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The Insider 100 is A Group Of People Who Are Changing Business.
The person here today is Matt Weinberger, filling in again for Jordan Erb. It’s a strange choice. However, Wednesday is my favourite week because it’s the day that new comics are released (well, DC started releasing them on Tuesdays in recent times. However, they’re still).
It’s my pleasure to present Insider’s list of 100 people who will change the business landscape in 2022. This is the annual salute to individuals who are breaking the rules and challenging conventions across different sectors. This year’s list includes some of the most prominent tech people and shakers, such as BeReal CEO Alexis Barreyat, YouTube chief business officer Mary Ellen Coe, and influential labour leader Jessica Gonzalez. You can find the complete list below.
On a sadder subject, Amazon has begun layoffs which could impact as many as 10,000 people, as Insider’s Katherine Long reports. These cuts are expected to be concentrated in Amazon’s retail, device and human-resources divisions.
There’s plenty to discuss, So let’s get started.
- 100 People Changing the Business. Each year Insider highlights the top 100 individuals who have made the most significant impact on the business world. The list extends well beyond the technological realm; a few prominent figures from the industry have made it onto the list this year.
The honorees included the CEO of BeReal and YouTube’s chief commercial officer and the top tech labour activist Jessica Gonzalez.
In a year of uncertainty that saw economic conditions turn sour all across the board, The leaders stood out as an excellent example of the more significant trends sweeping through the tech industry.
The Insider’s Katie Malone writes that this year’s crop of Transformers in the field of Emerging Technology reflects a rising trend to prioritize efficiency and transparency in anything from personal training to remote access.
- Layoffs have hit Amazon. The massive layoffs at the retailer, which we initially reported earlier in the week, began in full force on Tuesday. Up to 10,000 jobs could be eliminated during what could prove to be the largest Amazon layoff to date. For more information on Amazon:
The Insider’s Eugene Kim and Katherine Long say that employees are dissatisfied with the lack of information from the top management about job cuts.
Katherine says the employees have been sharing advice on managing the layoffs’ stress, mainly through filling out an informal “Freak-out Incident Response Form” or FIRF.
In the past week, Eugene informed us that the Amazon Grand Challenge lab — responsible for Amazon’s most cutting-edge research — was set to be reduced in size, a clear indication of CEO Andy Jassy’s dedication to cutting costs.
- Insiders at Twitter are worried about a possible crash. Under Elon Musk as CEO, Twitter’s user numbers are rising, but its headcount is down. Some people close to the company informed Insider’s Kali Hays and Lara O’Reilly that this could cause the service to fall significantly shortly instead of later. Could you find out more about their worries? And Twitter employees have begun calling Musk by a new name, Elmo.
- Microsoft promises to hold senior executives accountable. In the past year, Insider’s Ashley Stewart reported that Microsoft has a history of absconding with accusations of misconduct by senior executives who were considered crucial to its mission. This week, Microsoft promised to be more transparent in keeping its top executives accountable.
- Recurrent Ventures hits turbulence. The Insider’s Steven Perlberg writes that Recurrent Ventures, which was able to raise $300 million last year, is facing challenging times. The company that owns media brands such as Popular Science and The Drive is in disarray and struggling to sell advertising. According to Insiders, the company is working to sell ads.
- Wall Street aims Alphabet. TCI, a significant shareholder within Google’s parent business, Alphabet, issued an open letter on Tuesday, urging Alphabet chief Sundar Pichai to cut costs. They are particularly concerned that Alphabet has too many employees being paid too much and spending too much money on moonshots.
- Google employees are worried the company will lay off employees the next time. Parent Alphabet is one of the few Big Tech companies not to have laid off employees this year. However, staff are concerned that Google could subtly utilize more aggressive performance reviews to reduce headcounts.
- Lucid is looking to compete with Tesla. Lucid Motors, an electric-vehicle company, is hoping to compete with Tesla Model S. Tesla Model S with its new Air Pure, hitting the streets by the end of the year. It has a slightly longer distance than its predecessor, the Model S — and at $92,900, it’s 12,000 less expensive.
- Taylor has a devastating effect on Ticketmaster. This week, fans from across the nation were shocked to discover that Ticketmaster was having difficulty keeping pace with demand for Taylor Swift’s forthcoming “Eras” concert. It’s no surprise that people aren’t thrilled.
- For those who are gamers, Black Friday starts now. As an avid deal hunter, I love Black Friday sales. If you know where to look, deals are waiting to be located. Insider’s guide to the top Black Friday gaming deals available right now.


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Indian Bitcoin exchanges suspend trading amid fears of regulation. Indian Bitcoin exchanges suspend trading amid fears of.The Centre for Internet and Society (CIS) is a non-profit organisation that undertakes interdisciplinary research on internet and digital technologies from policy and academic perspectives.The academic research at CIS seeks to understand the reconfiguration of social processes and structures through the internet and digital media technologies, and vice versa.Bitcoin regulation seems to making its way in India. Govt. officials has shown green signals to form a committee to give their report by July on Bitcoin.The problem is not with the digital currencies themselves, but some worrying trends involving bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies.
According to this article the Indian government has completed a proposal for how to go about regulation. about making bitcoin an official. india-close.Securities and Exchange Commission due to the lack of regulation in the Bitcoin space.
They have asked suggestions and questions regarding crypto currency.
The website offers a secure bitcoin trading platform in real-time, and adheres.India cracks down on illegal Bitcoin activities while considering regulations.
Indian Government to Recommend Bitcoin Regulation Within 6 Months.Immovable property has been defined to include land, benefits arising out of land or things attached to the earth or permanently fastened to anything attached to the earth.This means that if any instrument which is being used as a currency is not covered by the definition as it stands, then the RBI is free to notify it and include it in the definition of currency.For example, a transaction involving an Indian designing a website for a person sitting in Australia and being paid in Bitcoin would be legal whereas sending contraband substances to the same person while getting paid in Bitcoin would not be allowed.What Bitcoin Regulations Look Like Around The World. regulating or prohibiting Bitcoin use in India. from the Bitcoin regulations across various.It is worth noting that unlike other digital currencies such as e-gold, liberty reserve, etc.
The government wants to bring cryptocurrency under the regulation of Reserve Bank of India Act 1934 and levy GST on Bitcoins in India.The first impact of the legalisation of Bitcoin in India is expected.Looking at the relatively small number of people who use Paypal or other e-wallets in India, it would not be entirely unlikely that the regulations to govern Bitcoin, whenever they come, would be a reaction to a particular event and whether these regulations are enabling or disabling in nature would probably depend upon the nature of the event to which they are reacting.The amount of bitcoin in circulation is still relatively small, especially in the context of vast economies like China, India and France.Bitcoin in India is yet to to understood. it will drive users underground where the scope of regulation is bleak and the dangers are higher.This situation would also be applicable to any person buying Bitcoins from an online exchange based outside India.
This is so because the sale of goods means a contract whereby the property in the goods is actually transferred by the seller to the buyer and according to section 4 of the Sale of Goods Act the transfer of the property in the goods is for a price, i.e., for money consideration.The paper analyses the laws and regulations that apply to Bitcoin in India, and comes to the conclusion that the government has wide powers that it can exercise, if.Recently in December 2013, the Indian Central Bank (Reserve Bank of India, RBI) decided to not regulate, and stated clearly that they lacked expert.In the first of a series of white papers on cryptocurrency regulation, we cover 10 Essential Terms for Bitcoin Regulation,.
Each Bitcoin is subdivided down to eight decimal places, forming 100,000,000 smaller units called satoshis.With this very basic and brief understanding of Bitcoin, we shall now try to examine whether Bitcoins should be treated under Indian law as (i) currency, (ii) security, (iii) derivative, (iv) negotiable instrument, (v) prepaid payment instrument, or (vi) movable property.Although the vast majority of people dealing in virtual currencies have no intention of breaking the law, the unregulated nature of digital currency exchanges has already precipitated the collapse of several trading platforms.Transfer of Bitcoins from one person to another where the person sending the Bitcoins is not resident in India.

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It is rumored that OnePlus is working on an upgraded model of their current flagship, the OnePlus 3. OnePlus 3T was expected to launch on December, but new rumors suggest that it will be launched on November 14.
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OnePlus 3T Specifications
The date is leaked on Weibo saying the OnePlus 3T will be launched on November 14 in London. It will come with Snapdragon 821 SoC coupled with 6GB of RAM. It will be available in two storage variants, 64GB and 128GB. The current 3000mAh battery which we can see in OnePlus 3 will be replaced by a 3300mAh battery.
It might come with a 5.5-inch Optic AMOLED screen with a full HD (1080×1920 pixels) resolution just like the OnePlus 3. It will also have USB Type-C port and will run on Android 7.0 Nougat. The OnePlus 3T will be priced at $480 (approx. Rs. 32,000).
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The newly leaked launch date is in line with OnePlus’s usual flagship announcement period. The OnePlus 3 (Review) was unveiled in June this year. The Snapdragon 830 chipset is not yet officially announced by Qualcomm. But last month Samsung revealed some details about it, saying it would be built on its 10nm manufacturing process.
The Snapdragon 830 chipset is rumored to have an octa-core setup, with support for 4K displays and support for RAM up to 8GB. The upcoming Samsung Galaxy S8, the extraordinary Turing phones, and the Microsoft Surface Phone are also expected to sport this new Snapdragon 830 processor.


