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When studies are continuously finding evidence of how a vitamin, mineral or phytonutrient can help our health, it’s tempting to assume more is better. But no, suggests a growing body of evidence. The past few days have seen a flurry of studies on the possible harms linked to supplements, with one of the largest focused on cancer.
Years ago, researchers hypothesized that these two supplements would protect against prostate cancer — and other diseases. A large study of almost 35,000 men turned up no reduction in risk but a hint of an increase in risk with vitamin E. That study began a decade ago and the results were published in 2008.
This new study continued to follow the 35,000 men though July of this year. The men had taken daily supplements for three years beginning in 2001. They were randomly assigned to take either vitamin E, selenium, both, or a placebo. Compared to those who had taken a placebo, the men who had taken vitamin E had a 17 percent increased risk of developing prostate cancer. No link was found with selenium.
The findings suggest the health effects can continue even after men stop taking the supplement.
The study was published in JAMA; here’s the abstract.
Another large new study focused on older women. Here, researchers found that several commonly-used supplements linked to an earlier death.
The study looked at dietary supplement use among almost 39,000 women — the women reported what supplements they took. After tracking the women for 22 years, researchers found that women who took multivitamins, vitamin B6, folic acid, iron, magnesium, zinc and copper were more likely to die during the study period compared to those who did not take the supplements. The association was strongest for iron supplements. Also, calcium supplements appeared to reduce risk of earlier death.
And in yet more new research, a study found that giving patients with lung problems omega-3 fatty acids and other antioxidant supplements may do more harm then good. This study lasted about a month.
There are certainly individuals who need supplements and those who are unsure should check with their doctor.
AICR recommends not to use supplements to lower cancer risk. For overall lower cancer risk, AICRs expert report and its updates clearly show that a healthy diet — filled with foods containing vitamins, minerals, and phytochemicals — physical activity, and a healthy weight are the way to go.


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Bell, Rogers and TELUS Ad Depicts Job Losses if Verizon Comes [PIC]
The media blitz is in full swing by our wireless incumbents as today a new full page ad in the Globe and Mail has launched to depict ‘thousands of Canadian jobs’ to be lost if Verizon comes to Canada. The ad shows ‘Cameron’, a TELUS service technician with a worrisome look on his face, then the following text (which we just transcribed):
How does losing thousands of Canadian jobs in the cellphone industry help Canada? It doesn’t.
When I found out that our government is getting a giant U.S. cellphone company to come to Canada, I thought, how is this going to affect jobs? Experts are saying most of their good jobs will stay south of the border. Most of their profits too. But it gets better. Better for them. Even though this company is four times as big as all of Canada’s cellphone companies combined, they’re effectively getting a huge discount to enter Canada. The U.S. giant gets to use the existing infrastructure it took Canadians over 25 years to build and they don’t contribute a cent. So Canadian taxpayers will effectively be subsidizing the whole thing. Will there be thousands of jobs lost? Think about it.
The whole thing doesn’t sound fair for Canadians. Ottawa should do something about the loopholes. Fast.
To find out more go to FairForCanada.ca
“Sweetheart deals for U.S. giants are a bad call for you.”
Interestingly enough, the FairForCanada.ca website is down and not working–unfortunate timing.
So far, we’ve seen Bell take out two page ads to write letters to Canadians, Rogers tell us we don’t need a fourth carrier and TELUS take Ottawa to Federal Court over the unfair policies of the upcoming wireless spectrum, which Industry Minister James Moore has said will go forward as planned.
Major consumer groups in Canada have already publicly stated their support for Ottawa’s wireless spectrum policies, which have already been revealed to be in-line with other parts of the world, such as the UK.
Do you think Verizon will cause job losses here, or is this just more misinformation meant to scare Canadians, according to the Consumers’ Association of Canada?
Update: Here is a second variant of this ad featuring Rogers call centre employee, Amanda. Also FairForCanada.ca is now working:

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CrimeFighters Work To Stop Growing Underground Shoplifting Ring
Retail workers are part of a growing push to stop an underground crime ring.
Authorities say organized retail crime costs the United States an estimated $30 billion a year.
Organized retail criminals steal large quantities of popular name brand items like Similac, Tide, Gillette and Red Bull.
Kroger Spokesperson Jackie Siekmann said these criminals do their homework.
"They know where the cameras are, they know where the exits are, they know where the security guards are. They know where the product is that they want and they're in and out the door within two minutes usually," Siekmann said.
Siekmann said Kroger associates are now trained to walk up to organized criminals and stop them before they walk out and sell the stolen goods to a third party.
"A bottle of Tide can go for $5 to $6 when they resell it to the market. That market then sells it for full value. So they call it liquid gold tide because people know the orange bottle," said Siekmann.
In addition to training associates, Kroger takes other steps to stop these criminals, including marking products with hard-to-remove stickers and requiring special keys to get some products off the shelves and out of the box.
Siekmann said Kroger is one of several major retailers working to stop this network of thieves.
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New research from Dropbox and Enterprise Nation reveals that thousands of small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) could save 150 hours each year—hours that could be used to grow their businesses—by adopting new tech tools to digitise manual processes. Whilst the majority of UK business leaders (77%) could not survive without tech tools, the report found that far too many are failing to take advantage of all of the available options, which could collectively save them the equivalent of £8.1bn in saved time a year.
According to the research, the barriers to adopting tech tools are varied, with lack of expert advice and information, and high costs seen as key challenges small and medium businesses face in the UK. Around a quarter of respondents claimed they did not use cloud computing and the same proportion did not use video conferencing, both seen as critical to business continuity, and over half of respondents had yet to adopt secure document signing and e-signatures. Moreover, project management tools were regarded as very important to keeping business going over the last 18 months, yet almost a quarter (22%) reported that their business does not currently use these tools.
Access to information is a crucial step in enabling businesses of all sizes to tap into the full range of tools available to them. Only 34% of businesses with 1-10 employees are very active at keeping up with tech trends, compared to 66% of businesses with 50-250 employees. As there were 5.7 million businesses that fall in the under-10 category in the UK in 2020, accounting for 96% of all UK businesses, this presents an enormous untapped potential for the economy.
Government programmes such as Help to Grow: Digital provide small businesses with impartial support about how tech tools can help boost their business potential. The government is set to make great strides with this flagship programme and we think there is an opportunity to expand its success. To help thousand more businesses across the UK to improve their digital performance, widening the eligibility criteria of government initiatives will benefit firms by improving their productivity and resilience.
“We need to break the “can’t adopt, won’t adopt” cycle. UK small businesses have been held back by lack of information about products and services, entry-level deals and free tier products, as well as new tools and services that can help them push their business to the next level. As time-poor small business owners, we cannot expect them to navigate this complex landscape without guidance, which is why we partnered with Enterprise Nation to research this issue and present a set of recommendations, for industry, the government, and business owners themselves,” said Andy Wilson, Director, Dropbox UK.
Emma Jones CBE, CEO and Founder of Enterprise Nation said “ Small business owners have done an amazing job in the past 18 months to adopt digital tools and it is our job to continue to support founders with the information and resource they need to make decisions on key technologies . This research shows there are some barriers to tech adoption amongst the small business community and this will inform our work and engagement with government as we see the rollout of the Help to Grow: Digital programme. We see at first hand the benefits that small businesses gain by being digitally savvy and we look forward to working with Dropbox and others in the tech industry—as well as government—to ensure that the issues presented in the report are addressed.”
For social and marketing agency 1000heads, having advice about their implementation of tech tools during the pandemic allowed them to take their collaboration efforts one step further, and interact with colleagues and clients much quicker, increasing operational efficiencies.
“Using collaboration tools like Dropbox, we’ve been able to streamline processes and enable people to work securely in one single environment, and we even had some financial gain from being able to cancel alternative services,” said Nick Smith, IT & Digital Operations Director at social and marketing agency 1000heads. He added: “As we focus on a “new normal”, where the vast majority of businesses have a flexible working environment, being agile and able to work regardless of the location can really determine the success of a business.”
Dropbox and Enterprise Nation have partnered to provide small business owners with free events, webinars and e-learning videos on the topics of productivity, collaboration, tech tools for business and more. This partnership will help business owners gain the skills, confidence and knowledge they need to use tech tools to grow their businesses. The first webinar will take place on 22nd November, everyone interested in attending can register their interest here.
To find out the full list of recommendations as well as more research findings, please find the report here.


