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Vodacom’s planned acquisition of Neotel is facing headwinds, including a prolonged Competition Commission probe.
Vodacom’s planned acquisition of Neotel is facing significant challenges, including a prolonged investigation by the Competition Commission which may not support the deal.
Vodacom announced on 30 September 2013 that it was in discussions regarding a potential acquisition of 100 percent of the shares of Neotel.
Vodacom then said on 19 May 2014 it had reached an agreement to acquire Neotel for R7 billion.
The transaction was subject to applicable regulatory approvals, and these approvals are now threatening the transaction.
MyBroadband has received information that the Competition Commission investigation, which has been dragging on for months, may not be in favour of the deal.
While the Competition Commission cannot stop the deal – it merely makes a recommendation to the Competition Tribunal – it can put a hurdle in the way.
The fact that the investigation has been ongoing for some time is also a challenge for Vodacom and Neotel.
Vodafone CEO Vittorio Colao said in March 2015 that the time taken to deliberate regulatory approval was “bordering the limit” of what they can support.
“We are a little bit bordering the limit here because it’s more than nine months, almost a year, and we don’t see the end of it,” Colao told Bloomberg.
Vodacom CEO Shameel Joosub said the delay in regulatory approval was frustrating.
Joosub told Business Day that “every day that went by without any pronouncement on the deal was a day lost for the group”.
He also told CNBC the delay is particularly damaging considering what Vodacom is trying to achieve. “We are stepping up and taking the role of being the second network operator.”
Joosub is referring to bringing true competition to Telkom through its acquisition of Neotel, and then using its deep pockets to fund the company.
At the time of publication, Vodacom said it had not received official feedback from Competition Tribunal.
Neotel said it has no comment at this stage.


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A leaked poster of Destiny 2 has apparently revealed its release date.
The poster was leaked by Italian website Lega Network, which GameStop Italy sourced. Several sources have suggested that the poster is indeed of Destiny 2.
The poster clearly mentions a September 2017 release date for Bungie’s upcoming game.
Yep no surprises – Destiny 2 beta coming to PS4 first. Heard it’ll hit around June. https://t.co/a0qoyYhelB
— Tom Phillips (@tomphillipsEG) March 23, 2017
The poster also reveals that the PS4 version of the game will be getting a beta before the official release. The beta might be dropping as soon as June this year.
The helmet features three Guardians who aren’t wearing a helmet. With the poster leaked, it seems like an official announcement is coming soon.

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A guest made a Facebook post Tuesday saying one of the pull-down wall beds — located underneath the TV in some Riviera Resort rooms — fell out of the wall on top of her mother, who appeared not to be seriously injured.
The accident drew plenty of attention on Twitter Saturday night — including from fan accounts and YouTubers criticizing media for covering the story and stranded guests for complaining about the long delay.
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•New Jersey-based Royal Wine Corp. is introducing a new premium vodka brand, Lvov, in the U.S. market. Retailing at $14.99 a 750-ml. bottle, Lvov is a four-times-distilled potato-based vodka imported from Poland. The newcomer is launching both on- and off-premise across the U.S.
•Delicato Family Vineyards has appointed former Constellation executive Kate McManus to the role of vice president of marketing. Overseeing brand management, marketing and public relations, McManus will report directly to Mike Jackson, Delicato Family’s executive vice president, sales and marketing. McManus, who most recently served as Constellation’s vice president of marketing, has also held marketing leadership roles with Kobrand, Allied Domecq Wines and Rosenblum.Subscribe to Shanken News Daily’s Email Newsletter, delivered to your inbox each morning.


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We’ve been talking about the prospect of music-streaming services being bundled with video and other services for some time now, often through the lens of what the big, global technology companies like Apple, Google and Amazon will be doing. However, in India there’s another angle to this debate: telcos.
Witness Bharti Airtel (Airtel for short), which has just launched something called Airtel Xstream. It will bundle live TV channels, a catalogue of films and TV shows to stream on-demand, and also access to the company’s Wynk Music service. This will be delivered through an Android-based ‘Airtel Xstream Stick’ that can be plugged in to TVs, which will cost 3,999 rupees ($55.39) plus an annual subscription of 999 rupees ($13.84) – although Airtel’s ‘platinum’ and ‘gold’ tier customers will get the content for free.
There’s also a set-top box (the Airtel Xstream Box) but that only provides the TV/video elements. All of this will be promoted to Bharti Airtel’s 403m customers in the coming weeks, with online retailer (and Amazon rival) Flipkart also on board as a partner. It could be a boost for Wynk Music, which reached the 100m installs (note: not active users) milestone early this year.


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Samsung is not only notorious for shipping duplicate apps but also packing its own voice assistant along with Android's default Google Assistant. If you live in India and wish Bixby could understand you better, you might be happy to learn that Samsung is finally adding support for Indian English.
The addition comes as a part of the Bixby 3.0 update and Samsung promises that this development will ensure that the assistant understands the different accents and native terms spoken across the country. Among other things, it will now understand Indian names, places, relationships, content, and recipes. You should be able to ask it to call bhaiya (brother) or show you the recipe for chicken tikka masala without tripping it.
Given that Samsung has had a substantial presence in the market since time immemorial, this development is long overdue. But now that it's here, Samsung's voice assistant should be able to cater to the idiosyncrasies of the subcontinent much better.
Bixby with Indian English support is already available on the Galaxy S21 Series, the Galaxy A52, and the Galaxy A72. Support for more devices including the Galaxy Fold, the Galaxy S20 series, and the Note20 series is underway.


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McDonald’s, KFC and different huge US quick meals manufacturers are possible bracing themselves for a politically pushed backlash in Russia, restaurant business watchers mentioned.
Previously when tensions have flared over Ukraine, Russia has closed sure McDonald’s shops within the nation, claiming “sanitary violations.” The nation’s officers might act in such a means once more if anti-American sentiment deepens over the struggle in Ukraine.
Final week, McDonald’s investor relations disclosed that it owns the overwhelming majority of the 847 McDonald’s shops in Russia and that it owns all the 108 eateries in Ukraine. That’s a change from its mannequin within the US and far of the remainder of the world, the place franchisees personal the shops — and it exposes the company to higher danger.
Mixed, these eating places characterize 9% — or $2.1 billion — of the corporate’s worldwide revenues.
“I by no means would have anticipated that these two markets alone generated about 9% of McDonald’s worldwide revenues out of some 120 international locations,” restaurant analyst Mark Kalinowski informed The Put up.
McDonald’s doesn’t sometimes disclose detailed details about its holdings in particular person international locations, Kalinowski added.
Different chains have an identical variety of eateries in Russia.
In August, KFC mentioned it had simply opened its 1,000th restaurant in Russia, the place it sometimes opens 100 eateries a 12 months, the corporate mentioned.
Papa John’s operates about 185 eating places in Russia, the corporate mentioned on an earnings name final week whereas Burger King has about 550 eateries within the nation.
The final time tensions between the US and Russia flared over Ukraine, Russia ordered the non permanent closure of 4 McDonald’s eating places in Moscow over alleged sanitary violations.
On the time, a outstanding Russian politician – Vladimir Zhirinovsky – known as for McDonald’s to be shut down throughout nation after the restaurant firm withdrew from Crimea after Russia took over the area from Ukraine.
Later that 12 months, a shopper watchdog in Russia sued McDonald’s claiming that the corporate was deceiving customers in regards to the dietary worth of its meals.
McDonald’s didn’t instantly reply for remark in regards to the present scenario.
However its supplemental info additionally identified that its enterprise in Russia and Ukraine accounts for lower than 3% of its working earnings, or revenue.
A lot of the restaurant corporations have sought to tamp down hypothesis about their publicity to the battle with Papa John’s chief government, Robert Lynch, including on the earnings name that “basically this actually received’t have a big effect on our working scenario or commensurately financials.”
The Ukrainian McDonalds are presently closed “for security causes,” the corporate’s operation there mentioned on Fb on Sunday, but it surely additionally mentioned “native authorities” have been taking its merchandise and “distributing them the place they’re wanted most.”
In keeping with a Kyiv Unbiased report, each KFC and McDonald’s are donating meals by way of their shops within the Ukraine to residents and the navy.


