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If you’re in the market for a dedicated e-reader, Amazon will once again will have nice discounts on some of its Kindle e-readers as part of Prime Day 2020. The Kindle Paperwhite will be $80, or $50 off, beating its all-time previous low by $5.
If that isn’t the type of Kindle deal you’re looking for, Amazon also announced that the Kids Edition of its entry-level Kindle, which now has an integrated light, will cost $75 or $35 off its list price of $110. The Kindle Kids Edition includes a case and a year of Amazon’s Kid Plus subscription service, a $36 value.
Furthermore, Amazon will be offering a $5 credit for “any Kindle book” with the purchase of select Kindle devices.
Like most of the other Prime Day sales, these are expected to begin on Tuesday, Oct. 13 at 12:01 a.m. PT and last for up to 48 hours. If you’re not seeing the deal you were hoping for, don’t lose hope — experience has shown us that there are likely other Prime Day Kindle deals to come.
It’s unclear whether the higher-end Kindle Oasis or baseline Kindle (non-Kids Edition) will also be on sale, but we’ll keep an eye on their prices because Amazon often slips previously unannounced deals on its devices into Prime Day.
Amazon has come a long way from the first Kindle Fire tablet. The Amazon Fire HD 10 is Amazon’s biggest tablet with a 10-inch screen size and powerful speakers (it now charges via USB-C). Just like its smaller 8-inch sibling, the Fire HD 8, the tablet is packed with benefits for Prime subscribers, making it easy for members to stream and download movies, TV shows and games. The Fire tablets don’t use a pure version of Android, but instead Amazon’s Android-based Fire operating system, and pull apps from the Amazon App Store. You can still get apps from Google Play, but you’ll have to install the store yourself — meaning gaming enthusiasts have access to all of their favorite mobile games for an excellent gaming tablet experience.
Priced at $100 for the tablet alone, the Amazon Fire 7 is the most budget-friendly option out of the lineup of Kids Edition Amazon tablets. It does a decent job at most tasks and apps, and for just $10 more the bundle includes parental controls, padded tablet case, a two-year warranty and a one-year subscription to Kids Plus (formerly known as FreeTime Unlimited), which normally costs $3 a month and gives you access to a bunch of kid-friendly content.


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There is no question, Jessica Simpson is gorgeous. And this portrait is beautiful!! I cannot wait to see the rest of her dress and more photos.
You may have heard Jessica and her man, Eric Johnson, said ‘I do’ on July 5th, with a weekend celebration of family and friends.
As seen in PEOPLE’s photo exclusive, the bride chose a wedding day look that was “sexy, easy and ethereal,” says Simpson’s hair stylist Roque Jimenez. “Nothing too contrived.”
To complement her stunning custom Carolina Herrera gown and veil, Simpson’s makeup artist Karan Mitchell chose a romantic palette for her makeup. And to add some simple sparkle, Simpson’s longtime friend and stylist Nicole Chavez added Neil Lane diamond earrings.
“It was a labor of love,” says Chavez of putting together Simpson’s wedding day look.
Can’t wait to see more.

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The Darkside of Volkswagen
The first video is very funny but the second is just...well watch it yourself.
Remember that Darth Vader Volkswagen commercial that aired during the SuperBowl? Well Greenpeace, the environmental activism group has released their own take on it in order to expose the dark side of Volkswagen.
The group launched "The Dark Side of Volkswagen" campaign dedicated to exposing what Greenpeace calls the automaker's poor environmental record.
Volkswagen has put its most fuel efficient engines in a tiny percentage of vehicles, while dramatically increasing the price for consumers, Greenpeace said. The report claims that just 6 percent of Volkswagen's 2010 sales were of the company's most efficient models.
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Ant Financial wants its Alipay mobile payment app to support millions of other service providers in a bid to compete with Meituan and WeChat in digital lifestyle services.
Why it matters: The competition to build mini app ecosystems is heating up. This marks Ant Financial’s bid to rival Meituan’s all-purpose app and WeChat’s mini programs in being a one-stop-shop for “contactless services.”
- This would mean users don’t have to leave the app to access many other conveniences.
- Meituan launched a credit payment feature in January, marking its efforts to gain more fintech turf, competing head-on with Alipay, Tencent, and JD.com.
Details: At the Alipay Partner Conference on Mar. 10, Ant Financial announced a plan spanning the next three years to create a digital ecosystem. It will upgrade the Alipay app and tailor it to a multiple service platform.
- Ant Financial wants to expand beyond financial services into a platform featuring third-party service providers which provide other lifestyle conveniences for its users, and reward them for it.
- It will offer merchants growth assistance programs which include loan services.
- “The service sector in China is still in the nascent stages of digital transformation, and that means it has huge untapped potential,” said Ant Financial CEO Hu Xiaoming.
- The payment app said 1,200 developers answered its call to create mini programs that countered the impact from Covid-19, resulting in grocery delivery, legal and medical advice, and other public services.
- A mini program launched by Beijing-based startup Meicai links farmers with consumers and restaurants, and had more than 800,000 users, which its CEO attributed to exposure on Alipay.
- The homepage will use algorithms to recommend services to users, so that each user’s app is tailored to their requirements.
Context: In 2019, the number of searches for lifestyle services within the Alipay app has increased 300% compared with 2018.
- Covid-19 has consumers relying on online food delivery, medical consultations, and remote learning while they are stuck at home.
- Hu said that 80% of China’s service industry is not yet digitized.
- WeChat was a first-mover on mini programs in 2017, and Alipay followed suit in 2018.
- Mini-programs have become strategically important to the payment platform, amassing 500 million monthly active users last year.


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Millennials across the nation were both shocked and saddened when Toys "R" Us announced in March that it would be closing all of its locations, including Babies "R" Us. In fact, I'm pretty sure a collective "Noooo!" rung out from the Pacific to Atlantic coasts. For so many of us, Toys "R" Us closing up shop feels like the end of an era or sorts. But when exactly is Toys "R" Us closing for good? There are only a few more days left for this iconic store.
The toy store chain will be closing its doors for good by this Friday, June 29, according to CNN, although some of the remaining 200 locations in the United States might officially close their doors earlier this week. But, as the news outlet reported, this Friday will be the absolute last day for all locations.
Toys "R" Us initially filed for bankruptcy back in September, hoping that it could turn things around, as Forbes reported. However, a less-than-stellar holiday sales season didn't help the chain as many had hoped it would. By March, Toys "R" Us announced that it would be closing the rest of its locations in the United States, according to The Washington Post. Nationwide liquidation sales began at the end of March, starting at anywhere from 5 to 20 percent off listed prices, going all the way up to 90 percent off during the final days, as CNBC reported.
And so, June 29 will mark the end of an era lasting more than 60 years. In light of this final countdown leading up to the closing of all Toys "R" Us locations in the United States, plenty of people are making "one last trip" to the iconic toy store. And let's just say, they're having a lot of feelings about it all.
"I'm really starting to get sad about @ToysRUs closing," one Twitter user wrote. "Only 4 more days left."
Another person tweeted photos of a nearly-empty store they recently visited, writing: "Toys 'R' Us closes in 4 days. I went in one last time and I swear it hit m[e] like a truck. Seeing your childhood die like that is worse than heartbreak."
"#ToysRus closes in 5 days ... just did my last visit there" another person tweeted over the weekend. "A pain in the gut walking in there seeing it 90% empty."
"The end of an era," yet another Twitter user wrote, alongside a photo of empty store shelves. "Last 5 days of Toys R Us is just a sad reminder that times have indeed changed."
In the wake of Toys "R" Us' closure, Party City has announced it will open about 50 Toy City pop-ups during the holiday shopping season, as USA Today reported. A long shot at a potential Toys "R" Us revival has also made recent headlines, as Bloomberg reported. So is it really the end? It's hard to say for sure. But, as it stands right now, all locations will definitely be closed come Friday.
I'm not gonna lie; I've totally taken advantage of the Toys "R" Us going-out-of-business sales. Christmas shopping is pretty much done for my kids already. Plus, we picked up a nice car seat-stroller travel system for baby number four at a great price. And my three kiddos love their 60 percent off scooters that I just couldn't pass up.
But still... as a kid, few things compared to walking into a Toys "R" Us store and being greeted with aisles upon aisles of toys, games, electronics, and more. It was definitely an experience. And I'm sad that my own children probably won't remember it. As for me? Like so many others in my generation, I'll always be a Toys "R" Us kid at heart.


