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Сhina's foreign exchange reserves at the end of March increased by $8 billion 580 million compared to the previous month, the People's Bank of China said. According to experts, the growth of reserves was not expected. The volume of foreign exchange reserves of China, the largest in the world, reached 3 trillion 99 billion yuan, marking an increase for the fifth consecutive month. At the same time, the growth of gold reserves in the country was insignificant. Last month they increased by 360 thousand ounces, reaching 60 million 620 thousand ounces. Their value has fallen to 78 billion 525 million dollars from the February level of 79 billion 498 million dollars. Since the beginning of 2019, the yuan has risen in price against the US dollar by more than 2%, in March its value decreased by 0.3%.
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Intel, AMD beef up laptop graphics with Radeon-ready CPU
09 January, 2018, 01:05 | Author: Sergio Cook
The new Intel mini computer is based on the same chip.
Chipmaker Intel has propelled its new eighth Gen Intel Core processors with Radeon RX Vega M illustrations went for the fans group, which is developing exponentially with gaming, content creation and virtual and additionally blended reality. The company believes that it will able to beat a Nvidia 1080 Max-Q with thin-and-light device that has long battery life. Created to compete with Nvidia Max-Q lineup of similarly mobile discrete GPUs, AMD Radeon Vega Mobile lineup claims to more power-efficient and to take up less space.
So the entry-tier Ryzen 3 Pro CPU is a quad-core (four-thread) model clocked at up to 3.4GHz with boost, with integrated Vega Graphics boasting six graphics compute units and a GPU clock of up to 1100MHz. The combination of the Intel quad-core CPU, Radeon RX™ Vega M graphics and 4GB of dedicated HBM2 accompanied by Intel's Embedded Multi-Die Interconnect Bridge (EMIB) technology is sure to impress the users.
Performance is reportedly faster and thinner than machines bought three years ago, and the early benchmarks Intel showed journalists suggested that thick gaming laptops released only a few years ago were beaten by laptops using the new technology.
Intel is releasing two lines of the 8th Gen Intel Core processor with Radeon RX Vega M processors.
The Radeon GPU offers two RX Vega M configurations: GH (Graphics High) and GL (Graphics Low).
In addition to the Intel NUC and new Dell and HP devices, this new 8th Gen Intel Core processor will enable a gaming cloud solution brought on by Artesyn and Gamestream. The architecture designed for "intense" graphics workload connects both the chip with a single electronic package.
The 8th generation H-series chips also feature Kaby Lake-Refresh KL-R processors which are claimed to take Nvidia's discrete GPU, the Nvidia GTX 1060 head on. The five new processors are all oriented for laptops and not for desktops. The flagship Core i7-8809G has four hyper-threaded cores accompanied by total 8MB of L3 cache.
If you look at the Core i5-8305G, the processor runs at a clock speed of 3.8GHz with a base clock frequency of 2.8GHz. Notably, the Core i7-87606G is the only processor to support vPro.
While the new laptops are expected to bring about 10 percent to 30 percent better CPU performance compared to the current models, they will also flaunt a smaller size and several times better graphics performance.
Intel has also called the new NUC as the smallest premium VR-capable system in the market.
Anyone with information is encouraged to call Houston police at 832-394-1840. "Prayers out to her family during this hard time". She said he drove a blue truck and pulled up behind her in her driveway, but drove off after she got out of her vehicle .
Eligible donors with types O, A negative and B negative blood are urged to make a Power Red donation, where available. While all blood and donation types are welcome, there's a critical need for type O-negative and platelets .
Alexander Skarsgard , who played her violent husband, won the best supporting actor in a series, limited series or TV movie prize. But before her red carpet appearance, Nicole Kidman offered her Facebook followers a glimpse of her pre-show routine.
Touching an object that has flu virus on it and then touching one's own eyes, nose or mouth can also spread the flu. There have been no reported flu-associated pediatric deaths in OH for the 2017-18 flu season, according to ODH.
Britain could be set to introduce a blanket charge for use of disposal paper cups in what has been labeled a " latte levy ". Starbucks says that it has already tried to change consumer behaviour by discounting reusable cups at the point of sale.
Alexa will be coming to select Aspire, Spin, Switch and Swift notebooks, as well as Aspire all-in-one PCs starting from Q1 2018. Amazon claims that users bought more Echo Dots than any other other item on its digital shelves over the last holiday season.
Investors reacted to the news by driving Macy's stock price down by more than 5 percent to $23.44 in the first hour of trading. List among the closures is a second Florida location, the Macy's store in the Oaks Mall in Gainesville.
Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti today expressed grief and sorrow over the incident, an official spokesman said. Conveying sympathies with the bereaved families, the Minister prayed for peace to the departed souls.
Acer Announces The World's Thinnest Laptop
Windows 10 is running the show, as expected, and the laptop will get you up to 10 hours of battery life according to Acer. Acer's newest gaming desktops are cool inside and out, designed with commanding aesthetics and advanced thermals.
Congress president to address NRIs shortly
The Congress also said, "Your talent, skills, tolerance, patriotism is what India needs today". Prime Minister Narendra Modi engages with the diaspora during his visits overseas .
Airtel updates Rs 448, Rs 509 plans to go against Jio
Airtel's revised plans come just days after it launched the Rs 799 plan to offer 3.5GB 4G data every day for a period of 28 days. All these data packs come with their similar offer of unlimited calls, SMS bundle, and access to Jio's bundle of applications.
Helena Kmart closing is "disappointing, but not surprising"
However, she said Helena's unemployment rate is now very low, so Kmart employees may have an easier time finding another job. In early July it was announced that the Kenosha Sears store would be closing, and it did shutter its doors by October.

