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General Motors is issuing a vehicle recall order for about 196,000 of the company's Hummers because of a problem in the SUV's electrical systems, which has led to at least two of the vehicles being destroyed due to fire.
According to GM, an electrical component of the SUV's ventilation, cooling and heating system could possibly overheat, causing fire within the Hummer's dashboard.
GM also reported three people who have suffered from minor burns due to the issue. In two of these incidents, the owner reported that their SUVs were destroyed by the fire.
"There was a funny smell. I immediately stopped and told my passenger to get out and noticed a fire under the passenger glove box," wrote an owner of a Hummer to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA).
The owner said that he had tried to put out the fire under his Hummer's dashboard. However, the fire did not subside and eventually consumed the entire vehicle in flames.
At least 20 owners of Hummers have filed complaints with the NHTSA regarding fire igniting under the dashboard of their vehicles.
The NHTSA started to receive reports about the fire problem in the Hummer in 2008. Overall, GM said that there have been 42 reported incidents of dashboard fire, with 31 being reported to the NHTSA and 11 being reported directly to the company.
The vehicle recall order covers 165,000 SUVs within the United States and includes the Hummer H3 with model years 2006 to 2010 and the Hummer H3T with model years 2009 and 2010. The remaining vehicles are located mostly within Canada and Mexico.
Hummer was one of the four brands that were shed by GM in 2009 when the car company had to undergo restructuring amid bankruptcy. A Chinese company tried to maintain the Hummer brand, but it was not successful in doing so. As such, no Hummer SUVs are currently being manufactured.
In addition to the issued recall order for Hummers, GM has also released a vehicle recall order for almost 51,000 Chevrolet Spark subcompact cars with newer model years.
The Spark cars, with model years 2014 and 2015, affected by the recall order have problems in their software, which could cause safety warning signs to malfunction.
The problem is in the radio software when the car owner uses the OnStar navigation system. The malfunction will cause the display to disappear, disabling safety warnings such as unworn seat belts while driving and keys being left in the car's ignition.
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Credit Suisse recommends stocks with the theme preferred by Warren Buffett for investors who are dealing with increased risk in the stock markets. The company anticipates that companies with “economic moats” can help investors protect their portfolios from increased economic uncertainty. It is a term popularized by the legendary investor which refers to a company’s ability to maintain competitive advantages against its peers, such as a better business model or scale. “The most important thing [is] Trying to find a company with a wide, long-running moat around it… protecting an impressive economic castle with an honest gentleman in charge of the castle, Buffett said at a 1995 meeting, according to the Warren Buffett Archive on CNBC. Credit Suisse identified the bottom – opportunities in companies with high barriers to entry, just as the overall risk is high, the company’s strategists pointed to crackdown on inflation by central banks around the world, as well as the increased risk of 2023 earnings estimates, and recommended investors to cut stock weight. “Our economists do not rule out a recession and expect US GDP growth to be 0.9% in 2023, compared to -0.2% in the eurozone,” analyst Richard Kersley wrote in a note on Thursday. However, there are opportunities in companies with pre-emptive protection. Trenchers, which has “super innovation capacity” with strong pricing power. Below are the names. Shares of Air Products & Chemicals could rise more than 20% from here as the company has “among the most flexible business models,” where it is difficult to transport gases over long distances, according to Credit Suisse. The company has a $295 price target on the company, and shares closed Wednesday at $241.46. Hershey’s was approved by the company as it is “preparing for a year of above-algorithm (5%) growth in 2022” due to its leading market share in the confectionery industry, according to the memo. Credit Suisse has a price target of $250 on the company, which is 11.9% up from Wednesday’s closing price of $223.41 per share. Market share gains are likely to continue into 2022 and possibly beyond because retailers have given the company more shelf space, according to the note. McDonald’s is “well positioned” to perform regardless of the overall background due to its ground-breaking value proposition, according to Credit Suisse. Read the note The fast food company is also recovering in overseas markets. Other companies with protective moats in the Americas include Microsoft, Nextera, and Autodesk. —CNBC’s Michael Bloom contributed to this report.
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Cyanogen’s ambitions make sense, but another fork in Android won’t really change things for US customers.
An Overview of Cyanogen
If you’re not the type to talk about mobile OSs, or to risk your manufacturer warranty, then you probably haven’t heard about Cyanogen. For the last few years, they’ve made the CyanogenMod, a fork of Android, that you could install to unlock additional features and use apps that weren’t supported by the “stock” version of Android. The mod played into the love of tech people for customizing their equipment. It was not easy to install, but it was also something that a geek would be happy to spend a weekend figuring out.
In exchange for some cursing and reading forums, you got greater control over system settings like memory usage, a slew of sort of cool apps, the ability to ignore certain Play Store polices, and a lot of custom homescreens.
While a lot of IT guys loved it, I don’t know non-techs who ever installed Cyanogen and did anything with with. Even my techie friends were hard pressed to come up with a good reason to mod, other than that they could.
In the last year, Cyanogen has launched a fullblown operating system to compete with Android, and now they are building buzz about their goal of unseating Google in the mobile operating arena. Some big name companies have become investors in the Palo Alto-based company, and now it’s on like Donkey Kong.
Yet I can’t help but wonder if this matters at all…
Why Take That Fork in the Road?
Kurt McMaster, founder of Cyanogen, wants to put “a bullet through Google’s head.”, and take the lead on developing Android for the next generation of devices.
I’m sceptical about the company’s ability to pull this off, but more to the point, I’m sceptical about the need for it. Android is already a highly fractured system with multiple versions being used, vendor customizations, and device-specific tweaks. On top of that, we’ve got the Amazon version being run on Kindles and a slew of overseas companies bringing new builds to market.
What exactly is Cyanogen going to bring into the market that justifies both supporting a new version of Android, and the abandonment of the Google ecosystem?
I’ve been thinking about this question since stories about Cyanogen’s ambitions first started showing in my feeds. Honestly, I haven’t found a good answer from a US customer perspective. Yes, the OnePlus One is what dreams are made of, but it’s still just a phone. While the price and specs are nice, it’s still not enough to make me go rogue and leave the Google world.
But if you’re in Asia, Africa or Latin America, I can see this being a real alternative because Google’s apps don’t have deep penetration in these places. China is a prime example: while Android phones dominate market share, most Google services haven’t been available since the company left China in 2010. Both Africa and Latin America, have strong user bases for Android devices, but they are also still weak when it comes to using apps like Gmail or Maps.
I can see Cyanogen taking ground overseas where Google services are less used, and doing partnerships with companies trying to penetrate those markets or just looking to be less dependent on Google. I’m not saying this will be the case, but it makes sense.
Not a Bad Play for Google Competitors
While the customer-side argument is hard for me to make, the argument for hardware manufacturers and app makers is pretty easy to see. Google’s relationships with other tech companies are complicated to say the least: they are both the operating system and a competitor for companies like DropBox, Square, and Microsoft.
If you’re a company building on Google’s Android and trying to sell a competing product, then you always have to worry about Google showing prejudice in interfaces, policies and app stores. Pushing Cyanogen as an alternative — especially with a similar user experience — gives your company some diversification without a lot of risk. You don’t need Cyanogen to take over the Android market, just slice off enough to give you another (less worrisome) revenue stream.
Handset manufacturers have a similar position to the sofware makers. Why tie yourself to one company, especially if they want to interfere with your business practices, when you can use an alternative that is as good. The only thing that bothers me is that this will drop phone prices to the point that OEMs will be not better off in terms of margin. Sure, Cyanogen might win but will that really help Samsung, HTC or other phone makers? While Apple owns the high-end, Cyanogen will make the fight at the low-end even harsher.
If It Works, Then…What?
Assuming Cyanogen is successful in breaking Google’s hold on Android, then what happens? I’ve got no idea. We’ll definitely see new phones, possibly cheaper phones and maybe even better phones, but I don’t know if it really changes things at the consumer-level. If you’re a die-hard Google user, then you’ll install the apps. If you’re not, then you’ll hope that your favorites are available or learn to use alternatives.
In the short-term, I see new Cyanogen phones coming out, and forum posts popping up with instructions on how to mod Cyanogen to use Lollipop or whatever the latest Google build is. The overall user-experience won’t change much, but you’ll need to go to multiple app stores to get the tools you want.
In the long-term, I see Cyanogen gaining marketshare in developing countries, bringing some value to its partners, but becoming something like Amazon without the built in money-maker of ecommerce. Everyone will be happy to have some freedom from Google, but no one will be that much better off. Of course, this prediction depends on Cyanogen continuing to be used in high-quality, lower-cost headsets.
In sum, I’d say the rise of Cyanogen will make OEMs and Google competitors happy, but won’t be much of a game changer for end-users.


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DERRY, N.H. — The Used Apple Store, a downtown business here, is turning away Republican customers, according to a post on the store's Facebook page.
(RNN) - Wells Fargo said Thursday it has resolved a glitch that was double charging customers who used its automatic online bill payments.
(RNN) - More than 180 women have alleged they were sexually assaulted by therapists at Massage Envy, a chain of spas with almost 1,200 locations around the country, according to a report in Buzzfeed.
If you need a new washer and dryer or a set of furniture and don't have either the cash or good credit to purchase them, you might choose to rent the household goods with an option to buy them later.
It was going so well for Blue Apron, until it wasn't. The company, which set nationwide trends with its mail-order subscription meal kits, delivering ingredients and instructions to hundreds of thousands of Americans, had valued itself at $3.2 billion weeks before its initial public offering.