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Today cryptocurrency enthusiasts around the world are celebrating the notorious “Bitcoin Pizza Day” where two Papa John’s pizzas were purchased for 10,000 BTC. Not only is the transaction deemed the first bitcoin exchange for real-world value, the trade is now appraised at US$20 million at today’s exchange rates. Also read: Asset Managers Recommend Bitcoin to Hedge ... Bitcoin Pizza Day: On 22 May, eight years ago he paid BTC 10,000 for the two most expensive pizzas in history. Today he has done it again, to demonstrate that the Lighting Network works. Bitcoin Pizza Day, Laszlo insists and pays in satoshis. Leggi qui l’articolo in Italiano. Bitcoin, regardless of its rising mainstream reputation, is a favorite device of cyber criminals, with one ransomware variant, referred to first bitcoin transaction pizza - Maybe in 100 years Papa John’s will be remembered not for its doughy, pizza-like product but for its place in bitcoin history. Too bad Hanyecz wasn’t in Chicago or New Haven four years ago today. - Hanyecz sent the bitcoin to jercos, who then placed the pizza order. The transaction had to be finalized over internet relay chat, according to the Bitcoin Wiki. Today cryptocurrency enthusiasts around the world are celebrating the notorious “Bitcoin Pizza Day” where two Papa John’s pizzas were purchased for 10,000 BTC. Bitcoin Pizza Day: Reliving the Memories and Forging New Ones In any case, the tenth-ever Bitcoin Pizza Day is today: ten years ago, developer Laszlo Hanyecz exchanged 10,000 bitcoins for two pizzas; ... Nachdem man bereits beim Bitcoin Halving Event 2020 12,5 BTC verlost hat, hat sich Binance zur Feier des Bitcoin Pizza Day 2020 überlegt, einen BTC Pizza Day Event für eine Woche zu starten und insgesamt bis zu 50.000 Dollar in BNB-Token als Give Away ...
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“This transaction is another example of our commitment to targeted aggressive growth, and we’re thrilled to welcome the Holland Chemicals team to Maroon Group,” said Terry Hill, CEO of Maroon Group. “The business further strengthens our presence in several core end-markets and geographies, and adds depth to our technical and formulary teams."
Holland Chemicals has been in business for more than 100 years. Based in Burr Ridge, IL, Holland Chemicals provides a differentiated service offering through its technical sales model, formulary support and development capabilities, and a relentless focus on customer service. As part of Maroon Group, Holland Chemicals will continue to focus on its core markets while leveraging Maroon’s North American footprint, broad product offering, operational infrastructure, and digital capabilities to better serve customers and suppliers alike.
“The combination with Maroon Group represents an ideal cultural and strategic fit for our organization,” commented Jonathon Rhodes. “We were able to join a team that is passionate about the industry, is focused on sustainability, and recognizes the importance of creating value for our customers. We look forward to being able to leverage the growth-oriented resources and added stability that Maroon Group provides. We are excited for the opportunity this creates for our employees, customers, and suppliers.”


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PSA Peugeot Citroën has announced the French automaker will leave Le Mans racing indefinitely. Reuters reports the manufacturer cites financial issues as the reason for the drastic move, saying Peugeot will now focus its efforts on improving its sales performance in 2012. For its part, Peugeot has issued an official statement confirming the development on its motorsports site, which you can read after the jump.
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Users can opt out of the targeted ads using their remote control, according to Ars Technica, which added that once you've done so, the company will stop collecting your data for advertising purposes.
For Google, this hints at a broader strategy to leverage its advertising prowess in all sorts of physical-world platforms, such as driverless cars and mobile phone service.
While this is a no-brainer for Google and simply applies the same formula to TV that we're already familiar with when it comes to Gmail, YouTube and other Google properties, it's a significant development for TV viewers that for decades were served advertising in a shotgun-style blast whether they were receptive to the messaging or not. The bulk of today's TV ads can be targeted by market, but generally not down to the level of a household.
In fact, it's part of a wider trend that became a factor in the last political election cycle. Cable and satellite operators are all racing to offer targeted ads — or as they're called in the industry, "addressable" advertising — the theory being that a candidate can maximize their budget by sending ads only to those people who are likely to be persuaded or mobilized as a result.
This is the future of TV: Channels that know exactly who you are, where you live, where you've shopped, how you've browsed, which brands you buy, and on and on.


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Boston Beer Company reported third quarter depletions (sales-to-retailers) and shipments (sales-to-wholesalers) of 30% and 19.1%, respectively, according to financial results issued after the end of trading today. Boston Beer’s third quarter earnings marked the first with combined results following the merger with Dogfish Head Craft Brewery. The combined company — whose brands include Truly Hard Seltzer, Samuel Adams beer, Angry Orchard hard cider and Twisted Tea — reported net revenue growth of 23.3%, to $378.5 million, during Q3.
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- The Boston Beer Company, Inc. (NYSE: SAM) began in 1984 and today brews more than 60 styles of Samuel Adams beer. The company's portfolio of brands also includes Angry Orchard Hard Cider, Twisted Tea, and Truly Spiked & Sparkling. It also makes and markets the Traveler Beer, Angel City, Concrete Beach, and Coney Island brands, which are overseen by A&S Brewing, the company's craft beer incubator.
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Dogfish Head co-founder Sam Calagione shared how the first 149 days of his company’s merger with the Boston Beer Company was progressing during Brewbound’s final Brew Talk meetup of 2019. Calagione pointed to goals of brand longevity and growth outside Dogfish Head’s homebase of the Mid-Atlantic region as the reasons for forming a business partnership… Read more »
Boston Beer Company is upping the ante as it tries to unseat Mark Anthony Brand as the beer category’s top hard seltzer producer. The company — which makes the Truly Hard Seltzer, Twisted Tea, Angry Orchard hard cider and Samuel Adams beer offerings — announced today the reformulation of all 13 Truly flavors in an effort to make them “crisper and more refreshing.” Boston Beer also revealed plans to release a Truly-branded line of lemonade hard seltzers in 2020
With the unveiling of 75 Minute IPA’s new look, Dogfish Head Craft Brewery introduces Dan Stiles as its collaborating artist for the 2019-2020 Off-Centered Art Series, an annual collection of four beers that personifies the creative expression at the intersection of ales and art.
The brewers at Samuel Adams announced the upcoming release of the eleventh batch of their highly sought after, barrel-aged extreme beer, Samuel Adams Utopias.
We’ve all been there. You hit the reply all button haphazardly, and hit send on a one-word email back to the company of… 2000. To truly celebrate the embarrassment and attempt to end this office faux paux, Angel City Brewery will introduce Do Not Reply All Hazy IPA to the bars, restaurants and retailers in the greater LA area this month.
About 60,000 people attended last week’s Great American Beer Festival in Denver, but the 2019 edition of national trade group the Brewers Association’s (BA) largest consumer-facing event may mark the last in which beer is the only featured alcoholic beverage.
Dogfish Head Craft Brewery and Dogfish Head Distilling Co. keep the spirit of off-centered innovation going with the release of two epic, new offerings –Suddenly Comfy, an imperial cream ale reminiscent of freshly-baked apple pie, andAlternate Takes: Volume 2, Whiskey Finished in Palo Santo Marron Ale Barrels.
“We can make beer grow again,” Boston Beer Company founder Jim Koch told thousands of beer distributors Monday during the opening session of the National Beer Wholesalers Association’s Annual Convention in Las Vegas.
USA Network has partnered with local Coney Island Brewery to create a beer to celebrate the fourth and final season of the award-winning series, MR. ROBOT.
Dogfish Head Craft Brewery is just five states away from completing national distribution. The Milton, Delaware-based craft brewery, which merged with Boston Beer Company earlier this year, announced Monday the addition of its 45th state — Mississippi — via Capital City Beverages.
Boston Beer Company is asking consumers to ditch their old alcoholic beverages and drink what they “Truly want” — hard seltzer. The company, which makes the Truly Hard Seltzer brand, today unveiled five, 15-second commercials featuring comedian and actor Keegan-Michael Key that are part of a national advertising campaign for the 100-calorie, 5 percent ABV seltzer. Those ads began airing today across television and all digital channels.
In this week’s Last Call: Angry Orchard’s security is accused of racial profiling; June U.S. beer shipments decline; Peter Coors calls for government to intervene on aluminum pricing in op-ed; Facebook imposes new alcohol restrictions; and more news.
Next week, Boston Beer plans to launch a national advertising campaign for Truly, featuring comedian Keegan-Michael Key, whom CEO Dave Burwick said will “bring a little bit of personality” to the brand.
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text: If you flame someone online can the online service be held responsible? That's the issue being decided in New York's State Supreme Court. A Long Island financial firm, Stratton Oakmont, sued Prodigy -- one of theonline world's Big Three-- claiming that it was unfairly accused of fraud on a Prodigy bulletin board. Prodigy, like other online service providers have always said they're simply a communications conduit -- much like a phone company -- and have claimed that they're not responsible for what their customers post. "Liability," says Kent Stuckey, general counsel of Compuserve, "could present a chilling effect on the free flow of information." Still, this week, Prodigy agreed to try and track down the person who allegedly vilified the Long Island firm. It will also tell the court how it monitors message boards.Post your opinion on theNew Mediabulletin board.