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The late cartoonist Charles Schultz, creator of the Peanuts cartoon strip, convinced many people that happiness is a warm puppy. The owner of the Amer F100 that launched earlier this week has a good alternate argument. To him, happiness is seeing your yacht launch on your birthday.
The Amer F100 semi-custom megayacht model (with a sistership seen below) gets her name from her length, in feet, as well as the founder of Amer Yachts, Fernando Amerio. (On a side note, the Amerio family continues to run the 47-year-old shipyard, under Barbara Amerio.) The launch that took place on December 11 was for the second hull so far this year.
Despite this, though, the newer megayacht has some eyebrow-raising differences. These differences aren’t just in how the owner decided to design the interior, either. (No details on the interior design are available.) Specifically, this Amer F100 has 105 percent more glass surfaces on her main deck in comparison to the Amer Quad, a same-size model, according to the shipyard. The yard adds that there’s 38 percent more glass below decks compared to the Amer Quad. Related to this, glass weighs more than fiberglass, so you might wonder how it has impacted the megayacht’s performance. It hasn’t, according to Amer Yachts, since it adapted the hull construction to keep overall weight the same. The yard asserts that the Amer F100 saw a top speed of 30.2 knots during sea trials with quadruple Volvo Penta IPS propulsion.
This is the latest step in a series that Amer Yachts has taken to improve construction and fuel-consumption practices in terms of environmental impact. Earlier this year, for example, it decided to abandon fiberglass in favor of the volcanic rock fiber Filava, which is recyclable. One of two new megayacht models under construction for delivery next year employs Filava, in fact. Amer Yachts plans to reveal specifics on that model in several weeks. Additionally, the shipyard team is researching hydrogen-powered systems.
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The stock market offers opportunities every day, but healthcare is easily the sector benefiting most from the trend of aging demographics in the U.S. and throughout the developed world. This helps explain how over the past decade, the iShares S&P Global Healthcare ETF has outperformed the benchmark S&P 500 by more than 20%.
Zoom in to the past year, and you'll notice the healthcare index plunged as election-year drug-pricing concerns cast a shadow over the sector. It has recovered somewhat in recent months, but there are still some unbelievable bargains. Highly profitable companies AmerisourceBergen (ABC 1.31%), Aetna Inc. (AET), Cardinal Health (CAH 0.65%), Express Scripts (ESRX), and Gilead Sciences (GILD 0.98%) are all trading at ridiculously low prices.
Let's take a closer look at these five to see if any belong in your portfolio.
1. AmerisourceBergen: distributing drugs -- and profits
Following a deal with Walgreens Boots Alliance, AmerisourceBergen is better positioned than ever to post steady gains as an aging America becomes increasingly reliant on the prescription drugs it distributes. The tie-up with America's largest retail pharmacy chain gives AmerisourceBergen tremendous leverage to negotiate, and a recently announced three-year extension should allow it to continue through 2026.
Of course, this advantage didn't come free. To close the deal in 2013, AmerisourceBergen offered Walgreens warrants to purchase about 22.7 million shares of its stock at $51.50 beginning this March and the same number of shares at $52.50 again next March. These warrants would have shrunk shareholders' slice of future profits, but the increasingly profitable company has been using its positive cash flows to keep its share count headed in the right direction.
Since the beginning of the Walgreens partnership, trailing free cash flow has risen about 195% to $3.6 billion. At recent prices, the stock is trading at just 5.4 times trailing free cash flow and about 12.5 times trailing earnings. Throw in a well-funded dividend that has been raised for 11 straight years and currently yields about 1.6%, and this healthcare stock's recent price seems absurdly low.
2. Aetna: profitable without Humana
Following rumors that the Department of Justice (DOJ) will try to block Aetna's acquisition of Humana, Aetna's future is far less certain than AmerisourceBergen's. Combined, Aetna and Humana have reported trailing revenue of about $115.2 billion. Excluding the Medicare Advantage plans that the companies would presumably sell in order to assuage antitrust concerns, the combined company would still have a smaller footprint than UnitedHealth Group, which reported $160 billion in trailing revenue.
Before you turn your back on Aetna, you should know that under the terms of the merger, Aetna and Humana must fight a DOJ lawsuit to block the deal. It's also important to note that since implementation of the Obamacare exchanges at the beginning of 2014, the company has become increasingly profitable.
Even though the company is so "small," Aetna's trailing free cash flow has more than doubled since the end of 2013 to about $3.8 billion. At recent prices, this healthcare stock is trading at just 10.7 times trailing free cash flow and about 14.5 times this year's earnings estimates. Whether the Humana deal goes through or not, Aetna looks incredibly inexpensive.
3. Cardinal Health: wholesale pricing
As the smallest of the big three wholesale prescription drug distributors, Cardinal Health might reasonably be expected to have the slimmest margins. On the contrary, the company's operating margin of about 2% over the past 12 months is wider than its peers'.
While Walgreens received a large equity stake in its distribution partner, CVS Health formed a 10-year joint venture with Cardinal Health that negotiates generic-drug pricing for the pair in return for 39 quarterly payments of at least $25.6 million to the retail pharmacy chain.
The added heft of America's second-largest retail pharmacy chain appears to be working in Cardinal Health's favor. Since the arrangement began about two years ago, trailing revenue has increased about 29% to $117.71 billion, and trailing free cash flow has risen about 20% to $2.75 billion.
At recent prices, Cardinal's shares are trading at just 10 times trailing free cash flow and 14.6 times this year's earnings estimates. With a rapidly rising dividend offering a yield of about 2.2%, this healthcare stock is a bargain.
4. Express Scripts: another big negotiator
Express Scripts also operates in a space where size confers an advantage that smaller competitors can't match. In this case, the pharmacy benefit manager represents healthcare plan sponsors responsible for about 85 million Americans' pharmacy benefits. In return for rebates and discounts, drugmakers can find their products on Express Scripts' preferred formulary, while refusing to haggle could land their product on its exclusion list.
Most importantly, Express Scripts isn't required to pass all the savings on to end payers -- a practice that one of its largest customers, Anthem, doesn't care for. The insurer has dragged the PBM into court in an attempt to reclaim around $3 billion in cost savings. I highly doubt Anthem will find success, but the market hammered Express Scripts, creating one of the best bargains in the healthcare sector.
Trailing free cash flow of about $5 billion is as high as it's ever been, allowing the company to return huge sums to shareholders in the form of stock repurchases. In the past year alone, it has lowered the number of shares outstanding by 11.4%, entitling investors to a much larger slice of future profits.
At recent prices the company trades at just 10.7 times free cash flow and about 10.5 times this year's earnings estimates. For a stock perfectly positioned to ride America's aging demographic trend, that's crazy cheap.
5. Gilead Sciences: new peaks ahead
An estimated 180.6 million people worldwide are infected with one of six strains of the hepatitis C virus (HCV), and Gilead Sciences is the only drugmaker with an FDA-approved single-pill regimen for treatment of them all.
Approved in late June, Epclusa can treat any HCV patient without costly -- and often unavailable -- testing to determine the virus strain. More importantly, with the exception of advanced cirrhosis patients, the treatment doesn't require adding poorly tolerated ribavirin to the regimen, an important feature that its competitors lack.
When Gilead reported first-quarter results, sales of its leading HCV antiviral Harvoni fell about 15% from Q1 2015 to just $3.02 billion. Overall, first-quarter total product sales came in 3.7% higher than Q1 2015, at about $7.68 billion, but the market has priced the stock as if Gilead reached a peak it won't return to for many years.
Wall Street undervalued the company before, and I think it's wrong again. During the weeks following Harvoni's FDA approval less than two years ago, Gilead stock traded between 17 and 20 times trailing earnings of $6.15 per share, as the market couldn't make up its mind about how well it might perform. Since then, trailing earnings have nearly doubled to $12.03 per share, but the stock is inexplicably lower. At recent prices, Gilead shares trade at just 7.4 times trailing earnings, with Epclusa's scorch marks still smoldering on its launch pad.
All five of these healthcare stocks are ridiculous bargains, but Gilead Sciences is so cheap it's just plain silly.


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A year and a half ago, Kelly Nogoski decided to utilize social media to give a shout out to those who might be interested in indie craft in Northern Michigan. The results were overwhelming, giving her the inspiration to host the first Maker’s Market last fall which was followed by the Holla-Day Bazaar at InsideOut Gallery. This year, Kelly and her partner in craft, Troy DeShano are focusing on improving last year’s awesome results. This year’s Market is going down at Ecco in downtown Traverse City on Saturday, October 22nd from 10 am to 4 pm. A modest jury decided on the 25 craft vendors, 6 food vendors, and 3 musical performers that will be showcased in the new and larger space. There were over 100 applicants and the three judges deliberated on each artist’s specific voice, high design sensibility, unique focus, and creativity. Kelly smiles, “each vendor is surprising.”
When entering the Market, shoppers and snoopers alike will be received at the door with information on how to really enjoy everything that’s going on in the space. The Market is a big rectangle and Kelly envisions the space as a true to form market jam packed with really great stuff. She says, “it will be buzzing with crafting energy.” Kelly boasts that Traverse City is the perfect place for the Maker’s Market because it is such a vibrant and welcoming community. “It’s a rare community because people are really working to improve it,” Kelly explains. She sees people getting really excited by events like the Market and has had nothing but positive responses and feedback.
Ecco is going to be bustling with jewelry, accessories, clothes, fine art, food and delightful musical stylings. It is going to be a showcase for the region’s stellar DIY community. Kelly posits that the economy has something to do with DIY movements growing exponentially in recent years. People are turning to craft to supplement the loss, but ultimately this has become a gain. Aside from that, the Market has been a great place for DIY-ers to come together—buy, sell, communicate, and network. The indie craft community is growing and Kelly hopes to make the Market an annual event, expanding its scope to a festival-like atmosphere. Kelly says, “crafting can be very individual. I want to get people talking.” Events like Maker’s Market bring those individuals to a common ground.
Kelly is a proud momma, a Traverse City lover, a freelance graphic designer, and an Etsy (an online marketplace) vendor; not to mention a co-conspirator in the Maker’s Market success in Traverse City. She explains, “I think that its really awesome that people are compelled to make things they don’t have to make and are willing to share that. It takes a great amount of humility and risk.” Join these awesome crafters on Saturday and see what the DIY-ers of the Mitten have to offer! ~Joanna Dueweke, Regional Director


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Renault Scala Travelogue Edition launched in India at Rs 8.79 lakh
Renault India has launched the 2014 Scala Travelogue Edition at Rs 8.79 lakh, ex-Mumbai. This is the second time that the manufacturer has launched a Travelogue Edition of the Scala, the first one being last year.
The Renault Scala Travelogue Edition packs in Bluetooth connectivity and a navigation system. Additionally, there is a rear sunshade and illuminated scuff plates. Renault is also throwing in an extended warranty of two years and free roadside assistance of four years.
Image of 2013 Renault Scala RxZ used for reference
There are four trims in all of the Renault Scala Travelogue Edition available in petrol, diesel and petrol CVT configurations. The company had also recently launched the Duster Adventure Edition. Introducing the special edition of the Scala is bang at a time when cousin Nissan is ready to launch the facelifted Sunny in India.
Here are prices of the Renault Scala Travelogue Editions, ex-Mumbai
RxL petrol- Rs 8.79 lakh
RxL CVT petrol- Rs 9.98 lakh
RxZ CVT petrol- Rs 10.93 lakh
RxL diesel- Rs 9.66 lakh
RxZ diesel- Rs 10.60 lakh
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African Tech Startups Have Already Raised More Capital This Year Than In 2017
African tech startups have already raised more capital during the first half of 2018 compared to the amount raised by companies in the sector during the whole of 2017.
A combination of 120 deals completed during the current year saw $168.6 million raised by startups, according to a WeeTracker.
The most popular tech sector for investment remains fintech, contributing 25 deals, while health-tech and agritech were the next most popular sectors.
The WeeTracker report for 2017 revealed that a total of $167.7 million was raised during the entire year, which means that African startups are already outperforming that figure during the first half of this year.
A total of 28 deals saw startups raising over $1 million so far this year, with the biggest investment involving Cellulant, a digital payments solution firm which raised $47.5 million in its Series C round in May, according to Quartz.
The funding round was led by The Rise Fund, an impact investment fund run by U.S.-based private equity group, TPG Growth. Endeavor Catalyst, Satya Capital, Velocity Capital and Progression Africa also participated in the funding round.
African tech startups growing in 2018
The second biggest funding amount of the year thus far was raised by Branch, an online micro-lending startup, which received investment of $20 million in March, according to TechCrunch.
Both Branch and Cellulant are fintech startups, and the report shows that four of the 10 biggest deals so far in 2018 belong to that sector.
Some of the other startups that received multi-million dollar funding during 2018 include Kenyan solar energy company M-Kopa, Nigerian small business loan platform Lidya, agri-tech startup WeFarm and remittance provider SureRemit.
Looking at the numbers from a market perspective, Nigeria saw 29 completed deals, but it was Kenya that accounted for the most funds raised with $82.8 million, close to half of all startup investment across the continent so far this year.


