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Nutrine Confectionery has introduced yet another flavour to the éclair family, Nutrine Éclair Hazelnut. With this product, the company has entered the Re 1 segment in the confectionery market.
With over five decades of defining the confectionery market in India, Nutrine's latest offering is the result of extensive R&D efforts by its in-house team and the company's deep understanding of the Indian consumer's tastes and needs.
In the first phase, Nutrine Éclair Hazelnut will be available across 6,000 outlets in Bangalore. The product will be made available across 14,000 outlets in Karnataka soon. By July, the company plans to make it available across four lakh outlets across the country.
Sharing details on the product, B L Venkateswar, Senior VP, Marketing and Sales, said, "We take great pride in introducing Nutrine Éclair Hazelnut, which not only adds to our wide and unique product portfolio but also offers the Indian consumer the most popular combination of chocolate and hazelnut in éclair form."
The company has set aside an advertising budget for Éclair Hazelnut of approximately Rs 8 crore. Of this, Rs 7 crore will go into television commercials and the rest in school contact programmes and other mediums.
"The target audience for this product are children. Therefore, we plan to concentrate more on television commercials as children watch them more," said Venkateswar.
The confectionery business in India is worth Rs 1,800 crore, with the organised market being Rs 1,200 crore. Nutrine has 28 per cent market share with a growth of 20 per cent annually. With Nutrine Éclair Hazelnut, the company aims at capturing 20 per cent share of the Re 1 confectionery market segment.


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The Waltham, Mass.-based company said that Cowen and Company will serve as its sales agent in the sale, but has not stated how many shares or other details of the offering yet.
The round will be an “at the market” offering through Cowen and Corindus said it may reimburse Cowen up to a maximum of $62,500 for expenses related to the offering, according to an SEC filing.
In May, Corindus saw shares fall after the robotic-surgery platform maker missed sales expectations on Wall Street with its first quarter 2018 earnings results.
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Apple is expected to launch the iPhone 13 series later this year in September with a bunch of changes in design. For the most part, the design of the devices will remain the same with a few essential changes. According to the latest, the iPhone 13 Pro Max case has been allegedly leaked that aims to show big the camera module will be compared to the current latest iPhone 12 Pro Max.
Leaked Image Shows iPhone 12 Pro Max Inside the iPhone 13 Pro Case, Reveals the Bigger Camera Module Size
The image of the alleged iPhone 13 Pro Max case was first shared by "UnclePanPan" on Weibo and then shared again by DuanRai on Twitter. It appears to show the iPhone 12 Pro Max in the iPhone 13 Pro case. It can be seen in the image below that the iPhone 12 Pro Max's camera module is significantly smaller than that of the case's cutout.
This is not the first time that we are hearing details on a bigger camera module on the iPhone 13 series. In fact, images of the iPhone 13 dummy units were also shared last week that also appeared to show the bigger camera module. Henceforth, today's allegedly leaked image of the iPhone 13 Pro max case shows how big the camera module are we talking about.
Put the iPhone 12 Pro Max into the iPhone 13 Pro Max mobile phone protective case.
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To be precise, it can be seen that the camera module on the iPhone 13 Pro Max will be 30 to 40 percent bigger than that of the current iPhone 12 Pro Max. In terms of camera, this year's iPhone 13 series is expected to boast an f/1.5 wide-angle primary camera sensor. Henceforth, the increase in the module size is justified as the bigger sensor would require more space.
Other than this, the 'Pro' series is expected to come with a 120Hz LTPO display and a bigger battery. The bigger battery size would make more sense as the higher refresh rate will have to push more frames, thereby consuming battery life. We will share more details on Apple's upcoming flagship smartphones as soon as we have a word. What are your thoughts on the subject? Let us know in the comments section below.


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The central banks of Angola and China are due to settle the details of an agreement that will allow the use of national currencies of both countries in bilateral trade, said the governor of the National Bank of Angola.
José Pedro de Morais told Radio Nacional de Angola that the agreement, whose signing date he did not mentioned, would bring many advantages when it comes into force.
The agreement, which was announced last August by the Minister of Commerce of Angola, Rosa Pacavira, but later denied, will enable economic agents of both countries to use the Chinese currency in Angola and the Angolan currency in China, thus facilitating trade.
“These days the international financial institutions support this type of agreement, because it allows foreign trade to continue without using a third currency, which in this case would be the dollar,” stressed José Pedro de Morais.
The governor said, however, that in the long term the costs of Angola importing consumer goods are unsustainable, given the lack of foreign currency in the market at the moment.
Morais said the cycle marked by “ever higher incomes, both for families and for businesses” had come to an end and noted that the price of oil of over US$100 per barrel had ended, “and it’s no longer possible to think in these terms.”
The governor of the BNA said the time had come to “think about how to create and identify new sources of growth, particularly in agriculture and the transfer of resources used in the import of consumer goods to sectors that allow more sustained growth.” (macauhub/AO/CN)


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The goal is to give customers a simple, convenient place to go when they’re signing up for multiple services at a new address. At the same time, Allconnect provides the opportunity to find the best deals by comparing services and prices.
“Prior to our recent merger, NSTAR customers were already experiencing the benefits of Allconnect. Due to the success of that program, we’re excited to introduce it to our customers in Western Massachusetts,” said Penni Conner, senior vice president and chief customer officer of Northeast Utilities, WMECo’s parent company. “Allconnect’s approach improves customer satisfaction, which is a core component of our commitment to customers.”
The program lets customers seeking to transfer or establish service to speak with an Allconnect home service advisor to review several home services options specifically available at their new address – including satellite or cable TV, internet, phone and home security system providers. The advisor also schedules cancellation and installation, providing end-to-end service.


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So the global currency wars are hotting up.
As I expected, the first aggressions across the Pacific are coming from America. Why? Because with the current drift of globalisation, America is losing out, while other nations are gaining.
From Zero Hedge:
A few hours ago, the maniac simians at the Senate finally did it and fired the first round in the great US-China currency war, after they took aim at one of China’s core economic policies, voting to move forward with a bill designed to press Beijing to let its currency rise in value in the hope of creating U.S. jobs. As Reuters reports, “Senators voted 79-19 to open a week of Senate debate on the Currency Exchange Rate Oversight Reform Act of 2011, which would allow the U.S. government to slap countervailing duties on products from countries found to be subsidizing their exports by undervaluing their currencies. Monday’s strong green light for debate on the bill bolsters prospects it will clear the Democrat-run Senate later this week, but prospects for action in the Republican-controlled House of Representatives are murky. If the bill did clear both chambers, it would present President Barack Obama with a tough decision on whether to sign the popular legislation into law and risk a trade war with Beijing, or veto it to pursue a more diplomatic approach.” The response has been quick and severe: “China’s foreign ministry said it “adamantly opposes” a bill pushed by the U.S. Senate that will allow the United States to impose duties on countries that undervalue their currencies.” And just because China is now certain that the US will continue with its provocative posture, most recently demonstrated by the vocal response in the latest US-Taiwan military escalation, we would not be surprised at all to find China Daily report that China has accidentally sold a few billions in US government bonds.
Now there are two angles to approach this from. Firstly, the cheapness of Chinese goods. In my view the cheapness of Chinese goods has absolutely nothing to do with currency manipulation, and everything to do with economies of scale, cheapness of labour, and the fact that jobs and productivity migrate to places with the highest population density. It seems like — to some extent — the growth of China is a reversion to the historical mean:
What does it mean for America (and other nations) to pursue the trade war route? Well, it means a whole lot of effort and policy-making will go into a “solution” that really doesn’t have much bearing on reality. Currency manipulation doesn’t necessarily boost export competitiveness. That’s because in a global marketplace prices aren’t that sticky — they adjust to reflect the relative values of currencies. If Chinese goods were so under-priced, Chinese inflation would likely be significantly higher. Chinese inflation seems to be slowing. If China ceases to peg the yuan to the dollar, the yuan would certainly strengthen, but goods priced in yuan might not ultimately get much more expensive in dollar-denominated terms, especially in the long run.
Second, the uncompetitiveness of American manufacturing. In my view American manufacturing is uncompetitive because trade conditions are artificially level, and global shipping costs and insurance costs are artificially low — a situation bought and paid for solely with American tax dollars. This means America not only accrues debt through military overspending, but it also has gutted much of its productive infrastructure, and hard-to-rebuild supply chains and skills.
If America were to close half its military bases, and slash its military spending in half (still leaving it as by-far the biggest military spender in the world), insurance and shipping costs would likely significantly rise, making made-in-America goods significantly more competitive in the American market — and making a balanced US Federal budget much more achievable. Other nations would either have to choose between making up for the deficit in global security out of their owns budgets, or forfeiting the benefits that global security brings to shipping costs.
The ultimate consequences of this crazy zero-sum trade/currency war will be a swifter end to the reign of the dollar as the global reserve currency. Why? Because threatening your greatest creditor with tariffs is a surefire way to get them to dump your debt, bursting the bond bubble, and making American debt significantly harder to sustain with resorting to money-printing.