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Tainted beef recalled earlier this year from a California meat producer reached 36 states and Guam -- not just six states as previously believed. Thousands of retailers have now been added to a list of companies that received beef products from the company, Rancho Feeing Corp. Here's a look at other notable food recalls:
Tainted beef recalled earlier this year has now reached 36 states and Guam. Here are other notable food recalls that made headlines.
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The results showed a 15% fall in sales of the iPhone in the three months ending to December 29, diving from 61.1 billion dollars (£46.8 billion) in 2017, down to 51.9 billion dollars (£39.8 billion) a year later.
Mac, iPad and the Wearables, Home and Accessories category all experienced an increase in net sales, but the most notable growth came from Apple’s services – which includes its Apple Music streaming platform, the App Store, iCloud storage and Apple Pay – jumping 19%, from 9.1 billion dollars (£7 billion) to 10.9 billion dollars (£8.3 billion) year-on-year.
However, combined, the hole left by weak iPhone sales resulted in a total drop to 84.3 billion dollars (£64.5 billion), versus 88.2 billion dollars (£67.6 billion) 12 months prior.
Profits also fell slightly to 19.9 billion dollars (£15.3 billion), compared to 20.1 billion (£15.4 billion) previously.
“While it was disappointing to miss our revenue guidance, we manage Apple for the long term, and this quarter’s results demonstrate that the underlying strength of our business runs deep and wide,” said Tim Cook, Apple’s chief executive.
“Our active installed base of devices reached an all-time high of 1.4 billion in the first quarter, growing in each of our geographic segments. That’s a great testament to the satisfaction and loyalty of our customers, and it’s driving our Services business to new records thanks to our large and fast-growing ecosystem.”
The results come after Apple issued a rare warning to investors at the beginning of the month, cutting its sales forecast due to a slump in iPhone sales in China.
Tuesday’s results reflected the economic slowdown in China, with sales in the country down sharply compared to any other region.
CEO Tim Cook suggested that Apple customers outside of the US could benefit from cheaper iPhone prices in future. The price of the most expensive iPhone in Britain has risen 83% from £789 in 2015 to £1,449 today.


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Senator Marco Rubio continues to focus on small businesses as he introduces a new bill called the “Small Business Fair Lending Act.”This measure comes right after getting another small business centered bill through the U.S. Senate. The “Spurring Business in Communities Act” passed through the Senate last week, and it is on its way to President Trump’s desk.
With the “Small Business Fair Lending Act,” the bill aims to “protect small businesses by closing a loophole used by nefarious lenders, and allowing the ability for them to be heard in a court of law.” In addition, the “bill codifies the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) 1985 ban on confessions of judgement, and extends it to include small business borrowers. Confessions of judgement require a borrower to give up his or her rights in court before obtaining a loan, and allows the lender to seize the borrower’s assets, without warning, in order to satisfy the debt.”
His office noted that “Although many states have banned this practice for small business loans and for individuals, borrowers remain exposed due to the current FTC loophole. The Small Business Lending Fairness Act provides small businesses with the same protections consumers already have. Last month, Bloomberg published an in-depth investigative report on this unscrupulous lending tactic, which has allowed creditors to destroy the lives of tens of thousands of borrowers without notice or opportunity for defense.”
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Rubio also commented on the measure, detailing that “With this new bill, we are taking another step toward protecting America’s small businesses—the foundation of our economy—by preserving the right of a business to be heard in a court of law before a potential credit default. I remain committed to protecting our small businesses, and I hope my colleagues will join me in this effort by passing this bill.”


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Google has been working on wireless service for a couple years and reports indicate the service may launch very soon. The service will use existing infrastructure with the Nexus 6 at the core.
Telsyte believes the Australian enterprise mobility market will be driven by a combination of mobile device hardware, management software, and value-added services.
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JCDecaux to gain €63m from bike scheme
French advertiser to earn €9m more than Dublin city council from “bikes-for-billboards” project
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It was christened the “free bike scheme” but JCDecaux, the French advertiser chosen to run a “bikes-for-billboards” project in Dublin, actually stands to earn €9m more than the city council from the project.
The contract signed by the council and the advertising company, which has been released to The Sunday Times after a ruling by the Information Commissioner, reveals that JCDecaux is due to make €63.38m in advertising revenue over 15 years from the 72 advertising billboards it has been allowed to erect.
By contrast, the council will receive benefits estimated to be worth €54.36m over 15 years, including 450 bicycles, 40 bicycle “stations”, €23.4m worth of advertising on the billboards, and a “wayfinding” system of 100 “fingerpost” signs directing tourists to attractions in the city.
The council has said JCDecaux was chosen to operate the scheme because its proposal was “costneutral”. Originally due to start two years ago, the scheme will now begin in mid-September. Bikes will be free to hire for the first 30 minutes, and are then paid for.
The city council had refused to release details of the contract, citing a confidentiality agreement with JCDecaux. Emily O’Reilly, the Information Commissioner, ruled, however, that “the public had not been given sufficient information on which to assess the council’s handling of the matter and to understand what the city might stand to gain or lose”.
O’Reilly also criticised the council for not releasing all the records relating to the deal to her office until a late stage in her investigation. The council apologised, saying it had “inadvertently omitted” some documents due to an oversight. She said that “the very existence of secrecy [with the process] carries with it the scope for abuse”.
Based on JCDecaux’s advertising rate card for the billboards, the company could have made in excess of €170m had every one of its “metropole” units and smaller “metropanel” advertising stands been rented continuously over 15 years.
But a spokesman for the council defended the deal, saying that the projected net revenue of €63.38m had been agreed almost three years ago, before an advertising downturn took hold.
“My understanding is that, based on the current market, the company is not achieving the projected rates agreed in 2006. The deal has worked out well for the city, and our advertising campaigns, particularly the anti-litter campaign and a drive to get people to visit their local library, have been a huge success,” he said.
In an internal council report conducted on 32 of the advertising units, it was found that only eight were free from “road-user infringements”, with some blocking drivers’ sightlines and causing “blind spots”.
JCDecaux agreed to remove 50 of its existing advertising hoardings to reduce “visual clutter” in the city. Details of the negotiations reveal that the council originally planned to give JCDecaux permission for 170 advertising units, in exchange for 500 bicycles and a number of public lavatories. Under that agreement, Decaux would have made €125m in advertising revenue over 15 years, while the council would have recouped €101m in benefits. This deal was later renegotiated to give JCDecaux permission to erect 120 advertising hoardings, but only 72 were granted planning permission following appeals to An Bord Pleanala from locals and An Taisce.
Ian Lumley of An Taisce said: “Dubliners appear to have got a poor deal. There should have been an environmental impact assessment, and new units built close to historic buildings should have been referred to us.”