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Jordan Brand gave us a teaser image on Twitter with a caption reading, “Locked down. #PrepareToFly 09.20.18.”
While nothing has been confirmed just yet, that date could be the unveiling of the Air Jordan 33 silhouette, which is expected to release in October. If Jordan Brand stays up to their recent trend, you can expect the Air Jordan XXX3 to feature design elements inspired by the Air Jordan 3.
Locked down.#PrepareToFly 09.20.18. pic.twitter.com/KIodamDkEY
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Some 800 apartments that will soon be built in Reykjavík come with a very daunting price tag, but are intended for first-time home buyers.
The apartments, to be located at the Hlíðarendi area of Reykjavík, come in a variety of number of rooms, but the prices for the sizes listed have drawn considerable attention. For example, a two-bedroom measuring 59.7m2 has a listing price of 41.5 million ISK. This is a considerable sum of money to put down on a two-bedroom apartment of this size, working out to about 670,000 ISK per square metre.
Brynjar Harðarson, the director of Valsmenn hf., who stand behind the project, told Vísir that the apartments are intended for first-time home buyers.
“This building is clearly intended for first-time buyers,” he said. “It’s the only building in the area without a parking garage, but rather a parking lot outside.”
When the price of the apartments was questioned, he responded, “No, there have never been free apartments in Iceland and I don’t think there will be in the future. A lot of care has gone into these apartments, we’ve put a lot into the design and construction.”
Brynjar points out furthermore that the apartments are centrally located, close to numerous shopping and service centres, as well as schools.
“Construction is underway, and I believe the Hlíðarendi plot will be fully constructed within four years,” he says in closing.
Where rental properties in Reykjavík are concerned, Viðskiptablaðið reported last April that the average rent for 75m2 apartment in downtown Reykjavík is 187,000 ISK, putting the average cost at 2,556 ISK per square metre.
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BEIJING — The numbers of China’s private companies and self-employed households have grown rapidly over the past 40 years of reform and opening-up, according to the State Administration for Market Regulation (SAMR).
By the end of October 2018, China has 71.37 million self-employed households and 30.67 million private companies, growing at least 500-fold and 338-fold, respectively.
China only had 140,000 self-employed households in 1978 when it launched its reform and opening-up. And the number of private companies on registration was 90,500 in 1989.
The numbers of private economic entities boomed during the past decades as the government kept improving business environment, including loosening restrictions on business registration.
The private sector now plays an important role in the Chinese economy, contributing to more than half of tax revenue, 60 percent of the gross domestic product (GDP), 70 percent of technological innovation and new products, 80 percent of urban employment and 90 percent of new jobs.


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AT&T and Motorola Inc. Reach Agreement to Continue Development of Unix System V for Motorola's Family of Microprocessors
Dallas -- January 21, 1985 -- PRNewswire -- AT&T and Motorola Inc., today announced an agreement to continue the development of UNIX System V for Motorola's family of microprocessors.
The new effort is an evolution of arrangements reached in May 1983 with Motorola and three other major microprocessor vendors. The original agreement with Motorola called for the porting of UNIX System V to MC68000 32-bit microprocessor. AT&T certified this port in May 1984 and has been licensing it to a growing number of computer manufacturers and VARs.
Under the new arrangement, Motorola will port the current version of System V across the full spectrum of the M68000 32-bit microprocessor family from the MC68000 to the MC68020 chips. Commenting on the agreement, Richard Shahpazian, director of Software Sales and Marketing for AT&T, said, "We are pleased with the continued growth of our relationship with Motorola. This latest agreement is further evidence of AT&T's commitment to make standard System V available on the latest technology chips to as broad a base of customers as possible."
Motorola's Thomas Beaver, vice president and director of Microsystems in the Microprocessor Products Group, said, "We fully support the concept of a standard computing environment and endorse AT&T's efforts in support of UNIX System V. This agreement will insure the availability of the most up-to-date AT&T releases on our latest products."
The agreement is expected to significantly increase the number of M68000-based computers running AT&T's standard UNIX System V.
UNIX is a trademark of AT&T Bell Laboratories.
/CONTACT: Tom Holum of AT&T, 201-898-8326 (UniForum Booth 1560) or Roger Fordham of Motorola, 602-438-3510/
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The National Sheep Association (NSA) is increasingly concerned that despite requests and pleas from the UK Agriculture sector, a deal with Australia that potentially sacrifices the UK’s farming and food industries looks likely to be completed. The announcement on Tuesday that the two Prime Ministers have reached a broad agreement brings real fears of the consequences that this deal will have on the nation’s sheep farming sector.
NSA has numerous reasons for concern, including the potential for increased imports of lamb produced using farming methods that would not be legal in the UK, compromising the world-leading high standards set out by the UK Government, along with the precedent this deal is likely to set for future deals, such as US, India, and Canada.
NSA Chief Executive, Phil Stocker said, “We are on the verge of British farming and food being changed irreversibly with Cabinet making decisions without proper Parliamentary scrutiny and without promises of a new Trade and Agriculture Commission being fulfilled. We have promise after promise that Government would not allow products to be imported to the UK that didn’t meet our increasingly high standards, and we know the direction of travel is to combat climate change and nature recovery as well as meet higher animal welfare standards.
“There is absolutely no benefit in UK farmers being led in this direction, creating premium markets for niche products in wealthy parts of the world, while increasingly feeding our people with products that couldn’t be produced here. Talking about ‘equivalence’ of standards is not good enough, if practices such as long transport journeys or the transportation of animals in hot or cold temperatures are not acceptable here then why are they acceptable in Australia?
“UK sheep farmers make efforts to deal with fallen stock correctly and ensure the most reliable traceability and environmental protection. Of course, certain procedures like mulesing (the process of removing folds of skin from the tail area of a sheep, intended to reduce fly strike) would not be tolerated here. Offshoring these issues is not ethical or honest. NSA has said for a long time that it fears the UK sheep sector being the sacrificial lamb for benefit of other industries and that is exactly what looks likely to happen.
“The fact that the Government has indicated there will be some protection by a cap on tariff-free imports for 15 years, using tariff rate quotas and other safeguards brings little solace, and the question should be asked whether we want our food systems to go in this direction now or at any time in the future.”
NSA is now urging the Government to share more detail and also to properly commit to proper and early Parliamentary and Trade and Agriculture Commission scrutiny surrounding the deal. The Association urges against rushing enthusiastically into what could be another Northern Ireland protocol situation where a deal is signed with problematic and devastating consequences realised later.


