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More than 300,000 Android phones activated each day, says Andy Rubin
Andy Rubin, the main man behind Google’s Android OS, has tweeted that there are now more than 300,000 Android phone activated daily.
That’s a bit unexpected, especially since a few days ago, when the Nexus S and Android 2.3 Gingerbread were officially unveiled, the same Andy Rubin mentioned that the number of daily activations was still hovering around the 200,000+ mark – a number first announced back in August.
Anyway, at this pace (300,000 daily activations), there are about 9 million new Android phones activated each month – which means about 108 million per year.
Android is already the world’s second smartphone OS (sales-wise) and, since Nokia’s currently selling about 120 million smartphones per year, it will probably not be long until Google’s OS becomes no. 1.
I don’t think Apple’s iOS, RIM’s BlackBerry OS and Microsoft’s Windows Phone 7 will enter top 2 – not in the foreseeable future – so it’s only a battle between Nokia and Google at the very top.
Of course, Google’s not alone in this (like Nokia is), since most major phone companies are making Android hardware: Samsung, LG, HTC, Motorola, Sony Ericsson and so on. And that’s a huge advantage the Mountain View giant has over Nokia, don’t you think?


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Bridgestone closing non-tyre facility in Japan
Bridgestone Corporation is currently restructuring its non-tyre Diversified Products business and has announced its intention to close a factory in Japan as part of consolidation efforts related to production of automotive seat pads. It will close the Bridgestone Chemitech plant in Ageo, Saitama Prefecture in the fourth quarter of 2023 and consolidate operations within the three remaining facilities dedicated to automotive seat pad production – Bridgestone Chemitech’s Nabari and Hofu sites as well as Bridgestone Diversified Chemical Products’ Tosu plant.
As of 30 September 2021, the Ageo plant employed 63 people. Bridgestone expects all of these “highly skilled” employees to continue working for Bridgestone Chemitech. The company anticipates that its closure plans will only have a minor impact on its consolidated financial results for 2021.