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Enjin’s platform may reportedly change into the monetary and monetization basis of carbon seize corporations, which is able to assist in combating local weather change.
Enjin, a for-profit blockchain firm has introduced that it has joined the United Nations International Compact. Enjin is now the primary NFT firm accepted into the United Nations International Compact, becoming a member of as a Participant, the best membership rank.
In line with the Ten Rules of the UN International Compact, membership within the UN International Compact requires complete dedication and dedication to sustainability and equality. The Ten Rules of the UN International Compact provides steerage within the areas of human rights, setting, and labor and is the driving power behind International Compact’s purpose to help companies in working towards the UN’s Sustainable Improvement Targets (SDGs).
Head of the Centre for AI and Robotics, UNICRI, United Nations, Irakli Beridze, expressed acknowledged that they’re glad and excited to work with Enjin because the partnership will assist the United Nations International Compact discover how blockchain and NFTs can contribute to the achievement of the United Nations Sustainable Improvement Targets.
“Whereas we’re struggling to recuperate from the worldwide pandemic and its impacts, we’re experiencing exponential progress of applied sciences like AI and blockchain. Greater than ever, we have to take benefit and harness the potential of those new applied sciences to make sure that we’re higher geared up and extra united sooner or later, to make our planet a extra livable, equitable place for all,” Beridze added.
In line with the announcement, Enjin will discover “novel methods” of using NFTs to contribute to the UN’s missions of sustainability and equality. Esther Chang, Government Director of International Compact Community Singapore, additionally acknowledged highlighted the influence expertise has of their quest to meet the United Nations Sustainable Improvement Targets as effectively contribute to a extra affluent and sustainable world.
“With lower than ten years left to satisfy the UN’s 2030 Agenda on sustainable growth, expertise performs an necessary function that may assist us attain the SDGs quicker. We warmly welcome Enjin to the United Nations International Compact and sit up for working alongside them to take decisive motion for the SDGs,” she added.
Enjin’s platform may reportedly change into the monetary and monetization basis of carbon seize corporations, which is able to assist in combating local weather change. The press launch additionally revealed how “Permissionless entry to NFT markets also can assist eradicate the inequality of alternative between completely different nations, empowering worldwide creators and NFT customers to compete on equal footing and scale back the worldwide wealth hole.”
Enjin is the pioneer blockchain platform for non-fungible tokens (NFTs), which has change into a trillion-dollar sector within the crypto area this yr. In line with the corporate’s web site, it’s at the moment targeted on constructing a product ecosystem that may “assist humanity create superior digital economies by the facility of blockchain expertise.”
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SEAMS, the association for the U.S. sewn products Industry, has announced a community program for manufacturers to respond to COVID-19. SEAMS and its members have pulled together to help members and the entire industry to address shortages of medical products and loss of capacity to keep the supply chain strong.
“The U.S. based supply chain remains an important infrastructure in our country to support our communities, partners and upmost our consumers and their families. This COVID-19 outbreak has and will continue to impact us all and SEAMS, which is built on a foundation of sharing, supporting and empathy is here for our members, our industry and our nation,” says Will Duncan, executive director of SEAMS.
As the he U.S. government and healthcare industry looks for assistance to produce necessary medical products, SEAMS has announced a program to provide open capacity to help manufacturers whose factories were closed or could not meet production requirements.
Duncan says, “SEAMS is working on behalf of the industry and country to help bring organization to the difficult task of aligning PPE sourcing agents with PPE supply chains. We are working in concert with NCTO, INDA and ATA to help establish a greater organization to the process. We are also working with the Manufacturing Solutions Center and large brands to provide these greatly needed PPE products.”
If you are looking for suppliers for the following list of products or would like to join with your own resources during this pandemic, SEAMS would like to hear from you. Please contact them via email at email@example.com or call 803-642-1111.
List of PPE products that SEAMS members can supply:
- N95 face masks
- Surgical masks
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Windows for music, video unveiled
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Microsoft Corp., which is trying to sell more entertainment products, yesterday introduced a version of its Windows operating system tailored for playing and recording music, video and pictures.
Windows XP Media Center is available on personal computers built by Hewlett-Packard Co. at 1,400 stores in the United States, said Kevin Eagan, general manager of Microsoft's Windows Ehome division. A PC with a 2.53-gigahertz Pentium 4 processor chip, a 120-gigabyte hard drive and 512 megabytes of memory costs $1,650. It doesn't include a monitor.
The program allows people to use a remote control to play audio and video files, DVDs and compact discs, or to view photos on a computer. It works with a television screen, allowing more people to use a computer's entertainment features at once, Eagan said. Media Center also allows viewers to pause and restart live TV shows and to save programs on their computers to watch later.
The world's biggest software maker is hoping the product will counter slowing PC demand by expanding the way the machines are used. Where once they were primarily tools for word processing and Web browsing, Microsoft hopes they will become hubs for home entertainment.
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Microsoft has "fairly modest expectations" for sales, Eagan said, describing target customers as people with large music collections, those who subscribe to premium TV channels or college students who lack space in a dorm for separate audio, video and computer equipment.
"Several million households" in the United States include such "digital enthusiasts," Eagan said. These households are the fastest-growing segment of those with PCs, he said.
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We've already seen more vehicles recalled this year than any year on record. General Motors alone has issued campaigns covering about 25.75 million cars in the US. Finally, with 2014 more than half gone, it appears that the rate of these announcements is finally starting to slow, but that still leaves tens of million of drivers needing to know whether their vehicle needs a safety fix. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is offering a solution with a simple new way for people to ma
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Load board operators, logistics companies and technology vendors are increasingly utilizing improved data analytics, artificial intelligence and business-process automation to more efficiently connect loads with trucks to move them.
123Loadboard, a freight-matching technology company, launched its next-generation version of its loadboard mobile app, the company said in an Aug. 20 news release.August 26, 2019
BigRoad Freight has launched a new set of features that gives drivers access to personalized load boards, load searching and truck posting through the BigRoad app. That allows them more control over the shipments they choose, according to a press release.October 19, 2018
A recent survey of heavy-haul truckers determined the three factors that would have the biggest impact on their business were receiving a higher rate per mile, getting paid faster and spending less time finding their next load.
Load boards have changed a lot from their humble beginnings about 40 years ago. Long gone are written notes tacked up on truck stop bulletin boards to help drivers find freight, or using telephones at truck stop restaurant tables and paying expensive long-distance rates to get loads lined up.
Next Trucking has received $21 million in a round of financing led by Sequoia Capital, the freight marketplace startup announced Jan. 30.January 30, 2018


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Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly stressed the need to start operating two regular shipping routes linking Egypt with the countries of East and South Africa (COMESA countries) and the countries of North and West Africa, according to a cabinet statement on August 21st.
Madbouly’s remarks came during a meeting to follow up on measures to increase exports to foreign markets, in the presence of Minister of Supply and Internal Trade Ali Al-Moselhy and Minister of Transport Kamel Al-Wazir, among other officials.
The premier directed to hold a meeting with the chambers of commerce and export councils to agree on the shipping lines that will be operated, as well as the goods that will be exported to African countries.
The meeting also touched on the possibility of cooperating with the Egyptian private sector to support various types of food industries.
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CAIRO (Agencies): Minister of Finance, Mohamed Maait, announced that Egypt and Turkey will partner on a free trade agreement aimed at enhancing trade relations and bolstering Egyptian exports to Turkey, during a meeting with his Turkish counterpart, Muhammad Simsek.
Maait expressed Egypt’s intention to attract more Turkish investments, particularly in the industrial sector.
Egypt has set a target to increase bilateral trade volume with Turkey to $15 billion within the next five years, surpassing the previous year’s figure of $10 billion, as stated by Maait.
He highlighted the favorable investment climate in Egypt, which offers various incentives to empower the private sector, including initiatives such as the State Ownership Policy Document, Government IPO Program, and golden license.
Furthermore, Maait emphasized the Egyptian government’s commitment to promoting tourism from Turkey. Efforts are being made to expand tourism groups and programs to attract a larger number of Turkish tourists to Egypt.
Recently, during his participation in the Turkish-Arab Economic Forum held in Istanbul, Maait revealed that Turkey ranks as the sixth largest destination for Egyptian exports, amounting to $3.2 billion. Additionally, Turkey stands as the third largest country from which Egypt imports goods, with a total value of $3 billion.
The finance minister also highlighted Turkey’s significant contribution to Egypt’s economy in 2022, with foreign investments totaling $103.5 million.


