trans fat, which the FDA recently declared unsafe and has proposed banning from U.S. food products. Smart Balance uses a unique blend of oils in its spreads that are clinically proven to help balance cholesterol ratios as part of the Smart Balance Food Plan.
Smart Balance produces millions of tubs of spread each year and the move to non-GMO ingredients will result in the conversion of more than 20 million pounds of oils to non-GMO. The company's focus on responsibility and innovation also extends to its packaging, including the recent launch of the industry's first space-saving square tubs to improve store shelf efficiency and free up refrigerated shelf and warehouse space—leading to an 18 percent reduction in greenhouse gas emissions.
Smart Balance® Natural Peanut Butter is already made using only non-GMO ingredients and Smart Balance is evaluating opportunities to convert other products to non-GMO, including its mayonnaise dressing, cooking spray, and cooking oils.
"Our move to non-GMO is another important step in the Boulder Brands commitment to provide innovative, more transparent, healthier food alternatives," Hughes said. "Our goal is to work closely with industry leading partners to identify the resources and time required to convert our entire Smart Balance product line to non-GMO. This is the start of a journey, and we're committed to seeing this through. We appreciate the trust consumers place in us to help enable more informed choices about the food they serve their families."


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Sales of cars, scooters, motorcycles and tractors have contracted over the last few months, in comparison to the same period in 2018. There is also a slowdown in the growth of sales of consumer goods that has fast-moving consumer goods firms worried. This is even more significant as it is happening at a time when India is going through the world’s costliest election ever, with political parties pumping huge amounts of money into the economy. This shows that Indian consumers are holding on to their money and not spending it as fast as they used to earlier, which is a cause for concern.
What are the other indicators of a slowdown?
Non-oil, non-gold, non-silver imports are a good indicator of consumer demand. A study of these imports from April 2017 shows that they have contracted between January and April 2019, in comparison to the last year. This is similar to the contraction in other sectors. It just reaffirms the consumption slowdown in the economy during this period and adds to fears that one of the biggest tasks of the new government will be to tackle the slowdown. One man’s spending is another man’s income. This cycle creates economic growth. But there is a problem in this regard.
Why is consumption growth important?
Private consumption expenditure was expected to form 59.5% of the Indian economy in FY19. This was likely to grow by 12.4%. Consumption growth is a major driver of economic growth.
What does a slowdown in consumption mean for India?
A consumption slowdown will push economic growth down—likely to below 7% a year. Consumption has been one part of the economy that has been robust in the last few years. Its slowdown means lower tax collections, especially in terms of the goods and services tax. This puts pressure on government expenditure and pushes up government borrowings. It is also likely to bump up interest rates, though much of the talk these days is about lower interest rates.
What can the government do?
One suggestion that has been made is that the government find ways to raise expenditure. If this is done, economic growth is bound to pick up. But such an approach was taken during and after the 2008 financial crisis. It did push up growth in the short term, but in the long run the economy faced inflation, high interest rates and the problem of huge bad loans of banks. Sometimes, riding the status quo makes sense.
*Vivek Kaul is an economist and the author of the Easy Money trilogy.
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BLACKSBURG, Va. – Two new restaurants are coming to a popular spot in downtown Blacksburg.
This summer, Big Al's and Poor Billy's left the downtown building they had occupied on Main Street.
The developer said the owner of the local El Rodeo location will have a Mexican restaurant on the second floor called Centro Taco Bar.
A Korean barbecue restaurant called MixMix Korea will move in on the first floor.
The two locations are planning on opening late this year or early next year.


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Few startups in the crypto world boast the market dominance that OpenSea currently enjoys, but numerous venture-backed startups are looking to chip away at their lead.
Welcome back to Chain Reaction, where we unpack and explain the latest in crypto news, drama and trends, breaking things down block by block for the crypto curious.