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A WA Government grant has been awarded to OracleCMS in order to build contact centre jobs in the State.
“The industry has massive potential” explained OracleCMS Director Metin Unal “there are already 300,000 jobs nationwide, and there’s ready scope to double that.”
The company will create up to 200 jobs over the next five years at their new Subiaco operation, 10% of which they aim to fill with indigenous staff, but their ambitions are far greater.
“The industry has been dominated by operations in India and the Philippines because they are so cheap, but as this has grown, standards have slipped, and customer dissatisfaction has risen sharply.”
“We are getting lots of calls from disaffected clients who are losing customers because they get so frustrated by the poor language skills of operators, and their inability to do anything other than read standard answers. They’re slow and very poor at fixing problems, and ultimately that’s costly to the businesses they serve.” states the OracleCMS Director.
“Australia can’t compete with the rock-bottom wages of third world countries, which is why India and the Philippines have built an industry with annual revenues of over $100 billion. But we can be smarter and give faster far more satisfying customer solutions, and that makes us cost competitive.” explains OracleCMS Director Unal.
“Our strategy is to combine cutting edge artificial intelligence and truly skilled operators to do this. We have AI and automation experts, workflow experts and software engineers on our teams who love their jobs. Our teams have the capacity to think laterally and give practical advice rather than always reading from an infuriating script. People with complex questions love getting a thoughtful Australian response.” says Unal.
The OracleCMS Director goes on to share “Smart contact centres like this can save 50% of call time and deliver far higher user satisfaction, and that’s what is increasingly making them economically attractive to companies that care about their customers.”
A second advantage of local contact centres is that data is held in Australia, by Australians and protected by Australian privacy laws, thus not subject to the rising global problem of data theft.
“We’re very excited about the future” said Mr Unal “Australia needs jobs to recover from Covid 19 and there’s no doubt that smart contact centres like ours can add tens of thousands of them fast. It’s great that the WA Government is backing the sector, and frankly I expect other States will follow their lead as it makes such a big difference, so rapidly.”
OracleCMS is one of the leaders in the call centre and Back Office industry of Australia. The company trains and employs some of the leading customer service and back-office professionals while working with many big-name clients both within the country and abroad. OracleCMS is an award-winning brand of customer management solutions, and has developed various solutions for a multitude of businesses.
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If reports making the rounds are true, the Galaxy S9 may get all the first batch of the Snapdragon 845 chips from Qualcomm. In August, they were rumours that Samsung was planning to buy up almost all available Snapdragon 845 chips.
This was exactly what happened with the Snapdragon 835, Samsung bought all available units of that chip for the Galaxy S8 and S8+. Thereby, forcing LG to use the old Snapdragon 821 in its flagship device the G6. This also caused other companies to postpone their flagship launches till the later part of this year.
According to a new report, it seems the whole first production of the new chipset will be sold solely to Samsung for its S9 phones.
Although, other smartphone makers will definitely get access to the Snapdragon 845 chips. But this will be at a later point compared to Samsung will get the chipset. This will also beam advantage to Samsung, compared to its competitors from this point of view.
The report is also claiming that the S9 duo will be launching a month earlier than usual, this means the Galaxy S9 and S9+ will be in stores in mid-March 2018. Which means an announcement at MWC in late February seems likely.
Samsung, however, have neither debunked nor reacted to the reports at the moment, it does confirm earlier rumours.
I mean if they actually bought all the available Snapdragon 845 chips for their flagship Galaxy S9 and S9+ smartphones, an earlier launch is surely inevitable.
Samsung wants to be the first smartphone manufacturer to use the Qualcomm 845 chipset before it gets to other manufacturers. If the report is anything to go by, Samsung lovers should start saving up for the Galaxy S9 and S9+.


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Koyal Group Appoints James Spencer as Chief Australian Strategist
Aug. 21, 2013 - TOKYO, Japan -- Koyal Group is pleased to announce the appointment of James Spencer as Chief Strategist for Australia in line with its continuing plan to strengthen its equities research by forecasting macroeconomic events. James Spencer will be based in Sydney and report to the Stephen Cole, Director of Private Equity and Koyal Group´s board of directors.
James Spencer brings over 19 years of macroeconomic experience to Koyal Group, joining from the Commonwealth Bank of Australia, where he began his career as an advisor on central bank policy. He later went on to hold various positions at the bank. A native Australian, James attended the University of Melbourne to obtain his undergraduate degree, a Bachelor of Commerce. He later went on to England to receive his MBA from the University of London Business School.
“Australia is a key market in the Asian region, and I believe that James will be an integral part of reshaping our strategy there. His experiences and broad network of connections will be invaluable to the continued growth of Koyal Group´s operations in Australia,” said Koyal Group CEO Edward Neilson commenting on the appointment, “The Royal Bank of Australia has implemented efforts to lower the value of their currency, by lowering interest rates and pledging to maintain low levels. The effect has not been what they desired. As economic growth in China slows it will also hamper the Australian economy. The normally strong Australian mining sector has also suffered as of late, and we must search for new sources of revenues in the country.”
Based in Tokyo, Japan, Koyal Group is a boutique equity research house and has its foundations set in personal client advisor relationships, and despite being one of the largest equity research houses in Asia we are proud to say we maintain strong interpersonal links between our clients and their allocated advisors. This along with our approach to financial analysis has meant Koyal Group has grown year after year since 2003.
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Ketchum, Idaho (May 22, 2018) CrankTank, consulting agency and presenter of the Impact media event series, has announced that it has sold all its e-bike opportunities and closed this sponsorship category of their Impact Sun Valley programming. The event kicks off with a welcome dinner at Power House bike boutique and eatery on June 25th, followed by two days of rides in and around Sun Valley, Idaho the 26-27th.
Brose, German manufacturer of electric motors for multiple genres of e-bikes, has signed on as the official power plant sponsor of Impact Sun Valley. The brand will also be a presenting topic sponsor during the e-bike panel discussion of the People for Bikes Draft Meetup that caps the two days of Impact activities.
The Swiss brand and e-bike manufacturer BMC has also committed to attending Impact Sun Valley. They join Specialized in providing e-MTBs for editors to test on OHV-legal singletrack. These rides will serve to highlight both the capabilities and limitations of the bikes, helping to further inform the developing discussions about e-MTB access.
“Our intention in hosting Impact has always been to highlight the products and trends that media, consumers and industry folks are the most eager to explore,” said CrankTank Vice President Adrian Montgomery. “Selling out the e-bike portion of our programming just reaffirms what we thought from the start–this is the fastest growing category in the bike market right now, and one that people want to know more about.”
Limited brand sponsor positions remain in spite of e-bike selling out. Acoustic bike opportunities in both mountain and gravel bike categories are still available. The mountain bike programming includes riding the new lift-served trails at Sun Valley Resort and the stacked-loop singletrack trail system at Galena Lodge. One of the segments included in Rebecca Rusch’s Private Idaho Queen’s Stage Race last year will serve as the setting for the gravel programming.
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Diagnostic Hybrids (DHI; Athens, Ohio) reported the release of its D3 Ultra 8 DFA Respiratory Virus Screening & Identification Kit for the Canadian market.
The company said Ultra 8 is the only commercially available monoclonal antibody blend that detects and identifies eight major respiratory viruses — including human metapneumovirus — in direct patient specimens and cell culture by immunofluorescence.
Direct specimen results are available in as little as 15 to 30 minutes.
DHI said that when combined with its R-Mix and R-Mix Too Mixed FreshCells cell culture systems, multi-virus results can be obtained in as little as 24 hours for influenza A and B, and less than 48 hours for MPV, RSV, adenovirus and parainfluenza 1, 2, and 3.
Ron Lollar, senior director of product management & marketing for DHI, said, "Metapneumovirus infection is especially prevalent in infants and elderly patients, but is often indistinguishable from RSV infection, making it difficult to prevent cross-infections through accurate patient isolation and cohorting."
He said, "The addition of antibodies against metapneumovirus antigens to our premier D3 Respiratory Virus Screening and Identification Kit allows laboratories to identify the eight major respiratory viruses in a clinically relevant time frame, allowing physicians to make decisions based on a definitive diagnosis instead of on symptoms alone."
The D3 Ultra 8 system includes the Flocked Swab/UTM for specimen collection and transport, the R-Mix and R-Mix Too mixed cell culture systems.
The complete respiratory testing system, including the D3 Ultra 8 DFA kit is available in select international markets.
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Exclusive distribution deal reached
Winner Medical Group (Shenzen, China) said it has entered into an agreement with Shanghai Hongsong Co. (Shanghai, China), under which Shanghai Hongsong will exclusively sell the company's "Winner" brand products in Shanghai for a one-year period that began in September, with the focus on marketing the products to hospitals.
Shanghai Hongsong is one of the top distributors of medical dressing products in Shanghai, and Winner Medical said this agreement enables it to enter the lucrative Shanghai hospital market for the first time.
Shanghai has a population of more than 20 million and is the richest metropolitan area in China measured by GDP per capita, according to Winner Medical.
Jianquan Li, chairman/CEO of Winner Medical, said, "We are pleased to establish partnership with Shanghai Hongsong. This first strategic move into the affluent Shanghai market represents an improved step in expanding our footprint and enhancing Winner's brand profile in the domestic market."
He added, "The domestic metropolitan markets in China have enormous potential. Our partnerships with distributors in Shanghai, Guangdong, Zhejiang and Hunan Province demonstrate progression of our strategy to expand sales of medical care and homecare products in the domestic market."
Li said Winner Medical's domestic market expansion "has benefited from continuous economic growth in China, increased expenditure per capita on medical products and devices, increased government expenditure within the medical sector in rural areas, as well as government reforms aimed to build a more stringently regulated healthcare market in China."
Winner Medical said it is the largest exporter by volume in the medical and wound care products industry in China. It has eight wholly-owned manufacturing and distribution facilities, four joint-venture factories and more than 5,000 employees.
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Quality Healthcare Asia Ltd. (Hong Kong) said it has agreed to acquire the entire issued share capital of GHC, a holding company with subsidiaries operating 18 GHC medical centers and a cosmetic specialist center in Hong Kong, for a consideration of HK$29.6 million.
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It said the acquisition of GHC supports its corporate strategy of expanding its network presence and service offerings into key residential areas, to provide convenient and comprehensive healthcare services to the Hong Kong community.
"GHC is an excellent acquisition for us because they have an extensive network of medical centers in residential areas, particularly in the New Territories," said CEO Dr. Lincoln Chee. "This acquisition will enable Quality Healthcare to increase its geographical presence and footprint throughout Hong Kong and to strengthen our community medicine and private patient offerings."
The deal is expected to close by Oct. 31, subject to certain conditions stated in the sales and purchase agreement.
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The company said the purchase is the first large order resulting from a newly implemented sales initiative.
Newly named President/CEO Donald Taylor said, "I am delighted to announce that our local office in Dubai has signed such a significant order. LifeLine Scientific is affiliated with a leading provider of healthcare in Abu Dhabi and has direct access to an expansive network of hospitals and pharmacies through which it plans to distribute Calypte's oral fluid HIV tests."