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MILWAUKEE, Wisconsin -- A Milwaukee farmer started making earmuffs for calves to prevent frostbite earlier this year.
Since then, she's had to move out of her aunt's embroidery shop and into a manufacturing facility to keep up with the global demand.
"This spring, we couldn't even come close to keeping up," said Moo Muffs owner Holly Poad.
According to WMTV-TV, a team of four professional sewers are cranking out 350 Moo Muffs a day, and it didn't take long for the colorful creations and adorable faces of calves to go viral.
"She doesn't look too enthused about having her little earmuffs on," said Poad as she held a calf.
Moo Muffs are now in the hands of professionals. What would have taken Poad's aunt Kim about 20 minutes to make now takes a matter of minutes at a manufacturing company in Milwaukee.
"It's all more uniform and professional-looking now because my cutting skills probably weren't a hundred and ten percent," said Poad.
Mauricio Barboza and his team at Janco Industries work with all types of small business owners to bring their products to life.
"This one was one of those shocking ones," said Barboza. "We saw it as a new challenge and we said, 'Yes. We can make it happen.'"
Poad said she's shipping the earmuffs out fast to buyers all around the world.
"The website just got launched two weeks ago now and there's been so many views and everything and orders off of that," she explained. "That has really taken off."
Not only does she ship from her home base, she now has distributors in South Dakota and Japan.
"He contacted me and it was all like in Japanese," Poad gleefully explained. "I had to literally use Google Translate. As soon as I received payment, I sent him his hundred and he actually was going to order a thousand, but he wanted to make sure they fit their kind of cattle."
Poad said she's also working to get distributors in Canada and a little closer to home in Fort Atkinson.
"I hope bigger," said Poad when asked what's next for Moo Muffs. "The bad thing is it's probably made too good because people aren't going to need any more after they buy their initial pairs."


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A person’s taste preferences might be affected by the region in which he or she lives, according to a 2009 University of Nottingham study.
When visiting the nation’s capitol last month, in addition to enjoying the museums, monuments and memorials, I couldn’t help but take notice of the popular beverage of choice on those hot July days — bottled water. Vendors carried around coolers and walked up and down the streets selling water, and tourists flocked to them.


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Bradford City Football Club has strengthened its retail offering with the addition of two merchandise display units from Rapid Retail.
The mobile, fully branded units made their debut appearance at The Broadway Shopping Centre in Bradford. They were used to create a pop up ‘City Shop’, giving visitors the chance to see, try and buy club merchandise. The retail zone also played host to some of the club’s top players, who dropped by to meet, greet and sign merchandise for fans.
Moving forward, the units will take pride of place at Bradford City FC’s Valley Parade stadium, providing supporters with easy access to club merchandise, while helping to reduce queuing and maximising revenue for the club.
Dale Whiting, Retail & Ticketing Manager, Bradford City FC, commented:
The new units from Rapid Retail Ltd are awesome, and the service we have received has been to the highest standard.
Constructed from steel, the wardrobe-style display units are robust yet lightweight. They feature lockable, fold-out front doors and are fitted with castors, meaning they can easily be moved. Popular with football clubs of all sizes, the display units are a low cost and space-saving solution that can be designed, built and installed in just 2-3 weeks.
Nick Daffern, Managing Director of Rapid Retail, said:
It was our pleasure to support Bradford City with their new retail area. The units look fantastic and the feedback we have received has been very positive.
The Bantams are in good company, with clubs including AFC Bournemouth, Portsmouth and St Johnstone all ordering these units in the past month, and Valencia CF and Chelsea amongst those who already use them.
The beauty of this type of display unit is that they are visually very striking and thanks to their lightweight steel frame, are easily moveable. That is important, as we know some clubs like to ‘chase the sale’ by moving the units to where the largest crowds are.
Rapid Retail, based in Worcestershire, has been supplying pop up shop, kiosks and merchandise display units to customers across the UK and Europe, for more than a decade. Units are available to either rent or buy. Clients range from non-league sports clubs to world-famous stadiums, brands and retailers. The team also supports clubs with the creation of dedicated ‘fan zones’, which are growing in popularity, as a way to add value, drive fan engagement and aid the fan experience.
Check out Nick Daffern’s opinion piece, which ran across the Sports Venue Business platform earlier this month by simply clicking on the image below:
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LITTLE ROCK – Today I’d like to talk about two doctors and the mask-making company they started in Mountain Home.
Dr. Rob Conner, a veterinarian, and Dr. Kyle McAlister, a radiologist, created The Masketeers early in the COVID-19 pandemic because masks for were hard to find.
They made it their mission to find a supply of adequate face masks to protect themselves, their employees, and Mountain Home. Their solution was to launch a company to make them.
Since The Masketeers went into full production last January, the company has sold over 2 million masks, selling them in all 50 states and worldwide on the six inhabited continents.
Their route to opening is a good guide for entrepreneurs. Their success is encouraging to anyone with similar dreams.
As with many successful companies, the doctors founded theirs to meet an urgent need, which was a face mask that would protect people from COVID-19.
They designed and manufacture a high-filtration mask, which is a respirator mask similar to the N95.
The Masketeers produces 30,000 masks per eight-hour shift, but the small company can ramp up production to three shifts, seven days a week if the demand increases.
The Masketeers buys its nonwoven material from a company in Ohio. The material for ear loops comes from North Carolina, and the plastic-coated wires that fit over the nose are from California.
The production of protective equipment in Mountain Home, Arkansas, is an ideal model for our country. As a nation, we must be able to manufacture our own products and not depend upon foreign suppliers.
The young man who oversees The Masketeers’s team of 10 employees is 23-year-old Hunt Nosari, who grew up in Mountain Home. Hunt returned to his hometown after he earned a mechanical engineering degree from the University of Arkansas.
Although there has been some confusion over the past two years about the importance of masking, there is no question that a tight-fitting respirator-style mask can slow the transmission of COVID-19. The Biden administration announced this week that it will send 400 million N95 masks to pharmacies and community centers to distribute free next week.
This is an important message as the number of actives cases continues to set records in Arkansas. The vaccine and masks remain the best weapons to fight COVID-19. Thanks to The Masketeers and Dr. Rob Conner and Dr. Kyle McAlister for helping to slow the pandemic and for building a template for other entrepreneurs.