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Collins | The Challenge Facing Today’s Credit Departments
Winston Churchill is reported to have said: “Never let a good crisis go to waste.” He probably wasn’t the first person to use such a phrase. In fact, its origins don’t really matter. As we were taught in childhood, it’s the thought that counts.
For media businesses, the COVID-19 pandemic, and related recession, accelerated trends related to the introduction of new advertising products and accepting new and different types of advertisers. It is also exacerbating the problem of slow payments and accelerating business failures. Given these changes, it may be time to re-evaluate credit approval and accounts receivable practices.
Targeted digital products and OTT offerings put media advertising within reach for smaller, niche, and digital companies. In an article appearing in the current issue of MFM’s member magazine, The Financial Manager, Griff Dudley, director of American Express Merchant Services, suggests that policies that work for large national advertisers may not be the best for these new advertisers.
Dudley asserts that small businesses need to be nimbler, that their strategies unfold over a shorter horizon than those of the more traditional big brands. Particularly focused on return, they expect to track both brand awareness and ROI in conjunction with their digital marketing. These companies don’t have access to big research departments.
Thus, digital marketing is a must-have for promoting their products or services and optimizing online assets is also critical to their business’ overall success. He believes that those media companies with “the processes, products and strategies that appeal to customers with tighter purse strings” will be the ones to succeed is this new environment.
Not A One-Size-Fits-All Solution
There is a difference in how small businesses and consumers shop today, Dudley says. Integral to managing this change is the credit and accounts receivable team. He stresses that this group must be viewed as mission-critical in terms of customer experience and retention. Dudley says that for these smaller clients, payables and purchases are handled differently than has been the case for larger advertisers.
This, he says, is the new normal of “one-to-many” that thrives on the scale and frequency of digital transactions. In this scenario, the business is likely dealing with an unknown customer and a hands-off transaction.
Dudley says the solution requires implementing different credit and accounts receivables processes and considering additional financing tools. These will allow the credit teams to both capitalize on these new trends while protecting their firms, thereby driving “efficient and legitimate payments.”
Naturally, as an employee of a credit card company, he recommends media companies expand their acceptance of cards to pay for media buys and to use tools available from these companies to help verify creditworthiness.
As Dudley explains, small businesses have different financing needs and utilize credit differently. Referencing a 2018 Mercator Research Team study, Small Business Payments and Banking Survey Series Report, he says more than “50% of small businesses were borrowing on credit cards, and one in four did so regularly.” Additionally, according to the same report, 78% of small businesses rely on their line of credit to run their business.
Customer demographics may also come into play, he says. Businesses, working to attract what Dudley calls “the proverbial ‘millennial B2C customer’” are hiring “millennials to also make purchasing decisions.”
In 2017, Forrester prepared a report called Millennial B2B Buyers Come of Age. This report, Dudley says, predicts “millennials will make up 44% of the workplace by 2025, and 73% of them are already involved in B2B purchasing decisions.” He argues that this group grew up using “one-click” payments for their personal purchases and expect the same convenience in the workplace.
There’s no question that using manual credit approval processes for customers who will be making small and frequent processes is inefficient. At the same time, such transactions present the potential for fraud. Thus, the company may need to consider a new process.
The author asks two questions that can determine how to plan the new process. These are:
- How much credit will the business extend to such customers?
- Are “these transactions or the underlying business processing these payments or requests legitimate in the first place?”
These can be difficult questions to answer, even when the media company has access to media-specific credit information such as that available from MFM’s wholly owned subsidiary, BCCA. This is particularly true when the media advertiser is a sole proprietor. In such cases, Dudley recommends taking advantage of data gathering through services such those offered by his company. Such services can identify known or emerging fraudulent activity. His article includes a graph that demonstrates the value of “evaluating the legitimacy of transactions against broader payment network data.”
Managing The Overall Receivables Portfolio
Dudley cites a 2018 report from insurance credit company Atradis called The Americas, An Increase of Overdue B2B Receivables when saying that more than 40% of such U.S. invoices are not paid on time. MFM’s own quarterly Television DSO report for the first quarter of this year shows that, on average, stations waited 71 days for payments for local advertising and 93 days for national accounts to pay. This means that the credit team faces the dual challenge of approving credit for new types of advertising clients while continuing to manage the increasingly difficult order-to-cash process for both traditional and new types of advertisers.
In the spirit of not letting a good crisis go to waste, companies may want to look at all aspects of their order-to-cash process, including:
- Employing new metrics to analyze the accounts receivables portfolio.
- Considering additional automation.
- Surveying clients about preferred payment methodologies.
- Renegotiating or cutting payment terms.
- Asking the experts, the credit team, for recommendations.
MFM continues to work with its members to help make them more knowledgeable and valuable today while developing the next generation of global media leaders. To do this during the pandemic, we have increased our opportunities for online learning. At 1 p.m. ET on Oct. 15, MFM and BCCA’s Distance Learning Webinar focuses on Mining Data for Hidden Revenue in 2020. Then, the following week, on Oct. 20-21, we are offering the virtual version of the association’s signature Media Outlook seminar with a group of expert speakers who will each share their vision of how uncertainty, regulation, and new ways of working will affect media companies in 2021 and beyond. Information about both programs is available on the MFM website.
Mary M. Collins is president and CEO of the Media Financial Management Association and its BCCA subsidiary, the media industry’s credit association. She can be reached at [email protected] and via the association’s LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter accounts.


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EACH year within the Super Bowl, Madison Avenue plays an Ad Bowl, as marketers spend large amounts of time and treasure to create commercials that will, they hope, win plaudits and move merchandise. And within each Ad Bowl, two categories of consumer products usually account for a supersize amount of spots: automobiles and beverages.
Super Bowl XLVII, to be broadcast on Feb. 3 on CBS, is no exception. At this point, as sponsors continue to share their plans for the game, it looks as if six automakers — the Chrysler Group, Ford Motor, the Hyundai Motor Group, Mercedes-Benz USA, Toyota Motor and Volkswagen of America — will advertise eight brands in the game, including Audi, Hyundai, Kia, Lincoln and Volkswagen. (Cars.com, an auto-shopping site, will also advertise.)
It also appears that six marketers — Anheuser-Busch InBev, Coca-Cola, Kraft Foods, the Milk Processor Education Program, PepsiCo and SodaStream International — will advertise eight beverages, including two new beers, Budweiser Black Crown and Beck’s Sapphire, and three colas, Coke, Pepsi-Cola and Pepsi Next.
The Super Bowl is typically the most-watched television show each year. It is, commensurately, typically the most expensive ad vehicle each year. For the coming game, CBS charged an estimated $3.7 million to $3.8 million for each 30 seconds of commercial time. As eye-popping as those prices are, all the commercial time in the game has been sold out for at least two weeks.
The Super Bowl offers marketers “spectacle, huge numbers and an environment in which more people are engaged in the advertising,” said Steve Shannon, vice president for marketing at the Hyundai Motor America unit of the Hyundai Motor Group, which is buying two commercials in the game.
This will be the sixth consecutive Super Bowl with spots for the Hyundai brand. “A lot of us are there,” Mr. Shannon said of the automakers, because “it sells cars.”
For instance, the two models that Hyundai Motor America advertised during the 2012 Super Bowl — the Genesis coupe R-Spec and the Veloster Turbo — “have the shortest-day supply of any of our vehicles,” Mr. Shannon said, referring to a widely-followed measure of automotive demand.
The Super Bowl is also a draw for auto brands because “we can get the year off to a good start,” he added. “In the automotive business, you don’t want to dig yourself a hole early in the year and have to dig out.”
Mr. Shannon spoke during a visit to New York on Tuesday to give reporters previews of the Hyundai Super Bowl XLVII commercials. The humorous spots, created by Innocean USA, will promote the new seven-passenger Hyundai Santa Fe, in the first quarter, and the Hyundai Sonata Turbo, in the second.
To take advantage of the increasing willingness of consumers to watch Super Bowl ads before the game in social media like Facebook and share them with friends, the Hyundai commercials will be released before the game, Mr. Shannon said; each is to run 45 seconds, 15 seconds longer than its in-game counterpart.
The Super Bowl is “now a social media extravaganza,” he said. “The traffic it drives to automotive Web sites and our own HyundaiUSA.com is, without question, giant.”
A beverage giant that joined Hyundai Motor America in describing ad plans to reporters on Tuesday, the Coca-Cola Company, is also making social media an intrinsic part of its Super Bowl strategy.
“We want to have a sustained conversation with consumers year-round,” said Pio Schunker, senior vice president for integrated marketing communications at the Coca-Cola North America division of Coca-Cola, and “the scale and size of the Super Bowl” will help “kick-start a really big conversation.”
The Facebook page for Coca-Cola is already offering fans a preview of a 60-second Coke commercial, by Wieden & Kennedy, that will run in the first half of the game. Other social media, like Instagram, Tumblr, Twitter and YouTube, will be enlisted in promoting the commercial. It offers viewers a chance to vote for one of three thirsty teams — cowboys, showgirls or “badlanders” (motorcycle toughs) — to win a fanciful “Coke Chase” across a desert.
The winning team is to be revealed in a 30-second commercial to run immediately after the Super Bowl, Mr. Schunker said. After that, the first 50,000 people who took part in the campaign and logged onto, or signed up for, the My Coke Rewards Web site will win coupons for free 20-ounce bottles of Coke, Coke Zero or Diet Coke, he said.
The campaign, backed by what Mr. Schunker called an extensive “social plan,” will continue throughout 2013, he said. It will be part of a three-year initiative to refocus on “those fundamentals that need to anchor our ‘Open Happiness’ umbrella campaign” for the Coke brand, he said.
“We have to get back to the love of the liquid,” he added. The “Coke Chase” campaign is concentrated on refreshing, thirst-quenching qualities, he said.
For instance, if the Super Bowl effort “does really well,” Mr. Schunker said, “we might come back with the game on ‘American Idol,’ ” which Coca-Cola sponsors, asking viewers to vote for a winning team. The winner could be a different team from the one that wins the vote before and during the Super Bowl, he added.


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Apple is rumored to have selected Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company as its sole manufacturer of the processor chip for iPhone 7. This puts Samsung, its other chip maker, out of the equation. TSMC is now all set to roll production for the superior A10 chips in June.
Samsung Electronics announced that it will produce the latest Qualcomm processor. The Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 will be mass produced using Samsung technology.
Lenovo starts its partnership with Google in project Tango. Qualcomm Technologies also work along with both companies in the project.
Qualcomm has created a new kind of chip, Snapdragon processor built into internet-connected security cameras. The company announced the chip along with a reference design for new home monitoring cameras, with the Qualcomm's chip at the core.
Qualcomm announced Quick Charge 3.0. It is a 'next-generation' charger that promises to charge smart phones from 0 to 80% by 35 minutes. The charger will be available alongside Snapdragon processors next year.
Qualcomm has revolutionized the drones and now aims to be the go-to chipmaker for this technology with its latest Snapdragon Flight. Drones may have its legal issues, but it has come a long way as a consumer technology. Drones are now convenient, easy to use, and look slicker. Now, Qualcomm plans to take it up a notch with their new Snapdragon Flight, which runs with the processor that power most prominent smartphones in the world.
San Jose company Cavendish Kinetics successfully raised $36 million to develop their radio frequency micro-electro-mechanical system (RF MEMS), which could significantly improve smartphone reception.
Chipmaker Qualcomm Inc (QCOM.O) said it may break itself up as it delivered its third profit warning this year and announced plans to slash jobs and spending in the face of rising competition.
Former Qualcomm Greater China president Frank Meng is returning to chair the U.S. chipmaker's moneymaker market while former head Wang Xiang moves to smartphone maker Xiaomi.
Carmaker Daimler on Saturday announced a partnership with mobile technologies company Qualcomm Inc. to explore wireless recharging of mobile phones in cars as well as recharging of electric cars without cables.
Activist investor Jana Partners is asking Qualcomm Inc to consider spinning off its chip unit from its patent-licensing business to boost the chipmaker's sagging stock price, the Wall Street Journal reported, citing a quarterly letter that will be sent to Jana investors on Monday.
U.S. stocks bounced back on Monday, helped by merger and acquisitions activity, while Apple shares ended slightly higher following the long-anticipated rollout of its watch.
As the technology-heavy Nasdaq Composite Index closes in on the all-time high it reached in March 2000, investors are facing a market that barely resembles the go-go era of 15 years ago.
Two of three global industry groups vying to establish a dominant standard for wireless charging technology have agreed to merge, bringing consumers a small step closer to throwing away their smartphone power cords.
The settlement of China's anti-trust probe into Qualcomm Inc is likely to intensify global scrutiny of the firm's highly profitable patent licensing business, and may even call into question its worldwide contracts with smartphone makers such as Apple and Samsung.