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Emaar Properties of Dubai announced on Saturday that it is selling Namshi, a fashion e-commerce venture, to Noon, an e-commerce startup funded by Dubai billionaire Mohamed Alabbar and the Public Investment Fund of Saudi Arabia (PIF). Emaar stated in a market statement that its board of directors has approved the sale to a linked party, which values Namshi at $335.2 million. Mohamed Alabbar, the company’s managing director, founded Emaar.
Emaar is well-known for constructing the world’s tallest tower, the Burj Khalifa, as well as other notable structures in Dubai. It paid $281 million for Namshi after initially acquiring a 51% share in 2017 and then the remaining 49% in 2019. Emaar stated that the pricing was within the range.


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At Marukai Market Place on Auahi Street, Joel Sakihara, a produce clerk, holds up local avocados. He said sales were very brisk. The Hawaii Avocado Association says the isles' avocado industry is small but growing again.
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Pat Sinclair loves the Super Bowl.
But it's not just because he's a big football fan, it's also because of guacamole.
Sinclair distributes Hawaii-grown avocados to local stores and more avocados are consumed on Super Bowl Sunday than any other day of the year.
Sales increase by about 10 percent during the week leading up to the game, said Sinclair, a Big Island wholesaler, who supplies about half of the state's yield.
Sinclair has gotten record orders from a number of Hawaii stores for today's game. Last week alone, he sold more than 20,000 avocados to Costco stores around the state.
Hawaii is in a unique position to capitalize on Super Bowl sales, Sinclair said, because the peak of avocado season here is in the winter.
California-grown avocados, which make up a little more than half of the fruit sold here, peak during the summer.
That means more Hawaii avocados are on the shelves of local grocers during the Super Bowl and their prices are usually comparable to mainland fruit, Sinclair said.
He also said chain stores, like Safeway and Foodland, are requesting Hawaii avocados more and more because of their winter growing season.
Roy Ishihara, a store manager at the Ward Farmer's Market, said he sees avocado sales soar just before the Super Bowl.
"Generally, we push out 20 pounds a day," he said, adding that he only sells locally grown fruit. "During this weekend, we might double or triple that amount."
The buying spike is welcome for an industry that has been active in the islands since the late 19th century but unable to compete with harvests in California and Mexico and, most recently, banned in the continental United States because of the state's fruit fly risk.
In 2001, there were about 140 farms in the islands that produced avocados and 360 acres were dedicated statewide to the fruit, according to Hawaii Avocado Association Secretary Brooks Wakefield.
The association was formed in the 1980s and represents Hawaii avocado growers, packers and distributors.
"It's a small industry. But it's growing again," Wakefield said. "People are more interested and more markets are opening. I think people (who) know what a good Hawaiian avocado is will buy a Hawaiian."
About 600,000 pounds of local avocados were sold to consumers in Hawaii and Canada during the 2001 season, up from a record low of 400,000 pounds in 1996, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
The small portion of the state's avocados air freighted to Canada are considered gourmet and sold for triple the price of California-grown fruit, Sinclair said.
Most of the state's avocados are grown on the Big Island, though there are farms on Kauai, Maui and Oahu.
Wakefield, who co-owns Pea Nani Farm in south Kona, said she grows her avocados alongside mango and papaya. Many Hawaii avocado farmers do the same, treating the fruit as a secondary crop, she said.
Even so, when Wakefield goes to a Super Bowl party she's expected to bring the dip.
"We eat lots of guacamole," she said. "We usually bring guacamole to every party we go to."


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This is very interesting news coming out of the Netherlands as it looks to boost it's domestic manufacturing capacity to reduce it's reliance on imported solar modules and batteries. Europe has long since struggled to compete with the Asian manufacturers, particularly the Chinese. The recent solar over-capacity issues, driving costs down to astonishing lows has only exasperated the issue.
However, with new subsidies and the European Union adopting the Net Zero Industry Act (NZIA), European manufacturing could be given a welcome boost. Under NZIA, EU member countries will only be able to source up to 50% of solar modules from auctions from a single country. Construction of new manufacturing facilities will also have their permits fast-tracked to get them online as quickly as possible.
Finlay Colville also recently wrote extensively about the opportunities for European manufactured solar products on the global market, in particular India and the US.
Could these measures be sufficient to revitalise the European solar and battery manufacturing sector? There's certainly a huge amount of innovation in Europe and hopefully it's manufacturing capabilities will have the chance to be demonstrated at scale.


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One of Enprise Group’s original founders has been appointed CEO of the company, with Elliot Cooper taking the hot seat.
Cooper is a co-founder and executive director of Enprise - a specialist provider of solutions based on the MYOB EXO and MYOB Advanced software platforms - and formerly held the Enprise Group CFO role.
In addition to his financial expertise Elliot has extensive experience in the financial software business and, alongside Mark Loveys, was a designer of software products including Exonet, now renamed MYOB EXO.
Elliot replaces outgoing Enprise Group CEO Mark Loveys, who has been appointed CEO of Datagate Innovation Ltd, of which Enprise Group is a shareholder.
Listed on the New Zealand Stock Exchange’s NZX Alternative Market on 1 December 2014, Enprise Group has three operating divisions: Enprise Solutions, Enprise Software and Datagate Innovation Ltd.