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Rogers Police wishes to inform you of incidents occurring in Rogers, including theft from vehicle, trailer thefts, thefts from local businesses and current scams.
Rogers Police have seen a rise in theft from vehicles, as well as vehicle/trailer thefts in the area. The incidents continue to occur and we are working to deter them from moving towards our neighborhood communities.
What’s different about past incidents from these, is suspects are committing a lot of these crimes during the day. The suspects are entering vehicles at local businesses and construction sites. Some of these incidents have occurred in Rogers and surrounding areas and some of the victims have been Rogers residents.
Rogers Police wants to encourage everyone to lock your vehicle and never leave any personal information inside. We have already arrested numerous suspects in these incidents, but they belong to a much larger ring that will continue to look for opportunities to find another quick buck. We want to send a message that Rogers is not a city of opportunity for these types of crime.
Trailer Theft Prevention Tips
- Block access to the trailer hitch if possible.
- Locks are a good idea but the suspects have been able to quickly remove them.
- Document equipment that is stored in trailers. Take pictures and write down all the serial numbers of items that have one. If you become a victim of theft and have this information, it helps tremendously in tracking down the suspects and recovering your stolen property.
Often criminals use tax season to their advantage because unsuspecting victims think they may be contacted for tax reasons. These scams are becoming more sophisticated every year as the suspects are learning from past mistakes. When contacted by phone or email be cautious of the information you are told and whom you are talking to. The IRS or related businesses will most likely mail you information, and will never take instant action to pursue charges. This is tactic criminals use to startle victims, in hopes they will fall for their scams.
Safe Zone for Online Sales or Exchanges
Rogers Police Department will be adding access to a video-recorded area in the parking lot, marked for online sales or exchanges. If you often sell items on Craigslist or web-based garage sales, this will be a safe way to sell or exchange them. The sign is on order, which will advertise this “Safe Zone” option, but feel free to set up exchanges at the Rogers Police Department whenever you like.
Neighborhood Crime Rate
Rogers Police reports that the winter and holiday season our crime rate in our neighborhoods have been low. Incidents have been either isolated to a single home or are civil issues. Compared to last year, calls received regarding multiple thefts of mail, packages and suspicious vehicles in the area have been light.


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Final Fantasy 7’s city of Mako — that’s Midgar — is looking absolutely grimy in its PowerWash Simulator crossover DLC. And it looks like it’ll be extremely satisfyingly to clean off all that ick. Yes, PowerWash Simulator is getting a FF7 DLC pack called the Midgar Special Pack; it includes five jobs across the iconic fantasy city. The Midgar Special Pack will be released for free on March 2 on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Windows PC, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X.
It’s not just cleaning either. Developer FuturLab said in a blog post that, like the original PowerWash Simulator, there’s a story to uncover in each job. Of course, there’s no judgement in PowerWash Simulator, so players will take on jobs from Avalanche and Shinra, cleaning up messes made from “Don Corneo’s lackeys, Professor Hojo’s ‘specimens’ and Heidegger’s dangerous tech,” FuturLab said.
Here are the locations that desperately need an expert power washer’s help:
- The Hardy Daytona and Shinra Hauler (Cloud Strife’s sick bike and a little truck that looks both vintage and modern, respectively)
- The Scorpion Sentinel (the first boss that’s fought in FF7, but deactivated, of course)
- Seventh Heaven (Tifa Lockheart’s bar)
- The Mako Energy Exhibit (Mako is what powers technology in Midgar)
- Airbuster (Another FF7 boss)
The people of Midgar have clearly neglected their chores, so everything’s encrusted with new dirt types, like bio-residue, according to FuturLab. All PowerWash Simulator’s handy tools will be available.
For FF7 fans who might be getting into PowerWash Simulator for the first time, let me explain it to you: It’s like a first-person shooter, but instead of firing guns, you wield pressure washers. Ever power-washed a deck? It’s like that, but on a larger scale, in all sorts of environments — in garages, gardens, backyards, and more. Unsurprisingly, it’s low on stress and incredibly calming, one of 2022’s best games. It’s got multiplayer, too, — you can power-wash Midgar with your friends.
You earn money as you wash items and complete jobs; that money is used to buy new attachments for your powerwasher, as well as different sorts of cleaning supplies. (Also, cosmetic items.)
Anyway, as it turns out, another video game character is living in mess. PowerWash Simulator added a Lara Croft and Tomb Raider pack in late January, adding a very dirty estate.


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Parents can now claim back money for under-16 flight tickets
From last year under 12 already qualified for the tax-break, but it has now been extended to help ease the inflated cost of holidays and travel during school holidays on parents.
Long-haul holidays see the biggest benefits, with the change saving £142 for a family of four with two children travelling to Florida.
But the break only applies to economy flights, with business or first class fares seeing no reduction.
The tax rebate is also only available on outgoing flights from Britain, at a rate of £13 for short-haul flights and £42 for long-haul flights.
However, rather than automatically passing on the valuable saving, some firms, including Virgin, require parents to proactively apply for a refund on Air Passenger Duty (APD), according to Money.co.uk.
As a result, travellers who don't even know about the tax break could end up losing out.
Only one third of parents said a refund of £13 would be worth applying for, meaning some firms could end up pocketing savings.
Hannah Maundrell, editor in chief of money.co.uk, said: “Sadly, some travel companies are asking people to ‘apply’ for a refund.
"This could lead to people being left in APD limbo as one in three parents claimed they would not apply for a refund.
"Just to add further complexity, parents that booked package deals will have to go back to the tour operator to make a claim, not the airline."
The Government has also sought to boost tourism by removing the tax on incoming flights to the UK for visitors coming from outside Britain.
Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury, Damian Hinds said: "This Government is pleased to make travel easier and more affordable for working families.
"Aviation plays a key role in our economy and in the midst of a volatile economic outlook it is crucial we help families where we can.
"As passengers flying to the UK from abroad will also see the benefit of this exemption I hope it proves an incentive to families abroad to enjoy this country’s own world-leading tourism industry."


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As Greta Thunberg puts it, climate change is a fact. We are dealing with science here
Those working with Arvind Kejriwal have confirmed his upcoming trip to Copenhagen for the C40 Mayors Summit to discuss ways for the capital city to reach the goals of the Paris Agreement and limit carbon emissions through green transition and climate adaptation. The environment is indeed on the agenda of industry leaders and policymakers. For whatever reasons.
Fashion, being the most polluting industry after oil, has its own share of carbon emission. The production methods to develop industrially woven fabrics adversely affect the environment so much so that almost 67% of emission from the entire supply chain happens during raw material production and initial stages of processing.
There remains a club of textile designers that stand responsible and are pushing the boundaries of what the future of textiles could be. Craftsmanship and technology have enabled designers in the recent past to develop fabrics out of anything biodegradable and sometimes things as good as soy milk!
Yes, the surprise is natural for when you are told the textile of the shirt you are wearing is made out of the orange peel. Not just that, material designers have explored a plethora of organic excess to make fabrics that are a breather for the environment and shall go back into the earth just how they were grown in the first place, i.e. naturally.
Adriana Santanocito and Enrica Arenaby have re-imagined Italy’s yearly waste of one million tonne citrus fruit peel waste that earlier required expensive waste management. Converting this resource into a textile using technology that helps extract cellulose from the peel, they were able to spin an organic yarn out of it. The textile is full of Vitamin C and essential oils, a treat for the skin.
Whereas Anke Domaske, a German designer wanted to dress her father — who was suffering from cancer — with healthy fibres. While Milk protein was already transformed into fabric back in the 1930s, she devised a rather chemical-free way to do the same. Her biopolymer-based textile company, Qmilk founded in 2011 is the first man-made fibre produced without chemicals. The textile is known to be antibacterial, anti-ageing and can even help regulate blood circulation and body temperature.
Life without textiles is hard to imagine, this is why innovation in bio-based materials is more than relevant considering the position textile industry takes when it comes to environmental harm. Being a significant sector, the greenhouse gas emissions from textiles production, at 1.2 billion tonnes annually, is more than those of all international flights and maritime shipping combined. When fast fashion, that utilises a huge chunk of this textile is designed to last for not more than 10 years, we must absolutely look ahead and opt for eco-friendly materials and products.
While internationally designers have explored all kinds of bio-based materials to create materials for various purposes including fashion, the Indian design community is catching up too with respect to the local need and availability. Malai is a Kerala based studio that develops vegan leather made out of organic bacterial cellulose, grown on agricultural waste sourced from the coconut industry. Boheco and Anandi from south India have fibre variants in Hemp, Banana, Aloe Vera and Areca.
Working on fibre level is an ambitious affair and designers increasingly choose to source ready-made fabrics available in the market. A few retail shops in Delhi have followed suit the international fad for sustainable fabrics made out of soy milk, corn, lotus, banana, bamboo but their authenticity is still a question for the price they are being sold at.
While thoroughly developed textiles are a rarity, Shradha Kochhar is one of the few creatives whose learning curve has led her to explore alternative materials in fashion. A knitwear designer from Delhi, she has utilised textile made out of hemp and also developed a khadi knit for label 11.11 as part of her final year collection at NIFT. Currently based out of New York, enrolled at Parson’s Hybrid textile course, she is working on a fusion of Indian organic cotton and orange strands, exploring its restorative properties.
The fact that her grandparents had to migrate from Rawalpindi that is present-day Pakistan to now India has had a long-lasting effect on her. The textile shall utilize the narrative in its make. The variety of cotton that got left behind in the entire act of population movement shall be documented in her work.
“The idea to take up this course here in New York is to further my skill and understanding of textiles”, tells Kochhar who also developed furry knits for London based designer label Ashish’s autumn-winter 2019 collection. Back home in Delhi, she is also one half of Lota, a label she runs with her partner that repurposes textile waste from export industries into youthful separates.
As more and more people are becoming eco-conscious, it is important to maintain that we know the facts and figures clearly before acting on anything. Industrially made textiles affect the health of the textile workers, the ones who wear it and eventually the environment. Some garments, when washed, release plastic micro-constituents, of which around half a million tonnes every year contribute to ocean pollution – 16 times more than how the cosmetic industry does.
Smriti Arora (name changed), a Delhi based fashion designer who develops her own handspun and handmade textile in Chanderi, is of the view that the power lies with a buyer. “I get requests from buyers to make the same outfit in cheaper fabric to cut costs. We do not understand the harm we do to the environment to save on money”, affirms the designer.
The potential to drive change is true with the shoppers who can give their vote of confidence to sustainable products. Considering the environmental state of our planet, it is the call of the hour to consciously indulge in fashion.