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FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Volkswagen (VOWG.DE) froze talks over a merger that could bail out its majority owner Porsche SE (PSHG_p.DE), leaving the luxury carmaker scrambling to reassure investors a deal to unite the two was still alive.
Porsche insisted the talks to create a sweeping automotive empire were still on and that it faced no short-term financing issues, but the standoff heightened market concern about how it would fund its 9 billion euro ($12.1 billion) debt pile — sending its shares down more than 9 percent at one stage.
A Porsche source confirmed a report it had sounded out state bank KfW KFW.UL on whether it could qualify for 1 billion euros in loans. Porsche said it had not applied for state aid.
With nerves already stretched after VW called off merger talks set for Monday, a source close to Volkswagen Chairman Ferdinand Piech told Reuters that a meeting scheduled for Wednesday was also canceled. Discussions could only resume if Porsche sheds more light on its finances, the source said.
The news focused attention on the potential financial risk posed by Porsche’s complex web of derivative contracts, which have undermined its attempts to forge closer ties with conservatively funded VW.
“We must get a clear idea of the true state of affairs at Porsche. We need absolute transparency with regard to the present situation,” Volkswagen Chief Executive Martin Winterkorn wrote in a letter to staff seen by Reuters.
“It is in the interest of all concerned, our employees, all shareholders and our customers to ensure there is no threat to Volkswagen’s financial stability and autonomy.”
Porsche SE amassed debt while building a 51 percent voting stake in Europe’s largest carmaker. Porsche’s accounts show that cash flows at its healthy sports car business are sufficient to make interest payments but not pay off the principal.
One way for Porsche to get rid of its debt would be to cash in its cash-settled call options which are estimated to cover 20 percent of Volkswagen voting shares.
A Porsche spokesman said the company had “no intention to unwind cash-settled call options related to Volkswagen shares” and that Porsche could refinance itself to the end of June.
The potential downside risk to VW ordinary shares has led some analysts to recommend switching into VW preferred stock (VOWG_p.DE), whose valuation was never influenced by takeover speculation.
Sal Oppenheim, which downgraded Porsche preferred stock to “sell” from “reduce” this month, said the company was “sliding toward disaster” and cut the stock’s fair value to 20 euros from 30 euros per share.
“The longer Porsche waits with the announcement of the rights issue the more Porsche pref shares will fall and the higher the number of shares Porsche will have to issue,” the bank wrote on Monday.
Porsche SE’s non-voting stock fell as much as 9.3 percent and traded 1.8 percent lower at 40.50 euros by 1418 GMT. Its ordinary shares are held by members of the Porsche and Piech clans, which met on Monday to try to resolve their strategy.
Senior Porsche labor leader Uwe Hueck said during a pause in the family talks that Porsche Chairman Wolfgang Porsche and Hans-Michel Piech — brother of the controversial VW supervisory board head — had assured him that the family could guarantee the independence of the Porsche AG sports car unit.
He spoke as more than 6,000 Porsche staff marched to insist VW not be allowed to take over the maker of 911 sports cars.
Reporting by Christiaan Hetzner and Edward Taylor and by Hendrik Sackmann in Stuttgart and Jan Schwartz in Hamburg


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The U.S. Federal Communications Commission should cap the participation of carriers AT&T and Verizon Wireless in upcoming spectrum auctions to ensure mobile competition going forward, representatives of consumer groups and smaller carriers said.
Google is trying to make it easier to find nutrition information online for a wide range of foods with a new search feature whose aim is to address the "cumbersome and daunting process" of making smart eating choices.
Mobile users can probably look forward to being automatically transferred from cellular to Wi-Fi networks in the near future, but going back and forth for the best possible performance is another matter.
Mobile payments startup Payleven has struck a deal that calls for Apple to start selling chip-and-PIN readers in its retail stores across Europe.
Digital Agenda Commissioner, Neelie Kroes, on Thursday called on the European Parliament to support her plans for an end to roaming charges and guaranteed net neutrality. Yet contrary to media reports, no concrete legislation has been presented.
Dish Network has boosted its bid for Clearwire to US$4.40 per share, 29 percent above Sprint Nextel's most recent offer, and said it is prepared to buy up the stock of a minority of shareholders.
Government panel the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) has given its approval for Japanese mobile carrier SoftBank to acquire a majority stake in Sprint Nextel in a US$20 billion deal.
Verizon Wireless customers buying the recently released Samsung Galaxy S4 will be the first who can start using a new spectrum band that the carrier will start turning on later this year.
The European Commission has sent a questionnaire to a number of mobile operators in the European Union, focusing on whether its distribution terms with these providers may put Apple at an advantage over other smartphone makers, according to a newspap...
Judging from the number of people poring over their smartphones on the sidewalk, in their cars and in public places, mobile seems to have stolen our attention away from the wired Internet and traditional TV.
Users in the U.K. and France will have to wait a bit longer to get their hands on the HTC First. The first smartphone to come preinstalled with Facebook Home has been delayed in those countries while Facebook updates the software to address some nega...
The HTC First, also known as "the Facebook phone" thanks to its Facebook Home integration, is looking more and more like a flop.
SoftBank has received all the necessary state approvals for the Japanese mobile carrier to acquire a majority stake in Sprint Nextel for US$20 billion, the companies announced.
Internet communities are more trustworthy than some big corporations, but mobile is proving a hard nut to crack even for the best of them, actor and venture capitalist Ashton Kutcher told CTIA Wireless Thursday.
Lyft, the ridesharing service known for its fleet of pink mustache-festooned cars, is eyeing international expansion supported by its biggest funding round yet.
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This is the first time that the corporate social responsibility body has attempted to assess the financial impact of CRM on charities.
BITC cause-related marketing director Sue Adkins says that even though this figure is impressive, it could be just 'the tip of the iceberg.'
She said this figure only relates to cash and equipment gained from around 50 partnerships. If the unmeasurable value of brand exposure is taken into account, this figure shoots up.
The research also gives a top ten run down of the best CRM partnerships, showing that the retail and certain areas of the FMCG market are the most involved.
Comic Relief's deal with Persil tops the list. Exposure on boxes of the washing powder was estimated to have been worth around £3.3m for the charity.
Others in the top ten include Breakthrough Breast Cancer's partnership with Avon, through which tens of thousands of Avon representatives distributed around 1.6 million 'kiss goodbye to breast cancer' cards.
Also listed were Help the Aged's partnership with British Gas and Breast Cancer Care's deal with Asda.
Adkins says that sectors she expects to become more involved in CRM are utilities, the motor industry and the financial sector.
These latest figures come ahead of a Charities Commission set of guidelines to be released next week on how best to handle commercial partnerships.
This is expected to mirror earlier guidelines unveiled by BITC four years ago. These urge both parties to clearly plan a partnership and be aware of its legal requirements.