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Thanks to the ever-evolving global business landscapes, the oil and gas industry has become highly competitive. With international interests, changing international diplomacies and an increased interest of countries like China, the Oil and Gas production industry is no longer what it used to be a few years ago.
A growing need (and want) of the hour
Given the trends of rising numbers of people out at sea, one may expect a hike in the amount of paperwork but the reality is the stark opposite. Over the past decade, seafarers have been actively embracing the changes in how the shipping industry runs with the increasing digitisation across sectors.
One of these aforementioned modifications that has often been highlighted is the reduction of paperwork in ship management- and it is believed to be both a need of the hour and a want amongst those in the industry. This is primarily owing to the large-scale acceptance of digital softwares for ship management. Once, a rather paper-exhaustive and wasteful process, ship management processes are now adopting digitisation more widely, thereby reducing paperwork. It is safe to say that these digital systems are far simpler in their use and a smarter way to reduce paperwork and reduce the dependency on manual workflow.
Another reason that has nudged in the direction of reducing paperwork is the COVID-19 pandemic. Like most other sectors, the shipping industry saw disruptions and losses since the emergence of the pandemic and has been forced to make cuts in an effort to maximise profits. A seemingly bittersweet reality of this dire situation was an inclination towards digitisation at a sooner date than previously anticipated. This includes digital copies of documents replacing paper, processing paperwork online pre-arrival as well as a boom in online payments.
A step in the right direction
The International Maritime Organization (IMO) has of late recognised the importance of reducing paperwork in ship management and are beginning to explore how they could be minimised. This would involve the complete elimination of obsolete paperwork and a thorough review on what paperwork is absolutely essential.


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Silot, a Singapore-based fintech startup, announced on Monday it secured $2.8 million through its Pre-Series A funding round, which was led by Arbors Ventures and Eight Roads Ventures. The company reported that the latest funding round comes nine months after it received its initial seed funding from angel investor firm ZhenFund.
Founded in 2017, Silot states it is out to redefine the future landscape of the fintech industry by connecting data and function silos with the “immersion and injection” of AI and blockchain. The company reported it provides a one-stop banking platform that empowers innovation and accelerates the growth of financial institutions through its proprietary, benchmark-setting Fintech products.
“Already launched in Australia with partner Superpay, Silot Merchant System empowers merchants with a unified payments aggregation platform facilitated through a sin-gular QR code.”
The company is also backed by tech investor Xu Xiaoping. Speaking about the investment, Wei Hopeman, Co-Founder and Managing Partner of Arbor Ventures, stated:
“The Silot team has strong market knowledge, and the ability to engage and partner with well-known financial institutions through its end-to-end solutions and technological integration. We believe Silot will play a leading role within the fast moving, dynamic development of mobile payments and new technology adoption in Southeast Asia, and potentially around the globe.”
Andy Li, Founder and CEO of Silot, then added:
“The wealth of network and industry know-how of Arbor Ventures and Eight Roads Ventures will give Silot the cutting edge for the technology upgrading and growth ahead. With product and technology at the core, Silot embraces the cashless revolution by actively building a Fintech eco-system that serves the purpose of providing quality, diversified financial services to many institutions.”


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The London Underground operator Transport for London (TfL) has removed Banksy's latest artwork on COVID-19, CNN reported.
Even though it was removed, the spokesperson said that TfL appreciated "the sentiment of encouraging people to wear face coverings."
According to him, they would like to "offer Banksy the chance to do a new version of his message for our customers in a suitable location."
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Famous UK artist Banksy took to his Instagram to share a video of his latest artwork from the London Underground urging people to wear masks.
Banksy painted rats - one sneezing, another using a mask as a parachute and yet another holding a sanitizer.
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Update: Owl Cameras has a new lease on life. As of May 19, 2020, CallPass announced it has acquired the Owl Cameras business and is beginning to restore support to users cut adrift when Owl Cameras, Inc. dissolved rather untidily earlier this year (see original news story below for more on that). Existing Owl customers should have received a notification via their app or email.Â
Owl Cameras is dead. The startup made a splash in 2018 with the Owl Car Cam, a dash cam that plugged into a carâ€™s OBD-II port and recorded both inside and outside the vehicle, uploading those videos to a cloud service via LTE. But now, two years later, the companyâ€™s employees are scattered, and its assets have been sold. The story might have ended abruptly right there, but this tale holds a glimmer of hope for existing users.


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The SMTA announced today that booth space officially sold out for the 2013 SMTA International Electronics Exhibition. The free-to-attend showcase is scheduled for Tuesday and Wednesday, Oct. 15-16, at the Fort Worth Convention Center in Fort Worth, Texas.
One hundred and seventy companies have reserved their booth space at SMTA International, making it the largest SMTA exhibition to date. Exhibiting company profiles include suppliers of capital equipment, materials, tools, cleaning solutions, stencils, board shops, electronics manufacturing services, rep groups, media, and more. Exhibitors are encouraged to join a waitlist if they did not yet get a booth.
In addition to exhibiting companies, the show floor will feature Spotlight Sessions, free lunch each day, Doctor’s Hours, FIRST Robotics Competition, and a Sharing and Networking Lounge.
The show is held in conjunction with SMTA International Technical Conference, October 13-17. This year marks the first year that IPC will co-locate their Fall Standards Development Committee Meetings with SMTA International.
Sponsorship opportunities are available, providing an opportunity for companies to further support the industry and conference while gaining exposure to the conference and exhibition attendees.
For more information on SMTA International, please visit the SMTA web site at http://www.smta.org/smtai
The SMTA membership is an international network of professionals who build skills, share practical experience and develop solutions in electronic assembly technologies, including microsystems, emerging technologies, and related business operations.


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After attending the current White Home Open Supply Software program Safety Summit, Google is now calling for a public-private partnership to not solely fund but in addition workers important open-source tasks.
In a brand new blog post, president of world affairs and chief authorized officer at each Google and Alphabet, Kent Walker laid out the search big’s plans to raised safe the open-source software program ecosystem.
For too lengthy, companies and governments have taken consolation within the assumption that open supply software program is mostly safe as a result of its clear nature. Whereas many imagine that extra eyes watching will help detect and resolve issues within the open supply neighborhood, some tasks really do not have many eyes on them whereas others have few or none in any respect.
To its credit score, Google has been working to lift consciousness of the state of open supply safety and the corporate has invested thousands and thousands in growing frameworks and new protecting instruments. Nonetheless, the Log4j vulnerability and others earlier than it have proven that extra work is required throughout the ecosystem to develop new fashions to keep up and safe open supply software program.
In his weblog put up, Kent proposes creating a brand new public-private partnership to establish a listing of essential open supply tasks to assist prioritize and allocate assets to make sure their safety.
In the long run although, new methods of figuring out open supply software program and parts that will pose a system threat should be applied in order that the extent of safety required might be anticipated and the suitable assets might be offered.
On the similar time, safety, upkeep and testing baselines should be established throughout each the private and non-private sector. This may assist be sure that nationwide infrastructure and different vital programs can proceed to depend on open supply tasks. These requirements additionally must be developed by way of a collaborative course of in response to Kent with an “emphasis on frequent updates, steady testing and verified integrity”. Fortuitously, the software program neighborhood has already began this work with organizations like OpenSFF working throughout business to create these requirements.
Now that Google has weighed in on the problem of open supply safety, count on different tech giants like Microsoft and Apple to suggest their very own concepts relating to the matter.
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Next Monday, June 22nd Beyond Meat is launching their Beyond Burger Value pack at retailers nationwide bringing the price of a Beyond Burger down to an incredible $1.60 per patty!
The “Cookout Classic value pack will contain ten vegan plant-based burger patties just in time for the grilling season and the 4th of July.
The “limited edition Cookout Classic” pack will be carried by Target and Walmart along with many other “select retailers” across the United States.
Beyond Meat said in the press release:
“With growing consumer interest in plant-based protein, the Cookout Classic value pack is designed to inspire a shift to plant-based meat at barbecues and summer gatherings. The juicy and delicious burgers are made with simple, plant-based ingredients without GMOs, soy or gluten, and are packaged in a fully recyclable cardboard carton, aligning with Beyond Meat’s commitment to sustainability.”
“This forward-looking pricing represents an important milestone along our journey to make Beyond Meat more accessible to all consumers.” CEO and founder of Beyond Meath Ethan Brown commented alongside the press release.
According to the most recent SPINS data, in the 4-week period ending May 17, 2020, Beyond Meat was the #1 brand in refrigerated plant-based meats and owned the top four selling items in all of the plant-based meat market.
Their simple GMO, soy, and gluten-free Beyond Burgers are made with basic plant-based vegan ingredients like pea protein, mung bean protein, and rice proteins. The burger even “bleeds” as you cook it.
Beyond Meat says that the Beyond Burger creates 90 percent fewer greenhouse gasses, 99 percent less potable water and takes less than 93 percent of the land of a comparable burger like the Mc Donald’s quarter pounder.
Along with the environmental friendliness aspect, it’s also healthier than a traditional “beef” burger patty containing less saturated fats and no cholesterol since that only comes from animal products.
In addition to the “Cookout Classic” value pack, the company is looking to increase consumer access to plant-based vegan meats through several initiatives.
“To further engage consumers on the benefits of plant-based meat, Beyond Meat launched the Why Go Beyond content series, a compilation of personal stories from celebrity ambassadors and friends that uncovers why they have made the choice to shift their diets toward plant-based. Through these videos, Beyond Meat is inspiring people to see that the positive choices they make, no matter how small, can have a great impact on personal health and the health of our planet.”
Other initiatives to increase the brand’s reach and affordability nationwide include a new Beyond Meat online store that will ship directly to consumers much like what Impossible Foods have launched recently after the FDA relaxed it’s rules.
Impossible Foods’ site ships to the lower 48 states for free so it’s likely Beyond Meat will follow suit against their competitor.
Through July 4th there will be further discounts on Beyond Meat products using promotions at retailers including Kroger, Publix, Albertsons, Whole Foods Market, Shoprite, Giant Foods, and Stop & Shop.
Beyond Meats stock has done incredible since the launch of the new IPO that destroyed the record for the last twenty years for the launch of a new stock. I suspect these new price changes will push the stock up further if all goes well.
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The PC version of multiplayer shooter Warface has received a new update, and it adds a new PvE operation to the game. Titled Operation Blackwood, the mission marks the first time that players have controlled soldiers from the rival Blackwood corporation.
It’s also the game’s first non-linear co-op mission, giving players the option of which boss fight they want to try to tackle first. The rewards players receive will vary based on the order they choose, and each boss will become more powerful as their allies fall. In order to receive all the loot on offer, players will have to complete the operation a minimum of three times. The update adds a new map to the game’s PvP mode, titled Blackwood Base, as well as an exclusive series of new weapons.
Warface publisher My.Games recently released a console spin-off to the shooter, titled Warface: Breakout. The studio also offered a 90/10 revenue split on its digital storefront in an attempt to lure developers away from other established stores, like Steam. Additionally, Sony announced that they will hold paid tournaments in a variety of PS4 games, including Warface.