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Network Solutions, world's first web domain registrar, has now discovered and disclosed a security breach dating back to August 2019. A third-party has infiltrated their systems and potentially accessed personally identifiable information of current and former customers. The information included contact details such as name, address, phone numbers, email address and information about the services used. No credit card data seems to have been compromised. Thankfully, passwords and logins remained uncompromised as well - otherwise, attackers would have been able to hijack the affected domain names.
The breach affected also Web.com and Register.com - Network Solutions is a subsidiary of the former. All three offer web services such as web hosting, website design, and online marketing. Customers of any of these companies should change their passwords, be suspicious of phishing emails and, even though the financial information has not been exposed, keep a close eye on their bank statements.


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Dr. Pearse Lyons, president and founder of Alltech, took the stage with an enthusiastic smile — a smile that was clearly concealing an exciting secret. Luckily for the 4,000 attendees in the audience, ONE: The Alltech Ideas Conference (ONE17) was just beginning, and the secrets of how to be a disruptor were about to be revealed.
The theme of the conference, “Disrupt the Disruptors,” is about changing the status quo and shaking up the industry by developing and embracing products and ideas that save time and money, improve efficiency and are user friendly.
Aidan Connolly, chief innovation officer and vice president of corporate accounts at Alltech, emphasized the importance of agriculture embracing new, disruptive technologies on-farm.
“If you don’t embrace disruption, you’ll go out of business,” he explained.
Welcoming disruption becomes synonymous with welcoming the future, and the future of agriculture features more efficient farming, faster results and money saved.
Connolly detailed the eight technologies that have the power to transform agriculture through disruptive innovation:
- 3D printing
- Artificial intelligence
- Augmented reality
- Virtual reality
“Innovation is key to disrupt an industry,” said Connolly.
While it is important for businesses to accept disruption, what does it take for them to achieve disruption in a competitive, ever-expanding market?
Dr. Lyons made his message very clear: “Mainstream companies sell products; great companies sell dreams.”
To be a disruptor in its industry, a company must sell not only what they are interested in producing, but what the consumer wants; it is a two-way street.
“Being a disruptor is about having the dreams of your people aligned with yours, and your dreams aligned with theirs because, ultimately,” said Dr. Lyons, “they’re the ones who count.”
In addition to realizing dreams through disruption, he explained that these dreams and ideas are not enough — companies must also have ideals. Laying out the roadmap for successful disruption, Dr. Lyons explained the non-negotiable ideals of Alltech:
- Remaining a privately owned company
- Reinvesting time and money into our companies, products and employees
- Speed: Don’t get it right, get it going
- Having fun
By starting with a dream, innovators and entrepreneurs can begin their journey of disruption. Disruption, after all, begins with just ONE great idea.


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BERLIN (Reuters) -Volkswagen anchor investor Porsche SE on Thursday said it aimed to reduce its net debt by up to 16% by the end of 2023 compared to the previous year following its purchase of a Porsche AG equity stake last year.
The company said it aimed to reduce its net debt to between 6.1 billion euros and 5.6 billion euros by year-end. Net debt stood at 6.7 billion euros ($7.3 billion) at the end of 2022.
Porsche SE chair Hans Dieter Poetsch said the company had “a solid financing and repayment plan in place” backed by profits from the group, as well as dividend inflows from Volkswagen and Porsche.
The company proposed a dividend of 2.56 euros per preference share and 2.554 euros per ordinary share.
The latter belong exclusively to the Volkswagen owner families Porsche and Piech, which means they will receive around 391 million euros in dividend payments for 2022 out of a total of 783 million euros.
“It is important to us that this proposed dividend finds a balance between a stable dividend and the steady reduction of our debt,” Poetsch said.
The holding company of VW’s owner families raised debt capital of 7.1 billion euros in order to buy 25% of ordinary shares plus one share to float Porsche on the stock exchange last year.
Thanks to a profit increase at VW, Porsche SE’s group result climbed by 200 million euros to 4.8 billion euros last year. For 2023, Porsche SE expects group profit after tax of between 4.5 billion euros and 6.5 billion euros.
Poetsch said that Porsche SE’s share price was too low, saying that the company was “significantly undervalued”.
($1 = 0.9170 euros)
(Reporting by Ilona Wissenbach, Writing by Friederike Heine, Editing by Kirsti Knolle and Christina Fincher)


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Since the launch of the Windows 8 Consumer Preview, other companies have pledged to develop web browsers that will not only run on Windows 8 but will also support its new Metro interface. Mozilla has already begun the process of creating a Metro version of its Firefox web browser and today Google also confirmed that it was creating a Windows 8 Metro version of Chrome.
Another popular web browser for PC users is Opera. So far, the browser's development team at Opera Software has yet to say whether or not it would create a version specifically for the Metro UI of Windows 8. Neowin contacted Opera today to get an update and received this response from Arnstein Teigene, product manager, Desktop at Opera Software.
Unfortunately we can't comment on any specifics yet, other than we are currently looking into Windows 8. The new OS and the Metro UI offers an interesting new platform and we know users will want to run Opera on it.
While not an official confirmation this would seem to be an indication that Opera Software knows that there is an audience for a Metro style version of Opera. Naturally we will keep you update when and if Opera reveals more about their Windows 8 plans.


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On Wednesday two agricultural economists from Purdue University spoke at a Farm Foundation Forum at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C updating their study released last July: "What's Driving Food Prices?"
"The three major drivers that we identified last year were trends in global production and consumption, the value of the dollar, and biofuels," said Wally Tyner. "One of the key questions we asked in doing this new study was, 'Are these same three that drove prices up the ladder now driving prices down the ladder?' The answer is yes."
Tyner and Chris Hurt said that the global financial crisis lead to a stronger American dollar, falling ethanol demand and rising grain stocks, which combined to send corn, soybean, wheat and rice prices cascading in late 2008.
"The dollar had lost about 67% of its value through July 2008, and since July it has gained 22% of that value back," Tyner said. "Since July, the expectations on supply and demand are that our stocks are going to be better than we thought since 2008 was a good production year and world demand has dropped. So supplies are not nearly as short now in terms of stocks-to-use ratios as they were before."
They also found that the demand for biofuels is not near what it was expected to be, therefore not as much corn is needed to make ethanol, so there is not near as much pressure on the price.
"Demand is down for everything," Tyner said. "In particular, demand is down more for meat products, which means less demand for the corn and soybean meal to produce meat. It filters through the system."
However it will take some time before those lower prices show up in meat, dairy and eggs. Poultry products are the quickest. For beef it's the longest time period - up to several years - and for pork it's somewhere in between.
"Some products like eggs, milk and dairy will have lower prices this year," Hurt said. "Others like meats may be close to unchanged, and fruits and vegetables will likely still be somewhat higher."
The problem for farmers is that production costs have not fallen as quickly as commodity prices. The economists say if commodity prices had stayed high, farmers could have supported those input prices, but that is not the case.
"It's going to be a tight margin year for farmers," Tyner said. "They came off of two really good years, but this year is going to be much different."
According to Hurt how governments and consumers respond to the downturn and how biofuels policy evolves in coming years will have a major impact on the future for agriculture, which is closely tied to the depth and duration of the current recession
To read the July 2008 "What's Driving Food Prices?" report and update, go to the Farm Foundation Web site at http://www.farmfoundation.org.


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Almost the majority of businesses with cyber insurance are worried that their policies may not cover a new, growing digital threat, according to leading email and data security company Mimecast.
The firm’s latest research revealed that 45% of business with cyber insurance are unsure if their policies are up-to-date for covering new social engineering email attacks.
According to Mimecast, only 10% believe that their cyber insurance policies are completely current and advanced.
Only 43% of firms with cyber insurance are confident that their policies would pay out for whaling financial transactions.
“Cyber insurance uptake is growing quickly but a lack of employee training on the latest email attacks is leaving organizations at great risk of breaking policy terms,” said Steven Malone, Mimecast director of security product management.
“Attacks where employees are tricked into sending personal data or intellectual property are even less likely to be fully covered,” he also said.
Mimecast said the rise of whaling threats or CEO fraud has created an attack climate where many insured organizations may not be protected from fraudulent transactions because they fall outside of the coverage scope when their policies were originally signed.
The company said 67% of businesses have seen a spike in whaling attacks while 65% say targeted phishing attacks have grown. Also, 58% of companies have seen an increase in untargeted phishing emails.
CEO says compulsory cyber insurance is impossible to implement
Swiss Re unveils advanced cyber risk protection insurance product in the UK
Is cyber coverage included in general liability policies?