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The Vilsta ski slope in Eskilstuna in the Stockholm region, will become 10 meters higher just in time for the winter season next year. All thanks to shaft masses from the construction of Amazon Web Services (AWS)’s data center in Eskilstuna.
For Tunafors Ski Club, based at the Vilsta ski resort in Eskilstuna, Sweden, about an hour west of Stockholm, the decision by Amazon Web Services to locate its data centre nearby couldn’t have come at a more opportune moment.
In the spring of 2017, Eskilstuna municipality greenlighted long-standing plans by Tunafors to raise the ski slope and improve the ski run. But the go ahead had a condition attached – they were only allowed to use non-polluted rock mass to raise the slope. Samples from AWS’s plot excavation were tested quickly and came back fully approved by the environmental authorities. The project finally got underway.
“We are delighted that our investment in an AWS Region in Stockholm will help the Eskilstuna municipality’s aspirations for a new ski slope become a reality. AWS is committed to taking an active role in the communities in which we operate both as a responsible employer and as good neighbor. We look forward to enjoying the new slope with the Eskilstuna residents in the months to come”, says Guido Bartels, Managing Director AWS Nordics and Baltic region.
By increasing the height of the Vilsta slope by 10 meters, Eskilstuna residents and visitors can enjoy a 30 meter longer ski run with four to five more turns. It also means that a 50-70 meter long slope for Giant Slalom can be built with five to seven more turns. According to calculations by Eskilstuna municipality, Tunafors Ski Club will save up to SEK 14 million as a result of using the masses donated from the AWS data center construction.
“We will save five to six years of work by using the masses from the AWS construction and be able to make the Vilsta slope more attractive to visitors. It will be a completely new ski area, the size of a football arena, offering a new skiing experience. We have great plans ahead including a fun park and rail for kids as well as a new ski lift", says Magnus Nilsson, President of Tunafors Ski Club.
Safety will also be improved thanks to the possibility of dividing the slope into two separate ski runs, one for professional skiers and one for all levels of skiers, beginners to advanced.
“Investments are not just about job creation and economic effects. They can also have a huge positive impact on the local community. Building a higher ski slope is just one way that investments can create a real 'snowball effect'”, says Tomas Sokolnicki, Head of Data Centers by Sweden, Business Sweden, who is working together with Invest Stockholm, alongside AWS throughout the establishment process.
So far, 105,000 tonnes of excavated rock have been transported by trucks to Vilsta and a further 30,000 - 50,000 tonnes will be used to complete the project.
The revamped Vilsta ski resort is expected to be ready for the 2018/19 winter season.
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Data Recovery Technologies Inc. predicts this year’s Chernobyl computer virus, will not affect the majority of hard drives as in previous years.
Chernobyl is a version of the CIH virus, so named because it strikes on the 26th of April – the same day as the Chernobyl nuclear disaster in 1986. It infects Windows 95 and 98 executable files. Once those executable files are run, the virus becomes resident in the memory of the computer and then infects other files as they are copied or opened. “It’s not going to hit very hard this year because most of the initial virus spread was eliminated after the first hit two years ago,” says CBL’s Virus Alert Centre manager Jermey Brooks. “Last year, even fewer computers with valuable data were affected because users took precautions beforehand by installing necessary anti-virus software. But non-corporate users such as personal users, students or very small businesses could still be at risk this year if they have not taken safeguards to protect their data.”
Back to school for Microsoft
Microsoft Canada has announced a partnership with the Joseph L. Rotman School of Management at the University of Toronto, which will see Microsoft Canada assist with the design, development, deployment and support of the school’s Web portal project.
Microsoft’s support of the project will comprise a $500,000 sponsorship. The Web portal will be built on Microsoft technology and based on architecture being delivered by Liberty technology Services Ltd. The portal will reflect the business community the school serves and help create a seamless transition for Rotman’s graduates as they enter the business world. Microsoft will also help design a Web presence for the school that will allow students to share information quickly, capture and preserve knowledge and resolve issues from anywhere in the school.
FCC chief proposes competition crackdown
U.S. Federal Communications Commission Chairman Michael Powell recently recommended that Congress increase penalties that can be imposed on incumbent local exchange carriers for violating competition provisions of the Telecommunications Act of 1996 from US$1.2 million per violation to at least US$10 million.
Powell also asked that the FCC be given more time to investigate competition complaints. Currently the agency must complete its investigations within 1 year. Competitive DSL providers and competitive local exchange carriers have complained in the past that the former Baby Bells are not giving them open access to the Bells’ local loops, hindering the CLECs’ ability to compete in the local services arena.
Sprint launches new e-business platform
In an effort to expand its Web hosting business, Sprint Corp. has unveiled an application infrastructure management (AIM) platform that forms the software base for hosting applications at the company’s Internet centres.
Sprint has four centres working now and plans to build nine more by the end of the year and 13 by 2002. The AIM platform ties Sprint’s Internet backbone to the company’s Web hosting centres, so clients can outsource Web-enabled business processes. It also links Sprint’s cellular network to the hosting centres to provide mobile commerce capabilities – business customers can use mobile phones to access the network for client data, e-mail or other purposes. The AIM platform is the product of Sprint’s E-Solutions division, formed in November from the combination of the company’s Internet services and enterprise network services divisions to promote Web hosting in the wake of the failed merger with WorldCom Inc. last year.
Worm attacks Sun and Microsoft
A new Internet worm that can infect Web servers running Sun Microsystems Inc.’s Solaris operating system and Microsoft Corp.’s Internet Information Server (IIS) has been discovered. The worm first attacks the Solaris server and then sets it up to attack the systems running IIS, the Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT) said.
The worm takes advantage of known security flaws in both servers’ software to compromise systems and deface Web pages, according to CERT, which has named the malicious code the “sadmind/IIS worm.” CERT, at Pittsburgh’s Carnegie Mellon University, said in a statement it has received reports of the worm, although it didn’t specify whether the worm has been found in the wild. The Solaris system is entered by using a two-year old buffer overflow vulnerability. After that a security hole that was uncovered seven months ago is used to break into the IIS system. Once infected the Solaris system is used to scan and compromise other Solaris systems and IIS systems, CERT said.
Nokia, BT claim success with 3G trial
British Telecommunications PLC (BT) and global handset manufacturer Nokia Corp. have successfully completed its first trial of 3G (third-generation) mobile telecommunication technology, the companies announced recently
The trial included the testing of mobile VoIP (voice over Internet Protocol) along with applications such as video telephony, IP multimedia messaging and video streaming, based on the latest 3GPP (Third Generation Partnership Project) International Standards, BT and Nokia said in a joint statement. 3GPP is the main group coordinating the technical standards for current and 3G wireless services. Nokia set up the trial 3G IP network based on standard IPv6 (Internet Protocol version 6) application servers and is working with BT’s wireless division, BT Wireless, to test and develop the network. Also, Nokia and BT Wireless are developing new services, including System in Package (SiP) products, the companies said.
High-speed wireless service to launch in Taipei
Taiwanese mobile phone service provider First International Telecom Inc. (FITEL) is nearing completion of a network in Taipei, which will offer subscribers data access at speeds up to 64K bps (bits per second), according to an executive at a U.S. company close to the project.
The network is based on PHS (Personal Handyphone System) technology and is likely to be up and running commercially within one month, said Sam Endy, executive vice-president and general manager of operations at ArrayComm Inc. ArrayComm licenses its IntelliCell antennae management software to Kyocera Corp., which manufactured the PHS base stations used in FITEL’s network, said Endy. Wireless bandwidth to be offered by FITEL over its PHS network is comparable with similar services currently on offer from PHS service providers in Japan, such as DDI Corp., Endy said.
LCD shortage hits PlayStation monitor launch
Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. (SCEI) has been forced to delay the debut of a new LCD (liquid crystal display) monitor for its PSOne game console because it can’t secure a sufficient supply of LCD panels.
The monitor, which includes a 4-inch LCD panel, clips onto the top of the PSOne and was first unveiled last year by Ken Kutaragi, president and chief executive officer of Sony Computer Entertainment. The monitor was shown at a news conference where the PSOne was launched. PSOne is a smaller version of the company’s original PlayStation console. At the time, Kutaragi said the monitor would be on sale in early 2001. SCEI launched the PSOne in Japan in July last year and followed this with launches in the U.S. and Europe in September.
Australian opposition supports spam ban
Australia’s opposition Labor party has supported moves restricting junk e-mail and mobile phone text messages under draft privacy guidelines released in early May.
However, the guidelines released by the Federal Privacy Commissioner Malcolm Crompton drew criticism from the Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry for creating unnecessary red tape. Crompton is seeking industry input for the draft guidelines that give consumers the power to take their name off mailing lists and to see and correct their personal records. They also require Web site operators to tell users who is collecting their personal information, how it is used, stored and disclosed. Under the guidelines, direct marketing companies and other advertisers will not be able to contact consumers electronically, including via e-mail and text messages, without their permission.
Porn-free Web service
Internet service provider V21 Ltd. has launched what it claims is the first completely porn-free, child-safe service.
The company promises to filter out all pornography and adult content from e-mails, chat rooms and Internet sites, thereby enabling children to enter only sites deemed ‘child-friendly’. “It’s just a shame all ISPs don’t offer this service,” said a spokesperson at the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (NSPCC). Of course there are many ISPs out there trying to be family friendly, the daddy of them all being AOL. Unlike filters or switches on a Web site, which can be turned on and off, V21’s software is installed on to a user’s PC and can stop the browser displaying offensive content. V21 claims the filter will recognize what’s safe and what’s not.
Fans of the MP3 music format have had to put up with either using solid state devices such as the Rio player, which require expensive Flash memory upgrades, or lugging CD player devices such as Waitec’s Tanky. Until now.
Koninklijke Philips Electronics NV is taking the smaller CD format – 8 cm rather than 12 cm – and making use of it in an MP3 player. The Expanium 401 uses 8cm CD-ROMs, recordable on any CD-RW unit, to store MP3 files. Philips already has an Expanium range, but it’s based on 12cm CDs. A price for the smaller, lighter Expanium 401, due out in August, hasn’t been revealed yet, but as it uses discs that cost around


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WHEN: Wednesday, 9 a.m. PT; 12 noon ET;9.30 p.m. India; 5 p.m. UK; 3 a.m. (Thursday) Sydney — or see the start time in your time zone.
WHERE: San Francisco, California
We’re a few hours away from Google’s big hardware event, where the company is expected to release a whole new slate of devices, including new Pixel 2 and Pixel 2 XL smartphones, along with a fancy new Chromebook, a miniature Google Home, a new Daydream headset, and possibly some surprises that haven’t leaked out yet.
On the smartphone front, the company is rumored to release upgraded versions of the Pixel smartphone, which took the mobile world by storm last year as the first Android phones that Google actually designed and put its own branding on.
Now, we’ll see what a year’s worth of experience and user feedback mean for the company’s sophomore smartphones. The two devices are said to offer improved cameras, water resistance, and — for the Pixel 2 XL, at least — a new, bezel-free design similar to the Galaxy S8.
There are leaks for a new Google Home Mini — what could be to the Amazon Echo Dot what the full-size Google Home is to the Echo — and an updated Daydream VR headset, too.
The company seems to be working on updates to almost its entire hardware lineup. There’s purportedly a Pixelbook set to be announced, the successor to Google’s Chromebook Pixel that could set a high bar for Chromebooks.
The company has been diving hard into consumer electronics this past year in an effort to reposition itself as a gadget company. Even as Google works with top-name manufacturers like Samsung and Motorola to put its Android operating system on high-end handsets.
The company pushes its Chrome OS laptop software onto notebooks from Acer and Lenovo that make their way into classrooms and offices, the tech giant is still intent on building its own hardware.
To help it make better phones, Google acquired a division of smartphone-maker HTC. We likely won’t see any of the fruits of the that deal, which happened just last month, in today’s Pixel phone. But we will see where Google’s ambitions will likely steer the company in the future.