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Fireman’s Fund Insurance Company last week announced it has begun selling insurance for developers of video games. The policies, which mimic those offered in the movie business, are being marketed by Fireman’s as a way to manage the downside risk of expensive productions and costly “potential eventualities.”
Such as what? For instance, the insurer says, a video game company might hire a famous actor to motion capture; but if the actor gets injured in the days before the scheduled shoot, the video game company could be out the money it has spent hiring crew and preparing the technology.
It’s not immediately clear how many companies would benefit from such a policy. But Fireman’s is correct on at least one count: the cost of making games has risen and is continuing to do so. The most ambitious ones can cost $10 million or more when marketing is included.


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Ecobuild 2017 is all set to welcome an impressive array of international organisations including a number of embassies, trade bodies and companies, many exhibiting in the UK for the first time.
With over 105 international exhibitors, representing 29% of the show and more than 35 countries, the event will provide the ideal forum to learn about the latest innovations from across the globe, as well as to discuss the future of the UK built environment in a post-Brexit world.
Among those confirmed for Ecobuild’s 2017 event programme are trade bodies and leading manufacturers from Sweden, Denmark, Austria, Italy, China and Portugal, with dedicated pavilions hosting a variety of leading companies, representing the latest thinking and product innovations for each. They are set to share their sustainability strategies, products and solutions, seeking new clients, partners and distribution channels as well as participate in discussions around the future of sustainability.
Eight companies from across Sweden and Denmark, two of the most mature district energy markets in the world, will be exhibiting as part of the District Energy Town Square, in partnership with the ukDEA. Attendees will be able to learn about the advantages of centralised heating and cooling systems, with companies from the two countries at the forefront of innovative heating technologies.
Magnus Dahlin of Business Sweden, said:
“Around 60 per cent of homes in Sweden are connected to a district heat network, and we’re seeing district energy schemes become more and more common in the UK. We’re already experiencing an increased number of opportunities with UK companies, so we’re excited to showcase our expertise further at Ecobuild 2017.”
Returning for a fourth year at Ecobuild, participating suppliers with the Italian Trade Commission pavilion will be exhibiting their range of high quality building materials and design components, including insulation and energy-saving systems.
Roberto Formenti, spokesperson for the Italian Trade Commission, explained: “It’s essential that we put sustainability in the spotlight and, with Ecobuild being the best UK gateway event, this is the perfect platform to do just that. The UK is a dynamic market so we’re excited to network with industry professionals and showcase the products and expertise we have to offer.”
A host of international exhibitors will be sharing their latest products and technologies with British businesses at the show. This includes doors and windows manufacturers J&J Teixeira from Portugal and Dako SPZOO from Poland – the latter being new to the UK market and a first-time Ecobuild exhibitor.
Eging Solar, one of China’s largest solar manufacturers and long-term Ecobuild exhibitors, will also be present at the show, sharing its latest innovations for commercial and residential installations with visitors. Eging will be joined by significant pavilions from China’s Jiangsu and Shenzhen districts.
Companies from across Austria will be exhibiting and sharing knowledge of their innovative solutions, with expertise ranging from modular timber and insulation to solar panels and Passivhaus technology.
Alongside major pavilions from Portugal, Belgium and Taiwan, other major international brands to exhibit at the show include BayWa r.e., Panasonic (Electric Works Europe AG) and Hitachi Europe Limited.
Martin Hurn, Managing Director at Ecobuild, commented:
“The UK’s construction market remains vibrant and is generating interest from across the world. This year’s Ecobuild brings together a powerful showcase of product manufacturers and specialists from around the world. Our UK and international visitors will benefit from conversations and discussions with the internationally acclaimed sector professionals. We need to build on this opportunity, to share global knowledge and drive the future of sustainability.”


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On Monday, December 17, 2007 The Diamond Trading Company (DTC), the distribution arm of the De Beers family of companies, unveiled the results of the Sightholder application process. Kristall Production Corporation has retained its sightholder status, while the DTC has reduced the number of its clients. Kristall’s agreement with the DTC will be for the 2008-2011 contract period.
Smolensk Kristall regards this event as most remarkable not only for the company, but for the whole diamond industry because the sightholder selection criteria are no doubt impartial and become more and more strict. This once again demonstrates excellence in Kristall’s technical, distribution and marketing ability, and the core strengths of its diamond business as well as financial transparency and ethical accountability which were compulsory requirements for all applicants.
Kristall Production Corporation was originally appointed as a Diamond Trading Company sightholder in 1998. In the coming year the company will celebrate the tenth anniversary of its sightholder status. Kristall is the first and until now the only Russian DTC sightholder.
Kristall takes this opportunity to express deepest gratitude to those who rendered assistance in retaining the sightholder status for the new term, especially to the team of international diamond broker W. Nagel, which for almost ten years has continuously been representing Kristall’s interests in the relations with the DTC.


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Deep Silver today announced that Dead Island Riptide, the next upcoming title in the Dead Island franchise, will be available in stores on April 26 2013.
Fans can now pre-order the title and get exclusive ingame items:
Pre-order Edition: This version of Dead Island Riptide will include an exclusive pack of weapon mods that allows even more, manifold ways to dispose of the ghastly zombie hordes on Palanai island.
Special Retailers Edition: In addition to the weapon mods this version will contain an alternate character skin not obtainable anywhere else! The Special Edition of Dead Island Riptide will only be available at selected retail partners.
Details about the retail partners per territory offering the Special Edition will be announced soon.
Dead Island Riptide will be released on April 26, 2013 in European countries for PlayStation®3, Xbox 360® and Windows PC.
More information about the game:
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Apple will announce its fourth quarter earnings on October 28.
Apple announced on Tuesday that it would disclose earnings for the fourth fiscal quarter of 2021 on October 28, followed by an investor conference call by CEO Tim Cook and CFO Luca Mastri. Conversation is expected to join.
The company updated its investor webpage, saying that Apple would call an investor conference on Thursday, October 28, after the release of its fourth quarter earnings. The call is scheduled for 2:00 a.m. Pacific, 5 p.m. East.
As always, Cook and Mastery are expected to discuss Apple’s overall financial health and provide details for the three-month period ending in September. The results of the early iPhone 13, iPad and iPad mini could be included in the topics of discussion, as the hardware went up for pre-order in mid-September and shipped last week.
Apple recorded another quarterly quarter for the three-month period ending in June, with massive iPhone sales and service growth reaching 81.4 billion. The company’s handset line brought in ڈالر 39.6 billion, an increase of 52% year-on-year, while services jumped 33% in 2020 results to ڈالر 17.5 billion.
Sales of the iPad and Mac also boosted revenue as the trend of working from home continued. Apple’s iPad segment earned 7. 7.4 billion, while Mac earned 8. 8.2 billion. The Ketchle wearables, home and appliances sector grew 36 percent to 8. 8.8 billion in the June quarter.
During a conference call in July, Mastery said Apple expected double-digit growth for the fourth quarter, but potentially significant revenue would fall on a sequential basis due to an increase in the foreign exchange rate, Coved said. 19 Lockdown and Increase in General Services after Supply Barriers for iPhone and iPad.
AppleInsider. The fourth quarter revenue call will begin live at 2 p.m.


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The report is based on an online survey conducted by YouGov, in which 1081 people in Germany took part between 15 January 2024 and 22 January 2024. The results were weighted and are representative of the German population aged 16 and over. Zattoo has been conducting this survey in Germany every year since 2015.
The report helps to identify current developments in Internet and TV usage, as well as in the area of TV streaming. The report is Zattoo's contribution to the discussion about the importance of TV streaming.
The trend towards television via the Internet will continue in 2024. When asked which way they use to watch TV (multiple answers possible), 44 percent of respondents choose the Internet as their way of watching TV. That is another 3 percent more than in 2023, while watching TV via traditional cable continues to decline. Only around one in three (31%) watch cable TV. That is a whole 8 percent less than in the previous year. Watching TV via satellite (32%) and DVB-T (7%) also fell by 3 percent each this year.
This year, 31 percent of respondents said they watch live TV content. This is a decline of 5 percent for traditional TV compared to the previous year. In contrast, the use of media libraries, YouTube and video-on-demand services remains stable. The fact that one in three (36%) can already imagine watching linear-themed channels, so-called FAST channels, in the future suggests a growing interest in alternative, ad-supported TV content.
More than two thirds (70%) use TV streaming services during their TV viewing time – and are most likely to do so on a smart TV. Smart TVs have been the preferred choice for streaming TV programmes since 2020 – an increase of 2 percent compared to the previous year. Meanwhile, the use of laptops or PCs for this continues to fall sharply, from 38 percent to 32 percent this year. The use of mobile devices such as tablets and smartphones is also continuing to fall. This underlines the trend that Internet TV has now arrived in the living rooms of Germans and represents a comprehensive alternative to traditional ways of watching TV. However, it also suggests that other forms of consuming media are being favoured over TV streaming via mobile devices.
The persistently tense economic situation is also having an increasing impact on the streaming behaviour of those surveyed. Last year, almost one in five (18%) cancelled a streaming subscription – a significant increase of 4 percent compared to the previous year. Of these, around a third (36%) switched to cheaper streaming services, while around a quarter (24%) chose free options. It is worth noting that a significant proportion (36 percent) opted out of alternative services altogether. This development highlights consumers' growing need for a good price-performance ratio, including with regard to domestic TV and streaming services.
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text: Friendster lands a fresh $10 million from DAG, Kleiner Perkins and Benchmark. This radical procedure has been known to prolong life for up to 12 months in some cases. The move at least buys John Doerr time to dream up some cover story for why it makes sense for KP to pump fresh money into one of its other failing investments, then have that company acquire Friendster with a big bump in valuation, enabling KP to notch a profit and declare victory. Let the shell games begin! Hey, here’s an idea. Maybe those “MyAsshole” guys could buy Friendster. Like, it’s a solar energy company with a social networking site? So, like, people who are into green tech can meet and trade ideas and, um, stuff like that? Sure to be a hot IPO in mid to late 2007.