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LIKE THE REVOLUTION in IT we’ve all inescapably been a part of over the past generation, Shanghai-listed BesTV New Media (SHA: 600637) has also evolved at lightning speed to keep pace not only with the ever-improving gadgetry out there, but also with the market demands which are forever changing.
Speaking at an investor seminar in Shenzhen organized by Citic Securities, BesTV New Media Vice President and Board Secretary Zhang Jian said the market has not only pushed BesTV forward, but vice versa as well.
“Multimedia and information technology are constantly evolving. Therefore, we must be extremely innovative and flexible to adapt and prosper in this environment,” Mr. Zhang said.
The tech firm must be doing something right because its first half profit surged 54% year-on-year to 256 million yuan, thanks to a top line increase of 49% to 917 million.
Evolving is exactly what Shanghai-based BesTV has been doing, especially since its A-share listing nearly a year ago when shareholders entered the bargain.
Beginning as a maker of television sets, radios, VCRs and DVD players, the company graduated to the level of Internet switch and security software developer and producer of LCDs.
Now it has grown to become the top IPTV (Internet Protocol TV) provider in the world, and a growing name in the web and mobile TV space.
Not content to rest on its laurels, Mr. Zhang said the company was setting its sights even higher.
“We are aiming to capture one third of all global IPTV revenue within three years,” he said.
Numerically, he said BesTV was targeting over 200 million web TV users, over 50 million IPTV users and over 50 million mobile TV users – all by 2015.
Given the penchant for a portable and mobile lifestyle among today’s youth, it only made sense that 52% of BesTV’s revenue came from customers under the age of 30.
“This broad target demographic is very hip to our idea of the ‘media-ization’ of information and content, and that is key to both commercialization and monetization,” Mr. Zhang said.
But BesTV was not limiting its growth potential to web-based television viewing, as promising a market as it was.
“Web TV, mobile TV and IPTV are all key areas for us. But we think OTT (Over-The-Top) will be bigger than these three combined down the road."
Even in rapidly evolving technological circles, OTT Content is considered a relatively new phenomenon, but its potential is described in Holy Grail terms by many of its proponents.
OTT combines broadcasting capabilities with content delivery, translating into a seamless broadband delivery of both audio and video without the encumbrance of a costly and sometimes finicky Internet Service Provider (ISP) playing a role.
It opens up a whole new world of extra-licensing content as the service provider is neither responsible for, nor able to view and control, copyrights and licenses associated with the “packets” of content delivered.
In laymen’s terms, OTT describes the arriving content from a third party which arrives to the end user device, leaving the only task for the ISP to perform being transporting the “packets.”
The reason it is called Over-The-Top is not only because is jumps “over” the control of traditional ISPs, but as it also offers all variety of content via a myriad of web-enabled devices including PCs, laptops, tablet, smartphones, set-top boxes, Smart TVs and gaming consolers like Wii and Xbox 360.
In other words, the technology leaves nothing or no one out of the picture, so to speak.
“Our goal is to transform IPTV ‘television viewing’ into OTT ‘TV-platform multimedia total entertainment enjoyment’,” Mr. Zhang said.
He said the company’s core strengths spanned the spectrum.
“Our core competitiveness is based on our R&D commitments, market share strength and product diversity.”
And now that China has surged to become the world’s second biggest economy and is far and away the most online nation – in terms of Internet users – BesTV still considered its home market its biggest prize.
But given the nature of the AV business, there were some concerns to be worked out.
“We hope the PRC will be an even more open media market over time,” Mr. Zhang said.
He added that the company’s mobile TV, online video, new media and satellite integration businesses have all achieved steady growth.
BesTV has also been working on a 3D high-def TV set-top box that “will become available soon,” the Shanghai-based enterprise said.
Viewers needn’t worry about seeing too many “re-runs” as BesTV boasts the largest offering of TV programs in China, with a whopping 350,000 hours of viewing content available.
And not to limit itself to its home market, BesTV inked an MOU with Indonesian mobile media play Telkomsel in June.
And earlier this summer, Sina (NASDAQ:SINA) announced it was preparing to expand on the popularity of its Twitter-like social media platform Weibo by launching a web TV service with BesTV.
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Spanish bank Sabadell has reportedly selected Nexi to sell its retailers’ payment business, reported Reuters, citing unnamed sources.
Nexi, an Italian payment technology company, outbid its rival Worldline by submitting a bid worth around €400m, one of the sources said.
The business being divested manages retailers’ payments and provides banks with a reliable stream of income.
But as technology improves and the market becomes more competitive, substantial investments are needed, which is forcing more and more banks to sell all or a portion of their payment business.
Sabadell plans to retain the sole right to sell loans or carry out financial transactions with clients whose payments are to be handled externally.
With roughly 16.9% of the total point of sale (POS) income earned in Spain as of September, Sabadell has a significant presence there.
Compared to €35.7bn in 2021, its retailers’ payments business saw sales of €47.5bn in 2022.
Earlier this week, Sabadell’s Italian peer Banco BPM said that it is exploring alternatives for its merchant acquiring business.
Banco BPM CEO Giuseppe Castagna noted that the bank will not sell the business, but it is “looking for … a model that creates more value for the bank.”
Last June, Nexi agreed to purchase the merchant acquiring and POS management businesses of BPER Banca and its Banco di Sardegna subsidiary for €384m.


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Representatives of pet store owners implored state legislators on Wednesday to oppose a ban on the sale of dogs from commercial breeders, according to CT News Junkie.
The representatives appeared before a legislative task force that is weighing several options to curb or prohibit the sale of cats or dogs from pet stores, according to CT News Junkie.
Backers of the potential legislation, who also appeared before the task force, say that dogs bred in puppy mills - described by the Connecticut Humane Society as commercial enterprises that place a priority on profit over animals’ well-being - are born and sold in inhumane conditions.
But Michael Stokely, the director of corporate sales of the Missouri-based Hunte Corporation, said that the problem is the result of a handful of unregulated “bad actors,” CT New Junkie reported.
Stokely said that his company, which places dogs with pet stores, only works with breeders that are licensed by the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
“I think every puppy that’s sold, from any place, including shelters, should be coming from a U.S.D.A.-licensed professional breeder,” Stokley said. “The holes in the system right now are because that is not necessarily the case.”
Stokely said that licensed breeders are subject to inspections and, therefore, are more apt to produce healthy, well-cared-for dogs.
But the Connecticut Humane Society’s website said that Stokely’s solution still does not address the issue entirely.
“Responsible breeders would never sell a puppy through a pet store because they want to screen potential buyers to ensure their puppies receive good homes,” the Humane Society’s website says. “This means that most stores do, in fact, get their puppies from mills.”
The Connecticut Humane Society, quoting the ASPCA, says that there could be up to 10,000 puppy mills in the United States.
Puppies born in many mills, which are concentrated in Missouri, Pennsylvania, Ohio and upstate New York,, have numerous congenital, health and behavior problems, according to the Humane Society. In addition, the puppies receive substandard veterinary health care and are not well fed.
In addition, puppy mills breed females too frequently, with little time between litters.CT News Junkie reported that the legislative panel “is expected to make recommendations to the General Assembly to inform legislation to be drafted next year on the sale of dogs and cats.”


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PR is for the bad times as well as the good3 years ago
Many organisations view PR as a ‘nice to have’. An extension of marketing, helping to grow brand awareness and generate leads. But PR has a wider, more fundamental role to play when it comes to reputation management. Yes, PR can help to positively raise a company’s profile but it’s also important to recognise what PR can do in less favourable times, when the proverbial hits the fan!
As the famous Warren Buffet once said “It takes 20 years to build a reputation and five minutes to ruin it!”. This is frighteningly true. Take the Domino’s Pizza YouTube scandal in 2009 as an example. Two Domino’s Pizza employees filmed themselves preparing food in disgusting ways. The footage went viral and it took Domino’s two days to react, by which time it was too late as customers’ perceptions of the Domino’s Pizza brand had turned negative within just a few hours of the content going live.
The BP Oil crisis is another example of poor reputation management. There was never going to be a positive outcome after the worst oil spill in history, which led to death and environmental destruction, however BP is the perfect example of how NOT to react after a disaster. The company’s response showed a lack of ownership and empathy, which played havoc with BP’s reputation and the stock price nose-dived.
PR can’t undo a scandal or a disaster, but it can certainly assist with damage limitation and in some cases, a negative situation can be turned into a positive. By reacting quickly, demonstrating regret, empathy and honesty, and keeping the communications channels with customers, employees and the media open, this can help companies to avoid a total PR disaster. Perhaps we can take a masterclass from KFC who navigated their ‘no chicken’ crisis with gusto. KFC immediately admitted blame and regret in a self-depreciating way that its customers connected with. Summing-up the situation with the slogan ‘FCK’, and publishing comic but sincere apologies in national newspapers quickly had customers returning to its restaurants with little, if any, long-term damage caused.
So remember that PR is not just a publicity generator when budget allows, it can prove vital for when things go pear-shaped. The way a company reacts straight after a crisis could mean either business survival or business disaster. So how prepared are you?