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Both business and consumers have jumped on board the Internet of Things (IoT). The efficiency and productivity promised by connected workplaces and operations will see organisations spend $US745 billion on IoT in 2019, according to research by market intelligence company, IDC research. By 2022, it will surpass $US1 trillion.
The idea of a fully connected home has strong appeal to consumers with ABI Research predicting the global smart home market alone will reach $US123 billion by 2022.
However, despite the value IoT solutions present, there are some significant concerns about the security of some IoT devices, and their presence on the network. Security vendor, Symantec, said in its recent annual security threat report: “Targeted attack groups increasingly focus on IoT as a soft entry point.” It previously reported that, in 2018, attacks towards IoT had increased by 600 per cent year-on-year.
Azure Sphere as the IoT security solution
Obviously, businesses are aware of the security threats around IoT and are seeking best fit solutions. Analyst, Gartner, reported that IoT security spending reached $1.5 billion in 2018.
“It’s an entirely new challenge. If you think of traditional IT and mobility management scenarios where there’s well defined approaches to data protection and access management, coming to IoT, where those methods don’t apply, it is an entirely new world.” Danielle Damasius Principle PM, Azure Sphere, Microsoft, said. “With IoT you’re looking at devices that are always on, un-managed from a traditional sense and unattended in a lot of cases, so there’s often not many indicators that a device has been compromised – there isn’t the traditional watchdogs in place.”
Solutions around IoT security need to come from the hardware manufacturing end. With so many devices in production, and no unified platform for IoT security to operate on, manufacturers have previously been left to their own security practices. By the time the end-user has a few IoT devices in their environment, security has become a patchwork of differing standards provided by a wide range of different vendors that have vastly different levels of resourcing available to provide security. Hackers only need to find one vulnerability to gain access to the organisation’s network – and such an environment is ripe for finding weaknesses. It is why IoT is seen as a “soft target.”
As a result, Microsoft has developed the Azure Sphere to create a highly secured IoT devices. A Linux-based embedded OS and cloud service for micro-controllers, Azure Sphere addresses the most critical challenges facing IoT by presenting a uniform platform for security that all device manufacturers can access.
Manufacturers implement the Azure Sphere platform onto their devices, and can then rely on the built-in security provided by Microsoft’s security practice. Connected to the cloud, Microsoft brings its considerable weight in security to provide failure reporting to identify threats and automatic updates to address vulnerabilities as they are revealed.
IoT security best practices
IoT security threats are nothing new; as far back as 2014 there have been horror stories of hackers getting access to people’s baby monitoring cameras, but perhaps the greatest example of the extreme risk posed by hackers through the Internet of Things was when a group manager decided to take control of an electronic car on a busy highway.
In looking to address the threats, Microsoft developed a design philosophy in approaching IoT security, called the “seven properties of highly secure devices”. These properties are a blend of hardware, OS, and cloud-based security properties, creating an end-to-end security solution, and highlighting the need IoT security to be approached as a whole-of-industry challenge.
“Foundationally, we believe that when you start building devices you should immediately have security in mind,” Damasius said. “Azure Sphere is designed to make it easy and affordable for manufactures to build renewable security into their devices from the outset.”
Microsoft also has a network of hardware and design partners that it works with to help other partner manufacturers build security into their devices.
“Some manufactures in IoT still think they can solve for security later,” Damasius said. “No manufacturer sets out to make insecure devices, of course. No one wants to be the one with the botnet refrigerator. But if they’re not being proactive about security from the outset, then they’re unintentionally being insecure and putting their brands and customers at risk.”
IoT will boost efficiency and productivity in businesses and at home. Manufacturers want to capitalise on that, and it won’t be long until connectivity is expected when an organisation or consumer purchases a device. However, security concerns with IoT provide a real reputational risk for organisations, which is why it’s important the industry moves to a unified and co-ordinated approach to security as quickly as possible.
For more information on IoT and security, don’t miss Danielle Damasius’ presentation at the IoT in Action event in Sydney on March 19. Register to attend here.


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Football Tickets for Friday, September 4, 2020
Coffee County at Blackman.
Coffee County High School has received 200 tickets from Blackman. They will be sold as follows:
Tuesday, Sept. 1 and Wednesday, Sept. 2: Tickets will be sold ONLY to the varsity football team, Cheer squad, and the Dance team. Each student may purchase no more than 2 tickets. EITHER the student can purchase the tickets during the school day OR a parent can come to the CHS Main office between the hours of 8:00 and 2:30 to buy tickets. If a parent makes the purchase, the limit is still 2 tickets.
Thursday, Sept. 3: Any remaining tickets will be sold to students and the public in the CHS Main Office from 8:00 to Noon.
No tickets will be sold on Friday, Sept. 4.
Only Blackman fans will be allowed to purchase tickets at the gate.
Temperature checks and masks are required.


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Apple Accepting iPhone Apps Into App Store
Apple has sent out an email notice to developers that they are now accepting applications to the App Store.
Get started by downloading the eighth beta version of the iPhone OS, available in the iPhone Dev Center. With this new version of iPhone OS you can conduct final testing and prepare your application for submission to the App Store.
Apple is expected to launch the final iPhone 2.0 Firmware and App Store on July 11th alongside the iPhone 3G release. Developers may submit their applications now for availability in the App Store. Apple must approve all applications that are submitted.


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Disney (NYSE: DIS) is heading for a 35% decline this year. Disney has been struggling with higher costs in various areas of its business. For example, if you want to continue watching Disney+ without ads, you'll pay $3 more a month.
Zacks.com users have recently been watching Target (TGT) quite a bit. Thus, it is worth knowing the facts that could determine the stock's prospects.
Some of our prior best-company picks are still powerhouses. Others have floundered.


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The hybrid cloud company also said it has added two resellers to its route to market – BTA Ltd and TETip Ltd, via its partner Easynet.
Zynstra is a new outfit which started in July this year but has £6 million plus in funding and is now investing in the channel.
The company targets small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) with a hybrid cloud offering.
Zynstra co-founder and CEO Nick East said that the channel is fundamental to its business. “We needed someone with an exceptional track record and understanding of the market.”
The Zynstra Hybrid Cloud, he claimed, will give SMEs with up to 250 employees a fully managed IT system. It is sold only through the channel.
Sens said: “Working with the channel, you always want to be offering distinctive technology that solves real problems, which is exactly what Zynstra is doing. The technology means that SMEs no longer have to choose between an all-cloud approach or traditional IT, which is a very powerful message for resellers and end users.”