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The tech industry in Pakistan has witnessed a transformative development, as freelancers in the country can now seamlessly receive international payments through the integration of Apple Pay and Google Pay by the financial technology startup, Sadapay. This innovative step addresses a long-standing issue faced by Pakistani gig workers who offer their services to foreign clients through platforms like Fiverr and Upwork. It’s crucial to note that this integration represents an initial move, not a full-fledged launch of these platforms in Pakistan.
Revolutionizing Payment Methods
Apple Pay and Google Pay, introduced by Apple and Google, respectively, have revolutionized payment systems, allowing users to make both in-person and online transactions, provided they own Apple or Android devices, respectively. In Pakistan, these platforms are initially enabled for online transactions through Sadapay, marking a significant advancement for gig workers in the country.
The Freelancer Equation
The freelancing market in Pakistan is more extensive and dynamic than one might expect. Many young professionals, lured by the flexibility and the opportunity to earn in foreign currencies, have transitioned from traditional 9-5 jobs to self-employment. Platforms like Upwork and Fiverr have become their gateways to connect with international clients, taking advantage of Pakistan’s affordable skilled labor. Freelancers in Pakistan collectively earned approximately $400 million in both 2021 and 2022, constituting about 15% of Pakistan’s total $2.6 billion in ICT (Information-Communication-Technology) exports. Pakistan ranks fourth globally in the digital gig marketplace, with around 8% of the total freelance work in 2017, and this impressive standing is attributed to the increasing number of qualified graduates who have embraced freelancing.
The Payment Predicament
However, the primary challenge for these freelancers has been receiving payments. Pakistani banks have made it cumbersome to receive foreign exchange payments, and PayPal is not available in Pakistan. With Apple Pay and Google Pay boasting a combined user base of 650 million people worldwide, these platforms offer a much-needed alternative for freelancers. Apple Pay, in particular, stands out with a user base four times larger than PayPal, providing freelancers in Pakistan access to a potential client base of 700 million people globally.
To facilitate this, Sadapay has introduced Sadabizz, a platform designed for businesses, enabling freelancers to create business accounts on Sadapay and receive payments through Apple Pay and Google Pay. They can send payment requests through Sadapay, streamlining the payment process for clients and freelancers alike.
A Game-Changer for Freelancers
This development is a game-changer for freelancers in Pakistan. It simplifies the process of receiving payments from international clients, eliminating the need for traditional payment platforms. It also aligns with Sadapay’s strategic goal of targeting this lucrative niche market.
Sadapay Business accounts come with higher account limits than regular Sadapay accounts, which have a monthly receivable cap of Rs 4 lakhs. This was announced by Brandon Timinsky, SadaPay’s Founder and CEO, at the SadaSummit held at COLABS Lahore. The event focused on mastering freelancing in Pakistan, a concept that has gained widespread popularity in recent years.
Boosting the Freelance Culture
The move by Sadapay appears to be a dedicated effort to promote the freelance culture in Pakistan. To further support freelancers, Sadapay has launched SadaSchool, an online platform offering masterclasses to enhance their portfolios. Waqas Hassan, CEO of SadaSchool, spoke about the vision behind the program, aiming to establish a robust ecosystem tailored for freelancers within Pakistan. Inspired by Singapore’s transformation into an entrepreneurial economy in 2011, SadaSchool is determined to foster a vibrant community of freelancers in the region. With the increasing prevalence of remote work, freelancers play a pivotal role in Pakistan’s economy, making their growth and support a priority.
Brandon emphasized that SadaSchool will allow users to take free masterclasses on the platform and receive peer support and mentorship, contributing not only to nurturing freelancers but also expanding the SadaSchool ecosystem, significantly contributing to Pakistan’s economic growth.
A Bright Future for Pakistani Freelancers
In conclusion, the integration of Apple Pay and Google Pay through Sadapay marks a significant leap forward for freelancers in Pakistan. It not only streamlines the receipt of international payments but also offers potential access to a vast global clientele. This development is poised to promote the freelance culture in Pakistan and contribute to the country’s economic growth.
- How can freelancers in Pakistan receive payments through Apple Pay and Google Pay? Freelancers can set up business accounts on Sadapay, enabling them to receive payments from international clients through Apple Pay and Google Pay.
- How does Sadapay support the freelance community in Pakistan? Sadapay not only facilitates payments but also offers educational resources through SadaSchool, helping freelancers enhance their skills.
- What is the potential impact of this integration on Pakistan’s economy? The integration of Apple Pay and Google Pay through Sadapay is expected to contribute to the growth of the freelance sector and, subsequently, Pakistan’s economy.
- Is Sadapay planning to expand its services further for freelancers? Yes, Sadapay is committed to nurturing and supporting freelancers and aims to expand its ecosystem to benefit Pakistan’s economy.


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Kanye West – or Ye, as the long-time producer, rapper, and all-around celebrity has legally changed his name to – has been in the news quite a bit lately following his very public divorce from now ex-wife Kim Kardashian. Most recently, West’s public rants on Instagram, which include many references to Kardashian’s new love interest, comedian Pete Davidson, earned him a 24-hour ban from the social media platform. Thus, it’s undoubtedly interesting that Ford Authority spies recently spotted a 2023 Lincoln Corsair prototype donning a Kanye West window sticker.
It’s unclear why, exactly this 2023 Lincoln Corsair prototype is pretending to carry Ye onboard as a rear-seat passenger, though it certainly figures to draw plenty of attention while it’s out cruising around, which is typically something that prototypes aim not to do. Regardless, if that was FoMoCo’s intention here, it obviously worked, as the giant sticker can’t be missed, while a QR code sticker is also present on the rear side window as well.
Regardless, aside from its very special feature, this particular Corsair prototype appears to be a Grand Touring model equipped with the optional towing package, which adds a four-pin trailer harness, Trailer Sway Control, and a trailer hitch, which allows the Corsair Grand Touring to tow loads of up to 3,000 pounds.
Out back, this 2023 Corsair prototype is fitted with a pair of EPA exhaust tips for testing purposes, and there’s also a data box on the side that is likely related to the exhaust system.
As Ford Authority reported back in November, the 2023 Corsair – along with its platform-mate, the Ford Escape – is set to receive a mid-cycle refresh that will include some exterior styling updates and the addition of numerous tech features including Lincoln ActiveGlide – the brand’s hands-free driver-assist system – improved voice recognition, the introduction of SYNC 4, and a new, larger touchscreen, as well as a hybrid powertrain option ahead of a more comprehensive redesign in 2025. Ford Authority spies have spotted a number of other 2023 Corsair prototypes over the past few months, including a possible hybrid model.