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A professor at Penn State specializes in what is possibly the coolest area of food studies — ice cream. Dr. Bob Roberts, the head of food science at the university, teaches two courses on ice cream: one called the Ice Cream Short Course and one called Ice Cream 101. Questioning why you decided to go to a school without an ice cream curriculum? So are we.
"Part of the reason ice cream is so good in the U.S. is that we've been teaching ice cream for 125 years," Roberts said.
Companies like Ben & Jerry's, Breyers, and Unilever have sent employees to learn about ice cream at Penn State, where they focus on how to make the frozen treat even better at every step of the process. The school even has its own herd of ice cream milk-producing cows — on campus, no less — to help out with the "cow to cone" research.


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Coinbase is a popular bitcoin startup based in San Francisco. It offers several services to US customers, including bitcoin wallets and merchant payment processing systems.
Exchanges like Coinbase are stepping into the market for proof-of-stake cryptocurrencies, but will they boost engagement or centralize power?
Coinbase has revealed the details of its $255 million insurance policy for crypto held on customers' behalf.
Coinbase Custody has launched staking services for institutional clients, starting with Tezos and touting 6.6 percent yields.
The Coinbase reputation crisis continues, this time with questions related to how the company plans to use customer data.
Coinbase is parting ways with Neutrino employees who worked at Hacking Team following a customer backlash.
Once you have to trust someone, it really does matter who they are, as Coinbase's recent PR debacle illustrates.
Upset Coinbase users are closing their accounts after the crypto exchange acquired an analytics startup with a controversial past.
Coinbase has acquired blockchain analytics startup Neutrino as part of a push to offer more diverse crypto assets.
The largest US-based cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase has allowed its users to withdraw BSV three months after the hard fork.
San Francisco-based crypto exchange desk Coinbase has just forked out a $30,000 bounty to the finder of a critical bug in its systems.


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Enel has installed 260 electric vehicle (EV) recharging points along the long-distance roads crisscrossing Italy and Austria.
Spread over 130 stations, the fast chargers are compatible with all EVs currently on the market and comply with international standards in the field of low carbon mobility.
The charging infrastructure in Italy has been developed entirely by Enel and can fully charge an average EV’s battery in about 20 minutes.
A total of 220 charging points are now in operation in Italy and 40 charging points are set up in Austria, with plans to build 140 more in the next three years
The charging infrastructure is mainly located near to motorway entrances and in shopping centre car parks.
The programme was co-financed by the EU and also involves Austrian utility Verbund, Renault, Nissan, BMW, Volkswagen and Audi.


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Aug. 26 (Bloomberg) -- Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Morgan Stanley, IKB Deutsche Industriebank AG and UBS AG failed to sell 500 million euros ($721 million) in loans granted to Blackstone Group LP for the leveraged buyout of German clothing retailer Jack Wolfskin to investors, Reuters reported yesterday, citing people familiar with the matter.
The banks are now evaluating to try again in half a year when markets may have calmed down, or issue high-yield bonds, Reuters said. Should the transaction fail, it would be the first time the placement of an LBO loan in Europe falters, Reuters said.
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By Paul McBeth
Nov. 23 (BusinessDesk) - An Australian ship has been detained in Wellington after biosecurity officials found the vessel to be "crawling with beetles" as it came to collect logs.
The AAL Brisbane was found to have an infestation of the plague soldier beetle Chauliognathus lugubris, a native of south-western and south-eastern Australia named for its habit of forming huge mating swarms and with potential to be harmful to New Zealand insects, or carry diseases and other pests.
The AAL Brisbane, which arrived in Wellington to pick up a cargo of logs, was targeted for a full inspection on arrival by the Ministry for Primary Industries after a recent spate of live beetle finds on vessels arriving from Melbourne, the ministry said in a statement.
Biosecurity has come under pressure to step up its game in recent months after copping flak over the introduction of the Psa vine bacteria decimating kiwifruit orchards.
Warehouse sees customers buying more
Warehouse Group, the country's biggest listed retailer, is seeing consumers spending more on non-food items after several years of shying away from boosting their expenditure, and is banking on making a bigger profit in the 2013 financial year.
Chairman Graham Evans told shareholders at today’s annual meeting that adjusted profit in the 2013 year will likely beat the $65.2 million and the retailer will update that guidance when it releases first-half earnings in March. Warehouse sees signs of growth in non-food retail sales and expects further improvement in the coming year.
The company’s earnings will be “significantly influenced” by the January quarter, which includes the Christmas trading period, Evans said.
Other retailers have downplayed the prospects of strong Christmas trading, with children’s clothing chain Pumpkin Patch this week signalling stores are still discounting their wares.
The shares were unchanged at $3.15 in trading today.
Precinct Properties stock slides after govt spurns Bowen Campus in property review
Shares in Precinct Properties sank 2.5 percent to a month-low 99.5 cents after the government passed over the Wellington-based commercial property investor's Bowen Campus in a contract to supply as much as 60,000 square metres of office space to several departments.
The listed property investor agreed to buy the 10-storey Bowen State and 15-storey Charles Fergusson buildings from Capital Properties (Wellington), a member of the AMP Capital Property Portfolio, in April for $50.4 million.
The site is 97 percent occupied, mainly by the Ministry of Social Development on a lease that runs through to at least March 2015. The ministry is among state agencies involved in the government’s Property Management Centre of Expertise (PMCOE) which in August sought proposals from the market for between 50,000 and 60,000 square metres of space for delivery between 2014 and 2017 in Wellington.


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Within the framework of the National Development Strategy (NDS30) that runs from 2020 to 2030, the government intends to boost agriculture by signing partnerships with the local and/or foreign private sector, train “national champions” who will produce, process, and market the agriculture sector to subregions especially.
Experts have urged Small and Medium Sized Enterprises, SMEs to be formalized, having all legal, fiscal and labour formalities to build trust which will give them avenues to access finances for their businesses. These [...]
It says the AfCFTA will liberalize and facilitate a single market for goods and services, including the free movement of people and capital. It would contribute to sustainable and inclusive socioeconomic development, gender equity and, more broadly, lead to increased competitiveness and industrial development.
The economic situation in most African countries is dire. The banking sector according to the Managing Director of Ecobank is still trying to get on its feet while the number of custom or tax collection has reduced due to the pandemic.


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Palo Alto has long been the Silicon Valley town where start-ups get hatched. Palantir is changing the playbook by staying and expanding. » Read More
CNBC Disruptor 50 member Uber is offering a novel service this Fourth of July weekend: You can hail a helicopter to the Hamptons for $3,000.
You can't stop hackers from entering your system, you can only hope to contain them. Conventional defenses don't work, but do waste lots of money and resources.
New software has been developed that aims to restrict the manufacture of 3-D-created firearms.
Just days before hundreds of Bay Area Rapid Transit workers went on strike, the online ridesharing network Avego bought a new Web address: bartstrike.com.
What worked for utility companies during the first hundred years of electricity won't work anymore. Utilities that think they can keep charging at will for electrons will be gone.
HotelTonight CEO Sam Shank says relying on praise from family and friends to judge your start-up is often a road to painful, prolonged failure.
Ouya sells out in its initial gaming console launch (and Google seems very interested); Square wants to be the next Amazon, eBay and Etsy; ridesharing company Uber drives over LA.
A rebellious 12th century farmer is the true father of disruption in the utility industry, even though he lost his battle against the lords of the power grid.
Scott Eckert, president and CEO of Rethink Robotics, talks about new manufacturing technologies.
Health care,education and financial services have been the sectors most resistant to the power of disruptive companies. No longer.
Rent the Runway CEO Jennifer Hyman explains how her Internet rental business is shaking up the marketplace.
The textbook's day's are numbered, with the rise of e-books and self-publishing. That will mean lighter bookbags and prices, but they're still not cheap.
Makerbot being bought by Stratasys; Google's Waze deal may face regulatory roadblock; Tumblr's David Karp attacks social media companies for "gross" self-promotion.
Going social leads to better health and a better health-care system, and it will reinvent the Obamacare era.
Ouya founder and CEO Julie Uhrman discusses how her company's $99 gaming console could give PlayStation and Xbox a run for their money by allowing developers to publish game apps to the television.
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Even if Aereo is ultimately unsuccessful, the unraveling of the cable bundle is inevitable, the company's CEO tells CNBC.
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Kathmandu. Due to Corona, the tourism sector has been sluggish for a long time. International.
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Harnet 2.0, which was made public in India only last month, will come to Nepal during the festive season
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Taiwan’s Premier, Wu Den-yih, has said that the government has removed the reduction in tax that had been intended only for multinational companies establishing operational headquarters in Taiwan, and had previously been included in the Industrial Innovation bill to be considered in the legislature.
Within the bill, the government had decided to offer a 15% corporate income tax rate, instead of the usual 20%, to businesses in the top 500 global companies if they agreed to establish an operational headquarters in Taiwan.
The preferential measure had aroused some controversy, as it was said that it would benefit only four Taiwanese companies. In turn, however, certain of those companies have threatened to move their headquarters out of the country, if the incentive was withdrawn.
The government has now said that, after consultation, it will produce a revised bill. Wu Den-yih has confirmed that all businesses, of whatever size, would be eligible for the benefits in the bill, which will contain incentives for industrial innovation and research and development.