For our Tuesday episode this week, we talked to Jack Lu, the co-founder and CEO of fast-rising NFT marketplace Magic Eden. The venture-backed startup was founded last year and has already reached unicorn status — raising at a $1.6 billion valuation.
The startup has become the default way for NFT traders in the Solana ecosystem to transact, but as the marketplace has grown, its team has refocused its ambitions to take on OpenSea on its home turf — the Ethereum network, for which they’ve recently begun rolling out early support.
The startup is looking to differentiate itself inside the broader NFT marketplace space, shying away from being a hub for online art, and leaning more into verticals like gaming.
“We’re not really a generalized marketplace that plays in every category, we don’t play in one-of-one fine art, we don’t do usernames or domain names,” Lu tells us, noting that Magic Eden largely focuses on “collectibles,” which include things like avatars and profile photos, as well as NFTs related to gaming.
It was the gaming part of Magic Eden’s focus that took up the bulk of the conversation as Anita and Lucas looked to get a finger on the pulse of crypto gaming in late summer 2022.
“There is no such thing as ‘web3 gamers,’ people who like playing games do not go looking to play a web3 game, they just want to play a game,” Lu says. “I think we’re going to see a shift where it’s pure game content developers who are masterful at developing game content and game loops themselves that are going to come into this space and are more into using web3 as an instrument… to realize some player goal or product goal within the game itself.”
You can listen to the full episode to hear Lu’s more expansive thoughts on the NFT gaming market, as well as his thoughts on a potential race-to-the-bottom in NFT transaction fees.


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Arkansas Best Corporation has reached an agreement to sell all customer and vendor lists related to Clipper's LTL freight business to Hercules Forwarding Inc. of Vernon, California for $2.6 million in cash. The deal is scheduled to close on December 31, 2003.
Some details related to the sale and costs associated with Clipper's departure from the LTL business will be finalized at or near closing, so final earnings impact of this transaction has not been determined, company officials said. However, the impact is not expected to be material. Through the first nine months of 2003, revenues generated by Clipper's LTL division were $26.7 million.
Upon the completion of the sale, Arkansas Best will continue to own Clipper Exxpress and Clipper Controlled Logistics which will maintain their businesses in the full load intermodal, brokerage and temperature-controlled segments. Through the first nine months of 2003, the revenues generated by Clipper's remaining businesses were $68.8 million.


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Update: Street Fight Summit West Speakers, Sponsors & Attendees
As the weeks count down to Street Fight Summit West, the best networking event in hyperlocal to hit the Bay Area, we’re excited to bring you some updates on who’s speaking, who’s sponsoring, who’s attending, and what everyone will be talking about.
The event will take place on June 5th at the Bently Reserve, an amazing old bank building that is the former home of the Federal Reserve of San Francisco and sits directly across from the Embarcadero Center on Battery Street.
Our program has just been posted! Get the full low-down on the topics, speakers and flow of the day. Be sure to arrive at 8 a.m. for registration and breakfast-time networking before the program begins at 8:40 a.m. with a brief hello from yours truly.
Foursquare’s Tristan Walker is our keynote, kicking off the day with insights into the future of location-based services’ business models.
The day will run a mix of panels, presentations, keynotes, demos and TED-like talks about the big ideas in hyperlocal. In fact, one speaker, Amber Case, CEO of location-tech platform Geoloqi, is also an erstwhile “cyborg anthropologist” who appeared on stage at TEDWomen in 2010 (watch here). Her talk at Street Fight Summit West promises to be just as engaging.
Other speakers include Closely’s Perry Evans, Circa’s David Cohn, Yelp’s Mike Ghaffary, LevelUp’s Christina Dorobek, Placecast’s Anne Benzacon, Group Commerce’s Jonty Kelt, AOL Local’s Mark Josephson, and many more.
The focus of the day will be the evolution taking place in content and commerce; the tech powering location-based platforms; and the innovations and disruptions happening in customer loyalty, daily deals and business listings — as well as the best new ideas for leveraging mobile to achieve marketers’ goals and audiences’ interest.