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NEW YORK — Holland America Line will partner with the popular PBS cooking show "America's Test Kitchen" to provide cooking demonstrations and lessons onboard its ships, the cruise line and network announced during an event last week at the Institute of Culinary Education here.
Its culinary courses will be offered on the Westerdam starting Oct. 18 and on the Nieuw Amsterdam by Nov. 13.
Two types of classes will be offered. A larger, 45-minute demonstration class for up to 200 people will feature a mix of video content, live instruction, taste tests and recipe samples. Salad for Two, We Love Chocolate and Everything Salmon are some of the courses being developed.
Smaller, 90-minute, hands-on classes will provide six to 12 guests the chance to perfect their cake-decorating skills or make fresh pasta. Those classes will cost $39.
Jack Bishop, chief creative officer for "America's Test Kitchen," said the company so far has trained two instructors for the HAL programs, and five more instructors are in the pipeline. Cooks and personalities from the show will make appearances on select cruises, he said.
Holland America's shipboard culinary arts centers will be transformed to replicate the "America's Test Kitchen" set. The work will be completed on all 14 HAL ships by June. The culinary arts center on the recently completed Koningsdam will be tweaked to reflect the "America's Test Kitchen" brand but will remain true to designer Adam Tihany's concept.
The show is based on research done in a 2,500-square-foot kitchen in Brookline, Mass., that employs more than 50 test cooks. Seen on more than 350 PBS stations, it is "by far" the highest-rated cooking show on public television, Bishop said.
The company also has a second show, "Cook's Country," and publishes magazines under that name and Cook's Illustrated as well as cookbooks. It also has an online cooking school and a website with recipes and product evaluations.
HAL is retaining its partnership with Food & Wine magazine, but it will be modified. Neither "America's Test Kitchen" nor "Cook's Country" will be broadcast from the ships, HAL entertainment director Bill Prince said.
The company's hallmark is a scientific approach to recipes. "People pay for our recipes because we do test them to the nth degree," Bishop said. Each recipe is tested 40 to 60 times at an average cost of $10,000.
Use of readily available ingredients is another hallmark of the show. "We want to present dishes the home cook can make whether they are in Sheboygan or here in New York," Bishop said.
HAL president Orlando Ashford said the affiliation gives travel sellers one more way to pitch the cruise line. "Many of their clients are watching these shows already," he said. "'America's Test Kitchen' indexes well with the same demographic as our guests."
Ashford added that the courses will give repeat cruisers a reason to be excited about rebooking HAL. "Our food story was already really good, but we think we can make it better," he said.
Bishop said partnering with HAL adds credibility to his brand and puts it in the company of similarly elevated partners such as BBC Earth, the New York Times and Lincoln Center.
"We like to be onboard with people who are interested in what we're doing," he said. "We can't teach in the test kitchen."


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SriLankan Airlines Resumes Daily Flight Service To The Maldives
Sri Lankan airlines have resumed daily flights between Sri Lanka and the Maldives.
In order to attract more visitors Tourism and SriLankan Airlines will offer a ‘buy-one-get-one-free’ promotion from August.
“We are currently working with SriLankan Airlines and the tourism industry to launch a buy-one-get-one-free offer mid-August in several key markets. We are planning to start the promotion immediately with Germany and the Middle East,” Kimarli Fernando, Sri Lanka Tourism Chairperson (Daily FT).
This promotion will be available in UK, Germany, Australia, Singapore, Malaysia, South Korea, Japan, Kuwait, UAE, Qatar, Bahrain, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Kenya, Pakistan, Bangladesh, India, and the Maldives.
SriLankan Airlines is also resuming flights to Moscow after a six-year break. The flight will be operated every Friday starting 30th July 2021.


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Video: Campaign launched exposing Adidas supply chain abuses
This new video from War on Want aims to literally bring home the level of abuse in Adidas' supply chain.
Campaigners hope to expose the "harsh reality of life" for those producing clothes for Adidas.
They are asking people to write to Adidas CEO Herbet Hainer to demand an end to worker exploitation.
Later this month we will release our Olympic special issue featuring Adidas and other sportswear brands and a special feature on the Olympics and corporate tax avoidance.
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Large companies with 1,000 or more employees, seen as the fastest-growing segment of online advertisers, are expected to grow their Internet ad spend by 21.3 percent. That’s 10-times print’s expected growth. Small companies with fewer than 100 employees are expected to experience an 18 percent growth in online ad spending, compared to 9.2 percent growth in print.
The report calls attention to small businesses, stating the potential revenue for publishers who court these companies. Sponsored search is one ad type that has room to grow with small business, currently 46 percent of small businesses use Google AdWords versus 66 percent of large companies.
Graze has grown rapidly over the last few years, to the extent that it’s now one of the most recognisable healthy snack brands ... read more
Google's I/O conference commences today, but that's not all that happened this week. Facebook, Apple and Line - and maybe Snapchat? - had updates, as well.
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Modi aide questions Rajan's focus on CPI to set rates
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MR RAJAN: The RBI governor cut interest rates last week for the third time this year and said he'd wait to assess monsoon rains before acting again.
THE Indian government's top economic adviser took a swipe at central bank governor Raghuram Rajan's monetary policy, questioning whether his focus on consumer prices is appropriate in the current economic situation.
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Dashacks released their own social coding website
Dashacks has published their own social coding website which look alike to Github and Gitorious. Their website is known as Git-Hacks.com and that provides the developers to host their code free.
The site is canadian so the DMCA authority does not has any effect on them. Here, popular developers like Drizzt and Kakarotoks has already forwarded their code.


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Last Friday, many international papers caught up to the news and used the iconic Apple logo to honor Jobs.The world has lost a visionary. And there may be no greater tribute to Steve's success than the fact that much of the world learned of his passing on a device he invented.IT leaders deeply as he changed the world,R.I.P Steve!
Apple changed its home page Wednesday night and replaced the simple text announcement with a photo of its leader.
Boing Boing created a home page that looked like the early Mac screen.
Google had one of the most subtle tributes.
Fast Company used a photo of Jobs from Apple’s early years.
CNET created a visual halo effect.
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From sweating through P90X in the morning to snoozing through a full night of sleep, we put the Microsoft Band through its paces for a full month to see how it held up.
This year's Grand Prize winners were a trio of bright young women from Ireland who presented a project that uses soil bacteria to speed up cereal seed germination. But that's not the only incredible project at Google's annual science fair, and we discuss a few of our favorites on today's show.
On today's show, we praise the amazing finalists of this year's Google Science Fair, check out a "hack" that allows you to use IKEA products and your iPhone as a game controller and give our blessing to a custom, open-source robot named Jimmy.
In new video, hit band OK Go unveils date of White House's first-ever Maker Faire, which CNET reported first in February.
Every year, lifehackers everywhere gather together in the San Francisco Bay Area and New York to peddle their own special brand of DIY genius.
Google's massive video site refreshes its app for Apple TV -- one of the most popular boxes to connect your television to online clips -- making it easier to search and watch.
At last you can order the much-sought-after smartphone, and even get it in time for Christmas.
Companies including Intel, Qualcomm, IBM and Cisco claim tightened rules by the FCC could pinch broadband providers and lead to billions of dollars in lost investments.
The jury hears closing arguments in a class action case about the decisions made almost a decade ago to limit competitors' access to Apple's iPod.
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Since the start of the pandemic, supply chains have been stressed. There is, however, signs of progress.
According to the Department of Transportation, America’s ports—including the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach collectively—imported more containers than any previous January. The total number of container ships waiting for berths at U.S. ports has dropped by 35% since peaking in early February and freight railroads’ weekly intermodal movements in March approached their highest levels of 2022. Goods are successfully being delivered to shelves and real retail inventories excluding autos are at their highest levels in history and 6 percent above pre-pandemic levels.
The only issue is transportation, and more specifically trucking capacity. The Biden-Harris Trucking Action Plan will focus on driver retention by making trucking positions a better job in order to spike recruitment.