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Can kitchen tech reduce excessive food waste?
Innovative new products that turn a regular fridge into a smart device promise to help consumers reduce food waste and save money.
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iPhone XS and XS Max review: Apple's latest are the best yet. But do you need them?
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The Indian side expressed its willingness to trade in rubles and rupees, as well as to work through Russian banks, said the Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of economy of Mordovia-Vladimir Mazov.
NEW DELHI, 30 Jan –. Indian partners are ready to trade in national currencies – rubles and rupees, told reporters on Saturday on the sidelines of a visiting session of the St. Petersburg international economic forum (SPIEF) in India, the Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of economy of Mordovia-Vladimir Mazov.
“We came up with a request for the establishment of trade in national currencies. We will bring it to the Ministry of economic development. Also glad that the Indian side is willing to work through the Russian banks”, — he said.
The first session of the forum held on the sidelines of the event The Global Business Summit, the organizers of the sessions are the Foundation “Recongress” and the media holding The Times of India.
Discussion of economic and investment cooperation between Russia and India will continue on the jubilee forum, which will take place 16 — 18 June 2016 at a new venue Expoforum.


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They dangle from the arms of many New Yorkers, a nearly ubiquitous emblem of empathy with the environment: synthetic, reusable grocery bags, another must-have accessory for the socially conscious.
But the bags, hot items at upscale markets, may be on the verge of a glacier-size public relations problem: similar bags outside the city have been found to contain lead.
“They say plastic bags are bad; now they say these are bad. What’s worse?” asked Jen Bluestein, who was walking out of Trader Joe’s on the Upper West Side with a reusable bag under her arm on Sunday.
“Green is a trend and people go with trends,” Ms. Bluestein said. “People get them as fashion statements and they have, like, 50 of them. I don’t think people know the real facts.”
There is no evidence that these bags pose an immediate threat to the public, and none of the bags sold by New York City’s best-known grocery stores have been implicated. But reports from around the country have trickled in recently about reusable bags, mostly made in China, that contained potentially unsafe levels of lead. The offending bags were identified at several stores, including some CVS pharmacies; the Rochester-based Wegman’s grocery chain recalled thousands of its bags, made of recycled plastic, in September.
Concerns have proliferated so much that Senator Charles E. Schumer, a New York Democrat, sent a letter on Sunday to the Food and Drug Administration, urging the agency to investigate the issue.
Reusable bags have maintained their popularity even amid charges that they become hothouses for bacteria. The recent studies, none of which were conducted by the government, found that the lead in some bags would pose a long-term risk of seeping into groundwater after disposal; over time, however, paint from the bag could flake off and come into contact with food.
Climate-change-conscious shoppers at one of Manhattan’s culinary meccas on Sunday said they were chagrined that yet another good intention had gone awry.
“Bummer! We’re still not doing the right thing,” said Shelley Kempner of Queens, who was looking over the produce at Fairway on Broadway at West 74th Street. She prefers a reusable bag, she said, because she “likes the idea of not putting more plastic into the environment.”
Told of the recent lead findings, Ms. Kempner sighed “It’s still not good enough” and wondered if she would have to switch to something else. “Are we going to have to start using string?” she asked.
“There’s always something wrong with everything,” said Barry Lebost, standing outside the Trader Joe’s on West 72nd Street with four reusable bags filled with groceries.
But Mr. Lebost, an alternative energy consultant, did not appear fazed by the revelations of lead. He said his home, in Gardiner, N.Y., had been outfitted with a hydroelectric plant that saved the energy equivalent of 200 plastic bags a day. “It may not be a total solution, but this is a step in the right direction,” he said of the suddenly suspect bags at his feet. “The fluorescent bulbs we have now, they’re no good because they have mercury in them. You look at it as a transition.”
But many shoppers said they would continue relying on the bags until more information came out. The bags are usable for years, they said, and any long-term effects of lead may be offset by the environmental benefits gained by not using regular plastic bags.
“I wasn’t planning on throwing it out, so that’s a positive thing,” said Catherine Paykin, standing by the meat counter at Fairway. “As long as I use it and don’t throw it away, that will be my plan.”
Mr. Schumer’s family also shops at Fairway. A spokesman for the senator said the family planned to bring the issue to the attention of the store to see if the bags there were affected.


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Shopping in Fakenham is Bloomin' Marvellous
Chris HillAn eye-catching purple shopping bag designed to promote environmental concerns - along with Fakenham's new slogan - was launched in the town last week.Chris Hill
An eye-catching purple shopping bag designed to promote environmental concerns - along with Fakenham's new slogan - was launched in the town last week.
Fakenham Area Partnership (FAP) won Lottery funding earlier this year to produce a recyclable jute bag as part of an ongoing campaign to reduce plastic bag use and support local food producers.
But the project also created an opportunity to promote town pride, resulting in the 'Bloomin' Lovely' slogan designed by Fakenham High School students Naomi Martindale and Maddie Darrell.
Many of the 1,000 jute bags have now been distributed to shops, information points and tourist attractions in and around the town
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FAP co-ordinator Janet Holdom said the project's appeal had expanded beyond its initial environmental message.
She said: 'While the project started out as a campaign to raise awareness of sustainable living, I think the reason it has been adopted so enthusiastically by retailers, the town council, visitor sites and the public is because the bag is fun and the over-arching theme promotes Fakenham and its local suppliers.
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- 3 Tributes paid to talented Dereham golfer Richard Wilson
- 4 New signs to 'put Dereham on the map' are unveiled
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- 6 Woman who died in A47 collision named
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'There is a wry slogan on there which will amuse people and it is quite fashionable while getting the message across that we should be proud of Fakenham.'
The bags are 100pc recyclable and all materials and transport involved in their production have been chosen to minimise carbon usage.
A Farmers' Market calendar will be inserted into each bag to underline the 'shop locally, eat healthier, and live sustainably' message.
The bags will be sold at a recommended price of �3.50, with all proceeds going to fund a future environmental project - most likely new LED bulbs to enhance the town's Christmas lights displays.