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There is a sign on the door at the 6,000- square-foot BurgerFi location in Uniondale which reads, “New American Chinese concept coming in the next couple weeks.”
From outside, it is obvious the space has shuttered; the lights have been dimmed, chairs are upturned, the body is cold.
This location was said to be the biggest BurgerFi in the nation, with seats for about 200 people and solar panels for about 20 percent of its energy usage.
The eatery, close to both Hofstra University and Nassau Coliseum on Hempstead Turnpike, closed in January, and with a Jersey Mike’s Subs (opening in a few week’s time) within walking distance, and a Dunkin’ Donuts looming nearby, the chain’s closing at this location has gone quietly under the rug.
“The single unit franchise owner made the decision to close the independently owned and operated restaurant in Uniondale,” said Ross A. Goldstein, general counsel for the chain.
The BurgerFi locations in Commack, Woodbury and Oceanside are all up and running, he said, serving BurgerFi cheeseburgers ($8.66), natural Vienna beef hot dogs ($4.31) and shakes ($5.72).


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Sony is gearing up to announce its next Xperia smartphone on May 11. The company posted a teaser video for the launch event which is scheduled to begin at 1PM Japan time (4AM UTC) on the second Thursday of May. Sony’s YouTube channel will host a livestream for the launch event and you can already reserve your spot.
We’re expecting to see the long-awaited Xperia 1 V which was seen in a scarce number of leaks over the last months. We can expect a familiar design in line with previous models in the Xperia 1 lineup.
Based on rumors, the phone will launch with the Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 chipset and it could be the thinnest phone to boast this SoC. We’re also expecting a triple camera setup with rumored 12MP main, 12MP periscope and 48MP ultrawide sensors.
- OnePlus Nord N30 5G runs Geekbench with Snapdragon 695 SoC on board
- Google Pixel’s At a Glance to start showing ridesharing status updates
- Mobvoi TicWatch 5 Pro announced with new SoC, improved health tracking
- OnePlus 12 specs leak
- Battlegrounds Mobile India (BGMI) is back on the Google Play store and will be playable on May 29
- Xiaomi India extends warranty to two years on some of its older models
- Samsung Galaxy A24 in for review
- Tech Rifle
- Google developed a second foldable alongside the Pixel Fold but canceled it
- vivo V29 Pro teaser reveals the most important specs


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Mark Zuckerberg is being sued over Cambridge Analytica breach
Four years later and Zuckerberg is still under fire for the scandal.
Mark Zuckerberg is the target of a new lawsuit for his role in the Cambridge Analytica data breach at Facebook. Washington, D.C. Attorney General Karl Racine has filed a lawsuit, claiming Zuckerberg failed to protect consumer data following the breach.
The Cambridge Analytica breach was brought to light back in 2018 when Facebook revealed that more than 80 million of its customers’ data was being harvested. At the time, Cambridge Analytica was a data company working for Donald Trump’s presidential campaign.
According to a report from ABCNews, Racine had previously filed a lawsuit against Facebook in 2018. Findings during that litigation process led Racine to file this particular lawsuit.
“The evidence shows Mr. Zuckerberg was personally involved in Facebook’s failure to protect the privacy and data of its users leading directly to the Cambridge Analytica incident. This unprecedented security breach exposed tens of millions of Americans’ personal information, and Mr. Zuckerberg’s policies enabled a multi-year effort to mislead users about the extent of Facebook’s wrongful conduct,” said Racine in a press release on Monday.
This particular lawsuit targets one of the main objectives of Facebook as a business. It alleges that Facebook convinces users to share every detail about their life so that Zuckerberg and the company can “continue to grow even wealthier.
This isn’t the first lawsuit that Racine has filed this year. The D.C. Attorney General, alongside a few state AGs, targeted Google over its privacy practices back in January.
But this time, Racine is targeting Zuckerberg specifically. However, lawsuits like this tend to take a ridiculous amount of time. It could be years before we hear of any outcomes of this suit.
- You’ll soon be able to buy Meta Quest 2 controllers again
- Facebook is axing its creepy Nearby Friends feature
- Elon Musk has a huge Twitter following, but 23% of them are fake
- Mark Zuckerberg shows off Project Cambria VR headset


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Interest on the Rise
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Don't worry, be happy!
While there’s lots of uncertainty about the future of the economy as the Brexit negotiations rumble on, it seems that consumers are looking on the bright side. They are continuing to spend, despite the squeeze on their finances from high inflation.
The latest data show an underlying picture of steady growth in retail sales. In the three months to October, the amount of sales made increased by 0.9% compared with September, while the amount spent increased by 1.5%. The numbers are lower than last year though – by 0.3% and 2.5% respectively – but that’s largely due to the milder weather we are having now. No one needs to buy hats, coats and scarves when it’s mild.
And there’s been other good news this month too. It seems that the UK’s productivity is picking up at last. In September, output per hour picked up at its fastest rate since the second quarter of 2011. Productivity is still well below pre-crisis levels, but there is a clear upward trend which will help to increase the growth rate of the whole economy. Good news all round!