You’ll also get an update on all of the M&A activity in the hyperlocal sector from Architect Partners, which recently looked specifically at local commerce through this lens for Street Fight.
Plus, we’re excited to be debuting new research on local consumer behavior that you don’t want to miss, as well as a sneak-peek into the new Handbook for Hyperlocal Publishers that we’ll be releasing in mid-June.
And who will be there? Hyperlocal publishers, location-tech execs, daily deals companies, plus others in the hyperlocal ecosystem: brand marketers, advertising professionals, media companies, mapping developers and more. This is your chance for great networking throughout the hyperlocal industry to hash through the best ideas and form the partnerships that will build lasting success.
We’re also thrilled that Street Fight Summit 2011 sponsor Patch returns as a Bronze sponsor, joined by Silver sponsor Yext, Bronze DataSphere and presentation sponsor Bundle.com. Another Silver and a household-name Gold sponsor to be announced shortly. There are still a few sponsorship spots left for others that want to get a share of voice at the event.
It goes without saying we’ll cap the day with a full-bar cocktail reception until 7pm. Be sure to get your ticket now, before prices go up on May 21! Click here to reserve your spot.


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Wolverine Worldwide has decided to reduce the number of operating groups from four to three, following its acquisition last October of the Performance & Lifestyle Group (PLG) of Collective Brands, which brought the Saucony, Keds, Sperry Top-Sider and Stride Rite brands into its portfolio. These four brands have been redistributed among Wolverine's three former business units, one of which has been renamed from Outdoor Group to Performance Group.
The company said the move was intended to accelerate global growth initiatives and brand-building efforts. One of its indirect results will be the departure of Greg Ribatt, who led PLG with relative success. Each of the new groups will be led by a seasoned Wolverine veteran, who will act as president.
Jim Zwiers, who has run the former Outdoor Group of Wolverine since 2009, will head up the newly formed Performance Group, comprising Saucony as well as the Merrell, Chaco, Patagonia Footwear and Cushe brands, which were already under his responsibility. In his 15 years at Wolverine, Zwiers has held senior roles in retail, legal, administration, international, business strategy and development, and global brand leadership.
The Lifestyle Group is being expanded to take care of the Sperry Top-Sider and Stride Rite as well as Hush Puppies, Keds, and Soft Style brands. It will be run by Mark Neal, who previously oversaw the activities of Hush Puppies, Soft Style and Cushe alone. He has worked for Wolverine for 18 years, holding senior management roles of increasing responsibility.
Like before, the Heritage Group comprises the Wolverine, Caterpillar Footwear, Bates, Sebago, Harley-Davidson Footwear and HyTest brands. It will be led by Ted Gedra, who has been a group president since 2007 and has held several senior management positions during his 27-year career with Wolverine.
Meanwhile, Todd Yates has been promoted to the new position of president of the Wolverine and Hytest brands. He will report to Gedra and will be in charge of sales, marketing and product strategies for the two brands. He's been with Wolverine since 2009, serving as vice president of marketing for Wolverine, Bates, Hytest and Harley-Davidson while simultaneously holding the position of vice president and general manager at Wolverine Apparel. He has more than 25 years of experience with outdoor and apparel companies including Woolrich, The North Face and Columbia Sportswear.


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A couple months back YU Televentures was teasing YU Yutopia in full swing and calling it a beast, but is it worth the Rs. 25,000 price tag? Lets find out.
Micromax’s online brand YU has been launching various devices to fit in everyone’s budget. YU Yunique is also one of the great attempt by YU to battle the sub Rs. 5,000 market. How does YU fare? Let’s find out.
Make in India is the buzzword these days, and smartphone makers are queuing up to contribute to it. However Xiaomi Redmi 2 Prime is the first Chinese manufacturer to do so. Here’s what we think about the Xiaomi Redmi 2 Prime.