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E-tail giant Amazon.com has launched a desktop client for its Cloud Player streaming music service.
When the company launched Cloud Player over two years ago, it was initially accessed through a web browser. Shortly thereafter, the company launched mobile apps for Cloud Player, including for Apple's iOS platform.
The new desktop app currently only supports Microsoft Windows PCs, but the company added that it is "working on a version" for Mac users. The program allows Amazon users to play, manage, and download music easier with a native interface. Amazon says Cloud Player is lightweight and fast, emphasizing quick performance.
It will also include Amazon's AutoRip service, where buyers of physical CDs will see MP3 versions of songs automatically added to Cloud Player.
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Good news iPhone 6S owners with battery woes: Apple has finally issued a statement to explain those unexpected battery shutdowns.
Bad news (at least for non-Chinese 6S owners): It appears that the statement is only visible on its Chinese language website.
Turns out, the malfunctioning iPhones have batteries that degrade faster than normal because they were "exposed to controlled ambient air longer than [they] should have been before being assembled into battery packs," Apple said in the statement, once again highlighting that this wasn't a safety concern.
Up until now, Apple had only admitted that "a very small number" of 6S devices that were manufactured between September and October 2015 may unexpectedly shut down and assured users that the shutdowns weren't "a safety issue." The company launched a free replacement program for affected customers.
After the range of serial numbers of the models in question was released to the public, Apple updated the replacement program's page with a serial number checking tool to make it easier for consumers to see if their phone might be affected.
But the actual cause of the shutdowns had remained a mystery — until the statement appeared on the Chinese site. Business Insider spotted the release.
An English text version of the statement was included in the release. You can read it below in full.
Now that the cause for the shutdowns has come to light, hopefully the statement will be visible for all Apple customers —not just those accessing the Chinese language site.
When reached for comment, Apple representatives had nothing to add to the statement.


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Accelerators aren't just for tech startups anymore. Increasingly, early-stage food businesses are joining programs that offer industry-specific expertise, mentoring and, sometimes, seed funding.
One such accelerator is New York-based AccelFoods, which has invested $4.1 million in 16 food and beverage startups since its launch in January 2014.
The firm's portfolio includes Four Sigma Foods, whose Finnish founders relocated the company from Hong Kong to Scarsdale, New York, to sell coffee, hot chocolate and other beverages spiked with medicinal mushrooms; Denver-based Kalot, whose nutritionist-founder created a line of vitamin-fortified fruit-and-nut butters; Boulder, Colorado-based JJ's Sweets Cocomels, the creator of vegan coconut-milk caramels, and New York-based Exo, which sells protein bars made with cricket flour. (See my post here.)
I recently spoke with AccelFoods cofounder and managing partner Lauren Jupiter. An edited version of our conversation follows.
Robin D. Schatz: Why are food startups so hot right now?
Lauren Jupiter: We’ve seen a lot of interest from investors who were previously focused in the tech space coming into the food space. I think part of that is that the food industry has proven to be a little bit more resilient in terms of economic ups and downs. Everybody has to eat.
I think we’ve also seen an increased sophistication of entrepreneurs coming into the food space. When you bring in really, smart dynamic passionate guys, like Exo's Gabi Lewis and Greg Sewitz, with a real vision to make a change in the industry, you’re going to attract a different set of investors than were previously interested.
And on top of that across the board, there’s a real focus from the larger food and beverage companies on getting involved in innovation, not just from an internal R & D perspective but by looking at mergers and acquisitions as a source of innovation for themselves.
Schatz: Why did you choose to focus your accelerator on natural foods brands?
Jupiter: We’re not required by mandate to only work with and invest in natural food products, but it is something as a team and an organization we feel really strongly about. We think it’s where the industry is going, so all of the companies we work with either have all-natural products or are transitioning to be all-natural products.
Schatz: What does all-natural mean to you?
Jupiter: All-natural is complicated to define. Hopefully there will be a time when there is an industry standard. For us, it means we feel we can stand behind their ingredients, which aren’t necessarily organic because of the cost.
Schatz: How do you choose the companies for your portfolio?
Jupiter: We are focused on working with companies that want to put in place the infrastructure and the strategies to scale their businesses quickly and efficiently.


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The Games Hub studios have been busy so far this summer, with several of our teams staying on to continue with their development work after the programme concluded earlier in the month.
And over the past few weeks we’ve been even busier, with students from several local schools visiting the studios for work experience. Students from Market Field School, Honywood, and Philip Morant have all been helping us out in many different ways.
In particular, they’ve been really helpful to our teams, who have had them testing their games, giving feedback, and finding bugs.
Nysko Games have done an amazing job of keeping our work experience students busy with everything from designing new characters and levels, through to completing research projects on game genres all around their game The Dwarves of Glistenveld. Meanwhile Sketchbook Games have got the students helping out with areas of design and gameplay, and Teaboy Games asked them to help with some testing of new online features after their recent release of Pendulum.
Some of the visiting students also had a chance to design and discuss their own game ideas. Others have been conducting some excellent research into a wide range of topics including regional development studios and indie games marketing, and have also been helping out with editing and uploading promotional videos.
It’s been incredibly useful and a real pleasure to have our work experience students working with us, and our thanks go to all of the students who have taken part!


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BOSTON – On Wednesday, fuel in Massachusetts strike a new report-breaking value – $4.70 per gallon – up 26 cents in a 7 days.
Bigger gasoline prices imply food deliveries are now costing motorists and buyers extra income.
“The money they are offering us is so low, it would not even deal with a quarter of a tank of gas,” explained rideshare driver Steve Levin. He mentioned he has dialed again on foodstuff deliveries as the earnings margin has decreased. “If anyone needs one thing, it truly is usually anything small, it pays $2.25, probably $5, so it is really really not really worth my time.”
Other drivers concur – if the rate to gas up proceeds to rise, you can find not a lot incentive to continue to acquire orders.
“What it does, it results in a different value for us. Our working day-to-day prices are previously exorbitant,” claimed Rahim Abbasi, a driver in Brighton.
Services this kind of as Uber Eats and DoorDash have lately additional momentary gasoline surcharges as a way to support lower fees for motorists, but they say it does not aid.
“It can be nonetheless not sufficient. Fifty-five cents is almost nothing,” Levin said.
And some consumers who have to choose up that tab say they are now deciding on to get into their individual cars to help save a couple bucks.
“I’ve recognized in all probability about a 15 per cent raise in the total demand of anything,” mentioned Dylan Levinson, of Allston. “It is really much far better if you can just go to the put it will help out a lot more.”
Organizations are also emotion the effects. Big Daddy’s Pizza in Allston claims 50 percent of their revenue depends on deliveries, and lately it truly is become substantially far more hard to come across drivers.”
“The selling price of fuel is the selling price of fuel for all people, but it really is more challenging to get drivers as the selling price of fuel goes up and folks make less cash,” reported Massive Daddy’s Manager Glenn Weinstein.