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Shortly before the last post on the future of the news business model appeared on this site, an article in the Far Eastern Economic Review described a Chinese government backed market-based model for online censorship. The Chinese are apparently looking to outsource censorship. The concept is simple: instead of a fund containing money, Beijing prints a pool of demerits and merits. Earn enough merits and you get rewarded; accumulate enough demerits and you get punished accordingly.
In addition to employing “low-tech” means of repression, such as some of the world’s longest prison terms for “cyberdissidents,” the Chinese authorities have been at the forefront of a growing trend toward “outsourcing” censorship and monitoring tasks to private companies. As scholar Rebecca MacKinnon notes, “the process of web site censorship by which domestically hosted content [in China] is deleted completely or prevented from being published in the first place … is carried out almost entirely by Internet company employees, not by ‘Internet police’ or other government officials.”
Such aims are achieved via a sophisticated system that includes lists of taboo topics issued to private enterprises by government bodies like the Information Office of Beijing. If internet service providers (ISPs) or websites fail to comply with authorities’ orders, they are subjected to fines, have their servers confiscated by police, and can have their businesses licenses revoked by the authorities.
In this pseudo-commercial environment a news company’s success or failure rests on its ability to meet government censorship demands, rather than on the quality of its products or services. In the current economic climate, the vulnerability of private enterprises is likely to grow. As their profit margins shrink, so too does their ability to withstand political pressure.
As long as editorial content and payments flow through newspaper-like sites then Chinese government censorship efforts can be concentrated on pressure points to bring its punishments to bear. How vulnerable will other news models be? As the news models evolve in an industry in crisis, one First Amendment issue that should receive attention is how resistant any a future model will be against state/private coercion. For example, is a model in which the writer receives assignments and is remunerated by the readers themselves as vulnerable? What about other subscription systems? And what is to prevent powerful companies and Western governments (operating under the guise of preventing hate speech) from emulating the censorship model of the Chinese?
As technology changes the architecture of news gathering, analysis, distribution and payment the censorship model is likely to evolve too. It’s always been a race between the censors and the writers. Tomorrow will be no different.


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It is no secret that we are more connected than ever, and while the opportunities this brings are infinite, so too are the risks. It will also come as no surprise that 2019 is set to be the worst year in history for data breaches – the first half of the year alone saw the number of cyberattacks exposing data rise by 54%.
With no sign of slowing down, the threat of a breach is becoming part of the zeitgeist and everyone is aware they could be next. However, this is also making people more aware of who is asking for personal data and how it is being stored.
Despite this, there is a good chance that most of us have some personal data floating around on the dark web, especially if password hygiene isn’t a priority.
This being said, it is undoubtable that most people have a better understanding around password security and the dangers of simple, easily hacked passwords. But in the scenario where your information does end up on the dark web, what would you be willing to do to get it back? How much would you pay? What would you rather do than create strong passwords?
In a recent study commissioned by LastPass, 1 in 4(25 per cent) respondents indicated that they would be willing to pay for their private information to be taken from the black market. Among those who have previously experienced a hack, that number jumped to almost 50 per cent.
How much is your personal information worth?
The average person revealed they’d be willing to spend over £20,000 to buy back their stolen information on the black market. Topping the list of things people value most when it comes to personal information are debit card numbers.
According to our results, people would part ways with almost £7,000 to retrieve their stolen debit card number – £6,991.59 to be exact.
When it comes to passwords, people would also be willing to part ways with large sums of money to get their information back. The average person would be willing to shell out £5,477.44 to retrieve their email password from a hacker; meanwhile, online banking passwords were a little less valuable, but still important enough for people to willingly part ways with up to £2,333.26.
What would you give up to secure your data?
Having your personal information stolen can be a tough pill to swallow. We asked respondents some of the mundane things they’d rather do or endure than having their personal info stolen.
We found that 39 per cent revealed they’d rather sit in traffic, while another 30 per cent of people are happy to do their taxes if that would avoid having their personal information hacked or stolen.
Beyond what people would rather do than have their information stolen is what they’d be willing to give up.
According to the data, it turns out that 35 per cent of people would much rather give up alcohol, while another 33 per cent of the people surveyed revealed they’d happily forgo reality TV and another third would give up coffee and chocolate if that meant they’d keep their personal information safe and protected from a potential breach.
Putting up defences to defend against breaches
We live in a digital world, so passwords play a huge part in overall personal security. Despite this, people continue to neglect basic best practices of password hygiene.
For example, they’re leaving themselves vulnerable by using weak, easy to crack passwords and then using those same passwords across all of their other online accounts. To ensure your accounts and sensitive info are safe, use long, complex and ideally completely random passwords, that are unique to every service and website.
All of this being said, it is unrealistic to remember dozens of long, strong passwords, but there is a solution that protects and is user friendly.
A password manager can solve both problems. It easily creates unique passwords for each online account, stores them securely and automatically fills them when the website is next visited.
A platform like this can also store sensitive personal data like addresses, credit card details and passport information, so it can protect so much more than just passwords.
Password managers also work with you not against you, taking into account that we are all busier than ever and don’t have time to worry about passwords. It will sync across all devices, so you know you are protected no matter where you logon.
By Barry McMahon, Senior Manager, Identity and Access Management, LogMeIn
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Samsung has figured out a hot new product the company thinks millennials will crave. It’s a 43-inch vertical TV, a concept Samsung apparently decided to introduce as a result of our fixation with the vertical layout of mobile screens, the thinking being that this particular piece of hardware would be great for casting your phone content over to — in addition to, you know, using it as a TV.
If the above didn’t make you throw up in your mouth a little and you’re still reading, the other highlights of this new TV — called the Sero, which means “vertical” in Korean — include the presence of 4.1 channel 60W speakers, plus Samsung’s digital assistant Bixby, which theoretically will let the TV also serve as anything from a music player to a super-expensive photo display. Samsung is positioning the TV as more than just an off-the-wall concept design, having introduced it today at a pop-up store in Seoul, and the company plans to actually release it in Korea toward the end of May.
“Samsung Electronics analyzed the characteristics of the Millennial generation, which is familiar with mobile content, and presented a new concept TV,” the company announced today in Korea, according to an English translation of the announcement. The Sero, the company continued, “is based on the vertical screen, unlike the conventional TV.” The screen, however, can also be reoriented toward a more traditional horizontal format.
Beyond the rotating screen, the design includes a modern navy blue color finish, and Samsung also intends the TV to be used — when you’re not actually watching TV — to display everything from photos to clock faces.
The Sero is certainly more evidence of the increasingly experimental spirit that Samsung has been bringing to TV design of late, experimentation that’s not only limited to its increasingly unconventional smartphone designs and concepts. Similar to the Sero, for example, there’s also Samsung’s artistic Frame TV which doubles as both a TV and a piece of wall-mounted art. Call me crazy, though, but there’s something dispiriting about seeing a major consumer electronics giant rethinking the design of a staple of modern life simply because all of us, and in particular young people, are so addicted to our phone screens. Millennials, if nothing else, are also a fickle master, which is another reason embarking on an effort like this could end up being a fool’s errand, chasing an illusory goal.