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40% of iPhone Users access web more from phone than PC
Yeah, this is no surprise. comScore has surveyed 7,300 users of iPhones (and iPod Touches) and found that 40% of them now use their iPhones to access the internet more than they use personal computers. This is similar to findings earlier reported for Blackberry users with email and consistent with the ealry anecdotal evidence about the iPhone. iPhone users are also quite wealthy and relatively old (76% are over the age of 25) and seven out of ten iPhone owners are men (boys’ toys, eh?).
Note this finding does not suggest an end of the PC, it only suggests an accelerating shift from PCs to smartphones. Note that even with such a powerful internet-optimized handset as the iPhone (best internet smartphone clearly out of the current lot) they do not even pass the half-point of all users shifting to mobile. But regardless, it does confirm that increasingly, as the mobile handsets get better, more and more casual mainstream PC users will find no particular utility out of the PC. Like the Japanese say, if you ask them, would they like to read emails on a PC, they will be surprised and say, they were not aware that email also was available on a PC (as almost all Japanese email users access email on a phone) – and then usually add, but why would you want to.. (Yeah, the Japanese have had the full mobile phone based access to the internet for ten years now, and very advanced phones for most of this decade).
Now factor in the replacement cycles of phones – we replace our phones more than twice as often as we replace our PCs – and we tend to get phones in many markets at severe price subsidies so they seem much cheaper than a full-price PC; the trend is strictly one-way for any existing PC owners: from PC/laptop use to smartphone use. The iPhone itself keeps improving dramatically each year, and the rest of the field is clearly taking lessons from the iPhone. So if you’re currently into the second year of your laptop and start to look for a new laptop late in next year, by then there will be significantly better new smartphones in the market, than the iPhone 3GS, the Palm Pre, the Nokia N97, etc. This trend will acclerate, not slow down.
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As May comes to an end, we look ahead to see what June will bring for penny stocks. This month was hard to stomach if you’re an investor and not an active trader. The S&P 500 ETF (NYSE: SPY) dropped over 7%, the Nasdaq ETF (NASDAQ: QQQ) dipped nearly 10%, and the Dow Jones ETF (NYSE: DIA) slipped over 6%. Meanwhile, the small-cap stocks benchmark ETF, the Russell 2000 (NYSE: IWM), fell more than 7.8% at its May low. Downtrodden economic data, inflationary fears, and rate hikes helped fuel negative sentiment. But for traders, it was a different story.
On an almost daily basis, we saw shares of some of the smallest companies surge. Whether it was a 1-day 100%+ pop or a multi-day rally lasting a week, opportunities were there for day traders & swing traders alike. So what should you expect in June 2022? Most market participants expect a bit of the same as far as volatility is concerned.
We still don’t have a firm “top” on inflation, and some speculate that the FederalReserve may adjust its rate hike trajectory based on what has transpired in May. The latest round of Fed minutes points at a move that includes multiple 50 basis points interest rate increases. The minutes stated that “Most participants judged that 50 basis point increases in the target range would likely be appropriate at the next couple of meetings.”
Penny Stocks To Watch June 2022
- Express Inc. (NYSE: EXPR)
- Aterian Inc. (NASDAQ: ATER)
- Gevo Inc. (NASDAQ: GEVO)
- Better Therapeutics (NASDAQ: BTTX)
- Innoviz Technologies Ltd. (NASDAQ: INVZ)
1. Express Inc. (NYSE: EXPR)
Retail stocks have gotten the brunt of the stock market crash in 2022. Express Inc. hasn’t been immune to this trend either. This week, the clothing and accessories brand dropped to fresh 2022 lows as recessionary fears gripped the market. Shares of EXPR stock posted a solid first quarter, which helped send shares higher at the end of the month.
Some highlights included a 30% increase in net sales and a 31% increase in consolidated comparable sales. As far as eCommerce went, Express said it realized a 21% growth in demand and is on track to achieve a goal of $1 billion in eComm demand by next year. Topping it off, management raised its full-year comp sales outlook to an increase of 8%-10%.
What To Watch With EXPR Stock
Looking at June, the options market could have given some insight into sentiment. If you look at each expiration date during the month (June 3rd, 10th, 17th, and 24th), there is a significant amount of open interest in Call options for the June 17th $4 strike. With over 5,000 contracts so far, this is more than all Put option open interest combined for that expiration date. With more retail company earnings showing strength in certain sector pockets, EXPR could be one of the penny stocks to watch for June.
2. Aterian Inc. (NASDAQ: ATER)
Another retail-focused company, Aterian Inc., is on this list of penny stocks for June. It specializes in the pick and shovel aspect of the industry. In particular, Aterian offers eCommerce brands a platform of partners and brands to create top-selling consumer products. Utilizing artificial intelligence through its AIMEE (AI Marketplace Ecommerce Engine) platform, Aterian has built a robust portfolio of SKUs selling at scale on outlets like Amazon, Shopify, and Walmart.
What To Watch With ATER Stock
One of the drivers for the retail trading crowd has been the short interest in ATER stock. Right now, Fintel.IO data shows this figure hovering around 34%. Meanwhile, the Aterian options chain shows a high level of Out-of-the-Money calls at the June 17th strike. Specifically, the $5, $7.50, $10, and $12.50 strikes each have thousands of open interest contracts as of this article.
3. Gevo Inc. (NASDAQ: GEVO)
If you’ve traded cheap stocks frequently, chances are you’ve come across Gevo Inc. now and again. The renewable energy company has been on a hot streak as far as dealmaking is concerned. Earlier this year, Gevo signed a contract with oneworld Alliance members who plan to purchase up to 200 million gallons of sustainable aviation fuel per year for a five-year term. According to management, this is expected to bring up to $800 million in revenue.
Gevo also reported earnings showing a sales beat for the quarter. Though it slightly missed on EPS. In a May update, Dr. Patrick R. Gruber, Gevo’s Chief Executive Officer, said, “We are moving forward with our Net Zero 1 plans in Lake Preston, South Dakota and couldn’t be more pleased with the progress we have made. We look forward to beginning site preparations later this year and construction early next year. We believe we have a world class team in place to manage the development of this first of its kind, Net-Zero plant and the many additional plants that will be needed to produce this valuable fuel. In northwest Iowa, our dairy RNG facility continues its ramp to stable production and I am very proud of how well that team executed to deliver the project on time and within budget. We intend to build many Net-Zero plants over the coming years and we believe we have all the right people in place to get it done.”
What To Watch With GEVO Stock
Thanks to a global fuel shortage, companies with exposure to this arena have gotten plenty of attention. Meanwhile, GEVO stock has been a focal point ahead of these planned developments for its Net-Zero plant and RNG facility. Meanwhile, data-seekers might find it interesting that GEVO could also be one of the short interest stocks to watch with a 20.41% short float. Speculators in the options market have also taken a bullish approach to the penny stock as far out as next year. The January 20, 2023 Calls have a large amount of open interest throughout the chain.
4. Better Therapeutics (NASDAQ: BTTX)
Biotech has probably become one of the hardest-hit industries this year. The NASDAQ Biotech ETF (NASDAQ: IBB) has fallen to some of its lowest levels since the onset of the 2020 pandemic. Meanwhile, there are pockets of momentum in small- and micro-cap stocks.
Better Therapeutics has been one of these stocks, with shares becoming more active in May. One of the most significant moves came leading up to its latest quarterly update. There was also a social-media-fueled buying spree that helped give shares a bump as well. Traders pointed out the higher short interest and lower float of BTTX stock.
What To Watch With BTTX Stock
Once again, BTTX stock is back on the list of penny stocks with higher short interest. Fintel data shows a 22.23% short float. Meanwhile, TD Ameritrade shows this slightly higher at 22.66%. The company has several clinical programs in different stages to watch, with its BT-001 trial completion and De Novo submission anticipated for the end of Q2. Considering that June marks the end of the second quarter, this could be an essential thing to keep in mind. Meanwhile, at the start of the month, Better hosts an educational webinar on June 1st and a Key Opinion Leader webinar on June 3-7.
5. Innoviz Technologies Ltd. (NASDAQ: INVZ)
Now for the technology name on this list of penny stocks. Tech is another hard-hit pocket of the stock market this year. But Innoviz could be on the radar for some in June. Thanks to several milestones, the LiDAR sensor and software company has gained momentum in May, and none had to do with earnings.
Innoviz was chosen by an unidentified “major car company” to be the direct LiDAR supplier for multiple brands at the start of the month. It also said that the agreement would increase its order book by $4 billion to $6.6 billion, and for anyone looking at penny stocks, the B-word has carried weight.
What To Watch With INVZ Stock
This week the company brought on new management team members. These were specific to its sales leadership. Innoviz CEO and Co-Founder Omer Keilaf explained, “We are excited about our newest appointments as we continue to expand our automotive business and begin penetrating the non-automotive industry in parallel.”
The company also appointed country managers for U.S. and Japan who both bring experience from companies including Ford, Nissan, Honda, and Toyota. With new deals and management, it will be interesting to see what comes next for INVZ stock as the auto industry attempts to rebound from the stock market crash this year.
Penny Stocks To Buy
Determining the type of trader you are will make it easier to find the right penny stocks to buy. Slow-moving stocks are probably not your style if you’re looking for short-term momentum. At the same time, if you’re looking at investing in penny stocks, quick scalps and day trades might be a bit too active for you. No matter the market, the goals are the same: make money and repeat the process. With that in mind, are any of these on your list of penny stocks in June?


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After 30-year mortgage rates surged past 7% in October, a decline to near 6% in recent weeks has made the start of 2023 look less awful than some had feared.
One of the main questions for the US economy in 2023 is how the trajectory of inflation will unfold.
For most of the past year, investment risk in the housing market has been focused on the for-sale segment.
Inflation was the bogeyman of 2022.
While remote work trends have persisted, recent data released by the US Census Bureau showed that more people were going back to the office in 2022 than in 2021 — yet the great southern migration hasn't slowed.
The Battery Belt is taking shape, and it’s creating a new economic development model where a college degree won’t be the ultimate qualification for jobs.
Surging mortgage rates have brought the housing market down from its giddy highs earlier this year.
The red-hot labor market is cooling. Monthly US job growth has slowed to around 270,000 from more than 500,000 at the start of the year.
There's a new twist in the fast-moving housing market with welcome news for renters: After an 18-month period of red-hot rent growth, the apartment market has turned ice cold over the past few months.
The past three years have shown us the downsides of depending too much on low interest rates, and how a better balance of fiscal and monetary policy can achieve a stronger economy.
Historically, soaring oil prices have been bad for the US economy because they squeeze US consumers and producers, and often are happening when the Federal Reserve is raising interest rates to rein in inflation.
Right now, investors are getting worried because the yield curve has gotten very inverted — more inverted than it was in the lead-up to either the 2001 or 2008 recessions.
Slumping stock prices and slowing growth has the biggest technology companies — and investors — thinking about what it will take to reverse their fortunes.
If you had to point to one culprit holding back the economy over the past 18 months, it would be the auto industry.
Higher interest rates are no doubt causing pain to investors and consumers, but the economy has been able to handle them better than anyone thought possible six months ago.
As we approach the end of 2022, investors are hoping that inflation will fall in 2023 and lead the Federal Reserve to pause and perhaps reverse some of its interest-rate hikes. The looser financial conditions would then allow for accelerating economic growth and a better year for financial markets.
After a widely expected fourth straight 0.75% interest-rate increase next week, there's a growing view that the Federal Reserve will step down to a 0.50% bump at their December meeting.
Surging mortgage rates and uncertainty about the economy have put the housing market on ice.
Mortgage rates above 7% have put the housing market on ice as affordability challenges put off a lot of buyers. Newer, younger homeowners who locked in their mortgage at a low interest rate — and whose next move probably would be trading up — are content to stay where they are until mortgage rates fall.
The biggest puzzle in the US economy this year has been two straight quarters of negative real economic growth accompanied by booming job growth.
Trying to forecast inflation is a hazardous occupation when there's so much volatility in markets, supply chains and energy prices. But we can get some sense of where inflation is likely to go by tracking the profit margins of companies that make goods and services that go into the consumer prices basket.
While everybody's been sweating over the housing and labor markets, the office market has been streaking toward a hard landing.
The 2008 financial crisis created of a set of real estate winners and losers -- both at the household and geographic level -- based on how they were positioned in the housing market at the time.
Tuesday's hotter-than-expected inflation report pours cold water on the possibility of lower interest rates from the Federal Reserve any time soon, and by extension, the prospect of lower mortgage rates.
It's been three months since the elevated May consumer prices report led the Federal Reserve to adopt a "whatever it takes" mentality to fight inflation.
An improvement in buyer psychology is helpful, but what’s really needed is improved affordability, and the question is how we get that.
The stores ended up with too many goods that consumers didn’t buy as they shifted their spending to travel and leisure, or got squeezed by inflation.
From stagflation to cost relief in six months — that's the new picture of the housing market that has emerged in just the last few weeks.
The labor market is turning out to be a new source for optimism in the Federal Reserve's fight against inflation.
The labor market has come a long way over the past year.
Surging mortgage rates have finally cooled off the housing market. The cooldown, though, is coming unevenly, accentuating differences between the existing home market and new construction.
Wednesday's Federal Reserve meeting provides the clearest sign yet that the central bank is treating inflation as a national emergency, with markets expecting a 0.75% interest-rate increase.
It's been a tough job market for much of the past 20 years, making a grim landscape for workers and contributing to a world of haves and have-nots. Now the have-nots are finally getting their shot.
Reasons to worry about a recession are piling up: the Federal Reserve's inflation fight, a slowing housing market, warnings from retailers and venture capitalists and a smattering of layoff announcements.
The housing market has turned in the past few weeks. We're probably looking at a cooling-off period rather than something nastier, but both possibilities lead to the same conclusion for would-be homebuyers: Be patient.
The Federal Reserve has talked a lot about its goal of a soft landing for the economy as it raises interest rates to fight inflation, but there hasn't been as much talk about what that would look like for workers.
So here we are: When investors aren't worried about inflation, they're worrying about recession. Tech companies are announcing hiring freezes and job cuts in growing numbers. Homebuilders are starting to talk about slowing demand and the supply of existing homes is rising. Walmart reported this week that it has excess inventories.
Higher interest rates from the Federal Reserve's efforts to get a handle on inflation have contributed to the stock market's worst start to the year since 1939. That's bad news for investors, but the market signal being sent to corporate America is good news on the inflation front.
If you want to blame one company for the surge in inflation over the past year, blame Amazon. When e-commerce demand leaped at the onset of the pandemic in 2020, the retailer decided to expand capacity to meet higher growth forecasts.
Add this to the pandemic lesson book: People may be willing to give up their homes in high-cost, densely packed coastal cities, but they still want their coastal lifestyles — just with a little more space, cheaper real estate and warmer weather.
The recent surge in gasoline prices suggests we might see a reversal in consumers’ years-long shift towards trucks or sports-utility vehicles back to more modest, fuel-efficient vehicles. But don't expect automakers to go along.
If you want to know what stagflation looks like, check out the housing market. The conditions that existed during the 1970's — high inflation and stagnant output — are happening already in this segment of the U.S. economy, illustrating the challenges ahead for consumers, industry players and the Federal Reserve.
There's understandably a lot of concern about inflation — and consumers want to know who to blame for it. U.S. companies are showing that they've got pricing power and know how to use it in this environment. That makes them an easy target for consumers — and politicians' — ire.
The surge in mortgage rates we've seen this year is making an already dysfunctional housing market even more uncertain. Higher lending costs will make housing less affordable, which should cool demand and at least slow price increases.
Cars have been a big part of the U.S. inflation picture over the past year. Since a computer chip shortage slowed production and drove up prices for new and used vehicles, fixing those supply chain problems in 2022 was supposed to normalize the market again, helping cool inflation more broadly.
News that the U.S. population barely grew this year, together with ever-falling birthrates and the decline in immigration, raises the possibility that the nation will be shrinking in the not-so-distant future. So fewer people should make housing more affordable for those looking for it, right? Well, don't get your hopes up.
Inflation debates have been dominated by fallout from the pandemic and economic reopening, most of which has been viewed as transitory: lumber and used car prices in the first half of the year, the cost of ocean freight more recently.
When we talk about workers going back to their offices, the goal for most people is to return to the normal routines of life. But there's at least one group of former office-dwellers who are viewing the return as uncharted territory: parents who had their first child during the past 18 months.
The U.S. remains in a deep employment hole, with 6.7 million fewer jobs in June than there were in February 2020. But that overstates the weakness in the economy, with last week's second-quarter gross domestic product report showing American output is back at an all-time high.
A paradox of this economic crisis is that while U.S. unemployment remains high, the net worth of American households may be at a record, thanks to the soaring prices of stocks and homes.