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Strauss Zelnick, CEO of Grand Theft Auto and BioShock publisher Take-Two, claims his firm's competitors regularly run the risk of their franchises 'burning out' - something he believes his team's own IP is immune to.
GameSpot reports that the exec, speaking to investors at an MKM Partners event, stressed that an annual release schedule does more harm than good to blockbuster games properties, insisting the quality of titles like Red Dead would suffer if a new outing launched every year.
"If we took all [of our franchises] and we just turned it into an annualised schedule - leaving everything else to the side - the math says you would be in a better place. But what would it imply?" Zelnick said.
"It would imply doubling our development teams. It would imply calling into question our quality. And it would imply the risk that consumers tire of these franchises. One of the things that's best about Take-Two is our franchises seem to be permanent. They're beloved and permanent. Whereas our competitors burn off their franchises, which means they have to create new ones, which is incredibly difficult to do."
Zelnick further observed that if you look at the various IP spread across Rockstar and 2K Games - which includes Grand Theft Auto, Red Dead, NBA 2K, WWE 2K, Civilization, BioShock and Borderlands - the publisher actually has eleven franchises in which a single title has sold over 5m copies.
He added that Take-Two has released 54 games with sales of more than 2m copies, an achievement he claims is "second-to-none" in the games industry. Zelnick's goals is to have enough franchises to allows the publisher to release different ones each year. This would not only give each property time to rest between entries, it would give the firm "a really powerful release schedule without burning off the IP".
Red Dead Redemption 2 was announced last month - six years after the original - and is due to land on shelves in 2017. It will be the third entry in the Red Dead series since 2004, and analysts expect it to sell 12 million copies.
Take-Two's triple-A rivals have been experimenting with their own solutions of weathering the pressure to release new outings in their top franchises on an annual basis. Ubisoft has rested Assassin's Creed this year ahead of an expected reboot in 2017 and to give more room for Watch Dogs 2, making it highly likely the two series will alternate. While the publisher has released the HD remaster of the Assassin's Creed II trilogy, this is the first year without a new entry in the series since 2008.
Similarly, Electronic Arts appears to be alternating between releases of Battlefield, with Battlefield 1 launching last month, and Star Wars Battlefront, with the next entry expected ahead of Episode VIII in Q4 2017. Activision, meanwhile, has taken a different approach. While Call of Duty releases remain annual, the teams behind them are now on a three-year development cycle: this year's Infinite Warface by Infinity Ward will be followed next year by a new Sledgehammer Games outing - presumably Advanced Warfare 2 - then a title from Black Ops developer Treyarch in 2018.


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The former owners of The Daily Telegraph have received "a number of unsolicited approaches" for delivery group Yodel.
The Barclay family have now hired Clearwater International to undertake a "full strategic review" of the Liverpool-headquartered business.
In a statement issued to BusinessLive off the back of reports published over the weekend, Yodel said the process "may take some time".
Yodel is part of the Barclay-owned Logistics Group Holdings which reported a pre-tax profit of £17.6m for the year to June 30, 2021, its most recently published financial accounts.
That total was a rise from the £41.8m loss it reported for the prior year. Its revenue also surged from £520.6m to £676m over the same period.
In June, Lloyds Banking Group took control of Telegraph Media Group and The Spectator over an outstanding debt owed by the Barclay family which is reported to total around £1bn.
The Barclays still own Liverpool-based online retailer Very Group.
A Yodel spokesperson said: "Growing businesses are often approached about their strategic direction and ownership.
"In recent weeks Yodel has received a number of unsolicited approaches and has now appointed Clearwater International to lead a full strategic review on behalf of Yodel shareholders.
"This process may take some time. For now, Yodel remains focused on its growth journey."
Yodel recently announced a £14.5m investment in 45 tractor units and 120 double decker trailers.
At the time, chief operating officer Carl Moore said the move was to help "manage the rapidly increasing demand we have seen over the last year".
He added: "Continued investment across the business, in fleet and our warehouse space, is reflective of an incredible period of growth and we’re pleased to be continuing along this trajectory."


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General Motors Co. launched its first sedan under a new China-only brand in order to tap the entry-level buyers in the largest vehicle market in the world. The company is the largest overseas vehicle manufacturer in China. The 1.5-liter four-door Baojun 630 sedan will go on sale with prices ranging from 62,800 yuan ($9,750) to 73,800 yuan, the company revealed.
The vehicle will be available in three kinds and will be available through 120 dealers in eight cities, including Harbin, Changsha, Nanning and Zhengzhou.
The company follows Honda Motor Co. in building cheaper China-only brands in order to increase sales among first-time buyers while overall car deliveries slow this 2011 after the government halted giving incentives and imposed ownership restrictions to discourage traffic congestion.
The Baojun brand is expected to appeal to "young professionals and young families" in the so-called second- and third-tier cities, according to executive vice president Matthew Tsien, who overseas the company’s China unit.
In 2009, the country overtook the United States as the largest vehicle market worldwide. Sales went up by a record 32 percent in 2010, and increased 3.4 percent in the first half of 2011, according to the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers. The company is targeting sales of 20,000 Baojun sedans this year, Tsien stated.
He added that the Chevrolet Spark vehicle will be rebadged in China under the Baojun name, which will concentrate on building smaller models. Industry sales may increase around 10 percent this year as deliveries of mini-commercial cars drop, President Kevin Wale at GM's China business disclosed in a July 8 interview. This is 10 percent to 15 percent than his estimate last November.


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Noted business analyst Andrew Bartolini recently released his annual report on the effectiveness of procurement organizations. The results, as they have pretty much every year, showed continued cause for concern. They also offer another compelling case for automated e-procurement solutions.
The bottom line: Bartolini’s survey of nearly 270 procurement leaders found just 62 percent of enterprise transactions were compliant with negotiated contracts. That non-compliance rate, approaching 40 percent, hasn’t moved much in years. Way back in 2000, a Forrester survey estimated up to 40 percent of annual spending by U.S. companies were from “maverick” or “rogue” purchases – outside the companies’ preferred procurement process. More recently, a study by the Aberdeen Group pegged the figure at 35 percent.
That’s three studies saying roughly the same thing over more than a decade: Companies invest significant energy in negotiating contracts for necessary goods, only to have a third or more of their purchasing dollars flow outside those deals. Bartolini has estimated that between 5 and 20 percent of total enterprise spending is lost this way.
There are several obvious and direct upshots to rogue purchases. As Bartolini has noted on his blog, CPO Rising, rogue purchasers often pay higher prices. Companies also risk losing out on volume discounts and rebates.
But where Bartolini’s report offers gloom, it also offers light in the form of lessons from companies he labels “best in class,” enterprises that currently manage at least 85 of their total spending through procurement processes. At those companies, about 72 percent of transactions are contract-compliant, the study found.
So, how do they do it?
Bartolini says they use several “levers” for success “to a greater degree and a greater effect to gain a significant advantage in the marketplace.” For example:
People: They are 67 percent more focused on broadening the business skills of their staffs and 157 percent more likely to initiate advanced training programs for skills development and technology usage.
Process: They are far more likely to have formally standardized procurement processes over the past two years. According to the study: “The ‘Best-in-Class’ are 80 percent more likely to have full visibility into spend and a full 90 percent of all ‘Best-in-Class’ groups have the ability to leverage spend data directly into their sourcing efforts (almost twice the rate of their competitors).”
Technology: Top companies, writes Bartolini, get their edge by “having a significantly higher level of visibility into spend which they accomplish via automated spend analysis and by leveraging their e-procurement systems to a greater degree, capturing a significantly higher percentage of spend and driving superior compliance.”
These are some valuable lessons for companies struggling to eke out profits in a still-shaky economy, not the least of which is that, if your company hasn’t formalized a procurement process by now, it needs to do so.
Beyond that, and the investment successful companies make in training their workers, organizational visibility is paramount. Says Bartolini: “Operational excellence within the procurement function begins and ends with spend visibility.” He notes that only 42 percent have that visibility today, and he strongly advises investment in spend management solutions as a high priority.