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Cow & Gate picks BETC London to develop UK ads
By Daniel Farey-Jones, campaignlive.co.uk, Wednesday, 25 April 2012 09:00AM
Cow & Gate, the baby food and milk brand, has appointed BETC London as lead agency for the UK without a pitch.
The Group Danone-owned brand has previously adapted international ads created by its global agency BETC Paris for the UK, working with sister Havas agency Euro RSCG London.
Current creative includes a television ad featuring happy, laughing babies.
The award of the account comes after BETC London was invited to pitch UK-specific strategy and creative ideas to the Cow & Gate UK team in February.
It will produce TV, print and digital work for a campaign in July.
Cow & Gate is scheduled to spend in the region of £8m on media during 2012.
Matthew Charlton, chief executive of BETC London, said: "Cow & Gate has been at the forefront of baby nutrition in the UK for over 100 years, and, more recently as a champion of better toddler nutrition."
Work for Danone's Aptamil baby milk brand is unaffected and will continue to be adapted for the UK by Euro RSCG London.
Cow & Gate was unavailable for comment.
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This article was first published on campaignlive.co.uk
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — An Ohio man who jokingly sought $10 from a crowdfunding website to pay for his first attempt at making potato salad and ended up raising $55,000 is making good on his promise to throw a huge party.
Zack Brown is planning PotatoStock 2014, an all-ages, charity-minded party Saturday in downtown Columbus featuring bands, food trucks, beer vendors, potato-sack races and definitely potato salad.
His effort on Kickstarter to buy potato salad ingredients took on a life of its own and attracted worldwide attention as the amount grew.
The Idaho Potato Commission and corporate sponsors have donated supplies for Brown and volunteers to whip up 300 pounds of potato salad for the event.
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STATEN ISLAND, N.Y — ShopRite workers are slated to receive extra wages in the form of retroactive hazard pay in recognition of the risk they took while working in stores during the COVID-19 pandemic.
In a newly-announced agreement, brokered between Shop-Rite and the United Food and Commercial Workers International Union — the largest private-sector union in the country — 50,000 employees in the tri-state area, including employees at the Island’s three locations in New Dorp, Graniteville and Charleston, will receive the payments.
“Grocery workers have been on the frontlines since this pandemic began and continue to put themselves in harm’s way to help families put food on this Thanksgiving,” UFCW International President Marc Perrone said in a statement Wednesday. “This new UFCW agreement is a powerful victory for ShopRite grocery workers across New Jersey, New York, and Connecticut,’' the UFCW said.
The deal also leaves open the possibility of future hazard payments in the case of another COVID-19 outbreak, the UFCW said.
The hazard pay comes in addition to Temporary Emergency Premium pay provided to workers throughout the pandemic, according to Wakefern Food Corporation, ShopRite’s parent company. For workers who have already received bonuses or additional wages, those payments will offset the hazard pay.
“ShopRite is pleased to have reached an agreement with the UFCW and other unions to award an appreciation bonus to associates for their work from July 26 through Aug. 22, and who are currently employed as of Dec. 5, 2020,’' said Daniel Emmer, a spokesman for Wakefern. “We are thankful for all that our associates do every day to keep our family-owned and operated stores running smoothly and safely.”
The union reports that 109 grocery workers have died and more than 48,000 have been infected or exposed since the beginning of the pandemic.
The deal will apply to workers in New Jersey, New York and Connecticut.
“Today, UFCW grocery workers are sending a clear message to supermarket chains across the country that this pandemic is far from over, and every CEO must do the right thing by providing the hazard pay that these brave essential workers have earned and deserve as the threat from COVID-19 continues,” Perrone said.


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#1 – Black male, 50 – 60 years of age, 290 – 315 lbs., wearing a tan hat, blue and white stripped polo shirt and blue jeans.
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- White Ford single cab pick up, possibly a 2003
Detectives are asking for the public's assistance in identifying the suspects seen in the surveillance photos.
On June 26, 2015 at 5:51 pm, two black male suspects entered the Walmart Neighborhood Market, filled two shopping carts with approximately $500 worth of merchandise and exited the store without paying. The two suspects went directly to a white Ford single cab pick up and fled the area.
Anyone with any information reference these suspects is asked to call the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office at 247-8200 or anyone with any information regarding the identity and whereabouts of these suspects and who wants to be eligible for a cash reward is asked to call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-873-TIPS (8477), report anonymously online at www.crimestopperstb.com or text "CSTB plus your tip" to C-R-I-M-E-S (274637).


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New Delhi: Comic Con
India, a comic-based convention held across several countries, on Thursday announced a licensing
deal with Archie Publications
which will involve commissioning editions of Archie titles with India only covers.
Jon Goldwater, publisher and chief executive of Archie Comics, said in a statement: “We hope to continue this relationship with Comic Con India for years to come.”
Comic Con, an annual event which works with Indian and international publishers
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Nokia was expected to launch a new Lumia range phablet and today it surfaced with a snapshot showing its original name, the Nokia Lumia 1520. This is what the rumored Nokia Lumia phablet looks like, thus, officially announced at Nokia’s special event on September 2013 event.
The leaked image so called Nokia Lumia 1520 codenamed ‘Sirius’, expected to run Windows RT and be equipped with a massive 6-inch 1080p display. This phablet device will be introduced by Nokia will be powered by a quad-core Snapdragon 800 processor respectively.
The Nokia Lumia 1520 also includes a 20-megapixel PureView camera and comes supporting Nokia PureView technology and about pricing of this phablet, we got no information yet.
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Latinos are projected to make up 29 percent of the U.S. population by 2050, and their purchasing power will soon surpass $1.3 trillion. Hispanic-owned businesses throughout the U.S. have climbed to revenues of over $660 billion, according to the U.S. Hispanic Chamber of Commerce. Latino small business owners will play an increasingly important role in our economy.
Hispanic-owned small businesses are the fastest-growing business segment in the U.S. America’s economic future rests on the backs of small businesses, and Latinos start three out of every four new businesses.
According to a study by the Stanford Graduate School of Business, Latinos are starting businesses more frequently than others, but these businesses are smaller in scale and making less money than their counterparts as a result. In fact, Latino businesses could have made an additional $1.4 trillion — almost 8 percent to the $18 trillion U.S. economy in 2012 — if they were equal to the U.S. average in scale.
As more and more Latinos achieve upward economic mobility, it’s important that opportunities for small business ownership continue to be encouraged.
Among many challenges facing Latino business owners is access to capital. When Latino entrepreneurs start their businesses, 70 percent of their funding comes from personal savings, according to the Stanford study, while just 6 percent comes from commercial loans. Chances of a Latino business owner obtaining a commercial loan is less than their white counterparts.
Other critical resources, including business training and education, are not readily available to a majority of Latino start-ups. It is true across the board in every industry, and the construction industry is no different. Latino-owned small businesses are growing at a steady pace in the construction industry with tremendous potential to scale up, if they get the support they deserve with access to essential business resources. They need support with lines of credit, bonding, payroll and business training for vital business acumen.
In my 30-year career in the industry, I have worked with many Latino small business owners who strive to make their mark in the industry every day. Latin oowned small business contractors have tremendous potential to get established successfully and scale up.
‘Our best bet’
Richard Diaz is a case in point. He worked his way through the ranks as an ironworker for over 30 years and started his own business as a contractor just five years ago. As a 30-year career ironworker from Iron Workers Local 433 in Los Angeles, he lacked knowledge on business fundamentals. Fortunately, he had all the characteristics needed to be successful, including drive, determination and entrepreneurial spirit. He got up to speed very quickly with business training and resources that were available.
Today, Diaz is a successful contractor, having completed 15 structural steel and 15 ornamental projects. His company is working on a couple of high-profile projects now. He’s also helping fellow contractors get established.
Diaz is a posterchild for Latino-owned small business success. There are many budding Latino entrepreneurs in the construction industry with potential to scale up and add millions of dollars to the construction industry and economy. They are the U.S. economy’s best bet.
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Ctg gets bond commissionerate in June: NBR boss
The government will launch a full-fledged bond commissionerate in Chittagong by June to reduce the hassles of local businessmen and expedite the country's export and import related activities.
National Board of Revenue (NBR) Chairman Nasiruddin Ahmed said this at a pre-budget discussion with business leaders in the port city yesterday.
Admitting the delay in setting up the bond commissionerate, the NBR chairman said it was due to their failure. Finance Minister AMA Muhith made an announcement in his budget speech for fiscal 2009-10 to set up the bond commissionerate in Chittagong.
The tax administrator also said the two existing customs houses in the port city, including import and export ones, will be unified and converted into one within the same time.
The NBR chairman was speaking at two separate pre-budget discussions with the businessmen of the port city. The first meeting was held with Chittagong Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CCCI) at the CCCI conference room, while the second one was with Chittagong Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CMCCI).
Chittagong Chamber President Morshed Murad Ibrahim and CMCCI President Abdus Salam chaired the two meetings respectively. VAT Commissioner of NBR Barrister Jahangir Hossain presented a keynote on new VAT laws at the Chittagong chamber discussion.
Nasiruddin said online tax return submission and automation system would be introduced soon to make the value added tax (VAT) system easy in order to accelerate industrialisation.
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New Delhi: Reliance Retail Ltd is considering reviving its mothballed grocery stores in suburbs, here, by converting the Reliance Fresh to speciality outlets other than grocery, so that it can keep the space without violating a Uttar Pradesh directive on closure.
, who wished not to be identified, said the company is planning to change the shuttered Reliance Fresh stores in Noida, Greater Noida and Ghaziabad to lifestyle, jewellery, footwear, health and wellness stores. “We are looking at (those) options,” confirmed the official. Reliance Retail can no longer sell groceries in some 20 stores because of a state government ban on grocery stores run by organized deep-pocketed retailers.
In August, UP chief minister Mayawati asked Reliance to shut stores because their presence was, according to her, creating social tension in the state—a reference to protests by small traders opposing the entry of large corporations in India’s booming yet sensitive modern retailing. Since the ban Reliance has suspended its ambitious Rs4,000 crore retail roll-out for the state and has fired about 1,000 employees. In addition, the company is breaking rental leases for almost 100 commercial properties it signed up in seven cities in UP.
Large Indian corporations, as well as the world’s largest retailer, Wal-Mart Stores Inc., are set to make major inroads into India’s $300 billion (Rs11.82 trillion) retail market synonymous with millions of small garage-size family-owned stores. The simultaneous push by several of them is also putting pressure on premium retail space and leading to a rush to grab space in malls and shopping complexes.