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Wednesday, October 01, 2014
Acer Chromebook 13 review - Page 2 - CNET
"In the wake of the Galaxy Note 4 release, Samsung has been forced to respond to complaints from a number of early adopters who have reported issues with the handset’s build quality.
Although a UK Note 4 release date is not set to be held until October 10, the 5.7-inch smartphone touched down in Samsung’s native Korea last Friday, September 26.
The big launch doesn’t seem to have gone quite as smoothly as Samsung would have hoped, however. According to Korean media, Note 4 owners are already complaining about the shoddy piecing together of the high-end phones.
According to a number of separate adopters, the Note 4 suffers from sizeable spacing between the phone’s screen and its new metal-framed body.
The issue is severe enough for pieces of paper and business cards to be easily slotted within the gap"
Five surprises switching from iOS to Android and back again
Tuesday, September 30, 2014
Sunday, September 28, 2014
"Another reason why privacy is important, as Greenwald and many others, including the philosopher Hannah Arendt, have argued, is that privacy is crucial to personal exploration, creativity, dissent — those interests and thoughts that reflect the complexity of human beings and their ability to flourish and lead meaningful lives. But as we also know, creativity and dissent can be disruptive to the smooth functioning of society — making the lives of bureaucrats and autocratic politicians much harder because their authority would be constantly challenged. As Professor Roger Berkowitz, Director of Bard College’s Hannah Arendt Center, suggests in an excellent post on the importance of privacy for Hannah Arendt,
Such independent thinking is dangerous, or at least disturbing to the demands for conformity and correctness of public society. The real reason privacy is in decline today is because the very fruits of a rich private life — uniqueness, difference, and plurality — are scorned by the insistence on uniformity of opinion and behavior in good society. What suffers in the poverty of a meaningful private sphere is politics."


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Ball State alum 'Papa' John Schnatter weighs in on NFL controversy
MUNCIE, Ind. — Papa John's has seen a decline in pizza sales in the latest quarter, and founder/CEO John Schnatter — a Ball State alumnus — is blaming the NFL and its ongoing controversy between player protests and the national anthem.
According to an article published Wednesday on ESPN, Schnatter said the problem "should have been nipped in the bud a year and a half ago."
"The NFL has hurt us," Schnatter said in a conference call. "We are disappointed the NFL and its leadership did not resolve this."
Papa John's is the official pizza company of the NFL as well as 23 individual teams, the ESPN report said. Company executives said they have pulled most of its television advertising and the league has responded by giving Papa John's additional spots in the future.
Darren Rovell reported that Papa John's executives declined to say how much money in projected sales the company has lost due to declining NFL ratings, but president and chief operating officer Steve Ritchie said "we expect it to persist unless a solution is put in place."
"Leadership starts at the top, and this is an example of poor leadership," Schnatter added.
Jake Fox is a high school sports writer at The Star Press. Contact him at (765) 213-5848, firstname.lastname@example.org or @FoxJake_.


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Hundreds attend prom dress sale for charity
Proceeds go to Lydia House
Thousands of dresses and hundreds of shoppers all packed into an Omaha event center.
It's the Ultra Chic Prom Boutique sale sponsored by Max I-Walker.
"I want to guess we had 500 ladies out there waiting, then the doors open and it's a dash," organizer Lisa Walker Sekundiak said.
Volunteers said they had more than 2,300 dresses and every dress is $25.
"At the end of the day, after five hours of shopping, we're able to donate thousands of dollars back to the Lydia House, so girls helping girls, women helping women," Sekundiak said.
Every dollar is donated to the Open Door Mission's Lydia House and every dress is donated by women in the area.
"It feels really good. Better than spending $200 on a dress you only wear once, this actually helps," shopper Megan McCorvy said.
Last year, the sale raised $13,000 for the Lydia House. This year, organizers hope to surpass that number.


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Family-owned distiller moves into mixology with its first cocktail comp .
Bartenders from Scotland are headed to New York this summer after reaching the UK final of Carounn Gin’s 10 Year Switch cocktail competition .
Cocktails continue to adapt to the times .
Two bartenders mix up their favourite cocktail for the summer ahead
Consumers set to seek out bars with an informed approach to mixology
Talisker tasks bartenders with summer cocktail challenge
What's being described as the world’s first Old Fashioned vending machine has been created by Whyte & Mackay
Kilmurry & Co on Kilmarnock Road in Shawlands has started delivering cocktail coolers, which have been created with warmer weather in mind
Crafty Distillery, the firm behind Hills & Harbour Gin, has launched what’s claimed to be the world’s first 100% distilled gin cocktail
Time to embrace the season with a selection of cocktails that embody it .


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FREMONT — Troubled that the city’s long-awaited downtown project is becoming too focused on housing, City Council members have warned the team designing it to shift its spotlight back to retail.
“This downtown area needs to have a focal point. It needs a signature building, like a theater or city hall,” said Mayor Bob Wasserman during a council presentation earlier this week on design plans for the main street project. “I’ve never heard people say they want to go downtown to see houses.”
Plans presented Tuesday show a mixed-use project — along Capitol Avenue between Fremont Boulevard and State Street — with a minimum of 200,000 square feet of new ground-floor retail space, with three stories above that supporting about 475 residential units.
By comparison, San Jose’s Santana Row consists of 700,000 square feet of retail space with 1,200 rental units, a 214-room hotel and a 12-screen cinema.
Jerry Hunt, president of co-developer Blake Hunt Ventures, reiterated that plans for Fremont’s downtown are only concepts and not a proposal for a specific project.
“We understand that if we make a fake gesture for retail with an abundance of residential, we have failed,” said Hunt, whose company is building the project with a group that owns the adjacent Fremont Plaza shopping center. “We don’t make a business of wasting council members’ time or the community’s time … unless we feel we have a very exciting
Based on feedback from the council, city officials next will work with developers to hash out business and financial plans. Those will be presented to the council in late October.
Residents in Fremont and other East Bay cities have been “voting with their feet,” typically driving to places such as Stanford Shopping Center in Palo Alto, the Broadway Plaza area in Walnut Creek or the Ferry Building in San Francisco for a rich shopping experience, Hunt said.
But the 13-acre project, which sits on what is now mostly vacant land along sleepy Capitol, will meet a significant need for a quality retail center unique to Fremont and the East Bay, he added.
Just a 15-minute walk from the Fremont BART station and near one of the busiest intersections in the 90-square-mile city, the project would include gateway elements, landscaping and a 45,000-square-foot civic plaza with outdoor eating areas to make it friendlier for pedestrians.
Councilmember Steve Cho said people would come no matter what was built along Capitol, but he questioned whether it would be a project the community could be proud of.
“Fremont is filling a big void,” Cho said. “But what will make people want to come quite a ways off the highway to get here? I still haven’t heard that yet.”
Staff writer Scott Wong can be reached at (510) 353-7002 or firstname.lastname@example.org.