Motorola is on a mission. For the last two years, it’s trying to create the best budget Android smartphone on the planet, and it sure is succeeding. This year we got to see the Moto G (2015), still the best deal you’ll find on a good Android phone.
Samsung Galaxy J5 and Galaxy J7 smartphones have been officially launched in India. These smartphones will be available exclusively on Flipkart. Samsung has unveiled the Galaxy J5 and J7 smartphones in China, last month.


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The team will be merged with Square Enix on March 1, 2023.
Forspoken developer Luminous Productions will no longer exist as a separate team as it is going to be integrated into Square Enix. The publisher announced the reorganization within the company in a blog post today.
According to the announcement, the competition of the merger between Luminous Productions and the rest of Square Enix will take place on May 1, 2023.
Square Enix said that the merger is part of its efforts to "further bolster the competitive prowess" of its development studios.
Additionally, the company noted that the Luminous Productions team is not only experienced to develop AAA games but also possesses technical expertise in areas such as game engine development. This is why Square Enix intends to leverage these skills to create massive games within the company.
The merger of Luminous Productions with Square Enix means that the studio will cease to exist as a separate team and brand. The studio was founded in 2018 and was comprised of several Final Fantasy XV developers. The team's debut game was Forspoken, which was released in January 2023. The open-world action RPG received mixed reviews from critics and gamers alike.
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A robot capable of simulating human movements using a 5G network is displayed at the opening of the Jiangxi International Mobile Internet of Things Expo in Yingtan, Jiangxi province, on July 18, 2019. (Photo/Xinhua)
China's efforts to expedite the rollout of new infrastructure including 5G, artificial intelligence and the industrial internet will lay a sound digital foundation for high-quality growth and upgrading the nation's sprawling manufacturing industry, legislators and political advisers said.
Yang Yuanqing, a deputy to the 13th National People's Congress and chairman and CEO of Chinese tech heavyweight Lenovo Group Ltd, said more efforts are needed for China to develop a smart economy driven by digital and intelligent technologies.
"New infrastructure can help accelerate the transformation of China's manufacturing industry and further improve the nation's position in the global supply chain. It is also the foundation to empower a variety of sectors to boost efficiency, flexibility and agility in production and corporate management," Yang said.
Among his suggestions to the NPC, Yang highlighted the importance of leveraging 5G to boost the development of the industrial internet, with a focus on better policy guidance, more measures to cultivate talents and an intensified push to foster application ecosystems.
He also called for resources to build a new generation internet-enabled healthcare system, in order to better deal with future health emergencies.
Robin Li, a member of the 13th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, said in the next decade the new label for China's economy will be the "smart economy".
"If the smart economy is like a rocket, the new infrastructure is the fuel chamber that will accelerate its launch," said Li, the co-founder, chairman and CEO of Chinese internet search giant Baidu Inc.
Li suggested the country should speed up efforts to build world-leading new AI infrastructure, strengthen the cultivation of AI talents and promote the application of open-source deep learning platforms in various industries.
"The smart economy, driven by AI, will become one of the new engines of economic growth," Li said, adding that AI will have a broad and profound effect on society, the economy and life from the aspects of human-machine interaction, infrastructure and industrial application.
He said cutting-edge AI chips, cloud services, application development platforms, open-source deep learning frameworks and general AI algorithms represent the infrastructure of the new era.
Pony Ma, an NPC deputy from Guangdong province and chairman of Tencent Holdings Ltd, suggested a top-down approach in the design of the nation's industrial internet blueprint.
He called for greater attention to promoting new infrastructure construction, the digital transformation of all walks of life, innovation in scientific research and development, smart city initiatives and internet information security.
To achieve such goals, it is imperative to promote cloud computing infrastructure, encourage an opensource innovation ecosystem, and enhance digital research and development, he added.