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Now crisis hits dairy dispersals
By Tim Relf
DAIRY dispersals have become the latest casualty of the BSE crisis, with a number postponed.
But those that have gone ahead have produced surprisingly good results, according to auctioneers.
The offering of 141 Holstein Friesians at Rowe Farm, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, last week saw a top price of £860. "Cattle sold better than any of us dared to hope for," says auctioneer Richard Willcock.
With people anticipating a shortage of dairy stock, the value of the youngstock was dearer than it otherwise might have been, he adds.
But the planned entry of 36 store cattle had been withdrawn from the sale. Similarly, 21 older cows were not offered. "They probably would have been heading for the barreners ring," said Mr Willcock.
Barreners have no value – or perhaps even a negative one, as it may cost to have them taken away, Christopher Norton of auctioneers Norton and Brooksbank said last week.
But with dairy animals, especially top-class pedigrees, farmers are thinking long term. And this may be a good time to make an investment, he says.
"There is a distinction to be made between relatively young pedigree herds and older commercial ones," agrees Paul Lewis of Symonds and Sampson.
The 167 Holstein Friesians which he was due to sell at Wimborne, Dorset, last Thursday have been postponed for three weeks. "I could see no bottom to the market for barren cows," he says.
Also postponed have been the sales of the Laurelbank herd of 65 Jerseys due to take place on Mar 29 at Abergavenny and the 407-strong Lytham Friesian Holstein sale due for Apr 9 and 10 near Blackpool.
People with sales arranged for late April and May, meanwhile, seem to be proceeding for the time being, says auctioneer Gwilym Richards, "especially if they have already advertised the sale".
And though the lack of confidence may justify temporarily calling off a dispersal, it is not always practical, he says. "The farm may have been sold or it may be on behalf of a tenant who is leaving."
And with the early part of the new milk year traditionally seeing a large number, a backlog could build up for future months, fears Mr Richards. "They may end up clashing with each other."
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PC Connection, Inc. (NASDAQ: PCCC) , a national provider of a full
range of information technology (IT) solutions to business, government,
healthcare, and education markets, announced it has won the Microsoft
Gold Level Excellence in Operations Award for delivering market-leading
operational excellence supporting Microsoft technology over the past
Eleven Biotherapeutics (NASDAQ: EBIO), a clinical-stage
biopharmaceutical company discovering and developing protein
therapeutics to treat diseases of the eye, today announced that Abbie
Celniker, Ph.D., President and Chief Executive Officer, will present a
company overview at the Oppenheimer 25 th Annual Healthcare
Conference in New York on Thursday, December 11, 2014 at 10:55 a.m. ET.
AMC Entertainment Holdings, Inc. (“AMC” or “the Company”), one of the
world’s leading theatrical exhibition companies and an industry leader
in innovation and operational excellence, today announced that
management will participate in The Bank of America Merrill Lynch 2014
Leveraged Finance Conference to be held December 1-3, 2014, at the Boca
Raton Resort & Club in Boca Raton, Florida.
By Barbara Kollmeyer, MarketWatch Jobless claims spike, consumer spending ticks up
NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- U.S. stock futures pulled back on Wednesday after the first batch of economic data, slated to roll out Wednesday, came in softer than expected.
Macquarie Group’s (“Macquarie”) (ASX:MQG; ADR:MQBKY) Energy Markets
Division (“Macquarie Energy”) today announced that it has entered into
an agreement to acquire a minority interest in Nova Energia (“Nova”), a
top 10 marketer and trader of electricity in Brazil.
By Victor Reklaitis, MarketWatch Best Buy hopes to avoid past year's challenges
NEW YORK (MarketWatch)--Holiday shopping promises to get into full swing on Black Friday, so retailers' stocks could make notable moves in Friday's abbreviated, postholiday session.
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Avon Products Inc. Household/ Personal Care $14.99 $16.87 -11% -42%
Coach Inc. Apparel/ Footwear Retail $11.81 $12.50 -6% -32%
Mattel Inc. Recreational Products $11.84 $12.56 -6% -32%
Discovery Communications Inc. Class A Media Conglomerates $10.97
The securities litigation law firm of Brower Piven, A Professional
Corporation, has commenced an investigation into possible breaches of
fiduciary duty and other violations of state law by the Board of
Directors of Cimatron Ltd.
By Victor Reklaitis, MarketWatch Hewlett-Packard beats earnings estimates, misses on sales
NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- These are stocks that made notable moves in the market Wednesday:
Deere & Co.(DE) posted better-than-expected fiscal first-quarter results but the tractor maker said it expects sales of equipment to fall by 21% in the current quarter.
By Quentin Fottrell, MarketWatch
For all the talk about Black Friday's irrelevance as a shopping "event," there are still plenty of people looking to brave the crowds in search of great deals on the day after Thanksgiving.
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Last week, we welcomed hamburger expert, author, food photographer, and host of Travel Channel's Burger Land, George Motz, for a YextTalks. In discussion with our own Rev Ciancio (Director, Industry Insights), Motz detailed the history of hamburgers and his unique career path in food marketing.
Aside from being the founder of the "Smashula," a stainless steel spatula designed to craft hamburgers in a 'smash' style that goes back to the dawn of burger history, Motz is a freelance filmmaker and a Director of Photography who has worked on television commercials, feature films, music videos, documentaries, and more. As the founder of the Food Film Festival, and the author of Hamburger America, Motz is a celebrated name in the food space. Hamburger America, now in its third edition, guides readers through 200 of the greatest burger joints across the United States.
Motz in conversation with our own, Rev Ciancio.
When asked what was most influential when publishing revised editions to his book, Motz noted that the cover was key in reaching an audience. "The cover is very important and the publisher's design that," said Motz. "This is probably the 16th burger image that I finally OK'ed, and at the end of the day, I need to trust the publisher."
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Indian Investment in Vietnam – How to Structure Operations for Success
- India and Vietnam relations have been steadily growing, marked by economic, commercial, and strategic engagement in the past four decades.
- Vietnam’s rise in ease of doing business rankings has helped its business environment enabling Indian investors to structure their operations in its vibrant economy.
- Vietnam Briefing highlights the India-Vietnam relationship and how Indian investors can structure their operations for success in Vietnam.
India and Vietnam relations have been marked by growing economic, commercial, and strategic engagement in the last few years. India ranks among the top ten trading partners of Vietnam.
By 2020, both countries had aimed to achieve trade worth US$15 billion with trade growing sharply from US$5 billion to US$13.7 billion between 2016 and 2019. This year, however, disruption caused by COVID-19 shrunk India-Vietnam trade to nearly US$12.4 billion.
Major areas of focus include energy, mineral exploration, agro-processing, sugar, tea, coffee manufacturing, agro-chemicals, IT, and auto components.
Foreign entities may establish their presence in Vietnam as a limited liability company with one or more members, a joint-stock company, a partnership, a branch, a business cooperation contract, or a representative office.
It may take the form of either:
- A 100 percent foreign-owned enterprise; or
- A foreign-invested joint-venture enterprise between foreign investors and at least one domestic investor.
A joint-stock company is a limited liability legal entity established through a subscription for shares. By law, this is the only type of company that can issue shares. A joint-stock company either may be 100 percent foreign-owned or a joint venture between both foreign and domestic investors.
A partnership can be established between two individual general partners.
Foreign companies with investment projects in Vietnam may apply to open representative offices in Vietnam. A representative office cannot conduct commercial or revenue-generating activities. This is the most common form of presence in Vietnam for foreign companies, particularly those in the first stage of a market entry strategy.
Business cooperation contract (BCC)
A BCC is a cooperation agreement between foreign investors and at least one Vietnamese partner in order to carry out specific business activities.
Public and private partnership contracts
A public and private partnership (PPP) contract is an investment form carried out based on a contract between the government authorities and project companies for infrastructure projects and public services.
Indian investments in Vietnam
India has over 270 projects in Vietnam with total investments of close to US$2 billion. In the energy sector, Tata Power, part of India’s Tata Group, is building a US$2.2 billion thermal power project in Soc Trang province. This plant will cater to about two percent of Vietnam’s power needs when it becomes fully operational by 2030. In 2017, the same group inked a US$54 million deal to build a 49-MW solar park in Vietnam’s southern province of Binh Phuoc.
In the agriculture sector, Tata International Vietnam signed an MoU with Agribank in 2017 to support Vietnamese farmers, cooperatives, and plantations in terms of credit support, equipment insurance, and access to a wide range of mechanization solutions.
In 2019, Tata Coffee inaugurated its US$50 million freeze-dried coffee plant in the Binh Duong. To facilitate investment projects and SMEs, India’s state-owned Bank of India opened its first branch in Ho Chi Minh City in 2016.
The Indian government has been actively engaged in stimulating business with Vietnam. In 2014, it offered a US$300 million line of credit to Vietnam as an impetus to accelerate textile trade and investment between the two countries. In 2017, it approved a Project Development Fund of Rs 500 crore (US$ 75 million) for supporting Indian companies to build production and supply chains in Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, and Vietnam. This should benefit India’s industries in terms of business expansion, maintaining cost-competitive supply chains, along with increased integration with global production networks.
Bilateral agreements and trade
Both India and Vietnam are members of the ASEAN–India Free Trade Area (AIFTA), which came into effect in 2010. This free trade agreement (FTA) eliminates tariffs for over 80 percent of goods traded between ASEAN and India. The last period for tariff reduction or elimination under the various tariff categories for Vietnam is set for 2024.
India recently opted out of the 15-nation Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP), a trade agreement facilitating the diversification of supply chains, as its issues and concerns were not sufficiently addressed by the current terms of the agreement.
There is scope for the addition of a clause that will allow India to rejoin in the future. Despite this, India and ASEAN countries are exploring ways to increase trade between themselves.
Key imports from Vietnam include mobile phones, computers, electronics hardware, machinery, chemicals, rubber, metals, wood, fibers, pepper, means of transport, steel products, coffee, footwear, chemicals products, polymers, and resins.
Key exports from India include machinery & equipment, seafood, pharmaceuticals, cotton, automobiles, textiles & leather accessories, cattle feed ingredient, chemicals, plastic resins, chemicals products, fibers, steel, fabrics, metals, jewelry, and precious stones.
India has enormous growth potential to provide IT and business services, zinc, steel, and fibers to Vietnam. Vietnam’s exports to India have a remarkable scope to increase in cotton, business support, and knitted clothing in addition to an already strong transport, storage, and trade services sector.
Reasons to invest
Increased market access
Both governments are actively working on key issues to facilitate trade and investment such as increasing air connectivity and direct containerization. These efforts have materialized into the launch of direct flights by Vietnamese and Indian carriers Vietjet Air & Indigo, which connect India’s New Delhi and Kolkata with Vietnam’s Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City.
Vietnam’s recently ratified an FTA with the EU named the EVFTA and which came in effect this August. The FTA removes duties from 99 percent of the goods traded between the two regions.
Favorable investment policies
To encourage FDI, Vietnam has put in place a series of incentives for foreign investors. These include preferential corporate income tax rates, import duty exemptions, exemption from taxes on royalties, exemption or reduction of land use or land rental fees, and privileges awarded to build-operate-transfer (BOT), build-transfer-operate (BTO), and build-transfer (BT) projects and projects in special economic zones. The incentives are meant to promote FDI in the high-tech sector, underprivileged regions, labor-intensive industries, and other priority sectors such as education and health.
Vietnam has over 325 state-supported industrial parks in the country that offer incentives and fewer restrictions. 17 more industrial parks are expected to open in the next few years. The economic zones tend to be closer to main roads, ports, and airports for easier movement of goods. Most of the foreign investments in such zones are from the manufacturing and export-oriented sectors.
Stable and growing economy
Economic and political reforms under Đổi Mới, launched in 1986, have spurred rapid economic growth and development, transforming Vietnam into one of the most dynamic emerging economies in the region. For the last two years, the country achieved a GDP growth of over 7 percent and is forecast to be between 2 to 3 percent in 2020 and 6.7 percent in 2021 due to the pandemic. Despite uncertainties in the global environment, Vietnam’s economy remains resilient.
Rise in global rankings
In terms of ease of doing business, Vietnam has made numerous amendments to their regulations to make investing in Vietnam more transparent, which led its rankings to rise by nine spots to 70 amongst 190 economies in the World Bank’s Doing Business 2020 report. India ranked 63 in the rankings.
In the recent Global Innovation Index 2020, Vietnam ranked 42nd among 131 economies, and first among the 29 lower-middle-income economies. The country’s impressive growth is being attributed to its improved business environment and competitiveness. India ranks 48th amongst 127 economies, and first in central and southern Asia.
The median age in Vietnam is 30.5 years and the workforce is not just young but skilled with about 45 percent of them in their working age. Government expenditure on education is over 4 percent of the GDP as of 2018.
In contrast to many other countries, there are no minimum capital requirements for most business lines in Vietnam. This provides a wide range of possibilities for new businesses in Vietnam. However, note that the amount of capital declared must be fully paid within 90 days of the date of company registration.
In terms of labor, despite the yearly increase in the minimum wage, Vietnam is still a country with low labor costs. Although in the long term, low wage rates may become unsustainable, for now, low wages will complement the growth of its manufacturing sector.
Agriculture provides several opportunities especially in rice, coffee, and tea production, which are major exports of the country. Investments in new science and breeding technology, irrigation technology, storage facilities, and development of the value chain offer a huge market for investors. Besides, Vietnam has the natural advantage of climate conditions, soil with high yield from the central highlands suitable for coffee plantations.
A significant potential lies for Indian seafood processing companies to establish a value chain in exploration, processing, and trade units in Vietnam, especially the Mekong Delta region. Although Vietnam’s seafood exports are significant, they also import large volumes of seafood products for export processing because of limited domestic production from the fishing industry. Indian companies can take benefit from several incentives for investments, credit, insurance, and preferential tax available for organizations operating in the fisheries sector.
As Vietnam strives to digitize its economy, there is a significant opportunity for Indian IT companies that have expertise in areas such as e-commerce, digital payments, smart energy, and smart logistics.
Vietnam’s automotive manufacturing industry is growing rapidly, but the development of supporting industries providing spares and parts has been slow. This offers an opportunity for Indian auto components manufacturers, who are already amongst the top exporters in the world. Last year, automobile components industry exports constituted 4.9 percent of India’s overall exports, and expanding overseas will help firms in diversification.
Assembling and manufacturing of agriculture machinery
With Vietnam giving greater importance to agriculture sectors and various incentives, assembling and manufacturing of the agricultural machinery and farming implements are potential areas that can be explored for investment.
With a growing economy that is urbanizing fast, Vietnam’s infrastructure needs are on the rise. Indian firms can support and explore opportunities in projects such as road, renewable energy, and vessel-building. Other sectors of interest include hospitality and healthcare.
Note: This article was first published in July 2017 and has been updated to include the latest developments.
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Apple looks set to Air something new at Macworld 2008 in San Francisco. Rumors abound as to what Apple has in mind. What if Apple really are thinking different — about wireless technology?
For me, most of the rumors are just so much hot air. Mundane in scope. Pedestrian, almost. Let’s step outside of the hum-drum Mac rumor mill, have a little fun and go sideways…
Say hello to Apple PowerShare!
What if Apple mean to go totally wireless? And not just for connectivity, either.
For those more familiar with the idea behind Inductive Charging, Apple could really take wireless computing to an entirely new level:
“What if Apple was to build inductive coils into their MacBook and MacBook Pro line, as well as the Mac Mini and the iMac? Imagine being able to charge your iPod or your iPhone wherever there’s a Mac?
Better yet, what if you could share power and data at the same time?”
Municipal Wi-Fi, courtesy of Google and Apple
We all know about Google’s ambitions for municipal wireless networking. By turning Wi-Fi into a commodity, internet access as a basic human right moves a step closer.
And with Apple in lock step, more attention could be focused on this goal, by getting all of those MacBook-toting lovely young things in on the agenda as well, acting as unpaid Apple über advocates.
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The National Pork Producers Council (NPPC) is offering two tours prior to the 2016 World Pork Expo that provide unique insights into U.S. agriculture. Set for June 6-7, the two-day tour will travel to locations in Illin
Scouts along the Western Leg of the Pro Farmer Midwest Crop Tour are ‘on the homestretch’ as they make their way to Rochester, Minnesota.
However, Southwest Iowa answered some one question for scouts on tour.
The National Pork Producers Council joined the National Pork Board in presenting former Michigan Pork Producers Association Executive Vice President Sam Hines with the Paulson-Whitmore State Executive Award.
USDA has proposed new animal welfare standards for the National Organic Program that, if enacted, would be the first time such standards are codified in federal law and would present serious challenges to livestock prod
The National Pork Board and the National Pork Producers Council, along with other pork industry groups, urge pig farmers to ask questions of feed suppliers to help keep African Swine Fever out of the U.S.
Last week, the National Pork Producers Council (NPPC) joined 36 other food and agriculture groups on a letter urging U.S. Trade Representative Michael Froman and U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack to resolve outs
John Weber, a pork producer from Dysart, Iowa, Saturday was elevated to president of the National Pork Producers Council at the organization's annual business meeting - the National Pork Industry Forum ‚Ä