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New Delhi. Nokia Flip Smartphone: If the latest report of Nokia Power User is to be believed to be true, Nokia may soon launch a flip phone. According to a report a few days ago, Nokia’s new phone Nokia N139DL with model number TA-1398 has been seen on the Federal Communications Commission or FCC platform. Now this publication has seen the listing of this Nokia product, where its design and specifications have been disclosed.
This Nokia flip phone can be launched with the Nokia 2760 Flip 4G moniker and will run on KaiOS. According to the publication, the details of the Nokia 2760 Flip 4G have been revealed through the official listing on Tracfone. Here is all the information about the specs and design of the company’s next flip phone.
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Specifications of Nokia 2760 Flip 4G
Talking about the different dimensions of the Nokia 2760 Flip 4G, this phone measures 4.33 x 2.28 x 0.76 inches. It weighs 4.8 ounces. The screen of the flip phone supports 240 x 320 pixel resolution. It has a 1,450mAh battery, which provides up to 6.8 hours of talk time and up to 13.7 hours of standby time.
The Nokia 2760 Flip 4G has a 5-megapixel rear-facing camera. There is no information about the internal storage of the device. For additional storage, it will be equipped with a microSD card slot.
Also read – OnePlus is getting very cheap, powerful 5G phone with up to 8GB of RAM
6th phone running on KaiOS
Other features of this flip phone include 4G, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, GPS, multimedia messaging, hands-free speaker, color display, MP3 player and T4/M4 Hearing Air Compatible (HAC) rating. After Nokia 6300, Nokia 2720 Flip, Nokia 800 Tough, Nokia 8000 and Nokia 8110, the 2760 Flip will be the company’s sixth phone to come with KaiOS.
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Federal police say they have evidence that meat packers, including giants JBS and BRF, bribed inspectors so they could market meat that would have been condemned.
In some cases they added acid to mask the odour of rotting meat. In other cases they added cardboard to processed meats.
Twenty-one companies were identified by federal police when they announced their investigation this week.
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–WMT reported earnings before the New York open this morning. While comp store sales in the US were down for the third fiscal quarter (ends in October), the company has seen sequential improvement in year over year comparisons for the past several months. And it expects comps to turn positive over the holiday season.
–DIN (Dine Equity, parent of Applebee’s and the International House of Pancakes) reported September quarter earnings on November 2nd. On of the most striking aspects of the recent recession (to me, anyway) has been the reversal of a decades-long trend of American consumers away from preparing/eating meals at home in favor of take-out and eating in restaurants. Applebee’s, which DIN acquired in 2007, had its comps turn negative in 2006–and stay there. But third quarter comps for company-owned stores were +3.3%. Franchisees’ were +3.8%.
It’s not just Applebee’s. According to the Financial Times, a trade source, the Knapp Track Report, shows the casual dining industry has been comping positive for about four months. This is the first time since 2006 this has been happening.
–ATVI recently released its latest enter in the Call to Duty series, named Black Ops. Black Ops had sales of $360 million in the US and UK during its first day (5.6 million copies). That’s a video game record, and about 20% higher than first-day sales of the mega-hit Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, which was last year’s entry. Gamers tell me MW2 is the better game. What’s changed is the economy.
–In its recent earnings call, DIS reported that bookings for its theme parks and resorts were up 5% year on year so far in the fourth quarter, at rates that were 5% higher than a year ago. It’s a small thing, but higher room rate normally produces lower occupancy, as DIS’s results over the last year illustrate. The idea is to trade the two variables off against one another in a way that makes revenue (rooms sold x room rate) the highest. It’s a significant sign of strength when both metrics are moving up at the same time.
what this means
From early in the year, it has been clear that affluent Americans were beginning to feel their jobs were secure and that they could begin to spend a little more freely than they did in 2009. In fact, sales of luxury goods have been surprisingly strong in the US recently (see my posts on the annual Bain luxury goods report).
These data suggest that everyday Americans have been adopting a similar, more positive outlook–probably starting in the summer. They’re signs that people think their jobs are safe, that layoffs in their firms are at an end.
This conclusion is reflected in the latest Employment Situation report from the Department of Labor Statistics, which shows the US added about 159,000 private sector jobs in October, and which revised up the August and September figures to 143,000 and 107,000–a gain of 93,000 for the two months over the prior month’s estimate.
It seems to me the evidence points to the US having reached an inflection point where the economy is beginning to heal itself. Slowly, it’s true, but healing nonetheless. I’d read the 7%-8% drop in the 30-year bond over the past two weeks as the start of the process of normalization of interest rates, a process that will go on until the 30-year bond yields over 5% and the 10-year yield breaks through 4%.
For stocks, the situation will likely be more complex. In the past, stocks have held up well during the post-crisis transition period (see my post from April on this topic). The critical question this time around, though, is what individuals do with the mammoth amount of money they’ve poured into bond funds over the past few years. Do they simply stop allocating money to bonds for a while? or do they actually withdraw funds? Where does this money go? I presume it makes its way into stocks.