He also suggested constructing an international-standard industrial internet platform and encouraging various industries to be increasingly connected to the internet and further embrace digitalization.


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Specialist copper stockholder and manufacturer Metelec is relocating to new headquarters in the West Midlands in a deal completed with leading property developer Barberry Industrial.
Metelec will relocate later this year to the new 47,973-square-foot office and distribution centre at Hilton Cross Business Park, Wolverhampton. It will be relocating from its base at Vulcan Industrial Estate in Bloxwich.
The company’s new headquarters is a highly specified, sustainable, EPC A-rated, Grade A building. The investment in new facilities comes on the back of consistent growth in the last two years for the business.
Metelec is one of the UK and Ireland’s leading specialist manufacturers of busbars, and a distributor of copper bar, copper profiles and copper components. It is the UK logistics arm of Gindre Duchavany, the largest manufacturer of copper extruded bars in Europe. The company turns over more than £30 million per annum and is a trusted supply chain partner to a growing number of switchgear specialists. In 2022 the business celebrated its 20th anniversary.
Metelec managing director Kevin Draper said: “This is an exciting time in our development. This new state-of-the-art distribution centre and headquarters reflects our commitment to solid, sustainable growth.
“The brand-new facility has immediate access to the UK motorway network at junction one of the M54. Rated BREEAM Excellent for insulation and thermal efficiency, we will utilise solar panels for zero carbon manufacturing using our state-of-the-art all-electric CNC machinery.
Jon Robinson, development director at Barberry Industrial, said: “Metelec is a West Midlands success story and we are very pleased to have been able to agree a letting at our Wolf Pack development. These are exciting times for the company and we wish them enormous success at the new headquarters right in the heart of the West Midlands, just a few miles from their current base.”
Metelec UK and Metelec Ireland are part of Gindre Duchavany, the largest manufacturer of copper extruded bars in Europe. The relationship with Gindre allows the company to provide extensive product capacity to meet customers’ diverse needs. Alongside copper bars, busbars, copper profiles and copper components, Metelec is also one of the UK’s largest stockholders of copper and copper-based alloys. The company is an experienced supply chain partner in copper busbars for switch gear, power generation and power distribution applications, serving a wide variety of sectors where there is an acceleration trend for electrification. These include all major construction segments, automotive, rail and e-mobility infrastructure, data centres and renewable and clean energy generation.


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Automotive Materials Summit
May 23, 2019
Drottningtorget 10, 411 03 Göteborg, Sweden
Announcing the first Automotive Materials Summit to be held at the Clarion Hotel Post in Gothenburg, Sweden. This new conference for car makers and automotive supplier executives will run alongside the leading Automotive News Europe Congress on Thursday 23 May 2019.
The one-day Automotive Materials Summit will provide a platform where experts and decision-makers from the global polymer industry will come together to gather information and exchange ideas about material trends, auto sales forecasting, geographic growth areas and new technologies in plastics, polyurethanes and rubber – key components used in the automotive industry.
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Speaking with The Verge, a Samsung spokesperson said that the Odyssey Windows Mixed Reality headset will be released in the U.S., but it won't be coming to Europe. There's no indication as to why Samsung is skipping the European market, but it's a move that will likely come as a disappointment to some.
Samsung's Odyssey headset is largely seen as the frontrunner among the current lineup of Windows Mixed Reality headsets. While most of the headsets feature very similar specs, Samsung's offering stands out from the pack with OLED 1400x1600 displays and a wider, 110-degree field-of-view. The Odyssey also packs its own set of integrated headphones. The headset also comes at a premium of $499.
Microsoft only just added support for Windows Mixed Reality in the Windows 10 Fall Creators Update, which launched this week alongside a lineup of headsets from hardware partners like Acer, HP, Lenovo, and Dell. Samsung's headset is set to launch on November 6 in the U.S. for $499.