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HTC One A9 (unlocked) Getting January Security UpdateBy cheatmaster 06:14 Fri, 30 Jul 2021 Comments
HTC has announced that it has started rolling out the latest Android security update to unlocked One A9 units in the US. The announcement came in the form of a tweet from the company's US VP of Product Management Mo Versi.
HTC One (A9) unlocked owners! The Jan security updates and bug fixes is being updated via OTA this morning! Thanks.— Mo Versi (@moversi) January 22, 2016
Aside from the January security fixes, the update also includes some general bug fixes, Versi revealed. If you haven't received the OTA notification yet, you can manually check for the update by heading to your device's settings.
For those who aren't already aware, HTC had assumed last year that the One A9 will receive every Android update within 15 (business) days of the Nexus line having received it. And accurate to its promise, the Taiwanese company rolled out the November and December updates on time.
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Unilever Agrees to Sell Soft & Beautiful, TCB and Pro-Line Comb-Thru to Strength of Nature
Tuesday, November 19, 2013
Unilever today announced that it has signed an agreement for the sale of its Soft & Beautiful, TCB and Pro-Line Comb-Thru brands to Strength of Nature for an undisclosed amount.
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A quarter of businesses with intellectual property have had their patent violated over the past 5 years, according to research by the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB).
The survey found that almost 1 in 3 businesses with intellectual property rely on it to generate between 75% and 100% of their revenue.
Despite this, less than a third of businesses (29%) who had intellectual property stolen took action against the culprits.
The most common means of intellectual property theft are:
- copying a product (50%)
- using copyrighted work on a website (34%) or service or product (33%)
- using a trademark (31%).
John Allan, national chairman of the FSB, said:
“Left unchecked, theft and infringement of ideas, patents and brand costs small businesses and diminishes their appetite to invest in their business, ultimately hampering the UK’s long-term economic growth.”
Profiting from your patents
The patent box scheme allows businesses with intellectual property to apply for a corporation tax rate of 10% on profits derived from their patents.
To benefit from the scheme, your business must:
- own or exclusively license-in a patent granted by the UK Intellectual Property Office, the European Patent Office or patent offices in certain countries in the European Economic Area
- make profits from the patent
- have contributed to the invention
- pay corporation tax.
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The firm expects to make a final close for the fund, which is targeting a $100-million corpus, in the next 2-3 months.
The new fund is a successor to $10 million first fund that Jungle Ventures raised. “From the first fund, where the institutional investors were fairly small, now we see a healthy mix of family offices, institutions and tech entrepreneurs across India and Southeast Asia,” said Anurag Srivastava, managing partner of the firm.
The VC firm is now looking to step up its pace of investments, deploying the fund across 15-20 companies in the next 12-24 months.
Jungle Ventures’ new fund will invest in series-A and series-B stages, starting with deals ranging from $3 million to $5 million. According to a filing with the US regulator SEC, the firm is raising another seed-stage fund called SeedPlus Singapore, which will raise $20 million.
The fund is focusing on sectors like software as a service (SaaS), financial technology, ecommerce and online marketplaces in India. Jungle Ventures had roped in Ratan Tata as a special advisor earlier this year.


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Previously Unseen Marilyn Monroe Photos Up For Auction
Previously unseen photos of late screen icon Marilyn Monroe enjoying a celebrity party at the start of her career are to go under the hammer at auction.
The 10 images depict the Some Like It Hot beauty at legendary bandleader Ray Anthony's launch for the hit song Marilyn in San Diego, California in 1952.
The pictures, which were taken by sound engineer and amateur photographer Lani Carlson, show Monroe in a pink cocktail dress posing in front of guests and also exiting a helicopter.
The collection is expected to fetch $96,000 when it is sold at Bonhams' Entertainment Memorabilia auction in Los Angeles on December 14th.


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While there have been reports of nut shortages in the United States and many other countries, it is inaccurate to say that there are significant repercussions on the global walnut market. This is due to the fact that most of the shortage has been precisely covered by an increase in demand for Chinese nuts. Enable JS and turn off any ad blocker. Analysts at Rabo AgriFinance have released a five-year outlook for walnuts, and the market seems to be flattening out after record growth.
However, there are promising signs for long-term market opportunities, despite a tumultuous year for port congestion, supply chain contraction and a drought that could deepen. The current situation of the market for nuts from specialized farms shows aspects that are completely new compared to the recent past. This is due to the fact that Italian production is increasing, with yields per unit area of up to 30% above the average, and the fact that US production is also increasing, but it no longer has China as a point of sale, which means that the product reaches Europe at low prices. In addition, the pandemic has reduced consumers' purchasing power.
Walnuts can be sold all year round, if stored properly, that is, in low light and in isolated environments. In addition, consumers should know that walnuts can be frozen, since they have a low water content and a good fat component. They do not “freeze”, but retain their initial characteristics for a long time. Domestic production is not enough to meet demand, but foreign competition is so aggressive in terms of volumes and prices that domestic nuts must elbow their way.
It is also true that most consumers know very little or nothing about the work that goes into obtaining high-quality products. But this lack of knowledge is partly our fault, since we have never communicated enough. I think we need to organize ourselves so that consumers know all the peculiarities of our production chain, including the environmental value of our production protocols. We ask you to fill in all text fields marked with *.
ESCALON, California Workers manually sort shelled walnuts along conveyor belts at GoldRiver Orchards, a family-owned nut producer in Escalon, California, U. Tree nuts, led by almonds, walnuts and pistachios, were estimated at 4.5 billion pounds without shell, up 24% from the previous season. Nuts have a short shelf life compared to many commodities, so it's a race against the clock to load them onto cargo ships and ship them to consumers abroad. As the area of walnut continues to increase, she attributes most of the drop in crop size this year to Mother Nature.
As the first week of November began, producers in Butte County were pushing to finish harvesting their walnut crop ahead of the rain forecast for later in the week. As previously reported by Western Farm Press, walnut production is expected to decline from last year's record 785,000 tons. Until the processors were able to catch up, the growers left their nuts in the trees, waiting for the right moment while waiting for the empty trailers to take away the nuts. Increased competition for walnuts could drive new collaborations with some Chilean exporters, allowing the industry to grow and expand to new markets, benefiting food manufacturers and retailers with a more reliable supply.
Some trees that are next in line to be felled and dried, and then sent to the wood chipper, are starting to form their nuts, but they won't be standing long enough for them to form. It is particularly a problem for walnuts, which are in high demand in Europe for the Christmas holidays. But a trip to bring walnuts from California to Europe can pay only a fraction of that and require a month or more of travel. Branch by branch, acre by acre, walnut trees that were on site for more than a decade at Bullseye Farms in Woodland are now destroyed.
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Dicker Data has unveiled plans to acquire the Security and Information Technology (SIT) distribution division of Hills in Australia, striking a A$20 million deal to on-board new employees, vendors and partners within an expanding market segment.
Terms of the deal will see the creation of a new physical security business and transition of 130 team members from Hills to Dicker Data, in addition to the latter taking ownership of a nationwide network of seven trade centres.
The new division will be led by Chris Price who re-joined the company in January 2022 as general manager of physical security. Having formerly held the position of commercial director in the business between 2006 and 2014, Price has since occupied director-level roles at HP, Ingram Micro and, most recently, Brennan IT.
“This will add an entirely new business area to our company and introduce us to a wide range of new customers, as well as adding significant new revenue with the promise of significant expansion on that, going forward,” said David Dicker, chairman and CEO of Dicker Data.
The business sale agreement will result in Dicker Data acquiring the SIT division for a cash consideration structured as a partial net asset sale. Upon completion of the deal, Dicker Data will acquire the business, inventory, customer and vendor relationships, employees and certain other net assets.
According to a company statement, the purchase price represents a premium to the net assets sold and the final amount is largely dependent upon inventory related balances at the completion date, which is estimated to be in the range of A$20 million.
“Ultimately, we have determined that a change of ownership to an organisation with strong capability in technology distribution and solutions, is in the best interests of the Hills shareholders and the future success of the SIT division, its people, suppliers and customers,” added David Clarke, CEO of Hills.
Hills -- which recently ceased operations of its security distribution business in New Zealand due to unprofitability -- appointed Clarke as CEO in May of last year to help get its business back on track following a period of internal restructuring to minimise the impact of COVID-19.
The proposed acquisition is subject to Hills shareholder approval -- which will be sought at a general meeting of shareholders which is expected to be held in early April 2022 -- with directors expected to unanimously recommend voting in favour of the transaction.
Expanding market reach
Lidcombe-based Hills operates as the largest distributor of physical security products in Australia, with the SIT division generating A$123.2 million revenue in FY21, with A$98.7 million of the total attributed to security and the remaining A$24.4 million to IT products.
As a result of this deal, Dicker Data will now assume such a market mantle as the company expands into new sub-sectors of technology, with the specific aim of capitalising on the “market convergence occurring between security and IT”.
"The physical security market has traditionally been serviced by an industry-specific group of businesses who are highly specialised," a company statement read. "Similar to the professional AV and electrical trade markets, the physical security segment is converging with the IT market as IoT [internet of things], artificial intelligence, smart devices and cloud solutions become critical elements of best-practice security solutions."
According to Industry Research findings, physical security market investment is expected to reach US$102.4 billion by 2027, up from US$74.9 billion in 2020 at a global level.
Triggered by factors such as heightened threat levels and government regulations, the channel operating in Asia Pacific -- notably Australia -- is expected to benefit from such demand in the years ahead, as established and emerging players battle for market share.
Within this context, Dicker Data shares three mutual vendors with the SIT division which presents opportunity to “novate agreements” with over 50 net new vendors aligned to company’s growth ambitions.
The division currently works with more than 2,000 customers -- of which 85 per cent are new to Dicker Data -- which is also expected to expand the distributor’s total active customer base to over 10,000 businesses across Australia and New Zealand.
The move comes approximately six months after Dicker Data first unveiled plans to acquire Exeed in a landmark $68 million deal, shaking up the distribution landscape in New Zealand with Justin Tye at the helm of a combined entity housing an expanded arsenal of market-leading vendors.
The blockbuster move -- finally confirmed following years of industry speculation -- has resulted in Dicker Data assuming second spot within an increasingly competitive and consolidated Kiwi supply chain, armed with the platform to “rival the largest distributor” in the market.
In taking control of the Auckland-based business -- viewed by many as a model of channel success in the Kiwi ecosystem -- Dicker Data assumed ownership of a portfolio spanning Apple, HP, Hewlett Packard Enterprise and Microsoft across commercial and retail sectors, in addition to exclusive local distributorships with Motorola, Ruckus and Webroot among others.