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The Carnival Splendor pulled in around noon on Friday fairly unexpectedly, but its 3,000 passengers were not unwelcomed.
Here is a surprise visit that nobody at the Port of San Francisco is complaining about, unless they arrived on it and had hoped to be in /*Mexico*/.
"We saw Cabo, that's it. Turned around, Got out of there fast," said Cathy Nukushina, a tourist.
You might call it the /*H1N1 flu*/ landfall windfall. Cruise ships with thousands of passengers are diverting to San Francisco, rather than risking their health south of the border.
"We decided to pull all our ships out of Mexico just to be on the safe side," said Capt. Per Krisstofferson, of the Royal Caribbean Mariner of The Sea.
Already, the number of cruise ships scheduled to call in San Francisco, this month, has doubled from nine to 18, and there will likely be more. The port estimates each to bring as $1 million in business.
"I think we get 90-percent local, and 10-percent tourism," said Alan Sproul, a restaurant manager.
But now, it might flip-flop. At Pier 23 Restaurant, Sproul watched the Carnival Splendor pull in early Friday afternoon, right across the way. And he already had tourists, like Larru Cornell and Gail Richards from Tuscon.
"Sand and sea to rain and clouds," says Richards.
Tourists spent more than $8 billion in San Francisco in 2007. That number dropped in 2008 and had declined again. This is a boom for shops and museums.
"We go with the intention of finding what we would not find anywhere else. It's retail therapy," says Paul Burrows, a tourist.
But many of these foul weather tourists were not happy. Royal Caribbean offered $150 to spend on shipboard souvenirs. Carnival offered a future cruise for passengers who left, since this cold spring day in San Francisco, could not replace a warm one down south.
The $1 million a ship can bring in can go to various items such as: $15,000 in labor, $7,000 in waste management services, and $200,000 if it fills up with fuel.


text: Get ready!! The newest Funko Shop Exclusive is on the way. The new Ad Icons Pops will be released at 11am PST on Funko-shop.com. The new Boo Berry, Franken Berry and Count Chocula Pop! will be super popular and will most likely sell out very soon after they are released. Be sure to be ready at 11am PST to grab these new Pops.


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A Penzance jeweller is calling on local people to do their part to save their high street or risk seeing it being changed forever by the coronavirus pandemic.
Walkers Jewellers, in Causewayhead, is now open from 10am to 3pm.
Owners Julian Cardew and Hannah Nash said: “Because of the size of our premises, we can only allow one customer/one household in at a time.
“For any customers who feel nervous about coming to the shop they can contact us to book an appointment, saving any waiting.
“We are fully equipped and following Government guidelines to protect customers and staff.”
Julian added: “For the high street to survive this really challenging time we need customers to shop safely but shop locally. Please support your local businesses.”


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by Katelyn Konfrst / firstname.lastname@example.org
With fall in full swing, students at PC are looking forward to all that it has to offer, as well as reflecting on past falls.
Food is a major favorite among PC students. The top favorites in the student body for fall are Thanksgiving, with 28% of votes, and eating good food with 20% of votes.
Fall trends are also beginning to pop up as the temperature drops. The number one trend voted by students were sweaters with 40% of votes. Oversized clothing (17% ) and flannel (15%) trailed behind taking the second and third place spots.
Memories of past falls are still lingering in the minds of PC students.
“My favorite fall memories are going to all the Halloween parties and having a blast, dancing around and eating some amazing food,” said senior Anna Bonnett.
“One of my favorite memories of fall comes from elementary school when we went on a field trip to a pumpkin patch. There were several games and things to do there, including a hay maze,” said sophomore Avery Verhoef.
Fall has a lot to offer, and many PC students are excited for what’s to come.
“Well first of all, [I’m looking forward to] not sweating when I go from the freezing school to the 90 degree outside,” said senior Kelly VanWyk.
“Enjoying one last fall with the boys before we seperate next year at college,” said senior Zach Devries.
A lot is in store for students this fall, and PC is ready to take on anything and make it a fall to remember.


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How BlackBerry Keeps Android at Bay
For Vina Posuma, having both a BlackBerry and an iPhone is essential for her work as a health-care marketing executive, which requires her to travel a lot.
“I can always access my e-mail wherever I am and I don’t need to wait until I get to the office,” she says. The office applications on the gadgets also allow her to do her job while on the move. And beyond listening to music on her iPhone, Vina says she hardly ever uses the phones for entertainment.
“I don’t plan to buy another gadget anytime soon,” she says. “I have these two already, plus a netbook, so that’s enough.”
Mohammad Hamzah, a musician and advertising executive, also brandishes two communications gadgets, though in his case they are an iPad and a Nokia E63.
Dated though the latter may be, he says he has no plans to replace it with a newer model while he can still rely on it for his basic communications needs.
The emphasis from users like Vina and Hamzah on gadgets that meet their communications and networking needs was noted in a study of mobile-device consumers and their digital behavior, released last month by research firm Taylor Nelson Sofres. In words that will surprise no one, the study said: “In Indonesia, mobile holds high appeal as an access portal because everyone has one, they make things available anytime, anywhere.
“As an emerging market, Indonesia’s crowded living conditions and last-mile limitations [from the telecoms exchange to the home or office] add to the reliance on mobile as a portal to the Internet and extended features.”
This focus on no-frills communications, combined with Indonesian users’ love of sending short messages, is responsible for the popularity of smartphones with QWERTY keyboards, according to Andy Zain, founder of MobileMonday Indonesia, the local branch of a global networking forum for professionals in the mobile industry.
“It used to be the Nokia Communicator handsets, and now it is BlackBerry, because of the keypad that offers the convenience of quick typing,” he says, adding that mobile handsets with a QWERTY keypad make up 50 percent of Indonesia’s mobile device market.
Lucky Sebastian, a Bandung-based smartphone enthusiast who created the 9,000-member gadget community mailing list Gadtorade in 2001, agrees that the BlackBerry offers a convenient way for mobile users to access the Internet and stay in touch through the BlackBerry Messenger application.
“The tight-knit characteristic of Indonesian society has made this app a widely adopted one and has provided an easy way to keep in touch,” he says.
The popularity in Indonesia of the BlackBerry, which uses Research in Motion’s operating system, has sidelined smartphones running on Google’s Android system, going against the trend in other countries.
The TNS study showed the RIM OS accounted for 23 percent of smartphone operating systems here, with Android on less than 6 percent. Nokia’s Symbian OS dominated with 71 percent. Worldwide, Android boasts a 39.5 percent market share while RIM has only 14.9 percent, according to an International Data Corporation report from March.
Lucky attributes part of RIM’s domestic success to the fact it entered the Indonesian market years before Android existed.
“BlackBerry gained more penetration in Indonesia and accumulated a high number of users,” he says. “It also came along at the right time, when mobile Internet was starting to bloom here.”
Andy says most Indonesians are not picky about their phone’s operating system or the various apps available for it, as long as they get the basic services — messaging and social networking. But Lucky says the reluctance among Indonesians to migrate to Android — despite its wealth of apps, more sophisticated technology and the variety of phone manufacturers using it — is mainly because they are not keen to learn a new system.
“To enjoy the benefits of Android would require users to put in more effort and find better Internet connections, unlike with the BlackBerry, which users can easily benefit from through text messaging,” he says.
He adds that although Android has only been available for two years, there are more than 250,000 apps available for it, while BlackBerry only has about 39,000, despite being around since 2000.
Lucky is optimistic that Android devices will gain in popularity in the country as more Indonesians jump on the tablet craze sparked by Apple’s iPad. Unlike the latter, Android-based tablets run the gamut from low-end gadgets that cost about the same as a smartphone, to higher-end devices that rival or even surpass the iPad. This, Lucky says, makes the devices affordable to more Indonesians.
“Tablets are gradually replacing netbooks and notebooks because they offer easier portability,” he adds.