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New models - Kia - EV6
Kia reveals EV6 pricing and key features
Two highly specified EV6 variants due in Aussie showrooms from February
28 Jan 2022
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KIA has released key specification details and anticipated prices for its all-electric EV6 range.
The two-variant range is expected in local showrooms from next month. Kia Australia says the large-category EV6 offers a unique locally tuned suspension package, a long-range battery pack and optional high-performance dual-motor driveline to the highly competitive sector.
As Kia Australia’s first dedicated battery-electric vehicle (BEV), the EV6 will debut in Air (base) and GT-Line (top) trim grades, with the derivatives priced from $67,990 and $74,990 (plus on-road costs) respectively. The performance-oriented all-wheel-drive variant – offered exclusively in GT-Line trim – is priced from $82,990 plus on-road costs.
Built on the all-new Hyundai-Kia Electric-Global Modular Platform (E-GMP), the EV6 is a sign of things to come from the South Korean brand.
Kia Australia chief operating officer Damien Meredith said the importer was pleased that the model had finally arrived.
“Local interest in the EV6 has been extraordinary and we are really pleased it is finally here. The EV6 represents the transformation of Kia and where we are heading – it’s a true halo model for the brand,” he said.
Mr Meredith explained that interest in the EV6 had been “overwhelmingly positive” with as many as 25,000 interested people registering their pre-interest via Kia’s website.
He said that although only 500 vehicles were allocated to the Australian market between now and the end of the year, there was the potential for Kia to sell up to 3000 units annually – by the end of January (2022), the company had received no fewer than 1800 firm orders.
Mr Meredith said Kia Australia was in continuous dialogue with its mother company to secure more units for the local market, but that it was unlikely that the allocation would increase substantially, considering the high demand for the model across the globe.
“For 2022, I think if we were able to source a further 100 units we’d be doing well,” he added.
“We just can’t get supply because of the numerous issues globally that are impacting not only Kia, but many other manufacturers as well,” Mr Meredith said with reference to the ongoing microprocessor shortage and Covid-19 related supply chain issues.
Mr Meredith indicated that interest in the EV6 was split evenly between existing and new-to-brand purchasers.
He said early indications showed a preference for high-spec GT-Line variants – 40 per cent of buyers wanted a two-wheel drive GT-Line and 40 per cent the all-wheel drive flagship.
The remaining 20 per cent were interested in purchasing the entry-grade EV6 Air.
“Kia has an exciting twelve months ahead, during which it will launch a variety of new and improved models, including the Sorento Hybrid, all-new Niro, the upgraded Seltos and lastly, but certainly not least, the eGT EV6 in late 2022 or early 2023,” Mr Meredith outlined.
Australian-delivered EV6 Air and GT-Line variants are fitted as standard with a long-range 77.4kWh high-voltage battery pack, which supports 800-Volt ultra-fast charging.
The entry-level EV6 Air offers 168kW of power and 350Nm of torque, has a claimed 0-100km/h time of 7.3 seconds and an optimal range of 528km.
The rear-wheel-drive single motor is also offered in GT-Line trim grades, where it offers a driving range of 504km.
Meanwhile, the dual-motor GT-Line AWD is said to produce impressive peak outputs of 239kW and 605Nm of torque. The derivative has a claimed 0-100km/h time of just 5.2 seconds and an optimal range of 484km.
Standard equipment for Air derivatives includes 19-inch alloy wheels, LED lighting, UV and acoustic glass, flush door handles, folding side mirrors, paddle-style regenerative braking control, a combination cloth and artificial leather upholstery, V2L interior charging, dual 12.3-inch curved displays, satellite navigation, wireless device charging, keyless entry and start, dual-zone climate control, auto wipers, as well as an electrochromatic rear-view mirror.
The list of stock safety features is equally extensive… AEB with junction-turning technology is offered alongside blind-spot detection, rear cross-traffic alert, lane keep- and follow assistant, a centre side airbag, multi-collision braking, intelligent speed assist, tyre pressure monitoring, front and rear parking sensors, plus smart cruise control.
The GT-Line is distinguished by 20-inch alloy wheels, rear privacy glass, a bespoke body kit and comes fitted with additional interior features such as a sunroof, artificial leather and suede upholstery, V2L exterior charging, 64-colour LED ambient lighting, augmented reality HUD, a 14-speaker Meridian premium audio system, powered front seats with heating and cooling functions, a heated steering wheel, remote park assist, plus an electric tailgate.
Additional safety equipment for the range-topping model includes a blind-spot view monitor, power child lock and a 3D surround camera system.
The EV6 GT-Line is available in six paint colours, including Snow White Pearl, Aurora Black Pearl, Runway Red, Yacht Blue, and Moonscape (grey). Moonscape is substituted with Steel Grey on the entry-grade Air derivative, which is also available with a Glacier (silver) finish.
Mr Meredith said that the Kia EV6 would be sold through the brand’s existing dealership network with a “fair allocation” system extended to all franchised outlets nationally.
He added that more than 90 per cent of the Kia dealer network was already set up to sell and service the EV6 with the remaining 10 per cent scheduled to “come online soon”.
A full list of EV6 Air and GT-Line specifications will be released at launch.
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EV6 marks new era for Kia Australia
Kia concludes Australian dynamic calibration for EV6 electric flagship, launch in Q1
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Kia continues local chassis tuning, Hyundai doesn’t
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A new ‘snoop-resistant’ smartphone that can encrypt all calls and messages to protect them from spies and hackers is being developed.
The Blackphone is described by its makers as “the world’s first smartphone to put privacy and control ahead of everything else.”
The Blackphone is being developed by US-based company Silent Circle and Geeksphone, a Spanish handset maker.
Using cryptography – ways of masking information and communications ¿ the device is able to make and receive secure phone and video calls, as well as exchange encrypted text messages, ‘The Times’ reported.
“The number one priority of creating Blackphone is to uphold the objectives of privacy,” said Phil Zimmermann,president of Silent Circle and co-founder of the Blackphone project.
“It’s not to serve some other business model of monetising customer data. What we’re trying to do is to make a smartphone whose whole purpose is to protect privacy,” he said.
However, the phone’s makers have not explained key questions raised by experts, such as whether secure calls can only be made between two Blackphones, or exactly how its encryption technology would make it beyond the reach of hackers.
The group will give more details about the handset during Mobile World Congress in Barcelona next month.
Blackphone comes as part of a growing effort among technology companies to protect personal information of mobile phone users.
According to the latest leaks from whistleblower Edward Snowden, the US National Security Agency (NSA) collected almost 200 million mobile phone text messages a day from around the world that allowed it to extract contact networks and credit card data of users.
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Salesforce has announced details on the future AI functions of the Einstein artificial intelligence platform aiming to combine conversational voice assistant and business sales workflow. With Einstein Voice, users can communicate verbally with the Salesforce platform and perform a variety of administrative tasks such as dictating notes and data entry.
Like all Salesforce products, Einstein Voice is specially designed for busy salespeople and increasingly moving people. Einstein Voice uses natural language processing, speech recognition technology, and other Einstein AI functions to convert voice memos into unstructured voice data, updating Salesforce records, notifying members of the audience, voice and sound It is used to provide information. Create a task.
In this wizard you can also process data from Salesforce using only voice commands and edit customized information about important Salesforce metrics in daily smart speaker briefing at once. The Einstein voice assistant can also be set to understand the company's dictionary technical terms.
Meanwhile, another component of the voice platform, Salesforce Einstein Voice Bots enables companies to create their own voice robots to answer customer service questions with smart speakers.
Reference: In the voice of Einstein, conversational CRM is becoming mainstream
Parker Harris, Co-Founder and Sales Director Technical Director, says: "We are at the center of an incredible technical change fundamentally changing the voice's power." Einstein Voice is entering a new era of conversational CRM, providing a new level of productivity, voice We redefine customer experience with technology. "
The launch of Einstein Voice began one day after Quad Slides was introduced by Salesforce. This is a tool aimed at making the internal slide set a bit more functional. For Einstein, Salesforce recently introduced the AI function to the Sales Cloud platform and in July Einstein 's robot can now be used for business.
Voice and robotic help tools have been launched as part of a private pilot project as part of the Salesforce Winter and Summer 2019 release. Salesforce holds a Dreamforce conference every year next week and will make more announcements and hit the light on when Einstein Voice will be available.
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Why Google’s MVNO “Nova” is just what the Wireless Industry Needs
Google has signed a deal with Sprint’s CEO Masayoshi Son, and is in negotiations with T-Mobile, to launch a Mobile Virtual Network Operator (MVNO) service using Sprint and T-Mobile wireless networks. Google has stated that its new wireless service, known as “Nova”, will be “experimental” and that the end-goal is to provide best-case seamless connectivity to consumers. According to the Wall Street Journal, an unnamed source stated that Google has been working on the project for over a year, perhaps in hope that the FCC would have looked more kindly on a Sprint/ T-Mobile merger.
How will Google’s Nova work?
The specifics haven’t been publicly disclosed, but the gist of it is that Nova will act on behalf of the user by automatically search for WIFI first since the use of WIFI is free. Google will likely develop WIFI hotspots in those areas where it has deployed Google Fiber and enter into roaming agreements with other WIFI providers. Then and only then, if a sufficient WIFI signal is not available, will the Google Nova devices turn to T-Mobile and Sprint’s LTE networks, seeking the best signal/data speed available. If the cost of data on the networks is different between the T-Mobile and Sprint MVNO plans, the Nova device may default to the cheaper networks provided the signal is sufficient for a decent Quality of Service.
Presumably, new Google Android devices will be developed that will support all radio-frequency spectrum bands – or at least the ones that Sprint and T-Mobile use for their networks. Nova will likely be launched as an unlimited data plan and Google will probably sweeten the service offering by adding Google Voice and possibly YouTube access for free. We assume that the devices will be able to seamlessly switch from WIFI to LTE and vice versa easily since T-Mobile already offers phones that switch from WIFI to LTE. What we don’t know is whether a call on Sprint’s LTE network can be easily transferred to T-Mobile’s LTE network if needed.
How will Google’s Nova affect Sprint and T-Mobile?
Sprint added a “volume trigger” clause into its agreement with Google stating that their deal could be renegotiated if Google ends up taking over the market (e.g.: increasing churn for Sprint). We suspect that T-Mobile might include a similar caveat in its final agreement. That fear, however, hasn’t stopped #3 and #4 wireless carriers (which is which is hard to tell at the moment), from jumping at the partnership.
The deal will likely prove to be lucrative for both companies. Industry analysts see the potential for Sprint and T-Mobile to split around $1 billion in EBITDA by 2018 as a result of the partnership. Sprint and T-Mobile will profit by selling unused capacity on their individual networks to Google at perhaps slightly discounted wholesale prices. T-Mobile claims that they are only using 1/2 of their network capacity. Sprint has a very strong spectrum position especially in the 2.5GHz spectrum which is suitable for data in urban areas.
How will Google’s Nova affect AT&T and Verizon?
Assuming that the quality of the network will be solid and the devices truly do handle seamless handoffs between WIFI and LTE networks, Google’s new mobile service could push AT&T and Verizon to lower their prices for subscriber voice and data plans and/ or increase data caps on existing plans. Alternatively, it might force both companies to offer some subsidized data for video or other ad related messages. This is especially likely in markets where Google Fiber has already been deployed (Kansas City, Austin, Provo), or plans to be deployed (Nashville, Atlanta, Charlotte, Raleigh-Durham). It is important to note that Google Fiber is not even ubiquitous in its existing markets. Google deploys only where there are enough users to justify the cost of deploying fiber.
Why is Google doing this?
In Q3 2014, Google reported profits of $16.52 billion, a 20% rise in profits over the same period in 2013. Keep in mind that 90% of Google’s revenue comes from ads, and Google controls 49.3% of mobile ad revenue worldwide, with Facebook at 17.6 (This spread, however seems to be narrowing since the launch of Facebook’s new mobile ad platform “Audience Network”).
Interestingly, in early-2014, the number of mobile users not only met but surpassed the number of desktop users, which is why mobile productivity apps like Google Now have a higher than ever chance of success. Additionally, industry analysts suggest that by this year (2015), the majority of Internet search activity will be performed on mobile devices, and this includes paid clicks.
Google is concerned that unless it controls its own devices and more importantly the pipe that provides them, that wireless service providers like AT&T and Verizon can reduce or make it more difficult for users to access Google services. Google sees Nova as part of an overall strategy of making its services available to users and controlling its own destiny. This strategy includes Project Loon (balloons that provide internet connectivity) and substantial lobbying efforts to convince the FCC to authorize additional unlicensed spectrum in higher bands. Furthermore, Google can afford to subsidize content distribution via YouTube, provide cheaper prices to mobile subscribers using WIFI, and T-Mobile and Sprint’s infrastructure. Doing so will certainly disrupt the traditional order of thing, which is fine by Google. Nova will be paid for by revenue from other services, like advertising and search.
Will Google’s MVNO “Nova” be Successful?
While there is a great deal of speculation in the industry regarding whether or not Google will be successful as an MVNO, we expect that the venture has, at the very least, a fighting chance. Remember that Google is not completely unfamiliar with spectrum or the wireless market. In fact, it was one of the original investors in Clearwire – the original 2.5 GHz spectrum play, which Sprint now owns, and is the architect of the Android system.
The sharing of T-Mobile and Sprint’s nationwide networks could spearhead the expansion of Google Fiber to new markets that will offer customers a “triple-play” package of Internet, voice and TV – at a likely unbeatable price. Google’s Android OS currently enjoys more than half of the U.S. market share (52% compared to iOs at 42%). Android is designed primarily for touch-screen devices from smartphones and tablets to Google Glass, Google TV and Android Auto. We expect that Google’s MVNO venture could prove crucial in Google’s efforts to increase the market spread between Android and iOS, favorably for Google, and might even spur the viral acceptance of Google Now as a household must-have.
However, most MVNO’s have only had limited success including similar WIFI-first MVNO’s like Republic Wireless and FreedomPOP. Naysayers suggest that Google simply doesn’t have the experience in this area and that it will be very difficult for Google to develop the scale necessary to have any meaningful impact.
From our standpoint, we are hopeful that Google Nova is a success. First and foremost any venture that causes more competition in the industry should yield better prices for subscribers and/or higher data caps. If cheap enough, Google Nova may spur users to carry multiple devices and keep AT&T or Verizon service for their phone, but forego them for data intense devices like tablets and laptops.
How will Google’s Nova Affect New Cell Site Builds?
Cisco projects that mobile data use will increase by 50% between 2013 and 2018, due primarily to an increase in smartphone and tablet connections, streaming video and faster connections (faster connections ultimately result in more data demand). Growing data demand necessitates new cell site builds – of traditional macrocell towers as well as small cells and increased Wi-Fi offload capabilities. If all is successful, we expect that both of Google’s partners, Sprint and T-Mobile will experience increased revenues, which will allow them to focus on adding capacity to dense markets in big cities and/ or complete rural build-outs in underserved areas. As it pertains to AT&T and Verizon, if Google is successful at increasing data caps, both entities will need more spectrum and more sites to meet the pending need. All in all, a successful Google Nova will increase need for existing cell sites and spur new site development.