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Check out the new trailer from Grand Slam Tennis 2, which shows off the Australian Open. This game is looking really promising.
The graphics look phenomenal, and it looks like this will be the Tennis game that I’ll play for a while, without getting bored.
The game is being made by EA Sports for the PS3 and Xbox 360, and will be released in February this year.
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A German firm, Fraunhofer Heinrich Hertz Institute (HHI) claims it can squeeze data throughput rates of up to 3 Gbps from "off the shelf LED room lights," offering up a new medium for delivering broadband in places where radio transmissions can be problematic.
Video encoder/transcoder vendors are tapping a new market of customers: content owners who are buying their own equipment to circumvent pay TV operators and deliver their services directly to consumers, ABI Research said.
Eric Berger leads Sony's multiplatform video entertainment network, Crackle, and plays a key role in managing ad-supported digital businesses and partnerships with companies including YouTube and Hulu. FierceOnlineVideo 's Mariko Hewer spoke with him about "content snacking," Crackle's business model and the typical Crackle user.
Despite the best efforts of broadcasters and content providers, TV viewers with second-screen capabilities are not especially keen on using the devices to interact directly with apps that accompany TV programs they're watching, the latest research from The NPD Group indicates.
Having launched in Sweden, cloud-based TV operator Magine is ready to take its mix of over-the-air and cable channels to the German and Spanish markets later this year, then move across the English Channel into the U.K. sometime next year.
Cloud and managed CPE (consumer premise equipment) security services were the dominant elements of the managed security market, according to a new Infonetics report, driving the overall segment up 12 percent in 2012 to $13 billion.
Updated : Ericsson officially purchased Microsoft's Mediaroom IPTV platform today, allowing the software giant to dedicate its TV resources to its Xbox gaming platform and making Ericsson "the leading provider of IPTV and multi-screen solutions with a market share of over 25 percent," the two companies said.
Ericsson is making a formal move to acquire Microsoft's Mediaroom IPTV business, giving it a 25 a percent market share in the IPTV market segment.
Midcontinent Communications has begun deploying a "whole-home next generation TV experience" with TiVo, the two companies have announced.
Cloud-based TV services, driven by IPTV, cable and satellite pay TV service providers, will grow from $120 million in 2013 to more than $750 million by 2017, according to a new report developed by the Multimedia Research Group.


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The Twitter microblogging service recently declared war on passwords. Rather than having to remember dozens of different passwords, users can now authenticate themselves via the “Digits” service (a social sign-in) when using an app. They have to supply their mobile phone numbers for this purpose. In order to log into Twitter or other sites, users receive a code via SMS, which is then entered as proof of identity and allows access. Sounds convenient – but what happens if mobile phone reception is disrupted or not available?
Logging in would be impossible in such cases, as the second factor – the code – would not be available and access would therefore be denied. Users may well become disgruntled if, due to the lack of a signal or a delay in SMS transmission, they receive codes late or not at all.
However, this shift away from protection using solely passwords to combined authentication methods at least shows that awareness of the need for better security is increasing. More and more online services are giving their users the opportunity to confirm their identities by means of two-factor authentication, thus reducing the risk of attacks by hackers.
Using the preload approach to circumvent delays
SecurEnvoy provides tokenless two-factor authentication solutions that are perfect for use in businesses or government agencies. The solutions work in a similar way to Digits, but are more reliable. Instead of a dedicated token, users just need a mobile device such as a smartphone in order to receive the passcode via SMS, which is then entered together with personal login details. Extra reliability is provided by SecurEnvoy in the form of preloaded codes, which means that when a code is used, it automatically expires and is immediately replaced by a new one. There is thus no risk of having to endure a period of waiting when it is time for the next login. This way costumers can enjoy the benefits of the patented preloading technology developed by SecurEnvoy – by the way also the inventor of SMS authentication, first done 15 years ago.
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The annual university t-shirt auction will once again test each university’s creativity. Each participating university will have one t-shirt auctioned off during Monday night’s picnic with the 2017 RMC Champion T-Shirt awarded to the t-shirt receiving the highest bid. Additionally, RMC attendees can vote on their favorite t-shirt on Sunday and Monday, and the most popular t-shirt will be given the 2017 RMC People’s Choice Award.
Various items from generous AMSA members will again be open for bidding beginning Sunday afternoon. Items will be on display Sunday through Tuesday, during the welcome reception, technical sessions, picnic, and reciprocation sessions. The bidding will close on Tuesday afternoon at 4:00 PM, June 21, 2017. Proceeds of the auction will go towards funding leadership development activities of the AMSA Student Membership, so make sure to get a good look at these great items and BID HIGH and BID OFTEN!
Make sure to also replace last year’s AMSA calendar with the new 2017-2018 edition. These calendars are a great gift item for faculty members, alumni, and industry supporters alike. AMSA hooded sweatshirts, koozies and caps from previous years will also be available. Along with these items, we still have a large supply of AMSA t-shirts, coffee tumblers, and Therm-O-Totes. All AMSA promotional items will be available for purchase at the 2017 Reciprocal Meat Conference.


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World Batch Forum releases XML schemas
In my October 2003 article (p.46) titled, “XML Delivers” I wrote about two early adopters of the ANSI/ISA S95 standard “Enterprise-control system integration,” Empresas Polar in Caracas, Venezuela, and Europe-based Arla Foods.
In addition to adopting the ANSI/ISA S95 standard, both companies also embraced early versions of the World Batch Forum ’s (WBF) B2MML (batch to manufacturing markup language.)
MPR (www.grupompr.com) senior consultant Alejandro Imass on the Empress Foods integration project shared that the use of S95, XML, and B2MML provided the project significant implementation timesavings. Imass indicated MPR accomplished in five weeks what would have traditional taken nearly a year to complete.
WBF recently released version 2.0 of its B2MML and batch markup language (BatchML).
Dave Emerson, chairman of WBF’s XML working group says, “The new versions of these XML schemas are major steps forward in integrating business and manufacturing systems. Feedback from early implementations shows the benefits that can be obtained from a vendor-independent standard for manufacturing system data exchange.”
The WBF schemas can be used free of charge and are available on the WBF web site .
—Dave Harrold, senior editor, Control Engineering, email@example.com


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Press for Software, Systems and Services
Portland-based Elemental Technologies, the developer of massively parallel video processing technology that its venture backed by Steamboat Ventures, Disney's venture capital arm, as well as General Catalyst, Voyager Capital, and angel investors, said Thursday that it is demonstrating 3D streaming at an upcoming conference. The firm said it is showing off its technology as part of demonstrations with Hewlett Packard and PNY/NVIDIA at the upcoming International Broadcasting Convention. The firm said the demos include a demonstration of its products processing live video streams for 3D display output, eliminating traditional hardware required for the task. Elemental is applying the use of off the shelf, graphical processing units to provide massively parallel trancoding of videos. The firm recently inked a $7.5M funding round for its technology in July.
ViewCast Corporation (OTC Bulletin Board: VCST), a developer of industry-leading solutions for the transformation, management and delivery of digital media over enterprise, broadband, and mobile networks, today unveiled a new feature for its ViewCast Media Platform (VMp™) that will enable VMp users to automate the distribution of video content to Brightcove's leading cloud-based, online video platform. The integration with Brightcove ensures that users can quickly and easily transfer video content from VMp to the Brightcove platform with minimal manual administration, dramatically streamlining content distribution workflows.
Customers of the ViewCast Media Platform (VMp), used for enterprise video distribution, are now able to automate media circulation with Brightcove's online video platform. Brightcove has been integrated into VMp, letting users transfer content more easily and simplify their distribution workflow.
Demandware, Inc., the global leader in on-demand ecommerce, today announced that neckermann.de GmbH, one of the leading multi-channel retailers in Europe with revenue exceeding euro 1 billion, has commissioned Demandware to expand its German ecommerce platform. In 2009 neckermann.de successfully re-launched its German Online Shop, www.neckermann.de, based on the Demandware® eCommerce platform.


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- This project has paved the way for 10 young men and women to receive certification from the HEART/NSTA as Certified Vegetable Farmers.
- It has also opened up opportunities for them to earn an income by selling fresh vegetables to entities in the tourism industry.
- Backyard gardening in communities around hotels has the potential to be a very successful venture, reaping financial gains from the tourism sector.
HEART/NSTA as Certified Vegetable Farmers has already been granted to ten young men and women in Jamaica. They were presented with their certificates virtually in a graduation ceremony streamed live from the Montego Bay Convention Centre recently. The project has also opened up opportunities for them to earn an income by selling fresh vegetables to entities in the tourism industry.
Minister Bartlett and Minister of Agriculture & Fisheries, Hon Floyd Green lauded the initiative and the graduates for illustrating that backyard gardening in communities around hotels, has the potential to be a very successful venture, reaping financial gains from the tourism sector.
Mr. Bartlett highlighted that thousands of people at hotels eat millions of dollars’ worth of food, and the project was conceptualized to bring idle lands and idle hands in communities around hotels together, to generate economic gains. The idle hands would therefore be trained to grow and sell fresh vegetables to the hotels, allowing for the communities to benefit directly from tourism.
Minister Bartlett said this was in keeping with one of the roles of the Tourism Linkages Network “to connect those important moving parts of the tourism industry to then fit into a production function that enables a consumption pattern that will bring economic benefit to us as a people.”
He noted that Rose Hall, St James was chosen for the pilot project because of its capacity for the growing of winter vegetables and its proximity to the Iberostar Hotel, which was able to purchase a variety of fresh fruits and vegetables grown by young farmers in their backyards, and delivered on demand, thereby allowing them to go from farm to table in real time.
Mr. Bartlett said there was a niche market in tourism, of persons who want organic food. He added that, with the farm to table experience presenting a viable opportunity, the backyard gardening initiative will be expanded to other areas. He added that Sheffield in Westmoreland and areas in St Elizabeth have already been identified for participation in the project. “I want to use this graduation to spread the message across Jamaica , particularly around the tourism areas. I want to see these agricultural farms spring up in Negril, in Ocho Rios, in Port Antonio and on the South Coast,” he said, adding, “I want to bring more ordinary Jamaicans into the mainstream of providing on the supply side of tourism.”
He expressed government’s confidence “in the capacity of our people to supply on the demand that tourism brings.”
Minister Green welcomed the backyard gardening project as a meaningful addition to the drive for increased agricultural production and offered each graduate a contribution of $10,000 worth of inputs, such as planting materials and other items, to aid in building their capacity to produce.
The Lilliput backyard garden graduates have organized themselves into the Rosehall Agri-Ventures group. They have already earned from the production of crops such as sweet pepper, lettuce, cucumber, tomatoes, sweet basil and black mint, which they have sold to hotels.
The training components of the project were provided by: the College of Agriculture, Science & Education (CASE), which developed and delivered the home gardening training program; Synergy Business Solutions, which looked at the business aspect in addition to planting for the farmers; and HEART/NSTA, which is responsible for Level 2 certification of the farmers as Certified Vegetable Producers.