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Brazil, Netherlands biggest competitors for Spanish melons
This is according to data corresponding to 2015 supplied by the Statistics Division of the United Nations (UN) COMTRADE, and the statistical service Eurostacom.
Leaving Guatemalan exports aside, as they do not compete with Spain, given that 96.24 percent of its melon exports go to the United States, the country that comes closest to Spain in terms of sales, both globally and in the European Union, is Brazil. Honduras is also important globally, but only 16.45 percent of its exports go to the EU.
Murcia exports more than half of all Spanish melons, with almost 100% of the sales going to the EU.
In terms of volume, Murcia alone would stand in second place in the world ranking of the largest exporters of melons, behind Guatemala, a country which in 2015 exported 392.71 million kilos of melons, compared to the 230.49 million kilos shipped by Murcia.
Spain is the world's largest exporter with 434.7 million kilos, 375.26 of which went to the EU. In 2015, Spain sold 109.21 million kilos to France, 102.89 to Germany, 61.53 to the UK, 55.81 to the Netherlands and 36.02 million kilos to Portugal.
The most important province when it comes to the export of melons was Murcia, which sold 98.58 percent of its production within the European Union.
The country competing the most with Spain in its usual markets is Brazil, which exported a total of 223.75 million kilos, 211.97 of them in the EU. The main customer for Brazilian melons is the Netherlands, with 95.86 million kilos, followed by the UK, with 55.17; Spain, with 54.65; Italy, with 7.04, and Ireland, in fifth place 3.19 million kilos sold.
The Netherlands, a re-exporting country par excellence, sold 139.52 million kilos of melons globally, with 117.22 going to the EU. By countries, the Netherlands sold 44.67 million kilos to Germany, 14.4 to the UK, 10.62 to Denmark, 9.66 to Sweden and 8.27 million kilos to Belgium.
Costa Rica's total exports in 2015 reached 129.73 million kilos, with the EU receiving 56.66 million.
Globally, the main customer for Costa Rican melons was the United States, which imported 63.33 million kilos. The Netherlands followed with 35.73 million kilos, while 16.53 million kilos were sold to the UK, 4.57 to Italy and 4.16 to Belgium.
Morocco allocates almost all of its melons for export to the EU. Globally, it exported 44.39 million kilos, 43.41 of which went to the EU. France purchased 30 million kilos, another 4.08 million went to Spain, 1.81 were shipped to Mauritania, 1.24 to Portugal and 1.03 million kilos to Italy.
Honduras, the fourth largest exporter of melons, with 219.11 million kilos, is the sixth largest supplier of the European Union, to which it sold 36.6 million kilos of this fruit.
Globally, the main customer for Honduras was the United States, with purchases totalling 166.81 million kilos, followed by the Netherlands with 18.09 million, the UK with 15.49, El Salvador with 8.4 and the UAE, with a total of 1.91 million kilos of melons. ■


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Apple (AAPL), after winning a $1.05 billion jury verdict against Samsung Electronics, told a judge that Samsung’s request to lift a ban on U.S. sales of its Galaxy 10.1 Tab computer shouldn’t be considered before Apple’s request to bar some products permanently.
U.S. District Judge Lucy Koh in San Jose ruled Aug. 29 that Apple’s request for a permanent ban on U.S. sales of eight Samsung mobile devices will be considered at a Dec. 6 hearing. The judge scheduled a hearing on Samsung’s request to lift a preliminary sales ban on the Galaxy Tab 10.1 Tab computer for Sept. 20 if she deems it necessary.
Apple said in a filing Thursday the schedule creates a “severe imbalance” because Samsung’s request will be addressed before Apple’s. It asked Koh to reconsider the schedule by setting the two companies’ requests on parallel, simultaneous tracks.
“Apple’s request for injunctive relief is, if anything, more urgent than Samsung’s attempt to dissolve the injunction, and should not be resolved on a slower schedule than Samsung’s motion,” Apple said.