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Celebrity chef Donal Skehan has opened up about life in Los Angeles and has admitted he will stay there for at least another two years.
The star, whose visa is valid until 2019, joked that he could be a “tour guide if things go belly up” in the States.
He told TV Now Magazine that he’s been doing a lot of sightseeing since moving to Hollywood with his wife and business partner Sofie Larsson.
He said: “We’re still treating it as being tourists, so we go and checkout restaurants in random places that they would never go to.
“A lot of LA people stay in their little bubble.
“I actually went for a walk up to Griffith Observatory the other day with someone who grew up in LA and who had never been there, even after seeing LA LA Land.
“I’d say I could comfortably take up a job as a tour guide around LA if things went belly up.”
With over 500,000 subscribers on his YouTube Channel and the majority of them from the US it’s likely that brand Skehan will explode in the US.
The young chef whose popularity soared on Jamie Oliver’s FoodTube Channel has a brand new RTE One show, Donal’s Meals in Minutes airing (this evening) June 6.
His hectic AirBnB LA lifestyle with no fixed abode was the driving force behind the inspiration of the show.
He said: “Sofie and I were moving around so much, last year we didn’t have a huge selection of equipment in those kitchens and there certainly weren’t any store cupboard staples, so I got an insight into how people are cooking these days.
“I had to come up with dishes that I could cook in one frying pan, or with only five ingredients to chose from.
“It changed the way I’m cooking completely, so Meals In Minutes definitely comes out of a lifestyle change.”


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Posted Tue Jun 24, 2014 at 01:26 PM PDT by Brian Hoss
Includes both 'Metro 2033' and 'Metro: Last Light' remastered.
'Metro Redux' includes remastered versions of 4A Games' 'Metro 2033' and 'Metro: Last Light' along with all previously released add-on content. Digital versions of both remastered games will be available, but the boxed copy is now now locked in to August 26th in the US and August 29th in Europe.
You can find the latest info on 'Metro Redux' linked from our Video Game Release Schedule.
Source: Deep Silver
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By Gavin Gibbon
Half yearly profits have fallen to $7.40m as a result of Covid-19 economic impact
Bahrain-based Ithmaar Holding has revealed a 43 percent decrease in net profit for the first six months of the year, which has been blamed on the economic impact of the global Covid-19 pandemic.
The investment firm saw its H1 profits drop from $13.02 million in 2019 to $7.40m this year.
Accumulated losses, as at June 30 2020, of $795.6m amounted to 105 percent of the share capital, compared to 98.5 percent as at December 31, 2019.
Total assets remained stable, at $8.08 billion as at the end of June this year, compared to $8.09bn as at December 31 last year.
A statement from the company, which is regulated by the Central Bank of Bahrain (CBB) and is listed on the Bahrain Bourse, Dubai Financial Market and Boursa Kuwait, said: “The board of directors is working on various initiatives to improve the capital, which will strengthen the company’s consolidated equity, including the possible sale or restructuring of non-core assets, subject to necessary regulatory approvals.
“The company also remains committed to realising its long-term objectives of growing its core retail banking business while facilitating the sale of underlying, non-core assets of its subsidiaries when suitable opportunities arise.”


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CUPERTINO, CA--(Marketwired - Mar 31, 2014) - Baidu (NASDAQ: BIDU), the world's leading Chinese search engine and developer of award-winning PC, Web and mobile products, today announced that it has become a Gold Member of the International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP) as a part of its ongoing commitment to protect the privacy of its users worldwide.
The IAPP created the world's first broad-based credentialing programs in information privacy, and it serves as a comprehensive privacy resource for its members. "We are happy that Baidu has announced a commitment to privacy protection," said J. Trevor Hughes, President and CEO of the IAPP. "We are very proud to welcome Baidu as a Gold Member, and to offer the IAPP's expertise in support of their efforts."
As China's largest search engine, Baidu handles billions of user queries on a daily basis. Many of its products employ cloud technology to provide people with constantly updated dictionaries, virus definition files and real-time translations. "With so much information passing through Baidu's servers, privacy protection is extremely important," said Richard Lee, global marketing director at Baidu's International Business Unit.
"User privacy is an essential part of Baidu's product development process," said Lee. "By joining the IAPP, we can continue to improve in this regard, and reinforce our commitment to privacy across all of our mobile, Web and PC products."
Baidu, Inc. is the leading Chinese language Internet search provider and developer of award-winning PC, Web and mobile products. As a technology-based media company, Baidu aims to provide the best and most equitable way for people to find what they are looking for. In addition to serving individual Internet search users, Baidu provides an effective platform for businesses to reach potential customers. Baidu's ADSs trade on the NASDAQ Global Select Market under the symbol "BIDU." Currently, ten ADSs represent one Class A ordinary share. http://www.baidu.com
About the International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP)
The IAPP is a not-for-profit association founded in 2000 with a mission to define, promote and improve the privacy profession globally. The IAPP is committed to providing a forum for privacy professionals to share best practices, track trends, advance privacy management issues, standardize the designations for privacy professionals, and provide education and guidance on opportunities in the field of information privacy. It now has over 15,000 members worldwide. https://www.privacyassociation.org


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Nvidia 780i is not a new chipset
by Fudzilla staff on01 October 2007
Recycled with extra bits
It turns out that the "new" Nvidia 780i chipset might not be all that it's cracked up to be and it looks like Nvidia has once again "recycled" and old chipset by adding a PCI Express controller to the mix.
This is something Nvidia has already done in the past and not an unfamiliar path for the company to take. The source is yet again Expreview and they've got a picture of the board without a heatsink on it and you can clearly see the two parts that makes up the 780i chipset.
So it turns out that the BR04 chipset we reported about earlier isn't the actual 780i chipset at all, but rather a PCI Express controller that adds additional lanes to the ones in the 680i to make three-way SLI possible with three x16 PCIe slots.
The BR04 chip is meant to have PCI Express 2.0 support and it might replace the PCI Express controller part entierly inside the 680i. Make what you want of it, but don't expect to gain any real benefits from the "new" 780i chipset, you'll have to wait for the next generation product from Nvidia before this happens.
You can find the original story here in Chinese.


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New boss pulls Hays back from the brink
A NEW broom usually sweeps clean. Colin Matthews, who became chief executive of Hays only three weeks ago, certainly raised expectations at yesterday's agm that major structural changes are on the cards.
He told long-suffering shareholders of the struggling business services company that a comprehensive strategic review is already under way and it 'will lead to changes in the shape of the group'.
Sensing that Hays might be broken up, excited punters chased the shares up from an initial depressed level of 79 1/2p to 92p before they closed 6 1/2p higher at 89 1/2p. Turnover swelled to 34m.
Valued at £1.5bn, Hays still faces relegation from the Footsie on December 11 unless buyers continue to put their faith in restructuring specialist Matthews turning things round.
Hays has lost more than half of its value since January. The shares plummeted to a seven-year low earlier this month on a profits warning.
Hays blamed pressure on the business post market from Allan Leighton's revamped Royal Mail, and predicted underlying profits for the year will be 15% below market expectations at £190m.
Ports operator and logistics specialist Simon Group first told the market it had received a bid approach in January. It then touched a peak of 65 1/2p but has since drifted and drifted on the assumption that no news in this case is bad news.
Yesterday Simon rallied 5p to 40 1/2p in thin trading on vague gossip that a deal could soon be struck.
The Footsie moved narrowly before closing 1.6 points off at 4094.9. Fund managers kept their powder dry despite UN chief weapons inspector Hans Blix saying he is confident a war against Iraq can 'still be averted'. Sterling fell to $1.5750 with the euro at 63.7p and $1.0031.
Wall Street retrieved a 35-point deficit to trade 130 higher at one time. Early on, a sharp fall in US October housing starts triggered concerns about the resilience of US consumers.
Confirmation it will issue a trading statement on Monday saw life assurer Old Mutual sold down to 81 3/4p before closing 3 1/2p easier at 87 3/4p.
Boots the Chemist ended a sickly 23p down at 569p. Investors ran for the exit amid fears that if the Office of Fair Trading decides to relax rules on the retail sale of drugs, Boots' profits would take a big hit.
The OFT has been investigating whether competition is being stifled.
Enodis, which supplies cookers to burger giant McDonalds, sizzled 10p higher to 55 1/2p on much better-than-expected full-year figures and a sharp cut in debt. Investec says buy and has a target price of 75p.
Engineer Tex Holdings gained 16p to 70 1/2p after impressive interim figures and a positive outlook for the second half. Rotork, on the other hand, plummeted 17 1/2p to 252p after warning that sales growth since early August has been slightly below expectations.
Director buying helped stop the rot at Bodycote. Sold down to 89 1/2p on a warning that full-year pre-tax profits would be at the lower end of market expectations due to slower sales in August and September, it closed only 6p cheaper at 100 1/2p after two directors bought a total of 15,000 at around 98p.
Friendless Affinity Internet lost a further 6 1/2p to 45p. Founder Wayne Lochner is stepping down as chief executive at a time when rumours are rife that a placing at 30p to raise over £1m is on the agenda.
Aerospace company Umeco gained 22 1/2p to 300p after upbeat institutional presentations.
Powderject improved 5 1/2p to 405 1/2p after US rival Wyeth decided to exit the US flu market, leaving the way clear for Powderject's Fluvirin vaccine.
Health club chain Fitness First was forced to put itself up for sale as it gave up the struggle to stay independent following last month's shock profit warning.
The shares jumped 14p to 133 1/2p, valuing it at £150m and anticipating a rush from venture capitalists.
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