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The Duke and Duchess of Sussex's pals have reportedly stopped inviting the couple to dinner parties.
And, according to a new report, it's all because of the royal couple's PDAs and their disregard for seating plans.
The Mail on Sunday has claimed their choice to snub the long-standing part etiquette has been "frowned upon" by Harry's friends.
As well as ignoring the seating plans, sources have claimed Meghan is very affectionate with her husband during the parties.
But the PDAs has apparently left Harry's friends "rolling their eyes".
There are reportedly three rules to society seating plans that guests must follow about "placement".
One is that couples should never be put together to avoid a public display of affection, which could put other guests off their food.
And, guests must always sit where they have been asked to achieve a balanced high society table.
Meanwhile, it's recently been reported that Meghan's images and false quotes are being used on online ads to sell potentially dangerous weight loss pills.
All my life I’ve been passionate about taking care of my weight.
One ad claims that the pills helped the Duchess lose weight and even says she is "obsessed over her weight".
The site states that Meghan said the following to the made up publication: "All my life I’ve been passionate about taking care of my weight due to the pressures of Hollywood to stay young and look fit.
"For the last 10 years I’ve been travelling the world and sourcing organic ingredients and weight loss remedies.
"The culmination is the launch of my all-female-owned weight loss line which combines the world’s richest and most sought after ingredients at affordable and everyday prices."
However, according to the Sunday Mirror, the Palace is working towards having these adverts removed.
A source told the paper: "This is obviously not true and an illegal use of the Duchess’ name for advertising purposes. We will follow our normal course of action."
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Shares in state-run oil firms surged for a second day on 18 December' 2013, with ONGC gaining as much as 12.9 per cent to add around $6 billion in market value, after a government diesel price hike was seen reducing their subsidy burden.
The government, which fixes the retail price of diesel, on Thursday told retailers to raise the price of the subsidised fuel in small amounts every month, a move aimed at propping up public finances that should also improve revenues in the sector.
The government and state-run companies share the cost of selling subsidised diesel to consumers. Analysts said producers such as Oil and Natural Gas Corp Ltd would benefit more from the new measures than retailers because of the way the subsidy is structured.
The price hike was more limited than expected, given the oil ministry last month told reporters it was working on a proposal to raise diesel prices by 1 rupee a month for 10 months, but was seen as more likely to be accepted politically ahead of state elections this year.
"Investors may rightfully question the ability of the government to raise prices continuously given high inflation and social and political issues," Kotak Institutional Equities wrote in a note on Friday.
"We think the companies can raise prices of diesel a few times over the next few months; the first nine months of the current calendar year are relatively free of state elections," the brokerage added.
Analysts said producers such as Oil India Ltd would benefit most from the diesel price hike, given they have been selling crude oil and associate products at a discount, and could be allowed to charge higher prices.
ONGC was trading up 7.8 per cent at 12:34 p.m., after earlier hitting its highest since October 2010. Oil India rose 11 per cent after gaining 4.2 per cent on Thursday.
Downstream companies, such as refiners and oil marketers, would benefit far less given they are partly compensated through cash subsidies from the government as well as discounts from oil producers, making the exact benefits more uncertain.
"For us, the savings will mainly be on interest cost on under-recoveries. Part of our subsidy burden was compensated by the government, but we received this after several months, so had to incur interest costs in the meanwhile. This will be saved," said B. Mukherjee, director of finance at Hindustan Petroleum Corp Ltd.
"However, I don't think this will be substantial, at least for this fiscal (year)," he added.
Still, shares gained, with HPCL rising 8 per cent and Bharat Petroleum Corp putting on 9.5 per cent as of 12:36 p.m.
The biggest potential losers from the measures could be bulk buyers, according to analysts, as they would have to pay market rates for diesel under the new rules.
However, the dual pricing of retail - lower prices for consumers and higher prices for bulk buyers - had been largely expected. Cement makers ACC Ltd fell 1.5 per cent after slumping 5.1 per cent this month as of Thursday's close.


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Fast food chain McDonald’s Israel has canceled its exclusivity agreements in shopping centers. Following this measure, the investigation of the matter by the Israel Competition Authority will be dropped.
Last December, Israel Competition Authority head Adv. Michal Halperin began an investigation into the leases of McDonald’s Israel franchise holder Aloniel. McDonald’s Israel has 190 branches.
The reason for the investigation was concern that McDonald’s Israel was in breach of a ruling that exclusivity agreements were illegal unless approval had been obtained from the Competition Authority. Under the Restrictive Trade Practices Law, such a breach could have resulted in monetary sanctions.
Halperin discovered, however, that even before the Competition Authority had begun its investigation, the chain had canceled its exclusivity agreements with shopping centers.
Aloniel notified Halperin that following changes in competition law in 2019 (including the new Restrictive Trade Practices Law that took effect during that year), it had decided to unilaterally cancel all of its exclusivity agreements in shopping centers in which McDonald’s branches had operated. An announcement to that effect was sent to the shopping centers.
Aloniel also canceled clauses in its leases that contained an agreement on a reduction in the rent in the event of entry by a competitor (these included agreements with shopping mall companies Azrieli Group, Melisron, BIG Shopping Centers, and Gazit-Globe Group).
Aloniel further notified Halperin that in the future, it would not be a party to agreements containing exclusivity clauses in shopping centers or arrangements for reducing rent in the event of entry by a competing concern.
In view of the cancelation of the group’s exclusivity agreements in shopping centers before the Competition Authority had begun its investigation and the commitment by McDonald’s to avoid such arrangements in the future, Halperin decided to drop the matter.
In her announcement that the investigation had been terminated, Halperin said, “The Competition Authority head believes that cancelation of all of the exclusivity agreements in commercial centers without any need for intervention by the Competition Authority shows that the norm according to which such arrangements are liable to give rise to concern about competition and creating appropriate deterrence against arrangements of this type, which detract from competition, has been adopted.”
Published by Globes, Israel business news – en.globes.co.il – on January 20, 2020
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Huge drop in pollutants thanks to CNG-fuelled cars in city, says MGL
The statistics also showed that overall population of CNG vehicles (autos, taxis and buses) went up by a record 80,000 in a year, from 6.1 lakh in 2017-18 to 6.9 lakh till March 2019.
Apart from cars, CNG autos also increased by over a lakh in the past three years. This pushed the auto population to over three lakh in Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR).
With government encouraging the use of CNG cars, offering tax concessions to buyers, several prefer purchasing the duo variant (petrol with CNG), especially for hatchback cars.
Many have also got CNG kits retrofitted in cars for Rs 40,000-45,000, sources said.
Officials said petrol was costlier than CNG and mileage in a CNG vehicle was 60-70% better. CNG was Rs 51.99/ kg, while petrol was Rs 78.82 on Monday.
MGL officials said more than 1,300 kg/day of pollutants were being reduced in the region, thanks to rapid growth of CNG cars.
“The metropolitan population is fast realising the importance of converting to CNG. There’s no doubt CNG is the fuel of the future, and if we have to preserve our environment, we need less polluting fuels like CNG and PNG, which are cheaper,” a senior MGL official said.
MGL sources said CNG autos grew by around 60% in five years, compared to 20% of taxis, and buses had a slow growth rate. Transport experts suggested more CNG and electric vehicles to ensure reduction in emission levels.
An advanced 125cc urban scooter tailor-made for those riders who prefer to make an impact reflecting their youthful and fun persona, Grazia will be available at Honda's two-wheeler dealerships across India.
The new Magnite SUV stands out on many counts. In a short span after its launch, it has garnered over 30,000 customer bookings. It is also the torchbearer of the beleaguered Nissan’s future in India. The average of 1000 units booked daily since the debut on December 2 manifests the brand’s strength and new vigour. It will, Nissan hopes, empower it to discard legacy issues and open a new chapter in India’s mobility landscape.