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New Delhi, March 13 (IANS) Tata Group chairman emeritus Ratan Tata has invested in mobile commerce (m-commerce) firm Paytm, a statement by the latter confirmed here on Friday. The investment amount, however, was not disclosed.
When you read the following list of advantages of e-commerce, you will get the sense that it is the holy grail of retail.
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Nov 14, 2017. “We've achieved strong growth with no contribution from in-store markdowns, and we can't stress the importance of e-commerce and mobile at Gucci. We're reinvesting the brand's profit in keeping that channel up-to-date,” said Jean- François Palus, Kering's managing director, on a call with investors.
Nov 19, 2017. Woman using Futuristic monitor. Yagi Studio/Taxi Japan/Getty Images. If you have a physical store, you are limited by the geographical area that you can service. With an e-commerce website, the whole world is your playground. Additionally, the advent of m-commerce, i.e., e-commerce on mobile devices,
It expects m-commerce to reach US$9 million in both Philippine and Thai markets by 2018. “We see two issues driving this; one is telco companies are investing more and making internet available in more places in the Philippines but at.
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This is for investment professionals only and should not be relied upon by private investors. JULY 2013. 21st CENTURY THEMES. Mobile and e-commerce are reshaping consumer behaviour. Affordable tablets, smart-phones and portable computers are changing the way that consumers shop and pay, whether online or on.
His investment in Paytm is in his personal capacity, the m-commerce firm said in a statement. “I am very happy that Mr Tata has put faith and trust in our values and mission. There is no better advisor than him to help us build India’s most.
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Mar 22, 2015. They are halting or slowing investments in traditional ecommerce and focussing their energies on upgrading their products in the mobile commerce, or mcommerce, sphere. "We are completely aligned with this mobile opportunity," says Ashish Goel, co-founder of Urban Ladder, an online furniture and.
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For the third year in a row, A&M-Commerce students won the most awards of all A&M. these students is a testament to their ability and resolve and the university’s investment in student success,” said the Dean of the Honors College.
That being said, I would still choose PayPal Holdings as an investment between these two companies. Its high growth supports its higher valuation, and it stands poised to benefit from the growth in e-commerce and m-commerce.
Jun 4, 2015. On March 27, 2015 shareholders voted for the approval of a new investment advisory agreement with Exchange Traded Concepts, LLC. The experienced management has.
Airtel will also invest in its existing 2G mobile operations, wire-line and DSL broadband, DTH services and m-commerce services. "Just like the mobile phone connected millions across Punjab, this high speed data connectivity initiative will.
Consumers have become increasingly savvy when it comes to comparing goods and services online and knowing where to buy what, and.
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Dec 13, 2013. Topping off a bumper year for IPOs, MoPowered Group, a specialist in mobile commerce software, hopes to raise £4m via its imminent flotation on AIM. MoPowered operates in a sector that didn't even exist five years ago — mobile commerce. It thus poses more of a conundrum to AIM investors.
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Yet these figures may pale in comparison to what lies ahead. Business Insider projects that m-commerce will account for 45% of total U.S. e-commerce sales by 2020. That’s $284 billion in mobile transactions that PayPal could potentially.
Jun 4, 2017. Asia Pacific is set for an epic battle between Alibaba and Amazon, where both will invest billions of dollars over the next few years. The undeniable trend is that mobile commerce will continue to grow inside and outside of China and eventually be the primary way consumers purchase online in most of.
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Let’s take a closer look at each to see if we can determine which might make for a better investment for 2018 and beyond. PayPal and Discover have two different business models. Image source: Getty Images. M-commerce, or mobile.
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Sep 1, 2014. So where is mobile commerce going wrong? Experts share their thoughts on the most common mistakes that blight the mobile shopping experience. 1. A poorly designed mobile website. “It needs to be acknowledged that mobile is not a mini version of the web and therefore requires extra investment and.
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The industry would invest in about $8 billion by 2025. Shopping online through smart phones is proving to be a game changer, and industry leaders believe that m-commerce could contribute up to 70 per cent of their e-commerce revenues.
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kept mobile from the commerce forefront. As Forrester Research noted, “While consumers are rapidly adopting smartphones and tablets…retail executives are taking a measured view of the immediate benefits of these efforts— in part because of the myriad of challenges that must be considered when investing in mobile for.
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Despite all the handwringing, the U.S. consumer is spending and as a result, growth in the third quarter is looking a bit better than economists had been expecting.
September's retail sales
came in at a surprising 1.1 percent gain — better than the 0.7 percent expected — and the best showing in 11 months. There were also revisions to July and August sales, with August now showing a 0.3 percent gain from a previous unchanged.
The gains were broad based, with a 3.6 percent gain in motor vehicle sales, a 1.2 percent gain in gasoline sales and 1.3 percent gain in apparel sales. Without autos and gasoline, the September gain was 0.5 percent.
Several economists are raising third quarter growth forecasts as a result.
"The fear of recessionrecedes when you see a retail sales report like this," said Credit Suisse economist Jonathan Basile.
September's retail sales
Basile said he was raising his forecast for third quarter growth to 2.9 percent, from a prior 2.5 percent. Better than expected trade data added 0.1 percent to the estimate, with the improved retail sales providing the balance. Basile is leaving his 1.9 percent GDP for the fourth quarter unchanged.
But at the same time, Friday's Thomson Reuters/University of Michigan preliminary consumer sentiment reading of 57.5 this month, from September's 59.4, was a dismal reminder that consumers are worried about jobs and their futures. The gauge of consumer expectations fell to 47 — its lowest level since 1980.
"When there's been a decline of 20 percent or more in any given quarter in consumer expectations, retail sales most of the time grow at a slower pace in the following quarter," said Basile.
That could make for a weak holiday shopping season, now expected to be up between about 2.5 to 3 percent.
But experts said it may also be a time to watch what the consumers do more than what they say.
"Not that the economy is particularly robust, but remember where we were two months ago. Everybody was assuming these twin confidence shocks were a harbinger of recession...Not only are we not having a recession but would get close to a 3 percent GDP number in the third quarter," said Barry Knapp, head of U.S. equities portfolio strategy at Barclays.
He said Barclays economists raised third quarter GDP to 2.5 percent from 2 percent.
The slow progress in the European debtcrisis and the debt ceiling debate in Washington torpedoed confidence during the summer, and there are still lingering doubts about leadership and fears the economy could slip back into recession.
J.P. Morgan economist Michael Feroli raised his third quarter forecast to GDP growth of 2.5 percent. He had slashed it to 1.5 percent in August.
"Third quarter economic activity data has shown surprising resilience over the past two weeks, and GDP last quarter now looks like it may come in around 2.5 percent, close to trend growth and the best performance since the same quarter last year," Feroli wrote.
"This morning's retail sales report—with its large upward revision to August spending—leaves consumer spending tracking about a 2.0 percent annualized increase last quarter, a sub-par outcome but much better than what the sentiment indicators would suggest," according to Feroli.
But still, the spending report is a positive in what's been a long slog of negatives. Pimco strategist Tony Crescenzi wrote that the retail report is enough to debunk the idea that consumers aren't spending, making a recession less likely. Core retail sales, without gasoline and autos, increased 5.3 percent year over year, above the long term average, he notes.
"Economic data justify the move away from the high level of recession odds that were being built into market prices," he wrote. "But there remain policy uncertainties great enough to prevent a full recovery from the market accident policymakers caused in the summer months as well as a not insignificant risk that policymakers will further disappoint market expectations, leaving the markets in a quasi state of purgatory."
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This week…So the Helzberg princess cut lawsuit has apparently been settled, and all the buyers get $200,000. No, just kidding! That’s the lawyers. The buyers get 50 bucks. Funny how that works.… What’s a simulant? What’s a synthetic? And what can be learned from Wikipedia?… Plus, the trade experienced the sad loss of Woody Justice.… All below…
Long Way Down That Holiday Road:
– How’s Christmas shaping up? My thoughts.
– Idex predicts 7–10 percent jewelry sales growth this holiday.
– NPD Group predicting flat (overall) Christmas.
Helzberg agrees to refund for Princess purchases.
Signet repurchasing $300 million in stock.
Indian press: Diamond prices rising again.
– Rap list stays put.
Woody Justice dies. Very sorry to hear. Some nice tributes in the comments.
Jeweler arrested for allegedly violating metal buying laws. As I wrote on Twitter, jewelers should pay heed to what Cecilia Gardner says at the end of the article.
– Bloomberg: attempt at national gold buying chain.
– Miner predicts gold price will rise again.
The ongoing confusion over simulants.
– Moissanite sales, profits down.
Indian industry suffers from lack of skilled labor.
Rising floods threaten Thai jewelry companies.
WFDB: Chains of custody must include smaller dealers.
Conflict minerals legislation 100 times more expensive than projected.
Chinese company strikes it rich in Marange (but can’t export).
– Zimbabwe MP: Minister of Mines “misled” us.
Blood Diamond—the Sequel(s)?
– New edition of the Blood Diamonds (with an s) book.
– Movie gets a Bollywood remake.
– Video game set in pre–Kimberley Process Angola.
Senators working on new online sales tax bill.
Richemont sues San Francisco jeweler.
Belgian industry inks deal with Chinese bank.
– Edahn Golan on the Antwerp “roadshow.”
$10 million diamond being sold in Toronto.
“Healthy bidding” at Argyle tender.
Letseng Star sold.
– Graff upping stake in Gem Diamonds.
Cape Town opening diamond museum.
Gitanjali sells diamonds from an ATM!
World’s first “perfectly spherical” diamond.
Blue Nile hosts scotch party.
Brilliant criminal steals jewels, leaves name, address.
Newt Gingrich’s wife—back at Tiffany.
– There are some pretty basic things wrong with this article from Technology Review (published by MIT!) on De Beers and synthetics, including the facts that Element Six was founded by De Beers more than 60 years ago, and synthetics are not widely available at jewelers.
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Cambodia exported 3,834.67 tonnes of peppercorns in the first four months of 2022, marking an uptick of 79.03 per cent year-on-year as industry insiders fret about production numbers due to unseasonal rains with gusty winds.
Vietnam was the biggest buyer of Cambodian peppercorn in January-April, at 3,540.01 tonnes or 92.32 per cent, followed by Germany (255.60 tonnes), Malaysia (13.64 tonnes), Belgium (8.80 tonnes), France (8.61 tonnes), the Czech Republic (2.30 tonnes), Japan (2.01 tonnes), Canada (one tonne), the US (0.92 tonne), the UK (0.90 tonne), Sweden (0.49 tonne), Kazakhstan (0.29 tonne) and Australia (0.10 tonne), the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries reported.
Each year, the pepper fruit is harvested exclusively by hand between January and May, generally until the southwest monsoon brings the rainy season from mid-May.
Cambodian Pepper and Spices Federation (CPSF) president Mak Ny told The Post on May 22 that farmers in some areas had yet to complete their harvests, which have been plagued by a combination of heavy rains and labour shortages.
During the peak harvest season, the price of peppercorn dropped to an average of 13,000 riel ($3.20) per kilogramme, from 16,000 riel in January, he said, adding that output year-to-date has reached 60-70 per cent of the “more than 20,000 tonnes” typically recorded each year.
“Vietnam is a primary buyer of Cambodia’s. Exports to this country by and large pose no major headaches, save for the fact that Vietnam lowers the price for our pepper a bit seeing that our farmers are rushing to harvest.
“Today we are banding farmers together and looking for exporters to buy pepper directly from us, without having to rely on Vietnamese traders,” Ny said.
Kampot Pepper Promotion Association (KPPA) president Nguon Lay said that Kampot pepper – the most highly-prized cultivar, grown in the namesake coastal province – is still being harvested, and that exports have just passed 10 per cent of the total annual amount of about 120 tonnes.
“We have exported just a little bit. The prices and yields of pepper this year are similar to 2021, although we’ve been less affected by the weather.
He said that although a fair share of small- and medium-scale farmers have signed contracts with exporters, large-scale growers have on the whole been far less lucky, explaining that buyers were seeking to make more “equitable” purchases.
So far, eight out of the more than 30 companies in the KPPA’s ranks have penned contracts within the association to export the hotly sought-after Kampot pepper, he added.
Confirel CEO Hay Ly Eang said that over the past four months, his company has shipped more than five tonnes of all three main types of Kampot pepper – white, red and black – to countries such as France, South Korea and Kazakhstan.
However, he commented, red Kampot pepper has fallen short of international demand, with more buyers placing orders than expected.
“Red pepper is expensive and in high demand from buyers. Overseas, this type of peppercorn costs between $25 and $40 per kilogramme. This year, there’s been quite a lot of rain, which may affect some pepper harvests because it is difficult to dry and loads of berries get blown off,” he said.
According to the KPPA president, the association’s prices of Kampot peppercorn have not changed in years – $15 per kilogramme of black pepper, $25 for red and $28 for white.