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BRUSSELS (Reuters) - European Union countries on Monday backed a new EU law to cut packaging waste, but agreed to seek exemptions for certain sectors.
The European Commission proposed the law last year in a bid to control the rising tide of packaging waste, which in the EU jumped by more than 20% over the last decade, driven by online shopping and "grab and go" consumption habits.
EU countries backed some of the core targets in the new rules, including that by 2030 all packaging will need to be designed so that it can be recycled.
Countries also backed proposed phase-outs of single-use plastic items such as thin bags for fruit and vegetables, mini shampoo bottles, and the disposable plates, cups and boxes used to serve food for consumption on fast food restaurants' premises - although they said countries should be able to create exemptions, such as for organic fruit and vegetables.
But the regulation has split countries - with some, including Finland, concerned about the impact on local paper and pulp industries.
Countries agreed to exempt cardboard from a requirement to switch to reusable packaging for transporting goods - an exemption Finland said would avoid an increase in plastic waste. They also exempted wine from targets to reuse packaging - a move backed by Italy.
EU countries will also be required to launch deposit return systems for plastic bottles and cans - although ministers agreed that countries with high collection rates for these items can be exempted.
The European Parliament also backed some exemptions from the targets, including for wine, in its own negotiating position on the law.
EU Environment Commissioner Virginijus Sinkevicius acknowledged the proposal had split countries and come under "heavy lobbying" from industry. He said EU countries' stance was broadly consistent with the core aims of the original law.
"No one should any longer accept that packaging waste is growing faster than GDP," Sinkevicius told the meeting of ministers on Monday.
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I want you to think of how high the prices of meat, milk, vegetables and other groceries have climbed in the last 8 years. Then think of how many stories we have been fed on shortages; especially the most recent “bacon” shortage.
Now, read this story about the terrible Russians that won’t be buying our goods because of our sanctions:
MOSCOW—Russia banned imports of a wide range of U.S. and European foods on Thursday in response to Western sanctions, confronting Russians with a type of economic isolation largely unseen since the Soviet era.
Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev outlined the products subject to the one-year ban—beef, pork, poultry, fish, fruit, vegetables, cheese, milk and other dairy products from the U.S., Canada, the European Union, Norway and Australia—in a radical response to penalties imposed on Russia over the crisis in Ukraine.
NOW MAYBE PRICES FOR US WILL DECLINE!!! There will be a glut of those products and now farmers will have to drop prices. Therefore, I would start looking for deals on quantities at the farmers market!
This is a boon for the American consumer and don’t let anyone B.S. you on this!


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THE annual German Christmas market has returned to Bournemouth for the seventh year in a row. The market opened on November 13, with the square and neighbouring streets hosting a range of festive stalls offering seasonal gifts, handmade crafts and festive foods inspired by the traditional “Weihanachtsmarkt” German market.
Tim Cook, the Chief Executive Officer of Apple acknowledged his homosexuality in the public stage for the first time. Cook’s sexuality has been discussed at great lengths ever since his appointment of his current position at Apple in 2011 but until now, it's always been speculation.
Christmas is upon us. The jovial fat man in red is starring in the Coca Cola ads, John Lewis have reeled out their annual offering of tear-jerking tosh and faux Norwegian Spruces have been erected in supermarkets throughout the country.
A Dorset company that was the first to successfully grow wasabi in Europe is planning to sell the plant in Japan.
The Halloween decorations have been packed away, fireworks have exploded and the air still smells of burnt embers and pumpkin but regardless of this, I’m hectically ordering baubles, downloading Now That’s What I Call Christmas and buying the most adorable wrapping paper the high street has to offer.
THERE has been sharp increase in Noise Abatement Notices (NANs) issued across Winton.
Students joined to tackle big issues like banning gossip mags and deciding to reprimand ISIS in the Student Shout meeting this week.
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INDUSTRIAS BACHOCO: POULTRY PRODUCER OFFERS PROTECTION IN TROUBLED MARKET
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In times of uncertainty investors often turn to so-called defensive stocks, and Mexico poultry producer Industrias Bachoco is certainly that.
Despite other problems that may be going on in Mexico, consumers have not stopped eating chicken. Accounting for approximately a third of the chicken production in Mexico, Celaya, Guanajuato–based Bachoco is a popular choice among stock pickers. The company has a reputation for paying attractive dividends, and investors also believe it has considerable potential upside because the company is behind an investigation by Mexican authorities into US companies allegedly dumping cheap poultry on the local market in breach of free-trade agreements.
Bachoco is the largest poultry company in Mexico, with extensive production facilities spread across the country. Its main business lines are chicken, eggs, “balanced feed” and swine, and it prides itself on its vertically integrated operations. The company’s shares are listed on the Mexican stock exchange and NYSE.
Late last year Bachoco received a Food Quality Award from the National Food and Agricultural Council, which is regarded as the most prized award for companies in the industry. In the same year, it reported a gross profit of 5.3 billion pesos ($441 million), compared with 4 billion pesos in 2009, based on the strong performance of its core businesses.
The company started life in 1952 as an egg producer in Sonora. It went public in 1997, having spent the intervening years expanding its business and its production facilities across the country.