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Ticketmaster to close resale sites Seatwave and Get Me In
Ticketmaster is closing its secondary ticketing websites Seatwave and Get Me In, in a bid to combat touts.
The sites, which allow you to offload unwanted tickets, have frequently been exploited by so-called professional sellers who hike up the prices.
"We know that fans are tired of seeing others snap up tickets just to resell for a profit on secondary websites, so we have taken action," said Andrew Parsons, head of Ticketmaster UK.
The sites will be shut down in October.
In their place, people will be allowed to sell tickets directly on Ticketmaster, where a simple click will release tickets back into the market.
Unlike the current system, users will only be allowed to charge the original price or less - including any booking fees paid initially.
Ticketmaster has also vowed to be transparent about the difference between "new" and resold tickets. When selecting seats for a concert, theatre or sporting event, the seat map will show standard tickets in blue and second-hand tickets in pink.
The decision to shut down Seatwave and Get Me In comes a month after the Irish government backed a bill that would ban the resale of tickets for more than face value.
At the same time, the UK's Competition and Markets Authority is conducting an investigation into the secondary market and has said it is considering legal action against the Swiss-based firm Viagogo.
Ticketmaster may well have seen the writing on the wall and decided to get out of the market before it became untenable.
The move also allows it to steal the thunder of fan-to-fan ticket exchanges like Twickets, which cap resale prices at 10% above face value.
Artists like Ed Sheeran and Adele have recently chosen Twickets as official resale partners for their tour - a scenario Ticketmaster will hope to reverse by shedding its association with touts.
"Closing down our secondary sites and creating a ticket exchange on Ticketmaster has always been our long-term plan," said Parsons.
"Selling tickets through Ticketmaster is really simple: We do all the hard work and outline the maximum that can be charged for the ticket - and it doesn't cost fans a penny to sell them."
Some of the changes take effect immediately. From Monday (13 August), there will be no new events listed on Get Me In or Seatwave.
The sites will close permanently in October in the UK and Ireland, and later in the year for the rest of Europe.
However, fans and touts will still be able to sell tickets for a profit on rival services including Viagogo and the eBay-owned Stubhub.
The Society of Ticket Agents and Retailers welcomed the "excellent" news, as it meant ticket buyers would "have another safe and trusted place to resell their tickets".
Yet its chief executive, Jonathan Brown, said resale for profit would continue on other marketplaces, "including those based overseas".
"The ongoing enforcement work by the Competition and Market Authority and others to ensure compliance with UK legislation is crucial," he continued.
The news was also welcomed by campaigning group The FanFair Alliance, who said it had brought "a genuine transformation of the secondary market... much closer".
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Price action: Corn futures ended the day 1/2 to 2 3/4 cents higher and closed higher for the week. May corn ended the week 13 1/2 cents higher than last week and December corn posted weekly gains of 13 1/2 cents.
5-day outlook: Followthrough buying next week could be hard to come by, especially for old-crop futures, as the market continues to get indications that end-users are searching for alternatives to high-priced corn. However, China has been a noted buyer of new-crop corn recently, which is helping to keep new-crop futures supported.
30-day outlook: Focus the next couple of weeks will continue to shift toward the new-crop supply situation, especially as traders ready for the March 28 Prospective Plantings Report. A more active weather pattern is leading to expectations yields will recover this year.
90-day outlook: Because of the larger drought footprint across the western Corn Belt compared to last year at this time, prices will likely be more volatile this growing season as it will take timely rains throughout the growing season to build yields.
Hedgers: 100% sold on 2012-crop in the cash market. No 2013-crop sales advised yet.
Cash-only marketers: 75% sold on 2012-crop, including 15% for May 2013 delivery. No 2013-crop sales recommended yet.
Price action: Soybean futures ended 5 1/4 to 9 1/2 cents lower through the August contract, September soybeans closed steady and new-crop contracts were 1 1/4 to 6 higher today. For the week, soybean futures posted losses, with old-crop contracts leading the decline amid bull spread unwinding.
5-day outlook: Price action this week signals a short-term top is in place for old-crop futures and that traders feel the U.S. export season is quickly coming to an end. As a result, old-crop soybean futures could face more near-term price pressure unless there are extended shipping delays out of Brazil.
30-day outlook: Brazilian port workers were planning a one-day strike for March 19, but that has been pushed back a week in hopes there will be progress on talks with the Brazilian government regarding the privatization of ports. While this would suggest a major work stoppage is not likely, union leaders say they could enact an extended strike if their concerns aren't addressed.
90-day outlook: The new-crop soybean:corn price ratio has narrowed recently, but there's some talk corn acreage may not be as great as some are anticipating, while soybean plantings may be higher. Weather may also play a role in some planting decisions as it appears conditions will be cool and wet through April.
Technical analysis: November soybean futures spent most of the day pivoting around support at yesterday's low of $12.56. Important support lies at the February low of $12.47 1/4, with initial resistance at last week's high of $12.82.
Hedgers: 100% sold on 2012-crop in the cash market. No futures/options positions at this time. No 2013-crop sales advised yet.
Cash-only marketers: 75% sold on 2012-crop production for harvest delivery. No 2013-crop sales advised yet.
Price action: Wheat futures saw choppy trade today and ended likewise, with Chicago wheat slightly higher in most contracts, while Kansas City and Minneapolis wheat were slightly lower in most contracts. Wheat futures posted corrective gains for the week.
5-day outlook: Recent signs that U.S. wheat is attracting increased demand played a big role in his week's recovery. Whether the corrective recovery continues will be dependent upon a steady stream of demand news. Otherwise, the market will be at risk of fresh selling.
30-day outlook: Weekly winter wheat condition reports will start up again on April 1, giving traders a better idea of whether drought through the winter months have taken a toll on the crop or if recent precip has given the crop a boost. Recent state condition reports signal there has been modest improvement, but timely rains will be needed this spring.
90-day outlook: Drought remains in effect across most of HRW wheat country and most extended forecasts call for above-normal temps this spring and into early summer. However, some forecasters have noted a more active weather pattern of late.
Hedgers: 75% sold on 2012-crop in the cash market. No 2013-crop sales advised yet.
Cash-only marketers: 75% of 2012-crop is sold. No 2013-crop sales advised yet.
Price action: Nearby cotton futures enjoyed strong followthrough buying today, with May and July futures up 171 and 132 points, respectively. Most deferred months settling slightly higher. For the week, all contracts posted strong gains.
5-day outlook: Ongoing demand despite high prices helped cotton futures sharply extend their price rally this week. Traders may exercise a bit more caution next week, however, as they gauge whether higher prices are sustainable.
30-day outlook: China is reportedly expected to issue around an extra 800,000 MT of cotton import quotas in April after the government completes its stockpiling program at the end of this month. Since domestic Chinese supplies are tight, demand for U.S. cotton could stay strong longer than anticipated. As long as export demand is strong, futures will be supported.
90-day outlook: The consensus is that cotton planted acres will decline notably for 2013-14. Once traders get planting intentions in USDA's Prospective Plantings Report on March 28, they will have a much better idea of just how many acres cotton will lose this year.
Hedgers: 50% priced on expected 2012-crop production in the cash market.
Cash-only marketers: 50% priced on expected 2012-crop production in the cash market.


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HTC financials Stories January 8, 2016
HTC financials Stories April 29, 2015
HTC has warned of a projected decline in sales of up to 29% in the current quarter after deciding to focus on mid-tier and high-end smartphones rather than going for volume sales at the lower end. Defending the strategy in an interview in the WSJ, the company’s CFO Chang Chia-lin said that brand image is, in the longer term, more important than sales volumes.
We think that’s the right strategy because we started as a high-end player, and there is still room to go in terms of being a sizable market-share player. The flagship product would create a halo effect, drawing mid-tier and entry-level models along with it. Hopefully, the pie will grow and the mix will be healthy. It’s natural that revenue contribution is associated with brand perception, and that’s something we care about.
Chang argued that while low-cost brands may pick up the volume sales from the bottom end of the market, they risk not being seen as a cool tech brand by more upmarket customers … expand full story
HTC financials Stories February 10, 2014
While HTC technically ended 2013 in profit, the company says that declining margins are likely to see it end the first quarter of this year with a loss. HTC reported a wafer-thin profit of $10M from revenues of $1.4B, the latter figure 28 percent down year-on year. Its global market share of shipments was just two percent.
Reuters reports that the company plans to make a wider range of more affordable phones – the same strategy used by Samsung. Samsung made most of its money last year from a combination of its chip-manufacturing business and low- to mid-range handsets, and has itself come under pressure from low-cost competitor handsets … expand full story
HTC financials Stories October 4, 2013
Samsung is predicting a record $9.4B profit for Q3 in its latest earnings guidance, on estimated revenues of $53.9B. While both figures are estimates rather than confirmed results, Samsung’s earnings guidance is usually pretty much spot-on. If confirmed, this will build on the company’s record numbers in Q2.
HTC, in contrast, reported its first ever loss, as it warned back in July. Its revenue of $1.6B was lower than even its lower-end forecast, and it lost $101M – the company’s first ever loss in its 16-year history.
Bloomberg attributes the wildly differing performances to sales of mid-market handsets in growth markets like India and China.
While HTC has focused a revival on its flagship One handset and $12 million marketing deal with actor Robert Downey Jr., Samsung has expanded its range of mid-priced smartphones such as the Galaxy Golden and S4 Mini to capture sales in China and India … expand full story
HTC financials Stories August 5, 2013
A recent rumor that HTC was withdrawing from the smartphone market, and that the company would be offered for sale, have been denied by the company. HTC recently warned of a possible loss in Q3 following disappointing Q2 results.
The rumor was started by a post on the the Chinese microblogging site Weibo by EE Times Chinese analyst Alice Sun, a commentator with a generally good track-record. However, rumors of a denial swiftly followed, and Engadget has now received what appears to be a definitive denial of the sale – though interestingly no specific response is made to the suggestion that HTC is pulling out of smartphones … expand full story
HTC financials Stories July 30, 2013
- 3Q revenue is expected to be in the range of NT$50bn to NT$60bn ($1.7 to $2M)
- Gross profit margin is expected to be in the range of 18% to 21%
- Operating margin is expected to be in the range of 0% to -8%
The forecast revenue is below the average of 22 analysts polled by Reuters, and its projected operating margin of between 0 and -8 percent falls below most of the more pessimistic forecasts. Operating margin is essentially net profit margin before taxes, interest payments and dividends. Its operating margin for Q2 was just 1.5 percent.


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- The internet just collectively realized that the Neopets of the world must be hungry Saturday 4:00 PM
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Truce brings PSN and Xbox Live attack to an end, but Sony’s network is still struggling
When will the madness end?
The good news, for gamers and Microsoft alike, is that Xbox Live is once again live. The bad news is that PSN remains offline. Even worse, the anonymous software suite Tor is apparently the attackers’ next target.
The continued partial outage follows a deal struck late Thursday night between eccentric millionaire Kim Dotcom and the perpetrators, who call themselves Lizard Squad, in which they backed off from their holiday attack in exchange for premium subscriptions to Dotcom’s Mega storage service.
Now, Lizard Squad has apparently turned its attention to the Tor Project, creators of the popular, privacy-minded Tor browser.
Lizard Squad claims that its DDoS attack on both gaming networks is over, but PSN is still struggling in its aftermath. The PSN Knowledge Center and Xbox Live status page are providing semi-regular updates about their networks’ functionality.
Eager gamers will surely live to bask in the dim blue glow of PSN another day, but, once again, Sony just can’t catch a break.
Photo via Microsoft
Taylor Hatmaker has reported on the tech industry for nearly a decade, covering privacy and government. Most recently, she was the Debug editor of the Daily Dot. Prior to that, she was a staff writer and deputy editor at ReadWrite, a tech and business reporter for Yahoo News, and the senior editor of Tecca. Her editorial interests include censorship, digital activism, LGBTQ issues, and futurist consumer tech.