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After raising funds worth ₹2,500 crore this month, online cab aggregator Ola is now the third-most valuable venture-backed company in India after Flipkart and Snapdeal.
The Bengaluru-based company's valuation rose to ₹15,600 crore with the latest round of funding which included investments by Russian billionaire Yuri Milner's DST Global, Singapore's state investment arm GIC and New York-based hedge fund Falcon Edge Capital invested along with its existing investors.
Founded in 2011 and operations in more than 65 cities currently, the company plans to use the funds to expand its services to new cities and diversify its presence to other business areas, following the acquisition of rival TaxiForSure last month.
"We will scale up rapidly and double our products and engineering team to about 1,000 in the next quarter," Bhavish Aggarwal, CEO of OlaCabs, told The Economic Times.
The company is aiming to expand cab aggregation services to about 200 smaller towns and cities, investing about of quarter of latest funds to scale up business of TaxiForSure. Ola claims to have 80% of market share after merging TaxiForSure.
"Our growth has been strong and we have a very strong market leadership position, which are key reasons for our investors being so supportive," said Aggarwal.
In the previous round of funding, Japan's SoftBank invested $210 million in the company in October 2014, taking its valuations to about $650 million.
With valuations next to only Flipkart and Snapdeal, the company is trying to compete with Uber, a US-based online cab aggregator.
Uber is currently the second most valuable start-up in the world at $41 billion after Chinese smartphone maker Xiaomi Inc. India is an important market to Uber, as it has only minor presence in the Chinese market.
Flipkart is currently the most valued start-up backed by big venture capital firms, with its valuation skyrocketing to $15 billion from $1.5 billion in October 2013. In 2014 alone, the company raised a capital of around $2 billion.