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The government plans to start exporting garlic chives to South Korea in a commercial scale by collaborating with the growers, according to the Ministry of Commerce.
Garlic Chives or Chinese Leek (scientific name: Allium tuberosum) is a vegetable native to Asia, and is popular in South Korea as it is often used in traditional Korean Kimchi food.
In Myanmar, garlic chives are mostly cultivated in Shan state.
“We are planning to start large-scale exports of garlic chives to South Korea. First, we will see what is the demand there and then we’ll seek other export markets,” said U Win Myint, director of the Market Information and Research team of the ministry.
South Korea held a workshop in Myanmar in March to prompt Myanmar garlic chives growers to export the vegetable in a commercial basis.
“If we export garlic chives via ships it will perish before it reaches the port. But, exporting by air is not feasible. So, we will try to make garlic chives powder and then export the product. We already ran some tests after the Korean workshop,” U Win Myint said.
Besides Shan state, there have been some test cultivations in Pyin Oo Lwin township in Mandalay division to export to the Korean market, the director said.
“South Korea has been buying garlic chives from us for a long time. But it has never reached a commercial scale. There are some exporters in the market, and if they get government support they can boost their output,” said U Hnin Oo from Myanmar Organic Agriculture Group (MOAG).
He said Garlic chives can be cultivated within three months and the process has to start before monsoon begins in April.
“If there is large-scale exports it will be beneficial for us,” said U Aung Than, a garlic chives grower.
Currently, a viss (1.65 kilograms) of garlic chives in Yangon are sold for about K1,000.


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Nikon D2x integration
Cambo has released a dedicated mount for the Nikon D2x to be integrated into the Cambo Ultima 35 system.
Nikon's D2x features an approx. 12mp chip and can be mounted directly on the new mount that Cambo has designed. The combination allows the photographer to take advantage of all view camera movements with use of the Nikon D2x as image capturing device. Look for details to Digital Applications: Ultima 35.


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- More than 55% of Brits would be devastated if anything happened to their mobile phone
- A further 70% never turn off their phone
- More than a quarter (26%) of people in the UK spend between five and 10 hours a day online
- However, 47% of Brits don’t protect their mobile devices.
New research has revealed the depth of UK consumers’ attachment to their mobile phones – as well as their lack of awareness of how to protect their devices from a cyber attack.
Phones have evolved past texting, calling and playing Snake – they’ve now become a huge part of our lives, used for shopping, socialising and even work, as well as holding our precious memories. In fact, as people continue to depend more and more on their phones, smartphone separation anxiety is becoming an increasingly widespread problem.
Nomophobia, shortened from ‘no mobile phone phobia’, describes a fear of not having your phone that’s so persistent and severe it affects daily life – and even sleep. But despite this growing dependency on mobile phones, research has found that UK consumers are somewhat negligent when it comes to protecting their devices.
According to Kaspersky , which commissioned the research, more than a quarter (26%) of Brits spend up to 10 hours a day online – and the longer they stay connected, the more they risk falling victim to cybercrime. Furthermore, over half (55%) of smartphone owners would be devastated if anything happened to their device, while 47% could not live without their phone.
A cortisol stress test, performed with two smartphone users as part of the campaign, actually showed that the stress levels of both participants were higher when they didn’t have access to their phones – compared to days when they did.
Notably, the study reveals that millennials are the generation most attached to their phones but are the least likely to protect them. More than 69% of millennials would be devastated if anything happened to their phone, compared to 55% of consumers overall. However, 38% of millennials have never even thought about protecting their mobile devices.
Says Alexis Conran, Times Radio host and presenter of The Joy of Techs:
“Our phones have become an essential part of living our lives to the full. And yet, we seem to have forgotten about their vulnerabilities. Mobile devices contain a potentially devastating amount of information about us, which is fast becoming the most valuable commodity in the world.
Kaspersky’s research shows that the most undertaken activities online by Brits, are email (61%), social media (60%) and online shopping (58%). All of these carry significant cyber threats, such as phishing, spyware and ransomware.
Adds David Emm, principal security researcher at Kaspersky:
“It’s almost second nature to think of installing antivirus software on a laptop or desktop, but this research shows that the same isn’t true of smartphones or tablets. It’s important to ask: why aren’t consumers protecting these devices in the same way as they would their desktops or laptops?
“As mobile malware becomes more advanced, simply taking precautions to avoid being hacked is no longer enough. When protected with antivirus software, consumers can better defend their devices from potential attacks.”


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Precisely why people should avoid downloading or using many of the fun/happy/toolbar kinds of applications, unless from a source known to be reputable (Google, Yahoo, toolbars, for example, are safe).
I note that the FTC indicated that approximately 18 MILLION
computers had been infected by malicious software from this ONE
operation. From the same article that gives this enormous---and frightening----figure:
Bostom.com quoting AP
"PC manufacturers say that 50 percent or more of their support calls are spyware-related," said Joe Wilcox, an analyst with Jupiter Research.
Webroot researchers last month reported that 89 percent of consumer PCs were infected with an average of 30 pieces of spyware. The Boulder, Colo.-based company has identified more than 527,000 malicious Web sites, an increase of 100,000 compared with the first quarter.
Many consumers still don't use anti-spyware programs or do not keep them updated, and others do not realize they're downloading malicious software when they sign up at various sites to send greeting cards or install a new search toolbar, Wilcox said.
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Bar, eatery set to open in Greer
Published: Tuesday, January 7, 1992 at 3:15 a.m.
Last Modified: Tuesday, January 7, 1992 at 12:00 a.m.
GREER - A new bar and eatery called Silver Dollar is scheduled to open in downtown Greer Jan. 15, featuring an old West theme, live country music and daily meal specials. The owner of the business has applied for a beer and wine license. They hope to get another license later to sell liquor from mini-bottles within 60 days after the first license passes. Teresa Lee Davis, of Greer, is listed as business owner. Davis, Jerry Campbell, Davis, and Davis' father will run the business, Campbell said. Work has begun inside the building, which was open for a short time as The Sports Page before closing several months ago. The Sports Page served beer and wine. Campbell said managers intend to paint the walls with scenes of the old West featuring horses and stagecoaches. Daily meal specials will be offered, and Campbell said breakfast will be served. He said the restaurant will be open six days a week, and will be suitable for the entire family. Mayor Don Wall said city officials haven't discussed the new business. He did say he thinks a nice place where folks can get a drink and something to eat could be beneficial to the city. Nicholas Sipe, director of the state Alcoholic Beverage Control Commission, confirmed that an application has been received. He said no one has filed a protest on the application. BAR
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ALLENTOWN, Pa. - With the snow coming the people of the Lehigh Valley are buying those last minute supplies. And that is music to some local businesses' ears.
Most of the people 69 News spoke to aren't too worried about the snow. Either way, they are doing their part to prepare.
Ann Marie Clewell and her husband Don from Allentown were one of many to come to the Weis Market on South Cedar Crest Boulevard in Allentown Friday. The Clewell's aren't overly concerned about the snow coming Saturday, unlike others.
"It's a little crazy at times. They probably buy more than they need," Don said.
Judy Heyward also from Allentown said the same thing.
"I think it's ridiculous. They're buying up all the bread and milk. How long do you think you're gonna be in the house?" Heyward said.
Jim Sentiwany, who runs the store, has been in the supermarket business for decades so he gets it.
"Every time they call for a little bit of snow, it's like the end of the world so as long as they get their milk, eggs and bread they're fine," Sentiwany said.
The same can be said for Griffin Daly and the folks at Albright's Hardware & Garden Center.
"Any type of threat of weather definitely increases our business here for sure," Daly said.
The good news is, because there hasn't been a lot of winter weather, the store is fully stocked with supplies. Daly is hoping this isn't the last rush.
"There's plenty of winter left and plenty of time for snow and some inclement weather," Daly said.
If you haven't seen the workers already, you will on Saturday when PennDOT gets on the roads for the winter storm.
"We will be plowing, putting down material after we plow and then with that sleet and freezing rain, late tomorrow into the evening tomorrow night, we'll probably be still putting the material out overnight tomorrow night into Sunday morning," PennDOT spokesman Ron Young said.
Young says if you don't have to travel, stay home. But if you do decide to get out be aware of your surroundings.
"Don't follow our trucks closely. Leave that buffer of six car lengths between our trucks and your vehicle," Young said.