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If you've ever dreamed of going to the soccer World Cup, now is the time. But brace yourself, this isn't going to be cheap.
The upcoming FIFA World Cup runs for a month from June 12 in a dozen cities across Brazil. Fans from around the world will flock to the country to cheer on their national teams, party into the night and take in the sights.
Those hoping for last minute, budget deals will be disappointed since a wave of World Cup demand has already caused a big spike in air fares and hotel rates. People who booked in advance have already snapped up the bargains.
Total costs can vary widely, but a quick trip to see a match or two would set you back about $3,000, including flights, budget hotels, soccer tickets and spending money. If you hope to follow your team all the way to the final on July 13 in Rio de Janiero -- and upgrade to smarter hotels -- costs could balloon to over $30,000.
Economy flights from major U.S. cities to Rio are now priced between $1,200 and $4,200. But many of those cheaper flights include multiple stopovers and travel time of over 24 hours. Fares are rising all the time.
Travel website Hopper.com estimates that average prices for flights to Brazil have increased by nearly 40% compared to the same time last year.
Once you're there, finding a room is the next challenge. Travel agents are warning that most of Rio is booked solid, though availability in other cities is better.
Michael Fine, a travel consultant based in Sao Paulo, estimates typical hotels rooms in Rio will cost between $200 to $500 per night during the World Cup. That compares with an average rate of about $130 per night that Brazilian hotels usually charge in major cities.
Those looking for more luxurious living should expect to pay well over $500 per night.
Ed Lyne, 26, from London, is among the lucky few who managed to snag a deal in Rio. He and five friends reserved a large apartment near the beach in Rio's Copacabana neighborhood through Airbnb. They're paying roughly $75 per person per night, but they booked in October 2013.
"If you [book] in advance, you can do it on a budget. But if you wanted to book now, it would be impossible," he said.
Getting game tickets will also take a chunk out of your bank account.
According to the official FIFA.com website, tickets for international visitors are priced as low as $90 per game. A few tickets to some matches early in the tournament are still available.
A top-tier ticket to the final would have cost nearly $1000, but those are long gone. Even hospitality packages offering tickets to a semi-final and the final sold out a year ago, despite a price tag of $10,600, said sports travel expert Anbritt Stengele.
Fans should be ready for the added cost of getting to the games, either via taxis to the stadium or a flight to host cities thousands of miles apart.
Hopper.com estimates that flying to watch Japan play its first three games will cost roughly $800.
"People have to go in with an open budget. If you're trying to budget for this, it's not your trip," said Stengele.
Food and parties shouldn't stretch your finances much further. Street celebrations will offer a cheap source of entertainment.
"[There are] plenty of social activities for all different tastes and wallet sizes," said travel consultant Fine. "You can dictate your spending quite easily and eat really well," he said.


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The "All-New All-Different Marvel" title Nighthawk has been cancelled, according to series writer David F. Walker. The writer attributes the publisher's decision to low sales, saying that despite the title being "well reviewed" it " didn't receive any commisserate sales numbers.
"Some people are concerned because Nighthawk was no among Marvel's solicitations for November. This is an unfortunate reality of comics," said Walker. "Quality is not always enough to guarantee success. Comic books are an industry that is driven by money and sales. Sad but true."
Launched in May 2016 with series artist Ramon Villalobos, Nighthawk debuted as the 50th highest-selling book of the month on the direct market but "the numbers dropped and never picked up" according to Walker.
Earlier this month, Marvel informed retailers that artist Martin Morazzo would be replacing Villalobos on the scheduled October issue #5.
Walker said that Marvel does plan to release a collected edition of Nighthawk #1 through #6 in 2017.


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McDonald's lovers will be happy to hear that the brand has been given the all clear to reopen across the nation.
Environment secretary George Eustice said there was nothing legally stopping the chain from allowing customers to pick up their orders in person.
"While clearly restaurants and pubs had to close, we were quite keen to keep that capacity to be able to do takeaway food for people," George Eustice, the environment secretary said.
"I think it is quite possible for these venues to reopen and reopen safely, we never mandated that they should close.
"We have learned a lot from supermarkets and other food outlets about how you can do social distancing and do it well.
"I think some of those food-to-go businesses will probably be seeking to learn lessons from what supermarkets have done as they consider tentatively reopening."
'McDonald's restaurants will be different'
Ahead of announcing it was reopening branches for delivery, McDonald's chief executive Paul Pomroy said last week that restaurants will be "different" as the nation adapts to a "new normal".
"When we return it will be different as we all adjust to this new normal," he explained, adding that more would be added to the initial list of 15 as soon as possible.
"Rest assured, we are working hard to reopen more restaurants, but I am adamant this must be at the right pace with the wellbeing of our employees, suppliers and customers front of mind," he said.
"We have deliberately taken our time, we want to get this right."
To keep workers safe, staff will be given gloves and face masks, and there will be perspex screens installed at checkouts.
Which branches are reopening?
McDonald's has unveiled the location of the 15 restaurants it plans to reopen for deliveries this week.
The stores, four which are in Kent, are all clustered around London and the south east.
They will offer a limited menu, including some vegetarian options, delivered within their local areas.
- Chelmsford Riverside
- Chelmsford Westway
- Ipswich Cardinal Park
- Boreham Interchange
- Luton Leagrave
- Watford Hertfordshire Arms
- Chaul End Lane, Luton
- Beechings Way, Gillingham
- Sittingbourne Retail Park
- Gillingham Bowaters
- Luton George Street
Staff will also have their temperatures checked before each shift to make sure they're fit to work.
KFC and Costa Coffee have already opened some of their drive-thus, with Starbucks saying it would follow suit on Thursday.


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The Association of German Engineers (VDI) has warned that China’s development of electromobilitat. "The Chinese copy not only, they have excellent developers," said Wolfgang Runge, head of VDI congress electronics in the motor vehicle today in Baden-Baden. The way to e-mobilitat is "still long," emphasized Runge. In order to be competitive, the German companies had to strengthen both national and international cooperation. Only then could development times and costs have been reduced.
Uniform standards, especially for high-voltage batteries and the loading interfaces, are important prerequisites for acceptance for acceptable customers, striking it. The ease of operation and a coarse range of vehicles are also considered other important customer charters. In the models developed so far, they are only partially fulfilled. The congress in Baden-Baden is according to VDI with via 1300 participants the world’s largest symposium on the E-Mobilitat. 105 exhibitors show their developments.
In the past few months, among other things, the boss of the semiconductor manufacturer Infineon, Peter Bauer, as well as the Association of Electrical Engineering Electronics and Information Technology (VDE) complained that in the People’s Republic or in the US, significantly higher claims for the development of electromobility are provided as in this country.


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Ever bought medicine online? Keep an ear out for a call from the Food and Drug Administration. Or somebody pretending to be the FDA, anyway…
Someone will call you and identify him or herself as an FDA special agent or another kind of law enforcement official. You’ll be told that purchasing drugs over the Internet or telephone is illegal and be threatened with prosecution unless a fine or fee—ranging from $100 to $250,000—is paid. If you refuse to pay up, the caller threatens to search your properties, arrest or deport you, put you in jail, and even physically harm you.
The agency says this has happened hundreds of times since 2008. People buying online are unwittingly placing their personal information in the hands of criminals, opening themselves up to this kind of scam. Once one website has your info, they might share it on a list with others.
“These lists can contain tens of thousands of names and a great deal of self-reported information,” the FDA says, “including names, addresses, telephone numbers, Social Security numbers, dates of birth, purchase histories and credit card account numbers.”
The FDA says to hang up and consider changing your phone number. The real FDA can’t fine you for criminal acts – only a court can. The site also has tips on finding more reputable sites for medications.