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The country’s unemployment rate saw a negative spike of 31.9% in the third quarter of 2023, which marked the first time the unemployment rate…
Who says that credit card-sized computers have to be a little underpowered and super-cheap? Certainly not Nvidia, having just announced the Jetson TX2 computer board.
The Jetson TX2 looks to bring AI computing to the likes of factory robots, commercial drones and smart cameras in smart cities, the graphics chip colossus wrote in a statement.
“Jetson TX2 brings powerful AI capabilities at the edge, making possible a new class of intelligent machines,” said Deepu Talla, vice president and general manager of the Tegra business at NVIDIA, in a statement.
“These devices will enable intelligent video analytics that keep our cities smarter and safer, new kinds of robots that optimize manufacturing, and new collaboration that makes long-distance work more efficient.”
Nvidia’s Jetson TX2 is basically a pricey, powerful Raspberry Pi for AI computing projects
Nvidia adds that Jetson is an open platform for anyone wanting to develop “advanced AI solutions at the edge”, from students and startups to corporations and researchers.
As for specifications, you’re looking at a device that runs Nvidia’s Parker processor (being a step above the X1 in the Nvidia Shield and Nintendo Switch). The Parker silicon features two custom 64-bit Denver2 cores and four ARM A57 cores. Otherwise, you’ve got a 256-core GPU, 8GB of RAM, 32GB of storage, WiFi, Bluetooth, 1Gbps Ethernet port and Linux for Tegra.
“The Nvidia Jetson TX2 Developer Kit, which includes the carrier board and Jetson TX2 module, can be preordered today for US$599 in the United States and Europe and will begin shipping 14 March. It will be available in other regions in the coming weeks,” Nvidia wrote.


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The future, nevertheless possible not the past, version of the Pagani Huayra is the monitor-targeted Huayra R, which Pagani CEO and founder Horacio Pagani introduced past Oct in an interview with Autostyle Structure Levels of competition, an firm that assists guidance up-and-coming automotive designers.
To mark the stop of 2020, Pagani posted a short teaser video clip of the Huayra R on its Instagram page. In the online video, we see the car’s engine and hear its sweet sounds as the revs create.
Pagani has now discovered that the Huayra R will debut on March 18. Pagani mentioned the day on Instagram, jointly with the teaser picture over which exhibits section of the car’s layout for the initially time.
What we can confirm is that the Huayra R will be powered by a new normally aspirated V-12 engine. All previous Huayras have showcased a 6.-liter twin-turbocharged V-12 sourced from Mercedes-Benz AMG. The new motor is assumed to have been developed by AMG in partnership with Mercedes motorsport companion HWA, and its output could arrive in higher than 900 hp.
The Huayra R is the non secular successor to the Zonda R released in 2009. The Zonda R was a keep track of auto that Pagani utilised to hone systems that finally designed their way into the Huayra. As a result, the car shared very tiny in widespread with the Zonda apart from a resemblance.
Pagani Zonda R
The identical could be correct for the Huayra R, as we know Pagani is now deep into the enhancement of the Huayra’s substitution. Pagani’s upcoming supercar is predicted to give equally V-12 and battery-electrical choices, while the electrical alternative most likely won’t be all set at start. The V-12 is expected to the moment yet again be a twin-turbocharged unit from AMG, so it will not be the motor Pagani has pegged for the Huayra R.
The most intense Huayra to date is the Huayra Imola which was unveiled last yr. Minimal to just 5 examples, the Huayra Imola was also billed as a rolling testbed. It featured the Huayra’s acquainted 6.-liter twin-turbocharged V-12, but with a new output of 827 hp. That’s the maximum we have found in any Huayra so considerably.


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NEW YORK ( TheStreet.com, RealMoney) --Much has been made of China's successful efforts to stimulate its economy through a massive and mandatory expansion of money and credit. Not only has China exploded its money supply by a whopping 28% (as economist Ed Yardeni has noted in recent days), that money has been put to use in the real economy. That has not been the case here in the U.S., where the money supply is increasing, but the velocity, or turnover of money, is not. M2, the most widely watched measure of the money supply, has grown about 9% year over year, while "money with zero maturity" (MZM) -- what economists call "high-powered money" -- has exploded.
In addition, the monetary base, another money measure, has grown to about $14 trillion. Assets of money market mutual funds total more than $3 trillion. Consumer savings are at a record dollar amount of $787 billion. But the cash sits idle on the sidelines as individuals and corporations squirrel it away for a rainy day that, in truth, has already come and gone. In fact, if they continue to hoard cash, they could very well bring the rain back again, an unwelcome development that is nonetheless a natural response to the economic trauma we all have lived through.
Wall Street would be best served not invoking Jesus to justify record bonuses. If bankers want to display true Christian values, they should keep their base pay and give their bonuses to the poor. That's what Jesus would do!


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While there were reports about the Xiaomi Mi Band 2 being delayed by a month, the company has now confirmed that the wearable is launching in the first week of June.
Xiaomi CEO Lei Jun, who has been taking keen interest in the upcoming Xiaomi Mi Band 2, has revealed that the fitness tracking wearable will be announced on June 7. While the band was supposed to launch along with the Xiaomi Max phablet, it was delayed due to production issues. However, the company now seems to be on track with the supply chain.
Rumours suggest that the Xiaomi Mi Band 2 would have a LCD display with a physical button. Along with the regular tracking like steps walked, sleep etc., the wearable also tracks the heartbeat. While there is no word on the pricing of the band, sources suggest that it would be priced affordably like the earlier bands.


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The Thai food pop-up turning permanent restaurant Talat Market has hit its Kickstarter goal of $20,000 with 12 days to spare. Chefs Parnass Lim Savang and Rod Lassiter made the announcement to their supporters via email Monday afternoon. As of publication, the campaign has raised $20,070. The Kickstarter ends on August 10.
A portion of the email reads, “We’ve hit $20,000, with 12 days to go in the campaign!! You are all amazing, each and every one of you. We are so lucky to have the support of our community, the support of all of you. We can’t wait to share with you all the work we’re doing for brick and mortar Talat Market. Thank you guys for believing in us.”
The email also alludes to more information regarding the restaurant coming out in the next few days.
Talat Market the pop-up says goodbye on Friday, August 31 after more than a year of weekends serving Georgian Thai dishes from the tiny kitchen at Gato in Candler Park. Since opening, Talat Market has landed on a few of the city’s “best of” lists and seen Savang receive an Eater Award for best chef and be named a semifinalist for a 2018 James Beard Award.
The new restaurant will be located in a former Asian grocery store at 112 Ormond Street in Summerhill and should open in 2019. The menu will remain true to its pop-up roots with a tight list of traditional Thai dishes using in-season, Georgia grown ingredients. New additions to Talat Market’s menu include lunch and beer and wine, along with “classic Thai street side vibe” late night snacks. Think beer slushies and fried crickets.
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New research associates vitamin D deficiency with IBS
Vitamin D deficiencies are a cause for concern in any season, but with limited sunlight in the winter, it's especially important to pay attention to good dietary sources of the vitamin and how insufficient levels can affect you. According to new research published in BMJ Open Gastroenterology, vitamin D deficiencies could be linked to the development of irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), a condition that affects up to 23 percent of the global population.
Currently, very little is known of a singular cause for IBS, and a cure often feels out of reach. A team of scientists, led by Dr. Bernard Corfe from the University of Sheffield's Molecular Gastroenterology Research Group, sought to improve the chances of a cure by exploring the connection between vitamin D and IBS symptoms.
By measuring the severity of symptoms and their impact on the patient's quality of life and comparing the data with vitamin D levels, the researchers were able to discern a significant connection between them. They found that out of the 51 patients in the study, 82 percent of them had insufficient vitamin D levels, and that insufficiency affected their perceived quality of life.
Medical News Today (MNT) reported that the data provide "a potential new insight into the condition and, importantly, a new way to try to manage it," according to Corfe. Corfe also explained that because IBS is so poorly understood, clinicians and patients must work together to find a treatment that works to manage it, which could take years without any guarantee of success. That's why finding out what causes it is so key to curing it.
The team explored vitamin D as one of its researchers, Vicky Grant, has lived with IBS for over 30 years and found that taking a high daily dose of vitamin D3 supplementation for the past five years has significantly improved her symptoms, according to MNT. To further explore this correlation, the researchers plan to conduct a more expansive clinical trial. They suggest testing vitamin D levels and providing patients with vitamin D supplementation that could help IBS.
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Gainesville police say Herbert Alston, of South Carolina, stole $50,000 worth of electronics from a locked case at Gainesville’s Best Buy store.
A South Carolina man who police say tried to steal $50,000 worth of electronics from a Gainesville Best Buy before he exited through a roof hatch to avoid authorities, is now behind bars.
Herbert Alston, 27, of McClellanville, South Carolina, arrived at the electronics and appliance store at 3750 SW Archer Road, at about 7:30 p.m. on Sept. 1, according to a Gainesville Police Department sworn complaint. Alston hid behind a shelf inside the store, which closed at 8 p.m.
At about 9:45 p.m., after all customers and employees had left, Alston emerged from his hiding place and used a pair of bolt cutters to pry open a locked case, the complaint said. This sounded an alarm, which police later arrived to investigate.
Alston placed electronics from the case into his bag, the complaint said, then tried to scale a ladder to the roof hatch. Store surveillance footage showed he was unable to carry the large bag containing the stolen items up the ladder, the complaint said, so he stuffed several phones inside his clothes and ditched the bag.
He exited through the roof before police arrived, the complaint said, and footage from a neighboring business showed Alston later climbing down from an oak tree to the ground.
Fingerprints from Isaiah Brown, 33, also of McClellanville, were found on a box left behind, the complaint said. Gainesville police arrested Brown in December, and he remains at the Alachua County Jail on charges of burglary, possession of burglary tools and larceny.
Investigations into phone calls and texts exchanged between Brown and Alston led police to believe they planned the heist together.
Alston is charged with unoccupied burglary and larceny. He remains in the Alachua County Jail with bail set at $75,000.