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Samsung just launched its Galaxy Z Flip3 5G and Galaxy Z Fold3 5G foldable 5G smartphones in India, after they were introduced last week. The Z Flip3 comes in Phantom Black and Cream colours and starts at Rs. 88,999 and the Z Fold3 comes in Phantom Black and Phantom Green colours and starts at Rs. 1,49,999 in India. The company has also announced introductory offers for pre-booking the phone starting August 24 till September 09, 2021 before they go on sale from September 10.
- Galaxy Z Flip3 5G (8+128GB): Rs. 84999
- Galaxy Z Flip 3 5G (8+256GB): Rs. 88999
- Galaxy Z Fold3 5G (12+256GB): Rs. 149999
- Galaxy Z Fold3 5G (12+512GB): Rs. 157999
Consumers pre-booking Galaxy Fold3 5G and Galaxy Z Flip3 5G will be eligible for either an upgrade voucher of up to Rs. 7000 or HDFC Bank cash back of up to Rs. 7000 using credit and debit card.
In addition to this, consumers will be eligible for free 1 year Samsung Care+ Accidental & Liquid Damage Protection worth Rs. 7999 on pre-booking Galaxy Z Fold3 5G and Rs. 4799 on pre-booking Galaxy Z Flip3 5G.
Moreover, consumers who have already pre-reserved Galaxy Z Fold3 5G and/or Galaxy Z Flip3 5G in India will be eligible for all pre-booking offers along with a free Galaxy SmartTag.
Commenting on the launch, Aditya Babbar, Director & Head, Mobile Marketing, Samsung India, said:
At Samsung, we believe in creating open ecosystems that accelerate innovation and allow more and more people to create their own experiences. Over the last year, our reliance on technology has grown more than ever before and now, as we reshape our lives, it is critical that we reshape the technology that we use every day. With many firsts like the first under display camera and S-Pen on a foldable, as well as IP rated water resistance, the devices are the perfect combination of cutting edge technology and unmatched style.


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Although countless news recently pointed out that Apple Watch Series 6 will be released in September first, but today another quite active broke the news king @L0vetodream posted on Twitter suggesting that there will be no Apple Watch launch this month.
In fact, Apple has paid more attention to Apple Watch than iPhone in recent years, and it spends a lot of time to introduce the new generation of Apple Watch functions in each autumn conference. It is rumored that Apple Watch Series 6 will introduce blood oxygen sensing function this year, which can be regarded as a big change. It should be qualified to explain in detail at the press conference, right?
Jon Prosser hinted that Apple will release a product on September 8. I believe there will be an answer by then!


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Faraday Future through all the finical troubles and bad press held a press conference in the outskirts of Las Vegas. There they unveiled the FF91; they’re first production vehicle; one customer can pre-order for $5,000.
Long gone is the prototype car that was going to shake up the auto industry. Instead, they took a traditional SUV design, made it more aerodynamic, added smart features, and slapped some self-driving tech on it. The new car looks more like a large sedan than a forward-thinking automaker that they first screamed they were.
The spacious room inside is thanks in part to the wide wheelbase and the fact there isn’t a combustion engine taking up space. The car focuses heavily on the self-driving capabilities with 30 sensors around its body, including ten cameras, 13 long and short-range sensors, 12 ultra-sonic sensors, and an unusual pop-up 3D LIDAR.
The car doesn’t just feature aa bunch of technology either, it’s the world fastest production car, with a time of 2.39 from 0 to 60! That’s quicker than a Tesla Model S and a Tesla Model X, not to mention every other sports car. The car also has a 378-mile range, one that beats Tesla once again. Faraday Future mentioned Tesla numerous times as they’re directly competing with them.
Faraday Future is giving Telsa a run for its money, but only if they can get these out in production. If they fail to ship these cars, they could face backlash or worse, finical failure. Faraday is holding on by a shoestring, and this car is their hail marry to save them.
Tell us in the comments below what you think about the FF91!


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Belkin disables router spamming feature
Gracious climb down
Belkin, the consumer networking and connectivity firm, has promised customers a firmware upgrade to disable a controversial 'spamming' feature built into its routers.
As first reported on The Reg last week, the feature hijacks random HTTP requests every eight hours and redirects users to a page advertising Belkin's parental control software. There is an opt-out link but that failed to appease Net users who accused Belkin of creating a new mechanism for spam.
In response the negative user feedback, Belkin is to give users the option of disabling the feature.
In an announcement on its home page, Belkin said: "In response to a recent Usenet group posting stating that Belkin spams its customers through its routers, Belkin Corporation apologizes for the concern this has caused and is taking action to address the issue.
"To allay customers’ worries, Belkin will offer a firmware upgrade that will be available via download from its website (www.belkin.com) on November 17, 2003. This upgrade will rid the redirect completely so that no additional browser windows will appear during the router’s installation process. Questions can be directed to our dedicated networking customer support line at 877-736-5771 or e-mailed to email@example.com," it added.
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Motor prices in top gear
CAR price rises have overtaken inflation for the first time in five years, new figures reveal.
Alliance & Leicester's Car Price Index, jointly produced with What Car? Magazine, brings more bad news for buyers, with new car prices reaching heights not seen since Janaury 2002.
The average price of a new car was 2% more expensive in June of this year than in June 2003, with some cars costing up to 5% more than at the same time last year. It is the fifth consecutive year-on-year rise.
Using the new method of measuring inflation it means car prices have risen faster than the rate of inflation. It also follows increases of 0.2% and 1.2% in April and May respectively.
Topping the list for the biggest increase in June 2004 were 4x4 vehicles, which rose by 5.5% in cost. However, the price of one-year-old cars also went up, albeit by 1.1% in June, down from increases of 1.6% in May and 2% in April.
Andy Bayes, head of personal loans at Alliance & Leicester, said: 'With price rises outstripping inflation, it is evident that prices generally are now on the rise. This means buyers will have to work even harder to get the deal that they want.'
The one silver lining for anyone considering buying a car, is the possibility of being able to haggle for a bargain.
Douglas McWilliams of the Centre for Economics and Business Research (CEBR) said: 'We expect that while we are unlikely to see the level of price falls seen over the last five years continue, demand conditions will give consumers the opportunity to pick up a good deal through haggling.'
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Gregg Cote has joined Fishman Flooring Solutions as director of operations.
"Our business has grown significantly over the past decade both organically and through acquisitions and we expect that will continue well into the future,” said Bob Wagner, president and CEO of Fishman Flooring. “Our strategic plan to manage that growth includes strengthening our operational infrastructure to ensure that we can continue to seamlessly delight our current customers, as well as future customers as we expand our business and our footprint. Gregg Cote brings an extensive skill set to Fishman to help us successfully execute our strategy.”
Cote comes to Fishman Flooring from Kenseal Construction Products in Baltimore, where he served as director of operations. Prior to that, Cote was vice president of operations at Commerce Corporation, a Baltimore-based distributor of lawn, garden and outdoor living products.
For more information, visit lfishman.com.


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21:11 17th Dec, 2011
Katrina Pips Anna As Most Searched Personality: Report
Analysis reveals the online searching habits of Indians in 2011.
Most Indians log on to the internet for jobs, politics, cricket, movies, and social networking, according to Google Zeitgeist 2011, a report about search trends published every year. The report researches search queries received by Google, with an aim to giving insight into search trends.
With the increase in mobile internet use, the report indicates that over 125 million Indians Googled this year. It gives some interesting insights into the trends and fads of 2011. Indians have been looking for information on the Lokpal Bill and Aadhar cards as far as political searches are concerned, with international news searches topped by the earthquake in Japan and Osama Bin Laden's death. While Bollywood actress Katrina Kaif was the most-searched celebrity for the fourth year in a row, social crusader Anna Hazare closed in on the second spot, as well as topping the list of the fastest-rising people queries of the year. Bollywood hero Salman Khan and controversial model Poonam Pandey came in at the third and fourth places respectively.
Indians seem to be looking online frantically for jobs in the financal sector, as can be seen by IBPS (Institute of Banking Personnel Selection) becoming the fastest-rising search. Indian Railways also continued to remain high in the popularity stakes, as an ever-increasing number of people booked tickets and searched for train timings online.
Movie search results showed that Bodyguard emerged victorious over Ra.One, followed by Harry Potter, Delhi Belly, and Singham. This list was topped by Mankatha and Dookudu in southern India. 2011 has also been the year of cricket, with India winning the World Cup. It therefore comes as no surprise that IPL and World Cup 2011 were the top-searched sporting events.
On the technology front, Steve Jobs featured prominently, especially after his resignation and following his death. Interestingly, teenage pop star Justin Bieber also featured high on the list, confirming that the female sex was adequately represented among the 125 million odd users.
Here's the list of top searches for six categories.
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- boAt audio ranked No.1 in India in the earwear category
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THE spreading tech boom comes with an increasingly global cost. From 2010 to 2015, the volume of electronic waste generated in East and South-East Asia rose 63 per cent, according to a report from the United Nations University.
Electrical or electronic devices are not always properly recycled or disposed of. Instead, such e-waste is often burned or washed in acid to extract the valuable metals inside. This can pollute water and air, and lead to cancers and fertility problems in workers exposed to the fumes.
Researchers studied e-waste generation over five years in 12 Asian countries including China, which saw the amount of e-waste it produced more than double. Reasons for the rise include an increase in products for sale and a growing middle class that can afford to buy them, they say.
“More and more gadgets and toys are coming with either a plug or a battery and it’s all substantially contributing to an increase in e-waste,” says lead author Ruediger Kuehr.
The rise is big but not unexpected for nations seeing rapid economic growth, says Jason Linnell, who leads US non-profit body the National Center for Electronics Recycling.
Although Asia generates the highest volume of e-waste as a continent, Europe and the Americas generate about four times as much per capita – and much of this waste is exported to poorer countries that lack the infrastructure to safely recycle it.
This article appeared in print under the headline “E-waste spikes in Asia”