Apple is seeking a U.S. sales ban on the eight smartphone models and a tablet computer after a jury found Aug. 24 that Samsung infringed six of seven patents at stake in the trial. Seven of the eight smartphones that Apple seeks to ban are part of Samsung’s Galaxy line.
Apple won a ban on U.S. sales of the Galaxy Tab 10.1 in June that the Suwon, South Korea-based company said wouldn’t significantly affect its business. Apple, seeking to make that prohibition permanent, said in an Aug. 27 court filing that Koh should also bar U.S. sales of a version of the tablet that runs on mobile networks, even though that product wasn’t covered by the Aug. 24 verdict.
Samsung sought to have the ban on the Tab 10.1 lifted on Aug. 26 after the jury found the device didn’t infringe the Apple design patent on which the June 26 court-ordered sales ban was based. The jury instead found that the Galaxy Tab 10.1 infringed three of Apple’s software patents.
Samsung said in a court filing Friday that Apple offers “no legitimate grounds” to delay consideration of Samsung’s motion. The change Apple seeks requires “new material facts or a change of law” since Koh’s order, which has not occurred, Samsung said in the filing.
“Apple seeks to disrupt the court’s carefully crafted orders for post-trial motions by delaying consideration of Samsung’s motion to dissolve the Galaxy Tab 10.1 preliminary injunction and placing it on the same schedule as Apple’s motion for a permanent injunction,” Samsung argued in the filing.
Samsung asked Koh on Aug. 27 to delay enforcement of the verdict until the issues of the sales bans are resolved and the company appeals. Samsung isn’t required to file a notice of appeal until 14 days after the post-trial issues, including the sales bans, are resolved.


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Local financial firms yesterday called on the Financial Supervisory Commission to deregulate rules on consumer identity authentication, know-your-customer (KYC) data sharing and financial technology sandbox trials, saying that it would help boost their business development in Taiwan.
At a meeting organized by commission Chairman Thomas Huang (黃天牧) in New Taipei City, four local banks, Yuanta Securities Investment Trust Co (元大投信) and the Chinese National Futures Association (CNFA, 期貨公會) urged the commission to let firms adopt a more effective method of verifying consumers’ identities than using Citizen Digital Certificates.
As it is not convenient for people to have a card reader for the Citizen Digital Certificate, the government could consider allowing banks to use one-time passwords for clients’ online transactions, DBS Bank Taiwan (星展台灣) general manager Lim Him-chuan (林鑫川) said.
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Web-only bank Line Bank Ltd (連線商業銀行) general manager Morris Huang (黃以孟) followed up by saying that virtual banks concentrate on mobile services, but mobile devices cannot read plastic cards.
Representatives from another Web-only bank, Next Bank (將來銀行), and Yuanta Securities Investment urged the regulator to let companies cooperate with electronic payment companies with regards to identity authentication, as e-payment firms such as Jkos Pay (街口支付) conduct solid authentication.
“It is impossible to have a method of identity authentication that prevents fraud entirely,” CNFA chairman Falco Mi (糜以雍) said, adding that some fraud rings have allegedly used fake photographs, which confuse inspectors.
“The commission should let companies decide which method to use to ward off fraudsters. Companies that face higher risks would naturally adopt a more severe approach,” Mi said.
Representatives from EasyCard Corp (悠遊卡), E.Sun Commercial Bank (玉山銀行), Yuanta Financial Holding Co (元大金控) and Capital Securities Corp (群益金鼎證券) also urged the regulator to let them share KYC data to save time and money, or to establish a consumer data platform where companies could access and conduct KYC checks.
“More clients are applying to open accounts online amid the coronavirus outbreak, but when clients come from nowhere but the Internet, we cannot really figure out who they are, and it takes a much longer time conducting KYC [checks] than at our physical units,” Capital Securities president Alex Chia (賈中道) said.