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For years, the internet swirled with rumours of a small fortune being buried in the rubbish removal in a Alamogordo, New Mexico landfill. While most people dismissed these rumours simply as “urban legend,” without much credence, a minority held steadfast to the validity of this report.
Here’s the story as sorted out by various news agencies more than two decades later. After devastating losses in the stock market, and being sold off by the parent company, Warner Communications, executives at Atari, Inc. decide in 1983 to discard thousands of underperforming game cartridges and consoles from an El Paso warehouse into a landfill in Alamogordo, New Mexico. In particular, it was stated by the company that thousands of copies of E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial had to go due to poor sales and a flubbed effort on quality.
The local kids, doing what they do best of course, raided the 300 acre 30 feet deep rubbish removal site and were delighted to find working copies of the very popular Pac Man and Ms. Pac Man. Further, they claimed they found many other game cartridges including Yar’s Revenge, Warlords, Defender, Berzerk, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Centipede, and E.T. the Extra Terrestrial. Regardless of these amazing finds, few adults believed the children since the official statements from company did not coincide with what the children were saying.
About two decades later, in 2014, a documentary crew from Fuel Industries convinced the city of Alamogordo to allow them to excavate the landfill site for six months. They were filming a documentary about the 1980s video game crash called “Atari: Game Over.” According to ARS Technica, more than 13,000 game cartridges, as well as some game consoles, were recovered, but more than 700,000 remain in the landfill because they’re buried so deep and covered with concrete!
Of those recovered, 881 cartridges sold for $107,930.15 before excavation had to be stopped, much to the dismay of archaeologists, historians, and other interested parties. The city of Alamogordo got about $65,000 to go toward various good causes while Joseph Lewandowski, the man who had the foresight to buy the garbage company that owned the landfill, received the rest.
Over the years, the reputation of the Atari rubbish removal “graveyard” has been a blend of fact and fiction. In 2006, an alternative rock band called, Wintergreen, made a song entitled, “When I Wake Up,” that tells a fictional account of traveling to Alamogordo to raid the landfill and come away with undestroyed versions of the E.T. game! It seems to be a recurring dream of the younger generations to reclaim at least portions of what our society has thrown away in the past!
Now, it appears the UK may have its own source of buried toy treasure! Ashby-de-la-Zouch, in northwest Leicestershire, is not only home to a castle built by Lord William Hastings, it is home to a landfill containing rubbish removal that is rumored to be worth thousands of pounds! The toys in question are Star Wars figurines that retailed for around £1.80 way back in 1980 but are now worth about £18,000 pounds at auction today! The outstanding question remains whether or not the Star Wars toys, like Luke Skywalker and Hans Solo, would be in good enough condition to fetch as much as some believe. However, if the Atari dump site is any indicator, it would make economical sense to try.
The Star Wars toys in question were manufactured by Palitoy, based in Coalville in the UK, and later dumped in the “Ashby Moto Park” landfill (as described on a Google Map), also known as Lount Pit Recycling Centre or Lount Recycling and Household Waste Site. Local kids, being the resourceful scroungers that they are, were able to rescue a few of the Star Wars toys but many thousand remain buried. The kids were also able to grab many Action Man toys fron the same landfill which fetched a handsome price back in the day!
Who’s to say what valuables we’ll find if we mine our rubbish removal? It seems the moral lesson here is that our society, including our corporate culture, is simply too quick to throw materials into the landfill, including items that could be worth a fortune! Thanks to the efforts of Clearabee, a principled on demand rubbish removal company, much of our rubbish is now being diverted away from the landfills to charity shops and resale shops. Perhaps it’s time to go shopping for a fortune at stores featuring reused products! Thank you Clearabee!


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For the past year, the G6 alliance, consisting of the shipping companies APL, Hapag-Lloyd, Hyundai Merchant Marine, Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Nippon Yusen Kaisha, and OOCL, has been working together on the trade on the Asia-Europe routes. Now the alliance is moving forward, expanding cooperations to include trade between Asia and the U.S. East Coast.
"Our cooperation in the Asia-Europe market has successfully supplied customers with extensive service coverage as well as increased operational efficiency. This new agreement will use the same winning formula on the trade between Asia and the U.S. East Coast, and will benefit shippers who rely on this route," says a joint statement by the shipping companies, available on the companies' websites.


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tech2 News StaffJun 18, 2019 09:38:40 IST
On 11 June, Honor launched three new smartphones in India — Honor 20, Honor 20i and Honor 20 Pro. While the company did not announce the availability of Honor 20 Pro, the Honor 20 was scheduled to go on sale starting 25 June, and Honor 20i starting 18 June, which is today.
Starting 12 pm today, Honor 20i will be going up for its first sale on Flipkart today. Here are all the launch offers, specifications, features, and price of the Honor 20i. While Honor mentioned that the entire series of smartphones will be available for purchase offline as well, but the availability of that isn't clear yet. Which means, as of 12 pm today, you will only be able to buy the Honor 20i online.
Honor 20i price and launch offers
Honor 20i was announced in India at Rs 14,999 for the sole variant with 4 GB of RAM and 128 GB of onboard storage. The smartphone comes in Phantom Blue and Midnight Black colour options.
At the time of launch, Honor 20i also announced some launch offers, wherein Honor 20i users will get Rs 2,200 cashback and 125 GB additional 4G Data with Reliance Jio on the recharge for Rs 198 or Rs 299.
In addition to that, Honor also talked about a 'Love it or Return in Challenge', in which the company offers an up to 90 percent BuyBack Guarantee in 90 days.
Flipkart is also enabling Honor 20i buyers to pay for the device via a no cost EMI option starting at Rs 2,500 per month.
Honor 20i specifications and features
The Honor 20i features a 6.21-inch full-HD+ display, with a resolution of 1080 x 2340 pixels, and a 19.5:9 aspect ratio. It is powered by octa-core Kirin 710F SoC, paired with the Mali G51MP4 GPU and 4GB of RAM and 128 GB of internal storage. It comes with support for dual-SIM (Nano) and runs on Android 9 Pie with EMUI 9.0.1 on top.
For photography, it sports a triple rear camera setup, which houses a 24 MP primary sensor with an f/1.8 lens, an 8 MP ultra-wide camera with an f/2.4 lens, and a 2 MP depth sensor with an f/2.4 lens. On the front, there is a 32-megapixel camera with an f/2.0 lens.
Fuelling the smartphone is a 3,400mAh battery. Additionally, you will get 4G LTE support, Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, and Bluetooth 4.2.
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LinkedIn finished last year with better-than-expected financial results, but a weak forecast for 2016 is sending the company's stock plunging more than 25 percent.
Aging media mogul Sumner Redstone stepped down as executive chairman of Viacom on Thursday and was replaced by CEO Philippe Dauman, a move that immediately disappointed investors.
Another problem has developed with automotive air bags, and this one will bring recalls of up to 5 million vehicles worldwide.
A Texas jury said that Apple should pay $625.6 million for violating patents held by a US company devoted to patent litigation.
US computer networking titan Cisco announced on Wednesday that it is buying Internet of Things service platform Jasper Technologies in a deal valued at $1.4 billion.
Troubled Japanese electronics maker Sharp plans to decide within a month between investment offers from Taiwanese company Hon Hai, also known as Foxconn, or a consortium of Japanese investors.
The Supreme Court's recent decision to step into a relatively unimportant case involving Microsoft's Xbox 360 gaming system revealed that Chief Justice John Roberts has sold between $250,000 and $500,000 in Microsoft stock ...
GoPro shares dove on Wednesday after the mini-camera maker reported quarterly earnings that were worse than the market's dismal expectations.
Yahoo shares tumbled Wednesday in a sign that investors were skeptical about the faded Internet star's latest plan to return to glory.
If a half-hour comedy is too long, how about a 15-second thriller?