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Bank customers carried out about 2.8 million transactions on Nigeria Interbank Settlement System Instant Pay platform recorded on Independence Day commemoration, live updates provided by the NIBSS have shown.
As Nigerians visited entertainment spots in the country to celebrate the day, online payment of bills via NIP hit exactly 2,831,616 transactions as of 6.18pm on Tuesday.
Analysis of the live electronic payment data indicated that a low failure rate of 0.83 per cent was recorded on the platform, with customers experiencing a total of 23,514 failed transactions.
The data showed that funds transfer formed the bulk of the volume of the NIP transactions.
NIP had been adjudged the most preferred platform for electronic payment having grossed more transactions in monetary terms than PoS and e-Bills Payment over the years.
The statistics also showed that Point of Sale transactions carried out by merchants and retailers in the country were 1.24 million as of 6.18 pm on the same day.
The data indicated that transactions on PoS had a high failure rate of 15.61 per cent as the volume of failed transactions on the terminals stood at 193,662 as of the same time.
NIP recorded the highest volume of transactions – 23,211 – at 12.40pm, while electronic payment on PoS peaked at 5.35pm, recording a volume of 14,171.
Data on the e-payment platform efficiency showed that unavailable beneficiary bank and exceeded bank limit contributed the most to failed NIP transactions on Tuesday.
Also, the NIBSS data indicated that the issuer bank error and error made by bank customers highly contributed to the failed PoS transactions.
Stakeholders in the industry attributed the high rate of failed transactions on PoS to poor network and payment systems that use multiple SIM cards, WiFi, or Local Area Network.
Olojo observed that declined transactions were high during peak transaction periods and festive seasons.
He said, “The apps being deployed by the operators and web solutions are unable to carry the large volume of transactions that agents are channelling into the system.
“We realise that during high transaction traffic, these apps keep processing. Operators need to ensure that competent web solutions and apps are good


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Detroit. Charlotte. Birmingham. San Antonio.
Those are just a few of the big names that didn't make the final list of 20 cities Amazon is considering for its second headquarters.
With 238 proposals submitted, there were bound to be lots of also-rans. But a few notable cities and proposals got snubbed.
Kansas City, Missouri, whose mayor wrote reviews on 1,000 Amazon products as part of its bid, didn't make the cut. Neither did a campus that would have spanned the U.S.-Mexico border. And a number of metropolitan areas considered to be viable contenders, such as Minneapolis and Charlotte, were also nixed.
Here are some of the slights.
The Motor City, which declared bankruptcy in 2013, pitched itself to Amazon as a region experiencing an exciting revival.
"Move here. Move the world," declared a flashy video that accompanied its bid.
Detroit's 242-page proposal,reviewed by Crain's Detroit Business, shows that the city offered to remake its downtown area -- as well as 30 years of hefty tax breaks. The state also said it planned to launch a $120 million initiative to expand its tech workforce.
But it wasn't enough for Amazon.
"We would have loved to have made it into the next round for Amazon's second headquarters but everyone here is incredibly proud of the proposal we submitted," Mayor Mike Duggan said in a statement.
Kansas City, Missouri
Kansas City Mayor Sly James gave five-star reviews to 1,000 random items on Amazon to woo HQ2. Kansas City's advantages were worked into every one.
"I'll tell you, when I'm sitting out in the backyard of my reasonably priced home in a safe neighborhood with great schools and these chimes start to tinkle, it feels like the whole world is singing just for me," the mayor wrote in a review for $14.99 wind chimes.
Alas, Kansas City's gambit didn't work.
"We competed well," James told CNNMoney on Thursday. But he admits to being a little bit relieved to be out of the running.
"Something like Amazon doesn't come free," James said. "There's a cost. I think everyone was looking at the benefit and not the cost."
San Antonio, Texas
There's a good reason San Antonio didn't make the shortlist. In October, it took itself out of the running altogether.
In a letter to Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, Mayor Ron Nirenberg said that while San Antonio has a "competitive toolkit of incentives" to offer, "blindly giving the way the farm isn't our style."
So the city passed on submitting a formal bid for HQ2.
"It's hard to imagine that a forward-thinking company like Amazon hasn't already selected its preferred location. And, if that's the case, then this public process is, intentionally or not, creating a bidding war amongst states and cities," Nirenberg said.
Still, all is not lost for Texas. Both Austin and Dallas are finalists.
Alabama's biggest city installed three massive Amazon delivery boxes around town to publicize its formal bid, called "Bring A to B."
But it was all to no avail. Birmingham didn't make it through.
If Birmingham was disappointed, at least it showed a good sense of humor on Twitter.
Salt Lake City, Utah
Utah is disappointed that it's now a final contender -- but the state was pretty frank about its own shortcomings.
"From Amazon's initial call for proposals, we knew Utah would be at a disadvantage due to our proximity to their current headquarters and our small population size," Val Hale, executive director of the governor's office, said in a statement.
Charlotte, North Carolina
"Consider Charlotte, USA as your new Prime destination."
That's how Charlotte pitched itself in a video proposal for Amazon's second headquarters, in which the city played up its appeal to millennials.
But Charlotte, home of Bank of Americ, won't be home to HQ2.
In a tweet Thursday, Charlotte Mayor Vi Lyles said she was "proud" of the city's effort and asked everyone to support nearby Raleigh, North Carolina -- which is still under consideration.
Minnesota took a low-key approach to the application process, since Amazon competitors Target and Best Buy both have their headquarters in the state. Given its relationships with those companies, Minnesota would be "restrained" in what it offered Amazon, Governor Mark Dayton said.
But subtilty did not work, and neither, Minneapolis nor its twin city, St. Paul, made Amazon's final list.
Vancouver, British Columbia
Amazon already has plans to expand its presence in Vancouver, so it's in better shape than many of its competitors.
In November, Amazon announced that it would double its workforce in the city from 1,000 to 2,000 employees by 2020.
"We continue to stand 100% behind the metro Vancouver proposal -- the result of an unprecedented effort in regional economic development -- which fully demonstrates what Vancouver has to offer any business that chooses to make this region its home. This includes Amazon, which continues to make increased investments into Vancouver," the Vancouver Economic Commission said in a statement.
Toronto is the only city in Canada that made it into the top 20.
Portland -- sometimes seen as Seattle's younger sibling -- was also left out.
"We're your neighbor. Your home away from home. Your partner in this next adventure," Portland said in its pitch.
Ultimately, though, Amazon was probably looking to move beyond the Pacific Northwest. Los Angeles is the only West Coast city still in the running.
To promote Southern Arizona, the economic development group Sun Corridor put a 21-foot Saguaro cactus on a truck and sent it to Amazon.
"We wanted to make sure Mr. Bezos and his team notice us and send a message of 'we have room for you to grow here for the long term,'" Sun Corridor CEO Joe Snell said in a statement at the time.
Unfortunately, the cactus -- however sizable -- didn't put Tucson on top.
The Mexico-U.S. campus
It appears Amazon wasn't open to a campus spanning the U.S.-Mexico border.
The creative approach, pitched by two New Mexico-based nonprofits, would have had a footprint in El Paso, Texas; Juarez, Mexico; and Las Cruces, New Mexico.
"Although we are disappointed that our cross-border, binational campus proposal was not part of the shortlist, we understood from the beginning that we were offering a new and unique value proposition and solution that would be foreign to any company, including Amazon," Davin Lopez, CEO of the Mesilla Valley Economic Development Alliance, said in a statement.
But the group isn't giving up hope yet.
"We feel an innovating private sector, whether that be Amazon or someone else, has the opportunity to take the lead in making this happen," Lopez said.