“KYC is similar to the infrastructure of the business, and companies should work together. It is important for us to figure out how to share KYC data without breaching personal information protections,” Yuanta Financial chief digital development officer Kuo Mei-ling (郭美伶) said.
Regarding sandbox experiments conducted together by financial firms and non-financial companies, financial firms must take full responsibility if there are accidents or fraud under the current regulations, which has prevented many firms from getting involved, CTBC Financial president Daniel Wu (吳一揆) said.
To keep in line with its peers in Japan and South Korea, the commission could divide the non-financial firms into groups of different business scales, and large non-financial firms should take some responsibility, too, Wu said.
Shin Kong Life Insurance Co (新光人壽) vice chairwoman Catherine Lee (李紀珠) said that the commission should assign a third-party agency to helping insurers exchange their data with medical institutions, which would make insurance claims more convenient for clients.
It would encourage clients to choose medical insurance policies or other protection-type products, Lee said.
Just a few years ago, the millennial generation — generally defined as those born from the early 1980s through the mid-1990s — was synonymous with youthful rebellion. However, now, as the millennials ease into early middle age, they are finding their path out of their parents’ basement to be a lot harder than it was for earlier generations. The fundamental problem is that millennials are not building wealth. The wealth of the median US household headed by someone 35 or younger has actually shrunk in inflation-adjusted terms since the mid-2000s, even as the wealth of older Americans has continued to grow. An
Apple Inc’s decision to stop using Intel Corp processors in its Mac computers and switching to its own chips might benefit Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co (TSMC, 台積電) and boost Taiwan’s high-tech exports, Australia and New Zealand Banking Group (ANZ) said in a note on Tuesday. The US tech giant announced the “Apple silicon” initiative at its annual Worldwide Developers’ Conference, which started on Monday. The company said the first Mac powered by its own chips would debut by the end of this year and all product lines might shift to the new architecture in the next two years. TSMC is likely to
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Gogoro Inc (睿能創意) yesterday launched its first electric bicycle, the Gogoro Eeyo 1, in Taiwan, after unveiling the bike in New York in late May and in France on Tuesday. The company said it would also introduce the series in other European countries such as Germany and the Netherlands. The “Eeyo project” is the fourth of Gogoro’s eight projects that concentrate on smart transportation, which includes Gogoro’s electric scooter, battery swap system and electric scooter sharing service, company founder and chief executive officer Horace Luke (陸學森) told a media briefing in Taipei. “There are various types of city commuters. We will not


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A PONTYPRIDD lingerie store is holding a charity show at Alfreds Bar and Grill on Sunday, February 21.
Bella’s Lingerie are raising money for Cry (Cardiac Risk in the Young) at their third annual show.
Eighteen months ago Kira Louise Lloyd, of Cwmparc, died suddenly just after her eleventh birthday.
And now her parents – Andrew and Melanie – are setting up a screening day in memory of Kira and need to raise £5,000. The glittering black tie event begins with a drinks reception followed by a three course meal with a fashion show, auction and raffle. Tickets cost £30 per head and for more information call 01443 408 777 or alternatively call in at Bella’s Lingerie on Mill Street.


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Washington — Business groups are forming a national coalition to initiate stricter antitrust laws, including measures that might force Amazon to spin off some of its business units.
Organizers said the work was initiated on Tuesday by trade organizations representing small hardware stores, office vendors, booksellers, grocers, etc., and business organizations from 12 cities. The businessman plans to push his representatives in Congress to enact stricter antitrust laws and stricter enforcement of existing laws.
These collectives represent groups of thousands of companies, hoping to obtain federal legislation to prevent owners of dominant online markets from competing with other sellers to sell their products. This policy can effectively align Amazon̵
Members of the House Antitrust Subcommittee are considering enacting legislation in accordance with these guidelines because they have weighed changes in the US antitrust law, although no bill has yet been introduced.
These business groups also hope to enforce competition laws and legal changes more strictly to make it easier for the government to win antitrust lawsuits against large companies.