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The findings of a new Gambling Commission review identify a clear need for both gambling businesses and alternative dispute resolution (ADR) providers to improve the way they handle consumer disputes.
The review of complaints processes in the gambling industry sets out what the Commission will be focusing on as it develops proposals across 2017, whilst also calling for views from the industry and public.
Chief executive, Sarah Harrison said: “Our findings present a strong case for the gambling industry to take swift action to ensure the way in which customer disputes are dealt with is fit for purpose, and importantly, places consumers first.
“What we want to see is an industry that values and seeks out feedback from customers. That swiftly and effectively resolves customer complaints. And that uses the learning from those customers to raise its standards and deliver ever higher levels of customer service.
“Over the coming months we will be working closely with gambling operators, ADR providers, trade associations, consumers and their representatives. We will also be looking at complaints processes in other sectors where redress arrangements may be working better. But most importantly, we are also welcoming views on the proposals from consumers directly.”
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Crawfish Tracker: Prices going down at a crawl
BATON ROUGE - We're one week into the 2020 Lenten season and crawfish prices are once again moving in the right direction.
According to WBRZ's Crawfish Price Index, the average price for boiled crawfish at select Baton Rouge locations is down to $4.95 per pound. It's a small improvement over last week, which saw the average stall around $5. The price of live crawdads also took a small dip, coming out around $3.46.
Your low price for boiled crawfish this week, among those surveyed restaurants, is $3.89. The low for live is sitting at $2.99.
You can check out the full results of this week's crawfish index by clicking here: https://www.wbrz.com/crawfish-price-index
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Frank Lao, a businessman from the Philippines who is worth billions of dollars and is known for opening popular restaurants like Choi Garden and Gloria Maris, has added to his portfolio by investing in ZUS Coffee, a tech-driven coffee chain in Malaysia. Lao’s business, Choi Garden, recently agreed to buy a 35% stake in ZUS Coffee from co-founder Ian Chua.
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The move is a part of Choi Garden’s Philippines expansion plans. Where they intend to introduce ZUS Coffee, a company that owns all of its stores and aims to dominate the local coffee market. Since opening its first location in Malaysia in 2019, ZUS Coffee has grown quickly. With 197 locations throughout the nation and over 30 million cups delivered to date. As of March 20, 2023, more than 1.5 million people had downloaded the ZUS Coffee mobile app. It had more than 800,000 monthly active users. Through a variety of marketing campaigns, the company hopes to increase the number of people who use its app. Chua also disclosed that this year, the business intends to open up to 150 units in key locations throughout Malaysia. If Choi Garden’s purchase of ZUS Coffee goes well, it will be able to expand its business in the Philippines and keep going up in the coffee market.
More than 30 million cups have been delivered to date at 197 locations across Malaysia. Reflecting the company’s significant growth over the last three years. ZUS Coffee is the ideal fit for Lao’s expansion plans in the Philippines. As it has not been franchising and has remained committed to owning all of its stores. The company currently boasts more than 800,000 active users each month and has amassed more than 1.5 million app downloads. Ian Chua, a co-founder of ZUS Coffee, also disclosed that the business intends to open as many as 150 new locations in Malaysia this year.


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PHOTOS — Golden Triangle Emergency shares back-to-school giveaways for students, teachers
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Golden Triangle Emergency’s Katlyn Anderson, left, welcomes attendees to the networking coffee while standing next to Nederland Chamber of Commerce and Tourist Bureau President/CEO Diana LaBorde. (Candace Hemelt/The News)
Stephanie McGallion, right, of i9 Sports accepts the honor for Nederland Chamber of Commerce and Tourist Bureau Business of the Month. (Candace Hemelt/The News)
Golden Triangle Emergency’s Jennifer Lewis, second from left, introduces the medical facility’s team members. (Candace Hemelt/The News)
Recent Heritage Festival pageant winners Emma LaBouve and Lilly Michalk show off their smiles. (Candace Hemelt/The News)
Zane Williams and Steve Lyle enjoy the networking coffee. (Candace Hemelt/The News)
Golden Triangle Emergency in Port Arthur was the host site Tuesday morning for the Nederland Chamber of Commerce and Tourist Bureau networking coffee.
Katlyn Anderson welcomed attendees and shared news of two upcoming back-to-school giveaways.
The first is a shopping spree for four local students to take care of all educational needs.
The second is the giveaway of four $100 gift cards to local teachers.
To learn more, visit Golden Triangle Emergency on Facebook.
The gathering was also an opportunity to celebrate i9 Sports and Stephanie McGallion as Business of the Month.


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Sugar prices are under pressure over higher estimated sugar production in the current sugar season and lack of demand for a couple of weeks. According to market reports, the demand has been quite scanty with the on-going winters which has reduced the demand for soft drinks, cold beverages, ice-creams etc.
Sugar millers have been struggling to sell the allocated monthly quota for the month of January 2021. The ex-mill sugar prices are under pressure in almost all the States. Therefore, millers expect a lesser quota for the month of February 2021. Furthermore, market sources claim that sugar prices in Maharashtra have also slid down below the Minimum Selling Price (MSP) of sugar.
In Maharashtra: S/30 Sugar rates from millers are ₹3100 to ₹3150/Qntl. whereas M/30 ₹3180 to 3250. In the resale market S/30 is trading at ₹2950 to ₹3100 whereas M/30 is trading at ₹3000 to ₹3150
South Karnataka: The rates for S/30 at ₹3075 to 3100 whereas, M/30 rates are ₹3100 to 3150.
Uttar Pradesh: The rates for M/30 are ₹3215
In Gujarat: The rates for S/30 and new M/30 are prevailing at ₹3101
Tamil Nadu: S/30 Sugar rates are ₹3140 to 3200 whereas, M/30 rates are 3200 to 3250
(All the above rates are excluding GST)
Millers claim that the lack of demand has led them to a stressful situation. Also, the Fair and Remunerative Price (FRP) of sugarcane has been hiked by ₹100/tonne to ₹2850/Quintal (for a basic sugar recovery rate of 10 per cent) however it is difficult for us to pay the new FRP at the current MSP of ₹3100/Quintal. To ensure that sugar mills are able to pay farmers on time, industry stakeholders have been seeking an increase in the MSP of sugar from
₹3100/Quintal to ₹3300/Quintal to ₹3500/Quintal.


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Al Mouj Muscat signed a cooperation agreement with Bank Nizwa to bring Shari’a-compliant home financing services to the destination for the first time.
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Sultanate’s total number of fixed telephone lines including post- and pre-paid, public, WLL, and ISDN channels registered a growth of 13.7 per cent during the first 10 months of 2015.
Bank Muscat, the flagship financial services provider in the Sultanate, in line with its ‘Let’s Do More’ vision and focus on innovation to provide a distinct banking experience, has launched an all-new, feature-rich mobile banking application, introducing unique new services and enhancing existing services to do more banking from anywhere, anytime.
Enriching the lives of customers with greater choice and convenience, Bank Nizwa launched a full suite of Shari’a-compliant credit cards in partnership with MasterCard.
Jotun, the region’s leading paint manufacturer, has unveiled its 2016 Wall Trends. Handpicked and developed by Jotun’s Global Colour and Creative Director, Lisbeth Larsen, together with regional colour experts, the Jotun 2016 Wall Trends is designed to cater to the design needs and aspirations of homeowners, both regionally and globally.
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Replacing desktop computers A new era for the Apple tablet is set to begin with the release of the big-screened iPad Pro, sparking a revolution in the personal computer market. The tablet features a 12.9-inch retina display with 5.6 million pixels – the most ever in an iOS device. It is joined in the company’s […]
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VENICE — Exciting news for those planning extended stays in the Venice area. For the first time in almost a decade, work will commence next month on a new hotel in Venice.
The most recent in this area, Home2Suites opened in Nokomis two and half years ago.
With a projected opening date of November 2020, the Venice TownePlace Suites by Marriott will be built across from the existing Fairfield Suites by Marriott Venice at 2935 Executive Drive at the Jacaranda I-75 interchange.
Additionally, adjoining it will be a retail center, the TownePlace Plaza. The Allyson Group of St. Louis owned by Brad MacMillan who developed the existing Marriott will build and operate the new hotel and own the retail center.
It will be the fifth hotel McMillan has built, the other 3 are in the St. Louis area. TownePlace Suites is the latest design by Marriott Corporation. Both the hotel and retail center are being built by Scott Chapman’s Construction Group of Sebring who have a tight 13-month deadline. A fourth-generation local commercial construction company they recently finished a new Hilton in Sebring.
“Marriott TownePlace suites straddles the whole extended stay and regular day stay hotel,” said McMillian. “Each room has a kitchenette and we will have 25 single rooms and 61 studio suites.”
Compared to the existing Fairfield Inn the new hotel rooms will have more amenities for long term stay guests. Free breakfast is included, there will be a pool, all the usual amenities including an exercise room — there will also be some pet friendly rooms — McMillan anticipates employing 25 to 30 local people.
Loyd Robbins of Harold Robbins Associates secured the location for both projects and is managing the retail plaza tenants. The 10,000-square-foot plaza includes a 5,000-square-foot restaurant and there will be selective tenants to serve the hotel guests and those living in the growing residential communities.
“We have an open line of communication and our company; the Allyson Group is growing as we look at sights in this region,” said McMillan. “A hotel project takes about 2 years to do by the time we find the dirt, and I study the market, obtain approval from Marriott, get the architecture done and get a contractor.”
“Looking at the hospital coming, the number of homes going up in east and north Venice this is where they all converge,” said Robbins. “A hotel, restaurant and services are needed for families in the community and business traveler.”