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India must heed S&P warning, says RBI
A warning that India’s credit rating could soon be downgraded is a much-needed shot across the bows for the government, a top central banker warned in an interview with Emerging Markets
Standard & Poors warning that it might downgrade Indias credit rating is a much-needed shot across the bows for the countrys government, according to YH Malegam, a board member of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI).
They have sounded a warning, Malegam, who also chairs Indias National Advisory Committee on Accounting Standards, told Emerging Markets.
Last week S&P downgraded the countrys outlook to negative from stable, with a one-in-three chance of a sovereign downgrade if India failed to tackle its widening fiscal and current account deficits.
In an exclusive interview with Emerging Markets yesterday S&P president Douglas Peterson said its decision had created a huge dialogue in India between officials, banks, policy makers, and industrialists. I was interested in how much impact our decision had, he said.
Malegam blamed the problems on malaise at the heart of government, with Indian politicians proving incapable of convincing the business community that they are committed to cutting red tape and boosting growth.
Policy making has slowed down, which has led to a lack of confidence across the business community, he said. Many business people think the government is either not able, or not willing, for political reasons, to improve the business environment, or improve the economy.
Many say Indias directionless government, helmed by premier Manmohan Singh, should be blamed for continually backtracking on, or watering down, pro-business reforms designed to slash bureaucracy and drag in foreign investment.
One clear example from late 2011 was Delhis decision to backtrack on a foreign direct investment (FDI) bill to grant foreign retailers like Tesco and Walmart unfettered access to Indias consumer markets.
Malegam blames the increasing federalism of Indias economy, a process led by regional voices such as Mamata Banerjee, the firebrand socialist leader of West Bengal. Banerjee was a leading dissenter against last years FDI bill, and usually decries foreign investment of any kind.
Malegam, one of the countrys clarion voices on financial market regulation, fears that rising regionalism is weakening the power of legislators in Delhi to act in Indias beset interests.
A more federal India is creating a situation in which the regional parties are becoming more powerful, he said. Those parties are in turn collectively preventing the two major parties [the Indian National Congress and the Bharatiya Janata Party] from having a stable majority in the centre. This is denuding the power of the federal structure.
Malegam said he believed Indias long-term trends remained good based on its young population and a solid retail market. In February Boston Consulting Group forecast consumer spending would hit $3.6 trillion in 2020, from $991 billion in 2010.
But Malegam said that growth depended on improved confidence among Indian business leaders. If growth can rise and inflation stabilizes, things can get better. But the trouble is that right now our business community just doesnt have enough confidence in the government.In April, the IMF said it expected Indians economy to grow by 6.9% in 2012, slightly below its January prediction of 7%, but a significant drop on the 8.5% posted in 2011. The IMF said concerns about governance and slow project approvals had weakened business sentiment which along with global uncertainty and policy tightening had adversely affected investment.


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Cab aggregator Ola said on Wednesday it has suspended a driver after a Bengaluru woman complained that he locked her up in the car and misbehaved with her. The incident took place on Sunday night at around 10.30pm when the 23-year-old woman, who works as a fashion stylist in the city, took the Ola cab to reach her home in BTM Layout, a southern suburb.
“We regret the unfortunate experience the customer had during the ride. We have zero tolerance for such incidents,” an Ola spokesperson said in a statement to IANS. “The driver has been suspended from the platform.” The woman told IANS: “The cab driver misbehaved and tried to touch me. He locked up the car. So I couldn’t open the doors and he tried to come close to me.
“I immediately started banging the car’s windows with my fist in an attempt to make noise. That is when he finally released the lock and I ran out of the cab.”


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Brendon Lynch here.
Today we released a new position paper, Privacy in the Cloud Computing Era: A Microsoft Perspective.
This new paper discusses how Microsoft is approaching privacy as it relates to cloud computing. We wrote this paper based on our experience over the past decade examining and addressing privacy challenges in the evolving online services realm. We are also releasing guidance to enterprises and consumers to help them navigate the privacy issues to consider when thinking about cloud-based services.
Cloud-based services are rapidly emerging to complement the traditional client-based model of running software on PCs and servers at home and within the organization. Simply put, “cloud computing” refers to computing capabilities that are provided to organizations that operate over the Internet. Businesses and governments are using “the cloud” to provide more and more services as it allows for greater flexibility, efficiency and lower costs. This next generation of computing has significant potential to create new jobs, business opportunities and economic growth.
From a privacy perspective, a key aspect of cloud computing is the remote storage and processing of personal information with a service provider. Consumers, and more recently organizations, have for some time been using online services that store personal information remotely (for example, Microsoft’s Windows Live Hotmail was introduced in the mid-90s). Therefore, with regard to most data privacy questions as well as the perspective of typical users, cloud computing reflects the evolution of the Internet computing experiences we have long enjoyed, rather than a revolution.
While we recognize that privacy in the cloud will evolve over time; the paper describes how our underlying privacy principles provide a solid foundation for addressing privacy issues.
However, particularly given the global nature of the data flows inherent in cloud computing, there are a number of policy questions concerning how people, organizations and governments handle information and interactions in this environment. As Peter Cullen’s post last week noted:
With the evolution of cloud computing, in particular, global data flows have changed to become continuous and multi-point rather than linear and point-to-point. Chances are that data will flow differently in ten years than it does today, and privacy rules will need to anticipate these inevitable changes. At the same time, privacy laws, by their very nature, are local. This dynamic creates inherent tension. As such, new privacy paradigms and governance models, such as one governed by accountability need to be considered in the context of global such frameworks.
Microsoft looks forward to a continuing engagement with government, industry, advocates, and our customers on these vital topics.
Brendon Lynch, senior director of privacy strategy, Microsoft Trustworthy Computing


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Fifty years ago, I was given a trip to the National Western Stock Show in Denver for my high school graduation gift. I was exposed to many new and incredible experiences there. History does indeed repeat itself, because recently I had the same experience when I traveled to Bryansk, Russia, to tour ranches owned by Miratorg. I saw 110,000 cows owned by the same owner, and toured a new feedlot built to handle the increased Russian demand for high-quality beef.
I was honored recently to be invited by Miratorg to interview for a senior bovine practitioner position to lead the company’s veterinary department activities in Russia. I was one of eight candidates who interviewed in Bryansk, located about 270 miles southwest of Moscow. The interview consisted of four days of touring several Miratorg ranches, its feedlot and feedlot expansion process, and meetings with Miratorg’s board of directors. In addition, I met with Evgeniy Albokrinov, Miratorg’s beef production director, discussing cow-calf herd health, based on my recommendations from observations of visiting many Miratorg ranches.
A recent headline in a Moscow newspaper read, “Soon rib-eyes may take their place alongside vodka and cigarettes as Russian favorites.” Based on what I saw, I wouldn’t disagree.
Russian President Vladimir Putin has an ambitious plan to cut his country’s $3 billion annual import bill for beef. He even aspires to return Russia’s beef industry to its pre-revolutionary stature. If all goes according to plan, Russia could someday send foreign beef suppliers like Tyson Foods and São Paulo-based Brasil Foods heading for other markets.
Miratorg is the leading investor in the Russian agribusiness industry. It’s the largest meat producer and supplier in the Russian market, thanks to its high-performing vertically integrated agribusiness holding that took a leading position in production, processing, logistic supplies and sales of agricultural products. Its investments into production, processing and agro-industrial infrastructure facilities implemented for 2005 to 2012 exceed $2.7 billion.
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Miratorg’s beef holdings make it the world’s largest vertically integrated beef production operation with 110,000 cows now, and plans to expand to 225,000 cows in the next three years. There is currently a 49,000-head feedlot, with the opening anticipated by September of another 45,000-head feedlot currently under construction and a new high-tech meat processing and packing plant located one mile from the feedlot. In addition to its beef holdings, Miratorg is the largest pork producer in Russia and is among the country’s top five poultry producers.
The entire operation is owned by two stockholders, Russian businessmen with extensive experience and success in agribusiness. The company has integrated beef, pork and poultry enterprises from conception to retail distribution with annual production goals of 3 million pigs, 50 million broilers and 200,000 cattle. Miratorg employs 16,000 people in 16 Russian regions.
Starting in 2011, Miratorg's subsidiary, Bryansk Meat Company (BMC), began a new project with the importation of 125,000 Black Angus heifers from Australia and America. Located in the Bryansk region of Russia, BMC is one of the largest and fastest-growing beef cattle operations in the world.
And its efforts to produce high-quality beef continue. Miratorg received 22,000 yearling steers the end of May that were shipped from Perth, Australia, through the Suez Canal and trucked 24 hours from ports on the Black Sea. These yearlings were imported to meet contracts for high-quality beef later this fall. The operation weaned 50,000 calves in 2013, and 97,000 cows and heifers are scheduled to calve in 2014. The first of two new state-of-the-art feedlots received the first Angus cattle in February, 2014.
The beef processing plant is under construction and will be launched this fall. BMC plans to have one of the largest and fastest growing beef cattle operations in the world with a production target of 4,000 cattle/week to be processed per eight-hour shift.
Miratorg has its sights set on being the premier protein supplier for Russia, and is well on its way to achieving that goal with a major investment in its cattle production facilities. I saw one of the most modern, efficient and productive vertically integrated cattle production systems imaginable. Who could have imagined that 50 years ago?
Editor’s note—Bob Sager, Wilsall, MT, retired as a cow-calf veterinarian, then obtained his master’s degree in animal nutrition in 2011. He is currently a Ph.D. candidate in animal nutrition and will complete his degree in December 2014.
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