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If there was any doubt that HTC is working on at least one Nexus phone this year, the FCC (and a handful of leaks) just erased it. The regulator has received an HTC filing for smartphones that will be explicitly branded as a Nexus -- a letter says y...
For the better part of two years, as the US auto market has roared back from the depths of the Great Recession and set new sales records, there's been abundant fretting about whether Americans should be buying so many cars.
In the 1970s, Stephen Hawking made an audacious prediction that black holes aren’t totally black; they evaporate over time, emitting tiny amounts of radiation in the process. Now Israeli physicists have reported the strongest evidence to date that Hawking was right in a new paper in Nature Physics.
Here’s a typical toothpick dispenser, which is often spotted at Italian restaurants or pizza joints:
Now here’s a Darth Vader toothpick holder, which might soon be spotted in the homes of Star Wars fans across Japan:
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The SEC has questions about a company with no revenue, $1,000 in the bank, and a $35 billion market cap
Here's your bizarre business news of the day.
The US Securities and Exchange Commission said on Monday that it has halted the trading of a firm called Neuromama. The company has a market cap of around $35 billion with shares valued at $56.25 a share before the halt.
As you've heard ad nauseam, Apple appears extremely likely to remove the headphone jack from its next iPhone. This hasn’t gone over well! Apart from forcing some people to buy new wired (or wireless) headphones, it’s likely to raise the cost of the average headphone, and make many learn to live with dongles.
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In an effort to outdo TikTok, YouTube Shorts have increased their monetising efforts. Now, over 25% of those on their creator partnership are earning.
YouTube is excited about the success of its short-form video platform called YouTube Shorts. Especially now that TikTok might be facing a ban in the U.S. On Thursday, YouTube announced that Shorts is doing really well for creators, with over 70 billion views every day.
Plus, more than 25% of the channels in YouTube’s Partner Program are making money through Shorts. That’s a huge amount of YouTube creators earning through their platform. Far more than a lot of social media platforms. It could pay to be on YouTube.
This news comes right after TikTok revealed that its creator fund, where creators earn money, has grown a lot in the last six months. TikTok has been working on this fund for a year now, and it’s now out of its testing phase. More and more creators will start to earn.
YouTube started letting Shorts creators make money in September 2022. Before, YouTubers had to meet certain requirements, like having 1,000 subscribers and 4,000 watch hours, to earn money. But now, Shorts creators need 1,000 subscribers and 10 million views.
These views must be on their Shorts within the past 90 days to qualify. Creators get 45% of the money from ads shown on their short videos. It still seems an imbalance, with YouTube reaping most of the reward from the creator’s hard work. However, it’s an improvement.
Now, this program is one year old. YouTube also says that most creators who make money from Shorts also earn money in other ways. This could be from ads on longer videos, fan donations, YouTube Premium, and more. So, making Shorts isn’t the only way to earn.
Overall, YouTube’s Partner Program has over 3 million creators worldwide and has paid out $70 billion to creators, artists, and media companies in the last three years. YouTube proudly says that it’s paid out more money than any other platform for creators, a clear dig at TikTok.


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Saudi Arabian King Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz gave Hillary Clinton diamond-and-ruby-encrusted jewels worth half a million dollars last year
The gift was disclosed by the State Department, which has released a complete list of items given to U.S. officials in 2012
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Foreign leaders gave lavish gifts to a number of U.S. officials last year, including the Saudi Arabian king, who gave Hillary Clinton diamond-and-ruby-encrusted jewels worth half a million dollars.
Clinton's gifts from King Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz - which included a necklace, bracelet, earrings and a ring - were by far the most expensive items among the hundreds of gifts given to U.S. officials in 2012.
A complete list of the gifts received last year, as well as a couple dozen from previous years, were disclosed by the State Department on Thursday.
CULTURE OF GIFTING: A SAMPLING OF ITEMS RECEIVED BY U.S. OFFICIALS
President Obama's gifts included:
Large book of original artwork and photographs by artist Marilena Ferrari from former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi (124,000 including other gifts)
A gold-plated clock from Saudi Arabia ($16,500)
Crystal bowl centerpiece from Ireland and 27-inch tall bronze statue of White House architect James Hoban ($7,246 including other gifts)
41-inch saber from Mongolia ($440)
Christmas mugs, coffee, and steak knives from Brunei ($594 including other gifts)
Basketball autographed by Chinese President Xi Jinping ($740 including other gifts)
'Silver figure representing [an] oversized coffee bean' from Colombia ($942 including other gifts)
Leather wallet and tote bag from France ($1,473 including other gifts)
Porcelain vase decorated with images of the White House and Kremlin from Russia ($3,460 including other gifts)
Chest of liquor and a Coca-Cola bottle decorated with beads from Mexico ($2,788 including other gifts)
Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's gifts included:
Diamond-and-ruby-encrusted necklace, bracelet, earrings and ring from Saudi Arabia ($500,000)
Gold, sapphire and diamond jewelry from Brunei ( $58,000)
Wine and silver tea set from Algeria ($3,773 including other gifts)
Woven run from Afghanistan ($2,200)
Two-piece bronze sculpture of a red chili pepper from Singapore ($540)
Jewelry and golden pen set on a stand with a horse and human figurine from Kazakhstan ($1,500)
Caviar and a wool carpet from Azerbaijan ($420 including other gifts)
Cognac from Russian President Vladimir Putin ($560)
Vice President Joe Biden's gifts included:
Silver knife and chopsticks from Mongolia (worth $940 including other gifts)
Leather cigar box from Mexico (worth $390 including other gifts)
A female bare-breasted bust from Liberia (worth $540 including other gifts)
Former CIA Director David Petraeus's gifts* included:
Rolex watch ($6,500), white Fendi watch ($1,000), silver Valentino watch ($500)
Four silk rugs (worth a total of $14,900)
Model of a four-masted ship ($3,500) and model of a two-masted ship ($1,500)
Sword ($2,500) and dagger ($1,500)
Burberry cashmere scarf ($395)
Bottle of wine from 2001 ($1,700)
*The sources of Petraeus's gifts were not disclosed by the State Department
The gift-giving continues a long-held tradition of international diplomacy, in which dignitaries show their appreciation for one another by exchanging artwork, jewelry, electronics and other presents.
Most of the items are required to be donated to the national archives, though a few may bought by the recipients. The Hill newspaper first reported on the gifts.
In addition to her jewels from Saudi Arabia, Clinton also received wine from Algeria; a two-piece bronze sculpture of a red chili pepper from Singapore; a cuff bracelet, necklace and earrings from Kazakhstan; caviar and a wool carpet from Azerbaijan; Cognac from Russia; and gold, sapphire and diamond jewelry worth $58,000 from Brunei.
Among President Obama's gifts were: Christmas mugs, coffee, and steak knives from Brunei; a basketball autographed by Chinese President Xi Jinping; a 'silver figure representing [an] oversized coffee bean' from Colombia; a leather wallet and tote bag from France; a porcelain vase decorated with images of the White House and Kremlin from Russia; a chest of liquor and a Coca-Cola bottle decorated with beads from Mexico; and a 41-inch saber from Mongolia.
Gifts were also given to Michelle Obama, Vice President Joe Biden and his wife, former CIA Chief David Petraeus and Chief Justice John Roberts, among others.
Biden's gifts included a silver knife and chopsticks from Mongolia, a leather cigar box from Mexico, and a female bare-breasted bust from Liberia.
Petraeus's included watches by Rolex, Fendi and Valentino, as well as silk rugs, a $1,700 bottle of wine and a cashmere Burberry scarf.
In every case, the U.S accepted the items because 'non-acceptance would cause embarrassment to donor and U.S.,' according to a document provided by the State Department.
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ColorOS 5.2 on the Realme 1 adds several new features such as improved Bokeh effect for the front camera, a new mechanism for the notifications, and an improved yellow bar blinking
Realme 1is now receiving ColorOS 5.2 in India. The new firmware version of ColorOS brings camera improvements, UI enhancements, and several other system optimisations. The update will be available as an early access to the users who sign up for receiving the update via the company website. Realme 1is the first smartphone from the company that revealed its first official logo on the sidelines of the Realme U1 launch in India.
Madhav Sheth, CEO of Realme, announced on Twitter that the ColorOS 5.2 update has begun rolling out to the Realme 1 users in a “phased way”, which means that some users will get the update earlier than others. However, the rollout is not publicly available and users are required to register themselves to get an early access to the update. The Realme 1 users need to fill out a form that will make their devices eligible for the update.
The ColorOS 5.2 on the Realme 1 adds several new features such as improved Bokeh effect for the front camera, a new mechanism for the notifications, and an improved yellow bar blinking. While the aforementioned features have been improved, there are new features introduced as a part of the update, including a single-swipe notification dismiss, a new Smart Bar tool that optimises multitasking. The developer options on the Realme 1 have been improved for flashing ROMs.
While there have been several features improved and added to the Realme 1, ColorOS 5.2 does not update the firmware to Android 9.0 Pie. However, the company has already confirmed that Android 9.0 Pie will arrive on the Realme 1 and Realme 2. There are no timelines available for when the rollout will begin. The company has also announced that the ColorOS 5.2 will roll out to Realme C1 and Realme 2, however, at a later time.