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In a fundamental shift, consumers are saving rather than spending, notes the Los Angeles Times.
This is the shift we’ve been talking about for months. The great credit expansion of 1945—2007 is over. Now cometh the great credit contraction.
During the bubble years, more and more credit produced less and less real prosperity. It was as if you were borrowing more and more, to invest in your business or merely to increase your standard of living, but your income didn’t rise fast enough to keep up with the interest payments.
In 2005, Americans saved nothing. Not even aluminum foil or string. Now, the savings rate is approaching 5% of disposable income — a big turnaround.
We know from logic and experience that saving money — not spending it — is the key to getting wealthier. Saving money gives you capital. And it’s capital accumulation — in the form of factories, roads, ships, buildings, machines and raw savings — that gives people the ability to produce more. It may take a man with a shovel a whole day to dig a decent grave. Give him capital — in the form of a backhoe — and he can bury everyone in town. That’s why capitalism works. It rewards the fellow who saves his money.
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Yet every yahoo economist in the year of our Lord 2009 takes news of rising savings rates like the death of Michael Jackson. If households don’t consume, they reason, how can a consumer economy grow?
The problem is that you can’t really grow an economy by borrowing and spending.
Recent history proves it. Despite the biggest splurge of borrowing and spending in history, the US consumer economy barely grew at all.
In the five years to December 2007, reports Grant’s Interest Rate Observer, America’s credit market debt climbed by nearly 57%, to $18 trillion. However, in the same half-decade, nominal GDP was up by only $3.3 trillion.
For every five dollars people borrowed, they only increased their incomes by $1. Imagine that the borrowing had an average effective interest rate of 10% (credit card debt can be much more expensive). At that rate half of the additional income earned between 2002 and 2007 had to be used just to pay the interest.
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This was not the kind of growth that was likely to last. In fact, it didn’t. The whole thing came crashing down in ’07 and ’08. And now, the consumer has had a cup of coffee. He’s looked at himself in the mirror. He’s sorted through his pile of bills. And he’s made up his mind: that’s enough of that!
The ratio of cash held by households as compared with assets has been rising sharply, says James Saft in the New York Times.
Companies, households and banks all want to pay down debt and prefer to hold cash rather than assets, partly because the outlook for those assets is poor and partly because after a decade of excess, everyone now looks a bit over-extended.
This is exactly what happened in Japan during its lost decade, when a balance sheet recession, one characterized by the paying down of debt and liquidations of assets, was self-reinforcing and very difficult to stem.
And now this from David Rosenberg:
The ultimate question is where all this cash is going to be deployed, and we believe it will ultimately be diverted toward debt repayment.
Let’s see. We can figure this out from the numbers above. American consumers must have added about $7 trillion in extra debt during the Bubble Epoque, 2002—2007. Now, instead of buying things, they use their money to pay it down. The average household has about $43,000 worth of income. Let’s keep the math simple by saying there are 100 million households in the United States and that they save 5% of their income. And let’s say they use every penny of savings to pay down debt. Hey it will only take about 30 years to pay it off! Get ready for a long, long slump.
Yesterday, stocks went nowhere. Oil went nowhere. And the dollar went down as gold went up.
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The reason for the dollar’s decline and gold’s rise was given in the front-page headline of yesterday’s Financial Times. China launched a new dig at the dollar, it says. As near as we could tell, China merely stated the obvious — that the world is going to have to find a better monetary system. The US dollar won’t be king of the hill forever. And China, which is up to its neck in dollars, would like to find a solution sooner rather than later — that is, before the dollar goes the way of all paper.
The dollar will eventually give way to inflation and devaluation, but probably not soon.
I’m absolutely worried about inflation, says John B. Taylor.
But it is not inflation that worries us it’s the lack of it. Making a long story short, as long as the feds see no inflation they will continue trying to create it. In the end, they will get more than they wanted.
Though, right now, instead of inflation, we have deflation. Yesterday’s New York Times tells us that deflation in Ireland has reached 5.4% — the highest since the Great Depression of the ’30s.
You know the reasons for deflation as well as we do. The world suddenly has too many people who borrowed too much money to buy too many things they really didn’t need and really couldn’t afford. This caused the world’s producers to greatly over-estimate the u201Crealu201D demand. Their customers began to disappear in 2007. Their factories are still standing.
Is it always so cold in July? asked an American visitor yesterday. London has been cold, windy and rainy for the last week. It comes as a shock to American tourists, who inevitably show up in shorts and t-shirts.
Europe has a milder climate than North America. Our guest comes from Ottawa, Canada.
Everybody thinks it is so cold in Canada. But it’s much hotter there than it is here. A lot of houses in Ottawa have air conditioning. Here, almost no one has it. And I guess they don’t need it.
But in the winter, the streets of North American cities turn bitter cold and bums freeze up on the sidewalks. That doesn’t happen in Europe. It rarely gets cold enough to freeze a bum here. Maybe that’s why there are so many of them.
Around the corner from our office is something we had never seen before. A mother-daughter team of u201Cstreet persons.u201D Dressed in black rags, they sit with their bags and talk. They are there when we get to the office in the morning. They are there when we leave in the evening.
The daughter appears to be in her 20s or early 30s. She is a pretty girl, as near as we can tell. The mother must be in her 50s maybe 60s. The two look very similar — like the mother/daughter combinations you see in skin cream advertisements. They dress the same. They have the same very English faces. They have the same expressions and same postures sitting on the sidewalk with the backs to the wall. Whenever we pass, they are chatting with each other — happily, it appears.
Bill Bonner [send him mail] is the author, with Addison Wiggin, of Financial Reckoning Day: Surviving the Soft Depression of The 21st Century and Empire of Debt: The Rise Of An Epic Financial Crisis and the co-author with Lila Rajiva of Mobs, Messiahs and Markets (Wiley, 2007).


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The Latest Credit Card Fraud Methods
No matter how many warnings are published by financial institutions to customers there seems to be no decrease in credit card fraud. There are multiple methods used by the fraudsters and every month the latest credit card fraud methods cost the financial sector millions.
The High Price of Credit Card FraudCredit card fraud is responsible for around £600 million worth of theft each year. These figures have been consistently rising as fraudsters come out with new ways to gain access to customer’s accounts. This is not simply a case of stolen credit cards being used. This is a case of a number of sophisticated methods being used to defraud both the credit card issuer and the customer. Banks can publish multiple warnings and implement security measures into the credit cards but the fraudsters seem to be winning the war.
The Most Popular Credit Card Fraud MethodsA recent report by the UK payments association (APACS) details the rise in credit card fraud year after year. It also gives details of the most popular credit card fraud methods, which are:
- Credit card not present method include telephone, internet and mail order fraud
- Skimmed and cloned counterfeit credit cards
- Lost or stolen credit cards
- Credit card identity theft
- Credit cards that have not reached the intended recipient by mail
Most Popular Credit Card Fraud MethodWith the advent of Chip and PIN, actual fraud through stolen credit cards has decreased in the UK. Chip and PIN technology does make it more difficult for fraudsters to use stolen credit cards through retailers. However, one of the most popular credit card fraud methods is the copying of the credit card stripe information. Once this has been achieved the thieves are able to use these credit cards abroad in countries that do not yet use Chip and PIN technology. This type of fraud has seen a 190 percent increase with a total £121 million loss over the last three years.
The Latest Credit Card Fraud by Phone MethodsBanks do try their best to warn customers of the latest credit card fraud methods, after all it is in the bank’s interests to stop this type of fraud. One of the most popular fraud methods at the moment is the phone bank fraud method. This scam involves customers being duped by fraudsters pretending to be representatives of the customer’s bank. The customer is asked for certain information that can then be used to access accounts. Customers who have been duped have lost significant amounts.
Credit Card Fraud and the InternetIdentity theft and credit card fraud has risen along with the rise in consumers enjoying the benefits of shopping and paying for goods online. Customers who use public areas such as coffee shops with free Wi fi are at risk. Not only can fraudsters oversee as the customer inputs data but there is also the case of Wi fi not being completely secure and vulnerable to hackers. If you think it couldn’t happen to you then consider the fact that online banking fraud alone has risen by 185% in the last year. Yes there are even people who will check bank accounts online in public, with airport Wi fi areas being one of the most popular places.
The Latest Internet Advertising DangerRecent reports show that people are putting themselves as well as their finances in danger when buying goods such as cars through internet adverts. One man was recently robbed of £5000 and his credit cards when he turned up to buy a car that he had seen advertised online. He was not only robbed but also seriously assaulted during the meeting. The advertisement was placed on a well known and very popular internet advertising site.
Credit Card Fraud and Computer KeystrokesMany people are not aware that when they download from certain sites they can be downloading keystroke software. This can happen by simply visiting a compromised website or when spyware attacks a computer. Once the software has been implemented into the computer the fraudster is then able to record keystrokes and gain vital personal, banking, and credit card information. There are a number of ways the software can be installed on a personal computer; opening an unknown email attachment may be all that is required.
Although banks do give more than enough warnings it is also the responsibility of the customer to protect their credit card details. When it comes to computer security it is vital that the latest anti-virus and anti-spyware are used for protection. If not, fraudsters can easily make off with credit card details leaving a large dent in your finances.


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