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Well after reporting yesterday about the second season of The Mandalorian and how exciting this year is going to be for Star Wars, we get more great news from Disney. With Disney announcing that it was going to be taking a hiatus from Star Wars movies after The Rise of Skywalker, we were not sure when we would see the next movie on the big screen. Well guess what, Disney answered that question for us today.
New Slate of Star Wars Movies
Disney has announced that we will see a new set of Star Wars movies in the near future. They will be released in 2022, 2024, and 2026. Here is the official press release from Disney:
“The updated calendar also sets release dates for major franchises Avatar and Star Wars. With STAR WARS: The Rise of Skywalker bringing the original Skywalker Saga to its conclusion, three new as-yet-untitled Star Wars films will release on the pre-Christmas weekend every other year beginning in 2022.”
Who will be the director?
So now with this announcement and all the Disney+ news, fans are looking to be getting plenty of content for the next few years. The real question is who will be bringing us this movie content?
Here is what we know. Rian Johnson the director of The Last Jedi is still working on a new trilogy project. This definitely is not one of the most popular choices with some of fan base. The other option out there are the directors from Game of Thrones, David Benioff and D.B. Weiss. Many fans are hoping this will be the Knights of the Old Republic series that Kathleen Kennedy confirmed that is a project in development. What ever it is this announcement should be getting Star Wars fans excited for the future.
Which direction do you think Disney should go with the new wave of films? Who do you hope directs the next Star Wars story? Well That Hashtag Show wants to hear from you. You can do that by hitting us up on Twitter @thathashtagshow and myself @starwarsnerd574. You can also comment from this article as well. Also make sure to stay up to date on all the Star Wars news by following us at ThatHashtagShow.com.


text: May 25, 2011 – Executive search firm Lonergan Partners has placed Marc Solomon as senior vice president North American sales & managing director of BPC-USA, Inc. a division of BPC Banking Technologies. The search was led by partner David Madden. Mr. Solomon has held a number of senior sales positions in major payment industry companies, including Fiserv, Fundtech Corp. and most recently ACI Worldwide. “Marc Solomon has a deep understanding of the payments market and a marquee reputation with the people who influence the market's direction,” said Mr. Madden. BPC Banking Technologies designs, develops, and offers electronic payment solutions. Lonergan Partners was founded in 2001 and focuses on the recruitment of top executives for technology companies.


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The Federal Reserve is raising interest rates in an attempt to mitigate an explosive year of price inflation. But global forces could neutralize the effects of this tightening of monetary policy and keep inflation high.
Some observers believe the US government may have misunderstood the looming inflation threat. During the pandemic, Uncle Sam spread historic sums of money to blunt extensive economic damage. Analysts say this stimulus provided strong household savings. A boom in the demand for durable goods followed.
This increase in demand came as global supply chains stalled and a sustained onslaught of inflation followed. In March 2022, prices rose across all categories to historic levels, 8.5% year over year. And investors believe that price increases are not over yet, according to a study by the New York Federal Reserve.
“The only way to break the back of inflation that is about to run out of control is a very tight monetary policy,” said Richard Fisher, former president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas. “It slows things down because everything gets expensive.”
Today’s inflation, however, is not rising as it did in recent times. From 1965 to 1982, inflation rose, sometimes reaching double-digit rates. In 1979, the central bank, under Chairman Paul Volcker, started a tightening cycle that resulted in interest rates of almost 20%.


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In its quest to expand into delivery, the fast-food salad joint Sweetgreen has purchased the D.C. delivery food company Galley Foods. The acquisition, the terms of which were not disclosed, signals Sweetgreen's intent to perfect its logistics as it prepares to launch its own delivery service.
Galley Foods is Sweetgreen's first acquisition. Like Sweetgreen, Galley Foods is in the healthy fast-food space, though its menu goes beyond Sweetgreen's premiere product, salads.
"As we look ahead and really want to reach more customers, with less friction, we looked at their expertise in delivery," Sweetgreen co-founder Nic Jammet told Cheddar.
"Having the Galley Foods team as part of the greater team gives us a ton of unparalleled knowledge of delivery logistics and that technology and ultimately how to reach the customer with our food."
He said that moving into delivery requires attention to both transporting Sweetgreen's meals quickly and maintaining a high-quality product.
In a letter to customers about the acquisition, Galley Foods CEO Alan Clifford said its customers will remain able to order food from the company, but it will be shrinking its service area from the mid-Atlantic region to just the D.C. metro area.
"We will share our combined teams across both brands, so don't be surprised if you see your favorite Galley driver delivering your Sweetgreen salad soon. Plus, in the coming months on Galley, you will see improvements such as meal customization, utilization of the world-class Sweetgreen supply chain to provide more delicious options, and more," the letter said.
Clifford, who is joining Sweetgreen as a vice president of logistics, said the company has delivered more than 1.5 million meals in its four years.
Sweetgreen has raised at least $328 million, [according to Crunchbase] (https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/sweetgreen#section-funding-rounds) since its founding in 2007.
Much of that funding came late last year when the salad startup raised $200 million in a round of fundraising led by Fidelity Investments. While the company has built an empire serving salads in its stores, Sweetgreen's executives are increasingly looking toward other ways of reaching customers.
Jammet says that the fastest growing portion of Sweetgreen's business is digital, and that more than 50 percent of the company's transactions happen online (including payments made on the Sweetgreen app and pre-pickup ordering).
"Once we add delivery, we think that will continue to grow," said Jammet.
The company is also piloting a program called Outpost, a catering-esque service that delivers salads directly to offices ー including some WeWorks ー for no fee.
"There's a larger conversation going on in the country around people's relationship with food, and we get to be a brand that really celebrates that," Jammet [told Cheddar] (https://cheddar.com/media/sweetgreen-co-founder-on-fresh-food-and-funding) late last year.
"It's about this broader change in how people eat, and how they define fast food."


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Nintendo in Tokyo said that after suffering a string of damaging data breaches and leaked trade secrets such as hardware specs and console operating system code, Nintendo announced today that hackers have gained access to famed game designer Shigeru Miyamoto’s entire DNA sequence.
The statement went on to explain that the extent of the leaks were particularly damaging because they would allow anyone with access to a genetic laboratory to make their own copies of Mr. Miyamoto without his permission.
Clearly the company has no idea on how to protect themselves from hackers. Every user of a Switch has been leaked at least a few times.
Company designs and plans for the Switch and other products have all been leaked as well.


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New data from Neustar suggests inaccurate marketing content can have a significant impact on brand trust.
Specifically, the data shows that 91 percent of respondents do not trust sites that contain errors or mistakes. About 88 percent say they do not tolerate websites that frequently go offline, and 75 percent claim that poor authentication measures make them skeptical.
When it comes to marketing tactics such as persistent banner ads, consumers show more tolerance. “Respectful advertising” does not faze website visitors, according to Neustar’s research. However, nine out of 10 respondents say that inaccurate online content, including advertisements, raises their distrust. These results further highlight the importance of marketing accuracy.
Building Trust Through Personalization
In order to appeal to their target audience, 90 percent of marketers agree that it’s critical to personalize the customer experience, according to a study by Econsultancy and IBM. However, 80 percent of respondents say that the average brand does not understand them.
Some of this may be due to the fact that offline and online customer experiences are not linked together by marketers. Only 34 percent of marketing professionals say they connect off-and-online consumer experiences. Most budgets go toward product research; just 37 percent of marketers claim they have the tools needed to deliver exceptional customer experiences.
“The goal of providing the right message to the right person at the right time is now just a part of the larger puzzle,” says Stefan Tornquist, vice president of Research for the Americas at Econsultancy. “The real challenge is providing the right experience for the right person at a time that’s right for them.”


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PUBG Cellular and Name of Obligation: Cellular helped drive Tencent’s gaming enterprise this previous quarter, and in flip the gaming enterprise helped drive the Chinese language tech conglomerate to year-over-year positive aspects.
Tencent immediately reported outcomes for the three months ended September 30, 2019, and the 2 cellular shooter video games have been significantly large abroad.
“Internationally, PUBG Cellular doubled its MAU [monthly active users] year-on-year, and we co-developed the Name of Obligation Cellular sport with Activision Blizzard, which exceeded 100 million downloads inside a month of launch, making it one of many greatest ever smartphone sport launches,” the corporate mentioned.
Smartphone sport revenues have been up 25% year-over-year and 9% quarter-over-quarter to RMB 24.Three billion ($3.46 billion). That helped offset declines of seven% year-over-year and a couple of% quarter-over-quarter from the PC shopper video games house, which ended the quarter with RMB 11.5 billion ($1.64 billion) in revenues. The PC drop was attributed primarily to the struggles of Dungeon & Fighter, which Tencent publishes in China. Nexon, which publishes the sport elsewhere, additionally cited Dungeon & Fighter declines in its quarterly report final week. Each corporations pointed to the sport’s latest 11th anniversary content material replace as the basis of the issue.
Tencent listed smartphone video games as one of many key elements driving general progress through the quarter, with company-wide revenues up 21% year-over-year to RMB 97.24 billion ($13.84 billion). Earnings have been up 23% year-over-year to RMB 25.09 billion ($3.57 billion).
In saying the outcomes, Tencent chairman and CEO Ma Huateng additionally unveiled a brand new company mission for the corporate.
“Because the founding of Tencent, we now have at all times sought to offer one of the best merchandise and finest experiences to our customers,” he mentioned. “Now, because the Web turns into extra pervasive in on a regular basis life, we imagine it is very important explicitly state our values and motivations, so our colleagues, companions, and customers perceive the requirements to which we aspire. Consequently, we now have simply introduced our new company mission: ‘Worth for Customers, Tech for Good.’ We imagine these should not new ideas however moderately a reiteration of what we now have at all times believed and the way we now have at all times sought to behave.”