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Despite a fickle market for fancy home appliances, new investors get behind Brava Home
Brava Home, an IoT company, has new funding
Lead Edge’s Neider on Apple, Bloomberg’s Ovide on FB
LEC Partner Brian Neider starts at 3:15 in the clip and touches on Apple earnings and opportunities in cloud technology.
Inside the Mind of a New York VC: Mitchell Green of Lead Edge Capital
Mitchell chatted about his start in venture, the unique LP structure and associated value proposition at Lead Edge, what he looks for in investments, and much, much more.
Google and Facebook ‘are making it really hard for smaller internet businesses’ to compete
Google, Facebook and other big tech companies "are making it really hard for smaller internet businesses" to compete, Lead Edge Capital partner Nimay Mehta told CNBC on Tuesday.
Facebook’s reality problem
Lead Edge Capital Partner Mitchell Green joined Squawk Alley on CNBC to discuss Facebook's strategy in AR and VR.
A Challenge to Finding Uber’s New COO: Its CEO
Help Wanted: A chief operating officer to help change a Silicon Valley giant's now-notorious "bro" culture, but who can thrive in a power dynamic that hands the boss overwhelming control...
Forbes 30 under 30: Venture Capital
LEC Partner Nimay Mehta was selected for Forbes' 30 Under 30 in Venture Capital in 2017
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Snap is clearly a company with global ambitions, and as it prepares to go public, it is inevitable that it will face questions about how it can compete in overseas markets -
Bloomberg Technology (04/04/17)
Watch Lead Edge Capital Partner Brian Neider starting at 25:00 comment on U.S. tech giants looking to grow in India. He shares comments on the Indian tech landscape as well.
Spotify may issue stock but skip the IPO. How that could avoid the SNAP effect… or not.
It has been reported that Spotify will likely pursue an IPO-like maneuver called a "direct listing" in 2017. LEC Partner Nimay Mehta provides more commentary on what it means for shareholders...
Mitchell Green has Invested in Companies like Alibaba Group, Uber, and More
Watch Mitchell speak to Cheddar about our investments in Alibaba and Uber.
Culling the unicorns? Down rounds seen increasing in 2017
Nearly a third of the 90 U.S. tech startups that have reached $1-billion-plus valuations will eventually be worth less than $1 billion, according to report by private-markets-research firm SharesPost in the fall.
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Startup Funding Frenzy Cools
Venture-capital investors scaled back funding of startups in 2016, capping a year haunted by overpriced private valuations and wariness of taking companies public.
Behind the Markets Podcast
Dow 20,000 & Market Outlook
Hear Lead Edge Capital Partner Brian Neider starting at 29:50. He speaks about his background at Bessemer Venture Partners and the strategy of Lead Edge, He also shares some market commentary.
Bloomberg Technology (04/07/17)
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Some 196,000 visitors made their way to Frankfurt for Light+Building 2012, The World’s Biggest Trade Fair for Lighting and Building Services Technology, which closed its doors on 20 April. This is an estimated increase of around 7 percent compared to the last edition two years ago.
At the fully booked Frankfurt Fair and Exhibition Centre, 2352 manufacturers from 50 countries presented their latest products and trends in the fields of lighting, electrical engineering, home and building automation, and software for the construction industry. The increase in the number of visitors comes equally from home and abroad. The proportion of international visitors rose again and has now reached 44 percent. In other words, almost one in two visitors came from outside Germany.
“Light+Building is the world’s biggest trade fair for energy efficiency. Accounting for 40 percent of the total, buildings are the world’s biggest consumer of energy and, therefore, play an important role for smart grids and decentralised energy supply. The very good result shows the extent of worldwide demand for environmentally friendly light and building-services solutions – and that Light+Building is the foremost meeting place for the industry and decision makers. As we learnt in many discussions during the fair, the results exceeded the sector’s expectations,” said Wolfgang Marzin, president and chief executive officer of Messe Frankfurt, the show producer.
The economic outlook in the sector is seen in a very positive light: 91 percent of visitors and 83 percent of exhibitors are satisfied with the economic situation. After Germany, the 10 leading visitor nations at Light+Building 2012 were The Netherlands, Italy, France, Austria, China, Great Britain, Switzerland, Belgium, Sweden, and Russia. There was significant growth in numbers from North and South American and Asian countries such as India, South Korea, and Japan. The visitor structure remained more or less unchanged with the main groups coming from the installation trade, industry and trade, as well as architects, light planners, and engineers.
Visitor interest was split evenly between lighting technology and building-services technology: 98 percent were satisfied with the range of products and services seen at the fair. The average time spent by visitors at the fair was 2 days. The poll of exhibitors produced an equally good result: 86 percent said they had achieved their goals for the fair. Manufacturers from all over the world emphasized the high level of visitor quality, in particular the decision-making authority and internationality of visitors, and the number of new contacts made in target groups of relevance to them.
Both trade and industry rate the course of business at Light+Building and the results as having been good. Friedhelm Loh, president of the German Association of the Electrical and Electronics Industry (Zentralverband Elektrotechnik- und Elektronikindustrie e.V. – ZVEI), said, “Light+Building 2012 has more than fulfilled the expectations of the ZVEI association. The large number of visitors and the high quality of visitors make us optimistic that the markets for lighting and building-services technology will develop positively over the coming year. The energy-efficient technologies to be seen showed that the shift to the new energy paradigm can be successfully accomplished using the expertise of the electrical-engineering industry.”
Walter Tschischka, president of the Central Association of the German Electrical and Information Technology Trades (Zentralverband der Deutschen Elektro- und Informationstechnischen Handwerke – ZVEH), said, “The electrical-installation trade is innovative and Light+Building 2012 shows that the shift to the new energy paradigm is impossible without the electrical-installation trade. At the E-House, visitors could see the new energy paradigm in real life. Thus, the trade was able to demonstrate its innovativeness when it comes to implementing environmental targets. The exhibitors reported that our member companies showed great interest in innovations – especially in future-oriented system solutions.”
The range of products and services at the world’s biggest trade fair for lighting and building-services technology was supplemented by the ‘Buildings as power stations in the smart grid’ special show and the Building Performance Congress. Also popular was the Trend Forum where design agency bora.herke.palmisano presented the home trends for 2012-13 in four home scenarios.
During the evenings after Light+Building, trade visitors and the citizens of Frankfurt had the chance to enjoy another highlight. Luminale is a spectacular series of illuminations that transformed locations in Frankfurt and the region into fascinating worlds of light. Over 140,000 visitors from all over the world were transfixed by the 170 lighting installations in Frankfurt and several other cities in the region.
The next Light+Building will be held in Frankfurt am Main from March 30 - April 4, 2014.
About Messe Frankfurt
Messe Frankfurt is Germany’s leading trade fair organiser with € 457* million in sales and 1,769* employees worldwide (*provisional figures for 2011).
The Messe Frankfurt Group has a global network of 28 subsidiaries, five branch offices and 52 international Sales Partners, giving it a presence for its customers in more than 150 countries. Events ‘made by Messe Frankfurt’ take place at more than 30 locations around the globe. In 2011, Messe Frankfurt organised 101 trade fairs, of which more than half took place outside Germany.
Messe Frankfurt’s exhibition grounds, featuring 578,000 square metres, are currently home to ten exhibition halls and an adjacent Congress Centre. The company is publicly owned, with the City of Frankfurt holding 60 percent and the State of Hesse 40 percent.