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While Guardians of the Galaxy put up some crazy-high numbers (94 million, holy s***!) in its opening weekend, Bungie recently released a one-sheet showing off some impressive guardian activity of their own. Clearly these guys have a mega-hit on their hands, and according to Bungie, more folks hopped on the Destiny beta last month than on any of their previous full-game releases. That said, I find it important to note for anyone who may be occupying a home beneath a boulder, that Bungie’s past games include Halo titles. Fricking Halo titles, bro.
For a more elaborate look at the whopping success of the Destiny beta, we’ve got that one-sheet that Bungie released on Friday. Take a look:
Damn, son! 6.5 million guardians created and approximately 850 thousand concurrent people playing during its peak time. Those are numbers you don’t often see in this day and age of online console gaming, albeit across multiple platforms. Another sensational factoid here is the amount of people who used Destiny‘s companion app: nearly one million people (966,163) were connected to the game via mobile devices throughout the duration of the beta. This means that people were still engaging with the Destiny universe even when they were away from their game. Because you don’t just play Destiny, folks: you live it. Let’s just hope not too many jobs are lost over full-on addictions to this game.
September 9th, hurry up and get that ass over here, right now! And if my previous testimony about why the Destiny beta was the most successful early access content situation of all time isn’t enough, hopefully these facts further drive my seemingly overstated stance into the skulls of Destiny naysayers everywhere.


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John Sculley, former vice-president and president of PepsiCo and CEO of Apple between 1983 and 1993, is adamant that Apple —not incumbents such as Samsung— is poised to change the first principles of the television experience. Sculley also confessed in an interview with BBC that has not read Walter Isaacson’s authorized biography of Apple’s late cofounder and CEO. Nevertheless, the executive turned investor underscored Apple’s history of past industry disruptions while opining that the television industry is about to experience Apple’s magic touch:
I think that Apple has revolutionized every other consumer industry, why not television? I think that televisions are unnecessarily complex. The irony is that as the pictures get better and the choice of content gets broader, that the complexity of the experience of using the television gets more and more complicated. So it seems exactly the sort of problem that if anyone is going to change the experience of what the first principles are, it is going to be Apple.
Sculely, 72, is a Silicon Valley investor nowadays, and dispelled some “myths” about his tense relationship with Apple’s cofounder. He said he did not fire Jobs, insisting they had “a terrific relationship when things were going well.” Heck, even Rupert Murdoch is commenting about Apple television, writing on Twitter this morning: “All talk is about coming Apple TV. Plenty of apprehension, no firm facts but eyes on their enormous cash pile”.
Steve Jobs was in search for a CEO in the early 1980s. Jobs and Apple’s investors needed someone reliable to run the trains on time and free Jobs to do what he always enjoyed the most— creating new products. Finally, following a series of secret interviews and long walks Jobs and Sculley enjoyed for months, Apple’s cofounder finally managed to persuade the then-young PepsiCo executive to join the team by famously asking him, “Do you want to sell sugared water for the rest of your life or do you want to come with me and change the world?” Sculley would later confess, “It was like someone just knocked wind out of my stomach.”
The company’s sales would increase under Sculley’s management from $800 million to $8 billion. However, a power struggle between Jobs and Sculley over the expensive Macintosh project would eventually pave the way for an unsuccessful boardroom coup Jobs secretly plotted behind Sculley’s back. The events culminated with Jobs’ removal from managerial duties on May 31, 1985. Shortly thereafter, Jobs resigned from Apple and founded NeXT Inc., the same year.
Sculley told BBC he did not fire Jobs and explained why their relationship deteriorated so badly:
When the Macintosh Office was introduced in 1985 and failed Steve went into a very deep funk. He was depressed, and he and I had a major disagreement where he wanted to cut the price of the Macintosh and I wanted to focus on the Apple II because we were a public company. […] Ironically it was all about Moore’s law and it wasn’t about Steve and me. Computers just weren’t powerful enough in 1985 to do the very rigorous graphics that you had to be able to do for laser printing, and ironically it was only 18 months later when computers were powerful enough that we renamed the Mac Office, Desktop Publishing and it became wildly successful. It wasn’t my idea, it was all Steve’s stuff, but he was just a year and a half too early.
While the Macintosh Office was a year and a half too early, the Newton project that Sculley pioneered was “probably 15 years too early.” As you know, Jobs would immediately axe the Newton project upon his return from exile. Last summer, Sculley credited Jobs for single-handedly launching the mobile revolution and perfecting the process of selling the experience of a lifestyle. A year earlier, he publicly expressed his “tremendous admiration” for Apple’s mercurial CEO.
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Costa Rica’s Health Ministry has issued a sanitary alert over several brands of alcohol that may be adulterated with deadly amounts of methanol.
According to the alert, alcohol sold under the following labels may be adulterated: Guaro Montano; Aguardiente Barón Red; Aguardiente Timbuka; and Molotov Aguardiente.
Authorities are investigating reports of at least eight deaths in June and July related to methanol poisoning.
The Health Ministry says the Guaro Montano, Timbuka Aguardiente and Molotov Brandy brands have all been registered for legal sale in Costa Rica, suggesting vendors are — perhaps unknowingly — selling counterfeit products.
The Health Ministry recommends the following:
- Do not consume Red Baron-branded alcohol. It is not part of Costa Rica’s sanitary registry and therefore may be dangerous.
- Do not consume or purchase Guaro Montano, Timbuka Aguardiente or Molotov Brandy until the health alert is lifted, unless you can verify it is the original product.
- Report to the Ministry of Health (firstname.lastname@example.org) if you have symptoms of methanol poisoning after consuming alcohol.
According to the World Health Organization, a trace amount of methanol is common in fermented drinks. However, higher concentrations — such as when methanol is added deliberately to alcohol — can be deadly.
Symptoms of methanol poisoning may not appear immediately. They include acute abdominal pain, acute headache and ataxia (lack of coordination of body movements), according to the Health Ministry.
“After a variable period of time, victims start to develop headache, vomiting, abdominal pain and vertigo. They may start to hyperventilate and feel breathless,” WHO says.
Editor’s note: A previous version of this story featured a different lead photo for illustrative purposes.


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A man has been awarded 'The Guinness World Record' title for creating the largest fruit battery made with 2,923 lemons.
A Gardner from Britain has set the world record for growing largest number of tomatoes a single stem in his garden.
Renowned chefs Nick DiGiovanni and Lynn Davis have broken yet another world record - this time for making the world's largest chicken nugget. Take a look.
Chef Nick DiGiovanni and chef Lynn Davis created a new world record for the largest sushi roll according to diameter.
A Japanese company grew the world's heaviest radish and also won the Guinness World Record for the same.
Guinness World Records shared a video of a lady who tried to eat the highest possible number of Jam-filled donuts in just three minutes.
The Guinness World Records has shared a video of Gregory Foster's attempt of eating Carolina Reaper chillies on Instagram.
A US-based grocery store recently broke the Guinness World Record for the largest doughnut mosaic.
A new world record has been set for the fastest time to make a sandwich by a team of two. The clip has so far clocked over 1.5 million views.
Guinness World Records has shared a video on Instagram featuring a man named Zohaib Hussain who wrapped 5 portions of chips in just 40.13 seconds.


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On Feb. 28, DICK’s Sporting Goods released a statement addressing the Parkland school shootings that devastated the country on Feb. 14. The statement, like many others, sent out thoughts and prayers for the victims and their loved ones. But unlike many others, Dick’s Sporting Goods didn’t stop there.
“...thoughts and prayers are not enough,” DICK’s chairman and CEO Edward W. Stack said in the statement. “We have to help solve the problem that’s in front of us. Gun violence is an epidemic that’s taking the lives of too many people, including the brightest hope for the future of America — our kids.”
DICK’s Sporting Goods sold a shotgun to the Parkland shooter in November of 2017. While it was not the weapon of choice used in the Parkland shooting, DICK’s Sporting Goods recognizes that it very well could have been.
Starting on Feb. 28, DICK’s Sporting Goods will no longer be selling assault-style rifles (also referred to as modern sporting rifles). Although assault-style rifles had been removed from DICK’s stores after the Sandy Hook massacre, they will now be removed from all Field & Stream storefronts (a DICK’s Sporting Goods specialty retailer).
DICK’s Sporting Goods will no longer sell to anyone under 21 years of age and will no longer sell high capacity magazines. DICK’s also reiterates that it never has and never will sell bump stocks that allow semi-automatic weapons to fire more rapidly.
Stack also urged elected officials to implement “common sense gun reform.”
To see the full statement, click here.