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The New Year is a time of rebirth and starting fresh but this New Year may bring something else —the possibility of milk prices increasing to $7 a gallon.
The fiscal cliff has dominated all of the attention of Congress, which has led other issues to be swept under the rug. One of those such issues is the Agriculture Bill, which if not addressed, could lead to the price of milk skyrocketing, according to CNN Money. It is being dubbed the dairy cliff.
The government helps to keep dairy farmers in business because it has an agreement to buy milk and other products in the event the prices dip too low. Today's agriculture bill has a formula for the government to intervene if prices fall by approximately half of the national average of $3.65 per gallon.
But the current bill expired last summer, and Congress has yet to agree on a new one.
Many of the measures in place to protect farmers have already expired, and more are about to do the same, including a dairy subsidy expiring on New Year's Day.
If the law is not continued or a new one is not set in place, the formula for calculating the price the government pays for dairy products reverts back to a 1949 statute, according to CNN Money.
Under that formula, the government would be forced to buy milk at twice today's price -- driving up the cost for everyone. This comes on the heels of the announcement that global beef prices were going to reach record highs in 2013.
Whether Congress can extend the current bill or pass new legislation, or enact a provision to keep the 1949 ruling remains to be seen.
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CAMBRIDGE — Netflix Chief Executive Reed Hastings said on Friday the entrance of Apple, Disney and NBC to the global streaming market will push content costs to levels that make its epic drama about the British Royal family “look like a bargain.”
Hastings’ comments at the RTS television industry conference in Cambridge jolted investors already worried about growing competition and sent the streaming heavyweight’s stock down 6%, adding to a recent sell-off.
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Disney and others will vie for subscribers and likely drive up production costs.
Costing a reported 100 million pounds ($125 million) to make, “The Crown” won critical acclaim and has helped Netflix build its subscriber base, which has risen to 152 million and given it a head start over rival pay-TV and technology firms.
“It’s a whole new world starting in November,” Hastings said.
He cited the planned launch of services by Apple and Disney, as well as a ramping up of Amazon’s offerings and the forthcoming Peacock platform from NBCUniversal.


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The specially formulated inks will support different printing and converting presses to print VerifyMe’s RainbowSecure invisible ink technology
INX International Ink, a provider of inks and colour management technologies, has entered into a supply agreement with technology solutions company VerifyMe.
INX has and is developing inks integrating VerifyMe’s RainbowSecure pigment that are suitable for inkjet printing.
They can be used in combination with high speed, high volume label and packaging flexo or roll-fed printing presses, as well as shrink sleeve applications, CIJ inks, UV flexo, water flexo, offset, rigid container and metal deco inks.
INX president and CEO John Hrdlick said: “We are strong believers in delivering what the market wants and needs, and there is a huge demand for brand protection and anti-counterfeiting. We look forward to working with VerifyMe’s team to bring their solutions to market.”
The specially formulated inks will allow different printing and converting presses to print VerifyMe’s RainbowSecure invisible ink technology, which consists of variable VeriPAS serialisation, track and trace technology.
The latest agreement, which is based on the strategic partnership between both firms in January 2019, allows providing existing and future inks for multiple industries that are having problem with counterfeiting and fraudulent products.
According to INX, the products consist of beverage cans and bottles and packaging for cannabis, personal protective equipment (PPE) and medical equipment, motor vehicle parts, silicon chips, weapons and ammunition and others.
VerifyMe CEO Patrick White said: “Our technology is currently available for use on the INX NW140 and NW210 UV digital inkjet presses that run INX NWUV multi-purpose inkjet inks for paper and plastic films. It will soon be available on additional industry leading industrial inkjet heads used for variable printing in the high speed label and packaging industry.”
Last month, INX International Ink introduced new GelFlex-EB gel-based inks for flexible packaging applications.


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frame will allow users to trigger Google Assistant even when the device's screen if off.
MACtac has released its latest adhesive technology that will be featured on its squeezable
films and polypropylene products.
Beauty and personal care applications accounted for some 93% of global squeezable
plastic tube sales in 2012, with toothpaste absolutely intrinsic to the pack type's global positioning.
Vitamin Squeeze, Phoenix, AZ, has introduced all-natural Powder Water Enhancers in a squeezable
bottle that provides vitamins and customizable flavors.
Tsac Vertriebs from Essen has introduced a spicy mustard onto the German market in a squeezable
container from RPC, with the slogan: "We cut the mustard
based company, Sold in 4-ounce squeezable
tubes, merchandised in trays of six, they have a suggested retail price of $4.
Among such product are new Go Gear squeezable
airline carry-on-approved liquid travel tubes.
With this in mind, the company say that the easily squeezable
bottles also help to ensure correct dosing as well as providing a better cost ratio because the cap series are allocated proportionally to the bottle sizes.
Lip quench Clarins are about to launch a brand new collection of lip treats - Colour Quench Lip Balm comes in eight shades in a shimmering transparent lip colour in a squeezable
Their yummy Fruit Snacks are 100 percent pureed organic fruit in squeezable
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Pre-orders started on Friday, Sept. 17, with general availability on Friday, Sept. 24. The iPhone 13 series will also be available at AT&T Prepaid and Cricket starting on Sept. 24. Other rival MVNOs, like Optimum Mobile, are also accepting pre-orders now.When can you pre order iPhone 13?
Based on past years, we expect to see the iPhone 13 announcement sometime in September 2021, with preorders through major carriers beginning within a few days to a week afterward. In fact, recent leaks have narrowed down the iPhone 13 release date to September 14, 2021.Is the iPhone 13 worth it?
The iPhone 13 could just as easily have been called the iPhone 12s and no one would have batted a lid. Yes, there are updates but they are small and incremental. If you’re running an iPhone 11, any of the models in that range, then, yes, the iPhone 13 is definitely worth an upgrade.


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Girls’ Generation swept three Oricon weekly charts with the release of The Best Live at Tokyo Dome, proving their immense popularity yet again.
Released on April 1st, The Best Live at Tokyo Dome captures the group’s first Tokyo Dome concert four years after their Japanese debut with over 50,000 audience members in 2014, where various hits such as “Gee,” “Mr. Taxi,” “Flower Power,” “Paparazzi,” and “Galaxy Supernova” were performed.
Less than a day after its release, the Blu-Ray and DVD versions have quickly swept three main daily charts, topping the DVD chart, DVD music chart, and Blu-Ray Disk chart. A week after its release, the concert collection has managed to maintain its position, topping weekly charts of the three categories mentioned above.
Prior to this, the group had previously topped Oricon daily and weekly DVD charts, a ranking that was never achieved by foreign artists, with Girls’ Generation First Japan Tour, a DVD and Blu-Ray that captured performance and footage from the group’s first Japan tour.
Meanwhile, Girls’ Generation has released the music video for “Catch Me If You Can,” the group’s tenth Japanese single and first Korean release after the departure of former member Jessica. The Japanese single is expected to be released on April 22nd.


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Just a month ago, it was reported that Taco Fusion, in Florida, put a $35 meat taco on its menu. Thirty-five bucks for a little Mexican dish is a pretty hefty price, but not necessarily newsworthy. That is, of course, until you discover that the meat inside that taco comes from the king of the jungle.
Public outrage surrounding this new addition forced Taco Fusion to pull the mighty taco from its menu, but that doesn’t mean that lion meat doesn’t exist in an American’s diet. Lion meat is just one of many exotic (and legal) meats that people across the country enjoy.
The U.S. Endangered Species Act does not protect African lions, currently, making them the only big cat species not protected. That means that the trading and selling of lion meat in the U.S. isn’t legal, even if many people find it offensive. In Illinois, Representative Luis Arroyo is trying to push his Lion Meat Act, which would prohibit the slaughtering, possession, breeding, importing, or exporting of lions (and lion meat). This could impact sellers such as Richard Czimer, who owns Czimer’s Game and Sea Foods Inc., in Homer Glen, Illinois. Czimer buys USDA-certified lion meat from time to time and states that Arroyo’s act is trying to dictate what people can and can’t eat.
Czimer points to the data that shows that thousands of cattle are slaughtered daily, versus a much smaller amount of lions (for example, last year, Czimer could only purchase two lions).
Czimer’s cattle observation brings up an interesting point: what is it about eating lion that’s more offensive than eating cow, or deer, or rabbit, or lamb or … you get the idea. When broken down to its most basic form, animal meat is animal meat, regardless of where it came from beforehand. So long as the meat in question does not come from an endangered species, there should be no problem or government interference, right? More....


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MarketplacesDec 10, 2015 3:45 PM By MCM Staff
The National Retail Federation today called on Congress to reject a customs reauthorization bill set for a vote this week unless it includes a provision allowing states to require online merchants to collect sales tax the same as local stores.
MarketplacesNov 25, 2015 10:28 AM By Tim Parry
The decision by Amazon to begin Black Friday discounts before November 27 has paid off with the online giant achieving a 12% rise in U.S. traffic, according to digital analytics firm, SimilarWeb.
MarketplacesNov 03, 2015 3:52 PM By Adrien Nussenbaum
There is no reason why an online marketplace cannot be an integral part of Black Friday and Christmas promotions, nor indeed promotions at other times of the year. Here is how to best go about it.
MarketplacesOct 06, 2015 11:28 AM By Daniela Forte
Amazon’s dominance in the ecommerce market continues to grow rapidly over competitors, top search engines, and online retailers. See whether Amazon is the search engine for online shopping.
MarketplacesAug 03, 2015 1:24 PM By Mike O'Brien
Fresh off its launch, Jet is betting that delivering savings by pulling out supply chain costs will lead to ultimate success in a space dominated by Amazon.
MarketplacesJul 28, 2015 3:33 PM By Mike O'Brien
eBay has shut down its eBay Now same-day delivery service, as well as a pilot local delivery service in Brooklyn, NY, as expected growth never materialized.
MarketplacesJul 22, 2015 11:24 AM By MCM Staff
Twenty-five percent of retailers say Facebook is the top acquisition platform. See how other channels ranked when it comes to selling to the customer.
MarketplacesJul 20, 2015 1:27 PM By MCM Staff
Jet.com is set to launch taking on ecommerce giants like Amazon and Walmart. See what the company has planned with its launch this week.
MarketplacesJul 07, 2015 11:23 AM By Daniela Forte
Why would Amazon launch its own shopping holiday? See why Prime Day makes perfect sense for this marketplace giant.
MarketplacesJul 01, 2015 3:00 PM By Mike O'Brien
Gelb Music of Redwood City, CA has seen great success in a tough business environment by doubling down on its ecommerce and digital marketing efforts.