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EU regulators announce more charges against Google
The EC also informed Alphabet's Google of its preliminary view that the group abused its dominant position by artificially restricting the possibility of third party websites to display search advertisements from Google's competitors.
Commissioner Margrethe Vestager, in charge of competition policy, said: "Google has come up with many innovative products that have made a difference to our lives. But that doesn't give Google the right to deny other companies the chance to compete and innovate.
"Today, we have further strengthened our case that Google has unduly favoured its own comparison shopping service in its general search result pages.
"It means consumers may not see the most relevant results to their search queries. We have also raised concerns that Google has hindered competition by limiting the ability of its competitors to place search adverts on third party websites, which stifles consumer choice and innovation."
Google responded by saying that its "innovations and product improvements have increased choice for European consumers and promote competition". ■


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Coronavirus: Emergency food distribution centre set up in Havering
PUBLISHED: 10:54 09 April 2020 | UPDATED: 10:54 09 April 2020
A food distribution centre has been set up in Havering to support the effort to deliver emergency supplies to those in need.
The centre will supply each part of the chain to ensure vital goods are sent to residents in the coming weeks.
The council said there are 3,600 people in the borough at high risk of coronavirus and in self-isolation - 2,000 of those have registered for food support.
It is working in partnership with leisure centre provider SLM, the Trussell Trust foodbanks in Harold Hill and Rainham and Havering Volunteer Centre (HVC) to coordinate and distribute food to people with urgent needs.
Investment of more than £400,000 towards food and household items at the distribution centre has been pledged by the council, as well as £30,000 worth of emergency food towards the HVC’s efforts.
Council leader Damian White said the introduction of the distribution centre will help charities and community organisations scale up their response during the Covid-19 crisis.
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He added: “I am extremely proud of the speed by which the council and our voluntary sector partners have responded to the crisis, setting up a system that will make a significant positive contribution to the way Havering copes with Covid-19.
“The tireless dedication of staff and volunteers to support our most vulnerable residents and the way in which we have been able to coordinate across the public, private and voluntary sectors to identify the challenges we face is truly impressive.
“It makes me, as a Havering resident, feel incredibly inspired and reassured.”
On Tuesday, April 7 180 packages were distributed from the centre while the council’s passenger transport team is now delivering supplies to homes and foodbanks across the borough.
A list of families who need support is also being drawn up by the council, in conjunction with HVC and foodbanks.
More than 1,000 calls have been made to the council’s Covid-19 emergency helpline since it was set up.
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text: Britain’s “digital divide” has not disappeared, according to a new consumer watchdog report, and could “derail the [UK] Government’s target of achieving ”near universal participation in the digital economy””. Created through the merger of Energywatch, Postwatch and the National Consumer Council. Consumer Focus is the new statutory organisation campaiging for a fair deal for consumers in England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland. The report says that even though broadband is “rapidly becoming an essential tool for modern life” with overall take-up just below 60%, there are still 17 million non-users, a “significant proportion” of which are “older people, those on low incomes, mobile only households and those with disabilities”. The digital exclusion, says Consumer Focus, “is following and compounding existing forms of disadvantage” including poverty. Instead of focusing on delivery networks and speeds, says the organisation, politicians should demand that ISPs “offer affordable deals for consumers on low incomes”.


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All the news from the annual Google I/O event, including the latest on Android.
3D always sounds like a good idea at the time, but these four stereoscopic devices never managed to catch on.
Meta expects to ship the equivalent of a MacBook Air in a pair of augmented reality glasses and a pocket computer in June 2014.
A few tantalizing apps show that Google's DIY VR exercise doesn't have to be limited to Android devices.
A newly published patent application describes how to manipulate touch-screen objects in three dimensions through gestures.
"X-Men: Days of Future Past" gets a lot more real when you're Professor X searching for mutants on the Comic-Con floor. Hollywood's tapping Oculus Rift and virtual reality to make offerings more immersive.
Harvard researchers come up with a computational method for creating images with depth from a single lens.
With the purchase of Oculus, Mark Zuckerberg is predicting that VR will usher in the next era of social networking, but as developers try to build these experiences, experts remain skeptical.
The nano-engineered plastic film, developed by a team of researchers from Singapore, turns mobile devices into glasses-free 3D displays.
In an exclusive interview, Zelda series director and producer Eiji Aonuma talks to CNET's Jeff Bakalar about the sequel to 1992's A Link to the Past on the Nintendo 3DS.
The startup is launching a Kickstarter campaign to fund manufacturing of the first generation augmented reality glasses for app developers.


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Vegan restaurant Three Carrots is finally open in Fountain Square
Comfort food favorites like barbecue, country-fried 'steak' and fettucini alfredo are on the menu
Vegans tired of settling for yet another bottom-of-the-menu pasta dish or plate of grilled vegetables at restaurants geared to meat and dairy eaters finally have a conventional restaurant all their own in Indianapolis.
Three Carrots, in the works for nearly two years, opened at 11 a.m. Dec. 1 at 920 Virginia Ave. in Fountain Square.
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This is not Indy’s only place for vegans and vegetarians. Ezra’s Enlightened Café in Broad Ripple offers a totally plant-based, raw foods menu, minus raw local honey, but Three Carrots serves creative, stick-to-your ribs comfort food that even devoted meat eaters could love.
A steak knife stabs the beet burger sporting a umami load of miso-caramelized onions, tomato jam and roasted garlic aioli. The Spanish pepper sauce romeso sauce zigzags across cauliflower steaks on a bed of braised greens, sautéed vegetables and yellow split peas. Smoked tofu smothered in barbecue sauce lands on mac and "cheese," minus dairy cheese.
Here’s what you need to know when you go.
“A lot of the ways that we conceptualize dishes and make them a vegan is we say, ‘Well, what are the components, parts of that, that give it flavor and how can we replicate those using plant-based ingredients?'” chef Ian Phillips said.
Take the fettuccine Alfredo. “Instead of using cheese in it, we use miso, nutmeg, and have it taste really creamy and cheesy without having to use cheese in it. We do the same thing with miso-caramelized onions around a lot of dishes. When you caramelize those onions, it winds up just tasting very cheesy, that nutty taste, that fermented taste.”
The breaded and deep-fried country-style seitan, “if I had to choose a last meal, that’s it,” said Phillips, who makes the seitan himself. “It just reminds me of being a kid with the country-fried steak and mashed potatoes and gravy and mac and cheese, my favorite food when I was a kid.”
After giving up meat at age 17, Phillips craved the Midwest comfort foods of his childhood but couldn't find them in Indy. His City Market place is mostly quick sandwiches, soups and everything in a to-go box.
In Fountain Square, “we have plates, and we have a proper kitchen with a hood, so we’re able to do a lot more as far as the food and presentation," Phillips said. "We have a bigger kitchen, so we’re able to start taking more risks, doing a lot more stuff and challenging ourselves more.”
Three Carrots is open for brunch 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday.
"We have a different brunch menu with about seven brunch entrees. We’ve got like fried seitan and waffles. We’ve got biscuits and gravy. We’ve got loaded biscuits and gravy. It’s going to be very much. It’s going to be a lot of fun,” Phillips said.
Oh, man, that soundtrack
Phillips played in a punk band for 20 years, until Three Carrots in City Market took up his free time. Expect a wide range of his favorite beats, cool stuff especially when you’re having beer or wine at the bar.
“I’m really into like really discorded jazz so there’s Ornette Coleman. There are some Charlie Parker albums that are just weird. There’s also a bunch of hardcore punk, Bad Brains, Dead Kennedy, the kind of stuff you wouldn’t necessarily expect to hear,” Phillips said.
“It’s fun, it’s eclectic. It’s not like in your face, but it’s a wide variety of really high-quality music, which I think is very similar to how we are trying to do this (restaurant) concept.”
Why it took so long to open
“Inevitable delays that are associated with construction,” Phillips said. “Indianapolis right now, we’re building everywhere, so all the construction, all the projects are behind, the fabricators are behind. We had some issues getting power.”
When to go
Hours are 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. Monday through Thursdayy, 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. Friday and 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Sunday.
The building, across the street from the White Castle corporate office, doesn’t have a sign up yet, but it’s due in the next couple of days.


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In July, an announcement put tariffs worth 10% into effect, on $300 billion of Chinese imports, effective by Sept 1st. (see attached list 4).
- UPDATE -
On September 3, 2019, the US Trade Representative issued a request for comments on the proposed increase of additional duty rates on $250 billion in Chinese goods (Lists 1, 2, and 3) from 25% to 30%, effective October 1, 2019.
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On August 30, 2019, the USTR published modifications to the duty rates on the $300 billion Section 301 tariff action. The rate of additional duty for products covered by Annex C of the August 20 notice (LIST 4B) will be 15% effective December 15, 2019.
The United States Trade Representative Office has delayed tariffs on specific items from the China tariff list 4, while removing certain items from the list altogether. The office cited “health, safety, national security and other factors” as the reason for the change.
Products that will have their tariffs delayed include cell phones, laptop computers, video game consoles, certain toys, computer monitors, and certain items of footwear and clothing, according to an official statement.
While the USTR has specified which items will receive a delay in tariffs (see attached list 4B), they are yet to announce which items will be removed from the tariffs list entirely.
Congestion at airports - and disruption to wider supply chains - could occur in the short term, as item such as electronics and clothing are rushed from China to the US before the new tariff is implemented.