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GEORGE TOWN: Just as hotel occupancy in the state is slowly picking up, the announcement of movement control order (MCO) has thrown a spanner in the works for the industry.
Malaysian Association of Hotels national vice-chairman Khoo Boo Lim described the various levels of MCO imposed on the country as a “lose-lose situation”.
“I hope the people will really observe this MCO and do not abuse it. It is something painful we have to go through.
“We have to bite the bullet and I appeal to the people to be more disciplined. Hopefully, we will break the chain, bring the numbers down and the MCO will not be extended, ” he said.
Malaysia Association of Hotels (MAH) Penang Chapter chairman K. Raj Kumar said cancellation and postponement of hotel room bookings looked inevitable with the two-week MCO being enforced starting tomorrow.
Since restrictions were eased and recovery MCO was announced last November, hotels in Penang have recorded a constant increase in occupancy rate.
The Star reported that beach hotels on the island recorded almost 70% occupancy over the recent long weekends while those in George Town heritage enclave also recorded an average of 40% occupancy rate.
Those on the mainland were not left out either, with the take-up rate at 50% comprising mainly those who travelled here for business and work purposes.
Raj Kumar said with hotels enjoying vibrant business over the past few weeks, many of them had stocked up supplies and ingredients.
“Some fresh products will now go to waste, ” he said.
Raj said hoteliers expected the government to exercise a tighter standard operating procedure (SOP) on conditional MCO without barring movement of those who needed to travel for work or business.
“When businessmen are not allowed to travel, many industries will suffer, ” he said.
In a statement, Chief Minister Chow Kon Yeow urged Penangites to accept the decision and cooperate.
“The state’s special safety committee will meet tomorrow (today) and refine the SOP for MCO. I urge everyone to stay calm and continue to abide by the SOP, ” he said.
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The Bitcoin community is abuzz with the emergence of something called Recursive Inscriptions. A novel new development building upon the continued hype of the Ordinals Protocol, Recursive Inscriptions seem poised to both disrupt the growing Bitcoin NFT ecosystem and redefine the parameters of blockchain-based file storage as we know it.
But how? And why should the NFT space care? Let’s explore.
What are Recursive Inscriptions?
Recursive Inscriptions can seem a bit complex. But unsurprisingly, they have everything to do with the Ordinals Protocol. Aa s refresher, the Ordinals protocol was first introduced to the world on January 21, 2023, by software engineer Casey Rodarmor. It offered a unique way to inscribe data on Bitcoin’s tiniest unit, satoshis (or sats). The resulting Ordinal Inscription is comparable to an NFT but with the significant distinction of being completely on-chain.
WTF are recursive inscriptions?— Leonidas.og (@LeonidasNFT) June 12, 2023
Here is everything you need to know:
Earlier this year the Ordinals Protocol introduced the ability for anyone to inscribe files fully on-chain onto Bitcoin. These inscriptions are self-contained and unaware of the other files that had been… pic.twitter.com/O3jt6lhaxT
Recursive Inscriptions built upon this concept, providing a potentially groundbreaking method to expand the Bitcoin NFT network. Each Ordinal can store up to 4MB of data directly on Bitcoin’s blockchain. This has long been the maximum capacity for Bitcoin, albeit one that has recently been challenged by Taproot Wizards and Smart Inscriptions.
Yet, through Recursive Inscriptions, developers are now finding it possible to create an intricate web of interconnected data sources, meaning that Ordinals no longer have to exist as closed, 4MB-capped silos.
This is because a Recursive Inscription is essentially a complex mechanism that extracts data from existing Inscriptions and utilizes it within new ones. By interlinking data through a series of calls, developers have found it possible to run software entirely on-chain. Which, needless to say, has massive potential for interoperability on the Bitcoin network.
The potential of Recursive Inscriptions
We’re already starting to see the potential of Recursive Inscriptions realized by projects like OnChainMonkey. As noted in the above tweet from self-proclaimed NFT historian and Ordinals collector Leonidas, the growing, multi-chain project inscribed a variety of data packages on Bitcoin as Ordnals, then “used recursion to make calls to those packages from the Inscriptions in their upcoming Dimensions drop, which allowed them to create beautiful 3D art in under 1KB.”
OCM Dimensions is the Highest Quality Digital Artifact in many “Dimensions”:— OnChainMonkey (@OnChainMonkey) June 8, 2023
– True on-chain Generative Art on early 2009 sats
– Cutting-edge high-resolution 3D graphics
– Minimal file size achieved through mind-blowing compression #SizeMatters
– Art rendered directly from… pic.twitter.com/WqR0C9w5kU
OCM Dimensions is a skyscraper on Bitcoin. Dimensions occupies a small plot of land on Bitcoin, and builds upwards to create the detailed 3D animated rendering all on-chain on Bitcoin 🟧— OnChainMonkey (@OnChainMonkey) June 13, 2023
The Dimensions skyscraper uses less than 1 kilobyte of block space per Dimension 🔥… pic.twitter.com/dcetqkYYu7
Recursive Inscriptions enthusiasts, such as Leonidas, have been championing their potential not only to grow the use cases of Ordinals but also to slash transaction costs by reducing the volume of data inscribed onto each satoshi. This ability to recycle stored data by way of recursion could very well eradicate the necessity to store duplicate file copies, leading to a significant surge in storage efficiency.
Notably, storage efficiency and interoperability achieved by recursion could even lead to the facilitating of hosting extensive files, such as video games, movies, or complex software, all directly on the Bitcoin blockchain.
But beyond IP and entertainment, proponents have also emphasized the technological opportunities the innovation of recursion could create. Namely, Recursive Inscriptions could foster the implementation of permissionless contracts, enforced by Bitcoin’s enduring storage, without requiring new cryptographic measures. This would mean that developers could call on pre-existing repositories of Inscriptions to bypass the current 4MB limit by using data already stored on another Inscription.
Recursive Inscriptions critiques
Of course, no innovation could exist without opposition. Mostly, critics of Recursive Inscriptions argue that the entire concept hinges on Rodarmor’s Ordinals theory, which isn’t embedded in Bitcoin’s core framework or agreed upon in a consensus with the network.
As reported by Protos, this dependency could potentially lead to arbitrary changes by a centralized group of developers, impacting software functionality or misdirecting file storage hashes. Furthermore, skeptics question whether Recursive Inscriptions might negatively impact data storage needs or transaction fees as popularity grows and users increase. Although this general worry has long been voiced by Bitcoin factions against Ordinals.
Despite their nascent nature and the doubts surrounding scalability, Recursive Inscriptions undoubtedly signify a key moment in Bitcoin’s evolution. At the very least, the prospects of broadening interoperability and increasing storage efficiency are more than enough to bolster the appeal of recursion. Of course, it remains to be seen how this technological advancement will shape the future of Bitcoin, but it’s clear that the stage is set for an intriguing new chapter in blockchain history.
Editor’s note: This article was written by an nft now staff member in collaboration with OpenAI’s GPT-4.


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Online retailing and cloud giant Amazon reported that it earned a net income of $6.7 billion on revenues of $134.4 billion in the previous quarter, with revenues jumping 11 percent year-over-year (YOY).
“It was another strong quarter of progress for Amazon,” Amazon CEO Andy Jassy said. “We continued lowering our cost to serve in our fulfillment network, while also providing Prime customers with the fastest delivery speeds we’ve ever recorded. Our AWS growth stabilized as customers started shifting from cost optimization to new workload deployment, and AWS has continued to add to its meaningful leadership position in the cloud with a slew of generative AI releases … We’re also continuing to see strong demand for our advertising services as the team keeps innovating for brands, including the ramp up for Thursday Night Football with the ability for advertisers to tailor their spots by audience and create interactive experiences for consumers. We remain excited about what lies ahead for customers and the company.”
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Wall Street is excited again, too: AWS, advertising, and overall revenues all beat projections, sending Amazon’s stock price up 10 percent in extended trading.
Generally speaking, Amazon doesn’t provide a lot of meaningful data about its various businesses each quarter, preferring instead to cherry-pick from key milestones. But it’s interesting to me that it discussed stabilizing AWS, which means that growth has slowed dramatically in what has emerged in one of Amazon’s biggest businesses. But it also supplied a lot of AWS data points in its press release.
First, the hard numbers: AWS earned $22.1 billion in revenues in the quarter, up 10.85 percent from the $19.7 billion it earned in the year-ago quarter. That’s the slowest growth since 2015. And it’s a far cry from the 26 percent growth that Microsoft saw this past quarter with Azure, but AWS is a more mature and successful business, and Azure growth has been plummeting over the past year too. Plus, AWS revenues beat expectations, and AWS represents over 70 percent of Amazon’s overall operating profits.
With regard to the potential for future AWS growth, Amazon not surprisingly touted all of the AI-based capabilities that are now being used by multiple large-scale customers.
“Amazon announced new AWS technologies and capabilities that help customers of all sizes take advantage of generative AI, improve productivity, and enhance their security posture,” the firm noted, citing Amazon Bedrock, Cohere, AWS HealthScribe, Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud P5 instances, AWS Fabric, Amazon Security Lake, and several others. “[And we announced] the AWS Generative AI Innovation Center to help customers successfully build and deploy generative AI solutions. AWS is investing $100 million in the program, which will connect AWS AI and machine learning experts with customers around the globe to help them envision, design, and launch new generative AI products, services, and processes.”
In other words, the future of AWS is the same as the future of Azure, meaning AI, which makes sense because Amazon, like Microsoft, is uniquely positioned to benefit from this new and next era of growth.